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| Libyan rebel walks by dead bodies in Abu Salim district in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. An intense battle has erupted between about 1,000 rebels surrounding two buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) |
Add this image to the images of the wrath of "Hurricane Irene" as shown in the flooding on Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and other island nations that took a direct hit a few days ago.
These are merely electronic images on the flat screen televisions of those who plan to pat themselves on the back as they stand in Washington DC - whenever the King Memorial dedication is rescheduled. They are more pissed that they will have to recalibrate their travel plans more than they can prove connectivity to the issues of our people.
I recall having a recent meeting with a customer in New England. As I looked out the window during the boring meeting I noted the age of the buildings and physical plant. These buildings will remain because they don't face the risk of armed conflict which will take chunks out of the edifice via projectiles. They will be present - adding to the wealth of this country. All the while other nations that are cast into perpetual war will not be able to produce this same wealth - regardless of the natural resources that they have. This only represents POTENTIAL wealth until these resources can be leveraged as such.
(On the radio now is King's nephew. He says that EDUCATION is the new "civil rights challenge of the day". After blowing past that comment he is now talking about the aesthetics of King Memorial site - cherry trees and proximity to the other monuments. None of them ever talk about their own competency to bring forth this vision of reformed education and if they would fire themselves as part of the problem.
"Education as a civil right" is an abstract subject meant for MARCHING and LAW SUITS. The development of our people where we can express our status as "equal human beings" is like the oil in the ground in Africa. The presence is not proof of wealth. Only the control and leverage of this resource matters. )
From The Article
TRIPOLI, Libya — Dozens of decomposing bodies were piled up Friday in an abandoned hospital in Tripoli, a grim testament to the chaos roiling the capital as Libyan rebels clash with forces still loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.
The four-story hospital was in the Abu Salim neighborhood, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting this week, although the facility was empty and it could not be determined when the men had been killed. The floors were covered with shattered glass and bloodstains, and medical equipment was strewn about.
One hospital room had 21 bodies lying on gurneys, while 20 others were in the hospital's courtyard next to the parking lot — all of them darker skinned than most Libyans, covered with blankets. Gadhafi had recruited fighters from sub-Saharan Africa.
With Gadhafi still on the run and vowing to fight to the death, the rebels have struggled to take complete control of the Libya capital after sweeping into the city on Sunday. The fight in Abu Salim has been particularly bloody.
Bursts of gunfire were heard coming from an area near the neighborhood before daybreak Friday. Smoke rose from the area but a rebel at the scene early Friday said the fighting in Abu Salim had ended by nightfall Thursday.
Men believed to be Gadhafi supporters or fighters were left moaning and calling for water at a clinic attached to a fire station in Abu-Salim. Curious men from the neighborhood climbed stairs to look at the men, but none offered help.
One of the wounded said he was from Niger and denied any links to Gadhafi. Asked why he was in Libya, he said, "I really don't know." He did not give his name.
Gadhafi had recruited fighters from sub-Saharan Africa, and many others are in Libya as migrant workers. In the turmoil since the rebellion broke out, migrant workers from southern Africa have been harassed.
Associated Press reporters flagged down a cab to take some of the wounded from the clinic to a hospital. The driver at first agreed, but men from the neighborhood intervened, saying the men would have to be interrogated before they could be moved.
The opposition's interim government, meanwhile, moved forward with efforts to establish political control despite the continuing violence.
The National Transitional Council announced it is moving from the country's second-largest city of Benghazi in the east to the Tripoli.
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