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Gerald 02-23-11 05:13 PM

Libya protests analysis: ‘For Muammar Gaddafi it’s kill or be killed‘

Penguin 02-23-11 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman (Post 1604395)
But if both sides are armed then where can the reporters stand without getting shot at?

Arm the reporters too!
So if they have nothing to shoot, they can shoot at somebody and the shoot it.
(hope my pun attempt didn't fail completely)

Just like this reporter clown we had here in the 90's. He hired some village nazis, dressed them up in white hoods, let them dance around a campfire and filmed it to prove that the KKK is active in Germany. He got good money for it - sadly he lost most in the fraud trial...:DL

Gerald 02-23-11 05:57 PM

Some journalists are armed and have even own bodyguards with amplification weapons

Castout 02-23-11 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin (Post 1604404)

Just like this reporter clown we had here in the 90's. He hired some village nazis, dressed them up in white hoods, let them dance around a campfire and filmed it to prove that the KKK is active in Germany. He got good money for it - sadly he lost most in the fraud trial...:DL

:haha: Just lost most? I'd hope he lost all and then some

very creative of him it's called news inventing lol

TLAM Strike 02-23-11 09:37 PM

Stuff I saw on the BBC tonight.

Libyan citizens have taken a Libyan military airbase that was used to staging point for foreign mercenaries and captured a number of MiG-27 Fighter-Bombers. They also liberated a fortified SA-2 Site.

Also a pair of pilots bailed out of their jet over the desert rather than bomb civilians.

Qaddafi apparently still has loyal forces armed with Mi-24 gunships and Su-22 Fitter bombers.

Oberon 02-23-11 09:52 PM

An SA-2 site...trés interessant...

You know, the evil conniving SOB in me is tugging at my arm and saying that if they happened to shoot down a civilian evacuating airline with an SA-2 and claim it was Gadaffi then a lot of their hard work would be done for them courtesy of the USAF.... :hmmm:

Gerald 02-24-11 06:04 AM

Gaddafi digs in as protests mount
 
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)

The area controlled by Libya's embattled leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is shrinking, reports say, as the opposition consolidates its gains.

Witnesses say the capital, Tripoli, is heavily guarded by pro-Gaddafi forces, with tanks deployed in the suburbs.

Videos on the internet suggest a town 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli has fallen to anti-government forces.

Thousands of foreigners are meanwhile still trying to flee Libya through ports, airports and overland.

The US, China and many European countries have sent in planes, ships and ferries to help people flee.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12564104

Note: Update Record, 24 February 2011 Last updated at 09:56 GMT

krashkart 02-24-11 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1604600)
An SA-2 site...trés interessant...

You know, the evil conniving SOB in me is tugging at my arm and saying that if they happened to shoot down a civilian evacuating airline with an SA-2 and claim it was Gadaffi then a lot of their hard work would be done for them courtesy of the USAF.... :hmmm:


You've been playing one of the Superpower games, haven't you. :hmmm::O:

Oberon 02-24-11 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart (Post 1604878)
You've been playing one of the Superpower games, haven't you. :hmmm::O:

Nope, I'm just an evil mastermind... :haha:

Gerald 02-24-11 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1604880)
Nope, I'm just an evil mastermind... :haha:

With your "mastermind", how do you think the continued troubles will go, in Libya?

August 02-24-11 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1604600)
An SA-2 site...trés interessant...

You know, the evil conniving SOB in me is tugging at my arm and saying that if they happened to shoot down a civilian evacuating airline with an SA-2 and claim it was Gadaffi then a lot of their hard work would be done for them courtesy of the USAF.... :hmmm:


If Reagan were president yeah but the Carter clone we have in the White House now would not do anything besides issue a, belated, weakly worded condemnation.

Tribesman 02-24-11 10:53 AM

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If Reagan were president yeah but the Carter clone we have in the White House now would not do anything besides issue a, belated, weakly worded condemnation.
If there was a Reagan clone in the white house he would probably invade Belize, support Daffy and sell missiles to Bin-Laden:yeah:

MH 02-24-11 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tribesman (Post 1605011)
If there was a Reagan clone in the white house he would probably invade Belize, support Daffy and sell missiles to Bin-Laden:yeah:

See you can be a problem solver when you think:yeah:
Oh yes Obama condemned Duffy thats just WOW......

papa_smurf 02-24-11 11:37 AM

Latest from the world of Gaddafi:
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.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12570279

Tribesman 02-24-11 11:37 AM

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Oh yes Obama condemned Duffy thats just WOW......
Maybe he liked her first song and realises now that her voice is terrible.


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