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Libyan Rebels Accused of Pillage and Beatings in Towns They Captured
New York Times ^
| July 12, 2011
| C.J. Chivers
Posted on 07/12/2011 7:36:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Rebels in the mountains in Libya's west have looted and damaged four towns seized since last month from the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, part of a series of abuses and apparent reprisals against suspected loyalists that have chased residents of these towns away, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
The looting included many businesses and at least two medical centers that, like the towns, are now deserted and bare.
Rebel fighters also beat people suspected of being loyalists and burned their homes, the organization said.
The towns that have suffered the abuses are Qawalish, which rebels seized last week, Awaniya, Rayaniyah and Zawiyat al-Bagul, which fell to the rebels last month. Some of the abuses, Human Rights Watch said, were directed against members of the Mashaashia tribe, which has long supported Colonel Qaddafi.
The organization's findings come as support for the war has waned in Europe and in Washington, where Republicans and Democrats alike have questioned American participation on budgetary and legal grounds.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: dncwar; israel; libya; obama4alqaeda; obamaswar; obamaswar4libya
Pumps at a gas station destroyed by rebels after capturing Qawalish. -- Bryan Denton for The New York Times
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:36:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Jihadists spread the love.
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:37:41 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
What,no rapes?What kind of Muslums are these???
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:39:10 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Farmer Dean
McCain's Heroes
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:40:11 PM PDT
by
scooby321
To: Farmer Dean
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:42:02 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:42:13 PM PDT
by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: SunkenCiv
They aren’t keeping with the traditions of the faith,that’s for sure.
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:45:24 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: SunkenCiv
Obamas People! They do the same to our cities.
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:48:51 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wow....that’s bad... looks like Detroit.
To: SunkenCiv
The only surprising thing about this is that the NY Slimes is reporting it.
Hey, Slimes, these are your guys, doncha know? Paid for with our tax dollars, courtesy of the Muslim-in-Chief in the White House.
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:56:21 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius.)
To: SunkenCiv
They are armed islamics, what would anyone expect?
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posted on
07/12/2011 7:59:34 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: SunkenCiv
I’m shocked. This has only been part of warfare for the last 4,000 years. These guys are pikers compared to the Red Army during WW2.
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:02:09 PM PDT
by
gusty
To: SunkenCiv
I’m shocked ... shocked, I say!
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:07:46 PM PDT
by
DesertSapper
(God, Family, Country . . . . . . . . . . and dead terrorists!!!)
To: SunkenCiv
We need to get the heck out of there. Both sides are bad in different ways, but, they are both bad.
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:14:35 PM PDT
by
MsLady
(Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
To: SunkenCiv
Sounds like Holder’s people.
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:27:33 PM PDT
by
ebshumidors
( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
To: SunkenCiv
These crimes are mild compared to will happen when these people enter Tripoli. This is a sectional civil war. Separating the good guys from the bad guys is a subjective exercise.
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:31:39 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: SunkenCiv
A pretty good illustration of the foolishness of seeing warfare as a morality play.
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posted on
07/12/2011 8:33:53 PM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(hoaxy dopey changey)
To: SunkenCiv
Chicago and Milwaukee “Flash Mobs”.
To: ArmstedFragg
A pretty good illustration of the foolishness of seeing warfare as a morality play.Bears repeating.
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posted on
07/12/2011 9:30:05 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Wranglers not Levis. Levi Strauss is anti-2nd Amendment.)
To: Farmer Dean
The women, little kids, dogs and goats cannot report rape if they have their heads cut off,
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