Guedaffi: Dead

[amateur51]

Good job the UK was able to find that 100 million pounds to do it. It was almost a miracle.

[amateur51]

I'm not sure who is, but if the OP means Gadaffi, then I'm glad this murderous lunatic has finally got his come-uppance. Bin Laden, Saddam, Gadaffi..... Voldemort...... Quite a few undesirables have met their end recently, as well as numerous unknown Taleban, thanks to drone strikes.

But Thatcher & Blair march on - when are we gonna get him up before the beak in the Hague, eh?

[amateur51]

(12.16am - Fatima, a caller in a phone-in on LBC, says "why should the British people have to fork out the money for these things when there is growing poverty here? Britain is not a democracy and the British people should be far more angry with their Government for having the wrong priorities.")

Was that Babs from Bermondsey, Lats?

[amateur51]

Nice work, John Skelton!

Depressing innit

[BetweenTheStaves]

mmmmm

[Lateralthinking1]

Was that Babs from Bermondsey, Lats?

Didn't she marry Clive? I understood that was why he left the station.

[John Skelton]

to look at the arms sales during Labour's tenure shows that it dwarfs those made during the Coalition's time in Government

Only because they were in government longer than the coalition thus far, though . If David Cameron has indicated that he wants a new approach to armaments trading I missed the coverage.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359712/David-Cameron-Its-wrong-sell-arms-Middle-East.html

[amateur51]

Why not look at the facts first before singling out David Cameron? Or perhaps you don't do that because to look at the arms sales during Labour's tenure shows that it dwarfs those made during the Coalition's time in Government and so would not let you have your little random tirade against David Cameron. Pot. Kettle springs to mind.

So teamsaint was right, eh BTS? Dave has been selling them arms

And you're right too - Tony (and Gordon I'm sure) sold them arms too - that's teamsaint's point too. Or didn't you notice the plural 'our governments'?

[amateur51]

Only because they were in government longer than the coalition thus far, though . If David Cameron has indicated that he wants a new approach to armaments trading I missed the coverage.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ddle-East.html

[vinteuil]

مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي

... if I was back in my Arabic class and asked to transliterate, I think it would be -

مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي - Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfī

[Dave2002]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...cc22e8bc09b9f9

"Amnesty looked at arms transfers since 2005 to key countries rocked by protests this year: Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain. It found that the main suppliers of arms since 2005 were the U.S., Britain, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic."

Interesting to see countries like the Czech Republic and Bulgaria on the list. I wonder if they make them, or simply act as a middleman. There are some arms manufacturers in some countries which never sell to hostile countries. Solution! Sell to a friendly country and let that country's dealers sell them on.

[french frank]

... if I was back in my Arabic class and asked to transliterate, I think it would be -

مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي - Muʿammar al-Qaḏḏāfī

Seizing on the off-topic aspect: The Guardian always used to spell his name with a Q at one time. I think it's still common in the US.

[vinteuil]

Seizing on the off-topic aspect: The Guardian always used to spell his name with a Q at one time. I think it's still common in the US.

... in classical Arabic, there isn't a G. In modern Egyptian Arabic the J [ ج ] is often pronounced as a G: as in Gamal Abdul Nasser جمال عبد الناصر . The letter that starts the Libyan ex-leader's name [ ق - 'qaf' ] is usually transliterated by scholars as a Q... (as in Iraq - العراق )

[teamsaint]

Why not look at the facts first before singling out David Cameron? Or perhaps you don't do that because to look at the arms sales during Labour's tenure shows that it dwarfs those made during the Coalition's time in Government and so would not let you have your little random tirade against David Cameron. Pot. Kettle springs to mind.

Dave/tony/nick. all the same policies. But that doesn't let dave off the hook.
Blair is every bit as bad.
oh, and its not a random tirade, but an accurate statement of fact.
Unless of course, you know better, as Esther used to put it !!

[amateur51]

... in classical Arabic, there isn't a G. In modern Egyptian Arabic the J [ ج ] is often pronounced as a G: as in Gamal Abdul Nasser جمال عبد الناصر . The letter that starts the Libyan ex-leader's name [ ق - 'qaf' ] is usually transliterated by scholars as a Q... (as in Iraq - العراق )

Fascinating, vints - many thanks!