Atticus Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 according to Reuters. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluerevolution Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/oct/20/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live?CMP=twt_gu Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratty Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Dead according to Reuters and the NTC Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 They couldnt afford to capture him alive. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashoi Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Whose "they" and why not? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The establishment, Deals Done in the past between Governments and individuals. Plus Intelligence Gadaffi will have that he can reveal. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 He was a naughty man. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 A very Naughty Man! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashoi Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The same establishment that was happy to see Saddam Hussein and Hosni Mubarak go on trial or a different establishment with even darker secrets and better trained ninjas? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Yes except that they killed Saddam before many trials were complete and they learnt their lesson with Bin Laden. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Curtain Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 There's a clip on the BBC website of him ( alive ) after he was captured from a drain.Yep, "captured from a drain"Blimey, not very glamourous really, eh.Apparently they shot him for trying to escapeNette:-S Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 BBC's opening salvo at 10 tonight, Gadaffi found 'cowering' 'humiliated'.Such emotive language is tantamount to propaganda. Yes, he was evil and his demise is something to be celebrated but let's remain objective, at least. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 unless he was, er, cowering... and, as a former dictator now hiding in a sewer pipe, er, humiliated. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Yep and how substantial are these claims 6 hours later? The story of his demise has already had many different interpretations. Just say he is dead for now, no need for western vitriolic tabloid reportage. Isn't that would they would do? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Vitriolic? Hardly. You say he was evil but resent the BBC's tone because it might be a tad uncomplimentary?Quite right, maybe they should have said the noble leader stood proud to the last. Defying the west he emerged from his environment-friendly, bijou palace with a wry smile, a final cigarette dangling rakishly from his voluptuous lips. What a guy!Ok? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 No, this isn't Blackadder, Max. No need for stiff upper lip. Let the facts out, before you vault the bandwagon and come out with a much wanted conclusion, do you rejoice in images of a cowering Gadaffi dead if not actual fact? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Oh dear this is silly.Have we really got people on this thread claiming the 'establishment' had him killed, and conspiracy theorists suggesting that it's a ruse?And toasters are magic, and gravity is a theory?Sure. It's possible that it's a ruse - but we base our interpretations on 'balance of probability'.Enter UDT, stage left, with a woo woo comment. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankito Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My toaster is magic...! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Medic Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I suppose the next step is the West will have to go in and help them become civilised like us. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 So Naive he was captured alive we have seen the video, then Executed. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I can't help feeling a little sorry for the way he met such a grisly end. Those pictues don't do his captors any credit. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
northlondoner Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 No Maxxi I think the objection to the BBCs tone is it's unthinking parroting of the NTCs version of events. Lets not kid ourselves ... These don't look much like western style democrats to me. Deeply uneasy about NATOs role in all this ... Especially this gruesome denouement . I am not against regime change per se. But if you're gonna have the balls to do it, at least have the balls to say thats what you're doing. Hiding behind the fig leaf of "protecting civilians" just makes you look dickish. This feels different from our (belated) but much needed intervention in the Balkans ...of which I think we should be proud. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-492966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karter Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I should have put money on this that he would be done by October this year, it was clear that it would take a while. Skynews always gets there first and captures great footage even though it was not pretty. Especially what appears to be a bullet to the head. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-493004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Sky News always gets where first? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-493005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karter Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 you know, on site. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/20133-gadaffi-captured/#findComment-493010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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