By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times June 28, 2011, 8:00 a.m. Reporting from Ghaaa military base, Libya— Rebels in Libya’s Nafusa mountains seized control of and pillaged a massive weapons depot Tuesday morning after a short desert battle with troops loyal to Moammar Kadafi, taking co[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Libya’
June 26th, 2011 - 9:32 pm § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Gaddhafi May Be Under an Arrest Warrant
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is seeking an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddhafi’s for crimes against humanity. Source: Getty Images Awaiting a verdict on Gaddafi in Libya Watch Libyans await International Criminal Court’s request for arrest warrant for [...]
June 24th, 2011 - 8:08 am § in Uncategorized
Breaking News: Why “We” .. all of us … are in Libya!
Bernard Henri Levy on why France led the world into Libya.[...]
Gaddhfi Countdown: China receives Libyan opposition leader
BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday recognized Libya’s opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) as “an important dialogue partner” as it hosted the NTC leader in Beijing. “Since its creation, the NTC has increased its representativeness and gradually be[...]
Is Saudi Arabia the next to fall?
from Spiegel By Bernhard Zand Translated from German by Christopher Sultan The Arab world to which Abdullah had returned was no longer the same one it had been a few weeks earlier, when he left for New York. When Abdullah arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh last Wednesday, it was no longer just [...]
March 1st, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Uncategorized
Saudi Clerics Reject Calls for Support to Ghaddafi Regime,
DUBAI (Reuters) – Sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have failed to persuade prominent Saudi clerics to issue religious rulings against a revolt that is threatening to bring down the veteran leader, Al Arabiya television said on Monday. The Saudi-owned channel said on its website that Gaddafi&#[...]
February 27th, 2011 - 8:09 am § in Politics
Witnesses: Gaddafi Forces Shooting From Ambulances
More evidence that the battle tactics Gaddafi is using against the protesters are becoming even more brutal. The New York Times reports: An increasingly gruesome picture began to emerge Saturday of the violent tactics used by the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to quell protesters in Tripoli, [...]
February 23rd, 2011 - 11:36 am § in America
PIX: Is Walker the illegitimate child of Qaddafi?
The Atlantic: Governor Walker talking to a person he thinks is David Koch. I wonder what would happen if Qaddafi called Walker? Click image to listen to the actual discussion from the Buffalo Beast Or go to the PI for a superb essay by Joel Connelly. Wisconsin and elswhere: Union busting as ‘[...]