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riderinthestorm

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4. No, it just doesn't fit the DU meme that post-Gaddafi Libya's problems are "normal"

Reply to TheWraith (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 10:10 PM

Feb 2012

post revolutionary, newly "independent" actions, and thus "worth" the pain since it's all normal doncha know.... Anyone who tries to imply or even outright state that something's seriously wrong here gets slammed down pretty hard by the pro-Nato intervention group.

I'm Irish with a lot of first hand knowledge of post-independence history, and I'll be the first to say that some of these societies are not handling things well at all with the hideous crimes waves convulsing the country.

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The Daily Beast: Libya Struggles With Mass Gaddafi-Era Rape Crimes [View all] tabatha Feb 2012 OP

No one seems to care. TheWraith Feb 2012 #1

No, it just doesn't fit the DU meme that post-Gaddafi Libya's problems are "normal" riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #4

Are you serious? TheWraith Feb 2012 #5

My point was that these post revolutionary war crimes are not some kind of "required" transitional riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #6

The head of the ICC does NOT "confirm the rape campaign"... Comrade Grumpy Feb 2012 #2

Moreno-Ocampo has stated that rapes were committed. tabatha Feb 2012 #3