This is an update to my post of last night.
It seems old Moammar Qaddafi will not be just “upping and leaving” Libya any time soon. Not while he still has toy soldiers under his control. (He maybe out of the country, but just trying to save his own ass from some unexpected ‘coma’ situation … heh)
The Libyan air force has bombed the civilians of Tripoli
This is NOT sitting well with some pilots who have joined the ranks of those defecting from Qaddafi’s military and joining the ranks of the people who are protesting the dictator.
VALLETTA, Malta – Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said.
The two Mirage jets landed at Malta International Airport shortly after two civilian helicopters landed carrying seven people who said they were French. A military source familiar with the situation said the passengers had left in such a hurry that only one had a passport.
The source, who insisted he not be identified further, said the jet pilots — both Libyan air force colonels — had communicated from the air that they wanted political asylum. They had left from a base near Tripoli and had flown low over Libyan airspace to avoid detection, the source said. […]
Meanwhile, the bugging out begins for Europeans and Americans in Libya. Looks as if old Mo Q has beat them to the door, the filthy coward. The coming pain at the pump:
The world’s on fire, folks …
We have an American friend there trying to get out. It ain´t pretty.