March 03, 2005
GADDAFI WTF: THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM UN
¶ Colonel Gaddafi says Libya & other countries will withdraw
from the UN unless the Security Council is scrapped & its powers
transferred to the motley rabble General Assembly. Gaddafi called
the Security Council "an ugly, forceful, & horrible instrument of dictatorship
— an executioner’s whip with no appeal against its judgment, even if its judgment is unfair, biased
& harmful.”
It's easy to see why Gaddafi would want this. According to Freedom House' 2005 Table of Independent Countries (pdf) only 89 of 192 countries are rated free. Countries rated free voted with the US 34% of the time, while countries rated unfree voted with the US only 16% of the time. In 1974, the General Rabble adopted Resolution 3379 which equated Zionism with racism, & in 1975 voted permanent member status to a terrorist army, the PLO, with lasting repercussions.
Bizarrely, Gaddafi has also applied for a seat on the dictatorial Security Council. Highlights of Gaddafi's speech to Libya's faux-parliament:
- On the US: "We don't say love the Americans. We are talking policies, & (on that level) there is no problem or animosity. We are not enemies. We are not allies. We are not agents. We hope one day we will be friends."
- On Libya's strongman government: "A country that is weak in front of terrorism harms the international community. The power that is responsible for security must be strong enough to make people feel safe."
- On the UN: "A Hyde Park Speaker's Corner, a fantasy," & a waste of money to send delegates "to take part in its ridiculous funny act."
Gaddafi also called for economic liberalization in Libya including a law banning nationalization, warning that oil majors would "not invest billions if the economy is not stable and if they are not certain their possessions will not be nationalized" (again):
"We must liberalize power, labor & economic activity without exploitation so that Libyans can choose freely to take part in an economic activity of their choice. The stability of political & economic institutions would give Libya credibility in the world."
¶ Dissolute wastrel Hannibal Gaddafi will be summoned for questioning about an alleged attack in which he allegedly beat a woman 8 months pregnant & waved an unlicensed automatic pistol at police. Aline Skaf, 24, was taken to a hospital & treated for bruises & "psychological trauma". Police were subsequently called to another hotel where Gaddafi barricaded himself in his suite & was smashing up the furniture.
Gaddafi, 28, has previously escaped prosecution in France for his many incidents by bluffing diplomatic immunity, but no more:
"Officials said Gaddafi held a diplomatic passport at the time of the alleged attack but was not a member of the Libyan embassy staff or on a diplomatic mission & therefore had no diplomatic immunity."
¶ Hannibal's brother, delusional soccer wannabe Saadi, fresh from his PR jaunt to Australia, is said to be on the market for a posh Darling Point luxury apartment prior tong an investment office in Sydney:
Gaddafi is captain of the Libyan football team, lack of talent notwithstanding:
"Opponents in Libya were said to run backwards rather than get themselves into the unfortunate position of actually having to tackle him. Gaddafi does not take kindly to critics. He sacked the Libyan national coach after the man made the foolish error of dropping him & describing him as useless."
¶ A kindler, gentler Libya: Shortly after his release from prison last March, Fathi al-Jahmi called Colonel Gaddafi a war criminal & a terrorist on Arabic TV. Jahmi was arrested again the next day & has not been heard from since:
"Human rights organizations & Libyan dissident groups outside the country say dozens of Gaddafi critics are languishing behind bars, including more than 80 university professors who have called for democracy & the rule of law. Some are reported to be on death row."
¶ Tours of Roman Africa are the hot new thing, such as the long-buried city Leptis Magna:
See also Classical Cities of Libya tour
Posted by Jeff at March 3, 2005 09:04 AM
Comments
Does anyone know what an 'executioner's whip' is?
JUST ASKING
Posted by: beautifulatrocities ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 3, 2005 09:20 AM
What's the origin of beef with Muammar? Or, is he just a source ogf genuine amusement in this bland and vring world of ours? If anyone it should be me writing about him, because My dear old,long- departed father lost his job in Tripoli (1970) because of this eccentric desert person.
I used to live out there on my holidays from school, and can vouch for the splendiferousness of both Leptis Magna (well-preserved Roman Loo) and Sabbratha (turn left, 10 k. or so).
Apparently original VW Beetle of The Man of the Little Green Book is a museum piece.
Posted by: Andy at March 3, 2005 11:01 AM
for 'ogf' => of
for 'vring' will you take boring?
Posted by: andy at March 3, 2005 11:06 AM
Jeff -
How did this Khaddafi obsession start? Did Hannibal shoot an ex-boyfriend or something?
