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SUMMARY AUGUST 6th, 2011
8/6/2011
8/06/2011
8.06.2011
NATO:
06 Aug. 2011
Operational Media Update for 5 August 2011
NATO and Libya
6 August. Allied Joint Force Command NAPLES, SHAPE, NATO HQ
(more information: www.jfcnaples.nato.int)
Mission
NATO took control of all military operations for Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 & 1973 on 31 March 2011. The aim of Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under attack or threat of attack.
The mission consists of three elements: an arms embargo, a no-fly-zone and actions to protect civilians from attack or the threat of attack.
Over the past 24 hours, NATO has conducted the following activities associated with Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR:
Air Operations
Since the beginning of the NATO operation (31 March 2011, 06.00GMT) a total of 17,924 sorties, including 6,788 strike sorties*, have been conducted.
Sorties conducted 05 AUGUST: 116
Strike sorties conducted 05 AUGUST: 43
*Strike sorties are intended to identify and engage appropriate targets, but do not necessarily deploy munitions each time.
Key Hits 05 AUGUST:
In the Vicinity of Al Jawsh: 1 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Brega: 2 Military Facility, 2 Tanks, 19 Armed Vehicles, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 2 Military Supply Vehicles, 5 Military Trucks, 6 Military Buildings, 1 Armoured Fighting Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Gharyan: 1 Military Firing Position, 1 Command and Controle Node.
In the vicinity of Tawurgha: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher System Staging Area, 1 Military Checkpoint.
In the vicinity of Tiji : 7 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Misratah: 2 Artillery Pieces.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Military Radar Site, 1 Military Storage Facility.
Arms Embargo Activities
A total of 17 ships under NATO command are actively patrolling the Central Mediterranean.
8 Vessels were hailed on 05 AUGUST to determine destination and cargo. 3 boardings (no denials) were conducted.
A total of 2088 vessels have been hailed, 211 boardings and 9 denials have been conducted since the beginning of arms embargo operations.
International Humanitarian Assistance Movements as recorded by NATO
Total of Humanitarian Movements**: 734 (air, ground, maritime)
Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 05 AUGUST: 0
Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 05 AUGUST: 3
**Some humanitarian movements cover several days.
Command and Control
NATO’s operational commander for Operation Unified Protector is Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard of the Canadian Air Force. His office and staff is located at the Allied Joint Force Command Naples.
Tripolitano
Apparently there is a huge explosion in #Benghazi ! (via @Elzwai ) Allah Youster !
Twitter reactions:
Apparently not huge
I can confirm but don’t know what it was.
not HUGE but huge quand même.
Is this explosion for real?
Could it be that someone tried to create a non existent explosion on twitter to create chaos again?
Explosion still not confirmed:)
I can live with an unconfirmed explosion, that means that it probably didn’t happen:)
Via FB
BREAKING NEWS: Offensive in Ber AlGhanam has begun!! #Libya
BREAKING NEWS: FFs have entered the city of Ber AlGhanam NOW. Allah Akbar!
FFs have entered the town of Ber AlGhanam after heavy fighting since the dawn …….. there are still some clashes, as there are still a few pockets of resistance within the city but most of Qaddafi’s troops were defeated or destroyed.
الله أكبر الثوار دخلوا بئر الغنم بعد معارك عنيفة منذ فجر اليوم ……..لا زالت هناك بعض الاشتباكات الخفيفة حيث إنه لازالت هناك جيوب قليلة للمقاومة داخل المدينة و لكن تم دحر أو تدمير أكثر قوات القذافي في المنطقة الله أكبر
#BirAlGhanam: #Freedomfighters entered town at 5:30 am local time. #Gaddafi filth retreating. #Libya #Feb17
AJC
Rebels launch push in western Libya, aim for coast
BIR AYAD, Libya — Backed by tanks and rocket fire, Libyan rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s forces in the country’s west launched a major push Saturday toward key towns along the Mediterranean coast near the capital Tripoli.
Hundreds of fighters were on the move along the road from the mountain town of Yafran toward the front lines, where heavy fighting seemed to be under way. The ground reverberated with loud booms and rocket fire echoed from the distance.
Their first objective was the town of Bir Ghanam, about 18 miles (30 kilometers) north of Yafran. As fighting raged there, the body of one rebel fighter killed earlier in the morning was brought back to the nearby town of Bir Ayad.
The rebel forces are aiming to “first liberate Bir Ghanam” and then would move on Zawiya, a key city on the Mediterranean coast 30 miles (50 kilometers) away, said two rebel fighters, Jumma Hussein and Youssef Bilin.
Full art.:
www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/rebels-la...
Bir Ghanam:
Aljazeera
Opposition fighters in western Libya say they have launched a major push towards a Zawiyah, a strategically important coastal town near Tripoli.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Bir Ghanam.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuhOP8v2kc4&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
Bi’r #alGhanam now in FF CONTROL. FF managed this in a few hrs Civilians had already left + Gaddafi F morale low They fled quickly #Libya
#FFs in #Zawiyah are ready to rise but need help from outside as well, FFs in Bir Alghanam are on there way!! #Libya #feb17
battle for Bir Alghanam today it resulted in 6 Martyrs at least + the amount of Injured is still unclear! May Allah Acept our Martyrs.#Libya
Ber AlGhanam has been complelty Liberated تم تحرير بئر الغنم بالكامل
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
AFP: Rebel commanders said their fighters captured the town of Bir Ghanam 80 kilometres
(50 miles) south of the Libyan capital, on Saturday
Our man in Nafusa reporting that a bunch of the rebels moving toward Tripoli are from the capital and part of the ‘Tripoli Brigade’
Massive drive forward from Nafusa rebels today, they got within 20kms of Surman (basically on the Med) before encountering any resistance
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya rebels launch offensive in bir ghannam in western mountAins
#Libya hundreds of rebels are taking part in offensive intense exchange of rocket fire along front line
#Libya bir ghannam is the closest front line to tripoli outskirts just 80 kilometers
#Libya hundreds of rebels are preparing to send ground troops into bir ghannam after they push gaddafi forces back
#Libya rebels have taken control of the town of bir ghannem in the western mountains
#Libya at least 12 rebels killed in the fighting withngaddafi forces in bir ghannem
#Libya rebels captured a number of gaddafi fighters during bir ghanem battle some are not libyans
#Libya rebels parade gaddafi army vehicles left behind when army forces withdrew from bir ghanem
AJE – ’
#Zawiya is ready to rise up again, just waiting for FFs in order to aid them.’ They’ll be there soon. #Libya #Feb17
No power:
Electricity is completely cut off on #nafusa NOW.
Confirmed areas with no power: Cabao, Rhibat, Jadu, Zintan and Rujban. Nalut hasn’t had power for over a week. #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
Over the past few weeks weapons were smuggled in2 Al #Khums along coast from west from Zlitan 2 help launch offensive on #Tripoli #Libya #FT
#TFM is TemporaryFinancial Mechanism created by #ContactGroup on #Libya TFM 2distribute 14 Mil Dnrs 2 #Nafusa families cc
Some Freedom Fighters have pushed THROUGH Bir al ghanam and R now where the road splits 1 road to #alZawiyah and 1 rd to #alAziziyah #Libya
Bi’r #alGhanam now in FF CONTROL. FF managed this in a few hrs Civilians had already left + Gaddafi F morale low They fled quickly #Libya
bousuwa
bit.ly/oqVDo5 Pretending that he is crazy and works as a spy in Misurata for Gaddafi
or:
video.ak.fbcdn.net/cfs-ak-snc6/232009/1...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Some epic news about progress towards coast by FFs. Awaiting confirmation #feb17 #Libya
tonybirtley tony birtley
calls for some NTC resignations after murder of Abdel Fattah Younes. NTC ordered investigation but still no details. many questions remain
suggestions that pro gadaffi elements captued after Benghazi shootout last Sat will be held responsible for General Younes’ murder.
people digging in for long haul. optimism of ‘end in sight’ period three months ago all but gone. growing frustrations. threat of divisions
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Ahmed
FF 4rm Nafousa Mountains R hoping to reach the coast N this latest offensive by taking #Surman..putting them on doorsteps of #Alzawia #Libya
FreeLibya. BREAKING: #Zawiya FF advanced from #BirGhanem & Sabratha Towards Zawiya overnight and gained lots of ground! #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Bir Ghanam under control of FFs following heavy artillery exchange & NATO attack on G forces tanks.6 FFs only slightly injured #feb17 #libya
Fox News
Chavez Writes to Embattled Qaddafi Offering Him a ‘Big Hug’
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has written to embattled Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi offering him “a big hug” and denouncing NATO’s “imperial” attacks on Libya.
“The proud, gracious and merciful God bless and keep you. May he bless and protect the heroic and dignified people of Libya,” Chavez read from his letter to Qaddafi during a live broadcast on VTV, the national news channel.
“Muammar, a big hug with an infinite sense of brotherhood,” he said.
Link:
www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/06/chavez...
hominoid
A representative from Al-Qusbat’s rebel military committee told AFP that the town was now surrounded by Gadhafi’s forces
Al-Qusbat is cut off from other positions in the west of Libya, with 70Km separating it from the nearest positions at Zlitan to the east.
Libyan Residents Flee to Western Border to Escape Violence – FoxNews.com t.co/xLVqmYt via @foxnews
Temporary Financing Mechanism for TNC
tfmlibya.org/english
Hominoid
The new assault in the west would push right into the heartland of Gadhafi’s control, a tough proposition. Zawiya, the rebel’s main target on the coast, was the scene of a major uprising by protesters early on in the conflict. The protesters took over the city
and drove out Gadhafi’s supporters, but then were brutally crushed in a long, bloody siege.
FFs on the road to Sabratah, they were surrounding an unknown number of Gadhafi’s forces and trading tank fire.
