Watching CNN right now, it appears that Moammar Gadhafi is dead, after 42 years of dictatorship Libya is finally free.
Watching CNN right now, it appears that Moammar Gadhafi is dead, after 42 years of dictatorship Libya is finally free.
Yeah, there's an Al Jazeera report here.Originally Posted by sim&lil
Looks very much like it might be correct.
I've just seen him in Asda
Keith - Administrator
That's saved Tony Blair from wondering where to send this year's Christmas Card
Not too much of a surprise it was only a matter of time before he was taken out
With the money he had I think Waitrose would be his supermarket of choice.I've just seen him in Asda
When I was at college in the mid 80's my old form tutor was the spitting image of Gadhafi, except he spoke with a broad scouse accent.
Gadhafi had lots of doubles who he used as decoys, are they sure they've got the right one?
... mind YOU - if the rumour happens to be true - the Libyans'll be thinking THEIR Christmas has come early.
Pictures of him alive.... then pictures of him dead.... that's what I call justice..... can we send Dr Murray to Libya?
Keith - Administrator
I had the pleasure of working in Libya for 3 years in the 1980s. Nice country. Shame about the dictator.
Saved a few bob too...no trial etc.
Whilst I understand that some people are quite upset that he could be slaughtered like that in such an inhumane way without the chance to be brought before a court; one must also consider the feelings of those that killed him, having lived under such a terrible regime for so long and seen brothers, sisters, children and parents murdered by him. Until the very end Ghadafi was surrounded by people that lead him to believe he was right (yes men surround of all the middle eastern leaders and senior men, little weasels who cling on like parasites), and truly believed he had the support of millions. When the revolution kicked off he called the rebels 'rats', oh the irony when he was dragged out of the sewers, confused and asking the people why they were doing that to him and being abusive to is captors.
1 leader dead but who or what will follow him, and if there was not oil there would the west be bothered
I agree with the above 2 posters.
Now of course the human rights hand-wringers are getting involved.
Sometimes it is just better to accept that the 'greater good' has been served, and move on.
I feel far more upset about the innocent child being left to die in China, or the starving millions in Africa, North Korea etc.
he died too quick, killed by his own gun
I feel far more upset about the innocent child being left to die in China, or the starving millions in Africa, North Korea etc.[/QUOTE]
thats the problem, china and north korea and behind closed doors, africa is so big and on going all the time, but aint it funny its usualy down to only 1 person or just a few in those countries that can make it better or worst
If we'd given him his human rights it would have been like this:
Captured
Jailed for 2-3 years during the trial with little food and the odd beating (but so it healed before the Red Cross visited)
Found guitly
Hung
..... so he'd be dead anyway
Keith - Administrator
he got off easy then, a quick bullet to the headIf we'd given him his human rights it would have been like this:
Captured
Jailed for 2-3 years during the trial with little food and the odd beating (but so it healed before the Red Cross visited)
Found guitly
Hung
..... so he'd be dead anyway
i would have pulled the trigger, and i would pull the trigger to many many more so called people who rule this so called world of ours,but we must remember we only see what they want us to see
Yeah, but at least we wouldn't have to listen to endless boring news reports about it, and probably cough up part of the cost.If we'd given him his human rights it would have been like this:
Captured
Jailed for 2-3 years during the trial with little food and the odd beating (but so it healed before the Red Cross visited)
Found guitly
Hung
..... so he'd be dead anyway
Sticking our goody goody noses in already costs the British taxpayer a bloody fortune...and does the rest of the world REALLY give a damn ?
If he was put on trial for mass murder in the UK he would have pleaded his Yuman Rights for a family life, cleared and given a council houseIf we'd given him his human rights it would have been like this:
Captured
Jailed for 2-3 years during the trial with little food and the odd beating (but so it healed before the Red Cross visited)
Found guitly
Hung
..... so he'd be dead anyway
Will it make any difference Gadaffi being killed? Another tyrant will just take his place in my opinion.
As long as the oil is cheap.
