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SUMMARY JULY 16 2011
7/16/2011
7.16.29011
We pray for the safety of our brave ff’s in Brega.
WAITING FOR NEWS FROM BREGA………
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/DSJRN
NATOpress NATO Press
NATO Secretary General at the International Contact Group for Libya in Istanbul: NATO remains committed to protect the Libyan people
The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Istanbul on 15 July 2011 and attended the meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya. During the meeting, the Secretary General said that NATO is supportive of all efforts to find a political solution to the Libya crisis and commended the initiative to develop a roadmap.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_76455...
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Libyan FF made fast progress on Brega tonight they could liberate it completely by tomorrow!
BREAKING: some freedom movements in Tripoli, Tarhuan, Aljumayil, Ghiriyan, Azzawiah, al waddan, Surt, Hoon, Sebha, Ubari, Surman, Subrata and other cities are putting on DVD and audio CDs the interview with sheikh “Aldukali Muhammad AlAalem” who is highly respected and listened to in many areas of Libya. we are trying to write it down too although it is long and audio and visual versions may be better at this time.
Reuters
Heavy clashes erupted in the Nafusa Mountains near the town of Bir Ghanam on Saturday. Sustained gunfire and volleys of artillery could be heard from the village of Bir Ayad, 15 km (9 miles) south of Bir Ghanam. Rebels at Bir Ghanam hold the high ground on the outskirts of the town, their closest position to the capital, Tripoli, about 80 km (48 miles) away.
Jazeera Arabic
Very intense battles between revolutionaries and Gaddafi forces are also reported around Brega.
libyanandproud
brega is definately BREACHED and g defences have been penetrated .
Joanne
#BREGA Gaddafi forces R concentrated in West of town where they collect injured its very hectic 4 them. FF + #NATO are steadily progressing
Libya In Me
So yesterday news broke out that Brega has been taken over by the FFs. Big celebrations took place in Al-marj and Benghazi
I was pretty iffy about such news. It turns out that they did enter but had to leave due to mines planted there
Our FFs on the frontlines near Brega have also received a new shipment of weapons.
Celebrations consisted of lots of shots fired, pomegranate looking bombs going off, etc. I wish it would stop, complete waste of artillerly
In Zliten the FFs have completed a successful operation where a tank and a rocket launcher were destroyed killing 4 of Gaddafi’s forces
In Nalut, where my dad was, desperate help is needed, especially in the medical field..there is great need for surgeons and equipment
A Free Libyan
#Benghazi people also aiding by donating blood to hospitals. Great deal of determination amongst the people.
hominoid
The media circle of the 17 Feb libyan Revolution, 10 Martyrs and 168 wounded in clashes in Albreigah yesterday yes that is Brega
libyanandproud
#Brega : The slow progress is due 2: g forces are entrenched and breach of the g defensive positions was hard and successful
A Free Libyan
Disturbing reports from #Brega indicate that many G soldiers have been found executed. #Libya #Feb17
Straits Times:
Libya rebels breach Brega
BENGHAZI – LIBYAN rebels were poised for an attempt to retake Brega on Saturday after breaching the key oil refinery town’s defences, buoyed by the recognition of their administration by major powers.
The recognition decision, taken by members of the International Contact Group on Libya at a meeting in Istanbul on Friday, clears the way for the release of funds frozen in accordance with sanctions adopted against the government of veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Rebel military spokesman Mohammed Zawi told AFP that a light mobile force had breached loyalist positions around Brega late on Friday, before pulling back in anticipation of a renewed offensive early on Saturday.
A group of reconnaissance troops entered the town from the north, then pulled back four kilometres (two and a half miles) before midnight (6am Singapore time), Mr Zawi said.
‘Tomorrow we can take Brega, God willing,’ he said.
The probing raid on the front line between the rebel-held east and the mainly government-held west came some 32 hours after the rebel command launched a three-pronged attack against Gaddafi’s forces in Brega, who were thought to have numbered around 3,000. — AFP
SecularLibya
Heinz, since start of this advance, Daffi has lost 800 men in #Brega from defection, injury or dead. Lot of triage traffic in W Brega
Heinz: The fighting Daffis are outside #Brega. If they move into urban areas, then the defection rate jumps up. So they have to hold outside
Qadafi tried to send 4 tanks on transporters and 5 launcher trucks to #Brega last night from Ras Lanuf, only to be destroyed by NATO.
FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO a Destroyer positioned in Gulf of Sirte along #Brega shore is firing at Gaddafi positions #Libya
Libya In Me
The number of mines planted by Gaddafi’s forces in and around Brega is hard to believe. They are making it really difficult for FFs to enter
Libia: ribelli preparano avanzata Brega
(ANSA) – AJDABIYA (LIBIA), 16 LUG – I ribelli libici si preparano oggi ad avanzare sul fronte orientale nel tentativo di dare l’assalto alla città petrolifera di Brega, dopo che ieri sera una loro unità è riuscita ad introdursi nella città. Il portavoce ‘militare’ degli insorti a Bengasi, Mohammed Zawi, aveva riferito dell’incursione ieri sera di circa 50 ribelli, penetrati da nord, prima di ritirarsi nuovamente poco dopo
Source:
www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnew...
Libya rebels poised to attempt to retake Brega
AJDABIYA, Libya — Libyan rebels were poised on Saturday for an attempt to retake Brega after breaching the key oil refinery town’s defences in a probing raid.
While the rebels’ forward position to the north was four kilometres from the town centre, a second unit attacking from due east of Brega faced stiffer resistance and was about 10-20 kilometres (six to 12 miles) from the town.
“Most of Kadhafi’s troops seem to be at the centre,” Zawi said.
Rebels were trying to dispose of more than 150 landmines already found outside the town, to make way for heavy artillery.
But the assault took a bloody toll, with at least 10 dead and 172 wounded, according to medics.
Lying prone in “Bed 2,” 19-year-old Ali Saleh said he had been in the central rebel column in the early hours of the morning when his armoured personnel carrier hit a mine.
“We were very close to Brega at around three in the morning, then we got instructions from NATO to fall back and as we were falling back the vehicle hit a mine, destroying the chain track.”
Full art AFP:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
ALJAZEERA
Libya rebels killed trying to re-take Brega
A Libyan medical official says 10 rebel fighters have been killed and 172 wounded in an attack on a strategic eastern oil town controlled by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader.
Mohammed Idris said on Saturday that rebel forces entered the front-line town of Brega the night before and that government shelling and land mines killed the rebels.
He also said rebel forces had captured four government soldiers.
It was unclear whether any other government troops were killed and whether the fighting had advanced the rebel front line.
“We are told that the bulk of the opposition fighters are some 20km outside of Brega, kept at bay with Grad rockets fired by Gaddafi’s fighters,” Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught, reporting from rebel-held Benghazi, said.
Heavy clashes also broke out on Saturday at the front line in the Western Mountains town of Bir Ghanam.
Rebels hold the high ground on the outskirts of the town, their closest position to Tripoli, just 80km away.
Libya’s opposition received a boost on Friday from Istanbul when more than 30 nations – including the US – recognised their National Transitional Council.
But the civil war has fallen into a stalemate, with rebel forces unable to make significant advances, even while NATO bombs Gaddafi’s troops under a UN mandate to protect civilians.
Returning to key town
Libyan rebels were poised for an attempt on Saturday to retake Brega after breaching the key oil refinery town’s defences in a probing raid.
Mohammed Zawi, a rebel military spokesman, told the AFP news agency that a light mobile force had breached loyalist positions around Brega late on Friday, before pulling back for a renewed offensive early on Saturday.
A group of around 50 reconnaissance troops entered the town from the north, then pulled back four kilometres before midnight, Zawi said.
The probing raid on the front line between the rebel-held east and the mainly government-held west came some 32 hours after the rebel command launched a three-pronged attack against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, who were thought to have numbered around 3,000.
While the rebels’ forward position to the north was four kilometres from the town centre, a second unit attacking from due east of Brega faced stiffer resistance.
“Most of Gaddafi’s troops seem to be at the centre,” Zawi said.
Rebels were trying to dispose of more than 150 landmines already found outside the town, to make way for heavy artillery.
Full art. Here:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
TV5Monde
Libye: les rebelles se préparent à prendre la ville pétrolière de Brega
AJDABIYA (Libye) (AFP) – 16.07.2011 10:00
Les insurgés, galvanisés par la reconnaissance internationale de leur représentation politique, se préparaient samedi à progresser sur le front Est en prenant la cité pétrolière de Brega après y avoir réussi une incursion vendredi soir
Read more:
www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/info...
Abeidi Libya, Brega smell of rats in between FF in the south axis The national army investigate at the moment and dealing with it. Stupid traitors
Libya In Me
The world needs to know that Brega is tough to enter, and NATO is right to stop FFs from proceeding. Brega is not Misrata, Zawiya, or Zintan
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Gaddafi forces planted land mines in Al #Brega have caused injuries for 10s of Freedom Fighters and loss of limbs.
Abeidi
Libya, Brega reports not good from the south axis where they pushed back and many tanks lost with FF
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Nafousa Mountains: Freedom fighters are also clashing with Gaddafi forces in Miskah west of Gheryan and Bir Ghanam south of Zawiya
FromJoanne Joanne
In #Nafusa the FF are closing in on #Asabeah they are 4 km away from Gaddafis Country house #Libya
“At Misrata’s military HQ, fighters greet each other not with salutes, but with bear-hugs, kisses, and cries of Allahu Akbar (God is Great)”
libyanandproud
A #NATO Destroyer positioned in the Gulf of Sidre along the coast is firing at #Gaddafi forces in #Brega.
A Free Libyan
AJE/Reuters – Clashes ongoing in the town of #BirGhanam
FromJoanne Joanne
Saturday Morning Convoy of 15 Gaddafi vehicles advanced on #BirGhanam shelling town but FF 15KM away in BirAyad made G Forces RETREAT #Libya
libyanandproud
#Misrata : More than 15 Mosques have been damaged and in some cases completely destroyed by #Gaddafi forces since #Feb17 .
A Free Libyan
VIDEO – youtube.com/watch?v=5bBf_g… – FF tank attacking G from around #Ajdabiya #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bBf_gsizas&feature=player_embedded#at=46
Libya, Jul 16,
by Hussein Al-Omari on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 11:10am
(Sources: Aljazeera)
1. The revolutionary fighters are determined to take over Brega very soon. They are set to attack the city from three fronts: the east, the south, and the west.
2. Last night, after midnight, the revolutionary fighters sent surveillance units inside Brega from the northern side then they retreated for 4 Km to prepare for a new attack.
3. Gaddafi forces are massed in the center of Brega.
4. The revolutionary fighters tried to enter Brega also from the southern side but suffered heavy casualties due to heavy attacks by Gaddafi forces on them.
5. The revolutionary fighters also faced strong resistance from the eastern side as well.
6. The revolutionary fighters are now cleaning the area around Brega from the land mines implanted by Gaddafi forces.
7. Both sides are expected to dig trenches to protect themselves in the open desert area.
8. The revolutionary fighters say that they expect to capture the city today.
9. About 5 of the revolutionary fighters got killed and 75 wounded so far in the fighting in the middle between Brega and Ajdabiya in Al-Arbaeen area (the 40 Km area). The revolutionary fighters had taken control of this strategic area.
10. Gaddafi forces bombed the area of Al-Nuaimeh west of Misrata and killed 9 of the revolutionary fighters and wounded 35.
11. The revolutionary fighters are using large concrete water pipes to hide inside from the intense shelling by Gaddafi forces in the west of Misrata. The caterpillars brought them the empty unused pipes.
12. The revolutionary fighters had a plan to attack Tripoli from the south yesterday but had to postpone it due to technical mistakes.
13. The revolutionary fighters had recaptured the town of Al-Qawalish two days ago after 7 of them were killed in fights with Gaddafi forces.
14. The revolutionary fighters were planning to move on to Gharyan but their ammunition ran out after Gaddafi forces attacked them in Al-Qawalish.
15. The United Nations mission announced that Misrata is in bad need for sending more humanitarian aid due to higher prices, less buying power, and shortage of medical supplies.
16. NTC media spokesman, Mahmud Shammam, said that no ceasefire will take place before Gaddafi is gone. Fighting Gaddafi during Ramadan is not against Islam and said that great battles of the Prophet (s.a.w.) took place in Ramadan.
17. French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, said that NATO operations will continue during the month of Ramadan,
18. Some western countries said that they will intensify the military pressure on Gaddafi till he steps down.
19. Britain said that its forces destroyed a military personnel carrier in Zleitan west of Misrata. It also said that its forces have damaged or destroyed more than 500 military targets including many command and control units.
20. NATO leader Rasmussen called on NATO countries to provide more planes to be used in the military operations in Libya. In response, Britain announced that it will send four more planes to add to NATO allied forces participating in the operation.
feb17
SKY NEWS:
(Art. from yesterday’s rally)
Thousands Bussed In To Pro-Gaddafi Rally Today
On the main coast road that runs the entire width of Libya countless buses, trucks, vans and cars made their way east from the capital Tripoli and towns and villages en route.
The bussing-in of Gaddafi supporters to apparently uncoordinated rallies has been standard fare for weeks; but this was on a massive scale.
Their destination was the town of Zlitan, 20-odd miles from the rebel front lines. It was to be a huge demonstration of support for the colonel.
Tens of thousands crammed into the town’s main square. Men, women and children, horses and even a camel coloured nose to tail in Libyan green.
One man who had lived for 10 years in Cardiff put his arm on my shoulder when he learned I grew up in Wales.
“I like you, I like Welsh people, I like British people, but I don’t like your government and I don’t like Nato and it’s bombing. Look around you, these people are for real. Trust me, they love Gaddafi,” he said.
Without doubt this was an organised event. Militia and military oversaw and controlled the crowds swirling around the square. But while they were brought to Zlitan there was no doubt that they really do believe in Colonel Gaddafi.
Judging from the mood in Zlitan, without that solution, the next phase of this civil war could be truly horrendous.
Read full report:
feb17.info/news/thousands-bussed-in-to-...
Just a thought:
I don’t believe in luck. I mean, if a rabbit’s foot is supposed to be lucky, then look at what happened to the rabbit!
BBC
Misrata rebels: Stuck in the sand, with sky-high morale
Libyan rebel forces on the front line outside Misrata have one powerful weapon in their fight against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s well-armed troops – self-confidence and high morale.
It’s not often that you find yourself caught up in a real-life metaphor that seems so ludicrously appropriate as to become almost a cliche.
But that’s exactly what happened when, on a recent trip to speak to the rebels about the stalemate on their front line, our car got stuck in the sand.
Our escort was a commander by the name of El Hadi, a softly spoken man with intelligent eyes and a bushy black beard. He was taking us to see his encampment, high on the brow of a hill, overlooking territory held by Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.
We found El Hadi’s fighters lounging up against a sandbank, sheltering from the sun and the bullets, eating spaghetti out of tin-foil containers.
Before the revolution started, El Hadi had been an importer of car tyres. Now he has around 600 men under his command.
These are not soldiers. They are farmers and lawyers, students and engineers. But what they lack in experience, they more than make up for in courage and commitment.
At Misrata’s military HQ, fighters greet each other not with salutes, but with bear-hugs, kisses, and cries of “Allahu Akbar” – “God is Great”.
There’s a frantic atmosphere of energy and industry. Everyone is busy, but no-one seems to know what anyone else is up to.
And yet, somehow, it seems to be working. Close your eyes and you might almost imagine yourself in Petrograd during the Russian revolution, watching a new order struggling to establish itself.
But there is one crucial difference. This is a leaderless revolution, whose only ideology is a single common purpose – the overthrow of Col Gaddafi.
Full art. Here:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our...
libyanandproud
Breaking : #Nafusa : #Asaba’a : Clashes between Asaba’a FF and #Gaddafi forces in the middle of town.
AbE
There is NO FAMILY in #LIBYA that has not been effected by #GadaffiCRIMES and my family was one of them
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#Misrata doctors have performed over 250 amputations on civilians,victims of random shelling by Gaddafiforces #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=bFCYQ1…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFCYQ18DuR0
Portia Walker
Currently in Jadu, on way to Yifran. Hot.
Breaking : Nafusa : Asaba’a : Affrontements entre FreedomFighters de Asaba’a & GF dans le centre de la ville
Nusiba
Praying for the Freedom fighters trying to enter Brega
anitamcnaught Anita McNaught
Benghazi astoundingly normal, compared to Tripoli. No tension. No anxiety. No fear in people’s faces. The future for rest of country.
BBCr4today BBC Radio 4 Today
“It is time that is against Gaddafi,” says @WilliamJHague on the war in #libya. “These operations are sustainable indefinitely”
Inglesi:
those big explosions late Friday night in #Misrata were in #Rwaisat area of town I’m told. Haven’t heard of any casualties
seems that GF have resupplied. rounds of rockets landing around #Misrata over the past 24h. Frontline very hectic too.
Anti-aircraft gun welded to a wheelbarrow at #Misrata’s improvised-weapons factory.
Necessityisthemotherofinventio n
and here is that anti-Gaddafi wheelbarrow, formerly known as an anti-aircraft gun twitpic.com/5r2z79
helicopter rocket pod, rearranged for use on the #Misrata front lines twitpic.com/5r3dgb #feb17 #Libya
Libya Free Forever.
#G plants explosive in sewage, what if everyone in Tropil flushed toilets at once.they could drown the process #Feb 17 Libya, this is REAL.
Gadafi spread Luna rockets 45 &Launchers in #Tripoli directed towards the Center ,Fashloum, Ain Zara, Aldahra,Sug Aljuma’a, S Tajura &shore
“We were very close to Brega… then we got instructions from NATO to fall back” NATO giving orders? aje.me/oXmLjs
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Volley of gunshots can be heard near the #rixos in #Tripoli now. people celebrating or something else?
We think the gunfire was to celebrate the end of Col #Gaddafi speech.
reuters
FACTBOX-Latest developments in Libyan conflict
July 16 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
The #Libya Contact group is meeting at the ottoman Palace in Istanbul Turkey Clinton official says Talks will help prepare #NTC to Govern
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya Faraj al-Shwaib, 91yrs old, "I’d be proud to be the old man who fought #Rommel and #Gaddafi’ A Loyd London twitpic.com/5r1lkv
The Hill Congress Blog:
US Libya policy: Much ado about nothing
Almost four months since NATO airstrikes began against Muammar Gadhafi and his military, the United States has become a mere follower of a dysfunctional and fragmented international approach to Libya. America’s irrelevance in the crisis is now clear. What is also evident is that the collapse of U.S. policy in the oil-rich North African country is a failure of faulted design.
President Barack Obama’s lack of assertiveness – as previously argued – and clarity of vision in foreign policy has come to fruition in dealing with Gadhafi.
The U.S.-backed NATO intervention in Libya saw lively political debate here at home alongside a slow White House decision-making process. Amidst accusations of horrible human rights abuses and war crimes by the Gadhafi regime, President Obama’s executive decision-making on Libya appeared aloof and indecipherable. It also seemed to blur ideological and party lines.
Read full story:
thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign...
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Some #Kikla residents remain bcos they r poor & want 2protect home. Children hide in cellar during shelling #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=v0ZnsC…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ZnsC2gclM
FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya ContactGroupDiplomats discussed financial assistance 4 #NTC 2give them loans while using frozen LibyanRegimeAssets as guarantee
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya cemetery: Libyan faithfully tends graves of foreign World War II dead – latimes.com latimes.com/news/nationwor…
Los Angeles Times
Libyan faithfully tends graves of foreign World War II dead
Salah Fatour performs sacred duties once carried out by his father at the Benghazi War Cemetery. He has maintained the Allied resting place for 25 years, and now amid Libya’s own war.
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
Every morning, Salah Fatour is at his post with his worn rake and wheelbarrow, tending the garden of the dead.
In a city besieged by war, he finds peace among the graves of a long-ago conflict. He steps gently around the whitewashed tombstones, pulling a weed, caressing a flower, careful not to disturb the souls of soldiers who died on foreign soil seven decades ago.
Full art.:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Gaddafi holding #Tripoli hostage with Luna -M ballistic #missiles (warhead 550kg, compare 2 Grad missile warhead: 18 kg!)
La Depeche.fr
Libye. De l’aide pour les rebelles
Enfin le scénario d’une aide financière qui se dessine pour les rebelles en Libye. Les puissances mondiales et régionales réunies hier dans le groupe de contact sur la Libye ont pleinement reconnu la rébellion, ce qui leur permettra de lui apporter les moyens financiers qu’elle réclame pour combattre le régime du colonel Kadhafi.
Read more:
www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/07/16/112...
libyanandproud
#Misrata : #Rwaisat : #NILESAT helped #Gaddafi forces fire Grads into the Rwaisat area of Misrata yesterday
Gaddafi gave those #NILESAT bastards a fortune just 2 keep broadcasting. I’m very pessimistic about Nilesat
Just asking some questions here:
Could Nilesat be held resposible for aiding and abetting Gaddafi through persistant broadcasting G’s orders to attack and kill civilians?
This inspite of existing court order to stop broadcasting and the arrangement Egypt made with Qatar that they would stop broadcasting if Qatar would withdraw their candidate ( who was by far the frontrunner) for the position of Head of the Arab League. Qatar agreed to withdraw on the condition Nilesat would stop broadcasting to protect Libyans……….
Is Rupert Murdoch’s empire linked in with this too?
Would be interesting to investigate if Murdoch has a stake in Nilesat.
Prince al-Waleed bin Talal is a friend and business partner of Murdoch.
Just questions………..
Some references regarding above:
Reuters:
Qatar withdraws candidate to head Arab League – TV
CAIRO May 15 (Reuters) – Qatar has withdrawn its candidate to head the Arab League, Al Arabiya television reported on Sunday, leaving Egypt’s foreign minister, Nabil Elaraby, as the sole candidate to head the Cairo-based organisation.
af.reuters.com/article/algeriaNews/idAF...
Rupert Murdoch is linking with key News Corp investor Prince al-Waleed bin Talal to launch two channels over Arabia. The decision is another body-blow to the region’s local pay-TV rivals.
Link:
www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/200803166...
Prince Alwaleed backs Murdoch over UK paper closure
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Sunday there would be no change in his Kingdom Holding’s investment in News Corp .
“No change, my investment is strategic, not thinking of selling anything,” he told Reuters by telephone. “The crisis does not make Kingdom Holding blink at all. It makes our partnership stronger.”
News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch flew into London on Sunday to tackle the telephone-hacking scandal that may cost him a multi-billion dollar deal to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group .
www.arabianbusiness.com/prince-alwaleed...
Does anyone have answers?
Daily News on Tripoli goo.gl/r9L0i
EndTyranny
Use map to navigate to see #Brega, Bishr & Alageila where #Gaddafi forces are expected to regroup bit.ly/pMwVEM
FromJoanne Joanne
VICTORY for #Libya Freedom Fighters ; Gaddafi Forces WITHDREW to #Bishr 50KM W of #Brega via AlArabiya
Alex
#Sirte #FF do not despair – yr city’s liberation is imminent – #Gaddafi rebel army driven fm #Brega 2day – demoralized & in disarray #Libya
Afraid we’re not there yet…….
Brega Is Liberated!
AJDABIYA, Libya — Late Friday night in Brega, and a light mobile force of freedom fighters successfully breached Gaddafi defenses in a daring reconaissance raid before pulling back to plan for for an offensive Saturday.
Mohammed Zawi, the military spokesman for the resistance told AFP that a group of around 50 rebels were able to retake the oil refinery town of Brega on Saturday, rousting a force of Gaddafi loyalists some 3,000 strong.
Read more and source:
www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/9695...
FromJoanne Joanne
#LostBREGA is a MAYOR blow for #Gaddafi His BLACKEST DAY yet Brega had the cream of his Army crop Said 2b abt 3000Men BUT THEY RAN #Libya
Ahmed Bani: The recent successes in Brega and elsewhere are mainly thanks to the organization and preplanning of our freedom fighters #libya
Ahmed Bani: ‘Our revolutionaries are more organised now and there are other objectives after #Brega – we will prove to you our worth’
Libyan youth movement:
Freedom Fighters now control most of Brega, Gaddafi forces retreating 20km west toward Bishr. Small ongoing clashes near air strip
liveword.ca/libya/2011/07/16/10084
Libyan_Republic
Brega Baby!!!!!!!
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
#brega is under the FF hands
Nuus24 Nuus24
LibiëRebelle nou in beheer van Brega n24.cm/qFect0
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Brega seems to be mostly liberated but the NLA still has to de-mine & secure the area before this can be fully announced #libya
Reports say that Gaddafi forces fled from Brega towards Bishr under heavy FF bombardment & that an FF scout team found it empty #libya
The press conference is over. What I understand from Ahmed Bani is that the bulk & majority of the NLA is still outside Brega
THANKU4THEANGER
Ahmed Bani NTC Military Spox rightly won’t confirm Brega liberation until its 100% secure. He seems confident though : )
dovenews Libyan™
Conflicting reports on position of the #FF in #Brega or the outskirts.
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #BirGhanam : FF r still positioned in Birghanam, clashes are 45km south of #Surman , FF attacked pocket of g forces #Feb17 #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” remains anchored in port # Kopara #Slovenia. #Libya #geb17
#Denmark OIL TANKER “NORD NIGHTINGALE” destination #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-16 18:00 (UTC). #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Brega: more than 500 landmines have been dismantled so far. many exploded.
libyanandproud
32 07 33.76 N 11 46 22.24 E Gaddafi vehicles and troops in Gheddu valley some 10-20 km north of Shakshuk ”
somaia
THE FF HAVE TAKING OVER BREGA AND GF HAVE RETREATED BACK TO BESHR ,ALLAH AKBAR
VIDEO:
Land mines found in Brega:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1099...
Independent
West prepares to hand rebels Gaddafi’s billions
More than 30 countries yesterday recognised Libya’s rebel movement as the legitimate government as they tried to end the war and unseat a defiant Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The statement by nations meeting in Istanbul for the fourth time since Nato attacks against Gaddafi’s regime began in March could allow the US to free up more than $30bn of Gaddafi’s assets held by American banks for the opposition fighters. France has agreed to unfreeze $250m in assets for the opposition, while Italy pledged to unfreeze an additional $100m. Kuwait and Qatar reportedly have given about $100m to the opposition.
Source:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa...
B.t.w. Those are not Gaddafi’s billions, those billions belong to the Libyan people!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO ship now leaving #Benghazi #Libya en route to #Misrata. #feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Libya Ahrar TV: Brega: 8 martyrs & over 70 injured reported from Mohamed Magaryef hospital in Ajdabiya
Many Ajdabiya residents donating blood & helping transport injured w/ private cars at Mohamed Magaryef Hospital in Ajdabiya
Al Manara Media
The death toll in Ajdabiya from yesterday and today has risen to 18 among FF
cjchivers:
Occasional shelling at #Qawalish, #Libya. About 10 rounds last night, 2 more this a.m. No injuries.
Reb front lines now somewhat firmer than b4 Qad counterattack Wed, but on same grnd. On road 2 Gharyan, no shift since Qawalish first fell.
TheyCallMeSof
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brega has been liberated. Gaddafi’s defensive perimeters are collapsing on all fronts!
dovenews Libyan™ 8 FF were killed & 70 injured. #Brega #Libya”RT May they RIP! m_madi Mohamed Madi
People from Tripoli telling me that it now takes 2 weeks to get fuel and that tension is very high in the queues
BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
Via Inmarsat: Long day training in #yefren heading back to #zintan now hope internet works!
nubaribari
Just talked to doctor in Libya, huge fight in Brega resulted in many casulties from both sides but hamanity of FF’s is unsurpassed
Doctor “With all the casulites in Brega, the end result was the goal, we got brega and will not be lost it again!” #libya
FromJoanne Joanne
To get an idea of the Mines Threat : Already about 400 Mines have been cleared from around and inside #Brega #Libya
baysontheroad baysontheroad
No electricity in Jadu in Western mountains.
benghazi’s bunny♥
BREGA is liberated!!! #Libya #feb17
Libyan rebels retake eastern oil town Brega
By MUSTAPHA AJBAILI
Al Arabiya And AFP
Libyan rebels on Saturday retook the eastern oil town of Brega after breaching its defenses in a late night reconnaissance raid, Al Arabiya TV reported.
Rebel military spokesman Mohammed Zawi told AFP that a light mobile force had breached loyalist positions around Brega late on Friday, before pulling back for an offensive early on Saturday.
A group of around 50 reconnaissance troops entered the town from the north, then pulled back four kilometers (2.5 miles) before midnight (2200 GMT), Mr. Zawi said.
The probing raid on the front line between the rebel-held east and the mainly government-held west came some 32 hours after the rebel command launched a three-pronged attack against Col. Muammar Qaddafi’s forces, who were thought to have numbered around 3,000.
Another commander said rebel forces were still positioned near Asabah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Tripoli and serving as the last barrier between the rebels and the garrison town of Gharyan.
“The position is secure; we are discussing with Asabah people how civilians can get out of town before we launch an assault,” said commander Mokhtar Lakhdar.
A defiant Qaddafi called the Contact Group’s recognition of the rebels “insignificant.” He said he could not imagine the day “the heroic Libyan people would be represented by a fistful of traitors who opened the doors of Benghazi to crusaders.”
Mustapha Ajbaili, Night Editor of Al Arabiya English, who can be reached at: Mustapha.ajbaili@mbc.net)
Full art. Here:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/07/...
FFs take E oil town Brega, FFs must be wary of ambushes tonight. Seems to me G forces have emptied tp easy
Source:http://egyptday1.blogspot.com/2011/07/dds-take-e-oil-town-brega-ffs-must-be.html
Nu Bari
Between my husband and I we’ve lost 25+ family we’re @the point when we get acall “Allah yarhama” and we move on, no more tears
I think the saddest story is my husbands aunt who only has two sons. She begged the youngest to stay as older bro treated the injured on the frontline. When bro did not come back he went to search for him and was killed by rogue missle. Two sons lost but never forgotten
What kind of human being sits in a hole and orders such death &distruction on his people? Were not his people that is why its so easy 4him
Libyan ff didn’t take the whole of Brega. Their spokesman just told me, rather optimistically, that it might happen in a couple days.
Libya rebel advance slowed by ‘chemical’ trenches
By Andrew Beatty, AFP
AJDABIYA, Libya (AFP) – Libyan rebels said their steady advance on Brega was slowed Saturday by the discovery of defensive trenches around the city that had been filled with flammable chemicals by retreating Kadhafi troops.
“We are advancing and we are very close to Brega,” said Mustafa al-Sagezli, a member of the rebel’s revolutionary military council, adding that strongman Moamer Kadhafi’s troops had fallen back to positions inside the town.
But the commander said landmines and a series of booby-trapped trenches had forced them to slow the attack in order to minimise casualties.
“We know Kadhafi’s forces have installed a lot of mines. They have even dug holes and trenches (filled) with some chemical liquids and oil to fire them when our forces enter Brega,” he said.
Full story:
en.news.maktoob.com/20090000890520/Liby...
ByeByeDaffy
Great job in #Brega FF’s, on to liberation in #Libya and all the poor daffy goons on twitter are squealing like stuck piggies to, delicious.
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
#Libya rebel army spokesman Ahmed Omar Bani telling us victory in Brega is, again, only days way. twitpic.com/5r5mmg
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
#Gaddafi in every audio message: forward! forward! forward!
Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Gaddafi says Sarkozy is crazy
Inphinite_ S. Al.
You don’t even get that kinda half-assed parking in #Libya. They either fully block you there or park normally.
Skeptic
#Khamis #Gaddafi went 2 famous Frunze Military Academy, but starting with #Misrata disaster, his 32nd Brigade only suffered defeats
Someone who apparently wants to retire very soon:):
G speech:
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
I will give a $ for every whoever count the word “Oil” نفط in his speech #Feb17 #Libya
4Adam
Adam Anderson Cooper CNN
SKY NEWS Reporter Alex Crawford – Civilians Massacred by Gaddafi forces in #AzZawiya- Mar. 2011 youtube.com/watch?v=qkEg2p… #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkEg2p6zE_s&fea...
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Gaddafi is suffering the lost of #Brega and feeling the pressure of #Nafousa FF and #Misrata, he feels he lost it! Too many speeches
I wonder if #Gaddafi has million of imaginaries followers, numbers are only in his heads
So #Gaddafi admits losing: #Misrata, All #Nafousa and all Eastern of #Libya, what is left for him to rule?
Same bus of same faces touring Tripoli, #Zliten and today in #Azzawiah cheering for losing tyrant, #Gaddafi losing it
Gaddafi in every audio message: forward! forward! forward!
US has the technology from drones, but it is staged, not live. trust me
This staged celebration and audio message of #Gaddafi is an insult to the martyrs who died in Azzawiah defending it from his thugs!
this speech is staged along with video showing crazy woman with script on her hand #Feb17 #Libya he used this trick many times.
there is an echo in #Gaddafi speech, is he talking from a toilet?
EndTyranny
Reports that #Gaddafi has acquired jamming equipment to jam FM radio frequencies…Via Libya.tv…from where? How? #gaddaficrimes #Libya
Khalifa
#Gadhafi: if you start marching toward the Western Mountain you can liberate it tonight.
Gaddafi:
We will liberate #Libya Zenga zenga, dar dar, touba touba from traitors’ + ‘women will march to liberate cities under’ opposition
mojo
to paraphrase Bani’s quote of GB Shaw Those who can, do; those who can’t, woof! love it!!
G rant.
ChangeInLibya
Third Gaddafi speech in as many days. This guy has loads to say it seems :) It must be lonely down there.
libyanandproud
Wooof wooof start moving rent a crowd buses to another town woof woof #GaddafiRant
Khalifa
#Gadhafi If you let me I will be in the front lines fighting. Ok now who’s keep him from fighting come on guys let him fight.
libyanandproud
Wooof woof awoooo I hope my credit doesn’t finish wooof woof
Sarah LFFR
Seems #Gaddafi is enjoying his last moments on TV ! #GaddafiSpeech
Nu Bari
I fell asleep as soon as he started barking again gra gra gra gra, bla bla bla bla bla, me me me me mo and so on
Khatib أنا ديمة
ok I got work to do.. I leave you with Gaddafi .. He is telling lots of stories.. #libya #feb17 #GaddafiRant
dovenews Libyan™
#Gaddafi #Is #So #Angry #& #His #Barking #Has #Increased #Woof #Woof #Mad #Dog #Keep #Barking #No #One #Is #Listening #To #You #dotcom
chantalrebelle
Les gens se cachent des que la camera s approche, des regards d enfants perdus, la propagande audio du criminel kadhafi #propagande #libye
libyanandproud
Wooof Woof Africans will march on water to fly to nafusa and skydive to misratta with a bungee wooof woof #GaddafiRant
4Adam Adam
3 wounded of #FF in #Qawalish during patrolling the area due to Gadafi’s landmines. #
Nadia
What man would let women and children defend him. What a coward. Most people protect women but not Gaddafi. #Libya
Ray_
Mum is from #Zawiya! and all her cousin are in prison, what kind of march is this? #Zawiya is the city of heroes!
benghazi’s bunny♥
Gaddafi is a little sensitive you guys, he has a good reason to be. he might not make to his 43rd yr this September :)
libyanandproud
Wooof women or females or girls will march on the wooof wooof woof to liberate the liberating families of the liberation #GaddafiRant
Wooof Wooofff I will sleep in the house of Nato to liberate the wooof of woof dar dar woof woof #GaddafiRant
Dima
Gaddafi está hablando por teléfono en la televisión libia
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
Libyan FF: we feel sorry for whom we kill, because they take orders with no understanding why so, #misurata, #libya
hominoid
Someone said that Zliten had been restocked with arms. so I guess that the buses did the transporting ?
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi “This is all because of France, traitors, we will march to free Bengahzi & Misrata Dar Dar (Room Room)”
4Adam Adam
Gaddafi uses for the 1ts time the old name of #Zintan city (Taghrmin) a Berber name! #GaddafiRant #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi “You are the millions I want you to Liberate #Brega”
Alex
I don’t know how something like this can be stopped or even monitored – #Tunisia could close Yacine down – but new Yacine’s will no doubt take his place – while “business is good”.
Although its extending #Gaddafi ’s supply for a few weeks – supplying fuel by Jerry can – is no way to run an army in 2011! – so #FF still have a major advantage over G in terms of fuel supplies.
Just reporting on July 16 2011
Kirill Aliakhnovich
@KirillAlia Frontline,Libya
21,trained in Belorussian OMON for 3yrs.hired by gaddafi government as mercenary in March,defected joined rebels in Zintan,now Im on the frontline
KirillAlia Kirill Aliakhnovich
im the one on the right,my field commander is on left\ Minsk,Belarus 2010 twitpic.com/5qoxfn
Kirill
Pictures from the #Nafusa front coming soon,Gaddafi shells fell on us today but were not very accurate #Tripoli #feb17 #Libya
Heavy fighting in Bir Ghanam now,Gaddafi artillery in exchanges with rebel artillery
This is Kirill’s Belorussian friend Aleksei reporting that @KirillAlia has been shot dead by a snipers bullet outside Qawalish 30 mins.ago..
KirillAlia was on patrol when a gaddafi sniper shot him in the upper chest.May God have his soul in heaven Svobodny
KirillAlia gave me his password just in case anything happened and now he is gone.I pray he will be watching #Libya win from heaven
KirillAlia will be missed and the sniper who took his life will be dead for what he has done #Tripoli #feb17
@KirillAlia быў адважным і жорсткім чалавекам, ён будзе не хапаць, і ў руках багоў, ён будзе глядзець Муамар страціць гэтую вайну #Tripoli
(translation: was courageous and cruel man, he will be missed, and in the hands of the gods, he will look Muammar lose this war)
There were 3 of us now there are 2
KirillAlia 4-26-90 to 7-26-11
( wrong date was tweeted for today, could be accident, don’t know)
Skeptical4
Belorussian mercenary @KirillAlia defected 2 Nafusa FFs, got killed by sniper today, he was expert in removing mines
FromJoanne Joanne
SOAPOPERA Unfolding On #TWITTER? NoticedFewDaysAgo @KirillAlia Follwd Me He Has JUST Been KILLED by #Gaddafi Sniper while on Patrol #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FreedomFighters have completely freed #Algatroon area from Gaddafi forces. #Libya
Libye Libre
Commandant Ahmad Bani, opposition #Libye : " #Kadhafi n’ayant pas de titre, il n’est pas leader, pourquoi alors négocier avec lui "?
How
Gadhafi retains support
In last week’s column, I promised to examine the reasons why some African leaders are reluctant to abandon their embattled colleague Moammar Gadhafieven when it is very evident that he cannot hold unto power any much longer.
This call for the isolation of Gadhafihas been echoed repeatedly by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She even looked in the eyes of these African leaders in Addis Ababa last month and reminded them not only on the need to abandon Gadhafi, but to embrace reforms in order to avert a Libya-style revolution in their own countries.
“It has become clear” she said, “that we are long past the time when he can remain in power.”
Perhaps Clinton delivered the right message to the wrong people or vice versa. But one thing is very clear. She was talking to Gadhafi’s sympathizers, most if not all of them dreaming to stay in power for ever if not rooted out by the ill-fate that befall Gadhafi.
Art. Here:
www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.asp...
MyFreeLibya
Haven’t seen so many happy faces in Zintan…wish i took a picture #Moment4Life #Libya #Feb17
Witnessed today salaries being given for the first day at the bank…queues stretch for so long…some guy donated his money for it #Feb17
race2jannah
I heard Gondaffy will outfit his runway troops with the latest Gaucho pants and pink Ak-47s with feather tassles. You know that’s cute!
Gondaffy is hiding behind skirts now that G men have run away. Why don’t you put on one of those fancy outfits to blend in with the girl?.
hominoid555
Libya Nalut and the suburbs shelled by Gaddafi last night and this morning and causing blackouts for the whole area.
grafixel guess what
Reports that the of land mines removed from the #Brega fronts have reached 800 so far.
TabascoTom Tom
#Gaddafi said todaythat he will die for his people. Why don’t he just die right now? #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
19-yr-old student on #Misrata southern front line told me he had been fighting in #Dafniyeh and come down south for a rest cure.
Heinz: #Brega had the only intact Daffi units, & now it is going up in smoke. #Sirte is surrounded & middle class will soon join FFs. #Libya
feb17
The Australian
Australia recognizes Libyan rebels
AUSTRALIA has joined about 30 other nations in recognising Libya’s National Transitional Council as the country’s legitimate governing authority.
At a meeting of the Libya contact group in Istanbul, representatives of Western and regional powers called for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to “leave power”.
The council, which is based in the Libyan city of Benghazi, is also known as the TNC.
Australia’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, who attended the Istanbul meeting, said the council will be recognized for the moment.
“Until an interim authority is in place, Australia and others will recognize the TNC as the legitimate governing authority for Libya and will engage with it accordingly,” Mr Rudd said in a statement.
“Australia and other international friends of Libya recognize the achievements of the TNC in preparing Libya for a post-Gaddafi era of security and progress, and addressing the immediate needs of Libyans for humanitarian support and basic services.”
Mr Rudd said the council is taking “concrete steps” to provide a better life for Libyans.
“This is not just a group that represents the so-called rebels, or opposition movement.”
Last week, a delegation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and AusAid traveled to Benghazi and met with representatives of the council.
Source: The Australian
Heinz: FFs in #Qawalish are advancing, and only 4 km from #Asabaa. More air attacks this morning in #Brega
Reuters
INTERVIEW-Libyan bankers offer support to rebel council
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
MyFreeLibya
Apparently their minders now actually steal from them equipment…many instances of journalists finding them taking stuff
Apparently there is actually a FB group for journo’s who’ve been to Rixos…talking about the most bizarre goings on…#Jokes
Skeptic
Gaddafi can listen 2 phone calls @ control communications in Libya because of German equipment, probably Siemens
VICTORY for #Libya Freedom Fighters ; Gaddafi Forces WITHDREW to #Bishr exactly 19,18 KM (not 50km) W of #Brega via AlArabiya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters have entered further into #Brega, #Gaddafi forces are retreating to the #Bshar area
#Brega: #Freedomfighters are in full control of the port of Brega. Ongoing battle around the airport
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Gaddafi & #Germany : 2005: 30 #GSG-9 elite special forces men train Gaddafi security forces in #Tripoli
#Gaddafi & #Germany: 2007: #EADS sells anti-tank #missiles worth over 100 mil Euro 2 #Libya
#Gaddafi & #Germany: 2009: Germany sells Libya jamming devices, encryption modules, battlefield surveillance radars
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g9zwvBYzGk&fea...
septimius_
#Tripoli: Something very strange is happening! more youth held & released within hrs, Gaddafi thugs moral is very low!
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
I will be on Aljazeera arabic tv in “Hadith Althawra” programme at 8.00pm london time 7.00pm gmt this evening insh.
AJA: Many of today’s casualties from landmines. NTC spokesperson: we have cleared appx. 400 mines East of #Brega. #Libya
AJA: 9 rebels killed and 74 injured East of #Brega. Rebels are are advancing via a coastal road to get closer to the city.
hominoid
Libya Brega The number of martyrs among the rebels to 20 dead and 244 wounded.
Abdullah
one of the FF today in #Brega injued then they take him to treat & after that he ask to go back to fight & now he is passed away #Libya :(
FromJoanne Joanne
#Brega; FF managed to free 50 families that were kept as hostages by #Gaddafi forces GaddafiCrimes
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
So it seems Gaddafi groupies and rent-a-crowdi s doing a un-liberated city tour of Libya, but the closing concert will be in the ICC iA :)
Gaddafi thugs increasing attacks on Misrata: the result of all the G goons in yday demo in Zletin changing back to their military uniforms
REUTERS
Heavy casualties reported in Libya fighting
(Reuters) – Ten Libyan rebels were reported killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the eastern oil port of Brega on Saturday, while insurgents drove back forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the west.
In the latest of a series of speeches apparently designed to show he enjoys support in the areas he controls, Gaddafi described the rebels as worthless traitors and rejected suggestions that he was about to leave the country.
“They said Gaddafi will go to Honolulu,” he said in a televised speech. “This is funny: To leave the graves of my forefathers and my people? Are you serious?”
Read whole report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/16/us-l...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Kikla guys say there were 2 Libyans from Australia. Brothers. 1 was killed.
Meet an inspirational son of #Libya: Ali. #Misrata freedom fighter hit by #Gaddafi Grad on May 13. Both legs amputated.
Ali said the Grad exploded at his feet and the blast threw him 10 meters away. One of his comrades was literally cut in half.
Ali was hit by that Grad on May 13. Then, due to the seige, he waited 27 days to get out of #Misrata
In Ali’s group of 30 FFs, 3 died & 7 injured from that Grad. He said their weapons range was only 5km max vs 40 for G forces.
Ali came from #Misrata #Libya on a small fishing boat. It was fast but bounced a lot. During his 1st 5 days in Tunisia..
.Ali was treated for further damage suffered in the voyage from #Misrata #Libya, not for direct injuries from the Grad.
#Misrata was out of anesthetics when a chunk of flesh was removed near his waist. Ali showed me how he bit a towel & clenched
On the parts of Ali’s body that remain, it looks like he was hit by a meteor shower. 100 pieces of shrapnel from the Grad.
Ali said he’d been quiet & introspective before I came by. But as you can see, he became energized as we visited. July 14.
Ali said #Gaddafi is a coward, hitting them with bombs and rockets from afar. But Ali is undaunted.
Ali said he’d gladly give the rest of his body for #Libya and his beloved city, #Misrata. He radiates a noble passion.
Visiting with Ali was a joy, but I couldn’t help weeping. He took my head in his hands, kissed it, and told me not to cry.
The whole first week after Ali was hit, doctors said he wud die. But his spirit rose like a phoenix. Had to make a difference
Over the past 2 months, #Gaddafi sent 2 men to a Tunisia hospital to try to kill a friend of mine & sent other men to bomb a hotel near a..
.Tunisia hospital while it was occupied by many FFs. More recently, he’s sent women to hospitals in Tunisia to get info from
..staff & unsuspecting FFs, to aid in assassination attempts. Not all injured FFs are targets of course. But most hospitals..
..have some patients who are. They also have patients with family members at risk in Tripoli. Consequently, I’m careful about
.which pics and names I put online — and I refrain from tieing them to specific hospitals. Some Libyan FFs don’t care.
..but others are very concerned. The risks are real. Respecting the safety issue is one reason why I have unfettered access.
Even if safety wasnt an issue, Libyan patients in Tunisian hospitals r frequently transferred or discharged (sometimes for..
.lack of money to continue paying the bills). Patient turnover together with the slow pace of receiving overseas parcels..
..means that trying to send cards or care packages from abroad directly to a specifc patient at a given hospital is generally
.futile, even if publicly disclosing names and addresses wasn’t a risk factor.
If anyone wants to send a card or care package to an injured #Libyan I mention on Twitter, the best way is to send it with a person flying..
.to Tunis & let me know about it. If I’m not here, or they’re not here, I’ll get it to them with help from mutual friends.
An e-card approach might be most effective, especially to send
I’m currently waiting on a care package sent by @bugpopper aka Miss Follow-Thru :) It’s been in customs in Tunis going on 3 weeks.
Tunis Today: Majjdy, an injured FF from #Zintan #Libya. Shot in both legs by #Gaddafi forces at Qwaleesh on Thursday. t.co/iAymuB9
He arrived here last night (Friday). Now he needs to have fragments removed & then a skin graft. But at least no broken bones
Abdullah_
rumours said FF trying now to arrest #Mutassim #Gaddafi is son now in #Brega !! .. #Libya
Vote YES – RT – WSJ poll on “Should the U.S. have granted legitimacy to the #Libya rebels?” t.co/JbXA7g0 – YES vote is 49.9% !!!
Shalgom:
Gadhafi was paying BinAli a monthly salary & OmarSulaiman was Gadhafi’s man in Egypt. bit.ly/mVNP4H
Read it here ( Arabic):
international.daralhayat.com/internatio...
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Another pro-Gadhafi rally,this time in battle-scarred town of Zawiya.Town center cratered/pock-marked. More security,crowd more aggressive.
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Stood at Libya’s answer to the Grand Canyon, near Jadu, admiring the vast plains, sunset and peace – broken by the distant thunder of battle
In Jadu in Libya. Radio station now broadcasts Berber language. Went to cultural museum where torches in the dark gave Indiana Jones feel.
feb17
Western rebels take lead role in Libya’s future
Tarek Zanpou, a defector from Colonel Muammer Gaddafi’s Libyan intelligence services, halted on a dusty cliff top and swept his arm towards the loyalist army controlled plains below.
Pointing to two towns in the middle distance of the desert, he explained the task the rebels faced as they tried to root Gaddafi forces out of the populous areas on the road to Tripoli without harming the people who lived there. “We have a nice view, and the mountains protect us 90 per cent,” he said. “Now we face this problem with the civilian people: how are we going to deal with them?”
Omar Said, an engineer whose nickname of “Rambo” was scrawled in Arabic on the workshop wall, looked up from his work on a large chunk of metal and explained that his knowledge of the T-55s meant it had only taken him a day to refit them.
“This is the only thing that Gaddafi did for me,” he said. “Because I studied tanks in high school.”
Full art.:
feb17.info/news/western-rebels-take-lea...
Source: Financial Times
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
#gaddafi speak again. Well, we have to admit he speaks eloquently. Tells rebels: “Toz aleykom” basically " I fart on you!". Classy!
grafixel
#Gaddafi really has a weird combo of european fans: Austrian rightwings and German leftwings . But they have one thing in common indeed…
PatrioticLibyan
It was never perfect & never expected to be, but the creation of the Libyan National Transitional Council was vital in saving our revolution
FreeLibyan
The released families from #Brega sent to #Benghazi , @NATO help is much needed now to enable FF in rescuing the remaining.
Tripoli Battalion badge, gorgeous.
twitpic.com/5r88dd
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
The National: Shalgham: Gaddafi “happy” to see Saudi divided; supported dissenters, Houthis in Yemen to embarrass Riyadh’
This is art.:
Libya’s dirty laundry exposed
Arabic News Digest
Former Libyan FM airs regime’s dirty laundry
In an extended interview that the London-based newspaper Al Hayat will be running in daily instalments, the former Libyan foreign minister Abdul Rahman Shalgam revealed a number of secrets about Colonel Muammar Qaddafi – the man and the leader – and brings an insider’s view on stories including the Lockerbie bombing, the attempted assassination of then Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and the assassinations of Libyan dissidents.
Before the Arab Spring, the collaboration between Libyan intelligence and its Tunisian counterpart was so complete that Col Qaddafi had allocated a monthly salary to then Tunisia’s president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Mr Shalgam revealed. It was known that Col Qaddafi used petrodollars to buy allegiances in parts of the Arab world and Africa.
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FromJoanne Joanne
Detecting & uncovering PLASTIC anti Personnel mines is very hard Metal detectors r useless Some reports mention 500 already found in #Brega
Niz_FGM Niz
16/7/11 – Rolling electricity blackouts all over #Tripoli. Regime losing control, #Triploli is slipping away from Gaddafis grip….
SecularLibya
When FFs attack, Daffis bring out their big guns into firing position, and that is when #NATO strikes the heavy weapons.
Les heurts sont plus intenses à travers #Tripoli, plusieurs quartiers. Après les explosions, journaliste du Rixos entend des détonations.
Jazeera: Even NATO having problem bombing G’fi Brega force because they burn petroleum in trenches 2 create smoke
A Free Libyan
G sent his crowd to laugh and dance in #Zawiya, where a mosque was destroyed and martyrs buried/exhumed. Heartless dog…
Moooonlight
I hear every now and then about the west and their interest in #Libya oil, i saw many of western who works long hours to help Libya #FF
for nothing in return, i witnessed US pilots flying 12 hours to protect #Libya civilians.
BenghaziBlahzi
#gaddafi threatens #Benghazi today. We r ready 4 you! Come my lady, come come my lady. #Libya
Niz_FGM Niz
17/7/11 – Epic #NATO bombing of 32 Base in #Tajoora, #Tripoli. Massive explosions and fireballs….
Myfoxboston.con
Gadhafi Insists Will Not Leave Libya
(NewsCore) – TRIPOLI — Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Saturday told those calling on him to go that he would never leave the land of his ancestors, in yet another defiant audio address.
“They are asking me to leave. That’s a laugh. I will never leave the land of my ancestors or the people who have sacrificed themselves for me,” he said in a loudspeaker address to thousands of people in Zawiyah, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli.
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Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
3 explosions heard by journos staying at #Rixos Hotel. Bombs landing somewhere in #Tripoli area. and that was another two..
Opened window to hear what is going on. Strange mix of Gaddafi speech on state TV, crickets and high altitude bombers flying over
more distant thuds and detonations in #Tripoli. going to roof to see what i can see.
counted 30 plus explosions in the south of Tripoli in the last 20 minutes. yellow flashes of light in the sky. glass rattling in windows
all the journalists are awake now at #Rixos
CORRECTION: Bombs dropping to the EAST of Tripoli in direction of Tajura. have now heard 40 explosions (although some could be secondary)
Libya_from_FR Sarah LFFR
#Tripoli: the 3rd day running clashes continuing in several areas including Soug AlJuma, Arada & Fashlum
Lisa
#Nilesatcriminals r responsible for new attacks by GADDAFI forces!! 1000s of Libyan lives for a few $$$! Shame on u Nilesat!! #Gaddaficrimes
AlluCemif
Les alentours de #Brega, #Goualich et #Zliten entre autres ont été truffés de mines anti-chars par les forces de #Kadhafi
Free Libyia
Gaddafi is a mini-Stalin, pseudo-socilaism& reverse-Robin-Hoodism! Taking from the rich and giving to the morally bankrupt!
BentBenghazi G
Lots of dead and injured and NO Brega is NOT liberated….
Injuries from Brega frontline r horrible, limbs blown off… Some bodies unidentified becuz head blown off into nothing. Pray for Libya
Brega full of landmines… Gaddafi forces have put anti-aircraft missile launchers inside civilian homes… Shooting at FF’s from windows.
All young men have left Benghazi to help in Brega and Ajdabiya… Pray for #Libya.
My previous tweets about #Brega were from inside source who is going between Ajdabiya and Brega.
Libya In Me
Kidnappings are also happening in Benghazi. A woman was kidnapped recently, her husband was called & told to meet her in Bab Alaziziyah
Lisa #Tripoli @NATO rockin the capital tonight!!! Pray for Libya!!
Rolling electricity blackouts all over #Tripoli:
Niz_FGM Niz
can assume its associated with fuel shortage but cant verify.Unverified sources telling us that some power stations shutting down
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Usama Ben Musa & me at a Tunis hospital on July 13. He’s a #Libyan living in USA. Great guy – and @ceoDanya ’s uncle :) twitpic.com/5ra66u
And he said he thot I’d be big & burly. LOL. Plus, I had spent the night at the hospital and looked a bit wilted.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Heartbreaking video of child killed in Nalut by G forces shelling & 2 siblings injured. #Libya #Feb17 youtu.be/y53_gKJVLv8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y53_gKJVLv8&feature=youtu.be
VIDEO:
CNN’s B Wedeman reports from Nafusa- prisoners of war say their former army is disintegrating
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfbaVinzDok&fea...
Libya_from_FR
On rapporte que les affrontements ont maintenant lieux entre les #FreedomFighters & les forces de #Gaddafi à #Tajoura. #Libya
Khiria
Checkpoints are back in #Tripoli. Each point has more than 10 men in civilian cloths with AK47
Bill Neely
Strange,there’s no reaction at all to the #Tripoli explosions.No sirens,no police,no rushing vehicles,nothing.Never seen that B4.#Libya
Libya In Me
Gaddafi forces now drive taxis in Tunisia to kidnap Libyans and send them back to Tripoli
Libya Free Forever.
In old days #Misuratan used to mark their land with palm trees, #Gadafi thugs mark the land with #Minefields and our blood
Tweet:
My cousin who married into a proG family is going to get what she deserves, no more holidays in Maldives and $50000 handbags :)
CBS
Mark Phillips
The common man at arms: Among Libya’s rebels
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/16/even...
Libya_Awake_United
The light of the bombing in #Tajoura can be seen all the way out to Fenaj and AinZara. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: non stop bombing in #Tajoura for more than an hour, one hour ago. No sound of aircraft, the bombs most likely from the sea #Libya
Lisa
#Feb17 It’s been a great day w u guys ;) Praying for #FreedomFighters as they liberate n secure each city! #PrayforLibya Good night!
THANKU4THEANGER
Today marks 5 months since #Feb17 15,000 martyrs, over 40,000 imprisoned, even more injured & displaced BUT 6 Million Forever Free #Libya
France24
Libya rebels continue offensive, Kadhafi defiant
AFP
“They are asking me to leave. That’s a laugh. I will never leave the land of my ancestors or the people who have sacrificed themselves for me,” he said in a loudspeaker address to supporters in Zawiyah, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Tripoli.
“These rats have taken our people hostage in Benghazi, Misrata and the western mountains, using them as human shields,” Kadhafi said of insurgents in the rebel capital in the east and port city in the west.
the commander said landmines and a series of booby-trapped trenches had forced them to slow the attack.
“We know Kadhafi’s forces have installed a lot of mines. They have even dug holes and trenches (filled) with some chemical liquids and oil to fire them when our forces enter Brega,” he said.
It was not clear what kind of chemicals were being used, but Brega is home to a large petrochemical facility that produces a range of oil by-products.
Full art. Here:
www.france24.com/en/20110717-libya-rebe...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Approx. 40 explosions centered in #Tajoura in #Tripoli tonight. Light show brought to you by our good friends at #NATO
Ahmad Bani – Everybody taking part is a revolutionary, regardless of job, title etc.
A group of #US senators on Friday called on President Obama to open a U.S. embassy in #Benghaz
A Free Libyan
Sky News showed a small clip of the NATO bombing in #Tripoli tonight. Looks to be quite heavy.
BBC reported that there were around 40 explosions, centred in #Tajoura in #Tripoli tonight.
Mwattin
Sky News: Zliten demos were orchestrated and supporters were bussed in from all over Libya… you can make up the rest!
SUMMARY JULY 17th 2011
7/17/2011
7.17.2011
Here is the G troll list:
Sllort Ifaddag
@eggcollector
I’m collecting a mix of pro-Dictators, pro-Tyrants, anti-Democrats, anti-UNs, golddrinkers, liars, racists, maniacs and follies Check my list..:
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NATO:
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/SrtSP
NATO
17 Jul. 2011
NATO forces continue to remove threats against civilians
NATO forces have continued to strike key command and control nodes, military supply facilities, armoured vehicles and military storage facilities across Libya.
NATO forces are monitoring the dynamic situation across the country, including around Brega, amid widespread reports of anti-Qadhafi forces pushing into the area.
Early this morning, NATO aircraft struck a large military vehicle storage area in Tajura, 30km east of Tripoli. The military facility consisted of several substantial warehouses, containing various military vehicles including battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and ammunition.
This facility was clearly militarized for the purpose of supporting pro-Qadhafi forces and striking it has further degraded the regime’s capacity to launch attacks against civilians. NATO forces are keeping up the pressure and continue to strike military targets in areas across the country wherever civilians are threatened.
After extensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance monitoring showing pro-Qadhafi forces use of the site, NATO forces determined the military equipment deployed from this facility was used to resupply pro-Qadhafi forces launching attacks on civilians.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under the United Nations Security Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under the threat of attack in Libya.
Libye Libre
Ces jours-ci, 2 éléments saillants : reconnaissance du CNT comme “gouvernement transitoire” par le groupe de contact et bataille de #Brega.
A Free Libyan
Reports that #Brega is not fully under FF hands yet. It’s a case of securing it now, there’s still some G resistance there.
Bill Neely
#NATO confirms 17 missiles fired at #Tripoli early ts morning.17 Paveway guided missiles hit mil.depot NE of city.Locals say #Tajoura hit.
Lisa
#Feb17 Good morning #Libya! 7/17/11!! Happy revolution anniversary! Praying for #FreedomFighters today as they advance! God be with them!!
Oh, how well do we know this:
FreeLibya.
5 hours of sleep and yet another hectic day awaits.
Shabab
This series of photos is absolutely breathtaking mA | Freedom Square at Night, #Benghazi
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.17664...
KC_Tripolitania KC
#NATO confirms they dropped 17 Paveway guided missiles over Tajura, in #Tripoli, last night + 10 airstrikes near #Misrata. #Libya #Feb17
BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
can confirm journalists blocked from travelling east of #Zintan today w/o “security council approval” #libya they trying to get approval now
also I have been told I need approval to travel just to #yefren to do @alivein media training there #zintan
bencnn benwedeman
Photo from downtown #zintan: no one has defaced this colonel’s likeness. #Libya #Feb17 yfrog.com/klb1bluj
KC_Tripolitania KC
Opposition Military Commander #Abdul #Fatah #Younis ’’#Gaddafi may use mustard gas to prevent us from advancing" #Brega #Libya #Feb17
inglesi Piers Scholfield
it seems quieter in #Misrata over the last 24hrs, perhaps #NATO hit some of the offending rocket launchers.
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces have planted 40,000 land mines randomly around #Brega to prevent #FF from advancing. #Brega
#FF Military Commander #Abdul #Fatah #Younis “Gaddafi may use mustard gas to prevent us from advancing” #Brega
This is the info we had.
THANK YOU, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WONDERING FOR A WHILE……:
Skeptic
Al-Waleed bin Talal has huge share of Murdochs News Corp & Fox News, among many others in Murdochs empire worldwide! U judge the rest!
The same names crop up everywhere.
This is our trustworthy and un-biased media?
It explains a lot about what journos are reporting…………
misrati_free Feb17
#Tripoli : NATO hit hard last night with consecutive explosions early Sunday morning. Looting and theft by q goons throughout the city.
libyanandproud
yesterday 130, rocket lunchers, and anti-craft vehicles coming from Ajeelat and Sebrata toward Nafusa
Inphinite_
A lot of wishful thinking going on regarding #Libya and the future. Gotta keep aspirations in check & not get ahead of ourselves.
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Youth gather in Freedom Square in #Zintan every night to showcase media, local news, speeches and art #Libya #feb17 twitvid.com/SRVWN
www.twitvid.com/SRVWN
Libyans Revolt
Anti aircraft round that was found in #Yefren – the front door/glass of the hospital was riddled with bullets #libya twitpic.com/5riyqb
SmithInAfrica David Smith
In Jadu in Libya. Radio station now broadcasts Berber language. Went to cultural museum where torches in the dark gave Indiana Jones feel.
ProudLibyan
Please contribute to charities helping Libya, WAFA Relief and WMC Libya wmclibya.org #Libya
libyanandproud
also confirmed FF hold and control the oil fields south of Brega , more important than every1 thinks
Souffian Tripoli
Web site with News and tweets on #Libya #Tripoli Trables trables.net/news
libyanandproud
yesterday there was and advance on the tawirgha front, i think 3 or 5km
BenghaziBlahzi
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may never come. All we have is today, Let us begin.
PeterLeng Peter Leng
NATO says 17 bombs dropped last night on military depot NE of #Tripoli. Peacekeeping vehicles, it says, were being used ag civlians.
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
NATO reports it bombed radar sites, military storage facility and surface-to-air missile launcher east of Tripoli yesterday.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Took this pic of #Misrata FF Walid (24) on July 5. Now he’s using crutches & staying in a rented flat with other FFs. twitpic.com/5rj7bf
Last nite Walid, Abubaker, Ibrahim & Gassem were together for a midnight dinner of bread & chicken. They were all seriously..
.injured by 106mm gunfire on April 21. They have friends here in Tunis, including me. But no family. All support is private.
Most #Libyans who come to Tunisia for war injuries need sustained healthcare and won’t get it if they return home.
Some people, especially #Libyans living abroad, tell me that injured FFs should go to Benghazi. That’s worse than laughable.
Injured #Libyan FFs who spent time in Benghazi describe coming 2 Tunisia as an escape. No way theyd go bak. Not 4 healthcare
inglesi Piers Scholfield
went to #Misrata gold shop to change money. Local residents lining up to sell their gold – no proper salaries since #Feb17.
the son of the gold shop’s owner was killed by a grad the same day as our fixer’s father – 23rd April. #feb17 #Misrata
it seems quieter in #Misrata over the last 24hrs, perhaps #NATO hit some of the offending rocket launchers.
Feb17
International calls to Misrata landlines are now WORKING
The international calling from outside Misrata to the landlines has been on for the last 72 hours, but the number of calls is very low. The team is surprised with the low volume of calls, so it seems not everyone is aware that it is possible to call their families in Misrata. We need to get the word out to people that it’s possible to… call now. There are a lot of companies and parties involved in getting this service up & running. So far, this team has been able to get millions of dollars worth of equipment and telecom service donated to the Libyan cause. There is a concern that if we don’t get the volume up, they will not focus on keeping the service going. Please get the word out to everyone who has friends/relatives in Misrata with landlines to call so we can justify why we are insisting on the importance of this service.
To call the Misrata landlines, you will need to dial +218951 or +21952…notice you just add a “9″ to the existing number after the 218 country code. Please note that this is only for landlines, not Misrata cell phones.
If you are calling from the US or Europe, you must use a calling card from idtcalls.net or bossrevolution.com or bossrevolution.co.uk. In regards to calls from other countries, you can call using Du in UAE, Qtel in Qatar, Zain in Jordan and Etisalat in Egypt. Please spread the word!
Feb17 / Reuters:
Video: Libyan rebels bury their dead t.co/xIkqCIB #Libya” in lil Allah wa in ilahi raj3oon
feb17.info/news/video-libyan-rebels-bur... Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt
Alex
#Libya #FF control access roads into #Brega – & most of city – r still ‘mopping up’ few #Gaddafi units in res areas – hence #NTC news delay
Shabab
Latest developments in Libyan conflict
July 17, 2011
July 17 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
Also add Baghdaddi as an accessory to mass murder. He confessed to the Russian official who visited Tripoli.
ProudLibyan
Libyans are smart if given the chance, they are smart in science, in trade, they just want to live and have decent lives for their children.
Tweeting Tripoli
God we had enough of a foul-mouth murderer as a head of state. When will we be free to elect a worthy person to lead Libya?
Nafissa More than 40 thousands mines are planted in Brega and Gaddafi will not even hesitate to use chemical weapons in Brega
Reuters:
NTC spokesman: Street fights in #Brega right now, over 120 FFs injured.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
ICC pls add using land mines to kill civilians in Brega, Zliten & Alasabea to list of gadhafi mass murder crimes he will answer for soon!!
Ahmed Sanalla
FF R holding Naema, went as fas as Souq Althalath outskirts of Zlietn but they are getting shelled by G Forces
feb17
NATO
NATO Secretary General General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has warned that any ceasefire between Libya’s Qadhafi regime and the rebels would have to be “credible, verifiable and with clear conditions,” failing which, “we would risk a rebound of the violence.”
He made the statement while speaking at the International Contact Group for Libya meeting in Istanbul.
During the meeting, the NATO chief said that the alliance is supportive of all efforts to find a political solution to the Libya crisis and commended the initiative to develop a road-map.
He stressed that “NATO remains committed to protect the Libyan people” as endorsed by the United Nations Security Council. He insisted that as long as the Qadhafi regime continues to attack and threaten its own people, NATO’s mission will continue.
Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh called for intensifying international efforts to arrive at a political solution for Libya, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Friday.
During his participation in the fourth meeting of the Libya Contact Group in Istanbul Friday, Judeh stressed the need for a ceasefire, in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorises all measures to protect Libyan civilians.
Maltese European Parliamentarian yesterday returned from leading a four-day ad hoc delegation to two refugee camps on the Tunisian-Libyan border.
The delegation said yesterday that EU member states should do more to help in the resettlement of refugees from war-torn countries being cared for in camps on the Tunisian-Libyan border and cannot return to their homes.
“This visit has been truly eye-opening. We were struck by the very harsh conditions people are facing, especially due to the extreme heat, sandstorms and limited access to clean water and adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities. This presents particular hardships for children and pregnant women.
We were also struck by the overwhelming hospitality and solidarity of the Tunisian people keeping an open door policy to third country nationals who fled Libya.
“This is a lesson for EU Member States. We are disappointed with the weak response given by Member States compared to the efforts undertaken by countries like Norway, the United States and Canada. The EU should do more to help in the resettlement of refugees from war-torn countries who cannot return to their homes. We urge them to commit to the proposed resettlement programme, including the emergency mechanism.
South Africa has reported France to the sanctions committee of the United Nations after it became known that France was dropping weapons in Libya to aid the rebels’ war against Libyan leader Muammar – Gaddafi.
In a move that may sully the relationship between South Africa and France, the South African mission complained to the UN that France had overstepped the boundaries of Resolution 1970, which imposes an arms embargo on Libya.
This means no country is allowed to give or sell arms to the Libyans because they could be used to kill civilians.
Several government officials and diplomats told City Press that South Africa feels France was not justified in delivering the arms to the rebels.
France is also a member of Nato, which South Africa feels is overstepping its boundaries in Libya.
“Nato says it demobilised the military infrastructure of Gaddafi, so why are they continuing the bombing?” a South African government official said.
Although South Africa voted in favour of resolutions that allow for a no-fly zone in Libya, it shortly afterwards said nations like the US and France are ¬using the resolutions to effect regime change, which overreaches the intent of the resolutions.
Iranian foreign minister Aliakbar Salehi says Iran has submitted a written proposal to solve the Libyan crisis, Fars news agency reported Sunday.
Talking to the news agency he stated that he had intensive talks with his Algerian counterpart Morad Madlassi on Libya and evaluating the “measures have been taken in this regard”.
He added that Algeria and some other countries are trying to put an end to the civil war and “the massacre caused by the NATO strikes.” He reiterated that Algeria is also proposing to build a government with the participation of all groups in Libya and a halt of foreign meddling in its internal affairs
The first Maltese governmental delegation to the Libyan National Transitional Council leaves for Benghazi today for a day of talks. The trip, unsurprisingly, is apparently being kept under wraps as no official announcement has been made. The only hint was a reference to Malta making use of United Nation’s resources for the trip.
When contacted, a government spokesperson confirmed the delegation’s travel plans but, when asked what was on the agenda, he said it was obviously wide-ranging. The delegation leaves early this morning and returns to Malta this evening.
The delegation will be led by Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg and the day of talks with the Council scheduled includes discussions with Council Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
Malta had recognised Benghazi as the “sole legitimate interlocutor of the Libyan people” back at the beginning of June.
The Libyan opposition on Saturday ruled out involvement of any foreign ground forces.
The National Transitional Council would not accept any interference of ground troops from other countries, the opposition’s military spokesman Mohammad Bani told reporters.
He also said the opposition forces had assembled 60 km from the oil refinery town of Brega and were poised to assault the city in coordination with NATO air strikes with the aim to “head toward the periphery of Tripoli”, the capital.
The spokesman also said the opposition forces would continue fighting during Ramadan.
Reuters
Ten Libyan rebels were reported killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the eastern oil port ofBrega on Saturday, while insurgents drove back forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the west.
AFP
A series of powerful explosions was heard early on Sunday in the Libyan capital Tripoli, bastion of the embattled Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
At least 13 blasts were heard before and just after 2300 GMT on Saturday. An AFP journalist was unable to say immediately what the targets had been.
State television channel Al Jamahiriya reported that “the colonialist crusader aggressor,” a reference to NATO, had raided civilian and military sites in the Ain Zara district and Tajoura in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli.
dovenews Libyan™
Today 10 #FF were injured in #Zlitan – #Misrata battle field. #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Rebels & shoulder-held rocket launchers on #Misrata southern front line – originally from helicopter rocket-pods: twitpic.com/5rk36k
Gulf_of_Sirte
Let’s not forget that #Gaddafi’s clan have proven 2 b weak and scattered. Hence why we think freeing #Sirte can be a piece of cake for FF
inglesi Piers Scholfield
taking it easy on #Misrata’s southern front line – volleyball anyone? twitpic.com/5rk4od #Feb17 #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
taking it easy on #Misrata’s southern front line – volleyball anyone? twitpic.com/5rk4od #Feb17 #Libya
AlluCemif
RFI veut former/structurer les journalistes de la résistance #Libye mais les syndicats crient à la perte d’indépendance. humanite.fr/17_07_2011-rfi…
www.humanite.fr/17_07_2011-rfi-les-synd...
Richard
It was a planned tactical withdrawal – a rout would have gone much further. That was why defences to South were much strongert than those to North – to protect withdrawal route. Intent will probably be to hold #Bashir and use it as a base for counterattacks, raids, supporting guerrilla cells in Brega, and firing missiles at #Brega & #Ajdabiya. When they are forced out to #Bishr they intend tol fall back to #AlAgeila and then #RasLanuf – fighting all the way.
World Organization of #Libya n Jews recognises the #NTC . #WOLJ’s rep Dr David Gerbi already in #Benghazi helping tinyurl.com/5wna36q
AlluCemif
L’Otan a détruit samedi 3 radars +1 lance-miss sol-air +1 site de stockage militaire vers #Tripoli / 6 véhicules +2 lance-roquettes à #Brega
AlluCemif
A mesure que les résistants approchent et que #Kadhafi menace, les familles ont de plus en plus peur pour leurs proches résidents à #Tripoli
BNN News Int’l
Hey do you want a nice looking ID for when you go back to Libya ;) – twitpic.com/5rkfyw
Chris_UNICEF Christopher Tidey
Leavn #Libya 2day for #Horn of Africa – thx 4 following + ur support 4 Libya’s children. Will tweet soon from #Kenya – #Somalia
hominoid
Libya Zliten A de-mining team carried out a sweep in the field. youtube.com/watch?v=453xVV…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=453xVVCva84&fea...
Daily News on Tripoli goo.gl/r9L0i
Abeidi
Libya, Gadaffi gangs they used moroco voodoo to defeat the FF in Brega.Walla hala youtube.com/watch?v=NxqIMN…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxqIMN7SbOY
Fissa’s Free Libyan Voice
An old man told his son about a battle that goes on inside people. He said: ‘’Son, there is a battle between 2 wolves inside us all. One is EVIL (Anger,Envy, Jealousy, Sorrow, Regret, Greed, Guilt, Lies & Ego. The other one is GOOD (Joy, Peace, Love, Serenity, Humanity, Kindness, Faith, Compassion, Truth, & Hope)“. The son asked his father:” Which wolf wins?’’ The old man replied: ‘’ THE ONE YOU FEED’’
Shabab
NATO hits military depot in eastern Tripoli
July 17, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — NATO jets destroyed a military storage facility and other targets in Tripoli’s eastern outskirts early Sunday, days after key international players recognized Libya’s rebel leadership as the country’s legitimate representative.
From the city, bright flashes could be seen on the eastern horizon just after midnight, followed by a steady rumbling that went on for an hour. Planes could be heard crisscrossing the night sky lit up by a near full moon, and into Sunday afternoon as well.
In Brussels, NATO said its forces had hit a military storage along with three radar sites and anti-aircraft missile launcher east of the capital. The alliance reported it flew a total of 110 sorties and carried out 45 strikes Saturday, including several against armored vehicles and rocket launchers near Brega, a strategic oil town in eastern Libya the rebels are attempting to retake.
Despite the boost given by the recognition of the rebels and a pledge to transfer Libya’s billions in frozen assets to rebel coffers, the struggle against Moammar Gadhafi has settled into a stalemate since the mass uprising broke out in mid-February.
The rebels have set up an interim administration in the eastern city of Benghazi and seized control of the port city of Misrata and much of the western Nafusa mountain range. Gadhafi controls the rest of Libya from his stronghold in the capital Tripoli.
Rebel efforts to move on the capital from the east in Brega, from the west in Misrata and from the south in the Nafusa mountains, have all bogged down in the face of better equipped and trained government troops.
Gadhafi himself has made a series of defiant speeches over the last few days, ridiculing NATO and making it clear he has no intention of leaving power — as demanded by the Western powers.
On Saturday, 10 rebels were killed in their latest advance on the strategic oil town of Brega. Rebel fighters said they were sweeping the outskirts for land mines so they could move in.
Rebels have been trying to take the town with its large gas and oil storage facilities for weeks.
Source AP
LIBYA TRIPOLI
This guy is called Younis and I think comes from Werfella – #Libya flic.kr/p/a3SHB4
Name and shame! Two pro #Gaddafi supporters in #London. #UK. #Libya flic.kr/p/a3SHLt
bentbenghaz
Eyewitness in #Tajoura says pro-G forces attacked houses there with Grad rockets, following #NATO bombs early this morning. #Libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Do you know this ugly TV presenter? It’s called Hala from #Gaddafi state TV. #Libya flic.kr/p/a3XZt8
Global Post
Libyan rebels attempt to retake Brega
Bloody Brega offensive
Finally this weekend, perhaps bolstered by a full U.S. recognition and the promise of hundreds of millions in frozen funds to help their fledgling volunteers, the rebels advanced on Brega in earnest. They were met by heavy shelling today. Ten rebel fighters were killed, according to AP, and 172 have been wounded in the last few days, many from landmines, according to doctors at the nearest functioning hospital in Ajdabiya. It’s unclear how many government forces were killed, although four were said to have been captured.
These are extraordinary casualty numbers are a sure sign that an estimated 3,000 Gaddafi troops will not abandon Brega. If it falls to the rebels, the coastal highway opens up to Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.
But first it seems, the rebels will have to deal with a devil’s array of booby traps and dug in loyalists. According to reports, the offensive started when rebel forces approached Brega late Friday, only to find landmines and trenches filled with flammable liquid. Two hundred and fifty mines have been found so far, the AP reported.
Read more:
www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpos...
NATO
NATO forces continue to remove threats against civilians
NATO forces have continued to strike key command and control nodes, military supply facilities, armoured vehicles and military storage facilities across Libya.
NATO forces are monitoring the dynamic situation across the country, including around Brega, amid widespread reports of anti-Qadhafi forces pushing into the area.
Early this morning, NATO aircraft struck a large military vehicle storage area in Tajura, 30km east of Tripoli. The military facility consisted of several substantial warehouses, containing various military vehicles including battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and ammunition.
This facility was clearly militarized for the purpose of supporting pro-Qadhafi forces and striking it has further degraded the regime’s capacity to launch attacks against civilians. NATO forces are keeping up the pressure and continue to strike military targets in areas across the country wherever civilians are threatened.
After extensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance monitoring showing pro-Qadhafi forces use of the site, NATO forces determined the military equipment deployed from this facility was used to resupply pro-Qadhafi forces launching attacks on civilians.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under the United Nations Security Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under the threat of attack in Libya.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
We will never run out of door mats in Libya at all and here of the proof (Do you agree with me?) flic.kr/p/a429Ka #Libya
Somaia
NATO says surveillance showed Gaddafi cynically used Africa Union peacekeeping vehicles 2 sustain ruthless attacks on his own ppl #libya
Redress Editor
Post-Gaddafi #Libya should cut all ties with Algeria and sub-Saharan #Africa. We Libyans have gained nothing from our relations with Africa.
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
500 recent photos: #Libya unrest Photos yhoo.it/pmVABv via @YahooNews
plemochoe
Ph.D. Philosophy UCL (Louvain) Philosophy and sociology teacher. Translator of Muslims in the Extended Europe and other works on Islam:
Reuters and the AP have been misrepresenting the facts about Libya and giving Gaddafi a megaphone since the beginning.
I have some claim to prescience re the Libyan revolution. I was one of the first to holler No Fly Zone
And I spent weeks arguing with Libyan tweeps, including the best known about the necessity of a NFZ. From a difficult position
I also advocated the use of bunker busters months before they were actually used on Bab al Aziziya. I was ridiculed, they weren’t.
And I have persistently argued that Gaddafi is not a leader or a personality but a mindless pile of money.Important point because
75% of the journalism since then, not just from the Rixos, has been to portray Gaddafi as an ordinary decent dictator…
.instead of a drooling fucking nut, which is what he is in reality.
Reuters and the AP, for reasons known to them but not their stringers, have portrayed the revolution as a civil war,
and the wire services have in general made it OK for people to avoid focusing on the FF, who have done a lot with not much
Now for the third time, the assault is being made in terms of time and expectations.The “rebels” are too slow,Gaddafi might stay,
The West will run out of money, patience, time, etc. ANYTHING to avoid the truth, which is this:
Letting Gaddafi stay and pulling out would engender a wave of private army violence in Africa. NATO has gone too far to pull out
First off, Gaddafi is a bundle of rage at this point. Let him live and he will start a pogrom against his opponents -
revenge attacks on the FF that will make the last 42 years look like tea and cookies
Gaddafi’s hatred for the West would only be increased if NATO pulled out because every statement shows clearly he’s a sociopath
In the Reuters story Gaddafi says the FF are burning mosques, that they are Christians
But there’s no paragraph that says, “Gaddafi often makes insane, obviously bogus statements.”
You could say everybody knows that. But there’s no response from a TNC leader either. So it’s still Gaddafi’s microphone
Just quoting him AS IF he were capable of making a sensible statement is half the propaganda battle.
In effect Reuters and AP give Gaddafi the Fox News treatment. They 50-50 everything that’s said, or that happens
Except they quote Gaddafi much more than TNC leaders because he’s better copy (being crazy)
The wire services and the journalists at the RIxos have been played like a flute throughout this conflict
Although someday we will find that packets of $100’s were also involved. Write a good story, get a bag of cash.
There is no going back on Libya – not just for the FF but also for the Western alliance. Here’s why:
Gaddafi has been laying the groundwork for major lawlessness and violence in Africa for a long time.
The trick with Gaddafi is to think of him as a mindless pile of $ – possibly $200 billion back in February
How do you monetize Africa? You drive out the people with private armies of armed children. A proven business model there.
The idea is to make Africa worth less and less and less, so somebody can eventually buy it up – the New Colonialism
Reuters lets Gaddafi call the FF “Christians”, they don’t remind us HE has been declared an enemy of God by the imams
Gaddafi mobilizes the Colonialist metaphor but HE is a mega-colonialist who got pretty close to being King of Africa
Can’t any reporter figure out that Gaddafi is crazy beyond all help, and that nothing short of jail or death is tolerable?
Meanwhile the political anti-Gaddafi movement is stronger now than ever.
After Misrata was liberated things looked very good. But now the notion that the West might pull out is sounding more serious
The TNC and the FF need to realize that for the West, it’s all internal politics.
Think about this: if NATO gave a two-month warning – pull out in 60 days – that would be worth billions to Gaddafi
Suddenly he would be able to borrow money and deal with banks again. He would have life, to give more death.
Gaddafi KNOWS how the West works. The FF and the TNC don’t seem to.
I’m not just warning them. I’m warning the West. It’s not just Libya but Africa that’s at stake.
If Gaddafi survives lawlessness in Africa will increase tenfold – as he tries to recoup and pay back at the same time
Not just Gaddafi – all manner of pirates and warlords will watch and learn – you can outwit and outwait the West
Dear folks who retweeted and recommended my posts, thank you. I hope the Western alliance will stick it out, for Africa’s sake.
Even though the land area is bigger, Libya thanks to Gaddafi is almost as big an environmental disaster as Iraq.
War of this kind is a disaster for the environment worldwide. The sum total of explosions and fuel burns affects global air quality
All of this is Gaddafi’s “fault”. Actually fault implies responsibility and insane people are not responsible
In the name of the Arab Spring and for the love of Africa, that continent cannot be allowed to sink much longer
The battle against climate change begins in Africa where the consequences will be most severe.
In other words there are too many real problems to allow a pure psycho like Gaddafi to f things up anymore.
Getting Gaddafi out has not cost that much or taken that long compared to letting him stay
It’s time to admit that world oil companies have profited from the Libya bump in the oil price, and they want it to stay around
Gaddafi has never been kicked out of OPEC. There are still contacts and his chances are still assessed daily.
Everybody in the business is always priced very forward, that is, sort of buy the rumor, sell the news.
Every indication, and even every rumor implying Gaddafi MIGHT survive is worth many millions to him. A few discreet doors stay open.
It’s possible that Gaddafi had before this war the biggest fortune ever controlled by one man – perhaps $200 bn worth of leverage
That much money has a life of its own and it isn’t dead until some government confiscates it.
I would like to know, finally tonight, if State TV got kicked off Nilesat and is that having any effect yet?
The Libyan tweeps who have worked so long and hard to defend this Revolution, I cannot name them all…
The frantic campaign to get NATO to disengage, stirred up by Gaddafi in a thousand ways in our publications…
In this respect we have to repeat the famous words, changing them a little: I’m not afraid of Gaddafi. I’m afraid to lose the battle.
Gaddafi is kind of like bin Laden now – mostly cut off from his assets. But that could change.
Even stories about Gaddafi being low on cash are dangerous. He could be low on physical stacks of $100’s from the bunker..
But it takes a month just to tot up the assets in a $100 billion fortune. Take the British real estate deals…
Gaddafi was frozen out of that market and many others. But the freeze-out is related to the glare of publicity.
If Gaddafi survives the NATO campaign, billions in assets he can’t touch now will become available again.
