Reply #83: Heh, I'll never forget Gaddafi's "human shields" cell phones going off and they started quietly... [View All]

[joshcryer]

...http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/20/world/la-fg-libya-kadafi-20110320">leaving his compound. :rofl:

"So what if they bomb?" he said. "We never get scared. If there was any fear, these people would never come here."

"We are here," said medical student Salah Mohammad, 24, "to be with the leader of our revolution, even if we die."

Cellphones began to ring. A hush fell over the crowd. People began to whisper to one another: Cruise missiles were being fired at Tripoli. Those sitting in a grassy area quickly got up and began heading for the exit.

There are only two cases of NATO hits on non-combatants. One of which was not NATOs fault (they hit an arm depo and one of the stored missiles flew a half mile and hit a house).

And then there's http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-africa-14611043">this report, "On Sunday afternoon Moussa Ibrahim told me 65,000 professional and trained soldiers loyal to Col Gaddafi were inside the capital ready to rise up and defend Tripoli." Tripoli was taken by http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7853C520110906?irpc=932(6">2000 combatants. A city of two million taken by 2000 combatants. Incredible.