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go and read his biography. he has so many crimes that even if bombing isn't mentioned, specifically, then he has done enough to make up for it

Looks like Fidel wasn`t so far from the truth ,after all

oh and the riots in Yemen are getting worse


Folks, it`s spreading ...

It's all here. This is where I read it.

orn 7 June 1942 (1942-06-07) (age 68)
Sirt, Italian Libya
Spouse(s) Safia Farkash
Children Muhammad al-Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Muammar Al-Gaddafi, Saadi Gaddafi, Mutassim Gaddafi, Saif Al Arab, Khamis, Ayesha al-Gaddafi, Hanna
Religion Islam
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Website Official website

TOBRUK, Libya – Militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clamped down in Tripoli, with the sound of gunfire ringing in the air, while protesters who control much of the eastern half of Libya claimed new gains in cities and towns closer to the heart of Gadhafi's regime in the capital.

Protesters said they had taken over Misrata, which would be the largest city in the western half in the country to fall into their hands. The military has also moved heavy forces into the town of Sabratha, west of the capital, to try to put down protesters who have overwhelmed security headquarters and government buildings, a news website close to the government reported.

International outrage mounted after Gadhafi on Tuesday went on state TV and in a fist-pounding speech called on his supporters to take to the streets to fight protesters. Gadhafi's retaliation has already been the harshest in the Arab world to the wave of anti-government protests sweeping the Middle East.

Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said estimates of some 1,000 people killed in the violence in Libya were "credible," although he stressed information about casualties was incomplete. The New York-based Human Rights Watch has put the death toll at nearly 300, according to a partial count.

Gadhafi's speech appeared to have brought out a heavy force of supporters and militiamen that largely prevented major protests in the capital Tuesday night or Wednesday. Through the night, gunfire was heard, said one woman who lives near downtown.

"Mercenaries are everywhere with weapons. You can't open a window or door. Snipers hunt people," she said. "We are under siege, at the mercy of a man who is not a Muslim."

During the day Wednesday, more gunfire was heard near Gadhafi's residence, but in many parts of the city of 2 million residents were venturing out to stores, some residents said. The government sent out text messages urging people to go back to their jobs, aiming to show that life was returning to normal. The residents spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

But Libya's upheaval, just over a week old, has shattered the hold of Gadhafi's regime across much of the country. Protesters claim to hold towns and cities along nearly the entire eastern half of the 1,000-mile Mediterranean coastline, from the Egyptian border. In parts, they have set up their own jury-rigged self-administrations.

the articles contradict each other
the first one was from Wikipedia
The second was from colleen's

Well then you can blam then media!

And so, the truth lies somewhere in the middle..I have heard three numbers so far for casualties...300, 500 plus, and now a 1000 plus...also heard there were many missing and an exact count is not possible.......feel for the reporter there too...

That quoted bit in red is not referring to Gaddafi himself but to the foreign mercenaries. The woman who is quoted as saying that is clearly refereing to the fact that their lives are now at the mercy of an unbeliever [being the mercenaries Gaddafi brought over from other African countries]