A Libyan rebel fighter shouts from his anti-aircraft machine gun position as he sees a government fighter jet flying over a checkpoint on the outskirts of Ras Lanuf on March 6. Ras Lanuf, the site of an important oil refinery some 400 miles east of Tripoli, was captured by rebels over the weekend but has since come under sustained assault from pro-government forces. Repeated airstrikes by fighter planes and helicopters have frustrated the rebels' progress toward Tripoli in recent days.
AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT
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FRED HUBNER
8:01 PM ET
March 7, 2011
He's saying, in Arabic, of course:
He's saying, in Arabic, of course: "I'm a stupid traitor. I'm armed to my teeth. I do not represent the best interests of this country. I do not have full support from my fellow citizens and I couldn't careless about it. If the Western powers do not pitch in, Qaddafi will burn my sorry hairy ass. Please, help me!!!"
JUAN67
8:28 PM ET
March 7, 2011
If the west didn't intervene
If the west didn't intervene we will feel the heat on the pumps.
NERDISH
10:33 PM ET
March 22, 2011
a more accurate translation:
I'm ready to embrace America! Witness my purposely distressed Aeropostale top to match my my Levi's of a similar disposition that's out of frame, son!
JUAN67
8:33 PM ET
March 7, 2011
I saw this guy in pic 1 in a
I saw this guy in pic 1 in a news report from a French channel, he is very exited because of what he did (pic 15) .
JARCHER697
5:37 AM ET
March 9, 2011
Shocking
How people feel that it is our business at all, what if Arab nations got involved in our politics, military intervention due to economic concerns is quite beyond me.
OPEMILY
10:25 AM ET
March 9, 2011
They're very brave. It
They're very brave. It reminds me of the American Revolution- only the British didn't have tanks and aircraft, etc.
The world will be much better off without Gaddafi.