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Massive drive forward from Nafusa rebels today, they got within 20kms of Surman (basically on the Med) before encountering any resistance
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Many of the new recruits that #Gaddafi recruited w/ promises of money & apartments have started to defect. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 35.69684˚/33.37299˚ en route to dest. #Iskenderun #Turkey. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi revolutionary headquarters ‘Mathaba’ building on AlJumhuria street was burnt by #Freedomfighters yesterday. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: #Jdaida prison was attacked by #Freedomfighters, around 1000 prisoners were freed. #Libya #Feb17
#Greece Ship of unknown type “ILION” now en route from #Misrata #Libya to dest. #Benghazi Libya. #Feb17
#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” now sneaking out of port #Tripoli #Libya closly hugging coast towards #Tunisia. #Feb17 @NATO
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Crazy amount of strikes on Brega :)))
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs are now on the outskirts of #Sabrata after haven taken the city of Ber AlGhanam. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs are 18KM from #Surman. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs are now on the outskirts of #Sabrata after haven taken the city of Ber AlGhanam. #Libya #feb17
Inshallah when they get there the people will support the FFs and help them!! PRAY!! :)
BREAKING NEWS: FFs are 15KM from AlAzaziah. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs are 35KM from Zawiyah. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: FFs are 35KM from Zawiyah. #Libya #feb17
موكد : الثوار علي بعد 35 كليو متر من الزاوية
At least twelve martyrs in battle of Ber AlGhanam today #Libya
عاجل_ليبيا_أخبار – News_ليبيا_Breaking
FF scouts reached until the area of Bani Shaib which is about 35KM from Zawiyah. Allah Akbar!!!
وصول فرق استطلاع الزاوية الى منطقة بني شعيب والتى تبعد حوالى 35 كيلومتر من مدينة الزاوية…. الله أكبر الله أكبر …..
A successful operation which happened 2 nights ago that was conducted by #FFs in Tripoli targeting the Ein zara prison. The result of the operation was the liberation of a few thousands of libyan youths from the political jail. Allah Akbar!!
.
حدثة عملية نوعية اول البارحة تم التأكد منها في سجن عين زارة القسم السياسي و تم الأفراج عن بضعة الآلآف من الشباب الليبي الذي كان محتجزاً عنوة في سجون النظام.. فمزيداً من التقدم و الأنتصار و الحرية.. و كل العام و أنتم بخير يا أحرار طرابلس و كل ليبيا
Reuters
Libya rebels say they are advancing on Brega
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan rebels Saturday said they had launched a push to capture the coastal oil town of Brega, but were advancing slowly because Muammar Gaddafi’s forces had sown landmines on the approaches to the town.
“There’s a big movement on all fronts around Brega, we are attacking from three sides,” said rebel spokesman Mohammad Zawawi.
Fighting on the eastern front of the civil war, which has ebbed backwards and forwards for the past months, has been bogged down for weeks on the fringes of Brega, southwest of the rebel capital Benghazi.
Zawawi said rebel forces were in sight of a residential area of Brega and believed they could take the town.
“It could be very soon, but we don’t want to lose anybody so we’re moving slowly but surely,” he said.
Full story:
af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTR...
FFs on the front line in the west are NOW 30KM from the city of Zawiyah
الثوار في الجبهات وعلي بعد 30 كم من الزاوية
BREAKING: #FFs in west are stationed in Ras Allagat next to AlAzaziah. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: #SABHA: Aljadeed youths have captured two traitors from Gaddafi’s men a couple of hours ago. The men are said to be not Libyans and are originally from Chad. Investigations are now underway.
شباب الجديد قبضو قبل ساعتان على اثنين من الخونه المندسين والعملاء للقردافي وهم يضعو سموم في احد آبار منطقة الجديد بسبها فتم القبض عليهم وهم من اصول غير ليبيه وينتمون الى تشاد والان جاري التحقيق معهم ……سند السبهاوي
Msalata is still free Gaddafi preparing another attack against city!! PRAY
Tripolitano
Chavez take ur “endless affectionate brotherly hug” and shove it where the sun don’t shine!
Libyanproud
here is another village we took Shalghooda 32°22’27.08"N 12°38’29.21"E
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya rebels captured a number of gaddafi fighters during bir ghanem battle some are not libyans
#Libya rebels parade gaddafi army vehicles left behind when army forces withdrew from bir ghanem
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Reports of long black-outs in #Tripoli. Residents say entire neighborhoods going dark for days. Anger building. #Libya
CNN
Rebels in western Libyan town claim victory over Gadhafi forces
From Michael Holmes and Kareem Khadder, CNN
Near Bir Al-Ghanam, Libya (CNN) — Libyan rebel forces gained ground against ruler Moammar Gadhafi’s forces Saturday after a massive offensive in the western town of Bir Al-Ghanam.
Hundreds of opposition members joined in the battle, which lasted several hours. Grad rockets and gunfire were exchanged from both sides, and rebels took on Gadhafi fighters from three fronts.
Doctors at a makeshift clinic said two people had died, and 20 were injured — some seriously.
Rebel fighters said Gadhafi’s forces had retreated from Bir Al-Ghanam and claimed victory over the town.
Bir Al-Ghanam is about 85 kilometers from the capital city of Tripoli. Capturing the town is significant because not much else stands in the way between Bir Al-Ghanam and the Libyan coastline — where Tripoli is situated.
For months, rebel fighters — who have controlled the eastern city of Benghazi and other areas — have been trying to move closer toward Tripoli, in the west. They are seeking the ouster of Gadhafi, who has ruled Libya for 42 years.
Source:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/06...
holmescnn Michael Holmes
Went with rebels to cover battle for B’ir al-Ghanam. Fierce fighting. Rebels hold town for now. Closest to Tripoli than rebels hv yet been.
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Power outages in #Rixos Hotel, mandatory home in #Tripoli for most visiting journalists we need permission to set foot outside. 1st time.
Sirtawi
Deliberate power cut continues in #Sabha. People suffer from lack of food supplies and gas, they even started cooking on wood #gaddaficrimes
Hominoid
Number of injured in rebel attack on the coastal strip Sorman 4 wounded and two martyrs until now.
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITAN FF are in control of the center via algezeera #Libya
#Corrected; #Zlitan Journalist says center #ZLITAN appears to b stiill in control of GF #Libya
AFP – Northern #BirGhanam road is full of burnt G army vehicles.
Free Libyia
BenAshoor was ablaze yesterday, literally!! FFs set many Gaddafi thug cars on fire that were stationed in the side streets. #Tripoli #Libya
Reports that Khweldi’s son injured in Bir Ghanem, along w/ sons of Omar Tantoush and Ganga. #Libya #EidInTripoli….?
Via relatives, gunfights between FFs and Gaddafi thugs all night yesterday in BenAshoor. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. #Tripoli #Libya
hominoid
A large number of ammunition and weapons were taken today at Bir Ghanam
Captured two traitors from Gaddafi’s men a couple of hours ago. The men are said to be not Libyans and are originally from Chad.
Have a look:
Gaddafi… Our Biggest Typo Ever!
visionsofalibyan.blogspot.com/2011/08/g...
Wounded ff’s:
20 wounded 15 of Alzentan and 2 of the Zawiya 1 of Sorman 1 of Sabratha and 1 of the Qasr al-Haj in today’s clashes
Reuters:
“There’s a big movement on all fronts around Brega, we are attacking from three sides” .
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Youth r being held in containers&beaten severely several times a day.No food for days at a time,and given minimal water #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
CUBA #Chavez read out his letter 2 #Gaddafi on Air; I give you a strong hug Muammar with an endless sentiment of brotherly affection #Libya
CUBA #Chavez read out his letter 2 #Gaddafi on Air: Long live #Libya people! Long live to u brother-in-arms! Libya will live and will win,"
#AlQusbat GF Blocked ALL roads 2town Cut electricity + communications since yesterday Ppl Ppl expecting a Bloody battle 2day via #SatTel #Libya
#ZLITAN: FF were tricked by driving a car close to them which they shot at it was a trick of GF were trying 2 Outflank FF #Libya
AJA: #Zliten house where Khamis was ‘killed’ by airstrike was ops center; 30 #Gaddafi fighters also perished in strike, say rebels#Libya
Joanne
An INTENSE fight today in #Zlitan today a few hundred away from Journalist of Algezeera on outskirts of town
Joanne
That is the romantic side of war @el_nofosa Camels sneaking in weapons from #Chad were then bombed by #Nato according to FF reports #Libya
( FYI: see yesterdays report)
Al #QUSBAT MAP t.co/w7EWRrz lies on road between #Tarhuna and Al #Khums its surrounded by GF and fears a bloody day today #Libya
#NAFUSA MAP twitpic.com/61u7u6/full on #Aug6 SET IT AS YR DESKTOP NOW #Libya map created by @4Adam
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Nafusa mtn: #Gaddafi forces in Tiji and Badr are being asked to surrender – however they refuse to and continue to use human shields #libya
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Electricity is cut off for long periods at a time. For almost 24 hours on some occasions #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten :Massive shortage in food and medicines,and a big inflation in prices.Private clinics have been shut #Libya #Feb17
Itreallymakesmemad that #Gaddafi is still referred to as government and those that fight him are called ‘opposition’ #Libya #Feb17
#Itreallymakesmemad that #Gaddafi still has control over so many beseiged cities in our beloved #Libya #Feb17
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Mselata : Electricity and communication lines have been cut off – #Gaddafi forces have also blocked all roads. #Libya
free libyan
G cuts off electricity and communications in #Msallata (or as many others call it al-Qusbat). All roads also cut off. #Libya #Feb17
Abdul Helal
#Zawya martyrs from #birghanam battle They were shelled by rocket. these r father and son who came from USA yfrog.com/kiqlrtpj
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#BirAlGhanem: #Freedomfighters captured ~15 #Gaddafi filth,10 cars, large amount of rocket launchers & large cache of ammo & weapons. #Libya
#Egypt CARGO SHIPS “TABA” & “RAS MOHAMED” both in port #Tobruk #Libya at this time. #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 36.05425˚/34.83652˚ now approaching dest. #Iskenderun #Turkey. #Libya #Feb17
After #BirAlGhanem this morning #Freedomfighters now fighting 2 fronts, outskirts of #Zawia & near KhuwaildiAlhamedy house in #Sorman #Libya
A Free Libyan
Reports FFs have advanced, at least at Aziziya-Zawiya crossroads. Some reports suggest they are even near Sabratha and Surman #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya, #Sabratha, #Surman and #Zuwara. The wait is over! Hoping they get their much demanded freedom as soon as possible #Libya #Feb17
Stay strong #Msallata, we know what G is about to do. Hopefully the lions can finally get rid of him #Libya #Feb17
NTC sends 14Million LYD to #Nafusa towns to be distributed to the families there during the month of Ramadan. #Libya #Feb17
FF says they took #BirGhanam quickly due to low G troop morale, high numbers + determination, and the residents all left. #Libya
Reports that 15 G soldiers captured + approx 20 vehicles with heavy weaponry such as AA guns in the #BirGhanam fight. #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten FF repel a G flanking attempt. 20-30 G men killed. Fight was close quarters. Small arms + mortars involved. #Libya #Feb17
AlManara – FFs keep advancing. News that a FF reconnaissance squad has reached #Zawiya suburbs. #Libya #Feb17
afmuja
The Gaddafi Regime is Illegitimate. Democratically, humanly, ethically, religiously….and any other “ly” you can think of. #Libya #Gaddafi
Sarah LFFR
#AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Tripoli #GaddafisEnd SOON inshAllah
Michael
Love changing pin colors to FF, happens often in #Nafusa #Libya. This as of 8/5, get to now change #Ghanam for 8/6 twitpic.com/61wjia
#Gharyan #Libya as of 8/5 Anyone know if FF actually control road S to #Sabha or must move to #Assaba 1st? twitpic.com/61x4fx
Anyone know if the locals call the massive bunker complex 100 mile S of #Sirt #Libya by a particular name? twitpic.com/61ypgo
Enough Gaddafi
#Libya freedom fighters on front lines press on & dont seem to be deterred by political distractions. #Feb17
KayriaT خيرية
Kabro (say Takbeer) Freedom fighters getting close to #Tripoli! #Libya #Feb17 #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar
Yefrenia
Zionist #propaganda forced Libyan Jews out of their homes in Yefren in the same way they forced Palestinians out of their homes in Palestine
Khiria
agreed! Gaddafi does not have a religion & surely does not represent any.
