The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Libya: Qaddafi’s Son Speaks
UPDATED: Qaddafi on the Run?

From the BBC: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, has warned that civil war could hit the country. His comments came in a lengthy TV address as anti-government protests spread to the capital Tripoli, and were brutally countered by security forces. Saif Gaddafi offered political reforms, and admitted that the police and army had […]

Bahrain, Libya Protests Continue

If you thought camel-riding pro-Mubarak goon squads in Cairo were shocking, check out the news from Libya: Defiant after four decades under Moammar Gadhafi’s hard-line rule, thousands of Libyans voiced their discontent in the eastern city of Benghazi, where a doctor treating the injured Saturday described hovering helicopters firing into the crowds and the sound […]

‘Voluptuous Blonde Ukrainian Nurse’

That’s the kind of headline you don’t see often enough, and I guess we have Julian Assange to thank for it: In what appears to be the first diplomatic casualty from the latest WikiLeaks revelations, the U.S. ambassador to Libya has returned to Washington and is likely to leave his post, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Ambassador […]

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