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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...litia-benghazi
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/21/wo...est/index.html
Militias blamed for the killing of US ambassador Chris Stevens have been forced out of Libya's second city, Benghazi, by popular protests.They're certainly making exceptional progress, I wonder how long it'll be before the country stabilises.Chanting "Libya, Libya", "No more al-Qaida" and "The blood we shed for freedom shall not go in vain" hundreds of men waving swords and even a meat cleaver stormed Ansar al-Sharia's headquarters.
"After what happened at the American consulate, the people of Benghazi had enough of the extremists," one demonstrator, Hassan Ahmed, said.
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2012-09-22, 12:47 PM #1Deleted
Libyan Pro-Democracy Supporters force extremist militia groups out of Benghazi
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2012-09-22, 12:49 PM #2Deleted
flies in the face of all the Muslims are fundamentalist, murdering, savages I see posted and talked about everywhere.
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2012-09-22, 12:50 PM #3The Undying
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Put bluntly, this is fucking awesome. The courageous people of Benghazi deserve huge respect.
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2012-09-22, 12:55 PM #4Deleted
That's wonderful news! It's nice to hear some positive stories come out of the region after the recent YouTube kerfuffle.
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2012-09-22, 01:09 PM #5Deleted
Well, I guess they've answered all the "Why don't the moderate Muslims do anything about the extremist Muslims" questions being thrown around by the skeptics. There you go, they've done something. Although I suspect it was more to do with being Pro-Libya than Anti-ReligiousExtremist.
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2012-09-22, 01:16 PM #6The Undying
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When it comes to establishing a free, democratic nation, I believe these to be one and the same for Libya.
Originally Posted by Istaril
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2012-09-22, 01:32 PM #7Deleted
This is really good, if they become stable in a few years, in another decade or so they might go the path of Oman or Turkey in the way of development, which is really good. Congratulations to them.
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2012-09-22, 01:34 PM #8The Unstoppable Force
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The optimist in me says they could really make a difference, but the realist in my says it won't change a damn thing the country is far too splintered, those tribes really hate each other down there. Originally Posted by Istaril
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2012-09-22, 01:55 PM #9Field Marshal
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this is probably slightly off-topic but i only get the pokemon games that include arcanine in them Originally Posted by Baiyn
hes my favorite pokemon...
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2012-09-22, 01:59 PM #10Warchief
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Althoug it sounds nice, I expect suicide bombings in that area in the news in the near future...
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2012-09-22, 02:16 PM #11Titan
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Nice. Good job Libya, you have far exceeded my expectations for you.
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2012-09-22, 02:18 PM #12DeletedOne action against fundamentalists in a continents worth of muslim countries. Yeah, I suppose that's a start. Originally Posted by IpswichBlues
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2012-09-22, 02:31 PM #13Stood in the Fire
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Well done, my condolences for those that died or were wounded to make this happen.
Proud member of the zero infraction club (lets see how long this can last =)
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2012-09-22, 02:42 PM #14Brewmaster
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This is fantastic news. The USA should shift the billions of dollars sent to other nearby countries not doing stuff like this, and send the cash to Libya.
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2012-09-22, 03:09 PM #15The Unstoppable Force
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A welcomed glimmer of hope on the continent
But soon after Mr Xi secured a third term, Apple released a new version of the feature in China, limiting its scope. Now Chinese users of iPhones and other Apple devices are restricted to a 10-minute window when receiving files from people who are not listed as a contact. After 10 minutes, users can only receive files from contacts.
Apple did not explain why the update was first introduced in China, but over the years, the tech giant has been criticised for appeasing Beijing.
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2012-09-22, 03:19 PM #16DeletedHow about not send the cash anywhere. The West has problems of its own. Originally Posted by Khoranth
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2012-09-22, 03:19 PM #17Old God
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Was listening to a few lybian women who are involved in poltics down there, they were here for our political week this summer, these people got their aim set straight.
Good job.The nerve is called the "nerve of awareness". You cant dissect it. Its a current that runs up the center of your spine. I dont know if any of you have sat down, crossed your legs, smoked DMT, and watch what happens... but what happens to me is this big thing goes RRRRRRRRRAAAAAWWW! up my spine and flashes in my brain... well apparently thats whats going to happen if I do this stuff...
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2012-09-22, 03:38 PM #18The Unstoppable Force
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Luckily neither the US or the EU base its foreign aid and stop it as soon as there is a recession. We have problems indeed but theirs are worse. Originally Posted by 55Egoist
We got the means the moral obligation to help them unless you propose we have it as hard as the libyans?
Amusingly your country get 3 times as much from the EU as it pays. Might want to reavulate your double standards
But soon after Mr Xi secured a third term, Apple released a new version of the feature in China, limiting its scope. Now Chinese users of iPhones and other Apple devices are restricted to a 10-minute window when receiving files from people who are not listed as a contact. After 10 minutes, users can only receive files from contacts.
Apple did not explain why the update was first introduced in China, but over the years, the tech giant has been criticised for appeasing Beijing.
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2012-09-22, 03:47 PM #19DeletedWhy? I am not in the government, and I did not vote for them during election either. Originally Posted by Bakis
Luckily neither the US or the EU base its foreign aid and stop it as soon as there is a recession. We have problems indeed but theirs are worse.
We got the means the moral obligation to help them unless you propose we have it as hard as the libyans?
Amusingly your country get 3 times as much from the EU as it pays. Might want to reavulate your double standards
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2012-09-22, 04:04 PM #20Over 9000!
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this is heartening news, and flies in the face of all the "muslims are insane and all hate america" talk.
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