This thread was started after the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council]UNSC[/url] approved the no-flyzone over Libya, and mostly follows the events surrounding The Arab Spring that began in Tunisia, on the fateful day a man was denied his fruit cart, and spread across the Arab world in a push for democratic reform.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/user/aljazeeraenglish#p/u/1/ULw5lUG5wl0] AlJazeera LIVE[/url]
[url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya]Current LIVE Blog On Libya Courtesy of AlJazeera[/url]
[url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Yemen]Current LIVE Blog on Yemen Courtesy of AlJazeera[/url]
[url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Syria]Current LIVE Blog on Syria Courtesy of AlJazeera[/url]
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/africa/]BBC Africa[/url]
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/]BBC Middle East[/url]
[url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/]CBC World News[/url]
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As people seem to still be posting here, I will add this updates again as i see them rather than creating a new thread, if you guys keep posting i'll keep updating.
[u]LIBYA[/u]
Gaddafi is dead. He was captured after a NATO plane hit his convoy escaping Sirte after the rebels took it earlier today, heavily wounded, he was taken to a hospital in Misurata where he succumbed to his wounds. NATO has confirmed that they hit the convoy, but has not directly seen the body yet.
it's worth noting that some other sources say he died under different circumstances, killed by NTC forces in Sirte when found, shot in the head, or shot in both legs and dieing of blood loss. All that is confirmed is he is dead and taken to a location in Misurata
17:01 10/21
[u]LIBYA[/u]
The NTC is allowing for the UN to send a 3rd party investigative group to look into the circumstances of Gaddafi's death, after questions were raised by Russia suggesting Gaddafi was executed rather than killed in a crossfire during his trip to hospital in Misurata
the NTC maintains he died in crossfire when a firefight broke out around the ambulance he was being carried in.
09:09 10/24
[u]TUNISIA[/u]
Due to a massive voter turn out (more than 90% of the country) election results will be announced later today or early tomorrow, due to the extra time needed to count the votes. The Election committee did not expect such enthusiastic turnout and were caught unprepared.
The views of the currently leading al Nahda party can be found [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Party#Political_positions]here[/url]. They are pro-western, and follow a Malaysian/Turkish model for allowing Islam to exist but refusing to allow extremism in rule.
[u]LIBYA[/u]
The NTC has called for an investigation into how Gaddafi died, after allegations going both ways have emerged.
The NTC also Announced Libya's formal Liberation yesterday, and said elections will happen in the next 6 to 8 months
Gaddafi's second son Saadi, fled to Niger and has been arrested by authorities there. They will hand him over to the NTC.
[u]EGYPT[/u]
Parliamentary elections are to be held in a matter of weeks, and Presidential Elections to be held in early 2013. There is growing concern in the populous that the SCAF will only allow people to run who had connections to the Mubarak regime, resulting in no change. People are stirring and suggestions of armed revolution in the coming months are floating.
[u]YEMEN[/u]
The Yemeni government has accepted and agreed to a UNSC resolution that called for Saleh to step down in exchange for immunity, and that condemned the Government's crack down.
The government said they would work with the UN on this matter.
[u]Syria[/u]
The US has withdrawn it's ambassador for security reasons and closed it's embassy in Syria, It is one of the last to do so from western nations.
Thanks for paying attention to these major world events, a country's journey to freedom requires the support of the entire world, and even just paying attention helps.
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[Edited on 10.24.2011 8:09 AM PDT]
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Hate to burst your bubble but the [b][i][u]UNSC[/b][/i][/u]?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xd00999 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] I Nebula I With Gaddafi being killed the NTC's accountably has gone out the window.[/quote] I disagree. We knew that Gaddafi probably wouldn't have come out of this alive, and depending on the source, it wasn't the NTC who killed him. [/quote]Infact it looks like he was killed by the wounds sustained in the French bombing of his convoy.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Pipboy 3050 Phoenix dont close the doors on this topic yet. In my opinion the rest of the "revolutions" in other arab countries may heat up and turn as big as libya - there's gotta be someone informing us on that.[/quote]Well I would love to keep this going, I just don't want to have to (necro)bump it every time I post. If you guys keep conversation going I will continue to update it.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] I Nebula I With Gaddafi being killed the NTC's accountably has gone out the window.[/quote] I disagree. We knew that Gaddafi probably wouldn't have come out of this alive, and depending on the source, it wasn't the NTC who killed him.
