Colonel Gaddafi has lost his grip on much of the country but he still seems to be in control in Tripoli. Opposition leaders are calling for major protests in the capital today, and residents say mercenaries are moving in for the final battle. The 成人论坛's Middle East live page has all the latest updates and the Libya Feb 17 blog is collecting eyewitness accounts and videos by Libyans on the ground.
What goes around bones around, Gadhafi has been instrumental in the down fall of other African leaders, is now time for him to go.chris sackie. Mon. Liberia
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Ghadafi is Africa鈥檚 greatest he has been championing infrastructural and social development in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali etc. dont let the west confuse u,we knw they want to librate Africa but their fear is u. We West Africans love u. Edward Kargbo fr Liberia.
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Qadafi is a great african leader who put libya top over africa, but just matter of time, the flood taken him away!
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Qaddafi telling lies about the massaccar he鈥檚 doing, should tell world鈥檚 governing bodies that he knows he鈥檒l lose when they step in.Derek,Ghana.
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THE SHOULD BE INTRESTED IN LIBYAN鈥橲 OIL ALONE, THEY SHOULD BE INTRESTED IN THE WELL BEING OF ITS PEOPLE ALSO, THEY SHOULD HELP STOP GHADAFI BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. IBRAHIM, ACCRA GHANA.
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Wheres gadaffi gonna get the money for these concessions? Regeims can only give what they steal from the land and people. Or they can borrow and steal later with interest. Jo-uk
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See d double standards in the western media. They refer to Gadafi鈥檚 fight to save his regime as genocide while Lauren Baabo in Ivory coast kills opposition supporters without much publicity. The west clearly want to pay Gadafi back for his earlier disobedience .
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Why do UN wait until lives are lost in a country before it act. Ndukwe , Nigeria
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Salam from sierra leone. We need a leader lyk Ghadafi in our country.
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Gadafi was responsible for the initial training of members of the RUF who cause untold suffering in S.Leone. He must go. McWiliams SL
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I鈥檓 Wowed! By Mohamed鈥檚 comment. How could u support Colonel in his crazy & senseless killings.I guess u will support Foday Sankoh,Charles Taylor & others for the atrocities they committed in Sierra Leone. Shame on all those who r in Sa Lone that r supportn him.I don鈥檛 care how much he spend in F/twn.Yal
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Why do UN wait until lives are lost in a country before it act
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Should UN wait for 4 catatrophe before taken a realistic action?Dr EZRA JOWOH
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Those people are Zimbabweans
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Mohamed in Sierra Leone will support the uprising in Libya,looking@Gadaffi killing his own ppl because they r all his puppet.The govt of Sierra Leone depends on Momoar for it鈥檚 living.I wonder why one should support his plight to kill his own people. He must be gettn his $ from Libya.Lady SaLone Titi
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How many tank divisions does tyrant Gadafi has,that deter the world from executing a lightening military attack on his army 2 end genocide?kigozi sam-uganda
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instead of the black to show symphaty for their fellow black when their life is under threat in libya that is why we have poverty in our land mostly the black
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Libya will have more blood-bath as the mad Ghaddafi is bent on taking down the country with him.The people should lower their pride and allow military intervention to prevent more deaths. Folaj in lagos
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Qaddafi telling lies about the massaccar he鈥檚 doing , should tell world鈥檚 governing bodies that he knows he鈥檒l lose when they step in .
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@成人论坛_WHYS Barbara why is it UN takn long to help wth medication to Libya coz pple need help there...MALAWI
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Pls Libyans continue your good work, Africa should be democratic not royaltic. Samuel Adedugbe, freetown, Sierra Leone.
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I have lived in Libya during the xenophobic uprising of 2000.The experience of that time make me understand the fear of Africans living in Tripoli.
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Libya will have more blood-bath as the mad Ghaddafi is bent on taking down the country with him.The people show lower their pride and allow military intervention to prevent more deaths. Folaj in lagos
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As the world passively watches the killing of Libyans by Ghadafi, I recall the world鈥檚 indifference during the Rwanda genocide. (Anyii George, Kampala).
