Posted on 02/20/2011 5:36:02 PM PST by robowombat
Libyan Protests Spread To Capital Tripoli
Alex Rossi, in Cairo, and Kat Higgins Anti-government protests are taking place in Libya's capital Tripoli for the first time since the uprising against leader Colonel Gaddafi began.
Eyewitnesses in the centre of the city have reported hearing gunshots and seeing burning vehicles as thousands of pro and anti-regime demonstrators clash. The North African country has seen days of unrest as protesters, spurred on by the revolutions in neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia, call for Gaddafi to step down after 40 years. Much of the violence has so far centred on the second city of Benghazi in the northeast of Libya where at least 200 people are believed to have been killed. Speaking on Libyan TV on Sunday night Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi admitted that some people have died in the violence and that the poorly trained and equipped army has "made some mistakes". But he said reports that 250 people have been killed is an "unimaginable exaggeration". Earlier, members of a Libyan army unit told Benghazi residents they have defected and "liberated" the city from pro-Gaddafi forces. Speaking from the city, a local man named Benali, told Sky News that members of the Libya's armed forces have defected and that anti-regime protesters are now in control of the city.
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From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli...
>> From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli...
Tell you what, we could benefit from a good Marine-style clean-up of both hellholes, Mexico AND Libya.
Sure sounds like the world is going to hell in a handbasket, doesn’t it.
And we have a president who thinks the future lies in windmills and trains.
Is it 2012 yet?
in Libya's capital Tripoli for the first time since the uprising against leader Colonel Gaddafi began.Thanks robowombat. Egypt and Jordan have treaties with Israel. Yemen's gov't has cooperated in the fight against al-Qaeda. Tunisia has never been a hotbed of Islamofascism. Morocco's monarchy has been pro-Western since WWII. Algeria hasn't been pushing terrorist outfits since Boumeddienne.
Things are cooking.
With gas (and oil).
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