The Middle East Revolution [2010-2011] Thread: I love baton - General

Thanks. :v: Breaking News || BBC || Gaddafi heads to an unknown destination and a senior officer to declare a military coup

[QUOTE=voodooattack;28185159]Thanks. :v: Breaking News || BBC || Gaddafi heads to an unknown destination and a senior officer to declare a military coup[/QUOTE] I'm not seeing a possible source for this on the BBC website. [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] Ok, the situation in Libya as it stands, according to Al Jazeera and the BBC: -Gadaffi may or may not have fled to Venezuela -Protesters marching on Gadaffi's compound in the capital, Tripoli. Reports of live ammunition being used against them -govt. buildings in Tripoli set alight -Reports of military aircraft attacking protesters -Reports that military and civil aircraft have landed in Malta

Jeebus Lybia has gone to shit. How is it that the military fires upon the protesters and then decides they want to do a coup? Might not be a good coup methinks. Aircraft... thats a bit too much I think. Wow.

I hear there are protests in IRAQ now.

Holy shit. Lybia is a total mess.

There are protests from the hemorrhoids in my ass now

I hope that they cross over antilles airspace and get shot down. Fucking Hugo too.

Shit is really hitting the fan right now in Libya. This is what I heard on the Dutch TV: - Libyan military, as well as foreign mercenaries hired by Gaddafi are firing live ammo at the protesters. - military aircraft have been bombing residential areas in the cities, some rumours say that some some of the aircraft are Italian. - a lot of Gaddafi's diplomats have resigned - two military jets have landed at Malta, the pilots refused to bomb their own people and decided to flee to Malta. Most of the news coming from Libya is based on rumours, since no journalists are let in country.

[QUOTE=rakkar;28195428] - military aircraft have been bombing residential areas in the cities, some rumours say that some some of the aircraft are Italian. [/QUOTE] this is just so unbelievable, but you know its probably true. thats just hard to think of now. The military dropping bombs on residential areas, on its own country.

Wow. There are some horrific pictures being posted on twitter. I won't link to them for your own sake but I'm really disturbed now. I can't believe who he's doing to his own people. Libya is much, much worse than Egypt, and to be honest with what's happening there right now Egypt's revolution seems like a piece of cake (I know it wasn't, but still). I don't know how people are surviving down there right now. There's probably no safe place to be.

Gadaffi went on state TV, while in the front seat of a van, while holding an umbrella, while saying he's still in Tripoli [img]http://blogs.aljazeera.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/FeaturedImagePost/images/kick.jpg[/img]

Egypt army opens hospitals as Libyans quit border: [url]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110221/tpl-uk-libya-protests-egypt-81f3b62.html[/url] [quote][b]Egypt's army has set up two field hospitals on the border with Libya and Libyan guards have withdrawn from their side of the boundary after anti-government protests, the army said on its Facebook page on Monday. Skip related content[/b] The Egyptian army said it had set up camps and the hospitals near the Salum crossing to receive Egyptians returning from Libya, where there have been increasingly bloody battles between Libyan security forces and protesters. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was under increasing pressure to hang on to power on Monday when anti-government protests against his 41-year rule struck the capital Tripoli after days of violence in the east. "Members of the Libyan border guard withdrew from (the Libyan side of the border) and it is currently in the control of people's committees," Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said in its Facebook message. The statement did not make clear whether the groups now in control of the border were loyal to Gaddafi. The army also said it would send planes to Libya to evacuate Egyptians once the situation stabilised. It said the field hospitals had been set up near the Salum border crossing. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit called on Libya to swiftly issue permits to allow planes to enter Libyan air space so Egypt could collect citizens, the state news agency reported. He also said the Foreign Ministry had sent buses to the Salum border crossing. Egypt rejected remarks made by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi saying Egyptians had a role in the events in Libya. Gaddafi's son had made the accusation "without any clear basis," the state news agency reported. Egypt held Libya responsible for the protection of Egyptian lives and property, it said.[/quote] [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=SBD;28187009]I'm not seeing a possible source for this on the BBC website. [/QUOTE] When I mention BBC, I'm usually quoting BBC Arabic. (the TV channel)

What I find is how amazing this is. In only three weeks, two dictators have been toppled, another is on the way out, and just about every country in the Arab League is under major or minor protests, all because of one man self-immolating himself. It's almost impossible

Martyrdom can have great affects, especially when you only harm yourself instead of others.

