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SUMMARY AUGUST 21st 2011
8/21/11
8.21.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/iXahC
Ahmed
Phase of 2 #Tripoli #mermaiddawn begins…FF & National liberation army moving towards Tripoli…phase 1 was inside revolt
Breaking: Liberation Flag is flying in the central sqaure in #Zuwarah…#Zuwarah is Liberated #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
412am hearing several loud explosions in #Tripoli #Libya
#Tripoli call: “We hear gun fire now and then, every house in Tripoli is praying” #TripoliRising
#Tripoli call: We need to be more careful about the internet connection… We gotta stay focused and always take care from everything"
#Tripoli: DSL internet back in #Arada..DSL back in some parts of Tripoli #mermaiddawn #Feb17 #Libya
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
NATO planes continuously flying over head.
The Dictator
Moussa bloody Koussa on AJA right now. #nocomment
Shabab Libya
Note to Kussa: YOUR brothers, Mohammed and Essa and Abdelmajid Kussa are the ones committing these atrocities in #Tajura #Tripoli. Ya bheem!
#MoussaKoussa is giving his stamp of approval to #Jalloud’s speech earlier on – last minute deserters trying to cement their futures #feb17
Moussa Kousa aka double agent now on aljazeera arabic NOW..
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Can confirm internet is on in #Tripoli. Not sure what the catch is.
could be an opportunity to get ip’s & track location.Not sure.Could be a part of #MermaidDawn that i dont know about #Tripoli
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Confirmed: Internet up in some areas but very slow. #Libya #Feb17
AJA: Tajoura and Soog al Jum’a managed to capture 35 Gaddafi troops tonight
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Tajoura: #Gaddafi tanks are out on the streets in front of Heart hospital.
Libya_Awake_United
I confirm DSL is working in Tripoli , I am using it right now
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli Waheed Burshan #NTC from #Nafusa: Gaddafi is not our main objective in #Tripoli we want to make sure civilians r safe #Libya
4.10 am here I am logging off will try and relax a little b4 I sleep Goodnight
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Several NATO explosions heard here as well.
Loud explosions right now, is that NATO or G grad? dont know, I’d guess it’s NATO.
Full internet through ADSL only. TV is still G havent checked Radio.
Free Libya Now
35 of Gadafi Militias captured in Souq Al Jumuah & Tajoura #AJA reporter on the ground. #Libya
#AJA Call: No where in Tripoli that is controled by Gadafi militia or men. #Libya
Air strikes on Tripoli few minutes ago. #Libya
Clashes reported around Janzour area west of Tripoli #Libya
tripoli caller #AJA Um abdulrahaman: NATO plane bombs SalahEldin area where Gadafi barracks are. #Libya
AFP is reporting 4 large explosions hitting Tripoli #Libya
Mousa Koussa: people in Tripoli have suffered alot in the last few months, days. Tripoli residents are patient people. #Libya
Mousa Koussa; Gadafi militias are commiting unacceptable crimes.
Mousa Koussa; I do not think that anyone still believes Gadafi
Mousa Koussa: it is difficult to defect as family and property is taken away and family is treated bad, threatened. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: It was an oppurtunity for me as I was An FM & I was traveling so I had the oppurtunity to flee easily. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: There was a discussion at the begining, but some of the advisors view was overwhelming and they pressed for oppression. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: People who dealth with these issue had the oopurtunity to prevent Gadafi from doing what he has done. he was listening to them.
Mousa Koussa: you never know where Gadafi would be while NATO bombs. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi situtaion is difficult to know for people like us. Our circle is not really close to him if he disappears. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi kept a tight lid on his position and what happenes to him or his health. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: gadafi was so arrogant that he thought he could over ride this wave against him. Many tried to convince him, but didn’t listen
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi did what he thought was right as he was very arrogant. Abdesalam Jaloud lived for a long time with Gadafi. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: Abselama Jaloud knows him very well. His assessment of gadafi & timing came on time and in its place.
Mousa Koussa: We tried as ministers to create channels to convince him otherwise,
during the arab revolutions. But advisors, kids decided X.
Mousa Koussa: Those circles who advised Gadafi continue with oppression, are mostly relatives & some military people. Sometimes they failed
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi never heeded good advice. He never listens.
Mousa Koussa; Gadafi was never serious on finding a solution to the situation with TNC. He never wanted to leave power. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: #Gadafi at no time did he think or was flexible to exit from ruling Libya. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: At the beginining of crisis I communicated with international partners for solution it went no where. I left eventually #Libya
Mousa Koussa: what Gadafi had in his mind was not successful. He had the idea that he would continue ruling Libya & he could silence dissent
Mousa Koussa: I wish FF’s success. They need more Unity & serious. They need more attention to security issues. FF’s need to treat cities
Mousa Koussa: Ff’s need to treat cities different than desert areas interms of security. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: I expect that the finale would depend on FF’s. No other part would determine the finale. #Libya
VMousa Koussa: Inside cities you have to pay attention to how you treat people if you are looking to be successful as FF’s #Libya
Mousa Koussa: I hope that Gadafi does not use a deadly unconventional weapon in Libya,if so it would be a catastrophy.
Mousa Koussa:Gadafi could have thought about his own ife and his kids life
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi still has the oppurtunity to exut from this with dignity, as the international community looking for solutions to this.
Mousa Koussa: I expect that his family will always support him. Security people no, maybe a few will support him. Tribes not #Libya
Mousa Koussa: The time to finish Gadafi depends on FF’s performance, TNC & other parties involved. The TNC should give more support to FF’s.
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi continued to get weapons from the Russians & there was never an ambargo on arms when it comes to Gadafi. Russia helped.
End of live interview of #AJA with Mousa Kousa Former Gadafi FM who defected 5 moths ago. Interview ended by idicting Russia helping Gadafi.
evanchill Evan Hill
Stay tuned to AJE for a phone interview from Tripoli, where there is ongoing gunfire near the Bab al-Aziziya aje.me/fwtYjF #Libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Shat Alhanshir in Souk Al Juma is liberated & freedom fighters control it. No #Gaddafi forces to be seen there. Pray 4 the rest of #Tripoli
LibyanYouthMovement
Is she serious?! Hala Misrati brandishes a hand gun on gaddafi tv as she swears to protect the television centre #Libya
Aljazeera
A video posted on a social media website shows a presenter from the state-run al-Libiyah television channel waving a gun and saying the channel’s staff are prepared to die in defence of the station.
#Libyan (#Gaddafi) presenter (Hala) waves gun and vows to defend station youtube.com/watch?v=iKQioE… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKQioEHZz0Q&fea...
CBCAlerts CBC News Alerts
Libyan rebels say they have most of Tripoli surrounded . Heavy gunfire reported in capital #libya
BreakingNews Breaking News
‘Village after village is falling to the rebels’; opposition convoy now 6 miles from Tripoli – Sky News’ Alex Crawford in Mayah, Libya
Sky correspondent Alex Crowford: #Libyan freedom fighters have taken control of Jaddaim – east of #Zawiyah. #Tripoli. #Libya
BBC
Libya conflict: Rebels push towards Tripoli
Buoyed by gains on Saturday, rebel forces are pushing towards the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where there was heavy overnight gunfire and several explosions on Sunday morning
A BBC correspondent with rebels who took Zawiya on Saturday says they have now taken Jaddayim, the first town en route to Tripoli, 40km (25 miles) east.
A government spokesman called for a ceasefire and accused Nato of working with the anti-Gaddafi forces.
Rebels are moving on two other fronts.
They took Zlitan, 160km (100 miles) east of Tripoli and are also advancing from the south, while Nato warships control access to the sea.
Col Gaddafi’s Information Minister Moussa Ibrahim accused Nato of going “mad”.
“Nato in the last week or so… has been opening the roads ahead of the rebels who are too weak to do anything themselves,” he told a news conference in Tripoli.
He also accused the rebel forces of carrying out “massacres” and killing people in the streets of those towns and villages they had seized in recent days.
He also said that Tripoli was well protected by “thousands upon thousands of professional soldiers”.
The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Jaddayim says hundreds of rebel fighters are in the town, both on foot and travelling in pick-up trucks. He says the town was taken after heavy fighting on Sunday morning.
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14606618
AJE – Three Tripoli neighborhoods are reportedtly under the control of opposition fighters, Fashloum, Zawiyet Dahmani, and Mansoura.
Sky News
Libya Calls For Ceasefire As Rebels Advance
The Libyan government has appealed for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Nato’s “aggression” as the rebel force approaches the capital Tripoli
Overnight, explosions and sustained gunfire rocked parts of Tripoli as the leader of Libya’s rebel force insisted “the end is very near” for Colonel Gaddafi.
Four loud explosions were heard in Tripoli at 4am local time (3am BST), as Nato warplanes flew overhead. The targets have not yet been identified.
The fighting inside Tripoli, combined with the rebel advance toward the city’s outskirts, appeared to signal a decisive moment in Libya’s six-month conflict.
Abdel Salam Jalloud was among three members of the Libyan regime to defect to the rebels this week.
Report and videos:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
Telegraph
Libya conflict: Col Gaddafi faces rebel uprising on streets of Tripoli
Fighting erupted in Tripoli overnight after rebels closed in on the Libyan capital, raising hopes among his opponents that Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is finally on the brink of collapse.
• Anti-Gaddafi forces begin uprising in Tripoli
• Rebel commanders claim final battle for Libya has begun
• Gaddafi insists rebel ‘rats’ have been ‘eliminated’ in capital
• Speculation mounts that dictator has fled into exile
Gunfire, anti-aircraft fire and explosions rang out across the city on Saturday night as rebel commanders hailed the start of an attack on the dictator’s final stronghold.
Residents reported fighting in neighbourhoods in the north, east and south-west of the city and said rebels were in the streets, although the Libyan government insisted the capital was “safe and stable”.
Jumma Ibrahim, a rebel spokesman, said: “The revolution from inside Tripoli has officially started in many parts … of Tripoli, and is expected to spread to all of Tripoli.”
Col Haroun said that weapons were assembled and sent by tugboats to Tripoli on Friday night.
“The zero hour has started. The rebels in Tripoli have risen up,” said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice-chairman of the NTC, based in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
“There is co-ordination with the rebels in Tripoli. This was a pre-set plan. They’ve been preparing for a while. There’s coordination with the rebels approaching from the east, west and south.”
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
libyanandproud
There is an FM Station that started broadcasting to #Tripoli tonight on 91.1 from #Misrata #Feb17 #Libya
Skynews crew came under snipers at Mayah
FF reached the edge of #Tripoli and from within FF are making progress.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Battles taking place along a highway as opposition pushes towards
Nira
Shocking: gaddaif thugs killed a 14 year old boy yesterday – father found his son’s body this morning Tripoli
LIBYA TRIPOLI
I am hearing a lot of fighting now Dahra
I was just talking to a friend in Dahra and heard lots of exchange of gun shuts live. Tripoli
Dahra is revloting now, just heard it live now while speaking to a friend
Clashes now are taking place in Dahra, centre #
A missile has just hit Arrada, Souk Al Juma, now
Tim
1st ProGadaffi says there is no problem; then say they want cease fire; 1st say they haven’t done any wrong yet say revenge is motive
ProudLibyan
#Benghazi started it, #Misrata ensured its survival, #Zawiyah sacrificed, #Zintan/Nafusa propagated it and #Tripoli will make it succeed!
#AJE
Thuwar about to do what Egypt’ian govt refused to do…surrounded the GaddafiTV station to finally shut Hala up #Libya #Tripoli
ProudLibyan
While my brother and sisters are awake and fighting for us in Tripoli, I feel ashamed to sleep. I will try to remain so as much as I can.
Rally in #Manchester today outside the BBC on Oxford Road at 2:30 in support of the people of #Tripoli & #Libya. Please spread & attend.
What Gaddafi did to #Zawiyah in March, expect him 2 try the same in #Tripoli.This time we are ready, & Zawiyah is free t.co/sfWm8fb
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5sPjemG6Zg
Free Tripoli
#Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli ♥♥♥♥♥
ProudLibyan
DeGaddification of #Tripoli has begun, please remain seated, wear ur seatbelts, in the event of Musa Ibrahim please wear provided ear plugs.
Alex
The end of #Gaddafi ’s Rule- can now be measured in days if not hours – Many Regime soldiers & mercenaries R fighting with their feet #Libya
THE LONG DAY! There will be ebbs & flows in the battle to liberate #Tripoli – we will feel both joy & anguish 2day – sometimes one within minutes of the other – but make no mistake about it – nothing – no threat – no gun – no contract killer – no tank – NOTHING – will stop this irresistible force – called #Libya FREEDOM!
“Fighting raged in #Tripoli as rebels sought to free the capital from #Muammar #Gaddafi ’s control…Rebel fighters have been battling #Qaddafi forces in most parts of the city since yesterday, an opposition member who identified herself as Asmaa told #AlJazeera television from Tripoli.
Rebels said they took control of #Tajoura, an eastern suburb, while fighting also occurred in the #SoukAlJumma market area, Al Jazeera said.
#NATO aircraft attacked Qaddafi’s Scud missile launchers and residents received text messages urging them to join the rebellion, the network said.
It was the first time the capital has seen street fighting, a hospital worker who identified herself as Karen told the BBC. She said her hospital has been treating casualties from the clashes. Explosions and gunfire could be heard as she spoke.”
BLOOMBERG: www.businessweek.com/news/2011-08-21/li... #Libya
#Rixos Reporters- get off yr as** – get out of that cushioned prison – & start talking 2 real people on the streets of #Tripoli NOW!
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Sky correspondent Alex Crawford reports Libyan rebels have taken town of Mayah as they continue advance on Tripoli bit.ly/mPsx3g
or:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
Abdul
#rebels from #Tripoli brigade just captured a female colonel called Aisha Abdussalam, with 3 volunteer solidiers in #Judaim east of #Zawiya
In #gergaresh #Tripoli #FFs r entering houses of the civil guard (paramilitary forced) & taking away their weapons. mercenaries were found
#Gaddafi F r not seen on streets & rooftops in many of #Tripoli neighborhoods, in #fashloum & #mansora #rebels formed checkpoints already
Sofyan Amry
Freedom Fighters in #Tripoli will sweep through every shibber shibber! Bayt Bayt! Dahr Dahr! Zenga Zenga!!! #Feb17
Reuters
Muammar Gaddafi congratulated his supporters for repelling an attack by rebel “rats” in the capital Tripoli, and accused Nicolas Sarkozy of trying to steal the country’s oil.
Tunesia
Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry has recognized the Libyan rebels’ National Transitional Council as the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people, the official Tunisian TAP news agency reported Saturday.
Aljazeera
A rebel radio station in Zintan has said that the “Tripoli Brigades” and “National Liberation Army” are on the outskirts of Tripoli. As far as we can confirm, however, rebel forces remain in Zawiyah, Zlitan, and Gharyan.
State TV has broadcast an audio message from Gaddafi. He called the opposition fighting him “traitors”.”I can’t understand how Libya is now in this state.”You need to Love Libya… how can you allow those people to play with Libya? Instead of being
happy we’re sad. ”People who were happy last Ramadan are sad this Ramadan.
Head of the Political affairs of the NTC, Fathi Baja said: ”There is certain information tells that forces loyal to Gaddafi withdrew and left their weapons behind in areas outside Tripoli. And I think everything is in order in Tripoli, rebels are approaching al-Sareem Street nearby Bab al-Azizia complex.”
State television showed Saif al-Islam addressing a youth conference. A roomful of supporters broke into occasional chants and applause as he declared the rebels would be defeated. ”The revolt in Libya will not succeed. You will never see us as Libyans surrender and raise the white flag.”
Gaddafi is probably not in Tripoli at the moment, Bashir Sewehli, a Libyan activist, tells us here in the studio.”He’s not that stupid,” Saif al-Islam gave a speech on state television overnight, and Sewehli said it’s unclear where he might be.
It is impossible to confirm whether people were wounded or killed in Tripoli overnight, but witnesses have been calling into our sister channel Al Jazeera Arabic reporting deaths at the hands of regime security forces. Some protesters have said that more than 100 people were killed in Souq al-Jomaa and Hadba.
Reuters
Libyan rebels control most of the Tajourah district in the east of the capital and have surrounded an airbase there, an opposition activist in Tripoli told a Reuters reporter outside of Libya.
Malta
As rebel fighters tighten the noose around the Libyan capital still controlled by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, Malta is bracing itself for a fresh round of evacuations by foreign nationals holed up in Tripoli.
NPR
Heavy gunfire and mortar rounds have been heard in Tripoli, as rebels inch closer to the Libyan capital from the western mountains. ”Tripoli is essentially being strangled,” says NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro.
UAE
The Libyan consulate reopens in UAE today with a new, rebel-appointed ambassador at the helm to seek support for the effort to remove Col Muammar Qaddafi.
Reuters
Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Muammar Gaddafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city’s outskirts
”The zero hour has started. The rebels in Tripoli have risen up,” said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice-chairman of the NTC, based in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
Fox News
Four strong explosions rocked Tripoli early Sunday amid reports that rebels had cut off crucial supply lines to the capital as clashes raged between forces loyal to Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi and fighters challenging his long rule
The blasts were heard shortly after 4:00am local time in the heart of the city as NATO warplanes flew overhead, an AFP journalist said. The targets were not immediately identifiable.
Aljazeera
We just spoke with Taher, a Tripoli resident on Sleem Street who has taken up arms against Gaddafi’s regime with other residents of his neighbourhood, which is near Bab al-Aziziya.
He and his neighbours went out last night and have blocked the roads in the area. They are armed with AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. This morning, security forces armed with heavy machine guns arrived to confront the men and took up positions on the roofs of nearby buildings.
Taher, a Tripoli resident who has taken up arms with his neighbours in support of the rebels, spoke with Al Jazeera from his courtyard on Sunday morning, as automatic gunfire echoed outside.
A resident of the Tajoura neighbourhood in Tripoli tells Al Jazeera that around 450 prisoners were freed from a military base after residents took control of the area and pushed out Gaddafi forces, who are currently shelling the neighborhood. The prisoners are in poor health, he said.
Jalloud
Libya’s defected former number two Abdessalam Jalloud has urged the tribe of strongman Moamer Kadhafi to disown the embattled “tyrant”, in a statement aired Sunday on Al-Jazeera news channel.
Aljazeera
Asmaa, an opposition activist in Tripoli, spoke with Al Jazeera this morning and describved rebel victories in the capital. She said many of Gaddafi’s forces had been injured
Rebels today have advanced from Zawiyah, the coastal city with a key oil reinfery, to al-Mayah, around 17 kilometers farther east down the road toward Tripoli. Advances look to be coming more quickly now that fighting has begun in Tripoli.
Sky News
British Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt said Sunday that the Libyan conflict was now at “an extraordinarily crucial point”, saying an uprising in Tripoli had “plainly started”.
“What is clear is that an uprising in Tripoli, which was always going to
happen when people felt that there was an opportunity being produced by the efforts outside Tripolito make it safe to rise against the Qadhafi regime, that has plainly started”–Alistair Burt
matthewwprice:
It’s pretty clear there is a huge battle going on right now in a part of #Tripoli Fighting intense #Libya #Gadaffi
BBC
Opposition military spokesman Col Ahmed Bani confirmed that opposition forces had fallen back in the eastern oil port of Brega.”Yesterday, the industrial zone was under our complete control, but the truth is that today the situation has changed due to heavy artillery shelling,” Col Bani said on Saturday.”We withdrew to the eastern part of the industrial zone.”
Sky News
Sky News’ special correspondent Alex Crawford, who is in Jaddaim less than 20 miles (30 kilometres) from the capital., said the rebel force consisted of several dozen foot soldiers and an armed convoy have taken the town. She said they had encounted “very little resistance” as they passed into the next village of Mayah and advance towards Tripoli. “This is a march on the capital, they are heading for the presidential palace,” she said.
Stone_SkyNews Mark Stone
It’s a strange job I do: sitting in a field in Dorset (S.England) watching Libyan Gov Spox live on iPhone. It’s quite a speech.
BBC
A small number of Britons who have remained in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, have decided to leave on a ship to Malta, the Foreign Office says.Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt
told the BBC: “We are aware of foreign nationals being there, including some British nationals who are leaving this morning… They’re being protected through our arrangement with the Hungarian embassy.”
Guardian
Guardian’s Luke Harding in AzZawiya talked to a Libyan-American who was working as a spotter for Nato strikes, who described the “very sophisticate co-ordination” now taking place. This outside help appears crucial to the rebel advance. Luke recounted asking another rebel why he believed his side would win, and getting the response–”I believe in God–and Nato.”
2011feb17
Independence flags are everywhere in Zawyat Aldihmani. #feb17 #Libya #Tripoli
UAE
The Libyan consulate in the United Arab Emirates reopens today with a new, opposition-appointed ambassador Dr Aref Ali Nayed. The new Libyan ambassador to the UAE, says the reopened consulate is to become a focal point for the Libyan community after being avoided for decades by expatriates fearing trouble from government officials.
AP
Opposition Fighters said a 600-strong rebel force that set out from Zawiya has reached the outskirts of the village of Jedaim and was coming under heavy fire from regime forces on the eastern side of the town. Murad Dabdoub, a fighter who returned to Zawiya from the front, told The Associated Press that Gadhafi’s forces were pounding rebel positions with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr is traveling with Libyan rebels to the west of Tripoli. She says that Libya’s opposition are in control of three Tripoli neighbourhoods: Fashloum, Zawiyat Dahmani, and Mansoura.
Mansoura is close to Bab Al Aziziya, the location of Muammar Gaddafi’s compound.
Reuters
Rebels fighting for control of the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 31 of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and captured 42, Al Jazeera television said on Sunday, citing its correspondent. Explosions and gunfire rang out in Tripoli through Saturday night as opponents of Gaddafi launched an uprising
AP
Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Moammar Gadhafi’s main stronghold of Tripoli on Sunday, a day after opposition fighters launched their first attack on the capital itself. Fighters said a 600-strong rebel force that set out from Zawiya has reached the outskirts of the village of Jedaim and was coming under heavy fire from regime forces on the eastern side of the town. Murad Dabdoub, a fighter who returned to Zawiya from the front, told The Associated Press that Gadhafi’s forces were pounding rebel positions with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire. The rebels’ arrival at Jedaim was also confirmed by Abdul-Bari Gilan, a doctor in Zawiya. He told the AP that he had treated a rebel who was wounded in the fighting at Jedaim.
Paqueta
Libya soccer coach Marco Paqueta said he was on the verge of quitting in the next few days as the continued participation of his side in the African Nations Cup qualifiers was in doubt. ”It is increasingly difficult to give continuity to my work with the Libya team,” the 53-year-old Brazilian tweeted at the weekend. “I think this time next week we will have a conclusion.”
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Front line in #Jdeaim eastern outskirts of #Zawiyah #Gaddafi forces using heavy weapons, #Libya
#Libya, Opposition forces reach #Almaya and are battling #Gaddafi forces at 27 bridge,
#Libya, #Gaddafi forces launched counteroffensive using mortars, #Grads artily … Some rebels pushed back
#Libya, Battles taking place along a highway as opposition pushes towards #Tripoli
dovenews Libyan™
#FF have arrested 50 Gaddafi forces in #Alnofaleen area. #Tripoli
Tripoli caller AljA: An old lady lost her leg, & her home was destroyed because of Gaddafi forces indiscriminate attack
Niz_FGM is safe and sound in #TRIPOLI #Libya doing his bit to finish off#Gaddafi I am happy for him as well as all free Libyans
Jaked
CONFIRM, Gaddafi r getting weapon from Al Sareem Street (Al Alam Sweets building
Libya 7orra
BREAKING CONFIRMED:- Alsreem st witnessing heavy clashes at this time, G forces shelling the Ben Nabi mosque
BREAKING CONFIRMED:- the #Libyana mobile phone network compound in ALSHAT BOULEVARD is totally under FF control
BREAKING CONFIRMED #SoogJumaa:- 3 truckloads of dead subsaharan african mercenaries in SoogJumaa overnight
BREAKING CONFIRMED: #SoogJumaa is totally free, all rds been sealed with concrete 30 FFs died in #Tripoli overnight
BREAKING:- #Fashloum is liberated, FFs r sealing off roads, independence flags have been riased on main street
Tweeting Tripoli
Sorry guys last night I had to flee because GF started indiscriminate and random shelling of houses using Mortars and Anti-Aircraft guns.
Soug Aljoma and Tajoura is becoming a second Misrata now. Brave FF fighting for their freedom and coward GF shelling from the distance.
Recorded the evil scary sounds of the shelling from my roof top, will try to send an Audioboo. Very scary. The idiot is shelling civilians.
I said this before and will say it again. Tripoli should not have linked the start of the revolt with a certain date, but rather when ready.
We are taking heavy casualties, and the FF from Misrata and Zawiya are not here yet. That was, IMO, a big mistake.
Linking Zero hour to 17th or 20th (historic event) could be a good moral boost, but when you have no Ammo or weapons, it could be deadly.
NATO Apaches are not yet here. I can still hear the Mortar shelling and no one to silence them. ( 10.30 hrs local)
All of a sudden it is quiet now. GF ran out of Ammo? Or did our brave FF got them? Have no idea yet.
We at home, slept only for 1 hour just to wake up again on the sounds of the shelling. It was all night long. Kids terrified.
I can not check my messages so tweeps who sent me a DM will try later and see if I am able to later. Probably bad/slow connection.
Have to log off. Will try to come back soon again. Thnx all 4 ur support. That’s what keeps us going.
Independence flags are everywhere in Zawyat Aldihmani.
(12.30 hrs local)
Zawyat Aldihmani is where the old main State-TV HQ is.
The situation is quiet now. Only occasional single gun fire, presumably snipers on roof tops of nearby buildings
In my neighborhood of about a 1000 homes, there used to be about 4 houses who raised Daffy’s Green flag on their roofs. Today I see none :)
#FF are not yet in my area but the people who used to display support for Gaddafi, removed his pictures and his flag. Nice. #feb17 #Tripoli
By this speed, if Zawiya FF reach Tripoli today, I suspect it’s liberation by tomorrow.
The good news is: there is absolutely no sign of civil war. It is just Tripoli against a couple 100s of well armed thugs
I would like to ask Daffy, where are his 8 million supporters he showed us on his TV in Zawyia, Zliten, Sorman and Tripoli? #daydreamer
I can now safely say that 99% of Tripoli hates Gaddafi’s guts
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Thuds of shelling, possibly tank fire or likely mortar fire,all night from east towards Tajoura.Stopped after sunrise
MoussaIbrahim press conference-Sounding desperate &acknowledging that the fight is now for Tripoli.We are taking the last stand #MermaidDawn
Shooting being heard in and around Fashloum and Noufleein districts.
People shouting Allahu Akbar in Ben Ashour. shooting can he heard.
Note – In the west, Maya is regimes last #Tripoli defence. After Maya is Janzour. Janzour IS Tripoli and is full of waiting FF.
Names of our martyrs in Gergarish being filtered through to us. Allah accept them as martyrs and our nations heroes
Confirm shelling of Shreem Street. Artillery units by Aalam Confectionery Shop
correction of typo – It is Sreem Street, not Shreem Street.
Hearing reports that fashloum and dahra katiba units are defecting en mass. I need to further verify this
there are still clashes in and around. There is nothing definitive and final at this stage. Fashloum is tiny and vulnerable.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi tanks are now entering streets in #Mansoura & shelling heavily. #Libya
#Cyprus OIL TANKER “BALTIC FRONT” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-22 16:00 (UTC).
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers are positioned on the roof of the #Nigeria embassy.
Libyano Tripoliano
BEN ASHOOR CONFIRMED: Independence flag now raised on Abdel Ghani mosque on Ben Ashoor high street. Takbeer from mosque. #Tripoli #Libya
#Fashloom/ #BenAshor: Confirmed Dead: #Gaddafi filth Hamadi Barka known for hiring snipers & mercs for regime
#Freedomfighters reach #Almaya and are battling #Gaddafi filth at 27 bridge
#Tripoli: #Zawiya #Freedomfighters 2km from Western Gate, @NATO expected shortly to clear gate of #Gaddafi filth so #FF may enter. #Libya
#Tripoli: #BenAshour: #Gaddafi tanks shelling civilians at this time. #Libya
#Freedomfighters have liberated the town of #Jaddaim. #Libya
#Tripoli: #BenAshour: #Gaddafi snipers on roof tops of high apartment buildings on #Jumhuriya Street.
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers at #AlManshiya/ #Addul St. on rooftops beside #AlAngudee Mosque
#Tripoli: WHERE THE HELL IS @NATO??? ZERO REPORTS OF THEM DOING ANYTHING TODAY!!!
Fighting reported at #Maja 10 km SW. of #Zliten.
Planning of #Tripoli fight: Fight started early. Started INSIDE Tripoli B4 #FF from outside arrived, was planned other way around.
Free Libya
Allahu Akbar. So proud, they rose up all by themselves. Reinforcements on the way from 3 sides
pdanahar Paul Danahar
#feb17 rebels #Misrata suggesting #Gaddafi troops may have pulled all way back to #Tripoli . Are at Al Khums but not much resistance #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI FF VICTORIES They now control Fashloum, Zawiyat Dahmani, and Mansoura close to Bab AlAziziya, Gaddafi’ compound ~libya
#FLASH 1 of the ships to evacuate civilians a #Maltese Ship had to ABORT evacuation due to fighting #Libya #Malta
Abdul
Supply of amunition was distributed to #FFs in #mansoora checkpoints in #Tripoli
misrati_free Feb17
the ship was shot at as well
FromJoanne Joanne
Today A group of #libyan Doctors based in #Spain are sending 25 AMBULANCES + MedicalAid this wk 2 #Libya 4 #Nafusa + further afield #Libya
#TRIPOLI Tajoura last report half hr ago Fierce fighting now and 100s of casualties last night
its bad in #Tajoura So many injured some died bc they have no FF yet from outside They have no weapons
seems FF werent quite ready 4 #Tripoli s uprising They r on way but snipers + rockets @W entrance is halting advance #Libya
#Tripoli DR llive call #Tajoura saw clashes lastnight they had small fieldhospitals Situation=rough we lost some we r doing our best #Libya
NTC Nato AUE and UN had to pin a date in the end or it would never have happened
#TRIPOLI TAJOURA residents FRRED abt 450 prisoners from military base they are in bad state They found a room 4×4 mtr with 40 ppl
SNIPERS on AlNour Eyeclinic Al-manshiya/ Addul St. beside AlAngudee Mosque and GF in Nigeria Embassy and GirlsHighschool #Libya
Libya TV
Revolutionaries say they control parts of Tripoli
Libyan revolutionaries said they had seized control of pockets of Tripoli after a night of fighting, while allied forces advanced on the capital today, predicting a final showdown with Muammar Gaddafi.
The Libyan leader dismissed the revolutionaries, fighting since February to topple him, as “rats” and said he would not yield.
In a coordinated revolt that revolutionary forces have been secretly planning for months to end Gaddafi’s 41-year rule, shooting started last night across Tripoli moments after Muslim clerics, using the louspeakers on mosque minarets, called people on to the streets.
The fighting inside Tripoli, combined with revolutionary advances to the outskirts of the city, appeared to
signal the decisive phase in a six month conflict that has become the bloodiest of the “Arab Spring” uprisings and embroiled NATO powers.
But Gaddafi’s fall is far from certain. His security forces did not buckle as some rebels had predicted. The uprising appeared to be isolated to a few neighbourhoods, and had not spread to the whole city.
If the Libyan dictator is forced from power, there are question marks over whether the opposition can restore stability in this oil exporting country. The freedom fighters’ own ranks have been wracked by
disputes and rivalry.
But at daybreak, more than 12 hours after the fighting first broke out, shooting could still be heard in the capital, though it was less heavy and sustained than during the night.
A Reuters reporter at a hotel in the city centre said she could hear bursts of machine gun fire about every few minutes, and occasional booms from heavy weapons.
“Our revolutionaries are controlling several neighbourhoods and others are coming in from outside the city to join their brothers at this time,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice-chairman of the revolutionary
National Transition Council, told Reuters in the eastern city of Benghazi.
TRIPOLI ENCIRCLED
Revolutionary advances outside Libya in the past week tipped the balance of the conflict against Gaddafi, and their ability to march into the city could now decide the outcome of the battle for Tripoli.
“Gaddafi’s chances for a safe exit are diminishing by the hour. The more he stays the narrower his base, and the easier it will be for him to be caught or killed,” Ashour Shamis, UK-based opposition editor and activist, said. “I think he’s not being told the whole picture. (His son) Saif al-Islam is the one
who is leading the fight for him.”
Gaddafi’s whereabouts have been kept secret.
Revolutionary forces were gathering south of Tripoli, where they told a Reuters reporter they were preparing to attack Al-Aziziyah, a town about 45 km (27 miles) from the city. Another rebel force was trying to advance from Zlitan, about 150 km to the east.
The closest rebel contingent was in Zawiyah, half an hour’s drive to the west of Tripoli. Doctors at a clinic on the oustkirts said rebels has pushed 10 km east towards Tripoli and were fighting for control of a town called Jaddaim.
“It was very bloody in Jaddaim today. There are many more casualties at other hospitals,” said a doctor at the clinic, where three dead rebels had been brought by mid-morning. The sound of artillery
fire could be heard coming from the direction of the front line.
In Tripoli itself, the two sides appeared to be jockeying for control of rooftop terraces where they could place firing positions, possibly in preparation for a new burst of fighting after nightfall.
A revolutionary activist in Tripoli said pro-Gaddafi forces had put snipers on the rooftops of buildings around Bab al-Aziziyah, Gaddafi’s compound, and on the top of a nearby water tower.
As he spoke, single gunshots could be heard in the background, at intervals of a few seconds.
“Gaddafi’s forces are getting reinforcements to comb the capital,” said the activist, who spoke to a Reuters reporter outside Libya.
“Residents are crying, seeking help. One resident was martyred, many were wounded,” he said. It was not immediately possible to verify his account independently.
State television flashed up a message on the screen urging residents not to allow freedom fighters to hide out on their rooftops.
“Agents and al Qaeda members are trying to destabilise and sabotage the city. You should prevent them from exploiting your houses and buildings, confront them and cooperate with counter-terrorism units,
to capture them,” it said.
“RATS ELIMINATED”
In an audio recording broadcast soon after midnight, Gaddafi sought to show residents
he was still in control.
“Those rats … were attacked by the masses tonight and we eliminated them,” Gaddafi said. “I know that there are air bombardments but the fireworks were louder than the sound of the bombs
thrown by the aircraft.”
A senior British official said Gaddafi did not grasp the pressure that he was under.
“It’s been clear that Gaddafi has not had a firm grip on reality — as we heard from his comments last night — and has not been interested personally in leaving or negotiating,” said Alastair Burt, a foreign office minister.
“But those around him have continued to defect.”
“That pressure indicates that those around Gaddafi know what’s going on. One can only hope that they’re getting messages through to him,” Burt told the BBC. -Reuters
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9421
Live blog:
Son of Mummar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam in a recorded speech aired on Libyan
satellite channels in an unknown location.
Today, Saif al-Islam vowed not to surrender and denounced on public television that
the revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the regime are outlaws. ‘It is
impossible that we would surrender. We are in our land, whether six months, a
year or even two, no problem; we will wait.”
AP
The Italian defense minister has confirmed media reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s former No. 2 official is in Italy after fleeing Tripoli. Minister Ignazio La Russa’s remarks to reporters in Sicily today, carried by the Italian news agency ANSA, was the first official confirmation that Abdel-Salam Jalloud had arrived in Italy. He didn’t say where Jalloud was staying.
Italian media have reported that Jalloud first fled to Tunisia, then to Italy yesterday. Italian officials initially declined to comment on Jalloud’s whereabouts.
AJA
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi gives speaks to AJA. says uprising in Tripoli is just 10 people.
AJA
Jalloud speaks to Al Jazeera Arabic. Calls Gaddafi a liar.
Reuters
Head of the Political affairs of the NTC, Fathi Baja, told Reuters:
“There is certain information tells that forces loyal to Gaddafi withdrew and left their weapons behind in areas outside Tripoli. And I think everything is in order in Tripoli, revolutionaries are approaching al-Sareem Street nearby Bab al-Azizia complex.
Gaddafi may be coerced to flee if he managed to co-ordinate it with some countries, but I hope to arrest him to be tried with his sons and his assistants in Libya.”
Libya tv
Autocrat Gaddafi gives an audio address on state tv. says Nato is collapsing. calls revolutionaries rats.
Reuters
Libyan revolutionaries continued to clash with Gaddafi government forces controlling Mitiga airbase in Tripoli, after fighting left an unknown number of dead in the suburb of Qadah and elsewhere, an opposition activist in Tripoli told the Reuters news agency.
AP
A vacationing President Barack Obama is being kept up to date by aides as reports come in of revolutionary troops advancing on Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
A senior administration official reports the president was briefed Saturday on Martha’s Vineyard, and is continuing to get regular updates. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
clancycnn Jim Clancy
Jalloud’s Magariha tribe is considered the most powerful, and a public shift in tribal loyalty could undercut Gadhafi’s grip in a heartbeat.
Libya 7orra
#mermaiddawn #tripoli #libya BREAKING CONFIRMED: Zawyet Aldahmani is LIBERATED, flag raised on Almahari shopping centre, ALLAHU AKBAR!
independence anthem blasting in full volume is #Fashloum & #BenAshour.. #Libya #MermaidDawn #tripoli
contrary 2 previous reports.. Mitiga airbase is not with FF it is currently surrounded by FF but remains with G
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Rumour that Fox news are already on a ship to Tripoli. #Journowackyraces
peterwalker99 peterwalker99
Audioboo: Guardian’s Luke Harding west of Tripoli boo.fm/b445887 #gaddafi #guardian #libya #lukeharding #tripoli
robcrilly Rob Crilly
looks like there’s a foreign warship steaming into Benghazi. Wonder why…
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Now on coastal road 8kms west of Zliten. Came under GF mortar and rocket fire further ahead.
Fighting reported at Maja 10 ks SW of Zliten. Negotiations with tribal leaders ongoing.
Zliten appears secured … road blocks security and ID chec ks. Spent three hours driving around town without incident.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
People are resorting to blocking their streets WITH THEIR OWN CARS just to prevent Gdfi’s patrols frm coming in SITUATION IS TERRIBLE
There are snipers on top of the high apartments overlooking Jumhuriya street in #BenAshour, huge clashes between locals & #Gaddafi brigades
hominoid
FFs arrest some Europeans, in Tripoli, mercenaries mostly snipers believed to be involved in al-Gaddafi, Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Belarus
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! Bystanders were targeted by Gaddafi snipers indiscriminately in #Alsaream St & reports of casualties
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
My relatives in #BenAshour called me crying. Neighbour collapsed & had to break fast. First time they see dead people dragged into homes
hominoid
The arrival of numbers of rebels from Misurata at Tripoli. via Zliten free
Interruption of transmission channel for the mass and the reason is not known via tawasul
Alex
MORE #TripoliPrisoners RESCUED! – ‘#Tajoura #Tripoli residents FREED about 450 prisoners from the local liberated military base – they are alive – but in a bad state – as they were incarcerated in appalling cramped conditions in 4 × 4 metre rooms – with 40 prisoners to a room’ #Libya per @FromJoanne
MAP OF TRIPOLI DISTRICTS: twitpic.com/51kljo/full
DEATH CAMPS MAP – THE @k_thos MAP SHOWS THE PRECISE LOCATION OF THESE 60000 protesters/non G supporters – twitpic.com/5hfsq9/full
FOR THE STORY FROM ONE WHO ESCAPED FROM THE #Gaddafi DEATH CAMPS GO TO: www.twitlonger.com/show/cfsqoh
TELL US SOMETHING NEW! – REGIME threatens “bloodbath” in #Tripoli – We know all about #Gaddafi “bloodbaths” – we had them wherever this evil REGIME occupied #Libya cities – in #Misrata – in #Brega – in #Nafusa – & we came very close to the mother of all Gaddafi bloodbaths – in #Benghazi.
We don’t expect anything different from this Regime in Tripoli – but that wont deter us – for a single second – from our quest for national freedom.
#FF are now based 2 kilometers from #Tripoli WESTERN GATE – Can move into city – as soon as @NATO deal with #Gaddafi heavy artillery at GATES – #FF REINFORCEMENTS are arriving now at this Tripoli front line from #Zawiyah – in preparation for the final push into the capital. #Libya #Zawiya
@NATO URGENTLY NEEDED IN #Tripoli NOW – to enable #FF brigades to move into the city & aid Tripoli #FF – JUST ONE LAST PUSH 4 VICTORY AND GUARANTEED PROTECTION OF #Libya civilians – from any future #Gaddafi atrocities.
“starved,bound, brutalized,inmates – cant fight back” – @NATO URGENTLY need to take out #Gaddafi heavy guns – at Western Gate of #Tripoli – so #Nafusa #Zawiya & #Tripoli #FF brigades – can enter city asap.
It is imperative that #Libya #FreedomFighters – get into the city NOW – to save the 60000 #TripoliPrisoners – who I fear will be the innocent victims of #MoussaIbrahim ’s threatened “bloodshed” – incarcerated, bound, starved, brutalized, inmates – cant fight back.
Some have been freed by local #FF – but most R still imprisoned
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
5 Boats carrying Freedom FIghters arrived into #Tripoli. Fierce battles in the West 27km from Tripoli as the Zawiyah front tries to move in
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Tripoli is like EID now. There are people in cars with flags and there are calls of allahu akbar from everywhere #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM #ZLITEN HAVE REACHED #TRIPOLI! via Al Jazeera
News from friend in #Tripoli: “Rebels reportedly now in Tripoli’s city center, not far from Bab-Aziziah compound (Qaddafi’s huge Palace)”
#FF retreat @ the #Tripoli Western Gate – was only 500 metres – tactical retreats r sound military strategies – 2 conserve man & arms power
BLOODBATH UPDATE Battle 4 #Tripoli indeed bloody but #Gaddafi soldiers & contract killers R taking the worse toll – Hospitals overflowing
AJA- AlKhitouni, main officer at #Maitiga air base, captured along with 8 others by FFs
Tripoli revolutionaries capture Mayteega airbase commander Al Khytooni & 8 of his company
Alex
Great news that #Misrata #FF are now in #Tripoli- they are the best ‘sniper snaggers’ in #Libya – #Gaddafi gave them 3 months daily practice
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Battles between govt forces and opposition fighters not far from bridge 27
One of my cousins kidnapped from #Miarata early on in the revolution was just rescued from prison by f fighters in Tajoura.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Fierce fighting going on right now at strategic 27km bridge west of tripoli Thousands FF trying 2 break through to enter tripoli from west!!
BREAKING: Breaking Libya News: FFs fully control Fashloum now
عاجل :عاجل ليبيا أخبار : الثوار سيطروا علي فشلوم الان
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Kadisia area is starting to rise.
#Zintan Military Council: #Tripoli Brigades & National Liberation Army are on the outskirts of #Tripoli
AFP
Kadhafi forces in retreat as rebels advance on Tripoli
Libyan rebels advanced quickly eastwards towards Tripoli on Sunday, seizing weapons and tanks in the town of Gadayem after bloody clashes with retreating forces
loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxG_pXiqgC8
Tripoli resident now on CNN. “Most of the political prisoners escaped”. He also said they (residents) have lots of guns
Tripoli,FFs sweep gate 27 in the capital, which is located before the area of Janzour.
Sky correspondent:
Libyan rebels engaged in gun battle in town of Assadah, south of Gharyan
News from friend in #Tripoli: “Rebels reportedly now in Tripoli’s city center, not far from Bab-Aziziah compound (Qaddafi’s huge Palace)”
THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM #ZLITEN HAVE REACHED #TRIPOLI! via Al Jazeera
“Germany dispatching elite commando unit #GSG9 to #Libya to protect diplomatic mission & diplomats”
Janzour LPC: FF’s in Janzour baricaded the area for 2 days now preventing any Gadafi militias stationed on coastal road entry to Janzour.
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF are in full control of #Ras #Ijdar #Tunisian – #Libyan border. #FF source
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI armed FF from #Misrata and #Zlitan just arrived by sea in 5 boats in #Tajoura #lLibya #AlJazeera
Reuters
Maltese ship heading for Tripoli under fire
A Maltese ship heading for Tripoli to pick up refugees came under fire and could not dock in the port, Polish foreign ministry officials were quoted as saying on Sunday by Polish state news agency PAP.
“The ship is waiting for a better moment to enter the port because during its first attempt it came under fire,” Paulina Kapuscinska, a spokeswoman from the ministry, told PAP.
The ministry was not immediately available to confirm the report.
Poland has evacuated most of its citizens from Libya and moved its ambassador from Tripoli to rebel-held Benghazi, but some 250 people from mixed Polish-Libyan families have stayed behind, the ministry official added.
One family had hoped to leave on the Maltese ship, the MV Triva 1.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/21/us-l...
Hayat Libya
#Zawiyah the #FFs had some serious problems with cleaning #Judayeim to get to #Tripoli it’s still not completely cleared however.
hominoid
Libyan oppositions control the city Zuwarah
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Confirmed 100’s FF from misrata bypassed coastal road and arrived in tripoli by sea! They give vital boost to local FF & needed ammunition!
AJA: opposition fighters free #Tarhouna, 60 km South of #Tripoli.
AJA: opposition fighters free Tarhouna, Bani Walid not far
Souffian Tripoli
Killings happening now in Bin Ashour NOW NOW
Emo
Breaking: Ashahed: Misrata freedom fighters are fighting along their peers in #Tripoli…Allahu Akbar
CONFIRMED: ALMAHDI ALAARBI IS ARRESTED BY Ffs
He’s a high ranking military commander from #Zawiyah. Mahdi Alarbi was responsible for the atrocities in #Zawiyah
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI FF liberated #ZWARA CAPTURED MahdielArabi #Zawiya Butcher FF surround KhweldiHamedi Home FF control RasJdir B Post Tunisia #Libya
Via Shabab
Libya rebels say they entered Tripoli by sea from Misrata
Benghazi. Libya rebels on Sunday infiltrated the capital Tripoli by sea in a covert operation launched from their western enclave of Misrata, a rebel spokesman said, AFP reports.
An advance party “from Misrata reached Tripoli this dawn by sea and joined Tripoli rebels. They are now fighting alongside them,” spokesman Abdullah Melitan told AFP in Misrata, 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Tripoli.
Source:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-rebels-say-t...
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking FF passed vital 27th km bridge and advancing fast on Janzur 18km west tripoli Tonight will b big 1 in tripoli expect big surprises!
Emo
FFs passed 27th brigade. Some critics questioned the timing of the uprising in #Tripoli. I’m not one. It was amazing perfect timing.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi TV keeps cutting off
Free Libya Now
Tripoli revolutionaries capture Gadafi Africa special envoy in #Tripoli #Libya
Isolated snipers reported in Tripoli neighborhoods of Jumuhuriya street, extensions of Sareem Street.
Tripoli FF’s capture 50 Gadafi militia memebrs 4of them African mercenaries in NAwfaleen area.
#NATO planes bomb a center in Aziziya area 55 km south of Tripoli, said to belong to
Gadafi used as residence
A Warshafana clan mebers named Awlad Al Mabrook are firing rockets on advancing revolutionaries from Zawiya/JoodDaim.
Feb17 Revolutionaries gave Gadafi loyals till 4 pm Tripoli time to either surrender or stay at home & drop weapons or else count as enemy.
Misurata/Zlitin Revolutionaries & FF’s arriving via sea clash with Gadafi Militias in Tripoli.
Janzour LPC: FF’s in Janzour baricaded the area for 2 days now preventing any Gadafi militias stationed on coastal road entry to Janzour.
Tripoli Captives arriving home safe after being released by revolting FF’s in Tripoli on the 20th of August.
Al Khwayldi Al Hamydi Gadafi second in Command is surrounded in his home at Hay Andalus area. His guards negotiating his surrender. #Libya
t.co/F8hlVcb Video showing captured Gadafi female colonel originally from Muritania by Tripoli FF’s around Jooddaim
or:
yfrog.com/61gzwz
Al Mahdi Al Arbi a Gadafi Thug & commander of a battalion has been captured by FF’s in Zawiya
From Tareeg Al Sikah all the way to Al Sabaa areas through Furnaj, Tripoli University, Indepeandance flag fly over all buildings
Tricolor is flying over Tripoli University, Tareeg Al Sikah where Prime Minister Office is
all the way to Souq Al Jumuah.
#Gadafi & his sons are surrounded, their crownies are fallling one at the time into Tripoli FF’s hands like flies.
Ras Ijdair border crossing with Tunis is offcially in #TNC hands, flying Libya independance flag.
Janzour LPC: FF"s arriving from Zawiya, Gadafi militia flees posts near handicap hospital.
Free Libya Now
Misurata/Zlitin Revolutionaries & FF’s arriving via sea clash with Gadafi Militias in Tripoli.
Wow, straight into the battle, any idea how many arrived from Misrata?
Large numbers arrived from Misurata.
I just heard 200 in the first batch.
3 fishing boats.
Free Libya Now
Tarhouna is officially in Free Libyans hands after defeating the Taritors who killed & maimed Libyans for the sake of Great Satan Gadafi&Co.
LibyaMedicalR Libya Medical Relief
I posted 5 photos on Facebook in the album “Medical supplies are going to be sent to Zawia/ Tripoli” fb.me/1c5BP5N9s
Free Libya Now
Khawildi is surrounded by Tripoli FF’s in hay Andalus area, his guards negotiating his surrender. #Libya
FF in Tripoli attack Gadafi intel center in Fashloum area and release many prisoners. Via #AJA
Tripoli FF’s in Janzour capture large number of Gadafi Militias, among them high ranking officer
Libyan National Army along FF’s are advancing from three fronts as part of coordinated plan to liberate Tripoli from #GadafyEnemyOfHumanity.
FRANCE24 Reporter confirms the advance of Tripoli FF’s towards Janzour. #Libya
FRANCE24 Fathu Bin Shatwan speaking on France 24 channel used to work for Gadafi as an Oil Minister, teach at Garyones University.
opening bat
FF SEIZE BARRACKS AT EDGE OFF CITY !!!!!!
Free Libya Now
#Tripoli FF’s take control of Mohammad Muamar Gadafi home & raise the independance flag on top of it. #Libya
#GadafiTvMonitor: Gadafi TV seems to suffer signal issues. Signal in the last 2 hours have been spotty. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#CONFIRMED @NATO SNIPERS + GF R inside #Nigerian Embassy on map: Top alNour clinic just on its left Lat: 32°53’2.53"N ; Long: 13°10’15.58"E
The GF have taken over the Nigeria embassy They are inside shelling ppl and houses
Snipers R on TOP of alNour clinic + Inside #Nigeria Embass Lat: 32°53’2.53"N ; Long: 13°10’15.58"E +inside GirlsSchool ~libya
#TRIPOLI Staff in City Hospitals say that there many GF injured and dead FF r battling all around city making progress all the time
#TRIPOLI @NATO forces bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in central Tripoli on Sunday, Al Jazeera television
#Tripoli while waiting 4 FF 2 arrive #NATO has been Hitting many GF targets around Tripoli in last 24 hrs to help Citizens Rise Up
Exclusive: #Gaddafi Minister of Trade officially resigned today the letter he wrote to PM: #Libya #Tripoli t.co/PQlHW1F
or:
twitpic.com/69idvl
#TRIPOLI armed FF from #Misrata and #Zlitan just arrived by sea in 5 boats in #Tajoura
#TRIPOLI Time for a Journos REVOLT in RIXOS Hotel A battle is raging right underneath yr noses Tell G minders to go 2 hell and getout #Libya
#Tripoli As areas r being liberated Residents setup makeshift roadblocks and take turns in resting/sleeping GF fleeing left and right
#TRIPOLI FF liberated #ZWARA CAPTURED MahdielArabi #Zawiya Butcher FF surround KhweldiHamedi Home FF control RasJdir B Post Tunisia #Libya
BBCDanielS Daniel Sandford
I was at Ras Jdir crossing between Tunisia and #Libya 2 hours ago. At that point it was controlled by Gadaffi loyalists still
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITAN The good thing is that the town is surprisingly not much damaged most residents hv left or were hiding indoors
Pro Gaddafi people and their passwords on facebook:
yfrog.com/z/gyvlsmzjj
Happening #NOW : #TRIPOLI #NATO HELP GF heavily bombarding #BenAshour area from #Trik ElSeka Un armed Residents frantic and Terrified #Libya
The Weekly standard
Ann Marlowe:
Democracy in Libya
What was supposed to be a short police action by NATO has turned into a protracted conflict, but the Libyan people may be the long-term beneficiaries of the unexpectedly long war here. In the Western Mountains, hit hard by the conflict, Abdul al-Razaq, an oilfield technician from Sabratha before the war, explained from his brigade headquarters in Zintan: “In Tunisia and Egypt the revolutions were from the top. They changed their president. In Libya, our revolution has started from the bottom.” The need—and time—to rethink institutions from the bottom has given democracy the space to trickle upward in Libya.
Read more:
www.weeklystandard.com/articles/democra...
FromJoanne Joanne
The western gate into T#ripoli IS defended by GF it has snipers and they are shelling FF trying to push through coming from Gate27
#TRIPOL FF Control #Tajoura Souq #alJumaa #Arada #alSabaa Fierce Fighting in Ben #Ashhour #Fashloum +near center: Zawiyat al-Dahmani #Libya
#NATO is attacking Metiga Airbase in East #Tripoli right now, via @AJArabic
Free Libya
#Tripoli: Confirmed: Hala Sakal & Hamza Touhami open fire on crowds from State TV building. BURN STATE TV TO THE GROUND NOW! #Libya @NATO”
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
32° 52’45.89"N 13° 10’25.57"E-Coordinates to Alalam Confectionery store area from which regime is shelling Sreem Street @NATO #MermaidDawn
Regime firing on the residential apartment blocks in Zaweeyat Al Dahmani area from the State TV studios nearby. Using 14.5mm rounds #Tripoli
Independence Flag now flying in Dahra
Calls of Allahu Akbar from Amuura Mosque, Ben Ashour
Kadisia area is starting to rise.
Tripoli is like EID now. There are people in cars with flags and there are calls of allahu akbar from everywhere
However other areas are under severe lockdown and people cannot leave the house. Its not yet over.
This is JUST someones opinion and NOT fact – Ben ashour resident says to me “I think its finishing. Its all over”
Independence Flag Flying over Fashloum now
Women in Alqadisia ululating from windows with joy, takbeer heard throughout the streets.
AJA just reported #Nato attacks in Azizia. Gaddafi complex there?
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
People in outlying areas report long columns of FF vehicles rushing towards Tripoli from all points.
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers on roof of the Burns Hospital on Zawiya Street.
Brigadier-General Mahdi Al Arabi, #Gaddafi chief of security in #Zawiya, captured by #Freedomfighters
Feb 17
#Tripoli: #GADDAFI FORCES: YOU HAVE TILL 4PM TO LAY DOWN YOUR WEAPONS OR YOU WILL BE COUNTED AS ENEMY AND KILLED.
KC_Tripolitania
Tripoli: “30 civilians killed in Shreem Street by snipers.” #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO has struck what remained of #Gaddafi filthat #Mitiga Air Force Base
#Tripoli: Libyana mobile network company in the hands of #Freedomfighters
#TRIPOLI: BURN #LIBYA STATE TV BUILDING TO THE GROUND NOW! LET NO ONE LEAVE THE BUILDING! #Feb17
An advance party "from Misrata reached Tripoli this dawn by sea and joined Tripoli rebels. Military spokesman Abdullah Melitan told AFP
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Janzour: #Misrata #Freedomfighters have started arriving w/ needed weapons & ammo supplies. Reports 300 #FF arrived so far. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers on top of #Algalaa Maternity Hospital maps.google.com/maps?q=algalaa… #Libya #Feb17
#SierraLeone CARGO SHIP “DELPHINA” now departing port #Tripoli #Libya running away to #Gabes #Tunisia.
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” now running away from port #Tripoli #Libya. Rats jumping a sinking ship.
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “KURUOGLU 3” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET.
#Moldova FERRY “FEHIM BEY” has departed #Misrata #Libya en route back to #Benghazi. ETA: 2011-08-22 11:00 (UTC) #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 34.33547˚/26.26162˚running weapons shipment for #Gaddafi from #Iskederun to #Sfax #Tunisia.
#Tripoli: Confirmed: #Freedomfighters have taken control of #Gaddafi’s house in #Araada.
#Tripoli: #BenAshoor: #Freedomfighters freed 40 prisoners & took a number of weapons from a building on Ben Ashoor road
#Tripoli: #Freedomfighters have seized the military barracks at the Western Gate.
#TUNISIA signed the Rome Accords early this year. Obligated to arrest ALL #Gaddafi members w/ ICC criminal charges in country. #
Unconfirmed: #Gaddafi is hiding in the #Venezuela embassy in #Tripoli PLZ CALL him on +218-21-360-0407 +218-21-360-0409 #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
AIRSTRIKE REQUESTED ON #VENEZUELA EMBASSY IN #TRIPOLI. BELIEVED CURRENT LOCATION OF #GADDAFI.
Marcosvel
rebels should take vzla embassy in custody an secure the documents there, vzla its dangerous for libian freedom, im from vzla
LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi TV says it’s broadcasting live from #Sirte, not #Tripoli. Is this the End? Hope so.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Freedomfighters have taken #Gaddafi’s “27 Base” and seized a large store of weapons
#Libya #Freedomfighters make formal request for #NATO to deploy Apache helicopters to assist fighters in assault on #Tripoli
#Tripoli: FINALLY #NATO jets over city now
malik
Ammuntion replenishments 4 the starved have arrived- check 4 the “Friday Store” after sunset
AJE: Evacuation boat shot at and denied access to #Tripoli; unable to help fleeing foreign nationals.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore OIL TANKER “WARWICK” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-22 23:00 (UTC). #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” 35.89704˚/14.94537˚ now departing #Malta for dest. #Tartous #Syria. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli call: in Ben-ashoor building called 3imara Bin Hassan has snipers, we need Apache helicopters to shoot them"
MUST READ:
Times Union
Libyan rebels capture major base defending capital
AP
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels captured a major military base that defends Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold of Tripoli as clashes and protests raged in the streets of the capital on Sunday.
As Associated Press reporter with the rebels rapidly advancing toward Tripoli saw them take over the base of the Khamis Brigade, 16 miles west of the capital. After a brief gunbattle, Gadhafi’s forces fled.
Gadhafi’s 27-year-old son Khamis commands the 32nd Brigade, also known simply as the Khamis Brigade, one of the best trained and equipped units in the Libyan military.
Inside the base, hundreds of rebels cheered wildly and danced, raising the rebel flag on the front gate of a large, gray wall enclosing the compound. They seized large
stores of weapons from the base, driving away with truckloads of whatever arms they could get their hands on. One of the rebels carried off a tube of grenades, while another carted off two mortars.
Read more:
www.timesunion.com/news/article/Libyan-...
Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli FF want Bab Al Azaziyah Walls Down
SMILE:
weddady
When Gaddafi get’s to the gates of hell, the angel asks him: “Facebook as well?” Gaddafi says: “no, Aljazeera” #Libya
Ahmed
#Tripoli: getting news that Bab Alzyzia has 2 tanks, 2 Trucks mounted with 14.5mm antiaircraft guns & a couple of armed men..#Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Libya State TV asking citizens to use their roofs to snipe #Freedomfighters. BURN STATE TV BUILDING TO THE GROUND.
#Tripoli: Confirmed: #Freedomfighters have captured the Khamis Brigade headquarters.
#Tripoli: The 27km bridge E. of city currently very active with #Freedomfighters
#Tripoli: Freedom Flag raised over deserted #Hungary Embassy.
#Gwaleesh: #Freedomfighters have begun their attack against #Gaddafi filth
#Tripoli: Hundreds of #Freedomfighter cars stream into Khamis base in #Maia, taking weapons and celebrating
#Tripoli: #SouqAlThalat: Reports of large numbers of #Gaddafi filth.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
So many brave stories I am hearing from our youth in #Tripoli on to defend their positions to liberate the city. I am so proud of them
Tractors were used to bring sand to block roads in Souk Al Juma last night, so all roads are blocked
I am constatnly talking to family in Souk Al Juma, they say things are in their hands
Brian_Whit Brian Whitaker
We’ll know it’s over when Moussa Ibrahim disappears.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi TV is running normal programmes as if nothing is happening while youth in #Tripoli are revolting against 41 yrs of tyranny. #Libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi forces losing in every sense as the youth of #Tripoli came out in masses to liberate the city.
By the way, the youth of #Tripoli came out last night unarmed to liberate the city. #Libya
Zawara is liberated according to @AlArabiya_Brk
Tweeting Tripoli
The shelling have started once again. It is heavy now
Gaddafi shelling Tripoli 4:30AM this morning, also can hear sniper gun fire:
Shelling is on again, so I am off to a safer place.
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – Reports that #Tripoli FF have released thousands from alJdayda Prison.
AJE – Fighting going on 10KM outside #Zliten. Negotiations going on, trying to get surrender.
A Free Libyan
Werfalli – “When #Tajoura FF released prisoners, there were 20 women amongst them. They were from the freed cities.” #Libya #Feb17 #Tripoli
#3words #LIBYA IS FREE. #3words #GADDAFI WILL LOSE.
Tawasul News Agency – FF attempting to take State TV. Pray for their success.
Sky News – BREAKING – CONFIRMED – 200 FF from #Misrata reached #Tripoli via sea. Just had to give more confirmation to it!
Crawford – No sign at all of NATO activity in the western entrance or around the areas we’ve covered.
Crawford – The aim is push push push and get as far as possible, preferably into #Tripoli
lourdesgnavarro Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Just came back from main khames base in Maia. Nato bombed it, the rebels have taken it and are now taking weapons. #libya #tripoli
#nato bombing was key to taking Khames base in Maia. Rebels are streaming to front, they are now only miles away from Tripoli.
rebels say #gadhafi forces ran away from Maia, main defensive line #tripoli now broken #libya. But the fight for the capital will be tough
LPC #BenAshour BenAmoura Mosque is saying Takber Libya flag waving on top of Absulsalam Hamuda House and there is no Tanks there at all
Unconfirmed – Reports that #BenAshour, Tripoli, is now free of Gaddafi forces.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Most Govt Officials evacuate Rixos Hotel
The Dictator
BREAKING: Nafousa f fighters have reached Janzour.
Wefaq #Libya: f fighters of #Misrata on the outskirts of #Khoms, last stop on their road to Tripoli.
Hay Alandalous relatively quiet, clashes in Almokhtar Street.
AJA: Thousands of political prisoners rescued by f fighters from Jdaida prison in Tripoli
Death toll in Gorji, Tripoli, at 13.
Reports that f fighters have seized Aisha Gaddafi’s house near Assagaa Mosque
Free Libya
My cousin put the freedom flag on Al Mukknne mosque in benashoor Tripoli Allahu akbar
LIBYA TRIPOLI
My brother just called from Souk Al Ajuma who said most of #Tripoli is free of #Gaddafi forces
My freed retalives joined the freedom fighters after meeting their parents.
ALEX CRAWFORD IS LIVE AT THE 27KM GATE – AT THE KHAMEES BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS. TRIPOLI’S WEST DEFENSE HAS FALLEN t.co/R3FByVO
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=314678&i...
BREAKING – AlManara – Zawiat alDahmani and alNoofliyeen is under FF control.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya DawnMermaid FF r negotiating the surrender of last G brigade holding Mitiga airbase in tripoli expect FF to take it today!!
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Calls of Takbeer from Abuhajar Mosque, Noufleein. Security from Aisha Gaddafi’s
compound still not surrendering.
Explosions in Ben ashour, not NATO. Heavy exchange of gunfire. Black smoke rising.
Aisha Gaddafi compound has been breached. Reports of at least two security killed & two martyrs. Takbeer is deafening.
Fughi compound surrounded in Ben ashour near Aldhul street, Fierce resistence from within
Free Libya Now
Reports that one of Gadafi sons is hiding at a House belongs to son of Ibraheem Al Ghwaeel near French School in Hay al Andalus.
Danya
A VERY BIG THANK YOU &reminder that we do APPERICATE the support all the non-Libyans are giving us over the past 6 months amazing
Free Libya Now
Saad Masoud a Gadafi thug is surrounded inside Mayteega airbase in Tajoura #Libya
Reports are coming from #Brega that Gadafi Militias have withdrawn from Industrial section of oil hub.
For the last 2 hours there is difficulty connecting to Libyana & Madar phones in #Tripoli
Reports of Gadafi being at the Venezuella Embassy in #Tripoli @chavezcandanga is that true Chavez?
Khamees base in al Maya area is under the control of Tripoli FF’s, weapons recovered by FF’s. Location was bombed by NATO earlier this week.
East of Tripoli all the way to Dahra area is under the control of FF’s, aided by Misurata fighters landed by sea last night & this morning.
Tripoli International Airport has Independance flag raised
Hadba Khadra FF’s have cut 3rd ring road indefinately, fighting ensued with Gadafi Militias near Rixos hotel few meters from Khadra Hospital
Kucinich, US Congressman calls for an end to fighting in Libya.
Gadafi government officials have officially left Rixos hotel.
Sirte is witnessing the largest evacuation of civilians ever. Cars heading south fill the roads.
k_thos k kim
Google Map #Tripoli with 27 Base (Al Maya) noted w links to reports on the ground. goo.gl/iGdkC #libya #feb17
Free Libya Now
Liberating Tripoli is a matter of hours, all indications say that Gadafi thugs will not stand for long, population is determined supports FF
Gadafi regime elements are looking to rescue themselves, most left to hide
Gadafi is speaking on TV right now as we speak, very frantic.
Gadafi says he is afraid Tripoli will burn.
Gadafi said he will fight till the last blood & he fears Tripoli will be filled with blood. destroyed. Very brief speech
Gadafi says he will not relinquish power will eventually win. Reminder of Hitler. He is preparing his end. watch that.
#Gadafi say he will go down with people to fight on the streets with the millions
FF’s coming from out of Tripoli are advancing towards the city, said to be 12 Km away from the city convoys are west & south of #Tripoli
Gadafi indirectly threats to Burn Tripoli
He is up to no good. Yesterday & today speach says alot about him using unconventional weapon type, threatens to burn #Tripoli.
#Tripoli FF’s Joned with incoming FF’s from Zawiya have entered Janzour already & securing thier path towards Tripoli downtown LPC. #Libya
Abdallah Sanoussi & his sons have fled to south Libya an area called Shwatref. While Hawaeej finance minister fo Gadafi to Nafousa Mountains
On the ground reports say FF’s have arrived to Janzour & already spreading inside Tripoli. ghot Al Shaal Area & Gargaresh.
TV is near Sareem street thats why there so many casuality there. #Libya
Shamam on Libya Free TV, Gaddafi may have spoken near the Libyan/Algerian border, we will verify later
Shamam: I can verify that the Libyana mobile phone company is under the FF control.
Shamam: Verifies Zawia street in #Tripoli is liberated including the Istikbarat building. Also verified that Tripoli Airport is Liberated.
Shamam, I can verify that VERY high ranking Gaddafi officers have defected, we will declare their names at a later time
Rubicon
Though the price was high…best possible solution, for Tripoli FF to free as much as they can first, so no one can question their right!
But THEY ARE NEARLY THERE..FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM MOUNTAIN, NEARLY THERE…ALLAH AKBUR ALLAH AKBUR WA LILLAH EL7AMD #TRIPOLI #MermaidDawn
On the very fringes…on the very fringes of #TRIPOLI its coming to a close…finally coming to a close #Libya #MermaidDawn #TRIPOLI
Libyano Tripoliano
Call to BenAshoor: Youth of Ben Ashoor and Fashloom joining together and have found plenty of weapons. MANY YOUTHS ARMED #TRIPOLI #Libya
Free Libya Now
Abdullah Senussi is on Air: Sarkozy when came to libya he was trying to get me free of the accusations of downing UTA plane.
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Takbeer in Ain Zara #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
Gaddafi portrait opposite to Aisha Gaddafi’s compound in Noufleen has been removed, replaced with independence Flag #Tripoli
Free Libya
all FF head for #Rixos take out #Abdullah #sennousi and co. #tripoli #libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Apparently Abdalluh Sansousi was at Rixos this afternoon and spoke to journos. So he’s still alive.
Jon Williams
Diplomats turn up at journo hotel in Tripoli. A few of embassies remaining in #Libya had contingency plans to move to Rixos if regime fell..
Anaya
Journalists had white sheets on which is written “TV” to indicate their presence at the #Rixos and avoid being targeted #Tripoli LeMonde
Tweeting Tripoli
Here is the Rixos (Hotel California) in relation to where FF are engaged with Gaddafi’s thugs: img853.imageshack.us/img853/8369/ri…
mchancecnn:
Controlled panic in the #Rixos. All journos wearing body armor moving into what will hopefully will be safe room.
Hélène Brunel
#Rixos : G men fired eastside in front of the hotel ; reporters hung white sheets written “Press” not 2 b targeted bit.ly/oP1RNE
Timeline today:
Le Monde
Libye : suivez la bataille de Tripoli en direct
L’ancien bras droit de Mouammar Kadhafi, Abdel Salam Djalloud, désormais rallié à la rébellion, estime que le “guide” libyen serait renversé dans les dix jours qui viennent. S’exprimant à la Rai, Djalloud a déclaré que le régime tomberait “cette semaine, au plus dans les dix prochains jours, peut-être même moins”.
Les combats qui ont éclaté dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche à Tripoli ont fait 376 morts et un millier de blessés, selon un membre de l’administration de Mouammar Kadhafi ayant requis l’anonymat.
Précision : il ne s’agit pas de la “brigade Khamis” mais de la bridage de Khamis Kadhafi, l’un des fils du dictateur
Les rebelles de l’Ouest sont entrés dans Tripoli, rapporte l’Agence France presse.
Plus de détails du journaliste de l’AFP qui se trouve à l’hôtel Rixos : "Les membres de la direction de l’hôtel ainsi que son chef, de nationalité suisse, ont quitté l’établissement. Ce dernier a affirmé que les employés avaient reçu des appels téléphoniques de personnes menaçant de prendre d’assaut l’hôtel parce qu’il y héberge des officiels.
Quelques représentants du régime se trouvent à l’hôtel et d’autres ne sont pas joignables. Des gardes armés et des employés, en nombre réduit, s’y trouvent toujours. Les journalistes ont reçu des laissez-passer de l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) en vue d’une éventuelle évacuation par mer. Une équipe de l’OIM présente à l’hôtel a demandé une liste des journalistes présents. Plusieurs routes principales de la capitale sont fermées par les rebelles selon des témoins et personne n’ose s’aventurer dans la rue pour le moment."
Selon Reuters, dans leur progression vers Tripoli, les rebelles se sont emparés d’une caserne de la brigade Khamis, réputée être la mieux entraînée du pays.
Traduction :“Tous les journalistes portent des gilets pare-balles, se déplacent vers ce qui devrait être une pièce sûre”
De violents affrontements à l’arme légère ont lieu près de l’hôtel abritant la presse dans le centre de Tripoli, selon un journaliste de l’AFP sur place. Des hommes fidèles au colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, armés de kalachnikov, sont postés devant l’hôtel Rixos et tirent en direction de l’est, probablement vers des rebelles. Les journalistes ont sorti des draps blancs sur lesquels est écrit “TV” pour indiquer leur présence à l’hôtel et éviter d’être pris pour cible.
Martine Aubry, a affirmé dimanche voir “avec plaisir les rebelles entrer dans Tripoli”. “C’est avec plaisir que nous voyons les rebelles entrer dans Tripoli, la capitale où ils auraient pu entrer plus tôt, si la communauté internnationale s’était mobilisée plus tôt comme je l’avais demandé”, a-t-elle déclaré lors de l’émission BFMTV-2012-Le Point-RMC sur BFMTV.
La télévision de la rébellion libyenne assure que le drapeau rebelle a été planté sur l’aéroport international cet après-midi
Rixos -The hotel manager said he’s recd calls from angry rebels threatening to charge the hotel to capture gvt’s spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim
AFP: Fierce clashes outside Rixos Hotel, Tripoli right now
LibyanStateTV:
We are asking our Journalist friends at the Rixos to please stay in the locked room in the basement until the disturbances end. #libya
Heavy clashes near Rixos hotel after departure of Abdullah Senussi from hotel. AFP
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Govt sources: 65000 Gadhafi troops ready to defend Tripoli #CNN #Libya #Tripoli
Officials in Tripoli: Warning of a massacre unless fighting stops.
Govt officials: We are already hearing reports of many casualties from the fighting so far. More later
Govt officials: Eastern suburbs of capital are out government control and in rebel hands
Most Govt Officials evacuate Rixos Hotel
Govt officials: 376 people dead in Tripoli clashes
Govt source tells CNN he did not want to give figure earlier because it made it look like the govt was losing control.
No we do not feel safe. Heavy gunfire outside the hotel. fingers crossed
Controlled panic in the #Rixos. All journos wearing body armor moving into what will hopefully will be safe room #CNN #Libya
Armed loyalists raise green Gadhafi flag in #Rixos Hotel Lobby
Int’l Journos grouping together frantically trying to work out safest options as heavy gunfire crackles outside
Palm Maple
I watched Fox News journalist.talking 2 SkyNews saying that he talked 2 him in person @ Rixos & asked him if Gd’fi in Tripoli
Nahla
We need more media backup in #Tripoli. About 20 journalists left Rixos.
Sarah
Rixos Revolution. Buckle Up. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
JeffreyKofman:
Just spoke with a journalist at the Rixos. About 20 left. Hotel staff and minders have abandoned them. Constant gunfire. Very worrisome.
Tweeting Tripoli
Hadba (Batata area) is up and on full swing. I was just speaking to a relative there. But says Daffy’s tanks are on the streets.
Batata area is very close to #Rixos, by the way. Hold on Journos, FF will liberate you so that you can do proper reporting from #Tripoli.
Guys who know #Tripoli please tweet co-ords. for Batata farm in Hadba, my net is very slow and can’t open GE. There is a tank hiding there.
A friend just been to Soug Aljoma and back. He said no sight of Gaddafi’s thugs on the way. He met with relatives and seen our Flags up.
Mohamed
Received news from #Tripoli that my mother’s cousin was shot and killed on his balcony in #Tajoura. He was 21 years old.
1000s of prisoners have been released today and some already joined the freedom fighters to free the city. #Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Fixer tells me Libyan radio is broadcasting appeals to rebels to back down. Sounds pretty desperate stuff
libyanandproud
this is Surreal i got a call from inside #Gaddafi’s house !!! LMAAAAO
FF have entered the #Gaddafi residence in Aldull Street, captured 2 Mortars , 6 mercs killed. #Feb17 #Libya #Tripol call from TRIPOLI !
Free Libya
I can’t debunk any rumours, but my family in BenAshoor is partying like it’s 1951
A former Maya prisoner freed by FF in #Tripoli
ALARABIYA: Mohamed Hwayj #Gaddafi Finance minister escaped to #Nafusa
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Libyan govt official says fighting in Tripoli last night killed 376 and injured 1,000 on both sides
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, More opposition fighters being sent to the front line as they push closer to #Tripoli,
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
AFP: NATO says the Gaddafi regime is “crumbling” before our eyes
LPC #Tripoli Breaking: residents of Ghot El Shaal West say that they can see advancing opposition fighters now.
Alex Crawford- We are 1 KM away from Tripoli and we’ve met NO resistance so far
libyanandproud
HAY DIMASHQ IS BEING MASSACRED ! That is right across from the #Rixos ! Thats why media thinks FF attacking hotel !
AJA: Am watching revolutionaries walk into Tripoli suburbs, chanting, happy and apparently unopposed #
Hayat
Guys with family and friends in #Sabha #Hun and #Waddan GET CALLING the phone are back online! Thank God! #
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! Gaddafi forces attack #Zwara from the western area
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
FFS FROM MOUNTAINS HAVE ENTERED TRIPOLI,,, ALLAH AKBAR
Gaddafi government can’t send SMS to Libyans no more
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF have entered #Ashia #Gaddafi’s house, took good amount of weapons & 4×4 cars. Confirmed
BREAKING : Freedom #Libya Army has entered #TRIPOLI from a third and fourth entrance
BREAKING!
Abu Saleem prison guards are freeing the detained ff’s
hominoid
Now it is time !!!!!!! coming up FREE LIBYA
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #GMATA IS FREE. G Troops ran away! They are en route to #AlKhums. The eastern front is also on the move!! Sandwich?
BREAKING – #GMATA IS FREE. The coastal highway up to #AlKhums is FREE. LIONS
Aseel Tajouri on AJA : Morale is high in spite of shelling and shooting which is continuing
AJA LPC from Maytiga base: Caller said the revolutionaries are conducting themselves in the highest moral standards unlike Gaddafi’s men
hominoid
Former Minister Accuses Seif al-Islam of Mismanagement of Libyan Funds
Libya In Me
AJA Correspondent: Most areas in Tripoli are now free… Gaddafi’s men retreating to Bab Al-Azaiziyah
Triplino
Call from #TripoliPrisoners was in #jadida prison to confirm that they have escaped and he called from home #Tripoli
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Just been on Aljazeera International english they r keeping me for the 7.00pm london time 1800gmt news as well!
Aja
Luxury Yacht has left Tripoli early this morning, no info who is on board or where it was going
Alex
What chance has Gaddafi possibly got of surviving this onslaught? – when his best equipped military unit – the ‘feared’ Khamis Brigade – cannot even defend their own HQ!
SKY – KHAMMIS BRIGADE LOSE BARRACKS!
“Libyan rebels have seized a major military base defending Tripoli, as the fight for the capital intensifies.
Reports suggested the fighters had captured the base of the Khamis Brigade, 16 miles west of the capital.
It is said to be one of the best trained and equipped units in the Libyan military.”
news.sky.com/home/article/16053951
TRIPOLI SLANDER: I’m getting sick of the media ‘s patronizing nonsense – from fruitcakes like NabilaRamdan – & various other UK & USA so called ME ’experts’ – that for some reason the people of Tripoli – don’t have the will or capacity to restore order to their city – once the tyrant is deposed – and the conflict is over.
Take a look at Benghazi civil society since liberation.
Boy scouts directing traffic – teenagers cleaning streets – mothers preparing community meals – policemen and civil servants turning up for work even if not always paid – parents forming education committees for their children – citizens establishing charities to provide food, housing, and medical services for displaced African and Arabic foreign workers stranded in the city during the uprising – intellectuals forming political and philosophical discussion groups – newspapers and media outlets opening up like there’s 42 years of lost expression to make up for!there is.
And all this ‘civilization’ has happened – during a major military conflict – in which the city’s very existence was under threat – by the massive military might of Gaddafi goons and Regime contract killers.
Is there something about the citizens of the nation’s capital – regarded by Libya people themselves – as among the most innovative and energetic in the country – that sets them apart from Benghazi citizens? – that dictates that they could not replicate the stable, secure, and commendable civil society of the East Libya cities?
The experience of Iraq – has no logical or probative bearing on Libya.
The only foreign army in Libya is the collective of paid contract killers Saif Gaddafi imported from African and Eastern European countries – and most of them are now dead or imprisoned – or are soon about to be.
Moreover the USA had no prepared occupation plans for Iraq – whereas the NTC have already published a detailed blueprint for re-establishing order in Tripoli – including co-opting the existing Tripoli police and lower ranks of the Regime – to maintain order during the interregnum between the fall of the dictator – and the election of a new
democratic Government.
There is nothing to warrant this slander against the character and social and intellectual capacity of the citizens of the nations capital.
Its just lazy, ignorant, ill informed, journalism – to overlook these facts – to refuse to accept the reality of the video and print evidence below – and I for one have had enough of it!
“Libya explores Open Media”: ENGLISH VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj62PNOigBc
“The Women of Benghazi” ENGLISH VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SaSjAzz_6E
Check out these Benghazi citizens forming a medical magazine – do they look like #AlQueda operatives to you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrtzlkyYuE
“Benghazi Boy Scouts help fill the wartime vacuum”: English VOA article:
www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Ben...
“School’s out for Libyan children of the revolution”:
www.dawn.com/2011/05/12/schools-out-for... ENGLISH NEWS REPORT
AlexCrawfordSky – also confirms that the ever energetic FF – have “totally rand stacked” the liberated Khamis Brigade Barracks – helping themselves to massive supplies of weapons and ammo – so that the Barracks have now been cleaned out.
Don’t U just love – AlexCrawfordSky – she’s at the Khamis Barracks just outside of Tripoli – and is now displaying an Intelligence manual – in which all the names of the Gaddafi mercenaries are listed – plus the names of all local protestors.
Most of the Barracks files have been seized by the FF intact – so will be a treasure trove of evidence – for @IntlCrimCou ICC
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT ‘RATS’ Saif? – “#BabAlAzizya Barrack is lightly defended as Gaddafi forces are melting away and expect it to be stormed by FF soon!!”
Why do SKY – use the moronic NabilaRamdan – their in-house HalaMisrata – as a so called ME ‘expert’.
She still spouts bullsh** about “rebels being AlQueda” – that even Gaddafi & Saif – or HALA herself for that matter- don’t bother to trot out any more.
Alex
Time to take a bath Muammar – U are just about to meet your maker. Gaddafi
Sameh
I have unshaken confidence in our #Misrata F Fighters who r haunting down snipers now in #Tripoli, I have seen their outstanding abilities.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Moral is so high in #Tripoli now and freedom is nearer than ever.
The BBC team on the road west of Tripolii have confirmed that the key military Khamis Brigade barracks is under rebel control.
LibyanYouthMovement
As Matiga military air base is under the full control of Freedom Fighters, FF now move to capture Tripoli International Airport
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli #LC Sister of my best friend had been kidnapped held 3 days Found i hospital = a psych. wreck Wont talk cries nonstop ;( Libya
Tripoli Sister of my best friend was held 3 days and raped by 3guys Kidnapped on street when she left her job in hospita
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Mashallah, my relatives are all liberated too today, from Jdaida abd Abuslaim
Emo
Senussi on Aljazeera
Senussi is still resilient. He promises victory
I’m so happy. Senussi is still in #Tripoli. And Mousa Ibrahim…it’s gonna be an unforgettable night
I’m disappointed. I had confirmation Senussi speech was recorded 2 weeks ago!
Free Libya
Following thugs who were based in BenAshoor, ALL GONE: Amar Altayif, Salah Ibrahim, AlBukhari Hoda, Saeed Oudieat, Bu Na3ama,
More reports that the video of Abdullah senussi is recorded and he might have fled like it was reported earlier.
Advice from Benghazi: People of Tripoli stay home and avoid rooms and windows which face the streets .. AntiAircraft bullets can cross walls.
KenRoth Kenneth Roth
Libya Al Ahrar, run from rebel Benghazi, is broadcasting 1-min ads highlighting Geneva Convention standards, eg, don’t mistreat detainees.
Free Libya Now
Reports of large numbers of mercenaries leaving barracks in Wadi Al Rabee area moving north.
There are strong indication that Gadafi still have comand & control over some elements, mostly mercenaries. They have moved from barracks.
It is important to not underestimate Gadafi. he is capable & a survivor. he might have
some thing hidden beneath. Wait & see
English Libya TV
France salutes freedom fighters, reaffirms support
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute today to Libyan freedom fighters battling Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in and around the capital Tripoli and reaffirmed France’s full support for their cause.
“At the moment when decisive events are taking place in the Tripoli region, in Tripoli itself, and elsewhere in Libya, the president salutes the courage of the rebel fighters and of the Libyan people who are rising up,” Sarkozy’s office said.
“He assures them once more of the full support of France to achieve the liberation of their country from oppression and dictatorship,” it said in a statement.
Revolutionaries have battled their way to within about 25 km (16 miles) of Tripoli’s western edge to help fighters in the city who rose up overnight declaring a final showdown. Gaddafi dismissed them as “rats” and said he would not yield.
France spearheaded the West’s military intervention in Libya and was the first foreign power to reject Gaddafi and formally recognise the revolutionaries, whose latest advance appeared to signal the decisive phase in a bloody six-month conflict.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9495
Jalloud says fall of Gaddafi imminient
Muammar Gaddafi’s former right-hand man, Abdel Salam Jalloud, who has defected to the oppositions’ side, said today that Gaddafi would be toppled within ten days at most.
Speaking on Italy’s Rai News, Jalloud said the regime would be finished “within a week, at the latest 10 days, maybe even less.”
Jalloud was a member of the junta that staged a 1969 coup bringing Gaddafi to power, and was seen as the North African oil producer state’s second in command before falling out of Gaddafi’s favor in the 1990s.
An oppostion spokesman said on Friday Jalloud had defected to revolutionary-held territory, and Italy’s Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa confirmed today that he was
on Italian soil.
It was unclear how close Jalloud was to Gaddafi’s regime after the 1990s, when he reportedly was stripped of his passport and put under government surveillance following a disagreement with Gaddafi.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9500
Libyan revolutionaries capture major base defending capital
Libyan revolutionaries captured a major military base that defends Moammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli as clashes and protests raged in the streets of the capital today. The tide of the 6-month-old civil war appeared to be turning quickly against the leader of more than four decades.
As Associated Press reporter with the revolutionaries rapidly advancing toward Tripoli saw them take over the base of the Khamis Brigade, 16 miles west of the capital. After a brief gunbattle, Gadhafi’s forces fled what was once a major symbol of the regime’s power.
Gadhafi’s 27-year-old son Khamis commands the 32nd Brigade, also known simply as the Khamis Brigade, one of the best trained and equipped units in the Libyan military.
Inside the base, hundreds of freedom fighters cheered wildly and danced, raising the revolutionary flag on the front gate of a large, gray wall enclosing the compound. They seized large stores of weapons, driving away with truckloads of whatever arms they could get their hands on. One of the revolutionaries carried off a tube of grenades, while another carted off two mortars.
Ahmed al-Ajdal, 27, a fighter from Tripoli, was loading up a truck with ammunition.
“This is the wealth of the Libyan people that he was using against us,” he said, pointing to his haul. “Now we will use it against him and any other dictator who goes against the Libyan people.”
Mahmoud al-Ghwei, 20 and unarmed, aid he had just came along with a friend for the ride into Tripoli with the advancing force.
“It’s a great feeling. For all these years, we wanted freedom and Gaddafi kept it from us. Now we’re going to get rid of Gaddafi and get our freedom,” he said.
Inside the large, open compound filled with eucalyptus trees were three gigantic wooden crates labeled “Libyan Armed Forces.” They were loaded with large-caliber ammunition for anti-aircraft guns.
