As Libya’s new interim ruler Mustafa Jalil gave the last areas not under his control a surrender or die ultimatum, the rebel council he commands announced that they believe 50,000 people are dead since the uprising began.
Col. Buhahiar, one of the rebels’ many commanders, reported that 15,000 were slain between Zlitan and Misrata, on top of previous estimates, and that the rest of the slain were prisoners that they couldn’t find and are therefore assumed dead.
Speculation about where the real death toll lies will no doubt continue for months and even years, and it is unclear if the rebels’ official count includes the large number of black people that they have executed under the assumption that they are probably mercenaries.
The rebels, have, however, freed large numbers of political prisoners from western Libyan jails, which is important because according to their confirmed plan they’re going to need that space for all the dissidents they intend to arrest.
Nonsense. I'd like to know why are the rebels exaggerating the death toll?
Days, not weeks. Jason what's the latest numbers on what this latest imperial adventure has cost the US?
Figure I've heard counted was 2 Million a day for 6 months (just the US). That would total up to around 360 Million dollars altogether. Of course thats just the official military cost and doesn't include covert costs or the rebuilding.
All told thousand of the prisoners released were "drafted' into the rebel army many of whom had been fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. As for 50,000 not a chance unless you count all the nato strikes and murders commited by the rebels.
What really gets me going, is how the media reports any rebel claims as fact without any type of proof at all. Claims by loyalists are either completly ignored or marginalized.
There you have it folks. All in the name of western style freedom. Just how they "liberated" Iraq and Afghanistan.