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Camels evacuated from Libya's capital after port comes under fire
Reuters ^ | March 5, 2020 | by Ahmed Elumami

Posted on 03/05/2020 6:36:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

TRIPOLI - Three thousand camels have been walked out of Libya’s capital Tripoli in an overnight evacuation after the port where they arrived came under artillery fire.

The camels left Tripoli’s port shortly after midnight on Wednesday, and were herded along a highway leading west to the city of Zawiya, some 45 km (30 miles) away, where they arrived on Thursday morning, according to a local merchant.

A Reuters reporter saw about 20 camel herders whipping the camels into line as they left central Tripoli, with some camels trying to search for food along the side of the road. Security forces temporarily closed the road to let them pass.

Tripoli’s port, which is close to the city center, was shelled on Tuesday by forces loyal to east Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar, who has been waging an offensive to take Tripoli for more than 10 months.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: camels; mideast
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1 posted on 03/05/2020 6:36:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These camels will walk a mile.


2 posted on 03/05/2020 6:37:58 AM PST by xp38
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m glad I was born in the USA.


3 posted on 03/05/2020 6:39:13 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: xp38

ISWYDT............................


4 posted on 03/05/2020 6:39:47 AM PST by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why do they need camels in Tripoli?......................Because Marlboros are too expensive!...................


5 posted on 03/05/2020 6:40:38 AM PST by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
WAIT!

Aren't camels full of water?

6 posted on 03/05/2020 6:42:54 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
WAIT!

Aren't camels full of water?

7 posted on 03/05/2020 6:42:54 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: xp38

Evacuating the camels

before they get smoked.


8 posted on 03/05/2020 6:42:58 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Red Badger

They were there for the Libyan production of The Batchelor. This is heart breaking. Now we may never know which camel gets the rose.


9 posted on 03/05/2020 6:47:09 AM PST by freefdny
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To: xp38

Irony is if you use camels long enough you won’t be able to walk a mile.


10 posted on 03/05/2020 6:47:48 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No sex for a while for the Libyan men........


11 posted on 03/05/2020 6:48:07 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: freefdny

LOL!.................


12 posted on 03/05/2020 6:50:57 AM PST by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Red Badger

Well played sir!


13 posted on 03/05/2020 6:52:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is all Hilliary and Obasturd’s fault.

Had they left Libya alone, Kahdaffi still alive, there would not be a civil war there now.

And the blame Trump for ‘destabilizing’ the Middle East...............................


14 posted on 03/05/2020 6:54:34 AM PST by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: mountn man

Evacuating the camels

before they get smoked.
= = = = = = = = =

Old Ad/Joke... (from the nifty fifties)

9 out of 10 doctors prefer Camels.
The other one still likes women....

About the same time as the LSMFT log ‘meant’
Loose
Straps
Mean
Floppy
T’a’ts

Nothing was ‘sacred’ even the patriotic songs.
Oh be kind to your web footed friend
For a duck maybe somebodys mother
(to the tune of Stars & Stripes Forever)

You may think this is the end. Well, it is!

My My, we surely were poets but don’t know its


15 posted on 03/05/2020 7:00:24 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: G Larry

WAIT!
Aren’t camels full of water?
= = = = = = = =

Do you know how to ‘brick’ a camel?

Well, when he gets to the oasis and bends over to take a drink, sneak up behind him with a brick in each hand and when he takes the first gulp.....

Well, the rest is quite obvious and he will take on an extra gulp or two to prepare for the journey ahead.


16 posted on 03/05/2020 7:03:50 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They had to save the harem.


17 posted on 03/05/2020 7:08:16 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Pray for the camels.

Everybody else over there? Allahu Akbar!


18 posted on 03/05/2020 7:16:03 AM PST by moovova
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Was this on Wednesday?


19 posted on 03/05/2020 7:18:11 AM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Forget the people! Save the camels!


20 posted on 03/05/2020 9:07:01 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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