Gaddafi uses the “I know you are but what am I” theory of rhetorical lying. What he does, he accuses you of doing.
There’s something deeply silly about Gaddafi. Where does that leave the journalists who reprint his every word?Which is most of them.
Sure, printing what he says doesn’t mean they agree. But they seldom say they don’t.
I’ve said this before: those of you who work out of the Rixos, you might be sorry to be there one day soon.
AJA:
170 injured in vicinity of #Brega since last night.
AJA;
Rebel leader gives example: 250 landmines were cleared from a 1km/2 area near #Brega.
VOA NEWS
NATO Warplanes Hit Libyan Military Targets Near Tripoli, Brega
The latest NATO air strikes shook the eastern outskirts of Tripoli before dawn Sunday. It was not immediately clear what targets were struck or whether there were any casualties. Gadhafi has used the western city as his main power base in a five-month-long battle against rebels trying to end his 42-year-long autocratic rule.
NATO reported hitting a range of Libyan military targets near Tripoli on Saturday, including a storage facility, three radars and a surface-to-air missile launcher. It says alliance warplanes also struck pro-Gadhafi armored vehicles and rocket launchers near Brega.
Read full art. Here:
www.voanews.com/english/news/NATO-Warpl...
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Sorry… at least 13 rebel fighters have now been killed and 204 wounded since the battle for Brega began on Thursday.
Somaia
Brega gd hit from FF in Brega 2 Gardaffi Forces. gd 1 boys keep it up U just cheered me up Thank U.
Video:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/bentbenghazi7...
REUTERS:
Over 120 rebels hurt in battle for east Libya town
More than 120 Libyan rebels were wounded on Sunday as they fought to dislodge troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from the eastern oil port of Brega, a rebel spokesman said on Sunday.
Link:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/17/us-l...
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
I might be wrong, but I’d be pretty surprised if there were 127 wounded today in Brega fighting. It has been about 172 total so far
Danya
Fredoom Fighter’s in control of the eastern gate of the city of Brega! #Libya Allahu Akbar!
The Times of India:
Libya rebels report street-to-street fighting in Brega
Rebel forces said they had re-entered Brega but had not yet managed to wrest control of the town from Gaddafi’s troops, who have held it since April.
“Some small groups have made it inside, but we do not control the whole (town) yet,” said Mohammed Zawi, a spokesman for the rebel forces.
Zawi dismissed rumours that Gaddafi troops had abandoned the town altogether. “It is now close fighting,” he said, indicating a new phase in the four-day rebel campaign.
Link:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middl...
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
#GaddafiSongDedications Dr.Dre featuring Snoop Dogg: Nothin but a “G” thang
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Small selection of the publications coming out from the media centres in Nafusa region #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5rp2th
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Published by the newly founded National Foundation for Amazigh Culture in #Yefren #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5rp0tg
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Latest from #Misrata Al-Hikma hospital – 29 injured, no dead. Sadly likely to rise before end of day. #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Reports that electricity has been cut off on some districts in #Tripoli. #Libya
Ben Wedeman CNN
Food supplies are down and the price of petrol is up in rebel-held Western Libya. CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports.
Video:
www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/07...
BintHOPErelief BintHOPErelief
#EidOfHope created another registry this one at Amazon! check it out amazon.com/registry/wishl #libya
The Malta Independent:
First Maltese delegation to Benghazi today
The first Maltese governmental delegation to the Libyan National Transitional Council leaves for Benghazi today for a day of talks. The trip, unsurprisingly, is apparently being kept under wraps as no official announcement has been made. The only hint was a reference to Malta making use of United Nation’s resources for the trip.
When contacted, a government spokesperson confirmed the delegation’s travel plans but, when asked what was on the agenda, he said it was obviously wide-ranging. The delegation leaves early this morning and returns to Malta this evening.
The delegation will be led by Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg and the day of talks with the Council scheduled includes discussions with Council Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
Malta had recognised Benghazi as the “sole legitimate interlocutor of the Libyan people” back at the beginning of June.
Although members of the Council have had talks with the Maltese government, most recently last week when a small delegation from the Benghazi council flew into Malta with a group of children being given humanitarian medical treatment at Mater Dei Hospital, this will be the first Maltese delegation to Benghazi since Libya became engulfed in violence.
The small delegation comprises the minister, Melvyn Mangion and other officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Art. Here:
www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsite...
bencnn benwedeman
Al-Jazeera Arabic running what purports to be amateur video of an anti-Qahdafi demonstration in Sabha in southern #Libya.
BintHOPErelief BintHOPErelief
by carolv27
Donate & RT thx. RT #EIDOFHOPE 3rd gift registry at #toysRus, free shipping on certain items toysrus.com/wishlist/searc… #libya
KarlreMarks Karl Sharro
So Mubarak went for the coma option while Gaddafi has been perfecting the insanity defence all his life.
dovenews Libyan™
Caller from #Tajoora: Gaddafi forces have fired grad missiles on Tajoora after the NATO strikes on Gaddafi military targets to accuse NATO.
tripolitano Tripolitano
Sources: any one entering #Libya through Ras Jdee who’s been out of da country 4 more than a month is interrogated& passport confiscated.
Libya_Awake_United
When u plant Landmines, u just pant a killing device for ur grand grand children. How ur vision is insightful & promising for the future!
Septimius
(AFP) #Zintan Bank reopens “THIS IS GOING TO ANNOY GADAFFI AND CO” t.co/S2UroQ0 #libya #feb17 #Nafusa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTIIRoBhFMw&fea...
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Amazigh children’s alphabet book ‘Animals’ – 1st post revolution Amazigh publication #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5rop4l
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Malta to release the Libyan frozen funds.
mmmm. Frozen Fund Malt shake.
Libye Libre
Les insurgés libyens du Djebel Nefoussa sont désormais bien armés, encadrés et déterminés à marcher sur Tripoli laregledujeu.org/2011/07/17/672… #Libye
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Met families of rebel war dead in Zintan in Libya. Proud, dignified and insistent that their cause is worth fighting and dying for.
littlelisa8 Lisa
#Gaddafi takes his revenge on #Misrata as he is losing #Brega tonight”
LY_NeverForget:
y lol imagine #Gaddafi glowin singin “hello hello is it me ur looking 4” #EasyNatoTarget #GaddafiSongDedication
NadiaMaddox
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
The revolution doesn’t succeed when the tyrant is gone. It succeeds when tyranny is gone.
SLATE.fr
Pourquoi bombarde-t-on la Libye?
Slate Afrique – Vous avez vécu pendant trois ans en Libye. Vous êtes arabophone et vous avez sillonné le pays. A travers vos contacts réguliers avec la population, avez-vous l’impression que Kadhafi soit un homme isolé?
Patrick Haimzadeh – Je parlerai tout d’abord de mon expérience en Libye avant l’insurrection du 17 février 2011. Comme dans tout régime autoritaire, une majorité de la population libyenne (de l’ordre de 70 %) était attentiste, c’est-à-dire qu’elle était sans illusion sur le système mais n’avait aucune idée de ce que pourrait être la Libye sans Kadhafi et pas de conscience de sa capacité à mettre fin au système. Il faut s’imaginer un système en place depuis près de 42 ans où aucune force d’opposition n’a jamais pu se structurer ni s’exprimer. Au départ, ces gens parlaient peu mais au fil du temps, la confiance s’installant, les langues se déliaient et ils se laissaient aller à critiquer.
More here:
fr.news.yahoo.com/pourquoi-bombarde-t-l...
RFI: les syndicats exigent des garanties
«Après avoir livré des armes aux rebelles libyens, la France va désormais les aider à développer les radios comme les télévisions.» Même le Figaro n’y va pas par quatre chemin. L’annonce par Alain de Pouzilhac, PDG de l’Audiovisuel extérieur de la France (AEF) de mettre en place un programme de formation des journalistes libyens opposants au régime de Kadhafi, par ceux de RFI et France 24, pose à l’évidence de sérieux problèmes d’indépendance. Ce programme, validé à l’issue d’une rencontre entre Alain de Pouzilhac et Mahmoud Shammam, ministre de l’Information du Conseil national de transition libyen (CNT), le 29 juin dernier, débuterait à compter de septembre.
Marion Allard.
Read more and source:
www.humanite.fr/17_07_2011-rfi-les-synd...
Afriquinfos
Ces officiers libyens déserteurs qui rejoignent les rebelles de l’Ouest
Ils ont tous un peu la même histoire, ces officiers originaires du Djebel Nefoussa qui ont abandonné l’armée régulière pour participer à “la guerre pour la liberté”.
Ils parlent de la flamme qui les habite depuis les premiers jours de l’insurrection mi-février. Ils racontent comment, risquant l’arrestation ou l’exécution, ils ont résisté aux ordres ou été mis à l’écart, comment ils ont espionné avant de franchir le pas.
Le colonel pilote Abd Elsalam, 51 ans, était à l’académie de l’armée de l’air de Misrata (est de Tripoli) quand tout a commencé. “Lorsqu’ils nous ont demandé de voler et de bombarder les rebelles, j’ai répondu non. Il y a eu une enquête, on m’a menacé de prison. J’ai dit que j’étais malade”. Ensuite, la base a été attaquée, les avions ont été détruits, plus question de voler. L’unité a été transférée à Tripoli.
Le colonel de l’armée de terre Mohammed Athich, 57 ans, était au quartier général militaire de la région d’Al-Jufrah, à 600 km au sud-est de Tripoli, chargé de veiller aux mouvements de troupes, d’armes et de munitions. Lui a rapidement été mis à l’écart. “Ils savaient que mes trois fils avaient rejoint la rébellion. On ne me faisait pas confiance, on me soupçonnait comme tous les militaires originaires des montagnes de soutenir les combattants”.
Reaad more here:
www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2011/7/16/...
Libye Libre
Heurts rapportés nuit dernière à #Tripoli par le Mouvement Génération Libre entre résistants et forces de #Kadhafi.
Nefoussa : “Ce sont des gens armés, encadrés, déterminés et ayant la rage de vaincre … ils sont en position de " prendre Tripoli – BHL
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Libyan gov’t officials objected to 1 of my reports. Accused me of working for NATO & Hillary Clinton. Threatened to kick me out of #Libya.
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
Even #Malta s showing personality over our blood,suffering,starvation. Thats our money & we gonna take it by law, force wtever it takes #NTC
KhiriaElf Khiria
As of today, it has been 5 months since we got a taste of freedom. #Libya #Feb17
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Maybe if #SaifsBeard doesn’t pan out for Saif’s religion diplomacy,he’ll go punk rock:wear dayglo paint,lip pierce, and rename himself $aif.
Secular libya
Imperialists are supplying weapons to FFs. Qadafi must be right- FFs work 4 world colonialism & imperialism LOL /sarcasm
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/Thanku4theAng...
LIBYA_WIN Hayat Libya
Apparently #Gaddafi’s forces in #Brega are trapped and #FFs want to find a way to spare lives on both sides- Some withdrew to #RasLanuf
4Adam Adam
Gaddafi soldiers receive med treatment in Qawalish “We’re forced to fight you (revolutionaries)” youtube.com/watch?v=AGc5c0… #Libya #Feb17 #Nafusa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGc5c0IzNTY&fea...
LY_NeverForget Ms.F
No comatose 4 Gaddafi.I wld like my dictator tortured, mutilated and served on a burning fire pls
Libya_from_FR Sarah LFFR
Plusieurs explosions consécutives auraient été entendu à #Misrata. #Libye / Reports the sound of severeal explosions in Misrata. #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
UPDATE: Money from #Malta will not be released in form of cash to Libyan banks controlled by the #NTC, it would rather be in form of aid.
Skeptical4 Skeptic
pretty quiet on twitter now
g song: Regine
what about "hit the road jack(gadaffi) and dont you come back no more. no more ,no more, no more
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#Nalut hospital being powered by diesel-generator after Gaddafiforces’ shelling disrupted electricity supply yesterday #Libya
ListentoLibya Husam
I aint too proud to tell you that I cry sometimes, cry sometimes..
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
twitvid.com/RAHMW – Children of #Yefren demonstration against #gadaffi government #libya #feb17
www.twitvid.com/RAHMW
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS Ossama
TRIPOLI:Source in Tripoli said that there has been a sudden withdrawal of the checkpoints in the city in the last two days! Goin to front?
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Gaddafi’s Idea of “peaceful” march, this was 19th/March outskirts of #Benghazi – #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=RP4ARC… Thank you #France
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4ARCgYPRM&fea...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Rocket explosions, #NATO jets far overhead, Allahu Akbar chant on a loop. #NighttimesoundsofMisrata
fcukruna Maimuna Aghliw
Grad rockets hitting #Misrata RIGHT NOW. #NATO, step up your game ? #LIBYA #FREELIBYA #GADDAFICRIMES
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS Ossama
BREAKING: Grad rockets are now falling on #Misurata. #Libya #feb17
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
dedicated by Gaddafi’s barber? #GaddafiSongDedications Guns ‘n’ Roses – “Welcome to the Jungle”
misrati_free Feb17
#GaddafiSongDedications Bob Marley “Rat Race”
Rabz Abs
#GaddafiSongDedications blonde: “one way or another I am going to find you and get you”
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS Ossama
NEVER FORGET: July 17 1998, when the tyrant injected 400 innocent kids with AIDS, most of them have died! :( #Libya #feb17
g song dedication;
alwaten
how about Every move you make by The Police as a NATO #Gaddafisongdedication,very apropriate
N_Benghazi .
#GaddafiSongDedications Howie Day – “Collide” (NATO bombs dedication to Gaddafi)
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
#GaddafiSongDedications Eagles: “Hotel California” (called in by the #Rixos)
N_Benghazi .
#GaddafiSongDedications Phineas and Ferb – “My Neme-Nemesis”
misrati_free Feb17
#GaddafiSongDedications The Doors “The End”
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Took this pic of #Misrata FF Walid (24) on July 5. Now he’s using crutches & staying in a rented flat with other FFs. twitpic.com/5rj7bf
Last nite Walid, Abubaker, Ibrahim & Gassem were together for a midnight dinner of bread & chicken. They were all seriously..
..injured by 106mm gunfire on April 21. They have friends here in Tunis, including me. But no family. All support is private.
Most #Libyans who come to Tunisia for war injuries need sustained healthcare and won’t get it if they return home.
A store attendant told my #Libyan friend Salem that my photo was illegal. I said better to ask forgiveness than permission ;)
Hosam. 23 yr old #Libyan FF from #Kikla. Shot in his behind at Qwaleesh last week. Was a lineworker 4 electric company. t.co/xHP4qcj
Took this picture on July 14 at 11 pm. I went to visit Hosam with Kikla friends who wanted to see him & other new arrivals.
This was in a Tunisian private hospital (‘clinic’). Hosam was admitted on Thursday & discharged on Friday. He’s in a flat now
Souffian Tripoli
#Gaddafi ‘s son Mutassim (commander of ground forces in #Brega) has jumped the sinking ship & fled to his father’s hometown #Sirte”
Bloomberg
Libya Needs to Manage $168 Billion in Assets, Banker Says
Libya has about $168 billion in frozen assets and the Transitional National Council needs to access and start managing the funds as it works to oust Muammar Qaddafi and rebuild the country, former central bank chief Farhat Bengdara said.
The assets include $106 billion owned by the central bank, 55 percent to 60 percent of which is in government securities, and $62 billion held by the Libyan Investment Authority, Bengdara, who resigned in March and heads the International Libyan Bankers’ Association, said in an interview in Istanbul yesterday. The group is advising the TNC about raising finance and reviving the banking industry, he said.
“The council now has a legal status; they can raise money, fund contracts and give loans,” Bengdara said. “They can get finance and the collateral could be these deposits.”
Read more here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-17/libya...
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
#GaddafiSongDedications Michael Jackson: “Beat It” (FF anthem,as suggested by @thegeedee)
feb17
Los Angeles Times
As the two ethnic groups in the mountainous portion of Libya’s west put aside long-held differences, at stake may be more than the fate of the communities along a sparsely populated range.
July 16, 2011, 3:04 p.m. Reporting from Zintan, Libya--
Before the Libyan uprising this year, Salah, a proud Arab, never would have approved if his sister had decided to marry a Berber, a long-oppressed ethnic group populating large parts of western Libya and the rest of North Africa.
But the battle against Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s rule has fused the destinies of the two people, especially in the Nafusa Mountains where Arab and Berber towns rely on one another for survival.
“There is one particular Berber who I got to know after the revolution,” said Salah, who asked that his last name not be published because of the sensitivity of the issue. “I would be proud if my sister married him.”
Source and read more:
feb17.info/news/joint-fight-with-arabs-...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Irresistible: Nescafe display in a Tunis grocery store today. #Libya twitpic.com/5rp8gg
libyanandproud
4 the trenches were filled with flammable oil products from Brega
ALERT:
aabeidi Abdelaly Abeidi
Libya, Massod Abdulhafeez in Sabaha preparing to raid on Qatroon with 30 cars carrying 14.5.
4Adam Adam
Near Bir al Ghanam. Gaddafi tries to advance and the FF joke about his shells youtube.com/watch?v=W_7nKm… #LIbya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_7nKme6ZtA&fea...
Joanne
He ran to Sirte, Muatasim Gaddafi escaped being captured by FF in Brega #Libya
DAILY NEWS:
Libya rebel advance slowed by ‘chemical’ trenches
Libya: Libyan rebels said their steady advance on Brega was slowed Saturday by the discovery of defensive trenches around the city that had been filled with flammable chemicals by retreating Kadhafi troops.
But the commander said landmines and a series of booby-trapped trenches had forced them to slow the attack in order to minimise casualties. “We know Kadhafi’s forces have installed a lot of mines. They have even dug holes and trenches (filled) with some chemical liquids and oil to fire them when our forces enter Brega,” he said. It was not clear what kind of chemicals were being used, but the oil hub is home to a large petrochemical facility that produces a range of oil by-products.
Ajdabiya, Sunday, AFP
Here is the link to full art.:
www.dailynews.lk/2011/07/18/wld04.asp
hominoid
Libya 120 Opposition fighters were wounded on Sunday during a battle to drive out Gaddafi forces in the eastern oil port of Brega.
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
Personally, I don’t know how the Nafusa FFs can do it, these soldiers have shelled their homes for months, killed their families.
hominoid
by Unknown7771
Libya Misrata 29 injured in a fierce battle on the western front today
Libya There are divisions within the Gdaffy battalions on the front at Brega and some escape the rest are lacking ammunition unconfirmed
Bill Neely
Bizarre 2 be able 2 watch 2 gt sporting events in Libya.Clark winning Open & Japan beating US in Women’s World Cup Final.US so much better.
Whatever happened to some real informative reporting about Libya while you’re there?
Alex
By fleeing #Brega 4 #Sirte – #MoatassemGaddafi – has disobeyed G’s ‘no retreat’ rule – shd be shot like other #Gaddafi retreaters are #Libya
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
I posted 12 photos on Facebook in the album “16 July 2011-West Misrata frontline” fb.me/Gq8pVFB7
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18922...
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Zintan Poster: “#Palestine is in Our Hearts” twitpic.com/5rjmxg #Feb17 #Libya
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
The innocence and anger in the eyes of Misrata children البرائة والغضب في نظرات اطفال مصراته on.fb.me/nNGfpC #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18922...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
lots of talk of #Misrata phones working – to my knowledge about 50% of landlines are up and running, no mobiles as yet. #feb17 #Libya
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
Confrontation on the #Zliten – #Misrata front, as FFs managed to repel G forces. No loss of life reported on FF side.
Niz_FGM Niz
17/7/11-FGMovement in possession of documents identifying 32 BASE as recently housing longrange missiles.We believe was destroyed last night
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
Reports that no martyrs on the #Brega front. Few injuries due to dismantling mines. #Libya #Feb17
Skeptical4 Skeptic
NATO why didnt u hit Mutassims car on road 2 Sirte, WHY?
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
Aghhh had to come back, FFs looting is bad, but do they expect x-ray machines to gather dust in deserted medical centres?
Feb 17
CNN:
By Omar Ashour
BENGHAZI – Middle Eastern autocrats routinely warn their people of rivers of blood, Western occupation, poverty, chaos, and Al Qaeda if their regimes are toppled. Those threats were heard in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, and – rendered in black-comedy style – in Libya. But there is a strong belief across the region that the costs of removing autocracies, as high as they might be, are low compared to the damage inflicted by the current rulers. In short, freedom is worth the price.
In Libya, four scenarios may negatively affect prospects for democratization: civil/tribal war, military rule, becoming “stuck in transition,” and partition. Given the high price Libyans have paid, those scenarios should be prevented rather than cured.
Full art. Here:
feb17.info/news/libya-after-gadhafi
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
AJA reported that Mutassim Gaddafi ran away while FFs were entering #Brega. I’m sure he takes after his father’s character #Libya #Feb17
sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDWp3sf20c&feature=youtu.be fb.me/17tHpYBYI
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDWp3sf20c&fea...
and:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDWp3sf20c
International
Libye: Moscou n’entend pas livrer des armes au régime de Kadhafi
La Russie n’a pas l’intention de livrer des armes au régime du colonel Kadhafi, a déclaré dimanche le représentant permanent de la Russie auprès de l’Otan, Dmitri Rogozine à la radio Echo de Moscou.
“Tant la législation russe que celle des pays membres de l’UE interdisent de livrer des armes à un territoire où existe un conflit civil, où se déroule la guerre civile”, a indiqué le diplomate.
“Ce que font certains pays membres de l’Otan est un scandale absolu qui est en contradiction flagrante avec toutes les résolutions adoptées par le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu concernant la situation en Libye”, s’est-il indigné.
Source:
fr.rian.ru/world/20110717/190171803.html
4Adam Adam
Qawalish battle (II) – Gaddafi SubSaharan soldiers youtube.com/watch?v=wOvTWh… #Libya #Feb17 #Nafusa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOvTWhlyYIk&fea...
AJA reporter in Ajdabya: Mutassim Gaddafi, ground commander of G forces in #Brega has fled to #Sirte. + 7 G soldiers killed today
freedom4libya Khalifa Leebee
Conditions in #Tripoli are bad and getting worst. 40 deg. C and no electricity.
moooonlight22 Libya Free Forever.
50,000 imprisoned in #Tripoli many were detained and kidnapped from other cities of Libya by #Gadafi thugs 2 r my brother& Cousin
Libya_Now AlluCemif
1 rapport du journaliste @IvanCNN a déplu aux officiels du gouv. de #Tripoli.Accusé de travailler pour l’OTAN et H.Clinton. Menacé exclusion
Libya, Brega 25 of Gadaffi cars left Brega heading south after heavy fighting with FF. Not new for those cowards
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
Just spoke to rebels on Brega front. 2 killed 60 injured today; 22killed/371 injured since Thurs. They’ve been driven ~20km back from Brega.
Skeptical4 Skeptic
FF using BM-21 Grad launching missiles at #Brega front today youtube.com/watch?v=0o23LL… via @youtube
Skeptical4 Skeptic
FF using BM-21 Grad launching missiles at #Brega front today youtube.com/watch?v=0o23LL… via @youtube
Eman Slap Gaddafi anyone? loglod.com/game/5773/Slap…
www.loglod.com/game/5773/Slap-Gaddafi.html
bencnn benwedeman
Photo from downtown #zintan: no one has defaced this colonel’s likeness. #Libya #Feb17 yfrog.com/klb1bluj
septimius_sever septimius severus
“We are fighting to die, they are fighting to live” #AJE #Gwalish youtube.com/watch?v=EmMGfX… by @jonahhull
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmMGfXARpuU&fea...
NIZ
Tripoli Update 17/7/2011 تطورات طرابلس
by The Free Generation Movement – حركة جيل الاحرار on Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 5:56pm
1-
انخفاض عدد نقاط التفتيش خلال النهار اليوم في عدة مناطق بطرابلس
2-
انقطاع الكهرباء في اغلب أنحاء المدينة كلها اليوم.
3- سمعت معظم مدينة طرابلس الانفجارات الهائلة في شرق العاصمة وتحديدا بتاجوراء الليلة الماضية ،حركة جيل الأحرار في حوزتها بعض الوثائق الرسمية التي تبين ان صواريخ بعيدة المدى قد تم نقلها في الآونة الأخيرة إلى كتيبة 32 ، واعتقادنا بأن قد تم تدميرها الليلة الماضية. وكانت معظم هده الانفجارات انفجارات ثانوية وليست من قصف حلف شمال الأطلسي . وكانت الشظايا مثل الكرات النارية في السماء.
4- كتيبة 32 هي كتيبة معروفة وتقع على الطريق إلى الشرق . تدميرها يفتح الطريق للثوار في تاجوراء وخارجها للدخول الي طرابلس.
5- أزمة نقص الوقود لا تزال تتفاقم. و العديد من المحطات قد تم إغلاقها .
1- Fewer checkpoints during the day today in districts around Tripoli
2- Rolling blackouts continue around the whole city today.
3- Most of the city heard the enormous explosions in eastern Tripoli/Tajoura last night. The Free Generation Movement is in possession of official documentation showing that medium to long range missiles have recently been moved to an area of 32 BASE, Tajoura. We have reason to believe that this was destroyed last night. Most of the explosions were secondary explosions and not NATO bombs. Shrapnel and what appeared like fireballs and rockets were shooting up into the sky.
4- 32 BASE is a well known base and lies on the road to/from the east. Its destruction opens the way for our fighters in Tajoura and beyond to eventually enter Tripoli.
5- Fuel shortage continues to worsen. Many stations are now fully closed.
NIZ:
Thoughts of a Father….. أفكار
by The Free Generation Movement – حركة جيل الاحرار on Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 7:38pm
The father of one of the members of The Free Generation Movement put down his thoughts about 42 years of Gaddafi rule. 42 years that this man has lived through. A victim of oppression, this father of Libyans waits for a day he once couldnt even dream about….
In the name of God the Merciful
My opinions on the rule of Gaddafi during the 42 years of his reign….
He banned pictures of rulers, and his pictures emerged everywhere.
He declared the demolition of prisons, and built more
He called for the freedom of citizens, and put opposition behind bars.
He called for the abolishment of passports, whilst his corrupt institutions demanded them from behind desks.
He called for an Islamic state but failed to build a single mosque
He banned the naming of celebrities, but his name appears everywhere
He destroyed musical instruments in public, and his sons were lavished by the worlds pop stars at private parties.
He raised the banner of justice and equality and created a society of classes and cronyism
He called for a rise in the standard of living through the sale of oil and yet the number of poor multiplied.
In 42 years, he was unable to build a decent international airport.
In 42 years, he was unable to establish a public transportation network
In 42 years, he was unable to deliver gas to our homes
In 42 years, he was unable to establish a railway network
In 42 years, he was unable to establish a postal service
In 42 years, he was unable to provide stable electricity to our homes.
In 42 years, he was unable to provide a complete sewage network
He destroyed Education. He destroyed Healthcare. He destroyed Management institutions. He destroyed Society.
He split the wealth of a nation between him, his sons, and his corrupt accomplices.
He spread the rule of corruption and bribery in favour of those loyal to him.
He called on everyone to protect him, to serve him and his sons and created an entourage corrupt and obedient to extend his rule.
He said “partners not wage workers” and made everyone in Libya a slave to his wage structure.
He said “The house belongs to its dwellers” and stole the properties, the wealth and the possessions of millions of Libyans.
He brought in mercenaries to protect him and to protect his reign.
He issued a document of human rights and killed more than 1,200 prisoners in the prison of Abu Slim within two hours.
He said “I’m not a leader” and yet his words become law overnight.
He spent billions and paraded his arms and his military forces during celebrations, only to use them against his own people. Even those who expressed themselves peacefully.
وضع والد أحد أعضاء حركة جيل الأحرار ملخص لأفكار تراكمت نحو 42 عاما من حكم القذافي. 42 سنة الذي كان هذا الرجل ضحية القمع ، هذا الأب كسار الليبيين ينتظر اليوم الذي لم يستطيع مرة أن يحلم به
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
أراء حول حكم القدافي وأهدافه خلال 42 سنة من حكمه
حينما قام بالثورة منع تعليق صور الحكام فرائينا صورته في كل مكان .
هدم سجنا وبناء سجون في كل مكان.
دعا لحرية المواطن وزجا بلالاف في السجون.
ألقاء بجوازات السفر من النافدة وسحبها رسميا من الشباك
دعا إلي دولة إسلامية ولم يبني مسجدا
منع ذكر أسماء المسولين والمشاهير لينفرد بذكر اسمه فقط.
حطم آلالات الموسيقية في الميدان واستجلب اشهر المطربين الأجانب ليغنوا له ولأبنائه
رفع شعار العدل والمساواة وخلق الطبقية والمحسوبية
دعا إلي رفع مستوى معيشة المواطن فارتفع دخل الوطن من بيع النفط وزاد المواطن فقرا
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من بناء مطار دول
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من إنشاء شبكة مواصلات عامة
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من توصيل الغاز للبيوت
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من إنشاء شبكة السكة الحديد
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من تقسيم البلاد جغرافيا ومعرفة عناوين المنازل
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من توصيل الكهرباء المنظم للبيوت
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من توصيل شبكة الصرف الصحي
حطم التعليم – حطم الصحة – حطم الإدارة – حطم المواطن
قسم ثروة الوطن بينه وبين أولاده وبطانته الفاسدة
أشاع الفساد الإداري والرشوة بن المسولين الموالين لحكمه
جند كل شي في الوطن من اجله واجل خدمته هو وأبنائه وبطانته الفاسدة ليطول عمر حكمه
قال شركاء لأجراء فجعل الليبيين كلهم أجراء
قال البيت لساكنه فاحل نهب واغتصاب ممتلكات الناس واحل أكل أموال الناس بالباطل.
حطم الحدود ليسمح بدخول المرتزقة لحمايته وحماية ملكه
أصدر وثيقة حقوق الإنسان وقتل اكتر من 1200 سجين بري في سجن ابوسليم خلال ساعتين
قال لست حاكما فجعل خطابته وأحاديته قوانين يلزم العمل بها وتطبيقها من خلال الشرعية التورية
تباهى بسلاحه وقواته خلال الاستعراضات العسكرية وأنفق المليارات عليها وكان هدفه هو قمع شعبه وقتله عندما أراد أن يعبر عن رأيه ولو سلميا
Free Libyia
Here is an American TV interview when Shakir was an ‘anti-G’ exile. goo.gl/NNGFp before he accepted G $$$$$
There’s alot of people who think Shakir was sent by Gaddafi to spy/ kill members of the opposition in US.
Free Libyia
B4 u think u are talking to a mentally stable man,watch his live black magic show! goo.gl/yvwTf Calling Jinns to help G
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9vq7dma4Zo
Joanne
#Brega Small groups are inside in NE of Brega using heavy machine guns its street by street fighting they dont control whole town yet
Morocco FM Taieb Fassi held talks on #LIBYA in #Jeddah SuadiArabia on Sunday with Prince Saud al-Faisa
Military source SundayEve says Gaddafi forces withdrew to west of BREGA after a violent attack launched by FF So far 127 FF injured #Libya
#MuatasimGaddafi fled with Many officers Left soldiers+Mercenaries mostly in W of Brega A difficult Area with Sand dunes +Trenches
#Brega #NATO is preventing the arrival of Food and Military supplies for Muatasim Gaddafis forces #Libya
Please spare a thought ..a moment a prayer for the poor 50,000 People who have been Unlawfully Imprisoned in #TRIPOLI GaddafiCrimes #Libya
#TRIPOLI Banking source on Sunday: Banks suffer a shortage of financial liquidity since several days Most banks are closed #Libya
#TRIPOLI source; Living conditions r unbearable most shops closed a steep rise in prices lack of basic materials and power cuts #
Major General Abdel Fattah #Younes al-Obaidi said that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has used Poison Gas or Mustard Gas in #BREGA
libyaunite
friend from #Libya via telephone: banks that are still open are resorting to handing out one dinar bills!
Joanne
Gaddafi forces said to have planted about 40 Thousand mines randomly around the city of Brega #Libya
SAADI
Tripoli #GaddafiTVpresenter Shakir room 801 + Saadi Gaddafi said 2b staying @ Hotel Al Mehari now RadissonBluMahari on AlFatahstreet #Libya
www.radissonblu.com/hotel-tripoli
befroggled Miss B
One of our own; a Londoner martyred in #Libya RIP Salem Bashagha. He’d said he wanted to die a martyr, look @ his smile. yfrog.com/kj68mzcj
BBC
Libya: Funding the fight from besieged Misrata
Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata say they are preparing for a fresh offensive. But progress has been slow, and the city itself is still surrounded – by enemy soldiers on one side and the sea on the other.
Checking the tickets at the end of the gang plank is Abdelkareem Raed.
In his early twenties, he is a volunteer. In fact, the boat is paid for by the family business.
“We are trying to help people,” he says. “All businessmen are co-operating and are trying to help people here by importing food and humanitarian aid, medicines.”
Fauzi Ibrahim el-Kashini is perhaps Misrata’s most colourful businessman-turned-revolutionary.
“I am fighting with two things," he says as he lifts up his shirt in the busy lobby of Misrata’s poshest hotel, which he owns.
“I am fighting with my body and I am fighting with my money.”
Underneath the shirt are some recently healed bullet scars, standing out against the folds of Mr Kashini’s ample belly.
In February, on the first day of anti-government protests in Misrata, he says a pro-Gaddafi soldier shot him five times.
Entrepreneurial revolutionaries
Mr Kashini says he is convinced that, with backers as dedicated as he is, Misrata simply cannot lose this fight.
“Every family in Misrata has at least one or two boys fighting,” he says. “All the city is fighting for freedom.”
Read whole story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14180525
Niz_FGM Niz
18/7/11 – Update from FGMovement… audioboo.fm/boos/415209-lp…
audioboo.fm/boos/415209-lpc-tripoli-w-n...
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
#FF at AlQalaa treating a sheep after injury from govt troop rockets bit.ly/oizWSM #libya #feb17
KhiriaElf Khiria
As a female who lived in #Libya I can tell you about how I and many other women lived as 2nd class citizens #Gaddaficrimes
SecularLibya
Actually they R about 8km from #Brega, & about 4km from the Daffis. Almost surrounding. Big fight coming. NATO hitting artillery
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
Approx 40.000 mines planted in #Brega. #Gaddafi’s strategy: If we cant keep a town, turn it into a minefield. #Gheryan & #Zliten too? #Libya
Inphinite_ S. Al.
#Gaddafi signed a Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. TBF women havent escaped #Gaddaficrimes #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#MarshallIslands OIL TANKER “CAPTAIN X. KYRIAKOU” now anchored outside port #Benghazi #Libya. #feb17
LibyanDictator The Dictator
Heard story about 2 boys who suffered head shots – bullets entering and leaving the skull – one was paralysed for a while and is perfect now
the other briefly lost his sight, but recovered fully. Both are back in #Misrata now, I’ll try to get a of them picture tomorrow.
Arabian Saluki
Dr Shakeir: ‘I speak to Col Gaddafi every few days’ Q-where is he? Answer- ‘ha ha ha ha.. he’s in my pocket.’” #Libya
LibyanDictator The Dictator
Cousin says most were interviewed and declared innocent weeks ago, officers let people go depending on their mood.
SecularLibya
Heinz: Qadafi has an intact 3rd Brigade in Tripoli consisting of 10,000 trained troops and 5,000 mercs. Khamis brigade little left. #Libya
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Have you ever been touched by a rebel ?! nothing to fear, except waking up tomorrow without freedom
Doug Saunders The Elusive Libyan End Game
Benghazi, Libya
As rebel forces carried their wounded back from a failed assault on the oil town of Brega amid rocket explosions and NATO helicopter fire here in eastern Libya on Friday, a more quiet battle, one with potentially larger consequences, was taking place much farther down the Mediterranean coast in the closed meeting rooms of Istanbul.
There, ministers from 30 countries, including Canada, met to offer official recognition and support to the rebel forces fighting dictator Moammar Gadhafi, but also to confront, in private, the far more serious and divisive problem that has emerged from the rebel heartland here in eastern Libya.
Read article in The Globe and Mail
Read more here:
dougsaunders.net/2011/07/libya-nato-reb...
LibyanDictator The Dictator
Cousin released from #Tripoli prison few days ago was tortured on a daily basis, back & legs covered in wounds from lashes + electric shock.
He said that it was normal for an officer to walk into a cell and shoot someone right next to you, you’d be covered in their blood..
Telegraph
Libya: Gaddafi ‘running out of commanders’
A Libyan colonel that defected to the rebel side last month has said that the regime has had to use soldiers from its elite special forces to command popular militias after suffering months of desertions.
The officer escaped from a government town in the plains below the country’s Western Mountains. Lying only 60 miles from Tripoli, the rebels have launched repeated offensives in the effort to reach the capital.
Leaders of the elite fighting force belonging to Gaddafi’s son Khamis had left their brigades to fight elsewhere and came to man this front line reported the Colonel. “The leaders are from the Khamis Brigades, but the rest are new recruits or volunteers. They were inexperienced; some barely could hold a gun”.
The Colonel and the captives report that lies and death threats being used to keep soldiers in line. “They told us we were fighting an invading force of Al Qaeda. A few months ago, they told us Osama Bin Laden had visited,” said a captive member of Gaddafi’s security brigades. "And on state television we saw that NATO was hitting the homes of innocent civilians.
Read more here:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8643674/Libya-Gaddafi-running-out-of-commanders.html
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Libya: Freedom fighters from the south & from Kufra are now in control of a vast region known as Qatrun – near border with Chad/Niger #libya
SUMMARY JULY 18th 2011
7/18/2011
7.18.2011
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/YQvYL
FromJoanne Joanne
FLASH BREGA FF have SURROUNDED Brega but streets are littered with landmines making it hard to secure full control of area #Libya
grafixel guess what
#Libya rebel spox Shamsiddin Abdulmolah: The main (oil) installations R still mined & the remnants of Gaddafi’s forces R still thr . #Brega
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
The mines in Brega aren’t just a problem now, Gaddafi is leaving us a country full of landmines that we will suffer from for years
REUTERS:
UPDATE 1-Libya rebels say Gaddafi forces retreat in east
“The main (oil) installations are still mined and the remnants of Gaddafi’s forces are still there,” said Abdulmolah. “Cleaning them out is going to be a bit difficult without damaging the facilities themselves.”
Read full report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/18/liby...
CNN
Rebels: Our forces have advanced closer to Libyan city of Brega
“Our forces are only 9 kilometers away from al-Brega now after a small group clashed with Gadhafi troops over the weekend,” said Col. Ahmed Banni, Libya’s Transitional National Transitional military said.
There was no immediate comment from the government.
A rebel expedition group entered Brega and clashed with pro-Gadhafi forces killing at least 11 and injuring dozens among rebels ranks, said a rebel fighter who did not want to be named.
“I can tell that the communication between the Gadhafi Brigades is not too good since they did not immediately fire at our expeditionary troops with Grad missiles. That’s what they usually do but there was hesitation this time,” Banni said.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/18...
Abeidi Libya,Brega, according to Aljazeera correspondent G forces are under siege from all sides and no supply reaching them and its matter of time
Joanne
#BREGA Col Bani: G troops Dug a Trench Nr Entrance Linked it to OIL PIPELINE Filled it with OIL Set it alight SLOWINg FF advance
Feb17
Latest developments:
AP
Nato jets destroyed a military storage facility and other targets in Tripoli’s eastern outskirts early yesterday, days after key international players recognised Libya’s rebel leadership as the country’s legitimate representative.
Rebel attacks on the eastern oil city of Brega, meanwhile, stretched into their fourth day, with reports of pitched battles in the residential areas.
From the capital, bright flashes could be seen on the eastern horizon just after midnight, followed by a steady rumbling that went on for an hour. Planes could be heard crisscrossing a night sky lit up by a near full moon, and into yesterday afternoon as well.
Nato said its forces had hit a military storage facility, along with three radar sites and an anti-aircraft missile launcher east of the capital. The alliance reported it flew a total of 110 sorties and carried out 45 strikes on Saturday.
Malta
The Maltese government is considering offering a credit line to the Libyan Transitional National Council and allowing it to repay borrowed money through assets belonging to the government led by Muammar Gaddafi and which have been frozen in Malta.
This was announced by Foreign Affairs Minister Tonio Borg on his return to Malta yesterday after a day of meetings in Benghazi, where the council is based.
He said Malta committed itself to help out the war-torn country by offering humanitarian aid in the form of health care and scholarships to Libyan students.
Poland
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, at the meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya, Istanbul, Turkey on Friday presented a Polish aid package for Libya embracing medicare and training schemes for Libyan officials and uniformed services.
Sikorski said the aid program would consist of a medical mission based in the metropolis Benghazi, and a system of training programs for Libyan office staff, police and border guards.
Training for Libyan public officials as well as scholarships for Libyan students will also be offered in Poland.
Foreign ministers and representatives of international organizations arrived in Turkey last Friday for the fourth meeting of the Libya Contact Group since the armed conflict began.
The diplomats discussed ways to end the five-month conflict between forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi and the rebels seeking his ouster.
AFP
Rebel forces re-entered Brega – putting them within sight of a major strategic victory – but said they had not yet managed to wrest control of the town from Qadhafi’s troops, who have held it since April.
“Some small groups have made it inside, but we do not control the whole (town) yet,” said Mohammed Zawi, a spokesman for the rebel forces, late Sunday.
He also dismissed rumours that Qadhafi troops had abandoned the town altogether. “It is now close fighting,” he said, indicating a new phase in the four-day rebel campaign.
There was no way to verify his comments as reporters are being prevented from reaching the front line.
Until now heavy artillery had set the tenor of the battle, but mortars and rockets appear to have given way to heavy machine guns – a more useful weapon for fighting at closer quarters. But that did little to stem the bloodshed.
Three rebel fighters were killed and 96 wounded on Sunday according to medical staff.
That toll brought to 15 the total number of fighters killed and 274 the number of wounded since the battle for Brega began on Thursday.
Russia
Russia on Monday criticised the United States and other countries that have recognised the Libyan rebels’ National Transitional Council as a legitimate government, saying they were taking sides in the civil war.
“Those who declare recognition stand fully on the side of one political force in a civil war,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.
AFP
Libya is responsible for a deadly 1989 attack on a French airliner, Libyan former foreign minister Abdel Rahman Shalgam told al-Hayat newspaper in an interview published on Monday.
“The Libyan security services blew up the plane. They believed that opposition leader Mohammed al-Megrief was on board, but after the plane was blown up, it was found that he was not on the plane,” said Mr. Shalgam, who defected from Muammar Qaddafi’s embattled regime earlier this year.
On September 19, 1989, a UTA DC-10 travelling from Brazzaville to Paris via N’Djamena crashed in Niger after explosives on board detonated, killing 170 passengers and crew, including 54 French citizens.
A French court in 2009 sentenced six Libyan agents in absentia to life in prison for the attack, but Libya has never admitted it was responsible.
Tunesia
Tunisian food exports to Libya, since the outbreak, on February 17, 2011, of the armed conflict opposing the Gaddafi regime to the rebels, went up fourfold, rising from 53.1 million dinars (MTD), during the first four months of the current year, to 192.2 MTD, in the first half of 2011.
Farm and food industries are the sectors that got the lion’s share of these exports, with 85% in June, against 74% in May.
According to analysts, the flow of Libyan refugees to Tunisia generated a trade dynamics on the border regions between the two countries. Thus, a rising demand for farm and food products has been registered with 24% out of the total Tunisian exports till late June.
Russia
Russia will not host Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should he choose to step down, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
“This last question has been answered on more than one occasion -the answer is negative,” Lavrov said when asked by reporters whether Gaddafi could come to Russia.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
The total number of fighters killed is now 15 & the number of wounded is 274 since the battle for Brega began Thursday.
More than 120 revolutionaries were injured on Sunday during the fighting in Brega, according to a spokesman. “I don’t have details at the moment but the news coming from there indicates there is a street war going on between Gaddafi’s troops and the rebels and that so far 127 are wounded from our side,” Abdulrahman Busm, a spokesman for Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), said by telephone. On Friday night, 10 were reportedly killed in the initial advance on Brega.
Armchair Arab
If the TNC plans to take brega to be able to export oil, to raise money to fight Gaddafi, we’re in for a long war. Cut the snake’s head.
IMPORTANT:
Very early this morning, (Monday) at dawn, Nato HIT ANTENNE RADAR SYSTEM at TRIPOLI AIRPORT!!!!!!!!!!
This system was used to track Nato jets and coordinate early warning system.
So now Tripoli doesn’t find out when NATO strikes are going to happen….. think about it……..
Ohhh, the possibilities………
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
RAF Tornado used a Brimstone missile to destroy a Qadhafi’s T-62 main battle tank near Zlitan on Friday
On Saturday, RAF aircraft destroyed three armed pick-up trucks near Zllitan with Paveway guided bombs
Saturday, RAF jets identified and successfully engaged a number of regime military vehicles in the area of Brega #
At Tajura, a major NATO air strike was mounted against a military depot. RAF dropped 17 Paveway bombs, causing extensive damage
HMS Iron Duke relieved HMS Liverpool to play a lead role against Qadhafi’s forces mounting attacks on Misratah port #Libya
Sarah LFFR
Le #CNT : La somme estimée des fonds libyens gelés : 165 milliards de dollars. #Libye
KC_Tripolitania KC
the AU is apparently meeting up to ‘rise up against NATO intervention in Libya’- obviously aiding Gaddafi
Souffian Tripoli
The Battle of #Brega is becoming the Battle of Landmines. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
4 ONCE they R LOST 4 WORDS : #Libya n officials in #Tripoli have made No Comment on any fighting in #Brega #SHAME
Ghazi
Some observers said that Libya uprising was different from others that writers were more involved, Shrair, Mesmari, Habib
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Video: Libyan rebels face mines threat aje.me/rnPfyQ
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Video: Libyan rebels face mines threat aje.me/rnPfyQ
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...
Joanne
#Gaddafi would have been crying in his Cup of Mint tea this morning FF getting stronger by the day Retaking #Libya bit by bit Day by day !
libyanandproud
Russia: #gaddafi will destroy #tripoli , won’t host him , won’t recognize ntc ? Foreign Policy requivalent to kindergarden policy !
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Russia refuses to recognise Libyan #NTC government- maybe its because of all those AK47s they’ve been sneaking in 4 #Gaddafi #justsaying
“The bulk of our forces are now past #Brega and are heading towards #Bishr and #Ugayla,” – rebel spokeman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah #Libya
Alex
‘resources’, ingenuity, AND morale – will determine this conflict – but #Gaddafi, like history’s other great poor loser, Adolph #Hitler, will take as many as he can down with him.
Joanne
#FLASH Most of Gaddafi Troops retreated and spread out between Ras #Lanuf and #Bishr #Libya
Free Libyia
So thanks Gaddafi, you really doing your upmost to ensure that Libyans lives will continue to be lost and mimed years after your own death
Time Light Box
1960′s Libya: A Glimpse of Life Before Gaddafi
n the 1960’s my father was the owner of a hotel and casino named the Uaddan, overlooking the coast in Tripoli. In my early years, I remember hearing stories of life inside the hotel before Gaddafi spearheaded the September revolution of 1969. As I got older, I began to see a pattern in the stories he told. Seldom did my father reminisce about moments that postdated his ownership of the Uaddan or shared experiences that included my family. The birth of my brother or our family trips to various islands never made the cut. Nor did he ever talk much about the years he spent with my mother or how they met. My brother and I always joked that it was as if my father didn’t have the ability to record time that came after the hotel—I think there’s some truth in that.
The events that have been taking place in Libya over these past months have brought me closer to understanding my father’s past than the previous 30 years. As the revolt grew stronger in February and March, I began to see that hidden place inside him that he had never previously revealed to his children. When I saw him last month, it was as if his cheeks has become sun-kissed by the new dawn rising over Libya. He speaks of those days of the Uaddan as once again being within reach—his voice tells me that this is the moment he has been waiting for. He is again ready to take center stage on the ballroom floor and play host.
Full story here:
lightbox.time.com/2011/07/18/1960s-liby...
BBC
Libya: Funding the fight from besieged Misrata
Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata say they are preparing for a fresh offensive. But progress has been slow, and the city itself is still surrounded – by enemy soldiers on one side and the sea on the other.
Inside Misrata, there is no proper government, certainly no-one is collecting taxes. And yet the city continues to function and, crucially, the war effort continues to be funded.
In Misrata’s port, families with bags and bundles make their way on board a specially chartered passenger ferry, alongside wounded fighters.
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14180525
Sarah LFFR
Les révolutionnaires de #Misrata dans leur avancé vers #Zliten – youtube.com/watch?v=9BKjf3… – #Libya #17feb July 12
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BKjf3b6frE
Nusaiba
I just woke up realising that summers over in less than 2weeks! &Ramadans getting closer! Ya Raheem faraj a3leelena o 3leehom
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Missing hotel room items on Monday include (but are not limited to): Towels, pillow cases and all my clothes.
UPDATE: Clothes found washed and ironed —I should be clear nothing was stolen. It was just the vagaries of the Uzu room cleaning programme
Rebels have control of Brega, around 150-200 left in the town
Try again… rebels have control of Brega, around 150-200 Kadhafi forces left in the town
ty andrew!
septimius_
I appreciate #TNC is cautious about news about #Brega, but why only #ALJAZEERA is allowed near it &every1 else gets 2nd hand news? #Libya
ALJAZEERA:
HodaAbdelHamid: my latest report is out — Mines threaten safety of Libyan rebels youtu.be/GA2iqIbV3Yc via @youtube #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA2iqIbV3Yc&fea...
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt
FromJoanne Joanne
#LIBYA 1 of NGO ’s : Mines Advisory Group working in #Misrata goo.gl/KZlqS and need your Donations goo.gl/Ynfc3
Jacob #ZUMA Saying the OBVIOUS: “What happens 2 #Gaddafi must b decided by the #Libya ppl U need 2negotiate How Why and Where he must go”
Today Jacob ZUMA will meet UK PM David Cameron and South Africa will voice its growing frustration with @NATO intervention in #Libya
Jul17 form. President Mbeki calledon SouthAfricans + rest African continent 2rise up&demonstrate against #NATO attacks on #Libya #TYRANTCLUB
FromJoanne Joanne
NEW ! FERRY SERVICE from #Misrata to #SFAX Tunisia from 18/07 Lvs @ 20.00 hrs Arrives 9am & Returns same day @ 20.00 hrs #Libya
MUST READ
Reuters:
FEATURE-Wounded children show ferocity of Misrata’s war
Mohammed keeps pushing his hand away, becoming increasingly frustrated.
“Enough! Enough” he eventually shouts, more in anger than in pain.
Upon leaving the clinic he insists on getting out of his wheelchair, then slides down the front steps on his backside and gets into his father’s car unaided.
Read full story:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
L’express.fr
Libye: les rebelles ont pris Brega
Les rebelles libyens ont annoncé lundi avoir pris le contrôle du port pétrolier de Brega (est). “Le gros des forces de Kadhafi s’est retiré à Ras Lanouf”, à une cinquantaine de kilomètres plus à l’ouest, a déclaré Shamsiddin Abdulmolah, un porte-parole des rebelles, précisant qu’il restait 150 à 200 loyalistes bloqués sur le site pétrolier.
Environ 3000 hommes fidèles au colonel Kadhafi étaient présents dans le centre-ville, d’après les insurgés, qui ont déclenché jeudi soir une offensive par le sud, le nord et l’est de Brega. Leur progression a été ralentie par des centaines de mines et la découverte samedi de tranchées défensives creusées autour de la localité et remplies de produits inflammables.
Full report here:
www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/libye-l...
AndrewBeatty has a different number of remaining g troops in Brega:
Try again… rebels have control of Brega, around 150-200 Kadhafi forces left in the town
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Amazing!! #Misrata keeps getting cooler youtube.com/watch?v=9BKjf3… #Libya #feb17
Vid. July 12
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BKjf3b6frE
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Tripoli residents hearing stories of Khamis soldiers attacking civilians, and raping women. “It’s so painful to live in #Tripoli” one said"
RP.pl:
Brega prawie wolna od Kaddafiego
jen 18-07-2011, ostatnia aktualizacja 18-07-2011 14:29
Libijscy powstańcy wyparli większość sił Muammara Kaddafiego z Bregi. Zanim przejmą całkowitą kontrolę nad miastem, muszą oczyścić ulice z min – poinformował rzecznik powstańców.
Szamsidin Abdulmolah powiedział, że powstańcy otoczyli Bregę – główny port naftowy z rafinerią i zakładami chemicznymi, który od miesięcy stanowił wschodnią granicę terenów pod kontrolą Kaddafiego – ale nie weszli do centrum.
Cytowany przez agencję Reuters rzecznik sił powstańczych dodał w rozmowie telefonicznej, że trzon sił Kaddafiego wycofał się do Ras al-Unuf. Jest to – jak pisze Reuters – inny ważny ośrodek eksportu ropy położony ok. 100 km na zachód od Bregi.
Abdulmolah oświadczył, że w Bredze główne instalacje naftowe są zaminowane i że trudne będzie ich rozminowanie bez uszkodzenia samych obiektów.
Powstańcy mówią, że miny zebrały większe krwawe żniwo podczas walki o Bregę niż działa i rakiety Kaddafiego. Według rzecznika sił powstańczych w sobotę zginęło 10 powstańców, a 175 zostało rannych, w niedzielę dwaj zginęli, a rannych zostało 120.
Rebelia w Libii wybuchła w Bengazi na wschodzie kraju przed pięcioma miesiącami, lecz Kaddafi wciąż utrzymuje się u władzy w Trypolisie, mimo intensywnej operacji sił powietrznych NATO, które chronią przed atakami ludność cywilną.
PAP
KC_Tripolitania KC
Resident in #Tripoli says half the city is without electricity. It’s been cut off again. People are afraid, they don’t know what’s happening
NEWS24:
GADDAFI MUST GO, SAY ZUMA AND CAMERON.
Pretoria – British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Jacob Zuma have agreed that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi must go.
Cameron, who is on a working visit to South Africa, told reporters in Pretoria on Monday that he and Zuma believed Gaddafi needed to step down from power.
Zuma said: “What happens to Gaddafi must be decided by the Libyan people. You need to negotiate how, why and where he must go.”
He said the manner of Gaddafi’s departure was the critical difference between the United Kingdom and South Africa.
Cameron however said both men agreed peace was needed in Libya, and that Gaddafi needed to stop his attacks on his own citizens.
FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO: Surveillance showd Gaddafi usd AfricaUnion PeaceKeepingVehicles 2sustain ruthless Attacks OnOwn ppl #NATODropped17BOMBSOnThem #libya
NATO
NATO conducts coordinated strikes in Tripoli
NATO continues to engage key military targets associated with coordinating attacks against civilians by pro-Qadhafi forces across the country.
Early this morning, NATO forces struck an antenna radar system, which was being solely used for military purposes at Tripoli’s main airport. The antenna, which was previously used for civilian air traffic control, was being used by pro-Qadhafi forces to track NATO air assets in the airspace over Tripoli and to coordinate their own air defence early warning system.
This information was provided to the pro-Qadhafi forces with the intent of coordinating their tactical operations against NATO air assets and Libyan civilians.
Since the implementation of the No-Fly Zone by NATO forces under UNSCR 1970, NATO has maintained control over Libyan airspace. NATO continues to control Libyan airspace in order to ensure the safe entrance of all legitimate humanitarian or diplomatic flights entering Libya.
July 17:
NATO
NATO forces continue to remove threats against civilians
NATO forces have continued to strike key command and control nodes, military supply facilities, armoured vehicles and military storage facilities across Libya.
NATO forces are monitoring the dynamic situation across the country, including around Brega, amid widespread reports of anti-Qadhafi forces pushing into the area.
Early this morning, NATO aircraft struck a large military vehicle storage area in Tajura, 30km east of Tripoli. The military facility consisted of several substantial warehouses, containing various military vehicles including battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and ammunition.
This facility was clearly militarized for the purpose of supporting pro-Qadhafi forces and striking it has further degraded the regime’s capacity to launch attacks against civilians. NATO forces are keeping up the pressure and continue to strike military targets in areas across the country wherever civilians are threatened.
After extensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance monitoring showing pro-Qadhafi forces use of the site, NATO forces determined the military equipment deployed from this facility was used to resupply pro-Qadhafi forces launching attacks on civilians.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under the United Nations Security Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under the threat of attack in Libya.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: Derna: Another mass grave has been found, dating back roughly to 1996 – 8 bodies discovered so far. #gaddaficrimes #libya
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS Ossama
BREGA BREAKING: Reliable source: #FFs are now searching the residential area and the street war is almost over! Allah Akbar!
Sabha
BREAKING : Violent Clashes between #Qatrun Freedom Fighters and #Gaddafi forces in #Traghin (South of #Sebha)
NIZ
The story of the bread queue…
Today, at a queue for bread in Janzour, I witnessed the following.
Production was slow and the queue was getting longer. The owner of the bread store came out, apologised and told those waiting that due to fuel shortage his machines were working at 50%. He urged people to just buy bread for ¼ dinar and then come back later for more. He said there was also a flour shortage so urged, again, for people to be economical.
One women shouted “it’s not your flour, its Moamers flour, who are you to ration it?”
The people in the queue were visibly angered by this comment and one man shouted “and do you think your moamer carry the flour here on his back?”
She fell silent but immediately made a phone call.
Minutes later people whispered in the man’s ear to leave as she is a well known revolutionary committee member and loud mouth. He disappeared into the side streets moments before uncountable security trucks turned up with armed men.
The men demanded that the shop owner tell them who the “traitor” was. The shop owner said that he was just a customer and can’t remember just a single person from hundreds of daily customers.
The security chief said to him “Either tell us who he is, or we close this place down”. The man bravely stood tall and said “Close it, but if you want me to give you details about a man I do not know then you are delusional”.
A symbol of defiance from a man standing in a queue. A symbol of nepotism by one woman who thinks she can say and do as she pleases because of who she knows. A symbol of intimidation by security forces enforcing jungle law.
You cant even speak your mind in a bread queue, and then Saif AlGaddafi says “we will have elections”. On what planet do these people live?
Ossama
Thank God there is no sign yet of the oil instalations being sabotaged or even set on fire, but there are thousands of mines in #Brega!
ArmchairArab
The FF need a few of these to move quickly over the desert in Libya! scifitv.com.au/Content/Blog/P…
Asma
relative of a man shot in #Tripoli over the weekend by #Qaddafi’s militias says funeral was crowded with state agents..no mercy even n death
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Freedom fighter in Brega: “We’re fighting against landmines not Gaddafi forces. They avoid direct contact & rely on artillery/mines” #libya
SecularLibya
BREAKING: If weather remains good, FFs may secure #Brega today. Minor resistance will remain. #RasLanuf expectd to fall Saturday. #Libya Hnz
feb17
REUTERS:
Video: Rebels face medical shortages in Libya
As the number of wounded in Libya continues to rise, rebels fear a shortage of medical supplies.
Link:
feb17.info/media/video-rebels-face-medi...
Belgium
La Belgique va accueillir 25 réfugiés ayant vécu en Libye
Vingt-cinq réfugiés érythréens et congolais (RDC) doivent être accueillis à partir de lundi en Belgique. Issues d’un camp de réfugiés en Tunisie, ces personnes ont vécu longtemps en Libye, pays qu’elles ont dû fuir en raison des révoltes qui y ont éclaté en février dernier, informe le Commissariat général aux réfugiés et apatrides (CGRA).
Notre pays répond ainsi à l’appel du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (UNHCR), qui vise à réinstaller dans l’Union européenne des réfugiés africains venus de Libye.
Le CGRA a sélectionné six familles et quelques personnes seules sur base de dossiers transmis par l’UNHCR. Au début de cette année, ces gens avaient fui la Libye après la révolte et avaient trouvé provisoirement refuge dans le camp de Shousha en Tunisie.
Dès leur arrivée en Belgique, les 25 réfugiés seront temporairement accueillis dans un centre d’accueil de Fedasil (Agence fédérale pour l’accueil des demandeurs d’asile), après quoi ils suivront un trajet d’intégration en vue d’un séjour permanent dans notre pays.
Outre la Belgique, d’autres Etats membres de l’Union européenne, comme les Pays-Bas, l’Irlande et le Portugal, ont suivi l’appel à participer à ce projet de réinstallation. (belga)
Source:
www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1502/Belgique/artic...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Many mercenaries based in Naval Academy in Janzur #libya #Feb17
NATO now has 60 Apaches and Tigers in service. Helis will be working on Tripoli Daffi concentrations.
Ossama
The FFs have reached west #Brega concluding thier fight to take control of the city. #Libya #feb17
#LIBYA #NTC member for military affairs – in effect opposition’s defence minister visiting #Nefusa mountains!
#LIBYA Harriri says #Nefusa mountains now opposition’s most important front – because it is closest to #Tripoli #
#LIBYA Hariri "We will surround Tripoli and the other regions close to it like Zawiyah and Subratah
Libyan NTC: The frozen funds are estimated to be around $165 billion
baysontheroad baysontheroad
#LIBYA Harriri: “It never happened in history that the leader of a country launches a war against his own people, with landmines.”
Joanne
DAILY FERRY #Misrata Port to SFAX #Tunisia from this Evening 8Pm can take 200 ppl 30 cars arrives arrive 9am #Libya
EU Acknowledges the URGENT financial needs of the #NTC to allow it to serve the Libyan people #LIBYA
Ossama
#Russia says ‘recognition of the National Council is a bias to one party and this recognition is not justified’
Warsaw Business Journal
Poland presents Libya assistance package
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski presented Poland’s assistance package for Libya during a meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya in Istanbul last Friday.
Under the aegis of the package, a Polish medical mission is due to be sent to Misrata, Libya’s third city, within the next few weeks. Furthermore, Poland will provide training for public servants, including police, who it expects to serve in the government that would replace the current Gaddafi regime.
The new personnel would also be given the opportunity to receive education at Polish universities, where they will be able to draw on Poland’s experience of making the transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Mr Sikorski also held bilateral talks with the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague. He also met with representatives of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss issues of human rights and religious tolerance.
During the meeting in Istanbul representatives of 40 countries and international organizations discussed a possible truce in Libya, where fighting between rebels and government forces continues to rage. First of all, embattled head of state Muammar Gaddafi would need to step down, Poland’s foreign ministry said in a press release.
No promise of military aid.
Joanne
Smuggled Note from Misrata Widows to FF: " Women of Misrata are not afraid because Misrata gives Birth to Brave men " MisrataHeroes Libya
SMILE
War changes people’s reactions in strange ways:
Nesrine Libya
Stopping the microwave at 0:01 and feeling like a bomb expert :)
libyanproud libyanandproud
AJA Reporting from the outskirts of #Zliten (Note: some Video are from #Brega) . youtu.be/M5HG0xUb4c4 #Feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5HG0xUb4c4&fea...
libyanandproud
Je remercie tous les tweeps non libyens pour tous ce qu’ils font pour nous aider! Vous êtes une véritable inspiration!
Skeptical4 Skeptic
Everybody talkin abt dictators like Gaddafi & Assad, but no1 talks abt despotic monarchs like #Saudi (who controls #Murdoch media empire)
As long as Saudi support Al Qaeda, Assad & Gaddafi & others can use Al Qaeda as excuse 2 massacre own people, USA can stay in Afghanistan
HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
Opp fighters are getting more organised. Gone is the chaos of the early stages. A nat. army is slowly emerging. soon my report from #misrata
Khiria
The #NTC also joked saying that if the people want the #NTC to shorten fasting hours, they will do so. :)
Khiria
My aunt in #Benghazi said that the #NTC announced that #Libya will celebrate Ramadan & Eid with the world
Omar
WOW! a MILITARY plan to eliminate #Gaddafi!. youtu.be/fMwW-5d9lo8 planning by Libyan Child " smart" :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMwW-5d9lo8&fea...
BREAKING: Libyans admit taking Hallucination pills on February,17th 2011: t.co/GVGszQ8. #feb17 #Libya"
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Abdulmolah, #Freedomfighter spokesman: “We hope to take #Bishr today” #Libya #feb17
#Zawiya: #Freedomfighters attacked #Gaddafi buses near #Huwaissa roundabout carrying mercs who participated in the mock rally. #Libya
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” now en route from #Koper #Croatia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria. #Libya #feb17
MyFreeLibya
There are FF who hold checkpoints with no electricity and are not allowed light…I cant even imagine how hard it will be then…
Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters in #Brega hampered by missiles attacks from #Bishr #Libya. #feb17 @NATO
Clashes reported between #Freedomfighters & #Gaddafi forces in vicinity of #Traghen
FreeLibyan
Ppl shd respect the heroics of FF in #Brega esp dismantling thousands of #Brazilian anti-personal landmines W bare hands.
libyanandproud
Breaking : 3 Martyrs in Clashes between Freedom Fighters and Gaddafi forces in vicinity of #Traghen
Sarah LFFR
I would like to thank all the non libyan tweeps who have stood by us ! You guys are a motivation !
BBC
Libyan rebels claim victory in battle for Brega
Rebels say forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi are retreating west towards the town of Ras Lanuf.
They say Brega has been heavily mined and there are still pockets of resistance.
“The bulk of Gaddafi’s forces have retreated to Ras Lanuf," rebel spokesman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah told AFP news agency.
He said streets were littered with “an extraordinary number of anti-personnel mines”, making it hard to fully secure the area.
The remnants of Col Gaddafi’s troops in the town – believed to number about 150 to 200 – are holed up in industrial buildings with dwindling supplies, he added.
“Their food and water supplies are cut and they now will not be able to sleep. It is a matter of time before they come to their senses, we hope to prevent some bloodshed,” he said.
He said some rebel fighters had swept past Brega from the south to attack those positions.
“We hope to take Bishr today,” he added.
Full art. Here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14180293
MyFreeLibya
Haha watch out for me chanting in Libya AlHurra…a team just arrived today..hopefully gunna sort everything out 4 tonight
ANSA.it
Libia: ribelli, preso controllo Brega
(ANSA) – BENGASI, 18 LUG – I ribelli libici hanno annunciato di aver preso il controllo di Brega, polo petrolifero nell’est del Paese da giorni oggetto di un’offensiva dei rivoltosi. ‘’La gran parte delle forze di Gheddafi si e’ ritirata a Ras lanuf’’, una 50/ina di km a ovest, ha affermato Shamsiddin Abdulmolah, un portavoce dei ribelli, precisando che sul sito petrolifero sono bloccati tra i 150 e i 200 lealisti. Prima di arretrare, le forze lealiste hanno disseminato le installazioni petrolifere di mine
Source:
www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnew...
Martyrs:
Muhammad Baltu (right) and Muhammad (left) were friends in life and now are now martyrs. Baltu was killed on Friday July 15, 2011 in Dafniyah district following in the footsteps of his friend who died on February 19, 2011 in Benghazi. This picture was taken at their friend’s wedding in Misrata.
May God bless their souls.
feb17martyrs.com/?p=505
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Emad Abu Shahma (28): Injured #Libyan FF from #Misrata. His brother Khaled was 1st person killed in Misrata (on Feb 19) twitpic.com/5s5bsr
Joanne
#Misrata: Freedom Widows bag up donated food Clothes &Other supplies 4men on Frontline Sending little Morale boosting Notes to FF #Libya
MohammedRaied of AlNaseem ice cream yogurt fermented milk Company brought weapons + food into City and sends icecream + yogurts >FF #Libya
KATIE #ORLINSKY The girl who thought she could HIDE from her parents that she was in MISRATA Taking War Photos : t.co/c9RhU7O #Libya
www.visuramagazine.com/katie-orlinsky-l...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Minesweepers are in full swing in the centre of brega , the entire oil facility has not been damaged as previously feared
inglesi Piers Scholfield
very good read by DougSaunders – signs of subtlety in post-Gaddafi Benghazi
Freed from Gadhafi, Some Libyans in East Now Begin Battle Against Zealotry
Doug Sanders
One of the few really steady jobs in liberated eastern Libya these days is that of caricaturist, and guys such as Adil Mansur are cleaning up. The 30-year-old history student has drawn posters of dictator Moammar Gadhafi as a dog, a snake and a hanging victim. Today he is producing a large image of rebel interim-government leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil as a mellow and saintly figure.
Another growth field is TV talk-show host. While the regime’s network still broadcasts hours of Col. Gadhafi and his deputies in empty rooms staring straight at the camera and shouting for hours about the crimes of Libya’s enemies, the rebel-controlled network instead offers local celebrity Mahmoud El Warfari, who stares straight at the camera in an empty room and shouts for hours about the crimes of Col. Gadhafi.
Read more here:
dougsaunders.net/2011/07/libya-gadaffi-...
or
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/liby...
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Once Brega liberated & secured FF will bypass Sirte & push all way 2 link with misrata 2 help liberate Zliten only 140km east of tripoli !!
baysontheroad baysontheroad
#LIBYA Harriri confident that people of Gharyam will rise up, as opp forces get close. And it could happen before Ramadan.
Des Grant
#Feb17 #Libya” BREAKING : GF now firing rockets from Bishr into Brega, 20km away, FF moving toward Bishr with heavy armoury
Joanne
#MISRATA Revo (Thuwar) Cafe : Ppl daily DropOff homemade cakes sweets coffee water juice and they serve around 2,000 free coffees aday Libya
Niz_FGM Niz
by FromJoanne
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LIBYA TRIPOLI
Fellow Tweeps please note that one of our devoted friends has been threatened today by pro #Gaddafi thugs here. will publish name. #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
NTC could resume oil export from Brega within month reaching capacity one million brls day No need for frozen funds! And G is without fuel!
libyanandproud
#Sirte : #Gaddafi security forces arresting residents who are found to own satellite phones . #Feb17 #Libya (sirte fb)
Sirte : 30 Dead & 70 injured of #Gaddafi forces arrived at ibn seena hospital from the #Brega front ystrday. #Feb17 #Libya (sirte fb)
SecularLibya
Heinz: #Brega We should get some good news announcement from FFs in late afternoon if all goes well. #Brega
Heinz: #Brega, Daffis have largely ran out of artillery ammunition. Some of his artillery have been abandoned.
MUST READ:
Shabab
In Misrata, collective effort to fight Gaddafi
REUTERS
(Reuters) – The small hand-packed plastic bag appears to contain just nuts and raisins, but inside is a printed note on a strip of paper from a widows’ group in Misrata for the rebels who are fighting forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi west of the city.
“The women of Misrata are not afraid,” the note reads in Arabic, “because Misrata gives birth to brave men.”
In the face of dire adversity, the Misrati, or people of Misrata, are rallying together to feed, clothe and boost the morale of the predominantly young men who are fighting for them.
“We do this because we want our young men to know that we are with them,” said Iman El Fortia, a member of the Misrata Freedom Widows that bags up donated food, clothes and other supplies for men on the front line with various notes of support.
“We want them to know that in the fire and the bullets, they are not alone.”
Fighters on the front line say the messages are a major morale booster.
“When I opened a package and read the note, it raised my spirits more and more,” said Mohammed Turky, an 18-year-old rebel.
“When they raise our spirits with these notes, we are more solid and active in the front line.”
A few miles behind the front line west of Misrata, rebel fighters pause at an impromptu service station for a coffee, snacks or an oil change — all free of charge.
“It’s amazing the things that people bring here for us to give the thowar,” said Abu Ahmed, who runs the catering side of the operation in Dafniya west of Misrata with a friend and a cousin. “We have paid for almost none of this ourselves.”
“Thowar” means “revolutionary” in Arabic and features in the name of his outfit — Makhar Abtal Thowar Misrata, or the Misrata Revolutionary Heroes’ Cafe.
Minutes earlier a man pulled up with a truck full of melons and rebel fighters fresh off the front line after a long, hot day in the sand walked away with as many as they could carry.
“Many of them, we don’t even know their names,” Ahmed, who used to work for an oil company, said. “But the people of Misrata are doing a great thing.
People drop off homemade cakes, sweets, coffee, water, juice at the cafe every day and Ahmed said they serve around 2,000 free coffees a day.
One young fighter who gave his name as Mohammed sat enjoying a coffee and a sticky cake. He said stopping here helps him cope with the war.
“It feels almost like after a day after school,” said Mohammed, 20, a university student when the uprising came. “Here I can think about today before going home.”
Another, who gave his name as Abdulaziz, said this gesture from the Misrati had boosted his morale.
“It reminds me why I fight,” he said. When asked what he did before the uprising, Abdulaziz ran a hand through his curly hair and said “not very much” to laughter from his friends.
Full story here:
shabablibya.org/news/in-misrata-collect...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi has received new weapons, date on boxes is 2011. Supplied via 3rd party transfer through #Tunisia & #Algeria. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
Confirmed: Oil facilities in Brega intact/undamaged by Gaddafi forces
Project Burn in Tripoli:
On this momentous day, where Gaddafi and Co. became criminals in the eyes of the international justice system, The Free Generation Movement carried out a symbolic gesture to declare our support for the issuing of arrest warrants against the tyrant regime members.
The Free Generation Movement, in Tripoli, declare our unified aspiration to see Gaddafi put on trial for crimes against humanity.
We declare our presence in the capital and our continued allegiance to this historic revolution by carrying out this act of defiance in the light of day, in the middle of our Capital, Tripoli.
We remind the regime of one, undeniable fact….
You can not silence the will of a nation
Video:
feblibya17.tumblr.com
Bloomberg
Tanker Nord Nightingale Shipped Gasoil to Libya’s Benghazi
(Updates with timing of vessel’s arrival and departure in second paragraph.)
July 18 (Bloomberg) — The oil tanker Nord Nightingale carried a cargo of gasoil, a fuel used for heating or refined into diesel, to the rebel-held port of Benghazi in Libya, said the company operating the vessel.
The 183-meter (600-foot) ship arrived at the port July 16 to unload its cargo and departed yesterday, Jens Christophersen, vice president at Hellerup, Denmark-based Norient Product Pool, said by phone today. The tanker was hired to carry 30,000 metric tons of the fuel, he said, declining to name the company that made the booking.
The shipment is at least the second this month, according to data gathered by Bloomberg. The tanker Delos arrived at Benghazi July 8 to unload 30,000 tons of gasoline, after which it delivered 8,000 tons to Tobruk, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. That ship was hired by Vitol Group, a privately held energy trader, the person said.
Full art. Here:
www.businessweek.com/news/2011-07-18/ta...
LIBYA TRIPOLI
According to FB, Khaled Ghulam has been kidnapped by #Gaddafi thugs in #Tripoli, he’s a media specialist
FromJoanne Joanne
Reason why Gaddafi s StateTV channels still works : #Egypt #NileSat has appealed ….The new court date set for July26
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Our fellow Tweeps, we have a pro Gaddafi thug here. He worships his Master #Gaddafi, (name and shame) @GloPeaceLibya #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Misrata CAREER Opportunity :) motivated and highly skilled IT professionals send your full CV by email to admin@misuratatelecom.net #Libya
Skeptic
#Bouteflika supports #Gaddafi because he fears spillover effect frm #Libya Revolution in #Algeria , anyway he cant stop it!
FRANCE24
FRANCE24 FRANCE 24
NOW >> > Interview with Libyan PM Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmudi by @taoufikmjaied f24.my/9Eh7e7 #gaddafi #NATO #libya #tripoli
Skeptic
Bourgeois revolution: #Misrata city of merchants & businesspeople crushed the most elite #Khamis 32nd Brigade! Like in 19th century Europe!
Skeptic
Reports say #Gaddafi planted 40,000 mines in #Brega, i dont wanna imagine what he will do in #Tripoli! He still got lots of arms/ammo.
Abe Sadek, a Libyan Community Ireland co-ordinator, dropped into my workplace and gave me this. He’s good people. yfrog.com/khw9sulj
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Only around 150 of Gadhafi forces left surrounded in Brega FF are clearing mines mopping up. Next target for liberation Bishr 20 km west
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Along land mines evil magic! Writings found in Brega used by G to keep forces loyal! religious scholars say it doesn’t work during Ramadan!
Bypassing Sirte was announced by Gen Younis in press conference! Not needing frozen assets means for now! And they r save and still ours!!
der_bluthund Anonymous Watcher
Libyan Hyde Park march London 10 – 2011-07-09 youtu.be/IaHyuoCP9c8 #Libya #London #HydePark
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHyuoCP9c8&fea...
Libyan Hyde Park march London 11 – 2011-07-09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN5y5-Q7ATE #Libya #London
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN5y5-Q7ATE
Libyan Embassy Protest London 01 – 2011-07-17 youtu.be/L9IEDllUrHc #Libya #London #Protest next one is BIG so gonna take some time
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IEDllUrHc&fea...
Ossama
God is great … The #FFs repelled attempts by the tyrant to progress beyond Ber Alghnm area south of #Tripoli….
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Ghiryan : 2 Brigades surrounding Ghiryan and Enforcing a curfew on residents . #Feb17 #Libya
#Nafusa : #Ghiryan : #NATO dropped leaflets warning #Gaddafi forces in the town to lay down their arms .
NIZ:
The story of our Health Care System.
I once heard a pro Gaddafi individual say… “why are you revolting? You have everything. You travel, you have a car, you have a house, you eat and drink, you have security, you have healthcare, you have freedom to do as you wish…”
Well, I don’t want this to be an argument about pro vs anti gaddafi. I just want to focus on one of his points above…. Our health care system. Here is a story about from one of our members. A member of the Free Generation Movement.
Some years ago in central Tripoli, there was a road traffic accident where my friend was driving. A young boy was accidentally hit and was injured. As so often happens in Libya, there was no attempt to call the nonexistent emergency service and the young boy was taken to hospital by our friend and passersby. This hospital (AbuSleem Hospital) was ill-equipped to deal with the spinal injuries involved and the parents of the boy (along with our friend who remained with him) were told that a spinal consultant was needed. The hospital offered no contact details or made no attempt to contact this consultant.
Eventually, through asking around, it was established who the on-call spinal surgeon for Tripoli was that night. The very concept of an on-call surgeon for the whole of Tripoli is in itself a travesty. A call was made to the surgeon. His response was that he was in Zliten and it would be impossible for him to
attend Tripoli that night. An alternative was suggested – take the boy to a private hospital where he can be stabilised until the morning (or rather when a doctor becomes available). It was advised that the boy be transferred in an ambulance with what is called triple immobilization to avoid further spinal injury.
The family informed the hospital of what was needed. It is poignant to now mention that AbuSleem is a main Accident and Emergency Unit in Tripoli (Along with Alzawiyah Street Central Hospital). The hospital told the family that there were no ambulances available. The family argued that the parking lot was full of ambulances. They were told that these “did not work” and were later told that these “were not for the hospital”.
The family decided to try and hire a private ambulance. They made numerous calls around the city to no avail. They were then told about a location where ambulances could be found. At this location they rang the door bell and knocked on the gate, behind which were parked ambulances. No one answered. Eventually they found a phone number which they called and after repeated attempts, they got through to someone in the building. This person responded by saying “I’m sorry I can’t help, I have just returned from Tunis and I am tired”. Astonishing.
Eventually, the family were able to find a private ambulance to take their boy to the necessary unit. The ambulance charged 220 Libyan Dinars for a 10km journey.
This, my friends, is the healthcare system which provides for our people. A system which has been built over 42 years. A system which has benefited from years of oil wealth and a mercifully small population. A system, apparently, the pride of Africa and of MENA.
This, my friends, is Gaddafi’s Libya.
FromJoanne Joanne
IF #NATO had not Prevented Gaddafi 2 move ScudMissilesLauncher from Sirte He would hv STRUCK #Benghazi CourtHouse goo.gl/NSKKB #Libya
FRANCE24
Exclusive: Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, Libyan Prime Minister
Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, Libya’s Prime Minister, gave an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 in Tripoli. He believes that the National Transitional Council, the rebels’ political body, is a “self-proclaimed” authority, which is acting “under the banner of NATO to rule Libya”.
By Taoufik MJAIED
Muammar Gaddafi’s Prime Minister does however believe that talks could take place to find a political solution to the crisis, and he says they could take place without Gaddafi.
Finally, Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi denies saying that a “suicide plan” exists to blow up Tripoli if the rebels were to seize it.
Video:
www.france24.com/en/20110718-exclusive-...
FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO Rasmussen after Meeting Contact group Libya says he was “impressed” with the #NTC ’s Respect for the rule of law
Slovenia:
FM: Slovenia to Recognise Libyan Transitional Council
Brussels, 18 July (STA) – Slovenia will probably recognise the Libyan National Transitional Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people until elections are held in the country, Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar hinted in Brussels on Monday, noting that the cabinet will vote on the issue on Wednesday.Source:
www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1657825
FromJoanne Joanne
@
Oh Dear :( AFP photographer just showed gruesome pictures of black soldiers mutilated inside a tank Journos discussing ..
Journos came 2 general agreement that this isn’t the work of the Libyan FF…took them bloody long enough
Captured Gaddafi mercenaries say they’re HIRED to KILL anyone fleeing the frontline t.co/YCmGEuQ by #BenWedeman Nafusa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfbaVinzDok&fea...
Joanne
According2 HRW Gad laid 3Minefields #Qawalish most 240 antipersonnel Mines r #Brazil made Approx. 46 anti-vehicle mines R #China made #Libya
Inter Press Service:
Hidden Bombs Hit Libyans
by Simba Russeau
CAIRO – The conflict in Libya between pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces will continue to take its toll on communities long after the war has ended as long as hidden bombs remain scattered across public areas.
Fifteen-year-old Misurata resident Mohammed lost most of his left hand and sustained shrapnel injuries to his abdomen in April after an unexploded ordnance found near his house detonated in his hands while he was playing.
“It was a rifle grenade that he brought home, and his brothers actually played with it for a couple of days, but on the third day when he picked it up, it exploded,” photographer and communications manager with Mines Advisory Group (MAG), Sean Sutton told IPS.
“He was very lucky to survive but it was a deeply traumatic experience for him and his family," adds Sutton. “Children are of course the most vulnerable in this scenario, because they don’t know what’s safe and also they tend to play with these ordnances, which puts them at risk.”
Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air dropped or ground-launched explosive weapons that can eject up to 2,000 sub-munitions, or bomblets.
Unexploded ordnances (UXO) of cluster bomblets or sub-munitions are usually left behind after a strike and are designed to detonate at a later time, making their indiscriminate effects – of killing or maiming civilians – felt long after the attack has occurred.
“Cluster bombs cause two major risks: First, their widespread dispersal means they cannot distinguish between military targets and civilians, so the immediate humanitarian impact can be extreme, especially when the weapon is used in or near populated areas,” Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) Director Laura Cheeseman told IPS. “Secondly, many sub-munitions fail to detonate on impact and become de facto anti-personnel mines killing and maiming people long after the conflict has ended. These ‘duds’ are more lethal than anti-personnel mines – incidents involving sub-munitions ‘duds’ are much more likely to cause death than injury.”
Source and read more:
www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/07/18-1
AIN online:
Attack Helicopters Boost NATO Air Ops over Libya
By: Chris Pocock
Recent briefings in Brussels and London on Operation Unified Protector reveal that attack helicopters provided by France and the UK are now making key contributions to NATO-led operations over Libya, which has been extended until the end of September.
British AH-64 Apaches plus French Tigers and Gazelles have destroyed more than 300 targets since their introduction on June 4. Flying at night, they have provided “a valuable psychological and cognitive effect,” according to one British Army officer. The helicopters’ mix of weapons (Hellfire or HOT missiles, rockets and guns) might be more suited to attacking light vehicles and control points employed by Libyan regime forces in concealed and urban areas than the combat aircraft operating from higher altitude.
Nevertheless, fast jets continue to strike a variety of targets. UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornados and Typhoons have demonstrated “an incredible 99-percent success rate against fixed targets, and 98 percent against moving targets,” according to a senior officer who recently returned from the Combined Air Operations Center in Italy.
By early last week, the forces had flown some 15,000 sorties and struck nearly 3,000 targets. “We have degraded Ghadhafi’s military capacity to the point that he is no longer capable of running any major offensive operation,” said a NATO spokesman. “Numerous senior civil servants and military commanders have defected from the regime.”
However, NATO has not been able to prevent rocket attacks on the beseiged enclave of Misrata from continuing, and skirmishes elsewhere. And there is no sign of a rebellion against the regime in Tripoli and other heartlands.
Other noteworthy aspects of the campaign include:
• Officials still insist that NATO has no forward air controllers or special forces operating on the ground in Libya. This has led to increased reliance on persistent surveillance from intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) assets, sometimes for many days, to ensure that potential targets can be verified and the risk to civilians can be assessed properly.
• France claims to be flying 25 percent of total sorties, using Rafales, Super Etendards, Mirage 2000D/N/-5s, E-2C Hawkeyes, E-3F AWACS and KC-135 tankers. French Air Force Rafale operations have now moved from Solenzara to Sigonella.
• NATO has acknowledged only one incident in which civilians were killed in an airstrike. Unconfirmed reports reaching AIN suggest that the incident, in Tripoli on June 18, was caused by the guidance failure of tailfins on a French AASM weapon.