While Libyans celebrategetting "shot" [pun intended] of THEIR dictator, it's more than can be said for the political outlook back home. David Cameron may not quite be seeing eye to eye with his French counterpart at the moment ... but he's doing his damndest
to see to it that his coalition lackies don't go with the flow and vote for a referendum on Europe. And, north of the Border, that bumptious wee upstart, Alex Salmond
is predicting Scotland will be free of its ties to the UK within the next decade. God forbid!
Libya has, not 1 but 3 great sites of Roman antiquity to rival any other. I was lucky enough to see the one at Sabratha which is huge. There are also sites at Leptis Magna and Cyrene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeXvVNlOVFw
Sabratha was being lovingly restored by the Italians before Gaddafis coup. And little has been done, if any since then.
If you are into Roman antiquity then Libya also has some great beaches. Once the mess has been cleared up and democracy installed, I am sure Libya will once again be a great holiday destination.
was it assisted suicide...the mad dog of the middle east colonel gaddafi apparantley died clutching a vile of the hypnotic double agent propfol.. gaddafi 69 had been holed up at his butlins style subterranean holiday spa in sirte having his chronic insomnia issues treated when the NTC forces burst in...and caught him red handed...A spokesman for the commandos who led the seige on the colonels hidey hole sed the place was a right mess nd was littered with countless roach ends, crack bongs and empty liquor bottles.
we think he was self medicating with gallon bottles of creme dementhe and dutch skunk hybrids .. captain mustapha camel commented... but hed reached his tolerance level and needed regular topping up..with a cocktail of pre surgical drugs recommended to him by er er relatives...
libyan security forces praised the assistance theyd recieved from foreign intelligence agencies which may have secured the right GPS co ordinates that finaly nailed gaddafis hide out.
they simply followed all the colonels daft strictly come dancing tweets urging the removal of nancy del ollio ... captain kamel added....
the mads dog bet 50,000 dollars shed be booted out last sunday...
And that's the truth Steve
It's been going on for years, but isn't really going to change. These countries have wars and coups to get rid of one leader and get a new Messiah but in time the new leader becomes as bad as the old leader.....and so the cycle continues
now gaddafi is dead... lets watch the vultures descend...
As a child, I was unfortunate enough to be living in Tobruk, Libya when Col Gaddafi’s military coup broke out in the late 1960s. My memories of Libya are not pleasant. Our third floor RAF hiring overlooked several open –top roofed homes where “the men of the house” would regularly beat one of their many wives. Animals would roam the streets ... (both the four legged and two legged varieties) which were littered with excrement. The Arabs thought nothing of hoisting up their ankle length shirts and squatting in the middle of the street. Whilst walking on the beach with others near the home of some of my parents friends that we were visiting, I was attacked by a group of youth ....... I was 10 years old.
King Idris’ palace in Tobruk was near the mosque. I remember seeing tanks rolling through the streets towards the palace and laying in bed at night listening to gunfire in Arab Square where lots of Arabs lost their lives. Fortunately, the King wasn’t there and had already left. A strict curfew was imposed for our own safety and the evacuation operation kicked in very speedily to get the families and service personnel out. Shortly after we left our home, our Arabic caretaker was dragged out of the block of flats and beheaded. His crime was ................... associating with the British! We were on the last plane back to the UK and it was very scary leaving dad behind to hurriedly finish “closing up” the base at RAF El Adem.
I see that the body of Col Muammar Gaddafi will be buried today in a "simple" ceremony in the desert as his fugitive son Saif al-Islam prepares to flee the country.
Libya as a great holiday destination? ..... Certainly not for me!
I understand all you say. Honestly I do. I spent 3 years in Libya during the earlier/middle Gaddafi years. I hated the place. I simply worked there. I can sit back and laugh now but at the time most things were not funny at all. Quite amazing and really just on the door step of Europe. But having said all that, one can and could still see all of the potential. That potential is still there and can and will be developed again. A cleaned up Libya has as much to offer the holidaymaker / tourist as Egypt, Tunisia etc.
Libya as a great holiday destination? ..... Certainly not for me!
I imagine that the bad memories might be too much, in your particular case. That is understandable.
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