Odyssey Dawn: a military operations in Libya thread.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/Qaddafi-Watch/2011/0908/Qaddafi-I-didn-t-and-won-t-leave-Libya

http://s1.proxy05.twitpic.com/photos/large/391961615.jpg

oh god

Can someone explain that headline to me?

there's this One Power, that comes from the True Source, and there is a male half and a female half..

Very good but can someone explain that headline to me?

Someone American, obviously

thats my morning paper btw

"rebels are hunting down what remains of the distasteful gaddhafi regime"

Thank you. US newspaper speak is different from UK newspaper speak also I'm imagining there's some double entendre there that isn't crossing the Atlantic either

ferrets are disgusting animals

"taint" is for some reason the most commonly used slang word for the area between your genitals and your anus.

Explanatory: http://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-called-a-taint

As Interpol issued arrest warrants for the fugitive Libyan autocrat Col. Muammar Qaddafi and two others on Friday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy of high-ranking Libyan officials arriving across the desert. NY Times excerpt

Q had supported Tuareg rebels in Niger in the past, so it makes sense I guess that they would flee that way. The rebels don't seem to have found a way to prevent this.

Elsewhere I read that NATO said they will not bomb a Q convoy if it is identified and is fleeing the country.

taint was the missing link for tom d

Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya – Suspected Muammar Qaddafi's loyalists staged twin attacks on a key oil refinery Monday in possibly coordinated strikes that suggest revolutionary forces still face resistance in areas under their control. At least 15 attackers were killed, an anti-Qaddafi commander said.

The back-to-back assaults in the coastal oil facility at Ras Lanuf -- saboteurs setting fires and then a convoy of gunmen riding in from the desert -- was a reminder that opposition forces have potential security challenges across Libya despite pushing out Qaddafi's regime from all but a few strongholds

Not over yet, and still no Qaddafi

NATO warplanes maintained attacks on remaining pro-Qaddafi sites. The military alliance said its targets Sunday focused on Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte, including a military logistics facility and three surface-to-air missile systems.

NATO's not done yet either

Amnesty Int'l reports torture, reprisals and other abuses by the rebels:

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/libya-ntc-must-take-control-prevent-spiral-abuses-2011-09-12

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0913/Libyan-rebels-tarnished-by-human-rights-report

Most Libyans speak of the far greater crimes committed by the Qaddafi regime during more than four decades of power

“Those responsible for the dreadful repression of the past under Col. Al-Qaddafi will need to be held accountable,” said Mr. Cordone of Amnesty. “The [revolutionaries] must be judged according to the same standards. Without this, justice would not be done and a vicious cycle of abuses and reprisals risks being perpetuated.”

And in more news,msnbc reports:

Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron landed in Libya to a heroes' welcome on Wednesday, promising help for the new rulers that French and British air power helped

loafers on the ground

just flew in from paris and boy are my armaments tired

A fascinating report from Tripoli by Rory Stewart:

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n18/rory-stewart/because-we-werent-there

Asks the question of why Tripoli has so far been relatively calm.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/magazine/the-surreal-ruins-of-qaddafis-never-never-land.html?pagewanted=all

Gaddafi captured?

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.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15385955

he's probably hoping they hand him over to the icc. i'm guessing they might not.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/oct/20/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live

SPICE MUST FLOW

/cynical

Anyway, it will be..... quite interesting to see what happens next

The Reuters news agency says Col Gaddafi had died of wounds sustained during his reported capture in Sirte.

Oh boy

femoral artery is a bitch

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

Mahmoud Jibril, Libya's Interim Leader, quoted as saying "Thank God ILX is online for this moment, God is great and thank God"

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.

Pics or it didn't happen tbh

ntc official is confirming qaddafi's death.

What a splendid job NATO has done of completely ignoring its mandate. (if reports are to be believed etc etc)

http://images2-telegraaf.nl/multimedia/archive/00910/arrestatie_910587i.jpg

http://images2-telegraaf.nl/multimedia/archive/00910/kaddafishot_910586i.jpg

those images should maybe be linkified

that image is profound in ten different ways, kinda speechless

xp yeah sorta grizzly, featured on the guardian liveblog just right there, also

ugh thanks i guess

yeah p much. although the guardian didn't either.

Oh, I'm sorry dayo, I'll ask a mod

Apologies to Tracer too

You can tell he's been shot in the leg by the blood that's all over his face.

Eeek, that's pretty fucking real.

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.

NATO airstrike did for the old boy allegedly?