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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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] hadlermaster [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] UNSCboy This thread is over? NOOOOO!!!!!![/quote] Things are still happening in other countries, aren't they? Syria, Yemen..[/quote]Title. "Final Update"
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] UNSCboy This thread is over? NOOOOO!!!!!![/quote] Things are still happening in other countries, right? Syria, Yemen.. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ExquisiteDragon My final post in this thread... [quote]BREAKING: There are reports that ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been captured, though the U.S. cannot confirm.[/quote][/quote] Some news sources are now saying he died of wounds. [Edited on 10.20.2011 5:26 AM PDT]
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This thread is over? NOOOOO!!!!!!
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I thought the flood would be all over this. One person?
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My final post in this thread... [quote]BREAKING: There are reports that ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been captured, though the U.S. cannot confirm.[/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] David iZ Mental We're wasting our time on these countries, At first I agreed with Nato doing what they do best but then I realise most of the people in these countries are intolerant -blam!-s. Look at Egypt now, burning isreali embassies and attacking Churches. Just wait, its going to be happening in Libya and other countries soon. They may have been under a dictatorship but I think that is exactly what they needed to be kept under control. [/quote]Yeah, I'm kinda over the idea of spending our resources on a nation that has no desire to take what we have given it. Give the money back to R&D.
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We're wasting our time on these countries, At first I agreed with Nato doing what they do best but then I realise most of the people in these countries are intolerant -blam!-s. Look at Egypt now, burning isreali embassies and attacking Churches. Just wait, its going to be happening in Libya and other countries soon. They may have been under a dictatorship but I think that is exactly what they needed to be kept under control.
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[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15229170]Yemen's Ali Abdullah 'to step down within days'[/url]
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A Yemen youth movement calls for the end of Saleh's reign in several letters to the UN. 36 protestors in Bahrain have been given prison sentences ranging from 15 to 25 years.
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[URL=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/2011103124138235256.html]The leader of the NTC vows to step down after the revolution is over.[/URL] Additionally no member of the NTC will be allowed to be part of the post-revolution government. Syrian opposition forms the Syrian National Council (SNC) as a common front against the Syrian Government. The SNC appears to fulfill a role similar to the NTC.
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Thank for addressing that Phoenix. Handled it much better than I would have. Either way, more news:[URL=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/201110114027169542.html] The NTC has Sirte surrounded and are confident they are nearly done.[/URL] Only time will tell if Gaddafi is there. Top US general also said that NATO might begin to wrap up their combat mission in Libya by next week. However, drones and other unmanned aircraft would still patrol the area.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Burned Remains Libya is hardly "free." The "rebels" are al Qaeda. Not free in my view or theirs.[/quote]I was prepped to let this thread drop. but this comment needed to be addressed. the Rebels and al Qaeda are not linked. They stand for totally different things one is Liberal, the other Ultra Conservative. If al Qaeda was in charge, they would not have adopted the Canadian Bill of Rights as a model for the new constitution. some of them had ties to al Qaeda, or even were linked directly, I'll give you that. But that does not mean the rebels ARE al Qaeda. Or even supported by. I'm 100% certain that there are al Qaeda supporters or people linked to al Qaeda in the US. Does that mean that the entire American public is al Qaeda? no, of course not, so why does the fact that there are some al Qaeda fighters in the Libyan public make them all al Qaeda?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] minibum Lybian rebels are tied to Al-Qaeda. The area of Libya where the rebels originate from was one of the largest recruiting grounds for Al-Qaeda. Our government backed the same people we were trying to stop. [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8407047/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html]Here[/url].Theres other evidence as well. Rather than admit the government made a mistake they just ignore it and keep going. Good stuff >< [url=http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/03/article-1362667-0D73E5BD000005DC-400_634x411.jpg]Ah freedom[/url]. Look past humanitarian rhetoric and look at what is ACTUALLY happening.[/quote] Are you actually supporting Gaddafi or saying that both sides in Libya suck?
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Libya is hardly "free." The "rebels" are al Qaeda. Not free in my view or theirs.
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Lybian rebels are tied to Al-Qaeda. The area of Libya where the rebels originate from was one of the largest recruiting grounds for Al-Qaeda. Our government backed the same people we were trying to stop. [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8407047/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html]Here[/url].Theres other evidence as well. Rather than admit the government made a mistake they just ignore it and keep going. Good stuff >< [url=http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/03/article-1362667-0D73E5BD000005DC-400_634x411.jpg]Ah freedom[/url]. Look past humanitarian rhetoric and look at what is ACTUALLY happening. [Edited on 09.27.2011 6:57 PM PDT]
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[url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000-surface-air-missiles-missing/story?id=14610199] Thousands of Surface to Air Missiles missing in Libya [/url] [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8793330/Syria-troops-storm-in-to-crush-key-rebel-city.html] Syria: troops storm in to crush key rebel city [/url] it appears our part in all this is at an end, but the revolution continues in Syria and Yemen. i know whatever the outcome in all these countries, the effects will be felt over the coming years. i hope we all remember what we have seen over the last few months, for we have seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer.
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Bravo
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xd00999 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Davy_Jones Saudi Arabia needs to have it's regime toppled. Sadly, nothing will get done until we stop buying the oil. Oil corrupts.[/quote] Oil is not the only problem. While it certainly is big, it is not the only one.[/quote] Oil and wahhabi.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Davy_Jones Saudi Arabia needs to have it's regime toppled. Sadly, nothing will get done until we stop buying the oil. Oil corrupts.[/quote] Oil is not the only problem. While it certainly is big, it is not the only one.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Davy_Jones Saudi Arabia needs to have it's regime toppled. Sadly, nothing will get done until we stop buying the oil. Oil corrupts.[/quote] america will become the new oil country. They'll scar the land with drilling instead of trying to utilize alternative energy after the Middle East's oil runs out. The Government is just saving all of that oil for a rainy day.
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Saudi Arabia needs to have it's regime toppled. Sadly, nothing will get done until we stop buying the oil. Oil corrupts. [Edited on 09.27.2011 4:34 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CHOASAGENT You've got me. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] rayjay6397 how is this not a top forum topic..?[/quote][/quote] Many members need to save this thread etc. I don`t know how it works exactly, but a Ninja once said the more people who save, post in, view, etc. a topic the sooner it will become a top forum topic.
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You've got me. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] rayjay6397 how is this not a top forum topic..?[/quote]
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how is this not a top forum topic..?
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Al Jazeera Reports that they have found large sums of unguarded yellowcake in Libya. For those unfamiliar, you can use yellowcake to make nuclear weapons. Perhaps even more disturbing is the fact that some of the yellowcake is missing. http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-sep-27-2011-2101
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Alrighty guys I'm back after a long time away from a decent chunk of time to keep this updated, due to the week long interuption since the last update from anyone, this will be my last post on this Thread. [u]LIBYA[/u] All but entirely under the command of the NTC, Libya is free, The Rebel forces have pushed into the city of Sirte, the final stronghold of the Gaddafi Regime, and while fighting rages on, and NATO continues to support the NTC, The people of Libya are now free. [u]SYRIA[/u] Assad's Regime is crumbling before his eyes as entire units of his military are defecting now and protecting protestors. [u]YEMEN[/u] Sadly fighting in Yemen rages on as it has for the past few months with no end in sight. 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. It's been a great run, See you all in the forums!