Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight.Someone commented last night that Gaddafi always seemed like the Hugh Heffner of megalomaniac dictators. But it looks like his 42-year ride as Libya's strongman is about over.
Protesters appear to have gained a foothold in Tripoli as banks and government buildings were looted while demonstrators have claimed they have taken control of the second city Benghazi.
We're seeing something in the Middle East and North Africa similar to what we saw when the old Soviet Union collapsed and various satellite countries and Soviet states overthrew communism and embraced various forms of democratic government. Unfortunately, my fear for the current revolutions is these countries will not become free, but will become radicalized Muslim states as the mullahs rush in to fill the power vacuum.
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Libya free yourselves from autocracy. It will not be easy as the autocratic government is ruthless even against unarmed peaceful protesters. The global cabal have ignited their plan to restructure the mideast, the price of oil is going up and the mideast is getting a face lift. Whatever the "leaders" say, believe the opposite. They are only there to deceive us.
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