Ben Major
I also know Jews who want a state called “Israel”, but not if it is unfair & at the expense of their cousins, the Arabic people.
Anita
Like everywhere else.Population versus their government.Yes even in Israel …….
DID YOU KNOW?
Everyone, Happy Birthday! World Wide Web turned 20 today :) #internet #www
For the people that would like to see what it looked like back then:
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Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
فى معارك تحرير بير الغنم اليوم أسر الثوار عدد من كتائب القردافى و ثبت ان البعض منهم مرتزقة اجانب و ليسو ليبيين
Libya rebels captured a number of Gaddafi fighters during BirGhanem battle, some are not Libyans.
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
المجلس الانتقالى سيوزع عشرة ملايين دولار في جبل نفوسة غرب البلاد
Libyan NTC sends rebels in Nafusa Mountains $12.2 million dinars
Birger
Gaddafi now has 8 fronts: #Zliten #Brega #Tiji #Garyan #Msallata #Tarhuna #BirGhanan #Sabha N new fronts erupting every day. #Feb17 #Libya
That is beautiful! The more fronts the better for our FF’s! :)))
Aljazeera:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he wrote Gaddafi a letter offering him “a big hug” and denouncing NATO’s “imperial” attacks on Libya.
“The proud, gracious and merciful God bless and keep you. May he bless and protect the heroic and dignified people of Libya,” Chavez read from his letter to Gaddafi during a live broadcast on VTV, the national news channel. “Muammar, a big hug with an infinite sense of brotherhood.”
“The empire is threatening the people,” said Chavez and ended his letter with “Long live the people of Libya, long life to you, my fighting brother.”
Libya TV
Revolutionaries reportedly are in control of Bir al Ghanam after fierce battles had taken place there since this morning.
AFP
Residents of a small town that took up arms against Gaddafi were said to be under siege on Saturday. A representatives of the revolutionaries’ military committee in the town of Al Qusbat, just 100km from Tripoli, said the town was completely surrounded by Gaddafi’s forces. “All roads going to Al-Qusbat are blocked by Kadhafi’s forces. They cut electricity and communications since yesterday,” Khamis Nuri el-Kasseh said from Benghazi, after contacting the town by satellite phone.
“Kadhafi’s forces are not yet in control of the town, but we expect it will be bloody today,” he said, adding there had already been a series of arrests in suburbs.
Al-Qusbat is cut off from other rebel positions in the west of Libya, with 70km separating it from the nearest positions at Zlitan to the east.
Reuters
A Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
Officials at the airport acknowledged a Qatari plane landed at Misrata airport but declined to reveal details of its contents.
“The plane offloaded six pick-up trucks which were packed with ammunition and minutes later it flew off again,” said one source, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Free Benghazi
Thuwar wounded in today’s battle 4 #BirAlGhanem at ZintanHospital, r from #Zintan #Sabratha #Surman & #Zawiya youtube.com/watch?v=3PBFdG… #libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PBFdGo6TiE
Arcane919 ALzintan Channel
I posted 17 photos on Facebook in the album “Bir Alghanime” fb.me/1afRlWWBf
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.23113...
LIBERATION France:
Libye: les rebelles disent avoir fait sauter le verrou de Bir Ghanam
Les rebelles libyens venus des montagnes de Nefoussa, au sud-ouest de Tripoli, ont annoncé avoir pris Bir Ghanam, verrou stratégique à 80 km au sud de la capitale, alors que des combats se poursuivaient dans différentes villes du pays.
Dans le même temps, le président du Conseil national de transition (CNT), organe politique de la rébellion libyenne, Moustapha Adbeljalil, a appelé samedi à «l’unité» dans la lutte contre le régime du colonel Mouammar Kadhafi.
«Le combat doit être notre priorité, et nous devons être unis pour cela», a-t-il lancé à Benghazi, «capitale» rebelle dans l’est du pays secouée par l’assassinat la semaine dernière du général Abdel Fatah Younès, ancien pilier du régime devenu chef d’état-major de la rébellion.
Dans l’Ouest du pays, les rebelles du Dejbel Nefoussa, positionnés depuis plusieurs semaines à Bir Ayad, à 30 km au sud de Bir Ghanam, ont lancé une offensive samedi vers 08H00 (06H00 GMT) en direction de cette ville de garnison, selon un correspondant de l’AFP.
Ce correspondant n’est pas entré dans Bir Ghanam, mais il a constaté en début d’après-midi que le bruit des combats avait cessé. Et plusieurs commandants rebelles lui ont dit que la ville était prise.
Full article:
www.liberation.fr/monde/01012353003-lib...
Yefrenia
When all the freedom fighters reach Tripoli….
redmeanie
Sabrata is going to be extremely tough, i have been there many times, think of it as Diet Sirte lol, Gadafi support there.
afmuja
GO FREE LIBYA!!!! #Libya #Gaddafi #Feb17..
LA TIMES:
Libya artists relish newfound freedom
David Zucchino
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
The leering visage of Moammar Kadafi, surrounded by rats made of plaster, stares down at visitors to a new art exhibit on the Benghazi waterfront.
The Kadafi caricature stands 12 feet tall. It depicts the Libyan leader as a derelict imprisoned in a 15-foot-high trash bin and deluged with garbage.
Titled “Dustbin of History,” the work is the centerpiece of a new art exhibit sanctioned by the rebel movement fighting to overthrow Kadafi after 41 years of suffocating rule.
“Kadafi is heading to the trash bin soon, God willing,” said the artwork’s creator, a long-haired, woolly-bearded former underground artist named Ali Wakwak.
Part art and part agitprop, the “Crimes of Kadafi” exhibit encapsulates the contempt and dread Libyans in the rebel-controlled east hold for the besieged strongman in Tripoli. Unveiled July 18, the show also reflects the burgeoning spirit of liberation and openness that has engulfed Benghazi since an uprising drove Kadafi’s security forces from eastern Libya in mid-February.
Under Kadafi, art was strictly regulated. Any work that hinted of political commentary was ruthlessly repressed. Kadafi favored kitschy artistic tributes to his people’s socialist republic and his iconic role as “Brother Leader.”
Kadafi “had no use for art; he considered it subversive,” said Mohammed Tarhouni, 53, co-creator of the rubbish bin piece.
Full article:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
Shabab:
Nurses’ trip to Libya opens eyes, minds
The contingent of eight spent six days in the war-ravaged city of Benghazi teaching nursing skills.
Eight nurses from Maine returned safely from Libya last week after delivering supplies and providing six days of instruction to understaffed hospitals in the rebel-controlled, seaside city of Benghazi.
Elizabeth McLellan, center, and Sophie Belanger, left, show Libyan medical students in Benghazi how to properly insert an IV into a patient’s arm. McLellan is the founder of Scarborough-based Partners for World Health.
Photo by Emily Gerardo
Most of Libya’s nurses, who were contracted from the Philippines and Cambodia, fled the country when civil war erupted there in February. So the American nurses taught medical students basic nursing skills like CPR, inserting IVs and infection prevention techniques like wearing gloves when handling wounds.
“Washing hands was a big one,” said Jayne Halle, 64, a retired nurse from Portland. “There wasn’t much of that going on. We taught them to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ when you wash your hands because that’s about how long you’re supposed to wash your hands for. It’s little things that can make a big difference.”
“At one point, we distributed Beanie Babies that my children had collected to the children in the burn ward,” Nutt said. “You could just see the smiles on their faces. It was like, for that brief moment, there wasn’t any war going on.”
They heard stories from patients about loved ones disappearing during the night, never to be heard from again. And they saw hundreds of unfinished buildings. Gadhafi apparently gave large contracts to friends and family members, who started construction projects, got paid and abandoned them, the nurses said. No one held them accountable.
“One man said to us, ‘You came even before your country and your president did,’” Gerardo said. “You could tell just our being there meant a lot to them.”
Jason Singer The Portland Herald
The full story here:
shabablibya.org/news/nurses-trip-to-lib...
Photo’s here:
www.pressherald.com/news/nurses-trip-to...
Hayat Libya
@NATO please, please be on alert today and the next few weeks. This is the most crucial time. #WesternLibya #BirGhanam #Zawia need you now!
#Pray for #BirGhanam #Brega #Misrata #Nafusa #Tripoli #Zawia #Zintan #Zliten – everyone is one the move now, this is a decisive battle.
