February 21, 2011

WITH LIBYA IN TURMOIL, WHERE IS GADHAFI


Libya's Moammar Gadhafi briefly plunge into crowds of his countrymen near Tripoli's Green Square last Friday, riding atop a truck bounded by supporters. It was likely an attempt to portray the hoards taking to the streets as his own backers, rather than revolutionary demonstrators, at the same time as is now overwhelmingly the case. He didn't speak publicly and hasn't be seen since then.

 
Just three days later, it's unlikely he'd stay alive crowd-surfing the larger, angrier crowds that have swept westward after claiming control of Libya's second-largest city, Benghazi, to the capital Tripoli today. Snipers opened fire on protesters trying in the direction of seize Green Square previous to sunrise, in addition to demonstrators broke into the offices of state-run TV channels. Violent crackdowns by plainclothes security forces have killed at least 233, according to Human Rights timepiece.

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