Endgame for Gaddafi as rebels enter Tripoli

darkman2 · 21-08-2011 06:48PM #1

AFP reporting that rebels have entered the Libyan capital. Speculation is that this could be over within hours rather then days for Gaddafi. He says he will not flee the country. So he either faces capture or death. Could it happen as early as tonight?

21-08-2011 07:09PM

I wonder if the amazonian guards will actually have to fight..

Inverse to the power of one! · 21-08-2011 07:44PM

End of a tyrant, a beautiful but sombre moment in history.

Cya Muammar, the world of fashionable dictatorships will miss you dearly now that only Kim Jong Ill is left to carry the torch.

Alopex · 21-08-2011 07:55PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOj-MHE-v4

The nato invasion is a disgrace. Libyans gonna be far worse off if the rebels take power

Biggins · 21-08-2011 09:30PM

Apparently they have reached near the center now and Gadaffi's soldiers are running away a great deal.

Sky is reporting live and state "they have encountered (so far) no resistance".

meglome · 21-08-2011 09:35PM

Alopex wrote: »

The nato invasion is a disgrace. Libyans gonna be far worse off if the rebels take power

I wasn't aware NATO was invading. I think the mistake here is you're listening to RT, up there with Fox news.

mike65 · 21-08-2011 09:44PM

Anyone who quotes Russia Today loses the argument, as said its as objective as Fox News (or Press TV).

Robert Fisk was sneering (with that tone of his) on the radio during the week about the rebels advance, clearly he isn't too much bothered about research. They have the wind at their back as they take control of the regimes own arms. It'll be interesting to discover where Gaddafi actually is, some seem to think he is already way down in the south ready to exit into Mali or Niger, one imagines he'll not be willing to go down fighting but shall seek to scuttle away to somewhere like Iran, an obscure "stan" where he can pay off the local government or maybe his friend in Venezuela

Jonny7 · 21-08-2011 10:01PM

Very skeptical about this, so much pro-rebel propaganda, but jesus they are really taking the city

We'll see in the morning, the rebels are being welcomed, civilians lining the streets, waving flags.

Aljazeera coverage
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/2007829161423657345.html

IamtheWalrus · 21-08-2011 10:07PM

Unconfirmed reports say Gadaffi has been shot dead. Twitter.

efb · 21-08-2011 10:10PM

Sky News is where it's at folks - Alex Crawford in Tripoli with live footage

mike65 · 21-08-2011 10:34PM

The BBC are having their asses kicked by SKY.

murpho999 · 22-08-2011 12:18AM

mike65 wrote: »

The BBC are having their asses kicked by SKY.

Absolutely, hate watching Sky but BBC have no pictures, just bad phone calls.

CNN also have a guy standing in hotel corridor and is afraid to go outside:rolleyes:

Why though in this technology age are the pictures such bad quality?

murpho999 · 22-08-2011 12:26AM

Alopex wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOj-MHE-v4

The nato invasion is a disgrace. Libyans gonna be far worse off if the rebels take power

This "report" is absolutely shocking. Don't bother with reporting any real news and just promote personal bias and Russia's anti-western outlook.

Totally shocking.

A couple of years ago i was stuck with this station in foreign hotel and I could not believe the stuff they were saying.

Sponge Bob · 22-08-2011 01:07AM

Al Jazeera are broadcasting live from Green Square in Tripoli now so game over.

BBC and SKY are inside a hotel somewhere

Corsendonk · 22-08-2011 01:19AM

Saif Gaddafi reported detained by the ICC so one Gaddafi family member at least will be on trial. If I was a cynical rebel/Nato leader I might arrange for Gadadafi daughter not to be captured alive as she seems very capable of causing difficulties in any trial.

Sunnyisland · 22-08-2011 07:56AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14611549

Heavy fighting is taking place in Tripoli around the compound of embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi after rebels seized control of much of the city on Sunday.

Throughout the night, jubilant crowds remained in central Green Square, previously the scene of nightly pro-Gaddafi demonstrations.

Rebels met little resistance as they swept in from east, south and west.

A rebel spokesman says pro-Gaddafi forces still control 15-20% of Tripoli.

The rebels also said they had captured Col Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, but there is no word of the colonel's whereabouts.

efb · 22-08-2011 08:00AM

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Al Jazeera are broadcasting live from Green Square in Tripoli now so game over.

BBC and SKY are inside a hotel somewhere

Sky's Alex Crawford was in the midst of the rebels as they advanced on the city centre.

