** Ha !! I had to bump this up.  Look in the comments for why.  (Al Jazerra) Opposition fighters have been forced to withdraw from the central port city of Ras Lanuf as forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi launched a major offensive against rebels fighting to end the Libyan leader’s decades-long rule.  Pro- and anti-government forces are locked in intense fighting for control of several other cities and towns along the coastline to the east of Tripoli, including Brega and Bin Jawad, as well as in Az Zawiyah to the west of the capital. (more…)

Yikes, don’t know how I feel about this.  On one hand to hear the National Security Director state his opinion is the same as your hypothesis is a good thing.   However, on the other hand the National Security Director is generally considered inept.   Hmmm….   James Clapper has just stated that he fully expects Quackdaffy to survive and continue to be the leader of Libya.  (more…)

(Al Jazeera) – North Africa:  Rebels will not pursue Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over crimes they say he has committed if he steps down from his post in the next 72 hours, the head of the rebel National Libyan Council has told Al Jazeera. “If he leaves Libya immediately, during 72 hours, and stops the bombardment, we as Libyans will step back from pursuing him for crimes,” Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the opposition National Council, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.  (more…)

Its all connected folks, every little move, nuance, uprising, despotic overthrow, Christian attack, strategic alliance, E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G.  And so it begins………. (more…)

(Strategy Page) March 6, 2011: The rebellion against the Kadaffi dictatorship in Libya has not produced any official outside help, but Egypt has apparently sent some of its commandos in to help out the largely amateur rebel force. Wearing civilian clothes, the hundred or so Egyptian commandos are officially not there, but are providing crucial skills and experience to help the rebels cope with the largely irregular, and mercenary, force still controlled by the Kadaffi clan. (more…)

If further affirmation is needed to support my hypothesis….. (AINA) — A mob of nearly four thousand Muslims has attacked Coptic homes this evening in the village of Soul, Atfif in Helwan Governorate, 30 kilometers from Cairo, and torched the Church of St. Mina and St. George. There are conflicting reports about the whereabouts of the Church pastor Father Yosha and three deacons who were at church; some say they died in the fire and some say they are being held captive by the Muslims inside the church.  (more…)

The White House and the water carriers within the lefty media have framed this narrative: “The Muslim Brotherhood isn’t so bad, and couldn’t lead Egypt against Israel even if they wanted to“. Sound illogical? I agree, but that is exactly the narrative the Left is trying to advocate. They have essentially five main talking points, and recently a Muslim teacher Haroon Moghul, seen as a Middle East expert by our mainstream media, structured those talking points in a published article.  (more…)

The media in the western world would have us believe that the Egyptian military is a conduit to a “Democratic” Egypt. But that is NOT the case. The military in Egypt has been the central branch of economic power for decades. They are a self-serving entity of omnipotent power, and the receivers of billions of dollars in U.S. aid and funding for almost 40 years. During the uprising in Egypt the media claimed the Egyptian Military was an arbitrary altruistic endeavor, protecting the ‘people’ of Egypt from a ruthless dictator. (more…)