Angry mob in Libya storms compound...of radical Islamic extremists
Illjwamh
2012/09/22 05:25:29
Partially in response to the attack on the U.S. consulate a week and a half ago, and partly because they'd just had enough, Libyan protesters, police and military stormed an Islamic extremist compound of the group accused of leading the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador.
http://news.yahoo.com/libyans-storm-militia-backlash-attack-u...
How awesome is this? I said right from the start that Libya was going to be on our side in this. We need to cultivate this relationship, and do it quickly. We might actually be on the road to having a legitimate friend in the region that isn't Israel.
http://news.yahoo.com/libyans-storm-militia-backlash-attack-u...
How awesome is this? I said right from the start that Libya was going to be on our side in this. We need to cultivate this relationship, and do it quickly. We might actually be on the road to having a legitimate friend in the region that isn't Israel.
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Zuggi 2012/09/22 05:49:59
""I don't want to see armed men wearing Afghani-style clothes stopping me in the street to give me orders, I only want to see people in uniform," said Omar Mohammed, a university student who took part in the takeover of the site, which protesters said was done in support of the army and police."
This is taqiyya.
That's dumb.
Here was the reason they gave. Nothing about standing behind America.
"I don't want to see armed men wearing Afghani-style clothes stopping me in the street to give me orders, I only want to see people in uniform," said Omar Mohammed, a university student who took part in the takeover of the site, which protesters said was done in support of the army and police.
Only if you ignore other parts.
Even if they didn't have those signs or talk about Stevens, it would be intellectually dishonest to pretend that a giant protest against militias a week after the biggest and most troubling militia incident (the murder of the Ambassador who was crucial in supporting the overthrow of their dictator) is unconnected to that murder.
""I don't want to see armed men wearing Afghani-style clothes stopping me in the street to give me orders, I only want to see people in uniform," said Omar Mohammed, a university student who took part in the takeover of the site, which protesters said was done in support of the army and police."
""I don't want to see armed men wearing Afghani-style clothes stopping me in the street to give me orders, I only want to see people in uniform," said Omar Mohammed, a university student who took part in the takeover of the site, which protesters said was done in support of the army and police."
If that's how a majority of Libyans feel, there is still hope that the country can evolve into a moderate Muslim majority state like Turkey or Indonesia rather than another Islamic theocracy and al-Qaida hotbed.
I'm merely thinking in terms of how much of a danger the two types of Muslim countries pose to the West (and to Israel, for that matter), and how easy or difficult it is to maintain mutually beneficial economic relations.
First off, no one was killed. Second, these militias and whatnot currently outnumber the actual police and military. Thirdly, they are arresting people, and have been ever since the attacks. But you can't expect them to go from dictatorship to a modern democracy overnight. They've made a lot of progress in a very short period of time and should be proud of themselves.