Mounting evidence of rebel atrocities in Libya
In a fourth clip, men can be seen holding up what appears to be charred human remains to the cheers of an assembled crowd. As in the beheading video, numerous members of the crowd can be seen filming the proceedings on digital cameras and cell phones. One of the “presenters” waves the red, black, and green flag of the Libyan rebellion. So too does a member of the crowd. A second group, again waving the flag of the rebellion, can later be seen parading around what appears to be the same remains on a rooftop. A smaller clump of carbonized matter receives particular attention from the revelers. According to one posting on YouTube, the object in question is the victim’s heart. (See clip #4 here.)
A fifth clip shows two black African prisoners who have been tightly bound from head to foot. Online postings suggest that they were captured by rebels in Misrata: a western Libyan city that was conquered by the rebels near the outset of the rebellion and that is presently the scene of heavy fighting. One of the men appears to be badly wounded; the other whimpers as he attempts in vain to wriggle free from his bindings. (See clip #5 here.)
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John Bolton: We need regime change, now!
MeatHeadinCA on April 21, 2011 at 5:20 PM
Peace Prize!
ronsfi on April 21, 2011 at 5:21 PM
The first black President supporting the side that does this? Hmmmm…
What is the word for “racism” in Libya?
albill on April 21, 2011 at 5:21 PM
Nice crowd we run with.
Rae on April 21, 2011 at 5:22 PM
Is there a country in Africa where this doesn’t happen?
Not exactly a shocker. This is not America.
sharrukin on April 21, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Bush flew over the “Chocolate City” and was deemed a racist while Obama supports the oppression of brown people worldwide and he’s given the Peace Prize… Something isn’t right with this picture.
MeatHeadinCA on April 21, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Gulf of Tonkin
faraway on April 21, 2011 at 5:35 PM
While I wouldn’t doubt this was the rebels doing…I also wouldn’t doubt this being Pallywood fakery by Quadaffi.
clement on April 21, 2011 at 5:37 PM
These are the people we’re spending millions a day to help.
MadisonConservative on April 21, 2011 at 5:42 PM
ROP has nothing in common with tribal practices. Unn huh.
Islam delenda Est
Caststeel on April 21, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Yes, but the good(?) news is, we’re not helping much, despite all the money we’re wasting there.
One group of anti-American Muslim thugs fighting another group of anti-American Muslim thugs. Turd sandwich, indeed. Thanks again, Obama.
AZCoyote on April 21, 2011 at 5:47 PM
And the US is going to create a half a dozen Switzerlands in the Middle East. And I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
The mental disease of political correctness tells us there’s no difference between Swedes and Libyans and that we’re racist if we say there is. Anyone able to see the truth knows there is a difference. 99% of America and the West’s problems come down to repeated refusals to acknowledge reality.
Django on April 21, 2011 at 5:52 PM
@clement
Read the article.
Caststeel on April 21, 2011 at 5:54 PM
Rebel slogan: “We are the savages we’ve been waiting for.”
Django on April 21, 2011 at 5:54 PM
Reality check:
UN has 170+ (?) members but only 5 permanent security council.
G7 financial world leading countries was only recently inflated to 20.
Until Obama, there was only one remaining world super power.
The concept: civilization is still a very thin veneer over a lot of tribal savages
Caststeel on April 21, 2011 at 6:03 PM
These journalist idiots are beyond parody. Oh no, it’s the Geneva Conventions, run! The only people who even care about this **** are stupid westerners.
Darth Executor on April 21, 2011 at 6:03 PM
Sounds familiar. Can’t recall from where but it’ll come to me.
Sweet.
Caststeel on April 21, 2011 at 6:14 PM
And the left says what?
Tim Zank on April 21, 2011 at 6:31 PM
Anyone else think that Libya is going to turn into Obama’s “Desert One?”
Robert_Paulson on April 21, 2011 at 6:32 PM
Heck of a job, Barry. Heck of a job.
stenwin77 on April 21, 2011 at 6:45 PM
Qaddafi’s side… Muslims.
Rebel side… Muslims.
Anybody surprised?
mankai on April 21, 2011 at 6:55 PM
What have any of the rioters – in any of these countries – done so far BESIDES rape and pillage?
The Muslim Brotherhood wants to oust all the current dictators – so what? 99% of all revolutions don’t result in freedom. Have these people done ANYTHING so far to indicate they want anything but anarchy, with a new regime to be named later? Or is this just the media blowing smoke up its own ass again?
logis on April 21, 2011 at 6:57 PM
These are the people that John Bolton wants to send our troops to risk their lives to help.
Heckle on April 21, 2011 at 7:10 PM
What are the odds that those black prisoners were from Chad – and christians?
OldEnglish on April 21, 2011 at 7:11 PM
What. A. Surprise.
Bugler on April 21, 2011 at 7:14 PM
It was reported some days ago that the are/were Christians. I think they are/were from Chad.
Heckle on April 21, 2011 at 7:15 PM
I’m for Qaddafi. A sub-human is better than even lower sub-humans.
Heckle on April 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM
I have been saying this for ages now, yet Ed and aallah keep saying that gaddafi was bad. The rebels have been killing balck Africans since the war started.
The initial reports of mercenaries for Gaddafi was wrong. Those were just black Africans that the rebels gathered and killed. They have been killing any black person they see.
This whole thing is BS. I bet you won’t see it on the news too. Gaddafi is way better than these guys.
Chudi on April 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM
Barry’s kin folk. Primitives.
Alden Pyle on April 21, 2011 at 7:31 PM
Thank you for the update. Apart from Hot Air, my news reading tends to be spasmodic.
OldEnglish on April 21, 2011 at 7:32 PM
Pogo comic strip, Earth Day 1970 poster: “We have met the enemy and he is us” says Pogo, and he was talking about litterbugs
Django’s quote wins the prize
entagor on April 21, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Civilian = Islamist without a gun….yet
nottakingsides on April 21, 2011 at 9:01 PM