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SUMMARY OCTOBER 26th, 2011
10/26/11
10.26.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:) This is a must read:
Scotsman
‘Revolution is the best thing that ever happened to me’
Businessman Yunis Saleh El-Hadad has lived the life of a rebel for eight months, fighting alongside other Libyans who were willing to sacrifice everything to free themselves and their families from the cruelty of dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Sleeping wherever he could at night, clutching his rifle and surviving on food handouts from supporters, Mr Hadad led an armed troop of about 100 rebels in the revolt against Gaddafi, fighting on despite being shot twice and injured by a missile.
Now with Gaddafi dead and Libya under new rulers, 58-year-old Mr Hadad – like thousands of other rebel fighters – is heading back to his family. He has 22 children.
Full story:
www.scotsman.com/news/international/rev...
Aljazeera
Libyans interviewed by Reuters on Tuesday say they’re eager to consign Gaddafi to history, no matter how he died.
With every car that drives along the coast road, every tea served in a cafe and every child who toddles down its streets with no knowledge of the huge figure who has just been buried, Tripoli is doing its best to put Gaddafi and his legacy well behind it.
“Throw him in a hole, throw him in the sea, throw him in garbage. No matter,” Ali Azzarog, a 47-year-old engineer, said near the port, where ships’ horns earlier blared their approval of the news.
“He is lower than a donkey or a dog and only foreigners say that they care about how we killed him. And they are lying.”
Place des martyrs à Tripoli :La grande pagaille
The big mess:
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...! #libye
tomleeaus
Some battle vid from #Sirte final days.
This was taken on the 18th. Flushing out Gaddafists with the gun utes #Libya
Video:
yfrog.com/f5mspz
Grenade thrown in District 2.
Grenade thrown in District 2. You can sort of read how dangerous a situation is by the mannerisms of the fighters, and the chilled out disposition of the guy with the RPG made me want to get round that corner to see what they were shooting at. As I moved forward though a fleck of brick hit me in the forehead which I thought was a bad sign and I backed off.
Video:
morelikelibyeah.tumblr.com/post/1194654...
or:
tumblr.com/ZkhgywB84Taz
Misrata :un petit retour en arrière
A little background:
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=1JYzHHiDwzQ #libye
Khadija Ali
I am going to take a couple of days off & pull myself away from everything to understand what a constitution is.
it may sound silly but I want to understand what we are getting our self into.
bilal H.B.
Twutter really sucks without my phone and i can oy tweet at night :( sorry people but tommorrow my people is coming back from Sirte
My best friends at the moment! Leg is starting to really annoy me twitpic.com/75td99
My brother and very best friend since 14 years mohamed ghoga came back from Sirte today looking bad ass!
twitpic.com/75tf4x
Aljazeera
Qatar has revealed for the first time that hundreds of its soldiers had joined Libyan rebel forces on the ground as they battled pro-Gaddafi troops.
“We were among them and the numbers of Qataris on ground were hundreds in every region,” Major General Hamad bin Ali al-Attiya, the Qatari chief of staff, said on Wednesday.
The announcement marks the first time that Qatar has acknowledged it had military boots on the ground in Libya.
Previously the gas-rich country said it had only lent the support of its air force to NATO-led operations to protect civilians during the eight-month uprising.
Source: AFP
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
Pretty much the realities of learning to photograph a war
nyti.ms/sklMRN
Some say Gadaffi’s last words were “Have u no mercy?” This evil tyrant expected mercy from his victims, he never showed them mercy
Proudlibyandoc
I want to say, that despite what any one says, we got the bastard, Libya is free, and we have the best chance ever in making Libya better
The National
After Qaddafi, Tripoli is a violent city of armed fiefdoms
TRIPOLI // After not hearing from her brother Mahmoud for several hours earlier this week, Amal Ali Ibrahim dialled his mobile phone number in dread.
He had gone to Tripoli’s Gargour neighbourhood to help his brother Ibrahim. There was word of a turf war between forces of the interim government and members of a civilian militia from Zintan, a city in the Nafusa Mountains, 136 kilometres south-west of the capital.
The phone rang once. It rang again. Then before the last ring, the phone was finally picked up. Except it was not her brother.
Imitating the perfunctory tone of a telephone operator, the voice at the other end of the line said: “Sorry the person you are trying to call cannot be reached.”
What came next was not matter-of-fact at all. The male voice chillingly added: “It’s game over for your brothers.”
Full story:
www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middl...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
America’s Nation of Islam leader criticizes Qaddafi’s death
goo.gl/HXpQZ
Aljazeera
Gaddafi’s family plans to file a war crimes complaint against NATO with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the alliance’s alleged role in his death, the family’s lawyer said.
Marcel Ceccaldi, a French lawyer who previously worked for Gaddafi’s regime and now represents his family, told AFP news agency on Wednesday that a complaint would be filed with the Hague-based ICC because NATO’s attack on the convoy led directly to his death.
“The wilful killing (of someone protected by the Geneva Convention) is defined as a war crime by Article 8 of the ICC’s Rome Statute,” he said.
He said he could not yet say when the complaint would be filed, but said it would target both NATO executive bodies and the leaders of alliance member states.
Comment Middle East
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Great article by Nada Abuknesha: Gaddafi’s capture, death and the immediate aftermath
commentmideast.com/2011/10/gaddafis-cap...
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Disfigured, mutilated, tortured bodies are still being uncovered as a result of #gaddafi thugs and ppl r actually talking abt his death?!
malik L
RIP Hatem Sahad, young man from #Shahat #Libya just married 4 a year-among those found executed by Motassem #Gaddafi goons in #Sirte #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Saif Gaddafi said fleeing Libya
www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-20125143/q...
Reuters
Insider describes Gaddafi son’s escape from town
Saif increasingly feared being hit by mortar
Had been Western-friendly face of regime
Locals had seen his vehicles pass by
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
I am not Gaddafi!
twitpic.com/75rmjr
Aljazeera
The bodies of 267 people, many of them believed to have been summarily executed, have been found in Sirte, the hometown of slain Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, a Red Cross source told the online Libyan newspaper Qurynaew on Wednesday.
Officials from the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, now in Sirte, had documented the bodies before they were buried in mass graves, the source told the Libyan paper.
Gaddafi’s cameraman “Gaddafi tells me how to film, I didnt like that”
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI2Phre0qnU&fea...
libyanandproud
well let’s prove to the world that the idiots don’t rule and let Libya be a good image of Islamic democracy
Sarah
Seems Salah’s “I’m going to quit” is Gaddafi’s “Cease fire” ..
hollypickett Holly Pickett
On the way to #Sirte, the driver Najeeb played a house music cassette tape. He blamed #Gaddafi for the lack of discos in #Libya.
You know how I optimistically tweeted “War is over” after #Sirte fell a few days ago? Of course it’s not going to be that simple. #Libya.
#Misrata kitibas seem to have all left #Sirte. The city is destroyed and looted. Residents are coming back to ransacked homes. #Libya
One man in #Sirte showed us a safe in his home that had been destroyed and 100,000 Libyan dinar stolen from it. #Libya
A man in #Sirte said, “Everyone lost their car. Everyone lost their money.” Rebels wrote their names and cell numbers on his wall. #Libya
He was a teacher, but the university, like most buildings, was damaged and is closed.
Now he must move elsewhere to find work. #Sirte #Libya
A young woman in a car stopped me and said, “I was with the rebels, but I am not with this revenge” that has happened in #Sirte #Libya.
She said all of the equipment, ambulances and supplies had been stolen from Ibn Sina Hospital. #Sirte #Libya
Sometimes it seems like nearly every family has lost someone and many of the killings have been so brutal.
The worst of all was the 340 dead bodies that were catalogued and buried in a mass grave in #Sirte #Libya. There will be more to collect.
Some of the dead bodies had their hands bound behind their backs. Unnecessary deaths in the new #Libya. #Sirte
Aljazeera
Switzerland will unblock some frozen Libyan assets and allow the transfer of money to some state institutions, the Swiss government said on Wednesday.
The move will allow the transfer of money and other assets to the Central Bank of Libya, the Libyan Investment Authority, the Libyan Foreign Bank and the Libyan Africa Investment Portfolio.
The government said there are currently 265 million francs ($300 million) of frozen Libyan assets in Switzerland, 90 per cent of them belonging to state-owned companies.
Switzerland will now also allow Libya to fly over Swiss air space, lifting a ban imposed earlier.
The move is in line with the UN Security Council, which decided last month to relax sanctions on Libya to allow key institutions to recover after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown.
Several other countries have already unblocked some Libyan assets.
Sirtawi
#Sirte: Decomposed bodies found floating in open water tank, others at the bottom tied to heavy objects. Bodies said to be revolutionaries’.
Red Cross working on gathering bodies found in water tank in #Sirte for DNA samples. #gaddaficrimes #SirteCrisis #Libya
Soldier from Khamees Batallion
Soldier confesses that Khamees Gaddafi (Muammar’s son) sent them to kill protesters in Benghazi.
Translation:
Camera man: Speak loudly! Who sent you?
Wounded man: Khamees
Camera man: Khamees who?
Wounded man: Khamees Mu’ammar
Camera man: Which Battalion?
Wounded man: Khamees
Camera man: Where are you from?
Wounded man: Tripoli
Camera man: Did you all hear him? You saw this by yourself.
(Another man out of shot): You killed us! Kill them!
Camera man: No! it’s not them it’s the dog who sent them here they’ve only been ordered!
camera shifts to second injured/killed man
(Another man out of shot): This is another from the pile of dogs that…
Camera man: Do you want to take him out and beat him up? Do you?
(Another man out of shot): No no..
Camera man: Then leave it.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
KC
Asking God to grant #Gaddafi ‘Janat Al Firdous’ and to forgive his ‘shortcomings’ is an extremely grave insult and disrespect to #Libyans.
Iman
especially since Muammar was pronounced a Mushrik by the Council of Islamic Scholars.He didn’t even deserve an Islamic burial.
KC
50000+ civilians were killed by Gaddafi forces/thugs – yet you ask God to give Gaddafi ‘Janat Al Firdous’ and forgive his ‘shortcomings’??
1200+ dissidents massacred in cold blood in the notorious Abu Saleem prison in 1996 – yet u call these crimes #Gaddafi’s ‘shortcomings’ ?!
At least 4000 women raped during the Libyan revolution by #Gaddafi forces – and you still ask God to forgive #Gaddafi’s ‘shortcomings’ ?!
Sarah
Photo: #RevolutionMemories #Benghazi – 17FEB11 #Libya #FEB17 tumblr.com/ZPvHvwB6i1bu
Photo: Freedom SQ – #Benghazi 24FEB11 #Libya
tumblr.com/ZPvHvwB6jwSA
When the #Gaddafi thugs escaped from #Benghazi – #Libya
Video:
libyafromfrance.tumblr.com/post/1192466...
Honeybal
billions of Libyan $ still missing & we’ve got 2 leave a clue that will lead us 2 our wondering cash. It is not wise to kill all the family
but I still say " #Saif is captured and he is in #Misaratah "
#Saif #Gaddafi was captured in a small village called #Nisma near #BenWaleed and now is in #Misaratah, not in the south.
he is valuable figure may be more than his father, he has the key 2 our all hidden & wondering cash he must be filtered 1st
most of our brave young men r back to their schools work & shops, Mis. Is #DeGadaffinated Me to, proud to know you
blabeen
A Tunisian fought and died for Libyans. (Arabic-Video)
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Qo3MvucJ0&fea...
Rubicon
Most of the real selfless heroes will fade away into the unwritten pages of history…#TragicTruths
Small secrets of Feb17 will now slowly start appearing
Video:
vimeo.com/23529342 (previously a private video)
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Insider describes Gaddafi son’s escape from town
shabablibya.org/news/insider-describes-...
Aljazeera
Libyan state-owned steelmaker Lisco will resume steel production within the next four to six weeks, depending on restoration of electricity and the return of its workforce from fighting, the company said on Wednesday.
Power to Lisco’s plants was cut off after the grid was damaged during Libya’s civil war.
“There is currently enough electricity for steel production to partially resume,” foreign marketing manager Ali Abumais told
Reuters in a phone interview.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Tripoli: Seems like the trend now is to shoot fireworks, at all times of the day… better than celebratory bullets I guess :) #libya
David
Indeed, way better. Less risk of casualties when whatever went up comes down.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I hope that now, after Gaddafi, some of us Libyans stop believing that miracles will happen, while we sit idly by. We need to work hard.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
To be honest with you, last time I was trying to sleep at 2am and someone started shooting.. قريب شطته بي كلاشني من فوق الحيط
omar
I want to thank each country & everyone who stood with us & showed support and solidarity for our freedom…Thank you @NATO .. VIVA #LIBYA.
In case s.o.in #Niger or elsewhere needs proof:
ICC ArrestWarrant for #Saif #Seif #Gaddafi #Libya #Tuareg
www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/doc/doc1101345.pdf
Benedict
Miracles can happen in #Libya if Libyans make them happen.
Noor Alhamdulilah! They’re finally getting it! A number of times,I’ve witnessed people reprimand those who would shoot aimlessly.
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Gaddafi is dead get over it, try to help us heal and build a civil democratic system, build a relationship with the people not dead despots
FreeLibya
Never forget #GaddafiCrimes Graphic content:
yfrog.com/1a3hpz Pls see all.
Never forget #GaddafiCrimes GRAPHIC (pls see more by clicking on username top right)
yfrog.com/1a3hpz
Newsweek – a fitting end to a brutal dictator. #libya #feb17
fb.me/10JCOdF2w
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
“Why we Intervened in #Libya”, highly recommended article contributed by @ToreBear:
bit.ly/rIHwcv
Mohamed Mesrati
great HD filming in Bab Alazezeya.. #Libya bleed – GAB
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hyULOKDL_o&fea...
Guardian
The west wrings its hands over dead Gaddafi photos, but war is always hell
The stench of doublethink is more noxious than any vapour emerging from the meat store in Misrata
The grisly spectacle of Muammar Gaddafi’s death and posthumous career as Misrata’s most popular body art exhibit may not have been very edifying, and news that the deposed dictator of Libya has been quietly buried at a secret desert location has to be welcome. Let’s hope the disposal of his decaying remains does bring an end to the surreal story that started with ambiguous video images – was he dead or alive?
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/o...
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
have you seen tripoli international? no way this will be operational in 5 days. and maitiga…well….+NATO no fly zone still up
btw: anybody seen hungarian #airline #malev? they announced they would start flying #tripoli 5d/w as of oct 23.
still hearing the tribal story about #libya from some “experts” in europe. if it is about anything, then about regional/city influences.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: Morrocans celebrate Libya’s Liberation
bit.ly/vBRP0O #libya
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
This is kind of funny now, but Wefaq are again confirming that Saif is captured in Misrata and has been for the past 3 days. W ashba7..
TheyCallMeSof Sofyan Amry
I seriously cannot wrap my head around the fact tht #Gaddafi is DEAD & #Libya is free.Wut r u supposed 2 do after ur dreams come tru? #Feb17
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
#LOL
“For Europe, having a stable and prosperous neighboring region is a dream come true.” but otherwise a decent read:
bit.ly/rLQ6gO
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libyan Embassy in Cairo FOUND rifles, machine guns and pistols equipped with silencers twas to assassinate opponents of Gaddafi in #Egypt
#Libya embassy urged #Egyptian authorities to help find weapons hidden byex Libyan officials in #Egypt
goo.gl/Wi25J
Daily Mail
SAS leading desert race against time to trap Saif as he heads to Niger
British Special Forces are engaged in a frantic desert manhunt for Colonel Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam.
The London-educated playboy, 39, is the last member of the hated despot’s family still feared to be at large in Libya.
Yesterday the southern border area with Niger was the focus of an intense search operation said to include elite troops from Britain and Qatar.
The race is on to prevent Saif – wanted for war crimes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague – escaping over the border into one of Libya’s neighbours, where other members of the Gaddafi clan have already found refuge.
Full art.:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-205346...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#BaniWalid residents say #Saif was holedup in a SafeHouse in #Taboul area a scattering of mudbrick houses cascading into the Wadi #Libya
REUTERS:
Insider describes Nervous Scared Confused #Saif AlIslam Gaddafi Escape from #BaniWalid
goo.gl/fb/js4ZE #libya
Freedom Group
Images of the preparation of Gadddafi’s body before being buried in a secret location in the Libyan desert.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uchu7bBHs4
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt ▸ Top stories today
Nasr
Do U remember CNN interviewing Saif in the beginning of war.. He displayed typical psychotic behavior.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Saif Gaddafi has promised revenge for the killing of his father. Not sure where he exactly is
Via Feb 17
Myths of the Gaddafi regime Explained
While there are no excuses for the way Gaddafi was treated in the videos posted publicly, we want to stress that those who have done this were not acting on behalf of the NTC nor the interim government. They were fighters who were swept in a moment of intense fighting, and after 8 long months of defending themselves, having lost friends and family. A full investigation of the circumstances of what happened has been officially launched and we hope its findings will be made public as soon as possible. Those acts don’t represent the majority of Libyans and don’t represent Islamic or Libyan traditional values.
There are a lot of people defending Muammer Gaddafi and his regime by stating living conditions and infrastructure in Libya was world class, and all the people in the country enjoyed unimaginable wealth. This is not true. The Gaddafi regime was rife with corruption and deception. Who you know was more important than who you were as a person, with many basic services being only available to the highest bidders.
Below, Nizar Mhani of the Free Generation Movement responds to common misconceptions relating to the Gaddafi regime – the bolded inaccurate statements are being circulated via email forward
There are no electricity bills in Libya; electricity is free for all its citizens.
Categorically untrue. Despite poor electricity infrastructure and poor coverage of electricity lines, even in the Capital, Libyan home owners pay monthly/quarterly (area dependant) electricity bills based on meter readings. Electricity is cut off in instances of unpaid bills. Reconnection upon payment is not instant. The electric infrastructure is weak and some areas of Libya do not have electricity available at all.
There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at 0% interest by law.
Categorically untrue. Banks all over Libya have been giving out loans for years and years. There is a percentage rate charge on all loans, which is comparable to an interest rate, but in the spirit of ‘islamic ethics’ it is not called interest, it is called an ‘Administrative Expense’ – Masareef Edareeya.
A House is considered a human right in Libya ¬ Gaddafi vowed that his parents would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a home. Gaddafi¹s father has died while he, his wife and his mother are still living in a tent.
Gaddafi abused this human right as much as he did other basic rights. It is well known in Libya that political opponents and successful business men/women had their homes confiscated and handed over to regime members, usually rewards for Free Officers – Dubat A7rar. Many farms and homes and businesses were confiscated during three infamous phases of Libyas dictatorial history:
1969 – The dreaded Green Revolution. Free Officers were rewarded land, homes, and farms that sometimes belonged to other people and the original owners were not compensated or asked if this was ok.
Late 70’s – The introduction of the law Albayt le Sakinehee – The Home Belongs to its Dwellers. As this law was passed overnight, thousands of homeowners instantly lost their homes, as tenants (those renting the homes) claimed ownership on account of being the ‘dwellers’. The law applied to homes, farms, shops, etc.
90’s – The introduction of Purification Committees (Lejnat al Tatheer). This committee ran by the widely know slogan, ‘Min ayna laka hada?’ – “From where did you obtain this?”, a form of ultra-socialism where people’s possessions, including homes and businesses, were confiscated if seen to be ‘surplus to requirement’ or contributing to a ‘monopoly’.
Regarding Gaddafis ‘vow’: While Gaddafi waited for ‘everyone in Libya’ to be housed, he himself lived in a sprawling 6km square compound in the centre of the capital which was home to state of the art security and an underground network of rooms and ultramodern bunkers. He also had a vast and well known farm on Airport Road in Tripoli. This, just in the capital.
All newlyweds in Libya receive $60,000 Dinar (US$ 50,000 ) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family.
This is a well known rumour and a common joke in Libya. Whilst it may have been passed as official legislation, I know of not a single family who has been given this grant. The backbreaking bureaucracy associated with such grants and loans make them more or less impossible to obtain.
Education and medical treatments are free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans are literate. Today the figure is 83%.
Education and Health Care – Free does not mean adequate. It is well known that Libya’s standard of health care is nothing short of appalling. It is widely known that the majority of Libyans seeking medical care leave for neighbouring countries for treatment. Our Education system is no better. It is outdated, teachers are underpaid and under-trained and libraries are largely non-existent. The syllabus was constantly being revised and reviewed under direct instruction from the former regime e.g. banning English, changing Quranic verses, etc.
It is commonly said that Libyans would be happy to forfeit their ‘free health care’ and pay for a National Health Service if it was up to the required standard.
Should Libyans want to take up farming career, they would receive farming land, a farming house, equipments, seeds and Livestock to kick- start their farms all for free.
This has never happened, in addition to this many farms and homes have been confiscated by the government to build railroads, The Great Man Made River and civil roads.
The owners of the land were only compensated if there was a covered structure on the land as the Gaddafi regime legally owned any land and the people were only allowed to build on it. When there was compensation offered it was nowhere near the actual value of the property and many waited years to receive anything if at all. This system was also rife with corruption many residents told they had to pay a bribe to receive what little they were given.
If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in Libya, the
government funds them to go abroad for it not only free but they get $2, 300/month accommodation and car allowance.
Categorically untrue. If this was the case, the former regime would have been in receipt of 6 million application forms – one for every man, women and child who ‘cannot find education or medical facilities they need’. This grant does not exist for the mainstream public. There is anectdotal evidence of some medical grants being given
but again, the system was corrupt and opaque.
In Libyan, if a Libyan buys a car, the government pays 50% of the price. The price of petrol in Libya is $0.14 per liter.
There is no truth to the former Gaddafi regime paying 50% of the value of a new car.
Whilst the price of fuel is indeed cheap, the quality of roads, the accuracy and availability of road signs, the presence of road traffic police, and all other transport infrastructure is of abysmal standard.
The absence of an integrated and functional public transport system means that people are reliant on their cars for all movement and might end up paying more on fuel than our neighbours around the Mediterranean basin.
Libya has no external debt and its reserves amount to $150 billion now frozen globally.
Whilst our sovereign wealth is undeniable, none of it was spent on the people of Libya nor the infrastructure of the country. Basic amenities, services, and state infrastructure are either absent or of appalling standard.
The availability of money is not tantamount to wealth or prosperity. The Arabs have a saying about Libya – “A rich nation of poor inhabitants.”
If a Libyan is unable to get employment after graduation the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed until employment is found.
Categorically untrue. Even basic wages are sometimes unpaid for months, for those lucky enough to be employed. Welfare for the unemployed is non-existent.
A portion of Libyan oil sale is credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.
No basis to this claim as no such case can be found.
A mother who gave birth to a child receive US $5 ,000
Categorically untrue. There is a Child Benefit welfare payment in Libya – it is roughly 15-20 Libyan Dinars a month per child. No Libyan citizen was given foreign currency as compensation.
40 loaves of bread in Libya costs $ 0.15
Bread was subsidized by the state. Whilst the price varies (marginally) from shop to shop, bread usually costs ¼ dinars for 10 baguettes (small) or roughly 500grams per dinar.
25% of Libyans have a university degree
The absence of a comprehensive selection process and a corrupt entry protocol means that universities in Libya are grossly over populated and over subscribed, despite limited facilities. This results in an over inflated number of graduates, but not necessarily an adequate level of employability. There are thousands of students studying foundation year medicine in Tripoli alone.
Gaddafi carried out the world¹s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-Made River project, to make water readily available.
The Jury is still out on this. The project has indeed supplied water to many towns and cities around Libya, but the cost is thought to be as stratastrophic as the time it took to complete this. Further, decades of an absence of appropriate licensing, monitoring and control has meant that wells were dug for every home, putting immense pressure on Libya’s natural and naturally replenishable water sources. This resulted in the increase of salinity in local water reserves, which lead to the need for an expansive project such as the Man Made River.
Thanks for Niz and Libya Outreach for putting this together.
Cartoon:
Steve Bell on the burial of Muammar Gaddafi
feb17.info/images/cartoon-steve-bell-on...
or:
bit.ly/ttnFtt
Reuters
Video:
The money trail
Reuters Mark Hosenball tracks down Gaddafi’s $19 billion fortune. The Libyan dictator left billions scattered around the world … will it ever be found?
feb17.info/media/video-the-money-trail
ConanOBrien Conan O’Brien
Gaddafi may have been worth 200 billion dollars when he was killed. Even more tragic, he was just 2 days away from retirement.
4Adam Adam
Louis Farrakhan condemns death of Libyan leader and called Gaddafi’s death a “GREAT LO$$” #Libya
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
♥ Trablus u did it LIBYA you DID IT
Video:
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ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #NTC, Mustafa #AbdelJalil asks #NATO to extend its mission in #Libya until the end of the year, #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#NTC requests #NATO to continue it’s mission to mainly patrol #Libya borders . #Feb17 #Libya #oct23
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
The dignity of the dictator dies, is reborn in its people. #Gaddafi #Bashar #Saleh
Wapo
Qatar hosts first Libyan conference after Gadhafi death
The official Qatar News Agency says Mustafa Abdul-Jalil arrived in Doha for Wednesday’s gathering, which is expected to include representatives from Gulf states, Western powers and NATO.
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MsEntropy Ms. Entropy
Coming soon / MUST SEE documentary:
Tripoli awakes – trailer
Life after Gaddafi
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYXb7HgO_VU
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Mustafa #AbdelJalil told me #Gaddafi sons still at large and they could destabilize libya from neighboring countries
Aljazeera
NATO should stay involved in Libya until the end of this year to help prevent loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi from leaving the country, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the interim leader, has said.
NATO, whose air attacks backed National Transitional Council (NTC) forces that overthrew Gaddafi in August, is to decide on Friday whether to end its mission following his death and burial in the past week and a liberation declaration by the NTC.
“We look forward to NATO continuing its operations until the end of the year,” Jalil said on at a conference in Doha on Wednesday.
Sarah
#NTC #MAJ #Libya #Doha -
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Ahram.org
Qatar admits it had soldiers on ground in Libya’s operation
Qatar revealed for the first time on Wednesday that hundreds of its soldiers had fought alongside Libyans in their battle to topple longtime despot Moamer Kadhafi.
“We were among them and the numbers of Qataris on ground were hundreds in every region,” said Qatari chief of staff Major General Hamad bin Ali al-Atiya.
The announcement marks the first time that Qatar has acknowledged it had military boots on the ground in Libya.
Previously the gas-rich country said it had only lent the support of its air force to NATO-led operations to protect civilians during the eight-month uprising, which ended when Kadhafi was felled with a bullet to the head after being captured last week.
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Tweeting Tripoli
People who use religion 2 rule or 2 gain money are most likely crooks and thieves. Sincere religious ppl would be worshiping God privately.
Benghazi Youth
We have this mental disease in Libya too unfortunately “Everyone must be just as religious as I am & in the same way or suffer”
Guardian
Gaddafi buried in unmarked grave in Libya desert to avoid creating shrine
Bodies of dictator, his son and a general are given full Islamic rites and washed by relatives and sheikhs before secret burial
The belated finale for Muammar Gaddafi began on a marble slab in a car park and ended with a lonely burial in the desert far from the reach of family or foe.
After his body spent five days on gruesome display, Libya’s new rulers finally decided late on Monday night to put Gaddafi to rest, capping a week of uncertainty about what to do with the slain despot’s remains and closing an era of fear and infamy.
“We gave him all the Islamic rituals that we would give any Muslim,” said the deputy chief of Libya’s new governing council in Misrata, Sadiq Badi. “It was more than he would have given us, but we gave him a dignified end.”
Reade more and video:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/25/ga...
Must read:
NPR
Gadhafi’s Final Weeks, As Told By A Top Security Official
From the shaky, grainy video, we have an idea of what the last moments were like for Col. Moammar Gadhafi. But over the past few days, his top security official, who was captured along with Gadhafi, has been talking about the final weeks of one of the most notorious despots in modern history.
As Mansour Dao, who says he is also Gadhafi’s cousin, puts it, Gadhafi left Tripoli on Aug. 18 or 19, before the rebels made a push for the capital city. He left to Sirte, what was a stronghold, and his son Saif al-Islam left for Bani Wald.
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Arab_Fury
The hardships facing Libyans after Gadhafi are staggering, the hardships faced by Libyans during Gaddafi were unbearable. #Libya #Gadhafi
Guardian
British firms urged to ‘pack suitcases’ in rush for Libya business
New defence secretary says companies should be ready to cash in on reconstruction contracts in newly liberated Libya.
The starting pistol for British firms to pursue contracts in Libya has been fired by the new defence secretary, Philip Hammond, who urged companies to “pack their suitcases” and head there to secure reconstruction contracts.
As Nato announced that it plans to wind up operations in Libya, Hammond said that great care had been taken during the campaign to avoid destroying critical infrastructure.
“Libya is a relatively wealthy country with oil reserves, and I expect there will be opportunities for British and other companies to get involved in the reconstruction of Libya,” he told the BBC in an interview.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/21/br...
MUST READ:
Belfast Telegraph
Why Blair should also face the wrath of liberated Libya
HRW discovered a letter, written in 2004 by the head of MI6’s anti-terrorism division, Mark Allen, to Moussa Koussa, head of the Libyan intelligence service, welcoming news of the ‘safe’ arrival in Tripoli of anti-Gaddafi activist Abdelhakim Belhadj, who had been kidnapped in Malaysia by the CIA, on the basis of intelligence supplied by MI6, and ‘rendered’ to the Libyans for torture.
The Allen-Koussa exchanges took place in the period immediately preceding Blair’s first visit to Gaddafi.
The rendition of another opponent of Gaddafi, Sami al-Saadi, kidnapped in Hong Kong with his wife and four children and held for three days in the Maldives, coincided exactly with Blair’s desert jaunt.
Saadi and his wife were handcuffed and hooded for the journey onwards to Tripoli. He says their children, girls aged 14 and six, boys of 12 and 10, “cried and screamed” all the way.
His wife and children were released after two months in a Tripoli jail. Saadi was held and, he says, tortured for six years.
The sequence was this: Saadi family kidnapped; Blair meets Gaddafi and signs half-billion pound oil exploration deal; family delivered to Tripoli. Work it out for yourselves, people.
Very soon after these events, Allen was knighted on Blair’s recommendation. Very soon after that again, Sir Mark resigned his job with MI6 and went to work for British
Petroleum, then jockeying at the front of the pack for a share of the contracts now becoming available as a result of the improvement in UK-Libyan relations which Blair and Sir Mark had done so much to promote.
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www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/colu...
Times of Malta
Gaddafi son Seif al-Islam near Niger border – Tuareg source
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son and onetime heir apparent Seif al-Islam was yesterday poised to cross into Niger along with his father’s ex-intelligence chief, a Tuareg official said.
Seif “is near the Niger border, he hasn’t entered Niger yet but he’s close,” a local official from the northern Niger’s Agadez region told AFP on condition of anonymity.
“It appears he is being escorted by former Tuareg fighters but I am not yet able to confirm this,” the official added. The local official said that Abdullah al-Senussi, a former intelligence chief and Gaddafi’s brother-in-law, was also approaching the border with Niger.
“Both of them are near the Niger border, they can’t be very far from each other,” he said.
Read more:
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/2011...
Times of Malta
The role Malta has in rebuilding Libya
If you had to look back at our country’s media since last February you will not be surprised to see that Libya and its now-deposed Muammar Gaddafi dominated the headlines. Rivers of ink have been written and we have passionately supported the Libyan people while arguing among ourselves over our own past relations with the Colonel.
This is perfectly normal. For Libya is a neighbouring country and, as is typical among neighbouring countries, we have had a love-hate relationship for decades.
The task of rebuilding a war-torn country will be a herculean one. To do so within the constraints of a democracy – where people are free to disagree and to protest – will make it harder still. The NTC needs all the luck it can get.
But it also needs our help.
Full art.:
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/2011...
Reuters
Tripoli in hurry to consign Gaddafi to past
Muammar Gaddafi, with his pocked face and curly hair, may have been one of the most recognisable figures of the 20th century, but the capital he lorded over is doing its best to forget him.
“Let the dust of the desert sweep over the hole where he was buried,” Mohammed al Sharif said in English, to nods of approval from friends, on the day the dead dictator’s decomposing body was consigned to precisely that — a secret desert grave.
“Then the name ‘Muammar’ can be forgotten and our children will never know of this time,” he said.
Read more here:
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NTC PRESS RELEASE
NTC Press Statement 25.10.2011 English and Arabic
NTC Press Statement 25.10.2011
The Executive Office of the National Transitional Council attaches great importance to the concerted efforts deployed to ensure humane treatment, in accordance with the principles of international human rights covenants, to all Libyan and foreign prisoners and detainees. Under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice all cases and detention conditions will be considered and reviewed; fair trials will be guaranteed for those suspected of committing war crimes or criminal acts.
There has been co-ordination with the High Security Council that oversees all security units operating in thecountry not to arrest or detain anyone except by an arrest warrant issued by the Attorney General; and to ensure all prisoners and detainees are well treated until they are brought before the judicial authorities.
In principal, we do not tolerate, and in fact we disapprove of any prisoner being hurt, let alone killed. Regardless of the hatred that Libyans held for Muammar Gaddafi and his regime because of the suffering he inflicted, and how he soiled their reputation for four decades. We did not want to end this tyrant’s life before he was brought to court, and before he answered questions that have deprived Libyans from sleep and tormented them for years .
We wanted to get answers and explanations from this tyrant regarding the following issues:
• Why were dozens of Libyan military officers executed in the April 1977 massacre, against the verdicts pronounced by his own courts?
• Why did he desecrate the sanctity of universities, executing students by hanging, without trial, such as Bin Saoud, Deboub, and Al-Makhzoumi?
• Why did he erect gallows on the campus, and killing our innocent children, such as the martyrs Ahfaf, Al-Madani, Kaabar and others?
• Why did he involve us in wars and conflicts where we had no stakes , and where we have lost thousands of our innocent loved ones, whose bodies were scattered throughout the deserts and forests, and we could not even count them?
• Why did he chase the smartest people of Libya around the globe and killed them in cold blood without trials?
• Why did he hang and kill many Libyans in 1984 and forced Libyans to watch the terrible scenes during the month of Ramadan?
• Why did he send thousands of Libyans to prison without trial or through sham legal process, killing many of them while they were in detention?
• Why did he commit the Abu Saleem massacre against unarmed detainees, killing 1270 prisoners within a few hours, and kept their bodies hidden until this time?
• Why did commit his heinous crime against Imam Moussa Sadr and his two companions and hid their bodies until now?
• What justification can he plead for the bombing crimes of Lockerbie and the French UTA and the killing of hundreds of innocents?
• What is his justification for the order he issued to shoot down a Libyan Airlines Aircraft and the killing of all its passengers?
• What is his justification for abducting Libyan citizens and repatriating them by force such as Kikhia, Matar, Mgarief and others, and what is their fate?
• What can the tyrant say to answer for his crimes after February 17th, especially the indiscriminate killing, the appalling number of mass graves, the burning of Libyans alive, torture and rape crimes, and the indiscriminate bombing of cities before the eyes of the entire world?
Source and Arabic:
shabablibya.org/uncategorized/ntc-press...
RaymondPagnucco Raymond Pagnucco
Jihadist flag is now flying over court house in #Benghazi. The next phase in the fight for Libya begins. 10/26/11
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bilal H.B.
I got this the other day from my friend Dania, love that crazy chick!
twitpic.com/75tjtc
The secret to the succes of the Libyan Rev is TAKBEER! سر نجاح خلطة الثورة الليبية هو التكبير في المساجد يا اهل اليمن والشام ارهبو عدو الله
My tweets will be less and less until they bring the internet on my phone
These have kept safe all the time thank god i was never shot
twitpic.com/75tnjp
btw my internet is baaack finally i have my voice back thank god
Borders are still an issue that’s why the #NTC asked NATO to extend there mission in #Libya
HRW
Human Rights Must Be Cornerstone of Libya’s Law
(Sirte, Libya) – I stood stunned in a Sirte hospital this morning as a man came in waving a golden gun — a pistol he said was seized from Moammar Gadhafi as he was finally captured by forces of the National Transitional Council. The Human Rights Watch team had spent the night outside Sirte, Gadhafi’s hometown, as the transitional forces mounted a final, heavy barrage against the last holdouts, snipers in the town. At 9 a.m., the rebels declared victory, and we headed to the hospital to try to document the civilian casualties after weeks of fighting.
The man with the golden gun told us that Gadhafi was wounded but alive, captured with several of his senior officials, and that he was on the road to Misrata. A few hours later came word that Gadhafi, who had ruled Libya for 42 years before being ousted by a popular uprising, had died, thereby escaping the trial and courtroom he so richly deserved.
Even after Gadhafi’s hold on Libya was reduced, over the course of the uprising, to a small patch of land around Sirte , his influence loomed large. After four decades in power marked by fear and repression, Libyans will never forget him. And his death isn’t the end of the story. Gadhafi didn’t rule alone, and it’s vital that high-level officials who survived the conflict be investigated and, if credibly accused, be given a fair trial for their roles in the most serious crimes.
Gadhafi took power in 1969 and his rule encompassed an appalling catalog of human rights abuses, at home and abroad. The massacre of an estimated 1,200 prisoners after a failed revolt at Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison in 1996 is perhaps the most notorious episode of domestic abuse. Abroad, he was best-known for his alleged involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people.
Since 1969, Libya has suffered forced disappearances, politically motivated arrests and the use of torture, as well as the near-total repression of freedom of expression and association. Gadhafi’s Libya was one of the region’s most thorough police states, and his unique political system, the Jamahiriya, or “state of the masses,” obviated the need for elections.
Now that he is gone and Libya has officially been liberated after the fall of Sirte, the clock starts on the transition to a new government. The National Transitional Council
said it plans to organize free elections and rewrite the constitution. It has pledged that Libya will respect international human rights standards.
Libya’s new leaders have an extraordinary opportunity to rebuild the country based on the rule of law, where the rights of all are respected, including those of women, minorities and supporters of the old regime. It’s vital, for instance, that the new constitution enshrines the right to gender equality and nondiscrimination, and that
women are able to participate fully in the political process, during the transition and beyond. The new authorities will need to abolish or revise numerous laws, including those that limit free expression and association and restrict political parties. And they will need to rewrite the penal code and reorganize the judicial system and the security services.
But Libya will need international help to build a credible, unified state that can protect all its inhabitants. The transitional authorities have already spoken out against revenge attacks. They also need to ensure that those now being detained are treated humanely, and those responsible for abuses are investigated and fairly prosecuted.
Human Rights Watch has already documented some of the difficulties any new government will face, such as how to set up and administer lawful and humane detention facilities. We have investigated incidents of torture by forces allied to the transitional council, as well as revenge attacks against communities who are considered pro-Gadhafi. And we have spoken to women (and men) victimized during the conflict by sexual violence, a taboo subject in Libya. The new authorities need to ensure that appropriate care and support are offered to women and girls subjected to such violence, and help to create an environment in which people feel able to report rape and other attacks.
The Libyan authorities should be setting up independent, impartial investigations into the most serious crimes of the past four decades, and also cooperate with the International Criminal Court, which is examining abuses since February 15, 2011. There have been many, implicating both sides. On Thursday we visited the graveyard in Sirte and learned that of the 52 bodies buried this week, at least half appeared to be victims of executions by Gadhafi forces, their hands bound behind their backs.
The biggest challenges for Libya remain ahead, and so do the tough questions: Who should be prosecuted? How to deliver real justice, not just that of the victors? How to ensure that women, minorities and other vulnerable groups are truly integrated into the transition and beyond? But today, the people of Libya are celebrating the end of an extraordinarily dark time. And the best way to leave the Gadhafi nightmare in the past is to build a new Libya based on human rights for all.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Libya economic output will roughly halve this year because of the civil war that toppled #Qaddafi: IMF official #alarabiya #Gaddafi
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qatar says hundreds of its soldiers joined Libya operations #alarabiya #Libya #Gaddafi
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya interim leader asks NATO to stay until end of year #alarabiya #Libya #Gaddafi
Farrakhan condemns killing of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
Controversial Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan condemned the killing of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday, warning that America and other western powers will soon face severe consequences for their support of the uprising that led to the dictator’s death.
“I know something of the good of Moammar Gadhafi that made me to love him as a brother and to feel a great sense of loss at his assassination,” Farrakhan said during a two-hour interview with radio host Cliff Kelley on WVON-AM.
Later in the show, he said: “Gadhafi died in honor, fighting for the Libya that he believed in.”
Art.:
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libyanproud libyanandproud
in nafusa I definitely didn’t see 100’s of Qatari’s
I’m not insulting anyone’s credibility, but 100’s of Qataris would Have been noticed
Reuters -
Swiss Governement – Switzerland will now allow #Libya to fly over Swiss air space, lifting a ban imposed earlier.
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Switzerland will unblock on Thursday some frozen #Libyan assets.(there are currently $300 million of frozen assets in Switzerland)
AliTweel Ali Tweel
the world expected 2 put Gaddafi on trial, as a Libyan who respect human rights I expected him to tore into pieces! Libyans were merciful.
Aljazeera
NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil spoke to Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr on the edges of a Qatar conference on the futre of Libya.
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blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Spain’s oil giant Repsol resumes pumping oil in Libya; BP says it wants to do the same
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AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Obama says Qaddafi deserved ‘decorum in death’ although he did ‘terrible things’ goo.gl/5WmFI #alarabiya #Gaddafi #Libya
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
just passed #GNTMC General Nationl Maritime Transport Company,owning company of the Libyan commercial fleet:big demonstration in front of it
Maybe related to old management (GNTMC was under the influence of Hannibal). Thuars from #regatta going there now #tripoli
Invited 2 General Managers of Austrian companies in Libya for a “National Day” unofficial dinner.I am afraid it will be “Haram” (Debreziner)
I still want to know who is lifting the reported 500t/b crude oil per day? or is it all refined in #libya ?
debreziner= austrian pork meat sausages
With 2days delay of the decision whether NATO ll extend its mission in #Libya,resuming commercial flights (other th. turkish) looks far away
Tried to book a flight with #turkishairlines today: most flights until end november fully booked.even business class.no waiting list. #libya
everything imported in the suitcase from austria – when austrians were invited for “debreziner”, everybody came…
Tweeting Tripoli
I don’t think we really need to trouble NATO any further, they have helped greatly and saved millions of lives. But I trust NTC’s decision.
WEELULE
Wise decision from TNC, with Sief (Al-Forrthas)+family free, add Algeria, Chad and Niger’s hostility; the risk 2 Libya is real
Tweeting Tripoli
yes I think it’s wise.
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: #Qatar to take over #Libya security operations after #NATO
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#BBC Arabic reports #Tuareg representative Riza aj Bula in #Niger, saying #Saif is in country
washingtonpost The Washington Post
Gaddafi wrote a song for Condoleezza Rice called "Black Flower in the White House”
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martinchulov Martin Chulov
Spent past 3 days with #Gaddafi’s captors. Evidence overwhelming that one of them executed him with 9mm pistol. #Libya
Misrata people bemused that #Libya’s NTC sticking to crossfire story. Most seem proud that one of them killed #Gaddafi.
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
My footage of #Gaddafi burial is on BBC, also taken by Reuters. So proud. Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uchu7bBHs4
mnureddin M. Nureddin
Laughing at the BBC: They say @akhbar footage of Gaddafi burial is “not independently verified.” You need Brits to verify something?
Au Sommet de #doha mustapha Abdeljalil demande au #NATO une ptite prolongation de sa mission en #libye
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...!
Le chef Cuisinier de Kadafi raconte son séjour à Syrt
qurynanew.com/?p=17791 #libye
Détail sur l’assassinat de Kadafi
شرح عملية قتل القذافي بالتفصيل Explain in detail the process of killing Gaddafi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lEx4ainBNF0 #libye #NATO
La famille Dalton veut quitter l’Algérie pour l’Afrique du Sud
Read it here (Arabic):
www.alwatan-libya.com/more.asp?ThisID=1...
bilal H.B.
What i love about Libyans is proving there ability to prove the world wrong we were accused with a lot of things from Gaddafi and every 1/4
Single time the world belived Gaddafi like when he said we are AlQaeda the world belived him and when he said we are tribal the world 2/4
Believed him but the world never gave the Libyan people the benfit of the doubt we are always accused of something and we keep proving 3/4
The world wrong and now the haters are betting that Libyans can’t make it well let time decide who right about Libyans 4/4
You can never bring down the Libyan people no matter what you do we will find a way to beat you and humiliate you infront of the world.
Maha
algerian gov. let in weapons from gaddafi. now worrying about spread of weapons from “rebels” BS
Global Relief Libya
Update on Shweyga Mullah
We just received word from our Maltese government contact on Shweyga Mullah’s condition:
Now that the dust has settled and Shweyga is getting her treatment I just wanted to update you on her predicament. To begin with she is very well. I have visited her daily since she arrived and provided her with everything she
needed which at this stage included pyjamas, slippers and all the basic sanitary needs. The Ministry of Health have also provided her with an Ethiopian cultural coordinator who is looking after her – she was thrilled to realise that we also have a vibrant Ethiopian community and her eyes were smiling which made a nice change to the pictures we had seen of her.
We have made contact with her brother who we are working on bringing to Malta – he, together with Shweyga will be hosted by the Government of Malta until they feel they wish to stay here. Arrangements for her passport to be delivered in Malta are already in place.
Her doctor found her very well and the treatment she received in Libya was excellent.
We will post regular updates on Shweyga’s recovery.
Tarek
A secret document show the links between #Gaddafi and two #Algerian Newspapers. twitpic.com/75yt50 #Libya
Video: Questions of government in Libya
After the celebrations comes the new government. A day after Libya declared the end the the Gaddafi era discussions are underway about Libya’s next interim government with a decision expected in a matter of weeks. Head of the National Transitional Council Mustafa Abdel Jalil spoke in Benghazi.
Read more and video:
feb17.info/media/video-questions-of-gov...
Michael
left Bani Walid just before it fell. He has had plenty of time to get to Niger. It makes sense that he is there. #Libya
BentBenghazi G
Funny, after all the Libyan ppl have proven to the world.. ppl still think that they’ll let anyone take their country from them.
Marianne 2 Fr
Emirats arabes unis : engagés en Libye, les Mirage 2000 ont damé le pion aux F-16
L’engagement militaire des Emirats arabes unis (EAU) en Libye a été particulièrement discret, mais des informations commencent à filtrer. Les EAU ont engagé douze appareils : six Mirage 2000-9 et six F-16 C/D Block 60. Dans les deux cas, il s’agit de versions très modernes et sophistiquées de ces avions déjà anciens. Les avions émiratis ont d’abord été basés à La Sude (Crète) avant de rejoindre Sigonella (Sicile). Les Mirage 2000 ont donné pleine satisfaction, ce qui n’est pas vraiment le cas de F-16 qui ont connu deux accidents. A chaque fois que des F-16 n’ont pas pu voler, ce sont des Mirage qui ont rempli les missions. Les six “-9” ont effectué des sorties air-air et air-sol.
Ce bilan positif des Mirage 2000-9 est assurément un bon point pour l’industrie française, au moment où les négociations pour la vente de soixante Rafale seraient en passe d’aboutir. Alain Juppé, le ministre des affaires étrangères, s’est vu confier la responsabilité de les mener à bien.
Reste à savoir ce que deviendront les soixante Mirage 2000-9 des Emirats ? Ils seront proposés sur le marché de l’occasion, mais par quel mécanisme et auprès de quels clients ? L’affaire est loin d’être bouclée.
Le Parisien
Printemps arabe: Juppé défend sa politique étrangère à l’Assemblée
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Alain Juppé, a défendu mardi devant l’Assemblée nationale le soutien de la France aux printemps arabes, estimant qu’il fallait “allier vigilance et confiance” dans l’avenir des peuples arabes, face à des députés de
l’opposition critiques.
“J’entends dire que nous avons ouvert la boîte de Pandore. Fallait-il continuer à soutenir les dictatures? Fallait-il continuer à soutenir Kadhafi? Fallait-il continuer à soutenir Ben Ali? Fallait-il continuer à soutenir Moubarak? Faut-il continuer à soutenir aujourd’hui Bachar al Assad?”, s’est enflammé le ministre des Affaires étrangères, en réponse aux craintes exprimées ces derniers jours sur l’avenir des droits de l’homme en Libye et notamment sur l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes.
Read more here:
www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-polit...
New mass grave has been discovered in Tomayna district of #Misratta @freedomgroupTV
libyanproud libyanandproud
Breaking: New Qatari led operations will also assist in training and disarmament operations . #Feb17 #Libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
Alain Juppe: “the syrian regime will be toppled thought it needs time to do it” Libya will be a picnic compare with this #Syria
Tweeting Tripoli
Excellent :) “@Twittisist:
The Art of Good Leadership.
wp.me/p1Ouh4-f”
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
The NTC might not have had complete control over many of the freedom fighters but we are all loyal to it as a government.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: A group shot from some of the rejoicing in Tunis on October 21 twitpic.com/762zqi
FRANCE24 FRANCE 24
#LIBYA: NTC leader asks NATO to stay till end of 2011
f24.my/rCp19G
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya JALIL we need technical support and training and communication equipment to monitor our borders, we can’t do this soon
My Christmas with #Gaddafi’s spokesman #Moussa Ibrahim
gu.com/p/32q49/tw via @guardian #Libya
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا”
goo.gl/aM65o
Hisham Matar, Author
Libyans get embarrassed in public, we mustn’t let that stop us discussing openly our good news as well as bad.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya JALIL says gaddafi still has support in neighboring Countries and loyalists still can attack us
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
MT: 15 yr old boy killed by Celebratory gunfire #Libya #stopecelebullets fb.me/ZXMGlcqu
bilal H.B.
Weapons & Mercenaries & troops & Media & PR campaign & the genral costs of war costed Gaddafi 200 Billions and lost it . you can #OWS
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya JALIL says we asked NATO to stay until the end of the year and it has the intl legitimacy to protect civilians from loyalists
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
As @libyanproud earlier said, Libyans have big mouths. And camera phones. Good luck, NTC, if you’re trying to keep a story from leaking.
Nael
We only feel sorry for the hole that holds #Gaddafi, in the end it is a piece of our beloved #Libya.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya JALIL:it will be difficult for all libyans to agree on prime minister but we will choose one who has backing of most libyans
misrati_free Alaeddin Muntasser
the convoy is delayed for now because they are still trying to raise awareness and get more supplies. Smaller one might leave Satrdy
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Saif #Gaddafi is surrending himself to the International Criminal Court #libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#BreakingNews: Seif Al Islam Qaddafi is proposing to hand himself over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior NTC offici
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Seif Al Islam #Gaddafi is surrending himself to the International Criminal Court: NTC
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya tells U.N. hopes to end NATO mandate by Oct 31 #Alarabiya
MushuT
I’ll believe the Saif “news” when I see a pic of him in the Hague. #ICC #idohopeitstrue #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
moez معز
Finger pointing tribunal? “@AlArabiya_Eng: Seif Al Islam #Gaddafi is surrending himself to the International Criminal Court: NTC”
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Is it good news that Saif Gaddafi would pick up of all places the ICC in Tthe Hague, Netherlands? if the news is true of course..
Assia
#TooBad : Seif Al Islam #Gaddafi is surrending himself to the International Criminal Court says the NTC
BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News
#Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam offers to hand himself in to International Criminal Court, NTC officials say – Reuters
Sarasalhh
Reuters: #Libya NTC: Saif AlIslam Gaddafi offers to hand himself ovr to International Criminal Court (not buying this) via @SultanAlQassemi
Reuters Reuters Top News
Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam is proposing to hand himself in to International Criminal Court in the Hague – senior NTC official
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: NTC official says Saif al-Islam is proposing to hand himself in to International Criminal Court in the Hague
Anaya
#Saif al Islam #Kadhafi se rend à la Cour Pénale Internationale via @AlArabiya_Eng
acarvin Andy Carvin
Lots of rumors flying around that Saif Gaddafi plans to surrender to the ICC. Sources are NTC, whose track record has been a mixed bag.
Khadija Ali
So Saif is going to give himself in? #Libya #GaddafiDead
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Worth taking the latest line from the NTC on Saif with a pinch of salt, their track record with him is pretty shoddy…
Khalifa Leebee
AJA not reporting #Saif yet. Al-Arabiya lied before.
Khalifa
I believe #Saif wants to turn himself in to the #ICC when I see him arriving in the Hague.
BREAKING: AlArabiya & Sky News report that Saif #Gaddafi is to turn himself in to the ICC, citing NTC sources. #Libya
AlArabiya has just cited NTC sources as saying that Saif #Gaddafi has offered to turn himself up, but only to the ICC. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Sounds like a plan. Saif and Musa can rot in the hague till they die of “illness”. We got the father.
Mark Miller
Question re: #Saif story is whether the #NTC is lying or it’s being lied to by the remaining Gaddafists. Because I doubt it’s true. #Libya
Ed Husain
#Gaddafi’s son, Saif, did the right thing for once: surrendering to the rule of law. Other options limited! Who else next?
Mark Kersten
I can hear the #ICC’s critics claims about how “cushy” and “comfortable” #scheveningen prison is. #Saif #Gaddafi #Libya
Lawrence
good news if true if #saif is proposing to hand himself in to the #ICC
patriciajaniot:
Saif, el hijo de Gadhafi propone entregarse a la Corte Internacional de La Haya, sengún las autoridades de transición en Libia
SkyNews Sky News
Gaddafi’s Son Saif To Surrender To The Hague
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al Islam is proposing to hand himself in to the International Criminal Court, according to a National Transitional Council official.
Former intelligence chief Abdullah al Senussi is also said to be considering the same course of action.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta, a military official with the NTC, said.
More to follow…
Source:
news.sky.com/home/article/16096763
Charlotte
Seeing is believing, 2 many lies about Saif b4: RT @Reuters #Gaddafi son, intelligence chief want to surrender to ICC
reut.rs/t2M7JR
Reuters
Gaddafi son, intelligence chief want to surrender to ICC
Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council said on Wednesday.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters from Libya.
Saif al-Islam is wanted by the war crimes court, as was his late father. There is also a warrant out for Senussi.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/us-l...
Senior NTC official confirms to Reuters that Saif Gaddafi and former intelligence chief Senussi are to hand themselves into the ICC.
Saif al-Islam #Gaddafi’s & ex-intelligence chief Abdullah #Senussi offer to turn themselves in to the ICC in The Hague, says #NTC. #Reuters.
4Adam Adam
Reuters, again! – NTC says Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the ICC. #Libya
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
Reuters:
#Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the Int. Criminal court
AliTweel Ali Tweel
do u really beleive Saif al-Islam is proposing to hand himself in to International Criminal Court? via @Reuters
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
This sounds like another Elvis sighting. RT@AlArabiya_Eng #BreakingNews: Seif al-Islam suggests to turn himself to ICC:
NezarT
Sanussi and Saif will not recieve a fair trail in Hague. A fair trail for these two can only occur in one place. This place is LIBYA.
ROFL
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya NTC announces mandatory polygamy for all Libyan men #feministsfaint
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
This must be #Saif creating a distraction so he can make his escape
Mushu
Then again Reuters and Alarabiya, with all due respect, haven’t exactly been the best of sources during this revolution. #Libya #Feb17
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~
ICC or not; #Benghazi wants Saif al-Shaytan’s finger he threatened to wipe her out with. #Libya #Feb17
National Post
Local workers fought and died to defend Libya’s oil fields after foreign owners abandoned country
Abdula Altako was killed in March guarding the oil field he worked for, one of the first but by no means the last of Libya’s oil workers to die defending the country’s lifeblood.
Abandoned by their foreign owners during the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, the fields have been watched over by local workers aiming to deter looters and prevent facilities from falling into disrepair.
Altako, who worked for private German oil and gas company Wintershall, was starting his morning guard shift when he was ambushed and shot dead in his car.
“We have a lot of patriots protecting fields. I signed orders that sent engineers out that ended up dying,” interim oil and finance minister Ali Tarhouni told Reuters in an interview.
Full art.:
news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/26/local-...
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
I asked interim min Tarhouni tuesday in Benghazi: How come that there are 2 versions of Saifs whereabouts? And earlier 2 of Mutasims’?
..his answer: ‘We simply do not have a a good media ’machine’, so then these things happen..and despite all of this…we won!’
Hajoor_ Hajer
Hasby Allah Wa Na3m al wakeel, if not enough people died during the war people are now dying because of celebatory Gunfire #NotoCelebBullets
Libya faces a future of mixed priorities
Libyans have mixed feelings about the transitional period and beyond as the country tries to heal from the NATO-aided conflict that saw Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster.
The interim government will have a clear mandate; crafting a new constitution,
organising elections and paving the way for a new Libya.But in the meantime people have a long list of priorities such as safety and security, education and de-arming fighters.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra spoke to residents in Tripoli.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wul1xg2q4OI
malonebarry Barry Malone
Please let’s start resisting the puns on “Saif”… #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
#Breaking: Seif al-shytan suggests to turn himself to ICC: Libya\’s TNC
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#BreakingNews: #ICC says it has no proof that Seif al-Islam wants to surrender himself #Alarabyia #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
#Breaking: ICC no confirmation that Seif al-shytan wants to turn himself in: Libya\’s ICC
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya no independent confirmation on report that Saif al Islam and Abdullah Senussi want to surrender to International criminal court
Via Aljazeera
Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council said on Wednesday.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters from Libya.
Saif al-Islam is wanted by the war crimes court, as was his late father. There is also a warrant out for Senussi.
Saif al-Islam has been on the run since Libyan forces overran his father’s home town of Sirte at the weekend. He is thought to be somewhere near Libya’s southern border with Niger.
Mlegta said his information came from intelligence sources who told him that Saif al-Islam and Senussi were trying to broker a deal to surrender to the court through a
neighbouring country, which he did not name.
-Reuters
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
I got 99 problems but #Gaddafi aint one!!!
Morocco sending TWO airplanes for evacuation of wounded via @Wessimsara #Feb17 #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING: #NTC: Seif #Gaddafi offering to surrender himself to the ICC via @AlArabiya_Brk (Note: Grain of Salt recommended) #Libya #Feb17
cencio4 David Cenciotti
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained: Final Report
wp.me/pEfC-1Fi
BenghazisOwn
Not believing this #Saif propaganda & even if its true we still want that m*****f***** to be executed in Libya.
Lucie Smith
Safest place to be #Saif go on hand yourself in mate. What was that “I’ll die in Libya” that you said. I laughed then at you and I do now.
Patrick
No where left to hide for the killer boy Saif #Gadaffi RT @Reuters Gaddafi son, intelligence chief want to surrender to ICC
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sai AlIslam Is Not going to give up IMO He should know he will never be free again #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Libya
There U have It: RT @4Adam International Criminal Court: We do NOT have ANY confirmation that #Saif al-Islam proposes to surrender. #Libya
Assia
Currently planning #Libya party. Its going to be epic. Trying to pick out center pieces. Pulling out ALL the stops!! #FreedomCelebrations
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Wonder how much money he’s paying RT @FromJoanne: #Seriously I Dont believe this at all: #Saif suggests to turn himself in to ICC #Libya #NTC
Nameer
yeah well most of the time reuters gets their news from stupid sources like al ray.. al aribya sucks too
Snapshot on Libya
paper.li/zaaydi/1298457693
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
WATER IS BACK in #tripoli alhamdulilah
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Tripoli looks much safer then I expected.
4Adam Adam
South African mercenaries, said to have been contracted to help Gaddafi escape from Sirte, are stuck in #Libya acc. to Afrikaans media rprt.
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
If u missed it- Today’s unconfirmed Saif #Gaddafi report: offering to surrender.Recap rumors:killed/wounded/captured/Fled. #Libya
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Seems quite strange to me if Saif would ( or would be able to) contact the ICC in The Hague from Libya..he would be tracked down immediately
France info
La reddition annoncée du fils Kadhafi, Saïf al Islam
L’annonce provient d’un haut responsable militaire du CNT, le Conseil national de transition désormais au pouvoir en Libye. Le fils du dictateur déchu, Saïf al Islam Kadhafi, et l’ancien chef du renseignement libyen, en fuite, proposeraient de se rendre la Cour pénale internationale, à la Haye.
More and source:
www.france-info.com/monde-afrique-2011-...
Please watch
GADDAFI’S MASSACRE
this is to all people who still believe that it was cruel of the libyans to kill Gaddafi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywb5Fedv5O0&fea...
reuters_italia Reuters Italia
Libia, figlio di Gheddafi Saif vuole consegnarsi a Corte Onu reut.rs/vsNpOb
BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News
No confirmation Saif al-Islam #Gaddafi & Abdullah #Senussi proposing to hand themselves in, ICC says – Reuters bbc.in/tjNf0
Tweeting Tripoli
Where do Reuters get their news from, Syrian Alrai TV? #Saif #Senussi #ICC
AHA!!!!!!!!!!!
#SalemJuha head of #Misrata military council on @AJArabic at 3 pm EST, 9 pm Libya time.
Assia
Hearing talk that ppl saying Libyans living abroad shouldnt get positions in the new #Libya. Believe you me, we’re needed.
plemochoe plemochoe
Well anyway now we know why #saif is running like a dog with his tongue hanging out #ohsaifcomeherewehaveasurprisef oryou #libya
Libya 7orra
lol wefaq claimed he was captured though right? So who to believe!!!
Assia
Saif al-Islam is trending! Man, so nice to see something relevant to #Libya again. Thought after #Gaddafi died it would be the end of that
BBC
Dark Ages
It was to this devastation that the Hassan family returned to over the weekend.
Hoping that they would be able to move into their modest apartment near the beachfront, those hopes were dashed as soon as they saw what was left.
Every single building here bore significant bomb, rocket and bullet damage.
The family home, if you could any longer call it that, had a huge hole in the wall where the living room used to be. There was barely a single item worth salvaging from the rubble.
People returning to Sirte have been searching for loved ones
A very angry and clearly upset Dr Ahmed Hassan spoke to me briefly before returning with his family to the tent they now sharewith other families from Sirte in the desert, a short drive to the east of the town.
“I am a lecturer at the university here… What did I do to deserve this?” protested the father of five.
He did not admit whether or not he’d been a Gaddafi supporter.
Read art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15454033
MushuThaLohari
I’m pretty sure we have some pro- #Feb17 Sirtawis. I wish they’d speak up too. Getting tired of all these ex(?)-Gaddafists 1/2 #Libya #Sirte
whining on international media about their properties totally skipping some relevant facts along the way. 2/2 #Libya #Sirte #Gaddaficrimes
flyingbirdies أكرم
Saif to turn himself to ICC after he said “Tz” to ICC when they issued an arrest warrant against him. Can’t believe this! Let’s wait & see
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#SIRTE #FOUND: 267 bodies many of them believed 2have been summarily executed NTC will investigate $ Punish the perpetrators #Libya
LibyaLiberty
This business of #Saif ‘wanting’ to turn self in sounds like typical Saif hocus pocus tomfoolery.That’s right,I said tomfoolery. #Tomfoolery
Fatima
Not believing anything re: Saif #Gaddafi & Senussi till I see them being taken by ICC or by Libyan FF #lIbya
WEELULE
And the initial source as always: REUTERS , they are as good a source as Musa Abrahim, all news agents pls stop using this source
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
WD in Tripolis: Nationalfeiertag mit Rauch
wdintripolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/natio...
Huff Post
When Your Neighbor’s Fence Is on Fire: Gaddafi’s Lessons for Castro
Not only Libyans have watched, over and over, that short video of Gaddafi’s last moments. On this side of the Atlantic, millions of curious eyes have also stared at the scene. In several Latin American presidential palaces it is likely that the death throes of this autocrat have been observed with special attention. We can’t forget that we live in countries repeatedly fascinated, and cheated, by caudillos.
In Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution, for example, the fall of this important ally in North Africa has no doubt generated worry and uncertainty, but also great fear. Lately, all across the country, one of the most popular refrains warns, “When you see your neighbor’s fence on fire, turn the hose on your own.”
More:
www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2011/1...
MushuThaLohari MushuThaLohari
I don’t buy the latest scoop about Saif and Senussi offering to hand themselves to the #ICC,BUT as far as I know the ICC 1/3 #Libya #Feb17
does not have a death sentence, right?So for Saif (+Seunssi) it’s either life imprisonment (ICC), death sentence (Libyan court), 2/3 #Libya
being assassinated (he has plenty of enemies), or staying on the run and looking behind his back for the rest of his life. 3/3 #Libya
acarvin CNN:
ICC tells Reuters they have no idea what they’re talking about re: Saif Gaddafi surrendering. #libya
ViewsUnlimited
it remains to be seen if #saif will ever be tried at #ICC #knowstoomuchtoo
Reuters
Newsmaker: Gaddafi son may prefer surrender to death, after all
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi once vowed to fight and die on Libyan soil, but now he may be ready to hand himself in to the International Criminal Court rather than suffer his father’s gruesome fate.
An official of the National Transitional Council said on Wednesday that Saif al-Islam, the only one of Muammar Gaddafi’s eight children still on the run, had proposed surrendering to the Hague-based ICC, where he is wanted on war crimes charges.
Any surrender would mark another U-turn by Saif al-Islam, an internationally well-connected philanthropist and liberal reformer who turned abruptly into a soldier ready to die rather than capitulate when rebels rose up against his father.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/us-l...
Reuters
Chemical weapons in Libya under guard: NTC
Chemical weapons have been found in Libya by National Transitional Council forces and have been secured, a representative of the movement that ousted the late Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/us-l...
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
‘Today we reconcile together’ says a big billboard in english and arabic, downtown Tripoli.
Geeft Media min Mahmoud Shamam me zijn mobiele nummer kun je t niet bereiken….;(
Can’t reach min Shamam concerning Saif/Senoussi, despite the fact I got his nr yesterday…;(
I blame it on network failure…
MariaGolovnina Maria Golovnina
#NTC humanitarian aid centre in #baniwalid – ppl queuing for water, biscuits, pasta, baby milk, rice, no one wants to talk, grim faces
ICC spokesperson : “We have no confirmation so far. We are trying to get in touch with #NTC to get more information.” #Saif
Cyrenaican ياسين بنغازي
International diplomacy of NTC has been great. Internally working with them is difficult…
Most of hard work, by most I mean all, of this revolution comes from bottom up; local organic initiatives, not executive decisions by NTC
That being said, I am infinitely thankful for invaluable work NTC has done, they helped in keeping ppl living in freed areas, telecom, 1/2
Bringing international recognition, no fly zone, etc. 2/2
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Met Giuma Bukleb and Dr.Mohamed al-Mufti at Libyan embassy went for lunch discussed Libya’s expected interim government and challenges ahead
While I am still optimistic and Bukleb is cautious, Dr. Mufti is concerned about the critical period ahead and seem rather apprehensive
We all agreed that NTC needs to put a clear vision and road map and bring competent people to the government and change people situation
Otherwise disillusionment and frustration will seep into people and will give way to desperation and extremism
Incompetence and lack of vision and clear plan by NTC for the next critical period in Libya will cause chaos and instability
Armed groups in Libya are not a problem if a strong government is competent and able to deliver stability and basic needs to build trust
NTC had an easy ride in past 8months with people but won’t be the case in next 8months, if show incompetence they will face harsh criticism
Bloomberg
Libyan Economy to Contract More Than 50% This Year, IMF Says
Libya’s economy will contract more than 50 percent in 2011 after eight months of fighting that paralyzed its oil industry, the International Monetary Fund said.
“The conflict has had a severe impact on economic activity heavily dependent on hydrocarbons,” which account for more than 70 percent of output and 95 percent of exports, the fund said today in its Regional Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia. “International sanctions and consequent denial of access to foreign exchange have limited the ability to finance imports of goods and services, resulting in severe disruptions in the non-hydrocarbon sectors.”
Read more:
www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-26/li...
Sirtawi
Our colleague, Samia, managed to go to #Sirte to check on her house in #2 (PIC) & Ibn Sina Hptl to see requirements.
pic.twitter.com/PilMgwpZ
Another image from Samia’s house in #2 #Sirte (Interior PIC). #SirteCrisis #Libya #Feb17
pic.twitter.com/QJpD1nvP
CBS
NATO puts off end to Libya air patrols
BRUSSELS – NATO postponed a definite decision to end its bombing campaign in Libya as consultations continued Wednesday with the U.N. and the country’s interim government over how and when to wind down the operation.
Last week, the alliance announced preliminary plans to phase out its mission on Oct. 31. NATO’s governing body — the North Atlantic Council, or NAC — was expected to formalize that decision Wednesday.
More:
www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-20125835/n...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Abdel Majid Mlegta from Zlitan claiming that #Saif is about to hand himself in to #ICC. Anyone else share that opinion? #Libya
Nezar
Russian PM Putin says disgusted by TV images of #Gaddafi’s last minutes – AFP. Vafancollo, who cares!
Sarah
Maybe Mr Saif need a reminder : Journalist asks Saif “They say they will hand you to the ICC?” – Saif Gaddafi “(Toz) Screw the ICC” #Aug23
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Seriously I Dont believe this at all: #Saif suggests to turn himself in to ICC #Libya #NTC
#Musa Kusa DENIED any involvement or knowledge abt #Lockerbie bombing or Killing of Constable #Yvonne #Fletcher #Libya
goo.gl/SBBsF
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#SIRTE #FOUND: 267 bodies many of them believed 2have been summarily executed NTC will investigate $ Punish the perpetrators #Libya
Kim May
Reuters and AP are own by Rothschild family. you wont get real news from either. You will get what they want you to hear.
CNN
U.S. enters Libya, leaves Iraq
U.S. security policy showed the effects of two substantial pivots this past week: ramping down our role in regime transformation in one Arab country even while ramping up our responsibility in another.
First to Libya, where the death of Moammar Gadhafi has finally ended the first act of what promises to be a long drama. As Iraq and Afghanistan have amply proven, collapsing the old regime is the easy part; building a functioning civil society is the real challenge.
Gadhafi’s apparent execution after he was captured, on top of the still unexplained murder of the anti-Gadhafi forces’ commander Abdel Fattah Younis three months ago, highlights the chaos and infighting that still exist in Libya and the need to help the Libyans build a viable state.
Art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/25/opinion/hayd...
National Post
Highest profile Gaddafi son, Saif al-Islam, proposes handing himself to International Criminal Court
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi propose to hand themselves in to the International Criminal Court, a senior official with Libya’s National Transitional Council said on Wednesday.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters from Libya.
Spokesman for the Hague court Fadi El Abdallah said: “We don’t have confirmation about this now. We are trying to contact the NTC for more information.”
Saif al-Islam is wanted by the war crimes court, as was his late father. There is also a warrant out for Senussi.
Read more:
news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/26/highes...
Global Post
South African mercenaries stuck in Libya: reports
South African mercenaries, said to have been contracted to help Muammar Gaddafi escape from Sirte, remain stranded in Libya, according to Afrikaans media reports
Art.:
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/region...
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
why weren’t mercenaries also executed w/ Gaddafi- white south africans?
bilal H.B.
Can anyone remind me why i have to defend my people after killing Gaddafi?I don’t remember USA and UK saying sorry about co-operating with G
Some people need to #OccupyThereMinds before talking trash about others
It does feel like a month long celebrations in Libya every day we celebrate Gaddafi’s death with new ways
i’m Libya and a guy so that makes me a lawyer for Libyan guys
In the famous Gaddafi speech of zenga zenga he said “Kill Kill Kill” so we listened to it he said and did exactly what he ordered
Weapons & Mercenaries & troops & Media & PR campaign & the genral costs of war costed Gaddafi 200 Billions and lost it . you can #OWS
Ghazala
Anyone from Cairo want to go to Libya with me next week?
Libyan UN envoy:
No NTC soldier shot Gadhafi, he died of previously sustained wounds
lyingbirdies
I was in Sirt on 20th & 21 Oct took photos are here bit.ly/n3KYz5 more to be uploaded when I have time
AP
Official: Gadhafi’s intelligence chief in Niger
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s intelligence chief, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has slipped into the desert nation of Niger and is hiding in the expanse of dunes at the Niger-Algeria border, a Niger presidential adviser said late Wednesday.
Abdullah al-Senoussi entered Niger several days ago in a convoy piloted by Tuaregs, the traditional desert dwellers who remained fiercely loyal to Gadhafi until the end, the adviser, who could not be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press by telephone from Niger.
Read more:
goo.gl/Ke2ua
Sarah
Porte-Parole CPI : “Nous n’avons pour le moment aucune confirmation. Nous tentons d’entrer en contact avec le #CNT pour plus d’information”
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
##NATO says; #Libya discussion moved to Friday to accommodate ongoing consultations with United Nations and National Transitional Council
Jalil in #Doha Qatar: "We look forward to #NATO continuing its operations until END of the year.” #Libya
#Jalil now in Doha says: We need help from neighbouring and friendly countries to STOP flight of Gaddafi Loyalists 2other countries #Libya
Qatar MajorGeneral Hamad binAli AlAtiya : Hundreds of Qatari soldiers had joined #Libya rebel forces on the ground battling Gaddafi troops
NEW #Alliance :
“Committee of Friends to support #Libya”
Qatar leads 13 Countries who will work on #Libya territory without sending troops
New Alliance Formed; “Committee of Friends to support #Libya” 13 countries will Help #Libya with training, arming and collection of weapons
Nameer
#seif aint going to be #seif in #Libya he will be seifer in the #Hague
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Regarding Saif, I’d rather believe Wefaq than Reuters/AlArabiya.
Soug ElJumaa celebrations bit.ly/w0Ox9p via @SajaR26 I hope this euphoria never ends, la la la la la la lala..
Tasbeeh شرقاوية
RIGHT NOW: Libyans have been stuck at the Tunisian and Libyan border for over seven hours now. #Libya
Libyans that have left #Libya thru #Tunisia haven’t been able to cross the border b/c Tunisian authorities refusing to stamp entry.
My cousin is at the border, says a fight broke out; a group of Libyan women were refused entry thru the Tunisian border.
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
When my aunt’s husband joked about marrying again because of the husband deficit caused by the war she’d tell him “go fight for your country and if you come back safe and sound, I’ll find you another wife myself”.
Sarah
#SalemJuha head of #Misrata military council on #AJA #Libya
Salem JuHa : “When #Gaddafi knew that the Area 2 of #Sirte was almost totally under FFs control he decided to escape.” #Libya
Salem JuHa : “We were sure Mutassim was in this convoy but We didn’t know for #Gaddafi, it was a surprise.” #Libya
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Misrata Commander Salem Jhay on AlJazeera right now. Love this guy.
Jhay: We received information that Gaddafi was due to leave Sirte, all fronts were commanded to move forward into District 2.
Correction: Jhay said we received information of ‘unusual movement’ in district 2. Info on Gaddafi received around 11 am.
Jhay: Gaddafi was holding his silver gun with his finger on the trigger when the f fighters found him.
Jhay: Tawargha’s residents fled, not in fear of Misrata’s fighters, but in fear of their own crimes.
Jhay: Working with the f fighters was a lot easier than with soldiers, they are more dynamic, more imaginative and more willing.
LIBYAN LEADER GADDAFI SAND SCULPTURE ‘END OF 42 YRS TYRANNY’
Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi within a bunker to mark an end of 42 yrs dictatorship at Puri beach of Orissa.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDJ8TR7C1ZY&fea...
Sarah
Gaddafi’s gold ring with “Safia al farkash” – his wife’s name – engraved on it. #Gaddafi #Libya –
pic.twitter.com/YXHcm53v
ShahrazadKablan Shahrazad Kablan
Sirt..More Libyan prisoners found underground prisons
Are you kidding about Sky News ?? “@MatogSaleh: Im so happy !!! #Gadaffi has died and i have landed a job with SKYNEWS !! :D :D”
il be a producer. Working with Stuart Ramsay :)"
Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam may turn self in to the Hague
The adviser, who could not be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press by telephone from Niger that Abdullah al-Senoussi entered Niger several days ago in a convoy piloted by Tuaregs, the traditional desert dwellers who remained fiercely loyal to Gadhafi until the end.
Both Reuters and the Arab network al-Arabiya are reporting that Muammar Qaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussiare are proposing to hand themselves into the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
A senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council, Libya’s interim government, said that Saif and the intelligence chief, al-Sensussiare, have made the overture to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters from Libya.
Full art.:
feb17.info/news/gaddafi-son-saif-al-isl...
Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi congratulated Libya in their freedom and says he will travel to Libya in the near future, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast announced on Wednesday
AP
Moammar Gadhafi’s intelligence chief, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, Abdualla Senussi, has slipped into the desert nation of Niger and is hiding in the expanse of dunes at the Niger-Algeria border, a Niger presidential adviser said late Wednesday.
Russia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was disgusted by television images of Muammar Gaddafi’s last minutes and his corpse after death, but stopped short of making any political statements on the issue.
AP
Gadhafi, 69, was buried Tuesday along with his son Muatassim and former Defense Minister Abu Bakr Younis after the military council in the city of Misrata ordered a reluctant Muslim cleric to say the required prayers.
Sudan
Sudan gave weapons, ammunition and other assistance to the former Libyan rebels who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, a response to the slain leader’s support for Sudan’s own insurgencies, President Omar al-Bashir said on Wednesday.
Libya
Libya is asking the UN Security Council to hold up on lifting the no-fly zone it imposed and ending its authorization to protect civilians until the transitional government makes an official request, possibly before October.
Telegraph
Libya’s interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said Wednesday that NATO should extend its air patrols over the country through the end of 2011 due to threat from remnants of Gaddafi forces.
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Fire works in London tonight celebrating Diwali, now whenever I hear banging I assume its celebratory fire even in London :)
Salah Ghaly exclusively sings a song for the injured on Libya Awalan t.v. Channel.
libyanproud libyanandproud
offering to turn himself in
saif hasn’t left Libya yet ;)
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Feeling really sad hearing the AJA interview with Misrata’s military commander… I don’t blame them for treating Gaddafi the way they did
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
AJA interviewt Salem Juha, militaire leider Misrata Revol Strijders, hij was erbij toen zijn strijders Gaddafi vonden, vertelt in detail..
BravoLibyans
IF Saif Gaddafi DID NOT TURN Himself in HE WILL BE DEAD BY This Saturday night reports say..thy know his HIDING PLACE
Azania
Like father like son, he won’t surrender.
Finbarr
Saif, warrior to the death, or until he gets scared and seeks to avoid his father’s fate by surrendering to ICC
BK Matewe
O boima- RT- Gaddafi son may prefer surrender to death, after all reut.rs/tyTsow"
Mushu
It was awesome to be able to choose “Benghazi, Libya (Benina Airport)” as the destination. I even found the perfect tickets! :p
Armchair Arab
I honestly think Qatar is just trying to keep a balanced position with huge iran so close.
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Seïf Al-Islam Kadhafi propose de se rendre, selon le CNT #Libye tinyurl.com/3wutmed
Sarah
GRAPHIC –
Gaddafi answer to peacefull protest.. mA look the smile on their faces – tumblr.com/ZPvHvwB8vVkb -#GaddafiCrimes #Libya
or:
libyafromfrance.tumblr.com/post/1196044...
Abdullah
I should admit that I never used Twitter prior to FEB17. I now need a rehab for the addiction.
Boston News
Hugo Chavez: ‘There is no government in Libya’
CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he won’t recognize Libya’s new government and predicted more war in the country.
The Venezuelan leader condemned the killing of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, whom he had considered a friend. He defended Gadhafi throughout the conflict and strongly criticized NATO’s military involvement in the country.
“For us, there is no government in Libya,” Chavez told reporters at the presidential palace.
“We don’t recognize the government that NATO has installed. It’s installed a government through bombs in Libya and through a genocide … and an assassination,” Chavez said.
Read more:
www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/...
4Adam Adam
Hugo Chavez says he won’t recognize Libya’s new govt. “there is no government in #Libya after Gaddafi”
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
good, because we couldn’t care less what Chavez thinks about us.
Sarah
“No retreat and no surrender”, “Venezuela” #Saif #Joke #Libya –
pic.twitter.com/j8EIC0Aq
dadlani
reuters claims Abdel Majid Mlegta from Zlitan told them Saif will turn himself to ICC – whats your take on it ?
Honeybal
this is what will happen, how, when and where, I have notin 2 say But 4 sure he is protected and will not face his father’s faith.
how did Mr. Mlegta knew what #Saif is thinking about if he is at the boarders with Niger? handing him to ICC will be done by #NTC.
lets think : #gaddafi=rat=sewage-pipe #saif=mouse= Hamster-wheel #libya
Press TV
Saif al-Islam wants to surrender to ICC
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the influential second son of the slain Libyan ruler, and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi propose to surrender to the International Criminal Court.
Source:
www.presstv.ir/detail/206782.html
SUMMARY OCTOBER 27th 2011
10/27/11
10.27.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
Matog Saleh
Boiled Egg.. Humpty Dumpty.#Saif #Gadaffi is shi**ing himself and is scared of the people he once threatened !! #Libya is too good for you!!
hahahaha !! :D .. look at this .. #Bashar in the #Gadaffi outfit !! #Libya #Syria
twitter.com/#!/MatogSaleh/status/129305251059744768/photo/1
Just look at the view !! #Tobruk could be the most amazing city in the World #Libya pic.twitter.com/Me6cVi12
NPR
NPR celebrates crazy forum troll’s decision to practice unlicensed medicine in Libya
A young man with a history of paranoid writings and no combat or medical experience gets an uncritical interview
NPR’s “Morning Edition” profiles Kevin Dawes, a brave young American who went to Libya as a medical aid worker last summer, but who ended up taking up arms against
pro-Gadhafi forces. It’s an inspiring tale of one man’s courage, and also one man’s possible mental illness. Because as numerous NPR commenters have pointed out, Dawes isn’t a “medical aid worker,” he’s an unbalanced Internet forum troll who taught himself rudimentary medicine on YouTube.
Link:
politics.salon.com/2011/10/26/npr_celeb...
Cyrenaican ياسين بنغازي
what in the WORLD…people like kevin dawes FREAK ME OUT
cannot stand these war tourists, angers me so much that they got to see any ‘action’ in libya…the struggle means nothing to them.
bunch of freakin sickos. if you’re not invested in it, if you dont believe in it, get out.
that goes for glory hogs too
MushuThaLohari MushuThaLohari
Sick!
NoonArabia نون عربيه
Protesters in #Hodeida chanted “Oh Ali, you will leave barefoot after #Gaddafi” & “#Gaddafi while leaving take with you Ali Afashi” #Yemen
Libya_Awake_United
Libyans! Roll up you sleeves … The mission just begin! long road is up ahead #Libya #Feb17
twitpic.com/767jge
Sirtawi
According to Sahifat Albaida, a group of missing people were found in a secret prison in #Sirte. Still TBC .. #Feb17 #Libya
BRILLIANT:
Can we have an Arabic version of this brilliantly made Bitchometer, please? Courtesy of @rima_misurata.
pic.twitter.com/mKJAbxZB
CBC
ANALYSIS | After the revolution, Libya’s challenges
When they heard the loud booms of the explosions, they would hide. The sound of machine guns sent them running into their parents’ arms.
That was then. On Sunday, these same young people clapped and screamed in delight as the sounds of explosions, this time fireworks, filled the air.
Over the next years and decades, they will be the ones to help transform Libya from dictatorship to democracy.
Taghdi is one of many Libyans who had been living abroad but who have now come back to help rebuild their homeland.
In his case, he had been living in Mississauga and was teaching engineering at York University in Toronto. His daughters remain in Canada, where they study.
“They get a much better education there,” he said. But his goal is to try to change that, so the Libyan students here will have the same advantages as those studying abroad.
“It will not be easy,” a man told me in Tripoli’s Martyr’s Square a few nights ago. “But we have an advantage. We ripped the head off the entire regime here and got rid of it. That means we can start fresh.”
Read more:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/10/26/...
Ordinary people may forget but the oppressed will never forget the oppressor via @Gaddafestrophe
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
NATO did protect civilians and thousands of us are living happily and peacefully now.
Telegraph
Libya: Musa Kusa defends record as leading Gaddafi official
Musa Kusa, the former Libyan foreign minister and spy chief who defected to London, has mounted the first full defence of his record as a leading Gaddafi official and denied charges of torture and murder.
Mr Kusa issued a lengthy statement claiming his innocence of a string of charges from involvement in the Lockerbie bombing to accruing a private fortune.
He said he was “appalled” when Col Gaddafi turned his guns on his own people at the start of the uprising against his rule but “because of the nature of Gaddafi’s rule I was unable to do anything”.
“I have never tortured anyone nor been involved in torture,” he said. “I also had no involvement of any kind or knowledge of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 or the murder of WPC Fletcher in 1984.”
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Oil and Finance Minister Ali #Tarhouni: #NTC is Delaying Exports of natural #Gas until it can satisfy domestic needs for the Fuel #Libya
shadihamid
Really shouldn’t be all that surprising that #Egypt, #Tunisia & #Libya are each Islamizing to different degrees.
Guardian
Gaddafi’s driver on the endgame: ‘He didn’t seem to know what to do’
Huneish Nasr, who served Gaddafi for 30 years, tells how denial and confusion marked the final days of a crumbling regime
Huneish Nasr last saw the boss he served for 30 years standing in the ruins of Sirte looking confused as all hell broke loose around them.
“Everything was exploding,” said Nasr, Muammar Gaddafi’s personal driver, recalling the moments before the deposed dictator was caught last week. “The revolutionaries were coming for us. He wasn’t scared, but he didn’t seem to know what to do. It was the only time I ever saw him like that.”
Still wearing the blood-spattered purple checked shirt he wore last Thursday when Gaddafi was killed, Nasr, a man in his mid-60s, said his former boss could not seem to grasp what was unfolding around him.
“He was strange,” said Nasr. "He was always standing still and looking to the west. I didn’t see fear in him.
“I was with him for 30 years and I swear by God that I never saw any bad behaviour in him. He was always just the boss.
He said he only saw Gaddafi again in September after he left had Tripoli with four other men – Mansour Dhao, Mohammed Fahima (the driver who replaced him), Izzedin al-Shira (a security chief) and Abdullah Khamis.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/ga...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
2 #NTC members who swore on Koran never 2Reveal Location accompanied the 2 Gaddafi’s +Younis body to their final resting place #Libya
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Saw evidence of massive looting of a camp in #tripoli. It happened after Aug 25. nothing left, incredible vandalism. very sad. #libya
camp of a european oil service company in hadba area
Sami Rayes, formerly #LIA (libyan Investment Authority) apparently new CBL (Central Bank of #Libya) governor.
the camp was not looted during uprising.it only got destroyed after fall of #tripoli.saw many similar evidence in recent days
sorry to say, but saw photos that some where the FF themselves(also @ my house).lets follow jaleel and forgive
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
There were people that exploited the lack of security sadly… many were captured by FF
Some were even caught parading as FF but thankfully looting has been quite limited/rare in TIP
MUST READ:
Guardian
The west wrings its hands over dead Gaddafi photos, but war is always hell
The grisly spectacle of Muammar Gaddafi’s death and posthumous career as Misrata’s most popular body art exhibit may not have been very edifying, and news that the deposed dictator of Libya has been quietly buried at a secret desert location has to be welcome.
The Arab spring became The Autumn of the Patriarch, as his dead body haunted the new era. No wonder a Libyan was quoted as saying he has given more trouble dead than alive. Yet the main trouble dead Gaddafi has given is to expose the fundamental shallowness and sentimentality of the western democracies’ support for Arab revolution and in particular our military intervention in Libya.
To get upset by photographs of the dead Gaddafi is to pretend we did not know we went to war at all. It is to fantasise that our own role is so just and proper and decent that it is not bloody at all.
Why have the photographs and films of Gaddafi’s end caused so much fuss and bother? Because they show us the reality of war that we are usually so good at ignoring. In 10 years of wars since 9/11 the worst pictures, the trophy images of the dead and grotesque scenes of roadside slaughter, have been kept away from the mainstream media, to be sought on the internet by those who wish to sup on horrors.
But for once, with the death of Gaddafi, we have seen the face of war, washed in blood, bathed in cruelty. The horrible and haunting pictures of his last moments and his public exhibition simply show us, for once, what the wars of our time and all times look like. If we don’t like what we see we must stop this foolish pretence that war, however “just”, can ever be anything but a brutal mess.
Art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/o...
Mr Saif Toz ou Mme Saifia Tozza
a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4...
Une chanson de la bataille de Bab Laazizia
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...! #libye
Khadija Ali
Google search: “Libyan” ….. Did you mean “HERO”?
Khadija Ali
I have been trying to reach TNC to give them a proposal to remove the mines in Libya but it seems they’re dead!
Anybody know whats going on on the Tunisian-Libyan border? Why aren’t Libyans being allowed to cross?
Radio Netherlands
When is Gaddafi legally dead?
Questions about posthumous legal procedures over the killing of a suspect of international crimes follow in the wake of Gaddafi’s murder. He was suspected by the International Criminal Court of crimes against humanity. But how can international law accomodate his death before his arrest?
Gaddafi’s vast assets beg many questions – not least, of access by victims. Honing its case in on him personally, the ICC found reasonable grounds to believe that Gaddafi was an indirect perpetrator of crimes against humanity. He was at the centre of the court’s investigation.
Suspect dies before arrest
However, the ICC does not provide for cases of death before arrest. The circumstances surrounding Gaddafi’s death are similar to those of ICC Ugandan LRA suspect Raska Lukwiya. He was indicted in 2005 but then killed on the battlefield in a fight between LRA rebels and Ugandan forces in 2006. But the judges’ decision in Prosecutor vs. Raskka Lukwiya is likely to be applied in Gaddafi’s case.
Full art.:
www.rnw.nl/international-justice/articl...
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Remember when Beyonce was payed $2 million in blood money to attend the Gaddafi’s new year’s eve party?
MUST READ:
FP
Libya’s Sexual Revolution
How the uprising turned young Libyan men from hopeless layabouts into marriageable heroes.
When it comes to love, Muammar al-Qaddafi’s Libya was unlucky for unmarried 33-year-old truck driver Ahmed Nori Faqiar.
Lack of means forced him to live unhappily at his childhood home well into adulthood.
“Before, I was not even daring to look at girls as wife material, because I knew I could not afford” to get married, say Faqiar now.
These days, though, Faqiar wears the mismatched camouflage of Libya’s rebels and a dashing bandana on his head, pirate-style. He carries a gun. He is a veteran of battles for Libyans’ freedom from Qaddafi’s regime — and it’s the women who are talking to him.
“Girls around the area come up to you and say, ‘Thank you! You made us proud, you made us happy,’” Faqiar told me one night recently.
Nearby, young women — a group of cousins and neighbors, clustered together, in long skirts and shirts and head coverings — said the same, and laughed about taking their pick of a husband from among the rebels when the war was done.
Before the revolution, young men her age “were just lazing around in the streets, no future. I didn’t care about them at all,” said Esra’a el-Gadi, 20. “Now I look at them in a totally new light — they stood up against Qaddafi. It’s something.”
“Forget doctors and engineers: We want to marry a rebel,” one of the widely circulated text messages goes. “Looking for a rebel to wed?” another SMS asks: “Press ‘M’ for a husband from Misrata, ‘B’ for a husband from Benghazi…”
Read more:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/...
Michael
I wish Reuters would get those NTC members to swear on the Qur’an the next time they say where #Saif is. #Libya
BentBenghazi G
Moussa Koussa (terrorist, rapist, murderer, monster) is now a citizen of Jorda
Boy gets hit by celebratory gunfire bullet in celebrations in Al-Baidah
(Warning: Video is disturbing)
This is first hand proof of what celebratory gunfire can do – KILL. This young boy is riding on a fire truck during celebrations in Baidah when out of no where a celebratory gunshot hit him in the head. His condition is unknown, but seeing as it did hit this young boy in his head it is likely his was killed.
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-boy-gets-hit-by-...
samiyusuf:
QOTD:
“God must #love the #common #man, he made so many of them.” #AbrahamLincoln
SMILE
Statistics:
Last year 4,153,273 people got married……..
Hmmmmmm shouldn’t that be an even number?..