• The deployment of RAF aircrew onboard U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint sigint (signals intelligence) aircraft, in a co-manning arrangement. The RAF withdrew its last Nimrod R1 sigint aircraft from the Libyan operation last month, and retired the type from service. A NATO spokesman hinted that NATO has identified dissention in the ranks of the Libyan regime forces through sigint reporting.
• The U.S. continues to provide Predator UAV patrols. The Italian air force now has its first two Reaper UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles) operational at Amendola, from where they could provide 12- to 14-hour coverage over Libya per flight, if authorized by Rome.
Source:
www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page...
MOD
RAF tanker aircraft keep missions flying over Libya
RAF VC10 refuelling aircraft from 101 Squadron are providing an essential service to operations over Libya by ensuring NATO sorties can run around the clock and strike targets as the mission demands.
The fast jets flying over Libya need fuel, and plenty of it, and the VC10 can lift a lot of it to where it’s needed.
The K3 variant flown by 101 Squadron can carry 80 tonnes of fuel and dispense it to a wide range of aircraft from the UK and many other nations taking part in NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR.
The VC10’s four Rolls-Royce Conway engines quickly bring her to take-off speed as she climbs out over the Mediterranean from her current base at Sicily’s Trapani Birgi airport to her first designated refuelling location.
It may be convenient to think of the VC10 as an airborne filling station, but that does everyone involved a disservice.
The fuel load she carries has been carefully calculated in a planning process that begins at NATO’s air headquarters at Poggio Renatico in northern Italy a few days before, and continues until just before take-off
Once in the air, that plan can be adjusted to meet the demands of a changing situation. Under the control of a coalition E-3 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft, often a UK E-3D, the VC10 can move from one refuelling area to another.
No roadside petrol station will come to you, but the VC10 can meet you at a convenient location to support your task.
And the people who fly it love it. One pilot says:
“It’s a great aircraft. It really is the Queen of the Skies. It’s one of the last pilot aircraft – you have to have your hands on to fly it. And it still does the job.”
On a recent flight, somewhere off the coast of Libya, the first pair of aircraft are expected. The VC10 flight engineer trails a hose from each of the two under-wing pods, ready to provide fuel.
Two Canadian F-18s pull alongside just off one wing. Once they are cleared to refuel, one drops back and comes round the rear of the VC10 to sit behind the other wing. Each aircraft then manoeuvres
carefully to plug a refuelling probe into the drogue at the end of the refuelling hose. They then push forward a few feet to start the fuel flowing.
After a few minutes they have enough fuel. They drop off the hoses, reform as a pair on the other wingtip and then break away, disappearing into the distance.
The key role of the VC10 in supporting the NATO coalition is shown by the aircraft served in this mission. After the Canadians, two Italian Harrier aircraft refuel. Then it is the turn of two Spanish F-18s. While RAF fast jets are flying at the same time, their tasking means that they refuel from another nation’s tanker elsewhere.
The utility of the VC10, after long years of service, training with various NATO partners, is that so many different nations’ aircraft can work with her. The fuel she dispenses means those aircraft can spend longer on task, protecting Libyan civilians.
The two VC10s based at Trapani (a third is at RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus) fly up to three missions a day. One aircraft will fly, return, refuel, and fly again later the same day.
The VC10s at Trapani are commanded by Squadron Leader Tim Kemp, who said:
“Tanker support is crucial for the fast jets to spend any meaningful time over Libya.
“I am proud of what people are achieving here. When we deployed here, there was nothing. We were flying operations within 36 hours of arriving.”
As the sun sets, the VC10 returns to Trapani. She has dispensed around 20 tonnes of fuel. Ground crew marshal her back to her parking spot, before ensuring she is serviced, refuelled and ready for tomorrow’s task
Squadron Leader Kemp concludes:
“The fleet is working very hard. We have two aircraft here, one in Akrotiri, two for Operation HERRICK Afghanistan, one in the Falklands, and one for standby tasking in the UK, as well as continuing to undertake UK-based training and other operational tasking
“We are working very hard but the engineers are pulling it out of the bag to get the job done. We couldn’t be achieving what we’re achieving without the work of the ground crew.”
The VC10 is now reaching the end of its service life, but continual modifications maintain the aircraft as a significant asset, enabling the rapid deployment of troops and their weaponry, and fast jet fighter aircraft, to any theatre of operations around the world.
It’s replacement, the Airbus A330-based AirTanker aircraft, will be making its first public appearance in the UK today. Voyager, as the new RAF aircraft will be officially named, will fly at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
Source:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Major electricity blackout since 12:00 PM in 70% of Tripoli. #feb17 #Libya
MCMuja
The Zuma/Gaddafi connection zapiro.webvanta.com/cartoon/288124… #Libya #Feb17
President Jacob Zuma, the fence sitting mediator t.co/BVlzCl1 #Libya #Feb17
FIRST PRIZE OF BEST TWEET OF TODAY WON BY:
Armchair Arab
We don’t need any road maps, treasure maps or coloring books, we want Gaddafi out! #Feb17 #Libya
AND THE SECOND PRIZE GOES TO ACARVIN:
Guma_el_gamaty: FF will bypass Sirte push all way 2 link w/ misrata
acarvin tweets back:
Anything else Gaddafi’s forces should know?
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Ghiryan : 2 Brigades surrounding Ghiryan and Enforcing a curfew on residents
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Asabaa : the #Gaddafi rent-a-crowd is believed to be planning a million man march in a 30k (max) resident town.
hominoid
AJA reporter in Ajdabya: NATO has struck supplies coming to Gaddafi forces from the West. Libya
Skeptic
Tweeps, b very careful when an unknown tweep sends u a link, Saifs media machine is not dead yet
dovenews Libyan™
#FF have removed 400 land mines in two days in #Brega
SundayTimes: Saudi Arabia refused to host Gaddafi as the latter secretly accepted to go for exile.
SABHA17
Breaking News:
Revolutionists in Al-gatroun region could get 2 cars with artillery and arrest 7 members of Ghadafi brigades as there are also some injuries among revolutionists but were not specified. Now Al-gatroun region is being attacked 4 km away from civilian areas by Ghadafi brigades.
Gulf_of_Sirte
Our sources in #Sirte: around 30 bodies and 70 injured #Gaddafi men were brought to the city from #Brega to Ibn Sina Hospital on 16,17 July
BBC – Libya- How UK and South Africa differ
Video
This is how Mr. Cameron explains it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGuZ15pYL3I&fea...
PUZZLE OF THE PICS:
MyFreeLibya
The AFP photographer just pulled out some gruesome pictures of black soldiers mutilating inside a tank..jounros discussing how it came to be
Apparently they were found in Qawalish after the FF pushed out Gaddafi’s lastest advance…The crime looks recent, bodies haven’t rotted yet
They have come to a general agreement that this isn’t the work of the Libyan FF…took them bloody long enough…
It is a very weird story…there are many stories of Libyans in the army being abused..bt these guys are very evidently black africans…
the BBC team..they are so impatient & aloof…americans are quite nice…French are the best tho..they have daily parties
Joanne
#Brega is a Major centre for channelling Oil pipelines of Sirte Basin to rest of world Oil Installation INTACT #ButArea=HEAVILYmined #Libya
#Brega is made up of three areas, a residential area in the east, a major oil facility in the west and an old town in between #Libya
Brega Most FF going inside R anti-mine teams learing HIGH amount of anti-personnel mines FF being hampered by shelling from #Bishr
#BREGA victory has come at a price 15 FF have been killed and 274 wounded since the battle began on Thursday
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Musa Ibrahim claims rebels attacked Brega by road and by sea in small boats. “We will turn Brega into hell. We will not give it up.”
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Rebel source inside #Zliten: food & supplies becoming v expensive; no fuel; Gaddafi front line approx 7km from centre of town.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
When will Gaddafi soldiers wake up? Your commander ran away, your injured are left to die, your dead are left to rot… All for the tyrant?
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
“Most of the troops going in right now r anti-mine teams,” said Abdulmolah. “We have found an extraordinary number of anti-personnel mines”
MusaIbrahim Al Gaddafi :
‘Gadhafi controls #Brega, killed 500+ rebels in 5 days fighting, lost 30 soldiers’
Man oh man, who makes these stories up?
What drame school did they all enrol in ?
He said it with a straight face…….
Hollywood.com. March 21 2005 ( I know, it’s old)
Nicole Kidman Dines with Gaddafi’s Son
HOLLYWOOD – Antipodean movie star Nicole Kidman has been wined and dined by controversial
Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi’s wild-child son Al-Saadi Gadaffi.
The 31-year-old whisked the Cold Mountain star out for a meal at a plush
hotel in Sydney, Australia, to discuss investing in the Australian movie
There were unconfirmed reports at that time that he gave her a diamond necklace.
Source:
www.hollywood.com/news/Nicole_Kidman_Di...
Libya In Me The best thing happened today! The mother the hero who raised the independence flag on the medical school in Tripoli, visited us !!!!
He is from the city of Al-Marj studying medicine in Tripoli. He worked with a group on spreading notices and sewing indepedence flags
Unfortunately the women in his group were detained and tortured to a point where they confessed. He became wanted along with 3000 others
He went to a faraway farm on the outskirts of Tripoli where he remained in a room for a month and half without seeing the daylight.
He speaks of the generosity of people of Tripoli throughout his ordeal, and their willingness to help out their Eastern brothers
Gaddafi has offered people of Tripoli $7000 for every Eastern Libyan, yet they went out of their way to get him out
He was taken out to Tunisia by generals who have defected in secret.
He is devastated by the struggles of Tripoli and told his mom, the world doesn’t realise the turmoil and nightmares people of Tripoli live.
Even though he came back he couldnt stay and decided to go back to Tunisia and help the Red Cross
The fact that our people in Tripoli went out of their way to save his life because he is from the East is so touching. Unity at its best
inglesi Piers Scholfield
#Zliten source: casualties amongst Gaddafi forces on #Misrata front line are high; morale is low. One fighter says he didn’t eat for 2 days
At 11am to 5pm or 6pm the temperature at the front lines is almost 50 … imagine the conditions..
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
#LessonsLearned2011: Twitter can cause a drastic decrease in quality of life for family members who do not tweet.
Alex
People of #Sirte – Dont let #Gaddafi mine yr city like #Brega – yr children will have to live amongst them after the #maddog has gone #Libya
Khiria
#Gaddafi’s wanted list: Libyans …minus his few supporters! #Libya #Feb17 #wanted
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Only in Libya …An exchange of rocket fire. Then tea. | #libya #feb17
Via Carol
This one is a diet killer! You bake, they auction, money goes to Libya, calories go to your hips!
www.facebook.com/pages/Sweets-for-Hope/...
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Gaddafi regime is living in la la land >>Gaddafi regime claim oil town Al #Brega is under their ‘full control’ -via Al Arabiya News
Yefrenia
Biggest irony of my childhood, Libyan teachers preaching how we should free Palestine…how can that happen when my own ppl arent even free?
Brian Conley
10 days in western libya left me hopeful, but concerned about the future of rule of law, leadership, and cooperation in #libya
Maybe Brian should talk to Mr. Rasmussen then:)
Mr. Rasmussen was full of praise of NTC regarding that……….
Yefrenia
My mother recalls a bystander saying “I don’t hate Gaddafi and I don’t like him neither,I’m just a normal student!” they arrested him anyway
SMILE
Ali
#Libya #tripoli #feb17 to support #Gaddafi you must either naive or ignorant #addthis yfrog.com/kl650npj
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Libyan gov’t spokesman Musa Ibrahim confirms to CNN that US & Libyan officials engaged in face to face talks in Tunisia on Saturday.
Musa Ibrahim on US-Libya talks: “this is a first step. We welcome any further steps…we don’t want to be stuck in the past.”
SMILE:
About NOTW:
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Speaking of whistleblowers:What do you call a whistleblower in Gaddafi’s Libya? You call a coroner.
LibyanLion
AJA reported earlier that the FFs are ready to start pushing west after securing #Brega
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
3 high level officials tell CNN one of participants in US-Libyan talks in Tunisia was US ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz #Libya
hominoid
Libya Brega In the last 24 hours 9 martyrs and 113 wounded includes 7 charred bodies in a tank heavy shelling had prevented access.
FromJoanne Joanne
Col #Bani by telephone: “Liberating #Brega is a matter of time because Gaddafi brigades have withdrawn from the residential area” #Libya
CNN
Libya says it’s holding talks with U.S.
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Libyan and American officials engaged in direct, face-to-face talks in Tunisia on Saturday, a spokesman for Moammar Gadhafi’s embattled regime said Monday.
“This is a first step. We welcome any further steps,” Musa Ibrahim said in a brief interview with CNN. “We don’t want to be stuck in the past.”
Ibrahim would not name the officials who participated in the talks.
The United States is among the NATO countries that have been bombing Libya since March. The alliance has a U.N. mandate to protect civilians from troops loyal to Gadhafi as the longtime Libyan strongman fights a rebellion that has claimed control of the eastern half of the country.
There was no immediate comment on the report from Washington.
Libyan officials have said previously that the Tripoli government had been conducting talks with the Benghazi-based rebels, but officials with the rebels’ Transitional National Council denied the claim. And Ibrahim said in June that Libya would not consider a peace initiative that would require Gadhafi to step down.
Source:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/18...
NTC Mahmud Alwerfalli @Doha said in Telephonecall : FF wary of striking #Brega industrial zone 4fear of damaging facilities there #Libya
Mahmoud Shammam #NTC spokesman confirmed today Gaddafi’s son Muatasim who led Gaddafi forces in #Brega, fled to #Sirte late July17 #Libya
NTC & FF hope that a column of FF which swept past #Brega from South will take out the Gaddafi troops @ #Bishr 2day or tomorrow
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
We just interviewed #Libyan TV Host Dr Yosif #Shakeir – if the rebels reach #Tripoli it will be ‘worse than Saryevo and worse than Somalia’.
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Gaddafi forces leave behind their dead and injured in #Gwaleesh ! GRAPHIC youtu.be/h-ySaIi5G8Y #Feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ySaIi5G8Y&fea...
US official says the face to face talks with regime reps was delivering the same msg— that #Gaddafi must go. #Libya
Gaddafi spoksman Musa Ibrahim says “We will turn #Brega into hell” – There is nothing more dangerous in the world than sincere stupidity!
Maj Gen Al-Obeidi reported G forces used mustard gas in Brega yesterday. Mines retarding FF advance.
EU Council conclusions on Libya
Summary: 18 July 2011, Brussels – Council of the European Union 3106th FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting conclusions on Libya
The Council adopted the following conclusions:
1. Firmly committed to the full implementation of UNSCRs 1970 and 1973, the EU remains unwavering in its commitment to protecting Libyan civilians, including through the intensification of pressure on the Kadhafi regime.
2. The EU condemns the grave violations of human rights and the breaches of international humanitarian law perpetrated by the regime. It reiterates the importance of accountability, justice and the need to fight against impunity. It takes note of the decision of the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I on 27 June to issue arrest warrants against Muammar Kadhafi, Saif al Islam Kadhafi and Abdullah al-Sanussi in connection with alleged crimes against humanity in Libya and calls for full co-operation with the International Criminal Court. It also welcomes the extension of the mandate of the International Commission of Inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council.
Kadhafi has lost all legitimacy and must relinquish power immediately. Noting continuing defections from the Kadhafi regime, the EU calls on its remaining followers to disassociate themselves from its crimes.
3. The EU remains concerned about the humanitarian situation. It is pursuing its efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance to all Libyans and people in need in an impartial and non-discriminatory manner and calls for unlimited humanitarian access in western Libya and full respect of international humanitarian law. If requested by UN OCHA, the EU will conduct a CSDP operation “EUFOR Libya” to support humanitarian assistance in the region.
4. The EU welcomes the commitment expressed once more by the international community at the Contact Group meeting held in Istanbul on 15 July to support the Libyan people in their ongoing transition process, from the Kadhafi era and towards the creation of a united, sovereign and democratic Libyan state. In particular the EU endorses the shared and overarching principles identified to guide efforts towards a political transition, as well as the common approach to supporting the Libyan people in rebuilding their country. To that end, the EU welcomes the presentation by the NTC of their plans for the post-conflict stage.
5. The EU is dedicated to helping shape the conditions for a monitored cease-fire linked to a genuine and inclusive political process clearly committed to national reconciliation and to the unity of post-Kadhafi Libya. Under the leadership of the UN and with UNSG Special Envoy for Libya as focal point, the EU will pursue its work with other international and regional partners, notably the Cairo Group, which brings the EU together with the UN, the Arab League, the African Union, the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation. In this regard, the EU acknowledges the useful contribution made by the African Union at the July 2011 Malabo Summit.
6. The EU considers the NTC as a legitimate political interlocutor. It acknowledges the essential role and responsibilities of the NTC as a representative of the aspirations of the Libyan people, including for the transition process. As such, the EU welcomes the visit to the EU institutions, on 13-14 July, of the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mr. Mahmoud Jibril. The EU acknowledges the urgent financial needs of the NTC to allow it to serve the Libyan people. The EU and Member States will continue to explore all options in that respect, including, where possible, through the use of Libyan frozen funds, inter alia as a guarantee for providing financial assistance, and the resumption of exports, in compliance with the provisions of the relevant UNSCRs. Recalling the commitments made by the NTC in its “Road to Democratic Libya”, the EU also stands ready to provide further assistance to the NTC in order to enable it to assume its responsibilities, including upholding the rule of law throughout the areas under its control. In this context, the NTC must also continue its commitment to address alleged violations of international law, including of human rights.
7. The EU is committed to support the emergence of a new, stable, prosperous, sovereign and democratic Libya through a peaceful, transparent and inclusive transition process. The EU is already implementing activities in support of the Libyan civil society, and is preparing further assistance including for human rights defenders, youth, women, local authorities and media. The EU underlines the importance of the UN-led support of the international community for Libya in the weeks and months following a cease-fire. The transition should be a Libyan-driven process to which the EU will contribute together with key partners as soon as conditions allow."
Ref:CL11-103EN
EU source: Council
UN forum:
Date: 18/7/2011
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Libya archive reveals pictorial history of Gaddafi’s brutal reign – video gu.com/p/3vjf4/tw via @guardian
Guardian
Libya archive reveals pictorial history of Gaddafi’s brutal reign – video
A human rights team reveals a huge archive of footage and images detailing Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal reign over Libya, not least the infamous showtrial and public hanging of Sadiq Hamed Shwehdi, witnessed by thousands of pupils herded into Benghazi’s basketball stadium to watch in 1984
Vid.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/jul...
William Booth
#Libya drove out to frontlines at Qawlish and later Kiklah in western mtns. An exchange of rocket fire. Then tea. Advance feels stalled.
LibyaNewMedia
Palestinians often said that the Arab world could only be free if Palestine was free. I’d say the exact opposite is true.
McKenzieCNN David McKenzie
Refugees say they’re not getting enough help, but AID agencies overwhelmed and underfunded yfrog.com/ki2zsqkj
Money urgently needed 4 wounded FFs in Tunisia. Who can help? Read articles based on @wheelertweets t.co/vEaOVeL FFs deserve better
The problems journos face:
Brian Conley
how do you know when a town is poorly supplied? I just had my first #CocaCola in #tunisia after 2 weeks in #zintan #libya
4Adam Adam
Gen. al-Mahdi al-Arabi and Lt. Gen. al-Khweldi al-Hamedi killed 1000+ Libyans in #AzZawiya in less than two weeks.
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA reporter, Ajdabya: detained #Gaddafi personnel (1 on Saturday, 1 today) today helped lead rebels to minefields. #Libya
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA reporter from Ajdabya: clashes ongoing in #Brega, rebels advancing slowly. 10 from #Gaddafi forces ‘arrested’ by rebels. #Libya
bencnn benwedeman
Opposition fighters near Nalut say Qadhafi forces massing in Ghazaya, may try to take Tunisia-#Libya border crossing at Wazan
Los Angeles Times
bencnn benwedeman
by libyanproud
Opposition fighters near Nalut say Qadhafi forces massing in Ghazaya, may try to take Tunisia-#Libya border crossing at Wazan
As rebels battle Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s troops for control of the strategic oil city of Port Brega, an injured fighter inspires patriotism in his father, and doctors deal with the effects of land mines laid by government forces.
Reporting from Ajdabiya, Libya—
Rajab Zawiyeh, a Libyan businessman, drove to this coast rebel stronghold two days after he heard about an outbreak of fighting in the nearby oil city of Port Brega.
Zawiyeh’s 25-year-old son, Imad, was fighting at the front, and he feared for the young man’s safety. Monday morning, he got a cellphone call: His son had been wounded.
Zawiyeh, 57, sped to the main Ajdabiya hospital, where he found his son’s bloodied face swathed in gauze. A stained bandage was wrapped around his leg.
A rocket fired by government forces had exploded yards from Imad just outside Port Brega, where rebel forces were in the fifth day of an assault designed to retake the strategic city.
“It got my face and my leg,” Imad told his father, who was struggling to hold back tears.
These were not tears of sadness, the father said, but of pride. For 41 years under the rule of Moammar Kadafi, he had never felt patriotism.
“Now I feel like a patriot,” he said. “I’m so proud of my son. He’s a hero.”
Source and read more here:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
KC_Tripolitania
The BBC just faked a story about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) committing the first holocaust against Jews ! Fabrication and lies.
I’m too peeved off for words. I can’t believe the BBC just fabricated that story about the Holocaust !
BBC2 Documentary #TheLifeOfMuhammad part 2 – I think after watching this part today, the BBC’s hidden agenda has been exposed. Not surprised
Can’t believe the BBC just fabricated a fake story out of thin air accusing Muslims of committing the first holocaust against Jews! #LIES
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~ aml
Typical BBC- Glamorising an issue, making it appeal for the masses then plant a subliminal message amidst.
Aishcube
Random fact: Muslims around Europe & Northern Africa protected Jews during Hitler’s blinded dumbness.
hamzah
Once again the Muslims have been portrayed as anti-Semitic. During times of European anti-semtisism, Jews found safety in the Islamic world
FromJoanne Joanne
As of July 16, 813 people in #Misrata had been killed, 7,848 had been injured and 781 were missing goo.gl/JoA8N #Libya
Libyan Freedom Pilot
When my brother in law got released he told me lots of people where brought over from Misrata to Tripoli prisons… and 1/2
where treated very bad, they where brought in the car boots hands tide with wires, can not be recognised due to beating 2/2
FromJoanne Joanne
US officials confirm Asst Sec of State Jeffrey Feltman and US Ambassador to #Libya Gene Cretz met with Gaddafi officials Saturday
Rami al-Shaheibi Reuters reporter says he Witnessed rocket duels and saw thick black smoke of burning oil terminals in #BREGA monday #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
WOW : HumanRights team reveals a huge archive of footage and images detailing Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal reign over #Libya goo.gl/iqLOn
Brian Conley
#rumors gwalish fell briefly due to lack of supplies/coordination at the front while ammunition, etc sat in warehouses elsewhere
is it possible some #libya forces are hoarding supplies? or is it just lack of management? #zintan
Libya In Me
Shorouq is chanting live in Benghazi’s courthouse
Shorouq, the young chanter is now a target for kidnapping or murder by pro-Gaddafi. So now she’s chanting in reply to the threats
OnlyOneLibya
Watch and read about events in Libya from Libya TV www.libya.tv #Libya #Tripoli #Benghazi #Misrata #Nafusa
www.libya.tv
Skeptic
Zliten-Bani Walid is blocked at Majer, but Sabha-Bani Walid road is probably still under G control
After supply line through Gharyan will b cut, supplies frm Sabha will have 2 go through Bani Walid area, and i think that is wat FFs r trying 2 do in AlSdadda area, on road 2 Bani Walid, cut off that supply route too, so that supplies frm Sabha dont reach Tripoli or Zliten
LY_NeverForget
My mom was pregnant in uni when they locked them in to watch the executions in TIP. She and a couple friends jumped over a wall and ran away
Heinz: Main line of defence is now at #Bishr (40 km of #Brega). Last line is #RasLanuf. Daffis have no chance. No G armor will reach #Sirte.
LY_NeverForget
“#TRIPOLI Suffers on JULY18 TOTAL blackout 3hrs ago @ 19.00 hrs img714.imageshack.us/img714/4646/tr… #Libya” :( my poor city. Stay strong..
AlluCemif
La Slovénie en passe de reconnaître le CNT de #Libye comme le représentant légitime du peuple libyen. #Feb17 #Libye
libyanandproud
Murzuq : #Umalaranib : Umalaranib in Murzuq is now also liberated and in FF control
#Murzuq : #Qatrun and #Umalaranib of Murzuq (South Libya) are now both liberated and in Freedom Fighters control. #
Sabha17
Breaking News:
Um-Laraneb region is now free of Ghadafi brigades and is under the control of revolutionists.
MisrataPatriots:
Misrata FF have now entered the town/city of Tawergha. #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Now I have spent time on both sides of #Libya I can authoritatively tweet the difference i’ve seen: People in the East smile more.
Heinz: Most of the G east army R in #RasLanuf which has no cover & preparing counter-attack. #NATO has dropped leaflets & will wipe them out
CNN
TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) –
Libyan and U.S. officials say the two governments held face-to-face talks in Tunisia over the weekend, but Washington says the sole point of the meeting was to repeat its demand that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi “must go.”
The disclosure came nearly four months into the bombardment of Libya by NATO allies, including the United States. Libyan government spokesman Musa Ibrahim called Saturday’s talks “a first step,” adding, “we welcome further steps.”
Read more here:
www.news8000.com/lifestyle/technology/U...
Wafa
My mom was telling me about an officer who lived on her street, he was ordered to execute those in the 93’ coup attempt
After executing them, he went crazy and ppl wld find walking up & down the streets looking at his hands and screaming “blood”
Sabha17
Breaking News:
Mr.Kilani Jebril Salouhi Algatrouni was killed as he was heading to work when some of the Ghadafi troops tried to stop him but he did not stop which resulted in shooting him where he died immediately.
libyanandproud
#Misratta : Misratta Freedom Fighters on the Eastern Front have advance to #AlSdadda Area (31°28’60.00"N 14°45’0.00"E) #Feb17
Les avoirs libyens gelés sont estimés à 165 milliards de $ par le CNT de #Libye
Lisa
#GaddafiLies Ppl r still reporting Musa’s load of bull….!!! Whyyyyyyyyy? Out of media, out of mind!!!
Libyan Duda
Dear #Brazil, come and collect your deadly #Landmines from #Libya. #Brega #zletin #Misrata #zintan #Nalut
grafixel
Bit strange that #US envoys meet #Gaddafi envoys in #Tunisia just to tell them once again he should just bugger off?#JustSaying
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Ibrahim says: 500+ rebels died in #Brega; but Rebels say they have 13 dead. I conclude: someone isn’t telling the truth!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Feeling hungry? If you want to order room service at the #Rixos you have to walk down to reception to place your order :)
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Shakeir: ‘I found journalists in the basement snooping around in sneeky way. we find them digging even in the sewage.. looking for what?’
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Brega: Some 80% of FF injured in Brega are already out and back in the front lines, others taking slightly longer to recover
SMILE:
libyangovtinfo realmoussaabrahim
#rixos #tripoli ive bought a motor bike and side car today i saw this movie with steve mcqueen “the great escape” i got it just in case !!!!
The Libyan Uprising Group
Breaking news : Libyan free army in Musrata have captured Tawrga city and now are in Zlitan also , these two close cities have been a source of the Qaddafi attacks in recent months
moooonlight22
#FF using artillery that can shoot to 25Km #Brega #Feb 17 youtube.com/watch?v=ecAEJk…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecAEJk9kW0w&feature=player_embedded#at=321
Ali (May 30)
Tripoli revolutioners battalion#feb17#Libya I have met with those epics , they mean business : youtube.com/watch?v=GvWTXX… yfrog.com/kkgsztmj
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvWTXXrel28&sns=tw
KC_Tripolitania KC
I can’t sleep. My mind is with my beloved capital Tripoli. My heart bleeds for #Tripoli. I can’t stop thinking about them.
Hayat
#DearWorld Hello how are you I have missed you and the smell of sunshine but my #Libya is not yet free so I am going back to the internet-Me
The Economist
Closing in on Tripoli
Video:
www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/0...=scn/tw/te/bl/closinginontripoli
Noah tweets:
How I see #CNN today. You know how when you were a kid & looked up to your big brother? He seemed cool, smart, popular, confident. But now he just seems out of touch, arrogant & kind of a bonehead.
Heinz: If G attempts to fire SCUD at Benghazi, #NATO ships will fire anti-rocket missiles and destroy them in flight.
Beaucoup de résidents de #Tripoli ne savent pas s’ils doivent rire ou pleurer. Attendent la libération, en craignant le pire.
Septimius
“Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies”
Murdoch and Gaddafi?
libyanandproud
FYI there was a deal between news Corp and Seif Gaddafi through his media company (alghad)
don’t have exact details , it included share sale and publication distribution in Libya through alghad media Corp
don’t have access to the contracts , the defected GM of ghad media: Suleiman Dogha probably has them and more info…….
Top Canadian soldier says ground troops in Libya might help
OTTAWA — The NATO mission in Libya has dragged on longer than most had expected and Canada’s top soldier suggests things might be different if the rules of engagement allowed for boots on the ground.
It’s an idea that all involved countries have been adamantly against, but Gen. Walt Natynczyk suggested it can be limiting.
“It’s always about precision and from 20,000 feet, you only get so much precision,” he said in an interview with Postmedia News.
The NATO force, which includes about 650 Canadians, has been able to gather good intelligence with the resources it has, he added, but having people on the ground is “always better.”
That said, the mandate from the United Nations is clear and not unlike the one Canada and other nations operated under in Kosovo.
“Protect civilian lives but you can’t put forces on the ground,” he said.
As such, “collateral damage” is out of the question.
Full art.:
www.vancouversun.com/news/Canadian+sold...
AlluCemif
Many residents in #Tripoli don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Waiting for the release and fearing the worst. Allah ma3ahum
Sabha17
Breaking News:
Battles now in Algatroun region between Revolutionists and brigades. Masoud Abdulhafid brigades are now using Grad rockets , some of which were seen falling on Qasir Masoud district.
CNN
From Ivan Watson, CNN
Libyan government vows to hold oil city against rebels
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Libyan government troops will turn the strategic oil city of al-Brega into “hell” rather than let it fall into the hands of advancing rebel forces, a government spokesman said Monday.
Rebel forces moved to within 9 km (5.6 miles) of al-Brega over the weekend after dismantling thousands of land mines, a rebel spokesman said. But government spokesman Musa Ibrahim told CNN that forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi remained in full control of the eastern city late Monday.
“Defending Brega is so vital to the livelihood of the Libyan nation,” Ibrahim said. “We will turn Brega into hell. We will not give Brega up, even if this causes the death of thousands of rebels and the destruction of the whole city.”
Ibrahim said Gadhafi’s troops successfully fought off waves of rebel attacks over the last five days, with 30 government troops and 500 rebel fighters killed. The claim could not be independently verified.
Full art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/18...
Ghazi
I found this interesting map of most of #Libya dates back to Turkish era, not sure about the exact date twitpic.com/5sc3na
Mediterranean region showing #Libya in the Fra Mauro map, created around 1450 yfrog.com/kk61ppj
SUMMARY JULY 19th 2011
7/19/2011
7.19.2011
The truth is rarely pure and never simple – Oscar Wilde
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/9lhiX
NATO On July 18th, NATO aircraft flew 129 sorties, including 44 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 8 Armed Vehicles, 2 Armoured Fighting Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 1 Artillery Piece, 1 Radar, 1 Surface-to-Air-Missile Launcher, 1 Command and Control Vehicle, 1 Command and Control Node.
In the vicinity of Misrata: 6 Artillery Pieces.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Military Storage Facility
Niz_FGM Niz
by ChangeInLibya
18/7/11 – I cant wait for the moment when i can see Huda BenAmer brought to justice in a court in #Benghazi. She better start repenting now
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
MISRATA: First humanitarian aeroplane landed in #Misrata airport today (Via Wefaqlibya /
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
URGENT: SMS sent by Gaddafi to Tripoli this morning (July 19th). I smell nasty human shields plan: img42.imageshack.us/img42/8505/sms… #feb17 #Libya
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Misrata today… manning the front lines in 40C heat (104+ F) #libya #feb17 via Wefaq
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Carlette I hope that the dissidents and Libyans that have been fighting #Gaddafi for years from outside Libya won’t be forgetton in the new #Libya!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
by ChangeInLibya
Big Bang! much closer to the #Rixos this time. Jets still circling above. #NATO have spotted some Gaddafi hardware they want to destroy.
Reuters video
A widows group in Misrata offers support fore the rebels fighting forces.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-UurGPBGg
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
by ChangeInLibya
Pairs of bombers are coming in waves, hunting for targets on the streets of #Tripoli. dropping LGBs when they find suitable targets.
Only 3 explosions and in different positions; but it is the repetitive sound of aircraft above that is so intimidating.
Feb17
Libya:
Libyan opposition leader said Monday that contracts between other countries and the Libyan government signed before the internal strife will be respected.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), made the pledge in an interview aired on Russia Today television.
“I would like to assure all states… that we respect the law and the international conventions and charters, and deem all agreements and contracts, signed by the previous government, as lawful if they have nothing to do with corrupt schemes,” he said.
Jalil promised that the opposition, if in power, would try to accomplish “even greater projects.”
But he clarified that some adjustments to the agreements and contracts are still possible “depending on the global economic and financial situation.”
On Friday, the Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul recognized the NTC as the sole and legitimate representative of the country’s people until the creation of a new interim authority.
But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday his country refused to recognize the NTC as Libya’s legitimate government.
Photo’s:
Kateebat Al Fatheel; The Military Base in Benghazi
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USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
The only way forward in #Libya is for #Qaddafi to step down.
Video: Struggling to survive through Libya’s war
After heavy battles between Gaddafi’s forces and opposition forces, the people in western Libya are trying to rebuild their lives.
But as they pick up the pieces, the pro-Gaddafi town of Lawainya remains abandoned after intense shelling raids carried out by the government, according to opposition sources.
Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the shell-shocked town.
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IvanCNN Ivan Watson
A yard long piece of metal with x on it fell from sky in journo hotel parking lot moments after jets heard overhead. No one hurt.
Danya
Pls call and email #Nilesat Telephone : 38400 145 E-mail:marketing@nilesat.com.eg and ask them why they are ignoring a court order #Libya
Pls contact the Justice Ministry in #Egypt & ask why this ruling hasn’t been enforced Phone no. 27922263/5/7/9 , mjustice@moj.gov.eg #Libya
NotLibyaStateTV
We hear that the USA will be bankrupt and unable to pay bills in 2 weeks anyways, so I think Gaddafi can hold out until then
The US now says it’s time to recognise the Transitional National Council as the official voice of the Libyan people. (AJE)
Nusaiba
To all those detained in #Libya #Syria #Palestine and all over youtu.be/NZU1GN9Ngn4 (ARABIC)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZU1GN9Ngn4&fea...
NATO Livestream in 15’ (14:00 Brussels): NATO press briefing on #Libya. Now available in #Arabic! t.co/cK6Gv76
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/events_673...
AJE video:
There is a new drive to try and unite all the rebel forces in Libya as one ‘National Army’.
But despite this, and four months of NATO bombings targeting key government installations, progress for the opposition has been slow.
This has raised questions about whether the patchwork of rebel forces can achieve its ultimate goal of removing Muammar Gaddafi.
Former government officers are now the trainers responsible for readying rebel fighters for battle. And as the opposition heads towards Tripoli, the pressure on them is increasing.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Misurata.
blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2011/07/uniti...
NATO
Tuesday 19 July at 1400, Oana Lungescu, the NATO spokesperson, will brief the press on events concerning Libya. She will be joined by Colonel Roland Lavoie, Operation Unified Protector(OUP) military spokesperson, who will brief by videoconference from Naples on NATO’s operation in Libya in support of UNSCR 1973.
France
Libya Gérard Longuet French defence minister, said The countdown has begun. Things can go faster. There is no solution for Gaddafi
Skeptic
#Misrata #airport is now out of range of Grads & artillery? that is great news anyway! urgently needed supplies can now arrive just in time
6 days left for Eid of Hope. t.co/ZQIbfEn Registries at Walmart t.co/BO40qcd and Amazon t.co/uswszzJ @ShababLibya
www.walmart.com/giftregistry/gr_detail....
www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/1BU8AP...=cm_wl_act_vv?_encoding=UTF8&visitor-view=1&reveal
Libyus
China & Russia: We know #gaddafi’s days are limited but we refuse to act humanely & will milk that crazy cow 4 as long as we can. $$$
Tunisia: thank u for the humanity & genuine attempts to curb Gaddafi 4rm smuggling gas, plz try harder.
Egypt: We spit at Ahmed Gaddafi idem whenever we see him at Sheraton or wtvr. Thanks for letting him run around with #Libya’s stolen money.
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : One explosion heard after a busy morning for #NATO planes over tripoli . #Feb17
#Tripoli : Second Explosion in past hour heard after busy #NATO morning
Nidal & Joanne
I’m so happy that this beautiful angel, #Malak is here in #Malta. You are soooo welcome, dear sweet princess. Hugs & Kisses. #Misrata
MohHKamel ليبرالي متعفن
#Arab leaders are so clueless in how to deal with #ArabSpring, coming up with the most ridiculous responses!!!
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#US Assistand Deputy Sec of State ~Elizabeth_Dibble: ’The #US will stay with #Libya people to the end"
libyanandproud
#Tarhuna : Tarhuna Military Council statement to #Gaddafi forces. youtu.be/qllantcxm60 #Feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qllantcxm60&fea...
MALTATODAY: Way forward in Libya is ceasefire and removal of Gaddafi regime, Borg tells EU
Solution to Libyan stalemate is in ceasefire and removal of current regime – Foreign Affairs minister Tonio Borg tells EU Foreign Affairs Council.
Describing the situation in Libya a day after visiting Benghazi, Maltese foreign minister Tonio Borg said he remained impressed by the determination expressed by the Libyan people “fighting for their liberty”.
Borg was accompanied by the Permanent Representative to the European Union, Richard Cachia Caruana.
He said that the way forward to the current stalemate in Libya should first consist of a ceasefire, followed by a political transition for the removal of the current regime, led by Col. Muammar Gaddafi.
He added the participation of the young generation in their quest to shape their future was central to the revolution in this country.
On Syria, the EU foreign ministers expressed their concern at the ongoing repression by the current regime against protestors, and which has led to a number of deaths, the finance ministry later said.
It added that the council also discussed the situation of the Middle East peace process, in view of the United Nations resolution on the recognition of a future state of Palestine.
The council was convening for the first time under the new Polish Presidency, whereby Ministers were briefed on the main priorities to be adopted for the upcoming six months.
An update to the tragic event that occurred at the Cypriot Naval Base in Mari was also provided, and the Council expressed sympathy with the families of the victims.
Source:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/way...
libyanandproud
the saturday incident as told by local was nato must of hit ammo as explosions long after strike
#Gaddafi Regime SMS to users: “today is the Launch of the March on #Nafusa as per the Mandate issued at the #Ajaylat Demo” #Feb17 #Libya
#Jdabya : 20 Injured Freedom Fighters have been discharged and are heading to their comerades in #Brega. #Feb17 #Libya
Jonny Hallam
#Tripoli: A leaflet bomb landed on the #Rixos Tennis court this morning. glad it didn’t have any explosives inside. no leaflets either
LP
we would love to see a picture of the leaflets :)
Jonny Hallam
so would I! they were already dispersed out of the clustering device
LP
apparently forces r told by officers not to touch them , as they are covered by cancerous substance :)
Dee
#libya #benghazi Rolling power outages due to lack of fuel for plants #ntc
JAVIER
one air strip in #Nafusa #Libya 1,5 km of paved road some lights on the sides and one ckeckpoint welcome to maybe airlines!!
Skeptic
Gaddafi #SMS is like #Hitler & #Milosevic plans, he plans #ethnic #cleansing & #extermination
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI HELL its Mostly Out off electricity due 2lack of Fuel 4Powerplant #Janzour +Water due 2Lack of fuel 2Pum up water from wells #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Now more aircrafts over #tripoli. what specifically are NATO hunting for today?
Balkan Insight
Albania Backs Libya’s Rebel Government
“Conscious of the aspirations of the Libyan people for democracy and development, the Albanian government backs the activities of the National Transitional Council and its program for a democratic Libya, and considers the council to be the legitimate representative of the Libyan people,” the ministry said in a statement.
“The Albanian government is ready to engage with the council and help in the installment of peace and democracy in Libya,” the statement added.
The Interim Transitional National Council is a political group formed to represent rebel groups seeking to overthrow the four decade-old regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
To date, the council has been recognized as the sole legitimate government of Libya by 29 countries, including the Unites States and the European Union member states.
Link:
www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/albani...
FreeLibyan
Pro-#Gaddafi in #UK threatening students W the help of L.C.A bureau !! youtube.com/watch?v=sq91zS…
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Photo:
Libyan women keep the morale high and take care of the city while their men fight at the front-lines #libya #feb17
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TRIPOLI: Reports that NATO planes are dropping leaflets all over Bab Al Aziziya and some nearby areas #libya #feb17”
Airstrikes today:
Jonny Hallam
It is not like saturday when the sky was lit up in one place on horizon after a tonne of ordnance was dropped on #Tajura
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Silence from guns on the ground. Col #Gaddafi seemingly has no response whatsoever to the infringement of his airspace.
G regime says:
Mhalwes
“WE WILL FIGHT NATO, WE WILL BEAT THEM, THEY WILL LOSE IN LIBYA” – not a single aircraft damaged. can’t even shoot down a fly
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Google search shows mystery object dropped over hotel is prbly leaflet bomb. US Air Force photo matches what we saw tinyurl.com/3jzxgdk
www.afsoc.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.as...
baysontheroad baysontheroad
#LIBYA Doing a drive around the frontlines. All quiet on Bin Ghanem front.
Forbes.com
ICRC: Libya rebel mountain hospitals struggling
TRIPOLI, Libya — The International Committee of the Red Cross says medical services in Libya’s rebel controlled western mountains are struggling with a flood of casualties from fighting.
Tuesday’s statement from the Red Cross said facilities lack medicines to treat patients and vaccines to deal with outbreaks of disease.
Link:
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/19/gene...
Gaditya: youtu.be/1i51wJHOq7E – when the Independence flag was first held in BennieG 19/02/2011. The cheers goose bumps"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i51wJHOq7E&fea...
ALE:
Video
حملة لتدريب وتوحيد صفوف الثوار تحت ما يسمي بالجيش الوطني A move 2 unite all FFs forces in Libya as one NationalArmy bit.ly/qkBtFY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVvlhqX9SeU&fea...
AlluCemif
Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi PM #Tripoli:" the Contact Group cannot be a negotiating partner, it is an illegal entity."
Lisa
Reports that FFs yday captured 3 G engineers in #Brega who were part of the mining teams. Should be useful. #Libya #Feb17”RT
“Longuet, French Def/M : The countdown started in #Libya, things can go faster than you think”
Longuet, French Defence Minister : “I am very cautious, because #Gaddafi is not rational”
Longuet, French Defence Minister : “Gaddafi could opt for the strategy of the bunker, the civilians of Tripoli as hostages”
French Def/M: “Women & men who never fought decided to no longer bear the authority of military and dictatorial Gaddafi”
Longuet, French Defence Minister : "Changings on the ground, after weeks people were prepared for what was not their job a few months ago
Skeptic
WATCH OUT! With forces&ammo frm #Hun & #Waddan& #Sabha, #Gaddafi can cut off, encircle FFs forces skipping #Sirte frm those in #Brega !
A Free Libyan
(via FB) Lack of fuel is pushing #Tripoli into a dire state as power plants + pumps can’t function, thus very low elec/water. #Libya
VIDEO – Check out the FF artillery attacking GFs at night – t.co/x1PyPkO #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAydkSH4K0M&feature=player_embedded#at=32
septimius
#Gaddafi proved that he is nothing but a coward! 1st shot at unarmed protesters, then shelled from distance with Grad & now mines! #Libya
Ali
Did anyone know that Gaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, is the Arab Capital of Culture for 2011? #Libya"
Red Cross: Rebel medical services in Libya’s Nafusa mountains struggling – libya – felipe
The International Committee of the Red Cross says medical services in Libya’s rebel controlled western mountains are struggling with a flood of casualties from fighting.
Tuesday’s statement from the Red Cross said facilities lack medicines to treat patients and vaccines to deal with outbreaks of disease.
An ICRC delegation visited the region and provided bandages and other medical materials.
Source:
libyabizinfo.com/story-z3882105
RTS online
#Libya #Gaddafi #Brega #Tripoli #NATO #Feb17 #UN Gadafi najavljuje mars miliona bit.ly/oy42DT
адафи најављује марш милиона
Гадафи мобилише присталице за марш на Западне планине. Већ 24 часа траје неизвесност око судбине Бреге, града на којим контролу, према сопственим тврдњама, имају обе стране. Улични рат у Бреги, Триполи тврди да у граду нема ни трага од побуњеника. Устаници, пак, уверавају да контролишу већину насеља. Број мртвих се мери десетинама.
Nigeriens fleeing Libya mourn riches to rags status
Brooding on an alleyway bench in Agadez’s Amarwatt district, Yassine Souleymane and his fellow countrymen returning from battle-torn Libya have no work and nothing to do. “We’re useless,” he laments.
Until recently the 43-year-old earned a good living over the border selling computer hardware in Tripoli.
Like 200,000 others who left Niger in search of their fortune, he fled home when fighting broke out between Moamer Kadhafi’s regime and the rebels seeking to topple the defiant leader.
After 13 years he is back, and reduced to living for the past two months with his daughter and her soldier husband — a change of circumstance which fills him with shame.
“It’s embarrassing for me,” he said in his native Housa language. “Business was going well in Libya and I was sending back 150,000 CFA francs (225 euros) to my family every month.”
Like 200,000 others who left Niger in search of their fortune, he fled home when fighting broke out between Moamer Kadhafi’s regime and the rebels seeking to topple the defiant leader.
Twins Hassane and Ousseini, 37, returned from the southern city of Sabha with scarcely a penny to their name.
The former said he was the victim of bandits on his route home, the latter that he sold his possessions to pay for tuberculosis treatment.
“Our mother sells pastries in order to put food in our mouths — isn’t that humiliating for men of our age?” said Ousseini.
“I was due to get married in July and my wife was to join me in Tripoli. Everything was cancelled because we have no money.”
Source and read full art.:
libyabizinfo.com/story-z3882165
Merkel meets Medvedev in Germany for talks on Libya, eurozone, business opportunities
The leaders of Russia and Germany met Tuesday for wide-ranging talks on their countries’ business ties and international issues, including the ongoing Libya conflict and Europe’s debt crisis.
Russia and Germany abstained in the March U.N. Security Council vote that authorized military action against Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s regime in Libya, but both countries say Gadhafi must give up power and they are determined to help seeking a political solution to overcome the military deadlock on the ground.
Full art. Here:
libyabizinfo.com/story-z3882150
baysontheroad
#LIBYA Now on top of mountain, at Qwaleesh front. Quiet here too, but Grad attack last night.
Brega at Night – NO LIES 18-07-2011 الجزيرة : البريقة هدا المساء t.co/bZSuabN #Libye
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The US and the new Middle East: Libya
AJE vid.
White House officials claim that they acted to prevent a humanitarian disaster – but was such a disaster imminent and what were the other factors involved? Did the US intervene to stabilise Libyan oil production for the global markets? Did the White House decide to depose Muammar Gaddafi to send a message to others in the region? And how does this open up the US to accusations of double standards in its foreign policy?
english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultl...
Pan-African News Wire
NATO Escalates Bombing Operations on Libya
U.S. and other imperialist states recognize rebels amid mounting defeats on the ground
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Editor, Pan-African News Wire
NATO planes reigned down bombs over the capital city of Tripoli on July 17 for approximately two hours. It was estimated that 60 to 75 ordinances hit targets in the areas of Tajura and Seraj.
One of the explosions created a mushroom cloud resulting in the speculation that a so-called “bunker-busting bomb” was utilized. Libyan television confirmed that “NATO crusader forces” had struck civilian and military sites in the eastern suburb of Tajura.
Source and full art.:
panafricannews.blogspot.com/2011/07/nat...
Voix de la russie
Libye: l’aviation de l’Otan a effectué 44 missions de combat supplémentaires
Les avions de l’Otan participant à l’opération militaire en Libye, ont effectué lundi 129 missions, dont 44 de combat, et détruit un lance-roquettes anti-aérien, un radar de DCA et un centre de communication, rapporte mardi le service de presse de l’Alliance.
Depuis le 31 mars, jour où le commandement de l’opération a été transmis à l’Otan, l’aviation de l’Alliance a effectué 15.669 missions, dont 5.902 de combat.
17 navires otaniens ont patrouillé lundi en Méditerranée centrale pour faire respecter l’embargo sur les livraisons d’armes en Libye. Depuis le début de l’opération, les militaires de l’Alliance ont vérifié 1.813 cargos, dont 11 ce lundi. Neuf navires ont été déroutés.
Full art.:
french.ruvr.ru/2011/07/19/53434173.html...
Brega
Brega NewsFlash . Tuesday morning .7dead FF dozens injured in Brega area .struck by rocket from GF.
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
Also, I’ve harvested several important (imho) stories from #Libya that you’ll be seeing in coming days, when UK returns to dull roar.
Reuters:
France said: Libyan FFs ve taken over the eastern oil hub of Brega, in their most significant advance in mnths against Gadafi forces
French Government confirm Brega Quote ‘the resistance forces are in the process of controlling the totality of city.’
AlluCemif
Vivre à #Tripoli:Coupures électricité (44°) pas d’essence ni argent,barrages partout,tirs la nuits,bombes,patrouilles,aliments rares & chers
Vivre à #Tripoli : propagande de #Kadhafi quasiment comme seule info, au téléphone avec l’étranger on évite de poser des questions.
Libye Libre
Interview de G. Longuet ce matin sur la Libye à partir de 6’00 pluzz.fr/les-4-verites-…
www.pluzz.fr/les-4-verites-2011-07-19-0...
Current Temperatures in some areas in Tripoli now: 44.5C
Baysontheroad
Fighter beside his gun on front line.
Photo:
lockerz.com/s/121660659
Grad damage on building being used as shelter by frontline fighters bit.ly/nFN2np #Feb17
Just to clarify about #Tripoli. Not everywhere has electricity cut off. There is a power station in the South which is still running.
REUTERSFLASH:
Russian President Medvedev says compromise between Libyan rebels and govt achievable, support for one side no good #Feb17
Mapping Digital Media: Citizen Journalism and the Internet
Citizen journalists have become regular contributors to mainstream news, providing information and some of today’s most iconic images, especially where professional journalists have limited access or none at all. While some hail this opportunity to improve journalism, others fear that too much importance is placed on these personal accounts, undermining ethical standards and, eventually, professional journalism.
Full art.:http://www.soros.org/initiatives/media/articles_publications/publications/mapping-digital-media-citizen-journalism-20110712?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweetdeck-shortener&utm_campaign=social-media
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO helicopters hit #Gaddafi military convoys as they tried to re-supply Gaddafi’s forces outside #Brega this morning. #Libya #feb17
NATO hits Gaddafi targets outside of Brega
NATO helicopters on Tuesday attacked military convoys as they tried to re-supply Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fighting over the eastern Libyan town of Brega, an unidentified revolutionary spokesman said.
“It seems the helicopters were gathering reconnaissance in the past two days but … this morning they hit Gaddafi convoys coming from the west and south,” the spokesman said by telephone from the revolutionary stronghold of Benghazi.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=7875
Robert Rowley
VERY little sea traffic to or from #Tripoli port from any country past few days, LOTS more to/from #Benghazi
REUTERS
France says Brega under control of Libyan rebels
Libyan rebels have taken over the eastern oil hub of Brega, France said on Tuesday, in their most significant advance in months against forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
Fighting for control of Brega, which would provide access to much of Libya’s eastern oil network, came as U.S. and Libyan officials met for secret face-to-face talks.
Tripoli said it was seeking talks with no preconditions, but Washington said it had delivered the clear message that Gaddafi must go.
“The Libyan resistance forces are in the process of controlling the totality of the city (Brega) but I am not in a position to confirm exactly what is happening on the ground,” French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said.
“It represents progress on the ground by the action of Libyan rebel forces. It would seem to confirm the retreat and isolation of Gaddafi and his forces,” he told a media conference in Paris.
Source and full art.here:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/19/us-l...
AP
Libya medic: 7 rebels dead, dozens wounded in east
AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) — Government forces shelled rebel positions Tuesday near the strategic oil town of Brega, killing seven rebel fighters and wounding dozens, a medic said.
Rebel forces have been pushing to seize the front-line town on Libya’s coast for close to a week, but they say fields of land mines laid by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces have slowed the advance.
Medic Mohammed Idris said government shelling killed seven rebels and wounded 25 Tuesday.
Read more:
news.yahoo.com/libya-medic-7-rebels-dea...
Bloomberg
Libyan Rebels Won’t Sign Oil Deals Until Elected Government
Libya’s Transitional National Council, fighting to overthrow the government of Muammar Qaddafi, won’t sign new contracts with oil companies because the movement wasn’t elected, a spokesman for the group said.
“We are not elected,” Mahmoud Shammam said in a telephone interview from Qatar’s capital, Doha. “How can we sign a contract which will affect the life of the Libyan people and we are not an elected government?” The council will honor existing contracts, he said.
The Libyan rebel movement is talking with companies including Royal Dutch Shell Plc on supplying fuel to the country after Qaddafi’s government falls, Energy intelligence Group’s International Oil Daily said today, citing Guma El-Gamaty, the rebels’ representative to the U.K. Shammam said he couldn’t comment on the report.
Read more:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-19/libya...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SESTRI STAR” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-20 10:00 (UTC). #feb17
I AM watching #Tunisia ports near #Libya for an increase in ships from #Turkey/poss. 3rd party transfers
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
(1/2) GOOD NEWS: Libyans finally let female Journo go home: A #Rixos colleague from USA has been prevented from leaving #Libya for 5 days.
(2/2) The NPR producer attempted to go home on Wed; but she was turned from the border and sent back to the #Rixos due to a ‘visa problem’.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Reports that #NATO jets coming in waves, hunting targets, dropping LGBs when targets located
#Cambodia CARGO SHIP “ALMAHMOUD 3” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-21 06:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Liberia CARGO SHIP “JAGUAR” now in port #Benghazi #Libya #feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” now en route from #Koper Slovenia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria. #Libya #feb17
#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “BLUE SKY now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-21 08:00 (UTC). #feb17
#Comoros CARGO SHIP “SHAKER” now in port #Benghazi #Libya. #feb17
#Moldova #FERRY “M V FEHIM BEY” now departing #Benghazi #Libya for dest. #Misrata. #feb17
#Malta OIL TANKER “APOSTOLOS A” now departing port #Tobruk #Libya. #feb17
#Denmark CARGO SHIP “NORD NIGHTINGALE” has now departed #Benghazi #Libya for dest. #Malta. #feb17
ChangeInLibya
International trade with Benghazi ramping up – companies tht stopped supplying food/goods to Libya due to war are slowly resuming wrk #libya
NTC as well as Libyan businessmen both in the country and abroad seeking to help their people
baysontheroad baysontheroad
My mistake earlier wrote Bin Ghanem. It is of course BIR Ghanem, the town still held by Gaddafi forces, but overlooked by opp forces.
Husna
I am Husna, I am 3ajam, still waiting for the freedom of Libya @KC_Tripolitania my best friends live in SouQ el Jom3a. I am Indonesian.
Abi
Libyan State TV reportedly aired offer that anyone between 18-30 yrs who joins Khamis brigade gets a house.
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Nalut : #Gaddafi forces are shelling Nalut with Grads today . #Feb17 #Libya
NPR audio
For Libyan FF and Gaddafi’s Land Mines A Potent Obstacle
www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?...
Ahmed
50 civilian death cases have been reported across #Libya from mines & unexploded bombs placed by #Gaddafi forces in areas that they occupied
NPR
For Libyan Rebels, Gadhafi’s Mines A Potent Obstacle
Land mines increasingly are being used by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces on battlegrounds across Libya. Rebels fighting for the eastern town of Brega are being stymied by minefields around the area.
In Libya’s western mountains, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines are causing many casualties, but there are few mine experts to help.
On the barren front line in the village of Gualish, rebels take cover from Gadhafi’s forces — and the relentless sun — behind a sand berm.
Rajed, a rebel fighter at the front, points to the south of Gualish and says they have just discovered a new minefield. Rajed says all of this area is now mined; it’s terrible, he says, and that is what is stopping their advance.
Rebel commanders say the use of mines are a sign that Gadhafi’s forces are becoming more desperate and weak.
Story and audio:
www.npr.org/2011/07/19/138487601/for-li...
Tripoli Youth
the Kalashnikov are Russian. Colour of the ammunition = hazel brown/gold dated 2011, source has pictures just need net to upload
Calling TRIPOLI no AC in one of da hottest days of summer, my dad is out 2 clear his mind & find a place 2 recharge his phone
SMILE
Skip
Today at work I typed “google” into Bing and “bing” into Google, hit enter, and hid under my desk. I’m still alive, but stay tuned.
Khalifa
#Gadhafi is promising money, cars & houses to join his forces. #FF offer freedom, democracy and chance for a decent life. #Libya united
feb17
Reuters
“Any dialogue with the French, Americans, British is welcome,” government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told journalists in Tripoli. “We will discuss everything, but do not condition your peace talks. Let Libyans decide their future.”
More than 40 people on both sides were reported killed in the fighting since late last week for a city which for months marked the eastern limit of Gaddafi’s control.
The government denied the claim.
“Our brave soldiers are in Brega in their thousands and control it completely,” spokesman Ibrahim said.
He said the government had lost 30 soldiers over five days of fighting, but rebels had lost many times more.
Source and art.:
feb17.info/news/france-says-brega-under...
LibyanFreedom
Next time u get in ur car keep the AC off. Then remember how u havent donated to goo.gl/26QZt to provide AC for the Ramada refugees!
KC_Tripolitania KC
Watching Rupert and James being grilled is too embarrassing- now I can’t wait to watch #Gaddafi and #Saif getting grilled too :)))
hominoid555
Libya Tripoli Total power blackout across city 3 hours ago. Lack of fuel will affect water also.
Emad
What is Lisa Holland from sky news doing in Tripoli ..who does she work for.? All she does is promote Gadaffi crap..
Turkish Weekly
Istanbul Conference Marks Post-Gadhafi Transition
Top diplomats from the US, Turkey and 30 other Western and Arab countries, including the Libyan opposition, gathered in Istanbul on Friday (July 15th) to discuss a political solution to the Libyan conflict, while co-ordinating aid for the rebels.
Turkish officials highlighted the importance of the international community making progress regarding the Libyan crisis before the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in August.
MP Faruk Logoglu, an adviser to the main opposition CHP leader and former ambassador to the United States, believes that by continuing its efforts at limiting democracy on the domestic front, Turkey might lose any “model role” in the Middle East.
“The fact that Turkey is supporting the US, NATO, turning away from Gadhafi and approaching the rebels is not a problem for AKP in domestic and foreign politics so far,” he says, adding that Turkey’s ambition to be a model in the Middle East and hosting such international meetings will also catalyse its domestic democratic reforms.
Source:
www.turkishweekly.net/news/119545/istan...
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Libya Now we have the clear proof: #Khamis #32nd #Brigade has been decimated & desperately seeking men, offering them houses
hominoid
Libya French President Sarkozy will meet with Misrata military chiefs tomorrow at the Elysée.
AJE
Bid to unite Libya’s disparate rebel forces
There is a drive to try and unite all the rebel forces in Libya under one “national army”.
But progress has been slow over the past four months and has raised questions about whether the patchwork of rebel forces can achieve its ultimate goal of removing Muammar Gaddafi.
Former government officers are now the trainers responsible for readying rebel fighters for battle. And as the opposition heads towards Tripoli, the pressure on them is increasing.
Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Misurata.
Source:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Reports of clashes & small arms fire in #Dahmani. #Libya
Gaddafi foreign minister to visit Russia: reports
Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s Foreign Minister Abdelati al-Obeidi is to visit Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov
Lavrov and al-Obeidi will discuss the current situation in Libya and African Union-led mediation efforts in the meeting on Wednesday afternoon in Moscow, Russian news agencies said, without giving further details.
Russia has been heavily involved in attempts to mediate between the rebels controlling the east of the country and the Gaddafi regime in Tripoli.
President Dmitry Medvedev’s envoy Mikhail Margelov has held talks both with top rebel officials in their stronghold of Benghazi and representatives of Gaddafi in Tripoli.
Source:
english.ahram.org.eg/News/16780.aspx
LibyanFreedom
36 killed, over 400 injured FF in operation to free brega, majority of injuries/deaths caused by land mines planted by G.
Feb17
Washington Post In a letter to the editor, Mike Huff endorses a proposal by senator Johnny Isakson to use a portion of the frozen Libyan assets to compensate victims of the Lockerbie bombing, since it is argued the $1.5bn given by Gaddafi does not fully meet what the State Department had recommended as a compensation for the victims.
Enough Gaddafi tweet: “Reconciliation w/ regime supporters is critical to stability, but what is critical for democ change is inclusiveness, accountability.”
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Cash contributions also go to rent, food, etc. But its incredible how meaningful a shirt is when ur whole world is a hospital bed.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Remember Ali? #Libyan FF from #Misrata. Both legs amputated after being hit by a Grad May 13. Here he is with me today. twitpic.com/5sa6a2
wheelertweets James Wheeler
At this point, I’d say the majority of the injured #Libyans in Tunis are not in the hospitals. No one tracks this.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
On the way back to a rented Tunis flat with a Zintani friend. We just bought supplies at a supermarket for injured Misrata FFs staying there
ASIA TIMES
Another take on Libya hubris for China
Western self-regard was on full display in a United States headline describing the Libya Contact Group confab in Istanbul over the weekend. It read: World leaders open Libya talks in Turkey.
But attendance from the BRICS countries was patchy: Nobody was there from Russia, which boycotted the talks. China declined to send a representative. Brazil and India only sent observers, which meant they had no vote in the proceedings. South Africa didn’t attend, and blasted the outcome of the meeting
Read on:
www.atimes.com/atimes/China/MG19Ad01.html
VOUNOUSILS
Libye: les rebelles revendiquent la prise de Brega, contacts diplomatiques pour le départ de Kadhafi
Full art.:
www.vousnousils.fr/2011/07/19/libye-les...
FRANCE24
Gaddafi’s PM calls for end to NATO bombings
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Muammar Gaddafi’s Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi (pictured) said NATO’s bombing campaign must end before negotiations with rebels can begin.
Art. And vid.:
www.france24.com/en/20110718-libyan-pri...
La regle du jeu
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Je rentre du Djebel Nafoussa, ce plateau montagneux, au nord-ouest de la Libye, qui constitue, après celui de Misrata à l’Est, puis celui de Brega encore plus à l’Est, le troisième front de cette guerre où j’ai tenu à me rendre. Ce que j’y ai vu me porte à m’inscrire en faux, plus que jamais en faux, contre les déclarations étrangement défaitistes que l’on entend, depuis quelques semaines, à Washington, Londres et Paris.
On nous dit qu’il s’agirait de combattants qui ne verraient pas plus loin que le bout de leur village et seraient incapables d’une vision stratégique d’ensemble, en vue de la prise de Tripoli. A Zintan comme à Yefren, en terre arabe comme en pays berbère, on entend et voit tout autre chose. A savoir une rébellion pour qui Tripoli est l’objectif. Des chefs de tribu pour qui l’unité de la Libye est, dans le feu des combats, devenue un impératif. Des officiers parfaitement conscients du fait que ce but n’est atteignable qu’en coordination étroite avec la direction opérationnelle des forces de l’Otan. Rien à voir, à nouveau, avec le désordre, l’improvisation, « l’esprit tribal », dont on nous rebat les oreilles.
Art.:
laregledujeu.org/2011/07/19/6742/libye-...
AFP
“Le compte à rebours est engagé” en Libye, selon Longuet
PARIS — Le ministre de la Défense, Gérard Longuet, a estimé mardi que “le compte à rebours est engagé” en Libye où “les choses peuvent aller plus vite qu’on ne le pense”.
“Des femmes et des hommes qui n’ont jamais été des combattants ont décidé de s’organiser pour ne plus supporter l’autorité militaire et dictatoriale de Kadhafi et cela bouge sur le terrain après, c’est vrai, des semaines où des gens se sont préparés à ce qui n’était pas leur métier il y a quelques mois encore”, a-t-il souligné.
Art.:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
Council on foreign relations
Libya: NATO Selectively Enforcing No-Fly-Zone
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) assumed command and control over the western-led intervention in the Libyan civil war four months ago with three stated military missions: enforce an arms embargo, enforce a no-fly-zone, and protect civilians and civilian populated areas.
As I have noted often on this blog, NATO has selectively enforced the arms embargo by looking the other way when the rebels were caught red handed violating it. Furthermore, after NATO ally France was exposed by Le Figaro for violating the arms embargo by air-dropping rocket launchers, machine guns, and anti-tank grendaes to Libyan rebels, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen responded: “I don’t consider the so-called arms drop a problem.” Alliance spokesperson Oana Lungescu added, despite all public evidence to the contrary, that “the arms embargo is effective.”
Link to blog:
blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2011/07/18/libya-na...
GCI
LIBYE : Le CNT entre reconnaissance diplomatique et incertitudes au front
Si le conflit libyen ne devait se jouer que sur le front diplomatique, il y a longtemps que Kadhafi et les siens seraient balayés. La réunion du groupe international de contact qui s’est tenu ce vendredi 15 juillet à Istanbul, en Turquie, en aura été une éloquente illustration. Au cours de cette rencontre des principaux acteurs internationaux impliqués dans cette crise libyenne, la branche politique des rebelles s’en sort avec une reconnaissance pleine et entière de pas moins de 35 pays. Hélas, les progrès sur le terrain ne sont pas toujours proportionnels à ces reconnaissances… 0:22 18-7-2011
De sorte que la décision de ce groupe de pays de faire du CNT, la seule autorité légitime de la Libye ressemble, pour le moment, à un vœu pieux. Et en attendant que celui-ci soit exaucé, les rebelles ne sont maîtres que d’une partie de la Libye.
De son côté, sans être nécessairement reconnu par une quelconque puissance, Kadhafi demeure encore le Guide de facto de l’autre partie de son pays.
Full art.:
www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?id=118&tx_ttnewstt_news=9889&cHash=e38f487c788f1aeff753ac5986d20c e3
Abe
A big pallet of surgical instruments and adult diapers made available just as you asked! I’ll send a pic shortly.
Pic here:
yfrog.com/kh8luosj
All Africa.com
Kenya: Oilibya Stops Paying Libyan Government
Oil marketing company Oilibya says it has suspended any payment to the Libyan government. This, it said, follows sanctions issued by President Barack Obama blocking property and prohibiting certain transactions related to Libya. The US fear that money from Libyan investments oversees has been used to fund operations of Muammar Gaddafi who is currently under international pressure to surrender power.
Yesterday, Oilibya sought to distance itself from the besieged leader and said Libya Oil Kenya Ltd, the registered proprietors of Oilibya, is owned by the Libyan government and is not linked to any particular leader. “The company is owned by Libya Oil Kenya Holdings Limited and ultimately by the people of Libya not any individual(s) through a state company,” said a statement by the managing director Rida Hassan Elamir.
And though the company has not paid any dividends to its shareholders since it started operations in Kenya in 2006, the company said it would not be paying any cent to the Libyan government, even if it is to make profits, until the Libyan crisis is resolved. “Recently to comply with the sanctions, the company’s shareholders have given categorical instructions that all affiliates are to comply with all local and international regulations required of them and are not to remit any funds to the shareholder, Libya Oil Kenya Holdings Limited,” the statement read. “We have therefore complied with this position not to remit any sums including dividends and service fees to our shareholder during the current circumstances and we are in no way making available any funds or economic resources available to a designated person, entity or body under sanctions.”
Full art. Here:
allafrica.com/stories/201107191238.html
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Apparently in Russia,swine fly. RT@bnnNEWSLIVE Medvedev says compromise possible in Libya
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#Nalut hospital generator providing just 10% of power needs. Homes can turn on light-bulb but can’t run fridge
Libya Toys and Clothes for Refugee Children – please donate and RT:
www.hoperelief.org/eid-of-hope.html
omar
#NTC will honor existing OIL contracts and won’t sign new contracts because we’re not elected – M. Shammam
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
More kids in #Nalut as families return in advance of Ramadan. Gaddafiforces continue to shell city daily
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.25720...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
IOM boat leaving this evening from #Misrata to #Benghazi – 20-30 injured fighters & around 200 migrants, mostly from Chad. #Feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
The father of a member of The Free Generation Movement (FGM) of Tripoli put down his thoughts about 42 years of Gaddafi rule.
Gaddafi issued a document of human rights and killed more than 1,200 prisoners in the prison of Abu-Sleem within two hours.
Gaddafi spent billions on weapons, only to use them against his own people. Even those who expressed themselves peacefully.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to provide stable electricity to our homes. #feb17 #Libya
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to establish a postal service. Yes in Libya we don’t have postal codes and addresses.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to establish a railway network.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to deliver gas to our homes.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to establish a public transportation network.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to build a decent international airport.
Gaddafi spread the rule of corruption and bribery, to favour those loyal to him.
Gaddafi destroyed Education. He destroyed Healthcare. He destroyed Management institutions. He destroyed Society.
Gaddafi called for a rise in the standard of living through the sale of oil and yet the number of poor multiplied.
Gaddafi raised the banner of justice and equality and created a society of classes and cronyism
Gaddafi destroyed musical instruments in public, and his sons were lavished by the worlds pop stars at private parties
Gaddafi called for the freedom of citizens, and put opposition behind bars.
Gaddafi declared the demolition of prisons, and built more.
Gaddafi banned pictures of other rulers, and his pictures emerged everywhere
Libyan Freedom Pilot
Gaddafi banned English in schools and his Kids went and studied abroad!!!
The 3 SMS messages Gaddafi sent today
19 July 2011 to Tripoli using Libyana and Madar mobile networks: t.co/UoTbX60 #feb17 #Libya
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.16822...
Opposition says to respect Libya’s int’l obligations
Libyan opposition leader said Monday that contracts between other countries and the Libyan government signed before the internal strife will be respected.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), made the pledge in an interview aired on Russia Today television.
“I would like to assure all states… that we respect the law and the international conventions and charters, and deem all agreements and contracts, signed by the previous government, as lawful if they have nothing to do with corrupt schemes,” he said.
Jalil promised that the opposition, if in power, would try to accomplish "even greater projects.
Source: Xinhua
Full art.:
english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/...
Skeptic
If #NTC will respect contracts signed by #Gaddafi, will they buy the #Russia weapons G ordered 4 billions of dollars?
Haaretz
Israel denounces decision to grant visas to Libyan diplomats
Diplomats received visas at the request of a Jewish businessman who personally contact Israel’s consul general in Paris.
The Foreign Ministry last week tightened restrictions on granting visas to citizens of Arab countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel. The new rules were issued in
response to an incident in which the Israeli Embassy in Paris granted visas to four Libyan diplomats to visit Israel.
According to Channel 2 television, which reported on the visit last week, the diplomats held a brief meeting with opposition leader Tzipi Livni at which they delivered a recorded message from Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.
In the wake of this incident, the ministry launched an internal investigation. It discovered that the Libyans, all of whom carried diplomatic passports, received the visas at the request of a Jewish businessman who personally contacted Rachel Agam, Israel’s consul general in Paris.
The businessman told Agam he had already discussed the matter with Interior Minister Eli Yishai. Agam then issued the visas without informing either the ambassador, Yossi Gal, or the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
The ministry also wanted to know how the four received security clearances to enter Israel, since all visa requests from citizens of Arab countries are routinely transferred to the Shin Bet Security Service for approval. It turned out that the Shin Bet approved the visas.
Senior Foreign Ministry officials termed the incident a “serious lapse.”
“Four Libyan diplomats came to Israel at a time when Gadhafi is massacring his own people,” one complained.
Moreover, the senior official said, no one in the ministry or the diplomatic corps knew of their arrival except for Agam.
The ministry discovered it only after they were already in the country and contacted it to seek meetings with Israeli officials.
The ministry said in a statement yesterday that the Interior Ministry had approved the visas as required by law. Nevertheless, it added, in light of the incident, it had now tightened the rules to ensure that the ministry was informed of any future such cases.
Associates of Yishai’s, however, denied that he had anything to do with granting the visas.
Source:
www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/isra...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Misrata #Libya cluster bomb victim Ayman & me in Tunis, July 18. Staying in hotel now. Waiting hopefully 4 prosthetics. twitpic.com/5sm1m6
LVview
Makes me furious injured FFs hurried out of hospitals, live rented flats on personal charity when BILLIONS $ belonging 2 Libyan ppl frozen?
FromJoanne Joanne
by ChangeInLibya
#BREGA GADDAFICRIMES: #NTC Abdulrazag #Elaradi visiting the Front said that in one 7.5KM tract FF found MORE than 700 MINES #Libya
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
#Tripoli families are increasingly moving to Tunisia, empty houses are often looted by armed gangs presumed to be Gaddafi’s supporters.
Danya B Mohammed
a trusted source saying that the ff’s in jabal nafousa have no food and little gas ..how are they supposed to eat?? Or move
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli population inc. all Expats is 1,700,000 at most All expats fled& Many Tripoli Families left Populatian now abt 1Million
#BREGA NTC #AbdulRazagLaradi visiting Front today is Married to Daughter of #Baghdadi Mahmudi who =Gaddafis PrimeMinister
#Nafusa FF Commanders says New battle 2advance on #TRIPOLI couldB launched by end July FFComm. MokhtarLakhdar : b4 Ramadan Inshallah #Libya
Moussa Ibrahim on Brega 19th July 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7yWuCGXDc&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREGA FF are dug in to the south and east of #Brega and in control of its eastern residential sector #Libya
#BREGA FF intercepted radio communications between Gaddafi forces in Brega complaints abt their commanders + Low on food + weapons #Libya
#BREGA #NATO helicopters attacked Gaddafi militairy convoys coming from West and South as they tried to supply Gaddafi’s forces #Libya
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Tiji : Some families have fled to #Kabaw from Tiji . #Feb17 #Libya
Zintan military council deny any attack on #BirGhanam nor #Gwaleesh
inglesi Piers Scholfield
The plane that landed in #Misrata today – flown in by NTC, anded & took off back to #Benghazi, with some wounded.
ALERT:
Libya17Feb
#Tripoli noon call: #Gaddafi has got three planes ready for Umrah (Rammadhan month Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia).
Two possible outcomes:
1 – NATO refuse to allow the plane to take off, and so then it will be an issue of not allowing Muslims to perform their Pilgrimage and religion
2 – NATO allow the plane to take off, which he will take Libyans to make their Pilgrimage but then in the return flight he might bring back either mercenaries or weapons.
The planes are in Tripoli international airport and Metega airport, there are three planes in total.
Ossama
#Misurata News: A battle on the Western Front continues, which resulted in the fall of one martyrs and 19 wounded
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Thawar tells of his miraculous escape after being captured by Gaddafiforces in AbdelRaouf, sth #Misrata. #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=xXEf57…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXEf57cgfFE
Ossama
BREAKING: Result of the battles which took place in #Brega today 14 Martyrs and over 70 wounded. We ask Allah to acept them as Martyrs.
11 #FFs are CONFIRMED Martyrs as a result of fighting in #Brega
The martyrs are: 1. Adnan Bu-Enejah 2. Ramadan Basheer 3. Khamis Zalawi. 4. Sulaiman Hamad 5. Abdel-Atty Hadour 6. Hamad Al-Okli
7. Adel Elgeryani 8. Faraj Abdeldayem 9. Ahmed Sharif 10.Muftah Al Suweidi 11. Abdelsalam Abdel-Atty
#Misurata News: A battle on the Western Front continues, which resulted in the fall of one martyrs and 19 wounded.
HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
saw the first plane in the skies of #Misrata. Airport officials tell me there will be many more. this one evacuated wounded to Benghazi
Misrata/Zliten FF have advance 4km west & capture strategic farm used by Gaddafi forces as ammo store. #Mistrata #Feb17 via AJA
AP
Libyan troops kill 8 rebels near eastern oil town
AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) — Government forces in trucks disguised with rebel flags shelled opposition positions Tuesday near the strategic eastern oil town of Brega, killing eight rebel fighters and wounding dozens more, officials said.
Rebel forces have been pushing to seize the front-line town on Libya’s coast for nearly a week, but they say fields of land mines planted by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces have slowed the advance.
The rebels are fighting in a residential area on the town’s eastern side and control about one-third of the town, spokesman Mohammed al-Rajali said.
Field commander Ahmed Maysawi said rebel forces were working to clear the mines so they can move forward while government troops are occasionally approaching in trucks disguised with rebel flags to shell rebel positions with mounted rocket launchers.
A NATO spokesman said he could not confirm rebel claims about Brega, saying only that the situation there remained “very fluid.”
Source:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBY...
Libya Free Forever
Gadafi thugs in #Cairo causing RIOTS, giving green cloths to support G cloths in thousands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1V50PO5KpQ&feature=player_embedded#at=86
Libya In Me
The landing of the first aeroplane in Misrata
youtube.com/watch?v=mDjHDz… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDjHDzWSFFw
Telegraph
Libyan officials sought guarantees Gaddafi would not be pursued for war crimes
Libyan representatives sought guarantees Col Muammar Gaddafi would not be pursued for war crimes if he stepped down during talks with US officials
European diplomats said on Tuesday that America, which is not a member of the World Court, could formally put its weight behind a deal to scrap UN sanctions that authorised war crime charges. “There is open question here of an American role but the Americans have also been very clear that they delivered a message and not launch negotiations,” a European diplomat said.
Libyan emissaries have held a series of meetings with Turkish, French and South African officials in previous weeks. Unnamed regime officials met senior American diplomats in Tunis on Saturday.
“There have been a number of indications that talks behind the scenes are going on and the feeling is that these centre on Gaddafi continuing to live in Libya or being allowed a dignified exile, probably somewhere in Africa,” said Oliver Miles, a former British ambassador who has met Gaddafi loyalists in recent weeks
Read full art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces have fired grad missiles on #FF in #Algawaleash, #Bair #Ayat & #Nalut
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Meet a tortured #Libyan from Qalaa. Let’s call him Your, a nickname that means moon. He was captured by #Gaddafi forces twitpic.com/5smlux
Ossama
#Tripoli source: People are arrested, accused, forced to confess “giving coordinates to #NATO” and executed within 2 days of arrest.
dovenews Libyan™
NTC military spokesperson: the worst line mine since WWI & WWII Gaddafi forces have land mined even the sides of the coastal road. #Brega
hominoid
Libya Misurata FFs control a farm was used by Gaddafi Southeast of Zliten to store ammunition and also seized a large quantity of ammunition
Somaia
the biggest mistake that Gaddafi had made , He forced us 2 learn how 2 use klashnekoff when we wr at the high skool.I rather die than go home ,Guess wht Gaddafi !! U call us Rats , am ganna B knocking on the Al azizia’s door 4 U , remember my face ….
dovenews Libyan™
#FF are in the residential area of #Brega for anyone is asking about their position & Gaddafi forces in the industrial area.
LibyaNewMedia
It must be hell if you’re a revolutionary in Gaddafi territory. Feeling powerless & constant doubts about the path to follow.
Heinz: Not many Daffis left in #Sirte. All are in #RasLanuf. If taken, then FFs from Miserata and from east can take Sirte
Worth reading:
ilibico
reports #Gaddafi grip on Libyan/Tunisian crossing point is slipping away
ossanlibya.org/?p=20520#more-20520
Walid
Young brother of an Active #Libya colleague have fallen death in #Brega today. May Allah accept him as martyr #prayforlibya
Skeptic
#Gaddafi uses shrinking #fuel reserves in #Tripoli for his forces, leaving no fuel left 4 civilians
NIZ
Tripoli Update 19/7/2011 تطورات طرابلس
by The Free Generation Movement – حركة جيل الاحرار on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 3:51pm
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تقوم الكتائب الموجودة بطرابلس بملي الوقود من معسكر عين زاره الموجود بجوار جامعة ناصر وقد شوهد مرور 20 سيارة دفع رباعي نوع تندرا تتجه باتجاه المعسكر ،ويبدو ان ازمة الوقود بالعاصمة لأتؤتر علي الكتائب ،حيت وردتنا معلومات إن شبه شاحنة يوميا تقوم بملي خزنات المعسكر .
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اليوم، تم توزيع آلاف المنشورات على طرابلس من قبل حلف شمال الأطلسي ، وقد ارتفعت المعنويات في أنحاء العاصمة والجميع يتحدث عن دالك
أسقطت منشورات على مناطق متعددة ، ولاكن حركة جيل الأحرار تمكنت من العثور علي بعض منها في سوق الجمعة ،وتم التاكد انه تم التوزيع في رأس حسن ، بن عاشور، ،جنزور
وفيما يلي نصها
" تحذير …. أنت لست نظيرا ومكافأ للنظام ألأسلحة المتفوقة والقوة الجوية لحلف شمال الأطلسي، مواصلتك في ماتعمل سيكون سبب في موتك "
“تحذير .. من أجل سلامتك أترك موقعك ومعداتك وعد لبيتك وأهلك,,, اوقف الهجمات ضد المواطنين الليبين والا ستكون معرضا للتدمير”
“أوقفو القتال ألان وأمضوا بليبيا نحو السلام والازدهار "
وفيما يلي الصور
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Tripoli based Katiba are filling up their trucks with fuel at a base in Ein Zara near Naser University. Convoy of 20 trucks seen entering base. Fuel shortage does not appear to be effecting the katiba.
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Today, thousands of leaflets were dropped by NATO over residential areas in Tripoli.
Morale in the city has risen as a result and everyone is talking about it.
We have reports that leaflets were dropped over multiple districts including Ras Ahsan, Ben Ashour, and Janzour districts, but Free Generation Movement found these leaflets in Soug al Jomaa.
Below are the images…
TRANSLATIONS:
- Stop killing the people of your country, you are killing your Libyan brothers and sisters.
One Libya, one people
- For your safety, abandon your posts and your equipment and return to your homes and your families.
- Stop your attacks on Libyan civilians, or you will be at risk of destruction.
- Warning …. You are not the equivalent of the superior weapons and air power of NATO, continued engagement will be the cause of your death
NATO drops leaflets #Tripoli today via @Niz_FGM #libya t.co/2eGuATt
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LibyaNewMedia
There are official documents showing that recent envoys of Gaddafi to Tunisia, Egypt have been instructed to kill Libyan activists.
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA: reports that 100 of #Gaddafi forces have been killed in fighting near #Misrata today (@feb17voices is seeking confirmation) #Libya
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Strange to be with two young Libyans playing Lady Gaga and Rihanna in the car, watching a man sit in the desert so he can get a phone signal
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: More on the Five Dead Men in Qaddafi Uniforms Near Qawalish – Last week we reported… tumblr.com/x1q3l7apb1
cjchivers.com/post/7812393373/reporters...
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Went to Yafran in Libya. Desolate and abandoned save for hotel with hacks and stupendous views. Rebels say Gaddafi planting more landmines.
Adnan Musa-son o #albayda #Libya brother & friend passed away today in battle @ #Brega May Allah grant him & all our falen soldiers paradise
Skeptic
Problem is #NATO & #NTC have different plans 4 removing #Gaddafi : NATO hopes his inner circle will do it, while NTC hopes Tripoli FFs will
Skeptic
It seems #HMS #Ocean with #Apache helicopters is fighting near #Brega & French helicopter carrier #Tonnerre with Tigre is near #Misrata.
Souffian Tripoli
THE power cut in #Tripoli is in certain areas and in certain time frame in other areas there is power. Looks like random,
Check this out:
“L’Observatoire International pour la Paix en Libye” organise un voyage du 25 au 31 Juillet 2011 intitulé “VOYAGE ET DECOUVERTE DE LA LIBYE, LOIN DES MENSONGES MEDIATIQUES” dans le but de montrer la vérité concernant la situation en Libye.
Les médias continuent de décrire une situation mensongère en Libye, malgré le fait que les nombreuses Commissions d’Enquêtes qui se sont rendues sur place ont constaté et rapporté que ce qu’ils y ont vu ne correspond pas du tout à ce que disent la presse et les politiques.
Afin de permettre aux citoyens européens de se rendre compte par eux mêmes, ces derniers sont invités gracieusement à se rendre sur place, afin de découvrir le vrai visage de l’Intervention de l’OTAN en Libye qui bombarde les zones civiles que les médias officiels continuent de qualifier de cibles militaires ou gouvernementales.
Ce voyage de solidarité avec le peuple libyen est financé intégralement par “l’Observatoire International pour la Paix en Libye” et vise essentiellement la jeunesse européenne, de toutes origines confondues, afin de lui permettre, dans le même temps, de passer une semaine de vacances au contacte de la population libyenne et ceci gratuitement.
