Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $22,084
27%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 27%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: obamaswar4libya

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Libyan Rebels Accused of Pillage and Beatings in Towns They Captured

    07/12/2011 7:36:44 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 19 replies
    New York Times ^ | July 12, 2011 | C.J. Chivers
    Rebels in the mountains in Libya's west have looted and damaged four towns seized since last month from the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, part of a series of abuses and apparent reprisals against suspected loyalists that have chased residents of these towns away, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The looting included many businesses and at least two medical centers that, like the towns, are now deserted and bare. Rebel fighters also beat people suspected of being loyalists and burned their homes, the organization said. The towns that have suffered the abuses are Qawalish, which rebels seized last week, Awaniya,...
  • Defiant Gadhafi threatens attacks in Europe

    07/01/2011 11:13:14 AM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 16 replies · 1+ views
    Associated Press ^ | July 1, 2011
    TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A defiant Moammar Gadhafi threatened Friday to carry out attacks in Europe against "homes, offices, families," unless NATO halts its campaign of airstrikes against his regime in Libya. The Libyan leader, sought by the International Criminal Court for brutally crushing an uprising against him, delivered the warning in an audio message played to thousands of supporters gathered in the main square of the capital Tripoli.