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Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.
So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.
Firstly, Thanks to all of you who are keeping this thread updated in my absences this past week or so, I greatly appreciate it, I will have a hard time finding an opportunity to update probably for another week, and I'm showing up to read your posts more often than I am posting due to lack of time. Please keep it up.
That out of the way, here's the most current update out of the 4 major countries on our watch:
LIBYA
In towns like Zintan where fighting was once heavy, normal life has seemed to have resumed in light of major advances in the past two weeks.
The Western rebels have taken the Hamlet of Gualish which puts them about 20 or 30 km from the final strategic location before Tripoli. If the rebels succeed in taking the military town of Gharyan, it will put the rebels in control of a highly defensible location within striking distance of Tripoli, and reduce Gaddafi's hold to only two stronghold locations in the country, Sirte and Tripoli.
Military command for the rebels has been moved out of Benghazi and to Zintan, where the rebels have become better equipped after the french started supplying them, and where the rebels have taken 3 intact army bases, giving them tanks and armoured vehicles.
The Canadian HMCS Charlottetown is preparing to leave Libyan waters to be replaced by the HMCS Vancouver which is better equipped for ship to ship combat. The change is due to the lack of air threat, the anti-air frigate is becoming less useful, whereas the Vancouver will be more effective in the current role. the Charlottetown will be stationed in Italy for the remainder of the Libyan mission.
Gaddafi has threatened to send suicide bombers all across the EU.
YEMEN
While the Al Qaeda presence in Yemen is still strong, they no longer have control of any city, putting them as a 'fringe' combatant in the borderline civil war between the loyal 'Revolutionary Guard' and the rebel 'Revolution of the Youth'
The top 5 leaders of the Yemeni Al Qaeda sect have been killed by loyalist forces, this report was confirmed by the US.
Analysts say that while Saleh holds no real power anymore his family still controls much of the military.
After Saleh's appearance on TV, the divide in the country becomes more clear, and shows a nation that seems to be truly divided in half.
Human Rights Watch says that while Yemen's military is focused on Al-Qaeda they show no regard for civilians participating in protest, or in the area, often killing dozens in the crossfire with the Terror organization's troops.
SYRIA
Talks between the opposition leaders and al-Assad, are to begin today
The largest protest ever against al-Assad was held in Hama yesterday, The town fears retaliation today from al-Assad forces
Human Rights watch says that Syrian Security forces have been order to and carried out orders to kill protesters.
Human Rights watch says the US is not showing enough true support for the uprisings in Syria, saying that the US has implemented very few sanctions against the regime when compared to other UN countries, while military action is impossible without UN sanction, there is much more that the US could do to support the rights of the people.
Syria's Vice president, has made a public statement calling for a multi party democracy to be put in place.
EGYPT
while the Media is starting to hail the current protests as a second revolution, the protesters calling for elections to be held immediately and the military to be removed from power, say that the last revolution never ended.
in protest of the elections having still not happening, small children have been holding signs in Tahrir Square that read 'I will be the next Egyptian president' or 'I hope I will live to see a new leader elected' suggesting they think the military will not hold elections for years to come.
[Edited on 07.10.2011 9:27 AM PDT]