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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:05 PM Original message |
Libyan Revolution Day 26 (awaiting UN actions) |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. The UN is utterly worthless |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Current time in Libya is 12:06am March 15. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ben Wedeman; choice tweets below: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Opposition fighters no longer allowing the media beyond western edge of Ajdabia. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Muhannad Bensadik, a young fighter we interviewed, was killed in Al-Brega. RIP. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. friend with high fever ran into my room raving about Ajdabia falling. Assured him it's NOT TRUE. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. regimes pulling out all stops to counter tide of revolution. It's getting messy. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. @tripolitanian; choice tweets below: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Please sign and support #NFZ in #Libya to protect civilians |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. RUSSIA, Please stop slowing down a #NFZ in #Libya! |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Far Western town of #Zuwara and Eastern town of #Ajdabiya are being attacked by #Gaddafi forces |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. #Russia + #China - please don't allow the slaughter of thousands of innocent #Libyans |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. If it wasn't for #Russia, the UN would be making a decision on #NFZ tomorrow. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. US, UK, France confirm support for NFZ, China is still in the middle, Russia, nope |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I have to try, or else my family in Libya will be killed |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Confirmed: #Gaddafi targeting mosques and hospitals in Eastern war-torn cities |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Note: By targeting, I mean there have been reports of aerial bombings of these mosques and hospitals |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. #Gaddafi warplanes have destroyed part of the water system in Ajdabiya, residents refuse to leave |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Zuwara residents firing ancient hunting rifles in an attempt to stop tanks |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Apparently China is ready to make its decision |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. they're taking way too long |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. The EU has just sent a diplomatic team to #Benghazi, #Libya to assess situation |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. #Gaddafi forces have taken #Zwara, residents fear that they will be punished for seeking democracy |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. (RT) UNSC, UNHCR, Hillary Clinton & now EU all in #Libya assessing. How many reviews do they need? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. The @UN is completely useless |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Russia and China are prepared to see Libyan population killed as long as they keep their contracts |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. #thingsthatdontgotogether #Gaddafi + #Libya |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. They are buying for time so that the satan called #Gaddafi can take #Benghazi |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. My prediction: If there isn't a #NFZ over #Libya within 3 days - it'll all be over |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. I can bet you $150 billion of Gaddafi's money nothing will happen tmrw |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. @BarackObama SCHOOL'S IN LIBYA HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR THE PAST MONTH BECAUSE OF GADDAFI'S VIOLENCE |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
72. As #Gaddafi continues to punish #Libya, the #UN waddles over a #NoFlyZone |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
73. Much respect to #British women in #Libya | http://bit.ly/gXRUTX |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
74. The Arab League and the Libyan people asked for a NFZ, should be enough. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
75. In the end its the USs decision, China and Russia can't risk vetoing the US and get chided 4 deaths |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Abstaining would allow them to avoid responsibility while also avoid being criticized |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
77. The issue is, the longer they review, the more likely it is a NFZ will be too little too late |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
78. It's unbelievable that it has taken #Gaddafi 3 weeks now to make any gains on a rag-tag group |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
79. We should ask an important question, if #Gaddafi wanted to go, where would he go? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
80. If #Gaddafi really thinks that #Libyans love him, I dare him to walk down the streets of Benghazi |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. oops, wrong spot |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. oops. wrong spot |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Great subthread, Josh! |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #86 |
101. The "oops, wrong spot" revolutionaries are important! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. oops, wrong spot |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
122. As #Gaddafi's forces edge closer to #Benghazi, #Libya continues to beg for a #NFZ |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. EU team sent to Libyan rebel-held Benghazi |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. G8 met in France today about no-fly zone |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Iyad El-Baghdadi (mostly) stopped tweeting, but now is doing audio reports, view here: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. This is extremely good, they've decided to basically stop talking about their movements. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "Al Zawiyah" != victory for Gaddafi, took 2 weeks to take a town with civilians with little arms. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Doesn't like western invention talk, this revolution is the Libyans and it starts and ends with them |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. A video reportedly showing air strikes in Ajdabiya at the time of Maghrib prayer (sunset): |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. The Guardian speaks with Chris McGreal who was in Brega and is now in Benghazi. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. Sultan Al Qassemi tweets: The world is sending the Libyans a message that they |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. are not yet being killed in sufficient quantities to justify an intervention. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. I've neglected FreeLibyanYouth, some of their choice tweets below: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. they r lying & promising as they have done 4 the past 35 years. salaries havent changed since 1973!! |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. but not even all of them got 450, i know young women getting as low as 90 and 150 a month. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The two tweets above were in response to Gaddafi's "salery raise" (ie, bribe). |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. they think they are eternal and they will never stand trial in this life or the next. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. yeah, its all about money and power. The moer they get, the more they want. It just angers me. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Look at the africans and arabs helping gaddafi. he wud do the same, and has done! eg Liberia. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. we dont have the millions that gaddafi is paying them. once we r free Egypt will not b 'allies' |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. A lot just 'want peace' and dont wanna get into trouble. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. its much easier 4 u 2 say that 'things will get better' because ur not dying while the world stares |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, send troops to Bahrain at the request of the small Gulf kingdom |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Article here: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. U.S. urges restraint as Bahrain brings in forces to control protests |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
