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On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > > http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-rebel-leadership-20110325,0,777234.story > > Libya's rebel leaders struggle to get a grip > The Benghazi lawyers, professors and others who lead the rebellion against > Moammar Kadafi acknowledge that they and their fighters are hindered by > disarray. > > By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times > > 4:51 PM PDT, March 24, 2011 > > > The leading voices at the Benghazi courthouse are the Gheriani brothers of > Michigan: Mustafa and Essam. Both are tall, balding and urbane. Fluent in > the American argot and passionate about the revolution, they are affable but > often exaggerate the rebels' progress while discounting Kadafi's military > gains. > > Mustafa lived in Fenton, Mich., for 30 years with his American wife and two > sons, ran a successful construction company, and *lost a school board race > before returning to Benghazi for the rebellion*. He has a master's degree > in industrial engineering from Western Michigan University. Essam earned a > master's in psychology from Michigan State. > > Both men say they and other rebel leaders will be targeted for death if > Kadafi prevails. > > There are many ridiculous statements in this article, but being from Michigan and having gone to Michigan State, this is my favorite. We are to believe that this guy in the states for 30 years, hops on a plane to join a spontaneous seemingly leaderless rebellion and passes through security in Libya, etc.....The whole article is a complete fiction. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
