Though their grip on the capital city of Tripoli appears strong as ever, the Libyan government appears to be struggling to maintain its control over the nation at large, and the major Eastern cities in general, a number of which have been taken over by protesters.
The fighting in the eastern cities in particular was said to have been quite fierce, and before the military fled from the overwhelming groups of protesters, the confirmed death toll going into Saturday was at least 84 slain and hundreds wounded. An additional 15 were slain at funerals on Saturday, bringing the minimal toll to at least 99.
Benghazi alone, one of the eastern cities in question, saw at least 28 deaths on Thursday and 3 more on Friday alone, with 15 more reported in al-Bayda. Other fighting has been reported elsewhere in the nation, so these overall tolls are likely considerably higher.
In the meantime, aging dictator Moammar Gadhafi, whose grip on much of the country seems to be crumbling, is said to have been touring the streets of Tripoli in an attempt to rally pro-government supporters against a possible spread of the protests there.
84 people killed, and no comments at the time of this writing.
I repeat:
There are 84 Arabs dead, and nobody has commented!
Why oh why oh why???
Because you can't blame ISRAEL for this river of blood, that's why!
When Egyptians rioted against Mubarak, THEN you crawled out of the woodwork to scream about what a tyrant he was, how he urgently needed to step down, how he was Israel's puppet all along, how Israel was to blame for all the violence. WHERE ARE YOU NOW?!
It's only Libya, so who cares, right? Why shed any tears for THEM!!
Libya could slaughter HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS and it wouldn't merit one THOUSANDTH the attention that Israel would receive if it bulldozed an olive tree.
You phonies couldn't give a CRAP about Libyan blood or Bahraini blood. You speak up only when you can blame the "ZIONISTS".
The regular posters of antiwar.com have proven themselves to be HYPOCRITES with a gargantuan capital H. Not to mention, MONOMANIACS and PHONIES and LIARS and BIGOTS.
Consider yourselves UNMASKED!
Dispots like Kaddafi who made a mock of his people must know that there is a moment of awaikenng where people reinstate again, logic and decencey into their lives, regardless of the price they pay.The massacre carried out by the Kadafi regiem must be condmned globally and shuned by all nations.
Qadafi is one sick bastard. Fidel Castro must be so happy with his disciple performance.