Comments on: Things are not going well in Libya (and: Where is Libya?) https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/21/things-are-not-going-well-in-l/ Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:51:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Elli Davis https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/21/things-are-not-going-well-in-l/#comment-499542 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:51:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/21/things-are-not-going-well-in-l/#comment-499542 But Kadafi has ordered foreign troops to fight against his own people which shows his true relationship with the military. I think if the people of Libya pushed harder they could finally cooperate with the military to force the president to step down.

]]> By: MacTurk https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/21/things-are-not-going-well-in-l/#comment-499541 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:32:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/21/things-are-not-going-well-in-l/#comment-499541 The latest(CET 1714) is that the Libyan Armed Forces are falling apart, after the colonel ordered the Air Force to attack anti-government people in Benghazi(eastern part of Libya, 2nd largest city). His Ministers for security and Justice have abandoned him, as has his ambassador to the UN in New York. He has basically lost Benghazi, and a lot of tribal chiefs have come out on the side of the anti-government side. The staff of the Libyan consulate in alexandria(Egypt) lowered the country’s flag outside the embassy and joined the demonstrators outside the building.

To keep up, go to the BBC. They are running live feed.

Both the colonel and his son have spoken on TV. Their speeches are best described as delusional. Both have blamed drugs, foriegners, and in the Colonel’s case, Islamic terrorists. His theory is that the Islamic terrorists want to take over Libya, so that America can then create another Afganistan.

A minimum of 300 people have been killed. This slime is using anti-aircraft guns on his own people.

He is now rambling on, quoting every military suppression of demonstrators in justification of past and future actions. “The people can go to Hell” he said “I am the leader of the revolution, and I cannot stand down”. He also called on the people of Libya to rise up and defend him.

]]> By: tuibguy https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/21/things-are-not-going-well-in-l/#comment-499540 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:23:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/02/21/things-are-not-going-well-in-l/#comment-499540 What scares me for the Libyan people is that the Army is under command of the dictator. The Egyptian Army was a bit more independent. They will shoot people with extreme prejudice.

The Libyan dictator has shut of communications with the outside world. Internet, phone, everything. Wholesale slaughter of citizens is going on according to the last report I heard before they turned everything off.

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