Heba
no one really knows what Libyans have suffered for 42 years including Libyans ! The stories are just too many to tell #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
CN Monitor
How a daring band of anti-Qaddafi activists helped turn the tide in Tripoli
Special report: The small anti-Qaddafi Free Generation Movement took huge risks to raise rebel flag and post video of flash protests. The insights they gained in challenging the regime may help shape a new Libya.
The few anti-Qaddafi activists working secretly in Tripoli during the war knew they were racing against time – and to stay ahead of the intelligence agents hunting them.
They were the enemy within, the “rats” Col. Muammar Qaddafi wanted pursued down every alley and inside every closet.
They didn’t win the war: The rebel military assaults instead came from the east and then the west. But in Tripoli they took grave risks to raise the rebel flag, spread leaflets, and burned pictures of Qaddafi. Perhaps most important, they filmed and broadcast their actions – heartening fellow Libyans and letting the world know that opposition could exist, even here.
Read more:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/201...
Assomood
4 buried bodies found at south of Misrata " Timmina"..the bodies seems to be of civilians from Misrata who been killed by Gaddafi troops…
feb17libya:
Here is a grat segment providing a taste of evidence of mass torture and killings at the command of Mussa Kussa:
Video:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/sharon_lynch/...
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#Saadi #Gadaffi here flirting with his Gay lover #Libya
pic.twitter.com/kM6aG7tW
ArmchairArab Armchair Arab
People talking about Libya being a new Dubai are well intentioned but misguided.
bilal H.B.
“Hey buddy it’s warm in here and every one thinks i’m a hero and say they’re proud of you!” Gaddafi calling Bashar from hell
Guardian
Where is Gaddafi’s vast arms stockpile?
The former Libyan leader amassed an enormous collection of military hardware during his decades in power. Much of it is now sitting virtually unguarded. Is it now destined to end up on the black market?
Soon after the brutal Muammar Gaddafi met his savage and ignominious end, David Cameron spoke of his pride at the UK’s role in the dictator’s overthrow. But was he as
proud of the almost €120m-worth of weapons that Britain had sold to the dictator since 2005, which helped to keep his despotic regime in power?
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/ga...
Telegraph
Libya: exclusive pictures from Misurata by Telegraph photographer Geoff Pugh
Misurata, 125 miles (200km) east of the capital Tripoli, is the last rebel bastion in western Libya. Gaddafi’s forces appear bent on seizing the city and crucially its port, which some analysts say Gaddafi needs if he is to survive a long conflict. Telegraph photographer Geoff Pugh travelled from Benghazi to the embattled city on a fishing boat, and sent back these exclusive pictures.
Men carry the coffin of one of 23 people killed in a Grad rocket attack on the Ghasr Ahmad district of Misurata
Click here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleri...
honeybal
When I think to my self how we managed to live in #Misratah for 6 months with #Gafdafi closing all the ways in and out including an under attack port, I come to the conclusion that mighty has planed all of this, how?
Well, Mis is a logistic point for imported food, fule, medical supplies…..
On 19.2.2011 when the uprise took place after the funeral of my cousin Khaled who was shot in the 1st peaceful demonstration, there ware 1500 new chinese pickups parked at the football yard, this was and still used to fight Gad. forces with arms mounted on it.
There was food ready to be distributed to the near by cities, food enough for the city for 9 months, this food was used to fed not only Misratis but also the effected foreigners
There ware lots of medical supplies as well, which was used until help arrived from abroad,
All of this made me think the timing and this facilities was not by accident, there is some one behind
Some one called God.
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Great event happening in Dubai on November 8: Friends Of Libya’s Children Football Match #Dubai #Libya RT
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Guardian
Sirte hotel killings may amount to war crime, says UK defence minister
Nick Harvey tells MPs it is ‘virtually impossible’ for Britain to investigate murder of 53 people by anti-Gaddafi forces
The circumstances surrounding the death of Muammar Gaddafi must be properly investigated, and the murder of more than 50 people by forces opposed to the former Libyan dictator in a hotel in Sirte could amount to a war crime, senior British defence officials have said.
Art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/si...
GADDAFI’S MASSACRE
this is to all people who still believe that it was cruel of the libyans to kill Gaddafi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywb5Fedv5O0&fea...
AliTweel Ali Tweel
that’s it, first thing I will do when I get my first salary is getting a 2way internet satellite then stopping my LibyaTT contract.
Hanan
Gaddafi Tank runs over car killing family- Benghazi.
Reminder to sympahizers why Gaddafi met the fate he did :
Libya Benghazi tank passes through the two young men in the car
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgxo4LX5kI
Sky news
Sky News Traces Gaddafi’s Last Stand In Sirte
Sirte is utterly destroyed. In just a few weeks this pristine show town, the birthplace and beneficiary of Colonel Gaddafi’s largesse, has been reduced to rubble.
A tsunami of fighting has swept this seaside town away. Those returning to the battlefield are picking through the rubble looking for anything they can salvage.
I visited here a few months ago under the control of Col Gaddafi’s minders. The people said they would fight to the end in support of the “Brother Leader”.
As the rebels advanced they warned the citizens: “Give up or face annihilation.”
Art.:
m.sky.com/skynews/article/news/16096980
News 24
Putin voices ‘disgust’ at Gaddafi coverage
Moscow – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed his “disgust” at the global media Wednesday for its graphic coverage of ousted Libyan leader Muammar
Gaddafi’s death.
The overwhelming favourite in next year’s Russian presidential elections told an election campaign meeting that he found the TV coverage immoral and blamed journalists for failing a basic ethics test.
Art.:
www.news24.com/World/News/Putin-voices-...
Daily Mail
Found, Gaddafi’s chemical weapons: Deadly arsenal was hidden despite pledge to Blair
The tyrant made the ‘Deal in the Desert’ and promised to get rid of his WMDs
Mr Blair defends his decision to embrace Gaddafi by trumpeting the idea that he forced the dictator to give up his weapons
Full art.:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-205398...
News 24
Niger ‘obliged’ to co-operate with ICC
The Hague – Niger has an obligation to co-operate in bringing to justice Libyan fugitives Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi, wanted by the International Criminal Court, a court spokesperson said on Wednesday.
“There is definitely an obligation on Niger to co-operate as it is a state party to the Rome Statute,” the ICC’s founding document, said Fadi El Abdallah.
But he slapped down media reports suggesting either man wanted to hand himself
over to the ICC, saying he had “no information or confirmation.”
Read more:
www.news24.com/Africa/News/Niger-oblige...
Malta Today
South African mercenaries aiding Gaddafi escape ‘fled for lives’ to Malta
An unknown number of South African mercenaries reportedly fled to Malta by boat from Tripoli, after finding themselves ‘stranded’ in Tripoli when rebel forces entered the city last August.
Reports appearing today in the South African media say that three groups of South African former military and police officers were contracted by a company “close to Gaddafi” to assist in the ousted dictator’s family flight to safety.
According to South Africa’s News24 website and Beeld newspaper, the three groups of mercenaries were recruited to provide armed security to Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam, who is currently seeking a deal to hand himself over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Art.:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/2011/1027/so...
News 24
SA men in Libya ‘helping Gaddafi’s son’
Johannesburg – Elements of the group of South Africans allegedly involved in the late Muammar Gaddafi’s failed escape attempt last week are apparently still taking care of one of Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam.
Al-Islam and his brother, Mot’assim, were at their father’s side all the time as he moved first from Tripoli and then between various hiding places in his home town of Sirte.
Al-Islam was generally regarded as his father’s successor.
Read more:
www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-men-...
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
france says a proposed extension of NATO’s mission in #libya would be studied… Request made by NTC
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#UN security council meets today in #NewYork to vote an end to #Libya operations by #Nato
libyanproud:
Breaking : Jalil arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia . #Feb17 #Libya
BBC: Tunisian court frees the detained former Gaddafi prime minister Al-Mahmoudi, a lawyer tells Reuters #Libya #Tunisia
dovenews Libyan™
Oman to give refuge to Gaddafi’s family. #Libya #Oman
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: #Tunisia to decide on November 23 on #NTC request for ex-PM Baghdadi extradition to #Tripoli
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Breaking: Austrian Airlines not to resume flights to #tripoli before 1 Feb 2012 #libya
#Lufthansa not to resume flights to #Tripoli before 1 february 2012 #libya
I guess other #airlines will also not resume flights to #tripoli any time soon. but, i always like to hear positive surprises…
With no international #airlines except #turkish resuming flights to #tripoli, travelling to Europe remains a two days adventure #libya
Been at the #Libyan Ministry Economic Affairs in the morning: Nobody taking any decision right now. everybody waiting for the new govt.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
In Few Minutes. 15nation UN Security Council will Vote on #Russian drafted resolution 2 END U.N.mandate which set No-Fly zone over #Libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: Ex #Gaddafi PM Baghdadi released on appeal from #Tunisia jail
BREAKING: Ex #Gaddafi PM Baghdadi has been released from #Tunisia jail, but will have to wait for Nov 23 on extradition case to #Tripoli
Malta Today
ITV documentary says Gaddafi emissary ‘packed’ US$2 million for IRA in Malta
A Libyan government emissary reportedly made a stop-over in Malta earlier this year to pack some US$2 million into a suitcase that was later handed over to Irish
republican dissidents.
According to Exposure, an ITV documentary series broadcast on British television – Gaddafi, who sent ship loads of weapons to the IRA in the 1970s – wanted to exploit the growing unrest in Northern Ireland as a means of attacking Britain for supporting the overthrowing of his regime.
A source at the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, told the programme’s producers that in June – at a time when Gaddafi’s forces were suffering regular Nato bombing raids, and half of his country was in the hands of rebels – a Libyan courier flew into London carrying a heavy suitcase, inside which were bank notes wrapped in plastic, which were allegedly “packed in Malta.”
Read more:
goo.gl/GHJ9Y
Nasr
Qatar will play a major role in rebuilding Libyan army, but will Qatar also influence the building of political institutions?
Will Libya become a protectorate of the tiny gulf state?
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
To understand why #Qatar has and is playing Major role in #Libya this is a good analyses goo.gl/UP0R3
France 24
Arab Spring activists win Sakharov prize
The laureats are Mohamed Bouazizi of Tunisia, awarded posthumously, Egyptian militant Asmaa Mahfouz, Libyan dissident Ahmed al-Zubair Ahmed al-Sanusi, Syrian lawyer Razan Zeitouneh and Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat, the source added.
Libyan dissident al-Sanusi, 77, spent 31 years behind bars for opposing Moamer Kadhafi’s regime.
Read more:
www.france24.com/en/20111027-arab-sprin...
Reuters
Gaddafi son seeks aircraft to surrender: NTC source
DUBAI (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya’s southern desert so he can turn himself in to The Hague war crimes court, a source with Libya’s National Transitional Council said on Thursday.
A fearful Saif al-Islam, 39, went on the run at about the time his father met a grisly death a week ago, apparently at the hands of vengeful Libyan fighters. He has indicated he is ready to surrender to justice, as has ex-intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, NTC officials have said.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7...
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi son seeks aircraft to surrender -NTC source
Will a grad rocket do the job?
RTE News
How social media captured the death of a despot
A week after the capture and death of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, RTÉs deputy foreign editor reflects on the role social media played in the coverage of the events.
Via Twitter feeds in words and pictures they told of the offensive from the ground. Guns were being fired into the air as joyous fighters claimed victory over the regime.
Others climbed lampposts flying flags of the new Libya. Within a couple of hours by midday word spread on Twitter and into the mainstream media that Gaddafi had been captured.
Unconfirmed’ was the key word for establishment newswires and broadcast media as social sites like Twitter contributed to the reporting of a story, which would later be confirmed, incredibly, almost in its entirety.
It was the speed of the new media and the immediacy of reports from those on the ground that brought the events to light.
Full art.:
www.rte.ie/news/2011/1026/libyasocialme...
Gaddafi’s Last Stand: Sky News Retraces His Final Steps
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay has been to Sirte in Libya to retrace the final steps of Colonel Gaddafi.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyTOONuqMKk&fea...
Matog Saleh
Once again i just want to thank everyone who has helped #Libya throughout this long revolution.We appreciate it and wont ever forget it
So happy that i witnessed the whole Libyan revolution and most of it was at the front lines.Now for a new challenge in #Dubai
Jalil
he was in Qatar yesterday and it would have made sense to just nip into saudi as its next door :)
Its been a week since #Gadaffi died.. How Sad !! NOT :D :D #Libya
Al-Arabiya: A Tunisian court frees detained former Libyan PM Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi. #libya
(AFP) – Un groupe de mercenaires SA se trouve toujours en #Libye et tente d’exfiltrer #Saif, affirme le quotidien sud-africain Beeld jeudi.
(AFP) – A group of SA mercenaries is still in #Libya and attempt to exfiltrate #Saif, says South African newspaper Beeld on Thursday.
The Libyan National Army Visits to (Ras Jdair) Tunisian Border -
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g80-RZN9wck&fea...
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Tunisia frees former Libyan prime minister -lawyer
- A Tunisian court has freed former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi despite an extradition request from Libyan authorities, his lawyer said on Thursday.
“The court ruled to free him from prison,” Mabrouk Korchid told Reuters. Confirming the report, a judicial source said al-Mahmoudi was now a free man.
Link:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
libyanproud libyanandproud
ICC: Niger is obliged to cooperate with ICC in bringing Libya’s Saif al-Islam to justice. #Feb17 #Libya
my son got bitten by a mosquito on his eyelid, 2days and still puffy. what do I do ? Note: I’m in tripoli
I used twitter to identify weapons during #Feb17 now I’m using it to find remedy for mosquito bite.
Trust.org
UN to end mandate for NATO military operations in Libya
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council plans on Thursday to end its authorization for a 7-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The plan to cancel the mandate comes despite a request from Libya’s interim government for the Security Council to wait until the National Transitional Council makes a decision on whether it wants NATO to help it secure its borders.
Read more:
goo.gl/6SRyK
blakehounshell
“If the Libyan war was about saving lives, it was a catastrophic failure
libyanandproud
Take cover Blake
FreeBenghazi:
Looks like Gaddafi had #BBC talking head, Abdel Bari Atwan, on a post-mortem retainer.
libyanandproud
+1
FYI: read it here(Arabic):
goo.gl/bfYD7
libyanproud libyanandproud
Reuters report not rumor, or wait ….
Reuters the source of all rumors
libyanproud libyanandproud
I can confirm that The Sudanese sent at least two shipments of AK-47’s to #Benghazi between March and April
thank you Sudan for being the first to send arms
For the record: Sudan was the first country to send #Libya Freedom Fighters arms. #Feb17 #Libya
EAAZuz
#Libya n tweeps, stop apologizing 4 Gs death, 7 days ago..get over it. 2 join civilized world: yesterday=past / tomorrow = future
Wizard Of Technology
The FFs say " we knew #Gaddafi was inside #Sirt, but we kept it secret all time, so we could successfully finish the mission"
NYT
Rebels Said to Find Qaddafi Tie in Plot Against Iraq
When Tripoli, the Libyan capital, fell, rebel fighters found secret intelligence documents linking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to a plot by former members of Saddam Hussein’s military and Baath Party to overthrow the Iraqi government, according to an Iraqi official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The details of the plot were revealed to Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, this month in a surprise visit to Baghdad by Libya’s interim leader, Mahmoud Jibril, said the official, who demanded anonymity because the matter was supposed to be confidential. This week, Iraqi security forces responded, arresting more than 200 suspects in connection with the plot.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/world/middle...
Via Aljazeera
The UN Security Council plans on Thursday to end its authorization for a 7-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The plan to cancel the mandate comes despite a request from Libya’s interim government for the Security Council to wait until the National Transitional Council makes a decision on whether it wants NATO to help it secure its borders.
The 15-nation council will meet at 10:00 am EDT 1400 GMT to vote on a British-drafted resolution, obtained by Reuters news agency, that would terminate the UN mandate which set the no-fly zone over Libya and permitted foreign military forces to use “all necessary measures” to protect Libyan civilians.
If the resolution is approved, as expected, the UN mandate would lapse on October 31 – Reuters
The French defence minister has said he does not see a need to extend NATO’s mission in Libya, now that Muammar Gaddafi is dead and a new government is in charge.
Gerard Longuet said on Thursday that the international community should still help the new Libyan leadership but with a new mandate, focusing on political instead of military support.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Was talking to a Misrati earlier and people in #BinWaleed took Misrati families in and kept them safe when Misrata was being attacked #Libya
Cant wait to get back to #Tobruk tomorrow.I promised that when #Gadaffi was gone we would have a massive bbq.a whole lamb!Cant wait!! #Libya
Al Sununu
In Arabic there is a saying “you can’t offer something you don’t have”. If u r expecting anything from the Arab League please be realistic.
Reuters
Blog: Did Gaddafi “pass away” or was he executed?
LibyaLiberty
He committed suicide by rejecting exile and amnesty.
Al Arabiya
The fear that Islamist parties will dominate
The victory by Ennahda in Tunisia’s elections and the speech by Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, on the day he declared the country
had been liberated from the rule of Muammar Qaddafi, are raising anxiety about the future of democracies in both countries.
However, what some have called the “Arab Spring” might turn into the dominance of Islamist parties
When they take power, Islamist parties usually want to eliminate freedoms by imposing a certain type of lifestyle, as in Iran, when the Khomeini revolution toppled the Shah. Some of those who supported Khomeini at first wanted democracy and freedom, and they ended up either in prison or outside the country.
Building a modern state should not be left to Islamist hard-liners, because they have nothing to do with modernity and progress
But the anxiety over their behavior remains legitimate and there is hope that we will see, in the future of Libya and Tunisia, freedom and accountability remain the principle that dominates the revolutions in these countries.
Full art.:
english.alarabiya.net/views/2011/10/27/...
Al Arabiya
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi wants plane to surrender; Tunisia frees ex-PM al-Baghdadi
Muammar Qaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya’s southern desert so he can turn himself in to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a National Transitional Council source said on Thursday, while it emerged that a group of South African mercenaries are still looking after Saif al-Islam.
The source also said Saif al-Islam, 39, wanted the involvement of a third country − possibly Algeria or Tunisia − in a deal to get him to The Hague. “He wants to be sent an aircraft,” the source said by telephone from Libya. “He wants assurances.”
Reports that Al-Senussi passed from Niger into Mali were circulated on Thursday by security sources from both countries.
“Abdullah al-Senussi has arrived in the Malian desert, from Niger,” where he was believed to be hiding under the protection of some Tuaregs, a Niger security source said on condition of anonymity.
The information was confirmed by a security source from northern Mali, who said Senoussi was travelling with a small group.
It was not known if Saif al-Islam was travelling with the group.
South African mercenaries, who allegedly took part in Muammar Qaddafi’s failed escape bid, are still “taking care of Saif al-Islam,” the Beeld newspaper said Thursday.
The South Africans were hired by a company with close ties to Qaddafi, training his presidential guard and handling some of his offshore financial dealings, the Afrikaans-language paper said.
South Africans have also reportedly been involved in transporting Qaddafi’s gold, diamonds and foreign currency to Niger, and helping his wife and three of children flee Tripoli, the paper said.
Any surrender would mark a U-turn by Saif al-Islam, an internationally well-connected philanthropist and liberal reformer who turned abruptly into a soldier ready to die rather than capitulate when rebels rose up against his father.
“We fight here in Libya; we die here in Libya,” he told Reuters Television in an interview earlier this year.
He now appears to prefer the prospect of a Dutch prison cell rather than risk falling into the hands of NTC forces.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
nanoufijrindou
SYRT :
Repas gratuits pour les trolls venus nombreux présenter leurs condoléances
Photo:
goo.gl/8IS2I
L’ambassadeur #libye en #Inde emprisonnait les étudiants
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...!
A SYRT Le trésor de l’Etat était réparti entre famille kdadfa seulement
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CB4fGPhABxU : #Libye
Aicha ,maman Safia et les autres , retour à l’origine
Photo:
goo.gl/sCo2J
Les bédouin à la belle étoile sans la khaima
Photo:
goo.gl/Z4363
La vie du chateau n’a pas duré
Photo:
goo.gl/rHMrp
Malek
#LibyanFacts:
Mom calls looking 4 ABORTION tabs 4 Rape Victims in #Libya. Pain&suffering lasts a lifetime! #Libya #TalkAboutSympathy4Gaddafi
maha
thanks Malek – this subject must come out in the open now.
maha
genocidal gaddafi also funded the then struggling/decent ANC of south africa
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
#NATO operations in #Kosovo #Libya #Afghanistan are reminder that modern security challenges do not stop at our borders.
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: Source tells #NYT that #Gaddafi had contacted #Baath loyalists and planned overthrow in #Iraq. News given to #Maliki by #Jibril
#Iraq arrests 200 in connection to #Gaddafi #Baath plot to overthrow government
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
A Job fair in #Tripoli. :) Coming soon
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta government takes it upon itself to dismiss reports on #SA mercs escape to #Malta from #Libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta government takes it upon itself to dismiss reports on #SA mercs escape to #Malta from #Libya
Malta Today
Government dismisses press reports on South Africa mercenaries, Gaddafi money
Government has taken it upon itself to dismiss foreign media reports that South African mercenaries contracted to escort Col. Gaddafi to safety had fled to Malta after finding themselves stranded in Tripoli.
Earlier, MaltaToday reported South African media reports that mercenaries recruited to aid Muammar Gaddafi in his escape from Lbbya had arrived “late” in Tripoli when rebel forces took control of the capital, and had to flee for their lives by bribing a boat operator to take them to Malta.
In a statement, government said that there “is no veracity in these claims and there has been no such unauthorised landing of persons from Libya.”
Afrikaans-language newspaper Rapport said South African and Libyan officials were investigating reports that at least 19 mercenaries, and as many as 50, had been contracted to provide an armed escort for Gaddafi, in an operation that one alleged mercenary described as a “huge failure”.
Government also referred to another story revealed by ITV documentary ‘Exposure’ , aired on British television last September, that a source at the British foreign intelligence MI6 had told the programme’s producers, that in June – at a time when Gaddafi’s forces were suffering regular Nato bombing raids – a Libyan courier flew into London carrying a heavy suitcase, inside which were bank notes wrapped in plastic, which were allegedly “packed in Malta.”
It was alleged that the Gaddafi emissary then travelled to London and pass on the
money to Irish republican dissidents. The report suggested that Col. Gaddafi wanted to exploit the growing unrest in Northern Ireland as a means of attacking Britain for supporting the overthrow of his regime.
The Maltese government’s statement said that “there is also no information or indication that Malta earlier this year was used as a staging ground to transfer funds from Libya to Northern Ireland as alleged by certain foreign media.”
Source:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/2011/1027/go...
Wizard Of Technology
#BBC Arabic now in #Tripoli #FM 91.1 MHz. With #English hour at 14:00 #Libya #news #Embassy
bilal H.B.
#NTC promises to capture and trial the man who is responsible of killing Gaddafi. If i caught G i would of arrested him but don’t blame him!
For all of those who care the African mercenaries issues in #Libya my next tweets is about this “touchy” subject.
Today i spoke with the responsible of taking care of the captured African mercenaries with the presence of Human rights watch representative
The representative told me that he only care about the suspects who are mostly innocent African migrants and want to set them free and that>
He doesn’t care about the real mercenaries and want them jailed because they are dangerous criminals if we let them go they will continue>>
Killing innocent people throughout Africa and they are professional trained killers and we are now trying to recognize the innocent and the
Guilty so we can trial those responsible and free the innocents.
youngamazigh
RT: Gaddafi’s killer is a hero, not a villain! the killer of our oppressor is our hero! #libya #feb17
libyanandproud
The person who killed #Gaddafi is a HERO and NOT a criminal ! #Feb17 #Libya RT
If true it’s a PR stunt, Alarabiya didn’t mention which NTC official, if happens there libyans will protest 2 release “hero”
its PR :) noone is going to be tried since 5000000 libyans are willing to confess to the murder
Matog Saleh
Me crossing Tripoli Street in #Misrata #Libya
pic.twitter.com/F1aDFO2e
Myself in #Sirt #Libya
pic.twitter.com/4LKcIisq
NTC should honour the guy that killed #Gadaffi and put his picture on the new Libyan money !! #Libya
Stuart Ramsay and I in #Benghazi at the day of Libya’s Liberation #Libya pic.twitter.com/iEz7VNiI
#Sirt has been damaged !! Seriously !! #Libya
pic.twitter.com/rkE0wb8N
#Saif !! What happened?? thought you said to the Libyan people forget the petrol and gas!! changed your tune a little have you? :D :D #Libya
he is just looking for a way out now..Begging to be handed over to the ICC
Wait NTC please.Lets take a second here !! Get all Gadaffi’s criminal mates on trial and then the HERO that killed him !! #Libya
KC
10000+ RT “@libyanproud: The person who killed #Gaddafi is a HERO and NOT a criminal ! #Feb17 #Libya RT”
KC
I don’t believe Saif #Gaddafi is ‘willing to hand himself’ in to the ICC or ‘willing to fly’ to the ICC – he is taking us for a ride. #Libya
bint-trablis
Personaly I think it his only choice … If he leaves Libya they will hand him .. If he stays he will be killed
KC
OK – which NTC member made this announcment about trailing Gaddafi ‘killers’ U R joking ? Is this a halloween #TrickOrTreat ?
We shall soon find out.
Anonymous Watcher
Libya: I think the #NTC are bowing to undue international pressure over the killing of #Gaddafi – no one else has gone on trial for killing dictators during a revolution – those who killed the Romanian dictator were not arrested but hailed as heroes.
KC
I hate Polytricks – I mean Politics ! #Libya #ICC #Doublestandards #UK #USA
libyanproud libyanandproud
Correction : All weapons delivered to #Libya by #Sudan were delivered to Ismail Sallaby in #Benghazi . #Feb17 #Libya
RazanSpeaks:
Historians who study Islamic history ONLY from non-Islamic sources confuse me."
KC
Tell me about it
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Chavez is saying he refuses to recognise #Libya’s NTC. O but how will we ever survive?! Cry cry..
mileskahn
Wait a minute. Hillary Clinton goes on a surprise trip to Libya and later that week Gaddafi turns up dead? SHE’S BATMAN.
Aljazeera
Libya’s new rulers said on Thursday they would prosecute the killers of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi following the international outcry over the circumstances of his death.
“With regards to Kadhafi, we do not wait for anybody to tell us,” said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of the ruling National Transitional Council at a news conference in Benghazi.
“We had already launched an investigation. We have issued a code of ethics in handling of prisoners of war. I am sure that was an individual act and not an act of revolutionaries or the national army,” the top interim official said.
“Whoever is responsible for that (Gaddafi’s killing) will be judged and given a fair trial.”
—AFP
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Libya leaders to try #Qaddafi killers: NTC #Alarabiya
#BreakingNews: Muammar Qaddafi\’s killers will be put on trial: NTC
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Pictures: inside Mohamed Bin Lamin’s prison cell in Abu Salim jail
Photo’s:
goo.gl/r0mul
Video:
Some Time in #Tripoli
goo.gl/aEaJi
“Reuters:
Blog: Did Gaddafi “pass away” or was he executed?
bit.ly/nUuTLd”
LIBYAN
or who gives a flying monkey RT
Abdulhameed
Benghazi is kinda quiet ever since the Liberation day, no wonder tho, she’s been busting her ass off the last 8 months serving this rev lol
Mushu
#Gaddafi was Libya’s version of Adolf Hitler. I hope they both are burning in Hell. #Gaddaficrimes #Libya
AJELive:
HRW condemned “a serious massacre” after finding 53 bodies, apparently of Gaddafi loyalists #Libya
Rima
As opposed to an unserious one?
Reuters
Gaddafi son surrender would pose challenges to ICC
Negotiating the surrender of Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, would present logistical and security challenges to the world’s top war crimes
court which is examining various possible scenarios to bring him to trial.
Transporting Saif al-Islam to The Hague will pose additional logistical problems, however, given the remote area where he is believed to be hiding.
But if he arrives in The Hague, Saif al-Islam would be also required to appear in court for an ‘initial appearance’, where he would be formally charged and informed of his rights.
Read more:
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/27/uk-li...
LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
Just finished help loading 60 FFs in a Moroccan Air Force plane. Thank you #Morocco for look out for your neighbor not like Alg….. #Libya
I am Uploading a Video of FFs being transported for treatment courtesy of #Morocco. Again Thank you #Morocco.
In a few hours another plane coming in from #Iran to take wounded #FFs and civilians. They will take 200 in total. Thank you #Iran #Libya
المملكة المغربية تنقل 60 جريح ليبي للعلاج
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9CeUjy5mv0&fea...
OK its time for me to take a 1 hour nape, then its time to help load Iranian and Qatari Planes, taking wounded FFs and Civilians GN or GM
Mushu
Exactly a week ago #Libya became deGaddafinated. #AlHamduLiAllah #AllahuAkbar #Feb17 #LibyaLiberationDay
Reuters
UN ends mandate for NATO military operations in Libya
More:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...
NTC
Mushu
They want a trial, they ought to get a big enough courtroom to fit ~6mil. Libyans in. G was killed with our blessings. #Libya
I hope and pray that #Syria #Yemen #Palestine and every oppressed nation will feel the same joy we felt on #Oct20. #SincerelyLibya #Freedom
nanoufijrindou
Urgent : Al Arabya : Saif toz toz et Abdallah sanoussi décident de se rendre CPI et pour cela ils demandent 1avion spécial à La Haye #libye
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
Reports quoting #NTC officials say that #Seif is seeking an aircraft to pull him out of desert and turn himself in to #ICC
USUN US Mission to the UN
LIVE VIDEO: #UNSC votes on a new resolution on #Libya:
goo.gl/DiCWT
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Saif asking for #Algeria #Tunisia aid to get him to #ICC. “He wants to be sent an aircraft,” “He wants assurances.”
BREAKING: #UN security council has voted the end of #Libya operations
sharon lynch
funny how on thursday it went from who gets the reward money to yesterday who is the war criminal to today we all are. #whokilledgaddafi
libyanproud libyanandproud
@USAmbNATO Thank You ! Sincerely a Free Libyan
KC
I don’t think it was our FFs who killed #Gaddafi. Libyans need 2 stay vigilant, read between the lines. Some1 wants 2 smear our FFs & #Feb17
oldmommatajuri
AGREE There are people out there with an agenda and it didnt stop with G’s death. They want to make divisions among Libyans.
Wasn’t there something about NTC stepping down once freedom declared? Now it should be a committee. UR Not keeping ur promises NTC.
KC
Exactly !
KC
May Allah (SW) protect our Revolution from hypocrites and fitnah – expose the liars, hypocrites and mutasaliqeen ! #Libya #Feb17
We must stay united & have faith ! Allah (SW) is with the Truth. He sees and hears all – may Allah foil the plots of the hypocrites. #Libya
Ask Allah to expose the hypocrites, liars, thieves & ‘mutasaliqeen’ – those trying to ride the wave. Nobody can ‘hijack’ #Libya
Free Libya
NTC can keep saying things to make us look nice to the outside world, but if they even think of actually doing this trial, ya welhoom.
LibyaLiberty
#DearGaddafisKillers: Possible defense theory:You accidentally slipped on the puddle of 50,000 Libyans blood, inadvertently firing the gun.
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
AlArabiya reporting that NTC will place Gaddafi’s killers on trial. I’m starting to wonder how credible either of them are.
Free Libya
Gaddafi killers -——> the saviors of Libya.
Sarah
Never thought that one day I would’ve said Thank you NATO .. #Libya #Feb17
Sarah
Didn’t #NTC say once whoever caught #Gaddafi dead or alive won’t be put on trial or something like that ? Or was it only for Gaddafi thugs?
DonGiobello:I even recall an around 1.8 US M reward!”
Sarah LFFR
True !
LibyaLiberty
#WhoKilledGaddafi? #Mutassim. (hey, pops,let’s hide out at home.No one would ever suspect- is that a FF holding a gun?)
SMILE:
fcukruna
I killed #Gaddafi.
Ahmed
So did I…and my friends…and my neighbours and…. and…and…..and…..
but I did not shoot the deputy…woo hoohoo
AJELive AJELive
United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to end no-fly zone, protection of civilians mandate in Libya. aje.me/jMZYMN
Al Arabiya
NTC says Qaddafi’s killers to face trial; Algeria and Mali call for peace in Libya
Libya’s ruling National Transition Council pledged on Thursday to bring the killers of deposed leader Muammar Qaddafi to trial, Al Arabiya TV said.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his visiting counterpart from Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, on Thursday said they would cooperate with the new Libyan authorities and called for peace there.
Bouteflika and Toure expressed their “readiness to cooperate with the new Libyan authorities” – whom they described as “brothers” – “in the mutual interest of their peoples and as a contribution to the strengthening of peace, security and stability in the whole region,” a joint statement said when Toure left.
The two heads of state “joined in their wishes for a rapid settlement of the crisis in this country, in line with the aspirations of the Libyan people, and respect for unity, integrity and sovereignty,” the text said, according to the APS news agency.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
Tweeting Tripoli
When Zuma visited Gaddafi, he brought a mini Army with him. He probably went home alone.
pic.twitter.com/jCETcwmp
AP
UN votes to lift Libya no-fly zone on Oct. 31
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to lift the no-fly zone over Libya on Oct. 31 and end its authorization of military action to protect civilians.
Full art.:
goo.gl/1J5A1
cnnbrk CNN Breaking News
Security Council removes mandate for #Libya military action.
on.cnn.com/vNPXns
Khadija Ali
Charity Event at the Tripoli Exhibition tomorrow!
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
tiger brigade said retreated from site of hotel massacre #sirte for 2 hours and returned to the 53 dead loyalists
NTC promised an investigation of massacre #sirte, but bodies already buried in a mass grave
FP_Magazine reporters already being threatened by local loyalists for snooping around for #gaddafis grave, next step shrine.
ever ridden in one of these?
pic.twitter.com/K6zC3LgA
convertibles can kill!
pic.twitter.com/DVJOCK86
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Identity of #Gaddafi’s killer no secret in Misrata. Most seem proud of him. None would surrender him for arrest #Libya
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
but which one of these chest puffed thwar is really the killer and which just put a bullet in or a stick, or imagined himself
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
just drove on ghargharesh: groups of teenagers planting trees+bushes and cleaning the road. very nice… #tripoli
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
NTC has to conduct an investigation in G’s death because they don’t want a culture of summary executions.. (1)
Secondly, they have to prove to the world that they and we (libyans) genuinely care about law and human rights (2)
And lastly, many ppl found the videos disturbing. I just wish they hadn’t filmed it – learn from Obama re BinLadin (3)
apparently that’s all the world cares about. The videos of his capture and his corpse being displayed.
I hope that there will be an investigation, and that trial is acquitted b/c lack of clear evidence re who is clearly responsible.
With all this said, where are the trials of those who killed Ahmed Yasine, Bin Laden, and the many other Alqaeda and PLO members.
Seems we are expected to create a Libya that has the same bureaucratic issues the west doesn’t want.
Mark
If they hadn’t filmed it, they would have been as bad as all the gov’s we are protesting against. 1/2
We all killed Gaddaffi, and good riddance! Some people NEED to die!
Paulo
I don’t agree with executions but the truth is that there was a reward and an amnesty to whomever caught Gadaffi dead or alive
dovenews Libyan™
NTC: Foreigners are not allowed to provide security for the Libyan oil fields. #Libya #NoNeed #Good #iAgree
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~
by BintTarablis
Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais issued a statement on #Libya. I’ll post it in Arabic & translate it to English later :-) #Feb17
Matog
Gaddafi’s Last Stand: Sky News Retraces His Final Steps i am in this video !!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyTOONuqMKk&fea... via @youtube
Matog Saleh
heroes get HUNG! omar almukhtaar was hung !! So glad gadaffi wasnt .. so glad he was humiliated and killed without even resisting
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
King Idris Senussi’s car
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=30IpBDpiC5Y&fea...
ShahrazadKablan Shahrazad Kablan
Muammar Qaddafi\’s killers will be put on trial NTC. OUTRAGEOUS.. NTC GET READY TO PUT ALL OF LIBYA ON TRIAL.
Wizard Of Technology
No more nofly zone over #Libya, now we can fly free like birds without fearing of been blocked at airport or spied on by #Gaddafi Intel.
I can’t wait any more, I miss Eindhoven as much as I miss Dusseldorf.
You will notes in the coming few day, lots of #Secrets #Scandals coverup theft and #MoneyLaundry piping up 2 the surface….tanks to #Saif
Nasr
#Sirte partied lavishly for 40 yrs. no the party over & it ended with a bang. #Libya #SayNo2Tribalism #SayNo2Defectors
20arb11 who lives in #Netherlands is going to find out abt #Libya ns in Hospitals
FP
What the Libya intervention achieved
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, leader of Libya’s interim National Transitional Council, declared the end of the war and the liberation of Libya on Sunday following the controversial death of Moammar Qaddafi. Judging by the tenor of discussion in the United States, you would think that this was an unmitigated disaster — a humiliating end to an illegal war which prevented the UN from acting in Syria, massacred civilians and opened the door to state failure, warlord violence and reprisals, and radical Islamist tyranny
Full art.:
lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/2...
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
with ne noflyzone lifted, commercial air travel to #libya might become more easy from now on.
Being asked three times by journalists today if France, Britain, US, etc. will get ALL the contracts in Libya now. My guess: no
And by the way, it is to early to talk about contracts. First basic infrastructure must work. #libya
Dr.Tumi, prominent #libyan lawyer, told me today: “tell your companies to come back after Jan1 2012. It´s gonna be early enough.”
Civil Servants at #libyan ministry of econmic affairs all say they don´t know where former minister #Huwej is. Disappeared completely.
To give an idea where to start: Most desks at #Libyan Ministry of Economic Affairs don´t have a computer.they were looted.lot of work ahead.
People from #Zintan in #Regatta: What is there to celebrate now ? Lifting of noflyzone ? pls. stop shooting big bullets into the air.
NYT
Dictators Get the Deaths They Deserve
“ALL political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure,” wrote Enoch Powell, the controversial but often perspicacious British politician, “because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.” But the political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader long after his retirement is a private matter, but the death of a tyrant is always a political act that reflects the character of his power.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/opinion/qadd...=all?src=tp
Tweeting Tripoli
April fool again? Did I hear NTC prosecuting the Tyrant’s killer? He’s from Benghazi and Gaddafi sent an army to kill him. #selfdefense
NTC, give the killer the damn 2 million $ you promised. #NTC #bounty #Gaddafiisdead
BBC
Sudan armed Libyan rebels, says President Bashir
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says his country gave military support to the Libyan rebels who overthrew Col Muammar Gaddafi.
In a speech broadcast live on state television, Mr Bashir said the move was in response to Col Gaddafi’s support for Sudanese rebels three years ago.
Sudan and Libya have had a complicated and frequently antagonistic relationship for many years.
Libya was declared liberated on Sunday, two days after Col Gaddafi’s death.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15471734
Tore
Reactions on the death of Gadaffi explained.
On the Death of Gadaffi
On a personal level
Personally I felt sympathy for Gadaffi seeing his final moments alive. He looked like a confused old man, weak and at the mercy of his captors. I am not used to seeing such intense images. That is in no doubt a reason for my emotional reaction.
However my mind knew that for Libyans this was not an old and weak man. This was the symbol, the icon of their 42 years of oppression. Images of this man was everywhere. He was the one who had kept them silent and petrified in fear for 42 years. He was the one that ordered the public hangings seen on TV in their childhood. He was the one who insured that many of the injustices they grew up with went unpunished because the assailants were protected by someone close to him. He was the one who ordered rapes and killing of their friends, relatives, family, in fact all Libyans that stood in his way.
If I were a Libyan and I had captured him, would I have kept him alive? Would I have been able to restrain those around me with perhaps even stronger scars resulting from his rule? Would I as a commander have had enough control over my collection of civilians turned fighters? Would I have been able to control the pent up emotions of a firefight that ended just seconds ago to control those around me and myself? 42 years of horror could end if I just pull the trigger. How could I not kill him?
If I were in that situation, I hope I would be able to do all of the above, and not kill him, but I can not be sure of how I would react. Perhaps if he in fact was executed instead of dying from his wounds, the man who did it robbed other Libyans of revenge and justice. Seeing him behind bars, having him answer for the deaths and sorrow he has caused them might have been better.
Then again Gadaffi was not only a tyrant to the Libyans. He was a man who imposed himself on them like a false God. Perhaps he called his regime secular, it was most certainly not. God’s other than Muammar were grudgingly accepted. Muslims were not allowed to freely practice their religion like they are in secular societies in Europe. The Green book was the Koran or Bible of Libya, the Koran was that other book grudgingly accepted. Too much focus on on a holy book other than the green book, too much focus on a God other than Muammar, could be dangerous.
If Gadaffi were sitting in some jail in Europe or Tripoli, who among the Libyans would deep down in their hearts feel safe from the reach of their false god. What if he escapes or gets released? What if some of his people hear me talking?
Perhaps for many Libyans, seeing Gadaffi dead was the only way for them to feel safe from his reach.
I think many in the wider world react emotionally like I did, however without necessarily taking time to understand the wider context which I believe I do. Hence their reactions
might be difficult to understand for Libyans.
On Wider reactions of his death
They have been as expected. Though some Libyans might not know, or understand why organizations care about the death of Gadaffi. I will try to explain this further.
That Libyans celebrate the end of 42 years of Gadaffis rule is only natural. I’m also happy for them, and would love to go to Libya to celebrate with them. If anyone thinks they are celebrating the death of a frail old man they need to learn some empathy, or read what I’ve written above.
Some Libyans have said things amounting to the following: “If they care about how Gadaffi died, why didn’t they care about Abu Salim, or speak out about OBL death or when we were slaughtered by him, or….. etc….?” “Why do they want an investigation of Gadaffis death when they didn’t investigate him killing us or that country doing that etc…?”
This line of argument irritates me, perhaps since I have seen this argument so many times made by Israelis and 5 year olds. The Israelis say “they shoot rockets at us, so why shouldn’t we bomb them?”(Often heard in relation to Gaza) This argumentation from adults from a supposedly enlightened democracy annoys me since it appears so prevalent.
5 year olds are sticklers for rules. “He hit me first, or he took the toy too or whatever.” 5 year olds are cute, and their thinking is part of childhood development. I try not to start cuddling them for being cute before explaining the situation to them. Children like to feel that their thinking is taken seriously.
Libyans have more often than not been stuck in a place with no news from outside other than regime approved since February. They are excused. Also Gadaffis death was so exhilarating for them that they tend to take offense when others don’t agree. They also feel they need to defend their emotions, since Libyans are human too, and their reactions are only natural. This is all understandable. They are forgiven, and don’t need to explain their joy, at least to me. But I hope they soon will start thinking, or at least talking differently about some things. Not their joy, but about the way they defend the death of Gadaffi.
The reason the world is concerned/reacting has many reasons. And the reaction is not particularly strong. But to understand some of the reactions one must remember the following:
Libyans themselves wanted the rule of law to prevail. The UN Security Council in
resolution 1970 referred Libya to the International Criminal Court. That means what happens in Libya is under the jurisdiction of the ICC. The ICC after investigating in record time, called for the arrest of Muammar, Saif and Senussi. They were believed to have committed crimes of war, humanity etc. It is hypocritical of Libyans to say that the world didn’t investigate Gadaffi. They did and have just started. Crimes committed by those opposing Gadaffi are also a subject for the court. The court and the Law does not take sides in a conflict. That is how it is and how it should be. Killing of prisoners of war is a war crime, and thus falls under the jurisdiction of the ICC.
The ICC only takes cases if the jurisdiction, in this case Libya is unable to deal with them it self satisfactorily. So in theory if someone executed Gadaffi, they can be brought before the ICC. I don’t think that will happen, but please understand that if you want rule of law and democracy you can’t always have your cake and eat it too.
In this case I hope the Libyan or Libyans whom, if it happened, killed Gadaffi and Mutasim, and other prisoners who deserved it due to mass rape etc., don’t run around bragging about it. This would force the ICC to take action, and pressure the NTC to act.
The governments I have heard mentioning anything related to this have called for transparency into what happened. But in reality they would rather it didn’t lead anywhere as long as it does not set an example for others to take revenge into their own hands. We don’t want Libyans taking the law into their own hands. Most governments prefer not to mention the manner of his death at all if they can avoid it.
As for the Rights organizations HRW and Amnesty. Libyans please get off their backs. These organizations bring to light abuses all over the world. They also did in Libya, both before and after the conflict started. They are concerned about human rights. They don’t care about which human, all humans are equal to them. Gadaffi was human, however much it pains us to belong to the same category. He was human, he had rights.
You should make sure they can work in Libya, and set up your own organizations as well. They are essential for developing a democracy.
Armchair Arab
Guy on libya al ahraar just referred to libya as the ‘jamahiriyah’ guess it’ll take a while for the old terms to be forgotten.
Tweeting Tripoli
I heard Jalil saying there’ll be 2 M $ + Amnesty for whoever kills or captures Gaddafi. Do they have short memory?
foreignoffice Foreign Office (FCO)
Foreign Secretary @WilliamJHague: Ending the no-fly zone & civilian protection provisions demonstrates that #Libya has entered a new era
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
WD in Tripolis: Special Luggage Service Hotel Corinthia bit.ly/tPlmXY
Being asked often these days by journos: “Will Austrian companies suffer because of Austria´s close relations to #Seif?” Any remarks?
Mushu
Anyone got more info on the underground prisons (with prisoners in them!) reportedly found in Sirte? #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
Telegraph
Libya: stockpiles of chemical weapons found
The NTC said the chemical warheads had been secured and would be made safe by experts.
“They are from the Gaddafi era and are under guard, until they can be handed over,” an NTC representative said at a meeting between the council and NATO representatives in Qatar.
The discovery of the munitions proves that Gaddafi had refused to give up his weapons of mass destruction despite promising Tony Blair in 2004 he would relinquish
them in the ‘Deal in the Desert’.
Full story:
goo.gl/quupk
LibyaLiberty
Damn you, Gaddafi. Even dead, you’re making us trouble.
Sarah
Libya Al Ahrar – #Zliten Freedom Fighters gave up their weapons. #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
Q+A-How prosecution of Saif al-Islam would play out
AMSTERDAM Oct 27 (Reuters) – Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is trying to negotiate his surrender to the International Criminal Court, a source with the National Transitional Council told Reuters on Thursday.
How would the legal process unfold?
WHAT IS SAIF AL-ISLAM CHARGED WITH?
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
went to #Sirte. In area 2 there is not one building that has been spared. It makes it impossible for hundreds of families to return home.
Malek
LibyanFacts: Court in Benghazi in March already sentenced Gaddafi to death by gun shot! OUR HERO EXECUTED THE SENTENCE perfectly! #LIBYA
Khadija Ali
They are launching what seems to be missiles or cannons outside! Ridiculous!! #Tripoli #Libya This is after a night of #celebullets!!
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Libya to protect oil fields
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
Euronews
Geneva: Libya’s new flag raised at UN
Libya’s new flag was raised on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Due to be named in the next 10 days, Libya’s new government will be represented by the tri-colour flag used from 1951 until Colonel Gaddafi introduced a green one, 26 years later.
Video:
www.euronews.net/nocomment/2011/09/21/l...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Fear and wrangling hamper Libyan oil output recovery
goo.gl/y2YJT
Remember this?
Businessman offers $1.3 million for Gaddafi’s capture
Aug. 24 – Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil says a local businessman is offering two million dinars ($1.3 million) to anyone who catches Gaddafi. The rebel council also says it is offering an amnesty to any of Gaddafi’s entourage who kill or capture him. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4LQyqOc6Bs&fea...
Wizard Of Technology
Kids are back from the fronts and live is back to normal, there is about 100 #Bikers in
Video:
www.twitvid.com/9AMSA
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Analysis: Surrender of #Qaddafi’s son would pose challenges for ICC
goo.gl/HdzDH
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#NTC Ghoga: “We have issued a code of ethics Whoever is responsible for #Gaddafi’s killing will be judged and given a fair trial.”
Foreign companies insist on their own security that is up to Western standards this is a requirement for doing business in #Libya
AFP
The weapons hunt begins in Libya
Life is beginning to return to normal in the Libyan capital Tripoli following the capture and killing of Moamer Kadhafi on October 20. Police have been redeployed throughout the city and are manning checkpoints set up to ensure that former fighters are disarmed.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI3IhLHWPPY
Tweeting Tripoli
I wonder who got the Bin Laden reward?
Libyan Ambassador to the #UN, Dabbashi: #NTC will not tolerate with any violations of human rights in new #libya. #feb17
derek_brower Derek Brower
Libya after Qaddafi: A new timetable | The Economist
economist.com/node/21534813 <<-my piece for this week’s Economist. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#NTC expects the new Cabinet to be in place in 2 weeks #Libya
#UN currently has 10 assessment missions looking at #Libya’s needs
Hend_ELSherif
Its a lovely feeling to know that this year #Libya will have a peaceful Eid with a strong taste of freedom
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Ludricous ! “#Saif wants a plane to surrender” Each time I read this I cant help laughing What a Joker that man is Just like his Dad #libya
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from those who are not fighting.
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta military to assist new #Libya in Med rescue operations and navy coordination.
Sarah
#Tripoli : Water is back in AbuSleem Area. #Libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta attends Friends of #Libya conference in #Doha
Misaratah
ThursdayNight
BackToNormalLive YAMEN best Pizza in town
twitpic.com/76mz3j
twitpic.com/76n295
Wizard Of Technology
I strongly call on MAJ head of NTC to visit #Sirt and comfort the people there that a rebuilding of their city will start with other cities.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
One thing the #NTC now wants is THEY want to run the show in #Libya and NOT any foreign country in which or what ever form #IAgreeUpToPoint
bint-trablis
the problem on the ground is every one wearing military uniform thinks his orders must be obyed !!
Amool
Rome wasnt build in a day :) Libyans will need allot of Sabr :)
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Oh Remember how Media used to keep mentioning how there was a civil war raging in #Libya Now the nay sayers tell me they expect it in 2 yrs
Andrew Szep
Give him Saif the plane on the condition it stops over in Misrata.
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
Palestinian doctor: “A call to #Libya’s revolutionaries, #Palestine has yet to be freed” pic.twitter.com/vbpq7Zgd
OmarAlMukhtar Omar Al Mukhtar
Did you know? With a population of only 6million, #Libya is known as the country with 1million people to have memorized the #Quran.
Matog Saleh
Just look at this man !! Mostafa #Abduljaleel we love you !! Just so humble and elegant !! #Libya
pic.twitter.com/5IBs3Mr7
Here he is again !! #Abduljaleel #Libya needs you !!
pic.twitter.com/ucL2zdwY
Just look at his smile. #Abduljaleel comforting an injured FF #Libya pic.twitter.com/ZPwQFAut
Evan Hill
AFP reporting that NTC vice chair Abdel Hafiz Ghoga says whoever killed Gaddafi will be put on trial. #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Before putting anyone who killed 1000s of Libyans on trial? Let’s start by Mansour Daw, Abozaid Dorda, Mahdi Arabi,… Etc etc
CFKlebergTT Carl Fridh Kleberg
Will that be before or after the promised mil $ NTC bounty for #Gaddafi’s head is forked up? I mean, it may affect how to invest.
Very true:
THerwees Tasbeeh شرقاوية
“The only difference between Gaddafi’s death and those of so many other tyrants across history was that it was filmed with mobile phones.”
TheyCallMeSof
I didnt have a single family member in Benghazi,but I srsly felt at home.I’ll nvr forget my time there during the beginning of #Feb17 #Libya
Mushu
I love it when a non-Benghazian praises my city. Makes me smile every single time :’) #Libya #UNITY
First I was getting spammed by non-Libyan pro-Gaddafi idiots, now it’s time for non-Muslim anti-sharia idiots. Aw, man… #thisisgettingold
Wounded ff’s in Netherlands:
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
their treatment will be coordinated from the Emergencies Hospital in Utrecht in Netherlands.
Gadhafi’s Intelligence Chief in Mali
Officials in Niger say Moammar Gadhafi’s intelligence chief, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is now in the West African nation of Mali.
The officials, who did not want to be identified, say Abdullah al-Senussi passed through Niger and into the Malian desert with the help of ethnic Tuaregs, who were mostly supportive of Gadhafi during his time in power.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/gadhafis-intelligence-c...
omar
Amazing Vid
Rally: Libya Desert Challenge 2009 – Enjoy the Magic
2009 – Raid Libye – HD
Video:
youtu.be/H1C5bci9tXc
Armchair Arab
Who would have really thought when we heard him make that speech that he’d get his just desserts for what he’s done.
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
crazy eh? Time changed so quickly…He went from pounding on podium to begging for mercy…
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
If #Saif #Gaddafi were 2slip in2 #Niger or Tunisia ICC members Governments obligated 2arrest him #Algeria is not member #libya #TroubleAhead
All dads are smart, they know where to look:)
Khalifa Leebee
Teaching daughter long division. Iam the smartest dad alive. Thank you #Google. Thank you #Youtube.
Armchair Arab
I heard from other accounts that Gaddafi wasn’t actually leading the fight, and only came out of hiding a couple of days earlier.
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
Wow- Memorable Moments -Tripoli chanting for Benghazi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDf1opyzxLs
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Nice: “ICC is responsible for transfers to #Netherlands Upon arrival of suspect #Saif #Gaddafi in Netherlands we give logistical support
youngamazigh
benghazi youth singing :) one of my all time favorites. #feb17vid
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6QdZgPSSso&fea...
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
oh my god that almost had me in tears :’)
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
several #NTC fighters told me they were impressed when they found out that #Gaddafi was on the battlefield & had not escaped to remote area
#Libya #Feb17 | A photo that says it all. Taken in #Benghazi on #Feb20: pic.twitter.com/2zl4gges
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#LOOK what I found Footage #Gaddafi speaks English interview aft coup d’Etat Sept1 1969 #GaddafiSpeechProblem
Video:
goo.gl/eNO4h #libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=eWg084YdCpE
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Frankly I am So relieved #Gaddafi is deader then dead but quite looking forward to Saif AlIslam ICC Trial in #The #Hague #Netherlands
WyreDavies Wyre Davies
Bizarre. Despite the pix & evidence some believers claim #Gaddafi isn’t dead! – even naming the “double” as Majid Ali Al Andalus from Sirte.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
It would have been worse if NTC had not displayed Gaddafi 4 so long It took #Gaddafi supporters 3 days to admit he was dead
#Interpol has sent alerts to all 188 member countries along with information on how to identify #Saif Gaddafi Abdullah al #Senussi #Libya
#ICC Cell contains bed desk bookshelve cupboard toilet handbasin Detainees can use computer but cannot access email or Internet #Saif #libya
This will soon come in Handy I Hope :) ICC Sitemap goo.gl/xpK8S #Website of International Criminal Court in #TheHague #Netherlands
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi is now Niger side of Libyan border – Senior NTC official via @itvnews
cswift2
Mansour Dow said #Gaddafi asked “why can’t I speak to #BBC?”. If only he knew how much we wanted to speak to him! #libya #Dau
#Sirte in Ruins 26 Photos by @flyingbirdies flickr.com/photos/flyingb… #Libya
#Speechless: flickr.com/photos/flyingb… Disabled Freedom Fighters Great Shots by@flyingbirdies Devastated #Sirte #Libya
Another amazing wallpainting1 for yr blog
pic.twitter.com/pT7dxuQC pic taken by @MatogSaleh #Tripoli #Libya
Free Libya
Gaadafigoons just keep coming back! A taboor khames guy randomly shooting near a checkpoin in hai al andalus. Thuwar on checkpoint tried to
Calm him down, he reacted by shooting directly at the checkpoint guys. Which resulted in the thuwar retaliating back and shooting him dead.
Zeinab FT
A Zinten FF told me he wants to go home& get married, I askd why dont you marry someone from here, he said w nseeb banat Zinten l meno #CUTE
whats up with all the crazy gunfire in #Seyaheya? are we celebrating something or should I be worried? #Tripoly #Libya
crazyyyy gunfire in #seyaheya, sounds like clashes and not celebratory! #nothingtocelebrate #whatisup
OMGMGGGGGG LOUDDD EXPLOSIONS IN MY AREA!! #SEYAHEYA!
went up the roof, why the heavy gunfire? R we celebrating something?
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
probably an idiot firing a dskha or a 23.mm which sounds alot like an explosion into air… Bunch of morons
50 Libyan War Casualties will be send to Netherlands Hospital coordinated from the Emergencies Hospital in #Utrecht
SUMMARY OCTOBER 28th 2011
10/28/11
10.28.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
NATO Secretary General statement on end of Libya mission
Press Release (2011) 136
Issued on 28 Oct. 2011
Today, we confirmed the decision taken by the North Atlantic Council a week ago. Our operation for Libya will end on October 31. Until then, together with our partners, we will continue to monitor the situation. And if needed, we will continue to respond to threats to civilians.
We have fully complied with the historic mandate of the United Nations to protect the people of Libya, to enforce the no-fly zone and the arms embargo. Operation Unified Protector is one of the most successful in NATO history.
We launched this complex operation faster than ever before. We conducted it effectively, flexibly and precisely with many partners from the region and beyond. And we are concluding it in a considered and controlled manner — because our military job is now done.
I want to thank our commanders and our servicemen and women, for conducting this mission so well, so carefully and with such dedication.
We have done this together for the people of Libya. So they can take their future firmly and safely into their own hands. Libyans have now liberated their country. And they have transformed the region. This is their victory.
Of course, they still have a lot of work to do – to build a new Libya, based on reconciliation, human rights and the rule of law. A democratic Libya for all its people.
But the world stands with them. And NATO stands ready to help, if needed and requested. To help Libyans reform the security and defence institutions that all democracies need to remain free and safe.
Update:
Telegraph
Libya’s new rulers said yesterday they would prosecute the killers of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi following the international outcry over the circumstances of his death. Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, the vice-chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), said whoever killed the former dictator would be “judged and given a fair trial”.
Reuters
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday canceled its authorization for a seven-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The mandate was terminated despite a request from Libya’s interim government for the Security Council to wait until the National Transitional Council made a decision on whether it wants NATO to help it secure its borders.
AP
Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief who is wanted by Interpol fled to Mali overnight after making his way across Niger where he has been hiding for several days in the country’s northern desert, an adviser to Niger’s president said Thursday. The official, who could not be named because of the sensitive nature of the matter, said that Abdullah al-Senoussi entered Mali late Wednesday via the Kidal region, which shares a border with Niger. He is guarded by a unit of about a dozen people and arrived in a convoy piloted by ethnic Tuaregs from Mali.
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Senior NTC official says Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has crossed into Niger from Libya
Rima
Wish I was in Misurata for the carnival
all the misuratan katibe are returning and they’re having a big celebration. v happy for them but wanna be there!
Memorable moments of the Libyan revolution Message from Mohammed Nabbous.
Allah Yarhama
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EXALI60hg
Armchair Arab
Has it sunk in yet?…..GADDAFI IS DEAD
Mushu
Blah blah crusaders blah blah NATO blah blah doomed blah blah traitors blah blah imperialism blah – and did I say crusaders? #GaddafiGoons
#GaddafiGoons’ life philosophy: Repeat #GaddafiLies times infinity in hopes someone will believe you. #IncurableStupidity
Ghazi Gheblawi
sure we need law and government to organise the armed groups, people won’t support any instability by any of them
Long read:)
Imtidad امتداد
LibyanChronicles (5)
“I’ve never witnessed such rain in all my life!” that’s what most Libyans will tell you when talking about the amount of rain the country has seen in the last few weeks since Gaddafi was toppled. Libyans consider rain a good omen, in a country where 90% of its land is a dry desert; it’s not surprising that any drop of rain will be cherished
and interpreted as a blessing from heavens, especially when many will admit that the evilness of Gaddafi kept rain away from falling on the country. And I must admit that I myself have never witnessed such rain in my life!
Link:
www.imtidad-blog.com/search/label/Chron...
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~
In my head, I have repeatedly killed #gaddafi ever since I was placed on earth. Does @NTC_of_Libya want to try me first? #lunacy #libya
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
HAHAHAAA. As tempting as that sounds, I’m thinking it may be borderline crazy..
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
All my day dreams for as long as I can remember were scenarios of me killing Gaddafi, now I’m so lost…
I can see myself being really old, living in Libya, and still having to pinch myself to believe it.
N_Benghazi نائلة كيلاني
Dude. He’s dead.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C91L0_5diQ
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Libya WAS known as #Gadaffi. NOW #Libya means a country full of heroes who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Heads shud be held up high!!
Hiba El-Gamaty
Wasn’t there something about arresting people if they fire celebratory bullets? They should intro a fine or something at least
Abdulaziz
There are many challenges ahead in new Libya, dont get distracted by their magnitude & sheer number. Just focus on being the best you can be
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
several #NTC fighters told me they were impressed when they found out that #Gaddafi was on the battlefield & had not escaped to remote area
just quoting what pple told me..
last few hrs of #NATOs mission in #Libya. very risky timings. #NTC will have to tread carefully.
Khadija Ali
There is nothing worse than being awaken by blaring music! Especially at 12:52am!!!! I am tired and want to sleep :( #Tripoli #TurnItDown
I mean come on they had all day to party. They always like to scare you with their music even when at weddings :( #Libyans
Prayers are not annoying nor have they ever disturbed me :) plus you’re supposed to hear the call to prayer to get up & pray
Now lets rain bullets on people because we haven’t experienced enough violence & we don’t have enough injured/dead people! #NoToCeleBullets
actually I feel pretty tired when I don’t get up to pray. I need my 5 dosages of daily prayers to live that’s what I’m used to :)
I have the urge to go outside & grab their Kalashnikov from them! I mean I’ve had enough violence to last me a lifetime! khalaaasss!!!! :S
Soug al-Joumaa is partying apparently…
Nothing has been done to solve the problem in Soug al-Joumaa & the #celebullets here are horrid! #NoToCeleBullets
Syrt devenue une ville fantom
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...! #libye
Saif toz et Abdallah Snoussi au #Mali
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E8a12mm6UxU #libye
Telegraph
North Korea bans citizens working in Libya from returning home
North Korea has banned its own citizens working in Libya from returning home, apparently out of fear that they will reveal the extent – and final outcomes – of the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world.
Pyongyang had a close working relationship with the regime of Moammar Gaddafi before the popular uprising that unseated him. That revolution was completed with Gaddafi’s death at the hands of insurgents last week – leaving Kim Jong-Il as one of a dwindling band of old-fashioned dictators on the planet.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia...
RT
Libya’s former UN ambassador fears for life in jail
A former Libyan PM and Ambassador to the UN now in NTC custody in Tripoli has suffered broken legs and other injuries following what relatives claim was a murder attempt by guards.
The news comes just days after some 300 bodies of alleged Gaddafi allies were found in Sirte, raising concerns that the NTC has sanctioned political executions in the fashion of the Gaddafi regime they rebelled against.
Read more:
rt.com/news/abuzed-omar-dorda-879
Hague hails ‘new era’ for Libya
Libya has a “historic opportunity” to build a state where human rights and fundamental freedoms are protected, William Hague has said as the UN voted to lift the no-fly zone.
The allied military action that began on March 17 to protect Libyan civilians will finish next Monday after a unanimous vote by the UN Security Council.
The Foreign Secretary described the new resolution as “another significant milestone towards a peaceful, democratic future for Libya”.
He said: "Ending the no-fly zone and the civilian protection provisions demonstrates that Libya has entered a new era.
Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/artic...
Neale
reference 2 deferred civ-war. I never saw libya as civil war, jus war vs G, as proven by fact that fighting ended with his death
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~
The following tweets will be my attempt at vaguely translating what the Sheikh said..
Sheikh al-Sudais: I have seen a lot of comments against the Libyan Revolutionaries in various places.. #Libya 1/5
Sheikh al-Sudais: in regards to their killing of #gaddafi & his son. This is misplaced sympathy & ignorance of Islamic law. #Libya 2/5
Sheikh al-Sudais: B/c #gaddafi was in a battlefield (war) & had weapons in his possession, was injured & died from his wounds. #Libya 3/5
Sheikh al-Sudais: EVEN if he was not injured & had been caught, it is sound/ just to have killed him; This is better than.. #Libya 4/5
Sheikh al-Sudais: to have handed him to non-Muslims who would have put him in jail
& his survival would’ve been the door to evil. #Libya 5/5
Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais ws born in KSA & imo 1 of the greatest Quran reciters of today..very influential man.
Mushu
The hottest garbage bags ever. Special #GaddafiMafiaEdition: pic.twitter.com/1JjNmSpu
Anthony
How many lives did the person who shot Gaddafi save? How many nightmares did he survive? No-one in #Libya saw him shoot anyone @ShababLibya
Batool بَتُـــٌولْ
The guy who threw his shoes at #Bush got sent to jail. The boy who killed #Gadaffi faces prosecution. Lol? No Surprise. #Libya
Libyanorama
trying to be optimistic and doing my best to make something could help Libya to be better..that’s how I express my love to her
World’s Longest Substitution?
In February 2003 Canada played Libya in a friendly soccer match. The Libyans were particularly grateful as they were having difficulty in attracting opponents to play them at home. So grateful that a few moments after Canada made it 3-1, Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libya leader Muammar al-Gaddafi and member of the Libyan national soccer team, when being substituted out of the match, made the point of shaking the hand of every single Canadian players on the field before he departed. He wasn’t done there, proceeding to shake the hands of all of Canadian coaches, staff and players on the bench. And to prove that he’s not without a sense of humour, check out what he does at the end of the video to the Libyan police officer..
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybA8XpWYV1A&fea...
freelibyanyouth
Final list of injured from #Baniwalid battle:
docs.google.com/open?id=0B59bBvk62JShZWE3NWZhZmItYjJjN i00YmJkLWFjYmQtY2NlNDkxZGZiNWQ z &
or:
goo.gl/NF67S
final list of martyrs:
docs.google.com/open?id=0B59bBvk62JShNmY1NTIxNGMtMDA2Y y00NjJhLWIxNmMtNzVlOGVmMmVmNWU 2 –
or:
goo.gl/W7TMn
#BaniWalid resident : “We were lied.. totally brainwashed. They told us FFs were extremist & Al Qaida killers. We were blind.” #Libya #Feb17
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” #Libya #Feb17
#RevolutionMemories “These men wearing jeans, talking internet, Facebook, we made fun of them, but they proved their dignity” #Libya #Feb17
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
“If we die in battle then we win as martyrs. If we live after the battle then we win as free men. The only way we lose is through surrender”
Sarah
I can’t remember what I was doing before #FEB17 .. I feel like I have been Tweeting for years …
One of the injured Freedom Fighters in #France hospital – #LibyanHeroes #Libya – pic.twitter.com/tBpFMArR
Something I’ll never forget : How happy the Freedom Fighters are when you visit them :’)) #Speachless #Benghazi
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
The US will take care of 24 wounded Libyans. Saturday they will be transferred to a hospital in the city of Boston
additionaly, Italy, Spain and France will take as well casualties to their hospitals.
according to the New #Libya n authorities Netherlands can take back their helicopter that was confiscated in #Sirte in Feb.
Telegraph
Libya: Saif al-Islam moves into Niger in quest to surrender to ICC
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, fearing for his life if captured in Libya, has crossed into Niger and is trying to arrange a flight to the Hague where he plans to hand himself into the International Criminal Court, a senior Libyan official has said.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
J Weekly
Strange bedfellows: Gadhafi and pro-Israel groups
Now it can be told: For the last decade or so, the Jews had secret back channels to Moammar Gadhafi.
What led the pro-Israel community into a careful relationship with the Libyan leader were considerations of U.S. national interests, Israel’s security needs and the claims of Libyan Jews.
After his overthrow by Libyan rebels and his killing last week, the conclusion among many pro-Israel figures in the United States is that forging the relationship was worth
it, despite the Libyan strongman’s erratic behavior and his ignoble downfall.
Read more:
www.jweekly.com/article/full/63287/stra...
US Dep. Of State
Wounded Libyan Fighters To Receive U.S. Medical Care
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta
Washington, DC
October 27, 2011
After months of struggle and sacrifice, the Libyan people have liberated their country with the support of the United States and the international community. The violent dictator and his regime have collapsed. But Libya’s new freedom has come at a price in human life and suffering. Just as the United States and the international community stood with the Libyan people during the revolution, we continue to work with Libya to address urgent humanitarian needs.
Saturday, in response to a request by the Transitional National Council, the United States is transporting 24 seriously wounded fighters to Spaulding Hospital in Boston,
Massachusetts. An additional six critical cases will be transferred to Germany for immediate care. All of these patients were injured as a result of recent fighting and suffer from conditions that cannot currently be treated in Libya.
The United States offers this humanitarian gesture of emergency medical evacuation assistance as a token of our support for the democratic aspirations of the Libyan people and our hope for a continued strong partnership as they build a new Libya.
Source:
www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/10/1763...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Thats an appalling low number for a big country. US will take 24 and that will probably be only ones they take
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
I think I read that there is one actually (Drone searching for Saif ) #Libya
once NTC got the $$$ they will look after war victims very well There is a special Ministry created for them
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
However ghosttowns #Sirte + #BaniWalid R Big #NTC dilemma BW is seat of Biggest tribe of #Libya 1Million ppl Not safe in BW gunfire@night
Many People in #Bani #Walid are angry with the NTC and revolutionaries
Read it here ( arabic)
ara.reuters.com/article/topNews/idARACA...
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
when journalist talk about BW they make two factual mistakes, first there is no solid scientific evidence on the exact number of
Werfallla Tribes, and that Werfalla is an area not a one solid tribe, add to that majority are now scattered all over Libya
they influential like all other tribes of Libya, but journalists try hard to find fault lines and division to exploit
still piece is misleading when it implies Werfalla has “one million” strong that can be called to protect their spiritual home!
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
I would expect arabic speaking Journo 2get his facts right in BW
I imagine this is more of a problem 4 non arabic speakers
Paulo
Since Feb17 I’ve been hearing about the power of tribes, haven’t seen it yet. #boogeyman
libyanproud libyanandproud
I am one of the “million”, I fought more for other cities than baniwalid!
they exist but they have no power over people. Allegiance is to belief not tribe
Abdulsalam
There’s no evedince that Warfalah’s population is 1M. the census in libya is’t based on tribal system.How did they get this figr
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Well known fact in Libya @a
Well known fact in LibyaTribal power is a myth. #Gaddafi bought loyalty w/ hard ca$h in many parts of #Libya esp #BaniWalid
jfjbowen Jeremy Bowen
Back in #Rixos hotel #Tripoli with @cswift2 Ghosts of the old regime in the corridors. Where are you now Musa Ibrahim? #libya
#Egypt Airlines will resume flights to #Benghazi, #Libya on Saturday October 30th via @ShahrazadKablan
The war in 192 photo’s, month to month:
NYT
Battle for Libya
See the photo’s:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/afric...
WAPO
When Condoleezza Rice met Moammar Gaddafi
Condoleezza Rice is out with a new memoir that critics consider a revelatory, if limited, review of her eight years working with George W. Bush.
Rice describes a 2008 meeting between the pair that ended with Gaddafi showing her
photos of Rice with world leaders — and the performance of a song he had composed in her honor.
Art.:
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-ey...
Eid Al Adha or Eid al Kabeer will be on November 6 Sunday in #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Good news is that all over #Libya more and more FF are handing in their weapons #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Chinese ambassador is back in #Tripoli, says foreign ministry: BEIJING, Oct. 28 #libya #NotLoosingAnyTime
TED x Tripoli
Volunteer Questionnaire
tedxtripoli.org/volunteer
WAPO
Gaddafi loyalist injured in custody of revolutionaries
Col. Moammar Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief was seriously injured while in the custody of Libyan revolutionaries, officials said Thursday, the latest in a string of murky incidents that have raised questions about retaliatory attacks against members of the old regime.
“We heard him screaming. He fell from the second floor,” he said. Ardawi said Dorda apparently was trying to escape.
Another revolutionary, who identified himself only as Saeed, told a reporter: “He tried to suicide.”
Read story:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_eas...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#After #NATO 13 Countries created #NEW Alliance“Friends Committee in Support of #Libya” incl.US France UK assist rehabilitation
Blog KhadijaTeri
Where Were You The Day Kadafy Met His End?
I got a text message from OTE that said ‘Ding dong the witch is dead!’ a phrase taken from a song from the movie ‘The Wizard of Oz’. Within a few seconds the same message was sent again, and again, and again, every few minutes. AlMadar’s sms service was going berzerk but it was so funny that it was this same message that kept being sent to me. It was as if AlMadar was sending me a singing telegram…..
Read more:
khadijateri.blogspot.com
CNN
ICC in talks over surrender of Gadhafi son
The International Criminal Court is having “informal conversations” about the surrender of Moammar Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, who is wanted for crimes against humanity, the court’s chief prosecutor said Friday.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo would not say with whom the court is talking. He also said the court does not know al-Islam’s whereabouts.
oreno-Ocampo promised there would be no deals for Saif al-Islam Gadhafi’s surrender.
Source and video:
goo.gl/emcti
RaynerSkyNews
ICC says mercenaries could b offering Saif passage 2country which doesn’t recognise ICC like Zimbabwe
Joanne
Like US Israel Sudan
malonebarry Barry Malone
ICC confirms Reuters exclusives on Saif reaching out to it, says has informal contact with him, is trying to implement arrest warrant #Libya
RaynerSkyNews Tom Rayner
Word of caution re ICC claim to be in ‘indirect’ contact with Saif Gaddafi – on 21st Aug they said he’d been captured tinyurl.com/4yges2s
Ahmed
If I was Saif Gaddafi I would just call it a day and kill myself…but don’t suggest that to him bcs I’d rather he be put on trial.
LARebel21
they should put 3 thuwar in Saif cell for couple of days a wk to keep him company.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Lol that wouldnt be fair to the Thuwar :)
Mushu
Wait till Saif gets caught (insha Allah). Twitter will be on fire again :p
malonebarry Barry Malone
Wherever Saif is negotiating with the ICC from, it’s sure to be a long way from here tinyurl.com/689mk8m #Libya
RTL NL
RTL Nieuws | 28 oktober 2011, 14:12
Strafhof bespreekt overgave met zoon Khadaffi
Het Internationaal Strafhof (ICC) in Den Haag overlegt met Saif Khadaffi over zijn overgave. De naar Niger gevluchte zoon van Khadaffi vreest sinds de gewelddadige dood van zijn vader voor z’n leven.
Het ICC zoekt de zoon van Khadaffi wegens vermeende oorlogsmisdaden. Eerder deze week werd al bekend dat Saif, die zich nu in Niger zou bevinden, bereid was zich over te geven aan het Internationaal Strafhof.
Vliegtuig charteren nog niet gelukt
Hij zou vanuit Niger al geprobeerd hebben om, via Mali en Zuid-Afrika, een vliegtuig naar Nederland te charteren, maar dat is vooralsnog nog niet gelukt. Nederland is nog niet benaderd om hem over te dragen aan het ICC.
Source:
goo.gl/qrdCA
Secrets Not Saif: Gaddafi shadow haunts West’s dodgy deals
Video report:
goo.gl/oEbLT
malonebarry Barry Malone
But Hague says has heard mercenaries are offering to get Saif to an African country that does not recognise ICC. Man has options… #Libya
CBS News
ICC confirms indirect talks with Saif Qaddafi
(AP)
AMSTERDAM – The International Criminal Court is in indirect contact with slain Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam about the possibility of surrendering for trial, the chief prosecutor said Friday.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo told The Associated Press talks are being held through intermediaries whom he did not identify. He also said he did not know exactly where Saif al-Islam Qaddafi is.
Read more:
www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-20126949/i...
Mushu
""He Saif says he is innocent and he will prove his innocence," the prosecutor said." #bullshit #Gaddaficrimes #Libya #Feb17
martinchulov Martin Chulov
To clarify; airstrike on Saif al-Islam’s convoy as he fled south from Bani Walid was near time Sirte fell. No verified inf since #Libya
Mohammed
#Prosecutor of the #ICC #Ocampo says the ICC is talking to #Saif #Gaddafi in an attempt to convince him to surrender. #Libya #feb17
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Saif not thought to have died in airstrike a week ago. tho western officials think injuries in convoy
Image:
Gaddafi loyalists proud they bombed a mosque – #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/lzVMZjrD
Aljazeera
Did Libya’s NTC lose control of its fighters?
The former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has gone. He is now officially “dead and buried”, but just how did he and more than 50 of his supporters die?
As Gaddafi was buried at an undisclosed location at dawn on Tuesday, the National Transitional Council (NTC) bowed to international pressure and announced the formation of a committee to investigate how he and his son were killed.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the NTC, still held to the initial explanation given that Gaddafi may have been killed in crossfire – a view many of his officials do not appear to believe.
There is also a report from Human Rights Watch pointing to evidence of atrocities committed against 53 captured Gaddafi supporters who were found in the grounds of
an abandoned hotel in Sirte, some bound and shot in the head.
As evidence emerges of summary executions, questions are being asked about whether the NTC lost control of its fighters during the final chaotic weeks of battle or if 40 years of brutality and repression justify such acts.
Inside Story discusses with guests: Alia Brahimi, from the Centre for Global Governance at the London School of Economics (LSE); Waheed Burshan, an NTC representative; and David Mepham, the UK director of Human Rights Watch.
Guardian
A hybrid court could secure justice in Libya
Beyond the ICC cases, the international community could help the development of innovative approaches to justice in Libya, perhaps through creating a “hybrid” court that would be able to try suspects for atrocities that constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity under international law, as well as crimes under local law.
Hybrid courts are not new, with examples such as the special court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) established in 2002, or the currently troubled Khmer Rouge court, the
extraordinary chambers in the courts of Cambodia (ECCC) which was set up in 2003. Each was tailor-made for the country in question. For instance, the special tribunal for Lebanon (STL), set up in 2009, was established to try only national crimes.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/oct/27/hybr...
Suddenly, The ‘Ladies Love Libyan Rebels’
Young Libyan men who less than a year ago were “hopeless layabouts” are now “marriageable heroes” because they took up arms against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi and toppled the dictator who had ruled Libya for 42 years,
she writes:
“Before the revolution, young men her age ‘were just lazing around in the streets, no future. I didn’t care about them at all,’ said Esra’a el-Gadi, 20. ‘Now I look at them in a totally new light — they stood up against Gadhafi. It’s something.’ …
“Jokes passed by cell phone text messages across Libya confirm the newfound eligibility of the young civilians turned fighters.
” ‘Forget doctors and engineers: We want to marry a rebel,’ one of the widely circulated text messages goes. ‘Looking for a rebel to wed?’ another SMS asks: ‘Press M for a husband from Misrata, B for a husband from Benghazi.’ “
Link:
feb17.info/news/suddenly-the-ladies-lov...
Video: Libya faces a future of mixed priorities
Libyans have mixed feelings about the transitional period and beyond as the country tries to heal from the NATO-aided conflict that saw Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster.
The interim government will have a clear mandate; crafting a new constitution,
organising elections and paving the way for a new Libya.But in the meantime people have a long list of priorities such as safety and security, education and de-arming fighters.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra spoke to residents in Tripoli.
Watch here:
feb17.info/media/video-libya-faces-a-fu...
Reminder of Gaddafi crimes
For those that sympathized with the Dictators death here is a small reminder of what the Libyan people endured in the past 8 months
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-reminder-of-gadd...
The New Age
Gaddafi’s SA soldiers
A team of South African mercenaries helped Muammar Gaddafi’s family out of the war zone of Tripoli, Libya’s capital, to hide out in Algeria, prior to the Libyan despot’s killing in Sirte last week.
The team returned to South Africa within a week of the successful clandestine operation. Not so lucky was a second team, which went to support Gaddafi’s escape to Niger, but got caught in the fire fight between the dictator’s henchmen and Nato.
The second team was allegedly cornered by Libyan freedom fighters, which led to one South African’s death and numerous casualties among the rest of the mercenaries.
The first team of 24 men launched the audacious covert operation at the beginning of September to spirit Gaddafi’s wife and three surviving children away to safety in Algeria. A week later the team arrived safely back in South Africa.
Full art.:
www.thenewage.co.za/33042-22-53-Gaddafi...
Key Moments in the Feb 17 Revolution
Read and watch here:
feb17.info/news/key-moments-in-the-feb-...
mbi3000 LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
The #NTC wants us to start reconciliation with Qaddafi side but how can we do that with people thirsty to blood since 69 until today #Libya
ICC confirms Reuters exclusives on Saif reaching out to it, says has informal contact with him, is trying to implement arrest warrant #Libya
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
I love those mindblowing interviews in Libya….
So the NTC knew that Gaddafi was in Sirte…how come that i didnt get one of them to tell me this secret..at least they know how to keep one
Jaja, geen stammenstrijd maar een stedenstrijd…
Is Qatar taking over Libya? That is my question…
All Africa
Libya:
Lessons From Gaddafi
One reason why history keeps repeating itself is because human beings hardly learn from it. Muammar Gaddafi did not have to dig into ancient history to learn that his dictatorship could end as gruesomely as it did on the 20th October 2011. From Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989 to Saddam Hussein in 2006, many dictators have met their ends in ironic tragedy. Colonel Gaddafi had sufficient warnings to escape a most brutal end – he could have followed the Hosni Mubarak script – but would appear to have characteristically dismissed the resolve of his antagonists.
Muammar Gaddafi, even as arrogant as he was, was hardly the worst dictator in history. His people, in the honesty of their hearts, do admit that he did some good things regarding their welfare.
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Bright Crescent (أمّة مشرقة تنبذ الإرهاب)- Unity Take a stand
Because it’s no longer enough to say that we don’t accept extremism, terrorism and the deceivers’ attempts to distort the image of Islam, we must stand together against their acts, and raise our voice against them in order to save our society and the future of our loved ones from their crimes.
Video:
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Mushu
Stat Counter has changed the flag! No more green rags, YES! :) #bunejmawhlalftw
He Saif G and his family gave the word ‘delusional’ a whole new meaning. Totally
unbelievable. #GaddafiMafia #Libya #Feb17
ABC News
Libya: New Video Shows More Unguarded Surface-to-Air Missiles
A month after U.S. officials told ABC News they were moving quickly to secure unguarded weapons in Libya, human rights investigators have found a huge cache of unprotected weapons, including bombs, tank shells and dozens of surface-to-air missiles, in the city of Sirte.
“Anybody want a surface-to-air missile?” asks Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director of Human Rights Watch, in a video shot Sunday in near where Moammar Gadhafi and his son Mutassim made their last stand. Though the U.S. is rushing more and more specialists to Libya in a race to find the massive stores of weapons that have gone missing since the start of the Libyan uprising, Bouckaert beat them to Sirte.
Read and video:
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AP
Int’l Court in indirect talks with Gadhafi son
The International Criminal Court is in indirect negotiations with a son of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi about his possible surrender for trial, the chief prosecutor said Friday.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo told The Associated Press talks were being held through intermediaries, whom he did not identify, to assure Seif al-Islam Gadhafi that he would receive a fair trial and that he could be helped to find a new country of residence if he were acquitted.
He said he did not know exactly where Gadhafi is.
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bilal H.B.
this is from the Freedom Fighters of #Libya to the Freedom Fighters in #USA plz RT we want to #OccupyWallStreet #OWS
pic.twitter.com/aMAhez5x
My nephew asked me who are the guys on #OWS and what are they doing? i told him they are like the Libyan FFs and just asking for justice!
My friends if the world is gonna end next year let’s end it with a bang! #OWS !
#Bashar had millions cheering for him today! #Gaddafi done it before him and forced his “Beeble” to cheer for him too. no one is buying it!
#Syria isn’t that different from #Libya the only thing is in Libya we fast forwarded to victory by starting a war!
What’s “cool” these days since the #Libyan Rev ended i wanna go back to being “cool” and what’s up with the word “Swag” is it a new car ?
Since the fighting have stopped in #Libya and now i’m extremely bored i wanna do something but NO action in this world can match our war!
The word tyrant is tossed around too much these days, and no your dad who won’t do what you want isn’t a tyrant and you can’t #OccupyYourDad
Plz don’t show me anymore Angelina Jolie pictures while visiting #Libya i’m really starting to regret fighting in #Sirte lol
Okay i just imagined #Gaddafi’s tombstone! it says #NeverSayNever how cool would that be ? After all of this time Gaddafi is a belieber!
Every thing is back to normal in Benghazi even crime today i saw the cops arresting six guys who were fighting in the street with knives!
I gonna do something i didn’t do in a looong while i’m gonna search for #Libya and look for trouble with haters! wish me luck :D
Okay when a stupid newspaper like the Guardian writes something bad about #Libya u see the haters “Suddenly” saying it’s good honest media?!
I’m in Libya and when i hear stupid people like that talk i get offended by how ignorant they are!
i’m a wounded FF lol but not single but i do have tons of single Ffs
What’s wrong with people who keeps saying NATO killed innocents ? sorry i didn’t know you were all from Misurat and Benghazi ?!!
His wife or sister was raped infront of him the other have his dad or brother killed in AbuSleem what do expect them to with Gaddafi ? XoXo?
If i caught Gaddafi i don’t say i would of arrest him but i wouldn’t say i would of killed him and that’s the thing who knows ? #Libya
How to make the people hate you quickly ? you can always kiss up to a dictator this always work isn’t that right #Russia ? #Syria #Libya
One last quick note #Bashar isnt an original AT ALL i bet Gaddafi is in hell saying Bashar stole his moves and saying been there killed that
Kety
I hate when I make an English mistake and get RTed
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Lecturer getting political “he’s a journalist, so don’t believe everything he says, he has to sell newspapers too”. #Burrrrn
Zeenews
US to treat seriously injured Libyan fighters
Washington: The US has announced to fly 24 seriously injured fighters from Libya to Boston for treatment while another six critical cases are being transferred to Germany for immediate care.
“In response to a request by the Transitional National Council, the United States is transporting 24 seriously wounded fighters to Spaulding Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said in a joint statement yesterday.
Read more:
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Mushu
Just like it saved countless lives in #Libya, it’ll do the same in #Syria, God willing. #NFZ4Syria #NoFlyZone @UN @NATO
Saif knows it’s his best bet, since ICC doesn’t have a death penalty sentence. He’ll get like 20-30yrs, and then 1/2
he may retreat to some nice place and start living on the money he and his cursed family stole from us. 2/2 #Gaddaficrimes #Saif
LibyaLiberty
I think we should #OccupyTwitter from all these professional journalists with their ‘verified’ sources and ‘accurate’ quotes.I’m so angry.
malonebarry Barry Malone
Bit of anti-aircraft fire chucked over sea in Tripoli seems to herald start of celebrations to mark one week since killing of Gaddafi #Libya
Nameer
we have to send our brave libyan brigades to help the siryans out
Khadija Ali
“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.” – Harriet Woods
My 6 year old brother spent a few days pretending to be a journalist; now he says hes a #shaheed #Martyr #Libya #Feb17
James W. Foley think I spoke to same Adam few days ago, provided a description, but should have checked his video! does his cell # end 6240? interesting talked to Adam a few days ago, he provided a description, but will check the video.
Karl Stagno-Navarra
On May 26-29 #ZA air force C-130B in #Malta while #Zuma met #Gaddafi in #Tripoli. Could the plane have to do with merc reports?
bit.ly/sCQzLk
Aljazeera
Sirte ‘pays price of revolution’
Muammar Gaddafi may be dead but people from Sirte, the deposed leader’s hometown, say they are paying the price of the revolution.
The town was under siege for more than a month and some residents are questioning the motives of the National Transition Council that attacked Sirte.
Homes have been looted and burned, and many believe the NTC fighters took revenge on the town as recompense for damage done by Gaddafi to the cities of Benghazi and Misrata.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Sirte.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VllZdPDf7w&fea...
Aljazeera
UN Security Council ends NATO’s Libya mission
The UN Security Council has voted to bring an end to NATO’s authority to operate a no-fly zone and its mandate to protect civilians – known as Resolution 1973.
The decision came despite a call from the National Transitional Council for NATO to extend its mission.
And as Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Tripoli, it means an early test for Libya’s new leadership.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSYXnQKgh9s&fea...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#WFP charter ship ‘Fehim Bey’ leaves #Malta with humanitarian aid for #Tripoli #Misurata #Benghazi as operations come to an end
#Malta govt intends to keep humanitarian hub concept open for #Libya relief
#Malta military to offer assistance to #Libya in search and rescue capability, monitor seas, respond to requests for assistance
#Malta to assist #Libya civil aviation authorities in management of airspace
Tweeting Tripoli
Did you know that the name “Mouamer” is extremely rare in Libya? Shows how Gaddafi was not loved and was considered an embarrassment.
Algerian man wants to name his son after “Gaddafi” who killed and wounded over 50K Libyans, and destroyed cities completely.
Raise your hand if u knew a Libyan born after 1976 named #Muammer. If he was loved by millions, wouldn’t you think there should be many?
Tweeting Tripoli
@AndersFoghR I live in Tripoli between 5 major military bases you bombed many times. I confirm no civilians hurt during ur ops. Thank you :)
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Contractors in #Libya´s oil industry say they will only come back with 30-50% more payment
Oil companies struggling to come back to #libya not knowing who will provide security in the oil fields (source: #Reuters)
My morning interview with Austrian state TV #orf gonna be soon on orf.at Now it´s time to ly a bit under the beautiful libyan sun…. #libya
My interview with #Volksblatt on economic outlook in #Libya
www.volksblatt.at (Frontpage-German)
of 25 austrian subsidiaries 23 left around feb 20. one that stayed behind was operating hospitals. supporting G? or libyans?
Defacto ist das nur die Überschrift des Voklsblatt Artikels und kein Zitat von mir – aber inhaltlich stimmts….
Global Post
Who killed Gaddafi? Why we should care.
So why does it matter if he was shot and not taken to court?
Because the rule of law matters. It is what makes us civilized. And each step we make toward making war more civilized is significant.
Read art.:
www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpos...
Jaleel
How easy to state that from a safe distance……….
The law always deals properly with anything in the civilized USA?
Come on……..
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Prison in the Hague ready for Saif:
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Haags Strafhof: Cel voor zoon Kaddafi is klaar
Het Internationaal Strafhof in Den Haag is klaar voor de komst van Saif al-Islam Kaddafi. Dat heeft een woordvoerder van het hof vandaag gezegd. Het Strafhof voert momenteel informeel overleg met de zoon van Muammar Kaddafi over zijn overgave, zei hoofdaanklager Luis Moreno Ocampo in een interview met CNN.
Zodra de tweede zoon van de wijlen ex-dictator onder arrest staat, wordt hij overgebracht naar een cel in het detentiecentrum van de Verenigde Naties, een onderdeel van het gevangeniscomplex op Scheveningen. Op dit moment zitten daar vijf ICC-verdachten vast, naast tientallen verdachten die terecht staan bij andere tribunalen.
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Main Coastal Highway between the power station and Kubre Sirte, “green zone”.
Sirte, Libya
Dr. Tameem is on the camera this time. In case you can’t hear what I said to him at the outset it was: ‘DUDE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPOT, THEN FUCKING SPOT.’ – He’d asked for the camera to spot with when this kicked off and then he just sort of stood there. I think he went into shock. We’re recording so that if we spot anything worth a big gun we can just show the position to the heavy weapons trucks. Later when it became clear that he didn’t want to spot I shouted: ‘FILM, then (not them, then), Jesus.’ – A lot of stuff is drowned out by the weapons fire.
In hindsight, I should have just kept the camera. Most of the time they do use their rifles properly- shouldering them, using the sights, etc. The machinegunner I directed (tried to get to go prone and at least try to aim) also spoke english, curiously. He said
to me: ‘No no it’s very accurate *BRAAAAAAAAP*’ which was… peculiar, to say the
least. Surely he could see his own rounds popping off the ground two or three meters in front of him?
The whole thing stinks. It’s definitely worth a few viewings.
