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SUMMARY OCTOBER 6th 2011
10/6/11
10/06/11
10.06.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya –
goo.gl/otbjR
NATO key hits Oct. 5 2011
BaniWalid :
1 Military installation
6 c&c nodes
1 military staging location
NATOpress NATO Press
LIVE at 14:20CET: Statement @AndersFoghR on #NATO Defence Ministers meeting with non-NATO contributors to #OperationUnifiedProtector #Libya
NATOpress NATO Press
LIVE at 14:20CET: Statement @AndersFoghR on #NATO Defence Ministers meeting with non-NATO contributors to #Libya
goo.gl/qPw0Y
Around 2 AM Oct 6
libyahmed
huge explosions in tripoli now"!!!!!
in tajoura now?!
Tajoura is being rocked right now!!! what the hell is going on?!
gun fights and explosions. they’ve stopped now. my house was shaking!
it stopped but is continuing now… This is strange! I;m just switching all our lights off
our house was just shaking from the explosions. It started with gun fight and turned into explosions then back to gun fire.
i’m in tajoura
The FF have been asked to leave #tripoli, I watched them leave tonight… then Tajoura gets hit… I say they shouldn’t go anywhere! #libya
I guess I won’t know what’s happened until tomorrow.Desperately want to go on the roof and find out what’s happened, but mum will kill me :P
(more scared of my mamma than I am of #gaddafi and his scum!!)
Everything’s quietened down now… I wonder what that was all about. InshAllah khair, I’m off to sleep…
Just heard an anti aircraft shot… just a single lone shot… #tajoura #tripoli
they aint nato bombs :P
Mums response to the fighting just now was funny. Fast asleep, heard the fighting and explosions and sits up and goes ‘AH AlQaeda’ lol!
Only lasted a few minutes so alhamdulilah, got sorted. Now everything though sounds too quiet :P
lol, she’s a funny woman (especially when she’s not meaning to be :P)
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Naji al Issawi said a separate burial site elsewhere in #Tripoli had been discovered & could contain up to 700 bodies
feb17.info/news/libya-mil…
Sky News
Libyan flag raised in UN
The United Nations in Vienna has raised the flag of Libya’s National Transitional Council, a month after the international community formally recognised the country’s new leaders, the UN says.
The new green, black and red flag was raised among the colours of the other 192 UN members in the courtyard of the Vienna headquarters, replacing the green standard of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Link:
www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.a...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Tripoli 1 body which was found inside Hospital StreetCorner FREEZER is Mohammad Hashim #ElHOUDERI who was martyred in 1984 #Libya via FB
#Shocking find of 2 Mass Graves in #Tripoli 1 contains about 200 the other around 700 bodies
goo.gl/M7Lgt #Libya
Sarah
Libyan camel walking in front of a FreedomFighters tank.(AFP, 5th Oct, #BaniWalid ) #Libya –
pic.twitter.com/4cXBY8yi
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Flash Minister of Health #Libya Dr. Nagi Jumah #Barakat submitted #Resignation Jibril has acccepted but Jallil hasn’t agreed asked him2wait
Tarek
I went to #Khamis #Gaddafi Military HQ (32 Brigade) South #Tripoli today & saw 100s of secret military, intelligence, etc documents. #Libya
One secret document (I have a copy) revealing that #Libya was studying an offer to purchase Tiger Helicopter from EADS company in 2006.
One secret document signed by #Khamis #Gaddafi (I have a copy) revealing that #Libya wanted to purchase Tiger Helicopter from EADS in 2006.
Another secret document signed by #Khamis authorising payment to General Dynamics (#GD) #UK after completing a communication project. #Libya
I will go again to look for more secret documents, I saw 100s of files filled with documents about every single creature in #Libya. so scary
No guards or security, just empty huge nicely done military base
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
eastern rebels fighting block to block about a kilometer inside a very blown up apartment complex #sirte
Moez
Western companies trying to do business in #Libya need to understand that this revolution was built on #Libyan interests, not theirs #feb17
Also realising that Gov agencies labelled as ‘development’ or ‘aid’ are nothing more than a front to plug their country’s companies
Mushu
On Abdullah Senussi :p RT@feilefey No joo. Se on vaan tosi bleeergh vomit face. Faces like his should come with a warning. Or blurred.
Yefrenia
A powerful clip from AJA (this is it): Libyan man angry at Gaddafi. Very emotional & moving. His face, his words…
youtube.com/watch?v=ij5zZn…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij5zZn8-MPA
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
AbdelJalil: NTC plan to create a committee of 4 people from NTC to advise on the shape, duties and shape of transitional govt #feb17 #Libya
Aviation Week
Libyan Anti-Aircraft Missiles Disappear and Now the Search Is On
There are lots of empty SA-24 Grinch anti-aircraft missile shipping crates left in Libyan military warehouses. U.S. officials are still investigating whether they had been emptied before the conflict — which could indicate clandestine sales to the black market or a third country — or were among the many weapons carried off by looters as thefts of opportunity.
But there are ominous signs.
Read more:
goo.gl/gHQj1
This is a must read:
In Libya, Truth is the Biggest Ammunition
There is a thin red line between being an intelligence officer and an investigative journalist.
As an intelligence officer, your job is to travel extensively, gain people’s trust in order to extract information, and convince them to do things they wouldn’t normally do. At the same time, you must maintain secrecy and not reveal any details to the public for fear of compromising national security. When it comes time for you to present this information, you must also conduct a risk assessment and provide a forecast of expected patterns. Life is like a jigsaw puzzle and your job is to put all the pieces together.
Please read more here:
www.policymic.com/article/show?id=1602
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Time: Twists of Fate: The Towns That Loved #Gaddafi Face an Uncertain Future goo.gl/VUdvw #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#SIRTE #NTC Fighters R In Gov. Quarter a grid of expensively hotels villas + conference center where #Gaddafi used to host foreign leaders
I sincerely hope #Barakat is not resigning but this news is allover FaceBook
Moez
he sent a 2 page long open letter that sounded like his last swan song
#Tripoli STREET ART new blog #Libya
khadijateri.blogspot.com by @khadijateri
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
An amazing article about inspirational women in #Libya. A must read and MT: Women At War janinedigiovanni.com/docs/womenatwa…
THANKU4THEANGER
Yesterday on Libya TV (not Ahrar TV): AbdelJalil : Belhadj of Tripoli Military council was incorrect & unrealistic in asking FFs to hand over weapons to them. This is the role of the Supreme Security committee which is composed of NTC members is.gd/jxLGbl #Feb17 #Libya
Sherlock Holmes couldn’t find #Gaddafi… so they hired #EpicLibyanMan. #Libya #Feb17
epiclibyan.tumblr.com/post/11076392755/...
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
I met with #OperationUnifiedProtector partners to discuss conditions for completion mission in #Libya. #Qadhafi’s forces fighting lost cause
LibyaInMe حنين ~ Hanin
Salah Ashareksi. Born 1983. A civil engineer who volunteered, trained, and was martyred with 6 of his friends
feb17martyrs.com/salah-ibrahim-…
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
3 #FF dead and 20 injured in #Sirte Wednesday. montrealgazette.com/news/Libyan+go…
Yefrenia
What we need to remember is that Gaddafi planted his roots everywhere in Libya; even if he goes corrupt people won’t go that easily #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
No longer should we say or write on walls/cars we’re Tripoli FFs, Misrata FFs, Nafusa FFs, Benaghazi FFs . WE ARE LIBYAN FFs #feb17 #Libya
A Free Libyan
Keep up the support for #Libya – #PrayforSirte and #PrayforBaniWalid. The country isn’t free until every single person is. #Feb17
Libyan4life
I die inside lookin at footage of mass graves found around #Libya bc ppl r tampering with the sites. STAY BACK, you dnt know what ur doing
Moez
Glad to hear from Alvaro Canovas – French photographer shot in the thigh on 23/8/11 in Bab Al Azizia. Making full recovery in Paris #libya
He sent me a souvenir photo his colleague took when we were carrying him away from bab al azizia – awesome shot #libya
Libyan4life
Some of the crap I hear/read coming of #Sirte makes me wish we had just broken it off of #Libya. #CrapJournalism #Libya #Feb17
Free Libya
Same but it’s #CrapJournalism, they are interviewing scared people who have just lived under 8 months of pure G brainwashing.
Munitions bunkers found in Jufra area south of libya 4 9 11
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGIYPwdpRAE
FreeBenghazi
Identity of this person unknown. DNA sample was taken. Discovered in Tripoli Hospital refrigerator, ZawiyaSt #Libya
pic.twitter.com/rDV2ncYV
Majdi Mohamed AlShukdee detained 7Apr1984, killed 12May1984. Identified by parents & 38yr old son #Libya #Tripoli
pic.twitter.com/aQKSNj0m
Believed arrested 7Apr84 & his execution broadcast on TV 5May84 (Ramadan). Name released when ID’s confirmed #Libya
pic.twitter.com/oNPWRXT4
Pic2 of 6mth baby found in hospital refrigerator, w his playsuit, diaper, 1 femur, some his of bones #Libya bones.
pic.twitter.com/VJip0nzW
This victim reportedly been identified. Was arrested 7Apr1984. Body found in #Tripoli Hospital refrigerator #Libya
pic.twitter.com/gy5JI3Jb
Victim unidentified, found #Tripoli Hospital fridge. Sub-Saharan African features. Believed2 b from southern #Libya
pic.twitter.com/klFk849V
Young man, in his 20s or 30s, executed by hanging. Body found in Tripoli Hospital refrigerator #Libya
pic.twitter.com/82WRAGBQ
Sons & friends identified victim from his hair & teeth, but still not 100% confirmed. Found Tripoli Hospital #Libya
pic.twitter.com/yovskkmd
This young man was hanged in 1984. Body found in Tripoli Hospital refrigerator #Libya pic.twitter.com/h7BGkZjA
Body of man in his mid-20s. Found in Tripoli Hospital refrigerator. DNA sample taken to help identify him #Libya
pic.twitter.com/PyaiirCX
RedCrescent in #Nalut held lecture for middle-school boys, on landmines & unexploded ordinances #Libya v @nalutLRC
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.22774...
SMILE:
Master Pirate ☠
#OccupyWallStreet Breaking news: Libya has recognized protestors at Wallstreet as the sole government in the US. Expect us
5 young men from Sunaallah family, found buried in Sikkit, Misrata. Taken from their home in March by Gaddafiforces #Libya v @Alssomood
1of 5 bodies buried at farm in Sikkit,Misrata.Oct4 rain washed away some soil,revealing grave #Libya v #HattinBrigade
pic.twitter.com/Lqpdpvdk
Tripolitanian Libyan
Revolutionaries now in control of #Ghat, a town South West of #Libya, at the Algerian border. #Feb17
Abu Hanood El-Dernaw
spoke to @raggzeb over the phone and he is very grateful to all the well wishers. i will be going to see him again in a couple of hours.
Gerrie
I don’t know whether it is better to capture Ghadafi and clan dead or alive! They should be executed in public for all to see!
Ahmed
Just found a spent bullet in my living room… welcome to #Libya :P
i’m more interested to know where on earth it came from :P
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
@AP latest from #Sirte: Libya Fighters Loot Gadhafi Tribe, Showing Divide bitURL.net/b7u4
Misrata ppl not happy w me for writing my latest piece. they sent an NTC rep to look for me. waiting to see him
Another proof of the long long way #Libya has in understanding how freedom works
None of the rebels here have actually read the story but now walking past me and calling me “bitch”
There is a little angry mob discussing my article but they’re not coming to talk to me and don’t even know who i am.
One of the insults I was given: You Egyptian.
One of the Misrata drivers for @AFP flipped me the bird and called me a bitch. He’s the guys who also called me an infidel &slut 2 days ago
OK things are calm now. the ntc guy apparently went to misrata and “didnt have time” to see me.
I’m more worried about the @AFP driver than anyone else. He scares me!
my driver is fine. it’s AFP’s
ok leaving now to actually DO MY JOB!
Hajer
no wonder why, you painted them as revenge-driven people! based on the words of one person! it seems you love to do that
women journalists in libya like alexcrawford sky who dont claim the same abuse you claim so maybe the problem is you?
S K
so a couple of libyans were jerks dont worry bout it I thought u were better than being petty
Ismael
It’s what one driver said and did. Never mind the tens of thousands of others fighting in Sirte. driver more imp?
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Clashes between Gadafi loyalists and rebels in Zwara town escalating. #Libya
NTC: " Rebels have driven out pro-Gadafi fighters from Northern hills of Bani Walid today. 2 rebels dead in a rocket attack last night."
Spokesman: Bani Walid radio still broadcasting pro-Gadafi propaganda from inside. Libya Al Hurra counter broadcasts also inside Bani Walid
Khalifa
Abdul Jalil: “My personal opinion is that there is room in #Libya for all citizens regardless of there religious believe.”
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Another mass grave was found in Bab Al Aziziya last night. Hundreds of bodies, some cut up, tortured, in garbage bags. #libya #feb17
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
hoy en la edición impresa de EL MUNDO la historia de Jamal, un vasco que pelea en la batalla de #Sirte #Libia
Jamal regresó el pasado mes de agosto a #Libia y esta es la primera batalla en la q participa ayer “aprendí a manejar un AK-47 de chaval”
LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
My Proposal For a Countdown Clock. 20 months 609 days until Presidential elections. After #Sirte is Free.
pic.twitter.com/iSsnfFGF
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt ▸ Top stories today
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #ICRC delivering medical and other supplies in the besieged city of #Sirte, #Libya. #Gaddafi
#Libya, #ICRC spokesperson says they will try to evacuate injured civilians from #Sirte, #Libya, #Gaddafi
#Libya, #ICRC evacuates three war wounded patients and 4 of their family members from hospital in the besieged city of #Sirte
Spoke to some sirte residents who fear for the future of #Libya, one said: “who will guarantee all these men will lay down their arms”
#Libya, Some residents of #Sirte clearly don’t have faith in the new leadership of
#Libya
#Libya, #ICRC says one of the war wounded is a female child freshly injured in the fighting in #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC says that three evacuated are in stable condition but need specialized care, #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC says they visited ibn sina hospital in #Sirte and met three doctors, there were some nurses and medical students still there
#Libya, #ICRC says patients in hospital are in corridors because wards deemed unsafe, #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC ‘we don’t know hoe many patients still inside hospital because we didn’t have time to assess, we hope to return’, #Sirte
Time Magazine World
The Enemy Of My Enemy: Libyan Islamists and Western Forces
Abdel Hakim Belhaj is an Islamist whom Western spy agencies thought so dangerous that as recently as 2004, the governments of the U.S. and Britain conspired with the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to capture him in Kuala Lumpur and secretly fly him back to his homeland, Libya, where he was imprisoned and tortured for six years.
Read more:
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,91...
Tarek Alwan
BASF, Deutsche Boerse: Equity Market Preview for Germany – Businessweek buswk.co/nalLKm
(Good News) #BASF SE (BAS GY): The #German chemical company’s #Wintershall oil production unit said its plants in #Libya are intact.
#Tripoli Brigade (Souk Al Juma) Salutes New Members
youtube.com/watch?v=Mssfd2… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mssfd2mZG7E&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Tripoli in Hospital Refrigerator 18 bodies betwn 6mnts & 50 yrs old All killed 1984 Some from battle4 #BabAlAziyah Incl.woman + baby #Libya
#Misrata Rain revealed mass grave on a farm in Sikkit #Misrata 5 bodies found #Libya
Mass grave found in #AbuYema al #Kufra containing 60 bodies 1 is Relative of @Saleh9416 Relative died in 1980 #Libya
#Slowly all the #missing people of Libya are found In mass graves #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
Fridges #Tripoli Hospital #BabAlAziziyah #Zawya BODIES found wr executed ’84 + 97 for AttemptedCoups Against Gaddafi
Keeping bodies in Freezer Meant as an Insult. it was the #Ultimate Insult to them to deny them burial #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
#NO #OIL #DEAL between #Libya and #Heritage Oil says #NOC Director Ahmed Al-Taghdi
cnbc.com/id/44786058
French DF Longuet Thursday; #NATO airstrikes will not cease until ALL remaining pockets of resistance r suppressed + #NTC asks them to End
Italian #oil major #Eni said it feared its largest oilfield in the North African nation might be in ruins #Libya
#Tripoli #Martyr square #Libya Libyan authorities struggle to rein in militias
NPR
Gadhafi May Be Hard To Find, But Not His Supporters
In Libya, anti-government fighters are facing fierce resistance in Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte. It’s one of the last areas that has not fallen to rebel forces. But it’s hardly the last bastion of support for the deposed leader.
Read full story:
www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141092142/gadhaf...
#Libya revolutionaries posted a #blacklist of alleged Collaborators with Gaddafi’s regime at #Tripoli Law college
goo.gl/xY4IH
GihanTadreft Gihan Badi
#Libya #Benghazi would risk fading back into obscurity as the seat of #NTC were it not for one powerful asset: #oil
reut.rs/qcKas1
#Gaddfi Loyalists put up fierce resistance in #Sirte & Clashes cont wth ProDemocracy fighters who have stormed the city
bit.ly/pZKV64
Actor-activist #SeanPenn says he admires #Libyans for their courage in overthrowing #Gadhafi bit.ly/qIRULo #Libya #feb17
feb17libya Feb17Libya
LIVE Libyan Unrest: October 6, 2011
bit.ly/nSRxEj #libya
France said Thursday that NATO’s mission in #Libya would continue as long as #Gaddafi forces were putting up resistance
feb17.info/news/live-libyan-unrest-octo...
WilliamJHague William Hague
We stand up for #humanrights & help with our Arab Partnership Initiative but not for us to dictate their future
I agree, internet should be open & safe for all, with right balance between intellectual property & accessibility
Zainab
Am I the only one weirded out that the refrigerator still works after 27 years? #Libya pic.twitter.com/12rzj727
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #ICRC evacuates three war wounded patients and 4 of their family members from hospital in the besieged city of #Sirte
Spoke to some sirte residents who fear for the future of #Libya, one said: “who will guarantee all these men will lay down their arms”
#Libya, Some residents of #Sirte clearly don’t have faith in the new leadership of #Libya
#Libya, #ICRC says one of the war wounded is a female child freshly injured in the fighting in #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC says that three evacuated are in stable condition but need specialized care, #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC says they visited ibn sina hospital in #Sirte and met three doctors, there were some nurses and medical students still there
#Libya, #ICRC says patients in hospital are in corridors because wards deemed unsafe, #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC ‘we don’t know hoe many patients still inside hospital because we didn’t have time to assess, we hope to return’, #Sirte
WOW, don’t you just lurve photography!!! Time stops at the right moment. pic.twitter.com/0OKaCShg
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
fb.me/vuVKds5r
TheDailyOrgan The Daily Organ
It feels like Reuters have been reporting a “final” attack on Sirte, Libya, every day for about the last two weeks goo.gl/blyGa
libyanproud libyanandproud
We’re proud of our Freedom Fighters! They’re our heroes and w’ll do everything to protect them even from themselves #Feb17 #Libya
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Walid وليد
African Cup of Nations Qualifier: Zambia v #Libya Saturday 8/10 15:30 GMT Live on Nessma TV…be sure not to miss it & support our boys!
James Herron
Eni says reports of “serious damage” at Elephant oil field in #Libya are incorrect.
PeterClifford1 #Libya
FF’s claim to control 50% of #Sirte & now moving in on the centre. tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
france 24
Les forces du CNT affirment contrôler la majeure partie de Syrte
Avec l’appui des avions de l’Otan, les combattants du Conseil national de transition continuent leur avancée dans la ville de Syrte. “Dans deux jours, si Dieu veut, Syrte sera libérée”, a déclaré un commandant militaire du CNT.
Full story:
www.france24.com/fr/20111006-forces-cnt...
malonebarry Barry Malone
NATO campaign to continue while #Libya resistance lasts | Reuters reut.rs/qZf4Np
Tripoli
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
They only man checkpoints after 10pm or so. Rest of day it’s weapon free & police starting to do jobs in majority of areas
LIVE Libyan Unrest: October 6, 2011
France said on Thursday that NATO’s air mission in Libya would continue as long as
forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were putting up resistance in their remaining holdouts, and until the interim government requested its conclusion.
Source:
feb17.info/news/live-libyan-unrest-octo...
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
by misrati_free
Khairi Al-Saqar died in Salah Al-Deen on 27/08/2011. الله يرحم نسأل الله يتقبلك عند شهيد #Libya
pic.twitter.com/iFmrLmOs
Khalifa Abdulrhman Al-Deghry (1988) was taken by G forces and executed during the Battle of Tripoli الله يرحمه #Libya
pic.twitter.com/A2OUl8zP
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Kevin had a grenade strapped to his flak vest “in case I have to throw it at someone.” Rebl fightrs concerned he’s not stable. #Libya #USA
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#FF in #Libya reach the Wagadogo hall in #Sirt after vicious battles with the #Gadaffi Loyalists and look to head further into the City.
libyanproud libyanandproud
At the Rass Ijdayr border crossing
Nasr
The #Gaddafi & #Werfalli tribes have been looting the country for 40 yrs. #SayNo2Tribalism #SayNo2Defectors
Reuters
INTERVIEW-Libyan security arm to hunt Gaddafi Loyalists
Fugitive leader moving around near Niger, Algeria
NTC to investigate rights abuses by its fighters
“Regarding internal security, there has been an order to abolish it. And we are studying a way of creating a body,” al Dharrat said in an interview.
“The mission of this apparatus may be to follow the fifth column of Gaddafi’s followers. That would be the sole speciality of this apparatus that will be created.”
He did not specify where in the country the search would be focused.
Full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Khalifa Leebee
Animals left behind to die
Video:
youtube.com/watch?v=LC_5Pe…!
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC_5PeiQu9c&fea...
2011feb17
Beautiful rain. Fresh cool air. Love this weather. Wow Tripoli is nicer without Gaddafi
Suzanne
Mother Earth cleaning up Gaddafi’s mess
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Everything will be greening up nicely
Free Libya
Mashallah it’s still raining, I think the rain was just scared of Gaddafi :)
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Lol.. Soug al jumaa FF car :) #epic
twitpic.com/6vxrg4
Roshan Khadivi
#UNICEF distributing #hygiene kits #water kits, blankets and other NFI to #IDPs fleeing from #Sirte #Libya
Free Libya ♔☾✰
Ali Hassan Jaber Battalion handed to the NTC 1.9M LYD & 5Kilos of gold found in #Sirte. #libya
yfrog.com/odnclj
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
My friend and colleague @hadeelalsh receiving threats tday from #Misrata forces angry w critical reporting. Bad sign. #Libya #Sirte #NTC
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Saw another young American, Kevin, who joined #Libya’s rebels on #Sirte’s frontline. Seeing reports #MatthewVanDyke has picked up a gun too.
Tho not illegal fr Americans to fight in other countries’ wars, cld raise Qs dwn the rd, esp if #NTC forces accused of humn rghts violations
Didn’t give his full name. Has claimed alternately to be medic, journalist & consultant, according to fighters
He had a tan and was wearing a helmet and sunglasses.
Brown Moses
i just found this article from yesterday mentioning him by name saying he’d with the misrata rebels:
An American who’s been hanging around Misrata fighters for several months, Kevin Dawes, hangs a handy cam off his flak jacket and also usually carries a sniper rifle. Dawes said he originally came to Libya to start as a journalist and has ended up volunteering as a medic and a fighter.
“I might put together a documentary,” he said.
Read more:
bit.ly/o3X4QT
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Yep, that sounds about right
Brown_Moses Brown Moses
You should ask the NTC to arrest him, he’s genuinely mentally ill and a fantasist. I can send more info if you want.
Tweeting Tripoli
I see a beautiful rainbow from my window :) #Tripoli
pic.twitter.com/TvOvoNcy
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
twitpic.com/6vzavn
Last tweet… My least favourite place in the world #Tripoli #BabAlAzizia
hamzamu
#Libya : My Friend martyred Lion from Benghazi in Misrata Misrata side Died Saving April
Video:
youtu.be/lAHUINPoSlY
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAHUINPoSlY&fea...
Le Figaro
Libye: violents affrontements dans l’ouest
De violents affrontements entre combattants pro et anti-Kadhafi se déroulaient aujourd’hui à Ragdaline, une ville aux mains des fidèles de l’ex-régime à 130 km au sud-ouest de Tripoli, a-t-on appris jeudi auprès d’un responsable militaire du Conseil national de transition (CNT).
“Les forces militaires du CNT avaient donné mercredi 24 heures aux pro-Kadhafi de Ragdaline pour déposer leurs armes, mais ils ont fait une incursion dans la ville voisine de Zouara et ont tué Fathi al-Idrissi, un commandant pro-CNT, avant de se replier vers Ragdaline”, a indiqué Smaïl Atouchi.
Full art.:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/10/06/9...
NATO ‘ready to welcome new, democratic Libya’
Despite intense fighting that’s taking place in pro-Gadhafi strongholds, NATO remains confident that Libya’s National Transitional Council can manage a peaceful transition to democracy, the world body’s secretary general said Thursday.
“Allies stand ready to welcome a new democratic Libya,” Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters after a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels, which included Canada’s Peter MacKay.
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www.canada.com/news/NATO+ready+welcome+...
Some of Libya’s martyrs, may they all rest in peace:
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GRAPHIC- Zuhair Ibrahim a victim of one of #Gaddafi’s mines. May God grant him in paradise. #Libya
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Abdumen’em Mohamed Saleh from Gheryan martyred while taking weapons to the BaniWalid frontline اللهم ارحمه #Libya
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Khaled Abdulsalam Al-Megrab (1971) from Al-Nufaleen Tripoli and has a daughter called Boushra around 2 years old..(1/2) pic.twitter.com/jPvwANRB
..He was in AbuSleem for around 15 years and martyred in the Battle of BaniWalid. نسأل الله أن يسكنه فسيح جناته (2/2)
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Khalifa Abou Rage’ah martyred on 18/2/2011 infornt of the Fadeel Bou Omar Battalion in Benghazi الله يرحمك #Libya
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Abdulfatah Al-Sherif from the Al-Jazeera Battalion martyred on 28/08/2011.الله يرحمهه وايسكنه فسيح جناته #Libya
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Khalifa Abdulrhman Al-Deghry (1988) was taken by G forces and executed during the Battle of Tripoli الله يرحمه #Libya
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Khairi Al-Saqar died in Salah Al-Deen on 27/08/2011. الله يرحم نسأل الله يتقبلك عند شهيد #Libya
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Abdulrahman Ragab Saoud from Zawyet Dahmani,Tripoli passed away in the Battle of Tripoli on 20/08/2011الله يرحمه #Libya
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Salah Abdullah Al-Tarhoni from the Qarayt Salah #FFs of Tripoli #Libya. ربى يرحمه ويجعله مع اخواننا الراسلين والانبياء
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Ahmed Al-Twaty passed away on 27/9/2011. الشهيد أحمد إبراهيم التواتي. To God we belong & to God we shall return #Libya
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Our martyr Suleiman Al-Sheiky الشهيد سليمان الشيخي May God rest his soul in peace. #Libya
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Misratah: from 16/03/2011 to 22/03/2011, we lost 105 brave martyrs
GRAPHIC- Our martyr Aseem Breiny he was killed in Zawyet Al-Dehmani in Tripoli #Libya. الله يرحمه ويتقبله شهيد يارب
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Marwan Nagm El-Deen Karemah (1975) from Zawiyah. He died on Wednesday morning 2/3/2011.#Libya االهم ارحم كل اشهداء
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Zein Al-Abedin Ehwaydi Al-Omami passed away in Brega on 2/4/2011. #Libya. May God rest his soul in peace.
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Dr. Mohamed Kheiri Hamed passed away on 26/08/2011 in Tripoli. He was killed by a…(1/2) #
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..sniper in an ambulance car while treating the injured.(2/2) #Libya ان الله وان اليه راجعوان
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Fathallah Jibril Al-Berki martyred on 11/08/2011 الشهيد البطل فتح الله جبريل البــــــركى #Libya الله يرحمه
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Nagib Mokhtar Al-Geta’ani (16/5/1989) from Tobruk martyred in Misratah on 12/6/2011. اللهم اجعل مثواه الجنه #Libya
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Mohamed Ragab Mohamed Masoud (1986). Martyred in Bani Walid on 28/05/2011. He was executed by G forces #Libya
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Martyr Mohamed Al-Halbous from Misratah #Libya الشهيد محمد الحلبوص من شهداء مصراته قائد ميدانى الله يتقبل فى جنة الخلد
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Some of the martyrs of Misratah in May #Libya ان لله وان اليه راجعون pic.twitter.com/spopRQ7Q
Al-Azhar Al-Hamedi the first martyr in Al-Noufleen. الازهر الحامدي اول شهيد في منطقه النوفلين الله يرحمه #Libya
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Hameed Gaba’oud (1984) from Misratah martyred on 27/08/2011 in Tripoli. دمك يا حميد مايمشيش هباء بادن الله #Libya
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Martyr AbdulNaser Bou Sbabel from Shahat #Libya. الشهيد عبدالناصر بوسبابل من شحات أسأل الله أن يرزقني الشهادة في سبيله
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Firas Khalifa Askar martyred on 02/10/2011 in Tiji #libya الله يرحمه yfrog.com/o0o6zwmxj
Tareq AbdulBagi from Al-Beidha (1995), martyred in the Battle of #Sirte, few days ago. May God rest his soul in peace.
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أطفال ليبيا في مقدمة ضحايا كتائب القذافي لاإله الا الله #Libya pic.twitter.com/5SqkIh3N
Malak, 5 years old from Misratah did not only loose her leg, but she also lost her younger brother…#Libya (1/2)
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..Mohammed (3 years old) and her little sister Rudayna (1 year old)إنا الله وإنا إليه راجعون (2/2) #Libya
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سوق الجمعه : الشهيد الشيخ محمود نشنوش نسأل الله أن يسكنه فسيح جناته #Libya pic.twitter.com/RhgkgKVM
Sheikh Mahmoud Nashnoush from Souq Al-Jumaa martyred in Tripoli. #Libya نسأل الله أن يسكنه فسيح جناته
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Our Martyr AbdulAati Ali Gdoura from Zawiyat Al-Dehmani, Tripoli (1988) #Libya إنا الله وإنا إليه راجعون
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Masoud Hussein Marseet martyred in Zawiyah in May. نسأل الله أن يكتبه من الشهداء #Libya
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احمد الكريكشي من الثوار الذين ماتوا في بداية الثورة في طرابلس 25/02/2011 نسأل الله ان يغفر له ويرحمه #Libya
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Ahmed Al-Krekshi born in 1985. Martyred in Tripoli on 25/02/2011. To God we belong and to God we shalll return.
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الشهيد منصور فرج الغيثي من مواليد درنة 1985 ، استشهد في قمينس غرب مدينة بنغازي يوم الجمعة 18/03/2011 شهيد باذن الله
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The martyr Mansour Farag Al-Gheithy born in Darna 1985. Died Gemines (west of Benghazi) on Friday 18/03/2011. #Libya
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إبن الشهيد ناجي علي النفيشي (26/02/2011 )يقرأ على أبيه صورة الفاتحة في مقبرة شط الهنشير في طرابلس طريق الشط #Libya
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Nagi Ali Al-Nafeshy from Tripoli martyred on 26/02/2011. His son reading Al-Fatiha on him at Shat Al-Hansheer. #Libya
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الشهيد مروان محمد أبوزودة إستشهد يوم 20/09/2011 في سبها الله يرحمه ويوسع عليه يارب ويكتبه من شهداء الوطن #Libya
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Our Martyr Marwan Mohamed Abou Zoda died on 20/09/2011 in the Battle of Sabha #Libya. May God rest his soul in peace.
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عبد المطلوب جبريل بوعينه المغربي استشهد في البريقه يوم الجمعه 17/05/2011 انظروا الي الابتسامه التي تعلو وجوه الشهداء
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AbdulMatloub Jibril Bou Aayna Al-Megherbi martyred in the Battle of Brega on Friday 15/07/2011. #Libya رحمة الله عليه
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هذه الصورة لشخص استشهد ف بن جواد قبيل دخول سرت..وقد احضر الى بنغازي ولم يتعرف عليه احد.
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مالك تارسين طبيب اسنان و كان صاحب صاحبه محبوب من الناس الي تعرفه كان يتمنى انه يكون من الشهداء نحسبه ان يكون بإذن الله
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youtube.com/watch?v=Gwxldw… حادث استشهاد قائد ميداني لثوار مصراتة نور الدين القن
Ahmed
Gives one a burst of hope & pride when one reads names of Libya’s martyrs. Their blood wsn’t shed in vain الله أكبر
Fighting rages as Gadhafi diehards bid to break Sirte siege
Sirte, Libya – Intense fighting raged in Sirte on Thursday after forces loyal to Moammer Gadhafi tried to break a siege of the ousted strongman’s hometown by fighters loyal to Libya’s new regime.
Amid complaints that NATO air strikes had destroyed homes and killed residents in the city, the alliance was considering how quickly it could end its air campaign.
Read more:
www.canada.com/news/Fighting+rages+Gadh...
RoshanKhadivi Roshan Khadivi
#UNICEF & Ministry of Education Press Conference #Libya #Tripoli Meezaran Str, Saturday 8 Oct @ 10am
#PressConference with Libyan Minister, Suleiman Khoja & #UNICEF
MOD UK
RAF medics help keep planes flying over Libya
Helping to keep the UK’s aircrew and support staff fit and healthy and flying aircraft over Libya in support of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is a team of RAF medical staff.
Read more:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...
Via Feb 17
Reuters France said on Thursday that NATO’s air mission in Libya would continue as long as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were putting up resistance in their remaining
holdouts, and until the interim government requested its conclusion. French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet, attending a meeting of NATO defence ministers, was asked under what conditions NATO would end the air mission.
“There should no longer be any pockets of resistance and the NTC must request it,” Longuet told reporters.
Reuters
Libya’s new government is setting up a security agency whose main task would be to root out those who remain loyal to deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi in towns and cities it now controls. Ahmed al Dharrat, Libya’s new interim internal affairs minister, told Reuters the new agency would replace a much-feared security service which ruled the North African nation through fear and arrests throughout Gaddafi’s 42 years in power.
ENI
Italian oil major Eni fears its largest oilfield in Libya, known as Elephant, may be in ruins, which could dash hopes of a speedy return of Libyan supplies to global markets
after months of war. “One volunteer went with a squad of 10 rebel fighters, who escorted him on a two-to-three-hour survey in which he took pictures of the mess,” ENI’s Libyan operations manager, Mustafa Abougfeefa, said in an interview.
Aljazeera
Two mass graves containing around 900 bodies have been found in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the broadcaster Al Jazeera reports. “Statements from witnesses led us to two graves of victims of the former regime,” Al Jazeera on Thursday quoted Nagui al-Essawi, a military commander in Tripoli, as saying.
He added that the two graves had been discovered in Gargaresh, a coastal area located some 7km from central Tripoli, and in Brasta Milad, a rural area near the capital.
SIRTE NTC
Fighters of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) will soon capture Sirte, hometown of the fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the current situation there is
under control, NTC’s military spokesman Ahmed Bani said here Wednesday.
Bani said some NTC fighters have managed to “penetrate” into Sirte and have fully surrounded the town, while coordination has started for future attacks with the help of some local youths. The NTC will fully capture Sirte in the upcoming days, Bani said, without offering a detailed timetable.
Red Cross
The international Red Cross delivered baby milk, diapers and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Moammar Gadhafi’s besieged hometown on Thursday, seeking to ease shortages amid rapidly deteriorating conditions.
Reuters OIL GUNVOR
Libya is exporting its first cargo of crude to Asia under a new government as the North African nation returns to normalcy following a months-long civil war. The cargo, the third to ship from the country since conflict ended last month, will come as a relief to refiners in Asia who have been paying high premiums for crudes of the quality that Libya produces.
European trading company Gunvor booked oil tanker Wilmina to load 950,000 barrels of Libyan crude on Oct. 7, according to shipping fixtures. The destination was given as east of Suez, which traders said meant it was likely heading to China, which bought nearly 10 percent of Libya’s crude output in 2010.
CNN
Libyan revolutionary fighters drove out Moammar Gadhafi’s forces from strategic posts in the hills of Bani Walid Thursday, as fighting raged in one of the last remaining loyalist strongholds. The hills lie on the northern front of the fighting in Bani Walid and were infested with snipers, said Abdulla Kenshill, a National Transitional Council spokesman in the city.
CNN
Anti-Gadhafi forces capture area in Bani Walid
Libyan revolutionary fighters drove out Moammar Gadhafi’s forces from strategic posts in the hills of Bani Walid Thursday, as fighting raged in one of the last remaining loyalist strongholds.
The hills lie on the northern front of the fighting in Bani Walid and were infested with snipers, said Abdulla Kenshill, a National Transitional Council spokesman in the city.
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libyanproud libyanandproud
FF at border: Jmayl (it’s a town in Libya) have surrendered their arms after clashes last night and this morning . #Feb17 #Libya
I’m in beautiful and free #Libya
FF at border: Battles ongoing in RaqDaleen between Freedom Fighters and reminant Gaddafi forces .
Amazigh Film festival
The International Amazigh Film Festival, “Issni N’ourgh,” which means “the Golden Crown,” will honor Libyan intellectuals at its fifth edition, which opens on Thursday in the Moroccan city of Agadir.
The festival’s director, Rashid Boukassim, said that choosing Libya as the guest of honor reflects the interest of the organizers of the events taking place in the Arab world, and shows the festival’s interaction with the various changes occurring in North Africa and the Middle East.
An article dated, 6 October 1947: “Libya’s future: Italian hopes and Arab fears”
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 6 October 1947
Tripoli just now is swept by rumours, the gist of which is that the Italians are coming and the British are going. Most of the rumours seem to have travelled across the sea from the Ministry of Italian Africa in Rome. This extravaganza would barely be worth reporting were it not a measure of the hopes that are stirring amongst the Italian colonists here that something good may come out of the London talks on the former Italian colonies.
Read more here:
feb17.info/news/an-article-dated-6-octo...
Al Arabiya
Sniper fire holds up push into Sirte; Panetta to consult NATO commanders on Libya war
Heavy sniper fire from forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi held back Libyan government forces trying to take the former leader’s hometown on Thursday, making predictions of a quick end to the battle looked optimistic, as the Pentagon chief was due to consult NATO commanders on Libya air war.
Residents who fled the town of Sirte said civilians were dying. One man said a rocket strike killed his 11-year-old son and he had to bury him where he died because the fighting was too intense to reach the cemetery.
Taking Sirte is of huge importance to Libya’s new rulers, and until it is captured they are putting on hold plans to start rebuilding the country as a democracy.
Full art.:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/06/1...
Sidney Morning Herald
About 900 bodies in Libya mass graves
Two mass graves containing around 900 bodies have been found in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the broadcaster Al Jazeera reports.
“Statements from witnesses led us to two graves of victims of the former regime,” Al Jazeera on Thursday quoted Nagui al-Essawi, a military commander in Tripoli, as saying.
He added that the two graves had been discovered in Gargaresh, a coastal area located some 7km from central Tripoli, and in Brasta Milad, a rural area near the capital.
Read more:
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/abo...
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Gaddafi forces from Riqdalin attacked Zuara & killed the NTC commander and went back to Riqdalin. #Libya #Gaddafi
Riqdalin is in northwest Libya near the Tunisian border. NTC is sending forces from other towns to capture the Gaddafi forces in Riqdalin.
Question is: how many towns still have significant amounts of Gaddafi troops? What about Al Ajaylat, which was a Gaddafi stronghold? #Libya
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Ahmed
The rain just started pouring here in #Tripoli. Now the roads will be flooded to my knees again with many of them shut! #blameitongaddafi
Khadija Ali
Zliten full of mines, needs urgent help removing them before its too late!! Spread the word!!
markito0171 Mark
map of #Gaddafi -Forces controlled area in western #Libya twitpic.com/6w0dr5
Benghazi childen go back to school with new anthem
BENGHAZI, Libya — The clapping of hands, the stamping of feet and the spontaneous giggling are back as hundreds of Libyan children returned to their schools in Benghazi, the epicentre of rebellion against Moamer Kadhafi.
Several schools in the eastern Libyan city have reopened since last week after eight months of closure, with young boys and girls singing a new national anthem and breathing what they call the “air of freedom” for the first time.
“I smell freedom when I come to school now,” said 13-year-old Bushra, dressed in a black school uniform and a white headscarf as she spoke to AFP in the compound of her Okba bin Nafa school in Benghazi’s Al-Laithi neighbourhood.
“The tyrant (Kadhafi) is gone and the entire atmosphere has changed. There is a new spirit in the school,” said the girl who dreams of studying medicine in the United States.
Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
Aljazeera
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Mutassim has fled the former leader’s hometown of Sirte and was last heard of heading south, a Libyan government military spokesman told Al Jazeera. “The last information we got about him (Mutassim) is that he left Sirte last Sunday,” spokesman Ahmed Bani said. “We arrested one of (Gaddafi’s) mercenaries and he confirmed this.”
Libyan government forces have tried for weeks to take Sirte from fighters loyal to Gaddafi but were still being held back by sniper fire on Thursday.
Ahmed
So Mu3tassim apparently was able to flee Sirte. Will we be able to catch any of the #Gaddafi 7ameer? #Libya #Feb17
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
A lot of the salt water turned wells, have turned back to normal :) #Tripoli
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Two days stuck in the desert near Sirte made much more fun by Olivier’s presence. He now faces 3-6 months in hospital after RPG hit.
CNN
Hannibal’s horrors: Others tell stories similar to burned nanny’s
Shweyga Mullah gestures a greeting to her visitors at Tripoli’s burn hospital. Her head wrapped in fresh bandages, her frail body under a red fleece blanket, Mullah is slowly regaining her dignity.
Apparently, it was not just Mullah who suffered as servants of Hannibal Gadhafi’s family. A man too frightened to reveal his name led CNN reporters to another one of
Hannibal Gadhafi’s properties, a gated, high-walled villa-like house, where the man said more abuse was meted out to staffers.
“Shweyga is not the only one,” he said, describing a Sudanese man who was also scalded with water after he burned an undershirt he was ironing.
He said the foreign staff bore the brunt of the abuse.
Another foreign nanny contacted CNN and described Aline Gadhafi as a “sadist” and a “psychologically sick” woman.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/02...
Photo:
A bullet attached to a badge bearing the new flag of Libya is worn by an anti-Gaddafi fighter as reinforcement brigades prepare to advance towards a checkpoint north of the besieged city of Bani Walid September 24, 2011.
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NATO NATO
#NATO Secretary General @AndersFoghR’s closing press conference youtu.be/allZ_fk7dVg Defence Ministerial
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
The TFM invites you to attend the launch of the NGO Fund. Please see goo.gl/2bnLJ for more info.
Malek
Home sweet home. Boy I missed Tripoli so much. Gr8 2 B back! Lots 2do. Never thought I wld c this day! #Libya
TFMLibya TFM Libya
TFM is launching a fund for #Libyan #NGOs & will be holding an event in #Tripoli next week. Interested NGOs plse Email info@tfmlibya.org
For Tunisia Hospital Bill payments for #Libyan victims of war call +216 71 965038, +216 71 965040, +216 71 965044, +216 71 965049 Plse RT
More info in Arabic about the TFM’s #Libyan #NGO Fund here tfmlibya.org/arabic/ngos-pr.htm please RT #Libya
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Colonel Gaddafi calls on Libyans to protest peacefully “in millions” and says “conditions in Libya unbearable now” in audio message
Moez
Anyone else thinking that #Gaddafi messages of defiance now seem like a broken record player? #Libya
For injured ff’s abroad:
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
1 of the injured FF’s fathers called me 2day. He was injured in Sebha but it seems that they’ve not allowed companions 2 come
Moez
only under 16s can take 1 parent. Other minders can apply for a normal visa through an accelerated process
Off – topic or maybe nor quite:)
How to live your life:
I stumbled across this story by accident.
This is the story of an American business man and a Mexican fisherman that happen to cross paths. While the story has no official author or even verification for if it even took place at all, ultimately that’s meaningless
The story has an amazing message that it gets across very effectively, and will really resonate with you if you ever found yourself reconsidering the line of work you’re in, what your goals are, and what happiness really means to you
Please read:
The Story of the Mexican Fisherman
www.gabrielhummel.com/2009/09/05/the-st...
libyanproud libyanandproud
In #Sibratha ! #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/6w1x31
I LOVE LIBYA ! thank you brave Freedom Fighters !
Tweeting Tripoli
love the Italian architecture. Originally were train stations. Sadly we don’t have trains anymore.
ICRC
Libya: wounded patients evacuated from Sirte hospital
Tripoli/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated three war-wounded people from Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte to a field hospital
on the other side of the front line on 6 October 2011.
It benefited from a lull in hostilities during a few hours that enabled it to carry out this operation. An estimated 20,000 people who have fled the fighting are now staying near Sirte, often in difficult conditions.
“The three wounded patients needed to be taken out. In the current conditions, the hospital in Sirte cannot provide the specialized care they need,” said Cordula Wolfisberg, an ICRC doctor who entered the hospital. “Together with the medical staff at the hospital, we identified which patients required evacuation and were stable enough to withstand it. We also made sure they were willing to leave.”
Once outside Sirte, the patients, accompanied by three members of their families, were transferred further to a hospital in Misrata. One of the evacuees is a seriously injured nine-year-old girl. Medication for people suffering from chronic diseases – donated by other humanitarian organizations – was also delivered by the ICRC to the hospital.
“Today there were only a few doctors left to treat war-wounded people in the Sirte hospital,” added Dr Wolfisberg. “Because of the fighting in the area, most patients have been moved from the wards to the corridors. In addition, the hospital is packed with civilians from the neighbourghood, including many women and small children.”
ICRC delegates also delivered food parcels, baby milk, diapers and hygiene items for 1,000 people inside conflict-stricken Sirte.
The ICRC reiterates that all possible measures must be taken to protect civilians and ensure safe access for health-care and humanitarian workers, as required by international humanitarian law.
This was the third time since 1 October that the ICRC had managed to enter Sirte from the west. The security situation remains extremely volatile, limiting movements and the time that ICRC staff can spend inside the city.
While thousands of civilians are still caught inside Sirte, many others have fled the city in recent weeks in search of safety. More than 18,000 people, among them many women, children and elderly people, are currently displaced east of Sirte. Around 5,000 of them are staying in the desert nearby and others are scattered in Harawa and its surroundings, some 50 kilometres east of Sirte. West of the city, hundreds of people have moved to safer areas between Sirte and Misrata.
“Waves of civilians are leaving the city almost every day,” said Ghafar Bishtawi, an ICRC delegate, east of Sirte. “We even saw entire families leaving on foot, bringing their small children with them, without any food or water.”
Together with Libyan Red Crescent volunteers, the ICRC is distributing potable water, baby food, baby milk and hygiene items to most of the displaced people.
The ICRC remains committed to meeting the needs of people in and near cities where fighting is taking place, especially Sirte and Bani Walid.
For further information, please contact:
Dibeh Fakhr, ICRC Tripoli/Benghazi, tel: +88 16 22 435 159
or +218 9 923 304 560 or +218 913 066 198
Steven Anderson, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 20 11 or +41 79 536 92 50
prashantrao
Maliki offered #Libya’s Jibril ‘experience of #Iraq in rebuilding the state, writing a constitution and holding elections’ – aide @AFP
MilitantNews Stephen Morgan
#Libya NATO says only 1 bomb may have struck civilians during the campaign- that is out of 9,300 strike sorties. Amazing precision!!!
Aljazeera
Libya’s new rulers sent reinforcements on Thursday to the desert city of Bani Walid, where a campaign to capture the stronghold of Gaddafi has ground to a halt, a senior commander said.
Mussa Ali Yunes, commander of the Jado Brigade, also insisted that Gaddafi’s son, Seif al-Islam was inside the city, along with a large number of allies, and that there was a 50 per cent chance Gaddafi himself was there.
“We are heading for the southern front of Bani Walid,” 170 kilometres southeast of Tripoli, Yunes said, referring to a column of 1,000 men and hundreds of vehicles.
The troops were dispatched from Gargaresh, about 10 kilometres from the capital.
Via Feb17
Red Cross Brings Aid to Gadhafi Hometown in Libya
The international Red Cross delivered baby milk, diapers and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Moammar Gadhafi’s besieged hometown on Thursday, seeking to ease shortages amid rapidly deteriorating conditions.
Dibeh Fakhr, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said two trucks entered Sirte and handed over the goods, which also included medical supplies, hygiene kits and clean drinking water, to representatives of families remaining in the Mediterranean coastal city. It was the ICRC’s third successful delivery since Saturday, she said.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/red-cross-brings-aid-to...
Dina
Had a bit of a kanye moment after seeing nominations 4 Nobel peace prize. With all due respect to Tunis and Egypt, Libya was THE revolution
Telegraph
Libya: Muammar Gaddafi breaks silence as Nato says end is in sight
Col Muammar Gaddafi has broken a silence of more than two weeks, calling on Libyans to protest “in millions”, calling conditions in the country “unbearable”.
Gaddafi used his usual method of communication, Syrian-based station Arrai TV, to warn leaders of the developing world who recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council that ousted him with the aid of Nato firepower would suffer a similar fare.
“If the power of (international) fleets give legitimacy, then let the rulers in the Third World be ready,” he said in the audio recording, in an apparent reference to Nato’s military support for NTC forces.
“To those who recognise this council, be ready for the creation of transitional councils imposed by the power of fleets to replace you one by one from now on,” he said.
Art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Aljazeera
Deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi said leaders of the developing world who recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) that ousted him with the aid of NATO firepower would suffer a similar fate.
“If the power of (international) fleets give legitimacy, then let the rulers in the Third World be ready,” he said in an apparent reference to NATO’s military support for NTC
forces.
He made the comments in an audio recording obtained by Reuters on Thursday from Syria-based Arrai television. It was not clear when the message was recorded.
“To those who recognize this council, be ready for the creation of transitional councils imposed by the power of fleets to replace you one by one from now on,” he said.
Gaddafi also called on Libyans to take to the streets, saying conditions in Libya were “unbearable”. “I urge all Libyan people to go out and march in their millions in all the squares, in all the cities and villages and oases,” Gaddafi said.
“Go peacefully … be courageous, rise up, go to the streets, raise our green flags to the skies,” he added.
Gaddafi has been on the run since NTC forces captured the Libyan capital Tripoli on Aug. 23. Despite several leads as to his whereabouts, he has eluded capture, along with two prominent sons.
The NTC has mounted a manhunt to find Gaddafi that is focussing on the Sahara desert near the borders with Niger and Algeria.
Gaddafi said the NTC was illegitimate. “How did it get its legitimacy? Did the Libyan people elect them? Did the Libyan people appoint them?” Arrai TV broadcast Gaddafi’s last speech on September 20.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya ICRC calls on parties to conflict to take precautions not to target ibn sina hospital #sirte
#Libya ICRC says many women and children are in ibn sina hospital
ICRC said “we can’t evacuate those who don’t want to leave” they didn’t elaborate but it means that some don’t
iyad_
Gaddafi is calling upon Libyans to “protests peacefully in the millions”. But they did, you freak, and you mowed them down, remember? #Libya
khanfarw W.Khanfar وضاح خنفر
We gave journalists the choice to stay or leave Libya and report when Ghaddafi threatened to kill AlJazeera journalists. #citykhanfar
We are not going to let people down and I decided to continue covering events in Libya #citykhanfar
We told our journalists to come back because their lives were threatened in Libya. They refused to come back. #citykhanfar
Tweeting Tripoli
Oh how I miss the beach. This pic was taken a year a go, Garabolli beach, east of Tripoli. Can’t wait for next summer.
yfrog.com/oe3nyj
“Come to Libya, where the sun-bleached sand meets the mediterranean sea”. “Libya, the forgotten jewel of North Africa”. How did I do?
I think Libya should really think of tourism as a good source of income.
Only certain cities apparently were land-mined. Brega, Zliten, Naloot. But not the
beaches, loose sand difficult 2 implant mines.
Honestly, Libya shouldn’t just depend on oil.
Sarah
AFP – Un millier d’hommes et une centaine de véhicules militaires des forces du CNT ont quitté ce matin Gargarech(Tripoli) pour #BaniWalid.
(AFP) #Tripoli – A thousand men and a hundred NTC military vehicles left Gergaresh this morning to join #BaniWalid front. #Libya #17feb
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
Threats to civilians fading – developments in #Libya irreversible. #NATO ready to terminate mission when political+military cond. fulfilled
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
NTC Commanders say the final big push for #Sirte will start tomorrow
They are bunching tanks and rocket launchers on western perimeter whilst #Benghazi brigades continue push from east
The Final Push? – my pic of the day #Sirte #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/tP0O32Hl
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Demonstration in #Tripoli that took place today to support the Injured FF and making it the #NTC’s main priority #Libya
pic.twitter.com/fPSB282o
A Beautiful young girl at the demonstration #Libya pic.twitter.com/CH2YKubE
Driving through Fashloom in #Tripoli i saw these belongings of #Gadaffi and had to stop and take a pic #Libya
pic.twitter.com/wIyR6dsX
FF in #Sirt take control of about 600 houses from the Sea Side of the City and hope for a full attack tomorrow #Libya
#Mahmoud Jibreal has made a suprise visit to #Baghdad. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Gaddafi has been squeaking again Urging his rats 2come on2 the streets “in their millions” to resist the #NTC Leaders goo.gl/wp09k
#Sirte NTC Fighters tried evacuating #Ibn Sina hospital near #Ouagadougou Center which is believed 2b a Gaddafi fighters’ Base #Libya
#SIRTE NTC FieldCommander Jabo believes there r 800 Gaddafi fighters in control of only 20Sq Km and Only 400 civilians left in Sirte #Libya
#SIRTE #NTC Revolutionary forces claim Gadfafi’s fighters are using #Ouagadougou conference center and a hospital as bases #Libya #NATO
Under #Gaddafi, only friends of the Regime Benefited from Cushy Posts," goo.gl/vmEK4 Evil Roots Still There #Libya
Evil roots worry #Tripoli residents goo.gl/vmEK4 “We cannot clean a very dirty house in a few hours.” #Libya
#NTC sent reinforcements on Thursday to #BaniWalid where #Saif AlIslam is believed 2b in command of a few hundred #Gaddafi goons &loyalists
Mohamed Ali Abdallah will be addressing the issue of mines in Zliten in about 50 minutes on Alarabiya. #Zliten #Libya
Aisha
Apparently Gaddafi is still rambling … Who cares what he has to say !!
Khadija Ali
there has always been alcohol in Libya so there is nothing to worry about. Yet, they still don’t want alcohol to be in hotels.
Tripoli Post
Opinion: Why Do You Want to Slow Me Down?
By Khadija M. Ali
Driving in Tripoli gets more agonizing and stressful day by day despite the numerous traffic light signals and traffic police.
Drivers get more and more hectic as they try to reach their destinations in record time. Bad traffic control, construction work, poor drivers and bumpy roads are all getting the blame.
Another minor factor slowing us, neither as serious nor severe but just as downright annoying is taking place in the residential areas of Tripoli.
The familiar scenario starts when a road is getting paved and is anxiously looked upon as passer bys who can’t wait to drive down the road. Finally the long awaited day; the road is ready to be put in use. The first day everything goes fine the road is stream-lined and almost as clean as a whistle. The next day or maybe even sooner constant loud thumps are heard as drivers head down the street.
Residents of Tripoli are throwing long thick ropes down the streets to act as speed bumps. Authorities tirelessly remove them but they seem to crop back up again.
More:
tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=5&i...
Khadija Ali
#BaniWaleed #Sirte #BaniWaleed #Sirte #FREEDOM #LIBERTY #LIBYA #FREEDOM #LIBERTY #BaniWaleed #Sirte #BaniWaleed #Sirte
A new uni is desperately needed here. Can you believe that we have medstudents who study with no lab!!!
Of course we can go how bad the school system is and how we need a teacher makeover program so bad!
If you remember some time back we were discussing tourism and alcohol, I had the same discussion w/ some uni students.
They found it funny that the community was worried they’d be dragged into drinking as
a result. They were like
there has always been alcohol in Libya so there is nothing to worry about. Yet, they still don’t want alcohol to be in hotels.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Jibril is in #Iraq 2discuss reestablishing Diplomatic Relations betwn #Tripoli and #Baghdad Ask #OPEC Countries2help #Libya #oil development
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
today less fighting in east #Sirte but an sniper decided to target entrance of the hotel used by NTC fighters so run fast to enter #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli business as usual, going to the coffee shop, will tweet what they r talking abt
Armchair Arab
I think new, cutting edge universities in Tripoli and Benghazi would be AMAZING.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#BaniWalid apart from Regime Radio #Libya AlHurraRadio which supports revolution is also on the air from #BaniWalid #Libya #Choices
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Revolutionary fighters Thursday were able to wrest control of strategic posts in the sniper invested Northern hills of #BaniWalid #Libya
#Bani Walid Abdullah Kenshill spokesman NTC says Regime Radio still broadcasting pro-Gaddafi msges from homes inside BaniWalid #Libya
Philip the Arab
Notice that different tone #Muammar not speaking of rats anymore, but playing the victim’s card. He’s in defense.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#BaniWalid apart from Regime Radio #Libya AlHurraRadio which supports revolution is also on the air from #BaniWalid #Libya #Choices
#Italy #Eni fears #Libya Elephant #oilfield is in ruins which could dash hopes of speedy return of #Libyan supplies 2global markets #Oil
#Eni send a guy with 10 Revolutionaries to check on the oilfield and take photos of the mess #Libya
Nasr
Abdulla Kenshel al- #Werfalli was vicious member of #Gaddafi’s revolutionary committees
amjed
do u want NATO to bomb a hospital ?
Think Nato already did this afternoon I have seen unconfirmed reports of it Thats why NTCFighters wr evacuating hospital #Libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
“Gaddafi forces moving just in circles around hospital, Ouagadougou (conference center) and university” one NTC commander #Sirte #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#Gaddafi is hiding within the Tribes South of #Libya and is moving his position all the time by the border of #Niger Libyan officials say
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
no one knows how many civilians are still in the city but many believe there are many who are either trapped or don’t want to leave
#Libya #Gadhafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the country’s new leaders
Libyan
#Tripoli is sending 1000 men, 100 vehicles to stalled #BaniWalid front. #Libya via AFP
Tripoli
Khadija
A new university is a top priority but from what I have seen a new education system within the uni itself is THE top priority.
Reuters
Snipers hiding in a mosque and Gaddafi’s favourite summit venue held back Libyan government forces trying to capture his hometown Sirte on Thursday
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Jibril in Baghdad 2day told Reuers #Gaddafi is hiding in southern #Libya under the protection of tribes, crossing occasionally into #Niger
At these uncertain times 4him atleast that is 4 certain RT @ymzada A good thing #Gaddafi knows what will happen to other dictators. #Libya
Tomas Rosa Bueno
After an all-night #NATO “civilian-protecting” bombing of hospitals & apt bldgs. What is this, “final big push” #5, #6? #Libya
alex rossi
good point – we have heard there going for the ‘big push’ b4. Not sure what will be diff this time but time will tell
TomasRosaBueno Tomas Rosa Bueno
Diff this time will be – is being – stepping up the bombing campaign. Fact is anti-Gaddafi forces can’t win w/o NATO support.
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
not in beginning but probably could now – just not very quickly
Lisa
#freeLibya LIBYAAAA always in my thoughts n prayers ;) love n respect to a fine country! #feb17
derek_brower Derek Brower
Libya’s revolution: Messy politics, perky economics | The Economist economist.com/node/21531472 via @theeconomist <<My piece from Tripoli. #libya
Anaya
took this picture of the Libyan flag in the international geography festival in #France #Libya pic.twitter.com/nQbrgfZA
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
A gut feeling tells me that #Sirt tomorrow will be a City in the hands of the #FF #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Jalil says that now that he is aware that Gaddafi’s Sons left, the dialogue will remain open till Saturday 2avoid further Bloodshed #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya Gadhafi made appeal in poor quality audio recording, it wasn’t possible to verify his identity, broadcast on Syrian-based Al-Rai Tv
#Libya #Gaddafi called on his countrymen to “go out in new million-man marches in all cities and villages and oases.”
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
#Libya Students blacklist & ban 13 lecturers from returning to Tripoli University. tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
rcolebourn Richard Colebourn
Mahmoud Jibril visited Baghdad today to talk about post-conflict resolution? Iraqis have claimed Arab Spring inspired by them. Hmmm #libya
Reuters
FACTBOX-Latest developments in Libyan conflict
Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
Deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi said….
Snipers hiding in a mosque and Gaddafi’s favourite summit venue held back Libyan government forces
Anti-Gaddafi fighters on Thursday had advanced just over one kilometre (0.6 mile) into Sirte
street-by-street fighting
Mutassim has fled Sirte
Full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
libyans_revolt omar
10 martyrs & 74 injured in Today’s #Sirte liberation battle. #Libya #feb17 #Heroes
Money and gold recovered in Sirtehanded over by ff to NTC
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCXMCZfB6XY&fea...
Tweeting Tripoli
I am optimistic, the minute Gaddafi & sons (Saif, Mutassim & Khamis) are captured or killed, Libya will live happily ever after.
AND THE PRIZE GOES TO:
James Cameron Award given to Sky News’ Alex Crawford
Sky News Special Correspondent, Alex Crawford, was announced as the recipient of the James Cameron Memorial Award for 2011 at City University London this evening, in recognition of her significant contribution to reporting on the Middle East and, in particular, Libya.
The award is given in memory of prominent British journalist James Cameron, who passed away in 1985. It includes a prize of £1,000 awarded by the James Cameron Memorial Trust and is given before the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture held at City.
This year the Cameron Lecture was given by Wadah Khanfar, who was until recently Director-General of the Aljazeera Network and spoke about “Journalism and a World in Transition”.
In presenting the award, Professor George Brock, Head of Journalism at City University London, said that each year the prize was given “to a British journalist working on international affairs who, in the opinion of the judges, demonstrates James Cameron’s qualities in her or his work and shows professional integrity and moral courage.”
Alex Crawford is based in South Africa, reporting from across the continent, but is also deployed around the world.
Formerly based in Sky’s Dubai bureau, Alex has reported on the Gulf and the Middle East, most recently covering the August uprisings in Libya, where Alex and her team were the first journalists into Tripoli, providing riveting coverage of the rebel advance. In March Alex and her crew where the only journalists to get inside the besieged town of Zawiya when it was being attacked by pro-Gaddafi forces.
Following her reports on the Mumbai terror attacks from outside the Taj Hotel in November 2008, coming under fire live on air, Sky News was shortlisted for a BAFTA and won the coveted international Golden Nymph Award for News Coverage.
On hearing that she had received the award, Alex said: “James Cameron epitomises everything I aspire to be – a journalist of incredible integrity, grit and authority. Frankly, to be mentioned in the same breath as him is both astonishing to me and a massive honour. Thank you for this recognition. It means a lot.”
Professor Brock said: “During her career Alex has shown very great determination and courage. She has been arrested, detained, interrogated and faced live bullets and tear gas, going well beyond the call of duty in pursuit of the truth and the news. She is an outstanding role model for not only City journalism students embarking on their career, but for the sector as a whole.”
The award was collected on Alex’s behalf by Sarah Whitehead, Sky’s Head of International News.
All her followers will agree:
We’ll never forget the sight of Alex in the back of a pickup truck, the first journalist to enter free Tripoli.
And then there was that famous interview with Mr. Al Windy, the Gaddafi hat man.
OMG! I’m in Gaddafi’s room!
SUMMARY OCTOBER 7th 2011
10/7/11
10/07/11
10.07.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya –
goo.gl/0dNN3
More aboUt the mass graves discovered on Wednesday:
Another Mass Grave Discovered in Tripoli
Representatives at the Tripoli Military Council said another mass grave has been found in the district of Tajoura in the Libyan capital on Wednesday.
They believe that at least 200 bodies have been buried, and locals residents say they are possibly corpses that were found on the streets after deadly clashes that occurred at the end of August this year.
Identification of the bodies has yet to be made, according to the military council. A representative said there are possibly 700 additional bodies in a mass grave, bringing the total to 900.
Some of the perished were Qaddafi loyalist soldiers killed in action, while others appeared to have been executed.
Meanwhile, fighters aligned with the National Transitional Council uncovered a large stash of money and jewelry in a house in Sirte, birthplace of Muammer Qaddafi.
The cash found in the house, which is located in the village of Abu Hady, was said to be worth at least 1 million dinar, equivalent to U.S.$800,000.
As the battle for Sirte, one of Qaddafi’s last remaining strongholds, continues, international aid agencies fear a humanitarian crisis is occurring in the city. Local commanders believe they will capture Sirte within a couple of days.
By Noora Faraj
Al Arabiya with Agencies
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5IadkjY0UU
#AJA live from #Sirte one hour ago : #
ZeroHour Op “Total liberation of Sirte” –
youtu.be/kA1wyqqiAPk – #Libya #17feb
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1wyqqiAPk&fea...
Fadwa
I’m a Muslim, Islam is perfect but I am not. If I make a mistake, blame it on me, not on my religion. #islam
Libyan
According to Libyan Jews in Israel, Libya will be in continuous civil war and Benghazi and Tripoli hate each other a lot.
According to Libyan Jews in Israel, East Libya sees itself as being higher class, and the uprising was because Benghazi doesn’t like Tripoli
This is a must read:
“Even in Israel there’s a basic enmity between Jews who lived in Tripoli and Benghazi,” he said. “Benghazi was the capital of Libya until Gaddafi came to power in 1969. These are two separate centers of power, and Cyrenaica sees itself as being of a higher class. The outcome depends on the balance of power.”
Read more here:
www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Ar...
Wintershall CEO visits Libya
It was the first visit by Dr. Rainer Seele in Libya since the conflict began. In Tripoli the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall met with the local employees and the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC).
Open and extremely friendly went the first work meeting with the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Dr. Nuri Berruien. Seele took the chance to congratulate on the “New Libya” and underlined everyone’s support for the Libyans in their fight for freedom: “The Libyans have shown the world not only how determined and passionate they are but also how they value freedom and justice. We observed great respect and compassion how the people in your country sacrificed their lives for their conviction.”
Oil field renamed after deceased employee
More than 150 Libyan colleagues took up the invitation to the employee meeting in the Wintershall office in Tripoli. Employees from the production facilities there were connected by phone to the conference room for the day. Jointly they commemorated those who had suffered in the conflict.
Especially the family of a colleague who had been killed. However, comfort could be taken from the fact that such a great sacrifice was not in vain. "I feel certain that in 20 years Libyans will recall and celebrate this time with pride.
Read more:
www.wintershall.com/2435.html?&L=0
CNN
Anti-Gadhafi forces capture area in Bani Walid
Libyan revolutionary fighters drove out Moammar Gadhafi’s forces from strategic posts in the hills of Bani Walid Thursday, as fighting raged in one of the last remaining loyalist strongholds.
Kenshill said two of the council’s fighters were killed in a rocket attack Wednesday night.
Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, is believed to be hiding out in Bani Walid.
Read more:
news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/06/95869
Aljazeera
Street fighting and heavy bombardment also continued from overnight at the Ouagadougou conference centre, a major stronghold of pro-Gaddafi forces, while the Mauritanian Quarter was also under attack.
Meanwhile, medics at a field hospital 50km west of Sirte said 18 injured anti-Gaddafi fighters had been brought in, most of them with shrapnel wounds, but that there were no immediate reports of any killed.
CNN
Purported Gadhafi message urges Libyans to resist new leaders
A message purportedly from deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday slammed the legitimacy of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council and urged Libyans to take to the streets to protest.
“I tell them not to be scared from anyone,” said the audio message, aired on Syrian-
based Al-Rai television. "You are protesting peacefully in front of the world. Be brave and go out in the streets.
Read more here:
www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/world/africa/lib...
Tripolitanian Libyan
I can’t wait to see #Benghazi restore its beauty :)
Khadija Ali
the other day a jouno came on campus and she interviewed one of the main pro-G guys thinking he was one of the thuwar
Guardian
Gaddafi’s last stronghold, the city of Sirte, becomes Libya’s final battle
“We want to get this thing finished quickly,” said a young bearded fighter standing by the wrecked lifts. “We had a plan to try and open the road to the hospital to evacuate civilians, but there were too many snipers. Yesterday we tried many times to open the road.”
It is a reflection of the nature of Libya’s last battle. The new government has said it will announce full liberation when Sirte is taken, even though a second town – Bani Walid – has also yet to fall.
But it is on the fall of Sirte that all expectations have been pegged.
Read full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/ga...
Aljazeera
Doctors say at least nine anti-Gaddafi fighters have been killed in the assault on Sirte and 124 others injured, many in serious condition.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte NTC fightres Big Push expected on Saturday when ultimatum expires #Libya I think they will “walk in” now that Gaddafi sons fled Sirte
Both Jalil and Jibril talked about it today They got intelligence #Gaddafi sons left last saturday heading south #Libya
Nn ICRC delegate east of Sirte: "We saw entire families leaving on Foot, bringing their small children with them, without any food or water
#Sirte I read there are abt 200 pl in the Hospital #Libya
#Bani #Walid residents continue the Mass Exodus due to deteriorating condition and Indiscriminate Fire from #Gaddafi snipers #Libya
#Sirte. Freedom Fighters have handed over the spoils from #Gaddafi Regime to the NTC youtube.com/watch?v=bCXMCZ…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCXMCZfB6XY&fea...
#BaniWalid they are complaining of Gaddafi snipers who entrap them in their houses #Libya
#Jibril Visits #Baghdad PM #Maliki offered the experience of #Iraq in rebuilding #Libya writing a constitution and holding elections
Libya’s interim premier Mahmud Jibril met #Iraq FM #HoshyarZebari 2 express gratitude 4support b4 meeting PM #Maliki who he invited 2
Jibril and #Maliki discussed future relationship Libya & Iraq +possibility of an exchange of high-level delegations between the 2 countries
#Gadafi broke relations with Iraq in 2003 #Jibril said Libya wants to send an ambassador 2 #Iraq al-Maliki wants send Ambassador to #Libya
NATO
NATO said on Thursday that it expected to end its mission in Libya soon and that its decision would be based on whether there was still a threat to civilians and on the ability of the country’s new rulers to provide security.
Libyan fighters wearing shibshib (slippers) on the front line #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/YxSCV5kl
The Star
Libyan case proves worth of tough love
The United Nations was not created as and is not a pacifist organization. Its origins lie in the anti-Nazi wartime military alliance between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. The all-powerful UN Security Council is the world’s duly — and only — sworn-in sheriff for enforcing international law and order.
Full story:
www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinio...
Reuters
UPDATE 2-Eni sees return to Libya pre-war output in 1 yr
Eni says no damage to Libya facilities
Existing contracts in Libya confirmed
Long-term growth target of 2 pct/yr
No talk on state reducing its stake in Eni (Adds further Eni comments)
Report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/eni-...
librev2011
Abdusalam Abushala from #Alkhums was captured and tortured in #Baniwaleed 5 days ago, he escaped and kept walking 3 nights . #Libya
My old friend Abdusalam Abushala is a hero from #Alkhums, I thought he may escape from #Baniwalid… and YES he did it :-)
he tortured badly and got injured in his leg. now he is being treated in a clinic in Tripoli
There are many amazing stories. sometimes I think people are describing a great movie!!!
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
UN mission in Tripoli is addressing the land mines issue in Zliten, they are working on several other sites as well
spoke to UN mission myself today, they will give me details within next 48 hours… sorry can’t disclose more via twitter yet
Aljazeera
NTC to hunt for Libya’s missing billions
In Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya corruption was common, with the former leader and his family accused of being at the centre of it.
Now that Gaddafi is removed from power, the National Transitional Council (NTC) has set up a new transparency organisation to hunt for the country’s missing billions and arrest those who stole it.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from the capital, Tripoli.
Video:
www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2011/10/...
AJA
Zliten mines&clusterbombs cleared by civilians
w litl trainin&no protective gear.530mines removed frm 1farm #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_-ShksRwAw&fea...
