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MACBETH: Life & Death of Libya's Usurper “King of Kings” in 3 Bloody Acts …
24-Oct-2011
Gaddafi’s reign of 42 years came to an abrupt end at the hands of the very people he brutalized in the most primitive way. But the Usurper “King of King’s” or “Queen of England” in which ever order you wish to remember him or not won’t be missed …
Polanski’s Macbeth in Official 1971 Trailer:
About the Play:
The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to havebeen written sometime between 1603 and 1607. The earliest account of a performance of what was probably Shakespeare's play is April 1611, when Simon Forman recorded seeing such aplay at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book.
Shakespeare's source for the tragedy are the accounts of King Macbeth of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a history of England, Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. However, the story of Macbeth as told by Shakespeare bears little relation to real events in Scottish history, as Macbeth was an admired and able monarch. (More Here)
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LIBYA’s MACBETH:
Life & Death of An Usurper In 3
Bloody Acts
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ACT ONE :
Gaddafi Usurping King Idris’ Crown:
ACT TWO :
Misrata’s and other Libyan Cities Martyrdom a bloody Pinnacle of 42 years of Gaddafis Brutal "Career":
ACT THREE
Fatal Blow:
Watch Longer Scene of Fight Here
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MACBETH’s PHYSICAL “COURAGE”
AN EXCUSE
FOR HIS MORAL “COWARDICE” ? …
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A look at Gaddafi's Last will is a perfect illustration of Macbeth's Moral Cowardice
Gaddafi website publishes 'last will' of Libyan ex-leader (bbc)
G.Fletcher ("Studies of Shakespeare", 1847):
There is no want of physical courage implied in Macbeth's declining the combat with Macduff. He may well believe that now, more than ever, it is time to 'beware Macduff'. He is at length convinced that 'fate and metaphysical aid' are against him; and, consistent to the last in his hardened and whining selfishness, no thought of the intense blackness of his own perfidy interferes to prevent him from complaining of falsehood in those evil beings from whose very nature he should have expected nothing else.
There is no cowardice, we say, in his declining the combat under such a conviction. Neither is there any courage in his renewing it; for there is no room for courage in opposing evident fate. But the last word and action of Macbeth are an expression of the moral cowardice which we trace so conspicuously throughout his career; he surrenders his life that he may not be 'baited with the rabble's curse'.
Ian McKellen as Macbeth : "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow "
From the 1979 TV version of the Trevor Nunn production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
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GADDAFI REFLECTS ON DEATH
TERRORISM AND SADAT’s
ASSASSINATION
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Libya - Muammar Gaddafi Interview - TV Eye :
Extracts from an exclusive 'TV eye' interview of Libyan Leader, Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi. In this 1981 interview the Gaddafi speaks about The USA, Terrorism and also his feelings on the assassination of the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. First transmitted 10/12/1981
Who is Muammar al-Gaddafi? TheLibyan Leader 2/22/2011:
(NOTE : To Watch Double Click Here)
Looking Back at Gadhafi's Brutal, Sometimes Bizarre 42-Year Reign :
Recommended Listening:
The images of Colonel Gaddafi as a battered and bloody man, dragged from a sewer and killed by his own people, will no doubt be seared into history. Historian Antony Beevor and the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson discuss how the mannerof a dictator's death influences the way he is remembered. John Simpson Reflects Gaddafi's 'ugly' death (Audio Here)
Recommended Watching:
Gaddafi's weird and wasteful rule ends without a trial (John Simpson bbc)
John Simpson: Libya's Col Gaddafi was an odd ball until the end (bbc)
Recommended Readings:
Gaddafi website publishes 'last will' of Libyan ex-leader (bbc)
Colonel Gaddafi: The last of the buffoon dictators? By Kevin Connolly
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by Darius Kadivar on Mon Oct 22, 2012 05:14 PM PDTForgetting Gaddafi (bbc)
How Libya has changed in the past year
Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi is dead, but his shadow and the decades of his iron rule have not quite departed to the other side.
He has left behind a tumultuous political transition that has little in terms of institutions to build on and that is still trying to lay the foundations of what it is hoped will be democratic and stable rule.
Gaddafi aide Moussa Ibrahim 'captured in Libya'
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The office of Libya's PM says Moussa Ibrahim, spokesman for the late Col Gaddafi, has been captured, but other officials express scepticism
Where are the Gaddafis? guide to fate of Libya's former rulers
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ICC warned on Gaddafi Libya trial
by Darius Kadivar on Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:28 PM PDTICC warned on Gaddafi Libya trial (bbc)
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Libya crisis: ICC considers Gaddafi hearing venue
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is holding its first public hearing in the case of one of the sons of Libyan leader Col Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam.