The revolutionaries were busy loading two huge trucks with boxes full of ammunition. One carried armfuls of RPGs.
The revolutionaries were chanting: “We are coming for you, frizz-head.”
In Tripoli, there was a second day of widespread clashes between what the opposition called “sleeping cells” of revolutionaries who are rising up and Gadhafi loyalists. There were also large anti-government protests.
Revolutionaries said last night that they had launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO and gunbattles and mortar rounds rocked the city. NATO aircraft also made heavier than usual bombing runs after nightfall, with loud explosions booming across the city.
Today, more heavy machine gun fire and explosions rang out across the capital.
“We are scared and staying in our houses, but the younger boys are going out to protect our homes,” said a woman who spoke to The Associated Press by telephone from the pro-revolutionary Tripoli neighborhood of Bin Ashour. She spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. She said a neighbor’s son was shot dead on Saturday night by Gadhafi troops as he tried to protect his street with a group of rebel youth.
Nuri al-Zawi, another resident of Bin Ashour, told the AP by phone that the revolutionaries were using light arms to protect their streets, and in some cases were using only their bodies to fend off the Gaddafi troops riding in pickup trucks.
“We are used to this situation now. We are a city that is cut off from the world now,” he said.
The residents reported clashes in neighborhoods all over Tripoli as well as the city’s Mitiga military airport. They said they heard loud explosions and exchanges in of gunfire in the Fashloum, Tajoura and Bin Ashour neighborhoods. Residents and opposition fighters also reported large anti-regime protests in those same neighborhoods. In some of them, thousands braved the bullets of snipers perched atop high buildings.
Mukhtar Lahab, a revolutionary commander closing in on Tripoli and a former captain in Gaddafi’s army, said his relatives inside the capital reported mass protests in four neighborhoods known as sympathetic to the opposition: Fashloum, Souk al-Jouma, Tajoura and Janzour. He said mosques there were rallying residents with chants of “Allahu Akbar” or “God is great,” broadcast on loudspeakers.
At the same time, hundreds of freedom fighters in pickup trucks and even some on foot were moving full speed toward the capital from the west. It was those rebels who captured the Khamis Brigade base.
As town after town fell and Gaddafi forces melted away, the mood turned euphoric. Some shouted: “We are getting to Tripoli tonight.” Others were shooting in the air, honking horns and yelling “Allahu Akbar.”
Rebel Murad Dabdoub told the AP that Gaddafi’s forces were pounding rebel positions west of the city with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire.
“We are not going back. God willing, this evening we will enter Tripoli,” said Issam Wallani, another rebel.
An AP reporter in Tripoli, meanwhile, said many of the staff at the Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are staying did not show up for work on Sunday, a development that suggests residents were too frightened to venture out.
“There are thousands and thousands of soldiers who are willing to defend the city,” Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told a news conference in Tripoli. He accused the revolutionaries of committing atrocities in areas under their control and appealed for a cease-fire.
He warned of “disasters” if Gadhafi’s regime falls.
NATO said the shifting battle lines and concentration of fighting in towns and villages are making it more difficult to identify and engage targets for airstrikes.
“It’s much tougher to do in an urban area,” he said. “This requires very precise and deep intelligence to achieve without endangering the civilian population.”
In Dubai, Libya’s new rebel-allied ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, urged stepped up NATO air attacks over Tripoli, including the use of helicopter gunships.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9481
Michael
My Intel asset from Miserata was raped for 2 days, has been helping me for 5 months. A true patriot.
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI FF 10km from center now Gaddafi feeling the heat #Libya Rixos Hotelminders abandoned Journos so they can now join the fun #Libya
PhilipTerzian Philip Terzian
My friend Ann Marlowe will presumably be liberating Tripoli tomorrow (along with the rebels) …
LPC part of FF now speaking from Ghout Shaal region Libya TV.
LPC from #Tripoli Libya TV: Can hear Takbir in Ghout Shaal region.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya Mitiga air base now under FF control, next target is tripoli international airport once captured G can’t fly out of tripoli
Shalgam: Gadafi & his sons planning to flee #Libya via Chador #Niger with large amounts of cash & gold with help of #Mosad person
FromJoanne Joanne
Tel call from Tripoli to Skynews Saif al Islam Gaddafi is a PRISONER IN RIXOS HOTEL
ProudLibyan
AlexCrawfordSky is now in Tripoli, she is with the FF, she will free her fellow journalists at the Rixios :))
FF are now in Tripoli are in Ghout Shaal, GirGarish and the Saree3 roads on their way to Tripoli downtown (10 minute drive).
Please remain level headed, it is still to early, we know victory is assured, but we are praying for minimum casualties.
Electricity now back on in #Tripoli.
The Arab Spring will be reborn today, It was in the ICU for 6 months now it is out today ready to live again.
HalaGorani Hala Gorani
Thinking of all my colleagues in Tripoli and elsewhere in #Libya today. Stay safe.
Danya
Hai al andalus streets full of people chanting allahu akbar!!! everyone is outside welcoming our heroes from #NAFOUSA allahuakbr #TRIPOLI
on skype with my cousin in TRIPOLI everyone is screaaaming allahuakabr! i can hearrr them all saying allahuakabr
fcukruna
#ALLAHUAKBAR !!!! Dr Reda Mazagri who was abducted by #GADDAFI forces in march is now being Liberated and safe in #TRIPOLI
Hafed
For the 1st time in 32 years, I can begin to actually imagine I may be seeing my city of birth, #Tripoli, without being arrested
#libya — From the bottom of my heart, I want to say THANK YOU #Qatar #UAE — you are TRUE brothers & Sisters
LPC from AJA: Gaddafi troops shelled residents buildings in Janzour, thankfully no deaths.
NATO: The Gaddafi regime is crumbling before our eyes
ProudLibyan
Called family in #Tripoli, they are very happy, very high spirits, praying for the youth and martyrs. #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
The spirits are sky rocketing high in #Tripoli. Looks like as predicted, mass surrender is coming up. Yippeeeeee
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Safe to announce that @Tripoli_Latest is in fact @Niz_FGM from The Free Generation Movement.Niz & team remained in #Tripoli the entire time.
Mortar Fire is being heard in Ain Zara #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Cairo apologizes officially for receiving any members of the #Gaddafi family.
dovenews:
BREAKING! #FF have freed 5000 political prisoners from #Algadyda prison
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
TNC leader Shamam: #Gaddafi’s last phone call has been traced to the #Algeria Border!
If #Algeria is found to be harboring #Gaddafi then country should be declared a terrorist state w/ full #UN sanctions/UN removal
#Tripoli: Hannibal’s #Gaddafi’s office in #BenAshoor is also under the control of #Freedomfighters.
#Freedomfighters at Khamis base in #Maia found files of mercs hired to fight & details
of names who protested in #Zawiya.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: I CALL ON #FREEDOMFIGHTERS TO INVADE #LIBYA STATE TV NOW! ALL STAFF TO BE EXECUTED, NO SURVIVORS, NO MORE #GADDAFI BROADCASTS.
These would not be revenge killings, one puts down rabid animals.
Michael
Redundant transmitter at Sirte, control shifted by routing switcher,
FromJoanne Joanne
Convoy swept in Rixos: #Saadi + #Saif + #Senussi walked in #Rixos Hotel #TRIPOLI Now they cant Leave #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Opposition fighters entered #Tripoli … We hear the sound of explosions inside the Libyan capital
Tweeting Tripoli
FF reached Syahya, western entrance of Tripoli.
If there are no snipers to hinder FF’s advance, then they could reach Bab Al-Azyzia in 30 min
ProudLibyan
Libya, I love every inch of you, I love your good and kind ppl. I love these historic moments
libyanandproud
The FLA have all of Girgarish . Starting from Syahya to Hay Andalus , including Coast ! ALLAH AKBAR !!
Alex
#Tripoli #FF have commandeered the home – of #Aisha #Gaddafi – the despot’s daughter – who publicly on called for the execution of any #Libya people who did not support her father.
Hope she doesn’t expect them to take their boots off – when they cross her drawing room carpet.
The Dictator
Freedom fighters are now as Hay Alandalus, Tripoli.
Libyana network building was one of the first targets yesterday so that communications aren’t cut.
Alex Crawford: There is no support for Colonel #Gaddafi at least in the places we’re driving through right now. No supporters.
4Adam Adam Libya
by LibyanDictator
The situation in west Libya as of Aug. 21th,2011 6:00PM GMT twitpic.com/69lrv5/full #MermaidDawn
Internet Restored Briefly as Rebels Close in on Tripoli
IDG NEWS
Local Internet access in Tripoli was strangely restored for a while late Saturday local time after months of disruption, according to reports on Twitter, as rebels closed in on
the capital city of Libya. But it was down again for most of the city by Sunday.
At one point a majority of the country’s international routes were also down, reported Renesys, a firm that studies Internet traffic flows.
Internet through DSL (digital subscriber line) was momentarily unblocked for Tripoli in the late hours of Saturday local time, a resident Ahmed Shreef said in an e-mail on Sunday. But the Internet was once again blocked by Sunday, he said.
Full art.:
www.pcworld.com/article/238556/internet...
LPC: Riyaddya District is liberated
Jalloud: #Gaddafi likely to be killed. Too late for a deal. via @AJEnglish
NTC
NTC issued orders to Local council members to take over the RassIjdayr border crossing
Iman
HAY AL ANDULAS is out welcoming the freedom fighters my cousins are out putting up all the flags and all the mosques are kabring #tripoli
Alex Crawford: THE ROAD IS ACTUALLY GRIDLOCKED. 3 HIGHWAY LANES FILLED WITH REBEL FORCES ENTERING TRIPOLI
Guardian
Nato to wind down Libya air strikes as rebels take fight to Tripoli
The battle to control the Libyan capital could be long and bloody, experts warn, as the rebels are left to close-quarter fighting
After five months of increasingly intensive air strikes, the final stage of the war in Libya will be left to rebel forces in close-quarter fighting in Tripoli, Nato and British officials have said.
Experts said it was the beginning of the endgame for Nato military operations, but warned that the battle for Tripoli could be extremely bloody. They were also concerned about the ability of “disparate militias” to agree on a political settlement.
“What Nato can do is very limited if there is street-by-street fighting,” said one UK defence official, referring to the battle for Tripoli.
A senior British official added: “In house-to-house fighting Nato will not be able to use air power.”
In their latest bombing runs, RAF Tornado jets supplied with information from spy planes and rebel groups, struck what the Ministry of Defence described as a “key communications facility in south-west Tripoli”.
On Saturday, Tornado and Typhoon jets also attacked what the MoD described as “command and control facilities” in a similar area of the Libyan capital.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/21/na...
There were very scary moments, even on twitter:
The Libyana building was shelled by GADDAFI forces !
Gaddafi Forces are inside LIBYANA !
I HAVE PPL INSIDE LIBYANA !!! F*** F***!!!!!!
F*** YOU Gaddafi!
BLOOD BATH IN SREEM DISTRICT OF TRIPOLI !!!
Are you sure?
YES!!! phone call now to family next to libyana its nato bombing libyana not gaddaffi
well then they came now , but there are forces inside
they are destroying the administrative building now !
they have tanks and 4×4 in the parking lot !
did you call them? i have my brother there :(
he is inside NOW ????
we cant get to it they r shooting at them with AA 14.5 rounds
SREEM IS STILL BEING SHOT !!
Libianproud
LPC: Mansura district is being shelled with tanks and mortars !
LIBYANA IS LIBERATED , TRIPOLI HAS GSM/3G INTERNET !
Libyana 3G is back !
its fluid , but Libyana GSM/3G is working confirmed
@fieldproducer @matthewwprice STAY THE F*** AWAY FROM THE MINDERS !!!!!!
TELL THE JOURNALISTS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MINDERS !
its mainly the center which is surrounding bab azizya which is being massacred, mansoura , hay dimashq
Jonny Hallam
Tunisia border closed. Route to #Tripoli. fly crete to benghazi sail to misrata then drive
acarvin Andy Carvin
Can the opposition now say that they are fighting shibr, shibr; beit, beit; dar, dar; zenga, zenga? #tripoli #libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
Reports of a violent gunbattle around #Corinthia Hotel in #Tripoli
libyanandproud
They are getting resistance , the G forces are creating perimeters arnd bab aziziya
LPC : The Free #Libya Flag is on top of QatShaab in Girgarish
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #AlKhums – 1 G car burnt at 20 Street, 2 cars near internal security building. #Libya #Feb17
FG
FF took over the main port in Tripoli! CONFIRMED!
fieldproducer Neal Mann
by libyanproud
Sky News @alexcrawfordsky reporting a party atmosphere with ‘women and children are coming out on to the streets’ of Tripoli
LibyaNewMedia
Unbelievable pictures on Sky News! Alex Crawford live on a pickup truck. People going crazy from happyness!
PIC: Sky News camera live on the rebel convoy entering Tripoli -
twitpic.com/69nhl1
FromJoanne Joanne
#ALEXCRAwFORD this is HILARIOUS Its a mad house she sits inside a truck and not fazed with evry1 screaming around her Allah Akhbar :) #libya
#Oh My God I Love Alex Crawfords (She makes me happy ) reporting She is a natural and so Passionate #Libya is so close to being free #Libya
From now on everyone will be PROUD to say "I AM #Libyan " and I am proud to say my best friend is Libyan :)
its just confirmed by spokesman fro NTC in UK Saif Gaddafi captured
Michael Gallagher
SkyNews Reported they are holed up on upper floor.CNN just gave absurd report live
with few correct facts.
#TRIPOLI FF need to FIND the MILLIONS who want Gaddafi to stay #Libya Where are they HIDING ???
suhaeb
I am from #tajoura I am from #tripoli and I am from #Libya Allahu Akbar and I am a #freelibyan no more hiding. Allahu Akbar
ForeignCorresp Christian Fraser
Extraordinary presser from Moussa Ibrahim. lives in a parallel world. Even now. must know his life is on the line tonight?! #Libya
Mustafa Abdeljaleel head of #TNC speaking to Al Arabiya says he is ready to order stop to fighting if Gadafi would leave Libya.
alihashem_aja: A source told me that #Gaddafi is in Sirte, and he will be using it as his next base #feb17 #Libya
Rebel in #tripoli: we have surrounded rixos hotel and demand saif surrender. If not we will blow it up. We will let the journos out first
evanchill Evan Hill
#Libya state TV caption says Gaddafi went for a walk a little while ago in Green Square & some Tripoli streets yfrog.com/h6mnhyfj
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Waiting to see confirmation about #Saif’s arrest
jamal
BREAKING #TRIPOLI : REVOLUTIONARIES FROM AL #ZAWIA HAVE ARRIVE INSIDE GREEN SQUARE IN TRIPOLI VIA AJAZEERA NOW ALLAH AKBAR
Jeel
IS THIS A DREAM IS THIS A DREAM!?!?!!?!! !
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – LPC CONFIRMED – SAIF AL ISLAM IS UNDER FF CUSTODY IN #TRIPOLI.
THIS IS SURREAL…I can’t believe it…That’s it. He’s done…So close to absolute freedom…
AGAIN BREAKING – SAIF AL ISLAM is 100% under FF arrest!!!! PRAY THEY GET HIS FATHER
He is 100% under FF arrest
A Free Libyan
AJA – #Zawiya FF entered #Tripoli and are at Gorji. They are dominating, more FF will come from diff directions.
Libyan rebels enter Tripoli, crowds celebrate: Sky
Crowds of ecstatic Libyans greeted the advancing rebel army in the capital Tripoli on Sunday, Britain’s Sky news reported, saying opposition forces were now about eight kilometres from the centre of the besieged city.
Sky’s live footage from Tripoli showed hundreds of people pouring into the streets, shooting in the air in jubilation and shouting “God is greatest” as the rebel convoy of pickup trucks advanced fast towards the city centre.
Children could be seen jumping in joy as others hugged and chanted slogans.
The Sky reporter accompanying the rebels said there were no signs of resistance from forces loyal to veteran leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Source:
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=updat...
Alex Crawford of Sky News as rebels enter heart of Tripoli
VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhc4-6gk9V8
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Happiness tears
fieldproducer Neal Mann
If you are new to Sky News tonight, welcome – this is how we roll.
BREAKING: #Gaddafi rats running from #FF in Rixos,
a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7...
libyanandproud
LPC: Shakeer is captured !!
LPC : Noflieen liberated
septimius severus
CONFIRMED: @AlexCrawfordSky is so awesome that she might free the #Rixos detainees herself!
libyanandproud
THANK YOU WORLD ! THANK YOU NON LIBYAN TWEEPS !!
libyanandproud
Confirmed : Alex Crawford kicks Jack Bauer’s ass if it came down to it !
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Gaddafi regime spokesman now live by phone on CNN
JALIL ON AJA
JALIL : SEIF ISLAM IS CAPTURED !
libyanandproud
ITS OFFICIAL I HAVE TEAR DUCTS !!
A Free Libyan
Lets all remember our martyrs, our lions, our brave ones, who made this possible. RIP you amazing people
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Negotiations between G forces & FF at Giddaffi compound in Benashour to lay down weapons and they will not be harmed #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
A Free Libyan
#Gaddafi’s personal guard have surrendered to FF
Alex Crawford should be permanently trending. Best Journalist EVER
Jalil – WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT WE HAVE SAIF AL ISLAM
Jalil – We do not have confirmation on the capture of Saadi yet
MUSTAFA ABDUL JALIL NTC LEADER CONFIRMS THAT SAIF AL ISLAM GADDAFI HAS BEEN CAPTURED
The Dictator
Alex Crawford: it’s party night in the capital.
The Dictator
I honestly cannot believe this! Libyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ♥
AJA:
Brigade protecting Gaddafi has decided to surrender and lay down its weapons
Crawford: we have just driven into the capital from Zawia, not a single checkpoint, not a single Gaddafi soldier.
According to Al-Aan & Libya Al-Ahrar, confirmed by #Mahmoud #Jibril: #Saif #Al #Islam #Gaddafi was captured by FFs at Rixos earlier today.
Alex Crawford: “The scene is amazing! Hundred of Libyans, hundreds are our on the streets.”
ALEX CRAWFORD IS NOW IN THE CENTRE OF TRIPOLI. CIVILIANS POURING OUT OF THEIR HOMES HUGGING REBELS. CELEBRATIONS. NO GADDAFI FORCES
Tom_Rayner Tom Rayner
Moussa Ibrahim live phone interview on CNN now claiming the thousands of people entering tripoli are coming to defend Gaddafi!
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Prisoners in #Tripoli are being released by prison guards who are asking for giveness, and being told to run
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Giddaffi’s compound had been breached and the ff are inside. neighbours are flying the flag
NTC confirm Saif’s capture, pictures to follow soon InshAllah
ProudLibyan
We are in tears, the end is here for Gaddafi!!!!! Allah Akbar! Freeeeeeeeeedooooooooom I breath u, I am smelling u and u R beautiful!
Look here I am Libyan, I am Libyan and I am proud to be Libyan!
The news is coming in and fast, phoned family they are in jubilation!
Libya I ask of you to thank God, to remember what is best of us, to have big hearts and to put our country first and NO revenge!
Remember the battle is not finished yet, there are still Gaddafi ppl around
Game over Gaddafi!! Saif Gaddafi caught!!!
Alex
WOW! – WE WON!
#Saif #Gaddafi has been arrested by #FF – detained at #Rixos Hotel.
EPIC! AJazeeraArabic correspondent “says officers in #AbuSalim prison in #Tripoli have freed all the #TripoliPrisoners” they hold.
WHAT BLOODBATH! – IS THIS JUST NOT THE BEST FEELING EVER!?! – Its SO GREAT how well the last chapter of the #Libya Revolution is playing out
FREEDOM! #Tripoli – a city of wild celebration – crowds massing in sts 2 greet #FF – This will be a night like no other this city has seen!
How does it feel – when after 42 years – the chains of #Gaddafi slavery – have finally been cast off – by the people of #Libya!
#Mutassim #Gaddafi also rumored to have been caught in #Tajoora after #Saif was caught in #Rixos #GodisGreat Allah Akbar!!
PERFECT TIMING! – Looks like #LibyanStateTV – has transmiited its last hate msg – #MoussaIbrahim – frozen in mid speech.
Confirmed : Seif Gadafi is captured By Special unit coming from Benghazi #Libya
GAME OVER! – #AlJazeeraArabic reports “brigade in charge of #Gaddafi ’s security have surrendered and laid down their arms” #Libya #Tripoli
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Al Arabiya reports Gaddafi presidential guard surrenders to rebels, citing rebel national transitional council
ROLLARCOASTER EMOTIONS! – Last night I coudn’t sleep from tension – tonight I will not be able 2 sleep from excitement! #Tripoli #Libya WOW!
NOW – We are all waiting for – is #LibyanStateTV – to announce the news of the liberation of #Libya!
Story is ‘#Gaddafi security – told them game was up – & only safe place 4 #Saif – was #RIXOS’ – better not be in Pres suite!
Official from #NTC – on AJA – ‘#Saif #Gaddafi has been captured tonight’ – SKY Report 2nd son also arrested – poss #Muttasin #Tripoli #Libya
#MoussaIbrahim – MR BLOODBATH – just about to give news conference at #Rixos – wasn’t expecting this!
#MoussaIbrahim ‘s – still spouting usual ’I hate @NATO’ – nonsense – & ‘armed gangs’ bs – as if the REGIME still rules.
Breaking Al Arabiya: Mohammed, eldest son of Gaddafi has been captured – NTC source
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Libyan State TV is off the air.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
We promised you Gaddafi that you won’t be in power to celebrate the 1st of September (42 years of power). We were right. #libya #feb17
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
#Gaddafi’s world is crumbling at incredible speed. The end of an era is fast approaching
While following events cannot stop thinking of the incredible courageous young and inexperienced rebels who r making this happen #libya
Emo
Now I’m happy and sad to remember our martyrs. I wish they were with us! #Libya
yemen_updates Yemen Updates
Collapse of #Gaddafi invites joy nationwide. Youth are celebrating at #Change & #Freedom squares across #Yemen. #WeWillWin
acarvin Andy Carvin
Musa Ibrahim: These armed gangs have no political project, no dream for libya. They are driven by vendetta, revenge, hatred. #liby
Alex
DELUDED DREAMER – #MoussaIbrahim – still bangin on bout #AU RdMAP – says “WE R DEFEATING THEM”- #FF R “tribalist” #AlQueda – ARREST THE BUM!
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
many rebels told me they hoped to celebrate eid in #Tripoli. It seems their wishes might come true
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli Rixos journo live call says he heard reports of 700 dead 1000 ppl injured since last night uprising #Libya
#TRIPOLI HOMES R POURING EMPTY Streets are filing with hundreds of people
celebrating setting off fireworks Cars with Cheering FF Ppl #Libya
TRIPOLI revolutionaries saying they caught Saadi #Gaddafi &Saif & #Senussi holed up in #Rixos Hotel #Libya Alaan TV
evanchill Evan Hill
Opposition Twitter claims that have been disproven so far: Saif Gaddafi arrested that the Rixos; Rixos surrounded by rebels.
He may have been captured, but not at the Rixos.
Misrata military commander tells AJE’s Andrew Simmons that hundreds of rebels there took boats to #Tripoli today.
AJE showing latest pictures from outskirts of #Tripoli; residents celebrating in the streets
4Adam Adam Libya
Tripoli has been liberated. AUG 21 2011, #Libya
alihashem_AJA Ali Hashem
If #Gadaffi is in Sirte, sabha, wherever, what is crystal clear is that libyans will celebrate their first eid in 42 yrs
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi filth surrendering in many areas and regime snipers no longer visible in buildings.
#Tripoli: AJA reports Hala Misrati found dead w/ a relative in her home. I pray this is true and that “her” death was painful. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers on roofs of #AlSaraya and #AlKabeer Hotel. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: Reports #Gaddafi mercenaries attempting to enter Green Square at this time. #Libya #Feb17
libyanandproud
#TRIPOLI : SNIPERS IN SUQ ALTHULATH BUILDINGS across from BAB AZIZYA ! Top of buildings and in top FLOORS !! RT #Feb17 #Libya
Al Jazeera says: This is the 3rd time Gaddafi speaks in less than 24 hours: first “ARAB leader” ever to do this :)
Aljazeera just (again) confirms 700 to 1000 fighters from Misrata have been brought into Tripoli by sea with NATO support.
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Fighting outside earlier, heavy gunfire, RPGs and all sorts of sounds of battles.
internet back on at #Rixos very intense day fighting outside, we are hold up in hotel still
evanchill
News camera in the Rixos shows three or four journalists at the press conference wearing body armor. #Libya #Tripoli
“If I don’t fight, I will be killed.” Moussa Ibrahim pleads for his life? # Libya
Alan Fisher
Mustafa Abdel Jalil tells Al-Jazeera Saif al-Islam “is being kept in a secure place under close guard until he is handed over to the judiciary,”
Reuters FLASH: Head of Libya rebel council says ready to stop fighting on condition Gaddafi announces departure: report
Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libyan anti-Gaddafi Ambassador to UN says to BBC: “This is not the beginning of the end. This IS the end.”
AlanFisher Alan Fisher
Gaddafi: “They have come, they have occupied Tripoli. How can you allow the colonialists to occupy Tripoli again, this is unacceptable”
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Gaddafi: Tripoli has become like Baghdad, it is now being destroyed, it must end now, it must not happen, go out and fight them
This is his third speech in 24 hours – Gaddafi: The French will occupy you, like the Italians have (names more tribes)
AlanFisher Alan Fisher
Why does the phrase shouting in the wind keep springing into my head this evening?
Top Libyan security official accuses NATO forces of following orders from the militant network al-Qaida
frasereC4 Ed Fraser
People in Tripoli stamping on pictures of Gaddafi amid tumultuous scenes of celebration
AJE’s Jacky Rowland: Opposition broadcasts live Al Jazeera pics to crowds.
AlanFisher Alan Fisher
momentous night for #libya #middle east and the world
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Confirmed: Mohamed #Gaddafi has handed himself over to the revolutionaries. #Libya #Feb17
Libya Free Forever.
#NATO will attack the walls of #Bab Alazizia #FF stay away for safety.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi filth AlMamedi who has been in charge of Security Battalions, about to be arrested by #Freedomfighters
#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” now anchored in #Tripoli port and should be taken captive on war crimes charges & given to #NTC. #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Meet Fareed my son, today he’s 9. He asked if he is getting a birthday present. I gave him a “brand new Libya”. img600.imageshack.us/img600/8578/fa…
YusraAlA
#Libya you’re inspiring #Yemen and #Syria! Our hearts, souls and minds with you! Allah yen9orkom!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Early indications coming in that Saadi Al Gaddafi may have also been caught in Tripoli #Libya more to follow
More and More of Benghazi’s population pour into the main square. A Food of Red Black and Green, the Libyan Independence Colours
We will be tweeting Free Libya celebrations across the world shortly Inshala.please tweet at us for your local celebration
Manchester’s Libyans are currently celebrating at Wilmslow Road. Take your flags with you :) AllahuAkbar
#Tripoli Uprising in Al-Dhul Street. VIDEO!! goo.gl/Q11Kd Allahu Akbar!!
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3LkylaWHE
Gaddafi Makes speech apologising for the fall of Tripoli AJA LIVE
MABROOK for your Freedom oh Libyans, Arabs and Humanity at large :)
Gaddafi is sounding rather pathetic, acknowledging Tripoli has fallen, but appealing to tribes and towns. he seems to have lost the plot
AJE: Images of Children in #Tripoli stepping on photos of #Gaddafi’s face!
News on Mohamad gaddafi surrendering himself to Freedom Fighters is %100 confirmed as is the capture of Saif
Gaddafi is clearly not speaking from Tripoli. What a coward trying to rally his last 3 or 4 loyalists to take Tripoli
images of Freedom Fighters ripping down Gaddafi Images in Tripoli. :) :) :) We are Free, now that was some revolution hey? Alahuakbar
Gaddafi suddenly paused and stopped talking,
Was that the last Gaddafi speech Arabs and Libyans have had to endure? #Libya
Freedom Fighters taking full control of Tripoli as they establish checkpoints and the plan for it’s stability is now being put in place
José
From Venezuela, my very strong hug to all Libian people. Don’t stop fighting!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
21st August 2011 Remember the date, your kids will probably be asking you for help with their history homework
Saadi is now confirmed captured. 3 sons, Mohammad surrendered, Said and Saadi captured. held in secret location by FF
London Celebration for the Libyan Freedom is at Libyan Embassy (Hyde park corner) 2AM – 5AM free for all to attend, Libyan or not
Stunning scenes from Benghazi. These images will be played for years
The danger to the #FreedomFighters may increase as they approach the Rixos hotel in #tripoli due to snipers who have not yet got the memo.
Alex Crawford now reporting live near Green Square in Tripoli
Looks like the entire city of Benghazi is in the main square of the city in Al keesh. I guess nobody is going home anytime soon
They talked of Libya splitting, they talked of Libyans splitting up, they talked of a rag tag group of volunteers, but Libya is tonight free
Situation in #Libya extremely fluid. A lot of confusion still in #Tripoli. People still fearful and nervous. Old habits are hard to break.
NATO
Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the situation in Libya
The Qadhafi regime is clearly crumbling. The sooner Qadhafi realises that he cannot win the battle against his own people, the better — so that the Libyan people can be spared further bloodshed and suffering.
The Libyan people have suffered tremendously under Qadhafi’s rule for over four decades. Now they have a chance for a new beginning. Now is the time for all threats against civilians to stop, as the United Nations Security Council demanded. Now is the time to create a new Libya – a state based on freedom, not fear; democracy, not dictatorship; the will of the many, not the whims of a few.
That transition must come peacefully. It must come now. And it must be led and defined by the Libyan people.
NATO is ready to work with the Libyan people and with the Transitional National Council, which holds a great responsibility. They must make sure that the transition is smooth and inclusive, that the country stays united, and that the future is founded on reconciliation and respect for human rights.
Qadhafi’s remaining allies and forces also have a great responsibility. It is time to end their careers of violence. The world is watching them. This is their opportunity to side with the Libyan people and choose the right side of history.
We will continue to monitor military units and key facilities, as we have since March, and when we see any threatening moves towards the Libyan people, we will act in accordance with our UN mandate.
Our goal throughout this conflict has been to protect the people of Libya, and that is what we are doing.
Because the future of Libya belongs to the Libyan people. And it is for the international community to assist them, with the United Nations and the Contact Group playing a leading role. NATO wants the Libyan people to be able to decide their future in freedom and in peace. Today, they can start building that future.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
FF continue to make their way into Tripoli for hours, non stop tidal wave
AJA-Hala Misrati found dead in her home. Ding-Dong the witch is dead!
Reuters reported #Saif #Al #Arab detained, confirmed by ICC
AJE: 2 countries have offered #Gaddafi safe haven – one is #Angola
Hearing people chant ارفع راسك فوق انت ليبي حر in the Green Square of #Tripoli on Sky News. The feeling is indescribable.
It’s obvious the people of #Tripoli have been praying and planning for this moment for months. The independence flag is EVERYWHERE!
Green Square in #Tripoli is now called #Martyrs #Square.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Sorry I can’t tweet but can confirm 2 of Gadhafi sons Seif and Mohamed r arrested in tripoli
Breaking Strong rumour that Gadhafi himself may have been arrested in Alamiriya district outside tripoli
Tweeting Tripoli
BREAKING: The first SMS from NTC the Libyan people: img64.imageshack.us/img64/3662/fre… #feb17 #Libya #Tripoli
Libya 7orra
FFs are entering #khweldi’s hosue NOW #tripoli
FFS entered #khweldi’s house 30 mins ago, only found weapons..
BREAKING CONFIRMED:- SNIPERS IN MARTYRS SQ, ABUSALIM IS STILL WITH G, HEAVY CLASHES IN HADBA TOOLST.
BREAKING VIA SKYNEWS:- REUTERS:- ICC SPOX:- #GADDAFI HAS BEEN DETAINED???
CAN SOMEONE PLZ TELL THOSE IN MARTYRS SQ 2 HEAD 2 HADBA TOOL RD & HELP THEIR COLLEAGUES.. G FORCES R ATTACKING! #libya #mermaiddawn #tripoli
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
People are encouraged to stay in their homes and in their neighborhoods to guard their families and houses.
Please continue to have patience & restraint. Much left to be done, we must move slowly to ensure it is done correctly
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” departed #Tripoli #Libya earlier & now en route to #Benghazi. #Feb17
#Tripoli: AlKhawldee AlHamaidi’s house now surrounded by #Freedomfighters
#Tripoli: #NATO jets flying very low over #BabAlazizia. #Libya
SultanAlQassemi:
Breaking Al Jazeera: Sources: Two planes from South Africa land in Tripoli airport #Libya
Reports that Gadafi has arrived in Algeria/Libya border. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Unonfirmed: Reports of 2 South African planes on runway at Tripoli International Airport.
#Tripoli: Mercenaries are attacking Martyr’s Square now.
#Tripoli: Yusuf Shakeer of #Libya State TV arrested by #Freedomfighters as he tried to flee to #Tunisia.
#Tripoli: Aisha #Gaddafi arrested by Tripoli #Freedomfighters.
#Libya embassy in #Algiers has now defected.
#Freedomfighter leader says top military unit in charge of protecting #Gaddafi has surrendered
#Tripoli: BabAlAzizya: Reports of gunfights near here now.
Repeat: #Gaddafi sons Seif, Saedi & Mohammed all currently under arrest. Aeisha Gaddafi under arrest as well
#Reports Moussa Ibrahim DID NOT beoadcast a short time ago from Rixos, believed it was from his Villa.
#CNN Journo at Rixos just reported all #Gaddafi higher ups left Rixos hours ago.
Unconfirmed: #Misrata #Freedomfighters entered #AlKhums, found it completely free of #Gaddafi filth, now on their way to #Tripoli
#Tripoli: Head of Libyan State TV was arrested.
#Tripoli: The battle for #BabAlAziziya has begun
Reports that #Libyana phone company has taken over and texts are being sent that are greeting the Libyan people.
Air #Libya flight Boeing 727 tail nr 5A-DKV presume landed at/near #Rome #Italy from Libya half an hour ago. No idea of passengers.
#Gaddafi filth leaving #AlJimail to attack #Zuwara #
The spokesperson of the Libyan Liberation Army said #Gaddafi is still in #Tripoli.
Air #Libya flight Boeing 727 tail nr 5A-DKV landed at/near #Rome #Italy is #NTC #Libya related humanitarian operation by #NTC_of_Libya
#Tajoura: #Freedomfighters battling #Gaddafi snipers, heavy artillery & RPGs.
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 34.31646˚/24.75334˚ en route from #Iskederun to #Sfax #Tunisia believed weapons shipment. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
AJA: Clashes in #Tajoura area of #Tripoli, sniper fire and heavy artillery being used.
Sirtawi
Many Sirtawis trying to call their relatives in #Sirte to tell them what’s goin on in #Tripoli. no electricity there and they know nothing
Smile:
Search notice to the population of Tripoli: Has anybody seen an elderly lady with an umbrella that is driving around in a golf cart…?
#Gaddafi forces are massacring the residents of SalahEddin and Gassi ! LPC
WOW!
dz online | algérie
L’#Algérie va reconnaitre le CNT Libyen
Never Forget
My grandma went out to the streets and kissed the thowar from zintans heads! She was crying and tetkabber!!!!
Al Arabiya: rebels spokesperson confirms Mummar Gaddafi is still in Tripoli #libya
SMILE:
NotLibyaStateTV
Attention: The Internet has been fixed. Please surrender immediately and cease your uprising. Thanks. Management. #Libya
AJA reporter from #Tripoli: opposition forces say 95% of Tripoli under Opposition control, clashes have been stopped.
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Mohamed Gaddafi surrendered himself in his house in Hai Al Andulis district !!!
AliBunkall Alistair Bunkall
CNN Corr in Rixos Hotel wearing flak jacket, reporting hotel emptied of govt minders & journos gathered on one floor with white flags
WAPO
Gaddafi appears to be on his way out
The endgame in Libya appears near, according to Western intelligence sources, who say that Moammar Gaddafi’s family has been moving money and other assets outside the country over the past five days in anticipation of the regime’s collapse. According to these sources, Gaddafi has left Tripoli but is still in the country.
Intelligence officers from Britain and France are said to have helped the rebels plan their final assault on Tripoli, which appeared Sunday to have pushed into the capital’s outskirts. This final thrust seems to have been well-coordinated, with the rebels closing in along several strategic axes.
Read more:
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-parti...
Tripoli: Live call #Gaddafi goons shooting at civilians in Martyrs square (Green Square)
AJA reporter LPC: All the neighborhoods are liberated in #Tripoli.
AJA: Fathi Terbil in Studio: Liberation will be announced by NTC from #Tripoli, and the NTC will move there.
AJA – FF in #Tripoli are now in full control of the #Libya state TV building #Ganfood #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddafi Catch Shakeer and make him pay
AJE and source in #Tripoli report: Libyan State TV is off the air.
Tripoli Libya on August 21st, 2011
Praising God from the Masjids
Translation:
God is Greatest, God is Greatest, God is Greatest, none is worth of worship except God. God is Greatest, God is Greatest, God is Greatest, and to Him belongs All Praise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VABuXFIs_I&fea...
suhaeb
I want 2thank Allah for this moment then the martyrs who gave their lives and the FF who risked it.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Many reports from #Freedomfighter sources that #Gaddafi has been wounded in gun battle, has been captured by #FF.
#Tajoura #Freedomfighters surrounded by #Gaddafi filth.They are using RPG, Hawen & AK47, Requesting help
Jaked
Gaddafi is trying to flee via air from the international airport, please tweet and stop him from escaping
Mahir Zeynalov
Egypt – 18 days, Tunisia – 29 days, Libya 186 days, Syria – 159 days (counting), Yemen – 205 (counting), Palestine – 44 years (counting).
matthewwprice Matthew Price
Gvnt control hotel and area around it. We are trapped for now. So parts of tripoli in gvt hands
stuck here by Gvnt forces still in control. Needs Alex Crawford or simpson to liberate me!
Skynews reports that looters moving into unsecured Rixos Hotel #Tripoli where international journalists are based.
matthewwprice Matthew Price
@Skynews reports that looters moving into #Rixos hotel… Not really. A few are taking things but not many
people Taking a laptop or two from what I can tell. Not trashing
no rixos liberation yet
Silent at #Rixos now. Worryingly so
AJA: Gun shots are being heard are from INSIDE Mohamed Gaddafi’s House
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Amazing show of support from #Syrians congratulating the Libyan FFs: goo.gl/Q11Kd #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3LkylaWHE
AJA: Mohamed #Gaddafi on live now.
AJA: #Mohamed #Gaddafi on live says FFs surrounded his house, told him to stay put and he wouldn’t be harmed.
WE ARE THE GRANDCHILDREN OF OMAR MUKHTAR! WE ARE THE BROTHERS/SISTERS OF MOHAMED NABBOUS! WE ARE FREE #LIBYANS!! GOD IS GREAT!
AJA: #Mohamed #Gaddafi asked by journalist: who takes responsibility for the violence in #Libya
AJA: #Mohammad #Gaddafi about to answer; gun shots heard on the air right now, waiting for more details.
AJA: #Mohamed #Gaddafi reports gun fire from near his home, crying & with a shaking voice says the violence was a result of lack of wisdom
AJA: Gun fire heard outside of #Mohamed #Gaddafi’s home.
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Free calls for all mobile phones and the reception is pretty good too
kiwiclogs
UNCONFIRMED: Dictator Gadaffi captured and in detention wounded, situation was given by his security adviser to #NTV
Shammam: we will not put Gaddafi supporters on trial. we tell them you are Libyan, join the revolution
Malik
100% Confirmed: Abu Zaid Dourda, head of #Gaddafi’s foreign intelligence, gave up G’s position in deal with #NTC
Piecing together picture: #Gaddafi was in hiding in #Tripoli, his position betrayed by his intel chief, G was wounded & captured.
Ive been told by rebels that #Gaddafi is receiving treatment for wounds, en route to airport to fly out to #ICC in Hague.
Noit
Are we talking Muammar or Saif here?
I would suspect Saif.
If we are talking Saif the plane makes sense.
Al Arabiya: Gaddafi troops in Sirte and Brega are seeking negotiations
#Saadi #Gaddafi in2 drag again – ws arrested while escaping – ‘disguised’ as a woman – Mohammed – least obnoxious G son – surrendered #Libya
Alex
As REGIME predicted – #Tripoli is burning – all #Gaddafi portraits & flags – are on fire! #Libya
Alaan TV says Nafousa Military spokesperson has told them that Moamer Gaddafi has been captured. t.co/pPgibFI
or;
twitpic.com/69pkis
Hala Misrati apparently committed suicide is the rumor, no confirmation.
Noit
Before we confirm, let’s wait if she makes a statement tomorrow.
Those people have a habit of being pronounced dead and then we see an interview the next day……
Alarabya: Abduljalil: i was in contact with the leader of the Katiba in charge of protecting #Tripoli for more than 2 months.
#Abduljalil of #Libya #NTC – says leader of #Tripoli Katiba #Gaddafi Sec Police who surrendered 2day – ws secretly communicating 4 2 months!
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Snipers on rooftop of tallest building at junction of Jraba Street and Ras Ahsan Coordinates to follow
Coordinates to the Location of Snipers in Benashour 32°52’12.28"N 13°12’22.36" E
Mohamed Gaddafi: I have not been hurt from anyone, I’ve never been a violent person..
Mohamed Gaddafi: I am now surrounded in my house, there was exchange of gunfire but now it’s all peaceful.
BBC crew is still at #Rixo hotel and broadcasting live now. No Looting whatsoever in #Tripoli #Libya
Here is the link to hear the shootings while Mohamed #Gaddafi was speaking live to Aljazeera
ليبيا حرة بنغازى البيضاء البريقه مصراته الزاويه طبرق اجدابيا الزنتان ترهونه ورفله نالوت تجى القلعة الرحيبات يفرن غريان درنة المرج الخمس زليتن طرابلس سرت سبها غات الركدالين البريقه هون الجفرة تاجوراء زوارة العجيلات صرمان صبراته مسلاته بن جواد راس نالوف غدامس الكفرة شباب الاحرار ليبيا ليبيا المجاهدة ثورة 17فبراير ثورة عمر المختار
يبيا الشبابية الجماهيرية الليبية الثوار ثورة 17 فبراير الناتو التحالف الآن الحرة الحوار فرنسا الساعدي سيف الإسلام القذافي المتمردين مصراته الزاوية أبوسليم طرابلس رأس البريقة الزنتان باب العزيزية بنغازي مرتزقه بن واليد تونس مصر سوريا
ليبيا الشبابية الجماهيرية الليبية الثوار ثورة 17 فبراير الناتو التحالف الآن الحرة الحوار فرنسا الساعدي سيف الإسلام القذافي المتمردين مصراته الزاوية أبوسليم طرابلس رأس البريقة الزنتان باب العزيزية بنغازي مرتزقه بن واليد تونس مصر سوريا
t.co/Rx4rofu #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxaJoVFFbw&fea...
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Pockets of Regime Security in Furnaj opening fire on anyone and anything #Tripoli
AJA call w/actvist in #Tajoura: ambulance full of mercenaries captured by Opposition fighters no location given. #libya.
libyanandproud
Thank You #Benghazi , Thank You #Misratta , Thank You #Zintan , Thank You #Nafusa , Thank You #Zawiya and every MARTYR ! #Feb17 #Libya
AbdulJalil talking to AJA now.
AbdulJalil: Mohammed Gaddafi’s guards opened fire on the f fighters surrounding his house.
A moment of silence requested in memory of Mo Nabbous
SUMMARY AUGUST 22 2011
8/22/11
8.22.11
Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/kUgj7
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
With Free Libyan Forces advancing into Tripoli, UK forces continued to strike at Qadhafi’s remaining apparatus of repression within the city
Sun am: RAF aircraft mounted a precision strike on the military intelligence operations room in Tripoli. #Libya
Sun am: Military intelligence ops room was close to the Baroni intelligence facility which the RAF had successfully bombed 24 hrs previously
Sun am: Nine Paveway guided bombs were delivered with great accuracy on the military intelligence operations room in Tripoli. #Libya
Sun: Armed reconnaissance patrol identified and destroyed one of Qadhafi’s main battle tanks positioned on the outskirts of Tripoli. #Libya
Sun: HMS Liverpool sighted small Maltese-registered vessel damaged by hostile fire leaving Tripoli port, apparently with evacuees embarked.
Sun: HMS Liverpool passed a line to the Maltese-registered vessel and towed her to open waters where she was able to proceed safely. #Libya
Sun: HMS Liverpool alerted the Maltese authorities to the vessel’s condition, and then was able to return to duties off the coast. #Libya
Strike missions flown by the RAF & other allied fast jets were only made possible by large fleet of combat support aircraft mustered by NATO
Since 19/3/11, RN, RAF & Army Air Corps strikes have damaged/destroyed over 890 former regime targets which posed a threat to Libyan people.
NATO has just released its daily operational media update for August 21. 126 sorties were flown on Sunday, with 46 being strike sorties. NATO says it hit three command and control facilities, one military facility, two radar facilities, nine surface-to-air missile launchers, one tank and two armed vehicles in Tripoli. It says it hit one radar facility near Bin Ghashir and five surface-to-air missiles near al-Azizyah.Fifteen NATO ships have been enforcing the arms embargo on Libya in the Mediterranean. Fourteen vessels were hailed and two boardings conducted on August 21.
PhilipTerzian Philip Terzian
Venezuela offers refuge for Colonel Khadafy, promotion to brigadier general
AJA Breaking says: Abduellah el Sneoussi and Bagdadi Mahmoudi are in Park inn Hotel in Djerba, #Tunisia
suhaeb
my brother also confirmed snipers ontop of rooftops in nofleen, dahra area
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Mohammad Muammar Al Gaddafi is now on the phone with Aljazeera Arabic again #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that someone very important at Rixos hotel
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi filth are moving towards #BabAlAziziya at this time. #Libya #Feb17
Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
@AndersFoghR Snipers @ BinHassan building, Sidi Masri crossing, AlJarabah St. Need Apache to Shoot 32.869964, 13.206414 twitpic.com/69kdbk
AUDIO/VIDEO: Hala Misrati phone call after she “surrendered herself” t.co/Q3QQeFb #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2644...
#Tripoli: Indications that #Gaddafi mercs & forces are re-enacting their plan by placing snipers on rooftops
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: If you have or are injured and are not close to a field hospital please call 0922811004. #Libya #Feb17
#BenAshour, #RashAssan, #SidiAlmasri, #AlZanata, #Fournaj, #AlHadba, #SalahAddin aren’t safe & still full of #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
Reports: #Gaddafi’s foreign intel chief betrayed Gaddafi’s safe house. They supposedly caught Gaddafi after gun battle.
Field hospital near #SouqAlJumaa: Treating 4 more mercenaries, 1 from #Niger, 3 from #Chad. #Libya #Feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “CMA CGM RABAT” now en route from #Benghazi #Libya to dest. #Misrata. #Feb17
Home of #Libya State TV presenter Mussa Ibrahim on Airport Road is currently surrounded by #Freedomfighters. Exchanges of gunfire now.
REVISED: Home of #Libya State Comedian Mussa Ibrahim on Airport Road is currently surrounded by #Freedomfighters. Exchanges of gunfire now.
Freedom Fighter
I still see pro gaddafis around my area driving fast shooting randomly. The fight is not over yet. I pitty the press in rixos hotel!!
feb17libya Feb17Libya
All staff in #Rixos have abandoned the hotel. Reports of snipers surrounding the premises – #Libya #Feb17 #FreeRixosJournos
Al Arabiya: #Gaddafi compound #BabAlAzizya has been completely destroyed. Can anyone confirm?
Jalil calls on all Libyans to avoid vengeance and retribution. All Libyans are one.
#Gaddafi filth on roads leading to #Sirte negotiating w/ NLA on terms of surrender
alma
@ShababLibya Amazing images! After all that month’s of fighting and hope they did it all together. Gongratulations to the people of Libya!
Nadia
I remembr praying 2 wake up every day 2 hear the news #libya is free&now I’m sure ur happiness is a million times more congrats
Mark
You, the freedom fighters in Libya, are an inspiration to us all. Thank you!
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
You deserve it guys! You did a great job :)
LibyanTweet
Yes we care, we understand the very high pressure P.Obama faced to help us (Libyans) – Thank u Obama and FF supporters in USA
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Still can’t believe Libya is free.. all that hard work by every single Libyan and non Libyan who helped, donated, RTd we won’t forget
Elena
Alhamdillah Ya rab! We are finally free from ghaddafi! We fought almost 7 months and now we declared victory! #libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyans in Washington celebrate outside the white House #Libya #Washington
Fatima
The first day starts in the new #FreeLibya #Aug22 #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Obama expected to give statement shortly #Libya #USA
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
LibyanNFSL reports Gaddafi’s forces stuck between Brega and Sirte lay down arms asking for negotiations
Free Libya Celebration in Dublin 2mrw 2 O’clock GPO O’Connell street all welcome Libyans and non Libyans. shout out to our Irish Libyans
Now the hard work begins #Libya
Freedom Fighters surround Bab Azizia but they are not entering #Libya #Tripoli (gaddafi compound) they say they don’t expect him inside
fieldproducer Neal Mann
All journalists who’ve stayed at the Rixos thought emails/computers being hacked, journalist still there have now found print outs of emails
libyanfsl Libya NFSL
Eye witnesses in Bani Walid report a large caravan of troops heading towards Tripoli a few moments ago
Here we go again, who is where?
AJA Correspondent says he’s received confirmed reports that Abdallah Senussi is in Sebha.
AJA reporter is now saying: it is only Baghdadi Mahmoudi in Djerba, Tunisia. NOTE: they appear to be retracting claim Senoussi is there
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Tajura being shelled by #Gaddafi forces that escaped from #khums . #Feb17 #Libya
I Love Libya
#Zwara was shelled earlier from #Jamail & #Ragdalean, now #NATO is striking them. #Libya
libyanandproud
The large force of the FLA is starting to arrive in tripoli from #zintan and other #Nafusa .
BREAKING – AJA Caller – #Gaddafi is located in vicinity of the #Tajoura heart hospital. #Libya #Tripoli same source denies
libyanandproud
Credible #Tripoli Source : #Gaddafi is in a building behind the Cardiac Hospital in Tajura .
Same Credible #Tripoli Source : We confirm that #Gaddafi is NOT in a building behind the Cardiac Hospital in Tajura ! APOLOGY
Noit
So that’s one place where he isn’t then…
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Snipers in #Tajura have taken two hostages
WOW France24 live from #Tripoli #MartyrsSquare
#Libyans surround the hotel where Al Mahmudi and Mansor are staying in Djerba #Tunisia
@aljazeeranet says its Not Sanosi but Abdulla Mansor. Correction.
AJA call w/fighter in sreem street #Tripoli: at 6 am clashes started in sreem street but opposition fighters were able to halt them
RT
Clashes break out near Gaddafi compound in Tripoli
Heavy clashes have broken out near Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in the Libyan capital, the Associated Press reported. Rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Rahman told the agency that tanks emerged from the complex, known as Bab al-Aziziya, early Monday and began firing. Reporters at the nearby Rixos Hotel where foreign journalists are staying say they have been hearing continuous gunfire and loud explosions for more than 30 minutes. No further details were immediately available. Gaddafi troops reportedly remain a threat to rebels who advanced into the city on Sunday.
AJA: Tank leaves Bab Alazayziya and is shelling Sidi Khalifa area in Tripoli. #Libya
AP
Libyan rebels claim control of most of Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s nearly 42-year regime, but scattered battles erupted and the mercurial leader’s whereabouts remained unknown.
The international community called on Gadhafi to step down and moved ahead with post-war planning as euphoric residents celebrated in the Green Square, the symbolic heart of the Gadhafi regime, but colleagues warned he wouldn’t go easily.
NATO promised to continue airstrikes until all pro-Gadhafi forces surrender or return to barracks.
Read more:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBY...
suhaeb
brother in nofleen says snipers are on rooftops and still dangerous outside. We are all praying for #tripoli safety
Ibn:
brother here, with a message from the man who is currently in Janzur
he says: Whoever thinks #Tripoli has fallen has made a mistake. Parts of #tripoli are inaccessible, sniper’s are all over 7ey el-Andalus
the Thuwar in Janzur are using light artillery, 14.5 to hit sniper positions in order to access the city, because snipers are preventing it
Telegraph
Libya: Sky News reporter Alex Crawford praised for dramatic Tripoli reporting
An award-winning reporter from Sky News, Alex Crawford, provided some of the most riveting and dramatic reporting from the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday night.
As Col Muammar Gaddafi’s power “crumbled”, the three-time Royal Television Society (RTS) journalist of the year, reported live from the back of a pickup truck as rebels advanced towards the centre of the city.
Sky News sources told The Daily Telegraph that the astonishing footage from the streets of Tripoli was produced using an Apple Mac Pro laptop computer connected to a mini-satellite dish that was charged by a car cigarette lighter socket.
Sources also confirmed that the cameraman accompanying her, Garwen Mclukie, was celebrating his birthday on Sunday.
Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Freedom Fighter
This morning, the rebels in my area captured 8 mercs and it’s still 9:45am, they don’t speak arabic. Only God knows what’s next.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Souk Al Juma freedom fighters — سوق الجمعة بمنطقة العواديد youtube.com/watch?v=ztGX_I… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztGX_IDUzmM&fea...
Free Libya Now
Tripoli is Burning promise by Gadafi is put in to practise as we speak.
CBC
Clashes near Gadhafi compound in Tripoli
Heavy clashes broke out and there were reports of explosions near Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in Tripoli on Monday, but the longtime Libyan leader’s whereabouts were not known.
Rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Rahman said that tanks emerged from the complex, known as Bab al-Aziziya, early Monday and began firing.
An Associated Press reporter at the nearby Rixos Hotel where foreign journalists are staying could hear gunfire and loud explosions. No further details were immediately available on the fighting.
Read more:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/08/22/...
21 August 2011,
Hay Alandalus welcomes Feb17 Revolutionaries with open arms, and embrace their freedom at last
Video:
t.co/6IuYvTv #feb17 #libya
or:
vimeo.com/27995469
EdPayneCNN Edward Payne
Sporadic gunfire & explosions were heard coming from the direction of Moammar Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli. $Libya #CNN
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
#Rixos is in one of few pockets of #Gadaffi control In #Tripoli
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Rebel officials says “large number of fighters” killed in clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces in Tripoli
More ff’s are coming from Gharyan to Tripoli
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Urgent News from Tripoli: Snipers on top of Bousleem Hospital, Tariq School and Hay Al Andulus School.
Urgent from Tripoli: Doctors, Nurses and volunteers urgently needed at the Central Hospital at Zawia Street.
Urgent from Tripoli: Hospital needs volunteers even for clean up
Urgent from Tripoli: volunteers take own gloves and if possible cleaning and medical supplies.
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: UK PM Cameron says Libya leader Gaddafi must stop fighting, without conditions
missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Cohesion of army and willingness of Gaddafi volunteers to fight for regime will be even more impt than fate of man himself.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Time for @NATO to prevent Gaddafi from destroying Tripoli. Take out all tanks & destroy Bab Al Aziziya
Nusaybah Khalil
Sound of gunfire and shelling continues. Docs appeal 4 pressure on both sides to stop attacking the hospital. Horrendous conditions #Tripoli
Gaddafi wants to create as much chaos as possible & Egypt should be warned to stop his channels now
BBC
Libya: BBC reporter ambushed by Gaddafi forces
BBC reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes was accompanying rebels in Tripoli when pro-Gaddafi forces attacked the convoy.
Heavy fighting has continued in the Libyan capital after rebels seized control of much of the city on Sunday.
Audio:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14613653
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Half a dozen vehicles full of women and children driving past, giving “v” for victory signs and cheering #Libya #Tripoli
I asked a man at the side fo the a road “where is Gaddafi” – he said “gone with the wind”
Amazing reception down Gargaresh Street for the rebels from Jalu in a huge convoy of vehicles with weaponry
Man on the street shows me his 7-year-old son who’s been out with him all night,
starting barricades to secure the revolution.
He says he will never forget that night
AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
Doctors seriously stretched in Tripoli’s only working hospital. Very few staff, piles of rubbish everywhere. 2 young children among wounded
The world today
Gaddafi’s relatives raided
ELEANOR HALL: The World Today has also been in contact with a fighter in the Tripoli resistance movement since May. We knew him by his codename, Kordaba but today he told us his real name for the first time.
Ali Al-Keresi says he has been fighting Gaddafi forces non-stop for three days. He called The World Today just as he finished his fighting shift, and was about to go to sleep for the first time since Friday night.
He said that earlier today, his group of fighters broke into Gaddafi’s daughter’s home.
I asked him to explain what happened.
ALI AL-KERESI: We found Safia, his wife, and Abdullah Senussi’s wife. We left the home. We didn’t talk with them in Peshtum (phonetic), in my area, this house, you know. Only we took the ammo, we found some ammo there and we leave them because they are not our enemy. Gaddafi is our enemy. Gaddafi who killed people here. Gaddafi who destroyed Libya. Nobody is our enemy more than Gaddafi.
Please read full story or listen to audio:
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/...
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Rebel officials says “large number of fighters” killed in clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces in Tripoli
Nusaybah
#Gaddafi forces attacked #Tahra, #Fashloom & #Zawit #Aldahmani neighborhoods with rocket launchers & heavy artillery this morning.
SyrianRev
The successful Libyan revolution has given power to the Syrian people, especially seeing them cheer for Syrians during there chants
Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
human shields, abdallah senousi and musa ibrahim are at the hotel or at least hiding under the hotel – god knows who else is there
missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Dont want to hype situation. Doors not locked but we’re unable to leave due to guards, snipers. May change in next few hrs inshallah #Rixos.
MyFreeLibya
Everything is just ’right’…freedom before Eid, No 1st of sept…Unity, tripoli rising within #TheNewLibya
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Sky Sources: Libyan rebels advancing north from Gharyan towards Tripoli
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan contact group to meet in Paris next week: France #Libya #Qaddafi #Tripoli english.alarabiya.net
Zlitniya
#Tripoli Many injured civillians in MarkazAlTubby &Fatah Hospitals.FF urge doctors&surgeons 2come here.FF secure a safe route #Feb17 plz RT
Jeel
11yr old girl took a snipers bullet in the brain in #Tripoli. She is in VERY critical condition reports Alex Crawford.
Zlitniya
Family friend martyred last night nr Mi’itiga airbase.Friends cousin also martyred #Tripoli .Friends uncl martyred in #Zliten 3days ago #Dua
Aljazeera
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi continue to fight rebels in the capital Tripoli and control 15 to 20 percent of the city, a rebel spokesman told Al Jazeera television on Monday.
“They are basically controlling four areas so far … that represents only about 15 to 20 percent of the city,” the rebel, identified as “Nasser”, said.
Tanks were seen leaving the compound of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and shelling an area in the capital, a rebel source told Al Jazeera television on Monday.
Forces loyal to Gaddafi are said to control 15 to 20 percent of the Libyan capital after rebels swept into the city.
South Africa
South Africa is not facilitating Muammar Gaddafi’s exit from Libya and knows that the Libyan leader will not seek asylum in South Africa after rebels entered the capital Tripoli, Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Monday.
Nkoana-Mashabane also denied at a media briefing in Johannesburg that South Africa had sent aircraft to Libya for Gaddafi’s exit and said Gaddafi’s current whereabouts are not known
Alarabiya
Libyan rebels are negotiating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrange the handover of Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam who was detained late on Sunday
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reporting live from Johannesburg right now that despite denials from the South African government, sources have told her that talks continued on Monday between the South African government and Muammar Gaddafi’s representatives to attempt to facilitate his exit from the country. The two destinations reportedly on the table right now are Angola and Zimbabwe.
Alarabiya
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis is leading a military force towards central Tripoli, Al Arabiya TV said on Tuesday, citing rebel sources.
Mahmud Nacua, the Charge d’affaires at the Libyan embassy in London, says “there will be no vacuum” in Libya, and that the NTC will move from Benghazi to Tripoli to appoint a transitional government to take over the country.
AP
President Barack Obama says the people of Libya are showing that their desire for freedom “is far stronger than the iron fist of a dictator.” Obama says the US will work closely with rebel leaders
AFP
President Hugo Chavez, a staunch ally of Moammar Gadhafi, slammed Western powers Sunday for “destroying Tripoli with their bombs,” as rebels surged to seize control of the Libyan capital. “Today we are seeing images of the democratic governments of Europe, along with the supposedly democratic government of the United States destroying Tripoli with their bombs,” Chavez said.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reporting live from Tripoli now, says that clashes and violence is continuing in the capital, with the rebels pushing towards Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizyah compound, but facing resistance. Rebel armed groups are also being deployed to maintain law and order in various neighbourhoods. Forty international journalists are now trapped in the Rixos Hotel, Khodr reports.
Reuters
Gaddafi forces in Tripoli have stationed tanks near his compound in central Tripoli. ”The situation is not stable. There is gunfire everywhere. Gaddafi’s forces are using tanks at the port and Al Sarine street near Bab al-Aziziyah,” said a rebel official in Tripoli, who gave his name as Abdulrahman. “The revolutionaries are positioned everywhere in Tripoli, some of them are near Bab al-Aziziyah, but Gaddafi’s forces have been trying to resist.
UK
UK prime minister David Cameron says that he would like to see Gaddafi “face justice” for his “appalling” crimes, but that the decision is for the Libyan rebel council to make.He has warned against “complacency”, and says that the government will soon be releasing frozen Libyan assets to the rebels.
Reuters
Libya’s rebel oil firm Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) said it is technically ready to start oil output in its two eastern fields and can do so without the presence of foreign oil workers. ”We have taken care of the maintenance. We have Libyan oil companies and can start anytime if security is approved. We can start without the foreign companies,” said Abdeljalil Mayouf, information manager at AGOCO.
France
France aims to host a meeting of international partners as soon as next week to discuss a roadmap for the future of Libya, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Monday. Juppe said it was not yet clear whether Gaddafi was still in Tripoli and called on his supporters to lay down their arms.
EU
A spokesman for the EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has told a regular news briefing “For the moment … [EU] sanctions will remain in place, but we can always lift them fairly rapidly,”
Sky News
Sky News reporting that opposition fighters of Gheryan have moved forward towards Tripoli in a convoy of 100 vehicles to reach the capital in an hours Time. The green light was given after assessing and establishing no resistance would be met.
AFP
South Africa has not sent planes to Libya to allow its embattled leader Moamer Kadhafi to leave the country, Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said Monday.”The South Africa government would like to refute and dispel the rumours and claims that it has sent planes to Libya to fly Colonel Kadhafi and his family to an undisclosed location,” she told reporters.
“Nobody has asked for asylum in South Africa, and as far as Johannesburg is aware, Kadhafi remains in Libya, she added. “The future of Kadhafi should be decided by Libyans…,” Nkoana-Mashabane stressed.
Reuters
The Joint War Committee (JWC), which groups syndicate members from the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) and representatives from London’s insurance company market says there is no immediate prospect of Libya being removed from a list of areas deemed high risk by London’s marine insurance market and underwriters will seek a stable period before looking at de-listing,
Russia Today
Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance on Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gaddafi’s regime. The leader’s whereabouts were unknown, however, and pockets of resistance remained.
BBC
A civilian in the Ben Assour area of Tripoli says: Early this morning we heard lots of shooting. People are staying indoors, no-one leaves and no-one gets in. People are securing their streets… there are lots of rooftop snipers.
Reports that Sabha has been liberated by FF, no presence for Gaddafi forces in the city
Aljazeera
Breaking Al Jazeera: Libya Rebels say NATO planning to strike walls of Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound, advise citizens to stay clear.
MSNBC
Oil prices around the world should start falling if Libyan rebels succeed in toppling Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, though the full effect won’t be felt for months.Crude prices fell on Monday on hopes that Libya would soon resume oil output
Alarabiya
One of Gaddafi’s sons, Al-Mutassim, is in Bab Al-Azizya compound in Tripoli
Damascus
The Libyan Embassy in Damascus,Syria has defected and pledged it support of the opposition.
AFP: A diplomatic source confirms that Gadafi is still in Bab Al Azizya compund.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Qaddafi still in his #Tripoli residence: Diplomat tells AFP
Free Libya Now
It is absolutely clear that clashes in almost every area in Tripoli is a coordinated plan on behalf of Gadafi Militias, after luring FF’s.
Libya TV
Summary Saturday August. 19, Sunday August 20 and Monday August 21:
Saturday 20 August 2011:
23:32 AlJazeera: Tunisia just recognized The National Transitional Council as the legitimate governing body of Libya.
23:18 AlJazeera: NTC chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil ells Al Jazeera: “All matters go according to Allah’s plan. All actions have been preplanned and coordinated.”
22:55 Reuters: Tripoli residents say receive text messages urging them to “go out into streets to eliminate agents with weapons.”
22:30 Reuters: Multiple explosions rocked Tripoli on Saturday night and repeated anti-aircraft fire was seen streaking across the sky, a Reuters reporter in the city said. Sustained gunfire and thuds were heard in the distance and residents of Tajoura, on Tripoli’s eastern outskirts, reported clashes were under way.
21:26 Libya TV: Demonstrators take to the streets in Tajoura, Fashloum, Dahra, Soug el Juma, Hadba, Gurgi, Furnaj and other section of Tripoli.
20:52 Libya TV: Revolutionaries protesting in SougalJuma, Furnaj, Tajura, Ben Ashour and Zawhit Dhahmani.
20:29 Libya TV: Libya TV Libya al-ahrar reports Freedom fighters have taken control of a weapons depot in Tripoli.
18:57 Libya TV: The head Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, is expected to address the Libyan people, live on Libya TV shortly.
16:11 AFP: National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said today “the end is very near” for Muammar Gaddafi and that it will be “catastrophic,” as freedom fighters pushing on the capital claimed to have seized a third key town in 24 hours.
“We have contacts with people from the inner circle of Gaddafi,” said the chairman of the NTC. “All evidence shows that the end is very near, with God’s grace.”
Abdel Jalil was speaking to reporters as a flurry of rumours suggested that Gaddafi was preparing to flee Libya.
“I expect a catastrophic end for him and his inner circle, and I expect that he will a create a situation within Tripoli. I hope my expectation is wrong,” Abdel Jalil said.
15:25 CNN: Libyan officials are rejecting opposition claims that Muammar Gaddafi is
seeking refuge for his family, saying that neither the leader nor his wife and children plan to leave the country.
Gaddafi’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told CNN that Gaddafi and his family are staying in the country, countering revolutionary reports that the governments of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have been asked to accept the family.
U.S. and NATO officials also say they have no indication Gaddafi is making preparations to leave.
14:42 Reuters: Libya’s oil chief, Omran Abukraa, is in Tunisia and did not return to Libya after a trip abroad, a Tunisian official source told Reuters today.
The source said Abukraa had arrived in Tunisia after a trip to Italy. Abukraa represented Libya at the last OPEC meeting in June after Tripoli’s long-serving oil chief Shokri Ghanem defected from Muammar Gaddafi’s government and said he supported the aims of revolutionaries trying to topple him.
13:57 BBC: Two U.S. senators have demanded the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber from Libya, on the second anniversary of his release from prison in Scotland.
Terminally-ill Abdelbasset al Megrahi was freed by Scottish ministers on compassionate grounds.
New Jersey senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg want the opposition transitional Libyan government, the NTC to send Megrahi to the U.S.
Al- Meghrahi is believed to be in Tripoli.
02:08 CNN: The Embattled Muammar Gaddafi may be making preparations for what is described as a “last stand” in Tripoli as a months-long NATO air campaign continues amid reports of revolutionary advances, according to two U.S. officials.
“We believe he could be planning for a last stand,” one U.S. official said.
A second U.S. official confirmed a similar concern and said the Gaddafi plan could involve a final military offensive against civilians, launched from his last major strongholds around the Libyan capital.
The officials, who have knowledge of the situation on the ground, did not want to be named because of the sensitive intelligence matters.
sunday 21 August 2011:
23:57 Reuters/AlJazeera: AL Jazeera TV airs images of people celebrating in central Tripoli, tearing down Gaddafi posters.
23:48 Al Arabiya: Libya’s freedom fighters will halt their offensive if Muammar Gaddafi announces his departure, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council said on Al Arabiya television tonight.
Mustapha Abd El Jalil added that the rebel forces would give Gaddafi and his sons safe passage out of the country.
23:41 Reuters: Muammar Gaddafi’s government is ready for immediate negotiations with freedom fighters seeking to oust him, and has asked NATO to convince the freedom fighting forces to halt an attack on Tripoli, a spokesman said on state television tonight.
Gaddafi was prepared to negotiate directly with the head of the National Transitional Council, spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said.
He added that 1,300 people had been killed in fighting in Tripoli tonight.
23:31 Al Arabiya/AlJazeera: Muammar Gaddafi’s presidential guard has surrendered to Libya’s freedom fighters, Al Arabiya reported tonight, citing the National Transitional Council. Al Jazeera television also reported that troops responsible for the veteran leader’s security had laid down their arms.
23:11 Reuters: Libya’s freedom fighters have captured Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Islam, the head of the National Transitional Council told Al Jazeera television tonight.
“We have confirmed information that our guys have captured Saif Al-Islam,” Mustafa Abd El Jalil said. “We have given instructions to treat him well so that he can face trial.”
22:56 Sky News: Sky news reports Libyan freedom fighters have entered into the centre of the city, meeting almost no resistance along the way.
22:24 Sky News: Sky News reports that Freedom fighters have entered the city centre in the capital Tripoli. Sky news also reports there is no evidence of Gaddafi forces in downtown Tripoli.
20:56 Reuters: Gunmen loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi run through the grounds of the Rixos hotel in Tripoli August 21, 2011. Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel where members of the foreign media are staying, a Reuters correspondent at the hotel said tonight.
20:00 AP: Euphoric Libyan freedom fighters have pushed to the western outskirts of Tripoli without meeting any resistance after they overran a major military base that defends the capital.
Associated Press reporters with the fighters said they reached the Tripoli suburb of Janzour around nightfall. They were greeted by civilians lining the streets and waving rebel flags.
19:55 AlJazeera: Al Jazeera reports Libyan revolutionaries enter Aisha Gaddafi’s house in Bin Ashour.
19:45 Reuters: Thousands of freedom fighters 25 km 15 miles west of Tripoli were seen moving toward the capital on this evening, a Reuters correspondent at the scene said.
The fighters passed a road sign saying Tripoli was 25 km away, the correspondent said. He said that as the fighters advanced they took control of a barracks belonging to the so-called Khamis brigade, the Libyan government’s most elite security unit which is commanded by one of Gaddafi’s sons, Khamis.
19:44 AlJazeera: De Spiegel reports that Germany has just sent special forces to
Libya to protect their diplomats. Al Jazeera has spoken to the German Interior Ministry who will not comment on the operations of special forces.
19:28 AlJazeera: Gaddafi has rallied to his people via an audio announcement on Libya TV that they should come from all regions to liberate Tripoli. He said he was in the city, with his people and that together they would defend the city with its last drop of blood.
18:57 Reuters: French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute today to Libyan freedom fighters battling Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in and around the capital Tripoli and reaffirmed France’s full support for their cause.
“At the moment when decisive events are taking place in the Tripoli region, in Tripoli itself, and elsewhere in Libya, the president salutes the courage of the revolutionary fighters and of the Libyan people who are rising up,” Sarkozy’s office said.
18:34 AlJazeera: The White House has predicted that Muammar Gaddafi’s days as leader of Libya are numbered.
“We believe that Gaddafi’s days are numbered, and that the Libyan people deserve a just, democratic and peaceful future,” said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
The United States continues to communicate closely with our allies, partners, and the National Transitional Council.
18:28 Reuters: Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel where members of the foreign media are staying, a Reuters correspondent at the hotel said this evening.
The reporter said it sounded like a burst of automatic gunfire.
18:11 Reuters: Libya activist in Tripoli says 200 freedom fighters reinforcements reach Tripoli by sea from Misrata., heavy fighting inside the capital’s Mitiga Airbase.
16:54 AP: Revolutionaries captured a major military base that defends Moammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli
16:51 Reuters: Gaddafi said he will stay in Tripoli “until the end” and called on his supporters around the country to help liberate the capital from a revolutionary offensive. He said in an audio message played over state television he was “afraid that Tripoli will burn” and he said he would provide weapons to supporters to fight off the revolutionary forces.
16:34 AFP: Freedom fighters have infiltrated the capital Tripoli by sea via Misrata and Zlitan.
16:22 Libya TV: Al-Kweldhi al Hamedi’s house has been surrounded by freedom fighters, who are negotiating the terms of his surrender with guards protecting his home.
16:19 Al Jazeera: NATO forces bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in central Tripoli on Sunday, Al Jazeera television reported, as the leader battled to stamp out an uprising in the capital.
15:00 EPA: A screenshot taken from Al Arabiya Channel today shows the latest
appearance of the son of Mummar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam in a recorded speech aired on Libyan satellite channels in an unknown location.
Today, Saif al-Islam vowed not to surrender and denounced on public television that the revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the regime are outlaws. ‘It is impossible that we would surrender. We are in our land, whether six months, a
year or even two, no problem; we will wait.”
14:00 AP: The Italian defense minister has confirmed media reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s former No. 2 official is in Italy after fleeing Tripoli. Minister Ignazio La Russa’s remarks to reporters in Sicily today, carried by the Italian news agency ANSA, was the first official confirmation that Abdel-Salam Jalloud had arrived in Italy. He didn’t say where Jalloud was staying.
Italian media have reported that Jalloud first fled to Tunisia, then to Italy yesterday. Italian officials initially declined to comment on Jalloud’s whereabouts.
10:20 Al Jazeera: Gun-wielding Libyan TV presenter on Libyan State Television says she is “ready to die fighting against revolutionaries.”
Here is the video courtesy of Al Jazeera, accompanied by an english voiceover translation:
10:00 AlJazeera: Revolutionaries fighting for control of Tripoli have killed 31 of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and captured 42.
07:50 AP: Revolutionaries say they are closing in on Tripoli from the west and the front line is now less than 20 miles 30 kilometers from the capital.
They say a 600-strong revolutionary force that set out eastward from the coastal city of Zawiya reached the outskirts of the town of Jedaim in the early hours of the morning.
Murad Dabdoub, a freedom fighter who returned to Zawiya from the front, says “forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were shelling the revolutionary forces with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire.”
05:30 AlJazeera: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi gives speaks to AlJazeera. says uprising in Tripoli is just 10 people.
04:00 AlJazeera: Jalloud speaks to Al Jazeera Arabic. Calls Gaddafi a liar.
03:50 Reuters: Head of the Political affairs of the NTC, Fathi BAlJazeera, told Reuters: “There is certain information tells that forces loyal to Gaddafi withdrew and left their weapons behind in areas outside Tripoli. And I think everything is in order in Tripoli, revolutionaries are approaching al-Sareem Street nearby Bab al-Azizia complex.
Gaddafi may be coerced to flee if he managed to co-ordinate it with some countries, but I hope to arrest him to be tried with his sons and his assistants in Libya.”
03:00 Libya TV: Autocrat Gaddafi gives an audio address on state TV. says NATO is collapsing. calls revolutionaries rats.
01:06 Reuters: “The zero hour has started. The rebels in Tripoli have risen up,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice-chairman of the National Transitional Council, based in the eastern
Libyan city of Benghazi, told Reuters.
01:03 Reuters: Libyan revolutionaries continued to clash with Gaddafi government forces controlling Mitiga airbase in Tripoli, after fighting left an unknown number of dead in the suburb of Qadah and elsewhere, an opposition activist in Tripoli told the Reuters news agency.
00:55 AP: A vacationing President Barack Obama is being kept up to date by aides as reports come in of revolutionary troops advancing on Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
A senior administration official reports the president was briefed Saturday on Martha’s Vineyard, and is continuing to get regular updates. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
00:16 Al Jazeera: Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent holds up radio supposedly intercepting Gaddafi forces’ communication. Watch it at youtube.com/watch?v=okkhrTR8rjI&feature...!
Monday 22 August 2011:
13:50 Reuters:Britain urged Gaddafi to stop fighting without conditions after troops loyal to him staged a last-ditch resistance in the capital Tripoli.
13:10 Reuters:France aims to host a meeting of international partners as soon as next week to discuss a roadmap for the future of Libya, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said today.
12:50 AP:NATO says it will continue its combat air patrols over Libya until all pro-Gaddafi forces surrender or return to barracks.
12:00 AP:World leaders said today the end is near for the regime of Moammar Gaddafi and called on the Libyan dictator to relinquish power, as hundreds of Libyans living abroad celebrated in the streets after revolutionaries took control of most of the Libyan capital.
11:00 AP:The Libyan revolutionaries’ top diplomat in London says clashes are continuing in Tripoli, but opposition forces control 95 percent of the city.
09:50 AP: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to get out of his people’s way and to face charges for alleged crimes against them.
07:20 AJE: Fighting rages in Tripoli near compound of beleaguered Libyan dictator as revolutionaries sweep into capital.
04:28 Reuters: U.S. President Obama says future of Libya now in hands of Libyan people, says U.S. will stay in close coordination with the NTC.
03:24 Reuters: US president Obama says he will make a statement on Libya when he
has full confirmation on what is happening.
01:45: AlJazeera: Revolutionaries say they are in full control of Tripoli, except for Bab Al Aziziya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
All journalists who’ve stayed at the Rixos thought emails/computers being hacked, journalist still there have now found print outs of emails
Adel
Khamis Gaddafi is leading forces towards center of #Tripoli’ What’s wrong with him? Didn’t he watch the news yesterday?!
Number 10.gov
PM’s Statement on Libya:
Prime Minister David Cameron has delivered a statement outside Number 10 on the latest situation in Libya.
I have just come from chairing a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Libya.
The latest information is that the vast majority of Tripoli is now controlled by free Libyan fighters, although fighting continues – and some of it is extremely fierce.
We have no confirmation of Qadhafi’s whereabouts, but at least two of Qadhafi’s sons have been detained.
His regime is falling apart and in full retreat.
Qadhafi must stop fighting, without conditions – and clearly show that he has given up any claim to control Libya.
As for his future, that should be a decision for Chairman Jalil and the new Libyan authorities.
The situation in Tripoli is clearly very fluid today and there can be no complacency.
Our task now is to do all we can to support the will of the Libyan people, which is for an effective transition to a free, democratic and inclusive Libya.
This will be a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned process with broad international support co-ordinated by the UN – and I am in close contact with partners from NATO, the Arab League and with Chairman Jalil himself.
Clearly the immediate priority today is to establish security in Tripoli.
We are working closely with the NTC to support their plans to make sure that happens.
I spoke to Chairman Jalil last week, and will be speaking to him again, to agree with him the importance of respecting human rights, avoiding reprisals, and making sure all parts of Libya can share in the country’s future.
And the wider NATO mission which is to protect civilians – that will continue for as long as it is needed.
This morning the National Security Council also discussed the urgent work that needs to be done on medical supplies and humanitarian aid, on diplomatic efforts, and on our work at the UN Security Council.
Let me say a word about each.
First, on the need to support the medical facilities in Tripoli.
We have already deployed medical supplies close to where they are needed, and have now released them to the World Health Organisation.
In the coming days it will be important to make sure the communications networks, the electricity, the power supplies, fuel and water are maintained or repaired where they need to be.
The National Transitional Council have been planning for this for months and we have been helping with that work.
Diplomatically, we have a strong mission already in Benghazi consisting of Foreign Office, military and aid specialists, and we will establish a British diplomatic presence in Tripoli as soon as it is safe and practical to do so.
This will include stabilisation experts who have been planning for this moment with the NTC for months.
At the UN, we will also be taking early action in the Security Council to give the new Libyan authorities the legal, diplomatic, political and financial support they need.
We will soon be able to release the frozen assets that belong to the Libyan people.
The Foreign Secretary is returning and, with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Defence Secretary and the Development Secretary, will coordinate our efforts with the NTC in the week ahead.
Six months ago this country took the difficult decision to commit our military to support the people of Libya.
I said at the time that this action was necessary, legal and right – and I still believe that today.
It was necessary because Gadhafi was going to slaughter his own people – and that massacre of thousand of innocent people was averted.
Legal, because we secured a Resolution from the United Nations, and have always acted according to that Resolution.
And right, because the Libyan people deserve to shape their own future, just as the people of Egypt and Tunisia are now doing.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many British pilots, air staff, ground crew and everyone who worked so hard to support the NATO mission and the work of the NTC.
On the pilots – as ever they have sho0wn incredible bravery, professionalism and dedication.
This has not been our revolution, but we can be proud that we have played our part.
There will undoubtedly be difficult days ahead.
No transition is ever smooth or easy.
But today the Arab spring is a step further away from oppression and dictatorship and a step closer to freedom and democracy.
And the Libyan people are closer to their dream of a better future.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
40 Int’l journalists are trapped at #Rixos now
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Obama calls freedom fighters to respect human rights and I think this is what they’re already doing.
libyanandproud
Two #Tripoli humanitarian supply offices in #Tunisia have started operation as of last night, to help the people of #Tripoli .
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Libya’s Prime Minister Al-Mahmoudi and head of Libyan TV union are in Tunisia – Al Jazeera TV
Libyan Embassies defecting in past (24hrs): Syria, Morocco, Algeria, and Japan. The Embassies taken over Kuwait and Greece.
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Libya nationals in #Malta enter Libyan school and burn Green Books, flags and pictures of the Col
lourdesgnavarro Lulu Garcia-Navarro
rebels are going slow in #tripoli #libya. Regrouping in seaside compound, clearing out areas. One rebel says “tomorrow syria”. ha.
libyanandproud
Arab League : We full support the #NTC
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI The revolutionaries stormed #STATETV building after killing the soldiers surrounding it Now under FF control #libya
DarioLopezMills Dario Lopez
situation very fluid in Libya. Still trapped inside the Tripoli Rixos hotel unable to leave. Sporadic gunfire all morning long.
RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Sources telling us #Libya’s Charge d’affaires & his deputy in #Egypt have resigned, left embassy at dawn
AJELive AJELive
Nasser, #Tripoli resident, says they will let NTC take care of anything, are forming local security battalions, won’t take revenge #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Am told Very young and Very old people will die of hunger There are ppl without money = No food and depending on neighbours #Libya
A Free Libyan
Did I just hear Sky News call it a civil war?! Oh jeez, first ‘Rebels’, now that. Cut us some slack. Revolution next time plz.
BBC
Libya conflict: Fighting rages near Gaddafi compound
No-one predicted how fast Libya’s rebel forces would, indeed could move into the capital unopposed.
But 24 hours after the first heavy fighting erupted in Tripoli – on Saturday night – the signs were there for all to see.
First there were the children and the wives of Col Muammar Gaddafi’s officials packing and leaving the five-star Rixos hotel.
The Rixos is the place where the government has obliged foreign journalists to stay when reporting on this conflict.
Over the months it became a government hangout. A place of refuge and safety for them where Col Gaddafi’s information minister held regular news conferences.
Now the relatives of senior officials were going, heading presumably somewhere safer.
The rebels swept towards Tripoli with surprising speed
Then I noticed the translators we have been working with for months now had also left. So too the state television staff who have worked out of here since their headquarters were bombed by Nato.
These were ominous signs of the battle to come.
Full report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14611043
Alex
Soon we know the truth about – various western Regime ‘experts’ – who supported #Gaddafi – regardless of the overwhelming evidence – of his persecution and brutalization of the #Libya people.
#SKYTV ‘expert’ #NabilaRamdan – and sometime #USA Politician @CynthiaMcKinley – both made many visits to #Libya – and both strongly attacked Regime opponents.
Were they paid ‘travel expenses’ by the Regime to visit? – and if so how much? – and were they paid for anything else – & if so – what?
#Gaddafi often paid western reporters and editors – to report against his opponents – and recently records of these payments found their way onto WIKILEAKS – and implicated a well known London Editor of a local Arabic newspaper.
Did #Gaddafi ‘s sabotage of the truth – also extend to ME ’experts’?
Apart from an inexplicable intellectual ignorance of the weight of evidence about matters they commented on – we do not presently have any proof of this.
But – now that #FF #NTC are in charge of Regime files & records – we may soon receive the answer.
If #MohammedGaddafi – has not committed any crime – including any crime of corruption – he should be set free – & permitted to join #FF Revolution – like all other ex Regime #Libya citizens.
He may be a social pariah – but there must not be any state persecution – simply on account of family name – which he did not choose.
The witch is still alive! Hala Misrati Interview t.co/Dwh8Wqw #libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcC2KMArsNY&fea...
Mushu
We are a unique case.We asked for help.Only CERTAIN countries answered.We laid down the rules.We got what we asked for. #Facts #Libya #Feb17
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Zuwarah is surrounded & shelled from the west, south & east and trying to make its voice heard while everyone focuses on Tripoli. #Libya
andersoncooper Anderson Cooper
I am thinking about Tim Hetherington and all the Libyans and others who have lost their lives in this struggle.#libya
Reuters
Gaddafi whereabouts a mystery as rebels close in
Muammar Gaddafi, who for decades enjoyed strutting before the public in his finery, has disappeared from the stage as rebels take over his former stronghold Tripoli.
The rebels want to get their hands on him and so does the International Criminal Court. But they must find him first.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/22/us-l...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Italy PM #Berlusconi says #Gaddafi must surrender and stop ‘useless resistance’
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
IOM chartered boat to begin evacuation of foreign nations from #Tripoli.
joselevycnn:
Rebeldes a 1 km de la Plaza Verde Tripoli dan marcha atras pues se encuentran frente a fuerte oposicion blindada proGadhafi
missy_ryan Missy Ryan
That sounded like mortar/rocket fire in distance. #Tripoli
Oh, now NTC saying Saif al Islam might be tried in #Libya.
lourdesgnavarro Lulu Garcia-Navarro
prisoners released from khamis military base in maia alleged beatings and torture. one man had cuts and bruises
portia_walker Portia Walker
Headed to Tunis in a couple of hours. Then #Libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta PM cuts short private holiday in #Prague and will convene his Cabinet on Tuesday and give full recognition to #TNC
inglesi Piers Scholfield
keep hearing western pundits saying there’s no obvious person to lead #Libya right now. Jalil / Jibril no good for transitional period?
Jeel
#Libya n embassy in Greece has been ransacked, portraits of #Gaddafi torn down& green flag has been torn down replaced by independence flag
AFP reporter saw 40 vehicles pass including a rubbish truck w/ 35 fighters on board. The trucks appeared to be heading towards Green Square
AlArabiyah reporting that Libyan Embassy in #Syria have defected and sided with the opposition
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Mustafa Abdel Jalil calls for minority rights in new #Libya
Jeel
AbdelJalil taking great pains to assure everyone of multiple points. The speech is full of reassurance.
