08-24-2011, 11:08 AM
|
#560
|
|
Norm!
|
Quote:
|
Captain, .....I still have not seen any proof that Ghadafi was "butchering" un-armed civilian protestors. I'm not saying he is some nice guy, but Robert Gates himself said the reports were unconfirmed. If you could direct me to where there is proof of this I would appreciate....
|
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Fin...744/story.html
Quote:
On Saturday night, the promise was put to the test. According to rebel sources in the capital and opposition groups abroad, including those in the Tunisian resort town of Djerba, "Operation Mermaid Dawn" - Mermaid is a nickname for Tripoli - was launched from the Ben Nabi Mosque on Sarim Street close to the heart of the city.
The rebels moved just after Iftar, the daily breaking of the daytime Ramadan fast, after incorrect rumours that ruler Col. Moammar Gadhafi had fled. A group of young men began chanting "God is Great," signifying the start of a new protest at the mosque, witnesses in Tripoli and rebels said.
Prayers were cancelled and all women sent home. The men then locked themselves in and began shouting anti-Gadhafi slogans. They used the mosque's loud speaker system, normally used to call people to prayer, to broadcast their chants across the city.
As shooting and explosions lit up the Tripoli night, Gadhafi's forces arrived and initially opened fire on the mosque with machine guns, also summoning reinforcements armed with anti aircraft guns mounted on pickup trucks. The men inside the mosque were unarmed.
|
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12517327
Quote:
Doctor 'Braikah' in Benghazi describes 'a massacre' (Amateur video with this interview purportedly shows recent unrest in several parts of Libya)
Continue reading the main story Libya Crisis
Details have emerged of huge casualty figures in the Libyan city of Benghazi, where troops have launched a brutal crackdown on protesters.
More than 200 people are known to have died, doctors say, with 900 injured.
The most bloody attacks were reported over the weekend, as funeral marches were said to have come under machine-gun and heavy weapons fire.
One doctor, speaking amid the sound of fresh gunfire on Sunday, told the BBC that "a real massacre" had happened.
Human Rights Watch says at least 173 people have been killed in Libya since demonstrations began on Wednesday.
|
__________________
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
|
|
|