55. Coincidence? Middle East dictators crack down while world watches Japan |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Need to nap, eyes falling out of my head, will update some more tonight. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
57. K&R |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
58. "The Libyan people made up their mind, it is either victory or death..." |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
59. CNN: Rebels appear to slow government forces' advance in Libya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. CURRENT TIME IN LIBYA = 5 AM TUESDAY, MARCH 15 |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
61. Libyan rebels urge west to assassinate Gaddafi as his forces near Benghazi |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
62. Libyan rebels arrest ‘Gaddafi death squad’ that killed Al Jazeera journalist Al Jaber |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. +1, I hope they secure them for trial. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. Libya: British women 'will use table legs to fight off Gaddafi' |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
65. LIBYA: USD 60-MLN BOUNTY ON GADDAFI'S |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. VIDEO: Women’s Protest in Misrata |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
67. The Arab spring is brighter than ever (The Guardian) |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
68. VIDEO: The Battle for Ras Lanuf (incredible images, beautiful prayers and singing): |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
69. 13 MPs sign motion against intervention: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
70. John Kerry Op-Ed: The moral imperative of a no-fly zone (The Guardian) |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
71. Libya rebel leader: I have evidence Gaddafi ordered Lockerbie |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
83. Laura Rozen tweets, very interesting take: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. No1 sure they want 2 own Libya. Do powers asking 4 restraint on Bahrain want them in lead of Libya? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Indians, Germans, Russians, Chinese no NFZ. French, UK, Lebanese yes, US sort of but not firm |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Gates under pressure from WH to get out of Iraq, Afghanistan. He's leading dissent on US mil action |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Gates meanwhile complaining at NATO last week partners rushing for exits in Afgh. leaving US alone |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. Sen. Lugar warning Arabs must pay 4 any Libya intervention, warning of another ill defined US action |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. another question 4 war-weary americans divided on NFZ is what r we getting in2 with this mission & y |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. US support thin. No huge US nat'l security imperative & Euros divided |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. reason US not taking lead in NY is it's not decided what they want to do in NY. evry1 else divided |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. Meantime, Bahrain and Yemen blinking red and US and Saudi divide on both places |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
94. don't think you'll get a NFZ until/if US decides that is what it wants. don't think Gates wants it |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
95. UNSC might decide something by end of week but level of support shaky. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. Obama has not launched any new initial overt military interventions since coming into office. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Afg, Iraq, etc. he inherited. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #83 |
98. If Gates telling him, you're already giving me hell abt Afghanistan, do you really want to own Libya |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
99. And US watching NATO allies in Afghanistan, is not so impressed w/ French UK enthusiasm 4 rushing |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. ...into Libya now. When it gets tough? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
102. In Libya, Colonel Gaddafi's forces in the east are continuing to push the rebels back. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
104. WaPo: Rebel council seeks to transform Libya |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. See post #66 for a womens protest in Misrata. Good article, btw. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
106. God forgives you, O Chavez |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
107. Brigades near #Misrata blow up a drinking water storage facility. #Libya #Feb17 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
108. @ShababLibya: International Day of Action for Libya this Saturday March 19th |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
109. Libyan rappers broadcast to front lines |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
110. Reuters: Gaddafi forces press rebels, no-fly diplomacy crawls |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
111. libyafeb17.com: Libya State Media website continues to be repeatedly hacked |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
112. Dispatches From Tahrir (Rolling Stones). Good essay on Egypt. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
113. Gaddafi isolated internationally but still has at least a few friends far away |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #113 |
114. AP: Libya’s Gadhafi, increasingly isolated internationally, finds supporters in Latin America |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
115. Cote d'Ivoire: Street battles continue in Abidjan |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #115 |
116. Nice! I wasn't aware they had even 'started'. Tyrants have no where to hide, it seems. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #116 |
117. With so much going on it's hard to follow all developments at once |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Agreed, I seem to recall an editorial saying that African states would *never* do this. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
119. Legalising military intervention in Libya |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #119 |
120. That final paragraph is chilling, to be sure. Thanks very much for that, good find. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
121. BBC: Rebel fighters "hiding inside the oil installation in Brega in the daytime" |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Hehe! Good for them! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
124. No-fly zone imposed... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:37 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. That's... |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
126. NYT: Diplomacy Stalls as Libya Rebels Face Pro-Qaddafi Forces |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
127. France failing to convince G8 so far |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
128. AJE: Reports of fresh fighting in Brega; at least 4 airstrikes on Ajdabiyah |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:48 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Wow, I heard the Tripoli authorities only had 10,000 to begin with. So they lost 80% in one stroke. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:56 AM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Not including the mercenaries, but yes, if true this is incredible news! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:01 AM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Where did you hear that??? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Here... |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
131. Gaddafi says shocked at 'betrayal' by former European friends; threatens to ally w/Al Qaeda |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
133. Part 2 here (for dialup users): |
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