ArmchairArab Armchair Arab
AJA’s reporter now live from Tripoli says all news earlier about Gaddafi tanks making counter-attack was all pro-gaddafi propaganda.
Al Arabiya: AFP: Russia expects a peaceful transition of power to the revolutionaries soon
Al Arabiya: Reuters: Libyan opposition says it may put Saif Al Islam Gaddafi on trial in #Libya
Al Arabiya: Sarkozy calls on pro Gaddafi supporters to lay down their arms and will be meeting with Mustafa Abdul Jalil on Wednesday
LibyanYouthMovement
Source in #Tripoli #Bint #Al #Saraj reports at 4am (local time): G forces were dressed in civilian clothing in Janzour, Dreeby & other areas
Freedom Fighter
FFs are busy cleaning bab ben ghashier from G forces. No electricity since 2:50pm. Battery is low. I will be informing you as much as i can.
I can hear an air plain comming…. looks like there is a late gift must be delivered to bab alazizia :)
Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli call: “Benashoor FF have captured 2 Mercenaries today morning and are sweeping the streets”
Saif Gaddafi may be tried in Libya, Arab League backs NTC
Libya’s revolutionary envoy to Paris said on Monday there was a chance Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi could be tried in Libya and not handed over to the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
“Everything is possible, it is up to the NTC (National Transitional Council) to decide. It is possible that he will be handed over to the ICC but it’s also possible he won’t,” Mansour Saif al-Nasr told Reuters Television outside the Libyan embassy in Paris.
He said he was unsure of the whereabouts of Muammar Gaddafi, but added that he would be arrested and brought to justice.
Arab League chief backs Libya revolutionary council
In Cairo, the Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby expressed his “full solidarity” with Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council today, as revolutionary forces battled Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists for control of the capital Tripoli.
“Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby offers his full solidarity with the ongoing efforts under the leadership of the National Transitional Council,” a statement from the League said.
“This is a historical moment that marks a milestone in the history of the Libyan people. We hope the council’s efforts are successful in leading the new phase and protecting the independence, sovereignty and integrity of Libyan lands,” the statement added.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9774
Libya TV
AbdulJaleel Head of #NTC: The real moment of victory is when we capture Gaddafi himself
FromJoanne Joanne
#BENGHAZI Mustafa Abdel #Jalil live now: Mohamed Gaddafi and family were not hurt
News of #Saif #Gaddafi Capture was my Happiest Moment so far.. Such a comforting idea that #MeanLeanLyingMachine is now in FF custody #Libya
#TRIPOLI Journos in #RIXOS in effect hostages to GF Power was cut off in area about an hr ago Reports whole of Tripoli Power outage #
#ICC + #NTC ALREADY talking about Handover of Saif alIslam Gaddafi 2 TheHague Int. CriminalCourt What Joyful journey this will b4 us #Libya
Eman
NEED support 4rm Youth,Gargarish near Mohammad #Giddaffi house.Heavy attacks!.PLEASE HELP! Situation is VERY BAD!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
#NTC head Mustafa Abdel Jalil: God has chosen that #Gaddafi’s end should be at the hands of #Libya’s youths v AJE #Libya
MUST READ
Guardian
After Gaddafi, let’s hope for the best in Libya
Yes, Gaddafi’s fall will expose factional rivalries, but Libya is unlikely to turn into another Iraq, let alone Afghanistan
As recently as last Friday, Kathleen McFarland, a security analyst at Fox News, was lecturing President Obama on America’s “missteps” in Libya.
“Libya and Syria are the textbook examples of why it’s important to pick your battles, and then make sure you win the one you pick,” she wrote. “President Obama picked the wrong fight by going to war against Libya, and so far is not succeeding.”
Just three days later, the Gaddafi regime is almost gone and it’s looking as if Obama picked the right battle after all. The real test, though, is further down the line. One year from now, will Libyans be living under a government that is significantly better than the one that tyrannised them for almost 42 years? Will they be able to speak their minds freely and engage in the country’s politics without fearing the consequences?
Read full story:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
THANK YOU Electr0n[+]. The newly revised nic.ly looks FAR better w/ the Freedom Flag on it : )
#Malta OIL TANKER “APOSTOLOS A” remains anchored in port #Tobruq #Libya. #Feb17
#Gaddafi mercs at #Tajoura heart hospital now surrounded by #Freedomfighters
Gaddafi flag has been lowered, burnt by Libyans at the Libyan embassy in #Kuwait. The Freedom Flag flies there now.
Just noticed, in #Sweden #libyen is Number 1 trend, Tripoli is Number 4, NATO is Number 6
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
In Free Libya, Women’s rights goes without saying Inshalah
Reuters
BREAKING Libya Much Hated StateTV NOW OFF AIR and FF controlled
BreakingNews Breaking News
AFP:
Egypt recognizes Libyan rebel government
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
We remember the people of Tunisia and Egypt, their support was beyond belief during the 6 months, and an inspiration before Feb17
Walid
Every time someone compares #Libya to #Afghanistan, #Iraq, etc, they fail to see that situation/circumstances unique each time.
AJA: The Libyan independence flag is now waving above the Libyan embassy in Algeria
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Freedom Fighters in 1911, Freedom Fighters in 2011. We will build our country back Inshala,
patelmas01
I believe Libya will now become a leading example of a modern Muslim democratic state.May god bless you guys and make it easy
R. Z.
Gaddafi is a con-man that sold Libyans a dream with empty promises and stole the futures of a generation of Libyans.
Alberto
comparing #Libya with #Iraq is like comparing WWII with #Vietnam
Tweeting Tripoli
This is a “Rock version” of the now famous song written by the revolutionary artist Masoud from Benghazi. His RBG on his back and his Guitar in his hands strumming his inspiring words has fascinated us ever since we saw him on TV. This humble version was arranged and performed by a band from Tripoli. We strongly believe in a Libya that is united and free. We hope that the Libyan Rock and Metal music fans will enjoy it. One Libya for all Libyans. Long live Libya.
شباب طرابلس يقدم لمحبي موسيقى الروك هذا النسخة الكهربائية المتواضعة للإغنية الشهيرة للفنان الثائر مسعود و فرقته من بنغازي و يهديهم هذه النسخة ويتمنون لهم السلامة و النصر و نقول لهم نخن في إنتظاركم لنعزفها سوياً في طرابلس في ميدان الشهداء يوم التحرير بإذن الله.
كما يهدي شباب طرابلس هذه الأغنية أيضاً الى جميع شهداء الحرية الذين ضحو بأرواحهم بالألاف و خاصة الإعلاميين من أمثال محمد النبوس و على جابر…
ستبقى ليبيا حرة و موحدة الى الأبد
لا شرقية و لا غربية و لا جنوبية
ليبيا وحدة وطنية
ليبيا لكل الليبيين
Finally I can reveal that it is me singing and playing the guitar here: youtube.com/watch?v=kKng4Z…
or: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKng4Z-d76w
I know I should’t quit my day job, so be gentle This is an absolute MUST READ:
From: INFORMED COMMENT
TOP TEN MYTHS ABOUT THE LIBYA WAR
by Professor Guan Cole
The Libyan Revolution has largely succeeded, and this is a moment of celebration, not only for Libyans but for a youth generation in the Arab world that has pursued a political opening across the region. The secret of the uprising’s final days of success lay in a popular revolt in the working-class districts of the capital, which did most of the hard work of throwing off the rule of secret police and military cliques. It succeeded so well that when revolutionary brigades entered the city from the west, many encountered little or no resistance, and they walked right into the center of the capital. Muammar Qaddafi was in hiding as I went to press, and three of his sons were in custody. Saif al-Islam Qaddafi had apparently been the de facto ruler of the country in recent years, so his capture signaled a checkmate. (Checkmate is a corruption of the Persian “shah maat,” the “king is confounded,” since chess came west from India via Iran). Checkmate.
The end game, wherein the people of Tripoli overthrew the Qaddafis and joined the opposition Transitional National Council, is the best case scenario that I had suggested was the most likely denouement for the revolution. I have been making this argument for some time, and it evoked a certain amount of incredulity when I said it in a lecture in the Netherlands in mid-June, but it has all along been my best guess that
things would end the way they have. I got it right where others did not because my premises turned out to be sounder, i.e., that Qaddafi had lost popular support across the board and was in power only through main force. Once enough of his heavy weapons capability was disrupted, and his fuel and ammunition supplies blocked, the underlying hostility of the common people to the regime could again manifest itself, as it had in February. I was moreover convinced that the generality of Libyans were attracted by the revolution and by the idea of a political opening, and that there was no great danger to national unity here.
I do not mean to underestimate the challenges that still lie ahead– mopping up operations against regime loyalists, reestablishing law and order in cities that have seen popular revolutions, reconstituting police and the national army, moving the Transitional National Council to Tripoli, founding political parties, and building a new, parliamentary regime. Even in much more institutionalized and less clan-based societies such as Tunisia and Egypt, these tasks have proved anything but easy. But it would be wrong, in this moment of triumph for the Libyan Second Republic, to dwell on the difficulties to come. Libyans deserve a moment of exultation.
I have taken a lot of heat for my support of the revolution and of the United Nations-authorized intervention by the Arab League and NATO that kept it from being crushed. I haven’t taken nearly as much heat as the youth of Misrata who fought off Qaddafi’s tank barrages, though, so it is OK. I hate war, having actually lived through one in Lebanon, and I hate the idea of people being killed. My critics who imagined me thrilling at NATO bombing raids were just being cruel. But here I agree with President Obama and his citation of Reinhold Niebuhr. You can’t protect all victims of mass murder everywhere all the time. But where you can do some good, you should do it, even if you cannot do all good. I mourn the deaths of all the people who died in this revolution, especially since many of the Qaddafi brigades were clearly coerced (they deserted in large numbers as soon as they felt it safe). But it was clear to me that Qaddafi was not a man to compromise, and that his military machine would mow down the revolutionaries if it were allowed to.
Moreover, those who question whether there were US interests in Libya seem to me a little blind. The US has an interest in there not being massacres of people for merely exercising their right to free assembly. The US has an interest in a lawful world order, and therefore in the United Nations Security Council resolution demanding that Libyans be protected from their murderous government. The US has an interest in its NATO alliance, and NATO allies France and Britain felt strongly about this intervention. The US has a deep interest in the fate of Egypt, and what happened in Libya would have affected Egypt (Qaddafi allegedly had high Egyptian officials on his payroll).
Given the controversies about the revolution, it is worthwhile reviewing the myths about the Libyan Revolution that led so many observers to make so many fantastic or just mistaken assertions about it.
1. Qaddafi was a progressive in his domestic policies. While back in the 1970s, Qaddafi was probably more generous in sharing around the oil wealth with the population, buying tractors for farmers, etc., in the past couple of decades that policy changed. He became vindictive against tribes in the east and in the southwest that had crossed him politically, depriving them of their fair share in the country’s resources. And in the past decade and a half, extreme corruption and the rise of post-Soviet-style oligarchs, including Qaddafi and his sons, have discouraged investment and blighted the economy. Workers were strictly controlled and unable to collectively bargain for improvements in their conditions. There was much more poverty and poor infrastructure in Libya than there should have been in an oil state.
2. Qaddafi was a progressive in his foreign policy. Again, he traded for decades on positions, or postures, he took in the 1970s. In contrast, in recent years he played a sinister role in Africa, bankrolling brutal dictators and helping foment ruinous wars. In 1996 the supposed champion of the Palestinian cause expelled 30,000 stateless Palestinians from the country. After he came in from the cold, ending European and US sanctions, he began buddying around with George W. Bush, Silvio Berlusconi and other right wing figures. Berlusconi has even said that he considered resigning as Italian prime minister once NATO began its intervention, given his close personal relationship to Qaddafi. Such a progressive.
3. It was only natural that Qaddafi sent his military against the protesters and revolutionaries; any country would have done the same. No, it wouldn’t, and this is the argument of a moral cretin. In fact, the Tunisian officer corps refused to fire on Tunisian crowds for dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and the Egyptian officer corps refused to fire on Egyptian crowds for Hosni Mubarak. The willingness of the Libyan officer corps to visit macabre violence on protesting crowds derived from the centrality of the Qaddafi sons and cronies at the top of the military hierarchy and from the lack of connection between the people and the professional soldiers and mercenaries. Deploying the military against non-combatants was a war crime, and doing so in a widespread and systematic way was a crime against humanity. Qaddafi and his sons will be tried for this crime, which is not “perfectly natural.”
4. There was a long stalemate in the fighting between the revolutionaries and the Qaddafi military. There was not. This idea was fostered by the vantage point of many Western observers, in Benghazi. It is true that there was a long stalemate at Brega, which ended yesterday when the pro-Qaddafi troops there surrendered. But the two most active fronts in the war were Misrata and its environs, and the Western Mountain region. Misrata fought an epic, Stalingrad-style, struggle of self-defense against attacking Qaddafi armor and troops, finally proving victorious with NATO help, and then they gradually fought to the west toward Tripoli. The most dramatic battles and advances were in the largely Berber Western Mountain region, where, again, Qaddafi armored units relentlessly shelled small towns and villages but were fought off (with less help from NATO initially, which I think did not recognize the importance of this
theater). It was the revolutionary volunteers from this region who eventually took Zawiya, with the help of the people of Zawiya, last Friday and who thereby cut Tripoli off from fuel and ammunition coming from Tunisia and made the fall of the capital possible. Any close observer of the war since April has seen constant movement, first at Misrata and then in the Western Mountains, and there was never an over-all stalemate.
5. The Libyan Revolution was a civil war. It was not, if by that is meant a fight between two big groups within the body politic. There was nothing like the vicious sectarian civilian-on-civilian fighting in Baghdad in 2006. The revolution began as peaceful public protests, and only when the urban crowds were subjected to artillery, tank, mortar and cluster bomb barrages did the revolutionaries begin arming themselves. When fighting began, it was volunteer combatants representing their city quarters taking on trained regular army troops and mercenaries. That is a revolution, not a civil war. Only in a few small pockets of territory, such as Sirte and its environs, did pro-Qaddafi civilians oppose the revolutionaries, but it would be wrong to magnify a handful of skirmishes of that sort into a civil war. Qaddafi’s support was too limited, too thin, and too centered in the professional military, to allow us to speak of a civil war.
6. Libya is not a real country and could have been partitioned between east and west.
Alexander Cockburn wrote,
“It requites no great prescience to see that this will all end up badly. Qaddafi’s failure to collapse on schedule is prompting increasing pressure to start a ground war, since the NATO operation is, in terms of prestige, like the banks Obama has bailed out, Too Big to Fail. Libya will probably be balkanized.”
I don’t understand the propensity of Western analysts to keep pronouncing nations in the global south “artificial” and on the verge of splitting up. It is a kind of Orientalism. All nations are artificial. Benedict Anderson dates the nation-state to the late 1700s, and even if it were a bit earlier, it is a new thing in history. Moreover, most nation-states are multi-ethnic, and many long-established ones have sub-nationalisms that threaten their unity. Thus, the Catalans and Basque are uneasy inside Spain, the Scottish may bolt Britain any moment, etc., etc. In contrast, Libya does not have any well-organized, popular separatist movements. It does have tribal divisions, but these are not the basis for nationalist separatism, and tribal alliances and fissures are more fluid than ethnicity (which is itself less fixed than people assume). Everyone speaks Arabic, though for Berbers it is the public language; Berbers were among the central Libyan heroes of the revolution, and will be rewarded with a more pluralist Libya. This generation of young Libyans, who waged the revolution, have mostly been through state schools and have a strong allegiance to the idea of Libya. Throughout the revolution, the people of Benghazi insisted that Tripoli was and would remain the capital. Westerners looking for break-ups after dictatorships are fixated on the Balkan events after 1989, but there most often isn’t an exact analogue to those in the contemporary Arab world.
7. There had to be NATO infantry brigades on the ground for the revolution to succeed. Everyone from Cockburn to Max Boot (scary when those two agree) put forward this idea. But there are not any foreign infantry brigades in Libya, and there are unlikely to be any. Libyans are very nationalistic and they made this clear from the beginning. Likewise the Arab League. NATO had some intelligence assets on the ground, but they were small in number, were requested behind the scenes for liaison and spotting by the revolutionaries, and did not amount to an invasion force. The Libyan people never needed foreign ground brigades to succeed in their revolution.
8. The United States led the charge to war. There is no evidence for this allegation whatsoever. When I asked Glenn Greenwald whether a US refusal to join France and Britain in a NATO united front might not have destroyed NATO, he replied that NATO would never have gone forward unless the US had plumped for the intervention in the first place. I fear that answer was less fact-based and more doctrinaire than we are accustomed to hearing from Mr. Greenwald, whose research and analysis on domestic issues is generally first-rate. As someone not a stranger to diplomatic history, and who has actually heard briefings in Europe from foreign ministries and officers of NATO members, I’m offended at the glibness of an answer given with no more substantiation than an idee fixe. The excellent McClatchy wire service reported on the reasons for which then Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the Pentagon, and Obama himself were extremely reluctant to become involved in yet another war in the Muslim world. It is obvious that the French and the British led the charge on this intervention, likely because they believed that a protracted struggle over years between the opposition and Qaddafi in Libya would radicalize it and give an opening to al-Qaeda and so pose various threats to Europe. French President Nicolas Sarkozy had been politically mauled, as well, by the offer of his defense minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, to send French troops to assist Ben Ali in Tunisia (Alliot-Marie had been Ben Ali’s guest on fancy vacations), and may have wanted to restore traditional French cachet in the Arab world as well as to look decisive to his electorate. Whatever Western Europe’s motivations, they were the decisive ones, and the Obama administration clearly came along as a junior partner (something Sen. John McCain is complaining bitterly about).
9. Qaddafi would not have killed or imprisoned large numbers of dissidents in Benghazi, Derna, al-Bayda and Tobruk if he had been allowed to pursue his March Blitzkrieg toward the eastern cities that had defied him. But we have real-world examples of how he would have behaved, in Zawiya, Tawargha, Misrata and elsewhere. His indiscriminate shelling of Misrata had already killed between 1000 and 2000 by last April,, and it continued all summer. At least one Qaddafi mass grave with 150 bodies in it has been discovered. And the full story of the horrors in Zawiya and elsewhere in the west has yet to emerge, but it will not be pretty. The opposition claims Qaddafi’s forces killed tens of thousands. Public health studies may eventually settle this issue, but we know definitively what Qaddafi was capable of.
10. This was a war for Libya’s oil. That is daft. Libya was already integrated into the international oil markets, and had done billions of deals with BP, ENI, etc., etc. None of those companies would have wanted to endanger their contracts by getting rid of the ruler who had signed them. They had often already had the trauma of having to compete for post-war Iraqi contracts, a process in which many did less well than they would have liked. ENI’s profits were hurt by the Libyan revolution, as were those of Total SA. and Repsol. Moreover, taking Libyan oil off the market through a NATO military intervention could have been foreseen to put up oil prices, which no Western elected leader would have wanted to see, especially Barack Obama, with the danger that a spike in energy prices could prolong the economic doldrums. An economic argument for imperialism is fine if it makes sense, but this one does not, and there is no good evidence for it (that Qaddafi was erratic is not enough), and is therefore just a conspiracy theory.
Revolutionaies storm state tv building and pull Jamahiriyah off air
Gaddafi’s Jamahiriyah state television channel went off the air today and a revolutionary spokesman said forces opposed to Muammar Gaddafi had taken control of state TV headquarters in Tripoli.
“The revolutionaries stormed the television building … after killing the soldiers surrounding it. It is now under their control,” the spokesman said. He was speaking after television screens airing the Jamahiriyah station went blank.
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Aljazeera
ZeinakhodrAljaz
Muammar Gaddafi’s snipers are scattered across Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
Even areas that are under opposition control are not yet fully secure.
While Gaddafi’s forces have withdrawn from most areas, sleeper cells have not.
Bab al Azaziyah – the site of Gaddafi’s compound – is a front line still being held by the government.
And rebels knew that this would be their biggest challenge once they entered the capital.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Tripoli.
Video:
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acarvin Andy Carvin
Turkish foreign minister to fly to Benghazi tomorrow. – Reuters
Reuters
“We have lost Libya completely,” Aram Shegunts, director general of the Russia-Libya Business Council, told Reuters
septimius
reason of shelling of #Zwara is cause #FF got reinforcement from East & by sea and G thugs trying to stop advance towards border! #Libya
moi a table
Ppl cant leave their homes and soldiers stretching from Gasr Ben GHashir to Mashrou3 El Hadba which is 15-25 km away towards downtown 2:2
Free Libya
What we are going to see alot of is Gaddafi idiots who know they have lost, but are scared to surrender, so will do the stupidist things
Khaled
My cousin, Majed #Swehli, was just released from Aiz Zara prison in Tripoli. He’s been detained since beginning of revolution in February.
libyanandproud
NTC confirms the capture of Saadi #Gaddafi, third eldest son of ex Libyan dictator .
Turkey
Turkish FM: What is happening in Libya is a lesson, Leaders who don’t listen to their people can not stay in power
Libya Ahrar :
Massoud Abdhafeed has been captured by Freedom Fighters
LIVE SOON UN’s Ban Ki Moon statement on #Libya
www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast
Reuters Reuters Top News
Any post-Gaddafi mission not expected to involve U.S. boots on ground. – Pentagon spokesman
Zlitenfree
Nigaza East of #Khums liberated
simondenyer Simon Denyer
On my way to the Libyan border via Tunisia.
#Tripoli : Freedom Fighters in Ben Ashour captured one Algerian Sniper who has pointed FF to location of the other one
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
G soldier gave himself up to Tunisian authorities in Tunis, saying he had been sent by Muammar Gaddafi’s army to bomb an Arab embassy
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I think our FF hobby is to collect #Gaddafi kids, will they treasure them? :D
UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon asks Gaddafi’s loyalists to ‘cease violence immediately & make way for smooth transition’
Via Reuters
Abu Dhabi crown prince calls Libyan NTC Chairman, congratulates him on victory – state news agency
Al Jazeera’s sources say senior Gaddafi officials hiding in #Libya’s #Sirte including info. minister Ali al Kilani
Noit
Sirte is under siege by Gaddafi forces, electricity cut, and gaddafi inner circle hiding there
US does not believe Gaddafi has left Libya – says Pentagon spokesman – Reuters
Turkish FM to fly to Libya’s Benghazi on Tuesday
ADDIS ABABAAug 22 (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he would fly to the Libyan rebel capital of Benghazi on Tuesday.
Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Davutoglu told reporters: “From here I will travel to Benghazi as foreign minister of Turkey but, at the same time, as chairman of the international Libya contact group.”
“There is a beginning of a new era in Libya for a future, democratic, united Libya. What we always defended as Turkey was a new Libya based on the aspirations of the people of Libya without being divided and without there being a chaotic situation,” he said at the African Union’s headquarters where an emergency meeting on Libya had just begun.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan State TV is under the control of the Free Libyan people #Libya
Saadi Gaddafi was the one who ordered mercenaries to fire at unarmed protesters on Feb 17 in Benghazi
2011feb17
Where were you on August 21st when Gaddafi’s regime was toppled?
Reuters
Russia firms seen shut out of Libya post-Gaddafi
Aug 22 (Reuters) – Russian energy firms are likely to be barred from resuming work in Libya if NATO-backed rebels succeed in overthrowing Muammar Gaddafi, a Russia-Libya business group said on Monday.
“We have lost Libya completely,” Aram Shegunts, director general of the Russia-Libya Business Council, told Reuters.
“Our companies won’t be given the green light to work there. If anyone thinks otherwise they are wrong. Our companies will lose everything there because NATO will prevent them from doing their business in Libya.”
Gazprom (GAZP.MM), Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM) and Tatneft (TATN3.MM) have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas exploration in Libya, but suspended operations after an uprising broke out earlier this year against Gaddafi’s rule.
Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin
Noit
Heavy fighting between Gaddafi forces and FF on the Libyan – Tunisian border
Via Shabab
Tunisia says uncovers Libya plot to bomb embassy
TUNIS Aug 22 (Reuters) – A Libyan soldier gave himself up to Tunisian authorities in Tunis, saying he had been sent by Muammar Gaddafi’s army to bomb an Arab embassy in the capital, Tunisia’s military said on Monday.
“The Libyan officer, Abd Erazzak Al-Rajhi, has revealed this to the Tunisian army,” Mokhtar Nasr, a Tunisian military official, said at a press conference. He said the target had been the embassy of an Arab country, but he did not specify.
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Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
This morning I recieved news that my 19yo cousin Sleiman Zuhair Mhani has been martyred, may Allah accept him & others into heaven.
Essential Residential districts are calm and being patrolled by FF and Residents
Hadba is not yet safe and are experiencing minor clashes
Isolated snipers around #Tripoli people are astonished that there are still armed men holding on to this collapsing regime
Moral in #Tripoli is high, people acknowledge the fact that our struggle is not yet over
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Khamis #Gaddafi leading forces towards central #Tripoli at this time.
#Libya State TV goes off air. #NTC spokesman says Libya State TV under revolutionary control.
Shakeer caught trying to cross the border into #Tunisia yesterday. Arrested. Hala Misrati “surrendered” in #Gargaresh. #Libya
Daddy G IS in #Tripoli. His wife, daughter & all living sons are there & would have left if #Gaddafi had left
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” remains anchored 2.5 NM outside of port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Tripoli: Aisha, Saadi & Seif #Gaddafi arrested, Mohammed G. surrendered himself to #Freedomfighters all yesterday.
#Tripoli: Unconfirmed: Quilliam foundation says it has “credible news” Mohammed Gaddafi has been freed by loyalists
#Gaddafi filth are attacking #Freedomfighters in #AbuKamash in attempt to prevent #FF from advancing & reach #RasAjidr.
#Niger begins air surveillance of border to prevent #Gaddafi forces fleeing
#Tripoli Airport Road area is held by large number of #Gaddafi filth ( #GasrBenGhashir, farm roads that lead to #Tarhuna)
#Zwara #Freedomfighters are asking #FF in #Tripoli to reconnect the telecommunication IMMEDIATELY
Battalion of #Gaddafi mercs are attacking civilians in the city of #Ghdames.
Free Libya Now
Libyan oil firm says ready to pump oil once security situation allows. #AjacoOilCo #Libya
BBC: #Freedomfighter TV from #Doha reporting that Masud Abd-al-Hafiz, a relative of #Gaddafi, has been arrested
Gadafi agents still operating a psy-ops. Making SOS calls from unknown location saying in Tripoli & being attacked by FF’s.
Aljazeera
According to Mustafa Jalil, Sirte is under seige.
Al Jazeera’s sources confirm that electricity to the city has been cut and communications disrupted and senior Gaddafi officials have taken refuge there. Amongst them is the Information Minister Ali al Kilani.
While in Brega ppposition fighters have entered the industrial area after a rebel artillery barrage drove off Gaddafi forces.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya: #Gaddafi filth still holding ground in areas around Airport & #BabAlAziziya compound. Fighting near Airport ongoing.
Reports say #AlKhums has been captured by #Freedomfighters.
Senior #Gaddafi officials reported hiding in #Sirte including Information Minister Ali al Kilani.
Turkey: Gaddafi’s end a lesson to region’s leaders
The likely end of autocrat Muammar Gaddafi’s rule is a lesson for leaders in the Middle East who ignore the demands of their people for change, Turkey said today.
Muslim Turkey, a rising diplomatic and political power in the Middle East, once had close political ties with Gaddafi’s government and Turkish companies had projects worth more than $15 billion in the oil producing north African state last year.
Turkey was opposed to both sanctions against Libya and NATO intervention after a revolt against Gaddafi’s 42 year-rule erupted in February, but in May Ankara called on Gaddafi to step down and recognised the opposition NTC as the legitimate government.
Backed by NATO air strikes, Libyan revolutionaries advanced into the Libyan capital today as remnants of Gaddafi’s fought last-ditch battles around the veteran leaders compound.
“What is happening in Libya is a lesson for the leaders of the region. It shows that leaders who do not listen to their people cannot stay in power,” state TV TRT reported Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying, without mentioning any other country.
Davutoglu is in Ethiopia on a tour of African countries.
Turkey has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has unleashed a crackdown on pro-democracy protests, to end the violence and carry out reforms in the neighbouring country.
Turkey, unlike the United States and the European Union, has not called on Assad to step down, but has said repeatedly its patience is running out.
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Libyan diaspora celebrates ‘beginning of the end’
Celebrations have spilled over from Tripoli and Benghazi into cities around the world, as the Libyan diaspora gathered to celebrate the advance of opposition forces.
At least a hundred Libyans gathered outside the White House today to celebrate the revolutionaries’’ assault on Tripoli, waving the country’s flag and chanting “Libya is free” and “Thank you, Obama”.
“Tonight for the first time in our lives we are very proud to be Libyan,” Rania Swadek, a 33-year-old Libyan-American, told the AFP news service. Swadek was waving a sign showing the red, black and green rebel flag with the words ”Thank you, NATO! Thank you, Obama!”
The mother of two, who arrived in the US in 1984 with her brothers and sisters after receiving political asylum, also had kind words for France, which was among the first countries to call for international intervention in Libya.
“We want to say thank you to President Nicolas Sarkozy and the French people who were the first, even before the Americans, to support the Libyans in their struggle,” she said.
While Gaddafi’s regime has not yet fallen, many Libyans were celebrating what they believed was the beginning of the end.
“They already have the sons,” Swadek said, referring to reports that one of Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam, had been arrested and another, Mohammad Gaddafi, also detained by rebels.
“Now we want him alive for a trial for all the crimes against humanity he has done, not just now but for four decades,” Swadek said, referring to Gaddafi.
‘Replace the flag’
Libyans gathered outside their embassy in Cairo on Monday and demanded that the green flag of Gaddafi be replaced with the opposition’s flag.
“As an individual, my demands would be first and foremost, since I’m here in Cairo, for the Libyan embassy in Cairo to lower its flag and raise the flag of the independence and for the Egyptian military council to recognise the National Transitional Council,” said Omar, a Libyan celebrating in Cairo, who did not disclose his last name.
Dressed in white T-shirts and waving Libyan independence flags, the jubilant crowd shouted, “Replace the flag! Replace the flag!”
In Alexandria, Egypt, hundreds gathered outside the consulate and also clamoured for the removal of the green flag of Gaddafi.
Crowds also gathered outside the Libyan embassy in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, celebrating the reports of the fighting in Tripoli. Waving the flag of independence many expressed their joy at the news.
The Libyan ambassador in Malta allowed the removal of the Gaddafi flag and raised the emblem of the opposition forces. About 100 people gathered to celebrate the battle for Tripoli.
According to Malta Today, pro-revolutionary supporters chanted “Libya, Libya”, and “Down with Gaddafi”. Authorities allowed demonstrators to enter the embassy where they took to the roof and replaced the old flag.
In Sarajevo, however, police were forced to surround the embassy after a dozen Libyans entered the building, threw Gaddafi’s pictures out the windows, raised the revolutionaries’ flag, and demanded the resignation of the ambassador.
Yet, according to an embassy employee who spoke to The Associated Press, the ambassador is a ‘die-hard Gaddafi supporter’ who refuses to leave. Currently the Bosnian police are inside the building trying to keep the negotiations peaceful.
Wait is ‘finally’ over
In Washington, children wore “Free Libya” shirts with the colors of the rebel flag. One demonstrator waved a large multicoloured sign with the capital letters “FINALLY”.
Libyans sang in English: “Gaddafi left Tripoli, Libya is free”.
About 40 men knelt facing Mecca to pray, some used the rebel flag as a prayer mat.
Among them was Khaled Rouini, a 42-year-old Tunisian taxi driver, who could not hide his excitement.
“I came to the White House to celebrate the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt,” he said, sporting a “Free Libya” T-shirt. “And now it is in Libya,” he added.
Ahmed Ilhnish, draped in the revolutionary flag, said he had been overwhelmed by emotions.
“There is no word to tell what we feel,” he said. “Now it is just a matter of time.”
“I have been waiting this day since the day I was born,” Ilhnish continued. “I was in
Benghazi in March when the French planes first came. I’m going to get back in Tripoli tomorrow or in a few days as soon as they get him.” – AJE
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Libyan civilians must be protected amid Tripoli fighting
Amnesty International has today urged all sides in Libya to protect the rights of civilians and safeguard them from attack as forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC) continued to battle for control of the capital, Tripoli.
NTC forces said earlier that they had captured some of Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi’s sons, including Saif al-Islam who, like his father, was recently indicted for alleged crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“These are momentous but extremely dangerous days for the people of Libya. All forces must respect the rights of civilians and ensure that the fighting in Tripoli and elsewhere does not result in reprisals,” said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Director.
“NTC forces must make sure that Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi is treated humanely and handed over safely to the ICC without delay to face trial, as should Colonel al-Gaddafi be if he is captured or surrenders.”
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SenJohnMcCain John McCain
Celebration in Tripoli – it’s time for reconciliation and national unity
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Telecomms engineer told me that senior army officers had given weapons to those who staged insurrection in the last 48 hours.#Libya #Tripoli
C4NForeign Sarah Corp
Old man standing by side of road watching mountain rebels stream past says ‘These are my sons … This is free Libya’
Other Tripoli residents handing out milk and water to rebels as they stream by down Gargaresh road
just met man who escaped from prison in #Tripoli last night – prisoners broke out when they heard the mosques announcing free Tripoli
Prisoner was arrested in May for being associated with people from Zawiyah. He spent 2 days without food and water.
Hoping to interview him live on Channel 4 News tonight
He was a political prisoner – arrested at midnight in May apparently for associating with people from Zawiyah
Saw 10 or 11 men being marched through National Oil Co compound- hands on heads. Rebel commander said they were Ukrainian mercenaries.
Libya: ICRC delivers emergency supplies to Tripoli hospitals
As Libya’s armed conflict continues, with fierce fighting in the capital’s streets, the ICRC has started distributing medical and surgical kits to some of the city’s main hospitals.
“Today, our team started providing medical facilities, including the Abu Slim Trauma Centre, with some of the supplies they need in order to treat casualties. We are delivering enough medical supplies to treat at least 300 casualties. The consignments include surgical kits, dressing materials and intravenous fluids,” announced George Comninos, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Tripoli.
“In one of the hospitals we visited today, only one doctor was left to look after 25 patients, including 15 seriously wounded,” added Comninos. “We are mobilizing a complete surgical team to support the medical staff and help hospitals cope with the situation.”
More here:
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AP
World urges Gadhafi to surrender, plans future
Egypt and Jordan recognized the rebel National Transitional Council as the sole representative of Libya’s people.
Though Gadhafi’s whereabouts were not known, leaders were setting the stage for new leadership there.
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Huffington Post
Libya: All Sides Obligated to Protect Civilians
As fighting reaches the Libyan capital, Tripoli, all sides to the conflict – forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, forces of the National Transitional Council, and the NATO allies – need to ensure that they take all feasible steps to avoid harming civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The National Transitional Council (NTC) should instruct its forces not to engage in acts of revenge, Human Rights Watch said.
“The pro-Gaddafi forces, fighters of the National Transitional Council, and NATO must do everything feasible to protect civilians caught in the fighting,” said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “NTC forces should not carry out reprisals against those who fought for or supported the Gaddafi government.”
Report:
www.huffingtonpost.com/human-rights-wat...
Free Libya Now
Formerly Green Square under Gadafi, Today it is officially Martyrs Square. Sign already errected
Aljazeera
Libya’s revolutionary council will vote to decide whether or not to send beleaguered strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s captured son to face international justice, its envoy to Paris told AFP on Monday.
Mansur Seif al-Nasr, the official representative of Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) in France, told AFP the movement makes all important decisions by a vote of its national executive council.
Gaddafi’s son and former heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, was captured by rebel forces on Sunday as the regime’s defence of its capital Tripoli crumbled in the face of an insurgent siege and a street revolt within.
Along with his father, Seif has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of crimes against humanity, and prosecutors have asked that they be sent to The Hague for trial.
Michael
FF are engaged with G goons in trees and ground floor of the RIXOS. FF tanks can decide this quickly. Bring 4. Feb17voices @NATO
RIXOS journalists are hunkered down on the 3rd floor. Power is off. G goons may be guarding someone in basement bunker.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Mood in #Rixos much darker than before. Everyone really worried about what’s going to happen to us.
Fierce battle under way near #Gadhafi compound. Huge explosions, heavy machine-gun fire. #Rixos getting hit by stray bullets.
It’s no fun being stuck in one of #Gadhafi’s few remaining strongholds. #Rixos gunmen now refusing to let us leave.
Dep. Sec of State Feltman
Initial signs from #Libya “encouraging.” No reports of widespread looting or people taking law into own hands.
UN_Spokesperson UN Spokesperson
#UNSG on #Libya: “It is crucial now for the conflict to end with no further loss of life and retribution.”
Free Libya Now
Two places need attention by FF’s of Tripoli Rixos Hotel & bab Al Aziziya. Both seem to host a high profile Gadafi. Either sons or the man.
Heavyclasehs reported around Rixos hotel in the last hour or so. Bab Alaziziya has been a scene for fighting since 6.30 am today.
Free Libya Now
Mohammed Muamer Gadafi escapes from his house with the help of Gadafi militia group. His act last night on Aljazeera was a game.
Free Libya Now
#zwara needs attention, Gadafi Militias are still shelling city.
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI HOSPITAL DRS MOVING EMOTIONAL URGENT APPEAL TO CITIZENS Blood Needed Volunteers 4 cleaning/Transporting Patients Oxygen
Lebeeya
The Green flag was taken down at the Embassy in Oman. We want to raise the independence flag but Oman hasn’t recognized the NTC yet
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Mutassim reported a while ago at #BabAlAziziya, Khamis leading attack group into #Tripoli
#Tripoli: Word on the street: #NATO will bomb #BabAlAziziya after the Sunset prayers.
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” last seen 34.30119°/23.50715° en route to #Sfax from #Iskederun w/ weapons shipment. #Libya
CNN International verifies reports Hala Misrati, the gun-waving she-male #Libya TV anchor, has been arrested
#Freedomfighters from #Misrata have just joined #Tripoli Freedom Fighters in #Tajoura.
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi filth in #BabAlAziziya randomly shelling surrounding neighborhoods
“ #AU to hold emergency session to discuss #Libya” Why does the AU think ANYONE in Libya cares what they think or say? AU can get stuffed!
Free Libya Now
Two places need attention by FF’s of Tripoli Rixos Hotel & bab Al Aziziya. Both seem to host a high profile Gadafi. Either sons or the man.
Reuters
FACTBOX – Latest developments in the Libyan conflict
Early on Monday, rebel spokesman Nouri Echtiwi said, tanks and pick-up trucks mounted with machineguns had emerged from Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound.
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/factbox-latest-dev...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi forces inside Bab Azizia (gaddafi’s compound) are volunteers, and are extreme loyalists #Libya v AJE
WAPO
Collapse of Gaddafi’s defenses startles NATO officials
BERLIN — As rebels in Libya continued to establish their control of Tripoli on Monday, senior NATO officials said they were startled by the speed with which Moammar Gaddafi’s defenses have collapsed.
Read more:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-eas...
@grafixel guess what
photos from celebrations in #Benghazi RT @ANevilleMorgan: In photos: Triumph in Tripoli bit.ly/nmadfl #Libya #Tripoli
Foreign Policy
Triumph in Tripoli
As the Qaddafi regime teeters, Libyan rebels take control of the capital city, sparking celebrations across the country
Photo’s:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/...
Sky News – FF Commanders claim they are in control of 80% of #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – AJA – 2 bodies found suspected to be of Khamis #Gaddafi and Abdullah Senussi.
Take the AJA report with a handful of salt. It’s not true until we see visual evidence.
Waiting for official confirmation before believing the Mohammed, Khamis and Senussi news, to be honest.
I don’t believe this but – AJA: two corpses found which could belong to Khamis Gaddafi and Abdallah Senuss
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
11.30p local time in #Rixos hotel – press conference with #Saif al-Islam Gadhafi called!! But he was a no-show. #cnn #libya
The Dictator
#Misrata: Eastern front moves further east past ElHeesha, some clashes, more kidnapped families released and some ammo gains. #Libya
100s of #Misrata f fighters set to arrive in Tripoli very soon via both sea and land
Aljazeera Mubasher airing videos of different area of Tripoli celebrating their liberation of Gaddafi forces
benghazi’s bunny♥
I want justice, for Mohamad Nabbous who was the first real reporter on the ground. Shot in the head by a sniper leaving behind wife&daughter
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NTC ship “AL ENTISAR” chartered by @IGOAID, from #Misrata just offloaded medical supplies in #Tripoli, now returning
#Freedomfighters in #Tripoli capture #Gaddafi bodyguard & confident Sa’d Mas’ud. He had $4million on him in cash.
Free Libya Now
Clashes between Sebha residents and members of Gadafi tribe members from Sirte.
Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” en route to dest. #Sfax #Tunisia needs to be met as it comes into port to stop weapons shipment.
Clashes in #SidiKhalifa in central #Tripoli between #Freedomfighters & filth controlled by one of #Gaddafi sons.
A ship including a consignment of relief supplies departed #Misrata early this morning bound for #Tripoli.
Since last night #AlKhums is free, #Celine & #Naghaza are western suburbs of Al Khums & free as well
A group of #Gaddafi filth are currently looting and destroying CorIinthia Palm City in #Tripoli.
#Libya: #NTC needs to start organizing a National Military to fight #Gaddafi sleeper cells, secure borders after Peace declared.
#Libya: #NTC needs to get media crews into State TV & restart with the TRUTH, let all know what is REALLY happening in #Libya.
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING 2 bodies found Believed to be Abdallah #Senussi and #Khamis Gaddafi via AJE #Libya #Mohamed Gaddafi escaped yesterday #Libya
Libya
Friend’s daughter ate only soup for iftar 4 a week as she had nothing else. Employer wasn’t paying her or her husband
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #SABC media reports #Angola has offered asylum to brother Muammar #Gaddafi #Libya
Aljazeera
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the world must help Libya stabilize after rebels topple Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Merkel says: “We must quickly create political structures which will enable a transition from the current situation into a peaceful, democratic and free society.”
She says that Gaddfi’s money must be “secured in the name of the Libyan people and used to finance the transition to democracy.”
During her one-day visit to Croatia on Monday, Merkel also supported France’s plans to host a meeting next week of the so-called “contact group” of nations involved in an effort to stabilise Libya since the rebel uprising began.
AP The Associated Press
More from Obama: Uprising in Libya “echoed the voices we had heard from all across the region.” -
washingtonpost The Washington Post
Obama to Libyan people: Your courage and character have been unbreakable in the face of a tyrant… your revolution is your own
AP The Associated Press
BREAKING: Obama: Situation in Libya remains fluid, uncertain, but Gadhafi regime is coming to an end. -
WAPO
Evidence that Gaddafi spied on journalists found
Foreign journalists in Libya long protested Gaddafi’s government’s requirements correspondents had to accept in order to stay in Tripoli. The Rixos hotel was a gilded jail, according to one Post correspondent. When fighting broke out Sunday, it became even more of a jail to about two dozen journalists. The hotel has been surrounded by snipers. While many of the hotel’s residents, including the government minders, have been allowed to leave, the journalists have not. It’s left the journalists free to range about parts of the hotel previously cut off to them.
In one office, journalists found printouts of their personal emails, the Guardian reports. The journalists had suspected their computers had been hacked, but did not have proof until now.
“Tripoli is not safe at all”
The Post’s correspondent in Tripoli, Thomas Erdbrink, reports that the Libyan capital remains unsafe, with firefights breaking out between rebels and Gaddafi supporters. Erdbrink and other reporters were pinned down in a rebel command post in Tripoli for three hours when it came under fierce attack from pro-Gaddafi forces. The rebels were forced to relocate. "Tripoli is not safe at all,‘’ Erdbrink says. He says that the mood on the streets was "radically different’’ from the celebratory spirit of Sunday night.
Tunisian bomb plot uncovered
A Libyan officer, Abd Erazzak Al-Rajhi, surrendered to Tunisian authorities Monday, saying he had been sent by Gaddafi to bomb an Arab embassy in the capital, Reuters reports.
The target was the embassy of an unspecified Arab country.
As Reuters reports: “Libyan state television has routinely accused Arab states Qatar and the United Arab Emirates of being ‘traitors’ for supporting a rebel offensive seeking to topple Gaddafi.
Pentagon believes Gaddafi still in Libya
“We believe he’s still in the country,” Marine Col. David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman told a group of reporters Monday. “We don’t have any information that he’s left the country.”
He also said that the United States does not plan to send ground forces into Libya to assist international peacekeeping operations after Gaddafi’s fall.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
On bright side, am with excellent group of journalists at #Rixos. We are feeling our way around corridors with candles. No power.
LPC #Tripoli: Al Andalus area, hearing loud explosions now #Tripoli
The Dictator
Very loud explosion heard in #Misrata today, reports that it was a scud missile fired by G forces but was hit by NATO
libyanandproud
#ZWARA is under siege and being shelled , The number of injured and deaths is rising very rapidly !! FLA is NOT there NATO !
Hend
#Gaddafi’s in hiding,choosing defiance at the cost of arrest,death of his own children.What chance did OUR children have with him?
FromJoanne Joanne
BBC report 8 journos dead following a huge explosion of unknown origins at #Rixos hotel
Noit
Must be a hoax by a disturbed person, I don’t believe it for one second
acarvin Andy Carvin
Looks like rumor of #Rixos bombing comes from @dickwolves. Assuming it’s indeed BS, blocking him would be appropriate.
libertad
#Libye #Kadhafi forces ont lourdement bombardé la ville de #Zuwara – civils massacrés à mort sans augmentation rapide! Massacre
Mohammed
BREAKING: @NATO intercepted a scud missile fired from Sirt! via AJA #Gaddafi is desperate for destruction.
ALL VOICES CAROL:
UPDATE: Monday, Aug/22/11, 07:30 PM (UTC/GMT)
President Obama tells the Libyan people “Your courage and character have been unbreakable in the face of the tyrant. An ocean divides us, but we are joined in the basic human longing for freedom, for justice and for dignity. Your revolution is your own, and your sacrifices have been extraordinary. Now, the Libya that you deserve is within your reach.”
Full text of his address HERE
Situation in Tripoli: Reuters: NATO continues air patrols of Libya until Gaddafi troops fully retreat. NTC tells residents in Tripoli to stay away from Bab Al Azizia compound as the walls will be bombed by NATO. Reuters: revolutionaries are positioned everywhere in Tripoli, some of them are near Bab al-Aziziyah, but Gaddafi’s forces have been trying to resist. BabAlAziziya & the perimeter of the Rixos (including the Nasr forest/Zoo) will be heavily guarded. There is a system of tunnels underneath them.
Some neighbourhoods of Tripoli and the central hospital are currently being shelled by mortars from INSIDE Bab Al Aziziya.
NTC Statement: Chairmen of NTC Mustafa Abdul Jalil in an official statement today: “We allowed some defections. But we will not allow anymore” “Muammer Gaddafi will be remembered by the acts he committed against the Libyan People and the world” “Revolution is creating security, peace, prosperity.” “We will have freedom, democracy justice and equality under a moderate Islamic framework.” “We are all Libyans, we all have a right to live in dignity. We aim for a country where all are equal regardless of race or color.” "The NTCTC wants to build a state of law, will provide fair trials for all victims On Saif and Mohamed Gaddafi’s fate: “They are under the control of the revolutionaries and are in safe places.” " The real moment of victory is when we capture Gaddafi himself"
libyanandproud
#ZWARA Was already besieged and shelled few months ago. SECOND Time #ZWARA goes through this ! PURE REVENGE by #Gaddafi forces #
Nusaybah
#ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #Zuwara #Pray4Zuwara #Libya
live2Tripoli
Reports of massacre going on in #zwara Raby yister wesabirna !!
Tweeting Tripoli
Power is back in some areas of Tripoli.
Hayat
#Zwara and #Zawiyah are both being shelled and I cannot get answers from any of my family it’s terribly worrying, where is @NATO protect us!
#Zawiyah is being shelled and hit by missiles! @NATO it’s not over where are you? Brigades are all over the place, killing us with tanks!
S K
#gaddafi snipers remain in hay al andalus #tripoli #libya #feb17 . he has parts of west side of tripoli and city center
#Gaddafi forces shooting missiles on geragesh from his bab al ziyah compound. heavy shelling #tripoli
Nusaybah
#Tripoli: People are dying and casualities among civilians – says Libyan doctor to SKY news
SABHA: caller on Al Jazeera : #Sabha under heavy shelling by #Gaddafi forces.
Reuters confirms Gaddafi forces fired a SCUD missile from Sirte, intercepted by NATO
libyanandproud
FLA ordered by NATO not to advance on Zwara
ProudLibyan
Biggest celebrations on fall of Gaddafi outside #Libya were in #Tunisia!
Alex
LIBERATION UPDATE: It’s all over – bar the mopping up – which continued 2day – #Brega is now liberated to #Bishr – and #Azizia by #Gharyan is now free according to the #Zintan FB page.
#AlKhums by #Zliten – and #Zuwara by the #Tunisia border – were also finally freed 2day.
All of the above cities have been fully liberated – but #Zwara is still being shelled from east west and south – and the status of the actual #Tunisian border post is still unclear – as active #Gaddafi units are still operating in the area.
According to #MustafaJalil – #Sirte is under seige by the local #FF.
There are Reports of Independence flags flying over #Waddan – but the city is still theoretically in #Gaddafi territory.
At #Sabha – #Gaddafi forces attacked with RPG’s, mortars, tanks & anti-aircraft guns – killing and wounding many #FF – who hold some districts in #Sebha
In #Tripoli – #FF still only hold about 80% of the city – snipers are still widespread – but #LibyanStateTY is now controlled by #FF – though the #Rixos and #BabAzZazia – is still Regime territory – the later Regime HQ expected to be pummeled by @NATO
tonight to flush the diehards out – or finish them off – and fighting is taking place nearby as at early Monday evening.
3 #Gaddafi sons were in custody today – but the less harmless – Mohammad – is said to have escaped from #FF house arrest this afternoon.
AJA Repts ‘2 bodies found – that MAY be UNINDICTED WAR CRIMINAL #Khammis #Gaddafi & his Uncle INDICTED WAR CRIMINAL #Abdullah #Senusi’
THIS IS MAJOR – AND WILL HELP ACCELERATE THE FINAL COLLAPSE OF THE RULING GANGSTER FAMILY – IF CONFIRMED.
All in all a day of many solid, incremental, gains – mopping up ops take time – and can be inefficient – but should be completed by the end of this week.
Gaddafi no longer rules Libya – he no longer has any public voice – so we will thankfully be spared any more of his satanic speeches – but he is still causing terrorist type problems – and still killing #Libya youth.
Today – the day after the euphoric celebrations in #GreenSquare – dozens of #FF were killed in district ops.
LIBERATION PARK #Tripoli: A few months ago – I suggested that once the tyrant has been deposed – #BabAlAzyzia should be leveled – and turned into ‘Martyrs Park’.
We now have #MartyrsSquare – so perhaps it could be called – “Liberation Park”
2day @2011feb17 – made the same concept suggestion – for “A place where I can take my kids to play frisbee while I read a book, our #HydePark” – and helpfully provided a concept design – which looks great for post #Gaddafi Tripoli
CHECK OUT ‘LIBERATION PARK’:
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/831/tripo...
LIBERATION PARK: A few months ago – I suggested #BabAlAzyzia – should be levelled and turned into ‘Martyrs Park’.
We now have #MartyrsSquare – so perhaps it could be called “Liberation Park”
2day @2011feb17 – made the same suggestion – for “A place where I can take my kids to play frisbee while I read a book, our Hyde Park” – and helpfully provided a concept design – which looks great for post #Gaddafi #Tripoli
CHECK OUT ‘LIBERATION PARK’ TRIPOLI:
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/831/tripo...
HYDE PARK LONDON:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London
CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park
CREEKSIDE PARK DUBAI PICS:
www.google.co.uk/search?q=creekside+par...
JeffreyKofman Jeffrey Kofman
In Yafren tonight. 120 kms s of Tripoli. Tried to make it to Zawiya, but got scuppered by 2 flat tires then a car breakdown in the desert.
Free Libya Now
Freedom Fighters in & around Tripoli shold employy female shearch agents. Gadafi & his sons might be traveling in NIqab & femaile attire.
Libya 7orra
#tripoli has been unreachable by phone for almosr 3 hours #libya #mermaiddawn
sarasidnerCNN Sara Sidner
Libya State TV’s anchor person Hala al Misrati detained. Tried to interview her today but unable to access her. Rebels: “she is unharmed.”
Aren’t there more important people to interview, like the real victims of the Gaddafi regime? Or a real hero like a freedom fighter?
Why interview a G witch / cow?
I’ll never understand certain journos.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Mutassim #Gaddafi reported inside #BabAlAzizya compound in #Tripoli coordinating remaining resistance from the regime
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Very dark, very quiet at the #Rixos some gunshots cracking outside. We raided the hotel larder and got tons of cheese! #CNN #Libya #Gadhafi
Hala Misrati, Libya State TV Anchor, Waves Gun On Air, Is Detained (VIDEO)
A Libyan state television anchor gained new notoriety when she waved a gun on air and promised to defend the station from rebel attacks.
Hala Misrati—whose zealous defense of the Gaddafi regime brought her public attention when the US and NATO first attacked Libya in March—waved a pistol around during a weekend broadcast, as rebels closed in on Tripoli.
“We are willing to become martyrs,” she cried.
On Monday, CNN reported that rebel forces said they had detained Misrati.
Aljazeera video:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/hala-...
baysontheroad
Mad dash for journalists trying to get to #LIBYA complicated by wildcat strike action by #Tunis air staff #Libya
NYT
The Scramble for Access to Libya’s Oil Wealth Begins
Eni, as well as BP of Britain, Total of France and OMV of Austria, were all big producers before the fighting and stand to gain the most once the conflict ends.
American companies like Hess, ConocoPhillips and Marathon also made deals with the Qaddafi regime, although the United States relies on Libya for less than 1 percent of its imports.
But it’s unclear whether a rebel government would honor the contracts struck by the Qaddafi regime.
Full art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/business/glo...
FromJoanne Joanne
Revolutionaries storm the home of Aisha Gaddafi
#TRIPOLI Revolutionaries storm the home of Aisha #Gaddafi video aug21 youtube.com/watch?v=ihSZto… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihSZtoF5-Q4&fea...
AJA live from #Tripoli now: Mohamed #Gaddafi escape not done by Brigades but Leejan Thuwriyah (Gaddafi goons)
Dirty Words
Salam Tekbali
Over the past six months I’ve listened to differing opinions, thoughts, and beliefs about the causes, justifications, and pace of this revolution. On the 13th of February I bit my tongue as I heard Gaddafi supporters, chant “Allah, wa Muammar, wa Libya was bass” (God, Muammar, Libya, no else) for the first time.
Read full art.:
english.libya.tv/2011/08/22/dirty-words
English TV libya further update for today:
Latest Developments
Monday 22 August 2011:
21:46 Reuters/Al Jazeera: NATO warplane intercepts scud missile fired from Sirat city in Libya, Al Jazeera reports.
20:48 Al- Arabiyah: Revolutionaries have taken control of Tripoli airport, Al-Arabiya TV reported tonight, citing a revolutionary spokesman.
19:59 Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama will make a televised statement on the situation in Libya at 2 p.m. EDT (20:00 Tripoli time) tonight, a White House spokesman said.
19:57 Reuters/Al Jazeera: Two bodies have been found that could be those of Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis and his intelligence chief Abdallah Senussi, Al-Jazeera television reported tonight, citing unnamed sources.
18:10 unconfirmed eyewitness report: Muammar Gaddafi found and detained in Tajura hospital.
17:57 Reuters: Abu Dhabi crown prince calls Libya’s chairman of the National Transitional Council, congratulates him on victory. -State News Agency.
17:55 Reuters: Pentagon expects U.S. surveillance missions over Libya to continue over coming days.
17:54 Reuters: World bank says has no staff in Libya, has monitored country’s economic situation in coordination with UN.
16:57 Reuters: Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi captured by FF’s -al Arabiya TV citing head of national transitional council
16:55 Reuters: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he would fly to the Libyan revolutionary capital of Benghazi on Tuesday.
16:22 Al Arabiya TV: Fierce fighting between revolutionaries, Gaddafi forces near Tunisian border
16:00 Reuters: Libyan revolutionary flag raised over Libya’s embassy in Algeria
15:55 Reuters: Egyptian foreign minister says recognizes Libya’s National Transitional Council – State TV
15:48 Reuters:Libyan state TV goes off air, revolutionary spokesman says state TV HQ is now under revolutionary control
15:36 AP: The foreign minister of Poland, which holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, says his country is exploring ways in which it can help Libya transition to
a democracy . Radek Sikorski said today that Poland has supported the rebels in their uprising against Col. Moammar Gaddafi’s forces.
15:20 Reuters: “What is happening in Libya is a lesson for the leaders of the region. It shows that leaders who do not listen to their people cannot stay in power,” state TV TRT reported Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying.
13:50 Reuters:Britain urged Gaddafi to stop fighting without conditions after troops loyal to him staged a last-ditch resistance in the capital Tripoli.
13:10 Reuters:France aims to host a meeting of international partners as soon as next week to discuss a roadmap for the future of Libya, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said today.
12:50 AP:NATO says it will continue its combat air patrols over Libya until all pro-Gaddafi forces surrender or return to barracks.
12:00 AP:World leaders said today the end is near for the regime of Moammar Gaddafi and called on the Libyan dictator to relinquish power, as hundreds of Libyans living abroad celebrated in the streets after revolutionaries took control of most of the Libyan capital.
11:00 AP:The Libyan revolutionaries’ top diplomat in London says clashes are continuing in Tripoli, but opposition forces control 95 percent of the city.
09:50 AP: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to get out of his people’s way and to face charges for alleged crimes against them.
07:20 AJE: Fighting rages in Tripoli near compound of beleaguered Libyan dictator as revolutionaries sweep into capital.
04:28 Reuters: U.S. President Obama says future of Libya now in hands of Libyan people, says U.S. will stay in close coordination with the NTC.
03:24 Reuters: US president Obama says he will make a statement on Libya when he has full confirmation on what is happening.
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Souq Al Juma’a hundreds of people arriving from #Misrata an area always defiant and steadfast anti Gaddafi Ppl celebrating #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Doing bbc 2 newsnight with jereny packsman in two min at 10.40pm
Mohammed Gaddafi’s escape:
AJA live from #Tripoli now: Mohamed #Gaddafi escape not done by Brigades but Leejan Thuwriyah (Gaddafi goons)
AlArabiya_Eng:
Mohamed Qaddafi, son of Libyan leader, escapes: rebel source
The call from Mohammed Gadafi to AJA was a signal to G militia to come and take him.
Mohamed Gaddafi Talking live on AJE video when shooting was heard youtube.com/watch?v=0vxaJo… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxaJoVFFbw&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI estimated 15 to 20% still in Gaddafi control Fighting around Gaddafi compound; Bab al-Aziziya which is still in GF control
#Tripoli Journalist : Last 5 hours we had quite intense clashes which ended temporarily after #NATO air strikes #Libya #BBCNews
Heavy fighting today #Zuwarah on road #Tripoli from Ra’s Adjir Reports negotiations #Qaddafi loyalists & rebels #Libya @bbclysedoucet
#NATO Monday says it will continue combat patrols over #Libya until #Gaddafi loyalists surrender or return to barracks #Libya
Aljazeera
China’s interests in Gaddafi
What a sight. Chinese president Hu Jintao pulling a vintage John Lennon performance in Beijing and telling self-styled Arab liberator and French neo-Napoleonic president Nicolas Sarkozy to “give peace a chance” in Libya.
The top four BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) all abstained at the voting of UN Security Council Resolution 1973. In his subtle address to Sarkozy, Hu also implied his displeasure that the African Union, which was overwhelmingly against a foreign intervention in Libya, had their proposals totally sidelined by the West.
Only three days before UN Resolution 1973 was voted on, Gaddafi met with the ambassadors of BRICS members China, Russia and India, and told them, according to the JANA news agency: “We are ready to bring Chinese and Indian companies to replace Western ones.” That may go a long way to explain the BRICS abstentions.
It would be tempting to see the Beijing leadership merrily watching Washington walk into another open-ended quagmire in a Muslim nation – part of a Chinese grand strategy of letting the US be distracted in peripheral Muslim countries in the arc from northern Africa to Central Asia.
Well, it is slightly more complicated than that.
Read more:
english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2...
FromJoanne Joanne
Flash #Sirte Gaddafi forces fired 3 #SCUD missiles weapons of mass destruction
#Confirmed: National Liberation Army says; Gaddafi’s forces retreated westward to #Sirte ALL of #Brega is now under FF control #Libya
Guardian
Libya: journalists trapped at hotel amid fighting
Three dozen correspondents holed up in Rixos hotel in Libya as battles rage for control of Tripoli
About three dozen foreign journalists based at the five-star Rixos hotel in Tripoli have been trapped by heavy fighting in the surrounding streets as rebels advance on the capital.
“No one has left the hotel today,” said Missy Ryan, a correspondent for Reuters. "We
all want to go downtown to report on what’s happening but it’s not safe." Snipers were positioned outside the hotel, she added.
“The mood among the journalists is fine,” said Ryan. “But it was pretty stressful for a while yesterday when there was a lot of fighting around the hotel. Things are calmer today.”
More:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/22/li...
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI #BREAKING @NATO Bombing compound Gaddafi right now #Skynews
Emo
The clown, Sulaiman Dhogh, is 80% responsible for the escape of Mohamed Gaddafi. #Libya He made some rats laugh at us!
BREAKING: CONFIRMED: #Ajeilat is liberated after very fierce fighting.
FFs are headed from Ajeilat to #Zwara to protect their brothers and sisters there
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
5 martyrs around “Officer’s Faculty” in Omar Al Mukhtar st. today due to exchange of fire between rev. and some G forces there.
Pockets of regime fired on civilians yesterday at Sidi Abduljalel Area. #tripoli
BenHassan building
#Tripoli call: “Thanks to Allah Freedom Fighters were able to take down the mercenaries from BenHassan building”
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI #RIXOS staff say the rear of hotel has ramp capable of holding large vehicles which then descend “into the earth"
The tunnels are big enough to hold cars They move in cars through the tunnels
Haitham
RAISED THE LIBYAN INDEPENDENCE FLAG IN BAHRAIN!!!! ALLAH u AKBAR!!!!!!
NOW LIVE FOOTAGE OF BAB AL AZIZIYAH ON LIBYA AL AHRAR TV , SHAKLAH EL LEYLA DHAWYYAH!!!
I DIDNT ASK TO BE LIBYAN , I JUST GOT LUCKY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#Tripoli Call: “We don’t have electricity which affects on our mobile connections”
Tripoli Call: “There are still clashes, in Benashoor 4 mortar missiles fell. Thankfully no one got injured or harmed.”
#Tripoli call: “We are waiting for Freedom fighters from outside Tripoli to arrive to Benashoor”
#Tripoli Call: “in about an hour or less Benashoor FF will start a protest from the main crossing”
#Tripoli call: “FF have captured the main roundabout thats on the main road of Bab Al Azaziyah”
Tripoli Youth
ok justgot more info regarding the march, Ben ashoor FF waiting for FF from Znata to arrive to join their march
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Family in Soug al Jumaa reporting that the area is very safe. Shops are slowly opening & families spent night celebrating in streets
Zlitniya
#Libya has paid a high price for freedom.spoke to someone who’s relative was raped&tortured. Too harsh #gaddaficrimes
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
A freedom fighter from Kabao enterd Fashloom #Tripoli yesterday. He gifted his ak-47 to my cousin and hugged him. “God bless Tripoli”
Danya
#Gaddafi is striking Out of his compound in #TRIPOLI onto resident homes.Missiles are landing in GERGARISH.THEYRE HEAVY MISSLES!!
CNN
Libyan officials tried to ‘buy time’ to stop rebel onslaught
Up until the last minutes before the rebel offensive on Tripoli began, senior Libyan officials close to Moammar Gadhafi were trying to reach out to the United States in a desperate attempt to stop the “inevitable,” a senior State Department official told CNN on Monday.
In a telephone interview from Cairo Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said that, until Saturday night, six officials with whom the United States had previous contact were still trying to reach out to the Obama administration but were taking a “defiant” approach, saying they were ready to negotiate but it would not be about Gadhafi leaving.
“I think they were looking for a way to find a lifeline, buy time, to prevent what was then becoming inevitable, which was the uprising in Tripoli,” he said.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/22...
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Our day in #tripoli was amazing. Came under fire, but saw some of the happiest people ever.
Libyan
RARE LPC FROM #ZWARA: Rockets hav been raining down on city fr 3 days, no 1 killed yet, many many injured, desperately need help. 2h ago
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Sreem :This dawn #Gaddafi tanks destroyed BuHmayra Mosque and surrounding buildings
Armchair Arab
I hope we can build a cross country railway that links from Tripoli to Benghazi, will be a strong symbol of unity.
SKY NEWS
Libyan Doctor: Deaths As Supplies Run Out
A Libyan doctor has issued a desperate plea for help as he watches civilians die from a lack of medical supplies and manpower.
Speaking from the sole functioning hospital in Tripoli, Dr Bousnina told Sky News’ special correspondent Alex Crawford off-duty medical staff, blood donors and ordinary members of the public were urgently required.
“I ask all the Libyan people who can come in and help us,” he said.
“Okay, yes, we know that we have a lot of risks out on the roads, the people are terrified and afraid. But we need to sacrifice something to have this moment go away.”
Looking visibly emotional and exhausted, he continued: "Please, for all the Libyan people who hear us right now, come in, at least donate your blood, volunteer cleaning the hospital, clean the rooms, try to transport the patients and victims.
Please read full story and watch the video:
news.sky.com/home/article/16054957
simmjazeera
Walked amongst vast crowds at Al Qhums, they were climbing all over our car. City appears in full opp control.
baysontheroad JAMES BAYS
#LIBYA Fighting reported by #ALJAZEERA staff not far from Ras Jedir. Should be able to give latest from Dehibat border in next hour
Free Libya Now
Libyan Embassy in Jakarta raises the Independance flag. #Libya
Zlitniya
Eyewitness from #Zwara :shelling for 3days,13yr old boys manning checkpoints.FF left city to free prisoners from jmeel youtube.com/watch?v=fMSlxX…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMSlxXh4w18
dovenews Libyan™
Reports #Alsanusi & his brother’s house in #Gharghour area are full of weapons & mercenaries. #Tripoli caller
Free Libya Now
3 busses load of mercenaries along 3 4×4 trucks loaded with ammo headed to Tripoli was dealt with by Misurata FF’s in ambush near Benwalid.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I’m hearing that the Misrata FF came in with the big guns and that Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound is getting a beating now.
Almanara
Heavy clashes around Tripoli Int airport NOW after Gaddafi mercs arrived in 20 cars
septimius severus
Just being on the phone to #Zwara NOW, 2 deaths today, shelling STOPPED NOW. most of artillarly & morters did not cause damage
baniwalid1 .
Sultanate of #Oman officially recognizes #NTC
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Musa Ibrahim denies that Sayf al-Islam was captured, says he is still fighting
FreeBenghazi
Milad AlWasaa & 8mercs were killed. African mercs arrested & taken to #Zawiya. Battle took 6hours bcos AlWasaa home is huge #Tripoli #Libya
SKY NEWS
Children Shot Amid Sniper Attack In Libya
Two children are among those fighting for their lives in Tripoli’s only working hospital after being caught up in violence in Libya’s capital.
The hospital has been swamped by casualties over the last few days.
And those numbers swelled overnight as the rebels moved into the city and Green Square centre.
An 11-year-old girl has a wound to the head where a sniper bullet entered.
And around the corner from her, a three-year-old toddler has been treated for a bullet wound to her stomach.
The hospital is stretched beyond belief and it is crumbling under the pressure.
Read art. and watch video:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
Zintanmedia
Zintan brigade securing fuel facilities & govt facilities along Old Airport Rd to prevent mercs destroying them
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Official Explanation- Saif didn’t realize there was no electricity in hotel. Allegedly arrived & changed his mind – will update
English Libya TV
International allies to meet Thursday
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the international alliance on Libya agreed today that senior diplomats will meet in Istanbul to discuss the next steps for the country, the U.S. State Department said.
Clinton spoke by telephone with members of the “contact group” on Libya, which includes key European and Arab allies, and voiced strong support for Libya’s Transitional National Council as it plots a course for a democratic transition in Libya, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
“The plan is for the political directors to meet on Thursday,” Nuland said, adding that the Istanbul meeting would allow the international alliance to discuss what types of help they may be able to offer the revolutionaries.
“This must be and will be a Libyan-led transition,” she said.
AlArabiya reports #NATO warplanes are bombing Bab Al Aziziyah.
Libya TV
Morocco and The Sultanate of Oman recognize the #NTC
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #NATO just hit #Gaddafi forces near #Sreem District. #Libya #Feb17
BBC:
Freedomfighter TV from #Doha reporting that Masud Abd-al-Hafiz, a relative of #Gaddafi, has been arrested.
The CNN MATTHEW CHANCE STORY:
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
11.30p local time in #Rixos hotel – press conference with #Saif al-Islam Gadhafi called!! But he was a no-show. #cnn #libya
Official Explanation- Saif didn’t realize there was no electricity in hotel. Allegedly arrived & changed his mind – will update
Just had face to face with Saif #Gadhafi – he said word of his detention was a trick by rebels.
Saif #Gadhafi told me that their forces had broken the backbone of the rebel forces in #Tripoli #Libya #cnn
#Saif #Gadhafi told me that he had been travelling around Tripoli in an armored convoy the whole time
Noit
There was someone looking like Saif and a meeting took place:
So did Rixos have power again all of a sudden? That was the “reason” he changed his mind to give interview in the first place.
Was it a meeting by candle light?
Would Mr. Chance really believe that he met the “real” Saif? If he met someone at all looking like Saif it was a double, I’m sure of that.
Has any journo in Rixos ever met Saif before?
Saif in armored convoy driving around Tripoli for “the whole time” and nobody else but Rixos journos saw him in the dark?
Highly unlikely.
Sounds like a Halloween story to me, a G goon story.
I bet it’s a psy-ops operation from G regime to distract from all the progress today and to make sure CNN would talk about nothing else.
Foreign press would otherwise have been talking about:
NATO taken out convoy, important NATO hits today, Bab al Azizia bombed, lots of mercs. captured, progress within Tripoli, snipers taken off buildings, more ff’s joined up with Tripoli ff’s, more villages G free, situation in hospital etc., etc.
G regime always undermines credibility of NTC. Divide and conquer is their motto.
Remember yesterdays trick? Alarabiya interview with crying Mohammed? Shots in the back ground. That was a set up too. Aimed at getting him out.
Maybe G is trying to get NTC to show Saif so he can send secret messages or they can try to find out where Saif is been kept, so they can help him escape.
Best thing would be if NTC escorts Saif to ICC so he is out of Libya.
Btw, there was a blackout in Tripoli, video shows street lights on.
Look at time line for spelling.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Major PR coup for #Gadhafi – if the rebels lied about this – what can we believe?
Here’s the picture I took sitting next to #Saif #Gadhafi! Certainly not detained! Exclusive!! #cnn #libya #tripoli
FreeBenghazi
Saif: We r now going2 to go 2 hottest place in #Tripoli that they claim they own, where they r fighting #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=6Gl1Dm…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gl1Dmk-pzI
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya says its sources confirm the Saif Al Islam Gaddafi video was filmed a few hours ago in Tripoli
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Sulaiman Dogha AJA: Pictures of Saif dressed in same clothes as 20th. pictures showed Tripoli with street lights when currently in darkness
BBC
One of Col Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam, who rebels claimed had been arrested, has appeared in the city centre in a government military vehicle
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14610722
BBC Breaking News
International Criminal Court says it has confirmation #Gaddafi’s son Saif al_Islam has been detained – Reuters.
SUMMARY AUGUST 23rd 2011
8/23/11
8.23.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/Gjbff
Press briefing on Libya
by the NATO Spokesperson and by the Military Spokesperson of Operation Unified Protector
On Tuesday 23 August, Oana Lungescu, the NATO spokesperson, briefed the press on events concerning Libya. She was joined by Colonel Roland Lavoie, Operation Unified Protector(OUP) military spokesperson, who briefed by videoconference from Naples on NATO’s operation in Libya in support of UNSCR 1973.
Video:
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_77340...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Among #Libyans in Tunis, digruntlement voiced over NTC’s Saif fiasco, and prematurely saying – from Benghazi – that Tripoli is under control
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking FF r now breaking into Bab Alazizya barracks where Gadhafi and his sons r holding and making their last stand!
Breaking house of Gadhafi son Hannibal in Siyahia area of tripoli west is surrounded by FF and guards r resisting with firing at FF
Tripoli update only areas in tripoli where G thugs have some control r Fashloum, Hadba & airport road area. Tripoli airport under FF control
Gordon
Alex Crawford confirming everything Saif said is lies! Excellent reporting from Sky news
Abdur
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane. NO! It’s Saif he’s back from the Dead! Once a G always a G!
Pabs
Lizzie Phelan, journo in Tripoli “Surprise when convoy with Saif Gaddafi appeared at Rixos Hotel. He then took foreign journos for a tour”
Starz
So Gaddafi has left #Libya & then he hasnt, hes dead & then he isnt, Saif was captured & then he wasnt. Are we sure theres even a war there?
bonbon
It is not over till the fat lady sings. The appearance of Saif last night in Tripoli means no one is going to be singing soon.
David
According to BBC, the release of Saif Gaddafi is linked to this: feb17.info/news/key-tribe… Is that true? Jibril is from that tribe?
dsic
sounds like Saif Gaddafi will soon be wishing he was safely in FF hands.
Ceri Marsh
Losing my mind evidence: thought I heard Saif Gaddafi say, “OMG” on CNN last night.
Etta
Saif Gaddafi captured and in the custody of the ICC, oh no, wait a minute there he is taking reporters on a tour of Tripoli….
Aiman
After the sudden collapse of his forces in #Tripoli & in #Brega, Saif #Gaddafi HAD NO OPTION but to show up for his supporters last night.
4dirtnap
Saif might have bought his escape once…stuff happens. But I do not think the maggot may be so ‘Safe’ this time around. go #FF
Sal
Saif Gaddafi is fabulous entertainment.
Pablo
Two options: 1) Saif was captured by rebel group, but paid to be released; 2) the news of his capture was regime set-up to embarrass ‘West’.
WSJ
Key Tribe Wavers as Gaddafi Ally
Members of the Libyan Warfalla tribe in March by the house of Fethi Boubaker, who they say was killed during allied airstrikes, on the outskirts of Bani Walid. The tribe is split over whether to support Col. Gaddafi.
But behind a seemingly unflinching facade of support for Col. Gaddafi, a high stakes struggle is under way within Libya’s largest tribe, Warfalla. Its clan leaders are debating whether to definitively back the government or to throw the tribe’s lot behind rebels in Misrata and Benghazi farther east, who have many Warfalla members in their ranks.
Almost 1.5 million out of about seven million Libyans are believed to hail from Warfalla.
So far, the Warfallas have been divided, with one prominent member, Mahmoud Jibril, heading the Benghazi-based transitional government, and Mansour Khalaf, the tribe’s paramount leader, voicing support for Col. Gaddafi.
The tribe paid a heavy price in the 1990s when some of its members led a failed coup attempt against Col. Gaddafi.
Full story:
feb17.info/news/key-tribe-wavers-as-gad...
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Revolutionaries reach town of Bin Jawad after taking control of Ras Lanuf
Al Jazeera: The field leadership of the revolutionaries ordered its troops not to advance further into the Bab Al Azizia Compound
Al Arabiya: Revolutionaries: NATO strikes Bab Al Azizia compound with two missiles #Libya | NATO: Gaddafi is not a target
Freedom Fighter
I’m back, pro-gaddafi still firing randomly and some rockets landed front of my house. Captured 13 mrecs just today. everyone is fine.
Rockets from bab azizia flying over my house.
Tweeting Tripoli
Apparently, the fat lady is still singing. It’s not over yet. Here we go again.
Was sound asleep when a friend woke me up asking if I knew how to get a rifle. He said he’ll go kill saif not arrest him. I calmed him down.
The Gaddafis are very good at using media/propaganda war. We have to acknowledge this fact. It least we now know they’re at Bab Alazyzia.
Tripoli Youth
#URGENT #Tripoli FF need help from other cities FF to secure the city..Please spread around the message, Call your friends to take positions
Tweeting Tripoli
But the Gaddafis have made a big mistake. Now they would be killed on the spot, not arrested. Who would blame the revolutionaries now?
I am totally against killing them, but it would be difficult to convince a frustrated FF who thinks his freedom is at stake.
Ok so who said BBC5 radio confirmed Saif’s capture? Can you remember the tweep who mentioned that first?
From now on only tweet pics and videos of arrests
A sincere advice to Libya Free TV, please don’t mention news without video evidence. You are targeted by the Gaddafis. To discredit you.
they are in Bab Alazyzia. Saif is the greatest pretender.
Gaddafi had 42 years to shape his media skills. NTC just started learning. So we should be patient and supportive.
Now I wish NATO have brought down all the walls of Bab Al-Azyzia fort.
Marcos
If the NTC and the libyan revolution make a strong commitment with the truth, it will be a solid base to a strong media power.
And it will mark an clear and important difference and evolution in relation to G politics.
Tweeting Tripoli
Blackout in Tripoli, once again.
Feb17Libya
Photos: NATO leaflets dropped in #Tripoli, majority intended to encourage pro-G soldiers to lay down weapons and join FF feb17.info/news/live-liby…
The Speaker of the Arab Parliament (parliamentary body of Arab league) issue statement congratulating the Libyan people and the NTC for “the success of liberating Libya from the rule of the tyrant Muammar Gaddafi.
The Libyan embassy in Greece has been ransacked, with portraits of Muammar Gaddafi defaced and torn down. The Libyan flag has been torn down and replaced by the rebels’ tri-colour flag.
The flag of Muammar Gaddafi’s government has been lowered and burnt by Libyans at the Libyan embassy in Kuwait. A group of about 30 people came to the embassy in Dueya. Libyan ambassador Mohammad Al-Mubarak said he has joined the National Transitional Council (NTC), and recognised it as the sole and legitimate representative of the Libyan people. Mubarak told Kuwait’s KUNA news agency that as of Monday
“the embassy will operate as a representative of the Libyan people under the NTC.”
Libyan diplomats in Prague on Monday burned a portrait Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi and his collapsing regime’s flag, hoisting instead the rebel flag over Libya’s mission in the Czech capital.”We continue to represent our homeland in the Czech Republic like all other diplomatic missions across the globe,” the diplomats said in a statement issued in Prague. Libyan interests in the Czech Republic are represented by charge d’affaires Nuri Ghavi, while the regional Libyan ambassador Ahmed Menesi is in Vienna, Austria
Reuters reports that the National Transitional Council’s rebel flag is being raised over Libya’s embassy in Algeria.
China will respect the choice of the Libyan people and hopes that the situation there stabilizes quickly, the country’s Foreign Ministry has said today as rebel forces battle for Tripoli.
The United Arab Emirates, which has been mostly silent during a six-month rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi, congratulated Libyan rebels on their move into Tripoli on Monday.
The head of Libya’s rebel national council urged his fighters on Monday to respect the law and not take violent revenge on members of Muammar Gaddafi’s fallen regime, adding that indiscipline among rebels could even lead him to resign.
The United States is keeping in place for now a freeze on billions of dollars of Libyan government assets, although the Treasury Department is considering how to provide financial assistance to rebel groups, an Obama administration official said on Monday.
Colonel Abdelrazak Rajhi, a Libyan army officer, was allegedly sent by Gaddafi to Tunis to bomb an Arab embassy has turned himself in to Tunisian authorities, the Tunisian defence ministry said on Monday. Rajhi crossed into Tunisia on July 30 to carry out the attack on the embassy using 16kg of explosives which have been seized. “The planned attack was commissioned by the military top brass, therefore by Muammar Gaddafi. He aimed to derail the Tunisian revolution,” said Rajhi, who took part in the conference.
Tweeting Tripoli
FF capturing Gaddafi’s private jet at Tripoli
international airport:
youtube.com/watch?v=NcpCKt…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcpCKt7jSMc&fea...
Leaflets dropped by NATO aimed at foreign mercenaries: t.co/Fc3i5Wk
Tweeting Tripoli
Where is Musa Ibrahim? Where is Kaim? I would have thought at laest Musa would would have appeared with Saif? Jorno at Rixos, is Musa there?
MUST WATCH:
Aljazeera
Libyan opposition drive for victory
Intent on reaching Tripoli, opposition fighters have been making way from Misrata in a long fast moving columns of hundreds of men.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports en route to Tripoli with the opposition fighters.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkIlMecRW0s
HOW MOHAMMED ESCAPED:
The World Today
Libyan opposition figure tells how Gaddafi son escaped
Ibrahim Sahad is the secretary general of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya and he was a high ranking military and diplomatic officer in the Gaddafi regime until he resigned in 1981.
BRAHIM SAHAD: He escaped. First of all he did not, his bodyguards started shooting against the forces watching the house and they killed one of the people and they injured others.
And yet they wanted to show him the civilisation of this revolution. So they left him at home and they put some guards around the house, and the information now that he escaped. I mean this should not be done. It should be everybody from the Gaddafi family should be brought under arrest.
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/...
Tweeting Tripoli
1-They ask me how Mohamed and Saif escaped? Well, FF in Tripoli are mainly uni students, shop keepers, engineers, etc who have no experience
2-Benghazi and western mountain FF and FF are the ones who had 6 months crash course on becoming a fighter and they’ve just entered Tripoli
3-I believe that while the expert FF have circled Bab Alazyzia and Trip Int Airport, they have let local Tripoli youth guard their prisoners
4-The previous tweets were a summary of what have been circulating in Tripoli. Waiting for NTC’s official statement.
5-Aparently, experienced FF from Nafousa Mountains and Misrata were tasked with dangerous combat, and local armed civilians guarding Tripoli
6-every one I talked to vows to kick Gaddafist out of Tripoli if they don’t behave, they
tell me thy ruled us 42 yrs longer than thy should.
It’s 10 AM, and power still off. Hope Gaddafi’s immoral and brainwashed thugs did not sabotage the main power plant.
Power is restored now in Tripoli.
While I continue posting what family, friends & neighbors think of the situation in Tripoli, I’ll only post news if backed with evidence.
More leaflets from NATO to Gaddafi militia who insist on making Tripoli suffer…
t.co/RXTAybM
More leaflets from NATO aimed at Gaddafi militia who don’t want to stop shooting at people. t.co/F2rsWaP http://t.co/OX8uiqx
they dropped zillions of leaflets in Arabic. Some of Gaddafi soldiers don’t speak Arabic, I think it’s a good idea.
Sounds of NATO jets overhead. But have not heard any Booms from my place.
1-Wow, effect of Gaddafi’s TV is amazing. A frantic ‘on the fence’ neighbour was worried these were Christians and not libyan FF invading us
2-“why mosques have not been calling for prayers?” he asked. He calmed down only after I reminded him about the power cut!
(G tv) has been on air for 42 years. That was enough brainwashing course for the gullible who don’t think for themselves.
Q: do you have any news about Ben Ashour are and Jarabaa, my family live nr Africia supermrket
A: these areas are safe. Problems are in Hadaba, and Abosleem.
Tweeting Tripoli
I could see smoke rising from Bab Alazyzia.
Correction: I see smoke from the direction of Bab Azyzia. I can’t see the compound itself.
Tripoli residents have shortages of weapons, even to protect their homes let alone to go fight Gaddafi.
I have no doubt we are wining, but the cost of lives is increasing by the minute. The Gaddafis and their followers are arrogant criminals.
All my contacts are peaceful unarmed civilians who want a democratic free Libya. I have no weapon to protect my home. 60% of Tripoli don’t.
Libya is not in civil war. Libya is fighting a terrorist group lead by the mastermind of
Lockerbie bombing and Abusleem Massacre
Aljazeera arabic now showing nice footages from #Tripoli center. #feb17
A #FF on AJA: “We work better when there is a blackout. Snipers were caught easily that way”. That explains last night total blackout then.
I demand ICC and NTC tell us who confirmed Saif’s capture! It should’nt be a secret. This is transparency we rose and received bullets for.
A good point Dr Mahmood Werfali on AJA raised: Saif did not cruise in Tripoli streets as he promised in the video.
Libyana and Madar working fine. I just called several friends. Reports that they are blocked are not true. Libyana HQ is under FF control.
The internet is back on again. Maybe it was a glitch on my local libyan internet an hour ago. Now it is working.
Local calls are OK. I confirm. Libyana and Madar are working from inside Tripoli at least. Not sure about international calls, though.
I confirm Libyana HQ is under FF control. Not sure about Madar which is near Riyadia stadiums.
Hmm I wonder why Saddi made that interview in the Zoo (located between Rixos hotel and Bab Azyzia). Tunnels, perhaps?
Or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLC3_iEhRgw
Q: Family in BenAshour, just a km from Bab Al Aziziya, report hearing extreme explosions and constant gunfire for the last hour or two #libya
A: I confirm that. Just called people near Rixos. And now I can hear thuds in the distance from Bab Alazyzia direction.
Q: The athan being played amidst gunfire and bombs, oh how many times I have seen this picture
A: That’s to convince the gullible that FF are not Christian crusaders. Don’t blame mosque minder. LOL
Exclusive photo from my own camera. Smoke from Bab Alazyzia compound few mins ago.
twitter.com/#!/2011feb17/status/105976477912281090/photo/1
Pls watch Aljazeera Engish. Live footages from there. I know the area. FF are on foot few 100s meters from the back side of BA.
Oh now I can see the wisdom of how USA dealt with Bin Laden. Make fish food from one dangerous person is the best to save millions of lives.
Once again, I apologize for not accepting journalists who contacted me for an interview. I still think it is not safe for me to do so now.
Thank you NATO, they just stated that they have not seen any wrong doing from our FF. On the contrary, G’s filth are randomly shooting civs.
Is it me or is Gaddafi & Co like a terrible cheap horror movie. You think all zombies are dead, then few mins they jump you from the corner!
I take a look at Saif’s evil eyes and I get shivers thinking that he could have ruled over my kids for the next 40 years! #feb17 #Tripoli
Q: please any news about ben ashour near safia mosque my brother and family r there
A: That is a safe area too.