Tous les frais (billets d’avions, Hôtel pension complète, excursions en autobus climatisé etc…) sont pris en charge par “l’Observatoire International pour la Paix en Libye”.
Les journalistes et reporters désirant prendre part au voyage sont les bienvenues.
Tout résident européen peut participer à ce voyage historique, merci de remplir le questionnaire ci-dessous et de l’envoyer par email à l’adresse
Source:
news.stcom.net/modules.php?name=News&fi...
BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
still having trouble with the internet in #benghazi, despite, or perhaps because of the recent reconnection of ADSL
Armchair Arab
To all who support our noble Libyan revolution, can’t wait to meet u all at Tripoli’s freedom street party! Soon Inshallah!
Guardian
Italian government blocks investigation into missing arms cache
The Italian government has blocked an investigation into the whereabouts of a massive consignment of weapons removed from a military depot in the Mediterranean, amid speculation that the cargo was secretly supplied to Libya.
The weapons were from a consignment that included 30,000 Kalashnikov AK-47 automatic rifles, 32m rounds of ammunition, 5,000 Katyusha rockets, 400 Fagot wire-guided anti-tank missiles and some 11,000 other anti-tank weapons.
They were transferred from a store on the island of Santo Stefano, off the north coast of Sardinia, and transported to the mainland where they were loaded onto army trucks , a source familiar with the operation told the Guardian. But what happened to them after that is a mystery – and now a secret.
The arms were said to have been moved about a month after Silvio Berlusconi radically shifted his stance on Libya. Firmly allied to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi until the outbreak of hostilities, he was initially reluctant to do more than provide base facilities for France and Britain.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/19/it...
Nervana
Rebel leader on #AJA asked wither he expect to enter #Brega before Ramadan. A non convincing Yes was the answer!!
CS Monitor
So who are Libya’s rebels exactly?
“Who are these people?”
That question contains a host of subsidiary questions with implications for what the US and other foreign powers involved in the Libyan war should do: “Are they democrats, will they be friendly to the West, do they want an Islamist government, do they have it in them to lead Libya towards a more open society?” One of the most common criticisms here in the US about America’s backing for the NATO air campaign against Mr. Qaddafi is that we don’t know who it is, really, that we’re helping.
I spent six weeks in Eastern Libya in February and March and was warmly welcomed everywhere I went. The country and its people are also, like most places, hard to pigeon-hole. Libya is a very, very socially conservative place. Most women cover their hair. But the first person to great me on the “liberated” side of the Egyptian-Libyan border was a beaming woman with short hair, a black leather jacket, and an AK-47 slung over her shoulder. A day later, I met Maj. Salma Faraj Issa, the spokeswoman for Maj. Gen. Suleiman Mahmoud, a Qaddafi officer who’d defected with his forces when ordered to fire on unarmed protesters in Tobruk in the early days of the uprising.
I was in Benghazi the night of March 18, when the UN authorized the use of force against Qaddafi, and I mingled in the joyful crowds waving American, French, and British flags and firing round after round of celebratory gunfire in the air. I was in town the next morning, when it looked like Qaddafi was going to overrun the city, prompting panicked and angry complaints that “the UN has abandoned us.” (French war planes saved the day a few hours later.)
Full art.:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/20...
Sabha17
Breaking News:
Due to the terrible situations and shortage in gasoline in south, a group of Ghadafi brigades tried to go to Reyayna and operate the gas pipe but they were fought be the revolutionists of Nafusa Mountain. KA
Breaking News:
Military supplies have arrived from Tripoli to Sabha last night including 20 cars mobilized with weapons and soldiers . It was also reported that there have been some quarrels between the soldiers at Brak town where some fire shots were reported but without confirming anyone being hurt.
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
NATO planes low overhead #Tripoli – happening now.
Attacks on “Al-Mamora” military camp happened today. the 19th
What on Earth is happening in Brega? A short explanation 20/07/2011 #libya
by Change In Libya on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 6:48pm
Brega has been a source of confusion ever since freedom fighters declared Ajdabiya a stronghold and fortified the town back in March. We used to hear stories about NATO apaches targeting Gaddafi brigades in the town, stories about the town being a huge prison for these brigades, and, since friday, stories about the town being completely liberated.
According to different sources, the bulk of freedom fighter equipment is more or less at the 60km point from Ajdabiya (that means, 60kms from Ajdabiya, on the highway to Brega – see the diagram below). Freedom fighters advanced 4 or 5 kilometres from the 60km line since Friday, so keep that in mind.
(Seems like you can’t enlarge the pictures… here’s a google maps link… try to follow what I’m saying on the map itself – http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.286346,19.515152&spn=0.576917,1.056747&t=h&z=11 )
Reafd full art.:
www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_i...
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
PLEASE REPORT: Mt Nefoussa FB page hacked by Pro-G people who are threatening revolutionaries
michael In a bullshit fight between #gaddafi state tv and @foxnews who would win? #libya
libya_awake_united
On a side note, #Gaddafi rant on his TV again Today
Palm_Maple
Untill Qatar funded Dafnia Field Hospital, death % was 25. PLEASE ALL, Join 2 calling on allies 2 fund one 4 N mountains @NATO
libyanandproud
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Breaking : #Murzuq : #NATO bombed #Gaddafi forces in the vicinity of #Umalaranib . Via @sabha17f
ProudLibyan
#Gaddafi was planning the Rwandification of Benghazi, Misrata and Nafusa, annihilate whole cities that opposed him & demanded liberty.
Mehdi Arbi a high ranking military officer, a liar, a traitor to his city, conspired with Gaddafi 2 kill the protesters & brutalize Zawiyah
Gaddafi flattened Zawiyah, destroyed buildings, desecrated graves of the fallen & snatched their bodies, killed hundreds, detained thousands
Iman Libyan businessmen and women have pooled their resources to offer a 5 mil bounty for G and 1 mil for each son.
UPDATE: Offer for bounty on G head is now doubled to 10 mil!
Sabha17
NATO Is attacking Gadaffi forces in um alaraneb and FFS are advancing ahead of Gatrone
ChangeInLibya
Baida: Dozens of refrigerated trucks carrying all types of blood just left the city, on their way to Ajdabiya – support fr injured FF
William Booth
In Kiklah in western mts #Libya— its a country of men. Women and children have fled. Rockets at night, no water, elec, front here stalled.
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
Source: Wide-spread arrests persist in Tripoli’s residents&families of the arrested blackmailed to attend demonstrations supporting Gaddafi.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Tunis, 9 pm July 19 | New arrivals: #Libyan FFs from Zintan & Shakshuk, injured last week at Qwaleesh & Bir Ghanam. twitpic.com/5spld6
This group left Zintan #Libya last Friday and arrived in Tunis after stops in Dheba, Tataouine, and Sfax.
ProudLibyan
Typical #Gaddafi speech (notice amazing oratory skills): Crawl on Misrata, on Benghazi on the Nafusa mountians 2 cleanse them of the rats.
That is a literal translation, I kid you not, that is what he says when he makes his crazy rambling speeches.
Gaddafi likes 2 use the Arabic word “Zahf”, he asks his minions 2 do this, which literally means crawl, he tells them 2 crawl on Misrata etc
Ahmed
#Gaddafi urged unarmed loyalists to march towards Nafousa Mountains & Misrata to cleanse it from the ‘traitors’..aired courtesy of #Nilesat
AJELive AJELive
Images: Ten of thousands of pro #Gaddafi supporters march in #Libya’s al-Aziziyah aje.me/qTzJ4p
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-jul-...
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Misrata Doctor: says (re: AJA report of 100 killed from #Gaddafi forces) Number is approximate, confirms it is large
Bent
#Gaddafi state tv showing kids ripping and throwing NATO leaflets in fire saying this is “rubbish”… then started chanting pro G sh*t
Shakeir of #gadhafi tv just announced a $2 million for the arrest or murder of #BHL. Hello #NileSat.
live2Tripoli
Have the people changed? R they willing to let go of the past and prepare for what is to come.Will people really compromise for Libyas sake?
Darreg
Libyan Twitter folks should just start referring to Gaddafi Satellite channels as Nilesat-Gaddafi TV. Drive the point home.
Triploli scream
Gedhafii hhh XD as usual !! fb.me/111O9KFVu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oml91jKmOj0
Hayat
PLS HELP SPAM!-Nilesat The Egyptian Satellite Company P.O. Box 72, 6th of October City, Egypt Fax: +202 38400 402 marketing@nilesat.com.eg
Sarah LFFR
#EnoughGaddafi …
Contact on website and let them know how you feel: t.co/KyIv8no
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.
SUMMARY JULY 20th 2011
7/20/2011
7.20.2011
inglesi Piers Scholfield
latest from #NATO on #Libya ops – quite active around #Zliten: bit.ly/eJojnv #Misrata #Feb17
NATO On July 19th, NATO aircraft flew 113 sorties, including 40 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 5 Armed Vehicles, 1 Armoured Fighting Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Misrata: 1 Anti-Aircraft Gun, 2 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 6 Surface-to-Air-Missile Launcher, 2 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Military Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 2 Command and Control Nodes, 2 Military Storage Facility, 3 Military Facilities, 2 Military Refuelling Areas.
LibyanINAmerica نهلة
If you have to lie to stay in power, kill your people to stay in power, bomb your country to stay in power, you shouldnt be in power
BBC
The road to recovery inside Libya’s mountain hospital
It is not hard to get to Nalut these days. The town is in the rebel-held Nafusa Mountains in western Libya, about 40km (25 miles) from the border with Tunisia.
The hospital is large, with 300 beds. It was built by Colonel Gaddafi as a showpiece, intended to underline how his efforts were benefiting the Libyan people.
Ironically he chose to staff it mainly with foreigners – Filipinos, Bangladeshis and, bizarrely, North Koreans.
The North Koreans are very wary of publicity, but Dr Ahsan has a natural ability to get people to talk.
They and the rest of the staff have not beenen paid, we are told, since November.
The patients are kept behind a locked door. The hospital staff say this is for security reasons but these three are not going anywhere – they were all fighting on the Gaddafi side.
The third is a boy, no more than 16 years old. He lies in a freshly made bed with crisp, clean linen. His eyes catch you first. They are brown, very big, and full of sorrow.
He tells Dr Ahsan he had gone to a pro-Gaddafi rally in February from his home in the south of Libya. It probably seemed a bit of a lark at the time.
After the rally he was press ganged, he says, given a gun – but no training – and forced to join Gaddafi’s soldiers at a checkpoint. In early June the rebels attacked the checkpoint. He was shot in the back and the leg and brought here.
When asked if his family knows where he is, the boy shakes his head and says “no”.
He says, “When I get out of the hospital, I want to go home to my family.”
But for now the war is grinding into a stalemate. Gaddafi cannot budge the rebels from their strongholds like Nalut.
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1418631...
Can you imagine?
Islamophobia Today
Garage sale nightmare: Woman refuses to sell to homosexuals, Muslims and immigrants
A woman in Leesburg, Va., is receiving national attention after she responded to queries about an ad on craigslist about her garage sale with a racist and homophobic email.
The email, sent to Gawker.com by a man who just needed some furniture, welcomes everyone to the sale – except “LGBT people, illegal immigrants, and muslims.”
After all, she writes, she’s looking to avoid “drama, terrorism, or illegal transactions with non-US citizens/illegal immigrants/people taking jobs away from people who belong and are legal in this country is desired. Thanks.”
Link:
www.islamophobiatoday.com/2011/07/19/ga...
FYI:
Did u know that AbdulRazagLaradi is married to the daughter of Baghdadi. G’s prime minister!
Fox news – Progress in Libya Conflict? depends on who you talking to! is.gd/PKXRal #Libya #Feb17
video.foxnews.com/v/1066003636001/progr...
dovenews Libyan™
5 grad missiles fell on the outskirts of east #Misrata, no reports of any casualties
Libyans Revolt
‘Field Hospital’ #Gawaleesh #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxp7t
Some of the artillery that landed next door to where field hospital is #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxou6
‘No weapons allowed’ #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxnwg
dovenews Libyan™
Electricity has been cut off on #Ghadamis for more than 5 days because #Gaddafi forces have attacked the power towers near #Nalut. #Nafusa
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
FF heavy clashes today with Gadhafi force in Tarhuna 80km s. east Tripoli we r now fighting G forces on 4 fronts, so how far can G stretch?!
dovenews Libyan™
Electricity has been cut off on #Ghadamis for more than 5 days because #Gaddafi forces have attacked the power towers near #Nalut. #Nafusa
Libyans Revolt
Range of ammunition #Gaddafi using against his people (from 9mm to renowned ‘Shilka’ to AA rounds) #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxn0n
Libyan Duda
Adnan Benaija AlBarasi killed 7/19 battle for #Brega he leaves behind a wife & baby girl. From Allah we come & to him we return
Los Angeles Times
Libya forces, rebels locked in battle for Port Brega
’It’s a gang fight in there,’ a rebel fighter says of the latest assaults near the strategic Libyan coastal city of Port Brega, which is being held by forces loyal to Moammar Kadafi
“It’s a gang fight in there today,” said Omar Rafa Eisa, 26, a uniformed rebel fighter manning a rebel checkpoint southwest of Ajdabiya on the main desert highway leading to the front.
Other fighters described a rocket barrage by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi that ripped through a rebel unit trying to advance into the city. The advance halted as rebels treated and evacuated casualties, they said.
The insurgents said government forces had flown rebel flags from some rocket launchers and vehicles as a ploy to close in on rebel units.
The latest rebel assault on Port Brega, which began Thursday, had left at least 32 antigovernment fighters dead and 291 others wounded, according to the hospital’s running tally.
“The fighting is getting worse. Ambulances have been carrying out the dead and wounded all day,” said Hamad Muhammed, 30
Several rebel tanks had been disabled by mines, fighters said, and several dozen gun trucks had been badly damaged.
Full story:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
LibyaNewMedia
“government forces in trucks disguised with rebel flags have shelled opposition positions near the strategic eastern oil town of Brega” AJE
Revolutionaries are 10 KM removed from Brega. They should stop creating high expectations. It hurts them
Brisbane Times
Gaddafi defiant as US says he is losing
Millions of people are on my side," Gaddafi said in a speech broadcast over loudspeakers to partisans in Al-Aziziya, 50 kilometres west of the capital late on Tuesday
“We are in our own home, and we will fight to the last drop of blood to defend our honour, our oil and our riches,” he said.
“This war was imposed on us, and our only choice is to fight – men, women and children – with all our weapons to liberate (the rebel strongholds of) Benghazi, Misrata and Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi (in the Nafusa mountains southwest of the capital).
The White House on Tuesday said Gaddafi was clearly losing his grip on power and on his way out after four decades leading Libya, with spokesman Jay Carney insisting the Libyan strongman was “cut off from fuel and cash”.
Full story:
news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news...
AP
Dozens of Libyan rebels killed in battle for Brega
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A doctor at a Libyan hospital says more than 50 rebels have been killed in six days of fighting with government forces over the strategic eastern oil town of Brega.
The new toll comes after Mohammed Idris, a doctor at the Ajdabiya hospital where the casualties were taken, raised the number killed in Tuesday’s fighting to 27, with 83 wounded. Idris said Wednesday that most had been shot in the head and chest.
An uprising against the rule of Moammar Gadhafi in February has left much of Libya’s east in rebel hands. The fight, however, has been stalemated outside the gates of the heavily defended Brega.
Libya’s government spokesman has put the rebel death toll closer to 500.
Source:
hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45...
Xinhua:
Libye : 9 rebelles tués dans l’assaut sur Brega
Neuf rebelles ont été tués et 113 autres blessés mardi dans de violents combats entre les troupes du gouvernement libyen et les forces rebelles dans le port pétrolier stratégique de Brega, a rapporté la chaîne de télévision Free Libya, contrôlée par les rebelles.
La plupart des pertes humaines sont dues à l’explosion de mines terrestres, a fait savoir le porte-parole militaire des rebelles, Ahmed Bani, ajoutant que les forces rebelles se regroupaient dans une zone située à neuf kilomètres de Brega, une ville du nord de la Libye, où se trouve de nombreuses raffineries.
Les forces gouvernementales auraient enterré quelque 40 000 mines anti-char et antipersonnelles à proximité de Brega, selon les médias contrôlés par les rebelles.
Du côté du gouvernement, le porte-parole Moussa Ibrahim a déclaré mardi que les rebelles n’avaient aucune chance de prendre la ville.
Au cours des derniers mois, les forces gouvernementales et les rebelles se sont battus férocement pour le contrôle des villes d’importance stratégique de Brega et d’Ajdabiya, chaque camp s’étant emparé des deux villes à tour de rôle.
Libia: Gheddafi all’attacco, 9 morti e 113 feriti tra gli insorti a Brega
TRIPOLI – Le forze fedeli al rais libico Muammar Gheddafi sono tornate all’attacco nella città di Brega uccidendo almeno 9 combattenti dell’opposizione e ferendone altri 113. Lo riferisce l’agenzia di stampa cinese Xinhua che spiega che gran parte delle vittime sarebbero state causate dall’esplosione di mine. Secondo fonti locali, le forze di Gheddafi avrebbero piazzato qualcosa come 40 mila mine anti-carro ed anti-uomo alle porte di Brega impedendo di fatto l’avanzata delle forze ostili all’interno di essa.
Source:
italian.irib.ir/notizie/mondo/item/9461...
dovenews Libyan™
#Brega: 8 #FF were killed on the hands of Gaddafi’s forces
Libyan Duda
Dear #brazil, come and COLLECT ur killer #Landmines – we lost too many of our sons trying to diffuse ur garbage! #Brega #Nafusa
AJE
Video: Libyan rebels under attack outside Brega
Thirteen opposition fighters have been killed near the eastern oil town of Brega where rebels have been pushing to seize the area for nearly a week.
Rebels told Al Jazeera, their position was leaked to Gaddafi’s forces by spies within the rebel force.
The opposition controls most of eastern Libya but has not controlled Brega since April. The town has crucial oil and gas supplies and rebels fear that Gaddafi loyalists may sabotage the facilities there if they are forced to retreat.
Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught reports from Brega.
Vid:
feb17.info/media/video-libyan-rebels-un...
Libyans Revolt
I also found some of the Turkish rations Govt forces were using in #Yefren #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxlut
ZlitenFree
Libyan heroes interview2 fb.me/13kPA6pkk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-WWKew-ls
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Panama OIL TANKER “SENTOSA ISLAND” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-21 09:30 (UTC) #feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SESTRI STAR” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-20 10:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Turkey VARGO SHIP “ILKE METE” now en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-07-23 17:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Cyprus CARGO SHIP “CAMELIA” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-20 21:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” from #Koper #Slovenia to #DjenDjen #Algeria now en route at 36.63724˚ / 15.39256˚ #Libya #feb17
Followers & Friends: Shortly after I started posting this morning an outside source started hacking my laptop, by the Time I discovered it my machine was trash. I now tweet from a nearby coffee shop. Anyone w/ a spare laptop/ notebook please mail me. E-mail address is in my profile. #Libya #feb17 3/3
61 #Gaddafi bunkers outside #Gharyan #Libya 31 0’ 19 " N 16 26’ 32" E #feb17 @NATO
HQ of Alsaadi #Gaddafi Brigade in #Sirte, Qasr Abu Hidi w/6 bunkers behind Headquarters building 21 2’ 54"N 16 39’ 33" E
#Gaddafi arsenal at #Ajdabiya 30 40" 28" N 20 12" 6" E #Libya #feb17 @NATO
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA" from #Koper #Slovenia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria now en route at 36.63724˚ / 15.39256˚ @NATO
#StKittsNevis CARGO SHIP “MAP K” has departed #Misrata #Libya. Now approaching #Malta. #feb17
They will NOT keep me off/not reporting. I’ll be in an internet cafe every chance I get till I can figure out something
I knew they wouldn’t stop trying, the pro Gaddafi’s are scared, pathetic little things. Information hurts them
Odd: #StKittsNevis CARGO SHIP “SCORPIUS” ALSO has a #NATO ship number, 341943000. Passing #Malta apparently for Gulf of #Sirte #Libya #feb17
#Gaddafi Embassy in #Egypt distributing 1000s of Green hats with pro-Gaddafi slogans to people in #Tahrir square #Libya #feb17
Libyans Revolt
More damage from gunfire at main door at #Yefren hospital #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxkek
Libya In Me
My dad says Nalut is in need of what is called “80 Nylon sutures” or Ethylon sutures, and Modular Hand Set, due to vast nerve injuries
Libyans Revolt
More of the local residents at he hospital in #Yefren #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxjb5
Revolutionary land cruiser in #Wazin #Libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxijd
Memorobilia from the war #Wazin #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxi4o
The new free #Libya border crossing at Wazin #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxhnr
Dehiba (Tunisia) border crossing/checkpoint #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxh6l
Our ride into Jebel Nafusa #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxgrv
LibyaNewMedia
Gadamis is also one of the cities where a large number of Malian Touaregs is present & taking part in the repression.
Strategy:
The Four Tornadoes Of The Apocalypse
July 20, 2011: Britain is increasing its Tornado fighter force operating over Libya, from 12 to 16. The four additional aircraft will be used mainly for reconnaissance, to keep a better eye on the complex Libyan battlefield. The four new Tornados will be equipped with four of the eight RAPTOR digital photo recon pods the Royal Air Force (RAF) owns. RAPTOR can spot targets at 72 kilometers daylight and at 36 kilometers at night using infrared sensors. The digital images can be seen by the pilot, and transmitted to other aircraft, ground units or ships, in real time.
The recon Tornados will not just be looking for hostile troops. The rebel forces do not always let NATO know where they are, which leads to friendly fire incidents. But there is also the problem with Libyan government forces adapting to NATO control of the skies. The government troops have come up with ways to remain hidden, or look like rebel forces (taking advantage of NATO eagerness to avoid accidentally hitting rebel fighters by mistake.)
Four more Tornados are not needed for bombing largely because Britain has a small guided missile (Brimstone) that enables fighters to carry a dozen of them, and hit a dozen individual targets with high accuracy. Originally developed as an upgraded version of the American Hellfire, Brimstone ended up as a Hellfire in general shape only. Weighing the same as the Hellfire (48.5 kg/107 pounds), Brimstone was designed to be fired by fighter-bombers, not just (as with Hellfire) from helicopters and UAVs. Aircraft can carry more of these lightweight missiles. These are perfect for small targets, including vehicles, that need to be hit, without causing injuries to nearby civilians or friendly troops.
Read more and source:
www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/artic...
Outreach Group
Executive Summary
On July 18, NATO warplanes destroyed radar antenna at Tripoli International Airport; pro-democracy forces fought for control of strategic town Brega; Canadian General pointed to value of having ground troops in Libya to collect intelligence; commander in pro-democracy forces re-affirmed need for more weapons; Russia announced it would not provide Gaddafi with asylum should he leave Libya; US State Department and Gaddafi representatives delivered conflicting reports concerning talks between the two parties held over the weekend in Tunisia; former Gaddafi foreign minister Shalgham claimed Libya not sole actor in Lockerbie bombing; Gaddafi spokesman said that Gaddafi welcomes negotiations but without preconditions; pro-democracy forces refusing French demand that they begin negotiations with Gaddafi; EU foreign ministers condemned human rights abuses by Gaddafi regime; evidence accumulating that NATO no-fly zone being selectively enforced; oil tanker carried gasoil into Benghazi; Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco) confirmed eastern oil fields not ready for oil exports to resume; Halliburton’s second quarter earnings report showed its first quarter results reduced by $46 million due to Libya sanctions; Maltese government considering offering a credit line to NTC and allowing it to repay borrowed money through assets belonging to Gaddafi government frozen in Malta; NTC announced it would honor previous agreements made by Gaddafi regime with some conditions; and London announced that former regime members would have a role in post-Gaddafi Libya.
Full report:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
LibyaNewMedia
Gadamis at the Algerian border hasn’t had electricity for many days. Its electricity came from Nalut, where Gaddafi’s troops cut electricity
LibyaNewMedia
I don’t know whether the Touareg mercenaries take part in battles in the north, but they are patrolling in more southern cities.
Gaddafi made a deal with Touareg communities in Mali a while ago. Their mercenaries are now present in Libya.
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt
inglesi Piers Scholfield
#Misrata hospitals: total casualties on frontlines Tuesday – 1 dead, 31 wounded. Today, 1 dead, 12 wounded so far.
AFP
Libye: les chefs militaires de Misrata cherchent l’aide de Sarkozy
“Les commandants insurgés sont venus expliquer au chef de l’Etat que les clés de Tripoli sont à Misrata parce que les combattants de Misrata sont disciplinés, aguerris et qu’ils ont avec eux un atout: une victoire militaire déjà obtenue” face aux forces fidèles à Mouammar Kadhafi, a déclaré l’écrivain Bernard-Henri Lévy, à l’issue de la rencontre.
Soutien résolu de la rébellion libyenne, Bernard-Henri Lévy faisait partie de la délégation reçue à l’Elysée, et qui comprenait le général Ramadan Zarmuh, le colonel Ahmed Hashem et le colonel Brahim Betal Mal.
Le chef d’Etat-major particulier de Nicolas Sarkozy, le général Benoît Puga, assistait à cette rencontre. Et selon une source proche de la délégation des rebelles libyens, les discussions se prolongeaient dans la matinée à Paris entre les chefs des insurgés de Misrata et des militaires français.
Full art. here:
www.tdg.ch/libye-chefs-militaires-misra...
hominoid
Libya Nalut Very heavy shelling with grad rockets by Gaddafi troops located in Gahzaya village this early morning on libyan border Gate cont
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Butcher Abdalla senussu
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Abdalla senussi just Brought more mercenaries 2 AlAsabea 2 stop the FF march in w. mountain. Is it racist 2 say the mercens. r from Africa?!
Jon Williams
Senior Iraqi official says warned #Libya no-fly zone futile. “Saddam lasted 12 years despite no-fly zone. Don’t start what can’t finish.”1/2
Says Qatar & UAE “impatient” on #Libya – not prepared to bankroll indefinitely. Best he offers is NATO position “not quite hopeless” 2/2
libyanandproud
#Tripoli Green Square Reality Check dailykos.com/story/2011/07/… #Feb17 #Libya
Libyan Duda
Dear #Brazil, why would u sell #Landmines to an international terrorist? #shameonU
LibyaNewMedia
Countries like Egypt, Algeria & Tunisia help Gaddafi stay in power. That’s why Gaddafi isn’t weakening.
Rabz Abs
I just want them to drag him out of the rat hole kicking &screaming.Stepdown words are like ceasefire words just empty promises
ALzintan Channel
Al Zintan’s freedom fighters were in Freedom square in Benighazi fb.me/1bfl8hcJb
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP98LqZV1XA
Reuters
Gaddafi could stay in Libya: France’s Juppe says
(Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi could remain in Libya if he relinquishes power, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a fresh drive to find a political solution to the dragging conflict.
Two members of Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council were due to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Wednesday. France was the first country to publicly recognize the council and the first to launch air strikes against Gaddafi’s military machine when now NATO-led operations began in March.
“We want to maintain close links with them and see how we can help them,” said Juppe.
“The issue now is not whether Gaddafi goes but when and how,” Juppe said.
Full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/us-l...
VOA NEWS
Libya’s TNC Meets with French President
Two members of Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council are meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday amid international efforts to further support the Libyan opposition.
The two representatives are visiting the French leader in Paris. France was the first country to officially recognize the rebel council as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people. Several nations, including the United States, have since followed France’s lead.
But a rebel spokesman also said radio intercepts from Brega suggest forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi are low on food and weapons. He said many pro-government troops have retreated to the west, leaving only a reduced force to defend the strategic city.
Full art.:
blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/07...
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Like in Egypt Gadhafi can stay in Libya provided we put him on fair trial along with his sons for killing Libyans witnessed by whole world!
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Respecting month of Ramadan! will Gadhafi stop shelling Libyans?! during Ramadan of 1984 G publicly hanged 11 Libyan political opponents!!
KC_Tripolitania KC
#NATO Apache planes attacked #Gaddafi forces in the city #Zliten earlier on today.
TAP
Cases of tuberculosis and AIDS recorded among refugees on Tunisian-Libyan border
KASBAH (TAP) – Thirty nine cases of tuberculosis and twenty nine cases of AIDS were recorded among refugees on the Tunisian-Libyan border, Public Health representative Nabil Ben Salah said during the press briefing of the Prime Ministry’s communication cell held on Monday.
Source and more:
www.tap.info.tn/en/en/society/4104-case...
Libyan Duda
Adnan #Benaija #Barasi engineer from #Albayda & my brother in-law killed yesterday in the battle for #Brega
baysontheroad baysontheroad
#LIBYA Nefusa military command issue new guidelines to fighters.
#LIBYA Military spokesman says they are investigating claims of abuses in recent #HRW human rights watch and media reports.
#LIBYA Any breaches of regulations or international humanitarian law will be dealt with. Those found guilty will be sent to prison.
#LIBYA Recent allegations have included abuse of prisoners, looting, setting homes ablaze, and taking away medical equipment
#LIBYA Military command keen to stress most of its men are young volunteers. And claim much more serious abuses carried out by Gaddafi side.
The document outlining the new rules. lockerz.com/s/121904282
#LIBYA We have done interview with Col Joumaa Ibrahim, military spokesman. Report coming up on #AJE.
Souffian Tripoli
Daily News on Tripoli goo.gl/r9L0i
Joanne
In #Ajdabiya Hospital Mohammed Idris DR says; 27 Martyrs 83 Injured on Tuesday #BREGA Battle > which Death toll now stands at 53 #Libya
NIGHTMARE SCENARIO; “Gaddafi and Family members stay in #Libya after relinguishing power”
I will never feel safe as long as #Muammar Gaddafi and family r in #Libya unless they R buried Dont care what they say …
Soliman
FF managed to hire an international company specialist on mines removing to help them in Briqa, they will start today or tomorrow #libya
Joanne
#BREGA Watch Oil filled Trenches dug by G forces connected to Pipeline burn with thick black smoke 2 slowdown FF advance goo.gl/vsUTJ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-xE11JwkLc&fea...
News Republic
Freedom boosts Berber boom in western Libya
“Azul (hello). I’m going to teach you the language of your forefathers,” Sara Abud tells the children of Yafran, assembled around her for their first lesson in Berber, once the native tongue of western Libya’s mountain folk.
Vid.:
uk.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.asp...
omar
Video of today’s shelling in #Misrata"
Grad rockets fall on a house"
youtu.be/Dk9elkCu-Qg #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9elkCu-Qg&fea...
Zlitniya
Zliten (unconfirmed):telephone lines cut last night & still not working today. Always a bad sign of things to come…
Palm Maple
1) Just Now: Jazeera Arabic Correspondent embedded with Brga FF told by FF commander 3,000 GF remain in; divided in 3 grups
Zlitniya
Misrata:FF captured by GF pretending 2b FF.strangled,handcuffed,kicked,beaten.jumped out of car.miracle he’s alive youtube.com/watch?v=xXEf57…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXEf57cgfFE&fea...
The ATLANTIC
Scant Planning for Post-Qaddafi Libya
If NATO has a plan for achieving victory in Libya, it has been well disguised. Regardless, the world’s most powerful military alliance will surely somehow, some day prevail over a besieged dictator with little support. But is NATO prepared for what happens when they win?
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen took to Twitter last week to proclaim, “Once political settlement is reached, I don’t expect NATO to play leading role” and “Future to be shaped by Libyan people. NATO will support international efforts if requested and needed.”
Full art.:
www.theatlantic.com/international/archi...
Joanne
#TRIPOLI released eyewitnesses say Gaddafis prisoners age from 14 till 80 yrs old they are daily tortured in the most cruel ways
benghazi’s bunny♥
‘I believe in my right to freedom, I believe in my country’s right to live; this faith is stronger than any other weapon’ -Omar Al-Mukhtar
Joanne
#TRIPOLI Electricity outages Up to 12hrs a day Gaddai blackmailing Threatening Families in #Janzour 2come demonstrate ARRESTING many #Libya
#TRIPOLI FF ambush & burn down as many G Checkpoints as possible especially close to prisons where FF R detained in preparation 4DDAY #Libya
KC_Tripolitania KC
Fierce battles between Freedom Fighters and #Gaddafi forces now at the Dafniaya / Souq Al Thulat front. #Misrata – #Zliten front. #Libya
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Really dont understand how some #Libyans come to Tunis and lounge in hotels and cafes instead of visiting their injured countrymen.
AJA: Libyan regime’s Prime Minister meets with Russian leaders in Moscow today
Zlitniya
NATO destroyed 850 Ammo storage facilities in #Libya so far & they think Gaddafi still has double that
Joanne
#France Sarkozy Met in #Paris Wednesday with 3 #NTC leaders from #MISRATA who are seeking AID and ARMS to Move Toward #TRIPOLI #Libya
L’Express
Libye: Kadhafi reste belliqueux, les Etats-Unis le voient perdre le pouvoir
AJDABIYA (Libye) – Le leader libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, toujours combatif, s’est dit prêt à résister jusqu’au bout, au moment où Washington estimait qu’il perdait le contrôle du pays et la rébellion se préparait à de nouvelles attaques.
Entretemps, le ministre des Affaires étrangères français Alain Juppé a estimé que Mouammar Kadhafi pourrait rester en Libye s’il se mettait à l’écart de la vie politique, en faisant une condition préalable à un cessez-le-feu dans le conflit qui dure depuis plus de cinq mois sans solution en vue.
A Moscou, le chef de la diplomatie Sergueï Lavrov devait recevoir son homologue libyen Abdelati Obeidi pour tenter de trouver un compromis, la Russie ayant appelé au départ de M. Kadhafi toute en refusant de reconnaître la rébellion comme autorité.
Full art.:
www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/monde/liby...
libyanandproud
#Gaddafi with his ongoing spree of #gaddaficrimes has sent an order to his troops to cleanse #Nafusa !
True, he did that ystrd:(
Joanne
FF are focusing on Pushing G forces away from #Bishr @rf_in_the_bush so they R out of range Cant lop rockets on #Brega & FF positions
Skeptic
Clear words frm Guma_el_gamaty:
We Libyans know G will only stay in Libya if he or his sons r in full control of power wealth and arms!! its meaningless what france said!
The 5 SMS messages Gaddafi sent to Tripoli since yesterday:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.16862...
SMILE:
Miss B
Hey #Libya(n)s! Keep calm and take Halwassa pills! twitpic.com/5sxv37 …
I just had to make one…….
Joanne
SHAME ON #EGYPT COURT &GOVERMENT to keep #NilesatGaddafiTV RUNNING.
Nilesat asked 4ReviewJul26 CourtBusy
I saw injured in #Brega are around 375 @LIBYA_WIN but this is estimate of a DR in #Ajdabiya hospital where the injured are taken #Libya
Carol
Hello everyone! I woke up to great news! #Malak, the little 5 year old girl from #Misrata is coming to the US to get a prosthetic leg!
Skeptic
Western media keeps silent on Saudi “ally” bc #Al-Waleed #bin #Talal has big share of #Murdoch media empire
Shall we guess why?
LibyaNewMedia
The media activist Salim Younis has been stabbed to death today in his home in Ajdabiya. Go to hell Gaddafi.
ChangeInLibya
Zliten: Reports that FF are clashing with Gaddafi forces west of Tuesday market and are advancing towards the centre of Zliten #libya #feb17
Zlitniya
The turmoil&suffering of families by Gaddafi militia.Hasnt seen sons 4 2months.Mum&sons houses bombed.sons hse destroyed youtube.com/watch?v=w7wBe9…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7wBe9ehe0Y&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN Clashes last night near Porcelain Factory SE of city center Heavy presence of mercenaries in main streets and suburbs #Libya
Long Absent Gen. AbuBakr Younis Jaber #GaddafiDefenseMinister showed his Ugly Face again visiting what StateTv calls MujahideenForces #Libya
France24
“400 missiles italiens disparus dans la nature”
Presse internationale, Mercredi 20 juillet. A voir dans la presse internationale ce matin, la suite du scandale News of the World, avec l’auditon de Rupert Murdoch et de son fils. Le magnat australo-américain rejette toute responsabilité dans cette affaire. Et aussi: la disparition de 400 missiles italiens.
Source and video:
www.france24.com/fr/20110720-2011-revue...
M_Madi
Thanks to everyone who has been following my blog and tweets from Libya. I’m back in the UK now after an epic two week journey, but this doesn’t mean there will be no more mountain tumbls. This week I’ll be uploading more photos (with extended captions), some interesting videos and also some short text updates on what I saw out there. Stay tuned!
nafusa.tumblr.com/post/7844029916/mores...
Reuters
Rebels say Gaddafi uses civilians as shields (1:30)
July 19 – Fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi continues in Misrata, as rebels say Gaddafi troops use civilians as shields. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Vid.:
www.reuters.com/article/video/idUSTRE76...
MUST READ:
sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
I dun know what to say about this person ……..I am leaving the comments to u… fb.me/zqUEQd7w
www.thawralibya.com/index.php?option=co...
Danya
Only one #Libya ….together we will free #Libya …every city and every town\village has participated in there own way to help free Libya
REUTERSFLASH ReutersBreakingNews
Libyan foreign minister, in Moscow, says Gaddafi stepping down not under discussion – Interfax
CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg – TT
Lawyer involved in case against #NileSat broadcasting #Libya state-tv says decision on appeal expected on the 26th
freelibyasoon
Sure #Gaddafi can stay in #Libya…..As long as he and his sons are tried and eventually given the death sentence. I’m ok with that. #Feb17
Shabab:
Freedom Fighters suffer heavy casualties in Brega fighting – doctor
Reuters) – Eighteen rebel fighters were killed and up to 150 wounded in clashes with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of the eastern oil hub of Brega on Tuesday, a doctor in a rebel-controlled town said.
“Yesterday it was a disaster,” Dr Sarahat Atta-Alah told Reuters at Ajdabiya hospital in eastern Libya on Wednesday.
Rebels have said they have encircled Brega, which they must take if they are to advance towards Tripoli, but fighters said they were still coming under fire from pro-Gaddafi forces.
AlluCemif
The libyan consulate in France organizes a conference in Paris and still having this website?!
www.consulat-libye-paris.org
This is indeed weird.
The consulate is supposed to be closed, how is this possible?
They must have kept the website up and running now consulate has been closed.
Who is running this website now and from where? That is the question…..
Why organize a conference in Paris, what would be the purpose? Who is supposed to attend?
.Maybe it’s just something to create confusion?
Could be just a try-on to see how many people are still loyal to g there……..
kha02
Reuters -Tunisian residents reported Grad rockets fired by Gaddafi forces had fallen on Tunisian soil near Dehiba border crossing. #Libya
LIBYAN
There’s no if’s or but’s , #Gaddafi must leave #Libya
20minutes FR
PARIS – Libye: des militaires de la rébellion à Paris pour obtenir davantage d’aide
PARIS – Plusieurs chefs militaires rebelles de la ville libyenne de Misrata ont réclamé mercredi au président Nicolas Sarkozy davantage d’aide de la France pour conquérir Tripoli, assurant être en mesure de faire tomber le bastion de Mouammar Kadhafi.
Ils étaient accompagnés par un représentant politique de la ville de Misrata au sein du Conseil national de transition (CNT), l’organe représentatif de la rébellion libyenne.
Au côté du président Nicolas Sarkozy était notamment présent le principal conseiller militaire du chef de l’Etat, le général Benoît Puga, ex-directeur du renseignement militaire français.
Selon cette source, les rebelles de Misrata espèrent obtenir de la France une aide équivalente à celle apportée par Paris à ceux du Djebel Nafoussa, la région située au sud-ouest de Tripoli. La France avait reconnu fin juin avoir livré des armes à ces rebelles pour les aider à se défendre contre les forces loyalistes.
Full art.:
www.20minutes.fr/politique/760156-libye...
Skeptic
Another #autocratic gov: #Indonesia minister blames #facebook & #twitter for #Arab ‘turmoil’ straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S… via @cmswire
AFP
Indonesian minister blames new media for Arab ‘turmoil’
JAKARTA – INDONESIA’S communications minister on Thursday lamented the role of social media in Arab democracy movements and warned the government to control websites like Facebook and Twitter.
In a speech to school children, Tifatul Sembiring said new media had caused turmoil in the Arab world, where popular uprisings ousted the autocratic leaders of Egypt and Tunisia and brought the Libyan regime to its knees.
‘The government has the authority to control the Internet,’ he told elementary school students in central Jakarta at the launch of a ‘Healthy Internet’ campaign.
’Don’t let things happen like in Tunisia and Libya, which failed to control social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and they caused turmoil there. People are free to express their opinion, but they must be responsible.’
The minister, a conservative Muslim and prolific user of microblogging site Twitter, has campaigned strongly against pornography and introduced electronic filtering to block smut from the Web.
But his comments about the Arab world suggest he is also concerned about online political comment, of the sort that helped ignite popular unrest against corrupt autocrats in the Middle East. — AFP
www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsi...
No comment needed here……..
BBC
RAF Lossiemouth Tornados go to Italy to help over Libya
Four Tornado jets from RAF Lossiemouth have arrived in southern Italy to bolster UK operations over Libya.
The Ministry of Defence said the aircraft will be used for reconnaissance and to increase the strike capability of operations over Libya.
The Moray base was saved from closure under defence cuts announced on Monday.
Kinloss, also in Moray, and Leuchars in Fife will shut as air bases and be taken over by the Army.
Source:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-ea...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
#Misrata hospitals: total casualties on frontlines Tuesday – 1 dead, 31 wounded. Today, 1 dead, 12 wounded so far.
Heavy fighting on #Misrata western frontline, rebel spokesman tells BBC rebels have advanced 5km towards #Zliten and hope to hold
#NATO have been very helpful in today’s advance towards #Zliten, #Feb17 rebel spox tells BBC. #Misrata #Libya
Source inside town of #Zliten tells BBC #Gaddafi forces there are in disarray, ambulance sirens going all day, hospital full. #Misrata
Source inside #Zliten tells BBC #NATO struck the houses of two significant #Gaddafi commanders. #Misrata #Libya #Feb17
As always, simply follow the money:
Joanne
THUWAR MEDIA Got documents & evidence involvement Zuma of S Africa with Gaddafi. Zuma received abt 50Million$ from Gaddafi during election.
#ALGERIA #KeepsTightGrip OnBorder With #Libya to prevent militants infiltration + transfer of weapons from #Libya 2 SAHELarmedOrganization
ALGERIA arrestd 7alQaeda militants with Heavy ARMS and Ammo while trying 2cross from #Niger to #LIBYA through the common DeepDesertBorder
#ALGERIA troops destroyed 2cars Captured 7 Militants + a car with 6MachineGuns Rocket propelled GrenadeLauncher + Ammunit. #Thawra #Libya
Nasr
Just ask Shalgam! He delivered the CASH himself on several occasions. $ome was used to get out of trouble in the rape case.
Rasmussen
NATO Chief Sounds Upbeat Note on Libya
BRUSSELS—The civilian head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization gave an upbeat assessment of the progress of opposition forces in Libya, saying in an interview he expected rebel units in the west and east of the country to join together.
Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said opposition forces had advanced in recent weeks. "I think that progress will continue because the opposition forces are now more experienced, better trained, …
Source:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111...
CNN
Al group of Libyan rebels keep a lonely eye ove a vital supply route.
Ben Wedeman reports:
Video:
edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/201...
Alexblx Alexblx
4get the ragtag band – as the Graduation ceremony of #FF battalion in #Nalut shows – these boys r 4 real! youtu.be/Db5_VWqBhDs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db5_VWqBhDs&fea...
A Free Libyan
Mustafa Abdul Jalil – #Gaddafi’s end is via military, he will not give up power willingly, and the end will be soon.
Skeptic
#Brega #FF even have specialized #tank transporters youtu.be/6kEBGQmv71U
AFP video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kEBGQmv71U&fea...
HAVE A LOOK:)
Tweeting Tripoli
No more bread ques in #Tripoli, we make our own bread: oi56.tinypic.com/4jt3f7.jpg #feb17 #Libya
SMILE:
Ahmed
Cartoon depicting Gaddafi’s holy crawl on Nafousa Mountains to cleanse it from the cowards & rats yfrog.com/kkmibtcj #laughatgaddafi
Libya rebels seek to consolidate gains around Brega
Posted on July 20, 2011 by main
A dozen Libyan rebel fighters man a checkpoint some 18 km west of Ajdabya, on the road to the frontline of the battle for control of the oil-rich town of Brega.
Source AFP video:
feb17.info/media/libya-rebels-seek-to-c...
Alex
#Gaddafi hs so many new fronts opening up – he cant supply – let alone contain them #Sebha #Qatrun #Traghin #Tahouna #Ghayran #Brega #Zliten
befroggled
One of our own; a Londoner martyred in #Libya RIP Salem Bashagha. He’d said he wanted to die a martyr, look @ his smile. yfrog.com/kj68mzcj
Arab Fury
2 types of mines used by G forces, Brazilian T-AB-1 antipersonnel mines and Chinese Type-72SP antivehicle mines. #Libya
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
#Gaddafi fighters and a team from #Brazil should be the ones sweeping for landmines
Ossama
Brega:The total amount of mines removed by NLA (FF) is being kept as a secret but some G prisoners are helping removal effrts #libya
GOOD NEWS!!!!!
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking!! from Zliten Misrata FF reached FF from Zliten & SuqAlThultaa area 15km inside Z. from east now liberated FF r 4km From Z. centre!
RRowleyTucson:
Reports of up to 800 #Gaddafi casualties & deaths in #Brega over past few days
ChangeInLibya
Brega: Commander in NLA (FF) said that minesweepers removed 700 mines in a 10km stretch of road yesterday, or 7 mines for every 100m #libya
Promising statement:)
Alex
#Gharyan – just about ready to go – On AJA #Nafusa #FF Commander – says the battle begins in days – & will be all over by #Ramadan #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “HAJ-SAYED” now en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya ETA: 2011-07-23 10:00 (UTC). #feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 36.8045˚/15.60151˚ now en route from #Koper #Slovenia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria. #Libya #feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” now en route from #Istanbul #Turkey to dest. #Mostaganem #Algeria. #Libya #feb17
BBC
Nato Secretary General: Gaddafi must leave power
Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that the mission in Libya has been extended for another three months and will continue to be extended for as long as necessary.
In an interview with the BBC’s Chris Morris, Mr Rasmussen said the Gaddafi-led Libyan government should not try to “wait Nato out”.
The secretary general defended the pace of the mission saying he was not surprised it had taken this long. He said Nato has the necessary resources and was “prepared to continue the operation for as long as it takes”.
Rasmussen video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14221318
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi forces that were in #Tawirgha have been transferred to #Sebha & #Qatrun. #Libya #feb17
Lisa
WFP: In #Misrata, price of meat increased by 30%. Doubled for fruits and vegetables, must be imported from #Benghazi. #Libya”
VIA FEB17th news in short:
AJE
Thirteen opposition fighters have been killed near the eastern oil town of Brega where rebels have been pushing to seize the area for nearly a week.
Rebels told Al Jazeera, their position was leaked to Gaddafi’s forces by spies within the rebel force. The opposition controls most of eastern Libya but has not controlled Brega since April.
AP
Government forces in trucks disguised with rebel flags shelled opposition positions near the strategic eastern oil town of Brega, killing eight rebel fighters and wounding dozens more, officials said.
In an audio message Tuesday directed at a rally of thousands in the town of al-Aziziya, south of Tripoli, embattled ruler Moammar Gadhafi emphasized the importance of Libya’s vast oil wealth to his regime, and called the civil war a battle “for our way of life.”
Reuters
Libyan rebels have encircled the eastern oil hub of Brega and control parts of the town, whose capture would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday.
France said the rebels were taking over the town completely, but Tripoli denied this and the Libyan leader vowed to fight on, saying it was time to decide the battle for Libya.
The rebel spokesman said he had listened to intercepted radio communications between Gaddafi loyalists in Brega which suggested they were low on food and weapons.
But he played down the chances of a swift move west by the rebels, saying Brega was full of mines that needed to be dealt with before the area could be secured.
OILIBYA
Libyan rebels have encircled the eastern oil hub of Brega and control parts of the town, whose capture would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday.
France said the rebels were taking over the town completely, but Tripoli denied this and the Libyan leader vowed to fight on, saying it was time to decide the battle for Libya.
The rebel spokesman said he had listened to intercepted radio communications between Gaddafi loyalists in Brega which suggested they were low on food and weapons.
But he played down the chances of a swift move west by the rebels, saying Brega was full of mines that needed to be dealt with before the area could be secured.
REUTERS
Muammar Gaddafi could remain in Libya if he relinquished all power, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday.
Juppe, asked during an interview on LCI television whether countries involved in the Libyan crisis could consider letting Gaddafi remain as part of a way out of the crisis, replied:
“One of the scenarios effectively envisaged is that he stays in Libya on one condition which I repeat — that he very clearly steps aside from Libyan political life.”
Two members of Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council were due to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Wednesday. France was the first country to publicly recognise the council and first to launch air strikes against Gaddafi’s military machine when now NATO-led operations began in March.
VOA NEWS
Two members of Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council are meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday amid international efforts to further support the Libyan opposition.
The two representatives are visiting the French leader in Paris. France was the first country to officially recognize the rebel council as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people. Several nations, including the United States, have since followed France’s lead.
REUTERS
Eighteen rebel fighters were killed and up to 150 wounded in clashes with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of the eastern oil hub of Brega on Tuesday, a doctor in a rebel-controlled town said.
“Yesterday it was a disaster,” Dr Sarahat Atta-Alah told Reuters at Ajdabiya hospital in eastern Libya on Wednesday.
Rebels have said they have encircled Brega, which they must take if they are to advance towards Tripoli, but fighters said they were still coming under fire from pro-Gaddafi forces.
Brega, which provides access to most of Libya’s eastern oil network, has changed hands several times in five months of fighting along Libya’s Mediterranean coast.
Rebels said on Tuesday they had encircled the town, which if captured would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Gaddafi. Insurgents said they were dug in to the south and east of Brega and in control of its eastern residential sector.
The Libyan government has denied the rebels’ reports, saying its soldiers are in Brega.
Doctors at the hospital in Ajdabiya, which lies to the east of Brega, said they expected more fighting later on Wednesday.
A rebel lieutenant, who gave his name as Ihab, said rebel forces were between 5 and 10 km (3 and 6 miles) outside Brega and Gaddafi’s forces were still in the city.
He said the area was littered with mines and Gaddafi’s forces had filled trenches with gasoline, which could be set on fire if rebels approached.
CNN
France may consider a post-war Libya with Moammar Gadhafi remaining in the country if he quits politics as part of a cease-fire deal to end the conflict with the NATO-backed rebels, the French foreign minister said Wednesday.
“One of the possibilities is that he (Gadhafi) remains in Libya,” Alain Juppe told French news channel LCI. “But on the condition that he stays away from Libyan political life. This is what we are waiting for before we begin the political process for a cease-fire.”
GUARDIAN
Libyan rebel forces in Misrata, supported by Nato air strikes, launched an offensive towards the government-held town of Zlitan on Wednesday morning, with fighters saying they were making gains amid heavy fighting.
“We are now one and a half kilometres(almost 1 mile) from Zlitan,” said a rebel fighter, Mohammed Ashanobah, of the Shaheed (Martyr) Brigade. “The revolutionaries attacked at eight this morning.”
NPR
On the barren front line in the village of Gualish, rebels take cover from Gadhafi’s forces — and the relentless sun — behind a sand berm. Rajed, a rebel fighter at the front, points to the south of Gualish and says they have just discovered a new minefield. Rajed says all of this area is now mined; it’s terrible, he says, and that is what is stopping their advance. Rebel commanders say the use of mines are a sign that Gadhafi’s forces are becoming more desperate and weak.
REUTERS
Libya’s foreign minister denied on Wednesday that there were talks about easing Muammar Gaddafi out of power, but said his government wanted to end the nation’s bloody conflict in a way that would satisfy all Libyans.
“Gaddafi’s departure is not being discussed,” Abdelati Obeidi said after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg – TT
WFP: In #Misrata, last salaries received in Feb, soon half a year ago. Farming stopped around city, fighting preventing transports. #Libya
Alex
Don’t take #French PM stmt – ‘#Gaddafi can stay in #Libya’ – to seriously – #NATO allies have to be open 2 talks – & #maddog wont agree 2 go
Totally agree with you:)
Ossama
Colonel Ahmed Bany: We need 3 days to dismantle mines in Brega so that we can gain full access to the city + all sides of Brega surrounded
MUST READ:
stern.de
Flüchtlinge aus Libyen: Das Tagebuch der Not
Eine deutsch-libysche Familie flüchtet vor dem Krieg aus Tripolis nach Tunesien – und wird zum Spielball großer Politik. Das Tagebuch der Maike Tekbali. Von Manuela Pfohl
Wenn sie nur wüsste, was mit den drei Schwägerinnen ist. Die sind mit ihren Kindern und den Enkeln noch immer in Tripolis und die Nachrichten verheißen nichts Gutes. Das libysche Staatsfernsehen berichtete am Montag, die Nato habe Luftangriffe auf militärische und zivile Ziele in zwei Stadtteilen der libyschen Hauptstadt geflogen. Mindestens 13 schwere Detonationen seien zu hören gewesen. Es habe Tote gegeben. Maike Tekbali die vor dem Fernseher in ihrer Unterkunft im tunesischen Djerba sitzt, hätte am liebsten losgeheult. Sie sorgt sich um die Familie und das Zuhause, das da gerade untergeht.
2009 zieht sie mit ihrem Mann, einem Libyer, von Deutschland nach Libyen. Mit viel Mühe und der Hilfe der ganzen Familie, die in Tripolis eine Bäckerei betreibt, bauen sie sich in der Hauptstadt ein Haus, mit einem hübschen Garten drum herum für die Kinder. Dazu ein paar Hunde, Katzen, Schafe, Hasen. Ein kleines Idyll, das ihr Mann Fouad Ali mit einer eigenen Handelsvertretung für eine Edelstahlbaufirma finanziell absichern will. Doch als es am 24. Februar losgehen soll, kommt die Revolution dazwischen. Mit heftigen Kämpfen zwischen den Gaddafigegnern aus dem Osten Libyens und seinen Anhängern rund um Tripolis, die von Woche zu Woche zunehmen.
Flucht mit dem Netbook unterm Rock versteckt
Ende März wird die Situation immer dramatischer. Fast 340.000 Menschen sind laut UN auf der Flucht, etwa 9000 sitzen an den Grenzen nach Ägypten und Tunesien fest. Die Rebellen rücken näher an Tripolis heran. Die westlichen Alliierten sichern Unterstützung zu. US-Kampfjets donnern über die libysche Hauptstadt hinweg. Als die Nato schließlich am 14. April Tripolis bombardiert und es dabei auch eine heftige Explosion nahe einer Residenz Gaddafis gibt, ist das für Maike Tekbali und ihre Familie ein Alarmsignal.
READ MORE:
www.stern.de/politik/ausland/fluechtlin...
»REUTERSFLASH ReutersBreakingNews
U.S. position is Gaddafi has to leave power but it’s up to Libyan people to decide whether he can stay in country – White House
Zlitniya
Zliten:cos of fighting,many families in SuqAlThulatha have left their homes&r on Coastal Rd
m_madi Mohamed Madi
The people of Yifrin were fantastic to us and I’ll definitely be going back. I have a “Thuwwar Yifrin” t-shirt now.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Moldova FERRY “M V FEHIM BEY” now en route from #Misrata #Libya to dest. #Benghazi. #feb17
Ossama
#Sebha : Reports: #Gaddafi forces that were in #Tawirgha have been transferred to #Sebha , to quell South FF
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Please note my views on twitter r my personal ones! NTC official position/views r stated by official sposkesman in Benghazi Abdelhafid Ghoga
Zlitniya
FF hv advanced frm Dafniya 2inside SuqAlThalath wher thers fierce fighting w GF.Reported al GF retreated frm Suq 2coastalRd
CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg – TT
On food shortage in #Libya it’s important to note75% of its food is imported, limited home production. cia.gov/library/public…
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-wo...
FromJoanne Joanne
MISRATA FF #HidenHassan brought 2 Gaddafi soldiers 2 Hikma Hospital who wre trying 2kill him but he was faster and shot them in legs #Libya
#BREGA Col Ahmed Bani: We Need 3 days to dismantle the mines before we can access city but Brega is now COMPLETELY surrounded by FF #Libya
#BREGA FF field commander: Bulldozers helped remove approximately 700 landmines July19/20day @ a distance of 10km 7 mines per 100 mtr #Libya
United4Libya
#Gaddafi continues his massacre in #Libya sponsored by #Nilesat , Thank you #Egypt.
HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
it was an intense day at #Misrata frontline. shelling in both directions. Nato in the skies. Opp. fighters advanced a little bit
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITEN FF attacked G forces @ 8am today We are now 1 and a half KM from Zlitan," says FFMohammed Ashanobah
ChangeInLibya
Ahmed Bani just confirmed what we already know. FF surround BUT have NOT entered Brega (from oil port to airport). There you go #libya
hominoid
Jordan are helping treat critically wounded from the battle fields in Libya, in Jordanian military hospitals. Thanks Jordan
MUST READ:
The National AE::
Dubai telecoms engineers supply Libyan rebels with mobile phone network
They arrived by boat, worked under rocket fire and between power cuts, their goal to establish mobile phone connections for the residents of Misurata. Engineers trained in Dubai will help maintain the window to an outside world and neighbours closer to home.
The stealth telecommunications team arrived in Misurata after a stomach-churning 30-hour fishing boat ride from Malta.
Amid rocket fire and despite power cuts, they worked 12 hours a day alongside local engineers, setting up satellite dishes and other equipment. As a result, residents whose mobile phone networks were disabled by Colonel Muammar Qaddafi’s forces may soon be able to call their neighbours.
Ousama Abushagur, a 31-year-old Libyan-American telecoms executive living in Abu Dhabi, and his global network of donors, vendors and engineers pulled off the same feat three months ago in Benghazi. Phone lines in the de facto rebel capital in eastern Libya also had been cut.
In June, the team brought their rogue network to Misurata, Libya’s third-largest city. For months, the city had suffered some of the worst fighting since Col Qaddafi and rebel forces began battling in February.
The local workers are now running tests and verifying the identities of tens of thousands of SIM card holders in the rebel-held city before turning on the network.
Two engineers came to Dubai this month for training on how to maintain the network.
“Everybody is just trying to help the country, whatever it is,” from cleaning streets to baking bread, said Mohanned Saad, 28, one of the trainees. “We found we could contribute our expertise. People still have the spirit from the first days of wanting to get rid of Qaddafi. They want him out even more now.”
Much of that determination was forged in the hardship of living under siege, said Hossain Eljamal, 29, who also came to Dubai for training.
Read full story:
www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/afric...
Fissa
Remembering some of the Late Shows with David Letterman. Muammar Qaddafi Top Ten 10 Questions To Ask Yourself… fb.me/M3m90pCE
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150377486648976
MUST READ:
4Adam Adam
Shalgam: Gaddafi’s father was a conscript in"Italian Panda"(battalion) in Sirte NOT a Mujahid as he claims is.gd/DH6ddq #Libya #Feb17
www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/28...
libyanandproud
People of #Slovenia have donated 1.8 tons of drugs & medical supplies to #NTC and will arrive in #Benghazi soon.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” from #Koper #Slovenia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria now off transponder/anchored at #Syracuse #Sicily. #Libya
SecularLibya
My understanding is that G has given up on #Sirte. Once FFs take RasLanuf, Sirte is theirs.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Unconfirmed: #Freedomfighters of #Brega have reached the city of #Bishr (20KM west Brega). #Libya #feb17
libyanandproud
#Slovenia has recognized the #NTC as sole representatives of the Libyan people. #Feb17 #Libya Thank You #Slovenia !
LIBYAN
#Gaddafi continues his massacre in #Libya sponsored by #Nilesat , Thank you #Egypt.
Aisha
Russia legitimises tyranny, rape and murder by continued recognition of Gaddafi
Libya owns 69% of Uganda Tel, Uganda has now taken full control of it. Libya had been shopping this asset before.
bit.ly/raSMnf
OR:
INTERVIEW:
STANLEY Henning, the uganda telecom (UTL) chief operations officer, told David Mugabe that the company is on track and here to stay.
Since the Government took control of UTL under the UN resolution, did the Government also take over the liabilities?
The process of taking over the assets and liabilities has not been completed.
What is your current subscriber numbers?
We have two million subscribers, which is the highest in the history of the business. We have 150,000 fixed line customers and 15,000 data and internet customers.
Our subscriber base is the healthiest it has ever been.
What is the breakdown in UTL ownership?
LAP Green owns 69% and 31% is government owned.
Full art. and source:
www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/760593
Ossama
Misurata FFs took over rocket launchers, SUVs and an ambulance and captured several soldiers as well as freed a kidnapped from Misurata ,
nowlebanon.com
Slovenia recognizes Libyan rebels
Slovenia’s government has recognized Libya’s National Transitional Council in a move it hopes will help pave the way for leader Moammar Qaddafi to step down, state media said on Wednesday.
Recognition will boost the standing of the rebel council in Libya, enabling it to play a leading role in bringing about democratic transition and constitutional reforms, the foreign ministry said in a statement, published by the official STA news agency.
Western and regional powers boosted Libyan rebels battling Qaddafi last week by designating them as the country’s legitimate rulers, a move that gives them access to vital funds.
Russia however has refused to recognize the council.
AFP
Source:
www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.a...
Ossama
BREAKING: Five martyrs among #FFS in the fighting in #Zliten. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Misrata #Freedomfighters confirm #Tawargha is completely free of #Gaddafi forces. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ILKE METE” en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-07-23 17:00 (UTC). #feb17
Zlitniya
Zliten:Hosp full of dead&injured.FF closed main Rd in As-Sab’a &raised freedom flag
Tripoli Weather
current weather: partly cloudy — 31°C — 55% humidity — wind 21km/h — visibility 10km — pressure 982mb steady
wheelertweets James Wheeler
I’m at one of the biggest private hospitals (clinics) in Tunis right now. Most patients are #Libyan. Some are pro #Gaddafi, including kataib
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Injured #Libyan FF Mustafa (22) from #Misrata. Hit by a #Gaddafi missile behind his heart in Dafniya on July 8. twitpic.com/5t36lb
I took this picture in a Tunis hospital on July 18. Before the #feb17 revolution, Mustafa was an econ major in college.
BBC
Wife visits Libya to uncover husband’s plane crash death
A London woman is travelling to Libya in an attempt to uncover the truth about the death of her husband, who died in a plane crash there nearly 20 years ago.
Londoner, Victor Prazak, was one of more than 150 people who were killed when Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 crashed near Tripoli in December 1992.
Mr Prazak’s wife, Felicity, has long suspected that the crash was no accident and she is now going to meet members of the transitional council in rebel-occupied Libya who have promised her an inquiry.
Vid.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14...
Confirmation of earlier tweets:
Algerian paper reports 7 terrorists trying to enter Libya killed in southern desert battle
ALGIERS, Algeria – An Algerian daily says that security forces have killed seven foreigners trying to enter Libya and confiscated weapons, U.S. dollars and documents about the al-Qaida branch in North Africa.
El Khabar cites security forces well informed about the southern arm of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb for its information.
It said Wednesday that seven foreign terrorists were killed in a long battle early Tuesday in the Tisdirine region where the borders of Algeria, Niger and Libya meet. The group were travelling from Niger in three vehicles.
The information could not be independently confirmed.
There was no information about the confiscated documents.
El Khabar says 27 terrorists have been killed at the frontier since the start of the Libyan uprising.
AP:
Source:
ca.news.yahoo.com/algerian-paper-report...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Heavy frontline fighting today led to many casualties – 7 dead & 73 injured, 15 seriously – by 7pm so prob more to come. #Misrata #Feb17
ChangeInLibya
Tripoli: Armed clashes between revolutionaries and Gaddafi brigades in Souq Al Jumaa district #libya #feb17
Sarah LFFR
#Tripoli : Affrontements armé entre les révolutionnaires & les brigades de #Gaddafi dans Souq Al Jumaa
dovenews Libyan™
#Gaddafi forces are using civilians as human shields to prevent #FF from advancing. #Zlitan #Misrata
Video: Mother of 3 martyred sons
A mother explains how she lost three sons during the uprising. May God grant patience to all the mothers of martyrs.
“My kids were in front of the house, and a rocket from Gaddafi came and killed them. Three of them died, two of them had their legs injured, and another his arm cut off. Right in front of my house. And sufficient for us is God, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.”
Video:
feb17.info/news/video-mother-of-3-marty...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Here’s a picture of pre-injury Mustafa in #Misrata #Libya with his war-time truck and freedom fighter gear in June. twitpic.com/5t40nx
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi thugs pretending to sell weapons in Tripoli & anyone interested gets arrested. #Tripoli
ALERT
Ossama
Reports that the tyrant with the help of Russian engineers who had supervised the mining of Brega are now mining areas north of Ber Algnm
White House:“It’s up2 #Libya n ppl 2decide what #Gaddafi’s future is. There r so many ways he’s really running out of time”
CNN
Libyan government bemoans a prosperous future lost to civil war
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — The Libyan government in Tripoli estimates the grinding conflict that has been tearing the country apart for the past five months has cost the national economy some $50 billion.
“The cost is colossal,” said Abdulhafid Zlitni, planning and finance minister for the Tripoli government. In an interview with CNN, Zlitni said the suspension of oil and gas exports had accounted for a huge chunk of the losses.
“The income foregone because of the stoppage of the export of oil is something like $20 billion,” he said.
This has brought an end to what had been a surge in prosperity for the North African country.
Last year, Libya’s economy was booming, with gross domestic product surging 10.3%, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Full art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/2...
hominoid
Libya Brega G losses 90 military cars 4 rocket launchers 9 tanks, a number of 300-400 dead from the Brigades as well as 7 hostages
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi’s dad was a traitor working for the Italians to kill Libyans, in the Italian occupation. Its all coming out now.
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi’s FM went to Russia to meet with Russian officials, may be went for weapon deal or something!!
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Look again to see what #Gaddafi was preparing for #Benghazi in Mar 2011 youtube.com/watch?v=T-r88p… #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-r88pEXIHA&fea...
Libya Misrata Front line fighters reported that the bulk of G forces were dressed in civilian clothes, also civilian 4×4 to look like Ffs.
Des Grant
libya: Seems to me Libyan People have more in common with Europeans than African neighbors ..
Nuna
Zawya : qaddafi brigades planting land mines in Be2r el Ghanam, Qudayrat tribe birthplace, and surrounding farms and roads #Libya
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Libya Explores Open Media in #Benghazi youtube.com/watch?v=Kj62PN… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj62PNOigBc&fea...
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Misrata: Heavy fighting today resulted in substantial number of captured personnel and material from #Gaddafi forces
Joanne
#BENGHAZI 2 small explosions and a fire reported by #NTC Mahmood Shamam near March 28 Stadium, Benghazi Sports City
FromJoanne Joanne
#BENGHAZI 2 blasts heard earlier were handmade grenades usually used by fishermen But it was a wedding Celebration #Libya
LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
NATO jets heard over Brega
Al Jazeera Arabic NATO jets were heard flying over Brega, according to a reporter in Ajdabiya. Revolutionaries were able to scout into Brega and then retreat again successfully.
Libya TV The town of Ghadames has been without power for five days since Gaddafi forces knocked down an electricity tower near Nalut, disrupting the power supply to the area between Nalut and Ghadames.
Abeidi
Libya, Brega,Very weird a child follow FF in Brega without anyone of them noticed please focus on the leftside of screen youtube.com/watch?v=FonaH5…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FonaH5_tq0E
Washington Post
U.S. recognition of new Libyan government raises tough legal questions
Writing for the Council on Foreign Relations this week, John B. Bellinger III, former legal adviser to the State Department, said the announcement raises “legal and practical problems,” including questions over whether Gaddafi’s government or the NTC is legally bound to respect international treaties.
The difficulty of resolving those questions might help explain why Harold Koh, the current legal adviser to the State Department, was cautious when asked about the recognition of the TNC during a Senate hearing late last month.
Historically under international law, an outside country could even be accused of interfering illegally in the internal affairs of a country if it were to recognize an insurgent group. Of course, at this point, the United States is doing far more than just recognizing. We’re providing assistance and military support generally.
Checkpoint: Now we have to hope that the Gaddafi government, while scorned by the United States, is still happy to oblige by its international obligations?
Bellinger: Well, that’s right. I would be worried about that. It’s not clear, at least publicly, what message is being conveyed to the Gaddafi regime, since they have been told publicly by the State Department that they are no longer considered to have any legitimate authority in Libya. How can we also expect them to fulfill certain international law obligations that they have to us or to others if we don’t think they’re the government anymore? That certainly raises some difficult legal questions.
Full story here:
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint...
Khalid
So in short if I understand it the right way:
FF’s have to obey the rules before they are recognized, and now that they are, G doesn’t have to obey them anymore……….
Was g obliging by the international obligations over the last 42 years? Or even the last 5 months?
I get the sense that there is a disinformation campain going on right now, please correct me if I’m wrong……….
razibus
Nobody in France understand why our Foreign office minister say different than our president, it’s internal french power-fight.
Mohammed
Indirectly they are playing politics with other peoples lives in France, just like they do in other countries:(
And then they wonder why people aren’t interested in voting anymore, they act like kiddies fighting over marbles in the playground.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Rebel commander in #Misrata: senior #Gaddafi commander was captured in fighting today nr #Zliten. #Feb17
Moonlight
Misurata FF arrested the military leader of #Hamza brigade, he was wounded in clashes, taken 2Misurata for care&questioning
Sarah
Zliten:(Unconfirmed) reports that Muftah Ibsheer (Ramadan Insbheer’s brother) was killed in his farm during NATO attacks yesterday
Ramadan Isbheer:
He is a monster (unfortunately)originally from Zliten who was one of the leaders in attacks on Misrata :( As well as suppressing & arresting FF inside Zliten.He’s a big Gaddafi goon.Was captured by FF (Thank God!)
WSJ
Rebels Move Toward Gadhafi Stronghold
ZINTAN, Libya—Rebel fighters have penetrated Libya’s southwest desert and pulled within 80 miles of Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s southern stronghold, opening a new front and suggesting the strongman’s grip is slipping even in areas believed firmly in his control.
The rebels captured a small village south of Sebha on Monday. The fall of Sebha, one of Col. Gadhafi’s three regional power centers in Libya, would be a huge symbolic and strategic blow.
The city of 130,000 is a logistics hub for the regime, channeling food, fuel, personnel and other war supplies northward from southern farmlands and neighboring Algeria, Chad and Niger, ..
Link:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111...
Skeptic
#Brega Video of at least 5 FF BM-21 #Grad #rocket launchers firing + 1 resupply vehicle, now battle of equals youtu.be/1y5bNK-mLZE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5bNK-mLZE&feature=youtu.be
Zlitniya
#Gaddafi is #famousforthewrongbook His Green book is a compilation of nonsense understood by none but enforced on millions #Dictator
AlluCemif
LPC #Misrata: Combats intenses, nombreux soldats de #Kadhafi et armement capturés, 6 révolut. tués et 56 blessés selon
Skeptic
so now FFs control cemetery in Zliten 32°26’20"N 14°35’1"E
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Captured Gaddafi commander named as Abdu Nebi Zaid, tank commander originally from Tawargha. Has leg & facial injuries. #Zliten #Misrata
“Zliten will be taken by Zliten fighters,” rebel commander tells us. “Misratans will back up and support, but it is time for them to fight”
REPORTS:
Few days ago Saif Gaddafi apparently took pills ( tranquilizers) and was drunk. Was admitted to Alkhadra Hospital stayed there overnight…..
Physical Address of hospital:
Elhadba
Elkhadra
Tripoli
Unilib
Maybe he tried to commit suicide?
Arrived:
A Free Libyan
The 4 RAF Tornados have arrived today in Southern Italy to aid in the #Libya mission. Extra recon + firepower.
The National AE:
Qaddafi’s troops have fled Brega, say rebels
Agence France-Presse
But at Brega, rebel gains were stymied by vast quantities of anti-personnel mines planted by retreating loyalist forces and the difficulties in attacking an estimated 200 Qaddafi troops fighting from near vital petrochemical facilities.
That difficulty was laid bare late on Tuesday, when 24 rebel fighters died. It was by far the rebels’ bloodiest day since the battle for Brega began almost a week ago.
A rebel military source said many of the casualties came when troops closing in on isolated Qaddafi forces were hit by a line-guided rocket attack.
Outside the town, rebel troops cleared minefields holding up their advance, while trying to dislodge Qaddafi’s artillery to the west.
Rebel military sources said some Qaddafi forces were arcing rockets over Brega onto rebel positions from the town of Bishr, while most troops had retreated to Ras Lanuf, another oil town further west.
The rebels said Qaddafi troops inside Brega were largely conscripts and volunteers. “The elite troops have left. The soldiers left in the city are stuck,” said Abdulrazag Elaradi, a National Transitional Council member visiting the front. “They cannot go forward because they will be killed by the rebels and they cannot go back because they will be killed by Qaddafi’s men.”
Read full art.:
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AJA just reported that Safia Gaddafi is said to be originally from Hungary
Heraldonline
Portia Walker
For Libya’s western rebels, high hopes but real struggles
QAWALISH, Libya --
In a house on the outskirts of this deserted village on Libya’s western front line, about a dozen rebel fighters sheltered from the blistering sun, occasionally scanning the horizon with binoculars. Across the dusty mountain plain below them were Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, whom they had forced from the village more than a month ago.
The western rebels – long seen as better disciplined and more tenacious than the fighters in eastern Libya – also are showing signs of faltering organization. After finally capturing Qawalish on July 6, they allowed Gadhafi’s forces to overrun it briefly on July 13 before reinforcements arrived and they recaptured the village later that day.
Rebel commanders said some young fighters manning a checkpoint had fallen asleep at their posts, allowing the government troops to pass unchallenged.
Col. Jumaa Ibrahim, a senior coordinator at the western rebels’ military headquarters in Zintan, said the fighters had failed to alert the control room, meaning that it was several hours before reinforcements were summoned.
“It’s difficult when you are controlling civilian people,” Ibrahim explained. “When I arrived in Zintan, they are not disciplined, they are shooting in the air, driving fast. They are very good fighters, they are very brave, but they still need more training.”
Full art.:
www.heraldonline.com/2011/07/20/3233947...
AJA: fighters confirm their entrance to some residential areas in #Brega
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: ZLITEN SOURCE:@ 1am NATO jets fired 3 missiles at main army barracks/ammo bunkers in the centre of Zliten & destroyed them #libya
Reports that Gaddafii forces are using THALES Squire ground surveillance radar.
Info on those radars:
SQUIRE Ground Surveillance Radar
SQUIRE is a man-portable medium-range ground surveillance radar that can detect and classify moving targets on, or close to, the ground at ranges up to 48 km.
SQUIRE consists of compact components to be carried in two backpacks. Each weighs less than 23 kgs., including batteries, and can therefore be easily carried by two persons.
SQUIRE is light, compact, and has a very low output power thanks to the application of FMCW technology. SQUIRE is ideally suitable for use by the Army and Marines, e.g. air mobile and amphibious units, but also by United Nations units or Border Guard units.
Squire features the Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar principle for very low Probability of Intercept. With only 1 Watt output power, SQUIRE is capable of detecting walking persons at ranges exceeding 10 km and moving tank-sized vehicles up to 48 km. The low peak power (peak and average power are equal and selectable between 10 milliWatt and 1 Watt maximum) makes the system virtually undetectable by ESM Electronic Support Measures equipment and Radar Warning
Receivers.
The system also incorporates automatic target classification facilities for persons, wheeled vehicles, tracked vehicles and helicopters. The solid state techniques that are applied result in very high reliability and low life cycle cost. SQUIRE is presently in production for various countries.
In June 2002 the Royal Netherlands Army ordered 62 SQUIRE systems, including logistics and training. At present about 220 SQUIRES have been sold to armed forces all over the globe.
Source for info:
www.thalesgroup.com/squire/?pid=1568
Bint
A family friend just told us that many doctors that we know in Tripoli are being held, random prosecutions going in hospitals.Rabi yehmehoom
The worst thing is another doctor we know is with Lejan Thowriya now and is hoarding alot of medications just to make ppl more worried.
AJA: After being banned under #Gaddafi rule, families in Jebel Nafusa have begun teach their children the Tamazight language.
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
by ChangeInLibya
Electrcty back in Yefren, Libya after months w/o. 2 coffee shops open tnite. Amizigh life slowly returning, tho city still mostly deserted.
Yefren also publishing small, free wkly newspaper in 3 languages — Amazigh, Arabic, English. “The Tamusna Newspaper.” Reading it tnite.
Des Grant
#Libya Brega G losses 90 military cars 4 rocket launchers 9 tanks. it is clear now NATO was correct in advising FF to hold back !!!
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Sadeg El Haddad (31) today in a Tunis hospital. He’s an injured #Libyan FF from #Misrata. Still has a sense of humor. twitpic.com/5t66tl
Zlitniya
Zliten:Gaddafi militia forced families in Suq Al Thalath and As-sab’a to vacate homes in 30 min.Feared theyre preparing to shell these areas
unclear: g forces or NATO?
Nato is bombing there right now!
Nato always warns.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libyan Govt Bemoans Prosperous Future Lost to Civil War | #Gaddafi press release? You’d think so. But no. CNN headline. edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asi…
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/2...
Ahmed
Seems media all of a sudden has turned , and not in favor of the libyan people.
Why I wonder….
Who owns those media outlets?
Selina: Is it a distraction technique or do we have to follow the money again?
kirdes Cedric Raymond
prosperous for whom. It hasn’t helped Libyan People for forty years
Carol
Updates on the battles for Brega and Zlitan, go to #Libyaupdates, via @al_omari #Libya July20th
Libya, Jul 20, 2011
By Hussein Al-Omari on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 5:12pm
1. The revolutionary fighters are controlling parts of Breag and surrounding the rest of Brega from three directions except the west side, leaving it as a retreat exit for Gaddafi forces to avert bloodshed.
2. The revolutionary fighters are trenching themselves in the southern and eastern sides of Brega while they fully control the eastern side of the residential area of Brega. They keep themselves in scattered small groups in Brega.
3. As spokesperson for the revolutionary fighters said that the number of Gaddafi forces soldiers remaining in the city of Brega is very small compared with the last few weeks. The current number is estimated at 200 soldiers centered near the oil installations.
4. The revolutionary fighters are exchanging bombing with Gaddafi forces; the revolutionary fighters are using heavy artillery and Grad missiles to attack Gaddafi forces while Gaddafi forces are using Grad missiles and thermal Milan missiles and mortars artillery to retaliate.
5. The revolutionary fighters had 18 of them killed and 150 wounded yesterday in the Brega fighting.
6. Gaddafi forces had more than 800 wounded soldiers and many more killed in Brega fighting.
7. The fighting is in the coastal area near the oil refineries. NATO planes also bombed Gaddafi forces in Brega.
8. The revolutionary fighters removed 750 mines from a distance of 7.5 Km; that is in the rate of 100 mines per Km, or 1 mine every 10 m. The mines look big meant for vehicles to drive on them to trigger them off.
9. The revolutionary fighters advanced from the 18 Km west of Ajdabiya to the 60 Km west of Ajdabiya with many of them penetrated to the industrial part of Brega.
10. A spokesperson for the French foreign ministry said that the revolutionary fighters are gaining full control of Brega but added that he is not in a position to confirm precisely what is happening on the ground.
11. Gaddafi TV showed some interviewed recorded in Brega to show that the city is clean from the revolutionary fighters; the revolutionary fighters said they are old videos. Gaddafi TV has done that kind of showing old videos many times so far like the time where they showed General Abdul-Fattah Younis being reinstated as defense minister for Gaddafi showing an old video, where the man standing next to him had died years before.
12. In west Misrara, the fierce battle for Zelitan is still going on for the last few days.
13. Today, 7 of the revolutionary fighters were killed and 57 wounded in the Zleitan fighting. They have killed many of Gaddafi forces and captured many of them including new ammunition and weapons. They belong to the 32nd Brigade lead by Gaddafi’s son Khamis Gaddafi.
14. The Zleitan city is still surrounded from three directions by the revolutionary fighters. The revolutionary fighters are using artillery and tanks in their attacks.
15. The revolutionary fighters are slowly gaining ground in their advancing toward Zelitan.
16. A plane came from Benghazi and landed in Misrata airport safely carrying humanitarian aid and medical supplies, which marks a victory for the revolutionary fighters who proved that they have broken the siege around Misrata and that they are in full control of all Misrata and its airport.
17. The mayor of Misrata, Khalifa Azzawawi, is a big hit to Gaddafi’s regime after we have fully cleaned the airport from the mines deployed by Gaddafi forces.
18. He added that the plane carried some wounded people back to Benghazi showing that Gaddafi forces are kept at a far distance from Misrata.
19. The French foreign minister said that there is a chance for Gaddafi to stay in Libya if he steps down and departs completely from politics.
20. Gaddafi foreign minister said that the resignation of Gaddafi is not an item on the agenda of the Moscow meetings.
Noah
In high school I was voted most likely to become a crochety old man. Proud to say I’ve lived up to my potential :)
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
Most refuse in museum is fully expended and safe. Some is not. They have unexploded ATGM & 2 UXO warheads in exhibit. V bad.
SecularLibya
Heinz: #Brega – A lot of progress has been done in the past 2 hours. Airport was attacked by FFs. Daffis can’t escape,so they fighting hard.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” #Koper #Slovenia – #DjenDjen #Algeria now en route 36.76239˚ / 15.2794˚. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Yesterday my laptop was hacked & made useless. Thanks to the Geek Squad it’s back up. SUCK IT #GADDAFI FILTH, I’M HERE PERMANENTLY! #Libya
derek_brower: I’m told a #Libya vessel,Farwa (destination Djen, Algeria),is carrying a cargo that will please #gaddafi more than #nato"
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “HAJ-SAYED” now en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya. #feb17
#Liberia CARGO SHIP “JAGUAR” has departed port #Benghazi #Libya. #feb17
#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “BLUE SKY” about to arrive in port #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-21 08:00 (UTC). #feb17
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
Libyans on both sides of conflict need education, awareness re UXO, 4 public safety. V dangerous 2 put UXO on display. Recipe 4 grave harm.
UXO = Unexploded ordnance. Rockts, shells, anti-tank-guided missiles etc. that were fired but did not explode.
SecularLibya
Guardian: “We are now one & a half kilometres from Zlitan,” said a rebel fighter, Mohammed Ashanobah, of the Shaheed (Martyr) Brigade #Libya
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Gaddafi cud not buy a better headline: “#Libyan Govt Bemoans Prosperous Future Lost to Civil War”
C.J. Chivers
Yes, spent long time there tday, 2 intvu artists. Also, suggested they remove 3 pieces/UXO from display. UXO ed crucial here.
One thing we can learn from g:
Libya United 1944
He’s shown the World that if u havent got anything 2 wear u can always sew something out of ur grans curtains!
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We pray for the safety of our brave ff’s in Brega.
WAITING FOR NEWS FROM BREGA………
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/DSJRN
NATOpress NATO Press
NATO Secretary General at the International Contact Group for Libya in Istanbul: NATO remains committed to protect the Libyan people
The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Istanbul on 15 July 2011 and attended the meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya. During the meeting, the Secretary General said that NATO is supportive of all efforts to find a political solution to the Libya crisis and commended the initiative to develop a roadmap.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_76455...
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Libyan FF made fast progress on Brega tonight they could liberate it completely by tomorrow!
BREAKING: some freedom movements in Tripoli, Tarhuan, Aljumayil, Ghiriyan, Azzawiah, al waddan, Surt, Hoon, Sebha, Ubari, Surman, Subrata and other cities are putting on DVD and audio CDs the interview with sheikh “Aldukali Muhammad AlAalem” who is highly respected and listened to in many areas of Libya. we are trying to write it down too although it is long and audio and visual versions may be better at this time.
Reuters
Heavy clashes erupted in the Nafusa Mountains near the town of Bir Ghanam on Saturday. Sustained gunfire and volleys of artillery could be heard from the village of Bir Ayad, 15 km (9 miles) south of Bir Ghanam. Rebels at Bir Ghanam hold the high ground on the outskirts of the town, their closest position to the capital, Tripoli, about 80 km (48 miles) away.
Jazeera Arabic
Very intense battles between revolutionaries and Gaddafi forces are also reported around Brega.
libyanandproud
brega is definately BREACHED and g defences have been penetrated .
Joanne
#BREGA Gaddafi forces R concentrated in West of town where they collect injured its very hectic 4 them. FF + #NATO are steadily progressing
Libya In Me
So yesterday news broke out that Brega has been taken over by the FFs. Big celebrations took place in Al-marj and Benghazi
I was pretty iffy about such news. It turns out that they did enter but had to leave due to mines planted there
Our FFs on the frontlines near Brega have also received a new shipment of weapons.