Yet another out of order vid
Here we get ambushed and respond Viet Nam style. A guy with an AK-47 on our side almost kills me. After making sure it was actually an accident (it was polite- he seemed embarrassed more than anything else) we shook hands and kept fighting. War sucks. See the little basement window on that “empty” structure? Suspected source of fire. Building was cleared by rebels a week or so earlier during the push into Sirte so it was known to be abandoned.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=56aQGfulE30
Ocampo :
CC court is looking into possibility of intercepting any PLANE carrying #Saif Gaddafi in order to make an Arrest #Libya
War sucks:
So I was standing on a hillside in Sirte behind a technical and these two hardened Thewar kept motioning for me and the others standing next to me to sit down. Just as I process this the guy to my left gets shot through the head with the bullet exiting just below his right ear. He stiffened up and hit the ground.
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EXCLUSIVE interview w/ prosecutor ICC #Ocampo Live from The Hague #CNN goo.gl/OBAVR #Saif Gaddafi and Abdullah alSenussi #Libya
#Ocampo: UHH No I Cant give you any details about who the contacts are we r having informal discussions with #SaifGaddafi #Libya #NoDeals
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#SouthAfricans mercenaries Helping #Gaddafi Family escape #Libya were apparently paid $15000 each goo.gl/zvjOC #SA
Kuwait has sent a plane today to #benghazi to pick up 25 #Libya war Casualties they will get all Medical care 4 free till fully recovered
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
I am in #misrata freedom square. Huge celebrations going on as a welcome to city fighters coming back from frontlines. #libya
Al Arabiya
ICC in ‘informal contact’ with Saif al-Islam Qaddafi over surrender
The prosecutor for the world’s top war crimes court said on Friday informal contact has been made with Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the fugitive son of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, in order to arrest him and bring him to trial.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) charged Qaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi with crimes against humanity for the bombing and shooting of civilian protesters in February.
Abdel Majid Mlegta, a senior military official of Libya’s National Transitional Council, told Reuters on Wednesday that Saif al-Islam and Senussi wanted to surrender to the
ICC in The Hague because they felt unsafe in Libya, Algeria or Niger.
A NTC source said on Thursday Saif al-Islam wanted an aircraft, possibly arranged by a neighboring country, to take him out of Libya’s southern desert and into ICC custody.
Under such a deal, Saif al-Islam would be taken to The Hague where the ICC shares a detention unit with the U.N. Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where former Liberian president Charles Taylor is on trial.
Art.:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/28/1...
80 Bunkers with weapons in Sirte:
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’Kaddafi’s chemische wapens ontdekt’
In de Libische woestijn hebben de rebellen in de buurt van Sirte een reusachtig geheim arsenaal vol chemische wapens van de vorige week omgebrachte kolonel Kaddafi ontdekt.
In totaal gaat het om 80 bunkers gevuld met raketten, chemisch wapentuig en opslagtanks. De rebellen hebben al een groot deel van de oorlogsmunitie ontmanteld, maar ze blijven het gigantische munitiedepot bewaken tot ze alles kunnen overdragen aan experts van het nieuwe regime.
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VGDakessian Vatche Dakessian
Great, now we have a Russian expert claiming “based on his observations” that the person executed in #Sirte was not #Gaddafi of #Libya
Reuters Factbox:
Libya’s oil returns; fields, refineries, companies
is.gd/BrRnVc #Libya
Libya:
Col Gaddafi son Saif opens ICC talks on surrender
is.gd/rvnjEG #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
LYM members currently with the Libyan delegation from the NTC in #Crete #Greece at the SI Special Committee on the Arab World.
The 3 NTC delegates will be speaking shortly at SI Special Committee on the Arab World. We will be tweeting live #Libya #Crete
Security advisor Abdul Karim Bazama with 2 other delegates, will pass on names as they speak
#SI president Papandreou: Social media has been essential to break oppressive practices, giving a voice to many silenced under these regimes
#SI President Papandreou:" We cannot fight injustice only in our societies, only in our nations because the global economic crisis has(cont)
created huge inequalities within our societies as well as a global class of rich and powerful. " #SI #Crete
#SI Lebenese delegation: Ask for a full coordination between the opposition inside the country and the opposition outside the (cont)
(cont) country-vital for the people of Syria. It is time for someone in the Arab world to recognize the Syrian opposition. #SI
#SI Ahmed Oud Daddah President of Rally of Democratic forces (RDF): "We now require greater solidarity on our part; it is the only way.cont
(Cont) we can have mutual respect. to move forward as a unified body" #SI
#SI conference: Delegate from Yemen highlights the elevation of the Yemeni woman as a result of this revolution. #Yemen
Reuters
Gaddadi son Saif al-Islam finds friends in desert
Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi can expect a warm welcome and even help hiding among the desert communities south of Libya which were long courted by his father.
Alienated further from the West by a war which risks unsettling a fragile regional peace, some were ready to defy an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant and shelter the son of a man who for years promoted the kinship of Saharan peoples.
“We are ready to hide him wherever needed,” said Mouddour Barka, a resident of Agadez in northern Niger.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-l...
Reuters
Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender
International war crimes prosecutors are in touch with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, urging him to give himself up and warning him Friday he risks a mid-air interception if he tries to flee by plane to an African safe haven.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-l...
Free Misurata
Girls of Misratah also has their own fighting front.
The fighting against Gaddafi in Misratah was not limited to the boys only,and as said “There is a woman behind every man”
The Women and girls of Misratah has contributed significantly in this war, they ware behind the encouraging their sons to go and fight for the freedom of Libya , and those who hadn’t any one on the front line or may had, had formed a sort of home group to provide the FFs with food and drinks, not only that ….the FFs can ask for any dish
they wish to eat and massive quantities will be sent over to the front.
It has been a great days…days of solidarity and unity to finish the regime and make it collapse.
One of these groups is called ” Misratah Women’s Front” MWF, they have done thousands of meals , traditional food and not only that….sweets and ice cream had been sent over on summer time.
The Admin of MWF page ion Facebook is my 2 daughters, I am very proud of what they bout had done, I made my best to provide them with Satellite internet connection even in the darkest hours when Gaddafi cut all communication means off Misratah, and helped them to carry their job.
It is not only them…there is lots of others who didn’t have the chance to reach the outer world but they still give.
Source:
www.freemisurata.com/EngArt/archives/881
Check their Facebook page
www.facebook.com/#!/women17of2misratah
Guardian
Libyan intervention was a success, despite the aftermath’s atrocities
No military intervention is ever free of moral hazard. But what Nato did in Libya can
hardly be called a ‘catastrophic failure’
Those of us wishing to contest Seumas Milne’s characterisation of western intervention in Libya as a “catastrophic failure” should at least start by acknowledging that he has a strong point. The gruesome lynching of Colonel Gaddafi and the apparent execution of some of his captured troops in Sirte are exactly the kind of atrocities Nato was mandated to prevent, and the fact that they happened weakens the legitimacy of the interventionist case.
Art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/o...
mbi3000 LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
Today a FF while being put on a plane to be treated overseas, passed away. His brother and all airport staff broke into tears.BEN #Libya :(
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Few tweets on political Islamism and #LibyanIslamists >>>
Islamist in Libya are not one political or social group, even Muslim Brotherhood (MB) are divided #LibyanIslamists
Libyan society is a conservative Muslim society that is dominated by a Maliki Sufi version of Islam #LibyanIslamists
Political Islamism didn’t have a strong presence. MB began life in early 1960’s didn’t make any impact on society #LibyanIslamists
After 1969 MB was first close some Gaddafi associates, then were banned and loathed by the regime #LibyanIslamists
Late 1980’s and early 1990’s two groups of Islamists began to emerge, Salafi Islamists, and Jehadi #LibyanIslamists
Regime cracked down all Islamists the same way, MB, Salafi, Jehadi and other
smaller groups #LibyanIslamists
1990’s MB became more active, better organised and well funded through members and countries outside Libya #LibyanIslamists
Social charitable activity by MB in Libya was a front for their political activity as is the case in other Arab countries #LibyanIslamists
Regime cracked down on MB hard and arrested most leadership while others escaped outside to begin work in exile #LibyanIslamists
MB organisational advantage in Libya was damaged and new young leadership failed to recruit new blood to their ranks #LibyanIslamists
After 2005 MB froze activities in Libya in return of their release by regime and were contained in the ‘reform’ project #LibyanIslamists
While in exile MB began to divide due to differences on dealing with Gaddafi regime #LibyanIslamists
Hard line MB accused leadership of opportunism and many influential figures defected #LibyanIslamists
The ambitions of other MB figures became bigger than the group and discontinued their membership #LibyanIslamists
In comparison to Tunisia and Egypt Libya’s MB is divided and not a united group you have three groups #LibyanIslamists
Official loyal members of MB group that has the organisational and financial resources but lack wide support or vision #LibyanIslamists
Former MB members and figures that are still MB in ideology but will form new parties or groups #LibyanIslamists
Non MB members (sympathisers) who believe in the ideology but are not organised and still yet to form a group or vision
Other Islamists include Salafis who oppose MB and Jehadi who lack numbers and organisation as political group #LibyanIslamists
People built scepticism to groups using Islam in politics; while MB is divided still would do fairly in any elections #LibyanIslamists
But with divisions and lack of strong leadership and a vision they won’t be able to
achieve same results like in Tunisia #LibyanIslamists
#LibyanIslamists though look strong and present suffer from same problems of political Libya, incompetence inexperience and lack of vision
The end.
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Why I have a feeling that all these reports on Saif indirect contact with ICC is a big fantasy? My other one is that he is six feet under!
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Tripoli is in feeststemming: een week geleden werd Gaddafi gevangen. Mensen lopen en rijden met vlaggen naar t feest op t martelarenplein.
Om 5 uur ging er een demonstratie van start op het plein ‘Tegen het ontslag van interim premier Mahmoud Jebril’.
Ppl in Tripoli are heading towards Martyrssquare for Celebrations: One week without Gaddafi.
At 5 pm a demonstration started on the square ‘against the resignation of interim premier Mahmoud Jebril’.
Is there already a fan club for AlArabia Libya correspondent Ahmad Begatto?! He helped me with all the telephonenumbers i needed, fazee9!
Reuters
Factbox: Libya’s oil returns; fields, refineries, companies
A speedy return of Libyan oil output to pre-war levels is facing new obstacles as foreign firms struggle to negotiate who will provide security for workers vulnerable to attacks in the desert and in cities bristling with weapons.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-t...
Retreating from District 2.
After a man was killed most decided it was too dangerous and fell back. The side street the gun utes were driving down was overlooked by that large building, so it was fired at before speeding down the street. Sorry about the last twenty seconds, I didn’t have a firm hold on the door and had to cling on.
Video:
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20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Be careful before you know it #Saif will highjack the plain and go to SA Or crash it in Europe. _ #Libya
#ICC , don’t forget thar #Saif said “Toz” to the ICC. The most equivalent English word is the F word. __ #Libya
Thowaar #misrata coming back Home through tripoli street. #Libya waw
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte was actually Highly Disciplined Searching Houses we #Thuwar only removed Weapons ignored enormous piles Jewelry
goo.gl/ko0rI
NPR:
American Took Up Arms With Libya’s Rebels
The ragtag militias that overran Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown in Libya included at least one American: 29-year-old Kevin Dawes of San Diego. Dawes says he first went to Libya to serve as a medical aid worker in June, but eventually decided to take up arms after pro-Gadhafi forces started targeting medical staff.
Read more:
goo.gl/krjN6
FYI:
The Kevin Dawes in NRP art., see below:
Kevin Dawes 29 from #San #Diego, #California
Video:
www.youtube.com/user/orac22
Marcus
malta also have 30 libyan icu patients being treated here
Saif Gaddafi Exposed ENGLISH SUBTITLES
This worthless excuse of a man will pay for his crimes against humanity.
Supporters- chanting ‘Only God, Muammar & Libya.’
Saif — guys, guys, listen, listen We need high spirits More chanting
Saif: Listen, listen brothers, the people have said the police force have joined the protesters, but today we will prove the opposite (Context — Saif is hinting at an idea — to equip his supporters with police clothing and request them to enter the protests undercover.)
Saif:Do you need weapons?!
Supporters reply: Yes, Yes, Yes!
Saif: One minute please, you will receive all the support, all the facilities and weapons etc. Everything will be okay, and you will be victorious.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z47ymow04uc
Al Arabiya
Libyan songs of freedom gain traction
The week following the death of Libyan ousted leader Muammar Qaddafi has been viewed with high optimism across the capital of Tripoli.
The revolution that has swept across Libya has brought with it a new soundtrack to the celebrations in which new types of music can be heard. Libyan revolutionary songs now fills the airwaves on the radio, in people’s homes and cars on the capital streets.
Much of the songs poke fun at Qaddafi or “Shaf Shoufa” – Libyan slang for “messy hair”. There is a great demand for these CDs. Haithem al-Warfailly, a music seller said
that there is not a car in Tripoli without these CDs or cassettes. On average between 500 to 600 CDs are sold every day.
Warfailly said, “These songs mean a lot to the Libyan people because they are all about the revolution. Some of the songs are anti-Qaddafi while some show the suffering of the Libyans during Qaddafi’s rule.”
The market offers many revolutionary souvenirs but it seems it’s the music that has really caught people’s fancy.
Speaker: Haithem al-Warfailly, a music seller
Voice: Mohab AlSamman
Video:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/28/1...
SI
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
NTC Jamal Issa, SI conference: We have fought the regime since 1970. Libyans went through many difficulties #Libya #SI #NTC
NTC’s Jamal Issa: Everyone knows Gaddafi. Our revolution started very peaceful and turned bloody. #Libya #SI #NTC
NTC’s Jamal Issa: Gaddafi forced Libyans to take up arms and forced us to practice the principles in a difficult manner. #Libya #SI
Jamal Issa: (cont) demonstrating this to the int community. I was accepted here kindly and proudly by Crete. #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa: They protected me and helped me, stayed on my side in the struggle for freedom #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa: Following this I left to the USA for 20 years and returned to #Libya in March for the first time #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa: I am now here in Crete for a second time and I extend my gratitude to all. #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa- NTC at the SI Special Committee on the Arab World "We have been fighting this regime since 1970. #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa: Everyone knows Gaddafi. Our revolution started very peaceful and turned bloody. Gaddafi forced Libyans to take up arms (cont)
(cont) and forced us to practice the principles of our human rights in a difficult manner. We asked for freedom, a constitution, and justice
My personal experience with Greece and Crete are in the same spirit: In July 1992, I was a fighter pilot and flew from Al Baida to Greece
and landed here in Crete asking for freedom. I demonstrated to the international community. I was accepted here kindly and proudly by Crete
They protected me and helped me and stayed on my side and agreed that we need freedom. After that trip I went to the United States and
(cont) stayed there for 20 years. I returned to Libya in March 2011 for the first time.
I am now here in Crete for a second time and I extend my gratitude to all." (Jamal Issa, SI conference in Crete) #Libya #Crete #SI
lyllie
Congratzz and long life to Free Libya!
Spiegel DE
GERMANY treats up to 300 injured LIBYAN FF
Umsturz in Nordafrika
Helfer fliegen Hunderte verletzte Libyer nach Deutschland
Die blutigen Gefechte in Libyen haben zahllose Verletzte gefordert, viele von ihnen werden bald in deutschen Krankenhäusern behandelt. Laut “Financial Times Deutschland” lässt das Auswärtige Amt bis zu 300 Verwundete ausfliegen und auf
Kliniken im ganzen Land verteilen.
Read report:
www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,15...
Clinton:
US to Transport 24 Wounded #Libyan Fighters to Hospital in Boston,Mass., & 6 critical cases to #Germany for immediate care. #Libya
French pilots arrive home:
La Provence
Les héros de Libye de retour sur la base 125
Comme dans les films américains, leurs femmes, enfants, parents, les attendaient sur le tarmac. Sur le plan suivant, un passage en formation serrée au-dessus de la base aérienne d’Istres pour les saluer. À la fin, des retrouvailles empreintes d’émotions. Mais ce n’était pas du cinéma, hier après-midi : les quatre des sept Mirage 2000N que compte l’escadron 2.4 La Fayette revenaient bien de la guerre.
www.laprovence.com/article/a-la-une/les...
(AFP) –
“Abdallah Al-Senoussi est arrivé dans le désert malien, en provenance du Niger”, a déclaré une source sécuritaire nigérienne. #Libye
Well put:
Ulfatak
Are Libyans going to be allowed to go to the toilet without every move being analyzed? #Libya”
Libyan freestyle –
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=102881813070122 – #Football #Saga3 #Libya
LIBYAN
So where is @hrw on what is happening in #Syria today? Oh… they are too busy figuring out how criminal #Gaddafi was killed?
Samsom
Army men and security forces are opening live fire on us . We were on huge protest in insha’t i’m hidinig there #Homs #Syria
Kareem
Woman in #Hama went to drag her son’s dead body from the street, to be shot dead and fall over her son. #Syria
ihausser
Au moins 37 morts en #Syrie aujourd’hui. Les réformes réclamées par la #LigueArabe consistent-elles à remplir les cimetières ?
HRW WHERE ARE YOU??Innocent civilians are being killed right here in Syria, right now this very minute! Stop fretting about murderer Gaddafi and do your real job, saving lives of ordinary innocent civilians.
Sarah
If #Gaddafi’s death hurt you more than the death of 1000’s of Syrians then ask yourself who’s not human. #NFZ4Syria
Sirte:
1 night a Heli tried to fly frm #Sirte, but it couldn’t. we didnt knw it s identity & i couldn’t check l8er.
It wasnt shotdown, it tried 2 fly 3-4 time (up&down), our 23.5mm & 14.5mm fire ground it.
It was night. our nightvision coulnt shw any details frm a 2-1.5km.
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
#NATO Council confirmed decision taken a week ago: Operation in #Libya will end on 31 October 2011. Our military job is now done.
We launched operation faster than ever. Conducted it effectively w/ partners and are concluding it in a considered and controlled manner
Up to Libyans now to build a new and inclusive #Libya based on democracy and reconciliation, human rights and the rule of law. #NATO
I want to thank our servicemen and women for conducting this mission so well. #Libya #NATO
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
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@AndersFoghR Thank you all, thanks to everyone that helped save lives in Libya :) We appreciate it (tweeting from a free #Tripoli)
moez معز
Saw 3 supposed ‘#FF’ stop a black guy on the street and ask him for his passport etc – totally unacceptable #libya – tarnishing #feb17
‘#FFs’ did their job on a 7 month adrenaline rush. I’m afraid that now they have nothing to do we could see more of this #libya #feb17
Matog Saleh
#Chavez .. Shut up !! I bet you cant even go to the toilet on your own !! So why dont you worry about your nappies and leave #Libya alone
How lovely does it feel to be able to say what you like on the phone or in the street without being worried of someone arresting you?
Sitting here in #Tripoli as the night breeze flies across me i can smell the freedom. We have done it what everyone thought was impossible
Libya WAS known as #Gadaffi. NOW #Libya means a country full of heroes who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Heads shud be held up high!!
#Libya i love you from all of my heart. These last 8months have shown me what homeland really means :)
Its so weird how now everything related to #Gadaffi is in the past tense “He was,used to,did…” We have a bright future to look forward too
#Libya .. i am wondering what people think when they hear that word now :)
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
Amazing interview with Gadhafi’s driver about the final days and moments in Sirte bit.ly/tPZMFt
Shabab Libya
Like what Abdeljalil said about Libya, then the western media took out of context and had a field day.
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Qatar “to train the Libyan military, collect weapons and integrate often autonomous rebel units” into army
bit.ly/v21Ltf #Libya
hollypickett Holly Pickett
The worst of all was the 340 dead bodies that were catalogued and buried in a mass grave in #Sirte #Libya. There will be more to collect.
Warwick
There was a report about 267 executed bodies in total in Sirte. Is it now up to 360?
Holly Pickett
no. the bodies that were buried were from all over the city. some appeared to have been executed, others it was unclear.
Warwick
Thank you, but I’m actually just confused about the number. Is the no. of collected bodies buried in mass graves 267 or 340?
Holly Pickett
The number is higher than 267. 340 buried on Tuesday, 200 on Wednesday (according to another journo), 50 on Thursday.
Some were from the Mahari Hotel, others were found randomly in areas all over the city.
The 340 were not found in a mass grave, I watched them be buried, cataloged and DNA taken.
I think until they are identified or the DNA matched with family members, they will remain in mass grave in Sirte.
If the rebels were taken far away from the front line, comrades might not find them.
Some of the bodies I saw were quite decomposed. In bodies of water, etc. And no rebels were present when they were buried.
Kety Shapazian
2011 will be a very bloody year but the prize at the end of the rainbow never seemed more real than now. #Freedom ;-)
Reuters
Dealings with Gaddafi son embarrass London college
One of its founders was George Bernard Shaw, its professors have included Friedrich von Hayek and Bertrand Russell and among notable former students are John F. Kennedy and the current Greek prime minister.
But the London School of Economics (LSE), one of the most renowned branches of the University of London, is currently making news due to the activities of a couple of its more infamous, rather than famous, alumni – one of them named Gaddafi.
Full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-l...
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi took heavy weapons to Mali before the NFZone
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Libyans: Would you accept a surrender of Saif Gaddafi to the ICC? Share your thoughts… #Libya
Mushu
I wish the NTC’d show more persistence in getting back these bloody criminals from Niger/Tunisia/Algeria. Asking nicely once is not enough.
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.” #AllahuAkbar #Libya #Syria #Yemen #Bahrain #Egypt #Tunisia
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Libya. What kind of country would completely ruin relations with another country over a dead man? #Algeria
Saif Gaddafi will not surrender to the ICC, he’s stalling, fooling us and the ICC so he can escape somewhere.
Armchair Arab
Building a real new Libya will required EPIC levels of forgiveness.
ibrahim
March in Zawia, Libya in solidarity with Syria and Yemen. Viva la revolution!
Zeinab
Bazars are becoming the new hang outs in Libya, since theres not that many cafes and restaurants are closed, Going to one in a bit #ksaad
Nezar
Reports of Saif crossing to Niger from Libya. I wonder, is Niger a state or a bus stop?
Former PM of #Libya. Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi walking out of prison in #Tunisia yfrog.com/h6khshnj
Fathi Mohammed Baja and Ashour Bourashed – The Libyan revolution and the Arab spring
Fathi Mohammed Baja and Ashour Bourashed, both members of the Libyan National
Transitional Council, discuss the Libyan revolution, a couple of months before the fall of the Gaddafi regime. They argue that the revolution in Libya “can only be read through the light of the revolutions in the other Arab countries”, especially in Egypt and Tunisia. The Arab spring, in their view, was not triggered by merely accidental events, but captured a “transformation in the mode of thinking of the Arab people, concerning the relationship between the rulers and the ruled and their notion of a just society.”
Read more:
feb17.info/news/fathi-mohammed-baja-and...
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Let me explain a few points: A surrender to the ICC is awkward. The ICC has complimentary jurisdiction which means 1 of 2 things must happen
Libya agrees to have him tried in ICC or It is found that a proper trial in Libya is impossible
Also, the ICC may find that due to circumstances of Gaddafi and son Muatassim’s death, that Saif may not be given a fair trial in #Libya
Another consideration is if Saif be tried in #Libya, the death penalty is available as a form of punishment where it is not in the ICC
Life in prison in the #ICC would be torture for Saif #Gaddafi. The “future” and “potential” he thought he had, all down the drain. #Libya
Disadvantages of Saif in Libya:
Infighting over trial process (fowda)
Saif supporters try to break him free.
Risk of assasination
Disadvantages of Saif in ICC :
No death penalty punishment
High threshold for evidence (may be hard to connect him to it)
Long process
Very comfortable prisons 3-star hotel level
lenient sentences
Libyans created a new genre of fashion “Libyan hipster rebel” – coming to stores near you. #Libya
“Don’t be shocked if this is what the next seasonal Urban Outfitters looks like.” littlegreenfootballs.com/page/244835_Hi... #Libya
Hipster Libyan Rebel style: Straight-cut jeans, colorful graphic T, military pants, shib shib (flip flops), military boots, bermuda hat- :)
Mushu
A somewhat unpleasant rumor:According to alwatan-libya.com Saadi #Gaddafi has just landed in Jeddah. #thisaintfunnyanymore #Libya
Still waiting for a confirmation from Niger and Saudi-Arabia regarding this, though. #rumourcontrol
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
On flight sat next to a wounded rebel returning from treatment in #Amman .He praised #jordan and its people for support he got. #libya
David
Saif Gaddafi wrote his LSE dissertation on global governance. He may soon get to be a test case.
libyanproud libyanandproud
A Libyan American poet commemorates the overthrow of #Gaddafi: After 42 years lat.ms/rECFQO via latimes.com #Feb17 #Libya
1 hour ago
Libya ambassador to US expects good mil-to-mil ties with US in future, but sez no question of US bases on Libyan soil
Zeinab
hahaha new mo3aksa, a FF gave me a bullet with his number on it! hahahahaha #Libyans #DangerouslyCreative #Aintcallingyoutho
Zeinab
More celebratory fire in #Gergarish since the FFs are leaving #Tripoli heading home
the Zinten FF that told me hes gng home 2 get married, when i askd y not marry from here he said w nseeb banat Zinten l meno
France 24
#Libya asked #Algeria 2 hand over Gaddafi family 4 trial, but Algeria refused. Libya considers this “hostile stance”
Read it here:
www.france24.com/ar/20111027-security-l...
LIBYA_WIN Hayat Libya
The Switzerland Libyans are planning a little get together this weekend, is anyone here gonna be there- I’d love some inside info!
Iman
LOL this party is too epic. Epic Libyan man throwing down some dance moves. #Libya yfrog.com/gzhkfkmkj
Epic Libyan party in qatar, seriously since when did libyan men learn to dance like this? yfrog.com/j2dvqkpj
The guy on libya al ahrar can dance better than me :|
libyanandproud
If i killed a Gaddafi son after seeing what happened last week, i would hide him and then discover his body near the Niger border :)
So after the outcry over #Gaddafi death last week, if Libyans killed Seif Gaddafi do u think they will show pictures ? or will they hide it?
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
When you rescue your friend whose house was set on fire, do u get involved in designing his new house? LEAVE #LIBYA ALONE to decide it’s future!
Far from the ‘well trained NATO army’ claimed by some – many rebels had trouble just keeping their clips in their guns
twitpic.com/775hy6
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
WD in Tripolis: Palm City
wdintripolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/palm-...
idris
Please use your tweeter and fb to tell young people to seek success by hard work not to wait to be spoon fed by future regime #libya
Danya B Mohammed
Our new Libyan leader, needs to strengthen our diplomatic ties, protect our resources from people who want to take advantages from our country, lead the country, ensure the people have rights that protect them and much much more!
Sarah
#Doha’s party live on Libya Al Ahrar – #LibyaLiberation #Libya
Danya ☪
Just heard a really loud boooom, my heart sunk in for a moment and then remembered that it’s all over lol just fireworks ♥ #Tripoli #Libya
Ahmed
Allahu akbar! Freedom Sqr Misrata. Somehow got wireless net #yey
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
PHOTO: #NTC #Chinook very low over #Misrata today #Libya. #AvGeek pic.twitter.com/n2MiIOte
PHOTO: pair of #Chinooks over Misrata #Libya #AvGeek pic.twitter.com/qJLJBlwl
I’ve not seen any of those so far.
Ammr S. nice! any AN-124 in the air as well #AVGEEK
I was told TIP airport has 2 currently on ground. worth a visit! #AvGeek
Jonny Hallam
They had NTC flags on them. Not sure how they got them ?! Did Gaddafi have them?
Did Boeing sell #Chinook Helicopters to #Gaddafi ?
definitely Chinooks. and they are made by Boeing (American Company)
Mansour #Dhao Ibrahim – captured Head of #Gaddafi Security Brigade has spoken to BBC from his prison cell. #Libya (cont.. )
Mansour #Dhao says #Gaddafi was hiding in #Sirte before 28/08/11. Less than 20 people knew he was there.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس”
goo.gl/1FXb4
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Fireworks and loud car horns in #Misrata to celebrate the #FF homecoming parade. #Libya #Feb17
SajaR26:
Libyans sending aid to #Somalia this makes me so happy #MuslimsUnite pic.twitter.com/Ix1K9aSf”
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Ppl/countries…etc should know when to stop offering help or advice… Give some space to new born country! #Libya
Libyan
No to Islamists in #Libya.
Can anybody clarify this?
Sherif Elhelwa
Al Qaeda Plants Its Flag in Libya
It was here at the courthouse in Benghazi where the first spark of the Libyan revolution ignited. It’s the symbolic seat of the revolution; post-Gaddafi Libya’s equivalent of Egypt’s Tahrir Square. And it was here, in the tumultuous months of civil war, that the ragtag rebel forces established their provisional government and primitive, yet effective, media center from which to tell foreign journalists about their “fight for freedom.”
But according to multiple eyewitnesses—myself included—one can now see both the Libyan rebel flag and the flag of al Qaeda fluttering atop Benghazi’s courthouse.
Read more, see pics:
www.vice.com/read/al-qaeda-plants-its-f...
AP
Libyans want back property confiscated by Gadhafi
Abdullah Ahmed Belal had all but given up on the sprawling seaside villa his family lost to squatters decades ago because of a provision in Moammar Gadhafi’s Green Book saying anybody who lives in the house should own it.
Belal, a 48-year-old naval officer, is one of many Libyans who want their properties back now that the hated dictator is gone.
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the governing National Transitional Council, has called for
such disputes to be settled legally. Belal is willing to be patient, but others have taken matters into their own hands — a sign of the post-revolutionary fights that threaten to rattle Libya as it transitions from decades of autocratic rule to what its interim leaders say will be democracy.
Read more:
goo.gl/a2GmF
20 Minutes
Libye: «L’opération est terminée» pour la France
MONDE – L’armée française tire un bilan positif de la campagne alliée contre le régime de Mouammar Kadhafi…
«L’opération est terminée» en Libye et avions, hommes et matériels engagés seront rapatriés «dans les 15 jours», a déclaré ce vendredi le chef d’état-major français des armées, l’amiral Edouard Guillaud.
«Il n’y a plus de motif à ce qu’il y ait des frappes donc il n’y en aura plus», a-t-il ajouté sur France info. Les neuf derniers avions de combats français basés en Sicile et en Crète seront de retour en France «pour la fin de la semaine prochaine» et le matériel «dans les 15 jours», a-t-il précisé.
Read more:
www.20minutes.fr/article/814476/libye-l...
bilal H.B.
Many people are asking about the Gaddafi Killer trial and all i got to say is this one of those things that we need to deal with carefully.
I was told once before going to #Sirte if i committed any kind of crime i will be prosecuted.
Mr.Ghoga of the #NTC is more than a father to me he him self told me that if anyone commits a crime will be jailed including me and his son.
My heart goes to #Taiz i wish i can be there and help my brothers. the worst feeling is doing nothing. #Yemen.
libya_Horra
those who looted were NOT thuwar those ones specially made the trip to #Sirte "Shoplift "
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#FLASH #NTC #Libya says #NATO withdrawal is “ill timed” !
#FLASH #Nato says they will terminate current Operations but discuss with #NTC about the Transition period in #Libya #Brussels
cswift2
Going 2MartyrsSquare #Tripoli for celebrations Apparently there is enormous cake 17m x 2m Feb17 I hope I get a slice ! #Libya
#Libya an #NTC official says they understood #Saif Gaddafi is in #Niger comtemplating his position Running out of “SafeHaven” options
#Niger already harbouring 30 Gaddafi Regime Goons has indicated willingness 2 help #Saif #Gaddafi but asks too much $$$$$ #Libya
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: Libya’s First English Radio Show Launches
bit.ly/sRzTsf
hamzamu
#Associated Press (#AP). Licensed my VIDEOS from #Libya as their OWN 5 Videos i captured myself
France 24
www.france24.com/ar/20111027-security-l...
Reuters
Gaddafi son used his paintings to promote Libyan culture
Saif al-Islam, the son of Muammar Gaddafi trying to negotiate safe passage to the International Criminal Court from a refuge in the Sahara, was once on a mission to put Libya on the cultural map — by exhibiting his own paintings.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-g...
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Saw one of my cousins today at the party for libya’s liberation .. #Gaddafi had previously hung his brother in front of there house and chopped his dad into pieces in #TRIPOLI then bulldozing the house ..his brother and mother were the only ones who were able to escape more than 35 years ago…was a very emotional and happy moment seeing my cousin who has been working so hard during this revolution to free libya.
Wapo
What Libya has inherited from Moammar Gaddafi
Young men in fatigues hang around outside the offices of the Transitional National Council, carrying rifles and flashing V (for victory) signs at visitors. Inside, older men in leather jackets sit on sofas drinking tea, while temporary officials cope with clashing appointments and race up and down the hallways. It’s just how one imagines the Smolny Institute, Lenin’s St. Petersburg headquarters, in 1917: amateur, enthusiastic, disorganized, rumor-filled and slightly paranoid, all at once. In Smolny, though, there were no ringing cellphones to add to the general cacophony.
Read more:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-li...
BBC
UK military starting Libya return
British military personnel are starting to return home from their Libyan mission after receiving congratulations from the defence secretary for a “job well done”.
Philip Hammond said the armed forces could be “immensely proud that their hard work has assured the liberty of the Libyan people”.
He was speaking on a visit to an Italy base from where RAF aircraft had flown.
The drawdown follows Nato’s decision to end its mission on 31 October.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15502414
Shalgam:
Basheer al-Rryani told Saadi #gaddafi, that he wasn’t a man but a woman. S. got angry, killed him & threw him to the dogs.
Basheer Al-Rryani was known as ‘no. 9’ b/c of a law forbidding any football players but Saadi #gaddafi from being mentioned by name. #Libya
Libyan
to clarify, I meant no to extreme Islamists, you can call Erdogan and Bin Laden islamists, but one is more extreme.
Naass
And who said the terror comes only an Islamist ? , I think you need to say no to TERRORISTS in Libya ! , that is much better
Tripoli:
LibyaFromFrance
pic.twitter.com/WZzmu6wG #
cswift2 Cara Swift
I hope I’m not too late :)
There was no cake left, but there was abundant strength of spirit, pride, happiness & fireworks at Martyrs Sq tonight in #Tripoli #Libya
Some of the #FF keyrings being sold in Tripoli are packaged with “Made in China” on them. #globaleconomy #Libya
SUMMARY OCTOBER 29th 2011
10/29/11
10.29.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
UPDATE:
Via Feb17
Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi can expect a warm welcome and even help hiding among the desert communities south of Libya which were long courted by his father. Alienated further from the West by a war which risks unsettling a fragile regional peace, some were ready to defy an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant and shelter the son of a man who for years promoted the kinship of Saharan peoples.
“We are ready to hide him wherever needed,” said Mouddour Barka, a resident of Agadez in northern Niger.
“We are telling the international community to stay out of this business and our own authorities not to hand him over — otherwise we are ready to go out onto the streets and they will have us to deal with,” he added.
NATO has formally announced the end of its military mission in Libya following a meeting of ambassadors from the alliance’s 28 states in Brussels. Friday’s decision comes a day after the 15-nation United Nations Security Council unanimously voted to end the mandate that had authorised military action in Libya. Alliance warplanes will cease operations on Monday after flying more than 26,000 sorties, and bombing almost 6,000 targets, in a seven-month operation that helped bring about the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan leader.
“We have fully complied with the historic mandate of the United Nations to protect the people of Libya, to enforce the no-fly zone and the arms embargo,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO’s secretary-general, said in a statement.
Guardian
Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam has been in contact with the international criminal court in the Hague about surrendering to face charges of inciting the murder of thousands of Libyans. The judicial body confirmed establishing an indirect link with the elder Gaddafi scion, who is believed to be in southern Libya where he is attempting to reach either Niger or Mali. ICC chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo said conversations had so far been informal and been held with an associate of the Libyan. Saif faces the most serious charges on the court’s statutes, committing crimes against humanity. An indictment was filed against him in June.
moez معز
If #Saif #Gaddafi gets tried in #Libya he will be hanged – if he is tried at the Hague, he gets time to finish his Phd in a cell #feb17
Gaddafi-Sohn Saif will sich Richtern stellen – Wiener Zeitung: donaukurier.de Gaddafi-Sohn…
goo.gl/fb/0leVQ
Saif:
If tried @ ICC, ONLY done w/ proxy, attorney to represent case w/ info provided by Saif:
Nahla
Prisoners can take part in sports activities and other hobbies What else do you want Saif? #5StarCell #ICC
libyanandproud
Who asked me about the Eagle in Misratta war museum a while ago?
i finally found out that it was the Eagle at the 32 Brigade barracks
moez معز
If #Libya requests handover of #Saif #Gaddafi can ICC override – who has overall jurisdiction? #Libya #feb17
BravoLibyans
Saif / Seif Gaddafi knows that several 100s of agents and special ops including drones,tracking his calls R on his tail.& THEY WILL KIIL HIM
Jorma
Saif Al Islam’s options include: plastic surgery, ID change, ICC in the Hague or Drawn and Quartered in Libya? Your vote?
Hannah
Had word from a special ops contact in Niger. Hope I’m wrong, but expecting to see Saif sooner dead than on trial.
Ahmed
Libyan newspaper reports that Saddi #Gaddafi arrived in #Jedda, Saudi Arabia yesterday on board a private Turkish airplane..#Libya
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Benghazi Black Saturday #libya #memories
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNtuCxItDyY&fea...
hollypickett Holly Pickett
Encountered real, live Gaddafi supporters for tje first time in #Sirte yesterday. I didn’t receive a visa for Tripoli and the Rixos. #Libya
It was the first time I encountered fervent supporters. I asked what could bring peace to Libya and they said only Gaddafi. #Nuts. #Libya
A secret document reveal that #Libya paid money (Bribe) to two #Algerian Newspapers.
twitpic.com/75yt50 via @twitpic
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Hope and anxiety go hand in hand in Tripoli
bit.ly/ucNRV7 #libya
Tarek
#Mousa Kousa. Oh where are you? #Libya
twitpic.com/777hai
Old photo of #Gaddafi, his mother, #Saif & #Saadi, I found it in a shop in the old city in #Tripoli #Libya
twitpic.com/777e0d via @libtrip
Sarah
#RevolutionMemories : How hard we fought with our parents for going to #Benghazi and we won :p
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
PICTURE #Misrata celebrations welcoming the freedom fighters home.. pic.twitter.com/Qik8qj5i
Libyan
An Islamist is someone who believes that Islam is not only a religion but a political ideology, there are moderate and extreme
I really enjoy debating with fellow Libyans, we haven’t had the chance to do some critical thinking for 42 years!
Andrés
welcome to democracy: fight all the day every day with words so we will never have to do it with guns
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
my city, my heart, the most beautiful place on earth, #Benghazi, #Libya ♥ pic.twitter.com/kuyDEyTD
Liz K
#Radio4 seemed to think just now that #Gaddafi’s son Saif was on a one-way ticket to #TheHague – don’t think so, just yet! THAT’S Plan B! :)
moez معز
Crazy party at the radisson #tripoli yesterday:
Video:
twitvid.com/ZLWTC
StateDept StateDept
Arrival of Injured Libyan Fighters
Notice to the Press
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
October 28, 2011
U.S. Department of State officials will join local officials at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts to welcome 24 wounded Libyan fighters for treatment at Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care North Shore on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
Accredited members of the media are invited to cover brief remarks from the officials and to film the arrival of the aircraft.
Arrival time for press is 3:30 pm at the Amelia Earhart Terminal near the Airport’s South Gate at the end of Harborside Drive. Final access for all press is 4:00 pm.
All media must present a government issued photo ID and a valid media credential.
PRESS CONTACTS:
Office of Press Relations
U.S. Department of State
(202) 647-2492
#Gaddafi in hell #Libya
twitpic.com/778f65
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Moussa Koussa thinks he can get off easy. Not under our watch -
FYI: Won’t be dropping Moussa Koussa from the agenda until he is in cuffs and behind bars – #Libya
Ma3laysheeee Moussa Koussa – #Libya
USA Today
Libyans hold victory parade in Misrata
MISRATA, Libya (AP) – Fighters and residents in this battle-scarred city celebrated victory over Moammar Gadhafi’s regime with parade of tanks and anti-aircraft guns Friday, as NATO announced that it would end its air campaign over Libya after the weekend.
Revolutionaries riding atop a dozen tanks and scores of pickup trucks equipped with heavy weapons rode through Misrata’s main Tripoli Street, which was badly damaged during a weekslong siege of the city by Gadhafi loyalists. Horsemen in traditional Libyan dress led one of the convoys, and one of the tanks swerved wildly to cheers from onlookers.
Full art.:
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-...
And here are the photo’s:
Wefaq’s Photo Album of #Misrata’s celebrations today:
on.fb.me/sHNIEs
or:
goo.gl/g5RiF
hollypickett Holly Pickett
We were invited to visit the burned home by the woman who lived there. She was married to a #Gaddafi and had 4 children, big house. #Libya.
The house was burned to a crisp, and the top floor was mere rubble covered by a roof. Rebels had written “Zenga, zenga” on the wall. #Libya
Reuters
FACTBOX-Libyan government lending to foreign states
Feb 9 (Reuters) – A Libyan government document obtained by
Reuters showed the oil exporter is owed over $3 billion dollars
by foreign governments after handing out dozens of loans that
underscore its wealth and its diplomatic clout.
For the main story, click on ID:nLDE7110QG
Below are details of the loans set out in the document,
which was drafted by the Libyan General Peoples’ Committee for
International Cooperation, or foreign ministry:
Read it here:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/09/liby...
FatimaShwehdi فاطمة ☪
Free Libyan Women’s group from the #UK sending foodstuffs/supplies to the families of FF in #Nafousa mountains, #LIbya
Photo’s:
goo.gl/8BukC
DW World
Germany faces questions over alleged spy agency involvement in Libya
After abstaining from the UN vote on the no-fly zone over Libya and opposing NATO’s military intervention, Germany faces an inquest over allegations that its spies were involved in tracking Colonel Gadhafi.
Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), is facing uncomfortable questions about its possible involvement in the Libya conflict after reports surfaced in the German media that it allegedly knew the whereabouts of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi long before his capture and that BND agents passed the information on to NATO.
Read more:
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15489240,...
Sky News
Where Are Gaddafi’s Family And Associates?
Despite the death of Colonel Gaddafi in Sirte, the search for the remaining members of his family and his associates continues.
Check it out here:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
Formerly Libya-based north Koreans now banned from returning home and spreading the revolutionary gospel
Link:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia... #Libya #Korea
BirgerHost Birger v. Host
TV2Denmark: M. Ali Mustafa representative of #Libya in #denmark: “Sharia n Democracy can work together.” (as christianity n democracy)
Sarah
I’m the only one who’s happy for that →
pic.twitter.com/neGxjaWt
Wala ~ ولاء
If #Arabs celebrated bonfire night they’d be labelled as barbaric, for celebrating public burning of someone. But it’s ok if you’re not Arab
New Age
SA mercenaries with Gaddafi son
South African mercenaries who allegedly took part in Muammar Gaddafi’s failed escape bid are still taking care of his son Seif al-Islam, the Beeld newspaper said on Thursday.
The South Africans were hired by a company with close ties to Gaddafi, training his presidential guard and handling some of his offshore financial dealings, the Afrikaans-language paper said.
Read more:
thenewage.co.za/33334-1060-53-SA_mercen...
AP
Prosecutor says ICC is in indirect contact with Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam
LibyaLiberty
#Gaddafi’s have bad luck with,er,direct contact
Feb17
Video:
A hard life for Libya’s African migrants
On the coast outside Tripoli, a squalid refugee camp shelters hundreds of African migrants who found work under Libya’s former regime, but are now jobless, discriminated against and unable to return home.
Watch it here:
feb17.info/media/video-a-hard-life-for-...
Khiria
the coolest people to sit with now in #Libya are the thuwar & ex-prisoners!! #epicstories #Feb17
Libya 7orra
Join @WMCLibya at our charity bazaar in #Tripoli #Libya tomorrow at informatics college from 12-8pm
Remember this guy ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9mpdsYNyM&fea...
Here he is with the FFs at #Gaddafi hole AllahuAkbar
pic.twitter.com/sTxegsKS
Windsor Star
West needn’t worry, Libyan journalist says
The new Libya will be freer with Shariah law than it was under Moammar Gadhafi, says a young woman who grew up in Windsor and now lives in Tripoli.
Western concerns over law based on the Qur’an are misguided, Khadija Ali said by phone Tuesday.
Western concerns over law based on the Qur’an are misguided, Khadija Ali said by phone Tuesday.
“The Islam that we follow here in Libya is a moderate Islam,” said Ali, 18, who works as a freelance journalist for the English-language Tripoli Post.
“So I don’t see why anybody should be worried.
“But at the end of the day, we’re going to rely on the constitution and what the Libyan people want. And I think the West has to accept that.”
Read full art.:
www.windsorstar.com/news/West+needn+wor...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Mansour #Dhao Ibrahim – captured Head of #Gaddafi Security Brigade has spoken to BBC from his prison cell.
Mansour #Dhao says #Gaddafi was hiding in #Sirte before 28/08/11. Less than 20 people knew he was there.
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
My previous #libya trips-1st thing I’d see at #tunisia -libya border was big #Gaddafi poster.1st thing I’m seeing today is the new flag.
yfrog.com/gyue0qlj
cswift2 Cara Swift
I’m sad to be leaving #Tripoli but hope to come back very soon. Inshallah :) #Libya
TFMLibya TFM Libya
24 wounded patients evacuated to the US and 6 more to Germany. All hospital bills & treatment paid for by TFM’s Global Health Programme.
libyanandproud
btw I don’t know anyone born after 1969 that has more than one wife
In Tunisia: 1,887 wounded Libyan patients treated, #TFM payments made so far $7.7 million. #Libya
Mail & Guardian
Desert claims ‘king of kings’
The belated finale for Muammar Gaddafi began on a marble slab in a car park and ended with a lonely burial in the desert far from the reach of family or foe.
After his body spent five days on gruesome display, Libya’s new rulers finally decided late on Monday night October 24 to put Gaddafi to rest, capping a week of uncertainty about what to do with the slain despot’s remains and closing an era of fear and infamy.
“We gave him all the Islamic rituals that we would give any Muslim,” said the deputy chief of Libya’s new governing council in Misrata, Sadiq Badi. “It was more than he would have given us but we gave him a dignified end.”
Read more:
mg.co.za/article/2011-10-29-desert-clai...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
The #Gaddafi I Knew goo.gl/rxZtQ #libya Common! G genuinely didnt catch his question? Gaddafi was a good actor spoke fluent English
Fresh Graffiti on Walls in#Tripoli: “Dictator Gaddafi sent a message to the #Libyan people from hell, saying ‘I am staying here’.” #Libya
reedom4libya
Joanne This is just too funny They called Tantoush, Ahmed Ibrahim and Mansour Dao “three Islamic holy men”#Libya
hollypickett Holly Pickett
Twitter is overwhelming me. Last night the internet was shut off before I could finish #Sirte tweets and today I have a 100 replies. #Libya
I want the new Libya to rise above all of the horrible things that were done under Gaddafi.
the pro-Gaddafi I spoke with weren’t interested in discussing what happened in Misrata and other cities.
So: back to the woman whose house was burned and “zenga zenga” written on the wall: her husband was high in #Gaddafi security dept. #Sirte
This according to the man who used to be her neighbor and brought me to Dist. 2 to see his destroyed house. #Sirte #Libya
He said the woman’s husband gave all the neighbors weapons to fight against the rebels. The husband is now hiding somewhere. #Libya #Sirte
He said he was afraid of this family, his neighbors. When rebel forces entered #Sirte, he and his wife and kids fled. #Libya
Ahram Online
Getting Libya back on its feet
The images of Muammar Gaddafi’s final day were ugly; captured alive, his stringy hair caked in blood, he is manhandled briefly by his captors, and then gunshots ring out.
The next pictures we see of the fallen tyrant show a bullet hole in his head; he is definitively dead. But for those who wanted to see for themselves, his body was washed, his hair neatly trimmed and he was laid out for four days in a meat locker in Misrata, one of the many towns in Libya to claim a special dislike for him.
Why did so many families line up to see the decomposing body? Certainly, Libyans have been inured to violence.
Read more:
english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/4/253...
NYT
West Sees Opportunity in Postwar Libya for Businesses
The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO’s military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday. But a new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the shores of Tripoli.
Western security, construction and infrastructure companies that see profit-making opportunities receding in Iraq and Afghanistan have turned their sights on Libya, now free of four decades of dictatorship. Entrepreneurs are abuzz about the business potential of a country with huge needs and the oil to pay for them, plus the competitive advantage of Libyan gratitude toward the United States and its NATO partners.
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/world/africa...
Sarah
I’m tired to kill the conspiracy theories .. C’mon .. How can you trust Lizzy Phelan !?!?!? _
LIBYAN
Ahmed Bani requested from the @IntlCrimCourt not to negotiate behind the NTC and Libyans with #Saif #Gaddafi
Tour through Mutassim Gaddafi’s Estate
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-tour-through-mut...
Must read:
Human Events
Libyan ‘Crossfire’
You’ve got your Mexican standoff, your Russian roulette, your Chinese water torture. And now, your Libyan crossfire. That’s when a pistol is applied to the head and a bullet crosses from one temple to the other.
That’s apparently what happened to Moammar Gaddafi after he was captured by Libyan rebels — died in a “crossfire,” explains Libya’s new government. This has greatly agitated ACLU types, morally unemployed ever since a Democratic administration declared Guantanamo humane. The indignation has spread to human rights groups and Western governments, deeply concerned about the manner of Gaddafi’s demise.
Read more:
www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47155
Interactive Libya Time line
feb17.info/images/interactive-libya-tim...
MUST READ:
Op Ed: Freaking Out About Sharia (in Libya)
By: Iyad El-Baghdadi
No sooner had the Libyan NTC chairman, Mustafa Abduljalil, given his address to the nation on the occasion of the liberation, than we started hearing dozens of voices expressing disappointment, betrayal, and anger. Abduljalil, in a symbolic break with the past, declared all Gaddafi-era laws that contradict Islamic law to be null & void. His words were met with loud cheers from the enormous crowd of celebrating Libyans.
“Islamic law? Did he just say Islamic law? You mean sharia? That scary stuff they have in Iran and the Taliban? How could he! I thought they wanted a democracy, with political parties, a parliament, and elections! Those ingrates! We supported them for nothing! They betrayed us! Woe be to Libya, it’s going to be another Iran! Another Taliban! Another theocratic tyranny!”
Alright, stop freaking out already.
Abduljalil was not declaring a form of government. He did not say there will be no constitutional convention, constitutional referendum, a parliament, freedom to form political parties, and free elections. “Sharia” is a code of law, not a system of government. Abduljalil was only speaking out what he knows most Libyans want. His words were met with loud cheers, not boos and hisses.
The Sharia Menace
Of course, “Sharia” is that scary foreign word you hear a lot associated with mean men with big turbans and long beards. Fact is, its translation is quite benign. Sharia is Arabic for “law” – in this case, law derived from Islamic scripture, developed & commented upon by some 50 generations of scholars and legal experts across the history of our civilization.
What Sharia is, and the non-authoritarian structure that classically developed & interpreted it, is probably beyond our scope here, and I promise to deal with it in a dedicated article. Suffice it to say that the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Taliban Mullas do not own “Sharia”, much like they don’t own Islam, and it would be a grave mistake to assume that their specific practices represent the only possible Islam.
The Law & the Political Process
Libyans are 99.9% Muslims, of the same sects and school. Muslims believe that the law’s essence should not be up to the vote, while its specific application should be open to interpretation and scholarship. This is, of course, a valid philosophical debate: Should the law be up to the vote? Does society make the law, or does the law precede
society?
The idea that the law should not be up to the vote may be alien to those locked into the modern liberal tradition, but it is not at all alien to Western classical liberal thought. In fact, in a recent tweet session, I heavily quoted Bastiat in support of this position. Muslim see their law as an expression of natural law, that derives from natural rights.
Furthermore, Islam is clear in that these rights precede the law, and that the only reason God revealed religions and a law in the first place is to preserve these rights.
What this is Really About
Finally, it’s important, very important, to note that Islam making a presence in Libya, or Tunisia or Egypt, is not Arabs choosing a system of government – it’s them affirming their identity. In a way, it’s also Arabs saying that while they admire what the West has, they aren’t going to swallow it hook, line, and sinker. This is precisely why I feel that my project, “The Arab Spring Manifesto”, is so timely and important.
So before freaking out about Libyans declaring their identity and choosing an anchor for their code of laws, perhaps we need to ask a question: Did you support Libya for no other reason than to see it become a clone of Europe?
AFP
Libyans find more bodies in Kadhafi hometown
SIRTE, Libya — Volunteers are still finding dozens of bodies in Moamer Kadhafi’s hometown of Sirte that fell on October 20, including of Libyan civilians killed in a suspected NATO air strike.
Twenty-six unmarked makeshift graves covered by breeze-blocks were discovered at a water treatment plant in Number Two district where pro-Kadhafi fighters put up a final stand after several weeks of heavy bombardment.
Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
The weapons hunt begins in Libya Life is beginning to return to normal in the Libyan capital Tripoli following the capture and killing of Moamer Kadhafi on October 20. Police have been redeployed throughout the city and are manning checkpoints set up to ensure that former fighters are disarmed.
Watch video:
feb17.info/media/video-the-weapons-hunt...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Theres a whole @Twitter account just for the weather here in #Tripoli @weather_tripoli
Still got a green Libyan jersey. Wanted to save it for an occasion to burn…Missed that.. Any ideas what to do with it now?
Seraf1na
Cut it into pieces, put the pieces as bait in rat-traps. Sell the piece of art on ebay’s.
Haitham
use it as a towel to clean the mursh ( glass ) or el athaath
Ammr
keep it for the final win of the Africa Cup & than burn it!
Khaled
clean the toilet with it. Or donate it to #Gaddaficrimes museum
Al Arabiya
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi tells an ICC’s informal contact that he is ‘innocent’
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the fugitive son of Libya’s toppled late leader, told the International Criminal Court he is innocent of alleged crimes against humanity, the court prosecutor said on Saturday in the Chinese capital.
ICC charged Qaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi with crimes against humanity for the bombing and shooting of civilian protesters in February.
The court, based in The Hague, has said it made informal contact with Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, and is seeking to arrest him and bring him to trial on the charges stemming from Libya’s civil war.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
Hanan
My first instinct is to laugh at #Saif’s claims of innocence! Then I think of the innocents who died because of him. He MUST be prosecuted.
Roland
trivia: if you designate oct 23th as a national holiday, you’ll celebrate freedom on the same day as hungary. would be awesome!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
LYM at day 2 of the SI Special Committee on the Arab World Meeting in #Crete #Greece representing #Libya. Will keep you posted. #SISC #feb17
UPI
Libya after conflict is open for business
Government and business officials are pointing to Libya as the land of opportunity now that the dust is settling from eight months of civil strife.
Long-term dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s rule ended in September and with his death on Oct. 20, many in the international business community are pointing to the oil-rich African nation as the epicenter of business growth, especially with opportunities winding down in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Read art.:
www.upi.com/Business_News/2011/10/29/Li...
Reuters
ICC warns Libya’s Saif al-Islam against fleeing
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation.
The ICC has warned the 39-year-old, apparently anxious not to be captured by Libyan
interim government forces in whose hands his father Muammar Gaddafi was killed last week, that it could order a mid-air interception if he tried to flee by plane from his Sahara desert hideout for a safe haven.
Full story:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/29/us-l...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
#Swedish delegate at SISC #Crete, Catrina Hagg, "We want to help support the women of #Libya who have undergone traumatic experiences cont
cont we want to provide support to these women & help them recover from crimes committed against them & empower them in any way that we can"
Global Voices Online
Libya: Foreign Hackers and Surveillance
Since the fall of Tripoli, reporters, researchers, and former employees of the Libyan Telecom and Technology company have been uncovering and sharing details about how the Libyan government surveilled and monitored internet and phone networks.
These reports demonstrate the depth of the relationship between foreign information technology companies and the Gaddafi regime, mirroring similar relationships with the repressive regimes of Tunsia, Egypt, Syria, and others in the Middle East.
In the case of Libya, it is now clear that prior to the rebellion, the regime emphasized surveillance and data gathering over filtering. With the onset of conflict, the Gaddafi regime scrambled to put in place filtering and blocking technologies, and employed outsiders to attack opposition sites and communications.
Read more:
advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2011/10...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
NTC delegates #Jamal #Issa & #Abdalkarim #Bazzama proposing exciting youth initiatives in #Libya here at the #SISC conference in #Crete
Listening to the statement at #SISC ‘Winning the Transition to Democracy in the Arab World’. Will post soon. #Crete.
IbnOmar2005
twitpic.com/77kdxd protest for #Syria in #Tripoli #Libya.
libya_Horra Libya 7orra
bazaaar right now in #Tripoli #Libya at informatics college, all proceeds go to @WMCLibya, help us help #Libya #Feb17
FreeBenghazi
#Libya only country 2 recognise Syrian National Council. #SyriansDemand all free nations recognise the SNC #Tunisia #Egypt #Qatar #France
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: British Libyan tortured in Libya for months comes home – and meets new daughter for first time
bit.ly/trDqDL #libya
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Anyway, I got this email from Musa Ibrahim’s daughter, unsure how to respond yfrog.com/h0pxxup
That’s obviously a scam.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
A cute #Misrati boy, just out of school. School bag on his back, revolution flag on his chest. #alaandirect #libya
twitpic.com/77khr2
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Twitter is super boring today. Someone needs to make up a new rumor about Seif al-Islam’s whereabouts.
The race is on to find Libya’s missing missiles (VIDEO)
Some worry that the US might have joined the hunt too late.
Middle East – James Foley – October 28, 2011 06:09
SIRTE, Libya — Sitting in a depression in the sand, behind a dune and surrounded by a handful of sorry-looking shrubs, was what the whole world is worried about.
There, under the baking sun on the outskirts of one of the most war-torn cities in Libya earlier this week, were crates full of the kind of surface-to-air missiles that could take
down a jetliner.
They didn’t appear to belong to anyone. There was no one guarding them and no one took notice when Peter Bouckaert, the emergencies directory for Human Rights Watch, began tearing into them.
Link:
www.globalpost.com/mobile?mid=5679493
Hamza Malek
twitpic.com/77kejz #Syria protest in #Tripoli #Libya. #Bashar is lucky he is not neighboring Libya.
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Spoke to NTC Military spokesman, Col Ahmed Bani today. Says manner of #Gaddafi’s death not haram – but was shameful. #Libya
LibyaLiberty
How can I enjoy Libya’s Liberation,knowing innocent men and women,fighting for the same thing,are killed for saying " #SyriansDemand "?
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Moussa #Ibrahim would have been fully aware of what #Gaddafi Regime was doing. Mansour Dhao Ibrahim is his first cousin. #Libya
Spiked Online
The leeches and legalists squabbling over Gaddafi
Neither Western leaders trying to wring moral mileage out of Gaddafi’s death, nor UN officials denouncing it as illegal, deserve our backing.
It is hard to know who comes out worse from the grisly aftermath of Colonel Gaddafi’s death. Is it Western leaders like UK prime minister David Cameron and French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who are so desperate for some moral momentum, for a shot of adrenalin to their perfunctory political existences, that they will hold up the killing of a has-been tyrant outside a sewer as a great democratic moment? Or is it the UN and its cheerleaders in the liberal press, who complain that the killing of Gaddafi was potentially illegal and will thus have to be pored over for 500 years by a panel of experts to see if he was purposely killed (bad) or accidentally killed (not so bad)?
Read more:
www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/ar...
BBC
UK military starting Libya return
British military personnel are starting to return home from their Libyan mission after receiving congratulations from the defence secretary for a “job well done”.
Philip Hammond said the armed forces could be “immensely proud that their hard work has assured the liberty of the Libyan people”.
He was speaking on a visit to an Italy base from where RAF aircraft had flown.
More here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15502414
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
The time is always right to do what is right.
hollypickett Holly Pickett
I didn’t visit an ammo dump near Sirte.
Pro-Gaddafi people I spoke with said rebuilding #Sirte will “help us forget what has happened.” This is a huge, but necessary task. #Libya
Sarah
Would love to punch those people who’re criticizing @NATO intervention in #Libya & are silent about the massacre of the #Syria(n) people.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I saw some russian cargo aircraft at Mitiga but wasn’t sure what they were exactly
Free Libyan ☾✰
My friend Khaled (Injured FF) made an operatin yesterday in Jordan,, it was a Brain surgery (1/2)
(2/2) And now he’s fine al7amdulillah (Did i mention he’s a palestenian) :)
MUST READ:
National Post
The Ontario man who helped Muammar Gaddafi’s son flee Libya
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – A private security contractor and former soldier from Canada has admitted he helped Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi flee Libya last month as Tripoli was falling to anti-Gaddafi rebels.
Gary Peters is president of Can/Aus Security & Investigations International Inc. in Cambridge, Ont. He is also Saadi Gaddafi’s longtime bodyguard and admitted he was part of a team that drove the late dictator’s third son across Libya’s southern border to Niger.
The convoy was ambushed after it had crossed back into Libya and Mr. Peters was shot. He returned to Toronto’s Pearson airport in September, bleeding heavily from an untreated bullet wound to his left shoulder.
“I got hurt over there so I come back,” he said when approached this week by a National Post reporter. He said he had been providing security to members of the Gaddafi family since 2004 and had continued to do so throughout the NATO campaign against the dictator. He worked mostly for Saadi but said he had also briefly guarded Col. Gaddafi’s sons Saif al-Islam and Hannibal.
Before helping Saadi flee to Niger, Mr. Peters said he had escorted Hannibal and Col. Gaddafi’s daughter Ayesha from Libya to Algeria in a convoy. His account of working for the Gaddafis was verified by several sources.
Full story:
news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/29/the-on...
Misrata brigades exact revenge on Qaddafi supporters, singling out #Libya town of Tawergha, @HRW’s Dan Williams reports bit.ly/tjWPgB
Khalifa Leebee
Seek justice and forgiveness and you will build a great country #Libya. Seek revenge and you will destroy what’s left of the country.
dovenews Libyan™
ICC:
Saif said he is innocent of alleged crimes against humanity, the court prosecutor said on Sat in the Chinese capital.
Nigeriens are prepared to protect Saif Gaddafi & asked the int’l community to not get
involved. #Libya #Niger #ICC
Iman
Saif Gaddafi has told the ICC that he is not guilty. #Libya #ICC" if he is so sure, then why doesn’t he face trial? #SaifLies
bilal H.B.
Yes these are for me and my friends as a congrats on getting back safe from #Sirte twitpic.com/77mmn7
Have you heard about the “Libyan cake” well me and FF friends have split it, any one wants the green part?
twitpic.com/77mo9b
Me and my friend/brother Mohammed with the “Libyan cake” twitpic.com/77mphn
My friend Mohammed Hassan and my leader in #Sirte thank god they both shaved today lol
twitpic.com/77mqud
(They shaved after this)
Great party with my front line friends i will love them forever we cried laughed hurt fought and shot at toghether
twitpic.com/77mt0z
And yes these are pix of my welcome back from #Sirte party
Sarah
#RevolutionMemories Shalgam crying at the UN Security Council.. #Feb17
Our flag is visible :)
twitpic.com/77mwo6 via @Razanspeaks
Zainab
Phone lines are down in #Benghazi cuz there’s an appreciation ceremony for the Eastern side Thuwar #Libya
Sarah
I always been told the first favourite sentence of guilty people is : “I’m innocent” – #Saif #Libya
Libyans do you want to smile? This is a school in the village Baba Amr in #Homs. :) #Libya #Syria
yfrog.com/khik4dwj
LibyaInMe: Our fighters are proud. Not even a wheelchair could stop them #Libya pic.twitter.com/oxaaaVWm”
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Slavoj Zizek on the #ArabSpring, #Occupy and the rise of #China:“the marriage between capitalism and democracy is over”
aje.me/rHbLis
Salon
The murder brigades of Misrata
MISRATA, Libya — If anyone is surprised by the apparent killing of Moammar Gadhafi while in the custody of militia members from the town of Misrata, they shouldn’t be.
More than 100 militia brigades from Misrata have been operating outside of any official military and civilian command since Tripoli fell in August. Members of these militias have engaged in torture, pursued suspected enemies far and wide, detained them and shot them in detention, Human Rights Watch has found.
Art.:
www.salon.com/2011/10/28/the_murder_bri...
Hanan
When Mousa Ibrahim’s brother banned the teaching of english in Libyan education system, his brother (Mousa) was studying in UK
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#SyriansDemand that supporters of the revolutions in #Libya #Egypt #Tunisia support the Syrian revolution
I actually wrote "SyriansDemand the world give a DAMN… "
Jana
#SyriansDemand that Ghaddafi save a seat next to him in hell, #Assad is on his way.
Mazahir
If Gaddafi et al are meeting their fate now, so why is Moussa Koussa free in Qatar? Theoretically implicated in all the same crimes. #Libya
Hamza
Two things that ruin any democracy: voting fraud and campaign “donations”
KC
The issue of western intervention in the Arab revolutions still sparks a heated debate, fuelled by political agendas
youngamazigh youngamazigh
Amazigh cultural Journal will be distributed next week in Tripoli.‘Tilelli’ (Freedom in Tamazight)
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
he who rules by an iron fist, can only be taken out by an iron fist. #Libya
Have Saif’s ‘friends’ not been hired to kill the Libyan people?
pic.twitter.com/VFyPKjqO
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Saadi Gaddafi Financed a Fact finding Mission about #NATO bomb sites in attempt to tell side of Libya story he felt wasnt covered by media
#Saadi #Gaddafi Security Team were / are from #Canada #Australia #NewZealand #Iraq #Russia all former special forces members #Libya
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
As a Canadian and a Libyan, I would be furious if Saadi was allowed to get as far as Canada.
Libyans don’t accept this. He should face trial re the money he’s stolen and any blood on his hands, not travel!!
Mushu
The article says Gary’s going back to Niger (presumably to Saadi). We ought to dispatch a team to follow him.
TarantinoDork TarantinoDork
So we can add Blackwater to the list of mercenaries who aided Gaddafi until the very end. Not just Tuaregs, Serbs.
LIBYAN
I have been told that Saadi has Canadian passport.
Reuters
WRAPUP 5-ICC fears son of Libya’s Gaddafi may flee justice
U.S. officials hold security talks in Niger
ICC in indirect touch with Gaddafi son
Saif al-Islam may surrender to ICC, seek refuge elsewhere
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL4...
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
Celebration reward ceremony for #FF & #Feb17Martyrs in Benghazi live on Libya AlHurra
sumyasalem ##
#Saif tells ICC he’s innocent. If we’ve learned anything over the past 42 years its to take what the Gaddafis say, and believe the opposite.
Fatima
Was just watching #LibyaAlHurra & there was a ceremony of appreciation for the the FFs of #Libya in #Benghazi . There was a sheikh who gave
a rousing speech. Started out by saying the place we are gathered in saw one of the first martyrs who was hung in Ramadan. The ceremony
was heldin benghazi stadium where AlSadeq Shwehdi was executed. He said that the revolution started in #Benghazi, the liberation
started in #Benghazi & inshallah the rebuilding will start in #Benghazi.He went on to say that the world has come to know how brave our men
are, & that the world will come to know #Libya, the world will come to know #Benghazi & Barga. He said that in the coming years
students all over the world will be learning about our great revolution. #Feb17 He wishes that #Libya will come to be a leader
in modern civilization. Please excuse my translations and for not getting all of the speech, I was wishing that I was there <3 #Libya
The crowd was having a blast & chanting ‘el sha3b yureed i7tifalat el 3eed’ (the people want the celebrations of Eid) #Benghazi
Little #Libyan girls wearing 3abrooq (traditional Libyan bedouin dress w/ silver) were handing out wreaths which were placed around
the team leaders neck. Will tweet a picture of the 3abrooq later on once I find a good
clear picture
The #Libyan FFs named a brigade after Hassan AlJaber #Qatar. Its called Sareeyat Hassan Al Jaber. Hassan Al Jaber was the @AJArabic
cameraman who was killed by a sniper’s bullet in #Benghazi. Hassan Al Jaber was once of the innocent bystanders killed in this revolution
Some of the Brigade and team names: Sareeyat Shuhada #Misrata, Sareeyat Shuhada #Zawiyah, Sareeyat Fajr Febrayer, (Cont)
Kateebat Libya Al Hurra (crowd went wild when this kateeba was announce), kateebat shuhada #AbuSleem -Derna, (cont)
Kateebat Fatima Al Zahra (that was my personal favorite :p) ,Itihad thuwar #Misrata, Kateebat 17 febrayer – tripoli military council (cont)
Kateebat Omar Al Mukhtar, Kateebat Al Istit6la3, Sareeyat Shuhada #Benghazi , Kateebat Shuhada Al Jazira (cont)
Kateebat Salahuldeen, Kateebat Shuhada el Jabel & Shuhada Brega. Other shuhada, lieutenants, companies, restaurants who helped thru out
#Feb17 were given awards as well. @AJArabic accepted the award for the martyr Hassan AlJaber on behalf of his family #Qatar.
There was a sign that said ‘Now is the time to pick up pens and put down our weapons" but I wasn’t able to get a good picture of it from TV
Sarah Thank you for tweeting it :)
Your welcome :) hope I did a good job. lol the whole time I was typing I was wishing I was there </3
Fatima
Also, thru out the ceremony there were ta7iyas (a shout our basically) to people of #Misrata, @AJArabic @AJNLive for constant coverage & FFs
from all over #Libya. Awards were also given out to Brigades from #Tripoli that are recognized by the NTC.
I got goosebumps hearing the crowds sing and cheer..
ClintonNews Hillary Clinton News
US Airlift of Libya War Wounded Departs Tripoli
bit.ly/spKb9O
Russia Today TV: Saif #Gaddafi is captured by the libyan #FFs & his arm is amputated via @OnlyLibyaa
its probably a rumour cuz the only chanel which said that was russia today
Epic Libyan Men Misrata
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHCcnOxr3LU&fea...
ActivismTips Activism Tips
Be mindful of the fact that the news channels synthesize events in ways which make the individual feel as if activism is hopeless.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Very interesting political discussion with the youth delegates at the SI Special Committee of the Arab World in #Crete #Greece
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
#Libya: Removing #Gaddafi100: % complete ███████████████████████████ Rebuilding country: 31% complete █████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ #Feb17
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Opinion: US double standard: Gaddafi bad, Karimov good
aje.me/sJhBea
Mushu
Can’t wait for the time the Gaddafis are all caught and we get finally rid of all these darn rumours. Nanganni malleet. #Libya #Feb17
MariaGolovnina Maria Golovnina
How is the #NTC going to stop wave of revenge attacks before it’s too late ? #Libya
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
Bush & Blair shld b held accountable 4 this-The race is on to find Libya missing missiles | GlobalPost
j.mp/toBQhD (via Instapaper)
acarvin Andy Carvin
If you’d told me a year ago that someone in #Libya is organizing a TEDxTripoli, I would have thought you mad.
tedxtripoli.org
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
#Iran is trying to pressure new #Libya to have presence in the country using Libyan prisoners in #Iraq
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Ceremony for the #FFs in Misratah #libya
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yfrog.com/o0z4tciarj
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Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Pisses me off: releasing #baghdadi #mahmoudi XPM of #Gaddafi regime #Libya
Khiria
laundry basket at my grandparents house is full of military uniforms. #thuwarlife #Feb17
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Any artists out there who can make me a #gaddafi shafshoofa stencil for my pumpkin? (Its some competition n I wanna win :p)
Naheed Mustafa
Nice! Give the writer a cigar! RT @Kawlture The season of #CreepinSharia is upon us! Latest pun is “Arab Spring, Islamic Harvest”
Reuters
Wounded Libyan fighters flown to US.
Oct. 29 – The US Air Force flies 25 wounded Libyan fighters to the United States for medical treatment at the request of the National Transitional Council. Sunita Rappai reports.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lrKNp8Pb-A
bilal H.B.
I havent seen soldiers from Qatar fighting but i did see commanders telling NATO where to hit, i witnessed most of the real action #Libya
flyingbirdies أكرم
30,000 people live as refugee in Sirt houses devastated & needs blankets or houses, Any good people there HELLO #Libya
NTC at odds with ICC over Gaddafi’s son
Libya’s new leaders have expressed concern over reports the International Criminal Court (ICC) is negotiating with Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The ICC is reportedly working on a deal for Saif al-Islam to surrender and be tried for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands.
Libyan officials, however, hope to capture Gaddafi’s on and put him on trial in Tripoli.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Tripoli.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NENkdZdiBEs
bilal H.B.
NATO says we took out the system in Libya
Qatar said it too
France as well
guess the Libyan people stayed at home during the Rev
Fatima
Photo : 3abrooq, traditional Libyan bedouin dress. Color of fabric can be different but silver jewellery is used
twitpic.com/77pn6e
Alielehmer Ali El-Ehmer
Before helping Saadi flee to Niger, Mr. Peters said he had escorted Hannibal and Col. Gaddafi’s daughter Ayesha from Libya to (cont…
…cont) Algeria in a convoy. His account of working for the Gaddafis was verified by several sources.
Michael
Aiding and abetting criminal escape is a felony in itself. Mr Peters should be arrested and turned over to Interpol.
Alielehmer Ali El-Ehmer
#Iran says ready for defense cooperation with #Libya, #Tunisia, #Egypt isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.…
Iran says ready for defense cooperation with Libya, Tunisia, Egypt
ISNA – Tehran
Service: Foreign Policy
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said the country is ready for defense cooperation with Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.
“Iran is ready for such cooperation, but the other side should be willing for joint measures as well,” he said.
“There will be no problem for Iran’s cooperation with the countries if popular regimes are established in the countries. Iran can cooperate with the countries in military domains,” Iranian defense minister continued.
He also said building process of a naval cruise missile dubbed Zafar" (triumph) is about to be completed and it would be handed over soon.
Also regarding the US accusation on Iran’s involvement in a plot to kill Saudi Arabian envoy to Washington, Vahidi said, “This is the old strategy of pressure which the US resorts to in different times.”
He said the “scenario” aims to divert the world’s public opinion from important issues occurring against the US and Zionist regime. He added the accusation seeks discord between Iran and Saudi Arabia and strengthening the US role in the region.
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Source:
www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-...
National Post
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam tells International Criminal Court he is innocent
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday that Libya’s Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact via intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation.
U.S. military and government representatives held security talks in neighboring Niger with local officials in Agadez, which has been a way station for other Libyan fugitives, including another son of Muammar Gaddafi, Saadi. A Reuters reporter saw a U.S. military plane at Agadez airport.
Read more:
news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/29/muamma...
Telegraph
Confusion and conflicting loyalties as Libyans struggle with life after Gaddafi
Not all Libyans welcomed the fall of Gaddafi, writes Nick Meo. For all that Bani Walid now has pro-revolutionary flags, bunting and graffiti, those who support the new government say that many homes still have pictures of Gaddafi inside.
After Muammar Gaddafi’s secret burial in the desert last week, the men of Bani Walid could only quietly mourn the leader they revered.
“I felt sadness, as if I had lost my father,” said Fatallah Hasan, 22, a student. When the rebels came to “liberate” him, Mr Hasan took up his Kalashnikov and shot at them, as
did most of the town’s young men.
Read more:
goo.gl/GpTek
A HUGE rally carrying the #Syrian flag . Oh btw this isn’t in #Homs or #Daraa it in Benghazi #Libya
twitpic.com/77pzxt
Reuters
Libyan Islamists urge NTC to stop executions in Iraq
- Libyan Islamists who helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi urged the country’s new leaders on Saturday to appeal to Baghdad to halt the execution of Libyans jailed in Iraq.
In a demonstration that drew hundreds of people — some armed — to the headquarters of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya’s second city of Benghazi, protesters urged the head of the council to intervene in support of some 30 Libyans they say were arrested during the Iraqi insurgency.
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7...
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
If u interested in Libyan food never forget to check updates in the blog libyanfood.blogspot.com by @TasnimQ & her group #Libya
Armchair Arab
Heard about big pro-syrian protest in Benghazi, great but we have lots of requirements we should be protesting NTC for.
#AskTheNTC – Where are the court/justice/legal systems that should be in place?
#AskTheNTC – What’s the progress on creating a unified national army/security force? How many people being trained?
#AskTheNTC – Will the tripoli council be dissolved once the interim gov is set up in Tripoli?
#AskTheNTC – We keep hearing about oil production increasing/recovering, what’s being done with the remittences from this production?
#AskTheNTC – Are any FF brigades being mobilized to secure our southern borders? Have some already been mobilized to do so?
#AskTheNTC – Will we be allowed to know why certain individuals are being appointed to positions in the interim gov, i.e. their expertise?
#AskTheNTC – Will everyone in the interim gov either have to be ex-gaddafi or a friend of Saifs to get in?
#AskTheNTC – What will you be doing to bring onboard the VAST expertise of Libyans in and out of Libya in the interim gov?
#AskTheNTC – How will small-medium business be empowered to play their part in the re-building of Libya?
#AskTheNTC – When will the NTC/Interim gov be setting up an official gov funded/transparent Libyan TV channel using Gaddafi TV equipment?
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Rumors 2night here in #misrata that Seif el Islam is captured. My sources in #misrata & #tripoli can’t confirm that. #libya #alaandirect
Tripolitanian Libyan
Anyone watching the African Cup of Nations draw??? Tell me what group #Libya gets put in!
Group A: Equatorial Guinea, Libya, 2 more teams left.
So far so good, we’re in the same group as one of the worse pot 1 teams!
Group A: Eq Guinea, Libya, Senegal
we’re in it to win it!
Zambia again!
Group A: Eq Guinea (hosts), Libya, Senegal, Zambia
Group A is looking like a tough group
Senegal was group winner and beat Cameroon, Zambia was also group winner, Eq Guinea gets the host advantage
I think our boys can pull it off! #Libya #AfricanCup
Mushu
Yes,we killed him. No,it wasn’t unexpected. Yes,it was against the laws. No,it wasn’t unjustified. Yes,it was ugly. No,it wasn’t avoidable.
Libya: final mission for Belgian fighter jets
VRT
29/10/11 – The Belgian fighter jets operating in the Libyan airspace have ended their mission. This morning, they took off for the final flight above Libya as the mission is coming to an end. Defence Minister Pieter De Crem witnessed the event. The fighter jets will be returning to Belgium soon.
Video:
www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/...
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
IBN THABIT BLOCK PARTY IN FASHLOUM : 10 November at 21:00 : Omar ibn Al Khattab Street: next to Hussein Trousha…
LibyaOrg: Petition 4 greater representation of Libyan women in the NTC & future governmental institutions
goo.gl/z0lxT
libya_Horra
group is now complete:- Group A is #Libya, #Zambia, #Senegal and the hosts equatorial guinea… tough one guys!!
Enas
FF Ahmed Al Saadawi from #Misrata in James Cool Hospital, Middlesbrough #feb17 #UK
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Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
@
@JomanaCNN if you manage to see a single picture of Gaddafi during your trip i’ll give you a prize.
Daily Trust
Libyans find more bodies in Gadhafi hometown
Volunteers are still finding dozens of bodies in Muammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte that fell on October 20, including of Libyan civilians killed in a suspected NATO air
strike.
Twenty-six unmarked makeshift graves covered by breeze-blocks were discovered at a water treatment plant in Number Two district where pro-Kadhafi fighters put up a final stand after several weeks of heavy bombardment.
Link:
goo.gl/yej5K
Nasr
It looks & sounds like #Misrata FFs want 2keep their weapons until they C how the new gov looks like. This is being perceived as a threat
To our FFs in #Misrata : Please don’t disappoint #LIBYA . Surrender your weapons to the National authorities NOW. Can NOT use force any more
Khadija
Yesterday there was a rumor about A. Ibrahim, anyone here anything new about him? #Libya #Feb17
Karama Kicks Off #Libya Peace Platform Initiative —
www.el-karama.org/content/karama-kicks-...
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Every time I venture into the huge and growing Saudi Twitterverse I’m fascinated. Wish my Arabic were better.
Tweeting Tripoli
More photos from the conference by the Forum of Civil State group. Held at Bab Al-Baher Hotel, Tripoli.
pic.twitter.com/yf4z5kWW
Excellent papers by a group of Libyans who are advocates for a democratic civil state. I enjoyed it :)
pic.twitter.com/VOelpHNj
Dr Ali Gaddor Imam of Zawiat Dihmani Mosque & father of Abdulatti who was murdered by G thugs in Soug Guma speaking…
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Dr Gaddor: No such thing as an Islamic state. Libya is a moderate Muslim country. No one should use religion to seek power.
He’s the imam for my fav childhood mosque in Zawiat Dihmani. Used to go for Friday prayers there :)
Dr Gaddor, a known religious scholasaid against an Iran/Afghan like state. He’s for a civil state with constitution based on Islamic laws.
Was surprised 2 see many religious scholars at the symposium. They agreed that a civil state doesn’t go against Islam.
pic.twitter.com/bODQqDag
Wala ~ ولاء
“I hated Muammer #Gadaffi before it became mainstream.”
SMILE:
the Saudi version of Thelma & Louise … lol
pic.twitter.com/BAedq4Aw
Cassie
Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Dont wait cause right now is the oldest you’ve ever been & the youngest you’ll be ever again.
KC
Why is there no #ICC arrest warrant for Sa3di #Gaddafi ? He sent brigades to #Benghazi kill protesters there. Wipe the smirk of his face!
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Saw at least 40 people in Ras Hsan yesterday at 1am, in the cold, cleaning streets, picking up garbage & patching up potholes. :) #Tripoli
bilal H.B.
Today #NTC members started their jobs officially in Tripoli now it’s the true capital after 8 months the #NTC stayed in Benghazi. #Libya
The only job you start on top is digging a hole.
Will somebody please get #Bashar some glasses i think he can’t see his people and the way they “love” him!
Last year i think #SaudiArabia gave #Benghazi alone 1400 VISAs for people to go to #Hajj this year it gave only 7000 visa for entire #Libya!
What’s happened to you #Saudi you used to support freedom in #Palestine ? Well guess times have changed. Maybe you need a littel “push”!
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
Fatima
Just found a description of a #Libyan wedding girlsoloinarabia.typepad.com/girl_solo_in_a… Libyan weddings are more or less like this description #Libya
Yaman
I love how it took regular Libyans less than a year to kill Gaddafi. But it took ten years for highly trained US army 10 years to kill Osama
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
A coward dies a thousand deaths; A soldier dies but once.
AP
Score-settling after Libya’s war casts shadow
This town once loyal to Moammar Gadhafi is no more: its 25,000 residents have fled, fearing retribution from vengeful victors from the neighboring city of Misrata who have burned and ransacked homes, crossed out Tawergha’s name on road signs and vowed not to let anyone return.
Tawergha, about 20 miles (35 kilometers) south of Misrata, is just one casualty of score-settling following Libya’s 8-month civil war that ended with Gadhafi’s Oct. 20
capture and death.
Art.:
goo.gl/xK7ce
Al Arabiya
Libya drawn to play opening match of African Nations Cup
Libya, who qualified in fairytale fashion for the 2012 African Nations Cup finals, were drawn on Saturday to play in the tournament’s opening game.
They meet co-hosts Equatorial Guinea in Group A in Bata on Jan. 21 to launch the three-week event and will have a reasonable chance of making the second round after also being paired with Senegal and Zambia.
Libya finished second in their qualifying section and went through to the finals as one of the best runners-up.
The draw also brought together North African rivals Morocco and Tunisia in Group C alongside co-hosts Gabon and Niger.
Tunisia beat Morocco in the 2004 final and are the only winners from the last eight Nations Cup tournaments to qualify for the 2012 event.
Ivory Coast are the top seeds in Group B where they again meet Burkina Faso who shared the same opening-round section at the last edition in Angola in 2010.
Group D top seeds Ghana were drawn alongside west African rivals Guinea and Mali plus newcomers Botswana.
We end today with a real cliffhanger!
Did Saadi really flee to Saudi Arabia?
Is Saif really going to hand himself to the ICC?
Is Aisha really a woman?
Don’t miss the next episode of the Gaddafi saga…….
SUMMARY OCTOBER 30th 2011
10/30/11
10.30.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
The Gaddafi saga:
Saadi is a woman, Aisha is in Algeria and Saif is going to hand in his hand to the ICC.
#AsktheNTC can you fund my group’s hunting trip to #NIGER ? We have the guns and cars we just need to bribe NigerPD !
ShahrazadKablan Shahrazad Kablan
22 Libyan Freedom Fighters made it to Logan Airport. On their way to the hospital now.
Observation:
Libyan
Assad is the new Gaddafi. #Libya #Syria
Cara Swift
A Libyan said to us that he thought there shouldn’t be an army in the new #Libya, & money shld be spent on education instead. Thoughts?
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Pic: Ahmed Ramadan AlAsab3ee- Gaddafi’s Double – Claims he was Gaddafi’s “secretary” – #Libya #Feb17
pic.twitter.com/r9LsIltb
Hamza Malek
the massacre in #sirte HAS to be addressed and the perpetrators HAVE to be punished. #libya
we must not adopt a #gaddafi mentality, or the mentality of his followers, of ignoring real crimes against humanity. #libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#AskTheNTC Do you realize if i don’t start working soon, im going to be very bored and thats not good since i own several guns?
Mail Online
Saif Gaddafi ‘hires South African mercenaries to spirit him away to friendly nation’
Colonel Gaddafi’s eldest son Saif has hired a group of South African mercenaries to smuggle him out of Libya and into a friendly African country, according to information received by the International Criminal Court.
The Court, based in the Hague, said Saif, 39, whose current whereabouts are the source of much speculation, had been in contact with them through intermediaries to
discuss the possibility of surrendering for trial.
Read more:
goo.gl/A5XuQ
Gaddafi’s son appears to be Saif. For now
Saif is neve save
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Guys, the key words in National Transitional Council are TRANSITIONAL and COUNCIL i.e. temporary and not-an-actual-government. #AskTheNTC
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
An American youth converted to Islam today in Benghazi #Libya pic.twitter.com/sKg5ARg0
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
Turkish reception at Rixos Hotel tonight – amazing food in this country of fine people and bad cuisine. Ah, the smoked fish, profiteroles!
Al Ray TV declares Shakeer & Tohami will not b able 2 appear in the channel as the laws in #Syria do not allow incitement 2 murder citizens.
Neale
#AskTheNTC Will the NTC encourage the economy by guaranteeing electricity supply and internet?
#AskTheNTC Will the NTC create a big infrastructure project to employ Libyans, such as modern National Rail network?
Dicey
If any government thinks they can beat this generation of young people into submission has had their head in the sand since January…
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
I have to say: I love #libya, feel at home here. #Misrata, #tripoli, #benghazi rock. People are remarkable. #alaandirect
Sarah
And #Libya loves you and your channel too. You guys did an awesome job, thank you! :) #Feb17”
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
from Mustafa Ergig: his family one of 13 in #Jadu that lost two sons to #Feb17. Jadu lost 200+ men, all fighting for freedom of other cities
Mike
Unless the Sirte massacre is openly addressed it will seethe below the surface for years like Abu Salim
Hamza
the massacre in #sirte HAS to be addressed and the perpetrators HAVE to be punished. #libya
we must not adopt a #gaddafi mentality, or the mentality of his followers, of ignoring real crimes against humanity. #libya
Sirte_Feb17 Sirtawi
Good. Many families back to #Sirte bit by bit. Not so good. No electricity, communications and other essentials yet. #SirteCrisis #Feb17
Some families who fled to Misurata intend on going back to #Sirte for Eid Al-Ad’ha. #Feb17 #Libya
#SirteCrisis: Ibn Sina Hospital a complete wreck. Not even one ambulance around! #Feb17 #Libya
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
When the dust settles remind us to bring up a serious issue, that needs to be addressed. No one is above the law, not even the people.
We shouldn’t choose when and when not to apply it. It’s there to prevent car bumping life styles.
Some people call it nature, I call it the balance. Go with it, live a happy life and after life. Move against it, suffer twice.
When the dust settles people, when it does. Then again will justice wait?
During this transition period no one was chosen. If Belhaj is no good he goes simple
Heard that internet is not going to be free anymore, also heard about rally soon regarding that.
libyanproud libyanandproud
I think #ntc should get a new social media team since the ones that used this @ntc_of_libya quit
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I posted 108 photos on Facebook in the album “Zawiya… the city that never surrendered”
fb.me/QkKycdJX
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
My grandfather, who retired from police service jst as Gaddafi came to power, salutes camera on liberation day #Tripoli
pic.twitter.com/LH8F055U
Celebrating the future in Libya
Parades for Misrata fighters as they return home, as celebrations continue in Tripoli. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Video:
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Sarah
Headache – Debating with an Anti #Feb17 but Hamdulilah he ends up with “You’re right .. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU LIBYA :)” :D
I even made him change his point of view about #GaddafisDeath . Two people today :’) #Proud
this is FB page of the owner of AL RAY TV.. www.facebook.com/mashaanaljabouri
Emo
Is it true the hazards #Shakeer and #Hamza were fired from Arai TV? #Libya
Hamza
when 50 people are found executed, that should raise a LOT of concern. if they were fighters or not isnt even known
MushuThaLohari
Baaraka Allah feek in advance! :p I guess I’m a little bit bitter bec int. media seems to find Sirte/ 1/2
BW/Misrata more mediasexy than the rest of our equally destroyed cities.More dramatic scoops, I suppose. 2/2
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
the media like a good story, they aren’t out there for the truth. Imo.
Nusaiba☺
Gaddafis dead.
FP
Saif to the Hague? Get ready for a long wait
The International Criminal Court reports today that it has made indirect contact with Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, and is attempting to negotiate his transfer to the Hague:
Given his father’s grisly fate, it certainly makes sense that Saif would prefer the relative comfort of the Hague’s jail, particularly given the glacial pace at which the institution moves.
Also this week, the court’s president told the U.N. General Assembly that the ICC is busier than ever, with a whopping seven cases on its plate:
Full art.:
goo.gl/jpi7z
Teddaeus
#Nato: Give #Saif a plane!! Include fuel at $.14/gal just like his dad said. Include slashed tires just like his dad did in #Sirte #Libya
BravoLibyans
Saif/Seif Gaddafi and his COWARDS Family members are BEING HUNTED DOWN DOWN .watch and see its just a matter of time b4 u will see PICS SOON
IMPORTANT:
Please RT & spread awareness! :
Sirtawi
Missing in #Libya: Plz spread this site. 528 ppl reported missing till now, 3 have been found. There’s hope!
fgmovement.org/mafqood/
AFP
Tripoli remembers revolution’s ‘martyrs’
Crowds in Tripoli celebrate the end of the dictatorship of Moamer Kadhafi and remember victims of the revolution.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgZNCppUqWw
4Adam Adam
A Libyan man returning to his destroyed house in Sirte on Oct. 24, 2011 #Libya pic.twitter.com/POIzZIrX
A Libyan woman wanders through the bullet-ridden ruins of her former home in Sirte on Oct. 24, 2011. #Libya
pic.twitter.com/PsSjNhxS
Their belongings balanced precariously in their car, residents return to their home after the liberation. Sirte, Oct24
pic.twitter.com/7F9pStuI
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Sirte and #Misrata will need a lot of immediate rebuilding projects, too many homes have become inhospitable. #Libya
malonebarry Barry Malone
Dealings with Gaddafi son embarrass London college | Reuters reut.rs/vlkrLU #Libya #UK
Sirte
Armchair Arab
screaming ‘massacre’ doesn’t help. These guys could have been executed by gaddafi forces and were probably fighters.
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
no, the bodies were of known pro G loyalists and some high commanders.
ppl are ppl, some thuwaar committed crimes and we have to be realistic abt that. Everyone knows what Gs ppl did.
from what I understand, from July, g forces weren’t letting civillians leave, nor bringing food/supplies.
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
I donno how long its gonna take for us to create a proper legal system tho. Ppl will be weary if it doesn’t deliver soon.
CNTV
NTC chairman meets EU Parliament president in Tripoli
Chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council(NTC) Mustafa Abdul Jalil met with visiting European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek Saturday, calling for strengthened cooperation between the two sides.