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@成人论坛_WHYS Libyans will take care of him it would be fast if they got arms reinforcements across borders, many cant die for one greedy leader
The Battle for Tripoli
| Friday, 2 Feb. 2011 | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT
Colonel Gaddafi has lost his grip on much of the country but he still seems to be in control in Tripoli. Opposition leaders are calling for major protests in the capital today, and residents say mercenaries are moving in for the final battle.
The 成人论坛's Middle East live page has all the latest updates and the Libya Feb 17 blog is collecting eyewitness accounts and videos by Libyans on the ground.
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What goes around bones around, Gadhafi has been instrumental in the down fall of other African leaders, is now time for him to go.chris sackie. Mon. Liberia
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Ghadafi is Africa鈥檚 greatest he has been championing infrastructural and social development in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali etc. dont let the west confuse u,we knw they want to librate Africa but their fear is u. We West Africans love u. Edward Kargbo fr Liberia.
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Qadafi is a great african leader who put libya top over africa, but just matter of time, the flood taken him away!
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Qaddafi telling lies about the massaccar he鈥檚 doing, should tell world鈥檚 governing bodies that he knows he鈥檒l lose when they step in.Derek,Ghana.
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THE SHOULD BE INTRESTED IN LIBYAN鈥橲 OIL ALONE, THEY SHOULD BE INTRESTED IN THE WELL BEING OF ITS PEOPLE ALSO, THEY SHOULD HELP STOP GHADAFI BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. IBRAHIM, ACCRA GHANA.
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Wheres gadaffi gonna get the money for these concessions? Regeims can only give what they steal from the land and people. Or they can borrow and steal later with interest. Jo-uk
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See d double standards in the western media. They refer to Gadafi鈥檚 fight to save his regime as genocide while Lauren Baabo in Ivory coast kills opposition supporters without much publicity. The west clearly want to pay Gadafi back for his earlier disobedience .
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Why do UN wait until lives are lost in a country before it act. Ndukwe , Nigeria
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Salam from sierra leone. We need a leader lyk Ghadafi in our country.
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Gadafi was responsible for the initial training of members of the RUF who cause untold suffering in S.Leone. He must go. McWiliams SL
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I鈥檓 Wowed! By Mohamed鈥檚 comment. How could u support Colonel in his crazy & senseless killings.I guess u will support Foday Sankoh,Charles Taylor & others for the atrocities they committed in Sierra Leone. Shame on all those who r in Sa Lone that r supportn him.I don鈥檛 care how much he spend in F/twn.Yal
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Why do UN wait until lives are lost in a country before it act
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Should UN wait for 4 catatrophe before taken a realistic action?Dr EZRA JOWOH
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Those people are Zimbabweans
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Mohamed in Sierra Leone will support the uprising in Libya,looking@Gadaffi killing his own ppl because they r all his puppet.The govt of Sierra Leone depends on Momoar for it鈥檚 living.I wonder why one should support his plight to kill his own people. He must be gettn his $ from Libya.Lady SaLone Titi
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How many tank divisions does tyrant Gadafi has,that deter the world from executing a lightening military attack on his army 2 end genocide?kigozi sam-uganda
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instead of the black to show symphaty for their fellow black when their life is under threat in libya that is why we have poverty in our land mostly the black
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Libya will have more blood-bath as the mad Ghaddafi is bent on taking down the country with him.The people should lower their pride and allow military intervention to prevent more deaths. Folaj in lagos
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Qaddafi telling lies about the massaccar he鈥檚 doing , should tell world鈥檚 governing bodies that he knows he鈥檒l lose when they step in .
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@成人论坛_WHYS Barbara why is it UN takn long to help wth medication to Libya coz pple need help there...MALAWI
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Pls Libyans continue your good work, Africa should be democratic not royaltic. Samuel Adedugbe, freetown, Sierra Leone.
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I have lived in Libya during the xenophobic uprising of 2000.The experience of that time make me understand the fear of Africans living in Tripoli.
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Libya will have more blood-bath as the mad Ghaddafi is bent on taking down the country with him.The people show lower their pride and allow military intervention to prevent more deaths. Folaj in lagos
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As the world passively watches the killing of Libyans by Ghadafi, I recall the world鈥檚 indifference during the Rwanda genocide. (Anyii George, Kampala).
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@成人论坛_WHYS Libyans will take care of him it would be fast if they got arms reinforcements across borders, many cant die for one greedy leader