Incredible reports that Gaddafi has fled to Venezuela or Brazil. Unconfirmed but amazing. Benghazi has staged an armed uprising and freed itself.The Arab uprriings get more and more amazing. The government of Oman has just agreed a 43% wage rise for public sector workers – and theres not even any protests there yet.
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Libyan sources told Asharq al-Awsat that the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, will not flee the country if the situation escalates, and that he intends to die on Libyan soil. Sources affiliated with the Gaddafi family spoke to Asharq al-Awsat via telephone, saying that the city of al-Bayda [east Libya] is witnessing riots and widespread violence, led by armed militias. [These groups] began their activities by storming a prison, releasing the inmates, and ended by surrounding an army battalion belonging to the younger son of the Libyan leader.
His sons would likely leave with him. If they are still in Libya....likely he is as well.
But would be interesting to get more info the shot out at the OK Gadaffi Corral. I wonder if Gadaffi.....tried to break it up. Or if he just sat back and said winner gets Benghazi.
toxicaura: Looks like conflicting reports February 20, 2011 · 10:40 pm Incredible reports that Gaddafi has fled to Venezuela or Brazil. Unconfirmed but amazing. Benghazi has staged an armed uprising and freed itself.The Arab uprriings get more and more amazing. The government of Oman has just agreed a 43% wage rise for public sector workers – and theres not even any protests there yet.
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Libyan sources told Asharq al-Awsat that the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, will not flee the country if the situation escalates, and that he intends to die on Libyan soil. Sources affiliated with the Gaddafi family spoke to Asharq al-Awsat via telephone, saying that the city of al-Bayda [east Libya] is witnessing riots and widespread violence, led by armed militias. [These groups] began their activities by storming a prison, releasing the inmates, and ended by surrounding an army battalion belonging to the younger son of the Libyan leader.
"Libyan sources told Asharq al-Awsat that the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, will not flee the country if the situation escalates, and that he intends to die on Libyan soil.
Sources affiliated with the Gaddafi family spoke to Asharq al-Awsat via telephone, saying that the city of al-Bayda [east Libya] is witnessing riots and widespread violence, led by armed militias. [These groups] began their activities by storming a prison, releasing the inmates, and ended by surrounding an army battalion belonging to the younger son of the Libyan leader."
Sounds a lot like what Mubarak said before he fled Cairo.
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Tunisia, Libya and Egypt... to become secular democracies?
It will be an interesting spring.