An Eye for an Eye: Thousands mourn Gaddafi 'captor'
by Darius Kadivar on Wed Sep 26, 2012 04:52 AM PDTThousands mourn Gaddafi 'captor' (bbc)
More than 10,000 people gather to mourn one of the Libyan rebels credited with capturing ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Omran Ben Shaaban died on Tuesday after being kidnapped, shot and tortured by supporters of the late dictator.'Trial date set' for Gaddafi son
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Torture in post-Gaddafi Libya
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Jul 03, 2012 04:02 AM PDTTorture in post-Gaddafi Libya (bbc, VIDEO)
The BBC has seen first-hand evidence of torture and illegal detention as rival Libyan tribes clash in the west of the country.
The country is about to hold its first nationwide elections in more than 40 years.
But eight months after the death of Colonel Gaddafi, some observers say his removal has exposed dangerous divisions in a weak, fragmented country.
The BBC's Wyre Davies reports.
Libyans remember jail massacre by Gaddafi's henchmen
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New photos reveal life under Libya's former ruler
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Gaddafi spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi held in Mauritania
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The intelligence chief of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been arrested in Mauritania, reports say.
Officials said Abdullah al-Senussi was detained at Nouakchott airport.
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Mauritanian security officials said Mr Senussi was arrested during the night as he arrived on a regular flight from the Moroccan city of Casablanca on a false Malian passport.
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Gaddafi supporters outside Libya form new grouping
by Darius Kadivar on Fri Feb 17, 2012 06:30 AM PSTMembers of Colonel Gaddafi's former government outside Libya say they are starting a political movement aimed at radical change, the BBC has learnt.
In a message which appears to be genuine, one of Gaddafi's senior officials said they wanted to prevent the outbreak of another civil war.
The man asked to remain anonymous to protect relatives still in the country.
BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen says the old regime has supporters in Libya but it is not known how many.
Building a political movement might be difficult since Gaddafi is dead and his prominent son Saif al Islam is a prisoner inside Libya, he says.
Last week Saadi Gaddafi, another of the former leader's sons, who is in exile in Niger, warned of an imminent uprising inside Libya.
'Situation worsening'
The statement coincided with the first anniversary of the start of the uprising which overthrew Gaddafi.
The former senior official told the BBC that most of the leadership of what he calls "Green Libya" were forming the Libyan Popular National Movement.
In a statement posted on several websites the group said the situation in Libya "is becoming worse every day.
"There's very little interest from the international media in the many horrors that have taken place. We are reorganising ourselves outside Libya in an inclusive political movement that would encompass all Libyans who understand the terrible reality of Libya," it said.Gaddafi son warns of Libya revolt
by Darius Kadivar on Fri Feb 10, 2012 04:57 PM PSTGaddafi son warns of Libya revolt (bbc)
One of the sons of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has threatened to lead an uprising against the country's transitional government.
Saadi Gaddafi made the comments in a television interview from Niger, where he fled after his father was toppled.
He said he still had many followers in Libya, including within the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC).
Col Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for four decades - was killed in October after months of civil war.
A BBC correspondent in Tripoli says the authorities are worried about possible action by Gaddafi loyalists, but the possibility of Saadi Gaddafi leading a big uprising seems remote.Libya opens trial of 41 Kadhafi loyalists
by Darius Kadivar on Sun Feb 05, 2012 02:42 PM PSTLibya opens trial of 41 Kadhafi loyalists (France 24)
AFP - Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Moamer Kadhafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict.
The accused, mostly civilians, appeared in a military court in the eastern city of Benghazi, the birthplace of the uprising against Kadhafi which ended on October 20 with his killing in his home town of Sirte.
"It is the first trial concerning the February 17 revolution," judge Colonel Ali al-Hamida said at the start of the proceedings, referring to the day when the anti-Kadhafi conflict erupted last year in Benghazi.
The 41, all men, are accused of supporting the Kadhafi regime in its attempts to crush the popular revolt, as well as helping prisoners to escape and of setting up "criminal gangs."
An AFP correspondent attending the proceedings said the first session of the trial was held under tight security.
The 15-lawyer defence team for the accused contested the proceedings, saying most of the accused are civilians but are being prosecuted in a military court.
Libya's Saif Gadhafi could be tried within weeks, official says
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London (CNN) -- Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi, could go on trial "within weeks or months," the country's interior minister said Sunday.
The investigations into the death of Moammar Gadhafi after his capture last year could also be completed soon, Fawzy Abdilal said.
Saif al-Islam's case will be handed to the courts as soon as the prosecutor general completes his investigations, Abdilal told CNN in an exclusive interview.
Separately, military trials of those who "committed criminal acts under the Gadhafi regime" began Sunday in the city of Benghazi, National Transitional Council member Mohammed El Sayah said.
He did not name those who were being tried, but said "even civilians who had guns and fought under the Gadhafi regime" would be tried before military courts.
Trials elsewhere in the country will start later, he said. Benghazi was the center of resistance to the Gadhafi regime last year.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, once his father's heir apparent, was captured in November and has been held in the Libyan city of Zintan since then.
