Syrian Media - Gaddafi Dead

Lots of rumours flying around<br /><br />-- Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:19 pm --<br /><br />
MCFC BOB said:
Nothing yet on Sky News.
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Wut?

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As long as he doesn't interrupt Match of the Day.
 
I'd like to know why I should give more of a fuck about Libya than I do about everywhere else in the world where their are wars and armed disputes, most of them with more people dying and not resembling a scene from The Wacky Races where it seems to consist of people firing guns at nothing, never taking cover and driving up and down roads in jeeps. The most bizarre, bloodless warzone ever seen in the history of war reporting. Yet other places receive nothing in the way of widespread coverage.

Yet here I am, getting fed hourly updates on every channel about the progress of some rebels which the media encourage me to cheer on. Rebels who are own foreign secretary admitting to not knowing who they consisted of. Rebels who I would wager consist of elements whom, if they were in another country, I would be encouraged to 'hate' and see as devils incarnate.

Yet now I am supposed to support and be emotionally invested in them and portray them as the sides of good.


(None of the above is to suggest there's anything particularly appealing about Gaddaffi or his regime, by the way)
 
JohnMaddocksAxe said:
I'd like to know why I should give more of a fuck about Libya than I do about everywhere else in the world where their are wars and armed disputes, most of them with more people dying and not resembling a scene from The Wacky Races where it seems to consist of people firing guns at nothing, never taking cover and driving up and down roads in jeeps. The most bizarre, bloodless warzone ever seen in the history of war reporting. Yet other places receive nothing in the way of widespread coverage.

Yet here I am, getting fed hourly updates on every channel about the progress of some rebels which the media encourage me to cheer on. Rebels who are own foreign secretary admitting to not knowing who they consisted of. Rebels who I would wager consist of elements whom, if they were in another country, I would be encouraged to 'hate' and see as devils incarnate.

Yet now I am supposed to support and be emotionally invested in them and portray them as the sides of good.


(None of the above is to suggest there's anything particularly appealing about Gaddaffi or his regime, by the way)
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Bloodless ? i will make no reply to that other than you are thick as shit.

Oh maybe we have a vested interest because we still hold a grudge due to Lockerbie for a starters.
You also seem to miss the dynamics of politics in the middle east and Africa and that most sought after commodity OIL.

Gaddafi also makes most of these other conflicts (in africa at least) he supplies arms or/and training, basically google it and you will see he has his fingers in every bent dirty rotten pie in almost all African conflicts, surely you can see the wide reaching implications of this. He has started a fair few of them also, or at least fed the flames to start wars.

Where do you think all the arms that fuel the war in the DRC come from ?

Try reading sometime or watching proper news journalism, you may learn a lot.
 
TCIB said:
JohnMaddocksAxe said:
I'd like to know why I should give more of a fuck about Libya than I do about everywhere else in the world where their are wars and armed disputes, most of them with more people dying and not resembling a scene from The Wacky Races where it seems to consist of people firing guns at nothing, never taking cover and driving up and down roads in jeeps. The most bizarre, bloodless warzone ever seen in the history of war reporting. Yet other places receive nothing in the way of widespread coverage.

Yet here I am, getting fed hourly updates on every channel about the progress of some rebels which the media encourage me to cheer on. Rebels who are own foreign secretary admitting to not knowing who they consisted of. Rebels who I would wager consist of elements whom, if they were in another country, I would be encouraged to 'hate' and see as devils incarnate.

Yet now I am supposed to support and be emotionally invested in them and portray them as the sides of good.


(None of the above is to suggest there's anything particularly appealing about Gaddaffi or his regime, by the way)
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Bloodless ? i will make no reply to that other than you are thick as shit.

Oh maybe we have a vested interest because we still hold a grudge due to Lockerbie for a starters.
You also seem to miss the dynamics of politics in the middle east and Africa and that most sought after commodity OIL.

Gaddafi also makes most of these other conflicts (in africa at least) he supplies arms or/and training, basically google it and you will see he has his fingers in every bent dirty rotten pie in almost all African conflicts, surely you can see the wide reaching implications of this. He has started a fair few of them also, or at least fed the flames to start wars.

Where do you think all the arms that fuel the war in the DRC come from ?

Try reading sometime or watching proper news journalism, you may learn a lot.
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Not my style to get into a "Oh, no, you're the thick one" internet argument. So I certainly won't be doing it with you.

I can handle it if you think I'm "thick as shit" on the basis of a Pavlov's dogs-esque knee jerk response to a few key words.

Off to educate myself now...... Oh, to be an intellectual......
 
Did anyone see the Libyan TV Newsreader sitting at her desk with a machine gun broadcasting that she would personally shoot any rebels who tried to take her studio?
 
mr t said:
Did anyone see the Libyan TV Newsreader sitting at her desk with a machine gun broadcasting that she would personally shoot any rebels who tried to take her studio?
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Love to see Sophie Raworth in a similar situation. She'd clobber them with her hockey stick!
 
the news conference given a short while ago by one of the gaddafi government lackeys was like watching comical ali all over again. basically he said government forces were fighting & beating the rebels in tripoli when news reports make it clear that there's no government resistance & all gaddafi's forces look like they've done a runner.
 
