Best map I could find on short notice. I'll look later after I get some work done.
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
I think the light sweet part is the real prob, though, much more than the amount. Especially since I think most of Europe’s refinieries can’t handle the ickier (hey, it’s a technical term) stuff? So if Europe has to import more gasoline/refined product, that’s gonna have prices going up for everyone.
I hear the ‘Rats’ answer is to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve...
I grew up in Montana. I know about plugging in the car at night and unfreezing door locks. However, I’ve been gone for 20 years now and I still miss the mountains every day.
Are they really THAT nuts?
(rhetorical question, no need to answer)
... 1352: Enough Gaddafi in Libya tweets: "Reinforcements from Misrata Zawiya Zintan Benghazi have arrived at the outskirts of #Tripoli to support demonstrators #Libya #Feb17."
I've had the good fortune to visit Montana. I don't blame you :)
Best map I could find on short notice. I'll look later after I get some work done.
In a word: Yup. I'd also add: stupid, shortsighted, venal...but you get the drift.
Group of House Democrats Urges Obama to Open Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Thanks for the map PY!
I’m off to walk the dog...
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APNewsBreak: Diplomats _ Syria rejects nuke probe
AP ^ | 02/25/11 | GEORGE JAHN
Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011 7:21:35 AM by pgkdan
VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats say Syria has formally rejected a request from the head of the U.N. atomic agency for access to a suspected nuclear site.
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Whoa...
And Jean François was just over there playing footsie with Ferret Face.
1516: And a reminder of what the Indians being evacuated by their government are trying to escape - a resident of Tripoli just spoke to the BBC: “Many people are being killed right now in Tripoli, I just got a few phone calls from friends who witnessed people going out of mosques being shot at. I know one of the killed people - I was speaking to a friend, her brother in law got killed, I could hear screams. This is happening in an area called Zawyet al dahmani.”
BREAKING: Reports of a split between members of the Khamis brigade, when confirmed this should signal the end of the tyrant #Libya #Feb17
half a minute ago via web
Grass_Cutting American Ferry Departs Tripoli Amid Exodus From Libya: Operations to evacuate foreigners from Libya continued F... American Ferry Departs Tripoli Amid Exodus From Libya - NYTimes.com - nytimes.com
Twitter - seconds ago
” Very credible reports that Souq al Juma area of #Tripoli has fallen out of regime control. “
And into *whose* control??????
There’s a missing piece to all this - and that makes me just a bit nervous.....
Amen Ike Amen
“Gadhafi has been tied to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s spiritual adviser for more than 23 years.
The Libyan dictator also has financed and strongly supported the Nation of Islam and its leader, Louis Farrakhan. Obama has ties to Farrakhan and his controversial group.”
http://nation.foxnews.com/rev-wright/2011/02/23/qaddafi-has-been-tied-rev-jeremiah-wright
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“In 1984, Wright traveled to Libya with Louis Farrakhan to meet the enemy of America back then, Qaddafi.”
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The Syrian Crackdown
Human Events ^ | 02/25/2011 | John Hayward
Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011 8:52:37 AM by Pan_Yan
Government forces act to shut down communications. Peaceful protesters are beaten by uniformed and plainclothes police, including at least two women. Regime thugs are dispatched to intimidate dissidents. Foreign journalists are monitored, and some are apparently barred from entering the country.
This isn’t happening in Libya, but rather in Syria, whose dictator Bashar al-Assad has ruled for eleven years, taking over after 30 years of maximum leadership from his father. After nervously watching the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, Assad has been acting to crush his own dissident movement early. He can get a lot of crushing done while the attention of the world is focused on the final days of Moammar Qaddafi.
Assad is a far more cunning monster than the exhausted Mubarak or deranged Qaddafi. He hangs on to power with a number of clever techniques, such as the political influence of the fascist Baath Party. Mubarak’s power base was a dwindling number of super-rich cronies, who found themselves living in a sea of desperately poor citizens, protected by an army that valued its own prestige above loyalty to the regime. Assad, like Saddam Hussein, uses the Baath Party to get a larger percentage of the populace plugged into his power structure, giving them far more latitude to oppress the dickens out of everyone who doesn’t belong. Dictatorship is much easier when a sizable minority of the country signs up to be your friend on Facebook.
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Obama Earmarked $400K For Two Libyan Charities Run by Gaddafi’s Children…
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