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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:43 PM Original message |
Qatar recognises Libyan rebels after oil deal |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's not about the oil!!! |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Of course not. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. nope, no oil here |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. And there's the reason it would have been better to just leave Gaddafi to his own devices... |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Obviously the 'status-quo' wasn't good enough - some players wanted bigger stakes |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Only true if you believe it was oil corporations who made the decision, not the SC*. Which I don't |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. And there it is... |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, if Qatar recognises the Libyan rebels, who am I to wonder what the hell happens next? |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hmmmm.. and when did Hillary Clinton meet with reps from the rebels? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Qatar Has Quite a bit of Oil Of Their Own |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. This is a work around the sanctions imposed on the corporations in Lybia. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. You don't know who they're going to do business with yet. BTW it's Libya, not Lybia. n/t |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Plus the experience and wherewithal to help them restart their oil industry. |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. This is why... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Nice post. And welcome. n/t |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Qatar! building a better North Africa?? Have you a clue? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Five million dead so far in the Congo. Yeah, the nations of the world are on top of it |
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DetlefK (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Calm down. It's not about the oil. Right now the rebels want two things: weapons and legitimacy. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What BS. Just because the USA goes to war for oil does not mean DU is paranoid. |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Sorry, its always about the fucking oil. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Indeed. But hey, there are disparate voices on DU. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. ...and are apparently willing the trade oil contracts for both |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. This period is being called the second gillded age. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Pssst...nobody's talking about what THEY want. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Wake up, little sleepy head. :) |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. VIDEO: Libya vs. Iraq |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. The oil contracts... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. More favorable to whom? is the question of the day. With profits going to whom? |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
19. You see, we get the oil contracts, then we set up shop, then we do that humanitarian thing. |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. There is no evidence that is the case... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Mr. President, is that you? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. How cynical! Of course it's not about the oil... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. If I was about to be slaughtered by my government, the first thing I'd do is |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Good idea - at the very least, we should be ready to pledge allegiance to... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. AQ needs some income somewhere!! |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
30. Shocked, I tell you. Shocked. nt |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
33. French Intelligence links. US Treasury. Bank. More things that expose this fraud for oil |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Why do you hate humanity? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Must be a genetic flaw. Can't stand crooks and opportunists |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Here's Hannah Bell's OP on some of the "leaders" of this rebellion: |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Thanks EFerrari. Bookmarking all of these. n/t |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Noticed that earlier but lost the link -- thanks for posting it again! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Democracy demonstarters in Wisconsin to set up bank and sell state assets |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I've wondered throughout this, how kindly Americans would take it |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. My tipping point was when Human Rights Watch asked why |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There was something before. This was written less than 2 years ago |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. "impetus for the transformation rests squarely with a quasi-governmental organization, the Qaddafi.. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. This whole thing is like a really bad movie. I don't think even Hollywood could sell it n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Wow. Malinowski. He's the one that wrote that complaint |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. That was your "tipping point"? Really? |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. You've forgotten already how all this started? It was a peaceful rebellion to start with |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. Pot, Kettle. Kettle, Pot... |
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