Calling the European Union(EU) as the closest friend of the Libyan people, Jalil hailed the supports from EU and its member countries during the NTC forces’ battles with loyalists of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
“European Union and NATO have played important roles during our revolution,” said Jalil, expressing hopes that the two sides can witness equal cooperation in fields like economy, politics and military in the “post-Gaddafi era.”
Read more and watch video:
english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/2011...
Mirror
50 Libya war amputees to arrive in UK
AMPUTEES wounded in the Libyan war will be flown here for NHS treatment.
The country does not have the expertise to care for the 50 wounded rebels who fought Colonel Gaddafi.
It will be funded by Libya and the amputees, including children, will join another 50 victims taken into our hospitals with gunfire and blast injuries last month.
They will go to Liverpool, London, Lancashire and Newcastle, but patients fear the British will suffer.
One nurse said: “Some of our patients say the Government is just cosying up to Libya for oil.”
The Department of Health said: “Attention is being paid so that no NHS patient is adversely affected. Patients are expected to start arriving in the next few weeks.”
Source:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/...
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Clocks one hour back, made me wake up early on a Sunday, got to remind myself now of two hours difference when calling Libya
The Paradox of the Fragile Revolutions
It is perhaps a sign of these uncertain times that our perception of the Arab uprisings has been accompanied by a deep sense of anxiety. While the uprisings provided the most inspiring examples of political change we have witnessed for a long time, they have also been perceived from the beginning as fragile revolutions. This apparent contradiction fits with the wider political context that the uprisings were born into and that impacts on how outside observers and the Arab people demanding change perceive them. This is the paradox of the Arab uprisings: the apparent resurgence of political agency in an era in which the nature of that agency is understood primarily through its limitations.
Read more:
karlremarks.blogspot.com/2011/10/parado...
Hamza Malek
Some really great photos from #libya’s revolution. o the memories…
Have a look here:
plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108605984374...
Protest in #Bahrain, with #Libya and #Syria’s flag also waving pic.twitter.com/IRkh2Akz
#Libya and #Morocco flag waving at a protests thousands attended in #Bahrain. #Unity
pic.twitter.com/d5jt3S0s
#Libyan flag flying next to #Bahraini flag at massive demonstration against monarchy :) #Libya #Bahrain
pic.twitter.com/A3DTIqhd
Libyan woman welcoming returning troops.
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I’m a Sunni.
I am proud to have the Libyan flag be used by those fighting against oppression.
Reuters
What’s behind Libya’s fast march to democracy?
In a trip to Libya this month, just weeks after Muammar Qaddafi’s fall, I found peace coming fast to Tripoli, despite continued resistance in several Libyan towns. Ten days ago, families with children mobbed Martyrs’ square, where Qaddafi once held forth, to commemorate the hanging 80 years ago of Libya’s hero of resistance against the Italians, Omar Mukhtar. Elementary schools opened last week. The university will open next month. Water and electricity are flowing. Uniformed police are on the street. Trash collection is haphazard but functioning.
Read more:
blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/09/...
Hanan
What is interesting about the reuters article are comments its received – a torrent of anti-Liberated Libya, pro-gaddaffi rhetoric!
bilal H.B.
If you forgive someone that heart you before we can rebuild our #Libya with love and forgiveness
Sarah
#Feb17 has developed my sense of reasoning .. Thank you #GaddafiGoons
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
#Libya #Feb17 It is my privilege to retire the #Gadaffi hash tag & introduce to u its replacement. Everyone…say hello to #Deadaffi
Sarah
Btw as you r in Misrata, what rumors do u hear about Saif ? Wefaq(& many other) were confirming that Misrata FFs caught him
omar
I tried to confirm and i even talked to head of the Katebba but didnt get any pic…
Sarah
the head of the Kateeba was saying that they did capture him as well ?
omar
yes he did but not on TV’s
Sarah
and that pics will come soon. Then .. Nothing.
Mimi
Was a rumor, as I said from start. He is in Niger now, after a huge bargain to enter there.
omar
here in misrata we strongly believe saif in Misrata guesthouse :)
Le Matin
Libye : Seïf Al-Islam Kadhafi clame son innocence
Une semaine après la mort de son père, Seïf Al-Islam clame son innocence a rapporté samedi la Cour pénale internationale (CPI), qui dit être en contact informel avec lui.
Seïf Al-Islam pourrait avoir trouvé refuge au Niger actuellement, comme l’indiquait vendredi le nouveau pouvoir libyen intérimaire, le Conseil national de transition (CNT).
Read more:
www.lematindz.net/news/6023-libye-seif-...
Reuters
ICC’s Ocampo: “Substantial evidence” against Gaddafi son
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Sunday he has “substantial evidence” that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s toppled leader, was involved in organizing attacks on civilians and hiring mercenaries.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/us-l...
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Counting the Cost explains why the #MiddleEast’s #economy has seen losses of almost $56bn since the #ArabSpring
aje.me/vuFBPi
Video: NTC at odds with ICC over Gaddafi’s son
Libya’s new leaders have expressed concern over reports the International Criminal Court (ICC) is negotiating with Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The ICC is reportedly working on a deal for Saif al-Islam to surrender and be tried for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands.
Libyan officials, however, hope to capture Gaddafi’s on and put him on trial in Tripoli.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Tripoli.
Watch here:
feb17.info/media/video-ntc-at-odds-with...
Guardian
Libya insists Saif al-Islam Gaddafi should be tried at home
NTC says that the International Criminal Court should not be allowed to try Saif Gaddafi for his role in Libya’s civil war
Libyan officials are determined to resist attempts to bring Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, before the international criminal court, claiming he should instead face justice at home.
Colonel Ahmed Bani, the military spokesman for Libya’s interim rulers, said they were insistent that the international body should not win custody of its most wanted man. “We will not accept that our sovereignty be violated like that,” he said. “We will put him on trial here. This is where he must face the consequences of what he has done. We will prove to the world that we are a civilised people with a fair justice system. Libya has its rights and its sovereignty and we will exercise them.”
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/29/li...
Image of the day: Huge rally in Benghazi in support of Syria
bit.ly/siCtqA #libya
Malta Independent
Malta is willing to support Libya in border control
AFM commander Brigadier Martin Xuereb told a conference in Doha, Qatar that Malta is willing to support Libya in the implementation of proper border management practices, the establishment of a Libyan search and rescue capability that will allow Libya to respond to requests for assistance in her search and rescue region, and assist the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority in the management of Libyan airspace. During his intervention, Brigadier Martin Xuereb acknowledged Qatar’s leading role in supporting the Transitional National Council.
Read more:
www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsite...
Vanguard
Libya war gives US air power advocates a lift
Advocates of US air power are seizing on the outcome of the NATO campaign in Libya as further evidence that high-tech aircraft are the key to maintaining US military might.
With its relatively low price tag and short duration, the Libya conflict offers a stark contrast to the protracted and costly ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have left Americans wary of counter-insurgency campaigns.
Read more:
www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/libya-war-g...
VOA
Doctors, Nurses Continue to Provide Care at Damaged Sirte Hospital
The destruction of Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown, Sirte, during Libya’s revolution included significant damage to the city’s main hospital, where a small crew of intrepid doctors and nurses continues to provide care.
In the wanton destruction of Sirte, even the Ibn a-Sina hospital was a target.
This is the hospital’s main operating room. Dr. Abdulla Etbiga explains what happened. “The last operation was here. When we finished the operation, after maybe 30 minutes, 40 minutes, this happened,” he said.
Read more and video:
feb17.info/media/video-doctors-nurses-c...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ahrar TV: #NTC has announced transfer form #Benghazi to #Tripoli effective as of today. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
they’re going to reactivate the monthly bandwidth cap which is an appalling 15GB… Lame
Ahmed
Now that is something worth protesting about, should have price plan for unlimited..or increase it to 30GB
2mbps would be a dream..Telecoms industry is another one that needs major investment..
we definitely need strong competition in that sector, otherwise we will see no improvement from Libya Telecom
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
#Saif might go now to Zimbabwe … _#Libya
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
MsEntropy
“Hannibal.” “Sword of the Arabs.” “Sword of Islam.” #Gaddafi #PretentiousDictatorBabyNames I . Rest. My. Case. #Feb17 #Libya
The Facebook Page for #TEDxTripoli is live check it out at www.facebook.com/TEDxTripoli #libya #tripoli #feb17
TRIPOLI LIBYA FROM 1922 طرابلس ليبيا سنة
Watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt_r3rwdSpw&fea...
WeenShefshoufa
Have Saif’s ‘friends’ not been hired to kill the Libyan people?
pic.twitter.com/VFyPKjqO
Moussa Koussa denies Lockerbie involvement -
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8... via @Telegraph #MI6 #Gaddafi
CNTV
Bani Walid slowly returning to normal
Video:
english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/2011...
All Africa
Libya:
Militias Terrorizing Residents of ‘Loyalist’ Town – Beatings, Shootings, Deaths in Detention of Tawerghans
Militias from the city of Misrata are terrorizing the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawergha, accusing them of having committed atrocities with Gaddafi forces in Misrata, Human Rights Watch said today. The entire town of 30,000 people is abandoned – some of it ransacked and burned – and Misrata brigade commanders say the residents of Tawergha should never return.
Human Rights Watch interviewed dozens of Tawerghans across the country, including 26 people in detention in and around Misrata and 35 displaced people staying in Tripoli, Heisha, and Hun. They gave credible accounts of some Misrata militias shooting unarmed Tawerghans, and of arbitrary arrests and beatings of Tawerghan detainees, in a few cases leading to death.
Read more:
allafrica.com/stories/201110300004.html
Al Arabiya
Muna Khan: More thoughts on Qaddafi’s killing
I wanted to follow up on my last blog post on the death of Muammar Qaddafi in which I advocated he be buried quickly so that Libyans could get a sense of closure and move
on.
Libyans more than anyone else had suffered enough of the atrocities committed under Qaddafi’s rule.
I was surprised by some readers’ comments on how Qaddafi’s death revealed the “true” savage nature of the Libyans, Arabs and Muslims. Qaddafi’s death at the hands of his killers is apparently symptomatic of the entire Muslim world.
Apparently we’re all a bunch of blood thirsty thugs. Oh, and we like to have our photographs taken with corpses like others do with celebrities.
It is just plain silly to equate the actions of a group of men ─ brutalized and repressed for decades by an authoritarian and cruel dictator like Qaddafi ─ as somehow indicative of what we can expect from the new Libya.
I thought it was obvious to say don’t judge a country by what one mob does.
Apparently it bears repeating.
The newly liberated Libya has many challenges ahead (obviously), one of which is maintaining law and order (again obviously) but since Qaddafi’s death, there has not been a reported surge in extra-judicial killings.
And while I’m on the subject of Qaddafi’s death, I came across something interesting in Robert Fisk’s column on Oct. 29, 2011 in The Independent.
He wrote about a newspaper report he read when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Tripoli. He had then cut out the clipping (I hear his newspaper archives are the stuff legends are made of) because of its incredulity: “We hope (Qaddafi) can be captured or killed soon … so that you don’t have to fear him any longer.”
Enough conspiracy theories have been put forward about the sheer timing between Clinton’s visit and Qaddafi’s subsequent death a few days later, so I won’t add to them.
What I will say, however, is that the trend of extra-judicial killings carried out by the United States ─ Osama bin Laden, its own citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, scores of alleged militants in Pakistan and Yemen that are killed in drone strikes ─ should be a cause for great concern. Especially as it does not garner the media attention that Qaddafi’s death did.
While the U.S. had no role to play in Qaddafi’s death, Clinton’s statement could be indicative of a far more brazen attempt by President Barack Obama’s administration to
handle its perceived aggressors in a manner it deems fit.
How are they then different to the thugs who killed Qaddafi and now represent the new Libya?
Al Arabiya
The West is hijacking Arab revolutions to the benefit of Islamists
While the West speaks of the necessity of accepting the results of the democratic process, in terms of Islamists coming to power in the Arab region, there are increased suspicions regarding the goals pursued by the West in its new policy of rapprochement with the Islamist movement, in what is a striking effort at undermining modern, secular and liberal movements. The three North African countries in which revolutions of change have taken place, are witnessing a transitional process that is noteworthy, not just in domestic and local terms, but also in terms of the roles played by foreign forces, both regional and international.
Read full art.:
english.alarabiya.net/views/2011/10/30/...
4 Syria
Assad sounding more like Gadaffi every day,.. staging rallies, ‘my people love me’ ’We’re fighting terrorists’ ‘The region will burn’ #Syria
Nasr
#AskTheNTC : Again, Who is guarding southern #Libya? Do you know what is going on there? Are U monitoring the Tuaregs’ movements?
LibyanDuda:
BBC Arabic reporting that Saif Gaddafi has an army of mercenaries & Libyans & ready to re-enter #Libya
GRAFIXEL guess what
another #saifrumor
misrati_free
3 Convoys from NGOs sent to help Sirte, where the f*** is the “government”?? 33K starving people in Sirte and only private citizens helping.
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
The more you ask of the NTC the more power you give them. So what if the civilians are organising aid convoys? That’s the way it should be.
bilal H.B.
I heard that #Saif Gaddafi is trying to go directly to the #ICC. Why would he do that didn’t he see how nice we are to his dad and brothers?
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
fb.me/16usA8jiz
Iman
My little sister has way too much time on her hands, she’s making everyone tickets for dinner LOL
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Ali Tweel
Part of the celebrating in our neighborhood “Bab Ben Ghashier”.. and yes it’s because Gaddafi is dead! yfrog.com/evg33z
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Libyan Consulate in Genève #libya
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Nasr
Tuaregs R gathering in large numbers in southern #Libya, near borders w/ #Niger & #Mali, gathering arms & setting training camps.
Officials from #Niger are warning of dire consequences of border conflict. They obviously assume #NTC will react to #Tuareg actions. Wrong!
Gaddafi Soldiers Abusing Prisoners (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvzqLDyE07g&fea...
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Lepcis Magna seemingly undamaged by war and revolution #Libya. #Tripoli Museum also in good shape and under new management.
National Geographic
Unseen Sahara
A rare aerial look at Libya’s remote Fezzan region, where ancient societies thrived and collapsed as the rains came and went.
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/fezz...
Tripolitanian Libyan
Someone asked about condition of universities throughout #Libya, when they will restart etc.
#NTC official: this matter up to the universities themselves, we expect them to restart soon
Shamam: We will not allow members of the fifth column to infiltrate our media. #NTC #Libya
#Jibril: We have asked the Iraqi government to transfer 25 Libyan prisoners on death row to #Libya. #NTC
Sound is pretty bad at press conf, they are just repeating what they’ve said already anyway.
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
on.fb.me/tnBdrp one of my favorite groups in #LIBYA that provides aid and education to Libyans.
bilal H.B.
I think Gaddafi was a Hip Hop fan cuz all of his personal weapons and clothes are gold and BLING BLING i bet he pimped out tok tok lol
Tomorrow we say Good bye and thank you to NATO!
I love people who keeps thinking everything is a conspiracy! sorry Zionists and CIA and MI6 and every “evil” agency you didn’t do everything
there’s a footage from sirte of some golf cars pimped like cadillac escalade and hummers.
Come here #Saif we won’t hurt you it’s okay you’re safe with us .. GOTCHA U SON OF A BITCH now go see dad in hell . #EvilWeirdTweet
Wonder what songs they found on Gaddafi’s personal iPod. I’ll survive was confirmed to be on the playlist #GuessItDosntWorkOnLibyans
Liberation FR
Libye: chaque jour, Mohammed ramasse les cadavres dans les ruines de Syrte
SYRTE (Libye) (AFP) – Il a 32 ans et le regard hanté de ceux qui ont vu trop d’horreurs pour dormir en paix. Mohammed Younès Al-Hemali fait partie des volontaires ramasseurs de cadavres dans les ruines de Syrte, ville fantôme où Mouammar Kadhafi se terrait avant sa mort le 20 octobre.
Le parfum lourd et douceâtre de la putréfaction plane avec insistance sur la cité totalement dévastée par des semaines de bombardements et de combats de rue.
Pas un jour sans la découverte de dizaines de morts enterrés à la hâte dans un jardin, pris dans les décombres de bâtiments effondrés ou pourrissant en plein air. Des civils et des combattants, tués lors d’affrontements ou de bombardements ou encore exécutés par l’un ou l’autre camp.
Read more:
www.liberation.fr/depeches/01012368678-...
Jibril : Nuclear weapons were found in #Libya #NTC via @AlArabiya_Eng
#NATO Rasmussen to visit #Tripoli Tomorrow #Libya #feb17
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
‘No’ to disputes, ‘Yes’ to forgiveness and reconcilation, says a poster in Tripoli.
LibyanPilot
Back in the UK, great conference in Crete, good chat with the greek PM regarding Libyan youth. NTC delegation very helpful
Guardian
Libya after Gaddafi: freed journalist tracks down his jailer
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad was seized by Gaddafi forces in the town of Zawiya during the first weeks of the Libyan uprising and held for two weeks. In his first dispatch from post Gaddafi Libya, he describes his return to his former cell and his encounters with his erstwhile jailers
The prison in Tripoli where Ghaith Abdul-Ahad spent two weeks in solitary confinement. Photograph: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad for the Guardian
I remembered that Hatem was tall and wore spectacles and had a pudgy, smiling face that didn’t seem to fit his profession. But I was not prepared for the warmth he showed. Meeting him again was like encountering an old friend. The questions came tumbling out. “How are you? How did you find me? What happened after you left?”
Read full story:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-after-gaddaf...
NYT
The Arab Intellectuals Who Didn’t Roar
IN mid-June, the Syrian poet known as Adonis, one of the Arab world’s most renowned literary figures, addressed an open letter to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. The stage was set for one of those moments, familiar from revolutions past, in which an intellectual hero confronts an oppressive ruler and eloquently voices the grievances of a nation.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/sunday-revie...
AP
Score-settling after Libya’s war casts shadow
This town once loyal to Moammar Gadhafi is no more: its 25,000 residents have fled, fearing retribution from vengeful victors from the neighboring city of Misrata who have burned and ransacked homes, crossed out Tawergha’s name on road signs and vowed not to let anyone return.
Tawergha, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Misrata, is just one casualty of score-settling following Libya’s 8-month civil war that ended with Gadhafi’s Oct. 20 capture and death.
Full art.:
www.stltoday.com/news/world/article_851...
Reuters
Hunt is on for treasures looted in Libyan uprising
Ancient gold, silver coins taken from bank vault
Heist is likely largest of its type during revolt
Pieces from a huge collection of priceless ancient coins, jewellery and statuettes, looted from a bank vault in eastern Libya in the chaos of the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi, have appeared in the local souk and are being taken abroad.
The cache of some 8,000 pieces was taken by thieves who chiselled into a concrete bank vault in Benghazi in the early days of revolutionary tumult after fire spread from an adjacent headquarters of the feared secret police.
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Aljazeera
Collecting Libya’s arms tough task for NTC
Last week, Libya’s National Transitional Council NTC announced the liberation of the country from Muammar Gaddafi, but the difficult task of collecting weapons left behind by the conflict lies ahead.
Hundreds of brigades, who fought an eight-month battle against Gaddafi’s 42-year rule, have left a huge cache of arms, ammunition and other weaponry.
But the biggest challenge for the NTC is to put all of the brigades under its command as Libya starts its journey towards democracy.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Misrata.
Video:
goo.gl/cfQod
Aussie merc helped #Gaddafi’s son #saadi flee –
the australian
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/au... #Libya #feb17
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#BreakingNews: Nuclear weapons were found in Libya: Resigned interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril
Libia, Jibril: trovate armi nucleari. Premier dimissionario Cnt ad Al Jazira: presto annuncio Aiea
bit.ly/tZ2ayg
NYT
NATO’s Success in Libya
Monday, Oct. 31st, seven months after it started, NATO’s operation in Libya will come to an end. It is the first time NATO has ended an operation it started. And it comes on the heels of an historic victory for the people of Libya who, with NATO’s help, transformed their country from an international pariah into a nation with the potential to become a productive partner with the West.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/opinion/31ih...
Op Ed: Fitting end for Libya’s bloody dictator
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is finally rotting in the ground, ending the unsavory spectacle of his bloody corpse on public display in a refrigerated vegetable locker. A guy like him was lucky not to end up with his head on a stake.
He was a terrible man who, like Saddam Hussein, came to a terrible end. This overdue event would never have happened without air support from the United States and the commitment of President Obama, whose strategy was lambasted from day one by the usual windbags.
Full art.:
feb17.info/editorials/op-ed-fitting-end...
The Nation
Saif’s surrender request: What should Libya do?
Moammar Gadhafi’s one-time heir, Saif al-Islam, has escaped Libya into neighbouring Niger, according to reports early Friday.
Once considered a reformer, Saif had vowed to fight and die on Libyan soil, but now apparently wants to avoid the fate of his father and brother Mutassim, who were captured before dying in rebel custody. Saif is the only one of Gadhafi’s eight children who is still on the lam, and sources within Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) say Saif is negotiating to turn himself into the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, which has indicted him for war crimes. How should Libya’s new leaders handle this case?
Read more:
feb17.info/editorials/saif%E2%80%99s-su...
Video: Benghazi ceremony honours fighters
Libya’s National Transitional Council holds a ceremony to honour anti-Gaddafi fighters in a bid to drum up numbers for the national army and security forces. Travis Brecher reports.
Watch video:
feb17.info/media/video-benghazi-ceremon...
Reuters
For some Libyan fighters, rugby may heal
Former fighters hope to advance sport in post-Gaddafi Libya
Local founder calls for reorganisation of sports council
- Back from war but still up for a tussle, Libya’s small circle of rugby players are preparing for a new season, hoping the post-Muammar Gaddafi era may prove fertile ground for a sport they say could help them readjust to everyday life.
Unloved under the former regime for its rough play and fanbase in Benghazi — Libya’s second city, which was neglected under Gaddafi — players say the game could now make inroads with young Libyans who mostly play soccer.
Full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/us-l...
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
dovenews Libyan™
#Niger faces local anger if it delivers #Gaddafi’s son #Saif. #Libya
Daily Mail
Robbers make off with priceless Treasure of Benghazi after drilling into underground vault at Libyan bank
A gang of Libyan looters have raided a priceless collection of gold and silver coins that are believed to date back to the time of Alexander the Great.
The thieves carried off with the pieces, known as The Treasure of Benghazi, having drilled through a concrete ceiling at the National Commercial Bank of Benghazi.
An expert has described the raid as ‘one of the greatest thefts in archeological history.’
Full report:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-205528...
Via Reuters:
Ex-Gaddafi PM’s release from jail put on hold
Discussions between Libya and ICC about trial. ICC jusges decide where trial will be held. Might be The Hague or Tripoli
Al Arabiya
Jibril says UN agency to announce nuclear weapons were found in Libya within days #UN #MahmoudJibril #Nuclear #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Former Libyan fighters hope to advance rugby in the country post-Qaddafi goo.gl/fWj3q
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
from Mustafa Ergig: his family one of 13 in #Zintan that lost two men in #Feb17 rev. 200+ dead from Zintan, all fighting for others’ freedom
Sirtawi
Good to hear that water’s back in some areas in #Sirte, plus, some have reported that Libyana phone line’s working as well! #Feb17 #Libya
PIC:
Mitiga Hospital Tripoli announces unidentified bodies from #Sirte found (#FFs, prisoners and G-Forces). Graphic
pic.twitter.com/cZgq4Y8B
Nasr
Egypt ian newspaper reveals details of assassination attempts against #Murak planned by #Gaddafi in 2008 & 2009 for ridiculing USAfrica proj
AletheiaLibya
Direct reports from Benghazi, no Al Qaeda flag on courthouse. Photoshop fake or someone smuggled it up for an hour. #Libya
Must have been the Global Post, I don’t trust their info!
They photoshop their images imo.
Reuters
ICC hunt for Gaddafi son poses dilemma for Niger
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Sunday he has “substantial evidence” that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, now on the run, had helped hire mercenaries to attack Libyan civilians protesting against his father’s rule.
Read more:
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/uk-li...
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade, the only brigade with its own Facebook page; facebook.com/kateebattarabu… #Libya #Feb17
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: The arrival of players from the Libyan national football team to the city of Derna
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Part of my interview with Ahmad Ramadan,“blackbox of Gaddafi”.He speaks about #Gaddafi(s) attempt 2 kill King Abdullah:
bit.ly/rMG8Jy
Although he didn’t admit but #Misrata fighters tell me Ramadan tried 2 kill himself. He is better now. Has all “secrets” of #gaddafi. #libya
Ramadan knows all about #lockerbie, explosion in #germany night club, Moussa Sader…I wasn’t allowed 2 ask him about intrnl issues. #libya
#Ramadan was head of #gaddafi office for 40 years. He looked & dressed like #gaddafi b4 his fall from grace. #liby
twitpic.com/78g9jo
Daoud
Amazing day visited 3 Benghazi mostly youth-run radio stations w/ permission from the local authorities and NO ONE telling them what to say
Al Arabiya
A new alliance to support Libya’s security
Since March 2011, NATO has been operating in Libya under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians from the conflict that ultimately saw the demise of Muammar Qaddafi and his regime.
Seven months later, the new Libyan leaders do not want NATO to scale back their operations in their country just yet. They would like to see NATO stay on in Libya until at least the end of this year because the newly liberated country is not free from danger.
In a meeting with NATO’s military leadership in Doha, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, called for NATO to extend its mission in Libya to ensure “that no arms are infiltrated into neighboring countries and to guarantee the security of Libyans from some remnants of Qaddafi’s forces who have
fled to nearby countries”.
Libyan leaders also want NATO’s help in developing Libya’s defense and security systems. In light of Libyan requests, Qatar proposed setting up a new international alliance that consists of various countries and NATO to assist in important matters of the country’s rehabilitation, especially in the field of military exercise, armament and arms collection after NATO ends its mission in the North African country.
At least 13 countries will be part of this new alliance, named “The Friends Committee in Support of Libya”, including the United States, France and Britain. The new alliance will work on Libyan territory but not send forces to join the peace keeping operations.
Qatar had deployed hundreds of ground troops in Libya which participated in the operations led by revolutionaries and served as coordinators between NATO and the anti-Qaddafi fighters.
Arabic report by: Hani Abu Ayash
Translation by: Stanela Khalil
Voice: Nadia Idriss Mayen
Video:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
Proudlibyandoc Hussam Muntasser
NTC PM nominations, someone suggested that mentioning ghoga was for comedy value .
ousama
It seems Former PM Mahmoud Jibril will be the Keynote at #HarvardArabWeekend on Nov. 10. Is he ever in #Libya?
harvardarabweekend.org
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Jibril says in next few days the International #ATOMIC Energy Agency will provide further details on Weapons found in #Libya
Abu
I think the Libyan revolution delayed the world’s population to reach 7 billion by a day or so
Warning:
omar
don’t believe the media craps!! . i’m here in misrata and i know what happened .. The media made a big hullabaloo out of nothin
“A Brush With Madness” by Robin Plummer is a harrowing true life account of six ordinary British men torn out of their lives and thrust into a world of terror.
At last, an eyewitness account of the Libyan Hostage Situation of 1984; a period of history hidden from public eye, now revealed through the demise of the Colonel Gaddafi’s dictatorship.
Events commence with the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher on 17th April, 1984. Shots were fired from within the Libyan Embassy in London by the Libyan People’s Bureau at demonstrators from the Libyan National Salvation Front, fatally wounding WPC Fletcher and injuring 11 others. Within the next few days the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London had broken off all diplomatic relations with Libya.
In direct response, six British men were kidnapped, assaulted, terrorised, cast into solitary confinement by one of Colonel Gaddafi’s Libyan Revolutionary Committees. Caught in a battle to keep sane by any means these men found themselves treading a fine line between desperate attempts to provide the truth to the outside world and the strict diplomacy necessary to keep themselves alive.
Please read more:
abrushwithmadness.co.uk
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Libyans: Share your thoughts on the "Friends Committee in Support of Libya” made up 13 countries formed in Qatar by NTC – #Libya
Al Arabiya
A new alliance to support Libya’s security
Since March 2011, NATO has been operating in Libya under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians from the conflict that ultimately saw the demise of Muammar Qaddafi and his regime.
Seven months later, the new Libyan leaders do not want NATO to scale back their operations in their country just yet. They would like to see NATO stay on in Libya until at least the end of this year because the newly liberated country is not free from danger.
In a meeting with NATO’s military leadership in Doha, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, called for NATO to extend its mission in Libya to ensure “that no arms are infiltrated into neighboring countries and to guarantee the security of Libyans from some remnants of Qaddafi’s forces who have fled to nearby countries”.
Libyan leaders also want NATO’s help in developing Libya’s defense and security systems. In light of Libyan requests, Qatar proposed setting up a new international alliance that consists of various countries and NATO to assist in important matters of the country’s rehabilitation, especially in the field of military exercise, armament and arms collection after NATO ends its mission in the North African country.
At least 13 countries will be part of this new alliance, named “The Friends Committee in Support of Libya”, including the United States, France and Britain. The new alliance will work on Libyan territory but not send forces to join the peace keeping operations.
Qatar had deployed hundreds of ground troops in Libya which participated in the
operations led by revolutionaries and served as coordinators between NATO and the anti-Qaddafi fighters.
Video:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
feb17libya Feb17Libya
There is a protest tomorrow in Martyr Square, Tripoli and Benghazi against this “Friends Committee in Support of Libya” #Libya
The Friends Committee will bring in people from all of these countries to help the rehabilitation process in Libya. (contd)
Libyans are wondering why they aren’t using LIBYANS at home to do this.
The Economist
Libya after Qaddafi
A new timetable
With Muammar Qaddafi out of the way, a totally new
WHEN Libya’s new rulers declared on October 23rd that their country, with the fall of Sirte and the death of Muammar Qaddafi, had definitively been liberated, a constitutional-cum-electoral clock began to tick. First, within a month, the chairman of the current National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, is to appoint an interim government. Within three months it should pass preliminary electoral laws. And within eight months Libyans are to elect about 200 delegates to an assembly charged with drafting a constitution to be approved by a referendum within another year, meaning mid-2013. Once the constitution is endorsed, elections for a parliament and later for a president will follow. This should all take a couple of years.
Read more here:
www.economist.com/node/21534813
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
So many stories i want to do in Libya and not enough time.
Op Ed: Divide Libya into its tribal parts
Who should get Libya’s fabulous oil and gas wealth, an amount that could be equivalent to several million dollars per Libyan? With NATO leaving Libya Monday, the West should prepare for the aftermath. The coming chaotic months will see infighting, and perhaps a renewal of civil war, among the many rival tribal and ideological groups. The West should now consider whether to influence – or impose – a just resolution.
Read more:
feb17.info/editorials/op-ed-divide-liby...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I really want to buy one of those doormats. where can i get one?
Sirtawi
Water’s back to Ibn Sina hospital now but will only be for a few hours temporarily. Hoping that would improve soon. #SirteHealing #Feb17
Confirmed reports that electricity’s back in 7km area and Za’fran (neighborhood in #2) in #Sirte. #SirteHealing #Feb17 #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
goo.gl/ScByj Chairman of the Transitional National Council of #Libya Jalil to Visit #Egypt Tomorrow
#NTC #AlHoni says #Abduljalil 2Visit #Cairo accompanied by high-level NTC delegation & focus on future relations betwn #Egypt and #Libya
#Libyan officials determined 2Resist attempts 2bring #Saif b4 ICCourt claiming he should instead face justice at home
Transitional government prefers to try #Gaddafi son in #Libya – #CNN International
CNN
Transitional government prefers to try Gadhafi son in Libya
Libya’s transitional government would prefer to try former leader Moammar Gadhafi’s son Saif al-Islam in a Libyan court despite an arrest warrant issued for him by the International Criminal Court, a spokesman said Sunday.
The court’s chief prosecutor said Friday it was having “informal conversations” about the surrender of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, who is wanted for crimes against humanity. But Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the court did not know his whereabouts and would not reveal with whom the court is talking.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi has realized there is no escape, and wants to negotiate a surrender to limit the damage, said Anees al-Sharif, spokesman for the National Transitional Council’s Tripoli Military Council.
Full report:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/30/world/africa...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#FLASH Resigned interim prime minister Mahmoud #Jibril says Nuclear weapons were found in #Libya #AlArabya
#FLASH Ex NTC Int PM #Jibril says #UN agency will announce #Nuclear weapons were found in #Gaddafis #Libya within days
Akram
ahhhhhhh corection he said chemical weapons and we have discovered them in september when we were in sebha
pic.twitter.com/cCOL9dsM
Jibril said Nuclear weapons and yes we heard abt hemical weapons found in south #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
could be parts of nukes but not a functional weapon. The man was evil when he said he’ll wipe Benghazi he meant it.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Interesting. Media wrongly quoted Jibril?
akrambenramadan
well I was in conference and just heard it again chem and NOT nuke #Libya
#Jibril says in next few days the International #ATOMIC Energy Agency will provide further details on Weapons found in #Libya
HaraldDoornbos Harald Doornbos
Dit exclusieve Interview met Ramadan vond plaats op geheime plaats in #Libie, veel security. Hier interview in arabic: bit.ly/rMG8Jy
Ramadan was decennia lang Khadaffi’s top aid.
Hier interessant Time artikel:
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
what happened to the Libyan fighter jets that defected to #Malta?
omar
i wish ppl knew that ringing the doorbell more than once don’t make me open it faster. makes me let you wait longer.. ooookay i’m coming!
Times of India
Gaddafi masks sell like hot cakes on Halloween
BEIJING: Masks of ghosts and zombies form a primary part of costumes for Halloween. An online shop in China is even selling a mask of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Halloween is an annual holiday observed on Oct 31. It includes activities like attending costume parties, carving lanterns in pumpkins, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
In a market in Shenyang, Liaoning province, a mother said some fake-blood products scared her and her daughter. “When I chose the pumpkin lanterns for my daughter, I touched a man-made bloody human hand,” China Daily quoted her.
Lan Kwai Fong of Chengdu recruits local residents and tourists to perform as ghosts. Interested people are interviewed to test whether they have the ability to perform.
Besides ghosts, vampires and zombies, which are from Western culture, some traditional Chinese ghosts are also adopted, a website reported.
Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, died after being captured alive by rebel National Transitional Council fighters near his hometown Sirte Oct 20. He was later buried in a secret desert location.
WafaFt wafa
Halloween is about scaring kids not traumatizing them -
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
i’ve just been told that single #Tuareg men can’t reveal their faces but married ones can. #Libya
SUMMARY OCTOBER 31th 2011
10/31/11
10.31.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
ZahratTrablis Zahrat Trablis
Libya Party #4 pic.twitter.com/PgTktnXI
Libya party #4 pic.twitter.com/Me0WuExA
Libya Party #4 pic.twitter.com/zJocvfuN
Libya Party – Sweets Table pic.twitter.com/2nxrnqFe
Libya party #4 party favors! pic.twitter.com/rRuq5RXS
the first one is a Vietnamese rice with chicken and veggies the second is rice with nuts and raisins – Libyan mommas
one amount of slave work but they turned out nice
LibyaLiberty
The producers of green,red,and black food coloring,have been high fiving each other for 8 months now.
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
Nukes in Libya? That would have worked? The Libyan army didn’t use email, or sleeping bags for that matter.
Libyan men used to act like gentlemen & Muslims. But tonight @ 8 my friend was groped by 3 men in Maidan Shahadah as she got in cab. Shame!
Amazed that the owner of the Zimot Hotel in Tripoli openly says he supports Gaddafi, “all presidents kill people, US presidents kill people”
There are at least six neighborhood mejlis askari just in Tripoli, not to mention the Tripoli nejlis askari that’s supposed to control them
she is a photojournalist. what’s really annoying, she thought they were holding cab door, they had other thoughts
Heading to the desert tomorrow for Tuareg-Amazigh gathering. Hope to be able to tweet!
BBC
Nato formally ends Libya mission
Nato will formally end its mission in Libya on Monday after flying thousands of missions over the last seven months.
The country’s interim government is deciding what to do with the few surviving members of Colonel Gaddafi’s inner circle.
The BBC’s Katya Adler has spoken to some of those who were close to Gaddafi including security chief Mansour Dhao.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15516590
ZahratTrablis Zahrat Trablis
Our old mayor is here dancing to “7ay 3lay batik ya Aisha” lmao!
When multi cultural Arab women get together, debka is a must- even if it’s to Zimzamat..hahaha loving this #alhamdulilah
SMILE:
It’s just as well money can’t buy happiness. With prices what they are today, who could afford it anyway?
Rubicon
Anticipating the tensions in Libya post #Feb17 so stressing the importance of public spaces as the infrastructure of tolerance #Architecture
HRW
Libya: Militias Terrorizing Residents of ‘Loyalist’ Town
(New York) – Militias from the city of Misrata are terrorizing the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawergha, accusing them of having committed atrocities with Gaddafi forces in Misrata, Human Rights Watch said today. The entire town of 30,000 people is abandoned – some of it ransacked and burned – and Misrata brigade commanders say the residents of Tawergha should never return.
Human Rights Watch interviewed dozens of Tawerghans across the country, including 26 people in detention in and around Misrata and 35 displaced people staying in Tripoli, Heisha, and Hun. They gave credible accounts of some Misrata militias shooting unarmed Tawerghans, and of arbitrary arrests and beatings of Tawerghan detainees, in a few cases leading to death.
Full report:
www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/30/libya-milit...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
what happened to the Libyan fighter jets that defected to #Malta?
Abdullah
the Pilots returned in an AFM aircraft but we haven’t heard anything about the Mirage fighter jets.
Malta PM said that the new Mirages would be returned back to Libya once the sanctions are lifted.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/node/13847
South China Morning Post
Libya bracing for next invasion – foreign firms
After Iraq and Afghanistan, security and infrastructure companies hope to make most of Nato-fostered goodwill to pitch for contracts in oil-rich nation
goo.gl/9PN2o
My San Antonio
UTSA prof may be Libya’s next leader
Political scientist weighs run for the presidency of his homeland
Mansour El-Kikhia, chairman of the political science department at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said Friday he is considering a run for president of Libya, his native country, when the liberated nation holds its first elections following the death of
dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
El-Kikhia, 60, said he was exiled from the country three decades ago because “I can’t shut up,” and remained an outspoken critic of the government during his time in the United States.
He’s now active in Libya’s transformation and said he may become a presidential candidate “if the opportunity presents itself.”
Read more:
www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/art...
Aiman
We’ve defeated the #Gaddafi ruling us. Now we need to defeat the #Gaddafi inside us. #Libya #Justice #Equality #EndingTyranyAndOppression
FatimaShwehdi فاطمة ☪
Photo: Demolition of Bab Aziziyah compound in #Tripoli #Libya today 30/20/1011 || Bye bye bait el samed :)
twitpic.com/78i48w
Aiman
Number 1 priority in #Libya right now: Dissolving the many militias into a unified army with a clear chain of command (that is not ignored!)
Khadija Ali
Abdel Jalil’s interview on LibyaTV had to be done by phone coz the company that was going to broadcast his live picture pulled out in the last minute. They said they had orders from “up high” tell them to go and cover a Shammam event!? I mean come on!!
Nasr
Brazil is sending help to #Libya : correiodobrasil.com.br/brasil-enviara…”
Do they know #Gaddafi regime is gone?
carolv27 Carol Viana
apparently now they do, Ambassadors spent 3 days, arrived a couple days after G was found in a hole :-D
bilal H.B.
I got the i’m #Saif Islam Gaddafi and i need money message i liked the idea! I’ll send him my malitia they will personally deliver it!
Aljazeera
Toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in central Tripoli has been demolished.
Gaddafi delivered many of his speeches from the compound, which is thought to be one of the last places he stayed in Tripoli before fleeing.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they hope the area will be turned into a park.
BBC
Gaddafi: ‘He died an angry and disappointed man’
A few men sit on shabby orange sofas in front of the rubble that lines the main road. The only real sign of life here is the newly-dubbed Misrata Museum where weapons seized from Gaddafi loyalists and other spoils of war are displayed and gloated over.
But one of Misrata’s prized trophies is very much hidden from public view.
Mansour Dhao Ibrahim is one of Libya’s most wanted – a man believed to have ordered the killing, rape and torture of the opponents of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
It is thought he knows the whereabouts of several mass graves of anti-Gaddafi fighters.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15516678
Triploli scream
I posted 10 photos on Facebook in the album “عشاء لجرحى الثوار (ألمانيا) هانوفر” fb.me/sGm9Fy6O
Metro UK
Gaddafi’s heir Saif al-Islam ‘hired killer force to murder Libyan rebels’
Fugitive al-Islam Gaddafi ‘planned and paid’ for them as the regime tried to crush the uprising against his father, an International Criminal Court prosecutor said yesterday.
‘We have a witness who explained how Saif was involved with the planning of the attacks against civilians,’ said Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
‘That includes, in particular, the hiring of core mercenaries from different countries and the transport of them and also the financial aspects he was covering,’ he added. Saif has been in talks with the ICC via a third party this week but the ICC denies it is ‘cutting a deal’ with him.
Read more:
www.metro.co.uk//news/880174-gaddafi-s-...
WAPO
Clinton credited with key role in success of NATO airstrikes, Libyan rebels
TRIPOLI, Libya — At 5:45 p.m. on March 19, three hours before the official start of the air campaign over Libya, four French Rafale jet fighters streaked across the Mediterranean coastline to attack a column of tanks heading toward the rebel city of Benghazi. The jets quickly obliterated their targets—and in doing so nearly upended the international alliance coming to Benghazi’s rescue.
Read more:
goo.gl/AuaEx
Photo:
Chemical weapons secret stockpile found 80km south of #Sirte twitpic.com/78iio0
Find out more via FB and see why:
Khadija Ali
We Demand the Immediate Arrest of Musa Kusa, Gaddafi’s Chief of Spies
goo.gl/UE0QV
Sirtawi
#Sirte youths organizing themselves to form a wide cleaning campaign. Sense of life gradually back… #SirteHealing #Feb17
LibyanPilot
Ok.. officially having #Crete withdrawal symptoms. That is one beautiful Island, a copy and paste of the Green Mountains in East #Libya
Qatar airways starts to Benghazi tomorrow. I think the airlines will resume Tripoli at some point this month
bilal H.B.
Who runs twitter? Us Libyans need more than 140 characters!
Redah
Bank executive in Italy “#Saadi #Gaddafi spent #€70 m in about six months on his European lifestyle” #Libya #Feb17
Le Nouvel Observateur
Libye: l’Otan met fin à sa mission “historique”
L’opération de l’Otan en Libye prend fin officiellement lundi, sept mois après les premières frappes aériennes de l’Alliance atlantique pour appuyer une révolte populaire devenue un conflit armé qui a mis fin au régime de Mouammar Kadhafi.
L’Otan a décidé vendredi de mettre fin à compter du 31 octobre à son opération se félicitant d’un succès “historique” et appelant le nouveau régime à “construire une nouvelle Libye” démocratique.
“Le Conseil de l’Atlantique nord (l’instance dirigeante de l’alliance, élargie aux représentants des cinq pays non-membres Qatar, Emirats Arabes Unis, Maroc, Jordanie et Suède partenaires de l’opération, ndlr) a confirmé la décision prise il y a une semaine. L’opération en Libye prendra fin le 31 octobre. Notre mission militaire est désormais terminée”, a déclaré dans un communiqué le secrétaire général de l’Otan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Read more:
tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/topnews/2011103...
L’Otan quitte officiellement la Libye
Plus d’une semaine après la mort de Kadhafi et après quelque sept mois de combat, l’Otan met officiellement fin ce lundi à son opération militaire lancée le 31 mars en Libye. Si son succès ne fait aucun doute, celle-ci a toutefois mis en évidence certaines lacunes dans le matériel utilisé.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2_y-FsgPE&fea...
Abdallah
When your fate is in the hands of #Niger,one of the poorest most corrupt countries in the galaxy,you’re pretty much “foutu”
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Ayat Mneina (LYM) & Amira Yahyaoui meet Greek PM & SI President #George #Papandreou SISC #Crete 28/10/11
twitpic.com/78oltc
BBC
Looted Libyan treasure ‘in Egypt’
Libya’s National Transitional Council says it believes several hundred ancient coins stolen from a bank in Benghazi during the Libyan uprising have turned up in Egypt.
More than 7,000 priceless coins and other precious artefacts were taken during a robbery in May while the city fought for its survival against forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.
At the time, a fire at the bank was blamed on the fighting. Now it is thought to have been part of the audacious robbery.
The thieves targeted a collection known as the Treasure of Benghazi.
It included more than 10,000 pieces, with coins dating back to Greek, Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic times, but also other treasures such as small statues and jewellery.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1551788...
pdanahar Paul Danahar
NATO formally ends its #Libya operation today. Wonder whether maps of Syria will eventually be rolled out in Brussels. Doubt it
Aisha
Don’t forget our injured freedom fighters. Eid is in a week. Send them Eid Cards. :) postcardsforlibya.org #Libya
omar
#NTC Jibril called Sunday for speeding up the timetable for holding elections, warning of a political vacuum could develop in #Libya #feb17
#NTC #Jibril “We don’t want an eight-month gap,” he said at a news conference on Sunday, The delay would be “dangerous” . #Libya #feb17
Today #NATO Officially end its mission in #Libya.. THANK YOU @NATO but PLEASE help our Brothers and sisters in #Syria
Guardian
• Nato’s mission over Libya is due to come to an end at midnight. Its secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the operation was "one of the most successful in Nato history’’.
• Libya’s interim government says that the International Criminal Court should not be allowed to try Saif Gaddafi for his role in Libya’s civil war. Officials are determined to resist attempts to bring Saif, before the international criminal court, claiming he should instead face justice at home.
• Libya’s interim prime minister has confirmed the presence of chemical weapons and said foreign inspectors would arrive later this week to deal with the issue. Mahmoud Jibril said Libya has no interest in keeping such weapons.
• Guardian journalist, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who was held by the Gaddafi regime during the first weeks of the Libyan uprising has tracked down his former jailers. One told him of the terror of nightly Nato bombings, another of his fears of civil war.
ZahratTrablis Zahrat Trablis
Libya Party centerpieces (excuse the overly waved flag)
pic.twitter.com/bqTDCWiW
Yummy chocolate mousse shots courtesy of @Libyan4life pic.twitter.com/19Turqqp
Little snippet from the party.. Caution: may make ears bleed!Singing is not our forte but we had a good time regardless
yfrog.com/j510187153z
One of our Pali sisters congratulating us.. Pretty cool ish #Libya #Palestine love 3ugbalkum inshaAllah!
yfrog.com/037a8z
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Col Ahmed Bani (Libyan defence spox and transporter pilot): ‘My dream is to fly the C-17’ #AvGeek @BoeingAirplanes
Col Bani has promised me a flight in a Libyan C-17 when the NTC buy them. #Libya #Feb17 #AvGeek
they wont get the C-17s for years.
I see no reason why the USA wouldn’t sell C-17s to Libya. Qatar have two and will put in a good word i’m sure.
Gaddafi bought a lot of planes but they mostly got destroyed in OUP
Graham Hill
All flights to Benghazi from Tripoli fully booked until 05 Nov ?
A noble stand against tyranny in the absence of justice
There are always moments in our life that remain imprinted in our memory regardless of how young we were or how much time has passed. We remember that moment in detail, when most of our memories are blurry. From where we were, to when it happened to what we saw. We remember and relive the feelings we felt and the emotions that overwhelmed us. Above all, there are moments that get carved in a nation’s memory that embody all what is evil in the world; The purity and dignity of a human soul facing the tyranny of mankind. This is what the Martyr Alsadeg Hamed Shwehdi went through alone.
Read more:
feb17.info/editorials/a-noble-stand-aga...
Op Ed: After Liberation, Nowhere to Run
IN late March, as Libya’s civil war raged, loyalist soldiers forced Abu Kurke, a 23-year-old political refugee from Ethiopia, onto an inflatable boat with dozens of other African migrants and dispatched them from Tripoli’s port into the unforgiving waters of the Mediterranean.
The journey almost killed Mr. Kurke. After leaking oil, the boat went adrift between Tripoli and the Italian island of Lampedusa. A helicopter spotted it, and soldiers threw down a few bottles of water and gestured that help would come.
Read more:
feb17.info/editorials/op-ed-after-liber...
Collecting Libya’s arms tough task for NTC
Last week, Libya’s National Transitional Council NTC announced the liberation of the country from Muammar Gaddafi, but the difficult task of collecting weapons left behind by the conflict lies ahead.
Hundreds of brigades, who fought an eight-month battle against Gaddafi’s 42-year
rule, have left a huge cache of arms, ammunition and other weaponry.
But the biggest challenge for the NTC is to put all of the brigades under its command as Libya starts its journey towards democracy.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Misrata.
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-collecting-libya...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Are #Saif, Aisha and Sadi etc waiting till NATO leaves the Libyan airspace, To fly back to Libya with more thugs?
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#NTC expresses concern that ‘#Benghazi treasure’ has been looted and taken to #Egypt. 7,000 Greek, Byzantine, Roman coins ‘missing’
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Libya @AlArabiya_Eng misquoted #Jibril saying #Nuclear weapons found but goo.gl/4grkY Jibril confirms presence of chemical weapons
haqiqiya
many people prefer #Saif not to go to ICC b/c they are afraid of the noise he could make there, many NTCers worked 4him
Oterhaug
What is women ratio in #NTC #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
There are 3 females in #NTC but as far as I know there are abt 40 members now
TFMLibya TFM Libya
Photos from the recent trip by #Libyan NGO to observe Tunisian elections, with a grant from #TFM’s CSO fund
tinyurl.com/6g83ym7 #libya
AP
NATO ending 7-month campaign in Libya
- NATO will end Monday the seven-month bombing campaign that enabled Libyan rebels to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.
Spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said NATO staff temporarily seconded to the headquarters in Naples, Italy, for the operation are being reassigned to regular duties. The alliance concluded its airstrikes soon after Gadhafi’s capture and death on Oct. 20, but maintained regular air patrols over Libya.
Read more:
goo.gl/uekpB
Al Arabiya
NTC to reveal Libya’s weapons; Clinton says new leaders have ‘complicated task’ ahead
Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) will reveal some facts about the recent discovery of banned weapons in Libya in a press conference on Monday, Al Arabiya reported.
According to Libya’s interim premier Mahmoud Jibril, the issue of the chemical weapons will be referred to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) once the facts are officially announced.
Mohammed al-Saeh, an NTC official, told Al Arabiya that the discovered materials are nuclear. He said that the NTC held contacts with the IAEA to confirm the nature of the discovered materials.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late Sunday that Libya’s new leaders have “a very complicated political task” ahead of them, but she promised comprehensive U.S. assistance.
“They have a very complicated political task ahead of them, and they don’t have a lot of experience in what we consider politics,” Clinton said in an interview with The Washington Post.
The Libyan conflict ended this month in controversial fashion when former leader Muammar Qaddafi was shot dead on Oct. 20, a killing criticized even by Western allies of the interim regime, the National Transitional Council.
NATO decided Friday to end its mission in Libya on Oct. 31 and urged the new regime to build a democracy based on human rights.
Now, said Clinton, the country’s new authorities would have to unify the nation.
“That will be a huge challenge,” she argued, according to AFP.
“They have to figure out how to reconcile various political and religious beliefs. They have to unify all of the tribes. They have to deal with the rivalry that has existed forever between the west and the east, between Benghazi and Tripoli.”
“And they’re going to have to be very clear as to what their agenda is and how it will help meet the needs of all the different groups.”
The U.S. secretary of state noted that the new leaders of the country were “really thoughtful people” and that Libya’s professional class, despite all the problems, had survived the conflict.
“So we’re going to help them any way we can,” Clinton concluded.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen made a surprise visit to Libya #alarabiya
Hana S.
Interesting how many #NTC officials have not addressed the current crisis in #Sirte. Am I missing something?? #FAIL
Emo
The effect of the power vacuum has become a problem in #Tripoli. The #NTC is a big failure. Many militia groups fighting for power. #Libya
I heard this from many sources, some#Nafousa fighters are making trouble more than ex-Gaddafi thugs used to!!! #Shame #Libya
Time to make a fuss. #Nafousa fighters r criminals. Other day came shooting on my cousin house just case he disagreed w them
Some #Nafousa gangs having heavy weapons r terrifying people of #Libya. This must stop. It’s disgusting! #Libya
Photographing Conflict for the First Time
When scores of young and inexperienced photographers descended on Libya this year to cover the uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s government, many seasoned conflict photographers were shocked.
Link:
lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/young...
Malta Today
A guide to the brave new Libya
The gruesome execution of Muammar Gaddafi and NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil’s proclamation of Libya as an Islamic state on liberation day sent shivers down the spines of western liberals. Are we all in for a surprise?
It is rare in history for a country to start with a clean slate. Unlike Egypt and Tunisia, the other two protagonists of the Arab spring, Libya lacks a national army and a tradition of political parties. With the green flag and all the mythology associated with it gone, Libya is back to year zero. Libyans will have to build a new sense of identity. Not surprisingly Islam has emerged as a unifying factor. But will this emphasis on Islam conflict with the revolution’s promise of creating democratic institutions?
Full art.:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/2011/1031/a-...
Le Secrétaire Général de l’OTAN Anders Fogh Rasmussen en visite en #Libye jour de la fin de la mission de l’OTAN. #Tripoli
NATO
NATO Secretary General travels to Libya
Press Release (2011) 137
Issued on 31 Oct. 2011
NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen is travelling today 31 October 2011 to Libya.
During his visit, he will meet with the Libyan authorities and members of the civil society.
The NATO Secretary General will hold a joint press conference with the Chairman of the Transitional National Council, Mr. Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
Still and video images will be available from the NATO website www.nato.int
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
Historic. I’m first #NATO SecGen to visit #Libya. At midnight we end operation to protect #Libyans – one of most successful in NATO history
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
A call for a demonstration in #tripoli today at 19:00. Requesting a decrease in the amount of forces from other regions driving in #tripoli.
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Zainab
Just had another conversation about “The way Gadafi died” I just realised how people are uninformed about Libya. Its sad really.
Saif Gaddafi’s paintings:
People keep talking about Saif Gaddafi’s artwork, but it is useless without pictures. Here are a few of the paintings ascribed to him in press reports. Many are sadly but necessarily shot at oblique angles to make them more interesting.
See them here:
boingboing.net/2011/10/28/saif-gaddafis...
Albawaba
Gaddafi son prefers to die than surrender
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has completely dismissed the recent news about his intention to
surrender to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. According to the slain Libyan leader, “that was just one (report) in a campaign of disinformation which is faced by the supporters of Gaddafi.” He added that this news will not discourage the resistance in Libya.
The “Seven Days News” website which published Saif al-Islam’s message is close to the former Libyan regime.
In the recent message, Saif al-Islam warned his supporters against the press reports about his intention to surrender. He expected tht athe distribution of false information will continue additional two months. He urged his loyalists of his father’s regime to be patient and vigilant amid “efforts of creating doubts in the hearts of everyone.”
Saif al-Islam hinted he is on the Libyan soil-while the former intelligence chief Abdullah Sanusi, is outside Libya, as he said: "Some people say we are arrested, which means that it will be handed over to the ICC while others claim that we handed over ourselves, and this analysis is wrong in the sense that brother Abdullah Sanusi is outside Libya. While the reports say I was detained, how can both of us will be handed over as reported the news?! ".
Saif al-Islam stressed he could not betray his father, who did not give up and never cheated: "We do not give up. We will win or die. "
Source:
www.albawaba.com/news/gaddafi-son-prefe...
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
just met up with whole rixos team in tripoli
LibyaLiberty
""Muammar Gaddafi" is the spelling used by Time,Newsweek,Reuters, BBC News,& majority of the British press,& English Al-Jazeera"
""Moammar Gadhafi" spelling is used by The Associated Press, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, PBS, and the majority of the Canadian press."
I find it easiest to just call him dead. Because he is. And it’s easier to spell.
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
8 Libyan pilots of Benina Base, #Benghazi who martyred. #libya الله يرحمهم ويسكنهم فسيح جناته
yfrog.com/ny4a2zdj
Sirtawi
Aid convoy from #Zliten on it’s way to #Sirte. Men are called men by their actions, we say. Thank you! #SirteHealing pic.twitter.com/40Zr3BfW
Food supplies from Zliten aid convoy on its way to #Sirte. #SirteHealing #Feb17 #Libya pic.twitter.com/WmBHtFjP
Hundreds of mattresses stacked on truck as part of #Zliten aid convoy heading for #Sirte. #SirteHealing #Feb17 #Libya
MARYAMALKHAWAJA Maryam Alkhawaja
New Initiative: log on to ycrd.org to read statement in Arabic and English #bahrain #egypt #syria #libya #tunisia #libya #yemen
Urgent: New initiative “Youth Coalition for Revolutions of Dignity" will bring about new form of revolution
www.ycrd.org #arabspring
Emo Libya
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@AndersFoghR thank you. Libyans are so grateful for NATO historic intervention to save civilians. You did a brilliant job
World Population Hits Seven Billion Landmark
Celebrations are being held around the world to welcome symbolic “seven billionth” babies in recognition of the global population reaching the demographic milestone.
The United Nations estimates the seven billionth baby will be born today and instead of celebrating one birth, various countries are recognising the landmark.
But critics have warned it should not be a moment of celebration due to growing fears about expanding populations and the strain they are placing on the planet.
The Philippines was the first country to declare a seven billionth baby when Danica May Camacho was born in Manila’s Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.
Her mother Camille Dalura, cradling the baby girl, said: “She looks so lovely. I can’t believe she is the world’s seven billionth.”
More:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
unescoNOW UNESCO
OFFICIAL: UNESCO’s General Conference votes to admit #Palestine as Member State. 107 votes for, 14 votes against, 52 abstentions.
Today is a very important day for freedom:
Reuters said that UNESCO admits Palestinians as full members:)
UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership
The United Nations’ cultural agency decided on Monday to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations.
Source and more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/us-p...
#Egyptian TV says results at UNESCO are 107 in favour of #Palestinian membership 14 against and 49 abstentions
S K
as usual the US gets dragged along kicking and screaming #UNESCO #palestine
#Israel says #UNESCO has presented a science fiction version of reality by admitting a “non-existent” state ie #Palestine as a full member
glcarlstrom: Israeli rep. at #UNESCO: “This is tragic for the idea of UNESCO… UNESCO deals in science, not science fiction.”
BBCWorld BBC News (World)
US, Canada, Germany voted against Palestinian Unesco bid. Russia, China, France voted in favour. UK abstained – Reuters
bbc.in/tsmKAx
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
John Bell (expert in Middle East) “Palestinian are crossing red line in their relations with US and coping with it’s pressure” #Palestine
Skytwitius Tim Marshall
UNESCO has voted for Palestine to become a full member state in defiance of US threat to withold funding.
UNESCO : France, Spain, China, ireland, Austria, Belgium, Russia, India, Indonesia have all voted yes to Pal membership."
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Off to NATO presser in the Rixoshotel, Tripoli.
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
#Libya & #Yemen & #Syria ♥
yfrog.com/kj95iexj
BentBenghazi G
Halloween, the only day of the year that I dont get weird stares while i’m out and about.
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Knowing the difficulty in implementing effective exit strategies, I’m really thankful that
NATO’s (crucial) role in #libya is over.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libya #SURPRISE #FoghRasmussen arrived in C130 TransportPlane escorted by 2 #French mirage fighter jets in #TRIPOLI on day #NATO Ends Ops
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Will be on Alarabiya to discuss #NATO statements & other developments at 19.00 Libya time
Worth reading:
New Yorker
Letter from Libya
King of Kings
The last days of Muammar Qaddafi.
by Jon Lee Anderson
How does it end? The dictator dies, shrivelled and demented, in his bed; he flees the rebels in a private plane; he is caught hiding in a mountain outpost, a drainage pipe, a spider hole. He is tried. He is not tried. He is dragged, bloody and dazed, through the streets, then executed. The humbling comes in myriad forms, but what is revealed is always the same: the technologies of paranoia, the stories of slaughter and fear, the vaults, the national economies employed as personal property, the crazy pets, the prostitutes, the golden fixtures.
Read full story:
www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/07/...
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
#breaking #nato sec gen arrives in tripoli as #libya mission ends
Plane carrying anders fogh rasmussen (and me) escorted by 2 french mirage fighter jets.
#libya mission ends midnight libya time, 7 months to day after start
#exclusive #nato sec gen gives #cnn exclusive interview on #libya ops
Calls #libya mission “success” but admits “shortcomings”
Watch #cnn for my #exclusive interview and updates throught day!!!
heading back to rixos in few minutes…yikes
Apparently, the rixos was taken over by ntc for a while. But now its a functioning hotel again. I’d stay here.
Anyway, NATO sec gen about to give joint news conference with Abdul Jabril, head of ntc
Rasmussen: It’s gret to be in a free Libya
We saved countless lives, fulfilled UN mandate to letter — NATO sec gen
sorry, meant Jalil, not Jabril, obviously
Rasmussen: future of free Libya is finally, firmly in your hands — speech by NATO sec gen to crowd of journos and dignitaries at Rixos
Rasmussen says NATO mission in Libya ends tonight, further help with security must be negotiated with individual nations
We have no intention to put NATO troops in Libya, Rasmussen stresses.
Overall tone of NATO sg remarks is that the alliance is out of Libya from tonight, the rest is up to Libya
I feel confident the NTC will make sure new Libya lives up to its international obligations, including full respect for human rights
NATO says mission was big success, Libyan NTC say need more help from alliance
#MAJ & Rassmusen giving a presser live from #Tripoli on Al Arabiyah – #Libya #NTC #NATO
Aljazeera
US double standard: Gaddafi bad, Karimov good
The US shows its hypocrisy by accusing ‘tyrants’ of human rights abuses while not owning up to supporting dictators.
“After four decades of brutal dictatorship and eight months of deadly conflict, the Libyan people can now celebrate their freedom and the beginning of a new era of promise,” President Obama said last week. The capture and death of Muammar Gaddafi prompted him and other US officials to congratulate the Libyan people on their liberation from a despot accused of terrible violations of human rights, including the 1996 massacre of more than 1200 prison inmates.
Read more:
goo.gl/2jc49
Free Libyan ☾✰
The Dutch model Vanessa Hustler: “i’m very sad on Moatasim Al-Gaddafi, he was very generous & he never said no to me” #Bitch
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
I really don’t care about how Gaddafi felt when he died, all I care about is that he is DEAD
_TheZee
If I weren’t from Benghazi, I’d love to be from AzZawia. I love how they never speak of how great they are or what they went through.
malonebarry Barry Malone
Gaddafi son should be tried in #Libya first: minister | Reuters
reut.rs/sYazI0
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Ambassador Nishigahiro & an aide partially reopen #Japan’s embassy in Tripoli. Work limited to talks with NTC #Libya
Read more:
goo.gl/ISFqt
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Libya: Everyone knows everyone. Sometimes complete strangers know more about your family history/tree than you do. #libya #feb17 lol
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
42 yrs Gadddafi killed & robbed Libyans,yet he thought they should luf him!BBC News ’he died angry &..(via Instapaper)
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Nominees for PM of new Trans. Gov’t. in Tripoli today to present their plans in front of TNC, before vote on new PM… #Libya #Feb17
NATO Secretary General makes historic Libya trip
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is making an historic visit to Libya, the first ever of a NATO Secretary General. The visit marks the conclusion of the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector for Libya, which comes to an end at midnight on October 31, exactly seven months since it began.
Mr Rasmussen met Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the Chairman of the National Transitional Council, and other members of the new Libyan leadership. He also met young people and representatives of Libya’s civil society.
At a press conference with Chairman Abdul Jalil, the Secretary General congratulated the Libyan people, stating that “Libya is finally free. From Benghazi to Brega, from Misrata to the Nafusa mountains and Tripoli. Your courage, determination and sacrifice have transformed this country and helped change the region.” He said he was proud of the part played by NATO and its partners, many from the region. “At midnight tonight, a successful chapter in NATO’s history is coming to an end. But you have already started writing a new chapter in the history of Libya. A new Libya, based on freedom, democracy, human rights, the rule of law and reconciliation.”
The Secretary General said Allies know from their own experience that “hard-won freedom brings high hopes and great expectations, and the hard work to make them real has begun.” He said that NATO could help with building defence and security institutions, if requested. He also expressed the hope that a democratic Libya can join the circle of NATO partners “one day soon,” if this is the wish of the Libyan people.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
BRK: #NATO chief #Rasmussen: No information on arms depots in #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
BRK: #NATO chief #Rasmussen: No intention to build NATO military bases in #Libya
BRK: #NATO chief #Rasmussen: Arms embargo in #Libya still in effect
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Washing, shrouding of Gaddafi, Mutassim & Abu Bakar Jabr #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXIhGIG4nuA
Ahmed Ramadan: Students in #Libya (Garyounis & Tripoli unis) & outside(France Germany Italy) assassinated by Gaddafi
Gaddafi trained & financed groups (from Yeman, Saudi, Iraq & Syria) to assassinate current Saudi King Abdullah #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc5vK1C5vUE
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
This how some ppl live in a wealthy #Libya under Gaddafi regime of Oil and billions of $$$:
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzeOukUeL2k&sns=tw
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libya #SURPRISE #FoghRasmussen arrived in C130 TransportPlane escorted by 2 #French mirage fighter jets in #TRIPOLI on day #NATO Ends Ops
Libya: Inside the Hunt for Gaddafi’s Key Men
Fathi Sherrif is surprisingly good-humored for a man who spent 13 days struggling to breathe inside a steel container. “There was no food. No toilet. ‘You don’t have to pray because you don’t know Allah. Gaddafi knows Allah.’ — That’s what they’d say to us,” he says of his captors. Sherrif and his five brothers were thrown in jail last March for offering covert support to Libya’s then nascent rebellion. But when the rebels breached the walls of Ain Zara prison two weeks ago, the 49-year-old businessman emerged as an influential player in the new Libya. His self-appointed task: hunting senior officials of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Read more:
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan ex-PM in Tunisia fears for life over state secrets, says lawyer – AFP #Gaddafi
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
NTC chief: We found some weapons and international experts will arrive in Libya this week to examine them. Libya
Khadija
Somebody competent needs to nominate themselves as prime minister of the interim govt.!! I mean the 9 nominees are ridiculous! #Libya
Malek
Stupid rumor of SAIF going on for 2 days & all saying confirmed! We are sick & tired of these claims. #Libya #stick2dFacts
Iman
Let me say it 4 u. He is in Niger, sister Ayesha trying 2 convince him 2 get cells in the West 2 perform terrorist attacks.
Meanwhile his drunken sex addict brother Saadi is wanted in Libya as a serial killer before the uprising began.
We know where Saif is, and exactly what he is up to. He didn’t want leadership before the war, he wanted reforms.
And he doesn’t want leadership of Libya now. He wants to go to ICC, take his chances, and forget his crazy family.
Ayesha doing her best 2 convince Saif 2 lead terrorists attacks on West n revenge. Saadi’s a drunken sexaddict.
Saif is in contact with Ayesha daily. She is plotting some bad stuff and Saif doesn’t want any part of it.
It is Ayesha who is promising revenge. She is trying to organize cells to do terrorists attacks in the West.
krmaher katherine maher
Any Arabic-speaking developers interested in building Libya’s new elections software? I imagine this applicant pool to be small. DM me.
ArmchairArab Armchair Arab
Why is Jibril bitching about chemical weapons in Libya all the time? We should handle this more discretely.
The Hill
Sen. McCain compares Assad to Gadhafi
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday night compared Syrian President Bashar Assad to former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was recently killed by rebels, and indicated Assad could be next.
“The Assad regime has spilled too much blood to stay in power,” McCain told the crowd at the 2011 AIPAC Summit at the Scottsdale Princess Resort, according to the Associated Press report. “Its days are numbered, but it will use those days to murder more of its own people. In this way, there is no moral distinction whatsoever between the case of Syria and that of Libya.”
The U.S. backed a NATO air campaign in Libya earlier this year designed to force Gadhafi out of power.
“The Assad regime should not assume that it can get away indefinitely with mass murder. Gadhafi made that mistake, and it cost him everything,” McCain said, a threat he made two weeks ago in calling for military action against Syria.
Read more:
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/ne...
Iman
My husband could’nt return 2 LIbya cause they DIDN’T guarantee he’D get blood that was processed & tested 4 disease 1ST.
When my husbands siblings were tested to see if they were candidates for bone marror, they all went to Tunis for tests
feb17libya
The race is on to find Libya’s missing missiles
LibyaLiberty
You fools,they were in his afro. And now we’ll never know where they are.
Telegraph
Libya: Mahmoud Jibril confirms presence of chemical weapons
Libya’s interim prime minister has confirmed the presence of chemical weapons in Libya and said foreign inspectors would arrive later this week to deal with the issue.
Mahmoud Jibril said Libya had no interest in keeping such weapons.
“We would like to assure you that the new Libya will be a peaceful Libya and that it is in our interest to have no weapons in Libya,” he told reporters.
Last week, Ian Martin, the top UN envoy to Libya, told the UN Security Council that undeclared chemical weapons sites had been located in Libya.
At the time, he also expressed concern over command and control of chemical and nuclear material sites.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Libyan4life
@NATO carried out 9,600 strike sorties in the past seven months, destroying about 5,900 military targets. #Libya #Feb17
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (NTC) will be making ‘a big announcement’ in an hour we are being told. #Libya
UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution on arms proliferation in #Libya.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
3 brothers from Misrata #Libya in Tunis on October 22: Montesem (amputee), Wajdi (now in Greece), and Ashraf.
twitpic.com/78v200
Tripoli is getting ready to resume commercial flights ! #Libya
#Japan has opened its embassy in #Tripoli after 8mths of closure. #Libya #Japan
Tarek
We #Libyans say NO To Mahmud Nacua, “Charge d’affaires at the #Libyan embassy in #London”, be appointed in the new government. He’s useless
Aljazeera
NATO has formally announced the end of its military campaign in Libya, seven months after launching an air and sea operation that helped in the overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO secretary general, announced the end of the
mission in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday.
“I had a meeting which none of us could have imagined a year ago. I had a meeting with NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil. We discussed the successful mission that NATO and partners conducted over last seven months to save people of Libya,” Rasmussen said.
Jalil thanked Rasmussen for the successful operation on the behalf of Libyan people.
“Today, we have achieved victory by the grace of God and a resolution has been handed to put an end to NATO operation by midnight,” Jalil said.
*It doesn’t matter who starts, it matters who finishes. #Revolutions #ArabYouth #Entrepreneurship
Reuters
Gaddafi son should be tried in Libya first – minister
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will not escape justice and should be tried in Libya for murder, corruption and “many things” before an international court questions him, the country’s interim justice minister said on Monday.
Mohammed al-Alagi said he did not want Saif al-Islam, now on the run, to meet the same fate as his father, former leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was beaten, abused and shot after forces of Libya’s National Transitional Council captured him on Oct. 20.
But he said anything could happen if there was a battle when Saif al-Islam was found.
Read more:
in.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/idINI...
Search for Gaddafi’s son
One of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons is thought to be headed to Niger. Julie Noce reports.
Video:
www.vision.org/visionmedia/visionvideos...
Metro
Gaddafi’s heir Saif al-Islam ‘hired killer force to murder Libyan rebels’
Fugitive al-Islam Gaddafi ‘planned and paid’ for them as the regime tried to crush the uprising against his father, an International Criminal Court prosecutor said yesterday.
‘We have a witness who explained how Saif was involved with the planning of the attacks against civilians,’ said Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
‘That includes, in particular, the hiring of core mercenaries from different countries and the transport of them and also the financial aspects he was covering,’ he added. Saif has been in talks with the ICC via a third party this week but the ICC denies it is ‘cutting a deal’ with him.
There appear to be three options available to Saif, 39.
Source and read more:
www.metro.co.uk//news/880174-gaddafi-s-...
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Oct28: Zawiya march in solidarity w #Yemen & #Syria. Man wants them to know “Victory’s near & comes from God”
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_3O-9p0ls
libyanfsl
TNC voting on new interm PM now.. Five names on the ballot after narrowing it down from 9 presented yesterday…
libyanproud libyanandproud
its down to 2 and some complaining and whining from a certain group
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Felt surreal to see Rasmussen at the #Rixos. Just a few months ago we were on the roof watching NATO bombers hitting Bab Al-Azizia.
Mail & Guardian
Slain lensman’s wife in plea to Libya’s new leaders
The wife of photojournalist Anton Hammerl has pleaded with Libyans to help find her husband’s body, which has not been found since his death there seven months ago.
“Dear people of Libya, we call on you to please be our hearts, eyes and ears in our search for the whereabouts of Anton’s remains,” Penny Sukraj-Hammerl wrote in an open letter posted on Facebook.
“Dear people of Libya, On November 5 it will be seven months since our lives became inextricably linked with your struggle for liberation,” she wrote.
“On April 5, my husband, photojournalist Anton Hammerl, was gunned down by
Gaddafi forces in the desert outside Brega."
Read more:
mg.co.za/article/2011-10-31-slain-lensm...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Musa #Ibrahim must be tearing his hair out! #Rasmussen and #Jalil holding a presser in his #Rixos room
#BBC just interviewed #Rasmussen in the same room that the #Rixos minders used for monitoring what journalists were writing.
#Rasmussen: ‘No NATO boots on the ground’ #Libya
Malek
How many young (below 40yrs) will be in the NEW INTERIM GOV of #LIBYA? My guess none! #No2usingFFsAsSpeechQuesONLY
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
Man I love Libyans,even with our new found freedom we never stop fighting & speaking out for our brothers & sisters in Syria,Palestine,Yemen
Aljazeera
The UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution on arms proliferation in Libya, calling for the Libyan government to take all necessary steps to prevent the spread of weapons in the country.
The voting is expected to be unanimous, but many are concerned about Paragraph 5 of the text.
It requires the sanctions committee, established through UNSC Resolution 1970, to work with a panel of experts and other UN organisations, and submit a report to the Council on findings.
The sanctions committee reports need the approval of all 15 members of the Council to be adopted. This obviously politicises the issue of arms proliferation at the Council as has happened in the past.
Liberation Celebration – Embassy of Libya in the UAE
Dubai, Friday 28th October 2011 Libyan expatriates living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) gathered in Dubai this Friday to celebrate the liberation of Libya. The event, organized by the Embassy of Libya in the UAE, brought together almost 1,000 Libyans from various parts of the Emirates and also from neighbouring Gulf countries.
The event began with the Libyan National Anthem and a recitation of the Qur’an by Sheikh Ahmad Dukali, Libya’s foremost Qur’an reciter. Sheikh Dukali also gave a moving spiritual exhortation on the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation and respect for the sanctity of human dignity, life and property in Islam. Professor Dr Mustafa Abu Shagur, representing the Libyan community in the UAE, expressed a compelling vision of a free and democratic Libya; a video compiled by Libyan youth conveying a message of national unity was screened, followed by traditional Libyan songs, and poetry by Abdelmonim Flaileeh encapsulating a message of hope and progress.
The Libyan Ambassador of the UAE, Dr Aref Ali Nayed, said: “It was utter joy to be together as a community as we celebrate the liberation of our country from 42 years of tyranny; the sacrifices of our people have been remarkable and this occasion is an opportunity for us to honour our martyrs and those who have been injured and dispossessed and to look forward with faith, hope and love to building a Libya that is filled with dignity, compassion and freedom.”
Photo’s:
snakhooda.smugmug.com/Other/Liberation-...
FP
No Saif Harbor
If the latest media reports are to be believed, Muammar al-Qaddafi’s most famous son and one-time heir, Saif al-Islam, is thinking about surrendering himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In June, the court charged him, alongside his now-deceased father and Libya’s intelligence chief, with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Most accounts now place Saif somewhere in southern Libya or Niger, negotiating with the international court through intermediaries. It’s not clear how serious those negotiations are, but a man who’s just been bombed by NATO, had his
father executed, and fled across the desert, may well find a comfortable cell in a quiet Dutch suburb increasingly attractive.
Read more:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/...=0,0
Aljazeera
A German telecommunications firm has ended a major advertising contract with a model who said she was a long-time fiance of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Mutassim, and for praising the former Libyan leaders family.
Telefonica Germany spokesman Albert Fetsch said on Monday the company’s subsidiary Alice will stop working with the 23-year old Italian model Vanessa Hessler and remove her face from its website within hours.
Hessler had been the company’s advertising face for years.
Fetsch says Hessler “has failed to distance herself from her comments on the conflict in Libya”.
Mutassim was killed in Libya this month, after being captured alongside his father.
Hessler told Italian magazine Diva e Donna that she had been dating Mutassim for four years.
LibyaLiberty
They should have force fed her twinkies as punishment.
Nadeine
Just searched the whole house for a pic of Gaddafi that I could use to make a sign for our door that says ‘unless you’re scarier than him,
Votes; who voted what:
UNESCO and Palestine
So the votes are in, and UNESCO has voted to accept Palestine as a full member. I have procured the full voting results, which to my knowledge, have not been made public yet. There were 14 “no” votes, 52 abstentions and 107 “yes” votes (there were also 20 21 Member States absent):
humanprovince.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/...
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Announcement of new PM that will form Interm Gov’t. expected during the next hour
The North Africa Daily is out! bit.ly/dRzwj9
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
AJA reporting the TNC vote for PM down to 2 names, Dr. Abdelrlahim Elkeeb or Dr. Mustafa Rujbani #Libya #Feb17
feb17libya Feb17Libya
The new NTC Prime Minister will be announced shortly. It will be either Abdul Raheam Alkeab or Mustafa Alrujbani – #Libya #Feb17
NTC NEW PM:
Tripoli academic Abdul al-Raheem al-Qeeb elected Libya’s TNC Prime Minister replacing Mahmoud Jebril- via Reuters witness -
Dr Al-Qeeb was born in Tripoli, he studied electrical engineering at the University of
Tripoli graduating with honors in 1973 – #Libya
Dr. Al-Qeeb now serves as Professor and Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering Institute of Petroleum UAE. #Libya
Dr. Al-Qeeb was also ecently appointed to the post of Deputy Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs – University of Qatar #Libya
Dr Al-Qeeb is a well-known member of the opposition against the Gaddafi regime and has never worked with the regime. #Libya
Dr. Al-Qeeb is known for his humility, courteous attitude, intelligence, and above all his deep love and devotion for his country. #Libya
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Who is abdul rahman al keeb, new prime minister of #libya acc to Aljazeera? My friends here in #Misurata never heard name, they tell me.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Dr Al-Qeeb is a well-known member of the opposition against the Gaddafi regime and has never worked with the regime. #Libya
Libyan Duda
We’re obviously going to have spelling issues with AlKeeb AlQeeb ElKeib which one is it? #Libya #NTC
ousama
Dr. El Kieb has been a life long friend he will do very good for Libya during this crucial time.
FYI:
AbdulRahim AlKeib’s father used to be in the parliament during the Kingdom of #Libya.#fact
Quickly Unify the spelling of our interim PM !
#AJA – Abdulrahim Alkeeb is Libya’s new PM. #Libya
pic.twitter.com/6I7RgNDW
4Adam Adam
Dr Al-Qeeb continued his higher education in the United States where he earned his master and doctoral degrees.
Dr Al-Qeeb worked as professor at the University of Alabama in the United States and
before the feb17 Dr Al-Qeeb worked as Professor and Chairman in Department of Electrical Engineering Institute of Petroleum UAE 4/5 #Libya
Dr Al-Qeeb known as an expert in electric power systems (economy, planning, operation and control) around the world. 5/5 #Libya
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Libya’s new PM has a PhD from the US and worked in the UAE
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Let’s not forget that Al Keeb is an interim PM. He will have to be a pragmatic manager rather than a politician. #Libya #NTC
BIO
Dr. Abdurrahim El-Keib
B.S. (Honors): University of Tripoli, 1973;
M.S.: University of Southern California, 1976;
Ph.D.: North Carolina State University, 1984
Read more:
www.pi.ac.ae/PI_ACA/ee/faculty_staff/ae...
Tarek
Well done #Libya and #Libyans, now let’s start the hard work, to rebuild the country after #Gaddafi era.
ousama
Dr. El Kieb is a man of strong morals and was fundamental in the founding of Islamic community in Tuscaloosa istuscaloosa.org
N_Benghazi نائلة كيلاني
We’re entering a new phase, where the real revolution begins. Politicians can and should be criticized, but it must be done respectfully.
Sumayyah
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Dr. Abdulrahim al-Keeb, and the fact that he has no ties to the Gaddafi regime makes me confident.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
I didnt ask to be Libyan, I just got lucky!
libyanproud libyanandproud
Twitter figured out who Alkeeb is before the #NTC !
Reuters
Abdul al-Raheem al-Qeeb elected Libya’s interim PM
Tripoli academic, Abdul al-Raheem al-Qeeb, was on Monday elected Libya’s interim prime minister in a vote conducted by members of the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in front of reporters.
Former interim prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, fulfilled a promise to resign after Libya was declared officially “liberated” after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte and his subsequent killing.
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/us-l...
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Abderahim Alkeib has an impressive CV, hopefully he can apply that to running a country.
BBC
Libya: Abdel Rahim al-Kib named new interim PM
Libya’s interim authorities have named electronics engineer Abdel Rahim al-Kib as the new prime minister.
The National Transitional Council (NTC) made the announcement days after declaring the country “liberated” following the death of Muammar Gaddafi.
It also coincides with the official end of the Nato air campaign that helped overthrow the long-time leader.
The NTC wants a national congress to be elected within eight months, and multi-party elections in Libya in 2013.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15530640
AP The Associated Press
More on Libya’s new prime minister: Abdel-Rahim al-Keeb will select his cabinet in the coming days:
apne.ws/se7y9Z -EF #libya
2011feb17 Hamid Ahmed
Ok I found out how he spells his name: “Abdurrahim El-Keib”. Take note people
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
No connections to Gaddafi or Saif? I’m loving #AlKeib already! #NTC
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Slavoj #Zizek analyses the #ArabSpring, the #eurozone crisis, the #Occupy Wall Street movement and the rise of #China.
aje.me/rHbLis
zaidbenjamin Zaid Benjamin
The new Libyan PM has a long experience in the electrical energy and he has dual citizenship #Libya #Gaddafi #Tripoli
Translation of Dr Abdulrahim Al Keib’s short bio which was tweeted in Arabic by @Proudlibyandoc #Libya
Dr Abdulrahim Al Keib:
He was born in Tripoli, Libya and has studied Electrical Engineering in Tripoli University. He graduated with honors in 1973 and completed his higher education in USA where he received his Masters and PhD. He then worked as a lecturer in the
university of Alabama. He was recently working as a professor and Dean of the EE department in the Petroleum Institute in the UAE. He was appointed as the head of the Deputy for academic affairs in the University of Qatar in September 2011, while also working as a professor.
Throughout his academic career some of the universities he worked in are Tripoli University (Al Fateh), University of Northern California, American University of Sharjah. Dr Abdulrahim is one of the experts in his field , electrical power systems (Planning, operating and control) on a worldwide level. He has published many researches in prestigious scientific journals. He has also won many awards for his scientific and academic, and has been honored the position of chairman and membership on several scientific committees, both local and international. He is a member of a number of organizations and universities. He is also one of the founders of the Association of the Libyan community in Abu Dhabi and its Chairman.
Dr Abdulrahim is one of the sons of Tripoli, who is known for his patriotism and his stance again the Gaddafi regime which made him, like other activists, to stay away from his family and homeland. Dr. Abdul Rahim is one of the distinctive and loved
Libyan figures. He is supported by those who knew or met him because of his humility and severe courteous attitude and good morals with the knowledge and wisdom, forbearance and intelligence, and above all his deep love for his country, and devotion to Libya, and his commitment to contribute to the development and prosperity and advancement of Libya in any way he can.
Ahmed
Aside from a few Libyans, no one in Libya knows who PM #Alkeeb is.#NTC failed in providing any info on the candidates or the voting process
libyanproud libyanandproud
#NTC u realize we shouldn’t have to look for info regarding PM it should be public
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
am very conscious here in tripoli that my profile picture is sorely in need of updating
MUST READ:
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Iran deployed military units along Qaddafi’s forces in Libya to prolong war & deflect attention from Syria
The Islamic Republic even deployed special military units to fight along former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s forces in Libya, and the goal was to prolong the war so that international public attention was deflected from Syria, according to the report. Anticipating Qaddafi’s fall, Iran ordered its special forces out of Libya to join Sudan and Syria.
bit.ly/u9cvt0
or:
goo.gl/KQuPL
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
very few people returned to #Bani Walid so far. Those in the city say national reconciliation is the top priority.
revolutionary graffitis are being painted over in #Bani Walid & replaced by new ones.one said " the warfallas haven’t used their power yet"
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
It was nice having @NATO save lives, but even more nice we can be independent. :) #ThankYou #NATO #feb17 #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Rasmussen: ‘I have no evidence that #NTC forces attacked civilians’ #Libya
#Rasmussen has told #BBC: ‘Gaddafi regime constituted a real threat to civilians.. this is why we targeted the Gaddafi regime.’
4Adam Adam
Tilelli Journal published in Tamazight, Ar & En focuses on Libyan Amazigh culture soon will be in Tripoli &other cities
pic.twitter.com/0UquNCkI
Qahtani
#Libya is the first Arab country that I believe is truly democratic! Hurraaaaay! #Feb17
4Adam Adam
Thank you @NATO for saving Libyan cities. Because of our #FF and you Libya was able to end almost half century of dictatorship, thank you.
seldeeb
There is a Libyan flag outside police station where Alaa is held #freealaa
FatimaShwehdi فاطمة ☪
Awww, Ceremony was held for Children of Martyrs in Benghazi. Was done to show appreciation to the children who lost their fathers. Was also held to show to the children that their fathers (martyrs) will never be forgotten.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
NTC members elect new interim Libyan prime minister #Libya goo.gl/Oa7qH
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Unfortunately,still some #Gaddafi trolls (tahloobas)in #Algeria,this sign was in one of
the stadiums in Algeria
alweeam.com/wp-content/uploads/99983072...
Now confirmed via AJA that Kaib is the new PM of new #Libya #feb17
Pic.:
pic.twitter.com/KhvE64xm
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
AJA report about Bani Walid being harassed by FF is very upsetting, is AJA
pressuring new #Libya for other Agenda or such things happened?
libyanfsl
First step is choosing good leader, next step is to pick a strong team, especially Min of Interior, Defense, Finance, and Shuhada/Injured
Had the chance to work with Dr. #Keib in NFSL & student movement, excellent man.. now he needs to build an excellent team!
Guardian
Academic linked to Gaddafi’s fugitive son leaves LSE
A British academic with close links to Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has left the London School of Economics before a report on the university’s relationship with Libya is published.
David Held was an academic adviser to the toppled dictator’s son when he studied at the LSE and was director of the research programme funded by his charity.
Held, who is currently Graham Wallas professor of political science at the LSE, has announced that he is leaving in January to take up a post at Durham University.
The LSE is expected to face sharp criticism over the academic independence of the North Africa Research Programme, which was funded with a £1.5m donation from the Gaddafi charitable foundation, and Held’s departure is regarded internally as the latest aftershock from the donation. The LSE’s links with Libya have already triggered the resignation of its director, Howard Davies.
Full report:
www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/oct/3...
misrati_free
On my way to Misurata center saw crews already working on replacing bullet ridden light poles around the city.
twitpic.com/78y96r
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Met a guy who had #Gaddafi pistol & hat. Not sure if hat is original, at least it looks funky. #libya #alaandirect
twitpic.com/78yvoa
every day i meet someone who has something from Gaddafi. shoe, shawl, hat, pistol, bag, phone…. u name it
LibyaLiberty
#DearWorld, Please step up to the plate,and pledge replacement funds for the anti-Palestine budget blackmail of the Israeli/American duo.
VOA
Sirte
A group of doctors volunteered to help in IbnSina hospital in , Dr. Areej Taher Elshafeh were one of them
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXtDS54zmE&fea...
Sirtawi
#Zliten aid convoy reaches #Sirte only to find families there in dire conditions. #SirteCrisis #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6jH4jgHOk0
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
#Libyans we UNITED in the face of #Deadaffi & won! Let’s UNITE once more behind our new PM & let’s take OUR #Libya forward…Allah Akbar
Abdulaziz
very exciting time for all libyans. I am happy, at least we have managed to form a Gov #proudlibyan
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
#Libya lets not forget Mohamed #Nabbous RIP
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I’d like to say thank you to Mr Mahmud Jibril for leading #Libya and trying to keep things running at a very critical time in its history
The #NEW Prime Minister of #Libya Interim Government Dr. Abdurrahim El-Keib will now choose a cabinet in the next 7 days
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libya PM Abdulrahman #elKEIB orig. from #Sabratha always supported #NTC Very open transparent individual Is only appointed 4 8Months #Libya
cswift2 Cara Swift
I met someone who was in Abu Salim & he showed me the cell where he taught english to fellow inmates….. (cont) #Libya
There was writing on the wall teaching english words and phrases including “I am not a criminal. I am a Freedom Fighter” (cont) #Libya
And he said that they used to put on plays when the guards weren’t looking to teach others in the cell respect for others….(cont) #Libya
I have great respect for him and other Libyans who truly believe they can all play a part to make a good future for #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Keib as long as u are not affiliated to #Gaddafi or to any other political party then u have my partial trust for the interim phase
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Midnight in #tripoli now- #Nato mission in #libya has officially ended
Sarah
31th October 2011 : NATO Mission in #Libya is Finish – Thank you @NATO & GOOD BYE ! :) IsA we’ll not need you anymore.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
NATO’s #Libya mission ends right now. Huge thanks to all servicemen that helped protect Libyan civilian lives over the last 8 months #feb17
Iman
Bye bye ya #nato ely ma3 libya sbayto…big THANK YOU.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
In Tripoli, NATO chief hails “free Libya”
shabablibya.org/news/in-tripoli-nato-ch...
BintTarablis KC
BREAKING: #NATO mission in #Libya has OFFICIALLY ended – #NATO has left #Libya.
Farida
THANK YOU #NATO. #Libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Fascinating day- we were in same room and witnessed the election of #libya ’s new transitional pm by #ntc -1st step in road map to democracy
With #Nato mission over now- Remembering all the sleepless nights we’ve had in #tripoli as #Nato jets pounded the city. #libya
#libya pm el-keib says allegations of human rights abuses on his mind- asks for time and patience to deal with this
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
I asked pple here in #Misurata about #Nato role in #libya.“At one point we could only sleep when we heard sound of their planes,” some said.
Did you know people of #Misurata called #Nato planes “Hanan”? Meaning: “tenderness”. “Here comes Miss tender,” they tell one another. #libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
In Tripoli, all my family and friends and everyone I asked said: “We only felt safe when we heard them. G forces used to hide”
NATO
31 Oct. 2011
Last Air Mission of Unified Protector concluded
Today, at midnight Libyan time, a NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AWACS) conlcuded the last flight of Operation Unified Protector. With this, a successful chapter in NATO’s history has come to an end.
Since the beginning of the NATO operation, NATO air assets conducted over 26,500 sorties, including over 9,700 strike sorties to protect the people of Libya from attack or the threat of attack.
NATO AWACS performed the crucial function of commanding and controlling all NATO air assets operating over Libya. This included the issuing of real-time tactical orders and taskings to Alliance fighter aircraft, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, air-to-air refuellers or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). NATO AWACS also supported the NATO ships and submarines enforcing the maritime arms embargo against Libya by providing an aerial maritime surveillance capability.
On 1 November 2011, all NATO AWACS will return to their home airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany. All other aircraft, ships and submarines which contributed to the mission will return home and revert back to national command.
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GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:) This is a must read:
Scotsman
‘Revolution is the best thing that ever happened to me’
Businessman Yunis Saleh El-Hadad has lived the life of a rebel for eight months, fighting alongside other Libyans who were willing to sacrifice everything to free themselves and their families from the cruelty of dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Sleeping wherever he could at night, clutching his rifle and surviving on food handouts from supporters, Mr Hadad led an armed troop of about 100 rebels in the revolt against Gaddafi, fighting on despite being shot twice and injured by a missile.