Ghat airport south of libya is free and under control 24 9 11
Video;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSoWb9FDo8
Photo: What #Gaddafi’s picture is used for today. #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/5pi4YbBa
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
A 19yr old from the Hasan Ali Jaber Brigade from the East hands over 1.9Million LD and a large amount of Gold.That has made me proud #Libya
Irish Times
Gadafy warns other leaders they could share his fate
BEIRUT – Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gadafy said leaders of the developing world who recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), which ousted him with the aid of Nato firepower, would suffer a similar fate.
“If the power of (international) fleets give legitimacy, then let the rulers in the Third World be ready,” he said in an apparent reference to Nato’s military support for NTC forces.
He made the comments in an audio recording obtained by Reuters on Thursday from Syria-based Arrai television. It was not clear when the message was recorded.
Full story:
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011...
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
#CNN
Once allies against Gadhafi, now fight in new Libya edition.cnn.com/2011/10/05/wor…? Video report coming soon.
NPR
A Nobel Peace Prize For The Arab Spring? Who Would That Go To?
On Friday, the eyes of the world will turn toward the general direction of Scandinavia, to learn who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Not surprisingly, there’s been a lot of speculation that the prize committee might honor the participants of the Arab Spring. After all, people from Tunisia to Egypt and across the Mideast have risen up against their governments, demanding basic human rights, democracy, greater opportunity and a life of dignity.
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freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
by librev2011
The #NTC fighters in #Baniwalid have very little nato support due to the terrain, and do not have heavy artillery.
Official deathtoll in #Baniwalid FF: 60 on the fronts, 40 assassinated inside the city, 250 injured.
Over 80-85% of the residents have evacuated the city due to dire conditions and heavy gunfire. #baniwalid
15 SUVs from the “al3orban-gheryan” road were stopped, they were bringing in fuel for the gaddafi forces in #baniwalid.
40 cases of assassinations of residents of #Baniwalid by Saif Al Islam’s right hand
men.
CNN
Through a CNN Producer’s Lens: The Battle of Sirte, Libya
CNN Producer Mohammed Tawfeeq took these 22 pictures while he was embedded with anti-Gadhafi fighters as they went into the besieged city of Sirte, Libya. Mohammed, CNN Photographer Charles Miller and Phil Black worked to document the story of the fighters, but also that of the citizens of Sirte who fled the city in droves, piling into cars leaving as fast as they could.
More here:
backstory.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/07/thro...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Gaddafi audio squaking from the depth of the world on Oct6 #Libya :youtube.com/watch?v=gG4_eg…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG4_egjPCBY&sns=em
#Misrata HeadOfIntelligence DENIES widespread abuse of captured GaddafiGoons after allegations of torture were made by imprisoned soldier
Sky News
Libyan regime denies abuse
Libya’s Head of Intelligence in Misrata denies that abuse of captured Gaddafi loyalists is widespread after allegations of torture were made by imprisoned soldiers to Sky News.
Thousands of alleged loyalists are being held in jails across Libya; many were caught on the battlefield, while others have been accused by neighbours of supporting the deposed dictator.
Sky News was shown around a makeshift jail in Misrata. It was clean and appeared to be well run.
But a number of prisoners inside claimed they had been beaten and tortured by NTC soldiers when they were arrested.
Read more:
news.sky.com/home/article/16084451
#Sirte Gaddafi goons and criminlas are coming under heavy bombardment from NTC Liberation Forces right now #Libya Push in2 CityCenter
Al-Arabiya Another Mass Grave Discovered in Tripoli
Representatives at the Tripoli Military Council said another mass grave has been found in the district of Tajoura in the Libyan capital on Wednesday.
They believe that at least 200 bodies have been buried, and locals residents say they are possibly corpses that were found on the streets after deadly clashes that occurred at the end of August this year.
Identification of the bodies has yet to be made, according to the military council. A representative said there are possibly 700 additional bodies in a mass grave, bringing the total to 900.
Some of the perished were Qaddafi loyalist soldiers killed in action, while others appeared to have been executed.
Meanwhile, fighters aligned with the National Transitional Council uncovered a large stash of money and jewelry in a house in Sirte, birthplace of Muammer Qaddafi.
The cash found in the house, which is located in the village of Abu Hady, was said to be worth at least 1 million dinar, equivalent to U.S.$800,000.
As the battle for Sirte, one of Qaddafi’s last remaining strongholds, continues, international aid agencies fear a humanitarian crisis is occurring in the city. Local commanders believe they will capture Sirte within a couple of days.
By Noora Faraj
Al Arabiya with Agencies
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgbjrXwrZr8
SIRTE:
#Sirte THIS IS IT; " The final assault" Mother of all Batlles under way right now FF are bombarding Weakening Gaddafi targets #Pray4 #Libya
Final Battle 4 #Sirte began at 6am Scores of FF Moved into city and R continuously shelling Gaddafi targets #Libya #GaddafiRatsWillRunNow
#Sirte Batlle is Larger More Organised and Heavier Artillery Fire then any b4 but looks like bothsides taking heavy casualties
#Sirte Violent streetfighting around OuagadougouCenter + University and area of Mauritanians NTC FF fighting against about 900 G Troops
#SIRTE Most GaddafiMilitia based in Buildings behind Hospital surrounded by truck containers filled with Sand #NTC hav their RadioFrequency
Reuters
Closing in on Sirte:
Oct. 6 – Government forces occupy hotels and military bases in former leader Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Video:
www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo
#Libya #FF @JamesPiotr who is with Libyan National Football team in #Chingola as it tries 2qualify 4 Africa Cup of Nations in #Zambia
#Misrata early afternoon: 24 injured FreedomFighters in the battle of #Sirte have arrived by ambulance in Misrata hospital #Libya
#Flash #NATO leaders 2continue carrying out air strikes in #Libya patrolling its coastline
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters launch major assault against the besieged city of #Sirte
#Libya, Thousands of anti #Gaddafi fighters taking part in the assault on #Sirte Forces positioned in the east west and south of the city
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters pounding Gaddafi loyalists in #Sirte with heavy weapons, they are trying to soften up their defenses
#Libya, Steady flow of Ambulances rushing from the front line in #Sirte … Anti #Gaddafi fighters suffering casualties, #Libya
#Libya, Commanders say the aim of the military operation is to take control of #Sirte
#Libya, #Gaddafi loyalists holed up in the city center of #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC calling on both sides not to target #Ibnsina hospital where patients and their families are hold up, #Sirte
#Libya, #Gaddafi snipers major threat to anti gaddafi fighters as they try to push into the city of #Sirte
#Libya anti gaddafi fighters still haven’t been able to push into #sirte city center facing resistance from snipers
#Libya, Doctors say at least nine anti #Gaddafi fighters killed, 124 injured many in serious condition, #Sirte
Anti #Gaddafi fighters are at the perimeter of #Ouagaduogu conference center, A loyalist stronghold in #Sirte but facing fierce resistance
Tweeting Tripoli
LOL… Russia Today have online article that says Tripoli’s liberation was fake (in Qatar studios):
arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/… I must be in Doha
Khadija
I suggest Aisha Gaddafi’s house be turned unto a specialist center for amputees. #Tripoli #Libya
Today is the 30th founding anniversary of the @libyanfsl #Libya
Moez
The main highway through #tripoli converted to a river submerging lorries on Tuesday #Libya
twitpic.com/6wcsvy
Hovercraft terrain on streets of #tripoli #Libya
twitpic.com/6wctvu
Does anyone know if Mohammed Nabbous was on shortlist for #NobelPeacePrize? #Libya
ah, didn’t realise you had to be alive to be awarded
Libya Martyrs
Husein Mohamed Husein Badi a 21 year old youth from Hadayeq, Benghazi martyred in Brega on 15/07/2011 الله يرحمة #Libya
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Sheikh Al-Mabrouk Shnouk from Zawiya left the United States and came to #Libya during the revolution…(1/2)
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..He martyred in beginning of August in Be’er Al-Ghenam #Libyaالله يرحمة ويغفر له (2/2)
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Mayloud Ibrahim Al-Shayn passed away in Al-Dhaman Street, Zawiyah on 13/08/2011 #Libya اللهم تقبله من الشهـداء
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Walid Al-Marjeeny (1977). He is from Tripoli and a father of two daughters. During the revolution he…(1/2) #Libya
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…left his family behind in the UK and passed away in Zawiyah on 15/08/2011. #Libya ان لله وان اليه راجعون (2/2)
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FreeBenghazi
If not for concerns for civilians, fighters would have liberated #Sirte in an hour w all forces at their disposal #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
Number of snipers on top of buildings in #Sirte. Fighters proceeding w caution; suffered a number of casualties #Libya v @Freedomgrouptv
2 martyred in this morning’s clashes in #Sirte and a number have been wounded. #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
Misrata fighters launched offensive at 6am. Clashes now in AlJizah, #Sirte, where
many Mauritanian mercs stationed #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
Ambulances & docs from Zawiya & orthopaedic docs from Sabratha, now in Misrata. To help w casualties from Sirte v @freedomgrouptv #Libya
24 fighters wounded in clashes in #Sirte today, transported to Misrata hospital via ambulance v @alssomood #Libya
Freeedom Group
According to our reporter on the front-line in Sirte, that this morning’s offensive which for control of the centre of Sirte, was launched from the northwest. He said, God willing, that, this will be a decisive battle. There will be no return until the city of Sirte has been liberated in full.
URGENT: #Misrata Hospital needs type B- blood. To donate, go to the Polyclinic at the hospital #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
10 fighters were martyred & 120 wer wounded today, in battle to liberate #Sirte #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
22 fighters martyred & 146 were wounded in #Sirte today v @shahedMisurata
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Al Mahdi Al Harati Vice President of #Tripoli’s Military Council resigns #Libya
Fierce Battles going on in #Sirt right now as we speak.At Least 10 #FF’s have passed away and over 100 Injured.Hope its the day today #Libya
Update SIRTE:
10 FF’s have already passed away today and 140 injured and are being treated 50kms West of #Sirt in #Libya
mattcprecey Matt Precey
Casualties from Libya being flown into UK to be treated at Norfolk and Norwich hospital. Flight arrives Norwich at 1600.
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Press conference scheduled for tonight including Ministers of Defense of Britain, Italy, and Libya has been cancelled for “security reasons”
CNN
Hundreds of fighters storm Gadhafi’s birthplace
The fall of Sirte could not come soon enough for Libya’s new leaders, eager to declare liberation once the birthplace of Moammar Gadhafi is under their control.
But battles for the coastal city southeast of Tripoli have raged for weeks as Gadhafi loyalists dug in to put up stiff resistance.
In the early hours of Friday, hundreds of revolutionary fighters attacked from the west, National Transitional Council military field commanders said.
Gadhafi’s men control tall buildings in the city center and often use the rooftops as strategic positions from which to attack their foes. They were striking with rocket propelled grenades and machine guns, said the council’s commanders, Mohammed Ibrahim and Jamal al-Raeis, from the front lines.
Please read more:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/07/world/africa...
or:
www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/world/africa/lib...
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Attacks have intensified in the western front of #Sirte. So far docs tell @AP 8 rev forces dead so far, 125 injured
Families are fleeing from #Sirte as the shelling intensifies.
ANSA:
Italy has resized it’s commitment to the #Libya operation: 5 planes and 1 ship will remain
#Tripoli:
Apparently residents want Buhajar head of #Tripoli council to resign for not doing anything in Tripoli
libyanproud libyanandproud
song on LibyaTV showing photos of libyans from Feb17 they show pic of Suleiman Dogha after Ali Tarhuni and before Abd Fattah Younis
cencio4 David Cenciotti
From Sept. 30, Italy has reduced its participation to Unified Protector to 5 aircraft (previously 14). 33 missions flown in the last week
Mushu
My mom’s friend over a phone call: We protest everyday & will keep doing so until every inch of #Libya is free, isA. #Benghazi #Feb17 #UNITY
Doctors going from Sebrata to Misrata, FFs going from Benghazi to Tripoli, women from Zawiya sending food to the FFs in Sirte. #UNITY #Libya
Sarah
“Libya National Soccer Team will face Zambia in the African Cup finals qualifier this Saturday.”
Freedom Group
The names and ages of 31 of the wounded fighters who are now at Misrata hospital.
Unfortunately there are too many to translate. The listing includes the age of each fighter, if known. We ask Allah for a speedy recovery for our brave fighters.
The names of the wounded:
1_علي محمد بن ختيمة
2_علي ميلاد قرقوم_
3_ناصر عثمان بن روين_
4_خالد أحمد الشقماني_24
5_عبدالهادي زرموح_21
6_محمد سعيد اقجام_21
7_محمد عمر شنب_19
8_محمد مفتاح بن رابعة_34
9_أشرف التهامي ارحومة_29
10_محمد فتحي كعيبة_23
11_جبريل عبدالحكيم سلامة_18
12_رمضان اسماعيل الطرابلسي_40
13_أحمد محمد طلحة_26
14_خليل سليمان الشلتات_21
15_أنس محمد فرحات_21
16_صلاح حسين محمد النجار_34
17_طلال محمد أبولعاب_25
18_طاهر علي الدالي_27
19_أبوالقاسم عبدالهادي زرموح_21
20_حاتم عياد بن حامد_22
21_حسن محمود بالة_22
22_معاد عبدالهادي الجرد_20
23_طلال محمد الطوراس_30
24_محسن عبد المطلب أبودبوس_20
25_حمزة مفتاح_18
26_طاهر صالح طاهر_27
27_الناصر عبدالله عكيل_37
28_عبدالهادي مصطفى قدح_31
29_رضوان علي محمد دوزان_20
30_حسن ميلاد شعبان_30
31_محمد رمضان_؟
Sarah
Pray for our #FreedomFighters ! Don’t only RT but do it ! Pray for them !
Tweeting Tripoli
Will the non-Libyan people who defend Gaddafi please help urself, take him, he’s all yours? OR SHUT THE F*** UP!!!
AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
Overwhelmed about James Cameron award. Now HE was a great reporter. Thanks for all the congrats. Really appreciated
MohamedMesrati Mohamed Mesrati
Sad facts: Nelson #Mandela accepted #Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights 1996, the year of #AbuSalim prison massacre! #Libya
Think about it:
MazMHussain:
Cracks me up that every Arab dictator has 2 have both an army & a special national guard 2 defeat the army, just in case.
#Libya Alahrar:
Heavy fighting in #Sirte right now. The #FFs expect to gain full control of the city in hours, insha Allah. #prayforsirte
Masha Allah, tabaaraka Allah. May we always stay united. #Libya #Feb17 #UNITY
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
Protest against Jews in #Libya is starting right now in Maydan Alshuhada… Not many people right now, but expected to get bigger! #Tripoli
it is against zionists… however, how do you separate a zionist from a Jew? Until we can stabilise as a country&can do so (1/2)
then I wuld suggest no jews until then.I always make the difference between jew&zionist &always say hate the zionist,not the jew
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
Gaddafi made the people fight against each other for 42 years so they would not fight him!
it has always been his tactic. Like when he burnt all deeds to all property, people fought
eachother for years just to get their property back and hated on each other when it was G’s fault!
FreeLeebeya فاطمة
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Defends NATO’s #Libya Mission huff.to/pTYCwK via @huffingtonpost #Feb17
Sarah
#Top10Lies à la #MusaIbrahim:
Musa is moving his lips
Mushu
#Top10Lies à la #GaddafiGoons:
“I hated raping all those women/men/children, but, you know, I was kind of forced to do it.”
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Mushu
#Top10Lies à la #GaddafiGoons:
“We are fighting Al Qaeda/Islamists/Terrorists/Ku Klux Klan.”
Arab News
Some Filipinos stayed put in Libya despite all odds
BENGHAZI: Outside a travel agency, a Bangladeshi man slowly sweeps the steps. It could be Saudi Arabia. He wears the same blue uniform and sweeps in the same
slow, methodical way, brush and pan in hand. Except that this is not Jeddah or Riyadh. It is Benghazi.
Like Saudi Arabia, Libya too employed large amounts of expatriates to do most of the hard work — cleaning the streets, working in restaurants and hospitals, in factories, slaughterhouses and as farmers and drivers — over 1.5 million of them.
Full art.:
arabnews.com/middleeast/article512859.ece
Comprehensive report of latest developments #Libyaupdates, via @al_omari #Libya Oct6th
Libya, Oct 06, 2011
By Hussein Al-Omari on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 5:45am
(Sources: Aljazeera)
1. Gaddafi warned 3rd world leaders who recognized NTC that they will face same fate he faced.
2. Gaddafi said such rulers should be ready for NTCs installed by NATO in their countries.
3. Gaddafi requested Libyans to protest in millions in the streets against the new rulers in Libya.
4. The revolutionary fighters control now 50% of Sirte after reaching the center of the city.
5. French defense minister said that NATO airstrikes will continue as long as Gaddafi forces continue its resistnce.
6. One revolutionary fighter was killed and 30 wounded in clashes with Gaddafi forces in Sirte.
7. NATO defense ministers said that there should be no resistance pockets left for Gaddafi forces and NTC should request finishing them.
8. NATO also mentioned that there are pockets of resistance besides Sirte such as Bani Walid and some southern random pockets.
9. NTC issued an order to evacuate Tripoli from all heavy weapons.
10. NTC said that the spread and misuse of the heavy weapons give a bad impression about the revolution and the fighters.
11. Ahmad Bani, a spokesman for NTC defense ministry, said an order has been issued to pull out all heavy weapons from all free towns.
12. The collected weapons are being gathered outside the cities.
13. Ahmad Bani said some used the weapons for amusement which gives bad impression about the revolution and fighters.
14. Confessions of eyewitnesses in Tripoli lead to the discovery of two large mass graves in Qarqarish and Bir Ustah Milad.
15. The two mass graves hold a total of 900 victims of the previous regime.
NTC barrage of Sirte successful confirms BBC that they have the town under control. Pockets of resistance continue #Libya
Time World
Twists of Fate: The Towns That Loved Gaddafi Face an Uncertain Future
Three children crowd around the parked car, thrusting their little heads through the open window on the driver’s side. “Do you love Gaddafi?” they demand to know from a foreign reporter. When the question is turned around, they nod vigorously. “Yes,” they all say. Then, with an almost intimidating seriousness: “What are you doing here?”
Read more:
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...
Sarah
#Top10Lies #GaddafiGoons :
“There are Pakistanis Freedom Fighters” #YesIHaveReallyBeenToldThisLie
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#Tobruk.A City in #Libya with some of the most beautiful beaches i have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/p4oF8f6i
Just look at this possible investment in #Tobruk #Libya. Such a beautiful beach !!
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Just one of the many beautiful sites in the City of #Tobruk in #Libya. Can people understand why Libyans are angry now?
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Update Sirte:
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
22 #FF’s have martyred in todays battle for #Sirt and over 140 are injured says the #Tripoli Military Council
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
right now 10 dead and 140 injured only in west #Sirte big offensive but commanders on the field doubt they can take the city today #Libya
AP
Libyan fighters assault main Gadhafi base in Sirte
SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention center in the heart of Sirte that forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi turned into their main base, in what commanders said was a final offensive to crush resistance in the holdout city after weeks of siege.
“We started the attack at 6 a.m. today. The first group hit the outskirts of Sirte. We were fired on by Gadhafi snipers. We had many soldiers wounded,” said commander Altaib Aleroebi of the ex-rebels’ West Mountain Brigade, which led the morning attack on the western front
Full art.:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBY...
Fellow tweep @ceoDanya is on BBC World “Have ur say” program… yfrog.com/h6kp2pdj
Tweeting Tripoli
I always wondered where did Gaddafi get his wardrobe ideas from? pic.twitter.com/3pILZdbe
Could KARL (the Chanel designer) actually be Gaddafi’s Mussa Kossa? LOL pic.twitter.com/Ua6x2rEK
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
Great article regarding how the shape of #Libya government should look. What do you think? Comments?
libya-ya-biladi.blogspot.com/2011/10/libyas… #libya #feb17
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
St George Beach in #Tobruk #Libya. This is where i spend everyday in the Summer !! pic.twitter.com/OGfWONb6
Fighting in #Sirt is now focused in the “Moritaan” Area and around the Wagadogo Hall #Libya
AP
Libyan Forces Launch New Attacks on Sirte
National Transitional Council fighters continued their assault on the Libyan city of Sirte on Friday, launching rockets and capturing Gadhafi loyalists. (Oct. 7)
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6brQpMB61RQ&fea...
BBC
Libya NTC forces take most of Gaddafi stronghold Sirte
Forces loyal to Libya’s transitional government have launched a major assault on the city of Sirte, one of the last Gaddafi strongholds.
The BBC’s Jonathan Head, in Sirte, says government forces have largely taken the town but are meeting stiff resistance, with continuing gunfire.
Some units are less than 1km from the city centre.
Thousands of civilians have already left Sirte but many more are thought to have remained behind.
Sustained tank and mortar fire has been targeting Sirte and there are huge columns of smoke across the city, some 360km (225 miles) east of Tripoli, with many buildings struck and on fire, says our correspondent.
Read more and Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15210806
BentBenghazi G
#Top10Lies Aisha Gaddafi was born a female.
#Top10Lies #Gaddafi hasn’t killed anyone, this is all the works of armed gangs and Alqaeda. #fail
Bilalhb bilal H.B.
Libya is in safe hands, how do i know that? Well we could blow up #Sirte and #BaniWalid in seconds but we’re Still saving civilians inside.
Aljazeera
The battle for Sirte, hometown of former leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is currently underway. Revolutionary fighters have begun a major assault today, to try to end a three week standoff.
Commanders say this is the final push to take the town from Gaddafi loyalists.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from the frontline, said that this was going to be the “final assault”.
“Right now they are bombarding it and trying to weaken defences – it is going to be quite a fight today.”
Aljazeera
Zeina Khodr, reporting from the southern side of Sirte, says thousands of anti-Gaddafi fighters are taking part in the assault.
They’re trying to advance into the city centre from three directions – east, west and south.
“Their target is the Wagadugu conference hall.
“Anti-Gaddafi fighters are at the perimeter of the hall, which is a stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists. But the loyalists holed up inside are putting up a fierce fight. A lot of them are snipers.
“It seems they will rather die than surrender. According to NTC fighters, most of the men inside are ‘wanted criminals’ so it’s not in their interest to lay down their arms.”
Aljazeera Panetta
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has assailed people who have questioned the wisdom of the joint US-NATO campaign against Gaddafi, saying “the critics have really been proven wrong.”
He defended the Libyan operation as he got a new assessment from US and NATO commanders on what steps are necessary to bring the mission to an end.
“I have to tell you that at the time that this mission was embarked on, there were a lot of critics about whether it was the right mission, at the right time with the right force, whether NATO could do the job, he told a group of international troops at a naval base in Sicily, where allies have launched thousands of air missions for the Libya operation.
“There were an awful lot of question about the mission overall,” Panetta noted. {AP]
BentBenghazi G
#Top10Lies “The oil and wealth of Libya belongs to it’s ppl”—-Gaddafi
#Top10Lies anyone who opposes #Gaddafi mixes hallucinogens with their Nescafe
libyahmed
I remember him [G] saying ‘all that’s under the ground oil is mine&above the ground business is for my sons’ #gaddaficrimes
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sirte: Area 3,most of Area 1,West of Area 2,South Sirte,Bu Hady,Airpot & Port freed.Fighting now in Centre, Agadugu & East of Area 2 #feb17
Telegraph
Libyan NTC suffers high casualties in battle for Sirte
At least 125 NTC fighters have been wounded and another eight killed in the latest attack on Sirte.
At a field hospital near the front lines ambulances deliver a steady stream of injured fighters, including at least one commander.
“We are receiving many gunshot wounds, mostly to the head, neck and chest from sniper fire. We have received many injured today," Dr Ahmed Mohammed Tantoun said.
Video:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
BentBenghazi G
#Top10Lies Gaddafi lives in a tent.
Ali Tweel
I’m enjoying the great weather in #tripoli twitpic.com/6wipip
brunehel Hélène Brunel
Yemenite woman reporter ’s got the Nobel Price of Peace today & claimed this is a victory 4 all women fighting for freedom (France Inter)
A picture of the three #NobelPeacePrize Winners
pic.twitter.com/8gpOOtNl”
Alan
#Top10Lies
Gaddafi is Human, now thats a laugh for a start.
malonebarry Barry Malone
NTC in #Libya getting very officious. Demanding letters, official stamps, exit visas. Sign of a real government..?
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
coming back from inside crazy as usual they had pushed deep inside but now fighting house to house and Ouagadougou resist #Sirte #Libya
half an hour trapped in a ditch NTC fighters laughing and eating chocolate cakes but bullets flying around #Sirte #Libya
big plumes of smoke in #Sirte I think it should be NATO because there are planes flying around #Libya
afelyun aphelion
The North Africa Daily is out! bit.ly/dRzwj9 ▸ Top stories today
Yemen Updates
Regardless of jealousy, #ArabSpring activists n #Yemen, #Tunisia, #Egypt, #Libya & #Syria feel recogonizd w/ Noble Prize awarded 2 #Tawakul
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
fb.me/17Yg7zTB6
LibyanPilot OmarAmer AlBarghathi
Gaddafi loyalists still putting up a fierce fight in various pockets in Sirte, announcement of a free #libya expected sat or sun god willing
once they control sirte will announce free libya god willing
Jounalism. co. uk
Alex Crawford wins award for Middle East reports
Sky News journalist Alex Crawford awarded the James Cameron Memorial Award for her reports on the Middle East and hailed as ‘outstanding role model’ for industry
Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford has received the James Cameron Memorial Award, presented last night at a ceremony at City University, London.
In an announcement the university said the award was given in recognition of “her significant contribution to reporting on the Middle East and in particular, Libya”.
Link:
www.journalism.co.uk/news/alex-crawford...
Guardian
Al-Jazeera’s chief extols virtues of ‘journalism for the people’
The revolutionary fervour of the Arab Spring came alive last night at City University London in a lecture by Wadah Khanfar, the former director general of Al-Jazeera.
In describing his reaction to the various uprisings, particularly in Egypt and Libya, he illustrated just what is meant by a journalism of attachment or commitment.
Exhibiting an unashamed passion throughout his talk, he told a packed audience:
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/201...
Telegraph
Libya’s rebels launch the final push for Sirte and their crowning victory
“Today this is finished. We are going to end this now. Sirte is ours!” shouted Commander Amin El Turki to his men, their rows of heavy machine guns pointed to the city.
Battered T55 tanks, rocket launcher trucks and fighters moved in formation across the expanse of flat scrubland towards the southern city gates.
“Ciao Ciao Gaddafi!” screamed rebel fighter Salah Ismail manically, exhilarated as he sent a Milan rocket crashing into a building on the horizon.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Forbes
Libyan fighters assault main Gadhafi base in Sirte
SIRTE, Libya — Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention center in the heart of Sirte that forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi turned into their main base, in what commanders said was a final offensive to crush resistance in the holdout city after weeks of siege.
Full story:
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/07/gene...
IOL
Sirte rocked by heavy street fighting
Muammar Gaddafi’s besieged hometown of Sirte was rocked by heavy street fighting on Friday, as the ex-leader called on Libyans to turn out in their millions to demonstrate against the country’s new rulers.
An AFP correspondent said there were particularly violent clashes around and inside the university, near the city centre.
Street fighting and heavy bombardment also continued from overnight at the Ouagadougou conference centre, a major stronghold of pro-Kadhafi forces, while the Mauritanian Quarter was also under attack.
Full story:
www.iol.co.za/news/africa/sirte-rocked-...
Reuters
Soccer-Libya battle the odds in fight for Nations qualification
CHINGOLA, Zambia Oct 7 (Reuters) – Libya’s players will have more than soccer on their minds when they meet Zambia in a vital African Nations Cup finals qualifier on Saturday, coach Marco Paqueta said.
As fighting rages in Libya, with government forces trying to take Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte, Paqueta said his players had all the motivation they would ever need.
“In their minds they are not only playing for football success but for a new government and a new country,” the Brazilian said on Friday.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFB2...
Huffington Post
Libya: Sirte Hit By Intense Fighting, Eight Killed
SIRTE, Libya — Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention center in the heart of Sirte that forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi turned into their main base, in what commanders said was a final offensive to crush resistance in the holdout city after weeks of siege
Link:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/libya...
Evening News
Libyan patients fly into Norwich for treatment
The men, aged 29 and 46, were flown from Tunisia to Norwich International Airport to receive specialist surgery and rehabilitation at the hospital at the request of the Libyan government.
The two civilians, whose injuries include gunshot wounds to the body, were admitted to the hospital’s surgical ward after being assessed by its specialists.
They had suffered their injuries in the Libyan town of Misrata.
Link:
www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/libyan_pat...
Metro
Libya revolution: Nato declares no end to airstrikes until all resistance is gone
Air strikes will not stop until all remaining pockets of resistance are suppressed and the new government asks for them to end, said French defence minister Gerard Longuet.
Although the former rebels now control most of the country, some regions remain under control of pro-Gaddafi forces, including Sirte on the Mediterranean coast, the city of Bani Walid and parts of the south.
Link:
www.metro.co.uk/news/world/877822-nato-...
BBC
Libya NTC forces take most of Gaddafi stronghold Sirte
Libyan transitional government forces are battling pro-Gaddafi fighters in the centre of Sirte, one of the last cities loyal to the ousted leader.
Gun battles are taking place around the Ouagadougou conference centre where Gaddafi loyalists are holed up.
The BBC’s Jonathan Head, in Sirte, says transitional government forces have largely taken the town but are meeting stiff resistance.
Thousands of civilians have left Sirte but many have remained behind.
Report and video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15210806
UN. org
In Libya, UN calls on all sides to respect human rights as battle for Sirte nears end
7 October 2011 –
With the battle in Sirte between Libya’s new rulers and loyalists of the ousted government of Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi approaching its end, the United Nations today called on all parties to respect human rights and look ahead to the task of national reconciliation.
“Libya’s revolution is based upon the demand for human rights and dignity,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative Ian Martin said in a news release. “I appeal to all to respect the calls made by the National Transitional Council (NTC) that there should be no revenge even against those responsible for war crimes and other grave violations.”
Mr. Martin, who heads the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), stressed that such people should be detained and brought to justice by due process of law. “This will lay the foundation for national reconciliation and the future unity of the people of Libya,” he added.
The message was echoed by Mr. Martin’s deputy, Georg Charpentier, who is also UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya and has just returned from leading a joint humanitarian assessment team in Misrata and the outskirts of Sirte, Mr. Qadhafi’s home town.
Voicing concern for civilians left in Sirte, he reiterated the responsibility of all parties to protect them and those providing aid and medical help inside the city, where fighting has led to displacement. While most residents have been taken in by host families in other towns, some have chosen to remain near Sirte and are receiving aid until the situation allows them to return.
“Local communities and charities are taking the lead in providing assistance to the vulnerable,” he said. “UN agencies and NGOs non-governmental organizations are supporting their efforts as and where needed.”
The joint assessment team included representatives of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN World Health Organization (WHO), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UN World Food Programme (WFP), and the UN Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), as well as the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Earlier this week Mr. Martin visited war-ravaged Misrata and reported widespread destruction in the city, which experienced some of the heaviest fighting during the conflict as it was besieged by pro-Qadhafi forces for weeks, with supplies of running water and other basic amenities cut off.
As many as 1,500 people were killed there, according to local council officials, and Mr. Martin praised the “heroic struggle” of residents, conveying his condolences to the families of “martyrs” and injured.
“I have seen myself the evidence here of war crimes by the Qadhafi regime,” he said.
Northern Echo
Libyan fighters recover from wounds at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
THREE wounded Libyan fighters last night thanked the people of the North-East for the vital part they have played in helping them recover from the injuries of war.
Only weeks ago, Khalid Moussa, 30, and Mohammed Ahmed, 28, both from Benghazi, and Jasim Shampy, from Zawya, were in the thick of the fighting to drive out the dwindling forces of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.
Link:
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9292872....
Huffington Post
Exiled Libyan Jews Look With Hope Toward Homeland
Religion News Service
ROME (RNS) The Jews of old wandered the wilderness for 40 years before entering the Promised Land. For the exiled Jews of Libya, it’s already been 44.
The struggle to reopen a synagogue in Libya, 44 years after the forced departure of the country’s last Jews, is emerging as a high-profile test of the new Libyan government’s commitment to freedom in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era.
On Sunday (Oct. 2), David Gerbi, a Libyan Jew who immigrated to Rome in 1967 at age 12, used a sledgehammer to enter the closed Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli. Two Muslim clerics lent their support, and some neighborhood residents offered help with cleanup.
Read more:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/exile...
Asian Page
Fighting rages in ‘final assault’ on Gaddafi hometown
Sirte was rocked by deadly fighting on Friday in what new regime forces said was a final assault on Muammar Gaddafi’s besieged hometown, with orders they take it the same day despite stiff resistance.
By mid-afternoon, sustained mortar, machinegun and sniper fire was preventing National Transitional Council (NTC) forces from overrunning the Ouagadougou conference centre, a major bastion of pro-Gaddafi forces in the west of the city. As ambulances streamed in to a field hospital nearby, its administrator said 10 fighters were killed and 150 wounded.
Ahmed Mohammed Abu Oud also said that four ambulances had been destroyed by fire from Gaddafi forces, and two ambulance workers wounded.
There were no immediate casualty figures from the eastern side of the Mediterranean city, 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of Tripoli, where morning fighting raged in and around the university, another Gaddafi stronghold.
Link to full art.:
www.asianage.com/international/fighting...
FCO UK
Update on medical assistance to injured Libyans
FCO Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said more Libyan patients expected to arrive in the UK over the next week.
FCO Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said:
“During the Prime Minister’s visit to Libya last month, the new Libyan authorities asked for our help in treating 50 Libyans who had been seriously injured during the conflict. Following the visit, the NHS sent a medical team to Tripoli to work with the Libyans to identify those who would benefit most from UK specialist expertise. So far more than 25 Libyan nationals have arrived in the UK for treatment. These include individuals
affected by gunshot and shrapnel wounds and with severe burns. We expect more patients to arrive in the UK over the next week. I am proud of our excellent National Health Service and the fact that we have the expertise and compassion to help those in need.”
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said:
“I am proud of the NHS, and proud that it is prepared to help seriously injured patients from Libya in this way. The expertise of our NHS staff is second to none in many respects, and I know that as well as helping our own NHS patients every day, many of them are also giving world leading care to help patients in need from abroad.”
E_ElTarhouni
Why dont our thuwar in Sirte & baniwalid have proper headgear/bulletproof vests/better guns? 2manydeaths!
septimius_sever septimius severus
a number of reasons, some don’t want to wear them (as they see them as a sign of fear)
majority don’t have them :(
ahmadalgamaty
جرائم القذافي #Gaddafi Crimes #libya #17feb #mc17feb
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Al Arabiya
NTC Captures Saadi Camp
Despite heavy gunfire in the Libyan city of Sirte, National Transition Council forces on Thursday showed sites that had been captured from the forces loyal to ousted leader Muammar Qaddafi.
NTC fighters in Sirte say they gained control three days ago of a military camp which had served as a base of Qaddafi’s son Saadi and his forces. The fighters said they are also in control of Sirte Hotel, a five star venue owned by Qaddafi which was once used to host guests from lavish Arab and African summits.
Also nearby is the Qardabiyah military airbase, next to Sirte’s civilian airport, which NTC forces took control of last week.
Read more and video:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/07/1...
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
siguen las enormes explosiones en #Sirte son ya más de una docena #Libia
FreeLeebeya فاطمة
Lying down under the skylight watching it rain #lazyafternoon
AliTweel Ali Tweel
I’m trying to upload a 10seconds video for almost 1.5 hour… :(
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
i am LIBYAN and PROUD. :)
Khadija Ali
I love it when you walk around Tripoli and you hear people just randomly say “Arfa3 rasik foog inta Libya hur!” #epicLIBYANmoment
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
when i came through the Dubai airport the guy asked me where i was from.I said Libya.He Said “into yal leebiya rejaala”
A group of injured thuwar (freedom fighters)were taken to #Roma If anyone lives in #Italia or knows anyone there who can spare some time to visit them, they’ve been taken to Villa Luisa clinic, via S. Maria Mediatrice.
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Libya’s FF continue the fight to liberate Sirte, 10 martyrs & over 120 injured so far… The final push continues in to the evening hours!
NickKristof Nicholas Kristof
Let’s hope that Nobel Peace Prize to the female triumvirate reminds us all that women need to be at peacemaking tables.
Reuters
U.N. urges no revenge attacks in Gaddafi hometown
The United Nations on Friday warned there should be no reprisals against residents of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown should it fall to Libyan interim government forces, who on Friday launched their biggest assault on the town yet.
Pro-Gaddafi fighters in Sirte — one of only two main remaining bastions of support for the deposed leader — have for weeks been fiercely resisting ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) forces.
Link:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-l...
Reuters
Factbox: Libyan oil output- how quickly can it rise?
Eight months of civil war have left Libya’s oil industry in chaos, with fields that once pumped a total of around 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) deserted and export terminals, pumping stations and pipelines damaged by fighting and sabotage.
Link:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-l...
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Mahdi al-Harati, deputy of the Tripoli military council resigns due to tensions with the NTC over the handling of Tripoli security #Libya
Qaddafi in 1976 (BBC)
Adam Curtis writes: "I have found a sort of fly-on-the-wall documentary made in 1976 which follows Muammar Gadaffi around as he goes about ruling Libya. The documentary makes it clear how repressive and brutal Gadaffi’s regime is. How he has locked up and tortured thousands of his opponents.
But then it takes a fascinating turn. The interviewer asks Gadaffi to explain why he has sent Libyan troops to fight with the Palestinians against Israel, and why he has sent in Libyan agents to try and overthrow President Sadat of Egypt.
In response Gadaffi launches into an explanation that countries like Libya have a duty to intervene in other nations where the ordinary people are being oppressed by autocrats or oppressive governments – and help free them. That includes helping to liberate Egypt and Tunisia. But it also means, he says, that politicians like him are justified in intervening in Northern Ireland to help the Provisional IRA. Because they are oppressed by the British government. They too are victims. ** For more, see the Adam Curtis blog post at goo.gl/2IDJo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIiRvbC3Tb4&feature=youtu.be
Jakarta Globe
Fighting rages in ‘final assault’ on Kadhafi hometown
Sirte was rocked by deadly fighting Friday in what new regime forces said was a final assault on Moamer Kadhafi’s besieged hometown, with orders they take it the same day despite stiff resistance.
Sustained mortar, machinegun and sniper fire was preventing National Transitional Council (NTC) forces from overrunning the Ouagadougou conference centre, a major bastion of pro-Kadhafi forces in the west of the city.
However, fighters said they had taken a 700-home complex west of the complex.
As ambulances streamed in to a field hospital nearby amid ongoing shelling and heavy resistance, its administrator said at least 11 fighters were killed and 181 wounded.
Read more:
www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/fighting-ra...
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
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Hana S.
My cousin was wounded today & taken to Misrata. He’s 1 of #Sirte’s #FFs and I’m so proud of him. Thankfully he’s doing fine (cont)
My cousin wants to go back to #Sirte front line. Says my remaining uncle in Sirte is fine… for now. Nothing from other relatives yet.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Heavy fighting still going on in Sirte. Offensive started early this morning. Large number of casualties, street for street fighting.
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
If you had told the Libyans in the @libyanfsl that it would take 30 years before G was gone,they would’ve said “then let’s get started”.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Interesting that there has been little news about Bani Waleed. There has been a stalemate there for over a month. #Libya #Gaddafi
LibyanLegends
libyan women are our mothers and sisters, only ones who rape them are the mercenaries Gaddafi use!
Asharq
Gaddafi chemical weapons factory in al-Jufra leaking – Libyan rebel spokesman
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Libyan “17 February revolution committee” spokesman Hamza Hussein al-Shaibani has informed Asharq Al-Awsat that former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s chemical weapons factory in al-Jufra in central Libya is leaking.
Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone from the town of Waddan, located in the al-Jufra district, which was considered to be the center of Gaddafi arms manufacture and storage, al-Shaibani confirmed that the chemical weapons storage facility is in a state of disrepair. There are approximately a total of 168 warehouses storing different types of weapons, alongside thousands of weapons being stored outdoors.
The “17 February revolution committee” spokesman also confirmed that Hamid Abu Sabaa Gaddafi, the commander of the military police under the former regime, had been killed. Hamid Abu Sabaa Gaddafi was thought to be on the run, but al-Shaibani revealed that his corpse has been identified by Libyan rebels. He is believed to have been killed three weeks ago, whilst trying to escape from the Libyan rebels. His car was fired upon by the Libyan revolutionaries who are now in control of the majority of the country, and he died in the resulting crash. However the Libyan rebels were unable to confirm his identity at the time. Hamid Abu Sabaa Gaddafi was a member of the Gaddafi family.
Read more:
www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=...
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
by LibyaFromFrance
Au festival de géographie, le drapeau de la nouvelle
Libye saint-die.eu/images/stories…
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malonebarry Barry Malone
Just saw another small Tripoli demo against plan to restore an abandoned synagogue. Protesters holding placards: “No return for Jews” #Libya
Politico
Republican senators: Help Libya
Fresh off a trip to Tripoli last week, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) penned a joint editorial in The Wall Street Journal praising Libya’s former rebels and their commitment to “democracy, transparency and the rule of law.”
The Republicans stressed the transitional council needs American help in training their army and police force, monitoring national elections, drafting a constitution, reforming its justice system and rebuilding its economy.
The assistance is required, they said, due to what they saw in Tripoli, where the lawmakers got a firsthand glimpse of the “enormous task of rebuilding a country after 42 years of tyranny and seven months of war.”
Link to art.:
www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/6540...
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
Matthew VanDyke,a writer & filmmaker from Baltimore, USA is fighting alongside the FFs in the battle for #Sirte #Libya
pic.twitter.com/EhQmfCcW
FreeLeebeya فاطمة
some women think that Gaddafi was handsome back in the day,, they have a warped sense of beauty
misrati_free Alaeddin Muntasser
#Sirte Field Hospital: 209 injured 16 Martyrs. Alahu akbar!
mbi3000 LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
After 42 YEARS of oppression, the February 17th revolution presents a new LIBYA, either you join us or get left behind.
Six weeks after Gadhafi’s fall, Libya’s rebels can’t get their story straight
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s interim rulers were busy this week: They cheered the imminent fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown, ordered trigger-happy revolutionary fighters out of the capital, formed a new caretaker Cabinet and announced the discovery of 900 corpses in two mass graves.
Only problem was, all those moves turned out to be premature, exaggerated or patently false.
www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/06/126444/s...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Who would’ve thought before the Arab Spring an Arab woman would win Nobel peace prize. What an inspiration she is & all FFs #yemen #tawakul
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
siguen llegando cadáveres al hospital de campaña de #Sirte #Libia
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Our Free Libya’s Football teams first game and win after only 3days of preparation. Thank you guys
pic.twitter.com/KisyInWu
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
massive attack in #sirte, but gaddafi snipers still better than rebel tactics near Ougadougo complex
Khadija Ali
Coordinating aid and volunteer work in Libya so that everyone can help. facebook.com/groups/feb17ai…
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
AFP: #Bani spokesman of #libya army demands apology from minsiter of defence for being kicked out of meeting with #UK & #italy ministers.
#Bani to AFP: Minister of Defence Dughaili told me “ur presence is of no impotance and asked me to leave.” #libya
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Anti-#Jewish demonstration in front of the Corinthia hotel in #Tripoli today.
There was at least 100 ppl earlier demonstrating the presence of a #Libya-Jewish man who came back to rebuild a synagogue
@AP wrote about him here: bitURL.net/b72s
The #Libyan demonstrators called God is Great and are holding a sit-in until the hotel gets rid of the Jewish man, #DavidGerbi #feb17
The anti-#Jewish demo was small and not v representative of the whole city. the sit in is maybe 20 ppl. #libya
A group of men just handed me a letter of protest, demanding to “open an investigation with #DavidGerbi” on how he entered #Libya
… and they want to charge him with “sedition and sectarianism” and “demand to deal with him as a member of the #Gadhafi regime”
I asked these men was it cuz #DavidGerbi is #Jewish. They said No! no! just want to know how he got in the country…
Not sure how this makes him a #Gadhafi loyalists, but there u have it
Just to be clear, #DavidGerbi’s family fled to Italy when the #Jews were run out of #Libya. He is not Israeli, just #jewish
Accdg to Jpost, Libyan-Jewish diaspora in Italy wasn’t happy w #DavidGerbi’s actions bitURL.net/b72u
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
#Misrata fighters pressed deeper into #Sirte. Gun battles and shelling going on various fronts across city cntr. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Some Guidelines Met for Ending #Libya Mission goo.gl/4PqSe #NATO American Forces Press Service
#SIRTE Battle Heavy Toll; At least 12 revolutionary fighters were killed and 195 wounded Most shot @Head Neck Chest by snipers #Libya
Arrived in #Tripoli today: #British Defense Secretary #Liam #Fox and his Italian counterpart, Ignazio La #Russa arrived in #Libya on Friday
VIDEO: #Libyan fighters stage ‘final assault’ on main loyalist base in #Sirte goo.gl/cRIk8
Sirte In northeast fighters have cleared out the “Mauritanian neighbourhood” after intense building-by-building fighting #Libya
Senior Commander #Ali #Saeh of Free #Libya Brigade is injured Shot twice by a sniper as he led fighters in a residential area
#Sirte Battle Al Jazeera’s Zeina #Khodr reports from the frontline
youtube.com/watch?feature=… #Libya
Ex-CIA chief Panetta acknowledges open secret: Drones goo.gl/9tn3P #Libya #Gaddafi
The snipers have no respect for life They pick out children and adults and take them out in cold blood
#Gaddafi refused 2speak English I heard from ppl who met him but here u will hear him speak English Young #Gaddafi 1976 goo.gl/tKbeH
Factbox: #Libyan oil output- how quickly can it rise? www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-l...
Asalto final a #Sirte www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em... #Libia
#Sirte By Night: #Nato Helicopters engaged in attack on #Sirte youtube.com/watch?feature=… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
Sirte:
Very bloody day 200+ injured at least 13 killed Field hospitals packed Ambulances showed up every few min Morn-Afternoon
AJELive AJELive
Medics say 12 anti-Gaddafi fighters were killed and more than 120 injured in the assault on Sirte
aje.me/jMZYMN #Libya
FreeBenghazi
13 martyred in SIRTE:
1-MohamedMustafa AlShawsh
2-AlAminMustafa AlTurki
3-IsmailMohamed AbuKasula
4-AbdulBasit AliMohamed BenWafa
5-AliAbdulSalam AlKaleeb
6-HassanHussein AlHeshi
7-Siraj Aghmeem
8-AbdulJawadNuri Musa
9-RamadanSaleh AlBakar
10-AhmedSiddiq AlMani
11-HamzaM’Hamed AbuZhou
12-AliAhmed Baroud
13-AliMohammed Wade
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Vry bloody day in #Sirte. 200+ injured, at least 13 killed. Field hospitals packed. Ambulances showed up every few min morn-aftrnoon
At least two paramedics injured today in #Sirte. All are volunteers. Most are young medical students. #Libya
borzou Borzou Daragahi
#Libya: A day in the life of Tripoli City Hall, post-revolution
on.ft.com/qrHrMb #feb17
Poland PL
Egyptians, Libyans and Tunisians to Observe Elections in Poland
A group of fifteen delegates from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia are paying a visit to Poland with a view to observing the upcoming parliamentary election. While in Poland, the visitors are to get acquainted with the Polish election system and the organization of a transparent, fair and democratic election.
Heads and members of electoral bodies and social activists from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia involved in establishing a democratically functioning state are to take part in the study visit, which is organized by Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Electoral Commission. Poland has been helping Egypt, Libya and Tunisia since the outbreak of the democratic revolutions in the countries of North Africa at the beginning of the year.
Between 7 and 10 October the delegates will meet for talks co-originators of the Polish electoral system, members of the National Electoral Commission and representatives of the judicial bodies investigating electoral protests. On the election day, the delegations from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia are to visit electoral commissions in Warsaw, Płock and Radom in order to follow the election process and the counting of ballots. The visitors will also be acquainted with the Information Technology that is applied in Poland to ensure an efficient and transparent transfer of electoral data.
Tunisia and Egypt are presently getting prepared for the first democratic elections, due on 23 October in Tunisia, and at the end of November in Egypt. Libya is facing a similar challenge.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Source:
www.poland.pl/news/article,Egyptians_Li...
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Libya tweeps, get ready. We’re gonna be doing some major #Libya education tonight & tomorrow
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
If I’m not mistaken..On AJA tomorrow evening (~6pm) = Interview with Libyan official re. disappearance of Musa Al-Sadr #libya #lebanon #iran
The disappearance of Musa Al-Sadr in #Libya remains an open and mysterious case to this day… Alive, dead, in a hospital freezer? #libya
finriswolf Hungry like me
VSMRK the Youtube #Gadaffi propaganda queen has had his account terminated. His ISP is yanking more than that now. Goodnight funnyman!
libyahmed
Spent last few hours discussing the pitfalls of democracy, islamist&moderate muslim!inshaAllah I wil spread this around #libya as best I can
TheyCallMeSof Sofyan Amry
My father , المرحوم بشير عبدالسلام العامري , & his fellow martyred revolutionaries… j.mp/qxaWe1 #Feb17 #Libya #Jan25 #ArabSpring
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Who would’ve thought before the Arab Spring an Arab woman would win Nobel peace prize. What an inspiration she is & all FFs #yemen #tawakul
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
I saw a freelance today in the hospital Patrick he was wounded in the shoulder by a lost bullet or so near Ouagadougou #Sirte #Libya
21:40 near #Sirte and still hearing huge explosions 4 dead and around 30 wounded in the east of the city #Libya
last body 1 hour ago doctor said: “we knew him he was very funny he was always joking” he was hit directly in the heart #Sirte #Libya
odio tener que discutir sobre fútbol en medio de un tiroteo sobre todo cuando me aburre el fútbol #Sirte #Libia
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
I remember when people used to ask me where i was from i and i said #Libya they would reply #Gadaffi.Now they reply “You are so Brave!!”
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Saw #Libya Boy Scouts at field hospital. Scout leader says they’re camped there to help out: “This is the life of a scout—always in a tent.”
US Department of Defence
Some Guidelines Met for Ending Libya Mission, Official Says
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Oct. 7, 2011 – Three of the four guidelines laid out this week by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta for ending Operation Unified Protector in Libya have been met, a senior defense official said today.
At Panetta’s final news conference of the Oct. 5-6 NATO defense ministerial conference in Brussels, the secretary laid out four conditions for ending the mission in Libya.
He said militia members loyal to former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and fighting in Sirte would have to be defeated, Gadhafi must have no nationwide command and control capability, the opposing forces must be able to keep the nation and its citizens secure, and the Gadhafi regime must not be able to attack civilians.
The issues were discussed during private meetings among Panetta and NATO commanders and officials in Italy today, the senior defense official said, and produced the following indications:
- Recent heavy fighting in the city of Sirte, Gadhafi’s birthplace, has given way to the likely defeat of pro-Gadhafi forces;
- There is no evidence that Gadhafi exercises any command and control over militia members loyal to him; and
— The fledgling democracy does not yet have a national security force, but “there is a sense that the National Transitional Council can exercise control of the country.”
Progress must be made in developing their capabilities, he added, and this could take the form of training by security forces from the international community.
“They do need to take additional steps to make sure that in the long term they can cover the country and maintain security,” the defense official said.
The successful end of NATO’s Operation Unified Protector is “very close,” he added, possibly days or weeks away.
mtawfeeqCNN Mohammed Tawfeeq
#Misrata Military council : At least 12 NTC fighters killed & 193 others wounded since the offensive started on #Sirte-#Libya on Friday.
FreeBenghazi
Heads up, facebook page of Misrata Military Council Info Centre has been hacked by green algae, #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Today was the start of the end for #Gadaffis loyalists.Hopefully we are going to witness what every Libyan has wished for tomorrow
I am so PROUD that i have witnessed the most amazing Revolution in the World from day 1.Im not going anywhere till its over.Love u #Libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
I saw a freelance today in the hospital Patrick he was wounded in the shoulder by a lost bullet or so near Ouagadougou #Sirte #Libya
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Too many people had no idea that young men were being cut down with anti-aircraft guns for a full month before NATO stepped in. #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan Sami al Saadi to sue UK over rendition claims
shabablibya.org/news/libyan-sa… #Libya
Sirte: a city fashioned in Gaddafi’s image
shabablibya.org/news/sirte-a-city-fashi... #Libya #Sirte
Hunt for Gaddafi and sons continues
is.gd/33V5Ye #Libya
Aljazeera
NTC fighters intensify assault on Sirte
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the frontline as forces opposed to Muammar Gaddafi battle his loyalists in Sirte.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5KeuxzlVZs&sns=fb
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
I think it’s the duty of every muslim to spread the falsehood and injustice of the word Islamist and moderate muslim! #islam #libya
Sarah
AP: Freedom Fighters carry a wounded comrade while attacking pro-G forces in #Sirte #Libya
apne.ws/oBYiPO
#Gimping #Kssad #Libya
twitpic.com/6wop5r
AP: Libyan Forces Launch New Attacks on #Sirte. #Libya
apne.ws/pqqZEd
SUMMARY OCTOBER 8th 2011
10/8/11
10/08/11
10.08.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya –
goo.gl/tkJxK
MSNBC
Tripoli’s top tourist attraction: Gadhafi’s former compound
TRIPOLI – They arrive by the carload day and night: Liberated Libyans coming to experience Tripoli’s latest tourist attraction.
It’s called Bab Al-Azizyia, but it is better known as Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s compound.
Read more, video and pics:
worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/0...
bint_tarhouna Free Libya
My dad sent me the sweetest SMS :‘The Noble Peace Prize for Tawakul is for all the Arab girls and women. We are proud of you’ Awww <3
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: #Misrata reports 200 wounded revolutionaries and 14 more martyrs in the fighting to free #Sirte today.
CNN
U.S. official: Anti-Gadhafi commanders predict Sirte will fall soon
Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte will fall soon, perhaps within days, commanders of the anti-Gadhafi operation told U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday, according to a senior U.S. defense official traveling with him.
Panetta met during the morning with the commanders at the naval base that hosts the U.S. Sixth Fleet in Italy, the official said.
Read more and video:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/07/world/africa...
Niz_FGM Niz
SOCIAL AWARENESS – UNITY/RACE EPISODE1
1st episode in series of videos by the Free Generation Movement, raising awareness for social issues in Libya – UNITY
youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQey…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQeyHqaU0
GRAFIXEl
somehow i expect: they will take Bani Walid after Sirte, and no Gaddafi is there. either
Kinojevis
Sirte & Bani-Walid, a matter of time. End of NTC & elections. NTC will hav 2 make it known, by all means: Posters, radio, TV, newspapers etc
ANSA
Libia: Cnt offre mediazione a Bani Walid
(ANSA) – VICINO A BANI WALID, 7 OTT – Le forze del Cnt hanno avviato oggi una nuova mediazione a Bani Walid, preannunciando in caso di fallimento un nuovo assalto. Lo riferiscono i comandanti del Cnt. “Abbiamo chiesto un incontro” con le componenti tribali della città e “inviato una delegazione”, ha detto Omar Fifao, per tentare una mediazione che consenta di “entrare a Bani Walid senza altri combattimenti. Se non ci sarà risposta entro un paio di giorni, non avremo altra scelta che attaccare”.
Adnan Mustafa
The Libyan National Council rebels besieged Bani Walid and gave two days ultimatum for Qathafi loyalists to surrender
Completion of preparations for an attack on Bani Walid www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em... Arabique
Darreg
I can just picture Saif Gaddafi dropping his Klobb on the floor in some basement in Bani Walid and scampering away as FF approach #libya
Aljazeera
Libya fighting rages in ‘final push’ on Sirte
The latest assault in the ongoing battle for Sirte, the hometown of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is currently under way, with Libyan fighters undertaking a major
operation to try to end a three-week standoff.
Medics said at least 12 anti-Gaddafi fighters had been killed and more than 120 others injured in the assault.
Read more and video:
goo.gl/nHf12
Suman 17 soldados rebeldes muertos y más de 200 heridos en Sirte
Al menos 17 soldados rebeldes han resultado muertos y mas de doscientos heridos en los combates que han tenido lugar hoy contra las fuerzas leales a Gadafi en la ciudad de Sirte, según el balance provisional dado a EFE por fuentes de la insurgencia.
Las fuentes señalaron que casi todas las víctimas formaban parte de las brigadas llegadas desde la ciudad de Misrata.
Las fuerzas del Consejo Nacional Transitorio (CNT órgano político de los rebeldes) han reforzado la ofensiva que mantienen desde hace un mes contra Sirte, ciudad natal de Gadafi, y han atacado el corazón de la ciudad donde está situado el núcleo principal de los gadafistas con la artillería pesada.
Read more:
www.noticiassin.com/2011/10/suman-17-lo...
BBC
Libya NTC forces surround pro-Gaddafi fighters in Sirte
Columns of smoke rose above the city as government forces fought their way in, street by street, until they reached the Ouagadougou conference centre where pro-Gaddafi loyalists are holed up.
At least 12 people were killed and more than 190 injured, doctors said.
Thousands of civilians have left Sirte but many have remained behind.
The two sides battered each other with mortar shells, rockets and tank fire in what transitional government forces have described as the final assault on Sirte, some 360km (225 miles) east of the capital, Tripoli.
Read more;
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15224301
Latest CNN News
Libya: Anti-Gaddafi forces about to control the Sirte city
Transitional government backed forces get hold of the most of the downtown area of Colonel Gaddafi’s stronghold Sirte.
Interim government backed fighters intrude the city from numerous direction after heavy fighting. Gaddafi’s supporter resisted the NATO supported fighters.
News reporter in the centre of the city reported that the two rivals suffered great loss during the fight but it’s not certain as yet that how many of the masses got engaged.
Read more:
www.latestcnnnews.com/libya-anti-gaddaf...
Ao menos 17 rebeldes morrem e 200 ficam feridos em Sirte
Combatentes do novo governo encontraram forte resistência na cidade
Pelo menos 17 soldados rebeldes morreram e mais de 200 foram feridos nos combates desta sexta-feira contra as forças leais ao ex-ditador Muamar Kadafi na cidade de Sirte. Segundo os rebeldes, quase todas as vítimas faziam parte das brigadas vindas da cidade de Misrata.
Full art.:
veja.abril.com.br/noticia/internacional...
Antonio
BREAKING: A series of blasts Rocks Moammar Gaddafi’s hometown of #Sirte . #Gaddafi #Libya #Nato
libyahmed
I think as Muslims, we should make a pledge. Whenever any of us hear the word ‘Islamist’, we must challenge that person to define it #islam
My pledge is that I will always challenge the word Islamist. More than this, I will challenge the phrase ‘Moderate Muslim’ #islam
Libya outreach Group
Situation Report:
Libya – October 7, 2011
Highlights
Why cant we control the arms proliferation in Libya together?
Abdelhakim Belhaj, the head of Tripoli Military Council, and his deputy held a press conference urging Tripoli residents to turn in unlicensed weapons in order to promote order and peace in the city. He says,"We urge all those who care about the security of Tripoli and its stability to cooperate with us in order to bring back the stability through the termination and cancellation of all heavy weapons present and to prevent distribution, which should be limited to the authorized bodies,” Belhaj was confronted at the conference by the The Kekaa Brigade of Zintan who issued an arrest warrant against him and his deputy, they are accused of conducting illegitimate raids and arrests not authorized by the NTC in the city of Zintan, Libya.
Gaddafi speaks via Syrian-based Arrai television, urging people continue their resistance saying the NTC is not the legitimate leaders of Libya.
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Mutassim has fled the former leader’s hometown of Sirte and was last heard of heading south, a Libyan government military spokesman told Al Jazeera.
Clash take place between locals of Nalut and locals of Seaan, Libya. “Nalut rebels were welcome to our town during the revolution, but now they barge in with their weapons searching the houses and scaring the residents,” Hussein said.
Fierce fighting continues in Sirte as pro-Democracy fighters try to capture the city. Pro-Democracy troops try to capture the city center but face resistance.
French defense minister said that NATO air strikes will continue as long as Gaddafi forces continue its Resistance.
NTC creating an agency to root out remaining Gaddafi Loyalists in Libya
Another mass grave found in the Gargarish District of Tripoli, Libya – 200 bodies
The in-depth articles can be found here:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
A corrupt official in the NTC is a million times worse than any corrupt official in the Gaddafi regime. #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli Info: Unskilled Labour worker who used to get 20 LYD/day now asking for 70 LYD/day . #Feb17 #Libya
hominoid555 Russell
56.46 § sounds about right for a days hard work.
Reuters: Freedom Fighters have launched an attack on southern #Sirte via @AlArabiya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli Prices : Milk Pre Feb17 = 1.25 LYD During Feb17 = 5 LYD Post Feb17 = 3 LYD #Feb17 #Libya
#Tripoli Prices : US$ (Black Market) Pre Feb17 = 1.25 LYD During Feb17 = 1.85 LYD Today = 1.57 LYD
#Tripoli Prices : Chicken Pre Feb17 = 3 LYD During Feb17 = 10 LYD Post Feb17 = 6 LYD
#Tripoli Prices : Coffee at a cafe Pre Feb17 = 0.75 LYD During Feb17 = 2.00 LYD Post Feb17 = 1.00 LYD
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Libya’s FF continue to make push towards center of Sirte, detain several of G’s forces & seize weapons from them #Feb17 #Libya #Sirte
Niz_FGM Niz
I feel, as a Libyan, i can hold my head up high in the UK. What a feeling, what an achievement we have all made. What an empowering feeling
Unity, togetherness, harmony, diversity, peace, equality, love…….. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQeyHqaU0
Aljazeera
A Libyan interim government force of about 100 vehicles carrying heavy weapons have advanced on the southern side of Sirte, a Reuters journalist reported from the scene.
Fighters of the National Transitional Council (NTC) shouted “God is greatest” as they made their assault, the report said.
Aljazeera
Gaddafi loyalists fight on in Sirte
NTC fighters say they are still facing heavy resistance in battle for control of toppled Libyan leader’s home city
Fighters of Libya’s interim government are seeing a slowdown in their latest assault in the ongoing battle for Sirte, the hometown of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Al Jazeera correspondent Zeina Khodr reported that there was a “relative lull in the fighting” on Saturday in contrast to the active front witnessed a day earlier.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters had pounded Sirte’s city centre on Friday but commanders on the ground say they are facing strong resistance, coupled with poor weather conditions, Khodr reported, from the city’s western outskirts.
Report and video’s:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan gov’t forces launch big assault on Sirte #Alarabiya
Sarah
Presser Mustafa Abduljelil , British and Italian defense ministry on #AJA right now. #NTC #Libya
#MAJ : “Our fighters are still dealing with the snipers” #Sirte #
#MAJ : “Yesterday : 180 wounded in only one day” #Sirte
AP:
Libyan fighters shell #Sirte ahead of fresh assault. #Libya apne.ws/nzgUZd
AP:
A Freedom Fighter fires his machine-gun while attacking Pro-G forces in #Sirte. #EpicPic #Libya
apne.ws/pdrESU
Al Arabiya
Undeterred by sandstorm, Libya’s rebels launch ‘final assault’ on Sirte
Libya’s interim government force of about 100 vehicles, mounted with heavy weapons, advanced on the southern side of Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte on Saturday in one of the biggest assaults yet, a Reuters reporter in the city said.
The fighters with the National Transitional Council shouted “Allahu Akbar!” or “God is greatest” as they moved off in pickup trucks with anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine
guns on the back.
Previously, anti-Qaddafi forces slowed their advance on Saturday as a sandstorm whipped up around the ousted despot’s birthplace.
A senior U.S. defense official said, meanwhile, that NATO chiefs believe the fugitive former Libyan leader no longer commands his loyalists, who are on the verge of
defeat.
Declaration delayed
The ruling National Transitional Council has said Libya cannot get an interim government until the North African country is declared free of the last remnant fighters for the fugitive Qaddafi.
After launching what they called a final assault on Sirte with a barrage of rocket and artillery fire, the NTC forces still faced stiff resistance late Friday around the Ouagadougou conference centre.
“We are surrounding them in the centre of the city in an area of just a few square kilometers (miles),” NTC commander Nasser Abu Zian told AFP.
There were also particularly heavy clashes around and inside the university, near the city centre, and in the Mauritanian Quarter, said an AFP correspondent.
On Saturday, an AFP correspondent said the NTC forces halted their advance as a sandstorm reduced visibility to a few hundred meters (yards) on the western edge of Sirte, once a symbol of Qaddafi’s regime.
Civilians from Sirte
Civilians trickled out on foot, including a woman who carried a child in her arms and a man lugging suitcases, as NTC forces stopped cars for identity checks and searches.
“We just want to go somewhere that is safe. I hadn’t been out of my house for three weeks because of all the firing. Lots of houses in my area were hit,” said Sudanese labourer Abdulrahim Kabash.
Milad Gahnatri, whom the NTC forces suspected was Mauritanian, appealed to be let through to seek medical treatment for two pale-looking men in the back of his car.
“These are my brothers. They need kidney dialysis three times a week but the Ibn Sina hospital is damaged by bombing. There are many patients in there and they are all afraid of the firing from all sides,” he said.
In eastern Sirte, NTC fighters overlooking the rectangular-shaped Ouagadougou centre said its concrete bunkers were proving tougher than they originally thought.
“It has been hit for days by tank guns and rockets, but it hasn’t budged. Its paint has hardly been scratched,” said one of them with a Kalashnikov.
Following the ferocious artillery and rocket barrage, hundreds of NTC fighters had tried
to enter Sirte at dawn Friday in pick-ups mounted with anti-aircraft and machineguns.
As they advanced, the fighters came under sustained mortar, machinegun and sniper fire but took a 700-home complex west of the centre, they said.
Plumes of black smoke billowed from several parts of the city as the Ouagadougou centre was constantly shelled by 106 mm cannon and anti-aircraft guns.
NATO warplanes flew overhead, and the alliance said in its latest operational update that the only target it struck across the country on Friday was a firing an vehicle staging point in Sirte.
At least 12 NTC fighters were killed and 193 wounded, the military said, but there were no immediate casualty figures from the eastern side of the Mediterranean city, 360 kilometers (225 miles) east of Tripoli.
Late Friday, interim defense minister Jalal al-Digheily said the end of the conflict was near.
Sirte and Bani Walid are Qaddafi’s last major bastions against the NTC, which has ruled most of the oil-rich country since its forces overran Tripoli on August 23.
Qaddafi has since gone into hiding.
Gulf News
Battle on for control of Gaddafi birthplace
NATO chiefs believe the fugitive former Libyan leader no longer commands his loyalists who are on the verge of defeat
Sirte, Libya: Fighters loyal to Libya’s interim government are battling for full control of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace where the ousted despot’s diehards are holed up inside a conference centre
Read more:
goo.gl/8S4CX
Montreal Gazette
Libyan forces fight for control of Sirte
Fleeing residents say conditions in city growing desperate
Libyan transitional government forces launched their biggest assault yet on Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte on Friday, firing heavy artillery at the last major bastion of support for the deposed leader.
Taking the coastal town would bring Libya’s new rulers closer to finally gaining control of the whole country almost two months after they seized the capital Tripoli, but they are also under pressure to spare the civilians trapped inside.
Forces loyal to the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC), who for weeks have waited on the edge of Sirte, now say the battle is entering its final and decisive phase.
Read more:
www.montrealgazette.com/news/Libyan+for...
BBC
New bombardment hits Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte
Fresh shelling has been heard in the Libyan city of Sirte, as interim authority forces renew their offensive in the face of fierce resistance.
A BBC correspondent just outside the city says pro-Gaddafi forces are putting up
extraordinary resistance in defence of what seems a lost cause.
Interim troops pushed deep into Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace on Friday, taking most of it street by street.
At least 12 people were killed and more than 190 injured, doctors said.
Thousands of civilians have left Sirte but many remain behind.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15224301
NYT
Split by War, Libya’s Team Is United by New Goal
CHINGOLA, Zambia — When violent protests erupted in Libya in February, some members of the national soccer team supported Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s regime, including the captain at the time, Tariq Tayib, who called the rebels rats and dogs. Others chose to take up arms.
Walid el Kahatroushi, a 27-year-old midfielder, was one of three players who left the team and joined the rebels.
“Some people came to me and told me one of my dear friends was in the hospital and lost his arm,” Kahatroushi said. “In that moment I decided to leave the camp and join the front line.”
Full art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/sports/socce...
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Libyan + Italian + British defense ministers (+ Jalil) are now live on AJA
Fox in Libya as more claims surface
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has jetted into Libya as allegations over his working relationship with a former flatmate continue to surface back home.
Dr Fox met with Jalal al-Digheily, defence minister in the Libyan National Transitional Council at Tripoli airport, but the landmark visit is set to be overshadowed by continuing claims over his dealings with Adam Werritty.
Art.:
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/artic...
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
#Libya’s new ministry of interior gets a huge response after sending out messages asking all policemen & civil workers to return to jobs
AP
Libyan fighters shell Sirte ahead of fresh assault
Libyan revolutionary fighters carry a wounded comrade while attacking pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since September 15 but have not managed to penetrate the heart of the city because of fierce resistance from loyalists inside the home town of Libya’s ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi.
hominoid555 Russell
A short documentary film about the victims of mines in the Zliten Graphic youtube.com/watch?feature=… v/ zlitenfree
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
FreeBenghazi
Gaddafiloyalists in AbdelKafi suburb, fired rockets on AlJadeed suburb in #Sabha.They also shelled AlMahdia suburb #Libya v @Fazzan
Clashes yesterday in AbdelKafi suburb btw Gaddafiloyalists & fighters. Fighters swept area near petrol station #Sabha
Demo by fighters in #Sabha, 9am today. Want local council & NTC to disarm Gaddafiloyalists of medium&heavy weapons
Libya’n from sth, travelling in Misrata+Zliten. Repeatedly stopped at checkpoints &
asked if he was Libyan & from which city
His response was his #Libya’n & didn’t matter from which city. Believes he was qstn’ed bcos of colour of his skin
ceoDanya
May God grant patience to all the mothers who lost their sons during the battle for freedom. #LIBYA #EGYPT #Yemen #tunsia #SYRIA
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Interview with a doctor that was just freed from the hospital
facebook.com/photo.php?v=17…
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1786061622...
KhadijaMAli
rain rain rain…. #Tripoli
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The World has become such a scary place now.You wake up & the first thing you see is " people have been killed in #Libya #Syria #Yemen !!"
#FF are launching an attack on #Sirt today.Lets hope its the final one
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Libyan PM Jibril visiting wounded #FF in a Jordanian hospital yesterday. #feb17 #Libya pic.twitter.com/12WLVYQ7
See what #celebullets can do to metal… Imagine what it can do to a human skull… STOP CELEBRATORY GUN FIRE!
pic.twitter.com/eg67T9HV
Recognize these faces? They encouraged people kill each other on a daily basis from Feb17 till Aug20…
pic.twitter.com/mLE7AbxG
When I was in the UK back in 1993 I found it difficult to say I was from Libya.
Now I can’t wait to visit the UK again to say I am Libyan and I am proud :)
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
The Battle for Sirt: The Bloody Push for Gaddafi’s Hometown
ti.me/oRwriR via @TIME
13 dead and nearly all of the 200+ injured were NTC fighters
Reuters
WRAPUP 1-Libyan forces mount attack on southern Sirte
Force of some 100 NTC military vehicles storms into city
Pro-Gaddafi snipers force attackers to seek cover
Fleeing residents say civilians being killed in crossfire (New story)
Read full report:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Epic fighting taking place in Sirte today. May Allah grant the FFs a swift victory. Allahu Akbar #feb17 #libya
The stig and his brother are fighting with the Libyan freedom fighters :) #libya
misrati_free
Android Skype has been updated with the correct Libyan flag :)
khald02 kha02
#Benghazi #Feb17 Bungalow #Libya
twitpic.com/6wxy4z
Special Abu Muqawama Q&A with Bryan Denton
The photojournalist Bryan Denton has been a friend for several years, and this past year has been a career year for him. Those who followed the reporting of C. J. “Chris” Chivers from Libya probably also know of Bryan’s photographs. Bryan and I caught up a few weeks ago at the wedding of some friends, and I convinced him, late one night, to answer a few questions for the blog. What follows is some pretty incredible testimony from one of the bravest men in the business.