People who ask about Tripoli. Only Hadaba and Abosleem areas have thugs terrorizing civs. Other areas safe except from possible G shelling..
Gaddafi shells people randomly. I have seen it with my own eyes here in Tripoli 2 days ago.
Freedom fighters are protecting their homes, their uncles and friends homes, so they won’t shell their houses. This is a fact.
Will try to get any info from Ben Ashoor soon.
Here is my (personal) view of Tripoli’s stance on Gaddafi, I sent this to my France24 report but was not published:
twitter.com/#!/2011feb17/status/105991605584015360/photo/1
shame France24 did not publish it in my interview.I reached this conclusion after speaking to many friends and family.
If you have not read my report (minus the breakup of the Tripoli population), then here it is:
A city under siege: exclusive testimony from inside Tripoli
“The government is trying hard to portray life in Tripoli as calm and normal, but that’s not even remotely true”
“Petrol is almost non-existent. Some people join pro-Gaddafi rallies just to get a few
extra litres”
“If Gaddafi’s thugs decide to storm your house, that’s it. No one can help you”
“Protesting means certain death”
“People have formed secret neighbourhood defence committees.
Each one has at least one gun”
“We don’t expect Tripoli’s fall to trigger a civil war”
Please read full art.:
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mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Went back to room earlier & the door had been kicked in, things rifled through. Nothing stolen.
Tweeting Tripoli
Oh, so they broke into his room as a reward? typical Gaddafi thugs. They are murderers and thieves.
for the records. Brega, RasLanoof, BinJawad all the way to Sirt is liberated. Via Aljazeera.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Tripoli update only areas in tripoli where G thugs have some control r Fashloum, Hadba & airport road area. Tripoli airport under FF control
Tweeting Tripoli
I am not sure about Fashloom. I think it is free.
Jalood on Aljazeera warned that Gaddafi’s tunnels could be booby trapped.
Dahra too is liberated. All Tripoli is. Only few areas in Hadba and Abosleem.
Just to have a break: this is our sky few nights ago from my rooftop.
twitter.com/#!/2011feb17/status/106006252521398275/photo/1
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
In #Rixos huddled in basement of hotel. Incoming artillery fire in area around #Gadhafi compound.
Sniper took pot-shot at hotel & we all took cover. Journalists in #Rixos are fine, keeping together but have limited perspective on news.
Boiled up a pot of water & made some hot sweet tea to lift everybody’s spirits. #Rixos #Libya
Went back to room earlier & the door had been kicked in, things rifled through. Nothing stolen.
reedom Fighter
Rockets from bab azizia flying over my house.
FreeBenghazi
#NATO spokeswoman: Appearance of Saif in dead of night doesn’t indicate someone in control, but of someone on the run #Libya #Tripoli
Freedom Fighter
Abu-saleem suffers from pro gaddafis, they are stealing houses there.
A rocket from bab azizia passed by the 1st floor and exploded in bab ben ghashier. I wish that no body injured.
Ab
Abdulsalam Jalloud “I haven’t defected, I’ve been opposing for 20 years” oh shut up. Where were you on Feb 17th? #Tripoli #Libya
Freedom Fighter
The bastards are shooting at houses. rockets are landing in ras hasan, bab ben ghashier, znata and many other places.
Mushu
Dear #Saif,I think you might’ve made a mistake when you showed us your ugly mug this morning.You seem to have pissed off few dangerous ppl.
Freedom Fighter
Just to make feel what is happening around here. t.co/vB2Vk6N
www.twitvid.com/3QSAL
Heavy gunfire in bab aziziah right now.
Internet speed is very slow i can’t watch vids or pics i cant login 2skype either! I have no service in cellular! My only window is twitter!
Rima
Do you notice how NONE of the reporters were ever live on the front live with G soldiers? There’s a reason for that.
Freedom Fighter
bab azizia right now
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The bullets are hitting my house wall
major part is under freedom fighters control but i still can gaddafis flag on the buildings close to bab azizia
I hear the FFs chanting Allah is the greatest and using thier car horns going twards bab azizia!
Tweeting Tripoli
Let me summurize what is happening in Tripoli: Imagine 1000 lose (Norwegian) Breivik being surrounded in Bab Alazyzia pic.twitter.com/AEMXH5f
Aljazeera
In a telephone interview with Al Jazeera, Waheed Burshan, president of Libya’s National Transitional Council in Gharyan, responded to the escape of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam.
Speaking from Tunis, he confirmed that Saif had been arrested, but he was unable to say how Gaddafi’s son subsequently escaped from his captors.
Burshan referred to questions of “inexperienced youth” and the lack of a “structured military guard”.
Italy
Franco Frattini, Italy’s foreign minister, says he expects contracts held by Italian companies in Libya will be respected in the post-Gaddafi era.
China
China on Tuesday urged Libya to protect its investments and said their oil trade benefited both countries, after a Libyan rebel warned that Chinese oil companies could lose out after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.
Iran
Iran has expressed its backing for the Libyan rebels, BBC Monitoring reports. A statement by the foreign ministry in Tehran says Iran “supports the people’s uprising in Libya and hopes that the Libyan people can decide independently on their future”.
Reuters
Libyan rebels clashed with an army convoy coming from the city of Sirte, killing tens of Gaddafi’s troops, Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday.
It did not say where the clash had happened. Sirte was heavily bombed by NATO just before rebel forces moved into Tripoli.
BBC
There is a lull in the battle for the the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as both the Gaddafi regime and opposition forces claim they are in control of large parts of the city.
Overnight Colonel Gadaffi’s son, Saif al-Islam, previously thought to have been captured by the opposition, appeared on the city’s streets and told the BBC his father is safe and well and still in Tripoli.
The BBC’s Matthew Price, who is in a hotel in the city centre, said that it was “eerily quiet”, while Nato spokesman Col Roland Lavoie insisted that “globally speaking it is clear… the Gaddafi regime has lost its grip on the capital”.
ICC
A spokesman for the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fadi el-Abdallah, told the BBC it had been difficult for the ICC to confirm whether Saif al-Islam had been detained by the rebels: “What we said yesterday is that we received information about the arrest of Saif al-Islam and we were trying to confirm that by contacting the National Transitional Council in Libya, but Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was not under the custody of the ICC.”
Mr Abdallah adds: “The media was reporting about his arrest. We tried to contact different persons of the National Transitional Council and there were different opinions and different answers. That’s why we said there was no official confirmation about his arrest.”
Oman
Oman has recognised Libya’s rebel-led council as the country’s legitimate international representatives. Oman is the latest Arab nation to break off relations with Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in favor of the National Transitional Council. The statement on Tuesday by Oman’s Foreign Ministry also urged Libyan rebels to keep the country from drifting into lawlessness as opposition forces move against Gaddafi’s last strongholds in the capital Tripoli.
AFP
Pro-Gaddafi forces fired three Scud missiles towards Misrata on Monday, Nato says, according to the AFP news agency.
“We can confirm reports concerning the firing of three surface-to-surface Scud missiles from the vicinity of Sirte,” chief Nato spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said. “They landed in the coastal area of Misrata,” she added, indicating no knowledge of casualties.
Reuters
Explosions were heard near Bab al-Aziziyah, a large compound where Muammar Gaddafi is thought to be hiding, as rebels tighten their grip on the capital of Tripoli, Al Arabiya television reported.
Bahrain
The Gulf Arab state of Bahrain has recognised the rebel National Transitional Council as the sole representative of the people of Libya, Bahrain’s state news agency said.
Given “recent developments in Libya”, the Kingdom of Bahrain said on Tuesday the council was “the sole legitimate representative of the brotherly Libyan people, wishes Libya to achieve prosperity, progress and stability, development and reconstruction.”
Rebels fighting against the rule of Muammar Gaddafi swept into Tripoli two days ago and are fighting to seize the city.
Aljazeera
Rebels battling forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were nearing the gates of his heavily fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in the centre of Tripoli on Tuesday, a correspondent for satellite news channel Al Jazeera reported.
The channel broadcast images of shells being fired and smoke rising over the city as the rebels sought to rout Gaddafi troops in neighbourhoods still under his control.
NTC
The leader of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdul Jalil, has been holding a news conference in Benghazi with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Mr Abdul Jalil vowed that Col Gaddafi and his aides would face justice in fair criminal trials. Even he himself would stand trial “for the years I served as a minister in the Gaddafi government” he said – referring to his time as justice minister. He said his advice to Libyans was to “be tolerant and… to avoid taking the law into
their own hands”.
Mr Davutoglu, meanwhile, pledged that Turkey would give $300m (£180m) to Libya: $100m in a non-repayable grant; $100m cash to help form a new government and fund immediate needs, especially during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan; and $100m for projects. He expressed confidence in the TNC and in Mr Abdul Jalil.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera has learned that the Libyan rebels have taken control of Al-Akila in eastern Libya, and are heading towards the oil port of Ras Lanuf.
Our correspondent: ”Rebels take control of Al-Akila in the East and move towards Ras Lanuf”.
Nigeria
Nigeria on Tuesday recognised the Libyan rebel council as the country’s legitimate representative and called on Muammar Gaddafi to quit.
“In the last 48 hours, the situation in the country has moved inexorably closer to its denouement,” a Foreign Office statement said.
“The federal government is understandably anxious to prevent further loss of lives in Libya and therefore urges Muammar Gaddafi to take the part of honour and relinquish power immediately and allow the people of Libya to decide the future of their country.”
Reuters
Libyan rebels battling forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi attacked the gates of his fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli on Tuesday, Arab news channel Al Arabiya reported.
“The revolutionaries are trying to get in through the Old Gate on the western side. If they’re successful, the fighting will move inside the compound,” Muftah Ahmad Othman, a rebel in Tripoli, told the news channel.
Britain’s Sky TV also reported that smoke could be seen billowing from the compound following a NATO air strike.
Heavy fighting could be heard on Tuesday near the hotel housing foreign journalists in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a Reuters witness said.
AP
On Monday, Libyans celebrated the news that insurgents had reached Tripoli, but late in the day the appearance of Gadhafi’s son and potential successor, whom the rebels had claimed to have captured, called into doubt rebel declarations of victory. That confusion pushed benchmark oil for October delivery up $1.34 to $85.76 in the afternoon Paris time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Reuters
Libyan rebels told a rescue ship not to dock at Tripoli port on Tuesday because it was too risky, leaving thousands of foreigners stranded at their embassies and waiting for
the all clear to leave. ”The information we’re getting from the National Transitional Council is basically saying the port conditions in the area are not good enough for the ship to dock”
AP
Fresh fighting erupted in Tripoli on Tuesday hours after Moammar Gadhafi’s son turned up free to thwart Libyan rebel claims he had been captured, a move that seems to have energized forces still loyal to the embattled regime. Thick clouds of gray and white smoke filled the Tripoli sky as heavy gunfire and explosions shook several districts of the city of 2 million people. Some of the heaviest fighting was around Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya main compound and military barracks.
Reuters
Heavy fighting could be heard on Tuesday near the hotel housing foreign journalists in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a Reuters witness said. Heavy artillery fire had been heard since the morning in the vicinity of the Rixos hotel.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera correspondent in Libya: ”Rebels enter the first gate into Bab Al-Aziziyah camp”.
AP
Germany’s foreign minister called Tuesday for the U.N. Security Council to quickly pass a new resolution that would unblock billions of dollars in frozen Libyan assets. Guido Westerwelle said that it’s time for the money to be released to finance the rebuilding of post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya, and that a new U.N. resolution is required to do that.
NATO says the situation in Tripoli is still “very serious and very dangerous.” Spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie also told reporters Tuesday that pro-Gadhafi forces are severely degraded and losing strength through desertions and defections. Spokeswoman Oana Lungescu says NATO may play a role in Libya in the post-Gadhafi period. Earlier, France’s foreign minister earlier said he hopes NATO’s air operation over Libya will end “as soon as possible” – once rebel fighters topple
Gadhafi and his forces for good. Turkey’s foreign minister says air operations will continue until security in the country is fully restored.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera correspondent in Libya: ”Rebels enter the first gate into Bab Al-Aziziyah camp. Gaddafi’s forces have pulled back to Sirte and Al Jafra in the south”.
A NATO spokesperson at a press conference in Naples has said that NATO is maintaining its independence from Libyan opposition forces and depending only on its mandate. ”We are only a party with a limited role, which is basically to enforce the no-fly zone,” he said. “We do our missions which is basically to the no-fly zone and the embargo and protection of the civilian population.” He also said that it seemed that the government was on the losing side of the battle, at this point. ”It is clear that the regime has lost control over strategic areas of the country.”
Oana Lungescu, another NATO spokeswoman, said at a parallel press conference in Brussels that NATO is maintaining its independence from Libyan opposition forces. ”NATO is implementing a mandate from the UN Security Council resolution, and we will continue to do that until all attacks and threats of attacks against civilians have stopped, until all of Gaddafi’s forces have withdrawn to their base. She also said that “there will be no NATO troops on the ground in the future”, but added that NATO supports “a solution that responds to the legitimate aspirations of the Libya people”. Lungescu did not identify how those ‘legitimate aspirations’ would be identified.
Clashes broke out on Tuesday afternoon between Libyan opposition fighters and Gaddafi troops in several neighbourhoods of the Libyan capital Tripoli, including Gaddafi’s stronghold of Babal Aziziya. The opposition fighters have advanced to around 500-metres from Babal Aziziya, an Al Jazeera correspondent in Tripoli reported.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent has reported that Libyan opposition fighters had taken control of Bishr district west of Brega town and that they were at the outskirts of al-
Eqaila district west of Brega. Foreign reporters in the Libyan capital have denied
opposition clams that Saif al-Islam was arrested, saying he had met AFP reporters along with the BBC and CNN news channels on Monday evening and Tuesday morning at his father’s residence in Tripoli.
Reuters
Grinning, waving in triumph and taunting his father’s enemies, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi surfaced in Tripoli overnight to prove he was a free man, not a captive as Libyan rebels had claimed.
Wearing an olive-green T-shirt, Saif took journalists from the hotel to his father’s fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound nearby to pour scorn on a weekend push into Tripoli that brought much of the city under rebel control.
MAP
Morocco has recognised the rebel National Transitional Council as Libya’s legitimate representative and the foreign minister will travel to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, the official MAP news agency said.
Reuters
Libya’s assets in foreign currencies have reached around $168 billion and the country could return to oil production in the next 3 to 6 months, Libya’s former central bank governor said in an interview with Al-Arabiya television on Tuesday.
Western powers, backing the disparate opposition to Gaddafi, have moved ahead with plans to support a new administration with which they hope to exploit Libya’s oil wealth. They renewed calls for the 69-year-old autocrat to surrender.
Aljazeera
The Maltese government has officially recognised the National Transitional Council as the legitimate government of the Libyan people, Lawrence Gonzi, Malta’s prime minister, announced on Tuesday.
“Malta will continue to play its role as a centre for humanitarian aid to go to Libya and is committed towards assisting the international community in evacuating expats from the troubled areas,” Gonzi said after a cabinet meeting.
Turkey
Underscoring the jostling for influence in post-conflict Libya already underway among members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey revealed on Tuesday that it has been bankrolling the rebel leadership here over the past month and vowed unconditional future support amid heavy fighting in the capital Tripoli. Turkey’s message was delivered by its Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during a surprise visit to Benghazi.
Iraq
Iraq on Tuesday formally recognised the rebel National Transitional Council as Libya’s representative, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Reuters
Libya will honour all its contracts with Italian companies after Muammar Gaddafi is ousted from power, said the North African nation’s envoy to Rome, who defected in February and joined the rebel movement.
BBC Video: Defiant Saif al-Islam Gaddafi reappears
One of Col Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam, has appeared in Tripoli and claimed the government had “broken the backbone” of the rebel offensive there.
He turned up in a government vehicle at a hotel held by loyalists, a day after the rebels said they had detained him.
A BBC correspondent said Saif al-Islam seemed confident and full of adrenalin.
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THIS IS A MUST READ
Via Feb 17
Op-Ed: “I was wrong to oppose military intervention in Libya – wrong, wrong, wrong”
By: Yvonne Ridley
Just a few weeks ago I stood on a public platform and vigorously slammed proposals for Western military intervention in Libya.
The hasty scramble by the Americans, French and Britons lacked strategy and a clear goal.
To me it appeared to be yet another oil-fuelled, reckless act by gung-ho leaders who would end up being sucked in to a long military campaign as futile as the Bush-Blair adventures into Iraq and Afghanistan that we are still paying for in terms of wasted lives.
“Here we go again,” I said. “Another imperialistic adventure with the long-term aim of getting our grubby hands on other peoples’ oil.”
To those few Libyans present, I warned they would live to regret this pact with the West that I likened to jumping into bed with the devil.
Being very conscious of the fact I’m not a Libyan and desperate at not wanting to be seen as another opinionated Westerner sticking my nose into matters I didn’t understand, I sought the views of many Libyan friends and contacts.
Their reaction was mixed, but more often than not I was told that without outside help the Libyan people would be slaughtered by Gaddafi who himself described those who opposed him as cockroaches that needed to be crushed.
To justify my stand I reasoned that all revolutions are bloody and that the heroic people of Tunisia and Egypt had paid the blood price in their hundreds to win freedom.
I even recounted Malcolm X telling people that if they were not prepared to die for it they should remove the word freedom from their vocabulary.
Of course, making grand statements from platforms in central London is one thing but going to see for myself what was happening on the ground was something else.
My few days in Libya proved to be extremely humbling, illuminating and provided me with a reality check.
I was wrong about opposing military intervention. No if, but or maybe – I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
The people of Libya would have been brutally crushed without mercy if the West had not responded to their cries for help.
Perhaps the greatest shame is that Arab leaders stood by emotionless as the Libyan people begged everyone and anyone for help to bring down Gaddafi.
Some of those Arab leaders had no such hesitation in answering cries for help from the oppressive royal regime in Bahrain – obviously the Saudis and rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council cabal felt uncomfortable helping to bring down an evil, brutal, dictator who routinely abused and oppressed his people while happily propping up another.
It could have been an opportunity for the rising regional power Turkey to step in to the breach but to the massive disappointment of the Libyan people Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to become embroiled.
So in the end the West did intervene and although the blood of innocents is still flowing in the streets at least it is not a torrent.
And maybe this is a war led by no one, with no particular aim, but the enforcement of the no fly zone has prevented a massacre.
That is the view held by one of Libya’s spiritual leaders, Sheikh Mohammed Bosidra, who told me: “We had no choice. It was either make a pact with NATO or be crushed. It was a matter of survival, as simple as that.”
However many have already paid the ultimate blood price. Each town and city has a special place for its martyrs, and there are many. Faces of young men stared back at me from family portraits proudly hung in the central square in Benghazi and what struck me was how young they were.
In Derna, more portraits of the sons of Omar al-Mukhtar hung in the town centre and some of the bodies have been buried in a cemetery next to the tombs of three Sahaba and 70 other martyrs who fought against Roman and Byzantine forces in 692AD.
“We have a very fine tradition of producing martyrs in Derna and that is why Gaddafi hates the people of Derna more than anywhere else in Libya,” one woman told me.
And then she pointed to a French Tricolor and a Union Jack whispering: “Thank you, we will never forget what you have done for us.”
I admit I felt uncomfortable, even a fraud, on several different levels by accepting her thanks. Usually I end up apologizing for the deeds of various British governments and empire so this was something new for me.
We are still not clear what is the endgame of the NATO-led force, but the Libyan people are crystal clear in one thing: Gaddafi must go.
Only then can they begin to work out the next move, and it won’t be easy.
The Interim Transitional National Council says it is committed to liberate every part of Libya from Aamsaad in the east to Ras Jdir in the west, and from Sirte in the north to Gatrun in the south.
But from what I could see the mission is unstable and unpredictable, chaotic, disorganized and confused.
However, what is undeniable is the bravery and courage of the Libyan people who we in the media routinely refer to as rebels. These people are not rebels. They are shopkeepers, students, doctors, businessmen and mechanics who have never owned a gun or wanted to pick one up in anger, until now.
And yet there they are tens of thousands prepared to die for freedoms and liberties they’ve never known in Gaddafi’s 41-year rule.
I was moved to tears by a regiment of young men who marched, rallied and chanted demanding to be sent to the front lines in Misrata to help their brothers in arms.
Their personally-delivered message in Benghazi was to the members of the interim government and they were extremely critical of some elements of the ITNC who they said were more interested in parading around with bodyguards intoxicated with the little power they had than making real decisions.
The criticism of the leadership was stinging but reassuring that these young men were not blind to the shortcomings of their own. Too often in the Middle East people are blind and unquestioning in their loyalty to their leaders.
It is clear to me that once Gaddafi is gone – and he will go – the Libyan people will not replace him with another tyrant or a Western puppet. Whatever government and constitution they choose will be one of their own making.
But first we in the West must give them all the help and support they need to accomplish the removal of Gaddafi until it is time for NATO to go in a dignified exit.
And who knows, for once, Western intervention might just be regarded as a force for good.
Source: Redress
Reuters
Libyan rebels poured into Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli on Tuesday and were seen firing in the air in celebration, Reuters reporters on the scene said.
Pro-Gaddafi forces initially tried to defend the compound but their resistance later ended, the reporters said.
Libya Al Ahrar:
“It doesn’t matter if Saif appears on TV or not Important thing is Tripoli’s youths freed the capital in less than 48 hrs”
Libya Al Ahrar warning Libyans to be on the look-out for “snipers and mercenaries who are still there in #Tripoli”
Al Arabiya reports Explosions heard near #Gaddafi compound in #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
AJE Zeina Khodr: Heavy clashes in Mansoura…Bab al-Aziziya between FF & Gaddafi forces, #Gaddafi men using mortars and heavy weapons
Sky News: The snipers in #Tripoli are causing the most injuries
Guardian
As Gaddafi’s reign ends, the work of creating democracy in Libya begins
The new leaders will become very powerful, very quickly. For democracy to take root, it is vital Libyans hold them to account
The long battle to remove the Gaddafi family from power is nearing its end. Now the real work begins.
The country must be run, peacefully, by the National Transitional Council (NTC) – a body mostly composed of returned exiles and technocrats from the old regime –
through a period of post-conflict stabilisation, to be followed, it is hoped, by democratic elections and the formation of Libya’s first ever freely elected government.
By historical standards the task ahead is daunting – Libya must become the first oil-rich Middle Eastern secular democracy. If your first reaction to that is “what about Iraq?”, let’s have a quiet chat when the others have gone.
The NTC has won wide acceptance, and in many respects has performed admirably, but it remains more a collection of fiefdoms than a coherent governing body.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
Photo: Smoke seen rising from Bab Al Azaziya #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17
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Reuters
FACTBOX-Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli
Aug 23 (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are making a stand at his fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in the centre of Tripoli.
Here are some details about the area:
Read more;
Source:
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Sky News: Alex Crawford: "I have not seen any of Gaddafi troops, keeping a very low profile, believed to all be inside compound #Tripoli
NATO: Significant changes in advances and momentum of the FF
Tripoli compound is centre of Gaddafi power
The fortified Tripoli compound attacked by Libyan rebels on Tuesday is the seat of Muammar Gaddafi’s political power and the principal base of loyalist fighters trying to rescue his 42-year-old rule.
Analysts say Gaddafi loyalist fighters confronted with an influx of rebels since the weekend have sought to use his Bab al-Azizyah bastion as a springboard from which to carve out a loyalist zone and chip away at rebel control of adjoining neighbourhoods.
The encampment is believed to sit atop a network of tunnels and bunkers that lead to adjoining districts, including possibly a subterranean route to the coast.
But the tunnel networks are not the loyalist militiamen’s only card: Gaddafi’s fighters have an intimate knowledge of the city and many are believed to have a greater degree of military training than their opposition guerrilla opponents.
“This is Gaddafi’s Pentagon,” said Noman Benotman, a senior analyst at the British think tank Quilliam and a former Libyan Islamist opposition guerrilla commander.
Read more:
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FF in eastern Libya reach outskirts of Bin Jawad after taking control of Ras Lanuf oil port via @Reuters
Heavy fighting heard near Rixos hotel via @Reuters
NATO: We do not target individuals, and Gaddafi is not a target. We do target command and control facilities
NATO: If #Gaddafi is in one of those facilities, we will target it
NATO: If #Gaddafi leaves the country, that is not a problem for us
Photo: Flag of independence of #Libya raised at Libyan Embassy in Oman on August 23, 2011 Via @ShababLibya #feb17 t.co/2td1V74
#NATO forces bombarding Gaddafi’s Bab Al-Aziziya compound in #Tripoli via @Reuters
NPR
Libya Rebels Renew Fight To Pry Tripoli From Regime
Fresh fighting erupted in Tripoli on Tuesday hours after Moammar Gadhafi’s son turned up free to thwart Libyan rebel claims he had been captured, a move that seems to have energized forces still loyal to the embattled regime.
Rebels and pro-regime troops fought fierce street battles in several parts of the city, a day after opposition fighters swept into the capital with relative ease, claiming to have most of it under their control.
Thick clouds of gray and white smoke filled the Tripoli sky as heavy gunfire and explosions shook several districts of the city of 2 million people. Some of the heaviest fighting was around Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya main compound and military barracks.
The compound, which has been heavily damaged by NATO airstrikes, has emerged as one of the centers of government resistance since tanks rolled out Monday and began firing at rebels trying to get in.
Full art.:
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ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Tripoli Gaddafi and Libya all trending, and in the correct spelling. That is some achievement (minus Gaddafi)
Sky News Alex Crawford: Not much resistance coming from inside Bab Al-Aziziya
Sky News: Alex Crawford: FF are taking injuries and casualties, but still remain confident and are very excited. Singing and Chanting
Sky News: Alex Crawford: Many people coming out of their houses in #Tripoli joining the FF in their fight
Breaking CNN: Fighting between #Gaddafi forces and revolutionaries at #Tripoli Airport
Russian official says spoke to Gaddafi by phone, quotes him as saying he is in #Tripoli and will fight to the end via @Reuters
FF chanting “Sky News Sky News, La Libya La Ganfud”, as Alex Crawford reports from #Tripoli
Germany and Greece have recognized the Libyan NTC as the legitimate government of
Sky News Journalist in Rixos: Saif came to Rixos in a vehicle and not through tunnels
Please pray the freedom fighters in Tripoli Airport right now : CNN reports smoke rising from #Tripoli Airport
Oabushagur :
The Amazing engineers in #Misrata Al Madar have activated it today. You can call Al madar #Misrata +218 9 91 – #Libya
Image of Bab Al Azizyah right now: t.co/rOvyxbB – Smoke rising – situation still unclear – #Libya #Feb17 #Tripoli via @TrablesVoice
Reuters Reporters in #Tripoli: Libyan rebels seen firing into air inside Bab Al Azizyah – Gaddafi compound in celebration
Reuters: Pro-#Gaddafi forces defended the Bab Al Azizyah compound but that defence has now stopped.
BBC: Blake Hounshell Tweets: Former high-ranking Libyan official claimed earlier that the tunnels beneath Bab al-Aziziya are booby-trapped.
Al Arabiyah: #Libya revolutionaries say they control one entrance to #Gaddafi compound in #Tripoli
Praying FF’s in Bab Al Azizyah proceed with caution.
A good map of the Bab Al Azizyah compound can be found here: t.co/KtnLeDr
Alarabya Breaking: sources say independence flag has been raised on Gaddfi’s house
AP: Hundreds of Libyan rebels have stormed Col Gaddafi’s compound in #Tripoli
Bab Al Azizyah operates like a small city with all the infrastructure needed to support
it: communications, military operations, residential
What is astonishing is that the underground infrastructure (tunnels) is likely to be far more impressive than what we can see above ground
Pentagon spokesman Dave Lapan says the US believes #Gaddafi is still in #Libya. He says the US is monitoring Libya’s chemical weapons sites.
AJA breaking: fighters announce their full control of Bab Alazizia through loudspeakers #Tripoli #Libya via @feb17voices
AJA is reporting LIVE from Bab Al Azizyah #Libya #Feb17 t.co/MOjwkPL
AJA Reporter in Bab Al Azizyah: Gaddafi troops are present but did not defend the area, essentially gave up #Libya #Feb17
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: FF’s found some weapons left behind.
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: Kataib #Gaddafi retreated from the area
Sky News: Alex Crawford: Freedom Fighters using homemade rocket launchers to penetrate walls of the South Entrance of Bab Al-Aziziya #Libya
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: There is not much above ground, except strong gate and old houses – Compound must be underground.
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: Freedom fighters are calling all the doctors they can reach. Many injured in the fighting
AJA Just switched from LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah – to Dogha
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
All’s well for the moment. Still bunkered down. More later. #Rixos4
Sky News: Alex Crawford: There is a very complicated underground tunnel system, one tunnel leads to Rixos hotel
Tweeting Tripoli
Gaddafi told Ilyumzhinov he was “certain he’ll win”. Win what? Tripoli? Psychologists have loads of home work to do. hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie…
Bashar should be ashamed of himself for not taking notes. Libyan rats say hello to Syrian germs, and tell them the rats got out of the trap.
Wow, never thought I would read this. FF are actually inside Daffy’s house.
BREAKING: BAB ALAZYZIA IS FREEEE:
Yeah free of charge, no tickets, everybody is welcome in, you don’t pay. Capeesh?
OMG, the model Qatar made for Bab Alazyzia is so convincingly well done. Beat that James Camron (The Titanic movie director) o(0..0)o
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Its unlikely Gaddafi+sons sit tight till FF arrive they r Running through their Holes now escaping somewhere into desert #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Look at the mountains of Rubbish in the area supposed to be top class around the presidential palace and you will know why we revolted.
OMG, have you all seen the sniper dragged from his hole in Bab Azyziya? He is still wearing traditional African country costume. LOL
Watch Aljazeera people. Now!
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI REPORTING NOW FROM INSIDE Bab Al Azizyah the Takbir cried by Muezzin and FF Allah Al Akhbar ! Gives me goosebumps #Libya
Jon Jensen
A spox for the NTC in Benghazi told me that regime loyalists pretended to be rebels as they helped Mohamed Gaddafi escape yesterday. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI A Man shouts through loudspeaker that Gaddafi Compound is Free IMO thats premature #Libya
AJA: Dogha: There are 3 layers of gates in Bab AL Azizyah
AMAZING scenes from inside Bab Al Azizyah at Bait al Samood – location of many Gaddafi speeches and infamous hand crushing US plane #Libya
AJA: Dogha is warning civilians to NOT enter Bab Al Azizyah – It is not safe enough yet
Back to AJA reporter LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah: 3 km from his point of view is all clear
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI its likely FF will find more Prisoners underneath Bab Al Azizyah I hope they start Searching soon
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: FF’s had to travel through 3 strong layers of protection – but it is all crumbled, destroyed
OnlyOneLibya
Gaddafi son saif now renamed Unsafe! #Libya #Tripoli
LibyanYouthMovement
Freedom Fighters in Bab Azizia have taken weapons left behind by G forces – AJA reporter inside the compound
LibyanYouthMovement
Some Gaddafi forces have not yet surrendered but are completely surrounded by Freedom Fighters – AJA reporter #
moi a table
Anyone else feeling the #FreedomEuphoria ? #Tripoli #Libya
AJA is now bringing images from inside Bab Azizia compound
AJA images show Freedom Fighters all over the garden area of Bab Azizia where G
used to pitch his tent and welcome foreign diplomats
Unbelievable scenes from AJA as Freedom fighters rip down pictures of Gaddafi from the very place he made the speech in Feb
OnlyOneLibya
Aug 23 2011 Libyan Bastille day lol
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Lastest from #Tripoli, August 23, 2011 Photos: t.co/HQSu8v8 #libya
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.19442...
N_Benghazi ن
Allahu Akbar w khallas. This is unbelievable.
nubaribari
Any news from the Rixos Jurnos?
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
FF on their way
Sky news also showing images of FF in the centre of bab azizia
It is now the end-The only thing left for #Gaddafi to do is run. Our brave #FreedomFighters have control of his compound.
feb17libya
Seeing our #FF destroy #Bab Al Azizyah is a site that will go down in history – whatever the outcome #Libya #Feb17
Gemma
The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up, and I have chills. They are THERE!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#benghazi is going nuts. Guns going off car horns blaring!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
The NTC will move to Tripoli once they announce the liberation of Libya’s capital. They
will become the interim government Inshalah #Libya
Bab Al-Aziziya trending with the correct spelling, twitter is on fire today #Libya
Citizens of Sirte need not be afraid, the Freedom Fighters will only clear out Gaddafi forces – AJA
FreedomFighters have entered into #Gaddafis zenga zenga, took down his bait bait, shibber shibber in #Bab al-Aziziya.Now #Libyans-ilal amam
Benghazi breaks into a huge celebration
Tripoli Youth
#Benghazi residents that have family in #Tripoli are worried and want to call their people but no connect still..
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
FF from Sirte will be the first to enter and secure the town to limit conflicts – NTC rep to Sirte
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Party atmos in #Benghazi a carnival of AK47 party poppers. can i politely ask the rebels not to fire them so close to my ears. thanks
Sky News: This is the first genuine revolution of the #ArabSpring, the entire system is about to be overturned
AJA: Defected Gaddafi Security Officer: It was easy (Bab Al Azizyah) because even the military don’t want to fight -
Libyan UN envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi predicts that Libya will be “liberated” within 72 hours.
AJA: Defected Gaddafi Security Officer on now has been advising FF on how to get into Bab Al Azizyah
AJA: There are good, simple people in SIrte. Gaddafi brainwashed many of the people that FF will hurt them because #Gaddafi is from there.
AJA: Kataib in #Tripoli having nothing and no one to defend
AJA Expert: For the battle of Sirte : Sirte is not a military region and it is an open area
AJA expert: FF need to regroup – Leadership needs to stay with each group of FF
AJA: Intelligence expert: FF’s need to have a system to secure the area. Leaving it this open is the dangerous thing right now
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI FF found Weapons form Fleeing or surrenderd Gaddafi forces inside G compound says AJE Journo inside BabalAziziyah with FF #Libya
#TRIPOLI Checkpoints and barricaded roads have been setup all around city Dont think Saif will turn up for a "tour " around the city tonight
Former Bank Governor: #Libya foreign currencies asets reached around $168 billion Libya could return 2 #oil production in next 3 to 6 months
#Tripoli Thousands of FF from different cities around the country are fighting to liberate the city
TRIPOLI is now lying underneath a thick black acrid smelling smoke from Gunfire Explosions and Fires
US DRONES are now in sky above Tripoli searching for remaining Gaddafi forces #Libya #AJE
According to Dutch news, underground roads are up to 32 km from compound!
#TRIPOLI Bab al Azziyah Freedom Fighters are cleansing compound of cells of G Loyalists Snipers and looking for Family and Gaddafi #Libya
#TRIPOLI #RIXOS Fighting has started around the hotel now
Ahmed
#Gaddafi’s golden head statue has been beheaded, inside Bab Al Azizya, FF are standing on it..take that you scum.. #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17
David
dictators across the region are watching from inside their palaces & wondering how many days & weeks they have left. #Libya
LibyaNewMedia
Gaddafi’s bronze face under the feet of the Libyan people! #Libya #Tripoli #Gaddafi
Freedom Fighter
Bab ben ghashier Freedom fighters are watching the rixos hotel, don’t worry!
The rixos hotel issue is a hostage case
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
My cousin from Fashloom told me that: “we’re going to be breaking our fast in Bab Al Aziziya tonight”… looks like he was right
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Snipers Were positioned at the entrances of #Bab aziziyah, They were slowing the rebel advance, #Libya, #Tripoli
LibyaLiberty Hunting the Beard
Plz plz plz don’t destroy the #JetFist statue. We can use it as #Gaddafi’s gravemarker.
Jeel
This is a headline tit for tat. Yesterday #SaifAlIslam pwned us. Today we owned papa’s pad. #Libya #Feb17
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, At times #Gaddafi s men and opposition fighters were 500 meters apart,
Tweeting Tripoli
Bashar & Saleh should check if their people are not on the streets. They could be watching Aljazeera and taking notes! Just saying.
Khaled
Bab Al Aziziya is where my uncles, & my brother and I’s namesakes, were killed. #Powerfulmoment
Ben
The BeeBull DO LUF #GADDAFI!!!!! ….DAY LUF HIM DED! #Feb17
Sky News Dr. Manal from #Tripoli: #Gaddafi fell on #Feb17, with the first drop of Libyan blood.
AJA showing footage of Opp fighter holding a gun made of gold he found in Bab Al Azizyah
Sky News Dr. Manal from #Tripoli: Message to everyone outside, we need a lot of help, doctors and medical equipment
Sky News Dr. Manal from #Tripoli: We also need the telephones working so we can communicate with other doctors.
AJA Reporter LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah: FF’s are headed to Bu Sleem
AJA Reporter LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah: Civilians enter Bab Al Azizya with gifts and weapons for FF
Two Aljazeera reporters shot. One in shoulder and one in hand:(
AJA Reporter LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah: Shooting might be coming from Bu Sleem – FF’s headed there
Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
This the “Baghdad-on-9April” moment happening in Tripoli
Sky News Alex Crawford: Freedom fighters have set #Gaddafi’s tent on fire.
Alex Crawford now live inside Bab Al Aziziyah on Sky News!
G could b in Abu Salim could be at Rixos could have left the tunnel and escaped in a car, on foot etc. Those r the options now
Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
Scenes of looting of Gadafi compound will be registered in history as an uncivilized.
CNN
Live blog: Rebels ‘everywhere’ inside Gadhafi compound
As Libyan rebels fought to consolidate their hold on Tripoli on Monday and early Tuesday, reports emerged that two sons of Libya’s longtime leader were free despite earlier reports that rebels had captured them.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, appeared to reporters in a convoy of armored Land Cruisers in Tripoli on Tuesday morning, more than a day after rebels claimed they had captured him. Hours earlier, Libya’s ambassador to the United States said that one of Moammar Gadhafi’s other sons, Mohammed Gadhafi, had escaped.
Rebels are telling Sidner “Gadhafi is nearly finished.”
“They have been able to take some of the weapons off of the Gadhafi forces,” she said.
Rebels are saying they have made it into Gadhafi’s Bab Al Aziza compound, CNN’s Sara Sidner reported.
People in Tripoli are displaying files they say are from Moammar Gadhafi’s compound,
CNN’s Sara Sidner reported Tuesday.
The documents, files and receipts have the official regime stamp and Gadhafi’s name
on it, Sidner reported.
“This neighborhood has gone wild,” Sidner said.
Sidner is being handed even more documents by the rebels.
Rebels told Sidner they are going room-by-room to clear the compound.
One of the documents is a medical file that has the name of Gadhafi’s son Saif al-Islam, Sidner reported.
An Al Jazeera reporter inside Gadhafi’s Bab Al Aziza reported there is no resistance anymore inside the compound.
CNN’s Sara Sidner said rebels told her the “fight is finished” at Gadhafi’s Bab Al Aziza compound.
“They could even swim in the swimming pool” Sidner said rebels told her.
Rebels said the blasts being heard are celebratory.
An historic building inside Moammar Gadhafi’s vast Bab al-Aziziya compound has been burned and the fighting at the compound is over, a Libyan rebel told CNN’s Sara Sidner.
Sky News showed video they said was from inside the compound. In the video, rebel forces surrounding the iconic sculpture of a raised fist crushing a U.S. plane in Gadhafi’s compound.
The situation remains fluid" in Libya and “fighting is still going on,” the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said Tuesday.
There were still some instances of fighting in Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s compound Tuesday even after rebels leaving the compound were seen celebrating, rebels said.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the United States is
concerned about whether Gadhafi’s military still has a stockpile of chemical weapons.
“It’s something we’ve been watching from the beginning of the conflict in Libya,” Susan Rice said. “We have not seen immediate cause for concern, but we will keep a close eye on that throughout.”
Gunfire can still be heard and scene at Moammar Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound. Some rebels were showing off items taken from the compound, including what appeared to be a gold-plated AK-47.
“There’s no question that the Gadhafi regime has nearly collapsed,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Tuesday.
An Al Jazeera journalist has been shot inside the Moammar Gadhafi compound in Tripoli, the Arabic-language TV network reported on Tuesday.
A “reliable affirmative” statement from Moammar Gadhafi is needed to underscore that “the days of his leadership are over,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
F fighter found a gold plated Dragunov in a Bab Alaziziya building: #Libya
twitter.com/#!/LibyanDictator/status/106048998351179778/photo/1
Free Libya
I say we keep the gold rifle and use it to shoot Gaddafi or any of his sons when we see them.
CNN
Inside Gadhafi compound after firefight
Get an inside look of the Gadhafi compound after rebels seized control during a battle.
edition.cnn.com/video
AJA reporter: Can’t confirm what is burning, says it is adjacent to #Gaddafi’s house
Danya
Even though the revolutionary fighters are made up of students, engineers, teachers, basically people with no experience they have so MUCH courage to be able to go into Bab Al Azizya
Aljazeera
Intent on reaching Tripoli, hundreds of opposition fighters have left Misurata in a column of vehicles.
In Zlitan, sporadic artillery fire from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi held the rebels back, but not for long. About 50km away, fighters in the city rose at the same time as seismic events in Tripoli.
Along the road, other towns and villages also joined the list of places rising up against Gaddafi’s forces.
But poor communication meant that, until now, no one in the surrounding areas knew the regime forces had been overrun.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from Qasa al Khiar.
Video:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...
‘’Just Now we feel freedom JUST now’’ — Freedom Fighter.
Libyan Rebel shouts on TV live “Palestine, we are coming to help you!”
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
One last tweet: Rebel on Sky News says he’s “feeling great” because they got rid of “this asshole Muammar Gaddafi”
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Shooting around #Rixos; journalists moving upstairs to safety #Rixos4
Waiting in the #Rixos. Gunfire inside the hotel. Going on air. #cnn #Rixos4
fieldproducer Neal Mann
What happens in the area around Sirte in the coming days and weeks will be key to the stability of #Libya post Gaddafi
Fighting now in #TRIPOLI … Mercenaries are shooting #aljazeera
One Libyan freedom fighter is wearing a Palestinian koffiyeh. #Palestine #Libya #Tripoli
LibyaNewMedia
There are still Gaddafi thugs, some of them with heavy weapons, that present a real danger to Tripoli residents. #Libya #Tripoli
Hayat
People who’d put up the flag outside were indeed endangered and some have even gotten broken into by #GFs but those were strays avenging him
BBC
Rebels have taken over the airport
acarvin Andy Carvin
Fighter on Sky News at compound: “I’m feeling really great; we’re really free from this asshole Muammar Gaddafi.” Gotta love live TV. #libya
Sky News Stuart Ramsay: All the people that #Gaddafi claimed supported him, clearly didn’t
Alex Crawford:
Most FF holding Quran, because they feel like God has really been on their side through this"
A Free Libyan
Lets all remember our martyrs and thank them, they made this victory possible. RIP Lions!
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya: Revolutionaries: Mercenaries shooting from atop buildings near Bab Al Azizia – Post Office Building shelled by Gaddafi Batallion
cnnbrk CNN Breaking News
U.S. working with U.N. to free up to $1.5 billion in frozen #Libya assets. on.cnn.com/nZQS9I
Iman Libya
allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar #libya
Sky News Stuart Ramsay: There has been a large number of injuries
septimius_sever septimius severus
Can’t resist the cliche BUT WHO IS THE RAT NOW ???
Zlitniya
I just LOVE how FF from all over #Libya (&the world!) r liberating our capital #freeLibya #oneLibya #unitedLibya
AJA : there are #FF from all the Libyan cities, entered together Bab al Aziziya
alihashem_AJA Ali Hashem
My heart and mind with our colleague kamel el taloo, the fourth @AJArabic staff detained by #Gaddafi who wasn’t released
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya rebels: some snipers shoot at rebels in Bab al-Azizia
libertad
: ##BabAlazizya reconnaît les NTC comme le seul représentant du peuple libyen #" ##Feb17 deGaddafinated #Libye
Alex Crawford deserves a medal for her reporting. #libya #tripoli"
Tripolitano
In sha Allah tomorrow will have Gaddafi and his sons in the flesh #Libya
Khiria
OMG!!!! It’s so coool watching #Gaddafi’s compound on tv like this!! We use to pass by and we couldn’t even look at that shit!!!
KC_Tripolitania KC
AJA: Interviewing Abdel Hakim Military Leader in Tripoli: “The battle against the military is done. The battle against security has begun”
acarvin Andy Carvin
Sara Sidner’s CNN crew pulls back as tons more celebratory gunfire goes off. “Please go between those two walls,” the anchor suggests.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Gaddafi, where are YOU? Where is your AK47… you promised to fight till the last minute/man/drop of blood.. where are YOU?? #libya #tripoli
fieldproducer Neal Mann
East of Tripoli it ain’t over… RT @robcrilly rebel spokesman in Benghazi tells me that it is not yet time for celebration
Hayat
Guys, don’t worry, the lines are faking the ringing tone, but it’s costing you anyways, there are no communications in #Tripoli
LibyaLiberty Hunting the Beard
We also think he’s in or near the end of his life. RT@bnnNEWSLIVE Rebels think Muammar Gaddafi in or near Tripoli
Suzanne
Luv how Alex Crawford let FFs talk, even if their English was hard to understand. Very symbolic that she let them have their voice.
KC
“ God bless our heroes !"
توكتوك القذافي في منطقة شط الهنشير سوق الجمعة Gaddafi’s cart
GOLF CART
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxmjS4s1Nls
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Even as compound falls to rebels, #Rixos still in #Gadhafi control. #Rixos4
AFP
Opposition forces are reporting they have captured the oil town of Ras Lanuf
Pentagon
Pentagon spokesperson Colonel Dave Lapan said that although the command capabilities of Gaddafi’s forces had been diminished, they remained dangerous. He also said the United States was monitoring Libya’s chemical weapons sites, amid concern in Congress that those weapons could fall into the wrong hands.
AP
Explosions have been heard near the Libyan leader’s compound as the fight for Tripoli rages for a third day. But no one seems to know where Colonel Gaddafi is
EU
The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the 27-nation bloc is preparing to unfreeze Libyan assets quickly once the United Nations gives its approval. Catherine Ashton said Tuesday that Libya’s transitional administration will need funds to make sure public sector workers are paid, stores have sufficient supplies and the economy can be developed again.Ashton says that Libyan rebels currently control about 80 percent of Tripoli.
UM envoy
Libyan UN envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi predicts that Libya will be “liberated” within 72 hours
The Independence Flag of the Libyan Opposition has been raised over Gaddafi’s home and compound BabAlAzizya
libyanproud libyanandproud
by Zlitniya
#Tripoli is still fighting for freedom , till all neighborhoods and journalists are free !
Alarabiya BREAKING: Sabha being heavily shelled by #Gaddafi forces ….
SKY NEWS: what was wrong with #Gaddafi ? @Guma_el_gamaty : EVERYTHING lol
Zlitniya
I wonder what date we will give the privilege as using as our #independenceday …
Jeel
Reuters says the #Gaddafi loyalists who were in #RasLanuf have retreated to Red Valley, in the direction of #Sirte.
Zlitniya
After #Libya liberation, the ppl of #FreeLibya pray for a swift and bloodless liberation of #Syria and #Yemen
Arab foreign ministers are DISCUSSING giving #Libya seat to #NTC .what a joke!i say #NTC shd say #putitinyourpipeandsmokeit
Reuters: Opposition controls Ras Lanuf
Reuters need to sort out their terminology. WE are legitimate. #Gaddafi is the ‘opposition’
AJE Abdul Jalil: Everyone who works w/ Gaddafi will be held accountable for what they did, Including me for years I worked under the regime
Mustafa Abduljalil got asked: Only Misrata FF in bab alaziziya? ANswer: FF from East to West liberated Tripoli and esp #Babalaziziya
BintLibya
Never thought I would live to see this day it had always been a distant dream. May Libya always be united and stand strong #FreeLibya #Libya
#Benghazi man at start of #feb17 rev: #Libya will inspire the worrrrrrrrrrrrrld. Man, the guy couldn’t have been more right!! #givehimaprize
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Tripoli Brigade led by Abdulhakeem Bilhadj first to enter Bab Azizia followed by others from Misrata, Nafusa etc #Libya #Tripoli
Dear world media. We have taken back our country,we are no longer rebels. Gaddafi is on the run, so do not refer to him as the Libyan leader
Freedom Fighters in Bab Azizia also include Libyans born and raised outside Libya
BBC
Tripoli nurse: ’It’s absolutely horrific’
Karen Graham, a matron at the 11th of June Hospital in a residential area of Tripoli, told the BBC World Service about working in a hospital which is right in the thick of the fighting:
“It’s absolutely horrific. Unfortunately we’re in the residential area of Gargour and it’s being defended with force from the rebels.
There is a bridge about 20m from where I am in the hospital, and one side of the bridge is pro-Gaddafi and one side of the bridge is anti. They’re chucking rocks and
everything at each other, and it’s just awful.
Last night there were massive rocket-propelled grenades and heavy arms fire, small arms fire, and that went on for about three to four hours.
The patients are absolutely petrified. And the staff are petrified.
Full report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14631987
ProudLibyan
I hope the FF will guard the borders tightly, many Gaddafi goons will try to run now! #Libya
Can you spot the difference?#Gaddafihatgetsarevamp t.co/YGBSe71 http://t.co/pUAK1Fu
FF wearing #Gaddafi’s hat – the same hat he wore at the 40 year anniversary of his oppression of the Libyan people.
Sky news “well we know colonel Gaddafi was fond of his hats, so we searched through our archive for images of this hat” LOL! #Libya
OMG, the African Affairs analyst on AJE is not doing the African Union any favours. #Libya. Get over it you goon, your gaddafi is finished
Suzanne
Wow, the fall of Bab AlAziziya caused an #earthquake in #Washington! Power to the people of #Libya!! #feb17 #Tripoli
FF was asked what do you want for Qadaffi now, he answered wisely : JUSTICE
#libya #FF #tripoli All the gems from the BAB need to be kept for the NEW museum of tripoli showing the day #gadaffi lost everything
Khaled M
We should auction off #Gaddafi golf cart, golden gun, umbrella in a fundraiser for #Libya #Feb17 #Tripoli
Alex Crawford struggles to identify and describe parts of #Gaddafi’s wardrobe “this masonic and sort of scruffy thing”. #Libya
acarvin Andy Carvin
by ChangeInLibya
Matthew Chance live on CNN: We’ve put ourselves in a room without windows, have placed white flags around the place.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: AJA: 90% of Bab Alaziziya is totally secure عاجل : عاجل ليبيا أخبار: الجزيرة : 90% من باب العزيزية مؤمن تماما من قبل الثوار
ALEX and FF:
For those who missed the #Gaddafi Hat-wearer interview: t.co/RBu6lGd #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItCG_M0bNJQ
youngamazigh
AU are angry because we are free?! hahaha you will see libya should not invest in africa at all! pay back to them f***ing merceneries
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya: Flash From The Past for those unfamiliar with it: Muammar Gaddafi – Zenga Zenga Song – Noy Alooshe Remix youtu.be/cBY-0n4esNY #Feb17
#Tripoli: While there is no god but god, #Libya’s #Freedomfighters are definitely DEMI GODS. #Feb17
#Sebha #Freedomfighters control military intelligence headquarters. #Libya #Feb17
#Nigeria recognizes #NTC as the legitimate Libyan Government.
Free #Libya should cancel ALL contracts w/ #AU, #Algeria, #China, #Russia, #Turkey. These criminal organizations all against #Feb17
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Elders and chiefs in Sirte are negotiations with Freedom Fighters to allow them to enter the city without any bloodshed
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
The African Union is upset that they cant get anymore money and Gold from Gaddafi because he is finished!
God bless our great nation,, God bless FREE Libya
Guys,, there is no news to bring to you,, all you need to know is Libya is free for ever more.. Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar,,, #Libyans in #Tripoli speak such good #English..
ALLAH AKBAR,,, ALLAH AKBAR,,, I LOVE LIBYANS,,,WE ARE ONLY 6 MILLION
WHEN 2013 comes Insha allah we will show the world how and African cup of Nations is Held,,, THAT is if the CAF doesnt take it away from us
NTC official: Today we will go into Sirte and Beni Walid. Sebha is witnessing an uprising. by Friday they will all be liberated Insha allah
robcrilly Rob Crilly
really hope Libya will be OK. Great country. Great people. Only problem – just one man
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
A rebel fighter #tripoli gave us amazing footage of the moment he and friends entered Saadi al #Ghaddafi’s house. On @channel4news
Hajer
Wow I’m so proud to be a Libyan, and if these are the men Libya has then I’m sure Libya will be safe inshallah!
robcrilly Rob Crilly
All quiet as everyone has gone home to break Ramadan fast. Popping out to make satphone call while no bullets falling #benghazi
Kamahl
Not sure I truly believe I am watching this happen. Incredible #Libya BabAlAziziya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Alex Crawford sees the same Tripoli scenes in Bab Al Aziziya. No sign of Gaddafi forces. Plenty of them died for their master though.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
FF in Bab Al Azizyah – “Ciao Shafshoufa! Ciao!” #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
The rebel Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that Libya’s Zawiya refinery hd not been badly damaged in fighting between government and rebel forces and that the UAE and Qatar would be well placed to provide fuel to the country.
USA
The United States said Tuesday it is now seeking to release up to $1.5bn in frozen Libyan assets in order to help the opposition forces establish a secure government and meet humanitarian needs.”We are also working urgently today … this week to be able to release between a billion and 1.5 billion dollars in US-held frozen Libyan assets,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
Aljazeera
Libya’s stock of chemical weapons, including over 10 tons of mustard gas, are under strict US surveillance, the Pentagon said Tuesday.”We have been and continue to monitor chemical weapons sites,” spokesperson Colonel David Lapan said.
Reuters
Rebels in eastern Libya took control of the oil port of Ras Lanuf on Tuesday as soldiers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi retreated toward the leader’s home town of Sirte, a rebel spokesman said. There was no damage to the oil facilities in Ras Lanuf and the only damage at Brega, taken by the rebels on Monday, was an oil storage tank that was on fire.
Kenya
Kenya has expressed willingness to work with Libya’s interim authorities in restoring the country. ”Kenya stands ready to work with the people of Libya, the African Union and the international community to help build a new Libya,” Prof Saitoti said in a statement.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
If the Martyr Mohammed Nabous was with us today,, i garnantee you he would have been first in Bab AlAzaziyah and he would be talking to NEWS
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi’s loyalists were obviously left in the dark thinking he was inside the compound as they defended it with everything they had. #Libya
First sign of Democracy will be His hat on eBay.
picture album from inside Bab Azizia facebook.com/media/set/?set… #Libya Enjoy
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.19449...
NTC official: G loyalists defended bab azizia because they thought G’s were inside, we told them to return to their homes and they are safe
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
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hmmmmmm hahaha old habits die hard RT @Jonny_Hallam ok (former) rebels ;)
Reuters reporting #gadaffi loyalists all heading for #sirte
NTC say no fight for sirte, town will let FF enter freely
Gaddafi:
This is one captain who would never go down with his ship. Prolly in the first lifeboat.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Fadi El Abdallah, ICC spox says they could be adding extra charges onto charge-list of the three existing indictees
Just spoke to a man from Brega who claims he was paid in Amphetamine tablets to go to Pro-Gad Demos
faithcnn:
Journalists trapped at besieged #Rixos hotel, including @mchancecnn, waving white flags from top floor #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIPS “ARON” & “ILKE METE” remain anchored just outside port
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Want to know what’s funny? 4×4 (4 wheel drive) vehicles were illegal in #Libya till 2004 or so. Now we toppled #Gaddafi’s reign using them.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Former U.S. Congressman Fauntroy is amongst those holed up in #Rixos
Fauntroy was on a peace mission.
Hotel still under #Gadhafi control, even as celebrations spread nearby. #Rixos4 #Libya #Rixos
It’s been very quiet for the past hour, probably because it’s iftar. #Rixos4 #Libya #Rixos #cnn
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Who could forget this image?: Gaddafi getting out of his beloved gulf cart umbrella in hand – #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/OOnPe17
People dancing on golf cart and spitting on it as it travels through the streets of Tripoli
THE HAT:
Who wore it better?? #Libya #Gaddafi
twitter.com/#!/feb17libya/status/106075181721718784/photo/1
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Mahmoud Shamam Live: #Gaddafi wants to hold #Sirte hostage -
Mahmoud Shamam Live: The TNC council of Tripoli will emerge and perhaps half of TNC will be in Tripoli tomorrow
Mahmoud Shamam Live: Stabilization team will be supporting electricity, energy, water -
Mahmoud Shamam Live: Throughout these obstacles we have been able to control #Tripoli for 48 hours – #Libya #Feb17
Mahmoud Shamam Live: The international community must freeze our assets. Now is the time, to get our necessities -
Correction:Mahmoud Shamam Live: The international community must UNfreeze our assets.
Mahmoud Shamam Live: On how to unarm civilians – we will have all military factions must lay their arms down and are free to join military.
GermanyUN German Mission to UN
#UNSC in closed session on situation in #Libya
Free Libya Now
Libyans who give interviews or enter Gadafi locations should be careful. Gadafi people might hunt them for some time to come. #Libya
Where are the women?
benghazi’s bunny♥
in the hospitals helping the wounded,in the kitchens preparing meals, on the phones w/ media. That’s where our women r #Libya
BNN News Int’l
Seriously? You can take #Gaddafi’s house but you can’t liberate the Rixos? #NTC and FF, where are you?
Noit
Prb. needs spec. ops to make sure journos are safe
Sirtawi
Mahmoud Werfalli: #FFs in #Sirte preparing way for #FFs on the outside to facilitate taking over Gaddafi loyalists without harming locals.
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
Ok now, lets fix the Syrians, Yemenis, and Bahrainis situations. Maybe even start a new revolution. #Iraq is on 9/9. #Yemen #Syria #Bahrain
Reuters
Libya rebel aide: Zawiya refinery not badly damaged
DUBAI— The rebel Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday that Libya’s Zawiya refinery had not been badly damaged in fighting between government and rebel forces and that it would be the first to resume production.
“The refinery (in Zawiya) is not so severely damaged, there are some minor damages and they are being fixed,” Aref Ali Nayed told a news conference in Dubai.
He said he expected oil output to resume soon.
“We expect oil production to resume as quickly as we can,” he said. “The oil platform in the Mediterranean (is) sharing arrangements with some companies now that Gaddafi is finished; judicially and legally we are able to go forward. There are no physical reasons for stopping production,” he said.
More and source:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44246347/ns/world_...
lourdesgnavarro Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Came into #Libya almost exactly six months ago on Feb 22. So glad to have seen this day. Though the guns now in the hands of people a prob
NotLibyanStateTV
Once our reporter friends leave the Rixos, we hope they get “Rixos Alumni” t-shirts as a parting gift. #Libya
The Daily Beast
Inside Gaddafi’s Compound
The dictator’s last stronghold, which rebels overtook Tuesday, is as mercurial as its owner. David A. Graham maps out the mosque, the soccer field—and the Bedouin tent that Gaddafi sleeps in.
“This is Gaddafi’s Pentagon,” Noman Benotman, a British think-tanker and former Libyan Islamist opposition guerrilla commander, told Reuters. But the comparison doesn’t hold. Unlike the Department of Defense’s headquarters, which is more of an office building than a siege-ready castle, Bab al-Aziziya is part monument, part fortress, and part palace—more akin to a combination of the Kennnedys’ Hyannis Port and Israel’s Masada.
Read full art.:
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/...
AJA LIVE with Mahmoud Jibril: People in the liberated cities who are celebrating should not forget the people in Sabha
Jibril: the last chapter that we’ve written today.. let’s not damage it. Let’s rehabilitate and cure our wounds.
Jibril: we must not forget that the south is not liberated yet. Gaddafi brigades still bombing Sabha. They want freedom.
Jibril: Libya today must stand united before the world, to rebuild this nation.
Jibril: special thank you to Musrata rebels who helped liberate Tripoli.
Jibril: I salute the rebels. You’ve taken the responsibility, and you’ve written the last chapter in this revolution. #libya
Alex
The more I hear #MahmoudJibril – The more I like him – hopefully he will be more public – now #NTC will be running all the country.
pdanahar Paul Danahar
Life saved today by swig of water.Man stopped me insisted i drink.i drank stepped forward, tracer fire flashed 2 feet in front of me #libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Mahmud Jibril’s answr to relations with China/Russia is simply brilliant. “They had their people’s best interests in mind, and we have ours”
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
I can proudly say: welcome to new #libya I can feel it listening to #Jibril #feb17
acarvin Andy Carvin
Listening to Jibril’s speech. It’s not every day you get to hear a founding father describing plans for a new country in the making.
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
I met Mahmoud Jibril earlier this spring. Very smart guy. More of a technocrat than a politician, but he’s saying all the right things now.
Jibril: I herby call all my brother and sister to protect detainees, treat them according to international laws
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters are in control of #RasLanouf Oil field. #Libya #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I am proud, extremely proud to see #Libyans like Mahmoud jibril and AbdulJalil lead us through this phase and I wish them success & safety
Rubicon
The plan to free Rixos has been finalised, but it is going to be very difficult, they have no way to control what the crazy ProGs do inside
AP: Chavez says Venezuela supports Gadhafi and will not recognize rebel-led interim government in Libya: apne.ws/oJL0W6 -EF #libya
Jibril is live explaining Saif thing
In short:
His capture was a set up by 5th columnists to help him (Saif) hide
NTC were fooled by 5th columnists
The appearance of Saif at Rixos was a publicity stunt to hide the huge losses of the regime, while at the same time, making sure the media would not report on the tremendous progress of the ff’s
Mahmud Jibril: All of the overdue salaries will be paid to all Libyans. So that they can buy clothes for Eid, food, etc
AJA LIVE with Mahmoud Jibril: The important meeting will release 2.5 billion dollars before the end of Ramadan to pay salaries
#Jibril: UAE pressured South Africa to allow release of $1.5 billion to libyans via UN resolution
Jibril: We have gained a lot on the political and military levels through spreading news of the arrest of Seif al-Islam Qaddafi #alarabiya
4Adam Adam Libya
#Thankyou qatar #Libya
Jibril thanks Qatar and UAE for their support.
Free Libya Now
Among those who helped Libyan cause was the United Arab Emirates, assisted in aiding us with 1.5 billion dollars so we can manage the last 6
Iman
Just want to say A BIG THANK YOU to my beloved adopted country QATAR! we LIBYANS ♥ YOU!
pdanahar Paul Danahar
On way back man told me “today i am free because we kicked this bastard out” had lived whole life under #gaddafi #tripoli #libya
LibyaNewMedia
Apparently electricity & communications cut off in Sirte & other cities & towns. Preventing spread of news about Tripoli today
Jibril: more than 30 officers defected after the unconfirmed news about Saif detention. It was a political win.
AJA LIVE with Mahmoud Jibril: Saif made this appearance as a last desperate step and ruin the celebration of freedom in #Tripoli -
C4NForeign Sarah Corp
My v tired driver just asked “Gadaffi gone-now u will go 2 Britain?” Sorry I said..I think a whole new set of stories r only just beginning
Jibril: Saif probably did not protest the news of his capture immediately because it gave him a layer of safety.
AJA LIVE with M Jibril: But because of this news, approx 10 countries recognized the TNC & 13 Libyan embassies defected -
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
Gaddafi troops tried to use women and children as human shields in Bab Al-Azizi battle. #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Chavez: ‘We only recognize Gadafi gov.’ Says Int Comm has trampled int law and acted like ‘cavemen’ #Libya
A Free Libyan
#FreeRixos #FreeSabha #FreeSirte #FreeLibya #PrayForAllTheCities #Libya #Feb17
UK
Britian is preparing to send a team to Tripoli to help with a key plan to stabilise Libya after the fall of the Gaddafi regime and prevent any repeat of the chaos seen in the post-war Iraq
USA France
U.S. President Barack Obama held a phone conversation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Libya, the White House revealed. The White House said Obama and Sarkozy agreed that Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi and the remnants of his regime needed to accept that their time is up and relinquish power once and for all.
Mohammed Jibril: No one on earth could impose conditions on the Libyan people. # Libya
You know, Omar Mukhtar never said ‘we win or die’ he said ‘we win or we are martyred’
Mark Toner : The meeting in Doha, Qatar & Istanbul should pave the way for the release of libyan funds. #Libya
Rubicon
Like a greasy rat, i am sad to say that i think Gaddafi will escape us for a while, powerless & cornered, yet we won’t get to him yet
Thuwar closed mobile network in #Tripoli for security reasons (ie. case of car bombs). So phones don’t work v @Tripoli17Feb11
Aljazeera
The AFP reports that Lebanon on Tuesday announced it recognised the Libyan opposition’s National Transitional Council and said it would work with “emerging authorities” there to uncover the fate of a missing cleric.
“The Lebanese government has decided to recognise the National Transitional Council in Libya,” read a statement released after a cabinet meeting.
“Foreign Minister Adnan Mansur has also been delegated to submit plans for cooperation between Lebanese authorities and all relevant and emerging Libyan authorities to uncover the fate of imam Musa Sadr and his companions,” it added.
Sadr, an Iranian-born Lebanese cleric revered among the country’s Shiite Muslims, mysteriously vanished on August 31, 1978 while on a trip to Libya.
AJA LIVE with Mahmoud Jibril: We told the ICC and Mr. Ocampo that this is a report we have received and it is unconfirmed.
benghazi’s bunny♥
Did the guy who took Gaddafi’s hat make sure it’s free of lice? Afterall he is mmmgaamaaal lol
Free libya
#AhmedBani we got reports an hour ago or so that clashes in #Abusalim are almost over
benghazi’s bunny♥
We freed our streets, we freed our cities, we freed our coutry, we freed our hearts, we freed our minds, we freed our souls. #Libya #feb17
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Jibril: Democratic society not just institutions but a mentality – wise man, hats off 2 him 4 an impressive speech.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Who would’ve thought? Gaddafi’s last stand in Tripoli isn’t in his compound, but in the nearby foreign journalist hotel..
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya rebel council says to move to Tripoli this week #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
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Zimbabwae – We would ‘never in our right minds’ give asylum to #Gaddafi – #Libya
Armchair Arab
Barak Allahu Fik! We’ll never forget how our beautiful Tunisian brothers helped us!
Free Libya Now
All aspect of the state needs rebilding, democratic state needs rebuilding of culture. Professionals will be at the forefront in recovering
BBCAfricaHYS BBCAfricaHaveYourSay
#Nigeria has joined Iraq, Morocco, Bahrain, and Greece among the most recent states to recognise Libya’s rebel council.
Aljazeera
Supporters of Libyan opposition forces celebrate Tuesday as a victory
Al Jazeera’s James Bays speaks with two supporters of opposition fighters, just outside Muammar Gaddafi’s main compound in Libya’s capital city, Tripoli.
One of the men called Tuesday a “day of freedom… a day of opportunity… a day to look forward to a great future.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klE20A_Aho&fea...
“This revolution was started by the Libyan youth – They have reinstated our dignity – This is your revolution” #NTC #Jibril:
Independence flag
was risen and flown on top Bab AlAzizya Libya
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AP
NATO bounces back in Libya, but troubles remain
PARIS (AP) — While uncertainty prevails in Libya, the breakthrough that brought rebel forces to the heart of Tripoli shows rumors of NATO’s demise may have been premature.
The Atlantic alliance dismissed as having a “dismal future” by former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has proven a vital role in bringing Moammar Gadhafi’s regime to the brink of collapse.
“NATO was in need of a success, and it seems that in Libya it will get one,” said
Daniel Korski, a European Council of Foreign Relations specialist. A day earlier, U.S. President Barack Obama said NATO had “once more proven that it is the most capable alliance in the world.”
But analysts also say the Libya effort has laid bare challenges for NATO — including internal policy disagreements — at a time when many of its members are facing tight state budgets and wary public opinion about foreign wars.
“It’s vindication for NATO … There were a lot of critics out there,” said Nicolas R. Burns, the U.S. ambassador to NATO between 2001 and 2005, who now teaches at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
“It took much longer than anybody thought, but I think that’s a minor point when you see the final result — the imminent victory of the rebel army against Gadhafi’s forces because NATO made the decisive difference.”
Read full art.:
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MUST READ ARTICLE
Corps Marine Times
NATO covert guidance steered Libyan rebel gains
BRUSSELS — As the battle in Libya appeared at stalemate, it was an open secret that foreign military advisers were working covertly inside the country providing guidance to rebels and giving tactical intelligence to NATO aircraft bombing government forces.
Diplomats say members of the alliance and partners in the Middle East were engaged in an undercover campaign on the ground in Libya. The operation was kept separate from the NATO command structure to avoid compromising its mandate from the United Nations — to protect civilians.
These largely unseen supporters helped to transform the ragtag rebel army into the force that stormed Tripoli.
Read full art.:
www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/a...
#NATO to continue bombing #Gaddafi forces if they keep fighting.-Associated Press
Arab League
The Arab leage has decided to leave a seat open for Libya, according to officials at an Arab League conference in Doha, Qatar.
WAPO
Norton: Former D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy is safe in Libya
Former D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy is in Libya as Moammar Gaddafi’s regime teeters toward collapse, according to current Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Norton spoke Tuesday with Fauntroy’s wife, Dorothy Fauntroy, according to a release from Norton’s office, which said Fauntroy told his wife that “he is in a safe place in Libya and expects to return to D.C. later this week to attend the official unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.”
The statement added that Dorothy Fauntroy “did not know the circumstances” of her husband’s visit to Libya.
Source:
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-wire/po...
So his wife doesn’t know he’s in the Rixos, while everybody else does?
Now we all are curious who invited him…….
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Everyone frightened & concerned – doesn’t feel like a 5 star hotel. Some water left but food at risk of ruin.
We’d like to leave to a safer location and negotiate an exit, but we are being prevented from doing so.
librespirit
Congratulations to the people of #libya for your victory. Stay united. The only tribe in #libya is the libyan tribe!
Qahtani
Loud explosion in MISRATA believed to be scud missile intercepted by @NATO #LIBYA
Libya
a friend told me they cut up scarves (wisha7aat) nd sewed d flag nd then hid them inside d fluff of cushions
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi family: The World is looking for you, any country who takes you in WILL be punished mercilessly. WE WILL FIND YOU!
#Cyprus OIL TANKER “BALTIC FRONT” anchored in port #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17
Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
In addition to many commanders, who started surrendering after hearing the news of capturing Seif one of them Saad Masoud, & Sherif BinNeran
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#AJStream ALLAH AKBAR!! ALLAH AKBAR!! ALLAH AKBAR!! LIBYA IS FREE
They should never work with them again,, they dont like us FFs becasue we rose up against Gaddafi and they want the money from him
Us libyans should never evr work with african countries ever again they hate us casue we rose up against him,, they want his money
We just want a FREE DEMOCRATIC Libya,,, is that too much too ask???
Alexblx
#FF @ #Tripoli – now need 2 send convoy 2 #Sirte – have massive new weapons supply fm #Gaddafi #Tripoli bases – & need 2 complete Rev #Libya
Lets hope the revolution – can finish with a #BaniWalid #Sirte #Sebha negotiated surrender #Libya #Gaddafi
So far about 25% of the #TripoliPrisoners have been accounted 4 – most in terrible condition – but still abt 40000 missing – #Tripoli
With #RasLanuf liberated – East #Libya #FF r on outskirts of #BinJawad – which is close 2 #Sirte – & will hopefully hasten G surrender talks
Moronic #Muammar – still trying to destroy #Zuwara with grads – #FF @ #Tripoli must send up a convoy 2 finish this – its not far away #Libya
i wish the bullets being fired at the sky in #Tripoli – could be used on #Gaddafi diehards at #Zwara #Zuwara #Zuwarah #Libya
Besides #TripoliPrisoners – many other Regime crimes will be revealed soon.One was the massacre of 100’s of young #Benghazi police cadets at the #Tripoli Police Academy in March 2011 – who were slaughtered in their classrooms – in an #AbuSalim like fit of spite by #Gaddafi – after #Benghazi started the revolution – & the tyrant doubted their loyalty.
The mostly teenage boys massacre was the subject of several tweats – including an account of a witness report saying he heard the cadets saying “NO NO” when they realized they were just about to be butchered – following by machine gun shots – and then silence.
This #TripoliPoliceAcademyMassacre was of course covered up by the Regime – but will now be fully exposed.
#Libya ’s victory 2day – is so important for ME democracy – & will hasten the demise of Butcher Bashir – Killer #Khamanei – & sicko Salah
Government of #Algeria – was bluntly criticized by its own usually compliant newspapers last week – for refusing 2 support #Libya Revolution
WHY TRIPOLI IS NOT BAGHDAD:
alexblx.posterous.com/why-tripoli-is-no...
What an honour – #Venezuela ’s Strongman #Chavez refuses 2 recognize #Libya #NTC – We have been officially banished fm the Dictators Club.
Has #Gaddafi escaped 2 #Sirte? – 2 conduct underground op to sabotage the #Libya revolution – #NTC need to put $5m bounty on his ugly head
“we just won’t recognise Chavez!” no – we don’t deal with Dics any more
“Chavez will likely die of cancer before 2 long” – that’s the 2nd best news I’ve had 2day – I cant stand that pompous prick!
Unfortunately SA are more Mugabe than Mandela these days – they choose to support a dictator over the #Libya people
#FF have got to sort #Rixos out asap – the media will really focus on it now that Babz a done deal – tmws main job I guess
“The retreat from #BabAlAzizia was a tactical move” – it was indeed – it saved yr fat arse being cut into a thousand pieces.
’ SCUD fired at #Misurata’ – from #Sirte no doubt – thank God @NATO took most of these out – more mopping up ops tmw
Karybdis My understanding from local tweets is Sabha has been free since Sunday morning. It likely suffers isolation syndrome like Garabulli Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
A front line Dr in #Benghazi just told me: ’we’ve done the easy part, now here comes the hard part… starting a country from Zero.’
Definitely no sleeping tonight in Benghazi. FF are using up all their last ammunition as fire works.
It is an amazing moment. I’ve never seen a whole city so happy.
the problem with satphone tweeting is that it is one way and is less of a conversation. you can’t see replies.
Freedom Fighter
Nothing new in my area, it’s 12:35am no gunshooting around me at all, just the sound of the mosqou. I have no update about the rixos hotel.
I heard a bomb, went out but no smoke, no idea where is it, but i heard some shooting from rixos side.
The last few tweets came late by 20~30 minutes because of the lousy internet connection. I can’t read the feed at all.
I guess i will not be entirely happy until i saw gaddafi either dead or in court
the mosqou near me just announced that gaddafi has poisioned the water??
Caller on AJM: “I demand that once #Gaddafi gets captured, we get a sample of his DNA. We want to know who/what is he.”
youngamazigh
when i go to libya im going to swear about the NTC, even if they are doing a god job… just becase i can. ahh #freedom
Tweeting Tripoli
For goodness sake someone slap Chavez on the face for me. He’s in shock.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Praying that Yemen and Syria can celebrate like us in the very very near future
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Muhammad Gaddafi was offered security however he chose to run (from his home)
Tweeting Tripoli
My 2 years old son Sami is happy too. He loves to dance on the Musrata “Shido Al3azm” song. yfrog.com/h8bqiycj
Interesting: Abdulbari Atwan in his Qodus article today did not refer to us as “the NATO Revolutionaries”. Hmmm
Rubicon
Where was @NATO today….truly the beginning of the end…So Thowar el NATO without NATO hmmm Freed Bab El Aziziya and Rixos is in the works…
Have a look!
WOW JUST WOW. the screen on the left is Benghazi, the right is Tripoli. yfrog.com/h0vovfahj
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NATO Breaking: We did not strike Bab Al Azizyah – this was completely the doing of the Libyan people
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
I think the Rixos might be the place where the FULL HOUSE could be hiding in the basement.
FromJoanne Joanne
OH No I cant believe it will he EVER shut up ? :( Al-Orouba TV: Gaddafi to address #Libya n people through a local radio station
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan State tv and radio will start broadcasting tomorrow, under the Free Libyan’s control
Joanne
#Riyadh and #Jeddah Embassy staff now recogniz #NTC too "we will unfurl the new flag of the revolution in our embassy in Riyadh " #Libya
Photgraphic Evidence of how Journalists are lounging in LUXURY in #Tripoli 5 star Nasr #Rixos Hotel t.co/fSlPdjB #Libya
Couldnt agree more ! Even #Google officially changed the name Green Square to Martyr Square
Al Arabiya: Gadhafi forces shelling oil town #Zuara near Tunisian border
AJE: Al Urubah Spokesman on phone with AJE says “#Gaddafi govt can resist for months or years”
Correction: That is Gaddafi government spokesman on phone with Al Urubah **
AJE: #Gaddafi govt spox on telephone to Al-Orouba TV: vows to turn #Libya into volcanos, lava and fire
That spokesman speaking to Al Urubah would be Ibrahim Moussa -
Knowing how much Moussa Ibrahim loves the camera – he must not be near his usual press conference sites
Reuters: Moussa Ibrahim – #Gaddafi spokesman- to Al-Orouba TV: 4 “high-ranking” #Qataris and an #Emirati have been captured (via AJE)
Via Feb 17
SKY NEWS
The Sinister Secrets Within Gaddafi Hotel
What will the unravelling of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule expose? Bunkers, tunnels, espionage and probably more.
The Rixos Hotel in Tripoli has been home for a steady flow of international journalists since the Libyan conflict began.
Over the months it has become almost as infamous as Saigon’s Caravelle, Sarajevo’s
Holiday Inn and Baghdad’s Al Rashed.
Until two days ago, the only way to cover the Libyan conflict from Tripoli was to apply for a visa from Col Gaddafi’s government, hope it is granted and then succumb to a virtual house arrest at the Rixos.
Without the visa, it was impossible to get to Tripoli. With the visa, you’ll get there, but be unable to report anything without being monitored and ‘guided’ by government minders.
Most international news organisations took the decision that it was worth having a presence in Tripoli but to supplement it with another presence in the rebel held territories.
I spent five weeks in the Rixos. It was hard work. We were only allowed out with minders. Some of them were very friendly, but all monitored everything we did.
We could only go where they wanted to take us. We repeatedly asked to be taken to places that interested us. Answer: no.
At times it was intimidating. Many of the minders were genuine and passionate in their support for the Colonel. They never saw us as impartial. They were convinced we were spies.
We were convinced of a number of things too. We knew our emails and phones were being tapped, but we couldn’t prove it.
And we believed there was a series of bunkers under or near the hotel – a series of oddly placed air vents in the grounds and plenty of raised grass was enough to get the more imaginative minds going.
There is even a suggestion that a tunnel leads from the hotel north-east for a kilometre, popping up inside Col Gaddafi’s compound.
Well we now know – our emails were monitored. The three dozen journalists now stuck in the Rixos (the minders have fled) have discovered our emails printed out and
labelled in handwriting.
The tunnels? We will find out I guess – but it will be fascinating to know how the Colonel managed to get to the Rixos (and away again) back in May without any of us knowing. We were oblivious and having dinner 30 yards from him.
The pressing question is where is he now? If he is still in Tripoli – and there’s no reason to suggest that he has left – then he is almost certainly in one of the many bunkers which are believed to lie beneath his sprawling compound.
Nato has spent months bombing the compound. Sources there have told me repeatedly that they know the leader has bunkers underneath the compound.
The bunkers were built by western companies (when the Colonel was on better terms with us) and it’s thought Nato has access to at least some of the blueprints for those bunkers.
Soon we may see the bunkers and the rest of it for ourselves.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
OppContact: Fighters say: presumed SCUD launch from #Sirte jeopardizes negotiations for the city’s peaceful surrender
LPC #Misrata: Residents of the city say they believe the explosion was a SCUD missile downed over water en-route to Misrata.
LPC #Misrata: residents of Misrata heard a “big explosion” but report no damage to Misrata from SCUD.
Shabab
Latest Developments in Libya August 23, 2011
Revolutionary fighters captured Gaddafi Sumud House (Resistance & Resilience House) in Bab Al-Aziziya and raised the flag on it.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/latest-development...
Al Uruba TV- pro-G Syrian channel based in #Tripoli: #Gaddafi’s voice claims that Bab Al Aziziyah was levelled by 64 NATO strikes…
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Compiling a list of martyrs, the heros who lost their lives fighting for our freedom. Please email us names & info: libyanym@gmail.com RT!!
Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth a
Celebrations still on going in #Benghazi…Loving it… a lot of beeping and celebratory gunfire now and then #Libya #Tripoli
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Just had confirmation that a Maltese boat docked in a Libyan port. Would love to get board and out of here
BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News
#Gaddafi speaks of “martyrdom” or victory in interview on Libyan radio station – his location remains unclear
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Witness says dozens of grad missiles fired on Tripoli: TV report
Emo
Ajeilat: FFs had to retreat to save families from heavy shelling by G forces using tanks and grad missiles. @Nato
France 24
LIVE: Rebels jubilant as Gaddafi base is overrun
Libyan rebels have captured Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, toppling statues of the Libyan leader and firing their guns into the air in celebration. But the whereabouts of Gaddafi and his family remain unknown.
Video:
goo.gl/ljFS5
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Dear Nicaragua, I’m sorry. You offered #Gaddafi asylum but if I recall correctly, something called The Hague did that 3 months before you
Freedom Fighter
We just asked a man we know that works in the great-man-made-river to comment on the water poision rumour he said it’s false and impossible.
Some areas in tripoli had thier drink water cutted out because of this, no news about casulties, might be a rumour 2 posion the celebration!
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Dear ‘anti-interventionists’, practice what you preach and stop intervening. Sincerely, the free people of #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
If Gaddafi wantd 2 turn Libya in2 a volcano, I am sure he didnt wait this long until lost all cities & kickd out of his compound.
BREAKING! According to the caller Gaddafi forces are attacking #Tareq #Alsoor from #Ghabat #Alnaser & #Abo #Sleam area. Al Arabya
Aljazeera
Loud explosions were heard when pro-Gaddafi forces have fired several scud missiles from Sirte, the current regime stronghold, at the rebel-held city of Misrata late on Tuesday night, the Misrata military council’s media centre said in a statement.
Bean dawg
Tactical Surrender lol. Execution= Tactical Death
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I’m sure that when we capture Gaddafi he’ll also call it a “tactical retreat”
DID YOU NOTICE?
Rubicon
So the number on the bottom of Ourouba TV which Gaddafi is speaking on starts with 00963…Syria…Bashar helping Gaddafi…how quaint. both fated
#OpRixos is on my mind….#Anxious
arwaCNN Arwa Damon
#gadhafi forces just fired at airport, rebel forces drove up what they said was their bloodied car, said they killed one, wounded 2
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I personally slept in a terrible mood last night. Saif’s video playing in my head. Woke up to Bab Al Aziziya being shelled. Victory
Rubicon
Dr Abdullsalam: To all doctors living abroad…Zawiya, Sabratha and Tripoli need you…Thankfully the Mt has sufficient doctors now
Dr Abdullsalam: Unfortunately the hospital in Surman was not working preFeb17, but Zawiya hospital has opened today, but still needs fixing
Dr Abdullsalam:At the beginning doctors in Tripoli bravely opened up their houses to the injured and smuggled them to the mountains
Johnny Six
Gaddafi loses his compound of course he blames NATO
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Fighting is now in Hadba and Abuslim area as well as the Rixos and forest nearby. 99% of snipers dealt with.
Libyano Tripoliano
Ryayna, Zintan, Nafussa fighters were welcomed to Ben Ashoor with Zghareet
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
By the way, my cousin in Fashloom, #Tripoli told me that Sorman freedom fighters visited them & broke their fast there today..
The Sorman FF came to Fashloom and said “we’ve been hearing about you for 6 months, we’re here to meet you”
Gaddafi is apparently still vowing victory or death. I think it’s safe to assume that victory is out of the question now.
Al Arabiya: Libyan consulate in Jeddah defects from the Gaddafi regime.
Tasbeeh
#ICanHonestlySay this is the best day of my life.
Armchair Arab
Guys, I’m gonna hit the hey, today was EPIC! Let’s stay vigilant and cleanse our country of Gaddafi scum!
Hassan
Orobah TV is a vehicle that Gaddafi, his sons and their supporters are using to disseminate rumors. They claim they’re controlling #Tripoli
Dennis
Moussa Ibrahim’s – or mouse-a-cursa) spinning propaganda. People of Libya.. ignore the crap. This is the first day of the rest of your life.
One4All4One
Prof Fouad Ajami on Anderson Cooper @AC360 “There are no tribes in Libya.”
CBS Minnesota
Brother Of Pan Am Flight Victim Reacts To Fall Of Qaddafi
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Rob Berrell’s brother, Steve, was a junior at Syracuse University coming back for Christmas after a semester abroad. He was 20 years old and one of 35 students to die when Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed in 1988.
Berrell, CBS Radio’s director of sales in Minneapolis, said he has made peace with his brother’s death, and is now glad for the people of Libya.
“I feel some sense of relief for the people of Libya, you know, they have been under this tyrant for however many years and the fact that he’s finally going to be gone is good for everybody,” he said.
Source:
minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/08/23/broth...
omar
" #Gaddafi is gone; now it’s your turn, #Bashar!" protesters shouted in several cities across #Syria ht.ly/1eniEr #libya #feb17
Guardian
Hunt for Gaddafi family: revolutionary forces scour Tripoli
Revolutionary forces scoured Tripoli on Tuesday for Muammar Gaddafi and his family after his once powerful son and heir apparent, Saif al- Islam Gaddafi, defiantly disproved rebel claims that he was in captivity by parading with armed supporters at his father’s Tripoli compound hours before it fell to the rebels.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said his father was still in Tripoli. If true, the Libyan leader is likely to be holed up in a shrinking area of the city still under the regime’s control where at least two of his sons, whom the revolutionaries claimed were in their custody, are also now believed to be.
A rebel spokesman, Guma el-Gamaty, told the BBC that Gaddafi was within grasp. "We don’t think that he has left the country. We believe he is still inside Libya. We believe that he is either in Tripoli or close to Tripoli. Sooner or later he will be found, either alive and arrested – and hopefully that is the best outcome we want – or, if he
resists, he will be killed."
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NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/iXahC
Ahmed
Phase of 2 #Tripoli #mermaiddawn begins…FF & National liberation army moving towards Tripoli…phase 1 was inside revolt
Breaking: Liberation Flag is flying in the central sqaure in #Zuwarah…#Zuwarah is Liberated #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
412am hearing several loud explosions in #Tripoli #Libya
#Tripoli call: “We hear gun fire now and then, every house in Tripoli is praying” #TripoliRising
#Tripoli call: We need to be more careful about the internet connection… We gotta stay focused and always take care from everything"
#Tripoli: DSL internet back in #Arada..DSL back in some parts of Tripoli #mermaiddawn #Feb17 #Libya
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
NATO planes continuously flying over head.
