|
Libya Situation
|
View this Thread in Original format
| Lews |
http://www.todayonline.com/World/ED...ts-machine-guns
| quote: | ibyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi yesterday, a day after snipers and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi shot demonstrators.
Women and children leapt from bridges to their deaths as they tried to escape the ruthless crackdown on Saturday. Artillery and helicopter gunships were also used against crowds of demonstrators, and thugs armed with hammers and swords had attacked families in their homes.
A doctor at one city hospital said he counted 200 dead in his morgue alone since the unrest began six days ago. |
Apparently snipers are shooting down protesters in the street during the speech by Saif el-Islam Gaddafi. Egypt's revolution was luckily extremely peaceful in comparison to this. Saif el-Islam Gaddafi basically said in his speech that everyone in Libya would be dead before his father would give up control of the nation. |
|
|
| Trance Nutter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
http://www.todayonline.com/World/ED...ts-machine-guns
Apparently snipers are shooting down protesters in the street during the speech by Saif el-Islam Gaddafi. Egypt's revolution was luckily extremely peaceful in comparison to this. Saif el-Islam Gaddafi basically said in his speech that everyone in Libya would be dead before his father would give up control of the nation. |
Yeah Bahrain killed a few protestors with live rounds as well. Pretty sure theres been a few deaths in Yemen as well. |
|
|
| Lira |
| If only Italy had a leader now :( |
|
|
| tubularbills |
i have a feeling like this has been going on for years, but the news media is only really sensationalizing on it now because of all the stuff going on in Eqypy.
ther'es a lot of unsettled-ness going on around here'; i'm just glad it's w/ their own gov't and not us lol.
also repost from the eqypt thread
|
|
|
| Arbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Saif el-Islam Gaddafi basically said in his speech that everyone in Libya would be dead before his father would give up control of the nation. |
That can be arranged. |
|
|
| Ian |
| our media are now blaming our government for having arms deals with the Libyans. |
|
|
| Lilith |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
our media are now blaming our government for having arms deals with the Libyans. |
That's because English journalists are scum. |
|
|
| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
That's because English journalists are scum. |
I wish they all reported the news like the chasers :( It'd certainly liven it up for me. |
|
|
| Darkarbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
our media are now blaming our government for having arms deals with the Libyans. |
Is this an issue? No doubt intelligence did realise their government was bull. |
|
|
| Greeny1210 |
| Its only going to get worse and worse, the whole middle east is ready to implode. |
|
|
| denys envy |
seems to me certain countries forgot about the fact that the egypt protests had the support (or rather refrain from interference) of the military.
can't do much when the leader you're trying to oust has fully control of the armed forces. |
|
|
|
|
