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måndag, februari 21, 2011

The End of Qaddafi?

USA
Though the New York Times euphemistically calls Muammar Qaddafi “idiosyncratic,” the fact is that Libya’s soon-to-be-ousted leader is a nutcase, a mentally ill dictator who’s ruled the desert republic since 1969. Reporting from Libya isn’t easy, but it appears that many cities have fallen to the rebellion, including Benghazi, the city of 700,000 that anchors Libya’s east, and major parts of the capital, Tripoli.

Appropriately, an equally deranged Russian leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the ultranationalist, has invited Qaddafi to exile himself in Russia. “I invite you to make Moscow your place of permanent residence.”

Read more: http://www.thenation.com/blog/158755/end-qaddafi

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