The King Of Swing

Jesus I'm watching Gaddafi's "speech" and has he always been this bonkers?

Anyway.

Al Jazeera English tweets: "Libyan ship spotted off Malta coast: Italian navy say they are monitoring a Libyan "naval asset" off the coast of Malta."

Also. Utterly off topic, but King of Swing - what the hell?! Your sig I mean.

Its part of a post (by Gatso who I think has since been banned) from the one night stand thread.

Anyway back on topic I tend to agree with you on this being necessary because Gadaffi has shown he is not the kind of "man" to peacfully give up power.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

The entire Libyan delegation to the United Nations has called for international action over events in Libya. The deputy ambassador called for protection for citizens from what he called the genocide being carried out by the Libyan government. He also called for a no-fly zone over the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

A number of Libya's senior government officials and diplomats have now quit. Libya's envoy to the Arab League, Abdel Moneim al-Honi, announced earlier he was "joining the revolution" and its ambassador to India, Ali al-Essawi, told the BBC he was resigning in protest against his government's violent crackdown on demonstrators.

Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Mohamed Abud al-Jeleil has resigned over the "excessive use of violence" against protesters, the privately-owned Quryna newspaper reports.

I really can't see Gaddafi's "government" surviving much longer and its also making the rounds that Col. Gaddafi may have actually fled the country though its being denied and since his sons are still in Libya I highly doubt the rumors are true.

As Loki brought up its very possible that this could become a civil war though and may have already gone over that line.

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All Italian air bases have been placed on maximum alert, the Italian news agency Ansa reports

No idea what that could mean.

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If what is being reported is true (it it seems almost certainly true) then Gadaffi and his cronies are a bunch of wild animals who should be put down without mercy, I consider myself a liberal but its obvious that violence is the only language Gadaffi and those he has surrounded himself with (and hired) understands.

Is the Gaddafi regime on its last legs?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/2...ernment-tripoli

Libya protesters set fire to government buildings in Tripoli

 

Anti-Gaddafi demonstrations spread to capital from Benghazi as some soldiers reportedly switch sides to aid activists

 

Protesters in Libya's capital are reported to have set fire to government buildings and attacked the headquarters of state television as the anti-Gaddafi demonstrations that began in the east of the country threaten to engulf the regime.

 

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets overnight clashing with police and shouting anti-Gaddafi slogans as tribal leaders demanded an end to the violent government crackdown. There were also reports that some soldiers in the east had defected to the opposition, in a revolt that has killed more than 230 people.

 

Witnesses said that the brutal crackdown, that began in the country's second city of Benghazi, has spread to the capital overnight with reports of automatic gunfire and teargas in Tripoli for the first time since the unrest began.

 

The government building where the general people's congress, or parliament, meets was reported to be on fire and there were separate reports that protesters had attacked the headquarters of the state television network.

 

"I can see the People's Hall is on fire, there are firefighters there trying to put it out," a Reuters reporter said.

 

A hotel worker told the Guardian: "The mood is very tense here. We have heard that government buildings are on fire and locals are scared to leave their homes. Most foreigners are trying to leave."

 

Muammar Gaddafi has so far relied on brute force to crush what began as peaceful protests five days ago, and last night his son Saif al-Islam appeared on state TV to say it was a "tragedy" that Libyans had died but warned of "civil war" unless order was restored.

 

"There is a plot against Libya," said Saif, blaming "an Islamic group with a military agenda" for the bloodshed in Benghazi. Libya would see "rivers of blood", an exodus of foreign oil companies and occupation by "imperialists" if the violence continued, he said.

 

In reality, there has been little sign of Islamist involvement in Libya's unprecedented unrest. Nor was there in the uprisings in Tunisia or Egypt.

 

"Muammar Gaddafi, our leader, is leading the battle in Tripoli, and we are with him," Saif said. "The armed forces are with him. Tens of thousands are heading here to be with him. We will fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet."

 

Facts are hard to pin down in the face of a news blackout that has included jamming the signal of the al-Jazeera TV network and interference with telephone and internet connections. But there were multiple claims of the army firing into crowds and the targeting of mourners at the funerals of those killed on Saturday.

 

In fast-moving developments after midnight, demonstrators were reported to be in Tripoli's Green Square and preparing to march on Gaddafi's compound as rumours spread that the leader had fled to Venezuela. Other reports described protesters in the streets of Tripoli throwing stones at billboards of Gaddafi while police used teargas to try to disperse them.

