Shot in the head at close range - God is great

I guess peaceful democratic protesters can be a little rough sometimes.

Amplify’d from www.nytimes.com

MISURATA, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s last moments Thursday were as violent as the uprising that overthrew him.

In a cellphone video that went viral on the Internet, the deposed Libyan leader is seen splayed on the hood of a truck and then stumbling amid a frenzied crowd, seemingly begging for mercy. He is next seen on the ground, with fighters grabbing his hair. Blood pours down his head, drenching his golden brown khakis, as the crowd shouts, “God is great!”

Colonel Qaddafi’s body was shown in later photographs, with bullet holes apparently fired into his head at what forensic experts said was close range, raising the possibility that he was executed by anti-Qaddafi fighters.

The official version of events offered by Libya’s new leaders — that Colonel Qaddafi was killed in a cross-fire — did not appear to be supported by the photographs and videos that streamed over the Internet all day long, raising questions about the government’s control of the militias in a country that has been divided into competing regions and factions. Read more at www.nytimes.com

 

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US Secretary of State openly calls for killing

In 2003 Libya wrote to the UN Security Council formally accepting "responsibility for the actions of its officials" in respect to the Lockerbie bombing. Gaddafi agreed to pay up to US$2.7 billion to the victims' families, and completed most of the payout in 2003. Later that year, Britain and Bulgaria co-sponsored a UN resolution to remove the UN sanctions entirely.

Amplify’d from www.cbsnews.com

"We hope he can be captured or killed soon so that you don't have to fear him any longer," Clinton told students and others at a town hall-style gathering in the capital city.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Libya Transitional National Council President Mustafa Abdel-Jalil at the World Islamic Call Society Headquarters during a visit to Tripoli in Libya Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque)

Until now, the U.S. has generally avoided saying that Qaddafi should be killed. Read more at www.cbsnews.com

 

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Julian Assange pictured in Anonymous mask at Occupy London protest

Hero? Infant?



Assange was ordered to remove his mask based on recent London law forbidding facial covering

Amplify’d from sociable.co

Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has been pictured in an Anonymous mask at the Occupy London protest on Saturday. Assange joined 3,000 other anti-capitalist protesters near London’s Stock Exchange.

Photographer Mike Kemp captured these images of Julian Assange, who was later forced to remove the mask by a London police officer.

Assange then made an impromptu speech to a section of the protesters concerning anonymity. He stated, “Under a new section used, people cannot wear masks in London, they cannot wear facial coverings in London, and that basic anonymity is denied to people. I say, that sometimes it may be legitimate to deny anonymity, but we should not accept it until Swiss bank account and offshore bank accounts are also denied of their anonymity.” Read more at sociable.co

 

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Julian Assange pictured in Anonymous mask at Occupy London protest

Hero? Infant?



Assange was forced to shed his mask due to new London laws forbidding face covering

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Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has been pictured in an Anonymous mask at the Occupy London protest on Saturday. Assange joined 3,000 other anti-capitalist protesters near London’s Stock Exchange.

Photographer Mike Kemp captured these images of Julian Assange, who was later forced to remove the mask by a London police officer.

Assange then made an impromptu speech to a section of the protesters concerning anonymity. He stated, “Under a new section used, people cannot wear masks in London, they cannot wear facial coverings in London, and that basic anonymity is denied to people. I say, that sometimes it may be legitimate to deny anonymity, but we should not accept it until Swiss bank account and offshore bank accounts are also denied of their anonymity.” Read more at sociable.co

 

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Live forever

Note the materialism here.  So mild, so complete.

Help: Lonely and cold

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Michelle Obama's Africa trip: Cost to US tax payers

The use of Air Force aircraft alone for the June 21-27 trip cost $424,142

Amplify’d from blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Without all the figures available, it is impossible to establish the total cost to the public purse of Michelle Obama’s 42 days of holiday during that period, which included her trip to Spain last year (though not the Obamas' recent sojourn in Martha’s Vineyard).

But we do now know for sure that her visit to Africa in June, with a sizeable entourage in tow, cost taxpayers at the very minimum $424,142 in transportation costs, according to figures obtained by Washington-based watchdog Judicial Watch. As the 'Washington Whispers' blog at US News and World Report noted:

Michelle Obama with her daughters in South Africa in June. (Photo: AP)

First lady Michelle Obama's family trip to South Africa and Botswana in June cost taxpayers well over $424,000, according to new accounting based on Air Force manifests obtained by Judicial Watch, a taxpayer watchdog group.

The use of Air Force aircraft alone for the June 21-27 trip cost $424,142, said the group, and that doesn't include the food, lodging, and ground transportation for the 21 family and staff members.

This trip was as much an opportunity for the Obama family to go on a safari as it was a trip to conduct government business. This junket wasted tax dollars and the resources of our overextended military. No wonder we had to sue to pry loose this information. Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk

 

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