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reddread

(6,896 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2013, 08:30 AM Oct 2013

When did Libya officially disappear from the planet?

Must be all hearts and flowers, or is it a virtual annihilation?
not virtual on the ground, I gather.
This must be what they meant by the "Land of the Free"?
Free of Libya in the news?

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When did Libya officially disappear from the planet? (Original Post) reddread Oct 2013 OP

About the time it was declared, "Free and democratic." leveymg Oct 2013 #1

Here you go mockmonkey Oct 2013 #2

No doubt the Libyan people reddread Oct 2013 #3

I'm sure ... mockmonkey Oct 2013 #5

Well - what has happened in Libya to warrant our attention recently? el_bryanto Oct 2013 #4

interesting google dearth reddread Oct 2013 #6

Very little - but more focused on the government shut down and debt limit el_bryanto Oct 2013 #7

for two years? reddread Oct 2013 #8

I said recently which I suppose is a generalized term - but by recently i meant el_bryanto Oct 2013 #10

yes, the dearth of information reddread Oct 2013 #11

Government mandated blackout - what evidence other than the lack of information - el_bryanto Oct 2013 #12

what kind would you prefer? reddread Oct 2013 #13

Fair enough - so if i understand your assertion - the Obama Administration has el_bryanto Oct 2013 #19

After the West carved up its oil fields? malaise Oct 2013 #9

News from today: 15 soldiers killed; Tue: UN says torture in jails; Mon: armed men shut gas muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #14

thank you reddread Oct 2013 #16

Hmmm Bosonic Oct 2013 #15

+1 maddezmom Oct 2013 #17

definitely not reddread Oct 2013 #18

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

1. About the time it was declared, "Free and democratic."

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 08:37 AM

Oct 2013

mockmonkey

(2,830 posts)

2. Here you go

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:08 AM

Oct 2013

Fact Check: Rand Paul Links Monument Closures to Benghazi

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/fact-check-rand-paul-links-monument-closures-to-benghazi/

Feel better now?

reddread

(6,896 posts)

3. No doubt the Libyan people

Reply to mockmonkey (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:17 AM

Oct 2013

appreciate your concern.

mockmonkey

(2,830 posts)

5. I'm sure ...

Reply to reddread (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:26 AM

Oct 2013

they could give a crap.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

4. Well - what has happened in Libya to warrant our attention recently?

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:19 AM

Oct 2013

What news stories have you read that you feel that the US Media or DU are ignoring? I'd be happy to read them.

Bryant

reddread

(6,896 posts)

6. interesting google dearth

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:28 AM

Oct 2013

searching "Libyan bloodshed"
brought two results from this year on the first page, perhaps nothing from 2012. all the others from early 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/17/us-libyan-pm-idUSBRE98G0DA20130917
about MONEY of course.
and this
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2013/07/18/feature-01

searching "Libyan mercenaries" was similar, with one or two 2012 results, but not directly related to todays vacuum of information.
this result from Al-jaz
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/04/2013427173751845270.html
gives some idea of what must be going on.
What have you heard lately?
looks like a US government blackout to me.
for quite some time.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

7. Very little - but more focused on the government shut down and debt limit

Reply to reddread (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:31 AM

Oct 2013

In order for something to be news something has to happen; this is why the intense misery in parts of Africa and parts of southeast Asia doesn't elicit much of a response - as terrible as it is, it's the same thing every day - there's generally nothing new to say about it.

Bryant

reddread

(6,896 posts)

8. for two years?

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:34 AM

Oct 2013

really?

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

10. I said recently which I suppose is a generalized term - but by recently i meant

Reply to reddread (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:35 AM

Oct 2013

within the last month.

Again do you have something specific that you want to talk about in regards to Libya?

Bryant

reddread

(6,896 posts)

11. yes, the dearth of information

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #10)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:40 AM

Oct 2013

sorry if that wasnt clear.
we broke it, we bought it.
I want a shareholders report.
looks like a government mandated blackout.
isnt that worth discussing?

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

12. Government mandated blackout - what evidence other than the lack of information -

Reply to reddread (Reply #11)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:41 AM

Oct 2013

do you have to support that theory?

Bryant

reddread

(6,896 posts)

13. what kind would you prefer?

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #12)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:43 AM

Oct 2013

front page headlines?

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

19. Fair enough - so if i understand your assertion - the Obama Administration has

Reply to reddread (Reply #13)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 10:02 AM

Oct 2013

imposed a media blackout on news coming out of Libya, which is why we aren't hearing anything out of that nation?

Bryant

malaise

(269,182 posts)

9. After the West carved up its oil fields?

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:35 AM

Oct 2013

muriel_volestrangler

(101,367 posts)

14. News from today: 15 soldiers killed; Tue: UN says torture in jails; Mon: armed men shut gas

Reply to reddread (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:44 AM

Oct 2013

Libyan gunmen kill 15 soldiers

Gunmen have attacked a military checkpoint south-east of the Libyan capital Tripoli killing 15 soldiers, the authorities say.

A military official said the attack was near Bani Walid, a stronghold in 2011 of supporters of former leader, Muammar Gaddafi.

Several more soldiers are reported to have been injured.

It is not clear who carried out the attack, but the government has struggled to control armed groups.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24411346

Torture 'widespread' in Libyan jails - UN report

Torture and ill-treatment, sometimes resulting in death, is "widespread" in Libyan jails, a new UN report says.

The report says torture is most frequent used "immediately after arrest and during the first days of interrogation".

The UN estimates about 8,000 people are still being held in relation to the 2011 conflict which ended in the overthrow of Col Gaddafi.

The vast majority are being held without due process, the report says.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24356037

(7 recs, 11 replies in LBN, so some people paid attention)

Armed men shut down Libya gas facility in Berber region

Armed men have shut down a gas facility in the mountainous western region of the country, predominantly inhabited by members of Libya's Berber minority - also called Amazigh.

The facility taken by the gunmen is near the town of Nalut.

Various groups have blockaded oil and gas facilities in different parts of Libya over the past few months.

The ministry of electricity has warned that the latest closure will lead to severe power cuts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24340405

So, 3 BBC stories on Libya in the past week.