Posted by: Bill from INDC at March 3, 2005 11:14 AM
He sacked the Libyan national coach after the man made the foolish error of dropping him & describing him as useless.
Excuse me, but what kind of a freaking moron actually lives in Libya and publicly calls Gaddafi an idiot?
Posted by: John from WuzzaDem at March 3, 2005 11:14 AM
WAS hannibal an ex-boyfriend?
Posted by: Bill from INDC at March 3, 2005 11:14 AM
As a fan of soaps, how can I NOT like the Gaddafis? I'm not sure if the (Italian) ex-football coach is still breathing.
Bill, please refrain from Gannon-like speculations. My REAL bf, Oliver Willis, knows where u live. In fact, he's parking on your lawn
Posted by: beautifulatrocities at March 3, 2005 11:16 AM
C'mon dude, the world wants to know:
Is Hannibal Khaddafi "cut" or "uncut?"
Posted by: Bill from INDC at March 3, 2005 11:34 AM
From Ask the Imam: "Circumcision in males is an emphasised Sunnah."
Posted by: beautifulatrocities at March 3, 2005 11:46 AM
From 'Lady Ashley's Pennance':
The Lady Ashley's bare breasts and
buttocks bobbed and jiggled salaciously in her wild dance of pain and
her anguished face lifted to the heavens as if praying for strength.
..
Master James methodically sent two more venomous cuts darting up between
the lividly-streaked nether hemispheres of the lovely sufferer's bare bottom.
..
The skillful executioner's whip scored her protesting flesh with
devilish cunning, the spacing of the blows deliberately irregular,
catching her always unprepared.
Now we know what he reads.
Posted by: Perv at March 3, 2005 11:54 AM
Bill, it's Saadi, not Hannibal! jeff don' do rough trade! ;)
And jeff, if you keep persecuting the noble clann gaddafi, you're the one gonna be needing the grrl guards!
in fact, i'll start a sign up sheet!
Posted by: jinnderella at March 3, 2005 12:16 PM
Sunnis practice circumcision? Judging by the poor use of brain power on the part of many of their leaders, I'm assuming I know why they consider themselves "a cut-above".
Posted by: Martin at Blogbat at March 3, 2005 12:28 PM
BTW, bill, you should hang out here more to get the proper terminology, we generally say "mushroom" or "anteater".
Posted by: jinnderella at March 3, 2005 12:33 PM
Actually, c/uc are terms used in gay culture, which Bill would know
Posted by: beautifulatrocities at March 3, 2005 12:43 PM
Only time I ever saw the terms "mushroom" and "anteater" used was in "Cryptonomicon," and IIRC the character speaking was a Marine. With a Filipina girlfriend. A very hetero Marine.
Posted by: utron at March 3, 2005 01:18 PM
Oops
Posted by: Martin at Blogbat at March 3, 2005 01:21 PM
Utron, that's where i got it! so much more descriptive....
Bill knows gay culture??!?
Posted by: jinnderella at March 3, 2005 02:24 PM
Oh great, my "grrl guards" are looking for a new master. ;)
Posted by: scottm at March 3, 2005 03:01 PM
Just what the world needs, more grrrl guards armed with devilishly cunning executioner's whips...
Posted by: utron at March 3, 2005 03:21 PM
Yes. That. Would. Be. So. Unfortunate.
Posted by: Martin at Blogbat at March 3, 2005 04:09 PM
Just to warn you, Jeff, I'm not sure how well email solicitations for a Circumcision Fetishist's Guide to the Blogosphere would go over.
Posted by: Jonathan at March 3, 2005 04:52 PM
THE Oliver Willis?
Posted by: EssEm at March 3, 2005 09:26 PM
Is there a spare?
Posted by: beautifulatrocities at March 3, 2005 10:40 PM
Is some aspect of your life in a slump or something Jeff?
Posted by: Pile On® at March 4, 2005 06:50 AM
Well. Now that you asked.
Posted by: beautifulatrocities at March 4, 2005 07:33 AM
One time I represented Libya at the Model U.N.
Colonel Gaddafi is an intellectual.
Posted by: Collin Baber at March 4, 2005 11:41 PM
All Australians are rejoicing now ... feeling safer, warmer, and fuzzier Sons of Security Gun ;-)
Posted by: Jozef Imrich at March 5, 2005 08:35 PM
Gosh! If Gaddafi leaves the UN does that mean we can too? Just asking.;)
Posted by: EdWonk at March 5, 2005 08:43 PM