Sunday, February 20, 2011
Bloodbath in Libya
The story out of Libya is horrific. Apparently, Libyan forces fired on a crowd of mourners at a funeral for slain protesters in Benghazi. The demonstrators are fed up with dictator Moammar Gadhafi's 40-year plus reign, and have been protesting for days. According hospital personnel, at least 200 have died in Benghazi from gunshot wounds received from automatic weapons.
Gadhafi -- once called a "lunatic" by the late Egyptian President Sadat -- is clearly pulling out all the stops in an attempt to retain power, including killing of unarmed civilians. This is by far the ugliest scene in the unfolding uprisings across the Arab world.
(photo: The lunatic -- and killer -- in his comic opera finery)