NATO please be of unfailing support to #FFs from the #Western region, they are on the move now and will need your cooperation. Help them!
Reuters:
Qatari plane supplies ammunition to Libya rebels
A Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/06/liby...
Feb17Libya
The situation map in the Western Mountains as of August 6. via @4Adam bit.ly/nQytoS #libya
dovenews Libyan™
NTC, #Mahmoud #Jibril unexpected visit to #Libreville. #Gabon #Libya
DO NOT CLICK ON LINK WHEN HUNGRY!
Triploli scream
I posted 3 photos on Facebook in the album “صور مائدتك في رمضان” fb.me/1cmTeH9Rk
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.22746...
AFP:
Tunisia refugee camps lack food, medical care: aid group
TUNIS — Thousands of Libyans who fled across the Tunisian border are living in camps with inadequate food supplies and medical care, a local aid organiser said on Saturday.
“These deficiencies are currently causing lots of problems for people in the south and require the intervention of the government and state institutions,” said Belhassan, who is also president of the Arab Institute for Human Rights.
The official, who has newly returned from a mission, said interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi had underlined the government’s commitment to finding “urgent solutions” and hailed the south’s “considerable efforts” in helping Libyan refugees fleeing the conflict.
Source and full art.:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
Adam
Besides chasing Gaddfi’s men (Musa Ibrahim &Khalid Kaaim), do intl journalists talk to people in #Tripoli? youtube.com/watch?v=lobJ84… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lobJ84HHG_0&fea...
septimius_
I appreciate that the #Rixos detainees want to scoop the news of Gaddafi’s end, but their presence is delaying it ! #Libya
Khiria
Anyone know if they sell rubber cell phone skins with the #Libyan flag? #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
WRAPUP 3-Libya rebels say they are advancing on Brega
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports of a #NATO raid on #Gaddafi ammo storage facility in #Jendouba. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: Confirmed heavy gun fire in Zawia street & #Fashloom. #Libya #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” remains in port #Benghazi #Libya. While Turkey is supplying the #NTC it is ALSO supplying #Gaddafi. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” 36.32557˚/23.64803˚ from #Istanbul to dest. #Tripoli #Libya now en route. #Feb17 @NATO
VIDEO: #Gaddafi soldiers captured by #Freedomfighters in the Battle for #BirAlGhanem & #Surman road t.co/sDb8x5v #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6KOlT4Y__Y&fea...
#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” returned to port #Tripoli #Libya after trying to sneak out of port & evade #NATO ships early this morning.
Reports of explosions in #BenGardane #Tunisia. #Libya #Feb17
#NATO has hit #Gaddafi filth in #Tiji. #Libya #Feb17
#Msallata reported to now be under attack by #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
septimius_
Oh dear, power cuts in #Rixos..no more Jacuzzi & A/C rooms..GOOD..MAY BE NOW THE Censorship-friendly Journalists WILL LEAVE..#Libya #Tripoli
Hominoid:
Libya FFs in the city of Misurata were able to repel an attack by al-Qaddafi on the three axes of the North West and East and South-west.
After combing the area the rebels found 20 bodies of mercenaries non-Libyan
In Zliten, a combing operation in the area of the coastal road in the city. FFs in a clash were able to kill a group of soldiers belonging to Qadhafi, and took a number of light weapons and ammunition and rocket-propelled mechanisms.
Libya G troop movements in the regions of the Alosabah Jendouba, and the western suburbs and south-west of Gheryan.
sandra
QATAR!!! Shokran! Paying for doctors, supplying humanitarian aid, maybe now ammo for FF. Heroes. Put other Arab nations to shame.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: FFs burnt down a G force tent near the the large mosque of Fashlum #feb17 #Libya
Tripoli: FFs blew up a G force vehicle in Omar AlMukhtar road using a Gelatina (grenade) #feb17 #Libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
— الجزيرة من على مشارف البريقه السبت 6 اغسطس youtube.com/watch?v=z6Ar-5… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Ar-5pcpqc&fea...
Read The NEW #Libyan Times on t.co/WY5dgrU #Libya #feb17
or:
paper.li/yarddonky
libyanandproud
Clarification:Reason why you’e hearing lots of distances and towns: #BirGhanam front now split to #Surman and #Zawiya fronts . #Feb17 #Libya
Clarification: #BirGhanam recon teams are now monitoring #Surman and #Zawiya . #Feb17 #Libya
BREAKING NEWS: #Msallata (100KM from Tripoli) which has just recently liberated itself, is currently under siege from Gaddafi forces
عاجل : تعانى مسلاتة الحرة الان حصارا خانقا من قبل كتائب الاجرام , أدعو لهم بالصبر و النصر و الثبات
Tripoli:
Reports of heavy gun fire in Zawia street & Fashloom
طرابلس : أنباء تتوارد عن اشتباكات عنيفة فى شارع الزاوية و فشلوم
#Reuters :
A #Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
رويرتز: طائرة قطرية تتوقف اليوم فى مصراته لتعطى الذخيرة للثوار, الله اكبر, و بارك الله فيكم
يا قطر, انتم اخوة لنا و لن ننسى ابدا ما فعلتموه
BREAKING NEWS: Jabel Nafousa FFs are 25KM from Warshivana. Allah Akbar
ثوار جبل نفوسة على بعد 25 كيلو متر من منطقة ورشفانة ..هذه اشارة بالنصر يارب
hominoid
Libya Zawiyah and Surman FFs very close to entering the two cities
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Confirmed: Sebrata FFs killed 7 G forces including Col Ali Sadeq head of AlMaghaweer brigade & captured 5 G soldiers #Feb17
Confirmed: Sebrata FFs also killed head of Uruba brigade #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
People in Zawiya have no electricity. They have no idea how close Nafusa FF are but some said they can hear explosions near the city #libya
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Saw entire neighborhoods in central #Tripoli, pitch black without electricity. People eating iftar dinners by candlelight. Spooky. #Libya
Libyan man told me his father’s neighborhood hasn’t had electricity for 5 straight days.Another said power outages mean no water too. #Libya
Libya news
Gods willing FFs will enter Zawiyah and Surman tonight and connect with the FFs in the cities
ان شاء الله الثوار يخشوا للزاوية وصرمان الليلة ويلتحموا بثوارنا في الداخل .. قولوا امين
Breaking Libya News – عاجل – ليبيا – أخبار The power at the #Rixos Hotel has been cut نقطاع الكهرباء على فندق ريكسوس
Gaddafi cant afford to pay his bills!!
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli FFs have become better co-ordinated and organised across the city #feb17 #Libya
Mabruk Shannuk & his son Malik were martyred today while fighting in #Libya. Inna lilahi wa ilayhi raji3oon.
A father and son who have traveled from Pittsburgh to fight.
At the Zawiya Brigade’s base in Zintan — basically a house where they can sleep and get a shower away from the front — the father-and-son pair from Pennsylvania has just returned from training.
Malik Eshnuk, 21, is wearing a baseball cap and military fatigues.
“It wasn’t really much of a decision,” says the chemical engineering student. "It’s the summertime, and when we saw that … it’s going to be a long war possibly, and there’s still something we can do to help, we said, ‘We are going to go.’ "
Malik’s father, Mabruk, originally hails from Zawiya. He left when he was 18, eventually settling in the United States and marrying. He became an imam and taught Islam in state penitentiaries in Pennsylvania. He got a real estate business going.
Six of the brothers he left behind, though, still lived in Zawiya. They all took part in the uprising.
About two weeks into the rebellion, Mabruk received a call from Libya with terrible news: One of his brother’s sons had been killed.
“Really, the truth is, it was just like a dream,” he says. “It’s not true for a long time.”
Then another brother and his sons were arrested. The rest of the men in Mabruk’s family fled Zawiya.
‘A Dream Come True’
Malik says the death of his cousin, who was his age, hit him hard. They had become close after Malik spent the summer in Libya a few years ago.
Here you can read an earlier art. about both martyrs with a photo:
NPR:
Expat Pair Among Libyan Rebels Fighting For Zawiya
www.npr.org/2011/07/12/137799678/americ...
plemochoe
#libya If the FF can hold Bir al Ghanam they can whipsaw the G forces. And when G forces move on highways – they can be bombed
#libya If the FF can hold Bir al Ghanam they can whipsaw the G forces. And when G forces move on highways – they can be bombed
#libya The capture of #tiji will just free up additional FF to defend the gains made around Bir al Ghanam.
#libya News stories just recently tried to imply that mountain FF would not be able to advance into desert. Their reply: Bir al Ghanam!
#libya The situation of the Revolution is more favorable now than any time since the fall of Misrata
#libya Before Misrata was liberated it was the same thing in the press: it’s taking too long, FF are in disarray, NATO ineffective etc.
#libya Recently the news stories have played the same tune, giving great importance to the Younis killing and its implications
#libya Fortunately the TNC and the FF were able to answer the reports of their demise with advances on the ground, the best response
#libya If past experience is any guide…Gaddafi will want to negotiate again, maybe offer elections. Or he’ll offer to share power. Loool
#libya If reports are correct – some of Gaddafi’s best troops are occupied near #msallata WEST of al-Khums trying to quell new uprisings
#libya AJE reported that there were FF in Zawiya, lacking equipment, but who would support their brothers when they advance that far
#libya Do the G forces have a major counterattack in them? Can they roll back any of the FF gains? Or can they only attack in the press?
#libya From a pretty low point (when news stories criticizing TNC after Younis were very numerous) to a very high point in just a week
#libya It’s hard to judge, but photos of the Bir al Ghanam advance seem to involve a MUCH larger group of FF than we’ve seen
#libya Among the FF advancing in the west we hear mention of a “Tripoli Brigade” of fighters who escaped the capital and joined the FF
#libya The Qataris don’t miss a trick.When they send the FF ammunition they fly it in already loaded on new pickup trucks.Here’s 2 U Misrata
#libya If there are still fence-sitters in LIbya – they need to declare before the fencepost
gets jammed too far up their asses
#libya Seriously there were cagey types in many towns who doubted Muammar could be dislodged. But room for that position is running out
#libya LIBYA IS NOT A POOR COUNTRY. Muammar made it poor by glomming onto everything, just like Mubarak and his sons
#libya only has 6 million people, not even 10% of Egypt’s population. An honest government in Libya will be able to make progress right away
#libya The basic willingness of Libyans to work with the Revolution has been demonstrated by the good order that has reigned in #benghazi
#libya Libya’s capital is still Tripoli but the ties of brotherhood and cooperation between Tripoli and Benghazi will be tighter than before
#libya The lions of #benghazi the tigers of #misrata the mountain lions of #nafusa There’s never been a better time to join the Revolution
#libya “The stone that was rejected has become the cornerstone” – Amazigh (Berber) people persecuted by G, now winning the fight
#libya NTC cmdrs value every FF’s life.The advance is slow because they wait until they are position to do so without unnecessary casualties
#libya If the morale of the G forces is low as has been claimed, it is because they treat their merc recruits as fodder, use them as bait
And for those who said the Arab Spring was over, #j14 is the largest protest in the history of Israel…happening now.