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With Gaddafi being killed the NTC's accountably has gone out the window.
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Phoenix dont close the doors on this topic yet. In my opinion the rest of the "revolutions" in other arab countries may heat up and turn as big as libya - there's gotta be someone informing us on that. [Edited on 10.20.2011 4:05 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CM Punk UNSC isn't real moron, its just the UN.[/quote] Actually, it is. United Nations Security Council.
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OP did a great job keeping this updated. The Flood, as a whole, also did a great job staying interested.
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UNSC isn't real moron, its just the UN.
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i saw on the CNN news ticker (would of been here faster but i have school) that NATO "Will Terminate our mission" by request of the United Nations. [url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g1Yh7qb1lxCyk_HlO8FQaLo_1apw?docId=CNG.ef749c4b04acc4b9a6daf7f483c33229.f51] Clashes rage in Syria between army, deserters [/url] we still need to watch Syria though.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Phoenix1330 The things in the Middle East seem to be stabilizing now. It's really just Syria, and watching Egypt wrap up that is left, at least for now.[/quote] The situation in Yemen is still pretty unstable. Also, I've heard that Mutassim Gaddafi has been killed.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ExquisiteDragon [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8830284/US-to-announce-full-withdrawal-of-troops-from-Iraq.html]On a side note, US 'to announce full withdrawal of troops from Iraq'.[/url][/quote]good news that. The things in the Middle East seem to be stabilizing now. It's really just Syria, and watching Egypt wrap up that is left, at least for now.
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Halleluiah
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[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8830284/US-to-announce-full-withdrawal-of-troops-from-Iraq.html]On a side note, US 'to announce full withdrawal of troops from Iraq'.[/url]
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[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/libyan-minister-says-gadhafi-son-and-one-time-heir-apparent-seif-al-islam-wounded-in-hospital/2011/10/20/gIQAldbl0L_story.html]Saif al-Islam has reportedly been captured.[/url] [Edited on 10.20.2011 12:40 PM PDT]
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Fabulous job. Now we just need to get out and not linger around a la Iraq. [url=http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20111020/NEWS/111020002/Libyan-officials-Moammar-Gadhafi-dead-photos-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cp]DEATH PHOTOS[/url]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Phoenix1330 while not as sensational as Gaddafi's death, Tunisia has some big news with it's overseas elections happening today. the election day is the 24th. i'll be back around 1 pm mountain standard time :)[/quote]Yea I heard of that its the 1st one this year from the troubled countries. Hopefully things will be fine and that Egypt quickly follows.
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Syria is next.
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while not as sensational as Gaddafi's death, Tunisia has some big news with it's overseas elections happening today. the election day is the 24th. i'll be back around 1 pm mountain standard time :) [Edited on 10.20.2011 6:59 AM PDT]
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Fine!! [Edited on 10.20.2011 6:56 AM PDT]
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No confirmation in the german News either ... we have to wait...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Gaddafi [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AJF1177 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AquaBlader Be right back guys, going to go become the new dictator of Libya.[/quote]No I already called dibs on being the new dictator [/quote] To bad I'm still alive! Muhahaha![/quote]while i appreciate you keeping the thread alive, can you kindly stop this particular line so the thread doesn't get locked?
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From Russia Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee, tells the Interfax news agency the capture of Col Gaddafi, if proved to be true, "will not mark a turning point in the Libyan conflict". He says there is no reason to think the situation in Libya will "normalise" if the rumours are confirmed.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Gaddafi [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AJF1177 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AquaBlader Be right back guys, going to go become the new dictator of Libya.[/quote]No I already called dibs on being the new dictator [/quote] To bad I'm still alive! Muhahaha![/quote]Nope you're posting from hell. [Edited on 10.20.2011 6:49 AM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AJF1177 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AquaBlader Be right back guys, going to go become the new dictator of Libya.[/quote]No I already called dibs on being the new dictator [/quote] To bad I'm still alive! Muhahaha!
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] da bomb drop Now we just need to establish how he died. Its also time to see if Libya can function as a real nation, or if the NTC will become another dictatorship.[/quote]matter of keeping promises. every member of the NTC said to avoid a rigged election, not one of them would run in the elections.