- Phoenix1330
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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.
Thank you guys for your determination to keep this up an running during my two week hiatus. My role at work took a turn for the better, and I ended up training 13 people to do the job I used to do.
Now that that training is done, I can refocus my spare time into running things like this thread. I appreciate your dedication to the cause of keeping people informed, and I am pleased to see that this thread has not died since I was last here.
Expect daily, or more frequent updates again.
LIBYA
The AU has admitted they do not see a future Libya with Gaddafi in power, but David Cameron(the British PM) says that they differ in views from the NATO led coalition. They believe Gaddafi will leave AFTER political process, where as NATO believes him leaving needs to be the BEGINNING of the political process.
The Rebels have taken the oil town of Brega, forcing the few remaining Gaddafi forces there out to the hamlet of Ras Lanuf, a defensible position of little strategic value. The rebels claim that Gaddafi's forces abandoned most of the heavy weapons at Brega, taking only 4 wheel drive vehicles with machine guns.
Russia has said it will not recognize the NTC as the legitimate government of Libya, but will treat it as a negotiating party.
Malta has joined the coalition in a Financial role, helping fund the Libyan mission, but says it lacks the military resources to actually become directly involved.
NATO has started attacking any missile sites in and around Tripoli after Gaddafi's threat to destroy the capital if the rebels seize control.
Niger has now thrown it's support behind NATO saying that a quick end to the conflict is the only thing that will keep the country's infrastructure sound enough to allow a new government to properly defend their country and not go the way of Somalia.
Syria
Security forces have started to defect and join the protesters.
Syrian tanks have surrounded a town near the Iraqi boarder where protesters and security forces have joined together in protest of al Assad.
Yemen
Protesters gathered in Taez dressed all in black and waving black flags 'in mourning of Saleh's rise to power'
Yemeni forces and Tribal leaders joined forces to retake the city of Zinjibar in south Yemen, and wrest control away from al-Qaeda fighters who took the city along with an army base, about a month ago.
The Yemeni revolt has created a presidential council to negotiate with the current government and to take control in the future, while elections are held. it is modeled after the Libyan NTC.