[QUOTE=ThePutty;28204425]What I find is how amazing this is. In only three weeks, two dictators have been toppled, another is on the way out, and just about every country in the Arab League is under major or minor protests, all [B]because of one man self-immolating himself[/B]. It's almost impossible[/QUOTE] to be honest he was more of a catalyst than a cause it would have probably happened regardless

[QUOTE=ThePutty;28204425]What I find is how amazing this is. In only three weeks, two dictators have been toppled, another is on the way out, and just about every country in the Arab League is under major or minor protests, all because of one man self-immolating himself. It's almost impossible[/QUOTE] bet they wish they gave him his vegetable sale permit now

[QUOTE=ThePutty;28200502]Gadaffi went on state TV, while in the front seat of a van, while holding an umbrella, while saying he's still in Tripoli [img_thumb]http://blogs.aljazeera.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/FeaturedImagePost/images/kick.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Funny

[QUOTE=Litos456;28195890]Wow. There are some horrific pictures being posted on twitter. I won't link to them for your own sake but I'm really disturbed now. I can't believe who he's doing to his own people. Libya is much, much worse than Egypt, and to be honest with what's happening there right now Egypt's revolution seems like a piece of cake (I know it wasn't, but still). I don't know how people are surviving down there right now. There's probably no safe place to be.[/QUOTE] Please post. Just slap on a "NSFW".

Gaddafi has officially gone full retard

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;28210339]Gaddafi has officially gone full retard[/QUOTE] What do you mean "gone"?

NOT FUCKING SAFE FOR WORk [media]http://upload.somethingdickful.com/files/890_a43ba/welp.jpg[/media]

I think you mean "Not Mind Safe". That's...horrible. Any backstory, at least?

For those of us who do not want to view it, any chance of a simple description?

[QUOTE=Jsm;28211421]For those of us who do not want to view it, any chance of a simple description?[/QUOTE] dead guy laying on the floor, sans 80% of his head [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=torero;28211352]Any backstory, at least?[/QUOTE] dunno

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;28210504]NOT FUCKING SAFE FOR WORk [media]http://upload.somethingdickful.com/files/890_a43ba/welp.jpg[/media][/QUOTE] Where was that picture taken

Heh, that's the tip of the iceberg. I didn't want to put this here, but now I will. [b]DON'T FUCKING PLAY THIS UNLESS YOU'RE FULLY AWARE THAT IT CANNOT BE UNSEEN.[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp84R6CaKUc[/media]

[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;28212325]Well jesus fucking christ, someone help these people[/QUOTE] I wish our army could move in but I know it'd turn into a clusterfuck if they did. :smithicide:

To be honest, if the U.S. hadn't ever become bogged down it two separate middle eastern countries, I think we would, or could, have steamrolled Libya overnight had things happened differently in the last decade. But things happened differently, history repeats itself, and now the world gets to watch what happens yet again, when a complete monster is challenged in regards to the power he holds. Osama bin Laden, pretty bad. Saddam Hussein, pretty bad as well. They both had their warped reasons for committing their respective crimes. They could be understood, at least bargained with. But this guy though, pure chaotic evil. His actions indicate that he cannot be reasoned with nor negotiated with, and will hold fast onto whatever little power he has left no matter the cost, even if it means butchering tens, even hundreds of thousands of his own people in cold blood.

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;28214199]To be honest, if the U.S. hadn't ever become bogged down it two separate middle eastern countries, I think we would, or could, have steamrolled Libya overnight had things happened differently in the last decade. But things happened differently, history repeats itself, and now the world gets to watch what happens yet again, when a complete monster is challenged in regards to the power he holds. Osama bin Laden, pretty bad. Saddam Hussein, pretty bad as well. They both had their warped reasons for committing their respective crimes They could be understood, at least bargained with. But this guy though, pure chaotic evil. His actions indicate that he cannot be reasoned with nor negotiated with, and will hold fast onto whatever little power he has left no matter the cost, even if it means butchering tens, even hundreds of thousands of his own people in cold blood.[/QUOTE] His actions are a pure act of self-preservation. He knows damn well that giving up is most assuredly a death sentence in his case. Even if he'd given up from day one, should he be tried for his past crimes, there are more than enough reasons to give him multiple death-sentences. Also, there's a military officially now, the whole of his eastern forces just defected and joined the people. Here's their statement (although in Arabic): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PA_ULmO0nc[/media] He's fucked. [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] I'm also against the idea of armed foreign intervention, from a non-Arab country at least; as are most Libyans. [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] Holy shit, his chief general of staff just joined the revolution: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyFOHHx3Ec[/media] [editline]22nd February 2011[/editline] His minister of interior too.

[QUOTE=voodooattack;28212198]Heh, that's the tip of the iceberg. I didn't want to put this here, but now I will. [b]DON'T FUCKING PLAY THIS UNLESS YOU'RE FULLY AWARE THAT IT CANNOT BE UNSEEN.[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp84R6CaKUc[/media][/QUOTE] Omg thats just horible. Glad my countrys president have said it clear this time that he have to quit using violence although it allmost certanly won't make a difference :(