Mohammed
Gaddafi to be reduced to ruler of BabAziziya.
Afel
Then we can smoke him out:)))))))
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libyans with war injuries outside a Tunis hospital on July 29: Saleh from Zintan with a bullet in his upper jaw twitpic.com/61ylh6
that cant be removed in Tunisia; Suleiman from Ajdabiya paralyzed from cluster bomb shrapnel that cant be removed in Tunisia,
and his brother Ahmed, whose left hand was amputated – but plastic surgery & prosthetics for injured Libyans are a fantasy.
I look at this photo & smile at my friends, but inside my head I scream in frustration at how much is wrong with this picture
Injured #Libyan FF Rida (from Kikla, on left) on a Tunis beach, where we met these 2 guys from Benghazi. July 10 twitpic.com/61yxt6
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Opposition forces repel GF attack on Zliten front line in fierce fighting. Exclusive report airs 21g 23 local
Frontline Zliten – opposition commanders say ammunition supply line not adequate
Opposition fighter from Zliten on frontline say gaddafi forces have detained at least 500 men over 18 from town in past fortnight
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Heavy gun fire & clashes reported in Uruba street in Soug Al Juma #Feb17 #Libya
The Chronicle Herald
HMCS Charlottetown vs. Gadhafi
Canadian frigate proves her worth in Battle of Misrata
By TIM DUNNE
Canada’s navy may be small in comparison with other nations’ maritime forces, but the work of HMCS Charlottetown off the coast of Libya is an indication of the value of our navy to Canada and to international stabilization operations.
Unlike Canada’s CF-188 fighter aircraft operating from two Italian air bases in Sicily, HMCS Charlottetown is not easily accessible to news media, and her operations and contributions are largely unseen by the Canadian public — and regrettably, out of sight means out of mind.
Read full art.:
thechronicleherald.ca/Letters/1256920.html
hominoid
Faqih: Gaddafi canceled Fatwa .. Because he wanted to break the fast and fast on his mood!: Narrated by Libyan «Ahmed Ibrahim poverty
amtfoto
Many tweeps have stopped tweeting I hope they’re fine. #Libya #ff #Tripoli #feb17
hominoid
No power in Tripoli, bleed your heart out Nilesat
Refinery strike in #Sfax #Tunisia that threatend fuel drought at #Nafusa ended.
Art. about the strike:
Middle east Online
Tunisia refinery strike causes Libya rebel fuel drought
Refinery strike in Skhira has created gasoline, diesel shortages that have been immediately felt in Libyan rebel areas
By Michael Moutot
A strike at a refinery in neighbouring Tunisia threatens a fuel drought at Nafusa, a rebel mountain stronghold southwest of Tripoli where black market gasoline prices
have skyrocketed.
The barren region that in February rose up simultaneously with the east of the country against the regime of Moamer Gathafi is almost entirely dependent for all supplies on legal and illegal border traffic with southern Tunisia.
A refinery strike in the southern Tunisian seaport of Skhira has created gasoline and diesel shortages that have been immediately felt in the Libyan rebel areas.
Petrol stations in Nafusa, which already would open when there were supplies, have now all shut down completely.
“This morning the cost of a 20-litre (five-gallon) jerry can was 100 dinars (50 euros),” a street vendor said in Zliten, the rebel nerve centre in the region.
Full art.:
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=...
Free Libya Now
Libyan National Army retakes Beer Al Ghanem village which lays 30 km south of Zawiyah, 85km from #Tripoli, #Libya
Libyan National Army Commander Jummuah Ibraheem says Khwaildi reservation has been taken by FF’s on their way to Subratah & Sourman. #Libya
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
W journalists & int media must confess that security & ~ zero crime rate in liberated areas s unprecedenated & somthing #NTC shd be proud of
having seen & heard of ts high No of #Chadians soldiers killing our ppl #world shd nt blame us if we march on & oust da murderer #IdreesDebi
septimius_
I have to say this again..I looooooove #QATAR …. #Libya thank you
Aljazeera
ABDEL JALIL:
Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil issued a plea for rebel unity on Saturday, as the cohesion of a five-month-long revolution wobbled under the weight of a high profile assassination.
Jalil, who heads the de facto government of eastern Libya, issued a statement calling on revolutionaries to keep up their efforts to topple Muammar Gaddafi and end the regime’s 41-year rule.
“I would like to send a message to all Libyans in the liberated areas: we need to focus all our resources on the battle for freedom,” he said.
“We need to unite now for a bigger cause.”
Full story:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...
Sarah LFFR
#Benghazi : One of the “martyrs walls” at the courthouse. That’s just one wall in one square.. #GaddafiCrimes #17feb twitvid.com/AJNAQ
omar
FF’s resupplied with ammunition & weapons. incl medical stuffs from #Qatar’s cargo plane landed in #Misrata airport. #Libya #Feb17 #Qatar
JD
#Msallata gaddafi forces are regrouping to attack the city! #Msallata #Msallata #Msallata #Msallata #Msallata
FromJoanne Joanne
#LIBYA #MEDIA ALERT: Al #Qusbat is better know to Libyans as Msallata in the Al Murgub District #Libya maps.google.com/maps?q=Al+Qusb… #Msalata
Yes Msallata is besieged Electricity cutoff . 3ppl Killed Aug4 GF arresting ppl in suburbs FF R rising & fighting back
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Today #Gaddafi filth again tried to enter #Misrata from 3 sides using 3 tanks. #Freedomfighters defeated them again. #Libya #Feb17
Reports that #Gaddafi filth are again regrouping to attack #Msallata. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
Reports #Freedomfighters advanced from #BirGhanem & #Sabratha towards #Zawiya overnight. #Libya #Feb17
Massive drive forward by #Nafusa #Freedomfighters today, got within 20kms of #Surman before encountering any resistance. #Libya #Feb17
#Liberia OIL TANKER “FIDIAS” now en route from #Malta to dest. #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17
#Libya: Any who think #Turkey is playing fair please pay attention to my following posts. Turkey is a friend & supporter of #Gaddafi.
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “DERIN” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “DENIZ YILDIZI S” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “FEYZA GENC” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “BANU GENC” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “MANSOUR.M” in port #Tripoli #Libya.
#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Gadafi OIL TANKER “ANWAAR ALNASER” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” 35.88287˚/23.44557˚ now en route to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Can’t wait to see Twitter going wild with “LIBYA IS FREE!”. & if it doesn’t become a TWW Twitter is getting slapped. Soon inshallah. #Libya
LibyaUnited1944 Libya United 1944
#NTC doing an amazing job in what can only b described as Extra-Ordinary circumstances just as we have come 2 expect from the sons of #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Many, many reports from Tripoli say that #Gaddafi filth keep vast majority & all medicines, the people get little to none.
THANKU4THEANGER
Surman is anti G. They went out at beginning of Feb17 but were quelled by Khweldi’s brigade
Mercs come from Chad, Nige,Mali,Algeria,Serbia, Ukraine & Columbia. They came via the borders and by planes before NFZ
Reports Fashlum FFs have blown up the home of AbdelSalam Shusheen a prominent member of Gaddafi’s Lijan Thawriya #feb17
Moment in Tripoli on 20 Feb when Gaddafi picture was dropped from top of building in Martyr Square
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ows3gGtfF7w&fea...
A Free Libyan
Much love to #Qatar as always. Unloaded a plane full of ammo/weapons to #Misrata earlier today. Specific contents unknown. #Libya #Feb17
VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO
A Free Libyan
A compilation of Gaddafi crimes during#Feb17. youtube.com/watch?v=AaOC9V… – RT & Raise awareness! #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaOC9Vb-ATI&fea...
Maysaloon
For anybody who ever wondered what #Gaddafi would have done to #Benghazi if his forces entered, see #Hama #Syria
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. ~ Harold Taylor
Abu
sources from Zawiyah City: situation is very difficult, increasing ProG check points and possiblity of upcoming fight within the next hours.
ppl r not allowed 2 get out from houses. prayers to free the city soon. i believe it ll be the end game if Zawiya is freed. but wont b easy.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
One hopes that Free #Libya tells #Turkey to F off once #Gaddafi is gone. Not even allow them an Embassy.
Some advice:
Michael
@
@JomanaCNN You should all fly away and leave Moussa Ibaliar standing there holding his own mic in public.
libyanandproud
VIDEO : Picture montage of Shtaywi Hrayr one of #Gaddafi close aids and bodyguards. youtu.be/WESYDzq15ms #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESYDzq15ms&fea...
I reported on the “camel convoy” a couple of days ago, glad it’s “neutralized”.
Still feel sorry for the poor animals…….
At that time my sources told me there were about 400 camels in the convoy, all “ weapened to the teeth”.
Alex
@NATO WILL ‘NEUTRALIZE’ ANY ENTITY AIDING #Gaddafi – INCLUDING A CONVOY OF CAMELS: “A #Libyan rebel commander said Saturday that his forces have unconfirmed reports that #NATO struck and destroyed a caravan of camels carrying weapons from neighboring Chad.
Abdullah Aitha, who commands rebels fighting in the southeastern #Kufra region, said the caravan was made up of hundreds of camels and carried heavy caliber machine guns,
mortars and ammunition.
He said the air strike came on Friday evening in a desert 62 miles from the #Chad border while the caravan was headed for the city of Sebha, 400 miles south of the capital #Tripoli.
