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Vieled Prophet of

Vieled Prophet of Khorassan,

Only democracy can bring changes to a scoiety, only free press can build foundation for the future progress.  To progress, you need freedom of thought, freedom of expression freedom to question the authorities and people who are in power, freedom to carry fire-arms, freedom to say what you want without being harressed or tortured or immprisoned.  Buildings, bridges or streets and ports which are named after a dictaotr will not bring a bright future, it will only bring misery, and nothing else. All the great dictators like Mohamad Ali Shah, Rezah Shah, Mohammad-Reza Shah, Hitler, Mosselini, Ghadaffi, Romanian dictator, Stalin, Sadat, Saddam,..., they all brought misery to themselves and their countries. Freedom of thought, freedom of expression,the freedom to read and study anything one wishes, freedom to carry fire-arms are priceless gifts that can not be replaced by anything. 

BacheShirazi

Look, we all knew he was going to be killed if captured.

But it's not about killing Gaddafi. It's about not allowing those horrible tapes to be put on line. If anything, it works against them. Even if we know that those young soldiers are only that, soldiers, it still makes people doubt the NTC capacity to control things.

Babak fine

We should have just stuck with Ahmad Shah huh? At least Reza Shah dragged Iran kicking and screaming into the 20th century. Then the "democrats" being JM; Islamists and Marxists dragged us back to the 7th.

Vieled Prophet of

Vieled Prophet of Khorassan,

No, you did not misread it, any dictator in my view is a low life and Reza Shah was not different.  My problem with dictators is due to their stupidity and nothing else.  According to the Prime-minister Mohammad Ali Froughi when Reza Shah left Iran the people of Tehran were celebrating his being lost.  Besides if he was not stupid (all dictaors are) then allied occupation of Iran would not have happend in the first place.  I am in love with the free press indivitual freedom, freedom of choice and .....

I can not help it, I am in love with freedom. I know you can not understand this, and that is o.k.

Freedom is my religion. 

Gaddafi and son Mutassim were most probably executed

//www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051958/Gaddafi-dead-video-Widow-demands-UN-inquiry-husbands-killing.html

He died from a shot to the stomach, and  apparently there will be an enquiry into his (and his son's) death. The son was captured and there are photos of him having a last cigarette.

//www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051857/Gaddafi-dead-Dictators-son-Mutassim-pictured-moments-execution.html?ITO=google_news_rss_feed 

Governments prepare to hand back the toppled tyrant's frozen assets:

//www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051912/Gaddafi-dead-Governments-prepare-hand-toppled-tyrants-billions.html 

What did you guys expect?

I always thought it was obvious this would be the way Gaddafi would go in the event that the rebels captured him and he didn't escape to another country. What did you expect, for the libyan rebels to act like  European human rights lawyers? An angry mob caught him, and he was killed. It doesn't seem shocking at all. 

A primitive society will produce primitive people. This was always going to happen if the rebels captured Gaddafi, the fact that people are surprised is kind of strange to me. Hopefully Libya can now move on and become a better country. 

As a humain being, shocked

..... to say the least.  

Not so much by the fact they killed him (mistake but expected), but by their distribution of those horrible photos and videos. Knowing that violence feeds more violence, what purpose does it serve ?

Worse even. If there are any of his supporters left, in Libya and/or in other countries, I bet they will make good use of it.

Simorgh

I would have liked Gadafi to be kept alive to let me know how much that crook Tony Blair personally profited from brokering contracts for foreign investors.

Right you see it is not just being "nice" to put him on trial. It is also critical in finding what really went on. What happened to all those trucks full of Gold and Dollars Khamenei sent through Turkey? Others may put revenge above money but not me. I want all that gold back. To its last bar and know who get in bed with them. I bet Blair is breathing a sigh of relief that Ghaddafi is dead. No way to implicate him now.

Re: Mission: end of dictators

I rephrase it as end of this crop of dictators;: new ones in the making!

congratulations to all libyan moobark

now you in hand of britain and they will help you as much as they helped my country just wait and you will see.

Are these people ready for democracy?!!

Mission: end of dictators

Ended reign:

Saddam Hussein (2006)

Hosni Mubarak (2011)

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (2011)

Muammar al-Gaddafi (2011)

To go:

Bashar al-Assad (?)

Ali Khamenei (?)

Seeing Gadaffi's corpse

Seeing Gadaffi's corpse being paraded on TV maybe unpalatable but it was his tyranny which brutalised people. Do not dismiss the righteous anger of the Rebels- their abger was justified in the same way Iranians will tear people like Khamenei and Ahmadinejad from limb to limb. Ideally, we would like brutal dictators such as Gadafi to be put on trial and then punished but it is not going to happen. Gadafi got the same treatment which he administered to his own people so his demise in this way should not come as a surprise to anyone. At least he was given a quick death unlike Saddam Hussein who had to endure the ignominy of being chained by his feet and hands and then be dragged into a court room while helpless to do anything as his empire came toppling down especially when his two sons were shot dead. It was better for him to die a quick death than to be taken to the gallows and be taunted by his enemies. I would have liked Gadafi to be kept alive to let me know how much that crook Tony Blair personally profited from brokering contracts for foreign investors.

