So this lybia crisis has been going on for ten days. So far Muammar Gaddafi has been making some crazy claims- some such as he wants his citizens that are on the pro Gaddafi side, to take action against others. At one point, they released prisoners providing them with 200 $ and a weapon and said "go". This most recent speech has been just as bizarre.
Again, at first, he speaks about how the public has legitimate concerns but now he is also blaming drugs, bin ladden, drugs, told people that they should be avoiding the brainwashing and telling parents to talk to their children (apparently it's only 15-20yr olds involved in the violence " because they are not responsible under the law") he speaks about not having Any influence. Saying he has 'moral authority' and if the people want him to be limited to a symbolic leader 'like the queen of England and the king of Thailand. . He blamed al Qaeda and claims that they are to blAme. This morning there was a gathering in martyrs sq in az zawiyah which Gaddafi mentioned in which at least 100 people have been killed this morning alone. However he only admits that his sec forces has only killed 4people when so far. Despite all this drug talk, mercenaries he flew in were stoned. He made concessions saying hat if they're calm and stop this, he will give out more loans, and that he would raise salaries.
Reflection on this is that he is being his arrogant man, and that he is scared. In terms of his arrogance he only appologized for four individual killed. What about the thousands other that are out there. And there have been others coming out. Saying, no- there are people over twenty and married and have kids...
There have been so many leaders coming out and speaking out such as British leaders and America despite the fact that they have been training and sending weapons directly to the loyal Gaddaffi sec forces.
I have heard some other claims of this leading to a civil war
This is what everybody wAs aiming for when we moved in on Afghanistan and Iraq. I guess just not like this with the Egyptians and now lybia and Tunisia. These are all protests for democracy.
There is already shocks in the markets due to all of this and that there might be more shockwaves as the flow of oil will be turned off.
Update more later on ...
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** typo. In the az zawiyah there has been 400 injured and 100 killed- this was the estimation from one of he men in the protest, so that number may be compromised.
ReplyDelete****many people defecting on Gaddaffi including sec leader who is saying Gaddaffi has chemical and biological weapons and won't hesitate to use them --- justice minister talking on al jazeera
Even israel is allowing access for 200 palestinians to return from Lybia
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