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Libya City Torn by Tribal Feud
Wall St Journal ^ | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | Sam Dagher (AP)

Posted on 06/21/2011 4:13:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Ethnic Hatred Rooted in Battle for Misrata Underlines Challenges the Nation Faces After Gadhafi -- "Traitors keep out," reads graffiti at the entrance of a housing project in an impoverished neighborhood of Misrata, the rebel-held city grappling with the physical and emotional scars of Col. Moammar Gadhafi's siege since March.

A group of men sipping tea in the courtyard on a recent afternoon say the "traitors" are those who hail from Tawergha, a small town 25 miles to the south inhabited mostly by black Libyans, a legacy of its 19th-century origins as a transit town in the slave trade.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: libya; misrata

1 posted on 06/21/2011 4:13:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

The story’s quite a bit longer than this excerpt, but it’s from AP, so...

The photo I couldn’t use is worth the trip to the link.


2 posted on 06/21/2011 4:14:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

“LIBYA CITY TOEN BY TRIBAL FUED”

ALL muzzies are... the only thing they share in common is satan and a hate for the Western World.

LLS


3 posted on 06/21/2011 4:28:23 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH"! I choose LIBERTY and PALIN!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Lemme guess....they’re outraged, right?


4 posted on 06/21/2011 4:35:54 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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