Celebrations consisted of lots of shots fired, pomegranate looking bombs going off, etc. I wish it would stop, complete waste of artillerly
In Zliten the FFs have completed a successful operation where a tank and a rocket launcher were destroyed killing 4 of Gaddafi’s forces
In Nalut, where my dad was, desperate help is needed, especially in the medical field..there is great need for surgeons and equipment
A Free Libyan
#Benghazi people also aiding by donating blood to hospitals. Great deal of determination amongst the people.
hominoid
The media circle of the 17 Feb libyan Revolution, 10 Martyrs and 168 wounded in clashes in Albreigah yesterday yes that is Brega
libyanandproud
#Brega : The slow progress is due 2: g forces are entrenched and breach of the g defensive positions was hard and successful
A Free Libyan
Disturbing reports from #Brega indicate that many G soldiers have been found executed. #Libya #Feb17
Straits Times:
Libya rebels breach Brega
BENGHAZI – LIBYAN rebels were poised for an attempt to retake Brega on Saturday after breaching the key oil refinery town’s defences, buoyed by the recognition of their administration by major powers.
The recognition decision, taken by members of the International Contact Group on Libya at a meeting in Istanbul on Friday, clears the way for the release of funds frozen in accordance with sanctions adopted against the government of veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Rebel military spokesman Mohammed Zawi told AFP that a light mobile force had breached loyalist positions around Brega late on Friday, before pulling back in anticipation of a renewed offensive early on Saturday.
A group of reconnaissance troops entered the town from the north, then pulled back four kilometres (two and a half miles) before midnight (6am Singapore time), Mr Zawi said.
‘Tomorrow we can take Brega, God willing,’ he said.
The probing raid on the front line between the rebel-held east and the mainly government-held west came some 32 hours after the rebel command launched a three-pronged attack against Gaddafi’s forces in Brega, who were thought to have numbered around 3,000. — AFP
SecularLibya
Heinz, since start of this advance, Daffi has lost 800 men in #Brega from defection, injury or dead. Lot of triage traffic in W Brega
Heinz: The fighting Daffis are outside #Brega. If they move into urban areas, then the defection rate jumps up. So they have to hold outside
Qadafi tried to send 4 tanks on transporters and 5 launcher trucks to #Brega last night from Ras Lanuf, only to be destroyed by NATO.
FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO a Destroyer positioned in Gulf of Sirte along #Brega shore is firing at Gaddafi positions #Libya
Libya In Me
The number of mines planted by Gaddafi’s forces in and around Brega is hard to believe. They are making it really difficult for FFs to enter
Libia: ribelli preparano avanzata Brega
(ANSA) – AJDABIYA (LIBIA), 16 LUG – I ribelli libici si preparano oggi ad avanzare sul fronte orientale nel tentativo di dare l’assalto alla città petrolifera di Brega, dopo che ieri sera una loro unità è riuscita ad introdursi nella città. Il portavoce ‘militare’ degli insorti a Bengasi, Mohammed Zawi, aveva riferito dell’incursione ieri sera di circa 50 ribelli, penetrati da nord, prima di ritirarsi nuovamente poco dopo
Source:
www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnew...
Libya rebels poised to attempt to retake Brega
AJDABIYA, Libya — Libyan rebels were poised on Saturday for an attempt to retake Brega after breaching the key oil refinery town’s defences in a probing raid.
While the rebels’ forward position to the north was four kilometres from the town centre, a second unit attacking from due east of Brega faced stiffer resistance and was about 10-20 kilometres (six to 12 miles) from the town.
“Most of Kadhafi’s troops seem to be at the centre,” Zawi said.
Rebels were trying to dispose of more than 150 landmines already found outside the town, to make way for heavy artillery.
But the assault took a bloody toll, with at least 10 dead and 172 wounded, according to medics.
Lying prone in “Bed 2,” 19-year-old Ali Saleh said he had been in the central rebel column in the early hours of the morning when his armoured personnel carrier hit a mine.
“We were very close to Brega at around three in the morning, then we got instructions from NATO to fall back and as we were falling back the vehicle hit a mine, destroying the chain track.”
Full art AFP:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
ALJAZEERA
Libya rebels killed trying to re-take Brega
A Libyan medical official says 10 rebel fighters have been killed and 172 wounded in an attack on a strategic eastern oil town controlled by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader.
Mohammed Idris said on Saturday that rebel forces entered the front-line town of Brega the night before and that government shelling and land mines killed the rebels.
He also said rebel forces had captured four government soldiers.
It was unclear whether any other government troops were killed and whether the fighting had advanced the rebel front line.
“We are told that the bulk of the opposition fighters are some 20km outside of Brega, kept at bay with Grad rockets fired by Gaddafi’s fighters,” Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught, reporting from rebel-held Benghazi, said.
Heavy clashes also broke out on Saturday at the front line in the Western Mountains town of Bir Ghanam.
Rebels hold the high ground on the outskirts of the town, their closest position to Tripoli, just 80km away.
Libya’s opposition received a boost on Friday from Istanbul when more than 30 nations – including the US – recognised their National Transitional Council.
But the civil war has fallen into a stalemate, with rebel forces unable to make significant advances, even while NATO bombs Gaddafi’s troops under a UN mandate to protect civilians.
Returning to key town
Libyan rebels were poised for an attempt on Saturday to retake Brega after breaching the key oil refinery town’s defences in a probing raid.
Mohammed Zawi, a rebel military spokesman, told the AFP news agency that a light mobile force had breached loyalist positions around Brega late on Friday, before pulling back for a renewed offensive early on Saturday.
A group of around 50 reconnaissance troops entered the town from the north, then pulled back four kilometres before midnight, Zawi said.
The probing raid on the front line between the rebel-held east and the mainly government-held west came some 32 hours after the rebel command launched a three-pronged attack against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, who were thought to have numbered around 3,000.
While the rebels’ forward position to the north was four kilometres from the town centre, a second unit attacking from due east of Brega faced stiffer resistance.
“Most of Gaddafi’s troops seem to be at the centre,” Zawi said.
Rebels were trying to dispose of more than 150 landmines already found outside the town, to make way for heavy artillery.
Full art. Here:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
TV5Monde
Libye: les rebelles se préparent à prendre la ville pétrolière de Brega
AJDABIYA (Libye) (AFP) – 16.07.2011 10:00
Les insurgés, galvanisés par la reconnaissance internationale de leur représentation politique, se préparaient samedi à progresser sur le front Est en prenant la cité pétrolière de Brega après y avoir réussi une incursion vendredi soir
Read more:
www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/info...
Abeidi Libya, Brega smell of rats in between FF in the south axis The national army investigate at the moment and dealing with it. Stupid traitors
Libya In Me
The world needs to know that Brega is tough to enter, and NATO is right to stop FFs from proceeding. Brega is not Misrata, Zawiya, or Zintan
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Gaddafi forces planted land mines in Al #Brega have caused injuries for 10s of Freedom Fighters and loss of limbs.
Abeidi
Libya, Brega reports not good from the south axis where they pushed back and many tanks lost with FF
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Nafousa Mountains: Freedom fighters are also clashing with Gaddafi forces in Miskah west of Gheryan and Bir Ghanam south of Zawiya
FromJoanne Joanne
In #Nafusa the FF are closing in on #Asabeah they are 4 km away from Gaddafis Country house #Libya
“At Misrata’s military HQ, fighters greet each other not with salutes, but with bear-hugs, kisses, and cries of Allahu Akbar (God is Great)”
libyanandproud
A #NATO Destroyer positioned in the Gulf of Sidre along the coast is firing at #Gaddafi forces in #Brega.
A Free Libyan
AJE/Reuters – Clashes ongoing in the town of #BirGhanam
FromJoanne Joanne
Saturday Morning Convoy of 15 Gaddafi vehicles advanced on #BirGhanam shelling town but FF 15KM away in BirAyad made G Forces RETREAT #Libya
libyanandproud
#Misrata : More than 15 Mosques have been damaged and in some cases completely destroyed by #Gaddafi forces since #Feb17 .
A Free Libyan
VIDEO – youtube.com/watch?v=5bBf_g… – FF tank attacking G from around #Ajdabiya #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bBf_gsizas&feature=player_embedded#at=46
Libya, Jul 16,
by Hussein Al-Omari on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 11:10am
(Sources: Aljazeera)
1. The revolutionary fighters are determined to take over Brega very soon. They are set to attack the city from three fronts: the east, the south, and the west.
2. Last night, after midnight, the revolutionary fighters sent surveillance units inside Brega from the northern side then they retreated for 4 Km to prepare for a new attack.
3. Gaddafi forces are massed in the center of Brega.
4. The revolutionary fighters tried to enter Brega also from the southern side but suffered heavy casualties due to heavy attacks by Gaddafi forces on them.
5. The revolutionary fighters also faced strong resistance from the eastern side as well.
6. The revolutionary fighters are now cleaning the area around Brega from the land mines implanted by Gaddafi forces.
7. Both sides are expected to dig trenches to protect themselves in the open desert area.
8. The revolutionary fighters say that they expect to capture the city today.
9. About 5 of the revolutionary fighters got killed and 75 wounded so far in the fighting in the middle between Brega and Ajdabiya in Al-Arbaeen area (the 40 Km area). The revolutionary fighters had taken control of this strategic area.
10. Gaddafi forces bombed the area of Al-Nuaimeh west of Misrata and killed 9 of the revolutionary fighters and wounded 35.
11. The revolutionary fighters are using large concrete water pipes to hide inside from the intense shelling by Gaddafi forces in the west of Misrata. The caterpillars brought them the empty unused pipes.
12. The revolutionary fighters had a plan to attack Tripoli from the south yesterday but had to postpone it due to technical mistakes.
13. The revolutionary fighters had recaptured the town of Al-Qawalish two days ago after 7 of them were killed in fights with Gaddafi forces.
14. The revolutionary fighters were planning to move on to Gharyan but their ammunition ran out after Gaddafi forces attacked them in Al-Qawalish.
15. The United Nations mission announced that Misrata is in bad need for sending more humanitarian aid due to higher prices, less buying power, and shortage of medical supplies.
16. NTC media spokesman, Mahmud Shammam, said that no ceasefire will take place before Gaddafi is gone. Fighting Gaddafi during Ramadan is not against Islam and said that great battles of the Prophet (s.a.w.) took place in Ramadan.
17. French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, said that NATO operations will continue during the month of Ramadan,
18. Some western countries said that they will intensify the military pressure on Gaddafi till he steps down.
19. Britain said that its forces destroyed a military personnel carrier in Zleitan west of Misrata. It also said that its forces have damaged or destroyed more than 500 military targets including many command and control units.
20. NATO leader Rasmussen called on NATO countries to provide more planes to be used in the military operations in Libya. In response, Britain announced that it will send four more planes to add to NATO allied forces participating in the operation.
feb17
SKY NEWS:
(Art. from yesterday’s rally)
Thousands Bussed In To Pro-Gaddafi Rally Today
On the main coast road that runs the entire width of Libya countless buses, trucks, vans and cars made their way east from the capital Tripoli and towns and villages en route.
The bussing-in of Gaddafi supporters to apparently uncoordinated rallies has been standard fare for weeks; but this was on a massive scale.
Their destination was the town of Zlitan, 20-odd miles from the rebel front lines. It was to be a huge demonstration of support for the colonel.
Tens of thousands crammed into the town’s main square. Men, women and children, horses and even a camel coloured nose to tail in Libyan green.
One man who had lived for 10 years in Cardiff put his arm on my shoulder when he learned I grew up in Wales.
“I like you, I like Welsh people, I like British people, but I don’t like your government and I don’t like Nato and it’s bombing. Look around you, these people are for real. Trust me, they love Gaddafi,” he said.
Without doubt this was an organised event. Militia and military oversaw and controlled the crowds swirling around the square. But while they were brought to Zlitan there was no doubt that they really do believe in Colonel Gaddafi.
Judging from the mood in Zlitan, without that solution, the next phase of this civil war could be truly horrendous.
Read full report:
feb17.info/news/thousands-bussed-in-to-...
Just a thought:
I don’t believe in luck. I mean, if a rabbit’s foot is supposed to be lucky, then look at what happened to the rabbit!
BBC
Misrata rebels: Stuck in the sand, with sky-high morale
Libyan rebel forces on the front line outside Misrata have one powerful weapon in their fight against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s well-armed troops – self-confidence and high morale.
It’s not often that you find yourself caught up in a real-life metaphor that seems so ludicrously appropriate as to become almost a cliche.
But that’s exactly what happened when, on a recent trip to speak to the rebels about the stalemate on their front line, our car got stuck in the sand.
Our escort was a commander by the name of El Hadi, a softly spoken man with intelligent eyes and a bushy black beard. He was taking us to see his encampment, high on the brow of a hill, overlooking territory held by Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.
We found El Hadi’s fighters lounging up against a sandbank, sheltering from the sun and the bullets, eating spaghetti out of tin-foil containers.
Before the revolution started, El Hadi had been an importer of car tyres. Now he has around 600 men under his command.
These are not soldiers. They are farmers and lawyers, students and engineers. But what they lack in experience, they more than make up for in courage and commitment.
At Misrata’s military HQ, fighters greet each other not with salutes, but with bear-hugs, kisses, and cries of “Allahu Akbar” – “God is Great”.
There’s a frantic atmosphere of energy and industry. Everyone is busy, but no-one seems to know what anyone else is up to.
And yet, somehow, it seems to be working. Close your eyes and you might almost imagine yourself in Petrograd during the Russian revolution, watching a new order struggling to establish itself.
But there is one crucial difference. This is a leaderless revolution, whose only ideology is a single common purpose – the overthrow of Col Gaddafi.
Full art. Here:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our...
libyanandproud
Breaking : #Nafusa : #Asaba’a : Clashes between Asaba’a FF and #Gaddafi forces in the middle of town.
AbE
There is NO FAMILY in #LIBYA that has not been effected by #GadaffiCRIMES and my family was one of them
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#Misrata doctors have performed over 250 amputations on civilians,victims of random shelling by Gaddafiforces #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=bFCYQ1…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFCYQ18DuR0
Portia Walker
Currently in Jadu, on way to Yifran. Hot.
Breaking : Nafusa : Asaba’a : Affrontements entre FreedomFighters de Asaba’a & GF dans le centre de la ville
Nusiba
Praying for the Freedom fighters trying to enter Brega
anitamcnaught Anita McNaught
Benghazi astoundingly normal, compared to Tripoli. No tension. No anxiety. No fear in people’s faces. The future for rest of country.
BBCr4today BBC Radio 4 Today
“It is time that is against Gaddafi,” says @WilliamJHague on the war in #libya. “These operations are sustainable indefinitely”
Inglesi:
those big explosions late Friday night in #Misrata were in #Rwaisat area of town I’m told. Haven’t heard of any casualties
seems that GF have resupplied. rounds of rockets landing around #Misrata over the past 24h. Frontline very hectic too.
Anti-aircraft gun welded to a wheelbarrow at #Misrata’s improvised-weapons factory.
Necessityisthemotherofinventio n
and here is that anti-Gaddafi wheelbarrow, formerly known as an anti-aircraft gun twitpic.com/5r2z79
helicopter rocket pod, rearranged for use on the #Misrata front lines twitpic.com/5r3dgb #feb17 #Libya
Libya Free Forever.
#G plants explosive in sewage, what if everyone in Tropil flushed toilets at once.they could drown the process #Feb 17 Libya, this is REAL.
Gadafi spread Luna rockets 45 &Launchers in #Tripoli directed towards the Center ,Fashloum, Ain Zara, Aldahra,Sug Aljuma’a, S Tajura &shore
“We were very close to Brega… then we got instructions from NATO to fall back” NATO giving orders? aje.me/oXmLjs
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Volley of gunshots can be heard near the #rixos in #Tripoli now. people celebrating or something else?
We think the gunfire was to celebrate the end of Col #Gaddafi speech.
reuters
FACTBOX-Latest developments in Libyan conflict
July 16 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
- Heavy clashes were under way on Saturday morning on the front line in Libya’s Western Mountains at the town of Bir Ghanam.
- A rebel fighter said a convoy of about 15 vehicles from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi tried to approach Bir Ghanam, but the rebels fired at it and the convoy retreated after a about an hour of shooting.
- Rebels in the Western Mountains have made steady progress in recent weeks after repelling assaults by Gaddafi’s forces.
- But the rebels have been hampered by divisions, ill-discipline and supply problems.
- NATO said it conducted 115 air sorties on Friday, 46 of them strike sorties that aim to identify and hit targets but do not always deploy munitions.
- NATO said key targets hit on Friday included:
— One tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, one multiple rocket launcher, seven armed vehicles near Brega; Continued…
Link:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
The #Libya Contact group is meeting at the ottoman Palace in Istanbul Turkey Clinton official says Talks will help prepare #NTC to Govern
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya Faraj al-Shwaib, 91yrs old, "I’d be proud to be the old man who fought #Rommel and #Gaddafi’ A Loyd London twitpic.com/5r1lkv
The Hill Congress Blog:
US Libya policy: Much ado about nothing
Almost four months since NATO airstrikes began against Muammar Gadhafi and his military, the United States has become a mere follower of a dysfunctional and fragmented international approach to Libya. America’s irrelevance in the crisis is now clear. What is also evident is that the collapse of U.S. policy in the oil-rich North African country is a failure of faulted design.
President Barack Obama’s lack of assertiveness – as previously argued – and clarity of vision in foreign policy has come to fruition in dealing with Gadhafi.
The U.S.-backed NATO intervention in Libya saw lively political debate here at home alongside a slow White House decision-making process. Amidst accusations of horrible human rights abuses and war crimes by the Gadhafi regime, President Obama’s executive decision-making on Libya appeared aloof and indecipherable. It also seemed to blur ideological and party lines.
Read full story:
thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign...
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Some #Kikla residents remain bcos they r poor & want 2protect home. Children hide in cellar during shelling #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=v0ZnsC…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ZnsC2gclM
FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya ContactGroupDiplomats discussed financial assistance 4 #NTC 2give them loans while using frozen LibyanRegimeAssets as guarantee
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya cemetery: Libyan faithfully tends graves of foreign World War II dead – latimes.com latimes.com/news/nationwor…
Los Angeles Times
Libyan faithfully tends graves of foreign World War II dead
Salah Fatour performs sacred duties once carried out by his father at the Benghazi War Cemetery. He has maintained the Allied resting place for 25 years, and now amid Libya’s own war.
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
Every morning, Salah Fatour is at his post with his worn rake and wheelbarrow, tending the garden of the dead.
In a city besieged by war, he finds peace among the graves of a long-ago conflict. He steps gently around the whitewashed tombstones, pulling a weed, caressing a flower, careful not to disturb the souls of soldiers who died on foreign soil seven decades ago.
Full art.:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Gaddafi holding #Tripoli hostage with Luna -M ballistic #missiles (warhead 550kg, compare 2 Grad missile warhead: 18 kg!)
La Depeche.fr
Libye. De l’aide pour les rebelles
Enfin le scénario d’une aide financière qui se dessine pour les rebelles en Libye. Les puissances mondiales et régionales réunies hier dans le groupe de contact sur la Libye ont pleinement reconnu la rébellion, ce qui leur permettra de lui apporter les moyens financiers qu’elle réclame pour combattre le régime du colonel Kadhafi.
Read more:
www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/07/16/112...
libyanandproud
#Misrata : #Rwaisat : #NILESAT helped #Gaddafi forces fire Grads into the Rwaisat area of Misrata yesterday
Gaddafi gave those #NILESAT bastards a fortune just 2 keep broadcasting. I’m very pessimistic about Nilesat
Just asking some questions here:
Could Nilesat be held resposible for aiding and abetting Gaddafi through persistant broadcasting G’s orders to attack and kill civilians?
This inspite of existing court order to stop broadcasting and the arrangement Egypt made with Qatar that they would stop broadcasting if Qatar would withdraw their candidate ( who was by far the frontrunner) for the position of Head of the Arab League. Qatar agreed to withdraw on the condition Nilesat would stop broadcasting to protect Libyans……….
Is Rupert Murdoch’s empire linked in with this too?
Would be interesting to investigate if Murdoch has a stake in Nilesat.
Prince al-Waleed bin Talal is a friend and business partner of Murdoch.
Just questions………..
Some references regarding above:
Reuters:
Qatar withdraws candidate to head Arab League – TV
CAIRO May 15 (Reuters) – Qatar has withdrawn its candidate to head the Arab League, Al Arabiya television reported on Sunday, leaving Egypt’s foreign minister, Nabil Elaraby, as the sole candidate to head the Cairo-based organisation.
af.reuters.com/article/algeriaNews/idAF...
Rupert Murdoch is linking with key News Corp investor Prince al-Waleed bin Talal to launch two channels over Arabia. The decision is another body-blow to the region’s local pay-TV rivals.
Link:
www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/200803166...
Prince Alwaleed backs Murdoch over UK paper closure
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Sunday there would be no change in his Kingdom Holding’s investment in News Corp .
“No change, my investment is strategic, not thinking of selling anything,” he told Reuters by telephone. “The crisis does not make Kingdom Holding blink at all. It makes our partnership stronger.”
News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch flew into London on Sunday to tackle the telephone-hacking scandal that may cost him a multi-billion dollar deal to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group .
www.arabianbusiness.com/prince-alwaleed...
Does anyone have answers?
Daily News on Tripoli goo.gl/r9L0i
EndTyranny
Use map to navigate to see #Brega, Bishr & Alageila where #Gaddafi forces are expected to regroup bit.ly/pMwVEM
FromJoanne Joanne
VICTORY for #Libya Freedom Fighters ; Gaddafi Forces WITHDREW to #Bishr 50KM W of #Brega via AlArabiya
Alex
#Sirte #FF do not despair – yr city’s liberation is imminent – #Gaddafi rebel army driven fm #Brega 2day – demoralized & in disarray #Libya
Afraid we’re not there yet…….
Brega Is Liberated!
AJDABIYA, Libya — Late Friday night in Brega, and a light mobile force of freedom fighters successfully breached Gaddafi defenses in a daring reconaissance raid before pulling back to plan for for an offensive Saturday.
Mohammed Zawi, the military spokesman for the resistance told AFP that a group of around 50 rebels were able to retake the oil refinery town of Brega on Saturday, rousting a force of Gaddafi loyalists some 3,000 strong.
Read more and source:
www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/9695...
FromJoanne Joanne
#LostBREGA is a MAYOR blow for #Gaddafi His BLACKEST DAY yet Brega had the cream of his Army crop Said 2b abt 3000Men BUT THEY RAN #Libya
Ahmed Bani: The recent successes in Brega and elsewhere are mainly thanks to the organization and preplanning of our freedom fighters #libya
Ahmed Bani: ‘Our revolutionaries are more organised now and there are other objectives after #Brega – we will prove to you our worth’
Libyan youth movement:
Freedom Fighters now control most of Brega, Gaddafi forces retreating 20km west toward Bishr. Small ongoing clashes near air strip
liveword.ca/libya/2011/07/16/10084
Libyan_Republic
Brega Baby!!!!!!!
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
#brega is under the FF hands
Nuus24 Nuus24
LibiëRebelle nou in beheer van Brega n24.cm/qFect0
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Brega seems to be mostly liberated but the NLA still has to de-mine & secure the area before this can be fully announced #libya
Reports say that Gaddafi forces fled from Brega towards Bishr under heavy FF bombardment & that an FF scout team found it empty #libya
The press conference is over. What I understand from Ahmed Bani is that the bulk & majority of the NLA is still outside Brega
THANKU4THEANGER
Ahmed Bani NTC Military Spox rightly won’t confirm Brega liberation until its 100% secure. He seems confident though : )
dovenews Libyan™
Conflicting reports on position of the #FF in #Brega or the outskirts.
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #BirGhanam : FF r still positioned in Birghanam, clashes are 45km south of #Surman , FF attacked pocket of g forces #Feb17 #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” remains anchored in port # Kopara #Slovenia. #Libya #geb17
#Denmark OIL TANKER “NORD NIGHTINGALE” destination #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-16 18:00 (UTC). #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Brega: more than 500 landmines have been dismantled so far. many exploded.
libyanandproud
32 07 33.76 N 11 46 22.24 E Gaddafi vehicles and troops in Gheddu valley some 10-20 km north of Shakshuk ”
somaia
THE FF HAVE TAKING OVER BREGA AND GF HAVE RETREATED BACK TO BESHR ,ALLAH AKBAR
VIDEO:
Land mines found in Brega:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1099...
Independent
West prepares to hand rebels Gaddafi’s billions
More than 30 countries yesterday recognised Libya’s rebel movement as the legitimate government as they tried to end the war and unseat a defiant Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The statement by nations meeting in Istanbul for the fourth time since Nato attacks against Gaddafi’s regime began in March could allow the US to free up more than $30bn of Gaddafi’s assets held by American banks for the opposition fighters. France has agreed to unfreeze $250m in assets for the opposition, while Italy pledged to unfreeze an additional $100m. Kuwait and Qatar reportedly have given about $100m to the opposition.
Source:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa...
B.t.w. Those are not Gaddafi’s billions, those billions belong to the Libyan people!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO ship now leaving #Benghazi #Libya en route to #Misrata. #feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Libya Ahrar TV: Brega: 8 martyrs & over 70 injured reported from Mohamed Magaryef hospital in Ajdabiya
Many Ajdabiya residents donating blood & helping transport injured w/ private cars at Mohamed Magaryef Hospital in Ajdabiya
Al Manara Media
The death toll in Ajdabiya from yesterday and today has risen to 18 among FF
cjchivers:
Occasional shelling at #Qawalish, #Libya. About 10 rounds last night, 2 more this a.m. No injuries.
Reb front lines now somewhat firmer than b4 Qad counterattack Wed, but on same grnd. On road 2 Gharyan, no shift since Qawalish first fell.
TheyCallMeSof
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brega has been liberated. Gaddafi’s defensive perimeters are collapsing on all fronts!
dovenews Libyan™ 8 FF were killed & 70 injured. #Brega #Libya”RT May they RIP! m_madi Mohamed Madi
People from Tripoli telling me that it now takes 2 weeks to get fuel and that tension is very high in the queues
BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
Via Inmarsat: Long day training in #yefren heading back to #zintan now hope internet works!
nubaribari
Just talked to doctor in Libya, huge fight in Brega resulted in many casulties from both sides but hamanity of FF’s is unsurpassed
Doctor “With all the casulites in Brega, the end result was the goal, we got brega and will not be lost it again!” #libya
FromJoanne Joanne
To get an idea of the Mines Threat : Already about 400 Mines have been cleared from around and inside #Brega #Libya
baysontheroad baysontheroad
No electricity in Jadu in Western mountains.
benghazi’s bunny♥
BREGA is liberated!!! #Libya #feb17
Libyan rebels retake eastern oil town Brega
By MUSTAPHA AJBAILI
Al Arabiya And AFP
Libyan rebels on Saturday retook the eastern oil town of Brega after breaching its defenses in a late night reconnaissance raid, Al Arabiya TV reported.
Rebel military spokesman Mohammed Zawi told AFP that a light mobile force had breached loyalist positions around Brega late on Friday, before pulling back for an offensive early on Saturday.
A group of around 50 reconnaissance troops entered the town from the north, then pulled back four kilometers (2.5 miles) before midnight (2200 GMT), Mr. Zawi said.
The probing raid on the front line between the rebel-held east and the mainly government-held west came some 32 hours after the rebel command launched a three-pronged attack against Col. Muammar Qaddafi’s forces, who were thought to have numbered around 3,000.
Another commander said rebel forces were still positioned near Asabah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Tripoli and serving as the last barrier between the rebels and the garrison town of Gharyan.
“The position is secure; we are discussing with Asabah people how civilians can get out of town before we launch an assault,” said commander Mokhtar Lakhdar.
A defiant Qaddafi called the Contact Group’s recognition of the rebels “insignificant.” He said he could not imagine the day “the heroic Libyan people would be represented by a fistful of traitors who opened the doors of Benghazi to crusaders.”
Mustapha Ajbaili, Night Editor of Al Arabiya English, who can be reached at: Mustapha.ajbaili@mbc.net)
Full art. Here:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/07/...
FFs take E oil town Brega, FFs must be wary of ambushes tonight. Seems to me G forces have emptied tp easy
Source:http://egyptday1.blogspot.com/2011/07/dds-take-e-oil-town-brega-ffs-must-be.html
Nu Bari
Between my husband and I we’ve lost 25+ family we’re @the point when we get acall “Allah yarhama” and we move on, no more tears
I think the saddest story is my husbands aunt who only has two sons. She begged the youngest to stay as older bro treated the injured on the frontline. When bro did not come back he went to search for him and was killed by rogue missle. Two sons lost but never forgotten
What kind of human being sits in a hole and orders such death &distruction on his people? Were not his people that is why its so easy 4him
Libyan ff didn’t take the whole of Brega. Their spokesman just told me, rather optimistically, that it might happen in a couple days.
Libya rebel advance slowed by ‘chemical’ trenches
By Andrew Beatty, AFP
AJDABIYA, Libya (AFP) – Libyan rebels said their steady advance on Brega was slowed Saturday by the discovery of defensive trenches around the city that had been filled with flammable chemicals by retreating Kadhafi troops.
“We are advancing and we are very close to Brega,” said Mustafa al-Sagezli, a member of the rebel’s revolutionary military council, adding that strongman Moamer Kadhafi’s troops had fallen back to positions inside the town.
But the commander said landmines and a series of booby-trapped trenches had forced them to slow the attack in order to minimise casualties.
“We know Kadhafi’s forces have installed a lot of mines. They have even dug holes and trenches (filled) with some chemical liquids and oil to fire them when our forces enter Brega,” he said.
Full story:
en.news.maktoob.com/20090000890520/Liby...
ByeByeDaffy
Great job in #Brega FF’s, on to liberation in #Libya and all the poor daffy goons on twitter are squealing like stuck piggies to, delicious.
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
#Libya rebel army spokesman Ahmed Omar Bani telling us victory in Brega is, again, only days way. twitpic.com/5r5mmg
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
#Gaddafi in every audio message: forward! forward! forward!
Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Gaddafi says Sarkozy is crazy
Inphinite_ S. Al.
You don’t even get that kinda half-assed parking in #Libya. They either fully block you there or park normally.
Skeptic
#Khamis #Gaddafi went 2 famous Frunze Military Academy, but starting with #Misrata disaster, his 32nd Brigade only suffered defeats
Someone who apparently wants to retire very soon:):
G speech:
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
I will give a $ for every whoever count the word “Oil” نفط in his speech #Feb17 #Libya
4Adam
Adam Anderson Cooper CNN
SKY NEWS Reporter Alex Crawford – Civilians Massacred by Gaddafi forces in #AzZawiya- Mar. 2011 youtube.com/watch?v=qkEg2p… #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkEg2p6zE_s&fea...
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Gaddafi is suffering the lost of #Brega and feeling the pressure of #Nafousa FF and #Misrata, he feels he lost it! Too many speeches
I wonder if #Gaddafi has million of imaginaries followers, numbers are only in his heads
So #Gaddafi admits losing: #Misrata, All #Nafousa and all Eastern of #Libya, what is left for him to rule?
Same bus of same faces touring Tripoli, #Zliten and today in #Azzawiah cheering for losing tyrant, #Gaddafi losing it
Gaddafi in every audio message: forward! forward! forward!
US has the technology from drones, but it is staged, not live. trust me
This staged celebration and audio message of #Gaddafi is an insult to the martyrs who died in Azzawiah defending it from his thugs!
this speech is staged along with video showing crazy woman with script on her hand #Feb17 #Libya he used this trick many times.
there is an echo in #Gaddafi speech, is he talking from a toilet?
EndTyranny
Reports that #Gaddafi has acquired jamming equipment to jam FM radio frequencies…Via Libya.tv…from where? How? #gaddaficrimes #Libya
Khalifa
#Gadhafi: if you start marching toward the Western Mountain you can liberate it tonight.
Gaddafi:
We will liberate #Libya Zenga zenga, dar dar, touba touba from traitors’ + ‘women will march to liberate cities under’ opposition
mojo
to paraphrase Bani’s quote of GB Shaw Those who can, do; those who can’t, woof! love it!!
G rant.
ChangeInLibya
Third Gaddafi speech in as many days. This guy has loads to say it seems :) It must be lonely down there.
libyanandproud
Wooof wooof start moving rent a crowd buses to another town woof woof #GaddafiRant
Khalifa
#Gadhafi If you let me I will be in the front lines fighting. Ok now who’s keep him from fighting come on guys let him fight.
libyanandproud
Wooof woof awoooo I hope my credit doesn’t finish wooof woof
Sarah LFFR
Seems #Gaddafi is enjoying his last moments on TV ! #GaddafiSpeech
Nu Bari
I fell asleep as soon as he started barking again gra gra gra gra, bla bla bla bla bla, me me me me mo and so on
Khatib أنا ديمة
ok I got work to do.. I leave you with Gaddafi .. He is telling lots of stories.. #libya #feb17 #GaddafiRant
dovenews Libyan™
#Gaddafi #Is #So #Angry #& #His #Barking #Has #Increased #Woof #Woof #Mad #Dog #Keep #Barking #No #One #Is #Listening #To #You #dotcom
chantalrebelle
Les gens se cachent des que la camera s approche, des regards d enfants perdus, la propagande audio du criminel kadhafi #propagande #libye
libyanandproud
Wooof Woof Africans will march on water to fly to nafusa and skydive to misratta with a bungee wooof woof #GaddafiRant
4Adam Adam
3 wounded of #FF in #Qawalish during patrolling the area due to Gadafi’s landmines. #
Nadia
What man would let women and children defend him. What a coward. Most people protect women but not Gaddafi. #Libya
Ray_
Mum is from #Zawiya! and all her cousin are in prison, what kind of march is this? #Zawiya is the city of heroes!
benghazi’s bunny♥
Gaddafi is a little sensitive you guys, he has a good reason to be. he might not make to his 43rd yr this September :)
libyanandproud
Wooof women or females or girls will march on the wooof wooof woof to liberate the liberating families of the liberation #GaddafiRant
Wooof Wooofff I will sleep in the house of Nato to liberate the wooof of woof dar dar woof woof #GaddafiRant
Dima
Gaddafi está hablando por teléfono en la televisión libia
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
Libyan FF: we feel sorry for whom we kill, because they take orders with no understanding why so, #misurata, #libya
hominoid
Someone said that Zliten had been restocked with arms. so I guess that the buses did the transporting ?
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi “This is all because of France, traitors, we will march to free Bengahzi & Misrata Dar Dar (Room Room)”
4Adam Adam
Gaddafi uses for the 1ts time the old name of #Zintan city (Taghrmin) a Berber name! #GaddafiRant #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi “You are the millions I want you to Liberate #Brega”
Alex
I don’t know how something like this can be stopped or even monitored – #Tunisia could close Yacine down – but new Yacine’s will no doubt take his place – while “business is good”.
Although its extending #Gaddafi ’s supply for a few weeks – supplying fuel by Jerry can – is no way to run an army in 2011! – so #FF still have a major advantage over G in terms of fuel supplies.
Just reporting on July 16 2011
Kirill Aliakhnovich
@KirillAlia Frontline,Libya
21,trained in Belorussian OMON for 3yrs.hired by gaddafi government as mercenary in March,defected joined rebels in Zintan,now Im on the frontline
KirillAlia Kirill Aliakhnovich
im the one on the right,my field commander is on left\ Minsk,Belarus 2010 twitpic.com/5qoxfn
Kirill
Pictures from the #Nafusa front coming soon,Gaddafi shells fell on us today but were not very accurate #Tripoli #feb17 #Libya
Heavy fighting in Bir Ghanam now,Gaddafi artillery in exchanges with rebel artillery
This is Kirill’s Belorussian friend Aleksei reporting that @KirillAlia has been shot dead by a snipers bullet outside Qawalish 30 mins.ago..
KirillAlia was on patrol when a gaddafi sniper shot him in the upper chest.May God have his soul in heaven Svobodny
KirillAlia gave me his password just in case anything happened and now he is gone.I pray he will be watching #Libya win from heaven
KirillAlia will be missed and the sniper who took his life will be dead for what he has done #Tripoli #feb17
@KirillAlia быў адважным і жорсткім чалавекам, ён будзе не хапаць, і ў руках багоў, ён будзе глядзець Муамар страціць гэтую вайну #Tripoli
(translation: was courageous and cruel man, he will be missed, and in the hands of the gods, he will look Muammar lose this war)
There were 3 of us now there are 2
KirillAlia 4-26-90 to 7-26-11
( wrong date was tweeted for today, could be accident, don’t know)
Skeptical4
Belorussian mercenary @KirillAlia defected 2 Nafusa FFs, got killed by sniper today, he was expert in removing mines
FromJoanne Joanne
SOAPOPERA Unfolding On #TWITTER? NoticedFewDaysAgo @KirillAlia Follwd Me He Has JUST Been KILLED by #Gaddafi Sniper while on Patrol #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FreedomFighters have completely freed #Algatroon area from Gaddafi forces. #Libya
Libye Libre
Commandant Ahmad Bani, opposition #Libye : " #Kadhafi n’ayant pas de titre, il n’est pas leader, pourquoi alors négocier avec lui "?
How
Gadhafi retains support
In last week’s column, I promised to examine the reasons why some African leaders are reluctant to abandon their embattled colleague Moammar Gadhafieven when it is very evident that he cannot hold unto power any much longer.
This call for the isolation of Gadhafihas been echoed repeatedly by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She even looked in the eyes of these African leaders in Addis Ababa last month and reminded them not only on the need to abandon Gadhafi, but to embrace reforms in order to avert a Libya-style revolution in their own countries.
“It has become clear” she said, “that we are long past the time when he can remain in power.”
Perhaps Clinton delivered the right message to the wrong people or vice versa. But one thing is very clear. She was talking to Gadhafi’s sympathizers, most if not all of them dreaming to stay in power for ever if not rooted out by the ill-fate that befall Gadhafi.
Art. Here:
www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.asp...
MyFreeLibya
Haven’t seen so many happy faces in Zintan…wish i took a picture #Moment4Life #Libya #Feb17
Witnessed today salaries being given for the first day at the bank…queues stretch for so long…some guy donated his money for it #Feb17
race2jannah
I heard Gondaffy will outfit his runway troops with the latest Gaucho pants and pink Ak-47s with feather tassles. You know that’s cute!
Gondaffy is hiding behind skirts now that G men have run away. Why don’t you put on one of those fancy outfits to blend in with the girl?.
hominoid555
Libya Nalut and the suburbs shelled by Gaddafi last night and this morning and causing blackouts for the whole area.
grafixel guess what
Reports that the of land mines removed from the #Brega fronts have reached 800 so far.
TabascoTom Tom
#Gaddafi said todaythat he will die for his people. Why don’t he just die right now? #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
19-yr-old student on #Misrata southern front line told me he had been fighting in #Dafniyeh and come down south for a rest cure.
Heinz: #Brega had the only intact Daffi units, & now it is going up in smoke. #Sirte is surrounded & middle class will soon join FFs. #Libya
feb17
The Australian
Australia recognizes Libyan rebels
AUSTRALIA has joined about 30 other nations in recognising Libya’s National Transitional Council as the country’s legitimate governing authority.
At a meeting of the Libya contact group in Istanbul, representatives of Western and regional powers called for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to “leave power”.
The council, which is based in the Libyan city of Benghazi, is also known as the TNC.
Australia’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, who attended the Istanbul meeting, said the council will be recognized for the moment.
“Until an interim authority is in place, Australia and others will recognize the TNC as the legitimate governing authority for Libya and will engage with it accordingly,” Mr Rudd said in a statement.
“Australia and other international friends of Libya recognize the achievements of the TNC in preparing Libya for a post-Gaddafi era of security and progress, and addressing the immediate needs of Libyans for humanitarian support and basic services.”
Mr Rudd said the council is taking “concrete steps” to provide a better life for Libyans.
“This is not just a group that represents the so-called rebels, or opposition movement.”
Last week, a delegation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and AusAid traveled to Benghazi and met with representatives of the council.
Source: The Australian
Heinz: FFs in #Qawalish are advancing, and only 4 km from #Asabaa. More air attacks this morning in #Brega
Reuters
INTERVIEW-Libyan bankers offer support to rebel council
- Bankers meet a day after Libya contact group
- Assocation offers help in raising finance
- Bengdara defected in March
By Daren Butler
ISTANBUL, Jul 16 (Reuters) – Libya’s former central bank governor Farhat Bengdara said on Saturday a newly formed association of Libyan bankers was preparing recommendations to support the country’s rebel leaders in raising finance.
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
MyFreeLibya
Apparently their minders now actually steal from them equipment…many instances of journalists finding them taking stuff
Apparently there is actually a FB group for journo’s who’ve been to Rixos…talking about the most bizarre goings on…#Jokes
Skeptic
Gaddafi can listen 2 phone calls @ control communications in Libya because of German equipment, probably Siemens
VICTORY for #Libya Freedom Fighters ; Gaddafi Forces WITHDREW to #Bishr exactly 19,18 KM (not 50km) W of #Brega via AlArabiya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters have entered further into #Brega, #Gaddafi forces are retreating to the #Bshar area
#Brega: #Freedomfighters are in full control of the port of Brega. Ongoing battle around the airport
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Gaddafi & #Germany : 2005: 30 #GSG-9 elite special forces men train Gaddafi security forces in #Tripoli
#Gaddafi & #Germany: 2007: #EADS sells anti-tank #missiles worth over 100 mil Euro 2 #Libya
#Gaddafi & #Germany: 2009: Germany sells Libya jamming devices, encryption modules, battlefield surveillance radars
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g9zwvBYzGk&fea...
septimius_
#Tripoli: Something very strange is happening! more youth held & released within hrs, Gaddafi thugs moral is very low!
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
I will be on Aljazeera arabic tv in “Hadith Althawra” programme at 8.00pm london time 7.00pm gmt this evening insh.
AJA: Many of today’s casualties from landmines. NTC spokesperson: we have cleared appx. 400 mines East of #Brega. #Libya
AJA: 9 rebels killed and 74 injured East of #Brega. Rebels are are advancing via a coastal road to get closer to the city.
hominoid
Libya Brega The number of martyrs among the rebels to 20 dead and 244 wounded.
Abdullah
one of the FF today in #Brega injued then they take him to treat & after that he ask to go back to fight & now he is passed away #Libya :(
FromJoanne Joanne
#Brega; FF managed to free 50 families that were kept as hostages by #Gaddafi forces GaddafiCrimes
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
So it seems Gaddafi groupies and rent-a-crowdi s doing a un-liberated city tour of Libya, but the closing concert will be in the ICC iA :)
Gaddafi thugs increasing attacks on Misrata: the result of all the G goons in yday demo in Zletin changing back to their military uniforms
REUTERS
Heavy casualties reported in Libya fighting
(Reuters) – Ten Libyan rebels were reported killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the eastern oil port of Brega on Saturday, while insurgents drove back forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the west.
In the latest of a series of speeches apparently designed to show he enjoys support in the areas he controls, Gaddafi described the rebels as worthless traitors and rejected suggestions that he was about to leave the country.
“They said Gaddafi will go to Honolulu,” he said in a televised speech. “This is funny: To leave the graves of my forefathers and my people? Are you serious?”
Read whole report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/16/us-l...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Kikla guys say there were 2 Libyans from Australia. Brothers. 1 was killed.
Meet an inspirational son of #Libya: Ali. #Misrata freedom fighter hit by #Gaddafi Grad on May 13. Both legs amputated.
Ali said the Grad exploded at his feet and the blast threw him 10 meters away. One of his comrades was literally cut in half.
Ali was hit by that Grad on May 13. Then, due to the seige, he waited 27 days to get out of #Misrata
In Ali’s group of 30 FFs, 3 died & 7 injured from that Grad. He said their weapons range was only 5km max vs 40 for G forces.
Ali came from #Misrata #Libya on a small fishing boat. It was fast but bounced a lot. During his 1st 5 days in Tunisia..
.Ali was treated for further damage suffered in the voyage from #Misrata #Libya, not for direct injuries from the Grad.
#Misrata was out of anesthetics when a chunk of flesh was removed near his waist. Ali showed me how he bit a towel & clenched
On the parts of Ali’s body that remain, it looks like he was hit by a meteor shower. 100 pieces of shrapnel from the Grad.
Ali said he’d been quiet & introspective before I came by. But as you can see, he became energized as we visited. July 14.
Ali said #Gaddafi is a coward, hitting them with bombs and rockets from afar. But Ali is undaunted.
Ali said he’d gladly give the rest of his body for #Libya and his beloved city, #Misrata. He radiates a noble passion.
Visiting with Ali was a joy, but I couldn’t help weeping. He took my head in his hands, kissed it, and told me not to cry.
The whole first week after Ali was hit, doctors said he wud die. But his spirit rose like a phoenix. Had to make a difference
Over the past 2 months, #Gaddafi sent 2 men to a Tunisia hospital to try to kill a friend of mine & sent other men to bomb a hotel near a..
.Tunisia hospital while it was occupied by many FFs. More recently, he’s sent women to hospitals in Tunisia to get info from
..staff & unsuspecting FFs, to aid in assassination attempts. Not all injured FFs are targets of course. But most hospitals..
..have some patients who are. They also have patients with family members at risk in Tripoli. Consequently, I’m careful about
.which pics and names I put online — and I refrain from tieing them to specific hospitals. Some Libyan FFs don’t care.
..but others are very concerned. The risks are real. Respecting the safety issue is one reason why I have unfettered access.
Even if safety wasnt an issue, Libyan patients in Tunisian hospitals r frequently transferred or discharged (sometimes for..
.lack of money to continue paying the bills). Patient turnover together with the slow pace of receiving overseas parcels..
..means that trying to send cards or care packages from abroad directly to a specifc patient at a given hospital is generally
.futile, even if publicly disclosing names and addresses wasn’t a risk factor.
If anyone wants to send a card or care package to an injured #Libyan I mention on Twitter, the best way is to send it with a person flying..
.to Tunis & let me know about it. If I’m not here, or they’re not here, I’ll get it to them with help from mutual friends.
An e-card approach might be most effective, especially to send
I’m currently waiting on a care package sent by @bugpopper aka Miss Follow-Thru :) It’s been in customs in Tunis going on 3 weeks.
Tunis Today: Majjdy, an injured FF from #Zintan #Libya. Shot in both legs by #Gaddafi forces at Qwaleesh on Thursday. t.co/iAymuB9
He arrived here last night (Friday). Now he needs to have fragments removed & then a skin graft. But at least no broken bones
Abdullah_
rumours said FF trying now to arrest #Mutassim #Gaddafi is son now in #Brega !! .. #Libya
Vote YES – RT – WSJ poll on “Should the U.S. have granted legitimacy to the #Libya rebels?” t.co/JbXA7g0 – YES vote is 49.9% !!!
Shalgom:
Gadhafi was paying BinAli a monthly salary & OmarSulaiman was Gadhafi’s man in Egypt. bit.ly/mVNP4H
Read it here ( Arabic):
international.daralhayat.com/internatio...
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Another pro-Gadhafi rally,this time in battle-scarred town of Zawiya.Town center cratered/pock-marked. More security,crowd more aggressive.
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Stood at Libya’s answer to the Grand Canyon, near Jadu, admiring the vast plains, sunset and peace – broken by the distant thunder of battle
In Jadu in Libya. Radio station now broadcasts Berber language. Went to cultural museum where torches in the dark gave Indiana Jones feel.
feb17
Western rebels take lead role in Libya’s future
Tarek Zanpou, a defector from Colonel Muammer Gaddafi’s Libyan intelligence services, halted on a dusty cliff top and swept his arm towards the loyalist army controlled plains below.
Pointing to two towns in the middle distance of the desert, he explained the task the rebels faced as they tried to root Gaddafi forces out of the populous areas on the road to Tripoli without harming the people who lived there. “We have a nice view, and the mountains protect us 90 per cent,” he said. “Now we face this problem with the civilian people: how are we going to deal with them?”
Omar Said, an engineer whose nickname of “Rambo” was scrawled in Arabic on the workshop wall, looked up from his work on a large chunk of metal and explained that his knowledge of the T-55s meant it had only taken him a day to refit them.
“This is the only thing that Gaddafi did for me,” he said. “Because I studied tanks in high school.”
Full art.:
feb17.info/news/western-rebels-take-lea...
Source: Financial Times
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
#gaddafi speak again. Well, we have to admit he speaks eloquently. Tells rebels: “Toz aleykom” basically " I fart on you!". Classy!
grafixel
#Gaddafi really has a weird combo of european fans: Austrian rightwings and German leftwings . But they have one thing in common indeed…
PatrioticLibyan
It was never perfect & never expected to be, but the creation of the Libyan National Transitional Council was vital in saving our revolution
FreeLibyan
The released families from #Brega sent to #Benghazi , @NATO help is much needed now to enable FF in rescuing the remaining.
Tripoli Battalion badge, gorgeous.
twitpic.com/5r88dd
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
The National: Shalgham: Gaddafi “happy” to see Saudi divided; supported dissenters, Houthis in Yemen to embarrass Riyadh’
This is art.:
Libya’s dirty laundry exposed
Arabic News Digest
Former Libyan FM airs regime’s dirty laundry
In an extended interview that the London-based newspaper Al Hayat will be running in daily instalments, the former Libyan foreign minister Abdul Rahman Shalgam revealed a number of secrets about Colonel Muammar Qaddafi – the man and the leader – and brings an insider’s view on stories including the Lockerbie bombing, the attempted assassination of then Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and the assassinations of Libyan dissidents.
Before the Arab Spring, the collaboration between Libyan intelligence and its Tunisian counterpart was so complete that Col Qaddafi had allocated a monthly salary to then Tunisia’s president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Mr Shalgam revealed. It was known that Col Qaddafi used petrodollars to buy allegiances in parts of the Arab world and Africa.
Here you can read more:
www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversat...
FromJoanne Joanne
Detecting & uncovering PLASTIC anti Personnel mines is very hard Metal detectors r useless Some reports mention 500 already found in #Brega
Niz_FGM Niz
16/7/11 – Rolling electricity blackouts all over #Tripoli. Regime losing control, #Triploli is slipping away from Gaddafis grip….
SecularLibya
When FFs attack, Daffis bring out their big guns into firing position, and that is when #NATO strikes the heavy weapons.
Les heurts sont plus intenses à travers #Tripoli, plusieurs quartiers. Après les explosions, journaliste du Rixos entend des détonations.
Jazeera: Even NATO having problem bombing G’fi Brega force because they burn petroleum in trenches 2 create smoke
A Free Libyan
G sent his crowd to laugh and dance in #Zawiya, where a mosque was destroyed and martyrs buried/exhumed. Heartless dog…
Moooonlight
I hear every now and then about the west and their interest in #Libya oil, i saw many of western who works long hours to help Libya #FF
for nothing in return, i witnessed US pilots flying 12 hours to protect #Libya civilians.
BenghaziBlahzi
#gaddafi threatens #Benghazi today. We r ready 4 you! Come my lady, come come my lady. #Libya
Niz_FGM Niz
17/7/11 – Epic #NATO bombing of 32 Base in #Tajoora, #Tripoli. Massive explosions and fireballs….
Myfoxboston.con
Gadhafi Insists Will Not Leave Libya
(NewsCore) – TRIPOLI — Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Saturday told those calling on him to go that he would never leave the land of his ancestors, in yet another defiant audio address.
“They are asking me to leave. That’s a laugh. I will never leave the land of my ancestors or the people who have sacrificed themselves for me,” he said in a loudspeaker address to thousands of people in Zawiyah, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli.
Read more:
www.myfoxboston.com/dpps/news/gadhafi-i...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
3 explosions heard by journos staying at #Rixos Hotel. Bombs landing somewhere in #Tripoli area. and that was another two..
Opened window to hear what is going on. Strange mix of Gaddafi speech on state TV, crickets and high altitude bombers flying over
more distant thuds and detonations in #Tripoli. going to roof to see what i can see.
counted 30 plus explosions in the south of Tripoli in the last 20 minutes. yellow flashes of light in the sky. glass rattling in windows
all the journalists are awake now at #Rixos
CORRECTION: Bombs dropping to the EAST of Tripoli in direction of Tajura. have now heard 40 explosions (although some could be secondary)
Libya_from_FR Sarah LFFR
#Tripoli: the 3rd day running clashes continuing in several areas including Soug AlJuma, Arada & Fashlum
Lisa
#Nilesatcriminals r responsible for new attacks by GADDAFI forces!! 1000s of Libyan lives for a few $$$! Shame on u Nilesat!! #Gaddaficrimes
AlluCemif
Les alentours de #Brega, #Goualich et #Zliten entre autres ont été truffés de mines anti-chars par les forces de #Kadhafi
Free Libyia
Gaddafi is a mini-Stalin, pseudo-socilaism& reverse-Robin-Hoodism! Taking from the rich and giving to the morally bankrupt!
BentBenghazi G
Lots of dead and injured and NO Brega is NOT liberated….
Injuries from Brega frontline r horrible, limbs blown off… Some bodies unidentified becuz head blown off into nothing. Pray for Libya
Brega full of landmines… Gaddafi forces have put anti-aircraft missile launchers inside civilian homes… Shooting at FF’s from windows.
All young men have left Benghazi to help in Brega and Ajdabiya… Pray for #Libya.
My previous tweets about #Brega were from inside source who is going between Ajdabiya and Brega.
Libya In Me
Kidnappings are also happening in Benghazi. A woman was kidnapped recently, her husband was called & told to meet her in Bab Alaziziyah
Lisa #Tripoli @NATO rockin the capital tonight!!! Pray for Libya!!
Rolling electricity blackouts all over #Tripoli:
Niz_FGM Niz
can assume its associated with fuel shortage but cant verify.Unverified sources telling us that some power stations shutting down
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Usama Ben Musa & me at a Tunis hospital on July 13. He’s a #Libyan living in USA. Great guy – and @ceoDanya ’s uncle :) twitpic.com/5ra66u
And he said he thot I’d be big & burly. LOL. Plus, I had spent the night at the hospital and looked a bit wilted.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Heartbreaking video of child killed in Nalut by G forces shelling & 2 siblings injured. #Libya #Feb17 youtu.be/y53_gKJVLv8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y53_gKJVLv8&feature=youtu.be
VIDEO:
CNN’s B Wedeman reports from Nafusa- prisoners of war say their former army is disintegrating
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfbaVinzDok&fea...
Libya_from_FR
On rapporte que les affrontements ont maintenant lieux entre les #FreedomFighters & les forces de #Gaddafi à #Tajoura. #Libya
Khiria
Checkpoints are back in #Tripoli. Each point has more than 10 men in civilian cloths with AK47
Bill Neely
Strange,there’s no reaction at all to the #Tripoli explosions.No sirens,no police,no rushing vehicles,nothing.Never seen that B4.#Libya
Libya In Me
Gaddafi forces now drive taxis in Tunisia to kidnap Libyans and send them back to Tripoli
Libya Free Forever.
In old days #Misuratan used to mark their land with palm trees, #Gadafi thugs mark the land with #Minefields and our blood
Tweet:
My cousin who married into a proG family is going to get what she deserves, no more holidays in Maldives and $50000 handbags :)
CBS
Mark Phillips
The common man at arms: Among Libya’s rebels
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/16/even...
Libya_Awake_United
The light of the bombing in #Tajoura can be seen all the way out to Fenaj and AinZara. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: non stop bombing in #Tajoura for more than an hour, one hour ago. No sound of aircraft, the bombs most likely from the sea #Libya
Lisa
#Feb17 It’s been a great day w u guys ;) Praying for #FreedomFighters as they liberate n secure each city! #PrayforLibya Good night!
THANKU4THEANGER
Today marks 5 months since #Feb17 15,000 martyrs, over 40,000 imprisoned, even more injured & displaced BUT 6 Million Forever Free #Libya
France24
Libya rebels continue offensive, Kadhafi defiant
AFP
“They are asking me to leave. That’s a laugh. I will never leave the land of my ancestors or the people who have sacrificed themselves for me,” he said in a loudspeaker address to supporters in Zawiyah, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Tripoli.
“These rats have taken our people hostage in Benghazi, Misrata and the western mountains, using them as human shields,” Kadhafi said of insurgents in the rebel capital in the east and port city in the west.
the commander said landmines and a series of booby-trapped trenches had forced them to slow the attack.
“We know Kadhafi’s forces have installed a lot of mines. They have even dug holes and trenches (filled) with some chemical liquids and oil to fire them when our forces enter Brega,” he said.
It was not clear what kind of chemicals were being used, but Brega is home to a large petrochemical facility that produces a range of oil by-products.
Full art. Here:
www.france24.com/en/20110717-libya-rebe...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Approx. 40 explosions centered in #Tajoura in #Tripoli tonight. Light show brought to you by our good friends at #NATO
Ahmad Bani – Everybody taking part is a revolutionary, regardless of job, title etc.
A group of #US senators on Friday called on President Obama to open a U.S. embassy in #Benghaz
A Free Libyan
Sky News showed a small clip of the NATO bombing in #Tripoli tonight. Looks to be quite heavy.
BBC reported that there were around 40 explosions, centred in #Tajoura in #Tripoli tonight.
Mwattin
Sky News: Zliten demos were orchestrated and supporters were bussed in from all over Libya… you can make up the rest!
SUMMARY JULY 17th 2011
7/17/2011
7.17.2011
Here is the G troll list:
Sllort Ifaddag
@eggcollector
I’m collecting a mix of pro-Dictators, pro-Tyrants, anti-Democrats, anti-UNs, golddrinkers, liars, racists, maniacs and follies Check my list..:
eggcollector.tumblr.com
twitter.com/#!/eggcollector
NATO:
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/SrtSP
NATO
17 Jul. 2011
NATO forces continue to remove threats against civilians
NATO forces have continued to strike key command and control nodes, military supply facilities, armoured vehicles and military storage facilities across Libya.
NATO forces are monitoring the dynamic situation across the country, including around Brega, amid widespread reports of anti-Qadhafi forces pushing into the area.
Early this morning, NATO aircraft struck a large military vehicle storage area in Tajura, 30km east of Tripoli. The military facility consisted of several substantial warehouses, containing various military vehicles including battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and ammunition.
This facility was clearly militarized for the purpose of supporting pro-Qadhafi forces and striking it has further degraded the regime’s capacity to launch attacks against civilians. NATO forces are keeping up the pressure and continue to strike military targets in areas across the country wherever civilians are threatened.
After extensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance monitoring showing pro-Qadhafi forces use of the site, NATO forces determined the military equipment deployed from this facility was used to resupply pro-Qadhafi forces launching attacks on civilians.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under the United Nations Security Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under the threat of attack in Libya.
Libye Libre
Ces jours-ci, 2 éléments saillants : reconnaissance du CNT comme “gouvernement transitoire” par le groupe de contact et bataille de #Brega.
A Free Libyan
Reports that #Brega is not fully under FF hands yet. It’s a case of securing it now, there’s still some G resistance there.
Bill Neely
#NATO confirms 17 missiles fired at #Tripoli early ts morning.17 Paveway guided missiles hit mil.depot NE of city.Locals say #Tajoura hit.
Lisa
#Feb17 Good morning #Libya! 7/17/11!! Happy revolution anniversary! Praying for #FreedomFighters today as they advance! God be with them!!
Oh, how well do we know this:
FreeLibya.
5 hours of sleep and yet another hectic day awaits.
Shabab
This series of photos is absolutely breathtaking mA | Freedom Square at Night, #Benghazi
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.17664...
KC_Tripolitania KC
#NATO confirms they dropped 17 Paveway guided missiles over Tajura, in #Tripoli, last night + 10 airstrikes near #Misrata. #Libya #Feb17
BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
can confirm journalists blocked from travelling east of #Zintan today w/o “security council approval” #libya they trying to get approval now
also I have been told I need approval to travel just to #yefren to do @alivein media training there #zintan
bencnn benwedeman
Photo from downtown #zintan: no one has defaced this colonel’s likeness. #Libya #Feb17 yfrog.com/klb1bluj
KC_Tripolitania KC
Opposition Military Commander #Abdul #Fatah #Younis ’’#Gaddafi may use mustard gas to prevent us from advancing" #Brega #Libya #Feb17
inglesi Piers Scholfield
it seems quieter in #Misrata over the last 24hrs, perhaps #NATO hit some of the offending rocket launchers.
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces have planted 40,000 land mines randomly around #Brega to prevent #FF from advancing. #Brega
#FF Military Commander #Abdul #Fatah #Younis “Gaddafi may use mustard gas to prevent us from advancing” #Brega
This is the info we had.
THANK YOU, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WONDERING FOR A WHILE……:
Skeptic
Al-Waleed bin Talal has huge share of Murdochs News Corp & Fox News, among many others in Murdochs empire worldwide! U judge the rest!
The same names crop up everywhere.
This is our trustworthy and un-biased media?
It explains a lot about what journos are reporting…………
misrati_free Feb17
#Tripoli : NATO hit hard last night with consecutive explosions early Sunday morning. Looting and theft by q goons throughout the city.
libyanandproud
yesterday 130, rocket lunchers, and anti-craft vehicles coming from Ajeelat and Sebrata toward Nafusa
Inphinite_
A lot of wishful thinking going on regarding #Libya and the future. Gotta keep aspirations in check & not get ahead of ourselves.
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Youth gather in Freedom Square in #Zintan every night to showcase media, local news, speeches and art #Libya #feb17 twitvid.com/SRVWN
www.twitvid.com/SRVWN
Libyans Revolt
Anti aircraft round that was found in #Yefren – the front door/glass of the hospital was riddled with bullets #libya twitpic.com/5riyqb
SmithInAfrica David Smith
In Jadu in Libya. Radio station now broadcasts Berber language. Went to cultural museum where torches in the dark gave Indiana Jones feel.
ProudLibyan
Please contribute to charities helping Libya, WAFA Relief and WMC Libya wmclibya.org #Libya
libyanandproud
also confirmed FF hold and control the oil fields south of Brega , more important than every1 thinks
Souffian Tripoli
Web site with News and tweets on #Libya #Tripoli Trables trables.net/news
libyanandproud
yesterday there was and advance on the tawirgha front, i think 3 or 5km
BenghaziBlahzi
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may never come. All we have is today, Let us begin.
PeterLeng Peter Leng
NATO says 17 bombs dropped last night on military depot NE of #Tripoli. Peacekeeping vehicles, it says, were being used ag civlians.
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
NATO reports it bombed radar sites, military storage facility and surface-to-air missile launcher east of Tripoli yesterday.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Took this pic of #Misrata FF Walid (24) on July 5. Now he’s using crutches & staying in a rented flat with other FFs. twitpic.com/5rj7bf
Last nite Walid, Abubaker, Ibrahim & Gassem were together for a midnight dinner of bread & chicken. They were all seriously..
.injured by 106mm gunfire on April 21. They have friends here in Tunis, including me. But no family. All support is private.
Most #Libyans who come to Tunisia for war injuries need sustained healthcare and won’t get it if they return home.
Some people, especially #Libyans living abroad, tell me that injured FFs should go to Benghazi. That’s worse than laughable.
Injured #Libyan FFs who spent time in Benghazi describe coming 2 Tunisia as an escape. No way theyd go bak. Not 4 healthcare
inglesi Piers Scholfield
went to #Misrata gold shop to change money. Local residents lining up to sell their gold – no proper salaries since #Feb17.
the son of the gold shop’s owner was killed by a grad the same day as our fixer’s father – 23rd April. #feb17 #Misrata
it seems quieter in #Misrata over the last 24hrs, perhaps #NATO hit some of the offending rocket launchers.
Feb17
International calls to Misrata landlines are now WORKING
The international calling from outside Misrata to the landlines has been on for the last 72 hours, but the number of calls is very low. The team is surprised with the low volume of calls, so it seems not everyone is aware that it is possible to call their families in Misrata. We need to get the word out to people that it’s possible to… call now. There are a lot of companies and parties involved in getting this service up & running. So far, this team has been able to get millions of dollars worth of equipment and telecom service donated to the Libyan cause. There is a concern that if we don’t get the volume up, they will not focus on keeping the service going. Please get the word out to everyone who has friends/relatives in Misrata with landlines to call so we can justify why we are insisting on the importance of this service.
To call the Misrata landlines, you will need to dial +218951 or +21952…notice you just add a “9″ to the existing number after the 218 country code. Please note that this is only for landlines, not Misrata cell phones.
If you are calling from the US or Europe, you must use a calling card from idtcalls.net or bossrevolution.com or bossrevolution.co.uk. In regards to calls from other countries, you can call using Du in UAE, Qtel in Qatar, Zain in Jordan and Etisalat in Egypt. Please spread the word!
Feb17 / Reuters:
Video: Libyan rebels bury their dead t.co/xIkqCIB #Libya” in lil Allah wa in ilahi raj3oon
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The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt
Alex
#Libya #FF control access roads into #Brega – & most of city – r still ‘mopping up’ few #Gaddafi units in res areas – hence #NTC news delay
Shabab
Latest developments in Libyan conflict
July 17, 2011
July 17 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
- Ten Libyan rebels were reported killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the eastern oil port of Brega on Saturday while insurgents drove back forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the west.
- Western and Arab powers, led by the United States, said the previous day that the rebel leadership was the legitimate government of Libya.
- Reports have circulated that Gaddafi is seeking a negotiated way out of the crisis.
- Most opposition fighters are about 20 km outside Brega, kept back by Grad rockets fired by government forces.
- NATO said it conducted 110 air sorties on Saturday, 45 of them strike sorties that aim to identify and hit targets but do not always deploy munitions.
- NATO said key targets hit on Friday included:
– One tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, one multiple rocket launcher, one rocket launcher near Brega;
– Six anti-aircraft guns, four multiple rocket launchers near Misrata;
– Three radars, one surface-to-air missile launcher and one military storage facility near Tripoli;
– One military storage facility near Waddan.
- Since NATO took over command of air strikes on March 31, its aircraft have conducted 15,418 sorties, including 5,812 strike sorties. NATO members participating in air strikes in Libya include France, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Italy and the United States.
- Seventeen ships under NATO command are patrolling the central Mediterranean Sea to enforce a U.N. arms embargo. On Saturday, 11 vessels were hailed to determine destination and cargo. Two were boarded but they were not diverted.
A total of 1,787 vessels have been hailed, 173 boarded and nine diverted since the start of the arms embargo.
Also add Baghdaddi as an accessory to mass murder. He confessed to the Russian official who visited Tripoli.
ProudLibyan
Libyans are smart if given the chance, they are smart in science, in trade, they just want to live and have decent lives for their children.
Tweeting Tripoli
God we had enough of a foul-mouth murderer as a head of state. When will we be free to elect a worthy person to lead Libya?
Nafissa More than 40 thousands mines are planted in Brega and Gaddafi will not even hesitate to use chemical weapons in Brega
Reuters:
NTC spokesman: Street fights in #Brega right now, over 120 FFs injured.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
ICC pls add using land mines to kill civilians in Brega, Zliten & Alasabea to list of gadhafi mass murder crimes he will answer for soon!!
Ahmed Sanalla
FF R holding Naema, went as fas as Souq Althalath outskirts of Zlietn but they are getting shelled by G Forces
feb17
NATO
NATO Secretary General General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has warned that any ceasefire between Libya’s Qadhafi regime and the rebels would have to be “credible, verifiable and with clear conditions,” failing which, “we would risk a rebound of the violence.”
He made the statement while speaking at the International Contact Group for Libya meeting in Istanbul.
During the meeting, the NATO chief said that the alliance is supportive of all efforts to find a political solution to the Libya crisis and commended the initiative to develop a road-map.
He stressed that “NATO remains committed to protect the Libyan people” as endorsed by the United Nations Security Council. He insisted that as long as the Qadhafi regime continues to attack and threaten its own people, NATO’s mission will continue.
Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh called for intensifying international efforts to arrive at a political solution for Libya, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Friday.
During his participation in the fourth meeting of the Libya Contact Group in Istanbul Friday, Judeh stressed the need for a ceasefire, in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorises all measures to protect Libyan civilians.
Maltese European Parliamentarian yesterday returned from leading a four-day ad hoc delegation to two refugee camps on the Tunisian-Libyan border.
The delegation said yesterday that EU member states should do more to help in the resettlement of refugees from war-torn countries being cared for in camps on the Tunisian-Libyan border and cannot return to their homes.
“This visit has been truly eye-opening. We were struck by the very harsh conditions people are facing, especially due to the extreme heat, sandstorms and limited access to clean water and adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities. This presents particular hardships for children and pregnant women.
We were also struck by the overwhelming hospitality and solidarity of the Tunisian people keeping an open door policy to third country nationals who fled Libya.
“This is a lesson for EU Member States. We are disappointed with the weak response given by Member States compared to the efforts undertaken by countries like Norway, the United States and Canada. The EU should do more to help in the resettlement of refugees from war-torn countries who cannot return to their homes. We urge them to commit to the proposed resettlement programme, including the emergency mechanism.
South Africa has reported France to the sanctions committee of the United Nations after it became known that France was dropping weapons in Libya to aid the rebels’ war against Libyan leader Muammar – Gaddafi.
In a move that may sully the relationship between South Africa and France, the South African mission complained to the UN that France had overstepped the boundaries of Resolution 1970, which imposes an arms embargo on Libya.
This means no country is allowed to give or sell arms to the Libyans because they could be used to kill civilians.
Several government officials and diplomats told City Press that South Africa feels France was not justified in delivering the arms to the rebels.
France is also a member of Nato, which South Africa feels is overstepping its boundaries in Libya.
“Nato says it demobilised the military infrastructure of Gaddafi, so why are they continuing the bombing?” a South African government official said.
Although South Africa voted in favour of resolutions that allow for a no-fly zone in Libya, it shortly afterwards said nations like the US and France are ¬using the resolutions to effect regime change, which overreaches the intent of the resolutions.
Iranian foreign minister Aliakbar Salehi says Iran has submitted a written proposal to solve the Libyan crisis, Fars news agency reported Sunday.
Talking to the news agency he stated that he had intensive talks with his Algerian counterpart Morad Madlassi on Libya and evaluating the “measures have been taken in this regard”.
He added that Algeria and some other countries are trying to put an end to the civil war and “the massacre caused by the NATO strikes.” He reiterated that Algeria is also proposing to build a government with the participation of all groups in Libya and a halt of foreign meddling in its internal affairs
The first Maltese governmental delegation to the Libyan National Transitional Council leaves for Benghazi today for a day of talks. The trip, unsurprisingly, is apparently being kept under wraps as no official announcement has been made. The only hint was a reference to Malta making use of United Nation’s resources for the trip.
When contacted, a government spokesperson confirmed the delegation’s travel plans but, when asked what was on the agenda, he said it was obviously wide-ranging. The delegation leaves early this morning and returns to Malta this evening.
The delegation will be led by Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg and the day of talks with the Council scheduled includes discussions with Council Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
Malta had recognised Benghazi as the “sole legitimate interlocutor of the Libyan people” back at the beginning of June.
The Libyan opposition on Saturday ruled out involvement of any foreign ground forces.
The National Transitional Council would not accept any interference of ground troops from other countries, the opposition’s military spokesman Mohammad Bani told reporters.
He also said the opposition forces had assembled 60 km from the oil refinery town of Brega and were poised to assault the city in coordination with NATO air strikes with the aim to “head toward the periphery of Tripoli”, the capital.
The spokesman also said the opposition forces would continue fighting during Ramadan.
Reuters
Ten Libyan rebels were reported killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the eastern oil port ofBrega on Saturday, while insurgents drove back forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the west.
AFP
A series of powerful explosions was heard early on Sunday in the Libyan capital Tripoli, bastion of the embattled Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
At least 13 blasts were heard before and just after 2300 GMT on Saturday. An AFP journalist was unable to say immediately what the targets had been.
State television channel Al Jamahiriya reported that “the colonialist crusader aggressor,” a reference to NATO, had raided civilian and military sites in the Ain Zara district and Tajoura in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli.
dovenews Libyan™
Today 10 #FF were injured in #Zlitan – #Misrata battle field. #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Rebels & shoulder-held rocket launchers on #Misrata southern front line – originally from helicopter rocket-pods: twitpic.com/5rk36k
Gulf_of_Sirte
Let’s not forget that #Gaddafi’s clan have proven 2 b weak and scattered. Hence why we think freeing #Sirte can be a piece of cake for FF
inglesi Piers Scholfield
taking it easy on #Misrata’s southern front line – volleyball anyone? twitpic.com/5rk4od #Feb17 #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
taking it easy on #Misrata’s southern front line – volleyball anyone? twitpic.com/5rk4od #Feb17 #Libya
AlluCemif
RFI veut former/structurer les journalistes de la résistance #Libye mais les syndicats crient à la perte d’indépendance. humanite.fr/17_07_2011-rfi…
www.humanite.fr/17_07_2011-rfi-les-synd...
Richard
It was a planned tactical withdrawal – a rout would have gone much further. That was why defences to South were much strongert than those to North – to protect withdrawal route. Intent will probably be to hold #Bashir and use it as a base for counterattacks, raids, supporting guerrilla cells in Brega, and firing missiles at #Brega & #Ajdabiya. When they are forced out to #Bishr they intend tol fall back to #AlAgeila and then #RasLanuf – fighting all the way.
World Organization of #Libya n Jews recognises the #NTC . #WOLJ’s rep Dr David Gerbi already in #Benghazi helping tinyurl.com/5wna36q
AlluCemif
L’Otan a détruit samedi 3 radars +1 lance-miss sol-air +1 site de stockage militaire vers #Tripoli / 6 véhicules +2 lance-roquettes à #Brega
AlluCemif
A mesure que les résistants approchent et que #Kadhafi menace, les familles ont de plus en plus peur pour leurs proches résidents à #Tripoli
BNN News Int’l
Hey do you want a nice looking ID for when you go back to Libya ;) – twitpic.com/5rkfyw
Chris_UNICEF Christopher Tidey
Leavn #Libya 2day for #Horn of Africa – thx 4 following + ur support 4 Libya’s children. Will tweet soon from #Kenya – #Somalia
hominoid
Libya Zliten A de-mining team carried out a sweep in the field. youtube.com/watch?v=453xVV…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=453xVVCva84&fea...
Daily News on Tripoli goo.gl/r9L0i
Abeidi
Libya, Gadaffi gangs they used moroco voodoo to defeat the FF in Brega.Walla hala youtube.com/watch?v=NxqIMN…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxqIMN7SbOY
Fissa’s Free Libyan Voice
An old man told his son about a battle that goes on inside people. He said: ‘’Son, there is a battle between 2 wolves inside us all. One is EVIL (Anger,Envy, Jealousy, Sorrow, Regret, Greed, Guilt, Lies & Ego. The other one is GOOD (Joy, Peace, Love, Serenity, Humanity, Kindness, Faith, Compassion, Truth, & Hope)“. The son asked his father:” Which wolf wins?’’ The old man replied: ‘’ THE ONE YOU FEED’’
Shabab
NATO hits military depot in eastern Tripoli
July 17, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — NATO jets destroyed a military storage facility and other targets in Tripoli’s eastern outskirts early Sunday, days after key international players recognized Libya’s rebel leadership as the country’s legitimate representative.
From the city, bright flashes could be seen on the eastern horizon just after midnight, followed by a steady rumbling that went on for an hour. Planes could be heard crisscrossing the night sky lit up by a near full moon, and into Sunday afternoon as well.
In Brussels, NATO said its forces had hit a military storage along with three radar sites and anti-aircraft missile launcher east of the capital. The alliance reported it flew a total of 110 sorties and carried out 45 strikes Saturday, including several against armored vehicles and rocket launchers near Brega, a strategic oil town in eastern Libya the rebels are attempting to retake.
Despite the boost given by the recognition of the rebels and a pledge to transfer Libya’s billions in frozen assets to rebel coffers, the struggle against Moammar Gadhafi has settled into a stalemate since the mass uprising broke out in mid-February.
The rebels have set up an interim administration in the eastern city of Benghazi and seized control of the port city of Misrata and much of the western Nafusa mountain range. Gadhafi controls the rest of Libya from his stronghold in the capital Tripoli.
Rebel efforts to move on the capital from the east in Brega, from the west in Misrata and from the south in the Nafusa mountains, have all bogged down in the face of better equipped and trained government troops.
Gadhafi himself has made a series of defiant speeches over the last few days, ridiculing NATO and making it clear he has no intention of leaving power — as demanded by the Western powers.
On Saturday, 10 rebels were killed in their latest advance on the strategic oil town of Brega. Rebel fighters said they were sweeping the outskirts for land mines so they could move in.
Rebels have been trying to take the town with its large gas and oil storage facilities for weeks.
Source AP
LIBYA TRIPOLI
This guy is called Younis and I think comes from Werfella – #Libya flic.kr/p/a3SHB4
Name and shame! Two pro #Gaddafi supporters in #London. #UK. #Libya flic.kr/p/a3SHLt
bentbenghaz
Eyewitness in #Tajoura says pro-G forces attacked houses there with Grad rockets, following #NATO bombs early this morning. #Libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Do you know this ugly TV presenter? It’s called Hala from #Gaddafi state TV. #Libya flic.kr/p/a3XZt8
Global Post
Libyan rebels attempt to retake Brega
Bloody Brega offensive
Finally this weekend, perhaps bolstered by a full U.S. recognition and the promise of hundreds of millions in frozen funds to help their fledgling volunteers, the rebels advanced on Brega in earnest. They were met by heavy shelling today. Ten rebel fighters were killed, according to AP, and 172 have been wounded in the last few days, many from landmines, according to doctors at the nearest functioning hospital in Ajdabiya. It’s unclear how many government forces were killed, although four were said to have been captured.
These are extraordinary casualty numbers are a sure sign that an estimated 3,000 Gaddafi troops will not abandon Brega. If it falls to the rebels, the coastal highway opens up to Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.
But first it seems, the rebels will have to deal with a devil’s array of booby traps and dug in loyalists. According to reports, the offensive started when rebel forces approached Brega late Friday, only to find landmines and trenches filled with flammable liquid. Two hundred and fifty mines have been found so far, the AP reported.
Read more:
www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpos...
NATO
NATO forces continue to remove threats against civilians
NATO forces have continued to strike key command and control nodes, military supply facilities, armoured vehicles and military storage facilities across Libya.
NATO forces are monitoring the dynamic situation across the country, including around Brega, amid widespread reports of anti-Qadhafi forces pushing into the area.
Early this morning, NATO aircraft struck a large military vehicle storage area in Tajura, 30km east of Tripoli. The military facility consisted of several substantial warehouses, containing various military vehicles including battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and ammunition.
This facility was clearly militarized for the purpose of supporting pro-Qadhafi forces and striking it has further degraded the regime’s capacity to launch attacks against civilians. NATO forces are keeping up the pressure and continue to strike military targets in areas across the country wherever civilians are threatened.
After extensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance monitoring showing pro-Qadhafi forces use of the site, NATO forces determined the military equipment deployed from this facility was used to resupply pro-Qadhafi forces launching attacks on civilians.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under the United Nations Security Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under the threat of attack in Libya.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
We will never run out of door mats in Libya at all and here of the proof (Do you agree with me?) flic.kr/p/a429Ka #Libya
Somaia
NATO says surveillance showed Gaddafi cynically used Africa Union peacekeeping vehicles 2 sustain ruthless attacks on his own ppl #libya
Redress Editor
Post-Gaddafi #Libya should cut all ties with Algeria and sub-Saharan #Africa. We Libyans have gained nothing from our relations with Africa.
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
500 recent photos: #Libya unrest Photos yhoo.it/pmVABv via @YahooNews
plemochoe
Ph.D. Philosophy UCL (Louvain) Philosophy and sociology teacher. Translator of Muslims in the Extended Europe and other works on Islam:
Reuters and the AP have been misrepresenting the facts about Libya and giving Gaddafi a megaphone since the beginning.
I have some claim to prescience re the Libyan revolution. I was one of the first to holler No Fly Zone
And I spent weeks arguing with Libyan tweeps, including the best known about the necessity of a NFZ. From a difficult position
I also advocated the use of bunker busters months before they were actually used on Bab al Aziziya. I was ridiculed, they weren’t.
And I have persistently argued that Gaddafi is not a leader or a personality but a mindless pile of money.Important point because
75% of the journalism since then, not just from the Rixos, has been to portray Gaddafi as an ordinary decent dictator…
.instead of a drooling fucking nut, which is what he is in reality.
Reuters and the AP, for reasons known to them but not their stringers, have portrayed the revolution as a civil war,
and the wire services have in general made it OK for people to avoid focusing on the FF, who have done a lot with not much
Now for the third time, the assault is being made in terms of time and expectations.The “rebels” are too slow,Gaddafi might stay,
The West will run out of money, patience, time, etc. ANYTHING to avoid the truth, which is this:
Letting Gaddafi stay and pulling out would engender a wave of private army violence in Africa. NATO has gone too far to pull out
First off, Gaddafi is a bundle of rage at this point. Let him live and he will start a pogrom against his opponents -
revenge attacks on the FF that will make the last 42 years look like tea and cookies
Gaddafi’s hatred for the West would only be increased if NATO pulled out because every statement shows clearly he’s a sociopath
In the Reuters story Gaddafi says the FF are burning mosques, that they are Christians
But there’s no paragraph that says, “Gaddafi often makes insane, obviously bogus statements.”
You could say everybody knows that. But there’s no response from a TNC leader either. So it’s still Gaddafi’s microphone
Just quoting him AS IF he were capable of making a sensible statement is half the propaganda battle.
In effect Reuters and AP give Gaddafi the Fox News treatment. They 50-50 everything that’s said, or that happens
Except they quote Gaddafi much more than TNC leaders because he’s better copy (being crazy)
The wire services and the journalists at the RIxos have been played like a flute throughout this conflict
Although someday we will find that packets of $100’s were also involved. Write a good story, get a bag of cash.
There is no going back on Libya – not just for the FF but also for the Western alliance. Here’s why:
Gaddafi has been laying the groundwork for major lawlessness and violence in Africa for a long time.
The trick with Gaddafi is to think of him as a mindless pile of $ – possibly $200 billion back in February
How do you monetize Africa? You drive out the people with private armies of armed children. A proven business model there.
The idea is to make Africa worth less and less and less, so somebody can eventually buy it up – the New Colonialism
Reuters lets Gaddafi call the FF “Christians”, they don’t remind us HE has been declared an enemy of God by the imams
Gaddafi mobilizes the Colonialist metaphor but HE is a mega-colonialist who got pretty close to being King of Africa
Can’t any reporter figure out that Gaddafi is crazy beyond all help, and that nothing short of jail or death is tolerable?
Meanwhile the political anti-Gaddafi movement is stronger now than ever.
After Misrata was liberated things looked very good. But now the notion that the West might pull out is sounding more serious
The TNC and the FF need to realize that for the West, it’s all internal politics.
Think about this: if NATO gave a two-month warning – pull out in 60 days – that would be worth billions to Gaddafi
Suddenly he would be able to borrow money and deal with banks again. He would have life, to give more death.
Gaddafi KNOWS how the West works. The FF and the TNC don’t seem to.
I’m not just warning them. I’m warning the West. It’s not just Libya but Africa that’s at stake.
If Gaddafi survives lawlessness in Africa will increase tenfold – as he tries to recoup and pay back at the same time
Not just Gaddafi – all manner of pirates and warlords will watch and learn – you can outwit and outwait the West
Dear folks who retweeted and recommended my posts, thank you. I hope the Western alliance will stick it out, for Africa’s sake.
Even though the land area is bigger, Libya thanks to Gaddafi is almost as big an environmental disaster as Iraq.
War of this kind is a disaster for the environment worldwide. The sum total of explosions and fuel burns affects global air quality
All of this is Gaddafi’s “fault”. Actually fault implies responsibility and insane people are not responsible
In the name of the Arab Spring and for the love of Africa, that continent cannot be allowed to sink much longer
The battle against climate change begins in Africa where the consequences will be most severe.
In other words there are too many real problems to allow a pure psycho like Gaddafi to f things up anymore.
Getting Gaddafi out has not cost that much or taken that long compared to letting him stay
It’s time to admit that world oil companies have profited from the Libya bump in the oil price, and they want it to stay around
Gaddafi has never been kicked out of OPEC. There are still contacts and his chances are still assessed daily.
Everybody in the business is always priced very forward, that is, sort of buy the rumor, sell the news.
Every indication, and even every rumor implying Gaddafi MIGHT survive is worth many millions to him. A few discreet doors stay open.
It’s possible that Gaddafi had before this war the biggest fortune ever controlled by one man – perhaps $200 bn worth of leverage
That much money has a life of its own and it isn’t dead until some government confiscates it.
I would like to know, finally tonight, if State TV got kicked off Nilesat and is that having any effect yet?
The Libyan tweeps who have worked so long and hard to defend this Revolution, I cannot name them all…
The frantic campaign to get NATO to disengage, stirred up by Gaddafi in a thousand ways in our publications…
In this respect we have to repeat the famous words, changing them a little: I’m not afraid of Gaddafi. I’m afraid to lose the battle.