The Dictator
Moussa bloody Koussa on AJA right now. #nocomment
Shabab Libya
Note to Kussa: YOUR brothers, Mohammed and Essa and Abdelmajid Kussa are the ones committing these atrocities in #Tajura #Tripoli. Ya bheem!
#MoussaKoussa is giving his stamp of approval to #Jalloud’s speech earlier on – last minute deserters trying to cement their futures #feb17
Moussa Kousa aka double agent now on aljazeera arabic NOW..
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Can confirm internet is on in #Tripoli. Not sure what the catch is.
could be an opportunity to get ip’s & track location.Not sure.Could be a part of #MermaidDawn that i dont know about #Tripoli
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Confirmed: Internet up in some areas but very slow. #Libya #Feb17
AJA: Tajoura and Soog al Jum’a managed to capture 35 Gaddafi troops tonight
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Tajoura: #Gaddafi tanks are out on the streets in front of Heart hospital.
Libya_Awake_United
I confirm DSL is working in Tripoli , I am using it right now
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli Waheed Burshan #NTC from #Nafusa: Gaddafi is not our main objective in #Tripoli we want to make sure civilians r safe #Libya
4.10 am here I am logging off will try and relax a little b4 I sleep Goodnight
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Several NATO explosions heard here as well.
Loud explosions right now, is that NATO or G grad? dont know, I’d guess it’s NATO.
Full internet through ADSL only. TV is still G havent checked Radio.
Free Libya Now
35 of Gadafi Militias captured in Souq Al Jumuah & Tajoura #AJA reporter on the ground. #Libya
#AJA Call: No where in Tripoli that is controled by Gadafi militia or men. #Libya
Air strikes on Tripoli few minutes ago. #Libya
Clashes reported around Janzour area west of Tripoli #Libya
tripoli caller #AJA Um abdulrahaman: NATO plane bombs SalahEldin area where Gadafi barracks are. #Libya
AFP is reporting 4 large explosions hitting Tripoli #Libya
Mousa Koussa: people in Tripoli have suffered alot in the last few months, days. Tripoli residents are patient people. #Libya
Mousa Koussa; Gadafi militias are commiting unacceptable crimes.
Mousa Koussa; I do not think that anyone still believes Gadafi
Mousa Koussa: it is difficult to defect as family and property is taken away and family is treated bad, threatened. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: It was an oppurtunity for me as I was An FM & I was traveling so I had the oppurtunity to flee easily. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: There was a discussion at the begining, but some of the advisors view was overwhelming and they pressed for oppression. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: People who dealth with these issue had the oopurtunity to prevent Gadafi from doing what he has done. he was listening to them.
Mousa Koussa: you never know where Gadafi would be while NATO bombs. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi situtaion is difficult to know for people like us. Our circle is not really close to him if he disappears. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi kept a tight lid on his position and what happenes to him or his health. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: gadafi was so arrogant that he thought he could over ride this wave against him. Many tried to convince him, but didn’t listen
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi did what he thought was right as he was very arrogant. Abdesalam Jaloud lived for a long time with Gadafi. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: Abselama Jaloud knows him very well. His assessment of gadafi & timing came on time and in its place.
Mousa Koussa: We tried as ministers to create channels to convince him otherwise,
during the arab revolutions. But advisors, kids decided X.
Mousa Koussa: Those circles who advised Gadafi continue with oppression, are mostly relatives & some military people. Sometimes they failed
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi never heeded good advice. He never listens.
Mousa Koussa; Gadafi was never serious on finding a solution to the situation with TNC. He never wanted to leave power. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: #Gadafi at no time did he think or was flexible to exit from ruling Libya. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: At the beginining of crisis I communicated with international partners for solution it went no where. I left eventually #Libya
Mousa Koussa: what Gadafi had in his mind was not successful. He had the idea that he would continue ruling Libya & he could silence dissent
Mousa Koussa: I wish FF’s success. They need more Unity & serious. They need more attention to security issues. FF’s need to treat cities
Mousa Koussa: Ff’s need to treat cities different than desert areas interms of security. #Libya
Mousa Koussa: I expect that the finale would depend on FF’s. No other part would determine the finale. #Libya
VMousa Koussa: Inside cities you have to pay attention to how you treat people if you are looking to be successful as FF’s #Libya
Mousa Koussa: I hope that Gadafi does not use a deadly unconventional weapon in Libya,if so it would be a catastrophy.
Mousa Koussa:Gadafi could have thought about his own ife and his kids life
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi still has the oppurtunity to exut from this with dignity, as the international community looking for solutions to this.
Mousa Koussa: I expect that his family will always support him. Security people no, maybe a few will support him. Tribes not #Libya
Mousa Koussa: The time to finish Gadafi depends on FF’s performance, TNC & other parties involved. The TNC should give more support to FF’s.
Mousa Koussa: Gadafi continued to get weapons from the Russians & there was never an ambargo on arms when it comes to Gadafi. Russia helped.
End of live interview of #AJA with Mousa Kousa Former Gadafi FM who defected 5 moths ago. Interview ended by idicting Russia helping Gadafi.
evanchill Evan Hill
Stay tuned to AJE for a phone interview from Tripoli, where there is ongoing gunfire near the Bab al-Aziziya aje.me/fwtYjF #Libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Shat Alhanshir in Souk Al Juma is liberated & freedom fighters control it. No #Gaddafi forces to be seen there. Pray 4 the rest of #Tripoli
LibyanYouthMovement
Is she serious?! Hala Misrati brandishes a hand gun on gaddafi tv as she swears to protect the television centre #Libya
Aljazeera
A video posted on a social media website shows a presenter from the state-run al-Libiyah television channel waving a gun and saying the channel’s staff are prepared to die in defence of the station.
#Libyan (#Gaddafi) presenter (Hala) waves gun and vows to defend station youtube.com/watch?v=iKQioE… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKQioEHZz0Q&fea...
CBCAlerts CBC News Alerts
Libyan rebels say they have most of Tripoli surrounded . Heavy gunfire reported in capital #libya
BreakingNews Breaking News
‘Village after village is falling to the rebels’; opposition convoy now 6 miles from Tripoli – Sky News’ Alex Crawford in Mayah, Libya
Sky correspondent Alex Crowford: #Libyan freedom fighters have taken control of Jaddaim – east of #Zawiyah. #Tripoli. #Libya
BBC
Libya conflict: Rebels push towards Tripoli
Buoyed by gains on Saturday, rebel forces are pushing towards the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where there was heavy overnight gunfire and several explosions on Sunday morning
A BBC correspondent with rebels who took Zawiya on Saturday says they have now taken Jaddayim, the first town en route to Tripoli, 40km (25 miles) east.
A government spokesman called for a ceasefire and accused Nato of working with the anti-Gaddafi forces.
Rebels are moving on two other fronts.
They took Zlitan, 160km (100 miles) east of Tripoli and are also advancing from the south, while Nato warships control access to the sea.
Col Gaddafi’s Information Minister Moussa Ibrahim accused Nato of going “mad”.
“Nato in the last week or so… has been opening the roads ahead of the rebels who are too weak to do anything themselves,” he told a news conference in Tripoli.
He also accused the rebel forces of carrying out “massacres” and killing people in the streets of those towns and villages they had seized in recent days.
He also said that Tripoli was well protected by “thousands upon thousands of professional soldiers”.
The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Jaddayim says hundreds of rebel fighters are in the town, both on foot and travelling in pick-up trucks. He says the town was taken after heavy fighting on Sunday morning.
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14606618
AJE – Three Tripoli neighborhoods are reportedtly under the control of opposition fighters, Fashloum, Zawiyet Dahmani, and Mansoura.
Sky News
Libya Calls For Ceasefire As Rebels Advance
The Libyan government has appealed for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Nato’s “aggression” as the rebel force approaches the capital Tripoli
Overnight, explosions and sustained gunfire rocked parts of Tripoli as the leader of Libya’s rebel force insisted “the end is very near” for Colonel Gaddafi.
Four loud explosions were heard in Tripoli at 4am local time (3am BST), as Nato warplanes flew overhead. The targets have not yet been identified.
The fighting inside Tripoli, combined with the rebel advance toward the city’s outskirts, appeared to signal a decisive moment in Libya’s six-month conflict.
Abdel Salam Jalloud was among three members of the Libyan regime to defect to the rebels this week.
Report and videos:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
Telegraph
Libya conflict: Col Gaddafi faces rebel uprising on streets of Tripoli
Fighting erupted in Tripoli overnight after rebels closed in on the Libyan capital, raising hopes among his opponents that Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is finally on the brink of collapse.
• Anti-Gaddafi forces begin uprising in Tripoli
• Rebel commanders claim final battle for Libya has begun
• Gaddafi insists rebel ‘rats’ have been ‘eliminated’ in capital
• Speculation mounts that dictator has fled into exile
Gunfire, anti-aircraft fire and explosions rang out across the city on Saturday night as rebel commanders hailed the start of an attack on the dictator’s final stronghold.
Residents reported fighting in neighbourhoods in the north, east and south-west of the city and said rebels were in the streets, although the Libyan government insisted the capital was “safe and stable”.
Jumma Ibrahim, a rebel spokesman, said: “The revolution from inside Tripoli has officially started in many parts … of Tripoli, and is expected to spread to all of Tripoli.”
Col Haroun said that weapons were assembled and sent by tugboats to Tripoli on Friday night.
“The zero hour has started. The rebels in Tripoli have risen up,” said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice-chairman of the NTC, based in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
“There is co-ordination with the rebels in Tripoli. This was a pre-set plan. They’ve been preparing for a while. There’s coordination with the rebels approaching from the east, west and south.”
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
libyanandproud
There is an FM Station that started broadcasting to #Tripoli tonight on 91.1 from #Misrata #Feb17 #Libya
Skynews crew came under snipers at Mayah
FF reached the edge of #Tripoli and from within FF are making progress.
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Battles taking place along a highway as opposition pushes towards
Nira
Shocking: gaddaif thugs killed a 14 year old boy yesterday – father found his son’s body this morning Tripoli
LIBYA TRIPOLI
I am hearing a lot of fighting now Dahra
I was just talking to a friend in Dahra and heard lots of exchange of gun shuts live. Tripoli
Dahra is revloting now, just heard it live now while speaking to a friend
Clashes now are taking place in Dahra, centre #
A missile has just hit Arrada, Souk Al Juma, now
Tim
1st ProGadaffi says there is no problem; then say they want cease fire; 1st say they haven’t done any wrong yet say revenge is motive
ProudLibyan
#Benghazi started it, #Misrata ensured its survival, #Zawiyah sacrificed, #Zintan/Nafusa propagated it and #Tripoli will make it succeed!
#AJE
Thuwar about to do what Egypt’ian govt refused to do…surrounded the GaddafiTV station to finally shut Hala up #Libya #Tripoli
ProudLibyan
While my brother and sisters are awake and fighting for us in Tripoli, I feel ashamed to sleep. I will try to remain so as much as I can.
Rally in #Manchester today outside the BBC on Oxford Road at 2:30 in support of the people of #Tripoli & #Libya. Please spread & attend.
What Gaddafi did to #Zawiyah in March, expect him 2 try the same in #Tripoli.This time we are ready, & Zawiyah is free t.co/sfWm8fb
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5sPjemG6Zg
Free Tripoli
#Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli #Tripoli ♥♥♥♥♥
ProudLibyan
DeGaddification of #Tripoli has begun, please remain seated, wear ur seatbelts, in the event of Musa Ibrahim please wear provided ear plugs.
Alex
The end of #Gaddafi ’s Rule- can now be measured in days if not hours – Many Regime soldiers & mercenaries R fighting with their feet #Libya
THE LONG DAY! There will be ebbs & flows in the battle to liberate #Tripoli – we will feel both joy & anguish 2day – sometimes one within minutes of the other – but make no mistake about it – nothing – no threat – no gun – no contract killer – no tank – NOTHING – will stop this irresistible force – called #Libya FREEDOM!
“Fighting raged in #Tripoli as rebels sought to free the capital from #Muammar #Gaddafi ’s control…Rebel fighters have been battling #Qaddafi forces in most parts of the city since yesterday, an opposition member who identified herself as Asmaa told #AlJazeera television from Tripoli.
Rebels said they took control of #Tajoura, an eastern suburb, while fighting also occurred in the #SoukAlJumma market area, Al Jazeera said.
#NATO aircraft attacked Qaddafi’s Scud missile launchers and residents received text messages urging them to join the rebellion, the network said.
It was the first time the capital has seen street fighting, a hospital worker who identified herself as Karen told the BBC. She said her hospital has been treating casualties from the clashes. Explosions and gunfire could be heard as she spoke.”
BLOOMBERG: www.businessweek.com/news/2011-08-21/li... #Libya
#Rixos Reporters- get off yr as** – get out of that cushioned prison – & start talking 2 real people on the streets of #Tripoli NOW!
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Sky correspondent Alex Crawford reports Libyan rebels have taken town of Mayah as they continue advance on Tripoli bit.ly/mPsx3g
or:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
Abdul
#rebels from #Tripoli brigade just captured a female colonel called Aisha Abdussalam, with 3 volunteer solidiers in #Judaim east of #Zawiya
In #gergaresh #Tripoli #FFs r entering houses of the civil guard (paramilitary forced) & taking away their weapons. mercenaries were found
#Gaddafi F r not seen on streets & rooftops in many of #Tripoli neighborhoods, in #fashloum & #mansora #rebels formed checkpoints already
Sofyan Amry
Freedom Fighters in #Tripoli will sweep through every shibber shibber! Bayt Bayt! Dahr Dahr! Zenga Zenga!!! #Feb17
Reuters
Muammar Gaddafi congratulated his supporters for repelling an attack by rebel “rats” in the capital Tripoli, and accused Nicolas Sarkozy of trying to steal the country’s oil.
Tunesia
Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry has recognized the Libyan rebels’ National Transitional Council as the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people, the official Tunisian TAP news agency reported Saturday.
Aljazeera
A rebel radio station in Zintan has said that the “Tripoli Brigades” and “National Liberation Army” are on the outskirts of Tripoli. As far as we can confirm, however, rebel forces remain in Zawiyah, Zlitan, and Gharyan.
State TV has broadcast an audio message from Gaddafi. He called the opposition fighting him “traitors”.”I can’t understand how Libya is now in this state.”You need to Love Libya… how can you allow those people to play with Libya? Instead of being
happy we’re sad. ”People who were happy last Ramadan are sad this Ramadan.
Head of the Political affairs of the NTC, Fathi Baja said: ”There is certain information tells that forces loyal to Gaddafi withdrew and left their weapons behind in areas outside Tripoli. And I think everything is in order in Tripoli, rebels are approaching al-Sareem Street nearby Bab al-Azizia complex.”
State television showed Saif al-Islam addressing a youth conference. A roomful of supporters broke into occasional chants and applause as he declared the rebels would be defeated. ”The revolt in Libya will not succeed. You will never see us as Libyans surrender and raise the white flag.”
Gaddafi is probably not in Tripoli at the moment, Bashir Sewehli, a Libyan activist, tells us here in the studio.”He’s not that stupid,” Saif al-Islam gave a speech on state television overnight, and Sewehli said it’s unclear where he might be.
It is impossible to confirm whether people were wounded or killed in Tripoli overnight, but witnesses have been calling into our sister channel Al Jazeera Arabic reporting deaths at the hands of regime security forces. Some protesters have said that more than 100 people were killed in Souq al-Jomaa and Hadba.
Reuters
Libyan rebels control most of the Tajourah district in the east of the capital and have surrounded an airbase there, an opposition activist in Tripoli told a Reuters reporter outside of Libya.
Malta
As rebel fighters tighten the noose around the Libyan capital still controlled by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, Malta is bracing itself for a fresh round of evacuations by foreign nationals holed up in Tripoli.
NPR
Heavy gunfire and mortar rounds have been heard in Tripoli, as rebels inch closer to the Libyan capital from the western mountains. ”Tripoli is essentially being strangled,” says NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro.
UAE
The Libyan consulate reopens in UAE today with a new, rebel-appointed ambassador at the helm to seek support for the effort to remove Col Muammar Qaddafi.
Reuters
Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Muammar Gaddafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city’s outskirts
”The zero hour has started. The rebels in Tripoli have risen up,” said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice-chairman of the NTC, based in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
Fox News
Four strong explosions rocked Tripoli early Sunday amid reports that rebels had cut off crucial supply lines to the capital as clashes raged between forces loyal to Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi and fighters challenging his long rule
The blasts were heard shortly after 4:00am local time in the heart of the city as NATO warplanes flew overhead, an AFP journalist said. The targets were not immediately identifiable.
Aljazeera
We just spoke with Taher, a Tripoli resident on Sleem Street who has taken up arms against Gaddafi’s regime with other residents of his neighbourhood, which is near Bab al-Aziziya.
He and his neighbours went out last night and have blocked the roads in the area. They are armed with AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. This morning, security forces armed with heavy machine guns arrived to confront the men and took up positions on the roofs of nearby buildings.
Taher, a Tripoli resident who has taken up arms with his neighbours in support of the rebels, spoke with Al Jazeera from his courtyard on Sunday morning, as automatic gunfire echoed outside.
A resident of the Tajoura neighbourhood in Tripoli tells Al Jazeera that around 450 prisoners were freed from a military base after residents took control of the area and pushed out Gaddafi forces, who are currently shelling the neighborhood. The prisoners are in poor health, he said.
Jalloud
Libya’s defected former number two Abdessalam Jalloud has urged the tribe of strongman Moamer Kadhafi to disown the embattled “tyrant”, in a statement aired Sunday on Al-Jazeera news channel.
Aljazeera
Asmaa, an opposition activist in Tripoli, spoke with Al Jazeera this morning and describved rebel victories in the capital. She said many of Gaddafi’s forces had been injured
Rebels today have advanced from Zawiyah, the coastal city with a key oil reinfery, to al-Mayah, around 17 kilometers farther east down the road toward Tripoli. Advances look to be coming more quickly now that fighting has begun in Tripoli.
Sky News
British Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt said Sunday that the Libyan conflict was now at “an extraordinarily crucial point”, saying an uprising in Tripoli had “plainly started”.
“What is clear is that an uprising in Tripoli, which was always going to
happen when people felt that there was an opportunity being produced by the efforts outside Tripolito make it safe to rise against the Qadhafi regime, that has plainly started”–Alistair Burt
matthewwprice:
It’s pretty clear there is a huge battle going on right now in a part of #Tripoli Fighting intense #Libya #Gadaffi
BBC
Opposition military spokesman Col Ahmed Bani confirmed that opposition forces had fallen back in the eastern oil port of Brega.”Yesterday, the industrial zone was under our complete control, but the truth is that today the situation has changed due to heavy artillery shelling,” Col Bani said on Saturday.”We withdrew to the eastern part of the industrial zone.”
Sky News
Sky News’ special correspondent Alex Crawford, who is in Jaddaim less than 20 miles (30 kilometres) from the capital., said the rebel force consisted of several dozen foot soldiers and an armed convoy have taken the town. She said they had encounted “very little resistance” as they passed into the next village of Mayah and advance towards Tripoli. “This is a march on the capital, they are heading for the presidential palace,” she said.
Stone_SkyNews Mark Stone
It’s a strange job I do: sitting in a field in Dorset (S.England) watching Libyan Gov Spox live on iPhone. It’s quite a speech.
BBC
A small number of Britons who have remained in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, have decided to leave on a ship to Malta, the Foreign Office says.Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt
told the BBC: “We are aware of foreign nationals being there, including some British nationals who are leaving this morning… They’re being protected through our arrangement with the Hungarian embassy.”
Guardian
Guardian’s Luke Harding in AzZawiya talked to a Libyan-American who was working as a spotter for Nato strikes, who described the “very sophisticate co-ordination” now taking place. This outside help appears crucial to the rebel advance. Luke recounted asking another rebel why he believed his side would win, and getting the response–”I believe in God–and Nato.”
2011feb17
Independence flags are everywhere in Zawyat Aldihmani. #feb17 #Libya #Tripoli
UAE
The Libyan consulate in the United Arab Emirates reopens today with a new, opposition-appointed ambassador Dr Aref Ali Nayed. The new Libyan ambassador to the UAE, says the reopened consulate is to become a focal point for the Libyan community after being avoided for decades by expatriates fearing trouble from government officials.
AP
Opposition Fighters said a 600-strong rebel force that set out from Zawiya has reached the outskirts of the village of Jedaim and was coming under heavy fire from regime forces on the eastern side of the town. Murad Dabdoub, a fighter who returned to Zawiya from the front, told The Associated Press that Gadhafi’s forces were pounding rebel positions with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr is traveling with Libyan rebels to the west of Tripoli. She says that Libya’s opposition are in control of three Tripoli neighbourhoods: Fashloum, Zawiyat Dahmani, and Mansoura.
Mansoura is close to Bab Al Aziziya, the location of Muammar Gaddafi’s compound.
Reuters
Rebels fighting for control of the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 31 of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and captured 42, Al Jazeera television said on Sunday, citing its correspondent. Explosions and gunfire rang out in Tripoli through Saturday night as opponents of Gaddafi launched an uprising
AP
Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Moammar Gadhafi’s main stronghold of Tripoli on Sunday, a day after opposition fighters launched their first attack on the capital itself. Fighters said a 600-strong rebel force that set out from Zawiya has reached the outskirts of the village of Jedaim and was coming under heavy fire from regime forces on the eastern side of the town. Murad Dabdoub, a fighter who returned to Zawiya from the front, told The Associated Press that Gadhafi’s forces were pounding rebel positions with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire. The rebels’ arrival at Jedaim was also confirmed by Abdul-Bari Gilan, a doctor in Zawiya. He told the AP that he had treated a rebel who was wounded in the fighting at Jedaim.
Paqueta
Libya soccer coach Marco Paqueta said he was on the verge of quitting in the next few days as the continued participation of his side in the African Nations Cup qualifiers was in doubt. ”It is increasingly difficult to give continuity to my work with the Libya team,” the 53-year-old Brazilian tweeted at the weekend. “I think this time next week we will have a conclusion.”
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Front line in #Jdeaim eastern outskirts of #Zawiyah #Gaddafi forces using heavy weapons, #Libya
#Libya, Opposition forces reach #Almaya and are battling #Gaddafi forces at 27 bridge,
#Libya, #Gaddafi forces launched counteroffensive using mortars, #Grads artily … Some rebels pushed back
#Libya, Battles taking place along a highway as opposition pushes towards #Tripoli
dovenews Libyan™
#FF have arrested 50 Gaddafi forces in #Alnofaleen area. #Tripoli
Tripoli caller AljA: An old lady lost her leg, & her home was destroyed because of Gaddafi forces indiscriminate attack
Niz_FGM is safe and sound in #TRIPOLI #Libya doing his bit to finish off#Gaddafi I am happy for him as well as all free Libyans
Jaked
CONFIRM, Gaddafi r getting weapon from Al Sareem Street (Al Alam Sweets building
Libya 7orra
BREAKING CONFIRMED:- Alsreem st witnessing heavy clashes at this time, G forces shelling the Ben Nabi mosque
BREAKING CONFIRMED:- the #Libyana mobile phone network compound in ALSHAT BOULEVARD is totally under FF control
BREAKING CONFIRMED #SoogJumaa:- 3 truckloads of dead subsaharan african mercenaries in SoogJumaa overnight
BREAKING CONFIRMED: #SoogJumaa is totally free, all rds been sealed with concrete 30 FFs died in #Tripoli overnight
BREAKING:- #Fashloum is liberated, FFs r sealing off roads, independence flags have been riased on main street
Tweeting Tripoli
Sorry guys last night I had to flee because GF started indiscriminate and random shelling of houses using Mortars and Anti-Aircraft guns.
Soug Aljoma and Tajoura is becoming a second Misrata now. Brave FF fighting for their freedom and coward GF shelling from the distance.
Recorded the evil scary sounds of the shelling from my roof top, will try to send an Audioboo. Very scary. The idiot is shelling civilians.
I said this before and will say it again. Tripoli should not have linked the start of the revolt with a certain date, but rather when ready.
We are taking heavy casualties, and the FF from Misrata and Zawiya are not here yet. That was, IMO, a big mistake.
Linking Zero hour to 17th or 20th (historic event) could be a good moral boost, but when you have no Ammo or weapons, it could be deadly.
NATO Apaches are not yet here. I can still hear the Mortar shelling and no one to silence them. ( 10.30 hrs local)
All of a sudden it is quiet now. GF ran out of Ammo? Or did our brave FF got them? Have no idea yet.
We at home, slept only for 1 hour just to wake up again on the sounds of the shelling. It was all night long. Kids terrified.
I can not check my messages so tweeps who sent me a DM will try later and see if I am able to later. Probably bad/slow connection.
Have to log off. Will try to come back soon again. Thnx all 4 ur support. That’s what keeps us going.
Independence flags are everywhere in Zawyat Aldihmani.
(12.30 hrs local)
Zawyat Aldihmani is where the old main State-TV HQ is.
The situation is quiet now. Only occasional single gun fire, presumably snipers on roof tops of nearby buildings
In my neighborhood of about a 1000 homes, there used to be about 4 houses who raised Daffy’s Green flag on their roofs. Today I see none :)
#FF are not yet in my area but the people who used to display support for Gaddafi, removed his pictures and his flag. Nice. #feb17 #Tripoli
By this speed, if Zawiya FF reach Tripoli today, I suspect it’s liberation by tomorrow.
The good news is: there is absolutely no sign of civil war. It is just Tripoli against a couple 100s of well armed thugs
I would like to ask Daffy, where are his 8 million supporters he showed us on his TV in Zawyia, Zliten, Sorman and Tripoli? #daydreamer
I can now safely say that 99% of Tripoli hates Gaddafi’s guts
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Thuds of shelling, possibly tank fire or likely mortar fire,all night from east towards Tajoura.Stopped after sunrise
MoussaIbrahim press conference-Sounding desperate &acknowledging that the fight is now for Tripoli.We are taking the last stand #MermaidDawn
Shooting being heard in and around Fashloum and Noufleein districts.
People shouting Allahu Akbar in Ben Ashour. shooting can he heard.
Note – In the west, Maya is regimes last #Tripoli defence. After Maya is Janzour. Janzour IS Tripoli and is full of waiting FF.
Names of our martyrs in Gergarish being filtered through to us. Allah accept them as martyrs and our nations heroes
Confirm shelling of Shreem Street. Artillery units by Aalam Confectionery Shop
correction of typo – It is Sreem Street, not Shreem Street.
Hearing reports that fashloum and dahra katiba units are defecting en mass. I need to further verify this
there are still clashes in and around. There is nothing definitive and final at this stage. Fashloum is tiny and vulnerable.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi tanks are now entering streets in #Mansoura & shelling heavily. #Libya
#Cyprus OIL TANKER “BALTIC FRONT” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-22 16:00 (UTC).
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers are positioned on the roof of the #Nigeria embassy.
Libyano Tripoliano
BEN ASHOOR CONFIRMED: Independence flag now raised on Abdel Ghani mosque on Ben Ashoor high street. Takbeer from mosque. #Tripoli #Libya
#Fashloom/ #BenAshor: Confirmed Dead: #Gaddafi filth Hamadi Barka known for hiring snipers & mercs for regime
#Freedomfighters reach #Almaya and are battling #Gaddafi filth at 27 bridge
#Tripoli: #Zawiya #Freedomfighters 2km from Western Gate, @NATO expected shortly to clear gate of #Gaddafi filth so #FF may enter. #Libya
#Tripoli: #BenAshour: #Gaddafi tanks shelling civilians at this time. #Libya
#Freedomfighters have liberated the town of #Jaddaim. #Libya
#Tripoli: #BenAshour: #Gaddafi snipers on roof tops of high apartment buildings on #Jumhuriya Street.
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers at #AlManshiya/ #Addul St. on rooftops beside #AlAngudee Mosque
#Tripoli: WHERE THE HELL IS @NATO??? ZERO REPORTS OF THEM DOING ANYTHING TODAY!!!
Fighting reported at #Maja 10 km SW. of #Zliten.
Planning of #Tripoli fight: Fight started early. Started INSIDE Tripoli B4 #FF from outside arrived, was planned other way around.
Free Libya
Allahu Akbar. So proud, they rose up all by themselves. Reinforcements on the way from 3 sides
pdanahar Paul Danahar
#feb17 rebels #Misrata suggesting #Gaddafi troops may have pulled all way back to #Tripoli . Are at Al Khums but not much resistance #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI FF VICTORIES They now control Fashloum, Zawiyat Dahmani, and Mansoura close to Bab AlAziziya, Gaddafi’ compound ~libya
#FLASH 1 of the ships to evacuate civilians a #Maltese Ship had to ABORT evacuation due to fighting #Libya #Malta
Abdul
Supply of amunition was distributed to #FFs in #mansoora checkpoints in #Tripoli
misrati_free Feb17
the ship was shot at as well
FromJoanne Joanne
Today A group of #libyan Doctors based in #Spain are sending 25 AMBULANCES + MedicalAid this wk 2 #Libya 4 #Nafusa + further afield #Libya
#TRIPOLI Tajoura last report half hr ago Fierce fighting now and 100s of casualties last night
its bad in #Tajoura So many injured some died bc they have no FF yet from outside They have no weapons
seems FF werent quite ready 4 #Tripoli s uprising They r on way but snipers + rockets @W entrance is halting advance #Libya
#Tripoli DR llive call #Tajoura saw clashes lastnight they had small fieldhospitals Situation=rough we lost some we r doing our best #Libya
NTC Nato AUE and UN had to pin a date in the end or it would never have happened
#TRIPOLI TAJOURA residents FRRED abt 450 prisoners from military base they are in bad state They found a room 4×4 mtr with 40 ppl
SNIPERS on AlNour Eyeclinic Al-manshiya/ Addul St. beside AlAngudee Mosque and GF in Nigeria Embassy and GirlsHighschool #Libya
Libya TV
Revolutionaries say they control parts of Tripoli
Libyan revolutionaries said they had seized control of pockets of Tripoli after a night of fighting, while allied forces advanced on the capital today, predicting a final showdown with Muammar Gaddafi.
The Libyan leader dismissed the revolutionaries, fighting since February to topple him, as “rats” and said he would not yield.
In a coordinated revolt that revolutionary forces have been secretly planning for months to end Gaddafi’s 41-year rule, shooting started last night across Tripoli moments after Muslim clerics, using the louspeakers on mosque minarets, called people on to the streets.
The fighting inside Tripoli, combined with revolutionary advances to the outskirts of the city, appeared to
signal the decisive phase in a six month conflict that has become the bloodiest of the “Arab Spring” uprisings and embroiled NATO powers.
But Gaddafi’s fall is far from certain. His security forces did not buckle as some rebels had predicted. The uprising appeared to be isolated to a few neighbourhoods, and had not spread to the whole city.
If the Libyan dictator is forced from power, there are question marks over whether the opposition can restore stability in this oil exporting country. The freedom fighters’ own ranks have been wracked by
disputes and rivalry.
But at daybreak, more than 12 hours after the fighting first broke out, shooting could still be heard in the capital, though it was less heavy and sustained than during the night.
A Reuters reporter at a hotel in the city centre said she could hear bursts of machine gun fire about every few minutes, and occasional booms from heavy weapons.
“Our revolutionaries are controlling several neighbourhoods and others are coming in from outside the city to join their brothers at this time,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice-chairman of the revolutionary
National Transition Council, told Reuters in the eastern city of Benghazi.
TRIPOLI ENCIRCLED
Revolutionary advances outside Libya in the past week tipped the balance of the conflict against Gaddafi, and their ability to march into the city could now decide the outcome of the battle for Tripoli.
“Gaddafi’s chances for a safe exit are diminishing by the hour. The more he stays the narrower his base, and the easier it will be for him to be caught or killed,” Ashour Shamis, UK-based opposition editor and activist, said. “I think he’s not being told the whole picture. (His son) Saif al-Islam is the one
who is leading the fight for him.”
Gaddafi’s whereabouts have been kept secret.
Revolutionary forces were gathering south of Tripoli, where they told a Reuters reporter they were preparing to attack Al-Aziziyah, a town about 45 km (27 miles) from the city. Another rebel force was trying to advance from Zlitan, about 150 km to the east.
The closest rebel contingent was in Zawiyah, half an hour’s drive to the west of Tripoli. Doctors at a clinic on the oustkirts said rebels has pushed 10 km east towards Tripoli and were fighting for control of a town called Jaddaim.
“It was very bloody in Jaddaim today. There are many more casualties at other hospitals,” said a doctor at the clinic, where three dead rebels had been brought by mid-morning. The sound of artillery
fire could be heard coming from the direction of the front line.
In Tripoli itself, the two sides appeared to be jockeying for control of rooftop terraces where they could place firing positions, possibly in preparation for a new burst of fighting after nightfall.
A revolutionary activist in Tripoli said pro-Gaddafi forces had put snipers on the rooftops of buildings around Bab al-Aziziyah, Gaddafi’s compound, and on the top of a nearby water tower.
As he spoke, single gunshots could be heard in the background, at intervals of a few seconds.
“Gaddafi’s forces are getting reinforcements to comb the capital,” said the activist, who spoke to a Reuters reporter outside Libya.
“Residents are crying, seeking help. One resident was martyred, many were wounded,” he said. It was not immediately possible to verify his account independently.
State television flashed up a message on the screen urging residents not to allow freedom fighters to hide out on their rooftops.
“Agents and al Qaeda members are trying to destabilise and sabotage the city. You should prevent them from exploiting your houses and buildings, confront them and cooperate with counter-terrorism units,
to capture them,” it said.
“RATS ELIMINATED”
In an audio recording broadcast soon after midnight, Gaddafi sought to show residents
he was still in control.
“Those rats … were attacked by the masses tonight and we eliminated them,” Gaddafi said. “I know that there are air bombardments but the fireworks were louder than the sound of the bombs
thrown by the aircraft.”
A senior British official said Gaddafi did not grasp the pressure that he was under.
“It’s been clear that Gaddafi has not had a firm grip on reality — as we heard from his comments last night — and has not been interested personally in leaving or negotiating,” said Alastair Burt, a foreign office minister.
“But those around him have continued to defect.”
“That pressure indicates that those around Gaddafi know what’s going on. One can only hope that they’re getting messages through to him,” Burt told the BBC. -Reuters
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9421
Live blog:
Son of Mummar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam in a recorded speech aired on Libyan
satellite channels in an unknown location.
Today, Saif al-Islam vowed not to surrender and denounced on public television that
the revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the regime are outlaws. ‘It is
impossible that we would surrender. We are in our land, whether six months, a
year or even two, no problem; we will wait.”
AP
The Italian defense minister has confirmed media reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s former No. 2 official is in Italy after fleeing Tripoli. Minister Ignazio La Russa’s remarks to reporters in Sicily today, carried by the Italian news agency ANSA, was the first official confirmation that Abdel-Salam Jalloud had arrived in Italy. He didn’t say where Jalloud was staying.
Italian media have reported that Jalloud first fled to Tunisia, then to Italy yesterday. Italian officials initially declined to comment on Jalloud’s whereabouts.
AJA
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi gives speaks to AJA. says uprising in Tripoli is just 10 people.
AJA
Jalloud speaks to Al Jazeera Arabic. Calls Gaddafi a liar.
Reuters
Head of the Political affairs of the NTC, Fathi Baja, told Reuters:
“There is certain information tells that forces loyal to Gaddafi withdrew and left their weapons behind in areas outside Tripoli. And I think everything is in order in Tripoli, revolutionaries are approaching al-Sareem Street nearby Bab al-Azizia complex.
Gaddafi may be coerced to flee if he managed to co-ordinate it with some countries, but I hope to arrest him to be tried with his sons and his assistants in Libya.”
Libya tv
Autocrat Gaddafi gives an audio address on state tv. says Nato is collapsing. calls revolutionaries rats.
Reuters
Libyan revolutionaries continued to clash with Gaddafi government forces controlling Mitiga airbase in Tripoli, after fighting left an unknown number of dead in the suburb of Qadah and elsewhere, an opposition activist in Tripoli told the Reuters news agency.
AP
A vacationing President Barack Obama is being kept up to date by aides as reports come in of revolutionary troops advancing on Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
A senior administration official reports the president was briefed Saturday on Martha’s Vineyard, and is continuing to get regular updates. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
clancycnn Jim Clancy
Jalloud’s Magariha tribe is considered the most powerful, and a public shift in tribal loyalty could undercut Gadhafi’s grip in a heartbeat.
Libya 7orra
#mermaiddawn #tripoli #libya BREAKING CONFIRMED: Zawyet Aldahmani is LIBERATED, flag raised on Almahari shopping centre, ALLAHU AKBAR!
independence anthem blasting in full volume is #Fashloum & #BenAshour.. #Libya #MermaidDawn #tripoli
contrary 2 previous reports.. Mitiga airbase is not with FF it is currently surrounded by FF but remains with G
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Rumour that Fox news are already on a ship to Tripoli. #Journowackyraces
peterwalker99 peterwalker99
Audioboo: Guardian’s Luke Harding west of Tripoli boo.fm/b445887 #gaddafi #guardian #libya #lukeharding #tripoli
robcrilly Rob Crilly
looks like there’s a foreign warship steaming into Benghazi. Wonder why…
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Now on coastal road 8kms west of Zliten. Came under GF mortar and rocket fire further ahead.
Fighting reported at Maja 10 ks SW of Zliten. Negotiations with tribal leaders ongoing.
Zliten appears secured … road blocks security and ID chec ks. Spent three hours driving around town without incident.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
People are resorting to blocking their streets WITH THEIR OWN CARS just to prevent Gdfi’s patrols frm coming in SITUATION IS TERRIBLE
There are snipers on top of the high apartments overlooking Jumhuriya street in #BenAshour, huge clashes between locals & #Gaddafi brigades
hominoid
FFs arrest some Europeans, in Tripoli, mercenaries mostly snipers believed to be involved in al-Gaddafi, Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Belarus
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! Bystanders were targeted by Gaddafi snipers indiscriminately in #Alsaream St & reports of casualties
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
My relatives in #BenAshour called me crying. Neighbour collapsed & had to break fast. First time they see dead people dragged into homes
hominoid
The arrival of numbers of rebels from Misurata at Tripoli. via Zliten free
Interruption of transmission channel for the mass and the reason is not known via tawasul
Alex
MORE #TripoliPrisoners RESCUED! – ‘#Tajoura #Tripoli residents FREED about 450 prisoners from the local liberated military base – they are alive – but in a bad state – as they were incarcerated in appalling cramped conditions in 4 × 4 metre rooms – with 40 prisoners to a room’ #Libya per @FromJoanne
MAP OF TRIPOLI DISTRICTS: twitpic.com/51kljo/full
DEATH CAMPS MAP – THE @k_thos MAP SHOWS THE PRECISE LOCATION OF THESE 60000 protesters/non G supporters – twitpic.com/5hfsq9/full
FOR THE STORY FROM ONE WHO ESCAPED FROM THE #Gaddafi DEATH CAMPS GO TO: www.twitlonger.com/show/cfsqoh
TELL US SOMETHING NEW! – REGIME threatens “bloodbath” in #Tripoli – We know all about #Gaddafi “bloodbaths” – we had them wherever this evil REGIME occupied #Libya cities – in #Misrata – in #Brega – in #Nafusa – & we came very close to the mother of all Gaddafi bloodbaths – in #Benghazi.
We don’t expect anything different from this Regime in Tripoli – but that wont deter us – for a single second – from our quest for national freedom.
#FF are now based 2 kilometers from #Tripoli WESTERN GATE – Can move into city – as soon as @NATO deal with #Gaddafi heavy artillery at GATES – #FF REINFORCEMENTS are arriving now at this Tripoli front line from #Zawiyah – in preparation for the final push into the capital. #Libya #Zawiya
@NATO URGENTLY NEEDED IN #Tripoli NOW – to enable #FF brigades to move into the city & aid Tripoli #FF – JUST ONE LAST PUSH 4 VICTORY AND GUARANTEED PROTECTION OF #Libya civilians – from any future #Gaddafi atrocities.
“starved,bound, brutalized,inmates – cant fight back” – @NATO URGENTLY need to take out #Gaddafi heavy guns – at Western Gate of #Tripoli – so #Nafusa #Zawiya & #Tripoli #FF brigades – can enter city asap.
It is imperative that #Libya #FreedomFighters – get into the city NOW – to save the 60000 #TripoliPrisoners – who I fear will be the innocent victims of #MoussaIbrahim ’s threatened “bloodshed” – incarcerated, bound, starved, brutalized, inmates – cant fight back.
Some have been freed by local #FF – but most R still imprisoned
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
5 Boats carrying Freedom FIghters arrived into #Tripoli. Fierce battles in the West 27km from Tripoli as the Zawiyah front tries to move in
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Tripoli is like EID now. There are people in cars with flags and there are calls of allahu akbar from everywhere #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM #ZLITEN HAVE REACHED #TRIPOLI! via Al Jazeera
News from friend in #Tripoli: “Rebels reportedly now in Tripoli’s city center, not far from Bab-Aziziah compound (Qaddafi’s huge Palace)”
#FF retreat @ the #Tripoli Western Gate – was only 500 metres – tactical retreats r sound military strategies – 2 conserve man & arms power
BLOODBATH UPDATE Battle 4 #Tripoli indeed bloody but #Gaddafi soldiers & contract killers R taking the worse toll – Hospitals overflowing
AJA- AlKhitouni, main officer at #Maitiga air base, captured along with 8 others by FFs
Tripoli revolutionaries capture Mayteega airbase commander Al Khytooni & 8 of his company
Alex
Great news that #Misrata #FF are now in #Tripoli- they are the best ‘sniper snaggers’ in #Libya – #Gaddafi gave them 3 months daily practice
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Battles between govt forces and opposition fighters not far from bridge 27
One of my cousins kidnapped from #Miarata early on in the revolution was just rescued from prison by f fighters in Tajoura.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Fierce fighting going on right now at strategic 27km bridge west of tripoli Thousands FF trying 2 break through to enter tripoli from west!!
BREAKING: Breaking Libya News: FFs fully control Fashloum now
عاجل :عاجل ليبيا أخبار : الثوار سيطروا علي فشلوم الان
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Kadisia area is starting to rise.
#Zintan Military Council: #Tripoli Brigades & National Liberation Army are on the outskirts of #Tripoli
AFP
Kadhafi forces in retreat as rebels advance on Tripoli
Libyan rebels advanced quickly eastwards towards Tripoli on Sunday, seizing weapons and tanks in the town of Gadayem after bloody clashes with retreating forces
loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxG_pXiqgC8
Tripoli resident now on CNN. “Most of the political prisoners escaped”. He also said they (residents) have lots of guns
Tripoli,FFs sweep gate 27 in the capital, which is located before the area of Janzour.
Sky correspondent:
Libyan rebels engaged in gun battle in town of Assadah, south of Gharyan
News from friend in #Tripoli: “Rebels reportedly now in Tripoli’s city center, not far from Bab-Aziziah compound (Qaddafi’s huge Palace)”
THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM #ZLITEN HAVE REACHED #TRIPOLI! via Al Jazeera
“Germany dispatching elite commando unit #GSG9 to #Libya to protect diplomatic mission & diplomats”
Janzour LPC: FF’s in Janzour baricaded the area for 2 days now preventing any Gadafi militias stationed on coastal road entry to Janzour.
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF are in full control of #Ras #Ijdar #Tunisian – #Libyan border. #FF source
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI armed FF from #Misrata and #Zlitan just arrived by sea in 5 boats in #Tajoura #lLibya #AlJazeera
Reuters
Maltese ship heading for Tripoli under fire
A Maltese ship heading for Tripoli to pick up refugees came under fire and could not dock in the port, Polish foreign ministry officials were quoted as saying on Sunday by Polish state news agency PAP.
“The ship is waiting for a better moment to enter the port because during its first attempt it came under fire,” Paulina Kapuscinska, a spokeswoman from the ministry, told PAP.
The ministry was not immediately available to confirm the report.
Poland has evacuated most of its citizens from Libya and moved its ambassador from Tripoli to rebel-held Benghazi, but some 250 people from mixed Polish-Libyan families have stayed behind, the ministry official added.
One family had hoped to leave on the Maltese ship, the MV Triva 1.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/21/us-l...
Hayat Libya
#Zawiyah the #FFs had some serious problems with cleaning #Judayeim to get to #Tripoli it’s still not completely cleared however.
hominoid
Libyan oppositions control the city Zuwarah
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Confirmed 100’s FF from misrata bypassed coastal road and arrived in tripoli by sea! They give vital boost to local FF & needed ammunition!
AJA: opposition fighters free #Tarhouna, 60 km South of #Tripoli.
AJA: opposition fighters free Tarhouna, Bani Walid not far
Souffian Tripoli
Killings happening now in Bin Ashour NOW NOW
Emo
Breaking: Ashahed: Misrata freedom fighters are fighting along their peers in #Tripoli…Allahu Akbar
CONFIRMED: ALMAHDI ALAARBI IS ARRESTED BY Ffs
He’s a high ranking military commander from #Zawiyah. Mahdi Alarbi was responsible for the atrocities in #Zawiyah
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI FF liberated #ZWARA CAPTURED MahdielArabi #Zawiya Butcher FF surround KhweldiHamedi Home FF control RasJdir B Post Tunisia #Libya
Via Shabab
Libya rebels say they entered Tripoli by sea from Misrata
Benghazi. Libya rebels on Sunday infiltrated the capital Tripoli by sea in a covert operation launched from their western enclave of Misrata, a rebel spokesman said, AFP reports.
An advance party “from Misrata reached Tripoli this dawn by sea and joined Tripoli rebels. They are now fighting alongside them,” spokesman Abdullah Melitan told AFP in Misrata, 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Tripoli.
Source:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-rebels-say-t...
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking FF passed vital 27th km bridge and advancing fast on Janzur 18km west tripoli Tonight will b big 1 in tripoli expect big surprises!
Emo
FFs passed 27th brigade. Some critics questioned the timing of the uprising in #Tripoli. I’m not one. It was amazing perfect timing.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi TV keeps cutting off
Free Libya Now
Tripoli revolutionaries capture Gadafi Africa special envoy in #Tripoli #Libya
Isolated snipers reported in Tripoli neighborhoods of Jumuhuriya street, extensions of Sareem Street.
Tripoli FF’s capture 50 Gadafi militia memebrs 4of them African mercenaries in NAwfaleen area.
#NATO planes bomb a center in Aziziya area 55 km south of Tripoli, said to belong to
Gadafi used as residence
A Warshafana clan mebers named Awlad Al Mabrook are firing rockets on advancing revolutionaries from Zawiya/JoodDaim.
Feb17 Revolutionaries gave Gadafi loyals till 4 pm Tripoli time to either surrender or stay at home & drop weapons or else count as enemy.
Misurata/Zlitin Revolutionaries & FF’s arriving via sea clash with Gadafi Militias in Tripoli.
Janzour LPC: FF’s in Janzour baricaded the area for 2 days now preventing any Gadafi militias stationed on coastal road entry to Janzour.
Tripoli Captives arriving home safe after being released by revolting FF’s in Tripoli on the 20th of August.
Al Khwayldi Al Hamydi Gadafi second in Command is surrounded in his home at Hay Andalus area. His guards negotiating his surrender. #Libya
t.co/F8hlVcb Video showing captured Gadafi female colonel originally from Muritania by Tripoli FF’s around Jooddaim
or:
yfrog.com/61gzwz
Al Mahdi Al Arbi a Gadafi Thug & commander of a battalion has been captured by FF’s in Zawiya
From Tareeg Al Sikah all the way to Al Sabaa areas through Furnaj, Tripoli University, Indepeandance flag fly over all buildings
Tricolor is flying over Tripoli University, Tareeg Al Sikah where Prime Minister Office is
all the way to Souq Al Jumuah.
#Gadafi & his sons are surrounded, their crownies are fallling one at the time into Tripoli FF’s hands like flies.
Ras Ijdair border crossing with Tunis is offcially in #TNC hands, flying Libya independance flag.
Janzour LPC: FF"s arriving from Zawiya, Gadafi militia flees posts near handicap hospital.
Free Libya Now
Misurata/Zlitin Revolutionaries & FF’s arriving via sea clash with Gadafi Militias in Tripoli.
Wow, straight into the battle, any idea how many arrived from Misrata?
Large numbers arrived from Misurata.
I just heard 200 in the first batch.
3 fishing boats.
Free Libya Now
Tarhouna is officially in Free Libyans hands after defeating the Taritors who killed & maimed Libyans for the sake of Great Satan Gadafi&Co.
LibyaMedicalR Libya Medical Relief
I posted 5 photos on Facebook in the album “Medical supplies are going to be sent to Zawia/ Tripoli” fb.me/1c5BP5N9s
Free Libya Now
Khawildi is surrounded by Tripoli FF’s in hay Andalus area, his guards negotiating his surrender. #Libya
FF in Tripoli attack Gadafi intel center in Fashloum area and release many prisoners. Via #AJA
Tripoli FF’s in Janzour capture large number of Gadafi Militias, among them high ranking officer
Libyan National Army along FF’s are advancing from three fronts as part of coordinated plan to liberate Tripoli from #GadafyEnemyOfHumanity.
FRANCE24 Reporter confirms the advance of Tripoli FF’s towards Janzour. #Libya
FRANCE24 Fathu Bin Shatwan speaking on France 24 channel used to work for Gadafi as an Oil Minister, teach at Garyones University.
opening bat
FF SEIZE BARRACKS AT EDGE OFF CITY !!!!!!
Free Libya Now
#Tripoli FF’s take control of Mohammad Muamar Gadafi home & raise the independance flag on top of it. #Libya
#GadafiTvMonitor: Gadafi TV seems to suffer signal issues. Signal in the last 2 hours have been spotty. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#CONFIRMED @NATO SNIPERS + GF R inside #Nigerian Embassy on map: Top alNour clinic just on its left Lat: 32°53’2.53"N ; Long: 13°10’15.58"E
The GF have taken over the Nigeria embassy They are inside shelling ppl and houses
Snipers R on TOP of alNour clinic + Inside #Nigeria Embass Lat: 32°53’2.53"N ; Long: 13°10’15.58"E +inside GirlsSchool ~libya
#TRIPOLI Staff in City Hospitals say that there many GF injured and dead FF r battling all around city making progress all the time
#TRIPOLI @NATO forces bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in central Tripoli on Sunday, Al Jazeera television
#Tripoli while waiting 4 FF 2 arrive #NATO has been Hitting many GF targets around Tripoli in last 24 hrs to help Citizens Rise Up
Exclusive: #Gaddafi Minister of Trade officially resigned today the letter he wrote to PM: #Libya #Tripoli t.co/PQlHW1F
or:
twitpic.com/69idvl
#TRIPOLI armed FF from #Misrata and #Zlitan just arrived by sea in 5 boats in #Tajoura
#TRIPOLI Time for a Journos REVOLT in RIXOS Hotel A battle is raging right underneath yr noses Tell G minders to go 2 hell and getout #Libya
#Tripoli As areas r being liberated Residents setup makeshift roadblocks and take turns in resting/sleeping GF fleeing left and right
#TRIPOLI FF liberated #ZWARA CAPTURED MahdielArabi #Zawiya Butcher FF surround KhweldiHamedi Home FF control RasJdir B Post Tunisia #Libya
BBCDanielS Daniel Sandford
I was at Ras Jdir crossing between Tunisia and #Libya 2 hours ago. At that point it was controlled by Gadaffi loyalists still
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITAN The good thing is that the town is surprisingly not much damaged most residents hv left or were hiding indoors
Pro Gaddafi people and their passwords on facebook:
yfrog.com/z/gyvlsmzjj
Happening #NOW : #TRIPOLI #NATO HELP GF heavily bombarding #BenAshour area from #Trik ElSeka Un armed Residents frantic and Terrified #Libya
The Weekly standard
Ann Marlowe:
Democracy in Libya
What was supposed to be a short police action by NATO has turned into a protracted conflict, but the Libyan people may be the long-term beneficiaries of the unexpectedly long war here. In the Western Mountains, hit hard by the conflict, Abdul al-Razaq, an oilfield technician from Sabratha before the war, explained from his brigade headquarters in Zintan: “In Tunisia and Egypt the revolutions were from the top. They changed their president. In Libya, our revolution has started from the bottom.” The need—and time—to rethink institutions from the bottom has given democracy the space to trickle upward in Libya.
Read more:
www.weeklystandard.com/articles/democra...
FromJoanne Joanne
The western gate into T#ripoli IS defended by GF it has snipers and they are shelling FF trying to push through coming from Gate27
#TRIPOL FF Control #Tajoura Souq #alJumaa #Arada #alSabaa Fierce Fighting in Ben #Ashhour #Fashloum +near center: Zawiyat al-Dahmani #Libya
#NATO is attacking Metiga Airbase in East #Tripoli right now, via @AJArabic
Free Libya
#Tripoli: Confirmed: Hala Sakal & Hamza Touhami open fire on crowds from State TV building. BURN STATE TV TO THE GROUND NOW! #Libya @NATO”
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
32° 52’45.89"N 13° 10’25.57"E-Coordinates to Alalam Confectionery store area from which regime is shelling Sreem Street @NATO #MermaidDawn
Regime firing on the residential apartment blocks in Zaweeyat Al Dahmani area from the State TV studios nearby. Using 14.5mm rounds #Tripoli
Independence Flag now flying in Dahra
Calls of Allahu Akbar from Amuura Mosque, Ben Ashour
Kadisia area is starting to rise.
Tripoli is like EID now. There are people in cars with flags and there are calls of allahu akbar from everywhere
However other areas are under severe lockdown and people cannot leave the house. Its not yet over.
This is JUST someones opinion and NOT fact – Ben ashour resident says to me “I think its finishing. Its all over”
Independence Flag Flying over Fashloum now
Women in Alqadisia ululating from windows with joy, takbeer heard throughout the streets.
AJA just reported #Nato attacks in Azizia. Gaddafi complex there?
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
People in outlying areas report long columns of FF vehicles rushing towards Tripoli from all points.
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers on roof of the Burns Hospital on Zawiya Street.
Brigadier-General Mahdi Al Arabi, #Gaddafi chief of security in #Zawiya, captured by #Freedomfighters
Feb 17
#Tripoli: #GADDAFI FORCES: YOU HAVE TILL 4PM TO LAY DOWN YOUR WEAPONS OR YOU WILL BE COUNTED AS ENEMY AND KILLED.
KC_Tripolitania
Tripoli: “30 civilians killed in Shreem Street by snipers.” #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO has struck what remained of #Gaddafi filthat #Mitiga Air Force Base
#Tripoli: Libyana mobile network company in the hands of #Freedomfighters
#TRIPOLI: BURN #LIBYA STATE TV BUILDING TO THE GROUND NOW! LET NO ONE LEAVE THE BUILDING! #Feb17
An advance party "from Misrata reached Tripoli this dawn by sea and joined Tripoli rebels. Military spokesman Abdullah Melitan told AFP
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Janzour: #Misrata #Freedomfighters have started arriving w/ needed weapons & ammo supplies. Reports 300 #FF arrived so far. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers on top of #Algalaa Maternity Hospital maps.google.com/maps?q=algalaa… #Libya #Feb17
#SierraLeone CARGO SHIP “DELPHINA” now departing port #Tripoli #Libya running away to #Gabes #Tunisia.
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” now running away from port #Tripoli #Libya. Rats jumping a sinking ship.
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “KURUOGLU 3” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET.
#Moldova FERRY “FEHIM BEY” has departed #Misrata #Libya en route back to #Benghazi. ETA: 2011-08-22 11:00 (UTC) #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 34.33547˚/26.26162˚running weapons shipment for #Gaddafi from #Iskederun to #Sfax #Tunisia.
#Tripoli: Confirmed: #Freedomfighters have taken control of #Gaddafi’s house in #Araada.
#Tripoli: #BenAshoor: #Freedomfighters freed 40 prisoners & took a number of weapons from a building on Ben Ashoor road
#Tripoli: #Freedomfighters have seized the military barracks at the Western Gate.
#TUNISIA signed the Rome Accords early this year. Obligated to arrest ALL #Gaddafi members w/ ICC criminal charges in country. #
Unconfirmed: #Gaddafi is hiding in the #Venezuela embassy in #Tripoli PLZ CALL him on +218-21-360-0407 +218-21-360-0409 #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
AIRSTRIKE REQUESTED ON #VENEZUELA EMBASSY IN #TRIPOLI. BELIEVED CURRENT LOCATION OF #GADDAFI.
Marcosvel
rebels should take vzla embassy in custody an secure the documents there, vzla its dangerous for libian freedom, im from vzla
LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi TV says it’s broadcasting live from #Sirte, not #Tripoli. Is this the End? Hope so.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Freedomfighters have taken #Gaddafi’s “27 Base” and seized a large store of weapons
#Libya #Freedomfighters make formal request for #NATO to deploy Apache helicopters to assist fighters in assault on #Tripoli
#Tripoli: FINALLY #NATO jets over city now
malik
Ammuntion replenishments 4 the starved have arrived- check 4 the “Friday Store” after sunset
AJE: Evacuation boat shot at and denied access to #Tripoli; unable to help fleeing foreign nationals.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore OIL TANKER “WARWICK” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-22 23:00 (UTC). #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” 35.89704˚/14.94537˚ now departing #Malta for dest. #Tartous #Syria. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli call: in Ben-ashoor building called 3imara Bin Hassan has snipers, we need Apache helicopters to shoot them"
MUST READ:
Times Union
Libyan rebels capture major base defending capital
AP
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels captured a major military base that defends Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold of Tripoli as clashes and protests raged in the streets of the capital on Sunday.
As Associated Press reporter with the rebels rapidly advancing toward Tripoli saw them take over the base of the Khamis Brigade, 16 miles west of the capital. After a brief gunbattle, Gadhafi’s forces fled.
Gadhafi’s 27-year-old son Khamis commands the 32nd Brigade, also known simply as the Khamis Brigade, one of the best trained and equipped units in the Libyan military.
Inside the base, hundreds of rebels cheered wildly and danced, raising the rebel flag on the front gate of a large, gray wall enclosing the compound. They seized large
stores of weapons from the base, driving away with truckloads of whatever arms they could get their hands on. One of the rebels carried off a tube of grenades, while another carted off two mortars.
Read more:
www.timesunion.com/news/article/Libyan-...
Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli FF want Bab Al Azaziyah Walls Down
SMILE:
weddady
When Gaddafi get’s to the gates of hell, the angel asks him: “Facebook as well?” Gaddafi says: “no, Aljazeera” #Libya
Ahmed
#Tripoli: getting news that Bab Alzyzia has 2 tanks, 2 Trucks mounted with 14.5mm antiaircraft guns & a couple of armed men..#Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Libya State TV asking citizens to use their roofs to snipe #Freedomfighters. BURN STATE TV BUILDING TO THE GROUND.
#Tripoli: Confirmed: #Freedomfighters have captured the Khamis Brigade headquarters.
#Tripoli: The 27km bridge E. of city currently very active with #Freedomfighters
#Tripoli: Freedom Flag raised over deserted #Hungary Embassy.
#Gwaleesh: #Freedomfighters have begun their attack against #Gaddafi filth
#Tripoli: Hundreds of #Freedomfighter cars stream into Khamis base in #Maia, taking weapons and celebrating
#Tripoli: #SouqAlThalat: Reports of large numbers of #Gaddafi filth.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
So many brave stories I am hearing from our youth in #Tripoli on to defend their positions to liberate the city. I am so proud of them
Tractors were used to bring sand to block roads in Souk Al Juma last night, so all roads are blocked
I am constatnly talking to family in Souk Al Juma, they say things are in their hands
Brian_Whit Brian Whitaker
We’ll know it’s over when Moussa Ibrahim disappears.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi TV is running normal programmes as if nothing is happening while youth in #Tripoli are revolting against 41 yrs of tyranny. #Libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi forces losing in every sense as the youth of #Tripoli came out in masses to liberate the city.
By the way, the youth of #Tripoli came out last night unarmed to liberate the city. #Libya
Zawara is liberated according to @AlArabiya_Brk
Tweeting Tripoli
The shelling have started once again. It is heavy now
Gaddafi shelling Tripoli 4:30AM this morning, also can hear sniper gun fire:
Shelling is on again, so I am off to a safer place.
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – Reports that #Tripoli FF have released thousands from alJdayda Prison.
AJE – Fighting going on 10KM outside #Zliten. Negotiations going on, trying to get surrender.
A Free Libyan
Werfalli – “When #Tajoura FF released prisoners, there were 20 women amongst them. They were from the freed cities.” #Libya #Feb17 #Tripoli
#3words #LIBYA IS FREE. #3words #GADDAFI WILL LOSE.
Tawasul News Agency – FF attempting to take State TV. Pray for their success.
Sky News – BREAKING – CONFIRMED – 200 FF from #Misrata reached #Tripoli via sea. Just had to give more confirmation to it!
Crawford – No sign at all of NATO activity in the western entrance or around the areas we’ve covered.
Crawford – The aim is push push push and get as far as possible, preferably into #Tripoli
lourdesgnavarro Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Just came back from main khames base in Maia. Nato bombed it, the rebels have taken it and are now taking weapons. #libya #tripoli
#nato bombing was key to taking Khames base in Maia. Rebels are streaming to front, they are now only miles away from Tripoli.
rebels say #gadhafi forces ran away from Maia, main defensive line #tripoli now broken #libya. But the fight for the capital will be tough
LPC #BenAshour BenAmoura Mosque is saying Takber Libya flag waving on top of Absulsalam Hamuda House and there is no Tanks there at all
Unconfirmed – Reports that #BenAshour, Tripoli, is now free of Gaddafi forces.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Most Govt Officials evacuate Rixos Hotel
The Dictator
BREAKING: Nafousa f fighters have reached Janzour.
Wefaq #Libya: f fighters of #Misrata on the outskirts of #Khoms, last stop on their road to Tripoli.
Hay Alandalous relatively quiet, clashes in Almokhtar Street.
AJA: Thousands of political prisoners rescued by f fighters from Jdaida prison in Tripoli
Death toll in Gorji, Tripoli, at 13.
Reports that f fighters have seized Aisha Gaddafi’s house near Assagaa Mosque
Free Libya
My cousin put the freedom flag on Al Mukknne mosque in benashoor Tripoli Allahu akbar
LIBYA TRIPOLI
My brother just called from Souk Al Ajuma who said most of #Tripoli is free of #Gaddafi forces
My freed retalives joined the freedom fighters after meeting their parents.
ALEX CRAWFORD IS LIVE AT THE 27KM GATE – AT THE KHAMEES BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS. TRIPOLI’S WEST DEFENSE HAS FALLEN t.co/R3FByVO
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=314678&i...
BREAKING – AlManara – Zawiat alDahmani and alNoofliyeen is under FF control.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya DawnMermaid FF r negotiating the surrender of last G brigade holding Mitiga airbase in tripoli expect FF to take it today!!
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Calls of Takbeer from Abuhajar Mosque, Noufleein. Security from Aisha Gaddafi’s
compound still not surrendering.
Explosions in Ben ashour, not NATO. Heavy exchange of gunfire. Black smoke rising.
Aisha Gaddafi compound has been breached. Reports of at least two security killed & two martyrs. Takbeer is deafening.
Fughi compound surrounded in Ben ashour near Aldhul street, Fierce resistence from within
Free Libya Now
Reports that one of Gadafi sons is hiding at a House belongs to son of Ibraheem Al Ghwaeel near French School in Hay al Andalus.
Danya
A VERY BIG THANK YOU &reminder that we do APPERICATE the support all the non-Libyans are giving us over the past 6 months amazing
Free Libya Now
Saad Masoud a Gadafi thug is surrounded inside Mayteega airbase in Tajoura #Libya
Reports are coming from #Brega that Gadafi Militias have withdrawn from Industrial section of oil hub.
For the last 2 hours there is difficulty connecting to Libyana & Madar phones in #Tripoli
Reports of Gadafi being at the Venezuella Embassy in #Tripoli @chavezcandanga is that true Chavez?
Khamees base in al Maya area is under the control of Tripoli FF’s, weapons recovered by FF’s. Location was bombed by NATO earlier this week.
East of Tripoli all the way to Dahra area is under the control of FF’s, aided by Misurata fighters landed by sea last night & this morning.
Tripoli International Airport has Independance flag raised
Hadba Khadra FF’s have cut 3rd ring road indefinately, fighting ensued with Gadafi Militias near Rixos hotel few meters from Khadra Hospital
Kucinich, US Congressman calls for an end to fighting in Libya.
Gadafi government officials have officially left Rixos hotel.
Sirte is witnessing the largest evacuation of civilians ever. Cars heading south fill the roads.
k_thos k kim
Google Map #Tripoli with 27 Base (Al Maya) noted w links to reports on the ground. goo.gl/iGdkC #libya #feb17
Free Libya Now
Liberating Tripoli is a matter of hours, all indications say that Gadafi thugs will not stand for long, population is determined supports FF
Gadafi regime elements are looking to rescue themselves, most left to hide
Gadafi is speaking on TV right now as we speak, very frantic.
Gadafi says he is afraid Tripoli will burn.
Gadafi said he will fight till the last blood & he fears Tripoli will be filled with blood. destroyed. Very brief speech
Gadafi says he will not relinquish power will eventually win. Reminder of Hitler. He is preparing his end. watch that.
#Gadafi say he will go down with people to fight on the streets with the millions
FF’s coming from out of Tripoli are advancing towards the city, said to be 12 Km away from the city convoys are west & south of #Tripoli
Gadafi indirectly threats to Burn Tripoli
He is up to no good. Yesterday & today speach says alot about him using unconventional weapon type, threatens to burn #Tripoli.
#Tripoli FF’s Joned with incoming FF’s from Zawiya have entered Janzour already & securing thier path towards Tripoli downtown LPC. #Libya
Abdallah Sanoussi & his sons have fled to south Libya an area called Shwatref. While Hawaeej finance minister fo Gadafi to Nafousa Mountains
On the ground reports say FF’s have arrived to Janzour & already spreading inside Tripoli. ghot Al Shaal Area & Gargaresh.
TV is near Sareem street thats why there so many casuality there. #Libya
Shamam on Libya Free TV, Gaddafi may have spoken near the Libyan/Algerian border, we will verify later
Shamam: I can verify that the Libyana mobile phone company is under the FF control.
Shamam: Verifies Zawia street in #Tripoli is liberated including the Istikbarat building. Also verified that Tripoli Airport is Liberated.
Shamam, I can verify that VERY high ranking Gaddafi officers have defected, we will declare their names at a later time
Rubicon
Though the price was high…best possible solution, for Tripoli FF to free as much as they can first, so no one can question their right!
But THEY ARE NEARLY THERE..FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM MOUNTAIN, NEARLY THERE…ALLAH AKBUR ALLAH AKBUR WA LILLAH EL7AMD #TRIPOLI #MermaidDawn
On the very fringes…on the very fringes of #TRIPOLI its coming to a close…finally coming to a close #Libya #MermaidDawn #TRIPOLI
Libyano Tripoliano
Call to BenAshoor: Youth of Ben Ashoor and Fashloom joining together and have found plenty of weapons. MANY YOUTHS ARMED #TRIPOLI #Libya
Free Libya Now
Abdullah Senussi is on Air: Sarkozy when came to libya he was trying to get me free of the accusations of downing UTA plane.
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Takbeer in Ain Zara #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
Gaddafi portrait opposite to Aisha Gaddafi’s compound in Noufleen has been removed, replaced with independence Flag #Tripoli
Free Libya
all FF head for #Rixos take out #Abdullah #sennousi and co. #tripoli #libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Apparently Abdalluh Sansousi was at Rixos this afternoon and spoke to journos. So he’s still alive.
Jon Williams
Diplomats turn up at journo hotel in Tripoli. A few of embassies remaining in #Libya had contingency plans to move to Rixos if regime fell..
Anaya
Journalists had white sheets on which is written “TV” to indicate their presence at the #Rixos and avoid being targeted #Tripoli LeMonde
Tweeting Tripoli
Here is the Rixos (Hotel California) in relation to where FF are engaged with Gaddafi’s thugs: img853.imageshack.us/img853/8369/ri…
mchancecnn:
Controlled panic in the #Rixos. All journos wearing body armor moving into what will hopefully will be safe room.
Hélène Brunel
#Rixos : G men fired eastside in front of the hotel ; reporters hung white sheets written “Press” not 2 b targeted bit.ly/oP1RNE
Timeline today:
Le Monde
Libye : suivez la bataille de Tripoli en direct
L’ancien bras droit de Mouammar Kadhafi, Abdel Salam Djalloud, désormais rallié à la rébellion, estime que le “guide” libyen serait renversé dans les dix jours qui viennent. S’exprimant à la Rai, Djalloud a déclaré que le régime tomberait “cette semaine, au plus dans les dix prochains jours, peut-être même moins”.
Les combats qui ont éclaté dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche à Tripoli ont fait 376 morts et un millier de blessés, selon un membre de l’administration de Mouammar Kadhafi ayant requis l’anonymat.
Précision : il ne s’agit pas de la “brigade Khamis” mais de la bridage de Khamis Kadhafi, l’un des fils du dictateur
Les rebelles de l’Ouest sont entrés dans Tripoli, rapporte l’Agence France presse.
Plus de détails du journaliste de l’AFP qui se trouve à l’hôtel Rixos : "Les membres de la direction de l’hôtel ainsi que son chef, de nationalité suisse, ont quitté l’établissement. Ce dernier a affirmé que les employés avaient reçu des appels téléphoniques de personnes menaçant de prendre d’assaut l’hôtel parce qu’il y héberge des officiels.
Quelques représentants du régime se trouvent à l’hôtel et d’autres ne sont pas joignables. Des gardes armés et des employés, en nombre réduit, s’y trouvent toujours. Les journalistes ont reçu des laissez-passer de l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) en vue d’une éventuelle évacuation par mer. Une équipe de l’OIM présente à l’hôtel a demandé une liste des journalistes présents. Plusieurs routes principales de la capitale sont fermées par les rebelles selon des témoins et personne n’ose s’aventurer dans la rue pour le moment."
Selon Reuters, dans leur progression vers Tripoli, les rebelles se sont emparés d’une caserne de la brigade Khamis, réputée être la mieux entraînée du pays.
Traduction :“Tous les journalistes portent des gilets pare-balles, se déplacent vers ce qui devrait être une pièce sûre”
De violents affrontements à l’arme légère ont lieu près de l’hôtel abritant la presse dans le centre de Tripoli, selon un journaliste de l’AFP sur place. Des hommes fidèles au colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, armés de kalachnikov, sont postés devant l’hôtel Rixos et tirent en direction de l’est, probablement vers des rebelles. Les journalistes ont sorti des draps blancs sur lesquels est écrit “TV” pour indiquer leur présence à l’hôtel et éviter d’être pris pour cible.
Martine Aubry, a affirmé dimanche voir “avec plaisir les rebelles entrer dans Tripoli”. “C’est avec plaisir que nous voyons les rebelles entrer dans Tripoli, la capitale où ils auraient pu entrer plus tôt, si la communauté internnationale s’était mobilisée plus tôt comme je l’avais demandé”, a-t-elle déclaré lors de l’émission BFMTV-2012-Le Point-RMC sur BFMTV.
La télévision de la rébellion libyenne assure que le drapeau rebelle a été planté sur l’aéroport international cet après-midi
Rixos -The hotel manager said he’s recd calls from angry rebels threatening to charge the hotel to capture gvt’s spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim
AFP: Fierce clashes outside Rixos Hotel, Tripoli right now
LibyanStateTV:
We are asking our Journalist friends at the Rixos to please stay in the locked room in the basement until the disturbances end. #libya
Heavy clashes near Rixos hotel after departure of Abdullah Senussi from hotel. AFP
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Govt sources: 65000 Gadhafi troops ready to defend Tripoli #CNN #Libya #Tripoli
Officials in Tripoli: Warning of a massacre unless fighting stops.
Govt officials: We are already hearing reports of many casualties from the fighting so far. More later
Govt officials: Eastern suburbs of capital are out government control and in rebel hands
Most Govt Officials evacuate Rixos Hotel
Govt officials: 376 people dead in Tripoli clashes
Govt source tells CNN he did not want to give figure earlier because it made it look like the govt was losing control.
No we do not feel safe. Heavy gunfire outside the hotel. fingers crossed
Controlled panic in the #Rixos. All journos wearing body armor moving into what will hopefully will be safe room #CNN #Libya
Armed loyalists raise green Gadhafi flag in #Rixos Hotel Lobby
Int’l Journos grouping together frantically trying to work out safest options as heavy gunfire crackles outside
Palm Maple
I watched Fox News journalist.talking 2 SkyNews saying that he talked 2 him in person @ Rixos & asked him if Gd’fi in Tripoli
Nahla
We need more media backup in #Tripoli. About 20 journalists left Rixos.
Sarah
Rixos Revolution. Buckle Up. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
JeffreyKofman:
Just spoke with a journalist at the Rixos. About 20 left. Hotel staff and minders have abandoned them. Constant gunfire. Very worrisome.
Tweeting Tripoli
Hadba (Batata area) is up and on full swing. I was just speaking to a relative there. But says Daffy’s tanks are on the streets.
Batata area is very close to #Rixos, by the way. Hold on Journos, FF will liberate you so that you can do proper reporting from #Tripoli.
Guys who know #Tripoli please tweet co-ords. for Batata farm in Hadba, my net is very slow and can’t open GE. There is a tank hiding there.
A friend just been to Soug Aljoma and back. He said no sight of Gaddafi’s thugs on the way. He met with relatives and seen our Flags up.
Mohamed
Received news from #Tripoli that my mother’s cousin was shot and killed on his balcony in #Tajoura. He was 21 years old.
1000s of prisoners have been released today and some already joined the freedom fighters to free the city. #Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Fixer tells me Libyan radio is broadcasting appeals to rebels to back down. Sounds pretty desperate stuff
libyanandproud
this is Surreal i got a call from inside #Gaddafi’s house !!! LMAAAAO
FF have entered the #Gaddafi residence in Aldull Street, captured 2 Mortars , 6 mercs killed. #Feb17 #Libya #Tripol call from TRIPOLI !
Free Libya
I can’t debunk any rumours, but my family in BenAshoor is partying like it’s 1951
A former Maya prisoner freed by FF in #Tripoli
ALARABIYA: Mohamed Hwayj #Gaddafi Finance minister escaped to #Nafusa
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Libyan govt official says fighting in Tripoli last night killed 376 and injured 1,000 on both sides
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, More opposition fighters being sent to the front line as they push closer to #Tripoli,
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
AFP: NATO says the Gaddafi regime is “crumbling” before our eyes
LPC #Tripoli Breaking: residents of Ghot El Shaal West say that they can see advancing opposition fighters now.
Alex Crawford- We are 1 KM away from Tripoli and we’ve met NO resistance so far
libyanandproud
HAY DIMASHQ IS BEING MASSACRED ! That is right across from the #Rixos ! Thats why media thinks FF attacking hotel !
AJA: Am watching revolutionaries walk into Tripoli suburbs, chanting, happy and apparently unopposed #
Hayat
Guys with family and friends in #Sabha #Hun and #Waddan GET CALLING the phone are back online! Thank God! #
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! Gaddafi forces attack #Zwara from the western area
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
FFS FROM MOUNTAINS HAVE ENTERED TRIPOLI,,, ALLAH AKBAR
Gaddafi government can’t send SMS to Libyans no more
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF have entered #Ashia #Gaddafi’s house, took good amount of weapons & 4×4 cars. Confirmed
BREAKING : Freedom #Libya Army has entered #TRIPOLI from a third and fourth entrance
BREAKING!
Abu Saleem prison guards are freeing the detained ff’s
hominoid
Now it is time !!!!!!! coming up FREE LIBYA
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #GMATA IS FREE. G Troops ran away! They are en route to #AlKhums. The eastern front is also on the move!! Sandwich?
BREAKING – #GMATA IS FREE. The coastal highway up to #AlKhums is FREE. LIONS
Aseel Tajouri on AJA : Morale is high in spite of shelling and shooting which is continuing
AJA LPC from Maytiga base: Caller said the revolutionaries are conducting themselves in the highest moral standards unlike Gaddafi’s men
hominoid
Former Minister Accuses Seif al-Islam of Mismanagement of Libyan Funds
Libya In Me
AJA Correspondent: Most areas in Tripoli are now free… Gaddafi’s men retreating to Bab Al-Azaiziyah
Triplino
Call from #TripoliPrisoners was in #jadida prison to confirm that they have escaped and he called from home #Tripoli
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Just been on Aljazeera International english they r keeping me for the 7.00pm london time 1800gmt news as well!
Aja
Luxury Yacht has left Tripoli early this morning, no info who is on board or where it was going
Alex
What chance has Gaddafi possibly got of surviving this onslaught? – when his best equipped military unit – the ‘feared’ Khamis Brigade – cannot even defend their own HQ!
SKY – KHAMMIS BRIGADE LOSE BARRACKS!
“Libyan rebels have seized a major military base defending Tripoli, as the fight for the capital intensifies.
Reports suggested the fighters had captured the base of the Khamis Brigade, 16 miles west of the capital.
It is said to be one of the best trained and equipped units in the Libyan military.”
news.sky.com/home/article/16053951
TRIPOLI SLANDER: I’m getting sick of the media ‘s patronizing nonsense – from fruitcakes like NabilaRamdan – & various other UK & USA so called ME ’experts’ – that for some reason the people of Tripoli – don’t have the will or capacity to restore order to their city – once the tyrant is deposed – and the conflict is over.
Take a look at Benghazi civil society since liberation.
Boy scouts directing traffic – teenagers cleaning streets – mothers preparing community meals – policemen and civil servants turning up for work even if not always paid – parents forming education committees for their children – citizens establishing charities to provide food, housing, and medical services for displaced African and Arabic foreign workers stranded in the city during the uprising – intellectuals forming political and philosophical discussion groups – newspapers and media outlets opening up like there’s 42 years of lost expression to make up for!there is.
And all this ‘civilization’ has happened – during a major military conflict – in which the city’s very existence was under threat – by the massive military might of Gaddafi goons and Regime contract killers.
Is there something about the citizens of the nation’s capital – regarded by Libya people themselves – as among the most innovative and energetic in the country – that sets them apart from Benghazi citizens? – that dictates that they could not replicate the stable, secure, and commendable civil society of the East Libya cities?
The experience of Iraq – has no logical or probative bearing on Libya.
The only foreign army in Libya is the collective of paid contract killers Saif Gaddafi imported from African and Eastern European countries – and most of them are now dead or imprisoned – or are soon about to be.
Moreover the USA had no prepared occupation plans for Iraq – whereas the NTC have already published a detailed blueprint for re-establishing order in Tripoli – including co-opting the existing Tripoli police and lower ranks of the Regime – to maintain order during the interregnum between the fall of the dictator – and the election of a new
democratic Government.
There is nothing to warrant this slander against the character and social and intellectual capacity of the citizens of the nations capital.
Its just lazy, ignorant, ill informed, journalism – to overlook these facts – to refuse to accept the reality of the video and print evidence below – and I for one have had enough of it!
“Libya explores Open Media”: ENGLISH VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj62PNOigBc
“The Women of Benghazi” ENGLISH VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SaSjAzz_6E
Check out these Benghazi citizens forming a medical magazine – do they look like #AlQueda operatives to you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrtzlkyYuE
“Benghazi Boy Scouts help fill the wartime vacuum”: English VOA article:
www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Ben...
“School’s out for Libyan children of the revolution”:
www.dawn.com/2011/05/12/schools-out-for... ENGLISH NEWS REPORT
AlexCrawfordSky – also confirms that the ever energetic FF – have “totally rand stacked” the liberated Khamis Brigade Barracks – helping themselves to massive supplies of weapons and ammo – so that the Barracks have now been cleaned out.
Don’t U just love – AlexCrawfordSky – she’s at the Khamis Barracks just outside of Tripoli – and is now displaying an Intelligence manual – in which all the names of the Gaddafi mercenaries are listed – plus the names of all local protestors.
Most of the Barracks files have been seized by the FF intact – so will be a treasure trove of evidence – for @IntlCrimCou ICC
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT ‘RATS’ Saif? – “#BabAlAzizya Barrack is lightly defended as Gaddafi forces are melting away and expect it to be stormed by FF soon!!”
Why do SKY – use the moronic NabilaRamdan – their in-house HalaMisrata – as a so called ME ‘expert’.
She still spouts bullsh** about “rebels being AlQueda” – that even Gaddafi & Saif – or HALA herself for that matter- don’t bother to trot out any more.
Alex
Time to take a bath Muammar – U are just about to meet your maker. Gaddafi
Sameh
I have unshaken confidence in our #Misrata F Fighters who r haunting down snipers now in #Tripoli, I have seen their outstanding abilities.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Moral is so high in #Tripoli now and freedom is nearer than ever.
The BBC team on the road west of Tripolii have confirmed that the key military Khamis Brigade barracks is under rebel control.
LibyanYouthMovement
As Matiga military air base is under the full control of Freedom Fighters, FF now move to capture Tripoli International Airport
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli #LC Sister of my best friend had been kidnapped held 3 days Found i hospital = a psych. wreck Wont talk cries nonstop ;( Libya
Tripoli Sister of my best friend was held 3 days and raped by 3guys Kidnapped on street when she left her job in hospita
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Mashallah, my relatives are all liberated too today, from Jdaida abd Abuslaim
Emo
Senussi on Aljazeera
Senussi is still resilient. He promises victory
I’m so happy. Senussi is still in #Tripoli. And Mousa Ibrahim…it’s gonna be an unforgettable night
I’m disappointed. I had confirmation Senussi speech was recorded 2 weeks ago!
Free Libya
Following thugs who were based in BenAshoor, ALL GONE: Amar Altayif, Salah Ibrahim, AlBukhari Hoda, Saeed Oudieat, Bu Na3ama,
More reports that the video of Abdullah senussi is recorded and he might have fled like it was reported earlier.
Advice from Benghazi: People of Tripoli stay home and avoid rooms and windows which face the streets .. AntiAircraft bullets can cross walls.
KenRoth Kenneth Roth
Libya Al Ahrar, run from rebel Benghazi, is broadcasting 1-min ads highlighting Geneva Convention standards, eg, don’t mistreat detainees.
Free Libya Now
Reports of large numbers of mercenaries leaving barracks in Wadi Al Rabee area moving north.
There are strong indication that Gadafi still have comand & control over some elements, mostly mercenaries. They have moved from barracks.
It is important to not underestimate Gadafi. he is capable & a survivor. he might have
some thing hidden beneath. Wait & see
English Libya TV
France salutes freedom fighters, reaffirms support
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute today to Libyan freedom fighters battling Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in and around the capital Tripoli and reaffirmed France’s full support for their cause.
“At the moment when decisive events are taking place in the Tripoli region, in Tripoli itself, and elsewhere in Libya, the president salutes the courage of the rebel fighters and of the Libyan people who are rising up,” Sarkozy’s office said.
“He assures them once more of the full support of France to achieve the liberation of their country from oppression and dictatorship,” it said in a statement.
Revolutionaries have battled their way to within about 25 km (16 miles) of Tripoli’s western edge to help fighters in the city who rose up overnight declaring a final showdown. Gaddafi dismissed them as “rats” and said he would not yield.
France spearheaded the West’s military intervention in Libya and was the first foreign power to reject Gaddafi and formally recognise the revolutionaries, whose latest advance appeared to signal the decisive phase in a bloody six-month conflict.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9495
Jalloud says fall of Gaddafi imminient
Muammar Gaddafi’s former right-hand man, Abdel Salam Jalloud, who has defected to the oppositions’ side, said today that Gaddafi would be toppled within ten days at most.
Speaking on Italy’s Rai News, Jalloud said the regime would be finished “within a week, at the latest 10 days, maybe even less.”
Jalloud was a member of the junta that staged a 1969 coup bringing Gaddafi to power, and was seen as the North African oil producer state’s second in command before falling out of Gaddafi’s favor in the 1990s.
An oppostion spokesman said on Friday Jalloud had defected to revolutionary-held territory, and Italy’s Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa confirmed today that he was
on Italian soil.
It was unclear how close Jalloud was to Gaddafi’s regime after the 1990s, when he reportedly was stripped of his passport and put under government surveillance following a disagreement with Gaddafi.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9500
Libyan revolutionaries capture major base defending capital
Libyan revolutionaries captured a major military base that defends Moammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli as clashes and protests raged in the streets of the capital today. The tide of the 6-month-old civil war appeared to be turning quickly against the leader of more than four decades.
As Associated Press reporter with the revolutionaries rapidly advancing toward Tripoli saw them take over the base of the Khamis Brigade, 16 miles west of the capital. After a brief gunbattle, Gadhafi’s forces fled what was once a major symbol of the regime’s power.
Gadhafi’s 27-year-old son Khamis commands the 32nd Brigade, also known simply as the Khamis Brigade, one of the best trained and equipped units in the Libyan military.
Inside the base, hundreds of freedom fighters cheered wildly and danced, raising the revolutionary flag on the front gate of a large, gray wall enclosing the compound. They seized large stores of weapons, driving away with truckloads of whatever arms they could get their hands on. One of the revolutionaries carried off a tube of grenades, while another carted off two mortars.
Ahmed al-Ajdal, 27, a fighter from Tripoli, was loading up a truck with ammunition.
“This is the wealth of the Libyan people that he was using against us,” he said, pointing to his haul. “Now we will use it against him and any other dictator who goes against the Libyan people.”
Mahmoud al-Ghwei, 20 and unarmed, aid he had just came along with a friend for the ride into Tripoli with the advancing force.
“It’s a great feeling. For all these years, we wanted freedom and Gaddafi kept it from us. Now we’re going to get rid of Gaddafi and get our freedom,” he said.
Inside the large, open compound filled with eucalyptus trees were three gigantic wooden crates labeled “Libyan Armed Forces.” They were loaded with large-caliber ammunition for anti-aircraft guns.
The revolutionaries were busy loading two huge trucks with boxes full of ammunition. One carried armfuls of RPGs.
The revolutionaries were chanting: “We are coming for you, frizz-head.”
In Tripoli, there was a second day of widespread clashes between what the opposition called “sleeping cells” of revolutionaries who are rising up and Gadhafi loyalists. There were also large anti-government protests.