Now with Gaddafi dead and Libya under new rulers, 58-year-old Mr Hadad – like thousands of other rebel fighters – is heading back to his family. He has 22 children.
Full story:
www.scotsman.com/news/international/rev...
Aljazeera
Libyans interviewed by Reuters on Tuesday say they’re eager to consign Gaddafi to history, no matter how he died.
With every car that drives along the coast road, every tea served in a cafe and every child who toddles down its streets with no knowledge of the huge figure who has just been buried, Tripoli is doing its best to put Gaddafi and his legacy well behind it.
“Throw him in a hole, throw him in the sea, throw him in garbage. No matter,” Ali Azzarog, a 47-year-old engineer, said near the port, where ships’ horns earlier blared their approval of the news.
“He is lower than a donkey or a dog and only foreigners say that they care about how we killed him. And they are lying.”
Place des martyrs à Tripoli :La grande pagaille
The big mess:
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...! #libye
tomleeaus
Some battle vid from #Sirte final days.
This was taken on the 18th. Flushing out Gaddafists with the gun utes #Libya
Video:
yfrog.com/f5mspz
Grenade thrown in District 2.
Grenade thrown in District 2. You can sort of read how dangerous a situation is by the mannerisms of the fighters, and the chilled out disposition of the guy with the RPG made me want to get round that corner to see what they were shooting at. As I moved forward though a fleck of brick hit me in the forehead which I thought was a bad sign and I backed off.
Video:
morelikelibyeah.tumblr.com/post/1194654...
or:
tumblr.com/ZkhgywB84Taz
Misrata :un petit retour en arrière
A little background:
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=1JYzHHiDwzQ #libye
Khadija Ali
I am going to take a couple of days off & pull myself away from everything to understand what a constitution is.
it may sound silly but I want to understand what we are getting our self into.
bilal H.B.
Twutter really sucks without my phone and i can oy tweet at night :( sorry people but tommorrow my people is coming back from Sirte
My best friends at the moment! Leg is starting to really annoy me twitpic.com/75td99
My brother and very best friend since 14 years mohamed ghoga came back from Sirte today looking bad ass!
twitpic.com/75tf4x
Aljazeera
Qatar has revealed for the first time that hundreds of its soldiers had joined Libyan rebel forces on the ground as they battled pro-Gaddafi troops.
“We were among them and the numbers of Qataris on ground were hundreds in every region,” Major General Hamad bin Ali al-Attiya, the Qatari chief of staff, said on Wednesday.
The announcement marks the first time that Qatar has acknowledged it had military boots on the ground in Libya.
Previously the gas-rich country said it had only lent the support of its air force to NATO-led operations to protect civilians during the eight-month uprising.
Source: AFP
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
Pretty much the realities of learning to photograph a war
nyti.ms/sklMRN
Some say Gadaffi’s last words were “Have u no mercy?” This evil tyrant expected mercy from his victims, he never showed them mercy
Proudlibyandoc
I want to say, that despite what any one says, we got the bastard, Libya is free, and we have the best chance ever in making Libya better
The National
After Qaddafi, Tripoli is a violent city of armed fiefdoms
TRIPOLI // After not hearing from her brother Mahmoud for several hours earlier this week, Amal Ali Ibrahim dialled his mobile phone number in dread.
He had gone to Tripoli’s Gargour neighbourhood to help his brother Ibrahim. There was word of a turf war between forces of the interim government and members of a civilian militia from Zintan, a city in the Nafusa Mountains, 136 kilometres south-west of the capital.
The phone rang once. It rang again. Then before the last ring, the phone was finally picked up. Except it was not her brother.
Imitating the perfunctory tone of a telephone operator, the voice at the other end of the line said: “Sorry the person you are trying to call cannot be reached.”
What came next was not matter-of-fact at all. The male voice chillingly added: “It’s game over for your brothers.”
Full story:
www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middl...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
America’s Nation of Islam leader criticizes Qaddafi’s death
goo.gl/HXpQZ
Aljazeera
Gaddafi’s family plans to file a war crimes complaint against NATO with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the alliance’s alleged role in his death, the family’s lawyer said.
Marcel Ceccaldi, a French lawyer who previously worked for Gaddafi’s regime and now represents his family, told AFP news agency on Wednesday that a complaint would be filed with the Hague-based ICC because NATO’s attack on the convoy led directly to his death.
“The wilful killing (of someone protected by the Geneva Convention) is defined as a war crime by Article 8 of the ICC’s Rome Statute,” he said.
He said he could not yet say when the complaint would be filed, but said it would target both NATO executive bodies and the leaders of alliance member states.
Comment Middle East
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Great article by Nada Abuknesha: Gaddafi’s capture, death and the immediate aftermath
commentmideast.com/2011/10/gaddafis-cap...
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Disfigured, mutilated, tortured bodies are still being uncovered as a result of #gaddafi thugs and ppl r actually talking abt his death?!
malik L
RIP Hatem Sahad, young man from #Shahat #Libya just married 4 a year-among those found executed by Motassem #Gaddafi goons in #Sirte #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Saif Gaddafi said fleeing Libya
www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-20125143/q...
Reuters
Insider describes Gaddafi son’s escape from town
Saif increasingly feared being hit by mortar
Had been Western-friendly face of regime
Locals had seen his vehicles pass by
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
I am not Gaddafi!
twitpic.com/75rmjr
Aljazeera
The bodies of 267 people, many of them believed to have been summarily executed, have been found in Sirte, the hometown of slain Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, a Red Cross source told the online Libyan newspaper Qurynaew on Wednesday.
Officials from the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, now in Sirte, had documented the bodies before they were buried in mass graves, the source told the Libyan paper.
Gaddafi’s cameraman “Gaddafi tells me how to film, I didnt like that”
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI2Phre0qnU&fea...
libyanandproud
well let’s prove to the world that the idiots don’t rule and let Libya be a good image of Islamic democracy
Sarah
Seems Salah’s “I’m going to quit” is Gaddafi’s “Cease fire” ..
hollypickett Holly Pickett
On the way to #Sirte, the driver Najeeb played a house music cassette tape. He blamed #Gaddafi for the lack of discos in #Libya.
You know how I optimistically tweeted “War is over” after #Sirte fell a few days ago? Of course it’s not going to be that simple. #Libya.
#Misrata kitibas seem to have all left #Sirte. The city is destroyed and looted. Residents are coming back to ransacked homes. #Libya
One man in #Sirte showed us a safe in his home that had been destroyed and 100,000 Libyan dinar stolen from it. #Libya
A man in #Sirte said, “Everyone lost their car. Everyone lost their money.” Rebels wrote their names and cell numbers on his wall. #Libya
He was a teacher, but the university, like most buildings, was damaged and is closed.
Now he must move elsewhere to find work. #Sirte #Libya
A young woman in a car stopped me and said, “I was with the rebels, but I am not with this revenge” that has happened in #Sirte #Libya.
She said all of the equipment, ambulances and supplies had been stolen from Ibn Sina Hospital. #Sirte #Libya
Sometimes it seems like nearly every family has lost someone and many of the killings have been so brutal.
The worst of all was the 340 dead bodies that were catalogued and buried in a mass grave in #Sirte #Libya. There will be more to collect.
Some of the dead bodies had their hands bound behind their backs. Unnecessary deaths in the new #Libya. #Sirte
Aljazeera
Switzerland will unblock some frozen Libyan assets and allow the transfer of money to some state institutions, the Swiss government said on Wednesday.
The move will allow the transfer of money and other assets to the Central Bank of Libya, the Libyan Investment Authority, the Libyan Foreign Bank and the Libyan Africa Investment Portfolio.
The government said there are currently 265 million francs ($300 million) of frozen Libyan assets in Switzerland, 90 per cent of them belonging to state-owned companies.
Switzerland will now also allow Libya to fly over Swiss air space, lifting a ban imposed earlier.
The move is in line with the UN Security Council, which decided last month to relax sanctions on Libya to allow key institutions to recover after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown.
Several other countries have already unblocked some Libyan assets.
Sirtawi
#Sirte: Decomposed bodies found floating in open water tank, others at the bottom tied to heavy objects. Bodies said to be revolutionaries’.
Red Cross working on gathering bodies found in water tank in #Sirte for DNA samples. #gaddaficrimes #SirteCrisis #Libya
Soldier from Khamees Batallion
Soldier confesses that Khamees Gaddafi (Muammar’s son) sent them to kill protesters in Benghazi.
Translation:
Camera man: Speak loudly! Who sent you?
Wounded man: Khamees
Camera man: Khamees who?
Wounded man: Khamees Mu’ammar
Camera man: Which Battalion?
Wounded man: Khamees
Camera man: Where are you from?
Wounded man: Tripoli
Camera man: Did you all hear him? You saw this by yourself.
(Another man out of shot): You killed us! Kill them!
Camera man: No! it’s not them it’s the dog who sent them here they’ve only been ordered!
camera shifts to second injured/killed man
(Another man out of shot): This is another from the pile of dogs that…
Camera man: Do you want to take him out and beat him up? Do you?
(Another man out of shot): No no..
Camera man: Then leave it.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
KC
Asking God to grant #Gaddafi ‘Janat Al Firdous’ and to forgive his ‘shortcomings’ is an extremely grave insult and disrespect to #Libyans.
Iman
especially since Muammar was pronounced a Mushrik by the Council of Islamic Scholars.He didn’t even deserve an Islamic burial.
KC
50000+ civilians were killed by Gaddafi forces/thugs – yet you ask God to give Gaddafi ‘Janat Al Firdous’ and forgive his ‘shortcomings’??
1200+ dissidents massacred in cold blood in the notorious Abu Saleem prison in 1996 – yet u call these crimes #Gaddafi’s ‘shortcomings’ ?!
At least 4000 women raped during the Libyan revolution by #Gaddafi forces – and you still ask God to forgive #Gaddafi’s ‘shortcomings’ ?!
Sarah
Photo: #RevolutionMemories #Benghazi – 17FEB11 #Libya #FEB17 tumblr.com/ZPvHvwB6i1bu
Photo: Freedom SQ – #Benghazi 24FEB11 #Libya
tumblr.com/ZPvHvwB6jwSA
When the #Gaddafi thugs escaped from #Benghazi – #Libya
Video:
libyafromfrance.tumblr.com/post/1192466...
Honeybal
billions of Libyan $ still missing & we’ve got 2 leave a clue that will lead us 2 our wondering cash. It is not wise to kill all the family
but I still say " #Saif is captured and he is in #Misaratah "
#Saif #Gaddafi was captured in a small village called #Nisma near #BenWaleed and now is in #Misaratah, not in the south.
he is valuable figure may be more than his father, he has the key 2 our all hidden & wondering cash he must be filtered 1st
most of our brave young men r back to their schools work & shops, Mis. Is #DeGadaffinated Me to, proud to know you
blabeen
A Tunisian fought and died for Libyans. (Arabic-Video)
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Qo3MvucJ0&fea...
Rubicon
Most of the real selfless heroes will fade away into the unwritten pages of history…#TragicTruths
Small secrets of Feb17 will now slowly start appearing
Video:
vimeo.com/23529342 (previously a private video)
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Insider describes Gaddafi son’s escape from town
shabablibya.org/news/insider-describes-...
Aljazeera
Libyan state-owned steelmaker Lisco will resume steel production within the next four to six weeks, depending on restoration of electricity and the return of its workforce from fighting, the company said on Wednesday.
Power to Lisco’s plants was cut off after the grid was damaged during Libya’s civil war.
“There is currently enough electricity for steel production to partially resume,” foreign marketing manager Ali Abumais told
Reuters in a phone interview.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Tripoli: Seems like the trend now is to shoot fireworks, at all times of the day… better than celebratory bullets I guess :) #libya
David
Indeed, way better. Less risk of casualties when whatever went up comes down.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I hope that now, after Gaddafi, some of us Libyans stop believing that miracles will happen, while we sit idly by. We need to work hard.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
To be honest with you, last time I was trying to sleep at 2am and someone started shooting.. قريب شطته بي كلاشني من فوق الحيط
omar
I want to thank each country & everyone who stood with us & showed support and solidarity for our freedom…Thank you @NATO .. VIVA #LIBYA.
In case s.o.in #Niger or elsewhere needs proof:
ICC ArrestWarrant for #Saif #Seif #Gaddafi #Libya #Tuareg
www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/doc/doc1101345.pdf
Benedict
Miracles can happen in #Libya if Libyans make them happen.
Noor Alhamdulilah! They’re finally getting it! A number of times,I’ve witnessed people reprimand those who would shoot aimlessly.
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Gaddafi is dead get over it, try to help us heal and build a civil democratic system, build a relationship with the people not dead despots
FreeLibya
Never forget #GaddafiCrimes Graphic content:
yfrog.com/1a3hpz Pls see all.
Never forget #GaddafiCrimes GRAPHIC (pls see more by clicking on username top right)
yfrog.com/1a3hpz
Newsweek – a fitting end to a brutal dictator. #libya #feb17
fb.me/10JCOdF2w
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
“Why we Intervened in #Libya”, highly recommended article contributed by @ToreBear:
bit.ly/rIHwcv
Mohamed Mesrati
great HD filming in Bab Alazezeya.. #Libya bleed – GAB
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hyULOKDL_o&fea...
Guardian
The west wrings its hands over dead Gaddafi photos, but war is always hell
The stench of doublethink is more noxious than any vapour emerging from the meat store in Misrata
The grisly spectacle of Muammar Gaddafi’s death and posthumous career as Misrata’s most popular body art exhibit may not have been very edifying, and news that the deposed dictator of Libya has been quietly buried at a secret desert location has to be welcome. Let’s hope the disposal of his decaying remains does bring an end to the surreal story that started with ambiguous video images – was he dead or alive?
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/o...
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
have you seen tripoli international? no way this will be operational in 5 days. and maitiga…well….+NATO no fly zone still up
btw: anybody seen hungarian #airline #malev? they announced they would start flying #tripoli 5d/w as of oct 23.
still hearing the tribal story about #libya from some “experts” in europe. if it is about anything, then about regional/city influences.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: Morrocans celebrate Libya’s Liberation
bit.ly/vBRP0O #libya
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
This is kind of funny now, but Wefaq are again confirming that Saif is captured in Misrata and has been for the past 3 days. W ashba7..
TheyCallMeSof Sofyan Amry
I seriously cannot wrap my head around the fact tht #Gaddafi is DEAD & #Libya is free.Wut r u supposed 2 do after ur dreams come tru? #Feb17
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
#LOL
“For Europe, having a stable and prosperous neighboring region is a dream come true.” but otherwise a decent read:
bit.ly/rLQ6gO
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libyan Embassy in Cairo FOUND rifles, machine guns and pistols equipped with silencers twas to assassinate opponents of Gaddafi in #Egypt
#Libya embassy urged #Egyptian authorities to help find weapons hidden byex Libyan officials in #Egypt
goo.gl/Wi25J
Daily Mail
SAS leading desert race against time to trap Saif as he heads to Niger
British Special Forces are engaged in a frantic desert manhunt for Colonel Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam.
The London-educated playboy, 39, is the last member of the hated despot’s family still feared to be at large in Libya.
Yesterday the southern border area with Niger was the focus of an intense search operation said to include elite troops from Britain and Qatar.
The race is on to prevent Saif – wanted for war crimes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague – escaping over the border into one of Libya’s neighbours, where other members of the Gaddafi clan have already found refuge.
Full art.:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-205346...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#BaniWalid residents say #Saif was holedup in a SafeHouse in #Taboul area a scattering of mudbrick houses cascading into the Wadi #Libya
REUTERS:
Insider describes Nervous Scared Confused #Saif AlIslam Gaddafi Escape from #BaniWalid
goo.gl/fb/js4ZE #libya
Freedom Group
Images of the preparation of Gadddafi’s body before being buried in a secret location in the Libyan desert.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uchu7bBHs4
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt ▸ Top stories today
Nasr
Do U remember CNN interviewing Saif in the beginning of war.. He displayed typical psychotic behavior.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Saif Gaddafi has promised revenge for the killing of his father. Not sure where he exactly is
Via Feb 17
Myths of the Gaddafi regime Explained
While there are no excuses for the way Gaddafi was treated in the videos posted publicly, we want to stress that those who have done this were not acting on behalf of the NTC nor the interim government. They were fighters who were swept in a moment of intense fighting, and after 8 long months of defending themselves, having lost friends and family. A full investigation of the circumstances of what happened has been officially launched and we hope its findings will be made public as soon as possible. Those acts don’t represent the majority of Libyans and don’t represent Islamic or Libyan traditional values.
There are a lot of people defending Muammer Gaddafi and his regime by stating living conditions and infrastructure in Libya was world class, and all the people in the country enjoyed unimaginable wealth. This is not true. The Gaddafi regime was rife with corruption and deception. Who you know was more important than who you were as a person, with many basic services being only available to the highest bidders.
Below, Nizar Mhani of the Free Generation Movement responds to common misconceptions relating to the Gaddafi regime – the bolded inaccurate statements are being circulated via email forward
There are no electricity bills in Libya; electricity is free for all its citizens.
Categorically untrue. Despite poor electricity infrastructure and poor coverage of electricity lines, even in the Capital, Libyan home owners pay monthly/quarterly (area dependant) electricity bills based on meter readings. Electricity is cut off in instances of unpaid bills. Reconnection upon payment is not instant. The electric infrastructure is weak and some areas of Libya do not have electricity available at all.
There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at 0% interest by law.
Categorically untrue. Banks all over Libya have been giving out loans for years and years. There is a percentage rate charge on all loans, which is comparable to an interest rate, but in the spirit of ‘islamic ethics’ it is not called interest, it is called an ‘Administrative Expense’ – Masareef Edareeya.
A House is considered a human right in Libya ¬ Gaddafi vowed that his parents would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a home. Gaddafi¹s father has died while he, his wife and his mother are still living in a tent.
Gaddafi abused this human right as much as he did other basic rights. It is well known in Libya that political opponents and successful business men/women had their homes confiscated and handed over to regime members, usually rewards for Free Officers – Dubat A7rar. Many farms and homes and businesses were confiscated during three infamous phases of Libyas dictatorial history:
1969 – The dreaded Green Revolution. Free Officers were rewarded land, homes, and farms that sometimes belonged to other people and the original owners were not compensated or asked if this was ok.
Late 70’s – The introduction of the law Albayt le Sakinehee – The Home Belongs to its Dwellers. As this law was passed overnight, thousands of homeowners instantly lost their homes, as tenants (those renting the homes) claimed ownership on account of being the ‘dwellers’. The law applied to homes, farms, shops, etc.
90’s – The introduction of Purification Committees (Lejnat al Tatheer). This committee ran by the widely know slogan, ‘Min ayna laka hada?’ – “From where did you obtain this?”, a form of ultra-socialism where people’s possessions, including homes and businesses, were confiscated if seen to be ‘surplus to requirement’ or contributing to a ‘monopoly’.
Regarding Gaddafis ‘vow’: While Gaddafi waited for ‘everyone in Libya’ to be housed, he himself lived in a sprawling 6km square compound in the centre of the capital which was home to state of the art security and an underground network of rooms and ultramodern bunkers. He also had a vast and well known farm on Airport Road in Tripoli. This, just in the capital.
All newlyweds in Libya receive $60,000 Dinar (US$ 50,000 ) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family.
This is a well known rumour and a common joke in Libya. Whilst it may have been passed as official legislation, I know of not a single family who has been given this grant. The backbreaking bureaucracy associated with such grants and loans make them more or less impossible to obtain.
Education and medical treatments are free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans are literate. Today the figure is 83%.
Education and Health Care – Free does not mean adequate. It is well known that Libya’s standard of health care is nothing short of appalling. It is widely known that the majority of Libyans seeking medical care leave for neighbouring countries for treatment. Our Education system is no better. It is outdated, teachers are underpaid and under-trained and libraries are largely non-existent. The syllabus was constantly being revised and reviewed under direct instruction from the former regime e.g. banning English, changing Quranic verses, etc.
It is commonly said that Libyans would be happy to forfeit their ‘free health care’ and pay for a National Health Service if it was up to the required standard.
Should Libyans want to take up farming career, they would receive farming land, a farming house, equipments, seeds and Livestock to kick- start their farms all for free.
This has never happened, in addition to this many farms and homes have been confiscated by the government to build railroads, The Great Man Made River and civil roads.
The owners of the land were only compensated if there was a covered structure on the land as the Gaddafi regime legally owned any land and the people were only allowed to build on it. When there was compensation offered it was nowhere near the actual value of the property and many waited years to receive anything if at all. This system was also rife with corruption many residents told they had to pay a bribe to receive what little they were given.
If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in Libya, the
government funds them to go abroad for it not only free but they get $2, 300/month accommodation and car allowance.
Categorically untrue. If this was the case, the former regime would have been in receipt of 6 million application forms – one for every man, women and child who ‘cannot find education or medical facilities they need’. This grant does not exist for the mainstream public. There is anectdotal evidence of some medical grants being given
but again, the system was corrupt and opaque.
In Libyan, if a Libyan buys a car, the government pays 50% of the price. The price of petrol in Libya is $0.14 per liter.
There is no truth to the former Gaddafi regime paying 50% of the value of a new car.
Whilst the price of fuel is indeed cheap, the quality of roads, the accuracy and availability of road signs, the presence of road traffic police, and all other transport infrastructure is of abysmal standard.
The absence of an integrated and functional public transport system means that people are reliant on their cars for all movement and might end up paying more on fuel than our neighbours around the Mediterranean basin.
Libya has no external debt and its reserves amount to $150 billion now frozen globally.
Whilst our sovereign wealth is undeniable, none of it was spent on the people of Libya nor the infrastructure of the country. Basic amenities, services, and state infrastructure are either absent or of appalling standard.
The availability of money is not tantamount to wealth or prosperity. The Arabs have a saying about Libya – “A rich nation of poor inhabitants.”
If a Libyan is unable to get employment after graduation the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed until employment is found.
Categorically untrue. Even basic wages are sometimes unpaid for months, for those lucky enough to be employed. Welfare for the unemployed is non-existent.
A portion of Libyan oil sale is credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.
No basis to this claim as no such case can be found.
A mother who gave birth to a child receive US $5 ,000
Categorically untrue. There is a Child Benefit welfare payment in Libya – it is roughly 15-20 Libyan Dinars a month per child. No Libyan citizen was given foreign currency as compensation.
40 loaves of bread in Libya costs $ 0.15
Bread was subsidized by the state. Whilst the price varies (marginally) from shop to shop, bread usually costs ¼ dinars for 10 baguettes (small) or roughly 500grams per dinar.
25% of Libyans have a university degree
The absence of a comprehensive selection process and a corrupt entry protocol means that universities in Libya are grossly over populated and over subscribed, despite limited facilities. This results in an over inflated number of graduates, but not necessarily an adequate level of employability. There are thousands of students studying foundation year medicine in Tripoli alone.
Gaddafi carried out the world¹s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-Made River project, to make water readily available.
The Jury is still out on this. The project has indeed supplied water to many towns and cities around Libya, but the cost is thought to be as stratastrophic as the time it took to complete this. Further, decades of an absence of appropriate licensing, monitoring and control has meant that wells were dug for every home, putting immense pressure on Libya’s natural and naturally replenishable water sources. This resulted in the increase of salinity in local water reserves, which lead to the need for an expansive project such as the Man Made River.
Thanks for Niz and Libya Outreach for putting this together.
Cartoon:
Steve Bell on the burial of Muammar Gaddafi
feb17.info/images/cartoon-steve-bell-on...
or:
bit.ly/ttnFtt
Reuters
Video:
The money trail
Reuters Mark Hosenball tracks down Gaddafi’s $19 billion fortune. The Libyan dictator left billions scattered around the world … will it ever be found?
feb17.info/media/video-the-money-trail
ConanOBrien Conan O’Brien
Gaddafi may have been worth 200 billion dollars when he was killed. Even more tragic, he was just 2 days away from retirement.
4Adam Adam
Louis Farrakhan condemns death of Libyan leader and called Gaddafi’s death a “GREAT LO$$” #Libya
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
♥ Trablus u did it LIBYA you DID IT
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLpIvLfwq34&fea...
or:
youtu.be/BLpIvLfwq34
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #NTC, Mustafa #AbdelJalil asks #NATO to extend its mission in #Libya until the end of the year, #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#NTC requests #NATO to continue it’s mission to mainly patrol #Libya borders . #Feb17 #Libya #oct23
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
The dignity of the dictator dies, is reborn in its people. #Gaddafi #Bashar #Saleh
Wapo
Qatar hosts first Libyan conference after Gadhafi death
The official Qatar News Agency says Mustafa Abdul-Jalil arrived in Doha for Wednesday’s gathering, which is expected to include representatives from Gulf states, Western powers and NATO.
Source:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-eas...
MsEntropy Ms. Entropy
Coming soon / MUST SEE documentary:
Tripoli awakes – trailer
Life after Gaddafi
Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYXb7HgO_VU
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Mustafa #AbdelJalil told me #Gaddafi sons still at large and they could destabilize libya from neighboring countries
Aljazeera
NATO should stay involved in Libya until the end of this year to help prevent loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi from leaving the country, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the interim leader, has said.
NATO, whose air attacks backed National Transitional Council (NTC) forces that overthrew Gaddafi in August, is to decide on Friday whether to end its mission following his death and burial in the past week and a liberation declaration by the NTC.
“We look forward to NATO continuing its operations until the end of the year,” Jalil said on at a conference in Doha on Wednesday.
Sarah
#NTC #MAJ #Libya #Doha -
Video:
youtu.be/5o3d8mLs_v8 – مصطفى عبد الجليل من الدوحه،
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o3d8mLs_v8&fea...
Ahram.org
Qatar admits it had soldiers on ground in Libya’s operation
Qatar revealed for the first time on Wednesday that hundreds of its soldiers had fought alongside Libyans in their battle to topple longtime despot Moamer Kadhafi.
“We were among them and the numbers of Qataris on ground were hundreds in every region,” said Qatari chief of staff Major General Hamad bin Ali al-Atiya.
The announcement marks the first time that Qatar has acknowledged it had military boots on the ground in Libya.
Previously the gas-rich country said it had only lent the support of its air force to NATO-led operations to protect civilians during the eight-month uprising, which ended when Kadhafi was felled with a bullet to the head after being captured last week.
Source:
english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/25...
Tweeting Tripoli
People who use religion 2 rule or 2 gain money are most likely crooks and thieves. Sincere religious ppl would be worshiping God privately.
Benghazi Youth
We have this mental disease in Libya too unfortunately “Everyone must be just as religious as I am & in the same way or suffer”
Guardian
Gaddafi buried in unmarked grave in Libya desert to avoid creating shrine
Bodies of dictator, his son and a general are given full Islamic rites and washed by relatives and sheikhs before secret burial
The belated finale for Muammar Gaddafi began on a marble slab in a car park and ended with a lonely burial in the desert far from the reach of family or foe.
After his body spent five days on gruesome display, Libya’s new rulers finally decided late on Monday night to put Gaddafi to rest, capping a week of uncertainty about what to do with the slain despot’s remains and closing an era of fear and infamy.
“We gave him all the Islamic rituals that we would give any Muslim,” said the deputy chief of Libya’s new governing council in Misrata, Sadiq Badi. “It was more than he would have given us, but we gave him a dignified end.”
Reade more and video:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/25/ga...
Must read:
NPR
Gadhafi’s Final Weeks, As Told By A Top Security Official
From the shaky, grainy video, we have an idea of what the last moments were like for Col. Moammar Gadhafi. But over the past few days, his top security official, who was captured along with Gadhafi, has been talking about the final weeks of one of the most notorious despots in modern history.
As Mansour Dao, who says he is also Gadhafi’s cousin, puts it, Gadhafi left Tripoli on Aug. 18 or 19, before the rebels made a push for the capital city. He left to Sirte, what was a stronghold, and his son Saif al-Islam left for Bani Wald.
Read full art.:
www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/25...
Arab_Fury
The hardships facing Libyans after Gadhafi are staggering, the hardships faced by Libyans during Gaddafi were unbearable. #Libya #Gadhafi
Guardian
British firms urged to ‘pack suitcases’ in rush for Libya business
New defence secretary says companies should be ready to cash in on reconstruction contracts in newly liberated Libya.
The starting pistol for British firms to pursue contracts in Libya has been fired by the new defence secretary, Philip Hammond, who urged companies to “pack their suitcases” and head there to secure reconstruction contracts.
As Nato announced that it plans to wind up operations in Libya, Hammond said that great care had been taken during the campaign to avoid destroying critical infrastructure.
“Libya is a relatively wealthy country with oil reserves, and I expect there will be opportunities for British and other companies to get involved in the reconstruction of Libya,” he told the BBC in an interview.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/21/br...
MUST READ:
Belfast Telegraph
Why Blair should also face the wrath of liberated Libya
HRW discovered a letter, written in 2004 by the head of MI6’s anti-terrorism division, Mark Allen, to Moussa Koussa, head of the Libyan intelligence service, welcoming news of the ‘safe’ arrival in Tripoli of anti-Gaddafi activist Abdelhakim Belhadj, who had been kidnapped in Malaysia by the CIA, on the basis of intelligence supplied by MI6, and ‘rendered’ to the Libyans for torture.
The Allen-Koussa exchanges took place in the period immediately preceding Blair’s first visit to Gaddafi.
The rendition of another opponent of Gaddafi, Sami al-Saadi, kidnapped in Hong Kong with his wife and four children and held for three days in the Maldives, coincided exactly with Blair’s desert jaunt.
Saadi and his wife were handcuffed and hooded for the journey onwards to Tripoli. He says their children, girls aged 14 and six, boys of 12 and 10, “cried and screamed” all the way.
His wife and children were released after two months in a Tripoli jail. Saadi was held and, he says, tortured for six years.
The sequence was this: Saadi family kidnapped; Blair meets Gaddafi and signs half-billion pound oil exploration deal; family delivered to Tripoli. Work it out for yourselves, people.
Very soon after these events, Allen was knighted on Blair’s recommendation. Very soon after that again, Sir Mark resigned his job with MI6 and went to work for British
Petroleum, then jockeying at the front of the pack for a share of the contracts now becoming available as a result of the improvement in UK-Libyan relations which Blair and Sir Mark had done so much to promote.
Read more:
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/colu...
Times of Malta
Gaddafi son Seif al-Islam near Niger border – Tuareg source
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son and onetime heir apparent Seif al-Islam was yesterday poised to cross into Niger along with his father’s ex-intelligence chief, a Tuareg official said.
Seif “is near the Niger border, he hasn’t entered Niger yet but he’s close,” a local official from the northern Niger’s Agadez region told AFP on condition of anonymity.
“It appears he is being escorted by former Tuareg fighters but I am not yet able to confirm this,” the official added. The local official said that Abdullah al-Senussi, a former intelligence chief and Gaddafi’s brother-in-law, was also approaching the border with Niger.
“Both of them are near the Niger border, they can’t be very far from each other,” he said.
Read more:
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/2011...
Times of Malta
The role Malta has in rebuilding Libya
If you had to look back at our country’s media since last February you will not be surprised to see that Libya and its now-deposed Muammar Gaddafi dominated the headlines. Rivers of ink have been written and we have passionately supported the Libyan people while arguing among ourselves over our own past relations with the Colonel.
This is perfectly normal. For Libya is a neighbouring country and, as is typical among neighbouring countries, we have had a love-hate relationship for decades.
The task of rebuilding a war-torn country will be a herculean one. To do so within the constraints of a democracy – where people are free to disagree and to protest – will make it harder still. The NTC needs all the luck it can get.
But it also needs our help.
Full art.:
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/2011...
Reuters
Tripoli in hurry to consign Gaddafi to past
Muammar Gaddafi, with his pocked face and curly hair, may have been one of the most recognisable figures of the 20th century, but the capital he lorded over is doing its best to forget him.
“Let the dust of the desert sweep over the hole where he was buried,” Mohammed al Sharif said in English, to nods of approval from friends, on the day the dead dictator’s decomposing body was consigned to precisely that — a secret desert grave.
“Then the name ‘Muammar’ can be forgotten and our children will never know of this time,” he said.
Read more here:
in.reuters.com/article/2011/10/25/idINI...
NTC PRESS RELEASE
NTC Press Statement 25.10.2011 English and Arabic
NTC Press Statement 25.10.2011
The Executive Office of the National Transitional Council attaches great importance to the concerted efforts deployed to ensure humane treatment, in accordance with the principles of international human rights covenants, to all Libyan and foreign prisoners and detainees. Under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice all cases and detention conditions will be considered and reviewed; fair trials will be guaranteed for those suspected of committing war crimes or criminal acts.
There has been co-ordination with the High Security Council that oversees all security units operating in thecountry not to arrest or detain anyone except by an arrest warrant issued by the Attorney General; and to ensure all prisoners and detainees are well treated until they are brought before the judicial authorities.
In principal, we do not tolerate, and in fact we disapprove of any prisoner being hurt, let alone killed. Regardless of the hatred that Libyans held for Muammar Gaddafi and his regime because of the suffering he inflicted, and how he soiled their reputation for four decades. We did not want to end this tyrant’s life before he was brought to court, and before he answered questions that have deprived Libyans from sleep and tormented them for years .
We wanted to get answers and explanations from this tyrant regarding the following issues:
• Why were dozens of Libyan military officers executed in the April 1977 massacre, against the verdicts pronounced by his own courts?
• Why did he desecrate the sanctity of universities, executing students by hanging, without trial, such as Bin Saoud, Deboub, and Al-Makhzoumi?
• Why did he erect gallows on the campus, and killing our innocent children, such as the martyrs Ahfaf, Al-Madani, Kaabar and others?
• Why did he involve us in wars and conflicts where we had no stakes , and where we have lost thousands of our innocent loved ones, whose bodies were scattered throughout the deserts and forests, and we could not even count them?
• Why did he chase the smartest people of Libya around the globe and killed them in cold blood without trials?
• Why did he hang and kill many Libyans in 1984 and forced Libyans to watch the terrible scenes during the month of Ramadan?
• Why did he send thousands of Libyans to prison without trial or through sham legal process, killing many of them while they were in detention?
• Why did he commit the Abu Saleem massacre against unarmed detainees, killing 1270 prisoners within a few hours, and kept their bodies hidden until this time?
• Why did commit his heinous crime against Imam Moussa Sadr and his two companions and hid their bodies until now?
• What justification can he plead for the bombing crimes of Lockerbie and the French UTA and the killing of hundreds of innocents?
• What is his justification for the order he issued to shoot down a Libyan Airlines Aircraft and the killing of all its passengers?
• What is his justification for abducting Libyan citizens and repatriating them by force such as Kikhia, Matar, Mgarief and others, and what is their fate?
• What can the tyrant say to answer for his crimes after February 17th, especially the indiscriminate killing, the appalling number of mass graves, the burning of Libyans alive, torture and rape crimes, and the indiscriminate bombing of cities before the eyes of the entire world?
Source and Arabic:
shabablibya.org/uncategorized/ntc-press...
RaymondPagnucco Raymond Pagnucco
Jihadist flag is now flying over court house in #Benghazi. The next phase in the fight for Libya begins. 10/26/11
pic.twitter.com/xAJVKsNI
bilal H.B.
I got this the other day from my friend Dania, love that crazy chick!
twitpic.com/75tjtc
The secret to the succes of the Libyan Rev is TAKBEER! سر نجاح خلطة الثورة الليبية هو التكبير في المساجد يا اهل اليمن والشام ارهبو عدو الله
My tweets will be less and less until they bring the internet on my phone
These have kept safe all the time thank god i was never shot
twitpic.com/75tnjp
btw my internet is baaack finally i have my voice back thank god
Borders are still an issue that’s why the #NTC asked NATO to extend there mission in #Libya
HRW
Human Rights Must Be Cornerstone of Libya’s Law
(Sirte, Libya) – I stood stunned in a Sirte hospital this morning as a man came in waving a golden gun — a pistol he said was seized from Moammar Gadhafi as he was finally captured by forces of the National Transitional Council. The Human Rights Watch team had spent the night outside Sirte, Gadhafi’s hometown, as the transitional forces mounted a final, heavy barrage against the last holdouts, snipers in the town. At 9 a.m., the rebels declared victory, and we headed to the hospital to try to document the civilian casualties after weeks of fighting.
The man with the golden gun told us that Gadhafi was wounded but alive, captured with several of his senior officials, and that he was on the road to Misrata. A few hours later came word that Gadhafi, who had ruled Libya for 42 years before being ousted by a popular uprising, had died, thereby escaping the trial and courtroom he so richly deserved.
Even after Gadhafi’s hold on Libya was reduced, over the course of the uprising, to a small patch of land around Sirte , his influence loomed large. After four decades in power marked by fear and repression, Libyans will never forget him. And his death isn’t the end of the story. Gadhafi didn’t rule alone, and it’s vital that high-level officials who survived the conflict be investigated and, if credibly accused, be given a fair trial for their roles in the most serious crimes.
Gadhafi took power in 1969 and his rule encompassed an appalling catalog of human rights abuses, at home and abroad. The massacre of an estimated 1,200 prisoners after a failed revolt at Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison in 1996 is perhaps the most notorious episode of domestic abuse. Abroad, he was best-known for his alleged involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people.
Since 1969, Libya has suffered forced disappearances, politically motivated arrests and the use of torture, as well as the near-total repression of freedom of expression and association. Gadhafi’s Libya was one of the region’s most thorough police states, and his unique political system, the Jamahiriya, or “state of the masses,” obviated the need for elections.
Now that he is gone and Libya has officially been liberated after the fall of Sirte, the clock starts on the transition to a new government. The National Transitional Council
said it plans to organize free elections and rewrite the constitution. It has pledged that Libya will respect international human rights standards.
Libya’s new leaders have an extraordinary opportunity to rebuild the country based on the rule of law, where the rights of all are respected, including those of women, minorities and supporters of the old regime. It’s vital, for instance, that the new constitution enshrines the right to gender equality and nondiscrimination, and that
women are able to participate fully in the political process, during the transition and beyond. The new authorities will need to abolish or revise numerous laws, including those that limit free expression and association and restrict political parties. And they will need to rewrite the penal code and reorganize the judicial system and the security services.
But Libya will need international help to build a credible, unified state that can protect all its inhabitants. The transitional authorities have already spoken out against revenge attacks. They also need to ensure that those now being detained are treated humanely, and those responsible for abuses are investigated and fairly prosecuted.
Human Rights Watch has already documented some of the difficulties any new government will face, such as how to set up and administer lawful and humane detention facilities. We have investigated incidents of torture by forces allied to the transitional council, as well as revenge attacks against communities who are considered pro-Gadhafi. And we have spoken to women (and men) victimized during the conflict by sexual violence, a taboo subject in Libya. The new authorities need to ensure that appropriate care and support are offered to women and girls subjected to such violence, and help to create an environment in which people feel able to report rape and other attacks.
The Libyan authorities should be setting up independent, impartial investigations into the most serious crimes of the past four decades, and also cooperate with the International Criminal Court, which is examining abuses since February 15, 2011. There have been many, implicating both sides. On Thursday we visited the graveyard in Sirte and learned that of the 52 bodies buried this week, at least half appeared to be victims of executions by Gadhafi forces, their hands bound behind their backs.
The biggest challenges for Libya remain ahead, and so do the tough questions: Who should be prosecuted? How to deliver real justice, not just that of the victors? How to ensure that women, minorities and other vulnerable groups are truly integrated into the transition and beyond? But today, the people of Libya are celebrating the end of an extraordinarily dark time. And the best way to leave the Gadhafi nightmare in the past is to build a new Libya based on human rights for all.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Libya economic output will roughly halve this year because of the civil war that toppled #Qaddafi: IMF official #alarabiya #Gaddafi
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qatar says hundreds of its soldiers joined Libya operations #alarabiya #Libya #Gaddafi
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya interim leader asks NATO to stay until end of year #alarabiya #Libya #Gaddafi
Farrakhan condemns killing of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
Controversial Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan condemned the killing of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday, warning that America and other western powers will soon face severe consequences for their support of the uprising that led to the dictator’s death.
“I know something of the good of Moammar Gadhafi that made me to love him as a brother and to feel a great sense of loss at his assassination,” Farrakhan said during a two-hour interview with radio host Cliff Kelley on WVON-AM.
Later in the show, he said: “Gadhafi died in honor, fighting for the Libya that he believed in.”
Art.:
goo.gl/gyIhk
libyanproud libyanandproud
in nafusa I definitely didn’t see 100’s of Qatari’s
I’m not insulting anyone’s credibility, but 100’s of Qataris would Have been noticed
Reuters -
Swiss Governement – Switzerland will now allow #Libya to fly over Swiss air space, lifting a ban imposed earlier.
Reuters –
Switzerland will unblock on Thursday some frozen #Libyan assets.(there are currently $300 million of frozen assets in Switzerland)
AliTweel Ali Tweel
the world expected 2 put Gaddafi on trial, as a Libyan who respect human rights I expected him to tore into pieces! Libyans were merciful.
Aljazeera
NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil spoke to Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr on the edges of a Qatar conference on the futre of Libya.
Video:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Spain’s oil giant Repsol resumes pumping oil in Libya; BP says it wants to do the same
goo.gl/THD26
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Obama says Qaddafi deserved ‘decorum in death’ although he did ‘terrible things’ goo.gl/5WmFI #alarabiya #Gaddafi #Libya
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
just passed #GNTMC General Nationl Maritime Transport Company,owning company of the Libyan commercial fleet:big demonstration in front of it
Maybe related to old management (GNTMC was under the influence of Hannibal). Thuars from #regatta going there now #tripoli
Invited 2 General Managers of Austrian companies in Libya for a “National Day” unofficial dinner.I am afraid it will be “Haram” (Debreziner)
I still want to know who is lifting the reported 500t/b crude oil per day? or is it all refined in #libya ?
debreziner= austrian pork meat sausages
With 2days delay of the decision whether NATO ll extend its mission in #Libya,resuming commercial flights (other th. turkish) looks far away
Tried to book a flight with #turkishairlines today: most flights until end november fully booked.even business class.no waiting list. #libya
everything imported in the suitcase from austria – when austrians were invited for “debreziner”, everybody came…
Tweeting Tripoli
I don’t think we really need to trouble NATO any further, they have helped greatly and saved millions of lives. But I trust NTC’s decision.
WEELULE
Wise decision from TNC, with Sief (Al-Forrthas)+family free, add Algeria, Chad and Niger’s hostility; the risk 2 Libya is real
Tweeting Tripoli
yes I think it’s wise.
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: #Qatar to take over #Libya security operations after #NATO
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#BBC Arabic reports #Tuareg representative Riza aj Bula in #Niger, saying #Saif is in country
washingtonpost The Washington Post
Gaddafi wrote a song for Condoleezza Rice called "Black Flower in the White House”
wapo.st/t7cCGa
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Spent past 3 days with #Gaddafi’s captors. Evidence overwhelming that one of them executed him with 9mm pistol. #Libya
Misrata people bemused that #Libya’s NTC sticking to crossfire story. Most seem proud that one of them killed #Gaddafi.
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
My footage of #Gaddafi burial is on BBC, also taken by Reuters. So proud. Watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uchu7bBHs4
mnureddin M. Nureddin
Laughing at the BBC: They say @akhbar footage of Gaddafi burial is “not independently verified.” You need Brits to verify something?
Au Sommet de #doha mustapha Abdeljalil demande au #NATO une ptite prolongation de sa mission en #libye
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...!
Le chef Cuisinier de Kadafi raconte son séjour à Syrt
qurynanew.com/?p=17791 #libye
Détail sur l’assassinat de Kadafi
شرح عملية قتل القذافي بالتفصيل Explain in detail the process of killing Gaddafi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lEx4ainBNF0 #libye #NATO
La famille Dalton veut quitter l’Algérie pour l’Afrique du Sud
Read it here (Arabic):
www.alwatan-libya.com/more.asp?ThisID=1...
bilal H.B.
What i love about Libyans is proving there ability to prove the world wrong we were accused with a lot of things from Gaddafi and every 1/4
Single time the world belived Gaddafi like when he said we are AlQaeda the world belived him and when he said we are tribal the world 2/4
Believed him but the world never gave the Libyan people the benfit of the doubt we are always accused of something and we keep proving 3/4
The world wrong and now the haters are betting that Libyans can’t make it well let time decide who right about Libyans 4/4
You can never bring down the Libyan people no matter what you do we will find a way to beat you and humiliate you infront of the world.
Maha
algerian gov. let in weapons from gaddafi. now worrying about spread of weapons from “rebels” BS
Global Relief Libya
Update on Shweyga Mullah
We just received word from our Maltese government contact on Shweyga Mullah’s condition:
Now that the dust has settled and Shweyga is getting her treatment I just wanted to update you on her predicament. To begin with she is very well. I have visited her daily since she arrived and provided her with everything she
needed which at this stage included pyjamas, slippers and all the basic sanitary needs. The Ministry of Health have also provided her with an Ethiopian cultural coordinator who is looking after her – she was thrilled to realise that we also have a vibrant Ethiopian community and her eyes were smiling which made a nice change to the pictures we had seen of her.
We have made contact with her brother who we are working on bringing to Malta – he, together with Shweyga will be hosted by the Government of Malta until they feel they wish to stay here. Arrangements for her passport to be delivered in Malta are already in place.
Her doctor found her very well and the treatment she received in Libya was excellent.
We will post regular updates on Shweyga’s recovery.
Tarek
A secret document show the links between #Gaddafi and two #Algerian Newspapers. twitpic.com/75yt50 #Libya
Video: Questions of government in Libya
After the celebrations comes the new government. A day after Libya declared the end the the Gaddafi era discussions are underway about Libya’s next interim government with a decision expected in a matter of weeks. Head of the National Transitional Council Mustafa Abdel Jalil spoke in Benghazi.
Read more and video:
feb17.info/media/video-questions-of-gov...
Michael
left Bani Walid just before it fell. He has had plenty of time to get to Niger. It makes sense that he is there. #Libya
BentBenghazi G
Funny, after all the Libyan ppl have proven to the world.. ppl still think that they’ll let anyone take their country from them.
Marianne 2 Fr
Emirats arabes unis : engagés en Libye, les Mirage 2000 ont damé le pion aux F-16
L’engagement militaire des Emirats arabes unis (EAU) en Libye a été particulièrement discret, mais des informations commencent à filtrer. Les EAU ont engagé douze appareils : six Mirage 2000-9 et six F-16 C/D Block 60. Dans les deux cas, il s’agit de versions très modernes et sophistiquées de ces avions déjà anciens. Les avions émiratis ont d’abord été basés à La Sude (Crète) avant de rejoindre Sigonella (Sicile). Les Mirage 2000 ont donné pleine satisfaction, ce qui n’est pas vraiment le cas de F-16 qui ont connu deux accidents. A chaque fois que des F-16 n’ont pas pu voler, ce sont des Mirage qui ont rempli les missions. Les six “-9” ont effectué des sorties air-air et air-sol.
Ce bilan positif des Mirage 2000-9 est assurément un bon point pour l’industrie française, au moment où les négociations pour la vente de soixante Rafale seraient en passe d’aboutir. Alain Juppé, le ministre des affaires étrangères, s’est vu confier la responsabilité de les mener à bien.
Reste à savoir ce que deviendront les soixante Mirage 2000-9 des Emirats ? Ils seront proposés sur le marché de l’occasion, mais par quel mécanisme et auprès de quels clients ? L’affaire est loin d’être bouclée.
Le Parisien
Printemps arabe: Juppé défend sa politique étrangère à l’Assemblée
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Alain Juppé, a défendu mardi devant l’Assemblée nationale le soutien de la France aux printemps arabes, estimant qu’il fallait “allier vigilance et confiance” dans l’avenir des peuples arabes, face à des députés de
l’opposition critiques.
“J’entends dire que nous avons ouvert la boîte de Pandore. Fallait-il continuer à soutenir les dictatures? Fallait-il continuer à soutenir Kadhafi? Fallait-il continuer à soutenir Ben Ali? Fallait-il continuer à soutenir Moubarak? Faut-il continuer à soutenir aujourd’hui Bachar al Assad?”, s’est enflammé le ministre des Affaires étrangères, en réponse aux craintes exprimées ces derniers jours sur l’avenir des droits de l’homme en Libye et notamment sur l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes.
Read more here:
www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-polit...
New mass grave has been discovered in Tomayna district of #Misratta @freedomgroupTV
libyanproud libyanandproud
Breaking: New Qatari led operations will also assist in training and disarmament operations . #Feb17 #Libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
Alain Juppe: “the syrian regime will be toppled thought it needs time to do it” Libya will be a picnic compare with this #Syria
Tweeting Tripoli
Excellent :) “@Twittisist:
The Art of Good Leadership.
wp.me/p1Ouh4-f”
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
The NTC might not have had complete control over many of the freedom fighters but we are all loyal to it as a government.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: A group shot from some of the rejoicing in Tunis on October 21 twitpic.com/762zqi
FRANCE24 FRANCE 24
#LIBYA: NTC leader asks NATO to stay till end of 2011
f24.my/rCp19G
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya JALIL we need technical support and training and communication equipment to monitor our borders, we can’t do this soon
My Christmas with #Gaddafi’s spokesman #Moussa Ibrahim
gu.com/p/32q49/tw via @guardian #Libya
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا”
goo.gl/aM65o
Hisham Matar, Author
Libyans get embarrassed in public, we mustn’t let that stop us discussing openly our good news as well as bad.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya JALIL says gaddafi still has support in neighboring Countries and loyalists still can attack us
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
MT: 15 yr old boy killed by Celebratory gunfire #Libya #stopecelebullets fb.me/ZXMGlcqu
bilal H.B.
Weapons & Mercenaries & troops & Media & PR campaign & the genral costs of war costed Gaddafi 200 Billions and lost it . you can #OWS
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya JALIL says we asked NATO to stay until the end of the year and it has the intl legitimacy to protect civilians from loyalists
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
As @libyanproud earlier said, Libyans have big mouths. And camera phones. Good luck, NTC, if you’re trying to keep a story from leaking.
Nael
We only feel sorry for the hole that holds #Gaddafi, in the end it is a piece of our beloved #Libya.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya JALIL:it will be difficult for all libyans to agree on prime minister but we will choose one who has backing of most libyans
misrati_free Alaeddin Muntasser
the convoy is delayed for now because they are still trying to raise awareness and get more supplies. Smaller one might leave Satrdy
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Saif #Gaddafi is surrending himself to the International Criminal Court #libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#BreakingNews: Seif Al Islam Qaddafi is proposing to hand himself over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior NTC offici
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Seif Al Islam #Gaddafi is surrending himself to the International Criminal Court: NTC
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya tells U.N. hopes to end NATO mandate by Oct 31 #Alarabiya
MushuT
I’ll believe the Saif “news” when I see a pic of him in the Hague. #ICC #idohopeitstrue #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
moez معز
Finger pointing tribunal? “@AlArabiya_Eng: Seif Al Islam #Gaddafi is surrending himself to the International Criminal Court: NTC”
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Is it good news that Saif Gaddafi would pick up of all places the ICC in Tthe Hague, Netherlands? if the news is true of course..
Assia
#TooBad : Seif Al Islam #Gaddafi is surrending himself to the International Criminal Court says the NTC
BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News
#Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam offers to hand himself in to International Criminal Court, NTC officials say – Reuters
Sarasalhh
Reuters: #Libya NTC: Saif AlIslam Gaddafi offers to hand himself ovr to International Criminal Court (not buying this) via @SultanAlQassemi
Reuters Reuters Top News
Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam is proposing to hand himself in to International Criminal Court in the Hague – senior NTC official
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: NTC official says Saif al-Islam is proposing to hand himself in to International Criminal Court in the Hague
Anaya
#Saif al Islam #Kadhafi se rend à la Cour Pénale Internationale via @AlArabiya_Eng
acarvin Andy Carvin
Lots of rumors flying around that Saif Gaddafi plans to surrender to the ICC. Sources are NTC, whose track record has been a mixed bag.
Khadija Ali
So Saif is going to give himself in? #Libya #GaddafiDead
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Worth taking the latest line from the NTC on Saif with a pinch of salt, their track record with him is pretty shoddy…
Khalifa Leebee
AJA not reporting #Saif yet. Al-Arabiya lied before.
Khalifa
I believe #Saif wants to turn himself in to the #ICC when I see him arriving in the Hague.
BREAKING: AlArabiya & Sky News report that Saif #Gaddafi is to turn himself in to the ICC, citing NTC sources. #Libya
AlArabiya has just cited NTC sources as saying that Saif #Gaddafi has offered to turn himself up, but only to the ICC. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Sounds like a plan. Saif and Musa can rot in the hague till they die of “illness”. We got the father.
Mark Miller
Question re: #Saif story is whether the #NTC is lying or it’s being lied to by the remaining Gaddafists. Because I doubt it’s true. #Libya
Ed Husain
#Gaddafi’s son, Saif, did the right thing for once: surrendering to the rule of law. Other options limited! Who else next?
Mark Kersten
I can hear the #ICC’s critics claims about how “cushy” and “comfortable” #scheveningen prison is. #Saif #Gaddafi #Libya
Lawrence
good news if true if #saif is proposing to hand himself in to the #ICC
patriciajaniot:
Saif, el hijo de Gadhafi propone entregarse a la Corte Internacional de La Haya, sengún las autoridades de transición en Libia
SkyNews Sky News
Gaddafi’s Son Saif To Surrender To The Hague
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al Islam is proposing to hand himself in to the International Criminal Court, according to a National Transitional Council official.
Former intelligence chief Abdullah al Senussi is also said to be considering the same course of action.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta, a military official with the NTC, said.
More to follow…
Source:
news.sky.com/home/article/16096763
Charlotte
Seeing is believing, 2 many lies about Saif b4: RT @Reuters #Gaddafi son, intelligence chief want to surrender to ICC
reut.rs/t2M7JR
Reuters
Gaddafi son, intelligence chief want to surrender to ICC
Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council said on Wednesday.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters from Libya.
Saif al-Islam is wanted by the war crimes court, as was his late father. There is also a warrant out for Senussi.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/us-l...
Senior NTC official confirms to Reuters that Saif Gaddafi and former intelligence chief Senussi are to hand themselves into the ICC.
Saif al-Islam #Gaddafi’s & ex-intelligence chief Abdullah #Senussi offer to turn themselves in to the ICC in The Hague, says #NTC. #Reuters.
4Adam Adam
Reuters, again! – NTC says Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the ICC. #Libya
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
Reuters:
#Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the Int. Criminal court
AliTweel Ali Tweel
do u really beleive Saif al-Islam is proposing to hand himself in to International Criminal Court? via @Reuters
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
This sounds like another Elvis sighting. RT@AlArabiya_Eng #BreakingNews: Seif al-Islam suggests to turn himself to ICC:
NezarT
Sanussi and Saif will not recieve a fair trail in Hague. A fair trail for these two can only occur in one place. This place is LIBYA.
ROFL
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya NTC announces mandatory polygamy for all Libyan men #feministsfaint
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
This must be #Saif creating a distraction so he can make his escape
Mushu
Then again Reuters and Alarabiya, with all due respect, haven’t exactly been the best of sources during this revolution. #Libya #Feb17
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~
ICC or not; #Benghazi wants Saif al-Shaytan’s finger he threatened to wipe her out with. #Libya #Feb17
National Post
Local workers fought and died to defend Libya’s oil fields after foreign owners abandoned country
Abdula Altako was killed in March guarding the oil field he worked for, one of the first but by no means the last of Libya’s oil workers to die defending the country’s lifeblood.
Abandoned by their foreign owners during the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, the fields have been watched over by local workers aiming to deter looters and prevent facilities from falling into disrepair.
Altako, who worked for private German oil and gas company Wintershall, was starting his morning guard shift when he was ambushed and shot dead in his car.
“We have a lot of patriots protecting fields. I signed orders that sent engineers out that ended up dying,” interim oil and finance minister Ali Tarhouni told Reuters in an interview.
Full art.:
news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/26/local-...
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
I asked interim min Tarhouni tuesday in Benghazi: How come that there are 2 versions of Saifs whereabouts? And earlier 2 of Mutasims’?
..his answer: ‘We simply do not have a a good media ’machine’, so then these things happen..and despite all of this…we won!’
Hajoor_ Hajer
Hasby Allah Wa Na3m al wakeel, if not enough people died during the war people are now dying because of celebatory Gunfire #NotoCelebBullets
Libya faces a future of mixed priorities
Libyans have mixed feelings about the transitional period and beyond as the country tries to heal from the NATO-aided conflict that saw Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster.
The interim government will have a clear mandate; crafting a new constitution,
organising elections and paving the way for a new Libya.But in the meantime people have a long list of priorities such as safety and security, education and de-arming fighters.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra spoke to residents in Tripoli.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wul1xg2q4OI
malonebarry Barry Malone
Please let’s start resisting the puns on “Saif”… #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
#Breaking: Seif al-shytan suggests to turn himself to ICC: Libya\’s TNC
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#BreakingNews: #ICC says it has no proof that Seif al-Islam wants to surrender himself #Alarabyia #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
#Breaking: ICC no confirmation that Seif al-shytan wants to turn himself in: Libya\’s ICC
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya no independent confirmation on report that Saif al Islam and Abdullah Senussi want to surrender to International criminal court
Via Aljazeera
Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council said on Wednesday.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters from Libya.
Saif al-Islam is wanted by the war crimes court, as was his late father. There is also a warrant out for Senussi.
Saif al-Islam has been on the run since Libyan forces overran his father’s home town of Sirte at the weekend. He is thought to be somewhere near Libya’s southern border with Niger.
Mlegta said his information came from intelligence sources who told him that Saif al-Islam and Senussi were trying to broker a deal to surrender to the court through a
neighbouring country, which he did not name.
-Reuters
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
I got 99 problems but #Gaddafi aint one!!!
Morocco sending TWO airplanes for evacuation of wounded via @Wessimsara #Feb17 #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING: #NTC: Seif #Gaddafi offering to surrender himself to the ICC via @AlArabiya_Brk (Note: Grain of Salt recommended) #Libya #Feb17
cencio4 David Cenciotti
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained: Final Report
wp.me/pEfC-1Fi
BenghazisOwn
Not believing this #Saif propaganda & even if its true we still want that m*****f***** to be executed in Libya.
Lucie Smith
Safest place to be #Saif go on hand yourself in mate. What was that “I’ll die in Libya” that you said. I laughed then at you and I do now.
Patrick
No where left to hide for the killer boy Saif #Gadaffi RT @Reuters Gaddafi son, intelligence chief want to surrender to ICC
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sai AlIslam Is Not going to give up IMO He should know he will never be free again #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Libya
There U have It: RT @4Adam International Criminal Court: We do NOT have ANY confirmation that #Saif al-Islam proposes to surrender. #Libya
Assia
Currently planning #Libya party. Its going to be epic. Trying to pick out center pieces. Pulling out ALL the stops!! #FreedomCelebrations
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Wonder how much money he’s paying RT @FromJoanne: #Seriously I Dont believe this at all: #Saif suggests to turn himself in to ICC #Libya #NTC
Nameer
yeah well most of the time reuters gets their news from stupid sources like al ray.. al aribya sucks too
Snapshot on Libya
paper.li/zaaydi/1298457693
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
WATER IS BACK in #tripoli alhamdulilah
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Tripoli looks much safer then I expected.
4Adam Adam
South African mercenaries, said to have been contracted to help Gaddafi escape from Sirte, are stuck in #Libya acc. to Afrikaans media rprt.
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
If u missed it- Today’s unconfirmed Saif #Gaddafi report: offering to surrender.Recap rumors:killed/wounded/captured/Fled. #Libya
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Seems quite strange to me if Saif would ( or would be able to) contact the ICC in The Hague from Libya..he would be tracked down immediately
France info
La reddition annoncée du fils Kadhafi, Saïf al Islam
L’annonce provient d’un haut responsable militaire du CNT, le Conseil national de transition désormais au pouvoir en Libye. Le fils du dictateur déchu, Saïf al Islam Kadhafi, et l’ancien chef du renseignement libyen, en fuite, proposeraient de se rendre la Cour pénale internationale, à la Haye.
More and source:
www.france-info.com/monde-afrique-2011-...
Please watch
GADDAFI’S MASSACRE
this is to all people who still believe that it was cruel of the libyans to kill Gaddafi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywb5Fedv5O0&fea...
reuters_italia Reuters Italia
Libia, figlio di Gheddafi Saif vuole consegnarsi a Corte Onu reut.rs/vsNpOb
BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News
No confirmation Saif al-Islam #Gaddafi & Abdullah #Senussi proposing to hand themselves in, ICC says – Reuters bbc.in/tjNf0
Tweeting Tripoli
Where do Reuters get their news from, Syrian Alrai TV? #Saif #Senussi #ICC
AHA!!!!!!!!!!!
#SalemJuha head of #Misrata military council on @AJArabic at 3 pm EST, 9 pm Libya time.
Assia
Hearing talk that ppl saying Libyans living abroad shouldnt get positions in the new #Libya. Believe you me, we’re needed.
plemochoe plemochoe
Well anyway now we know why #saif is running like a dog with his tongue hanging out #ohsaifcomeherewehaveasurprisef oryou #libya
Libya 7orra
lol wefaq claimed he was captured though right? So who to believe!!!
Assia
Saif al-Islam is trending! Man, so nice to see something relevant to #Libya again. Thought after #Gaddafi died it would be the end of that
BBC
Dark Ages
It was to this devastation that the Hassan family returned to over the weekend.
Hoping that they would be able to move into their modest apartment near the beachfront, those hopes were dashed as soon as they saw what was left.
Every single building here bore significant bomb, rocket and bullet damage.
The family home, if you could any longer call it that, had a huge hole in the wall where the living room used to be. There was barely a single item worth salvaging from the rubble.
People returning to Sirte have been searching for loved ones
A very angry and clearly upset Dr Ahmed Hassan spoke to me briefly before returning with his family to the tent they now sharewith other families from Sirte in the desert, a short drive to the east of the town.
“I am a lecturer at the university here… What did I do to deserve this?” protested the father of five.
He did not admit whether or not he’d been a Gaddafi supporter.
Read art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15454033
MushuThaLohari
I’m pretty sure we have some pro- #Feb17 Sirtawis. I wish they’d speak up too. Getting tired of all these ex(?)-Gaddafists 1/2 #Libya #Sirte
whining on international media about their properties totally skipping some relevant facts along the way. 2/2 #Libya #Sirte #Gaddaficrimes
flyingbirdies أكرم
Saif to turn himself to ICC after he said “Tz” to ICC when they issued an arrest warrant against him. Can’t believe this! Let’s wait & see
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#SIRTE #FOUND: 267 bodies many of them believed 2have been summarily executed NTC will investigate $ Punish the perpetrators #Libya
LibyaLiberty
This business of #Saif ‘wanting’ to turn self in sounds like typical Saif hocus pocus tomfoolery.That’s right,I said tomfoolery. #Tomfoolery
Fatima
Not believing anything re: Saif #Gaddafi & Senussi till I see them being taken by ICC or by Libyan FF #lIbya
WEELULE
And the initial source as always: REUTERS , they are as good a source as Musa Abrahim, all news agents pls stop using this source
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
WD in Tripolis: Nationalfeiertag mit Rauch
wdintripolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/natio...
Huff Post
When Your Neighbor’s Fence Is on Fire: Gaddafi’s Lessons for Castro
Not only Libyans have watched, over and over, that short video of Gaddafi’s last moments. On this side of the Atlantic, millions of curious eyes have also stared at the scene. In several Latin American presidential palaces it is likely that the death throes of this autocrat have been observed with special attention. We can’t forget that we live in countries repeatedly fascinated, and cheated, by caudillos.
In Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution, for example, the fall of this important ally in North Africa has no doubt generated worry and uncertainty, but also great fear. Lately, all across the country, one of the most popular refrains warns, “When you see your neighbor’s fence on fire, turn the hose on your own.”
More:
www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2011/1...
MushuThaLohari MushuThaLohari
I don’t buy the latest scoop about Saif and Senussi offering to hand themselves to the #ICC,BUT as far as I know the ICC 1/3 #Libya #Feb17
does not have a death sentence, right?So for Saif (+Seunssi) it’s either life imprisonment (ICC), death sentence (Libyan court), 2/3 #Libya
being assassinated (he has plenty of enemies), or staying on the run and looking behind his back for the rest of his life. 3/3 #Libya
acarvin CNN:
ICC tells Reuters they have no idea what they’re talking about re: Saif Gaddafi surrendering. #libya
ViewsUnlimited
it remains to be seen if #saif will ever be tried at #ICC #knowstoomuchtoo
Reuters
Newsmaker: Gaddafi son may prefer surrender to death, after all
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi once vowed to fight and die on Libyan soil, but now he may be ready to hand himself in to the International Criminal Court rather than suffer his father’s gruesome fate.
An official of the National Transitional Council said on Wednesday that Saif al-Islam, the only one of Muammar Gaddafi’s eight children still on the run, had proposed surrendering to the Hague-based ICC, where he is wanted on war crimes charges.
Any surrender would mark another U-turn by Saif al-Islam, an internationally well-connected philanthropist and liberal reformer who turned abruptly into a soldier ready to die rather than capitulate when rebels rose up against his father.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/us-l...
Reuters
Chemical weapons in Libya under guard: NTC
Chemical weapons have been found in Libya by National Transitional Council forces and have been secured, a representative of the movement that ousted the late Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/us-l...
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
‘Today we reconcile together’ says a big billboard in english and arabic, downtown Tripoli.
Geeft Media min Mahmoud Shamam me zijn mobiele nummer kun je t niet bereiken….;(
Can’t reach min Shamam concerning Saif/Senoussi, despite the fact I got his nr yesterday…;(
I blame it on network failure…
MariaGolovnina Maria Golovnina
#NTC humanitarian aid centre in #baniwalid – ppl queuing for water, biscuits, pasta, baby milk, rice, no one wants to talk, grim faces
ICC spokesperson : “We have no confirmation so far. We are trying to get in touch with #NTC to get more information.” #Saif
Cyrenaican ياسين بنغازي
International diplomacy of NTC has been great. Internally working with them is difficult…
Most of hard work, by most I mean all, of this revolution comes from bottom up; local organic initiatives, not executive decisions by NTC
That being said, I am infinitely thankful for invaluable work NTC has done, they helped in keeping ppl living in freed areas, telecom, 1/2
Bringing international recognition, no fly zone, etc. 2/2
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Met Giuma Bukleb and Dr.Mohamed al-Mufti at Libyan embassy went for lunch discussed Libya’s expected interim government and challenges ahead
While I am still optimistic and Bukleb is cautious, Dr. Mufti is concerned about the critical period ahead and seem rather apprehensive
We all agreed that NTC needs to put a clear vision and road map and bring competent people to the government and change people situation
Otherwise disillusionment and frustration will seep into people and will give way to desperation and extremism
Incompetence and lack of vision and clear plan by NTC for the next critical period in Libya will cause chaos and instability
Armed groups in Libya are not a problem if a strong government is competent and able to deliver stability and basic needs to build trust
NTC had an easy ride in past 8months with people but won’t be the case in next 8months, if show incompetence they will face harsh criticism
Bloomberg
Libyan Economy to Contract More Than 50% This Year, IMF Says
Libya’s economy will contract more than 50 percent in 2011 after eight months of fighting that paralyzed its oil industry, the International Monetary Fund said.
“The conflict has had a severe impact on economic activity heavily dependent on hydrocarbons,” which account for more than 70 percent of output and 95 percent of exports, the fund said today in its Regional Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia. “International sanctions and consequent denial of access to foreign exchange have limited the ability to finance imports of goods and services, resulting in severe disruptions in the non-hydrocarbon sectors.”
Read more:
www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-26/li...
Sirtawi
Our colleague, Samia, managed to go to #Sirte to check on her house in #2 (PIC) & Ibn Sina Hptl to see requirements.
pic.twitter.com/PilMgwpZ
Another image from Samia’s house in #2 #Sirte (Interior PIC). #SirteCrisis #Libya #Feb17
pic.twitter.com/QJpD1nvP
CBS
NATO puts off end to Libya air patrols
BRUSSELS – NATO postponed a definite decision to end its bombing campaign in Libya as consultations continued Wednesday with the U.N. and the country’s interim government over how and when to wind down the operation.
Last week, the alliance announced preliminary plans to phase out its mission on Oct. 31. NATO’s governing body — the North Atlantic Council, or NAC — was expected to formalize that decision Wednesday.
More:
www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-20125835/n...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Abdel Majid Mlegta from Zlitan claiming that #Saif is about to hand himself in to #ICC. Anyone else share that opinion? #Libya
Nezar
Russian PM Putin says disgusted by TV images of #Gaddafi’s last minutes – AFP. Vafancollo, who cares!
Sarah
Maybe Mr Saif need a reminder : Journalist asks Saif “They say they will hand you to the ICC?” – Saif Gaddafi “(Toz) Screw the ICC” #Aug23
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Seriously I Dont believe this at all: #Saif suggests to turn himself in to ICC #Libya #NTC
#Musa Kusa DENIED any involvement or knowledge abt #Lockerbie bombing or Killing of Constable #Yvonne #Fletcher #Libya
goo.gl/SBBsF
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#SIRTE #FOUND: 267 bodies many of them believed 2have been summarily executed NTC will investigate $ Punish the perpetrators #Libya
Kim May
Reuters and AP are own by Rothschild family. you wont get real news from either. You will get what they want you to hear.
CNN
U.S. enters Libya, leaves Iraq
U.S. security policy showed the effects of two substantial pivots this past week: ramping down our role in regime transformation in one Arab country even while ramping up our responsibility in another.
First to Libya, where the death of Moammar Gadhafi has finally ended the first act of what promises to be a long drama. As Iraq and Afghanistan have amply proven, collapsing the old regime is the easy part; building a functioning civil society is the real challenge.
Gadhafi’s apparent execution after he was captured, on top of the still unexplained murder of the anti-Gadhafi forces’ commander Abdel Fattah Younis three months ago, highlights the chaos and infighting that still exist in Libya and the need to help the Libyans build a viable state.
Art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/25/opinion/hayd...
National Post
Highest profile Gaddafi son, Saif al-Islam, proposes handing himself to International Criminal Court
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi propose to hand themselves in to the International Criminal Court, a senior official with Libya’s National Transitional Council said on Wednesday.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters from Libya.
Spokesman for the Hague court Fadi El Abdallah said: “We don’t have confirmation about this now. We are trying to contact the NTC for more information.”
Saif al-Islam is wanted by the war crimes court, as was his late father. There is also a warrant out for Senussi.
Read more:
news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/26/highes...
Global Post
South African mercenaries stuck in Libya: reports
South African mercenaries, said to have been contracted to help Muammar Gaddafi escape from Sirte, remain stranded in Libya, according to Afrikaans media reports
Art.:
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/region...
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
why weren’t mercenaries also executed w/ Gaddafi- white south africans?
bilal H.B.
Can anyone remind me why i have to defend my people after killing Gaddafi?I don’t remember USA and UK saying sorry about co-operating with G
Some people need to #OccupyThereMinds before talking trash about others
It does feel like a month long celebrations in Libya every day we celebrate Gaddafi’s death with new ways
i’m Libya and a guy so that makes me a lawyer for Libyan guys
In the famous Gaddafi speech of zenga zenga he said “Kill Kill Kill” so we listened to it he said and did exactly what he ordered
Weapons & Mercenaries & troops & Media & PR campaign & the genral costs of war costed Gaddafi 200 Billions and lost it . you can #OWS
Ghazala
Anyone from Cairo want to go to Libya with me next week?
Libyan UN envoy:
No NTC soldier shot Gadhafi, he died of previously sustained wounds
lyingbirdies
I was in Sirt on 20th & 21 Oct took photos are here bit.ly/n3KYz5 more to be uploaded when I have time
AP
Official: Gadhafi’s intelligence chief in Niger
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s intelligence chief, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has slipped into the desert nation of Niger and is hiding in the expanse of dunes at the Niger-Algeria border, a Niger presidential adviser said late Wednesday.
Abdullah al-Senoussi entered Niger several days ago in a convoy piloted by Tuaregs, the traditional desert dwellers who remained fiercely loyal to Gadhafi until the end, the adviser, who could not be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press by telephone from Niger.
Read more:
goo.gl/Ke2ua
Sarah
Porte-Parole CPI : “Nous n’avons pour le moment aucune confirmation. Nous tentons d’entrer en contact avec le #CNT pour plus d’information”
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
##NATO says; #Libya discussion moved to Friday to accommodate ongoing consultations with United Nations and National Transitional Council
Jalil in #Doha Qatar: "We look forward to #NATO continuing its operations until END of the year.” #Libya
#Jalil now in Doha says: We need help from neighbouring and friendly countries to STOP flight of Gaddafi Loyalists 2other countries #Libya
Qatar MajorGeneral Hamad binAli AlAtiya : Hundreds of Qatari soldiers had joined #Libya rebel forces on the ground battling Gaddafi troops
NEW #Alliance :
“Committee of Friends to support #Libya”
Qatar leads 13 Countries who will work on #Libya territory without sending troops
New Alliance Formed; “Committee of Friends to support #Libya” 13 countries will Help #Libya with training, arming and collection of weapons
Nameer
#seif aint going to be #seif in #Libya he will be seifer in the #Hague
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Regarding Saif, I’d rather believe Wefaq than Reuters/AlArabiya.
Soug ElJumaa celebrations bit.ly/w0Ox9p via @SajaR26 I hope this euphoria never ends, la la la la la la lala..
Tasbeeh شرقاوية
RIGHT NOW: Libyans have been stuck at the Tunisian and Libyan border for over seven hours now. #Libya
Libyans that have left #Libya thru #Tunisia haven’t been able to cross the border b/c Tunisian authorities refusing to stamp entry.
My cousin is at the border, says a fight broke out; a group of Libyan women were refused entry thru the Tunisian border.
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
When my aunt’s husband joked about marrying again because of the husband deficit caused by the war she’d tell him “go fight for your country and if you come back safe and sound, I’ll find you another wife myself”.
Sarah
#SalemJuha head of #Misrata military council on #AJA #Libya
Salem JuHa : “When #Gaddafi knew that the Area 2 of #Sirte was almost totally under FFs control he decided to escape.” #Libya
Salem JuHa : “We were sure Mutassim was in this convoy but We didn’t know for #Gaddafi, it was a surprise.” #Libya
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Misrata Commander Salem Jhay on AlJazeera right now. Love this guy.
Jhay: We received information that Gaddafi was due to leave Sirte, all fronts were commanded to move forward into District 2.
Correction: Jhay said we received information of ‘unusual movement’ in district 2. Info on Gaddafi received around 11 am.
Jhay: Gaddafi was holding his silver gun with his finger on the trigger when the f fighters found him.
Jhay: Tawargha’s residents fled, not in fear of Misrata’s fighters, but in fear of their own crimes.
Jhay: Working with the f fighters was a lot easier than with soldiers, they are more dynamic, more imaginative and more willing.
LIBYAN LEADER GADDAFI SAND SCULPTURE ‘END OF 42 YRS TYRANNY’
Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi within a bunker to mark an end of 42 yrs dictatorship at Puri beach of Orissa.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDJ8TR7C1ZY&fea...
Sarah
Gaddafi’s gold ring with “Safia al farkash” – his wife’s name – engraved on it. #Gaddafi #Libya –
pic.twitter.com/YXHcm53v
ShahrazadKablan Shahrazad Kablan
Sirt..More Libyan prisoners found underground prisons
Are you kidding about Sky News ?? “@MatogSaleh: Im so happy !!! #Gadaffi has died and i have landed a job with SKYNEWS !! :D :D”
il be a producer. Working with Stuart Ramsay :)"
Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam may turn self in to the Hague
The adviser, who could not be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press by telephone from Niger that Abdullah al-Senoussi entered Niger several days ago in a convoy piloted by Tuaregs, the traditional desert dwellers who remained fiercely loyal to Gadhafi until the end.
Both Reuters and the Arab network al-Arabiya are reporting that Muammar Qaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussiare are proposing to hand themselves into the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
A senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council, Libya’s interim government, said that Saif and the intelligence chief, al-Sensussiare, have made the overture to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
“They are proposing a way to hand themselves over to The Hague,” Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters from Libya.
Full art.:
feb17.info/news/gaddafi-son-saif-al-isl...
Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi congratulated Libya in their freedom and says he will travel to Libya in the near future, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast announced on Wednesday
AP
Moammar Gadhafi’s intelligence chief, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, Abdualla Senussi, has slipped into the desert nation of Niger and is hiding in the expanse of dunes at the Niger-Algeria border, a Niger presidential adviser said late Wednesday.
Russia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was disgusted by television images of Muammar Gaddafi’s last minutes and his corpse after death, but stopped short of making any political statements on the issue.
AP
Gadhafi, 69, was buried Tuesday along with his son Muatassim and former Defense Minister Abu Bakr Younis after the military council in the city of Misrata ordered a reluctant Muslim cleric to say the required prayers.
Sudan
Sudan gave weapons, ammunition and other assistance to the former Libyan rebels who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, a response to the slain leader’s support for Sudan’s own insurgencies, President Omar al-Bashir said on Wednesday.
Libya
Libya is asking the UN Security Council to hold up on lifting the no-fly zone it imposed and ending its authorization to protect civilians until the transitional government makes an official request, possibly before October.
Telegraph
Libya’s interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said Wednesday that NATO should extend its air patrols over the country through the end of 2011 due to threat from remnants of Gaddafi forces.
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Fire works in London tonight celebrating Diwali, now whenever I hear banging I assume its celebratory fire even in London :)
Salah Ghaly exclusively sings a song for the injured on Libya Awalan t.v. Channel.
libyanproud libyanandproud
offering to turn himself in
saif hasn’t left Libya yet ;)
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Feeling really sad hearing the AJA interview with Misrata’s military commander… I don’t blame them for treating Gaddafi the way they did
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
AJA interviewt Salem Juha, militaire leider Misrata Revol Strijders, hij was erbij toen zijn strijders Gaddafi vonden, vertelt in detail..
BravoLibyans
IF Saif Gaddafi DID NOT TURN Himself in HE WILL BE DEAD BY This Saturday night reports say..thy know his HIDING PLACE
Azania
Like father like son, he won’t surrender.
Finbarr
Saif, warrior to the death, or until he gets scared and seeks to avoid his father’s fate by surrendering to ICC
BK Matewe
O boima- RT- Gaddafi son may prefer surrender to death, after all reut.rs/tyTsow"
Mushu
It was awesome to be able to choose “Benghazi, Libya (Benina Airport)” as the destination. I even found the perfect tickets! :p
Armchair Arab
I honestly think Qatar is just trying to keep a balanced position with huge iran so close.
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Seïf Al-Islam Kadhafi propose de se rendre, selon le CNT #Libye tinyurl.com/3wutmed
Sarah
GRAPHIC –
Gaddafi answer to peacefull protest.. mA look the smile on their faces – tumblr.com/ZPvHvwB8vVkb -#GaddafiCrimes #Libya
or:
libyafromfrance.tumblr.com/post/1196044...
Abdullah
I should admit that I never used Twitter prior to FEB17. I now need a rehab for the addiction.
Boston News
Hugo Chavez: ‘There is no government in Libya’
CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he won’t recognize Libya’s new government and predicted more war in the country.
The Venezuelan leader condemned the killing of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, whom he had considered a friend. He defended Gadhafi throughout the conflict and strongly criticized NATO’s military involvement in the country.
“For us, there is no government in Libya,” Chavez told reporters at the presidential palace.
“We don’t recognize the government that NATO has installed. It’s installed a government through bombs in Libya and through a genocide … and an assassination,” Chavez said.
Read more:
www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/...
4Adam Adam
Hugo Chavez says he won’t recognize Libya’s new govt. “there is no government in #Libya after Gaddafi”
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
good, because we couldn’t care less what Chavez thinks about us.
Sarah
“No retreat and no surrender”, “Venezuela” #Saif #Joke #Libya –
pic.twitter.com/j8EIC0Aq
dadlani
reuters claims Abdel Majid Mlegta from Zlitan told them Saif will turn himself to ICC – whats your take on it ?
Honeybal
this is what will happen, how, when and where, I have notin 2 say But 4 sure he is protected and will not face his father’s faith.
how did Mr. Mlegta knew what #Saif is thinking about if he is at the boarders with Niger? handing him to ICC will be done by #NTC.
lets think : #gaddafi=rat=sewage-pipe #saif=mouse= Hamster-wheel #libya
Press TV
Saif al-Islam wants to surrender to ICC
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the influential second son of the slain Libyan ruler, and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi propose to surrender to the International Criminal Court.
Source:
www.presstv.ir/detail/206782.html
SUMMARY OCTOBER 27th 2011
10/27/11
10.27.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
Matog Saleh
Boiled Egg.. Humpty Dumpty.#Saif #Gadaffi is shi**ing himself and is scared of the people he once threatened !! #Libya is too good for you!!
hahahaha !! :D .. look at this .. #Bashar in the #Gadaffi outfit !! #Libya #Syria
twitter.com/#!/MatogSaleh/status/129305251059744768/photo/1
Just look at the view !! #Tobruk could be the most amazing city in the World #Libya pic.twitter.com/Me6cVi12
NPR
NPR celebrates crazy forum troll’s decision to practice unlicensed medicine in Libya
A young man with a history of paranoid writings and no combat or medical experience gets an uncritical interview
NPR’s “Morning Edition” profiles Kevin Dawes, a brave young American who went to Libya as a medical aid worker last summer, but who ended up taking up arms against
pro-Gadhafi forces. It’s an inspiring tale of one man’s courage, and also one man’s possible mental illness. Because as numerous NPR commenters have pointed out, Dawes isn’t a “medical aid worker,” he’s an unbalanced Internet forum troll who taught himself rudimentary medicine on YouTube.
Link:
politics.salon.com/2011/10/26/npr_celeb...
Cyrenaican ياسين بنغازي
what in the WORLD…people like kevin dawes FREAK ME OUT
cannot stand these war tourists, angers me so much that they got to see any ‘action’ in libya…the struggle means nothing to them.
bunch of freakin sickos. if you’re not invested in it, if you dont believe in it, get out.
that goes for glory hogs too
MushuThaLohari MushuThaLohari
Sick!
NoonArabia نون عربيه
Protesters in #Hodeida chanted “Oh Ali, you will leave barefoot after #Gaddafi” & “#Gaddafi while leaving take with you Ali Afashi” #Yemen
Libya_Awake_United
Libyans! Roll up you sleeves … The mission just begin! long road is up ahead #Libya #Feb17
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Sirtawi
According to Sahifat Albaida, a group of missing people were found in a secret prison in #Sirte. Still TBC .. #Feb17 #Libya
BRILLIANT:
Can we have an Arabic version of this brilliantly made Bitchometer, please? Courtesy of @rima_misurata.
pic.twitter.com/mKJAbxZB
CBC
ANALYSIS | After the revolution, Libya’s challenges
When they heard the loud booms of the explosions, they would hide. The sound of machine guns sent them running into their parents’ arms.
That was then. On Sunday, these same young people clapped and screamed in delight as the sounds of explosions, this time fireworks, filled the air.
Over the next years and decades, they will be the ones to help transform Libya from dictatorship to democracy.
Taghdi is one of many Libyans who had been living abroad but who have now come back to help rebuild their homeland.
In his case, he had been living in Mississauga and was teaching engineering at York University in Toronto. His daughters remain in Canada, where they study.
“They get a much better education there,” he said. But his goal is to try to change that, so the Libyan students here will have the same advantages as those studying abroad.
“It will not be easy,” a man told me in Tripoli’s Martyr’s Square a few nights ago. “But we have an advantage. We ripped the head off the entire regime here and got rid of it. That means we can start fresh.”
Read more:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/10/26/...
Ordinary people may forget but the oppressed will never forget the oppressor via @Gaddafestrophe
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
NATO did protect civilians and thousands of us are living happily and peacefully now.
Telegraph
Libya: Musa Kusa defends record as leading Gaddafi official
Musa Kusa, the former Libyan foreign minister and spy chief who defected to London, has mounted the first full defence of his record as a leading Gaddafi official and denied charges of torture and murder.
Mr Kusa issued a lengthy statement claiming his innocence of a string of charges from involvement in the Lockerbie bombing to accruing a private fortune.
He said he was “appalled” when Col Gaddafi turned his guns on his own people at the start of the uprising against his rule but “because of the nature of Gaddafi’s rule I was unable to do anything”.
“I have never tortured anyone nor been involved in torture,” he said. “I also had no involvement of any kind or knowledge of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 or the murder of WPC Fletcher in 1984.”
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Oil and Finance Minister Ali #Tarhouni: #NTC is Delaying Exports of natural #Gas until it can satisfy domestic needs for the Fuel #Libya
shadihamid
Really shouldn’t be all that surprising that #Egypt, #Tunisia & #Libya are each Islamizing to different degrees.
Guardian
Gaddafi’s driver on the endgame: ‘He didn’t seem to know what to do’
Huneish Nasr, who served Gaddafi for 30 years, tells how denial and confusion marked the final days of a crumbling regime
Huneish Nasr last saw the boss he served for 30 years standing in the ruins of Sirte looking confused as all hell broke loose around them.
“Everything was exploding,” said Nasr, Muammar Gaddafi’s personal driver, recalling the moments before the deposed dictator was caught last week. “The revolutionaries were coming for us. He wasn’t scared, but he didn’t seem to know what to do. It was the only time I ever saw him like that.”
Still wearing the blood-spattered purple checked shirt he wore last Thursday when Gaddafi was killed, Nasr, a man in his mid-60s, said his former boss could not seem to grasp what was unfolding around him.
“He was strange,” said Nasr. "He was always standing still and looking to the west. I didn’t see fear in him.
“I was with him for 30 years and I swear by God that I never saw any bad behaviour in him. He was always just the boss.
He said he only saw Gaddafi again in September after he left had Tripoli with four other men – Mansour Dhao, Mohammed Fahima (the driver who replaced him), Izzedin al-Shira (a security chief) and Abdullah Khamis.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/ga...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
2 #NTC members who swore on Koran never 2Reveal Location accompanied the 2 Gaddafi’s +Younis body to their final resting place #Libya
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Saw evidence of massive looting of a camp in #tripoli. It happened after Aug 25. nothing left, incredible vandalism. very sad. #libya
camp of a european oil service company in hadba area
Sami Rayes, formerly #LIA (libyan Investment Authority) apparently new CBL (Central Bank of #Libya) governor.
the camp was not looted during uprising.it only got destroyed after fall of #tripoli.saw many similar evidence in recent days
sorry to say, but saw photos that some where the FF themselves(also @ my house).lets follow jaleel and forgive
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
There were people that exploited the lack of security sadly… many were captured by FF
Some were even caught parading as FF but thankfully looting has been quite limited/rare in TIP
MUST READ:
Guardian
The west wrings its hands over dead Gaddafi photos, but war is always hell
The grisly spectacle of Muammar Gaddafi’s death and posthumous career as Misrata’s most popular body art exhibit may not have been very edifying, and news that the deposed dictator of Libya has been quietly buried at a secret desert location has to be welcome.
The Arab spring became The Autumn of the Patriarch, as his dead body haunted the new era. No wonder a Libyan was quoted as saying he has given more trouble dead than alive. Yet the main trouble dead Gaddafi has given is to expose the fundamental shallowness and sentimentality of the western democracies’ support for Arab revolution and in particular our military intervention in Libya.
To get upset by photographs of the dead Gaddafi is to pretend we did not know we went to war at all. It is to fantasise that our own role is so just and proper and decent that it is not bloody at all.
Why have the photographs and films of Gaddafi’s end caused so much fuss and bother? Because they show us the reality of war that we are usually so good at ignoring. In 10 years of wars since 9/11 the worst pictures, the trophy images of the dead and grotesque scenes of roadside slaughter, have been kept away from the mainstream media, to be sought on the internet by those who wish to sup on horrors.
But for once, with the death of Gaddafi, we have seen the face of war, washed in blood, bathed in cruelty. The horrible and haunting pictures of his last moments and his public exhibition simply show us, for once, what the wars of our time and all times look like. If we don’t like what we see we must stop this foolish pretence that war, however “just”, can ever be anything but a brutal mess.
Art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/o...
Mr Saif Toz ou Mme Saifia Tozza
a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4...
Une chanson de la bataille de Bab Laazizia
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...! #libye
Khadija Ali
Google search: “Libyan” ….. Did you mean “HERO”?
Khadija Ali
I have been trying to reach TNC to give them a proposal to remove the mines in Libya but it seems they’re dead!
Anybody know whats going on on the Tunisian-Libyan border? Why aren’t Libyans being allowed to cross?
Radio Netherlands
When is Gaddafi legally dead?
Questions about posthumous legal procedures over the killing of a suspect of international crimes follow in the wake of Gaddafi’s murder. He was suspected by the International Criminal Court of crimes against humanity. But how can international law accomodate his death before his arrest?
Gaddafi’s vast assets beg many questions – not least, of access by victims. Honing its case in on him personally, the ICC found reasonable grounds to believe that Gaddafi was an indirect perpetrator of crimes against humanity. He was at the centre of the court’s investigation.
Suspect dies before arrest
However, the ICC does not provide for cases of death before arrest. The circumstances surrounding Gaddafi’s death are similar to those of ICC Ugandan LRA suspect Raska Lukwiya. He was indicted in 2005 but then killed on the battlefield in a fight between LRA rebels and Ugandan forces in 2006. But the judges’ decision in Prosecutor vs. Raskka Lukwiya is likely to be applied in Gaddafi’s case.
Full art.:
www.rnw.nl/international-justice/articl...
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Remember when Beyonce was payed $2 million in blood money to attend the Gaddafi’s new year’s eve party?
MUST READ:
FP
Libya’s Sexual Revolution
How the uprising turned young Libyan men from hopeless layabouts into marriageable heroes.
When it comes to love, Muammar al-Qaddafi’s Libya was unlucky for unmarried 33-year-old truck driver Ahmed Nori Faqiar.
Lack of means forced him to live unhappily at his childhood home well into adulthood.
“Before, I was not even daring to look at girls as wife material, because I knew I could not afford” to get married, say Faqiar now.
These days, though, Faqiar wears the mismatched camouflage of Libya’s rebels and a dashing bandana on his head, pirate-style. He carries a gun. He is a veteran of battles for Libyans’ freedom from Qaddafi’s regime — and it’s the women who are talking to him.
“Girls around the area come up to you and say, ‘Thank you! You made us proud, you made us happy,’” Faqiar told me one night recently.
Nearby, young women — a group of cousins and neighbors, clustered together, in long skirts and shirts and head coverings — said the same, and laughed about taking their pick of a husband from among the rebels when the war was done.
Before the revolution, young men her age “were just lazing around in the streets, no future. I didn’t care about them at all,” said Esra’a el-Gadi, 20. “Now I look at them in a totally new light — they stood up against Qaddafi. It’s something.”
“Forget doctors and engineers: We want to marry a rebel,” one of the widely circulated text messages goes. “Looking for a rebel to wed?” another SMS asks: “Press ‘M’ for a husband from Misrata, ‘B’ for a husband from Benghazi…”
Read more:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/...
Michael
I wish Reuters would get those NTC members to swear on the Qur’an the next time they say where #Saif is. #Libya
BentBenghazi G
Moussa Koussa (terrorist, rapist, murderer, monster) is now a citizen of Jorda
Boy gets hit by celebratory gunfire bullet in celebrations in Al-Baidah
(Warning: Video is disturbing)
This is first hand proof of what celebratory gunfire can do – KILL. This young boy is riding on a fire truck during celebrations in Baidah when out of no where a celebratory gunshot hit him in the head. His condition is unknown, but seeing as it did hit this young boy in his head it is likely his was killed.
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-boy-gets-hit-by-...
samiyusuf:
QOTD:
“God must #love the #common #man, he made so many of them.” #AbrahamLincoln
SMILE
Statistics:
Last year 4,153,273 people got married……..
Hmmmmmm shouldn’t that be an even number?..