Gaddafi is kind of like bin Laden now – mostly cut off from his assets. But that could change.
Even stories about Gaddafi being low on cash are dangerous. He could be low on physical stacks of $100’s from the bunker..
But it takes a month just to tot up the assets in a $100 billion fortune. Take the British real estate deals…
Gaddafi was frozen out of that market and many others. But the freeze-out is related to the glare of publicity.
If Gaddafi survives the NATO campaign, billions in assets he can’t touch now will become available again.
Gaddafi uses the “I know you are but what am I” theory of rhetorical lying. What he does, he accuses you of doing.
There’s something deeply silly about Gaddafi. Where does that leave the journalists who reprint his every word?Which is most of them.
Sure, printing what he says doesn’t mean they agree. But they seldom say they don’t.
I’ve said this before: those of you who work out of the Rixos, you might be sorry to be there one day soon.
AJA:
170 injured in vicinity of #Brega since last night.
AJA;
Rebel leader gives example: 250 landmines were cleared from a 1km/2 area near #Brega.
VOA NEWS
NATO Warplanes Hit Libyan Military Targets Near Tripoli, Brega
The latest NATO air strikes shook the eastern outskirts of Tripoli before dawn Sunday. It was not immediately clear what targets were struck or whether there were any casualties. Gadhafi has used the western city as his main power base in a five-month-long battle against rebels trying to end his 42-year-long autocratic rule.
NATO reported hitting a range of Libyan military targets near Tripoli on Saturday, including a storage facility, three radars and a surface-to-air missile launcher. It says alliance warplanes also struck pro-Gadhafi armored vehicles and rocket launchers near Brega.
Read full art. Here:
www.voanews.com/english/news/NATO-Warpl...
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Sorry… at least 13 rebel fighters have now been killed and 204 wounded since the battle for Brega began on Thursday.
Somaia
Brega gd hit from FF in Brega 2 Gardaffi Forces. gd 1 boys keep it up U just cheered me up Thank U.
Video:
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REUTERS:
Over 120 rebels hurt in battle for east Libya town
More than 120 Libyan rebels were wounded on Sunday as they fought to dislodge troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from the eastern oil port of Brega, a rebel spokesman said on Sunday.
Link:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/17/us-l...
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
I might be wrong, but I’d be pretty surprised if there were 127 wounded today in Brega fighting. It has been about 172 total so far
Danya
Fredoom Fighter’s in control of the eastern gate of the city of Brega! #Libya Allahu Akbar!
The Times of India:
Libya rebels report street-to-street fighting in Brega
Rebel forces said they had re-entered Brega but had not yet managed to wrest control of the town from Gaddafi’s troops, who have held it since April.
“Some small groups have made it inside, but we do not control the whole (town) yet,” said Mohammed Zawi, a spokesman for the rebel forces.
Zawi dismissed rumours that Gaddafi troops had abandoned the town altogether. “It is now close fighting,” he said, indicating a new phase in the four-day rebel campaign.
Link:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middl...
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
#GaddafiSongDedications Dr.Dre featuring Snoop Dogg: Nothin but a “G” thang
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Small selection of the publications coming out from the media centres in Nafusa region #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5rp2th
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Published by the newly founded National Foundation for Amazigh Culture in #Yefren #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5rp0tg
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Latest from #Misrata Al-Hikma hospital – 29 injured, no dead. Sadly likely to rise before end of day. #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Reports that electricity has been cut off on some districts in #Tripoli. #Libya
Ben Wedeman CNN
Food supplies are down and the price of petrol is up in rebel-held Western Libya. CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports.
Video:
www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/07...
BintHOPErelief BintHOPErelief
#EidOfHope created another registry this one at Amazon! check it out amazon.com/registry/wishl #libya
The Malta Independent:
First Maltese delegation to Benghazi today
The first Maltese governmental delegation to the Libyan National Transitional Council leaves for Benghazi today for a day of talks. The trip, unsurprisingly, is apparently being kept under wraps as no official announcement has been made. The only hint was a reference to Malta making use of United Nation’s resources for the trip.
When contacted, a government spokesperson confirmed the delegation’s travel plans but, when asked what was on the agenda, he said it was obviously wide-ranging. The delegation leaves early this morning and returns to Malta this evening.
The delegation will be led by Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg and the day of talks with the Council scheduled includes discussions with Council Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
Malta had recognised Benghazi as the “sole legitimate interlocutor of the Libyan people” back at the beginning of June.
Although members of the Council have had talks with the Maltese government, most recently last week when a small delegation from the Benghazi council flew into Malta with a group of children being given humanitarian medical treatment at Mater Dei Hospital, this will be the first Maltese delegation to Benghazi since Libya became engulfed in violence.
The small delegation comprises the minister, Melvyn Mangion and other officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Art. Here:
www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsite...
bencnn benwedeman
Al-Jazeera Arabic running what purports to be amateur video of an anti-Qahdafi demonstration in Sabha in southern #Libya.
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by carolv27
Donate & RT thx. RT #EIDOFHOPE 3rd gift registry at #toysRus, free shipping on certain items toysrus.com/wishlist/searc… #libya
KarlreMarks Karl Sharro
So Mubarak went for the coma option while Gaddafi has been perfecting the insanity defence all his life.
dovenews Libyan™
Caller from #Tajoora: Gaddafi forces have fired grad missiles on Tajoora after the NATO strikes on Gaddafi military targets to accuse NATO.
tripolitano Tripolitano
Sources: any one entering #Libya through Ras Jdee who’s been out of da country 4 more than a month is interrogated& passport confiscated.
Libya_Awake_United
When u plant Landmines, u just pant a killing device for ur grand grand children. How ur vision is insightful & promising for the future!
Septimius
(AFP) #Zintan Bank reopens “THIS IS GOING TO ANNOY GADAFFI AND CO” t.co/S2UroQ0 #libya #feb17 #Nafusa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTIIRoBhFMw&fea...
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Amazigh children’s alphabet book ‘Animals’ – 1st post revolution Amazigh publication #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5rop4l
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Malta to release the Libyan frozen funds.
mmmm. Frozen Fund Malt shake.
Libye Libre
Les insurgés libyens du Djebel Nefoussa sont désormais bien armés, encadrés et déterminés à marcher sur Tripoli laregledujeu.org/2011/07/17/672… #Libye
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Met families of rebel war dead in Zintan in Libya. Proud, dignified and insistent that their cause is worth fighting and dying for.
littlelisa8 Lisa
#Gaddafi takes his revenge on #Misrata as he is losing #Brega tonight”
LY_NeverForget:
y lol imagine #Gaddafi glowin singin “hello hello is it me ur looking 4” #EasyNatoTarget #GaddafiSongDedication
NadiaMaddox
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
The revolution doesn’t succeed when the tyrant is gone. It succeeds when tyranny is gone.
SLATE.fr
Pourquoi bombarde-t-on la Libye?
Slate Afrique – Vous avez vécu pendant trois ans en Libye. Vous êtes arabophone et vous avez sillonné le pays. A travers vos contacts réguliers avec la population, avez-vous l’impression que Kadhafi soit un homme isolé?
Patrick Haimzadeh – Je parlerai tout d’abord de mon expérience en Libye avant l’insurrection du 17 février 2011. Comme dans tout régime autoritaire, une majorité de la population libyenne (de l’ordre de 70 %) était attentiste, c’est-à-dire qu’elle était sans illusion sur le système mais n’avait aucune idée de ce que pourrait être la Libye sans Kadhafi et pas de conscience de sa capacité à mettre fin au système. Il faut s’imaginer un système en place depuis près de 42 ans où aucune force d’opposition n’a jamais pu se structurer ni s’exprimer. Au départ, ces gens parlaient peu mais au fil du temps, la confiance s’installant, les langues se déliaient et ils se laissaient aller à critiquer.
More here:
fr.news.yahoo.com/pourquoi-bombarde-t-l...
RFI: les syndicats exigent des garanties
«Après avoir livré des armes aux rebelles libyens, la France va désormais les aider à développer les radios comme les télévisions.» Même le Figaro n’y va pas par quatre chemin. L’annonce par Alain de Pouzilhac, PDG de l’Audiovisuel extérieur de la France (AEF) de mettre en place un programme de formation des journalistes libyens opposants au régime de Kadhafi, par ceux de RFI et France 24, pose à l’évidence de sérieux problèmes d’indépendance. Ce programme, validé à l’issue d’une rencontre entre Alain de Pouzilhac et Mahmoud Shammam, ministre de l’Information du Conseil national de transition libyen (CNT), le 29 juin dernier, débuterait à compter de septembre.
Marion Allard.
Read more and source:
www.humanite.fr/17_07_2011-rfi-les-synd...
Afriquinfos
Ces officiers libyens déserteurs qui rejoignent les rebelles de l’Ouest
Ils ont tous un peu la même histoire, ces officiers originaires du Djebel Nefoussa qui ont abandonné l’armée régulière pour participer à “la guerre pour la liberté”.
Ils parlent de la flamme qui les habite depuis les premiers jours de l’insurrection mi-février. Ils racontent comment, risquant l’arrestation ou l’exécution, ils ont résisté aux ordres ou été mis à l’écart, comment ils ont espionné avant de franchir le pas.
Le colonel pilote Abd Elsalam, 51 ans, était à l’académie de l’armée de l’air de Misrata (est de Tripoli) quand tout a commencé. “Lorsqu’ils nous ont demandé de voler et de bombarder les rebelles, j’ai répondu non. Il y a eu une enquête, on m’a menacé de prison. J’ai dit que j’étais malade”. Ensuite, la base a été attaquée, les avions ont été détruits, plus question de voler. L’unité a été transférée à Tripoli.
Le colonel de l’armée de terre Mohammed Athich, 57 ans, était au quartier général militaire de la région d’Al-Jufrah, à 600 km au sud-est de Tripoli, chargé de veiller aux mouvements de troupes, d’armes et de munitions. Lui a rapidement été mis à l’écart. “Ils savaient que mes trois fils avaient rejoint la rébellion. On ne me faisait pas confiance, on me soupçonnait comme tous les militaires originaires des montagnes de soutenir les combattants”.
Reaad more here:
www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2011/7/16/...
Libye Libre
Heurts rapportés nuit dernière à #Tripoli par le Mouvement Génération Libre entre résistants et forces de #Kadhafi.
Nefoussa : “Ce sont des gens armés, encadrés, déterminés et ayant la rage de vaincre … ils sont en position de " prendre Tripoli – BHL
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Libyan gov’t officials objected to 1 of my reports. Accused me of working for NATO & Hillary Clinton. Threatened to kick me out of #Libya.
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
Even #Malta s showing personality over our blood,suffering,starvation. Thats our money & we gonna take it by law, force wtever it takes #NTC
KhiriaElf Khiria
As of today, it has been 5 months since we got a taste of freedom. #Libya #Feb17
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Maybe if #SaifsBeard doesn’t pan out for Saif’s religion diplomacy,he’ll go punk rock:wear dayglo paint,lip pierce, and rename himself $aif.
Secular libya
Imperialists are supplying weapons to FFs. Qadafi must be right- FFs work 4 world colonialism & imperialism LOL /sarcasm
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/Thanku4theAng...
LIBYA_WIN Hayat Libya
Apparently #Gaddafi’s forces in #Brega are trapped and #FFs want to find a way to spare lives on both sides- Some withdrew to #RasLanuf
4Adam Adam
Gaddafi soldiers receive med treatment in Qawalish “We’re forced to fight you (revolutionaries)” youtube.com/watch?v=AGc5c0… #Libya #Feb17 #Nafusa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGc5c0IzNTY&fea...
LY_NeverForget Ms.F
No comatose 4 Gaddafi.I wld like my dictator tortured, mutilated and served on a burning fire pls
Libya_from_FR Sarah LFFR
Plusieurs explosions consécutives auraient été entendu à #Misrata. #Libye / Reports the sound of severeal explosions in Misrata. #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
UPDATE: Money from #Malta will not be released in form of cash to Libyan banks controlled by the #NTC, it would rather be in form of aid.
Skeptical4 Skeptic
pretty quiet on twitter now
g song: Regine
what about "hit the road jack(gadaffi) and dont you come back no more. no more ,no more, no more
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#Nalut hospital being powered by diesel-generator after Gaddafiforces’ shelling disrupted electricity supply yesterday #Libya
ListentoLibya Husam
I aint too proud to tell you that I cry sometimes, cry sometimes..
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
twitvid.com/RAHMW – Children of #Yefren demonstration against #gadaffi government #libya #feb17
www.twitvid.com/RAHMW
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS Ossama
TRIPOLI:Source in Tripoli said that there has been a sudden withdrawal of the checkpoints in the city in the last two days! Goin to front?
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Gaddafi’s Idea of “peaceful” march, this was 19th/March outskirts of #Benghazi – #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=RP4ARC… Thank you #France
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4ARCgYPRM&fea...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Rocket explosions, #NATO jets far overhead, Allahu Akbar chant on a loop. #NighttimesoundsofMisrata
fcukruna Maimuna Aghliw
Grad rockets hitting #Misrata RIGHT NOW. #NATO, step up your game ? #LIBYA #FREELIBYA #GADDAFICRIMES
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS Ossama
BREAKING: Grad rockets are now falling on #Misurata. #Libya #feb17
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
dedicated by Gaddafi’s barber? #GaddafiSongDedications Guns ‘n’ Roses – “Welcome to the Jungle”
misrati_free Feb17
#GaddafiSongDedications Bob Marley “Rat Race”
Rabz Abs
#GaddafiSongDedications blonde: “one way or another I am going to find you and get you”
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS Ossama
NEVER FORGET: July 17 1998, when the tyrant injected 400 innocent kids with AIDS, most of them have died! :( #Libya #feb17
g song dedication;
alwaten
how about Every move you make by The Police as a NATO #Gaddafisongdedication,very apropriate
N_Benghazi .
#GaddafiSongDedications Howie Day – “Collide” (NATO bombs dedication to Gaddafi)
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
#GaddafiSongDedications Eagles: “Hotel California” (called in by the #Rixos)
N_Benghazi .
#GaddafiSongDedications Phineas and Ferb – “My Neme-Nemesis”
misrati_free Feb17
#GaddafiSongDedications The Doors “The End”
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Took this pic of #Misrata FF Walid (24) on July 5. Now he’s using crutches & staying in a rented flat with other FFs. twitpic.com/5rj7bf
Last nite Walid, Abubaker, Ibrahim & Gassem were together for a midnight dinner of bread & chicken. They were all seriously..
..injured by 106mm gunfire on April 21. They have friends here in Tunis, including me. But no family. All support is private.
Most #Libyans who come to Tunisia for war injuries need sustained healthcare and won’t get it if they return home.
A store attendant told my #Libyan friend Salem that my photo was illegal. I said better to ask forgiveness than permission ;)
Hosam. 23 yr old #Libyan FF from #Kikla. Shot in his behind at Qwaleesh last week. Was a lineworker 4 electric company. t.co/xHP4qcj
Took this picture on July 14 at 11 pm. I went to visit Hosam with Kikla friends who wanted to see him & other new arrivals.
This was in a Tunisian private hospital (‘clinic’). Hosam was admitted on Thursday & discharged on Friday. He’s in a flat now
Souffian Tripoli
#Gaddafi ‘s son Mutassim (commander of ground forces in #Brega) has jumped the sinking ship & fled to his father’s hometown #Sirte”
Bloomberg
Libya Needs to Manage $168 Billion in Assets, Banker Says
Libya has about $168 billion in frozen assets and the Transitional National Council needs to access and start managing the funds as it works to oust Muammar Qaddafi and rebuild the country, former central bank chief Farhat Bengdara said.
The assets include $106 billion owned by the central bank, 55 percent to 60 percent of which is in government securities, and $62 billion held by the Libyan Investment Authority, Bengdara, who resigned in March and heads the International Libyan Bankers’ Association, said in an interview in Istanbul yesterday. The group is advising the TNC about raising finance and reviving the banking industry, he said.
“The council now has a legal status; they can raise money, fund contracts and give loans,” Bengdara said. “They can get finance and the collateral could be these deposits.”
Read more here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-17/libya...
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
#GaddafiSongDedications Michael Jackson: “Beat It” (FF anthem,as suggested by @thegeedee)
feb17
Los Angeles Times
As the two ethnic groups in the mountainous portion of Libya’s west put aside long-held differences, at stake may be more than the fate of the communities along a sparsely populated range.
July 16, 2011, 3:04 p.m. Reporting from Zintan, Libya--
Before the Libyan uprising this year, Salah, a proud Arab, never would have approved if his sister had decided to marry a Berber, a long-oppressed ethnic group populating large parts of western Libya and the rest of North Africa.
But the battle against Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s rule has fused the destinies of the two people, especially in the Nafusa Mountains where Arab and Berber towns rely on one another for survival.
“There is one particular Berber who I got to know after the revolution,” said Salah, who asked that his last name not be published because of the sensitivity of the issue. “I would be proud if my sister married him.”
Source and read more:
feb17.info/news/joint-fight-with-arabs-...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Irresistible: Nescafe display in a Tunis grocery store today. #Libya twitpic.com/5rp8gg
libyanandproud
4 the trenches were filled with flammable oil products from Brega
ALERT:
aabeidi Abdelaly Abeidi
Libya, Massod Abdulhafeez in Sabaha preparing to raid on Qatroon with 30 cars carrying 14.5.
4Adam Adam
Near Bir al Ghanam. Gaddafi tries to advance and the FF joke about his shells youtube.com/watch?v=W_7nKm… #LIbya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_7nKme6ZtA&fea...
Joanne
He ran to Sirte, Muatasim Gaddafi escaped being captured by FF in Brega #Libya
DAILY NEWS:
Libya rebel advance slowed by ‘chemical’ trenches
Libya: Libyan rebels said their steady advance on Brega was slowed Saturday by the discovery of defensive trenches around the city that had been filled with flammable chemicals by retreating Kadhafi troops.
But the commander said landmines and a series of booby-trapped trenches had forced them to slow the attack in order to minimise casualties. “We know Kadhafi’s forces have installed a lot of mines. They have even dug holes and trenches (filled) with some chemical liquids and oil to fire them when our forces enter Brega,” he said. It was not clear what kind of chemicals were being used, but the oil hub is home to a large petrochemical facility that produces a range of oil by-products.
Ajdabiya, Sunday, AFP
Here is the link to full art.:
www.dailynews.lk/2011/07/18/wld04.asp
hominoid
Libya 120 Opposition fighters were wounded on Sunday during a battle to drive out Gaddafi forces in the eastern oil port of Brega.
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
Personally, I don’t know how the Nafusa FFs can do it, these soldiers have shelled their homes for months, killed their families.
hominoid
by Unknown7771
Libya Misrata 29 injured in a fierce battle on the western front today
Libya There are divisions within the Gdaffy battalions on the front at Brega and some escape the rest are lacking ammunition unconfirmed
Bill Neely
Bizarre 2 be able 2 watch 2 gt sporting events in Libya.Clark winning Open & Japan beating US in Women’s World Cup Final.US so much better.
Whatever happened to some real informative reporting about Libya while you’re there?
Alex
By fleeing #Brega 4 #Sirte – #MoatassemGaddafi – has disobeyed G’s ‘no retreat’ rule – shd be shot like other #Gaddafi retreaters are #Libya
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
I posted 12 photos on Facebook in the album “16 July 2011-West Misrata frontline” fb.me/Gq8pVFB7
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18922...
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Zintan Poster: “#Palestine is in Our Hearts” twitpic.com/5rjmxg #Feb17 #Libya
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
The innocence and anger in the eyes of Misrata children البرائة والغضب في نظرات اطفال مصراته on.fb.me/nNGfpC #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18922...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
lots of talk of #Misrata phones working – to my knowledge about 50% of landlines are up and running, no mobiles as yet. #feb17 #Libya
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
Confrontation on the #Zliten – #Misrata front, as FFs managed to repel G forces. No loss of life reported on FF side.
Niz_FGM Niz
17/7/11-FGMovement in possession of documents identifying 32 BASE as recently housing longrange missiles.We believe was destroyed last night
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
Reports that no martyrs on the #Brega front. Few injuries due to dismantling mines. #Libya #Feb17
Skeptical4 Skeptic
NATO why didnt u hit Mutassims car on road 2 Sirte, WHY?
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
Aghhh had to come back, FFs looting is bad, but do they expect x-ray machines to gather dust in deserted medical centres?
Feb 17
CNN:
By Omar Ashour
BENGHAZI – Middle Eastern autocrats routinely warn their people of rivers of blood, Western occupation, poverty, chaos, and Al Qaeda if their regimes are toppled. Those threats were heard in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, and – rendered in black-comedy style – in Libya. But there is a strong belief across the region that the costs of removing autocracies, as high as they might be, are low compared to the damage inflicted by the current rulers. In short, freedom is worth the price.
In Libya, four scenarios may negatively affect prospects for democratization: civil/tribal war, military rule, becoming “stuck in transition,” and partition. Given the high price Libyans have paid, those scenarios should be prevented rather than cured.
Full art. Here:
feb17.info/news/libya-after-gadhafi
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
AJA reported that Mutassim Gaddafi ran away while FFs were entering #Brega. I’m sure he takes after his father’s character #Libya #Feb17
sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDWp3sf20c&feature=youtu.be fb.me/17tHpYBYI
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDWp3sf20c&fea...
and:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDWp3sf20c
International
Libye: Moscou n’entend pas livrer des armes au régime de Kadhafi
La Russie n’a pas l’intention de livrer des armes au régime du colonel Kadhafi, a déclaré dimanche le représentant permanent de la Russie auprès de l’Otan, Dmitri Rogozine à la radio Echo de Moscou.
“Tant la législation russe que celle des pays membres de l’UE interdisent de livrer des armes à un territoire où existe un conflit civil, où se déroule la guerre civile”, a indiqué le diplomate.
“Ce que font certains pays membres de l’Otan est un scandale absolu qui est en contradiction flagrante avec toutes les résolutions adoptées par le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu concernant la situation en Libye”, s’est-il indigné.
Source:
fr.rian.ru/world/20110717/190171803.html
4Adam Adam
Qawalish battle (II) – Gaddafi SubSaharan soldiers youtube.com/watch?v=wOvTWh… #Libya #Feb17 #Nafusa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOvTWhlyYIk&fea...
AJA reporter in Ajdabya: Mutassim Gaddafi, ground commander of G forces in #Brega has fled to #Sirte. + 7 G soldiers killed today
freedom4libya Khalifa Leebee
Conditions in #Tripoli are bad and getting worst. 40 deg. C and no electricity.
moooonlight22 Libya Free Forever.
50,000 imprisoned in #Tripoli many were detained and kidnapped from other cities of Libya by #Gadafi thugs 2 r my brother& Cousin
Libya_Now AlluCemif
1 rapport du journaliste @IvanCNN a déplu aux officiels du gouv. de #Tripoli.Accusé de travailler pour l’OTAN et H.Clinton. Menacé exclusion
Libya, Brega 25 of Gadaffi cars left Brega heading south after heavy fighting with FF. Not new for those cowards
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
Just spoke to rebels on Brega front. 2 killed 60 injured today; 22killed/371 injured since Thurs. They’ve been driven ~20km back from Brega.
Skeptical4 Skeptic
FF using BM-21 Grad launching missiles at #Brega front today youtube.com/watch?v=0o23LL… via @youtube
Skeptical4 Skeptic
FF using BM-21 Grad launching missiles at #Brega front today youtube.com/watch?v=0o23LL… via @youtube
Eman Slap Gaddafi anyone? loglod.com/game/5773/Slap…
www.loglod.com/game/5773/Slap-Gaddafi.html
bencnn benwedeman
Photo from downtown #zintan: no one has defaced this colonel’s likeness. #Libya #Feb17 yfrog.com/klb1bluj
septimius_sever septimius severus
“We are fighting to die, they are fighting to live” #AJE #Gwalish youtube.com/watch?v=EmMGfX… by @jonahhull
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmMGfXARpuU&fea...
NIZ
Tripoli Update 17/7/2011 تطورات طرابلس
by The Free Generation Movement – حركة جيل الاحرار on Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 5:56pm
1-
انخفاض عدد نقاط التفتيش خلال النهار اليوم في عدة مناطق بطرابلس
2-
انقطاع الكهرباء في اغلب أنحاء المدينة كلها اليوم.
3- سمعت معظم مدينة طرابلس الانفجارات الهائلة في شرق العاصمة وتحديدا بتاجوراء الليلة الماضية ،حركة جيل الأحرار في حوزتها بعض الوثائق الرسمية التي تبين ان صواريخ بعيدة المدى قد تم نقلها في الآونة الأخيرة إلى كتيبة 32 ، واعتقادنا بأن قد تم تدميرها الليلة الماضية. وكانت معظم هده الانفجارات انفجارات ثانوية وليست من قصف حلف شمال الأطلسي . وكانت الشظايا مثل الكرات النارية في السماء.
4- كتيبة 32 هي كتيبة معروفة وتقع على الطريق إلى الشرق . تدميرها يفتح الطريق للثوار في تاجوراء وخارجها للدخول الي طرابلس.
5- أزمة نقص الوقود لا تزال تتفاقم. و العديد من المحطات قد تم إغلاقها .
1- Fewer checkpoints during the day today in districts around Tripoli
2- Rolling blackouts continue around the whole city today.
3- Most of the city heard the enormous explosions in eastern Tripoli/Tajoura last night. The Free Generation Movement is in possession of official documentation showing that medium to long range missiles have recently been moved to an area of 32 BASE, Tajoura. We have reason to believe that this was destroyed last night. Most of the explosions were secondary explosions and not NATO bombs. Shrapnel and what appeared like fireballs and rockets were shooting up into the sky.
4- 32 BASE is a well known base and lies on the road to/from the east. Its destruction opens the way for our fighters in Tajoura and beyond to eventually enter Tripoli.
5- Fuel shortage continues to worsen. Many stations are now fully closed.
NIZ:
Thoughts of a Father….. أفكار
by The Free Generation Movement – حركة جيل الاحرار on Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 7:38pm
The father of one of the members of The Free Generation Movement put down his thoughts about 42 years of Gaddafi rule. 42 years that this man has lived through. A victim of oppression, this father of Libyans waits for a day he once couldnt even dream about….
In the name of God the Merciful
My opinions on the rule of Gaddafi during the 42 years of his reign….
He banned pictures of rulers, and his pictures emerged everywhere.
He declared the demolition of prisons, and built more
He called for the freedom of citizens, and put opposition behind bars.
He called for the abolishment of passports, whilst his corrupt institutions demanded them from behind desks.
He called for an Islamic state but failed to build a single mosque
He banned the naming of celebrities, but his name appears everywhere
He destroyed musical instruments in public, and his sons were lavished by the worlds pop stars at private parties.
He raised the banner of justice and equality and created a society of classes and cronyism
He called for a rise in the standard of living through the sale of oil and yet the number of poor multiplied.
In 42 years, he was unable to build a decent international airport.
In 42 years, he was unable to establish a public transportation network
In 42 years, he was unable to deliver gas to our homes
In 42 years, he was unable to establish a railway network
In 42 years, he was unable to establish a postal service
In 42 years, he was unable to provide stable electricity to our homes.
In 42 years, he was unable to provide a complete sewage network
He destroyed Education. He destroyed Healthcare. He destroyed Management institutions. He destroyed Society.
He split the wealth of a nation between him, his sons, and his corrupt accomplices.
He spread the rule of corruption and bribery in favour of those loyal to him.
He called on everyone to protect him, to serve him and his sons and created an entourage corrupt and obedient to extend his rule.
He said “partners not wage workers” and made everyone in Libya a slave to his wage structure.
He said “The house belongs to its dwellers” and stole the properties, the wealth and the possessions of millions of Libyans.
He brought in mercenaries to protect him and to protect his reign.
He issued a document of human rights and killed more than 1,200 prisoners in the prison of Abu Slim within two hours.
He said “I’m not a leader” and yet his words become law overnight.
He spent billions and paraded his arms and his military forces during celebrations, only to use them against his own people. Even those who expressed themselves peacefully.
وضع والد أحد أعضاء حركة جيل الأحرار ملخص لأفكار تراكمت نحو 42 عاما من حكم القذافي. 42 سنة الذي كان هذا الرجل ضحية القمع ، هذا الأب كسار الليبيين ينتظر اليوم الذي لم يستطيع مرة أن يحلم به
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
أراء حول حكم القدافي وأهدافه خلال 42 سنة من حكمه
حينما قام بالثورة منع تعليق صور الحكام فرائينا صورته في كل مكان .
هدم سجنا وبناء سجون في كل مكان.
دعا لحرية المواطن وزجا بلالاف في السجون.
ألقاء بجوازات السفر من النافدة وسحبها رسميا من الشباك
دعا إلي دولة إسلامية ولم يبني مسجدا
منع ذكر أسماء المسولين والمشاهير لينفرد بذكر اسمه فقط.
حطم آلالات الموسيقية في الميدان واستجلب اشهر المطربين الأجانب ليغنوا له ولأبنائه
رفع شعار العدل والمساواة وخلق الطبقية والمحسوبية
دعا إلي رفع مستوى معيشة المواطن فارتفع دخل الوطن من بيع النفط وزاد المواطن فقرا
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من بناء مطار دول
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من إنشاء شبكة مواصلات عامة
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من توصيل الغاز للبيوت
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من إنشاء شبكة السكة الحديد
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من تقسيم البلاد جغرافيا ومعرفة عناوين المنازل
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من توصيل الكهرباء المنظم للبيوت
اتنين واربعين سنة لم يتمكن من توصيل شبكة الصرف الصحي
حطم التعليم – حطم الصحة – حطم الإدارة – حطم المواطن
قسم ثروة الوطن بينه وبين أولاده وبطانته الفاسدة
أشاع الفساد الإداري والرشوة بن المسولين الموالين لحكمه
جند كل شي في الوطن من اجله واجل خدمته هو وأبنائه وبطانته الفاسدة ليطول عمر حكمه
قال شركاء لأجراء فجعل الليبيين كلهم أجراء
قال البيت لساكنه فاحل نهب واغتصاب ممتلكات الناس واحل أكل أموال الناس بالباطل.
حطم الحدود ليسمح بدخول المرتزقة لحمايته وحماية ملكه
أصدر وثيقة حقوق الإنسان وقتل اكتر من 1200 سجين بري في سجن ابوسليم خلال ساعتين
قال لست حاكما فجعل خطابته وأحاديته قوانين يلزم العمل بها وتطبيقها من خلال الشرعية التورية
تباهى بسلاحه وقواته خلال الاستعراضات العسكرية وأنفق المليارات عليها وكان هدفه هو قمع شعبه وقتله عندما أراد أن يعبر عن رأيه ولو سلميا
Free Libyia
Here is an American TV interview when Shakir was an ‘anti-G’ exile. goo.gl/NNGFp before he accepted G $$$$$
There’s alot of people who think Shakir was sent by Gaddafi to spy/ kill members of the opposition in US.
Free Libyia
B4 u think u are talking to a mentally stable man,watch his live black magic show! goo.gl/yvwTf Calling Jinns to help G
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9vq7dma4Zo
Joanne
#Brega Small groups are inside in NE of Brega using heavy machine guns its street by street fighting they dont control whole town yet
Morocco FM Taieb Fassi held talks on #LIBYA in #Jeddah SuadiArabia on Sunday with Prince Saud al-Faisa
Military source SundayEve says Gaddafi forces withdrew to west of BREGA after a violent attack launched by FF So far 127 FF injured #Libya
#MuatasimGaddafi fled with Many officers Left soldiers+Mercenaries mostly in W of Brega A difficult Area with Sand dunes +Trenches
#Brega #NATO is preventing the arrival of Food and Military supplies for Muatasim Gaddafis forces #Libya
Please spare a thought ..a moment a prayer for the poor 50,000 People who have been Unlawfully Imprisoned in #TRIPOLI GaddafiCrimes #Libya
#TRIPOLI Banking source on Sunday: Banks suffer a shortage of financial liquidity since several days Most banks are closed #Libya
#TRIPOLI source; Living conditions r unbearable most shops closed a steep rise in prices lack of basic materials and power cuts #
Major General Abdel Fattah #Younes al-Obaidi said that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has used Poison Gas or Mustard Gas in #BREGA
libyaunite
friend from #Libya via telephone: banks that are still open are resorting to handing out one dinar bills!
Joanne
Gaddafi forces said to have planted about 40 Thousand mines randomly around the city of Brega #Libya
SAADI
Tripoli #GaddafiTVpresenter Shakir room 801 + Saadi Gaddafi said 2b staying @ Hotel Al Mehari now RadissonBluMahari on AlFatahstreet #Libya
www.radissonblu.com/hotel-tripoli
befroggled Miss B
One of our own; a Londoner martyred in #Libya RIP Salem Bashagha. He’d said he wanted to die a martyr, look @ his smile. yfrog.com/kj68mzcj
BBC
Libya: Funding the fight from besieged Misrata
Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata say they are preparing for a fresh offensive. But progress has been slow, and the city itself is still surrounded – by enemy soldiers on one side and the sea on the other.
Checking the tickets at the end of the gang plank is Abdelkareem Raed.
In his early twenties, he is a volunteer. In fact, the boat is paid for by the family business.
“We are trying to help people,” he says. “All businessmen are co-operating and are trying to help people here by importing food and humanitarian aid, medicines.”
Fauzi Ibrahim el-Kashini is perhaps Misrata’s most colourful businessman-turned-revolutionary.
“I am fighting with two things," he says as he lifts up his shirt in the busy lobby of Misrata’s poshest hotel, which he owns.
“I am fighting with my body and I am fighting with my money.”
Underneath the shirt are some recently healed bullet scars, standing out against the folds of Mr Kashini’s ample belly.
In February, on the first day of anti-government protests in Misrata, he says a pro-Gaddafi soldier shot him five times.
Entrepreneurial revolutionaries
Mr Kashini says he is convinced that, with backers as dedicated as he is, Misrata simply cannot lose this fight.
“Every family in Misrata has at least one or two boys fighting,” he says. “All the city is fighting for freedom.”
Read whole story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14180525
Niz_FGM Niz
18/7/11 – Update from FGMovement… audioboo.fm/boos/415209-lp…
audioboo.fm/boos/415209-lpc-tripoli-w-n...
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
#FF at AlQalaa treating a sheep after injury from govt troop rockets bit.ly/oizWSM #libya #feb17
KhiriaElf Khiria
As a female who lived in #Libya I can tell you about how I and many other women lived as 2nd class citizens #Gaddaficrimes
SecularLibya
Actually they R about 8km from #Brega, & about 4km from the Daffis. Almost surrounding. Big fight coming. NATO hitting artillery
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
Approx 40.000 mines planted in #Brega. #Gaddafi’s strategy: If we cant keep a town, turn it into a minefield. #Gheryan & #Zliten too? #Libya
Inphinite_ S. Al.
#Gaddafi signed a Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. TBF women havent escaped #Gaddaficrimes #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#MarshallIslands OIL TANKER “CAPTAIN X. KYRIAKOU” now anchored outside port #Benghazi #Libya. #feb17
LibyanDictator The Dictator
Heard story about 2 boys who suffered head shots – bullets entering and leaving the skull – one was paralysed for a while and is perfect now
the other briefly lost his sight, but recovered fully. Both are back in #Misrata now, I’ll try to get a of them picture tomorrow.
Arabian Saluki
Dr Shakeir: ‘I speak to Col Gaddafi every few days’ Q-where is he? Answer- ‘ha ha ha ha.. he’s in my pocket.’” #Libya
LibyanDictator The Dictator
Cousin says most were interviewed and declared innocent weeks ago, officers let people go depending on their mood.
SecularLibya
Heinz: Qadafi has an intact 3rd Brigade in Tripoli consisting of 10,000 trained troops and 5,000 mercs. Khamis brigade little left. #Libya
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Have you ever been touched by a rebel ?! nothing to fear, except waking up tomorrow without freedom
Doug Saunders The Elusive Libyan End Game
Benghazi, Libya
As rebel forces carried their wounded back from a failed assault on the oil town of Brega amid rocket explosions and NATO helicopter fire here in eastern Libya on Friday, a more quiet battle, one with potentially larger consequences, was taking place much farther down the Mediterranean coast in the closed meeting rooms of Istanbul.
There, ministers from 30 countries, including Canada, met to offer official recognition and support to the rebel forces fighting dictator Moammar Gadhafi, but also to confront, in private, the far more serious and divisive problem that has emerged from the rebel heartland here in eastern Libya.
Read article in The Globe and Mail
Read more here:
dougsaunders.net/2011/07/libya-nato-reb...
LibyanDictator The Dictator
Cousin released from #Tripoli prison few days ago was tortured on a daily basis, back & legs covered in wounds from lashes + electric shock.
He said that it was normal for an officer to walk into a cell and shoot someone right next to you, you’d be covered in their blood..
Telegraph
Libya: Gaddafi ‘running out of commanders’
A Libyan colonel that defected to the rebel side last month has said that the regime has had to use soldiers from its elite special forces to command popular militias after suffering months of desertions.
The officer escaped from a government town in the plains below the country’s Western Mountains. Lying only 60 miles from Tripoli, the rebels have launched repeated offensives in the effort to reach the capital.
Leaders of the elite fighting force belonging to Gaddafi’s son Khamis had left their brigades to fight elsewhere and came to man this front line reported the Colonel. “The leaders are from the Khamis Brigades, but the rest are new recruits or volunteers. They were inexperienced; some barely could hold a gun”.
The Colonel and the captives report that lies and death threats being used to keep soldiers in line. “They told us we were fighting an invading force of Al Qaeda. A few months ago, they told us Osama Bin Laden had visited,” said a captive member of Gaddafi’s security brigades. "And on state television we saw that NATO was hitting the homes of innocent civilians.
Read more here:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8643674/Libya-Gaddafi-running-out-of-commanders.html
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Libya: Freedom fighters from the south & from Kufra are now in control of a vast region known as Qatrun – near border with Chad/Niger #libya
SUMMARY JULY 18th 2011
7/18/2011
7.18.2011
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/YQvYL
FromJoanne Joanne
FLASH BREGA FF have SURROUNDED Brega but streets are littered with landmines making it hard to secure full control of area #Libya
grafixel guess what
#Libya rebel spox Shamsiddin Abdulmolah: The main (oil) installations R still mined & the remnants of Gaddafi’s forces R still thr . #Brega
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
The mines in Brega aren’t just a problem now, Gaddafi is leaving us a country full of landmines that we will suffer from for years
REUTERS:
UPDATE 1-Libya rebels say Gaddafi forces retreat in east
- Insurgents encircle strategic oil town, spokesman says
- Mines take heavy toll on rebel force
(Adds detail on landmines, refinery, background on fighting)
“The main (oil) installations are still mined and the remnants of Gaddafi’s forces are still there,” said Abdulmolah. “Cleaning them out is going to be a bit difficult without damaging the facilities themselves.”
Read full report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/18/liby...
CNN
Rebels: Our forces have advanced closer to Libyan city of Brega
“Our forces are only 9 kilometers away from al-Brega now after a small group clashed with Gadhafi troops over the weekend,” said Col. Ahmed Banni, Libya’s Transitional National Transitional military said.
There was no immediate comment from the government.
A rebel expedition group entered Brega and clashed with pro-Gadhafi forces killing at least 11 and injuring dozens among rebels ranks, said a rebel fighter who did not want to be named.
“I can tell that the communication between the Gadhafi Brigades is not too good since they did not immediately fire at our expeditionary troops with Grad missiles. That’s what they usually do but there was hesitation this time,” Banni said.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/18...
Abeidi Libya,Brega, according to Aljazeera correspondent G forces are under siege from all sides and no supply reaching them and its matter of time
Joanne
#BREGA Col Bani: G troops Dug a Trench Nr Entrance Linked it to OIL PIPELINE Filled it with OIL Set it alight SLOWINg FF advance
Feb17
Latest developments:
AP
Nato jets destroyed a military storage facility and other targets in Tripoli’s eastern outskirts early yesterday, days after key international players recognised Libya’s rebel leadership as the country’s legitimate representative.
Rebel attacks on the eastern oil city of Brega, meanwhile, stretched into their fourth day, with reports of pitched battles in the residential areas.
From the capital, bright flashes could be seen on the eastern horizon just after midnight, followed by a steady rumbling that went on for an hour. Planes could be heard crisscrossing a night sky lit up by a near full moon, and into yesterday afternoon as well.
Nato said its forces had hit a military storage facility, along with three radar sites and an anti-aircraft missile launcher east of the capital. The alliance reported it flew a total of 110 sorties and carried out 45 strikes on Saturday.
Malta
The Maltese government is considering offering a credit line to the Libyan Transitional National Council and allowing it to repay borrowed money through assets belonging to the government led by Muammar Gaddafi and which have been frozen in Malta.
This was announced by Foreign Affairs Minister Tonio Borg on his return to Malta yesterday after a day of meetings in Benghazi, where the council is based.
He said Malta committed itself to help out the war-torn country by offering humanitarian aid in the form of health care and scholarships to Libyan students.
Poland
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, at the meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya, Istanbul, Turkey on Friday presented a Polish aid package for Libya embracing medicare and training schemes for Libyan officials and uniformed services.
Sikorski said the aid program would consist of a medical mission based in the metropolis Benghazi, and a system of training programs for Libyan office staff, police and border guards.
Training for Libyan public officials as well as scholarships for Libyan students will also be offered in Poland.
Foreign ministers and representatives of international organizations arrived in Turkey last Friday for the fourth meeting of the Libya Contact Group since the armed conflict began.
The diplomats discussed ways to end the five-month conflict between forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi and the rebels seeking his ouster.
AFP
Rebel forces re-entered Brega – putting them within sight of a major strategic victory – but said they had not yet managed to wrest control of the town from Qadhafi’s troops, who have held it since April.
“Some small groups have made it inside, but we do not control the whole (town) yet,” said Mohammed Zawi, a spokesman for the rebel forces, late Sunday.
He also dismissed rumours that Qadhafi troops had abandoned the town altogether. “It is now close fighting,” he said, indicating a new phase in the four-day rebel campaign.
There was no way to verify his comments as reporters are being prevented from reaching the front line.
Until now heavy artillery had set the tenor of the battle, but mortars and rockets appear to have given way to heavy machine guns – a more useful weapon for fighting at closer quarters. But that did little to stem the bloodshed.
Three rebel fighters were killed and 96 wounded on Sunday according to medical staff.
That toll brought to 15 the total number of fighters killed and 274 the number of wounded since the battle for Brega began on Thursday.
Russia
Russia on Monday criticised the United States and other countries that have recognised the Libyan rebels’ National Transitional Council as a legitimate government, saying they were taking sides in the civil war.
“Those who declare recognition stand fully on the side of one political force in a civil war,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.
AFP
Libya is responsible for a deadly 1989 attack on a French airliner, Libyan former foreign minister Abdel Rahman Shalgam told al-Hayat newspaper in an interview published on Monday.
“The Libyan security services blew up the plane. They believed that opposition leader Mohammed al-Megrief was on board, but after the plane was blown up, it was found that he was not on the plane,” said Mr. Shalgam, who defected from Muammar Qaddafi’s embattled regime earlier this year.
On September 19, 1989, a UTA DC-10 travelling from Brazzaville to Paris via N’Djamena crashed in Niger after explosives on board detonated, killing 170 passengers and crew, including 54 French citizens.
A French court in 2009 sentenced six Libyan agents in absentia to life in prison for the attack, but Libya has never admitted it was responsible.
Tunesia
Tunisian food exports to Libya, since the outbreak, on February 17, 2011, of the armed conflict opposing the Gaddafi regime to the rebels, went up fourfold, rising from 53.1 million dinars (MTD), during the first four months of the current year, to 192.2 MTD, in the first half of 2011.
Farm and food industries are the sectors that got the lion’s share of these exports, with 85% in June, against 74% in May.
According to analysts, the flow of Libyan refugees to Tunisia generated a trade dynamics on the border regions between the two countries. Thus, a rising demand for farm and food products has been registered with 24% out of the total Tunisian exports till late June.
Russia
Russia will not host Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should he choose to step down, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
“This last question has been answered on more than one occasion -the answer is negative,” Lavrov said when asked by reporters whether Gaddafi could come to Russia.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
The total number of fighters killed is now 15 & the number of wounded is 274 since the battle for Brega began Thursday.
More than 120 revolutionaries were injured on Sunday during the fighting in Brega, according to a spokesman. “I don’t have details at the moment but the news coming from there indicates there is a street war going on between Gaddafi’s troops and the rebels and that so far 127 are wounded from our side,” Abdulrahman Busm, a spokesman for Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), said by telephone. On Friday night, 10 were reportedly killed in the initial advance on Brega.
Armchair Arab
If the TNC plans to take brega to be able to export oil, to raise money to fight Gaddafi, we’re in for a long war. Cut the snake’s head.
IMPORTANT:
Very early this morning, (Monday) at dawn, Nato HIT ANTENNE RADAR SYSTEM at TRIPOLI AIRPORT!!!!!!!!!!
This system was used to track Nato jets and coordinate early warning system.
So now Tripoli doesn’t find out when NATO strikes are going to happen….. think about it……..
Ohhh, the possibilities………
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
RAF Tornado used a Brimstone missile to destroy a Qadhafi’s T-62 main battle tank near Zlitan on Friday
On Saturday, RAF aircraft destroyed three armed pick-up trucks near Zllitan with Paveway guided bombs
Saturday, RAF jets identified and successfully engaged a number of regime military vehicles in the area of Brega #
At Tajura, a major NATO air strike was mounted against a military depot. RAF dropped 17 Paveway bombs, causing extensive damage
HMS Iron Duke relieved HMS Liverpool to play a lead role against Qadhafi’s forces mounting attacks on Misratah port #Libya
Sarah LFFR
Le #CNT : La somme estimée des fonds libyens gelés : 165 milliards de dollars. #Libye
KC_Tripolitania KC
the AU is apparently meeting up to ‘rise up against NATO intervention in Libya’- obviously aiding Gaddafi
Souffian Tripoli
The Battle of #Brega is becoming the Battle of Landmines. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
4 ONCE they R LOST 4 WORDS : #Libya n officials in #Tripoli have made No Comment on any fighting in #Brega #SHAME
Ghazi
Some observers said that Libya uprising was different from others that writers were more involved, Shrair, Mesmari, Habib
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Video: Libyan rebels face mines threat aje.me/rnPfyQ
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Video: Libyan rebels face mines threat aje.me/rnPfyQ
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...
Joanne
#Gaddafi would have been crying in his Cup of Mint tea this morning FF getting stronger by the day Retaking #Libya bit by bit Day by day !
libyanandproud
Russia: #gaddafi will destroy #tripoli , won’t host him , won’t recognize ntc ? Foreign Policy requivalent to kindergarden policy !
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Russia refuses to recognise Libyan #NTC government- maybe its because of all those AK47s they’ve been sneaking in 4 #Gaddafi #justsaying
“The bulk of our forces are now past #Brega and are heading towards #Bishr and #Ugayla,” – rebel spokeman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah #Libya
Alex
‘resources’, ingenuity, AND morale – will determine this conflict – but #Gaddafi, like history’s other great poor loser, Adolph #Hitler, will take as many as he can down with him.
Joanne
#FLASH Most of Gaddafi Troops retreated and spread out between Ras #Lanuf and #Bishr #Libya
Free Libyia
So thanks Gaddafi, you really doing your upmost to ensure that Libyans lives will continue to be lost and mimed years after your own death
Time Light Box
1960′s Libya: A Glimpse of Life Before Gaddafi
n the 1960’s my father was the owner of a hotel and casino named the Uaddan, overlooking the coast in Tripoli. In my early years, I remember hearing stories of life inside the hotel before Gaddafi spearheaded the September revolution of 1969. As I got older, I began to see a pattern in the stories he told. Seldom did my father reminisce about moments that postdated his ownership of the Uaddan or shared experiences that included my family. The birth of my brother or our family trips to various islands never made the cut. Nor did he ever talk much about the years he spent with my mother or how they met. My brother and I always joked that it was as if my father didn’t have the ability to record time that came after the hotel—I think there’s some truth in that.
The events that have been taking place in Libya over these past months have brought me closer to understanding my father’s past than the previous 30 years. As the revolt grew stronger in February and March, I began to see that hidden place inside him that he had never previously revealed to his children. When I saw him last month, it was as if his cheeks has become sun-kissed by the new dawn rising over Libya. He speaks of those days of the Uaddan as once again being within reach—his voice tells me that this is the moment he has been waiting for. He is again ready to take center stage on the ballroom floor and play host.
Full story here:
lightbox.time.com/2011/07/18/1960s-liby...
BBC
Libya: Funding the fight from besieged Misrata
Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata say they are preparing for a fresh offensive. But progress has been slow, and the city itself is still surrounded – by enemy soldiers on one side and the sea on the other.
Inside Misrata, there is no proper government, certainly no-one is collecting taxes. And yet the city continues to function and, crucially, the war effort continues to be funded.
In Misrata’s port, families with bags and bundles make their way on board a specially chartered passenger ferry, alongside wounded fighters.
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14180525
Sarah LFFR
Les révolutionnaires de #Misrata dans leur avancé vers #Zliten – youtube.com/watch?v=9BKjf3… – #Libya #17feb July 12
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BKjf3b6frE
Nusaiba
I just woke up realising that summers over in less than 2weeks! &Ramadans getting closer! Ya Raheem faraj a3leelena o 3leehom
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Missing hotel room items on Monday include (but are not limited to): Towels, pillow cases and all my clothes.
UPDATE: Clothes found washed and ironed —I should be clear nothing was stolen. It was just the vagaries of the Uzu room cleaning programme
Rebels have control of Brega, around 150-200 left in the town
Try again… rebels have control of Brega, around 150-200 Kadhafi forces left in the town
ty andrew!
septimius_
I appreciate #TNC is cautious about news about #Brega, but why only #ALJAZEERA is allowed near it &every1 else gets 2nd hand news? #Libya
ALJAZEERA:
HodaAbdelHamid: my latest report is out — Mines threaten safety of Libyan rebels youtu.be/GA2iqIbV3Yc via @youtube #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA2iqIbV3Yc&fea...
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt
FromJoanne Joanne
#LIBYA 1 of NGO ’s : Mines Advisory Group working in #Misrata goo.gl/KZlqS and need your Donations goo.gl/Ynfc3
Jacob #ZUMA Saying the OBVIOUS: “What happens 2 #Gaddafi must b decided by the #Libya ppl U need 2negotiate How Why and Where he must go”
Today Jacob ZUMA will meet UK PM David Cameron and South Africa will voice its growing frustration with @NATO intervention in #Libya
Jul17 form. President Mbeki calledon SouthAfricans + rest African continent 2rise up&demonstrate against #NATO attacks on #Libya #TYRANTCLUB
FromJoanne Joanne
NEW ! FERRY SERVICE from #Misrata to #SFAX Tunisia from 18/07 Lvs @ 20.00 hrs Arrives 9am & Returns same day @ 20.00 hrs #Libya
MUST READ
Reuters:
FEATURE-Wounded children show ferocity of Misrata’s war
- Children are among Misrata’s casualties
- Poor records mean number of wounded unknown
By Nick Carey
MISRATA, Libya, July 18 (Reuters) – When 12-year-old Mohammed Bielshak left the house with his brother Ali on March 20, it was to give water from their well to thirsty rebels nearby who were fighting forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
“All we wanted to do was help the revolutionaries,” Mohammed said.
While they were out in the street, they were hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Ali, 14, sustained shrapnel wounds in the leg and stomach and now walks with crutches. Mohammed lost his right arm just below the elbow and his left thumb and was blinded in his left eye. His right leg was fractured and has had reconstructive surgery on his left leg.
Gaddafi’s government has denied that it has deliberately targeted civilians and says it is waging a war against armed criminals and al Qaeda militants. But Mohammed is in no doubt about who fired the grenade that day in Misrata.
“It was Gaddafi’s militia,” he said, unprompted, as he winced during his regular treatment at the Al Jazeera Physiotherapy Centre. “They fired the RPG at us.”
Mohammed keeps pushing his hand away, becoming increasingly frustrated.
“Enough! Enough” he eventually shouts, more in anger than in pain.
Upon leaving the clinic he insists on getting out of his wheelchair, then slides down the front steps on his backside and gets into his father’s car unaided.
Read full story:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
L’express.fr
Libye: les rebelles ont pris Brega
Les rebelles libyens ont annoncé lundi avoir pris le contrôle du port pétrolier de Brega (est). “Le gros des forces de Kadhafi s’est retiré à Ras Lanouf”, à une cinquantaine de kilomètres plus à l’ouest, a déclaré Shamsiddin Abdulmolah, un porte-parole des rebelles, précisant qu’il restait 150 à 200 loyalistes bloqués sur le site pétrolier.
Environ 3000 hommes fidèles au colonel Kadhafi étaient présents dans le centre-ville, d’après les insurgés, qui ont déclenché jeudi soir une offensive par le sud, le nord et l’est de Brega. Leur progression a été ralentie par des centaines de mines et la découverte samedi de tranchées défensives creusées autour de la localité et remplies de produits inflammables.
Full report here:
www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/libye-l...
AndrewBeatty has a different number of remaining g troops in Brega:
Try again… rebels have control of Brega, around 150-200 Kadhafi forces left in the town
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Amazing!! #Misrata keeps getting cooler youtube.com/watch?v=9BKjf3… #Libya #feb17
Vid. July 12
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BKjf3b6frE
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Tripoli residents hearing stories of Khamis soldiers attacking civilians, and raping women. “It’s so painful to live in #Tripoli” one said"
RP.pl:
Brega prawie wolna od Kaddafiego
jen 18-07-2011, ostatnia aktualizacja 18-07-2011 14:29
Libijscy powstańcy wyparli większość sił Muammara Kaddafiego z Bregi. Zanim przejmą całkowitą kontrolę nad miastem, muszą oczyścić ulice z min – poinformował rzecznik powstańców.
Szamsidin Abdulmolah powiedział, że powstańcy otoczyli Bregę – główny port naftowy z rafinerią i zakładami chemicznymi, który od miesięcy stanowił wschodnią granicę terenów pod kontrolą Kaddafiego – ale nie weszli do centrum.
Cytowany przez agencję Reuters rzecznik sił powstańczych dodał w rozmowie telefonicznej, że trzon sił Kaddafiego wycofał się do Ras al-Unuf. Jest to – jak pisze Reuters – inny ważny ośrodek eksportu ropy położony ok. 100 km na zachód od Bregi.
Abdulmolah oświadczył, że w Bredze główne instalacje naftowe są zaminowane i że trudne będzie ich rozminowanie bez uszkodzenia samych obiektów.
Powstańcy mówią, że miny zebrały większe krwawe żniwo podczas walki o Bregę niż działa i rakiety Kaddafiego. Według rzecznika sił powstańczych w sobotę zginęło 10 powstańców, a 175 zostało rannych, w niedzielę dwaj zginęli, a rannych zostało 120.
Rebelia w Libii wybuchła w Bengazi na wschodzie kraju przed pięcioma miesiącami, lecz Kaddafi wciąż utrzymuje się u władzy w Trypolisie, mimo intensywnej operacji sił powietrznych NATO, które chronią przed atakami ludność cywilną.
PAP
KC_Tripolitania KC
Resident in #Tripoli says half the city is without electricity. It’s been cut off again. People are afraid, they don’t know what’s happening
NEWS24:
GADDAFI MUST GO, SAY ZUMA AND CAMERON.
Pretoria – British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Jacob Zuma have agreed that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi must go.
Cameron, who is on a working visit to South Africa, told reporters in Pretoria on Monday that he and Zuma believed Gaddafi needed to step down from power.
Zuma said: “What happens to Gaddafi must be decided by the Libyan people. You need to negotiate how, why and where he must go.”
He said the manner of Gaddafi’s departure was the critical difference between the United Kingdom and South Africa.
Cameron however said both men agreed peace was needed in Libya, and that Gaddafi needed to stop his attacks on his own citizens.
FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO: Surveillance showd Gaddafi usd AfricaUnion PeaceKeepingVehicles 2sustain ruthless Attacks OnOwn ppl #NATODropped17BOMBSOnThem #libya
NATO
NATO conducts coordinated strikes in Tripoli
NATO continues to engage key military targets associated with coordinating attacks against civilians by pro-Qadhafi forces across the country.
Early this morning, NATO forces struck an antenna radar system, which was being solely used for military purposes at Tripoli’s main airport. The antenna, which was previously used for civilian air traffic control, was being used by pro-Qadhafi forces to track NATO air assets in the airspace over Tripoli and to coordinate their own air defence early warning system.
This information was provided to the pro-Qadhafi forces with the intent of coordinating their tactical operations against NATO air assets and Libyan civilians.
Since the implementation of the No-Fly Zone by NATO forces under UNSCR 1970, NATO has maintained control over Libyan airspace. NATO continues to control Libyan airspace in order to ensure the safe entrance of all legitimate humanitarian or diplomatic flights entering Libya.
July 17:
NATO
NATO forces continue to remove threats against civilians
NATO forces have continued to strike key command and control nodes, military supply facilities, armoured vehicles and military storage facilities across Libya.
NATO forces are monitoring the dynamic situation across the country, including around Brega, amid widespread reports of anti-Qadhafi forces pushing into the area.
Early this morning, NATO aircraft struck a large military vehicle storage area in Tajura, 30km east of Tripoli. The military facility consisted of several substantial warehouses, containing various military vehicles including battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and ammunition.
This facility was clearly militarized for the purpose of supporting pro-Qadhafi forces and striking it has further degraded the regime’s capacity to launch attacks against civilians. NATO forces are keeping up the pressure and continue to strike military targets in areas across the country wherever civilians are threatened.
After extensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance monitoring showing pro-Qadhafi forces use of the site, NATO forces determined the military equipment deployed from this facility was used to resupply pro-Qadhafi forces launching attacks on civilians.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under the United Nations Security Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under the threat of attack in Libya.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: Derna: Another mass grave has been found, dating back roughly to 1996 – 8 bodies discovered so far. #gaddaficrimes #libya
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS Ossama
BREGA BREAKING: Reliable source: #FFs are now searching the residential area and the street war is almost over! Allah Akbar!
Sabha
BREAKING : Violent Clashes between #Qatrun Freedom Fighters and #Gaddafi forces in #Traghin (South of #Sebha)
NIZ
The story of the bread queue…
Today, at a queue for bread in Janzour, I witnessed the following.
Production was slow and the queue was getting longer. The owner of the bread store came out, apologised and told those waiting that due to fuel shortage his machines were working at 50%. He urged people to just buy bread for ¼ dinar and then come back later for more. He said there was also a flour shortage so urged, again, for people to be economical.
One women shouted “it’s not your flour, its Moamers flour, who are you to ration it?”
The people in the queue were visibly angered by this comment and one man shouted “and do you think your moamer carry the flour here on his back?”
She fell silent but immediately made a phone call.
Minutes later people whispered in the man’s ear to leave as she is a well known revolutionary committee member and loud mouth. He disappeared into the side streets moments before uncountable security trucks turned up with armed men.
The men demanded that the shop owner tell them who the “traitor” was. The shop owner said that he was just a customer and can’t remember just a single person from hundreds of daily customers.
The security chief said to him “Either tell us who he is, or we close this place down”. The man bravely stood tall and said “Close it, but if you want me to give you details about a man I do not know then you are delusional”.
A symbol of defiance from a man standing in a queue. A symbol of nepotism by one woman who thinks she can say and do as she pleases because of who she knows. A symbol of intimidation by security forces enforcing jungle law.
You cant even speak your mind in a bread queue, and then Saif AlGaddafi says “we will have elections”. On what planet do these people live?
Ossama
Thank God there is no sign yet of the oil instalations being sabotaged or even set on fire, but there are thousands of mines in #Brega!
ArmchairArab
The FF need a few of these to move quickly over the desert in Libya! scifitv.com.au/Content/Blog/P…
Asma
relative of a man shot in #Tripoli over the weekend by #Qaddafi’s militias says funeral was crowded with state agents..no mercy even n death
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Freedom fighter in Brega: “We’re fighting against landmines not Gaddafi forces. They avoid direct contact & rely on artillery/mines” #libya
SecularLibya
BREAKING: If weather remains good, FFs may secure #Brega today. Minor resistance will remain. #RasLanuf expectd to fall Saturday. #Libya Hnz
feb17
REUTERS:
Video: Rebels face medical shortages in Libya
As the number of wounded in Libya continues to rise, rebels fear a shortage of medical supplies.
Link:
feb17.info/media/video-rebels-face-medi...
Belgium
La Belgique va accueillir 25 réfugiés ayant vécu en Libye
Vingt-cinq réfugiés érythréens et congolais (RDC) doivent être accueillis à partir de lundi en Belgique. Issues d’un camp de réfugiés en Tunisie, ces personnes ont vécu longtemps en Libye, pays qu’elles ont dû fuir en raison des révoltes qui y ont éclaté en février dernier, informe le Commissariat général aux réfugiés et apatrides (CGRA).
Notre pays répond ainsi à l’appel du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (UNHCR), qui vise à réinstaller dans l’Union européenne des réfugiés africains venus de Libye.
Le CGRA a sélectionné six familles et quelques personnes seules sur base de dossiers transmis par l’UNHCR. Au début de cette année, ces gens avaient fui la Libye après la révolte et avaient trouvé provisoirement refuge dans le camp de Shousha en Tunisie.
Dès leur arrivée en Belgique, les 25 réfugiés seront temporairement accueillis dans un centre d’accueil de Fedasil (Agence fédérale pour l’accueil des demandeurs d’asile), après quoi ils suivront un trajet d’intégration en vue d’un séjour permanent dans notre pays.
Outre la Belgique, d’autres Etats membres de l’Union européenne, comme les Pays-Bas, l’Irlande et le Portugal, ont suivi l’appel à participer à ce projet de réinstallation. (belga)
Source:
www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1502/Belgique/artic...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Many mercenaries based in Naval Academy in Janzur #libya #Feb17
NATO now has 60 Apaches and Tigers in service. Helis will be working on Tripoli Daffi concentrations.
Ossama
The FFs have reached west #Brega concluding thier fight to take control of the city. #Libya #feb17
#LIBYA #NTC member for military affairs – in effect opposition’s defence minister visiting #Nefusa mountains!
#LIBYA Harriri says #Nefusa mountains now opposition’s most important front – because it is closest to #Tripoli #
#LIBYA Hariri "We will surround Tripoli and the other regions close to it like Zawiyah and Subratah
Libyan NTC: The frozen funds are estimated to be around $165 billion
baysontheroad baysontheroad
#LIBYA Harriri: “It never happened in history that the leader of a country launches a war against his own people, with landmines.”
Joanne
DAILY FERRY #Misrata Port to SFAX #Tunisia from this Evening 8Pm can take 200 ppl 30 cars arrives arrive 9am #Libya
EU Acknowledges the URGENT financial needs of the #NTC to allow it to serve the Libyan people #LIBYA
Ossama
#Russia says ‘recognition of the National Council is a bias to one party and this recognition is not justified’
Warsaw Business Journal
Poland presents Libya assistance package
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski presented Poland’s assistance package for Libya during a meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya in Istanbul last Friday.
Under the aegis of the package, a Polish medical mission is due to be sent to Misrata, Libya’s third city, within the next few weeks. Furthermore, Poland will provide training for public servants, including police, who it expects to serve in the government that would replace the current Gaddafi regime.
The new personnel would also be given the opportunity to receive education at Polish universities, where they will be able to draw on Poland’s experience of making the transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Mr Sikorski also held bilateral talks with the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague. He also met with representatives of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss issues of human rights and religious tolerance.
During the meeting in Istanbul representatives of 40 countries and international organizations discussed a possible truce in Libya, where fighting between rebels and government forces continues to rage. First of all, embattled head of state Muammar Gaddafi would need to step down, Poland’s foreign ministry said in a press release.
No promise of military aid.
Joanne
Smuggled Note from Misrata Widows to FF: " Women of Misrata are not afraid because Misrata gives Birth to Brave men " MisrataHeroes Libya
SMILE
War changes people’s reactions in strange ways:
Nesrine Libya
Stopping the microwave at 0:01 and feeling like a bomb expert :)
libyanproud libyanandproud
AJA Reporting from the outskirts of #Zliten (Note: some Video are from #Brega) . youtu.be/M5HG0xUb4c4 #Feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5HG0xUb4c4&fea...
libyanandproud
Je remercie tous les tweeps non libyens pour tous ce qu’ils font pour nous aider! Vous êtes une véritable inspiration!
Skeptical4 Skeptic
Everybody talkin abt dictators like Gaddafi & Assad, but no1 talks abt despotic monarchs like #Saudi (who controls #Murdoch media empire)
As long as Saudi support Al Qaeda, Assad & Gaddafi & others can use Al Qaeda as excuse 2 massacre own people, USA can stay in Afghanistan
HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
Opp fighters are getting more organised. Gone is the chaos of the early stages. A nat. army is slowly emerging. soon my report from #misrata
Khiria
The #NTC also joked saying that if the people want the #NTC to shorten fasting hours, they will do so. :)
Khiria
My aunt in #Benghazi said that the #NTC announced that #Libya will celebrate Ramadan & Eid with the world
Omar
WOW! a MILITARY plan to eliminate #Gaddafi!. youtu.be/fMwW-5d9lo8 planning by Libyan Child " smart" :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMwW-5d9lo8&fea...
BREAKING: Libyans admit taking Hallucination pills on February,17th 2011: t.co/GVGszQ8. #feb17 #Libya"
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Abdulmolah, #Freedomfighter spokesman: “We hope to take #Bishr today” #Libya #feb17
#Zawiya: #Freedomfighters attacked #Gaddafi buses near #Huwaissa roundabout carrying mercs who participated in the mock rally. #Libya
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” now en route from #Koper #Croatia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria. #Libya #feb17
MyFreeLibya
There are FF who hold checkpoints with no electricity and are not allowed light…I cant even imagine how hard it will be then…
Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters in #Brega hampered by missiles attacks from #Bishr #Libya. #feb17 @NATO
Clashes reported between #Freedomfighters & #Gaddafi forces in vicinity of #Traghen
FreeLibyan
Ppl shd respect the heroics of FF in #Brega esp dismantling thousands of #Brazilian anti-personal landmines W bare hands.
libyanandproud
Breaking : 3 Martyrs in Clashes between Freedom Fighters and Gaddafi forces in vicinity of #Traghen
Sarah LFFR
I would like to thank all the non libyan tweeps who have stood by us ! You guys are a motivation !
BBC
Libyan rebels claim victory in battle for Brega
Rebels say forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi are retreating west towards the town of Ras Lanuf.
They say Brega has been heavily mined and there are still pockets of resistance.
“The bulk of Gaddafi’s forces have retreated to Ras Lanuf," rebel spokesman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah told AFP news agency.
He said streets were littered with “an extraordinary number of anti-personnel mines”, making it hard to fully secure the area.
The remnants of Col Gaddafi’s troops in the town – believed to number about 150 to 200 – are holed up in industrial buildings with dwindling supplies, he added.
“Their food and water supplies are cut and they now will not be able to sleep. It is a matter of time before they come to their senses, we hope to prevent some bloodshed,” he said.
He said some rebel fighters had swept past Brega from the south to attack those positions.
“We hope to take Bishr today,” he added.
Full art. Here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14180293
MyFreeLibya
Haha watch out for me chanting in Libya AlHurra…a team just arrived today..hopefully gunna sort everything out 4 tonight
ANSA.it
Libia: ribelli, preso controllo Brega
(ANSA) – BENGASI, 18 LUG – I ribelli libici hanno annunciato di aver preso il controllo di Brega, polo petrolifero nell’est del Paese da giorni oggetto di un’offensiva dei rivoltosi. ‘’La gran parte delle forze di Gheddafi si e’ ritirata a Ras lanuf’’, una 50/ina di km a ovest, ha affermato Shamsiddin Abdulmolah, un portavoce dei ribelli, precisando che sul sito petrolifero sono bloccati tra i 150 e i 200 lealisti. Prima di arretrare, le forze lealiste hanno disseminato le installazioni petrolifere di mine
Source:
www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnew...
Martyrs:
Muhammad Baltu (right) and Muhammad (left) were friends in life and now are now martyrs. Baltu was killed on Friday July 15, 2011 in Dafniyah district following in the footsteps of his friend who died on February 19, 2011 in Benghazi. This picture was taken at their friend’s wedding in Misrata.
May God bless their souls.
feb17martyrs.com/?p=505
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Emad Abu Shahma (28): Injured #Libyan FF from #Misrata. His brother Khaled was 1st person killed in Misrata (on Feb 19) twitpic.com/5s5bsr
Joanne
#Misrata: Freedom Widows bag up donated food Clothes &Other supplies 4men on Frontline Sending little Morale boosting Notes to FF #Libya
MohammedRaied of AlNaseem ice cream yogurt fermented milk Company brought weapons + food into City and sends icecream + yogurts >FF #Libya
KATIE #ORLINSKY The girl who thought she could HIDE from her parents that she was in MISRATA Taking War Photos : t.co/c9RhU7O #Libya
www.visuramagazine.com/katie-orlinsky-l...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Minesweepers are in full swing in the centre of brega , the entire oil facility has not been damaged as previously feared
inglesi Piers Scholfield
very good read by DougSaunders – signs of subtlety in post-Gaddafi Benghazi
Freed from Gadhafi, Some Libyans in East Now Begin Battle Against Zealotry
Doug Sanders
One of the few really steady jobs in liberated eastern Libya these days is that of caricaturist, and guys such as Adil Mansur are cleaning up. The 30-year-old history student has drawn posters of dictator Moammar Gadhafi as a dog, a snake and a hanging victim. Today he is producing a large image of rebel interim-government leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil as a mellow and saintly figure.
Another growth field is TV talk-show host. While the regime’s network still broadcasts hours of Col. Gadhafi and his deputies in empty rooms staring straight at the camera and shouting for hours about the crimes of Libya’s enemies, the rebel-controlled network instead offers local celebrity Mahmoud El Warfari, who stares straight at the camera in an empty room and shouts for hours about the crimes of Col. Gadhafi.
Read more here:
dougsaunders.net/2011/07/libya-gadaffi-...
or
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/liby...
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Once Brega liberated & secured FF will bypass Sirte & push all way 2 link with misrata 2 help liberate Zliten only 140km east of tripoli !!
baysontheroad baysontheroad
#LIBYA Harriri confident that people of Gharyam will rise up, as opp forces get close. And it could happen before Ramadan.
Des Grant
#Feb17 #Libya” BREAKING : GF now firing rockets from Bishr into Brega, 20km away, FF moving toward Bishr with heavy armoury
Joanne
#MISRATA Revo (Thuwar) Cafe : Ppl daily DropOff homemade cakes sweets coffee water juice and they serve around 2,000 free coffees aday Libya
Niz_FGM Niz
by FromJoanne
18/7/11 – please complete this VERY short survey as part of a pilot study. thank you… spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/vi…
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LIBYA TRIPOLI
Fellow Tweeps please note that one of our devoted friends has been threatened today by pro #Gaddafi thugs here. will publish name. #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
NTC could resume oil export from Brega within month reaching capacity one million brls day No need for frozen funds! And G is without fuel!
libyanandproud
#Sirte : #Gaddafi security forces arresting residents who are found to own satellite phones . #Feb17 #Libya (sirte fb)
Sirte : 30 Dead & 70 injured of #Gaddafi forces arrived at ibn seena hospital from the #Brega front ystrday. #Feb17 #Libya (sirte fb)
SecularLibya
Heinz: #Brega We should get some good news announcement from FFs in late afternoon if all goes well. #Brega
Heinz: #Brega, Daffis have largely ran out of artillery ammunition. Some of his artillery have been abandoned.
MUST READ:
Shabab
In Misrata, collective effort to fight Gaddafi
REUTERS
(Reuters) – The small hand-packed plastic bag appears to contain just nuts and raisins, but inside is a printed note on a strip of paper from a widows’ group in Misrata for the rebels who are fighting forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi west of the city.
“The women of Misrata are not afraid,” the note reads in Arabic, “because Misrata gives birth to brave men.”
In the face of dire adversity, the Misrati, or people of Misrata, are rallying together to feed, clothe and boost the morale of the predominantly young men who are fighting for them.
“We do this because we want our young men to know that we are with them,” said Iman El Fortia, a member of the Misrata Freedom Widows that bags up donated food, clothes and other supplies for men on the front line with various notes of support.
“We want them to know that in the fire and the bullets, they are not alone.”
Fighters on the front line say the messages are a major morale booster.
“When I opened a package and read the note, it raised my spirits more and more,” said Mohammed Turky, an 18-year-old rebel.
“When they raise our spirits with these notes, we are more solid and active in the front line.”
A few miles behind the front line west of Misrata, rebel fighters pause at an impromptu service station for a coffee, snacks or an oil change — all free of charge.
“It’s amazing the things that people bring here for us to give the thowar,” said Abu Ahmed, who runs the catering side of the operation in Dafniya west of Misrata with a friend and a cousin. “We have paid for almost none of this ourselves.”
“Thowar” means “revolutionary” in Arabic and features in the name of his outfit — Makhar Abtal Thowar Misrata, or the Misrata Revolutionary Heroes’ Cafe.
Minutes earlier a man pulled up with a truck full of melons and rebel fighters fresh off the front line after a long, hot day in the sand walked away with as many as they could carry.
“Many of them, we don’t even know their names,” Ahmed, who used to work for an oil company, said. “But the people of Misrata are doing a great thing.
People drop off homemade cakes, sweets, coffee, water, juice at the cafe every day and Ahmed said they serve around 2,000 free coffees a day.
One young fighter who gave his name as Mohammed sat enjoying a coffee and a sticky cake. He said stopping here helps him cope with the war.
“It feels almost like after a day after school,” said Mohammed, 20, a university student when the uprising came. “Here I can think about today before going home.”
Another, who gave his name as Abdulaziz, said this gesture from the Misrati had boosted his morale.
“It reminds me why I fight,” he said. When asked what he did before the uprising, Abdulaziz ran a hand through his curly hair and said “not very much” to laughter from his friends.
Full story here:
shabablibya.org/news/in-misrata-collect...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi has received new weapons, date on boxes is 2011. Supplied via 3rd party transfer through #Tunisia & #Algeria. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
Confirmed: Oil facilities in Brega intact/undamaged by Gaddafi forces
Project Burn in Tripoli:
On this momentous day, where Gaddafi and Co. became criminals in the eyes of the international justice system, The Free Generation Movement carried out a symbolic gesture to declare our support for the issuing of arrest warrants against the tyrant regime members.
The Free Generation Movement, in Tripoli, declare our unified aspiration to see Gaddafi put on trial for crimes against humanity.
We declare our presence in the capital and our continued allegiance to this historic revolution by carrying out this act of defiance in the light of day, in the middle of our Capital, Tripoli.
We remind the regime of one, undeniable fact….
You can not silence the will of a nation
Video:
feblibya17.tumblr.com
Bloomberg
Tanker Nord Nightingale Shipped Gasoil to Libya’s Benghazi
(Updates with timing of vessel’s arrival and departure in second paragraph.)
July 18 (Bloomberg) — The oil tanker Nord Nightingale carried a cargo of gasoil, a fuel used for heating or refined into diesel, to the rebel-held port of Benghazi in Libya, said the company operating the vessel.
The 183-meter (600-foot) ship arrived at the port July 16 to unload its cargo and departed yesterday, Jens Christophersen, vice president at Hellerup, Denmark-based Norient Product Pool, said by phone today. The tanker was hired to carry 30,000 metric tons of the fuel, he said, declining to name the company that made the booking.
The shipment is at least the second this month, according to data gathered by Bloomberg. The tanker Delos arrived at Benghazi July 8 to unload 30,000 tons of gasoline, after which it delivered 8,000 tons to Tobruk, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. That ship was hired by Vitol Group, a privately held energy trader, the person said.
Full art. Here:
www.businessweek.com/news/2011-07-18/ta...
LIBYA TRIPOLI
According to FB, Khaled Ghulam has been kidnapped by #Gaddafi thugs in #Tripoli, he’s a media specialist
FromJoanne Joanne
Reason why Gaddafi s StateTV channels still works : #Egypt #NileSat has appealed ….The new court date set for July26
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Our fellow Tweeps, we have a pro Gaddafi thug here. He worships his Master #Gaddafi, (name and shame) @GloPeaceLibya #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Misrata CAREER Opportunity :) motivated and highly skilled IT professionals send your full CV by email to admin@misuratatelecom.net #Libya
Skeptic
#Bouteflika supports #Gaddafi because he fears spillover effect frm #Libya Revolution in #Algeria , anyway he cant stop it!
FRANCE24
FRANCE24 FRANCE 24
NOW >> > Interview with Libyan PM Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmudi by @taoufikmjaied f24.my/9Eh7e7 #gaddafi #NATO #libya #tripoli
Skeptic
Bourgeois revolution: #Misrata city of merchants & businesspeople crushed the most elite #Khamis 32nd Brigade! Like in 19th century Europe!
Skeptic
Reports say #Gaddafi planted 40,000 mines in #Brega, i dont wanna imagine what he will do in #Tripoli! He still got lots of arms/ammo.
Abe Sadek, a Libyan Community Ireland co-ordinator, dropped into my workplace and gave me this. He’s good people. yfrog.com/khw9sulj
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Only around 150 of Gadhafi forces left surrounded in Brega FF are clearing mines mopping up. Next target for liberation Bishr 20 km west
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Along land mines evil magic! Writings found in Brega used by G to keep forces loyal! religious scholars say it doesn’t work during Ramadan!
Bypassing Sirte was announced by Gen Younis in press conference! Not needing frozen assets means for now! And they r save and still ours!!
der_bluthund Anonymous Watcher
Libyan Hyde Park march London 10 – 2011-07-09 youtu.be/IaHyuoCP9c8 #Libya #London #HydePark
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHyuoCP9c8&fea...
Libyan Hyde Park march London 11 – 2011-07-09 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN5y5-Q7ATE #Libya #London
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN5y5-Q7ATE
Libyan Embassy Protest London 01 – 2011-07-17 youtu.be/L9IEDllUrHc #Libya #London #Protest next one is BIG so gonna take some time
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IEDllUrHc&fea...
Ossama
God is great … The #FFs repelled attempts by the tyrant to progress beyond Ber Alghnm area south of #Tripoli….
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Ghiryan : 2 Brigades surrounding Ghiryan and Enforcing a curfew on residents . #Feb17 #Libya
#Nafusa : #Ghiryan : #NATO dropped leaflets warning #Gaddafi forces in the town to lay down their arms .
NIZ:
The story of our Health Care System.
I once heard a pro Gaddafi individual say… “why are you revolting? You have everything. You travel, you have a car, you have a house, you eat and drink, you have security, you have healthcare, you have freedom to do as you wish…”
Well, I don’t want this to be an argument about pro vs anti gaddafi. I just want to focus on one of his points above…. Our health care system. Here is a story about from one of our members. A member of the Free Generation Movement.
Some years ago in central Tripoli, there was a road traffic accident where my friend was driving. A young boy was accidentally hit and was injured. As so often happens in Libya, there was no attempt to call the nonexistent emergency service and the young boy was taken to hospital by our friend and passersby. This hospital (AbuSleem Hospital) was ill-equipped to deal with the spinal injuries involved and the parents of the boy (along with our friend who remained with him) were told that a spinal consultant was needed. The hospital offered no contact details or made no attempt to contact this consultant.
Eventually, through asking around, it was established who the on-call spinal surgeon for Tripoli was that night. The very concept of an on-call surgeon for the whole of Tripoli is in itself a travesty. A call was made to the surgeon. His response was that he was in Zliten and it would be impossible for him to
attend Tripoli that night. An alternative was suggested – take the boy to a private hospital where he can be stabilised until the morning (or rather when a doctor becomes available). It was advised that the boy be transferred in an ambulance with what is called triple immobilization to avoid further spinal injury.
The family informed the hospital of what was needed. It is poignant to now mention that AbuSleem is a main Accident and Emergency Unit in Tripoli (Along with Alzawiyah Street Central Hospital). The hospital told the family that there were no ambulances available. The family argued that the parking lot was full of ambulances. They were told that these “did not work” and were later told that these “were not for the hospital”.
The family decided to try and hire a private ambulance. They made numerous calls around the city to no avail. They were then told about a location where ambulances could be found. At this location they rang the door bell and knocked on the gate, behind which were parked ambulances. No one answered. Eventually they found a phone number which they called and after repeated attempts, they got through to someone in the building. This person responded by saying “I’m sorry I can’t help, I have just returned from Tunis and I am tired”. Astonishing.
Eventually, the family were able to find a private ambulance to take their boy to the necessary unit. The ambulance charged 220 Libyan Dinars for a 10km journey.
This, my friends, is the healthcare system which provides for our people. A system which has been built over 42 years. A system which has benefited from years of oil wealth and a mercifully small population. A system, apparently, the pride of Africa and of MENA.
This, my friends, is Gaddafi’s Libya.
FromJoanne Joanne
IF #NATO had not Prevented Gaddafi 2 move ScudMissilesLauncher from Sirte He would hv STRUCK #Benghazi CourtHouse goo.gl/NSKKB #Libya
FRANCE24
Exclusive: Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, Libyan Prime Minister
Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, Libya’s Prime Minister, gave an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 in Tripoli. He believes that the National Transitional Council, the rebels’ political body, is a “self-proclaimed” authority, which is acting “under the banner of NATO to rule Libya”.
By Taoufik MJAIED
Muammar Gaddafi’s Prime Minister does however believe that talks could take place to find a political solution to the crisis, and he says they could take place without Gaddafi.
Finally, Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi denies saying that a “suicide plan” exists to blow up Tripoli if the rebels were to seize it.
Video:
www.france24.com/en/20110718-exclusive-...
FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO Rasmussen after Meeting Contact group Libya says he was “impressed” with the #NTC ’s Respect for the rule of law
Slovenia:
FM: Slovenia to Recognise Libyan Transitional Council
Brussels, 18 July (STA) – Slovenia will probably recognise the Libyan National Transitional Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people until elections are held in the country, Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar hinted in Brussels on Monday, noting that the cabinet will vote on the issue on Wednesday.Source:
www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1657825
FromJoanne Joanne
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Oh Dear :( AFP photographer just showed gruesome pictures of black soldiers mutilated inside a tank Journos discussing ..
Journos came 2 general agreement that this isn’t the work of the Libyan FF…took them bloody long enough
Captured Gaddafi mercenaries say they’re HIRED to KILL anyone fleeing the frontline t.co/YCmGEuQ by #BenWedeman Nafusa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfbaVinzDok&fea...
Joanne
According2 HRW Gad laid 3Minefields #Qawalish most 240 antipersonnel Mines r #Brazil made Approx. 46 anti-vehicle mines R #China made #Libya
Inter Press Service:
Hidden Bombs Hit Libyans
by Simba Russeau
CAIRO – The conflict in Libya between pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces will continue to take its toll on communities long after the war has ended as long as hidden bombs remain scattered across public areas.
Fifteen-year-old Misurata resident Mohammed lost most of his left hand and sustained shrapnel injuries to his abdomen in April after an unexploded ordnance found near his house detonated in his hands while he was playing.
“It was a rifle grenade that he brought home, and his brothers actually played with it for a couple of days, but on the third day when he picked it up, it exploded,” photographer and communications manager with Mines Advisory Group (MAG), Sean Sutton told IPS.
“He was very lucky to survive but it was a deeply traumatic experience for him and his family," adds Sutton. “Children are of course the most vulnerable in this scenario, because they don’t know what’s safe and also they tend to play with these ordnances, which puts them at risk.”
Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air dropped or ground-launched explosive weapons that can eject up to 2,000 sub-munitions, or bomblets.
Unexploded ordnances (UXO) of cluster bomblets or sub-munitions are usually left behind after a strike and are designed to detonate at a later time, making their indiscriminate effects – of killing or maiming civilians – felt long after the attack has occurred.
“Cluster bombs cause two major risks: First, their widespread dispersal means they cannot distinguish between military targets and civilians, so the immediate humanitarian impact can be extreme, especially when the weapon is used in or near populated areas,” Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) Director Laura Cheeseman told IPS. “Secondly, many sub-munitions fail to detonate on impact and become de facto anti-personnel mines killing and maiming people long after the conflict has ended. These ‘duds’ are more lethal than anti-personnel mines – incidents involving sub-munitions ‘duds’ are much more likely to cause death than injury.”
Source and read more:
www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/07/18-1
AIN online:
Attack Helicopters Boost NATO Air Ops over Libya
By: Chris Pocock
Recent briefings in Brussels and London on Operation Unified Protector reveal that attack helicopters provided by France and the UK are now making key contributions to NATO-led operations over Libya, which has been extended until the end of September.
British AH-64 Apaches plus French Tigers and Gazelles have destroyed more than 300 targets since their introduction on June 4. Flying at night, they have provided “a valuable psychological and cognitive effect,” according to one British Army officer. The helicopters’ mix of weapons (Hellfire or HOT missiles, rockets and guns) might be more suited to attacking light vehicles and control points employed by Libyan regime forces in concealed and urban areas than the combat aircraft operating from higher altitude.