#Sebha is a key #Gadhafi stronghold deep in the country’s southwestern deserts where much of the Libyan leader’s loyal troops hail from.
“The camels are totally burned and the weapons are all destroyed,” he told The Associated Press.”
#Libya Rebels: NATO bombed camel weapons caravan:
www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-l...
libyanproud
VIDEO: Mutassim #Gadaffi driving a PickUp truck . I love #Feb17 for what youve done to the tyrant and his sons. t.co/BIdwkaa #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gusEDI1mywo&fea...
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
God is working things out for you, even when you don’t feel it. Have faith and be thankful.”
omar
a footage of #Freedom Fighter from #Zawyia injured in today’s #BirGanam battle youtu.be/W5h1K5LI9FM #Libya #Feb17 Salute to #FF
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5h1K5LI9FM&fea...
Alex
ZAWIYA RISES AGAIN: #Zawiya #FF – have attacked #Gaddafi units – and fierce gunfights are currently underway in the city – keeping Regime forces occupied while #Nafusa #FF approach the city from the south.#Libya
dovenews Libyan™
A Moroccan soldier was arrested by the Moroccan gov because he was persuading other soldiers to fight with the 17Feb #Libyan #FF. #Morocco
Earlier 2day: Gaddafi forces tried 2 enter Misrata from 3 sides using 3 tanks, fortunately thy were defeated by #FF & latter capturd 4×4 car
FreeBenghazi
GRAPHIC: Malek Eshnuk, #Zawiya. Martyred w his dad Sheikh Mabruk (whose body was2 damaged2 photo) الله يرحمهم #Libya facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2487091...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports of almost non stop #NATO strikes on #Brega yesterday & today. I guess Brega has a bad cockroach problem. #Libya #Feb17
I thought it was a G rat epidemic ?
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الجزيرة : خمسة شهداء اليوم من ثوارنا الاحرار فى معارك بئر الغنم اللهم تقبلهم شهداء فى جنات خلدك , و 15 جريج اللهم ضمد جراحهم و عافيهم
AJA: 5 rebels killed, 15 injured in today’s fighting in Bir al-Ghanam
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=958246&i...
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
1:59 AM, 2 loud, long explosions shake #Tripoli. Betcha those were airstrikes. #Libya
And 2 more blasts at 2 AM sharp. #Tripoli #Libya
Jets roaring high overhead. #Tripoli #Libya
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
My advice to Journalists @ #Rixos is to leave now & be4 taken as hostages by #Gaddafi
Sarah LFFR
Il y a une vingtaine de min 2grosses explosions ont sécoué #Tripoli #Libye #17feb .
Steve
Why is Twitter not real-life? People on here are far nicer than the morons you meet in reality.
Tripoli Youth
#Zliten: #Gaddafi soldiers that die on the front-lines of #Misurata city are stored in the fridges of the Tuna Factory in Zliten. #Libya
I won’t mention sardines now…….
libyanandproud
#Gumatta : Freedom Fighters have reportedly destroyed multiple vehicles in the past 48 Hours .
Tripolitano
A friend of mine said: I find it strange ppl leaving #Tripoli at a time like this. It’s like leaving London during the Olympics!!
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Orange fires flared & flashed from the south-east after airstrikes. Huge cloud of smoke billowing over city. Many 2ndary explosions #Tripoli
Libyans struggle to cope with blackouts, gas shortages
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — The alleys and archways along Rashid Street in central Tripoli were plunged in darkness Saturday night, as the Libyan capital struggled to cope with widespread shortages of electricity.
After sunset, the only light in one corner cafe came from two candles. Their flickering glow barely lit the faces of men seated at a handful of tables, where they were breaking their Ramadan fast.
Nearby, residents trudged down the center of empty streets enveloped in darkness. Some men played music from parked cars. Others sat silently in doorways, their presence only marked by the glow of a cigarette butt.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/06...
AFP
Libyan Freedom Fighters go underground, just like their ancestors
Underneath the streets of Nalut in the Nafusa mountains of western Libya,
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJjwgVB1N6k&fea...
MUST WATCH:)
Libyan Youth Movement
A unified message and one we will stand for until Libya is free!
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6UscdLaHh8
SUMMARY AUGUST 7 2011
8/7/2011
8/07/2011
8.07.2011
“Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it.” ~ Paulo Coelho
NATO:
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/Jtj75
NATO:
On August 6th, NATO aircraft flew 115 sorties including 45 strike sorties. Some of the key targets included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 2 Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems
In the vicinity east of Tripoli: 1 Surface to Air System, 2 Anti Aircraft Guns, 6 Military Supply Vehicles, 1 Military Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanam: 1 Ammunition Storage Facility, 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher System, 1 Military vehicle.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Military Facility, 1 Tank.
In the vicinity of Tiji: 1 Military Facility, 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher Storage.
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Orange fires flared & flashed from the south-east after airstrikes. Huge cloud of smoke billowing over city. Many 2ndary explosions #Tripoli
Al Jazeera English
Several explosions were heard in Tripoli after midnight on Sunday. Long series of explosions started around 2 am local time, producing giant plumes of smoke.
FB group reporting that #NATO bombed an ammo depot in Fornaj District of #Tripoli t
dovenews Libyan™
Mauritania president M Walid Abdu Al Azeyiz refused to recognize the #NTC. I am sure he wont hesitate to send mercenaries to kill us! #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Gumatta : Freedom Fighters have reportedly destroyed multiple vehicles in the past 48 Hours . #Feb17 #Libya
jamal tripoli
#Tripoli update :the heavy number of explosions is also due to the bombing of a military base in Ein zara , it has missiles stored inside.
hominoid555 russell r
Fierce fighting for Libyan opposition in Zlitan’s ‘static frontline’ youtube.com/watch?v=ru7oTR… via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru7oTRvBxa8&fea...
Damien
So far this is the only documented case of the use of Belgian landmines in Libya. Video: tumblr.com/x7a3y4rudo
or:
the-trigger.tumblr.com/post/8594214540/...
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Dalai Lama
The message of love and compassion will travel far and wide if all who follow a spiritual path work together in harmony and mutual respect.
Zlitniya
#Zliten :The intense,extensive&prolonged #NATO bombing is being cleverly used by #Gaddafi militia to convince ppl this is a foreign crusade
this and #NATO bombing is causing hesitation of inhabitants to come out against #Gaddafi.As well as high Gaddafi military presence
#Zliten :FF’s bombed Atiyya Bin Umran’s house and Abdulsalam AlDukali’s car, with ‘impressive’ results #Libya #Feb17
hominoid555 russell r
libyan revolutionaries Aim for Tripoli 7 8 11 youtube.com/watch?v=_EC8Br…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC8BrsgQJA&fea...
Zliten Dawn this morning a large attack by G troops was repelled, they tryed to retake ground gained by FFs in the last few days.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Last night the FF Mohamed AlSaket was killed by G forces in a protest after Taraweeh prayers in Fashlum. RIP #feb17 #Libya
4Adam Adam
Many of the news about clashes in #Tripoli created by Gaddafi’s RCM (Mathaba). Some of FB pages "unintentionally"helping them. #Libya #Feb17
News of the fall of more than twenty martyr on a bridge altarsana – souque Aljoumoa Tripoli for tonight … and the martyrs are still increasing in number every minute throughout our capital
News on clashes in each of theFashloum , Frenaj and other areas scattered in Tripoli
Rico
RT Excellent Map about the situation in the west: twitpic.com/62ajsw/full #Libya #feb17 #zlitan
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
getting seriously angry at french philosophers who walk around hotel lobbies with sunglasses on and pretend to be experts on #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI : On Sat. power was cut while DR was in surgery and he completed the operation by light of his cell phone #Libya
London –
The UK spends 1,5 million euros per month to house in Italy its pilots operating in Libya. According to official sources, the about 1000 RAF Tornado and Typhoon pilots and associated support personnel are billeted at the Gioia del Colle air base. According to UK Defense ministry, the base has a limited number of available aprtments and the personnel has to be housed in local hotels. In April, London stated it was thinking to alternative accomodations at Gioia del Colle. . .
#Zlian Mix Problems GF is very strong there Civilians held hostage this from a man who got family there Aje Video coming #Libya
Mirror:
Seek and Destroy: On board battleship HMS Liverpool as it blitzes Gaddafi mortars
BRITAIN’S top battleship has launched a devastating barrage against one of Libyan tyrant Colonel Gaddafi’s deadliest artillery positions.
HMS Liverpool blasted a key pro-Gaddafi mortar battery in an effort to stop him slaughtering civilians.
The Daily Mirror witnessed first hand the surgical strike from Liverpool’s 4.5in gun that silenced the Libyan regime rockets.
Royal Navy gunners launched six high explosive shells at the target outside loyalist port Zlitan on the new Libya frontline.
By the end of Thursday’s strike, the 30-year-old destroyer had totted up 118 shells fired against Gaddafi forces in four months.
HUNT
Within 20 minutes of the attack being launched, Gaddafi’s rocket systems finally fell silent – ending a week-long hunt.
Commander Colin Williams said in the ship’s operations room: “That is one less mortar position for civilians to worry about.
Full story:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/...
Reuters:
Qatari plane supplies ammunition to Libya rebels
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – A Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
Officials at the airport acknowledged a Qatari plane landed at Misrata airport but
declined to reveal details of its contents.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7...
hominoid
The first Ramadan shipment of 20 tons of dates and vegetable to the city of Jabal Nafousa was delivered from Tunis earlier this week
Vids by Zliten 17 Feb-2011 – a revolution until victory Zliten free
Zliten rebels clash with al-tyrant on the outskirts of city 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTM_iFd373U&fea...
Zliten rebels clash with al-tyrant on the outskirts of the City 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX_352Do88s&fea...
Zliten rebels clash with al-tyrant on the outskirts of the city 3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGrnNxMMUzk&fea...
Zliten rebels clash with al-tyrant on the outskirts of City 4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAL-wqC-JYg&fea...
Sabha :
Interruption of electricity to all regions of Sabha for more than 10 hours a day, in addition to acute shortages of gas and the lack of gasoline, high food prices especially with the beginning of the the month of Ramadan.
