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Battle for Misrata Intensifies

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Posted on Apr 24, 2011
Al-Jazeera English

A man wounded in the fighting for Misrata arrives at a hospital.

In the face of continuing heavy bombardment, rebels in Libya appear to have gained ground against Gadhafi’s forces in the city of Misrata, where fighting has raged for more than two months. —JCL

Al-Jazeera English:

Hundreds of Libyan are fleeing the besieged western city of Misurata, which has been battered by days of fighting between opposition and pro-government forces.

Reports say the surge in fighting has left at least 36 people dead and more than 100 others critically wounded, even though forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the long-serving Libyan ruler, appeared to have given up more ground inside Misurata.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons, reporting from the city on Sunday, said that the attacks are intensifying.

“It is an anarchic warfare situation ... yes they [Gaddafi’s forces] did pull back, [but] was it a measure militarily designed to give them the advantage later on? Yes, possibly.

“They are now launching the biggest barrage since this whole conflict started, across the whole population, civilians included.”


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By TDoff, April 25, 2011 at 8:44 am Link to this comment

Let’s hope that on Valentine’s Day, 2111, we are not ‘celebrating’ the unknown thousands of lives lost in the past century, still fighting the war over the hole-in-the-sand, formerly-known-as-Misrata, in the continuing US-led-NATO vs. the Great-Grandsons of Ghadafi contretemps.

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By Prasad, April 25, 2011 at 5:01 am Link to this comment
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No any government will stay in the power for a long time without their people interference and approval so Libyan government will not stay long more its days are countable the people of Libya will won the war with the help of NATO forces its confirmed.

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By expat, April 24, 2011 at 5:49 pm Link to this comment
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Gadhafi is smart…

OK, he’s not a nice guy but he is outplaying the US and its nato vassals / capo (the names given to prisoners in charge of guarding other prisoners at concentration camps…  usually much nastier and devious than regular guards).

He’s pulling out of Misrata…  other tribes (civilians) are left in charge (no longer the Libyan army)...  and thus the imperial west is continuing its attacks…  on CIVLIANS (tribes)?

How does that square with UN 1973? (to protect civilians, remember?)

But it fits quite well in this upside down world framework…  recall that the UN was created to prevent and avoid unilateral wars of aggression (a war crime) when, in fact,  here and elsewhere it has become exactly the opposite: the facilitator and cover for such crimes.

China abstaining?  Pure Sun Tzu (“let the enemy destroy itself”), while the same day making a deal with New Zealand to never use us$ in trade, only Yuans (with line of credit at Chinese central bank).

The US dollar is finished and ameriKa is the same.

The evil empire, the west, is finished. 

Economically, financially, strategically, environmentally (Japs nuking US back with GE technology…  oh the irony!) (but also fracking, etc…), culturally (lady gaga?), etc…

BTW…

Be aware that…  regarding nuke fallout over US:

80% in US will have some kind of cancer within 3 years and 60% of these 80% will die off within 5 to 10. These are big (unreported) numbers! (Europe is gonna be about the same minus 20%, Asia same minus 40%).  (South hemisphere will only be about 10% of that number). (source: Australian National University,  Helen Caldicott video presentation, no current active link…  [scrubbed?])

Anyone still residing in these united states ought to have their head examined.

Travel a little bit, and you will quickly realize what a fourth world, unfree, mean spirited and filled with bigots nation the uSSa has become.

So go ahead, let the morons remain in their soon to be concentration camp (already partial), if you have half a brain, leave.

It’s not as hard as you think and actually it can be an incredible rebirth.  Money the problem?  What, you think you’re gonna repay your credit in US once having found a good life overseas?  You’ll be but a spec in a defaulting nation.  Isn’t it your turn to screw the banksters?  Let me tell you, it’s orgasmic!

I am faithful to the ideals of the Constitution, but it’s ameriKa which abandoned these ideals, I left with my family in 03 and never regretted it.  Great, almost free health care, almost free world class university for the kids, business opportunities aplenty even in a tough world economy, etc, etc… US originated inflation is eroding all of that but it’s still OK for now.

Imagine you live in Germany in 1933 knowing all you know…  would you stay?  Explain to me how this is different.

You’d really be an idiot to stay in US. Awaiting slaughter… with no health care to boot.  What you’re waiting for, in the most docile and helpless fashion, is an agony worthy of a Greek tragedy.  You, your kids, your spouse… like Dickens.

You still there?

Your situation is not that much better than in Misrata…

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