Posted on 02/21/2011 7:44:33 AM PST by SE Mom
Ongoing live thread for developments in North Africa and the Middle East.
Twitter:
Libyan justice minister resigns in protest at 'excessive use of violence against protesters,' Quryna newspaper says - Reuters 6 minutes ago via breakingnews.com
Group of Libyan Muslim leaders says rebelling against Libyan regime is everyone's divine duty - Reuters 33 minutes ago via breakingnews.com
Anti-government protests break out in Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf, Libya's Quryna newspaper says - Reuters about 1 hour ago via breakingnews.com
Police station in suburb of Libyan capital of Tripoli is on fire, according to a Reuters reporter on the scene about 2 hours ago via breakingnews.com
Europe plans for Libya evacuation: EU foreign ministers discuss plans to transport citizens out of Libya, as vio... http://aje.me/dMmkVb 4 minutes ago via twitterfeed
SAS poised to rescue British oil workers stranded in Libyan desert ( as many as 500 stranded )
The 500 number is deeper in the article....
Editors lacking a numerical check it seems.
This is a lost thread....how would you find it?
Things will probably go underground for a while, and they may concentrate on the Secular Dictator ruled countries like Jordan, Syria, etc. Syria might be the next region to erupt.
...(to find a lost thread)...
Yeah. I bookmarked it ... it’s a very good thread.
Me 2.
Good point! I was going to start a new one this morning- then another live one started so I held off- I guess after supper I’ll start it anyway. I asked the mods a couple of times to bump it back up but it didn’t happen.
Unbelievable. Stop the world, I want off.
“Libya will stabilize and oil prices will come back down.” I don’t know about the stability part, at least in the Tripoli area, but oil prices seem to have stabilized, rising less than $1 since yesterday, and still under $100 for next two months. Even for the next year the highest future is only $102, and then drops back down. From what I heard on early radio, the eastern part of Libya is trying to get oil exporting stabilized. Libya only produces 2% of world crude. Here is todays late NYMEX oil prices:
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/marketquotes/index.php3?market=CL
Other reports I heard on early radio were from border crossings in Egypt and Tunisia. In Egypt swarms of people are leaving, large numbers of foreign workers, and especially Egyptian workers. I think I heard that Egypt had 1/2 to 1 million working in Libya. In Tunisia they reported about 15,000 coming out. Some are wounded, many have terrible stories. Those with funds are bused to the airport to leave for other parts. Those without funds are being housed in tents. NGOs, Tunisian medical and other volunteers are helping and feeding. If our country wants to help, we should send in additional personal, tents, beds, food, transport planes, etc. as the flood of refugees will no doubt continue, and unfortunately get larger. Of course, we will also need permission of two recently rconstituted/unstable? countries to grant that permission.
A friend of mine commented on the phone today that he does not really want to be alive during the coming generation. Sounds like he is sort-of saying the same thing as you.
I threw the Mayan thing at him and told him he may not need to worry about anything more than reaching beyond December 2012 (smile).
WTF expressed in this one.
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2011/02/oba-hussein-against-us-vows-to-stand.html
Horrifying!
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2011/02/attack-details-on-lara-logan-personify.html
Thanks for the ping!
Thanks for the ping!
UK paying ‘bribes’ to free trapped Britons
I wonder if the Obama admin did the same?
BP's mentioned.
BP is helping rescue folks from the same psycho they did a deal with for oil rights.
And I'll bet the Syrians aren't the only ones worried about skeletons spilling from Qaddafi's closets....
Student in court over alleged Bush bomb plot
The federal judge remanded him in custody until March 11, saying he faces life imprisonment if convicted.
That's the same date set for that Day of Rage protest in Saudi Arabia.
Bahraini Shiite Opposition Leader Set to Arrive in Manama Today
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