Man, Libya was an entirely different kettle of fish from Afghanistan. As someone who has always tried to make myself as small as possible while under fire, I do not envy any 6-foot, 8-inch combat photojournalist trying to cover high-intensity conflict. Talk us through the beginning of that campaign. What were some of the biggest challenges you faced as a photojournalist?
Full art.:
www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2011/10/...
UN Humanitarian Coordinator “impressed by the strong resilience and coping mechanisms (of) the Libyan people.” eepurl.com/gcT-f #Libya
UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA (UNSMIL)
UN Special Representative in Libya appeals for respect for human rights and reconciliation as Sirte battle approaches its end
Tripoli, 7 October 2011 – As the battle for Sirte approaches its end, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ian Martin today appealed to all parties to respect human rights and humanitarian principles and to look ahead to the task of national reconciliation. Mr Martin called upon the political and military leadership in Libya to ensure that their responsibility under international law to protect civilians in areas of conflict is conveyed to those now in the heat of battle.
Read more:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d365be1cf1...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Are any Tweeps on the EAST side of #Sirte (the Benghazi side, not Misrata)? #Libya
Six weeks after Gadhafi’s fall, Libya’s rebels can’t get their story straight
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s interim rulers were busy this week: They cheered the imminent fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown, ordered trigger-happy revolutionary fighters out of the capital, formed a new caretaker Cabinet and announced the discovery of 900 corpses in two mass graves.
Only problem was, all those moves turned out to be premature, exaggerated or patently false.
Read more:
www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/06/126444/s...
Nasr
“Libyan transition council head recalled as ‘bright guy’ at Pitt” via PE.com – topics.pe.com/article/08sabIm8NmaAM?q=NATO Why did #Jibril change his name?
raggzeb raggz ’e-b
in a clinic in Tunis recovering from my injuries. Got taken here on Wednesday. In a nice private clinic on the NTC.
septimius_sever septimius severus
Split by War, #Libya’s Team United by New Goal:
nyti.ms/nrIVj8 (a quick read to get in mood for the game) #Football #Zambia
Watch #Zambia – #Libya football match here
www.livestation.com/channels/125-libya-... “winner qualifies to African nations cup”
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Unseen before footage of civilian being shot by the Gaddafi army.
Benghazi, March 19th (hrs before Coallitions attack):
youtube.com/watch?v=WQFO5G…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQFO5GZdrWA&sns=em
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters now in control of sabamiyah neighborhood in Sirte, green flags still hoisted on villas
#Libya, Sabamaiyah neighborhood is a ghost town many of #Gaddafi officials lived here, #Sirte
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters still trying to take control of ouagadougu conference center a loyalist stronghold in #Sirte
#Libya, Loyalist forces putting up fierce resistance preventing anti #Gaddafi fighters from entering city of #Sirte
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Alarabia: Libyan Revolutionary fighters control mainroad of Sirt.
Abdullah
Libyans were very lucky, they had the bravest fighters on earth, supported by the strongest power on earth to defeat the worst man on earth.
France Soir
Libye : Syrte, la bataille continue
Les forces du Conseil National de Transition ont lancé un assaut sur Syrte, vendredi soir. Les troupes ont progressé mais la ville natale du Colonel Kadhafi n’est toujours pas tombée
80% de la Libye est aux mains des forces du Conseil national de transition mais toujours pas Syrte. La ville qui a vu naître Mouammar Kadhafi n’a pas été prise par les troupes du CNT. Mais les assauts se poursuivent à l’image de celui qui s’est déroulé ce vendredi soir. Les forces, déployées depuis des semaines à la périphérie de la ville côtière, assurent que la bataille entre dans sa phase finale. Le commandant du CNT Moustapha al Amine, debout sur une position dominant la ville à l’est, a fait état de progrès tout en reconnaissant que les fidèles de Kadhafi résistaient encore.
Art.:
www.francesoir.fr/actualite/internation...
Afriquinfos
Libye : l’opération de l’OTAN se poursuivra tant que des menaces existent
BRUXELLES (Xinhua) – Les pays membres de l’OTAN participant à l’opération militaire en Libye ont réaffirmé leur détermination à la poursuivre aussi longtemps que des menaces persisteront, selon un communiqué publié vendredi au terme d’une réunion des ministres de la Défense de l’OTAN tenue mercredi et jeudi à Bruxelles
“Il est clair que la fin est en vue. Les forces de Kadhafi se battent pour une cause perdue. La menace pour les civils s’estompe. Les développements positifs récemment intervenus en Libye sont irréversibles”, a déclaré le secrétaire général Anders Fogh Rasmussen après la réunion.
Read more:
www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2011/10/8/...
Rasmussen :“G forces are fighting for a lost cause....positive developments that have taken place in Libya are irreversible.”
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Aid is seriously needed for displaced #baniwalid and #sirte residents. There is barely any aid going into these cities!
45,000 people who left #baniwalid are staying in nearby towns, Shmeikh & Tennennai. AID is required. The local council can’t keep up. RT!
Another 15,000 who left #baniwalid r staying with relatives across #libya. A total of 60,000 displaced from #baniwalid. (NTC local council)
#Sirte : Sabamiyah(quartiers de Sirte) est maintenant sous le contrôle des Thuwar. Encore des drapeaux verts sur certaines villas. #Libya
Sarah
Libya .. Libya.. Libyaaaaaaa ! #JustDoIt #Football
Thanks God we have 3abboud ! #Libya #Football
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya’s new regime fighters seize key Sirte road: AFP
Tweeting Tripoli
Always wondered what do patriotic citizens of the world feel when raise their flags. Now I know :)
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Sameer Aboud #Libya’s Goalkeeper makes a wonderful save to keep the score at 0-0
B r e n t
May good health, safety, and victory be with those battling for sirte.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Put your predictions on the score of the game between #Libya and Zambia .. Who ever wins gets a Free tour round Baab Al Azaizeyah :)
JohnDelaGuardia John D. Dela Guardia
is in and out of #Sirte… Fierce battle is ongoing… Loud explosions can be heard…
Rest in Peace… Mortar landed here and killed 2. #Sirte
twitpic.com/6x16vr
BRK:
“I will be leaving power in the coming days,” #Yemen’s president says in a speech on state TV
goo.gl/DB555”
BREAKING: #Saleh of #Yemen says on state-TV he will step down next few days… via Al-Arabya TV
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
It seems like AliSaleh of Yemen has said he will resign more times than KhamisGaddafi has died and that’s saying something. #libya #yemen
Why would someone announce he will step down in a couple of days & not wait for a couple of days then announce immediate resignation? #yemen
SMILE:
acarvin Andy Carvin
Maybe he tripped on Tawakkol Karman. RT @KetyDC: Did #Saleh fall and hit his head? #StepingDown ? Really? #Yemen
Fierce Fighting Continues in Sirte
Revolutionary fighters battled block by block on Saturday as snipers rained fire from rooftops in fierce street fighting in Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte, the most important remaining bastion of support for the fugitive leader. (8 October 2011)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
BREAKING: CONFIRMED:
SIRTE: Ibn Sina-Hospital liberated by FFs. #Libya #Feb17 #Sirte #BaniWalid
hominoid555 Russell
Some families have been freed from Bani Walid no details on how many, but this means that there is some progression on this front.
blabeen
Thanx guys, I came from Sirt frontLine y/dayNight planning to go back T/morrning
Y/day’s attack on #Sirt s my 1st real battle,many in my unit said it s 1 ofThe fiercest fighting thy faced soFar. snipers everyWhere #Libya
cant wait to go back.
Helping the trapped families 2 escape was the hardest & TheMostPainful, women&children crying they thought we gonna kill them. #Sirte #Libya
stay tuned for some amateur pix from y/day’s fighting in #Sirte
The night before the battle, fixing the guns. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/zY4qKQmQ
1 of the rally points near #Sirte #Libya
pic.twitter.com/n18s9pbz
On the southern highway. FF artillery hit GF fuel&Ammo storage. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/fUOUuqiv
Making sure everyBody knows the DOs&the DON’Ts.I named the car n the left “The Cow”,she saved us from a deadly ambush.
pic.twitter.com/NRtK43OF
Sorry , it s the car in your right ;)
Gaddafi Defenders firing few rockets and avoiding firefights may be running low on ammunition in Sirte
#BaniWalid :
Reports that the Freedom Fighters have reached the wool factory and and #Gaddadfi forces set back. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
#Libya’s new ministry of interior gets a huge response after sending out messages asking all policemen & civil workers to return to jobs
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Jibril- monthly reward of 500 LYD to the families of martyrs, and 450 to 500 LYD as monthly salary to fighters on all fronts. #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters continue pounding loyalist positions in and around Ouagadougou in #Sirte
#Libya, Steady floe of ambulances arriving at dirt field hospital ,.. Anti #Gaddafi fighters suffering casualties, #Sirte
#Libya, Fierce battle for #Ouagadougou conference complex underway loyalists putting up fierce resistance, #Sirte, #Gaddafi
#Libya, Mortar hits vehicle carrying ammunition near front line in #Sirte … Scores of anti #Gaddafi fighters killed and injured, #Libya
Zeina Khodr reports from Sirte
The battle for Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, is continuing, with Gaddafi loyalists putting up stiff resistance.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the outskirts of the town.
Zeina Khodr reports from #Sirte – YouTube
bit.ly/rcIcbi #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ExspwKLSQ&fea...
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Early rains in #Libya – my driver from Tunisian border to #Tripoli said it proves God is happy!
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
ceoDanya
Libyan National Team ties with Zambia and makes it to the African Cup!!!!!!! CONGRATZ :)
NadineFarkash Free Libya ♔☾✰
#FFs in #Sirte #libya
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MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Even Libyan Girls in who have no clue about football are celebrating. Im looking forward to the abuse im going to get from this tweet #Libya
Same old, same old……
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Is Saleh bluffing?! Suddenly he’s like “I am willing to give up power but not to opposition.” Dah?! #yemen
richardengelnbc Richard Engel
#yemen, told #saleh will NOT step down before early elections. ‘Power transfer in Yemen will be implemented via the ballot box.’
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
As you read this the #FF’s are heavily attacking the Wagadogo Hall in #Sirt #Libya
What Gadaffi has made the Libyan people do !! pic.twitter.com/l3p8rwyY
The Man himself pic.twitter.com/59tXCbwR
Thinks the term “Degadaffinated” should be added to the Libyan dictionary #Libya
It is just so amazing sitting here & seeing how the people of #Libya are so UNITED now.This spirit had been hidden for 42 years due to IT.
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
ARABIC
Former consultant to Gaddafi until 1995 speaks out, part 1: bit.ly/mPlf4M #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRJ9guv94f4&fea...
septimius_sever septimius severus
#UK Defence Secretary announced £500,000 & extra military expertise 2help #Libya in battle against arms proliferation
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/artic...
Guardian
Libya: resistance weakens as troops advance into Gaddafi’s hometown
Defenders firing few rockets and avoiding firefights may be running low on ammunition in Sirte
Columns of Libyan government forces pushed deeper into the heart of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte on Saturday, fighting resistance that appeared ever weaker.
The advance by forces of the interim government, the National Transitional Council, which at one point came within 500 metres of the city’s main road, was slowed by snipers in several apartment buildings and a bunker. But in some areas the fighters have made significant progress.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/08/li...
BintTarablis KC
I just don’t understand why there are still #Gaddafi loyalists willing to die for a fugitive dictator living underground?? Something’s up !
Matog Saleh
they have been told that Tripoli has been regained by Gadaffi and so has Brega.they have no intel
@NJLibyan ابن ليبيا
mercenaries+brainwashd who believe NATO FF r coming to kill&rape+corrupt G thugs neck deep in blood&theft = G fightrs in sirte
BintTarablis KC
Who the hell is feeding them this sh** ??? Someone should destroy that pro-Gaddafi Arrai TV in Syria !
@MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
they dont have any information other than that they are hearing on the radio of sirt!!i heard it when i was at the frontline.
radios are run locally.Sirt is a story that has already ended now.You will hear good news about it tonight wla 2moro inshallah
Tweeting Tripoli
The strongest evidence yet on Mussa Sadir disappearance case. Abdulrahman Ghwela (previous head of customs department of Tripoli International airport) was interviewed by AJA on the program “Today’s Interview” said he was forced to say that he had stamped Sadir’s passport although he had never seen him nor his passport back in the late 70,s.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Take a sec,look back at how #Libya has developed over the last 8months.It is something incredible & people will talk about for years to come
borzou Borzou Daragahi
#Libya: Misurata rebels just announced “final battle” for city of Sirte in communique sent out via email #feb17
Telegraph
Libya: ferocious fighting as rebels head for centre of Sirte
Libyan fighters push deep inside Colonel Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, battling against weakening loyalist troops.
In ferocious close-contact, street-to-street fighting, they took a central residential complex about a mile and half (3km) inside the city.
The fighters are heading for the main street in the city centre, about half a mile away.
Men hunkered on the pavement behind a low wall, taking cover from incoming sniper rounds. Bullets hissed overhead, pinging against gum trees that lined what was once a sleepy neighbourhood.
Rifle butts pointing through the street railings, gunmen shot in the direction of the sniper fire. Pickups armed with heavy machine guns pelted bullets down the street, pushing back loyalist forces.
Full report:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Ahram online
Libya new regime fighters seize key Sirte road
Libya’s new regime fighters seized control of a key road in Sirte on Saturday as fierce gun battles raged in the centre of Mummar Gaddafi’s hometown, an AFP correspondent said.
In an attack from the east, National Transitional Council fighters wrested control of a dual-lane avenue which leads to the south of the coastal town and were advancing into the centre.
Source:
english.ahram.org.eg/News/23622.aspx
Alex Grech
Nigeria drew 2-2 so Libya qualifies
Sarah
#AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar May our Freedom Fighters win in #BaniWalid & #Sirte fronts as well ! #Libya
yaaaay ! “Nigeria also finished – they are out of cup”
Haha just figured out that Libya national football team has been deGaddafinated on Wikipedia :) –
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya_national_... twitpic.com/6x32q9
SAIF
UNCONFIRMED : Saif escaped from #BaniWalid #Libya
Sarah
The end seems to be very near..Soon al nasr inshAllah ! #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Libya
BintTarablis KC
Allah has bigger plans for #Libya – everything that is happening is a trial of Faith, Patience and Strength. Trust Him. He is in control.
Mushu
#Libya #Feb17 | #Freedomfighters in #Sebha showing us how to use #Gaddafi’s green book correctly:
pic.twitter.com/EQjQWLLU
HafedAlGhwell Hafed Al Ghwell
As the men of #Libya begin to argue and fight, Libya’s #women are stepping in to ensure peace, unity, and inclusion ..
libyanproud libyanandproud
Celebratory Gunfire :(
I’m going to shoot whoever I see firing in the air
Nigeria Guinea 2-2
My new anti celebratory-fire campaign twitpic.com/6x31k7
WTF ? someone is celebrating with something LOUD ! should I Shoot? I have higher ground?
Ok it’s the first time a Free #Libya team qualifies for the Africa Cup !
Two people who don’t know what “few days” means are Abdallah Saleh and Seif Gaddafi
alhamdullah everything is stable, prices are getting better, less celebratory gun fire from 1 month ago
Glad to see police for the first time in my life
AFP: Libya fighters seize strategic highway in #Sirte. #
France 24
Libya fighters seize strategic highway in Sirte
Forces from Libya’s interim regime scored a strategic goal on Saturday in their push to capture Sirte, seizing a highway that opens the way to a final assault on a key base of troops loyal to Moamer Kadhafi.
But with thousands of civilians still trapped in the ex-leader’s hometown, NTC commanders said they were pacing their advance to evacuate some of those who had not fled and to avoid losses from friendly fire.
Read more:
www.france24.com/en/20111008-libya-figh...
carolv27 Carol Viana
One love! #ArabSpring #occupySF #Libya #Syria
yfrog.com/ocd1xyj
Tripolitanian Libyan
99% of #Gaddafi supporters are not from #Libya, nor have they ever heard of the country before #Feb17
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: Protests in Tripoli to end armed groups in the capital
feb17.info/news/video-protests-in-tripo...
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
Just got back from Bab AlAziziya for the 1st time! The place is huge!!! Nothing left to take home as a souvenir apart from broken plates :P
But rest assured, I took home a group of broken plates, fused together from the explosions :D (was desperate for any kind of souvenir! :P)
the people have taken everything worth having in the complex.
the broken plates aren’t his G’s. They were in the guards quarters. Googled it and found they are £26 a plate
trying t upload pics of the complex to facebook but internet so slow it keeps failing
I made sure to pick up plates with their manufacturer mark still on it so I could find out when i went home (sad I know :p)
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
While showering today, I thought I’d do some mental arithmetic… Here goes:
In 10yrs of this war on terror, 990,000 people have been killed. In that same period, there have been 2929 terrorism related deaths…
So rounded up to 3000 deaths and it would take terrorists approximately 3300 years to catch up with the deaths of the war against terror
Now bearing in mind the majority of this war against terror is aimed at Muslims.
And the fact that the US still justify this war against terror and say they are winning this ‘war’
Then they clearly see each one of their deaths to be worth the death of 330 Muslims at least.
End of arithmetic. Productive shower :P
(although clearly it’s ok because their not killing Muslims, they’re killing ‘Islamists’ who must be followers of that religion ‘Islamism’ )
France info
Libye : Etienne Monin, de France Info, récompensé à Bayeux
Etienne Monin, reporter à France Info, vient de se voir attribuer le prestigieux Prix Bayeux-Calvados 2011 des correspondants de guerre, pour son reportage “Tripoli Street, 17 avril”, réalisé à Misrata, en Libye.
Une plongée sonore dans l’une des plus importantes offensives du conflit libyen, une scène de guérilla urbaine qui durera plus d’un mois entre insurgés et loyalistes.
Un autre reporter de France Info, Richard Place, reçoit lui le 3e Prix.
C’est pour ce reportage tourné le 17 avril dans la ville de Misrata qu’Étienne Monin vient d’être primé à Bayeux. Un voyage au cœur de la résistance libyenne, sous les rafales d’armes automatiques et les tirs de missiles des forces loyalistes. La ville est alors aux mains des insurgés, mais assiégée par les troupes de Kadhafi.
Read more:
www.france-info.com/culture-medias-medi...
LibyaMedicalR Libya Medical Relief
Two amputees fitted with prosthesis, happy with outcome. we will continue to help more. Keep donating please!
Please donate to @LibyaMedicalR who are providing medical aid to Libyan citizens, including prosthetic limbs:
www.libyamedicalrelief.org #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
They are celebrating now after the football match!! :(
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Still marveling at how beautiful #Libya’s coast is. A Libyan friend told me #Gaddafi secret police used to harass those who came 2 enjoy it.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
I am not sexist but this really did make me laugh!! #Women #Ladies pic.twitter.com/vDi0XWd6
4Adam Adam
15,000 of Mauritanians were given citizenship in 90s, those only who lived in #Sirte. Still some of them fighting for Gaddafi. #Libya #Feb17
blabeen
When I 1st met them I thought some of them r children, later I realized they r real lions. pic.twitter.com/qCJlo1vt
Imagine urSelf manning that MGun & the car reversing toward the enemy line. he done it countless times. (الله يحفظه)
pic.twitter.com/2370J4MM
a Moroccan living in #Misrata & fighting for #Libya. #Sirte #Morocco pic.twitter.com/OaJ7lTSL
he lived in #Misrata 4 mny years & still living there, he s fighting 4 freedom like many residents of the city.
The RBG Guy.
pic.twitter.com/bAYnrzAc
A journo n the frontLine, whats different about this 1 s there r no blue helmet&bulletProofVest. name Plz #Sirte #Libya
pic.twitter.com/CwJGSXQ7
1 of the medium guns, 14.5mm gun s widely used by both sides. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/w2mhmwtJ
Anxiously waiting for entering the residential area. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/pKl5gDIX
Finally for today. Meet Hani Elgabou, AKA Blabeen :)
pic.twitter.com/oBuqM9Uk
Aljazeera
Tunisia has arrested a colonel in the former Libyan intelligence service, hiding out in a rented house in a remote town after Gaddafi’s fall, the official TAP news agency says.
The officer had crossed the border using false identity papers more than a month ago, according to a security source cited by the agency, who did not name the colonel.
He was arrested on Friday near Douz, about 500km southwest of Tunis.
Tunisian security forces had placed the man under surveillance after reports of suspicious behaviour. AFP
Al Arabiya
Security to be Restored in Capital
Residents of the Libyan capital Tripoli took to the street on Thursday to protest the presence of armed troops, although the new ruling authorities had decided to redeploy the heavy weapons and forbid soldiers from firing their guns into the air.
The protesters requested armed troops, patrols and vehicles mounted with heavy machine guns to withdraw from the capital. They also called for different armed groups to come together and unite under a national army.
Muhammad, one soldier of NTC said, “Yes, we will agree to take our heavy weapons out of Tripoli. Those weapons are only be used on the front line.”
Video:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/08/1...
Reuters
Libya celebrate probable Nations Cup berth
Libya tearfully celebrated probable qualification for next year’s African Nations Cup finals after a heroic defensive display forced a 0-0 draw in Zambia Saturday.
More:
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/08/uk-so...
Reuters
Libya draw to all but seal Nations Cup qualification
A heroic defensive display helped Libya force a 0-0 draw in Zambia on Saturday in their decisive African Nations Cup qualifier and in all likelihood earn themselves a place at next year’s finals.
The stalemate in Chingola ensured Zambia finished top of Group C by a single point from the unbeaten Libyans, who are likely to also qualify as one of the best-placed runners-up once the weekend’s final set of qualifiers are completed.
Libya’s 39-year-old goalkeeper Samir Aboud made two crucial first-half saves while there was a plethora of key second-half tackles to deny Zambia’s attackers.
More and source:
uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08102011/2/libya...
Have a look:
The Battle for Sirte, October 8, 2011 – Latest Photos.
By Libyan Youth Movement
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.21560...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte #Misrata Fighters control some buildings around Ouagadougou Now attacking houses used by G Snipers Completed sweep of 700Homes #Libya
#Sirte Gaddafi forces hve now been driven from the #IbnSina Hospital where hundreds of civilians have sought refuge from the fighting #Libya
#Libya NTC fight Gaddafi forces in streets of #Sirte Video bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… #Libya
or;
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15229351
#Sirte Gaddafi snipers fire from rooftops of Ouagadougou Conference center the university and a complex of flats #Libya
hominoid555 Russell
Misrata post 8 dead and 25 wounded in the battle for Sirte today, bad sandstorm must have helped to keep the numbers low.
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya حركة وطنية لتمكين المرأة – National Movement for the Empowerment of Women
facebook.com/groups/1243606… via @HafedAlGhwell
libyanproud libyanandproud
I have Hannibal #Gaddafi iPhone :P
Khadija
you have his iPhone???
libyanproud libyanandproud
yup
Khadija
are you serious?! where? I wonder if he knows what to do when you lose your iPhone. Hey use it as bait ;P
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
what did he have on there?
libyanproud libyanandproud
also has bank details :P
hlk01 kristin
oh NTC will be interested in those..
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Zambia and #Libya BOTH qualified 4 #African #Cup of #Nations aft 0-0 draw in Chingola Interestingly #Zambia has NOT recognized NTC yet
Free Libya
Apparently medical students in Tripoli are asking to postpone the academic year till all Libya is free and doctors came back from frontline
Euronews
Libya: NTC troops intensify assault on Sirte
From: Euronews
www.euronews.net Troops from the new Libyan administration have made one of their biggest assaults yet on Sirte, the hometown of the deposed leader Muammar
Gadaffi.
Video:
www.youtube.com/user/Euronews#p/u/1/drYEj7kUk-k
Libyan Street Art
The creative side:
libyanstreetart.blogspot.com
Libyus
Last session of the day: drafting a letter to include women in new gov’t, #Libyanwomenforpeace
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Hundreds of Libyans protest in Martyrs Square against the return of Libyan Jews yfrog.com/oc02wmj on Friday
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#Football #Libya players were in tears when Praying b4 game Sat in silence after game Then got news they Qualified Went Crazy #alhamdulillah
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي
#Benghazi guys having a good time lol love it!
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2314780769...
BirgerHost Birger v. Host
#Libya: African Cup: likely to qualify as one of the best-placed runners-up english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/…
Khadija
#AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Sirte #Freedom #BaniWaleed #Freedom #Solidarity #WeAreAllBehindYou #FREEDOM #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar
SecularLibya MargBar Khamenei
WSJ: Islamists in Tripoli trying to monopolize the military council of Tripoli. online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… #Libya #Feb17
Triploli scream
I posted 4 photos on Facebook in the album “ألبوم مواهب ليبية” fb.me/WziT3Ycx
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
makes me laugh..G supporters say nato is massacring civilians, those civilians r our families! Y would we stay quiet if that was happening?!
RasmusTantholdt Rasmus Tantholdt TV2
Just arrived to #Tripoli. Much have changed since we were here six weeks ago. Trafic jams are back and shops are opened again. Great to see!
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Split by War, #Libya ’s Team Is United by New Goal
goo.gl/6PmFn #Soccer #Football Africa Cup of Nations
SecularLibya MargBar Khamenei
WSJ: Belhaj receiving criticism from other Islamists. Zintan’s military council more secular. Tripoli dominated by Islamists.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Tripoli dominated by Islamists? Where the F*** do they read this bullshit? Libya is 99% moderate muslims tyvm.
BintTarablis KC
From what I’m reading, the Stop The War Coalition parade in Trafalgar Sq was more of a ‘support Gaddafi ’ protest. Glad I didn’t go. #8Oct
Apparently many protesters at today’s Stop The War Coalition demo were pro Gaddafi and were carrying his green flag everywhere. #8Oct #UK
inglesi Piers Scholfield
we’re on air in much of #Libya on 91.5FM in just over an hour – @BBCNewshour – you can hear BBC’s Jonathan Head from the edge of #Sirte
Tweeting Tripoli
Nice. Is this a temporary or a permanent project? Also is it avaiable in Tripoli too? @bbcnewshour
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Same question :) is this available in Tripoli too and will it be a permanent thing? BBCWS radio maybe?
inglesi Piers Scholfield
it’s mostly BBC Arabic but transmits @BBCNewshour in English twice a day. @Honeybal knows more tech details
inglesi Piers Scholfield
transmitters have been in Misrata & Benghazi since July – not sure of transmission range. Tripoli soon I think.
Tweeting Tripoli
Cool, looking forward to listening to BBC while driving around Tripoli :)
libyanproud libyanandproud
Some banks doing business with a #gaddafi son, bad bad banks !
AljaZeera
Zeina Khodr’s latest report contains footage from Sabamiyah, the Sirte neighbourhood which NTC fighters took control of today. Gaddafi loyalists have fled the area and left behind are copies of the Green Book and posters of the toppled leader.
Video:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-oct-...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libya ’s Missing Weapons being Smuggled into #Gaza
goo.gl/JRSso
Split by War, #Libya ’s Team Is United by New Goal
goo.gl/6PmFn #Soccer #Football Africa Cup of Nations
Saw this ad in one of the newspaper on a project to establish (King Idris Ist National Library) #Libya #Derna
twitpic.com/6x1wop
Abdullah
The news of FFs liberating Ibn Sina Hospital (which has snipers on top) is not correct. #Sirte #Libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
tengo que decir muy orgulloso que entre mis seguidores tengo a un tipo que dice ser @MuammarLGaddafi jajajaja #Libia
today big fighting around the university and again Ouagadougou but less intensity than on friday #Sirte #Libya
photo: swimming pool in 5 star hotel used as front line position by NTC fighters yfrog.com/hshteeaj http://yfrog.com/kjhzpmjj
photo: cleaning blood from ambulance in a field hospital near #Sirte #Libya yfrog.com/nxfcmruj
yfrog.com/objbpej
photo: Made your own RPG launcher 2 batteries 1 light switch 1 pipe and screws choose 2 colors #Sirte #Libya
yfrog.com/hwvwcjvj
(LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
Buy 1 get 1 free. Limited time only! Ask your local FF for participating retailers.)
photo: empty houses still with the green flag int 700 Hundred Complex #Sirte #Libya
yfrog.com/nynt6pmj
photo: sniper shooting from 5 start hotel like in Beirut many years ago #Sirte #Libya
yfrog.com/hw8ripkj
NotLibyanStateTV
The Nobel Peace Prize is nothing compared to the Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights, which will be awarded in 48 hours (or so)
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Read carefully and keep this picture in memory always,…
goo.gl/tPQmq
shervin:
Here is Mohammad’s answer to my question “What does freedom feel like?” He’s a FF from #Libya.
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1015031671...
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
Senussi Mahrez of Zwara on #Zwara-Jumayl border says that Misrata fighters are entering #Jumayl to disarm their fighters after an agreement
#zwara realpolitik: send #Misrata Brigade heavies to disarm #Jumayl + capture rapists; misrata gets weapons, zwara gets peace, justice
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
My best work on Paint I think, and my first tweet: bit.ly/qGGJZU
Yifrenia Yefrenia
“The best thing I saw in Libya was the celebration in Tripoli, because it was such a Libyan affair.” via
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/08/li...
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Commander of Sirte freedom fighters to AJA: Today we took control of the 700 neighbourhood and all the university buildings in #Sirte #libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli : what is this ? #Feb17 #Libya
twitpic.com/6×7qdv
twitpic.com/6×7qft
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LPC : #BaniWalid East side : the Freedom Fighters have reached Wadi Maymon and are advancing quickly as they haven’t met resistance.
#BaniWalid : The city center is quite.
BaniWalid South : Reports heavy clashes in El Soug area and in BW airport. #Libya
BaniWalid North : Freedom Fighters have now reached Al Houssna. #Libya #17feb
#AllahuAkbar
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ahrar TV: Deputy chief of the #Tripoli military council, Mahdi al-Harathi, yesterday Friday, announced his resignation form his post.
#BBC – #Sirte: Fight for city goes on, residents escape frightened, convinced they will be killed
bbc.in/oCj8Qu
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte #NTC FF captured Sabamiyah area (close 2 #Ouagadougou) where most Gaddafi Commanders & Officers lived in big luxurious villas #Libya
#Sirte #NTC FF captured #Sabamiyah Neighbourhood where #Gaddafi Top Militia Lived They Fled leaving Piles of Food and Uniforms behind #Libya
ceoDanya
I am going to start collecting toys and school supplies for children in #LIBYA there will be a FB page up 2morrow I will need help advertising and collecting the toys and supplies :) any of u interested :) !
MUST READ:
Telegraph
Libya: suicide tank driver leads the charge for Gaddafi’s Sirte
The young tank driver knew his task was reckless at best and most likely suicidal.
Mohammad Hassan Bagha had volunteered to drive his crippled Soviet-era vehicle alone across an open field in full view of snipers and crash through a wall surrounding a complex full of Gaddafi loyalists.
The plan was to breach the reinforced wall in one of the remaining strongholds in the former Libyan dictator’s birthplace, after 36 hours of barrage had failed to do so. Rebel gunmen would use the opening to clear the snipers from the clutch of shattered university buildings within.
Mr Bagha said he planned to leap out of his tank at the last moment with the vehicle set on collision course, but seemed to appreciate there was little hope he would evade the snipers.
Full art.:
goo.gl/x806x
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Tripoli DS #LiamFox b4 Flying to #Misrata : Msg 4 Those still fighting 4 Gaddafi Game is over, U have been rejected by the people of #Libya
Moez
#Sirte climax looks to be unfolding soon – I believe that they’ll find someone significant there (most likely his body) #Libya #feb17
Source told me today that #motassem believed to be hiding in #IbnSina hospital in #Sirte – #Libya #laststand
Fierce Fighting Continues in Sirte
Revolutionary fighters battled block by block on Saturday as snipers rained fire from rooftops in fierce street fighting in Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte, the most important remaining bastion of support for the fugitive leader. (8 October 2011)
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKbpEE61W7w&fea...
Tweeting Tripoli
IbnSina Hospital: 31°11’6.03"N 16°35’1.47"E Ouagadougou Hall: 31°11’2.15"N 16°35’34.73"E University: 31°10’32.37"N 16°36’16.43"E
Been there 10 years ago, Uni & Conference halls were center of city then. I guess (from GE) lots of new buldngs shifted the center
The concentration of buildings on the north side are relatively new. Last time I visited the Uni was 2000. Never mind ;)
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
I know this might not be a priority but i think the Internet in #Libya should be dealt with.It is Terrible!!
#Sirte #Confirmed by several Commanders : #NTC Fighters Gained control of #Ouagadougou Conference Center #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte #Ouagadougou ConferenceCenter Now in FF CONTROL is destroyed by #NATO + #NTCShelling FF moved on to Residential area #Libya
#NTC #Jalil Calls International Community 2 HELP 2 Treat wounded Saying the cost can be Deducted from #Libyan Assets that were frozen
#Sirte NTC Fighters freed 17 trapped, by fighting, families from #Mauritanian Quarter & Evacuated them in their own trucks #Libya
#Sirte ConcreteBunkers #Ouagadougou center been hit 4days by tank guns and rockets but it hasn’t budged Hardly scratched the Paint #Libya
Reuters:
Top News – Snipers in last-ditch bid to defend Gaddafi hometown #sirte #libya #reuters reut.rs/ow76ys
Nasr
Salem Juha (FFs commander): We R fighting #Gaddafi loyalists in #Sirte street 2 street & house 2 house. At least 5 FFs were killed today.
libyanfsl
Our FF’s in Sirte make significant progress on G’s snipers, TNC’s Interior Ministry gets good response to call for workers to return
Gaddafi Defenders firing few rockets and avoiding firefights may be running low on ammunition in Sirte
SUMMARY OCTOBER 9th 2011
10/9/11
10/09/11
10.09.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/5mztK
@LibyaFromFrance Sarah LFFR
<3 لبسة عروس الثورة – #Libya #17feb
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Tripolitanian Libyan
don’t you think the phone should be given (or lent) to security forces to help track some gaddafis? #justsayin
Anaya
We worried very much about Benghazi, then more about Tripoli… Finally were the “easiest” to free. Allah yunqud #Sirte. #Libya
Yefrenia
insh’Allah itd be amazing & maybe we can see Libya hosting the world cup too at some point in our life time _
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Foreign firms quietly return to #Libyas oil rich east goo.gl/lG5F5 #gaddaficrimes #feb17
Hannibal’s phone:
libyanproud libyanandproud
it has a contact list, emails (password saved too) , skype(logged in), bank statements
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Benghazi Tweeps @Bshkot says he heard an explosion Did anybody else wake up by an explosion ? #Libya
BentBenghazi
my cousins in Fwayhat and salmany haven’t heard anything, I think that its just a rumor
Sarah
my family near Al7adayeq didn’t hear anything as well.Maybe the guy live near elBled. Always julateena there.
adrianhong Adrian Hong
To clarify: Atmosphere in #Tripoli & #Benghazi focused on rebuilding. #Misurata is still in war-mode, w. casualties & proximity to front.
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Italian air chiefs move RAF base used for raids on #Libya cause they need airport 2make money from commercial flights
thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_ne…
Honeybal Wizard Of Technology
I am working on it now, In Tip. Arabic 91.5 English 92.5. I will tweet it when we are on air. Pleade retweet.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
BBC radio will be available in Tripoli in Arabic on 91.5FM and English on 92.5FM soon – follow @honeybal for details #libya #feb17
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Civilians hit by snipers in #Sirte, rescued by f fighters:
bit.ly/nug2q4
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R512-j7b8M
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
Morning – back from #Sirte late last night – the battle raging NTC making ground but taking heavy casualties. #Libya #Feb17
An injured fighter is taken into hospital pic.twitter.com/OKJitTYb
Most have serious blast or gunshot wounds pic.twitter.com/doE2fSoR
Doctors have been overwhelmed. #Libya #Feb17 #Sirte WARNING – this photo shows a man receiving CPR. He later died. pic.twitter.com/K1YwtHGz
The victims just kept on coming #Libya #Sirte pic.twitter.com/jUpGFlec
For the fighters who lost friends – grief pic.twitter.com/z0BxDOXs
More than 30 dead and more than 300 injured pic.twitter.com/yLiBrpPq
A doctor reflects on a difficult day. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/lt4SBioO
Minor injuries have not stopped the fighters from going back to the frontline #Libya #Sirte pic.twitter.com/b5p1ouZq
Reloading on the frontline – my pic of the day #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/3vByd6GV
Sky News
Anti-Gaddafi Forces Aim For Heart Of Sirte
Soldiers loyal to Libya’s new government hope to advance into the heart of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte today.
The troops are reported to have captured the university and a conference centre but are holding off from an assault on the main square to let civilians escape.
“Last night, we were sleeping in the university and this morning we came under random strikes there,” said a fighter who had withdrawn from the position.
“We have martyrs inside and we are trying to get them out.”
Read more and video:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
4Adam Adam
Dunno know why ppl get angry when I call those armed men in #Tripoli as armed groups. People carrying unlicensed arms in a city called gangs
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I support weapons and licenses being confiscated from FF that shoot celebratory bullets anywhere near the densely populated cities. #libya
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Interesting that not Sirte, but Bani Waleed seems to become the last big town in the hands of the Gaddafi regime. #Libya #Gaddafi
tripolitano Tripolitano
Glad to say celebFiring was much much less today than a month ago in the previous match they won #Libya #Tripoli
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#FF’s in #Sirt have made me so proud.Found 2Million LD and handed it straight over to the NTC.Thats what real Libyans are all about #Libya
Ibn Omar
Please RT: Me and some people are creating an organization that will help #Libyans voice their concerns. Looking for DEDICATED people to help push this forward. If interested, please contact me
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
It would contradict UN1973 if the massacre avoided in #Benghazi just got moved down the road to #Sirte. #Libya
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/04/liby...
Darkened screens at Benghazi multiplex await war’s end
BENGHAZI, Libya — The day after the Libyan revolution erupted in February, Benghazi’s posh Al-Feel multiplex cinema closed its doors. Its screens are likely to remain dark until the war ends and the boys come home.
“We can’t open until fighting ends on the front line where our brothers are battling Kadhafi’s men,” said Helmi Ali Hassan of the locals risking their lives to capture the hometown of the deposed leader, hundreds of kilometres to the west across the vast Gulf of Sirte.
Hassan, a security guard at the cinema, said the mood in the eastern city is “revolutionary and sombre at the same time,” as the rebellion has killed tens of thousands since February.
Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Is this amount of Injured and Killed; 800 ppl by celebratory fire since Liberation #Tripoli Aug20 confirmed anywhere?
PatriotSmurf
My friend’s wife is a doctor at Tripoli central hospital besides I heard on tv the number is 700 couple of weeks ago
That is a shocking amount of people wounded or dead by this senseless habit of firing in the air
#TRIPOLI Mahdi al-Harati Deputy head of #Tripoli #Military #Council RESIGNED friday Disagrees with #NTC about #Tripoli Security #Libya
#RasLanuf: workers say Refinery could restart within days with 300,000 barrels of #oil from stocks already built up in tanks there #Libya
Moez
Hear hear “@blakehounshell: I will not believe Saleh has resigned until he is dead, and maybe not even then. #Yemen”
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
#Libya #NTC fighters battle their way to the heart of #Sirte – #Gaddafi loyalists surrounded.
tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Baltimorean taking up the Libyan rebel cause
baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/… #Libya #Feb17 #Baltimore #US
nuna_nuna
Too many pple had no idea youth men cut down with anti-aircraft guns for a full month before NATO stepped in. #Libya" #fb
Sarah
Seems the Freedom Fighters have done good advances in #BaniWalid. #AllahuAkbar #Libya
#FFs from all parts of #Libya working together to free all parts of #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=ITtdW6…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITtdW6HztsU&fea...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: I’ll be back n Tunis n a few days. Getting requests from injured FF’s to bring phones & laptops (Eng vs French). Any donors who care?
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Mitiga is good and safe enough for all flights for now. Let’s just wait for the NFZ to be lifted before worrying about TIP
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
Many injured transported to #Benghazi yesterday. Many deaths too. Uncle just came back from Sahriya… Kept hearing about sniper injuries #Libya
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Today’s demo in #Sabha by FF, in support of NTC, & calling for Gaddafiloyalists to be disarmed #Libya v @Fazzan17feb
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18470...
2million #Libya’n dinars found buried at a home. FF sweeping for weapons, noticed soil had been moved v @free_misurata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxF5GGO4ipQ
LibyaSteadfast
Heard of cousin who was MIA in #BaniWalid. He was caught & tortured for ‘aiding rats’ 4 men executed b4 him-He was released thank God #Libya
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Any aid agencies or organisations interested in aid for the displaced people of #baniwalid, DM for details of BW crisis committee. RT!
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Beldahj is the only guy you people might classify as a “radical islamist” and even then he doesn’t “dominate”
Sallabi is more troublesome but he is not in Tripoli and has nothing to do with mil council.
Also Salafis do not represent anything near a majority or a “dominating” force in Tripoli.
BREAKING: AFP:
Libya’s freedom fighters are in control of Sirte’s ‘Ouagadougou’ conference hall.
Aljazeera
Zeina Khodr reports from Sirte
The battle for Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, is continuing, with Gaddafi loyalists putting up stiff resistance.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the outskirts of the town.
Video:
www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish?b...=7&ob=5#p/u/0/Q3ExspwKLSQ
Fighting rages in Libya’s Sirte
Forces of Libya’s interim government have managed to take control of Sabamiyah, a neighbourhood in Sirte which used to be populated by supporters of Muammar Gaddafi.
But elsewhere in the city, Gaddafi loyalists are putting up stiff resistance.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Sirte.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvB4Di-5Vs&fea...
RenaNetjes
AJA:
Son Gaddafi’s sister captured in Sirt, and a commander of Gaddafi’s forces.
France 24
Libya forces tighten grip on Kadhafi hometown
Forces of Libya’s new regime on Sunday tightened their stranglehold on Moamer Kadhafi’s hometown Sirte, seizing its university and edging closer to his diehards holed up in a conference centre.
Fighting has been raging around Sirte’s university and the nearby Ouagadougou conference centre since the National Transitional Council forces launched on Friday what they are calling their final assault on the coastal city.
Read more:
www.france24.com/en/20111009-libya-forc...
Sirte
Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid has been caught by ff’s.
Nephew of Gaddafi
Abdel Hamid is a commander in Sirte.
Sirte:
Some ff’s have been caught by G loyalists and kept inside hospital.
CNN Libya fighters in ‘final stages’ to take Gadhafi hometown, they say
Fighters loyal to Libya’s new leaders say they have “reached the final stages of the fight” to take control of former leader Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown.
About 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the fighting overnight, said Al Zubair Al Kadi, a field commander on the frontline in Sirte, on Sunday.
“Our fighters took over Sirte University last night and all the residential buildings around it, including the student dormitories,” he said.
Troops loyal to the National Transitional Council “caught many African mercenaries, mostly from Mauritania, while our men were combing the buildings for snipers,” he said.
Read more:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/09/world/africa...
BANI WALID
Tweeting Tripoli
Bullet riddled #FF truck! Pic by a friend at #BaniWalid frontlines. Note: they let tire air out 2 drive on sand #feb17
pic.twitter.com/PNb2kKup
My friend says most weapons at #BaniWalid front are modified ones. So where are the proper weapons then? Sirte?
pic.twitter.com/vycqiCBn
This rocket launcher is operated by a mobile phone battery!! #BaniWalid frontline. pic.twitter.com/iZQoy042
Another pic from the #BaniWalid frontline: modified aircraft rocket launcher. pic.twitter.com/RleBOYIY
The #FF at #BaniWalid frontline are a bit annoyed. They wonder why there haven’t been any visits from Tripoli Mil Council commanders yet?
#BaniWalid frontlines just received yesterday some used Walkie Talkies donated from Soug Guma #FF for comunication.
pic.twitter.com/52nZyBIu
Tweeting Tripoli
Gaddafi thugs radio (Aug 21) at 4:30 orders troops to kill immediately as there are no free places left in prisons.
Gaddafi commander on radio at 9:00 orders a soldier to kill all detainees, he threatens that he will kill him too:
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEzTr4b9h5I&fea...
AFP
Forces loyal to Libya’s new regime on Sunday took control of Sirte’s University, one of the main bastions of Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists in his hometown, an AFP correspondent reported.
“We have taken the university… we have liberated the area from Gaddafi’s forces,” National Transitional Council commander Nasser Zamud said, as hundreds of his fighters roamed the campus.
Cnn
Fighters loyal to Libya’s new leaders say they have “reached the final stages of the fight” to take control of former leader Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown.
About 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the fighting overnight, said Al Zubair Al Kadi, a field commander on the frontline in Sirte, on Sunday. Troops loyal to the National Transitional Council “caught many African mercenaries, mostly from Mauritania, while our men were combing the buildings for snipers,” he said.
At least one hospital remains a holdout, he said.
“We have not been able to take over the Ibn Sina hospital because there are many civilians inside,” he said.
“Also some of our fighters have fallen in the hands of the Gadafi loyalists and are kept inside so we have to enter it cautiously to avoid losing lives,” he said.
Aljazeera
Fighters loyal to Libya’s transitional leaders have arrested Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid, a nephew of the fugitive leader Moamer Gaddafi in the port city of Sirte, the broadcaster Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
Abdel Hamid is a commander of a pro-Gaddafi brigade in Sirte, where interim authority troops are fighting a fierce battle to capture the city, the television report said.
The anti-Gaddafi forces have set up checkpoints around Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown, to prevent Gaddafi loyalists from fleeing the city, Al Jazeera said.
AFP
Forces of the National Transitional Council on Sunday seized the main buildings of a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte, where his loyalists were holed up.
Jordan
His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday reiterated Jordan’s support for the Libyan people in achieving their aspirations in the reconstruction of a new Libya. The Monarch also voiced his support for the National Transitional Council (NTC) in its
efforts to rebuild Libya and maintain its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
During a meeting with Libyan interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, the King discussed the latest developments in Libya and means to enhance relations between the two countries. He stressed that the Kingdom will continue to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to the Libyan people to help them overcome the difficult conditions their country is currently facing and to move into a new phase of security and stability.
Sky News
Congratulations to Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford, her producer Tim Miller, and cameraman Martin Smith. who were announced winners at the Bayeux-Calvados ceremony for war correspondents event on Saturday in Rennes, north-west France. Well-deserved for great reporting. We thank you.
Egyptians released
Eighteen Egyptian fishermen who were arrested in the Libyan city of Misrata after entering Libyan territorial waters have been released, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry has said.
Germany
Germany intends to step up its assistance in Libya by offering visas for medical treatment to those wounded in the civil war. The visas are to be issued with minimal bureaucracy, according to German officials.
Aljazeera
Libyan transitional government forces seized the main hospital in the city of Sirte on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, capturing more than a dozen fighters loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi who had used the buildings to launch mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. “We are trying to evacuate the sick and wounded,” said Salah Mustafa, a commander of the government forces. “Most of the Gaddafi militia fled,
some of them have disguised themselves as doctors. We have to investigate.”
Bani Walid
HebaShi_Mub HebaShi Mub
Aljazeera reporter : #FF control #BaniWalid’s airport (South the City). #Libya
Sirte
HebaShi_Mub HebaShi Mub
‘Ouagadougou’ conference hall is now under #FF’s control. #Libya #Sirte
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The Ibn Sina hospital in #Sirt is now in full control of the NTC Fighters. #Libya
LPC
#FF in BinWaleed attack the city from the South and take control of the Airport #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
REUTERS –
#Gaddafi used the Hospital buildings to launch mortars and RPGs “We are trying to evacuate the sick and wounded,” said #NTC
Sarah LFFR
#AJA Reporter :
AbdelRahman AbdelHamid, Gaddafi’s nephew has been arrested. #Sirte #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Things are moving thick and fast today at the last 2 remaining front lines.We pray that by tonight #Libya will be a free country.
A.Abdulhamid, #Gadaffis nephew has been arrested in #Sirt.Funny thing is i never knew Gadaffi had brothers or sisters!Who are they?
HebaShi_Mub HebaShi Mub
OK! as a Libyan I never knew we had that much of airports ! I thought we only had two in #Tripoli & one in #Benghazi !! ppl used only three!
#Darna #Libya water streams slowly through cracks in the dam impounding it from flooding the city. #dangerous with heavy rains yet to come!
Aljazeera reporter :
IbnSena ( #Sirte’s main hospital ) is now under #FF’s control & no sight for #Moatassem #Gaddafi there. #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Dr Ali Ahmed in #Misrata treating casualties from #Sirte: ‘Last night we are facing 96 cases’ (We lack) ‘drugs, anaesthesia and analgesia.’
Mustafa Abdul #Jalil, has said ‘vicious fighting is continuing in #Sirte.’ 100s are reported killed over last few days. #Libya #Feb17
(AFP) – #NTC Forces on Sunday took control of #Sirte university. #Libya
Madura: “We will stand against all forms of interference the US is trying to impose on #Syria in the same way it did in #Libya.”
(AFP) – #Sirte “We control 100 percent of the Ouagadougou centre,” said Mohammed al-Fayad, a NTC military leader. #Libya
Abdullah Salim, resident of #Sirte “Heavy fighting and bombardment has been continuous and unbearable and we have no option but to leave.”
#SIRTE, Libya, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Libyan transitional government forces seized the main hospital in the city of Sirte on Sunday
REUTERS – #Gaddafi used the Hospital buildings to launch mortars and RPGs “We are trying to evacuate the sick and wounded,” said #NTC
Slideshow of Reuters pics from battle for Sirte today and yesterday tinyurl.com/6frbl25 #Libya
After almost 8 months of fighting is #Sirte about to fall? #Libya
BBC
Sirte gains for Libya’s NTC forces
Interim government forces in Libya have captured the university area of Sirte and fought their way into the city’s Ouagadougou conference centre.
A National Transitional Council (NTC) commander said some fighting continued at the sprawling conference complex.
NTC forces launched the latest assault on Friday against Sirte, home town of fugitive leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Richard Galpin reports.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1523333...
MSNBC
Libya government forces seize main hospital in Sirte
Libyan transitional government forces seized the main hospital in the city of Sirte on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, capturing more than a dozen fighters loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi who had used the buildings to launch mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
“We are trying to evacuate the sick and wounded,” said Salah Mustafa, a commander of the government forces. “Most of the Gaddafi militia fled, some of them have disguised themselves as doctors. We have to investigate.”
Some 15 Gaddafi loyalists were marched out of the buildings and one was punched on the back of the head when NTC forces found a picture of the deposed leader in his pocket.
Source:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44834402/ns/world_...
Guardian
Libyan forces seize Sirte landmarks as battle for key city nears end
Anti-Gaddafi troops halt push for main square to let Sirte civilians flee fighting.
The Libyan interim government forces said on Sunday they had captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, but were holding off an assault on the main square to allow civilians to escape.
Taking Sirte would bring Libya’s new rulers a big step closer to establishing control of the whole country almost two months after they seized the capital, Tripoli, but Gaddafi snipers are holding up their advance in chaotic street battles.
“We have made good progress,” said Mahmoud Bayu, commander of the Shohada al-Manatair brigade, to the south of Sirte.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/09/li...
LA News
Libyan fighters taking Kadafi’s hometown street by street
Optimism rises in the ranks battling to take Surt from Moammar Kadafi loyalists, but there may still be a hard fight ahead for the final quadrants of the city.
Reporting from Surt, Libya—
After weeks of failed offensives, insubstantial incursions and withering counterattacks, it seemed Saturday that the end game had begun in earnest for Moammar Kadafi’s hometown, Surt.
Street by street, fighters for Libya’s transitional government captured a residential district that had been riddled with loyalist snipers.
“Kadafi’s men are 300 meters away,” a fighter shouted over the machine-gun fire, pointing to the end of the street where smoke curled from a mortar round explosion.
Heavy bullets ricocheted off the eucalyptus trees that lined the streets, snapping large branches. Rocket-propelled grenades exploded, leaving puffs of black smoke against the blue sky.
The district, a newly built complex of 700 homes, unimaginatively named “700,” had been Kadafi’s pet project
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www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#APTN just showed video of an #FF with broken leg hobbling in to #Sirte Uni. He had a walking stick in one hand and AK-47 in the other
WyreDavies
Post-revolution tensions in #Libya. Clashes reported in #Ziltan, not pro & anti #Gaddafi but clans fighting over land.
Sarah
“The Libyan revolution is not a revolution but a civil war helped by NATO” _ and here we go again.
InshAllah today new assault on #BaniWalid from the South. Pray for the Freedom Fighters. #Libya #17Feb
Hassan AlDroe – #Sirte NTC representative – on Al Jazeera Mubasher now. #Libya
H. AlDroe : Many people are leaving #Sirte by foot. – #SirteCrisis #Libya
#BaniWalid front the freedom fighters are not heavily armed and the terrain is difficult.
AJA Reporter :
The Freedom Fighters entered in #BaniWalid from the South and they now control the Airport.
Sarah
Can’t believe it that Egypt, Algeria & Cameroon are out while #Libya is in. #Football
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Raining once again here in tripoli :) no need for ACs anymore just open a window #libya #Tripoli
malonebarry Barry Malone
Reuters journalists in Sirte say NTC forces have taken the main hospital and captured more than a dozen pro-Gaddafi fighters there #Libya
One pro-Gaddafi fighter captured in hospital punched when NTC forces found a picture of Gaddafi in his pocket… #Libya
Daily Star
Tunisia arrests Libyan intelligence man
TUNIS: Tunisia has arrested a colonel in the former Libyan intelligence service, hiding out in a rented house in a remote town after Moamer Kadhafi’s fall, the official TAP news agency said Saturday.
The officer had crossed the border using false identity papers more than a month ago, according to a security source cited by the agency, who did not name the colonel.
He was arrested on Friday near Douz, about 500 kilometres (310 miles) southwest of Tunis.
Tunisian security forces had placed the man under surveillance after reports of suspicious behaviour.
No firearms were found at the house he rented in an remote area of Douz.
Tunisia in September arrested former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi near the country’s southwestern border with Algeria.
He is under an arrest warrant from Libya’s new authorities.
Source:
www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2...
freedomgrouptv
Misrata hospital received 93 wounded Oct8. Some in ICU, some operated on, some released & returned to Sirte front
Arrival of much needed reinforcement of fighters to Zuwara city, from Misrata (0:04) & Nalut (2:05) #Libya www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFq2ty9bw_g
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFq2ty9bw_g
#AJA: AbdulRahman AbdulHamid, Gaddafi’s nephew & leader of a Gaddafi brigade arrested trying to flee #Sirte #Libya
#AJA: AbdulRahman AbdulHamid, Gaddafi’s nephew, had faked hid ID but fighters recognized him #Sirte
youtube.com/watch?v=sgP8ET…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgP8ETGF02Q
( fyi: AbdulRahman AbdulHamid is the commander4 who ordered his soldiers to rape)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Col Salem Jaha Head of NTC operations room in Sirte says Sirte University & Ougadougo conference hall undr FFs control #feb17 #libya
Aljazeera: FFs control Bani Walid Airport which lies in Southern part of Bani Walid #feb17 #libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
ls revolucionarios libios dicen q han capturado la universidad d #Sirte 1 d ls últimos bastiones gadafistas l final s inminente #Libia
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan rebels now control the main hospital in Sirte, #Alarabiya
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Unconfirmed reports from #misrata fighters on the front that son of #gaddafi(s) sister arrested by #NTC fighters in #Sirte #libya.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
hominoid555 Russell
Sirte Medics said six NTC fighters were killed and 99 wounded on Saturday, taking the toll to 23 dead and almost 330 wounded
blabeen
On the road to #Sirte again. ‘en sha Allah’ c u in few days, pray for us.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Saudi Arabia to continue production at current rate despite Libya’s return to market, says oil minister
goo.gl/mN0Rj
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Libya NTC forces say they control Bani Walid airport
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya government forces seize main hospital in Sirte
is.gd/ZbLXbp #Libya
Anti-Gadhafi Fighters Make Gains In Sirte
is.gd/CTMFWj #Libya
markito0171 Mark
#Libya map of #Sirte shows location of forces. GFs expelled from outskirts into inner city.
twitpic.com/6xmlho
hominoid555 Russell
NTC Troops are now in control of 80% of Sirte
Hayat Libya
#MoussaIbrahim apparently accuses #France and #NATO of making it rain LOL it’s winter you dork!-Though if you can make rain-Do it in summer!
FreeBenghazi
Fighters find alcohol whilst sweeping AlKurad #Sabha. They also find weapons buried around area #Libya v @fazzan17feb
facebook.com/photo.php?v=26…
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The famous quote “Zanga Zanga” is now being implied by the #NTC forces in #Sirt.Thanks for telling us how it should be done G-man! #Libya
khalidkhan787 Khalid Khan
Libya rebels under sniper fire near Ouagadougou conference centre twitpic.com/6xocmf Sirte Oct 9
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
After weeks of relative calm, the #BaniWalid front seems to be exploding once again. FF in control of the airport & 1km from centre #libya
Sirte: FF are in control of the university, conference centre and hospital, which were Gaddafi troop strongholds previously #libya #feb17
Khalid Khan
Libya rebels take cover from snipers near Ouagadougou conference centre
Photo’s:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/khalidkhan787...
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
#Misrata Military Council:rebels in control of Ougadougou conference hall,surrounding building and Ibn Sina hospital in #Sirte
Aljazeera blog
Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention centre that loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader’s hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout snipers from rooftops in their offensive aimed at crushing this key bastion of the old regime. [AP]
National Transitional Council (NTC) forces said on Sunday they have managed to take control of Al Giza district, where a large number of pro-Gaddafi forces were based, Sirte university, and Ibn Sina hospital.
Some 15 Gaddafi loyalists were captured from the hopsital, a witness told Reuters news agency.
Despite facing stiff resistance from Gaddafi loyalists, they also captured the Ouagadougou conference centre, which is believed to have housed the command centre of Gaddafi’s forces and was protected by a large number of snipers.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
In Tripoli, Gaddafi’s Palace Becomes People’s Market
is.gd/tZqYDG #Libya
Libya government says captures Sirte landmark targets
is.gd/MwYMle #Libya
Libya fighters in ‘final stages’ to take Gaddafi hometown, they say shabablibya.org/news/libya-fighters-in-... #Libya
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
Mohamed Al-Teiry from Al-Nufleen #FFs martyred in BaniWalid on Friday 07/10/2011.#Libya الله يرحمه ويغفرله يارب
pic.twitter.com/slVfgv8R
AbdulHameed Mohamed Al-Hadad martyred on Friday 27/05/2011. #Libya May God grant him the highest levels of paradise
pic.twitter.com/IBESSCAV
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Shemendi was shot by G forces in his heart near Qasr Bin Ashour on 28/08/2011. اللهم تقبله من الشهداء
pic.twitter.com/8gcLUIRH
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
UK Defence Minister Liam Fox arrives in #Misrata #Libya.
RasmusTantholdt Rasmus Tantholdt TV2
Doctors waiting in one of #Gadhafis bombed palaces in #Sirte. Trying to get access to the hospital, but its too dangerous they say.
Sarah LFFR
#AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Sirte #BaniWalid #Libya
libyanfsl
Libya’s FF have liberated the villages of Teninai & Shuwaikh south of Bani Walid last night #Feb17 #Libya
khalidkhan787 Khalid Khan
Libya rebels celebrate after seizing control of Ouagadougou conference centre in Sirte twitpic.com/6xosy4 twitpic.com/6xot0i
Celebrations in Sirte
twitpic.com/6xou14 twitpic.com/6xou31 #Libya Oct 9
Libya rebels roaming free near Ouagadougou conference centre twitpic.com/6xorcx after claiming victory, Sirte Oct 9
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ra’y TV: ‘fighting is only on the outskirts of the #Sirte’ Alray are leading on a (false) story of attacks against US forces in #Iraq.
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
Mohamed Al-Tayar from Al-Nufleen #FFs martyred in BaniWalid on Friday 07/10/2011.#Libya الله يرحمه ويغفرله يارب
yfrog.com/khhlkcszj
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Liberation of Sirt is imminent! Hope FF catch G son moatasim! Baniwalid will b isolated, we move to new gov. & official start of new Libya!!
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Most common Q on rd frm tripoli to ras ajdir tday wasn’t requests for documents, but: “what tribe r u from?” #libya #harbinger?
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
To all #Gadaffi loyalists.Here is the hall your DOG used to bark in for hours and hours.Look who is there now #Libya
pic.twitter.com/rtV7o5EY
#Gadaffi’s main hall has been officially taken over by the Libyan #FF.#Gadaffi loyalists the clock is ticking .. #Libya
pic.twitter.com/VrsTJhGa
malonebarry Barry Malone
Latest Reuters summary of events in Sirte
reut.rs/pG7gMW #Libya
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Rebel fighters have entered Bani Walid 1km away from main market & took over the airport liberating Dhahara Teninai & Shuwaikh #Libya
Sarah LFFR
#BaniWalid : According to #AJA the Freedom Fighters are now 1km from the city center aka El Soug Area. #Libya #17feb
Le Monde
Libye : l’avancée des rebelles à Syrte en images
Photo’s:
goo.gl/i9J7a
perfectsliders:
Sirte significant gains, heavy street fighting continues around Sirte city centre goo.gl/fb/2wFbV”
Malta Independent
Libyan doctor recalls his worst day in the Libyan war
Mohammed Elbira, a medical doctor, recounted how he survived what he called the worst day of fighting in war torn Misurata.
Dr Elbira came to Malta in charge of 14 Libyans from Misurata and two foreigners − an Italian and a Bulgarian − who needed immediate care but could not receive it in Libya because all the hospitals were full.
Until mid-May, Misurata’s centre had been taken over by rebels and the war started spreading to the outskirts, he explained.
Gaddafi loyalists had tried to disrupt communications between rebels by spreading lies, so for a while the rebels stopped fighting, he said.
At the time, he was working in a small clinic that was turned into a war zone front line hospital. “Medical resources were limited and we had to deal with five to 10 deaths and some 30 to 40 injuries daily,” he explained.
Read more:
www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsite...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Triploli scream
I posted 13 photos on Facebook in the album "استعدادت لمهرجان كبير – مدينة الزاوÙ fb.me/1k2nez2By
Anaya
Fortunately free #Libya knows about the Polisario now. #Gaddafi can’t support them anymore. Will #Algeria continue to support mercenaries?
malonebarry Barry Malone
Gaddafi’s enemies first guests at showpiece hotel | Reuters
reut.rs/mXugCy #Libya
Nusaiba☺
الله اكبر!!!
youtu.be/TuIZ8aCYw3M (Arabic) – More gains in #Sirte by FF and Gaddafi’s nephew has been camptured! #Libya #feb17
Nasr Anaizi
Journalists & other observers sense a marked decline in the popularity of Mustafa Abdel #Jalil particularly in #Benghazi & #Misrata #NTC
This decline is attributed to #Jalil defense of #Gaddafi men & his insistence on imposing #Jibril (aka Mahmoud Gebril Elwerfally) gov chief
Ali Tweel
Fight like a Libyan!!
fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash… #Libya #Sirte #Feb17
BBV
Libya conflict: Gaddafi town Sirte ‘close to falling’
Interim government forces in Libya have made significant gains in the battle for the city of Sirte – hometown of the fugitive leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
National Transitional Council (NTC) commanders said they had captured the main hospital, the university and the Ouagadougou conference centre.
More here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15232870
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
AP: #Sina Hospital; #FF detained about 25 people suspected of being #Gaddafi fighters or #mercenaries.
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
NTC: " Tripoli military council will be restructured & Higher Security Council will secure Tripoli until ministry of interior is instated"
Alarabiya:
FFs in control of Ouagadougou Hall
in #Sirte.
Footage from location.
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Reuters are showing shots of the NTC Fighters in #Sirte main hosptial. #Libya
BirgerHost Birger v. Host
#ThingsPeopleShouldNotDo: Hiding #Gaddafi!
A Libyan fighter smashes a poster depicting fugitive leader #Gaddafi #Sirte #Libya #Feb17
goo.gl/FrOs1
VICE News
The Rebels of Libya
Video’s:
www.vice.com/vice-news/the-rebels-of-li...
Libya_Awake_United
#Sirte, we will embrace you sooner than you think, we will. #Libya #FEb17
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Libya TV shows hardly any shows, what a shame :-( i had high expectations of the channel
Latest updates from #Sirte and #BaniWalid fronts (Arabic) – Al Jazeera -
youtube.com/watch?v=TuIZ8a…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuIZ8aCYw3M&...
Nervana
If democracy wouldn’t bring religious freedom , then what is the point?
SMILE:
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
They should be sentenced to assembling 5,000 pieces of Ikea furniture. RT@cnni Arrests in Poland over Ikea explosions
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
LIBYA TV – HOTBIRD – 11.566H 27.500
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Sirte: FF are in control of the university, conference centre and hospital, which were Gaddafi troop strongholds previously
Armchair Arab
what’s still in gaddafi control in Sirte now then?
libyanfsl
The Sewage…
Tweeting Tripoli
Guys did you hear this:
youtube.com/watch?v=UEzTr4…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEzTr4b9h5I&fea...
(pay attention at 4:30 & 9:00).
More evidence of the brutality of Gaddafi’s goons. I wonder if its possible to recognize the voice?
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Liberation of Sirt is imminent! Hope FF catch G son moatasim! Baniwalid will b isolated, we move to new gov. & official start of new Libya!!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
AP: #Sina Hospital, scores of wounded civilians crowding the corridors, lying on gurneys and floors. #Sirte # Libya # Feb17
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Rebel fighters entered Bani Walid 1km from main market & took over airport liberating Dhahara Teninai & Shmaikh #Libya
NTC: " Tripoli military council will be restructured & Higher Security Council will secure Tripoli until ministry of interior is instated"
#CNN edition.cnn.com/2011/10/09/wor… #Libya
#CNN Libya fighters in ‘final stages’ to take Gadhafi hometown, they say edition.cnn.com/2011/10/09/wor… #Sirte #BaniWalid
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Insha allah within a day maximum FFs will control Sirte + all of Libya in 2 days, insha allah
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Libya the silent treasure – on Libya TV
Libya_Awake_United
more complicated in #BaniWalid , these minds are the concentrated version of the 42 yrs mind wash
Smile:
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
I hate all kinds of bugs, specially software ones…
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Ahmed Begato : AlArabiya reporter: FFs have opened a safe corridor for Sirte families to leave city from #feb17 #Libya
Ahmed Begato :Alarabiya reporter 1/2: All of Sirte expected to be in control of FFs in few hours or tomorrow at latest.
Ahmed Begato : AlArabiya reporter 2/2: Little resistance remains w/ some fighting in Dollar district & near Ibn Sina hospital #feb17 #Libya
Mutassim
mbi3000 LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
I think he fled last Sunday, that’s what Mr. Bani said.
Des Grant
Ouagadougou conference hall fell without fight in the end, GF fled to hosir FF firmly in control here
youtube.com/watch?v=mPexy8… #libya #feb17”
feb17libya Feb17Libya
More than 18 people were killed and 300 wounded in the past 2 days in the fight for Sirte.
feb17.info/news/live-liby… #Libya
Gihan Badi
#NTC forces seize #Sirte university & conference centre, FF said “The fighting has been difficult; because of snipers”
tgr.ph/nVkCyq
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Must see : Now on Aljazeera mubashar interviews in Abu Sleem prison in Tripoli with ex prisoners #feb17 #libya
Triploli scream
I posted 10 photos on Facebook in the album “نشاطات – حركة ثائرات الزاوية الحرة” fb.me/1nUR65D8d
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
La Quasi totalité de Syrte est au main des forces du CNT !
france24.com/fr/20111009-un…
Premières images de l’intérieur de Syrte libérée ! Via @BBCWorld www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15233330
4Adam Adam
OCT 9 – Fighters loyal to Libya’s #NTC take over large a swath of central Sirte. Video reuters.com/video/2011/10/…
or:
www.reuters.com/video/2011/10/09/key-vi...
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Dont forget to thank God for making this revolution sucssesful
Al Arabiya
Death Toll Raise in Sirte
More than 18 people were killed and nearly 300 wounded on Saturday in a two days of clashes as Libya’s new regime fighters struggled to take full control of Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.
The push by National Transitional Council fighters squeezed Qaddafi’s diehard loyalists into an ever tighter net in Sirte.
Forces from Libya’s interim regime scored a strategic goal on Saturday, seizing a four-lane avenue which opens the way to a final assault on a key base of Qaddafi’s troops.
But with thousands of civilians still trapped inside the town, NTC commanders said they were pacing their advance to evacuate some of those who had not fled and to avoid more causalities.
More and video:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/09/1...
Niz_FGM Niz
نحن اقوى متحدين United, we are strong.
youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQey…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQeyHqaU0
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
We will be having a huge party all over the world for the completion of liberating ALL Libya insha allah
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Reuters: #NTC forces said they reached main square of #Sirte; but could not move in yet as they were waiting for civilians to leave.
Open_Oil
fighters from #sirte also being brought to #misrata hospital-was there yday,constant helicopters,&gunfire as the wounded died
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Thanks to everyone telling me that Muttasim has fled #Sirte already.
RasmusTantholdt Rasmus Tantholdt TV2
Many ambulances with wounded entering the fielshospital outside #Sirte. #NTC fighters say they captured one sniper and two #Gadaffi soldiers
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: FFs liberate Ibn Sena Hospital in Sirte. ALLAH AKBAR
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya NTC already working on choosing a new interim prime minister as official declaration of final liberation may come tomorrow!!
Open_Oil OpenOil
#nato and uk/france v popular in #libya,just heard a libyan song with chorus “thanks ya sarkozy!”-can’t imagine it’ll sell well in france!
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
la batalla de #Sirte se aproxima a su fin los revolucionarios han capturado las principales posiciones de los gadafistas #Libia
Aljazeera
Tunisia has arrested a colonel in the former Libyan intelligence service, hiding out in a rented house in a remote town after Gaddafi’s fall, the official TAP news agency says.
The officer had crossed the border using false identity papers more than a month ago, according to a security source cited by the agency, who did not name the colonel.
He was arrested on Friday near Douz, about 500km southwest of Tunis.
Tunisian security forces had placed the man under surveillance after reports of suspicious behaviour. AFP
Libya’s oil chief says the OPEC member’s current production stands at about 25 percent of its prewar levels and full output
could come in about 15 months.
National Oil Corp. chairman Nuri Berruien also told The Associated Press on Sunday that the interim government would honor existing contracts, but it was up to the next
government to decide on new licensing rounds or agreements.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council, said both Sirte and Bani Walid would be liberated within days.
“I will reassure all Libyans that the liberation will be done in the coming few days. The city of Bani Walid is
under siege from five directions,” Jalil told reporters.
“As for Sirte, after the heavy fighting yesterday and the day before, the fighters reached the city centre and
they are combing the residential neighbourhoods where there are some snipers. I think and I hope with the help of God the liberation of these two towns will be completed by the end of this week,” he added.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya oil chief sees prewar output in 15 months #Alarabiya
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
markito0171 Mark
#Libya map of #Sirte shows location of forces.The final game will take place in city center tommorow
twitpic.com/6xqljv
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
Fares Al-Mansouri from Zawiyah who martyred yesterday on 8/10/2011 in #Sirte. He has…(1/2) #libya yfrog.com/j2fe4zyj
…previoulsy been in the fronts in Nafousa Mnts, Gheryan, Zawiyah and finally in #Sirte. #libya (2/2) الله يرحمه
yfrog.com/o0txvaj
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya football team indebted to keeper Aboud is.gd/wsqHVR #Libya
Libya conflict: Sirte situation ‘deteriorating fast’ BBC Video www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15231598 #Libya #Sirte
Khadija Ali
Anybody interested in going to a two day economic empowerment and civil engagement workshop here in the capital Tripoli? #Libya
Somaya A.K
What calms me down and en stills happiness from within <3 youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-IQt…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-IQtG7_X4&fea...
Emo Libya
Moatasim flees where? This coward
88simon88 simon
SYRTE+BANI WALID defense are collapsing…We R maybe living the last days/hours of the ARMED REVOLUTION. Building new Libya is abt to begin!
Middle east Online
Libya new regime on verge of claiming full control of Sirte
Forces of Libya’s new regime were on the verge of claiming full control of Moamer Gathafi’s hometown Sirte after seizing its showpiece conference centre and university from his diehards on Sunday.
