Sounds idyllic.

Only point that I find strange is that Gadaffi sent professional armies to Misarat but was unable to subdue the city or take over although only defended by lightly armed rebels; this was before Nato started up.
In contrast these rebels could quickly subdue Tripoli which is much larger than this city & was defended by both professional armies & (if you believe the media) many local loyalists who were armed by Gadaffi.

Conclusion that I draw from this is that many people in Tripoli supported the rebels; which implies it was not so much fun for the locals under Gadaffi?

Rebels have been supported by the Qatar/US way before the NATO kicked in, they were providedAeryon Scout UAV + intelligence from the United States, Arms and amunition from Qatar to say the least.

Gaddafi was practically fighting the Rebels/US/EU from day one....not defending the dude but it's a fact.

Do you have a source for this?

You got links to articles and videos including the Swiss investigation about the Swiss ammo provided to the rebels from Qatar, in addition Mohamed Jibril head of the NTC was the financial adviser of the princess of Qatar for long time and he was the main contact between rebels and Qatar.

Let me guess: none of the links actually show US involvement before UN resolution 1973.

You wouldn't get more info on this on a public forum indeed

Of course - you have connections which provide you with "facts" the general public will never see. I bet you have pictures of the tooth fairy...

In short....YES

This post is nothing without pictures - where is the tooth fairy?

Would it be naughty of me to point out that Aeryon is Canadian, not American?

So I suppose I have to post the tooth fairy photo myself?

A) Qatar ? Obviously yes. I suppose that the Emir of Qatar, a highly emotional chap to express it mildly, had an open bill with the Colonel
B) USA ? The US-Americans were rather reluctant about Libya, but of course when seeing that the Colonel had clearly lost out in regard to popularity, and when they had to see that France captured the lead of the West, HAD to jump in
C) Europe ? Europe in regard to Libya was sharply divided, with Britain trying to keep neutral, France having changed sides onto the side of the opposition extremely swiftly (looks as Mr Sarkozy had some scores with the Colonel just like the Qatari R.H.), and Italy keeping it with Mr Khaddafi until very last

Ever compared Egypt and Libya ? Ever imagined what would have happened, had Hosni Mubarak and his generals decided to use full military force to stay in power ?

Back to Libya. I can imagine that a provisional government will be fully in charge in Tripoli, elections being held in Libya, and Khaddafi in hiding all the time. Which is not so surprising if you have a look at the vast emptiness of the Fezzan.

And over to Syria. It is not very popular to say that Dr Assad may politically survive against all odds. With his Bismarck-ian mix of brutal power and soft reforms and modernisations. Western media gives lots of attention to criticisms by the Turkish leaders about Assad and also a lot of attention to the Iranians talking with Syrian opponents. In case of Turkey, it is "electioneering", in case of Iran it is to check all options. For Iran, the situation is awkward as they in case of a fall of the Damascus regime might lose their arrangements for their support for Hizbullah. The new leadership in Damascus, most likely Sunni-dominated, will of course continue the alliance between Damascus and the Amal Party in Lebanon and the el-Saika in Palestine, but most of all stop the passage of material from Iranian airplanes landing at Damascus-Airport to the Marjayoun-Litani regions of the Hizbullah-militia.

And in comes the KSA. The KSA will want to continue its support for Hamas, which upto now goes in the form of money to Iran and then in the form of Iranian hardware further on. The Saudis and Iranians may well convince the new Syrian leaders about the financial advantages of a continued co-operation. Let's not forget that things like that factory manufacturing Iranian motor cars under licence make the co-operation with Iran economically interesing

Yes weejeem your very naughty,everyone knows there are only lumberjacks and female country singers in Canada Canada also known as Toronto

"A fully equipped gynaecological operating theatre, bedroom and jacuzzi have been discovered underneath Tripoli's Fateh University, the BBC reports. "

What??

The mind boggles!

Sex change operations???

Mr. Vertigo justified the expulsion of Jews from North Africa because they were "collaborators".

The same excuse is used now by Libyan "pro democracy" forces to torture, jail or kill black people.

What's good for the goose...

You still need to learn the difference between justifying and explaining. You excel in rhetorical manipulation.

Guess we all know where all the manipulation skills comes from

Care to "explain" the similiarities, or just continue with ad hominems ?

Quote Guardian "Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi entered the territory of Libya's southern neighbor Niger today Niger's justice minister has said."

Wonder what they will do with him?

Wrong indeed, but of course a clear bye-bye to the Africa notions of Khaddafi who when being rejected in the Arab World tried to play the "Africa-card" which was never supported by most of the Libyans.

To be clear, too many "Sub-Saharans" worked as soldiers for the Khaddafi regime and helped to terrorize the Libyan population. Far too many Sub-Saharans were allowed into Libya just to be kept as pawns against Europe.