JohnMaddocksAxe said:
TCIB said:
JohnMaddocksAxe said:
I'd like to know why I should give more of a fuck about Libya than I do about everywhere else in the world where their are wars and armed disputes, most of them with more people dying and not resembling a scene from The Wacky Races where it seems to consist of people firing guns at nothing, never taking cover and driving up and down roads in jeeps. The most bizarre, bloodless warzone ever seen in the history of war reporting. Yet other places receive nothing in the way of widespread coverage.

Yet here I am, getting fed hourly updates on every channel about the progress of some rebels which the media encourage me to cheer on. Rebels who are own foreign secretary admitting to not knowing who they consisted of. Rebels who I would wager consist of elements whom, if they were in another country, I would be encouraged to 'hate' and see as devils incarnate.

Yet now I am supposed to support and be emotionally invested in them and portray them as the sides of good.


(None of the above is to suggest there's anything particularly appealing about Gaddaffi or his regime, by the way)
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Bloodless ? i will make no reply to that other than you are thick as shit.

Oh maybe we have a vested interest because we still hold a grudge due to Lockerbie for a starters.
You also seem to miss the dynamics of politics in the middle east and Africa and that most sought after commodity OIL.

Gaddafi also makes most of these other conflicts (in africa at least) he supplies arms or/and training, basically google it and you will see he has his fingers in every bent dirty rotten pie in almost all African conflicts, surely you can see the wide reaching implications of this. He has started a fair few of them also, or at least fed the flames to start wars.

Where do you think all the arms that fuel the war in the DRC come from ?

Try reading sometime or watching proper news journalism, you may learn a lot.
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Not my style to get into a "Oh, no, you're the thick one" internet argument. So I certainly won't be doing it with you.

I can handle it if you think I'm "thick as shit" on the basis of a Pavlov's dogs-esque knee jerk response to a few key words.

Off to educate myself now...... Oh, to be an intellectual......
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Couldn't care if you can handle my view of you or not.
I wasn't making a oh no your this and that post, im telling you that your thick not that im smarter. Your narrow minded short sighted ill informed opinion, besides being disrespectful to the guys out there dying to free their country from a tyrant. Labeling it as "bloodless" and "a scene from the wacky races" when people are getting slotted every few minutes is just unfounded rubbish that only the most ignorant fools would spout.

It staggers me how people can have such strong views on issues they clearly know sweet fa about.

If you class knowing a small part about world politics makes someone "intellectual" then i just despair and feel sorry for those around you.

Well at least you gleaned some information regarding the other "wars and armed disputes" you mention from me, glad i could help.
 
TCIB said:
JohnMaddocksAxe said:
TCIB said:
Bloodless ? i will make no reply to that other than you are thick as shit.

Oh maybe we have a vested interest because we still hold a grudge due to Lockerbie for a starters.
You also seem to miss the dynamics of politics in the middle east and Africa and that most sought after commodity OIL.

Gaddafi also makes most of these other conflicts (in africa at least) he supplies arms or/and training, basically google it and you will see he has his fingers in every bent dirty rotten pie in almost all African conflicts, surely you can see the wide reaching implications of this. He has started a fair few of them also, or at least fed the flames to start wars.

Where do you think all the arms that fuel the war in the DRC come from ?

Try reading sometime or watching proper news journalism, you may learn a lot.
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Not my style to get into a "Oh, no, you're the thick one" internet argument. So I certainly won't be doing it with you.

I can handle it if you think I'm "thick as shit" on the basis of a Pavlov's dogs-esque knee jerk response to a few key words.

Off to educate myself now...... Oh, to be an intellectual......
Click to expand...

Couldn't care if you can handle my view of you or not.
I wasn't making a oh no your this and that post, im telling you that your thick not that im smarter. Your narrow minded short sighted ill informed opinion, besides being disrespectful to the guys out there dying to free their country from a tyrant. Labeling it as "bloodless" and "a scene from the wacky races" when people are getting slotted every few minutes is just unfounded rubbish that only the most ignorant fools would spout.

It staggers me how people can have such strong views on issues they clearly know sweet fa about.

If you class knowing a small part about world politics makes someone "intellectual" then i just despair and feel sorry for those around you.

Well at least you gleaned some information regarding the other "wars and armed disputes" you mention from me, glad i could help.
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Yep, I'm politically illiterate, have a sheltered world view and don't have a clue as to the answers to the questions I pose (admittedly using exaggerated language).

I'll pop back later to keep reading, once I've practiced my times tables and alphabet, obviously, in order to learn the answers as to why the struggle in Libya is presented in an entirely different light to similar, comparable (and more bloody) world events.
 
Your responses just showed you to be, no need to tell us in plain language also so yeah run along now and do something. Hopefully away from sharp objects or articles unfit for children under the age of 3, unless supervised by an of course.

Soooooooooo moving along then. Has there been any major updates on this or is the situation to hectic to get a clear picture atm ?
 
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