In their advance, fighters of the National Transitional Council (NTC) also seized control of the Mediterranean town’s hospital and university campus, correspondents said.
The fortress-like Ouagadougou conference centre, constructed to host pan-African summits, has been a major objective of the NTC forces since they launched a September 15 offensive on the city.
“We control 100 percent of the Ouagadougou centre,” said Mohammed al-Fayad, an NTC military chief, adding the capture “opens the way” for his forces to overrun the city centre.
Full art.:
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=...
Deccan Herald
Nigeria, South Africa crash out
Nigeria and South Africa were among the heavyweight casualties on the penultimate day of African Nations Cup qualifying as Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Tunisia, Zambia and Niger all made it through to next year’s tournament.
War-torn Libya also qualified as one of the two best runners-up but Nigeria missed out on the finals after Guinea scored a 95th-minute equaliser to draw 2-2 in Abuja.
South Africa also failed to qualify after being held to a goalless home draw by Sierra Leone. Libya’s triumph came after a 0-0 draw with Zambia in Chingola and caps a campaign that saw them forced to play five of their six group matches away and yet
still finish unbeaten.
South Africa’s failure to beat Sierra Leone left them level on points with their opponents and Niger.
Niger, who lost 3-0 in Egypt, finished top of a mini league table of head-to-head results between the three countries to qualify for the finals for the first time. South Africa embarrassingly celebrated what they assumed was qualification at the end of their match in Nelspruit, having been unclear about the rules.
South Africa’s fans danced in the streets as the state-run broadcaster also thought their team had qualified. Their football association president, Kirsten Nematandani, went on television to erroneously congratulate his players.
Source:
www.deccanherald.com/content/196713/nig...
Reuters
U.S. firms face mixed fate in Libya as workers strike
TRIPOLI, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Workers protesting at the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Company on Sunday said they would strike until managers were replaced and possibly tried for fighting alongside Gaddafi.
Most of the crowd worked for Waha Oil, a joint venture with American firms ConocoPhillips , Marathon and Amerada Hess .
Full story:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/09/liby...
AGI
LIBYAN NTC REPORTS TROOPS NOW CONTROL BANU WALID AIRPORT
(AGI) Tripoli – Libya’s NTC has reported that its troops now control the airport at Bani
Walid where the city is still defended by militias still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, as is happening in Sirte. “Our troops have gained control over the airport in Bani Walid,” said the commander of troops in the region, Yunes Mussa
Source:
www.agi.it/english-version/world/elenco...
Ottawa Citizen
NATO `ready to welcome new, democratic Libya.’
Despite intense fighting that’s taking place in pro-Gadhafi strongholds, NATO remains confident that Libya’s National Transitional Council can manage a peaceful transition to democracy, the world body’s secretary general said Thursday.
``Allies stand ready to welcome a new democratic Libya,‘’ Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters after a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels, which included Canada’s Peter MacKay.
The alliance recently extended its military mission in Libya until the end of December, and the federal government has approved Canada’s involvement for the same duration.
Full art.:
www.ottawacitizen.com/news/NATO+ready+w...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
and @WyreDavies in #Sirte reporting terrible losses amongst NTC forces there. #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The link to the video of #Gadaffi forces killing an innocent man just because he didnt want to praise Gadaffi #Libya
youtube.com/watch?v=CKk5m3…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKk5m3VADos&fea...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
BBCs @WyreDavies in #Sirte says many dead and injured at field hospital.
Reuters Reuters Top News
Libya government says takes landmarks in Gaddafi hometown reut.rs/pG7gMW
khalidkhan787 Khalid Khan
pro-Ghaddafi fighter captured by Libya rebels at the Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte October 9
twitpic.com/6xrrab
MushuThaLohari
GRAPHICمجزرة وادي سوق الثلاثاء طرابلس The aftermath of yet another massacre, #Tripoli.
Photo’s:
facebook.com/media/set/?set… #Gaddaficrimes #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.30041...
Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte
Under ff control.
Photo’s:
goo.gl/n1vkz
Street Art infront of Marriot Hotel #Tripol #Libya #feb17
yfrog.com/odznqxj
khalidkhan787 Khalid Khan
Ouagadougou Conference Center in Sirte allegedly bombed by NATO twitpic.com/6xrwu1
twitpic.com/6xrwwe Oct 9
Lisa
#feb17 #PrayforLibya! #Jan25 #PrayforEgypt!
NPR
In Tripoli, Gadhafi’s Palace Becomes People’s Market.
From presidential palace to people’s market — in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in the heart of Tripoli has been put to new use, as NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro explains in this Reporter’s Notebook.
For most Libyans, Bab al-Azizia was the most foreboding address in the country. Moammar Gadhafi gave some of his most defiant speeches from the sprawling compound in Tripoli.
“You were not allowed to come here for any other reason unless they asked you to come here, and most people would not be happy for a call to be in Bab al-Azizia,” says Jamal, our translator in Tripoli.
Read more:
www.npr.org/2011/10/09/141185482/in-tri...
New Kerala
Ex-UK PM Blair could face parliamentary probe over secret meetings with Gaddafi
London, Oct.9 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair could face a parliamentary investigation into his close relationship with ousted Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
According to The Sunday Telegraph, senior British lawmakers are likely to ask Blair to reveal all details of his private meetings with Gaddafi since he left Downing Street in 2007.
The paper has already revealed that Blair had at least six meetings with Gaddafi after quitting as prime minister and that five of those meetings took place in a 14 month period prior to the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in 2010.
On at least two occasions, Blair and his sizeable entourage flew to Tripoli on a private jet paid for by the Gaddafi regime at a cost of about 150,000 pounds.
One meeting said to have taken place in January 2009 has been linked to a multi-billion dollar deal between the Libyans and a Russian company being put together by JP Morgan, the US bank which pays Blair about two million pounds a year as a senior adviser.
Full story:
www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-8...
Telegraph
No stone unturned in the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi
Libyan forces are still on the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi. But, as one man leading the chase tells Nick Meo, they plan to “examine every grain of sand in the search for him.”
His eyes burning, the former police colonel leant forward in his chair and described in a quiet voice what he would do to Muammar Gaddafi if his men were lucky enough to catch him.
Colonel Moftah Al-Swiah, a wiry 38-year-old former detective, was in the police force in a town near Tripoli until he defected last February to become a commander in Libya’s revolutionary army.
Now he is using his investigation skills in the vast desert along the Algerian border in the biggest manhunt Libya will ever see.
“I would not kill him if I found him, I would put him in a cage and take him around Libya,” the colonel said. “And I pray to God that it is we who get the chance to capture him; my men will not rest until they find that criminal.”
Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Beni walid : only 10% of civilian residents remain in city. Rest have fled to other cities and towns. #Feb17 #Libya
Beni Walid now surrounded from North & South now that Jadu FFs have arrived in Southern front #Feb17 #Libya Allahu Akbar
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
U.S. firms face mixed fate in Libya as workers strike goo.gl/U6zdm #Libya
LIST OF NAMES:
Breaking: List of Volunteers to infamous 32 brigade led by Khamis Gaddafi responsible for many atrocities #Feb17 #Libya
is.gd/d0BwO5
or:
www.17022011libya.com/vb/showthread.php...
AJELive AJELive
Our correspondent @ZeinakhodrAljaz sends this update on the Libyan fighters’ gains in Sirte aje.me/jMZYMN #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi’s enemies first guests at showpiece hotel
is.gd/UMktkV
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Libya – Hope this fighter was not wearing this helmet when it was shot naharnet.com/stories/en/170…
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The #Gadaffi solider that killed Dr AlGhiryani,the man in the famous phone video has said he ONLY killed Seven people!! #Libya
The link to the video of #Gadaffi forces killing an innocent man just because he didnt want to praise Gadaffi #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKk5m3VADos&fea...
This mans killer was caught by the #FF and admitted to killing him and then added he ONLY killed 7 other people.ReallyJust 7
Open_Oil OpenOil
a libyan businessman commenting on state of libya’s economy/infrastructure-“it’s not like #gaddafi tried and failed…he tried TO fail”
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Covering the war in Libya was far more dangerous than an embed in Helmand, Afghanistan. imho
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli currency exchange (black market): EURO 2.15 US$ 1.56 #Libya
4Adam Adam
Pictures of the day
twitpic.com/6xrmo4
twitpic.com/6xrnvj #sirte #feb17 #Libya
VolunteerLibya Volunteer Libya
As battles occur in sirt and bin walid, the injured FF need medical help. Please RT that #volunteerlibya needs a medical team leaving in NOV
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Extreme winds here in #Tripoli tonight. love this weather although old folks might not agree.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Bani walid: FF control airport which is 1km from city centre. Big battles. And this is by all means the final assault for Sirte.
Sirte: Freedom fighters raise the Libyan flag over a building in the Ouagadougou hall’s vicinity #libya #feb17
fb.me/UYQKb3SP
BREAKING: FF have captured more parts of #Sirte over the last couple of hours and are allowing families to leave before final assault #libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya oil chief says production to reach prewar levels in about 15 months – The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com/business/indus… via @washingtonpost
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Even though the revolution in #Libya has taken its time i can see it blossoming before all the other countries that witnessed a revolution
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Met #barakat – Libyan minister of health. He definitely is still in power
AP
Anti-Gaddafi fighters took over Sirte’s main hospital – 25 Pro Gaddafi captured
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULOs8K2mGIw
Aljazeera
They have taken the Ouagadougou conference centre, the university, and the hospital. But there has been intense fighting for a third day.
The NTC fighters now say they have something like 70 per cent of Sirte under their control. But the remaining 30 per cent poses a problem, because it is going to entail street fighting.
Gaddafi’s fighters, who are said to number about 2,000, are putting up a tough resistance. We are in a situation where NATO can’t help. They are up close and personal, fighting street by street."
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Captured Gaddafi soldier in #Sirte admits to raping 4 females aged 14-20 #libya #feb17 fb.me/12GWCAxMJ
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoKB5quWSs
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
fb.me/1jzHPp6bQ
BentBenghazi G
Thanks to #Feb17 my parents r addicted to the internet. #libya
freedom4libya Khalifa Leebee
After the liberation of #Sirte Mahmoud Jibril “a Libyan Hero” will form a new Government.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan Government Says It’s Advancing on Center of Sirte
is.gd/wwQBP6 #Libya
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Railway project definitely NOT top priority for #Libyan officials now
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
My cousin who is now at the front lines in #Sirt . Hope he is ok #Libya pic.twitter.com/9w9LOFTs
guardian_world Guardian World
@petersbeaumont reports heavy sniper fire from Gaddafi loyalists -the battle for Sirte is not over yet #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Even though the revolution in #Libya has taken its time i can see it blossoming before all the other countries that witnessed a revolution
michael
Green fighters should be entering London within the next few hours. #libya #feb17 #idonthavefactstobackthisup
#idonthavefactstobackthisup should apply to all the #gaddafi supporters on twitter. #libya #feb17
Message to the #gaddafi supporters……YOU LOST!! #libya #feb17 #
CNN report on
Huda Bin Amer who took part in the hanging of AlSadeq Alshuwehdi
Video:
is.gd/ndt4rS
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcUaMk4QYs
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
So NTC advance seems to be biting in #Sirte – they reckon only 30% still under loyalist control
4Adam Adam
2 Martyrs from Jadu today in #Beniwaild front -
Muhannad Ahmad Jaber
and
Radoan Ramadan Creoa.
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
UNHAS email warns of arriving passengers being detained for lacking visas – but
#Libya not issuing visas in many countries. Why won’t #TNC?
BintTarablis KC
“If you’re not careful the newspapers will have u hating the ppl who r oppressed & loving the people who r doing the oppressing” -Malcolm X
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Thanks. I wonder how many journos are staying in Sirte tonight? dangerous. appreciate all the forwards keep the coming.
Moez
Wow! @Farhatbengdara is on twitter (check his profile) – Ex-Governor of Central Bank of Libya #libya #feb17
Adi G.
I left a piece of my heart in #Benghazi. Thank You #Libya 4 changing my life. Now in Malta heading to #Amman tom.
4Adam Adam
Libyan official calls to give priority to Tunisian manpower in Libya reconstruction tap.info.tn/en/en/componen… #Libya #Feb17 #Tunisa
Sirte_Feb17 Sirtawi
AbdelSalam El-Zadma’s former wife talking about life within Gaddafi’s close circle and life in #Sirte on Libya Awalan
libyaawalan.tv
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
EN VIDEO. En #Libye, le CNT prend pied dans #Syrte, et a pris le contrôle de l’aéroport de #BaniWalid
j.mp/r2gfBt
Tweeting Tripoli
Syrian Alrai TV is collecting all the losers, last week it was Shakeer, today its Hamza the AK47 TV presenter!
yfrog.com/ocuwquj
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Dr Hamzah al-Tuhami has just appeared on Al-Ra’y TV from Damascus in a ‘Live’ broadcast. He hasn’t been seen since #Tripoli fell in Aug
Moez
Must read: @Khanfarw article on #ArabSpring and the people’s media gu.com/p/32f37/tw via @guardian
Tarek
Another photo of the storage/workshop in #Khamis 32 brigade in #Tripoli hit by #NATO. #Libya
twitpic.com/6xuejt
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
URGENT: Injured #FF’s are in Emayteega hospital in #Tripoli and they need blood.So anyone that can donate please head out there now #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
Daily reports of Death caused by tyrants in #Syria, #Yemen, #Libya and today #Egypt !
Sarah
Moussa al Kilani : “Been told by LPC that independence flag has been raised in the North of BW” #BaniWalid #Libya #Feb17
Moussa al Kilani : "Yesterday many families fled and the city is now almost totally empty of civilians. " #BaniWalid #Libya #Feb17
Moussa al Kilani : “FFs are now 1km from al Soug area which is, I think, the last area under #Gaddafi forces control.” #BaniWalid
Maettiga Hospital in #Tripoli needs blood donors via @ilibico
Mushu
RT! | If you are in #Tripoli, and are able to donate blood, please do so! They need your help in Mitiga Hospital RIGHT NOW! #Libya #Feb17
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
I found today Faraj I met him in march fighting in Brega very symbolic he was fighting in #Sirte 1 chapter of history is ending #Libya
I also met Ibrahim Ouda an NTC sniper “I’m done I¡m old (54) we fought for the new generations they deserve something better” #Sirte #Libya
1 commander on the field: “the battle for #Sirte is finished we are just trying to explain that to some crazy guys who still resist” #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan forces on brink of controlling Gaddafi’s birthplace Sirte
is.gd/MW7sTg #Libya #Sirte
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte a group NTCfighters R attacking CityCenter Buildings which houses #Gaddafi #SecurityForces If they succeed then Battle is over #libya
#Sirte NTC forces captured Hospital +University + ConferenceCenter but this evening G troops R battling ferociously to take them back #Libya
#Misrata now has 235 registered civilian battalions around 70 of these are leading the final advance on #Sirte #Libya
Commander of Shohadan Magalba #Misrata 70 men battalion is only 24 yrs old A former fisherman & truck driver Reputed 4his Keen BattleTactics
#Sirte Commander of Shohadan Magalba #Misrata battalion only 24 yrs old Former fisherman & truck driver
Please read art. below about Sirte Commander Enhicey:
This is a must read:
Rebel battalions unite in Libya
Inexperienced civillians organize into units outside Sirte
“When people want to join our battalion I generally accept most of them, but I have a specialized group that fight on the front line,” said battalion commander Mohammed Enhicey. "I know who the capable fighters are. The others I give various other jobs
back at the base."
Previously working as a fisherman and truck driver, at just 24 Enhicey has forged a reputation for his keen battle tactics and fearless advances. He may be the youngest commander, but in addition to the 70 men in his battalion, many other units look to him for orders.
Full art.:
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/region...
FromJoanne
#BaniWalid NTC forces entered BW sunday and r 1 Km from Main Market they liberated 2 villages: #Teninai + #Shuwaikh last night #Libya
#Flash #BANIWALID #Kenshil say #Seif al-Islam was seen on Saturday evening distributing cash to his loyalists in Bani Walid #Libya
Takeover of #Bani #Walid imminent NTC fighters drove #Gaddafi forces out of airport and r 1km from the central Market #Libya
#Jalil hopes BW will b liberated inside a week #BaniWalid #Libya
#Sirte NTC Fighters have advanced to the main Square A Mayor breakthrough ! #Libya
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
rebels took ougadugo and the hospital #sirte, rushed towards the city center and repelled by heavy fire. 30 killed in last 3 days on west
#sirte hospital a grim scene of wounded loyalists, had to be evacuated this evening when gaddafi rockets rained close
FreedomGroup
Al-SSomood:
The names of the fighters wounded at the Sirte front,
Sunday, October 9.
The number of wounded continues to increase. Note, cases (1, 2, 3, 6 & 7) are due to a car accident.
goo.gl/WzGH5
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: News from #Misrata friends on sat phone: #Sirte is finished. Completely liberated tonight.
SUMMARY OCTOBER 10th 2011
10/10/11
10.10.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya -
goo.gl/vukXd
Key Hits 9 OCTOBER:
3 Armed Vehicles were struck in Bani Walid.
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Thu pm: Tornado GR4s identified one of Qadhafi’s main battle tanks near Bani Walid & destroyed it with Brimstone precision guided missile.
Fri pm: RAF aircraft conducted strikes against firing position & supply point near Sirte. 8 Paveway bombs were dropped on target. #Libya
Sat: RAF jets tasked by NATO conducted precision strike on a vehicle supply point in Sirte & struck target accurately with 4 Paveway bombs.
Sun am: RAF aircraft destroyed 2 armed pick-up trucks being used by former regime forces.
Sun: A follow-up patrol later in the day located a third armed truck in the vicinity of Bani Walid and destroyed it with a Paveway bomb.
HMS Liverpool is providing security to merchant shipping as ports & harbours liberated by new Libyan authorities return to normal operation.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Tripoli 3 Military Brigades will look after security of city Each have a dedicated area All wear uniforms & Carry Identity cards #Libya
#Sirte 700ResidentialArea NTC fighters looking 4 weapons found 2 to 3 Million Dinars buried underground at TopMilitairyBrass house
Just been approved by NTCSupremeSec.Com. 3SecurityBrigades will b made up of #feb17 FreedomFighters +experienced Military ppl
#BaniWalid NTCForces entered BW on sunday R 1 Km from the Main Souq Last night they liberated 2 SmallTowns: #Teninai + #Shumaikh #Libya
SAIF:
Libyans have officially changed his name to Muzeel Albatsha
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Libyan freedom fighters INSIDE Gaddafi's luxurious office - Ouagadougou hall #libya
Video:
fb.me/QRdLzXF3
FreedomGroup
Jadu commanders say Bani Walid will be liberated within 24 hours.
Martyred at Bani Walid On Sunday Oct. 9:
- Two from Jadu
- Three from Gharyan
- Three from Zawiya
150 fighters have been wounded so far.
Wefaq Libya
Oct. 9 Sunday
Sirte:
5Martyrs and 39injured
FreedomGroup
Jado Free: Number of fighters wounded in Bani Walid because Gaddafi forces in neighbouring village of Tinina are shelling them heavily.
Sirtawi
Ahmed AbdelAdeem AbuGhoula, 26, missing from beginning of #Sirte events. His body was found at Ibn Sina morgue today. #gaddaficrimes
Tweeting Tripoli
Very strong winds in Tripoli. It's like a mini hurricane in Ain Zara.
Tweeting Tripoli
The #Harry #Potter magical cloak does exist. Or else how can Shakeer & Hamza disappear from #Libya and reappear in #Syria? #feb17
Now Muttasim will magically disappear from Sirte, then Saif from BaniWalid :(
Tarek
Everyday I see less and less checkpoints around #Tripoli and security is great, it's safe here. #Libya
Empty bunkers inside #Khamis #Gaddafi 32 Brigade in #Tripoli, they are still intact.
#Libya http://twitpic.com/6xuq1b
Documents proving managers had used the Waha Oil complex as a base for Gaddafi fighters had been presented to the NOC chairman via @reuters
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Chant at the beginning of the revolutions "Down with the Regime" In #Egypt specific figures went down.In #Libya the whole Regime vanished!!
#Gadaffi supporters..Where are youu ??? The #FF's have entered the main square in #Sirte.What more have you got left? #Libya
Just a reminder:
DemoqrateyaEU Schams El Ghoneimi
Egypt State news: "Christians attack army"•
Syria State news: "Islamists attack Army" •
Free news: angry, non-violent protesters shot dead ☑
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al Ahrar TV: ' #FF engaged in street fightsing in #Bani Walid' #Libya
Worrying >> Al-Ahrar TV: Tripoli's Feb17 coalition arrestesd Jouralists today. (not saying who?) Abdal-Jalil intervened to release them.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Today's arrest had nothing to do with islamists. it was a group of ff that took law into own hands = wrong
They "journalist" in question was an ex-Gaddafi State TV worker. It was wrong to arrest person though.
Watch Libya Alahrar, here was a big discussion and the journalist was released + those responsible were reprimanded
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Key #Victory
Libya Government forces attack #Gaddafi security HQ in #Sirte
Video: goo.gl/nxVVk
or:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/09/us-libya-idUSL5E7KT4YC20111009
OpenOil
oil industry seems to hav been better taken care of,prob as #oil money was gaddafi's personal slush fund!
Tripolitanian Libyan
Libya Ahrar running campaign against celebratory gunfire.
Nasr
The Libyan FFs R nearly in complete control of #Gaddafi's bastion, #Sirte #Libya
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
100000s of lives lost & many more 100000s of lives shattered cuz 5 'idiots' just wouldn't LET IT GO! #Libya #Syria #Tunisia #Egypt #Yemen
Tripoli blacklists - where to draw the line for retribution?
http://on.wsj.com/oooUxg #Libya #tripoli
Please read:
Map/story/pictures a journalist through #Libya pictures are stunning!
By @mappinglibya
http://libyasrevolution.net/index.php?language=EN
A Lonely Planet guidebook writer in #Libya details her experiences filing reports from the Arab Spring
http://www.guernicamag.com/features/3117/thomas_10_1_11/ via @klgthomas
FreeBenghazi
The wounded from BaniWalid sent to Tripoli hospitals: Klenieca, ZawiyaSt, AlSabiya and Mitiga hospitals #Libya v #Aljmari
Hana S.
My brother started school again last Saturday. Says it's a bit tough going back after 8 months break! #Misrata #Feb17 #Libya
I fear the moment of going back to my hometown #Sirte ... and not knowing it. #SirteCrisis #gaddaficrimes #Libya
My relatives who fled #Sirte recently to Misrata still can't blv my folks are alive there. It'll sink in eventually ^_^
My cousin's relative was found at Ibn Sina morgue after almost a month since his disappearance. His family members are devastated. #Sirte
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Abdel Jalil: God willing Beni Walid & Sirte will be liberated this week
Breaking:1/4: Gen AlFeturi Gherebel of Tripoli NTC Supreme Security Committee announces formation of 3 Brigades to secure city #Feb17 #Libya
Breaking:2/4: Gen AlFeturi Gherebel of Tripoli NTC Supreme Security Committee says brigades will have distinct uniform & ID
Breaking:3/4:Brigade 1 covers Tajura to Janzur,Brigade 2 Ghut AlRuman to Qasr bin Ghasheer,Brigade 3 area betn Zawiya &Tripoli
Breaking:4/4: Brigades formed of FFs & experienced Military. Spread of weapons will disappear from city streets
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
LYM would like to announce the formation of the Libyan Youth Forum @LYForum. goo.gl/Bi9BY Follow on twitter and like the FB page
FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/LYForum
LYForum Libyan Youth Forum
Welcome to the Libyan Youth Forum -Providing a voice for the youth of Libya.We will soon provide details of upcoming projects and activities
PatriotSmurf
Libyan National Army sends an immediate gathering order to all its members via Almdar mobile network message #Libya #Tripoli
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
More than 54 injured in Al Zawiyah hospital.All Types of Blood needed.So if you can donate please do #Libya
RT! URGENT! Injured #FFs in need of O- blood - if you're in #Tripoli and are able to donate, please contact @Monirly 4 more details.
Sarah
According to Al Jazeera the Freedom Fighters have withdrawn from #BaniWalid airport after taking control of it. #Libya #Feb17
FreeBenghazi
Receiving treatment in Derby, #UK:
Fighter, Abdulsalam SalemMohammed AlMegrahi, from Kafi, #Sabha #Libya facebook.com/photo.php?v=17…
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
Urgent appeal by Gharyan Central Hospital for donors from all negative blood groups. The hospital is receiving a large number of wounded fighters and has shortages of negative blood groups.
fb.me/LrWzK56g
PatriotSmurf
even driving license in #Libya most of them were bought for no more than 50 LYD, O #Gaddafi great achievement in 42 years
the humanitarian aid supplies to #Libyans were sold in #Tunis #Benghazi #Tripoli including the bottled water :(
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
=ts difficult enough to hear #AlexRossi live from #Sirte we dont ALSO need to hear nNoise of Shoooting of Looping footage ! #Libya
#Sirte Gaddafi loyalists defensive perimete is ever-shrinking; A PalaceCompound Some residential buildings + Hotel near GreenSquare #Libya
#SIRTE NTC Forces take #University Video Rough cut No reporter commentary: goo.gl/ev9WS #Libya
or:
http://uk.reuters.com/video/2011/10/10/ntc-forces-take-sirte-university?videoId=222381919&videoChannel=75
#Sirte House2House fighting will b next in Residential area where #NTC fighters heard via radio convo sons + even #Gaddafi r holed up #Libya
#Sirte #Nato Jets are flying LOWER then b4 but not bombing residential area where Gaddafi loyalists are holed up #Libya #LiveViaAlexRossi
#Sirte NTC Tanks R positioned and NTC fighters are firing grad rockets @Gaddafi forces Still some residents leaving #Sirte #Libya #AlexRossi
Reuters
Libyan Islamist demands role for "moderate" Islam A prominent and influential Libyan Islamist cleric, returning to his native land after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, has demanded a role for "moderate" Islam in politics.
"We call for a moderate Islam," Ali Al-Sallabi said at a meeting late Sunday that included supporters and opponents. "But you all have to understand that Islam is not just about punishment, cutting hands and beheading with swords."
Full art.:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/09/uk-libya-islamist-idUKTRE7982XU20111009
#Misrata Council: Thought #Mutassim was hiding #Sirte IbnSinaHospital preventing foreign medical workers from leaving Morgue full of bodies
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#NTC Top Commanders say #Sirte is 70% in control of their Fighters Forcing Gaddafi Loyalists constantly to Retreat
#NOC Berruien: #Libya current Production stands at about 25 % of its prewar levels and full output could come in about 15 months via #AP
#Libya #NOC boss #Berruien says ; NTC wil honor existing contracts but its up2next gov. 2decide on new licensing rounds or agreements #AP
#NOC GM #Berruien says #Libya is currently producing about 390,000 barrels per day which is abt 25 percent of its prewar levels #Oil
Washington Times
Gadhafi foes make gains in taking Sirte Leadership hopes victory comes soon Libyan revolutionary fighters celebrate inside Sirte on Sunday. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since mid-September and are facing fierce resistance from loyalists while moving inside the hometown of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. (Associated Press)
Pics:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/gadhafi-foes-make-gains-in-taking-sirte-leadership/
#Sirte Footage of Inside #Ibn #Sina Hospital
Libya's revolutionary forces seized a convention center Sunday that had served as a key base for fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in the fugitive leader's hometown, as they squeezed remaining regime loyalists in the besieged coastal city. (Oct. 9)
youtube.com/user/Associate… #Libya
or:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress#p/u/15/WNiyZD8r2oA
#FLASH #BaniWalid #NTC Forces Have Withdrawn from Bani Walid AIRPORT less then 24 hrs after its capture Several FF Dead and wounded #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya’s oil recovery moves picks up speed
is.gd/oV0BMO #Libya
hamzamu hamzamu
#libya Libya battalions unite in Sirte: By: Tracey Shelton Each night near the embattled city of Sirte, battalio...
bit.ly/qHQGzY
Mustafa Abdel Jalil : We've allocated $1 billion to treatment of injured FFs w/ this money now distributed to Libyan embassies #Feb17 #libya
AFP
Libya forces drive on centre of Kadhafi hometown
Libya's new regime forces were battling block by block towards the centre of Sirte on Monday, eyeing the symbolic prize of finally capturing Moamer Kadhafi's hometown after a month-long siege.
But Kadhafi diehards were putting up fierce resistance and in their other remaining bastion, Bani Walid, they mounted a fightback, killing 17 National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters.
But the military gains came at a heavy price with medics reporting 13 dead and 90 wounded on the western side of the city alone.
The bodies of another four NTC fighters were recovered
The hospital's upper floors were blasted after a massive firefight broke out late on Sunday, with intense machinegun and rocket fire.
Dr Nabil Lamine told AFP: "It was a holocaust, not a hospital. We had no drugs, no oxygen. We brought people from the upper floors to the corridor on the ground because of the shelling."
Full story:
http://goo.gl/GRUOh
Reuters
Libya government forces corner Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte "Gaddafi's forces are cornered in two neighborhoods near the sea, an area of about 2-km square, but there is still resistance," Abdul Salam Javallah, commander of NTC units from eastern Libya, told Reuters on the front line of their attack.
A group of three women, three small children and two male civilians emerged from a house on the front line. They were searched by the rebels and hurriedly got into a car and drove off waving the V-for-victory sign.
Full art.:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/us-libya-idUSL5E7KT4YC20111010
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
Sanad Abdullah Bin Issa(1983), a father of a 9month year old baby. He was killed by #Gaddafi's forces in Sabha in Sept.
pic.twitter.com/KJqjrqVh
libyans_revolt omar
17 martyrs and 50 injured yesterday in the ongoing fighting in #BaniWalid liberation battle. #Libya #feb17 #FF's
RasmusTantholdt Rasmus Tantholdt TV2
Saw nine dead #NTC fighters last night at a fieldhospital outside #Sirte. 84 wounded and ambulances with new casualties every five minute.
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
Glimpse of the fighting between Misrata fighters and Gaddafi forces, in the open plane of District700, Sirte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5m1tvSuMug
October 6: Preliminary meeting of the Association of Libyan Women, in Gardah, Sabha, to discuss the goals of their association. Hassan Al-Marian calls on free Libyans to donate blood for the wounded from Bani Walid front-lines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGxZKM_FOw
freedomgroup tv
The martyr Abdul Muhaymin El-Khadraoui, martyred in Bani Walid, October 10. We ask Allah to forgive him his sins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szMx6Rk4Sv4
Hussein Abu'Ras, commander of one of Gaddafi's brigades, was arrested in Souq Al-Khamis on October 9. Abu'Ras...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GTm6rgEulQ
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt ▸ Top stories today
Tweeting Tripoli
It's said that the Jews who left Libya after 1969 were about a 100 persons. Egyptian Christians are 10 million people ;)
Tweeting Tripoli
My contact from the #BaniWalid frontlines (phone call few mins ago) is very disappointed with how little Arms & Ammu Tripoli send them.
Apparently, they sent it all to Sirte (has an important Sea Post) and Sabha (Access to southern borders with Chad & Niger).
When I called him, he was driving from the north front-lines going around to the south via Ghyrian-Mizda area.
libyanproud libyanandproud
Belhaj is asking for a special GSM number from Libyana. I thought Belhaj said Islam was about modesty. Why show off?
Tweeting Tripoli
Makes sense, he should get an easy-2-remember phone number so that frontlines can call for Arms & Ammu. See my previous tweet!
Tweeting Tripoli
Why do I see religion of these days as a Dictatorship? It's way different from religion of the 60s & 70s!!!
Religion in the 60s: peace, love, spiritual fulfillment... Religion now: do what I say or I kill you...
TimGattSky
Gazza tells Piers Morgan "I went to Libya when I played for Middlesborough and took Gaddafi's two sons out & got them lamped"
Tweeting Tripoli
One of Khamis's bodyguards was only 17:
youtube.com/watch?v=fb2FRm… #feb17 #Libya
or:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb2FRmISv_I&feature=related
Khamis Gaddafi's armored vehicle which was destroyed when he fled Tripoli in August:
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhhAl-w7nc0&feature=related
NadineFarkash Free Libya ♔☾✰
#FFs claiming killing 17 Pro- #Gaddafi troops in #BaniWalid area today. #libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Wants to say a big thank you to #Qatar, #France, the #UK, the #US, #NATO and many other countries for what they have done for #Libya
Waleed Al Khatroshy.A member of the Libyan national team who joined the #FF to free #Libya
http://pic.twitter.com/TZ9tezzQ
Here is #Waleed in action in the game against Zambia where Libya qualified for the Africans Nations Cup #Libya
http://pic.twitter.com/UYaWCkNC
News that Moatassim #Gadaffi is still in #Sirt and moving about in different cars and has apparently shaved his hair off #Libya
SAIF?
Malik
Just heard that a convoy of about 100 vehicles has been spotted near #BaniWaled Saif al-Islam Might be with them #Libya
Nadine
#Sirte yesterday photo”s:
yfrog.com/nwg7nxvj
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yfrog.com/obq9kj
More photo's:
9 Oct: #Sirte #libya
http://yfrog.com/182udoj
http://yfrog.com/ocxr7kj
http://yfrog.com/h3ltrnvj
http://yfrog.com/kj3j7itkj
http://yfrog.com/nwtzabj
FFs in 'Ougadougou' hall #Sirte
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5 martyrs at SIRTE Oct. 9:
1- Mohamed Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh(Misratah)
2-Rabeeh Mansour Qamou(Zliten)... (1/2)
3- Mohamed Ragab Al-Geroushy(Misratah)
4-Ahmed Abdula'dheem AbouGhoula(Misratah)
5-Unknown (2/2)
Sherlock Holmes could'nt find Gaddafi, they sent Epic Libyan Man http://yfrog.com/nzb60yhj
SMILE:
Nadine
Libyan #FFs accessories in Sirte
yfrog.com/nxr62krj
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ra'y TV asking Gaddafi loyalists to help to fend off "a small group of NATO agents" in central #Sirte. #Libya
1st time they've admitted any fighting inside #Sirte. I wonder how many years they will keep this up for?
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Heavy rain and high winds over night in #sirte. Might have slowed down ntc street clearing.
BBC english are in tripoli and sirte. I'm in London. Don't know where BBC Arabic are.
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
According to MET Office: Temperature will drop by "20" degrees in North Africa in the next 48 hours.
libyans_revolt omar
FF's aimed to take full control of #Sirte on Monday after seizing key targets & squeezed remaining #Gaddafi gangs in the city #libya #feb17
flyingbirdies أكرم
Wintershall Libya aid to the famillies in Jakharrah Oasis on Twitpic:
bit.ly/pOMteh via @AddThis
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
#BaniWalid: FF liberated 2 cities (Tininay and Shummaykh) yesterday and captured the airport but ended up holding positions just outside it
#BaniWalid: FF took the city's airport but were ambushed by Gdfi forces. FF are now holding ground south of airport & planning next attack
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Strong winds still dominating in #Tripoli
Raining in Tripoli, I don't think we saw so much rain in Tripoli in the last 4 years. Elhumd'allah :)
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I think you can make that 40 years hahahah
From sunshine to rain rain and more rain. I love this weather :) Alhamdullilah!
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Sirte: Captured Gaddafi soldiers told freedom fighters that Mutassim al Gaddafi is still in the city commanding his troops.
Video:
Libya: Pro-Gaddafi fighters filmed firing Scud missile in battle for Sirte - Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/libya-video/8815069/Libya-Pro-Gaddafi-fighters-filmed-firing-Scud-missile-in-battle-for-Sirte.html #libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
My uncle called me saying they stopped the qaaqaa brigade possibly under orders of belhadj from destroying a daree7 today
There was a protest yesterday against what this brigade is doing but it got little attention. this is wrong and against islm
it's wrong to destroy the resting places of people no matter what. What this brigade is doing is illegal. shld be punished
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ra'y TV Reported at 06g this morning that #Gaddafi Loyalist fighters had regained control of #Sirte University.
ST_Newsroom Sunday Times News
And finally... Gazza has claimed he went out on a boozy night with 2 of Col Gadaffi's sons while playing a game in Libya with Middlesbrough
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Dr Talib Emtiaz Muhammad AlTijani, attending2 wounded fighters, in makeshift clinic in house in Gardah, #Sabha #Libya
pic.twitter.com/5ZP3bq8m
People of #Zawiya doing Takbir in front of hospital upon the arrival of wounded from #BaniWalid front-lines. #Libya
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsJqa2vVGHE
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
From #Libya's event to #Egypt's. I fear what'll happen when I land in #London for vacay in a few weeks
FIFA
Libya revel in qualifying 'miracle' Libya’s national team headed for home on their charter plane on Sunday, basking in the glory of improbable qualification to next year’s CAF Africa Cup of Nations. Their jet set off on a 10-hour journey from Ndola on Zambia’s Copperbelt to Tunisia, after which they plan to cross the border home and embark on a victory tour of Libya's embattled capital Tripoli. The side will be feted as heroes after completing a remarkable campaign unbeaten, setting off huge celebrations across a country still mired in conflict.
More here:
http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1524286.html
Le Figaro
Libye:une mosquée attaquée et saccagée
Un groupe de 200 à 300 hommes lourdement armés a attaqué une mosquée à Tripoli dans la nuit d'hier à aujourd'hui et profané les tombes de deux imams, selon des témoins.
"Ils sont arrivés peu après 22 heures (20 heures GMT), ils étaient 200 à 300, armés, avec des pick-up équipés de mitrailleuses lourdes et sont repartis vers 01 heure
(23 heures GMT)", a indiqué Mahmoud Rahmane, un voisin de la mosquée Al-Masri
dans le nord-est de Tripoli. "Ils ont forcé la porte d'entrée de la mosquée puis ont creusé le sol, ouvert les tombes des imams Abdel Rahmane el-Masri et Salem Abou Seïf et emporté leurs reliques", a-t-il ajouté.
Full report:
http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/10/10/97001-20111010FILWWW00520-libyeune-mosquee-attaquee-et-saccagee.php
hominoid555 Russell
Sirte Gaddafi forces still hold 20Km squared of the city they have their backs to the sea no way of escape.
Sirtawi
Acc 2 #FF in this report, a mercenary said Mutassim Gaddafi has shaved his head
and moves around in different vehicles.
youtube.com/watch?v=ljUNXn…
or:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljUNXn9Ac5M&feature=feedu
DalaiLama Dalai Lama
Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.
markito0171 Mark
#Libya map of #BaniWalid shows location of forces.east Misrata-forces,north Tripoli,south Nafusa
twitpic.com/6y6f74 via @twitpic
Tripolitanian Libyan
PLEASE RT: #Garyan central hospital in desperate need of ambulances to carry injured from #BaniWalid front - they have NO working ambulances
Mawadda
Best Tweet Ever
Will the non-Libyan people who defend #Gaddafi please help urself, take him, he's all yours OR SHUT THE F*** UP!!
Soug Guma FF catch notorious killer "Night Thunder" who terrorized Tripoli
(Yes he's the one dancing in the middle):
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmKBxz0-Tns&feature=player_embedded
The notorious "Night Thunder" is the master mind of the killing of these Sug Guma youth
(WARNING GHRAFIC):
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn-r-7PFTVg&feature=related
Oh, and many many murders and rapes of Soug Guma residents. FF forcing him to dance is the least of his worries I guess!
He is the "Night Thunder" man, a sadistic bastard. He's the Killer of Sheik Gadoor and the others from Soug Guma.
Khadija
I met Ali Salabi today! #Tripoli
I also met Al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Abdel-Atheem Mohamed. If it was'nt for him we wouldn't have ever got media coverage we deserve.
I also met Al-Jazeera correspondent Salam Khodr. She did an amazing report on the mines in Zliten
it's not in English but watch it anyways
let me know if you know anyone that can help with the mines.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_-ShksRwAw
USA Today
U.S. officials: Libya may have lost anti-aircraft missiles Portable anti-aircraft missiles may have already been smuggled outside Libya's borders even as the United States races to help account for thousands of the weapons stockpiled by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, U.S. officials say.
Read more:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-09/libyan-portable-missiles-missing/50713752/1
Aljazeera
Oct. 9
AJE's Tony Birtley sent this update from the frontline in Sirte Libyan fighters have made major progress into Sirte, the home city of toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi.
National Transitional Council (NTC) forces said on Sunday they had managed to take
control of Al Giza district, where a large number of pro-Gaddafi forces were based, as well as the city's university, and Ibn Sina hospital.
Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley sent this update from the front-line in Sirte.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYaUJaNE2TY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
10/10/2011: Withdrawal of #FFs from #BaniWalid airport.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsE8LIFXPE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
#FFs in Ougadougou hall yesterday #Sirte
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKHgw6O27k8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
A good use for Gaddafi #libya #feb17 f
b.me/1bKQWKlpI
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sirte: FFs have surrounded the TV building & the Dollar neighbourhood is now the last part of city with G forces #Feb17 #Libya Allahu Akbar!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
تقرير برنامج صدي الملاعب علي منتخب Libya qualify for CAN2012 (youtube)
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHwYgiFz6U
AJELive AJELive
Libya
A group of more than 200 gunmen have attacked a mosque in Tripoli and ransacked the tombs of two imams, the AFP news agency reports, citing witnesses.
"They arrived shortly after 10pm (2000 GMT, Sunday night), between 200 and 300 of them, in pickup trucks fitted with heavy machineguns. They took off at about 1am," said Mahmud Rahman, a resident of Tripoli's northeastern Al-Masri district.
"They forced open the mosque's door and then started to dig up the tombs of imams Abdel Rahman el-Masri and Salem Abu Seif, and made off with their relics," said Rahman.
Stabroek news
Georgetown, Guyana
Libya govt forces attack Gaddafi security HQ in Sirte Libyan transitional government forces attacked deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s security headquarters in the centre of his hometown of Sirte, hoping that once the buildings had been captured the fight for the city would be won.
The protracted battle for Sirte, a showpiece Mediterranean coastal city largely loyal to Gaddafi, has led to concerns the many civilian casualties will breed long-term hostility that will make it very hard for the National Transitional Council (NTC) to unite the country once the fighting is over.
NTC forces have repeatedly claimed to be on the point of victory in Sirte, only to suffer sudden reversals at the hands of a tenacious enemy fighting for its life, surrounded on three sides and with its back to the sea. But as night fell yesterday, pick-up trucks
mounted with anti-aircraft guns pounded the white security buildings on a tree-lined square with a fountain in the centre while infantry blasted away with AK-47s from behind a high concrete wall, Reuters witnesses said.
One of the pick-up gunners was shot in the face, his gun rotating repeatedly on its axis as he fell dead to the ground.
“We are now in the centre of Sirte,” Colonel Salam Al Shalmany told Reuters at the scene. “They are in these buildings about half a kilometre from where we are. Once we finish this, it’s over. This has gone on too long.”
But advances by NTC forces have often proved fragile. Earlier yesterday, a large group of fighters, approaching Sirte from the west and trying to pin down Gaddafi loyalists against the sea, saw their advance suddenly collapse into a rout under heavy and accurate mortar bombardment.
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
URGENT need for BLOOD in #Tripoli. Fighters sending wounded2 hospital, having2 donate blood, instead of returning directly2 front #Libya
URGENT need 4 "rare" blood types. Calls 4 commanders2 prevent any1 w rare type on battlefield; any injury death is sentence #Tripoli #Libya
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
I'm reading that Belhaj, leader of the military council of Tripoli, is the one responsible for destroying muslim shrines in Tripoli. #Libya
These are the rumours, I'm sure we'll hear more soon.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Telegraph
Libya: Pro-Gaddafi fighters filmed firing Scud missile in battle for Sirte Amateur footage captured from a pro-Gaddafi fighter is purported to show a Scud missile being fired in Sirte as the bloody battle for the loyalist stronghold reaches a crescendo Oct. 8
More and video:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/libya-video/8815069/Libya-Pro-Gaddafi-fighters-filmed-firing-Scud-missile-in-battle-for-Sirte.html
Niz_FGM Niz
Art of a Free Generation-This project aims to collect photos & videos of art from all over Tripoli. More on FB page -
facebook.com/FGMovement
Sky News
'Dogfight' For Heart Of Gaddafi Stronghold Libya's interim government forces are preparing to push into the heart of Colonel Gaddafi's home town where 1,000 loyalists may be holed up.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have managed to seize Sirte's main hospital, a conference centre and university buildings in the suburbs.
But they are now trying to move further into the city and one commander told Sky News that very senior members of the former regime could be there.
That is why Gaddafi loyalists, who still control central residential areas, are putting up stiff resistance. It is turning into something of a dogfight.
More here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/dogfight-heart-gaddafi-stronghold-140524865.html
MUST READ:
Arab News
New Libya springs a surprise everywhere you go BENGHAZI: As newspaper editors so often tell their reporters, there is a story on every street, around every corner. Never has that been more so than in Libya at present.
Driving around Benghazi a couple of weeks ago, we (the Arab News correspondent and his invaluable and remarkably well-connected driver Awad) noticed a small group of men being photographed beside a newly planted tree in one of the city’s main squares. Two of the men were in army uniform. Clearly there had to be story there.
We stopped and went over and asked what was happening. A palm tree was being planted in memory of local young men who had been killed in the fight to overthrow strongman Muammar Qaddafi. It was Mohamed Yusif Nabbous’ idea. He runs a popular café in the center of the square called Hud-Hud, after the bird in the Qur'an that took King Solomon’s invitation to Bilqees, queen of Sheba.
This was not the only tree planned. There was another little island a few meters away in the square where nothing grew. A tree would be planted there, in memory of Nabbous’ cousin.
Also called Mohammed, he is one of great heroes of the revolution. Before it happened he was a local businessman and journalist. On Feb. 19, four days after the pro-democracy uprising broke out, he launched the first independent TV station, Libya Al-Hurra (Free Libya).
Nabbous was determined the world should know exactly what was going on in the early days of the struggle for freedom. He was passionate about getting the news out.
Read more:
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article511057.ece
AGI
RASMUSSEN BELIEVES LIBYA MISSION ALMOST OVER
(AGI) Bucharest - NATO's Secretary General anders Fogh Rasmussen, has said he believes the end of the mission in Libya is "quite close", reiterating that Muammar Gaddafi "is not a target" in NATO's military campaign. "We are quite close to the end of this operation," said Rasmussen, also adding that "we will continue for as long as necessary."
Source:
http://www.agi.it/english-version/world/elenco-notizie/201110101742-pol-ren1072-rasmussen_believes_libya_mission_almost_over
National Post
A National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter fires an RPG during a street battle in the 700 complex area of "Emarat" against Muammar Gaddafi's troops on October 8, 2011 in Sirte, Libya. NTC fighters say this is the final assault on Muammar Gaddafi's home town as they capture the main hospital, University and the Ouagadougou conference centre in the city.
Photo:
Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/10/photos-of-the-day-oct-10-2011/
VOA
Libya's Transitional Government Faces Human Rights Challenges Libya's new leaders are forming a transitional government as they consolidate control and battle the remaining forces loyal to deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi. They face numerous challenges - perhaps one of the greatest being in the area of human rights.
Libyans are still savoring freedom and today a popular outing is to visit the sprawling palace grounds of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Read more:
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Libyas-Transitional-Government-Faces-Human-Rights-Challenges-131452833.html
Niz_FGM Niz
We will provide an email address soon for those who want to help and assist on various activities for Libya.
More information on our projects & our progress can be found on our facebook page. Our website will launch in its full form soon
More on our projects here..... https://www.facebook.com/FGMovement
MohamedLibya88
The libyan #NTC has officially recognized the syrian NTC and shut down the #Syrian embassy in #tripoli #libya
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Op Ed:What can Afghanistan and Bosnia teach us about Libya? bit.ly/pKrou3 #libya
Freedom fighters play soccer during an attack against pro-Gadhafi forces beside the Ouagadougou conference center of Sirte, Sunday October 9. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Pic:
http://goo.gl/Zlm27
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
photo: tragic situation at #Sirte hospital 1 wounded with bullets still inside since 5 days fighting nearby #Libya
yfrog.com/nyh4pxj
photo: this is the end of a crazy dream Ouagadougou destroyed #Sirte #Libya http://yfrog.com/h8zn6qqj
Niz_FGM Niz
Library Book Drive-New project linking individuals,schools,libraries & bookshops in US with Libyan libraries to provide english&arabic books
Khadija
I love love love love love love the idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NadineFarkash Free Libya ♔☾✰
Injured #FFs from Misratah in Tunisian hospitals.
yfrog.com/ny203cpj
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yfrog.com/oe9k9ytj
Saif #Gaddafi actually had a big Shafshufa! Safiya is maaaad:p http://yfrog.com/hw437qej
Video:
Captured Gaddafi soldier in #Sirte admits to raping 4 females aged 14-20 #libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoKB5quWSs
Tweeting Tripoli
I see the NTC's temp constitution good as it is. I don't want Sharia to be the only source.
I don't mind if Sharia was one of the sources, but not as the only source. That would be Taliban.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#URGENT: Blood donations desperately needed at hospitals in #Tripoli, #Garyan, #Zawya. #Libya
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Now i wish i was in #Libya for this Festival
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQu5Gs0Quw
libyahmed
i'm p****d! i got a leaflet for this last night while driving home. I leave on the 13th! :(
plane only leaves on Thursdays :( otherwise I would've booked it to come back on the Sunday! absolutely gutted!
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Want to join FGM RT @Niz_FGM: We will provide an email address soon for those who want to help and assist on various activities for Libya.
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
photo: NTC fighters painting over a Gaddafi photo in front of Ouagadougou Hall yfrog.com/h6gyoukj
la cruz roja está intentando evacuar a decenas d heridos dl hospital d #Sirte su situación s terrible todavía se combate alrededor #Libia
photo: yesterday fighting at the seaside avenue very slow advance lot's of casualties #Sirte #Libya
http://yfrog.com/h879yknj
James
Got to give it to the liberation forces they are very brave
Reuters
Slideshow:
Battle for Sirte Photo Gallery:
http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTR2S5YH#a=9
Sirtawi
The news (very often contradictory) from #Sirte is absolutely overwhelming at times.
REUTERS: Anti-G fighters check the passengers of a passing car for suspected Gaddafi loyalists... lol at the caption!
http://pic.twitter.com/h3m5giMG
France 24
Delphine Minoui, auteur de "Tripoliwood"
Tripoliwood où la manipulation des médias par Kadhafi pendant la révolution.
Virginie Herz rencontre Delphine Minoui, auteur de "Tripoliwood" et grand reporter au Figaro. Elle nous convie dans son livre à un voyage surréaliste où la farce côtoie la tragédie. Elle raconte son séjour en Libye, une mise en scène organisée par le gouvernement Kadhafi pour manipuler les journalistes.
Le surréalisme règne. A VOIR !
Video:
http://goo.gl/zeUjH
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
does anyone have the link to the drugs found in #Libya worth over 50 million dollars?
Revolutionaries from the West and East starting to converge in central #Sirte, there's a risk of friendly fire. via @Reuters
Older art.
Globe and Mail
Who will control Libya’s new media? From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2011 “The media market is absolutely free,” he said from the modern office of his new Libya Al Hurra station in the centre of the capital. “Everyone has the right to present what he wants as long as you don’t break the rules.”
In fact, in the new Libya there are no rules. The country is running on ad-hoc decisions most often made by committees in individual towns and neighbourhoods. The Transitional National Council, the anti-Gadhafi forces’ provisional governing body, has not appointed interim ministers.
More:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/who-will-control-libyas-new-media/article2182337/
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya ali al salami Islamic cleric tells me after liberation is declared ... "We need a govt &national consensus on the prime minister"
#Libya sallabi to aje The government should be comprised of qualified people ... Young people ... Those over 60 should be advisers ...
#Libya Ali al Sallabi to aje prime minister should be accepted by all political forces ...There are many qualified people for the job
#Libya ali al sallabi if There is national consensus on the next prime minister then the process of laying down arms can begin
#Libya Sallabi to AJE 24:18 my opinion once people feel goals of revolution achieved they will hand in their weapons to the national army
China Daily
Gadhafi escorted family to Algerian border
ALGIERS - Toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi had reportedly escorted his family members to the border with Algeria on August 29 to make sure of their safe entry into the neighboring country, an Algerian newspaper said Monday.
The Arabic-language daily El Khabar quoted a well-informed Algerian source as saying that Gadhafi himself did not request to enter Algeria, and stayed at a spot close to the border, waiting for the Algerian authorities to allow the entry of his family members, including his wife Safia, his daughter Aisha, his sons Mohamed and Hannibal, and his grandsons.
Algeria permitted the entry of the Gadhafi family on August 29 on humanitarian ground.
Gadhafi's whereabouts remain unknown since fighters of the Libyan National Transitional Council captured the country's capital Tripoli and stormed his Bab Al-Azizya compound.
Source:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-10/10/content_13864858.htm
Asharq Alawsat
Inside Gaddafi’s chemical weapons factory: 9 tons of mustard gas susceptible to theft
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Asharq al-Awsat has obtained the first photographs of a Libyan chemical weapons factory and warehouse belonging to the army of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, located in the region of al-Jufra, less than 200 km to the south of Sirte.
Sources from al-Jufra region said that al-Sadd battalion, which is affiliated to the revolutionaries, was previously guarding the area encompassing the chemical weapons factory and warehouse. However, the battalion has since withdrawn from the region, leaving a stockpile of deadly weapons vulnerable to theft.
The sources added that al-Sadd battalion has returned to Misratah in the north, and that the current number of guards deployed at the chemical weapons site, which contains some 9 tons of mustard gas and dozens of barrels contaminated with chemicals, is just two men armed with Kalashnikov rifles and an urban vehicle.
Read more:
http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=3&id=26889
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
1 NTC fighter: "How much cost this? billions only to allow him (Gaddafi) to feel like the king of kings!!" #Ouagadougou #Sirte #Libya
photo: Mauritanian neighborhood one of the bloodiest battles in #Sirte still going on #Libya
http://yfrog.com/nyp54xwj
Sarah
Fathi Hamed on Libya Al Ahrar #Libya
Telegraph
Libya: rebel fighters push on as final battle for Sirte looms Revolutionary forces swept several hundred yards further into Col Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace of Sirte, but remain unable to secure a final victory as fierce fighting continued on Monday night. Around four hundred yards north of the landmark Ouagadougou convention centre which was captured on Sunday, a brigade of fighters from Misurata became pinned down in street fighting between more densely built town houses.
At least three significant residential neighbourhoods remained to clear they said.
To the west a television and radio station occupied by fighters loyal to Col Gaddafi changed hands at least once during the day.
Read more:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8818762/Libya-rebel-fighters-push-on-as-final-battle-for-Sirte-looms.html
Guardian
The Guardian's Peter Beaumont in #Sirte amidst the battle for control of the TV station Audio:
http://audioboo.fm/boos/499961-the-guardian-s-peter-beaumont-in-sirte-amidst-the-battle-for-control-of-the-tv-station
Tarek
A friend of mine has change his name from Moammer to Omar. I remember that he was always embarrassed when we call him.
Inside the Control Room (Bunker) at #Khamis 32 Brigade in south #Tripoli which was hit by #NATO. #Libya
http://twitpic.com/6yerfh
Khadija
BBC radio will be available in Tripoli in Arabic on 91.5FM and English on 92.5FM soon - follow @honeybal for details #libya #feb17
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Mohanad. A young man who left the #USA to come and fight for his Country.May your soul rest in peace brother #Libya
pic.twitter.com/gdsz9KtI
#FF's are surrounding the G'Loyalists in a small area of #Sirt but its crowded with civilians so they are letting them leave first #Libya
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
AFP:
Libya #NTC recognizes #syria national council and closes #syria embassy in #tripoli.
Moussa Al Kouni, member of #Libya #NTC: "#Libya decides 2 recognize #syria #NTC, & close embassy of #syria in country"
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Does anyone have the link to the #TripoliSniper ..i cant find the video on youtube anymore
Matog
These are all of his videos
http://goo.gl/F6HA6
Newsday
Libyan official: Gadhafi hiding in southern desert A representative of Libya's ethnic Tuareg group says he believes Moammar Gadhafi is hiding in the southwestern desert near the borders with Niger and Algeria.
Moussa al-Kouni, the Tuareg representative on the governing National Transitional Council, says the fugitive leader could even be taking advantage of the rough terrain to go back and forth unnoticed across the border into Niger.
Al-Kouni produced no evidence during a news conference Monday. But he claims Gadhafi sent his son Khamis to the area two months before Tripoli fell to set up a radio station and make preparations in case the regime had to flee.
Read more:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/libyan-official-gadhafi-hiding-in-southern-desert-1.3234273
Tweeting Tripoli
BREAKING: Libyan NTC recognizes Syrian NTC via Alarabia #Syria #Libya yfrog.com/hsrkgclj
BREAKING: Libyan closes Syrian embassy in Tripoli via Alarabia. #Syria #Libya http://yfrog.com/j2qwvjj
Tarek
Another hit at #Khamis 32 Brigade in south #Tripoli, the Brigade was subject to massive attacks by #NATO. #Libya
twitpic.com/6yeurq
The backside of main gate to #Khamis 32 Brigade in south #Tripoli, it's massive and partly damaged by FF when taki
http://twitpic.com/6yexhl
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
the fearsome Gaddafi snipers captured today- three scruffy looking men from Mali, said were paid 1,000 dinar a month to keep fighting #sirte
Reuters
Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict The European Union expressed concern on Monday over the fate of conventional weapons in Libya
Libyan transitional government forces said they had cornered Muammar Gaddafi loyalists
Many civilians from Sirte are also fighting
Elsewhere in the city, grown rich on 42 years of Gaddafi largesse, troops and residents still loyal to the former leader launched counter attacks
Libya may be able to return to its pre-war-level oil output earlier than 2013
A prominent and influential Libyan Islamist cleric has demanded a role for "moderate" Islam in politics.
Full report:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/us-libya-nato-idUSTRE79944B20111010
Reuters
UK says helping track missiles missing in Libya British military experts have helped disarm a number of surface-to-air-missiles in Libya previously held by the former regime, British Defense Secretary Liam Fox said on Monday.
The military staff had also identified a number of other places in the north African country where the weapons may be sited, said Fox, who visited Tripoli at the weekend
Read more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44846251/ns/world_news-europe/#.TpMq1N7qOB0
Tarek
There are too many stories of brave and courageous ppl who were fighting #Gaddafi while he was controlling #Tripoli
Graffiti in Souk Al Juma about the revolution, #Tripoli #Libya
http://twitpic.com/6yez5h
Austrian Times
OMV resume Libya oil production Austrian oil and gas group OMV have announced today that production in Libya will recommence by the end of the year.
In March, security fears due to the outbreak of political conflict enforced a postponement in production.
OMV, one of Austria’s largest listed industrial companies, has been present in Libya since 1975 and in fact produces 10 percent of its oil in the North African country.
More and source:
http://austriantimes.at/news/Business/2011-10-10/36801/OMV_resume_Libya_oil_production#.TpM5nhcjqT4.twitter
I like this one (Graffiti in Souk Aljuama, #Tripoli) #Libya http://twitpic.com/6yf1cq
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Murabit= Shrine 4 saints
They r martyrs who fought a "holy war" and became saints #Tripoli Libya
#TRIPOLI agroup of more than 200 gunmen attacked a mosque and ransacked the tombs of two Imams witnesses said on Monday #Libya
Tweeps please take some time to read the timeline of @Niz_FGM Info aboutt Projects and how to help #Libya
#YES ! #Gaddafi Goons are Trapped in Center of #Sirte Video goo.gl/YLB36 NTC Fighters Control 80% of Sirte #Libya
#SIRTE Col. Younis alAbdally said his troops have surrounded Gaddafi fighters in a small area in the upscale Dollar Street area #Libya
#SIRTE Red Cross team R evacuating over 100 patients from Ibn Sina Hospital left behind by Gaddafi troops on Monday #Libya
#TRIPOLI alMasri Abt 250 BeardedUniformed Men Ransacked 2Tombs of Imams AbdelRahmanelMasri & SalemAbuSeif StealingRelics BurnedBooks #Libya
They were wearing military uniforms and had beards thats all what I know so far
#Tripoli Last wk a Gargaresh Muslim cemetery + another 1 nr Trip Airport were ransacked apparently with pneumatic drills +heavy tools #Libya
#Sirte Ibn Sina Hospital DR says It was a #holocaust We had no drugs no oxygen no electricity no water #Libya
Today Sirte
AJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljUNXn9Ac5M
#TRIPOLI URGENT APPEAL for rare bloodtypes like Bloodtype O to Donate Blood over 150 wounded in battle BaniWalid arrived in Tripoli #Libya
On Monday #LiamFox;British military experts in #Libya helped disarm number of surface-to-air-missiles previously held by #Gaddafi regime
Britain + United States have a small team of military specialists working alongside the #Libya ns searching4 +Disarming surface2airMissiles
#Sirte Bloody Battle ;NTC Fighters got 70% control; The Suburbs of Sirte but Most difficult 30% in center still in #Gaddafi forces hands
#BaniWalid where Saif al Islam and his papa #Gaddafi are said 2b holed up #NATO said its warplanes struck 3 armed vehicles Sunday #Libya
PatriotSmurf
FYI Gaddafi prohibited #Libyans from registering their children after his bad name (Moammer) at municipalities in the last 10 years
Tarek
Oh #Gaddafi where is the rest of our money? You thief!! #Tripoli #Libya twitpic.com/6yf3uw
"We don't give up, we either win or die" #Tripoli #Libya
http://twitpic.com/6yf54e
hominoid555 Russell
Libya Shukri Ghanem was given Italian citizenship in exchange for contracts with the Italian oil giant Eni. Eni one care !
hominoid555 Russell
Bazeen Libyan food
http://libyanfood.blogspot.com/2010/08/bazeen.html
Libyan4life
Have a Libyan friend? Have they told you about Bazeen but you cant seem to visualize it? Check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pydo2SpPe_g&sns=em
markito0171 Mark
#Libya #NTC map of #Sirte shows location of Forces and the final battle in the city-center
twitpic.com/6y5bxj
#Libya #NTC map of #BaniWalid shows location of forces.->east Misrata-forces,->north Tripoli, ->south Nafusa
twitpic.com/6y6f74
hominoid555
Street art Al Khoms Libya
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=252656221447185&set=a.246814055364735.60405.118995841479891&&ref=nf
Libyan students in Jordan expelled the Libyan embassy staff on charges they were supporters of the former regime !
Aljazeera
The Al Jazeera English Tumblr Libyan fighters make limited gains in Sirte | Anti-Gaddafi forces capture residential area but face stiff resistance in battle for toppled leader’s home city.
http://aljazeera.tumblr.com/post/11254322954/libyan-fighters-make-limited-gains-in-sirte
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Proud to be Libyan and proud to have our NTC. #libya #feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Libya NTC made me proud today as a Libya with their recognition of Syria NTC ... Allahu Akbar ... We are ONE #SNC #feb17
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
Libya just gave your 'warning' the #RevolutionaryMiddleFinger. RT@nprnews #Syria Warns Countries Not To Recognize Opposition
Libyan4life
#Libya to close the Syrian embassy in #Tripoli -- a move showing our solidarity to our brothers and sisters in #Syria
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Libyans and Syrians are brothers. Bashar helped Gaddafi when he was busy killing us, it's our turn to help Syrians gain freedom. #feb17
Khadija
<3 Syria <3 we are all behind you!! From <3 Libya <3 #InSolidarityWithSyria
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Libya is the first country to recognize the #SNC. #Syria
Tarek
#Libya #NTC is reported to be the first to recognise the #Syrian #NTC. New #Arab Unity in making.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Libyans can feel your pain #Syria.Thats why our #NTC that represents us all has closed down the Syrian embassy & recognised your NTC #Libya
A #Demonstration should be organised in all the cities of #Libya this Friday to show our support to all our brothers and sisters in #Syria
mariya
Thank you #Libya... looking for the same from #Tunisia & #Egypt. #SyrianNC #Syria #mar15 #ArabSpring
tweets4peace ♡ Freedom ✌ Syria ♡
♥ Thank you #Libya ♥ NTC recognises the SNC as sole representative of the Syrian people and closes the Syrian embassy in Tripoli. ♥ #Syria
Khadija Ali
Let's start the #InSolidarityWithSyria hashtag. #Libya #ArabSpring #Egypt #Tunisia #Syria #freedom #Feb17 #Jan25 #Liberty #Justice
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
#Libya and #Syria we are united against the tyrants and for freedom dignity and democracy. No to suppression.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Syrian warning Tough measures’ will b taken against nations that recognize opposition group
goo.gl/3nhGL #Libya has recognized them
Tweeting Tripoli
What are they going to do? Send pilots to bomb us? They already did. Host an anti-Libyan terrorist TV station? They did.
Aljazeera
Libyan fighters push deeper into Sirte
NTC forces say they are preparing to fight street by street in the face of stubborn resistance from Gaddafi loyalists.
Libyan fighters have made major progress into Sirte, the home city of toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi.
National Transitional Council (NTC) forces said on Sunday they had managed to take control of Al Giza district, where a large number of pro-Gaddafi forces were based, as well as the city's university, and Ibn Sina hospital.
Some 15 Gaddafi loyalists were captured from the hospital, a witness told the Reuters news agency.
Despite stiff resistance from Gaddafi loyalists,NTC fighters also captured the Ouagadougou conference centre, which is believed to have housed the command centre of Gaddafi's forces and was protected by a large number of snipers.
Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting from Sirte, said: "They have taken the
Ouagadougou conference centre, the university, and the hospital. But there has been intense fighting for a third day.
More and video:
http://goo.gl/eFkEB
Tarek
#Libya Independence Day is 24 December 1951.
twitpic.com/6yf8a4
Dictators like #Gaddafi, #Hitler etc speak one and only language. it's violence. #Libya
There was even a prison inside #Khamis 32 Brigade in #Tripoli, #Libya http://twitpic.com/6yfa3l
The Parade Square at #Khamis 32 Brigade in #Tripoli. #Libya
http://twitpic.com/6yfcip
There was a small demonstration today in front of Corantia Hotel in #Tripoli by Mashashia Tribe to seek forgiveness I guess. #Libya
( The small village which was accused of attacking Nafousa Mountains and supporting #Gaddafi.)
A beautifully designed military court at #Khamis 32 Brigade in #Tripoli, there were lots of military orders. #Liby
http://twitpic.com/6yfeg5
Inside one of the empty bunkers at #Khamis 32 Brigade in #Tripoli, #Libya http://twitpic.com/6yfg39
Tweeting Tripoli
Actually, there were huge protests since yesterday infront of Syrian embassy. NTC respected people's wish.
BintTarablis KC
by 2011feb17
Why did Libya recognise The Syrian National Council ? Because the Syrian struggle is our struggle. #Libya and #Syria are one. Same pain.
Nusaiba
So proud of our NTC.This is what change of regime is all about.We're proving to the world once again that #Feb17 was a successful revolution
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
Spraying fire on the frontline - #Sirte #Libya
pic.twitter.com/9GaffUu9
Another grad rocket wings its way to #Sirte citadel - my pic of the day http://pic.twitter.com/pWsYpsRr
it's all pretty fluid - hospital, conference and uni secure but mortar and gunfire still coming back
pretty sure that one hit buildings - don't know if anyone inside. They've got spotters forward calling in the strikes.
Tweeting Tripoli
LOL.... It's my guitar plying time, nothing can make me skip my guitar playing time“@4Adam:
pic.twitter.com/MC6T6xVZ” #Sirte #feb17 #Libya #epic
A. Kenshil :
"Heavy clashes in the North front of #BaniWalid this morning. The freedom fighters were being shelled by GFs." #Libya
"We can say that now the Freedom Fighters have ~80% of #BaniWalid under their control." #Libya
"Yesterday the Freedom Fighters reached the city center but was full of mercenaries(~2000) heavily armed so ..." #BaniWalid. 1/2
"... they withdrawn to the outskirts of the airport." 2/2 #BaniWalid #Libya
WyreDavies Wyre Davies
Comms difficult from #Sirte but battle for #Libya not yet over. Forces loyal to #Gaddafi slowly being pushed back towards the sea (1/2)
At main hospital in #Sirte today. Many civilian casualties inc children. Wounded #Gaddaffi fighters also. Very heavy shelling of city (2/2)
For 1st time in #Libya conflict fighters try to take a city they don't know from v committed soldiers who know it well. (Weather crap too)
Hårde kampe i Libyen
19:35 10.10.2011
I Libyen raser kampene mellem de Gaddafi-tro styrker og overgangsregeringens tropper i byen Sirte.
Video:
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/video/index/id/44508684/
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Rumours just now are saying that FF's have full control of Sirt!!
#Sirt is a Free City now.All areas of the City have been freed from #Gadaffi Loyalists and we are one step closer to our target #Libya
#Sirt has been freed from #Gadaffi loyalists. #Libya is on its way to achieving what we once thought was impossible !!
UBA report that #Sirt is now in full control of the FF's #Libya
https://www.facebook.com/OnlyLibya
( Umweltbundesamt = German)
Gunfire can be heard all around #Tripoli right now. I am really starting to believe that #Sirt is a free City #Libya
Sarah
Whatever is happening now in #Sirte and #BaniWalid Takbeeeeeer !!!
baysontheroad JAMES BAYS
Back in #LIBYA. fourteen hours door to door from London to Tripoli hotel.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya ali al sallabi if There is national consensus on the next prime minister then the process of laying down arms can begin
Libyan4life
Here is the BETTER question: Who the HELL is Ali Sallabi to be ''advising'' or giving his opinion on #Libya?
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Those extremists are sneaky bastards. While Libyans are fighting on the front to free rest of the country, they're busy enforcing own agenda
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Beautiful Rainbow in Tripoli today after the rain showers. #Libya pic.twitter.com/n63DOtmp
FreeSyria.
I swear, I love Libya. Nothing closer than the Libya-Syria bond. #Libya #Syria
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
May Libya always stand by the oppressed wherever & whomever they may be. Let us always be the enemy of injustice & the unjust #syria #Feb17
Bashar you officially have 7 more million enemies today. We are called Libyans. We never surrender, We Win or Die #Syria #libya #SNC #Feb17
If Yemen had a National Transitional Council, Libya would recognize it too #feb17 #Syria
Syria ...The key to Victory is Allahu Akbar .Take it from me as a Libyan. It's tried and tested. Nothing scares despots more #Feb17 #libya
Moment our free Syrian brothers joined the protest in front of Libya London Embassy 2 April 2011
http://is.gd/5pZc2H #Syria #Feb17 #SNC
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#NATO Admiral Giampaolo DiPaola told #German lawmakers in Confidential Briefing NATO lost track of 10,000 surface2air missiles in #Libya
FIERCE fighting continues tonight but Revolutionary forces swept several hundred yards further into #Sirte http://goo.gl/YCzhK #Libya
#Libya #NOC Leaked Report #Oil to DOUBLE by November Output Recovering Far Faster then Expected goo.gl/UvBup #RepsolSA
Saif al Islam was last seen in #Bani #Walid on Saturday night handing out money to his Gaddafi goons #Libya
#NOC #ShakMak: #Libya #Oil sector to b freed up under New Gov. Companies more say over Exploration Projects Operations
goo.gl/pzgkO
#Photo #Blog The month-long battle fighting for #Sirte by all appearances seems to be Intensifying
goo.gl/YCl1B #Libya
#Sirte Map Combat Zone of #NTC and #Gaddafi Fighters
goo.gl/11FXV #Libya
Video Fighting to the finish in #Sirte
http://bit.ly/r6Ojk7 #Libya #Reuters
#Video Intense fighting in battle for #Sirte where Gaddafi liked to spend his millions bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… #Libya #BBC
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NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya –
goo.gl/otbjR
NATO key hits Oct. 5 2011
BaniWalid :
1 Military installation
6 c&c nodes
1 military staging location
NATOpress NATO Press
LIVE at 14:20CET: Statement @AndersFoghR on #NATO Defence Ministers meeting with non-NATO contributors to #OperationUnifiedProtector #Libya
NATOpress NATO Press
LIVE at 14:20CET: Statement @AndersFoghR on #NATO Defence Ministers meeting with non-NATO contributors to #Libya
goo.gl/qPw0Y
Around 2 AM Oct 6
libyahmed
huge explosions in tripoli now"!!!!!
in tajoura now?!