Murzuq and Ubari blackouts entirely on these areas. Which led to the interruption of communications Libyana. water shortages
FromJoanne Joanne
#MISRATA Munitions #Qatar delivered 2 FF for #Zlitan Front R 155mm Guided Munitions goo.gl/GPUUX which accurately find target #Libya
or:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMArt_155
Hominoid
Alneto bombing last night on the city of Tripoli t.co/9DQKSSE just love the translation alneto NATO
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOiMbR0T4o&fea...
Libyan Prime Minister says that Gaddafi’s forces regain control of Bir Al Ghanam, right bunch of jokers eh !!
Pope calls for ‘revival’ of Libyan peace efforts, whoops he nodded off for a bit now he’s back
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Misrata: 3 martyrs & 15 injured in western front today. RIP. Shelling also by G forces on Tawergha front #feb17 #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Egyptian court headed by AbdelMajeed Maqnan rejects Gaddafi ’s Attorney General appeal to keep G TV channels open on Nilesat #feb17 #Libya
Belgium hands over Libya embassy to TNC #feb17 #Libya
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار:::::
Mobile networks in Tripoli and Gaddafi controlled cities are down due to electricity cuts. It is not possible to speak to the love ones. #Libya #feb17
شبكات النقال فى طرابلس و المدن المحاصرة أصبحت سيئة للغاية نظرا لانقطاع التيار الكهربائى المستمر, يصعب على المتصلين من خارج ليبيا الاتصال بأحبابهم فى المدن المحاصرة
يا رب صبرنا و صبرهم و فرج علينا فى هذا الشهر الكريم يا رب
BREAKING NEWS: Gaddafis prime minister
says they have re-taken Ber Alghanam. In your dreams!!!
عاجل .. رئيس الوزراء الليبي: قوات القذافي تستعيد السيطرة على “بير الغنم”
كان آخر كذبة السابقة من الناس مع القذافي Previous post was a lie from people with Gaddafi
BREAKING: UNCONFIRMED: Al-drebi area of Tripoli is being encircled by regime thugs and being checked since yesterday in the afternoon and there are still
operations against freedom seekers in the area while homes are searched
عــــــاجل : تم حصار منطقة الدريبي و تمشيطها من قبل جنود النظام منذ البارحة ظهراً و لا تزال هناك عمليات ضد الأحرار في تلك المنطقة من العاصمة الليبية طرابلس
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya grad rockets landing in bir ghannam gaddafi forces launching counter offensive against rebels
#Libya we just left bir ghannem because grad rockets were landing rebels on the new front line dispersed but town still in their control
#Libya rebels in bir ghannem told us that they will be able to keep their positions
LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Tripoli seems to have had a very busy night, #NATO and local brave fighters who seek freedom for #libya
I’ve tried more than 10 mobiles today in #Tripoli but no connection, later I was told it’s due to no electricity, pray for #libya
Called family but mother didn’t say a thing about last night clashes, she’s afraid.
Mobile networks are down in #Tripoli , due to electricity blockage feeding networks towers not necessary to mobile not charged. #libya
Reuters
Reuters: Latest developments in Libyan conflict
(Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
Aircon in my room louder than NATO bombing last night. Slept through it. A couple of jets above this morning, checking target presumably.
Press conference room at #Libyan PM’s office is far more comfortable than the cramped room #NATO often uses for briefings in Brussels.
PM speaks of #Libya’s resilience, of #NATO’s failing scenario and desperate acts, “maybe NATO’s only way out is to use the nuclear bomb”.
Gvt though seems to have only that one option. That NATO gives up. I can’t see that happening (yet) though.
Guardian
In liberated Libya in the year 2961
The Berber people, known as Amazigh, find rare unity as they form one of the fronts taking on the might of the Gaddafi regime
“Did you know that this is the year 2961?” my driver asked as we drove along a tortuous road through the mountains. At first, I thought he was joking but he went on to explain that the Amazigh calendar started in 950BC.
As we stopped at each checkpoint, I strained to understand what he was saying to the local people, imagining that it was some odd dialect of Arabic – but I had no idea what any of the words meant.
This recent encounter opened my eyes to a long-neglected ethnic culture in my own backyard in Libya. The Amazigh people (also known as Berbers) are Numidian descendents and the indigenous people of north Africa. They can be found from the Canary Islands in the Atlantic (where they were expelled in the 15th-century Spanish conquest) to the Siwa oasis in Egypt.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Bir alGhanem Yesterday mercenaries from Chad and Niger were captured in Bir Alghanem #Libya #Nafusa
Aljazeera:
ZLITAN 3 Fighters were killed in an onslaught from GF several Gaddafi forces were killed There is a problem with the frontline
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zlitan NEEDS TO RISE but its not happening 4 a nbr of reasons Situation is very complicated FF are in defending mode at the moment #Libya
#RAMADAN in #ZLITAN is no picnic Center is so close but civilians R used as human shields and are held Hostage a precarious situation #Libya
#Tripoli a gas container that used to cost abt $2-3 a few months ago can cost at least 20 times that amount if it can be found at all #Libya
#Misurata Airport source called a journo yesterday said that Qatar Aid plane landed with load of 6 Military Trucks full of ammunition #Libya
#TRIPOLI Mass in Church: When @NATO bombs at night I hear my neighbors clap and cheer ‘bravo’ next morning they are with the rebels #Libya
#Tripoli, man from #Zawiyah which FF held 4 weeks b4 Regime Crushed them said 100s of fighters ARE HIDING& WAITING 4Chance 2 reEmerge #Libya
#ZAWIYAH which is in the grip of G Regime FF are ready to RISE Any day now but no one can open his mouth also so many are in jail #Libya
#TRipoli The people in the streets look deceivingly normal but they are teeming with Plain Clothed Security Police and informers #Libya
#TRIPOLI RIXOS Golden Cage Hotel Safest Place in Town now FULL wth Gaddafi Regime Families and their Prisoners: Foreign journalists #Libya
#NTC Jalil;No1 =above the Law Starting from #NTC top .. Soon in&external investigation will reveal offender+details of Younis Killing #Libya
#Zlitan More fighting broke out further on along Front The Ammunition problem has been resolved Thanks to kind donation of #Qatar #Libya
We R all Rooting 4 az #Zawiyah FF are going 2try for #3RD time 2Free it from Gaddafi Criminals Remember this ? t.co/bMYf2b9
or:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/15...
#BIR #alGhanam is FIRMLY in FF hands FF heading 4 #azZawiya R 20km from #Surman Another FF group is on the road to #Sabratha #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Never thought that in this day and age a country would have to be conquered town by town, village by village, like the FF are doing #Libya
#Bir alGhanem Zeina reports now: @ZeinakhodrAljaz GF Attacking town with GRADS but FF CONFIDENT they will keep control of town #Libya
#Bir Al GHanem Dont b upset that GF CounterAttacked This is their routine They RUN then when safe distance they #FireBackBlindly #Libya
For what it’s worth: “experts”, observers and researcher’s opinions.
( FYI: NATO is there to protect civilians, NOT to defeat Gaddafi but I’m not an expert:))
ViewInLine
Libya News on war : Nato allies Struggling to defeat Gadaffi
Strong resistance by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and conflicting impulses to topple the Libyan ruler and hit a political settlement are stumping France’s and its allies’ efforts to end the conflict, experts say.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has denied France is getting sucked into an endless war but admitted “we probably underestimated the resistance that would be put up by Gaddafi’s forces,” in televised comments on Thursday.
“We cannot speak of getting bogged down,” he insisted. “We are five months into our operations… no one talked about a lightning war.”
But observers played down the rebels’ advances and said tribal divisions in Libya make it difficult to coordinate an uprising, especially during the current Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Moisseron of the IRD added that Gaddafi himself has been allied from the start with certain powerful tribes while, for example, “the Berber tribes of Jebel Nefusa are ready to defend their territory but will not go to Tripoli.”
“Libyans are willing to fight for their land but when it comes to waging war on other (tribes’) territory it’s a different matter,” said Patrick Haimzadeh, a former diplomat and author of a book on Gaddafi’s regime.
Full report:
www.viewsinline.com/news/world/libya-ne...
20 TRUCKS CARRYING BENZENE:
omar
#Libyan #FF’s seized 20 trucks carrying benzene in #Tunisia were on its way to #Gaddafi regime youtu.be/OqfKVSVu1uc #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqfKVSVu1uc&fea...
So was it Tunisians that captured the trucks? I assume they were captured in tunisia?
Libyans but of course with Tunisians help .. yes were captured in Tunisia !
#AJE are the only team reporting from #birghanam now Stay tuned for the live shortly and for our video while escaping #libya #Zintan #Zawia
Abdul
shelling of #birghanam got heavier, reinforcement still on the way from #Zintan #Zawya rebels r still holding da town #libya #Nafusa #Nato
Sarah LFFR
#Twitter is magic : #Senussi died 5times, #Brega fully liberated 10s, #Khamis killed twice .. #EverythingOk
Sarah LFFR
Love it ! :) Was wondering which pic of my trip to #Misurata to upload I think this is best. twitpic.com/62g8wy”
Romandie:
Libye: les forces loyales à Kadhafi ont repris Bir al-Ghanam
TRIPOLI – Les forces loyales au dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi ont repris aux rebelles, Bir al-Ghanam, verrou stratégique à 80 km au sud-ouest de Tripoli, a annoncé dimanche le Premier ministre libyen Baghdadi Mahmoudi, lors d’une conférence de presse à Tripoli.
La vie a repris normalement dans le village de Bir al-Ghanam qui est aujourd’hui sous contrôle total du régime, a-t-il déclaré, après avoir reconnu que la localité était passée samedi sous le contrôle de la rébellion, soutenue par les opérations aériennes de l’Otan.
Les rebelles du Djebel Nefoussa, positionnés depuis plusieurs semaines à Bir Ayad, à 30 km au sud de Bir al-Ghanam, avaient lancé une offensive samedi vers 08H00 (06H00 GMT) en direction de cette ville de garnison, selon un correspondant de l’AFP.
Full art.:
www.romandie.com/news/n/_Libye_les_forc...
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Hayat
I swear to you #Gaddafi you WILL pay for what you’ve done to our loved ones, our families, our homes, our country, our people, our religion.
