http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/magazine/the-surreal-ruins-of-qaddafis-never-never-land.html?pagewanted=all
― Whiney G. Blutfarten (dayo), Friday, 23 September 2011 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
Gaddafi captured?
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
12.22pm: Reuters is quoting NTC official Abdel Majid as saying Gaddafi has been wounded in both legs.
12.18pm: An NTC official has told al-Jazeera that Gaddafi has been captured and was wounded while being detained. There is still no independent verification available.
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15385955
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
he's probably hoping they hand him over to the icc. i'm guessing they might not.
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/oct/20/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
SPICE MUST FLOW
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
/cynical
Anyway, it will be..... quite interesting to see what happens next
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:36 (twelve years ago) link
The Reuters news agency says Col Gaddafi had died of wounds sustained during his reported capture in Sirte.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
Oh boy
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
femoral artery is a bitch
― dayo, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
Reuters is quoting NTC official Abdel Majid as saying Gaddafi has been wounded in both legs.
http://www.animated-gifs.eu/cartoons-roadrunner/0004.gif
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:03 (twelve years ago) link
Mahmoud Jibril, Libya's Interim Leader, quoted as saying "Thank God ILX is online for this moment, God is great and thank God"
― interspecies smalltalk (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
A pro-Gaddafi television website denied Thursday reports that the strongman had been killed or captured.‘The reports peddled by the lackeys of NATO about the capture or death of the brother leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is baseless,’ said Al Libiya television.Gaddafi ‘is in good health,’ it added.Earlier National Transitional Council commander Mohammed Leith told AFP that Gaddafi was captured Thursday as his hometown Sirte was falling, adding that the ousted strongman was badly wounded.
‘The reports peddled by the lackeys of NATO about the capture or death of the brother leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is baseless,’ said Al Libiya television.
Gaddafi ‘is in good health,’ it added.
Earlier National Transitional Council commander Mohammed Leith told AFP that Gaddafi was captured Thursday as his hometown Sirte was falling, adding that the ousted strongman was badly wounded.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
Pics or it didn't happen tbh
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
ntc official is confirming qaddafi's death.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
What a splendid job NATO has done of completely ignoring its mandate. (if reports are to be believed etc etc)
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://images2-telegraaf.nl/multimedia/archive/00910/arrestatie_910587i.jpg
http://images2-telegraaf.nl/multimedia/archive/00910/kaddafishot_910586i.jpg
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
those images should maybe be linkified
― dayo, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
that image is profound in ten different ways, kinda speechless
― mid-song laughing elvis (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah sorta grizzly, featured on the guardian liveblog just right there, also
ugh thanks i guess
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah p much. although the guardian didn't either.
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, I'm sorry dayo, I'll ask a mod
Apologies to Tracer too
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
You can tell he's been shot in the leg by the blood that's all over his face.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
Eeek, that's pretty fucking real.
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
That pic is on the front page of the BBC website now. It's kind of terrifying that he's looking right at the camera.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
NATO airstrike did for the old boy allegedly?
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
NATO confirmed that they airstruck his convoy at 6am BST today.
So is that pic his corpse being dragged about or what?
― peligro, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
The look in his eyes reminds me of this guy:
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=2118471&boardid=60&threadid=84970
― rustic italian flatbread, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
I mean:
worst animal friends
can't believe there isn't a good flash based infographic dissecting the timelines, confusion & differing reports regarding all this
― mid-song laughing elvis (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Body dragged through the streets of Sirte and "manhandled"
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Al-Jazeera is now showing a close-up of Gaddafi's face. He does not seem to be alive.
We cannot confirm his death.
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
The 18 year old who shot Gaddafi, supposedly
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
lol BBC, not sure I've ever seen "killed" w/ quotes in a headline
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
what about ELVIS "KILLED" ON GRACELAND TOILET
― conrad, Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/129722713.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789219B309651A2344B3F95CF224A52B62FCFE0D1BF940689FE3D7833001A6B971738E30A760B0D811297
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
reuters has now downgraded his condition too
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppylnvv2RwM
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
omg at guardian front page, jesus fuck at how graphic it is
― mid-song laughing elvis (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
can we call this a success now
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5183688097_59abd84f51.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
america is running out of classic boogeymen
― Threat Level: Panda (jjjusten), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
thank god we have a slate of republican candidates to fill the gap
whoa at guardian front page
― caek, Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
xp: and Joseph Kony
― do not wake the dragon (DJP), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
nah
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Who knows what the future holds but the more prosaic but nonetheless important thing I'm going to start watching in the Maghreb is the elections in Tunisia
― What does one wear to a summery execution? Linen? (Michael White), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
so we "lead from behind" going forward y/n?
― 7 Crazy Chinese Mothers (will), Friday, 21 October 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link