Babak right on points ..

 Who listens to history? Who learns?   we reap what we sow 

Anyway  They said "Allah Akbar" and they killed him while he was all surrounded to them ....  Looks like another Islamic fundemtalisits in action but this time CNN is happy with it and having a ball .... Thanks NATO

Reza Shah

Was not a "low life" and I hope you are not saying that. Maybe I misread you so I give you the benefit of the doubt. Please at the minimum try to be fair. Reza Shah was outsted by an ally invasion not by the people.

To all suppoeters of

To all suppoeters of Estebdad:

Mohammad Ali Shah did not learn from the fate of Nasseradin Shah,

Reza Shah did not learn from the fate of Mohamd Ali Shah ,

Mohammad Reza Shah did not learn from what happened to his father Reza Shah

Do you expect Khamenie to learn from any of these low lives and from what happened to Saddam or Ghaddaffi or others?  If even he tries Khayeh-mals wouldn't allow it.

Good For Libya

Good, another dictator sweep from Middle East Map, next is Asad soon or later,  and hope finaly IRI in our home-land. Khamenei we will see you and you suppotor like him.

I guess...

I guess Gaddafi didn't give in on the two new big oilfields recently discovered and he was swept away!

Otherwise there seemed  to be a detente in Libya's relations with the West particularly following Tony Blair's visit to Libya:

//www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14963200

Another example of the grass being trampled under the feet of fighting elephants (in this case Western oil conglomerates)

But hey hush hush!

Darius

I regret to say that is what our "roshanfekrs" are ! The people who brought us IRI will be right back making another nightmare. That is why the rest of us must say NO! We tried your way it did not work.

Anyone who celebrates barbaric killing of anyone including a dictator is not fit. Not to be involved in building the future of Iran. We had enough killings for the next 10 generations. No more killings we are better than it. No may force us to be barbaric.

PS: Dear Mehraban I agree with you. Despite previous disagreements you are on the mark. They should have given him a way out. It was wrong and not necessary. Why do this is beyond me.

The horrendous images of his capture

This theatre of violence could have been avoided if he was not named an international criminal at the outset and therefore forced to stay in Libya and fight till the last breath.  

Even Idi Amin was given an out.  

Real Sad...

Please don't tell me when IRI is gone , you will be one of the few "Roshanfekr va Enghlelabi" of Iran loaded in contracted airplane headed to Iran.

Your views are backward,how could you justify savagery as an excuse to be happy? You get every thing wrong.

One more tyrant gone

It is great that one tyrant is gone.  Lets hope to see Bashar Asad and Khamenei gone too.  We could then celebrate the freedom of Iran.

:-)

Khamenei's Nightmare

Saddam Hussein, Bin Ali, Mobarak, Qazafi, and now the focus

will be on Bashar Asad and once he is gone, the dictators in Iran have no place to hide and we will all celebrate the hanging of Khameni and his thugs. 70 million in Iran and billions outside Iran will soon celebrate the demise of Khameni and Antarinejad. This is not a wishful thinking, this is the fact of life for all dictators!

Thank you the brave people of Libya and thank you the brave people of Syria. Don't give up the fight. Victory is near.

Gaddafi Ahmadinejad picture

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One more time, the people of that region demonstrated...

that they are barbaric!

Irrespective of your views of Qaddafi, the transition of power from one regime to another was done in a barbaric manner. Only time will tell as to what the new regime will bring about and perform!

All in all, it is a sad day for Africa, Islam, and Middle East in general!

Also, my condolences to all the pro-Qaddafi elements of Hezbollah, ex-commies, ex-Mujaheds who were trained in Libya in the 70's!

Lastly, Regime change Bush style vs Obama style.

America incurred a lot of blood and money in the former.

The latter seems to be less costly and bloody and worked well and ws quick. Here comes the next one Syria, and the one after, IRR....

Khamenei & Gaddafi – two dictators share a laugh (pic)

//raheazadi.com/2011/08/22/khamenei-and-muamm...

People have the last laugh, One down , one more to go.

Thanks to brave people of Libya and NATO's great help.

"America hanged Saddam, and you could be next!"

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZZvPlGCt_8

for a second just stop..

and realize that non of you know what u're talking about.  deep inside you know your ignorance.  all of you.  unless you're so  blinded by your arrogance that there is no hope for you. 

~be an act of the knowing love~

VPK jaan: I agree…

I value the information and justice far more than the $$$ that he had stolen. But I believe even if had been captured, hardly any information would have come out.  Look at Saddam and how the trail was conducted that so many of his crimes were unaccounted for.

  Needless to say, looking at the demise of recent dictators, they were all backed by the West at some point.  Saddam, Ghadafi, Mobarak have all been malijak of the West.  It is not a matter of IF by WHEN for the rest of the dictators including our own Mullahs (both in Akhoond clothing and civilant) times come up.

I hope they get to stand a fair and public trail so their victim get their justice they deserve.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad

One Gaddafi son captured, the other dead

Mo'tassim, one son, is dead and had been hiding with his father. Saif al-Islam was captured in Sirte (Al Jazeera).