tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post587334520116477591..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: An exciting night! Qaddafi on the edge!Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-67523122486061695322011-02-21T18:40:41.519+01:002011-02-21T18:40:41.519+01:00Now
"British Foreign Secretary William Hague...<a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/41704207" rel="nofollow"> Now</a><br /><br />"British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday he had seen some information to suggest Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi had fled the country and was on his way to Venezuela.<br /><br />"You asked me earlier about whether Colonel Gaddafi is in Venezuela," he told reporters on the sidelines of a European Union foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.<br /><br />"I have no information that says he is, but I have seen some information that suggests he is on his way there at the moment."<br /><br />Diplomats said Hague was not referring to rumors circulating in the media about Gaddafi's whereabouts, but to separate sources for the information."<br /><br />The last paragraph is perhaps the most interesting.Dan Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185618140549144706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-25614715491931249012011-02-21T17:46:48.523+01:002011-02-21T17:46:48.523+01:00Any truth to the rumour that Ghadaffi has fled to ...Any truth to the rumour that Ghadaffi has fled to Venezuela. It is circulating very fast in this part of the world (Time 4.45 pm GMT)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-4721009596458069002011-02-21T16:56:04.854+01:002011-02-21T16:56:04.854+01:00Don't get too excited over Libya.
This is Ara...Don't get too excited over Libya.<br /><br />This is Arab tribal warfare for control of resources. The two million Wergila (Cyrenaica) have never been happy with the three million Gaddafa/Mergraha alliance. (Tripolitania). The Gaddafa cannot abandon their tribal advantage.<br /><br />Forget the democracy. The army is splitting. <br /><br />Same in Yemen.<br /><br />Berber tribesmen have also got active....bad news for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.<br /><br />New countries are forming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-31376242850466746412011-02-21T15:53:45.111+01:002011-02-21T15:53:45.111+01:00According to Iranian Press TV, Gaddafi was report...According to Iranian <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/166231.html" rel="nofollow">Press TV</a>, Gaddafi was reported to be heading either to Venezuela or Brazil. The headline said, "Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has left his country for Venezuela or Brazil, as protests calling on him to step down have turned violent, a report says." Aside from the headline noting the unattributed report, there is nothing about that in the article and I have seen nothing further. My guess is that it's untrue. Any sign of him in Venezuela? He could fit in there pretty well. Does Chavez still have the tent donated for him by Gaddafi?Dan Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185618140549144706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-79973197678798421322011-02-21T13:55:08.447+01:002011-02-21T13:55:08.447+01:00Daniel, I am not so sure about Saudi Arabia. The o...Daniel, I am not so sure about Saudi Arabia. The oil fields area is Shia and those are considered non muslim by that particular Islam Whahhabi brand that rules in the country. In addition Shia Iran is doing its best to destabilize the country.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-15213942348521661612011-02-21T13:23:27.595+01:002011-02-21T13:23:27.595+01:00ARD Germany and Al Jazeera are saying that Gadafi ...ARD Germany and Al Jazeera are saying that Gadafi left Lybia ... for Venezuela !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-29086113467724121232011-02-21T09:08:20.207+01:002011-02-21T09:08:20.207+01:00I am still reading Middle East news at 3:00am. :)I am still reading Middle East news at 3:00am. :)1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91501376420787621052011-02-21T06:44:33.330+01:002011-02-21T06:44:33.330+01:00Boludo
true about the army, but it is also true t...Boludo<br /><br />true about the army, but it is also true that times change and that armies may soften.... we are in the XXI century and a general with hundred of civilian blood on his hand cannot expect to ever leave his country again on a peaceful vacation.<br /><br />in other words, who knows what can really happen. but whatever it is it will always because of the army final decision.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-28020970918358410762011-02-21T06:36:14.815+01:002011-02-21T06:36:14.815+01:00It may depend on how willing the armies are to kil...It may depend on how willing the armies are to kill. Iran in 1979: not willing to kill. Egypt so far: not willing to kill. Syria 1982: Hama rules, w ~25,000 obliterated.<br />IMHO, the Syrian army will still be willing to kill,as the minority Alawites in power cannot hope to be treated kindly by the Sunni majority,<br /><br />IMHO, Qaddafi is willing to kill, but as he is nearly 70, it will be over eventually unless a son is capable, which is not probable. One of his sons is a nutcase, IIRC. Did some damage in Switzerland.<br /><br />Dictatorships do not handle succession well. What happened to the offspring of Gomez? Did any of them accomplish anything?<br /><br />Michael Totten’s <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/michaeltotten/2011/02/20/in-the-land-of-the-brother-leader-2/" rel="nofollow">In the Land of the Brother Leader</a> is a good read about his visit to Libya.<br /><br />I worked on a oil rig in Guatemala where the company man [oil company’s rig site representative] had worked in Libya. He said that getting to a rig site in Libya was a matter of driving several hundred miles in the desert without any roads- quite a navigational feat.<br /><br />Time will tell. Maybe we will see the equivalent of 1989 in the Arab world. Maybe we will see a replay of what occurred in 1979 in Iran. OTOH, what has occurred in Iran and other countries since 1979 means that fewer people will get fooled this time around.<br /><br />When experts like Bernard Lewis admit they aren’t sure what is happening, anything that I will write would be mere speculation of dubious value.Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-43015477904505167852011-02-21T05:51:46.960+01:002011-02-21T05:51:46.960+01:00i can't go to sleep too! its fucking awesome!i can't go to sleep too! its fucking awesome!Juan Crespohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813847010096229013noreply@blogger.com