Gaddafi utilizes the Libyan air force to crack down on protesters

[Spetzaz]

Source is Norwegian:
[url]http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10022037[/url]
Google Translate version:
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Here's the Google translated text in sketchy English;

[quote]After that there were more reports of attacks on protesters in the capital Tripoli, [B]confirms the news channel al-Jazeera that demonstrators in the Libyan capital city is bombed and shelled by fighters.[/B]

At the same time, all telephone and internet connections have been broken.

- I do not know if we survive today, "activist" Walid "to the AP on Tuesday afternoon at a little before 16

Shortly after the connection was cut.

- Unbelivable

"The green space" in the capital Tripoli, is one destination that is attacked. At least 200 people should be killed, according to al-Jazeera.

[B]- What we see today is not to believe. Planes and helicopters bomb any one area after another, "said eyewitness Mohamed Adel Saleh to the TV channel[/B]. [/quote]

Full text in source.
Jesus Christ, this is horrible. I wish the absolute best for the protesters. If I were religious I'd pray for their well being. Hope to hell Gaddafi steps down soon, the man is a total lunatic!

EDIT: Video of the bombings came up on YouTube, but it was removed. Luckily I got time to mirror it. I put it on LiveLeaks, but it's [B]very NSFW[/B] and the video might haunt you. It's incredibly gory and might make you queasy as well as angry.
[url]http://item.liveleak.com/file?a=view_file&file_id=560645&connection=786_1298325763[/url]
[B]You have been warned![/B]
Here's the semi-sensored version they showed on TV:
[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2cf_1298322979[/url]

[Col. Buggernuts]

Absolutely fucking despicable. I guess whoever said in a previous thread that the Libyan military would use airstrikes against the people was right on the money.

[Thomas45]

I thought Mubarak was heavy handed...

[Asgard]

They say Gaddafi is already fleeing.

[CabooseRvB]

Tiananmen Square all over again.

[Coffee]

Shouldn't the rest of the world be doing something about this?

[HellSoldier]

What the [B]fuck[/B].

[Megafan]

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;28191800]Tiannmen Squad all over again.[/QUOTE]

Not only did you manage to spell Tiananmen wrong, but [I]squad?[/I]

[Coffee]

[QUOTE=Megafanx13;28191864]Not only did you manage to spell Tiananmen wrong, but [I]squad?[/I][/QUOTE]

Squad is the correct spelling.

[HumanAbyss]

[QUOTE=Coffee;28191904]Squad is the correct spelling.[/QUOTE]

the event was "Tiananmen Square"...

[Provost]

[QUOTE=Coffee;28191904]Squad is the correct spelling.[/QUOTE]

So "squad" is the new way of spelling "square" now, ist it?

[Coffee]

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;28191923]the event was "Tiananmen Square"...[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;28191964]So "squad" is the new way of spelling "square" now, ist it?[/QUOTE]

It's a typo then.

[CabooseRvB]

iiipd. oops. My fingers are pgg.

[Provost]

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;28191970]iiipd. oops. My fingers are pgg.[/QUOTE]

Tape pencils to your fingers.

[JeffAndersen]

Shelling protesters.. that'll gain you support real quick.

[Col. Buggernuts]

[QUOTE=Coffee;28191850]Shouldn't the rest of the world be doing something about this?[/QUOTE]Ideally, yes. A bullet to Gaddafi's head wouldn't go amiss, but things like sending in troops would just make an even bigger mess.

[acds]

I fucking called it, I told you that Gaddafi was a real fucking psycho.

Now he has escaped the country too, hopefully that means someone (either in the army or in the government) will say "Fuck this" and decide that this shit has to stop.

[Madman_Andre]

[QUOTE=Spetzaz;28191645]Source is Norwegian:
[URL]http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10022037[/URL]
Google Translate version:
[URL="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vg.no%2Fnyheter%2Futenriks%2Fartikkel.php%3Fartid%3D10022037"]http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vg.no%2Fnyheter%2Futenriks%2Fartikkel.php%3Fartid%3D10022037[/URL]

Here's the Google translated text in sketchy English;

Full text in source.
Jesus Christ, this is horrible. I wish the absolute best for the protesters. If I were religious I'd pray for their well being. Hope to hell Gaddafi steps down soon, the man is a total lunatic![/QUOTE]

I see it already. Unless he dies in the next few days he's going to be tried in the Hague for War Crimes. at the rate things are going he's going to be responsible for killing thousands of his own citizens.

[Provost]

Remember when he called for a holy war against Switzerland? :v:

[Micr0]

Jesus Christ isn't that a bit overkill? I mean, he is insane, but who the fuck calls in [i]airstrikes[/i] on protesters?

[Turnips5]

[QUOTE=Micr0;28192221]Jesus Christ isn't that a bit overkill? I mean, he is insane, but who the fuck calls in [i]airstrikes[/i] on protesters?[/QUOTE]

Insane people.

[Provost]

[QUOTE=Micr0;28192221]Jesus Christ isn't that a bit overkill? I mean, he is insane, but who the fuck calls in [i]airstrikes[/i] on protesters?[/QUOTE]

Sociapathic dictators, for one.

[Spetzaz]

Two pilots defected off to Malta thankfully, that's two less.
[img_thumb]http://static.vg.no/uploaded/image/bilderigg/2011/02/21/1298307113818_842.jpg[/img_thumb]
Those are the machines they are using to massacre unarmed peaceful protesters.

[CabooseRvB]

You know your regime is screwed when you have officers disobeying your orders.

[Ringo_Satu]

I'm not even surprised. I mean, the man got it all by military coup, do you expect him to fall that easy now?
He will do whatever it takes to shut up the protesters I believe :smith:

[Provost]

[QUOTE=Spetzaz;28192417]Two pilots defected off to Malta thankfully, that's two less.
[img_thumb]http://static.vg.no/uploaded/image/bilderigg/2011/02/21/1298307113818_842.jpg[/img_thumb]
Those are the machines they are using to massacre unarmed peaceful protesters.[/QUOTE]

Here's to hoping they aren't the last.

[Col. Buggernuts]

Hm. Seems the reports of air strikes in Tripoli are conflicting:
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/21/us-libya-warplanes-idUSTRE71K51Y20110221[/url]

But the 2 fighter pilots that defected to Malta did say they were ordered to bomb civilians.

[Provost]

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;28192638]Hm. Seems the reports of air strikes in Tripoli are conflicting:
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/21/us-libya-warplanes-idUSTRE71K51Y20110221[/url]

But the 2 fighter pilots that defected to Malta did say they were ordered to bomb civilians.[/QUOTE]

Chaotic situations aren't always reported accurately. Particularly at short notice.

[Col. Buggernuts]

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;28192698]Chaotic situations aren't always reported accurately. Particularly at short notice.[/QUOTE]True, true. In any case, it's been shown that the government is willing to commit such atrocities (the testimony from the pilots confirms this), I suppose all we can do right now is wait for is the final bodycount, the final tally of horrors.

[FuzzyPoop]

Holy shit

the UN will send this guy alot of angry letters.