Tajoura is being rocked right now!!! what the hell is going on?!
gun fights and explosions. they’ve stopped now. my house was shaking!
it stopped but is continuing now… This is strange! I;m just switching all our lights off
our house was just shaking from the explosions. It started with gun fight and turned into explosions then back to gun fire.
i’m in tajoura
The FF have been asked to leave #tripoli, I watched them leave tonight… then Tajoura gets hit… I say they shouldn’t go anywhere! #libya
I guess I won’t know what’s happened until tomorrow.Desperately want to go on the roof and find out what’s happened, but mum will kill me :P
(more scared of my mamma than I am of #gaddafi and his scum!!)
Everything’s quietened down now… I wonder what that was all about. InshAllah khair, I’m off to sleep…
Just heard an anti aircraft shot… just a single lone shot… #tajoura #tripoli
they aint nato bombs :P
Mums response to the fighting just now was funny. Fast asleep, heard the fighting and explosions and sits up and goes ‘AH AlQaeda’ lol!
Only lasted a few minutes so alhamdulilah, got sorted. Now everything though sounds too quiet :P
lol, she’s a funny woman (especially when she’s not meaning to be :P)
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Naji al Issawi said a separate burial site elsewhere in #Tripoli had been discovered & could contain up to 700 bodies
feb17.info/news/libya-mil…
Sky News
Libyan flag raised in UN
The United Nations in Vienna has raised the flag of Libya’s National Transitional Council, a month after the international community formally recognised the country’s new leaders, the UN says.
The new green, black and red flag was raised among the colours of the other 192 UN members in the courtyard of the Vienna headquarters, replacing the green standard of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Link:
www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.a...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Tripoli 1 body which was found inside Hospital StreetCorner FREEZER is Mohammad Hashim #ElHOUDERI who was martyred in 1984 #Libya via FB
#Shocking find of 2 Mass Graves in #Tripoli 1 contains about 200 the other around 700 bodies
goo.gl/M7Lgt #Libya
Sarah
Libyan camel walking in front of a FreedomFighters tank.(AFP, 5th Oct, #BaniWalid ) #Libya –
pic.twitter.com/4cXBY8yi
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Flash Minister of Health #Libya Dr. Nagi Jumah #Barakat submitted #Resignation Jibril has acccepted but Jallil hasn’t agreed asked him2wait
Tarek
I went to #Khamis #Gaddafi Military HQ (32 Brigade) South #Tripoli today & saw 100s of secret military, intelligence, etc documents. #Libya
One secret document (I have a copy) revealing that #Libya was studying an offer to purchase Tiger Helicopter from EADS company in 2006.
One secret document signed by #Khamis #Gaddafi (I have a copy) revealing that #Libya wanted to purchase Tiger Helicopter from EADS in 2006.
Another secret document signed by #Khamis authorising payment to General Dynamics (#GD) #UK after completing a communication project. #Libya
I will go again to look for more secret documents, I saw 100s of files filled with documents about every single creature in #Libya. so scary
No guards or security, just empty huge nicely done military base
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
eastern rebels fighting block to block about a kilometer inside a very blown up apartment complex #sirte
Moez
Western companies trying to do business in #Libya need to understand that this revolution was built on #Libyan interests, not theirs #feb17
Also realising that Gov agencies labelled as ‘development’ or ‘aid’ are nothing more than a front to plug their country’s companies
Mushu
On Abdullah Senussi :p RT@feilefey No joo. Se on vaan tosi bleeergh vomit face. Faces like his should come with a warning. Or blurred.
Yefrenia
A powerful clip from AJA (this is it): Libyan man angry at Gaddafi. Very emotional & moving. His face, his words…
youtube.com/watch?v=ij5zZn…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij5zZn8-MPA
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
AbdelJalil: NTC plan to create a committee of 4 people from NTC to advise on the shape, duties and shape of transitional govt #feb17 #Libya
Aviation Week
Libyan Anti-Aircraft Missiles Disappear and Now the Search Is On
There are lots of empty SA-24 Grinch anti-aircraft missile shipping crates left in Libyan military warehouses. U.S. officials are still investigating whether they had been emptied before the conflict — which could indicate clandestine sales to the black market or a third country — or were among the many weapons carried off by looters as thefts of opportunity.
But there are ominous signs.
Read more:
goo.gl/gHQj1
This is a must read:
In Libya, Truth is the Biggest Ammunition
There is a thin red line between being an intelligence officer and an investigative journalist.
As an intelligence officer, your job is to travel extensively, gain people’s trust in order to extract information, and convince them to do things they wouldn’t normally do. At the same time, you must maintain secrecy and not reveal any details to the public for fear of compromising national security. When it comes time for you to present this information, you must also conduct a risk assessment and provide a forecast of expected patterns. Life is like a jigsaw puzzle and your job is to put all the pieces together.
Please read more here:
www.policymic.com/article/show?id=1602
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Time: Twists of Fate: The Towns That Loved #Gaddafi Face an Uncertain Future goo.gl/VUdvw #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#SIRTE #NTC Fighters R In Gov. Quarter a grid of expensively hotels villas + conference center where #Gaddafi used to host foreign leaders
I sincerely hope #Barakat is not resigning but this news is allover FaceBook
Moez
he sent a 2 page long open letter that sounded like his last swan song
#Tripoli STREET ART new blog #Libya
khadijateri.blogspot.com by @khadijateri
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
An amazing article about inspirational women in #Libya. A must read and MT: Women At War janinedigiovanni.com/docs/womenatwa…
THANKU4THEANGER
Yesterday on Libya TV (not Ahrar TV): AbdelJalil : Belhadj of Tripoli Military council was incorrect & unrealistic in asking FFs to hand over weapons to them. This is the role of the Supreme Security committee which is composed of NTC members is.gd/jxLGbl #Feb17 #Libya
Sherlock Holmes couldn’t find #Gaddafi… so they hired #EpicLibyanMan. #Libya #Feb17
epiclibyan.tumblr.com/post/11076392755/...
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
I met with #OperationUnifiedProtector partners to discuss conditions for completion mission in #Libya. #Qadhafi’s forces fighting lost cause
LibyaInMe حنين ~ Hanin
Salah Ashareksi. Born 1983. A civil engineer who volunteered, trained, and was martyred with 6 of his friends
feb17martyrs.com/salah-ibrahim-…
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
3 #FF dead and 20 injured in #Sirte Wednesday. montrealgazette.com/news/Libyan+go…
Yefrenia
What we need to remember is that Gaddafi planted his roots everywhere in Libya; even if he goes corrupt people won’t go that easily #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
No longer should we say or write on walls/cars we’re Tripoli FFs, Misrata FFs, Nafusa FFs, Benaghazi FFs . WE ARE LIBYAN FFs #feb17 #Libya
A Free Libyan
Keep up the support for #Libya – #PrayforSirte and #PrayforBaniWalid. The country isn’t free until every single person is. #Feb17
Libyan4life
I die inside lookin at footage of mass graves found around #Libya bc ppl r tampering with the sites. STAY BACK, you dnt know what ur doing
Moez
Glad to hear from Alvaro Canovas – French photographer shot in the thigh on 23/8/11 in Bab Al Azizia. Making full recovery in Paris #libya
He sent me a souvenir photo his colleague took when we were carrying him away from bab al azizia – awesome shot #libya
Libyan4life
Some of the crap I hear/read coming of #Sirte makes me wish we had just broken it off of #Libya. #CrapJournalism #Libya #Feb17
Free Libya
Same but it’s #CrapJournalism, they are interviewing scared people who have just lived under 8 months of pure G brainwashing.
Munitions bunkers found in Jufra area south of libya 4 9 11
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGIYPwdpRAE
FreeBenghazi
Identity of this person unknown. DNA sample was taken. Discovered in Tripoli Hospital refrigerator, ZawiyaSt #Libya
pic.twitter.com/rDV2ncYV
Majdi Mohamed AlShukdee detained 7Apr1984, killed 12May1984. Identified by parents & 38yr old son #Libya #Tripoli
pic.twitter.com/aQKSNj0m
Believed arrested 7Apr84 & his execution broadcast on TV 5May84 (Ramadan). Name released when ID’s confirmed #Libya
pic.twitter.com/oNPWRXT4
Pic2 of 6mth baby found in hospital refrigerator, w his playsuit, diaper, 1 femur, some his of bones #Libya bones.
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This victim reportedly been identified. Was arrested 7Apr1984. Body found in #Tripoli Hospital refrigerator #Libya
pic.twitter.com/gy5JI3Jb
Victim unidentified, found #Tripoli Hospital fridge. Sub-Saharan African features. Believed2 b from southern #Libya
pic.twitter.com/klFk849V
Young man, in his 20s or 30s, executed by hanging. Body found in Tripoli Hospital refrigerator #Libya
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Sons & friends identified victim from his hair & teeth, but still not 100% confirmed. Found Tripoli Hospital #Libya
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This young man was hanged in 1984. Body found in Tripoli Hospital refrigerator #Libya pic.twitter.com/h7BGkZjA
Body of man in his mid-20s. Found in Tripoli Hospital refrigerator. DNA sample taken to help identify him #Libya
pic.twitter.com/PyaiirCX
RedCrescent in #Nalut held lecture for middle-school boys, on landmines & unexploded ordinances #Libya v @nalutLRC
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.22774...
SMILE:
Master Pirate ☠
#OccupyWallStreet Breaking news: Libya has recognized protestors at Wallstreet as the sole government in the US. Expect us
5 young men from Sunaallah family, found buried in Sikkit, Misrata. Taken from their home in March by Gaddafiforces #Libya v @Alssomood
1of 5 bodies buried at farm in Sikkit,Misrata.Oct4 rain washed away some soil,revealing grave #Libya v #HattinBrigade
pic.twitter.com/Lqpdpvdk
Tripolitanian Libyan
Revolutionaries now in control of #Ghat, a town South West of #Libya, at the Algerian border. #Feb17
Abu Hanood El-Dernaw
spoke to @raggzeb over the phone and he is very grateful to all the well wishers. i will be going to see him again in a couple of hours.
Gerrie
I don’t know whether it is better to capture Ghadafi and clan dead or alive! They should be executed in public for all to see!
Ahmed
Just found a spent bullet in my living room… welcome to #Libya :P
i’m more interested to know where on earth it came from :P
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
@AP latest from #Sirte: Libya Fighters Loot Gadhafi Tribe, Showing Divide bitURL.net/b7u4
Misrata ppl not happy w me for writing my latest piece. they sent an NTC rep to look for me. waiting to see him
Another proof of the long long way #Libya has in understanding how freedom works
None of the rebels here have actually read the story but now walking past me and calling me “bitch”
There is a little angry mob discussing my article but they’re not coming to talk to me and don’t even know who i am.
One of the insults I was given: You Egyptian.
One of the Misrata drivers for @AFP flipped me the bird and called me a bitch. He’s the guys who also called me an infidel &slut 2 days ago
OK things are calm now. the ntc guy apparently went to misrata and “didnt have time” to see me.
I’m more worried about the @AFP driver than anyone else. He scares me!
my driver is fine. it’s AFP’s
ok leaving now to actually DO MY JOB!
Hajer
no wonder why, you painted them as revenge-driven people! based on the words of one person! it seems you love to do that
women journalists in libya like alexcrawford sky who dont claim the same abuse you claim so maybe the problem is you?
S K
so a couple of libyans were jerks dont worry bout it I thought u were better than being petty
Ismael
It’s what one driver said and did. Never mind the tens of thousands of others fighting in Sirte. driver more imp?
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Clashes between Gadafi loyalists and rebels in Zwara town escalating. #Libya
NTC: " Rebels have driven out pro-Gadafi fighters from Northern hills of Bani Walid today. 2 rebels dead in a rocket attack last night."
Spokesman: Bani Walid radio still broadcasting pro-Gadafi propaganda from inside. Libya Al Hurra counter broadcasts also inside Bani Walid
Khalifa
Abdul Jalil: “My personal opinion is that there is room in #Libya for all citizens regardless of there religious believe.”
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Another mass grave was found in Bab Al Aziziya last night. Hundreds of bodies, some cut up, tortured, in garbage bags. #libya #feb17
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
hoy en la edición impresa de EL MUNDO la historia de Jamal, un vasco que pelea en la batalla de #Sirte #Libia
Jamal regresó el pasado mes de agosto a #Libia y esta es la primera batalla en la q participa ayer “aprendí a manejar un AK-47 de chaval”
LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
My Proposal For a Countdown Clock. 20 months 609 days until Presidential elections. After #Sirte is Free.
pic.twitter.com/iSsnfFGF
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt ▸ Top stories today
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #ICRC delivering medical and other supplies in the besieged city of #Sirte, #Libya. #Gaddafi
#Libya, #ICRC spokesperson says they will try to evacuate injured civilians from #Sirte, #Libya, #Gaddafi
#Libya, #ICRC evacuates three war wounded patients and 4 of their family members from hospital in the besieged city of #Sirte
Spoke to some sirte residents who fear for the future of #Libya, one said: “who will guarantee all these men will lay down their arms”
#Libya, Some residents of #Sirte clearly don’t have faith in the new leadership of
#Libya
#Libya, #ICRC says one of the war wounded is a female child freshly injured in the fighting in #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC says that three evacuated are in stable condition but need specialized care, #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC says they visited ibn sina hospital in #Sirte and met three doctors, there were some nurses and medical students still there
#Libya, #ICRC says patients in hospital are in corridors because wards deemed unsafe, #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC ‘we don’t know hoe many patients still inside hospital because we didn’t have time to assess, we hope to return’, #Sirte
Time Magazine World
The Enemy Of My Enemy: Libyan Islamists and Western Forces
Abdel Hakim Belhaj is an Islamist whom Western spy agencies thought so dangerous that as recently as 2004, the governments of the U.S. and Britain conspired with the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to capture him in Kuala Lumpur and secretly fly him back to his homeland, Libya, where he was imprisoned and tortured for six years.
Read more:
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,91...
Tarek Alwan
BASF, Deutsche Boerse: Equity Market Preview for Germany – Businessweek buswk.co/nalLKm
(Good News) #BASF SE (BAS GY): The #German chemical company’s #Wintershall oil production unit said its plants in #Libya are intact.
#Tripoli Brigade (Souk Al Juma) Salutes New Members
youtube.com/watch?v=Mssfd2… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mssfd2mZG7E&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Tripoli in Hospital Refrigerator 18 bodies betwn 6mnts & 50 yrs old All killed 1984 Some from battle4 #BabAlAziyah Incl.woman + baby #Libya
#Misrata Rain revealed mass grave on a farm in Sikkit #Misrata 5 bodies found #Libya
Mass grave found in #AbuYema al #Kufra containing 60 bodies 1 is Relative of @Saleh9416 Relative died in 1980 #Libya
#Slowly all the #missing people of Libya are found In mass graves #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
Fridges #Tripoli Hospital #BabAlAziziyah #Zawya BODIES found wr executed ’84 + 97 for AttemptedCoups Against Gaddafi
Keeping bodies in Freezer Meant as an Insult. it was the #Ultimate Insult to them to deny them burial #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
#NO #OIL #DEAL between #Libya and #Heritage Oil says #NOC Director Ahmed Al-Taghdi
cnbc.com/id/44786058
French DF Longuet Thursday; #NATO airstrikes will not cease until ALL remaining pockets of resistance r suppressed + #NTC asks them to End
Italian #oil major #Eni said it feared its largest oilfield in the North African nation might be in ruins #Libya
#Tripoli #Martyr square #Libya Libyan authorities struggle to rein in militias
NPR
Gadhafi May Be Hard To Find, But Not His Supporters
In Libya, anti-government fighters are facing fierce resistance in Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte. It’s one of the last areas that has not fallen to rebel forces. But it’s hardly the last bastion of support for the deposed leader.
Read full story:
www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141092142/gadhaf...
#Libya revolutionaries posted a #blacklist of alleged Collaborators with Gaddafi’s regime at #Tripoli Law college
goo.gl/xY4IH
GihanTadreft Gihan Badi
#Libya #Benghazi would risk fading back into obscurity as the seat of #NTC were it not for one powerful asset: #oil
reut.rs/qcKas1
#Gaddfi Loyalists put up fierce resistance in #Sirte & Clashes cont wth ProDemocracy fighters who have stormed the city
bit.ly/pZKV64
Actor-activist #SeanPenn says he admires #Libyans for their courage in overthrowing #Gadhafi bit.ly/qIRULo #Libya #feb17
feb17libya Feb17Libya
LIVE Libyan Unrest: October 6, 2011
bit.ly/nSRxEj #libya
France said Thursday that NATO’s mission in #Libya would continue as long as #Gaddafi forces were putting up resistance
feb17.info/news/live-libyan-unrest-octo...
WilliamJHague William Hague
We stand up for #humanrights & help with our Arab Partnership Initiative but not for us to dictate their future
I agree, internet should be open & safe for all, with right balance between intellectual property & accessibility
Zainab
Am I the only one weirded out that the refrigerator still works after 27 years? #Libya pic.twitter.com/12rzj727
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #ICRC evacuates three war wounded patients and 4 of their family members from hospital in the besieged city of #Sirte
Spoke to some sirte residents who fear for the future of #Libya, one said: “who will guarantee all these men will lay down their arms”
#Libya, Some residents of #Sirte clearly don’t have faith in the new leadership of #Libya
#Libya, #ICRC says one of the war wounded is a female child freshly injured in the fighting in #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC says that three evacuated are in stable condition but need specialized care, #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC says they visited ibn sina hospital in #Sirte and met three doctors, there were some nurses and medical students still there
#Libya, #ICRC says patients in hospital are in corridors because wards deemed unsafe, #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC ‘we don’t know hoe many patients still inside hospital because we didn’t have time to assess, we hope to return’, #Sirte
WOW, don’t you just lurve photography!!! Time stops at the right moment. pic.twitter.com/0OKaCShg
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
fb.me/vuVKds5r
TheDailyOrgan The Daily Organ
It feels like Reuters have been reporting a “final” attack on Sirte, Libya, every day for about the last two weeks goo.gl/blyGa
libyanproud libyanandproud
We’re proud of our Freedom Fighters! They’re our heroes and w’ll do everything to protect them even from themselves #Feb17 #Libya
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Walid وليد
African Cup of Nations Qualifier: Zambia v #Libya Saturday 8/10 15:30 GMT Live on Nessma TV…be sure not to miss it & support our boys!
James Herron
Eni says reports of “serious damage” at Elephant oil field in #Libya are incorrect.
PeterClifford1 #Libya
FF’s claim to control 50% of #Sirte & now moving in on the centre. tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
france 24
Les forces du CNT affirment contrôler la majeure partie de Syrte
Avec l’appui des avions de l’Otan, les combattants du Conseil national de transition continuent leur avancée dans la ville de Syrte. “Dans deux jours, si Dieu veut, Syrte sera libérée”, a déclaré un commandant militaire du CNT.
Full story:
www.france24.com/fr/20111006-forces-cnt...
malonebarry Barry Malone
NATO campaign to continue while #Libya resistance lasts | Reuters reut.rs/qZf4Np
Tripoli
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
They only man checkpoints after 10pm or so. Rest of day it’s weapon free & police starting to do jobs in majority of areas
LIVE Libyan Unrest: October 6, 2011
France said on Thursday that NATO’s air mission in Libya would continue as long as
forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were putting up resistance in their remaining holdouts, and until the interim government requested its conclusion.
Source:
feb17.info/news/live-libyan-unrest-octo...
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
by misrati_free
Khairi Al-Saqar died in Salah Al-Deen on 27/08/2011. الله يرحم نسأل الله يتقبلك عند شهيد #Libya
pic.twitter.com/iFmrLmOs
Khalifa Abdulrhman Al-Deghry (1988) was taken by G forces and executed during the Battle of Tripoli الله يرحمه #Libya
pic.twitter.com/A2OUl8zP
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Kevin had a grenade strapped to his flak vest “in case I have to throw it at someone.” Rebl fightrs concerned he’s not stable. #Libya #USA
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#FF in #Libya reach the Wagadogo hall in #Sirt after vicious battles with the #Gadaffi Loyalists and look to head further into the City.
libyanproud libyanandproud
At the Rass Ijdayr border crossing
Nasr
The #Gaddafi & #Werfalli tribes have been looting the country for 40 yrs. #SayNo2Tribalism #SayNo2Defectors
Reuters
INTERVIEW-Libyan security arm to hunt Gaddafi Loyalists
Fugitive leader moving around near Niger, Algeria
NTC to investigate rights abuses by its fighters
“Regarding internal security, there has been an order to abolish it. And we are studying a way of creating a body,” al Dharrat said in an interview.
“The mission of this apparatus may be to follow the fifth column of Gaddafi’s followers. That would be the sole speciality of this apparatus that will be created.”
He did not specify where in the country the search would be focused.
Full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Khalifa Leebee
Animals left behind to die
Video:
youtube.com/watch?v=LC_5Pe…!
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC_5PeiQu9c&fea...
2011feb17
Beautiful rain. Fresh cool air. Love this weather. Wow Tripoli is nicer without Gaddafi
Suzanne
Mother Earth cleaning up Gaddafi’s mess
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Everything will be greening up nicely
Free Libya
Mashallah it’s still raining, I think the rain was just scared of Gaddafi :)
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Lol.. Soug al jumaa FF car :) #epic
twitpic.com/6vxrg4
Roshan Khadivi
#UNICEF distributing #hygiene kits #water kits, blankets and other NFI to #IDPs fleeing from #Sirte #Libya
Free Libya ♔☾✰
Ali Hassan Jaber Battalion handed to the NTC 1.9M LYD & 5Kilos of gold found in #Sirte. #libya
yfrog.com/odnclj
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
My friend and colleague @hadeelalsh receiving threats tday from #Misrata forces angry w critical reporting. Bad sign. #Libya #Sirte #NTC
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Saw another young American, Kevin, who joined #Libya’s rebels on #Sirte’s frontline. Seeing reports #MatthewVanDyke has picked up a gun too.
Tho not illegal fr Americans to fight in other countries’ wars, cld raise Qs dwn the rd, esp if #NTC forces accused of humn rghts violations
Didn’t give his full name. Has claimed alternately to be medic, journalist & consultant, according to fighters
He had a tan and was wearing a helmet and sunglasses.
Brown Moses
i just found this article from yesterday mentioning him by name saying he’d with the misrata rebels:
An American who’s been hanging around Misrata fighters for several months, Kevin Dawes, hangs a handy cam off his flak jacket and also usually carries a sniper rifle. Dawes said he originally came to Libya to start as a journalist and has ended up volunteering as a medic and a fighter.
“I might put together a documentary,” he said.
Read more:
bit.ly/o3X4QT
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Yep, that sounds about right
Brown_Moses Brown Moses
You should ask the NTC to arrest him, he’s genuinely mentally ill and a fantasist. I can send more info if you want.
Tweeting Tripoli
I see a beautiful rainbow from my window :) #Tripoli
pic.twitter.com/TvOvoNcy
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
twitpic.com/6vzavn
Last tweet… My least favourite place in the world #Tripoli #BabAlAzizia
hamzamu
#Libya : My Friend martyred Lion from Benghazi in Misrata Misrata side Died Saving April
Video:
youtu.be/lAHUINPoSlY
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAHUINPoSlY&fea...
Le Figaro
Libye: violents affrontements dans l’ouest
De violents affrontements entre combattants pro et anti-Kadhafi se déroulaient aujourd’hui à Ragdaline, une ville aux mains des fidèles de l’ex-régime à 130 km au sud-ouest de Tripoli, a-t-on appris jeudi auprès d’un responsable militaire du Conseil national de transition (CNT).
“Les forces militaires du CNT avaient donné mercredi 24 heures aux pro-Kadhafi de Ragdaline pour déposer leurs armes, mais ils ont fait une incursion dans la ville voisine de Zouara et ont tué Fathi al-Idrissi, un commandant pro-CNT, avant de se replier vers Ragdaline”, a indiqué Smaïl Atouchi.
Full art.:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/10/06/9...
NATO ‘ready to welcome new, democratic Libya’
Despite intense fighting that’s taking place in pro-Gadhafi strongholds, NATO remains confident that Libya’s National Transitional Council can manage a peaceful transition to democracy, the world body’s secretary general said Thursday.
“Allies stand ready to welcome a new democratic Libya,” Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters after a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels, which included Canada’s Peter MacKay.
Read more:
www.canada.com/news/NATO+ready+welcome+...
Some of Libya’s martyrs, may they all rest in peace:
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
GRAPHIC- Zuhair Ibrahim a victim of one of #Gaddafi’s mines. May God grant him in paradise. #Libya
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Abdumen’em Mohamed Saleh from Gheryan martyred while taking weapons to the BaniWalid frontline اللهم ارحمه #Libya
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Khaled Abdulsalam Al-Megrab (1971) from Al-Nufaleen Tripoli and has a daughter called Boushra around 2 years old..(1/2) pic.twitter.com/jPvwANRB
..He was in AbuSleem for around 15 years and martyred in the Battle of BaniWalid. نسأل الله أن يسكنه فسيح جناته (2/2)
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Khalifa Abou Rage’ah martyred on 18/2/2011 infornt of the Fadeel Bou Omar Battalion in Benghazi الله يرحمك #Libya
pic.twitter.com/dkXLFFvR
Abdulfatah Al-Sherif from the Al-Jazeera Battalion martyred on 28/08/2011.الله يرحمهه وايسكنه فسيح جناته #Libya
pic.twitter.com/qgEh89Pv
Khalifa Abdulrhman Al-Deghry (1988) was taken by G forces and executed during the Battle of Tripoli الله يرحمه #Libya
pic.twitter.com/A2OUl8zP
Khairi Al-Saqar died in Salah Al-Deen on 27/08/2011. الله يرحم نسأل الله يتقبلك عند شهيد #Libya
pic.twitter.com/iFmrLmOs
Abdulrahman Ragab Saoud from Zawyet Dahmani,Tripoli passed away in the Battle of Tripoli on 20/08/2011الله يرحمه #Libya
pic.twitter.com/NthGrSzw
Salah Abdullah Al-Tarhoni from the Qarayt Salah #FFs of Tripoli #Libya. ربى يرحمه ويجعله مع اخواننا الراسلين والانبياء
pic.twitter.com/9tUKQscQ
Ahmed Al-Twaty passed away on 27/9/2011. الشهيد أحمد إبراهيم التواتي. To God we belong & to God we shall return #Libya
pic.twitter.com/NLcAQwGm
Our martyr Suleiman Al-Sheiky الشهيد سليمان الشيخي May God rest his soul in peace. #Libya
pic.twitter.com/MPDIyYoH
Misratah: from 16/03/2011 to 22/03/2011, we lost 105 brave martyrs
GRAPHIC- Our martyr Aseem Breiny he was killed in Zawyet Al-Dehmani in Tripoli #Libya. الله يرحمه ويتقبله شهيد يارب
pic.twitter.com/Izs4njyF
Marwan Nagm El-Deen Karemah (1975) from Zawiyah. He died on Wednesday morning 2/3/2011.#Libya االهم ارحم كل اشهداء
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Zein Al-Abedin Ehwaydi Al-Omami passed away in Brega on 2/4/2011. #Libya. May God rest his soul in peace.
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Dr. Mohamed Kheiri Hamed passed away on 26/08/2011 in Tripoli. He was killed by a…(1/2) #
Libya pic.twitter.com/S9Rrvwhq
..sniper in an ambulance car while treating the injured.(2/2) #Libya ان الله وان اليه راجعوان
pic.twitter.com/VzuQ1FfA
Fathallah Jibril Al-Berki martyred on 11/08/2011 الشهيد البطل فتح الله جبريل البــــــركى #Libya الله يرحمه
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Nagib Mokhtar Al-Geta’ani (16/5/1989) from Tobruk martyred in Misratah on 12/6/2011. اللهم اجعل مثواه الجنه #Libya
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Mohamed Ragab Mohamed Masoud (1986). Martyred in Bani Walid on 28/05/2011. He was executed by G forces #Libya
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Martyr Mohamed Al-Halbous from Misratah #Libya الشهيد محمد الحلبوص من شهداء مصراته قائد ميدانى الله يتقبل فى جنة الخلد
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Some of the martyrs of Misratah in May #Libya ان لله وان اليه راجعون pic.twitter.com/spopRQ7Q
Al-Azhar Al-Hamedi the first martyr in Al-Noufleen. الازهر الحامدي اول شهيد في منطقه النوفلين الله يرحمه #Libya
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Hameed Gaba’oud (1984) from Misratah martyred on 27/08/2011 in Tripoli. دمك يا حميد مايمشيش هباء بادن الله #Libya
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Martyr AbdulNaser Bou Sbabel from Shahat #Libya. الشهيد عبدالناصر بوسبابل من شحات أسأل الله أن يرزقني الشهادة في سبيله
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Firas Khalifa Askar martyred on 02/10/2011 in Tiji #libya الله يرحمه yfrog.com/o0o6zwmxj
Tareq AbdulBagi from Al-Beidha (1995), martyred in the Battle of #Sirte, few days ago. May God rest his soul in peace.
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أطفال ليبيا في مقدمة ضحايا كتائب القذافي لاإله الا الله #Libya pic.twitter.com/5SqkIh3N
Malak, 5 years old from Misratah did not only loose her leg, but she also lost her younger brother…#Libya (1/2)
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..Mohammed (3 years old) and her little sister Rudayna (1 year old)إنا الله وإنا إليه راجعون (2/2) #Libya
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سوق الجمعه : الشهيد الشيخ محمود نشنوش نسأل الله أن يسكنه فسيح جناته #Libya pic.twitter.com/RhgkgKVM
Sheikh Mahmoud Nashnoush from Souq Al-Jumaa martyred in Tripoli. #Libya نسأل الله أن يسكنه فسيح جناته
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Our Martyr AbdulAati Ali Gdoura from Zawiyat Al-Dehmani, Tripoli (1988) #Libya إنا الله وإنا إليه راجعون
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Masoud Hussein Marseet martyred in Zawiyah in May. نسأل الله أن يكتبه من الشهداء #Libya
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احمد الكريكشي من الثوار الذين ماتوا في بداية الثورة في طرابلس 25/02/2011 نسأل الله ان يغفر له ويرحمه #Libya
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Ahmed Al-Krekshi born in 1985. Martyred in Tripoli on 25/02/2011. To God we belong and to God we shalll return.
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الشهيد منصور فرج الغيثي من مواليد درنة 1985 ، استشهد في قمينس غرب مدينة بنغازي يوم الجمعة 18/03/2011 شهيد باذن الله
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The martyr Mansour Farag Al-Gheithy born in Darna 1985. Died Gemines (west of Benghazi) on Friday 18/03/2011. #Libya
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إبن الشهيد ناجي علي النفيشي (26/02/2011 )يقرأ على أبيه صورة الفاتحة في مقبرة شط الهنشير في طرابلس طريق الشط #Libya
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Nagi Ali Al-Nafeshy from Tripoli martyred on 26/02/2011. His son reading Al-Fatiha on him at Shat Al-Hansheer. #Libya
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الشهيد مروان محمد أبوزودة إستشهد يوم 20/09/2011 في سبها الله يرحمه ويوسع عليه يارب ويكتبه من شهداء الوطن #Libya
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Our Martyr Marwan Mohamed Abou Zoda died on 20/09/2011 in the Battle of Sabha #Libya. May God rest his soul in peace.
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عبد المطلوب جبريل بوعينه المغربي استشهد في البريقه يوم الجمعه 17/05/2011 انظروا الي الابتسامه التي تعلو وجوه الشهداء
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AbdulMatloub Jibril Bou Aayna Al-Megherbi martyred in the Battle of Brega on Friday 15/07/2011. #Libya رحمة الله عليه
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هذه الصورة لشخص استشهد ف بن جواد قبيل دخول سرت..وقد احضر الى بنغازي ولم يتعرف عليه احد.
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مالك تارسين طبيب اسنان و كان صاحب صاحبه محبوب من الناس الي تعرفه كان يتمنى انه يكون من الشهداء نحسبه ان يكون بإذن الله
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youtube.com/watch?v=Gwxldw… حادث استشهاد قائد ميداني لثوار مصراتة نور الدين القن
Ahmed
Gives one a burst of hope & pride when one reads names of Libya’s martyrs. Their blood wsn’t shed in vain الله أكبر
Fighting rages as Gadhafi diehards bid to break Sirte siege
Sirte, Libya – Intense fighting raged in Sirte on Thursday after forces loyal to Moammer Gadhafi tried to break a siege of the ousted strongman’s hometown by fighters loyal to Libya’s new regime.
Amid complaints that NATO air strikes had destroyed homes and killed residents in the city, the alliance was considering how quickly it could end its air campaign.
Read more:
www.canada.com/news/Fighting+rages+Gadh...
RoshanKhadivi Roshan Khadivi
#UNICEF & Ministry of Education Press Conference #Libya #Tripoli Meezaran Str, Saturday 8 Oct @ 10am
#PressConference with Libyan Minister, Suleiman Khoja & #UNICEF
MOD UK
RAF medics help keep planes flying over Libya
Helping to keep the UK’s aircrew and support staff fit and healthy and flying aircraft over Libya in support of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is a team of RAF medical staff.
Read more:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...
Via Feb 17
Reuters France said on Thursday that NATO’s air mission in Libya would continue as long as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were putting up resistance in their remaining
holdouts, and until the interim government requested its conclusion. French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet, attending a meeting of NATO defence ministers, was asked under what conditions NATO would end the air mission.
“There should no longer be any pockets of resistance and the NTC must request it,” Longuet told reporters.
Reuters
Libya’s new government is setting up a security agency whose main task would be to root out those who remain loyal to deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi in towns and cities it now controls. Ahmed al Dharrat, Libya’s new interim internal affairs minister, told Reuters the new agency would replace a much-feared security service which ruled the North African nation through fear and arrests throughout Gaddafi’s 42 years in power.
ENI
Italian oil major Eni fears its largest oilfield in Libya, known as Elephant, may be in ruins, which could dash hopes of a speedy return of Libyan supplies to global markets
after months of war. “One volunteer went with a squad of 10 rebel fighters, who escorted him on a two-to-three-hour survey in which he took pictures of the mess,” ENI’s Libyan operations manager, Mustafa Abougfeefa, said in an interview.
Aljazeera
Two mass graves containing around 900 bodies have been found in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the broadcaster Al Jazeera reports. “Statements from witnesses led us to two graves of victims of the former regime,” Al Jazeera on Thursday quoted Nagui al-Essawi, a military commander in Tripoli, as saying.
He added that the two graves had been discovered in Gargaresh, a coastal area located some 7km from central Tripoli, and in Brasta Milad, a rural area near the capital.
SIRTE NTC
Fighters of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) will soon capture Sirte, hometown of the fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the current situation there is
under control, NTC’s military spokesman Ahmed Bani said here Wednesday.
Bani said some NTC fighters have managed to “penetrate” into Sirte and have fully surrounded the town, while coordination has started for future attacks with the help of some local youths. The NTC will fully capture Sirte in the upcoming days, Bani said, without offering a detailed timetable.
Red Cross
The international Red Cross delivered baby milk, diapers and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Moammar Gadhafi’s besieged hometown on Thursday, seeking to ease shortages amid rapidly deteriorating conditions.
Reuters OIL GUNVOR
Libya is exporting its first cargo of crude to Asia under a new government as the North African nation returns to normalcy following a months-long civil war. The cargo, the third to ship from the country since conflict ended last month, will come as a relief to refiners in Asia who have been paying high premiums for crudes of the quality that Libya produces.
European trading company Gunvor booked oil tanker Wilmina to load 950,000 barrels of Libyan crude on Oct. 7, according to shipping fixtures. The destination was given as east of Suez, which traders said meant it was likely heading to China, which bought nearly 10 percent of Libya’s crude output in 2010.
CNN
Libyan revolutionary fighters drove out Moammar Gadhafi’s forces from strategic posts in the hills of Bani Walid Thursday, as fighting raged in one of the last remaining loyalist strongholds. The hills lie on the northern front of the fighting in Bani Walid and were infested with snipers, said Abdulla Kenshill, a National Transitional Council spokesman in the city.
CNN
Anti-Gadhafi forces capture area in Bani Walid
Libyan revolutionary fighters drove out Moammar Gadhafi’s forces from strategic posts in the hills of Bani Walid Thursday, as fighting raged in one of the last remaining loyalist strongholds.
The hills lie on the northern front of the fighting in Bani Walid and were infested with snipers, said Abdulla Kenshill, a National Transitional Council spokesman in the city.
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libyanproud libyanandproud
FF at border: Jmayl (it’s a town in Libya) have surrendered their arms after clashes last night and this morning . #Feb17 #Libya
I’m in beautiful and free #Libya
FF at border: Battles ongoing in RaqDaleen between Freedom Fighters and reminant Gaddafi forces .
Amazigh Film festival
The International Amazigh Film Festival, “Issni N’ourgh,” which means “the Golden Crown,” will honor Libyan intellectuals at its fifth edition, which opens on Thursday in the Moroccan city of Agadir.
The festival’s director, Rashid Boukassim, said that choosing Libya as the guest of honor reflects the interest of the organizers of the events taking place in the Arab world, and shows the festival’s interaction with the various changes occurring in North Africa and the Middle East.
An article dated, 6 October 1947: “Libya’s future: Italian hopes and Arab fears”
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 6 October 1947
Tripoli just now is swept by rumours, the gist of which is that the Italians are coming and the British are going. Most of the rumours seem to have travelled across the sea from the Ministry of Italian Africa in Rome. This extravaganza would barely be worth reporting were it not a measure of the hopes that are stirring amongst the Italian colonists here that something good may come out of the London talks on the former Italian colonies.
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Al Arabiya
Sniper fire holds up push into Sirte; Panetta to consult NATO commanders on Libya war
Heavy sniper fire from forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi held back Libyan government forces trying to take the former leader’s hometown on Thursday, making predictions of a quick end to the battle looked optimistic, as the Pentagon chief was due to consult NATO commanders on Libya air war.
Residents who fled the town of Sirte said civilians were dying. One man said a rocket strike killed his 11-year-old son and he had to bury him where he died because the fighting was too intense to reach the cemetery.
Taking Sirte is of huge importance to Libya’s new rulers, and until it is captured they are putting on hold plans to start rebuilding the country as a democracy.
Full art.:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/06/1...
Sidney Morning Herald
About 900 bodies in Libya mass graves
Two mass graves containing around 900 bodies have been found in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the broadcaster Al Jazeera reports.
“Statements from witnesses led us to two graves of victims of the former regime,” Al Jazeera on Thursday quoted Nagui al-Essawi, a military commander in Tripoli, as saying.
He added that the two graves had been discovered in Gargaresh, a coastal area located some 7km from central Tripoli, and in Brasta Milad, a rural area near the capital.
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news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/abo...
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Gaddafi forces from Riqdalin attacked Zuara & killed the NTC commander and went back to Riqdalin. #Libya #Gaddafi
Riqdalin is in northwest Libya near the Tunisian border. NTC is sending forces from other towns to capture the Gaddafi forces in Riqdalin.
Question is: how many towns still have significant amounts of Gaddafi troops? What about Al Ajaylat, which was a Gaddafi stronghold? #Libya
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Ahmed
The rain just started pouring here in #Tripoli. Now the roads will be flooded to my knees again with many of them shut! #blameitongaddafi
Khadija Ali
Zliten full of mines, needs urgent help removing them before its too late!! Spread the word!!
markito0171 Mark
map of #Gaddafi -Forces controlled area in western #Libya twitpic.com/6w0dr5
Benghazi childen go back to school with new anthem
BENGHAZI, Libya — The clapping of hands, the stamping of feet and the spontaneous giggling are back as hundreds of Libyan children returned to their schools in Benghazi, the epicentre of rebellion against Moamer Kadhafi.
Several schools in the eastern Libyan city have reopened since last week after eight months of closure, with young boys and girls singing a new national anthem and breathing what they call the “air of freedom” for the first time.
“I smell freedom when I come to school now,” said 13-year-old Bushra, dressed in a black school uniform and a white headscarf as she spoke to AFP in the compound of her Okba bin Nafa school in Benghazi’s Al-Laithi neighbourhood.
“The tyrant (Kadhafi) is gone and the entire atmosphere has changed. There is a new spirit in the school,” said the girl who dreams of studying medicine in the United States.
Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
Aljazeera
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Mutassim has fled the former leader’s hometown of Sirte and was last heard of heading south, a Libyan government military spokesman told Al Jazeera. “The last information we got about him (Mutassim) is that he left Sirte last Sunday,” spokesman Ahmed Bani said. “We arrested one of (Gaddafi’s) mercenaries and he confirmed this.”
Libyan government forces have tried for weeks to take Sirte from fighters loyal to Gaddafi but were still being held back by sniper fire on Thursday.
Ahmed
So Mu3tassim apparently was able to flee Sirte. Will we be able to catch any of the #Gaddafi 7ameer? #Libya #Feb17
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
A lot of the salt water turned wells, have turned back to normal :) #Tripoli
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Two days stuck in the desert near Sirte made much more fun by Olivier’s presence. He now faces 3-6 months in hospital after RPG hit.
CNN
Hannibal’s horrors: Others tell stories similar to burned nanny’s
Shweyga Mullah gestures a greeting to her visitors at Tripoli’s burn hospital. Her head wrapped in fresh bandages, her frail body under a red fleece blanket, Mullah is slowly regaining her dignity.
Apparently, it was not just Mullah who suffered as servants of Hannibal Gadhafi’s family. A man too frightened to reveal his name led CNN reporters to another one of
Hannibal Gadhafi’s properties, a gated, high-walled villa-like house, where the man said more abuse was meted out to staffers.
“Shweyga is not the only one,” he said, describing a Sudanese man who was also scalded with water after he burned an undershirt he was ironing.
He said the foreign staff bore the brunt of the abuse.
Another foreign nanny contacted CNN and described Aline Gadhafi as a “sadist” and a “psychologically sick” woman.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/02...
Photo:
A bullet attached to a badge bearing the new flag of Libya is worn by an anti-Gaddafi fighter as reinforcement brigades prepare to advance towards a checkpoint north of the besieged city of Bani Walid September 24, 2011.
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NATO NATO
#NATO Secretary General @AndersFoghR’s closing press conference youtu.be/allZ_fk7dVg Defence Ministerial
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
The TFM invites you to attend the launch of the NGO Fund. Please see goo.gl/2bnLJ for more info.
Malek
Home sweet home. Boy I missed Tripoli so much. Gr8 2 B back! Lots 2do. Never thought I wld c this day! #Libya
TFMLibya TFM Libya
TFM is launching a fund for #Libyan #NGOs & will be holding an event in #Tripoli next week. Interested NGOs plse Email info@tfmlibya.org
For Tunisia Hospital Bill payments for #Libyan victims of war call +216 71 965038, +216 71 965040, +216 71 965044, +216 71 965049 Plse RT
More info in Arabic about the TFM’s #Libyan #NGO Fund here tfmlibya.org/arabic/ngos-pr.htm please RT #Libya
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Colonel Gaddafi calls on Libyans to protest peacefully “in millions” and says “conditions in Libya unbearable now” in audio message
Moez
Anyone else thinking that #Gaddafi messages of defiance now seem like a broken record player? #Libya
For injured ff’s abroad:
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
1 of the injured FF’s fathers called me 2day. He was injured in Sebha but it seems that they’ve not allowed companions 2 come
Moez
only under 16s can take 1 parent. Other minders can apply for a normal visa through an accelerated process
Off – topic or maybe nor quite:)
How to live your life:
I stumbled across this story by accident.
This is the story of an American business man and a Mexican fisherman that happen to cross paths. While the story has no official author or even verification for if it even took place at all, ultimately that’s meaningless
The story has an amazing message that it gets across very effectively, and will really resonate with you if you ever found yourself reconsidering the line of work you’re in, what your goals are, and what happiness really means to you
Please read:
The Story of the Mexican Fisherman
www.gabrielhummel.com/2009/09/05/the-st...
libyanproud libyanandproud
In #Sibratha ! #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/6w1x31
I LOVE LIBYA ! thank you brave Freedom Fighters !
Tweeting Tripoli
love the Italian architecture. Originally were train stations. Sadly we don’t have trains anymore.
ICRC
Libya: wounded patients evacuated from Sirte hospital
Tripoli/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated three war-wounded people from Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte to a field hospital
on the other side of the front line on 6 October 2011.
It benefited from a lull in hostilities during a few hours that enabled it to carry out this operation. An estimated 20,000 people who have fled the fighting are now staying near Sirte, often in difficult conditions.
“The three wounded patients needed to be taken out. In the current conditions, the hospital in Sirte cannot provide the specialized care they need,” said Cordula Wolfisberg, an ICRC doctor who entered the hospital. “Together with the medical staff at the hospital, we identified which patients required evacuation and were stable enough to withstand it. We also made sure they were willing to leave.”
Once outside Sirte, the patients, accompanied by three members of their families, were transferred further to a hospital in Misrata. One of the evacuees is a seriously injured nine-year-old girl. Medication for people suffering from chronic diseases – donated by other humanitarian organizations – was also delivered by the ICRC to the hospital.
“Today there were only a few doctors left to treat war-wounded people in the Sirte hospital,” added Dr Wolfisberg. “Because of the fighting in the area, most patients have been moved from the wards to the corridors. In addition, the hospital is packed with civilians from the neighbourghood, including many women and small children.”
ICRC delegates also delivered food parcels, baby milk, diapers and hygiene items for 1,000 people inside conflict-stricken Sirte.
The ICRC reiterates that all possible measures must be taken to protect civilians and ensure safe access for health-care and humanitarian workers, as required by international humanitarian law.
This was the third time since 1 October that the ICRC had managed to enter Sirte from the west. The security situation remains extremely volatile, limiting movements and the time that ICRC staff can spend inside the city.
While thousands of civilians are still caught inside Sirte, many others have fled the city in recent weeks in search of safety. More than 18,000 people, among them many women, children and elderly people, are currently displaced east of Sirte. Around 5,000 of them are staying in the desert nearby and others are scattered in Harawa and its surroundings, some 50 kilometres east of Sirte. West of the city, hundreds of people have moved to safer areas between Sirte and Misrata.
“Waves of civilians are leaving the city almost every day,” said Ghafar Bishtawi, an ICRC delegate, east of Sirte. “We even saw entire families leaving on foot, bringing their small children with them, without any food or water.”
Together with Libyan Red Crescent volunteers, the ICRC is distributing potable water, baby food, baby milk and hygiene items to most of the displaced people.
The ICRC remains committed to meeting the needs of people in and near cities where fighting is taking place, especially Sirte and Bani Walid.
For further information, please contact:
Dibeh Fakhr, ICRC Tripoli/Benghazi, tel: +88 16 22 435 159
or +218 9 923 304 560 or +218 913 066 198
Steven Anderson, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 20 11 or +41 79 536 92 50
prashantrao
Maliki offered #Libya’s Jibril ‘experience of #Iraq in rebuilding the state, writing a constitution and holding elections’ – aide @AFP
MilitantNews Stephen Morgan
#Libya NATO says only 1 bomb may have struck civilians during the campaign- that is out of 9,300 strike sorties. Amazing precision!!!
Aljazeera
Libya’s new rulers sent reinforcements on Thursday to the desert city of Bani Walid, where a campaign to capture the stronghold of Gaddafi has ground to a halt, a senior commander said.
Mussa Ali Yunes, commander of the Jado Brigade, also insisted that Gaddafi’s son, Seif al-Islam was inside the city, along with a large number of allies, and that there was a 50 per cent chance Gaddafi himself was there.
“We are heading for the southern front of Bani Walid,” 170 kilometres southeast of Tripoli, Yunes said, referring to a column of 1,000 men and hundreds of vehicles.
The troops were dispatched from Gargaresh, about 10 kilometres from the capital.
Via Feb17
Red Cross Brings Aid to Gadhafi Hometown in Libya
The international Red Cross delivered baby milk, diapers and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Moammar Gadhafi’s besieged hometown on Thursday, seeking to ease shortages amid rapidly deteriorating conditions.
Dibeh Fakhr, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said two trucks entered Sirte and handed over the goods, which also included medical supplies, hygiene kits and clean drinking water, to representatives of families remaining in the Mediterranean coastal city. It was the ICRC’s third successful delivery since Saturday, she said.
Read more:
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Dina
Had a bit of a kanye moment after seeing nominations 4 Nobel peace prize. With all due respect to Tunis and Egypt, Libya was THE revolution
Telegraph
Libya: Muammar Gaddafi breaks silence as Nato says end is in sight
Col Muammar Gaddafi has broken a silence of more than two weeks, calling on Libyans to protest “in millions”, calling conditions in the country “unbearable”.
Gaddafi used his usual method of communication, Syrian-based station Arrai TV, to warn leaders of the developing world who recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council that ousted him with the aid of Nato firepower would suffer a similar fare.
“If the power of (international) fleets give legitimacy, then let the rulers in the Third World be ready,” he said in the audio recording, in an apparent reference to Nato’s military support for NTC forces.
“To those who recognise this council, be ready for the creation of transitional councils imposed by the power of fleets to replace you one by one from now on,” he said.
Art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Aljazeera
Deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi said leaders of the developing world who recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) that ousted him with the aid of NATO firepower would suffer a similar fate.
“If the power of (international) fleets give legitimacy, then let the rulers in the Third World be ready,” he said in an apparent reference to NATO’s military support for NTC
forces.
He made the comments in an audio recording obtained by Reuters on Thursday from Syria-based Arrai television. It was not clear when the message was recorded.
“To those who recognize this council, be ready for the creation of transitional councils imposed by the power of fleets to replace you one by one from now on,” he said.
Gaddafi also called on Libyans to take to the streets, saying conditions in Libya were “unbearable”. “I urge all Libyan people to go out and march in their millions in all the squares, in all the cities and villages and oases,” Gaddafi said.
“Go peacefully … be courageous, rise up, go to the streets, raise our green flags to the skies,” he added.
Gaddafi has been on the run since NTC forces captured the Libyan capital Tripoli on Aug. 23. Despite several leads as to his whereabouts, he has eluded capture, along with two prominent sons.
The NTC has mounted a manhunt to find Gaddafi that is focussing on the Sahara desert near the borders with Niger and Algeria.
Gaddafi said the NTC was illegitimate. “How did it get its legitimacy? Did the Libyan people elect them? Did the Libyan people appoint them?” Arrai TV broadcast Gaddafi’s last speech on September 20.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya ICRC calls on parties to conflict to take precautions not to target ibn sina hospital #sirte
#Libya ICRC says many women and children are in ibn sina hospital
ICRC said “we can’t evacuate those who don’t want to leave” they didn’t elaborate but it means that some don’t
iyad_
Gaddafi is calling upon Libyans to “protests peacefully in the millions”. But they did, you freak, and you mowed them down, remember? #Libya
khanfarw W.Khanfar وضاح خنفر
We gave journalists the choice to stay or leave Libya and report when Ghaddafi threatened to kill AlJazeera journalists. #citykhanfar
We are not going to let people down and I decided to continue covering events in Libya #citykhanfar
We told our journalists to come back because their lives were threatened in Libya. They refused to come back. #citykhanfar
Tweeting Tripoli
Oh how I miss the beach. This pic was taken a year a go, Garabolli beach, east of Tripoli. Can’t wait for next summer.
yfrog.com/oe3nyj
“Come to Libya, where the sun-bleached sand meets the mediterranean sea”. “Libya, the forgotten jewel of North Africa”. How did I do?
I think Libya should really think of tourism as a good source of income.
Only certain cities apparently were land-mined. Brega, Zliten, Naloot. But not the
beaches, loose sand difficult 2 implant mines.
Honestly, Libya shouldn’t just depend on oil.
Sarah
AFP – Un millier d’hommes et une centaine de véhicules militaires des forces du CNT ont quitté ce matin Gargarech(Tripoli) pour #BaniWalid.
(AFP) #Tripoli – A thousand men and a hundred NTC military vehicles left Gergaresh this morning to join #BaniWalid front. #Libya #17feb
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
Threats to civilians fading – developments in #Libya irreversible. #NATO ready to terminate mission when political+military cond. fulfilled
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
NTC Commanders say the final big push for #Sirte will start tomorrow
They are bunching tanks and rocket launchers on western perimeter whilst #Benghazi brigades continue push from east
The Final Push? – my pic of the day #Sirte #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/tP0O32Hl
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Demonstration in #Tripoli that took place today to support the Injured FF and making it the #NTC’s main priority #Libya
pic.twitter.com/fPSB282o
A Beautiful young girl at the demonstration #Libya pic.twitter.com/CH2YKubE
Driving through Fashloom in #Tripoli i saw these belongings of #Gadaffi and had to stop and take a pic #Libya
pic.twitter.com/wIyR6dsX
FF in #Sirt take control of about 600 houses from the Sea Side of the City and hope for a full attack tomorrow #Libya
#Mahmoud Jibreal has made a suprise visit to #Baghdad. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Gaddafi has been squeaking again Urging his rats 2come on2 the streets “in their millions” to resist the #NTC Leaders goo.gl/wp09k
#Sirte NTC Fighters tried evacuating #Ibn Sina hospital near #Ouagadougou Center which is believed 2b a Gaddafi fighters’ Base #Libya
#SIRTE NTC FieldCommander Jabo believes there r 800 Gaddafi fighters in control of only 20Sq Km and Only 400 civilians left in Sirte #Libya
#SIRTE #NTC Revolutionary forces claim Gadfafi’s fighters are using #Ouagadougou conference center and a hospital as bases #Libya #NATO
Under #Gaddafi, only friends of the Regime Benefited from Cushy Posts," goo.gl/vmEK4 Evil Roots Still There #Libya
Evil roots worry #Tripoli residents goo.gl/vmEK4 “We cannot clean a very dirty house in a few hours.” #Libya
#NTC sent reinforcements on Thursday to #BaniWalid where #Saif AlIslam is believed 2b in command of a few hundred #Gaddafi goons &loyalists
Mohamed Ali Abdallah will be addressing the issue of mines in Zliten in about 50 minutes on Alarabiya. #Zliten #Libya
Aisha
Apparently Gaddafi is still rambling … Who cares what he has to say !!
Khadija Ali
there has always been alcohol in Libya so there is nothing to worry about. Yet, they still don’t want alcohol to be in hotels.
Tripoli Post
Opinion: Why Do You Want to Slow Me Down?
By Khadija M. Ali
Driving in Tripoli gets more agonizing and stressful day by day despite the numerous traffic light signals and traffic police.
Drivers get more and more hectic as they try to reach their destinations in record time. Bad traffic control, construction work, poor drivers and bumpy roads are all getting the blame.
Another minor factor slowing us, neither as serious nor severe but just as downright annoying is taking place in the residential areas of Tripoli.
The familiar scenario starts when a road is getting paved and is anxiously looked upon as passer bys who can’t wait to drive down the road. Finally the long awaited day; the road is ready to be put in use. The first day everything goes fine the road is stream-lined and almost as clean as a whistle. The next day or maybe even sooner constant loud thumps are heard as drivers head down the street.
Residents of Tripoli are throwing long thick ropes down the streets to act as speed bumps. Authorities tirelessly remove them but they seem to crop back up again.
More:
tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=5&i...
Khadija Ali
#BaniWaleed #Sirte #BaniWaleed #Sirte #FREEDOM #LIBERTY #LIBYA #FREEDOM #LIBERTY #BaniWaleed #Sirte #BaniWaleed #Sirte
A new uni is desperately needed here. Can you believe that we have medstudents who study with no lab!!!
Of course we can go how bad the school system is and how we need a teacher makeover program so bad!
If you remember some time back we were discussing tourism and alcohol, I had the same discussion w/ some uni students.
They found it funny that the community was worried they’d be dragged into drinking as
a result. They were like
there has always been alcohol in Libya so there is nothing to worry about. Yet, they still don’t want alcohol to be in hotels.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Jibril is in #Iraq 2discuss reestablishing Diplomatic Relations betwn #Tripoli and #Baghdad Ask #OPEC Countries2help #Libya #oil development
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
today less fighting in east #Sirte but an sniper decided to target entrance of the hotel used by NTC fighters so run fast to enter #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli business as usual, going to the coffee shop, will tweet what they r talking abt
Armchair Arab
I think new, cutting edge universities in Tripoli and Benghazi would be AMAZING.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#BaniWalid apart from Regime Radio #Libya AlHurraRadio which supports revolution is also on the air from #BaniWalid #Libya #Choices
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Revolutionary fighters Thursday were able to wrest control of strategic posts in the sniper invested Northern hills of #BaniWalid #Libya
#Bani Walid Abdullah Kenshill spokesman NTC says Regime Radio still broadcasting pro-Gaddafi msges from homes inside BaniWalid #Libya
Philip the Arab
Notice that different tone #Muammar not speaking of rats anymore, but playing the victim’s card. He’s in defense.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#BaniWalid apart from Regime Radio #Libya AlHurraRadio which supports revolution is also on the air from #BaniWalid #Libya #Choices
#Italy #Eni fears #Libya Elephant #oilfield is in ruins which could dash hopes of speedy return of #Libyan supplies 2global markets #Oil
#Eni send a guy with 10 Revolutionaries to check on the oilfield and take photos of the mess #Libya
Nasr
Abdulla Kenshel al- #Werfalli was vicious member of #Gaddafi’s revolutionary committees
amjed
do u want NATO to bomb a hospital ?
Think Nato already did this afternoon I have seen unconfirmed reports of it Thats why NTCFighters wr evacuating hospital #Libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
“Gaddafi forces moving just in circles around hospital, Ouagadougou (conference center) and university” one NTC commander #Sirte #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#Gaddafi is hiding within the Tribes South of #Libya and is moving his position all the time by the border of #Niger Libyan officials say
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
no one knows how many civilians are still in the city but many believe there are many who are either trapped or don’t want to leave
#Libya #Gadhafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the country’s new leaders
Libyan
#Tripoli is sending 1000 men, 100 vehicles to stalled #BaniWalid front. #Libya via AFP
Tripoli
Khadija
A new university is a top priority but from what I have seen a new education system within the uni itself is THE top priority.
Reuters
Snipers hiding in a mosque and Gaddafi’s favourite summit venue held back Libyan government forces trying to capture his hometown Sirte on Thursday
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Jibril in Baghdad 2day told Reuers #Gaddafi is hiding in southern #Libya under the protection of tribes, crossing occasionally into #Niger
At these uncertain times 4him atleast that is 4 certain RT @ymzada A good thing #Gaddafi knows what will happen to other dictators. #Libya
Tomas Rosa Bueno
After an all-night #NATO “civilian-protecting” bombing of hospitals & apt bldgs. What is this, “final big push” #5, #6? #Libya
alex rossi
good point – we have heard there going for the ‘big push’ b4. Not sure what will be diff this time but time will tell
TomasRosaBueno Tomas Rosa Bueno
Diff this time will be – is being – stepping up the bombing campaign. Fact is anti-Gaddafi forces can’t win w/o NATO support.
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
not in beginning but probably could now – just not very quickly
Lisa
#freeLibya LIBYAAAA always in my thoughts n prayers ;) love n respect to a fine country! #feb17
derek_brower Derek Brower
Libya’s revolution: Messy politics, perky economics | The Economist economist.com/node/21531472 via @theeconomist <<My piece from Tripoli. #libya
Anaya
took this picture of the Libyan flag in the international geography festival in #France #Libya pic.twitter.com/nQbrgfZA
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
A gut feeling tells me that #Sirt tomorrow will be a City in the hands of the #FF #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Jalil says that now that he is aware that Gaddafi’s Sons left, the dialogue will remain open till Saturday 2avoid further Bloodshed #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya Gadhafi made appeal in poor quality audio recording, it wasn’t possible to verify his identity, broadcast on Syrian-based Al-Rai Tv
#Libya #Gaddafi called on his countrymen to “go out in new million-man marches in all cities and villages and oases.”
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
#Libya Students blacklist & ban 13 lecturers from returning to Tripoli University. tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
rcolebourn Richard Colebourn
Mahmoud Jibril visited Baghdad today to talk about post-conflict resolution? Iraqis have claimed Arab Spring inspired by them. Hmmm #libya
Reuters
FACTBOX-Latest developments in Libyan conflict
Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
Deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi said….
Snipers hiding in a mosque and Gaddafi’s favourite summit venue held back Libyan government forces
Anti-Gaddafi fighters on Thursday had advanced just over one kilometre (0.6 mile) into Sirte
street-by-street fighting
Mutassim has fled Sirte
Full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
libyans_revolt omar
10 martyrs & 74 injured in Today’s #Sirte liberation battle. #Libya #feb17 #Heroes
Money and gold recovered in Sirtehanded over by ff to NTC
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCXMCZfB6XY&fea...
Tweeting Tripoli
I am optimistic, the minute Gaddafi & sons (Saif, Mutassim & Khamis) are captured or killed, Libya will live happily ever after.
AND THE PRIZE GOES TO:
James Cameron Award given to Sky News’ Alex Crawford
Sky News Special Correspondent, Alex Crawford, was announced as the recipient of the James Cameron Memorial Award for 2011 at City University London this evening, in recognition of her significant contribution to reporting on the Middle East and, in particular, Libya.
The award is given in memory of prominent British journalist James Cameron, who passed away in 1985. It includes a prize of £1,000 awarded by the James Cameron Memorial Trust and is given before the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture held at City.
This year the Cameron Lecture was given by Wadah Khanfar, who was until recently Director-General of the Aljazeera Network and spoke about “Journalism and a World in Transition”.
In presenting the award, Professor George Brock, Head of Journalism at City University London, said that each year the prize was given “to a British journalist working on international affairs who, in the opinion of the judges, demonstrates James Cameron’s qualities in her or his work and shows professional integrity and moral courage.”
Alex Crawford is based in South Africa, reporting from across the continent, but is also deployed around the world.
Formerly based in Sky’s Dubai bureau, Alex has reported on the Gulf and the Middle East, most recently covering the August uprisings in Libya, where Alex and her team were the first journalists into Tripoli, providing riveting coverage of the rebel advance. In March Alex and her crew where the only journalists to get inside the besieged town of Zawiya when it was being attacked by pro-Gaddafi forces.
Following her reports on the Mumbai terror attacks from outside the Taj Hotel in November 2008, coming under fire live on air, Sky News was shortlisted for a BAFTA and won the coveted international Golden Nymph Award for News Coverage.
On hearing that she had received the award, Alex said: “James Cameron epitomises everything I aspire to be – a journalist of incredible integrity, grit and authority. Frankly, to be mentioned in the same breath as him is both astonishing to me and a massive honour. Thank you for this recognition. It means a lot.”
Professor Brock said: “During her career Alex has shown very great determination and courage. She has been arrested, detained, interrogated and faced live bullets and tear gas, going well beyond the call of duty in pursuit of the truth and the news. She is an outstanding role model for not only City journalism students embarking on their career, but for the sector as a whole.”
The award was collected on Alex’s behalf by Sarah Whitehead, Sky’s Head of International News.
All her followers will agree:
We’ll never forget the sight of Alex in the back of a pickup truck, the first journalist to enter free Tripoli.
And then there was that famous interview with Mr. Al Windy, the Gaddafi hat man.
OMG! I’m in Gaddafi’s room!
SUMMARY OCTOBER 7th 2011
10/7/11
10/07/11
10.07.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya –
goo.gl/0dNN3
More aboUt the mass graves discovered on Wednesday:
Another Mass Grave Discovered in Tripoli
Representatives at the Tripoli Military Council said another mass grave has been found in the district of Tajoura in the Libyan capital on Wednesday.
They believe that at least 200 bodies have been buried, and locals residents say they are possibly corpses that were found on the streets after deadly clashes that occurred at the end of August this year.
Identification of the bodies has yet to be made, according to the military council. A representative said there are possibly 700 additional bodies in a mass grave, bringing the total to 900.
Some of the perished were Qaddafi loyalist soldiers killed in action, while others appeared to have been executed.
Meanwhile, fighters aligned with the National Transitional Council uncovered a large stash of money and jewelry in a house in Sirte, birthplace of Muammer Qaddafi.
The cash found in the house, which is located in the village of Abu Hady, was said to be worth at least 1 million dinar, equivalent to U.S.$800,000.
As the battle for Sirte, one of Qaddafi’s last remaining strongholds, continues, international aid agencies fear a humanitarian crisis is occurring in the city. Local commanders believe they will capture Sirte within a couple of days.
By Noora Faraj
Al Arabiya with Agencies
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5IadkjY0UU
#AJA live from #Sirte one hour ago : #
ZeroHour Op “Total liberation of Sirte” –
youtu.be/kA1wyqqiAPk – #Libya #17feb
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1wyqqiAPk&fea...
Fadwa
I’m a Muslim, Islam is perfect but I am not. If I make a mistake, blame it on me, not on my religion. #islam
Libyan
According to Libyan Jews in Israel, Libya will be in continuous civil war and Benghazi and Tripoli hate each other a lot.
According to Libyan Jews in Israel, East Libya sees itself as being higher class, and the uprising was because Benghazi doesn’t like Tripoli
This is a must read:
“Even in Israel there’s a basic enmity between Jews who lived in Tripoli and Benghazi,” he said. “Benghazi was the capital of Libya until Gaddafi came to power in 1969. These are two separate centers of power, and Cyrenaica sees itself as being of a higher class. The outcome depends on the balance of power.”
Read more here:
www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Ar...
Wintershall CEO visits Libya
It was the first visit by Dr. Rainer Seele in Libya since the conflict began. In Tripoli the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall met with the local employees and the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC).
Open and extremely friendly went the first work meeting with the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Dr. Nuri Berruien. Seele took the chance to congratulate on the “New Libya” and underlined everyone’s support for the Libyans in their fight for freedom: “The Libyans have shown the world not only how determined and passionate they are but also how they value freedom and justice. We observed great respect and compassion how the people in your country sacrificed their lives for their conviction.”
Oil field renamed after deceased employee
More than 150 Libyan colleagues took up the invitation to the employee meeting in the Wintershall office in Tripoli. Employees from the production facilities there were connected by phone to the conference room for the day. Jointly they commemorated those who had suffered in the conflict.
Especially the family of a colleague who had been killed. However, comfort could be taken from the fact that such a great sacrifice was not in vain. "I feel certain that in 20 years Libyans will recall and celebrate this time with pride.
Read more:
www.wintershall.com/2435.html?&L=0
CNN
Anti-Gadhafi forces capture area in Bani Walid
Libyan revolutionary fighters drove out Moammar Gadhafi’s forces from strategic posts in the hills of Bani Walid Thursday, as fighting raged in one of the last remaining loyalist strongholds.
Kenshill said two of the council’s fighters were killed in a rocket attack Wednesday night.
Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, is believed to be hiding out in Bani Walid.
Read more:
news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/06/95869
Aljazeera
Street fighting and heavy bombardment also continued from overnight at the Ouagadougou conference centre, a major stronghold of pro-Gaddafi forces, while the Mauritanian Quarter was also under attack.
Meanwhile, medics at a field hospital 50km west of Sirte said 18 injured anti-Gaddafi fighters had been brought in, most of them with shrapnel wounds, but that there were no immediate reports of any killed.
CNN
Purported Gadhafi message urges Libyans to resist new leaders
A message purportedly from deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday slammed the legitimacy of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council and urged Libyans to take to the streets to protest.
“I tell them not to be scared from anyone,” said the audio message, aired on Syrian-
based Al-Rai television. "You are protesting peacefully in front of the world. Be brave and go out in the streets.
Read more here:
www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/world/africa/lib...
Tripolitanian Libyan
I can’t wait to see #Benghazi restore its beauty :)
Khadija Ali
the other day a jouno came on campus and she interviewed one of the main pro-G guys thinking he was one of the thuwar
Guardian
Gaddafi’s last stronghold, the city of Sirte, becomes Libya’s final battle
“We want to get this thing finished quickly,” said a young bearded fighter standing by the wrecked lifts. “We had a plan to try and open the road to the hospital to evacuate civilians, but there were too many snipers. Yesterday we tried many times to open the road.”
It is a reflection of the nature of Libya’s last battle. The new government has said it will announce full liberation when Sirte is taken, even though a second town – Bani Walid – has also yet to fall.
But it is on the fall of Sirte that all expectations have been pegged.
Read full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/ga...
Aljazeera
Doctors say at least nine anti-Gaddafi fighters have been killed in the assault on Sirte and 124 others injured, many in serious condition.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte NTC fightres Big Push expected on Saturday when ultimatum expires #Libya I think they will “walk in” now that Gaddafi sons fled Sirte
Both Jalil and Jibril talked about it today They got intelligence #Gaddafi sons left last saturday heading south #Libya
Nn ICRC delegate east of Sirte: "We saw entire families leaving on Foot, bringing their small children with them, without any food or water
#Sirte I read there are abt 200 pl in the Hospital #Libya
#Bani #Walid residents continue the Mass Exodus due to deteriorating condition and Indiscriminate Fire from #Gaddafi snipers #Libya
#Sirte. Freedom Fighters have handed over the spoils from #Gaddafi Regime to the NTC youtube.com/watch?v=bCXMCZ…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCXMCZfB6XY&fea...
#BaniWalid they are complaining of Gaddafi snipers who entrap them in their houses #Libya
#Jibril Visits #Baghdad PM #Maliki offered the experience of #Iraq in rebuilding #Libya writing a constitution and holding elections
Libya’s interim premier Mahmud Jibril met #Iraq FM #HoshyarZebari 2 express gratitude 4support b4 meeting PM #Maliki who he invited 2
Jibril and #Maliki discussed future relationship Libya & Iraq +possibility of an exchange of high-level delegations between the 2 countries
#Gadafi broke relations with Iraq in 2003 #Jibril said Libya wants to send an ambassador 2 #Iraq al-Maliki wants send Ambassador to #Libya
NATO
NATO said on Thursday that it expected to end its mission in Libya soon and that its decision would be based on whether there was still a threat to civilians and on the ability of the country’s new rulers to provide security.
Libyan fighters wearing shibshib (slippers) on the front line #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/YxSCV5kl
The Star
Libyan case proves worth of tough love
The United Nations was not created as and is not a pacifist organization. Its origins lie in the anti-Nazi wartime military alliance between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. The all-powerful UN Security Council is the world’s duly — and only — sworn-in sheriff for enforcing international law and order.
Full story:
www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinio...
Reuters
UPDATE 2-Eni sees return to Libya pre-war output in 1 yr
Eni says no damage to Libya facilities
Existing contracts in Libya confirmed
Long-term growth target of 2 pct/yr
No talk on state reducing its stake in Eni (Adds further Eni comments)
Report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/eni-...
librev2011
Abdusalam Abushala from #Alkhums was captured and tortured in #Baniwaleed 5 days ago, he escaped and kept walking 3 nights . #Libya
My old friend Abdusalam Abushala is a hero from #Alkhums, I thought he may escape from #Baniwalid… and YES he did it :-)
he tortured badly and got injured in his leg. now he is being treated in a clinic in Tripoli
There are many amazing stories. sometimes I think people are describing a great movie!!!
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
UN mission in Tripoli is addressing the land mines issue in Zliten, they are working on several other sites as well
spoke to UN mission myself today, they will give me details within next 48 hours… sorry can’t disclose more via twitter yet
Aljazeera
NTC to hunt for Libya’s missing billions
In Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya corruption was common, with the former leader and his family accused of being at the centre of it.
Now that Gaddafi is removed from power, the National Transitional Council (NTC) has set up a new transparency organisation to hunt for the country’s missing billions and arrest those who stole it.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from the capital, Tripoli.
Video:
www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2011/10/...
AJA
Zliten mines&clusterbombs cleared by civilians
w litl trainin&no protective gear.530mines removed frm 1farm #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_-ShksRwAw&fea...
Ghat airport south of libya is free and under control 24 9 11
Video;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSoWb9FDo8
Photo: What #Gaddafi’s picture is used for today. #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/5pi4YbBa
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
A 19yr old from the Hasan Ali Jaber Brigade from the East hands over 1.9Million LD and a large amount of Gold.That has made me proud #Libya
Irish Times
Gadafy warns other leaders they could share his fate
BEIRUT – Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gadafy said leaders of the developing world who recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), which ousted him with the aid of Nato firepower, would suffer a similar fate.
