So says the New York Times, while over at the Libyan consulate in New York, Libyan diplomats are accusing Qaddafi of crimes against humanity.

“We are sure that what is going on now in Libya is crimes against humanity and crimes of war,” the deputy permanent representative, Ibrahim Dabbashi, told reporters in the ground-floor lobby of the Libyan mission on Manhattan’s East Side, adorned by a large portrait of Colonel Qaddafi in tribal dress atop a white horse.

About a dozen of Mr. Dabbashi’s colleagues stood behind him as he spoke, looking tense and nervous.

As for Qaddafi’s tools of war: Some of them are fleeing to Malta.

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...

3 replies on “Warplanes, Helicopters, and Foreign Mercenaries Fire on Libyan Protesters”

  1. Holy fucking shit, I can hardly pull myself away from the #libya twitter feed; news is coming fast and furious. Al-Qaradawi, an influential Egyptian cleric with roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, just got on Al Jazeera teevee and issued a fatwa on Gadaffi, encouraging somebody in the army to put an end to him. Wen Ho Lee Shit.

  2. I just caught Muammar’s 20-second “interview” on al-Jazeera. He said he was still in Tripoli, but it looked like he was out clubbing in London.

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