Gaddafi Spoof Video Excites Libyans Until...They Find An Israeli Produced It!

A young Israeli man, Noy Alooshe, saw Muammar Gaddafi's televised speech when all manner of things looked strange: his clothing, his arm movements and his speech about how he planned to hunt down anti-government protesters. The result is this video spoof, which Libyans are loving, and most probably don't know an an Israeli created it.

Noy Alooshe:

...the Libyan leader vowed to hunt down protesters “inch by inch, house by house, home by home, alleyway by alleyway,” and immediately identified it as a “classic.”

“He was dressed strangely, and he raised his arms” like at a trance party, Mr. Alooshe said Sunday in a telephone interview, referring to the gatherings that feature electronic dance music. Then there were Colonel Qaddafi’s words with their natural beat.

Alooshe use the music of rapper Pitbull, "Hey Baby," and software to sync the dictator's movements to the music. The Zenga Zenga title is a further spoof on Gaddafi's use of the word "zanqa" which means "alleyway." In a matter of a few days, the video had close to 500,000 hits.

Mr. Alooshe, who at first did not identify himself on the clip as an Israeli, started receiving enthusiastic messages from all around the Arab world. Web surfers soon discovered that he was a Jewish Israeli from his Facebook profile — Mr. Alooshe plays in a band called Hovevey Zion, or the Lovers of Zion — and some of the accolades turned to curses. A few also found the video distasteful.

At the site of the YouTube video, I saw a comment that said "Israel stands with the People of Libya - Long Live Freedom, Long Live Peace." Alooshe, 31, said it was exciting to "be making waves in the Arab world."  He even had some supporters among the Egyptian anti-government forces. Read the entire story here. Watch Gaddafi's speech here. Visit Noy's website, Hovevey Zion (his band) here.

Muammar Gaddafi: Zanga Zanga - I'll hunt you in the alleyways! (video)

Posted by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook

All Hail the King!

This is the year of hubris. If it isn't the Anointed One, Barack Hussein Obama and his Audacity of Hope message, it is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his message of anti-Semitism and world destruction. But this one does both of them better.

LIBYA: GADDAFI APPOINTED "KING OF KINGS" BY TRIBE LEADERS

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was appointed 'King of Kings' of Africa on the occasion of an unannounced meeting between a few dozens of African tribe leaders held yesterday evening in Benghazi, in east Libya.

"We decide the recognition of our brother leader as 'king of kings, of sultans, of princes, of sheikhs and of mayors of Africa' and his appointment 'king of kings' from today," a final statement of the 'forum' which gathered over 200 African tribe leaders on initiative of the Libyan leader, reads.

"The forum of the kings, princes, sultans and sheikhs of the traditional tribes in Africa," which from now on will meet every year, also decided the creation of a permanent secretariat general, whose seat will be in Sirte, Libya.

The Libyan leader, in his turn, invited the tribal leaders to take their responsibilities in the capacity of local leaders "to put pressure on the governments of their countries in view of Africàs unification and the creation of the United States of Africa", whose architect is Gaddafi. "I incite the tribes to move quickly and to put pressure for the creation of the United States of Africa," he said during a speech, adding that he has allotted funds for those who will pursue this goal.

Dressed in animal leather and feathers, with crowns of massive gold on their heads, the tribe leaders followed one another on the tribune with their traditional coloured clothes to "praise the efforts of the Leader" of the Libyan revolution for the unification of Africa and to offer their congratulations on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the revolution on September 1, 1969 when he rose to power. Gaddafi was given 'a royal throne', a Koran of the 18th century, ostrich eggs, traditional clothes and products of the local handicraft.

A great way to gain some gifts, but wouldn't it have been better to have done something worthwhile to earn such a title. but with Gaddafi, anything is possible and by his rule will be done.