Libya Rolling updates - Thurs evening 20.30 GMT

foreignoffice‎ #Libya: Five flights have departed - or will imminently be departing - from #Tripoli today ow.ly/42Y9V
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i believe this is the HMS ( forgot name) that went to libya, looks like its docked and being guarded... before it left libya with people

HMS Cumberland.

LOL

Hey, #Discovery could head over to #libya and pick up #gaddafi ... drop him somewhere in Space...

TimeInLibya‎ #Libya The current time in Tripoli is 12:30 AM on Friday, 25 February 2011
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Just for a reference I guess.

Earth Cries wrote:LOL

Hey, #Discovery could head over to #libya and pick up #gaddafi ... drop him somewhere in Space...

Wheee! Splat!

Nice find Miami!

I gotta say, I grew up on boats (living, working and playing) and that makes me a little green to think about going through 16 ft seas on that.

joshelley‎ "Maybe the troops from the east will come, maybe the ones from the west will prevail – we don't know. But tomorrow is our D Day.” #Tripoli
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dododecleansed‎ RT @libyansrevolt: doctor will break news of what happened in #tripoli hospitals shortly to world media now he is out - #libya #feb17
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Alaskan Girl wrote:dododecleansed‎ RT @libyansrevolt: doctor will break news of what happened in #tripoli hospitals shortly to world media now he is out - #libya #feb17
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Not going to be for the faint hearted.

OT but it looks like something may be about to happen in Iran.

#Iran Large number of anti riot guards,plainclothes on major streets across #Tehran #5Esfand #Iranelection

I can't figure out how to post picks. Here is a link to 2 war ships supposedly off coast at Tripoli.

http://ayman.iyobo.com/LNzArwpFW1K

saritaCNN: Reading that some ppl in #Libya feel tomorrow is Friday & will be a big day saying Ben Ali fell on a Friday, so did Mubarak #Tripoli #Feb17

Alaskan Girl wrote:I can't figure out how to post picks. Here is a link to 2 war ships supposedly off coast at Tripoli.

http://ayman.iyobo.com/LNzArwpFW1K

use [img][/img] tags

cant tell whose ships those are.

OT

TributMajid‎ RT @Dputamadre: Tehran residents said that most of the capital's main squares were packed w dozens of antiriot police &security forces #iran V @GreenQuran
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miamikat wrote:

Alaskan Girl wrote:I can't figure out how to post picks. Here is a link to 2 war ships supposedly off coast at Tripoli.

http://ayman.iyobo.com/LNzArwpFW1K

use [img][/img] tags

cant tell whose ships those are.

Thanks Miamikat! I see an empty box when I hit the tabs. Can't find my crayons to draw a picture in the little box. Computer illiterate here. Need baby steps!

Looks like we may need an Iraq thread tomorrow.

Iraq braces for largescale protests

Thousands of Iraqis are expected to take part in rallies organised mainly through social networking site Facebook, after weeks of scattered protests around the country calling for an end to corruption, shortages of jobs, food, power and water.

"February 25 is the Iraqi day of rage for change, an end to corruption and sectarianism in Iraq," said one post on the wall of Facebook group 'Baghdad Facebook' on Thursday, which had over 3,000 supporters.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011224192028229471.html

[quote="Alaskan Girl"]

miamikat wrote:

Alaskan Girl wrote:I can't figure out how to post picks. Here is a link to 2 war ships supposedly off coast at Tripoli.

http://ayman.iyobo.com/LNzArwpFW1K

use [img][/img] tags

cant tell whose ships those are.


quote]

Thanks Miamikat! I see an empty box when I hit the tabs. Can't find my crayons to draw a picture in the little box. Computer illiterate here. Need baby steps!

right click on picture you want to copy.. click copy pic location from the list of options ... type [img] then hit CTRL+v end with [ ( dont add this in parenthesis) /img]

The Libyan government has formally requested the return of two Mirage F1 fighter jets flown to Malta by defecting pilots on Monday.

They have got to be kidding.

Thanks Miamikat. I'll practice in the wee hours.

7e7 wrote:The Libyan government has formally requested the return of two Mirage F1 fighter jets flown to Malta by defecting pilots on Monday.

They have got to be kidding.

7e7 wrote:The Libyan government has formally requested the return of two Mirage F1 fighter jets flown to Malta by defecting pilots on Monday.

They have got to be kidding.

Give the two heroic pilots a couple hours of YouTube and tweet videos, fully arm the jets, then tell them Quacky wants his stuff back, asap - runway is yours.

Earth Cries wrote:Looks like we may need an Iraq thread tomorrow.

Iraq braces for largescale protests

Thousands of Iraqis are expected to take part in rallies organised mainly through social networking site Facebook, after weeks of scattered protests around the country calling for an end to corruption, shortages of jobs, food, power and water.

"February 25 is the Iraqi day of rage for change, an end to corruption and sectarianism in Iraq," said one post on the wall of Facebook group 'Baghdad Facebook' on Thursday, which had over 3,000 supporters.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011224192028229471.html

I dont mean to sound stupid or anything but didnt we just lose lots of soldiers and tax payers money giving them liberation and a better life?

Alaskan Girl wrote:

7e7 wrote:The Libyan government has formally requested the return of two Mirage F1 fighter jets flown to Malta by defecting pilots on Monday.

They have got to be kidding.

What a joke

Strawberry wrote:

Earth Cries wrote:Looks like we may need an Iraq thread tomorrow.

Iraq braces for largescale protests

Thousands of Iraqis are expected to take part in rallies organised mainly through social networking site Facebook, after weeks of scattered protests around the country calling for an end to corruption, shortages of jobs, food, power and water.

"February 25 is the Iraqi day of rage for change, an end to corruption and sectarianism in Iraq," said one post on the wall of Facebook group 'Baghdad Facebook' on Thursday, which had over 3,000 supporters.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011224192028229471.html

I dont mean to sound stupid or anything but didnt we just lose lots of soldiers and tax payers money giving them liberation and a better life?

Under Saddam the food and energy were subsidized. Now it's not. Also, much infrastructure was damaged and never repaired.