Heba
no one really knows what Libyans have suffered for 42 years including Libyans ! The stories are just too many to tell #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
CN Monitor
How a daring band of anti-Qaddafi activists helped turn the tide in Tripoli
Special report: The small anti-Qaddafi Free Generation Movement took huge risks to raise rebel flag and post video of flash protests. The insights they gained in challenging the regime may help shape a new Libya.
The few anti-Qaddafi activists working secretly in Tripoli during the war knew they were racing against time – and to stay ahead of the intelligence agents hunting them.
They were the enemy within, the “rats” Col. Muammar Qaddafi wanted pursued down every alley and inside every closet.
They didn’t win the war: The rebel military assaults instead came from the east and then the west. But in Tripoli they took grave risks to raise the rebel flag, spread leaflets, and burned pictures of Qaddafi. Perhaps most important, they filmed and broadcast their actions – heartening fellow Libyans and letting the world know that opposition could exist, even here.
Read more:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/201...
Assomood
4 buried bodies found at south of Misrata " Timmina"..the bodies seems to be of civilians from Misrata who been killed by Gaddafi troops…
feb17libya:
Here is a grat segment providing a taste of evidence of mass torture and killings at the command of Mussa Kussa:
Video:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/sharon_lynch/...
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#Saadi #Gadaffi here flirting with his Gay lover #Libya
pic.twitter.com/kM6aG7tW
ArmchairArab Armchair Arab
People talking about Libya being a new Dubai are well intentioned but misguided.
bilal H.B.
“Hey buddy it’s warm in here and every one thinks i’m a hero and say they’re proud of you!” Gaddafi calling Bashar from hell
Guardian
Where is Gaddafi’s vast arms stockpile?
The former Libyan leader amassed an enormous collection of military hardware during his decades in power. Much of it is now sitting virtually unguarded. Is it now destined to end up on the black market?
Soon after the brutal Muammar Gaddafi met his savage and ignominious end, David Cameron spoke of his pride at the UK’s role in the dictator’s overthrow. But was he as
proud of the almost €120m-worth of weapons that Britain had sold to the dictator since 2005, which helped to keep his despotic regime in power?
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/ga...
Telegraph
Libya: exclusive pictures from Misurata by Telegraph photographer Geoff Pugh
Misurata, 125 miles (200km) east of the capital Tripoli, is the last rebel bastion in western Libya. Gaddafi’s forces appear bent on seizing the city and crucially its port, which some analysts say Gaddafi needs if he is to survive a long conflict. Telegraph photographer Geoff Pugh travelled from Benghazi to the embattled city on a fishing boat, and sent back these exclusive pictures.
Men carry the coffin of one of 23 people killed in a Grad rocket attack on the Ghasr Ahmad district of Misurata
Click here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleri...
honeybal
When I think to my self how we managed to live in #Misratah for 6 months with #Gafdafi closing all the ways in and out including an under attack port, I come to the conclusion that mighty has planed all of this, how?
Well, Mis is a logistic point for imported food, fule, medical supplies…..
On 19.2.2011 when the uprise took place after the funeral of my cousin Khaled who was shot in the 1st peaceful demonstration, there ware 1500 new chinese pickups parked at the football yard, this was and still used to fight Gad. forces with arms mounted on it.
There was food ready to be distributed to the near by cities, food enough for the city for 9 months, this food was used to fed not only Misratis but also the effected foreigners
There ware lots of medical supplies as well, which was used until help arrived from abroad,
All of this made me think the timing and this facilities was not by accident, there is some one behind
Some one called God.
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Great event happening in Dubai on November 8: Friends Of Libya’s Children Football Match #Dubai #Libya RT
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Guardian
Sirte hotel killings may amount to war crime, says UK defence minister
Nick Harvey tells MPs it is ‘virtually impossible’ for Britain to investigate murder of 53 people by anti-Gaddafi forces
The circumstances surrounding the death of Muammar Gaddafi must be properly investigated, and the murder of more than 50 people by forces opposed to the former Libyan dictator in a hotel in Sirte could amount to a war crime, senior British defence officials have said.
Art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/si...
GADDAFI’S MASSACRE
this is to all people who still believe that it was cruel of the libyans to kill Gaddafi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywb5Fedv5O0&fea...
AliTweel Ali Tweel
that’s it, first thing I will do when I get my first salary is getting a 2way internet satellite then stopping my LibyaTT contract.
Hanan
Gaddafi Tank runs over car killing family- Benghazi.
Reminder to sympahizers why Gaddafi met the fate he did :
Libya Benghazi tank passes through the two young men in the car
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgxo4LX5kI
Sky news
Sky News Traces Gaddafi’s Last Stand In Sirte
Sirte is utterly destroyed. In just a few weeks this pristine show town, the birthplace and beneficiary of Colonel Gaddafi’s largesse, has been reduced to rubble.
A tsunami of fighting has swept this seaside town away. Those returning to the battlefield are picking through the rubble looking for anything they can salvage.
I visited here a few months ago under the control of Col Gaddafi’s minders. The people said they would fight to the end in support of the “Brother Leader”.
As the rebels advanced they warned the citizens: “Give up or face annihilation.”
Art.:
m.sky.com/skynews/article/news/16096980
News 24
Putin voices ‘disgust’ at Gaddafi coverage
Moscow – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed his “disgust” at the global media Wednesday for its graphic coverage of ousted Libyan leader Muammar
Gaddafi’s death.
The overwhelming favourite in next year’s Russian presidential elections told an election campaign meeting that he found the TV coverage immoral and blamed journalists for failing a basic ethics test.
Art.:
www.news24.com/World/News/Putin-voices-...
Daily Mail
Found, Gaddafi’s chemical weapons: Deadly arsenal was hidden despite pledge to Blair
The tyrant made the ‘Deal in the Desert’ and promised to get rid of his WMDs
Mr Blair defends his decision to embrace Gaddafi by trumpeting the idea that he forced the dictator to give up his weapons
Full art.:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-205398...
News 24
Niger ‘obliged’ to co-operate with ICC
The Hague – Niger has an obligation to co-operate in bringing to justice Libyan fugitives Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi, wanted by the International Criminal Court, a court spokesperson said on Wednesday.
“There is definitely an obligation on Niger to co-operate as it is a state party to the Rome Statute,” the ICC’s founding document, said Fadi El Abdallah.
But he slapped down media reports suggesting either man wanted to hand himself
over to the ICC, saying he had “no information or confirmation.”
Read more:
www.news24.com/Africa/News/Niger-oblige...
Malta Today
South African mercenaries aiding Gaddafi escape ‘fled for lives’ to Malta
An unknown number of South African mercenaries reportedly fled to Malta by boat from Tripoli, after finding themselves ‘stranded’ in Tripoli when rebel forces entered the city last August.
Reports appearing today in the South African media say that three groups of South African former military and police officers were contracted by a company “close to Gaddafi” to assist in the ousted dictator’s family flight to safety.
According to South Africa’s News24 website and Beeld newspaper, the three groups of mercenaries were recruited to provide armed security to Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam, who is currently seeking a deal to hand himself over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Art.:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/2011/1027/so...
News 24
SA men in Libya ‘helping Gaddafi’s son’
Johannesburg – Elements of the group of South Africans allegedly involved in the late Muammar Gaddafi’s failed escape attempt last week are apparently still taking care of one of Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam.
Al-Islam and his brother, Mot’assim, were at their father’s side all the time as he moved first from Tripoli and then between various hiding places in his home town of Sirte.
Al-Islam was generally regarded as his father’s successor.
Read more:
www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-men-...
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
france says a proposed extension of NATO’s mission in #libya would be studied… Request made by NTC
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#UN security council meets today in #NewYork to vote an end to #Libya operations by #Nato
libyanproud:
Breaking : Jalil arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia . #Feb17 #Libya
BBC: Tunisian court frees the detained former Gaddafi prime minister Al-Mahmoudi, a lawyer tells Reuters #Libya #Tunisia
dovenews Libyan™
Oman to give refuge to Gaddafi’s family. #Libya #Oman
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: #Tunisia to decide on November 23 on #NTC request for ex-PM Baghdadi extradition to #Tripoli
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Breaking: Austrian Airlines not to resume flights to #tripoli before 1 Feb 2012 #libya
#Lufthansa not to resume flights to #Tripoli before 1 february 2012 #libya
I guess other #airlines will also not resume flights to #tripoli any time soon. but, i always like to hear positive surprises…
With no international #airlines except #turkish resuming flights to #tripoli, travelling to Europe remains a two days adventure #libya
Been at the #Libyan Ministry Economic Affairs in the morning: Nobody taking any decision right now. everybody waiting for the new govt.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
In Few Minutes. 15nation UN Security Council will Vote on #Russian drafted resolution 2 END U.N.mandate which set No-Fly zone over #Libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: Ex #Gaddafi PM Baghdadi released on appeal from #Tunisia jail
BREAKING: Ex #Gaddafi PM Baghdadi has been released from #Tunisia jail, but will have to wait for Nov 23 on extradition case to #Tripoli
Malta Today
ITV documentary says Gaddafi emissary ‘packed’ US$2 million for IRA in Malta
A Libyan government emissary reportedly made a stop-over in Malta earlier this year to pack some US$2 million into a suitcase that was later handed over to Irish
republican dissidents.
According to Exposure, an ITV documentary series broadcast on British television – Gaddafi, who sent ship loads of weapons to the IRA in the 1970s – wanted to exploit the growing unrest in Northern Ireland as a means of attacking Britain for supporting the overthrowing of his regime.
A source at the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, told the programme’s producers that in June – at a time when Gaddafi’s forces were suffering regular Nato bombing raids, and half of his country was in the hands of rebels – a Libyan courier flew into London carrying a heavy suitcase, inside which were bank notes wrapped in plastic, which were allegedly “packed in Malta.”
Read more:
goo.gl/GHJ9Y
Nasr
Qatar will play a major role in rebuilding Libyan army, but will Qatar also influence the building of political institutions?
Will Libya become a protectorate of the tiny gulf state?
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
To understand why #Qatar has and is playing Major role in #Libya this is a good analyses goo.gl/UP0R3
France 24
Arab Spring activists win Sakharov prize
The laureats are Mohamed Bouazizi of Tunisia, awarded posthumously, Egyptian militant Asmaa Mahfouz, Libyan dissident Ahmed al-Zubair Ahmed al-Sanusi, Syrian lawyer Razan Zeitouneh and Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat, the source added.
Libyan dissident al-Sanusi, 77, spent 31 years behind bars for opposing Moamer Kadhafi’s regime.
Read more:
www.france24.com/en/20111027-arab-sprin...
Reuters
Gaddafi son seeks aircraft to surrender: NTC source
DUBAI (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya’s southern desert so he can turn himself in to The Hague war crimes court, a source with Libya’s National Transitional Council said on Thursday.
A fearful Saif al-Islam, 39, went on the run at about the time his father met a grisly death a week ago, apparently at the hands of vengeful Libyan fighters. He has indicated he is ready to surrender to justice, as has ex-intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, NTC officials have said.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7...
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi son seeks aircraft to surrender -NTC source
Will a grad rocket do the job?
RTE News
How social media captured the death of a despot
A week after the capture and death of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, RTÉs deputy foreign editor reflects on the role social media played in the coverage of the events.
Via Twitter feeds in words and pictures they told of the offensive from the ground. Guns were being fired into the air as joyous fighters claimed victory over the regime.
Others climbed lampposts flying flags of the new Libya. Within a couple of hours by midday word spread on Twitter and into the mainstream media that Gaddafi had been captured.
Unconfirmed’ was the key word for establishment newswires and broadcast media as social sites like Twitter contributed to the reporting of a story, which would later be confirmed, incredibly, almost in its entirety.
It was the speed of the new media and the immediacy of reports from those on the ground that brought the events to light.
Full art.:
www.rte.ie/news/2011/1026/libyasocialme...
Gaddafi’s Last Stand: Sky News Retraces His Final Steps
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay has been to Sirte in Libya to retrace the final steps of Colonel Gaddafi.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyTOONuqMKk&fea...
Matog Saleh
Once again i just want to thank everyone who has helped #Libya throughout this long revolution.We appreciate it and wont ever forget it
So happy that i witnessed the whole Libyan revolution and most of it was at the front lines.Now for a new challenge in #Dubai
Jalil
he was in Qatar yesterday and it would have made sense to just nip into saudi as its next door :)
Its been a week since #Gadaffi died.. How Sad !! NOT :D :D #Libya
Al-Arabiya: A Tunisian court frees detained former Libyan PM Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi. #libya
(AFP) – Un groupe de mercenaires SA se trouve toujours en #Libye et tente d’exfiltrer #Saif, affirme le quotidien sud-africain Beeld jeudi.
(AFP) – A group of SA mercenaries is still in #Libya and attempt to exfiltrate #Saif, says South African newspaper Beeld on Thursday.
The Libyan National Army Visits to (Ras Jdair) Tunisian Border -
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g80-RZN9wck&fea...
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Tunisia frees former Libyan prime minister -lawyer
- A Tunisian court has freed former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi despite an extradition request from Libyan authorities, his lawyer said on Thursday.
“The court ruled to free him from prison,” Mabrouk Korchid told Reuters. Confirming the report, a judicial source said al-Mahmoudi was now a free man.
Link:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
libyanproud libyanandproud
ICC: Niger is obliged to cooperate with ICC in bringing Libya’s Saif al-Islam to justice. #Feb17 #Libya
my son got bitten by a mosquito on his eyelid, 2days and still puffy. what do I do ? Note: I’m in tripoli
I used twitter to identify weapons during #Feb17 now I’m using it to find remedy for mosquito bite.
Trust.org
UN to end mandate for NATO military operations in Libya
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council plans on Thursday to end its authorization for a 7-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The plan to cancel the mandate comes despite a request from Libya’s interim government for the Security Council to wait until the National Transitional Council makes a decision on whether it wants NATO to help it secure its borders.
Read more:
goo.gl/6SRyK
blakehounshell
“If the Libyan war was about saving lives, it was a catastrophic failure
libyanandproud
Take cover Blake
FreeBenghazi:
Looks like Gaddafi had #BBC talking head, Abdel Bari Atwan, on a post-mortem retainer.
libyanandproud
+1
FYI: read it here(Arabic):
goo.gl/bfYD7
libyanproud libyanandproud
Reuters report not rumor, or wait ….
Reuters the source of all rumors
libyanproud libyanandproud
I can confirm that The Sudanese sent at least two shipments of AK-47’s to #Benghazi between March and April
thank you Sudan for being the first to send arms
For the record: Sudan was the first country to send #Libya Freedom Fighters arms. #Feb17 #Libya
EAAZuz
#Libya n tweeps, stop apologizing 4 Gs death, 7 days ago..get over it. 2 join civilized world: yesterday=past / tomorrow = future
Wizard Of Technology
The FFs say " we knew #Gaddafi was inside #Sirt, but we kept it secret all time, so we could successfully finish the mission"
NYT
Rebels Said to Find Qaddafi Tie in Plot Against Iraq
When Tripoli, the Libyan capital, fell, rebel fighters found secret intelligence documents linking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to a plot by former members of Saddam Hussein’s military and Baath Party to overthrow the Iraqi government, according to an Iraqi official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The details of the plot were revealed to Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, this month in a surprise visit to Baghdad by Libya’s interim leader, Mahmoud Jibril, said the official, who demanded anonymity because the matter was supposed to be confidential. This week, Iraqi security forces responded, arresting more than 200 suspects in connection with the plot.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/world/middle...
Via Aljazeera
The UN Security Council plans on Thursday to end its authorization for a 7-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The plan to cancel the mandate comes despite a request from Libya’s interim government for the Security Council to wait until the National Transitional Council makes a decision on whether it wants NATO to help it secure its borders.
The 15-nation council will meet at 10:00 am EDT 1400 GMT to vote on a British-drafted resolution, obtained by Reuters news agency, that would terminate the UN mandate which set the no-fly zone over Libya and permitted foreign military forces to use “all necessary measures” to protect Libyan civilians.
If the resolution is approved, as expected, the UN mandate would lapse on October 31 – Reuters
The French defence minister has said he does not see a need to extend NATO’s mission in Libya, now that Muammar Gaddafi is dead and a new government is in charge.
Gerard Longuet said on Thursday that the international community should still help the new Libyan leadership but with a new mandate, focusing on political instead of military support.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Was talking to a Misrati earlier and people in #BinWaleed took Misrati families in and kept them safe when Misrata was being attacked #Libya
Cant wait to get back to #Tobruk tomorrow.I promised that when #Gadaffi was gone we would have a massive bbq.a whole lamb!Cant wait!! #Libya
Al Sununu
In Arabic there is a saying “you can’t offer something you don’t have”. If u r expecting anything from the Arab League please be realistic.
Reuters
Blog: Did Gaddafi “pass away” or was he executed?
LibyaLiberty
He committed suicide by rejecting exile and amnesty.
Al Arabiya
The fear that Islamist parties will dominate
The victory by Ennahda in Tunisia’s elections and the speech by Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, on the day he declared the country
had been liberated from the rule of Muammar Qaddafi, are raising anxiety about the future of democracies in both countries.
However, what some have called the “Arab Spring” might turn into the dominance of Islamist parties
When they take power, Islamist parties usually want to eliminate freedoms by imposing a certain type of lifestyle, as in Iran, when the Khomeini revolution toppled the Shah. Some of those who supported Khomeini at first wanted democracy and freedom, and they ended up either in prison or outside the country.
Building a modern state should not be left to Islamist hard-liners, because they have nothing to do with modernity and progress
But the anxiety over their behavior remains legitimate and there is hope that we will see, in the future of Libya and Tunisia, freedom and accountability remain the principle that dominates the revolutions in these countries.
Full art.:
english.alarabiya.net/views/2011/10/27/...
Al Arabiya
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi wants plane to surrender; Tunisia frees ex-PM al-Baghdadi
Muammar Qaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya’s southern desert so he can turn himself in to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a National Transitional Council source said on Thursday, while it emerged that a group of South African mercenaries are still looking after Saif al-Islam.
The source also said Saif al-Islam, 39, wanted the involvement of a third country − possibly Algeria or Tunisia − in a deal to get him to The Hague. “He wants to be sent an aircraft,” the source said by telephone from Libya. “He wants assurances.”
Reports that Al-Senussi passed from Niger into Mali were circulated on Thursday by security sources from both countries.
“Abdullah al-Senussi has arrived in the Malian desert, from Niger,” where he was believed to be hiding under the protection of some Tuaregs, a Niger security source said on condition of anonymity.
The information was confirmed by a security source from northern Mali, who said Senoussi was travelling with a small group.
It was not known if Saif al-Islam was travelling with the group.
South African mercenaries, who allegedly took part in Muammar Qaddafi’s failed escape bid, are still “taking care of Saif al-Islam,” the Beeld newspaper said Thursday.
The South Africans were hired by a company with close ties to Qaddafi, training his presidential guard and handling some of his offshore financial dealings, the Afrikaans-language paper said.
South Africans have also reportedly been involved in transporting Qaddafi’s gold, diamonds and foreign currency to Niger, and helping his wife and three of children flee Tripoli, the paper said.
Any surrender would mark a U-turn by Saif al-Islam, an internationally well-connected philanthropist and liberal reformer who turned abruptly into a soldier ready to die rather than capitulate when rebels rose up against his father.
“We fight here in Libya; we die here in Libya,” he told Reuters Television in an interview earlier this year.
He now appears to prefer the prospect of a Dutch prison cell rather than risk falling into the hands of NTC forces.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
nanoufijrindou
SYRT :
Repas gratuits pour les trolls venus nombreux présenter leurs condoléances
Photo:
goo.gl/8IS2I
L’ambassadeur #libye en #Inde emprisonnait les étudiants
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...!
A SYRT Le trésor de l’Etat était réparti entre famille kdadfa seulement
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CB4fGPhABxU : #Libye
Aicha ,maman Safia et les autres , retour à l’origine
Photo:
goo.gl/sCo2J
Les bédouin à la belle étoile sans la khaima
Photo:
goo.gl/Z4363
La vie du chateau n’a pas duré
Photo:
goo.gl/rHMrp
Malek
#LibyanFacts:
Mom calls looking 4 ABORTION tabs 4 Rape Victims in #Libya. Pain&suffering lasts a lifetime! #Libya #TalkAboutSympathy4Gaddafi
maha
thanks Malek – this subject must come out in the open now.
maha
genocidal gaddafi also funded the then struggling/decent ANC of south africa
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
#NATO operations in #Kosovo #Libya #Afghanistan are reminder that modern security challenges do not stop at our borders.
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: Source tells #NYT that #Gaddafi had contacted #Baath loyalists and planned overthrow in #Iraq. News given to #Maliki by #Jibril
#Iraq arrests 200 in connection to #Gaddafi #Baath plot to overthrow government
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
A Job fair in #Tripoli. :) Coming soon
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta government takes it upon itself to dismiss reports on #SA mercs escape to #Malta from #Libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta government takes it upon itself to dismiss reports on #SA mercs escape to #Malta from #Libya
Malta Today
Government dismisses press reports on South Africa mercenaries, Gaddafi money
Government has taken it upon itself to dismiss foreign media reports that South African mercenaries contracted to escort Col. Gaddafi to safety had fled to Malta after finding themselves stranded in Tripoli.
Earlier, MaltaToday reported South African media reports that mercenaries recruited to aid Muammar Gaddafi in his escape from Lbbya had arrived “late” in Tripoli when rebel forces took control of the capital, and had to flee for their lives by bribing a boat operator to take them to Malta.
In a statement, government said that there “is no veracity in these claims and there has been no such unauthorised landing of persons from Libya.”
Afrikaans-language newspaper Rapport said South African and Libyan officials were investigating reports that at least 19 mercenaries, and as many as 50, had been contracted to provide an armed escort for Gaddafi, in an operation that one alleged mercenary described as a “huge failure”.
Government also referred to another story revealed by ITV documentary ‘Exposure’ , aired on British television last September, that a source at the British foreign intelligence MI6 had told the programme’s producers, that in June – at a time when Gaddafi’s forces were suffering regular Nato bombing raids – a Libyan courier flew into London carrying a heavy suitcase, inside which were bank notes wrapped in plastic, which were allegedly “packed in Malta.”
It was alleged that the Gaddafi emissary then travelled to London and pass on the
money to Irish republican dissidents. The report suggested that Col. Gaddafi wanted to exploit the growing unrest in Northern Ireland as a means of attacking Britain for supporting the overthrow of his regime.
The Maltese government’s statement said that “there is also no information or indication that Malta earlier this year was used as a staging ground to transfer funds from Libya to Northern Ireland as alleged by certain foreign media.”
Source:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/2011/1027/go...
Wizard Of Technology
#BBC Arabic now in #Tripoli #FM 91.1 MHz. With #English hour at 14:00 #Libya #news #Embassy
bilal H.B.
#NTC promises to capture and trial the man who is responsible of killing Gaddafi. If i caught G i would of arrested him but don’t blame him!
For all of those who care the African mercenaries issues in #Libya my next tweets is about this “touchy” subject.
Today i spoke with the responsible of taking care of the captured African mercenaries with the presence of Human rights watch representative
The representative told me that he only care about the suspects who are mostly innocent African migrants and want to set them free and that>
He doesn’t care about the real mercenaries and want them jailed because they are dangerous criminals if we let them go they will continue>>
Killing innocent people throughout Africa and they are professional trained killers and we are now trying to recognize the innocent and the
Guilty so we can trial those responsible and free the innocents.
youngamazigh
RT: Gaddafi’s killer is a hero, not a villain! the killer of our oppressor is our hero! #libya #feb17
libyanandproud
The person who killed #Gaddafi is a HERO and NOT a criminal ! #Feb17 #Libya RT
If true it’s a PR stunt, Alarabiya didn’t mention which NTC official, if happens there libyans will protest 2 release “hero”
its PR :) noone is going to be tried since 5000000 libyans are willing to confess to the murder
Matog Saleh
Me crossing Tripoli Street in #Misrata #Libya
pic.twitter.com/F1aDFO2e
Myself in #Sirt #Libya
pic.twitter.com/4LKcIisq
NTC should honour the guy that killed #Gadaffi and put his picture on the new Libyan money !! #Libya
Stuart Ramsay and I in #Benghazi at the day of Libya’s Liberation #Libya pic.twitter.com/iEz7VNiI
#Sirt has been damaged !! Seriously !! #Libya
pic.twitter.com/rkE0wb8N
#Saif !! What happened?? thought you said to the Libyan people forget the petrol and gas!! changed your tune a little have you? :D :D #Libya
he is just looking for a way out now..Begging to be handed over to the ICC
Wait NTC please.Lets take a second here !! Get all Gadaffi’s criminal mates on trial and then the HERO that killed him !! #Libya
KC
10000+ RT “@libyanproud: The person who killed #Gaddafi is a HERO and NOT a criminal ! #Feb17 #Libya RT”
KC
I don’t believe Saif #Gaddafi is ‘willing to hand himself’ in to the ICC or ‘willing to fly’ to the ICC – he is taking us for a ride. #Libya
bint-trablis
Personaly I think it his only choice … If he leaves Libya they will hand him .. If he stays he will be killed
KC
OK – which NTC member made this announcment about trailing Gaddafi ‘killers’ U R joking ? Is this a halloween #TrickOrTreat ?
We shall soon find out.
Anonymous Watcher
Libya: I think the #NTC are bowing to undue international pressure over the killing of #Gaddafi – no one else has gone on trial for killing dictators during a revolution – those who killed the Romanian dictator were not arrested but hailed as heroes.
KC
I hate Polytricks – I mean Politics ! #Libya #ICC #Doublestandards #UK #USA
libyanproud libyanandproud
Correction : All weapons delivered to #Libya by #Sudan were delivered to Ismail Sallaby in #Benghazi . #Feb17 #Libya
RazanSpeaks:
Historians who study Islamic history ONLY from non-Islamic sources confuse me."
KC
Tell me about it
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Chavez is saying he refuses to recognise #Libya’s NTC. O but how will we ever survive?! Cry cry..
mileskahn
Wait a minute. Hillary Clinton goes on a surprise trip to Libya and later that week Gaddafi turns up dead? SHE’S BATMAN.
Aljazeera
Libya’s new rulers said on Thursday they would prosecute the killers of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi following the international outcry over the circumstances of his death.
“With regards to Kadhafi, we do not wait for anybody to tell us,” said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of the ruling National Transitional Council at a news conference in Benghazi.
“We had already launched an investigation. We have issued a code of ethics in handling of prisoners of war. I am sure that was an individual act and not an act of revolutionaries or the national army,” the top interim official said.
“Whoever is responsible for that (Gaddafi’s killing) will be judged and given a fair trial.”
—AFP
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Libya leaders to try #Qaddafi killers: NTC #Alarabiya
#BreakingNews: Muammar Qaddafi\’s killers will be put on trial: NTC
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Pictures: inside Mohamed Bin Lamin’s prison cell in Abu Salim jail
Photo’s:
goo.gl/r0mul
Video:
Some Time in #Tripoli
goo.gl/aEaJi
“Reuters:
Blog: Did Gaddafi “pass away” or was he executed?
bit.ly/nUuTLd”
LIBYAN
or who gives a flying monkey RT
Abdulhameed
Benghazi is kinda quiet ever since the Liberation day, no wonder tho, she’s been busting her ass off the last 8 months serving this rev lol
Mushu
#Gaddafi was Libya’s version of Adolf Hitler. I hope they both are burning in Hell. #Gaddaficrimes #Libya
AJELive:
HRW condemned “a serious massacre” after finding 53 bodies, apparently of Gaddafi loyalists #Libya
Rima
As opposed to an unserious one?
Reuters
Gaddafi son surrender would pose challenges to ICC
Negotiating the surrender of Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, would present logistical and security challenges to the world’s top war crimes
court which is examining various possible scenarios to bring him to trial.
Transporting Saif al-Islam to The Hague will pose additional logistical problems, however, given the remote area where he is believed to be hiding.
But if he arrives in The Hague, Saif al-Islam would be also required to appear in court for an ‘initial appearance’, where he would be formally charged and informed of his rights.
Read more:
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/27/uk-li...
LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
Just finished help loading 60 FFs in a Moroccan Air Force plane. Thank you #Morocco for look out for your neighbor not like Alg….. #Libya
I am Uploading a Video of FFs being transported for treatment courtesy of #Morocco. Again Thank you #Morocco.
In a few hours another plane coming in from #Iran to take wounded #FFs and civilians. They will take 200 in total. Thank you #Iran #Libya
المملكة المغربية تنقل 60 جريح ليبي للعلاج
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9CeUjy5mv0&fea...
OK its time for me to take a 1 hour nape, then its time to help load Iranian and Qatari Planes, taking wounded FFs and Civilians GN or GM
Mushu
Exactly a week ago #Libya became deGaddafinated. #AlHamduLiAllah #AllahuAkbar #Feb17 #LibyaLiberationDay
Reuters
UN ends mandate for NATO military operations in Libya
More:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...
NTC
Mushu
They want a trial, they ought to get a big enough courtroom to fit ~6mil. Libyans in. G was killed with our blessings. #Libya
I hope and pray that #Syria #Yemen #Palestine and every oppressed nation will feel the same joy we felt on #Oct20. #SincerelyLibya #Freedom
nanoufijrindou
Urgent : Al Arabya : Saif toz toz et Abdallah sanoussi décident de se rendre CPI et pour cela ils demandent 1avion spécial à La Haye #libye
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
Reports quoting #NTC officials say that #Seif is seeking an aircraft to pull him out of desert and turn himself in to #ICC
USUN US Mission to the UN
LIVE VIDEO: #UNSC votes on a new resolution on #Libya:
goo.gl/DiCWT
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Saif asking for #Algeria #Tunisia aid to get him to #ICC. “He wants to be sent an aircraft,” “He wants assurances.”
BREAKING: #UN security council has voted the end of #Libya operations
sharon lynch
funny how on thursday it went from who gets the reward money to yesterday who is the war criminal to today we all are. #whokilledgaddafi
libyanproud libyanandproud
@USAmbNATO Thank You ! Sincerely a Free Libyan
KC
I don’t think it was our FFs who killed #Gaddafi. Libyans need 2 stay vigilant, read between the lines. Some1 wants 2 smear our FFs & #Feb17
oldmommatajuri
AGREE There are people out there with an agenda and it didnt stop with G’s death. They want to make divisions among Libyans.
Wasn’t there something about NTC stepping down once freedom declared? Now it should be a committee. UR Not keeping ur promises NTC.
KC
Exactly !
KC
May Allah (SW) protect our Revolution from hypocrites and fitnah – expose the liars, hypocrites and mutasaliqeen ! #Libya #Feb17
We must stay united & have faith ! Allah (SW) is with the Truth. He sees and hears all – may Allah foil the plots of the hypocrites. #Libya
Ask Allah to expose the hypocrites, liars, thieves & ‘mutasaliqeen’ – those trying to ride the wave. Nobody can ‘hijack’ #Libya
Free Libya
NTC can keep saying things to make us look nice to the outside world, but if they even think of actually doing this trial, ya welhoom.
LibyaLiberty
#DearGaddafisKillers: Possible defense theory:You accidentally slipped on the puddle of 50,000 Libyans blood, inadvertently firing the gun.
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
AlArabiya reporting that NTC will place Gaddafi’s killers on trial. I’m starting to wonder how credible either of them are.
Free Libya
Gaddafi killers -——> the saviors of Libya.
Sarah
Never thought that one day I would’ve said Thank you NATO .. #Libya #Feb17
Sarah
Didn’t #NTC say once whoever caught #Gaddafi dead or alive won’t be put on trial or something like that ? Or was it only for Gaddafi thugs?
DonGiobello:I even recall an around 1.8 US M reward!”
Sarah LFFR
True !
LibyaLiberty
#WhoKilledGaddafi? #Mutassim. (hey, pops,let’s hide out at home.No one would ever suspect- is that a FF holding a gun?)
SMILE:
fcukruna
I killed #Gaddafi.
Ahmed
So did I…and my friends…and my neighbours and…. and…and…..and…..
but I did not shoot the deputy…woo hoohoo
AJELive AJELive
United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to end no-fly zone, protection of civilians mandate in Libya. aje.me/jMZYMN
Al Arabiya
NTC says Qaddafi’s killers to face trial; Algeria and Mali call for peace in Libya
Libya’s ruling National Transition Council pledged on Thursday to bring the killers of deposed leader Muammar Qaddafi to trial, Al Arabiya TV said.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his visiting counterpart from Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, on Thursday said they would cooperate with the new Libyan authorities and called for peace there.
Bouteflika and Toure expressed their “readiness to cooperate with the new Libyan authorities” – whom they described as “brothers” – “in the mutual interest of their peoples and as a contribution to the strengthening of peace, security and stability in the whole region,” a joint statement said when Toure left.
The two heads of state “joined in their wishes for a rapid settlement of the crisis in this country, in line with the aspirations of the Libyan people, and respect for unity, integrity and sovereignty,” the text said, according to the APS news agency.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
Tweeting Tripoli
When Zuma visited Gaddafi, he brought a mini Army with him. He probably went home alone.
pic.twitter.com/jCETcwmp
AP
UN votes to lift Libya no-fly zone on Oct. 31
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to lift the no-fly zone over Libya on Oct. 31 and end its authorization of military action to protect civilians.
Full art.:
goo.gl/1J5A1
cnnbrk CNN Breaking News
Security Council removes mandate for #Libya military action.
on.cnn.com/vNPXns
Khadija Ali
Charity Event at the Tripoli Exhibition tomorrow!
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
tiger brigade said retreated from site of hotel massacre #sirte for 2 hours and returned to the 53 dead loyalists
NTC promised an investigation of massacre #sirte, but bodies already buried in a mass grave
FP_Magazine reporters already being threatened by local loyalists for snooping around for #gaddafis grave, next step shrine.
ever ridden in one of these?
pic.twitter.com/K6zC3LgA
convertibles can kill!
pic.twitter.com/DVJOCK86
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Identity of #Gaddafi’s killer no secret in Misrata. Most seem proud of him. None would surrender him for arrest #Libya
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
but which one of these chest puffed thwar is really the killer and which just put a bullet in or a stick, or imagined himself
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
just drove on ghargharesh: groups of teenagers planting trees+bushes and cleaning the road. very nice… #tripoli
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
NTC has to conduct an investigation in G’s death because they don’t want a culture of summary executions.. (1)
Secondly, they have to prove to the world that they and we (libyans) genuinely care about law and human rights (2)
And lastly, many ppl found the videos disturbing. I just wish they hadn’t filmed it – learn from Obama re BinLadin (3)
apparently that’s all the world cares about. The videos of his capture and his corpse being displayed.
I hope that there will be an investigation, and that trial is acquitted b/c lack of clear evidence re who is clearly responsible.
With all this said, where are the trials of those who killed Ahmed Yasine, Bin Laden, and the many other Alqaeda and PLO members.
Seems we are expected to create a Libya that has the same bureaucratic issues the west doesn’t want.
Mark
If they hadn’t filmed it, they would have been as bad as all the gov’s we are protesting against. 1/2
We all killed Gaddaffi, and good riddance! Some people NEED to die!
Paulo
I don’t agree with executions but the truth is that there was a reward and an amnesty to whomever caught Gadaffi dead or alive
dovenews Libyan™
NTC: Foreigners are not allowed to provide security for the Libyan oil fields. #Libya #NoNeed #Good #iAgree
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~
by BintTarablis
Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais issued a statement on #Libya. I’ll post it in Arabic & translate it to English later :-) #Feb17
Matog
Gaddafi’s Last Stand: Sky News Retraces His Final Steps i am in this video !!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyTOONuqMKk&fea... via @youtube
Matog Saleh
heroes get HUNG! omar almukhtaar was hung !! So glad gadaffi wasnt .. so glad he was humiliated and killed without even resisting
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
King Idris Senussi’s car
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=30IpBDpiC5Y&fea...
ShahrazadKablan Shahrazad Kablan
Muammar Qaddafi\’s killers will be put on trial NTC. OUTRAGEOUS.. NTC GET READY TO PUT ALL OF LIBYA ON TRIAL.
Wizard Of Technology
No more nofly zone over #Libya, now we can fly free like birds without fearing of been blocked at airport or spied on by #Gaddafi Intel.
I can’t wait any more, I miss Eindhoven as much as I miss Dusseldorf.
You will notes in the coming few day, lots of #Secrets #Scandals coverup theft and #MoneyLaundry piping up 2 the surface….tanks to #Saif
Nasr
#Sirte partied lavishly for 40 yrs. no the party over & it ended with a bang. #Libya #SayNo2Tribalism #SayNo2Defectors
20arb11 who lives in #Netherlands is going to find out abt #Libya ns in Hospitals
FP
What the Libya intervention achieved
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, leader of Libya’s interim National Transitional Council, declared the end of the war and the liberation of Libya on Sunday following the controversial death of Moammar Qaddafi. Judging by the tenor of discussion in the United States, you would think that this was an unmitigated disaster — a humiliating end to an illegal war which prevented the UN from acting in Syria, massacred civilians and opened the door to state failure, warlord violence and reprisals, and radical Islamist tyranny
Full art.:
lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/2...
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
with ne noflyzone lifted, commercial air travel to #libya might become more easy from now on.
Being asked three times by journalists today if France, Britain, US, etc. will get ALL the contracts in Libya now. My guess: no
And by the way, it is to early to talk about contracts. First basic infrastructure must work. #libya
Dr.Tumi, prominent #libyan lawyer, told me today: “tell your companies to come back after Jan1 2012. It´s gonna be early enough.”
Civil Servants at #libyan ministry of econmic affairs all say they don´t know where former minister #Huwej is. Disappeared completely.
To give an idea where to start: Most desks at #Libyan Ministry of Economic Affairs don´t have a computer.they were looted.lot of work ahead.
People from #Zintan in #Regatta: What is there to celebrate now ? Lifting of noflyzone ? pls. stop shooting big bullets into the air.
NYT
Dictators Get the Deaths They Deserve
“ALL political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure,” wrote Enoch Powell, the controversial but often perspicacious British politician, “because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.” But the political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader long after his retirement is a private matter, but the death of a tyrant is always a political act that reflects the character of his power.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/opinion/qadd...=all?src=tp
Tweeting Tripoli
April fool again? Did I hear NTC prosecuting the Tyrant’s killer? He’s from Benghazi and Gaddafi sent an army to kill him. #selfdefense
NTC, give the killer the damn 2 million $ you promised. #NTC #bounty #Gaddafiisdead
BBC
Sudan armed Libyan rebels, says President Bashir
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says his country gave military support to the Libyan rebels who overthrew Col Muammar Gaddafi.
In a speech broadcast live on state television, Mr Bashir said the move was in response to Col Gaddafi’s support for Sudanese rebels three years ago.
Sudan and Libya have had a complicated and frequently antagonistic relationship for many years.
Libya was declared liberated on Sunday, two days after Col Gaddafi’s death.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15471734
Tore
Reactions on the death of Gadaffi explained.
On the Death of Gadaffi
On a personal level
Personally I felt sympathy for Gadaffi seeing his final moments alive. He looked like a confused old man, weak and at the mercy of his captors. I am not used to seeing such intense images. That is in no doubt a reason for my emotional reaction.
However my mind knew that for Libyans this was not an old and weak man. This was the symbol, the icon of their 42 years of oppression. Images of this man was everywhere. He was the one who had kept them silent and petrified in fear for 42 years. He was the one that ordered the public hangings seen on TV in their childhood. He was the one who insured that many of the injustices they grew up with went unpunished because the assailants were protected by someone close to him. He was the one who ordered rapes and killing of their friends, relatives, family, in fact all Libyans that stood in his way.
If I were a Libyan and I had captured him, would I have kept him alive? Would I have been able to restrain those around me with perhaps even stronger scars resulting from his rule? Would I as a commander have had enough control over my collection of civilians turned fighters? Would I have been able to control the pent up emotions of a firefight that ended just seconds ago to control those around me and myself? 42 years of horror could end if I just pull the trigger. How could I not kill him?
If I were in that situation, I hope I would be able to do all of the above, and not kill him, but I can not be sure of how I would react. Perhaps if he in fact was executed instead of dying from his wounds, the man who did it robbed other Libyans of revenge and justice. Seeing him behind bars, having him answer for the deaths and sorrow he has caused them might have been better.
Then again Gadaffi was not only a tyrant to the Libyans. He was a man who imposed himself on them like a false God. Perhaps he called his regime secular, it was most certainly not. God’s other than Muammar were grudgingly accepted. Muslims were not allowed to freely practice their religion like they are in secular societies in Europe. The Green book was the Koran or Bible of Libya, the Koran was that other book grudgingly accepted. Too much focus on on a holy book other than the green book, too much focus on a God other than Muammar, could be dangerous.
If Gadaffi were sitting in some jail in Europe or Tripoli, who among the Libyans would deep down in their hearts feel safe from the reach of their false god. What if he escapes or gets released? What if some of his people hear me talking?
Perhaps for many Libyans, seeing Gadaffi dead was the only way for them to feel safe from his reach.
I think many in the wider world react emotionally like I did, however without necessarily taking time to understand the wider context which I believe I do. Hence their reactions
might be difficult to understand for Libyans.
On Wider reactions of his death
They have been as expected. Though some Libyans might not know, or understand why organizations care about the death of Gadaffi. I will try to explain this further.
That Libyans celebrate the end of 42 years of Gadaffis rule is only natural. I’m also happy for them, and would love to go to Libya to celebrate with them. If anyone thinks they are celebrating the death of a frail old man they need to learn some empathy, or read what I’ve written above.
Some Libyans have said things amounting to the following: “If they care about how Gadaffi died, why didn’t they care about Abu Salim, or speak out about OBL death or when we were slaughtered by him, or….. etc….?” “Why do they want an investigation of Gadaffis death when they didn’t investigate him killing us or that country doing that etc…?”
This line of argument irritates me, perhaps since I have seen this argument so many times made by Israelis and 5 year olds. The Israelis say “they shoot rockets at us, so why shouldn’t we bomb them?”(Often heard in relation to Gaza) This argumentation from adults from a supposedly enlightened democracy annoys me since it appears so prevalent.
5 year olds are sticklers for rules. “He hit me first, or he took the toy too or whatever.” 5 year olds are cute, and their thinking is part of childhood development. I try not to start cuddling them for being cute before explaining the situation to them. Children like to feel that their thinking is taken seriously.
Libyans have more often than not been stuck in a place with no news from outside other than regime approved since February. They are excused. Also Gadaffis death was so exhilarating for them that they tend to take offense when others don’t agree. They also feel they need to defend their emotions, since Libyans are human too, and their reactions are only natural. This is all understandable. They are forgiven, and don’t need to explain their joy, at least to me. But I hope they soon will start thinking, or at least talking differently about some things. Not their joy, but about the way they defend the death of Gadaffi.
The reason the world is concerned/reacting has many reasons. And the reaction is not particularly strong. But to understand some of the reactions one must remember the following:
Libyans themselves wanted the rule of law to prevail. The UN Security Council in
resolution 1970 referred Libya to the International Criminal Court. That means what happens in Libya is under the jurisdiction of the ICC. The ICC after investigating in record time, called for the arrest of Muammar, Saif and Senussi. They were believed to have committed crimes of war, humanity etc. It is hypocritical of Libyans to say that the world didn’t investigate Gadaffi. They did and have just started. Crimes committed by those opposing Gadaffi are also a subject for the court. The court and the Law does not take sides in a conflict. That is how it is and how it should be. Killing of prisoners of war is a war crime, and thus falls under the jurisdiction of the ICC.
The ICC only takes cases if the jurisdiction, in this case Libya is unable to deal with them it self satisfactorily. So in theory if someone executed Gadaffi, they can be brought before the ICC. I don’t think that will happen, but please understand that if you want rule of law and democracy you can’t always have your cake and eat it too.
In this case I hope the Libyan or Libyans whom, if it happened, killed Gadaffi and Mutasim, and other prisoners who deserved it due to mass rape etc., don’t run around bragging about it. This would force the ICC to take action, and pressure the NTC to act.
The governments I have heard mentioning anything related to this have called for transparency into what happened. But in reality they would rather it didn’t lead anywhere as long as it does not set an example for others to take revenge into their own hands. We don’t want Libyans taking the law into their own hands. Most governments prefer not to mention the manner of his death at all if they can avoid it.
As for the Rights organizations HRW and Amnesty. Libyans please get off their backs. These organizations bring to light abuses all over the world. They also did in Libya, both before and after the conflict started. They are concerned about human rights. They don’t care about which human, all humans are equal to them. Gadaffi was human, however much it pains us to belong to the same category. He was human, he had rights.
You should make sure they can work in Libya, and set up your own organizations as well. They are essential for developing a democracy.
Armchair Arab
Guy on libya al ahraar just referred to libya as the ‘jamahiriyah’ guess it’ll take a while for the old terms to be forgotten.
Tweeting Tripoli
I heard Jalil saying there’ll be 2 M $ + Amnesty for whoever kills or captures Gaddafi. Do they have short memory?
foreignoffice Foreign Office (FCO)
Foreign Secretary @WilliamJHague: Ending the no-fly zone & civilian protection provisions demonstrates that #Libya has entered a new era
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
WD in Tripolis: Special Luggage Service Hotel Corinthia bit.ly/tPlmXY
Being asked often these days by journos: “Will Austrian companies suffer because of Austria´s close relations to #Seif?” Any remarks?
Mushu
Anyone got more info on the underground prisons (with prisoners in them!) reportedly found in Sirte? #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
Telegraph
Libya: stockpiles of chemical weapons found
The NTC said the chemical warheads had been secured and would be made safe by experts.
“They are from the Gaddafi era and are under guard, until they can be handed over,” an NTC representative said at a meeting between the council and NATO representatives in Qatar.
The discovery of the munitions proves that Gaddafi had refused to give up his weapons of mass destruction despite promising Tony Blair in 2004 he would relinquish
them in the ‘Deal in the Desert’.
Full story:
goo.gl/quupk
LibyaLiberty
Damn you, Gaddafi. Even dead, you’re making us trouble.
Sarah
Libya Al Ahrar – #Zliten Freedom Fighters gave up their weapons. #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
Q+A-How prosecution of Saif al-Islam would play out
AMSTERDAM Oct 27 (Reuters) – Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is trying to negotiate his surrender to the International Criminal Court, a source with the National Transitional Council told Reuters on Thursday.
How would the legal process unfold?
WHAT IS SAIF AL-ISLAM CHARGED WITH?
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
went to #Sirte. In area 2 there is not one building that has been spared. It makes it impossible for hundreds of families to return home.
Malek
LibyanFacts: Court in Benghazi in March already sentenced Gaddafi to death by gun shot! OUR HERO EXECUTED THE SENTENCE perfectly! #LIBYA
Khadija Ali
They are launching what seems to be missiles or cannons outside! Ridiculous!! #Tripoli #Libya This is after a night of #celebullets!!
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Libya to protect oil fields
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
Euronews
Geneva: Libya’s new flag raised at UN
Libya’s new flag was raised on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Due to be named in the next 10 days, Libya’s new government will be represented by the tri-colour flag used from 1951 until Colonel Gaddafi introduced a green one, 26 years later.
Video:
www.euronews.net/nocomment/2011/09/21/l...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Fear and wrangling hamper Libyan oil output recovery
goo.gl/y2YJT
Remember this?
Businessman offers $1.3 million for Gaddafi’s capture
Aug. 24 – Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil says a local businessman is offering two million dinars ($1.3 million) to anyone who catches Gaddafi. The rebel council also says it is offering an amnesty to any of Gaddafi’s entourage who kill or capture him. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4LQyqOc6Bs&fea...
Wizard Of Technology
Kids are back from the fronts and live is back to normal, there is about 100 #Bikers in
Video:
www.twitvid.com/9AMSA
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Analysis: Surrender of #Qaddafi’s son would pose challenges for ICC
goo.gl/HdzDH
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#NTC Ghoga: “We have issued a code of ethics Whoever is responsible for #Gaddafi’s killing will be judged and given a fair trial.”
Foreign companies insist on their own security that is up to Western standards this is a requirement for doing business in #Libya
AFP
The weapons hunt begins in Libya
Life is beginning to return to normal in the Libyan capital Tripoli following the capture and killing of Moamer Kadhafi on October 20. Police have been redeployed throughout the city and are manning checkpoints set up to ensure that former fighters are disarmed.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI3IhLHWPPY
Tweeting Tripoli
I wonder who got the Bin Laden reward?
Libyan Ambassador to the #UN, Dabbashi: #NTC will not tolerate with any violations of human rights in new #libya. #feb17
derek_brower Derek Brower
Libya after Qaddafi: A new timetable | The Economist
economist.com/node/21534813 <<-my piece for this week’s Economist. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#NTC expects the new Cabinet to be in place in 2 weeks #Libya
#UN currently has 10 assessment missions looking at #Libya’s needs
Hend_ELSherif
Its a lovely feeling to know that this year #Libya will have a peaceful Eid with a strong taste of freedom
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Ludricous ! “#Saif wants a plane to surrender” Each time I read this I cant help laughing What a Joker that man is Just like his Dad #libya
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from those who are not fighting.
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta military to assist new #Libya in Med rescue operations and navy coordination.
Sarah
#Tripoli : Water is back in AbuSleem Area. #Libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta attends Friends of #Libya conference in #Doha
Misaratah
ThursdayNight
BackToNormalLive YAMEN best Pizza in town
twitpic.com/76mz3j
twitpic.com/76n295
Wizard Of Technology
I strongly call on MAJ head of NTC to visit #Sirt and comfort the people there that a rebuilding of their city will start with other cities.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
One thing the #NTC now wants is THEY want to run the show in #Libya and NOT any foreign country in which or what ever form #IAgreeUpToPoint
bint-trablis
the problem on the ground is every one wearing military uniform thinks his orders must be obyed !!
Amool
Rome wasnt build in a day :) Libyans will need allot of Sabr :)
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Oh Remember how Media used to keep mentioning how there was a civil war raging in #Libya Now the nay sayers tell me they expect it in 2 yrs
Andrew Szep
Give him Saif the plane on the condition it stops over in Misrata.
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
Palestinian doctor: “A call to #Libya’s revolutionaries, #Palestine has yet to be freed” pic.twitter.com/vbpq7Zgd
OmarAlMukhtar Omar Al Mukhtar
Did you know? With a population of only 6million, #Libya is known as the country with 1million people to have memorized the #Quran.
Matog Saleh
Just look at this man !! Mostafa #Abduljaleel we love you !! Just so humble and elegant !! #Libya
pic.twitter.com/5IBs3Mr7
Here he is again !! #Abduljaleel #Libya needs you !!
pic.twitter.com/ucL2zdwY
Just look at his smile. #Abduljaleel comforting an injured FF #Libya pic.twitter.com/ZPwQFAut
Evan Hill
AFP reporting that NTC vice chair Abdel Hafiz Ghoga says whoever killed Gaddafi will be put on trial. #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Before putting anyone who killed 1000s of Libyans on trial? Let’s start by Mansour Daw, Abozaid Dorda, Mahdi Arabi,… Etc etc
CFKlebergTT Carl Fridh Kleberg
Will that be before or after the promised mil $ NTC bounty for #Gaddafi’s head is forked up? I mean, it may affect how to invest.
Very true:
THerwees Tasbeeh شرقاوية
“The only difference between Gaddafi’s death and those of so many other tyrants across history was that it was filmed with mobile phones.”
TheyCallMeSof
I didnt have a single family member in Benghazi,but I srsly felt at home.I’ll nvr forget my time there during the beginning of #Feb17 #Libya
Mushu
I love it when a non-Benghazian praises my city. Makes me smile every single time :’) #Libya #UNITY
First I was getting spammed by non-Libyan pro-Gaddafi idiots, now it’s time for non-Muslim anti-sharia idiots. Aw, man… #thisisgettingold
Wounded ff’s in Netherlands:
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
their treatment will be coordinated from the Emergencies Hospital in Utrecht in Netherlands.
Gadhafi’s Intelligence Chief in Mali
Officials in Niger say Moammar Gadhafi’s intelligence chief, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is now in the West African nation of Mali.
The officials, who did not want to be identified, say Abdullah al-Senussi passed through Niger and into the Malian desert with the help of ethnic Tuaregs, who were mostly supportive of Gadhafi during his time in power.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/gadhafis-intelligence-c...
omar
Amazing Vid
Rally: Libya Desert Challenge 2009 – Enjoy the Magic
2009 – Raid Libye – HD
Video:
youtu.be/H1C5bci9tXc
Armchair Arab
Who would have really thought when we heard him make that speech that he’d get his just desserts for what he’s done.
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
crazy eh? Time changed so quickly…He went from pounding on podium to begging for mercy…
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
If #Saif #Gaddafi were 2slip in2 #Niger or Tunisia ICC members Governments obligated 2arrest him #Algeria is not member #libya #TroubleAhead
All dads are smart, they know where to look:)
Khalifa Leebee
Teaching daughter long division. Iam the smartest dad alive. Thank you #Google. Thank you #Youtube.
Armchair Arab
I heard from other accounts that Gaddafi wasn’t actually leading the fight, and only came out of hiding a couple of days earlier.
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
Wow- Memorable Moments -Tripoli chanting for Benghazi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDf1opyzxLs
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Nice: “ICC is responsible for transfers to #Netherlands Upon arrival of suspect #Saif #Gaddafi in Netherlands we give logistical support
youngamazigh
benghazi youth singing :) one of my all time favorites. #feb17vid
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6QdZgPSSso&fea...
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
oh my god that almost had me in tears :’)
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
several #NTC fighters told me they were impressed when they found out that #Gaddafi was on the battlefield & had not escaped to remote area
#Libya #Feb17 | A photo that says it all. Taken in #Benghazi on #Feb20: pic.twitter.com/2zl4gges
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#LOOK what I found Footage #Gaddafi speaks English interview aft coup d’Etat Sept1 1969 #GaddafiSpeechProblem
Video:
goo.gl/eNO4h #libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=eWg084YdCpE
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Frankly I am So relieved #Gaddafi is deader then dead but quite looking forward to Saif AlIslam ICC Trial in #The #Hague #Netherlands
WyreDavies Wyre Davies
Bizarre. Despite the pix & evidence some believers claim #Gaddafi isn’t dead! – even naming the “double” as Majid Ali Al Andalus from Sirte.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
It would have been worse if NTC had not displayed Gaddafi 4 so long It took #Gaddafi supporters 3 days to admit he was dead
#Interpol has sent alerts to all 188 member countries along with information on how to identify #Saif Gaddafi Abdullah al #Senussi #Libya
#ICC Cell contains bed desk bookshelve cupboard toilet handbasin Detainees can use computer but cannot access email or Internet #Saif #libya
This will soon come in Handy I Hope :) ICC Sitemap goo.gl/xpK8S #Website of International Criminal Court in #TheHague #Netherlands
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi is now Niger side of Libyan border – Senior NTC official via @itvnews
cswift2
Mansour Dow said #Gaddafi asked “why can’t I speak to #BBC?”. If only he knew how much we wanted to speak to him! #libya #Dau
#Sirte in Ruins 26 Photos by @flyingbirdies flickr.com/photos/flyingb… #Libya
#Speechless: flickr.com/photos/flyingb… Disabled Freedom Fighters Great Shots by@flyingbirdies Devastated #Sirte #Libya
Another amazing wallpainting1 for yr blog
pic.twitter.com/pT7dxuQC pic taken by @MatogSaleh #Tripoli #Libya
Free Libya
Gaadafigoons just keep coming back! A taboor khames guy randomly shooting near a checkpoin in hai al andalus. Thuwar on checkpoint tried to
Calm him down, he reacted by shooting directly at the checkpoint guys. Which resulted in the thuwar retaliating back and shooting him dead.
Zeinab FT
A Zinten FF told me he wants to go home& get married, I askd why dont you marry someone from here, he said w nseeb banat Zinten l meno #CUTE
whats up with all the crazy gunfire in #Seyaheya? are we celebrating something or should I be worried? #Tripoly #Libya
crazyyyy gunfire in #seyaheya, sounds like clashes and not celebratory! #nothingtocelebrate #whatisup
OMGMGGGGGG LOUDDD EXPLOSIONS IN MY AREA!! #SEYAHEYA!
went up the roof, why the heavy gunfire? R we celebrating something?
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
probably an idiot firing a dskha or a 23.mm which sounds alot like an explosion into air… Bunch of morons
50 Libyan War Casualties will be send to Netherlands Hospital coordinated from the Emergencies Hospital in #Utrecht
SUMMARY OCTOBER 28th 2011
10/28/11
10.28.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
NATO Secretary General statement on end of Libya mission
Press Release (2011) 136
Issued on 28 Oct. 2011
Today, we confirmed the decision taken by the North Atlantic Council a week ago. Our operation for Libya will end on October 31. Until then, together with our partners, we will continue to monitor the situation. And if needed, we will continue to respond to threats to civilians.
We have fully complied with the historic mandate of the United Nations to protect the people of Libya, to enforce the no-fly zone and the arms embargo. Operation Unified Protector is one of the most successful in NATO history.
We launched this complex operation faster than ever before. We conducted it effectively, flexibly and precisely with many partners from the region and beyond. And we are concluding it in a considered and controlled manner — because our military job is now done.
I want to thank our commanders and our servicemen and women, for conducting this mission so well, so carefully and with such dedication.
We have done this together for the people of Libya. So they can take their future firmly and safely into their own hands. Libyans have now liberated their country. And they have transformed the region. This is their victory.
Of course, they still have a lot of work to do – to build a new Libya, based on reconciliation, human rights and the rule of law. A democratic Libya for all its people.
But the world stands with them. And NATO stands ready to help, if needed and requested. To help Libyans reform the security and defence institutions that all democracies need to remain free and safe.
Update:
Telegraph
Libya’s new rulers said yesterday they would prosecute the killers of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi following the international outcry over the circumstances of his death. Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, the vice-chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), said whoever killed the former dictator would be “judged and given a fair trial”.
Reuters
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday canceled its authorization for a seven-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The mandate was terminated despite a request from Libya’s interim government for the Security Council to wait until the National Transitional Council made a decision on whether it wants NATO to help it secure its borders.
AP
Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief who is wanted by Interpol fled to Mali overnight after making his way across Niger where he has been hiding for several days in the country’s northern desert, an adviser to Niger’s president said Thursday. The official, who could not be named because of the sensitive nature of the matter, said that Abdullah al-Senoussi entered Mali late Wednesday via the Kidal region, which shares a border with Niger. He is guarded by a unit of about a dozen people and arrived in a convoy piloted by ethnic Tuaregs from Mali.
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Senior NTC official says Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has crossed into Niger from Libya
Rima
Wish I was in Misurata for the carnival
all the misuratan katibe are returning and they’re having a big celebration. v happy for them but wanna be there!
Memorable moments of the Libyan revolution Message from Mohammed Nabbous.
Allah Yarhama
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EXALI60hg
Armchair Arab
Has it sunk in yet?…..GADDAFI IS DEAD
Mushu
Blah blah crusaders blah blah NATO blah blah doomed blah blah traitors blah blah imperialism blah – and did I say crusaders? #GaddafiGoons
#GaddafiGoons’ life philosophy: Repeat #GaddafiLies times infinity in hopes someone will believe you. #IncurableStupidity
Ghazi Gheblawi
sure we need law and government to organise the armed groups, people won’t support any instability by any of them
Long read:)
Imtidad امتداد
LibyanChronicles (5)
“I’ve never witnessed such rain in all my life!” that’s what most Libyans will tell you when talking about the amount of rain the country has seen in the last few weeks since Gaddafi was toppled. Libyans consider rain a good omen, in a country where 90% of its land is a dry desert; it’s not surprising that any drop of rain will be cherished
and interpreted as a blessing from heavens, especially when many will admit that the evilness of Gaddafi kept rain away from falling on the country. And I must admit that I myself have never witnessed such rain in my life!
Link:
www.imtidad-blog.com/search/label/Chron...
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~
In my head, I have repeatedly killed #gaddafi ever since I was placed on earth. Does @NTC_of_Libya want to try me first? #lunacy #libya
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
HAHAHAAA. As tempting as that sounds, I’m thinking it may be borderline crazy..
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
All my day dreams for as long as I can remember were scenarios of me killing Gaddafi, now I’m so lost…
I can see myself being really old, living in Libya, and still having to pinch myself to believe it.
N_Benghazi نائلة كيلاني
Dude. He’s dead.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C91L0_5diQ
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Libya WAS known as #Gadaffi. NOW #Libya means a country full of heroes who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Heads shud be held up high!!
Hiba El-Gamaty
Wasn’t there something about arresting people if they fire celebratory bullets? They should intro a fine or something at least
Abdulaziz
There are many challenges ahead in new Libya, dont get distracted by their magnitude & sheer number. Just focus on being the best you can be
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
several #NTC fighters told me they were impressed when they found out that #Gaddafi was on the battlefield & had not escaped to remote area
just quoting what pple told me..
last few hrs of #NATOs mission in #Libya. very risky timings. #NTC will have to tread carefully.
Khadija Ali
There is nothing worse than being awaken by blaring music! Especially at 12:52am!!!! I am tired and want to sleep :( #Tripoli #TurnItDown
I mean come on they had all day to party. They always like to scare you with their music even when at weddings :( #Libyans
Prayers are not annoying nor have they ever disturbed me :) plus you’re supposed to hear the call to prayer to get up & pray
Now lets rain bullets on people because we haven’t experienced enough violence & we don’t have enough injured/dead people! #NoToCeleBullets
actually I feel pretty tired when I don’t get up to pray. I need my 5 dosages of daily prayers to live that’s what I’m used to :)
I have the urge to go outside & grab their Kalashnikov from them! I mean I’ve had enough violence to last me a lifetime! khalaaasss!!!! :S
Soug al-Joumaa is partying apparently…
Nothing has been done to solve the problem in Soug al-Joumaa & the #celebullets here are horrid! #NoToCeleBullets
Syrt devenue une ville fantom
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...! #libye
Saif toz et Abdallah Snoussi au #Mali
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E8a12mm6UxU #libye
Telegraph
North Korea bans citizens working in Libya from returning home
North Korea has banned its own citizens working in Libya from returning home, apparently out of fear that they will reveal the extent – and final outcomes – of the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world.
Pyongyang had a close working relationship with the regime of Moammar Gaddafi before the popular uprising that unseated him. That revolution was completed with Gaddafi’s death at the hands of insurgents last week – leaving Kim Jong-Il as one of a dwindling band of old-fashioned dictators on the planet.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia...
RT
Libya’s former UN ambassador fears for life in jail
A former Libyan PM and Ambassador to the UN now in NTC custody in Tripoli has suffered broken legs and other injuries following what relatives claim was a murder attempt by guards.
The news comes just days after some 300 bodies of alleged Gaddafi allies were found in Sirte, raising concerns that the NTC has sanctioned political executions in the fashion of the Gaddafi regime they rebelled against.
Read more:
rt.com/news/abuzed-omar-dorda-879
Hague hails ‘new era’ for Libya
Libya has a “historic opportunity” to build a state where human rights and fundamental freedoms are protected, William Hague has said as the UN voted to lift the no-fly zone.
The allied military action that began on March 17 to protect Libyan civilians will finish next Monday after a unanimous vote by the UN Security Council.
The Foreign Secretary described the new resolution as “another significant milestone towards a peaceful, democratic future for Libya”.
He said: "Ending the no-fly zone and the civilian protection provisions demonstrates that Libya has entered a new era.
Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/artic...
Neale
reference 2 deferred civ-war. I never saw libya as civil war, jus war vs G, as proven by fact that fighting ended with his death
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~
The following tweets will be my attempt at vaguely translating what the Sheikh said..
Sheikh al-Sudais: I have seen a lot of comments against the Libyan Revolutionaries in various places.. #Libya 1/5
Sheikh al-Sudais: in regards to their killing of #gaddafi & his son. This is misplaced sympathy & ignorance of Islamic law. #Libya 2/5
Sheikh al-Sudais: B/c #gaddafi was in a battlefield (war) & had weapons in his possession, was injured & died from his wounds. #Libya 3/5
Sheikh al-Sudais: EVEN if he was not injured & had been caught, it is sound/ just to have killed him; This is better than.. #Libya 4/5
Sheikh al-Sudais: to have handed him to non-Muslims who would have put him in jail
& his survival would’ve been the door to evil. #Libya 5/5
Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais ws born in KSA & imo 1 of the greatest Quran reciters of today..very influential man.
Mushu
The hottest garbage bags ever. Special #GaddafiMafiaEdition: pic.twitter.com/1JjNmSpu
Anthony
How many lives did the person who shot Gaddafi save? How many nightmares did he survive? No-one in #Libya saw him shoot anyone @ShababLibya
Batool بَتُـــٌولْ
The guy who threw his shoes at #Bush got sent to jail. The boy who killed #Gadaffi faces prosecution. Lol? No Surprise. #Libya
Libyanorama
trying to be optimistic and doing my best to make something could help Libya to be better..that’s how I express my love to her
World’s Longest Substitution?
In February 2003 Canada played Libya in a friendly soccer match. The Libyans were particularly grateful as they were having difficulty in attracting opponents to play them at home. So grateful that a few moments after Canada made it 3-1, Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libya leader Muammar al-Gaddafi and member of the Libyan national soccer team, when being substituted out of the match, made the point of shaking the hand of every single Canadian players on the field before he departed. He wasn’t done there, proceeding to shake the hands of all of Canadian coaches, staff and players on the bench. And to prove that he’s not without a sense of humour, check out what he does at the end of the video to the Libyan police officer..
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybA8XpWYV1A&fea...
freelibyanyouth
Final list of injured from #Baniwalid battle:
docs.google.com/open?id=0B59bBvk62JShZWE3NWZhZmItYjJjN i00YmJkLWFjYmQtY2NlNDkxZGZiNWQ z &
or:
goo.gl/NF67S
final list of martyrs:
docs.google.com/open?id=0B59bBvk62JShNmY1NTIxNGMtMDA2Y y00NjJhLWIxNmMtNzVlOGVmMmVmNWU 2 –
or:
goo.gl/W7TMn
#BaniWalid resident : “We were lied.. totally brainwashed. They told us FFs were extremist & Al Qaida killers. We were blind.” #Libya #Feb17
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” #Libya #Feb17
#RevolutionMemories “These men wearing jeans, talking internet, Facebook, we made fun of them, but they proved their dignity” #Libya #Feb17
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
“If we die in battle then we win as martyrs. If we live after the battle then we win as free men. The only way we lose is through surrender”
Sarah
I can’t remember what I was doing before #FEB17 .. I feel like I have been Tweeting for years …
One of the injured Freedom Fighters in #France hospital – #LibyanHeroes #Libya – pic.twitter.com/tBpFMArR
Something I’ll never forget : How happy the Freedom Fighters are when you visit them :’)) #Speachless #Benghazi
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
The US will take care of 24 wounded Libyans. Saturday they will be transferred to a hospital in the city of Boston
additionaly, Italy, Spain and France will take as well casualties to their hospitals.
according to the New #Libya n authorities Netherlands can take back their helicopter that was confiscated in #Sirte in Feb.
Telegraph
Libya: Saif al-Islam moves into Niger in quest to surrender to ICC
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, fearing for his life if captured in Libya, has crossed into Niger and is trying to arrange a flight to the Hague where he plans to hand himself into the International Criminal Court, a senior Libyan official has said.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
J Weekly
Strange bedfellows: Gadhafi and pro-Israel groups
Now it can be told: For the last decade or so, the Jews had secret back channels to Moammar Gadhafi.
What led the pro-Israel community into a careful relationship with the Libyan leader were considerations of U.S. national interests, Israel’s security needs and the claims of Libyan Jews.
After his overthrow by Libyan rebels and his killing last week, the conclusion among many pro-Israel figures in the United States is that forging the relationship was worth
it, despite the Libyan strongman’s erratic behavior and his ignoble downfall.
Read more:
www.jweekly.com/article/full/63287/stra...
US Dep. Of State
Wounded Libyan Fighters To Receive U.S. Medical Care
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta
Washington, DC
October 27, 2011
After months of struggle and sacrifice, the Libyan people have liberated their country with the support of the United States and the international community. The violent dictator and his regime have collapsed. But Libya’s new freedom has come at a price in human life and suffering. Just as the United States and the international community stood with the Libyan people during the revolution, we continue to work with Libya to address urgent humanitarian needs.
Saturday, in response to a request by the Transitional National Council, the United States is transporting 24 seriously wounded fighters to Spaulding Hospital in Boston,
Massachusetts. An additional six critical cases will be transferred to Germany for immediate care. All of these patients were injured as a result of recent fighting and suffer from conditions that cannot currently be treated in Libya.
The United States offers this humanitarian gesture of emergency medical evacuation assistance as a token of our support for the democratic aspirations of the Libyan people and our hope for a continued strong partnership as they build a new Libya.
Source:
www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/10/1763...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Thats an appalling low number for a big country. US will take 24 and that will probably be only ones they take
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
I think I read that there is one actually (Drone searching for Saif ) #Libya
once NTC got the $$$ they will look after war victims very well There is a special Ministry created for them
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
However ghosttowns #Sirte + #BaniWalid R Big #NTC dilemma BW is seat of Biggest tribe of #Libya 1Million ppl Not safe in BW gunfire@night
Many People in #Bani #Walid are angry with the NTC and revolutionaries
Read it here ( arabic)
ara.reuters.com/article/topNews/idARACA...
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
when journalist talk about BW they make two factual mistakes, first there is no solid scientific evidence on the exact number of
Werfallla Tribes, and that Werfalla is an area not a one solid tribe, add to that majority are now scattered all over Libya
they influential like all other tribes of Libya, but journalists try hard to find fault lines and division to exploit
still piece is misleading when it implies Werfalla has “one million” strong that can be called to protect their spiritual home!
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
I would expect arabic speaking Journo 2get his facts right in BW
I imagine this is more of a problem 4 non arabic speakers
Paulo
Since Feb17 I’ve been hearing about the power of tribes, haven’t seen it yet. #boogeyman
libyanproud libyanandproud
I am one of the “million”, I fought more for other cities than baniwalid!
they exist but they have no power over people. Allegiance is to belief not tribe
Abdulsalam
There’s no evedince that Warfalah’s population is 1M. the census in libya is’t based on tribal system.How did they get this figr
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Well known fact in Libya @a
Well known fact in LibyaTribal power is a myth. #Gaddafi bought loyalty w/ hard ca$h in many parts of #Libya esp #BaniWalid
jfjbowen Jeremy Bowen
Back in #Rixos hotel #Tripoli with @cswift2 Ghosts of the old regime in the corridors. Where are you now Musa Ibrahim? #libya
#Egypt Airlines will resume flights to #Benghazi, #Libya on Saturday October 30th via @ShahrazadKablan
The war in 192 photo’s, month to month:
NYT
Battle for Libya
See the photo’s:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/afric...
WAPO
When Condoleezza Rice met Moammar Gaddafi
Condoleezza Rice is out with a new memoir that critics consider a revelatory, if limited, review of her eight years working with George W. Bush.
Rice describes a 2008 meeting between the pair that ended with Gaddafi showing her
photos of Rice with world leaders — and the performance of a song he had composed in her honor.
Art.:
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-ey...
Eid Al Adha or Eid al Kabeer will be on November 6 Sunday in #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Good news is that all over #Libya more and more FF are handing in their weapons #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Chinese ambassador is back in #Tripoli, says foreign ministry: BEIJING, Oct. 28 #libya #NotLoosingAnyTime
TED x Tripoli
Volunteer Questionnaire
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WAPO
Gaddafi loyalist injured in custody of revolutionaries
Col. Moammar Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief was seriously injured while in the custody of Libyan revolutionaries, officials said Thursday, the latest in a string of murky incidents that have raised questions about retaliatory attacks against members of the old regime.
“We heard him screaming. He fell from the second floor,” he said. Ardawi said Dorda apparently was trying to escape.
Another revolutionary, who identified himself only as Saeed, told a reporter: “He tried to suicide.”
Read story:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_eas...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#After #NATO 13 Countries created #NEW Alliance“Friends Committee in Support of #Libya” incl.US France UK assist rehabilitation
Blog KhadijaTeri
Where Were You The Day Kadafy Met His End?
I got a text message from OTE that said ‘Ding dong the witch is dead!’ a phrase taken from a song from the movie ‘The Wizard of Oz’. Within a few seconds the same message was sent again, and again, and again, every few minutes. AlMadar’s sms service was going berzerk but it was so funny that it was this same message that kept being sent to me. It was as if AlMadar was sending me a singing telegram…..
Read more:
khadijateri.blogspot.com
CNN
ICC in talks over surrender of Gadhafi son
The International Criminal Court is having “informal conversations” about the surrender of Moammar Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, who is wanted for crimes against humanity, the court’s chief prosecutor said Friday.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo would not say with whom the court is talking. He also said the court does not know al-Islam’s whereabouts.
oreno-Ocampo promised there would be no deals for Saif al-Islam Gadhafi’s surrender.
Source and video:
goo.gl/emcti
RaynerSkyNews
ICC says mercenaries could b offering Saif passage 2country which doesn’t recognise ICC like Zimbabwe
Joanne
Like US Israel Sudan
malonebarry Barry Malone
ICC confirms Reuters exclusives on Saif reaching out to it, says has informal contact with him, is trying to implement arrest warrant #Libya
RaynerSkyNews Tom Rayner
Word of caution re ICC claim to be in ‘indirect’ contact with Saif Gaddafi – on 21st Aug they said he’d been captured tinyurl.com/4yges2s
Ahmed
If I was Saif Gaddafi I would just call it a day and kill myself…but don’t suggest that to him bcs I’d rather he be put on trial.
LARebel21
they should put 3 thuwar in Saif cell for couple of days a wk to keep him company.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Lol that wouldnt be fair to the Thuwar :)
Mushu
Wait till Saif gets caught (insha Allah). Twitter will be on fire again :p
malonebarry Barry Malone
Wherever Saif is negotiating with the ICC from, it’s sure to be a long way from here tinyurl.com/689mk8m #Libya
RTL NL
RTL Nieuws | 28 oktober 2011, 14:12
Strafhof bespreekt overgave met zoon Khadaffi
Het Internationaal Strafhof (ICC) in Den Haag overlegt met Saif Khadaffi over zijn overgave. De naar Niger gevluchte zoon van Khadaffi vreest sinds de gewelddadige dood van zijn vader voor z’n leven.
Het ICC zoekt de zoon van Khadaffi wegens vermeende oorlogsmisdaden. Eerder deze week werd al bekend dat Saif, die zich nu in Niger zou bevinden, bereid was zich over te geven aan het Internationaal Strafhof.
Vliegtuig charteren nog niet gelukt
Hij zou vanuit Niger al geprobeerd hebben om, via Mali en Zuid-Afrika, een vliegtuig naar Nederland te charteren, maar dat is vooralsnog nog niet gelukt. Nederland is nog niet benaderd om hem over te dragen aan het ICC.
Source:
goo.gl/qrdCA
Secrets Not Saif: Gaddafi shadow haunts West’s dodgy deals
Video report:
goo.gl/oEbLT
malonebarry Barry Malone
But Hague says has heard mercenaries are offering to get Saif to an African country that does not recognise ICC. Man has options… #Libya
CBS News
ICC confirms indirect talks with Saif Qaddafi
(AP)
AMSTERDAM – The International Criminal Court is in indirect contact with slain Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam about the possibility of surrendering for trial, the chief prosecutor said Friday.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo told The Associated Press talks are being held through intermediaries whom he did not identify. He also said he did not know exactly where Saif al-Islam Qaddafi is.
Read more:
www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-20126949/i...
Mushu
""He Saif says he is innocent and he will prove his innocence," the prosecutor said." #bullshit #Gaddaficrimes #Libya #Feb17
martinchulov Martin Chulov
To clarify; airstrike on Saif al-Islam’s convoy as he fled south from Bani Walid was near time Sirte fell. No verified inf since #Libya
Mohammed
#Prosecutor of the #ICC #Ocampo says the ICC is talking to #Saif #Gaddafi in an attempt to convince him to surrender. #Libya #feb17
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Saif not thought to have died in airstrike a week ago. tho western officials think injuries in convoy
Image:
Gaddafi loyalists proud they bombed a mosque – #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/lzVMZjrD
Aljazeera
Did Libya’s NTC lose control of its fighters?
The former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has gone. He is now officially “dead and buried”, but just how did he and more than 50 of his supporters die?
As Gaddafi was buried at an undisclosed location at dawn on Tuesday, the National Transitional Council (NTC) bowed to international pressure and announced the formation of a committee to investigate how he and his son were killed.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the NTC, still held to the initial explanation given that Gaddafi may have been killed in crossfire – a view many of his officials do not appear to believe.
There is also a report from Human Rights Watch pointing to evidence of atrocities committed against 53 captured Gaddafi supporters who were found in the grounds of
an abandoned hotel in Sirte, some bound and shot in the head.
As evidence emerges of summary executions, questions are being asked about whether the NTC lost control of its fighters during the final chaotic weeks of battle or if 40 years of brutality and repression justify such acts.
Inside Story discusses with guests: Alia Brahimi, from the Centre for Global Governance at the London School of Economics (LSE); Waheed Burshan, an NTC representative; and David Mepham, the UK director of Human Rights Watch.
Guardian
A hybrid court could secure justice in Libya
Beyond the ICC cases, the international community could help the development of innovative approaches to justice in Libya, perhaps through creating a “hybrid” court that would be able to try suspects for atrocities that constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity under international law, as well as crimes under local law.
Hybrid courts are not new, with examples such as the special court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) established in 2002, or the currently troubled Khmer Rouge court, the
extraordinary chambers in the courts of Cambodia (ECCC) which was set up in 2003. Each was tailor-made for the country in question. For instance, the special tribunal for Lebanon (STL), set up in 2009, was established to try only national crimes.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/oct/27/hybr...
Suddenly, The ‘Ladies Love Libyan Rebels’
Young Libyan men who less than a year ago were “hopeless layabouts” are now “marriageable heroes” because they took up arms against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi and toppled the dictator who had ruled Libya for 42 years,
she writes:
“Before the revolution, young men her age ‘were just lazing around in the streets, no future. I didn’t care about them at all,’ said Esra’a el-Gadi, 20. ‘Now I look at them in a totally new light — they stood up against Gadhafi. It’s something.’ …
“Jokes passed by cell phone text messages across Libya confirm the newfound eligibility of the young civilians turned fighters.
” ‘Forget doctors and engineers: We want to marry a rebel,’ one of the widely circulated text messages goes. ‘Looking for a rebel to wed?’ another SMS asks: ‘Press M for a husband from Misrata, B for a husband from Benghazi.’ “
Link:
feb17.info/news/suddenly-the-ladies-lov...
Video: Libya faces a future of mixed priorities
Libyans have mixed feelings about the transitional period and beyond as the country tries to heal from the NATO-aided conflict that saw Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster.
The interim government will have a clear mandate; crafting a new constitution,
organising elections and paving the way for a new Libya.But in the meantime people have a long list of priorities such as safety and security, education and de-arming fighters.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra spoke to residents in Tripoli.
Watch here:
feb17.info/media/video-libya-faces-a-fu...
Reminder of Gaddafi crimes
For those that sympathized with the Dictators death here is a small reminder of what the Libyan people endured in the past 8 months
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-reminder-of-gadd...
The New Age
Gaddafi’s SA soldiers
A team of South African mercenaries helped Muammar Gaddafi’s family out of the war zone of Tripoli, Libya’s capital, to hide out in Algeria, prior to the Libyan despot’s killing in Sirte last week.
The team returned to South Africa within a week of the successful clandestine operation. Not so lucky was a second team, which went to support Gaddafi’s escape to Niger, but got caught in the fire fight between the dictator’s henchmen and Nato.
The second team was allegedly cornered by Libyan freedom fighters, which led to one South African’s death and numerous casualties among the rest of the mercenaries.
The first team of 24 men launched the audacious covert operation at the beginning of September to spirit Gaddafi’s wife and three surviving children away to safety in Algeria. A week later the team arrived safely back in South Africa.
Full art.:
www.thenewage.co.za/33042-22-53-Gaddafi...
Key Moments in the Feb 17 Revolution
Read and watch here:
feb17.info/news/key-moments-in-the-feb-...
mbi3000 LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
The #NTC wants us to start reconciliation with Qaddafi side but how can we do that with people thirsty to blood since 69 until today #Libya
ICC confirms Reuters exclusives on Saif reaching out to it, says has informal contact with him, is trying to implement arrest warrant #Libya
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
I love those mindblowing interviews in Libya….
So the NTC knew that Gaddafi was in Sirte…how come that i didnt get one of them to tell me this secret..at least they know how to keep one
Jaja, geen stammenstrijd maar een stedenstrijd…
Is Qatar taking over Libya? That is my question…
All Africa
Libya:
Lessons From Gaddafi
One reason why history keeps repeating itself is because human beings hardly learn from it. Muammar Gaddafi did not have to dig into ancient history to learn that his dictatorship could end as gruesomely as it did on the 20th October 2011. From Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989 to Saddam Hussein in 2006, many dictators have met their ends in ironic tragedy. Colonel Gaddafi had sufficient warnings to escape a most brutal end – he could have followed the Hosni Mubarak script – but would appear to have characteristically dismissed the resolve of his antagonists.
Muammar Gaddafi, even as arrogant as he was, was hardly the worst dictator in history. His people, in the honesty of their hearts, do admit that he did some good things regarding their welfare.
Read more:
allafrica.com/stories/201110280445.html
Bright Crescent (أمّة مشرقة تنبذ الإرهاب)- Unity Take a stand
Because it’s no longer enough to say that we don’t accept extremism, terrorism and the deceivers’ attempts to distort the image of Islam, we must stand together against their acts, and raise our voice against them in order to save our society and the future of our loved ones from their crimes.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUDGBhmohik
Mushu
Stat Counter has changed the flag! No more green rags, YES! :) #bunejmawhlalftw
He Saif G and his family gave the word ‘delusional’ a whole new meaning. Totally
unbelievable. #GaddafiMafia #Libya #Feb17
ABC News
Libya: New Video Shows More Unguarded Surface-to-Air Missiles
A month after U.S. officials told ABC News they were moving quickly to secure unguarded weapons in Libya, human rights investigators have found a huge cache of unprotected weapons, including bombs, tank shells and dozens of surface-to-air missiles, in the city of Sirte.
“Anybody want a surface-to-air missile?” asks Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director of Human Rights Watch, in a video shot Sunday in near where Moammar Gadhafi and his son Mutassim made their last stand. Though the U.S. is rushing more and more specialists to Libya in a race to find the massive stores of weapons that have gone missing since the start of the Libyan uprising, Bouckaert beat them to Sirte.
Read and video:
abcnews.go.com/Blotter/libya-video-show...
AP
Int’l Court in indirect talks with Gadhafi son
The International Criminal Court is in indirect negotiations with a son of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi about his possible surrender for trial, the chief prosecutor said Friday.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo told The Associated Press talks were being held through intermediaries, whom he did not identify, to assure Seif al-Islam Gadhafi that he would receive a fair trial and that he could be helped to find a new country of residence if he were acquitted.
He said he did not know exactly where Gadhafi is.
Read more:
goo.gl/MMTbE
bilal H.B.
this is from the Freedom Fighters of #Libya to the Freedom Fighters in #USA plz RT we want to #OccupyWallStreet #OWS
pic.twitter.com/aMAhez5x
My nephew asked me who are the guys on #OWS and what are they doing? i told him they are like the Libyan FFs and just asking for justice!
My friends if the world is gonna end next year let’s end it with a bang! #OWS !
#Bashar had millions cheering for him today! #Gaddafi done it before him and forced his “Beeble” to cheer for him too. no one is buying it!
#Syria isn’t that different from #Libya the only thing is in Libya we fast forwarded to victory by starting a war!
What’s “cool” these days since the #Libyan Rev ended i wanna go back to being “cool” and what’s up with the word “Swag” is it a new car ?
Since the fighting have stopped in #Libya and now i’m extremely bored i wanna do something but NO action in this world can match our war!
The word tyrant is tossed around too much these days, and no your dad who won’t do what you want isn’t a tyrant and you can’t #OccupyYourDad
Plz don’t show me anymore Angelina Jolie pictures while visiting #Libya i’m really starting to regret fighting in #Sirte lol
Okay i just imagined #Gaddafi’s tombstone! it says #NeverSayNever how cool would that be ? After all of this time Gaddafi is a belieber!
Every thing is back to normal in Benghazi even crime today i saw the cops arresting six guys who were fighting in the street with knives!
I gonna do something i didn’t do in a looong while i’m gonna search for #Libya and look for trouble with haters! wish me luck :D
Okay when a stupid newspaper like the Guardian writes something bad about #Libya u see the haters “Suddenly” saying it’s good honest media?!
I’m in Libya and when i hear stupid people like that talk i get offended by how ignorant they are!
i’m a wounded FF lol but not single but i do have tons of single Ffs
What’s wrong with people who keeps saying NATO killed innocents ? sorry i didn’t know you were all from Misurat and Benghazi ?!!
His wife or sister was raped infront of him the other have his dad or brother killed in AbuSleem what do expect them to with Gaddafi ? XoXo?
If i caught Gaddafi i don’t say i would of arrest him but i wouldn’t say i would of killed him and that’s the thing who knows ? #Libya
How to make the people hate you quickly ? you can always kiss up to a dictator this always work isn’t that right #Russia ? #Syria #Libya
One last quick note #Bashar isnt an original AT ALL i bet Gaddafi is in hell saying Bashar stole his moves and saying been there killed that
Kety
I hate when I make an English mistake and get RTed
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Lecturer getting political “he’s a journalist, so don’t believe everything he says, he has to sell newspapers too”. #Burrrrn
Zeenews
US to treat seriously injured Libyan fighters
Washington: The US has announced to fly 24 seriously injured fighters from Libya to Boston for treatment while another six critical cases are being transferred to Germany for immediate care.
“In response to a request by the Transitional National Council, the United States is transporting 24 seriously wounded fighters to Spaulding Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said in a joint statement yesterday.
Read more:
zeenews.india.com/news/world/us-to-trea...
Mushu
Just like it saved countless lives in #Libya, it’ll do the same in #Syria, God willing. #NFZ4Syria #NoFlyZone @UN @NATO
Saif knows it’s his best bet, since ICC doesn’t have a death penalty sentence. He’ll get like 20-30yrs, and then 1/2
he may retreat to some nice place and start living on the money he and his cursed family stole from us. 2/2 #Gaddaficrimes #Saif
LibyaLiberty
I think we should #OccupyTwitter from all these professional journalists with their ‘verified’ sources and ‘accurate’ quotes.I’m so angry.
malonebarry Barry Malone
Bit of anti-aircraft fire chucked over sea in Tripoli seems to herald start of celebrations to mark one week since killing of Gaddafi #Libya
Nameer
we have to send our brave libyan brigades to help the siryans out
Khadija Ali
“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.” – Harriet Woods
My 6 year old brother spent a few days pretending to be a journalist; now he says hes a #shaheed #Martyr #Libya #Feb17
James W. Foley think I spoke to same Adam few days ago, provided a description, but should have checked his video! does his cell # end 6240? interesting talked to Adam a few days ago, he provided a description, but will check the video.
Karl Stagno-Navarra
On May 26-29 #ZA air force C-130B in #Malta while #Zuma met #Gaddafi in #Tripoli. Could the plane have to do with merc reports?
bit.ly/sCQzLk
Aljazeera
Sirte ‘pays price of revolution’
Muammar Gaddafi may be dead but people from Sirte, the deposed leader’s hometown, say they are paying the price of the revolution.
The town was under siege for more than a month and some residents are questioning the motives of the National Transition Council that attacked Sirte.
Homes have been looted and burned, and many believe the NTC fighters took revenge on the town as recompense for damage done by Gaddafi to the cities of Benghazi and Misrata.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Sirte.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VllZdPDf7w&fea...
Aljazeera
UN Security Council ends NATO’s Libya mission
The UN Security Council has voted to bring an end to NATO’s authority to operate a no-fly zone and its mandate to protect civilians – known as Resolution 1973.
The decision came despite a call from the National Transitional Council for NATO to extend its mission.
And as Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Tripoli, it means an early test for Libya’s new leadership.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSYXnQKgh9s&fea...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#WFP charter ship ‘Fehim Bey’ leaves #Malta with humanitarian aid for #Tripoli #Misurata #Benghazi as operations come to an end
#Malta govt intends to keep humanitarian hub concept open for #Libya relief
#Malta military to offer assistance to #Libya in search and rescue capability, monitor seas, respond to requests for assistance
#Malta to assist #Libya civil aviation authorities in management of airspace
Tweeting Tripoli
Did you know that the name “Mouamer” is extremely rare in Libya? Shows how Gaddafi was not loved and was considered an embarrassment.
Algerian man wants to name his son after “Gaddafi” who killed and wounded over 50K Libyans, and destroyed cities completely.
Raise your hand if u knew a Libyan born after 1976 named #Muammer. If he was loved by millions, wouldn’t you think there should be many?
Tweeting Tripoli
@AndersFoghR I live in Tripoli between 5 major military bases you bombed many times. I confirm no civilians hurt during ur ops. Thank you :)
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Contractors in #Libya´s oil industry say they will only come back with 30-50% more payment
Oil companies struggling to come back to #libya not knowing who will provide security in the oil fields (source: #Reuters)
My morning interview with Austrian state TV #orf gonna be soon on orf.at Now it´s time to ly a bit under the beautiful libyan sun…. #libya
My interview with #Volksblatt on economic outlook in #Libya
www.volksblatt.at (Frontpage-German)
of 25 austrian subsidiaries 23 left around feb 20. one that stayed behind was operating hospitals. supporting G? or libyans?
Defacto ist das nur die Überschrift des Voklsblatt Artikels und kein Zitat von mir – aber inhaltlich stimmts….
Global Post
Who killed Gaddafi? Why we should care.
So why does it matter if he was shot and not taken to court?
Because the rule of law matters. It is what makes us civilized. And each step we make toward making war more civilized is significant.
Read art.:
www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpos...
Jaleel
How easy to state that from a safe distance……….
The law always deals properly with anything in the civilized USA?
Come on……..
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Prison in the Hague ready for Saif:
AD NL
Haags Strafhof: Cel voor zoon Kaddafi is klaar
Het Internationaal Strafhof in Den Haag is klaar voor de komst van Saif al-Islam Kaddafi. Dat heeft een woordvoerder van het hof vandaag gezegd. Het Strafhof voert momenteel informeel overleg met de zoon van Muammar Kaddafi over zijn overgave, zei hoofdaanklager Luis Moreno Ocampo in een interview met CNN.
Zodra de tweede zoon van de wijlen ex-dictator onder arrest staat, wordt hij overgebracht naar een cel in het detentiecentrum van de Verenigde Naties, een onderdeel van het gevangeniscomplex op Scheveningen. Op dit moment zitten daar vijf ICC-verdachten vast, naast tientallen verdachten die terecht staan bij andere tribunalen.
Read story:
www.ad.nl/ad/nl/7524/Opstand-in-Libie/a...
or:
goo.gl/U95Sw
20111002040742.MTS
Main Coastal Highway between the power station and Kubre Sirte, “green zone”.
Sirte, Libya
Dr. Tameem is on the camera this time. In case you can’t hear what I said to him at the outset it was: ‘DUDE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPOT, THEN FUCKING SPOT.’ – He’d asked for the camera to spot with when this kicked off and then he just sort of stood there. I think he went into shock. We’re recording so that if we spot anything worth a big gun we can just show the position to the heavy weapons trucks. Later when it became clear that he didn’t want to spot I shouted: ‘FILM, then (not them, then), Jesus.’ – A lot of stuff is drowned out by the weapons fire.
In hindsight, I should have just kept the camera. Most of the time they do use their rifles properly- shouldering them, using the sights, etc. The machinegunner I directed (tried to get to go prone and at least try to aim) also spoke english, curiously. He said
to me: ‘No no it’s very accurate *BRAAAAAAAAP*’ which was… peculiar, to say the
least. Surely he could see his own rounds popping off the ground two or three meters in front of him?
