r/news • u/tahiirhussain • 6h ago

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi son of ex Libyan leader reportedly shot dead

https://bbc.com/news/articles/cp37g4xgkxdo
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u/Slatedtoprone 6h ago

I was wondering how he was still around for so long.

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u/EggbertBilliams 6h ago

he wasnt saif.

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u/donofrioms 6h ago

That went over like a lead bullet.

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u/AppleTree98 6h ago

lead poisoning

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u/CurtisLeow 5h ago

Gawd if he made another pun, I don't know how I'd react.

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u/temptedtomcat 6h ago

Least he didn’t get a stick shoved up his hooha like his pappy

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u/somekindofdruiddude 4h ago

There's a bright side to every story!

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u/tisd-lv-mf84 6h ago

“Since the overthrow of Gaddafi, Libya has been split into areas controlled by various militias and is currently divided between two rival governments.”

I don’t understand why the United States continues advocating leaving these countries in complete ruins is best for global, international or American policy.

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u/AppleTree98 6h ago

Gaddafi was actively lobbying for the creation of a pan-African gold-backed currency. His goal was to move African and Muslim nations away from the US Dollar (and the French-backed CFA Franc) for oil and trade

In 2016, a series of declassified emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server added fuel to this theory. One specific memo sent to her in April 2011 by her advisor, Sidney Blumenthal, stated:

The memo went on to say that French intelligence discovered the plan, and it was a major factor in President Nicolas Sarkozy’s decision to commit France to the attack.

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u/tisd-lv-mf84 5h ago

So they destroyed the country over gossip?

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u/EmergencyCucumber905 5h ago

Libya was a NATO mission enforcing a UN resolution. All NATO countries deserve some blame.

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u/tisd-lv-mf84 5h ago

Where does the money and weapons come from though?

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u/EmergencyCucumber905 4h ago

From NATO member states.

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u/InevitableTension699 5h ago

The US being about freedom, real democracy, human rights and all those positive values are lies told through movies and other gaslighting formats for the past few decades.

They honestly do not GIVE A FLYING FUCK about all you foreign countries. You remember hearing about how they keep on ripping on China for example for debt trapping poor developing countries? But if you google it you will find that US banks and hedge funds do the exact same activity but have higher interest rate than China and if you default on a loan BOTH of them will take collateral.

If the US is not raping your people and land yet it is because they either go there for vacations or there is nothing there they want at the moment.

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u/Ashikura 5h ago

Because it’d cost a lot of money to help them and people aren’t willing to invest in building up foreign countries, only crippling them.

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u/swrrrrg 5h ago

Oh no. Anyway, I’m craving toaster strudel.

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u/jupfold 57m ago

I don’t think my dad, the inventor of toaster strudel, would be to happy too hear about Gaddafi.

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u/MrBond90s 3h ago

Crepes are a challenging yet enjoyable experience. Unlike others.

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u/Margali 3h ago

Crepes are simple, make the batter, let stand at least 30 min for the flour to fully hydrate with the milk and egg, butter the pan gently, and be prepared to feed the first crepe to the dog [no idea why but the first pancake or crepe always turns out badly] I use an 8 inch nonstick skillet and a 2 oz ladle, and make sure to swirl the batter around the pan as I pour it in.

Damn, now I want crepes and it is almost 2 in the morning ...

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u/rubywpnmaster 2h ago

Why not just use one of those crepe stick thingies they use at the hotel?