“If the power of (international) fleets give legitimacy, then let the rulers in the Third World be ready,” he said in an apparent reference to Nato’s military support for NTC forces.
He made the comments in an audio recording obtained by Reuters on Thursday from Syria-based Arrai television. It was not clear when the message was recorded.
Full story:
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011...
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
#CNN
Once allies against Gadhafi, now fight in new Libya edition.cnn.com/2011/10/05/wor…? Video report coming soon.
NPR
A Nobel Peace Prize For The Arab Spring? Who Would That Go To?
On Friday, the eyes of the world will turn toward the general direction of Scandinavia, to learn who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Not surprisingly, there’s been a lot of speculation that the prize committee might honor the participants of the Arab Spring. After all, people from Tunisia to Egypt and across the Mideast have risen up against their governments, demanding basic human rights, democracy, greater opportunity and a life of dignity.
Read more:
www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
by librev2011
The #NTC fighters in #Baniwalid have very little nato support due to the terrain, and do not have heavy artillery.
Official deathtoll in #Baniwalid FF: 60 on the fronts, 40 assassinated inside the city, 250 injured.
Over 80-85% of the residents have evacuated the city due to dire conditions and heavy gunfire. #baniwalid
15 SUVs from the “al3orban-gheryan” road were stopped, they were bringing in fuel for the gaddafi forces in #baniwalid.
40 cases of assassinations of residents of #Baniwalid by Saif Al Islam’s right hand
men.
CNN
Through a CNN Producer’s Lens: The Battle of Sirte, Libya
CNN Producer Mohammed Tawfeeq took these 22 pictures while he was embedded with anti-Gadhafi fighters as they went into the besieged city of Sirte, Libya. Mohammed, CNN Photographer Charles Miller and Phil Black worked to document the story of the fighters, but also that of the citizens of Sirte who fled the city in droves, piling into cars leaving as fast as they could.
More here:
backstory.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/07/thro...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Gaddafi audio squaking from the depth of the world on Oct6 #Libya :youtube.com/watch?v=gG4_eg…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG4_egjPCBY&sns=em
#Misrata HeadOfIntelligence DENIES widespread abuse of captured GaddafiGoons after allegations of torture were made by imprisoned soldier
Sky News
Libyan regime denies abuse
Libya’s Head of Intelligence in Misrata denies that abuse of captured Gaddafi loyalists is widespread after allegations of torture were made by imprisoned soldiers to Sky News.
Thousands of alleged loyalists are being held in jails across Libya; many were caught on the battlefield, while others have been accused by neighbours of supporting the deposed dictator.
Sky News was shown around a makeshift jail in Misrata. It was clean and appeared to be well run.
But a number of prisoners inside claimed they had been beaten and tortured by NTC soldiers when they were arrested.
Read more:
news.sky.com/home/article/16084451
#Sirte Gaddafi goons and criminlas are coming under heavy bombardment from NTC Liberation Forces right now #Libya Push in2 CityCenter
Al-Arabiya Another Mass Grave Discovered in Tripoli
Representatives at the Tripoli Military Council said another mass grave has been found in the district of Tajoura in the Libyan capital on Wednesday.
They believe that at least 200 bodies have been buried, and locals residents say they are possibly corpses that were found on the streets after deadly clashes that occurred at the end of August this year.
Identification of the bodies has yet to be made, according to the military council. A representative said there are possibly 700 additional bodies in a mass grave, bringing the total to 900.
Some of the perished were Qaddafi loyalist soldiers killed in action, while others appeared to have been executed.
Meanwhile, fighters aligned with the National Transitional Council uncovered a large stash of money and jewelry in a house in Sirte, birthplace of Muammer Qaddafi.
The cash found in the house, which is located in the village of Abu Hady, was said to be worth at least 1 million dinar, equivalent to U.S.$800,000.
As the battle for Sirte, one of Qaddafi’s last remaining strongholds, continues, international aid agencies fear a humanitarian crisis is occurring in the city. Local commanders believe they will capture Sirte within a couple of days.
By Noora Faraj
Al Arabiya with Agencies
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgbjrXwrZr8
SIRTE:
#Sirte THIS IS IT; " The final assault" Mother of all Batlles under way right now FF are bombarding Weakening Gaddafi targets #Pray4 #Libya
Final Battle 4 #Sirte began at 6am Scores of FF Moved into city and R continuously shelling Gaddafi targets #Libya #GaddafiRatsWillRunNow
#Sirte Batlle is Larger More Organised and Heavier Artillery Fire then any b4 but looks like bothsides taking heavy casualties
#Sirte Violent streetfighting around OuagadougouCenter + University and area of Mauritanians NTC FF fighting against about 900 G Troops
#SIRTE Most GaddafiMilitia based in Buildings behind Hospital surrounded by truck containers filled with Sand #NTC hav their RadioFrequency
Reuters
Closing in on Sirte:
Oct. 6 – Government forces occupy hotels and military bases in former leader Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Video:
www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo
#Libya #FF @JamesPiotr who is with Libyan National Football team in #Chingola as it tries 2qualify 4 Africa Cup of Nations in #Zambia
#Misrata early afternoon: 24 injured FreedomFighters in the battle of #Sirte have arrived by ambulance in Misrata hospital #Libya
#Flash #NATO leaders 2continue carrying out air strikes in #Libya patrolling its coastline
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters launch major assault against the besieged city of #Sirte
#Libya, Thousands of anti #Gaddafi fighters taking part in the assault on #Sirte Forces positioned in the east west and south of the city
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters pounding Gaddafi loyalists in #Sirte with heavy weapons, they are trying to soften up their defenses
#Libya, Steady flow of Ambulances rushing from the front line in #Sirte … Anti #Gaddafi fighters suffering casualties, #Libya
#Libya, Commanders say the aim of the military operation is to take control of #Sirte
#Libya, #Gaddafi loyalists holed up in the city center of #Sirte
#Libya, #ICRC calling on both sides not to target #Ibnsina hospital where patients and their families are hold up, #Sirte
#Libya, #Gaddafi snipers major threat to anti gaddafi fighters as they try to push into the city of #Sirte
#Libya anti gaddafi fighters still haven’t been able to push into #sirte city center facing resistance from snipers
#Libya, Doctors say at least nine anti #Gaddafi fighters killed, 124 injured many in serious condition, #Sirte
Anti #Gaddafi fighters are at the perimeter of #Ouagaduogu conference center, A loyalist stronghold in #Sirte but facing fierce resistance
Tweeting Tripoli
LOL… Russia Today have online article that says Tripoli’s liberation was fake (in Qatar studios):
arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/… I must be in Doha
Khadija
I suggest Aisha Gaddafi’s house be turned unto a specialist center for amputees. #Tripoli #Libya
Today is the 30th founding anniversary of the @libyanfsl #Libya
Moez
The main highway through #tripoli converted to a river submerging lorries on Tuesday #Libya
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Hovercraft terrain on streets of #tripoli #Libya
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Does anyone know if Mohammed Nabbous was on shortlist for #NobelPeacePrize? #Libya
ah, didn’t realise you had to be alive to be awarded
Libya Martyrs
Husein Mohamed Husein Badi a 21 year old youth from Hadayeq, Benghazi martyred in Brega on 15/07/2011 الله يرحمة #Libya
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Sheikh Al-Mabrouk Shnouk from Zawiya left the United States and came to #Libya during the revolution…(1/2)
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..He martyred in beginning of August in Be’er Al-Ghenam #Libyaالله يرحمة ويغفر له (2/2)
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Mayloud Ibrahim Al-Shayn passed away in Al-Dhaman Street, Zawiyah on 13/08/2011 #Libya اللهم تقبله من الشهـداء
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Walid Al-Marjeeny (1977). He is from Tripoli and a father of two daughters. During the revolution he…(1/2) #Libya
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…left his family behind in the UK and passed away in Zawiyah on 15/08/2011. #Libya ان لله وان اليه راجعون (2/2)
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FreeBenghazi
If not for concerns for civilians, fighters would have liberated #Sirte in an hour w all forces at their disposal #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
Number of snipers on top of buildings in #Sirte. Fighters proceeding w caution; suffered a number of casualties #Libya v @Freedomgrouptv
2 martyred in this morning’s clashes in #Sirte and a number have been wounded. #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
Misrata fighters launched offensive at 6am. Clashes now in AlJizah, #Sirte, where
many Mauritanian mercs stationed #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
Ambulances & docs from Zawiya & orthopaedic docs from Sabratha, now in Misrata. To help w casualties from Sirte v @freedomgrouptv #Libya
24 fighters wounded in clashes in #Sirte today, transported to Misrata hospital via ambulance v @alssomood #Libya
Freeedom Group
According to our reporter on the front-line in Sirte, that this morning’s offensive which for control of the centre of Sirte, was launched from the northwest. He said, God willing, that, this will be a decisive battle. There will be no return until the city of Sirte has been liberated in full.
URGENT: #Misrata Hospital needs type B- blood. To donate, go to the Polyclinic at the hospital #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
10 fighters were martyred & 120 wer wounded today, in battle to liberate #Sirte #Libya v @freedomgrouptv
22 fighters martyred & 146 were wounded in #Sirte today v @shahedMisurata
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Al Mahdi Al Harati Vice President of #Tripoli’s Military Council resigns #Libya
Fierce Battles going on in #Sirt right now as we speak.At Least 10 #FF’s have passed away and over 100 Injured.Hope its the day today #Libya
Update SIRTE:
10 FF’s have already passed away today and 140 injured and are being treated 50kms West of #Sirt in #Libya
mattcprecey Matt Precey
Casualties from Libya being flown into UK to be treated at Norfolk and Norwich hospital. Flight arrives Norwich at 1600.
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Press conference scheduled for tonight including Ministers of Defense of Britain, Italy, and Libya has been cancelled for “security reasons”
CNN
Hundreds of fighters storm Gadhafi’s birthplace
The fall of Sirte could not come soon enough for Libya’s new leaders, eager to declare liberation once the birthplace of Moammar Gadhafi is under their control.
But battles for the coastal city southeast of Tripoli have raged for weeks as Gadhafi loyalists dug in to put up stiff resistance.
In the early hours of Friday, hundreds of revolutionary fighters attacked from the west, National Transitional Council military field commanders said.
Gadhafi’s men control tall buildings in the city center and often use the rooftops as strategic positions from which to attack their foes. They were striking with rocket propelled grenades and machine guns, said the council’s commanders, Mohammed Ibrahim and Jamal al-Raeis, from the front lines.
Please read more:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/07/world/africa...
or:
www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/world/africa/lib...
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Attacks have intensified in the western front of #Sirte. So far docs tell @AP 8 rev forces dead so far, 125 injured
Families are fleeing from #Sirte as the shelling intensifies.
ANSA:
Italy has resized it’s commitment to the #Libya operation: 5 planes and 1 ship will remain
#Tripoli:
Apparently residents want Buhajar head of #Tripoli council to resign for not doing anything in Tripoli
libyanproud libyanandproud
song on LibyaTV showing photos of libyans from Feb17 they show pic of Suleiman Dogha after Ali Tarhuni and before Abd Fattah Younis
cencio4 David Cenciotti
From Sept. 30, Italy has reduced its participation to Unified Protector to 5 aircraft (previously 14). 33 missions flown in the last week
Mushu
My mom’s friend over a phone call: We protest everyday & will keep doing so until every inch of #Libya is free, isA. #Benghazi #Feb17 #UNITY
Doctors going from Sebrata to Misrata, FFs going from Benghazi to Tripoli, women from Zawiya sending food to the FFs in Sirte. #UNITY #Libya
Sarah
“Libya National Soccer Team will face Zambia in the African Cup finals qualifier this Saturday.”
Freedom Group
The names and ages of 31 of the wounded fighters who are now at Misrata hospital.
Unfortunately there are too many to translate. The listing includes the age of each fighter, if known. We ask Allah for a speedy recovery for our brave fighters.
The names of the wounded:
1_علي محمد بن ختيمة
2_علي ميلاد قرقوم_
3_ناصر عثمان بن روين_
4_خالد أحمد الشقماني_24
5_عبدالهادي زرموح_21
6_محمد سعيد اقجام_21
7_محمد عمر شنب_19
8_محمد مفتاح بن رابعة_34
9_أشرف التهامي ارحومة_29
10_محمد فتحي كعيبة_23
11_جبريل عبدالحكيم سلامة_18
12_رمضان اسماعيل الطرابلسي_40
13_أحمد محمد طلحة_26
14_خليل سليمان الشلتات_21
15_أنس محمد فرحات_21
16_صلاح حسين محمد النجار_34
17_طلال محمد أبولعاب_25
18_طاهر علي الدالي_27
19_أبوالقاسم عبدالهادي زرموح_21
20_حاتم عياد بن حامد_22
21_حسن محمود بالة_22
22_معاد عبدالهادي الجرد_20
23_طلال محمد الطوراس_30
24_محسن عبد المطلب أبودبوس_20
25_حمزة مفتاح_18
26_طاهر صالح طاهر_27
27_الناصر عبدالله عكيل_37
28_عبدالهادي مصطفى قدح_31
29_رضوان علي محمد دوزان_20
30_حسن ميلاد شعبان_30
31_محمد رمضان_؟
Sarah
Pray for our #FreedomFighters ! Don’t only RT but do it ! Pray for them !
Tweeting Tripoli
Will the non-Libyan people who defend Gaddafi please help urself, take him, he’s all yours? OR SHUT THE F*** UP!!!
AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
Overwhelmed about James Cameron award. Now HE was a great reporter. Thanks for all the congrats. Really appreciated
MohamedMesrati Mohamed Mesrati
Sad facts: Nelson #Mandela accepted #Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights 1996, the year of #AbuSalim prison massacre! #Libya
Think about it:
MazMHussain:
Cracks me up that every Arab dictator has 2 have both an army & a special national guard 2 defeat the army, just in case.
#Libya Alahrar:
Heavy fighting in #Sirte right now. The #FFs expect to gain full control of the city in hours, insha Allah. #prayforsirte
Masha Allah, tabaaraka Allah. May we always stay united. #Libya #Feb17 #UNITY
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
Protest against Jews in #Libya is starting right now in Maydan Alshuhada… Not many people right now, but expected to get bigger! #Tripoli
it is against zionists… however, how do you separate a zionist from a Jew? Until we can stabilise as a country&can do so (1/2)
then I wuld suggest no jews until then.I always make the difference between jew&zionist &always say hate the zionist,not the jew
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
Gaddafi made the people fight against each other for 42 years so they would not fight him!
it has always been his tactic. Like when he burnt all deeds to all property, people fought
eachother for years just to get their property back and hated on each other when it was G’s fault!
FreeLeebeya فاطمة
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Defends NATO’s #Libya Mission huff.to/pTYCwK via @huffingtonpost #Feb17
Sarah
#Top10Lies à la #MusaIbrahim:
Musa is moving his lips
Mushu
#Top10Lies à la #GaddafiGoons:
“I hated raping all those women/men/children, but, you know, I was kind of forced to do it.”
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Mushu
#Top10Lies à la #GaddafiGoons:
“We are fighting Al Qaeda/Islamists/Terrorists/Ku Klux Klan.”
Arab News
Some Filipinos stayed put in Libya despite all odds
BENGHAZI: Outside a travel agency, a Bangladeshi man slowly sweeps the steps. It could be Saudi Arabia. He wears the same blue uniform and sweeps in the same
slow, methodical way, brush and pan in hand. Except that this is not Jeddah or Riyadh. It is Benghazi.
Like Saudi Arabia, Libya too employed large amounts of expatriates to do most of the hard work — cleaning the streets, working in restaurants and hospitals, in factories, slaughterhouses and as farmers and drivers — over 1.5 million of them.
Full art.:
arabnews.com/middleeast/article512859.ece
Comprehensive report of latest developments #Libyaupdates, via @al_omari #Libya Oct6th
Libya, Oct 06, 2011
By Hussein Al-Omari on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 5:45am
(Sources: Aljazeera)
1. Gaddafi warned 3rd world leaders who recognized NTC that they will face same fate he faced.
2. Gaddafi said such rulers should be ready for NTCs installed by NATO in their countries.
3. Gaddafi requested Libyans to protest in millions in the streets against the new rulers in Libya.
4. The revolutionary fighters control now 50% of Sirte after reaching the center of the city.
5. French defense minister said that NATO airstrikes will continue as long as Gaddafi forces continue its resistnce.
6. One revolutionary fighter was killed and 30 wounded in clashes with Gaddafi forces in Sirte.
7. NATO defense ministers said that there should be no resistance pockets left for Gaddafi forces and NTC should request finishing them.
8. NATO also mentioned that there are pockets of resistance besides Sirte such as Bani Walid and some southern random pockets.
9. NTC issued an order to evacuate Tripoli from all heavy weapons.
10. NTC said that the spread and misuse of the heavy weapons give a bad impression about the revolution and the fighters.
11. Ahmad Bani, a spokesman for NTC defense ministry, said an order has been issued to pull out all heavy weapons from all free towns.
12. The collected weapons are being gathered outside the cities.
13. Ahmad Bani said some used the weapons for amusement which gives bad impression about the revolution and fighters.
14. Confessions of eyewitnesses in Tripoli lead to the discovery of two large mass graves in Qarqarish and Bir Ustah Milad.
15. The two mass graves hold a total of 900 victims of the previous regime.
NTC barrage of Sirte successful confirms BBC that they have the town under control. Pockets of resistance continue #Libya
Time World
Twists of Fate: The Towns That Loved Gaddafi Face an Uncertain Future
Three children crowd around the parked car, thrusting their little heads through the open window on the driver’s side. “Do you love Gaddafi?” they demand to know from a foreign reporter. When the question is turned around, they nod vigorously. “Yes,” they all say. Then, with an almost intimidating seriousness: “What are you doing here?”
Read more:
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...
Sarah
#Top10Lies #GaddafiGoons :
“There are Pakistanis Freedom Fighters” #YesIHaveReallyBeenToldThisLie
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#Tobruk.A City in #Libya with some of the most beautiful beaches i have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/p4oF8f6i
Just look at this possible investment in #Tobruk #Libya. Such a beautiful beach !!
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Just one of the many beautiful sites in the City of #Tobruk in #Libya. Can people understand why Libyans are angry now?
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Update Sirte:
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
22 #FF’s have martyred in todays battle for #Sirt and over 140 are injured says the #Tripoli Military Council
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
right now 10 dead and 140 injured only in west #Sirte big offensive but commanders on the field doubt they can take the city today #Libya
AP
Libyan fighters assault main Gadhafi base in Sirte
SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention center in the heart of Sirte that forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi turned into their main base, in what commanders said was a final offensive to crush resistance in the holdout city after weeks of siege.
“We started the attack at 6 a.m. today. The first group hit the outskirts of Sirte. We were fired on by Gadhafi snipers. We had many soldiers wounded,” said commander Altaib Aleroebi of the ex-rebels’ West Mountain Brigade, which led the morning attack on the western front
Full art.:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBY...
Fellow tweep @ceoDanya is on BBC World “Have ur say” program… yfrog.com/h6kp2pdj
Tweeting Tripoli
I always wondered where did Gaddafi get his wardrobe ideas from? pic.twitter.com/3pILZdbe
Could KARL (the Chanel designer) actually be Gaddafi’s Mussa Kossa? LOL pic.twitter.com/Ua6x2rEK
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
Great article regarding how the shape of #Libya government should look. What do you think? Comments?
libya-ya-biladi.blogspot.com/2011/10/libyas… #libya #feb17
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
St George Beach in #Tobruk #Libya. This is where i spend everyday in the Summer !! pic.twitter.com/OGfWONb6
Fighting in #Sirt is now focused in the “Moritaan” Area and around the Wagadogo Hall #Libya
AP
Libyan Forces Launch New Attacks on Sirte
National Transitional Council fighters continued their assault on the Libyan city of Sirte on Friday, launching rockets and capturing Gadhafi loyalists. (Oct. 7)
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6brQpMB61RQ&fea...
BBC
Libya NTC forces take most of Gaddafi stronghold Sirte
Forces loyal to Libya’s transitional government have launched a major assault on the city of Sirte, one of the last Gaddafi strongholds.
The BBC’s Jonathan Head, in Sirte, says government forces have largely taken the town but are meeting stiff resistance, with continuing gunfire.
Some units are less than 1km from the city centre.
Thousands of civilians have already left Sirte but many more are thought to have remained behind.
Sustained tank and mortar fire has been targeting Sirte and there are huge columns of smoke across the city, some 360km (225 miles) east of Tripoli, with many buildings struck and on fire, says our correspondent.
Read more and Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15210806
BentBenghazi G
#Top10Lies Aisha Gaddafi was born a female.
#Top10Lies #Gaddafi hasn’t killed anyone, this is all the works of armed gangs and Alqaeda. #fail
Bilalhb bilal H.B.
Libya is in safe hands, how do i know that? Well we could blow up #Sirte and #BaniWalid in seconds but we’re Still saving civilians inside.
Aljazeera
The battle for Sirte, hometown of former leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is currently underway. Revolutionary fighters have begun a major assault today, to try to end a three week standoff.
Commanders say this is the final push to take the town from Gaddafi loyalists.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from the frontline, said that this was going to be the “final assault”.
“Right now they are bombarding it and trying to weaken defences – it is going to be quite a fight today.”
Aljazeera
Zeina Khodr, reporting from the southern side of Sirte, says thousands of anti-Gaddafi fighters are taking part in the assault.
They’re trying to advance into the city centre from three directions – east, west and south.
“Their target is the Wagadugu conference hall.
“Anti-Gaddafi fighters are at the perimeter of the hall, which is a stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists. But the loyalists holed up inside are putting up a fierce fight. A lot of them are snipers.
“It seems they will rather die than surrender. According to NTC fighters, most of the men inside are ‘wanted criminals’ so it’s not in their interest to lay down their arms.”
Aljazeera Panetta
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has assailed people who have questioned the wisdom of the joint US-NATO campaign against Gaddafi, saying “the critics have really been proven wrong.”
He defended the Libyan operation as he got a new assessment from US and NATO commanders on what steps are necessary to bring the mission to an end.
“I have to tell you that at the time that this mission was embarked on, there were a lot of critics about whether it was the right mission, at the right time with the right force, whether NATO could do the job, he told a group of international troops at a naval base in Sicily, where allies have launched thousands of air missions for the Libya operation.
“There were an awful lot of question about the mission overall,” Panetta noted. {AP]
BentBenghazi G
#Top10Lies “The oil and wealth of Libya belongs to it’s ppl”—-Gaddafi
#Top10Lies anyone who opposes #Gaddafi mixes hallucinogens with their Nescafe
libyahmed
I remember him [G] saying ‘all that’s under the ground oil is mine&above the ground business is for my sons’ #gaddaficrimes
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sirte: Area 3,most of Area 1,West of Area 2,South Sirte,Bu Hady,Airpot & Port freed.Fighting now in Centre, Agadugu & East of Area 2 #feb17
Telegraph
Libyan NTC suffers high casualties in battle for Sirte
At least 125 NTC fighters have been wounded and another eight killed in the latest attack on Sirte.
At a field hospital near the front lines ambulances deliver a steady stream of injured fighters, including at least one commander.
“We are receiving many gunshot wounds, mostly to the head, neck and chest from sniper fire. We have received many injured today," Dr Ahmed Mohammed Tantoun said.
Video:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
BentBenghazi G
#Top10Lies Gaddafi lives in a tent.
Ali Tweel
I’m enjoying the great weather in #tripoli twitpic.com/6wipip
brunehel Hélène Brunel
Yemenite woman reporter ’s got the Nobel Price of Peace today & claimed this is a victory 4 all women fighting for freedom (France Inter)
A picture of the three #NobelPeacePrize Winners
pic.twitter.com/8gpOOtNl”
Alan
#Top10Lies
Gaddafi is Human, now thats a laugh for a start.
malonebarry Barry Malone
NTC in #Libya getting very officious. Demanding letters, official stamps, exit visas. Sign of a real government..?
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
coming back from inside crazy as usual they had pushed deep inside but now fighting house to house and Ouagadougou resist #Sirte #Libya
half an hour trapped in a ditch NTC fighters laughing and eating chocolate cakes but bullets flying around #Sirte #Libya
big plumes of smoke in #Sirte I think it should be NATO because there are planes flying around #Libya
afelyun aphelion
The North Africa Daily is out! bit.ly/dRzwj9 ▸ Top stories today
Yemen Updates
Regardless of jealousy, #ArabSpring activists n #Yemen, #Tunisia, #Egypt, #Libya & #Syria feel recogonizd w/ Noble Prize awarded 2 #Tawakul
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
fb.me/17Yg7zTB6
LibyanPilot OmarAmer AlBarghathi
Gaddafi loyalists still putting up a fierce fight in various pockets in Sirte, announcement of a free #libya expected sat or sun god willing
once they control sirte will announce free libya god willing
Jounalism. co. uk
Alex Crawford wins award for Middle East reports
Sky News journalist Alex Crawford awarded the James Cameron Memorial Award for her reports on the Middle East and hailed as ‘outstanding role model’ for industry
Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford has received the James Cameron Memorial Award, presented last night at a ceremony at City University, London.
In an announcement the university said the award was given in recognition of “her significant contribution to reporting on the Middle East and in particular, Libya”.
Link:
www.journalism.co.uk/news/alex-crawford...
Guardian
Al-Jazeera’s chief extols virtues of ‘journalism for the people’
The revolutionary fervour of the Arab Spring came alive last night at City University London in a lecture by Wadah Khanfar, the former director general of Al-Jazeera.
In describing his reaction to the various uprisings, particularly in Egypt and Libya, he illustrated just what is meant by a journalism of attachment or commitment.
Exhibiting an unashamed passion throughout his talk, he told a packed audience:
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www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/201...
Telegraph
Libya’s rebels launch the final push for Sirte and their crowning victory
“Today this is finished. We are going to end this now. Sirte is ours!” shouted Commander Amin El Turki to his men, their rows of heavy machine guns pointed to the city.
Battered T55 tanks, rocket launcher trucks and fighters moved in formation across the expanse of flat scrubland towards the southern city gates.
“Ciao Ciao Gaddafi!” screamed rebel fighter Salah Ismail manically, exhilarated as he sent a Milan rocket crashing into a building on the horizon.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Forbes
Libyan fighters assault main Gadhafi base in Sirte
SIRTE, Libya — Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention center in the heart of Sirte that forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi turned into their main base, in what commanders said was a final offensive to crush resistance in the holdout city after weeks of siege.
Full story:
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/07/gene...
IOL
Sirte rocked by heavy street fighting
Muammar Gaddafi’s besieged hometown of Sirte was rocked by heavy street fighting on Friday, as the ex-leader called on Libyans to turn out in their millions to demonstrate against the country’s new rulers.
An AFP correspondent said there were particularly violent clashes around and inside the university, near the city centre.
Street fighting and heavy bombardment also continued from overnight at the Ouagadougou conference centre, a major stronghold of pro-Kadhafi forces, while the Mauritanian Quarter was also under attack.
Full story:
www.iol.co.za/news/africa/sirte-rocked-...
Reuters
Soccer-Libya battle the odds in fight for Nations qualification
CHINGOLA, Zambia Oct 7 (Reuters) – Libya’s players will have more than soccer on their minds when they meet Zambia in a vital African Nations Cup finals qualifier on Saturday, coach Marco Paqueta said.
As fighting rages in Libya, with government forces trying to take Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte, Paqueta said his players had all the motivation they would ever need.
“In their minds they are not only playing for football success but for a new government and a new country,” the Brazilian said on Friday.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFB2...
Huffington Post
Libya: Sirte Hit By Intense Fighting, Eight Killed
SIRTE, Libya — Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention center in the heart of Sirte that forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi turned into their main base, in what commanders said was a final offensive to crush resistance in the holdout city after weeks of siege
Link:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/libya...
Evening News
Libyan patients fly into Norwich for treatment
The men, aged 29 and 46, were flown from Tunisia to Norwich International Airport to receive specialist surgery and rehabilitation at the hospital at the request of the Libyan government.
The two civilians, whose injuries include gunshot wounds to the body, were admitted to the hospital’s surgical ward after being assessed by its specialists.
They had suffered their injuries in the Libyan town of Misrata.
Link:
www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/libyan_pat...
Metro
Libya revolution: Nato declares no end to airstrikes until all resistance is gone
Air strikes will not stop until all remaining pockets of resistance are suppressed and the new government asks for them to end, said French defence minister Gerard Longuet.
Although the former rebels now control most of the country, some regions remain under control of pro-Gaddafi forces, including Sirte on the Mediterranean coast, the city of Bani Walid and parts of the south.
Link:
www.metro.co.uk/news/world/877822-nato-...
BBC
Libya NTC forces take most of Gaddafi stronghold Sirte
Libyan transitional government forces are battling pro-Gaddafi fighters in the centre of Sirte, one of the last cities loyal to the ousted leader.
Gun battles are taking place around the Ouagadougou conference centre where Gaddafi loyalists are holed up.
The BBC’s Jonathan Head, in Sirte, says transitional government forces have largely taken the town but are meeting stiff resistance.
Thousands of civilians have left Sirte but many have remained behind.
Report and video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15210806
UN. org
In Libya, UN calls on all sides to respect human rights as battle for Sirte nears end
7 October 2011 –
With the battle in Sirte between Libya’s new rulers and loyalists of the ousted government of Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi approaching its end, the United Nations today called on all parties to respect human rights and look ahead to the task of national reconciliation.
“Libya’s revolution is based upon the demand for human rights and dignity,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative Ian Martin said in a news release. “I appeal to all to respect the calls made by the National Transitional Council (NTC) that there should be no revenge even against those responsible for war crimes and other grave violations.”
Mr. Martin, who heads the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), stressed that such people should be detained and brought to justice by due process of law. “This will lay the foundation for national reconciliation and the future unity of the people of Libya,” he added.
The message was echoed by Mr. Martin’s deputy, Georg Charpentier, who is also UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya and has just returned from leading a joint humanitarian assessment team in Misrata and the outskirts of Sirte, Mr. Qadhafi’s home town.
Voicing concern for civilians left in Sirte, he reiterated the responsibility of all parties to protect them and those providing aid and medical help inside the city, where fighting has led to displacement. While most residents have been taken in by host families in other towns, some have chosen to remain near Sirte and are receiving aid until the situation allows them to return.
“Local communities and charities are taking the lead in providing assistance to the vulnerable,” he said. “UN agencies and NGOs non-governmental organizations are supporting their efforts as and where needed.”
The joint assessment team included representatives of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN World Health Organization (WHO), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UN World Food Programme (WFP), and the UN Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), as well as the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Earlier this week Mr. Martin visited war-ravaged Misrata and reported widespread destruction in the city, which experienced some of the heaviest fighting during the conflict as it was besieged by pro-Qadhafi forces for weeks, with supplies of running water and other basic amenities cut off.
As many as 1,500 people were killed there, according to local council officials, and Mr. Martin praised the “heroic struggle” of residents, conveying his condolences to the families of “martyrs” and injured.
“I have seen myself the evidence here of war crimes by the Qadhafi regime,” he said.
Northern Echo
Libyan fighters recover from wounds at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
THREE wounded Libyan fighters last night thanked the people of the North-East for the vital part they have played in helping them recover from the injuries of war.
Only weeks ago, Khalid Moussa, 30, and Mohammed Ahmed, 28, both from Benghazi, and Jasim Shampy, from Zawya, were in the thick of the fighting to drive out the dwindling forces of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.
Link:
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9292872....
Huffington Post
Exiled Libyan Jews Look With Hope Toward Homeland
Religion News Service
ROME (RNS) The Jews of old wandered the wilderness for 40 years before entering the Promised Land. For the exiled Jews of Libya, it’s already been 44.
The struggle to reopen a synagogue in Libya, 44 years after the forced departure of the country’s last Jews, is emerging as a high-profile test of the new Libyan government’s commitment to freedom in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era.
On Sunday (Oct. 2), David Gerbi, a Libyan Jew who immigrated to Rome in 1967 at age 12, used a sledgehammer to enter the closed Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli. Two Muslim clerics lent their support, and some neighborhood residents offered help with cleanup.
Read more:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/exile...
Asian Page
Fighting rages in ‘final assault’ on Gaddafi hometown
Sirte was rocked by deadly fighting on Friday in what new regime forces said was a final assault on Muammar Gaddafi’s besieged hometown, with orders they take it the same day despite stiff resistance.
By mid-afternoon, sustained mortar, machinegun and sniper fire was preventing National Transitional Council (NTC) forces from overrunning the Ouagadougou conference centre, a major bastion of pro-Gaddafi forces in the west of the city. As ambulances streamed in to a field hospital nearby, its administrator said 10 fighters were killed and 150 wounded.
Ahmed Mohammed Abu Oud also said that four ambulances had been destroyed by fire from Gaddafi forces, and two ambulance workers wounded.
There were no immediate casualty figures from the eastern side of the Mediterranean city, 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of Tripoli, where morning fighting raged in and around the university, another Gaddafi stronghold.
Link to full art.:
www.asianage.com/international/fighting...
FCO UK
Update on medical assistance to injured Libyans
FCO Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said more Libyan patients expected to arrive in the UK over the next week.
FCO Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said:
“During the Prime Minister’s visit to Libya last month, the new Libyan authorities asked for our help in treating 50 Libyans who had been seriously injured during the conflict. Following the visit, the NHS sent a medical team to Tripoli to work with the Libyans to identify those who would benefit most from UK specialist expertise. So far more than 25 Libyan nationals have arrived in the UK for treatment. These include individuals
affected by gunshot and shrapnel wounds and with severe burns. We expect more patients to arrive in the UK over the next week. I am proud of our excellent National Health Service and the fact that we have the expertise and compassion to help those in need.”
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said:
“I am proud of the NHS, and proud that it is prepared to help seriously injured patients from Libya in this way. The expertise of our NHS staff is second to none in many respects, and I know that as well as helping our own NHS patients every day, many of them are also giving world leading care to help patients in need from abroad.”
E_ElTarhouni
Why dont our thuwar in Sirte & baniwalid have proper headgear/bulletproof vests/better guns? 2manydeaths!
septimius_sever septimius severus
a number of reasons, some don’t want to wear them (as they see them as a sign of fear)
majority don’t have them :(
ahmadalgamaty
جرائم القذافي #Gaddafi Crimes #libya #17feb #mc17feb
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Al Arabiya
NTC Captures Saadi Camp
Despite heavy gunfire in the Libyan city of Sirte, National Transition Council forces on Thursday showed sites that had been captured from the forces loyal to ousted leader Muammar Qaddafi.
NTC fighters in Sirte say they gained control three days ago of a military camp which had served as a base of Qaddafi’s son Saadi and his forces. The fighters said they are also in control of Sirte Hotel, a five star venue owned by Qaddafi which was once used to host guests from lavish Arab and African summits.
Also nearby is the Qardabiyah military airbase, next to Sirte’s civilian airport, which NTC forces took control of last week.
Read more and video:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/07/1...
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
siguen las enormes explosiones en #Sirte son ya más de una docena #Libia
FreeLeebeya فاطمة
Lying down under the skylight watching it rain #lazyafternoon
AliTweel Ali Tweel
I’m trying to upload a 10seconds video for almost 1.5 hour… :(
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
i am LIBYAN and PROUD. :)
Khadija Ali
I love it when you walk around Tripoli and you hear people just randomly say “Arfa3 rasik foog inta Libya hur!” #epicLIBYANmoment
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
when i came through the Dubai airport the guy asked me where i was from.I said Libya.He Said “into yal leebiya rejaala”
A group of injured thuwar (freedom fighters)were taken to #Roma If anyone lives in #Italia or knows anyone there who can spare some time to visit them, they’ve been taken to Villa Luisa clinic, via S. Maria Mediatrice.
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Libya’s FF continue the fight to liberate Sirte, 10 martyrs & over 120 injured so far… The final push continues in to the evening hours!
NickKristof Nicholas Kristof
Let’s hope that Nobel Peace Prize to the female triumvirate reminds us all that women need to be at peacemaking tables.
Reuters
U.N. urges no revenge attacks in Gaddafi hometown
The United Nations on Friday warned there should be no reprisals against residents of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown should it fall to Libyan interim government forces, who on Friday launched their biggest assault on the town yet.
Pro-Gaddafi fighters in Sirte — one of only two main remaining bastions of support for the deposed leader — have for weeks been fiercely resisting ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) forces.
Link:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-l...
Reuters
Factbox: Libyan oil output- how quickly can it rise?
Eight months of civil war have left Libya’s oil industry in chaos, with fields that once pumped a total of around 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) deserted and export terminals, pumping stations and pipelines damaged by fighting and sabotage.
Link:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-l...
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Mahdi al-Harati, deputy of the Tripoli military council resigns due to tensions with the NTC over the handling of Tripoli security #Libya
Qaddafi in 1976 (BBC)
Adam Curtis writes: "I have found a sort of fly-on-the-wall documentary made in 1976 which follows Muammar Gadaffi around as he goes about ruling Libya. The documentary makes it clear how repressive and brutal Gadaffi’s regime is. How he has locked up and tortured thousands of his opponents.
But then it takes a fascinating turn. The interviewer asks Gadaffi to explain why he has sent Libyan troops to fight with the Palestinians against Israel, and why he has sent in Libyan agents to try and overthrow President Sadat of Egypt.
In response Gadaffi launches into an explanation that countries like Libya have a duty to intervene in other nations where the ordinary people are being oppressed by autocrats or oppressive governments – and help free them. That includes helping to liberate Egypt and Tunisia. But it also means, he says, that politicians like him are justified in intervening in Northern Ireland to help the Provisional IRA. Because they are oppressed by the British government. They too are victims. ** For more, see the Adam Curtis blog post at goo.gl/2IDJo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIiRvbC3Tb4&feature=youtu.be
Jakarta Globe
Fighting rages in ‘final assault’ on Kadhafi hometown
Sirte was rocked by deadly fighting Friday in what new regime forces said was a final assault on Moamer Kadhafi’s besieged hometown, with orders they take it the same day despite stiff resistance.
Sustained mortar, machinegun and sniper fire was preventing National Transitional Council (NTC) forces from overrunning the Ouagadougou conference centre, a major bastion of pro-Kadhafi forces in the west of the city.
However, fighters said they had taken a 700-home complex west of the complex.
As ambulances streamed in to a field hospital nearby amid ongoing shelling and heavy resistance, its administrator said at least 11 fighters were killed and 181 wounded.
Read more:
www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/fighting-ra...
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
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Hana S.
My cousin was wounded today & taken to Misrata. He’s 1 of #Sirte’s #FFs and I’m so proud of him. Thankfully he’s doing fine (cont)
My cousin wants to go back to #Sirte front line. Says my remaining uncle in Sirte is fine… for now. Nothing from other relatives yet.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Heavy fighting still going on in Sirte. Offensive started early this morning. Large number of casualties, street for street fighting.
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
If you had told the Libyans in the @libyanfsl that it would take 30 years before G was gone,they would’ve said “then let’s get started”.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Interesting that there has been little news about Bani Waleed. There has been a stalemate there for over a month. #Libya #Gaddafi
LibyanLegends
libyan women are our mothers and sisters, only ones who rape them are the mercenaries Gaddafi use!
Asharq
Gaddafi chemical weapons factory in al-Jufra leaking – Libyan rebel spokesman
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Libyan “17 February revolution committee” spokesman Hamza Hussein al-Shaibani has informed Asharq Al-Awsat that former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s chemical weapons factory in al-Jufra in central Libya is leaking.
Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone from the town of Waddan, located in the al-Jufra district, which was considered to be the center of Gaddafi arms manufacture and storage, al-Shaibani confirmed that the chemical weapons storage facility is in a state of disrepair. There are approximately a total of 168 warehouses storing different types of weapons, alongside thousands of weapons being stored outdoors.
The “17 February revolution committee” spokesman also confirmed that Hamid Abu Sabaa Gaddafi, the commander of the military police under the former regime, had been killed. Hamid Abu Sabaa Gaddafi was thought to be on the run, but al-Shaibani revealed that his corpse has been identified by Libyan rebels. He is believed to have been killed three weeks ago, whilst trying to escape from the Libyan rebels. His car was fired upon by the Libyan revolutionaries who are now in control of the majority of the country, and he died in the resulting crash. However the Libyan rebels were unable to confirm his identity at the time. Hamid Abu Sabaa Gaddafi was a member of the Gaddafi family.
Read more:
www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=...
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
by LibyaFromFrance
Au festival de géographie, le drapeau de la nouvelle
Libye saint-die.eu/images/stories…
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malonebarry Barry Malone
Just saw another small Tripoli demo against plan to restore an abandoned synagogue. Protesters holding placards: “No return for Jews” #Libya
Politico
Republican senators: Help Libya
Fresh off a trip to Tripoli last week, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) penned a joint editorial in The Wall Street Journal praising Libya’s former rebels and their commitment to “democracy, transparency and the rule of law.”
The Republicans stressed the transitional council needs American help in training their army and police force, monitoring national elections, drafting a constitution, reforming its justice system and rebuilding its economy.
The assistance is required, they said, due to what they saw in Tripoli, where the lawmakers got a firsthand glimpse of the “enormous task of rebuilding a country after 42 years of tyranny and seven months of war.”
Link to art.:
www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/6540...
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي ♥
Matthew VanDyke,a writer & filmmaker from Baltimore, USA is fighting alongside the FFs in the battle for #Sirte #Libya
pic.twitter.com/EhQmfCcW
FreeLeebeya فاطمة
some women think that Gaddafi was handsome back in the day,, they have a warped sense of beauty
misrati_free Alaeddin Muntasser
#Sirte Field Hospital: 209 injured 16 Martyrs. Alahu akbar!
mbi3000 LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
After 42 YEARS of oppression, the February 17th revolution presents a new LIBYA, either you join us or get left behind.
Six weeks after Gadhafi’s fall, Libya’s rebels can’t get their story straight
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s interim rulers were busy this week: They cheered the imminent fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown, ordered trigger-happy revolutionary fighters out of the capital, formed a new caretaker Cabinet and announced the discovery of 900 corpses in two mass graves.
Only problem was, all those moves turned out to be premature, exaggerated or patently false.
www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/06/126444/s...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Who would’ve thought before the Arab Spring an Arab woman would win Nobel peace prize. What an inspiration she is & all FFs #yemen #tawakul
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
siguen llegando cadáveres al hospital de campaña de #Sirte #Libia
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Our Free Libya’s Football teams first game and win after only 3days of preparation. Thank you guys
pic.twitter.com/KisyInWu
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
massive attack in #sirte, but gaddafi snipers still better than rebel tactics near Ougadougo complex
Khadija Ali
Coordinating aid and volunteer work in Libya so that everyone can help. facebook.com/groups/feb17ai…
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
AFP: #Bani spokesman of #libya army demands apology from minsiter of defence for being kicked out of meeting with #UK & #italy ministers.
#Bani to AFP: Minister of Defence Dughaili told me “ur presence is of no impotance and asked me to leave.” #libya
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Anti-#Jewish demonstration in front of the Corinthia hotel in #Tripoli today.
There was at least 100 ppl earlier demonstrating the presence of a #Libya-Jewish man who came back to rebuild a synagogue
@AP wrote about him here: bitURL.net/b72s
The #Libyan demonstrators called God is Great and are holding a sit-in until the hotel gets rid of the Jewish man, #DavidGerbi #feb17
The anti-#Jewish demo was small and not v representative of the whole city. the sit in is maybe 20 ppl. #libya
A group of men just handed me a letter of protest, demanding to “open an investigation with #DavidGerbi” on how he entered #Libya
… and they want to charge him with “sedition and sectarianism” and “demand to deal with him as a member of the #Gadhafi regime”
I asked these men was it cuz #DavidGerbi is #Jewish. They said No! no! just want to know how he got in the country…
Not sure how this makes him a #Gadhafi loyalists, but there u have it
Just to be clear, #DavidGerbi’s family fled to Italy when the #Jews were run out of #Libya. He is not Israeli, just #jewish
Accdg to Jpost, Libyan-Jewish diaspora in Italy wasn’t happy w #DavidGerbi’s actions bitURL.net/b72u
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
#Misrata fighters pressed deeper into #Sirte. Gun battles and shelling going on various fronts across city cntr. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Some Guidelines Met for Ending #Libya Mission goo.gl/4PqSe #NATO American Forces Press Service
#SIRTE Battle Heavy Toll; At least 12 revolutionary fighters were killed and 195 wounded Most shot @Head Neck Chest by snipers #Libya
Arrived in #Tripoli today: #British Defense Secretary #Liam #Fox and his Italian counterpart, Ignazio La #Russa arrived in #Libya on Friday
VIDEO: #Libyan fighters stage ‘final assault’ on main loyalist base in #Sirte goo.gl/cRIk8
Sirte In northeast fighters have cleared out the “Mauritanian neighbourhood” after intense building-by-building fighting #Libya
Senior Commander #Ali #Saeh of Free #Libya Brigade is injured Shot twice by a sniper as he led fighters in a residential area
#Sirte Battle Al Jazeera’s Zeina #Khodr reports from the frontline
youtube.com/watch?feature=… #Libya
Ex-CIA chief Panetta acknowledges open secret: Drones goo.gl/9tn3P #Libya #Gaddafi
The snipers have no respect for life They pick out children and adults and take them out in cold blood
#Gaddafi refused 2speak English I heard from ppl who met him but here u will hear him speak English Young #Gaddafi 1976 goo.gl/tKbeH
Factbox: #Libyan oil output- how quickly can it rise? www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-l...
Asalto final a #Sirte www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em... #Libia
#Sirte By Night: #Nato Helicopters engaged in attack on #Sirte youtube.com/watch?feature=… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
Sirte:
Very bloody day 200+ injured at least 13 killed Field hospitals packed Ambulances showed up every few min Morn-Afternoon
AJELive AJELive
Medics say 12 anti-Gaddafi fighters were killed and more than 120 injured in the assault on Sirte
aje.me/jMZYMN #Libya
FreeBenghazi
13 martyred in SIRTE:
1-MohamedMustafa AlShawsh
2-AlAminMustafa AlTurki
3-IsmailMohamed AbuKasula
4-AbdulBasit AliMohamed BenWafa
5-AliAbdulSalam AlKaleeb
6-HassanHussein AlHeshi
7-Siraj Aghmeem
8-AbdulJawadNuri Musa
9-RamadanSaleh AlBakar
10-AhmedSiddiq AlMani
11-HamzaM’Hamed AbuZhou
12-AliAhmed Baroud
13-AliMohammed Wade
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Vry bloody day in #Sirte. 200+ injured, at least 13 killed. Field hospitals packed. Ambulances showed up every few min morn-aftrnoon
At least two paramedics injured today in #Sirte. All are volunteers. Most are young medical students. #Libya
borzou Borzou Daragahi
#Libya: A day in the life of Tripoli City Hall, post-revolution
on.ft.com/qrHrMb #feb17
Poland PL
Egyptians, Libyans and Tunisians to Observe Elections in Poland
A group of fifteen delegates from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia are paying a visit to Poland with a view to observing the upcoming parliamentary election. While in Poland, the visitors are to get acquainted with the Polish election system and the organization of a transparent, fair and democratic election.
Heads and members of electoral bodies and social activists from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia involved in establishing a democratically functioning state are to take part in the study visit, which is organized by Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Electoral Commission. Poland has been helping Egypt, Libya and Tunisia since the outbreak of the democratic revolutions in the countries of North Africa at the beginning of the year.
Between 7 and 10 October the delegates will meet for talks co-originators of the Polish electoral system, members of the National Electoral Commission and representatives of the judicial bodies investigating electoral protests. On the election day, the delegations from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia are to visit electoral commissions in Warsaw, Płock and Radom in order to follow the election process and the counting of ballots. The visitors will also be acquainted with the Information Technology that is applied in Poland to ensure an efficient and transparent transfer of electoral data.
Tunisia and Egypt are presently getting prepared for the first democratic elections, due on 23 October in Tunisia, and at the end of November in Egypt. Libya is facing a similar challenge.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Source:
www.poland.pl/news/article,Egyptians_Li...
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Libya tweeps, get ready. We’re gonna be doing some major #Libya education tonight & tomorrow
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
If I’m not mistaken..On AJA tomorrow evening (~6pm) = Interview with Libyan official re. disappearance of Musa Al-Sadr #libya #lebanon #iran
The disappearance of Musa Al-Sadr in #Libya remains an open and mysterious case to this day… Alive, dead, in a hospital freezer? #libya
finriswolf Hungry like me
VSMRK the Youtube #Gadaffi propaganda queen has had his account terminated. His ISP is yanking more than that now. Goodnight funnyman!
libyahmed
Spent last few hours discussing the pitfalls of democracy, islamist&moderate muslim!inshaAllah I wil spread this around #libya as best I can
TheyCallMeSof Sofyan Amry
My father , المرحوم بشير عبدالسلام العامري , & his fellow martyred revolutionaries… j.mp/qxaWe1 #Feb17 #Libya #Jan25 #ArabSpring
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Who would’ve thought before the Arab Spring an Arab woman would win Nobel peace prize. What an inspiration she is & all FFs #yemen #tawakul
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
I saw a freelance today in the hospital Patrick he was wounded in the shoulder by a lost bullet or so near Ouagadougou #Sirte #Libya
21:40 near #Sirte and still hearing huge explosions 4 dead and around 30 wounded in the east of the city #Libya
last body 1 hour ago doctor said: “we knew him he was very funny he was always joking” he was hit directly in the heart #Sirte #Libya
odio tener que discutir sobre fútbol en medio de un tiroteo sobre todo cuando me aburre el fútbol #Sirte #Libia
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
I remember when people used to ask me where i was from i and i said #Libya they would reply #Gadaffi.Now they reply “You are so Brave!!”
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Saw #Libya Boy Scouts at field hospital. Scout leader says they’re camped there to help out: “This is the life of a scout—always in a tent.”
US Department of Defence
Some Guidelines Met for Ending Libya Mission, Official Says
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Oct. 7, 2011 – Three of the four guidelines laid out this week by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta for ending Operation Unified Protector in Libya have been met, a senior defense official said today.
At Panetta’s final news conference of the Oct. 5-6 NATO defense ministerial conference in Brussels, the secretary laid out four conditions for ending the mission in Libya.
He said militia members loyal to former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and fighting in Sirte would have to be defeated, Gadhafi must have no nationwide command and control capability, the opposing forces must be able to keep the nation and its citizens secure, and the Gadhafi regime must not be able to attack civilians.
The issues were discussed during private meetings among Panetta and NATO commanders and officials in Italy today, the senior defense official said, and produced the following indications:
- Recent heavy fighting in the city of Sirte, Gadhafi’s birthplace, has given way to the likely defeat of pro-Gadhafi forces;
- There is no evidence that Gadhafi exercises any command and control over militia members loyal to him; and
— The fledgling democracy does not yet have a national security force, but “there is a sense that the National Transitional Council can exercise control of the country.”
Progress must be made in developing their capabilities, he added, and this could take the form of training by security forces from the international community.
“They do need to take additional steps to make sure that in the long term they can cover the country and maintain security,” the defense official said.
The successful end of NATO’s Operation Unified Protector is “very close,” he added, possibly days or weeks away.
mtawfeeqCNN Mohammed Tawfeeq
#Misrata Military council : At least 12 NTC fighters killed & 193 others wounded since the offensive started on #Sirte-#Libya on Friday.
FreeBenghazi
Heads up, facebook page of Misrata Military Council Info Centre has been hacked by green algae, #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Today was the start of the end for #Gadaffis loyalists.Hopefully we are going to witness what every Libyan has wished for tomorrow
I am so PROUD that i have witnessed the most amazing Revolution in the World from day 1.Im not going anywhere till its over.Love u #Libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
I saw a freelance today in the hospital Patrick he was wounded in the shoulder by a lost bullet or so near Ouagadougou #Sirte #Libya
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Too many people had no idea that young men were being cut down with anti-aircraft guns for a full month before NATO stepped in. #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan Sami al Saadi to sue UK over rendition claims
shabablibya.org/news/libyan-sa… #Libya
Sirte: a city fashioned in Gaddafi’s image
shabablibya.org/news/sirte-a-city-fashi... #Libya #Sirte
Hunt for Gaddafi and sons continues
is.gd/33V5Ye #Libya
Aljazeera
NTC fighters intensify assault on Sirte
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the frontline as forces opposed to Muammar Gaddafi battle his loyalists in Sirte.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5KeuxzlVZs&sns=fb
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
I think it’s the duty of every muslim to spread the falsehood and injustice of the word Islamist and moderate muslim! #islam #libya
Sarah
AP: Freedom Fighters carry a wounded comrade while attacking pro-G forces in #Sirte #Libya
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#Gimping #Kssad #Libya
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AP: Libyan Forces Launch New Attacks on #Sirte. #Libya
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NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya –
goo.gl/tkJxK
MSNBC
Tripoli’s top tourist attraction: Gadhafi’s former compound
TRIPOLI – They arrive by the carload day and night: Liberated Libyans coming to experience Tripoli’s latest tourist attraction.
It’s called Bab Al-Azizyia, but it is better known as Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s compound.
Read more, video and pics:
worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/0...
bint_tarhouna Free Libya
My dad sent me the sweetest SMS :‘The Noble Peace Prize for Tawakul is for all the Arab girls and women. We are proud of you’ Awww <3
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: #Misrata reports 200 wounded revolutionaries and 14 more martyrs in the fighting to free #Sirte today.
CNN
U.S. official: Anti-Gadhafi commanders predict Sirte will fall soon
Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte will fall soon, perhaps within days, commanders of the anti-Gadhafi operation told U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday, according to a senior U.S. defense official traveling with him.
Panetta met during the morning with the commanders at the naval base that hosts the U.S. Sixth Fleet in Italy, the official said.
Read more and video:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/07/world/africa...
Niz_FGM Niz
SOCIAL AWARENESS – UNITY/RACE EPISODE1
1st episode in series of videos by the Free Generation Movement, raising awareness for social issues in Libya – UNITY
youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQey…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQeyHqaU0
GRAFIXEl
somehow i expect: they will take Bani Walid after Sirte, and no Gaddafi is there. either
Kinojevis
Sirte & Bani-Walid, a matter of time. End of NTC & elections. NTC will hav 2 make it known, by all means: Posters, radio, TV, newspapers etc
ANSA
Libia: Cnt offre mediazione a Bani Walid
(ANSA) – VICINO A BANI WALID, 7 OTT – Le forze del Cnt hanno avviato oggi una nuova mediazione a Bani Walid, preannunciando in caso di fallimento un nuovo assalto. Lo riferiscono i comandanti del Cnt. “Abbiamo chiesto un incontro” con le componenti tribali della città e “inviato una delegazione”, ha detto Omar Fifao, per tentare una mediazione che consenta di “entrare a Bani Walid senza altri combattimenti. Se non ci sarà risposta entro un paio di giorni, non avremo altra scelta che attaccare”.
Adnan Mustafa
The Libyan National Council rebels besieged Bani Walid and gave two days ultimatum for Qathafi loyalists to surrender
Completion of preparations for an attack on Bani Walid www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em... Arabique
Darreg
I can just picture Saif Gaddafi dropping his Klobb on the floor in some basement in Bani Walid and scampering away as FF approach #libya
Aljazeera
Libya fighting rages in ‘final push’ on Sirte
The latest assault in the ongoing battle for Sirte, the hometown of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is currently under way, with Libyan fighters undertaking a major
operation to try to end a three-week standoff.
Medics said at least 12 anti-Gaddafi fighters had been killed and more than 120 others injured in the assault.
Read more and video:
goo.gl/nHf12
Suman 17 soldados rebeldes muertos y más de 200 heridos en Sirte
Al menos 17 soldados rebeldes han resultado muertos y mas de doscientos heridos en los combates que han tenido lugar hoy contra las fuerzas leales a Gadafi en la ciudad de Sirte, según el balance provisional dado a EFE por fuentes de la insurgencia.
Las fuentes señalaron que casi todas las víctimas formaban parte de las brigadas llegadas desde la ciudad de Misrata.
Las fuerzas del Consejo Nacional Transitorio (CNT órgano político de los rebeldes) han reforzado la ofensiva que mantienen desde hace un mes contra Sirte, ciudad natal de Gadafi, y han atacado el corazón de la ciudad donde está situado el núcleo principal de los gadafistas con la artillería pesada.
Read more:
www.noticiassin.com/2011/10/suman-17-lo...
BBC
Libya NTC forces surround pro-Gaddafi fighters in Sirte
Columns of smoke rose above the city as government forces fought their way in, street by street, until they reached the Ouagadougou conference centre where pro-Gaddafi loyalists are holed up.
At least 12 people were killed and more than 190 injured, doctors said.
Thousands of civilians have left Sirte but many have remained behind.
The two sides battered each other with mortar shells, rockets and tank fire in what transitional government forces have described as the final assault on Sirte, some 360km (225 miles) east of the capital, Tripoli.
Read more;
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15224301
Latest CNN News
Libya: Anti-Gaddafi forces about to control the Sirte city
Transitional government backed forces get hold of the most of the downtown area of Colonel Gaddafi’s stronghold Sirte.
Interim government backed fighters intrude the city from numerous direction after heavy fighting. Gaddafi’s supporter resisted the NATO supported fighters.
News reporter in the centre of the city reported that the two rivals suffered great loss during the fight but it’s not certain as yet that how many of the masses got engaged.
Read more:
www.latestcnnnews.com/libya-anti-gaddaf...
Ao menos 17 rebeldes morrem e 200 ficam feridos em Sirte
Combatentes do novo governo encontraram forte resistência na cidade
Pelo menos 17 soldados rebeldes morreram e mais de 200 foram feridos nos combates desta sexta-feira contra as forças leais ao ex-ditador Muamar Kadafi na cidade de Sirte. Segundo os rebeldes, quase todas as vítimas faziam parte das brigadas vindas da cidade de Misrata.
Full art.:
veja.abril.com.br/noticia/internacional...
Antonio
BREAKING: A series of blasts Rocks Moammar Gaddafi’s hometown of #Sirte . #Gaddafi #Libya #Nato
libyahmed
I think as Muslims, we should make a pledge. Whenever any of us hear the word ‘Islamist’, we must challenge that person to define it #islam
My pledge is that I will always challenge the word Islamist. More than this, I will challenge the phrase ‘Moderate Muslim’ #islam
Libya outreach Group
Situation Report:
Libya – October 7, 2011
Highlights
Why cant we control the arms proliferation in Libya together?
Abdelhakim Belhaj, the head of Tripoli Military Council, and his deputy held a press conference urging Tripoli residents to turn in unlicensed weapons in order to promote order and peace in the city. He says,"We urge all those who care about the security of Tripoli and its stability to cooperate with us in order to bring back the stability through the termination and cancellation of all heavy weapons present and to prevent distribution, which should be limited to the authorized bodies,” Belhaj was confronted at the conference by the The Kekaa Brigade of Zintan who issued an arrest warrant against him and his deputy, they are accused of conducting illegitimate raids and arrests not authorized by the NTC in the city of Zintan, Libya.
Gaddafi speaks via Syrian-based Arrai television, urging people continue their resistance saying the NTC is not the legitimate leaders of Libya.
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Mutassim has fled the former leader’s hometown of Sirte and was last heard of heading south, a Libyan government military spokesman told Al Jazeera.
Clash take place between locals of Nalut and locals of Seaan, Libya. “Nalut rebels were welcome to our town during the revolution, but now they barge in with their weapons searching the houses and scaring the residents,” Hussein said.
Fierce fighting continues in Sirte as pro-Democracy fighters try to capture the city. Pro-Democracy troops try to capture the city center but face resistance.
French defense minister said that NATO air strikes will continue as long as Gaddafi forces continue its Resistance.
NTC creating an agency to root out remaining Gaddafi Loyalists in Libya
Another mass grave found in the Gargarish District of Tripoli, Libya – 200 bodies
The in-depth articles can be found here:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
A corrupt official in the NTC is a million times worse than any corrupt official in the Gaddafi regime. #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli Info: Unskilled Labour worker who used to get 20 LYD/day now asking for 70 LYD/day . #Feb17 #Libya
hominoid555 Russell
56.46 § sounds about right for a days hard work.
Reuters: Freedom Fighters have launched an attack on southern #Sirte via @AlArabiya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli Prices : Milk Pre Feb17 = 1.25 LYD During Feb17 = 5 LYD Post Feb17 = 3 LYD #Feb17 #Libya
#Tripoli Prices : US$ (Black Market) Pre Feb17 = 1.25 LYD During Feb17 = 1.85 LYD Today = 1.57 LYD
#Tripoli Prices : Chicken Pre Feb17 = 3 LYD During Feb17 = 10 LYD Post Feb17 = 6 LYD
#Tripoli Prices : Coffee at a cafe Pre Feb17 = 0.75 LYD During Feb17 = 2.00 LYD Post Feb17 = 1.00 LYD
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
libyanfsl M. Ali Abdallah
Libya’s FF continue to make push towards center of Sirte, detain several of G’s forces & seize weapons from them #Feb17 #Libya #Sirte
Niz_FGM Niz
I feel, as a Libyan, i can hold my head up high in the UK. What a feeling, what an achievement we have all made. What an empowering feeling
Unity, togetherness, harmony, diversity, peace, equality, love…….. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQeyHqaU0
Aljazeera
A Libyan interim government force of about 100 vehicles carrying heavy weapons have advanced on the southern side of Sirte, a Reuters journalist reported from the scene.
Fighters of the National Transitional Council (NTC) shouted “God is greatest” as they made their assault, the report said.
Aljazeera
Gaddafi loyalists fight on in Sirte
NTC fighters say they are still facing heavy resistance in battle for control of toppled Libyan leader’s home city
Fighters of Libya’s interim government are seeing a slowdown in their latest assault in the ongoing battle for Sirte, the hometown of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Al Jazeera correspondent Zeina Khodr reported that there was a “relative lull in the fighting” on Saturday in contrast to the active front witnessed a day earlier.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters had pounded Sirte’s city centre on Friday but commanders on the ground say they are facing strong resistance, coupled with poor weather conditions, Khodr reported, from the city’s western outskirts.
Report and video’s:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan gov’t forces launch big assault on Sirte #Alarabiya
Sarah
Presser Mustafa Abduljelil , British and Italian defense ministry on #AJA right now. #NTC #Libya
#MAJ : “Our fighters are still dealing with the snipers” #Sirte #
#MAJ : “Yesterday : 180 wounded in only one day” #Sirte
AP:
Libyan fighters shell #Sirte ahead of fresh assault. #Libya apne.ws/nzgUZd
AP:
A Freedom Fighter fires his machine-gun while attacking Pro-G forces in #Sirte. #EpicPic #Libya
apne.ws/pdrESU
Al Arabiya
Undeterred by sandstorm, Libya’s rebels launch ‘final assault’ on Sirte
Libya’s interim government force of about 100 vehicles, mounted with heavy weapons, advanced on the southern side of Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte on Saturday in one of the biggest assaults yet, a Reuters reporter in the city said.
The fighters with the National Transitional Council shouted “Allahu Akbar!” or “God is greatest” as they moved off in pickup trucks with anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine
guns on the back.
Previously, anti-Qaddafi forces slowed their advance on Saturday as a sandstorm whipped up around the ousted despot’s birthplace.
A senior U.S. defense official said, meanwhile, that NATO chiefs believe the fugitive former Libyan leader no longer commands his loyalists, who are on the verge of
defeat.
Declaration delayed
The ruling National Transitional Council has said Libya cannot get an interim government until the North African country is declared free of the last remnant fighters for the fugitive Qaddafi.
After launching what they called a final assault on Sirte with a barrage of rocket and artillery fire, the NTC forces still faced stiff resistance late Friday around the Ouagadougou conference centre.
“We are surrounding them in the centre of the city in an area of just a few square kilometers (miles),” NTC commander Nasser Abu Zian told AFP.
There were also particularly heavy clashes around and inside the university, near the city centre, and in the Mauritanian Quarter, said an AFP correspondent.
On Saturday, an AFP correspondent said the NTC forces halted their advance as a sandstorm reduced visibility to a few hundred meters (yards) on the western edge of Sirte, once a symbol of Qaddafi’s regime.
Civilians from Sirte
Civilians trickled out on foot, including a woman who carried a child in her arms and a man lugging suitcases, as NTC forces stopped cars for identity checks and searches.
“We just want to go somewhere that is safe. I hadn’t been out of my house for three weeks because of all the firing. Lots of houses in my area were hit,” said Sudanese labourer Abdulrahim Kabash.
Milad Gahnatri, whom the NTC forces suspected was Mauritanian, appealed to be let through to seek medical treatment for two pale-looking men in the back of his car.
“These are my brothers. They need kidney dialysis three times a week but the Ibn Sina hospital is damaged by bombing. There are many patients in there and they are all afraid of the firing from all sides,” he said.
In eastern Sirte, NTC fighters overlooking the rectangular-shaped Ouagadougou centre said its concrete bunkers were proving tougher than they originally thought.
“It has been hit for days by tank guns and rockets, but it hasn’t budged. Its paint has hardly been scratched,” said one of them with a Kalashnikov.
Following the ferocious artillery and rocket barrage, hundreds of NTC fighters had tried
to enter Sirte at dawn Friday in pick-ups mounted with anti-aircraft and machineguns.
As they advanced, the fighters came under sustained mortar, machinegun and sniper fire but took a 700-home complex west of the centre, they said.
Plumes of black smoke billowed from several parts of the city as the Ouagadougou centre was constantly shelled by 106 mm cannon and anti-aircraft guns.
NATO warplanes flew overhead, and the alliance said in its latest operational update that the only target it struck across the country on Friday was a firing an vehicle staging point in Sirte.
At least 12 NTC fighters were killed and 193 wounded, the military said, but there were no immediate casualty figures from the eastern side of the Mediterranean city, 360 kilometers (225 miles) east of Tripoli.
Late Friday, interim defense minister Jalal al-Digheily said the end of the conflict was near.
Sirte and Bani Walid are Qaddafi’s last major bastions against the NTC, which has ruled most of the oil-rich country since its forces overran Tripoli on August 23.
Qaddafi has since gone into hiding.
Gulf News
Battle on for control of Gaddafi birthplace
NATO chiefs believe the fugitive former Libyan leader no longer commands his loyalists who are on the verge of defeat
Sirte, Libya: Fighters loyal to Libya’s interim government are battling for full control of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace where the ousted despot’s diehards are holed up inside a conference centre
Read more:
goo.gl/8S4CX
Montreal Gazette
Libyan forces fight for control of Sirte
Fleeing residents say conditions in city growing desperate
Libyan transitional government forces launched their biggest assault yet on Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte on Friday, firing heavy artillery at the last major bastion of support for the deposed leader.
Taking the coastal town would bring Libya’s new rulers closer to finally gaining control of the whole country almost two months after they seized the capital Tripoli, but they are also under pressure to spare the civilians trapped inside.
Forces loyal to the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC), who for weeks have waited on the edge of Sirte, now say the battle is entering its final and decisive phase.
Read more:
www.montrealgazette.com/news/Libyan+for...
BBC
New bombardment hits Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte
Fresh shelling has been heard in the Libyan city of Sirte, as interim authority forces renew their offensive in the face of fierce resistance.
A BBC correspondent just outside the city says pro-Gaddafi forces are putting up
extraordinary resistance in defence of what seems a lost cause.
Interim troops pushed deep into Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace on Friday, taking most of it street by street.
At least 12 people were killed and more than 190 injured, doctors said.
Thousands of civilians have left Sirte but many remain behind.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15224301
NYT
Split by War, Libya’s Team Is United by New Goal
CHINGOLA, Zambia — When violent protests erupted in Libya in February, some members of the national soccer team supported Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s regime, including the captain at the time, Tariq Tayib, who called the rebels rats and dogs. Others chose to take up arms.
Walid el Kahatroushi, a 27-year-old midfielder, was one of three players who left the team and joined the rebels.
“Some people came to me and told me one of my dear friends was in the hospital and lost his arm,” Kahatroushi said. “In that moment I decided to leave the camp and join the front line.”
Full art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/sports/socce...
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Libyan + Italian + British defense ministers (+ Jalil) are now live on AJA
Fox in Libya as more claims surface
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has jetted into Libya as allegations over his working relationship with a former flatmate continue to surface back home.
Dr Fox met with Jalal al-Digheily, defence minister in the Libyan National Transitional Council at Tripoli airport, but the landmark visit is set to be overshadowed by continuing claims over his dealings with Adam Werritty.
Art.:
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/artic...
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
#Libya’s new ministry of interior gets a huge response after sending out messages asking all policemen & civil workers to return to jobs
AP
Libyan fighters shell Sirte ahead of fresh assault
Libyan revolutionary fighters carry a wounded comrade while attacking pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since September 15 but have not managed to penetrate the heart of the city because of fierce resistance from loyalists inside the home town of Libya’s ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi.
hominoid555 Russell
A short documentary film about the victims of mines in the Zliten Graphic youtube.com/watch?feature=… v/ zlitenfree
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
FreeBenghazi
Gaddafiloyalists in AbdelKafi suburb, fired rockets on AlJadeed suburb in #Sabha.They also shelled AlMahdia suburb #Libya v @Fazzan
Clashes yesterday in AbdelKafi suburb btw Gaddafiloyalists & fighters. Fighters swept area near petrol station #Sabha
Demo by fighters in #Sabha, 9am today. Want local council & NTC to disarm Gaddafiloyalists of medium&heavy weapons
Libya’n from sth, travelling in Misrata+Zliten. Repeatedly stopped at checkpoints &
asked if he was Libyan & from which city
His response was his #Libya’n & didn’t matter from which city. Believes he was qstn’ed bcos of colour of his skin
ceoDanya
May God grant patience to all the mothers who lost their sons during the battle for freedom. #LIBYA #EGYPT #Yemen #tunsia #SYRIA
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Interview with a doctor that was just freed from the hospital
facebook.com/photo.php?v=17…
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1786061622...
KhadijaMAli
rain rain rain…. #Tripoli
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The World has become such a scary place now.You wake up & the first thing you see is " people have been killed in #Libya #Syria #Yemen !!"
#FF are launching an attack on #Sirt today.Lets hope its the final one
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Libyan PM Jibril visiting wounded #FF in a Jordanian hospital yesterday. #feb17 #Libya pic.twitter.com/12WLVYQ7
See what #celebullets can do to metal… Imagine what it can do to a human skull… STOP CELEBRATORY GUN FIRE!
pic.twitter.com/eg67T9HV
Recognize these faces? They encouraged people kill each other on a daily basis from Feb17 till Aug20…
pic.twitter.com/mLE7AbxG
When I was in the UK back in 1993 I found it difficult to say I was from Libya.
Now I can’t wait to visit the UK again to say I am Libyan and I am proud :)
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
The Battle for Sirt: The Bloody Push for Gaddafi’s Hometown
ti.me/oRwriR via @TIME
13 dead and nearly all of the 200+ injured were NTC fighters
Reuters
WRAPUP 1-Libyan forces mount attack on southern Sirte
Force of some 100 NTC military vehicles storms into city
Pro-Gaddafi snipers force attackers to seek cover
Fleeing residents say civilians being killed in crossfire (New story)
Read full report:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Epic fighting taking place in Sirte today. May Allah grant the FFs a swift victory. Allahu Akbar #feb17 #libya
The stig and his brother are fighting with the Libyan freedom fighters :) #libya
misrati_free
Android Skype has been updated with the correct Libyan flag :)
khald02 kha02
#Benghazi #Feb17 Bungalow #Libya
twitpic.com/6wxy4z
Special Abu Muqawama Q&A with Bryan Denton
The photojournalist Bryan Denton has been a friend for several years, and this past year has been a career year for him. Those who followed the reporting of C. J. “Chris” Chivers from Libya probably also know of Bryan’s photographs. Bryan and I caught up a few weeks ago at the wedding of some friends, and I convinced him, late one night, to answer a few questions for the blog. What follows is some pretty incredible testimony from one of the bravest men in the business.
Man, Libya was an entirely different kettle of fish from Afghanistan. As someone who has always tried to make myself as small as possible while under fire, I do not envy any 6-foot, 8-inch combat photojournalist trying to cover high-intensity conflict. Talk us through the beginning of that campaign. What were some of the biggest challenges you faced as a photojournalist?
Full art.:
www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2011/10/...
