My fellow Americans: ask what VARIOUS news media outlets can do for you. "International forces bombard targets in Libya" - Africa - Al Jazeera English. Also, "The Libyan War of 2011" from STRATFOR. Also, "resting in a hollow scraped out in the sand": The Rhim Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros), also known as the Slender-horned Gazelle or the Sand Gazelle. WWF maxicards from Libya!

International forces bombard targets in Libya - Africa - Al Jazeera English

http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110319-libyan-war-2011?utm_source=SpecialReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110319a&utm_content=readmore&elq=1621940155e343128d7d68bfd40afe8a

"The Rhim Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros), also known as the Slender-horned Gazelle or the Sand Gazelle, is a slender-horned gazelle, most adapted to desert life. There are fewer than 2500 in wild."

"The palest of the gazelles, this animal has adapted to desert life in many ways. Their pale coat reflects the sun's rays instead of absorbing them, and their hooves are slightly enlarged to help them walk on the sand, although occasionally they occupy stony regions. The horns on the male are slender and slightly S-shaped, and the horns donned by the female are even thinner and lighter, and they don't curve as drastically."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender-horned_Gazelle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya

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Happy Sunday Stamps meme!

Please visit: http://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/

The proposed theme for March 20 is anything Irish, or green...

Well, here's the funny, true story of a high school student from Romania who knew "all about ants", and "nothing about anything else", for an upcoming written biology exam.

The subject given at the exam was PACHIDERMS.

Another student whispered to him "that's about elephants!".

Dumbfounded, our student started to wing it:

"The elephant is an animal with, uh, four legs...two ears...and... uh, two eyes.

Ah! The eyes are very good!

With his eyes, the elephant sees...THE ANTS!!!

Now, as far as the ants are concerned...."

And then he spilled ALL  his expertise about ants...:)

Here, as a GREEN element for this meme, I'll say that Sahara was once a green place, with luxuriant vegetation, according to some experts.

Now, as far as Sahara is concerned, one of the animal species that lives there is...the one shown above! :)

Word from Colonel Muammar Al Gadhafi: 'FORMING PARTIES SPLITS SOCIETIES' - see a Libyan stamp about that, issued in 1984!!! Also, 2 FDCs from Libya. Read from BBC: 'Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appears on state TV'.

Read from BBC: 'Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appears on state TV'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12533069#

In 1949, George Orwell wrote 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
In 1984, this stamp was issued by Libya:

Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi might not be completely wrong about that...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaddafi

There could be "democratic" societies that are deeply split, nonetheless.

There could be autocratic societies that are united, for a while, especially if the dictator is "enlightened", truly serving the interest of the nation, as needed.

Not possible, you think?

Read about Cincinnatus, Dictator of the Roman Empire, not corrupted by power:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnatus

This image was copied from wikipedia:en. The original description was:

English: Statue of Cincinnatus, Cincinnati, OH, 2004, by Rick Dikeman

"With one hand he returns the fasces, symbol of power as appointed dictator of Rome. His other hand holds the plow, as he resumes the life of a citizen and farmer."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cincinnatus_statue.jpg

Read from sfgate.com:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2011/02/21/international/i093040S97.DTL&object=/n/p/2011/02/21/7002c0f9-8164-474f-8483-aba8dcc602b3.jpg

One of two Libyan air force jets is guarded by Maltese soldiers in Malta's International airport, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said.

Photo: Lino Arrigo Azzopardi / AP

The two Dassault F1 Mirage air-superiority fighter jets look similar to this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mirage_F1_Qatar.jpg

The pilots defected, rather than delivering air-to-ground superiority upon the protesters, with weaponry like this:

"Armament

• Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 553 cannons with 150 rounds per gun
• Hardpoints: 1 centreline pylon, four underwing and two wingtip pylons with a capacity of 6,300 kg (13,900 lb) (practical maximum load 4,000 kg (8,800 lb)) and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Rockets: 8× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
  • Bombs: various
  • [DORIN'S NOTE: does the fearless leader believe that the protesters will say: Viva variety?]
  • Other: reconnaissance pods or Drop tanks
• Missiles: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinders OR Matra R550 Magics on wingtip pylons, 2× Super 530Fs underwing, 1× AM-39 Exocets anti-ship missile, 2× AS-30L laser guided missiles"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_F1

Descending into chaos...civil war: GENOCIDE ensues.

Eventually, after many protesters will die and enough military will defect, the new military junta (it's possible, is it not?) will deal with the loyalists of The Colonel.
Already, some protesters have special plans for
the (unfortunate?) members of the Amazonian Guard:


"The Amazonian Guard is an elite group of 30-40 (reports differ) virginal women who are tasked with protecting the eccentric Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Their training, as one may expect after some thought, includes both martial arts and firearms.

They have been seen following the fellow around for a few decades. Conspiracies to rape the virgin female guard upon capture of Gaddafi have been rumored during clashes and violence in Tripoli. ^{[1] [2] [3]"}

^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonian_Guard}

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A woman's life in Libya: a balancing act?

This 1977 FDC is about World Telecommunications Day.

But today's news is GENOCIDE.

Could space-lasers be used against the protesters? Hm...

The boxer above is mistakenly depicted.

Why?

Because he's bare-chested.

So?

It's supposed to be an amateur boxer, in the Olympic tournament.

An A-shirt is mandatory.

Only the professional boxers are bare-chested.

Anyway:

as Gaddafi's son warned, next there could be a massacre. 

He said hundreds of thousands could die.

Libya is a rich country, but 30% of people are unemployed, 66% of those employed live on a few dollars a day...

Meanwhile, dictators around the world amass riches for themselves, at the expense of "the worms", as  Elena Ceaușescu could have said.