Anyone -like myself- wondering if Muammar Gadaffi's warped son Saif al Islam Gaddafi was just blustering on Libyan TV -wagging his finger while threatening "a river of blood" emanating from "civil war" fought to "the last bullet"- got their answer last night in the form of a gruesome ongoing massacre inflicted by military/security/militia loyalists upon their own countrymen...
There's reportedly been bombing of funeral processions and civilian areas of the capitol by fighter jets, while on the ground militias and security personnel are enforcing a de facto 24-hr shoot-on-sight curfew... even sniping at ambulances. Conditions in the Libyan capitol Tripoli -the regime's traditional stronghold- were described by fresh refugees to Malta as "warlike-"
This morning brings gruesome reports of bodies just laying around residential neighborhoods of Tripoli, many had bled to death on the spot- small wonder the regime's enforced an all but total news blackout and crashed telephone as well as most internet service.
The battle for Libya's second city though -Benghazi- appears lost for now for Gaddafi, with any military units that didn't withdraw now deputizing townspeople and arming the protesters. Even missiles had been fired at a funeral here, but there is currently no government resistance in this sector as rebels patrol the town allied with army defectors and their weapons.
Libya's second city Benghazi appears lost as troops retreat
Daily Mail (UK)-
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight.
Protesters appear to have gained a foothold in Tripoli as banks and government buildings were looted while demonstrators have claimed they have taken control of the second city Benghazi.
It is thought up to 400 people may have died in the unrest with dozens more reported killed in Tripoli overnight as protests reached the capital for the first time and army units were said to have defected to the opposition.
Pressure is building on the deranged terrorist nut Reagan famously called "the mad dog of the Middle East": with reports of 350+ dead, the military retreating to their compounds, mystery Libyan jets landing in Malta, and today the Justice Minister -for one- resigning in protest of Gaddafi's murderous hand.
This video has been snuck out of Benghazi, which reportedly just fell to anti-Gaddafi forces...
As forseen byGateway Pundit, Downing Street is confirming in the face of disingenuous "shock and disappointment" from the Obama Administration that they in-factknew of the oil/prisoner-release deal with Libya right from the start- and there was no American objection to it when they had the chance at various stages throughout the process.
Obama's boundless hubris and warped self-image that had him thinking he could bus-chuck Gordon Brown and not be called on it. After Brown's schoolgirl-swooning in their joint British presser -even after Obama had treated him like a dog in DC- the Dear Leader apparently thought he owned him.
But as the Obama mojo completely evaporates, he's going to have to find a new M.O. that doesn't involve people being intimidated by The One's very presence- because few are at this point.
Many Americans, Brits, and others with moral clarity were rightfully outraged when the Libyans said the release of this mass-murderer was connected to future trade deals with the UK- but they really went ballistic when photos emerged of Libyans waving Scottish flags as they greetedAbdel Baset al-Megrahi upon his arrival to a hero's welcome from Col Gadaffi in Tripoli.
Taken aback by western public reaction, the habitually dishonest Obama Administration feigned outrage and surprise- maybe Pitt and Clooney should hook them up with some acting lessons, because these clowns didn't fool anybody. Alas, since the Obama Administration has put such effort into not honoring the victims of the 9/11 attacks and other American heroes, maybe we should have expected them to acquiesce to the release of such terrorist scum... one directly responsible for the deaths of 169 Americans.
But lying about it-at the expense of our greatest ally, no less- then getting caught will only bring yet more political ruination to this bungling crew of diplomatic incompetents. Small wonder then that Obama's approval ratings are in a death-spiral.. and where's that goofy "reset" button when you really need it?
It's going to be hard to pass radical, unpopular legislation with approval numbers in the 30's-
◆ UPDATE-What does Smitty (the wordsmith?)fromThe Other McCainmean when he calls our Dear Leader "naivel"...? Well, he's blazing trails linguistically, and you can
◆ UPDATE #2- Stop the ACLUhas noted that this is what happens when you push the British too far... and that includes their geeky Scottish PM, as well... more-here-
