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Feb 22, 2011, 6:06 am
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Tripoli (Libya)
My thoughts are with everyone caught up in the civil unrest in Tripoli and elsewhere.
I noticed that today's service to/from Tripoli has been cancelled. Has it been deemed unsafe? I would have thought that BA would be helping to get as many nationals out of TIP as possible...
I noticed that today's service to/from Tripoli has been cancelled. Has it been deemed unsafe? I would have thought that BA would be helping to get as many nationals out of TIP as possible...
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Feb 22, 2011, 6:12 am
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Feb 22, 2011, 10:19 am
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Lack of Flights
I noticed that today's service to/from Tripoli has been cancelled. Has it been deemed unsafe? I would have thought that BA would be helping to get as many nationals out of TIP as possible...[/QUOTE]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12545147
I wonder if the Government are going to charter a plane from BA?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12545147
I wonder if the Government are going to charter a plane from BA?
Feb 22, 2011, 10:32 am
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It has been deemed unsafe. I think they made this decision last night.
Because the unrest is so bad and the family arent the nicest of people I think the navy route is the best policy. However there is possibly a plane going to help get people home.
Because the unrest is so bad and the family arent the nicest of people I think the navy route is the best policy. However there is possibly a plane going to help get people home.
Feb 22, 2011, 10:34 am
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I wonder if the Government are going to charter a plane from BA?[/QUOTE]
No doubt BA will be criticized for canceling it's flights...
A few weeks ago, criticized for flying people into Tunisia...
This week, criticized for not flying people out of Libya...
If they want crew to do it, I am all for it. I will go and bring people home.
Feb 22, 2011, 10:52 am
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Your spelling reminds me of a document circulating in Whitehall many years ago, attempting to standardise the spelling of the loony's name. IIRC, there were 13 variations in use!
Qaddafi seemed favourite, although I pity the poor bloke who has to engrave the tombstone ... if Muammar ever gets a proper burial, instead of just a pile of ashes underneath a lamp-post in Tripoli.
God Speed to all those there and trying to get out ... whoever your God may be.
Qaddafi seemed favourite, although I pity the poor bloke who has to engrave the tombstone ... if Muammar ever gets a proper burial, instead of just a pile of ashes underneath a lamp-post in Tripoli.
God Speed to all those there and trying to get out ... whoever your God may be.
Feb 22, 2011, 10:58 am
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Let me see now ... Qadaffi, Qaddafi, Qadafi, Qaddaffi (4), Kadaffi, Kaddafi, Kadafi, Kaddaffi (4), Qudaffi, Quddafi, Qudafi, Quddaffi (4), Kudaffi, Kuddafi, Kudafi, Kuddaffi (4), Qedaffi, Qeddafi, Qedafi, Qeddaffi (4), Kedaffi, Keddafi, Kedafi, Keddaffi (4), plus all the above with a G instead of a K (8)
So I can get 32. Any more?
So I can get 32. Any more?
Feb 22, 2011, 11:04 am
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Let me see now ... Qadaffi, Qaddafi, Qadafi, Qaddaffi (4), Kadaffi, Kaddafi, Kadafi, Kaddaffi (4), Qudaffi, Quddafi, Qudafi, Quddaffi (4), Kudaffi, Kuddafi, Kudafi, Kuddaffi (4), Qedaffi, Qeddafi, Qedafi, Qeddaffi (4), Kedaffi, Keddafi, Kedafi, Keddaffi (4), plus all the above with a G instead of a K (8)
So I can get 32. Any more?
So I can get 32. Any more?
Feb 22, 2011, 11:14 am
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Let me see now ... Qadaffi, Qaddafi, Qadafi, Qaddaffi (4), Kadaffi, Kaddafi, Kadafi, Kaddaffi (4), Qudaffi, Quddafi, Qudafi, Quddaffi (4), Kudaffi, Kuddafi, Kudafi, Kuddaffi (4), Qedaffi, Qeddafi, Qedafi, Qeddaffi (4), Kedaffi, Keddafi, Kedafi, Keddaffi (4), plus all the above with a G instead of a K (8)
So I can get 32. Any more?
So I can get 32. Any more?
Whichever, I'll chip in a shilling for the big tombstone to engrave them all on.