 

"People are in the street chanting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is great) and throwing stones at photos of Gaddafi," an expatriate worker told Reuters by phone from Tripoli. "The police are firing teargas everywhere, it's even getting into the houses."

 

A Tripoli resident, who did not want to be identified, told Reuters the streets of the capital appeared to be calm early on Monday morning but that there was no sign of police, which is unusual for the city.

 

The drama in Libya overshadowed developments elsewhere in the region. Tensions eased in Bahrain after troops withdrew from a square in Manama occupied by Shia protesters. Thousands of security personnel were also deployed in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to forestall an opposition rally. Elsewhere in the region unrest hit Yemen, Morocco, Oman, Kuwait and Algeria.

 

But the eyes of the world are on Libya. In Benghazi in the east of the country shocked witnesses spoke of "massacres" and described corpses shot in the head, chest or neck piling up in hospitals running short of blood and medicines.

 

According to a Reuters report, Libyan soldiers said they had defected and were joining the protests. An intelligence source reported that 150 soldiers and officers who disobeyed orders and refused to shoot at protesters would be executed.

 

Estimates of the total number of fatalities over six days of unprecedented unrest ranged from 233

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/...art-of-comments

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...tests-live.html

If reports coming out of Bahrain are true then its horrific over there right now and reports have come out that protesters have hanged two policemen in Libya though reports from Libya are apparently harder to verify.

19.19 The British Government has halted exports of security equipment to Bahrain and Libya.Britain has licensed hundreds of cartridges of tear gas and other riot control equipment for export to Bahrain in the past nine months and been criticised by human rights groups. Foreign Secretary William Hague said there was no evidence Bahrain was using British-made products to crack down on protesters.

You couldn't fucking make it up.

Michael Moore also didn't help matters when he heavily implied that Doctor's in the UK all live in million $ Mansion's.

LMAO great post Woyzeck

As long as they don't turn to Socialism, which they clearly aren't given how students have been attacking Socialist workers at their rallies then we aren't quite in the shitter yet.

 

Edit - Rightfully so. Every one in the hospital is a victory for democracy.

This has to be a windup.

You know I really want to see Black Swan but Natalie Portman comes across as such a grade A cunt she actually puts me off aything she stars in.

Multiculturalism is about understanding each others faiths and cultures whilst being proud of our British citizenship.

The funny thing is in my experience it is the "natives" who are the most intolerent and good luck to Cameron in getting those knuckle draggers to respect other faiths but holding the scum sheets to account would be a good start.

Anyway being proud of citizenship is a load of bollocks to me.

The US and UK's "wait and see who wins" stance on the situation is a fucking disgrace and they should be calling on Mubarak's resignation not squirming around calling for reform in a pathetic attempt at playing it safe in case Mubarak holds onto power.

All aid to the Government and Military should also be cut off.

First Tunisia and now it looks like Egypt's ruler may be on the ropes.

The excuse of course will be we didn't know how bad things really were until we got into office followed by the usual we must all make sacrifices/feel the pinch.

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20 minutes into QT and its a complete train wreck so far and depending on your personal views is either one of the best or worst episodes ever.

Woyzeck is a splendid choice for the role.

Now thats a shocker Duane has posted a video worth watching.

About twenty minutes in and its like Question Time without the cunts and if the audience was given a decent chance to make a point and I for one would like to see more of this kind of debate.

As for "the big society" as said early in the program its bollocks and imo was just an election slogan much like "things can only get better" during the 1997 general election.

Because he always comes across as always being holier than thou

He is no different to the majority of British politicians then.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (DS)

One of the best RPG's on the DS and I am baffled as to why much like SMT: Devil Survivor before it no one picked it up for an EU/UK release.

Trauma Team (Wii)

Another Atlus game that has shown no signs of an EU/UK release, only played about three missions so far but I'm already impressed.

Give it up Duane you just keep making a bigger fool of yourself every time you post now.

Seriously Duane get off the internet and get some fucking help or at least get a clue you mental midget.

I can't believe I actually fell for that.

Bastard.

It looks like the now former president has actually left the country, your right Loki this is big and the knock on effect "could" be massive.

Wait Neil really made a joke that was actually funny?

Link or it never happened.

LMAO great post Neil

Its getting like Groundhog Day in here