[Bobboau]

Egyptian aid convoys to Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo0bSjfgW3g

[Mustang19]

Anarcho-syndicalist revolution in Libya.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110224/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_the_east

Following the example of their Egyptian neighbors, the Libyans quickly formed popular committees to guarantee basic security and began to talk to local academics, lawyers and experts to figure out how to run the city they had inherited.

[Sushi]

Anarcho-syndicalist revolution in Libya.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110224/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_the_east

Following the example of their Egyptian neighbors, the Libyans quickly formed popular committees to guarantee basic security and began to talk to local academics, lawyers and experts to figure out how to run the city they had inherited.

Do they take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer of the week?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA

[Unknown Target]

To me, it sounds like they've got it really going. I read through that article and was really happy to see that the people taking over actually got it. It was like they were resting back control of a system others had forgotten how to manage ages ago.

[General Battuta]

Anarcho-syndicalist revolution in Libya.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110224/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_the_east

Following the example of their Egyptian neighbors, the Libyans quickly formed popular committees to guarantee basic security and began to talk to local academics, lawyers and experts to figure out how to run the city they had inherited.

D: The Council of Elders!

[Mars]

D: The Council of Elders!

I cannot unthink that now . . .

[redsniper]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022307211.html?wprss=rss_print

One man took a tractor and broke down the walls of the Kitab security base in Shahat, where mercenaries were housed, witnesses and participants said. In a battle that lasted a day and a half, the residents overwhelmed the forces, killing some and taking others hostage. The captives are being held in secret locations throughout the area.

At the local airport, residents have blocked the runways with large rocks, car parts and other debris to keep the government from flying in reinforcements.

Unwanted mercs in your town? BREAK DOWN THEIR WALL WITH A TRACTOR AND OVERWHELM THEM WITH STONES AND KNIVES!

[achtung]

I will **** my pants if Saudi Arabia or Kuwait follow suit with these folks.

I mean, I know it'll be horrible for oil prices, but who wants to be seen having a meaningful monarchy these days?

[karajorma]

Almost the entire Commonwealth?

[Mustang19]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110226/ap_on_re_af/af_libya

TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's regime passed out guns to civilian supporters, set up checkpoints and sent armed patrols roving the terrorized capital Saturday to put down a revolt in his main stronghold by residents inspired by the success of rebels elsewhere who hold about half of the North African nation.

Even odds these "supporters" end up shooting the guy.

[Bobboau]

yeah, I don't see how this was a smart move for him.

[NGTM-1R]

yeah, I don't see how this was a smart move for him.

This is the man who believes that mass rebellion is the result of mass drugging of coffee by Al Queda. This is the man who had members of the UN, who require a very high bull**** quotient just to work there, literally covering their faces with their hands when he gave a speech there.

There are two options here:

1. He's straight up bat****.

2. He's more subtly bat**** and he truly believes, in the way most people believe in religious stuff, that he is the best thing that's ever happened to Libya and that anyone who is rebelling against him must be insane.

[StarSlayer]

yeah, I don't see how this was a smart move for him.

This is the man who believes that mass rebellion is the result of mass drugging of coffee by Al Queda. This is the man who had members of the UN, who require a very high bull**** quotient just to work there, literally covering their faces with their hands when he gave a speech there.

There are two options here:

1. He's straight up bat****.

2. He's more subtly bat**** and he truly believes, in the way most people believe in religious stuff, that he is the best thing that's ever happened to Libya and that anyone who is rebelling against him must be insane.

3. US is cooperating with Al Queda and we're drugging the **** out of Libya's coffee creamers 

[Mongoose]

It's always the second type that winds up being far more dangerous.

[Dilmah G]

These guys are bloody heroes.

[NGTM-1R]

There are reports getting out that Libyan security forces are attacking or imprisoning foreigners trying to leave the country, from both Egypt and Tunisia so far.

It's like the man wants a military intervention.

[Black Wolf]

He quite possibly does. He's talking about dying a martyr, punishing the people - you want to punish your people by ****ing up the country, well, Iraq and Afghanistan are pretty good examples of how he might be able to do it.

[NGTM-1R]

He quite possibly does. He's talking about dying a martyr, punishing the people - you want to punish your people by ****ing up the country, well, Iraq and Afghanistan are pretty good examples of how he might be able to do it.

The problem with that theory is that it won't work; the people he triggers to intervene will never adopt that paradigm. He's simply going to die in a hail of foreign bullets.

[Black Wolf]

Of course, if he's resigned to dying, he might be willing to take the risk.

I'm not saying it's a good idea, just that it might be how he's thinking.

[JCDNWarrior]

Of course it's strange we can't get these dictator's side of things, as so far two of them when ousted end up with a sudden, what was it? Heart attack? stroke? At any rate, they can't tell us their side of things, neither do their trusted advisors. A minor example of how hard it is to figure out if these revolutions end up in favor of the peoples, or if they turn out just to de-stabilise the region and further supress their people's ability to come out of their forced middle-ages/dark age conditions.