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Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE230

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.

Financial sanctions have been applied to 5 other members of the Gaddafi government.

  • 04.08.2011 8:42 AM PDT
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Ugh BBC news has stopped its live reports on the middle east crisis.Its been replaced with battle over US budget.

OP do you have any good websites with regular updates on the middle east crisis?

  • 04.08.2011 9:11 AM PDT

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.


Posted by: chucky chief
Ugh BBC news has stopped its live reports on the middle east crisis.Its been replaced with battle over US budget.

OP do you have any good websites with regular updates on the middle east crisis?
all posted in the OP. Al Jazeera is pretty good.

  • 04.08.2011 9:28 AM PDT
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Thanks OP

Heres something interesting i found in the live reports in Al Jareeza

German troops could play a role in a humanitarian mission in Libya - but the country's leaders denied this was a U-turn after not supporting UN military action

  • 04.08.2011 9:33 AM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE223

Posted by: Phoenix1330
Couple interesting points.

It is coming to light that the airstrike that destroyed the Libyan Rebel's tank and killed at least 4 may not have been a NATO aircraft, but rather a light aircraft launched off the road near Brega. NATO is saying that while they received no request to engage, their planes would have attacked any tanks in the area as the rebels had yet to inform NATO of the use of any captured vehicles on that line.

UNICEF has managed to get people into Misurata and is saying that Gaddafi snipers have started to target children in the city.

The Rebels have apparently moved some of their force from Benghazi, AROUND the front line and are attempting to enter Misurata from the East where Gaddafi Forces are holding.


well, if that last one is true, they FINALLY are fallowing the art of war

does the Libyan Military even have a aircraft that can do that? i'm sure they don't have Drones like the Russians had in End War.

  • 04.08.2011 10:59 AM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE230

"What's up baby, how are you doin'? I hate the sound of my own voice and I been invited here to distract my self from the fact that I wrote all of this garbage."

Pretty sure that the rebels didn't sneak to Misrata. Every other source I can find says that the government entered the city from the east side (they've been focused on the west I think) and the rebels repelled them from within.

  • 04.08.2011 11:00 AM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE223

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.


Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: Phoenix1330
Couple interesting points.

It is coming to light that the airstrike that destroyed the Libyan Rebel's tank and killed at least 4 may not have been a NATO aircraft, but rather a light aircraft launched off the road near Brega. NATO is saying that while they received no request to engage, their planes would have attacked any tanks in the area as the rebels had yet to inform NATO of the use of any captured vehicles on that line.

UNICEF has managed to get people into Misurata and is saying that Gaddafi snipers have started to target children in the city.

The Rebels have apparently moved some of their force from Benghazi, AROUND the front line and are attempting to enter Misurata from the East where Gaddafi Forces are holding.


well, if that last one is true, they FINALLY are fallowing the art of war

does the Libyan Military even have a aircraft that can do that? i'm sure they don't have Drones like the Russians had in End War.
The Rebels who are suggesting it was a Gaddafi plane are suggesting he got drones from another country imported via a boarder NATO isn't guarding.

  • 04.08.2011 11:21 AM PDT

Alpha Company OCS. Quantico, Virgina. C/o: 2009

1st Lt. Tyler Fessenden-USMC.

1st battalion. 2nd marines. 1st recon sniper divison

Not in favor of helpinh Lybia...but my Unit might get deployed there next.

-Ductus Examplo-

  • 04.08.2011 11:39 AM PDT

Posted by: Phoenix1330

Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: Phoenix1330
Couple interesting points.

It is coming to light that the airstrike that destroyed the Libyan Rebel's tank and killed at least 4 may not have been a NATO aircraft, but rather a light aircraft launched off the road near Brega. NATO is saying that while they received no request to engage, their planes would have attacked any tanks in the area as the rebels had yet to inform NATO of the use of any captured vehicles on that line.

UNICEF has managed to get people into Misurata and is saying that Gaddafi snipers have started to target children in the city.

The Rebels have apparently moved some of their force from Benghazi, AROUND the front line and are attempting to enter Misurata from the East where Gaddafi Forces are holding.


well, if that last one is true, they FINALLY are fallowing the art of war

does the Libyan Military even have a aircraft that can do that? i'm sure they don't have Drones like the Russians had in End War.
The Rebels who are suggesting it was a Gaddafi plane are suggesting he got drones from another country imported via a boarder NATO isn't guarding.


i was worried about that, i would expect the south because Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia seem to be checking on their ends

  • 04.08.2011 1:07 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE231

Unless another Rebel tank was bombed then it wasn't a Gadaffi drone, NATO confirmed that it hit rebel tanks didn't it?