The whole thing stinks. It’s definitely worth a few viewings.
Yet another out of order vid
Here we get ambushed and respond Viet Nam style. A guy with an AK-47 on our side almost kills me. After making sure it was actually an accident (it was polite- he seemed embarrassed more than anything else) we shook hands and kept fighting. War sucks. See the little basement window on that “empty” structure? Suspected source of fire. Building was cleared by rebels a week or so earlier during the push into Sirte so it was known to be abandoned.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=56aQGfulE30
Ocampo :
CC court is looking into possibility of intercepting any PLANE carrying #Saif Gaddafi in order to make an Arrest #Libya
War sucks:
So I was standing on a hillside in Sirte behind a technical and these two hardened Thewar kept motioning for me and the others standing next to me to sit down. Just as I process this the guy to my left gets shot through the head with the bullet exiting just below his right ear. He stiffened up and hit the ground.
pastebin.com/HkKG8Ei6
EXCLUSIVE interview w/ prosecutor ICC #Ocampo Live from The Hague #CNN goo.gl/OBAVR #Saif Gaddafi and Abdullah alSenussi #Libya
#Ocampo: UHH No I Cant give you any details about who the contacts are we r having informal discussions with #SaifGaddafi #Libya #NoDeals
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#SouthAfricans mercenaries Helping #Gaddafi Family escape #Libya were apparently paid $15000 each goo.gl/zvjOC #SA
Kuwait has sent a plane today to #benghazi to pick up 25 #Libya war Casualties they will get all Medical care 4 free till fully recovered
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
I am in #misrata freedom square. Huge celebrations going on as a welcome to city fighters coming back from frontlines. #libya
Al Arabiya
ICC in ‘informal contact’ with Saif al-Islam Qaddafi over surrender
The prosecutor for the world’s top war crimes court said on Friday informal contact has been made with Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the fugitive son of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, in order to arrest him and bring him to trial.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) charged Qaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi with crimes against humanity for the bombing and shooting of civilian protesters in February.
Abdel Majid Mlegta, a senior military official of Libya’s National Transitional Council, told Reuters on Wednesday that Saif al-Islam and Senussi wanted to surrender to the
ICC in The Hague because they felt unsafe in Libya, Algeria or Niger.
A NTC source said on Thursday Saif al-Islam wanted an aircraft, possibly arranged by a neighboring country, to take him out of Libya’s southern desert and into ICC custody.
Under such a deal, Saif al-Islam would be taken to The Hague where the ICC shares a detention unit with the U.N. Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where former Liberian president Charles Taylor is on trial.
Art.:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/28/1...
80 Bunkers with weapons in Sirte:
AD NL
’Kaddafi’s chemische wapens ontdekt’
In de Libische woestijn hebben de rebellen in de buurt van Sirte een reusachtig geheim arsenaal vol chemische wapens van de vorige week omgebrachte kolonel Kaddafi ontdekt.
In totaal gaat het om 80 bunkers gevuld met raketten, chemisch wapentuig en opslagtanks. De rebellen hebben al een groot deel van de oorlogsmunitie ontmanteld, maar ze blijven het gigantische munitiedepot bewaken tot ze alles kunnen overdragen aan experts van het nieuwe regime.
Full art.:
www.ad.nl/ad/nl/7524/Opstand-in-Libie/a...
VGDakessian Vatche Dakessian
Great, now we have a Russian expert claiming “based on his observations” that the person executed in #Sirte was not #Gaddafi of #Libya
Reuters Factbox:
Libya’s oil returns; fields, refineries, companies
is.gd/BrRnVc #Libya
Libya:
Col Gaddafi son Saif opens ICC talks on surrender
is.gd/rvnjEG #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
LYM members currently with the Libyan delegation from the NTC in #Crete #Greece at the SI Special Committee on the Arab World.
The 3 NTC delegates will be speaking shortly at SI Special Committee on the Arab World. We will be tweeting live #Libya #Crete
Security advisor Abdul Karim Bazama with 2 other delegates, will pass on names as they speak
#SI president Papandreou: Social media has been essential to break oppressive practices, giving a voice to many silenced under these regimes
#SI President Papandreou:" We cannot fight injustice only in our societies, only in our nations because the global economic crisis has(cont)
created huge inequalities within our societies as well as a global class of rich and powerful. " #SI #Crete
#SI Lebenese delegation: Ask for a full coordination between the opposition inside the country and the opposition outside the (cont)
(cont) country-vital for the people of Syria. It is time for someone in the Arab world to recognize the Syrian opposition. #SI
#SI Ahmed Oud Daddah President of Rally of Democratic forces (RDF): "We now require greater solidarity on our part; it is the only way.cont
(Cont) we can have mutual respect. to move forward as a unified body" #SI
#SI conference: Delegate from Yemen highlights the elevation of the Yemeni woman as a result of this revolution. #Yemen
Reuters
Gaddadi son Saif al-Islam finds friends in desert
Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi can expect a warm welcome and even help hiding among the desert communities south of Libya which were long courted by his father.
Alienated further from the West by a war which risks unsettling a fragile regional peace, some were ready to defy an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant and shelter the son of a man who for years promoted the kinship of Saharan peoples.
“We are ready to hide him wherever needed,” said Mouddour Barka, a resident of Agadez in northern Niger.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-l...
Reuters
Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender
International war crimes prosecutors are in touch with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, urging him to give himself up and warning him Friday he risks a mid-air interception if he tries to flee by plane to an African safe haven.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-l...
Free Misurata
Girls of Misratah also has their own fighting front.
The fighting against Gaddafi in Misratah was not limited to the boys only,and as said “There is a woman behind every man”
The Women and girls of Misratah has contributed significantly in this war, they ware behind the encouraging their sons to go and fight for the freedom of Libya , and those who hadn’t any one on the front line or may had, had formed a sort of home group to provide the FFs with food and drinks, not only that ….the FFs can ask for any dish
they wish to eat and massive quantities will be sent over to the front.
It has been a great days…days of solidarity and unity to finish the regime and make it collapse.
One of these groups is called ” Misratah Women’s Front” MWF, they have done thousands of meals , traditional food and not only that….sweets and ice cream had been sent over on summer time.
The Admin of MWF page ion Facebook is my 2 daughters, I am very proud of what they bout had done, I made my best to provide them with Satellite internet connection even in the darkest hours when Gaddafi cut all communication means off Misratah, and helped them to carry their job.
It is not only them…there is lots of others who didn’t have the chance to reach the outer world but they still give.
Source:
www.freemisurata.com/EngArt/archives/881
Check their Facebook page
www.facebook.com/#!/women17of2misratah
Guardian
Libyan intervention was a success, despite the aftermath’s atrocities
No military intervention is ever free of moral hazard. But what Nato did in Libya can
hardly be called a ‘catastrophic failure’
Those of us wishing to contest Seumas Milne’s characterisation of western intervention in Libya as a “catastrophic failure” should at least start by acknowledging that he has a strong point. The gruesome lynching of Colonel Gaddafi and the apparent execution of some of his captured troops in Sirte are exactly the kind of atrocities Nato was mandated to prevent, and the fact that they happened weakens the legitimacy of the interventionist case.
Art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/o...
mbi3000 LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
Today a FF while being put on a plane to be treated overseas, passed away. His brother and all airport staff broke into tears.BEN #Libya :(
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Few tweets on political Islamism and #LibyanIslamists >>>
Islamist in Libya are not one political or social group, even Muslim Brotherhood (MB) are divided #LibyanIslamists
Libyan society is a conservative Muslim society that is dominated by a Maliki Sufi version of Islam #LibyanIslamists
Political Islamism didn’t have a strong presence. MB began life in early 1960’s didn’t make any impact on society #LibyanIslamists
After 1969 MB was first close some Gaddafi associates, then were banned and loathed by the regime #LibyanIslamists
Late 1980’s and early 1990’s two groups of Islamists began to emerge, Salafi Islamists, and Jehadi #LibyanIslamists
Regime cracked down all Islamists the same way, MB, Salafi, Jehadi and other
smaller groups #LibyanIslamists
1990’s MB became more active, better organised and well funded through members and countries outside Libya #LibyanIslamists
Social charitable activity by MB in Libya was a front for their political activity as is the case in other Arab countries #LibyanIslamists
Regime cracked down on MB hard and arrested most leadership while others escaped outside to begin work in exile #LibyanIslamists
MB organisational advantage in Libya was damaged and new young leadership failed to recruit new blood to their ranks #LibyanIslamists
After 2005 MB froze activities in Libya in return of their release by regime and were contained in the ‘reform’ project #LibyanIslamists
While in exile MB began to divide due to differences on dealing with Gaddafi regime #LibyanIslamists
Hard line MB accused leadership of opportunism and many influential figures defected #LibyanIslamists
The ambitions of other MB figures became bigger than the group and discontinued their membership #LibyanIslamists
In comparison to Tunisia and Egypt Libya’s MB is divided and not a united group you have three groups #LibyanIslamists
Official loyal members of MB group that has the organisational and financial resources but lack wide support or vision #LibyanIslamists
Former MB members and figures that are still MB in ideology but will form new parties or groups #LibyanIslamists
Non MB members (sympathisers) who believe in the ideology but are not organised and still yet to form a group or vision
Other Islamists include Salafis who oppose MB and Jehadi who lack numbers and organisation as political group #LibyanIslamists
People built scepticism to groups using Islam in politics; while MB is divided still would do fairly in any elections #LibyanIslamists
But with divisions and lack of strong leadership and a vision they won’t be able to
achieve same results like in Tunisia #LibyanIslamists
#LibyanIslamists though look strong and present suffer from same problems of political Libya, incompetence inexperience and lack of vision
The end.
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Why I have a feeling that all these reports on Saif indirect contact with ICC is a big fantasy? My other one is that he is six feet under!
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Tripoli is in feeststemming: een week geleden werd Gaddafi gevangen. Mensen lopen en rijden met vlaggen naar t feest op t martelarenplein.
Om 5 uur ging er een demonstratie van start op het plein ‘Tegen het ontslag van interim premier Mahmoud Jebril’.
Ppl in Tripoli are heading towards Martyrssquare for Celebrations: One week without Gaddafi.
At 5 pm a demonstration started on the square ‘against the resignation of interim premier Mahmoud Jebril’.
Is there already a fan club for AlArabia Libya correspondent Ahmad Begatto?! He helped me with all the telephonenumbers i needed, fazee9!
Reuters
Factbox: Libya’s oil returns; fields, refineries, companies
A speedy return of Libyan oil output to pre-war levels is facing new obstacles as foreign firms struggle to negotiate who will provide security for workers vulnerable to attacks in the desert and in cities bristling with weapons.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-t...
Retreating from District 2.
After a man was killed most decided it was too dangerous and fell back. The side street the gun utes were driving down was overlooked by that large building, so it was fired at before speeding down the street. Sorry about the last twenty seconds, I didn’t have a firm hold on the door and had to cling on.
Video:
morelikelibyeah.tumblr.com/post/1203473...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Be careful before you know it #Saif will highjack the plain and go to SA Or crash it in Europe. _ #Libya
#ICC , don’t forget thar #Saif said “Toz” to the ICC. The most equivalent English word is the F word. __ #Libya
Thowaar #misrata coming back Home through tripoli street. #Libya waw
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte was actually Highly Disciplined Searching Houses we #Thuwar only removed Weapons ignored enormous piles Jewelry
goo.gl/ko0rI
NPR:
American Took Up Arms With Libya’s Rebels
The ragtag militias that overran Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown in Libya included at least one American: 29-year-old Kevin Dawes of San Diego. Dawes says he first went to Libya to serve as a medical aid worker in June, but eventually decided to take up arms after pro-Gadhafi forces started targeting medical staff.
Read more:
goo.gl/krjN6
FYI:
The Kevin Dawes in NRP art., see below:
Kevin Dawes 29 from #San #Diego, #California
Video:
www.youtube.com/user/orac22
Marcus
malta also have 30 libyan icu patients being treated here
Saif Gaddafi Exposed ENGLISH SUBTITLES
This worthless excuse of a man will pay for his crimes against humanity.
Supporters- chanting ‘Only God, Muammar & Libya.’
Saif — guys, guys, listen, listen We need high spirits More chanting
Saif: Listen, listen brothers, the people have said the police force have joined the protesters, but today we will prove the opposite (Context — Saif is hinting at an idea — to equip his supporters with police clothing and request them to enter the protests undercover.)
Saif:Do you need weapons?!
Supporters reply: Yes, Yes, Yes!
Saif: One minute please, you will receive all the support, all the facilities and weapons etc. Everything will be okay, and you will be victorious.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z47ymow04uc
Al Arabiya
Libyan songs of freedom gain traction
The week following the death of Libyan ousted leader Muammar Qaddafi has been viewed with high optimism across the capital of Tripoli.
The revolution that has swept across Libya has brought with it a new soundtrack to the celebrations in which new types of music can be heard. Libyan revolutionary songs now fills the airwaves on the radio, in people’s homes and cars on the capital streets.
Much of the songs poke fun at Qaddafi or “Shaf Shoufa” – Libyan slang for “messy hair”. There is a great demand for these CDs. Haithem al-Warfailly, a music seller said
that there is not a car in Tripoli without these CDs or cassettes. On average between 500 to 600 CDs are sold every day.
Warfailly said, “These songs mean a lot to the Libyan people because they are all about the revolution. Some of the songs are anti-Qaddafi while some show the suffering of the Libyans during Qaddafi’s rule.”
The market offers many revolutionary souvenirs but it seems it’s the music that has really caught people’s fancy.
Speaker: Haithem al-Warfailly, a music seller
Voice: Mohab AlSamman
Video:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/28/1...
SI
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
NTC Jamal Issa, SI conference: We have fought the regime since 1970. Libyans went through many difficulties #Libya #SI #NTC
NTC’s Jamal Issa: Everyone knows Gaddafi. Our revolution started very peaceful and turned bloody. #Libya #SI #NTC
NTC’s Jamal Issa: Gaddafi forced Libyans to take up arms and forced us to practice the principles in a difficult manner. #Libya #SI
Jamal Issa: (cont) demonstrating this to the int community. I was accepted here kindly and proudly by Crete. #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa: They protected me and helped me, stayed on my side in the struggle for freedom #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa: Following this I left to the USA for 20 years and returned to #Libya in March for the first time #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa: I am now here in Crete for a second time and I extend my gratitude to all. #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa- NTC at the SI Special Committee on the Arab World "We have been fighting this regime since 1970. #Libya #SI #Crete #NTC
Jamal Issa: Everyone knows Gaddafi. Our revolution started very peaceful and turned bloody. Gaddafi forced Libyans to take up arms (cont)
(cont) and forced us to practice the principles of our human rights in a difficult manner. We asked for freedom, a constitution, and justice
My personal experience with Greece and Crete are in the same spirit: In July 1992, I was a fighter pilot and flew from Al Baida to Greece
and landed here in Crete asking for freedom. I demonstrated to the international community. I was accepted here kindly and proudly by Crete
They protected me and helped me and stayed on my side and agreed that we need freedom. After that trip I went to the United States and
(cont) stayed there for 20 years. I returned to Libya in March 2011 for the first time.
I am now here in Crete for a second time and I extend my gratitude to all." (Jamal Issa, SI conference in Crete) #Libya #Crete #SI
lyllie
Congratzz and long life to Free Libya!
Spiegel DE
GERMANY treats up to 300 injured LIBYAN FF
Umsturz in Nordafrika
Helfer fliegen Hunderte verletzte Libyer nach Deutschland
Die blutigen Gefechte in Libyen haben zahllose Verletzte gefordert, viele von ihnen werden bald in deutschen Krankenhäusern behandelt. Laut “Financial Times Deutschland” lässt das Auswärtige Amt bis zu 300 Verwundete ausfliegen und auf
Kliniken im ganzen Land verteilen.
Read report:
www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,15...
Clinton:
US to Transport 24 Wounded #Libyan Fighters to Hospital in Boston,Mass., & 6 critical cases to #Germany for immediate care. #Libya
French pilots arrive home:
La Provence
Les héros de Libye de retour sur la base 125
Comme dans les films américains, leurs femmes, enfants, parents, les attendaient sur le tarmac. Sur le plan suivant, un passage en formation serrée au-dessus de la base aérienne d’Istres pour les saluer. À la fin, des retrouvailles empreintes d’émotions. Mais ce n’était pas du cinéma, hier après-midi : les quatre des sept Mirage 2000N que compte l’escadron 2.4 La Fayette revenaient bien de la guerre.
www.laprovence.com/article/a-la-une/les...
(AFP) –
“Abdallah Al-Senoussi est arrivé dans le désert malien, en provenance du Niger”, a déclaré une source sécuritaire nigérienne. #Libye
Well put:
Ulfatak
Are Libyans going to be allowed to go to the toilet without every move being analyzed? #Libya”
Libyan freestyle –
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=102881813070122 – #Football #Saga3 #Libya
LIBYAN
So where is @hrw on what is happening in #Syria today? Oh… they are too busy figuring out how criminal #Gaddafi was killed?
Samsom
Army men and security forces are opening live fire on us . We were on huge protest in insha’t i’m hidinig there #Homs #Syria
Kareem
Woman in #Hama went to drag her son’s dead body from the street, to be shot dead and fall over her son. #Syria
ihausser
Au moins 37 morts en #Syrie aujourd’hui. Les réformes réclamées par la #LigueArabe consistent-elles à remplir les cimetières ?
HRW WHERE ARE YOU??Innocent civilians are being killed right here in Syria, right now this very minute! Stop fretting about murderer Gaddafi and do your real job, saving lives of ordinary innocent civilians.
Sarah
If #Gaddafi’s death hurt you more than the death of 1000’s of Syrians then ask yourself who’s not human. #NFZ4Syria
Sirte:
1 night a Heli tried to fly frm #Sirte, but it couldn’t. we didnt knw it s identity & i couldn’t check l8er.
It wasnt shotdown, it tried 2 fly 3-4 time (up&down), our 23.5mm & 14.5mm fire ground it.
It was night. our nightvision coulnt shw any details frm a 2-1.5km.
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
#NATO Council confirmed decision taken a week ago: Operation in #Libya will end on 31 October 2011. Our military job is now done.
We launched operation faster than ever. Conducted it effectively w/ partners and are concluding it in a considered and controlled manner
Up to Libyans now to build a new and inclusive #Libya based on democracy and reconciliation, human rights and the rule of law. #NATO
I want to thank our servicemen and women for conducting this mission so well. #Libya #NATO
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
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@AndersFoghR Thank you all, thanks to everyone that helped save lives in Libya :) We appreciate it (tweeting from a free #Tripoli)
moez معز
Saw 3 supposed ‘#FF’ stop a black guy on the street and ask him for his passport etc – totally unacceptable #libya – tarnishing #feb17
‘#FFs’ did their job on a 7 month adrenaline rush. I’m afraid that now they have nothing to do we could see more of this #libya #feb17
Matog Saleh
#Chavez .. Shut up !! I bet you cant even go to the toilet on your own !! So why dont you worry about your nappies and leave #Libya alone
How lovely does it feel to be able to say what you like on the phone or in the street without being worried of someone arresting you?
Sitting here in #Tripoli as the night breeze flies across me i can smell the freedom. We have done it what everyone thought was impossible
Libya WAS known as #Gadaffi. NOW #Libya means a country full of heroes who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Heads shud be held up high!!
#Libya i love you from all of my heart. These last 8months have shown me what homeland really means :)
Its so weird how now everything related to #Gadaffi is in the past tense “He was,used to,did…” We have a bright future to look forward too
#Libya .. i am wondering what people think when they hear that word now :)
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
Amazing interview with Gadhafi’s driver about the final days and moments in Sirte bit.ly/tPZMFt
Shabab Libya
Like what Abdeljalil said about Libya, then the western media took out of context and had a field day.
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Qatar “to train the Libyan military, collect weapons and integrate often autonomous rebel units” into army
bit.ly/v21Ltf #Libya
hollypickett Holly Pickett
The worst of all was the 340 dead bodies that were catalogued and buried in a mass grave in #Sirte #Libya. There will be more to collect.
Warwick
There was a report about 267 executed bodies in total in Sirte. Is it now up to 360?
Holly Pickett
no. the bodies that were buried were from all over the city. some appeared to have been executed, others it was unclear.
Warwick
Thank you, but I’m actually just confused about the number. Is the no. of collected bodies buried in mass graves 267 or 340?
Holly Pickett
The number is higher than 267. 340 buried on Tuesday, 200 on Wednesday (according to another journo), 50 on Thursday.
Some were from the Mahari Hotel, others were found randomly in areas all over the city.
The 340 were not found in a mass grave, I watched them be buried, cataloged and DNA taken.
I think until they are identified or the DNA matched with family members, they will remain in mass grave in Sirte.
If the rebels were taken far away from the front line, comrades might not find them.
Some of the bodies I saw were quite decomposed. In bodies of water, etc. And no rebels were present when they were buried.
Kety Shapazian
2011 will be a very bloody year but the prize at the end of the rainbow never seemed more real than now. #Freedom ;-)
Reuters
Dealings with Gaddafi son embarrass London college
One of its founders was George Bernard Shaw, its professors have included Friedrich von Hayek and Bertrand Russell and among notable former students are John F. Kennedy and the current Greek prime minister.
But the London School of Economics (LSE), one of the most renowned branches of the University of London, is currently making news due to the activities of a couple of its more infamous, rather than famous, alumni – one of them named Gaddafi.
Full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-l...
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi took heavy weapons to Mali before the NFZone
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Libyans: Would you accept a surrender of Saif Gaddafi to the ICC? Share your thoughts… #Libya
Mushu
I wish the NTC’d show more persistence in getting back these bloody criminals from Niger/Tunisia/Algeria. Asking nicely once is not enough.
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.” #AllahuAkbar #Libya #Syria #Yemen #Bahrain #Egypt #Tunisia
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Libya. What kind of country would completely ruin relations with another country over a dead man? #Algeria
Saif Gaddafi will not surrender to the ICC, he’s stalling, fooling us and the ICC so he can escape somewhere.
Armchair Arab
Building a real new Libya will required EPIC levels of forgiveness.
ibrahim
March in Zawia, Libya in solidarity with Syria and Yemen. Viva la revolution!
Zeinab
Bazars are becoming the new hang outs in Libya, since theres not that many cafes and restaurants are closed, Going to one in a bit #ksaad
Nezar
Reports of Saif crossing to Niger from Libya. I wonder, is Niger a state or a bus stop?
Former PM of #Libya. Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi walking out of prison in #Tunisia yfrog.com/h6khshnj
Fathi Mohammed Baja and Ashour Bourashed – The Libyan revolution and the Arab spring
Fathi Mohammed Baja and Ashour Bourashed, both members of the Libyan National
Transitional Council, discuss the Libyan revolution, a couple of months before the fall of the Gaddafi regime. They argue that the revolution in Libya “can only be read through the light of the revolutions in the other Arab countries”, especially in Egypt and Tunisia. The Arab spring, in their view, was not triggered by merely accidental events, but captured a “transformation in the mode of thinking of the Arab people, concerning the relationship between the rulers and the ruled and their notion of a just society.”
Read more:
feb17.info/news/fathi-mohammed-baja-and...
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Let me explain a few points: A surrender to the ICC is awkward. The ICC has complimentary jurisdiction which means 1 of 2 things must happen
Libya agrees to have him tried in ICC or It is found that a proper trial in Libya is impossible
Also, the ICC may find that due to circumstances of Gaddafi and son Muatassim’s death, that Saif may not be given a fair trial in #Libya
Another consideration is if Saif be tried in #Libya, the death penalty is available as a form of punishment where it is not in the ICC
Life in prison in the #ICC would be torture for Saif #Gaddafi. The “future” and “potential” he thought he had, all down the drain. #Libya
Disadvantages of Saif in Libya:
Infighting over trial process (fowda)
Saif supporters try to break him free.
Risk of assasination
Disadvantages of Saif in ICC :
No death penalty punishment
High threshold for evidence (may be hard to connect him to it)
Long process
Very comfortable prisons 3-star hotel level
lenient sentences
Libyans created a new genre of fashion “Libyan hipster rebel” – coming to stores near you. #Libya
“Don’t be shocked if this is what the next seasonal Urban Outfitters looks like.” littlegreenfootballs.com/page/244835_Hi... #Libya
Hipster Libyan Rebel style: Straight-cut jeans, colorful graphic T, military pants, shib shib (flip flops), military boots, bermuda hat- :)
Mushu
A somewhat unpleasant rumor:According to alwatan-libya.com Saadi #Gaddafi has just landed in Jeddah. #thisaintfunnyanymore #Libya
Still waiting for a confirmation from Niger and Saudi-Arabia regarding this, though. #rumourcontrol
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
On flight sat next to a wounded rebel returning from treatment in #Amman .He praised #jordan and its people for support he got. #libya
David
Saif Gaddafi wrote his LSE dissertation on global governance. He may soon get to be a test case.
libyanproud libyanandproud
A Libyan American poet commemorates the overthrow of #Gaddafi: After 42 years lat.ms/rECFQO via latimes.com #Feb17 #Libya
1 hour ago
Libya ambassador to US expects good mil-to-mil ties with US in future, but sez no question of US bases on Libyan soil
Zeinab
hahaha new mo3aksa, a FF gave me a bullet with his number on it! hahahahaha #Libyans #DangerouslyCreative #Aintcallingyoutho
Zeinab
More celebratory fire in #Gergarish since the FFs are leaving #Tripoli heading home
the Zinten FF that told me hes gng home 2 get married, when i askd y not marry from here he said w nseeb banat Zinten l meno
France 24
#Libya asked #Algeria 2 hand over Gaddafi family 4 trial, but Algeria refused. Libya considers this “hostile stance”
Read it here:
www.france24.com/ar/20111027-security-l...
LIBYA_WIN Hayat Libya
The Switzerland Libyans are planning a little get together this weekend, is anyone here gonna be there- I’d love some inside info!
Iman
LOL this party is too epic. Epic Libyan man throwing down some dance moves. #Libya yfrog.com/gzhkfkmkj
Epic Libyan party in qatar, seriously since when did libyan men learn to dance like this? yfrog.com/j2dvqkpj
The guy on libya al ahrar can dance better than me :|
libyanandproud
If i killed a Gaddafi son after seeing what happened last week, i would hide him and then discover his body near the Niger border :)
So after the outcry over #Gaddafi death last week, if Libyans killed Seif Gaddafi do u think they will show pictures ? or will they hide it?
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
When you rescue your friend whose house was set on fire, do u get involved in designing his new house? LEAVE #LIBYA ALONE to decide it’s future!
Far from the ‘well trained NATO army’ claimed by some – many rebels had trouble just keeping their clips in their guns
twitpic.com/775hy6
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
WD in Tripolis: Palm City
wdintripolis.blogspot.com/2011/10/palm-...
idris
Please use your tweeter and fb to tell young people to seek success by hard work not to wait to be spoon fed by future regime #libya
Danya B Mohammed
Our new Libyan leader, needs to strengthen our diplomatic ties, protect our resources from people who want to take advantages from our country, lead the country, ensure the people have rights that protect them and much much more!
Sarah
#Doha’s party live on Libya Al Ahrar – #LibyaLiberation #Libya
Danya ☪
Just heard a really loud boooom, my heart sunk in for a moment and then remembered that it’s all over lol just fireworks ♥ #Tripoli #Libya
Ahmed
Allahu akbar! Freedom Sqr Misrata. Somehow got wireless net #yey
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
PHOTO: #NTC #Chinook very low over #Misrata today #Libya. #AvGeek pic.twitter.com/n2MiIOte
PHOTO: pair of #Chinooks over Misrata #Libya #AvGeek pic.twitter.com/qJLJBlwl
I’ve not seen any of those so far.
Ammr S. nice! any AN-124 in the air as well #AVGEEK
I was told TIP airport has 2 currently on ground. worth a visit! #AvGeek
Jonny Hallam
They had NTC flags on them. Not sure how they got them ?! Did Gaddafi have them?
Did Boeing sell #Chinook Helicopters to #Gaddafi ?
definitely Chinooks. and they are made by Boeing (American Company)
Mansour #Dhao Ibrahim – captured Head of #Gaddafi Security Brigade has spoken to BBC from his prison cell. #Libya (cont.. )
Mansour #Dhao says #Gaddafi was hiding in #Sirte before 28/08/11. Less than 20 people knew he was there.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس”
goo.gl/1FXb4
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Fireworks and loud car horns in #Misrata to celebrate the #FF homecoming parade. #Libya #Feb17
SajaR26:
Libyans sending aid to #Somalia this makes me so happy #MuslimsUnite pic.twitter.com/Ix1K9aSf”
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Ppl/countries…etc should know when to stop offering help or advice… Give some space to new born country! #Libya
Libyan
No to Islamists in #Libya.
Can anybody clarify this?
Sherif Elhelwa
Al Qaeda Plants Its Flag in Libya
It was here at the courthouse in Benghazi where the first spark of the Libyan revolution ignited. It’s the symbolic seat of the revolution; post-Gaddafi Libya’s equivalent of Egypt’s Tahrir Square. And it was here, in the tumultuous months of civil war, that the ragtag rebel forces established their provisional government and primitive, yet effective, media center from which to tell foreign journalists about their “fight for freedom.”
But according to multiple eyewitnesses—myself included—one can now see both the Libyan rebel flag and the flag of al Qaeda fluttering atop Benghazi’s courthouse.
Read more, see pics:
www.vice.com/read/al-qaeda-plants-its-f...
AP
Libyans want back property confiscated by Gadhafi
Abdullah Ahmed Belal had all but given up on the sprawling seaside villa his family lost to squatters decades ago because of a provision in Moammar Gadhafi’s Green Book saying anybody who lives in the house should own it.
Belal, a 48-year-old naval officer, is one of many Libyans who want their properties back now that the hated dictator is gone.
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the governing National Transitional Council, has called for
such disputes to be settled legally. Belal is willing to be patient, but others have taken matters into their own hands — a sign of the post-revolutionary fights that threaten to rattle Libya as it transitions from decades of autocratic rule to what its interim leaders say will be democracy.
Read more:
goo.gl/a2GmF
20 Minutes
Libye: «L’opération est terminée» pour la France
MONDE – L’armée française tire un bilan positif de la campagne alliée contre le régime de Mouammar Kadhafi…
«L’opération est terminée» en Libye et avions, hommes et matériels engagés seront rapatriés «dans les 15 jours», a déclaré ce vendredi le chef d’état-major français des armées, l’amiral Edouard Guillaud.
«Il n’y a plus de motif à ce qu’il y ait des frappes donc il n’y en aura plus», a-t-il ajouté sur France info. Les neuf derniers avions de combats français basés en Sicile et en Crète seront de retour en France «pour la fin de la semaine prochaine» et le matériel «dans les 15 jours», a-t-il précisé.
Read more:
www.20minutes.fr/article/814476/libye-l...
bilal H.B.
Many people are asking about the Gaddafi Killer trial and all i got to say is this one of those things that we need to deal with carefully.
I was told once before going to #Sirte if i committed any kind of crime i will be prosecuted.
Mr.Ghoga of the #NTC is more than a father to me he him self told me that if anyone commits a crime will be jailed including me and his son.
My heart goes to #Taiz i wish i can be there and help my brothers. the worst feeling is doing nothing. #Yemen.
libya_Horra
those who looted were NOT thuwar those ones specially made the trip to #Sirte "Shoplift "
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#FLASH #NTC #Libya says #NATO withdrawal is “ill timed” !
#FLASH #Nato says they will terminate current Operations but discuss with #NTC about the Transition period in #Libya #Brussels
cswift2
Going 2MartyrsSquare #Tripoli for celebrations Apparently there is enormous cake 17m x 2m Feb17 I hope I get a slice ! #Libya
#Libya an #NTC official says they understood #Saif Gaddafi is in #Niger comtemplating his position Running out of “SafeHaven” options
#Niger already harbouring 30 Gaddafi Regime Goons has indicated willingness 2 help #Saif #Gaddafi but asks too much $$$$$ #Libya
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: Libya’s First English Radio Show Launches
bit.ly/sRzTsf
hamzamu
#Associated Press (#AP). Licensed my VIDEOS from #Libya as their OWN 5 Videos i captured myself
France 24
www.france24.com/ar/20111027-security-l...
Reuters
Gaddafi son used his paintings to promote Libyan culture
Saif al-Islam, the son of Muammar Gaddafi trying to negotiate safe passage to the International Criminal Court from a refuge in the Sahara, was once on a mission to put Libya on the cultural map — by exhibiting his own paintings.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-g...
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Saw one of my cousins today at the party for libya’s liberation .. #Gaddafi had previously hung his brother in front of there house and chopped his dad into pieces in #TRIPOLI then bulldozing the house ..his brother and mother were the only ones who were able to escape more than 35 years ago…was a very emotional and happy moment seeing my cousin who has been working so hard during this revolution to free libya.
Wapo
What Libya has inherited from Moammar Gaddafi
Young men in fatigues hang around outside the offices of the Transitional National Council, carrying rifles and flashing V (for victory) signs at visitors. Inside, older men in leather jackets sit on sofas drinking tea, while temporary officials cope with clashing appointments and race up and down the hallways. It’s just how one imagines the Smolny Institute, Lenin’s St. Petersburg headquarters, in 1917: amateur, enthusiastic, disorganized, rumor-filled and slightly paranoid, all at once. In Smolny, though, there were no ringing cellphones to add to the general cacophony.
Read more:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-li...
BBC
UK military starting Libya return
British military personnel are starting to return home from their Libyan mission after receiving congratulations from the defence secretary for a “job well done”.
Philip Hammond said the armed forces could be “immensely proud that their hard work has assured the liberty of the Libyan people”.
He was speaking on a visit to an Italy base from where RAF aircraft had flown.
The drawdown follows Nato’s decision to end its mission on 31 October.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15502414
Shalgam:
Basheer al-Rryani told Saadi #gaddafi, that he wasn’t a man but a woman. S. got angry, killed him & threw him to the dogs.
Basheer Al-Rryani was known as ‘no. 9’ b/c of a law forbidding any football players but Saadi #gaddafi from being mentioned by name. #Libya
Libyan
to clarify, I meant no to extreme Islamists, you can call Erdogan and Bin Laden islamists, but one is more extreme.
Naass
And who said the terror comes only an Islamist ? , I think you need to say no to TERRORISTS in Libya ! , that is much better
Tripoli:
LibyaFromFrance
pic.twitter.com/WZzmu6wG #
cswift2 Cara Swift
I hope I’m not too late :)
There was no cake left, but there was abundant strength of spirit, pride, happiness & fireworks at Martyrs Sq tonight in #Tripoli #Libya
Some of the #FF keyrings being sold in Tripoli are packaged with “Made in China” on them. #globaleconomy #Libya
SUMMARY OCTOBER 29th 2011
10/29/11
10.29.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
UPDATE:
Via Feb17
Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi can expect a warm welcome and even help hiding among the desert communities south of Libya which were long courted by his father. Alienated further from the West by a war which risks unsettling a fragile regional peace, some were ready to defy an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant and shelter the son of a man who for years promoted the kinship of Saharan peoples.
“We are ready to hide him wherever needed,” said Mouddour Barka, a resident of Agadez in northern Niger.
“We are telling the international community to stay out of this business and our own authorities not to hand him over — otherwise we are ready to go out onto the streets and they will have us to deal with,” he added.
NATO has formally announced the end of its military mission in Libya following a meeting of ambassadors from the alliance’s 28 states in Brussels. Friday’s decision comes a day after the 15-nation United Nations Security Council unanimously voted to end the mandate that had authorised military action in Libya. Alliance warplanes will cease operations on Monday after flying more than 26,000 sorties, and bombing almost 6,000 targets, in a seven-month operation that helped bring about the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan leader.
“We have fully complied with the historic mandate of the United Nations to protect the people of Libya, to enforce the no-fly zone and the arms embargo,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO’s secretary-general, said in a statement.
Guardian
Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam has been in contact with the international criminal court in the Hague about surrendering to face charges of inciting the murder of thousands of Libyans. The judicial body confirmed establishing an indirect link with the elder Gaddafi scion, who is believed to be in southern Libya where he is attempting to reach either Niger or Mali. ICC chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo said conversations had so far been informal and been held with an associate of the Libyan. Saif faces the most serious charges on the court’s statutes, committing crimes against humanity. An indictment was filed against him in June.
moez معز
If #Saif #Gaddafi gets tried in #Libya he will be hanged – if he is tried at the Hague, he gets time to finish his Phd in a cell #feb17
Gaddafi-Sohn Saif will sich Richtern stellen – Wiener Zeitung: donaukurier.de Gaddafi-Sohn…
goo.gl/fb/0leVQ
Saif:
If tried @ ICC, ONLY done w/ proxy, attorney to represent case w/ info provided by Saif:
Nahla
Prisoners can take part in sports activities and other hobbies What else do you want Saif? #5StarCell #ICC
libyanandproud
Who asked me about the Eagle in Misratta war museum a while ago?
i finally found out that it was the Eagle at the 32 Brigade barracks
moez معز
If #Libya requests handover of #Saif #Gaddafi can ICC override – who has overall jurisdiction? #Libya #feb17
BravoLibyans
Saif / Seif Gaddafi knows that several 100s of agents and special ops including drones,tracking his calls R on his tail.& THEY WILL KIIL HIM
Jorma
Saif Al Islam’s options include: plastic surgery, ID change, ICC in the Hague or Drawn and Quartered in Libya? Your vote?
Hannah
Had word from a special ops contact in Niger. Hope I’m wrong, but expecting to see Saif sooner dead than on trial.
Ahmed
Libyan newspaper reports that Saddi #Gaddafi arrived in #Jedda, Saudi Arabia yesterday on board a private Turkish airplane..#Libya
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Benghazi Black Saturday #libya #memories
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNtuCxItDyY&fea...
hollypickett Holly Pickett
Encountered real, live Gaddafi supporters for tje first time in #Sirte yesterday. I didn’t receive a visa for Tripoli and the Rixos. #Libya
It was the first time I encountered fervent supporters. I asked what could bring peace to Libya and they said only Gaddafi. #Nuts. #Libya
A secret document reveal that #Libya paid money (Bribe) to two #Algerian Newspapers.
twitpic.com/75yt50 via @twitpic
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Hope and anxiety go hand in hand in Tripoli
bit.ly/ucNRV7 #libya
Tarek
#Mousa Kousa. Oh where are you? #Libya
twitpic.com/777hai
Old photo of #Gaddafi, his mother, #Saif & #Saadi, I found it in a shop in the old city in #Tripoli #Libya
twitpic.com/777e0d via @libtrip
Sarah
#RevolutionMemories : How hard we fought with our parents for going to #Benghazi and we won :p
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
PICTURE #Misrata celebrations welcoming the freedom fighters home.. pic.twitter.com/Qik8qj5i
Libyan
An Islamist is someone who believes that Islam is not only a religion but a political ideology, there are moderate and extreme
I really enjoy debating with fellow Libyans, we haven’t had the chance to do some critical thinking for 42 years!
Andrés
welcome to democracy: fight all the day every day with words so we will never have to do it with guns
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
my city, my heart, the most beautiful place on earth, #Benghazi, #Libya ♥ pic.twitter.com/kuyDEyTD
Liz K
#Radio4 seemed to think just now that #Gaddafi’s son Saif was on a one-way ticket to #TheHague – don’t think so, just yet! THAT’S Plan B! :)
moez معز
Crazy party at the radisson #tripoli yesterday:
Video:
twitvid.com/ZLWTC
StateDept StateDept
Arrival of Injured Libyan Fighters
Notice to the Press
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
October 28, 2011
U.S. Department of State officials will join local officials at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts to welcome 24 wounded Libyan fighters for treatment at Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care North Shore on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
Accredited members of the media are invited to cover brief remarks from the officials and to film the arrival of the aircraft.
Arrival time for press is 3:30 pm at the Amelia Earhart Terminal near the Airport’s South Gate at the end of Harborside Drive. Final access for all press is 4:00 pm.
All media must present a government issued photo ID and a valid media credential.
PRESS CONTACTS:
Office of Press Relations
U.S. Department of State
(202) 647-2492
#Gaddafi in hell #Libya
twitpic.com/778f65
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Moussa Koussa thinks he can get off easy. Not under our watch -
FYI: Won’t be dropping Moussa Koussa from the agenda until he is in cuffs and behind bars – #Libya
Ma3laysheeee Moussa Koussa – #Libya
USA Today
Libyans hold victory parade in Misrata
MISRATA, Libya (AP) – Fighters and residents in this battle-scarred city celebrated victory over Moammar Gadhafi’s regime with parade of tanks and anti-aircraft guns Friday, as NATO announced that it would end its air campaign over Libya after the weekend.
Revolutionaries riding atop a dozen tanks and scores of pickup trucks equipped with heavy weapons rode through Misrata’s main Tripoli Street, which was badly damaged during a weekslong siege of the city by Gadhafi loyalists. Horsemen in traditional Libyan dress led one of the convoys, and one of the tanks swerved wildly to cheers from onlookers.
Full art.:
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-...
And here are the photo’s:
Wefaq’s Photo Album of #Misrata’s celebrations today:
on.fb.me/sHNIEs
or:
goo.gl/g5RiF
hollypickett Holly Pickett
We were invited to visit the burned home by the woman who lived there. She was married to a #Gaddafi and had 4 children, big house. #Libya.
The house was burned to a crisp, and the top floor was mere rubble covered by a roof. Rebels had written “Zenga, zenga” on the wall. #Libya
Reuters
FACTBOX-Libyan government lending to foreign states
Feb 9 (Reuters) – A Libyan government document obtained by
Reuters showed the oil exporter is owed over $3 billion dollars
by foreign governments after handing out dozens of loans that
underscore its wealth and its diplomatic clout.
For the main story, click on ID:nLDE7110QG
Below are details of the loans set out in the document,
which was drafted by the Libyan General Peoples’ Committee for
International Cooperation, or foreign ministry:
Read it here:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/09/liby...
FatimaShwehdi فاطمة ☪
Free Libyan Women’s group from the #UK sending foodstuffs/supplies to the families of FF in #Nafousa mountains, #LIbya
Photo’s:
goo.gl/8BukC
DW World
Germany faces questions over alleged spy agency involvement in Libya
After abstaining from the UN vote on the no-fly zone over Libya and opposing NATO’s military intervention, Germany faces an inquest over allegations that its spies were involved in tracking Colonel Gadhafi.
Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), is facing uncomfortable questions about its possible involvement in the Libya conflict after reports surfaced in the German media that it allegedly knew the whereabouts of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi long before his capture and that BND agents passed the information on to NATO.
Read more:
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15489240,...
Sky News
Where Are Gaddafi’s Family And Associates?
Despite the death of Colonel Gaddafi in Sirte, the search for the remaining members of his family and his associates continues.
Check it out here:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
Formerly Libya-based north Koreans now banned from returning home and spreading the revolutionary gospel
Link:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia... #Libya #Korea
BirgerHost Birger v. Host
TV2Denmark: M. Ali Mustafa representative of #Libya in #denmark: “Sharia n Democracy can work together.” (as christianity n democracy)
Sarah
I’m the only one who’s happy for that →
pic.twitter.com/neGxjaWt
Wala ~ ولاء
If #Arabs celebrated bonfire night they’d be labelled as barbaric, for celebrating public burning of someone. But it’s ok if you’re not Arab
New Age
SA mercenaries with Gaddafi son
South African mercenaries who allegedly took part in Muammar Gaddafi’s failed escape bid are still taking care of his son Seif al-Islam, the Beeld newspaper said on Thursday.
The South Africans were hired by a company with close ties to Gaddafi, training his presidential guard and handling some of his offshore financial dealings, the Afrikaans-language paper said.
Read more:
thenewage.co.za/33334-1060-53-SA_mercen...
AP
Prosecutor says ICC is in indirect contact with Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam
LibyaLiberty
#Gaddafi’s have bad luck with,er,direct contact
Feb17
Video:
A hard life for Libya’s African migrants
On the coast outside Tripoli, a squalid refugee camp shelters hundreds of African migrants who found work under Libya’s former regime, but are now jobless, discriminated against and unable to return home.
Watch it here:
feb17.info/media/video-a-hard-life-for-...
Khiria
the coolest people to sit with now in #Libya are the thuwar & ex-prisoners!! #epicstories #Feb17
Libya 7orra
Join @WMCLibya at our charity bazaar in #Tripoli #Libya tomorrow at informatics college from 12-8pm
Remember this guy ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9mpdsYNyM&fea...
Here he is with the FFs at #Gaddafi hole AllahuAkbar
pic.twitter.com/sTxegsKS
Windsor Star
West needn’t worry, Libyan journalist says
The new Libya will be freer with Shariah law than it was under Moammar Gadhafi, says a young woman who grew up in Windsor and now lives in Tripoli.
Western concerns over law based on the Qur’an are misguided, Khadija Ali said by phone Tuesday.
Western concerns over law based on the Qur’an are misguided, Khadija Ali said by phone Tuesday.
“The Islam that we follow here in Libya is a moderate Islam,” said Ali, 18, who works as a freelance journalist for the English-language Tripoli Post.
“So I don’t see why anybody should be worried.
“But at the end of the day, we’re going to rely on the constitution and what the Libyan people want. And I think the West has to accept that.”
Read full art.:
www.windsorstar.com/news/West+needn+wor...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Mansour #Dhao Ibrahim – captured Head of #Gaddafi Security Brigade has spoken to BBC from his prison cell.
Mansour #Dhao says #Gaddafi was hiding in #Sirte before 28/08/11. Less than 20 people knew he was there.
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
My previous #libya trips-1st thing I’d see at #tunisia -libya border was big #Gaddafi poster.1st thing I’m seeing today is the new flag.
yfrog.com/gyue0qlj
cswift2 Cara Swift
I’m sad to be leaving #Tripoli but hope to come back very soon. Inshallah :) #Libya
TFMLibya TFM Libya
24 wounded patients evacuated to the US and 6 more to Germany. All hospital bills & treatment paid for by TFM’s Global Health Programme.
libyanandproud
btw I don’t know anyone born after 1969 that has more than one wife
In Tunisia: 1,887 wounded Libyan patients treated, #TFM payments made so far $7.7 million. #Libya
Mail & Guardian
Desert claims ‘king of kings’
The belated finale for Muammar Gaddafi began on a marble slab in a car park and ended with a lonely burial in the desert far from the reach of family or foe.
After his body spent five days on gruesome display, Libya’s new rulers finally decided late on Monday night October 24 to put Gaddafi to rest, capping a week of uncertainty about what to do with the slain despot’s remains and closing an era of fear and infamy.
“We gave him all the Islamic rituals that we would give any Muslim,” said the deputy chief of Libya’s new governing council in Misrata, Sadiq Badi. “It was more than he would have given us but we gave him a dignified end.”
Read more:
mg.co.za/article/2011-10-29-desert-clai...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
The #Gaddafi I Knew goo.gl/rxZtQ #libya Common! G genuinely didnt catch his question? Gaddafi was a good actor spoke fluent English
Fresh Graffiti on Walls in#Tripoli: “Dictator Gaddafi sent a message to the #Libyan people from hell, saying ‘I am staying here’.” #Libya
reedom4libya
Joanne This is just too funny They called Tantoush, Ahmed Ibrahim and Mansour Dao “three Islamic holy men”#Libya
hollypickett Holly Pickett
Twitter is overwhelming me. Last night the internet was shut off before I could finish #Sirte tweets and today I have a 100 replies. #Libya
I want the new Libya to rise above all of the horrible things that were done under Gaddafi.
the pro-Gaddafi I spoke with weren’t interested in discussing what happened in Misrata and other cities.
So: back to the woman whose house was burned and “zenga zenga” written on the wall: her husband was high in #Gaddafi security dept. #Sirte
This according to the man who used to be her neighbor and brought me to Dist. 2 to see his destroyed house. #Sirte #Libya
He said the woman’s husband gave all the neighbors weapons to fight against the rebels. The husband is now hiding somewhere. #Libya #Sirte
He said he was afraid of this family, his neighbors. When rebel forces entered #Sirte, he and his wife and kids fled. #Libya
Ahram Online
Getting Libya back on its feet
The images of Muammar Gaddafi’s final day were ugly; captured alive, his stringy hair caked in blood, he is manhandled briefly by his captors, and then gunshots ring out.
The next pictures we see of the fallen tyrant show a bullet hole in his head; he is definitively dead. But for those who wanted to see for themselves, his body was washed, his hair neatly trimmed and he was laid out for four days in a meat locker in Misrata, one of the many towns in Libya to claim a special dislike for him.
Why did so many families line up to see the decomposing body? Certainly, Libyans have been inured to violence.
Read more:
english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/4/253...
NYT
West Sees Opportunity in Postwar Libya for Businesses
The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO’s military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday. But a new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the shores of Tripoli.
Western security, construction and infrastructure companies that see profit-making opportunities receding in Iraq and Afghanistan have turned their sights on Libya, now free of four decades of dictatorship. Entrepreneurs are abuzz about the business potential of a country with huge needs and the oil to pay for them, plus the competitive advantage of Libyan gratitude toward the United States and its NATO partners.
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/world/africa...
Sarah
I’m tired to kill the conspiracy theories .. C’mon .. How can you trust Lizzy Phelan !?!?!? _
LIBYAN
Ahmed Bani requested from the @IntlCrimCourt not to negotiate behind the NTC and Libyans with #Saif #Gaddafi
Tour through Mutassim Gaddafi’s Estate
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-tour-through-mut...
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Human Events
Libyan ‘Crossfire’
You’ve got your Mexican standoff, your Russian roulette, your Chinese water torture. And now, your Libyan crossfire. That’s when a pistol is applied to the head and a bullet crosses from one temple to the other.
That’s apparently what happened to Moammar Gaddafi after he was captured by Libyan rebels — died in a “crossfire,” explains Libya’s new government. This has greatly agitated ACLU types, morally unemployed ever since a Democratic administration declared Guantanamo humane. The indignation has spread to human rights groups and Western governments, deeply concerned about the manner of Gaddafi’s demise.
Read more:
www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47155
Interactive Libya Time line
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Op Ed: Freaking Out About Sharia (in Libya)
By: Iyad El-Baghdadi
No sooner had the Libyan NTC chairman, Mustafa Abduljalil, given his address to the nation on the occasion of the liberation, than we started hearing dozens of voices expressing disappointment, betrayal, and anger. Abduljalil, in a symbolic break with the past, declared all Gaddafi-era laws that contradict Islamic law to be null & void. His words were met with loud cheers from the enormous crowd of celebrating Libyans.
“Islamic law? Did he just say Islamic law? You mean sharia? That scary stuff they have in Iran and the Taliban? How could he! I thought they wanted a democracy, with political parties, a parliament, and elections! Those ingrates! We supported them for nothing! They betrayed us! Woe be to Libya, it’s going to be another Iran! Another Taliban! Another theocratic tyranny!”
Alright, stop freaking out already.
Abduljalil was not declaring a form of government. He did not say there will be no constitutional convention, constitutional referendum, a parliament, freedom to form political parties, and free elections. “Sharia” is a code of law, not a system of government. Abduljalil was only speaking out what he knows most Libyans want. His words were met with loud cheers, not boos and hisses.
The Sharia Menace
Of course, “Sharia” is that scary foreign word you hear a lot associated with mean men with big turbans and long beards. Fact is, its translation is quite benign. Sharia is Arabic for “law” – in this case, law derived from Islamic scripture, developed & commented upon by some 50 generations of scholars and legal experts across the history of our civilization.
What Sharia is, and the non-authoritarian structure that classically developed & interpreted it, is probably beyond our scope here, and I promise to deal with it in a dedicated article. Suffice it to say that the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Taliban Mullas do not own “Sharia”, much like they don’t own Islam, and it would be a grave mistake to assume that their specific practices represent the only possible Islam.
The Law & the Political Process
Libyans are 99.9% Muslims, of the same sects and school. Muslims believe that the law’s essence should not be up to the vote, while its specific application should be open to interpretation and scholarship. This is, of course, a valid philosophical debate: Should the law be up to the vote? Does society make the law, or does the law precede
society?
The idea that the law should not be up to the vote may be alien to those locked into the modern liberal tradition, but it is not at all alien to Western classical liberal thought. In fact, in a recent tweet session, I heavily quoted Bastiat in support of this position. Muslim see their law as an expression of natural law, that derives from natural rights.
Furthermore, Islam is clear in that these rights precede the law, and that the only reason God revealed religions and a law in the first place is to preserve these rights.
What this is Really About
Finally, it’s important, very important, to note that Islam making a presence in Libya, or Tunisia or Egypt, is not Arabs choosing a system of government – it’s them affirming their identity. In a way, it’s also Arabs saying that while they admire what the West has, they aren’t going to swallow it hook, line, and sinker. This is precisely why I feel that my project, “The Arab Spring Manifesto”, is so timely and important.
So before freaking out about Libyans declaring their identity and choosing an anchor for their code of laws, perhaps we need to ask a question: Did you support Libya for no other reason than to see it become a clone of Europe?
AFP
Libyans find more bodies in Kadhafi hometown
SIRTE, Libya — Volunteers are still finding dozens of bodies in Moamer Kadhafi’s hometown of Sirte that fell on October 20, including of Libyan civilians killed in a suspected NATO air strike.
Twenty-six unmarked makeshift graves covered by breeze-blocks were discovered at a water treatment plant in Number Two district where pro-Kadhafi fighters put up a final stand after several weeks of heavy bombardment.
Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
The weapons hunt begins in Libya Life is beginning to return to normal in the Libyan capital Tripoli following the capture and killing of Moamer Kadhafi on October 20. Police have been redeployed throughout the city and are manning checkpoints set up to ensure that former fighters are disarmed.
Watch video:
feb17.info/media/video-the-weapons-hunt...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Theres a whole @Twitter account just for the weather here in #Tripoli @weather_tripoli
Still got a green Libyan jersey. Wanted to save it for an occasion to burn…Missed that.. Any ideas what to do with it now?
Seraf1na
Cut it into pieces, put the pieces as bait in rat-traps. Sell the piece of art on ebay’s.
Haitham
use it as a towel to clean the mursh ( glass ) or el athaath
Ammr
keep it for the final win of the Africa Cup & than burn it!
Khaled
clean the toilet with it. Or donate it to #Gaddaficrimes museum
Al Arabiya
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi tells an ICC’s informal contact that he is ‘innocent’
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the fugitive son of Libya’s toppled late leader, told the International Criminal Court he is innocent of alleged crimes against humanity, the court prosecutor said on Saturday in the Chinese capital.
ICC charged Qaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi with crimes against humanity for the bombing and shooting of civilian protesters in February.
The court, based in The Hague, has said it made informal contact with Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, and is seeking to arrest him and bring him to trial on the charges stemming from Libya’s civil war.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
Hanan
My first instinct is to laugh at #Saif’s claims of innocence! Then I think of the innocents who died because of him. He MUST be prosecuted.
Roland
trivia: if you designate oct 23th as a national holiday, you’ll celebrate freedom on the same day as hungary. would be awesome!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
LYM at day 2 of the SI Special Committee on the Arab World Meeting in #Crete #Greece representing #Libya. Will keep you posted. #SISC #feb17
UPI
Libya after conflict is open for business
Government and business officials are pointing to Libya as the land of opportunity now that the dust is settling from eight months of civil strife.
Long-term dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s rule ended in September and with his death on Oct. 20, many in the international business community are pointing to the oil-rich African nation as the epicenter of business growth, especially with opportunities winding down in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Read art.:
www.upi.com/Business_News/2011/10/29/Li...
Reuters
ICC warns Libya’s Saif al-Islam against fleeing
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation.
The ICC has warned the 39-year-old, apparently anxious not to be captured by Libyan
interim government forces in whose hands his father Muammar Gaddafi was killed last week, that it could order a mid-air interception if he tried to flee by plane from his Sahara desert hideout for a safe haven.
Full story:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/29/us-l...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
#Swedish delegate at SISC #Crete, Catrina Hagg, "We want to help support the women of #Libya who have undergone traumatic experiences cont
cont we want to provide support to these women & help them recover from crimes committed against them & empower them in any way that we can"
Global Voices Online
Libya: Foreign Hackers and Surveillance
Since the fall of Tripoli, reporters, researchers, and former employees of the Libyan Telecom and Technology company have been uncovering and sharing details about how the Libyan government surveilled and monitored internet and phone networks.
These reports demonstrate the depth of the relationship between foreign information technology companies and the Gaddafi regime, mirroring similar relationships with the repressive regimes of Tunsia, Egypt, Syria, and others in the Middle East.
In the case of Libya, it is now clear that prior to the rebellion, the regime emphasized surveillance and data gathering over filtering. With the onset of conflict, the Gaddafi regime scrambled to put in place filtering and blocking technologies, and employed outsiders to attack opposition sites and communications.
Read more:
advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2011/10...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
NTC delegates #Jamal #Issa & #Abdalkarim #Bazzama proposing exciting youth initiatives in #Libya here at the #SISC conference in #Crete
Listening to the statement at #SISC ‘Winning the Transition to Democracy in the Arab World’. Will post soon. #Crete.
IbnOmar2005
twitpic.com/77kdxd protest for #Syria in #Tripoli #Libya.
libya_Horra Libya 7orra
bazaaar right now in #Tripoli #Libya at informatics college, all proceeds go to @WMCLibya, help us help #Libya #Feb17
FreeBenghazi
#Libya only country 2 recognise Syrian National Council. #SyriansDemand all free nations recognise the SNC #Tunisia #Egypt #Qatar #France
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: British Libyan tortured in Libya for months comes home – and meets new daughter for first time
bit.ly/trDqDL #libya
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Anyway, I got this email from Musa Ibrahim’s daughter, unsure how to respond yfrog.com/h0pxxup
That’s obviously a scam.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
A cute #Misrati boy, just out of school. School bag on his back, revolution flag on his chest. #alaandirect #libya
twitpic.com/77khr2
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Twitter is super boring today. Someone needs to make up a new rumor about Seif al-Islam’s whereabouts.
The race is on to find Libya’s missing missiles (VIDEO)
Some worry that the US might have joined the hunt too late.
Middle East – James Foley – October 28, 2011 06:09
SIRTE, Libya — Sitting in a depression in the sand, behind a dune and surrounded by a handful of sorry-looking shrubs, was what the whole world is worried about.
There, under the baking sun on the outskirts of one of the most war-torn cities in Libya earlier this week, were crates full of the kind of surface-to-air missiles that could take
down a jetliner.
They didn’t appear to belong to anyone. There was no one guarding them and no one took notice when Peter Bouckaert, the emergencies directory for Human Rights Watch, began tearing into them.
Link:
www.globalpost.com/mobile?mid=5679493
Hamza Malek
twitpic.com/77kejz #Syria protest in #Tripoli #Libya. #Bashar is lucky he is not neighboring Libya.
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Spoke to NTC Military spokesman, Col Ahmed Bani today. Says manner of #Gaddafi’s death not haram – but was shameful. #Libya
LibyaLiberty
How can I enjoy Libya’s Liberation,knowing innocent men and women,fighting for the same thing,are killed for saying " #SyriansDemand "?
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Moussa #Ibrahim would have been fully aware of what #Gaddafi Regime was doing. Mansour Dhao Ibrahim is his first cousin. #Libya
Spiked Online
The leeches and legalists squabbling over Gaddafi
Neither Western leaders trying to wring moral mileage out of Gaddafi’s death, nor UN officials denouncing it as illegal, deserve our backing.
It is hard to know who comes out worse from the grisly aftermath of Colonel Gaddafi’s death. Is it Western leaders like UK prime minister David Cameron and French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who are so desperate for some moral momentum, for a shot of adrenalin to their perfunctory political existences, that they will hold up the killing of a has-been tyrant outside a sewer as a great democratic moment? Or is it the UN and its cheerleaders in the liberal press, who complain that the killing of Gaddafi was potentially illegal and will thus have to be pored over for 500 years by a panel of experts to see if he was purposely killed (bad) or accidentally killed (not so bad)?
Read more:
www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/ar...
BBC
UK military starting Libya return
British military personnel are starting to return home from their Libyan mission after receiving congratulations from the defence secretary for a “job well done”.
Philip Hammond said the armed forces could be “immensely proud that their hard work has assured the liberty of the Libyan people”.
He was speaking on a visit to an Italy base from where RAF aircraft had flown.
More here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15502414
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
The time is always right to do what is right.
hollypickett Holly Pickett
I didn’t visit an ammo dump near Sirte.
Pro-Gaddafi people I spoke with said rebuilding #Sirte will “help us forget what has happened.” This is a huge, but necessary task. #Libya
Sarah
Would love to punch those people who’re criticizing @NATO intervention in #Libya & are silent about the massacre of the #Syria(n) people.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I saw some russian cargo aircraft at Mitiga but wasn’t sure what they were exactly
Free Libyan ☾✰
My friend Khaled (Injured FF) made an operatin yesterday in Jordan,, it was a Brain surgery (1/2)
(2/2) And now he’s fine al7amdulillah (Did i mention he’s a palestenian) :)
MUST READ:
National Post
The Ontario man who helped Muammar Gaddafi’s son flee Libya
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – A private security contractor and former soldier from Canada has admitted he helped Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi flee Libya last month as Tripoli was falling to anti-Gaddafi rebels.
Gary Peters is president of Can/Aus Security & Investigations International Inc. in Cambridge, Ont. He is also Saadi Gaddafi’s longtime bodyguard and admitted he was part of a team that drove the late dictator’s third son across Libya’s southern border to Niger.
The convoy was ambushed after it had crossed back into Libya and Mr. Peters was shot. He returned to Toronto’s Pearson airport in September, bleeding heavily from an untreated bullet wound to his left shoulder.
“I got hurt over there so I come back,” he said when approached this week by a National Post reporter. He said he had been providing security to members of the Gaddafi family since 2004 and had continued to do so throughout the NATO campaign against the dictator. He worked mostly for Saadi but said he had also briefly guarded Col. Gaddafi’s sons Saif al-Islam and Hannibal.
Before helping Saadi flee to Niger, Mr. Peters said he had escorted Hannibal and Col. Gaddafi’s daughter Ayesha from Libya to Algeria in a convoy. His account of working for the Gaddafis was verified by several sources.
Full story:
news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/29/the-on...
Misrata brigades exact revenge on Qaddafi supporters, singling out #Libya town of Tawergha, @HRW’s Dan Williams reports bit.ly/tjWPgB
Khalifa Leebee
Seek justice and forgiveness and you will build a great country #Libya. Seek revenge and you will destroy what’s left of the country.
dovenews Libyan™
ICC:
Saif said he is innocent of alleged crimes against humanity, the court prosecutor said on Sat in the Chinese capital.
Nigeriens are prepared to protect Saif Gaddafi & asked the int’l community to not get
involved. #Libya #Niger #ICC
Iman
Saif Gaddafi has told the ICC that he is not guilty. #Libya #ICC" if he is so sure, then why doesn’t he face trial? #SaifLies
bilal H.B.
Yes these are for me and my friends as a congrats on getting back safe from #Sirte twitpic.com/77mmn7
Have you heard about the “Libyan cake” well me and FF friends have split it, any one wants the green part?
twitpic.com/77mo9b
Me and my friend/brother Mohammed with the “Libyan cake” twitpic.com/77mphn
My friend Mohammed Hassan and my leader in #Sirte thank god they both shaved today lol
twitpic.com/77mqud
(They shaved after this)
Great party with my front line friends i will love them forever we cried laughed hurt fought and shot at toghether
twitpic.com/77mt0z
And yes these are pix of my welcome back from #Sirte party
Sarah
#RevolutionMemories Shalgam crying at the UN Security Council.. #Feb17
Our flag is visible :)
twitpic.com/77mwo6 via @Razanspeaks
Zainab
Phone lines are down in #Benghazi cuz there’s an appreciation ceremony for the Eastern side Thuwar #Libya
Sarah
I always been told the first favourite sentence of guilty people is : “I’m innocent” – #Saif #Libya
Libyans do you want to smile? This is a school in the village Baba Amr in #Homs. :) #Libya #Syria
yfrog.com/khik4dwj
LibyaInMe: Our fighters are proud. Not even a wheelchair could stop them #Libya pic.twitter.com/oxaaaVWm”
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Slavoj Zizek on the #ArabSpring, #Occupy and the rise of #China:“the marriage between capitalism and democracy is over”
aje.me/rHbLis
Salon
The murder brigades of Misrata
MISRATA, Libya — If anyone is surprised by the apparent killing of Moammar Gadhafi while in the custody of militia members from the town of Misrata, they shouldn’t be.
More than 100 militia brigades from Misrata have been operating outside of any official military and civilian command since Tripoli fell in August. Members of these militias have engaged in torture, pursued suspected enemies far and wide, detained them and shot them in detention, Human Rights Watch has found.
Art.:
www.salon.com/2011/10/28/the_murder_bri...
Hanan
When Mousa Ibrahim’s brother banned the teaching of english in Libyan education system, his brother (Mousa) was studying in UK
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#SyriansDemand that supporters of the revolutions in #Libya #Egypt #Tunisia support the Syrian revolution
I actually wrote "SyriansDemand the world give a DAMN… "
Jana
#SyriansDemand that Ghaddafi save a seat next to him in hell, #Assad is on his way.
Mazahir
If Gaddafi et al are meeting their fate now, so why is Moussa Koussa free in Qatar? Theoretically implicated in all the same crimes. #Libya
Hamza
Two things that ruin any democracy: voting fraud and campaign “donations”
KC
- Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam says he is innocent gu.com/p/33xpp/tw – Guardian LOL! And I saw sausages flying past my window this morning!
The issue of western intervention in the Arab revolutions still sparks a heated debate, fuelled by political agendas
youngamazigh youngamazigh
Amazigh cultural Journal will be distributed next week in Tripoli.‘Tilelli’ (Freedom in Tamazight)
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
he who rules by an iron fist, can only be taken out by an iron fist. #Libya
Have Saif’s ‘friends’ not been hired to kill the Libyan people?
pic.twitter.com/VFyPKjqO
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Saadi Gaddafi Financed a Fact finding Mission about #NATO bomb sites in attempt to tell side of Libya story he felt wasnt covered by media
#Saadi #Gaddafi Security Team were / are from #Canada #Australia #NewZealand #Iraq #Russia all former special forces members #Libya
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
As a Canadian and a Libyan, I would be furious if Saadi was allowed to get as far as Canada.
Libyans don’t accept this. He should face trial re the money he’s stolen and any blood on his hands, not travel!!
Mushu
The article says Gary’s going back to Niger (presumably to Saadi). We ought to dispatch a team to follow him.
TarantinoDork TarantinoDork
So we can add Blackwater to the list of mercenaries who aided Gaddafi until the very end. Not just Tuaregs, Serbs.
LIBYAN
I have been told that Saadi has Canadian passport.
Reuters
WRAPUP 5-ICC fears son of Libya’s Gaddafi may flee justice
U.S. officials hold security talks in Niger
ICC in indirect touch with Gaddafi son
Saif al-Islam may surrender to ICC, seek refuge elsewhere
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL4...
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
Celebration reward ceremony for #FF & #Feb17Martyrs in Benghazi live on Libya AlHurra
sumyasalem ##
#Saif tells ICC he’s innocent. If we’ve learned anything over the past 42 years its to take what the Gaddafis say, and believe the opposite.
Fatima
Was just watching #LibyaAlHurra & there was a ceremony of appreciation for the the FFs of #Libya in #Benghazi . There was a sheikh who gave
a rousing speech. Started out by saying the place we are gathered in saw one of the first martyrs who was hung in Ramadan. The ceremony
was heldin benghazi stadium where AlSadeq Shwehdi was executed. He said that the revolution started in #Benghazi, the liberation
started in #Benghazi & inshallah the rebuilding will start in #Benghazi.He went on to say that the world has come to know how brave our men
are, & that the world will come to know #Libya, the world will come to know #Benghazi & Barga. He said that in the coming years
students all over the world will be learning about our great revolution. #Feb17 He wishes that #Libya will come to be a leader
in modern civilization. Please excuse my translations and for not getting all of the speech, I was wishing that I was there <3 #Libya
The crowd was having a blast & chanting ‘el sha3b yureed i7tifalat el 3eed’ (the people want the celebrations of Eid) #Benghazi
Little #Libyan girls wearing 3abrooq (traditional Libyan bedouin dress w/ silver) were handing out wreaths which were placed around
the team leaders neck. Will tweet a picture of the 3abrooq later on once I find a good
clear picture
The #Libyan FFs named a brigade after Hassan AlJaber #Qatar. Its called Sareeyat Hassan Al Jaber. Hassan Al Jaber was the @AJArabic
cameraman who was killed by a sniper’s bullet in #Benghazi. Hassan Al Jaber was once of the innocent bystanders killed in this revolution
Some of the Brigade and team names: Sareeyat Shuhada #Misrata, Sareeyat Shuhada #Zawiyah, Sareeyat Fajr Febrayer, (Cont)
Kateebat Libya Al Hurra (crowd went wild when this kateeba was announce), kateebat shuhada #AbuSleem -Derna, (cont)
Kateebat Fatima Al Zahra (that was my personal favorite :p) ,Itihad thuwar #Misrata, Kateebat 17 febrayer – tripoli military council (cont)
Kateebat Omar Al Mukhtar, Kateebat Al Istit6la3, Sareeyat Shuhada #Benghazi , Kateebat Shuhada Al Jazira (cont)
Kateebat Salahuldeen, Kateebat Shuhada el Jabel & Shuhada Brega. Other shuhada, lieutenants, companies, restaurants who helped thru out
#Feb17 were given awards as well. @AJArabic accepted the award for the martyr Hassan AlJaber on behalf of his family #Qatar.
There was a sign that said ‘Now is the time to pick up pens and put down our weapons" but I wasn’t able to get a good picture of it from TV
Sarah Thank you for tweeting it :)
Your welcome :) hope I did a good job. lol the whole time I was typing I was wishing I was there </3
Fatima
Also, thru out the ceremony there were ta7iyas (a shout our basically) to people of #Misrata, @AJArabic @AJNLive for constant coverage & FFs
from all over #Libya. Awards were also given out to Brigades from #Tripoli that are recognized by the NTC.
I got goosebumps hearing the crowds sing and cheer..
ClintonNews Hillary Clinton News
US Airlift of Libya War Wounded Departs Tripoli
bit.ly/spKb9O
Russia Today TV: Saif #Gaddafi is captured by the libyan #FFs & his arm is amputated via @OnlyLibyaa
its probably a rumour cuz the only chanel which said that was russia today
Epic Libyan Men Misrata
Video:
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ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Very interesting political discussion with the youth delegates at the SI Special Committee of the Arab World in #Crete #Greece
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
#Libya: Removing #Gaddafi100: % complete ███████████████████████████ Rebuilding country: 31% complete █████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ #Feb17
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Opinion: US double standard: Gaddafi bad, Karimov good
aje.me/sJhBea
Mushu
Can’t wait for the time the Gaddafis are all caught and we get finally rid of all these darn rumours. Nanganni malleet. #Libya #Feb17
MariaGolovnina Maria Golovnina
How is the #NTC going to stop wave of revenge attacks before it’s too late ? #Libya
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
Bush & Blair shld b held accountable 4 this-The race is on to find Libya missing missiles | GlobalPost
j.mp/toBQhD (via Instapaper)
acarvin Andy Carvin
If you’d told me a year ago that someone in #Libya is organizing a TEDxTripoli, I would have thought you mad.
tedxtripoli.org
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
#Iran is trying to pressure new #Libya to have presence in the country using Libyan prisoners in #Iraq
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Ceremony for the #FFs in Misratah #libya
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Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Pisses me off: releasing #baghdadi #mahmoudi XPM of #Gaddafi regime #Libya
Khiria
laundry basket at my grandparents house is full of military uniforms. #thuwarlife #Feb17
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Any artists out there who can make me a #gaddafi shafshoofa stencil for my pumpkin? (Its some competition n I wanna win :p)
Naheed Mustafa
Nice! Give the writer a cigar! RT @Kawlture The season of #CreepinSharia is upon us! Latest pun is “Arab Spring, Islamic Harvest”
Reuters
Wounded Libyan fighters flown to US.
Oct. 29 – The US Air Force flies 25 wounded Libyan fighters to the United States for medical treatment at the request of the National Transitional Council. Sunita Rappai reports.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lrKNp8Pb-A
bilal H.B.
I havent seen soldiers from Qatar fighting but i did see commanders telling NATO where to hit, i witnessed most of the real action #Libya
flyingbirdies أكرم
30,000 people live as refugee in Sirt houses devastated & needs blankets or houses, Any good people there HELLO #Libya
NTC at odds with ICC over Gaddafi’s son
Libya’s new leaders have expressed concern over reports the International Criminal Court (ICC) is negotiating with Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The ICC is reportedly working on a deal for Saif al-Islam to surrender and be tried for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands.
Libyan officials, however, hope to capture Gaddafi’s on and put him on trial in Tripoli.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Tripoli.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NENkdZdiBEs
bilal H.B.
NATO says we took out the system in Libya
Qatar said it too
France as well
guess the Libyan people stayed at home during the Rev
Fatima
Photo : 3abrooq, traditional Libyan bedouin dress. Color of fabric can be different but silver jewellery is used
twitpic.com/77pn6e
Alielehmer Ali El-Ehmer
Before helping Saadi flee to Niger, Mr. Peters said he had escorted Hannibal and Col. Gaddafi’s daughter Ayesha from Libya to (cont…
…cont) Algeria in a convoy. His account of working for the Gaddafis was verified by several sources.
Michael
Aiding and abetting criminal escape is a felony in itself. Mr Peters should be arrested and turned over to Interpol.
Alielehmer Ali El-Ehmer
#Iran says ready for defense cooperation with #Libya, #Tunisia, #Egypt isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.…
Iran says ready for defense cooperation with Libya, Tunisia, Egypt
ISNA – Tehran
Service: Foreign Policy
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said the country is ready for defense cooperation with Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.
“Iran is ready for such cooperation, but the other side should be willing for joint measures as well,” he said.
“There will be no problem for Iran’s cooperation with the countries if popular regimes are established in the countries. Iran can cooperate with the countries in military domains,” Iranian defense minister continued.
He also said building process of a naval cruise missile dubbed Zafar" (triumph) is about to be completed and it would be handed over soon.
Also regarding the US accusation on Iran’s involvement in a plot to kill Saudi Arabian envoy to Washington, Vahidi said, “This is the old strategy of pressure which the US resorts to in different times.”
He said the “scenario” aims to divert the world’s public opinion from important issues occurring against the US and Zionist regime. He added the accusation seeks discord between Iran and Saudi Arabia and strengthening the US role in the region.
End Item
Source:
www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-...
National Post
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam tells International Criminal Court he is innocent
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday that Libya’s Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact via intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation.
U.S. military and government representatives held security talks in neighboring Niger with local officials in Agadez, which has been a way station for other Libyan fugitives, including another son of Muammar Gaddafi, Saadi. A Reuters reporter saw a U.S. military plane at Agadez airport.
Read more:
news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/29/muamma...
Telegraph
Confusion and conflicting loyalties as Libyans struggle with life after Gaddafi
Not all Libyans welcomed the fall of Gaddafi, writes Nick Meo. For all that Bani Walid now has pro-revolutionary flags, bunting and graffiti, those who support the new government say that many homes still have pictures of Gaddafi inside.
After Muammar Gaddafi’s secret burial in the desert last week, the men of Bani Walid could only quietly mourn the leader they revered.
“I felt sadness, as if I had lost my father,” said Fatallah Hasan, 22, a student. When the rebels came to “liberate” him, Mr Hasan took up his Kalashnikov and shot at them, as
did most of the town’s young men.
Read more:
goo.gl/GpTek
A HUGE rally carrying the #Syrian flag . Oh btw this isn’t in #Homs or #Daraa it in Benghazi #Libya
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Reuters
Libyan Islamists urge NTC to stop executions in Iraq
- Libyan Islamists who helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi urged the country’s new leaders on Saturday to appeal to Baghdad to halt the execution of Libyans jailed in Iraq.
In a demonstration that drew hundreds of people — some armed — to the headquarters of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya’s second city of Benghazi, protesters urged the head of the council to intervene in support of some 30 Libyans they say were arrested during the Iraqi insurgency.
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7...
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
If u interested in Libyan food never forget to check updates in the blog libyanfood.blogspot.com by @TasnimQ & her group #Libya
Armchair Arab
Heard about big pro-syrian protest in Benghazi, great but we have lots of requirements we should be protesting NTC for.
#AskTheNTC – Where are the court/justice/legal systems that should be in place?
#AskTheNTC – What’s the progress on creating a unified national army/security force? How many people being trained?
#AskTheNTC – Will the tripoli council be dissolved once the interim gov is set up in Tripoli?
#AskTheNTC – We keep hearing about oil production increasing/recovering, what’s being done with the remittences from this production?
#AskTheNTC – Are any FF brigades being mobilized to secure our southern borders? Have some already been mobilized to do so?
#AskTheNTC – Will we be allowed to know why certain individuals are being appointed to positions in the interim gov, i.e. their expertise?
#AskTheNTC – Will everyone in the interim gov either have to be ex-gaddafi or a friend of Saifs to get in?
#AskTheNTC – What will you be doing to bring onboard the VAST expertise of Libyans in and out of Libya in the interim gov?
#AskTheNTC – How will small-medium business be empowered to play their part in the re-building of Libya?
#AskTheNTC – When will the NTC/Interim gov be setting up an official gov funded/transparent Libyan TV channel using Gaddafi TV equipment?
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Rumors 2night here in #misrata that Seif el Islam is captured. My sources in #misrata & #tripoli can’t confirm that. #libya #alaandirect
Tripolitanian Libyan
Anyone watching the African Cup of Nations draw??? Tell me what group #Libya gets put in!
Group A: Equatorial Guinea, Libya, 2 more teams left.
So far so good, we’re in the same group as one of the worse pot 1 teams!
Group A: Eq Guinea, Libya, Senegal
we’re in it to win it!
Zambia again!
Group A: Eq Guinea (hosts), Libya, Senegal, Zambia
Group A is looking like a tough group
Senegal was group winner and beat Cameroon, Zambia was also group winner, Eq Guinea gets the host advantage
I think our boys can pull it off! #Libya #AfricanCup
Mushu
Yes,we killed him. No,it wasn’t unexpected. Yes,it was against the laws. No,it wasn’t unjustified. Yes,it was ugly. No,it wasn’t avoidable.
Libya: final mission for Belgian fighter jets
VRT
29/10/11 – The Belgian fighter jets operating in the Libyan airspace have ended their mission. This morning, they took off for the final flight above Libya as the mission is coming to an end. Defence Minister Pieter De Crem witnessed the event. The fighter jets will be returning to Belgium soon.
Video:
www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/...
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
IBN THABIT BLOCK PARTY IN FASHLOUM : 10 November at 21:00 : Omar ibn Al Khattab Street: next to Hussein Trousha…
LibyaOrg: Petition 4 greater representation of Libyan women in the NTC & future governmental institutions
goo.gl/z0lxT
libya_Horra
group is now complete:- Group A is #Libya, #Zambia, #Senegal and the hosts equatorial guinea… tough one guys!!
Enas
FF Ahmed Al Saadawi from #Misrata in James Cool Hospital, Middlesbrough #feb17 #UK
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Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
@
@JomanaCNN if you manage to see a single picture of Gaddafi during your trip i’ll give you a prize.
Daily Trust
Libyans find more bodies in Gadhafi hometown
Volunteers are still finding dozens of bodies in Muammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte that fell on October 20, including of Libyan civilians killed in a suspected NATO air
strike.
Twenty-six unmarked makeshift graves covered by breeze-blocks were discovered at a water treatment plant in Number Two district where pro-Kadhafi fighters put up a final stand after several weeks of heavy bombardment.
Link:
goo.gl/yej5K
Nasr
It looks & sounds like #Misrata FFs want 2keep their weapons until they C how the new gov looks like. This is being perceived as a threat
To our FFs in #Misrata : Please don’t disappoint #LIBYA . Surrender your weapons to the National authorities NOW. Can NOT use force any more
Khadija
Yesterday there was a rumor about A. Ibrahim, anyone here anything new about him? #Libya #Feb17
Karama Kicks Off #Libya Peace Platform Initiative —
www.el-karama.org/content/karama-kicks-...
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Every time I venture into the huge and growing Saudi Twitterverse I’m fascinated. Wish my Arabic were better.
Tweeting Tripoli
More photos from the conference by the Forum of Civil State group. Held at Bab Al-Baher Hotel, Tripoli.
pic.twitter.com/yf4z5kWW
Excellent papers by a group of Libyans who are advocates for a democratic civil state. I enjoyed it :)
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Dr Ali Gaddor Imam of Zawiat Dihmani Mosque & father of Abdulatti who was murdered by G thugs in Soug Guma speaking…
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Dr Gaddor: No such thing as an Islamic state. Libya is a moderate Muslim country. No one should use religion to seek power.
He’s the imam for my fav childhood mosque in Zawiat Dihmani. Used to go for Friday prayers there :)
Dr Gaddor, a known religious scholasaid against an Iran/Afghan like state. He’s for a civil state with constitution based on Islamic laws.
Was surprised 2 see many religious scholars at the symposium. They agreed that a civil state doesn’t go against Islam.
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Wala ~ ولاء
“I hated Muammer #Gadaffi before it became mainstream.”
SMILE:
the Saudi version of Thelma & Louise … lol
pic.twitter.com/BAedq4Aw
Cassie
Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Dont wait cause right now is the oldest you’ve ever been & the youngest you’ll be ever again.
KC
Why is there no #ICC arrest warrant for Sa3di #Gaddafi ? He sent brigades to #Benghazi kill protesters there. Wipe the smirk of his face!
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Saw at least 40 people in Ras Hsan yesterday at 1am, in the cold, cleaning streets, picking up garbage & patching up potholes. :) #Tripoli
bilal H.B.
Today #NTC members started their jobs officially in Tripoli now it’s the true capital after 8 months the #NTC stayed in Benghazi. #Libya
The only job you start on top is digging a hole.
Will somebody please get #Bashar some glasses i think he can’t see his people and the way they “love” him!
Last year i think #SaudiArabia gave #Benghazi alone 1400 VISAs for people to go to #Hajj this year it gave only 7000 visa for entire #Libya!
What’s happened to you #Saudi you used to support freedom in #Palestine ? Well guess times have changed. Maybe you need a littel “push”!
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
Fatima
Just found a description of a #Libyan wedding girlsoloinarabia.typepad.com/girl_solo_in_a… Libyan weddings are more or less like this description #Libya
Yaman
I love how it took regular Libyans less than a year to kill Gaddafi. But it took ten years for highly trained US army 10 years to kill Osama
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
A coward dies a thousand deaths; A soldier dies but once.
AP
Score-settling after Libya’s war casts shadow
This town once loyal to Moammar Gadhafi is no more: its 25,000 residents have fled, fearing retribution from vengeful victors from the neighboring city of Misrata who have burned and ransacked homes, crossed out Tawergha’s name on road signs and vowed not to let anyone return.
Tawergha, about 20 miles (35 kilometers) south of Misrata, is just one casualty of score-settling following Libya’s 8-month civil war that ended with Gadhafi’s Oct. 20
capture and death.
Art.:
goo.gl/xK7ce
Al Arabiya
Libya drawn to play opening match of African Nations Cup
Libya, who qualified in fairytale fashion for the 2012 African Nations Cup finals, were drawn on Saturday to play in the tournament’s opening game.
They meet co-hosts Equatorial Guinea in Group A in Bata on Jan. 21 to launch the three-week event and will have a reasonable chance of making the second round after also being paired with Senegal and Zambia.
Libya finished second in their qualifying section and went through to the finals as one of the best runners-up.
The draw also brought together North African rivals Morocco and Tunisia in Group C alongside co-hosts Gabon and Niger.
Tunisia beat Morocco in the 2004 final and are the only winners from the last eight Nations Cup tournaments to qualify for the 2012 event.
Ivory Coast are the top seeds in Group B where they again meet Burkina Faso who shared the same opening-round section at the last edition in Angola in 2010.
Group D top seeds Ghana were drawn alongside west African rivals Guinea and Mali plus newcomers Botswana.
We end today with a real cliffhanger!
Did Saadi really flee to Saudi Arabia?
Is Saif really going to hand himself to the ICC?
Is Aisha really a woman?
Don’t miss the next episode of the Gaddafi saga…….
SUMMARY OCTOBER 30th 2011
10/30/11
10.30.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
The Gaddafi saga:
Saadi is a woman, Aisha is in Algeria and Saif is going to hand in his hand to the ICC.
#AsktheNTC can you fund my group’s hunting trip to #NIGER ? We have the guns and cars we just need to bribe NigerPD !
ShahrazadKablan Shahrazad Kablan
22 Libyan Freedom Fighters made it to Logan Airport. On their way to the hospital now.
Observation:
Libyan
Assad is the new Gaddafi. #Libya #Syria
Cara Swift
A Libyan said to us that he thought there shouldn’t be an army in the new #Libya, & money shld be spent on education instead. Thoughts?
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Pic: Ahmed Ramadan AlAsab3ee- Gaddafi’s Double – Claims he was Gaddafi’s “secretary” – #Libya #Feb17
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Hamza Malek
the massacre in #sirte HAS to be addressed and the perpetrators HAVE to be punished. #libya
we must not adopt a #gaddafi mentality, or the mentality of his followers, of ignoring real crimes against humanity. #libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#AskTheNTC Do you realize if i don’t start working soon, im going to be very bored and thats not good since i own several guns?
Mail Online
Saif Gaddafi ‘hires South African mercenaries to spirit him away to friendly nation’
Colonel Gaddafi’s eldest son Saif has hired a group of South African mercenaries to smuggle him out of Libya and into a friendly African country, according to information received by the International Criminal Court.
The Court, based in the Hague, said Saif, 39, whose current whereabouts are the source of much speculation, had been in contact with them through intermediaries to
discuss the possibility of surrendering for trial.
Read more:
goo.gl/A5XuQ
Gaddafi’s son appears to be Saif. For now
Saif is neve save
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Guys, the key words in National Transitional Council are TRANSITIONAL and COUNCIL i.e. temporary and not-an-actual-government. #AskTheNTC
LibyaInMe حنين بن غزي
An American youth converted to Islam today in Benghazi #Libya pic.twitter.com/sKg5ARg0
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
Turkish reception at Rixos Hotel tonight – amazing food in this country of fine people and bad cuisine. Ah, the smoked fish, profiteroles!
Al Ray TV declares Shakeer & Tohami will not b able 2 appear in the channel as the laws in #Syria do not allow incitement 2 murder citizens.
Neale
#AskTheNTC Will the NTC encourage the economy by guaranteeing electricity supply and internet?
#AskTheNTC Will the NTC create a big infrastructure project to employ Libyans, such as modern National Rail network?
Dicey
If any government thinks they can beat this generation of young people into submission has had their head in the sand since January…
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
I have to say: I love #libya, feel at home here. #Misrata, #tripoli, #benghazi rock. People are remarkable. #alaandirect
Sarah
And #Libya loves you and your channel too. You guys did an awesome job, thank you! :) #Feb17”
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
from Mustafa Ergig: his family one of 13 in #Jadu that lost two sons to #Feb17. Jadu lost 200+ men, all fighting for freedom of other cities
Mike
Unless the Sirte massacre is openly addressed it will seethe below the surface for years like Abu Salim
Hamza
the massacre in #sirte HAS to be addressed and the perpetrators HAVE to be punished. #libya
we must not adopt a #gaddafi mentality, or the mentality of his followers, of ignoring real crimes against humanity. #libya
Sirte_Feb17 Sirtawi
Good. Many families back to #Sirte bit by bit. Not so good. No electricity, communications and other essentials yet. #SirteCrisis #Feb17
Some families who fled to Misurata intend on going back to #Sirte for Eid Al-Ad’ha. #Feb17 #Libya
#SirteCrisis: Ibn Sina Hospital a complete wreck. Not even one ambulance around! #Feb17 #Libya
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
When the dust settles remind us to bring up a serious issue, that needs to be addressed. No one is above the law, not even the people.
We shouldn’t choose when and when not to apply it. It’s there to prevent car bumping life styles.
Some people call it nature, I call it the balance. Go with it, live a happy life and after life. Move against it, suffer twice.
When the dust settles people, when it does. Then again will justice wait?
During this transition period no one was chosen. If Belhaj is no good he goes simple
Heard that internet is not going to be free anymore, also heard about rally soon regarding that.
libyanproud libyanandproud
I think #ntc should get a new social media team since the ones that used this @ntc_of_libya quit
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I posted 108 photos on Facebook in the album “Zawiya… the city that never surrendered”
fb.me/QkKycdJX
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
My grandfather, who retired from police service jst as Gaddafi came to power, salutes camera on liberation day #Tripoli
pic.twitter.com/LH8F055U
Celebrating the future in Libya
Parades for Misrata fighters as they return home, as celebrations continue in Tripoli. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-celebrating-the-...
Sarah
Headache – Debating with an Anti #Feb17 but Hamdulilah he ends up with “You’re right .. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU LIBYA :)” :D
I even made him change his point of view about #GaddafisDeath . Two people today :’) #Proud
this is FB page of the owner of AL RAY TV.. www.facebook.com/mashaanaljabouri
Emo
Is it true the hazards #Shakeer and #Hamza were fired from Arai TV? #Libya
Hamza
when 50 people are found executed, that should raise a LOT of concern. if they were fighters or not isnt even known
MushuThaLohari
Baaraka Allah feek in advance! :p I guess I’m a little bit bitter bec int. media seems to find Sirte/ 1/2
BW/Misrata more mediasexy than the rest of our equally destroyed cities.More dramatic scoops, I suppose. 2/2
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
the media like a good story, they aren’t out there for the truth. Imo.
Nusaiba☺
Gaddafis dead.
FP
Saif to the Hague? Get ready for a long wait
The International Criminal Court reports today that it has made indirect contact with Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, and is attempting to negotiate his transfer to the Hague:
Given his father’s grisly fate, it certainly makes sense that Saif would prefer the relative comfort of the Hague’s jail, particularly given the glacial pace at which the institution moves.
Also this week, the court’s president told the U.N. General Assembly that the ICC is busier than ever, with a whopping seven cases on its plate:
Full art.:
goo.gl/jpi7z
Teddaeus
#Nato: Give #Saif a plane!! Include fuel at $.14/gal just like his dad said. Include slashed tires just like his dad did in #Sirte #Libya
BravoLibyans
Saif/Seif Gaddafi and his COWARDS Family members are BEING HUNTED DOWN DOWN .watch and see its just a matter of time b4 u will see PICS SOON
IMPORTANT:
Please RT & spread awareness! :
Sirtawi
Missing in #Libya: Plz spread this site. 528 ppl reported missing till now, 3 have been found. There’s hope!
fgmovement.org/mafqood/
AFP
Tripoli remembers revolution’s ‘martyrs’
Crowds in Tripoli celebrate the end of the dictatorship of Moamer Kadhafi and remember victims of the revolution.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgZNCppUqWw
4Adam Adam
A Libyan man returning to his destroyed house in Sirte on Oct. 24, 2011 #Libya pic.twitter.com/POIzZIrX
A Libyan woman wanders through the bullet-ridden ruins of her former home in Sirte on Oct. 24, 2011. #Libya
pic.twitter.com/PsSjNhxS
Their belongings balanced precariously in their car, residents return to their home after the liberation. Sirte, Oct24
pic.twitter.com/7F9pStuI
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Sirte and #Misrata will need a lot of immediate rebuilding projects, too many homes have become inhospitable. #Libya
malonebarry Barry Malone
Dealings with Gaddafi son embarrass London college | Reuters reut.rs/vlkrLU #Libya #UK
Sirte
Armchair Arab
screaming ‘massacre’ doesn’t help. These guys could have been executed by gaddafi forces and were probably fighters.
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
no, the bodies were of known pro G loyalists and some high commanders.
ppl are ppl, some thuwaar committed crimes and we have to be realistic abt that. Everyone knows what Gs ppl did.
from what I understand, from July, g forces weren’t letting civillians leave, nor bringing food/supplies.
