• Gaddafi blames Osama Bin Laden for protests
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Some more Libyan news, Gaddafi is blaming Bin Laden today. Couple of unreleated things in this news article that are pretty interesting IMO, so I bolded them. [quote] Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has told state TV that Osama Bin Laden and his followers are to blame for the protests wracking his country. In a phone call from the town of al-Zawiya played live on TV, Col Gaddafi said young people were being duped with drugs and alcohol to take part in "destruction and sabotage". Col Gaddafi is battling to shore up control of Tripoli and western areas. Protesters have been consolidating gains in cities in the east. 'This is your country' The telephone call was said to be an address to the people of al-Zawiya, 50km (30 miles) west of the capital, where there has been renewed gunfire reported in the streets. Col Gaddafi said the protesters had no genuine demands and were being dictated to by the al-Qaeda leader. "Bin Laden ... this is the enemy who is manipulating people. Do not be swayed by Bin Laden," he said. "It is obvious now that this issue is run by al-Qaeda. Those armed youngsters, our children, are incited by people who are wanted by America and the Western world. Map "Those inciting are very few in numbers and we have to capture them." He said the young protesters were "trigger happy and they shoot especially when they are stoned with drugs". Analysis [B]The fact that Col Gaddafi chose to speak on the telephone to Libyan TV has raised the most serious questions yet over his whereabouts. He gave no indication that he was in the country, whereas on Tuesday he was seen speaking from the ruins of the building in Tripoli bombed by the US in the 1980s.[/B] This latest [B]rant [/B]by the Libyan leader has provided the first confirmation of serious fighting to the west of the capital. That could be a clear indication that his powerbase is shrinking, as many observers have speculated. Today's broadcast was a rallying call to the people of al-Zawiya. Col Gaddafi again played the al-Qaeda card to invoke fear of a possible Islamist insurgency led by supporters of Osama Bin Laden. [B] The telephone call to state TV ended suddenly as Col Gaddafi hung up[/B]. Some will say he remains defiant. Others will interpret the latest utterances as a further show of desperation and instability on the part of the Libyan leader. He said that Libya was not like Egypt and Tunisia, which have seen their leaders deposed, because the people of Libya had it in their own hands to change their lives through committees. "This is your country and it is up to you how to deal with it," he said. Calling the situation in al-Zawiya a "farce", he urged families to rein in their sons, saying many of the protesters were underage and beyond the reach of the law. But he also vowed that those carrying out violent protests should be put on trial. This was Col Gaddafi's second live TV appearance since the protests erupted on 15 February. On Tuesday he said he would die a martyr in Libya and fight to the "last drop" of his blood. Heavy gunfire has been reported in al-Zawiya and reports of a police station on fire. One civilian leaving through the Tunisian border told Reuters: "It is chaotic there. There are people with guns and swords." Zuara, 120km west of Tripoli, was said to be in the hands of anti-government militias and defence committees of civilians with no sign of police. British oil worker Bryan Richards describes scenes of 'mass hysteria' at Tripoli Airport (The amateur video accompanying this interview is purportedly recent footage of the scene in Libya) Fighting is reported between pro- and anti-government forces in Misrata, Libya's third-biggest city, 200km east of Tripoli. But Tripoli, under government control, and cities in the east, held by the protesters, are generally said to be calm. [/quote] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12570279[/url] Semi relevent [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1063066-Hell-has-frozen-over-Al-Qaeda-backs-Libyan-protesters-and-condemns-Gaddafi]In The News Thread[/url]
So I heard. He probably want the Americans to intervene.
What will he come up with tomorrow!
[QUOTE=Clavus;28256569]What will he come up with tomorrow![/QUOTE] His almost daily rants are starting to remind me of the Iraqi information minister during the second Gulf war.
[QUOTE=Jsm;28256588]His almost daily rants are starting to remind me of the Iraqi information minister during the second Gulf war.[/QUOTE] [quote=wikipedia]He is perhaps best remembered for his final broadcast in which he agitatedly declared that US troops were defeated and committing mass suicide at the gates of Baghdad, and that there were "no US tanks in Baghdad", all while al-Sahhaf's camera clearly showed several US tanks maneuvering through the city streets behind him less than a mile from his position.[/quote] :v:
[QUOTE=Clavus;28256569]What will he come up with tomorrow![/QUOTE] Saddam Hussein has come back from the dead to reek zombie havoc over all of the middle east of course.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;28256655]:v:[/QUOTE] Or where he claimed that the Americans were throwing pencils to people but that the pencils were booby-traps.
Lovely speech - I loved the Nescafe product placement there.
[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;28256964]Or where he claimed that the Americans were throwing pencils to people but that the pencils were booby-traps.[/QUOTE] He was an absolute comical genius. I think he lost connection with the powers that be (well, were) early on. I also think he knew it was inevitable.
In all honesty, I wouldn't be surprised if this was true
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