UN Humanitarian Coordinator “impressed by the strong resilience and coping mechanisms (of) the Libyan people.” eepurl.com/gcT-f #Libya
UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA (UNSMIL)
UN Special Representative in Libya appeals for respect for human rights and reconciliation as Sirte battle approaches its end
Tripoli, 7 October 2011 – As the battle for Sirte approaches its end, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ian Martin today appealed to all parties to respect human rights and humanitarian principles and to look ahead to the task of national reconciliation. Mr Martin called upon the political and military leadership in Libya to ensure that their responsibility under international law to protect civilians in areas of conflict is conveyed to those now in the heat of battle.
Read more:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d365be1cf1...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Are any Tweeps on the EAST side of #Sirte (the Benghazi side, not Misrata)? #Libya
Six weeks after Gadhafi’s fall, Libya’s rebels can’t get their story straight
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s interim rulers were busy this week: They cheered the imminent fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown, ordered trigger-happy revolutionary fighters out of the capital, formed a new caretaker Cabinet and announced the discovery of 900 corpses in two mass graves.
Only problem was, all those moves turned out to be premature, exaggerated or patently false.
Read more:
www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/06/126444/s...
Nasr
“Libyan transition council head recalled as ‘bright guy’ at Pitt” via PE.com – topics.pe.com/article/08sabIm8NmaAM?q=NATO Why did #Jibril change his name?
raggzeb raggz ’e-b
in a clinic in Tunis recovering from my injuries. Got taken here on Wednesday. In a nice private clinic on the NTC.
septimius_sever septimius severus
Split by War, #Libya’s Team United by New Goal:
nyti.ms/nrIVj8 (a quick read to get in mood for the game) #Football #Zambia
Watch #Zambia – #Libya football match here
www.livestation.com/channels/125-libya-... “winner qualifies to African nations cup”
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Unseen before footage of civilian being shot by the Gaddafi army.
Benghazi, March 19th (hrs before Coallitions attack):
youtube.com/watch?v=WQFO5G…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQFO5GZdrWA&sns=em
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters now in control of sabamiyah neighborhood in Sirte, green flags still hoisted on villas
#Libya, Sabamaiyah neighborhood is a ghost town many of #Gaddafi officials lived here, #Sirte
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters still trying to take control of ouagadougu conference center a loyalist stronghold in #Sirte
#Libya, Loyalist forces putting up fierce resistance preventing anti #Gaddafi fighters from entering city of #Sirte
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
Alarabia: Libyan Revolutionary fighters control mainroad of Sirt.
Abdullah
Libyans were very lucky, they had the bravest fighters on earth, supported by the strongest power on earth to defeat the worst man on earth.
France Soir
Libye : Syrte, la bataille continue
Les forces du Conseil National de Transition ont lancé un assaut sur Syrte, vendredi soir. Les troupes ont progressé mais la ville natale du Colonel Kadhafi n’est toujours pas tombée
80% de la Libye est aux mains des forces du Conseil national de transition mais toujours pas Syrte. La ville qui a vu naître Mouammar Kadhafi n’a pas été prise par les troupes du CNT. Mais les assauts se poursuivent à l’image de celui qui s’est déroulé ce vendredi soir. Les forces, déployées depuis des semaines à la périphérie de la ville côtière, assurent que la bataille entre dans sa phase finale. Le commandant du CNT Moustapha al Amine, debout sur une position dominant la ville à l’est, a fait état de progrès tout en reconnaissant que les fidèles de Kadhafi résistaient encore.
Art.:
www.francesoir.fr/actualite/internation...
Afriquinfos
Libye : l’opération de l’OTAN se poursuivra tant que des menaces existent
BRUXELLES (Xinhua) – Les pays membres de l’OTAN participant à l’opération militaire en Libye ont réaffirmé leur détermination à la poursuivre aussi longtemps que des menaces persisteront, selon un communiqué publié vendredi au terme d’une réunion des ministres de la Défense de l’OTAN tenue mercredi et jeudi à Bruxelles
“Il est clair que la fin est en vue. Les forces de Kadhafi se battent pour une cause perdue. La menace pour les civils s’estompe. Les développements positifs récemment intervenus en Libye sont irréversibles”, a déclaré le secrétaire général Anders Fogh Rasmussen après la réunion.
Read more:
www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2011/10/8/...
Rasmussen :“G forces are fighting for a lost cause....positive developments that have taken place in Libya are irreversible.”
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Aid is seriously needed for displaced #baniwalid and #sirte residents. There is barely any aid going into these cities!
45,000 people who left #baniwalid are staying in nearby towns, Shmeikh & Tennennai. AID is required. The local council can’t keep up. RT!
Another 15,000 who left #baniwalid r staying with relatives across #libya. A total of 60,000 displaced from #baniwalid. (NTC local council)
#Sirte : Sabamiyah(quartiers de Sirte) est maintenant sous le contrôle des Thuwar. Encore des drapeaux verts sur certaines villas. #Libya
Sarah
Libya .. Libya.. Libyaaaaaaa ! #JustDoIt #Football
Thanks God we have 3abboud ! #Libya #Football
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya’s new regime fighters seize key Sirte road: AFP
Tweeting Tripoli
Always wondered what do patriotic citizens of the world feel when raise their flags. Now I know :)
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Sameer Aboud #Libya’s Goalkeeper makes a wonderful save to keep the score at 0-0
B r e n t
May good health, safety, and victory be with those battling for sirte.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Put your predictions on the score of the game between #Libya and Zambia .. Who ever wins gets a Free tour round Baab Al Azaizeyah :)
JohnDelaGuardia John D. Dela Guardia
is in and out of #Sirte… Fierce battle is ongoing… Loud explosions can be heard…
Rest in Peace… Mortar landed here and killed 2. #Sirte
twitpic.com/6x16vr
BRK:
“I will be leaving power in the coming days,” #Yemen’s president says in a speech on state TV
goo.gl/DB555”
BREAKING: #Saleh of #Yemen says on state-TV he will step down next few days… via Al-Arabya TV
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
It seems like AliSaleh of Yemen has said he will resign more times than KhamisGaddafi has died and that’s saying something. #libya #yemen
Why would someone announce he will step down in a couple of days & not wait for a couple of days then announce immediate resignation? #yemen
SMILE:
acarvin Andy Carvin
Maybe he tripped on Tawakkol Karman. RT @KetyDC: Did #Saleh fall and hit his head? #StepingDown ? Really? #Yemen
Fierce Fighting Continues in Sirte
Revolutionary fighters battled block by block on Saturday as snipers rained fire from rooftops in fierce street fighting in Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte, the most important remaining bastion of support for the fugitive leader. (8 October 2011)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
BREAKING: CONFIRMED:
SIRTE: Ibn Sina-Hospital liberated by FFs. #Libya #Feb17 #Sirte #BaniWalid
hominoid555 Russell
Some families have been freed from Bani Walid no details on how many, but this means that there is some progression on this front.
blabeen
Thanx guys, I came from Sirt frontLine y/dayNight planning to go back T/morrning
Y/day’s attack on #Sirt s my 1st real battle,many in my unit said it s 1 ofThe fiercest fighting thy faced soFar. snipers everyWhere #Libya
cant wait to go back.
Helping the trapped families 2 escape was the hardest & TheMostPainful, women&children crying they thought we gonna kill them. #Sirte #Libya
stay tuned for some amateur pix from y/day’s fighting in #Sirte
The night before the battle, fixing the guns. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/zY4qKQmQ
1 of the rally points near #Sirte #Libya
pic.twitter.com/n18s9pbz
On the southern highway. FF artillery hit GF fuel&Ammo storage. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/fUOUuqiv
Making sure everyBody knows the DOs&the DON’Ts.I named the car n the left “The Cow”,she saved us from a deadly ambush.
pic.twitter.com/NRtK43OF
Sorry , it s the car in your right ;)
Gaddafi Defenders firing few rockets and avoiding firefights may be running low on ammunition in Sirte
#BaniWalid :
Reports that the Freedom Fighters have reached the wool factory and and #Gaddadfi forces set back. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
#Libya’s new ministry of interior gets a huge response after sending out messages asking all policemen & civil workers to return to jobs
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Jibril- monthly reward of 500 LYD to the families of martyrs, and 450 to 500 LYD as monthly salary to fighters on all fronts. #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Anti #Gaddafi fighters continue pounding loyalist positions in and around Ouagadougou in #Sirte
#Libya, Steady floe of ambulances arriving at dirt field hospital ,.. Anti #Gaddafi fighters suffering casualties, #Sirte
#Libya, Fierce battle for #Ouagadougou conference complex underway loyalists putting up fierce resistance, #Sirte, #Gaddafi
#Libya, Mortar hits vehicle carrying ammunition near front line in #Sirte … Scores of anti #Gaddafi fighters killed and injured, #Libya
Zeina Khodr reports from Sirte
The battle for Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, is continuing, with Gaddafi loyalists putting up stiff resistance.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the outskirts of the town.
Zeina Khodr reports from #Sirte – YouTube
bit.ly/rcIcbi #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ExspwKLSQ&fea...
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Early rains in #Libya – my driver from Tunisian border to #Tripoli said it proves God is happy!
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
ceoDanya
Libyan National Team ties with Zambia and makes it to the African Cup!!!!!!! CONGRATZ :)
NadineFarkash Free Libya ♔☾✰
#FFs in #Sirte #libya
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yfrog.com/kk10owjj
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MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Even Libyan Girls in who have no clue about football are celebrating. Im looking forward to the abuse im going to get from this tweet #Libya
Same old, same old……
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Is Saleh bluffing?! Suddenly he’s like “I am willing to give up power but not to opposition.” Dah?! #yemen
richardengelnbc Richard Engel
#yemen, told #saleh will NOT step down before early elections. ‘Power transfer in Yemen will be implemented via the ballot box.’
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
As you read this the #FF’s are heavily attacking the Wagadogo Hall in #Sirt #Libya
What Gadaffi has made the Libyan people do !! pic.twitter.com/l3p8rwyY
The Man himself pic.twitter.com/59tXCbwR
Thinks the term “Degadaffinated” should be added to the Libyan dictionary #Libya
It is just so amazing sitting here & seeing how the people of #Libya are so UNITED now.This spirit had been hidden for 42 years due to IT.
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
ARABIC
Former consultant to Gaddafi until 1995 speaks out, part 1: bit.ly/mPlf4M #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRJ9guv94f4&fea...
septimius_sever septimius severus
#UK Defence Secretary announced £500,000 & extra military expertise 2help #Libya in battle against arms proliferation
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/artic...
Guardian
Libya: resistance weakens as troops advance into Gaddafi’s hometown
Defenders firing few rockets and avoiding firefights may be running low on ammunition in Sirte
Columns of Libyan government forces pushed deeper into the heart of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte on Saturday, fighting resistance that appeared ever weaker.
The advance by forces of the interim government, the National Transitional Council, which at one point came within 500 metres of the city’s main road, was slowed by snipers in several apartment buildings and a bunker. But in some areas the fighters have made significant progress.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/08/li...
BintTarablis KC
I just don’t understand why there are still #Gaddafi loyalists willing to die for a fugitive dictator living underground?? Something’s up !
Matog Saleh
they have been told that Tripoli has been regained by Gadaffi and so has Brega.they have no intel
@NJLibyan ابن ليبيا
mercenaries+brainwashd who believe NATO FF r coming to kill&rape+corrupt G thugs neck deep in blood&theft = G fightrs in sirte
BintTarablis KC
Who the hell is feeding them this sh** ??? Someone should destroy that pro-Gaddafi Arrai TV in Syria !
@MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
they dont have any information other than that they are hearing on the radio of sirt!!i heard it when i was at the frontline.
radios are run locally.Sirt is a story that has already ended now.You will hear good news about it tonight wla 2moro inshallah
Tweeting Tripoli
The strongest evidence yet on Mussa Sadir disappearance case. Abdulrahman Ghwela (previous head of customs department of Tripoli International airport) was interviewed by AJA on the program “Today’s Interview” said he was forced to say that he had stamped Sadir’s passport although he had never seen him nor his passport back in the late 70,s.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Take a sec,look back at how #Libya has developed over the last 8months.It is something incredible & people will talk about for years to come
borzou Borzou Daragahi
#Libya: Misurata rebels just announced “final battle” for city of Sirte in communique sent out via email #feb17
Telegraph
Libya: ferocious fighting as rebels head for centre of Sirte
Libyan fighters push deep inside Colonel Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, battling against weakening loyalist troops.
In ferocious close-contact, street-to-street fighting, they took a central residential complex about a mile and half (3km) inside the city.
The fighters are heading for the main street in the city centre, about half a mile away.
Men hunkered on the pavement behind a low wall, taking cover from incoming sniper rounds. Bullets hissed overhead, pinging against gum trees that lined what was once a sleepy neighbourhood.
Rifle butts pointing through the street railings, gunmen shot in the direction of the sniper fire. Pickups armed with heavy machine guns pelted bullets down the street, pushing back loyalist forces.
Full report:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Ahram online
Libya new regime fighters seize key Sirte road
Libya’s new regime fighters seized control of a key road in Sirte on Saturday as fierce gun battles raged in the centre of Mummar Gaddafi’s hometown, an AFP correspondent said.
In an attack from the east, National Transitional Council fighters wrested control of a dual-lane avenue which leads to the south of the coastal town and were advancing into the centre.
Source:
english.ahram.org.eg/News/23622.aspx
Alex Grech
Nigeria drew 2-2 so Libya qualifies
Sarah
#AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar May our Freedom Fighters win in #BaniWalid & #Sirte fronts as well ! #Libya
yaaaay ! “Nigeria also finished – they are out of cup”
Haha just figured out that Libya national football team has been deGaddafinated on Wikipedia :) –
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya_national_... twitpic.com/6x32q9
SAIF
UNCONFIRMED : Saif escaped from #BaniWalid #Libya
Sarah
The end seems to be very near..Soon al nasr inshAllah ! #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Libya
BintTarablis KC
Allah has bigger plans for #Libya – everything that is happening is a trial of Faith, Patience and Strength. Trust Him. He is in control.
Mushu
#Libya #Feb17 | #Freedomfighters in #Sebha showing us how to use #Gaddafi’s green book correctly:
pic.twitter.com/EQjQWLLU
HafedAlGhwell Hafed Al Ghwell
As the men of #Libya begin to argue and fight, Libya’s #women are stepping in to ensure peace, unity, and inclusion ..
libyanproud libyanandproud
Celebratory Gunfire :(
I’m going to shoot whoever I see firing in the air
Nigeria Guinea 2-2
My new anti celebratory-fire campaign twitpic.com/6x31k7
WTF ? someone is celebrating with something LOUD ! should I Shoot? I have higher ground?
Ok it’s the first time a Free #Libya team qualifies for the Africa Cup !
Two people who don’t know what “few days” means are Abdallah Saleh and Seif Gaddafi
alhamdullah everything is stable, prices are getting better, less celebratory gun fire from 1 month ago
Glad to see police for the first time in my life
AFP: Libya fighters seize strategic highway in #Sirte. #
France 24
Libya fighters seize strategic highway in Sirte
Forces from Libya’s interim regime scored a strategic goal on Saturday in their push to capture Sirte, seizing a highway that opens the way to a final assault on a key base of troops loyal to Moamer Kadhafi.
But with thousands of civilians still trapped in the ex-leader’s hometown, NTC commanders said they were pacing their advance to evacuate some of those who had not fled and to avoid losses from friendly fire.
Read more:
www.france24.com/en/20111008-libya-figh...
carolv27 Carol Viana
One love! #ArabSpring #occupySF #Libya #Syria
yfrog.com/ocd1xyj
Tripolitanian Libyan
99% of #Gaddafi supporters are not from #Libya, nor have they ever heard of the country before #Feb17
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: Protests in Tripoli to end armed groups in the capital
feb17.info/news/video-protests-in-tripo...
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
Just got back from Bab AlAziziya for the 1st time! The place is huge!!! Nothing left to take home as a souvenir apart from broken plates :P
But rest assured, I took home a group of broken plates, fused together from the explosions :D (was desperate for any kind of souvenir! :P)
the people have taken everything worth having in the complex.
the broken plates aren’t his G’s. They were in the guards quarters. Googled it and found they are £26 a plate
trying t upload pics of the complex to facebook but internet so slow it keeps failing
I made sure to pick up plates with their manufacturer mark still on it so I could find out when i went home (sad I know :p)
libyahmed Ahmed Bin Lasher
While showering today, I thought I’d do some mental arithmetic… Here goes:
In 10yrs of this war on terror, 990,000 people have been killed. In that same period, there have been 2929 terrorism related deaths…
So rounded up to 3000 deaths and it would take terrorists approximately 3300 years to catch up with the deaths of the war against terror
Now bearing in mind the majority of this war against terror is aimed at Muslims.
And the fact that the US still justify this war against terror and say they are winning this ‘war’
Then they clearly see each one of their deaths to be worth the death of 330 Muslims at least.
End of arithmetic. Productive shower :P
(although clearly it’s ok because their not killing Muslims, they’re killing ‘Islamists’ who must be followers of that religion ‘Islamism’ )
France info
Libye : Etienne Monin, de France Info, récompensé à Bayeux
Etienne Monin, reporter à France Info, vient de se voir attribuer le prestigieux Prix Bayeux-Calvados 2011 des correspondants de guerre, pour son reportage “Tripoli Street, 17 avril”, réalisé à Misrata, en Libye.
Une plongée sonore dans l’une des plus importantes offensives du conflit libyen, une scène de guérilla urbaine qui durera plus d’un mois entre insurgés et loyalistes.
Un autre reporter de France Info, Richard Place, reçoit lui le 3e Prix.
C’est pour ce reportage tourné le 17 avril dans la ville de Misrata qu’Étienne Monin vient d’être primé à Bayeux. Un voyage au cœur de la résistance libyenne, sous les rafales d’armes automatiques et les tirs de missiles des forces loyalistes. La ville est alors aux mains des insurgés, mais assiégée par les troupes de Kadhafi.
Read more:
www.france-info.com/culture-medias-medi...
LibyaMedicalR Libya Medical Relief
Two amputees fitted with prosthesis, happy with outcome. we will continue to help more. Keep donating please!
Please donate to @LibyaMedicalR who are providing medical aid to Libyan citizens, including prosthetic limbs:
www.libyamedicalrelief.org #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
They are celebrating now after the football match!! :(
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Still marveling at how beautiful #Libya’s coast is. A Libyan friend told me #Gaddafi secret police used to harass those who came 2 enjoy it.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
I am not sexist but this really did make me laugh!! #Women #Ladies pic.twitter.com/vDi0XWd6
4Adam Adam
15,000 of Mauritanians were given citizenship in 90s, those only who lived in #Sirte. Still some of them fighting for Gaddafi. #Libya #Feb17
blabeen
When I 1st met them I thought some of them r children, later I realized they r real lions. pic.twitter.com/qCJlo1vt
Imagine urSelf manning that MGun & the car reversing toward the enemy line. he done it countless times. (الله يحفظه)
pic.twitter.com/2370J4MM
a Moroccan living in #Misrata & fighting for #Libya. #Sirte #Morocco pic.twitter.com/OaJ7lTSL
he lived in #Misrata 4 mny years & still living there, he s fighting 4 freedom like many residents of the city.
The RBG Guy.
pic.twitter.com/bAYnrzAc
A journo n the frontLine, whats different about this 1 s there r no blue helmet&bulletProofVest. name Plz #Sirte #Libya
pic.twitter.com/CwJGSXQ7
1 of the medium guns, 14.5mm gun s widely used by both sides. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/w2mhmwtJ
Anxiously waiting for entering the residential area. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/pKl5gDIX
Finally for today. Meet Hani Elgabou, AKA Blabeen :)
pic.twitter.com/oBuqM9Uk
Aljazeera
Tunisia has arrested a colonel in the former Libyan intelligence service, hiding out in a rented house in a remote town after Gaddafi’s fall, the official TAP news agency says.
The officer had crossed the border using false identity papers more than a month ago, according to a security source cited by the agency, who did not name the colonel.
He was arrested on Friday near Douz, about 500km southwest of Tunis.
Tunisian security forces had placed the man under surveillance after reports of suspicious behaviour. AFP
Al Arabiya
Security to be Restored in Capital
Residents of the Libyan capital Tripoli took to the street on Thursday to protest the presence of armed troops, although the new ruling authorities had decided to redeploy the heavy weapons and forbid soldiers from firing their guns into the air.
The protesters requested armed troops, patrols and vehicles mounted with heavy machine guns to withdraw from the capital. They also called for different armed groups to come together and unite under a national army.
Muhammad, one soldier of NTC said, “Yes, we will agree to take our heavy weapons out of Tripoli. Those weapons are only be used on the front line.”
Video:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/08/1...
Reuters
Libya celebrate probable Nations Cup berth
Libya tearfully celebrated probable qualification for next year’s African Nations Cup finals after a heroic defensive display forced a 0-0 draw in Zambia Saturday.
More:
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/08/uk-so...
Reuters
Libya draw to all but seal Nations Cup qualification
A heroic defensive display helped Libya force a 0-0 draw in Zambia on Saturday in their decisive African Nations Cup qualifier and in all likelihood earn themselves a place at next year’s finals.
The stalemate in Chingola ensured Zambia finished top of Group C by a single point from the unbeaten Libyans, who are likely to also qualify as one of the best-placed runners-up once the weekend’s final set of qualifiers are completed.
Libya’s 39-year-old goalkeeper Samir Aboud made two crucial first-half saves while there was a plethora of key second-half tackles to deny Zambia’s attackers.
More and source:
uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08102011/2/libya...
Have a look:
The Battle for Sirte, October 8, 2011 – Latest Photos.
By Libyan Youth Movement
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.21560...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte #Misrata Fighters control some buildings around Ouagadougou Now attacking houses used by G Snipers Completed sweep of 700Homes #Libya
#Sirte Gaddafi forces hve now been driven from the #IbnSina Hospital where hundreds of civilians have sought refuge from the fighting #Libya
#Libya NTC fight Gaddafi forces in streets of #Sirte Video bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… #Libya
or;
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15229351
#Sirte Gaddafi snipers fire from rooftops of Ouagadougou Conference center the university and a complex of flats #Libya
hominoid555 Russell
Misrata post 8 dead and 25 wounded in the battle for Sirte today, bad sandstorm must have helped to keep the numbers low.
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya حركة وطنية لتمكين المرأة – National Movement for the Empowerment of Women
facebook.com/groups/1243606… via @HafedAlGhwell
libyanproud libyanandproud
I have Hannibal #Gaddafi iPhone :P
Khadija
you have his iPhone???
libyanproud libyanandproud
yup
Khadija
are you serious?! where? I wonder if he knows what to do when you lose your iPhone. Hey use it as bait ;P
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
what did he have on there?
libyanproud libyanandproud
also has bank details :P
hlk01 kristin
oh NTC will be interested in those..
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Zambia and #Libya BOTH qualified 4 #African #Cup of #Nations aft 0-0 draw in Chingola Interestingly #Zambia has NOT recognized NTC yet
Free Libya
Apparently medical students in Tripoli are asking to postpone the academic year till all Libya is free and doctors came back from frontline
Euronews
Libya: NTC troops intensify assault on Sirte
From: Euronews
www.euronews.net Troops from the new Libyan administration have made one of their biggest assaults yet on Sirte, the hometown of the deposed leader Muammar
Gadaffi.
Video:
www.youtube.com/user/Euronews#p/u/1/drYEj7kUk-k
Libyan Street Art
The creative side:
libyanstreetart.blogspot.com
Libyus
Last session of the day: drafting a letter to include women in new gov’t, #Libyanwomenforpeace
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Hundreds of Libyans protest in Martyrs Square against the return of Libyan Jews yfrog.com/oc02wmj on Friday
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#Football #Libya players were in tears when Praying b4 game Sat in silence after game Then got news they Qualified Went Crazy #alhamdulillah
bunbunbunnyyy ارنوبة بنغازي
#Benghazi guys having a good time lol love it!
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2314780769...
BirgerHost Birger v. Host
#Libya: African Cup: likely to qualify as one of the best-placed runners-up english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/…
Khadija
#AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Sirte #Freedom #BaniWaleed #Freedom #Solidarity #WeAreAllBehindYou #FREEDOM #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar
SecularLibya MargBar Khamenei
WSJ: Islamists in Tripoli trying to monopolize the military council of Tripoli. online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… #Libya #Feb17
Triploli scream
I posted 4 photos on Facebook in the album “ألبوم مواهب ليبية” fb.me/WziT3Ycx
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
makes me laugh..G supporters say nato is massacring civilians, those civilians r our families! Y would we stay quiet if that was happening?!
RasmusTantholdt Rasmus Tantholdt TV2
Just arrived to #Tripoli. Much have changed since we were here six weeks ago. Trafic jams are back and shops are opened again. Great to see!
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Split by War, #Libya ’s Team Is United by New Goal
goo.gl/6PmFn #Soccer #Football Africa Cup of Nations
SecularLibya MargBar Khamenei
WSJ: Belhaj receiving criticism from other Islamists. Zintan’s military council more secular. Tripoli dominated by Islamists.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Tripoli dominated by Islamists? Where the F*** do they read this bullshit? Libya is 99% moderate muslims tyvm.
BintTarablis KC
From what I’m reading, the Stop The War Coalition parade in Trafalgar Sq was more of a ‘support Gaddafi ’ protest. Glad I didn’t go. #8Oct
Apparently many protesters at today’s Stop The War Coalition demo were pro Gaddafi and were carrying his green flag everywhere. #8Oct #UK
inglesi Piers Scholfield
we’re on air in much of #Libya on 91.5FM in just over an hour – @BBCNewshour – you can hear BBC’s Jonathan Head from the edge of #Sirte
Tweeting Tripoli
Nice. Is this a temporary or a permanent project? Also is it avaiable in Tripoli too? @bbcnewshour
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Same question :) is this available in Tripoli too and will it be a permanent thing? BBCWS radio maybe?
inglesi Piers Scholfield
it’s mostly BBC Arabic but transmits @BBCNewshour in English twice a day. @Honeybal knows more tech details
inglesi Piers Scholfield
transmitters have been in Misrata & Benghazi since July – not sure of transmission range. Tripoli soon I think.
Tweeting Tripoli
Cool, looking forward to listening to BBC while driving around Tripoli :)
libyanproud libyanandproud
Some banks doing business with a #gaddafi son, bad bad banks !
AljaZeera
Zeina Khodr’s latest report contains footage from Sabamiyah, the Sirte neighbourhood which NTC fighters took control of today. Gaddafi loyalists have fled the area and left behind are copies of the Green Book and posters of the toppled leader.
Video:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-oct-...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Libya ’s Missing Weapons being Smuggled into #Gaza
goo.gl/JRSso
Split by War, #Libya ’s Team Is United by New Goal
goo.gl/6PmFn #Soccer #Football Africa Cup of Nations
Saw this ad in one of the newspaper on a project to establish (King Idris Ist National Library) #Libya #Derna
twitpic.com/6x1wop
Abdullah
The news of FFs liberating Ibn Sina Hospital (which has snipers on top) is not correct. #Sirte #Libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
tengo que decir muy orgulloso que entre mis seguidores tengo a un tipo que dice ser @MuammarLGaddafi jajajaja #Libia
today big fighting around the university and again Ouagadougou but less intensity than on friday #Sirte #Libya
photo: swimming pool in 5 star hotel used as front line position by NTC fighters yfrog.com/hshteeaj http://yfrog.com/kjhzpmjj
photo: cleaning blood from ambulance in a field hospital near #Sirte #Libya yfrog.com/nxfcmruj
yfrog.com/objbpej
photo: Made your own RPG launcher 2 batteries 1 light switch 1 pipe and screws choose 2 colors #Sirte #Libya
yfrog.com/hwvwcjvj
(LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
Buy 1 get 1 free. Limited time only! Ask your local FF for participating retailers.)
photo: empty houses still with the green flag int 700 Hundred Complex #Sirte #Libya
yfrog.com/nynt6pmj
photo: sniper shooting from 5 start hotel like in Beirut many years ago #Sirte #Libya
yfrog.com/hw8ripkj
NotLibyanStateTV
The Nobel Peace Prize is nothing compared to the Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights, which will be awarded in 48 hours (or so)
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Read carefully and keep this picture in memory always,…
goo.gl/tPQmq
shervin:
Here is Mohammad’s answer to my question “What does freedom feel like?” He’s a FF from #Libya.
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1015031671...
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
Senussi Mahrez of Zwara on #Zwara-Jumayl border says that Misrata fighters are entering #Jumayl to disarm their fighters after an agreement
#zwara realpolitik: send #Misrata Brigade heavies to disarm #Jumayl + capture rapists; misrata gets weapons, zwara gets peace, justice
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
My best work on Paint I think, and my first tweet: bit.ly/qGGJZU
Yifrenia Yefrenia
“The best thing I saw in Libya was the celebration in Tripoli, because it was such a Libyan affair.” via
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/08/li...
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Commander of Sirte freedom fighters to AJA: Today we took control of the 700 neighbourhood and all the university buildings in #Sirte #libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli : what is this ? #Feb17 #Libya
twitpic.com/6×7qdv
twitpic.com/6×7qft
twitpic.com/6×7qks
LPC : #BaniWalid East side : the Freedom Fighters have reached Wadi Maymon and are advancing quickly as they haven’t met resistance.
#BaniWalid : The city center is quite.
BaniWalid South : Reports heavy clashes in El Soug area and in BW airport. #Libya
BaniWalid North : Freedom Fighters have now reached Al Houssna. #Libya #17feb
#AllahuAkbar
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ahrar TV: Deputy chief of the #Tripoli military council, Mahdi al-Harathi, yesterday Friday, announced his resignation form his post.
#BBC – #Sirte: Fight for city goes on, residents escape frightened, convinced they will be killed
bbc.in/oCj8Qu
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte #NTC FF captured Sabamiyah area (close 2 #Ouagadougou) where most Gaddafi Commanders & Officers lived in big luxurious villas #Libya
#Sirte #NTC FF captured #Sabamiyah Neighbourhood where #Gaddafi Top Militia Lived They Fled leaving Piles of Food and Uniforms behind #Libya
ceoDanya
I am going to start collecting toys and school supplies for children in #LIBYA there will be a FB page up 2morrow I will need help advertising and collecting the toys and supplies :) any of u interested :) !
MUST READ:
Telegraph
Libya: suicide tank driver leads the charge for Gaddafi’s Sirte
The young tank driver knew his task was reckless at best and most likely suicidal.
Mohammad Hassan Bagha had volunteered to drive his crippled Soviet-era vehicle alone across an open field in full view of snipers and crash through a wall surrounding a complex full of Gaddafi loyalists.
The plan was to breach the reinforced wall in one of the remaining strongholds in the former Libyan dictator’s birthplace, after 36 hours of barrage had failed to do so. Rebel gunmen would use the opening to clear the snipers from the clutch of shattered university buildings within.
Mr Bagha said he planned to leap out of his tank at the last moment with the vehicle set on collision course, but seemed to appreciate there was little hope he would evade the snipers.
Full art.:
goo.gl/x806x
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Tripoli DS #LiamFox b4 Flying to #Misrata : Msg 4 Those still fighting 4 Gaddafi Game is over, U have been rejected by the people of #Libya
Moez
#Sirte climax looks to be unfolding soon – I believe that they’ll find someone significant there (most likely his body) #Libya #feb17
Source told me today that #motassem believed to be hiding in #IbnSina hospital in #Sirte – #Libya #laststand
Fierce Fighting Continues in Sirte
Revolutionary fighters battled block by block on Saturday as snipers rained fire from rooftops in fierce street fighting in Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte, the most important remaining bastion of support for the fugitive leader. (8 October 2011)
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKbpEE61W7w&fea...
Tweeting Tripoli
IbnSina Hospital: 31°11’6.03"N 16°35’1.47"E Ouagadougou Hall: 31°11’2.15"N 16°35’34.73"E University: 31°10’32.37"N 16°36’16.43"E
Been there 10 years ago, Uni & Conference halls were center of city then. I guess (from GE) lots of new buldngs shifted the center
The concentration of buildings on the north side are relatively new. Last time I visited the Uni was 2000. Never mind ;)
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
I know this might not be a priority but i think the Internet in #Libya should be dealt with.It is Terrible!!
#Sirte #Confirmed by several Commanders : #NTC Fighters Gained control of #Ouagadougou Conference Center #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte #Ouagadougou ConferenceCenter Now in FF CONTROL is destroyed by #NATO + #NTCShelling FF moved on to Residential area #Libya
#NTC #Jalil Calls International Community 2 HELP 2 Treat wounded Saying the cost can be Deducted from #Libyan Assets that were frozen
#Sirte NTC Fighters freed 17 trapped, by fighting, families from #Mauritanian Quarter & Evacuated them in their own trucks #Libya
#Sirte ConcreteBunkers #Ouagadougou center been hit 4days by tank guns and rockets but it hasn’t budged Hardly scratched the Paint #Libya
Reuters:
Top News – Snipers in last-ditch bid to defend Gaddafi hometown #sirte #libya #reuters reut.rs/ow76ys
Nasr
Salem Juha (FFs commander): We R fighting #Gaddafi loyalists in #Sirte street 2 street & house 2 house. At least 5 FFs were killed today.
libyanfsl
Our FF’s in Sirte make significant progress on G’s snipers, TNC’s Interior Ministry gets good response to call for workers to return
Gaddafi Defenders firing few rockets and avoiding firefights may be running low on ammunition in Sirte
SUMMARY OCTOBER 9th 2011
10/9/11
10/09/11
10.09.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/5mztK
@LibyaFromFrance Sarah LFFR
<3 لبسة عروس الثورة – #Libya #17feb
pic.twitter.com/cG6I9o65
Tripolitanian Libyan
don’t you think the phone should be given (or lent) to security forces to help track some gaddafis? #justsayin
Anaya
We worried very much about Benghazi, then more about Tripoli… Finally were the “easiest” to free. Allah yunqud #Sirte. #Libya
Yefrenia
insh’Allah itd be amazing & maybe we can see Libya hosting the world cup too at some point in our life time _
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Foreign firms quietly return to #Libyas oil rich east goo.gl/lG5F5 #gaddaficrimes #feb17
Hannibal’s phone:
libyanproud libyanandproud
it has a contact list, emails (password saved too) , skype(logged in), bank statements
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Benghazi Tweeps @Bshkot says he heard an explosion Did anybody else wake up by an explosion ? #Libya
BentBenghazi
my cousins in Fwayhat and salmany haven’t heard anything, I think that its just a rumor
Sarah
my family near Al7adayeq didn’t hear anything as well.Maybe the guy live near elBled. Always julateena there.
adrianhong Adrian Hong
To clarify: Atmosphere in #Tripoli & #Benghazi focused on rebuilding. #Misurata is still in war-mode, w. casualties & proximity to front.
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Italian air chiefs move RAF base used for raids on #Libya cause they need airport 2make money from commercial flights
thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_ne…
Honeybal Wizard Of Technology
I am working on it now, In Tip. Arabic 91.5 English 92.5. I will tweet it when we are on air. Pleade retweet.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
BBC radio will be available in Tripoli in Arabic on 91.5FM and English on 92.5FM soon – follow @honeybal for details #libya #feb17
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Civilians hit by snipers in #Sirte, rescued by f fighters:
bit.ly/nug2q4
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R512-j7b8M
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
Morning – back from #Sirte late last night – the battle raging NTC making ground but taking heavy casualties. #Libya #Feb17
An injured fighter is taken into hospital pic.twitter.com/OKJitTYb
Most have serious blast or gunshot wounds pic.twitter.com/doE2fSoR
Doctors have been overwhelmed. #Libya #Feb17 #Sirte WARNING – this photo shows a man receiving CPR. He later died. pic.twitter.com/K1YwtHGz
The victims just kept on coming #Libya #Sirte pic.twitter.com/jUpGFlec
For the fighters who lost friends – grief pic.twitter.com/z0BxDOXs
More than 30 dead and more than 300 injured pic.twitter.com/yLiBrpPq
A doctor reflects on a difficult day. #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/lt4SBioO
Minor injuries have not stopped the fighters from going back to the frontline #Libya #Sirte pic.twitter.com/b5p1ouZq
Reloading on the frontline – my pic of the day #Sirte #Libya pic.twitter.com/3vByd6GV
Sky News
Anti-Gaddafi Forces Aim For Heart Of Sirte
Soldiers loyal to Libya’s new government hope to advance into the heart of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte today.
The troops are reported to have captured the university and a conference centre but are holding off from an assault on the main square to let civilians escape.
“Last night, we were sleeping in the university and this morning we came under random strikes there,” said a fighter who had withdrawn from the position.
“We have martyrs inside and we are trying to get them out.”
Read more and video:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
4Adam Adam
Dunno know why ppl get angry when I call those armed men in #Tripoli as armed groups. People carrying unlicensed arms in a city called gangs
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I support weapons and licenses being confiscated from FF that shoot celebratory bullets anywhere near the densely populated cities. #libya
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Interesting that not Sirte, but Bani Waleed seems to become the last big town in the hands of the Gaddafi regime. #Libya #Gaddafi
tripolitano Tripolitano
Glad to say celebFiring was much much less today than a month ago in the previous match they won #Libya #Tripoli
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
#FF’s in #Sirt have made me so proud.Found 2Million LD and handed it straight over to the NTC.Thats what real Libyans are all about #Libya
Ibn Omar
Please RT: Me and some people are creating an organization that will help #Libyans voice their concerns. Looking for DEDICATED people to help push this forward. If interested, please contact me
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
It would contradict UN1973 if the massacre avoided in #Benghazi just got moved down the road to #Sirte. #Libya
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/04/liby...
Darkened screens at Benghazi multiplex await war’s end
BENGHAZI, Libya — The day after the Libyan revolution erupted in February, Benghazi’s posh Al-Feel multiplex cinema closed its doors. Its screens are likely to remain dark until the war ends and the boys come home.
“We can’t open until fighting ends on the front line where our brothers are battling Kadhafi’s men,” said Helmi Ali Hassan of the locals risking their lives to capture the hometown of the deposed leader, hundreds of kilometres to the west across the vast Gulf of Sirte.
Hassan, a security guard at the cinema, said the mood in the eastern city is “revolutionary and sombre at the same time,” as the rebellion has killed tens of thousands since February.
Read more:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
Is this amount of Injured and Killed; 800 ppl by celebratory fire since Liberation #Tripoli Aug20 confirmed anywhere?
PatriotSmurf
My friend’s wife is a doctor at Tripoli central hospital besides I heard on tv the number is 700 couple of weeks ago
That is a shocking amount of people wounded or dead by this senseless habit of firing in the air
#TRIPOLI Mahdi al-Harati Deputy head of #Tripoli #Military #Council RESIGNED friday Disagrees with #NTC about #Tripoli Security #Libya
#RasLanuf: workers say Refinery could restart within days with 300,000 barrels of #oil from stocks already built up in tanks there #Libya
Moez
Hear hear “@blakehounshell: I will not believe Saleh has resigned until he is dead, and maybe not even then. #Yemen”
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
#Libya #NTC fighters battle their way to the heart of #Sirte – #Gaddafi loyalists surrounded.
tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Baltimorean taking up the Libyan rebel cause
baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/… #Libya #Feb17 #Baltimore #US
nuna_nuna
Too many pple had no idea youth men cut down with anti-aircraft guns for a full month before NATO stepped in. #Libya" #fb
Sarah
Seems the Freedom Fighters have done good advances in #BaniWalid. #AllahuAkbar #Libya
#FFs from all parts of #Libya working together to free all parts of #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=ITtdW6…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITtdW6HztsU&fea...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: I’ll be back n Tunis n a few days. Getting requests from injured FF’s to bring phones & laptops (Eng vs French). Any donors who care?
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Mitiga is good and safe enough for all flights for now. Let’s just wait for the NFZ to be lifted before worrying about TIP
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
Many injured transported to #Benghazi yesterday. Many deaths too. Uncle just came back from Sahriya… Kept hearing about sniper injuries #Libya
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Today’s demo in #Sabha by FF, in support of NTC, & calling for Gaddafiloyalists to be disarmed #Libya v @Fazzan17feb
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18470...
2million #Libya’n dinars found buried at a home. FF sweeping for weapons, noticed soil had been moved v @free_misurata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxF5GGO4ipQ
LibyaSteadfast
Heard of cousin who was MIA in #BaniWalid. He was caught & tortured for ‘aiding rats’ 4 men executed b4 him-He was released thank God #Libya
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Any aid agencies or organisations interested in aid for the displaced people of #baniwalid, DM for details of BW crisis committee. RT!
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Beldahj is the only guy you people might classify as a “radical islamist” and even then he doesn’t “dominate”
Sallabi is more troublesome but he is not in Tripoli and has nothing to do with mil council.
Also Salafis do not represent anything near a majority or a “dominating” force in Tripoli.
BREAKING: AFP:
Libya’s freedom fighters are in control of Sirte’s ‘Ouagadougou’ conference hall.
Aljazeera
Zeina Khodr reports from Sirte
The battle for Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, is continuing, with Gaddafi loyalists putting up stiff resistance.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the outskirts of the town.
Video:
www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish?b...=7&ob=5#p/u/0/Q3ExspwKLSQ
Fighting rages in Libya’s Sirte
Forces of Libya’s interim government have managed to take control of Sabamiyah, a neighbourhood in Sirte which used to be populated by supporters of Muammar Gaddafi.
But elsewhere in the city, Gaddafi loyalists are putting up stiff resistance.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Sirte.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvB4Di-5Vs&fea...
RenaNetjes
AJA:
Son Gaddafi’s sister captured in Sirt, and a commander of Gaddafi’s forces.
France 24
Libya forces tighten grip on Kadhafi hometown
Forces of Libya’s new regime on Sunday tightened their stranglehold on Moamer Kadhafi’s hometown Sirte, seizing its university and edging closer to his diehards holed up in a conference centre.
Fighting has been raging around Sirte’s university and the nearby Ouagadougou conference centre since the National Transitional Council forces launched on Friday what they are calling their final assault on the coastal city.
Read more:
www.france24.com/en/20111009-libya-forc...
Sirte
Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid has been caught by ff’s.
Nephew of Gaddafi
Abdel Hamid is a commander in Sirte.
Sirte:
Some ff’s have been caught by G loyalists and kept inside hospital.
CNN Libya fighters in ‘final stages’ to take Gadhafi hometown, they say
Fighters loyal to Libya’s new leaders say they have “reached the final stages of the fight” to take control of former leader Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown.
About 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the fighting overnight, said Al Zubair Al Kadi, a field commander on the frontline in Sirte, on Sunday.
“Our fighters took over Sirte University last night and all the residential buildings around it, including the student dormitories,” he said.
Troops loyal to the National Transitional Council “caught many African mercenaries, mostly from Mauritania, while our men were combing the buildings for snipers,” he said.
Read more:
edition.cnn.com/2011/10/09/world/africa...
BANI WALID
Tweeting Tripoli
Bullet riddled #FF truck! Pic by a friend at #BaniWalid frontlines. Note: they let tire air out 2 drive on sand #feb17
pic.twitter.com/PNb2kKup
My friend says most weapons at #BaniWalid front are modified ones. So where are the proper weapons then? Sirte?
pic.twitter.com/vycqiCBn
This rocket launcher is operated by a mobile phone battery!! #BaniWalid frontline. pic.twitter.com/iZQoy042
Another pic from the #BaniWalid frontline: modified aircraft rocket launcher. pic.twitter.com/RleBOYIY
The #FF at #BaniWalid frontline are a bit annoyed. They wonder why there haven’t been any visits from Tripoli Mil Council commanders yet?
#BaniWalid frontlines just received yesterday some used Walkie Talkies donated from Soug Guma #FF for comunication.
pic.twitter.com/52nZyBIu
Tweeting Tripoli
Gaddafi thugs radio (Aug 21) at 4:30 orders troops to kill immediately as there are no free places left in prisons.
Gaddafi commander on radio at 9:00 orders a soldier to kill all detainees, he threatens that he will kill him too:
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEzTr4b9h5I&fea...
AFP
Forces loyal to Libya’s new regime on Sunday took control of Sirte’s University, one of the main bastions of Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists in his hometown, an AFP correspondent reported.
“We have taken the university… we have liberated the area from Gaddafi’s forces,” National Transitional Council commander Nasser Zamud said, as hundreds of his fighters roamed the campus.
Cnn
Fighters loyal to Libya’s new leaders say they have “reached the final stages of the fight” to take control of former leader Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown.
About 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the fighting overnight, said Al Zubair Al Kadi, a field commander on the frontline in Sirte, on Sunday. Troops loyal to the National Transitional Council “caught many African mercenaries, mostly from Mauritania, while our men were combing the buildings for snipers,” he said.
At least one hospital remains a holdout, he said.
“We have not been able to take over the Ibn Sina hospital because there are many civilians inside,” he said.
“Also some of our fighters have fallen in the hands of the Gadafi loyalists and are kept inside so we have to enter it cautiously to avoid losing lives,” he said.
Aljazeera
Fighters loyal to Libya’s transitional leaders have arrested Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid, a nephew of the fugitive leader Moamer Gaddafi in the port city of Sirte, the broadcaster Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
Abdel Hamid is a commander of a pro-Gaddafi brigade in Sirte, where interim authority troops are fighting a fierce battle to capture the city, the television report said.
The anti-Gaddafi forces have set up checkpoints around Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown, to prevent Gaddafi loyalists from fleeing the city, Al Jazeera said.
AFP
Forces of the National Transitional Council on Sunday seized the main buildings of a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte, where his loyalists were holed up.
Jordan
His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday reiterated Jordan’s support for the Libyan people in achieving their aspirations in the reconstruction of a new Libya. The Monarch also voiced his support for the National Transitional Council (NTC) in its
efforts to rebuild Libya and maintain its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
During a meeting with Libyan interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, the King discussed the latest developments in Libya and means to enhance relations between the two countries. He stressed that the Kingdom will continue to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to the Libyan people to help them overcome the difficult conditions their country is currently facing and to move into a new phase of security and stability.
Sky News
Congratulations to Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford, her producer Tim Miller, and cameraman Martin Smith. who were announced winners at the Bayeux-Calvados ceremony for war correspondents event on Saturday in Rennes, north-west France. Well-deserved for great reporting. We thank you.
Egyptians released
Eighteen Egyptian fishermen who were arrested in the Libyan city of Misrata after entering Libyan territorial waters have been released, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry has said.
Germany
Germany intends to step up its assistance in Libya by offering visas for medical treatment to those wounded in the civil war. The visas are to be issued with minimal bureaucracy, according to German officials.
Aljazeera
Libyan transitional government forces seized the main hospital in the city of Sirte on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, capturing more than a dozen fighters loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi who had used the buildings to launch mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. “We are trying to evacuate the sick and wounded,” said Salah Mustafa, a commander of the government forces. “Most of the Gaddafi militia fled,
some of them have disguised themselves as doctors. We have to investigate.”
Bani Walid
HebaShi_Mub HebaShi Mub
Aljazeera reporter : #FF control #BaniWalid’s airport (South the City). #Libya
Sirte
HebaShi_Mub HebaShi Mub
‘Ouagadougou’ conference hall is now under #FF’s control. #Libya #Sirte
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The Ibn Sina hospital in #Sirt is now in full control of the NTC Fighters. #Libya
LPC
#FF in BinWaleed attack the city from the South and take control of the Airport #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
REUTERS –
#Gaddafi used the Hospital buildings to launch mortars and RPGs “We are trying to evacuate the sick and wounded,” said #NTC
Sarah LFFR
#AJA Reporter :
AbdelRahman AbdelHamid, Gaddafi’s nephew has been arrested. #Sirte #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Things are moving thick and fast today at the last 2 remaining front lines.We pray that by tonight #Libya will be a free country.
A.Abdulhamid, #Gadaffis nephew has been arrested in #Sirt.Funny thing is i never knew Gadaffi had brothers or sisters!Who are they?
HebaShi_Mub HebaShi Mub
OK! as a Libyan I never knew we had that much of airports ! I thought we only had two in #Tripoli & one in #Benghazi !! ppl used only three!
#Darna #Libya water streams slowly through cracks in the dam impounding it from flooding the city. #dangerous with heavy rains yet to come!
Aljazeera reporter :
IbnSena ( #Sirte’s main hospital ) is now under #FF’s control & no sight for #Moatassem #Gaddafi there. #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Dr Ali Ahmed in #Misrata treating casualties from #Sirte: ‘Last night we are facing 96 cases’ (We lack) ‘drugs, anaesthesia and analgesia.’
Mustafa Abdul #Jalil, has said ‘vicious fighting is continuing in #Sirte.’ 100s are reported killed over last few days. #Libya #Feb17
(AFP) – #NTC Forces on Sunday took control of #Sirte university. #Libya
Madura: “We will stand against all forms of interference the US is trying to impose on #Syria in the same way it did in #Libya.”
(AFP) – #Sirte “We control 100 percent of the Ouagadougou centre,” said Mohammed al-Fayad, a NTC military leader. #Libya
Abdullah Salim, resident of #Sirte “Heavy fighting and bombardment has been continuous and unbearable and we have no option but to leave.”
#SIRTE, Libya, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Libyan transitional government forces seized the main hospital in the city of Sirte on Sunday
REUTERS – #Gaddafi used the Hospital buildings to launch mortars and RPGs “We are trying to evacuate the sick and wounded,” said #NTC
Slideshow of Reuters pics from battle for Sirte today and yesterday tinyurl.com/6frbl25 #Libya
After almost 8 months of fighting is #Sirte about to fall? #Libya
BBC
Sirte gains for Libya’s NTC forces
Interim government forces in Libya have captured the university area of Sirte and fought their way into the city’s Ouagadougou conference centre.
A National Transitional Council (NTC) commander said some fighting continued at the sprawling conference complex.
NTC forces launched the latest assault on Friday against Sirte, home town of fugitive leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Richard Galpin reports.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1523333...
MSNBC
Libya government forces seize main hospital in Sirte
Libyan transitional government forces seized the main hospital in the city of Sirte on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, capturing more than a dozen fighters loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi who had used the buildings to launch mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
“We are trying to evacuate the sick and wounded,” said Salah Mustafa, a commander of the government forces. “Most of the Gaddafi militia fled, some of them have disguised themselves as doctors. We have to investigate.”
Some 15 Gaddafi loyalists were marched out of the buildings and one was punched on the back of the head when NTC forces found a picture of the deposed leader in his pocket.
Source:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44834402/ns/world_...
Guardian
Libyan forces seize Sirte landmarks as battle for key city nears end
Anti-Gaddafi troops halt push for main square to let Sirte civilians flee fighting.
The Libyan interim government forces said on Sunday they had captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, but were holding off an assault on the main square to allow civilians to escape.
Taking Sirte would bring Libya’s new rulers a big step closer to establishing control of the whole country almost two months after they seized the capital, Tripoli, but Gaddafi snipers are holding up their advance in chaotic street battles.
“We have made good progress,” said Mahmoud Bayu, commander of the Shohada al-Manatair brigade, to the south of Sirte.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/09/li...
LA News
Libyan fighters taking Kadafi’s hometown street by street
Optimism rises in the ranks battling to take Surt from Moammar Kadafi loyalists, but there may still be a hard fight ahead for the final quadrants of the city.
Reporting from Surt, Libya—
After weeks of failed offensives, insubstantial incursions and withering counterattacks, it seemed Saturday that the end game had begun in earnest for Moammar Kadafi’s hometown, Surt.
Street by street, fighters for Libya’s transitional government captured a residential district that had been riddled with loyalist snipers.
“Kadafi’s men are 300 meters away,” a fighter shouted over the machine-gun fire, pointing to the end of the street where smoke curled from a mortar round explosion.
Heavy bullets ricocheted off the eucalyptus trees that lined the streets, snapping large branches. Rocket-propelled grenades exploded, leaving puffs of black smoke against the blue sky.
The district, a newly built complex of 700 homes, unimaginatively named “700,” had been Kadafi’s pet project
Read more:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#APTN just showed video of an #FF with broken leg hobbling in to #Sirte Uni. He had a walking stick in one hand and AK-47 in the other
WyreDavies
Post-revolution tensions in #Libya. Clashes reported in #Ziltan, not pro & anti #Gaddafi but clans fighting over land.
Sarah
“The Libyan revolution is not a revolution but a civil war helped by NATO” _ and here we go again.
InshAllah today new assault on #BaniWalid from the South. Pray for the Freedom Fighters. #Libya #17Feb
Hassan AlDroe – #Sirte NTC representative – on Al Jazeera Mubasher now. #Libya
H. AlDroe : Many people are leaving #Sirte by foot. – #SirteCrisis #Libya
#BaniWalid front the freedom fighters are not heavily armed and the terrain is difficult.
AJA Reporter :
The Freedom Fighters entered in #BaniWalid from the South and they now control the Airport.
Sarah
Can’t believe it that Egypt, Algeria & Cameroon are out while #Libya is in. #Football
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Raining once again here in tripoli :) no need for ACs anymore just open a window #libya #Tripoli
malonebarry Barry Malone
Reuters journalists in Sirte say NTC forces have taken the main hospital and captured more than a dozen pro-Gaddafi fighters there #Libya
One pro-Gaddafi fighter captured in hospital punched when NTC forces found a picture of Gaddafi in his pocket… #Libya
Daily Star
Tunisia arrests Libyan intelligence man
TUNIS: Tunisia has arrested a colonel in the former Libyan intelligence service, hiding out in a rented house in a remote town after Moamer Kadhafi’s fall, the official TAP news agency said Saturday.
The officer had crossed the border using false identity papers more than a month ago, according to a security source cited by the agency, who did not name the colonel.
He was arrested on Friday near Douz, about 500 kilometres (310 miles) southwest of Tunis.
Tunisian security forces had placed the man under surveillance after reports of suspicious behaviour.
No firearms were found at the house he rented in an remote area of Douz.
Tunisia in September arrested former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi near the country’s southwestern border with Algeria.
He is under an arrest warrant from Libya’s new authorities.
Source:
www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2...
freedomgrouptv
Misrata hospital received 93 wounded Oct8. Some in ICU, some operated on, some released & returned to Sirte front
Arrival of much needed reinforcement of fighters to Zuwara city, from Misrata (0:04) & Nalut (2:05) #Libya www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFq2ty9bw_g
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFq2ty9bw_g
#AJA: AbdulRahman AbdulHamid, Gaddafi’s nephew & leader of a Gaddafi brigade arrested trying to flee #Sirte #Libya
#AJA: AbdulRahman AbdulHamid, Gaddafi’s nephew, had faked hid ID but fighters recognized him #Sirte
youtube.com/watch?v=sgP8ET…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgP8ETGF02Q
( fyi: AbdulRahman AbdulHamid is the commander4 who ordered his soldiers to rape)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Col Salem Jaha Head of NTC operations room in Sirte says Sirte University & Ougadougo conference hall undr FFs control #feb17 #libya
Aljazeera: FFs control Bani Walid Airport which lies in Southern part of Bani Walid #feb17 #libya
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
ls revolucionarios libios dicen q han capturado la universidad d #Sirte 1 d ls últimos bastiones gadafistas l final s inminente #Libia
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan rebels now control the main hospital in Sirte, #Alarabiya
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Unconfirmed reports from #misrata fighters on the front that son of #gaddafi(s) sister arrested by #NTC fighters in #Sirte #libya.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
hominoid555 Russell
Sirte Medics said six NTC fighters were killed and 99 wounded on Saturday, taking the toll to 23 dead and almost 330 wounded
blabeen
On the road to #Sirte again. ‘en sha Allah’ c u in few days, pray for us.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Saudi Arabia to continue production at current rate despite Libya’s return to market, says oil minister
goo.gl/mN0Rj
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Libya NTC forces say they control Bani Walid airport
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya government forces seize main hospital in Sirte
is.gd/ZbLXbp #Libya
Anti-Gadhafi Fighters Make Gains In Sirte
is.gd/CTMFWj #Libya
markito0171 Mark
#Libya map of #Sirte shows location of forces. GFs expelled from outskirts into inner city.
twitpic.com/6xmlho
hominoid555 Russell
NTC Troops are now in control of 80% of Sirte
Hayat Libya
#MoussaIbrahim apparently accuses #France and #NATO of making it rain LOL it’s winter you dork!-Though if you can make rain-Do it in summer!
FreeBenghazi
Fighters find alcohol whilst sweeping AlKurad #Sabha. They also find weapons buried around area #Libya v @fazzan17feb
facebook.com/photo.php?v=26…
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The famous quote “Zanga Zanga” is now being implied by the #NTC forces in #Sirt.Thanks for telling us how it should be done G-man! #Libya
khalidkhan787 Khalid Khan
Libya rebels under sniper fire near Ouagadougou conference centre twitpic.com/6xocmf Sirte Oct 9
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
After weeks of relative calm, the #BaniWalid front seems to be exploding once again. FF in control of the airport & 1km from centre #libya
Sirte: FF are in control of the university, conference centre and hospital, which were Gaddafi troop strongholds previously #libya #feb17
Khalid Khan
Libya rebels take cover from snipers near Ouagadougou conference centre
Photo’s:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/khalidkhan787...
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
#Misrata Military Council:rebels in control of Ougadougou conference hall,surrounding building and Ibn Sina hospital in #Sirte
Aljazeera blog
Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention centre that loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader’s hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout snipers from rooftops in their offensive aimed at crushing this key bastion of the old regime. [AP]
National Transitional Council (NTC) forces said on Sunday they have managed to take control of Al Giza district, where a large number of pro-Gaddafi forces were based, Sirte university, and Ibn Sina hospital.
Some 15 Gaddafi loyalists were captured from the hopsital, a witness told Reuters news agency.
Despite facing stiff resistance from Gaddafi loyalists, they also captured the Ouagadougou conference centre, which is believed to have housed the command centre of Gaddafi’s forces and was protected by a large number of snipers.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
In Tripoli, Gaddafi’s Palace Becomes People’s Market
is.gd/tZqYDG #Libya
Libya government says captures Sirte landmark targets
is.gd/MwYMle #Libya
Libya fighters in ‘final stages’ to take Gaddafi hometown, they say shabablibya.org/news/libya-fighters-in-... #Libya
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
Mohamed Al-Teiry from Al-Nufleen #FFs martyred in BaniWalid on Friday 07/10/2011.#Libya الله يرحمه ويغفرله يارب
pic.twitter.com/slVfgv8R
AbdulHameed Mohamed Al-Hadad martyred on Friday 27/05/2011. #Libya May God grant him the highest levels of paradise
pic.twitter.com/IBESSCAV
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Shemendi was shot by G forces in his heart near Qasr Bin Ashour on 28/08/2011. اللهم تقبله من الشهداء
pic.twitter.com/8gcLUIRH
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
UK Defence Minister Liam Fox arrives in #Misrata #Libya.
RasmusTantholdt Rasmus Tantholdt TV2
Doctors waiting in one of #Gadhafis bombed palaces in #Sirte. Trying to get access to the hospital, but its too dangerous they say.
Sarah LFFR
#AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Sirte #BaniWalid #Libya
libyanfsl
Libya’s FF have liberated the villages of Teninai & Shuwaikh south of Bani Walid last night #Feb17 #Libya
khalidkhan787 Khalid Khan
Libya rebels celebrate after seizing control of Ouagadougou conference centre in Sirte twitpic.com/6xosy4 twitpic.com/6xot0i
Celebrations in Sirte
twitpic.com/6xou14 twitpic.com/6xou31 #Libya Oct 9
Libya rebels roaming free near Ouagadougou conference centre twitpic.com/6xorcx after claiming victory, Sirte Oct 9
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ra’y TV: ‘fighting is only on the outskirts of the #Sirte’ Alray are leading on a (false) story of attacks against US forces in #Iraq.
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
Mohamed Al-Tayar from Al-Nufleen #FFs martyred in BaniWalid on Friday 07/10/2011.#Libya الله يرحمه ويغفرله يارب
yfrog.com/khhlkcszj
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Liberation of Sirt is imminent! Hope FF catch G son moatasim! Baniwalid will b isolated, we move to new gov. & official start of new Libya!!
ahauslohner Abigail Hauslohner
Most common Q on rd frm tripoli to ras ajdir tday wasn’t requests for documents, but: “what tribe r u from?” #libya #harbinger?
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
To all #Gadaffi loyalists.Here is the hall your DOG used to bark in for hours and hours.Look who is there now #Libya
pic.twitter.com/rtV7o5EY
#Gadaffi’s main hall has been officially taken over by the Libyan #FF.#Gadaffi loyalists the clock is ticking .. #Libya
pic.twitter.com/VrsTJhGa
malonebarry Barry Malone
Latest Reuters summary of events in Sirte
reut.rs/pG7gMW #Libya
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Rebel fighters have entered Bani Walid 1km away from main market & took over the airport liberating Dhahara Teninai & Shuwaikh #Libya
Sarah LFFR
#BaniWalid : According to #AJA the Freedom Fighters are now 1km from the city center aka El Soug Area. #Libya #17feb
Le Monde
Libye : l’avancée des rebelles à Syrte en images
Photo’s:
goo.gl/i9J7a
perfectsliders:
Sirte significant gains, heavy street fighting continues around Sirte city centre goo.gl/fb/2wFbV”
Malta Independent
Libyan doctor recalls his worst day in the Libyan war
Mohammed Elbira, a medical doctor, recounted how he survived what he called the worst day of fighting in war torn Misurata.
Dr Elbira came to Malta in charge of 14 Libyans from Misurata and two foreigners − an Italian and a Bulgarian − who needed immediate care but could not receive it in Libya because all the hospitals were full.
Until mid-May, Misurata’s centre had been taken over by rebels and the war started spreading to the outskirts, he explained.
Gaddafi loyalists had tried to disrupt communications between rebels by spreading lies, so for a while the rebels stopped fighting, he said.
At the time, he was working in a small clinic that was turned into a war zone front line hospital. “Medical resources were limited and we had to deal with five to 10 deaths and some 30 to 40 injuries daily,” he explained.
Read more:
www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsite...
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Triploli scream
I posted 13 photos on Facebook in the album "استعدادت لمهرجان كبير – مدينة الزاوÙ fb.me/1k2nez2By
Anaya
Fortunately free #Libya knows about the Polisario now. #Gaddafi can’t support them anymore. Will #Algeria continue to support mercenaries?
malonebarry Barry Malone
Gaddafi’s enemies first guests at showpiece hotel | Reuters
reut.rs/mXugCy #Libya
Nusaiba☺
الله اكبر!!!
youtu.be/TuIZ8aCYw3M (Arabic) – More gains in #Sirte by FF and Gaddafi’s nephew has been camptured! #Libya #feb17
Nasr Anaizi
Journalists & other observers sense a marked decline in the popularity of Mustafa Abdel #Jalil particularly in #Benghazi & #Misrata #NTC
This decline is attributed to #Jalil defense of #Gaddafi men & his insistence on imposing #Jibril (aka Mahmoud Gebril Elwerfally) gov chief
Ali Tweel
Fight like a Libyan!!
fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash… #Libya #Sirte #Feb17
BBV
Libya conflict: Gaddafi town Sirte ‘close to falling’
Interim government forces in Libya have made significant gains in the battle for the city of Sirte – hometown of the fugitive leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
National Transitional Council (NTC) commanders said they had captured the main hospital, the university and the Ouagadougou conference centre.
More here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15232870
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
AP: #Sina Hospital; #FF detained about 25 people suspected of being #Gaddafi fighters or #mercenaries.
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
NTC: " Tripoli military council will be restructured & Higher Security Council will secure Tripoli until ministry of interior is instated"
Alarabiya:
FFs in control of Ouagadougou Hall
in #Sirte.
Footage from location.
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Reuters are showing shots of the NTC Fighters in #Sirte main hosptial. #Libya
BirgerHost Birger v. Host
#ThingsPeopleShouldNotDo: Hiding #Gaddafi!
A Libyan fighter smashes a poster depicting fugitive leader #Gaddafi #Sirte #Libya #Feb17
goo.gl/FrOs1
VICE News
The Rebels of Libya
Video’s:
www.vice.com/vice-news/the-rebels-of-li...
Libya_Awake_United
#Sirte, we will embrace you sooner than you think, we will. #Libya #FEb17
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Libya TV shows hardly any shows, what a shame :-( i had high expectations of the channel
Latest updates from #Sirte and #BaniWalid fronts (Arabic) – Al Jazeera -
youtube.com/watch?v=TuIZ8a…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuIZ8aCYw3M&...
Nervana
If democracy wouldn’t bring religious freedom , then what is the point?
SMILE:
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
They should be sentenced to assembling 5,000 pieces of Ikea furniture. RT@cnni Arrests in Poland over Ikea explosions
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
LIBYA TV – HOTBIRD – 11.566H 27.500
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Sirte: FF are in control of the university, conference centre and hospital, which were Gaddafi troop strongholds previously
Armchair Arab
what’s still in gaddafi control in Sirte now then?
libyanfsl
The Sewage…
Tweeting Tripoli
Guys did you hear this:
youtube.com/watch?v=UEzTr4…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEzTr4b9h5I&fea...
(pay attention at 4:30 & 9:00).
More evidence of the brutality of Gaddafi’s goons. I wonder if its possible to recognize the voice?
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Liberation of Sirt is imminent! Hope FF catch G son moatasim! Baniwalid will b isolated, we move to new gov. & official start of new Libya!!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
AP: #Sina Hospital, scores of wounded civilians crowding the corridors, lying on gurneys and floors. #Sirte # Libya # Feb17
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
Rebel fighters entered Bani Walid 1km from main market & took over airport liberating Dhahara Teninai & Shmaikh #Libya
NTC: " Tripoli military council will be restructured & Higher Security Council will secure Tripoli until ministry of interior is instated"
#CNN edition.cnn.com/2011/10/09/wor… #Libya
#CNN Libya fighters in ‘final stages’ to take Gadhafi hometown, they say edition.cnn.com/2011/10/09/wor… #Sirte #BaniWalid
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Insha allah within a day maximum FFs will control Sirte + all of Libya in 2 days, insha allah
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Libya the silent treasure – on Libya TV
Libya_Awake_United
more complicated in #BaniWalid , these minds are the concentrated version of the 42 yrs mind wash
Smile:
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
I hate all kinds of bugs, specially software ones…
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Ahmed Begato : AlArabiya reporter: FFs have opened a safe corridor for Sirte families to leave city from #feb17 #Libya
Ahmed Begato :Alarabiya reporter 1/2: All of Sirte expected to be in control of FFs in few hours or tomorrow at latest.
Ahmed Begato : AlArabiya reporter 2/2: Little resistance remains w/ some fighting in Dollar district & near Ibn Sina hospital #feb17 #Libya
Mutassim
mbi3000 LIBYA☾✰ليبيا
I think he fled last Sunday, that’s what Mr. Bani said.
Des Grant
Ouagadougou conference hall fell without fight in the end, GF fled to hosir FF firmly in control here
youtube.com/watch?v=mPexy8… #libya #feb17”
feb17libya Feb17Libya
More than 18 people were killed and 300 wounded in the past 2 days in the fight for Sirte.
feb17.info/news/live-liby… #Libya
Gihan Badi
#NTC forces seize #Sirte university & conference centre, FF said “The fighting has been difficult; because of snipers”
tgr.ph/nVkCyq
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Must see : Now on Aljazeera mubashar interviews in Abu Sleem prison in Tripoli with ex prisoners #feb17 #libya
Triploli scream
I posted 10 photos on Facebook in the album “نشاطات – حركة ثائرات الزاوية الحرة” fb.me/1nUR65D8d
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
La Quasi totalité de Syrte est au main des forces du CNT !
france24.com/fr/20111009-un…
Premières images de l’intérieur de Syrte libérée ! Via @BBCWorld www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15233330
4Adam Adam
OCT 9 – Fighters loyal to Libya’s #NTC take over large a swath of central Sirte. Video reuters.com/video/2011/10/…
or:
www.reuters.com/video/2011/10/09/key-vi...
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Dont forget to thank God for making this revolution sucssesful
Al Arabiya
Death Toll Raise in Sirte
More than 18 people were killed and nearly 300 wounded on Saturday in a two days of clashes as Libya’s new regime fighters struggled to take full control of Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.
The push by National Transitional Council fighters squeezed Qaddafi’s diehard loyalists into an ever tighter net in Sirte.
Forces from Libya’s interim regime scored a strategic goal on Saturday, seizing a four-lane avenue which opens the way to a final assault on a key base of Qaddafi’s troops.
But with thousands of civilians still trapped inside the town, NTC commanders said they were pacing their advance to evacuate some of those who had not fled and to avoid more causalities.
More and video:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/09/1...
Niz_FGM Niz
نحن اقوى متحدين United, we are strong.
youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQey…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEQeyHqaU0
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
We will be having a huge party all over the world for the completion of liberating ALL Libya insha allah
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Reuters: #NTC forces said they reached main square of #Sirte; but could not move in yet as they were waiting for civilians to leave.
Open_Oil
fighters from #sirte also being brought to #misrata hospital-was there yday,constant helicopters,&gunfire as the wounded died
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Thanks to everyone telling me that Muttasim has fled #Sirte already.
RasmusTantholdt Rasmus Tantholdt TV2
Many ambulances with wounded entering the fielshospital outside #Sirte. #NTC fighters say they captured one sniper and two #Gadaffi soldiers
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: FFs liberate Ibn Sena Hospital in Sirte. ALLAH AKBAR
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya NTC already working on choosing a new interim prime minister as official declaration of final liberation may come tomorrow!!
Open_Oil OpenOil
#nato and uk/france v popular in #libya,just heard a libyan song with chorus “thanks ya sarkozy!”-can’t imagine it’ll sell well in france!
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
la batalla de #Sirte se aproxima a su fin los revolucionarios han capturado las principales posiciones de los gadafistas #Libia
Aljazeera
Tunisia has arrested a colonel in the former Libyan intelligence service, hiding out in a rented house in a remote town after Gaddafi’s fall, the official TAP news agency says.
The officer had crossed the border using false identity papers more than a month ago, according to a security source cited by the agency, who did not name the colonel.
He was arrested on Friday near Douz, about 500km southwest of Tunis.
Tunisian security forces had placed the man under surveillance after reports of suspicious behaviour. AFP
Libya’s oil chief says the OPEC member’s current production stands at about 25 percent of its prewar levels and full output
could come in about 15 months.
National Oil Corp. chairman Nuri Berruien also told The Associated Press on Sunday that the interim government would honor existing contracts, but it was up to the next
government to decide on new licensing rounds or agreements.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council, said both Sirte and Bani Walid would be liberated within days.
“I will reassure all Libyans that the liberation will be done in the coming few days. The city of Bani Walid is
under siege from five directions,” Jalil told reporters.
“As for Sirte, after the heavy fighting yesterday and the day before, the fighters reached the city centre and
they are combing the residential neighbourhoods where there are some snipers. I think and I hope with the help of God the liberation of these two towns will be completed by the end of this week,” he added.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya oil chief sees prewar output in 15 months #Alarabiya
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
markito0171 Mark
#Libya map of #Sirte shows location of forces.The final game will take place in city center tommorow
twitpic.com/6xqljv
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
Fares Al-Mansouri from Zawiyah who martyred yesterday on 8/10/2011 in #Sirte. He has…(1/2) #libya yfrog.com/j2fe4zyj
…previoulsy been in the fronts in Nafousa Mnts, Gheryan, Zawiyah and finally in #Sirte. #libya (2/2) الله يرحمه
yfrog.com/o0txvaj
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya football team indebted to keeper Aboud is.gd/wsqHVR #Libya
Libya conflict: Sirte situation ‘deteriorating fast’ BBC Video www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15231598 #Libya #Sirte
Khadija Ali
Anybody interested in going to a two day economic empowerment and civil engagement workshop here in the capital Tripoli? #Libya
Somaya A.K
What calms me down and en stills happiness from within <3 youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-IQt…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-IQtG7_X4&fea...
Emo Libya
Moatasim flees where? This coward
88simon88 simon
SYRTE+BANI WALID defense are collapsing…We R maybe living the last days/hours of the ARMED REVOLUTION. Building new Libya is abt to begin!
Middle east Online
Libya new regime on verge of claiming full control of Sirte
Forces of Libya’s new regime were on the verge of claiming full control of Moamer Gathafi’s hometown Sirte after seizing its showpiece conference centre and university from his diehards on Sunday.