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
I donno how long its gonna take for us to create a proper legal system tho. Ppl will be weary if it doesn’t deliver soon.
CNTV
NTC chairman meets EU Parliament president in Tripoli
Chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council(NTC) Mustafa Abdul Jalil met with visiting European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek Saturday, calling for strengthened cooperation between the two sides.
Calling the European Union(EU) as the closest friend of the Libyan people, Jalil hailed the supports from EU and its member countries during the NTC forces’ battles with loyalists of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
“European Union and NATO have played important roles during our revolution,” said Jalil, expressing hopes that the two sides can witness equal cooperation in fields like economy, politics and military in the “post-Gaddafi era.”
Read more and watch video:
english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/2011...
Mirror
50 Libya war amputees to arrive in UK
AMPUTEES wounded in the Libyan war will be flown here for NHS treatment.
The country does not have the expertise to care for the 50 wounded rebels who fought Colonel Gaddafi.
It will be funded by Libya and the amputees, including children, will join another 50 victims taken into our hospitals with gunfire and blast injuries last month.
They will go to Liverpool, London, Lancashire and Newcastle, but patients fear the British will suffer.
One nurse said: “Some of our patients say the Government is just cosying up to Libya for oil.”
The Department of Health said: “Attention is being paid so that no NHS patient is adversely affected. Patients are expected to start arriving in the next few weeks.”
Source:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/...
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Clocks one hour back, made me wake up early on a Sunday, got to remind myself now of two hours difference when calling Libya
The Paradox of the Fragile Revolutions
It is perhaps a sign of these uncertain times that our perception of the Arab uprisings has been accompanied by a deep sense of anxiety. While the uprisings provided the most inspiring examples of political change we have witnessed for a long time, they have also been perceived from the beginning as fragile revolutions. This apparent contradiction fits with the wider political context that the uprisings were born into and that impacts on how outside observers and the Arab people demanding change perceive them. This is the paradox of the Arab uprisings: the apparent resurgence of political agency in an era in which the nature of that agency is understood primarily through its limitations.
Read more:
karlremarks.blogspot.com/2011/10/parado...
Hamza Malek
Some really great photos from #libya’s revolution. o the memories…
Have a look here:
plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108605984374...
Protest in #Bahrain, with #Libya and #Syria’s flag also waving pic.twitter.com/IRkh2Akz
#Libya and #Morocco flag waving at a protests thousands attended in #Bahrain. #Unity
pic.twitter.com/d5jt3S0s
#Libyan flag flying next to #Bahraini flag at massive demonstration against monarchy :) #Libya #Bahrain
pic.twitter.com/A3DTIqhd
Libyan woman welcoming returning troops.
cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fdXbhl57F...
I’m a Sunni.
I am proud to have the Libyan flag be used by those fighting against oppression.
Reuters
What’s behind Libya’s fast march to democracy?
In a trip to Libya this month, just weeks after Muammar Qaddafi’s fall, I found peace coming fast to Tripoli, despite continued resistance in several Libyan towns. Ten days ago, families with children mobbed Martyrs’ square, where Qaddafi once held forth, to commemorate the hanging 80 years ago of Libya’s hero of resistance against the Italians, Omar Mukhtar. Elementary schools opened last week. The university will open next month. Water and electricity are flowing. Uniformed police are on the street. Trash collection is haphazard but functioning.
Read more:
blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/09/...
Hanan
What is interesting about the reuters article are comments its received – a torrent of anti-Liberated Libya, pro-gaddaffi rhetoric!
bilal H.B.
If you forgive someone that heart you before we can rebuild our #Libya with love and forgiveness
Sarah
#Feb17 has developed my sense of reasoning .. Thank you #GaddafiGoons
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
#Libya #Feb17 It is my privilege to retire the #Gadaffi hash tag & introduce to u its replacement. Everyone…say hello to #Deadaffi
Sarah
Btw as you r in Misrata, what rumors do u hear about Saif ? Wefaq(& many other) were confirming that Misrata FFs caught him
omar
I tried to confirm and i even talked to head of the Katebba but didnt get any pic…
Sarah
the head of the Kateeba was saying that they did capture him as well ?
omar
yes he did but not on TV’s
Sarah
and that pics will come soon. Then .. Nothing.
Mimi
Was a rumor, as I said from start. He is in Niger now, after a huge bargain to enter there.
omar
here in misrata we strongly believe saif in Misrata guesthouse :)
Le Matin
Libye : Seïf Al-Islam Kadhafi clame son innocence
Une semaine après la mort de son père, Seïf Al-Islam clame son innocence a rapporté samedi la Cour pénale internationale (CPI), qui dit être en contact informel avec lui.
Seïf Al-Islam pourrait avoir trouvé refuge au Niger actuellement, comme l’indiquait vendredi le nouveau pouvoir libyen intérimaire, le Conseil national de transition (CNT).
Read more:
www.lematindz.net/news/6023-libye-seif-...
Reuters
ICC’s Ocampo: “Substantial evidence” against Gaddafi son
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Sunday he has “substantial evidence” that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s toppled leader, was involved in organizing attacks on civilians and hiring mercenaries.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/us-l...
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Counting the Cost explains why the #MiddleEast’s #economy has seen losses of almost $56bn since the #ArabSpring
aje.me/vuFBPi
Video: NTC at odds with ICC over Gaddafi’s son
Libya’s new leaders have expressed concern over reports the International Criminal Court (ICC) is negotiating with Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The ICC is reportedly working on a deal for Saif al-Islam to surrender and be tried for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands.
Libyan officials, however, hope to capture Gaddafi’s on and put him on trial in Tripoli.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Tripoli.
Watch here:
feb17.info/media/video-ntc-at-odds-with...
Guardian
Libya insists Saif al-Islam Gaddafi should be tried at home
NTC says that the International Criminal Court should not be allowed to try Saif Gaddafi for his role in Libya’s civil war
Libyan officials are determined to resist attempts to bring Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, before the international criminal court, claiming he should instead face justice at home.
Colonel Ahmed Bani, the military spokesman for Libya’s interim rulers, said they were insistent that the international body should not win custody of its most wanted man. “We will not accept that our sovereignty be violated like that,” he said. “We will put him on trial here. This is where he must face the consequences of what he has done. We will prove to the world that we are a civilised people with a fair justice system. Libya has its rights and its sovereignty and we will exercise them.”
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/29/li...
Image of the day: Huge rally in Benghazi in support of Syria
bit.ly/siCtqA #libya
Malta Independent
Malta is willing to support Libya in border control
AFM commander Brigadier Martin Xuereb told a conference in Doha, Qatar that Malta is willing to support Libya in the implementation of proper border management practices, the establishment of a Libyan search and rescue capability that will allow Libya to respond to requests for assistance in her search and rescue region, and assist the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority in the management of Libyan airspace. During his intervention, Brigadier Martin Xuereb acknowledged Qatar’s leading role in supporting the Transitional National Council.
Read more:
www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsite...
Vanguard
Libya war gives US air power advocates a lift
Advocates of US air power are seizing on the outcome of the NATO campaign in Libya as further evidence that high-tech aircraft are the key to maintaining US military might.
With its relatively low price tag and short duration, the Libya conflict offers a stark contrast to the protracted and costly ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have left Americans wary of counter-insurgency campaigns.
Read more:
www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/libya-war-g...
VOA
Doctors, Nurses Continue to Provide Care at Damaged Sirte Hospital
The destruction of Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown, Sirte, during Libya’s revolution included significant damage to the city’s main hospital, where a small crew of intrepid doctors and nurses continues to provide care.
In the wanton destruction of Sirte, even the Ibn a-Sina hospital was a target.
This is the hospital’s main operating room. Dr. Abdulla Etbiga explains what happened. “The last operation was here. When we finished the operation, after maybe 30 minutes, 40 minutes, this happened,” he said.
Read more and video:
feb17.info/media/video-doctors-nurses-c...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ahrar TV: #NTC has announced transfer form #Benghazi to #Tripoli effective as of today. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
they’re going to reactivate the monthly bandwidth cap which is an appalling 15GB… Lame
Ahmed
Now that is something worth protesting about, should have price plan for unlimited..or increase it to 30GB
2mbps would be a dream..Telecoms industry is another one that needs major investment..
we definitely need strong competition in that sector, otherwise we will see no improvement from Libya Telecom
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
#Saif might go now to Zimbabwe … _#Libya
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
MsEntropy
“Hannibal.” “Sword of the Arabs.” “Sword of Islam.” #Gaddafi #PretentiousDictatorBabyNames I . Rest. My. Case. #Feb17 #Libya
The Facebook Page for #TEDxTripoli is live check it out at www.facebook.com/TEDxTripoli #libya #tripoli #feb17
TRIPOLI LIBYA FROM 1922 طرابلس ليبيا سنة
Watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt_r3rwdSpw&fea...
WeenShefshoufa
Have Saif’s ‘friends’ not been hired to kill the Libyan people?
pic.twitter.com/VFyPKjqO
Moussa Koussa denies Lockerbie involvement -
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8... via @Telegraph #MI6 #Gaddafi
CNTV
Bani Walid slowly returning to normal
Video:
english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/2011...
All Africa
Libya:
Militias Terrorizing Residents of ‘Loyalist’ Town – Beatings, Shootings, Deaths in Detention of Tawerghans
Militias from the city of Misrata are terrorizing the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawergha, accusing them of having committed atrocities with Gaddafi forces in Misrata, Human Rights Watch said today. The entire town of 30,000 people is abandoned – some of it ransacked and burned – and Misrata brigade commanders say the residents of Tawergha should never return.
Human Rights Watch interviewed dozens of Tawerghans across the country, including 26 people in detention in and around Misrata and 35 displaced people staying in Tripoli, Heisha, and Hun. They gave credible accounts of some Misrata militias shooting unarmed Tawerghans, and of arbitrary arrests and beatings of Tawerghan detainees, in a few cases leading to death.
Read more:
allafrica.com/stories/201110300004.html
Al Arabiya
Muna Khan: More thoughts on Qaddafi’s killing
I wanted to follow up on my last blog post on the death of Muammar Qaddafi in which I advocated he be buried quickly so that Libyans could get a sense of closure and move
on.
Libyans more than anyone else had suffered enough of the atrocities committed under Qaddafi’s rule.
I was surprised by some readers’ comments on how Qaddafi’s death revealed the “true” savage nature of the Libyans, Arabs and Muslims. Qaddafi’s death at the hands of his killers is apparently symptomatic of the entire Muslim world.
Apparently we’re all a bunch of blood thirsty thugs. Oh, and we like to have our photographs taken with corpses like others do with celebrities.
It is just plain silly to equate the actions of a group of men ─ brutalized and repressed for decades by an authoritarian and cruel dictator like Qaddafi ─ as somehow indicative of what we can expect from the new Libya.
I thought it was obvious to say don’t judge a country by what one mob does.
Apparently it bears repeating.
The newly liberated Libya has many challenges ahead (obviously), one of which is maintaining law and order (again obviously) but since Qaddafi’s death, there has not been a reported surge in extra-judicial killings.
And while I’m on the subject of Qaddafi’s death, I came across something interesting in Robert Fisk’s column on Oct. 29, 2011 in The Independent.
He wrote about a newspaper report he read when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Tripoli. He had then cut out the clipping (I hear his newspaper archives are the stuff legends are made of) because of its incredulity: “We hope (Qaddafi) can be captured or killed soon … so that you don’t have to fear him any longer.”
Enough conspiracy theories have been put forward about the sheer timing between Clinton’s visit and Qaddafi’s subsequent death a few days later, so I won’t add to them.
What I will say, however, is that the trend of extra-judicial killings carried out by the United States ─ Osama bin Laden, its own citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, scores of alleged militants in Pakistan and Yemen that are killed in drone strikes ─ should be a cause for great concern. Especially as it does not garner the media attention that Qaddafi’s death did.
While the U.S. had no role to play in Qaddafi’s death, Clinton’s statement could be indicative of a far more brazen attempt by President Barack Obama’s administration to
handle its perceived aggressors in a manner it deems fit.
How are they then different to the thugs who killed Qaddafi and now represent the new Libya?
Al Arabiya
The West is hijacking Arab revolutions to the benefit of Islamists
While the West speaks of the necessity of accepting the results of the democratic process, in terms of Islamists coming to power in the Arab region, there are increased suspicions regarding the goals pursued by the West in its new policy of rapprochement with the Islamist movement, in what is a striking effort at undermining modern, secular and liberal movements. The three North African countries in which revolutions of change have taken place, are witnessing a transitional process that is noteworthy, not just in domestic and local terms, but also in terms of the roles played by foreign forces, both regional and international.
Read full art.:
english.alarabiya.net/views/2011/10/30/...
4 Syria
Assad sounding more like Gadaffi every day,.. staging rallies, ‘my people love me’ ’We’re fighting terrorists’ ‘The region will burn’ #Syria
Nasr
#AskTheNTC : Again, Who is guarding southern #Libya? Do you know what is going on there? Are U monitoring the Tuaregs’ movements?
LibyanDuda:
BBC Arabic reporting that Saif Gaddafi has an army of mercenaries & Libyans & ready to re-enter #Libya
GRAFIXEL guess what
another #saifrumor
misrati_free
3 Convoys from NGOs sent to help Sirte, where the f*** is the “government”?? 33K starving people in Sirte and only private citizens helping.
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
The more you ask of the NTC the more power you give them. So what if the civilians are organising aid convoys? That’s the way it should be.
bilal H.B.
I heard that #Saif Gaddafi is trying to go directly to the #ICC. Why would he do that didn’t he see how nice we are to his dad and brothers?
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
fb.me/16usA8jiz
Iman
My little sister has way too much time on her hands, she’s making everyone tickets for dinner LOL
yfrog.com/kjj0vflj
Ali Tweel
Part of the celebrating in our neighborhood “Bab Ben Ghashier”.. and yes it’s because Gaddafi is dead! yfrog.com/evg33z
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
Libyan Consulate in Genève #libya
yfrog.com/odm37vj
yfrog.com/o0592gbj
Nasr
Tuaregs R gathering in large numbers in southern #Libya, near borders w/ #Niger & #Mali, gathering arms & setting training camps.
Officials from #Niger are warning of dire consequences of border conflict. They obviously assume #NTC will react to #Tuareg actions. Wrong!
Gaddafi Soldiers Abusing Prisoners (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvzqLDyE07g&fea...
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Lepcis Magna seemingly undamaged by war and revolution #Libya. #Tripoli Museum also in good shape and under new management.
National Geographic
Unseen Sahara
A rare aerial look at Libya’s remote Fezzan region, where ancient societies thrived and collapsed as the rains came and went.
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/fezz...
Tripolitanian Libyan
Someone asked about condition of universities throughout #Libya, when they will restart etc.
#NTC official: this matter up to the universities themselves, we expect them to restart soon
Shamam: We will not allow members of the fifth column to infiltrate our media. #NTC #Libya
#Jibril: We have asked the Iraqi government to transfer 25 Libyan prisoners on death row to #Libya. #NTC
Sound is pretty bad at press conf, they are just repeating what they’ve said already anyway.
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
on.fb.me/tnBdrp one of my favorite groups in #LIBYA that provides aid and education to Libyans.
bilal H.B.
I think Gaddafi was a Hip Hop fan cuz all of his personal weapons and clothes are gold and BLING BLING i bet he pimped out tok tok lol
Tomorrow we say Good bye and thank you to NATO!
I love people who keeps thinking everything is a conspiracy! sorry Zionists and CIA and MI6 and every “evil” agency you didn’t do everything
there’s a footage from sirte of some golf cars pimped like cadillac escalade and hummers.
Come here #Saif we won’t hurt you it’s okay you’re safe with us .. GOTCHA U SON OF A BITCH now go see dad in hell . #EvilWeirdTweet
Wonder what songs they found on Gaddafi’s personal iPod. I’ll survive was confirmed to be on the playlist #GuessItDosntWorkOnLibyans
Liberation FR
Libye: chaque jour, Mohammed ramasse les cadavres dans les ruines de Syrte
SYRTE (Libye) (AFP) – Il a 32 ans et le regard hanté de ceux qui ont vu trop d’horreurs pour dormir en paix. Mohammed Younès Al-Hemali fait partie des volontaires ramasseurs de cadavres dans les ruines de Syrte, ville fantôme où Mouammar Kadhafi se terrait avant sa mort le 20 octobre.
Le parfum lourd et douceâtre de la putréfaction plane avec insistance sur la cité totalement dévastée par des semaines de bombardements et de combats de rue.
Pas un jour sans la découverte de dizaines de morts enterrés à la hâte dans un jardin, pris dans les décombres de bâtiments effondrés ou pourrissant en plein air. Des civils et des combattants, tués lors d’affrontements ou de bombardements ou encore exécutés par l’un ou l’autre camp.
Read more:
www.liberation.fr/depeches/01012368678-...
Jibril : Nuclear weapons were found in #Libya #NTC via @AlArabiya_Eng
#NATO Rasmussen to visit #Tripoli Tomorrow #Libya #feb17
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
‘No’ to disputes, ‘Yes’ to forgiveness and reconcilation, says a poster in Tripoli.
LibyanPilot
Back in the UK, great conference in Crete, good chat with the greek PM regarding Libyan youth. NTC delegation very helpful
Guardian
Libya after Gaddafi: freed journalist tracks down his jailer
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad was seized by Gaddafi forces in the town of Zawiya during the first weeks of the Libyan uprising and held for two weeks. In his first dispatch from post Gaddafi Libya, he describes his return to his former cell and his encounters with his erstwhile jailers
The prison in Tripoli where Ghaith Abdul-Ahad spent two weeks in solitary confinement. Photograph: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad for the Guardian
I remembered that Hatem was tall and wore spectacles and had a pudgy, smiling face that didn’t seem to fit his profession. But I was not prepared for the warmth he showed. Meeting him again was like encountering an old friend. The questions came tumbling out. “How are you? How did you find me? What happened after you left?”
Read full story:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-after-gaddaf...
NYT
The Arab Intellectuals Who Didn’t Roar
IN mid-June, the Syrian poet known as Adonis, one of the Arab world’s most renowned literary figures, addressed an open letter to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. The stage was set for one of those moments, familiar from revolutions past, in which an intellectual hero confronts an oppressive ruler and eloquently voices the grievances of a nation.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/sunday-revie...
AP
Score-settling after Libya’s war casts shadow
This town once loyal to Moammar Gadhafi is no more: its 25,000 residents have fled, fearing retribution from vengeful victors from the neighboring city of Misrata who have burned and ransacked homes, crossed out Tawergha’s name on road signs and vowed not to let anyone return.
Tawergha, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Misrata, is just one casualty of score-settling following Libya’s 8-month civil war that ended with Gadhafi’s Oct. 20 capture and death.
Full art.:
www.stltoday.com/news/world/article_851...
Reuters
Hunt is on for treasures looted in Libyan uprising
Ancient gold, silver coins taken from bank vault
Heist is likely largest of its type during revolt
Pieces from a huge collection of priceless ancient coins, jewellery and statuettes, looted from a bank vault in eastern Libya in the chaos of the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi, have appeared in the local souk and are being taken abroad.
The cache of some 8,000 pieces was taken by thieves who chiselled into a concrete bank vault in Benghazi in the early days of revolutionary tumult after fire spread from an adjacent headquarters of the feared secret police.
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Aljazeera
Collecting Libya’s arms tough task for NTC
Last week, Libya’s National Transitional Council NTC announced the liberation of the country from Muammar Gaddafi, but the difficult task of collecting weapons left behind by the conflict lies ahead.
Hundreds of brigades, who fought an eight-month battle against Gaddafi’s 42-year rule, have left a huge cache of arms, ammunition and other weaponry.
But the biggest challenge for the NTC is to put all of the brigades under its command as Libya starts its journey towards democracy.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Misrata.
Video:
goo.gl/cfQod
Aussie merc helped #Gaddafi’s son #saadi flee –
the australian
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/au... #Libya #feb17
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#BreakingNews: Nuclear weapons were found in Libya: Resigned interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril
Libia, Jibril: trovate armi nucleari. Premier dimissionario Cnt ad Al Jazira: presto annuncio Aiea
bit.ly/tZ2ayg
NYT
NATO’s Success in Libya
Monday, Oct. 31st, seven months after it started, NATO’s operation in Libya will come to an end. It is the first time NATO has ended an operation it started. And it comes on the heels of an historic victory for the people of Libya who, with NATO’s help, transformed their country from an international pariah into a nation with the potential to become a productive partner with the West.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/opinion/31ih...
Op Ed: Fitting end for Libya’s bloody dictator
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is finally rotting in the ground, ending the unsavory spectacle of his bloody corpse on public display in a refrigerated vegetable locker. A guy like him was lucky not to end up with his head on a stake.
He was a terrible man who, like Saddam Hussein, came to a terrible end. This overdue event would never have happened without air support from the United States and the commitment of President Obama, whose strategy was lambasted from day one by the usual windbags.
Full art.:
feb17.info/editorials/op-ed-fitting-end...
The Nation
Saif’s surrender request: What should Libya do?
Moammar Gadhafi’s one-time heir, Saif al-Islam, has escaped Libya into neighbouring Niger, according to reports early Friday.
Once considered a reformer, Saif had vowed to fight and die on Libyan soil, but now apparently wants to avoid the fate of his father and brother Mutassim, who were captured before dying in rebel custody. Saif is the only one of Gadhafi’s eight children who is still on the lam, and sources within Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) say Saif is negotiating to turn himself into the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, which has indicted him for war crimes. How should Libya’s new leaders handle this case?
Read more:
feb17.info/editorials/saif%E2%80%99s-su...
Video: Benghazi ceremony honours fighters
Libya’s National Transitional Council holds a ceremony to honour anti-Gaddafi fighters in a bid to drum up numbers for the national army and security forces. Travis Brecher reports.
Watch video:
feb17.info/media/video-benghazi-ceremon...
Reuters
For some Libyan fighters, rugby may heal
Former fighters hope to advance sport in post-Gaddafi Libya
Local founder calls for reorganisation of sports council
- Back from war but still up for a tussle, Libya’s small circle of rugby players are preparing for a new season, hoping the post-Muammar Gaddafi era may prove fertile ground for a sport they say could help them readjust to everyday life.
Unloved under the former regime for its rough play and fanbase in Benghazi — Libya’s second city, which was neglected under Gaddafi — players say the game could now make inroads with young Libyans who mostly play soccer.
Full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/us-l...
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
dovenews Libyan™
#Niger faces local anger if it delivers #Gaddafi’s son #Saif. #Libya
Daily Mail
Robbers make off with priceless Treasure of Benghazi after drilling into underground vault at Libyan bank
A gang of Libyan looters have raided a priceless collection of gold and silver coins that are believed to date back to the time of Alexander the Great.
The thieves carried off with the pieces, known as The Treasure of Benghazi, having drilled through a concrete ceiling at the National Commercial Bank of Benghazi.
An expert has described the raid as ‘one of the greatest thefts in archeological history.’
Full report:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-205528...
Via Reuters:
Ex-Gaddafi PM’s release from jail put on hold
Discussions between Libya and ICC about trial. ICC jusges decide where trial will be held. Might be The Hague or Tripoli
Al Arabiya
Jibril says UN agency to announce nuclear weapons were found in Libya within days #UN #MahmoudJibril #Nuclear #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Former Libyan fighters hope to advance rugby in the country post-Qaddafi goo.gl/fWj3q
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
from Mustafa Ergig: his family one of 13 in #Zintan that lost two men in #Feb17 rev. 200+ dead from Zintan, all fighting for others’ freedom
Sirtawi
Good to hear that water’s back in some areas in #Sirte, plus, some have reported that Libyana phone line’s working as well! #Feb17 #Libya
PIC:
Mitiga Hospital Tripoli announces unidentified bodies from #Sirte found (#FFs, prisoners and G-Forces). Graphic
pic.twitter.com/cZgq4Y8B
Nasr
Egypt ian newspaper reveals details of assassination attempts against #Murak planned by #Gaddafi in 2008 & 2009 for ridiculing USAfrica proj
AletheiaLibya
Direct reports from Benghazi, no Al Qaeda flag on courthouse. Photoshop fake or someone smuggled it up for an hour. #Libya
Must have been the Global Post, I don’t trust their info!
They photoshop their images imo.
Reuters
ICC hunt for Gaddafi son poses dilemma for Niger
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Sunday he has “substantial evidence” that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, now on the run, had helped hire mercenaries to attack Libyan civilians protesting against his father’s rule.
Read more:
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/uk-li...
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade, the only brigade with its own Facebook page; facebook.com/kateebattarabu… #Libya #Feb17
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: The arrival of players from the Libyan national football team to the city of Derna
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Part of my interview with Ahmad Ramadan,“blackbox of Gaddafi”.He speaks about #Gaddafi(s) attempt 2 kill King Abdullah:
bit.ly/rMG8Jy
Although he didn’t admit but #Misrata fighters tell me Ramadan tried 2 kill himself. He is better now. Has all “secrets” of #gaddafi. #libya
Ramadan knows all about #lockerbie, explosion in #germany night club, Moussa Sader…I wasn’t allowed 2 ask him about intrnl issues. #libya
#Ramadan was head of #gaddafi office for 40 years. He looked & dressed like #gaddafi b4 his fall from grace. #liby
twitpic.com/78g9jo
Daoud
Amazing day visited 3 Benghazi mostly youth-run radio stations w/ permission from the local authorities and NO ONE telling them what to say
Al Arabiya
A new alliance to support Libya’s security
Since March 2011, NATO has been operating in Libya under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians from the conflict that ultimately saw the demise of Muammar Qaddafi and his regime.
Seven months later, the new Libyan leaders do not want NATO to scale back their operations in their country just yet. They would like to see NATO stay on in Libya until at least the end of this year because the newly liberated country is not free from danger.
In a meeting with NATO’s military leadership in Doha, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, called for NATO to extend its mission in Libya to ensure “that no arms are infiltrated into neighboring countries and to guarantee the security of Libyans from some remnants of Qaddafi’s forces who have
fled to nearby countries”.
Libyan leaders also want NATO’s help in developing Libya’s defense and security systems. In light of Libyan requests, Qatar proposed setting up a new international alliance that consists of various countries and NATO to assist in important matters of the country’s rehabilitation, especially in the field of military exercise, armament and arms collection after NATO ends its mission in the North African country.
At least 13 countries will be part of this new alliance, named “The Friends Committee in Support of Libya”, including the United States, France and Britain. The new alliance will work on Libyan territory but not send forces to join the peace keeping operations.
Qatar had deployed hundreds of ground troops in Libya which participated in the operations led by revolutionaries and served as coordinators between NATO and the anti-Qaddafi fighters.
Arabic report by: Hani Abu Ayash
Translation by: Stanela Khalil
Voice: Nadia Idriss Mayen
Video:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
Proudlibyandoc Hussam Muntasser
NTC PM nominations, someone suggested that mentioning ghoga was for comedy value .
ousama
It seems Former PM Mahmoud Jibril will be the Keynote at #HarvardArabWeekend on Nov. 10. Is he ever in #Libya?
harvardarabweekend.org
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Jibril says in next few days the International #ATOMIC Energy Agency will provide further details on Weapons found in #Libya
Abu
I think the Libyan revolution delayed the world’s population to reach 7 billion by a day or so
Warning:
omar
don’t believe the media craps!! . i’m here in misrata and i know what happened .. The media made a big hullabaloo out of nothin
“A Brush With Madness” by Robin Plummer is a harrowing true life account of six ordinary British men torn out of their lives and thrust into a world of terror.
At last, an eyewitness account of the Libyan Hostage Situation of 1984; a period of history hidden from public eye, now revealed through the demise of the Colonel Gaddafi’s dictatorship.
Events commence with the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher on 17th April, 1984. Shots were fired from within the Libyan Embassy in London by the Libyan People’s Bureau at demonstrators from the Libyan National Salvation Front, fatally wounding WPC Fletcher and injuring 11 others. Within the next few days the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London had broken off all diplomatic relations with Libya.
In direct response, six British men were kidnapped, assaulted, terrorised, cast into solitary confinement by one of Colonel Gaddafi’s Libyan Revolutionary Committees. Caught in a battle to keep sane by any means these men found themselves treading a fine line between desperate attempts to provide the truth to the outside world and the strict diplomacy necessary to keep themselves alive.
Please read more:
abrushwithmadness.co.uk
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Libyans: Share your thoughts on the "Friends Committee in Support of Libya” made up 13 countries formed in Qatar by NTC – #Libya
Al Arabiya
A new alliance to support Libya’s security
Since March 2011, NATO has been operating in Libya under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians from the conflict that ultimately saw the demise of Muammar Qaddafi and his regime.
Seven months later, the new Libyan leaders do not want NATO to scale back their operations in their country just yet. They would like to see NATO stay on in Libya until at least the end of this year because the newly liberated country is not free from danger.
In a meeting with NATO’s military leadership in Doha, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, called for NATO to extend its mission in Libya to ensure “that no arms are infiltrated into neighboring countries and to guarantee the security of Libyans from some remnants of Qaddafi’s forces who have fled to nearby countries”.
Libyan leaders also want NATO’s help in developing Libya’s defense and security systems. In light of Libyan requests, Qatar proposed setting up a new international alliance that consists of various countries and NATO to assist in important matters of the country’s rehabilitation, especially in the field of military exercise, armament and arms collection after NATO ends its mission in the North African country.
At least 13 countries will be part of this new alliance, named “The Friends Committee in Support of Libya”, including the United States, France and Britain. The new alliance will work on Libyan territory but not send forces to join the peace keeping operations.
Qatar had deployed hundreds of ground troops in Libya which participated in the
operations led by revolutionaries and served as coordinators between NATO and the anti-Qaddafi fighters.
Video:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/...
feb17libya Feb17Libya
There is a protest tomorrow in Martyr Square, Tripoli and Benghazi against this “Friends Committee in Support of Libya” #Libya
The Friends Committee will bring in people from all of these countries to help the rehabilitation process in Libya. (contd)
Libyans are wondering why they aren’t using LIBYANS at home to do this.
The Economist
Libya after Qaddafi
A new timetable
With Muammar Qaddafi out of the way, a totally new
WHEN Libya’s new rulers declared on October 23rd that their country, with the fall of Sirte and the death of Muammar Qaddafi, had definitively been liberated, a constitutional-cum-electoral clock began to tick. First, within a month, the chairman of the current National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, is to appoint an interim government. Within three months it should pass preliminary electoral laws. And within eight months Libyans are to elect about 200 delegates to an assembly charged with drafting a constitution to be approved by a referendum within another year, meaning mid-2013. Once the constitution is endorsed, elections for a parliament and later for a president will follow. This should all take a couple of years.
Read more here:
www.economist.com/node/21534813
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
So many stories i want to do in Libya and not enough time.
Op Ed: Divide Libya into its tribal parts
Who should get Libya’s fabulous oil and gas wealth, an amount that could be equivalent to several million dollars per Libyan? With NATO leaving Libya Monday, the West should prepare for the aftermath. The coming chaotic months will see infighting, and perhaps a renewal of civil war, among the many rival tribal and ideological groups. The West should now consider whether to influence – or impose – a just resolution.
Read more:
feb17.info/editorials/op-ed-divide-liby...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I really want to buy one of those doormats. where can i get one?
Sirtawi
Water’s back to Ibn Sina hospital now but will only be for a few hours temporarily. Hoping that would improve soon. #SirteHealing #Feb17
Confirmed reports that electricity’s back in 7km area and Za’fran (neighborhood in #2) in #Sirte. #SirteHealing #Feb17 #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
goo.gl/ScByj Chairman of the Transitional National Council of #Libya Jalil to Visit #Egypt Tomorrow
#NTC #AlHoni says #Abduljalil 2Visit #Cairo accompanied by high-level NTC delegation & focus on future relations betwn #Egypt and #Libya
#Libyan officials determined 2Resist attempts 2bring #Saif b4 ICCourt claiming he should instead face justice at home
Transitional government prefers to try #Gaddafi son in #Libya – #CNN International
CNN
Transitional government prefers to try Gadhafi son in Libya
Libya’s transitional government would prefer to try former leader Moammar Gadhafi’s son Saif al-Islam in a Libyan court despite an arrest warrant issued for him by the International Criminal Court, a spokesman said Sunday.
The court’s chief prosecutor said Friday it was having “informal conversations” about the surrender of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, who is wanted for crimes against humanity. But Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the court did not know his whereabouts and would not reveal with whom the court is talking.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi has realized there is no escape, and wants to negotiate a surrender to limit the damage, said Anees al-Sharif, spokesman for the National Transitional Council’s Tripoli Military Council.
Full report:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/30/world/africa...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#FLASH Resigned interim prime minister Mahmoud #Jibril says Nuclear weapons were found in #Libya #AlArabya
#FLASH Ex NTC Int PM #Jibril says #UN agency will announce #Nuclear weapons were found in #Gaddafis #Libya within days
Akram
ahhhhhhh corection he said chemical weapons and we have discovered them in september when we were in sebha
pic.twitter.com/cCOL9dsM
Jibril said Nuclear weapons and yes we heard abt hemical weapons found in south #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
could be parts of nukes but not a functional weapon. The man was evil when he said he’ll wipe Benghazi he meant it.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Interesting. Media wrongly quoted Jibril?
akrambenramadan
well I was in conference and just heard it again chem and NOT nuke #Libya
#Jibril says in next few days the International #ATOMIC Energy Agency will provide further details on Weapons found in #Libya
HaraldDoornbos Harald Doornbos
Dit exclusieve Interview met Ramadan vond plaats op geheime plaats in #Libie, veel security. Hier interview in arabic: bit.ly/rMG8Jy
Ramadan was decennia lang Khadaffi’s top aid.
Hier interessant Time artikel:
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
what happened to the Libyan fighter jets that defected to #Malta?
omar
i wish ppl knew that ringing the doorbell more than once don’t make me open it faster. makes me let you wait longer.. ooookay i’m coming!
Times of India
Gaddafi masks sell like hot cakes on Halloween
BEIJING: Masks of ghosts and zombies form a primary part of costumes for Halloween. An online shop in China is even selling a mask of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Halloween is an annual holiday observed on Oct 31. It includes activities like attending costume parties, carving lanterns in pumpkins, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
In a market in Shenyang, Liaoning province, a mother said some fake-blood products scared her and her daughter. “When I chose the pumpkin lanterns for my daughter, I touched a man-made bloody human hand,” China Daily quoted her.
Lan Kwai Fong of Chengdu recruits local residents and tourists to perform as ghosts. Interested people are interviewed to test whether they have the ability to perform.
Besides ghosts, vampires and zombies, which are from Western culture, some traditional Chinese ghosts are also adopted, a website reported.
Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, died after being captured alive by rebel National Transitional Council fighters near his hometown Sirte Oct 20. He was later buried in a secret desert location.
WafaFt wafa
Halloween is about scaring kids not traumatizing them -
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
i’ve just been told that single #Tuareg men can’t reveal their faces but married ones can. #Libya
SUMMARY OCTOBER 31th 2011
10/31/11
10.31.11
GOOD MORNING FREE LIBYA:)
ZahratTrablis Zahrat Trablis
Libya Party #4 pic.twitter.com/PgTktnXI
Libya party #4 pic.twitter.com/Me0WuExA
Libya Party #4 pic.twitter.com/zJocvfuN
Libya Party – Sweets Table pic.twitter.com/2nxrnqFe
Libya party #4 party favors! pic.twitter.com/rRuq5RXS
the first one is a Vietnamese rice with chicken and veggies the second is rice with nuts and raisins – Libyan mommas
one amount of slave work but they turned out nice
LibyaLiberty
The producers of green,red,and black food coloring,have been high fiving each other for 8 months now.
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
Nukes in Libya? That would have worked? The Libyan army didn’t use email, or sleeping bags for that matter.
Libyan men used to act like gentlemen & Muslims. But tonight @ 8 my friend was groped by 3 men in Maidan Shahadah as she got in cab. Shame!
Amazed that the owner of the Zimot Hotel in Tripoli openly says he supports Gaddafi, “all presidents kill people, US presidents kill people”
There are at least six neighborhood mejlis askari just in Tripoli, not to mention the Tripoli nejlis askari that’s supposed to control them
she is a photojournalist. what’s really annoying, she thought they were holding cab door, they had other thoughts
Heading to the desert tomorrow for Tuareg-Amazigh gathering. Hope to be able to tweet!
BBC
Nato formally ends Libya mission
Nato will formally end its mission in Libya on Monday after flying thousands of missions over the last seven months.
The country’s interim government is deciding what to do with the few surviving members of Colonel Gaddafi’s inner circle.
The BBC’s Katya Adler has spoken to some of those who were close to Gaddafi including security chief Mansour Dhao.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15516590
ZahratTrablis Zahrat Trablis
Our old mayor is here dancing to “7ay 3lay batik ya Aisha” lmao!
When multi cultural Arab women get together, debka is a must- even if it’s to Zimzamat..hahaha loving this #alhamdulilah
SMILE:
It’s just as well money can’t buy happiness. With prices what they are today, who could afford it anyway?
Rubicon
Anticipating the tensions in Libya post #Feb17 so stressing the importance of public spaces as the infrastructure of tolerance #Architecture
HRW
Libya: Militias Terrorizing Residents of ‘Loyalist’ Town
(New York) – Militias from the city of Misrata are terrorizing the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawergha, accusing them of having committed atrocities with Gaddafi forces in Misrata, Human Rights Watch said today. The entire town of 30,000 people is abandoned – some of it ransacked and burned – and Misrata brigade commanders say the residents of Tawergha should never return.
Human Rights Watch interviewed dozens of Tawerghans across the country, including 26 people in detention in and around Misrata and 35 displaced people staying in Tripoli, Heisha, and Hun. They gave credible accounts of some Misrata militias shooting unarmed Tawerghans, and of arbitrary arrests and beatings of Tawerghan detainees, in a few cases leading to death.
Full report:
www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/30/libya-milit...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
what happened to the Libyan fighter jets that defected to #Malta?
Abdullah
the Pilots returned in an AFM aircraft but we haven’t heard anything about the Mirage fighter jets.
Malta PM said that the new Mirages would be returned back to Libya once the sanctions are lifted.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/node/13847
South China Morning Post
Libya bracing for next invasion – foreign firms
After Iraq and Afghanistan, security and infrastructure companies hope to make most of Nato-fostered goodwill to pitch for contracts in oil-rich nation
goo.gl/9PN2o
My San Antonio
UTSA prof may be Libya’s next leader
Political scientist weighs run for the presidency of his homeland
Mansour El-Kikhia, chairman of the political science department at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said Friday he is considering a run for president of Libya, his native country, when the liberated nation holds its first elections following the death of
dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
El-Kikhia, 60, said he was exiled from the country three decades ago because “I can’t shut up,” and remained an outspoken critic of the government during his time in the United States.
He’s now active in Libya’s transformation and said he may become a presidential candidate “if the opportunity presents itself.”
Read more:
www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/art...
Aiman
We’ve defeated the #Gaddafi ruling us. Now we need to defeat the #Gaddafi inside us. #Libya #Justice #Equality #EndingTyranyAndOppression
FatimaShwehdi فاطمة ☪
Photo: Demolition of Bab Aziziyah compound in #Tripoli #Libya today 30/20/1011 || Bye bye bait el samed :)
twitpic.com/78i48w
Aiman
Number 1 priority in #Libya right now: Dissolving the many militias into a unified army with a clear chain of command (that is not ignored!)
Khadija Ali
Abdel Jalil’s interview on LibyaTV had to be done by phone coz the company that was going to broadcast his live picture pulled out in the last minute. They said they had orders from “up high” tell them to go and cover a Shammam event!? I mean come on!!
Nasr
Brazil is sending help to #Libya : correiodobrasil.com.br/brasil-enviara…”
Do they know #Gaddafi regime is gone?
carolv27 Carol Viana
apparently now they do, Ambassadors spent 3 days, arrived a couple days after G was found in a hole :-D
bilal H.B.
I got the i’m #Saif Islam Gaddafi and i need money message i liked the idea! I’ll send him my malitia they will personally deliver it!
Aljazeera
Toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in central Tripoli has been demolished.
Gaddafi delivered many of his speeches from the compound, which is thought to be one of the last places he stayed in Tripoli before fleeing.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they hope the area will be turned into a park.
BBC
Gaddafi: ‘He died an angry and disappointed man’
A few men sit on shabby orange sofas in front of the rubble that lines the main road. The only real sign of life here is the newly-dubbed Misrata Museum where weapons seized from Gaddafi loyalists and other spoils of war are displayed and gloated over.
But one of Misrata’s prized trophies is very much hidden from public view.
Mansour Dhao Ibrahim is one of Libya’s most wanted – a man believed to have ordered the killing, rape and torture of the opponents of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
It is thought he knows the whereabouts of several mass graves of anti-Gaddafi fighters.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15516678
Triploli scream
I posted 10 photos on Facebook in the album “عشاء لجرحى الثوار (ألمانيا) هانوفر” fb.me/sGm9Fy6O
Metro UK
Gaddafi’s heir Saif al-Islam ‘hired killer force to murder Libyan rebels’
Fugitive al-Islam Gaddafi ‘planned and paid’ for them as the regime tried to crush the uprising against his father, an International Criminal Court prosecutor said yesterday.
‘We have a witness who explained how Saif was involved with the planning of the attacks against civilians,’ said Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
‘That includes, in particular, the hiring of core mercenaries from different countries and the transport of them and also the financial aspects he was covering,’ he added. Saif has been in talks with the ICC via a third party this week but the ICC denies it is ‘cutting a deal’ with him.
Read more:
www.metro.co.uk//news/880174-gaddafi-s-...
WAPO
Clinton credited with key role in success of NATO airstrikes, Libyan rebels
TRIPOLI, Libya — At 5:45 p.m. on March 19, three hours before the official start of the air campaign over Libya, four French Rafale jet fighters streaked across the Mediterranean coastline to attack a column of tanks heading toward the rebel city of Benghazi. The jets quickly obliterated their targets—and in doing so nearly upended the international alliance coming to Benghazi’s rescue.
Read more:
goo.gl/AuaEx
Photo:
Chemical weapons secret stockpile found 80km south of #Sirte twitpic.com/78iio0
Find out more via FB and see why:
Khadija Ali
We Demand the Immediate Arrest of Musa Kusa, Gaddafi’s Chief of Spies
goo.gl/UE0QV
Sirtawi
#Sirte youths organizing themselves to form a wide cleaning campaign. Sense of life gradually back… #SirteHealing #Feb17
LibyanPilot
Ok.. officially having #Crete withdrawal symptoms. That is one beautiful Island, a copy and paste of the Green Mountains in East #Libya
Qatar airways starts to Benghazi tomorrow. I think the airlines will resume Tripoli at some point this month
bilal H.B.
Who runs twitter? Us Libyans need more than 140 characters!
Redah
Bank executive in Italy “#Saadi #Gaddafi spent #€70 m in about six months on his European lifestyle” #Libya #Feb17
Le Nouvel Observateur
Libye: l’Otan met fin à sa mission “historique”
L’opération de l’Otan en Libye prend fin officiellement lundi, sept mois après les premières frappes aériennes de l’Alliance atlantique pour appuyer une révolte populaire devenue un conflit armé qui a mis fin au régime de Mouammar Kadhafi.
L’Otan a décidé vendredi de mettre fin à compter du 31 octobre à son opération se félicitant d’un succès “historique” et appelant le nouveau régime à “construire une nouvelle Libye” démocratique.
“Le Conseil de l’Atlantique nord (l’instance dirigeante de l’alliance, élargie aux représentants des cinq pays non-membres Qatar, Emirats Arabes Unis, Maroc, Jordanie et Suède partenaires de l’opération, ndlr) a confirmé la décision prise il y a une semaine. L’opération en Libye prendra fin le 31 octobre. Notre mission militaire est désormais terminée”, a déclaré dans un communiqué le secrétaire général de l’Otan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Read more:
tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/topnews/2011103...
L’Otan quitte officiellement la Libye
Plus d’une semaine après la mort de Kadhafi et après quelque sept mois de combat, l’Otan met officiellement fin ce lundi à son opération militaire lancée le 31 mars en Libye. Si son succès ne fait aucun doute, celle-ci a toutefois mis en évidence certaines lacunes dans le matériel utilisé.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2_y-FsgPE&fea...
Abdallah
When your fate is in the hands of #Niger,one of the poorest most corrupt countries in the galaxy,you’re pretty much “foutu”
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Ayat Mneina (LYM) & Amira Yahyaoui meet Greek PM & SI President #George #Papandreou SISC #Crete 28/10/11
twitpic.com/78oltc
BBC
Looted Libyan treasure ‘in Egypt’
Libya’s National Transitional Council says it believes several hundred ancient coins stolen from a bank in Benghazi during the Libyan uprising have turned up in Egypt.
More than 7,000 priceless coins and other precious artefacts were taken during a robbery in May while the city fought for its survival against forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.
At the time, a fire at the bank was blamed on the fighting. Now it is thought to have been part of the audacious robbery.
The thieves targeted a collection known as the Treasure of Benghazi.
It included more than 10,000 pieces, with coins dating back to Greek, Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic times, but also other treasures such as small statues and jewellery.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1551788...
pdanahar Paul Danahar
NATO formally ends its #Libya operation today. Wonder whether maps of Syria will eventually be rolled out in Brussels. Doubt it
Aisha
Don’t forget our injured freedom fighters. Eid is in a week. Send them Eid Cards. :) postcardsforlibya.org #Libya
omar
#NTC Jibril called Sunday for speeding up the timetable for holding elections, warning of a political vacuum could develop in #Libya #feb17
#NTC #Jibril “We don’t want an eight-month gap,” he said at a news conference on Sunday, The delay would be “dangerous” . #Libya #feb17
Today #NATO Officially end its mission in #Libya.. THANK YOU @NATO but PLEASE help our Brothers and sisters in #Syria
Guardian
• Nato’s mission over Libya is due to come to an end at midnight. Its secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the operation was "one of the most successful in Nato history’’.
• Libya’s interim government says that the International Criminal Court should not be allowed to try Saif Gaddafi for his role in Libya’s civil war. Officials are determined to resist attempts to bring Saif, before the international criminal court, claiming he should instead face justice at home.
• Libya’s interim prime minister has confirmed the presence of chemical weapons and said foreign inspectors would arrive later this week to deal with the issue. Mahmoud Jibril said Libya has no interest in keeping such weapons.
• Guardian journalist, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who was held by the Gaddafi regime during the first weeks of the Libyan uprising has tracked down his former jailers. One told him of the terror of nightly Nato bombings, another of his fears of civil war.
ZahratTrablis Zahrat Trablis
Libya Party centerpieces (excuse the overly waved flag)
pic.twitter.com/bqTDCWiW
Yummy chocolate mousse shots courtesy of @Libyan4life pic.twitter.com/19Turqqp
Little snippet from the party.. Caution: may make ears bleed!Singing is not our forte but we had a good time regardless
yfrog.com/j510187153z
One of our Pali sisters congratulating us.. Pretty cool ish #Libya #Palestine love 3ugbalkum inshaAllah!
yfrog.com/037a8z
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Col Ahmed Bani (Libyan defence spox and transporter pilot): ‘My dream is to fly the C-17’ #AvGeek @BoeingAirplanes
Col Bani has promised me a flight in a Libyan C-17 when the NTC buy them. #Libya #Feb17 #AvGeek
they wont get the C-17s for years.
I see no reason why the USA wouldn’t sell C-17s to Libya. Qatar have two and will put in a good word i’m sure.
Gaddafi bought a lot of planes but they mostly got destroyed in OUP
Graham Hill
All flights to Benghazi from Tripoli fully booked until 05 Nov ?
A noble stand against tyranny in the absence of justice
There are always moments in our life that remain imprinted in our memory regardless of how young we were or how much time has passed. We remember that moment in detail, when most of our memories are blurry. From where we were, to when it happened to what we saw. We remember and relive the feelings we felt and the emotions that overwhelmed us. Above all, there are moments that get carved in a nation’s memory that embody all what is evil in the world; The purity and dignity of a human soul facing the tyranny of mankind. This is what the Martyr Alsadeg Hamed Shwehdi went through alone.
Read more:
feb17.info/editorials/a-noble-stand-aga...
Op Ed: After Liberation, Nowhere to Run
IN late March, as Libya’s civil war raged, loyalist soldiers forced Abu Kurke, a 23-year-old political refugee from Ethiopia, onto an inflatable boat with dozens of other African migrants and dispatched them from Tripoli’s port into the unforgiving waters of the Mediterranean.
The journey almost killed Mr. Kurke. After leaking oil, the boat went adrift between Tripoli and the Italian island of Lampedusa. A helicopter spotted it, and soldiers threw down a few bottles of water and gestured that help would come.
Read more:
feb17.info/editorials/op-ed-after-liber...
Collecting Libya’s arms tough task for NTC
Last week, Libya’s National Transitional Council NTC announced the liberation of the country from Muammar Gaddafi, but the difficult task of collecting weapons left behind by the conflict lies ahead.
Hundreds of brigades, who fought an eight-month battle against Gaddafi’s 42-year
rule, have left a huge cache of arms, ammunition and other weaponry.
But the biggest challenge for the NTC is to put all of the brigades under its command as Libya starts its journey towards democracy.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Misrata.
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-collecting-libya...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Are #Saif, Aisha and Sadi etc waiting till NATO leaves the Libyan airspace, To fly back to Libya with more thugs?
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#NTC expresses concern that ‘#Benghazi treasure’ has been looted and taken to #Egypt. 7,000 Greek, Byzantine, Roman coins ‘missing’
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Libya @AlArabiya_Eng misquoted #Jibril saying #Nuclear weapons found but goo.gl/4grkY Jibril confirms presence of chemical weapons
haqiqiya
many people prefer #Saif not to go to ICC b/c they are afraid of the noise he could make there, many NTCers worked 4him
Oterhaug
What is women ratio in #NTC #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
There are 3 females in #NTC but as far as I know there are abt 40 members now
TFMLibya TFM Libya
Photos from the recent trip by #Libyan NGO to observe Tunisian elections, with a grant from #TFM’s CSO fund
tinyurl.com/6g83ym7 #libya
AP
NATO ending 7-month campaign in Libya
- NATO will end Monday the seven-month bombing campaign that enabled Libyan rebels to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.
Spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said NATO staff temporarily seconded to the headquarters in Naples, Italy, for the operation are being reassigned to regular duties. The alliance concluded its airstrikes soon after Gadhafi’s capture and death on Oct. 20, but maintained regular air patrols over Libya.
Read more:
goo.gl/uekpB
Al Arabiya
NTC to reveal Libya’s weapons; Clinton says new leaders have ‘complicated task’ ahead
Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) will reveal some facts about the recent discovery of banned weapons in Libya in a press conference on Monday, Al Arabiya reported.
According to Libya’s interim premier Mahmoud Jibril, the issue of the chemical weapons will be referred to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) once the facts are officially announced.
Mohammed al-Saeh, an NTC official, told Al Arabiya that the discovered materials are nuclear. He said that the NTC held contacts with the IAEA to confirm the nature of the discovered materials.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late Sunday that Libya’s new leaders have “a very complicated political task” ahead of them, but she promised comprehensive U.S. assistance.
“They have a very complicated political task ahead of them, and they don’t have a lot of experience in what we consider politics,” Clinton said in an interview with The Washington Post.
The Libyan conflict ended this month in controversial fashion when former leader Muammar Qaddafi was shot dead on Oct. 20, a killing criticized even by Western allies of the interim regime, the National Transitional Council.
NATO decided Friday to end its mission in Libya on Oct. 31 and urged the new regime to build a democracy based on human rights.
Now, said Clinton, the country’s new authorities would have to unify the nation.
“That will be a huge challenge,” she argued, according to AFP.
“They have to figure out how to reconcile various political and religious beliefs. They have to unify all of the tribes. They have to deal with the rivalry that has existed forever between the west and the east, between Benghazi and Tripoli.”
“And they’re going to have to be very clear as to what their agenda is and how it will help meet the needs of all the different groups.”
The U.S. secretary of state noted that the new leaders of the country were “really thoughtful people” and that Libya’s professional class, despite all the problems, had survived the conflict.
“So we’re going to help them any way we can,” Clinton concluded.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen made a surprise visit to Libya #alarabiya
Hana S.
Interesting how many #NTC officials have not addressed the current crisis in #Sirte. Am I missing something?? #FAIL
Emo
The effect of the power vacuum has become a problem in #Tripoli. The #NTC is a big failure. Many militia groups fighting for power. #Libya
I heard this from many sources, some#Nafousa fighters are making trouble more than ex-Gaddafi thugs used to!!! #Shame #Libya
Time to make a fuss. #Nafousa fighters r criminals. Other day came shooting on my cousin house just case he disagreed w them
Some #Nafousa gangs having heavy weapons r terrifying people of #Libya. This must stop. It’s disgusting! #Libya
Photographing Conflict for the First Time
When scores of young and inexperienced photographers descended on Libya this year to cover the uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s government, many seasoned conflict photographers were shocked.
Link:
lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/young...
Malta Today
A guide to the brave new Libya
The gruesome execution of Muammar Gaddafi and NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil’s proclamation of Libya as an Islamic state on liberation day sent shivers down the spines of western liberals. Are we all in for a surprise?
It is rare in history for a country to start with a clean slate. Unlike Egypt and Tunisia, the other two protagonists of the Arab spring, Libya lacks a national army and a tradition of political parties. With the green flag and all the mythology associated with it gone, Libya is back to year zero. Libyans will have to build a new sense of identity. Not surprisingly Islam has emerged as a unifying factor. But will this emphasis on Islam conflict with the revolution’s promise of creating democratic institutions?
Full art.:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/2011/1031/a-...
Le Secrétaire Général de l’OTAN Anders Fogh Rasmussen en visite en #Libye jour de la fin de la mission de l’OTAN. #Tripoli
NATO
NATO Secretary General travels to Libya
Press Release (2011) 137
Issued on 31 Oct. 2011
NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen is travelling today 31 October 2011 to Libya.
During his visit, he will meet with the Libyan authorities and members of the civil society.
The NATO Secretary General will hold a joint press conference with the Chairman of the Transitional National Council, Mr. Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
Still and video images will be available from the NATO website www.nato.int
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
Historic. I’m first #NATO SecGen to visit #Libya. At midnight we end operation to protect #Libyans – one of most successful in NATO history
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
A call for a demonstration in #tripoli today at 19:00. Requesting a decrease in the amount of forces from other regions driving in #tripoli.
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Zainab
Just had another conversation about “The way Gadafi died” I just realised how people are uninformed about Libya. Its sad really.
Saif Gaddafi’s paintings:
People keep talking about Saif Gaddafi’s artwork, but it is useless without pictures. Here are a few of the paintings ascribed to him in press reports. Many are sadly but necessarily shot at oblique angles to make them more interesting.
See them here:
boingboing.net/2011/10/28/saif-gaddafis...
Albawaba
Gaddafi son prefers to die than surrender
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has completely dismissed the recent news about his intention to
surrender to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. According to the slain Libyan leader, “that was just one (report) in a campaign of disinformation which is faced by the supporters of Gaddafi.” He added that this news will not discourage the resistance in Libya.
The “Seven Days News” website which published Saif al-Islam’s message is close to the former Libyan regime.
In the recent message, Saif al-Islam warned his supporters against the press reports about his intention to surrender. He expected tht athe distribution of false information will continue additional two months. He urged his loyalists of his father’s regime to be patient and vigilant amid “efforts of creating doubts in the hearts of everyone.”
Saif al-Islam hinted he is on the Libyan soil-while the former intelligence chief Abdullah Sanusi, is outside Libya, as he said: "Some people say we are arrested, which means that it will be handed over to the ICC while others claim that we handed over ourselves, and this analysis is wrong in the sense that brother Abdullah Sanusi is outside Libya. While the reports say I was detained, how can both of us will be handed over as reported the news?! ".
Saif al-Islam stressed he could not betray his father, who did not give up and never cheated: "We do not give up. We will win or die. "
Source:
www.albawaba.com/news/gaddafi-son-prefe...
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
just met up with whole rixos team in tripoli
LibyaLiberty
""Muammar Gaddafi" is the spelling used by Time,Newsweek,Reuters, BBC News,& majority of the British press,& English Al-Jazeera"
""Moammar Gadhafi" spelling is used by The Associated Press, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, PBS, and the majority of the Canadian press."
I find it easiest to just call him dead. Because he is. And it’s easier to spell.
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
8 Libyan pilots of Benina Base, #Benghazi who martyred. #libya الله يرحمهم ويسكنهم فسيح جناته
yfrog.com/ny4a2zdj
Sirtawi
Aid convoy from #Zliten on it’s way to #Sirte. Men are called men by their actions, we say. Thank you! #SirteHealing pic.twitter.com/40Zr3BfW
Food supplies from Zliten aid convoy on its way to #Sirte. #SirteHealing #Feb17 #Libya pic.twitter.com/WmBHtFjP
Hundreds of mattresses stacked on truck as part of #Zliten aid convoy heading for #Sirte. #SirteHealing #Feb17 #Libya
MARYAMALKHAWAJA Maryam Alkhawaja
New Initiative: log on to ycrd.org to read statement in Arabic and English #bahrain #egypt #syria #libya #tunisia #libya #yemen
Urgent: New initiative “Youth Coalition for Revolutions of Dignity" will bring about new form of revolution
www.ycrd.org #arabspring
Emo Libya
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@AndersFoghR thank you. Libyans are so grateful for NATO historic intervention to save civilians. You did a brilliant job
World Population Hits Seven Billion Landmark
Celebrations are being held around the world to welcome symbolic “seven billionth” babies in recognition of the global population reaching the demographic milestone.
The United Nations estimates the seven billionth baby will be born today and instead of celebrating one birth, various countries are recognising the landmark.
But critics have warned it should not be a moment of celebration due to growing fears about expanding populations and the strain they are placing on the planet.
The Philippines was the first country to declare a seven billionth baby when Danica May Camacho was born in Manila’s Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.
Her mother Camille Dalura, cradling the baby girl, said: “She looks so lovely. I can’t believe she is the world’s seven billionth.”
More:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
unescoNOW UNESCO
OFFICIAL: UNESCO’s General Conference votes to admit #Palestine as Member State. 107 votes for, 14 votes against, 52 abstentions.
Today is a very important day for freedom:
Reuters said that UNESCO admits Palestinians as full members:)
UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership
The United Nations’ cultural agency decided on Monday to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations.
Source and more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/us-p...
#Egyptian TV says results at UNESCO are 107 in favour of #Palestinian membership 14 against and 49 abstentions
S K
as usual the US gets dragged along kicking and screaming #UNESCO #palestine
#Israel says #UNESCO has presented a science fiction version of reality by admitting a “non-existent” state ie #Palestine as a full member
glcarlstrom: Israeli rep. at #UNESCO: “This is tragic for the idea of UNESCO… UNESCO deals in science, not science fiction.”
BBCWorld BBC News (World)
US, Canada, Germany voted against Palestinian Unesco bid. Russia, China, France voted in favour. UK abstained – Reuters
bbc.in/tsmKAx
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
John Bell (expert in Middle East) “Palestinian are crossing red line in their relations with US and coping with it’s pressure” #Palestine
Skytwitius Tim Marshall
UNESCO has voted for Palestine to become a full member state in defiance of US threat to withold funding.
UNESCO : France, Spain, China, ireland, Austria, Belgium, Russia, India, Indonesia have all voted yes to Pal membership."
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Off to NATO presser in the Rixoshotel, Tripoli.
NadineFarkash FreeLibya&Syria☾✰
#Libya & #Yemen & #Syria ♥
yfrog.com/kj95iexj
BentBenghazi G
Halloween, the only day of the year that I dont get weird stares while i’m out and about.
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Knowing the difficulty in implementing effective exit strategies, I’m really thankful that
NATO’s (crucial) role in #libya is over.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libya #SURPRISE #FoghRasmussen arrived in C130 TransportPlane escorted by 2 #French mirage fighter jets in #TRIPOLI on day #NATO Ends Ops
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Will be on Alarabiya to discuss #NATO statements & other developments at 19.00 Libya time
Worth reading:
New Yorker
Letter from Libya
King of Kings
The last days of Muammar Qaddafi.
by Jon Lee Anderson
How does it end? The dictator dies, shrivelled and demented, in his bed; he flees the rebels in a private plane; he is caught hiding in a mountain outpost, a drainage pipe, a spider hole. He is tried. He is not tried. He is dragged, bloody and dazed, through the streets, then executed. The humbling comes in myriad forms, but what is revealed is always the same: the technologies of paranoia, the stories of slaughter and fear, the vaults, the national economies employed as personal property, the crazy pets, the prostitutes, the golden fixtures.
Read full story:
www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/07/...
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
#breaking #nato sec gen arrives in tripoli as #libya mission ends
Plane carrying anders fogh rasmussen (and me) escorted by 2 french mirage fighter jets.
#libya mission ends midnight libya time, 7 months to day after start
#exclusive #nato sec gen gives #cnn exclusive interview on #libya ops
Calls #libya mission “success” but admits “shortcomings”
Watch #cnn for my #exclusive interview and updates throught day!!!
heading back to rixos in few minutes…yikes
Apparently, the rixos was taken over by ntc for a while. But now its a functioning hotel again. I’d stay here.
Anyway, NATO sec gen about to give joint news conference with Abdul Jabril, head of ntc
Rasmussen: It’s gret to be in a free Libya
We saved countless lives, fulfilled UN mandate to letter — NATO sec gen
sorry, meant Jalil, not Jabril, obviously
Rasmussen: future of free Libya is finally, firmly in your hands — speech by NATO sec gen to crowd of journos and dignitaries at Rixos
Rasmussen says NATO mission in Libya ends tonight, further help with security must be negotiated with individual nations
We have no intention to put NATO troops in Libya, Rasmussen stresses.
Overall tone of NATO sg remarks is that the alliance is out of Libya from tonight, the rest is up to Libya
I feel confident the NTC will make sure new Libya lives up to its international obligations, including full respect for human rights
NATO says mission was big success, Libyan NTC say need more help from alliance
#MAJ & Rassmusen giving a presser live from #Tripoli on Al Arabiyah – #Libya #NTC #NATO
Aljazeera
US double standard: Gaddafi bad, Karimov good
The US shows its hypocrisy by accusing ‘tyrants’ of human rights abuses while not owning up to supporting dictators.
“After four decades of brutal dictatorship and eight months of deadly conflict, the Libyan people can now celebrate their freedom and the beginning of a new era of promise,” President Obama said last week. The capture and death of Muammar Gaddafi prompted him and other US officials to congratulate the Libyan people on their liberation from a despot accused of terrible violations of human rights, including the 1996 massacre of more than 1200 prison inmates.
Read more:
goo.gl/2jc49
Free Libyan ☾✰
The Dutch model Vanessa Hustler: “i’m very sad on Moatasim Al-Gaddafi, he was very generous & he never said no to me” #Bitch
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
I really don’t care about how Gaddafi felt when he died, all I care about is that he is DEAD
_TheZee
If I weren’t from Benghazi, I’d love to be from AzZawia. I love how they never speak of how great they are or what they went through.
malonebarry Barry Malone
Gaddafi son should be tried in #Libya first: minister | Reuters
reut.rs/sYazI0
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Ambassador Nishigahiro & an aide partially reopen #Japan’s embassy in Tripoli. Work limited to talks with NTC #Libya
Read more:
goo.gl/ISFqt
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Libya: Everyone knows everyone. Sometimes complete strangers know more about your family history/tree than you do. #libya #feb17 lol
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
42 yrs Gadddafi killed & robbed Libyans,yet he thought they should luf him!BBC News ’he died angry &..(via Instapaper)
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Nominees for PM of new Trans. Gov’t. in Tripoli today to present their plans in front of TNC, before vote on new PM… #Libya #Feb17
NATO Secretary General makes historic Libya trip
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is making an historic visit to Libya, the first ever of a NATO Secretary General. The visit marks the conclusion of the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector for Libya, which comes to an end at midnight on October 31, exactly seven months since it began.
Mr Rasmussen met Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the Chairman of the National Transitional Council, and other members of the new Libyan leadership. He also met young people and representatives of Libya’s civil society.
At a press conference with Chairman Abdul Jalil, the Secretary General congratulated the Libyan people, stating that “Libya is finally free. From Benghazi to Brega, from Misrata to the Nafusa mountains and Tripoli. Your courage, determination and sacrifice have transformed this country and helped change the region.” He said he was proud of the part played by NATO and its partners, many from the region. “At midnight tonight, a successful chapter in NATO’s history is coming to an end. But you have already started writing a new chapter in the history of Libya. A new Libya, based on freedom, democracy, human rights, the rule of law and reconciliation.”
The Secretary General said Allies know from their own experience that “hard-won freedom brings high hopes and great expectations, and the hard work to make them real has begun.” He said that NATO could help with building defence and security institutions, if requested. He also expressed the hope that a democratic Libya can join the circle of NATO partners “one day soon,” if this is the wish of the Libyan people.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
BRK: #NATO chief #Rasmussen: No information on arms depots in #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
BRK: #NATO chief #Rasmussen: No intention to build NATO military bases in #Libya
BRK: #NATO chief #Rasmussen: Arms embargo in #Libya still in effect
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Washing, shrouding of Gaddafi, Mutassim & Abu Bakar Jabr #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXIhGIG4nuA
Ahmed Ramadan: Students in #Libya (Garyounis & Tripoli unis) & outside(France Germany Italy) assassinated by Gaddafi
Gaddafi trained & financed groups (from Yeman, Saudi, Iraq & Syria) to assassinate current Saudi King Abdullah #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc5vK1C5vUE
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
This how some ppl live in a wealthy #Libya under Gaddafi regime of Oil and billions of $$$:
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzeOukUeL2k&sns=tw
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libya #SURPRISE #FoghRasmussen arrived in C130 TransportPlane escorted by 2 #French mirage fighter jets in #TRIPOLI on day #NATO Ends Ops
Libya: Inside the Hunt for Gaddafi’s Key Men
Fathi Sherrif is surprisingly good-humored for a man who spent 13 days struggling to breathe inside a steel container. “There was no food. No toilet. ‘You don’t have to pray because you don’t know Allah. Gaddafi knows Allah.’ — That’s what they’d say to us,” he says of his captors. Sherrif and his five brothers were thrown in jail last March for offering covert support to Libya’s then nascent rebellion. But when the rebels breached the walls of Ain Zara prison two weeks ago, the 49-year-old businessman emerged as an influential player in the new Libya. His self-appointed task: hunting senior officials of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Read more:
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan ex-PM in Tunisia fears for life over state secrets, says lawyer – AFP #Gaddafi
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
NTC chief: We found some weapons and international experts will arrive in Libya this week to examine them. Libya
Khadija
Somebody competent needs to nominate themselves as prime minister of the interim govt.!! I mean the 9 nominees are ridiculous! #Libya
Malek
Stupid rumor of SAIF going on for 2 days & all saying confirmed! We are sick & tired of these claims. #Libya #stick2dFacts
Iman
Let me say it 4 u. He is in Niger, sister Ayesha trying 2 convince him 2 get cells in the West 2 perform terrorist attacks.
Meanwhile his drunken sex addict brother Saadi is wanted in Libya as a serial killer before the uprising began.
We know where Saif is, and exactly what he is up to. He didn’t want leadership before the war, he wanted reforms.
And he doesn’t want leadership of Libya now. He wants to go to ICC, take his chances, and forget his crazy family.
Ayesha doing her best 2 convince Saif 2 lead terrorists attacks on West n revenge. Saadi’s a drunken sexaddict.
Saif is in contact with Ayesha daily. She is plotting some bad stuff and Saif doesn’t want any part of it.
It is Ayesha who is promising revenge. She is trying to organize cells to do terrorists attacks in the West.
krmaher katherine maher
Any Arabic-speaking developers interested in building Libya’s new elections software? I imagine this applicant pool to be small. DM me.
ArmchairArab Armchair Arab
Why is Jibril bitching about chemical weapons in Libya all the time? We should handle this more discretely.
The Hill
Sen. McCain compares Assad to Gadhafi
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday night compared Syrian President Bashar Assad to former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was recently killed by rebels, and indicated Assad could be next.
“The Assad regime has spilled too much blood to stay in power,” McCain told the crowd at the 2011 AIPAC Summit at the Scottsdale Princess Resort, according to the Associated Press report. “Its days are numbered, but it will use those days to murder more of its own people. In this way, there is no moral distinction whatsoever between the case of Syria and that of Libya.”
The U.S. backed a NATO air campaign in Libya earlier this year designed to force Gadhafi out of power.
“The Assad regime should not assume that it can get away indefinitely with mass murder. Gadhafi made that mistake, and it cost him everything,” McCain said, a threat he made two weeks ago in calling for military action against Syria.
Read more:
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/ne...
Iman
My husband could’nt return 2 LIbya cause they DIDN’T guarantee he’D get blood that was processed & tested 4 disease 1ST.
When my husbands siblings were tested to see if they were candidates for bone marror, they all went to Tunis for tests
feb17libya
The race is on to find Libya’s missing missiles
LibyaLiberty
You fools,they were in his afro. And now we’ll never know where they are.
Telegraph
Libya: Mahmoud Jibril confirms presence of chemical weapons
Libya’s interim prime minister has confirmed the presence of chemical weapons in Libya and said foreign inspectors would arrive later this week to deal with the issue.
Mahmoud Jibril said Libya had no interest in keeping such weapons.
“We would like to assure you that the new Libya will be a peaceful Libya and that it is in our interest to have no weapons in Libya,” he told reporters.
Last week, Ian Martin, the top UN envoy to Libya, told the UN Security Council that undeclared chemical weapons sites had been located in Libya.
At the time, he also expressed concern over command and control of chemical and nuclear material sites.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Libyan4life
@NATO carried out 9,600 strike sorties in the past seven months, destroying about 5,900 military targets. #Libya #Feb17
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (NTC) will be making ‘a big announcement’ in an hour we are being told. #Libya
UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution on arms proliferation in #Libya.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
3 brothers from Misrata #Libya in Tunis on October 22: Montesem (amputee), Wajdi (now in Greece), and Ashraf.
twitpic.com/78v200
Tripoli is getting ready to resume commercial flights ! #Libya
#Japan has opened its embassy in #Tripoli after 8mths of closure. #Libya #Japan
Tarek
We #Libyans say NO To Mahmud Nacua, “Charge d’affaires at the #Libyan embassy in #London”, be appointed in the new government. He’s useless
Aljazeera
NATO has formally announced the end of its military campaign in Libya, seven months after launching an air and sea operation that helped in the overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO secretary general, announced the end of the
mission in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday.
“I had a meeting which none of us could have imagined a year ago. I had a meeting with NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil. We discussed the successful mission that NATO and partners conducted over last seven months to save people of Libya,” Rasmussen said.
Jalil thanked Rasmussen for the successful operation on the behalf of Libyan people.
“Today, we have achieved victory by the grace of God and a resolution has been handed to put an end to NATO operation by midnight,” Jalil said.
*It doesn’t matter who starts, it matters who finishes. #Revolutions #ArabYouth #Entrepreneurship
Reuters
Gaddafi son should be tried in Libya first – minister
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will not escape justice and should be tried in Libya for murder, corruption and “many things” before an international court questions him, the country’s interim justice minister said on Monday.
Mohammed al-Alagi said he did not want Saif al-Islam, now on the run, to meet the same fate as his father, former leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was beaten, abused and shot after forces of Libya’s National Transitional Council captured him on Oct. 20.
But he said anything could happen if there was a battle when Saif al-Islam was found.
Read more:
in.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/idINI...
Search for Gaddafi’s son
One of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons is thought to be headed to Niger. Julie Noce reports.
Video:
www.vision.org/visionmedia/visionvideos...
Metro
Gaddafi’s heir Saif al-Islam ‘hired killer force to murder Libyan rebels’
Fugitive al-Islam Gaddafi ‘planned and paid’ for them as the regime tried to crush the uprising against his father, an International Criminal Court prosecutor said yesterday.
‘We have a witness who explained how Saif was involved with the planning of the attacks against civilians,’ said Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
‘That includes, in particular, the hiring of core mercenaries from different countries and the transport of them and also the financial aspects he was covering,’ he added. Saif has been in talks with the ICC via a third party this week but the ICC denies it is ‘cutting a deal’ with him.
There appear to be three options available to Saif, 39.
Source and read more:
www.metro.co.uk//news/880174-gaddafi-s-...
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Oct28: Zawiya march in solidarity w #Yemen & #Syria. Man wants them to know “Victory’s near & comes from God”
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_3O-9p0ls
libyanfsl
TNC voting on new interm PM now.. Five names on the ballot after narrowing it down from 9 presented yesterday…
libyanproud libyanandproud
its down to 2 and some complaining and whining from a certain group
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Felt surreal to see Rasmussen at the #Rixos. Just a few months ago we were on the roof watching NATO bombers hitting Bab Al-Azizia.
Mail & Guardian
Slain lensman’s wife in plea to Libya’s new leaders
The wife of photojournalist Anton Hammerl has pleaded with Libyans to help find her husband’s body, which has not been found since his death there seven months ago.
“Dear people of Libya, we call on you to please be our hearts, eyes and ears in our search for the whereabouts of Anton’s remains,” Penny Sukraj-Hammerl wrote in an open letter posted on Facebook.
“Dear people of Libya, On November 5 it will be seven months since our lives became inextricably linked with your struggle for liberation,” she wrote.
“On April 5, my husband, photojournalist Anton Hammerl, was gunned down by
Gaddafi forces in the desert outside Brega."
Read more:
mg.co.za/article/2011-10-31-slain-lensm...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Musa #Ibrahim must be tearing his hair out! #Rasmussen and #Jalil holding a presser in his #Rixos room
#BBC just interviewed #Rasmussen in the same room that the #Rixos minders used for monitoring what journalists were writing.
#Rasmussen: ‘No NATO boots on the ground’ #Libya
Malek
How many young (below 40yrs) will be in the NEW INTERIM GOV of #LIBYA? My guess none! #No2usingFFsAsSpeechQuesONLY
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
Man I love Libyans,even with our new found freedom we never stop fighting & speaking out for our brothers & sisters in Syria,Palestine,Yemen
Aljazeera
The UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution on arms proliferation in Libya, calling for the Libyan government to take all necessary steps to prevent the spread of weapons in the country.
The voting is expected to be unanimous, but many are concerned about Paragraph 5 of the text.
It requires the sanctions committee, established through UNSC Resolution 1970, to work with a panel of experts and other UN organisations, and submit a report to the Council on findings.
The sanctions committee reports need the approval of all 15 members of the Council to be adopted. This obviously politicises the issue of arms proliferation at the Council as has happened in the past.
Liberation Celebration – Embassy of Libya in the UAE
Dubai, Friday 28th October 2011 Libyan expatriates living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) gathered in Dubai this Friday to celebrate the liberation of Libya. The event, organized by the Embassy of Libya in the UAE, brought together almost 1,000 Libyans from various parts of the Emirates and also from neighbouring Gulf countries.
The event began with the Libyan National Anthem and a recitation of the Qur’an by Sheikh Ahmad Dukali, Libya’s foremost Qur’an reciter. Sheikh Dukali also gave a moving spiritual exhortation on the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation and respect for the sanctity of human dignity, life and property in Islam. Professor Dr Mustafa Abu Shagur, representing the Libyan community in the UAE, expressed a compelling vision of a free and democratic Libya; a video compiled by Libyan youth conveying a message of national unity was screened, followed by traditional Libyan songs, and poetry by Abdelmonim Flaileeh encapsulating a message of hope and progress.
The Libyan Ambassador of the UAE, Dr Aref Ali Nayed, said: “It was utter joy to be together as a community as we celebrate the liberation of our country from 42 years of tyranny; the sacrifices of our people have been remarkable and this occasion is an opportunity for us to honour our martyrs and those who have been injured and dispossessed and to look forward with faith, hope and love to building a Libya that is filled with dignity, compassion and freedom.”
Photo’s:
snakhooda.smugmug.com/Other/Liberation-...
FP
No Saif Harbor
If the latest media reports are to be believed, Muammar al-Qaddafi’s most famous son and one-time heir, Saif al-Islam, is thinking about surrendering himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In June, the court charged him, alongside his now-deceased father and Libya’s intelligence chief, with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Most accounts now place Saif somewhere in southern Libya or Niger, negotiating with the international court through intermediaries. It’s not clear how serious those negotiations are, but a man who’s just been bombed by NATO, had his
father executed, and fled across the desert, may well find a comfortable cell in a quiet Dutch suburb increasingly attractive.
Read more:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/...=0,0
Aljazeera
A German telecommunications firm has ended a major advertising contract with a model who said she was a long-time fiance of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Mutassim, and for praising the former Libyan leaders family.
Telefonica Germany spokesman Albert Fetsch said on Monday the company’s subsidiary Alice will stop working with the 23-year old Italian model Vanessa Hessler and remove her face from its website within hours.
Hessler had been the company’s advertising face for years.
Fetsch says Hessler “has failed to distance herself from her comments on the conflict in Libya”.
Mutassim was killed in Libya this month, after being captured alongside his father.
Hessler told Italian magazine Diva e Donna that she had been dating Mutassim for four years.
LibyaLiberty
They should have force fed her twinkies as punishment.
Nadeine
Just searched the whole house for a pic of Gaddafi that I could use to make a sign for our door that says ‘unless you’re scarier than him,
Votes; who voted what:
UNESCO and Palestine
So the votes are in, and UNESCO has voted to accept Palestine as a full member. I have procured the full voting results, which to my knowledge, have not been made public yet. There were 14 “no” votes, 52 abstentions and 107 “yes” votes (there were also 20 21 Member States absent):
humanprovince.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/...
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Announcement of new PM that will form Interm Gov’t. expected during the next hour
The North Africa Daily is out! bit.ly/dRzwj9
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
AJA reporting the TNC vote for PM down to 2 names, Dr. Abdelrlahim Elkeeb or Dr. Mustafa Rujbani #Libya #Feb17
feb17libya Feb17Libya
The new NTC Prime Minister will be announced shortly. It will be either Abdul Raheam Alkeab or Mustafa Alrujbani – #Libya #Feb17
NTC NEW PM:
Tripoli academic Abdul al-Raheem al-Qeeb elected Libya’s TNC Prime Minister replacing Mahmoud Jebril- via Reuters witness -
Dr Al-Qeeb was born in Tripoli, he studied electrical engineering at the University of
Tripoli graduating with honors in 1973 – #Libya
Dr. Al-Qeeb now serves as Professor and Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering Institute of Petroleum UAE. #Libya
Dr. Al-Qeeb was also ecently appointed to the post of Deputy Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs – University of Qatar #Libya
Dr Al-Qeeb is a well-known member of the opposition against the Gaddafi regime and has never worked with the regime. #Libya
Dr. Al-Qeeb is known for his humility, courteous attitude, intelligence, and above all his deep love and devotion for his country. #Libya
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Who is abdul rahman al keeb, new prime minister of #libya acc to Aljazeera? My friends here in #Misurata never heard name, they tell me.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Dr Al-Qeeb is a well-known member of the opposition against the Gaddafi regime and has never worked with the regime. #Libya
Libyan Duda
We’re obviously going to have spelling issues with AlKeeb AlQeeb ElKeib which one is it? #Libya #NTC
ousama
Dr. El Kieb has been a life long friend he will do very good for Libya during this crucial time.
FYI:
AbdulRahim AlKeib’s father used to be in the parliament during the Kingdom of #Libya.#fact
Quickly Unify the spelling of our interim PM !
#AJA – Abdulrahim Alkeeb is Libya’s new PM. #Libya
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4Adam Adam
Dr Al-Qeeb continued his higher education in the United States where he earned his master and doctoral degrees.
Dr Al-Qeeb worked as professor at the University of Alabama in the United States and
before the feb17 Dr Al-Qeeb worked as Professor and Chairman in Department of Electrical Engineering Institute of Petroleum UAE 4/5 #Libya
Dr Al-Qeeb known as an expert in electric power systems (economy, planning, operation and control) around the world. 5/5 #Libya
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Libya’s new PM has a PhD from the US and worked in the UAE
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Let’s not forget that Al Keeb is an interim PM. He will have to be a pragmatic manager rather than a politician. #Libya #NTC
BIO
Dr. Abdurrahim El-Keib
B.S. (Honors): University of Tripoli, 1973;
M.S.: University of Southern California, 1976;
Ph.D.: North Carolina State University, 1984
Read more:
www.pi.ac.ae/PI_ACA/ee/faculty_staff/ae...
Tarek
Well done #Libya and #Libyans, now let’s start the hard work, to rebuild the country after #Gaddafi era.
ousama
Dr. El Kieb is a man of strong morals and was fundamental in the founding of Islamic community in Tuscaloosa istuscaloosa.org
N_Benghazi نائلة كيلاني
We’re entering a new phase, where the real revolution begins. Politicians can and should be criticized, but it must be done respectfully.
Sumayyah
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Dr. Abdulrahim al-Keeb, and the fact that he has no ties to the Gaddafi regime makes me confident.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
I didnt ask to be Libyan, I just got lucky!
libyanproud libyanandproud
Twitter figured out who Alkeeb is before the #NTC !
Reuters
Abdul al-Raheem al-Qeeb elected Libya’s interim PM
Tripoli academic, Abdul al-Raheem al-Qeeb, was on Monday elected Libya’s interim prime minister in a vote conducted by members of the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in front of reporters.
Former interim prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, fulfilled a promise to resign after Libya was declared officially “liberated” after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte and his subsequent killing.
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/us-l...
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Abderahim Alkeib has an impressive CV, hopefully he can apply that to running a country.
BBC
Libya: Abdel Rahim al-Kib named new interim PM
Libya’s interim authorities have named electronics engineer Abdel Rahim al-Kib as the new prime minister.
The National Transitional Council (NTC) made the announcement days after declaring the country “liberated” following the death of Muammar Gaddafi.
It also coincides with the official end of the Nato air campaign that helped overthrow the long-time leader.
The NTC wants a national congress to be elected within eight months, and multi-party elections in Libya in 2013.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15530640
AP The Associated Press
More on Libya’s new prime minister: Abdel-Rahim al-Keeb will select his cabinet in the coming days:
apne.ws/se7y9Z -EF #libya
2011feb17 Hamid Ahmed
Ok I found out how he spells his name: “Abdurrahim El-Keib”. Take note people
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
No connections to Gaddafi or Saif? I’m loving #AlKeib already! #NTC
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Slavoj #Zizek analyses the #ArabSpring, the #eurozone crisis, the #Occupy Wall Street movement and the rise of #China.
aje.me/rHbLis
zaidbenjamin Zaid Benjamin
The new Libyan PM has a long experience in the electrical energy and he has dual citizenship #Libya #Gaddafi #Tripoli
Translation of Dr Abdulrahim Al Keib’s short bio which was tweeted in Arabic by @Proudlibyandoc #Libya
Dr Abdulrahim Al Keib:
He was born in Tripoli, Libya and has studied Electrical Engineering in Tripoli University. He graduated with honors in 1973 and completed his higher education in USA where he received his Masters and PhD. He then worked as a lecturer in the
university of Alabama. He was recently working as a professor and Dean of the EE department in the Petroleum Institute in the UAE. He was appointed as the head of the Deputy for academic affairs in the University of Qatar in September 2011, while also working as a professor.
Throughout his academic career some of the universities he worked in are Tripoli University (Al Fateh), University of Northern California, American University of Sharjah. Dr Abdulrahim is one of the experts in his field , electrical power systems (Planning, operating and control) on a worldwide level. He has published many researches in prestigious scientific journals. He has also won many awards for his scientific and academic, and has been honored the position of chairman and membership on several scientific committees, both local and international. He is a member of a number of organizations and universities. He is also one of the founders of the Association of the Libyan community in Abu Dhabi and its Chairman.
Dr Abdulrahim is one of the sons of Tripoli, who is known for his patriotism and his stance again the Gaddafi regime which made him, like other activists, to stay away from his family and homeland. Dr. Abdul Rahim is one of the distinctive and loved
Libyan figures. He is supported by those who knew or met him because of his humility and severe courteous attitude and good morals with the knowledge and wisdom, forbearance and intelligence, and above all his deep love for his country, and devotion to Libya, and his commitment to contribute to the development and prosperity and advancement of Libya in any way he can.
Ahmed
Aside from a few Libyans, no one in Libya knows who PM #Alkeeb is.#NTC failed in providing any info on the candidates or the voting process
libyanproud libyanandproud
#NTC u realize we shouldn’t have to look for info regarding PM it should be public
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
am very conscious here in tripoli that my profile picture is sorely in need of updating
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SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Iran deployed military units along Qaddafi’s forces in Libya to prolong war & deflect attention from Syria
The Islamic Republic even deployed special military units to fight along former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s forces in Libya, and the goal was to prolong the war so that international public attention was deflected from Syria, according to the report. Anticipating Qaddafi’s fall, Iran ordered its special forces out of Libya to join Sudan and Syria.
bit.ly/u9cvt0
or:
goo.gl/KQuPL
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
very few people returned to #Bani Walid so far. Those in the city say national reconciliation is the top priority.
revolutionary graffitis are being painted over in #Bani Walid & replaced by new ones.one said " the warfallas haven’t used their power yet"
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
It was nice having @NATO save lives, but even more nice we can be independent. :) #ThankYou #NATO #feb17 #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Rasmussen: ‘I have no evidence that #NTC forces attacked civilians’ #Libya
#Rasmussen has told #BBC: ‘Gaddafi regime constituted a real threat to civilians.. this is why we targeted the Gaddafi regime.’
4Adam Adam
Tilelli Journal published in Tamazight, Ar & En focuses on Libyan Amazigh culture soon will be in Tripoli &other cities
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Qahtani
#Libya is the first Arab country that I believe is truly democratic! Hurraaaaay! #Feb17
4Adam Adam
Thank you @NATO for saving Libyan cities. Because of our #FF and you Libya was able to end almost half century of dictatorship, thank you.
seldeeb
There is a Libyan flag outside police station where Alaa is held #freealaa
FatimaShwehdi فاطمة ☪
Awww, Ceremony was held for Children of Martyrs in Benghazi. Was done to show appreciation to the children who lost their fathers. Was also held to show to the children that their fathers (martyrs) will never be forgotten.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
NTC members elect new interim Libyan prime minister #Libya goo.gl/Oa7qH
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Unfortunately,still some #Gaddafi trolls (tahloobas)in #Algeria,this sign was in one of
the stadiums in Algeria
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Now confirmed via AJA that Kaib is the new PM of new #Libya #feb17
Pic.:
pic.twitter.com/KhvE64xm
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
AJA report about Bani Walid being harassed by FF is very upsetting, is AJA
pressuring new #Libya for other Agenda or such things happened?
libyanfsl
First step is choosing good leader, next step is to pick a strong team, especially Min of Interior, Defense, Finance, and Shuhada/Injured
Had the chance to work with Dr. #Keib in NFSL & student movement, excellent man.. now he needs to build an excellent team!
Guardian
Academic linked to Gaddafi’s fugitive son leaves LSE
A British academic with close links to Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has left the London School of Economics before a report on the university’s relationship with Libya is published.
David Held was an academic adviser to the toppled dictator’s son when he studied at the LSE and was director of the research programme funded by his charity.
Held, who is currently Graham Wallas professor of political science at the LSE, has announced that he is leaving in January to take up a post at Durham University.
The LSE is expected to face sharp criticism over the academic independence of the North Africa Research Programme, which was funded with a £1.5m donation from the Gaddafi charitable foundation, and Held’s departure is regarded internally as the latest aftershock from the donation. The LSE’s links with Libya have already triggered the resignation of its director, Howard Davies.
Full report:
www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/oct/3...
misrati_free
On my way to Misurata center saw crews already working on replacing bullet ridden light poles around the city.
twitpic.com/78y96r
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Met a guy who had #Gaddafi pistol & hat. Not sure if hat is original, at least it looks funky. #libya #alaandirect
twitpic.com/78yvoa
every day i meet someone who has something from Gaddafi. shoe, shawl, hat, pistol, bag, phone…. u name it
LibyaLiberty
#DearWorld, Please step up to the plate,and pledge replacement funds for the anti-Palestine budget blackmail of the Israeli/American duo.
VOA
Sirte
A group of doctors volunteered to help in IbnSina hospital in , Dr. Areej Taher Elshafeh were one of them
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXtDS54zmE&fea...
Sirtawi
#Zliten aid convoy reaches #Sirte only to find families there in dire conditions. #SirteCrisis #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6jH4jgHOk0
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
#Libyans we UNITED in the face of #Deadaffi & won! Let’s UNITE once more behind our new PM & let’s take OUR #Libya forward…Allah Akbar
Abdulaziz
very exciting time for all libyans. I am happy, at least we have managed to form a Gov #proudlibyan
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
#Libya lets not forget Mohamed #Nabbous RIP
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I’d like to say thank you to Mr Mahmud Jibril for leading #Libya and trying to keep things running at a very critical time in its history
The #NEW Prime Minister of #Libya Interim Government Dr. Abdurrahim El-Keib will now choose a cabinet in the next 7 days
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libya PM Abdulrahman #elKEIB orig. from #Sabratha always supported #NTC Very open transparent individual Is only appointed 4 8Months #Libya
cswift2 Cara Swift
I met someone who was in Abu Salim & he showed me the cell where he taught english to fellow inmates….. (cont) #Libya
There was writing on the wall teaching english words and phrases including “I am not a criminal. I am a Freedom Fighter” (cont) #Libya
And he said that they used to put on plays when the guards weren’t looking to teach others in the cell respect for others….(cont) #Libya
I have great respect for him and other Libyans who truly believe they can all play a part to make a good future for #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Keib as long as u are not affiliated to #Gaddafi or to any other political party then u have my partial trust for the interim phase
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Midnight in #tripoli now- #Nato mission in #libya has officially ended
Sarah
31th October 2011 : NATO Mission in #Libya is Finish – Thank you @NATO & GOOD BYE ! :) IsA we’ll not need you anymore.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
NATO’s #Libya mission ends right now. Huge thanks to all servicemen that helped protect Libyan civilian lives over the last 8 months #feb17
Iman
Bye bye ya #nato ely ma3 libya sbayto…big THANK YOU.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
In Tripoli, NATO chief hails “free Libya”
shabablibya.org/news/in-tripoli-nato-ch...
BintTarablis KC
BREAKING: #NATO mission in #Libya has OFFICIALLY ended – #NATO has left #Libya.
Farida
THANK YOU #NATO. #Libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Fascinating day- we were in same room and witnessed the election of #libya ’s new transitional pm by #ntc -1st step in road map to democracy
With #Nato mission over now- Remembering all the sleepless nights we’ve had in #tripoli as #Nato jets pounded the city. #libya
#libya pm el-keib says allegations of human rights abuses on his mind- asks for time and patience to deal with this
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
I asked pple here in #Misurata about #Nato role in #libya.“At one point we could only sleep when we heard sound of their planes,” some said.
Did you know people of #Misurata called #Nato planes “Hanan”? Meaning: “tenderness”. “Here comes Miss tender,” they tell one another. #libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
In Tripoli, all my family and friends and everyone I asked said: “We only felt safe when we heard them. G forces used to hide”
NATO
31 Oct. 2011
Last Air Mission of Unified Protector concluded
Today, at midnight Libyan time, a NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AWACS) conlcuded the last flight of Operation Unified Protector. With this, a successful chapter in NATO’s history has come to an end.
Since the beginning of the NATO operation, NATO air assets conducted over 26,500 sorties, including over 9,700 strike sorties to protect the people of Libya from attack or the threat of attack.
NATO AWACS performed the crucial function of commanding and controlling all NATO air assets operating over Libya. This included the issuing of real-time tactical orders and taskings to Alliance fighter aircraft, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, air-to-air refuellers or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). NATO AWACS also supported the NATO ships and submarines enforcing the maritime arms embargo against Libya by providing an aerial maritime surveillance capability.
On 1 November 2011, all NATO AWACS will return to their home airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany. All other aircraft, ships and submarines which contributed to the mission will return home and revert back to national command.