Nevertheless, fast jets continue to strike a variety of targets. UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornados and Typhoons have demonstrated “an incredible 99-percent success rate against fixed targets, and 98 percent against moving targets,” according to a senior officer who recently returned from the Combined Air Operations Center in Italy.
By early last week, the forces had flown some 15,000 sorties and struck nearly 3,000 targets. “We have degraded Ghadhafi’s military capacity to the point that he is no longer capable of running any major offensive operation,” said a NATO spokesman. “Numerous senior civil servants and military commanders have defected from the regime.”
However, NATO has not been able to prevent rocket attacks on the beseiged enclave of Misrata from continuing, and skirmishes elsewhere. And there is no sign of a rebellion against the regime in Tripoli and other heartlands.
Other noteworthy aspects of the campaign include:
• Officials still insist that NATO has no forward air controllers or special forces operating on the ground in Libya. This has led to increased reliance on persistent surveillance from intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) assets, sometimes for many days, to ensure that potential targets can be verified and the risk to civilians can be assessed properly.
• France claims to be flying 25 percent of total sorties, using Rafales, Super Etendards, Mirage 2000D/N/-5s, E-2C Hawkeyes, E-3F AWACS and KC-135 tankers. French Air Force Rafale operations have now moved from Solenzara to Sigonella.
• NATO has acknowledged only one incident in which civilians were killed in an airstrike. Unconfirmed reports reaching AIN suggest that the incident, in Tripoli on June 18, was caused by the guidance failure of tailfins on a French AASM weapon.
• The deployment of RAF aircrew onboard U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint sigint (signals intelligence) aircraft, in a co-manning arrangement. The RAF withdrew its last Nimrod R1 sigint aircraft from the Libyan operation last month, and retired the type from service. A NATO spokesman hinted that NATO has identified dissention in the ranks of the Libyan regime forces through sigint reporting.
• The U.S. continues to provide Predator UAV patrols. The Italian air force now has its first two Reaper UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles) operational at Amendola, from where they could provide 12- to 14-hour coverage over Libya per flight, if authorized by Rome.
Source:
www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page...
MOD
RAF tanker aircraft keep missions flying over Libya
RAF VC10 refuelling aircraft from 101 Squadron are providing an essential service to operations over Libya by ensuring NATO sorties can run around the clock and strike targets as the mission demands.
The fast jets flying over Libya need fuel, and plenty of it, and the VC10 can lift a lot of it to where it’s needed.
The K3 variant flown by 101 Squadron can carry 80 tonnes of fuel and dispense it to a wide range of aircraft from the UK and many other nations taking part in NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR.
The VC10’s four Rolls-Royce Conway engines quickly bring her to take-off speed as she climbs out over the Mediterranean from her current base at Sicily’s Trapani Birgi airport to her first designated refuelling location.
It may be convenient to think of the VC10 as an airborne filling station, but that does everyone involved a disservice.
The fuel load she carries has been carefully calculated in a planning process that begins at NATO’s air headquarters at Poggio Renatico in northern Italy a few days before, and continues until just before take-off
Once in the air, that plan can be adjusted to meet the demands of a changing situation. Under the control of a coalition E-3 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft, often a UK E-3D, the VC10 can move from one refuelling area to another.
No roadside petrol station will come to you, but the VC10 can meet you at a convenient location to support your task.
And the people who fly it love it. One pilot says:
“It’s a great aircraft. It really is the Queen of the Skies. It’s one of the last pilot aircraft – you have to have your hands on to fly it. And it still does the job.”
On a recent flight, somewhere off the coast of Libya, the first pair of aircraft are expected. The VC10 flight engineer trails a hose from each of the two under-wing pods, ready to provide fuel.
Two Canadian F-18s pull alongside just off one wing. Once they are cleared to refuel, one drops back and comes round the rear of the VC10 to sit behind the other wing. Each aircraft then manoeuvres
carefully to plug a refuelling probe into the drogue at the end of the refuelling hose. They then push forward a few feet to start the fuel flowing.
After a few minutes they have enough fuel. They drop off the hoses, reform as a pair on the other wingtip and then break away, disappearing into the distance.
The key role of the VC10 in supporting the NATO coalition is shown by the aircraft served in this mission. After the Canadians, two Italian Harrier aircraft refuel. Then it is the turn of two Spanish F-18s. While RAF fast jets are flying at the same time, their tasking means that they refuel from another nation’s tanker elsewhere.
The utility of the VC10, after long years of service, training with various NATO partners, is that so many different nations’ aircraft can work with her. The fuel she dispenses means those aircraft can spend longer on task, protecting Libyan civilians.
The two VC10s based at Trapani (a third is at RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus) fly up to three missions a day. One aircraft will fly, return, refuel, and fly again later the same day.
The VC10s at Trapani are commanded by Squadron Leader Tim Kemp, who said:
“Tanker support is crucial for the fast jets to spend any meaningful time over Libya.
“I am proud of what people are achieving here. When we deployed here, there was nothing. We were flying operations within 36 hours of arriving.”
As the sun sets, the VC10 returns to Trapani. She has dispensed around 20 tonnes of fuel. Ground crew marshal her back to her parking spot, before ensuring she is serviced, refuelled and ready for tomorrow’s task
Squadron Leader Kemp concludes:
“The fleet is working very hard. We have two aircraft here, one in Akrotiri, two for Operation HERRICK Afghanistan, one in the Falklands, and one for standby tasking in the UK, as well as continuing to undertake UK-based training and other operational tasking
“We are working very hard but the engineers are pulling it out of the bag to get the job done. We couldn’t be achieving what we’re achieving without the work of the ground crew.”
The VC10 is now reaching the end of its service life, but continual modifications maintain the aircraft as a significant asset, enabling the rapid deployment of troops and their weaponry, and fast jet fighter aircraft, to any theatre of operations around the world.
It’s replacement, the Airbus A330-based AirTanker aircraft, will be making its first public appearance in the UK today. Voyager, as the new RAF aircraft will be officially named, will fly at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
Source:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Major electricity blackout since 12:00 PM in 70% of Tripoli. #feb17 #Libya
MCMuja
The Zuma/Gaddafi connection zapiro.webvanta.com/cartoon/288124… #Libya #Feb17
President Jacob Zuma, the fence sitting mediator t.co/BVlzCl1 #Libya #Feb17
FIRST PRIZE OF BEST TWEET OF TODAY WON BY:
Armchair Arab
We don’t need any road maps, treasure maps or coloring books, we want Gaddafi out! #Feb17 #Libya
AND THE SECOND PRIZE GOES TO ACARVIN:
Guma_el_gamaty: FF will bypass Sirte push all way 2 link w/ misrata
acarvin tweets back:
Anything else Gaddafi’s forces should know?
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Ghiryan : 2 Brigades surrounding Ghiryan and Enforcing a curfew on residents
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Asabaa : the #Gaddafi rent-a-crowd is believed to be planning a million man march in a 30k (max) resident town.
hominoid
AJA reporter in Ajdabya: NATO has struck supplies coming to Gaddafi forces from the West. Libya
Skeptic
Tweeps, b very careful when an unknown tweep sends u a link, Saifs media machine is not dead yet
dovenews Libyan™
#FF have removed 400 land mines in two days in #Brega
SundayTimes: Saudi Arabia refused to host Gaddafi as the latter secretly accepted to go for exile.
SABHA17
Breaking News:
Revolutionists in Al-gatroun region could get 2 cars with artillery and arrest 7 members of Ghadafi brigades as there are also some injuries among revolutionists but were not specified. Now Al-gatroun region is being attacked 4 km away from civilian areas by Ghadafi brigades.
Gulf_of_Sirte
Our sources in #Sirte: around 30 bodies and 70 injured #Gaddafi men were brought to the city from #Brega to Ibn Sina Hospital on 16,17 July
BBC – Libya- How UK and South Africa differ
Video
This is how Mr. Cameron explains it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGuZ15pYL3I&fea...
PUZZLE OF THE PICS:
MyFreeLibya
The AFP photographer just pulled out some gruesome pictures of black soldiers mutilating inside a tank..jounros discussing how it came to be
Apparently they were found in Qawalish after the FF pushed out Gaddafi’s lastest advance…The crime looks recent, bodies haven’t rotted yet
They have come to a general agreement that this isn’t the work of the Libyan FF…took them bloody long enough…
It is a very weird story…there are many stories of Libyans in the army being abused..bt these guys are very evidently black africans…
the BBC team..they are so impatient & aloof…americans are quite nice…French are the best tho..they have daily parties
Joanne
#Brega is a Major centre for channelling Oil pipelines of Sirte Basin to rest of world Oil Installation INTACT #ButArea=HEAVILYmined #Libya
#Brega is made up of three areas, a residential area in the east, a major oil facility in the west and an old town in between #Libya
Brega Most FF going inside R anti-mine teams learing HIGH amount of anti-personnel mines FF being hampered by shelling from #Bishr
#BREGA victory has come at a price 15 FF have been killed and 274 wounded since the battle began on Thursday
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Musa Ibrahim claims rebels attacked Brega by road and by sea in small boats. “We will turn Brega into hell. We will not give it up.”
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Rebel source inside #Zliten: food & supplies becoming v expensive; no fuel; Gaddafi front line approx 7km from centre of town.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
When will Gaddafi soldiers wake up? Your commander ran away, your injured are left to die, your dead are left to rot… All for the tyrant?
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
“Most of the troops going in right now r anti-mine teams,” said Abdulmolah. “We have found an extraordinary number of anti-personnel mines”
MusaIbrahim Al Gaddafi :
‘Gadhafi controls #Brega, killed 500+ rebels in 5 days fighting, lost 30 soldiers’
Man oh man, who makes these stories up?
What drame school did they all enrol in ?
He said it with a straight face…….
Hollywood.com. March 21 2005 ( I know, it’s old)
Nicole Kidman Dines with Gaddafi’s Son
HOLLYWOOD – Antipodean movie star Nicole Kidman has been wined and dined by controversial
Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi’s wild-child son Al-Saadi Gadaffi.
The 31-year-old whisked the Cold Mountain star out for a meal at a plush
hotel in Sydney, Australia, to discuss investing in the Australian movie
There were unconfirmed reports at that time that he gave her a diamond necklace.
Source:
www.hollywood.com/news/Nicole_Kidman_Di...
Libya In Me The best thing happened today! The mother the hero who raised the independence flag on the medical school in Tripoli, visited us !!!!
He is from the city of Al-Marj studying medicine in Tripoli. He worked with a group on spreading notices and sewing indepedence flags
Unfortunately the women in his group were detained and tortured to a point where they confessed. He became wanted along with 3000 others
He went to a faraway farm on the outskirts of Tripoli where he remained in a room for a month and half without seeing the daylight.
He speaks of the generosity of people of Tripoli throughout his ordeal, and their willingness to help out their Eastern brothers
Gaddafi has offered people of Tripoli $7000 for every Eastern Libyan, yet they went out of their way to get him out
He was taken out to Tunisia by generals who have defected in secret.
He is devastated by the struggles of Tripoli and told his mom, the world doesn’t realise the turmoil and nightmares people of Tripoli live.
Even though he came back he couldnt stay and decided to go back to Tunisia and help the Red Cross
The fact that our people in Tripoli went out of their way to save his life because he is from the East is so touching. Unity at its best
inglesi Piers Scholfield
#Zliten source: casualties amongst Gaddafi forces on #Misrata front line are high; morale is low. One fighter says he didn’t eat for 2 days
At 11am to 5pm or 6pm the temperature at the front lines is almost 50 … imagine the conditions..
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
#LessonsLearned2011: Twitter can cause a drastic decrease in quality of life for family members who do not tweet.
Alex
People of #Sirte – Dont let #Gaddafi mine yr city like #Brega – yr children will have to live amongst them after the #maddog has gone #Libya
Khiria
#Gaddafi’s wanted list: Libyans …minus his few supporters! #Libya #Feb17 #wanted
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Only in Libya …An exchange of rocket fire. Then tea. | #libya #feb17
Via Carol
This one is a diet killer! You bake, they auction, money goes to Libya, calories go to your hips!
www.facebook.com/pages/Sweets-for-Hope/...
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Gaddafi regime is living in la la land >>Gaddafi regime claim oil town Al #Brega is under their ‘full control’ -via Al Arabiya News
Yefrenia
Biggest irony of my childhood, Libyan teachers preaching how we should free Palestine…how can that happen when my own ppl arent even free?
Brian Conley
10 days in western libya left me hopeful, but concerned about the future of rule of law, leadership, and cooperation in #libya
Maybe Brian should talk to Mr. Rasmussen then:)
Mr. Rasmussen was full of praise of NTC regarding that……….
Yefrenia
My mother recalls a bystander saying “I don’t hate Gaddafi and I don’t like him neither,I’m just a normal student!” they arrested him anyway
SMILE
Ali
#Libya #tripoli #feb17 to support #Gaddafi you must either naive or ignorant #addthis yfrog.com/kl650npj
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Libyan gov’t spokesman Musa Ibrahim confirms to CNN that US & Libyan officials engaged in face to face talks in Tunisia on Saturday.
Musa Ibrahim on US-Libya talks: “this is a first step. We welcome any further steps…we don’t want to be stuck in the past.”
SMILE:
About NOTW:
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Speaking of whistleblowers:What do you call a whistleblower in Gaddafi’s Libya? You call a coroner.
LibyanLion
AJA reported earlier that the FFs are ready to start pushing west after securing #Brega
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
3 high level officials tell CNN one of participants in US-Libyan talks in Tunisia was US ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz #Libya
hominoid
Libya Brega In the last 24 hours 9 martyrs and 113 wounded includes 7 charred bodies in a tank heavy shelling had prevented access.
FromJoanne Joanne
Col #Bani by telephone: “Liberating #Brega is a matter of time because Gaddafi brigades have withdrawn from the residential area” #Libya
CNN
Libya says it’s holding talks with U.S.
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Libyan and American officials engaged in direct, face-to-face talks in Tunisia on Saturday, a spokesman for Moammar Gadhafi’s embattled regime said Monday.
“This is a first step. We welcome any further steps,” Musa Ibrahim said in a brief interview with CNN. “We don’t want to be stuck in the past.”
Ibrahim would not name the officials who participated in the talks.
The United States is among the NATO countries that have been bombing Libya since March. The alliance has a U.N. mandate to protect civilians from troops loyal to Gadhafi as the longtime Libyan strongman fights a rebellion that has claimed control of the eastern half of the country.
There was no immediate comment on the report from Washington.
Libyan officials have said previously that the Tripoli government had been conducting talks with the Benghazi-based rebels, but officials with the rebels’ Transitional National Council denied the claim. And Ibrahim said in June that Libya would not consider a peace initiative that would require Gadhafi to step down.
Source:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/18...
NTC Mahmud Alwerfalli @Doha said in Telephonecall : FF wary of striking #Brega industrial zone 4fear of damaging facilities there #Libya
Mahmoud Shammam #NTC spokesman confirmed today Gaddafi’s son Muatasim who led Gaddafi forces in #Brega, fled to #Sirte late July17 #Libya
NTC & FF hope that a column of FF which swept past #Brega from South will take out the Gaddafi troops @ #Bishr 2day or tomorrow
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
We just interviewed #Libyan TV Host Dr Yosif #Shakeir – if the rebels reach #Tripoli it will be ‘worse than Saryevo and worse than Somalia’.
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Gaddafi forces leave behind their dead and injured in #Gwaleesh ! GRAPHIC youtu.be/h-ySaIi5G8Y #Feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ySaIi5G8Y&fea...
US official says the face to face talks with regime reps was delivering the same msg— that #Gaddafi must go. #Libya
Gaddafi spoksman Musa Ibrahim says “We will turn #Brega into hell” – There is nothing more dangerous in the world than sincere stupidity!
Maj Gen Al-Obeidi reported G forces used mustard gas in Brega yesterday. Mines retarding FF advance.
EU Council conclusions on Libya
Summary: 18 July 2011, Brussels – Council of the European Union 3106th FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting conclusions on Libya
The Council adopted the following conclusions:
1. Firmly committed to the full implementation of UNSCRs 1970 and 1973, the EU remains unwavering in its commitment to protecting Libyan civilians, including through the intensification of pressure on the Kadhafi regime.
2. The EU condemns the grave violations of human rights and the breaches of international humanitarian law perpetrated by the regime. It reiterates the importance of accountability, justice and the need to fight against impunity. It takes note of the decision of the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I on 27 June to issue arrest warrants against Muammar Kadhafi, Saif al Islam Kadhafi and Abdullah al-Sanussi in connection with alleged crimes against humanity in Libya and calls for full co-operation with the International Criminal Court. It also welcomes the extension of the mandate of the International Commission of Inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council.
Kadhafi has lost all legitimacy and must relinquish power immediately. Noting continuing defections from the Kadhafi regime, the EU calls on its remaining followers to disassociate themselves from its crimes.
3. The EU remains concerned about the humanitarian situation. It is pursuing its efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance to all Libyans and people in need in an impartial and non-discriminatory manner and calls for unlimited humanitarian access in western Libya and full respect of international humanitarian law. If requested by UN OCHA, the EU will conduct a CSDP operation “EUFOR Libya” to support humanitarian assistance in the region.
4. The EU welcomes the commitment expressed once more by the international community at the Contact Group meeting held in Istanbul on 15 July to support the Libyan people in their ongoing transition process, from the Kadhafi era and towards the creation of a united, sovereign and democratic Libyan state. In particular the EU endorses the shared and overarching principles identified to guide efforts towards a political transition, as well as the common approach to supporting the Libyan people in rebuilding their country. To that end, the EU welcomes the presentation by the NTC of their plans for the post-conflict stage.
5. The EU is dedicated to helping shape the conditions for a monitored cease-fire linked to a genuine and inclusive political process clearly committed to national reconciliation and to the unity of post-Kadhafi Libya. Under the leadership of the UN and with UNSG Special Envoy for Libya as focal point, the EU will pursue its work with other international and regional partners, notably the Cairo Group, which brings the EU together with the UN, the Arab League, the African Union, the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation. In this regard, the EU acknowledges the useful contribution made by the African Union at the July 2011 Malabo Summit.
6. The EU considers the NTC as a legitimate political interlocutor. It acknowledges the essential role and responsibilities of the NTC as a representative of the aspirations of the Libyan people, including for the transition process. As such, the EU welcomes the visit to the EU institutions, on 13-14 July, of the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mr. Mahmoud Jibril. The EU acknowledges the urgent financial needs of the NTC to allow it to serve the Libyan people. The EU and Member States will continue to explore all options in that respect, including, where possible, through the use of Libyan frozen funds, inter alia as a guarantee for providing financial assistance, and the resumption of exports, in compliance with the provisions of the relevant UNSCRs. Recalling the commitments made by the NTC in its “Road to Democratic Libya”, the EU also stands ready to provide further assistance to the NTC in order to enable it to assume its responsibilities, including upholding the rule of law throughout the areas under its control. In this context, the NTC must also continue its commitment to address alleged violations of international law, including of human rights.
7. The EU is committed to support the emergence of a new, stable, prosperous, sovereign and democratic Libya through a peaceful, transparent and inclusive transition process. The EU is already implementing activities in support of the Libyan civil society, and is preparing further assistance including for human rights defenders, youth, women, local authorities and media. The EU underlines the importance of the UN-led support of the international community for Libya in the weeks and months following a cease-fire. The transition should be a Libyan-driven process to which the EU will contribute together with key partners as soon as conditions allow."
Ref:CL11-103EN
EU source: Council
UN forum:
Date: 18/7/2011
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Libya archive reveals pictorial history of Gaddafi’s brutal reign – video gu.com/p/3vjf4/tw via @guardian
Guardian
Libya archive reveals pictorial history of Gaddafi’s brutal reign – video
A human rights team reveals a huge archive of footage and images detailing Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal reign over Libya, not least the infamous showtrial and public hanging of Sadiq Hamed Shwehdi, witnessed by thousands of pupils herded into Benghazi’s basketball stadium to watch in 1984
Vid.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/jul...
William Booth
#Libya drove out to frontlines at Qawlish and later Kiklah in western mtns. An exchange of rocket fire. Then tea. Advance feels stalled.
LibyaNewMedia
Palestinians often said that the Arab world could only be free if Palestine was free. I’d say the exact opposite is true.
McKenzieCNN David McKenzie
Refugees say they’re not getting enough help, but AID agencies overwhelmed and underfunded yfrog.com/ki2zsqkj
Money urgently needed 4 wounded FFs in Tunisia. Who can help? Read articles based on @wheelertweets t.co/vEaOVeL FFs deserve better
The problems journos face:
Brian Conley
how do you know when a town is poorly supplied? I just had my first #CocaCola in #tunisia after 2 weeks in #zintan #libya
4Adam Adam
Gen. al-Mahdi al-Arabi and Lt. Gen. al-Khweldi al-Hamedi killed 1000+ Libyans in #AzZawiya in less than two weeks.
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA reporter, Ajdabya: detained #Gaddafi personnel (1 on Saturday, 1 today) today helped lead rebels to minefields. #Libya
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA reporter from Ajdabya: clashes ongoing in #Brega, rebels advancing slowly. 10 from #Gaddafi forces ‘arrested’ by rebels. #Libya
bencnn benwedeman
Opposition fighters near Nalut say Qadhafi forces massing in Ghazaya, may try to take Tunisia-#Libya border crossing at Wazan
Los Angeles Times
bencnn benwedeman
by libyanproud
Opposition fighters near Nalut say Qadhafi forces massing in Ghazaya, may try to take Tunisia-#Libya border crossing at Wazan
As rebels battle Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s troops for control of the strategic oil city of Port Brega, an injured fighter inspires patriotism in his father, and doctors deal with the effects of land mines laid by government forces.
Reporting from Ajdabiya, Libya—
Rajab Zawiyeh, a Libyan businessman, drove to this coast rebel stronghold two days after he heard about an outbreak of fighting in the nearby oil city of Port Brega.
Zawiyeh’s 25-year-old son, Imad, was fighting at the front, and he feared for the young man’s safety. Monday morning, he got a cellphone call: His son had been wounded.
Zawiyeh, 57, sped to the main Ajdabiya hospital, where he found his son’s bloodied face swathed in gauze. A stained bandage was wrapped around his leg.
A rocket fired by government forces had exploded yards from Imad just outside Port Brega, where rebel forces were in the fifth day of an assault designed to retake the strategic city.
“It got my face and my leg,” Imad told his father, who was struggling to hold back tears.
These were not tears of sadness, the father said, but of pride. For 41 years under the rule of Moammar Kadafi, he had never felt patriotism.
“Now I feel like a patriot,” he said. “I’m so proud of my son. He’s a hero.”
Source and read more here:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
KC_Tripolitania
The BBC just faked a story about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) committing the first holocaust against Jews ! Fabrication and lies.
I’m too peeved off for words. I can’t believe the BBC just fabricated that story about the Holocaust !
BBC2 Documentary #TheLifeOfMuhammad part 2 – I think after watching this part today, the BBC’s hidden agenda has been exposed. Not surprised
Can’t believe the BBC just fabricated a fake story out of thin air accusing Muslims of committing the first holocaust against Jews! #LIES
Gaddafestrophe أمل ~ aml
Typical BBC- Glamorising an issue, making it appeal for the masses then plant a subliminal message amidst.
Aishcube
Random fact: Muslims around Europe & Northern Africa protected Jews during Hitler’s blinded dumbness.
hamzah
Once again the Muslims have been portrayed as anti-Semitic. During times of European anti-semtisism, Jews found safety in the Islamic world
FromJoanne Joanne
As of July 16, 813 people in #Misrata had been killed, 7,848 had been injured and 781 were missing goo.gl/JoA8N #Libya
Libyan Freedom Pilot
When my brother in law got released he told me lots of people where brought over from Misrata to Tripoli prisons… and 1/2
where treated very bad, they where brought in the car boots hands tide with wires, can not be recognised due to beating 2/2
FromJoanne Joanne
US officials confirm Asst Sec of State Jeffrey Feltman and US Ambassador to #Libya Gene Cretz met with Gaddafi officials Saturday
Rami al-Shaheibi Reuters reporter says he Witnessed rocket duels and saw thick black smoke of burning oil terminals in #BREGA monday #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
WOW : HumanRights team reveals a huge archive of footage and images detailing Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal reign over #Libya goo.gl/iqLOn
Brian Conley
#rumors gwalish fell briefly due to lack of supplies/coordination at the front while ammunition, etc sat in warehouses elsewhere
is it possible some #libya forces are hoarding supplies? or is it just lack of management? #zintan
Libya In Me
Shorouq is chanting live in Benghazi’s courthouse
Shorouq, the young chanter is now a target for kidnapping or murder by pro-Gaddafi. So now she’s chanting in reply to the threats
OnlyOneLibya
Watch and read about events in Libya from Libya TV www.libya.tv #Libya #Tripoli #Benghazi #Misrata #Nafusa
www.libya.tv
Skeptic
Zliten-Bani Walid is blocked at Majer, but Sabha-Bani Walid road is probably still under G control
After supply line through Gharyan will b cut, supplies frm Sabha will have 2 go through Bani Walid area, and i think that is wat FFs r trying 2 do in AlSdadda area, on road 2 Bani Walid, cut off that supply route too, so that supplies frm Sabha dont reach Tripoli or Zliten
LY_NeverForget
My mom was pregnant in uni when they locked them in to watch the executions in TIP. She and a couple friends jumped over a wall and ran away
Heinz: Main line of defence is now at #Bishr (40 km of #Brega). Last line is #RasLanuf. Daffis have no chance. No G armor will reach #Sirte.
LY_NeverForget
“#TRIPOLI Suffers on JULY18 TOTAL blackout 3hrs ago @ 19.00 hrs img714.imageshack.us/img714/4646/tr… #Libya” :( my poor city. Stay strong..
AlluCemif
La Slovénie en passe de reconnaître le CNT de #Libye comme le représentant légitime du peuple libyen. #Feb17 #Libye
libyanandproud
Murzuq : #Umalaranib : Umalaranib in Murzuq is now also liberated and in FF control
#Murzuq : #Qatrun and #Umalaranib of Murzuq (South Libya) are now both liberated and in Freedom Fighters control. #
Sabha17
Breaking News:
Um-Laraneb region is now free of Ghadafi brigades and is under the control of revolutionists.
MisrataPatriots:
Misrata FF have now entered the town/city of Tawergha. #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Now I have spent time on both sides of #Libya I can authoritatively tweet the difference i’ve seen: People in the East smile more.
Heinz: Most of the G east army R in #RasLanuf which has no cover & preparing counter-attack. #NATO has dropped leaflets & will wipe them out
CNN
TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) –
Libyan and U.S. officials say the two governments held face-to-face talks in Tunisia over the weekend, but Washington says the sole point of the meeting was to repeat its demand that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi “must go.”
The disclosure came nearly four months into the bombardment of Libya by NATO allies, including the United States. Libyan government spokesman Musa Ibrahim called Saturday’s talks “a first step,” adding, “we welcome further steps.”
Read more here:
www.news8000.com/lifestyle/technology/U...
Wafa
My mom was telling me about an officer who lived on her street, he was ordered to execute those in the 93’ coup attempt
After executing them, he went crazy and ppl wld find walking up & down the streets looking at his hands and screaming “blood”
Sabha17
Breaking News:
Mr.Kilani Jebril Salouhi Algatrouni was killed as he was heading to work when some of the Ghadafi troops tried to stop him but he did not stop which resulted in shooting him where he died immediately.
libyanandproud
#Misratta : Misratta Freedom Fighters on the Eastern Front have advance to #AlSdadda Area (31°28’60.00"N 14°45’0.00"E) #Feb17
Les avoirs libyens gelés sont estimés à 165 milliards de $ par le CNT de #Libye
Lisa
#GaddafiLies Ppl r still reporting Musa’s load of bull….!!! Whyyyyyyyyy? Out of media, out of mind!!!
Libyan Duda
Dear #Brazil, come and collect your deadly #Landmines from #Libya. #Brega #zletin #Misrata #zintan #Nalut
grafixel
Bit strange that #US envoys meet #Gaddafi envoys in #Tunisia just to tell them once again he should just bugger off?#JustSaying
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Ibrahim says: 500+ rebels died in #Brega; but Rebels say they have 13 dead. I conclude: someone isn’t telling the truth!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Feeling hungry? If you want to order room service at the #Rixos you have to walk down to reception to place your order :)
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Shakeir: ‘I found journalists in the basement snooping around in sneeky way. we find them digging even in the sewage.. looking for what?’
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Brega: Some 80% of FF injured in Brega are already out and back in the front lines, others taking slightly longer to recover
SMILE:
libyangovtinfo realmoussaabrahim
#rixos #tripoli ive bought a motor bike and side car today i saw this movie with steve mcqueen “the great escape” i got it just in case !!!!
The Libyan Uprising Group
Breaking news : Libyan free army in Musrata have captured Tawrga city and now are in Zlitan also , these two close cities have been a source of the Qaddafi attacks in recent months
moooonlight22
#FF using artillery that can shoot to 25Km #Brega #Feb 17 youtube.com/watch?v=ecAEJk…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecAEJk9kW0w&feature=player_embedded#at=321
Ali (May 30)
Tripoli revolutioners battalion#feb17#Libya I have met with those epics , they mean business : youtube.com/watch?v=GvWTXX… yfrog.com/kkgsztmj
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvWTXXrel28&sns=tw
KC_Tripolitania KC
I can’t sleep. My mind is with my beloved capital Tripoli. My heart bleeds for #Tripoli. I can’t stop thinking about them.
Hayat
#DearWorld Hello how are you I have missed you and the smell of sunshine but my #Libya is not yet free so I am going back to the internet-Me
The Economist
Closing in on Tripoli
Video:
www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/0...=scn/tw/te/bl/closinginontripoli
Noah tweets:
How I see #CNN today. You know how when you were a kid & looked up to your big brother? He seemed cool, smart, popular, confident. But now he just seems out of touch, arrogant & kind of a bonehead.
Heinz: If G attempts to fire SCUD at Benghazi, #NATO ships will fire anti-rocket missiles and destroy them in flight.
Beaucoup de résidents de #Tripoli ne savent pas s’ils doivent rire ou pleurer. Attendent la libération, en craignant le pire.
Septimius
“Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies”
Murdoch and Gaddafi?
libyanandproud
FYI there was a deal between news Corp and Seif Gaddafi through his media company (alghad)
don’t have exact details , it included share sale and publication distribution in Libya through alghad media Corp
don’t have access to the contracts , the defected GM of ghad media: Suleiman Dogha probably has them and more info…….
Top Canadian soldier says ground troops in Libya might help
OTTAWA — The NATO mission in Libya has dragged on longer than most had expected and Canada’s top soldier suggests things might be different if the rules of engagement allowed for boots on the ground.
It’s an idea that all involved countries have been adamantly against, but Gen. Walt Natynczyk suggested it can be limiting.
“It’s always about precision and from 20,000 feet, you only get so much precision,” he said in an interview with Postmedia News.
The NATO force, which includes about 650 Canadians, has been able to gather good intelligence with the resources it has, he added, but having people on the ground is “always better.”
That said, the mandate from the United Nations is clear and not unlike the one Canada and other nations operated under in Kosovo.
“Protect civilian lives but you can’t put forces on the ground,” he said.
As such, “collateral damage” is out of the question.
Full art.:
www.vancouversun.com/news/Canadian+sold...
AlluCemif
Many residents in #Tripoli don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Waiting for the release and fearing the worst. Allah ma3ahum
Sabha17
Breaking News:
Battles now in Algatroun region between Revolutionists and brigades. Masoud Abdulhafid brigades are now using Grad rockets , some of which were seen falling on Qasir Masoud district.
CNN
From Ivan Watson, CNN
Libyan government vows to hold oil city against rebels
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Libyan government troops will turn the strategic oil city of al-Brega into “hell” rather than let it fall into the hands of advancing rebel forces, a government spokesman said Monday.
Rebel forces moved to within 9 km (5.6 miles) of al-Brega over the weekend after dismantling thousands of land mines, a rebel spokesman said. But government spokesman Musa Ibrahim told CNN that forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi remained in full control of the eastern city late Monday.
“Defending Brega is so vital to the livelihood of the Libyan nation,” Ibrahim said. “We will turn Brega into hell. We will not give Brega up, even if this causes the death of thousands of rebels and the destruction of the whole city.”
Ibrahim said Gadhafi’s troops successfully fought off waves of rebel attacks over the last five days, with 30 government troops and 500 rebel fighters killed. The claim could not be independently verified.
Full art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/18...
Ghazi
I found this interesting map of most of #Libya dates back to Turkish era, not sure about the exact date twitpic.com/5sc3na
Mediterranean region showing #Libya in the Fra Mauro map, created around 1450 yfrog.com/kk61ppj
SUMMARY JULY 19th 2011
7/19/2011
7.19.2011
The truth is rarely pure and never simple – Oscar Wilde
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/9lhiX
NATO On July 18th, NATO aircraft flew 129 sorties, including 44 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 8 Armed Vehicles, 2 Armoured Fighting Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 1 Artillery Piece, 1 Radar, 1 Surface-to-Air-Missile Launcher, 1 Command and Control Vehicle, 1 Command and Control Node.
In the vicinity of Misrata: 6 Artillery Pieces.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Military Storage Facility
Niz_FGM Niz
by ChangeInLibya
18/7/11 – I cant wait for the moment when i can see Huda BenAmer brought to justice in a court in #Benghazi. She better start repenting now
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
MISRATA: First humanitarian aeroplane landed in #Misrata airport today (Via Wefaqlibya /
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
URGENT: SMS sent by Gaddafi to Tripoli this morning (July 19th). I smell nasty human shields plan: img42.imageshack.us/img42/8505/sms… #feb17 #Libya
img42.imageshack.us/img42/8505/smsajeel...
Photo
Misrata today… manning the front lines in 40C heat (104+ F) #libya #feb17 via Wefaq
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=278028&l...
Carlette I hope that the dissidents and Libyans that have been fighting #Gaddafi for years from outside Libya won’t be forgetton in the new #Libya!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
by ChangeInLibya
Big Bang! much closer to the #Rixos this time. Jets still circling above. #NATO have spotted some Gaddafi hardware they want to destroy.
Reuters video
A widows group in Misrata offers support fore the rebels fighting forces.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-UurGPBGg
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
by ChangeInLibya
Pairs of bombers are coming in waves, hunting for targets on the streets of #Tripoli. dropping LGBs when they find suitable targets.
Only 3 explosions and in different positions; but it is the repetitive sound of aircraft above that is so intimidating.
Feb17
Libya:
Libyan opposition leader said Monday that contracts between other countries and the Libyan government signed before the internal strife will be respected.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), made the pledge in an interview aired on Russia Today television.
“I would like to assure all states… that we respect the law and the international conventions and charters, and deem all agreements and contracts, signed by the previous government, as lawful if they have nothing to do with corrupt schemes,” he said.
Jalil promised that the opposition, if in power, would try to accomplish “even greater projects.”
But he clarified that some adjustments to the agreements and contracts are still possible “depending on the global economic and financial situation.”
On Friday, the Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul recognized the NTC as the sole and legitimate representative of the country’s people until the creation of a new interim authority.
But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday his country refused to recognize the NTC as Libya’s legitimate government.
Photo’s:
Kateebat Al Fatheel; The Military Base in Benghazi
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.17756...
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
The only way forward in #Libya is for #Qaddafi to step down.
Video: Struggling to survive through Libya’s war
After heavy battles between Gaddafi’s forces and opposition forces, the people in western Libya are trying to rebuild their lives.
But as they pick up the pieces, the pro-Gaddafi town of Lawainya remains abandoned after intense shelling raids carried out by the government, according to opposition sources.
Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the shell-shocked town.
feb17.info/media/video-struggling-to-su...
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
A yard long piece of metal with x on it fell from sky in journo hotel parking lot moments after jets heard overhead. No one hurt.
Danya
Pls call and email #Nilesat Telephone : 38400 145 E-mail:marketing@nilesat.com.eg and ask them why they are ignoring a court order #Libya
Pls contact the Justice Ministry in #Egypt & ask why this ruling hasn’t been enforced Phone no. 27922263/5/7/9 , mjustice@moj.gov.eg #Libya
NotLibyaStateTV
We hear that the USA will be bankrupt and unable to pay bills in 2 weeks anyways, so I think Gaddafi can hold out until then
The US now says it’s time to recognise the Transitional National Council as the official voice of the Libyan people. (AJE)
Nusaiba
To all those detained in #Libya #Syria #Palestine and all over youtu.be/NZU1GN9Ngn4 (ARABIC)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZU1GN9Ngn4&fea...
NATO Livestream in 15’ (14:00 Brussels): NATO press briefing on #Libya. Now available in #Arabic! t.co/cK6Gv76
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/events_673...
AJE video:
There is a new drive to try and unite all the rebel forces in Libya as one ‘National Army’.
But despite this, and four months of NATO bombings targeting key government installations, progress for the opposition has been slow.
This has raised questions about whether the patchwork of rebel forces can achieve its ultimate goal of removing Muammar Gaddafi.
Former government officers are now the trainers responsible for readying rebel fighters for battle. And as the opposition heads towards Tripoli, the pressure on them is increasing.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Misurata.
blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2011/07/uniti...
NATO
Tuesday 19 July at 1400, Oana Lungescu, the NATO spokesperson, will brief the press on events concerning Libya. She will be joined by Colonel Roland Lavoie, Operation Unified Protector(OUP) military spokesperson, who will brief by videoconference from Naples on NATO’s operation in Libya in support of UNSCR 1973.
France
Libya Gérard Longuet French defence minister, said The countdown has begun. Things can go faster. There is no solution for Gaddafi
Skeptic
#Misrata #airport is now out of range of Grads & artillery? that is great news anyway! urgently needed supplies can now arrive just in time
6 days left for Eid of Hope. t.co/ZQIbfEn Registries at Walmart t.co/BO40qcd and Amazon t.co/uswszzJ @ShababLibya
www.walmart.com/giftregistry/gr_detail....
www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/1BU8AP...=cm_wl_act_vv?_encoding=UTF8&visitor-view=1&reveal
Libyus
China & Russia: We know #gaddafi’s days are limited but we refuse to act humanely & will milk that crazy cow 4 as long as we can. $$$
Tunisia: thank u for the humanity & genuine attempts to curb Gaddafi 4rm smuggling gas, plz try harder.
Egypt: We spit at Ahmed Gaddafi idem whenever we see him at Sheraton or wtvr. Thanks for letting him run around with #Libya’s stolen money.
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : One explosion heard after a busy morning for #NATO planes over tripoli . #Feb17
#Tripoli : Second Explosion in past hour heard after busy #NATO morning
Nidal & Joanne
I’m so happy that this beautiful angel, #Malak is here in #Malta. You are soooo welcome, dear sweet princess. Hugs & Kisses. #Misrata
MohHKamel ليبرالي متعفن
#Arab leaders are so clueless in how to deal with #ArabSpring, coming up with the most ridiculous responses!!!
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#US Assistand Deputy Sec of State ~Elizabeth_Dibble: ’The #US will stay with #Libya people to the end"
libyanandproud
#Tarhuna : Tarhuna Military Council statement to #Gaddafi forces. youtu.be/qllantcxm60 #Feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qllantcxm60&fea...
MALTATODAY: Way forward in Libya is ceasefire and removal of Gaddafi regime, Borg tells EU
Solution to Libyan stalemate is in ceasefire and removal of current regime – Foreign Affairs minister Tonio Borg tells EU Foreign Affairs Council.
Describing the situation in Libya a day after visiting Benghazi, Maltese foreign minister Tonio Borg said he remained impressed by the determination expressed by the Libyan people “fighting for their liberty”.
Borg was accompanied by the Permanent Representative to the European Union, Richard Cachia Caruana.
He said that the way forward to the current stalemate in Libya should first consist of a ceasefire, followed by a political transition for the removal of the current regime, led by Col. Muammar Gaddafi.
He added the participation of the young generation in their quest to shape their future was central to the revolution in this country.
On Syria, the EU foreign ministers expressed their concern at the ongoing repression by the current regime against protestors, and which has led to a number of deaths, the finance ministry later said.
It added that the council also discussed the situation of the Middle East peace process, in view of the United Nations resolution on the recognition of a future state of Palestine.
The council was convening for the first time under the new Polish Presidency, whereby Ministers were briefed on the main priorities to be adopted for the upcoming six months.
An update to the tragic event that occurred at the Cypriot Naval Base in Mari was also provided, and the Council expressed sympathy with the families of the victims.
Source:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/way...
libyanandproud
the saturday incident as told by local was nato must of hit ammo as explosions long after strike
#Gaddafi Regime SMS to users: “today is the Launch of the March on #Nafusa as per the Mandate issued at the #Ajaylat Demo” #Feb17 #Libya
#Jdabya : 20 Injured Freedom Fighters have been discharged and are heading to their comerades in #Brega. #Feb17 #Libya
Jonny Hallam
#Tripoli: A leaflet bomb landed on the #Rixos Tennis court this morning. glad it didn’t have any explosives inside. no leaflets either
LP
we would love to see a picture of the leaflets :)
Jonny Hallam
so would I! they were already dispersed out of the clustering device
LP
apparently forces r told by officers not to touch them , as they are covered by cancerous substance :)
Dee
#libya #benghazi Rolling power outages due to lack of fuel for plants #ntc
JAVIER
one air strip in #Nafusa #Libya 1,5 km of paved road some lights on the sides and one ckeckpoint welcome to maybe airlines!!
Skeptic
Gaddafi #SMS is like #Hitler & #Milosevic plans, he plans #ethnic #cleansing & #extermination
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI HELL its Mostly Out off electricity due 2lack of Fuel 4Powerplant #Janzour +Water due 2Lack of fuel 2Pum up water from wells #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Now more aircrafts over #tripoli. what specifically are NATO hunting for today?
Balkan Insight
Albania Backs Libya’s Rebel Government
“Conscious of the aspirations of the Libyan people for democracy and development, the Albanian government backs the activities of the National Transitional Council and its program for a democratic Libya, and considers the council to be the legitimate representative of the Libyan people,” the ministry said in a statement.
“The Albanian government is ready to engage with the council and help in the installment of peace and democracy in Libya,” the statement added.
The Interim Transitional National Council is a political group formed to represent rebel groups seeking to overthrow the four decade-old regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
To date, the council has been recognized as the sole legitimate government of Libya by 29 countries, including the Unites States and the European Union member states.
Link:
www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/albani...
FreeLibyan
Pro-#Gaddafi in #UK threatening students W the help of L.C.A bureau !! youtube.com/watch?v=sq91zS…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq91zSyF0fc&fea...
Photo:
Libyan women keep the morale high and take care of the city while their men fight at the front-lines #libya #feb17
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=278014&l...
TRIPOLI: Reports that NATO planes are dropping leaflets all over Bab Al Aziziya and some nearby areas #libya #feb17”
Airstrikes today:
Jonny Hallam
It is not like saturday when the sky was lit up in one place on horizon after a tonne of ordnance was dropped on #Tajura
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Silence from guns on the ground. Col #Gaddafi seemingly has no response whatsoever to the infringement of his airspace.
G regime says:
Mhalwes
“WE WILL FIGHT NATO, WE WILL BEAT THEM, THEY WILL LOSE IN LIBYA” – not a single aircraft damaged. can’t even shoot down a fly
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Google search shows mystery object dropped over hotel is prbly leaflet bomb. US Air Force photo matches what we saw tinyurl.com/3jzxgdk
www.afsoc.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.as...
baysontheroad baysontheroad
#LIBYA Doing a drive around the frontlines. All quiet on Bin Ghanem front.
Forbes.com
ICRC: Libya rebel mountain hospitals struggling
TRIPOLI, Libya — The International Committee of the Red Cross says medical services in Libya’s rebel controlled western mountains are struggling with a flood of casualties from fighting.
Tuesday’s statement from the Red Cross said facilities lack medicines to treat patients and vaccines to deal with outbreaks of disease.
Link:
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/19/gene...
Gaditya: youtu.be/1i51wJHOq7E – when the Independence flag was first held in BennieG 19/02/2011. The cheers goose bumps"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i51wJHOq7E&fea...
ALE:
Video
حملة لتدريب وتوحيد صفوف الثوار تحت ما يسمي بالجيش الوطني A move 2 unite all FFs forces in Libya as one NationalArmy bit.ly/qkBtFY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVvlhqX9SeU&fea...
AlluCemif
Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi PM #Tripoli:" the Contact Group cannot be a negotiating partner, it is an illegal entity."
Lisa
Reports that FFs yday captured 3 G engineers in #Brega who were part of the mining teams. Should be useful. #Libya #Feb17”RT
“Longuet, French Def/M : The countdown started in #Libya, things can go faster than you think”
Longuet, French Defence Minister : “I am very cautious, because #Gaddafi is not rational”
Longuet, French Defence Minister : “Gaddafi could opt for the strategy of the bunker, the civilians of Tripoli as hostages”
French Def/M: “Women & men who never fought decided to no longer bear the authority of military and dictatorial Gaddafi”
Longuet, French Defence Minister : "Changings on the ground, after weeks people were prepared for what was not their job a few months ago
Skeptic
WATCH OUT! With forces&ammo frm #Hun & #Waddan& #Sabha, #Gaddafi can cut off, encircle FFs forces skipping #Sirte frm those in #Brega !
A Free Libyan
(via FB) Lack of fuel is pushing #Tripoli into a dire state as power plants + pumps can’t function, thus very low elec/water. #Libya
VIDEO – Check out the FF artillery attacking GFs at night – t.co/x1PyPkO #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAydkSH4K0M&feature=player_embedded#at=32
septimius
#Gaddafi proved that he is nothing but a coward! 1st shot at unarmed protesters, then shelled from distance with Grad & now mines! #Libya
Ali
Did anyone know that Gaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, is the Arab Capital of Culture for 2011? #Libya"
Red Cross: Rebel medical services in Libya’s Nafusa mountains struggling – libya – felipe
The International Committee of the Red Cross says medical services in Libya’s rebel controlled western mountains are struggling with a flood of casualties from fighting.
Tuesday’s statement from the Red Cross said facilities lack medicines to treat patients and vaccines to deal with outbreaks of disease.
An ICRC delegation visited the region and provided bandages and other medical materials.
Source:
libyabizinfo.com/story-z3882105
RTS online
#Libya #Gaddafi #Brega #Tripoli #NATO #Feb17 #UN Gadafi najavljuje mars miliona bit.ly/oy42DT
адафи најављује марш милиона
Гадафи мобилише присталице за марш на Западне планине. Већ 24 часа траје неизвесност око судбине Бреге, града на којим контролу, према сопственим тврдњама, имају обе стране. Улични рат у Бреги, Триполи тврди да у граду нема ни трага од побуњеника. Устаници, пак, уверавају да контролишу већину насеља. Број мртвих се мери десетинама.
Nigeriens fleeing Libya mourn riches to rags status
Brooding on an alleyway bench in Agadez’s Amarwatt district, Yassine Souleymane and his fellow countrymen returning from battle-torn Libya have no work and nothing to do. “We’re useless,” he laments.
Until recently the 43-year-old earned a good living over the border selling computer hardware in Tripoli.
Like 200,000 others who left Niger in search of their fortune, he fled home when fighting broke out between Moamer Kadhafi’s regime and the rebels seeking to topple the defiant leader.
After 13 years he is back, and reduced to living for the past two months with his daughter and her soldier husband — a change of circumstance which fills him with shame.
“It’s embarrassing for me,” he said in his native Housa language. “Business was going well in Libya and I was sending back 150,000 CFA francs (225 euros) to my family every month.”
Like 200,000 others who left Niger in search of their fortune, he fled home when fighting broke out between Moamer Kadhafi’s regime and the rebels seeking to topple the defiant leader.
Twins Hassane and Ousseini, 37, returned from the southern city of Sabha with scarcely a penny to their name.
The former said he was the victim of bandits on his route home, the latter that he sold his possessions to pay for tuberculosis treatment.
“Our mother sells pastries in order to put food in our mouths — isn’t that humiliating for men of our age?” said Ousseini.
“I was due to get married in July and my wife was to join me in Tripoli. Everything was cancelled because we have no money.”
Source and read full art.:
libyabizinfo.com/story-z3882165
Merkel meets Medvedev in Germany for talks on Libya, eurozone, business opportunities
The leaders of Russia and Germany met Tuesday for wide-ranging talks on their countries’ business ties and international issues, including the ongoing Libya conflict and Europe’s debt crisis.
Russia and Germany abstained in the March U.N. Security Council vote that authorized military action against Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s regime in Libya, but both countries say Gadhafi must give up power and they are determined to help seeking a political solution to overcome the military deadlock on the ground.
Full art. Here:
libyabizinfo.com/story-z3882150
baysontheroad
#LIBYA Now on top of mountain, at Qwaleesh front. Quiet here too, but Grad attack last night.
Brega at Night – NO LIES 18-07-2011 الجزيرة : البريقة هدا المساء t.co/bZSuabN #Libye
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7THQ-Ep8FT0&fea...
The US and the new Middle East: Libya
AJE vid.
White House officials claim that they acted to prevent a humanitarian disaster – but was such a disaster imminent and what were the other factors involved? Did the US intervene to stabilise Libyan oil production for the global markets? Did the White House decide to depose Muammar Gaddafi to send a message to others in the region? And how does this open up the US to accusations of double standards in its foreign policy?
english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultl...
Pan-African News Wire
NATO Escalates Bombing Operations on Libya
U.S. and other imperialist states recognize rebels amid mounting defeats on the ground
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Editor, Pan-African News Wire
NATO planes reigned down bombs over the capital city of Tripoli on July 17 for approximately two hours. It was estimated that 60 to 75 ordinances hit targets in the areas of Tajura and Seraj.
One of the explosions created a mushroom cloud resulting in the speculation that a so-called “bunker-busting bomb” was utilized. Libyan television confirmed that “NATO crusader forces” had struck civilian and military sites in the eastern suburb of Tajura.
Source and full art.:
panafricannews.blogspot.com/2011/07/nat...
Voix de la russie
Libye: l’aviation de l’Otan a effectué 44 missions de combat supplémentaires
Les avions de l’Otan participant à l’opération militaire en Libye, ont effectué lundi 129 missions, dont 44 de combat, et détruit un lance-roquettes anti-aérien, un radar de DCA et un centre de communication, rapporte mardi le service de presse de l’Alliance.
Depuis le 31 mars, jour où le commandement de l’opération a été transmis à l’Otan, l’aviation de l’Alliance a effectué 15.669 missions, dont 5.902 de combat.
17 navires otaniens ont patrouillé lundi en Méditerranée centrale pour faire respecter l’embargo sur les livraisons d’armes en Libye. Depuis le début de l’opération, les militaires de l’Alliance ont vérifié 1.813 cargos, dont 11 ce lundi. Neuf navires ont été déroutés.
Full art.:
french.ruvr.ru/2011/07/19/53434173.html...
Brega
Brega NewsFlash . Tuesday morning .7dead FF dozens injured in Brega area .struck by rocket from GF.
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
Also, I’ve harvested several important (imho) stories from #Libya that you’ll be seeing in coming days, when UK returns to dull roar.
Reuters:
France said: Libyan FFs ve taken over the eastern oil hub of Brega, in their most significant advance in mnths against Gadafi forces
French Government confirm Brega Quote ‘the resistance forces are in the process of controlling the totality of city.’
AlluCemif
Vivre à #Tripoli:Coupures électricité (44°) pas d’essence ni argent,barrages partout,tirs la nuits,bombes,patrouilles,aliments rares & chers
Vivre à #Tripoli : propagande de #Kadhafi quasiment comme seule info, au téléphone avec l’étranger on évite de poser des questions.
Libye Libre
Interview de G. Longuet ce matin sur la Libye à partir de 6’00 pluzz.fr/les-4-verites-…
www.pluzz.fr/les-4-verites-2011-07-19-0...
Current Temperatures in some areas in Tripoli now: 44.5C
Baysontheroad
Fighter beside his gun on front line.
Photo:
lockerz.com/s/121660659
Grad damage on building being used as shelter by frontline fighters bit.ly/nFN2np #Feb17
Just to clarify about #Tripoli. Not everywhere has electricity cut off. There is a power station in the South which is still running.
REUTERSFLASH:
Russian President Medvedev says compromise between Libyan rebels and govt achievable, support for one side no good #Feb17
Mapping Digital Media: Citizen Journalism and the Internet
Citizen journalists have become regular contributors to mainstream news, providing information and some of today’s most iconic images, especially where professional journalists have limited access or none at all. While some hail this opportunity to improve journalism, others fear that too much importance is placed on these personal accounts, undermining ethical standards and, eventually, professional journalism.
Full art.:http://www.soros.org/initiatives/media/articles_publications/publications/mapping-digital-media-citizen-journalism-20110712?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweetdeck-shortener&utm_campaign=social-media
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO helicopters hit #Gaddafi military convoys as they tried to re-supply Gaddafi’s forces outside #Brega this morning. #Libya #feb17
NATO hits Gaddafi targets outside of Brega
NATO helicopters on Tuesday attacked military convoys as they tried to re-supply Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fighting over the eastern Libyan town of Brega, an unidentified revolutionary spokesman said.
“It seems the helicopters were gathering reconnaissance in the past two days but … this morning they hit Gaddafi convoys coming from the west and south,” the spokesman said by telephone from the revolutionary stronghold of Benghazi.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=7875
Robert Rowley
VERY little sea traffic to or from #Tripoli port from any country past few days, LOTS more to/from #Benghazi
REUTERS
France says Brega under control of Libyan rebels
Libyan rebels have taken over the eastern oil hub of Brega, France said on Tuesday, in their most significant advance in months against forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
Fighting for control of Brega, which would provide access to much of Libya’s eastern oil network, came as U.S. and Libyan officials met for secret face-to-face talks.
Tripoli said it was seeking talks with no preconditions, but Washington said it had delivered the clear message that Gaddafi must go.
“The Libyan resistance forces are in the process of controlling the totality of the city (Brega) but I am not in a position to confirm exactly what is happening on the ground,” French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said.
“It represents progress on the ground by the action of Libyan rebel forces. It would seem to confirm the retreat and isolation of Gaddafi and his forces,” he told a media conference in Paris.
Source and full art.here:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/19/us-l...
AP
Libya medic: 7 rebels dead, dozens wounded in east
AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) — Government forces shelled rebel positions Tuesday near the strategic oil town of Brega, killing seven rebel fighters and wounding dozens, a medic said.
Rebel forces have been pushing to seize the front-line town on Libya’s coast for close to a week, but they say fields of land mines laid by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces have slowed the advance.
Medic Mohammed Idris said government shelling killed seven rebels and wounded 25 Tuesday.
Read more:
news.yahoo.com/libya-medic-7-rebels-dea...
Bloomberg
Libyan Rebels Won’t Sign Oil Deals Until Elected Government
Libya’s Transitional National Council, fighting to overthrow the government of Muammar Qaddafi, won’t sign new contracts with oil companies because the movement wasn’t elected, a spokesman for the group said.
“We are not elected,” Mahmoud Shammam said in a telephone interview from Qatar’s capital, Doha. “How can we sign a contract which will affect the life of the Libyan people and we are not an elected government?” The council will honor existing contracts, he said.
The Libyan rebel movement is talking with companies including Royal Dutch Shell Plc on supplying fuel to the country after Qaddafi’s government falls, Energy intelligence Group’s International Oil Daily said today, citing Guma El-Gamaty, the rebels’ representative to the U.K. Shammam said he couldn’t comment on the report.
Read more:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-19/libya...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SESTRI STAR” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-20 10:00 (UTC). #feb17
I AM watching #Tunisia ports near #Libya for an increase in ships from #Turkey/poss. 3rd party transfers
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
(1/2) GOOD NEWS: Libyans finally let female Journo go home: A #Rixos colleague from USA has been prevented from leaving #Libya for 5 days.
(2/2) The NPR producer attempted to go home on Wed; but she was turned from the border and sent back to the #Rixos due to a ‘visa problem’.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Reports that #NATO jets coming in waves, hunting targets, dropping LGBs when targets located
#Cambodia CARGO SHIP “ALMAHMOUD 3” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-21 06:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Liberia CARGO SHIP “JAGUAR” now in port #Benghazi #Libya #feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” now en route from #Koper Slovenia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria. #Libya #feb17
#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “BLUE SKY now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-21 08:00 (UTC). #feb17
#Comoros CARGO SHIP “SHAKER” now in port #Benghazi #Libya. #feb17
#Moldova #FERRY “M V FEHIM BEY” now departing #Benghazi #Libya for dest. #Misrata. #feb17
#Malta OIL TANKER “APOSTOLOS A” now departing port #Tobruk #Libya. #feb17
#Denmark CARGO SHIP “NORD NIGHTINGALE” has now departed #Benghazi #Libya for dest. #Malta. #feb17
ChangeInLibya
International trade with Benghazi ramping up – companies tht stopped supplying food/goods to Libya due to war are slowly resuming wrk #libya
NTC as well as Libyan businessmen both in the country and abroad seeking to help their people
baysontheroad baysontheroad
My mistake earlier wrote Bin Ghanem. It is of course BIR Ghanem, the town still held by Gaddafi forces, but overlooked by opp forces.
Husna
I am Husna, I am 3ajam, still waiting for the freedom of Libya @KC_Tripolitania my best friends live in SouQ el Jom3a. I am Indonesian.
Abi
Libyan State TV reportedly aired offer that anyone between 18-30 yrs who joins Khamis brigade gets a house.
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Nalut : #Gaddafi forces are shelling Nalut with Grads today . #Feb17 #Libya
NPR audio
For Libyan FF and Gaddafi’s Land Mines A Potent Obstacle
www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?...
Ahmed
50 civilian death cases have been reported across #Libya from mines & unexploded bombs placed by #Gaddafi forces in areas that they occupied
NPR
For Libyan Rebels, Gadhafi’s Mines A Potent Obstacle
Land mines increasingly are being used by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces on battlegrounds across Libya. Rebels fighting for the eastern town of Brega are being stymied by minefields around the area.
In Libya’s western mountains, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines are causing many casualties, but there are few mine experts to help.
On the barren front line in the village of Gualish, rebels take cover from Gadhafi’s forces — and the relentless sun — behind a sand berm.
Rajed, a rebel fighter at the front, points to the south of Gualish and says they have just discovered a new minefield. Rajed says all of this area is now mined; it’s terrible, he says, and that is what is stopping their advance.
Rebel commanders say the use of mines are a sign that Gadhafi’s forces are becoming more desperate and weak.
Story and audio:
www.npr.org/2011/07/19/138487601/for-li...
Tripoli Youth
the Kalashnikov are Russian. Colour of the ammunition = hazel brown/gold dated 2011, source has pictures just need net to upload
Calling TRIPOLI no AC in one of da hottest days of summer, my dad is out 2 clear his mind & find a place 2 recharge his phone
SMILE
Skip
Today at work I typed “google” into Bing and “bing” into Google, hit enter, and hid under my desk. I’m still alive, but stay tuned.
Khalifa
#Gadhafi is promising money, cars & houses to join his forces. #FF offer freedom, democracy and chance for a decent life. #Libya united
feb17
Reuters
“Any dialogue with the French, Americans, British is welcome,” government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told journalists in Tripoli. “We will discuss everything, but do not condition your peace talks. Let Libyans decide their future.”
More than 40 people on both sides were reported killed in the fighting since late last week for a city which for months marked the eastern limit of Gaddafi’s control.
The government denied the claim.
“Our brave soldiers are in Brega in their thousands and control it completely,” spokesman Ibrahim said.
He said the government had lost 30 soldiers over five days of fighting, but rebels had lost many times more.
Source and art.:
feb17.info/news/france-says-brega-under...
LibyanFreedom
Next time u get in ur car keep the AC off. Then remember how u havent donated to goo.gl/26QZt to provide AC for the Ramada refugees!
KC_Tripolitania KC
Watching Rupert and James being grilled is too embarrassing- now I can’t wait to watch #Gaddafi and #Saif getting grilled too :)))
hominoid555
Libya Tripoli Total power blackout across city 3 hours ago. Lack of fuel will affect water also.
Emad
What is Lisa Holland from sky news doing in Tripoli ..who does she work for.? All she does is promote Gadaffi crap..
Turkish Weekly
Istanbul Conference Marks Post-Gadhafi Transition
Top diplomats from the US, Turkey and 30 other Western and Arab countries, including the Libyan opposition, gathered in Istanbul on Friday (July 15th) to discuss a political solution to the Libyan conflict, while co-ordinating aid for the rebels.
Turkish officials highlighted the importance of the international community making progress regarding the Libyan crisis before the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in August.
MP Faruk Logoglu, an adviser to the main opposition CHP leader and former ambassador to the United States, believes that by continuing its efforts at limiting democracy on the domestic front, Turkey might lose any “model role” in the Middle East.
“The fact that Turkey is supporting the US, NATO, turning away from Gadhafi and approaching the rebels is not a problem for AKP in domestic and foreign politics so far,” he says, adding that Turkey’s ambition to be a model in the Middle East and hosting such international meetings will also catalyse its domestic democratic reforms.
Source:
www.turkishweekly.net/news/119545/istan...
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Libya Now we have the clear proof: #Khamis #32nd #Brigade has been decimated & desperately seeking men, offering them houses
hominoid
Libya French President Sarkozy will meet with Misrata military chiefs tomorrow at the Elysée.
AJE
Bid to unite Libya’s disparate rebel forces
There is a drive to try and unite all the rebel forces in Libya under one “national army”.
But progress has been slow over the past four months and has raised questions about whether the patchwork of rebel forces can achieve its ultimate goal of removing Muammar Gaddafi.
Former government officers are now the trainers responsible for readying rebel fighters for battle. And as the opposition heads towards Tripoli, the pressure on them is increasing.
Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Misurata.
Source:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Reports of clashes & small arms fire in #Dahmani. #Libya
Gaddafi foreign minister to visit Russia: reports
Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s Foreign Minister Abdelati al-Obeidi is to visit Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov
Lavrov and al-Obeidi will discuss the current situation in Libya and African Union-led mediation efforts in the meeting on Wednesday afternoon in Moscow, Russian news agencies said, without giving further details.
Russia has been heavily involved in attempts to mediate between the rebels controlling the east of the country and the Gaddafi regime in Tripoli.
President Dmitry Medvedev’s envoy Mikhail Margelov has held talks both with top rebel officials in their stronghold of Benghazi and representatives of Gaddafi in Tripoli.
Source:
english.ahram.org.eg/News/16780.aspx
LibyanFreedom
36 killed, over 400 injured FF in operation to free brega, majority of injuries/deaths caused by land mines planted by G.
Feb17
Washington Post In a letter to the editor, Mike Huff endorses a proposal by senator Johnny Isakson to use a portion of the frozen Libyan assets to compensate victims of the Lockerbie bombing, since it is argued the $1.5bn given by Gaddafi does not fully meet what the State Department had recommended as a compensation for the victims.
Enough Gaddafi tweet: “Reconciliation w/ regime supporters is critical to stability, but what is critical for democ change is inclusiveness, accountability.”
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Cash contributions also go to rent, food, etc. But its incredible how meaningful a shirt is when ur whole world is a hospital bed.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Remember Ali? #Libyan FF from #Misrata. Both legs amputated after being hit by a Grad May 13. Here he is with me today. twitpic.com/5sa6a2
wheelertweets James Wheeler
At this point, I’d say the majority of the injured #Libyans in Tunis are not in the hospitals. No one tracks this.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
On the way back to a rented Tunis flat with a Zintani friend. We just bought supplies at a supermarket for injured Misrata FFs staying there
ASIA TIMES
Another take on Libya hubris for China
Western self-regard was on full display in a United States headline describing the Libya Contact Group confab in Istanbul over the weekend. It read: World leaders open Libya talks in Turkey.
But attendance from the BRICS countries was patchy: Nobody was there from Russia, which boycotted the talks. China declined to send a representative. Brazil and India only sent observers, which meant they had no vote in the proceedings. South Africa didn’t attend, and blasted the outcome of the meeting
Read on:
www.atimes.com/atimes/China/MG19Ad01.html
VOUNOUSILS
Libye: les rebelles revendiquent la prise de Brega, contacts diplomatiques pour le départ de Kadhafi
Full art.:
www.vousnousils.fr/2011/07/19/libye-les...
FRANCE24
Gaddafi’s PM calls for end to NATO bombings
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Muammar Gaddafi’s Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi (pictured) said NATO’s bombing campaign must end before negotiations with rebels can begin.
Art. And vid.:
www.france24.com/en/20110718-libyan-pri...
La regle du jeu
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Je rentre du Djebel Nafoussa, ce plateau montagneux, au nord-ouest de la Libye, qui constitue, après celui de Misrata à l’Est, puis celui de Brega encore plus à l’Est, le troisième front de cette guerre où j’ai tenu à me rendre. Ce que j’y ai vu me porte à m’inscrire en faux, plus que jamais en faux, contre les déclarations étrangement défaitistes que l’on entend, depuis quelques semaines, à Washington, Londres et Paris.
On nous dit qu’il s’agirait de combattants qui ne verraient pas plus loin que le bout de leur village et seraient incapables d’une vision stratégique d’ensemble, en vue de la prise de Tripoli. A Zintan comme à Yefren, en terre arabe comme en pays berbère, on entend et voit tout autre chose. A savoir une rébellion pour qui Tripoli est l’objectif. Des chefs de tribu pour qui l’unité de la Libye est, dans le feu des combats, devenue un impératif. Des officiers parfaitement conscients du fait que ce but n’est atteignable qu’en coordination étroite avec la direction opérationnelle des forces de l’Otan. Rien à voir, à nouveau, avec le désordre, l’improvisation, « l’esprit tribal », dont on nous rebat les oreilles.
Art.:
laregledujeu.org/2011/07/19/6742/libye-...
AFP
“Le compte à rebours est engagé” en Libye, selon Longuet
PARIS — Le ministre de la Défense, Gérard Longuet, a estimé mardi que “le compte à rebours est engagé” en Libye où “les choses peuvent aller plus vite qu’on ne le pense”.
“Des femmes et des hommes qui n’ont jamais été des combattants ont décidé de s’organiser pour ne plus supporter l’autorité militaire et dictatoriale de Kadhafi et cela bouge sur le terrain après, c’est vrai, des semaines où des gens se sont préparés à ce qui n’était pas leur métier il y a quelques mois encore”, a-t-il souligné.
Art.:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
Council on foreign relations
Libya: NATO Selectively Enforcing No-Fly-Zone
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) assumed command and control over the western-led intervention in the Libyan civil war four months ago with three stated military missions: enforce an arms embargo, enforce a no-fly-zone, and protect civilians and civilian populated areas.
As I have noted often on this blog, NATO has selectively enforced the arms embargo by looking the other way when the rebels were caught red handed violating it. Furthermore, after NATO ally France was exposed by Le Figaro for violating the arms embargo by air-dropping rocket launchers, machine guns, and anti-tank grendaes to Libyan rebels, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen responded: “I don’t consider the so-called arms drop a problem.” Alliance spokesperson Oana Lungescu added, despite all public evidence to the contrary, that “the arms embargo is effective.”
Link to blog:
blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2011/07/18/libya-na...
GCI
LIBYE : Le CNT entre reconnaissance diplomatique et incertitudes au front
Si le conflit libyen ne devait se jouer que sur le front diplomatique, il y a longtemps que Kadhafi et les siens seraient balayés. La réunion du groupe international de contact qui s’est tenu ce vendredi 15 juillet à Istanbul, en Turquie, en aura été une éloquente illustration. Au cours de cette rencontre des principaux acteurs internationaux impliqués dans cette crise libyenne, la branche politique des rebelles s’en sort avec une reconnaissance pleine et entière de pas moins de 35 pays. Hélas, les progrès sur le terrain ne sont pas toujours proportionnels à ces reconnaissances… 0:22 18-7-2011
De sorte que la décision de ce groupe de pays de faire du CNT, la seule autorité légitime de la Libye ressemble, pour le moment, à un vœu pieux. Et en attendant que celui-ci soit exaucé, les rebelles ne sont maîtres que d’une partie de la Libye.
De son côté, sans être nécessairement reconnu par une quelconque puissance, Kadhafi demeure encore le Guide de facto de l’autre partie de son pays.
Full art.:
www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?id=118&tx_ttnewstt_news=9889&cHash=e38f487c788f1aeff753ac5986d20c e3
Abe
A big pallet of surgical instruments and adult diapers made available just as you asked! I’ll send a pic shortly.
Pic here:
yfrog.com/kh8luosj
All Africa.com
Kenya: Oilibya Stops Paying Libyan Government
Oil marketing company Oilibya says it has suspended any payment to the Libyan government. This, it said, follows sanctions issued by President Barack Obama blocking property and prohibiting certain transactions related to Libya. The US fear that money from Libyan investments oversees has been used to fund operations of Muammar Gaddafi who is currently under international pressure to surrender power.
Yesterday, Oilibya sought to distance itself from the besieged leader and said Libya Oil Kenya Ltd, the registered proprietors of Oilibya, is owned by the Libyan government and is not linked to any particular leader. “The company is owned by Libya Oil Kenya Holdings Limited and ultimately by the people of Libya not any individual(s) through a state company,” said a statement by the managing director Rida Hassan Elamir.
And though the company has not paid any dividends to its shareholders since it started operations in Kenya in 2006, the company said it would not be paying any cent to the Libyan government, even if it is to make profits, until the Libyan crisis is resolved. “Recently to comply with the sanctions, the company’s shareholders have given categorical instructions that all affiliates are to comply with all local and international regulations required of them and are not to remit any funds to the shareholder, Libya Oil Kenya Holdings Limited,” the statement read. “We have therefore complied with this position not to remit any sums including dividends and service fees to our shareholder during the current circumstances and we are in no way making available any funds or economic resources available to a designated person, entity or body under sanctions.”
Full art. Here:
allafrica.com/stories/201107191238.html
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Apparently in Russia,swine fly. RT@bnnNEWSLIVE Medvedev says compromise possible in Libya
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#Nalut hospital generator providing just 10% of power needs. Homes can turn on light-bulb but can’t run fridge
Libya Toys and Clothes for Refugee Children – please donate and RT:
www.hoperelief.org/eid-of-hope.html
omar
#NTC will honor existing OIL contracts and won’t sign new contracts because we’re not elected – M. Shammam
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
More kids in #Nalut as families return in advance of Ramadan. Gaddafiforces continue to shell city daily
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.25720...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
IOM boat leaving this evening from #Misrata to #Benghazi – 20-30 injured fighters & around 200 migrants, mostly from Chad. #Feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
The father of a member of The Free Generation Movement (FGM) of Tripoli put down his thoughts about 42 years of Gaddafi rule.
Gaddafi issued a document of human rights and killed more than 1,200 prisoners in the prison of Abu-Sleem within two hours.
Gaddafi spent billions on weapons, only to use them against his own people. Even those who expressed themselves peacefully.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to provide stable electricity to our homes. #feb17 #Libya
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to establish a postal service. Yes in Libya we don’t have postal codes and addresses.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to establish a railway network.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to deliver gas to our homes.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to establish a public transportation network.
Gaddafi in 42 years, he was unable to build a decent international airport.
Gaddafi spread the rule of corruption and bribery, to favour those loyal to him.
Gaddafi destroyed Education. He destroyed Healthcare. He destroyed Management institutions. He destroyed Society.
Gaddafi called for a rise in the standard of living through the sale of oil and yet the number of poor multiplied.
Gaddafi raised the banner of justice and equality and created a society of classes and cronyism
Gaddafi destroyed musical instruments in public, and his sons were lavished by the worlds pop stars at private parties
Gaddafi called for the freedom of citizens, and put opposition behind bars.
Gaddafi declared the demolition of prisons, and built more.
Gaddafi banned pictures of other rulers, and his pictures emerged everywhere
Libyan Freedom Pilot
Gaddafi banned English in schools and his Kids went and studied abroad!!!
The 3 SMS messages Gaddafi sent today
19 July 2011 to Tripoli using Libyana and Madar mobile networks: t.co/UoTbX60 #feb17 #Libya
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Opposition says to respect Libya’s int’l obligations
Libyan opposition leader said Monday that contracts between other countries and the Libyan government signed before the internal strife will be respected.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), made the pledge in an interview aired on Russia Today television.
“I would like to assure all states… that we respect the law and the international conventions and charters, and deem all agreements and contracts, signed by the previous government, as lawful if they have nothing to do with corrupt schemes,” he said.
Jalil promised that the opposition, if in power, would try to accomplish "even greater projects.
Source: Xinhua
Full art.:
english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/...
Skeptic
If #NTC will respect contracts signed by #Gaddafi, will they buy the #Russia weapons G ordered 4 billions of dollars?
Haaretz
Israel denounces decision to grant visas to Libyan diplomats
Diplomats received visas at the request of a Jewish businessman who personally contact Israel’s consul general in Paris.
The Foreign Ministry last week tightened restrictions on granting visas to citizens of Arab countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel. The new rules were issued in
response to an incident in which the Israeli Embassy in Paris granted visas to four Libyan diplomats to visit Israel.
According to Channel 2 television, which reported on the visit last week, the diplomats held a brief meeting with opposition leader Tzipi Livni at which they delivered a recorded message from Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.
In the wake of this incident, the ministry launched an internal investigation. It discovered that the Libyans, all of whom carried diplomatic passports, received the visas at the request of a Jewish businessman who personally contacted Rachel Agam, Israel’s consul general in Paris.
The businessman told Agam he had already discussed the matter with Interior Minister Eli Yishai. Agam then issued the visas without informing either the ambassador, Yossi Gal, or the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
The ministry also wanted to know how the four received security clearances to enter Israel, since all visa requests from citizens of Arab countries are routinely transferred to the Shin Bet Security Service for approval. It turned out that the Shin Bet approved the visas.
Senior Foreign Ministry officials termed the incident a “serious lapse.”
“Four Libyan diplomats came to Israel at a time when Gadhafi is massacring his own people,” one complained.
Moreover, the senior official said, no one in the ministry or the diplomatic corps knew of their arrival except for Agam.
The ministry discovered it only after they were already in the country and contacted it to seek meetings with Israeli officials.
The ministry said in a statement yesterday that the Interior Ministry had approved the visas as required by law. Nevertheless, it added, in light of the incident, it had now tightened the rules to ensure that the ministry was informed of any future such cases.
Associates of Yishai’s, however, denied that he had anything to do with granting the visas.
Source:
www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/isra...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Misrata #Libya cluster bomb victim Ayman & me in Tunis, July 18. Staying in hotel now. Waiting hopefully 4 prosthetics. twitpic.com/5sm1m6
LVview
Makes me furious injured FFs hurried out of hospitals, live rented flats on personal charity when BILLIONS $ belonging 2 Libyan ppl frozen?
FromJoanne Joanne
by ChangeInLibya
#BREGA GADDAFICRIMES: #NTC Abdulrazag #Elaradi visiting the Front said that in one 7.5KM tract FF found MORE than 700 MINES #Libya
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
#Tripoli families are increasingly moving to Tunisia, empty houses are often looted by armed gangs presumed to be Gaddafi’s supporters.
Danya B Mohammed
a trusted source saying that the ff’s in jabal nafousa have no food and little gas ..how are they supposed to eat?? Or move
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli population inc. all Expats is 1,700,000 at most All expats fled& Many Tripoli Families left Populatian now abt 1Million
#BREGA NTC #AbdulRazagLaradi visiting Front today is Married to Daughter of #Baghdadi Mahmudi who =Gaddafis PrimeMinister
#Nafusa FF Commanders says New battle 2advance on #TRIPOLI couldB launched by end July FFComm. MokhtarLakhdar : b4 Ramadan Inshallah #Libya
Moussa Ibrahim on Brega 19th July 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7yWuCGXDc&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREGA FF are dug in to the south and east of #Brega and in control of its eastern residential sector #Libya
#BREGA FF intercepted radio communications between Gaddafi forces in Brega complaints abt their commanders + Low on food + weapons #Libya
#BREGA #NATO helicopters attacked Gaddafi militairy convoys coming from West and South as they tried to supply Gaddafi’s forces #Libya
libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Tiji : Some families have fled to #Kabaw from Tiji . #Feb17 #Libya
Zintan military council deny any attack on #BirGhanam nor #Gwaleesh
inglesi Piers Scholfield
The plane that landed in #Misrata today – flown in by NTC, anded & took off back to #Benghazi, with some wounded.
ALERT:
Libya17Feb
#Tripoli noon call: #Gaddafi has got three planes ready for Umrah (Rammadhan month Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia).
Two possible outcomes:
1 – NATO refuse to allow the plane to take off, and so then it will be an issue of not allowing Muslims to perform their Pilgrimage and religion
2 – NATO allow the plane to take off, which he will take Libyans to make their Pilgrimage but then in the return flight he might bring back either mercenaries or weapons.
The planes are in Tripoli international airport and Metega airport, there are three planes in total.
Ossama
#Misurata News: A battle on the Western Front continues, which resulted in the fall of one martyrs and 19 wounded
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Thawar tells of his miraculous escape after being captured by Gaddafiforces in AbdelRaouf, sth #Misrata. #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=xXEf57…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXEf57cgfFE
Ossama
BREAKING: Result of the battles which took place in #Brega today 14 Martyrs and over 70 wounded. We ask Allah to acept them as Martyrs.
11 #FFs are CONFIRMED Martyrs as a result of fighting in #Brega
The martyrs are: 1. Adnan Bu-Enejah 2. Ramadan Basheer 3. Khamis Zalawi. 4. Sulaiman Hamad 5. Abdel-Atty Hadour 6. Hamad Al-Okli
7. Adel Elgeryani 8. Faraj Abdeldayem 9. Ahmed Sharif 10.Muftah Al Suweidi 11. Abdelsalam Abdel-Atty
#Misurata News: A battle on the Western Front continues, which resulted in the fall of one martyrs and 19 wounded.
HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
saw the first plane in the skies of #Misrata. Airport officials tell me there will be many more. this one evacuated wounded to Benghazi
Misrata/Zliten FF have advance 4km west & capture strategic farm used by Gaddafi forces as ammo store. #Mistrata #Feb17 via AJA
AP
Libyan troops kill 8 rebels near eastern oil town
AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) — Government forces in trucks disguised with rebel flags shelled opposition positions Tuesday near the strategic eastern oil town of Brega, killing eight rebel fighters and wounding dozens more, officials said.
Rebel forces have been pushing to seize the front-line town on Libya’s coast for nearly a week, but they say fields of land mines planted by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces have slowed the advance.
The rebels are fighting in a residential area on the town’s eastern side and control about one-third of the town, spokesman Mohammed al-Rajali said.
Field commander Ahmed Maysawi said rebel forces were working to clear the mines so they can move forward while government troops are occasionally approaching in trucks disguised with rebel flags to shell rebel positions with mounted rocket launchers.
A NATO spokesman said he could not confirm rebel claims about Brega, saying only that the situation there remained “very fluid.”
Source:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBY...
Libya Free Forever
Gadafi thugs in #Cairo causing RIOTS, giving green cloths to support G cloths in thousands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1V50PO5KpQ&feature=player_embedded#at=86
Libya In Me
The landing of the first aeroplane in Misrata
youtube.com/watch?v=mDjHDz… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDjHDzWSFFw
Telegraph
Libyan officials sought guarantees Gaddafi would not be pursued for war crimes
Libyan representatives sought guarantees Col Muammar Gaddafi would not be pursued for war crimes if he stepped down during talks with US officials
European diplomats said on Tuesday that America, which is not a member of the World Court, could formally put its weight behind a deal to scrap UN sanctions that authorised war crime charges. “There is open question here of an American role but the Americans have also been very clear that they delivered a message and not launch negotiations,” a European diplomat said.
Libyan emissaries have held a series of meetings with Turkish, French and South African officials in previous weeks. Unnamed regime officials met senior American diplomats in Tunis on Saturday.
“There have been a number of indications that talks behind the scenes are going on and the feeling is that these centre on Gaddafi continuing to live in Libya or being allowed a dignified exile, probably somewhere in Africa,” said Oliver Miles, a former British ambassador who has met Gaddafi loyalists in recent weeks
Read full art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces have fired grad missiles on #FF in #Algawaleash, #Bair #Ayat & #Nalut
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Meet a tortured #Libyan from Qalaa. Let’s call him Your, a nickname that means moon. He was captured by #Gaddafi forces twitpic.com/5smlux
Ossama
#Tripoli source: People are arrested, accused, forced to confess “giving coordinates to #NATO” and executed within 2 days of arrest.
dovenews Libyan™
NTC military spokesperson: the worst line mine since WWI & WWII Gaddafi forces have land mined even the sides of the coastal road. #Brega
hominoid
Libya Misurata FFs control a farm was used by Gaddafi Southeast of Zliten to store ammunition and also seized a large quantity of ammunition
Somaia
the biggest mistake that Gaddafi had made , He forced us 2 learn how 2 use klashnekoff when we wr at the high skool.I rather die than go home ,Guess wht Gaddafi !! U call us Rats , am ganna B knocking on the Al azizia’s door 4 U , remember my face ….
dovenews Libyan™
#FF are in the residential area of #Brega for anyone is asking about their position & Gaddafi forces in the industrial area.
LibyaNewMedia
It must be hell if you’re a revolutionary in Gaddafi territory. Feeling powerless & constant doubts about the path to follow.
Heinz: Not many Daffis left in #Sirte. All are in #RasLanuf. If taken, then FFs from Miserata and from east can take Sirte
Worth reading:
ilibico
reports #Gaddafi grip on Libyan/Tunisian crossing point is slipping away
ossanlibya.org/?p=20520#more-20520
Walid
Young brother of an Active #Libya colleague have fallen death in #Brega today. May Allah accept him as martyr #prayforlibya
Skeptic
#Gaddafi uses shrinking #fuel reserves in #Tripoli for his forces, leaving no fuel left 4 civilians
NIZ
Tripoli Update 19/7/2011 تطورات طرابلس
by The Free Generation Movement – حركة جيل الاحرار on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 3:51pm
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تقوم الكتائب الموجودة بطرابلس بملي الوقود من معسكر عين زاره الموجود بجوار جامعة ناصر وقد شوهد مرور 20 سيارة دفع رباعي نوع تندرا تتجه باتجاه المعسكر ،ويبدو ان ازمة الوقود بالعاصمة لأتؤتر علي الكتائب ،حيت وردتنا معلومات إن شبه شاحنة يوميا تقوم بملي خزنات المعسكر .
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اليوم، تم توزيع آلاف المنشورات على طرابلس من قبل حلف شمال الأطلسي ، وقد ارتفعت المعنويات في أنحاء العاصمة والجميع يتحدث عن دالك
أسقطت منشورات على مناطق متعددة ، ولاكن حركة جيل الأحرار تمكنت من العثور علي بعض منها في سوق الجمعة ،وتم التاكد انه تم التوزيع في رأس حسن ، بن عاشور، ،جنزور
وفيما يلي نصها
" تحذير …. أنت لست نظيرا ومكافأ للنظام ألأسلحة المتفوقة والقوة الجوية لحلف شمال الأطلسي، مواصلتك في ماتعمل سيكون سبب في موتك "
“تحذير .. من أجل سلامتك أترك موقعك ومعداتك وعد لبيتك وأهلك,,, اوقف الهجمات ضد المواطنين الليبين والا ستكون معرضا للتدمير”
“أوقفو القتال ألان وأمضوا بليبيا نحو السلام والازدهار "
وفيما يلي الصور
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Tripoli based Katiba are filling up their trucks with fuel at a base in Ein Zara near Naser University. Convoy of 20 trucks seen entering base. Fuel shortage does not appear to be effecting the katiba.
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Today, thousands of leaflets were dropped by NATO over residential areas in Tripoli.
Morale in the city has risen as a result and everyone is talking about it.
We have reports that leaflets were dropped over multiple districts including Ras Ahsan, Ben Ashour, and Janzour districts, but Free Generation Movement found these leaflets in Soug al Jomaa.
Below are the images…
TRANSLATIONS:
- Stop killing the people of your country, you are killing your Libyan brothers and sisters.
One Libya, one people
- For your safety, abandon your posts and your equipment and return to your homes and your families.
- Stop your attacks on Libyan civilians, or you will be at risk of destruction.
- Warning …. You are not the equivalent of the superior weapons and air power of NATO, continued engagement will be the cause of your death
NATO drops leaflets #Tripoli today via @Niz_FGM #libya t.co/2eGuATt
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LibyaNewMedia
There are official documents showing that recent envoys of Gaddafi to Tunisia, Egypt have been instructed to kill Libyan activists.
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA: reports that 100 of #Gaddafi forces have been killed in fighting near #Misrata today (@feb17voices is seeking confirmation) #Libya
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Strange to be with two young Libyans playing Lady Gaga and Rihanna in the car, watching a man sit in the desert so he can get a phone signal
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: More on the Five Dead Men in Qaddafi Uniforms Near Qawalish – Last week we reported… tumblr.com/x1q3l7apb1
cjchivers.com/post/7812393373/reporters...