Calls for investigation into Libya 'torture' death
by Darius Kadivar on Fri Feb 03, 2012 04:09 PM PSTEx-Ambassador death 'torture' (BBC, Video)
The Libyan authorities are being urged to investigate the death of the country's former Ambassador to France, who died less than 24 hours after being arrested by Tripoli-based militia.
Human Rights Watch said marks on Omar Brebesh's body suggest he died as a result of torture under detention
The BBC's correspondent Jonathan Head reports from Tripoli.
Libya ex-envoy dies 'in custody'
by Darius Kadivar on Fri Feb 03, 2012 05:03 AM PSTLibya ex-envoy dies 'in custody' (bbc)
Libya's former ambassador to France has died less than 24 hours after being arrested by Tripoli-based militia, a US-based human rights group has said.New Libya torture claims emerge
by Darius Kadivar on Sat Jan 28, 2012 02:11 AM PSTNew Libya torture claims emerge (bbc, VIDEO)
New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention.
The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten, whipped and given electric shocks.
The head of the city's military council has dismissed the allegations.
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has called on Libya's transitional government to take full control of all prisons.
Many detention centres are controlled by militias unaccountable to the government.
Navi Pillay expressed concern on Friday about the treatment of prisoners, but especially sub-Saharan Africans who the militias assume to have been fighting for Col Gaddafi.
"There's torture, extrajudicial executions, rape of both men and women," she told the Associated Press news agency.The allegations come exactly 100 days after Col Gaddafi's violent death at the hands of former rebels.
Libyan detainees die after torture, says Amnesty Internationa
by Darius Kadivar on Thu Jan 26, 2012 05:08 AM PSTHeld Libyans 'die after torture' (bbc)
Several people have died after being tortured by militias in Libyan detention centres, humanitarian group Amnesty International says.
What has happened to Gaddafi's son?
by Darius Kadivar on Mon Jan 23, 2012 02:14 AM PSTWhat has happened to Colonel Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam?
Libyan authorities have been given until the end of Monday to answer questions over his health and legal status.
The International Criminal Court wants him to stand trial in The Hague, but Libya's new leaders have said they want him to face justice in his home country.
From Tripoli, the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports.Gaddafi had chemical weapon cache
by Darius Kadivar on Fri Jan 20, 2012 02:18 PM PSTLibya had chemical weapon cache (bbc)
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had an undeclared stockpile of chemical weapons, the body that oversees a global ban on such weapons says.
'Many ex Pro Gaddafi Tuareg rebels die' in Mali clashes
by Darius Kadivar on Thu Jan 19, 2012 04:12 PM PST'Many rebels die' in Mali clashes (bbc)
Forty-five Tuareg rebels have been killed in two days of fierce clashes with Mali's government troops, the country's military says.
It says that two soldiers also died in the fighting in the vast desert area of northern Mali.
Some of the rebels have returned from Libya where they had been part of Col Muammar Gaddafi's security forces.
The Tuareg are calling for an autonomous Azawad region in the north of Mali.
Ex-Gaddafi fighters rebel in Mali
by Darius Kadivar on Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:15 AM PSTEx-Gaddafi fighters rebel in Mali (bbc)
Tuareg rebels - once part of Col Gaddafi's Libyan security forces - have attacked two more towns in the north of Mali, in a second day of fighting.
A Mali army spokesman confirmed the clashes on Wednesday with the newly formed National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (NLMA).
Libya militia leader 'tortured and killed in detention'
by Darius Kadivar on Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:13 AM PSTLibya man 'killed in detention' (bbc)
The BBC has seen evidence that a man was tortured and killed in detention, after clashes between rival militia groups in Libya at the weekend.
Members of Izzedine al-Ghool's family say he was accused of siding with the regime of the late Muammar Gaddafi.
Former rebel commanders say they have opened a new front to disarm Gaddafi loyalists holding out around Gharyan, 80km (50 miles) south of Tripoli.
At least nine people were killed in last week's fighting, officials say.
Interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib and Defence Minister Osama al-Juweili visited the area in an effort to halt the violence.What now for Gaddafi loyalists?
by Darius Kadivar on Wed Jan 18, 2012 01:47 AM PSTWhat now for Gaddafi loyalists? (VIDEO BBC)
There are concerns over the treatment of Gaddafi loyalists in post-conflict Libya.
The UN estimates more than 7,000 are being detained without a fully-functioning legal system and the National Transitional Council has published a draft law that would bar members of the Gaddafi regime from running in elections this year.
Our correspondent in Tripoli, Mark Lowen, reports on what has happened to the supporters of Colonel Gaddafi.
ICC Court seeks news of Gaddafi son
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:53 AM PSTCourt seeks news of Gaddafi son (bbc)
A deadline nears for Libya to give the International Criminal Court information about Col Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, wanted for crimes against humanity.