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[Kuros]

[Menino80]

[Kuros]

[On the other hand]

Beck wrote:

[mises]

[Ya-ta Boy]

2 interesting (and encouraging) rumors:

1. The acting Libyan foreign minister Obeidi has gone to Greece for some kind of negotiations. According to al-Jazeera:

"Abdel Ati al-Obeidi, Libya's acting foreign minister, told the Greek prime minister in Athens that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wants the fighting to end.

"It seems that the Libyan authorities are seeking a solution," Dimitris Droutsas, the Greek foreign minister, said.

He added that Obeidi planned to travel on to Malta and Turkey."

2. Qaddafi's son, Said (sp?), is also floating the idea of a transitional government. Reporter Anita McNaught says the version she heard was that daddy 'dafi would step down and that Said would step up as some kind of interim leader while a new government is formed. She also reported that the rebels have said all along they want the entire family gone.

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While things are stalled on the ground it looks like there is diplomatic movement behind the scenes. Another report is that golden parachutes are being offered to various government officials.

I think we'll know things are getting seriously close to a solution when we hear the UN (or someone) is preparing peace keeping forces to step in. With every Arab country having its own problems, I can't imagine any of them would or could risk sending forces under the Arab League.

[Butterfly]

[rollo]

Yeah grab as much as you can before a cease fire. Is there an anti war movement in Europe since they seem to be taking the lead in all this. Why the focus on the U.S?

[Ya-ta Boy]

What kind of government do the rebels want? Here is one significant voice:

A leader of the rebel movement, meanwhile, sought to ease concerns from Western governments about its character and goals, emphasizing in an interview that the rebels will not allow Islamic extremists to hijack their plans to install a parliamentary democracy in place of Gadhafi's four-decade rule.

The issue takes on added importance as Western officials debate whether to send the rebels weaponry in an attempt to help them gain the upper hand over Gadhafi's superior troops.

"Libyans as a whole � and I am one of them � want a civilian democracy, not dictatorship, not tribalism and not one based on violence or terrorism," said Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga, vice chairman of the opposition's National Provisional Council.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/03/libya-rebels-gaddafi-news_n_844170.html

[Butterfly]

[beck's]

Already Gadaffi is going back to his asymmetric terrorist default position. Latest word is that his troops are using insurrection strategy. They have chucked the uniforms and are now using the ubiquitous third world Toyota pick-up trucks armed with light machine guns and RPGs as replacements for the military vehicles.

We are heading into 'failed state'mode with endless insurgency--The half crazy Gadaffi versus the Mujahadeen. With Obama supporting the Mujahadeen forces, the same thugs with a history of killing US troops in Iraq. Things couldn't get more absurd.

And all this within a stone's throw of the soft underbelly of Southern Europe.

Let's all cross our fingers for some change in 2012.

[Menino80]

[Kuros]

Libyan wounded describe the hell of Misrata

[mises]

This is too good:

http://sebmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/libyan-hipster-the-williamsburg-warrior/

We picked the fashionable beta males. MQ needs to lay about 1000 of these and the conflict is over:

http://gothamist.com/2011/03/14/have_you_fallen_for_a_hipster_trap.php

[rollo]

So if I understand this correctly the might of Europe and the Commonwealth were unable to deal with Gadhaffi's legions without U.S. help.