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Went to Yafran in Libya. Desolate and abandoned save for hotel with hacks and stupendous views. Rebels say Gaddafi planting more landmines.
Adnan Musa-son o #albayda #Libya brother & friend passed away today in battle @ #Brega May Allah grant him & all our falen soldiers paradise
Skeptic
Problem is #NATO & #NTC have different plans 4 removing #Gaddafi : NATO hopes his inner circle will do it, while NTC hopes Tripoli FFs will
Skeptic
It seems #HMS #Ocean with #Apache helicopters is fighting near #Brega & French helicopter carrier #Tonnerre with Tigre is near #Misrata.
Souffian Tripoli
THE power cut in #Tripoli is in certain areas and in certain time frame in other areas there is power. Looks like random,
Check this out:
“L’Observatoire International pour la Paix en Libye” organise un voyage du 25 au 31 Juillet 2011 intitulé “VOYAGE ET DECOUVERTE DE LA LIBYE, LOIN DES MENSONGES MEDIATIQUES” dans le but de montrer la vérité concernant la situation en Libye.
Les médias continuent de décrire une situation mensongère en Libye, malgré le fait que les nombreuses Commissions d’Enquêtes qui se sont rendues sur place ont constaté et rapporté que ce qu’ils y ont vu ne correspond pas du tout à ce que disent la presse et les politiques.
Afin de permettre aux citoyens européens de se rendre compte par eux mêmes, ces derniers sont invités gracieusement à se rendre sur place, afin de découvrir le vrai visage de l’Intervention de l’OTAN en Libye qui bombarde les zones civiles que les médias officiels continuent de qualifier de cibles militaires ou gouvernementales.
Ce voyage de solidarité avec le peuple libyen est financé intégralement par “l’Observatoire International pour la Paix en Libye” et vise essentiellement la jeunesse européenne, de toutes origines confondues, afin de lui permettre, dans le même temps, de passer une semaine de vacances au contacte de la population libyenne et ceci gratuitement.
Tous les frais (billets d’avions, Hôtel pension complète, excursions en autobus climatisé etc…) sont pris en charge par “l’Observatoire International pour la Paix en Libye”.
Les journalistes et reporters désirant prendre part au voyage sont les bienvenues.
Tout résident européen peut participer à ce voyage historique, merci de remplir le questionnaire ci-dessous et de l’envoyer par email à l’adresse
Source:
news.stcom.net/modules.php?name=News&fi...
BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
still having trouble with the internet in #benghazi, despite, or perhaps because of the recent reconnection of ADSL
Armchair Arab
To all who support our noble Libyan revolution, can’t wait to meet u all at Tripoli’s freedom street party! Soon Inshallah!
Guardian
Italian government blocks investigation into missing arms cache
The Italian government has blocked an investigation into the whereabouts of a massive consignment of weapons removed from a military depot in the Mediterranean, amid speculation that the cargo was secretly supplied to Libya.
The weapons were from a consignment that included 30,000 Kalashnikov AK-47 automatic rifles, 32m rounds of ammunition, 5,000 Katyusha rockets, 400 Fagot wire-guided anti-tank missiles and some 11,000 other anti-tank weapons.
They were transferred from a store on the island of Santo Stefano, off the north coast of Sardinia, and transported to the mainland where they were loaded onto army trucks , a source familiar with the operation told the Guardian. But what happened to them after that is a mystery – and now a secret.
The arms were said to have been moved about a month after Silvio Berlusconi radically shifted his stance on Libya. Firmly allied to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi until the outbreak of hostilities, he was initially reluctant to do more than provide base facilities for France and Britain.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/19/it...
Nervana
Rebel leader on #AJA asked wither he expect to enter #Brega before Ramadan. A non convincing Yes was the answer!!
CS Monitor
So who are Libya’s rebels exactly?
“Who are these people?”
That question contains a host of subsidiary questions with implications for what the US and other foreign powers involved in the Libyan war should do: “Are they democrats, will they be friendly to the West, do they want an Islamist government, do they have it in them to lead Libya towards a more open society?” One of the most common criticisms here in the US about America’s backing for the NATO air campaign against Mr. Qaddafi is that we don’t know who it is, really, that we’re helping.
I spent six weeks in Eastern Libya in February and March and was warmly welcomed everywhere I went. The country and its people are also, like most places, hard to pigeon-hole. Libya is a very, very socially conservative place. Most women cover their hair. But the first person to great me on the “liberated” side of the Egyptian-Libyan border was a beaming woman with short hair, a black leather jacket, and an AK-47 slung over her shoulder. A day later, I met Maj. Salma Faraj Issa, the spokeswoman for Maj. Gen. Suleiman Mahmoud, a Qaddafi officer who’d defected with his forces when ordered to fire on unarmed protesters in Tobruk in the early days of the uprising.
I was in Benghazi the night of March 18, when the UN authorized the use of force against Qaddafi, and I mingled in the joyful crowds waving American, French, and British flags and firing round after round of celebratory gunfire in the air. I was in town the next morning, when it looked like Qaddafi was going to overrun the city, prompting panicked and angry complaints that “the UN has abandoned us.” (French war planes saved the day a few hours later.)
Full art.:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/20...
Sabha17
Breaking News:
Due to the terrible situations and shortage in gasoline in south, a group of Ghadafi brigades tried to go to Reyayna and operate the gas pipe but they were fought be the revolutionists of Nafusa Mountain. KA
Breaking News:
Military supplies have arrived from Tripoli to Sabha last night including 20 cars mobilized with weapons and soldiers . It was also reported that there have been some quarrels between the soldiers at Brak town where some fire shots were reported but without confirming anyone being hurt.
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
NATO planes low overhead #Tripoli – happening now.
Attacks on “Al-Mamora” military camp happened today. the 19th
What on Earth is happening in Brega? A short explanation 20/07/2011 #libya
by Change In Libya on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 6:48pm
Brega has been a source of confusion ever since freedom fighters declared Ajdabiya a stronghold and fortified the town back in March. We used to hear stories about NATO apaches targeting Gaddafi brigades in the town, stories about the town being a huge prison for these brigades, and, since friday, stories about the town being completely liberated.
According to different sources, the bulk of freedom fighter equipment is more or less at the 60km point from Ajdabiya (that means, 60kms from Ajdabiya, on the highway to Brega – see the diagram below). Freedom fighters advanced 4 or 5 kilometres from the 60km line since Friday, so keep that in mind.
(Seems like you can’t enlarge the pictures… here’s a google maps link… try to follow what I’m saying on the map itself – http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.286346,19.515152&spn=0.576917,1.056747&t=h&z=11 )
Reafd full art.:
www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_i...
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
PLEASE REPORT: Mt Nefoussa FB page hacked by Pro-G people who are threatening revolutionaries
michael In a bullshit fight between #gaddafi state tv and @foxnews who would win? #libya
libya_awake_united
On a side note, #Gaddafi rant on his TV again Today
Palm_Maple
Untill Qatar funded Dafnia Field Hospital, death % was 25. PLEASE ALL, Join 2 calling on allies 2 fund one 4 N mountains @NATO
libyanandproud
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Breaking : #Murzuq : #NATO bombed #Gaddafi forces in the vicinity of #Umalaranib . Via @sabha17f
ProudLibyan
#Gaddafi was planning the Rwandification of Benghazi, Misrata and Nafusa, annihilate whole cities that opposed him & demanded liberty.
Mehdi Arbi a high ranking military officer, a liar, a traitor to his city, conspired with Gaddafi 2 kill the protesters & brutalize Zawiyah
Gaddafi flattened Zawiyah, destroyed buildings, desecrated graves of the fallen & snatched their bodies, killed hundreds, detained thousands
Iman Libyan businessmen and women have pooled their resources to offer a 5 mil bounty for G and 1 mil for each son.
UPDATE: Offer for bounty on G head is now doubled to 10 mil!
Sabha17
NATO Is attacking Gadaffi forces in um alaraneb and FFS are advancing ahead of Gatrone
ChangeInLibya
Baida: Dozens of refrigerated trucks carrying all types of blood just left the city, on their way to Ajdabiya – support fr injured FF
William Booth
In Kiklah in western mts #Libya— its a country of men. Women and children have fled. Rockets at night, no water, elec, front here stalled.
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
Source: Wide-spread arrests persist in Tripoli’s residents&families of the arrested blackmailed to attend demonstrations supporting Gaddafi.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Tunis, 9 pm July 19 | New arrivals: #Libyan FFs from Zintan & Shakshuk, injured last week at Qwaleesh & Bir Ghanam. twitpic.com/5spld6
This group left Zintan #Libya last Friday and arrived in Tunis after stops in Dheba, Tataouine, and Sfax.
ProudLibyan
Typical #Gaddafi speech (notice amazing oratory skills): Crawl on Misrata, on Benghazi on the Nafusa mountians 2 cleanse them of the rats.
That is a literal translation, I kid you not, that is what he says when he makes his crazy rambling speeches.
Gaddafi likes 2 use the Arabic word “Zahf”, he asks his minions 2 do this, which literally means crawl, he tells them 2 crawl on Misrata etc
Ahmed
#Gaddafi urged unarmed loyalists to march towards Nafousa Mountains & Misrata to cleanse it from the ‘traitors’..aired courtesy of #Nilesat
AJELive AJELive
Images: Ten of thousands of pro #Gaddafi supporters march in #Libya’s al-Aziziyah aje.me/qTzJ4p
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-jul-...
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Misrata Doctor: says (re: AJA report of 100 killed from #Gaddafi forces) Number is approximate, confirms it is large
Bent
#Gaddafi state tv showing kids ripping and throwing NATO leaflets in fire saying this is “rubbish”… then started chanting pro G sh*t
Shakeir of #gadhafi tv just announced a $2 million for the arrest or murder of #BHL. Hello #NileSat.
live2Tripoli
Have the people changed? R they willing to let go of the past and prepare for what is to come.Will people really compromise for Libyas sake?
Darreg
Libyan Twitter folks should just start referring to Gaddafi Satellite channels as Nilesat-Gaddafi TV. Drive the point home.
Triploli scream
Gedhafii hhh XD as usual !! fb.me/111O9KFVu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oml91jKmOj0
Hayat
PLS HELP SPAM!-Nilesat The Egyptian Satellite Company P.O. Box 72, 6th of October City, Egypt Fax: +202 38400 402 marketing@nilesat.com.eg
Sarah LFFR
#EnoughGaddafi …
Contact on website and let them know how you feel: t.co/KyIv8no
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.
SUMMARY JULY 20th 2011
7/20/2011
7.20.2011
inglesi Piers Scholfield
latest from #NATO on #Libya ops – quite active around #Zliten: bit.ly/eJojnv #Misrata #Feb17
NATO On July 19th, NATO aircraft flew 113 sorties, including 40 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 5 Armed Vehicles, 1 Armoured Fighting Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Misrata: 1 Anti-Aircraft Gun, 2 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 6 Surface-to-Air-Missile Launcher, 2 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Military Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 2 Command and Control Nodes, 2 Military Storage Facility, 3 Military Facilities, 2 Military Refuelling Areas.
LibyanINAmerica نهلة
If you have to lie to stay in power, kill your people to stay in power, bomb your country to stay in power, you shouldnt be in power
BBC
The road to recovery inside Libya’s mountain hospital
It is not hard to get to Nalut these days. The town is in the rebel-held Nafusa Mountains in western Libya, about 40km (25 miles) from the border with Tunisia.
The hospital is large, with 300 beds. It was built by Colonel Gaddafi as a showpiece, intended to underline how his efforts were benefiting the Libyan people.
Ironically he chose to staff it mainly with foreigners – Filipinos, Bangladeshis and, bizarrely, North Koreans.
The North Koreans are very wary of publicity, but Dr Ahsan has a natural ability to get people to talk.
They and the rest of the staff have not beenen paid, we are told, since November.
The patients are kept behind a locked door. The hospital staff say this is for security reasons but these three are not going anywhere – they were all fighting on the Gaddafi side.
The third is a boy, no more than 16 years old. He lies in a freshly made bed with crisp, clean linen. His eyes catch you first. They are brown, very big, and full of sorrow.
He tells Dr Ahsan he had gone to a pro-Gaddafi rally in February from his home in the south of Libya. It probably seemed a bit of a lark at the time.
After the rally he was press ganged, he says, given a gun – but no training – and forced to join Gaddafi’s soldiers at a checkpoint. In early June the rebels attacked the checkpoint. He was shot in the back and the leg and brought here.
When asked if his family knows where he is, the boy shakes his head and says “no”.
He says, “When I get out of the hospital, I want to go home to my family.”
But for now the war is grinding into a stalemate. Gaddafi cannot budge the rebels from their strongholds like Nalut.
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1418631...
Can you imagine?
Islamophobia Today
Garage sale nightmare: Woman refuses to sell to homosexuals, Muslims and immigrants
A woman in Leesburg, Va., is receiving national attention after she responded to queries about an ad on craigslist about her garage sale with a racist and homophobic email.
The email, sent to Gawker.com by a man who just needed some furniture, welcomes everyone to the sale – except “LGBT people, illegal immigrants, and muslims.”
After all, she writes, she’s looking to avoid “drama, terrorism, or illegal transactions with non-US citizens/illegal immigrants/people taking jobs away from people who belong and are legal in this country is desired. Thanks.”
Link:
www.islamophobiatoday.com/2011/07/19/ga...
FYI:
Did u know that AbdulRazagLaradi is married to the daughter of Baghdadi. G’s prime minister!
Fox news – Progress in Libya Conflict? depends on who you talking to! is.gd/PKXRal #Libya #Feb17
video.foxnews.com/v/1066003636001/progr...
dovenews Libyan™
5 grad missiles fell on the outskirts of east #Misrata, no reports of any casualties
Libyans Revolt
‘Field Hospital’ #Gawaleesh #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxp7t
Some of the artillery that landed next door to where field hospital is #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxou6
‘No weapons allowed’ #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxnwg
dovenews Libyan™
Electricity has been cut off on #Ghadamis for more than 5 days because #Gaddafi forces have attacked the power towers near #Nalut. #Nafusa
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
FF heavy clashes today with Gadhafi force in Tarhuna 80km s. east Tripoli we r now fighting G forces on 4 fronts, so how far can G stretch?!
dovenews Libyan™
Electricity has been cut off on #Ghadamis for more than 5 days because #Gaddafi forces have attacked the power towers near #Nalut. #Nafusa
Libyans Revolt
Range of ammunition #Gaddafi using against his people (from 9mm to renowned ‘Shilka’ to AA rounds) #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxn0n
Libyan Duda
Adnan Benaija AlBarasi killed 7/19 battle for #Brega he leaves behind a wife & baby girl. From Allah we come & to him we return
Los Angeles Times
Libya forces, rebels locked in battle for Port Brega
’It’s a gang fight in there,’ a rebel fighter says of the latest assaults near the strategic Libyan coastal city of Port Brega, which is being held by forces loyal to Moammar Kadafi
“It’s a gang fight in there today,” said Omar Rafa Eisa, 26, a uniformed rebel fighter manning a rebel checkpoint southwest of Ajdabiya on the main desert highway leading to the front.
Other fighters described a rocket barrage by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi that ripped through a rebel unit trying to advance into the city. The advance halted as rebels treated and evacuated casualties, they said.
The insurgents said government forces had flown rebel flags from some rocket launchers and vehicles as a ploy to close in on rebel units.
The latest rebel assault on Port Brega, which began Thursday, had left at least 32 antigovernment fighters dead and 291 others wounded, according to the hospital’s running tally.
“The fighting is getting worse. Ambulances have been carrying out the dead and wounded all day,” said Hamad Muhammed, 30
Several rebel tanks had been disabled by mines, fighters said, and several dozen gun trucks had been badly damaged.
Full story:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
LibyaNewMedia
“government forces in trucks disguised with rebel flags have shelled opposition positions near the strategic eastern oil town of Brega” AJE
Revolutionaries are 10 KM removed from Brega. They should stop creating high expectations. It hurts them
Brisbane Times
Gaddafi defiant as US says he is losing
Millions of people are on my side," Gaddafi said in a speech broadcast over loudspeakers to partisans in Al-Aziziya, 50 kilometres west of the capital late on Tuesday
“We are in our own home, and we will fight to the last drop of blood to defend our honour, our oil and our riches,” he said.
“This war was imposed on us, and our only choice is to fight – men, women and children – with all our weapons to liberate (the rebel strongholds of) Benghazi, Misrata and Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi (in the Nafusa mountains southwest of the capital).
The White House on Tuesday said Gaddafi was clearly losing his grip on power and on his way out after four decades leading Libya, with spokesman Jay Carney insisting the Libyan strongman was “cut off from fuel and cash”.
Full story:
news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news...
AP
Dozens of Libyan rebels killed in battle for Brega
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A doctor at a Libyan hospital says more than 50 rebels have been killed in six days of fighting with government forces over the strategic eastern oil town of Brega.
The new toll comes after Mohammed Idris, a doctor at the Ajdabiya hospital where the casualties were taken, raised the number killed in Tuesday’s fighting to 27, with 83 wounded. Idris said Wednesday that most had been shot in the head and chest.
An uprising against the rule of Moammar Gadhafi in February has left much of Libya’s east in rebel hands. The fight, however, has been stalemated outside the gates of the heavily defended Brega.
Libya’s government spokesman has put the rebel death toll closer to 500.
Source:
hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45...
Xinhua:
Libye : 9 rebelles tués dans l’assaut sur Brega
Neuf rebelles ont été tués et 113 autres blessés mardi dans de violents combats entre les troupes du gouvernement libyen et les forces rebelles dans le port pétrolier stratégique de Brega, a rapporté la chaîne de télévision Free Libya, contrôlée par les rebelles.
La plupart des pertes humaines sont dues à l’explosion de mines terrestres, a fait savoir le porte-parole militaire des rebelles, Ahmed Bani, ajoutant que les forces rebelles se regroupaient dans une zone située à neuf kilomètres de Brega, une ville du nord de la Libye, où se trouve de nombreuses raffineries.
Les forces gouvernementales auraient enterré quelque 40 000 mines anti-char et antipersonnelles à proximité de Brega, selon les médias contrôlés par les rebelles.
Du côté du gouvernement, le porte-parole Moussa Ibrahim a déclaré mardi que les rebelles n’avaient aucune chance de prendre la ville.
Au cours des derniers mois, les forces gouvernementales et les rebelles se sont battus férocement pour le contrôle des villes d’importance stratégique de Brega et d’Ajdabiya, chaque camp s’étant emparé des deux villes à tour de rôle.
Libia: Gheddafi all’attacco, 9 morti e 113 feriti tra gli insorti a Brega
TRIPOLI – Le forze fedeli al rais libico Muammar Gheddafi sono tornate all’attacco nella città di Brega uccidendo almeno 9 combattenti dell’opposizione e ferendone altri 113. Lo riferisce l’agenzia di stampa cinese Xinhua che spiega che gran parte delle vittime sarebbero state causate dall’esplosione di mine. Secondo fonti locali, le forze di Gheddafi avrebbero piazzato qualcosa come 40 mila mine anti-carro ed anti-uomo alle porte di Brega impedendo di fatto l’avanzata delle forze ostili all’interno di essa.
Source:
italian.irib.ir/notizie/mondo/item/9461...
dovenews Libyan™
#Brega: 8 #FF were killed on the hands of Gaddafi’s forces
Libyan Duda
Dear #brazil, come and COLLECT ur killer #Landmines – we lost too many of our sons trying to diffuse ur garbage! #Brega #Nafusa
AJE
Video: Libyan rebels under attack outside Brega
Thirteen opposition fighters have been killed near the eastern oil town of Brega where rebels have been pushing to seize the area for nearly a week.
Rebels told Al Jazeera, their position was leaked to Gaddafi’s forces by spies within the rebel force.
The opposition controls most of eastern Libya but has not controlled Brega since April. The town has crucial oil and gas supplies and rebels fear that Gaddafi loyalists may sabotage the facilities there if they are forced to retreat.
Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught reports from Brega.
Vid:
feb17.info/media/video-libyan-rebels-un...
Libyans Revolt
I also found some of the Turkish rations Govt forces were using in #Yefren #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxlut
ZlitenFree
Libyan heroes interview2 fb.me/13kPA6pkk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-WWKew-ls
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Panama OIL TANKER “SENTOSA ISLAND” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-21 09:30 (UTC) #feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SESTRI STAR” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-20 10:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Turkey VARGO SHIP “ILKE METE” now en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-07-23 17:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Cyprus CARGO SHIP “CAMELIA” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-20 21:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” from #Koper #Slovenia to #DjenDjen #Algeria now en route at 36.63724˚ / 15.39256˚ #Libya #feb17
Followers & Friends: Shortly after I started posting this morning an outside source started hacking my laptop, by the Time I discovered it my machine was trash. I now tweet from a nearby coffee shop. Anyone w/ a spare laptop/ notebook please mail me. E-mail address is in my profile. #Libya #feb17 3/3
61 #Gaddafi bunkers outside #Gharyan #Libya 31 0’ 19 " N 16 26’ 32" E #feb17 @NATO
HQ of Alsaadi #Gaddafi Brigade in #Sirte, Qasr Abu Hidi w/6 bunkers behind Headquarters building 21 2’ 54"N 16 39’ 33" E
#Gaddafi arsenal at #Ajdabiya 30 40" 28" N 20 12" 6" E #Libya #feb17 @NATO
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA" from #Koper #Slovenia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria now en route at 36.63724˚ / 15.39256˚ @NATO
#StKittsNevis CARGO SHIP “MAP K” has departed #Misrata #Libya. Now approaching #Malta. #feb17
They will NOT keep me off/not reporting. I’ll be in an internet cafe every chance I get till I can figure out something
I knew they wouldn’t stop trying, the pro Gaddafi’s are scared, pathetic little things. Information hurts them
Odd: #StKittsNevis CARGO SHIP “SCORPIUS” ALSO has a #NATO ship number, 341943000. Passing #Malta apparently for Gulf of #Sirte #Libya #feb17
#Gaddafi Embassy in #Egypt distributing 1000s of Green hats with pro-Gaddafi slogans to people in #Tahrir square #Libya #feb17
Libyans Revolt
More damage from gunfire at main door at #Yefren hospital #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxkek
Libya In Me
My dad says Nalut is in need of what is called “80 Nylon sutures” or Ethylon sutures, and Modular Hand Set, due to vast nerve injuries
Libyans Revolt
More of the local residents at he hospital in #Yefren #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxjb5
Revolutionary land cruiser in #Wazin #Libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxijd
Memorobilia from the war #Wazin #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxi4o
The new free #Libya border crossing at Wazin #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxhnr
Dehiba (Tunisia) border crossing/checkpoint #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxh6l
Our ride into Jebel Nafusa #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5sxgrv
LibyaNewMedia
Gadamis is also one of the cities where a large number of Malian Touaregs is present & taking part in the repression.
Strategy:
The Four Tornadoes Of The Apocalypse
July 20, 2011: Britain is increasing its Tornado fighter force operating over Libya, from 12 to 16. The four additional aircraft will be used mainly for reconnaissance, to keep a better eye on the complex Libyan battlefield. The four new Tornados will be equipped with four of the eight RAPTOR digital photo recon pods the Royal Air Force (RAF) owns. RAPTOR can spot targets at 72 kilometers daylight and at 36 kilometers at night using infrared sensors. The digital images can be seen by the pilot, and transmitted to other aircraft, ground units or ships, in real time.
The recon Tornados will not just be looking for hostile troops. The rebel forces do not always let NATO know where they are, which leads to friendly fire incidents. But there is also the problem with Libyan government forces adapting to NATO control of the skies. The government troops have come up with ways to remain hidden, or look like rebel forces (taking advantage of NATO eagerness to avoid accidentally hitting rebel fighters by mistake.)
Four more Tornados are not needed for bombing largely because Britain has a small guided missile (Brimstone) that enables fighters to carry a dozen of them, and hit a dozen individual targets with high accuracy. Originally developed as an upgraded version of the American Hellfire, Brimstone ended up as a Hellfire in general shape only. Weighing the same as the Hellfire (48.5 kg/107 pounds), Brimstone was designed to be fired by fighter-bombers, not just (as with Hellfire) from helicopters and UAVs. Aircraft can carry more of these lightweight missiles. These are perfect for small targets, including vehicles, that need to be hit, without causing injuries to nearby civilians or friendly troops.
Read more and source:
www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/artic...
Outreach Group
Executive Summary
On July 18, NATO warplanes destroyed radar antenna at Tripoli International Airport; pro-democracy forces fought for control of strategic town Brega; Canadian General pointed to value of having ground troops in Libya to collect intelligence; commander in pro-democracy forces re-affirmed need for more weapons; Russia announced it would not provide Gaddafi with asylum should he leave Libya; US State Department and Gaddafi representatives delivered conflicting reports concerning talks between the two parties held over the weekend in Tunisia; former Gaddafi foreign minister Shalgham claimed Libya not sole actor in Lockerbie bombing; Gaddafi spokesman said that Gaddafi welcomes negotiations but without preconditions; pro-democracy forces refusing French demand that they begin negotiations with Gaddafi; EU foreign ministers condemned human rights abuses by Gaddafi regime; evidence accumulating that NATO no-fly zone being selectively enforced; oil tanker carried gasoil into Benghazi; Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco) confirmed eastern oil fields not ready for oil exports to resume; Halliburton’s second quarter earnings report showed its first quarter results reduced by $46 million due to Libya sanctions; Maltese government considering offering a credit line to NTC and allowing it to repay borrowed money through assets belonging to Gaddafi government frozen in Malta; NTC announced it would honor previous agreements made by Gaddafi regime with some conditions; and London announced that former regime members would have a role in post-Gaddafi Libya.
Full report:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
LibyaNewMedia
Gadamis at the Algerian border hasn’t had electricity for many days. Its electricity came from Nalut, where Gaddafi’s troops cut electricity
LibyaNewMedia
I don’t know whether the Touareg mercenaries take part in battles in the north, but they are patrolling in more southern cities.
Gaddafi made a deal with Touareg communities in Mali a while ago. Their mercenaries are now present in Libya.
freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt
inglesi Piers Scholfield
#Misrata hospitals: total casualties on frontlines Tuesday – 1 dead, 31 wounded. Today, 1 dead, 12 wounded so far.
AFP
Libye: les chefs militaires de Misrata cherchent l’aide de Sarkozy
“Les commandants insurgés sont venus expliquer au chef de l’Etat que les clés de Tripoli sont à Misrata parce que les combattants de Misrata sont disciplinés, aguerris et qu’ils ont avec eux un atout: une victoire militaire déjà obtenue” face aux forces fidèles à Mouammar Kadhafi, a déclaré l’écrivain Bernard-Henri Lévy, à l’issue de la rencontre.
Soutien résolu de la rébellion libyenne, Bernard-Henri Lévy faisait partie de la délégation reçue à l’Elysée, et qui comprenait le général Ramadan Zarmuh, le colonel Ahmed Hashem et le colonel Brahim Betal Mal.
Le chef d’Etat-major particulier de Nicolas Sarkozy, le général Benoît Puga, assistait à cette rencontre. Et selon une source proche de la délégation des rebelles libyens, les discussions se prolongeaient dans la matinée à Paris entre les chefs des insurgés de Misrata et des militaires français.
Full art. here:
www.tdg.ch/libye-chefs-militaires-misra...
hominoid
Libya Nalut Very heavy shelling with grad rockets by Gaddafi troops located in Gahzaya village this early morning on libyan border Gate cont
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Butcher Abdalla senussu
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Abdalla senussi just Brought more mercenaries 2 AlAsabea 2 stop the FF march in w. mountain. Is it racist 2 say the mercens. r from Africa?!
Jon Williams
Senior Iraqi official says warned #Libya no-fly zone futile. “Saddam lasted 12 years despite no-fly zone. Don’t start what can’t finish.”1/2
Says Qatar & UAE “impatient” on #Libya – not prepared to bankroll indefinitely. Best he offers is NATO position “not quite hopeless” 2/2
libyanandproud
#Tripoli Green Square Reality Check dailykos.com/story/2011/07/… #Feb17 #Libya
Libyan Duda
Dear #Brazil, why would u sell #Landmines to an international terrorist? #shameonU
LibyaNewMedia
Countries like Egypt, Algeria & Tunisia help Gaddafi stay in power. That’s why Gaddafi isn’t weakening.
Rabz Abs
I just want them to drag him out of the rat hole kicking &screaming.Stepdown words are like ceasefire words just empty promises
ALzintan Channel
Al Zintan’s freedom fighters were in Freedom square in Benighazi fb.me/1bfl8hcJb
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP98LqZV1XA
Reuters
Gaddafi could stay in Libya: France’s Juppe says
(Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi could remain in Libya if he relinquishes power, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a fresh drive to find a political solution to the dragging conflict.
Two members of Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council were due to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Wednesday. France was the first country to publicly recognize the council and the first to launch air strikes against Gaddafi’s military machine when now NATO-led operations began in March.
“We want to maintain close links with them and see how we can help them,” said Juppe.
“The issue now is not whether Gaddafi goes but when and how,” Juppe said.
Full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/us-l...
VOA NEWS
Libya’s TNC Meets with French President
Two members of Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council are meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday amid international efforts to further support the Libyan opposition.
The two representatives are visiting the French leader in Paris. France was the first country to officially recognize the rebel council as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people. Several nations, including the United States, have since followed France’s lead.
But a rebel spokesman also said radio intercepts from Brega suggest forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi are low on food and weapons. He said many pro-government troops have retreated to the west, leaving only a reduced force to defend the strategic city.
Full art.:
blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/07...
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Like in Egypt Gadhafi can stay in Libya provided we put him on fair trial along with his sons for killing Libyans witnessed by whole world!
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Respecting month of Ramadan! will Gadhafi stop shelling Libyans?! during Ramadan of 1984 G publicly hanged 11 Libyan political opponents!!
KC_Tripolitania KC
#NATO Apache planes attacked #Gaddafi forces in the city #Zliten earlier on today.
TAP
Cases of tuberculosis and AIDS recorded among refugees on Tunisian-Libyan border
KASBAH (TAP) – Thirty nine cases of tuberculosis and twenty nine cases of AIDS were recorded among refugees on the Tunisian-Libyan border, Public Health representative Nabil Ben Salah said during the press briefing of the Prime Ministry’s communication cell held on Monday.
Source and more:
www.tap.info.tn/en/en/society/4104-case...
Libyan Duda
Adnan #Benaija #Barasi engineer from #Albayda & my brother in-law killed yesterday in the battle for #Brega
baysontheroad baysontheroad
#LIBYA Nefusa military command issue new guidelines to fighters.
#LIBYA Military spokesman says they are investigating claims of abuses in recent #HRW human rights watch and media reports.
#LIBYA Any breaches of regulations or international humanitarian law will be dealt with. Those found guilty will be sent to prison.
#LIBYA Recent allegations have included abuse of prisoners, looting, setting homes ablaze, and taking away medical equipment
#LIBYA Military command keen to stress most of its men are young volunteers. And claim much more serious abuses carried out by Gaddafi side.
The document outlining the new rules. lockerz.com/s/121904282
#LIBYA We have done interview with Col Joumaa Ibrahim, military spokesman. Report coming up on #AJE.
Souffian Tripoli
Daily News on Tripoli goo.gl/r9L0i
Joanne
In #Ajdabiya Hospital Mohammed Idris DR says; 27 Martyrs 83 Injured on Tuesday #BREGA Battle > which Death toll now stands at 53 #Libya
NIGHTMARE SCENARIO; “Gaddafi and Family members stay in #Libya after relinguishing power”
I will never feel safe as long as #Muammar Gaddafi and family r in #Libya unless they R buried Dont care what they say …
Soliman
FF managed to hire an international company specialist on mines removing to help them in Briqa, they will start today or tomorrow #libya
Joanne
#BREGA Watch Oil filled Trenches dug by G forces connected to Pipeline burn with thick black smoke 2 slowdown FF advance goo.gl/vsUTJ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-xE11JwkLc&fea...
News Republic
Freedom boosts Berber boom in western Libya
“Azul (hello). I’m going to teach you the language of your forefathers,” Sara Abud tells the children of Yafran, assembled around her for their first lesson in Berber, once the native tongue of western Libya’s mountain folk.
Vid.:
uk.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.asp...
omar
Video of today’s shelling in #Misrata"
Grad rockets fall on a house"
youtu.be/Dk9elkCu-Qg #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9elkCu-Qg&fea...
Zlitniya
Zliten (unconfirmed):telephone lines cut last night & still not working today. Always a bad sign of things to come…
Palm Maple
1) Just Now: Jazeera Arabic Correspondent embedded with Brga FF told by FF commander 3,000 GF remain in; divided in 3 grups
Zlitniya
Misrata:FF captured by GF pretending 2b FF.strangled,handcuffed,kicked,beaten.jumped out of car.miracle he’s alive youtube.com/watch?v=xXEf57…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXEf57cgfFE&fea...
The ATLANTIC
Scant Planning for Post-Qaddafi Libya
If NATO has a plan for achieving victory in Libya, it has been well disguised. Regardless, the world’s most powerful military alliance will surely somehow, some day prevail over a besieged dictator with little support. But is NATO prepared for what happens when they win?
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen took to Twitter last week to proclaim, “Once political settlement is reached, I don’t expect NATO to play leading role” and “Future to be shaped by Libyan people. NATO will support international efforts if requested and needed.”
Full art.:
www.theatlantic.com/international/archi...
Joanne
#TRIPOLI released eyewitnesses say Gaddafis prisoners age from 14 till 80 yrs old they are daily tortured in the most cruel ways
benghazi’s bunny♥
‘I believe in my right to freedom, I believe in my country’s right to live; this faith is stronger than any other weapon’ -Omar Al-Mukhtar
Joanne
#TRIPOLI Electricity outages Up to 12hrs a day Gaddai blackmailing Threatening Families in #Janzour 2come demonstrate ARRESTING many #Libya
#TRIPOLI FF ambush & burn down as many G Checkpoints as possible especially close to prisons where FF R detained in preparation 4DDAY #Libya
KC_Tripolitania KC
Fierce battles between Freedom Fighters and #Gaddafi forces now at the Dafniaya / Souq Al Thulat front. #Misrata – #Zliten front. #Libya
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Really dont understand how some #Libyans come to Tunis and lounge in hotels and cafes instead of visiting their injured countrymen.
AJA: Libyan regime’s Prime Minister meets with Russian leaders in Moscow today
Zlitniya
NATO destroyed 850 Ammo storage facilities in #Libya so far & they think Gaddafi still has double that
Joanne
#France Sarkozy Met in #Paris Wednesday with 3 #NTC leaders from #MISRATA who are seeking AID and ARMS to Move Toward #TRIPOLI #Libya
L’Express
Libye: Kadhafi reste belliqueux, les Etats-Unis le voient perdre le pouvoir
AJDABIYA (Libye) – Le leader libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, toujours combatif, s’est dit prêt à résister jusqu’au bout, au moment où Washington estimait qu’il perdait le contrôle du pays et la rébellion se préparait à de nouvelles attaques.
Entretemps, le ministre des Affaires étrangères français Alain Juppé a estimé que Mouammar Kadhafi pourrait rester en Libye s’il se mettait à l’écart de la vie politique, en faisant une condition préalable à un cessez-le-feu dans le conflit qui dure depuis plus de cinq mois sans solution en vue.
A Moscou, le chef de la diplomatie Sergueï Lavrov devait recevoir son homologue libyen Abdelati Obeidi pour tenter de trouver un compromis, la Russie ayant appelé au départ de M. Kadhafi toute en refusant de reconnaître la rébellion comme autorité.
Full art.:
www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/monde/liby...
libyanandproud
#Gaddafi with his ongoing spree of #gaddaficrimes has sent an order to his troops to cleanse #Nafusa !
True, he did that ystrd:(
Joanne
FF are focusing on Pushing G forces away from #Bishr @rf_in_the_bush so they R out of range Cant lop rockets on #Brega & FF positions
Skeptic
Clear words frm Guma_el_gamaty:
We Libyans know G will only stay in Libya if he or his sons r in full control of power wealth and arms!! its meaningless what france said!
The 5 SMS messages Gaddafi sent to Tripoli since yesterday:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.16862...
SMILE:
Miss B
Hey #Libya(n)s! Keep calm and take Halwassa pills! twitpic.com/5sxv37 …
I just had to make one…….
Joanne
SHAME ON #EGYPT COURT &GOVERMENT to keep #NilesatGaddafiTV RUNNING.
Nilesat asked 4ReviewJul26 CourtBusy
I saw injured in #Brega are around 375 @LIBYA_WIN but this is estimate of a DR in #Ajdabiya hospital where the injured are taken #Libya
Carol
Hello everyone! I woke up to great news! #Malak, the little 5 year old girl from #Misrata is coming to the US to get a prosthetic leg!
Skeptic
Western media keeps silent on Saudi “ally” bc #Al-Waleed #bin #Talal has big share of #Murdoch media empire
Shall we guess why?
LibyaNewMedia
The media activist Salim Younis has been stabbed to death today in his home in Ajdabiya. Go to hell Gaddafi.
ChangeInLibya
Zliten: Reports that FF are clashing with Gaddafi forces west of Tuesday market and are advancing towards the centre of Zliten #libya #feb17
Zlitniya
The turmoil&suffering of families by Gaddafi militia.Hasnt seen sons 4 2months.Mum&sons houses bombed.sons hse destroyed youtube.com/watch?v=w7wBe9…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7wBe9ehe0Y&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN Clashes last night near Porcelain Factory SE of city center Heavy presence of mercenaries in main streets and suburbs #Libya
Long Absent Gen. AbuBakr Younis Jaber #GaddafiDefenseMinister showed his Ugly Face again visiting what StateTv calls MujahideenForces #Libya
France24
“400 missiles italiens disparus dans la nature”
Presse internationale, Mercredi 20 juillet. A voir dans la presse internationale ce matin, la suite du scandale News of the World, avec l’auditon de Rupert Murdoch et de son fils. Le magnat australo-américain rejette toute responsabilité dans cette affaire. Et aussi: la disparition de 400 missiles italiens.
Source and video:
www.france24.com/fr/20110720-2011-revue...
M_Madi
Thanks to everyone who has been following my blog and tweets from Libya. I’m back in the UK now after an epic two week journey, but this doesn’t mean there will be no more mountain tumbls. This week I’ll be uploading more photos (with extended captions), some interesting videos and also some short text updates on what I saw out there. Stay tuned!
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Reuters
Rebels say Gaddafi uses civilians as shields (1:30)
July 19 – Fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi continues in Misrata, as rebels say Gaddafi troops use civilians as shields. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Vid.:
www.reuters.com/article/video/idUSTRE76...
MUST READ:
sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
I dun know what to say about this person ……..I am leaving the comments to u… fb.me/zqUEQd7w
www.thawralibya.com/index.php?option=co...
Danya
Only one #Libya ….together we will free #Libya …every city and every town\village has participated in there own way to help free Libya
REUTERSFLASH ReutersBreakingNews
Libyan foreign minister, in Moscow, says Gaddafi stepping down not under discussion – Interfax
CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg – TT
Lawyer involved in case against #NileSat broadcasting #Libya state-tv says decision on appeal expected on the 26th
freelibyasoon
Sure #Gaddafi can stay in #Libya…..As long as he and his sons are tried and eventually given the death sentence. I’m ok with that. #Feb17
Shabab:
Freedom Fighters suffer heavy casualties in Brega fighting – doctor
Reuters) – Eighteen rebel fighters were killed and up to 150 wounded in clashes with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of the eastern oil hub of Brega on Tuesday, a doctor in a rebel-controlled town said.
“Yesterday it was a disaster,” Dr Sarahat Atta-Alah told Reuters at Ajdabiya hospital in eastern Libya on Wednesday.
Rebels have said they have encircled Brega, which they must take if they are to advance towards Tripoli, but fighters said they were still coming under fire from pro-Gaddafi forces.
AlluCemif
The libyan consulate in France organizes a conference in Paris and still having this website?!
www.consulat-libye-paris.org
This is indeed weird.
The consulate is supposed to be closed, how is this possible?
They must have kept the website up and running now consulate has been closed.
Who is running this website now and from where? That is the question…..
Why organize a conference in Paris, what would be the purpose? Who is supposed to attend?
.Maybe it’s just something to create confusion?
Could be just a try-on to see how many people are still loyal to g there……..
kha02
Reuters -Tunisian residents reported Grad rockets fired by Gaddafi forces had fallen on Tunisian soil near Dehiba border crossing. #Libya
LIBYAN
There’s no if’s or but’s , #Gaddafi must leave #Libya
20minutes FR
PARIS – Libye: des militaires de la rébellion à Paris pour obtenir davantage d’aide
PARIS – Plusieurs chefs militaires rebelles de la ville libyenne de Misrata ont réclamé mercredi au président Nicolas Sarkozy davantage d’aide de la France pour conquérir Tripoli, assurant être en mesure de faire tomber le bastion de Mouammar Kadhafi.
Ils étaient accompagnés par un représentant politique de la ville de Misrata au sein du Conseil national de transition (CNT), l’organe représentatif de la rébellion libyenne.
Au côté du président Nicolas Sarkozy était notamment présent le principal conseiller militaire du chef de l’Etat, le général Benoît Puga, ex-directeur du renseignement militaire français.
Selon cette source, les rebelles de Misrata espèrent obtenir de la France une aide équivalente à celle apportée par Paris à ceux du Djebel Nafoussa, la région située au sud-ouest de Tripoli. La France avait reconnu fin juin avoir livré des armes à ces rebelles pour les aider à se défendre contre les forces loyalistes.
Full art.:
www.20minutes.fr/politique/760156-libye...
Skeptic
Another #autocratic gov: #Indonesia minister blames #facebook & #twitter for #Arab ‘turmoil’ straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S… via @cmswire
AFP
Indonesian minister blames new media for Arab ‘turmoil’
JAKARTA – INDONESIA’S communications minister on Thursday lamented the role of social media in Arab democracy movements and warned the government to control websites like Facebook and Twitter.
In a speech to school children, Tifatul Sembiring said new media had caused turmoil in the Arab world, where popular uprisings ousted the autocratic leaders of Egypt and Tunisia and brought the Libyan regime to its knees.
‘The government has the authority to control the Internet,’ he told elementary school students in central Jakarta at the launch of a ‘Healthy Internet’ campaign.
’Don’t let things happen like in Tunisia and Libya, which failed to control social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and they caused turmoil there. People are free to express their opinion, but they must be responsible.’
The minister, a conservative Muslim and prolific user of microblogging site Twitter, has campaigned strongly against pornography and introduced electronic filtering to block smut from the Web.
But his comments about the Arab world suggest he is also concerned about online political comment, of the sort that helped ignite popular unrest against corrupt autocrats in the Middle East. — AFP
www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsi...
No comment needed here……..
BBC
RAF Lossiemouth Tornados go to Italy to help over Libya
Four Tornado jets from RAF Lossiemouth have arrived in southern Italy to bolster UK operations over Libya.
The Ministry of Defence said the aircraft will be used for reconnaissance and to increase the strike capability of operations over Libya.
The Moray base was saved from closure under defence cuts announced on Monday.
Kinloss, also in Moray, and Leuchars in Fife will shut as air bases and be taken over by the Army.
Source:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-ea...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
#Misrata hospitals: total casualties on frontlines Tuesday – 1 dead, 31 wounded. Today, 1 dead, 12 wounded so far.
Heavy fighting on #Misrata western frontline, rebel spokesman tells BBC rebels have advanced 5km towards #Zliten and hope to hold
#NATO have been very helpful in today’s advance towards #Zliten, #Feb17 rebel spox tells BBC. #Misrata #Libya
Source inside town of #Zliten tells BBC #Gaddafi forces there are in disarray, ambulance sirens going all day, hospital full. #Misrata
Source inside #Zliten tells BBC #NATO struck the houses of two significant #Gaddafi commanders. #Misrata #Libya #Feb17
As always, simply follow the money:
Joanne
THUWAR MEDIA Got documents & evidence involvement Zuma of S Africa with Gaddafi. Zuma received abt 50Million$ from Gaddafi during election.
#ALGERIA #KeepsTightGrip OnBorder With #Libya to prevent militants infiltration + transfer of weapons from #Libya 2 SAHELarmedOrganization
ALGERIA arrestd 7alQaeda militants with Heavy ARMS and Ammo while trying 2cross from #Niger to #LIBYA through the common DeepDesertBorder
#ALGERIA troops destroyed 2cars Captured 7 Militants + a car with 6MachineGuns Rocket propelled GrenadeLauncher + Ammunit. #Thawra #Libya
Nasr
Just ask Shalgam! He delivered the CASH himself on several occasions. $ome was used to get out of trouble in the rape case.
Rasmussen
NATO Chief Sounds Upbeat Note on Libya
BRUSSELS—The civilian head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization gave an upbeat assessment of the progress of opposition forces in Libya, saying in an interview he expected rebel units in the west and east of the country to join together.
Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said opposition forces had advanced in recent weeks. "I think that progress will continue because the opposition forces are now more experienced, better trained, …
Source:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111...
CNN
Al group of Libyan rebels keep a lonely eye ove a vital supply route.
Ben Wedeman reports:
Video:
edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/201...
Alexblx Alexblx
4get the ragtag band – as the Graduation ceremony of #FF battalion in #Nalut shows – these boys r 4 real! youtu.be/Db5_VWqBhDs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db5_VWqBhDs&fea...
A Free Libyan
Mustafa Abdul Jalil – #Gaddafi’s end is via military, he will not give up power willingly, and the end will be soon.
Skeptic
#Brega #FF even have specialized #tank transporters youtu.be/6kEBGQmv71U
AFP video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kEBGQmv71U&fea...
HAVE A LOOK:)
Tweeting Tripoli
No more bread ques in #Tripoli, we make our own bread: oi56.tinypic.com/4jt3f7.jpg #feb17 #Libya
SMILE:
Ahmed
Cartoon depicting Gaddafi’s holy crawl on Nafousa Mountains to cleanse it from the cowards & rats yfrog.com/kkmibtcj #laughatgaddafi
Libya rebels seek to consolidate gains around Brega
Posted on July 20, 2011 by main
A dozen Libyan rebel fighters man a checkpoint some 18 km west of Ajdabya, on the road to the frontline of the battle for control of the oil-rich town of Brega.
Source AFP video:
feb17.info/media/libya-rebels-seek-to-c...
Alex
#Gaddafi hs so many new fronts opening up – he cant supply – let alone contain them #Sebha #Qatrun #Traghin #Tahouna #Ghayran #Brega #Zliten
befroggled
One of our own; a Londoner martyred in #Libya RIP Salem Bashagha. He’d said he wanted to die a martyr, look @ his smile. yfrog.com/kj68mzcj
Arab Fury
2 types of mines used by G forces, Brazilian T-AB-1 antipersonnel mines and Chinese Type-72SP antivehicle mines. #Libya
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
#Gaddafi fighters and a team from #Brazil should be the ones sweeping for landmines
Ossama
Brega:The total amount of mines removed by NLA (FF) is being kept as a secret but some G prisoners are helping removal effrts #libya
GOOD NEWS!!!!!
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking!! from Zliten Misrata FF reached FF from Zliten & SuqAlThultaa area 15km inside Z. from east now liberated FF r 4km From Z. centre!
RRowleyTucson:
Reports of up to 800 #Gaddafi casualties & deaths in #Brega over past few days
ChangeInLibya
Brega: Commander in NLA (FF) said that minesweepers removed 700 mines in a 10km stretch of road yesterday, or 7 mines for every 100m #libya
Promising statement:)
Alex
#Gharyan – just about ready to go – On AJA #Nafusa #FF Commander – says the battle begins in days – & will be all over by #Ramadan #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “HAJ-SAYED” now en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya ETA: 2011-07-23 10:00 (UTC). #feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 36.8045˚/15.60151˚ now en route from #Koper #Slovenia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria. #Libya #feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” now en route from #Istanbul #Turkey to dest. #Mostaganem #Algeria. #Libya #feb17
BBC
Nato Secretary General: Gaddafi must leave power
Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that the mission in Libya has been extended for another three months and will continue to be extended for as long as necessary.
In an interview with the BBC’s Chris Morris, Mr Rasmussen said the Gaddafi-led Libyan government should not try to “wait Nato out”.
The secretary general defended the pace of the mission saying he was not surprised it had taken this long. He said Nato has the necessary resources and was “prepared to continue the operation for as long as it takes”.
Rasmussen video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14221318
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi forces that were in #Tawirgha have been transferred to #Sebha & #Qatrun. #Libya #feb17
Lisa
WFP: In #Misrata, price of meat increased by 30%. Doubled for fruits and vegetables, must be imported from #Benghazi. #Libya”
VIA FEB17th news in short:
AJE
Thirteen opposition fighters have been killed near the eastern oil town of Brega where rebels have been pushing to seize the area for nearly a week.
Rebels told Al Jazeera, their position was leaked to Gaddafi’s forces by spies within the rebel force. The opposition controls most of eastern Libya but has not controlled Brega since April.
AP
Government forces in trucks disguised with rebel flags shelled opposition positions near the strategic eastern oil town of Brega, killing eight rebel fighters and wounding dozens more, officials said.
In an audio message Tuesday directed at a rally of thousands in the town of al-Aziziya, south of Tripoli, embattled ruler Moammar Gadhafi emphasized the importance of Libya’s vast oil wealth to his regime, and called the civil war a battle “for our way of life.”
Reuters
Libyan rebels have encircled the eastern oil hub of Brega and control parts of the town, whose capture would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday.
France said the rebels were taking over the town completely, but Tripoli denied this and the Libyan leader vowed to fight on, saying it was time to decide the battle for Libya.
The rebel spokesman said he had listened to intercepted radio communications between Gaddafi loyalists in Brega which suggested they were low on food and weapons.
But he played down the chances of a swift move west by the rebels, saying Brega was full of mines that needed to be dealt with before the area could be secured.
OILIBYA
Libyan rebels have encircled the eastern oil hub of Brega and control parts of the town, whose capture would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday.
France said the rebels were taking over the town completely, but Tripoli denied this and the Libyan leader vowed to fight on, saying it was time to decide the battle for Libya.
The rebel spokesman said he had listened to intercepted radio communications between Gaddafi loyalists in Brega which suggested they were low on food and weapons.
But he played down the chances of a swift move west by the rebels, saying Brega was full of mines that needed to be dealt with before the area could be secured.
REUTERS
Muammar Gaddafi could remain in Libya if he relinquished all power, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday.
Juppe, asked during an interview on LCI television whether countries involved in the Libyan crisis could consider letting Gaddafi remain as part of a way out of the crisis, replied:
“One of the scenarios effectively envisaged is that he stays in Libya on one condition which I repeat — that he very clearly steps aside from Libyan political life.”
Two members of Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council were due to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Wednesday. France was the first country to publicly recognise the council and first to launch air strikes against Gaddafi’s military machine when now NATO-led operations began in March.
VOA NEWS
Two members of Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council are meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday amid international efforts to further support the Libyan opposition.
The two representatives are visiting the French leader in Paris. France was the first country to officially recognize the rebel council as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people. Several nations, including the United States, have since followed France’s lead.
REUTERS
Eighteen rebel fighters were killed and up to 150 wounded in clashes with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of the eastern oil hub of Brega on Tuesday, a doctor in a rebel-controlled town said.
“Yesterday it was a disaster,” Dr Sarahat Atta-Alah told Reuters at Ajdabiya hospital in eastern Libya on Wednesday.
Rebels have said they have encircled Brega, which they must take if they are to advance towards Tripoli, but fighters said they were still coming under fire from pro-Gaddafi forces.
Brega, which provides access to most of Libya’s eastern oil network, has changed hands several times in five months of fighting along Libya’s Mediterranean coast.
Rebels said on Tuesday they had encircled the town, which if captured would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Gaddafi. Insurgents said they were dug in to the south and east of Brega and in control of its eastern residential sector.
The Libyan government has denied the rebels’ reports, saying its soldiers are in Brega.
Doctors at the hospital in Ajdabiya, which lies to the east of Brega, said they expected more fighting later on Wednesday.
A rebel lieutenant, who gave his name as Ihab, said rebel forces were between 5 and 10 km (3 and 6 miles) outside Brega and Gaddafi’s forces were still in the city.
He said the area was littered with mines and Gaddafi’s forces had filled trenches with gasoline, which could be set on fire if rebels approached.
CNN
France may consider a post-war Libya with Moammar Gadhafi remaining in the country if he quits politics as part of a cease-fire deal to end the conflict with the NATO-backed rebels, the French foreign minister said Wednesday.
“One of the possibilities is that he (Gadhafi) remains in Libya,” Alain Juppe told French news channel LCI. “But on the condition that he stays away from Libyan political life. This is what we are waiting for before we begin the political process for a cease-fire.”
GUARDIAN
Libyan rebel forces in Misrata, supported by Nato air strikes, launched an offensive towards the government-held town of Zlitan on Wednesday morning, with fighters saying they were making gains amid heavy fighting.
“We are now one and a half kilometres(almost 1 mile) from Zlitan,” said a rebel fighter, Mohammed Ashanobah, of the Shaheed (Martyr) Brigade. “The revolutionaries attacked at eight this morning.”
NPR
On the barren front line in the village of Gualish, rebels take cover from Gadhafi’s forces — and the relentless sun — behind a sand berm. Rajed, a rebel fighter at the front, points to the south of Gualish and says they have just discovered a new minefield. Rajed says all of this area is now mined; it’s terrible, he says, and that is what is stopping their advance. Rebel commanders say the use of mines are a sign that Gadhafi’s forces are becoming more desperate and weak.
REUTERS
Libya’s foreign minister denied on Wednesday that there were talks about easing Muammar Gaddafi out of power, but said his government wanted to end the nation’s bloody conflict in a way that would satisfy all Libyans.
“Gaddafi’s departure is not being discussed,” Abdelati Obeidi said after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg – TT
WFP: In #Misrata, last salaries received in Feb, soon half a year ago. Farming stopped around city, fighting preventing transports. #Libya
Alex
Don’t take #French PM stmt – ‘#Gaddafi can stay in #Libya’ – to seriously – #NATO allies have to be open 2 talks – & #maddog wont agree 2 go
Totally agree with you:)
Ossama
Colonel Ahmed Bany: We need 3 days to dismantle mines in Brega so that we can gain full access to the city + all sides of Brega surrounded
MUST READ:
stern.de
Flüchtlinge aus Libyen: Das Tagebuch der Not
Eine deutsch-libysche Familie flüchtet vor dem Krieg aus Tripolis nach Tunesien – und wird zum Spielball großer Politik. Das Tagebuch der Maike Tekbali. Von Manuela Pfohl
Wenn sie nur wüsste, was mit den drei Schwägerinnen ist. Die sind mit ihren Kindern und den Enkeln noch immer in Tripolis und die Nachrichten verheißen nichts Gutes. Das libysche Staatsfernsehen berichtete am Montag, die Nato habe Luftangriffe auf militärische und zivile Ziele in zwei Stadtteilen der libyschen Hauptstadt geflogen. Mindestens 13 schwere Detonationen seien zu hören gewesen. Es habe Tote gegeben. Maike Tekbali die vor dem Fernseher in ihrer Unterkunft im tunesischen Djerba sitzt, hätte am liebsten losgeheult. Sie sorgt sich um die Familie und das Zuhause, das da gerade untergeht.
2009 zieht sie mit ihrem Mann, einem Libyer, von Deutschland nach Libyen. Mit viel Mühe und der Hilfe der ganzen Familie, die in Tripolis eine Bäckerei betreibt, bauen sie sich in der Hauptstadt ein Haus, mit einem hübschen Garten drum herum für die Kinder. Dazu ein paar Hunde, Katzen, Schafe, Hasen. Ein kleines Idyll, das ihr Mann Fouad Ali mit einer eigenen Handelsvertretung für eine Edelstahlbaufirma finanziell absichern will. Doch als es am 24. Februar losgehen soll, kommt die Revolution dazwischen. Mit heftigen Kämpfen zwischen den Gaddafigegnern aus dem Osten Libyens und seinen Anhängern rund um Tripolis, die von Woche zu Woche zunehmen.
Flucht mit dem Netbook unterm Rock versteckt
Ende März wird die Situation immer dramatischer. Fast 340.000 Menschen sind laut UN auf der Flucht, etwa 9000 sitzen an den Grenzen nach Ägypten und Tunesien fest. Die Rebellen rücken näher an Tripolis heran. Die westlichen Alliierten sichern Unterstützung zu. US-Kampfjets donnern über die libysche Hauptstadt hinweg. Als die Nato schließlich am 14. April Tripolis bombardiert und es dabei auch eine heftige Explosion nahe einer Residenz Gaddafis gibt, ist das für Maike Tekbali und ihre Familie ein Alarmsignal.
READ MORE:
www.stern.de/politik/ausland/fluechtlin...
»REUTERSFLASH ReutersBreakingNews
U.S. position is Gaddafi has to leave power but it’s up to Libyan people to decide whether he can stay in country – White House
Zlitniya
Zliten:cos of fighting,many families in SuqAlThulatha have left their homes&r on Coastal Rd
m_madi Mohamed Madi
The people of Yifrin were fantastic to us and I’ll definitely be going back. I have a “Thuwwar Yifrin” t-shirt now.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Moldova FERRY “M V FEHIM BEY” now en route from #Misrata #Libya to dest. #Benghazi. #feb17
Ossama
#Sebha : Reports: #Gaddafi forces that were in #Tawirgha have been transferred to #Sebha , to quell South FF
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Please note my views on twitter r my personal ones! NTC official position/views r stated by official sposkesman in Benghazi Abdelhafid Ghoga
Zlitniya
FF hv advanced frm Dafniya 2inside SuqAlThalath wher thers fierce fighting w GF.Reported al GF retreated frm Suq 2coastalRd
CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg – TT
On food shortage in #Libya it’s important to note75% of its food is imported, limited home production. cia.gov/library/public…
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-wo...
FromJoanne Joanne
MISRATA FF #HidenHassan brought 2 Gaddafi soldiers 2 Hikma Hospital who wre trying 2kill him but he was faster and shot them in legs #Libya
#BREGA Col Ahmed Bani: We Need 3 days to dismantle the mines before we can access city but Brega is now COMPLETELY surrounded by FF #Libya
#BREGA FF field commander: Bulldozers helped remove approximately 700 landmines July19/20day @ a distance of 10km 7 mines per 100 mtr #Libya
United4Libya
#Gaddafi continues his massacre in #Libya sponsored by #Nilesat , Thank you #Egypt.
HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
it was an intense day at #Misrata frontline. shelling in both directions. Nato in the skies. Opp. fighters advanced a little bit
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITEN FF attacked G forces @ 8am today We are now 1 and a half KM from Zlitan," says FFMohammed Ashanobah
ChangeInLibya
Ahmed Bani just confirmed what we already know. FF surround BUT have NOT entered Brega (from oil port to airport). There you go #libya
hominoid
Jordan are helping treat critically wounded from the battle fields in Libya, in Jordanian military hospitals. Thanks Jordan
MUST READ:
The National AE::
Dubai telecoms engineers supply Libyan rebels with mobile phone network
They arrived by boat, worked under rocket fire and between power cuts, their goal to establish mobile phone connections for the residents of Misurata. Engineers trained in Dubai will help maintain the window to an outside world and neighbours closer to home.
The stealth telecommunications team arrived in Misurata after a stomach-churning 30-hour fishing boat ride from Malta.
Amid rocket fire and despite power cuts, they worked 12 hours a day alongside local engineers, setting up satellite dishes and other equipment. As a result, residents whose mobile phone networks were disabled by Colonel Muammar Qaddafi’s forces may soon be able to call their neighbours.
Ousama Abushagur, a 31-year-old Libyan-American telecoms executive living in Abu Dhabi, and his global network of donors, vendors and engineers pulled off the same feat three months ago in Benghazi. Phone lines in the de facto rebel capital in eastern Libya also had been cut.
In June, the team brought their rogue network to Misurata, Libya’s third-largest city. For months, the city had suffered some of the worst fighting since Col Qaddafi and rebel forces began battling in February.
The local workers are now running tests and verifying the identities of tens of thousands of SIM card holders in the rebel-held city before turning on the network.
Two engineers came to Dubai this month for training on how to maintain the network.
“Everybody is just trying to help the country, whatever it is,” from cleaning streets to baking bread, said Mohanned Saad, 28, one of the trainees. “We found we could contribute our expertise. People still have the spirit from the first days of wanting to get rid of Qaddafi. They want him out even more now.”
Much of that determination was forged in the hardship of living under siege, said Hossain Eljamal, 29, who also came to Dubai for training.
Read full story:
www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/afric...
Fissa
Remembering some of the Late Shows with David Letterman. Muammar Qaddafi Top Ten 10 Questions To Ask Yourself… fb.me/M3m90pCE
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150377486648976
MUST READ:
4Adam Adam
Shalgam: Gaddafi’s father was a conscript in"Italian Panda"(battalion) in Sirte NOT a Mujahid as he claims is.gd/DH6ddq #Libya #Feb17
www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/28...
libyanandproud
People of #Slovenia have donated 1.8 tons of drugs & medical supplies to #NTC and will arrive in #Benghazi soon.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” from #Koper #Slovenia to dest. #DjenDjen #Algeria now off transponder/anchored at #Syracuse #Sicily. #Libya
SecularLibya
My understanding is that G has given up on #Sirte. Once FFs take RasLanuf, Sirte is theirs.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Unconfirmed: #Freedomfighters of #Brega have reached the city of #Bishr (20KM west Brega). #Libya #feb17
libyanandproud
#Slovenia has recognized the #NTC as sole representatives of the Libyan people. #Feb17 #Libya Thank You #Slovenia !
LIBYAN
#Gaddafi continues his massacre in #Libya sponsored by #Nilesat , Thank you #Egypt.
Aisha
Russia legitimises tyranny, rape and murder by continued recognition of Gaddafi
Libya owns 69% of Uganda Tel, Uganda has now taken full control of it. Libya had been shopping this asset before.
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INTERVIEW:
STANLEY Henning, the uganda telecom (UTL) chief operations officer, told David Mugabe that the company is on track and here to stay.
Since the Government took control of UTL under the UN resolution, did the Government also take over the liabilities?
The process of taking over the assets and liabilities has not been completed.
What is your current subscriber numbers?
We have two million subscribers, which is the highest in the history of the business. We have 150,000 fixed line customers and 15,000 data and internet customers.
Our subscriber base is the healthiest it has ever been.
What is the breakdown in UTL ownership?
LAP Green owns 69% and 31% is government owned.
Full art. and source:
www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/760593
Ossama
Misurata FFs took over rocket launchers, SUVs and an ambulance and captured several soldiers as well as freed a kidnapped from Misurata ,
nowlebanon.com
Slovenia recognizes Libyan rebels
Slovenia’s government has recognized Libya’s National Transitional Council in a move it hopes will help pave the way for leader Moammar Qaddafi to step down, state media said on Wednesday.
Recognition will boost the standing of the rebel council in Libya, enabling it to play a leading role in bringing about democratic transition and constitutional reforms, the foreign ministry said in a statement, published by the official STA news agency.
Western and regional powers boosted Libyan rebels battling Qaddafi last week by designating them as the country’s legitimate rulers, a move that gives them access to vital funds.
Russia however has refused to recognize the council.
AFP
Source:
www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.a...
Ossama
BREAKING: Five martyrs among #FFS in the fighting in #Zliten. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Misrata #Freedomfighters confirm #Tawargha is completely free of #Gaddafi forces. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ILKE METE” en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-07-23 17:00 (UTC). #feb17
Zlitniya
Zliten:Hosp full of dead&injured.FF closed main Rd in As-Sab’a &raised freedom flag
Tripoli Weather
current weather: partly cloudy — 31°C — 55% humidity — wind 21km/h — visibility 10km — pressure 982mb steady
wheelertweets James Wheeler
I’m at one of the biggest private hospitals (clinics) in Tunis right now. Most patients are #Libyan. Some are pro #Gaddafi, including kataib
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Injured #Libyan FF Mustafa (22) from #Misrata. Hit by a #Gaddafi missile behind his heart in Dafniya on July 8. twitpic.com/5t36lb
I took this picture in a Tunis hospital on July 18. Before the #feb17 revolution, Mustafa was an econ major in college.
BBC
Wife visits Libya to uncover husband’s plane crash death
A London woman is travelling to Libya in an attempt to uncover the truth about the death of her husband, who died in a plane crash there nearly 20 years ago.
Londoner, Victor Prazak, was one of more than 150 people who were killed when Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 crashed near Tripoli in December 1992.
Mr Prazak’s wife, Felicity, has long suspected that the crash was no accident and she is now going to meet members of the transitional council in rebel-occupied Libya who have promised her an inquiry.
Vid.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14...
Confirmation of earlier tweets:
Algerian paper reports 7 terrorists trying to enter Libya killed in southern desert battle
ALGIERS, Algeria – An Algerian daily says that security forces have killed seven foreigners trying to enter Libya and confiscated weapons, U.S. dollars and documents about the al-Qaida branch in North Africa.
El Khabar cites security forces well informed about the southern arm of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb for its information.
It said Wednesday that seven foreign terrorists were killed in a long battle early Tuesday in the Tisdirine region where the borders of Algeria, Niger and Libya meet. The group were travelling from Niger in three vehicles.
The information could not be independently confirmed.
There was no information about the confiscated documents.
El Khabar says 27 terrorists have been killed at the frontier since the start of the Libyan uprising.
AP:
Source:
ca.news.yahoo.com/algerian-paper-report...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Heavy frontline fighting today led to many casualties – 7 dead & 73 injured, 15 seriously – by 7pm so prob more to come. #Misrata #Feb17
ChangeInLibya
Tripoli: Armed clashes between revolutionaries and Gaddafi brigades in Souq Al Jumaa district #libya #feb17
Sarah LFFR
#Tripoli : Affrontements armé entre les révolutionnaires & les brigades de #Gaddafi dans Souq Al Jumaa
dovenews Libyan™
#Gaddafi forces are using civilians as human shields to prevent #FF from advancing. #Zlitan #Misrata
Video: Mother of 3 martyred sons
A mother explains how she lost three sons during the uprising. May God grant patience to all the mothers of martyrs.
“My kids were in front of the house, and a rocket from Gaddafi came and killed them. Three of them died, two of them had their legs injured, and another his arm cut off. Right in front of my house. And sufficient for us is God, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.”
Video:
feb17.info/news/video-mother-of-3-marty...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Here’s a picture of pre-injury Mustafa in #Misrata #Libya with his war-time truck and freedom fighter gear in June. twitpic.com/5t40nx
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi thugs pretending to sell weapons in Tripoli & anyone interested gets arrested. #Tripoli
ALERT
Ossama
Reports that the tyrant with the help of Russian engineers who had supervised the mining of Brega are now mining areas north of Ber Algnm
White House:“It’s up2 #Libya n ppl 2decide what #Gaddafi’s future is. There r so many ways he’s really running out of time”
CNN
Libyan government bemoans a prosperous future lost to civil war
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — The Libyan government in Tripoli estimates the grinding conflict that has been tearing the country apart for the past five months has cost the national economy some $50 billion.
“The cost is colossal,” said Abdulhafid Zlitni, planning and finance minister for the Tripoli government. In an interview with CNN, Zlitni said the suspension of oil and gas exports had accounted for a huge chunk of the losses.
“The income foregone because of the stoppage of the export of oil is something like $20 billion,” he said.
This has brought an end to what had been a surge in prosperity for the North African country.
Last year, Libya’s economy was booming, with gross domestic product surging 10.3%, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Full art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/2...
hominoid
Libya Brega G losses 90 military cars 4 rocket launchers 9 tanks, a number of 300-400 dead from the Brigades as well as 7 hostages
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi’s dad was a traitor working for the Italians to kill Libyans, in the Italian occupation. Its all coming out now.
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi’s FM went to Russia to meet with Russian officials, may be went for weapon deal or something!!
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Look again to see what #Gaddafi was preparing for #Benghazi in Mar 2011 youtube.com/watch?v=T-r88p… #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-r88pEXIHA&fea...
Libya Misrata Front line fighters reported that the bulk of G forces were dressed in civilian clothes, also civilian 4×4 to look like Ffs.
Des Grant
libya: Seems to me Libyan People have more in common with Europeans than African neighbors ..
Nuna
Zawya : qaddafi brigades planting land mines in Be2r el Ghanam, Qudayrat tribe birthplace, and surrounding farms and roads #Libya
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Libya Explores Open Media in #Benghazi youtube.com/watch?v=Kj62PN… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj62PNOigBc&fea...
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Misrata: Heavy fighting today resulted in substantial number of captured personnel and material from #Gaddafi forces
Joanne
#BENGHAZI 2 small explosions and a fire reported by #NTC Mahmood Shamam near March 28 Stadium, Benghazi Sports City
FromJoanne Joanne
#BENGHAZI 2 blasts heard earlier were handmade grenades usually used by fishermen But it was a wedding Celebration #Libya
LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
NATO jets heard over Brega
Al Jazeera Arabic NATO jets were heard flying over Brega, according to a reporter in Ajdabiya. Revolutionaries were able to scout into Brega and then retreat again successfully.
Libya TV The town of Ghadames has been without power for five days since Gaddafi forces knocked down an electricity tower near Nalut, disrupting the power supply to the area between Nalut and Ghadames.
Abeidi
Libya, Brega,Very weird a child follow FF in Brega without anyone of them noticed please focus on the leftside of screen youtube.com/watch?v=FonaH5…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FonaH5_tq0E
Washington Post
U.S. recognition of new Libyan government raises tough legal questions
Writing for the Council on Foreign Relations this week, John B. Bellinger III, former legal adviser to the State Department, said the announcement raises “legal and practical problems,” including questions over whether Gaddafi’s government or the NTC is legally bound to respect international treaties.
The difficulty of resolving those questions might help explain why Harold Koh, the current legal adviser to the State Department, was cautious when asked about the recognition of the TNC during a Senate hearing late last month.
Historically under international law, an outside country could even be accused of interfering illegally in the internal affairs of a country if it were to recognize an insurgent group. Of course, at this point, the United States is doing far more than just recognizing. We’re providing assistance and military support generally.
Checkpoint: Now we have to hope that the Gaddafi government, while scorned by the United States, is still happy to oblige by its international obligations?
Bellinger: Well, that’s right. I would be worried about that. It’s not clear, at least publicly, what message is being conveyed to the Gaddafi regime, since they have been told publicly by the State Department that they are no longer considered to have any legitimate authority in Libya. How can we also expect them to fulfill certain international law obligations that they have to us or to others if we don’t think they’re the government anymore? That certainly raises some difficult legal questions.
Full story here:
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint...
Khalid
So in short if I understand it the right way:
FF’s have to obey the rules before they are recognized, and now that they are, G doesn’t have to obey them anymore……….
Was g obliging by the international obligations over the last 42 years? Or even the last 5 months?
I get the sense that there is a disinformation campain going on right now, please correct me if I’m wrong……….
razibus
Nobody in France understand why our Foreign office minister say different than our president, it’s internal french power-fight.
Mohammed
Indirectly they are playing politics with other peoples lives in France, just like they do in other countries:(
And then they wonder why people aren’t interested in voting anymore, they act like kiddies fighting over marbles in the playground.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Rebel commander in #Misrata: senior #Gaddafi commander was captured in fighting today nr #Zliten. #Feb17
Moonlight
Misurata FF arrested the military leader of #Hamza brigade, he was wounded in clashes, taken 2Misurata for care&questioning
Sarah
Zliten:(Unconfirmed) reports that Muftah Ibsheer (Ramadan Insbheer’s brother) was killed in his farm during NATO attacks yesterday
Ramadan Isbheer:
He is a monster (unfortunately)originally from Zliten who was one of the leaders in attacks on Misrata :( As well as suppressing & arresting FF inside Zliten.He’s a big Gaddafi goon.Was captured by FF (Thank God!)
WSJ
Rebels Move Toward Gadhafi Stronghold
ZINTAN, Libya—Rebel fighters have penetrated Libya’s southwest desert and pulled within 80 miles of Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s southern stronghold, opening a new front and suggesting the strongman’s grip is slipping even in areas believed firmly in his control.
The rebels captured a small village south of Sebha on Monday. The fall of Sebha, one of Col. Gadhafi’s three regional power centers in Libya, would be a huge symbolic and strategic blow.
The city of 130,000 is a logistics hub for the regime, channeling food, fuel, personnel and other war supplies northward from southern farmlands and neighboring Algeria, Chad and Niger, ..
Link:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111...
Skeptic
#Brega Video of at least 5 FF BM-21 #Grad #rocket launchers firing + 1 resupply vehicle, now battle of equals youtu.be/1y5bNK-mLZE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5bNK-mLZE&feature=youtu.be
Zlitniya
#Gaddafi is #famousforthewrongbook His Green book is a compilation of nonsense understood by none but enforced on millions #Dictator
AlluCemif
LPC #Misrata: Combats intenses, nombreux soldats de #Kadhafi et armement capturés, 6 révolut. tués et 56 blessés selon
Skeptic
so now FFs control cemetery in Zliten 32°26’20"N 14°35’1"E
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Captured Gaddafi commander named as Abdu Nebi Zaid, tank commander originally from Tawargha. Has leg & facial injuries. #Zliten #Misrata
“Zliten will be taken by Zliten fighters,” rebel commander tells us. “Misratans will back up and support, but it is time for them to fight”
REPORTS:
Few days ago Saif Gaddafi apparently took pills ( tranquilizers) and was drunk. Was admitted to Alkhadra Hospital stayed there overnight…..
Physical Address of hospital:
Elhadba
Elkhadra
Tripoli
Unilib
Maybe he tried to commit suicide?
Arrived:
A Free Libyan
The 4 RAF Tornados have arrived today in Southern Italy to aid in the #Libya mission. Extra recon + firepower.
The National AE:
Qaddafi’s troops have fled Brega, say rebels
Agence France-Presse
But at Brega, rebel gains were stymied by vast quantities of anti-personnel mines planted by retreating loyalist forces and the difficulties in attacking an estimated 200 Qaddafi troops fighting from near vital petrochemical facilities.
That difficulty was laid bare late on Tuesday, when 24 rebel fighters died. It was by far the rebels’ bloodiest day since the battle for Brega began almost a week ago.
A rebel military source said many of the casualties came when troops closing in on isolated Qaddafi forces were hit by a line-guided rocket attack.
Outside the town, rebel troops cleared minefields holding up their advance, while trying to dislodge Qaddafi’s artillery to the west.
Rebel military sources said some Qaddafi forces were arcing rockets over Brega onto rebel positions from the town of Bishr, while most troops had retreated to Ras Lanuf, another oil town further west.
The rebels said Qaddafi troops inside Brega were largely conscripts and volunteers. “The elite troops have left. The soldiers left in the city are stuck,” said Abdulrazag Elaradi, a National Transitional Council member visiting the front. “They cannot go forward because they will be killed by the rebels and they cannot go back because they will be killed by Qaddafi’s men.”
Read full art.:
proxify.com/p/011010A1000100/687474703a...
AJA just reported that Safia Gaddafi is said to be originally from Hungary
Heraldonline
Portia Walker
For Libya’s western rebels, high hopes but real struggles
QAWALISH, Libya --
In a house on the outskirts of this deserted village on Libya’s western front line, about a dozen rebel fighters sheltered from the blistering sun, occasionally scanning the horizon with binoculars. Across the dusty mountain plain below them were Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, whom they had forced from the village more than a month ago.
The western rebels – long seen as better disciplined and more tenacious than the fighters in eastern Libya – also are showing signs of faltering organization. After finally capturing Qawalish on July 6, they allowed Gadhafi’s forces to overrun it briefly on July 13 before reinforcements arrived and they recaptured the village later that day.
Rebel commanders said some young fighters manning a checkpoint had fallen asleep at their posts, allowing the government troops to pass unchallenged.
Col. Jumaa Ibrahim, a senior coordinator at the western rebels’ military headquarters in Zintan, said the fighters had failed to alert the control room, meaning that it was several hours before reinforcements were summoned.
“It’s difficult when you are controlling civilian people,” Ibrahim explained. “When I arrived in Zintan, they are not disciplined, they are shooting in the air, driving fast. They are very good fighters, they are very brave, but they still need more training.”
Full art.:
www.heraldonline.com/2011/07/20/3233947...
AJA: fighters confirm their entrance to some residential areas in #Brega
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: ZLITEN SOURCE:@ 1am NATO jets fired 3 missiles at main army barracks/ammo bunkers in the centre of Zliten & destroyed them #libya
Reports that Gaddafii forces are using THALES Squire ground surveillance radar.
Info on those radars:
SQUIRE Ground Surveillance Radar
SQUIRE is a man-portable medium-range ground surveillance radar that can detect and classify moving targets on, or close to, the ground at ranges up to 48 km.
SQUIRE consists of compact components to be carried in two backpacks. Each weighs less than 23 kgs., including batteries, and can therefore be easily carried by two persons.
SQUIRE is light, compact, and has a very low output power thanks to the application of FMCW technology. SQUIRE is ideally suitable for use by the Army and Marines, e.g. air mobile and amphibious units, but also by United Nations units or Border Guard units.
Squire features the Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar principle for very low Probability of Intercept. With only 1 Watt output power, SQUIRE is capable of detecting walking persons at ranges exceeding 10 km and moving tank-sized vehicles up to 48 km. The low peak power (peak and average power are equal and selectable between 10 milliWatt and 1 Watt maximum) makes the system virtually undetectable by ESM Electronic Support Measures equipment and Radar Warning
Receivers.
The system also incorporates automatic target classification facilities for persons, wheeled vehicles, tracked vehicles and helicopters. The solid state techniques that are applied result in very high reliability and low life cycle cost. SQUIRE is presently in production for various countries.
In June 2002 the Royal Netherlands Army ordered 62 SQUIRE systems, including logistics and training. At present about 220 SQUIRES have been sold to armed forces all over the globe.
Source for info:
www.thalesgroup.com/squire/?pid=1568
Bint
A family friend just told us that many doctors that we know in Tripoli are being held, random prosecutions going in hospitals.Rabi yehmehoom
The worst thing is another doctor we know is with Lejan Thowriya now and is hoarding alot of medications just to make ppl more worried.
AJA: After being banned under #Gaddafi rule, families in Jebel Nafusa have begun teach their children the Tamazight language.
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
by ChangeInLibya
Electrcty back in Yefren, Libya after months w/o. 2 coffee shops open tnite. Amizigh life slowly returning, tho city still mostly deserted.
Yefren also publishing small, free wkly newspaper in 3 languages — Amazigh, Arabic, English. “The Tamusna Newspaper.” Reading it tnite.
Des Grant
#Libya Brega G losses 90 military cars 4 rocket launchers 9 tanks. it is clear now NATO was correct in advising FF to hold back !!!
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Sadeg El Haddad (31) today in a Tunis hospital. He’s an injured #Libyan FF from #Misrata. Still has a sense of humor. twitpic.com/5t66tl
Zlitniya
Zliten:Gaddafi militia forced families in Suq Al Thalath and As-sab’a to vacate homes in 30 min.Feared theyre preparing to shell these areas
unclear: g forces or NATO?
Nato is bombing there right now!
Nato always warns.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libyan Govt Bemoans Prosperous Future Lost to Civil War | #Gaddafi press release? You’d think so. But no. CNN headline. edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asi…
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/2...
Ahmed
Seems media all of a sudden has turned , and not in favor of the libyan people.
Why I wonder….
Who owns those media outlets?
Selina: Is it a distraction technique or do we have to follow the money again?
kirdes Cedric Raymond
prosperous for whom. It hasn’t helped Libyan People for forty years
Carol
Updates on the battles for Brega and Zlitan, go to #Libyaupdates, via @al_omari #Libya July20th
Libya, Jul 20, 2011
By Hussein Al-Omari on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 5:12pm
1. The revolutionary fighters are controlling parts of Breag and surrounding the rest of Brega from three directions except the west side, leaving it as a retreat exit for Gaddafi forces to avert bloodshed.
2. The revolutionary fighters are trenching themselves in the southern and eastern sides of Brega while they fully control the eastern side of the residential area of Brega. They keep themselves in scattered small groups in Brega.
3. As spokesperson for the revolutionary fighters said that the number of Gaddafi forces soldiers remaining in the city of Brega is very small compared with the last few weeks. The current number is estimated at 200 soldiers centered near the oil installations.
4. The revolutionary fighters are exchanging bombing with Gaddafi forces; the revolutionary fighters are using heavy artillery and Grad missiles to attack Gaddafi forces while Gaddafi forces are using Grad missiles and thermal Milan missiles and mortars artillery to retaliate.
5. The revolutionary fighters had 18 of them killed and 150 wounded yesterday in the Brega fighting.
6. Gaddafi forces had more than 800 wounded soldiers and many more killed in Brega fighting.
7. The fighting is in the coastal area near the oil refineries. NATO planes also bombed Gaddafi forces in Brega.
8. The revolutionary fighters removed 750 mines from a distance of 7.5 Km; that is in the rate of 100 mines per Km, or 1 mine every 10 m. The mines look big meant for vehicles to drive on them to trigger them off.
9. The revolutionary fighters advanced from the 18 Km west of Ajdabiya to the 60 Km west of Ajdabiya with many of them penetrated to the industrial part of Brega.
10. A spokesperson for the French foreign ministry said that the revolutionary fighters are gaining full control of Brega but added that he is not in a position to confirm precisely what is happening on the ground.
11. Gaddafi TV showed some interviewed recorded in Brega to show that the city is clean from the revolutionary fighters; the revolutionary fighters said they are old videos. Gaddafi TV has done that kind of showing old videos many times so far like the time where they showed General Abdul-Fattah Younis being reinstated as defense minister for Gaddafi showing an old video, where the man standing next to him had died years before.
12. In west Misrara, the fierce battle for Zelitan is still going on for the last few days.
13. Today, 7 of the revolutionary fighters were killed and 57 wounded in the Zleitan fighting. They have killed many of Gaddafi forces and captured many of them including new ammunition and weapons. They belong to the 32nd Brigade lead by Gaddafi’s son Khamis Gaddafi.
14. The Zleitan city is still surrounded from three directions by the revolutionary fighters. The revolutionary fighters are using artillery and tanks in their attacks.
15. The revolutionary fighters are slowly gaining ground in their advancing toward Zelitan.
16. A plane came from Benghazi and landed in Misrata airport safely carrying humanitarian aid and medical supplies, which marks a victory for the revolutionary fighters who proved that they have broken the siege around Misrata and that they are in full control of all Misrata and its airport.
17. The mayor of Misrata, Khalifa Azzawawi, is a big hit to Gaddafi’s regime after we have fully cleaned the airport from the mines deployed by Gaddafi forces.
18. He added that the plane carried some wounded people back to Benghazi showing that Gaddafi forces are kept at a far distance from Misrata.
19. The French foreign minister said that there is a chance for Gaddafi to stay in Libya if he steps down and departs completely from politics.
20. Gaddafi foreign minister said that the resignation of Gaddafi is not an item on the agenda of the Moscow meetings.
Noah
In high school I was voted most likely to become a crochety old man. Proud to say I’ve lived up to my potential :)
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
Most refuse in museum is fully expended and safe. Some is not. They have unexploded ATGM & 2 UXO warheads in exhibit. V bad.
SecularLibya
Heinz: #Brega – A lot of progress has been done in the past 2 hours. Airport was attacked by FFs. Daffis can’t escape,so they fighting hard.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” #Koper #Slovenia – #DjenDjen #Algeria now en route 36.76239˚ / 15.2794˚. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Yesterday my laptop was hacked & made useless. Thanks to the Geek Squad it’s back up. SUCK IT #GADDAFI FILTH, I’M HERE PERMANENTLY! #Libya
derek_brower: I’m told a #Libya vessel,Farwa (destination Djen, Algeria),is carrying a cargo that will please #gaddafi more than #nato"
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “HAJ-SAYED” now en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya. #feb17
#Liberia CARGO SHIP “JAGUAR” has departed port #Benghazi #Libya. #feb17
#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “BLUE SKY” about to arrive in port #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-21 08:00 (UTC). #feb17
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
Libyans on both sides of conflict need education, awareness re UXO, 4 public safety. V dangerous 2 put UXO on display. Recipe 4 grave harm.
UXO = Unexploded ordnance. Rockts, shells, anti-tank-guided missiles etc. that were fired but did not explode.
SecularLibya
Guardian: “We are now one & a half kilometres from Zlitan,” said a rebel fighter, Mohammed Ashanobah, of the Shaheed (Martyr) Brigade #Libya
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Gaddafi cud not buy a better headline: “#Libyan Govt Bemoans Prosperous Future Lost to Civil War”
C.J. Chivers
Yes, spent long time there tday, 2 intvu artists. Also, suggested they remove 3 pieces/UXO from display. UXO ed crucial here.
One thing we can learn from g:
Libya United 1944
He’s shown the World that if u havent got anything 2 wear u can always sew something out of ur grans curtains!