[Edited on 04.08.2011 1:38 PM PDT]

  • 04.08.2011 1:27 PM PDT

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.


Posted by: Dynex811
Unless another Rebel tank was bombed then it wasn't a Gadaffi drone, NATO confirmed that it hit rebel tanks didn't it?
i thought so, but this is what the rebels are saying.

not really sure what's going on. there seems to be some confusion over the incident.

  • 04.08.2011 1:50 PM PDT

well, local news was trying to say this was that attack on the Rebels, turns out its at Misrata

on another note, look at ALL the Technicals!

  • 04.08.2011 2:09 PM PDT

Thought that this was worth showing.

  • 04.08.2011 2:10 PM PDT

Posted by: Dynex811
Thought that this was worth showing.


so we are bombing Gadaffi with Trolls now?

well it even says "To Gaddafi" on it

[Edited on 04.08.2011 2:17 PM PDT]

  • 04.08.2011 2:16 PM PDT

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.

NATO forces hit a massive Arms Depot today. Rebels reported hearing between 14 and 18 explosions from the Gaddafi Facility.

  • 04.08.2011 2:30 PM PDT

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.



I will again be away from the internet for a few hours, updating via phone for major events.

Please refer to AlJazeera's live blog on Libya or their Youtube Channel(see live feed at bottom) for interim information.

If you stumble accross major information not in the OP, I implore you to please post it in the forum and make others aware.

Please do not Bump unless it is accompianied by discussion or new information, as we do not want to have this thread locked.

Thank you.

  • 04.08.2011 2:32 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE233

i believe the official designation for the "Situation" in Libya has changed from stalemate to "Slow, Chaotic Retreat"

i honestly think we could see that since yesterday though...

[Edited on 04.08.2011 3:44 PM PDT]

  • 04.08.2011 3:44 PM PDT

Security forces fired on protestors in Yemen with live rounds. Two dead and thirty wounded.

Hamas officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed three of its members, including a senior commander.

Egyptians protest demanding a trial for Mubarak.

[Edited on 04.08.2011 5:14 PM PDT]

  • 04.08.2011 5:10 PM PDT

There were large protests in Syria today, state TV reported 19 police killed while other news agencies have been reporting deaths of protestors.

Hundreds of thousands protested against Saleh across Yemen, with tens of thousands pouring into Sanaa'a change square. Saleh hosted a staged rally with several thousand "supporters" who were offered money to come. Saleh made an address rejecting the GCC's offer for a plan to let Saleh step down.

In Bahrain On 9 April 20 masked men stormed the house of leading a leading Shia activist who was seized in the middle of the night and taken away with his two sons-in-law. Separately, members of the Bahrain national football team have been caught on TV, and arrested, for going to an anti government rally.

[Edited on 04.09.2011 6:51 AM PDT]

  • 04.09.2011 6:48 AM PDT

Posted by: Dynex811
There were large protests in Syria today, state TV reported 19 police killed while other news agencies have been reporting deaths of protestors.

Hundreds of thousands protested against Saleh across Yemen, with tens of thousands pouring into Sanaa'a change square. Saleh hosted a staged rally with several thousand "supporters" who were offered money to come. Saleh made an address rejecting the GCC's offer for a plan to let Saleh step down.

In Bahrain On 9 April 20 masked men stormed the house of leading a leading Shia activist who was seized in the middle of the night and taken away with his two sons-in-law. Separately, members of the Bahrain national football team have been caught on TV, and arrested, for going to an anti government rally.


at this point it seems they want the UN to intervene...

British also destroyed 7 loyalist tanks yesterday

[Edited on 04.09.2011 7:19 AM PDT]

  • 04.09.2011 7:17 AM PDT

Who wants the UN to intervene where? Yemen, Bahrain or Syria?

  • 04.09.2011 7:27 AM PDT

Heroes never die.

Why does the U.S. get involved?

  • 04.09.2011 7:28 AM PDT


Posted by: DALEAGLESCOUT
Why does the U.S. get involved?

Because people ask.

  • 04.09.2011 7:31 AM PDT