"We will never forget your support" - Benghazi crowds celebrate two years since NATO intervention in - Polidicks

[t]http://imgkk.com/i/3878.gif[/t] [t]http://imgkk.com/i/q6f_.gif[/t] [t]http://imgkk.com/i/zd8q.gif[/t] [url]http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/03/20/benghazi-celebrates-second-anniversary-of-nato-action-excited-crowds-prevent-sarkozy-from-attending-event/[/url] [quote]Benghazi was in jubilant mood last night, Tuesday, as it celebrated the second anniversary of the destruction by French fighter planes of the Qaddafi tank column that was heading towards the city. Thousands converged on the city centre for the festivities. French flags flew or were waved alongside Libyan ones and the celebrations lasted well into the night. Such was the crush that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy who had flown unexpectedly from Tripoli for a brief visit to join in the celebrations had to turn back to the airport because of the crowds obstructing the roads. According to Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, the route was blocked by masses of excited people hoping for a glimpse of the former French president. Zeidan had invited him during a lunch in Tripoli to join him in Benghazi to inaugurate a monument commemorating the French attack on the talk column. Sarkozy is seen as a saviour in Benghazi for having been the first international leader to stand with the revolution and recognize the NTC and also because of the French military action.[/quote] [B]Bonus news![/B] [url]http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/03/19/ministry-of-interior-and-defense-form-joint-security-force/[/url] [quote]Interior Minister Ashour Shuwail and Chief of the Armed Forces Yousef Mangoush, meet in Tripoli on Sunday, 17 March, to visit the premises of the newly formed joint security force, between the Ministry of Interior and Defense. The primary objective of the joint force is to secure Tripoli and Benghazi by disbanding militias that remain outside the state’s control and who continue to resist the central government’s orders to cease arbitrary detention, torture and occupation of government and private property. Arafi stated that one of the capital’s major militias, previously known as the Artillery Brigade, had been disbanded and its members brought to justice. The renegade brigade was located in the Qasr Ben Gashir area of Tripoli. Operation Tripoli began on Saturday, 16 March, with an aim to clear an estimated 500 locations around the city of gangs and militias, many of which have set up headquarters on the outskirts of Tripoli on lands and farms belonging to members of the former regime. It has been reported that following the raid on the Artillery Brigade, other militias have voluntarily surrendered.[/quote]

It's great to see how far the've come, and how great things are progressing.

And for once they appreciate the westerners.

I remember people here on the fapunches saying that all our involvement would do is replace one dictator with another... And yet here we are. I'm quite happy for them.

[QUOTE=shian;39980621]And for once they appreciate the westerners.[/QUOTE] That's a very close-minded view on Arabs.

I'm glad they're pushing the militias down. They've been a right problem since the revolution, from what I've read.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;39980901]I remember people here on the fapunches saying that all our involvement would do is replace one dictator with another... And yet here we are. I'm quite happy for them.[/QUOTE] They still have ways to go. A country without a democratic history doesn't just adopt it without a hitch. Plenty of 'democracies' around the world that are corrupt as fuck. Let's just hope Libya sets a better example.