Libya: Benghazi unrest, to Civil War, to a new government and Gaddafi's death.

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It's like Tunisia and Egypt set off a whole storeroom of dynamite.

I think Algeria was actually the first of the North Africa states to have protests (mid December?), though they haven't been as successful.

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Gaddafi is sounding like Glenn Beck these days.  I'm surprised he didn't come out with a chalkboard and pictures of Karl Marx.

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Ben Ali: made three speeches to TV before fleeing.

Mubarak: made three speeches to TV before fleeing.

Gaddafi: has made three bizarre and incoherent speeches.

See a pattern?

It would be more interesting if they each made 6.

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Hugo! Hugo!

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Interesting...

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green = held by pro-Gaddafi forces
red = held by anti-Gaddafi forces
yellow = ongoing fighting / unclear situation

The forum can't display SVGs.  Here you go:

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The forum can't display SVGs.

It shows up just fine in my browser.

Hmm... I've always been able to see them on Wikipedia, but never when I try to post them here.

For those who also couldn't see it, there it is.

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I'm reading that Gadaffi has lost 14 tanks, not one.

J.J. just forgot to factor in the deluge after the first tank that took out an additional thirteen.

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Gaddafi loyalists are reported to be shelling the main hospital in Misrata. Classy.

Shooting at hospitals is a treasured part of their culture, imperialist swine.

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Tim Hetherington, a documentary filmmaker and director of the AA-nominated Restrepo, was killed by mortar fire in Misrata today along with Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros.

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The Gaddafi Government itself is now only claiming "partial" control of Tripoli, which likely means it has completely fallen.

Oil prices to fall soon, hopefully.

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InTrade now paradoxically has Gaddafi higher falling before the end of the month than year:

Muammar al-Gaddafi to no longer be leader of Libya before midnight ET 31 Dec 2011
91.1% 
 
Muammar al-Gaddafi to no longer be leader of Libya before midnight ET 31 Aug 2011
92.0%

Oddly, he's still ahead of Tim Pawlenty for the GOP vice presidential nomination.

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I'm now wondering who will be in office longer, Qaddafi or Obama.

(please note that was only 5 days ago.)

He's still not out, as of yet.  We could be seeing him controlling parts of Libya, if not parts of Tripoli.  Hold your breath, everyone.

I'm sure a rogue Ghaddafi surviving on eating beetles in a hole somewhere will make it all the way to February 2013, J.J..

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J. J. reminds me of that Libyan State TV anchor who was videotaped holding a gun and saying that she would fight to the death along with many others for Gaddafi. Well now that state TV office is abandoned.

I think even Gaddafi admitted that the rebels controlled some of Tripoli. Gaddafi has no use for a Tripoli Bob when he's.... I wonder what the heck Gaddafi is doing right now.

Actually, MSNBC was reporting (as of a half hour ago) that his compound and some of the city is still being held.  Also, there are pro Qaddafi snipers in the city.

Exactly.  Boarded up compounds and snipers.  Qaddafi's men are acting like rebels in their own city.  It's gone.

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lol you can't make this shi' up.  Well, they can:

From the youtube description of the rebels: "This young man is murdered in front of a crowd by the NATO, CIA, MI5, Mossad, al Qaeda supported notoriously racist ex-monarchists."

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He made a radio broadcast today.

Clearly a man who doesn't have the capability to securely film himself is on the verge of regaining power.

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In other news, this picture is AWESOME

Looks like the Superdome in the background.

Uwe Boll's Hurricane Katrina

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In the classic Monkey/Organ Grinder situation he's absolutely not the Organ Grinder, so... er... why even...

But if the monkey is dead, the organ grinder looks rather silly, doesn't he? 

If the organ grinder is dead, the monkey becomes a FF.