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Captain_Fil

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Guy Courchesne

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder how Gaddafi will go...dragged out of a hole like Saddam, arrested like his sons, or slipping into the night to re-appear in exile somewhere. |
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basiltherat
Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 952
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:52 pm Post subject: which chapter ? |
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What remains of his supporters feverishly paging through The Green Book. "Where is the chapter on what to do in this situation?!" |
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ancient_dweller

Joined: 12 Aug 2010 Posts: 415 Location: Woodland Bench
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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They say Gaddaffi is hiding in his compound. i'd like to put some money on him conveniently not being Tripoli when the compund is finally raided. |
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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Guy Courchesne wrote: |
I wonder how Gaddafi will go...dragged out of a hole like Saddam, arrested like his sons, or slipping into the night to re-appear in exile somewhere. |
Saudi Arabia might take him. They took in Idi Amin and the Tunisian guy. Fitting place for a tyrant to end his days.  |
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johnslat

Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Dear sheik,
That might depend on just how forgiving King Abdullah is -
March 2009
" Doha, Qatar - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stormed out of an Arab summit on Monday after denouncing the Saudi king for his long ties to the West.
Gaddafi disrupted the opening Arab League session in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticising Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a "British product and American ally".
Gaddafi has harboured a grudge against Abdullah since exchanging harsh words during a summit in early 2003 shortly before the US-led invasion of Iraq.
"Now after six years, it has proved that you were the liar," Gaddafi said, adding that he now considered their "problem" over and was ready to reconcile.
But when the emir of Qatar tried to quiet Gaddafi, the Libyan leader insisted on speaking to the summit.
"I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level," Gaddafi said before getting up and walking out of the hall."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/30/gaddafi-storms-out-of-ara_n_180661.html
The moral of that may be - Don't burn any bridges ahead of you.
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe not the Magic Kingdom then for Muammar. What about Venezuela? Or has the mad dog riled Chaves at some time? |
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nomad soul

Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world
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I agree. Qaddafi might head off to stay with one of his buds in Venezuela, Cuba, or somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. Most likely a "no" on KSA since there's no love lost between him and the Kingdom. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if he left Libya days ago. |
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wangdaning
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Tripoli is not falling. nato simply shipped in a bunch of rebels (nato troops) to the city, continually bombed their infrastructure, and claimed it as a victory. Any self respecting Libyan is fighting to make sure nato does not take control.
Anywhere nato goes you see years of war and lots of civilian deaths. |
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wangdaning
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Captain_Fil

Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 604 Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts
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choudoufu

Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 3325 Location: Mao-berry, PRC
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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thank the all-powerful spaghetti munster that NATO was
there to protect the civilians of sirte and bani walid! that
R2P deal from the UN gave them the authority to bomb
rebel forces who were using tanks and artillery on a city
of half a million defended by a few hundred soldiers loyal
to their government.
what? NATO didn't...........oh, never mind. |
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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wangdaning wrote: |
Tripoli is not falling. nato simply shipped in a bunch of rebels (nato troops) to the city, continually bombed their infrastructure, and claimed it as a victory. Any self respecting Libyan is fighting to make sure nato does not take control.
Anywhere nato goes you see years of war and lots of civilian deaths. |
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Captain_Fil

Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 604 Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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Syria's Assad is peeing in his pants now...
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