In their advance, fighters of the National Transitional Council (NTC) also seized control of the Mediterranean town’s hospital and university campus, correspondents said.
The fortress-like Ouagadougou conference centre, constructed to host pan-African summits, has been a major objective of the NTC forces since they launched a September 15 offensive on the city.
“We control 100 percent of the Ouagadougou centre,” said Mohammed al-Fayad, an NTC military chief, adding the capture “opens the way” for his forces to overrun the city centre.
Full art.:
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=...
Deccan Herald
Nigeria, South Africa crash out
Nigeria and South Africa were among the heavyweight casualties on the penultimate day of African Nations Cup qualifying as Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Tunisia, Zambia and Niger all made it through to next year’s tournament.
War-torn Libya also qualified as one of the two best runners-up but Nigeria missed out on the finals after Guinea scored a 95th-minute equaliser to draw 2-2 in Abuja.
South Africa also failed to qualify after being held to a goalless home draw by Sierra Leone. Libya’s triumph came after a 0-0 draw with Zambia in Chingola and caps a campaign that saw them forced to play five of their six group matches away and yet
still finish unbeaten.
South Africa’s failure to beat Sierra Leone left them level on points with their opponents and Niger.
Niger, who lost 3-0 in Egypt, finished top of a mini league table of head-to-head results between the three countries to qualify for the finals for the first time. South Africa embarrassingly celebrated what they assumed was qualification at the end of their match in Nelspruit, having been unclear about the rules.
South Africa’s fans danced in the streets as the state-run broadcaster also thought their team had qualified. Their football association president, Kirsten Nematandani, went on television to erroneously congratulate his players.
Source:
www.deccanherald.com/content/196713/nig...
Reuters
U.S. firms face mixed fate in Libya as workers strike
TRIPOLI, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Workers protesting at the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Company on Sunday said they would strike until managers were replaced and possibly tried for fighting alongside Gaddafi.
Most of the crowd worked for Waha Oil, a joint venture with American firms ConocoPhillips , Marathon and Amerada Hess .
Full story:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/09/liby...
AGI
LIBYAN NTC REPORTS TROOPS NOW CONTROL BANU WALID AIRPORT
(AGI) Tripoli – Libya’s NTC has reported that its troops now control the airport at Bani
Walid where the city is still defended by militias still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, as is happening in Sirte. “Our troops have gained control over the airport in Bani Walid,” said the commander of troops in the region, Yunes Mussa
Source:
www.agi.it/english-version/world/elenco...
Ottawa Citizen
NATO `ready to welcome new, democratic Libya.’
Despite intense fighting that’s taking place in pro-Gadhafi strongholds, NATO remains confident that Libya’s National Transitional Council can manage a peaceful transition to democracy, the world body’s secretary general said Thursday.
``Allies stand ready to welcome a new democratic Libya,‘’ Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters after a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels, which included Canada’s Peter MacKay.
The alliance recently extended its military mission in Libya until the end of December, and the federal government has approved Canada’s involvement for the same duration.
Full art.:
www.ottawacitizen.com/news/NATO+ready+w...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
and @WyreDavies in #Sirte reporting terrible losses amongst NTC forces there. #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The link to the video of #Gadaffi forces killing an innocent man just because he didnt want to praise Gadaffi #Libya
youtube.com/watch?v=CKk5m3…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKk5m3VADos&fea...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
BBCs @WyreDavies in #Sirte says many dead and injured at field hospital.
Reuters Reuters Top News
Libya government says takes landmarks in Gaddafi hometown reut.rs/pG7gMW
khalidkhan787 Khalid Khan
pro-Ghaddafi fighter captured by Libya rebels at the Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte October 9
twitpic.com/6xrrab
MushuThaLohari
GRAPHICمجزرة وادي سوق الثلاثاء طرابلس The aftermath of yet another massacre, #Tripoli.
Photo’s:
facebook.com/media/set/?set… #Gaddaficrimes #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.30041...
Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte
Under ff control.
Photo’s:
goo.gl/n1vkz
Street Art infront of Marriot Hotel #Tripol #Libya #feb17
yfrog.com/odznqxj
khalidkhan787 Khalid Khan
Ouagadougou Conference Center in Sirte allegedly bombed by NATO twitpic.com/6xrwu1
twitpic.com/6xrwwe Oct 9
Lisa
#feb17 #PrayforLibya! #Jan25 #PrayforEgypt!
NPR
In Tripoli, Gadhafi’s Palace Becomes People’s Market.
From presidential palace to people’s market — in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in the heart of Tripoli has been put to new use, as NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro explains in this Reporter’s Notebook.
For most Libyans, Bab al-Azizia was the most foreboding address in the country. Moammar Gadhafi gave some of his most defiant speeches from the sprawling compound in Tripoli.
“You were not allowed to come here for any other reason unless they asked you to come here, and most people would not be happy for a call to be in Bab al-Azizia,” says Jamal, our translator in Tripoli.
Read more:
www.npr.org/2011/10/09/141185482/in-tri...
New Kerala
Ex-UK PM Blair could face parliamentary probe over secret meetings with Gaddafi
London, Oct.9 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair could face a parliamentary investigation into his close relationship with ousted Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
According to The Sunday Telegraph, senior British lawmakers are likely to ask Blair to reveal all details of his private meetings with Gaddafi since he left Downing Street in 2007.
The paper has already revealed that Blair had at least six meetings with Gaddafi after quitting as prime minister and that five of those meetings took place in a 14 month period prior to the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in 2010.
On at least two occasions, Blair and his sizeable entourage flew to Tripoli on a private jet paid for by the Gaddafi regime at a cost of about 150,000 pounds.
One meeting said to have taken place in January 2009 has been linked to a multi-billion dollar deal between the Libyans and a Russian company being put together by JP Morgan, the US bank which pays Blair about two million pounds a year as a senior adviser.
Full story:
www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-8...
Telegraph
No stone unturned in the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi
Libyan forces are still on the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi. But, as one man leading the chase tells Nick Meo, they plan to “examine every grain of sand in the search for him.”
His eyes burning, the former police colonel leant forward in his chair and described in a quiet voice what he would do to Muammar Gaddafi if his men were lucky enough to catch him.
Colonel Moftah Al-Swiah, a wiry 38-year-old former detective, was in the police force in a town near Tripoli until he defected last February to become a commander in Libya’s revolutionary army.
Now he is using his investigation skills in the vast desert along the Algerian border in the biggest manhunt Libya will ever see.
“I would not kill him if I found him, I would put him in a cage and take him around Libya,” the colonel said. “And I pray to God that it is we who get the chance to capture him; my men will not rest until they find that criminal.”
Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Beni walid : only 10% of civilian residents remain in city. Rest have fled to other cities and towns. #Feb17 #Libya
Beni Walid now surrounded from North & South now that Jadu FFs have arrived in Southern front #Feb17 #Libya Allahu Akbar
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
U.S. firms face mixed fate in Libya as workers strike goo.gl/U6zdm #Libya
LIST OF NAMES:
Breaking: List of Volunteers to infamous 32 brigade led by Khamis Gaddafi responsible for many atrocities #Feb17 #Libya
is.gd/d0BwO5
or:
www.17022011libya.com/vb/showthread.php...
AJELive AJELive
Our correspondent @ZeinakhodrAljaz sends this update on the Libyan fighters’ gains in Sirte aje.me/jMZYMN #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi’s enemies first guests at showpiece hotel
is.gd/UMktkV
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Libya – Hope this fighter was not wearing this helmet when it was shot naharnet.com/stories/en/170…
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
The #Gadaffi solider that killed Dr AlGhiryani,the man in the famous phone video has said he ONLY killed Seven people!! #Libya
The link to the video of #Gadaffi forces killing an innocent man just because he didnt want to praise Gadaffi #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKk5m3VADos&fea...
This mans killer was caught by the #FF and admitted to killing him and then added he ONLY killed 7 other people.ReallyJust 7
Open_Oil OpenOil
a libyan businessman commenting on state of libya’s economy/infrastructure-“it’s not like #gaddafi tried and failed…he tried TO fail”
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Covering the war in Libya was far more dangerous than an embed in Helmand, Afghanistan. imho
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli currency exchange (black market): EURO 2.15 US$ 1.56 #Libya
4Adam Adam
Pictures of the day
twitpic.com/6xrmo4
twitpic.com/6xrnvj #sirte #feb17 #Libya
VolunteerLibya Volunteer Libya
As battles occur in sirt and bin walid, the injured FF need medical help. Please RT that #volunteerlibya needs a medical team leaving in NOV
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Extreme winds here in #Tripoli tonight. love this weather although old folks might not agree.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Bani walid: FF control airport which is 1km from city centre. Big battles. And this is by all means the final assault for Sirte.
Sirte: Freedom fighters raise the Libyan flag over a building in the Ouagadougou hall’s vicinity #libya #feb17
fb.me/UYQKb3SP
BREAKING: FF have captured more parts of #Sirte over the last couple of hours and are allowing families to leave before final assault #libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya oil chief says production to reach prewar levels in about 15 months – The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com/business/indus… via @washingtonpost
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Even though the revolution in #Libya has taken its time i can see it blossoming before all the other countries that witnessed a revolution
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Met #barakat – Libyan minister of health. He definitely is still in power
AP
Anti-Gaddafi fighters took over Sirte’s main hospital – 25 Pro Gaddafi captured
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULOs8K2mGIw
Aljazeera
They have taken the Ouagadougou conference centre, the university, and the hospital. But there has been intense fighting for a third day.
The NTC fighters now say they have something like 70 per cent of Sirte under their control. But the remaining 30 per cent poses a problem, because it is going to entail street fighting.
Gaddafi’s fighters, who are said to number about 2,000, are putting up a tough resistance. We are in a situation where NATO can’t help. They are up close and personal, fighting street by street."
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Captured Gaddafi soldier in #Sirte admits to raping 4 females aged 14-20 #libya #feb17 fb.me/12GWCAxMJ
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoKB5quWSs
Triploli scream
I posted a new photo to Facebook
fb.me/1jzHPp6bQ
BentBenghazi G
Thanks to #Feb17 my parents r addicted to the internet. #libya
freedom4libya Khalifa Leebee
After the liberation of #Sirte Mahmoud Jibril “a Libyan Hero” will form a new Government.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan Government Says It’s Advancing on Center of Sirte
is.gd/wwQBP6 #Libya
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Railway project definitely NOT top priority for #Libyan officials now
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
My cousin who is now at the front lines in #Sirt . Hope he is ok #Libya pic.twitter.com/9w9LOFTs
guardian_world Guardian World
@petersbeaumont reports heavy sniper fire from Gaddafi loyalists -the battle for Sirte is not over yet #Libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Even though the revolution in #Libya has taken its time i can see it blossoming before all the other countries that witnessed a revolution
michael
Green fighters should be entering London within the next few hours. #libya #feb17 #idonthavefactstobackthisup
#idonthavefactstobackthisup should apply to all the #gaddafi supporters on twitter. #libya #feb17
Message to the #gaddafi supporters……YOU LOST!! #libya #feb17 #
CNN report on
Huda Bin Amer who took part in the hanging of AlSadeq Alshuwehdi
Video:
is.gd/ndt4rS
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcUaMk4QYs
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
So NTC advance seems to be biting in #Sirte – they reckon only 30% still under loyalist control
4Adam Adam
2 Martyrs from Jadu today in #Beniwaild front -
Muhannad Ahmad Jaber
and
Radoan Ramadan Creoa.
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
UNHAS email warns of arriving passengers being detained for lacking visas – but
#Libya not issuing visas in many countries. Why won’t #TNC?
BintTarablis KC
“If you’re not careful the newspapers will have u hating the ppl who r oppressed & loving the people who r doing the oppressing” -Malcolm X
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Thanks. I wonder how many journos are staying in Sirte tonight? dangerous. appreciate all the forwards keep the coming.
Moez
Wow! @Farhatbengdara is on twitter (check his profile) – Ex-Governor of Central Bank of Libya #libya #feb17
Adi G.
I left a piece of my heart in #Benghazi. Thank You #Libya 4 changing my life. Now in Malta heading to #Amman tom.
4Adam Adam
Libyan official calls to give priority to Tunisian manpower in Libya reconstruction tap.info.tn/en/en/componen… #Libya #Feb17 #Tunisa
Sirte_Feb17 Sirtawi
AbdelSalam El-Zadma’s former wife talking about life within Gaddafi’s close circle and life in #Sirte on Libya Awalan
libyaawalan.tv
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
EN VIDEO. En #Libye, le CNT prend pied dans #Syrte, et a pris le contrôle de l’aéroport de #BaniWalid
j.mp/r2gfBt
Tweeting Tripoli
Syrian Alrai TV is collecting all the losers, last week it was Shakeer, today its Hamza the AK47 TV presenter!
yfrog.com/ocuwquj
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Dr Hamzah al-Tuhami has just appeared on Al-Ra’y TV from Damascus in a ‘Live’ broadcast. He hasn’t been seen since #Tripoli fell in Aug
Moez
Must read: @Khanfarw article on #ArabSpring and the people’s media gu.com/p/32f37/tw via @guardian
Tarek
Another photo of the storage/workshop in #Khamis 32 brigade in #Tripoli hit by #NATO. #Libya
twitpic.com/6xuejt
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
URGENT: Injured #FF’s are in Emayteega hospital in #Tripoli and they need blood.So anyone that can donate please head out there now #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
Daily reports of Death caused by tyrants in #Syria, #Yemen, #Libya and today #Egypt !
Sarah
Moussa al Kilani : “Been told by LPC that independence flag has been raised in the North of BW” #BaniWalid #Libya #Feb17
Moussa al Kilani : "Yesterday many families fled and the city is now almost totally empty of civilians. " #BaniWalid #Libya #Feb17
Moussa al Kilani : “FFs are now 1km from al Soug area which is, I think, the last area under #Gaddafi forces control.” #BaniWalid
Maettiga Hospital in #Tripoli needs blood donors via @ilibico
Mushu
RT! | If you are in #Tripoli, and are able to donate blood, please do so! They need your help in Mitiga Hospital RIGHT NOW! #Libya #Feb17
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
I found today Faraj I met him in march fighting in Brega very symbolic he was fighting in #Sirte 1 chapter of history is ending #Libya
I also met Ibrahim Ouda an NTC sniper “I’m done I¡m old (54) we fought for the new generations they deserve something better” #Sirte #Libya
1 commander on the field: “the battle for #Sirte is finished we are just trying to explain that to some crazy guys who still resist” #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan forces on brink of controlling Gaddafi’s birthplace Sirte
is.gd/MW7sTg #Libya #Sirte
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Sirte a group NTCfighters R attacking CityCenter Buildings which houses #Gaddafi #SecurityForces If they succeed then Battle is over #libya
#Sirte NTC forces captured Hospital +University + ConferenceCenter but this evening G troops R battling ferociously to take them back #Libya
#Misrata now has 235 registered civilian battalions around 70 of these are leading the final advance on #Sirte #Libya
Commander of Shohadan Magalba #Misrata 70 men battalion is only 24 yrs old A former fisherman & truck driver Reputed 4his Keen BattleTactics
#Sirte Commander of Shohadan Magalba #Misrata battalion only 24 yrs old Former fisherman & truck driver
Please read art. below about Sirte Commander Enhicey:
This is a must read:
Rebel battalions unite in Libya
Inexperienced civillians organize into units outside Sirte
“When people want to join our battalion I generally accept most of them, but I have a specialized group that fight on the front line,” said battalion commander Mohammed Enhicey. "I know who the capable fighters are. The others I give various other jobs
back at the base."
Previously working as a fisherman and truck driver, at just 24 Enhicey has forged a reputation for his keen battle tactics and fearless advances. He may be the youngest commander, but in addition to the 70 men in his battalion, many other units look to him for orders.
Full art.:
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/region...
FromJoanne
#BaniWalid NTC forces entered BW sunday and r 1 Km from Main Market they liberated 2 villages: #Teninai + #Shuwaikh last night #Libya
#Flash #BANIWALID #Kenshil say #Seif al-Islam was seen on Saturday evening distributing cash to his loyalists in Bani Walid #Libya
Takeover of #Bani #Walid imminent NTC fighters drove #Gaddafi forces out of airport and r 1km from the central Market #Libya
#Jalil hopes BW will b liberated inside a week #BaniWalid #Libya
#Sirte NTC Fighters have advanced to the main Square A Mayor breakthrough ! #Libya
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
rebels took ougadugo and the hospital #sirte, rushed towards the city center and repelled by heavy fire. 30 killed in last 3 days on west
#sirte hospital a grim scene of wounded loyalists, had to be evacuated this evening when gaddafi rockets rained close
FreedomGroup
Al-SSomood:
The names of the fighters wounded at the Sirte front,
Sunday, October 9.
The number of wounded continues to increase. Note, cases (1, 2, 3, 6 & 7) are due to a car accident.
goo.gl/WzGH5
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: News from #Misrata friends on sat phone: #Sirte is finished. Completely liberated tonight.
SUMMARY OCTOBER 10th 2011
10/10/11
10.10.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya -
goo.gl/vukXd
Key Hits 9 OCTOBER:
3 Armed Vehicles were struck in Bani Walid.
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Thu pm: Tornado GR4s identified one of Qadhafi’s main battle tanks near Bani Walid & destroyed it with Brimstone precision guided missile.
Fri pm: RAF aircraft conducted strikes against firing position & supply point near Sirte. 8 Paveway bombs were dropped on target. #Libya
Sat: RAF jets tasked by NATO conducted precision strike on a vehicle supply point in Sirte & struck target accurately with 4 Paveway bombs.
Sun am: RAF aircraft destroyed 2 armed pick-up trucks being used by former regime forces.
Sun: A follow-up patrol later in the day located a third armed truck in the vicinity of Bani Walid and destroyed it with a Paveway bomb.
HMS Liverpool is providing security to merchant shipping as ports & harbours liberated by new Libyan authorities return to normal operation.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Tripoli 3 Military Brigades will look after security of city Each have a dedicated area All wear uniforms & Carry Identity cards #Libya
#Sirte 700ResidentialArea NTC fighters looking 4 weapons found 2 to 3 Million Dinars buried underground at TopMilitairyBrass house
Just been approved by NTCSupremeSec.Com. 3SecurityBrigades will b made up of #feb17 FreedomFighters +experienced Military ppl
#BaniWalid NTCForces entered BW on sunday R 1 Km from the Main Souq Last night they liberated 2 SmallTowns: #Teninai + #Shumaikh #Libya
SAIF:
Libyans have officially changed his name to Muzeel Albatsha
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Libyan freedom fighters INSIDE Gaddafi's luxurious office - Ouagadougou hall #libya
Video:
fb.me/QRdLzXF3
FreedomGroup
Jadu commanders say Bani Walid will be liberated within 24 hours.
Martyred at Bani Walid On Sunday Oct. 9:
- Two from Jadu
- Three from Gharyan
- Three from Zawiya
150 fighters have been wounded so far.
Wefaq Libya
Oct. 9 Sunday
Sirte:
5Martyrs and 39injured
FreedomGroup
Jado Free: Number of fighters wounded in Bani Walid because Gaddafi forces in neighbouring village of Tinina are shelling them heavily.
Sirtawi
Ahmed AbdelAdeem AbuGhoula, 26, missing from beginning of #Sirte events. His body was found at Ibn Sina morgue today. #gaddaficrimes
Tweeting Tripoli
Very strong winds in Tripoli. It's like a mini hurricane in Ain Zara.
Tweeting Tripoli
The #Harry #Potter magical cloak does exist. Or else how can Shakeer & Hamza disappear from #Libya and reappear in #Syria? #feb17
Now Muttasim will magically disappear from Sirte, then Saif from BaniWalid :(
Tarek
Everyday I see less and less checkpoints around #Tripoli and security is great, it's safe here. #Libya
Empty bunkers inside #Khamis #Gaddafi 32 Brigade in #Tripoli, they are still intact.
#Libya http://twitpic.com/6xuq1b
Documents proving managers had used the Waha Oil complex as a base for Gaddafi fighters had been presented to the NOC chairman via @reuters
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Chant at the beginning of the revolutions "Down with the Regime" In #Egypt specific figures went down.In #Libya the whole Regime vanished!!
#Gadaffi supporters..Where are youu ??? The #FF's have entered the main square in #Sirte.What more have you got left? #Libya
Just a reminder:
DemoqrateyaEU Schams El Ghoneimi
Egypt State news: "Christians attack army"•
Syria State news: "Islamists attack Army" •
Free news: angry, non-violent protesters shot dead ☑
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al Ahrar TV: ' #FF engaged in street fightsing in #Bani Walid' #Libya
Worrying >> Al-Ahrar TV: Tripoli's Feb17 coalition arrestesd Jouralists today. (not saying who?) Abdal-Jalil intervened to release them.
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Today's arrest had nothing to do with islamists. it was a group of ff that took law into own hands = wrong
They "journalist" in question was an ex-Gaddafi State TV worker. It was wrong to arrest person though.
Watch Libya Alahrar, here was a big discussion and the journalist was released + those responsible were reprimanded
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Key #Victory
Libya Government forces attack #Gaddafi security HQ in #Sirte
Video: goo.gl/nxVVk
or:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/09/us-libya-idUSL5E7KT4YC20111009
OpenOil
oil industry seems to hav been better taken care of,prob as #oil money was gaddafi's personal slush fund!
Tripolitanian Libyan
Libya Ahrar running campaign against celebratory gunfire.
Nasr
The Libyan FFs R nearly in complete control of #Gaddafi's bastion, #Sirte #Libya
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
100000s of lives lost & many more 100000s of lives shattered cuz 5 'idiots' just wouldn't LET IT GO! #Libya #Syria #Tunisia #Egypt #Yemen
Tripoli blacklists - where to draw the line for retribution?
http://on.wsj.com/oooUxg #Libya #tripoli
Please read:
Map/story/pictures a journalist through #Libya pictures are stunning!
By @mappinglibya
http://libyasrevolution.net/index.php?language=EN
A Lonely Planet guidebook writer in #Libya details her experiences filing reports from the Arab Spring
http://www.guernicamag.com/features/3117/thomas_10_1_11/ via @klgthomas
FreeBenghazi
The wounded from BaniWalid sent to Tripoli hospitals: Klenieca, ZawiyaSt, AlSabiya and Mitiga hospitals #Libya v #Aljmari
Hana S.
My brother started school again last Saturday. Says it's a bit tough going back after 8 months break! #Misrata #Feb17 #Libya
I fear the moment of going back to my hometown #Sirte ... and not knowing it. #SirteCrisis #gaddaficrimes #Libya
My relatives who fled #Sirte recently to Misrata still can't blv my folks are alive there. It'll sink in eventually ^_^
My cousin's relative was found at Ibn Sina morgue after almost a month since his disappearance. His family members are devastated. #Sirte
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Abdel Jalil: God willing Beni Walid & Sirte will be liberated this week
Breaking:1/4: Gen AlFeturi Gherebel of Tripoli NTC Supreme Security Committee announces formation of 3 Brigades to secure city #Feb17 #Libya
Breaking:2/4: Gen AlFeturi Gherebel of Tripoli NTC Supreme Security Committee says brigades will have distinct uniform & ID
Breaking:3/4:Brigade 1 covers Tajura to Janzur,Brigade 2 Ghut AlRuman to Qasr bin Ghasheer,Brigade 3 area betn Zawiya &Tripoli
Breaking:4/4: Brigades formed of FFs & experienced Military. Spread of weapons will disappear from city streets
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
LYM would like to announce the formation of the Libyan Youth Forum @LYForum. goo.gl/Bi9BY Follow on twitter and like the FB page
https://www.facebook.com/LYForum
LYForum Libyan Youth Forum
Welcome to the Libyan Youth Forum -Providing a voice for the youth of Libya.We will soon provide details of upcoming projects and activities
PatriotSmurf
Libyan National Army sends an immediate gathering order to all its members via Almdar mobile network message #Libya #Tripoli
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
More than 54 injured in Al Zawiyah hospital.All Types of Blood needed.So if you can donate please do #Libya
RT! URGENT! Injured #FFs in need of O- blood - if you're in #Tripoli and are able to donate, please contact @Monirly 4 more details.
Sarah
According to Al Jazeera the Freedom Fighters have withdrawn from #BaniWalid airport after taking control of it. #Libya #Feb17
FreeBenghazi
Receiving treatment in Derby, #UK:
Fighter, Abdulsalam SalemMohammed AlMegrahi, from Kafi, #Sabha #Libya facebook.com/photo.php?v=17…
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
Urgent appeal by Gharyan Central Hospital for donors from all negative blood groups. The hospital is receiving a large number of wounded fighters and has shortages of negative blood groups.
fb.me/LrWzK56g
PatriotSmurf
even driving license in #Libya most of them were bought for no more than 50 LYD, O #Gaddafi great achievement in 42 years
the humanitarian aid supplies to #Libyans were sold in #Tunis #Benghazi #Tripoli including the bottled water :(
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
=ts difficult enough to hear #AlexRossi live from #Sirte we dont ALSO need to hear nNoise of Shoooting of Looping footage ! #Libya
#Sirte Gaddafi loyalists defensive perimete is ever-shrinking; A PalaceCompound Some residential buildings + Hotel near GreenSquare #Libya
#SIRTE NTC Forces take #University Video Rough cut No reporter commentary: goo.gl/ev9WS #Libya
or:
http://uk.reuters.com/video/2011/10/10/ntc-forces-take-sirte-university?videoId=222381919&videoChannel=75
#Sirte House2House fighting will b next in Residential area where #NTC fighters heard via radio convo sons + even #Gaddafi r holed up #Libya
#Sirte #Nato Jets are flying LOWER then b4 but not bombing residential area where Gaddafi loyalists are holed up #Libya #LiveViaAlexRossi
#Sirte NTC Tanks R positioned and NTC fighters are firing grad rockets @Gaddafi forces Still some residents leaving #Sirte #Libya #AlexRossi
Reuters
Libyan Islamist demands role for "moderate" Islam A prominent and influential Libyan Islamist cleric, returning to his native land after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, has demanded a role for "moderate" Islam in politics.
"We call for a moderate Islam," Ali Al-Sallabi said at a meeting late Sunday that included supporters and opponents. "But you all have to understand that Islam is not just about punishment, cutting hands and beheading with swords."
Full art.:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/09/uk-libya-islamist-idUKTRE7982XU20111009
#Misrata Council: Thought #Mutassim was hiding #Sirte IbnSinaHospital preventing foreign medical workers from leaving Morgue full of bodies
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#NTC Top Commanders say #Sirte is 70% in control of their Fighters Forcing Gaddafi Loyalists constantly to Retreat
#NOC Berruien: #Libya current Production stands at about 25 % of its prewar levels and full output could come in about 15 months via #AP
#Libya #NOC boss #Berruien says ; NTC wil honor existing contracts but its up2next gov. 2decide on new licensing rounds or agreements #AP
#NOC GM #Berruien says #Libya is currently producing about 390,000 barrels per day which is abt 25 percent of its prewar levels #Oil
Washington Times
Gadhafi foes make gains in taking Sirte Leadership hopes victory comes soon Libyan revolutionary fighters celebrate inside Sirte on Sunday. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since mid-September and are facing fierce resistance from loyalists while moving inside the hometown of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. (Associated Press)
Pics:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/gadhafi-foes-make-gains-in-taking-sirte-leadership/
#Sirte Footage of Inside #Ibn #Sina Hospital
Libya's revolutionary forces seized a convention center Sunday that had served as a key base for fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in the fugitive leader's hometown, as they squeezed remaining regime loyalists in the besieged coastal city. (Oct. 9)
youtube.com/user/Associate… #Libya
or:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress#p/u/15/WNiyZD8r2oA
#FLASH #BaniWalid #NTC Forces Have Withdrawn from Bani Walid AIRPORT less then 24 hrs after its capture Several FF Dead and wounded #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya’s oil recovery moves picks up speed
is.gd/oV0BMO #Libya
hamzamu hamzamu
#libya Libya battalions unite in Sirte: By: Tracey Shelton Each night near the embattled city of Sirte, battalio...
bit.ly/qHQGzY
Mustafa Abdel Jalil : We've allocated $1 billion to treatment of injured FFs w/ this money now distributed to Libyan embassies #Feb17 #libya
AFP
Libya forces drive on centre of Kadhafi hometown
Libya's new regime forces were battling block by block towards the centre of Sirte on Monday, eyeing the symbolic prize of finally capturing Moamer Kadhafi's hometown after a month-long siege.
But Kadhafi diehards were putting up fierce resistance and in their other remaining bastion, Bani Walid, they mounted a fightback, killing 17 National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters.
But the military gains came at a heavy price with medics reporting 13 dead and 90 wounded on the western side of the city alone.
The bodies of another four NTC fighters were recovered
The hospital's upper floors were blasted after a massive firefight broke out late on Sunday, with intense machinegun and rocket fire.
Dr Nabil Lamine told AFP: "It was a holocaust, not a hospital. We had no drugs, no oxygen. We brought people from the upper floors to the corridor on the ground because of the shelling."
Full story:
http://goo.gl/GRUOh
Reuters
Libya government forces corner Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte "Gaddafi's forces are cornered in two neighborhoods near the sea, an area of about 2-km square, but there is still resistance," Abdul Salam Javallah, commander of NTC units from eastern Libya, told Reuters on the front line of their attack.
A group of three women, three small children and two male civilians emerged from a house on the front line. They were searched by the rebels and hurriedly got into a car and drove off waving the V-for-victory sign.
Full art.:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/us-libya-idUSL5E7KT4YC20111010
LibyaMartyrs Libya Martyrs
Sanad Abdullah Bin Issa(1983), a father of a 9month year old baby. He was killed by #Gaddafi's forces in Sabha in Sept.
pic.twitter.com/KJqjrqVh
libyans_revolt omar
17 martyrs and 50 injured yesterday in the ongoing fighting in #BaniWalid liberation battle. #Libya #feb17 #FF's
RasmusTantholdt Rasmus Tantholdt TV2
Saw nine dead #NTC fighters last night at a fieldhospital outside #Sirte. 84 wounded and ambulances with new casualties every five minute.
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
Glimpse of the fighting between Misrata fighters and Gaddafi forces, in the open plane of District700, Sirte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5m1tvSuMug
October 6: Preliminary meeting of the Association of Libyan Women, in Gardah, Sabha, to discuss the goals of their association. Hassan Al-Marian calls on free Libyans to donate blood for the wounded from Bani Walid front-lines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGxZKM_FOw
freedomgroup tv
The martyr Abdul Muhaymin El-Khadraoui, martyred in Bani Walid, October 10. We ask Allah to forgive him his sins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szMx6Rk4Sv4
Hussein Abu'Ras, commander of one of Gaddafi's brigades, was arrested in Souq Al-Khamis on October 9. Abu'Ras...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GTm6rgEulQ
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt ▸ Top stories today
Tweeting Tripoli
It's said that the Jews who left Libya after 1969 were about a 100 persons. Egyptian Christians are 10 million people ;)
Tweeting Tripoli
My contact from the #BaniWalid frontlines (phone call few mins ago) is very disappointed with how little Arms & Ammu Tripoli send them.
Apparently, they sent it all to Sirte (has an important Sea Post) and Sabha (Access to southern borders with Chad & Niger).
When I called him, he was driving from the north front-lines going around to the south via Ghyrian-Mizda area.
libyanproud libyanandproud
Belhaj is asking for a special GSM number from Libyana. I thought Belhaj said Islam was about modesty. Why show off?
Tweeting Tripoli
Makes sense, he should get an easy-2-remember phone number so that frontlines can call for Arms & Ammu. See my previous tweet!
Tweeting Tripoli
Why do I see religion of these days as a Dictatorship? It's way different from religion of the 60s & 70s!!!
Religion in the 60s: peace, love, spiritual fulfillment... Religion now: do what I say or I kill you...
TimGattSky
Gazza tells Piers Morgan "I went to Libya when I played for Middlesborough and took Gaddafi's two sons out & got them lamped"
Tweeting Tripoli
One of Khamis's bodyguards was only 17:
youtube.com/watch?v=fb2FRm… #feb17 #Libya
or:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb2FRmISv_I&feature=related
Khamis Gaddafi's armored vehicle which was destroyed when he fled Tripoli in August:
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhhAl-w7nc0&feature=related
NadineFarkash Free Libya ♔☾✰
#FFs claiming killing 17 Pro- #Gaddafi troops in #BaniWalid area today. #libya
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Wants to say a big thank you to #Qatar, #France, the #UK, the #US, #NATO and many other countries for what they have done for #Libya
Waleed Al Khatroshy.A member of the Libyan national team who joined the #FF to free #Libya
http://pic.twitter.com/TZ9tezzQ
Here is #Waleed in action in the game against Zambia where Libya qualified for the Africans Nations Cup #Libya
http://pic.twitter.com/UYaWCkNC
News that Moatassim #Gadaffi is still in #Sirt and moving about in different cars and has apparently shaved his hair off #Libya
SAIF?
Malik
Just heard that a convoy of about 100 vehicles has been spotted near #BaniWaled Saif al-Islam Might be with them #Libya
Nadine
#Sirte yesterday photo”s:
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yfrog.com/obq9kj
More photo's:
9 Oct: #Sirte #libya
http://yfrog.com/182udoj
http://yfrog.com/ocxr7kj
http://yfrog.com/h3ltrnvj
http://yfrog.com/kj3j7itkj
http://yfrog.com/nwtzabj
FFs in 'Ougadougou' hall #Sirte
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yfrog.com/nz5bpmj
5 martyrs at SIRTE Oct. 9:
1- Mohamed Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh(Misratah)
2-Rabeeh Mansour Qamou(Zliten)... (1/2)
3- Mohamed Ragab Al-Geroushy(Misratah)
4-Ahmed Abdula'dheem AbouGhoula(Misratah)
5-Unknown (2/2)
Sherlock Holmes could'nt find Gaddafi, they sent Epic Libyan Man http://yfrog.com/nzb60yhj
SMILE:
Nadine
Libyan #FFs accessories in Sirte
yfrog.com/nxr62krj
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ra'y TV asking Gaddafi loyalists to help to fend off "a small group of NATO agents" in central #Sirte. #Libya
1st time they've admitted any fighting inside #Sirte. I wonder how many years they will keep this up for?
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Heavy rain and high winds over night in #sirte. Might have slowed down ntc street clearing.
BBC english are in tripoli and sirte. I'm in London. Don't know where BBC Arabic are.
Repent11 Mohamed Fadel Fahmy
According to MET Office: Temperature will drop by "20" degrees in North Africa in the next 48 hours.
libyans_revolt omar
FF's aimed to take full control of #Sirte on Monday after seizing key targets & squeezed remaining #Gaddafi gangs in the city #libya #feb17
flyingbirdies أكرم
Wintershall Libya aid to the famillies in Jakharrah Oasis on Twitpic:
bit.ly/pOMteh via @AddThis
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
#BaniWalid: FF liberated 2 cities (Tininay and Shummaykh) yesterday and captured the airport but ended up holding positions just outside it
#BaniWalid: FF took the city's airport but were ambushed by Gdfi forces. FF are now holding ground south of airport & planning next attack
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Strong winds still dominating in #Tripoli
Raining in Tripoli, I don't think we saw so much rain in Tripoli in the last 4 years. Elhumd'allah :)
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
I think you can make that 40 years hahahah
From sunshine to rain rain and more rain. I love this weather :) Alhamdullilah!
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Sirte: Captured Gaddafi soldiers told freedom fighters that Mutassim al Gaddafi is still in the city commanding his troops.
Video:
Libya: Pro-Gaddafi fighters filmed firing Scud missile in battle for Sirte - Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/libya-video/8815069/Libya-Pro-Gaddafi-fighters-filmed-firing-Scud-missile-in-battle-for-Sirte.html #libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
My uncle called me saying they stopped the qaaqaa brigade possibly under orders of belhadj from destroying a daree7 today
There was a protest yesterday against what this brigade is doing but it got little attention. this is wrong and against islm
it's wrong to destroy the resting places of people no matter what. What this brigade is doing is illegal. shld be punished
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Al-Ra'y TV Reported at 06g this morning that #Gaddafi Loyalist fighters had regained control of #Sirte University.
ST_Newsroom Sunday Times News
And finally... Gazza has claimed he went out on a boozy night with 2 of Col Gadaffi's sons while playing a game in Libya with Middlesbrough
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Dr Talib Emtiaz Muhammad AlTijani, attending2 wounded fighters, in makeshift clinic in house in Gardah, #Sabha #Libya
pic.twitter.com/5ZP3bq8m
People of #Zawiya doing Takbir in front of hospital upon the arrival of wounded from #BaniWalid front-lines. #Libya
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsJqa2vVGHE
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
From #Libya's event to #Egypt's. I fear what'll happen when I land in #London for vacay in a few weeks
FIFA
Libya revel in qualifying 'miracle' Libya’s national team headed for home on their charter plane on Sunday, basking in the glory of improbable qualification to next year’s CAF Africa Cup of Nations. Their jet set off on a 10-hour journey from Ndola on Zambia’s Copperbelt to Tunisia, after which they plan to cross the border home and embark on a victory tour of Libya's embattled capital Tripoli. The side will be feted as heroes after completing a remarkable campaign unbeaten, setting off huge celebrations across a country still mired in conflict.
More here:
http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1524286.html
Le Figaro
Libye:une mosquée attaquée et saccagée
Un groupe de 200 à 300 hommes lourdement armés a attaqué une mosquée à Tripoli dans la nuit d'hier à aujourd'hui et profané les tombes de deux imams, selon des témoins.
"Ils sont arrivés peu après 22 heures (20 heures GMT), ils étaient 200 à 300, armés, avec des pick-up équipés de mitrailleuses lourdes et sont repartis vers 01 heure
(23 heures GMT)", a indiqué Mahmoud Rahmane, un voisin de la mosquée Al-Masri
dans le nord-est de Tripoli. "Ils ont forcé la porte d'entrée de la mosquée puis ont creusé le sol, ouvert les tombes des imams Abdel Rahmane el-Masri et Salem Abou Seïf et emporté leurs reliques", a-t-il ajouté.
Full report:
http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/10/10/97001-20111010FILWWW00520-libyeune-mosquee-attaquee-et-saccagee.php
hominoid555 Russell
Sirte Gaddafi forces still hold 20Km squared of the city they have their backs to the sea no way of escape.
Sirtawi
Acc 2 #FF in this report, a mercenary said Mutassim Gaddafi has shaved his head
and moves around in different vehicles.
youtube.com/watch?v=ljUNXn…
or:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljUNXn9Ac5M&feature=feedu
DalaiLama Dalai Lama
Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.
markito0171 Mark
#Libya map of #BaniWalid shows location of forces.east Misrata-forces,north Tripoli,south Nafusa
twitpic.com/6y6f74 via @twitpic
Tripolitanian Libyan
PLEASE RT: #Garyan central hospital in desperate need of ambulances to carry injured from #BaniWalid front - they have NO working ambulances
Mawadda
Best Tweet Ever
Will the non-Libyan people who defend #Gaddafi please help urself, take him, he's all yours OR SHUT THE F*** UP!!
Soug Guma FF catch notorious killer "Night Thunder" who terrorized Tripoli
(Yes he's the one dancing in the middle):
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmKBxz0-Tns&feature=player_embedded
The notorious "Night Thunder" is the master mind of the killing of these Sug Guma youth
(WARNING GHRAFIC):
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn-r-7PFTVg&feature=related
Oh, and many many murders and rapes of Soug Guma residents. FF forcing him to dance is the least of his worries I guess!
He is the "Night Thunder" man, a sadistic bastard. He's the Killer of Sheik Gadoor and the others from Soug Guma.
Khadija
I met Ali Salabi today! #Tripoli
I also met Al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Abdel-Atheem Mohamed. If it was'nt for him we wouldn't have ever got media coverage we deserve.
I also met Al-Jazeera correspondent Salam Khodr. She did an amazing report on the mines in Zliten
it's not in English but watch it anyways
let me know if you know anyone that can help with the mines.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_-ShksRwAw
USA Today
U.S. officials: Libya may have lost anti-aircraft missiles Portable anti-aircraft missiles may have already been smuggled outside Libya's borders even as the United States races to help account for thousands of the weapons stockpiled by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, U.S. officials say.
Read more:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-09/libyan-portable-missiles-missing/50713752/1
Aljazeera
Oct. 9
AJE's Tony Birtley sent this update from the frontline in Sirte Libyan fighters have made major progress into Sirte, the home city of toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi.
National Transitional Council (NTC) forces said on Sunday they had managed to take
control of Al Giza district, where a large number of pro-Gaddafi forces were based, as well as the city's university, and Ibn Sina hospital.
Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley sent this update from the front-line in Sirte.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYaUJaNE2TY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
10/10/2011: Withdrawal of #FFs from #BaniWalid airport.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsE8LIFXPE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
#FFs in Ougadougou hall yesterday #Sirte
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKHgw6O27k8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
A good use for Gaddafi #libya #feb17 f
b.me/1bKQWKlpI
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sirte: FFs have surrounded the TV building & the Dollar neighbourhood is now the last part of city with G forces #Feb17 #Libya Allahu Akbar!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
تقرير برنامج صدي الملاعب علي منتخب Libya qualify for CAN2012 (youtube)
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHwYgiFz6U
AJELive AJELive
Libya
A group of more than 200 gunmen have attacked a mosque in Tripoli and ransacked the tombs of two imams, the AFP news agency reports, citing witnesses.
"They arrived shortly after 10pm (2000 GMT, Sunday night), between 200 and 300 of them, in pickup trucks fitted with heavy machineguns. They took off at about 1am," said Mahmud Rahman, a resident of Tripoli's northeastern Al-Masri district.
"They forced open the mosque's door and then started to dig up the tombs of imams Abdel Rahman el-Masri and Salem Abu Seif, and made off with their relics," said Rahman.
Stabroek news
Georgetown, Guyana
Libya govt forces attack Gaddafi security HQ in Sirte Libyan transitional government forces attacked deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s security headquarters in the centre of his hometown of Sirte, hoping that once the buildings had been captured the fight for the city would be won.
The protracted battle for Sirte, a showpiece Mediterranean coastal city largely loyal to Gaddafi, has led to concerns the many civilian casualties will breed long-term hostility that will make it very hard for the National Transitional Council (NTC) to unite the country once the fighting is over.
NTC forces have repeatedly claimed to be on the point of victory in Sirte, only to suffer sudden reversals at the hands of a tenacious enemy fighting for its life, surrounded on three sides and with its back to the sea. But as night fell yesterday, pick-up trucks
mounted with anti-aircraft guns pounded the white security buildings on a tree-lined square with a fountain in the centre while infantry blasted away with AK-47s from behind a high concrete wall, Reuters witnesses said.
One of the pick-up gunners was shot in the face, his gun rotating repeatedly on its axis as he fell dead to the ground.
“We are now in the centre of Sirte,” Colonel Salam Al Shalmany told Reuters at the scene. “They are in these buildings about half a kilometre from where we are. Once we finish this, it’s over. This has gone on too long.”
But advances by NTC forces have often proved fragile. Earlier yesterday, a large group of fighters, approaching Sirte from the west and trying to pin down Gaddafi loyalists against the sea, saw their advance suddenly collapse into a rout under heavy and accurate mortar bombardment.
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
URGENT need for BLOOD in #Tripoli. Fighters sending wounded2 hospital, having2 donate blood, instead of returning directly2 front #Libya
URGENT need 4 "rare" blood types. Calls 4 commanders2 prevent any1 w rare type on battlefield; any injury death is sentence #Tripoli #Libya
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
I'm reading that Belhaj, leader of the military council of Tripoli, is the one responsible for destroying muslim shrines in Tripoli. #Libya
These are the rumours, I'm sure we'll hear more soon.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Telegraph
Libya: Pro-Gaddafi fighters filmed firing Scud missile in battle for Sirte Amateur footage captured from a pro-Gaddafi fighter is purported to show a Scud missile being fired in Sirte as the bloody battle for the loyalist stronghold reaches a crescendo Oct. 8
More and video:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/libya-video/8815069/Libya-Pro-Gaddafi-fighters-filmed-firing-Scud-missile-in-battle-for-Sirte.html
Niz_FGM Niz
Art of a Free Generation-This project aims to collect photos & videos of art from all over Tripoli. More on FB page -
facebook.com/FGMovement
Sky News
'Dogfight' For Heart Of Gaddafi Stronghold Libya's interim government forces are preparing to push into the heart of Colonel Gaddafi's home town where 1,000 loyalists may be holed up.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have managed to seize Sirte's main hospital, a conference centre and university buildings in the suburbs.
But they are now trying to move further into the city and one commander told Sky News that very senior members of the former regime could be there.
That is why Gaddafi loyalists, who still control central residential areas, are putting up stiff resistance. It is turning into something of a dogfight.
More here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/dogfight-heart-gaddafi-stronghold-140524865.html
MUST READ:
Arab News
New Libya springs a surprise everywhere you go BENGHAZI: As newspaper editors so often tell their reporters, there is a story on every street, around every corner. Never has that been more so than in Libya at present.
Driving around Benghazi a couple of weeks ago, we (the Arab News correspondent and his invaluable and remarkably well-connected driver Awad) noticed a small group of men being photographed beside a newly planted tree in one of the city’s main squares. Two of the men were in army uniform. Clearly there had to be story there.
We stopped and went over and asked what was happening. A palm tree was being planted in memory of local young men who had been killed in the fight to overthrow strongman Muammar Qaddafi. It was Mohamed Yusif Nabbous’ idea. He runs a popular café in the center of the square called Hud-Hud, after the bird in the Qur'an that took King Solomon’s invitation to Bilqees, queen of Sheba.
This was not the only tree planned. There was another little island a few meters away in the square where nothing grew. A tree would be planted there, in memory of Nabbous’ cousin.
Also called Mohammed, he is one of great heroes of the revolution. Before it happened he was a local businessman and journalist. On Feb. 19, four days after the pro-democracy uprising broke out, he launched the first independent TV station, Libya Al-Hurra (Free Libya).
Nabbous was determined the world should know exactly what was going on in the early days of the struggle for freedom. He was passionate about getting the news out.
Read more:
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article511057.ece
AGI
RASMUSSEN BELIEVES LIBYA MISSION ALMOST OVER
(AGI) Bucharest - NATO's Secretary General anders Fogh Rasmussen, has said he believes the end of the mission in Libya is "quite close", reiterating that Muammar Gaddafi "is not a target" in NATO's military campaign. "We are quite close to the end of this operation," said Rasmussen, also adding that "we will continue for as long as necessary."
Source:
http://www.agi.it/english-version/world/elenco-notizie/201110101742-pol-ren1072-rasmussen_believes_libya_mission_almost_over
National Post
A National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter fires an RPG during a street battle in the 700 complex area of "Emarat" against Muammar Gaddafi's troops on October 8, 2011 in Sirte, Libya. NTC fighters say this is the final assault on Muammar Gaddafi's home town as they capture the main hospital, University and the Ouagadougou conference centre in the city.
Photo:
Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/10/photos-of-the-day-oct-10-2011/
VOA
Libya's Transitional Government Faces Human Rights Challenges Libya's new leaders are forming a transitional government as they consolidate control and battle the remaining forces loyal to deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi. They face numerous challenges - perhaps one of the greatest being in the area of human rights.
Libyans are still savoring freedom and today a popular outing is to visit the sprawling palace grounds of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Read more:
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Libyas-Transitional-Government-Faces-Human-Rights-Challenges-131452833.html
Niz_FGM Niz
We will provide an email address soon for those who want to help and assist on various activities for Libya.
More information on our projects & our progress can be found on our facebook page. Our website will launch in its full form soon
More on our projects here..... https://www.facebook.com/FGMovement
MohamedLibya88
The libyan #NTC has officially recognized the syrian NTC and shut down the #Syrian embassy in #tripoli #libya
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Op Ed:What can Afghanistan and Bosnia teach us about Libya? bit.ly/pKrou3 #libya
Freedom fighters play soccer during an attack against pro-Gadhafi forces beside the Ouagadougou conference center of Sirte, Sunday October 9. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Pic:
http://goo.gl/Zlm27
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
photo: tragic situation at #Sirte hospital 1 wounded with bullets still inside since 5 days fighting nearby #Libya
yfrog.com/nyh4pxj
photo: this is the end of a crazy dream Ouagadougou destroyed #Sirte #Libya http://yfrog.com/h8zn6qqj
Niz_FGM Niz
Library Book Drive-New project linking individuals,schools,libraries & bookshops in US with Libyan libraries to provide english&arabic books
Khadija
I love love love love love love the idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NadineFarkash Free Libya ♔☾✰
Injured #FFs from Misratah in Tunisian hospitals.
yfrog.com/ny203cpj
yfrog.com/oe65fisj
yfrog.com/h77d2hgj
yfrog.com/oe9k9ytj
Saif #Gaddafi actually had a big Shafshufa! Safiya is maaaad:p http://yfrog.com/hw437qej
Video:
Captured Gaddafi soldier in #Sirte admits to raping 4 females aged 14-20 #libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoKB5quWSs
Tweeting Tripoli
I see the NTC's temp constitution good as it is. I don't want Sharia to be the only source.
I don't mind if Sharia was one of the sources, but not as the only source. That would be Taliban.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#URGENT: Blood donations desperately needed at hospitals in #Tripoli, #Garyan, #Zawya. #Libya
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Now i wish i was in #Libya for this Festival
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQu5Gs0Quw
libyahmed
i'm p****d! i got a leaflet for this last night while driving home. I leave on the 13th! :(
plane only leaves on Thursdays :( otherwise I would've booked it to come back on the Sunday! absolutely gutted!
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Want to join FGM RT @Niz_FGM: We will provide an email address soon for those who want to help and assist on various activities for Libya.
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
photo: NTC fighters painting over a Gaddafi photo in front of Ouagadougou Hall yfrog.com/h6gyoukj
la cruz roja está intentando evacuar a decenas d heridos dl hospital d #Sirte su situación s terrible todavía se combate alrededor #Libia
photo: yesterday fighting at the seaside avenue very slow advance lot's of casualties #Sirte #Libya
http://yfrog.com/h879yknj
James
Got to give it to the liberation forces they are very brave
Reuters
Slideshow:
Battle for Sirte Photo Gallery:
http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTR2S5YH#a=9
Sirtawi
The news (very often contradictory) from #Sirte is absolutely overwhelming at times.
REUTERS: Anti-G fighters check the passengers of a passing car for suspected Gaddafi loyalists... lol at the caption!
http://pic.twitter.com/h3m5giMG
France 24
Delphine Minoui, auteur de "Tripoliwood"
Tripoliwood où la manipulation des médias par Kadhafi pendant la révolution.
Virginie Herz rencontre Delphine Minoui, auteur de "Tripoliwood" et grand reporter au Figaro. Elle nous convie dans son livre à un voyage surréaliste où la farce côtoie la tragédie. Elle raconte son séjour en Libye, une mise en scène organisée par le gouvernement Kadhafi pour manipuler les journalistes.
Le surréalisme règne. A VOIR !
Video:
http://goo.gl/zeUjH
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
does anyone have the link to the drugs found in #Libya worth over 50 million dollars?
Revolutionaries from the West and East starting to converge in central #Sirte, there's a risk of friendly fire. via @Reuters
Older art.
Globe and Mail
Who will control Libya’s new media? From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2011 “The media market is absolutely free,” he said from the modern office of his new Libya Al Hurra station in the centre of the capital. “Everyone has the right to present what he wants as long as you don’t break the rules.”
In fact, in the new Libya there are no rules. The country is running on ad-hoc decisions most often made by committees in individual towns and neighbourhoods. The Transitional National Council, the anti-Gadhafi forces’ provisional governing body, has not appointed interim ministers.
More:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/who-will-control-libyas-new-media/article2182337/
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya ali al salami Islamic cleric tells me after liberation is declared ... "We need a govt &national consensus on the prime minister"
#Libya sallabi to aje The government should be comprised of qualified people ... Young people ... Those over 60 should be advisers ...
#Libya Ali al Sallabi to aje prime minister should be accepted by all political forces ...There are many qualified people for the job
#Libya ali al sallabi if There is national consensus on the next prime minister then the process of laying down arms can begin
#Libya Sallabi to AJE 24:18 my opinion once people feel goals of revolution achieved they will hand in their weapons to the national army
China Daily
Gadhafi escorted family to Algerian border
ALGIERS - Toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi had reportedly escorted his family members to the border with Algeria on August 29 to make sure of their safe entry into the neighboring country, an Algerian newspaper said Monday.
The Arabic-language daily El Khabar quoted a well-informed Algerian source as saying that Gadhafi himself did not request to enter Algeria, and stayed at a spot close to the border, waiting for the Algerian authorities to allow the entry of his family members, including his wife Safia, his daughter Aisha, his sons Mohamed and Hannibal, and his grandsons.
Algeria permitted the entry of the Gadhafi family on August 29 on humanitarian ground.
Gadhafi's whereabouts remain unknown since fighters of the Libyan National Transitional Council captured the country's capital Tripoli and stormed his Bab Al-Azizya compound.
Source:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-10/10/content_13864858.htm
Asharq Alawsat
Inside Gaddafi’s chemical weapons factory: 9 tons of mustard gas susceptible to theft
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Asharq al-Awsat has obtained the first photographs of a Libyan chemical weapons factory and warehouse belonging to the army of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, located in the region of al-Jufra, less than 200 km to the south of Sirte.
Sources from al-Jufra region said that al-Sadd battalion, which is affiliated to the revolutionaries, was previously guarding the area encompassing the chemical weapons factory and warehouse. However, the battalion has since withdrawn from the region, leaving a stockpile of deadly weapons vulnerable to theft.
The sources added that al-Sadd battalion has returned to Misratah in the north, and that the current number of guards deployed at the chemical weapons site, which contains some 9 tons of mustard gas and dozens of barrels contaminated with chemicals, is just two men armed with Kalashnikov rifles and an urban vehicle.
Read more:
http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=3&id=26889
javierespinosa2 JAVIER ESPINOSA
1 NTC fighter: "How much cost this? billions only to allow him (Gaddafi) to feel like the king of kings!!" #Ouagadougou #Sirte #Libya
photo: Mauritanian neighborhood one of the bloodiest battles in #Sirte still going on #Libya
http://yfrog.com/nyp54xwj
Sarah
Fathi Hamed on Libya Al Ahrar #Libya
Telegraph
Libya: rebel fighters push on as final battle for Sirte looms Revolutionary forces swept several hundred yards further into Col Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace of Sirte, but remain unable to secure a final victory as fierce fighting continued on Monday night. Around four hundred yards north of the landmark Ouagadougou convention centre which was captured on Sunday, a brigade of fighters from Misurata became pinned down in street fighting between more densely built town houses.
At least three significant residential neighbourhoods remained to clear they said.
To the west a television and radio station occupied by fighters loyal to Col Gaddafi changed hands at least once during the day.
Read more:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8818762/Libya-rebel-fighters-push-on-as-final-battle-for-Sirte-looms.html
Guardian
The Guardian's Peter Beaumont in #Sirte amidst the battle for control of the TV station Audio:
http://audioboo.fm/boos/499961-the-guardian-s-peter-beaumont-in-sirte-amidst-the-battle-for-control-of-the-tv-station
Tarek
A friend of mine has change his name from Moammer to Omar. I remember that he was always embarrassed when we call him.
Inside the Control Room (Bunker) at #Khamis 32 Brigade in south #Tripoli which was hit by #NATO. #Libya
http://twitpic.com/6yerfh
Khadija
BBC radio will be available in Tripoli in Arabic on 91.5FM and English on 92.5FM soon - follow @honeybal for details #libya #feb17
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Mohanad. A young man who left the #USA to come and fight for his Country.May your soul rest in peace brother #Libya
pic.twitter.com/gdsz9KtI
#FF's are surrounding the G'Loyalists in a small area of #Sirt but its crowded with civilians so they are letting them leave first #Libya
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
AFP:
Libya #NTC recognizes #syria national council and closes #syria embassy in #tripoli.
Moussa Al Kouni, member of #Libya #NTC: "#Libya decides 2 recognize #syria #NTC, & close embassy of #syria in country"
ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Does anyone have the link to the #TripoliSniper ..i cant find the video on youtube anymore
Matog
These are all of his videos
http://goo.gl/F6HA6
Newsday
Libyan official: Gadhafi hiding in southern desert A representative of Libya's ethnic Tuareg group says he believes Moammar Gadhafi is hiding in the southwestern desert near the borders with Niger and Algeria.
Moussa al-Kouni, the Tuareg representative on the governing National Transitional Council, says the fugitive leader could even be taking advantage of the rough terrain to go back and forth unnoticed across the border into Niger.
Al-Kouni produced no evidence during a news conference Monday. But he claims Gadhafi sent his son Khamis to the area two months before Tripoli fell to set up a radio station and make preparations in case the regime had to flee.
Read more:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/libyan-official-gadhafi-hiding-in-southern-desert-1.3234273
Tweeting Tripoli
BREAKING: Libyan NTC recognizes Syrian NTC via Alarabia #Syria #Libya yfrog.com/hsrkgclj
BREAKING: Libyan closes Syrian embassy in Tripoli via Alarabia. #Syria #Libya http://yfrog.com/j2qwvjj
Tarek
Another hit at #Khamis 32 Brigade in south #Tripoli, the Brigade was subject to massive attacks by #NATO. #Libya
twitpic.com/6yeurq
The backside of main gate to #Khamis 32 Brigade in south #Tripoli, it's massive and partly damaged by FF when taki
http://twitpic.com/6yexhl
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
the fearsome Gaddafi snipers captured today- three scruffy looking men from Mali, said were paid 1,000 dinar a month to keep fighting #sirte
Reuters
Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict The European Union expressed concern on Monday over the fate of conventional weapons in Libya
Libyan transitional government forces said they had cornered Muammar Gaddafi loyalists
Many civilians from Sirte are also fighting
Elsewhere in the city, grown rich on 42 years of Gaddafi largesse, troops and residents still loyal to the former leader launched counter attacks
Libya may be able to return to its pre-war-level oil output earlier than 2013
A prominent and influential Libyan Islamist cleric has demanded a role for "moderate" Islam in politics.
Full report:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/us-libya-nato-idUSTRE79944B20111010
Reuters
UK says helping track missiles missing in Libya British military experts have helped disarm a number of surface-to-air-missiles in Libya previously held by the former regime, British Defense Secretary Liam Fox said on Monday.
The military staff had also identified a number of other places in the north African country where the weapons may be sited, said Fox, who visited Tripoli at the weekend
Read more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44846251/ns/world_news-europe/#.TpMq1N7qOB0
Tarek
There are too many stories of brave and courageous ppl who were fighting #Gaddafi while he was controlling #Tripoli
Graffiti in Souk Al Juma about the revolution, #Tripoli #Libya
http://twitpic.com/6yez5h
Austrian Times
OMV resume Libya oil production Austrian oil and gas group OMV have announced today that production in Libya will recommence by the end of the year.
In March, security fears due to the outbreak of political conflict enforced a postponement in production.
OMV, one of Austria’s largest listed industrial companies, has been present in Libya since 1975 and in fact produces 10 percent of its oil in the North African country.
More and source:
http://austriantimes.at/news/Business/2011-10-10/36801/OMV_resume_Libya_oil_production#.TpM5nhcjqT4.twitter
I like this one (Graffiti in Souk Aljuama, #Tripoli) #Libya http://twitpic.com/6yf1cq
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Murabit= Shrine 4 saints
They r martyrs who fought a "holy war" and became saints #Tripoli Libya
#TRIPOLI agroup of more than 200 gunmen attacked a mosque and ransacked the tombs of two Imams witnesses said on Monday #Libya
Tweeps please take some time to read the timeline of @Niz_FGM Info aboutt Projects and how to help #Libya
#YES ! #Gaddafi Goons are Trapped in Center of #Sirte Video goo.gl/YLB36 NTC Fighters Control 80% of Sirte #Libya
#SIRTE Col. Younis alAbdally said his troops have surrounded Gaddafi fighters in a small area in the upscale Dollar Street area #Libya
#SIRTE Red Cross team R evacuating over 100 patients from Ibn Sina Hospital left behind by Gaddafi troops on Monday #Libya
#TRIPOLI alMasri Abt 250 BeardedUniformed Men Ransacked 2Tombs of Imams AbdelRahmanelMasri & SalemAbuSeif StealingRelics BurnedBooks #Libya
They were wearing military uniforms and had beards thats all what I know so far
#Tripoli Last wk a Gargaresh Muslim cemetery + another 1 nr Trip Airport were ransacked apparently with pneumatic drills +heavy tools #Libya
#Sirte Ibn Sina Hospital DR says It was a #holocaust We had no drugs no oxygen no electricity no water #Libya
Today Sirte
AJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljUNXn9Ac5M
#TRIPOLI URGENT APPEAL for rare bloodtypes like Bloodtype O to Donate Blood over 150 wounded in battle BaniWalid arrived in Tripoli #Libya
On Monday #LiamFox;British military experts in #Libya helped disarm number of surface-to-air-missiles previously held by #Gaddafi regime
Britain + United States have a small team of military specialists working alongside the #Libya ns searching4 +Disarming surface2airMissiles
#Sirte Bloody Battle ;NTC Fighters got 70% control; The Suburbs of Sirte but Most difficult 30% in center still in #Gaddafi forces hands
#BaniWalid where Saif al Islam and his papa #Gaddafi are said 2b holed up #NATO said its warplanes struck 3 armed vehicles Sunday #Libya
PatriotSmurf
FYI Gaddafi prohibited #Libyans from registering their children after his bad name (Moammer) at municipalities in the last 10 years
Tarek
Oh #Gaddafi where is the rest of our money? You thief!! #Tripoli #Libya twitpic.com/6yf3uw
"We don't give up, we either win or die" #Tripoli #Libya
http://twitpic.com/6yf54e
hominoid555 Russell
Libya Shukri Ghanem was given Italian citizenship in exchange for contracts with the Italian oil giant Eni. Eni one care !
hominoid555 Russell
Bazeen Libyan food
http://libyanfood.blogspot.com/2010/08/bazeen.html
Libyan4life
Have a Libyan friend? Have they told you about Bazeen but you cant seem to visualize it? Check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pydo2SpPe_g&sns=em
markito0171 Mark
#Libya #NTC map of #Sirte shows location of Forces and the final battle in the city-center
twitpic.com/6y5bxj
#Libya #NTC map of #BaniWalid shows location of forces.->east Misrata-forces,->north Tripoli, ->south Nafusa
twitpic.com/6y6f74
hominoid555
Street art Al Khoms Libya
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=252656221447185&set=a.246814055364735.60405.118995841479891&&ref=nf
Libyan students in Jordan expelled the Libyan embassy staff on charges they were supporters of the former regime !
Aljazeera
The Al Jazeera English Tumblr Libyan fighters make limited gains in Sirte | Anti-Gaddafi forces capture residential area but face stiff resistance in battle for toppled leader’s home city.
http://aljazeera.tumblr.com/post/11254322954/libyan-fighters-make-limited-gains-in-sirte
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Proud to be Libyan and proud to have our NTC. #libya #feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Libya NTC made me proud today as a Libya with their recognition of Syria NTC ... Allahu Akbar ... We are ONE #SNC #feb17
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
Libya just gave your 'warning' the #RevolutionaryMiddleFinger. RT@nprnews #Syria Warns Countries Not To Recognize Opposition
Libyan4life
#Libya to close the Syrian embassy in #Tripoli -- a move showing our solidarity to our brothers and sisters in #Syria
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Libyans and Syrians are brothers. Bashar helped Gaddafi when he was busy killing us, it's our turn to help Syrians gain freedom. #feb17
Khadija
<3 Syria <3 we are all behind you!! From <3 Libya <3 #InSolidarityWithSyria
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Libya is the first country to recognize the #SNC. #Syria
Tarek
#Libya #NTC is reported to be the first to recognise the #Syrian #NTC. New #Arab Unity in making.
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Libyans can feel your pain #Syria.Thats why our #NTC that represents us all has closed down the Syrian embassy & recognised your NTC #Libya
A #Demonstration should be organised in all the cities of #Libya this Friday to show our support to all our brothers and sisters in #Syria
mariya
Thank you #Libya... looking for the same from #Tunisia & #Egypt. #SyrianNC #Syria #mar15 #ArabSpring
tweets4peace ♡ Freedom ✌ Syria ♡
♥ Thank you #Libya ♥ NTC recognises the SNC as sole representative of the Syrian people and closes the Syrian embassy in Tripoli. ♥ #Syria
Khadija Ali
Let's start the #InSolidarityWithSyria hashtag. #Libya #ArabSpring #Egypt #Tunisia #Syria #freedom #Feb17 #Jan25 #Liberty #Justice
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
#Libya and #Syria we are united against the tyrants and for freedom dignity and democracy. No to suppression.
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#Syrian warning Tough measures’ will b taken against nations that recognize opposition group
goo.gl/3nhGL #Libya has recognized them
Tweeting Tripoli
What are they going to do? Send pilots to bomb us? They already did. Host an anti-Libyan terrorist TV station? They did.
Aljazeera
Libyan fighters push deeper into Sirte
NTC forces say they are preparing to fight street by street in the face of stubborn resistance from Gaddafi loyalists.
Libyan fighters have made major progress into Sirte, the home city of toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi.
National Transitional Council (NTC) forces said on Sunday they had managed to take control of Al Giza district, where a large number of pro-Gaddafi forces were based, as well as the city's university, and Ibn Sina hospital.
Some 15 Gaddafi loyalists were captured from the hospital, a witness told the Reuters news agency.
Despite stiff resistance from Gaddafi loyalists,NTC fighters also captured the Ouagadougou conference centre, which is believed to have housed the command centre of Gaddafi's forces and was protected by a large number of snipers.
Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting from Sirte, said: "They have taken the
Ouagadougou conference centre, the university, and the hospital. But there has been intense fighting for a third day.
More and video:
http://goo.gl/eFkEB
Tarek
#Libya Independence Day is 24 December 1951.
twitpic.com/6yf8a4
Dictators like #Gaddafi, #Hitler etc speak one and only language. it's violence. #Libya
There was even a prison inside #Khamis 32 Brigade in #Tripoli, #Libya http://twitpic.com/6yfa3l
The Parade Square at #Khamis 32 Brigade in #Tripoli. #Libya
http://twitpic.com/6yfcip
There was a small demonstration today in front of Corantia Hotel in #Tripoli by Mashashia Tribe to seek forgiveness I guess. #Libya
( The small village which was accused of attacking Nafousa Mountains and supporting #Gaddafi.)
A beautifully designed military court at #Khamis 32 Brigade in #Tripoli, there were lots of military orders. #Liby
http://twitpic.com/6yfeg5
Inside one of the empty bunkers at #Khamis 32 Brigade in #Tripoli, #Libya http://twitpic.com/6yfg39
Tweeting Tripoli
Actually, there were huge protests since yesterday infront of Syrian embassy. NTC respected people's wish.
BintTarablis KC
by 2011feb17
Why did Libya recognise The Syrian National Council ? Because the Syrian struggle is our struggle. #Libya and #Syria are one. Same pain.
Nusaiba
So proud of our NTC.This is what change of regime is all about.We're proving to the world once again that #Feb17 was a successful revolution
alexrossiSKY alex rossi
Spraying fire on the frontline - #Sirte #Libya
pic.twitter.com/9GaffUu9
Another grad rocket wings its way to #Sirte citadel - my pic of the day http://pic.twitter.com/pWsYpsRr
it's all pretty fluid - hospital, conference and uni secure but mortar and gunfire still coming back
pretty sure that one hit buildings - don't know if anyone inside. They've got spotters forward calling in the strikes.
Tweeting Tripoli
LOL.... It's my guitar plying time, nothing can make me skip my guitar playing time“@4Adam:
pic.twitter.com/MC6T6xVZ” #Sirte #feb17 #Libya #epic
A. Kenshil :
"Heavy clashes in the North front of #BaniWalid this morning. The freedom fighters were being shelled by GFs." #Libya
"We can say that now the Freedom Fighters have ~80% of #BaniWalid under their control." #Libya
"Yesterday the Freedom Fighters reached the city center but was full of mercenaries(~2000) heavily armed so ..." #BaniWalid. 1/2
"... they withdrawn to the outskirts of the airport." 2/2 #BaniWalid #Libya
WyreDavies Wyre Davies
Comms difficult from #Sirte but battle for #Libya not yet over. Forces loyal to #Gaddafi slowly being pushed back towards the sea (1/2)
At main hospital in #Sirte today. Many civilian casualties inc children. Wounded #Gaddaffi fighters also. Very heavy shelling of city (2/2)
For 1st time in #Libya conflict fighters try to take a city they don't know from v committed soldiers who know it well. (Weather crap too)
Hårde kampe i Libyen
19:35 10.10.2011
I Libyen raser kampene mellem de Gaddafi-tro styrker og overgangsregeringens tropper i byen Sirte.
Video:
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/video/index/id/44508684/
MatogSaleh Matog Saleh
Rumours just now are saying that FF's have full control of Sirt!!
#Sirt is a Free City now.All areas of the City have been freed from #Gadaffi Loyalists and we are one step closer to our target #Libya
#Sirt has been freed from #Gadaffi loyalists. #Libya is on its way to achieving what we once thought was impossible !!
UBA report that #Sirt is now in full control of the FF's #Libya
https://www.facebook.com/OnlyLibya
( Umweltbundesamt = German)
Gunfire can be heard all around #Tripoli right now. I am really starting to believe that #Sirt is a free City #Libya
Sarah
Whatever is happening now in #Sirte and #BaniWalid Takbeeeeeer !!!
baysontheroad JAMES BAYS
Back in #LIBYA. fourteen hours door to door from London to Tripoli hotel.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya ali al sallabi if There is national consensus on the next prime minister then the process of laying down arms can begin
Libyan4life
Here is the BETTER question: Who the HELL is Ali Sallabi to be ''advising'' or giving his opinion on #Libya?
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Those extremists are sneaky bastards. While Libyans are fighting on the front to free rest of the country, they're busy enforcing own agenda
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Beautiful Rainbow in Tripoli today after the rain showers. #Libya pic.twitter.com/n63DOtmp
FreeSyria.
I swear, I love Libya. Nothing closer than the Libya-Syria bond. #Libya #Syria
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
May Libya always stand by the oppressed wherever & whomever they may be. Let us always be the enemy of injustice & the unjust #syria #Feb17
Bashar you officially have 7 more million enemies today. We are called Libyans. We never surrender, We Win or Die #Syria #libya #SNC #Feb17
If Yemen had a National Transitional Council, Libya would recognize it too #feb17 #Syria
Syria ...The key to Victory is Allahu Akbar .Take it from me as a Libyan. It's tried and tested. Nothing scares despots more #Feb17 #libya
Moment our free Syrian brothers joined the protest in front of Libya London Embassy 2 April 2011
http://is.gd/5pZc2H #Syria #Feb17 #SNC
FromJoanne Joanne ♌ Leo
#NATO Admiral Giampaolo DiPaola told #German lawmakers in Confidential Briefing NATO lost track of 10,000 surface2air missiles in #Libya
FIERCE fighting continues tonight but Revolutionary forces swept several hundred yards further into #Sirte http://goo.gl/YCzhK #Libya
#Libya #NOC Leaked Report #Oil to DOUBLE by November Output Recovering Far Faster then Expected goo.gl/UvBup #RepsolSA
Saif al Islam was last seen in #Bani #Walid on Saturday night handing out money to his Gaddafi goons #Libya
#NOC #ShakMak: #Libya #Oil sector to b freed up under New Gov. Companies more say over Exploration Projects Operations
goo.gl/pzgkO
#Photo #Blog The month-long battle fighting for #Sirte by all appearances seems to be Intensifying
goo.gl/YCl1B #Libya
#Sirte Map Combat Zone of #NTC and #Gaddafi Fighters
goo.gl/11FXV #Libya
Video Fighting to the finish in #Sirte
http://bit.ly/r6Ojk7 #Libya #Reuters
#Video Intense fighting in battle for #Sirte where Gaddafi liked to spend his millions bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… #Libya #BBC
Lest we Forget :
FACT
On the 1th of March 2011 France became the FIRST country to officially recognize the NTC Libya now recogn.> Syria