Judgement Day · 22-08-2011 09:11AM

Hopefully "Mad Dog" will go out in a blaze of glory. I suppose it will be the usual shambles after regime change. :rolleyes:

SamHarris · 22-08-2011 09:38AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Absolutely, hate watching Sky but BBC have no pictures, just bad phone calls.

CNN also have a guy standing in hotel corridor and is afraid to go outside:rolleyes:

Why though in this technology age are the pictures such bad quality?

Not surprised considering what happened to that reporter last time they were in a square where people were celebrating. Actually didnt it happen more than once? Repeated attacks on Westerners in the area, off the top of my head Anderson Cooper was beaten up and that woman was raped/sexually assualted.

Well good for the people of Libya, it's shocking how many comments on the left wing sites there are - some directly supporting Gadaffi and his fight against "Imperialism" and nearly all attacking NATO for intervening...

Question of what happens now will be interesting.

Balmed Out · 22-08-2011 09:41AM

Libyan state television presenter holding a gun and saying she and other staffers are ready to become martyrs to defend the station as anti-Gaddafi forces close in on Tripoli.

TRANSLATION: AL Jazeera translation of video: "With this weapon, I either kill or die today, you will not take al-Libiyah channel. You won't take Jamahiriyah channel, Shababiyah channel, Tripoli or all of Libya, and even those without a weapon are willing to be a shield in order to protect their colleagues at this channel. We are willing to become martyrs."

Amazing to see such misplaced and passionate loyalty

ei.sdraob · 22-08-2011 10:02AM

Balmed Out wrote: »

Amazing to see such misplaced and passionate loyalty

Who is to say there wasnt a gun pointing at her from outside the camera shot

Zubeneschamali · 22-08-2011 10:46AM

ei.sdraob wrote: »

Who is to say there wasnt a gun pointing at her from outside the camera shot

Or maybe it's just an act, and as soon as the rebels arrive, it'll be all change and out with the new flags.

norrie rugger · 22-08-2011 10:57AM

She will be welcoming her new insect overlords soon enough

loldog · 22-08-2011 12:08PM

Alopex wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOj-MHE-v4

Comical Lizzie. :rolleyes:

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the_syco · 22-08-2011 12:15PM

Balmed Out wrote: »

Amazing to see such misplaced and passionate loyalty

Saw an interview with her and Sky. Alot of what they asked her, she was totally unaware of, so I'm thinking the "news station" is being told what to say, as opposed to reporting what they find. Which, in such a country, as usually how state TV is.

bk · 22-08-2011 12:28PM

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Al Jazeera are broadcasting live from Green Square in Tripoli now so game over.

BBC and SKY are inside a hotel somewhere

Sky's Alex Crawford was in Green Square about two hours prior to Al Jazeera.

Amazing coverage by Alex, she was really in the thick of it, she will probably win a couple of awards for that.

This really shows the truth of the situation, the vast majority of people of Libyans wanted freedom from Gaddafi. It really shows up some of the bias of some people here and in the media with all their anti-nato talk.

Sometimes the west does really stupid things (Iraq), but sometimes they do the right thing to and this is definitely a case of that. People need to learn to analysis each situation and not just assume anything Nato and the west is involved in is immediately bad.

Obelisk · 22-08-2011 12:31PM

Gaddafi speaks;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkB2AD2zNHE

"In an audio message broadcast on State TV, Muammar Gaddafi makes a desperate call to his supporters to come out and fight rebels on the streets of Tripoli."

digme · 22-08-2011 12:31PM

darkman2 wrote: »

AFP reporting that rebels have entered the Libyan capital. Speculation is that this could be over within hours rather then days for Gaddafi. He says he will not flee the country. So he either faces capture or death. Could it happen as early as tonight?

is this x factor?
Thank god for sky news selling another invasion to the people at home sitting on their couches....

Judgement Day · 22-08-2011 12:35PM

digme wrote: »

is this x factor?
Thank god for sky news selling another invasion to the people at home sitting on their couches....

Whatever about the X Factor there is a certain satisfaction for many of us in seeing yet another despot bite the dust.

digme · 22-08-2011 12:39PM

Judgement Day wrote: »

Whatever about the X Factor there is a certain satisfaction for many of us in seeing yet another despot bite the dust.

The same feeling when you collect all the rings on sonic the hedgehog?That sort of satisfaction?

HellsAngel · 22-08-2011 02:15PM

Maybe Gaddafi's old friends will come to help him ??

"The dirty secret of British arms sales to Libya " -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1373444/Libya-The-dirty-secret-UK-arms-sales-Gaddafi.html#ixzz1VlOa4FDm

Endgame for Gaddafi as rebels enter Tripoli

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