Revolutionaries said last night that they had launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO and gunbattles and mortar rounds rocked the city. NATO aircraft also made heavier than usual bombing runs after nightfall, with loud explosions booming across the city.
Today, more heavy machine gun fire and explosions rang out across the capital.
“We are scared and staying in our houses, but the younger boys are going out to protect our homes,” said a woman who spoke to The Associated Press by telephone from the pro-revolutionary Tripoli neighborhood of Bin Ashour. She spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. She said a neighbor’s son was shot dead on Saturday night by Gadhafi troops as he tried to protect his street with a group of rebel youth.
Nuri al-Zawi, another resident of Bin Ashour, told the AP by phone that the revolutionaries were using light arms to protect their streets, and in some cases were using only their bodies to fend off the Gaddafi troops riding in pickup trucks.
“We are used to this situation now. We are a city that is cut off from the world now,” he said.
The residents reported clashes in neighborhoods all over Tripoli as well as the city’s Mitiga military airport. They said they heard loud explosions and exchanges in of gunfire in the Fashloum, Tajoura and Bin Ashour neighborhoods. Residents and opposition fighters also reported large anti-regime protests in those same neighborhoods. In some of them, thousands braved the bullets of snipers perched atop high buildings.
Mukhtar Lahab, a revolutionary commander closing in on Tripoli and a former captain in Gaddafi’s army, said his relatives inside the capital reported mass protests in four neighborhoods known as sympathetic to the opposition: Fashloum, Souk al-Jouma, Tajoura and Janzour. He said mosques there were rallying residents with chants of “Allahu Akbar” or “God is great,” broadcast on loudspeakers.
At the same time, hundreds of freedom fighters in pickup trucks and even some on foot were moving full speed toward the capital from the west. It was those rebels who captured the Khamis Brigade base.
As town after town fell and Gaddafi forces melted away, the mood turned euphoric. Some shouted: “We are getting to Tripoli tonight.” Others were shooting in the air, honking horns and yelling “Allahu Akbar.”
Rebel Murad Dabdoub told the AP that Gaddafi’s forces were pounding rebel positions west of the city with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire.
“We are not going back. God willing, this evening we will enter Tripoli,” said Issam Wallani, another rebel.
An AP reporter in Tripoli, meanwhile, said many of the staff at the Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are staying did not show up for work on Sunday, a development that suggests residents were too frightened to venture out.
“There are thousands and thousands of soldiers who are willing to defend the city,” Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told a news conference in Tripoli. He accused the revolutionaries of committing atrocities in areas under their control and appealed for a cease-fire.
He warned of “disasters” if Gadhafi’s regime falls.
NATO said the shifting battle lines and concentration of fighting in towns and villages are making it more difficult to identify and engage targets for airstrikes.
“It’s much tougher to do in an urban area,” he said. “This requires very precise and deep intelligence to achieve without endangering the civilian population.”
In Dubai, Libya’s new rebel-allied ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, urged stepped up NATO air attacks over Tripoli, including the use of helicopter gunships.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9481
Michael
My Intel asset from Miserata was raped for 2 days, has been helping me for 5 months. A true patriot.
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI FF 10km from center now Gaddafi feeling the heat #Libya Rixos Hotelminders abandoned Journos so they can now join the fun #Libya
PhilipTerzian Philip Terzian
My friend Ann Marlowe will presumably be liberating Tripoli tomorrow (along with the rebels) …
LPC part of FF now speaking from Ghout Shaal region Libya TV.
LPC from #Tripoli Libya TV: Can hear Takbir in Ghout Shaal region.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya Mitiga air base now under FF control, next target is tripoli international airport once captured G can’t fly out of tripoli
Shalgam: Gadafi & his sons planning to flee #Libya via Chador #Niger with large amounts of cash & gold with help of #Mosad person
FromJoanne Joanne
Tel call from Tripoli to Skynews Saif al Islam Gaddafi is a PRISONER IN RIXOS HOTEL
ProudLibyan
AlexCrawfordSky is now in Tripoli, she is with the FF, she will free her fellow journalists at the Rixios :))
FF are now in Tripoli are in Ghout Shaal, GirGarish and the Saree3 roads on their way to Tripoli downtown (10 minute drive).
Please remain level headed, it is still to early, we know victory is assured, but we are praying for minimum casualties.
Electricity now back on in #Tripoli.
The Arab Spring will be reborn today, It was in the ICU for 6 months now it is out today ready to live again.
HalaGorani Hala Gorani
Thinking of all my colleagues in Tripoli and elsewhere in #Libya today. Stay safe.
Danya
Hai al andalus streets full of people chanting allahu akbar!!! everyone is outside welcoming our heroes from #NAFOUSA allahuakbr #TRIPOLI
on skype with my cousin in TRIPOLI everyone is screaaaming allahuakabr! i can hearrr them all saying allahuakabr
fcukruna
#ALLAHUAKBAR !!!! Dr Reda Mazagri who was abducted by #GADDAFI forces in march is now being Liberated and safe in #TRIPOLI
Hafed
For the 1st time in 32 years, I can begin to actually imagine I may be seeing my city of birth, #Tripoli, without being arrested
#libya — From the bottom of my heart, I want to say THANK YOU #Qatar #UAE — you are TRUE brothers & Sisters
LPC from AJA: Gaddafi troops shelled residents buildings in Janzour, thankfully no deaths.
NATO: The Gaddafi regime is crumbling before our eyes
ProudLibyan
Called family in #Tripoli, they are very happy, very high spirits, praying for the youth and martyrs. #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
The spirits are sky rocketing high in #Tripoli. Looks like as predicted, mass surrender is coming up. Yippeeeeee
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Safe to announce that @Tripoli_Latest is in fact @Niz_FGM from The Free Generation Movement.Niz & team remained in #Tripoli the entire time.
Mortar Fire is being heard in Ain Zara #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Cairo apologizes officially for receiving any members of the #Gaddafi family.
dovenews:
BREAKING! #FF have freed 5000 political prisoners from #Algadyda prison
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
TNC leader Shamam: #Gaddafi’s last phone call has been traced to the #Algeria Border!
If #Algeria is found to be harboring #Gaddafi then country should be declared a terrorist state w/ full #UN sanctions/UN removal
#Tripoli: Hannibal’s #Gaddafi’s office in #BenAshoor is also under the control of #Freedomfighters.
#Freedomfighters at Khamis base in #Maia found files of mercs hired to fight & details
of names who protested in #Zawiya.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: I CALL ON #FREEDOMFIGHTERS TO INVADE #LIBYA STATE TV NOW! ALL STAFF TO BE EXECUTED, NO SURVIVORS, NO MORE #GADDAFI BROADCASTS.
These would not be revenge killings, one puts down rabid animals.
Michael
Redundant transmitter at Sirte, control shifted by routing switcher,
FromJoanne Joanne
Convoy swept in Rixos: #Saadi + #Saif + #Senussi walked in #Rixos Hotel #TRIPOLI Now they cant Leave #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Opposition fighters entered #Tripoli … We hear the sound of explosions inside the Libyan capital
Tweeting Tripoli
FF reached Syahya, western entrance of Tripoli.
If there are no snipers to hinder FF’s advance, then they could reach Bab Al-Azyzia in 30 min
ProudLibyan
Libya, I love every inch of you, I love your good and kind ppl. I love these historic moments
libyanandproud
The FLA have all of Girgarish . Starting from Syahya to Hay Andalus , including Coast ! ALLAH AKBAR !!
Alex
#Tripoli #FF have commandeered the home – of #Aisha #Gaddafi – the despot’s daughter – who publicly on called for the execution of any #Libya people who did not support her father.
Hope she doesn’t expect them to take their boots off – when they cross her drawing room carpet.
The Dictator
Freedom fighters are now as Hay Alandalus, Tripoli.
Libyana network building was one of the first targets yesterday so that communications aren’t cut.
Alex Crawford: There is no support for Colonel #Gaddafi at least in the places we’re driving through right now. No supporters.
4Adam Adam Libya
by LibyanDictator
The situation in west Libya as of Aug. 21th,2011 6:00PM GMT twitpic.com/69lrv5/full #MermaidDawn
Internet Restored Briefly as Rebels Close in on Tripoli
IDG NEWS
Local Internet access in Tripoli was strangely restored for a while late Saturday local time after months of disruption, according to reports on Twitter, as rebels closed in on
the capital city of Libya. But it was down again for most of the city by Sunday.
At one point a majority of the country’s international routes were also down, reported Renesys, a firm that studies Internet traffic flows.
Internet through DSL (digital subscriber line) was momentarily unblocked for Tripoli in the late hours of Saturday local time, a resident Ahmed Shreef said in an e-mail on Sunday. But the Internet was once again blocked by Sunday, he said.
Full art.:
www.pcworld.com/article/238556/internet...
LPC: Riyaddya District is liberated
Jalloud: #Gaddafi likely to be killed. Too late for a deal. via @AJEnglish
NTC
NTC issued orders to Local council members to take over the RassIjdayr border crossing
Iman
HAY AL ANDULAS is out welcoming the freedom fighters my cousins are out putting up all the flags and all the mosques are kabring #tripoli
Alex Crawford: THE ROAD IS ACTUALLY GRIDLOCKED. 3 HIGHWAY LANES FILLED WITH REBEL FORCES ENTERING TRIPOLI
Guardian
Nato to wind down Libya air strikes as rebels take fight to Tripoli
The battle to control the Libyan capital could be long and bloody, experts warn, as the rebels are left to close-quarter fighting
After five months of increasingly intensive air strikes, the final stage of the war in Libya will be left to rebel forces in close-quarter fighting in Tripoli, Nato and British officials have said.
Experts said it was the beginning of the endgame for Nato military operations, but warned that the battle for Tripoli could be extremely bloody. They were also concerned about the ability of “disparate militias” to agree on a political settlement.
“What Nato can do is very limited if there is street-by-street fighting,” said one UK defence official, referring to the battle for Tripoli.
A senior British official added: “In house-to-house fighting Nato will not be able to use air power.”
In their latest bombing runs, RAF Tornado jets supplied with information from spy planes and rebel groups, struck what the Ministry of Defence described as a “key communications facility in south-west Tripoli”.
On Saturday, Tornado and Typhoon jets also attacked what the MoD described as “command and control facilities” in a similar area of the Libyan capital.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/21/na...
There were very scary moments, even on twitter:
The Libyana building was shelled by GADDAFI forces !
Gaddafi Forces are inside LIBYANA !
I HAVE PPL INSIDE LIBYANA !!! F*** F***!!!!!!
F*** YOU Gaddafi!
BLOOD BATH IN SREEM DISTRICT OF TRIPOLI !!!
Are you sure?
YES!!! phone call now to family next to libyana its nato bombing libyana not gaddaffi
well then they came now , but there are forces inside
they are destroying the administrative building now !
they have tanks and 4×4 in the parking lot !
did you call them? i have my brother there :(
he is inside NOW ????
we cant get to it they r shooting at them with AA 14.5 rounds
SREEM IS STILL BEING SHOT !!
Libianproud
LPC: Mansura district is being shelled with tanks and mortars !
LIBYANA IS LIBERATED , TRIPOLI HAS GSM/3G INTERNET !
Libyana 3G is back !
its fluid , but Libyana GSM/3G is working confirmed
@fieldproducer @matthewwprice STAY THE F*** AWAY FROM THE MINDERS !!!!!!
TELL THE JOURNALISTS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MINDERS !
its mainly the center which is surrounding bab azizya which is being massacred, mansoura , hay dimashq
Jonny Hallam
Tunisia border closed. Route to #Tripoli. fly crete to benghazi sail to misrata then drive
acarvin Andy Carvin
Can the opposition now say that they are fighting shibr, shibr; beit, beit; dar, dar; zenga, zenga? #tripoli #libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
Reports of a violent gunbattle around #Corinthia Hotel in #Tripoli
libyanandproud
They are getting resistance , the G forces are creating perimeters arnd bab aziziya
LPC : The Free #Libya Flag is on top of QatShaab in Girgarish
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #AlKhums – 1 G car burnt at 20 Street, 2 cars near internal security building. #Libya #Feb17
FG
FF took over the main port in Tripoli! CONFIRMED!
fieldproducer Neal Mann
by libyanproud
Sky News @alexcrawfordsky reporting a party atmosphere with ‘women and children are coming out on to the streets’ of Tripoli
LibyaNewMedia
Unbelievable pictures on Sky News! Alex Crawford live on a pickup truck. People going crazy from happyness!
PIC: Sky News camera live on the rebel convoy entering Tripoli -
twitpic.com/69nhl1
FromJoanne Joanne
#ALEXCRAwFORD this is HILARIOUS Its a mad house she sits inside a truck and not fazed with evry1 screaming around her Allah Akhbar :) #libya
#Oh My God I Love Alex Crawfords (She makes me happy ) reporting She is a natural and so Passionate #Libya is so close to being free #Libya
From now on everyone will be PROUD to say "I AM #Libyan " and I am proud to say my best friend is Libyan :)
its just confirmed by spokesman fro NTC in UK Saif Gaddafi captured
Michael Gallagher
SkyNews Reported they are holed up on upper floor.CNN just gave absurd report live
with few correct facts.
#TRIPOLI FF need to FIND the MILLIONS who want Gaddafi to stay #Libya Where are they HIDING ???
suhaeb
I am from #tajoura I am from #tripoli and I am from #Libya Allahu Akbar and I am a #freelibyan no more hiding. Allahu Akbar
ForeignCorresp Christian Fraser
Extraordinary presser from Moussa Ibrahim. lives in a parallel world. Even now. must know his life is on the line tonight?! #Libya
Mustafa Abdeljaleel head of #TNC speaking to Al Arabiya says he is ready to order stop to fighting if Gadafi would leave Libya.
alihashem_aja: A source told me that #Gaddafi is in Sirte, and he will be using it as his next base #feb17 #Libya
Rebel in #tripoli: we have surrounded rixos hotel and demand saif surrender. If not we will blow it up. We will let the journos out first
evanchill Evan Hill
#Libya state TV caption says Gaddafi went for a walk a little while ago in Green Square & some Tripoli streets yfrog.com/h6mnhyfj
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Waiting to see confirmation about #Saif’s arrest
jamal
BREAKING #TRIPOLI : REVOLUTIONARIES FROM AL #ZAWIA HAVE ARRIVE INSIDE GREEN SQUARE IN TRIPOLI VIA AJAZEERA NOW ALLAH AKBAR
Jeel
IS THIS A DREAM IS THIS A DREAM!?!?!!?!! !
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – LPC CONFIRMED – SAIF AL ISLAM IS UNDER FF CUSTODY IN #TRIPOLI.
THIS IS SURREAL…I can’t believe it…That’s it. He’s done…So close to absolute freedom…
AGAIN BREAKING – SAIF AL ISLAM is 100% under FF arrest!!!! PRAY THEY GET HIS FATHER
He is 100% under FF arrest
A Free Libyan
AJA – #Zawiya FF entered #Tripoli and are at Gorji. They are dominating, more FF will come from diff directions.
Libyan rebels enter Tripoli, crowds celebrate: Sky
Crowds of ecstatic Libyans greeted the advancing rebel army in the capital Tripoli on Sunday, Britain’s Sky news reported, saying opposition forces were now about eight kilometres from the centre of the besieged city.
Sky’s live footage from Tripoli showed hundreds of people pouring into the streets, shooting in the air in jubilation and shouting “God is greatest” as the rebel convoy of pickup trucks advanced fast towards the city centre.
Children could be seen jumping in joy as others hugged and chanted slogans.
The Sky reporter accompanying the rebels said there were no signs of resistance from forces loyal to veteran leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Source:
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=updat...
Alex Crawford of Sky News as rebels enter heart of Tripoli
VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhc4-6gk9V8
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Happiness tears
fieldproducer Neal Mann
If you are new to Sky News tonight, welcome – this is how we roll.
BREAKING: #Gaddafi rats running from #FF in Rixos,
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libyanandproud
LPC: Shakeer is captured !!
LPC : Noflieen liberated
septimius severus
CONFIRMED: @AlexCrawfordSky is so awesome that she might free the #Rixos detainees herself!
libyanandproud
THANK YOU WORLD ! THANK YOU NON LIBYAN TWEEPS !!
libyanandproud
Confirmed : Alex Crawford kicks Jack Bauer’s ass if it came down to it !
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Gaddafi regime spokesman now live by phone on CNN
JALIL ON AJA
JALIL : SEIF ISLAM IS CAPTURED !
libyanandproud
ITS OFFICIAL I HAVE TEAR DUCTS !!
A Free Libyan
Lets all remember our martyrs, our lions, our brave ones, who made this possible. RIP you amazing people
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Negotiations between G forces & FF at Giddaffi compound in Benashour to lay down weapons and they will not be harmed #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
A Free Libyan
#Gaddafi’s personal guard have surrendered to FF
Alex Crawford should be permanently trending. Best Journalist EVER
Jalil – WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT WE HAVE SAIF AL ISLAM
Jalil – We do not have confirmation on the capture of Saadi yet
MUSTAFA ABDUL JALIL NTC LEADER CONFIRMS THAT SAIF AL ISLAM GADDAFI HAS BEEN CAPTURED
The Dictator
Alex Crawford: it’s party night in the capital.
The Dictator
I honestly cannot believe this! Libyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ♥
AJA:
Brigade protecting Gaddafi has decided to surrender and lay down its weapons
Crawford: we have just driven into the capital from Zawia, not a single checkpoint, not a single Gaddafi soldier.
According to Al-Aan & Libya Al-Ahrar, confirmed by #Mahmoud #Jibril: #Saif #Al #Islam #Gaddafi was captured by FFs at Rixos earlier today.
Alex Crawford: “The scene is amazing! Hundred of Libyans, hundreds are our on the streets.”
ALEX CRAWFORD IS NOW IN THE CENTRE OF TRIPOLI. CIVILIANS POURING OUT OF THEIR HOMES HUGGING REBELS. CELEBRATIONS. NO GADDAFI FORCES
Tom_Rayner Tom Rayner
Moussa Ibrahim live phone interview on CNN now claiming the thousands of people entering tripoli are coming to defend Gaddafi!
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Prisoners in #Tripoli are being released by prison guards who are asking for giveness, and being told to run
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Giddaffi’s compound had been breached and the ff are inside. neighbours are flying the flag
NTC confirm Saif’s capture, pictures to follow soon InshAllah
ProudLibyan
We are in tears, the end is here for Gaddafi!!!!! Allah Akbar! Freeeeeeeeeedooooooooom I breath u, I am smelling u and u R beautiful!
Look here I am Libyan, I am Libyan and I am proud to be Libyan!
The news is coming in and fast, phoned family they are in jubilation!
Libya I ask of you to thank God, to remember what is best of us, to have big hearts and to put our country first and NO revenge!
Remember the battle is not finished yet, there are still Gaddafi ppl around
Game over Gaddafi!! Saif Gaddafi caught!!!
Alex
WOW! – WE WON!
#Saif #Gaddafi has been arrested by #FF – detained at #Rixos Hotel.
EPIC! AJazeeraArabic correspondent “says officers in #AbuSalim prison in #Tripoli have freed all the #TripoliPrisoners” they hold.
WHAT BLOODBATH! – IS THIS JUST NOT THE BEST FEELING EVER!?! – Its SO GREAT how well the last chapter of the #Libya Revolution is playing out
FREEDOM! #Tripoli – a city of wild celebration – crowds massing in sts 2 greet #FF – This will be a night like no other this city has seen!
How does it feel – when after 42 years – the chains of #Gaddafi slavery – have finally been cast off – by the people of #Libya!
#Mutassim #Gaddafi also rumored to have been caught in #Tajoora after #Saif was caught in #Rixos #GodisGreat Allah Akbar!!
PERFECT TIMING! – Looks like #LibyanStateTV – has transmiited its last hate msg – #MoussaIbrahim – frozen in mid speech.
Confirmed : Seif Gadafi is captured By Special unit coming from Benghazi #Libya
GAME OVER! – #AlJazeeraArabic reports “brigade in charge of #Gaddafi ’s security have surrendered and laid down their arms” #Libya #Tripoli
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Al Arabiya reports Gaddafi presidential guard surrenders to rebels, citing rebel national transitional council
ROLLARCOASTER EMOTIONS! – Last night I coudn’t sleep from tension – tonight I will not be able 2 sleep from excitement! #Tripoli #Libya WOW!
NOW – We are all waiting for – is #LibyanStateTV – to announce the news of the liberation of #Libya!
Story is ‘#Gaddafi security – told them game was up – & only safe place 4 #Saif – was #RIXOS’ – better not be in Pres suite!
Official from #NTC – on AJA – ‘#Saif #Gaddafi has been captured tonight’ – SKY Report 2nd son also arrested – poss #Muttasin #Tripoli #Libya
#MoussaIbrahim – MR BLOODBATH – just about to give news conference at #Rixos – wasn’t expecting this!
#MoussaIbrahim ‘s – still spouting usual ’I hate @NATO’ – nonsense – & ‘armed gangs’ bs – as if the REGIME still rules.
Breaking Al Arabiya: Mohammed, eldest son of Gaddafi has been captured – NTC source
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Libyan State TV is off the air.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
We promised you Gaddafi that you won’t be in power to celebrate the 1st of September (42 years of power). We were right. #libya #feb17
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
#Gaddafi’s world is crumbling at incredible speed. The end of an era is fast approaching
While following events cannot stop thinking of the incredible courageous young and inexperienced rebels who r making this happen #libya
Emo
Now I’m happy and sad to remember our martyrs. I wish they were with us! #Libya
yemen_updates Yemen Updates
Collapse of #Gaddafi invites joy nationwide. Youth are celebrating at #Change & #Freedom squares across #Yemen. #WeWillWin
acarvin Andy Carvin
Musa Ibrahim: These armed gangs have no political project, no dream for libya. They are driven by vendetta, revenge, hatred. #liby
Alex
DELUDED DREAMER – #MoussaIbrahim – still bangin on bout #AU RdMAP – says “WE R DEFEATING THEM”- #FF R “tribalist” #AlQueda – ARREST THE BUM!
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
many rebels told me they hoped to celebrate eid in #Tripoli. It seems their wishes might come true
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli Rixos journo live call says he heard reports of 700 dead 1000 ppl injured since last night uprising #Libya
#TRIPOLI HOMES R POURING EMPTY Streets are filing with hundreds of people
celebrating setting off fireworks Cars with Cheering FF Ppl #Libya
TRIPOLI revolutionaries saying they caught Saadi #Gaddafi &Saif & #Senussi holed up in #Rixos Hotel #Libya Alaan TV
evanchill Evan Hill
Opposition Twitter claims that have been disproven so far: Saif Gaddafi arrested that the Rixos; Rixos surrounded by rebels.
He may have been captured, but not at the Rixos.
Misrata military commander tells AJE’s Andrew Simmons that hundreds of rebels there took boats to #Tripoli today.
AJE showing latest pictures from outskirts of #Tripoli; residents celebrating in the streets
4Adam Adam Libya
Tripoli has been liberated. AUG 21 2011, #Libya
alihashem_AJA Ali Hashem
If #Gadaffi is in Sirte, sabha, wherever, what is crystal clear is that libyans will celebrate their first eid in 42 yrs
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi filth surrendering in many areas and regime snipers no longer visible in buildings.
#Tripoli: AJA reports Hala Misrati found dead w/ a relative in her home. I pray this is true and that “her” death was painful. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi snipers on roofs of #AlSaraya and #AlKabeer Hotel. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: Reports #Gaddafi mercenaries attempting to enter Green Square at this time. #Libya #Feb17
libyanandproud
#TRIPOLI : SNIPERS IN SUQ ALTHULATH BUILDINGS across from BAB AZIZYA ! Top of buildings and in top FLOORS !! RT #Feb17 #Libya
Al Jazeera says: This is the 3rd time Gaddafi speaks in less than 24 hours: first “ARAB leader” ever to do this :)
Aljazeera just (again) confirms 700 to 1000 fighters from Misrata have been brought into Tripoli by sea with NATO support.
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Fighting outside earlier, heavy gunfire, RPGs and all sorts of sounds of battles.
internet back on at #Rixos very intense day fighting outside, we are hold up in hotel still
evanchill
News camera in the Rixos shows three or four journalists at the press conference wearing body armor. #Libya #Tripoli
“If I don’t fight, I will be killed.” Moussa Ibrahim pleads for his life? # Libya
Alan Fisher
Mustafa Abdel Jalil tells Al-Jazeera Saif al-Islam “is being kept in a secure place under close guard until he is handed over to the judiciary,”
Reuters FLASH: Head of Libya rebel council says ready to stop fighting on condition Gaddafi announces departure: report
Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libyan anti-Gaddafi Ambassador to UN says to BBC: “This is not the beginning of the end. This IS the end.”
AlanFisher Alan Fisher
Gaddafi: “They have come, they have occupied Tripoli. How can you allow the colonialists to occupy Tripoli again, this is unacceptable”
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Gaddafi: Tripoli has become like Baghdad, it is now being destroyed, it must end now, it must not happen, go out and fight them
This is his third speech in 24 hours – Gaddafi: The French will occupy you, like the Italians have (names more tribes)
AlanFisher Alan Fisher
Why does the phrase shouting in the wind keep springing into my head this evening?
Top Libyan security official accuses NATO forces of following orders from the militant network al-Qaida
frasereC4 Ed Fraser
People in Tripoli stamping on pictures of Gaddafi amid tumultuous scenes of celebration
AJE’s Jacky Rowland: Opposition broadcasts live Al Jazeera pics to crowds.
AlanFisher Alan Fisher
momentous night for #libya #middle east and the world
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Confirmed: Mohamed #Gaddafi has handed himself over to the revolutionaries. #Libya #Feb17
Libya Free Forever.
#NATO will attack the walls of #Bab Alazizia #FF stay away for safety.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi filth AlMamedi who has been in charge of Security Battalions, about to be arrested by #Freedomfighters
#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” now anchored in #Tripoli port and should be taken captive on war crimes charges & given to #NTC. #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Meet Fareed my son, today he’s 9. He asked if he is getting a birthday present. I gave him a “brand new Libya”. img600.imageshack.us/img600/8578/fa…
YusraAlA
#Libya you’re inspiring #Yemen and #Syria! Our hearts, souls and minds with you! Allah yen9orkom!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Early indications coming in that Saadi Al Gaddafi may have also been caught in Tripoli #Libya more to follow
More and More of Benghazi’s population pour into the main square. A Food of Red Black and Green, the Libyan Independence Colours
We will be tweeting Free Libya celebrations across the world shortly Inshala.please tweet at us for your local celebration
Manchester’s Libyans are currently celebrating at Wilmslow Road. Take your flags with you :) AllahuAkbar
#Tripoli Uprising in Al-Dhul Street. VIDEO!! goo.gl/Q11Kd Allahu Akbar!!
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3LkylaWHE
Gaddafi Makes speech apologising for the fall of Tripoli AJA LIVE
MABROOK for your Freedom oh Libyans, Arabs and Humanity at large :)
Gaddafi is sounding rather pathetic, acknowledging Tripoli has fallen, but appealing to tribes and towns. he seems to have lost the plot
AJE: Images of Children in #Tripoli stepping on photos of #Gaddafi’s face!
News on Mohamad gaddafi surrendering himself to Freedom Fighters is %100 confirmed as is the capture of Saif
Gaddafi is clearly not speaking from Tripoli. What a coward trying to rally his last 3 or 4 loyalists to take Tripoli
images of Freedom Fighters ripping down Gaddafi Images in Tripoli. :) :) :) We are Free, now that was some revolution hey? Alahuakbar
Gaddafi suddenly paused and stopped talking,
Was that the last Gaddafi speech Arabs and Libyans have had to endure? #Libya
Freedom Fighters taking full control of Tripoli as they establish checkpoints and the plan for it’s stability is now being put in place
José
From Venezuela, my very strong hug to all Libian people. Don’t stop fighting!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
21st August 2011 Remember the date, your kids will probably be asking you for help with their history homework
Saadi is now confirmed captured. 3 sons, Mohammad surrendered, Said and Saadi captured. held in secret location by FF
London Celebration for the Libyan Freedom is at Libyan Embassy (Hyde park corner) 2AM – 5AM free for all to attend, Libyan or not
Stunning scenes from Benghazi. These images will be played for years
The danger to the #FreedomFighters may increase as they approach the Rixos hotel in #tripoli due to snipers who have not yet got the memo.
Alex Crawford now reporting live near Green Square in Tripoli
Looks like the entire city of Benghazi is in the main square of the city in Al keesh. I guess nobody is going home anytime soon
They talked of Libya splitting, they talked of Libyans splitting up, they talked of a rag tag group of volunteers, but Libya is tonight free
Situation in #Libya extremely fluid. A lot of confusion still in #Tripoli. People still fearful and nervous. Old habits are hard to break.
NATO
Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the situation in Libya
The Qadhafi regime is clearly crumbling. The sooner Qadhafi realises that he cannot win the battle against his own people, the better — so that the Libyan people can be spared further bloodshed and suffering.
The Libyan people have suffered tremendously under Qadhafi’s rule for over four decades. Now they have a chance for a new beginning. Now is the time for all threats against civilians to stop, as the United Nations Security Council demanded. Now is the time to create a new Libya – a state based on freedom, not fear; democracy, not dictatorship; the will of the many, not the whims of a few.
That transition must come peacefully. It must come now. And it must be led and defined by the Libyan people.
NATO is ready to work with the Libyan people and with the Transitional National Council, which holds a great responsibility. They must make sure that the transition is smooth and inclusive, that the country stays united, and that the future is founded on reconciliation and respect for human rights.
Qadhafi’s remaining allies and forces also have a great responsibility. It is time to end their careers of violence. The world is watching them. This is their opportunity to side with the Libyan people and choose the right side of history.
We will continue to monitor military units and key facilities, as we have since March, and when we see any threatening moves towards the Libyan people, we will act in accordance with our UN mandate.
Our goal throughout this conflict has been to protect the people of Libya, and that is what we are doing.
Because the future of Libya belongs to the Libyan people. And it is for the international community to assist them, with the United Nations and the Contact Group playing a leading role. NATO wants the Libyan people to be able to decide their future in freedom and in peace. Today, they can start building that future.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
FF continue to make their way into Tripoli for hours, non stop tidal wave
AJA-Hala Misrati found dead in her home. Ding-Dong the witch is dead!
Reuters reported #Saif #Al #Arab detained, confirmed by ICC
AJE: 2 countries have offered #Gaddafi safe haven – one is #Angola
Hearing people chant ارفع راسك فوق انت ليبي حر in the Green Square of #Tripoli on Sky News. The feeling is indescribable.
It’s obvious the people of #Tripoli have been praying and planning for this moment for months. The independence flag is EVERYWHERE!
Green Square in #Tripoli is now called #Martyrs #Square.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Sorry I can’t tweet but can confirm 2 of Gadhafi sons Seif and Mohamed r arrested in tripoli
Breaking Strong rumour that Gadhafi himself may have been arrested in Alamiriya district outside tripoli
Tweeting Tripoli
BREAKING: The first SMS from NTC the Libyan people: img64.imageshack.us/img64/3662/fre… #feb17 #Libya #Tripoli
Libya 7orra
FFs are entering #khweldi’s hosue NOW #tripoli
FFS entered #khweldi’s house 30 mins ago, only found weapons..
BREAKING CONFIRMED:- SNIPERS IN MARTYRS SQ, ABUSALIM IS STILL WITH G, HEAVY CLASHES IN HADBA TOOLST.
BREAKING VIA SKYNEWS:- REUTERS:- ICC SPOX:- #GADDAFI HAS BEEN DETAINED???
CAN SOMEONE PLZ TELL THOSE IN MARTYRS SQ 2 HEAD 2 HADBA TOOL RD & HELP THEIR COLLEAGUES.. G FORCES R ATTACKING! #libya #mermaiddawn #tripoli
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
People are encouraged to stay in their homes and in their neighborhoods to guard their families and houses.
Please continue to have patience & restraint. Much left to be done, we must move slowly to ensure it is done correctly
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” departed #Tripoli #Libya earlier & now en route to #Benghazi. #Feb17
#Tripoli: AlKhawldee AlHamaidi’s house now surrounded by #Freedomfighters
#Tripoli: #NATO jets flying very low over #BabAlazizia. #Libya
SultanAlQassemi:
Breaking Al Jazeera: Sources: Two planes from South Africa land in Tripoli airport #Libya
Reports that Gadafi has arrived in Algeria/Libya border. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Unonfirmed: Reports of 2 South African planes on runway at Tripoli International Airport.
#Tripoli: Mercenaries are attacking Martyr’s Square now.
#Tripoli: Yusuf Shakeer of #Libya State TV arrested by #Freedomfighters as he tried to flee to #Tunisia.
#Tripoli: Aisha #Gaddafi arrested by Tripoli #Freedomfighters.
#Libya embassy in #Algiers has now defected.
#Freedomfighter leader says top military unit in charge of protecting #Gaddafi has surrendered
#Tripoli: BabAlAzizya: Reports of gunfights near here now.
Repeat: #Gaddafi sons Seif, Saedi & Mohammed all currently under arrest. Aeisha Gaddafi under arrest as well
#Reports Moussa Ibrahim DID NOT beoadcast a short time ago from Rixos, believed it was from his Villa.
#CNN Journo at Rixos just reported all #Gaddafi higher ups left Rixos hours ago.
Unconfirmed: #Misrata #Freedomfighters entered #AlKhums, found it completely free of #Gaddafi filth, now on their way to #Tripoli
#Tripoli: Head of Libyan State TV was arrested.
#Tripoli: The battle for #BabAlAziziya has begun
Reports that #Libyana phone company has taken over and texts are being sent that are greeting the Libyan people.
Air #Libya flight Boeing 727 tail nr 5A-DKV presume landed at/near #Rome #Italy from Libya half an hour ago. No idea of passengers.
#Gaddafi filth leaving #AlJimail to attack #Zuwara #
The spokesperson of the Libyan Liberation Army said #Gaddafi is still in #Tripoli.
Air #Libya flight Boeing 727 tail nr 5A-DKV landed at/near #Rome #Italy is #NTC #Libya related humanitarian operation by #NTC_of_Libya
#Tajoura: #Freedomfighters battling #Gaddafi snipers, heavy artillery & RPGs.
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 34.31646˚/24.75334˚ en route from #Iskederun to #Sfax #Tunisia believed weapons shipment. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
AJA: Clashes in #Tajoura area of #Tripoli, sniper fire and heavy artillery being used.
Sirtawi
Many Sirtawis trying to call their relatives in #Sirte to tell them what’s goin on in #Tripoli. no electricity there and they know nothing
Smile:
Search notice to the population of Tripoli: Has anybody seen an elderly lady with an umbrella that is driving around in a golf cart…?
#Gaddafi forces are massacring the residents of SalahEddin and Gassi ! LPC
WOW!
dz online | algérie
L’#Algérie va reconnaitre le CNT Libyen
Never Forget
My grandma went out to the streets and kissed the thowar from zintans heads! She was crying and tetkabber!!!!
Al Arabiya: rebels spokesperson confirms Mummar Gaddafi is still in Tripoli #libya
SMILE:
NotLibyaStateTV
Attention: The Internet has been fixed. Please surrender immediately and cease your uprising. Thanks. Management. #Libya
AJA reporter from #Tripoli: opposition forces say 95% of Tripoli under Opposition control, clashes have been stopped.
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Mohamed Gaddafi surrendered himself in his house in Hai Al Andulis district !!!
AliBunkall Alistair Bunkall
CNN Corr in Rixos Hotel wearing flak jacket, reporting hotel emptied of govt minders & journos gathered on one floor with white flags
WAPO
Gaddafi appears to be on his way out
The endgame in Libya appears near, according to Western intelligence sources, who say that Moammar Gaddafi’s family has been moving money and other assets outside the country over the past five days in anticipation of the regime’s collapse. According to these sources, Gaddafi has left Tripoli but is still in the country.
Intelligence officers from Britain and France are said to have helped the rebels plan their final assault on Tripoli, which appeared Sunday to have pushed into the capital’s outskirts. This final thrust seems to have been well-coordinated, with the rebels closing in along several strategic axes.
Read more:
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-parti...
Tripoli: Live call #Gaddafi goons shooting at civilians in Martyrs square (Green Square)
AJA reporter LPC: All the neighborhoods are liberated in #Tripoli.
AJA: Fathi Terbil in Studio: Liberation will be announced by NTC from #Tripoli, and the NTC will move there.
AJA – FF in #Tripoli are now in full control of the #Libya state TV building #Ganfood #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddafi Catch Shakeer and make him pay
AJE and source in #Tripoli report: Libyan State TV is off the air.
Tripoli Libya on August 21st, 2011
Praising God from the Masjids
Translation:
God is Greatest, God is Greatest, God is Greatest, none is worth of worship except God. God is Greatest, God is Greatest, God is Greatest, and to Him belongs All Praise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VABuXFIs_I&fea...
suhaeb
I want 2thank Allah for this moment then the martyrs who gave their lives and the FF who risked it.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Many reports from #Freedomfighter sources that #Gaddafi has been wounded in gun battle, has been captured by #FF.
#Tajoura #Freedomfighters surrounded by #Gaddafi filth.They are using RPG, Hawen & AK47, Requesting help
Jaked
Gaddafi is trying to flee via air from the international airport, please tweet and stop him from escaping
Mahir Zeynalov
Egypt – 18 days, Tunisia – 29 days, Libya 186 days, Syria – 159 days (counting), Yemen – 205 (counting), Palestine – 44 years (counting).
matthewwprice Matthew Price
Gvnt control hotel and area around it. We are trapped for now. So parts of tripoli in gvt hands
stuck here by Gvnt forces still in control. Needs Alex Crawford or simpson to liberate me!
Skynews reports that looters moving into unsecured Rixos Hotel #Tripoli where international journalists are based.
matthewwprice Matthew Price
@Skynews reports that looters moving into #Rixos hotel… Not really. A few are taking things but not many
people Taking a laptop or two from what I can tell. Not trashing
no rixos liberation yet
Silent at #Rixos now. Worryingly so
AJA: Gun shots are being heard are from INSIDE Mohamed Gaddafi’s House
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Amazing show of support from #Syrians congratulating the Libyan FFs: goo.gl/Q11Kd #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3LkylaWHE
AJA: Mohamed #Gaddafi on live now.
AJA: #Mohamed #Gaddafi on live says FFs surrounded his house, told him to stay put and he wouldn’t be harmed.
WE ARE THE GRANDCHILDREN OF OMAR MUKHTAR! WE ARE THE BROTHERS/SISTERS OF MOHAMED NABBOUS! WE ARE FREE #LIBYANS!! GOD IS GREAT!
AJA: #Mohamed #Gaddafi asked by journalist: who takes responsibility for the violence in #Libya
AJA: #Mohammad #Gaddafi about to answer; gun shots heard on the air right now, waiting for more details.
AJA: #Mohamed #Gaddafi reports gun fire from near his home, crying & with a shaking voice says the violence was a result of lack of wisdom
AJA: Gun fire heard outside of #Mohamed #Gaddafi’s home.
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Free calls for all mobile phones and the reception is pretty good too
kiwiclogs
UNCONFIRMED: Dictator Gadaffi captured and in detention wounded, situation was given by his security adviser to #NTV
Shammam: we will not put Gaddafi supporters on trial. we tell them you are Libyan, join the revolution
Malik
100% Confirmed: Abu Zaid Dourda, head of #Gaddafi’s foreign intelligence, gave up G’s position in deal with #NTC
Piecing together picture: #Gaddafi was in hiding in #Tripoli, his position betrayed by his intel chief, G was wounded & captured.
Ive been told by rebels that #Gaddafi is receiving treatment for wounds, en route to airport to fly out to #ICC in Hague.
Noit
Are we talking Muammar or Saif here?
I would suspect Saif.
If we are talking Saif the plane makes sense.
Al Arabiya: Gaddafi troops in Sirte and Brega are seeking negotiations
#Saadi #Gaddafi in2 drag again – ws arrested while escaping – ‘disguised’ as a woman – Mohammed – least obnoxious G son – surrendered #Libya
Alex
As REGIME predicted – #Tripoli is burning – all #Gaddafi portraits & flags – are on fire! #Libya
Alaan TV says Nafousa Military spokesperson has told them that Moamer Gaddafi has been captured. t.co/pPgibFI
or;
twitpic.com/69pkis
Hala Misrati apparently committed suicide is the rumor, no confirmation.
Noit
Before we confirm, let’s wait if she makes a statement tomorrow.
Those people have a habit of being pronounced dead and then we see an interview the next day……
Alarabya: Abduljalil: i was in contact with the leader of the Katiba in charge of protecting #Tripoli for more than 2 months.
#Abduljalil of #Libya #NTC – says leader of #Tripoli Katiba #Gaddafi Sec Police who surrendered 2day – ws secretly communicating 4 2 months!
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Snipers on rooftop of tallest building at junction of Jraba Street and Ras Ahsan Coordinates to follow
Coordinates to the Location of Snipers in Benashour 32°52’12.28"N 13°12’22.36" E
Mohamed Gaddafi: I have not been hurt from anyone, I’ve never been a violent person..
Mohamed Gaddafi: I am now surrounded in my house, there was exchange of gunfire but now it’s all peaceful.
BBC crew is still at #Rixo hotel and broadcasting live now. No Looting whatsoever in #Tripoli #Libya
Here is the link to hear the shootings while Mohamed #Gaddafi was speaking live to Aljazeera
ليبيا حرة بنغازى البيضاء البريقه مصراته الزاويه طبرق اجدابيا الزنتان ترهونه ورفله نالوت تجى القلعة الرحيبات يفرن غريان درنة المرج الخمس زليتن طرابلس سرت سبها غات الركدالين البريقه هون الجفرة تاجوراء زوارة العجيلات صرمان صبراته مسلاته بن جواد راس نالوف غدامس الكفرة شباب الاحرار ليبيا ليبيا المجاهدة ثورة 17فبراير ثورة عمر المختار
يبيا الشبابية الجماهيرية الليبية الثوار ثورة 17 فبراير الناتو التحالف الآن الحرة الحوار فرنسا الساعدي سيف الإسلام القذافي المتمردين مصراته الزاوية أبوسليم طرابلس رأس البريقة الزنتان باب العزيزية بنغازي مرتزقه بن واليد تونس مصر سوريا
ليبيا الشبابية الجماهيرية الليبية الثوار ثورة 17 فبراير الناتو التحالف الآن الحرة الحوار فرنسا الساعدي سيف الإسلام القذافي المتمردين مصراته الزاوية أبوسليم طرابلس رأس البريقة الزنتان باب العزيزية بنغازي مرتزقه بن واليد تونس مصر سوريا
t.co/Rx4rofu #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxaJoVFFbw&fea...
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Pockets of Regime Security in Furnaj opening fire on anyone and anything #Tripoli
AJA call w/actvist in #Tajoura: ambulance full of mercenaries captured by Opposition fighters no location given. #libya.
libyanandproud
Thank You #Benghazi , Thank You #Misratta , Thank You #Zintan , Thank You #Nafusa , Thank You #Zawiya and every MARTYR ! #Feb17 #Libya
AbdulJalil talking to AJA now.
AbdulJalil: Mohammed Gaddafi’s guards opened fire on the f fighters surrounding his house.
A moment of silence requested in memory of Mo Nabbous
SUMMARY AUGUST 22 2011
8/22/11
8.22.11
Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/kUgj7
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
With Free Libyan Forces advancing into Tripoli, UK forces continued to strike at Qadhafi’s remaining apparatus of repression within the city
Sun am: RAF aircraft mounted a precision strike on the military intelligence operations room in Tripoli. #Libya
Sun am: Military intelligence ops room was close to the Baroni intelligence facility which the RAF had successfully bombed 24 hrs previously
Sun am: Nine Paveway guided bombs were delivered with great accuracy on the military intelligence operations room in Tripoli. #Libya
Sun: Armed reconnaissance patrol identified and destroyed one of Qadhafi’s main battle tanks positioned on the outskirts of Tripoli. #Libya
Sun: HMS Liverpool sighted small Maltese-registered vessel damaged by hostile fire leaving Tripoli port, apparently with evacuees embarked.
Sun: HMS Liverpool passed a line to the Maltese-registered vessel and towed her to open waters where she was able to proceed safely. #Libya
Sun: HMS Liverpool alerted the Maltese authorities to the vessel’s condition, and then was able to return to duties off the coast. #Libya
Strike missions flown by the RAF & other allied fast jets were only made possible by large fleet of combat support aircraft mustered by NATO
Since 19/3/11, RN, RAF & Army Air Corps strikes have damaged/destroyed over 890 former regime targets which posed a threat to Libyan people.
NATO has just released its daily operational media update for August 21. 126 sorties were flown on Sunday, with 46 being strike sorties. NATO says it hit three command and control facilities, one military facility, two radar facilities, nine surface-to-air missile launchers, one tank and two armed vehicles in Tripoli. It says it hit one radar facility near Bin Ghashir and five surface-to-air missiles near al-Azizyah.Fifteen NATO ships have been enforcing the arms embargo on Libya in the Mediterranean. Fourteen vessels were hailed and two boardings conducted on August 21.
PhilipTerzian Philip Terzian
Venezuela offers refuge for Colonel Khadafy, promotion to brigadier general
AJA Breaking says: Abduellah el Sneoussi and Bagdadi Mahmoudi are in Park inn Hotel in Djerba, #Tunisia
suhaeb
my brother also confirmed snipers ontop of rooftops in nofleen, dahra area
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Mohammad Muammar Al Gaddafi is now on the phone with Aljazeera Arabic again #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that someone very important at Rixos hotel
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi filth are moving towards #BabAlAziziya at this time. #Libya #Feb17
Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
@AndersFoghR Snipers @ BinHassan building, Sidi Masri crossing, AlJarabah St. Need Apache to Shoot 32.869964, 13.206414 twitpic.com/69kdbk
AUDIO/VIDEO: Hala Misrati phone call after she “surrendered herself” t.co/Q3QQeFb #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2644...
#Tripoli: Indications that #Gaddafi mercs & forces are re-enacting their plan by placing snipers on rooftops
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: If you have or are injured and are not close to a field hospital please call 0922811004. #Libya #Feb17
#BenAshour, #RashAssan, #SidiAlmasri, #AlZanata, #Fournaj, #AlHadba, #SalahAddin aren’t safe & still full of #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
Reports: #Gaddafi’s foreign intel chief betrayed Gaddafi’s safe house. They supposedly caught Gaddafi after gun battle.
Field hospital near #SouqAlJumaa: Treating 4 more mercenaries, 1 from #Niger, 3 from #Chad. #Libya #Feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “CMA CGM RABAT” now en route from #Benghazi #Libya to dest. #Misrata. #Feb17
Home of #Libya State TV presenter Mussa Ibrahim on Airport Road is currently surrounded by #Freedomfighters. Exchanges of gunfire now.
REVISED: Home of #Libya State Comedian Mussa Ibrahim on Airport Road is currently surrounded by #Freedomfighters. Exchanges of gunfire now.
Freedom Fighter
I still see pro gaddafis around my area driving fast shooting randomly. The fight is not over yet. I pitty the press in rixos hotel!!
feb17libya Feb17Libya
All staff in #Rixos have abandoned the hotel. Reports of snipers surrounding the premises – #Libya #Feb17 #FreeRixosJournos
Al Arabiya: #Gaddafi compound #BabAlAzizya has been completely destroyed. Can anyone confirm?
Jalil calls on all Libyans to avoid vengeance and retribution. All Libyans are one.
#Gaddafi filth on roads leading to #Sirte negotiating w/ NLA on terms of surrender
alma
@ShababLibya Amazing images! After all that month’s of fighting and hope they did it all together. Gongratulations to the people of Libya!
Nadia
I remembr praying 2 wake up every day 2 hear the news #libya is free&now I’m sure ur happiness is a million times more congrats
Mark
You, the freedom fighters in Libya, are an inspiration to us all. Thank you!
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
You deserve it guys! You did a great job :)
LibyanTweet
Yes we care, we understand the very high pressure P.Obama faced to help us (Libyans) – Thank u Obama and FF supporters in USA
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Still can’t believe Libya is free.. all that hard work by every single Libyan and non Libyan who helped, donated, RTd we won’t forget
Elena
Alhamdillah Ya rab! We are finally free from ghaddafi! We fought almost 7 months and now we declared victory! #libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyans in Washington celebrate outside the white House #Libya #Washington
Fatima
The first day starts in the new #FreeLibya #Aug22 #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Obama expected to give statement shortly #Libya #USA
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
LibyanNFSL reports Gaddafi’s forces stuck between Brega and Sirte lay down arms asking for negotiations
Free Libya Celebration in Dublin 2mrw 2 O’clock GPO O’Connell street all welcome Libyans and non Libyans. shout out to our Irish Libyans
Now the hard work begins #Libya
Freedom Fighters surround Bab Azizia but they are not entering #Libya #Tripoli (gaddafi compound) they say they don’t expect him inside
fieldproducer Neal Mann
All journalists who’ve stayed at the Rixos thought emails/computers being hacked, journalist still there have now found print outs of emails
libyanfsl Libya NFSL
Eye witnesses in Bani Walid report a large caravan of troops heading towards Tripoli a few moments ago
Here we go again, who is where?
AJA Correspondent says he’s received confirmed reports that Abdallah Senussi is in Sebha.
AJA reporter is now saying: it is only Baghdadi Mahmoudi in Djerba, Tunisia. NOTE: they appear to be retracting claim Senoussi is there
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Tajura being shelled by #Gaddafi forces that escaped from #khums . #Feb17 #Libya
I Love Libya
#Zwara was shelled earlier from #Jamail & #Ragdalean, now #NATO is striking them. #Libya
libyanandproud
The large force of the FLA is starting to arrive in tripoli from #zintan and other #Nafusa .
BREAKING – AJA Caller – #Gaddafi is located in vicinity of the #Tajoura heart hospital. #Libya #Tripoli same source denies
libyanandproud
Credible #Tripoli Source : #Gaddafi is in a building behind the Cardiac Hospital in Tajura .
Same Credible #Tripoli Source : We confirm that #Gaddafi is NOT in a building behind the Cardiac Hospital in Tajura ! APOLOGY
Noit
So that’s one place where he isn’t then…
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Snipers in #Tajura have taken two hostages
WOW France24 live from #Tripoli #MartyrsSquare
#Libyans surround the hotel where Al Mahmudi and Mansor are staying in Djerba #Tunisia
@aljazeeranet says its Not Sanosi but Abdulla Mansor. Correction.
AJA call w/fighter in sreem street #Tripoli: at 6 am clashes started in sreem street but opposition fighters were able to halt them
RT
Clashes break out near Gaddafi compound in Tripoli
Heavy clashes have broken out near Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in the Libyan capital, the Associated Press reported. Rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Rahman told the agency that tanks emerged from the complex, known as Bab al-Aziziya, early Monday and began firing. Reporters at the nearby Rixos Hotel where foreign journalists are staying say they have been hearing continuous gunfire and loud explosions for more than 30 minutes. No further details were immediately available. Gaddafi troops reportedly remain a threat to rebels who advanced into the city on Sunday.
AJA: Tank leaves Bab Alazayziya and is shelling Sidi Khalifa area in Tripoli. #Libya
AP
Libyan rebels claim control of most of Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s nearly 42-year regime, but scattered battles erupted and the mercurial leader’s whereabouts remained unknown.
The international community called on Gadhafi to step down and moved ahead with post-war planning as euphoric residents celebrated in the Green Square, the symbolic heart of the Gadhafi regime, but colleagues warned he wouldn’t go easily.
NATO promised to continue airstrikes until all pro-Gadhafi forces surrender or return to barracks.
Read more:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBY...
suhaeb
brother in nofleen says snipers are on rooftops and still dangerous outside. We are all praying for #tripoli safety
Ibn:
brother here, with a message from the man who is currently in Janzur
he says: Whoever thinks #Tripoli has fallen has made a mistake. Parts of #tripoli are inaccessible, sniper’s are all over 7ey el-Andalus
the Thuwar in Janzur are using light artillery, 14.5 to hit sniper positions in order to access the city, because snipers are preventing it
Telegraph
Libya: Sky News reporter Alex Crawford praised for dramatic Tripoli reporting
An award-winning reporter from Sky News, Alex Crawford, provided some of the most riveting and dramatic reporting from the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday night.
As Col Muammar Gaddafi’s power “crumbled”, the three-time Royal Television Society (RTS) journalist of the year, reported live from the back of a pickup truck as rebels advanced towards the centre of the city.
Sky News sources told The Daily Telegraph that the astonishing footage from the streets of Tripoli was produced using an Apple Mac Pro laptop computer connected to a mini-satellite dish that was charged by a car cigarette lighter socket.
Sources also confirmed that the cameraman accompanying her, Garwen Mclukie, was celebrating his birthday on Sunday.
Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Freedom Fighter
This morning, the rebels in my area captured 8 mercs and it’s still 9:45am, they don’t speak arabic. Only God knows what’s next.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Souk Al Juma freedom fighters — سوق الجمعة بمنطقة العواديد youtube.com/watch?v=ztGX_I… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztGX_IDUzmM&fea...
Free Libya Now
Tripoli is Burning promise by Gadafi is put in to practise as we speak.
CBC
Clashes near Gadhafi compound in Tripoli
Heavy clashes broke out and there were reports of explosions near Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in Tripoli on Monday, but the longtime Libyan leader’s whereabouts were not known.
Rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Rahman said that tanks emerged from the complex, known as Bab al-Aziziya, early Monday and began firing.
An Associated Press reporter at the nearby Rixos Hotel where foreign journalists are staying could hear gunfire and loud explosions. No further details were immediately available on the fighting.
Read more:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/08/22/...
21 August 2011,
Hay Alandalus welcomes Feb17 Revolutionaries with open arms, and embrace their freedom at last
Video:
t.co/6IuYvTv #feb17 #libya
or:
vimeo.com/27995469
EdPayneCNN Edward Payne
Sporadic gunfire & explosions were heard coming from the direction of Moammar Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli. $Libya #CNN
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
#Rixos is in one of few pockets of #Gadaffi control In #Tripoli
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Rebel officials says “large number of fighters” killed in clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces in Tripoli
More ff’s are coming from Gharyan to Tripoli
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Urgent News from Tripoli: Snipers on top of Bousleem Hospital, Tariq School and Hay Al Andulus School.
Urgent from Tripoli: Doctors, Nurses and volunteers urgently needed at the Central Hospital at Zawia Street.
Urgent from Tripoli: Hospital needs volunteers even for clean up
Urgent from Tripoli: volunteers take own gloves and if possible cleaning and medical supplies.
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: UK PM Cameron says Libya leader Gaddafi must stop fighting, without conditions
missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Cohesion of army and willingness of Gaddafi volunteers to fight for regime will be even more impt than fate of man himself.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Time for @NATO to prevent Gaddafi from destroying Tripoli. Take out all tanks & destroy Bab Al Aziziya
Nusaybah Khalil
Sound of gunfire and shelling continues. Docs appeal 4 pressure on both sides to stop attacking the hospital. Horrendous conditions #Tripoli
Gaddafi wants to create as much chaos as possible & Egypt should be warned to stop his channels now
BBC
Libya: BBC reporter ambushed by Gaddafi forces
BBC reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes was accompanying rebels in Tripoli when pro-Gaddafi forces attacked the convoy.
Heavy fighting has continued in the Libyan capital after rebels seized control of much of the city on Sunday.
Audio:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14613653
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Half a dozen vehicles full of women and children driving past, giving “v” for victory signs and cheering #Libya #Tripoli
I asked a man at the side fo the a road “where is Gaddafi” – he said “gone with the wind”
Amazing reception down Gargaresh Street for the rebels from Jalu in a huge convoy of vehicles with weaponry
Man on the street shows me his 7-year-old son who’s been out with him all night,
starting barricades to secure the revolution.
He says he will never forget that night
AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
Doctors seriously stretched in Tripoli’s only working hospital. Very few staff, piles of rubbish everywhere. 2 young children among wounded
The world today
Gaddafi’s relatives raided
ELEANOR HALL: The World Today has also been in contact with a fighter in the Tripoli resistance movement since May. We knew him by his codename, Kordaba but today he told us his real name for the first time.
Ali Al-Keresi says he has been fighting Gaddafi forces non-stop for three days. He called The World Today just as he finished his fighting shift, and was about to go to sleep for the first time since Friday night.
He said that earlier today, his group of fighters broke into Gaddafi’s daughter’s home.
I asked him to explain what happened.
ALI AL-KERESI: We found Safia, his wife, and Abdullah Senussi’s wife. We left the home. We didn’t talk with them in Peshtum (phonetic), in my area, this house, you know. Only we took the ammo, we found some ammo there and we leave them because they are not our enemy. Gaddafi is our enemy. Gaddafi who killed people here. Gaddafi who destroyed Libya. Nobody is our enemy more than Gaddafi.
Please read full story or listen to audio:
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/...
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Rebel officials says “large number of fighters” killed in clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces in Tripoli
Nusaybah
#Gaddafi forces attacked #Tahra, #Fashloom & #Zawit #Aldahmani neighborhoods with rocket launchers & heavy artillery this morning.
SyrianRev
The successful Libyan revolution has given power to the Syrian people, especially seeing them cheer for Syrians during there chants
Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
human shields, abdallah senousi and musa ibrahim are at the hotel or at least hiding under the hotel – god knows who else is there
missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Dont want to hype situation. Doors not locked but we’re unable to leave due to guards, snipers. May change in next few hrs inshallah #Rixos.
MyFreeLibya
Everything is just ’right’…freedom before Eid, No 1st of sept…Unity, tripoli rising within #TheNewLibya
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Sky Sources: Libyan rebels advancing north from Gharyan towards Tripoli
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan contact group to meet in Paris next week: France #Libya #Qaddafi #Tripoli english.alarabiya.net
Zlitniya
#Tripoli Many injured civillians in MarkazAlTubby &Fatah Hospitals.FF urge doctors&surgeons 2come here.FF secure a safe route #Feb17 plz RT
Jeel
11yr old girl took a snipers bullet in the brain in #Tripoli. She is in VERY critical condition reports Alex Crawford.
Zlitniya
Family friend martyred last night nr Mi’itiga airbase.Friends cousin also martyred #Tripoli .Friends uncl martyred in #Zliten 3days ago #Dua
Aljazeera
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi continue to fight rebels in the capital Tripoli and control 15 to 20 percent of the city, a rebel spokesman told Al Jazeera television on Monday.
“They are basically controlling four areas so far … that represents only about 15 to 20 percent of the city,” the rebel, identified as “Nasser”, said.
Tanks were seen leaving the compound of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and shelling an area in the capital, a rebel source told Al Jazeera television on Monday.
Forces loyal to Gaddafi are said to control 15 to 20 percent of the Libyan capital after rebels swept into the city.
South Africa
South Africa is not facilitating Muammar Gaddafi’s exit from Libya and knows that the Libyan leader will not seek asylum in South Africa after rebels entered the capital Tripoli, Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Monday.
Nkoana-Mashabane also denied at a media briefing in Johannesburg that South Africa had sent aircraft to Libya for Gaddafi’s exit and said Gaddafi’s current whereabouts are not known
Alarabiya
Libyan rebels are negotiating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrange the handover of Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam who was detained late on Sunday
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reporting live from Johannesburg right now that despite denials from the South African government, sources have told her that talks continued on Monday between the South African government and Muammar Gaddafi’s representatives to attempt to facilitate his exit from the country. The two destinations reportedly on the table right now are Angola and Zimbabwe.
Alarabiya
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis is leading a military force towards central Tripoli, Al Arabiya TV said on Tuesday, citing rebel sources.
Mahmud Nacua, the Charge d’affaires at the Libyan embassy in London, says “there will be no vacuum” in Libya, and that the NTC will move from Benghazi to Tripoli to appoint a transitional government to take over the country.
AP
President Barack Obama says the people of Libya are showing that their desire for freedom “is far stronger than the iron fist of a dictator.” Obama says the US will work closely with rebel leaders
AFP
President Hugo Chavez, a staunch ally of Moammar Gadhafi, slammed Western powers Sunday for “destroying Tripoli with their bombs,” as rebels surged to seize control of the Libyan capital. “Today we are seeing images of the democratic governments of Europe, along with the supposedly democratic government of the United States destroying Tripoli with their bombs,” Chavez said.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reporting live from Tripoli now, says that clashes and violence is continuing in the capital, with the rebels pushing towards Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizyah compound, but facing resistance. Rebel armed groups are also being deployed to maintain law and order in various neighbourhoods. Forty international journalists are now trapped in the Rixos Hotel, Khodr reports.
Reuters
Gaddafi forces in Tripoli have stationed tanks near his compound in central Tripoli. ”The situation is not stable. There is gunfire everywhere. Gaddafi’s forces are using tanks at the port and Al Sarine street near Bab al-Aziziyah,” said a rebel official in Tripoli, who gave his name as Abdulrahman. “The revolutionaries are positioned everywhere in Tripoli, some of them are near Bab al-Aziziyah, but Gaddafi’s forces have been trying to resist.
UK
UK prime minister David Cameron says that he would like to see Gaddafi “face justice” for his “appalling” crimes, but that the decision is for the Libyan rebel council to make.He has warned against “complacency”, and says that the government will soon be releasing frozen Libyan assets to the rebels.
Reuters
Libya’s rebel oil firm Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) said it is technically ready to start oil output in its two eastern fields and can do so without the presence of foreign oil workers. ”We have taken care of the maintenance. We have Libyan oil companies and can start anytime if security is approved. We can start without the foreign companies,” said Abdeljalil Mayouf, information manager at AGOCO.
France
France aims to host a meeting of international partners as soon as next week to discuss a roadmap for the future of Libya, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Monday. Juppe said it was not yet clear whether Gaddafi was still in Tripoli and called on his supporters to lay down their arms.
EU
A spokesman for the EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has told a regular news briefing “For the moment … [EU] sanctions will remain in place, but we can always lift them fairly rapidly,”
Sky News
Sky News reporting that opposition fighters of Gheryan have moved forward towards Tripoli in a convoy of 100 vehicles to reach the capital in an hours Time. The green light was given after assessing and establishing no resistance would be met.
AFP
South Africa has not sent planes to Libya to allow its embattled leader Moamer Kadhafi to leave the country, Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said Monday.”The South Africa government would like to refute and dispel the rumours and claims that it has sent planes to Libya to fly Colonel Kadhafi and his family to an undisclosed location,” she told reporters.
“Nobody has asked for asylum in South Africa, and as far as Johannesburg is aware, Kadhafi remains in Libya, she added. “The future of Kadhafi should be decided by Libyans…,” Nkoana-Mashabane stressed.
Reuters
The Joint War Committee (JWC), which groups syndicate members from the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) and representatives from London’s insurance company market says there is no immediate prospect of Libya being removed from a list of areas deemed high risk by London’s marine insurance market and underwriters will seek a stable period before looking at de-listing,
Russia Today
Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance on Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gaddafi’s regime. The leader’s whereabouts were unknown, however, and pockets of resistance remained.
BBC
A civilian in the Ben Assour area of Tripoli says: Early this morning we heard lots of shooting. People are staying indoors, no-one leaves and no-one gets in. People are securing their streets… there are lots of rooftop snipers.
Reports that Sabha has been liberated by FF, no presence for Gaddafi forces in the city
Aljazeera
Breaking Al Jazeera: Libya Rebels say NATO planning to strike walls of Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound, advise citizens to stay clear.
MSNBC
Oil prices around the world should start falling if Libyan rebels succeed in toppling Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, though the full effect won’t be felt for months.Crude prices fell on Monday on hopes that Libya would soon resume oil output
Alarabiya
One of Gaddafi’s sons, Al-Mutassim, is in Bab Al-Azizya compound in Tripoli
Damascus
The Libyan Embassy in Damascus,Syria has defected and pledged it support of the opposition.
AFP: A diplomatic source confirms that Gadafi is still in Bab Al Azizya compund.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Qaddafi still in his #Tripoli residence: Diplomat tells AFP
Free Libya Now
It is absolutely clear that clashes in almost every area in Tripoli is a coordinated plan on behalf of Gadafi Militias, after luring FF’s.
Libya TV
Summary Saturday August. 19, Sunday August 20 and Monday August 21:
Saturday 20 August 2011:
23:32 AlJazeera: Tunisia just recognized The National Transitional Council as the legitimate governing body of Libya.
23:18 AlJazeera: NTC chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil ells Al Jazeera: “All matters go according to Allah’s plan. All actions have been preplanned and coordinated.”
22:55 Reuters: Tripoli residents say receive text messages urging them to “go out into streets to eliminate agents with weapons.”
22:30 Reuters: Multiple explosions rocked Tripoli on Saturday night and repeated anti-aircraft fire was seen streaking across the sky, a Reuters reporter in the city said. Sustained gunfire and thuds were heard in the distance and residents of Tajoura, on Tripoli’s eastern outskirts, reported clashes were under way.
21:26 Libya TV: Demonstrators take to the streets in Tajoura, Fashloum, Dahra, Soug el Juma, Hadba, Gurgi, Furnaj and other section of Tripoli.
20:52 Libya TV: Revolutionaries protesting in SougalJuma, Furnaj, Tajura, Ben Ashour and Zawhit Dhahmani.
20:29 Libya TV: Libya TV Libya al-ahrar reports Freedom fighters have taken control of a weapons depot in Tripoli.
18:57 Libya TV: The head Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, is expected to address the Libyan people, live on Libya TV shortly.
16:11 AFP: National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said today “the end is very near” for Muammar Gaddafi and that it will be “catastrophic,” as freedom fighters pushing on the capital claimed to have seized a third key town in 24 hours.
“We have contacts with people from the inner circle of Gaddafi,” said the chairman of the NTC. “All evidence shows that the end is very near, with God’s grace.”
Abdel Jalil was speaking to reporters as a flurry of rumours suggested that Gaddafi was preparing to flee Libya.
“I expect a catastrophic end for him and his inner circle, and I expect that he will a create a situation within Tripoli. I hope my expectation is wrong,” Abdel Jalil said.
15:25 CNN: Libyan officials are rejecting opposition claims that Muammar Gaddafi is
seeking refuge for his family, saying that neither the leader nor his wife and children plan to leave the country.
Gaddafi’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told CNN that Gaddafi and his family are staying in the country, countering revolutionary reports that the governments of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have been asked to accept the family.
U.S. and NATO officials also say they have no indication Gaddafi is making preparations to leave.
14:42 Reuters: Libya’s oil chief, Omran Abukraa, is in Tunisia and did not return to Libya after a trip abroad, a Tunisian official source told Reuters today.
The source said Abukraa had arrived in Tunisia after a trip to Italy. Abukraa represented Libya at the last OPEC meeting in June after Tripoli’s long-serving oil chief Shokri Ghanem defected from Muammar Gaddafi’s government and said he supported the aims of revolutionaries trying to topple him.
13:57 BBC: Two U.S. senators have demanded the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber from Libya, on the second anniversary of his release from prison in Scotland.
Terminally-ill Abdelbasset al Megrahi was freed by Scottish ministers on compassionate grounds.
New Jersey senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg want the opposition transitional Libyan government, the NTC to send Megrahi to the U.S.
Al- Meghrahi is believed to be in Tripoli.
02:08 CNN: The Embattled Muammar Gaddafi may be making preparations for what is described as a “last stand” in Tripoli as a months-long NATO air campaign continues amid reports of revolutionary advances, according to two U.S. officials.
“We believe he could be planning for a last stand,” one U.S. official said.
A second U.S. official confirmed a similar concern and said the Gaddafi plan could involve a final military offensive against civilians, launched from his last major strongholds around the Libyan capital.
The officials, who have knowledge of the situation on the ground, did not want to be named because of the sensitive intelligence matters.
sunday 21 August 2011:
23:57 Reuters/AlJazeera: AL Jazeera TV airs images of people celebrating in central Tripoli, tearing down Gaddafi posters.
23:48 Al Arabiya: Libya’s freedom fighters will halt their offensive if Muammar Gaddafi announces his departure, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council said on Al Arabiya television tonight.
Mustapha Abd El Jalil added that the rebel forces would give Gaddafi and his sons safe passage out of the country.
23:41 Reuters: Muammar Gaddafi’s government is ready for immediate negotiations with freedom fighters seeking to oust him, and has asked NATO to convince the freedom fighting forces to halt an attack on Tripoli, a spokesman said on state television tonight.
Gaddafi was prepared to negotiate directly with the head of the National Transitional Council, spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said.
He added that 1,300 people had been killed in fighting in Tripoli tonight.
23:31 Al Arabiya/AlJazeera: Muammar Gaddafi’s presidential guard has surrendered to Libya’s freedom fighters, Al Arabiya reported tonight, citing the National Transitional Council. Al Jazeera television also reported that troops responsible for the veteran leader’s security had laid down their arms.
23:11 Reuters: Libya’s freedom fighters have captured Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Islam, the head of the National Transitional Council told Al Jazeera television tonight.
“We have confirmed information that our guys have captured Saif Al-Islam,” Mustafa Abd El Jalil said. “We have given instructions to treat him well so that he can face trial.”
22:56 Sky News: Sky news reports Libyan freedom fighters have entered into the centre of the city, meeting almost no resistance along the way.
22:24 Sky News: Sky News reports that Freedom fighters have entered the city centre in the capital Tripoli. Sky news also reports there is no evidence of Gaddafi forces in downtown Tripoli.
20:56 Reuters: Gunmen loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi run through the grounds of the Rixos hotel in Tripoli August 21, 2011. Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel where members of the foreign media are staying, a Reuters correspondent at the hotel said tonight.
20:00 AP: Euphoric Libyan freedom fighters have pushed to the western outskirts of Tripoli without meeting any resistance after they overran a major military base that defends the capital.
Associated Press reporters with the fighters said they reached the Tripoli suburb of Janzour around nightfall. They were greeted by civilians lining the streets and waving rebel flags.
19:55 AlJazeera: Al Jazeera reports Libyan revolutionaries enter Aisha Gaddafi’s house in Bin Ashour.
19:45 Reuters: Thousands of freedom fighters 25 km 15 miles west of Tripoli were seen moving toward the capital on this evening, a Reuters correspondent at the scene said.
The fighters passed a road sign saying Tripoli was 25 km away, the correspondent said. He said that as the fighters advanced they took control of a barracks belonging to the so-called Khamis brigade, the Libyan government’s most elite security unit which is commanded by one of Gaddafi’s sons, Khamis.
19:44 AlJazeera: De Spiegel reports that Germany has just sent special forces to
Libya to protect their diplomats. Al Jazeera has spoken to the German Interior Ministry who will not comment on the operations of special forces.
19:28 AlJazeera: Gaddafi has rallied to his people via an audio announcement on Libya TV that they should come from all regions to liberate Tripoli. He said he was in the city, with his people and that together they would defend the city with its last drop of blood.
18:57 Reuters: French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute today to Libyan freedom fighters battling Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in and around the capital Tripoli and reaffirmed France’s full support for their cause.
“At the moment when decisive events are taking place in the Tripoli region, in Tripoli itself, and elsewhere in Libya, the president salutes the courage of the revolutionary fighters and of the Libyan people who are rising up,” Sarkozy’s office said.
18:34 AlJazeera: The White House has predicted that Muammar Gaddafi’s days as leader of Libya are numbered.
“We believe that Gaddafi’s days are numbered, and that the Libyan people deserve a just, democratic and peaceful future,” said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
The United States continues to communicate closely with our allies, partners, and the National Transitional Council.
18:28 Reuters: Heavy gunfire rang out near the Tripoli hotel where members of the foreign media are staying, a Reuters correspondent at the hotel said this evening.
The reporter said it sounded like a burst of automatic gunfire.
18:11 Reuters: Libya activist in Tripoli says 200 freedom fighters reinforcements reach Tripoli by sea from Misrata., heavy fighting inside the capital’s Mitiga Airbase.
16:54 AP: Revolutionaries captured a major military base that defends Moammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli
16:51 Reuters: Gaddafi said he will stay in Tripoli “until the end” and called on his supporters around the country to help liberate the capital from a revolutionary offensive. He said in an audio message played over state television he was “afraid that Tripoli will burn” and he said he would provide weapons to supporters to fight off the revolutionary forces.
16:34 AFP: Freedom fighters have infiltrated the capital Tripoli by sea via Misrata and Zlitan.
16:22 Libya TV: Al-Kweldhi al Hamedi’s house has been surrounded by freedom fighters, who are negotiating the terms of his surrender with guards protecting his home.
16:19 Al Jazeera: NATO forces bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in central Tripoli on Sunday, Al Jazeera television reported, as the leader battled to stamp out an uprising in the capital.
15:00 EPA: A screenshot taken from Al Arabiya Channel today shows the latest
appearance of the son of Mummar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam in a recorded speech aired on Libyan satellite channels in an unknown location.
Today, Saif al-Islam vowed not to surrender and denounced on public television that the revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the regime are outlaws. ‘It is impossible that we would surrender. We are in our land, whether six months, a
year or even two, no problem; we will wait.”
14:00 AP: The Italian defense minister has confirmed media reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s former No. 2 official is in Italy after fleeing Tripoli. Minister Ignazio La Russa’s remarks to reporters in Sicily today, carried by the Italian news agency ANSA, was the first official confirmation that Abdel-Salam Jalloud had arrived in Italy. He didn’t say where Jalloud was staying.
Italian media have reported that Jalloud first fled to Tunisia, then to Italy yesterday. Italian officials initially declined to comment on Jalloud’s whereabouts.
10:20 Al Jazeera: Gun-wielding Libyan TV presenter on Libyan State Television says she is “ready to die fighting against revolutionaries.”
Here is the video courtesy of Al Jazeera, accompanied by an english voiceover translation:
10:00 AlJazeera: Revolutionaries fighting for control of Tripoli have killed 31 of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and captured 42.
07:50 AP: Revolutionaries say they are closing in on Tripoli from the west and the front line is now less than 20 miles 30 kilometers from the capital.
They say a 600-strong revolutionary force that set out eastward from the coastal city of Zawiya reached the outskirts of the town of Jedaim in the early hours of the morning.
Murad Dabdoub, a freedom fighter who returned to Zawiya from the front, says “forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were shelling the revolutionary forces with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire.”
05:30 AlJazeera: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi gives speaks to AlJazeera. says uprising in Tripoli is just 10 people.
04:00 AlJazeera: Jalloud speaks to Al Jazeera Arabic. Calls Gaddafi a liar.
03:50 Reuters: Head of the Political affairs of the NTC, Fathi BAlJazeera, told Reuters: “There is certain information tells that forces loyal to Gaddafi withdrew and left their weapons behind in areas outside Tripoli. And I think everything is in order in Tripoli, revolutionaries are approaching al-Sareem Street nearby Bab al-Azizia complex.
Gaddafi may be coerced to flee if he managed to co-ordinate it with some countries, but I hope to arrest him to be tried with his sons and his assistants in Libya.”
03:00 Libya TV: Autocrat Gaddafi gives an audio address on state TV. says NATO is collapsing. calls revolutionaries rats.
01:06 Reuters: “The zero hour has started. The rebels in Tripoli have risen up,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice-chairman of the National Transitional Council, based in the eastern
Libyan city of Benghazi, told Reuters.
01:03 Reuters: Libyan revolutionaries continued to clash with Gaddafi government forces controlling Mitiga airbase in Tripoli, after fighting left an unknown number of dead in the suburb of Qadah and elsewhere, an opposition activist in Tripoli told the Reuters news agency.
00:55 AP: A vacationing President Barack Obama is being kept up to date by aides as reports come in of revolutionary troops advancing on Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
A senior administration official reports the president was briefed Saturday on Martha’s Vineyard, and is continuing to get regular updates. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
00:16 Al Jazeera: Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent holds up radio supposedly intercepting Gaddafi forces’ communication. Watch it at youtube.com/watch?v=okkhrTR8rjI&feature...!
Monday 22 August 2011:
13:50 Reuters:Britain urged Gaddafi to stop fighting without conditions after troops loyal to him staged a last-ditch resistance in the capital Tripoli.
13:10 Reuters:France aims to host a meeting of international partners as soon as next week to discuss a roadmap for the future of Libya, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said today.
12:50 AP:NATO says it will continue its combat air patrols over Libya until all pro-Gaddafi forces surrender or return to barracks.
12:00 AP:World leaders said today the end is near for the regime of Moammar Gaddafi and called on the Libyan dictator to relinquish power, as hundreds of Libyans living abroad celebrated in the streets after revolutionaries took control of most of the Libyan capital.
11:00 AP:The Libyan revolutionaries’ top diplomat in London says clashes are continuing in Tripoli, but opposition forces control 95 percent of the city.
09:50 AP: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to get out of his people’s way and to face charges for alleged crimes against them.
07:20 AJE: Fighting rages in Tripoli near compound of beleaguered Libyan dictator as revolutionaries sweep into capital.
04:28 Reuters: U.S. President Obama says future of Libya now in hands of Libyan people, says U.S. will stay in close coordination with the NTC.
03:24 Reuters: US president Obama says he will make a statement on Libya when he
has full confirmation on what is happening.
01:45: AlJazeera: Revolutionaries say they are in full control of Tripoli, except for Bab Al Aziziya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
All journalists who’ve stayed at the Rixos thought emails/computers being hacked, journalist still there have now found print outs of emails
Adel
Khamis Gaddafi is leading forces towards center of #Tripoli’ What’s wrong with him? Didn’t he watch the news yesterday?!
Number 10.gov
PM’s Statement on Libya:
Prime Minister David Cameron has delivered a statement outside Number 10 on the latest situation in Libya.
I have just come from chairing a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Libya.
The latest information is that the vast majority of Tripoli is now controlled by free Libyan fighters, although fighting continues – and some of it is extremely fierce.
We have no confirmation of Qadhafi’s whereabouts, but at least two of Qadhafi’s sons have been detained.
His regime is falling apart and in full retreat.
Qadhafi must stop fighting, without conditions – and clearly show that he has given up any claim to control Libya.
As for his future, that should be a decision for Chairman Jalil and the new Libyan authorities.
The situation in Tripoli is clearly very fluid today and there can be no complacency.
Our task now is to do all we can to support the will of the Libyan people, which is for an effective transition to a free, democratic and inclusive Libya.
This will be a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned process with broad international support co-ordinated by the UN – and I am in close contact with partners from NATO, the Arab League and with Chairman Jalil himself.
Clearly the immediate priority today is to establish security in Tripoli.
We are working closely with the NTC to support their plans to make sure that happens.
I spoke to Chairman Jalil last week, and will be speaking to him again, to agree with him the importance of respecting human rights, avoiding reprisals, and making sure all parts of Libya can share in the country’s future.
And the wider NATO mission which is to protect civilians – that will continue for as long as it is needed.
This morning the National Security Council also discussed the urgent work that needs to be done on medical supplies and humanitarian aid, on diplomatic efforts, and on our work at the UN Security Council.
Let me say a word about each.
First, on the need to support the medical facilities in Tripoli.
We have already deployed medical supplies close to where they are needed, and have now released them to the World Health Organisation.
In the coming days it will be important to make sure the communications networks, the electricity, the power supplies, fuel and water are maintained or repaired where they need to be.
The National Transitional Council have been planning for this for months and we have been helping with that work.
Diplomatically, we have a strong mission already in Benghazi consisting of Foreign Office, military and aid specialists, and we will establish a British diplomatic presence in Tripoli as soon as it is safe and practical to do so.
This will include stabilisation experts who have been planning for this moment with the NTC for months.
At the UN, we will also be taking early action in the Security Council to give the new Libyan authorities the legal, diplomatic, political and financial support they need.
We will soon be able to release the frozen assets that belong to the Libyan people.
The Foreign Secretary is returning and, with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Defence Secretary and the Development Secretary, will coordinate our efforts with the NTC in the week ahead.
Six months ago this country took the difficult decision to commit our military to support the people of Libya.
I said at the time that this action was necessary, legal and right – and I still believe that today.
It was necessary because Gadhafi was going to slaughter his own people – and that massacre of thousand of innocent people was averted.
Legal, because we secured a Resolution from the United Nations, and have always acted according to that Resolution.
And right, because the Libyan people deserve to shape their own future, just as the people of Egypt and Tunisia are now doing.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many British pilots, air staff, ground crew and everyone who worked so hard to support the NATO mission and the work of the NTC.
On the pilots – as ever they have sho0wn incredible bravery, professionalism and dedication.
This has not been our revolution, but we can be proud that we have played our part.
There will undoubtedly be difficult days ahead.
No transition is ever smooth or easy.
But today the Arab spring is a step further away from oppression and dictatorship and a step closer to freedom and democracy.
And the Libyan people are closer to their dream of a better future.
LIBYA TRIPOLI
40 Int’l journalists are trapped at #Rixos now
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Obama calls freedom fighters to respect human rights and I think this is what they’re already doing.
libyanandproud
Two #Tripoli humanitarian supply offices in #Tunisia have started operation as of last night, to help the people of #Tripoli .
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Libya’s Prime Minister Al-Mahmoudi and head of Libyan TV union are in Tunisia – Al Jazeera TV
Libyan Embassies defecting in past (24hrs): Syria, Morocco, Algeria, and Japan. The Embassies taken over Kuwait and Greece.
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Libya nationals in #Malta enter Libyan school and burn Green Books, flags and pictures of the Col
lourdesgnavarro Lulu Garcia-Navarro
rebels are going slow in #tripoli #libya. Regrouping in seaside compound, clearing out areas. One rebel says “tomorrow syria”. ha.
libyanandproud
Arab League : We full support the #NTC
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI The revolutionaries stormed #STATETV building after killing the soldiers surrounding it Now under FF control #libya
DarioLopezMills Dario Lopez
situation very fluid in Libya. Still trapped inside the Tripoli Rixos hotel unable to leave. Sporadic gunfire all morning long.
RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Sources telling us #Libya’s Charge d’affaires & his deputy in #Egypt have resigned, left embassy at dawn
AJELive AJELive
Nasser, #Tripoli resident, says they will let NTC take care of anything, are forming local security battalions, won’t take revenge #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Am told Very young and Very old people will die of hunger There are ppl without money = No food and depending on neighbours #Libya
A Free Libyan
Did I just hear Sky News call it a civil war?! Oh jeez, first ‘Rebels’, now that. Cut us some slack. Revolution next time plz.
BBC
Libya conflict: Fighting rages near Gaddafi compound
No-one predicted how fast Libya’s rebel forces would, indeed could move into the capital unopposed.
But 24 hours after the first heavy fighting erupted in Tripoli – on Saturday night – the signs were there for all to see.
First there were the children and the wives of Col Muammar Gaddafi’s officials packing and leaving the five-star Rixos hotel.
The Rixos is the place where the government has obliged foreign journalists to stay when reporting on this conflict.
Over the months it became a government hangout. A place of refuge and safety for them where Col Gaddafi’s information minister held regular news conferences.
Now the relatives of senior officials were going, heading presumably somewhere safer.
The rebels swept towards Tripoli with surprising speed
Then I noticed the translators we have been working with for months now had also left. So too the state television staff who have worked out of here since their headquarters were bombed by Nato.
These were ominous signs of the battle to come.
Full report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14611043
Alex
Soon we know the truth about – various western Regime ‘experts’ – who supported #Gaddafi – regardless of the overwhelming evidence – of his persecution and brutalization of the #Libya people.
#SKYTV ‘expert’ #NabilaRamdan – and sometime #USA Politician @CynthiaMcKinley – both made many visits to #Libya – and both strongly attacked Regime opponents.
Were they paid ‘travel expenses’ by the Regime to visit? – and if so how much? – and were they paid for anything else – & if so – what?
#Gaddafi often paid western reporters and editors – to report against his opponents – and recently records of these payments found their way onto WIKILEAKS – and implicated a well known London Editor of a local Arabic newspaper.
Did #Gaddafi ‘s sabotage of the truth – also extend to ME ’experts’?
Apart from an inexplicable intellectual ignorance of the weight of evidence about matters they commented on – we do not presently have any proof of this.
But – now that #FF #NTC are in charge of Regime files & records – we may soon receive the answer.
If #MohammedGaddafi – has not committed any crime – including any crime of corruption – he should be set free – & permitted to join #FF Revolution – like all other ex Regime #Libya citizens.
He may be a social pariah – but there must not be any state persecution – simply on account of family name – which he did not choose.
The witch is still alive! Hala Misrati Interview t.co/Dwh8Wqw #libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcC2KMArsNY&fea...
Mushu
We are a unique case.We asked for help.Only CERTAIN countries answered.We laid down the rules.We got what we asked for. #Facts #Libya #Feb17
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Zuwarah is surrounded & shelled from the west, south & east and trying to make its voice heard while everyone focuses on Tripoli. #Libya
andersoncooper Anderson Cooper
I am thinking about Tim Hetherington and all the Libyans and others who have lost their lives in this struggle.#libya
Reuters
Gaddafi whereabouts a mystery as rebels close in
Muammar Gaddafi, who for decades enjoyed strutting before the public in his finery, has disappeared from the stage as rebels take over his former stronghold Tripoli.
The rebels want to get their hands on him and so does the International Criminal Court. But they must find him first.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/22/us-l...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Italy PM #Berlusconi says #Gaddafi must surrender and stop ‘useless resistance’
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
IOM chartered boat to begin evacuation of foreign nations from #Tripoli.
joselevycnn:
Rebeldes a 1 km de la Plaza Verde Tripoli dan marcha atras pues se encuentran frente a fuerte oposicion blindada proGadhafi
missy_ryan Missy Ryan
That sounded like mortar/rocket fire in distance. #Tripoli
Oh, now NTC saying Saif al Islam might be tried in #Libya.
lourdesgnavarro Lulu Garcia-Navarro
prisoners released from khamis military base in maia alleged beatings and torture. one man had cuts and bruises
portia_walker Portia Walker
Headed to Tunis in a couple of hours. Then #Libya
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta PM cuts short private holiday in #Prague and will convene his Cabinet on Tuesday and give full recognition to #TNC
inglesi Piers Scholfield
keep hearing western pundits saying there’s no obvious person to lead #Libya right now. Jalil / Jibril no good for transitional period?
Jeel
#Libya n embassy in Greece has been ransacked, portraits of #Gaddafi torn down& green flag has been torn down replaced by independence flag
AFP reporter saw 40 vehicles pass including a rubbish truck w/ 35 fighters on board. The trucks appeared to be heading towards Green Square
AlArabiyah reporting that Libyan Embassy in #Syria have defected and sided with the opposition
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Mustafa Abdel Jalil calls for minority rights in new #Libya
Jeel
AbdelJalil taking great pains to assure everyone of multiple points. The speech is full of reassurance.
ArmchairArab Armchair Arab
AJA’s reporter now live from Tripoli says all news earlier about Gaddafi tanks making counter-attack was all pro-gaddafi propaganda.
