"Islamic State In Libya Storm Tripoli Hotel Killing 9" Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Jan 2015 11:04 a.m. PST |
"Two heavily armed gunmen stormed a luxury Tripoli hotel favored by top Libyan officials and visiting delegations on Tuesday, killing at least eight people including four foreigners before blowing themselves up, authorities said. Shooting erupted inside the five-star Corinthia Hotel and security forces evacuated guests, including Tripoli's prime minister and an American delegation, after gunmen blasted through the building's security and reception. It was one of the worst assaults targeting foreigners since the 2011 civil war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and fractured the oil-producing North African state into fiefs of competing armed groups with two national governments both claiming legitimacy…"
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 Legion 4   | 27 Jan 2015 11:20 a.m. PST |
Saw that on CNN … hoping to see more … but US East Coast storm is taking up much of the air time … |
| Mako11 | 27 Jan 2015 12:10 p.m. PST |
Is it the Arab Spring season again, already? My, time flies by. |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 27 Jan 2015 12:41 p.m. PST |
Almost. Not yet. "We vehemently condemn these actions and draw the line………….." Ugh!!!!!! DM |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 27 Jan 2015 12:56 p.m. PST |
Now don't get me started about the 2011 NATO intervention in the Libyan civil war which toppled Muammar Gaddafi by establishing a no-fly zone being a huge mistake. At least the US is not trying too hard to make the same error in Syria. |
| Legion 4 | 27 Jan 2015 4:44 p.m. PST |
The "Arab Spring" turned in a Cluster  thru out the region. Had promise, but like many things in that part of the world, it didn't take long for much of it to go to ! |
| CFeicht | 28 Jan 2015 8:17 p.m. PST |
Revolution is messy. It takes time, effort, and blood and doesn't sit well with the immediate gratification mentality of the West. |
| Deadone | 28 Jan 2015 8:27 p.m. PST |
CFeicht, this is not longer revolution. This is a failed state and what has happened reeks of Afghanistan in 1992 after Soviet funding dried up or Somalia after General Mohammad Barre was toppled in 1991. Neither country have had anything resembling peace since. Certainly no long term resolution, let alone "immediate gratification." |
| Legion 4 | 29 Jan 2015 8:35 a.m. PST |
Neither country have had anything resembling peace since. And probably won't anytime soon, regardless of what the West tried or tries to do … In some cases, it turned out the West's involvement made things get worse … but sometimes it's hard to tell. So many in the area and near by regions are just so up … |
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