by Piper Bayard | Oct 23, 2011 | Current Affairs, Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes On October 20, 2011, the Libyan National Transition Council reported that Libya ended forty-two years of suffering under the heartless, egomaniacal Moammar Qaddafi. The world was treated to a brief video showing a wounded, captured Qaddafi, pleading for...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 1, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes After six months of listening to so many dire predictions of “stalemate,” events in Libya have entered a period of rapid change. The rebel council now controls most of the coastal cities. Uncle Momo’s second wife, his daughter, and two...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 28, 2011 | Special Edition Libya, The Cold War
By Jay Holmes This week, Zimbabwean Dictator Robert Mugabe, a long time friend of Qaddafi’s, stated to the international press that Moammar Qaddafi is now his guest in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean opposition leaders claim that they have verified Momo’s presence. Mugabe’s...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 18, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes Since we last discussed Moammar Qaddafi and his unhappy subjects, events in Libya have proceeded without many surprises. It has been obvious from the onset of the Libyan Civil War that the rebels’ ability to dethrone Uncle Momo and his pet hyenas would...
by Piper Bayard | May 1, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes I thought it was time for a renewed analysis of some of the Middle East and North African hot spots. Let’s look at a few of the ongoing domestic struggles, starting with Libya. Libya: On Saturday night, a NATO air strike hit a command center/Gadhafi...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 21, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes NATO, the dream child of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill, came into existence after WWII for the express purpose of forming an alliance for the mutual defense of its members. The original motive was to defend against any invasion from the...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 10, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes The rebels in Libya are not a single unified group that shares the same complex agenda. In fact, the only clear, common agenda that they have thus far demonstrated is a desire to boot Papa Gadhafi and all his little Gadhafis from power. On Thursday, in...
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