Al Arabiya: AFP: Russia expects a peaceful transition of power to the revolutionaries soon
Al Arabiya: Reuters: Libyan opposition says it may put Saif Al Islam Gaddafi on trial in #Libya
Al Arabiya: Sarkozy calls on pro Gaddafi supporters to lay down their arms and will be meeting with Mustafa Abdul Jalil on Wednesday
LibyanYouthMovement
Source in #Tripoli #Bint #Al #Saraj reports at 4am (local time): G forces were dressed in civilian clothing in Janzour, Dreeby & other areas
Freedom Fighter
FFs are busy cleaning bab ben ghashier from G forces. No electricity since 2:50pm. Battery is low. I will be informing you as much as i can.
I can hear an air plain comming…. looks like there is a late gift must be delivered to bab alazizia :)
Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli call: “Benashoor FF have captured 2 Mercenaries today morning and are sweeping the streets”
Saif Gaddafi may be tried in Libya, Arab League backs NTC
Libya’s revolutionary envoy to Paris said on Monday there was a chance Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi could be tried in Libya and not handed over to the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
“Everything is possible, it is up to the NTC (National Transitional Council) to decide. It is possible that he will be handed over to the ICC but it’s also possible he won’t,” Mansour Saif al-Nasr told Reuters Television outside the Libyan embassy in Paris.
He said he was unsure of the whereabouts of Muammar Gaddafi, but added that he would be arrested and brought to justice.
Arab League chief backs Libya revolutionary council
In Cairo, the Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby expressed his “full solidarity” with Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council today, as revolutionary forces battled Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists for control of the capital Tripoli.
“Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby offers his full solidarity with the ongoing efforts under the leadership of the National Transitional Council,” a statement from the League said.
“This is a historical moment that marks a milestone in the history of the Libyan people. We hope the council’s efforts are successful in leading the new phase and protecting the independence, sovereignty and integrity of Libyan lands,” the statement added.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9774
Libya TV
AbdulJaleel Head of #NTC: The real moment of victory is when we capture Gaddafi himself
FromJoanne Joanne
#BENGHAZI Mustafa Abdel #Jalil live now: Mohamed Gaddafi and family were not hurt
News of #Saif #Gaddafi Capture was my Happiest Moment so far.. Such a comforting idea that #MeanLeanLyingMachine is now in FF custody #Libya
#TRIPOLI Journos in #RIXOS in effect hostages to GF Power was cut off in area about an hr ago Reports whole of Tripoli Power outage #
#ICC + #NTC ALREADY talking about Handover of Saif alIslam Gaddafi 2 TheHague Int. CriminalCourt What Joyful journey this will b4 us #Libya
Eman
NEED support 4rm Youth,Gargarish near Mohammad #Giddaffi house.Heavy attacks!.PLEASE HELP! Situation is VERY BAD!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
#NTC head Mustafa Abdel Jalil: God has chosen that #Gaddafi’s end should be at the hands of #Libya’s youths v AJE #Libya
MUST READ
Guardian
After Gaddafi, let’s hope for the best in Libya
Yes, Gaddafi’s fall will expose factional rivalries, but Libya is unlikely to turn into another Iraq, let alone Afghanistan
As recently as last Friday, Kathleen McFarland, a security analyst at Fox News, was lecturing President Obama on America’s “missteps” in Libya.
“Libya and Syria are the textbook examples of why it’s important to pick your battles, and then make sure you win the one you pick,” she wrote. “President Obama picked the wrong fight by going to war against Libya, and so far is not succeeding.”
Just three days later, the Gaddafi regime is almost gone and it’s looking as if Obama picked the right battle after all. The real test, though, is further down the line. One year from now, will Libyans be living under a government that is significantly better than the one that tyrannised them for almost 42 years? Will they be able to speak their minds freely and engage in the country’s politics without fearing the consequences?
Read full story:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
THANK YOU Electr0n[+]. The newly revised nic.ly looks FAR better w/ the Freedom Flag on it : )
#Malta OIL TANKER “APOSTOLOS A” remains anchored in port #Tobruq #Libya. #Feb17
#Gaddafi mercs at #Tajoura heart hospital now surrounded by #Freedomfighters
Gaddafi flag has been lowered, burnt by Libyans at the Libyan embassy in #Kuwait. The Freedom Flag flies there now.
Just noticed, in #Sweden #libyen is Number 1 trend, Tripoli is Number 4, NATO is Number 6
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
In Free Libya, Women’s rights goes without saying Inshalah
Reuters
BREAKING Libya Much Hated StateTV NOW OFF AIR and FF controlled
BreakingNews Breaking News
AFP:
Egypt recognizes Libyan rebel government
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
We remember the people of Tunisia and Egypt, their support was beyond belief during the 6 months, and an inspiration before Feb17
Walid
Every time someone compares #Libya to #Afghanistan, #Iraq, etc, they fail to see that situation/circumstances unique each time.
AJA: The Libyan independence flag is now waving above the Libyan embassy in Algeria
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Freedom Fighters in 1911, Freedom Fighters in 2011. We will build our country back Inshala,
patelmas01
I believe Libya will now become a leading example of a modern Muslim democratic state.May god bless you guys and make it easy
R. Z.
Gaddafi is a con-man that sold Libyans a dream with empty promises and stole the futures of a generation of Libyans.
Alberto
comparing #Libya with #Iraq is like comparing WWII with #Vietnam
Tweeting Tripoli
This is a “Rock version” of the now famous song written by the revolutionary artist Masoud from Benghazi. His RBG on his back and his Guitar in his hands strumming his inspiring words has fascinated us ever since we saw him on TV. This humble version was arranged and performed by a band from Tripoli. We strongly believe in a Libya that is united and free. We hope that the Libyan Rock and Metal music fans will enjoy it. One Libya for all Libyans. Long live Libya.
شباب طرابلس يقدم لمحبي موسيقى الروك هذا النسخة الكهربائية المتواضعة للإغنية الشهيرة للفنان الثائر مسعود و فرقته من بنغازي و يهديهم هذه النسخة ويتمنون لهم السلامة و النصر و نقول لهم نخن في إنتظاركم لنعزفها سوياً في طرابلس في ميدان الشهداء يوم التحرير بإذن الله.
كما يهدي شباب طرابلس هذه الأغنية أيضاً الى جميع شهداء الحرية الذين ضحو بأرواحهم بالألاف و خاصة الإعلاميين من أمثال محمد النبوس و على جابر…
ستبقى ليبيا حرة و موحدة الى الأبد
لا شرقية و لا غربية و لا جنوبية
ليبيا وحدة وطنية
ليبيا لكل الليبيين
Finally I can reveal that it is me singing and playing the guitar here: youtube.com/watch?v=kKng4Z…
or: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKng4Z-d76w
I know I should’t quit my day job, so be gentle This is an absolute MUST READ:
From: INFORMED COMMENT
TOP TEN MYTHS ABOUT THE LIBYA WAR
by Professor Guan Cole
The Libyan Revolution has largely succeeded, and this is a moment of celebration, not only for Libyans but for a youth generation in the Arab world that has pursued a political opening across the region. The secret of the uprising’s final days of success lay in a popular revolt in the working-class districts of the capital, which did most of the hard work of throwing off the rule of secret police and military cliques. It succeeded so well that when revolutionary brigades entered the city from the west, many encountered little or no resistance, and they walked right into the center of the capital. Muammar Qaddafi was in hiding as I went to press, and three of his sons were in custody. Saif al-Islam Qaddafi had apparently been the de facto ruler of the country in recent years, so his capture signaled a checkmate. (Checkmate is a corruption of the Persian “shah maat,” the “king is confounded,” since chess came west from India via Iran). Checkmate.
The end game, wherein the people of Tripoli overthrew the Qaddafis and joined the opposition Transitional National Council, is the best case scenario that I had suggested was the most likely denouement for the revolution. I have been making this argument for some time, and it evoked a certain amount of incredulity when I said it in a lecture in the Netherlands in mid-June, but it has all along been my best guess that
things would end the way they have. I got it right where others did not because my premises turned out to be sounder, i.e., that Qaddafi had lost popular support across the board and was in power only through main force. Once enough of his heavy weapons capability was disrupted, and his fuel and ammunition supplies blocked, the underlying hostility of the common people to the regime could again manifest itself, as it had in February. I was moreover convinced that the generality of Libyans were attracted by the revolution and by the idea of a political opening, and that there was no great danger to national unity here.
I do not mean to underestimate the challenges that still lie ahead– mopping up operations against regime loyalists, reestablishing law and order in cities that have seen popular revolutions, reconstituting police and the national army, moving the Transitional National Council to Tripoli, founding political parties, and building a new, parliamentary regime. Even in much more institutionalized and less clan-based societies such as Tunisia and Egypt, these tasks have proved anything but easy. But it would be wrong, in this moment of triumph for the Libyan Second Republic, to dwell on the difficulties to come. Libyans deserve a moment of exultation.
I have taken a lot of heat for my support of the revolution and of the United Nations-authorized intervention by the Arab League and NATO that kept it from being crushed. I haven’t taken nearly as much heat as the youth of Misrata who fought off Qaddafi’s tank barrages, though, so it is OK. I hate war, having actually lived through one in Lebanon, and I hate the idea of people being killed. My critics who imagined me thrilling at NATO bombing raids were just being cruel. But here I agree with President Obama and his citation of Reinhold Niebuhr. You can’t protect all victims of mass murder everywhere all the time. But where you can do some good, you should do it, even if you cannot do all good. I mourn the deaths of all the people who died in this revolution, especially since many of the Qaddafi brigades were clearly coerced (they deserted in large numbers as soon as they felt it safe). But it was clear to me that Qaddafi was not a man to compromise, and that his military machine would mow down the revolutionaries if it were allowed to.
Moreover, those who question whether there were US interests in Libya seem to me a little blind. The US has an interest in there not being massacres of people for merely exercising their right to free assembly. The US has an interest in a lawful world order, and therefore in the United Nations Security Council resolution demanding that Libyans be protected from their murderous government. The US has an interest in its NATO alliance, and NATO allies France and Britain felt strongly about this intervention. The US has a deep interest in the fate of Egypt, and what happened in Libya would have affected Egypt (Qaddafi allegedly had high Egyptian officials on his payroll).
Given the controversies about the revolution, it is worthwhile reviewing the myths about the Libyan Revolution that led so many observers to make so many fantastic or just mistaken assertions about it.
1. Qaddafi was a progressive in his domestic policies. While back in the 1970s, Qaddafi was probably more generous in sharing around the oil wealth with the population, buying tractors for farmers, etc., in the past couple of decades that policy changed. He became vindictive against tribes in the east and in the southwest that had crossed him politically, depriving them of their fair share in the country’s resources. And in the past decade and a half, extreme corruption and the rise of post-Soviet-style oligarchs, including Qaddafi and his sons, have discouraged investment and blighted the economy. Workers were strictly controlled and unable to collectively bargain for improvements in their conditions. There was much more poverty and poor infrastructure in Libya than there should have been in an oil state.
2. Qaddafi was a progressive in his foreign policy. Again, he traded for decades on positions, or postures, he took in the 1970s. In contrast, in recent years he played a sinister role in Africa, bankrolling brutal dictators and helping foment ruinous wars. In 1996 the supposed champion of the Palestinian cause expelled 30,000 stateless Palestinians from the country. After he came in from the cold, ending European and US sanctions, he began buddying around with George W. Bush, Silvio Berlusconi and other right wing figures. Berlusconi has even said that he considered resigning as Italian prime minister once NATO began its intervention, given his close personal relationship to Qaddafi. Such a progressive.
3. It was only natural that Qaddafi sent his military against the protesters and revolutionaries; any country would have done the same. No, it wouldn’t, and this is the argument of a moral cretin. In fact, the Tunisian officer corps refused to fire on Tunisian crowds for dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and the Egyptian officer corps refused to fire on Egyptian crowds for Hosni Mubarak. The willingness of the Libyan officer corps to visit macabre violence on protesting crowds derived from the centrality of the Qaddafi sons and cronies at the top of the military hierarchy and from the lack of connection between the people and the professional soldiers and mercenaries. Deploying the military against non-combatants was a war crime, and doing so in a widespread and systematic way was a crime against humanity. Qaddafi and his sons will be tried for this crime, which is not “perfectly natural.”
4. There was a long stalemate in the fighting between the revolutionaries and the Qaddafi military. There was not. This idea was fostered by the vantage point of many Western observers, in Benghazi. It is true that there was a long stalemate at Brega, which ended yesterday when the pro-Qaddafi troops there surrendered. But the two most active fronts in the war were Misrata and its environs, and the Western Mountain region. Misrata fought an epic, Stalingrad-style, struggle of self-defense against attacking Qaddafi armor and troops, finally proving victorious with NATO help, and then they gradually fought to the west toward Tripoli. The most dramatic battles and advances were in the largely Berber Western Mountain region, where, again, Qaddafi armored units relentlessly shelled small towns and villages but were fought off (with less help from NATO initially, which I think did not recognize the importance of this
theater). It was the revolutionary volunteers from this region who eventually took Zawiya, with the help of the people of Zawiya, last Friday and who thereby cut Tripoli off from fuel and ammunition coming from Tunisia and made the fall of the capital possible. Any close observer of the war since April has seen constant movement, first at Misrata and then in the Western Mountains, and there was never an over-all stalemate.
5. The Libyan Revolution was a civil war. It was not, if by that is meant a fight between two big groups within the body politic. There was nothing like the vicious sectarian civilian-on-civilian fighting in Baghdad in 2006. The revolution began as peaceful public protests, and only when the urban crowds were subjected to artillery, tank, mortar and cluster bomb barrages did the revolutionaries begin arming themselves. When fighting began, it was volunteer combatants representing their city quarters taking on trained regular army troops and mercenaries. That is a revolution, not a civil war. Only in a few small pockets of territory, such as Sirte and its environs, did pro-Qaddafi civilians oppose the revolutionaries, but it would be wrong to magnify a handful of skirmishes of that sort into a civil war. Qaddafi’s support was too limited, too thin, and too centered in the professional military, to allow us to speak of a civil war.
6. Libya is not a real country and could have been partitioned between east and west.
Alexander Cockburn wrote,
“It requites no great prescience to see that this will all end up badly. Qaddafi’s failure to collapse on schedule is prompting increasing pressure to start a ground war, since the NATO operation is, in terms of prestige, like the banks Obama has bailed out, Too Big to Fail. Libya will probably be balkanized.”
I don’t understand the propensity of Western analysts to keep pronouncing nations in the global south “artificial” and on the verge of splitting up. It is a kind of Orientalism. All nations are artificial. Benedict Anderson dates the nation-state to the late 1700s, and even if it were a bit earlier, it is a new thing in history. Moreover, most nation-states are multi-ethnic, and many long-established ones have sub-nationalisms that threaten their unity. Thus, the Catalans and Basque are uneasy inside Spain, the Scottish may bolt Britain any moment, etc., etc. In contrast, Libya does not have any well-organized, popular separatist movements. It does have tribal divisions, but these are not the basis for nationalist separatism, and tribal alliances and fissures are more fluid than ethnicity (which is itself less fixed than people assume). Everyone speaks Arabic, though for Berbers it is the public language; Berbers were among the central Libyan heroes of the revolution, and will be rewarded with a more pluralist Libya. This generation of young Libyans, who waged the revolution, have mostly been through state schools and have a strong allegiance to the idea of Libya. Throughout the revolution, the people of Benghazi insisted that Tripoli was and would remain the capital. Westerners looking for break-ups after dictatorships are fixated on the Balkan events after 1989, but there most often isn’t an exact analogue to those in the contemporary Arab world.
7. There had to be NATO infantry brigades on the ground for the revolution to succeed. Everyone from Cockburn to Max Boot (scary when those two agree) put forward this idea. But there are not any foreign infantry brigades in Libya, and there are unlikely to be any. Libyans are very nationalistic and they made this clear from the beginning. Likewise the Arab League. NATO had some intelligence assets on the ground, but they were small in number, were requested behind the scenes for liaison and spotting by the revolutionaries, and did not amount to an invasion force. The Libyan people never needed foreign ground brigades to succeed in their revolution.
8. The United States led the charge to war. There is no evidence for this allegation whatsoever. When I asked Glenn Greenwald whether a US refusal to join France and Britain in a NATO united front might not have destroyed NATO, he replied that NATO would never have gone forward unless the US had plumped for the intervention in the first place. I fear that answer was less fact-based and more doctrinaire than we are accustomed to hearing from Mr. Greenwald, whose research and analysis on domestic issues is generally first-rate. As someone not a stranger to diplomatic history, and who has actually heard briefings in Europe from foreign ministries and officers of NATO members, I’m offended at the glibness of an answer given with no more substantiation than an idee fixe. The excellent McClatchy wire service reported on the reasons for which then Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the Pentagon, and Obama himself were extremely reluctant to become involved in yet another war in the Muslim world. It is obvious that the French and the British led the charge on this intervention, likely because they believed that a protracted struggle over years between the opposition and Qaddafi in Libya would radicalize it and give an opening to al-Qaeda and so pose various threats to Europe. French President Nicolas Sarkozy had been politically mauled, as well, by the offer of his defense minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, to send French troops to assist Ben Ali in Tunisia (Alliot-Marie had been Ben Ali’s guest on fancy vacations), and may have wanted to restore traditional French cachet in the Arab world as well as to look decisive to his electorate. Whatever Western Europe’s motivations, they were the decisive ones, and the Obama administration clearly came along as a junior partner (something Sen. John McCain is complaining bitterly about).
9. Qaddafi would not have killed or imprisoned large numbers of dissidents in Benghazi, Derna, al-Bayda and Tobruk if he had been allowed to pursue his March Blitzkrieg toward the eastern cities that had defied him. But we have real-world examples of how he would have behaved, in Zawiya, Tawargha, Misrata and elsewhere. His indiscriminate shelling of Misrata had already killed between 1000 and 2000 by last April,, and it continued all summer. At least one Qaddafi mass grave with 150 bodies in it has been discovered. And the full story of the horrors in Zawiya and elsewhere in the west has yet to emerge, but it will not be pretty. The opposition claims Qaddafi’s forces killed tens of thousands. Public health studies may eventually settle this issue, but we know definitively what Qaddafi was capable of.
10. This was a war for Libya’s oil. That is daft. Libya was already integrated into the international oil markets, and had done billions of deals with BP, ENI, etc., etc. None of those companies would have wanted to endanger their contracts by getting rid of the ruler who had signed them. They had often already had the trauma of having to compete for post-war Iraqi contracts, a process in which many did less well than they would have liked. ENI’s profits were hurt by the Libyan revolution, as were those of Total SA. and Repsol. Moreover, taking Libyan oil off the market through a NATO military intervention could have been foreseen to put up oil prices, which no Western elected leader would have wanted to see, especially Barack Obama, with the danger that a spike in energy prices could prolong the economic doldrums. An economic argument for imperialism is fine if it makes sense, but this one does not, and there is no good evidence for it (that Qaddafi was erratic is not enough), and is therefore just a conspiracy theory.
Revolutionaies storm state tv building and pull Jamahiriyah off air
Gaddafi’s Jamahiriyah state television channel went off the air today and a revolutionary spokesman said forces opposed to Muammar Gaddafi had taken control of state TV headquarters in Tripoli.
“The revolutionaries stormed the television building … after killing the soldiers surrounding it. It is now under their control,” the spokesman said. He was speaking after television screens airing the Jamahiriyah station went blank.
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Aljazeera
ZeinakhodrAljaz
Muammar Gaddafi’s snipers are scattered across Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
Even areas that are under opposition control are not yet fully secure.
While Gaddafi’s forces have withdrawn from most areas, sleeper cells have not.
Bab al Azaziyah – the site of Gaddafi’s compound – is a front line still being held by the government.
And rebels knew that this would be their biggest challenge once they entered the capital.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Tripoli.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AWt315CO6g&fea...
acarvin Andy Carvin
Turkish foreign minister to fly to Benghazi tomorrow. – Reuters
Reuters
“We have lost Libya completely,” Aram Shegunts, director general of the Russia-Libya Business Council, told Reuters
septimius
reason of shelling of #Zwara is cause #FF got reinforcement from East & by sea and G thugs trying to stop advance towards border! #Libya
moi a table
Ppl cant leave their homes and soldiers stretching from Gasr Ben GHashir to Mashrou3 El Hadba which is 15-25 km away towards downtown 2:2
Free Libya
What we are going to see alot of is Gaddafi idiots who know they have lost, but are scared to surrender, so will do the stupidist things
Khaled
My cousin, Majed #Swehli, was just released from Aiz Zara prison in Tripoli. He’s been detained since beginning of revolution in February.
libyanandproud
NTC confirms the capture of Saadi #Gaddafi, third eldest son of ex Libyan dictator .
Turkey
Turkish FM: What is happening in Libya is a lesson, Leaders who don’t listen to their people can not stay in power
Libya Ahrar :
Massoud Abdhafeed has been captured by Freedom Fighters
LIVE SOON UN’s Ban Ki Moon statement on #Libya
www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast
Reuters Reuters Top News
Any post-Gaddafi mission not expected to involve U.S. boots on ground. – Pentagon spokesman
Zlitenfree
Nigaza East of #Khums liberated
simondenyer Simon Denyer
On my way to the Libyan border via Tunisia.
#Tripoli : Freedom Fighters in Ben Ashour captured one Algerian Sniper who has pointed FF to location of the other one
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
G soldier gave himself up to Tunisian authorities in Tunis, saying he had been sent by Muammar Gaddafi’s army to bomb an Arab embassy
LibyanTweet
I think our FF hobby is to collect #Gaddafi kids, will they treasure them? :D
UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon asks Gaddafi’s loyalists to ‘cease violence immediately & make way for smooth transition’
Via Reuters
Abu Dhabi crown prince calls Libyan NTC Chairman, congratulates him on victory – state news agency
Al Jazeera’s sources say senior Gaddafi officials hiding in #Libya’s #Sirte including info. minister Ali al Kilani
Noit
Sirte is under siege by Gaddafi forces, electricity cut, and gaddafi inner circle hiding there
US does not believe Gaddafi has left Libya – says Pentagon spokesman – Reuters
Turkish FM to fly to Libya’s Benghazi on Tuesday
ADDIS ABABAAug 22 (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he would fly to the Libyan rebel capital of Benghazi on Tuesday.
Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Davutoglu told reporters: “From here I will travel to Benghazi as foreign minister of Turkey but, at the same time, as chairman of the international Libya contact group.”
“There is a beginning of a new era in Libya for a future, democratic, united Libya. What we always defended as Turkey was a new Libya based on the aspirations of the people of Libya without being divided and without there being a chaotic situation,” he said at the African Union’s headquarters where an emergency meeting on Libya had just begun.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan State TV is under the control of the Free Libyan people #Libya
Saadi Gaddafi was the one who ordered mercenaries to fire at unarmed protesters on Feb 17 in Benghazi
2011feb17
Where were you on August 21st when Gaddafi’s regime was toppled?
Reuters
Russia firms seen shut out of Libya post-Gaddafi
Aug 22 (Reuters) – Russian energy firms are likely to be barred from resuming work in Libya if NATO-backed rebels succeed in overthrowing Muammar Gaddafi, a Russia-Libya business group said on Monday.
“We have lost Libya completely,” Aram Shegunts, director general of the Russia-Libya Business Council, told Reuters.
“Our companies won’t be given the green light to work there. If anyone thinks otherwise they are wrong. Our companies will lose everything there because NATO will prevent them from doing their business in Libya.”
Gazprom (GAZP.MM), Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM) and Tatneft (TATN3.MM) have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas exploration in Libya, but suspended operations after an uprising broke out earlier this year against Gaddafi’s rule.
Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin
Noit
Heavy fighting between Gaddafi forces and FF on the Libyan – Tunisian border
Via Shabab
Tunisia says uncovers Libya plot to bomb embassy
TUNIS Aug 22 (Reuters) – A Libyan soldier gave himself up to Tunisian authorities in Tunis, saying he had been sent by Muammar Gaddafi’s army to bomb an Arab embassy in the capital, Tunisia’s military said on Monday.
“The Libyan officer, Abd Erazzak Al-Rajhi, has revealed this to the Tunisian army,” Mokhtar Nasr, a Tunisian military official, said at a press conference. He said the target had been the embassy of an Arab country, but he did not specify.
More:
shabablibya.org/news/tunisia-says-uncov...
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
This morning I recieved news that my 19yo cousin Sleiman Zuhair Mhani has been martyred, may Allah accept him & others into heaven.
Essential Residential districts are calm and being patrolled by FF and Residents
Hadba is not yet safe and are experiencing minor clashes
Isolated snipers around #Tripoli people are astonished that there are still armed men holding on to this collapsing regime
Moral in #Tripoli is high, people acknowledge the fact that our struggle is not yet over
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Khamis #Gaddafi leading forces towards central #Tripoli at this time.
#Libya State TV goes off air. #NTC spokesman says Libya State TV under revolutionary control.
Shakeer caught trying to cross the border into #Tunisia yesterday. Arrested. Hala Misrati “surrendered” in #Gargaresh. #Libya
Daddy G IS in #Tripoli. His wife, daughter & all living sons are there & would have left if #Gaddafi had left
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” remains anchored 2.5 NM outside of port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Tripoli: Aisha, Saadi & Seif #Gaddafi arrested, Mohammed G. surrendered himself to #Freedomfighters all yesterday.
#Tripoli: Unconfirmed: Quilliam foundation says it has “credible news” Mohammed Gaddafi has been freed by loyalists
#Gaddafi filth are attacking #Freedomfighters in #AbuKamash in attempt to prevent #FF from advancing & reach #RasAjidr.
#Niger begins air surveillance of border to prevent #Gaddafi forces fleeing
#Tripoli Airport Road area is held by large number of #Gaddafi filth ( #GasrBenGhashir, farm roads that lead to #Tarhuna)
#Zwara #Freedomfighters are asking #FF in #Tripoli to reconnect the telecommunication IMMEDIATELY
Battalion of #Gaddafi mercs are attacking civilians in the city of #Ghdames.
Free Libya Now
Libyan oil firm says ready to pump oil once security situation allows. #AjacoOilCo #Libya
BBC: #Freedomfighter TV from #Doha reporting that Masud Abd-al-Hafiz, a relative of #Gaddafi, has been arrested
Gadafi agents still operating a psy-ops. Making SOS calls from unknown location saying in Tripoli & being attacked by FF’s.
Aljazeera
According to Mustafa Jalil, Sirte is under seige.
Al Jazeera’s sources confirm that electricity to the city has been cut and communications disrupted and senior Gaddafi officials have taken refuge there. Amongst them is the Information Minister Ali al Kilani.
While in Brega ppposition fighters have entered the industrial area after a rebel artillery barrage drove off Gaddafi forces.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya: #Gaddafi filth still holding ground in areas around Airport & #BabAlAziziya compound. Fighting near Airport ongoing.
Reports say #AlKhums has been captured by #Freedomfighters.
Senior #Gaddafi officials reported hiding in #Sirte including Information Minister Ali al Kilani.
Turkey: Gaddafi’s end a lesson to region’s leaders
The likely end of autocrat Muammar Gaddafi’s rule is a lesson for leaders in the Middle East who ignore the demands of their people for change, Turkey said today.
Muslim Turkey, a rising diplomatic and political power in the Middle East, once had close political ties with Gaddafi’s government and Turkish companies had projects worth more than $15 billion in the oil producing north African state last year.
Turkey was opposed to both sanctions against Libya and NATO intervention after a revolt against Gaddafi’s 42 year-rule erupted in February, but in May Ankara called on Gaddafi to step down and recognised the opposition NTC as the legitimate government.
Backed by NATO air strikes, Libyan revolutionaries advanced into the Libyan capital today as remnants of Gaddafi’s fought last-ditch battles around the veteran leaders compound.
“What is happening in Libya is a lesson for the leaders of the region. It shows that leaders who do not listen to their people cannot stay in power,” state TV TRT reported Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying, without mentioning any other country.
Davutoglu is in Ethiopia on a tour of African countries.
Turkey has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has unleashed a crackdown on pro-democracy protests, to end the violence and carry out reforms in the neighbouring country.
Turkey, unlike the United States and the European Union, has not called on Assad to step down, but has said repeatedly its patience is running out.
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Libyan diaspora celebrates ‘beginning of the end’
Celebrations have spilled over from Tripoli and Benghazi into cities around the world, as the Libyan diaspora gathered to celebrate the advance of opposition forces.
At least a hundred Libyans gathered outside the White House today to celebrate the revolutionaries’’ assault on Tripoli, waving the country’s flag and chanting “Libya is free” and “Thank you, Obama”.
“Tonight for the first time in our lives we are very proud to be Libyan,” Rania Swadek, a 33-year-old Libyan-American, told the AFP news service. Swadek was waving a sign showing the red, black and green rebel flag with the words ”Thank you, NATO! Thank you, Obama!”
The mother of two, who arrived in the US in 1984 with her brothers and sisters after receiving political asylum, also had kind words for France, which was among the first countries to call for international intervention in Libya.
“We want to say thank you to President Nicolas Sarkozy and the French people who were the first, even before the Americans, to support the Libyans in their struggle,” she said.
While Gaddafi’s regime has not yet fallen, many Libyans were celebrating what they believed was the beginning of the end.
“They already have the sons,” Swadek said, referring to reports that one of Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam, had been arrested and another, Mohammad Gaddafi, also detained by rebels.
“Now we want him alive for a trial for all the crimes against humanity he has done, not just now but for four decades,” Swadek said, referring to Gaddafi.
‘Replace the flag’
Libyans gathered outside their embassy in Cairo on Monday and demanded that the green flag of Gaddafi be replaced with the opposition’s flag.
“As an individual, my demands would be first and foremost, since I’m here in Cairo, for the Libyan embassy in Cairo to lower its flag and raise the flag of the independence and for the Egyptian military council to recognise the National Transitional Council,” said Omar, a Libyan celebrating in Cairo, who did not disclose his last name.
Dressed in white T-shirts and waving Libyan independence flags, the jubilant crowd shouted, “Replace the flag! Replace the flag!”
In Alexandria, Egypt, hundreds gathered outside the consulate and also clamoured for the removal of the green flag of Gaddafi.
Crowds also gathered outside the Libyan embassy in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, celebrating the reports of the fighting in Tripoli. Waving the flag of independence many expressed their joy at the news.
The Libyan ambassador in Malta allowed the removal of the Gaddafi flag and raised the emblem of the opposition forces. About 100 people gathered to celebrate the battle for Tripoli.
According to Malta Today, pro-revolutionary supporters chanted “Libya, Libya”, and “Down with Gaddafi”. Authorities allowed demonstrators to enter the embassy where they took to the roof and replaced the old flag.
In Sarajevo, however, police were forced to surround the embassy after a dozen Libyans entered the building, threw Gaddafi’s pictures out the windows, raised the revolutionaries’ flag, and demanded the resignation of the ambassador.
Yet, according to an embassy employee who spoke to The Associated Press, the ambassador is a ‘die-hard Gaddafi supporter’ who refuses to leave. Currently the Bosnian police are inside the building trying to keep the negotiations peaceful.
Wait is ‘finally’ over
In Washington, children wore “Free Libya” shirts with the colors of the rebel flag. One demonstrator waved a large multicoloured sign with the capital letters “FINALLY”.
Libyans sang in English: “Gaddafi left Tripoli, Libya is free”.
About 40 men knelt facing Mecca to pray, some used the rebel flag as a prayer mat.
Among them was Khaled Rouini, a 42-year-old Tunisian taxi driver, who could not hide his excitement.
“I came to the White House to celebrate the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt,” he said, sporting a “Free Libya” T-shirt. “And now it is in Libya,” he added.
Ahmed Ilhnish, draped in the revolutionary flag, said he had been overwhelmed by emotions.
“There is no word to tell what we feel,” he said. “Now it is just a matter of time.”
“I have been waiting this day since the day I was born,” Ilhnish continued. “I was in
Benghazi in March when the French planes first came. I’m going to get back in Tripoli tomorrow or in a few days as soon as they get him.” – AJE
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9806
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Libyan civilians must be protected amid Tripoli fighting
Amnesty International has today urged all sides in Libya to protect the rights of civilians and safeguard them from attack as forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC) continued to battle for control of the capital, Tripoli.
NTC forces said earlier that they had captured some of Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi’s sons, including Saif al-Islam who, like his father, was recently indicted for alleged crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“These are momentous but extremely dangerous days for the people of Libya. All forces must respect the rights of civilians and ensure that the fighting in Tripoli and elsewhere does not result in reprisals,” said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Director.
“NTC forces must make sure that Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi is treated humanely and handed over safely to the ICC without delay to face trial, as should Colonel al-Gaddafi be if he is captured or surrenders.”
Full report:
www.amnestyusa.org/news/news-item/libya...
SenJohnMcCain John McCain
Celebration in Tripoli – it’s time for reconciliation and national unity
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Telecomms engineer told me that senior army officers had given weapons to those who staged insurrection in the last 48 hours.#Libya #Tripoli
C4NForeign Sarah Corp
Old man standing by side of road watching mountain rebels stream past says ‘These are my sons … This is free Libya’
Other Tripoli residents handing out milk and water to rebels as they stream by down Gargaresh road
just met man who escaped from prison in #Tripoli last night – prisoners broke out when they heard the mosques announcing free Tripoli
Prisoner was arrested in May for being associated with people from Zawiyah. He spent 2 days without food and water.
Hoping to interview him live on Channel 4 News tonight
He was a political prisoner – arrested at midnight in May apparently for associating with people from Zawiyah
Saw 10 or 11 men being marched through National Oil Co compound- hands on heads. Rebel commander said they were Ukrainian mercenaries.
Libya: ICRC delivers emergency supplies to Tripoli hospitals
As Libya’s armed conflict continues, with fierce fighting in the capital’s streets, the ICRC has started distributing medical and surgical kits to some of the city’s main hospitals.
“Today, our team started providing medical facilities, including the Abu Slim Trauma Centre, with some of the supplies they need in order to treat casualties. We are delivering enough medical supplies to treat at least 300 casualties. The consignments include surgical kits, dressing materials and intravenous fluids,” announced George Comninos, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Tripoli.
“In one of the hospitals we visited today, only one doctor was left to look after 25 patients, including 15 seriously wounded,” added Comninos. “We are mobilizing a complete surgical team to support the medical staff and help hospitals cope with the situation.”
More here:
www.humanitarianforum.org/news.php/en/2...
AP
World urges Gadhafi to surrender, plans future
Egypt and Jordan recognized the rebel National Transitional Council as the sole representative of Libya’s people.
Though Gadhafi’s whereabouts were not known, leaders were setting the stage for new leadership there.
Full art.:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_L...
Huffington Post
Libya: All Sides Obligated to Protect Civilians
As fighting reaches the Libyan capital, Tripoli, all sides to the conflict – forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, forces of the National Transitional Council, and the NATO allies – need to ensure that they take all feasible steps to avoid harming civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The National Transitional Council (NTC) should instruct its forces not to engage in acts of revenge, Human Rights Watch said.
“The pro-Gaddafi forces, fighters of the National Transitional Council, and NATO must do everything feasible to protect civilians caught in the fighting,” said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “NTC forces should not carry out reprisals against those who fought for or supported the Gaddafi government.”
Report:
www.huffingtonpost.com/human-rights-wat...
Free Libya Now
Formerly Green Square under Gadafi, Today it is officially Martyrs Square. Sign already errected
Aljazeera
Libya’s revolutionary council will vote to decide whether or not to send beleaguered strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s captured son to face international justice, its envoy to Paris told AFP on Monday.
Mansur Seif al-Nasr, the official representative of Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) in France, told AFP the movement makes all important decisions by a vote of its national executive council.
Gaddafi’s son and former heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, was captured by rebel forces on Sunday as the regime’s defence of its capital Tripoli crumbled in the face of an insurgent siege and a street revolt within.
Along with his father, Seif has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of crimes against humanity, and prosecutors have asked that they be sent to The Hague for trial.
Michael
FF are engaged with G goons in trees and ground floor of the RIXOS. FF tanks can decide this quickly. Bring 4. Feb17voices @NATO
RIXOS journalists are hunkered down on the 3rd floor. Power is off. G goons may be guarding someone in basement bunker.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Mood in #Rixos much darker than before. Everyone really worried about what’s going to happen to us.
Fierce battle under way near #Gadhafi compound. Huge explosions, heavy machine-gun fire. #Rixos getting hit by stray bullets.
It’s no fun being stuck in one of #Gadhafi’s few remaining strongholds. #Rixos gunmen now refusing to let us leave.
Dep. Sec of State Feltman
Initial signs from #Libya “encouraging.” No reports of widespread looting or people taking law into own hands.
UN_Spokesperson UN Spokesperson
#UNSG on #Libya: “It is crucial now for the conflict to end with no further loss of life and retribution.”
Free Libya Now
Two places need attention by FF’s of Tripoli Rixos Hotel & bab Al Aziziya. Both seem to host a high profile Gadafi. Either sons or the man.
Heavyclasehs reported around Rixos hotel in the last hour or so. Bab Alaziziya has been a scene for fighting since 6.30 am today.
Free Libya Now
Mohammed Muamer Gadafi escapes from his house with the help of Gadafi militia group. His act last night on Aljazeera was a game.
Free Libya Now
#zwara needs attention, Gadafi Militias are still shelling city.
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI HOSPITAL DRS MOVING EMOTIONAL URGENT APPEAL TO CITIZENS Blood Needed Volunteers 4 cleaning/Transporting Patients Oxygen
Lebeeya
The Green flag was taken down at the Embassy in Oman. We want to raise the independence flag but Oman hasn’t recognized the NTC yet
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Mutassim reported a while ago at #BabAlAziziya, Khamis leading attack group into #Tripoli
#Tripoli: Word on the street: #NATO will bomb #BabAlAziziya after the Sunset prayers.
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” last seen 34.30119°/23.50715° en route to #Sfax from #Iskederun w/ weapons shipment. #Libya
CNN International verifies reports Hala Misrati, the gun-waving she-male #Libya TV anchor, has been arrested
#Freedomfighters from #Misrata have just joined #Tripoli Freedom Fighters in #Tajoura.
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi filth in #BabAlAziziya randomly shelling surrounding neighborhoods
“ #AU to hold emergency session to discuss #Libya” Why does the AU think ANYONE in Libya cares what they think or say? AU can get stuffed!
Free Libya Now
Two places need attention by FF’s of Tripoli Rixos Hotel & bab Al Aziziya. Both seem to host a high profile Gadafi. Either sons or the man.
Reuters
FACTBOX – Latest developments in the Libyan conflict
Early on Monday, rebel spokesman Nouri Echtiwi said, tanks and pick-up trucks mounted with machineguns had emerged from Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound.
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/factbox-latest-dev...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi forces inside Bab Azizia (gaddafi’s compound) are volunteers, and are extreme loyalists #Libya v AJE
WAPO
Collapse of Gaddafi’s defenses startles NATO officials
BERLIN — As rebels in Libya continued to establish their control of Tripoli on Monday, senior NATO officials said they were startled by the speed with which Moammar Gaddafi’s defenses have collapsed.
Read more:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-eas...
@grafixel guess what
photos from celebrations in #Benghazi RT @ANevilleMorgan: In photos: Triumph in Tripoli bit.ly/nmadfl #Libya #Tripoli
Foreign Policy
Triumph in Tripoli
As the Qaddafi regime teeters, Libyan rebels take control of the capital city, sparking celebrations across the country
Photo’s:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/...
Sky News – FF Commanders claim they are in control of 80% of #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – AJA – 2 bodies found suspected to be of Khamis #Gaddafi and Abdullah Senussi.
Take the AJA report with a handful of salt. It’s not true until we see visual evidence.
Waiting for official confirmation before believing the Mohammed, Khamis and Senussi news, to be honest.
I don’t believe this but – AJA: two corpses found which could belong to Khamis Gaddafi and Abdallah Senuss
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
11.30p local time in #Rixos hotel – press conference with #Saif al-Islam Gadhafi called!! But he was a no-show. #cnn #libya
The Dictator
#Misrata: Eastern front moves further east past ElHeesha, some clashes, more kidnapped families released and some ammo gains. #Libya
100s of #Misrata f fighters set to arrive in Tripoli very soon via both sea and land
Aljazeera Mubasher airing videos of different area of Tripoli celebrating their liberation of Gaddafi forces
benghazi’s bunny♥
I want justice, for Mohamad Nabbous who was the first real reporter on the ground. Shot in the head by a sniper leaving behind wife&daughter
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NTC ship “AL ENTISAR” chartered by @IGOAID, from #Misrata just offloaded medical supplies in #Tripoli, now returning
#Freedomfighters in #Tripoli capture #Gaddafi bodyguard & confident Sa’d Mas’ud. He had $4million on him in cash.
Free Libya Now
Clashes between Sebha residents and members of Gadafi tribe members from Sirte.
Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” en route to dest. #Sfax #Tunisia needs to be met as it comes into port to stop weapons shipment.
Clashes in #SidiKhalifa in central #Tripoli between #Freedomfighters & filth controlled by one of #Gaddafi sons.
A ship including a consignment of relief supplies departed #Misrata early this morning bound for #Tripoli.
Since last night #AlKhums is free, #Celine & #Naghaza are western suburbs of Al Khums & free as well
A group of #Gaddafi filth are currently looting and destroying CorIinthia Palm City in #Tripoli.
#Libya: #NTC needs to start organizing a National Military to fight #Gaddafi sleeper cells, secure borders after Peace declared.
#Libya: #NTC needs to get media crews into State TV & restart with the TRUTH, let all know what is REALLY happening in #Libya.
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING 2 bodies found Believed to be Abdallah #Senussi and #Khamis Gaddafi via AJE #Libya #Mohamed Gaddafi escaped yesterday #Libya
Libya
Friend’s daughter ate only soup for iftar 4 a week as she had nothing else. Employer wasn’t paying her or her husband
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #SABC media reports #Angola has offered asylum to brother Muammar #Gaddafi #Libya
Aljazeera
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the world must help Libya stabilize after rebels topple Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Merkel says: “We must quickly create political structures which will enable a transition from the current situation into a peaceful, democratic and free society.”
She says that Gaddfi’s money must be “secured in the name of the Libyan people and used to finance the transition to democracy.”
During her one-day visit to Croatia on Monday, Merkel also supported France’s plans to host a meeting next week of the so-called “contact group” of nations involved in an effort to stabilise Libya since the rebel uprising began.
AP The Associated Press
More from Obama: Uprising in Libya “echoed the voices we had heard from all across the region.” -
washingtonpost The Washington Post
Obama to Libyan people: Your courage and character have been unbreakable in the face of a tyrant… your revolution is your own
AP The Associated Press
BREAKING: Obama: Situation in Libya remains fluid, uncertain, but Gadhafi regime is coming to an end. -
WAPO
Evidence that Gaddafi spied on journalists found
Foreign journalists in Libya long protested Gaddafi’s government’s requirements correspondents had to accept in order to stay in Tripoli. The Rixos hotel was a gilded jail, according to one Post correspondent. When fighting broke out Sunday, it became even more of a jail to about two dozen journalists. The hotel has been surrounded by snipers. While many of the hotel’s residents, including the government minders, have been allowed to leave, the journalists have not. It’s left the journalists free to range about parts of the hotel previously cut off to them.
In one office, journalists found printouts of their personal emails, the Guardian reports. The journalists had suspected their computers had been hacked, but did not have proof until now.
“Tripoli is not safe at all”
The Post’s correspondent in Tripoli, Thomas Erdbrink, reports that the Libyan capital remains unsafe, with firefights breaking out between rebels and Gaddafi supporters. Erdbrink and other reporters were pinned down in a rebel command post in Tripoli for three hours when it came under fierce attack from pro-Gaddafi forces. The rebels were forced to relocate. "Tripoli is not safe at all,‘’ Erdbrink says. He says that the mood on the streets was "radically different’’ from the celebratory spirit of Sunday night.
Tunisian bomb plot uncovered
A Libyan officer, Abd Erazzak Al-Rajhi, surrendered to Tunisian authorities Monday, saying he had been sent by Gaddafi to bomb an Arab embassy in the capital, Reuters reports.
The target was the embassy of an unspecified Arab country.
As Reuters reports: “Libyan state television has routinely accused Arab states Qatar and the United Arab Emirates of being ‘traitors’ for supporting a rebel offensive seeking to topple Gaddafi.
Pentagon believes Gaddafi still in Libya
“We believe he’s still in the country,” Marine Col. David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman told a group of reporters Monday. “We don’t have any information that he’s left the country.”
He also said that the United States does not plan to send ground forces into Libya to assist international peacekeeping operations after Gaddafi’s fall.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
On bright side, am with excellent group of journalists at #Rixos. We are feeling our way around corridors with candles. No power.
LPC #Tripoli: Al Andalus area, hearing loud explosions now #Tripoli
The Dictator
Very loud explosion heard in #Misrata today, reports that it was a scud missile fired by G forces but was hit by NATO
libyanandproud
#ZWARA is under siege and being shelled , The number of injured and deaths is rising very rapidly !! FLA is NOT there NATO !
Hend
#Gaddafi’s in hiding,choosing defiance at the cost of arrest,death of his own children.What chance did OUR children have with him?
FromJoanne Joanne
BBC report 8 journos dead following a huge explosion of unknown origins at #Rixos hotel
Noit
Must be a hoax by a disturbed person, I don’t believe it for one second
acarvin Andy Carvin
Looks like rumor of #Rixos bombing comes from @dickwolves. Assuming it’s indeed BS, blocking him would be appropriate.
libertad
#Libye #Kadhafi forces ont lourdement bombardé la ville de #Zuwara – civils massacrés à mort sans augmentation rapide! Massacre
Mohammed
BREAKING: @NATO intercepted a scud missile fired from Sirt! via AJA #Gaddafi is desperate for destruction.
ALL VOICES CAROL:
UPDATE: Monday, Aug/22/11, 07:30 PM (UTC/GMT)
President Obama tells the Libyan people “Your courage and character have been unbreakable in the face of the tyrant. An ocean divides us, but we are joined in the basic human longing for freedom, for justice and for dignity. Your revolution is your own, and your sacrifices have been extraordinary. Now, the Libya that you deserve is within your reach.”
Full text of his address HERE
Situation in Tripoli: Reuters: NATO continues air patrols of Libya until Gaddafi troops fully retreat. NTC tells residents in Tripoli to stay away from Bab Al Azizia compound as the walls will be bombed by NATO. Reuters: revolutionaries are positioned everywhere in Tripoli, some of them are near Bab al-Aziziyah, but Gaddafi’s forces have been trying to resist. BabAlAziziya & the perimeter of the Rixos (including the Nasr forest/Zoo) will be heavily guarded. There is a system of tunnels underneath them.
Some neighbourhoods of Tripoli and the central hospital are currently being shelled by mortars from INSIDE Bab Al Aziziya.
NTC Statement: Chairmen of NTC Mustafa Abdul Jalil in an official statement today: “We allowed some defections. But we will not allow anymore” “Muammer Gaddafi will be remembered by the acts he committed against the Libyan People and the world” “Revolution is creating security, peace, prosperity.” “We will have freedom, democracy justice and equality under a moderate Islamic framework.” “We are all Libyans, we all have a right to live in dignity. We aim for a country where all are equal regardless of race or color.” "The NTCTC wants to build a state of law, will provide fair trials for all victims On Saif and Mohamed Gaddafi’s fate: “They are under the control of the revolutionaries and are in safe places.” " The real moment of victory is when we capture Gaddafi himself"
libyanandproud
#ZWARA Was already besieged and shelled few months ago. SECOND Time #ZWARA goes through this ! PURE REVENGE by #Gaddafi forces #
Nusaybah
#ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #ZuwaraBleeds #Zuwara #Pray4Zuwara #Libya
live2Tripoli
Reports of massacre going on in #zwara Raby yister wesabirna !!
Tweeting Tripoli
Power is back in some areas of Tripoli.
Hayat
#Zwara and #Zawiyah are both being shelled and I cannot get answers from any of my family it’s terribly worrying, where is @NATO protect us!
#Zawiyah is being shelled and hit by missiles! @NATO it’s not over where are you? Brigades are all over the place, killing us with tanks!
S K
#gaddafi snipers remain in hay al andalus #tripoli #libya #feb17 . he has parts of west side of tripoli and city center
#Gaddafi forces shooting missiles on geragesh from his bab al ziyah compound. heavy shelling #tripoli
Nusaybah
#Tripoli: People are dying and casualities among civilians – says Libyan doctor to SKY news
SABHA: caller on Al Jazeera : #Sabha under heavy shelling by #Gaddafi forces.
Reuters confirms Gaddafi forces fired a SCUD missile from Sirte, intercepted by NATO
libyanandproud
FLA ordered by NATO not to advance on Zwara
ProudLibyan
Biggest celebrations on fall of Gaddafi outside #Libya were in #Tunisia!
Alex
LIBERATION UPDATE: It’s all over – bar the mopping up – which continued 2day – #Brega is now liberated to #Bishr – and #Azizia by #Gharyan is now free according to the #Zintan FB page.
#AlKhums by #Zliten – and #Zuwara by the #Tunisia border – were also finally freed 2day.
All of the above cities have been fully liberated – but #Zwara is still being shelled from east west and south – and the status of the actual #Tunisian border post is still unclear – as active #Gaddafi units are still operating in the area.
According to #MustafaJalil – #Sirte is under seige by the local #FF.
There are Reports of Independence flags flying over #Waddan – but the city is still theoretically in #Gaddafi territory.
At #Sabha – #Gaddafi forces attacked with RPG’s, mortars, tanks & anti-aircraft guns – killing and wounding many #FF – who hold some districts in #Sebha
In #Tripoli – #FF still only hold about 80% of the city – snipers are still widespread – but #LibyanStateTY is now controlled by #FF – though the #Rixos and #BabAzZazia – is still Regime territory – the later Regime HQ expected to be pummeled by @NATO
tonight to flush the diehards out – or finish them off – and fighting is taking place nearby as at early Monday evening.
3 #Gaddafi sons were in custody today – but the less harmless – Mohammad – is said to have escaped from #FF house arrest this afternoon.
AJA Repts ‘2 bodies found – that MAY be UNINDICTED WAR CRIMINAL #Khammis #Gaddafi & his Uncle INDICTED WAR CRIMINAL #Abdullah #Senusi’
THIS IS MAJOR – AND WILL HELP ACCELERATE THE FINAL COLLAPSE OF THE RULING GANGSTER FAMILY – IF CONFIRMED.
All in all a day of many solid, incremental, gains – mopping up ops take time – and can be inefficient – but should be completed by the end of this week.
Gaddafi no longer rules Libya – he no longer has any public voice – so we will thankfully be spared any more of his satanic speeches – but he is still causing terrorist type problems – and still killing #Libya youth.
Today – the day after the euphoric celebrations in #GreenSquare – dozens of #FF were killed in district ops.
LIBERATION PARK #Tripoli: A few months ago – I suggested that once the tyrant has been deposed – #BabAlAzyzia should be leveled – and turned into ‘Martyrs Park’.
We now have #MartyrsSquare – so perhaps it could be called – “Liberation Park”
2day @2011feb17 – made the same concept suggestion – for “A place where I can take my kids to play frisbee while I read a book, our #HydePark” – and helpfully provided a concept design – which looks great for post #Gaddafi Tripoli
CHECK OUT ‘LIBERATION PARK’:
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/831/tripo...
LIBERATION PARK: A few months ago – I suggested #BabAlAzyzia – should be levelled and turned into ‘Martyrs Park’.
We now have #MartyrsSquare – so perhaps it could be called “Liberation Park”
2day @2011feb17 – made the same suggestion – for “A place where I can take my kids to play frisbee while I read a book, our Hyde Park” – and helpfully provided a concept design – which looks great for post #Gaddafi #Tripoli
CHECK OUT ‘LIBERATION PARK’ TRIPOLI:
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/831/tripo...
HYDE PARK LONDON:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London
CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park
CREEKSIDE PARK DUBAI PICS:
www.google.co.uk/search?q=creekside+par...
JeffreyKofman Jeffrey Kofman
In Yafren tonight. 120 kms s of Tripoli. Tried to make it to Zawiya, but got scuppered by 2 flat tires then a car breakdown in the desert.
Free Libya Now
Freedom Fighters in & around Tripoli shold employy female shearch agents. Gadafi & his sons might be traveling in NIqab & femaile attire.
Libya 7orra
#tripoli has been unreachable by phone for almosr 3 hours #libya #mermaiddawn
sarasidnerCNN Sara Sidner
Libya State TV’s anchor person Hala al Misrati detained. Tried to interview her today but unable to access her. Rebels: “she is unharmed.”
Aren’t there more important people to interview, like the real victims of the Gaddafi regime? Or a real hero like a freedom fighter?
Why interview a G witch / cow?
I’ll never understand certain journos.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Mutassim #Gaddafi reported inside #BabAlAzizya compound in #Tripoli coordinating remaining resistance from the regime
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Very dark, very quiet at the #Rixos some gunshots cracking outside. We raided the hotel larder and got tons of cheese! #CNN #Libya #Gadhafi
Hala Misrati, Libya State TV Anchor, Waves Gun On Air, Is Detained (VIDEO)
A Libyan state television anchor gained new notoriety when she waved a gun on air and promised to defend the station from rebel attacks.
Hala Misrati—whose zealous defense of the Gaddafi regime brought her public attention when the US and NATO first attacked Libya in March—waved a pistol around during a weekend broadcast, as rebels closed in on Tripoli.
“We are willing to become martyrs,” she cried.
On Monday, CNN reported that rebel forces said they had detained Misrati.
Aljazeera video:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/hala-...
baysontheroad
Mad dash for journalists trying to get to #LIBYA complicated by wildcat strike action by #Tunis air staff #Libya
NYT
The Scramble for Access to Libya’s Oil Wealth Begins
Eni, as well as BP of Britain, Total of France and OMV of Austria, were all big producers before the fighting and stand to gain the most once the conflict ends.
American companies like Hess, ConocoPhillips and Marathon also made deals with the Qaddafi regime, although the United States relies on Libya for less than 1 percent of its imports.
But it’s unclear whether a rebel government would honor the contracts struck by the Qaddafi regime.
Full art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/business/glo...
FromJoanne Joanne
Revolutionaries storm the home of Aisha Gaddafi
#TRIPOLI Revolutionaries storm the home of Aisha #Gaddafi video aug21 youtube.com/watch?v=ihSZto… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihSZtoF5-Q4&fea...
AJA live from #Tripoli now: Mohamed #Gaddafi escape not done by Brigades but Leejan Thuwriyah (Gaddafi goons)
Dirty Words
Salam Tekbali
Over the past six months I’ve listened to differing opinions, thoughts, and beliefs about the causes, justifications, and pace of this revolution. On the 13th of February I bit my tongue as I heard Gaddafi supporters, chant “Allah, wa Muammar, wa Libya was bass” (God, Muammar, Libya, no else) for the first time.
Read full art.:
english.libya.tv/2011/08/22/dirty-words
English TV libya further update for today:
Latest Developments
Monday 22 August 2011:
21:46 Reuters/Al Jazeera: NATO warplane intercepts scud missile fired from Sirat city in Libya, Al Jazeera reports.
20:48 Al- Arabiyah: Revolutionaries have taken control of Tripoli airport, Al-Arabiya TV reported tonight, citing a revolutionary spokesman.
19:59 Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama will make a televised statement on the situation in Libya at 2 p.m. EDT (20:00 Tripoli time) tonight, a White House spokesman said.
19:57 Reuters/Al Jazeera: Two bodies have been found that could be those of Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis and his intelligence chief Abdallah Senussi, Al-Jazeera television reported tonight, citing unnamed sources.
18:10 unconfirmed eyewitness report: Muammar Gaddafi found and detained in Tajura hospital.
17:57 Reuters: Abu Dhabi crown prince calls Libya’s chairman of the National Transitional Council, congratulates him on victory. -State News Agency.
17:55 Reuters: Pentagon expects U.S. surveillance missions over Libya to continue over coming days.
17:54 Reuters: World bank says has no staff in Libya, has monitored country’s economic situation in coordination with UN.
16:57 Reuters: Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi captured by FF’s -al Arabiya TV citing head of national transitional council
16:55 Reuters: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he would fly to the Libyan revolutionary capital of Benghazi on Tuesday.
16:22 Al Arabiya TV: Fierce fighting between revolutionaries, Gaddafi forces near Tunisian border
16:00 Reuters: Libyan revolutionary flag raised over Libya’s embassy in Algeria
15:55 Reuters: Egyptian foreign minister says recognizes Libya’s National Transitional Council – State TV
15:48 Reuters:Libyan state TV goes off air, revolutionary spokesman says state TV HQ is now under revolutionary control
15:36 AP: The foreign minister of Poland, which holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, says his country is exploring ways in which it can help Libya transition to
a democracy . Radek Sikorski said today that Poland has supported the rebels in their uprising against Col. Moammar Gaddafi’s forces.
15:20 Reuters: “What is happening in Libya is a lesson for the leaders of the region. It shows that leaders who do not listen to their people cannot stay in power,” state TV TRT reported Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying.
13:50 Reuters:Britain urged Gaddafi to stop fighting without conditions after troops loyal to him staged a last-ditch resistance in the capital Tripoli.
13:10 Reuters:France aims to host a meeting of international partners as soon as next week to discuss a roadmap for the future of Libya, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said today.
12:50 AP:NATO says it will continue its combat air patrols over Libya until all pro-Gaddafi forces surrender or return to barracks.
12:00 AP:World leaders said today the end is near for the regime of Moammar Gaddafi and called on the Libyan dictator to relinquish power, as hundreds of Libyans living abroad celebrated in the streets after revolutionaries took control of most of the Libyan capital.
11:00 AP:The Libyan revolutionaries’ top diplomat in London says clashes are continuing in Tripoli, but opposition forces control 95 percent of the city.
09:50 AP: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to get out of his people’s way and to face charges for alleged crimes against them.
07:20 AJE: Fighting rages in Tripoli near compound of beleaguered Libyan dictator as revolutionaries sweep into capital.
04:28 Reuters: U.S. President Obama says future of Libya now in hands of Libyan people, says U.S. will stay in close coordination with the NTC.
03:24 Reuters: US president Obama says he will make a statement on Libya when he has full confirmation on what is happening.
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Souq Al Juma’a hundreds of people arriving from #Misrata an area always defiant and steadfast anti Gaddafi Ppl celebrating #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Doing bbc 2 newsnight with jereny packsman in two min at 10.40pm
Mohammed Gaddafi’s escape:
AJA live from #Tripoli now: Mohamed #Gaddafi escape not done by Brigades but Leejan Thuwriyah (Gaddafi goons)
AlArabiya_Eng:
Mohamed Qaddafi, son of Libyan leader, escapes: rebel source
The call from Mohammed Gadafi to AJA was a signal to G militia to come and take him.
Mohamed Gaddafi Talking live on AJE video when shooting was heard youtube.com/watch?v=0vxaJo… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxaJoVFFbw&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI estimated 15 to 20% still in Gaddafi control Fighting around Gaddafi compound; Bab al-Aziziya which is still in GF control
#Tripoli Journalist : Last 5 hours we had quite intense clashes which ended temporarily after #NATO air strikes #Libya #BBCNews
Heavy fighting today #Zuwarah on road #Tripoli from Ra’s Adjir Reports negotiations #Qaddafi loyalists & rebels #Libya @bbclysedoucet
#NATO Monday says it will continue combat patrols over #Libya until #Gaddafi loyalists surrender or return to barracks #Libya
Aljazeera
China’s interests in Gaddafi
What a sight. Chinese president Hu Jintao pulling a vintage John Lennon performance in Beijing and telling self-styled Arab liberator and French neo-Napoleonic president Nicolas Sarkozy to “give peace a chance” in Libya.
The top four BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) all abstained at the voting of UN Security Council Resolution 1973. In his subtle address to Sarkozy, Hu also implied his displeasure that the African Union, which was overwhelmingly against a foreign intervention in Libya, had their proposals totally sidelined by the West.
Only three days before UN Resolution 1973 was voted on, Gaddafi met with the ambassadors of BRICS members China, Russia and India, and told them, according to the JANA news agency: “We are ready to bring Chinese and Indian companies to replace Western ones.” That may go a long way to explain the BRICS abstentions.
It would be tempting to see the Beijing leadership merrily watching Washington walk into another open-ended quagmire in a Muslim nation – part of a Chinese grand strategy of letting the US be distracted in peripheral Muslim countries in the arc from northern Africa to Central Asia.
Well, it is slightly more complicated than that.
Read more:
english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2...
FromJoanne Joanne
Flash #Sirte Gaddafi forces fired 3 #SCUD missiles weapons of mass destruction
#Confirmed: National Liberation Army says; Gaddafi’s forces retreated westward to #Sirte ALL of #Brega is now under FF control #Libya
Guardian
Libya: journalists trapped at hotel amid fighting
Three dozen correspondents holed up in Rixos hotel in Libya as battles rage for control of Tripoli
About three dozen foreign journalists based at the five-star Rixos hotel in Tripoli have been trapped by heavy fighting in the surrounding streets as rebels advance on the capital.
“No one has left the hotel today,” said Missy Ryan, a correspondent for Reuters. "We
all want to go downtown to report on what’s happening but it’s not safe." Snipers were positioned outside the hotel, she added.
“The mood among the journalists is fine,” said Ryan. “But it was pretty stressful for a while yesterday when there was a lot of fighting around the hotel. Things are calmer today.”
More:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/22/li...
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI #BREAKING @NATO Bombing compound Gaddafi right now #Skynews
Emo
The clown, Sulaiman Dhogh, is 80% responsible for the escape of Mohamed Gaddafi. #Libya He made some rats laugh at us!
BREAKING: CONFIRMED: #Ajeilat is liberated after very fierce fighting.
FFs are headed from Ajeilat to #Zwara to protect their brothers and sisters there
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
5 martyrs around “Officer’s Faculty” in Omar Al Mukhtar st. today due to exchange of fire between rev. and some G forces there.
Pockets of regime fired on civilians yesterday at Sidi Abduljalel Area. #tripoli
BenHassan building
#Tripoli call: “Thanks to Allah Freedom Fighters were able to take down the mercenaries from BenHassan building”
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI #RIXOS staff say the rear of hotel has ramp capable of holding large vehicles which then descend “into the earth"
The tunnels are big enough to hold cars They move in cars through the tunnels
Haitham
RAISED THE LIBYAN INDEPENDENCE FLAG IN BAHRAIN!!!! ALLAH u AKBAR!!!!!!
NOW LIVE FOOTAGE OF BAB AL AZIZIYAH ON LIBYA AL AHRAR TV , SHAKLAH EL LEYLA DHAWYYAH!!!
I DIDNT ASK TO BE LIBYAN , I JUST GOT LUCKY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#Tripoli Call: “We don’t have electricity which affects on our mobile connections”
Tripoli Call: “There are still clashes, in Benashoor 4 mortar missiles fell. Thankfully no one got injured or harmed.”
#Tripoli call: “We are waiting for Freedom fighters from outside Tripoli to arrive to Benashoor”
#Tripoli Call: “in about an hour or less Benashoor FF will start a protest from the main crossing”
#Tripoli call: “FF have captured the main roundabout thats on the main road of Bab Al Azaziyah”
Tripoli Youth
ok justgot more info regarding the march, Ben ashoor FF waiting for FF from Znata to arrive to join their march
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Family in Soug al Jumaa reporting that the area is very safe. Shops are slowly opening & families spent night celebrating in streets
Zlitniya
#Libya has paid a high price for freedom.spoke to someone who’s relative was raped&tortured. Too harsh #gaddaficrimes
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
A freedom fighter from Kabao enterd Fashloom #Tripoli yesterday. He gifted his ak-47 to my cousin and hugged him. “God bless Tripoli”
Danya
#Gaddafi is striking Out of his compound in #TRIPOLI onto resident homes.Missiles are landing in GERGARISH.THEYRE HEAVY MISSLES!!
CNN
Libyan officials tried to ‘buy time’ to stop rebel onslaught
Up until the last minutes before the rebel offensive on Tripoli began, senior Libyan officials close to Moammar Gadhafi were trying to reach out to the United States in a desperate attempt to stop the “inevitable,” a senior State Department official told CNN on Monday.
In a telephone interview from Cairo Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said that, until Saturday night, six officials with whom the United States had previous contact were still trying to reach out to the Obama administration but were taking a “defiant” approach, saying they were ready to negotiate but it would not be about Gadhafi leaving.
“I think they were looking for a way to find a lifeline, buy time, to prevent what was then becoming inevitable, which was the uprising in Tripoli,” he said.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/22...
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Our day in #tripoli was amazing. Came under fire, but saw some of the happiest people ever.
Libyan
RARE LPC FROM #ZWARA: Rockets hav been raining down on city fr 3 days, no 1 killed yet, many many injured, desperately need help. 2h ago
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Sreem :This dawn #Gaddafi tanks destroyed BuHmayra Mosque and surrounding buildings
Armchair Arab
I hope we can build a cross country railway that links from Tripoli to Benghazi, will be a strong symbol of unity.
SKY NEWS
Libyan Doctor: Deaths As Supplies Run Out
A Libyan doctor has issued a desperate plea for help as he watches civilians die from a lack of medical supplies and manpower.
Speaking from the sole functioning hospital in Tripoli, Dr Bousnina told Sky News’ special correspondent Alex Crawford off-duty medical staff, blood donors and ordinary members of the public were urgently required.
“I ask all the Libyan people who can come in and help us,” he said.
“Okay, yes, we know that we have a lot of risks out on the roads, the people are terrified and afraid. But we need to sacrifice something to have this moment go away.”
Looking visibly emotional and exhausted, he continued: "Please, for all the Libyan people who hear us right now, come in, at least donate your blood, volunteer cleaning the hospital, clean the rooms, try to transport the patients and victims.
Please read full story and watch the video:
news.sky.com/home/article/16054957
simmjazeera
Walked amongst vast crowds at Al Qhums, they were climbing all over our car. City appears in full opp control.
baysontheroad JAMES BAYS
#LIBYA Fighting reported by #ALJAZEERA staff not far from Ras Jedir. Should be able to give latest from Dehibat border in next hour
Free Libya Now
Libyan Embassy in Jakarta raises the Independance flag. #Libya
Zlitniya
Eyewitness from #Zwara :shelling for 3days,13yr old boys manning checkpoints.FF left city to free prisoners from jmeel youtube.com/watch?v=fMSlxX…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMSlxXh4w18
dovenews Libyan™
Reports #Alsanusi & his brother’s house in #Gharghour area are full of weapons & mercenaries. #Tripoli caller
Free Libya Now
3 busses load of mercenaries along 3 4×4 trucks loaded with ammo headed to Tripoli was dealt with by Misurata FF’s in ambush near Benwalid.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I’m hearing that the Misrata FF came in with the big guns and that Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound is getting a beating now.
Almanara
Heavy clashes around Tripoli Int airport NOW after Gaddafi mercs arrived in 20 cars
septimius severus
Just being on the phone to #Zwara NOW, 2 deaths today, shelling STOPPED NOW. most of artillarly & morters did not cause damage
baniwalid1 .
Sultanate of #Oman officially recognizes #NTC
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Musa Ibrahim denies that Sayf al-Islam was captured, says he is still fighting
FreeBenghazi
Milad AlWasaa & 8mercs were killed. African mercs arrested & taken to #Zawiya. Battle took 6hours bcos AlWasaa home is huge #Tripoli #Libya
SKY NEWS
Children Shot Amid Sniper Attack In Libya
Two children are among those fighting for their lives in Tripoli’s only working hospital after being caught up in violence in Libya’s capital.
The hospital has been swamped by casualties over the last few days.
And those numbers swelled overnight as the rebels moved into the city and Green Square centre.
An 11-year-old girl has a wound to the head where a sniper bullet entered.
And around the corner from her, a three-year-old toddler has been treated for a bullet wound to her stomach.
The hospital is stretched beyond belief and it is crumbling under the pressure.
Read art. and watch video:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
Zintanmedia
Zintan brigade securing fuel facilities & govt facilities along Old Airport Rd to prevent mercs destroying them
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Official Explanation- Saif didn’t realize there was no electricity in hotel. Allegedly arrived & changed his mind – will update
English Libya TV
International allies to meet Thursday
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the international alliance on Libya agreed today that senior diplomats will meet in Istanbul to discuss the next steps for the country, the U.S. State Department said.
Clinton spoke by telephone with members of the “contact group” on Libya, which includes key European and Arab allies, and voiced strong support for Libya’s Transitional National Council as it plots a course for a democratic transition in Libya, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
“The plan is for the political directors to meet on Thursday,” Nuland said, adding that the Istanbul meeting would allow the international alliance to discuss what types of help they may be able to offer the revolutionaries.
“This must be and will be a Libyan-led transition,” she said.
AlArabiya reports #NATO warplanes are bombing Bab Al Aziziyah.
Libya TV
Morocco and The Sultanate of Oman recognize the #NTC
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #NATO just hit #Gaddafi forces near #Sreem District. #Libya #Feb17
BBC:
Freedomfighter TV from #Doha reporting that Masud Abd-al-Hafiz, a relative of #Gaddafi, has been arrested.
The CNN MATTHEW CHANCE STORY:
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
11.30p local time in #Rixos hotel – press conference with #Saif al-Islam Gadhafi called!! But he was a no-show. #cnn #libya
Official Explanation- Saif didn’t realize there was no electricity in hotel. Allegedly arrived & changed his mind – will update
Just had face to face with Saif #Gadhafi – he said word of his detention was a trick by rebels.
Saif #Gadhafi told me that their forces had broken the backbone of the rebel forces in #Tripoli #Libya #cnn
#Saif #Gadhafi told me that he had been travelling around Tripoli in an armored convoy the whole time
Noit
There was someone looking like Saif and a meeting took place:
So did Rixos have power again all of a sudden? That was the “reason” he changed his mind to give interview in the first place.
Was it a meeting by candle light?
Would Mr. Chance really believe that he met the “real” Saif? If he met someone at all looking like Saif it was a double, I’m sure of that.
Has any journo in Rixos ever met Saif before?
Saif in armored convoy driving around Tripoli for “the whole time” and nobody else but Rixos journos saw him in the dark?
Highly unlikely.
Sounds like a Halloween story to me, a G goon story.
I bet it’s a psy-ops operation from G regime to distract from all the progress today and to make sure CNN would talk about nothing else.
Foreign press would otherwise have been talking about:
NATO taken out convoy, important NATO hits today, Bab al Azizia bombed, lots of mercs. captured, progress within Tripoli, snipers taken off buildings, more ff’s joined up with Tripoli ff’s, more villages G free, situation in hospital etc., etc.
G regime always undermines credibility of NTC. Divide and conquer is their motto.
Remember yesterdays trick? Alarabiya interview with crying Mohammed? Shots in the back ground. That was a set up too. Aimed at getting him out.
Maybe G is trying to get NTC to show Saif so he can send secret messages or they can try to find out where Saif is been kept, so they can help him escape.
Best thing would be if NTC escorts Saif to ICC so he is out of Libya.
Btw, there was a blackout in Tripoli, video shows street lights on.
Look at time line for spelling.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Major PR coup for #Gadhafi – if the rebels lied about this – what can we believe?
Here’s the picture I took sitting next to #Saif #Gadhafi! Certainly not detained! Exclusive!! #cnn #libya #tripoli
FreeBenghazi
Saif: We r now going2 to go 2 hottest place in #Tripoli that they claim they own, where they r fighting #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=6Gl1Dm…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gl1Dmk-pzI
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya says its sources confirm the Saif Al Islam Gaddafi video was filmed a few hours ago in Tripoli
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Sulaiman Dogha AJA: Pictures of Saif dressed in same clothes as 20th. pictures showed Tripoli with street lights when currently in darkness
BBC
One of Col Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam, who rebels claimed had been arrested, has appeared in the city centre in a government military vehicle
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14610722
BBC Breaking News
International Criminal Court says it has confirmation #Gaddafi’s son Saif al_Islam has been detained – Reuters.
SUMMARY AUGUST 23rd 2011
8/23/11
8.23.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/Gjbff
Press briefing on Libya
by the NATO Spokesperson and by the Military Spokesperson of Operation Unified Protector
On Tuesday 23 August, Oana Lungescu, the NATO spokesperson, briefed the press on events concerning Libya. She was joined by Colonel Roland Lavoie, Operation Unified Protector(OUP) military spokesperson, who briefed by videoconference from Naples on NATO’s operation in Libya in support of UNSCR 1973.
Video:
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_77340...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Among #Libyans in Tunis, digruntlement voiced over NTC’s Saif fiasco, and prematurely saying – from Benghazi – that Tripoli is under control
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking FF r now breaking into Bab Alazizya barracks where Gadhafi and his sons r holding and making their last stand!
Breaking house of Gadhafi son Hannibal in Siyahia area of tripoli west is surrounded by FF and guards r resisting with firing at FF
Tripoli update only areas in tripoli where G thugs have some control r Fashloum, Hadba & airport road area. Tripoli airport under FF control
Gordon
Alex Crawford confirming everything Saif said is lies! Excellent reporting from Sky news
Abdur
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane. NO! It’s Saif he’s back from the Dead! Once a G always a G!
Pabs
Lizzie Phelan, journo in Tripoli “Surprise when convoy with Saif Gaddafi appeared at Rixos Hotel. He then took foreign journos for a tour”
Starz
So Gaddafi has left #Libya & then he hasnt, hes dead & then he isnt, Saif was captured & then he wasnt. Are we sure theres even a war there?
bonbon
It is not over till the fat lady sings. The appearance of Saif last night in Tripoli means no one is going to be singing soon.
David
According to BBC, the release of Saif Gaddafi is linked to this: feb17.info/news/key-tribe… Is that true? Jibril is from that tribe?
dsic
sounds like Saif Gaddafi will soon be wishing he was safely in FF hands.
Ceri Marsh
Losing my mind evidence: thought I heard Saif Gaddafi say, “OMG” on CNN last night.
Etta
Saif Gaddafi captured and in the custody of the ICC, oh no, wait a minute there he is taking reporters on a tour of Tripoli….
Aiman
After the sudden collapse of his forces in #Tripoli & in #Brega, Saif #Gaddafi HAD NO OPTION but to show up for his supporters last night.
4dirtnap
Saif might have bought his escape once…stuff happens. But I do not think the maggot may be so ‘Safe’ this time around. go #FF
Sal
Saif Gaddafi is fabulous entertainment.
Pablo
Two options: 1) Saif was captured by rebel group, but paid to be released; 2) the news of his capture was regime set-up to embarrass ‘West’.
WSJ
Key Tribe Wavers as Gaddafi Ally
Members of the Libyan Warfalla tribe in March by the house of Fethi Boubaker, who they say was killed during allied airstrikes, on the outskirts of Bani Walid. The tribe is split over whether to support Col. Gaddafi.
But behind a seemingly unflinching facade of support for Col. Gaddafi, a high stakes struggle is under way within Libya’s largest tribe, Warfalla. Its clan leaders are debating whether to definitively back the government or to throw the tribe’s lot behind rebels in Misrata and Benghazi farther east, who have many Warfalla members in their ranks.
Almost 1.5 million out of about seven million Libyans are believed to hail from Warfalla.
So far, the Warfallas have been divided, with one prominent member, Mahmoud Jibril, heading the Benghazi-based transitional government, and Mansour Khalaf, the tribe’s paramount leader, voicing support for Col. Gaddafi.
The tribe paid a heavy price in the 1990s when some of its members led a failed coup attempt against Col. Gaddafi.
Full story:
feb17.info/news/key-tribe-wavers-as-gad...
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Revolutionaries reach town of Bin Jawad after taking control of Ras Lanuf
Al Jazeera: The field leadership of the revolutionaries ordered its troops not to advance further into the Bab Al Azizia Compound
Al Arabiya: Revolutionaries: NATO strikes Bab Al Azizia compound with two missiles #Libya | NATO: Gaddafi is not a target
Freedom Fighter
I’m back, pro-gaddafi still firing randomly and some rockets landed front of my house. Captured 13 mrecs just today. everyone is fine.
Rockets from bab azizia flying over my house.
Tweeting Tripoli
Apparently, the fat lady is still singing. It’s not over yet. Here we go again.
Was sound asleep when a friend woke me up asking if I knew how to get a rifle. He said he’ll go kill saif not arrest him. I calmed him down.
The Gaddafis are very good at using media/propaganda war. We have to acknowledge this fact. It least we now know they’re at Bab Alazyzia.
Tripoli Youth
#URGENT #Tripoli FF need help from other cities FF to secure the city..Please spread around the message, Call your friends to take positions
Tweeting Tripoli
But the Gaddafis have made a big mistake. Now they would be killed on the spot, not arrested. Who would blame the revolutionaries now?
I am totally against killing them, but it would be difficult to convince a frustrated FF who thinks his freedom is at stake.
Ok so who said BBC5 radio confirmed Saif’s capture? Can you remember the tweep who mentioned that first?
From now on only tweet pics and videos of arrests
A sincere advice to Libya Free TV, please don’t mention news without video evidence. You are targeted by the Gaddafis. To discredit you.
they are in Bab Alazyzia. Saif is the greatest pretender.
Gaddafi had 42 years to shape his media skills. NTC just started learning. So we should be patient and supportive.
Now I wish NATO have brought down all the walls of Bab Al-Azyzia fort.
Marcos
If the NTC and the libyan revolution make a strong commitment with the truth, it will be a solid base to a strong media power.
And it will mark an clear and important difference and evolution in relation to G politics.
Tweeting Tripoli
Blackout in Tripoli, once again.
Feb17Libya
Photos: NATO leaflets dropped in #Tripoli, majority intended to encourage pro-G soldiers to lay down weapons and join FF feb17.info/news/live-liby…
The Speaker of the Arab Parliament (parliamentary body of Arab league) issue statement congratulating the Libyan people and the NTC for “the success of liberating Libya from the rule of the tyrant Muammar Gaddafi.
The Libyan embassy in Greece has been ransacked, with portraits of Muammar Gaddafi defaced and torn down. The Libyan flag has been torn down and replaced by the rebels’ tri-colour flag.
The flag of Muammar Gaddafi’s government has been lowered and burnt by Libyans at the Libyan embassy in Kuwait. A group of about 30 people came to the embassy in Dueya. Libyan ambassador Mohammad Al-Mubarak said he has joined the National Transitional Council (NTC), and recognised it as the sole and legitimate representative of the Libyan people. Mubarak told Kuwait’s KUNA news agency that as of Monday
“the embassy will operate as a representative of the Libyan people under the NTC.”
Libyan diplomats in Prague on Monday burned a portrait Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi and his collapsing regime’s flag, hoisting instead the rebel flag over Libya’s mission in the Czech capital.”We continue to represent our homeland in the Czech Republic like all other diplomatic missions across the globe,” the diplomats said in a statement issued in Prague. Libyan interests in the Czech Republic are represented by charge d’affaires Nuri Ghavi, while the regional Libyan ambassador Ahmed Menesi is in Vienna, Austria
Reuters reports that the National Transitional Council’s rebel flag is being raised over Libya’s embassy in Algeria.
China will respect the choice of the Libyan people and hopes that the situation there stabilizes quickly, the country’s Foreign Ministry has said today as rebel forces battle for Tripoli.
The United Arab Emirates, which has been mostly silent during a six-month rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi, congratulated Libyan rebels on their move into Tripoli on Monday.
The head of Libya’s rebel national council urged his fighters on Monday to respect the law and not take violent revenge on members of Muammar Gaddafi’s fallen regime, adding that indiscipline among rebels could even lead him to resign.
The United States is keeping in place for now a freeze on billions of dollars of Libyan government assets, although the Treasury Department is considering how to provide financial assistance to rebel groups, an Obama administration official said on Monday.
Colonel Abdelrazak Rajhi, a Libyan army officer, was allegedly sent by Gaddafi to Tunis to bomb an Arab embassy has turned himself in to Tunisian authorities, the Tunisian defence ministry said on Monday. Rajhi crossed into Tunisia on July 30 to carry out the attack on the embassy using 16kg of explosives which have been seized. “The planned attack was commissioned by the military top brass, therefore by Muammar Gaddafi. He aimed to derail the Tunisian revolution,” said Rajhi, who took part in the conference.
Tweeting Tripoli
FF capturing Gaddafi’s private jet at Tripoli
international airport:
youtube.com/watch?v=NcpCKt…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcpCKt7jSMc&fea...
Leaflets dropped by NATO aimed at foreign mercenaries: t.co/Fc3i5Wk
Tweeting Tripoli
Where is Musa Ibrahim? Where is Kaim? I would have thought at laest Musa would would have appeared with Saif? Jorno at Rixos, is Musa there?
MUST WATCH:
Aljazeera
Libyan opposition drive for victory
Intent on reaching Tripoli, opposition fighters have been making way from Misrata in a long fast moving columns of hundreds of men.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports en route to Tripoli with the opposition fighters.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkIlMecRW0s
HOW MOHAMMED ESCAPED:
The World Today
Libyan opposition figure tells how Gaddafi son escaped
Ibrahim Sahad is the secretary general of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya and he was a high ranking military and diplomatic officer in the Gaddafi regime until he resigned in 1981.
BRAHIM SAHAD: He escaped. First of all he did not, his bodyguards started shooting against the forces watching the house and they killed one of the people and they injured others.
And yet they wanted to show him the civilisation of this revolution. So they left him at home and they put some guards around the house, and the information now that he escaped. I mean this should not be done. It should be everybody from the Gaddafi family should be brought under arrest.
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/...
Tweeting Tripoli
1-They ask me how Mohamed and Saif escaped? Well, FF in Tripoli are mainly uni students, shop keepers, engineers, etc who have no experience
2-Benghazi and western mountain FF and FF are the ones who had 6 months crash course on becoming a fighter and they’ve just entered Tripoli
3-I believe that while the expert FF have circled Bab Alazyzia and Trip Int Airport, they have let local Tripoli youth guard their prisoners
4-The previous tweets were a summary of what have been circulating in Tripoli. Waiting for NTC’s official statement.
5-Aparently, experienced FF from Nafousa Mountains and Misrata were tasked with dangerous combat, and local armed civilians guarding Tripoli
6-every one I talked to vows to kick Gaddafist out of Tripoli if they don’t behave, they
tell me thy ruled us 42 yrs longer than thy should.
It’s 10 AM, and power still off. Hope Gaddafi’s immoral and brainwashed thugs did not sabotage the main power plant.
Power is restored now in Tripoli.
While I continue posting what family, friends & neighbors think of the situation in Tripoli, I’ll only post news if backed with evidence.
More leaflets from NATO to Gaddafi militia who insist on making Tripoli suffer…
t.co/RXTAybM
More leaflets from NATO aimed at Gaddafi militia who don’t want to stop shooting at people. t.co/F2rsWaP http://t.co/OX8uiqx
they dropped zillions of leaflets in Arabic. Some of Gaddafi soldiers don’t speak Arabic, I think it’s a good idea.
Sounds of NATO jets overhead. But have not heard any Booms from my place.
1-Wow, effect of Gaddafi’s TV is amazing. A frantic ‘on the fence’ neighbour was worried these were Christians and not libyan FF invading us
2-“why mosques have not been calling for prayers?” he asked. He calmed down only after I reminded him about the power cut!
(G tv) has been on air for 42 years. That was enough brainwashing course for the gullible who don’t think for themselves.
Q: do you have any news about Ben Ashour are and Jarabaa, my family live nr Africia supermrket
A: these areas are safe. Problems are in Hadaba, and Abosleem.
Tweeting Tripoli
I could see smoke rising from Bab Alazyzia.
Correction: I see smoke from the direction of Bab Azyzia. I can’t see the compound itself.
Tripoli residents have shortages of weapons, even to protect their homes let alone to go fight Gaddafi.
I have no doubt we are wining, but the cost of lives is increasing by the minute. The Gaddafis and their followers are arrogant criminals.
All my contacts are peaceful unarmed civilians who want a democratic free Libya. I have no weapon to protect my home. 60% of Tripoli don’t.
Libya is not in civil war. Libya is fighting a terrorist group lead by the mastermind of
Lockerbie bombing and Abusleem Massacre
Aljazeera arabic now showing nice footages from #Tripoli center. #feb17
A #FF on AJA: “We work better when there is a blackout. Snipers were caught easily that way”. That explains last night total blackout then.
I demand ICC and NTC tell us who confirmed Saif’s capture! It should’nt be a secret. This is transparency we rose and received bullets for.
A good point Dr Mahmood Werfali on AJA raised: Saif did not cruise in Tripoli streets as he promised in the video.
Libyana and Madar working fine. I just called several friends. Reports that they are blocked are not true. Libyana HQ is under FF control.
The internet is back on again. Maybe it was a glitch on my local libyan internet an hour ago. Now it is working.
Local calls are OK. I confirm. Libyana and Madar are working from inside Tripoli at least. Not sure about international calls, though.
I confirm Libyana HQ is under FF control. Not sure about Madar which is near Riyadia stadiums.
Hmm I wonder why Saddi made that interview in the Zoo (located between Rixos hotel and Bab Azyzia). Tunnels, perhaps?
Or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLC3_iEhRgw
Q: Family in BenAshour, just a km from Bab Al Aziziya, report hearing extreme explosions and constant gunfire for the last hour or two #libya
A: I confirm that. Just called people near Rixos. And now I can hear thuds in the distance from Bab Alazyzia direction.
Q: The athan being played amidst gunfire and bombs, oh how many times I have seen this picture
A: That’s to convince the gullible that FF are not Christian crusaders. Don’t blame mosque minder. LOL
Exclusive photo from my own camera. Smoke from Bab Alazyzia compound few mins ago.
twitter.com/#!/2011feb17/status/105976477912281090/photo/1
Pls watch Aljazeera Engish. Live footages from there. I know the area. FF are on foot few 100s meters from the back side of BA.
Oh now I can see the wisdom of how USA dealt with Bin Laden. Make fish food from one dangerous person is the best to save millions of lives.
Once again, I apologize for not accepting journalists who contacted me for an interview. I still think it is not safe for me to do so now.
Thank you NATO, they just stated that they have not seen any wrong doing from our FF. On the contrary, G’s filth are randomly shooting civs.
Is it me or is Gaddafi & Co like a terrible cheap horror movie. You think all zombies are dead, then few mins they jump you from the corner!
I take a look at Saif’s evil eyes and I get shivers thinking that he could have ruled over my kids for the next 40 years! #feb17 #Tripoli
Q: please any news about ben ashour near safia mosque my brother and family r there
A: That is a safe area too.
