Libya: revolutionaries turn on each other

[billynomates]

Libya: revolutionaries turn on each other as fears grow for law and order
Hundreds of revolutionaries fought each other at a hospital in Tripoli early on Monday, in the biggest armed clash between allies since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi

The fighting fuelled growing fears that nobody is in control of thousands of swaggering armed men who are still based in Tripoli and that the country's interim government will struggle to impose law and order.

Telegraph

How come everyone saw this coming apart from NATO (and the occasional person on here who wears rose-tinted spectacles)

[billynomates]

Also funny in the same press that thought 'heralding Libya's 'freedom' was front page news-this gets buried in the middle of the paper.

[billynomates]

Libya: Al Qaeda flag flown above Benghazi courthouse
The black flag of Al Qaeda has been spotted flying over a public building in Libya, raising concerns that the country could lurch towards Muslim extremism.

The flag, complete with Arabic script reading "there is no God but Allah" and full moon underneath, was seen flying above the Benghazi courthouse building, considered to be the seat of the revolution, according to the news website Vice.com.

The flag was said to be flying over the building alongside the Libyan national flag but the National Transitional Council has denied that it was responsible.

Vice.com also reported that Islamists had been seen driving around the city's streets, waving the Al Qaeda flag from their cars and shouting "Islamiya, Islamiya! No East, nor West".

The revelation came just days after it emerged that rebels in Libya have imposed Sharia law in the some parts of country since seizing power.

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council, said Islamic Sharia law would be the "basic source" of legislation in free Libya.

The move towards Islamic extremism is likely to alarm many in the West who supported the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.

It comes as unrest in the country flared

Telegraph

[maverick35]

Old Mav realizes Arabs sit around all day long eating Gyroes and so Barbequed Ribs they hardly know whut real revolution is u Caucasians no not never cheat atack trap them like u do old Mav then may be they would regard the value of life rather than no not care about disease death RIGHT sorry right... sorry old Mav

[maverick35]

Old Mav realizes it seems like Assad Syria may have agreed to meet talk with oposition forces over how to form a compromise government in Syria and so Assad may have decided beter to pursue that course than risk NATO atacks and so after whut NATO proved air power can do in Libya he wisely decided beter to deal with oposition politicial forces than face NATO war planes RIGHT too bad Gadaifi wuz no not that flexible butt at 68 Gadaifi probably wuz only looking for a honorable way to die RIGHT and so butt old Mav is no not any Gadaifi and so the world beter hope and so old Mav may leta off the Arabs Jews butt old Mav no not gota leta off the whole world and so luckily for old Mav the world no not takes old Mav seriously and so considers old Mav to be a crazy 67 old Jew fool and so it beter be RIGHT and so cuz if it is wrong RIGHT sorry right... sorry old Mav

[billynomates]

Libya: Nato to be investigated by for war crimes
NATO forces are to be investigated by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes during the Libyan conflict

Telegraph

[maverick35]

Old Mav realizes RIGHT u r Gypes go after NATO they r war criminals also too just like the Israelis RIGHT those internationial war criminal courts will go after any body they just beter hope old Mav no not geta the miracle old Mav needs before it is too late for old Mav they may find they will be the targeta no not the targeter if old Mav geta saved RIGHT luckily they do no not think such things can may hapen for old Mav they beter be RIGHT sorry right... sorry old Mav

[billynomates]

Libya dispatch: as lawlessness spreads, are the rebel 'good guys' turning bad?
Once welcomed as liberators, Libya's rebel fighters are beginning to outstay their welcome in Tripoli.
Abdul Mojan's moment of realisation came when the good guys threw him into the boot of their car, slammed it shut and drove off with him a prisoner inside.

When they finally stopped and hauled him out, he asked them: "What are you doing? I'm a revolutionary just like you! I've never supported Gaddafi.'"

But the former rebels didn't care. They had taken a liking to the new office block in western Tripoli that Mr Mojan managed and they wanted the keys and ownership documents. He tried to reason with them, pointing out that there were plenty of government buildings standing empty.

To no avail, however. "We have sacrificed for this revolution and you haven't, and now we will take what we want," he was told by a cocky 18-year-old. "You can have the building back when the revolution is over."

A week later Mr Mojan was still incredulous as he recounted his tale to The Sunday Telegraph, admitting that he felt lucky to escape without a beating although there was nothing he could do about the 5,000 dinar (£2,550) they stole from his car.

....But there is also a fear that now the gunmen have a taste for power, and nobody to stop them, the post-Gaddafi future may be much more difficult than Libyans had hoped.

One formerly enthusiastic revolutionary, watching a group of young gunmen at a checkpoint, couldn't help being gloomy.

"You have to wonder, is this how failed states start out?" he said.

Perhaps Cameron, The Frog and Obama should go there and run the mess they created. After all, all three have proven they can't run their own countries. Maybe a less complicate opportunity is what the need.

[billynomates]

The last above was a comment made by a reader in the Telegraph- hard to argue with

[maverick35]

Old Mav realizes Gypes that is how America knows how to do things always helps the bad people butt if a miracle saves old Mav before it is too late for old Mav America may pay dearly for the 67 years it has cheated atacked traped old Mav luckily America does no not take old Mav seriously the U K has the same system the same goes for the U K luckily the U K does no not take old Mav seriously either any way Monday is another week and so the world beter hope no not any miracle can may does save old Mav before it is too late for old Mav and so that may be the worlds own tough tuff luck RIGHT sorry right... sorry old Mav