Mr Farrugia, yesterday evening a resident of Tripoli was speaking live on BBC..She said she did not know what was more dangerous……trying to leave Tripoli or staying there when the bombing was on. It would seem that the residents of Tripoli are being stopped forcibly by Gheddafi thugs from leaving the city and forced to stay there to act as human shields.

To those opposing the bombing and missiles you need to understand that in order to impose a no-fly zone you must first knock out any anti-aircraft weapons. Gaddafi in his usual cowardly manner is surrounding himself with civilians in the hope that the West won’t attack him. I do agree though that he will get support from other Arab neighbours in the coming days as that always happens in these situations.

Wow, you sound just like the bright spark who’s been advising the Deputy PM. Delusional and so hopelessly unaware of Malta’s international obligations.

Let’s not get carried away, Erable. Fact is, at the time, with no UN mandate, Malta took the first concrete step towards limiting Gaddafi’s firepower when he was actively using it, which by definition – as you put it – means BAJD.

As for the crimes vs humanity you waffle on about, well, everyone who supported Gaddafi’s regime i.e. who bought oil off him, who sold him arms etc etc was committing a crime against humanity, so that’s pretty much everyone in the EU, China, Russia and who knows who else.

Woops, I meant Libyan campaign.

Seeing as 1) they sent extra troops to the Afghan theatre to free up the allies for the Egytian campaign and 2) the HQ for the operation is Stuttgart, and includes German personnel, then they’re very much in.

Albert Farrugia, on timesofmalta.com you write as if you were an expert on “the psyche of the Arab mind”.

Why is it that all covert supporters of Gaddafi consider themselves experts on Libyan psychology and why are they all so intent on stereotyping Arabs?

The Arab mind – would that be the mind of people who preach vindication, have a desert mentality, are not urbanised, do not have our culture and are “nies differenti”?

Just read what “maryanne” has written here. Amr Mousa does not know what he is talking about, she says. Aha…so it’s the West which knows better.

So basically this is another effort “to save Arabs from themselves” And that is the crux of the whole matter. This attitude will only play in the hands of hardliners. Just as we were thinking that, maybe, the Islamists are on reverse gear, losing the initiative, our bright guys Sarkozy and Cameron make sure that they are given a new rallying point.

Because this is the bottom line. This is yet again the clash of cultues, unfortunately. Why are there no Arab nations involved in the attacks?

The “coaltion” is bending over backwards to get a couple of planes for Qatar to participate. Qatar! It’s like saying that the EU will be invovled in a major operation against Mexican drug cartels, and the only participation would be from Malta. Why arent the Egyptians participating? The Tunisians?

These have had revolutions of their own, So they should have been the first to help fellow revolutonaries. In Europe we just dont grasp the concept that the Arabs have the idea that their territory is sacred. When it’s violated, it’s like their mother has been violated. Every missle being fired onto Libyan soil is felt like a sword being shot through an Arab heart.

For anyone who believes that Gaddafi’s missiles cannot reach Malta check this out: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18955060/Military-of-Libya