People who ask about Tripoli. Only Hadaba and Abosleem areas have thugs terrorizing civs. Other areas safe except from possible G shelling..
Gaddafi shells people randomly. I have seen it with my own eyes here in Tripoli 2 days ago.
Freedom fighters are protecting their homes, their uncles and friends homes, so they won’t shell their houses. This is a fact.
Will try to get any info from Ben Ashoor soon.
Here is my (personal) view of Tripoli’s stance on Gaddafi, I sent this to my France24 report but was not published:
twitter.com/#!/2011feb17/status/105991605584015360/photo/1
shame France24 did not publish it in my interview.I reached this conclusion after speaking to many friends and family.
If you have not read my report (minus the breakup of the Tripoli population), then here it is:
A city under siege: exclusive testimony from inside Tripoli
“The government is trying hard to portray life in Tripoli as calm and normal, but that’s not even remotely true”
“Petrol is almost non-existent. Some people join pro-Gaddafi rallies just to get a few
extra litres”
“If Gaddafi’s thugs decide to storm your house, that’s it. No one can help you”
“Protesting means certain death”
“People have formed secret neighbourhood defence committees.
Each one has at least one gun”
“We don’t expect Tripoli’s fall to trigger a civil war”
Please read full art.:
observers.france24.com/content/20110819...
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Went back to room earlier & the door had been kicked in, things rifled through. Nothing stolen.
Tweeting Tripoli
Oh, so they broke into his room as a reward? typical Gaddafi thugs. They are murderers and thieves.
for the records. Brega, RasLanoof, BinJawad all the way to Sirt is liberated. Via Aljazeera.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Tripoli update only areas in tripoli where G thugs have some control r Fashloum, Hadba & airport road area. Tripoli airport under FF control
Tweeting Tripoli
I am not sure about Fashloom. I think it is free.
Jalood on Aljazeera warned that Gaddafi’s tunnels could be booby trapped.
Dahra too is liberated. All Tripoli is. Only few areas in Hadba and Abosleem.
Just to have a break: this is our sky few nights ago from my rooftop.
twitter.com/#!/2011feb17/status/106006252521398275/photo/1
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
In #Rixos huddled in basement of hotel. Incoming artillery fire in area around #Gadhafi compound.
Sniper took pot-shot at hotel & we all took cover. Journalists in #Rixos are fine, keeping together but have limited perspective on news.
Boiled up a pot of water & made some hot sweet tea to lift everybody’s spirits. #Rixos #Libya
Went back to room earlier & the door had been kicked in, things rifled through. Nothing stolen.
reedom Fighter
Rockets from bab azizia flying over my house.
FreeBenghazi
#NATO spokeswoman: Appearance of Saif in dead of night doesn’t indicate someone in control, but of someone on the run #Libya #Tripoli
Freedom Fighter
Abu-saleem suffers from pro gaddafis, they are stealing houses there.
A rocket from bab azizia passed by the 1st floor and exploded in bab ben ghashier. I wish that no body injured.
Ab
Abdulsalam Jalloud “I haven’t defected, I’ve been opposing for 20 years” oh shut up. Where were you on Feb 17th? #Tripoli #Libya
Freedom Fighter
The bastards are shooting at houses. rockets are landing in ras hasan, bab ben ghashier, znata and many other places.
Mushu
Dear #Saif,I think you might’ve made a mistake when you showed us your ugly mug this morning.You seem to have pissed off few dangerous ppl.
Freedom Fighter
Just to make feel what is happening around here. t.co/vB2Vk6N
www.twitvid.com/3QSAL
Heavy gunfire in bab aziziah right now.
Internet speed is very slow i can’t watch vids or pics i cant login 2skype either! I have no service in cellular! My only window is twitter!
Rima
Do you notice how NONE of the reporters were ever live on the front live with G soldiers? There’s a reason for that.
Freedom Fighter
bab azizia right now
yfrog.com/kh4khyzj
The bullets are hitting my house wall
major part is under freedom fighters control but i still can gaddafis flag on the buildings close to bab azizia
I hear the FFs chanting Allah is the greatest and using thier car horns going twards bab azizia!
Tweeting Tripoli
Let me summurize what is happening in Tripoli: Imagine 1000 lose (Norwegian) Breivik being surrounded in Bab Alazyzia pic.twitter.com/AEMXH5f
Aljazeera
In a telephone interview with Al Jazeera, Waheed Burshan, president of Libya’s National Transitional Council in Gharyan, responded to the escape of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam.
Speaking from Tunis, he confirmed that Saif had been arrested, but he was unable to say how Gaddafi’s son subsequently escaped from his captors.
Burshan referred to questions of “inexperienced youth” and the lack of a “structured military guard”.
Italy
Franco Frattini, Italy’s foreign minister, says he expects contracts held by Italian companies in Libya will be respected in the post-Gaddafi era.
China
China on Tuesday urged Libya to protect its investments and said their oil trade benefited both countries, after a Libyan rebel warned that Chinese oil companies could lose out after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.
Iran
Iran has expressed its backing for the Libyan rebels, BBC Monitoring reports. A statement by the foreign ministry in Tehran says Iran “supports the people’s uprising in Libya and hopes that the Libyan people can decide independently on their future”.
Reuters
Libyan rebels clashed with an army convoy coming from the city of Sirte, killing tens of Gaddafi’s troops, Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday.
It did not say where the clash had happened. Sirte was heavily bombed by NATO just before rebel forces moved into Tripoli.
BBC
There is a lull in the battle for the the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as both the Gaddafi regime and opposition forces claim they are in control of large parts of the city.
Overnight Colonel Gadaffi’s son, Saif al-Islam, previously thought to have been captured by the opposition, appeared on the city’s streets and told the BBC his father is safe and well and still in Tripoli.
The BBC’s Matthew Price, who is in a hotel in the city centre, said that it was “eerily quiet”, while Nato spokesman Col Roland Lavoie insisted that “globally speaking it is clear… the Gaddafi regime has lost its grip on the capital”.
ICC
A spokesman for the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fadi el-Abdallah, told the BBC it had been difficult for the ICC to confirm whether Saif al-Islam had been detained by the rebels: “What we said yesterday is that we received information about the arrest of Saif al-Islam and we were trying to confirm that by contacting the National Transitional Council in Libya, but Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was not under the custody of the ICC.”
Mr Abdallah adds: “The media was reporting about his arrest. We tried to contact different persons of the National Transitional Council and there were different opinions and different answers. That’s why we said there was no official confirmation about his arrest.”
Oman
Oman has recognised Libya’s rebel-led council as the country’s legitimate international representatives. Oman is the latest Arab nation to break off relations with Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in favor of the National Transitional Council. The statement on Tuesday by Oman’s Foreign Ministry also urged Libyan rebels to keep the country from drifting into lawlessness as opposition forces move against Gaddafi’s last strongholds in the capital Tripoli.
AFP
Pro-Gaddafi forces fired three Scud missiles towards Misrata on Monday, Nato says, according to the AFP news agency.
“We can confirm reports concerning the firing of three surface-to-surface Scud missiles from the vicinity of Sirte,” chief Nato spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said. “They landed in the coastal area of Misrata,” she added, indicating no knowledge of casualties.
Reuters
Explosions were heard near Bab al-Aziziyah, a large compound where Muammar Gaddafi is thought to be hiding, as rebels tighten their grip on the capital of Tripoli, Al Arabiya television reported.
Bahrain
The Gulf Arab state of Bahrain has recognised the rebel National Transitional Council as the sole representative of the people of Libya, Bahrain’s state news agency said.
Given “recent developments in Libya”, the Kingdom of Bahrain said on Tuesday the council was “the sole legitimate representative of the brotherly Libyan people, wishes Libya to achieve prosperity, progress and stability, development and reconstruction.”
Rebels fighting against the rule of Muammar Gaddafi swept into Tripoli two days ago and are fighting to seize the city.
Aljazeera
Rebels battling forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi were nearing the gates of his heavily fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in the centre of Tripoli on Tuesday, a correspondent for satellite news channel Al Jazeera reported.
The channel broadcast images of shells being fired and smoke rising over the city as the rebels sought to rout Gaddafi troops in neighbourhoods still under his control.
NTC
The leader of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdul Jalil, has been holding a news conference in Benghazi with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Mr Abdul Jalil vowed that Col Gaddafi and his aides would face justice in fair criminal trials. Even he himself would stand trial “for the years I served as a minister in the Gaddafi government” he said – referring to his time as justice minister. He said his advice to Libyans was to “be tolerant and… to avoid taking the law into
their own hands”.
Mr Davutoglu, meanwhile, pledged that Turkey would give $300m (£180m) to Libya: $100m in a non-repayable grant; $100m cash to help form a new government and fund immediate needs, especially during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan; and $100m for projects. He expressed confidence in the TNC and in Mr Abdul Jalil.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera has learned that the Libyan rebels have taken control of Al-Akila in eastern Libya, and are heading towards the oil port of Ras Lanuf.
Our correspondent: ”Rebels take control of Al-Akila in the East and move towards Ras Lanuf”.
Nigeria
Nigeria on Tuesday recognised the Libyan rebel council as the country’s legitimate representative and called on Muammar Gaddafi to quit.
“In the last 48 hours, the situation in the country has moved inexorably closer to its denouement,” a Foreign Office statement said.
“The federal government is understandably anxious to prevent further loss of lives in Libya and therefore urges Muammar Gaddafi to take the part of honour and relinquish power immediately and allow the people of Libya to decide the future of their country.”
Reuters
Libyan rebels battling forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi attacked the gates of his fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli on Tuesday, Arab news channel Al Arabiya reported.
“The revolutionaries are trying to get in through the Old Gate on the western side. If they’re successful, the fighting will move inside the compound,” Muftah Ahmad Othman, a rebel in Tripoli, told the news channel.
Britain’s Sky TV also reported that smoke could be seen billowing from the compound following a NATO air strike.
Heavy fighting could be heard on Tuesday near the hotel housing foreign journalists in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a Reuters witness said.
AP
On Monday, Libyans celebrated the news that insurgents had reached Tripoli, but late in the day the appearance of Gadhafi’s son and potential successor, whom the rebels had claimed to have captured, called into doubt rebel declarations of victory. That confusion pushed benchmark oil for October delivery up $1.34 to $85.76 in the afternoon Paris time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Reuters
Libyan rebels told a rescue ship not to dock at Tripoli port on Tuesday because it was too risky, leaving thousands of foreigners stranded at their embassies and waiting for
the all clear to leave. ”The information we’re getting from the National Transitional Council is basically saying the port conditions in the area are not good enough for the ship to dock”
AP
Fresh fighting erupted in Tripoli on Tuesday hours after Moammar Gadhafi’s son turned up free to thwart Libyan rebel claims he had been captured, a move that seems to have energized forces still loyal to the embattled regime. Thick clouds of gray and white smoke filled the Tripoli sky as heavy gunfire and explosions shook several districts of the city of 2 million people. Some of the heaviest fighting was around Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya main compound and military barracks.
Reuters
Heavy fighting could be heard on Tuesday near the hotel housing foreign journalists in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a Reuters witness said. Heavy artillery fire had been heard since the morning in the vicinity of the Rixos hotel.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera correspondent in Libya: ”Rebels enter the first gate into Bab Al-Aziziyah camp”.
AP
Germany’s foreign minister called Tuesday for the U.N. Security Council to quickly pass a new resolution that would unblock billions of dollars in frozen Libyan assets. Guido Westerwelle said that it’s time for the money to be released to finance the rebuilding of post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya, and that a new U.N. resolution is required to do that.
NATO says the situation in Tripoli is still “very serious and very dangerous.” Spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie also told reporters Tuesday that pro-Gadhafi forces are severely degraded and losing strength through desertions and defections. Spokeswoman Oana Lungescu says NATO may play a role in Libya in the post-Gadhafi period. Earlier, France’s foreign minister earlier said he hopes NATO’s air operation over Libya will end “as soon as possible” – once rebel fighters topple
Gadhafi and his forces for good. Turkey’s foreign minister says air operations will continue until security in the country is fully restored.
Aljazeera
Al Jazeera correspondent in Libya: ”Rebels enter the first gate into Bab Al-Aziziyah camp. Gaddafi’s forces have pulled back to Sirte and Al Jafra in the south”.
A NATO spokesperson at a press conference in Naples has said that NATO is maintaining its independence from Libyan opposition forces and depending only on its mandate. ”We are only a party with a limited role, which is basically to enforce the no-fly zone,” he said. “We do our missions which is basically to the no-fly zone and the embargo and protection of the civilian population.” He also said that it seemed that the government was on the losing side of the battle, at this point. ”It is clear that the regime has lost control over strategic areas of the country.”
Oana Lungescu, another NATO spokeswoman, said at a parallel press conference in Brussels that NATO is maintaining its independence from Libyan opposition forces. ”NATO is implementing a mandate from the UN Security Council resolution, and we will continue to do that until all attacks and threats of attacks against civilians have stopped, until all of Gaddafi’s forces have withdrawn to their base. She also said that “there will be no NATO troops on the ground in the future”, but added that NATO supports “a solution that responds to the legitimate aspirations of the Libya people”. Lungescu did not identify how those ‘legitimate aspirations’ would be identified.
Clashes broke out on Tuesday afternoon between Libyan opposition fighters and Gaddafi troops in several neighbourhoods of the Libyan capital Tripoli, including Gaddafi’s stronghold of Babal Aziziya. The opposition fighters have advanced to around 500-metres from Babal Aziziya, an Al Jazeera correspondent in Tripoli reported.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent has reported that Libyan opposition fighters had taken control of Bishr district west of Brega town and that they were at the outskirts of al-
Eqaila district west of Brega. Foreign reporters in the Libyan capital have denied
opposition clams that Saif al-Islam was arrested, saying he had met AFP reporters along with the BBC and CNN news channels on Monday evening and Tuesday morning at his father’s residence in Tripoli.
Reuters
Grinning, waving in triumph and taunting his father’s enemies, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi surfaced in Tripoli overnight to prove he was a free man, not a captive as Libyan rebels had claimed.
Wearing an olive-green T-shirt, Saif took journalists from the hotel to his father’s fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound nearby to pour scorn on a weekend push into Tripoli that brought much of the city under rebel control.
MAP
Morocco has recognised the rebel National Transitional Council as Libya’s legitimate representative and the foreign minister will travel to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, the official MAP news agency said.
Reuters
Libya’s assets in foreign currencies have reached around $168 billion and the country could return to oil production in the next 3 to 6 months, Libya’s former central bank governor said in an interview with Al-Arabiya television on Tuesday.
Western powers, backing the disparate opposition to Gaddafi, have moved ahead with plans to support a new administration with which they hope to exploit Libya’s oil wealth. They renewed calls for the 69-year-old autocrat to surrender.
Aljazeera
The Maltese government has officially recognised the National Transitional Council as the legitimate government of the Libyan people, Lawrence Gonzi, Malta’s prime minister, announced on Tuesday.
“Malta will continue to play its role as a centre for humanitarian aid to go to Libya and is committed towards assisting the international community in evacuating expats from the troubled areas,” Gonzi said after a cabinet meeting.
Turkey
Underscoring the jostling for influence in post-conflict Libya already underway among members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey revealed on Tuesday that it has been bankrolling the rebel leadership here over the past month and vowed unconditional future support amid heavy fighting in the capital Tripoli. Turkey’s message was delivered by its Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during a surprise visit to Benghazi.
Iraq
Iraq on Tuesday formally recognised the rebel National Transitional Council as Libya’s representative, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Reuters
Libya will honour all its contracts with Italian companies after Muammar Gaddafi is ousted from power, said the North African nation’s envoy to Rome, who defected in February and joined the rebel movement.
BBC Video: Defiant Saif al-Islam Gaddafi reappears
One of Col Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Saif al-Islam, has appeared in Tripoli and claimed the government had “broken the backbone” of the rebel offensive there.
He turned up in a government vehicle at a hotel held by loyalists, a day after the rebels said they had detained him.
A BBC correspondent said Saif al-Islam seemed confident and full of adrenalin.
feb17.info/media/bbc-video-defiant-saif...
THIS IS A MUST READ
Via Feb 17
Op-Ed: “I was wrong to oppose military intervention in Libya – wrong, wrong, wrong”
By: Yvonne Ridley
Just a few weeks ago I stood on a public platform and vigorously slammed proposals for Western military intervention in Libya.
The hasty scramble by the Americans, French and Britons lacked strategy and a clear goal.
To me it appeared to be yet another oil-fuelled, reckless act by gung-ho leaders who would end up being sucked in to a long military campaign as futile as the Bush-Blair adventures into Iraq and Afghanistan that we are still paying for in terms of wasted lives.
“Here we go again,” I said. “Another imperialistic adventure with the long-term aim of getting our grubby hands on other peoples’ oil.”
To those few Libyans present, I warned they would live to regret this pact with the West that I likened to jumping into bed with the devil.
Being very conscious of the fact I’m not a Libyan and desperate at not wanting to be seen as another opinionated Westerner sticking my nose into matters I didn’t understand, I sought the views of many Libyan friends and contacts.
Their reaction was mixed, but more often than not I was told that without outside help the Libyan people would be slaughtered by Gaddafi who himself described those who opposed him as cockroaches that needed to be crushed.
To justify my stand I reasoned that all revolutions are bloody and that the heroic people of Tunisia and Egypt had paid the blood price in their hundreds to win freedom.
I even recounted Malcolm X telling people that if they were not prepared to die for it they should remove the word freedom from their vocabulary.
Of course, making grand statements from platforms in central London is one thing but going to see for myself what was happening on the ground was something else.
My few days in Libya proved to be extremely humbling, illuminating and provided me with a reality check.
I was wrong about opposing military intervention. No if, but or maybe – I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
The people of Libya would have been brutally crushed without mercy if the West had not responded to their cries for help.
Perhaps the greatest shame is that Arab leaders stood by emotionless as the Libyan people begged everyone and anyone for help to bring down Gaddafi.
Some of those Arab leaders had no such hesitation in answering cries for help from the oppressive royal regime in Bahrain – obviously the Saudis and rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council cabal felt uncomfortable helping to bring down an evil, brutal, dictator who routinely abused and oppressed his people while happily propping up another.
It could have been an opportunity for the rising regional power Turkey to step in to the breach but to the massive disappointment of the Libyan people Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to become embroiled.
So in the end the West did intervene and although the blood of innocents is still flowing in the streets at least it is not a torrent.
And maybe this is a war led by no one, with no particular aim, but the enforcement of the no fly zone has prevented a massacre.
That is the view held by one of Libya’s spiritual leaders, Sheikh Mohammed Bosidra, who told me: “We had no choice. It was either make a pact with NATO or be crushed. It was a matter of survival, as simple as that.”
However many have already paid the ultimate blood price. Each town and city has a special place for its martyrs, and there are many. Faces of young men stared back at me from family portraits proudly hung in the central square in Benghazi and what struck me was how young they were.
In Derna, more portraits of the sons of Omar al-Mukhtar hung in the town centre and some of the bodies have been buried in a cemetery next to the tombs of three Sahaba and 70 other martyrs who fought against Roman and Byzantine forces in 692AD.
“We have a very fine tradition of producing martyrs in Derna and that is why Gaddafi hates the people of Derna more than anywhere else in Libya,” one woman told me.
And then she pointed to a French Tricolor and a Union Jack whispering: “Thank you, we will never forget what you have done for us.”
I admit I felt uncomfortable, even a fraud, on several different levels by accepting her thanks. Usually I end up apologizing for the deeds of various British governments and empire so this was something new for me.
We are still not clear what is the endgame of the NATO-led force, but the Libyan people are crystal clear in one thing: Gaddafi must go.
Only then can they begin to work out the next move, and it won’t be easy.
The Interim Transitional National Council says it is committed to liberate every part of Libya from Aamsaad in the east to Ras Jdir in the west, and from Sirte in the north to Gatrun in the south.
But from what I could see the mission is unstable and unpredictable, chaotic, disorganized and confused.
However, what is undeniable is the bravery and courage of the Libyan people who we in the media routinely refer to as rebels. These people are not rebels. They are shopkeepers, students, doctors, businessmen and mechanics who have never owned a gun or wanted to pick one up in anger, until now.
And yet there they are tens of thousands prepared to die for freedoms and liberties they’ve never known in Gaddafi’s 41-year rule.
I was moved to tears by a regiment of young men who marched, rallied and chanted demanding to be sent to the front lines in Misrata to help their brothers in arms.
Their personally-delivered message in Benghazi was to the members of the interim government and they were extremely critical of some elements of the ITNC who they said were more interested in parading around with bodyguards intoxicated with the little power they had than making real decisions.
The criticism of the leadership was stinging but reassuring that these young men were not blind to the shortcomings of their own. Too often in the Middle East people are blind and unquestioning in their loyalty to their leaders.
It is clear to me that once Gaddafi is gone – and he will go – the Libyan people will not replace him with another tyrant or a Western puppet. Whatever government and constitution they choose will be one of their own making.
But first we in the West must give them all the help and support they need to accomplish the removal of Gaddafi until it is time for NATO to go in a dignified exit.
And who knows, for once, Western intervention might just be regarded as a force for good.
Source: Redress
Reuters
Libyan rebels poured into Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli on Tuesday and were seen firing in the air in celebration, Reuters reporters on the scene said.
Pro-Gaddafi forces initially tried to defend the compound but their resistance later ended, the reporters said.
Libya Al Ahrar:
“It doesn’t matter if Saif appears on TV or not Important thing is Tripoli’s youths freed the capital in less than 48 hrs”
Libya Al Ahrar warning Libyans to be on the look-out for “snipers and mercenaries who are still there in #Tripoli”
Al Arabiya reports Explosions heard near #Gaddafi compound in #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
AJE Zeina Khodr: Heavy clashes in Mansoura…Bab al-Aziziya between FF & Gaddafi forces, #Gaddafi men using mortars and heavy weapons
Sky News: The snipers in #Tripoli are causing the most injuries
Guardian
As Gaddafi’s reign ends, the work of creating democracy in Libya begins
The new leaders will become very powerful, very quickly. For democracy to take root, it is vital Libyans hold them to account
The long battle to remove the Gaddafi family from power is nearing its end. Now the real work begins.
The country must be run, peacefully, by the National Transitional Council (NTC) – a body mostly composed of returned exiles and technocrats from the old regime –
through a period of post-conflict stabilisation, to be followed, it is hoped, by democratic elections and the formation of Libya’s first ever freely elected government.
By historical standards the task ahead is daunting – Libya must become the first oil-rich Middle Eastern secular democracy. If your first reaction to that is “what about Iraq?”, let’s have a quiet chat when the others have gone.
The NTC has won wide acceptance, and in many respects has performed admirably, but it remains more a collection of fiefdoms than a coherent governing body.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
Photo: Smoke seen rising from Bab Al Azaziya #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17
twitpic.com/6adj3u
Reuters
FACTBOX-Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli
Aug 23 (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are making a stand at his fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in the centre of Tripoli.
Here are some details about the area:
Read more;
Source:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Sky News: Alex Crawford: "I have not seen any of Gaddafi troops, keeping a very low profile, believed to all be inside compound #Tripoli
NATO: Significant changes in advances and momentum of the FF
Tripoli compound is centre of Gaddafi power
The fortified Tripoli compound attacked by Libyan rebels on Tuesday is the seat of Muammar Gaddafi’s political power and the principal base of loyalist fighters trying to rescue his 42-year-old rule.
Analysts say Gaddafi loyalist fighters confronted with an influx of rebels since the weekend have sought to use his Bab al-Azizyah bastion as a springboard from which to carve out a loyalist zone and chip away at rebel control of adjoining neighbourhoods.
The encampment is believed to sit atop a network of tunnels and bunkers that lead to adjoining districts, including possibly a subterranean route to the coast.
But the tunnel networks are not the loyalist militiamen’s only card: Gaddafi’s fighters have an intimate knowledge of the city and many are believed to have a greater degree of military training than their opposition guerrilla opponents.
“This is Gaddafi’s Pentagon,” said Noman Benotman, a senior analyst at the British think tank Quilliam and a former Libyan Islamist opposition guerrilla commander.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/tripoli-compound-is-cen...
FF in eastern Libya reach outskirts of Bin Jawad after taking control of Ras Lanuf oil port via @Reuters
Heavy fighting heard near Rixos hotel via @Reuters
NATO: We do not target individuals, and Gaddafi is not a target. We do target command and control facilities
NATO: If #Gaddafi is in one of those facilities, we will target it
NATO: If #Gaddafi leaves the country, that is not a problem for us
Photo: Flag of independence of #Libya raised at Libyan Embassy in Oman on August 23, 2011 Via @ShababLibya #feb17 t.co/2td1V74
#NATO forces bombarding Gaddafi’s Bab Al-Aziziya compound in #Tripoli via @Reuters
NPR
Libya Rebels Renew Fight To Pry Tripoli From Regime
Fresh fighting erupted in Tripoli on Tuesday hours after Moammar Gadhafi’s son turned up free to thwart Libyan rebel claims he had been captured, a move that seems to have energized forces still loyal to the embattled regime.
Rebels and pro-regime troops fought fierce street battles in several parts of the city, a day after opposition fighters swept into the capital with relative ease, claiming to have most of it under their control.
Thick clouds of gray and white smoke filled the Tripoli sky as heavy gunfire and explosions shook several districts of the city of 2 million people. Some of the heaviest fighting was around Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya main compound and military barracks.
The compound, which has been heavily damaged by NATO airstrikes, has emerged as one of the centers of government resistance since tanks rolled out Monday and began firing at rebels trying to get in.
Full art.:
feb17.info/news/libya-rebels-renew-figh...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Tripoli Gaddafi and Libya all trending, and in the correct spelling. That is some achievement (minus Gaddafi)
Sky News Alex Crawford: Not much resistance coming from inside Bab Al-Aziziya
Sky News: Alex Crawford: FF are taking injuries and casualties, but still remain confident and are very excited. Singing and Chanting
Sky News: Alex Crawford: Many people coming out of their houses in #Tripoli joining the FF in their fight
Breaking CNN: Fighting between #Gaddafi forces and revolutionaries at #Tripoli Airport
Russian official says spoke to Gaddafi by phone, quotes him as saying he is in #Tripoli and will fight to the end via @Reuters
FF chanting “Sky News Sky News, La Libya La Ganfud”, as Alex Crawford reports from #Tripoli
Germany and Greece have recognized the Libyan NTC as the legitimate government of
Sky News Journalist in Rixos: Saif came to Rixos in a vehicle and not through tunnels
Please pray the freedom fighters in Tripoli Airport right now : CNN reports smoke rising from #Tripoli Airport
Oabushagur :
The Amazing engineers in #Misrata Al Madar have activated it today. You can call Al madar #Misrata +218 9 91 – #Libya
Image of Bab Al Azizyah right now: t.co/rOvyxbB – Smoke rising – situation still unclear – #Libya #Feb17 #Tripoli via @TrablesVoice
Reuters Reporters in #Tripoli: Libyan rebels seen firing into air inside Bab Al Azizyah – Gaddafi compound in celebration
Reuters: Pro-#Gaddafi forces defended the Bab Al Azizyah compound but that defence has now stopped.
BBC: Blake Hounshell Tweets: Former high-ranking Libyan official claimed earlier that the tunnels beneath Bab al-Aziziya are booby-trapped.
Al Arabiyah: #Libya revolutionaries say they control one entrance to #Gaddafi compound in #Tripoli
Praying FF’s in Bab Al Azizyah proceed with caution.
A good map of the Bab Al Azizyah compound can be found here: t.co/KtnLeDr
Alarabya Breaking: sources say independence flag has been raised on Gaddfi’s house
AP: Hundreds of Libyan rebels have stormed Col Gaddafi’s compound in #Tripoli
Bab Al Azizyah operates like a small city with all the infrastructure needed to support
it: communications, military operations, residential
What is astonishing is that the underground infrastructure (tunnels) is likely to be far more impressive than what we can see above ground
Pentagon spokesman Dave Lapan says the US believes #Gaddafi is still in #Libya. He says the US is monitoring Libya’s chemical weapons sites.
AJA breaking: fighters announce their full control of Bab Alazizia through loudspeakers #Tripoli #Libya via @feb17voices
AJA is reporting LIVE from Bab Al Azizyah #Libya #Feb17 t.co/MOjwkPL
AJA Reporter in Bab Al Azizyah: Gaddafi troops are present but did not defend the area, essentially gave up #Libya #Feb17
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: FF’s found some weapons left behind.
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: Kataib #Gaddafi retreated from the area
Sky News: Alex Crawford: Freedom Fighters using homemade rocket launchers to penetrate walls of the South Entrance of Bab Al-Aziziya #Libya
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: There is not much above ground, except strong gate and old houses – Compound must be underground.
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: Freedom fighters are calling all the doctors they can reach. Many injured in the fighting
AJA Just switched from LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah – to Dogha
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
All’s well for the moment. Still bunkered down. More later. #Rixos4
Sky News: Alex Crawford: There is a very complicated underground tunnel system, one tunnel leads to Rixos hotel
Tweeting Tripoli
Gaddafi told Ilyumzhinov he was “certain he’ll win”. Win what? Tripoli? Psychologists have loads of home work to do. hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie…
Bashar should be ashamed of himself for not taking notes. Libyan rats say hello to Syrian germs, and tell them the rats got out of the trap.
Wow, never thought I would read this. FF are actually inside Daffy’s house.
BREAKING: BAB ALAZYZIA IS FREEEE:
Yeah free of charge, no tickets, everybody is welcome in, you don’t pay. Capeesh?
OMG, the model Qatar made for Bab Alazyzia is so convincingly well done. Beat that James Camron (The Titanic movie director) o(0..0)o
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Its unlikely Gaddafi+sons sit tight till FF arrive they r Running through their Holes now escaping somewhere into desert #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Look at the mountains of Rubbish in the area supposed to be top class around the presidential palace and you will know why we revolted.
OMG, have you all seen the sniper dragged from his hole in Bab Azyziya? He is still wearing traditional African country costume. LOL
Watch Aljazeera people. Now!
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI REPORTING NOW FROM INSIDE Bab Al Azizyah the Takbir cried by Muezzin and FF Allah Al Akhbar ! Gives me goosebumps #Libya
Jon Jensen
A spox for the NTC in Benghazi told me that regime loyalists pretended to be rebels as they helped Mohamed Gaddafi escape yesterday. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI A Man shouts through loudspeaker that Gaddafi Compound is Free IMO thats premature #Libya
AJA: Dogha: There are 3 layers of gates in Bab AL Azizyah
AMAZING scenes from inside Bab Al Azizyah at Bait al Samood – location of many Gaddafi speeches and infamous hand crushing US plane #Libya
AJA: Dogha is warning civilians to NOT enter Bab Al Azizyah – It is not safe enough yet
Back to AJA reporter LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah: 3 km from his point of view is all clear
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI its likely FF will find more Prisoners underneath Bab Al Azizyah I hope they start Searching soon
AJA Reporter Live from Bab Al Azizyah: FF’s had to travel through 3 strong layers of protection – but it is all crumbled, destroyed
OnlyOneLibya
Gaddafi son saif now renamed Unsafe! #Libya #Tripoli
LibyanYouthMovement
Freedom Fighters in Bab Azizia have taken weapons left behind by G forces – AJA reporter inside the compound
LibyanYouthMovement
Some Gaddafi forces have not yet surrendered but are completely surrounded by Freedom Fighters – AJA reporter #
moi a table
Anyone else feeling the #FreedomEuphoria ? #Tripoli #Libya
AJA is now bringing images from inside Bab Azizia compound
AJA images show Freedom Fighters all over the garden area of Bab Azizia where G
used to pitch his tent and welcome foreign diplomats
Unbelievable scenes from AJA as Freedom fighters rip down pictures of Gaddafi from the very place he made the speech in Feb
OnlyOneLibya
Aug 23 2011 Libyan Bastille day lol
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Lastest from #Tripoli, August 23, 2011 Photos: t.co/HQSu8v8 #libya
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.19442...
N_Benghazi ن
Allahu Akbar w khallas. This is unbelievable.
nubaribari
Any news from the Rixos Jurnos?
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
FF on their way
Sky news also showing images of FF in the centre of bab azizia
It is now the end-The only thing left for #Gaddafi to do is run. Our brave #FreedomFighters have control of his compound.
feb17libya
Seeing our #FF destroy #Bab Al Azizyah is a site that will go down in history – whatever the outcome #Libya #Feb17
Gemma
The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up, and I have chills. They are THERE!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#benghazi is going nuts. Guns going off car horns blaring!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
The NTC will move to Tripoli once they announce the liberation of Libya’s capital. They
will become the interim government Inshalah #Libya
Bab Al-Aziziya trending with the correct spelling, twitter is on fire today #Libya
Citizens of Sirte need not be afraid, the Freedom Fighters will only clear out Gaddafi forces – AJA
FreedomFighters have entered into #Gaddafis zenga zenga, took down his bait bait, shibber shibber in #Bab al-Aziziya.Now #Libyans-ilal amam
Benghazi breaks into a huge celebration
Tripoli Youth
#Benghazi residents that have family in #Tripoli are worried and want to call their people but no connect still..
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
FF from Sirte will be the first to enter and secure the town to limit conflicts – NTC rep to Sirte
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Party atmos in #Benghazi a carnival of AK47 party poppers. can i politely ask the rebels not to fire them so close to my ears. thanks
Sky News: This is the first genuine revolution of the #ArabSpring, the entire system is about to be overturned
AJA: Defected Gaddafi Security Officer: It was easy (Bab Al Azizyah) because even the military don’t want to fight -
Libyan UN envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi predicts that Libya will be “liberated” within 72 hours.
AJA: Defected Gaddafi Security Officer on now has been advising FF on how to get into Bab Al Azizyah
AJA: There are good, simple people in SIrte. Gaddafi brainwashed many of the people that FF will hurt them because #Gaddafi is from there.
AJA: Kataib in #Tripoli having nothing and no one to defend
AJA Expert: For the battle of Sirte : Sirte is not a military region and it is an open area
AJA expert: FF need to regroup – Leadership needs to stay with each group of FF
AJA: Intelligence expert: FF’s need to have a system to secure the area. Leaving it this open is the dangerous thing right now
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI FF found Weapons form Fleeing or surrenderd Gaddafi forces inside G compound says AJE Journo inside BabalAziziyah with FF #Libya
#TRIPOLI Checkpoints and barricaded roads have been setup all around city Dont think Saif will turn up for a "tour " around the city tonight
Former Bank Governor: #Libya foreign currencies asets reached around $168 billion Libya could return 2 #oil production in next 3 to 6 months
#Tripoli Thousands of FF from different cities around the country are fighting to liberate the city
TRIPOLI is now lying underneath a thick black acrid smelling smoke from Gunfire Explosions and Fires
US DRONES are now in sky above Tripoli searching for remaining Gaddafi forces #Libya #AJE
According to Dutch news, underground roads are up to 32 km from compound!
#TRIPOLI Bab al Azziyah Freedom Fighters are cleansing compound of cells of G Loyalists Snipers and looking for Family and Gaddafi #Libya
#TRIPOLI #RIXOS Fighting has started around the hotel now
Ahmed
#Gaddafi’s golden head statue has been beheaded, inside Bab Al Azizya, FF are standing on it..take that you scum.. #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17
David
dictators across the region are watching from inside their palaces & wondering how many days & weeks they have left. #Libya
LibyaNewMedia
Gaddafi’s bronze face under the feet of the Libyan people! #Libya #Tripoli #Gaddafi
Freedom Fighter
Bab ben ghashier Freedom fighters are watching the rixos hotel, don’t worry!
The rixos hotel issue is a hostage case
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
My cousin from Fashloom told me that: “we’re going to be breaking our fast in Bab Al Aziziya tonight”… looks like he was right
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Snipers Were positioned at the entrances of #Bab aziziyah, They were slowing the rebel advance, #Libya, #Tripoli
LibyaLiberty Hunting the Beard
Plz plz plz don’t destroy the #JetFist statue. We can use it as #Gaddafi’s gravemarker.
Jeel
This is a headline tit for tat. Yesterday #SaifAlIslam pwned us. Today we owned papa’s pad. #Libya #Feb17
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, At times #Gaddafi s men and opposition fighters were 500 meters apart,
Tweeting Tripoli
Bashar & Saleh should check if their people are not on the streets. They could be watching Aljazeera and taking notes! Just saying.
Khaled
Bab Al Aziziya is where my uncles, & my brother and I’s namesakes, were killed. #Powerfulmoment
Ben
The BeeBull DO LUF #GADDAFI!!!!! ….DAY LUF HIM DED! #Feb17
Sky News Dr. Manal from #Tripoli: #Gaddafi fell on #Feb17, with the first drop of Libyan blood.
AJA showing footage of Opp fighter holding a gun made of gold he found in Bab Al Azizyah
Sky News Dr. Manal from #Tripoli: Message to everyone outside, we need a lot of help, doctors and medical equipment
Sky News Dr. Manal from #Tripoli: We also need the telephones working so we can communicate with other doctors.
AJA Reporter LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah: FF’s are headed to Bu Sleem
AJA Reporter LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah: Civilians enter Bab Al Azizya with gifts and weapons for FF
Two Aljazeera reporters shot. One in shoulder and one in hand:(
AJA Reporter LIVE in Bab Al Azizyah: Shooting might be coming from Bu Sleem – FF’s headed there
Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
This the “Baghdad-on-9April” moment happening in Tripoli
Sky News Alex Crawford: Freedom fighters have set #Gaddafi’s tent on fire.
Alex Crawford now live inside Bab Al Aziziyah on Sky News!
G could b in Abu Salim could be at Rixos could have left the tunnel and escaped in a car, on foot etc. Those r the options now
Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
Scenes of looting of Gadafi compound will be registered in history as an uncivilized.
CNN
Live blog: Rebels ‘everywhere’ inside Gadhafi compound
As Libyan rebels fought to consolidate their hold on Tripoli on Monday and early Tuesday, reports emerged that two sons of Libya’s longtime leader were free despite earlier reports that rebels had captured them.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, appeared to reporters in a convoy of armored Land Cruisers in Tripoli on Tuesday morning, more than a day after rebels claimed they had captured him. Hours earlier, Libya’s ambassador to the United States said that one of Moammar Gadhafi’s other sons, Mohammed Gadhafi, had escaped.
Rebels are telling Sidner “Gadhafi is nearly finished.”
“They have been able to take some of the weapons off of the Gadhafi forces,” she said.
Rebels are saying they have made it into Gadhafi’s Bab Al Aziza compound, CNN’s Sara Sidner reported.
People in Tripoli are displaying files they say are from Moammar Gadhafi’s compound,
CNN’s Sara Sidner reported Tuesday.
The documents, files and receipts have the official regime stamp and Gadhafi’s name
on it, Sidner reported.
“This neighborhood has gone wild,” Sidner said.
Sidner is being handed even more documents by the rebels.
Rebels told Sidner they are going room-by-room to clear the compound.
One of the documents is a medical file that has the name of Gadhafi’s son Saif al-Islam, Sidner reported.
An Al Jazeera reporter inside Gadhafi’s Bab Al Aziza reported there is no resistance anymore inside the compound.
CNN’s Sara Sidner said rebels told her the “fight is finished” at Gadhafi’s Bab Al Aziza compound.
“They could even swim in the swimming pool” Sidner said rebels told her.
Rebels said the blasts being heard are celebratory.
An historic building inside Moammar Gadhafi’s vast Bab al-Aziziya compound has been burned and the fighting at the compound is over, a Libyan rebel told CNN’s Sara Sidner.
Sky News showed video they said was from inside the compound. In the video, rebel forces surrounding the iconic sculpture of a raised fist crushing a U.S. plane in Gadhafi’s compound.
The situation remains fluid" in Libya and “fighting is still going on,” the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said Tuesday.
There were still some instances of fighting in Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s compound Tuesday even after rebels leaving the compound were seen celebrating, rebels said.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the United States is
concerned about whether Gadhafi’s military still has a stockpile of chemical weapons.
“It’s something we’ve been watching from the beginning of the conflict in Libya,” Susan Rice said. “We have not seen immediate cause for concern, but we will keep a close eye on that throughout.”
Gunfire can still be heard and scene at Moammar Gadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound. Some rebels were showing off items taken from the compound, including what appeared to be a gold-plated AK-47.
“There’s no question that the Gadhafi regime has nearly collapsed,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Tuesday.
An Al Jazeera journalist has been shot inside the Moammar Gadhafi compound in Tripoli, the Arabic-language TV network reported on Tuesday.
A “reliable affirmative” statement from Moammar Gadhafi is needed to underscore that “the days of his leadership are over,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
F fighter found a gold plated Dragunov in a Bab Alaziziya building: #Libya
twitter.com/#!/LibyanDictator/status/106048998351179778/photo/1
Free Libya
I say we keep the gold rifle and use it to shoot Gaddafi or any of his sons when we see them.
CNN
Inside Gadhafi compound after firefight
Get an inside look of the Gadhafi compound after rebels seized control during a battle.
edition.cnn.com/video
AJA reporter: Can’t confirm what is burning, says it is adjacent to #Gaddafi’s house
Danya
Even though the revolutionary fighters are made up of students, engineers, teachers, basically people with no experience they have so MUCH courage to be able to go into Bab Al Azizya
Aljazeera
Intent on reaching Tripoli, hundreds of opposition fighters have left Misurata in a column of vehicles.
In Zlitan, sporadic artillery fire from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi held the rebels back, but not for long. About 50km away, fighters in the city rose at the same time as seismic events in Tripoli.
Along the road, other towns and villages also joined the list of places rising up against Gaddafi’s forces.
But poor communication meant that, until now, no one in the surrounding areas knew the regime forces had been overrun.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from Qasa al Khiar.
Video:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...
‘’Just Now we feel freedom JUST now’’ — Freedom Fighter.
Libyan Rebel shouts on TV live “Palestine, we are coming to help you!”
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
One last tweet: Rebel on Sky News says he’s “feeling great” because they got rid of “this asshole Muammar Gaddafi”
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Shooting around #Rixos; journalists moving upstairs to safety #Rixos4
Waiting in the #Rixos. Gunfire inside the hotel. Going on air. #cnn #Rixos4
fieldproducer Neal Mann
What happens in the area around Sirte in the coming days and weeks will be key to the stability of #Libya post Gaddafi
Fighting now in #TRIPOLI … Mercenaries are shooting #aljazeera
One Libyan freedom fighter is wearing a Palestinian koffiyeh. #Palestine #Libya #Tripoli
LibyaNewMedia
There are still Gaddafi thugs, some of them with heavy weapons, that present a real danger to Tripoli residents. #Libya #Tripoli
Hayat
People who’d put up the flag outside were indeed endangered and some have even gotten broken into by #GFs but those were strays avenging him
BBC
Rebels have taken over the airport
acarvin Andy Carvin
Fighter on Sky News at compound: “I’m feeling really great; we’re really free from this asshole Muammar Gaddafi.” Gotta love live TV. #libya
Sky News Stuart Ramsay: All the people that #Gaddafi claimed supported him, clearly didn’t
Alex Crawford:
Most FF holding Quran, because they feel like God has really been on their side through this"
A Free Libyan
Lets all remember our martyrs and thank them, they made this victory possible. RIP Lions!
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya: Revolutionaries: Mercenaries shooting from atop buildings near Bab Al Azizia – Post Office Building shelled by Gaddafi Batallion
cnnbrk CNN Breaking News
U.S. working with U.N. to free up to $1.5 billion in frozen #Libya assets. on.cnn.com/nZQS9I
Iman Libya
allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar #libya
Sky News Stuart Ramsay: There has been a large number of injuries
septimius_sever septimius severus
Can’t resist the cliche BUT WHO IS THE RAT NOW ???
Zlitniya
I just LOVE how FF from all over #Libya (&the world!) r liberating our capital #freeLibya #oneLibya #unitedLibya
AJA : there are #FF from all the Libyan cities, entered together Bab al Aziziya
alihashem_AJA Ali Hashem
My heart and mind with our colleague kamel el taloo, the fourth @AJArabic staff detained by #Gaddafi who wasn’t released
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya rebels: some snipers shoot at rebels in Bab al-Azizia
libertad
: ##BabAlazizya reconnaît les NTC comme le seul représentant du peuple libyen #" ##Feb17 deGaddafinated #Libye
Alex Crawford deserves a medal for her reporting. #libya #tripoli"
Tripolitano
In sha Allah tomorrow will have Gaddafi and his sons in the flesh #Libya
Khiria
OMG!!!! It’s so coool watching #Gaddafi’s compound on tv like this!! We use to pass by and we couldn’t even look at that shit!!!
KC_Tripolitania KC
AJA: Interviewing Abdel Hakim Military Leader in Tripoli: “The battle against the military is done. The battle against security has begun”
acarvin Andy Carvin
Sara Sidner’s CNN crew pulls back as tons more celebratory gunfire goes off. “Please go between those two walls,” the anchor suggests.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Gaddafi, where are YOU? Where is your AK47… you promised to fight till the last minute/man/drop of blood.. where are YOU?? #libya #tripoli
fieldproducer Neal Mann
East of Tripoli it ain’t over… RT @robcrilly rebel spokesman in Benghazi tells me that it is not yet time for celebration
Hayat
Guys, don’t worry, the lines are faking the ringing tone, but it’s costing you anyways, there are no communications in #Tripoli
LibyaLiberty Hunting the Beard
We also think he’s in or near the end of his life. RT@bnnNEWSLIVE Rebels think Muammar Gaddafi in or near Tripoli
Suzanne
Luv how Alex Crawford let FFs talk, even if their English was hard to understand. Very symbolic that she let them have their voice.
KC
“ God bless our heroes !"
توكتوك القذافي في منطقة شط الهنشير سوق الجمعة Gaddafi’s cart
GOLF CART
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxmjS4s1Nls
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Even as compound falls to rebels, #Rixos still in #Gadhafi control. #Rixos4
AFP
Opposition forces are reporting they have captured the oil town of Ras Lanuf
Pentagon
Pentagon spokesperson Colonel Dave Lapan said that although the command capabilities of Gaddafi’s forces had been diminished, they remained dangerous. He also said the United States was monitoring Libya’s chemical weapons sites, amid concern in Congress that those weapons could fall into the wrong hands.
AP
Explosions have been heard near the Libyan leader’s compound as the fight for Tripoli rages for a third day. But no one seems to know where Colonel Gaddafi is
EU
The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the 27-nation bloc is preparing to unfreeze Libyan assets quickly once the United Nations gives its approval. Catherine Ashton said Tuesday that Libya’s transitional administration will need funds to make sure public sector workers are paid, stores have sufficient supplies and the economy can be developed again.Ashton says that Libyan rebels currently control about 80 percent of Tripoli.
UM envoy
Libyan UN envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi predicts that Libya will be “liberated” within 72 hours
The Independence Flag of the Libyan Opposition has been raised over Gaddafi’s home and compound BabAlAzizya
libyanproud libyanandproud
by Zlitniya
#Tripoli is still fighting for freedom , till all neighborhoods and journalists are free !
Alarabiya BREAKING: Sabha being heavily shelled by #Gaddafi forces ….
SKY NEWS: what was wrong with #Gaddafi ? @Guma_el_gamaty : EVERYTHING lol
Zlitniya
I wonder what date we will give the privilege as using as our #independenceday …
Jeel
Reuters says the #Gaddafi loyalists who were in #RasLanuf have retreated to Red Valley, in the direction of #Sirte.
Zlitniya
After #Libya liberation, the ppl of #FreeLibya pray for a swift and bloodless liberation of #Syria and #Yemen
Arab foreign ministers are DISCUSSING giving #Libya seat to #NTC .what a joke!i say #NTC shd say #putitinyourpipeandsmokeit
Reuters: Opposition controls Ras Lanuf
Reuters need to sort out their terminology. WE are legitimate. #Gaddafi is the ‘opposition’
AJE Abdul Jalil: Everyone who works w/ Gaddafi will be held accountable for what they did, Including me for years I worked under the regime
Mustafa Abduljalil got asked: Only Misrata FF in bab alaziziya? ANswer: FF from East to West liberated Tripoli and esp #Babalaziziya
BintLibya
Never thought I would live to see this day it had always been a distant dream. May Libya always be united and stand strong #FreeLibya #Libya
#Benghazi man at start of #feb17 rev: #Libya will inspire the worrrrrrrrrrrrrld. Man, the guy couldn’t have been more right!! #givehimaprize
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Tripoli Brigade led by Abdulhakeem Bilhadj first to enter Bab Azizia followed by others from Misrata, Nafusa etc #Libya #Tripoli
Dear world media. We have taken back our country,we are no longer rebels. Gaddafi is on the run, so do not refer to him as the Libyan leader
Freedom Fighters in Bab Azizia also include Libyans born and raised outside Libya
BBC
Tripoli nurse: ’It’s absolutely horrific’
Karen Graham, a matron at the 11th of June Hospital in a residential area of Tripoli, told the BBC World Service about working in a hospital which is right in the thick of the fighting:
“It’s absolutely horrific. Unfortunately we’re in the residential area of Gargour and it’s being defended with force from the rebels.
There is a bridge about 20m from where I am in the hospital, and one side of the bridge is pro-Gaddafi and one side of the bridge is anti. They’re chucking rocks and
everything at each other, and it’s just awful.
Last night there were massive rocket-propelled grenades and heavy arms fire, small arms fire, and that went on for about three to four hours.
The patients are absolutely petrified. And the staff are petrified.
Full report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14631987
ProudLibyan
I hope the FF will guard the borders tightly, many Gaddafi goons will try to run now! #Libya
Can you spot the difference?#Gaddafihatgetsarevamp t.co/YGBSe71 http://t.co/pUAK1Fu
FF wearing #Gaddafi’s hat – the same hat he wore at the 40 year anniversary of his oppression of the Libyan people.
Sky news “well we know colonel Gaddafi was fond of his hats, so we searched through our archive for images of this hat” LOL! #Libya
OMG, the African Affairs analyst on AJE is not doing the African Union any favours. #Libya. Get over it you goon, your gaddafi is finished
Suzanne
Wow, the fall of Bab AlAziziya caused an #earthquake in #Washington! Power to the people of #Libya!! #feb17 #Tripoli
FF was asked what do you want for Qadaffi now, he answered wisely : JUSTICE
#libya #FF #tripoli All the gems from the BAB need to be kept for the NEW museum of tripoli showing the day #gadaffi lost everything
Khaled M
We should auction off #Gaddafi golf cart, golden gun, umbrella in a fundraiser for #Libya #Feb17 #Tripoli
Alex Crawford struggles to identify and describe parts of #Gaddafi’s wardrobe “this masonic and sort of scruffy thing”. #Libya
acarvin Andy Carvin
by ChangeInLibya
Matthew Chance live on CNN: We’ve put ourselves in a room without windows, have placed white flags around the place.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: AJA: 90% of Bab Alaziziya is totally secure عاجل : عاجل ليبيا أخبار: الجزيرة : 90% من باب العزيزية مؤمن تماما من قبل الثوار
ALEX and FF:
For those who missed the #Gaddafi Hat-wearer interview: t.co/RBu6lGd #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItCG_M0bNJQ
youngamazigh
AU are angry because we are free?! hahaha you will see libya should not invest in africa at all! pay back to them f***ing merceneries
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya: Flash From The Past for those unfamiliar with it: Muammar Gaddafi – Zenga Zenga Song – Noy Alooshe Remix youtu.be/cBY-0n4esNY #Feb17
#Tripoli: While there is no god but god, #Libya’s #Freedomfighters are definitely DEMI GODS. #Feb17
#Sebha #Freedomfighters control military intelligence headquarters. #Libya #Feb17
#Nigeria recognizes #NTC as the legitimate Libyan Government.
Free #Libya should cancel ALL contracts w/ #AU, #Algeria, #China, #Russia, #Turkey. These criminal organizations all against #Feb17
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Elders and chiefs in Sirte are negotiations with Freedom Fighters to allow them to enter the city without any bloodshed
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
The African Union is upset that they cant get anymore money and Gold from Gaddafi because he is finished!
God bless our great nation,, God bless FREE Libya
Guys,, there is no news to bring to you,, all you need to know is Libya is free for ever more.. Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar,,, #Libyans in #Tripoli speak such good #English..
ALLAH AKBAR,,, ALLAH AKBAR,,, I LOVE LIBYANS,,,WE ARE ONLY 6 MILLION
WHEN 2013 comes Insha allah we will show the world how and African cup of Nations is Held,,, THAT is if the CAF doesnt take it away from us
NTC official: Today we will go into Sirte and Beni Walid. Sebha is witnessing an uprising. by Friday they will all be liberated Insha allah
robcrilly Rob Crilly
really hope Libya will be OK. Great country. Great people. Only problem – just one man
lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
A rebel fighter #tripoli gave us amazing footage of the moment he and friends entered Saadi al #Ghaddafi’s house. On @channel4news
Hajer
Wow I’m so proud to be a Libyan, and if these are the men Libya has then I’m sure Libya will be safe inshallah!
robcrilly Rob Crilly
All quiet as everyone has gone home to break Ramadan fast. Popping out to make satphone call while no bullets falling #benghazi
Kamahl
Not sure I truly believe I am watching this happen. Incredible #Libya BabAlAziziya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Alex Crawford sees the same Tripoli scenes in Bab Al Aziziya. No sign of Gaddafi forces. Plenty of them died for their master though.
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FF in Bab Al Azizyah – “Ciao Shafshoufa! Ciao!” #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
The rebel Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that Libya’s Zawiya refinery hd not been badly damaged in fighting between government and rebel forces and that the UAE and Qatar would be well placed to provide fuel to the country.
USA
The United States said Tuesday it is now seeking to release up to $1.5bn in frozen Libyan assets in order to help the opposition forces establish a secure government and meet humanitarian needs.”We are also working urgently today … this week to be able to release between a billion and 1.5 billion dollars in US-held frozen Libyan assets,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
Aljazeera
Libya’s stock of chemical weapons, including over 10 tons of mustard gas, are under strict US surveillance, the Pentagon said Tuesday.”We have been and continue to monitor chemical weapons sites,” spokesperson Colonel David Lapan said.
Reuters
Rebels in eastern Libya took control of the oil port of Ras Lanuf on Tuesday as soldiers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi retreated toward the leader’s home town of Sirte, a rebel spokesman said. There was no damage to the oil facilities in Ras Lanuf and the only damage at Brega, taken by the rebels on Monday, was an oil storage tank that was on fire.
Kenya
Kenya has expressed willingness to work with Libya’s interim authorities in restoring the country. ”Kenya stands ready to work with the people of Libya, the African Union and the international community to help build a new Libya,” Prof Saitoti said in a statement.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
If the Martyr Mohammed Nabous was with us today,, i garnantee you he would have been first in Bab AlAzaziyah and he would be talking to NEWS
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi’s loyalists were obviously left in the dark thinking he was inside the compound as they defended it with everything they had. #Libya
First sign of Democracy will be His hat on eBay.
picture album from inside Bab Azizia facebook.com/media/set/?set… #Libya Enjoy
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.19449...
NTC official: G loyalists defended bab azizia because they thought G’s were inside, we told them to return to their homes and they are safe
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
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hmmmmmm hahaha old habits die hard RT @Jonny_Hallam ok (former) rebels ;)
Reuters reporting #gadaffi loyalists all heading for #sirte
NTC say no fight for sirte, town will let FF enter freely
Gaddafi:
This is one captain who would never go down with his ship. Prolly in the first lifeboat.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Fadi El Abdallah, ICC spox says they could be adding extra charges onto charge-list of the three existing indictees
Just spoke to a man from Brega who claims he was paid in Amphetamine tablets to go to Pro-Gad Demos
faithcnn:
Journalists trapped at besieged #Rixos hotel, including @mchancecnn, waving white flags from top floor #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIPS “ARON” & “ILKE METE” remain anchored just outside port
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Want to know what’s funny? 4×4 (4 wheel drive) vehicles were illegal in #Libya till 2004 or so. Now we toppled #Gaddafi’s reign using them.
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Former U.S. Congressman Fauntroy is amongst those holed up in #Rixos
Fauntroy was on a peace mission.
Hotel still under #Gadhafi control, even as celebrations spread nearby. #Rixos4 #Libya #Rixos
It’s been very quiet for the past hour, probably because it’s iftar. #Rixos4 #Libya #Rixos #cnn
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Who could forget this image?: Gaddafi getting out of his beloved gulf cart umbrella in hand – #Libya #Feb17 pic.twitter.com/OOnPe17
People dancing on golf cart and spitting on it as it travels through the streets of Tripoli
THE HAT:
Who wore it better?? #Libya #Gaddafi
twitter.com/#!/feb17libya/status/106075181721718784/photo/1
feb17libya Feb17Libya :
Mahmoud Shamam Live: #Gaddafi wants to hold #Sirte hostage -
Mahmoud Shamam Live: The TNC council of Tripoli will emerge and perhaps half of TNC will be in Tripoli tomorrow
Mahmoud Shamam Live: Stabilization team will be supporting electricity, energy, water -
Mahmoud Shamam Live: Throughout these obstacles we have been able to control #Tripoli for 48 hours – #Libya #Feb17
Mahmoud Shamam Live: The international community must freeze our assets. Now is the time, to get our necessities -
Correction:Mahmoud Shamam Live: The international community must UNfreeze our assets.
Mahmoud Shamam Live: On how to unarm civilians – we will have all military factions must lay their arms down and are free to join military.
GermanyUN German Mission to UN
#UNSC in closed session on situation in #Libya
Free Libya Now
Libyans who give interviews or enter Gadafi locations should be careful. Gadafi people might hunt them for some time to come. #Libya
Where are the women?
benghazi’s bunny♥
in the hospitals helping the wounded,in the kitchens preparing meals, on the phones w/ media. That’s where our women r #Libya
BNN News Int’l
Seriously? You can take #Gaddafi’s house but you can’t liberate the Rixos? #NTC and FF, where are you?
Noit
Prb. needs spec. ops to make sure journos are safe
Sirtawi
Mahmoud Werfalli: #FFs in #Sirte preparing way for #FFs on the outside to facilitate taking over Gaddafi loyalists without harming locals.
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
Ok now, lets fix the Syrians, Yemenis, and Bahrainis situations. Maybe even start a new revolution. #Iraq is on 9/9. #Yemen #Syria #Bahrain
Reuters
Libya rebel aide: Zawiya refinery not badly damaged
DUBAI— The rebel Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday that Libya’s Zawiya refinery had not been badly damaged in fighting between government and rebel forces and that it would be the first to resume production.
“The refinery (in Zawiya) is not so severely damaged, there are some minor damages and they are being fixed,” Aref Ali Nayed told a news conference in Dubai.
He said he expected oil output to resume soon.
“We expect oil production to resume as quickly as we can,” he said. “The oil platform in the Mediterranean (is) sharing arrangements with some companies now that Gaddafi is finished; judicially and legally we are able to go forward. There are no physical reasons for stopping production,” he said.
More and source:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44246347/ns/world_...
lourdesgnavarro Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Came into #Libya almost exactly six months ago on Feb 22. So glad to have seen this day. Though the guns now in the hands of people a prob
NotLibyanStateTV
Once our reporter friends leave the Rixos, we hope they get “Rixos Alumni” t-shirts as a parting gift. #Libya
The Daily Beast
Inside Gaddafi’s Compound
The dictator’s last stronghold, which rebels overtook Tuesday, is as mercurial as its owner. David A. Graham maps out the mosque, the soccer field—and the Bedouin tent that Gaddafi sleeps in.
“This is Gaddafi’s Pentagon,” Noman Benotman, a British think-tanker and former Libyan Islamist opposition guerrilla commander, told Reuters. But the comparison doesn’t hold. Unlike the Department of Defense’s headquarters, which is more of an office building than a siege-ready castle, Bab al-Aziziya is part monument, part fortress, and part palace—more akin to a combination of the Kennnedys’ Hyannis Port and Israel’s Masada.
Read full art.:
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/...
AJA LIVE with Mahmoud Jibril: People in the liberated cities who are celebrating should not forget the people in Sabha
Jibril: the last chapter that we’ve written today.. let’s not damage it. Let’s rehabilitate and cure our wounds.
Jibril: we must not forget that the south is not liberated yet. Gaddafi brigades still bombing Sabha. They want freedom.
Jibril: Libya today must stand united before the world, to rebuild this nation.
Jibril: special thank you to Musrata rebels who helped liberate Tripoli.
Jibril: I salute the rebels. You’ve taken the responsibility, and you’ve written the last chapter in this revolution. #libya
Alex
The more I hear #MahmoudJibril – The more I like him – hopefully he will be more public – now #NTC will be running all the country.
pdanahar Paul Danahar
Life saved today by swig of water.Man stopped me insisted i drink.i drank stepped forward, tracer fire flashed 2 feet in front of me #libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Mahmud Jibril’s answr to relations with China/Russia is simply brilliant. “They had their people’s best interests in mind, and we have ours”
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
I can proudly say: welcome to new #libya I can feel it listening to #Jibril #feb17
acarvin Andy Carvin
Listening to Jibril’s speech. It’s not every day you get to hear a founding father describing plans for a new country in the making.
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
I met Mahmoud Jibril earlier this spring. Very smart guy. More of a technocrat than a politician, but he’s saying all the right things now.
Jibril: I herby call all my brother and sister to protect detainees, treat them according to international laws
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters are in control of #RasLanouf Oil field. #Libya #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I am proud, extremely proud to see #Libyans like Mahmoud jibril and AbdulJalil lead us through this phase and I wish them success & safety
Rubicon
The plan to free Rixos has been finalised, but it is going to be very difficult, they have no way to control what the crazy ProGs do inside
AP: Chavez says Venezuela supports Gadhafi and will not recognize rebel-led interim government in Libya: apne.ws/oJL0W6 -EF #libya
Jibril is live explaining Saif thing
In short:
His capture was a set up by 5th columnists to help him (Saif) hide
NTC were fooled by 5th columnists
The appearance of Saif at Rixos was a publicity stunt to hide the huge losses of the regime, while at the same time, making sure the media would not report on the tremendous progress of the ff’s
Mahmud Jibril: All of the overdue salaries will be paid to all Libyans. So that they can buy clothes for Eid, food, etc
AJA LIVE with Mahmoud Jibril: The important meeting will release 2.5 billion dollars before the end of Ramadan to pay salaries
#Jibril: UAE pressured South Africa to allow release of $1.5 billion to libyans via UN resolution
Jibril: We have gained a lot on the political and military levels through spreading news of the arrest of Seif al-Islam Qaddafi #alarabiya
4Adam Adam Libya
#Thankyou qatar #Libya
Jibril thanks Qatar and UAE for their support.
Free Libya Now
Among those who helped Libyan cause was the United Arab Emirates, assisted in aiding us with 1.5 billion dollars so we can manage the last 6
Iman
Just want to say A BIG THANK YOU to my beloved adopted country QATAR! we LIBYANS ♥ YOU!
pdanahar Paul Danahar
On way back man told me “today i am free because we kicked this bastard out” had lived whole life under #gaddafi #tripoli #libya
LibyaNewMedia
Apparently electricity & communications cut off in Sirte & other cities & towns. Preventing spread of news about Tripoli today
Jibril: more than 30 officers defected after the unconfirmed news about Saif detention. It was a political win.
AJA LIVE with Mahmoud Jibril: Saif made this appearance as a last desperate step and ruin the celebration of freedom in #Tripoli -
C4NForeign Sarah Corp
My v tired driver just asked “Gadaffi gone-now u will go 2 Britain?” Sorry I said..I think a whole new set of stories r only just beginning
Jibril: Saif probably did not protest the news of his capture immediately because it gave him a layer of safety.
AJA LIVE with M Jibril: But because of this news, approx 10 countries recognized the TNC & 13 Libyan embassies defected -
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
Gaddafi troops tried to use women and children as human shields in Bab Al-Azizi battle. #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Chavez: ‘We only recognize Gadafi gov.’ Says Int Comm has trampled int law and acted like ‘cavemen’ #Libya
A Free Libyan
#FreeRixos #FreeSabha #FreeSirte #FreeLibya #PrayForAllTheCities #Libya #Feb17
UK
Britian is preparing to send a team to Tripoli to help with a key plan to stabilise Libya after the fall of the Gaddafi regime and prevent any repeat of the chaos seen in the post-war Iraq
USA France
U.S. President Barack Obama held a phone conversation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Libya, the White House revealed. The White House said Obama and Sarkozy agreed that Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi and the remnants of his regime needed to accept that their time is up and relinquish power once and for all.
Mohammed Jibril: No one on earth could impose conditions on the Libyan people. # Libya
You know, Omar Mukhtar never said ‘we win or die’ he said ‘we win or we are martyred’
Mark Toner : The meeting in Doha, Qatar & Istanbul should pave the way for the release of libyan funds. #Libya
Rubicon
Like a greasy rat, i am sad to say that i think Gaddafi will escape us for a while, powerless & cornered, yet we won’t get to him yet
Thuwar closed mobile network in #Tripoli for security reasons (ie. case of car bombs). So phones don’t work v @Tripoli17Feb11
Aljazeera
The AFP reports that Lebanon on Tuesday announced it recognised the Libyan opposition’s National Transitional Council and said it would work with “emerging authorities” there to uncover the fate of a missing cleric.
“The Lebanese government has decided to recognise the National Transitional Council in Libya,” read a statement released after a cabinet meeting.
“Foreign Minister Adnan Mansur has also been delegated to submit plans for cooperation between Lebanese authorities and all relevant and emerging Libyan authorities to uncover the fate of imam Musa Sadr and his companions,” it added.
Sadr, an Iranian-born Lebanese cleric revered among the country’s Shiite Muslims, mysteriously vanished on August 31, 1978 while on a trip to Libya.
AJA LIVE with Mahmoud Jibril: We told the ICC and Mr. Ocampo that this is a report we have received and it is unconfirmed.
benghazi’s bunny♥
Did the guy who took Gaddafi’s hat make sure it’s free of lice? Afterall he is mmmgaamaaal lol
Free libya
#AhmedBani we got reports an hour ago or so that clashes in #Abusalim are almost over
benghazi’s bunny♥
We freed our streets, we freed our cities, we freed our coutry, we freed our hearts, we freed our minds, we freed our souls. #Libya #feb17
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Jibril: Democratic society not just institutions but a mentality – wise man, hats off 2 him 4 an impressive speech.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Who would’ve thought? Gaddafi’s last stand in Tripoli isn’t in his compound, but in the nearby foreign journalist hotel..
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya rebel council says to move to Tripoli this week #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
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Zimbabwae – We would ‘never in our right minds’ give asylum to #Gaddafi – #Libya
Armchair Arab
Barak Allahu Fik! We’ll never forget how our beautiful Tunisian brothers helped us!
Free Libya Now
All aspect of the state needs rebilding, democratic state needs rebuilding of culture. Professionals will be at the forefront in recovering
BBCAfricaHYS BBCAfricaHaveYourSay
#Nigeria has joined Iraq, Morocco, Bahrain, and Greece among the most recent states to recognise Libya’s rebel council.
Aljazeera
Supporters of Libyan opposition forces celebrate Tuesday as a victory
Al Jazeera’s James Bays speaks with two supporters of opposition fighters, just outside Muammar Gaddafi’s main compound in Libya’s capital city, Tripoli.
One of the men called Tuesday a “day of freedom… a day of opportunity… a day to look forward to a great future.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klE20A_Aho&fea...
“This revolution was started by the Libyan youth – They have reinstated our dignity – This is your revolution” #NTC #Jibril:
Independence flag
was risen and flown on top Bab AlAzizya Libya
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AP
NATO bounces back in Libya, but troubles remain
PARIS (AP) — While uncertainty prevails in Libya, the breakthrough that brought rebel forces to the heart of Tripoli shows rumors of NATO’s demise may have been premature.
The Atlantic alliance dismissed as having a “dismal future” by former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has proven a vital role in bringing Moammar Gadhafi’s regime to the brink of collapse.
“NATO was in need of a success, and it seems that in Libya it will get one,” said
Daniel Korski, a European Council of Foreign Relations specialist. A day earlier, U.S. President Barack Obama said NATO had “once more proven that it is the most capable alliance in the world.”
But analysts also say the Libya effort has laid bare challenges for NATO — including internal policy disagreements — at a time when many of its members are facing tight state budgets and wary public opinion about foreign wars.
“It’s vindication for NATO … There were a lot of critics out there,” said Nicolas R. Burns, the U.S. ambassador to NATO between 2001 and 2005, who now teaches at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
“It took much longer than anybody thought, but I think that’s a minor point when you see the final result — the imminent victory of the rebel army against Gadhafi’s forces because NATO made the decisive difference.”
Read full art.:
goo.gl/4bhqI
MUST READ ARTICLE
Corps Marine Times
NATO covert guidance steered Libyan rebel gains
BRUSSELS — As the battle in Libya appeared at stalemate, it was an open secret that foreign military advisers were working covertly inside the country providing guidance to rebels and giving tactical intelligence to NATO aircraft bombing government forces.
Diplomats say members of the alliance and partners in the Middle East were engaged in an undercover campaign on the ground in Libya. The operation was kept separate from the NATO command structure to avoid compromising its mandate from the United Nations — to protect civilians.
These largely unseen supporters helped to transform the ragtag rebel army into the force that stormed Tripoli.
Read full art.:
www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/a...
#NATO to continue bombing #Gaddafi forces if they keep fighting.-Associated Press
Arab League
The Arab leage has decided to leave a seat open for Libya, according to officials at an Arab League conference in Doha, Qatar.
WAPO
Norton: Former D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy is safe in Libya
Former D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy is in Libya as Moammar Gaddafi’s regime teeters toward collapse, according to current Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Norton spoke Tuesday with Fauntroy’s wife, Dorothy Fauntroy, according to a release from Norton’s office, which said Fauntroy told his wife that “he is in a safe place in Libya and expects to return to D.C. later this week to attend the official unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.”
The statement added that Dorothy Fauntroy “did not know the circumstances” of her husband’s visit to Libya.
Source:
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-wire/po...
So his wife doesn’t know he’s in the Rixos, while everybody else does?
Now we all are curious who invited him…….
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Everyone frightened & concerned – doesn’t feel like a 5 star hotel. Some water left but food at risk of ruin.
We’d like to leave to a safer location and negotiate an exit, but we are being prevented from doing so.
librespirit
Congratulations to the people of #libya for your victory. Stay united. The only tribe in #libya is the libyan tribe!
Qahtani
Loud explosion in MISRATA believed to be scud missile intercepted by @NATO #LIBYA
Libya
a friend told me they cut up scarves (wisha7aat) nd sewed d flag nd then hid them inside d fluff of cushions
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi family: The World is looking for you, any country who takes you in WILL be punished mercilessly. WE WILL FIND YOU!
#Cyprus OIL TANKER “BALTIC FRONT” anchored in port #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17
Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
In addition to many commanders, who started surrendering after hearing the news of capturing Seif one of them Saad Masoud, & Sherif BinNeran
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#AJStream ALLAH AKBAR!! ALLAH AKBAR!! ALLAH AKBAR!! LIBYA IS FREE
They should never work with them again,, they dont like us FFs becasue we rose up against Gaddafi and they want the money from him
Us libyans should never evr work with african countries ever again they hate us casue we rose up against him,, they want his money
We just want a FREE DEMOCRATIC Libya,,, is that too much too ask???
Alexblx
#FF @ #Tripoli – now need 2 send convoy 2 #Sirte – have massive new weapons supply fm #Gaddafi #Tripoli bases – & need 2 complete Rev #Libya
Lets hope the revolution – can finish with a #BaniWalid #Sirte #Sebha negotiated surrender #Libya #Gaddafi
So far about 25% of the #TripoliPrisoners have been accounted 4 – most in terrible condition – but still abt 40000 missing – #Tripoli
With #RasLanuf liberated – East #Libya #FF r on outskirts of #BinJawad – which is close 2 #Sirte – & will hopefully hasten G surrender talks
Moronic #Muammar – still trying to destroy #Zuwara with grads – #FF @ #Tripoli must send up a convoy 2 finish this – its not far away #Libya
i wish the bullets being fired at the sky in #Tripoli – could be used on #Gaddafi diehards at #Zwara #Zuwara #Zuwarah #Libya
Besides #TripoliPrisoners – many other Regime crimes will be revealed soon.One was the massacre of 100’s of young #Benghazi police cadets at the #Tripoli Police Academy in March 2011 – who were slaughtered in their classrooms – in an #AbuSalim like fit of spite by #Gaddafi – after #Benghazi started the revolution – & the tyrant doubted their loyalty.
The mostly teenage boys massacre was the subject of several tweats – including an account of a witness report saying he heard the cadets saying “NO NO” when they realized they were just about to be butchered – following by machine gun shots – and then silence.
This #TripoliPoliceAcademyMassacre was of course covered up by the Regime – but will now be fully exposed.
#Libya ’s victory 2day – is so important for ME democracy – & will hasten the demise of Butcher Bashir – Killer #Khamanei – & sicko Salah
Government of #Algeria – was bluntly criticized by its own usually compliant newspapers last week – for refusing 2 support #Libya Revolution
WHY TRIPOLI IS NOT BAGHDAD:
alexblx.posterous.com/why-tripoli-is-no...
What an honour – #Venezuela ’s Strongman #Chavez refuses 2 recognize #Libya #NTC – We have been officially banished fm the Dictators Club.
Has #Gaddafi escaped 2 #Sirte? – 2 conduct underground op to sabotage the #Libya revolution – #NTC need to put $5m bounty on his ugly head
“we just won’t recognise Chavez!” no – we don’t deal with Dics any more
“Chavez will likely die of cancer before 2 long” – that’s the 2nd best news I’ve had 2day – I cant stand that pompous prick!
Unfortunately SA are more Mugabe than Mandela these days – they choose to support a dictator over the #Libya people
#FF have got to sort #Rixos out asap – the media will really focus on it now that Babz a done deal – tmws main job I guess
“The retreat from #BabAlAzizia was a tactical move” – it was indeed – it saved yr fat arse being cut into a thousand pieces.
’ SCUD fired at #Misurata’ – from #Sirte no doubt – thank God @NATO took most of these out – more mopping up ops tmw
Karybdis My understanding from local tweets is Sabha has been free since Sunday morning. It likely suffers isolation syndrome like Garabulli Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
A front line Dr in #Benghazi just told me: ’we’ve done the easy part, now here comes the hard part… starting a country from Zero.’
Definitely no sleeping tonight in Benghazi. FF are using up all their last ammunition as fire works.
It is an amazing moment. I’ve never seen a whole city so happy.
the problem with satphone tweeting is that it is one way and is less of a conversation. you can’t see replies.
Freedom Fighter
Nothing new in my area, it’s 12:35am no gunshooting around me at all, just the sound of the mosqou. I have no update about the rixos hotel.
I heard a bomb, went out but no smoke, no idea where is it, but i heard some shooting from rixos side.
The last few tweets came late by 20~30 minutes because of the lousy internet connection. I can’t read the feed at all.
I guess i will not be entirely happy until i saw gaddafi either dead or in court
the mosqou near me just announced that gaddafi has poisioned the water??
Caller on AJM: “I demand that once #Gaddafi gets captured, we get a sample of his DNA. We want to know who/what is he.”
youngamazigh
when i go to libya im going to swear about the NTC, even if they are doing a god job… just becase i can. ahh #freedom
Tweeting Tripoli
For goodness sake someone slap Chavez on the face for me. He’s in shock.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Praying that Yemen and Syria can celebrate like us in the very very near future
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Muhammad Gaddafi was offered security however he chose to run (from his home)
Tweeting Tripoli
My 2 years old son Sami is happy too. He loves to dance on the Musrata “Shido Al3azm” song. yfrog.com/h8bqiycj
Interesting: Abdulbari Atwan in his Qodus article today did not refer to us as “the NATO Revolutionaries”. Hmmm
Rubicon
Where was @NATO today….truly the beginning of the end…So Thowar el NATO without NATO hmmm Freed Bab El Aziziya and Rixos is in the works…
Have a look!
WOW JUST WOW. the screen on the left is Benghazi, the right is Tripoli. yfrog.com/h0vovfahj
feb17libya Feb17Libya
NATO Breaking: We did not strike Bab Al Azizyah – this was completely the doing of the Libyan people
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
I think the Rixos might be the place where the FULL HOUSE could be hiding in the basement.
FromJoanne Joanne
OH No I cant believe it will he EVER shut up ? :( Al-Orouba TV: Gaddafi to address #Libya n people through a local radio station
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan State tv and radio will start broadcasting tomorrow, under the Free Libyan’s control
Joanne
#Riyadh and #Jeddah Embassy staff now recogniz #NTC too "we will unfurl the new flag of the revolution in our embassy in Riyadh " #Libya
Photgraphic Evidence of how Journalists are lounging in LUXURY in #Tripoli 5 star Nasr #Rixos Hotel t.co/fSlPdjB #Libya
Couldnt agree more ! Even #Google officially changed the name Green Square to Martyr Square
Al Arabiya: Gadhafi forces shelling oil town #Zuara near Tunisian border
AJE: Al Urubah Spokesman on phone with AJE says “#Gaddafi govt can resist for months or years”
Correction: That is Gaddafi government spokesman on phone with Al Urubah **
AJE: #Gaddafi govt spox on telephone to Al-Orouba TV: vows to turn #Libya into volcanos, lava and fire
That spokesman speaking to Al Urubah would be Ibrahim Moussa -
Knowing how much Moussa Ibrahim loves the camera – he must not be near his usual press conference sites
Reuters: Moussa Ibrahim – #Gaddafi spokesman- to Al-Orouba TV: 4 “high-ranking” #Qataris and an #Emirati have been captured (via AJE)
Via Feb 17
SKY NEWS
The Sinister Secrets Within Gaddafi Hotel
What will the unravelling of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule expose? Bunkers, tunnels, espionage and probably more.
The Rixos Hotel in Tripoli has been home for a steady flow of international journalists since the Libyan conflict began.
Over the months it has become almost as infamous as Saigon’s Caravelle, Sarajevo’s
Holiday Inn and Baghdad’s Al Rashed.
Until two days ago, the only way to cover the Libyan conflict from Tripoli was to apply for a visa from Col Gaddafi’s government, hope it is granted and then succumb to a virtual house arrest at the Rixos.
Without the visa, it was impossible to get to Tripoli. With the visa, you’ll get there, but be unable to report anything without being monitored and ‘guided’ by government minders.
Most international news organisations took the decision that it was worth having a presence in Tripoli but to supplement it with another presence in the rebel held territories.
I spent five weeks in the Rixos. It was hard work. We were only allowed out with minders. Some of them were very friendly, but all monitored everything we did.
We could only go where they wanted to take us. We repeatedly asked to be taken to places that interested us. Answer: no.
At times it was intimidating. Many of the minders were genuine and passionate in their support for the Colonel. They never saw us as impartial. They were convinced we were spies.
We were convinced of a number of things too. We knew our emails and phones were being tapped, but we couldn’t prove it.
And we believed there was a series of bunkers under or near the hotel – a series of oddly placed air vents in the grounds and plenty of raised grass was enough to get the more imaginative minds going.
There is even a suggestion that a tunnel leads from the hotel north-east for a kilometre, popping up inside Col Gaddafi’s compound.
Well we now know – our emails were monitored. The three dozen journalists now stuck in the Rixos (the minders have fled) have discovered our emails printed out and
labelled in handwriting.
The tunnels? We will find out I guess – but it will be fascinating to know how the Colonel managed to get to the Rixos (and away again) back in May without any of us knowing. We were oblivious and having dinner 30 yards from him.
The pressing question is where is he now? If he is still in Tripoli – and there’s no reason to suggest that he has left – then he is almost certainly in one of the many bunkers which are believed to lie beneath his sprawling compound.
Nato has spent months bombing the compound. Sources there have told me repeatedly that they know the leader has bunkers underneath the compound.
The bunkers were built by western companies (when the Colonel was on better terms with us) and it’s thought Nato has access to at least some of the blueprints for those bunkers.
Soon we may see the bunkers and the rest of it for ourselves.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
OppContact: Fighters say: presumed SCUD launch from #Sirte jeopardizes negotiations for the city’s peaceful surrender
LPC #Misrata: Residents of the city say they believe the explosion was a SCUD missile downed over water en-route to Misrata.
LPC #Misrata: residents of Misrata heard a “big explosion” but report no damage to Misrata from SCUD.
Shabab
Latest Developments in Libya August 23, 2011
Revolutionary fighters captured Gaddafi Sumud House (Resistance & Resilience House) in Bab Al-Aziziya and raised the flag on it.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/latest-development...
Al Uruba TV- pro-G Syrian channel based in #Tripoli: #Gaddafi’s voice claims that Bab Al Aziziyah was levelled by 64 NATO strikes…
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Compiling a list of martyrs, the heros who lost their lives fighting for our freedom. Please email us names & info: libyanym@gmail.com RT!!
Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth a
Celebrations still on going in #Benghazi…Loving it… a lot of beeping and celebratory gunfire now and then #Libya #Tripoli
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Just had confirmation that a Maltese boat docked in a Libyan port. Would love to get board and out of here
BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News
#Gaddafi speaks of “martyrdom” or victory in interview on Libyan radio station – his location remains unclear
Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Witness says dozens of grad missiles fired on Tripoli: TV report
Emo
Ajeilat: FFs had to retreat to save families from heavy shelling by G forces using tanks and grad missiles. @Nato
France 24
LIVE: Rebels jubilant as Gaddafi base is overrun
Libyan rebels have captured Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, toppling statues of the Libyan leader and firing their guns into the air in celebration. But the whereabouts of Gaddafi and his family remain unknown.
Video:
goo.gl/ljFS5
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Dear Nicaragua, I’m sorry. You offered #Gaddafi asylum but if I recall correctly, something called The Hague did that 3 months before you
Freedom Fighter
We just asked a man we know that works in the great-man-made-river to comment on the water poision rumour he said it’s false and impossible.
Some areas in tripoli had thier drink water cutted out because of this, no news about casulties, might be a rumour 2 posion the celebration!
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Dear ‘anti-interventionists’, practice what you preach and stop intervening. Sincerely, the free people of #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
If Gaddafi wantd 2 turn Libya in2 a volcano, I am sure he didnt wait this long until lost all cities & kickd out of his compound.
BREAKING! According to the caller Gaddafi forces are attacking #Tareq #Alsoor from #Ghabat #Alnaser & #Abo #Sleam area. Al Arabya
Aljazeera
Loud explosions were heard when pro-Gaddafi forces have fired several scud missiles from Sirte, the current regime stronghold, at the rebel-held city of Misrata late on Tuesday night, the Misrata military council’s media centre said in a statement.
Bean dawg
Tactical Surrender lol. Execution= Tactical Death
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I’m sure that when we capture Gaddafi he’ll also call it a “tactical retreat”
DID YOU NOTICE?
Rubicon
So the number on the bottom of Ourouba TV which Gaddafi is speaking on starts with 00963…Syria…Bashar helping Gaddafi…how quaint. both fated
#OpRixos is on my mind….#Anxious
arwaCNN Arwa Damon
#gadhafi forces just fired at airport, rebel forces drove up what they said was their bloodied car, said they killed one, wounded 2
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I personally slept in a terrible mood last night. Saif’s video playing in my head. Woke up to Bab Al Aziziya being shelled. Victory
Rubicon
Dr Abdullsalam: To all doctors living abroad…Zawiya, Sabratha and Tripoli need you…Thankfully the Mt has sufficient doctors now
Dr Abdullsalam: Unfortunately the hospital in Surman was not working preFeb17, but Zawiya hospital has opened today, but still needs fixing
Dr Abdullsalam:At the beginning doctors in Tripoli bravely opened up their houses to the injured and smuggled them to the mountains
Johnny Six
Gaddafi loses his compound of course he blames NATO
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Fighting is now in Hadba and Abuslim area as well as the Rixos and forest nearby. 99% of snipers dealt with.
Libyano Tripoliano
Ryayna, Zintan, Nafussa fighters were welcomed to Ben Ashoor with Zghareet
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
By the way, my cousin in Fashloom, #Tripoli told me that Sorman freedom fighters visited them & broke their fast there today..
The Sorman FF came to Fashloom and said “we’ve been hearing about you for 6 months, we’re here to meet you”
Gaddafi is apparently still vowing victory or death. I think it’s safe to assume that victory is out of the question now.
Al Arabiya: Libyan consulate in Jeddah defects from the Gaddafi regime.
Tasbeeh
#ICanHonestlySay this is the best day of my life.
Armchair Arab
Guys, I’m gonna hit the hey, today was EPIC! Let’s stay vigilant and cleanse our country of Gaddafi scum!
Hassan
Orobah TV is a vehicle that Gaddafi, his sons and their supporters are using to disseminate rumors. They claim they’re controlling #Tripoli
Dennis
Moussa Ibrahim’s – or mouse-a-cursa) spinning propaganda. People of Libya.. ignore the crap. This is the first day of the rest of your life.
One4All4One
Prof Fouad Ajami on Anderson Cooper @AC360 “There are no tribes in Libya.”
CBS Minnesota
Brother Of Pan Am Flight Victim Reacts To Fall Of Qaddafi
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Rob Berrell’s brother, Steve, was a junior at Syracuse University coming back for Christmas after a semester abroad. He was 20 years old and one of 35 students to die when Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed in 1988.
Berrell, CBS Radio’s director of sales in Minneapolis, said he has made peace with his brother’s death, and is now glad for the people of Libya.
“I feel some sense of relief for the people of Libya, you know, they have been under this tyrant for however many years and the fact that he’s finally going to be gone is good for everybody,” he said.
Source:
minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/08/23/broth...
omar
" #Gaddafi is gone; now it’s your turn, #Bashar!" protesters shouted in several cities across #Syria ht.ly/1eniEr #libya #feb17
Guardian
Hunt for Gaddafi family: revolutionary forces scour Tripoli
Revolutionary forces scoured Tripoli on Tuesday for Muammar Gaddafi and his family after his once powerful son and heir apparent, Saif al- Islam Gaddafi, defiantly disproved rebel claims that he was in captivity by parading with armed supporters at his father’s Tripoli compound hours before it fell to the rebels.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said his father was still in Tripoli. If true, the Libyan leader is likely to be holed up in a shrinking area of the city still under the regime’s control where at least two of his sons, whom the revolutionaries claimed were in their custody, are also now believed to be.
A rebel spokesman, Guma el-Gamaty, told the BBC that Gaddafi was within grasp. "We don’t think that he has left the country. We believe he is still inside Libya. We believe that he is either in Tripoli or close to Tripoli. Sooner or later he will be found, either alive and arrested – and hopefully that is the best outcome we want – or, if he
resists, he will be killed."
More:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/23/hu...