BREAKING NEWS: Clashes now in Tripoli, Aradah, Amr Almuktar street and others
اشتباكات الآن فى عرادة و فى شارع شوقى وشارع بالخير وعمر المختار بطرابلس .. وطريق السكة ملغمة بالكامل بكتائب القذافي ..
معنا الله ومعكم الشيطان .. بإذن الله تعالى
FreeLibya. The western ‘love’ concept, u take it apart, is really just lust.
But love transcends just the physical.
Love is disposition, behavior, attitude, thoughts, likes, dislikes-these things make a beautiful woman, a beautiful wife. This is the beauty that never fades
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Libyan PM Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi claims Bir al-Ghanam is back in Gadhafi’s hands, after @holmescnn entered this town w/rebels Saturday #Libya
Le Point France:
Libye: sans électricité, les Tripolitains entament le ramadan dans la souffrance
Alors que la crise du carburant empoisonne la vie quotidienne des Tripolitains depuis plusieurs mois, une pénurie d’électricité et des coupures d’eau courante sont venues aggraver la souffrance des habitants de la capitale libyenne en ce début de mois de ramadan.
“Depuis le début du ramadan, on rompt le jeûne à la lumière des bougies”, se plaint Ahmed, la quarantaine, qui fait ses courses dans un marché de légumes dans le quartier 2 mars, dans l’ouest de la capitale.
“Nous pouvons nous passer de la climatisation mais pas du réfrigérateur”, ajoute-t-il, précisant que “les coupures d’électricité durent parfois 24 heures”.
Full art.:
www.lepoint.fr/monde/libye-sans-electri...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Gaddafi’s #Libya: A land w/out addresses & mail. Whole towns w/out running water & public sewer systems. Mtn roads w/out signs or guardrails
#Gaddafi’s ruthless violence is on display for a global audience this year. But decades of greedy abuse & neglect r also tragic
In a Tunis hospital room with a new arrival, an injured #Misrata FF. Glancing out the window, I c a freedom flag hung in a 5th floor flat :)
BREAKING NEWS: Heavy fighting NOW between FFs of Zawiyah and Gaddafi forces inside the city
معارك عنيفة تدور الان بين ثوار الزاوية و عصابات القدافي داخل المدينة و ثوار الزاوية القادمدون من الجبل يحررون قرية ناصر و انباء عن وصولهم الي بعد بئر شعيب الله اكبر,تكبير
Abu
if Zawiyah is freed then Tripoli shall b Free.! End Game for G Regime. ! By Allah’s willing.
hominoid
Bir Al Ghanam the field commander said the FFs are in control of the area in fact they are now on the outskirts of Zawiya
Revolutionary in Soug AlJuma, Tripoli hung the independence flag only to be surrounded by G forces. The shocking thing was that they told him to take it down and that they’ll be the ones to raise in the right time
Bir Ghanam said no one tweeted the PMs story on channelnewsasia
Tiji base still surrounded some clashes with heavy weapons, FFs still waiting for a surrender to save bloodshed.
Libyan PM Al-Mahmoudi denies black-outs triggered anti-gov’t protests in Tripoli, also a bit short on fuel as well as truth !!
TNC appoint Libyan diplomat Mohamed Farhat as ambassador to Belgium
acarvin Andy Carvin
Some of the footage I’ve seen out of Syria today is as bad as I’ve ever seen, like some of the early footage out of Libya. Just devastating.
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Libyan PM Al-Mahmoudi denies black-outs triggered anti-gov’t protests in #Tripoli:“the only rallies…were supporting the leadership”
CNN
Libyans struggle to cope with blackouts, gas shortages
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — The alleys and archways along Rashid Street in central Tripoli were plunged in darkness Saturday night, as the Libyan capital struggled to cope with widespread shortages of electricity.
After sunset, the only light in one corner cafe came from two candles. Their flickering glow barely lit the faces of men seated at a handful of tables, where they were breaking their Ramadan fast.
Nearby, residents trudged down the center of empty streets enveloped in darkness. Some men played music from parked cars. Others sat silently in doorways, their presence only marked by the glow of a cigarette butt.
“It’s a disaster. My father’s neighborhood hasn’t had electricity for five straight days,” said one Libyan man who asked not to be named, for fear of attracting the ire of government authorities. He said he evacuated his entire family to Egypt and was staying behind to keep an eye on his property.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/06...
FFs have reached Souq Alalagat in Sabrata
نقلاً عن قناة الزاوية على الفيس بوك
French CRI
L’assassinat du chef militaire des rebelles, le général Abdel Fatah Younès, était un complot du dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, et une commission spéciale mène actuellement une enquête sur l’affaire, a fait savoir samedi Moustapha Abdeljalil, président de Conseil national de transition (CNT), l’instance politique de la rébellion libyenne, lors d’une conférence de presse.
Les membres de la commission comprennent un médecin et le chef d’un comité judiciaire des rebelles, a annoncé M. Jalil lors d’une conférence de presse, sans donner plus de détail.
En outre, il a indiqué qu’il était trop tôt de parler des plans d’une période de transition ou d’une période post-Kadhafi.
“On sait pas encore si Khamis, un des fils de Kadhafi, a été tué ou non”, a reconnu le responsable du CNT.
Source:
french.cri.cn/621/2011/08/07/301s250340...
Abdul
#rebels are as far as east side of #birghanam. They lost #Zawya junction
LibyaNewMedia
I want to remind once again that court rulings will not affect Gaddafi’s TV channels. It’s a poltiical choice by Egypt. #Libya #Gaddafi
dovenews Libyan™
Ashia Gaddafi asked the #UN to visit the Syrian’s refugee camp. The camel cannot see the crookedness of its own neck الجمل لا يرى عوجة رقبته
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
At least 3 #FFs have been killed in fighting near #Zliten today. #Libya #feb17
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#NATO has launched a number of air strikes at #Gaddafi troops in #Zliten today. #Libya #Feb17
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
FFs of Tripoli r waiting for the right time to rise, Gaddafi forces r saying that they will join the FFs when there is BIG uprising in city.
Libya CNN :
The alleys and archways along Rashid Street in central Tripoli were plunged in darkness Saturday night, as the Libyan capital struggled to cope with widespread shortages of electricity.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libyan freedom fighter Essam, a 31 yr old computer engineering teacher from #Misrata, in his Tunis hospital rm today. twitpic.com/62ht4x
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs this morning at dawn Liberated #Tiji and #Badr completly
عاجل و حصري: قام جيشنا الوطني البطل فجر اليوم بعملية التفافية على بدر و تيجي و تم تحريرهم بالكامل و الان الجيش الوطني يحاصر فلول المرتزقة في قاعدة الوطية الجوية .. الله أكبر و لله الحمد .. الدعاء بالثبات و النصر
Hayat
#Gaddafi will have single handedly been responsible for the destruction of an entire people-Our parents’ generation and ours: #Libya’s Youth
Adam
I can confirm that called family in tripoli last night was a pretty rough nite huge depo storage residential area
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Looks like good news in Nafusa … awaiting confirmation #feb17 #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
Reports that Gaddafi commanders have executed about 150 of their own officers & soldiers after the latter didnt want to continue
working when they requested to take a holiday in Ramadan & were refused
most officers & soldiers were originally from #BaniWalead & #Tarhuna tribes
hominoid
Badr and Tiji and have been liberated and surrounded the remnants of the mercenaries in Wattayah air base via zlitenfree
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Power, petrol shortages in Tripoli irk Libyans
Power and petrol shortages are afflicting the Libyan capital Tripoli, deepening public frustration as months of conflict with NATO-backed rebels take their toll on the seat of leader Muammar Gaddafi’s power.
Mohamed Abu Ajeela Rashid, a former Libyan health minister who is now a senior hospital doctor, said the shortages were causing serious problems. On Saturday, he said, power was cut off while he was performing an operation and he had to complete it by the light of his cell phone.
THE WORST RAMADAN
“No one is buying anything,” shopkeeper Adel said bleakly in his darkened, deserted shoe store in the Ghut al-Shaal neighbourhood of western Tripoli, where power was out on Saturday afternoon. “This is the worst Ramadan of my life.”
Libyan state television broadcast on Sunday an appeal to the public to conserve power. It said people should switch off air conditioners when they leave their offices, and use air conditioning in mosques only during prayer time.
The daytime temperature in Tripoli on Sunday was 41 Celsius (106 Fahrenheit).
Full report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/07/liby...
Zlitniya
#Zliten : #Gaddafi militia attacked Suq Al Thalath from the western side.4FF martyred,17 injured. #Libya #Feb17
afmuja
I love this Libyan freedom song: “Libya ya Libya” facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya #Feb17 No fast on music!
Or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2370...
BREAKING NEWS: 4 martyrs so far among FF in the on going battles inside Zliten
الله أكبر …..٤ شهداء إلى الآن في معارك لا زالت قائمة داخل زليتن …اللهم أنصر ثوارنا
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Sunday- UK #Apache Helos have attacked GF troops in Al #Watiyah. 40m south of the coast, the deepest penetration yet from HMS Ocean.
the #Apache Helos used #Hellfire missiles and 30mm cannon to destroy a #GF HQ and 12 #Gaddafi vehicles. (Source: Maj Gen Nick Pope)
email from UK MOD. Couldn’t see it being reported so I tweeted. might be here tomorrow
HMS #Liverpool has been firing ‘Star Shells’ over #Zlitan to provide illumination for NATO ops in area. #Libya #Feb17
FYI: This is what journo Jonny Hallam was referring to:
BFBS
Army Apaches carry out Libya strike
British Apache helicopters from the Army Air Corps have carried out a strike on a Gaddafi regime headquarters and military vehicles in Libya.
An Ministry of Defence spokesman, Major General Nick Pope, said the raid happened at al Watiyah, near the western border with Tunisia.
Major Pope added: "In the early hours of this morning, Apache helicopters from the Army Air Corps, flying off their carrier HMS Ocean, penetrated deep into Libyan airspace to conduct a strike on a troop concentration at Al Watiyah, 40 miles south of the coast at Zuwarah.
“Hellfire missiles and cannon fire accounted for one headquarters and twelve military vehicles, including at least one armed with a surface-to-air weapon system, with another four vehicles left seriously damaged.
“Fleet Air Arm Sea Kings provided radar cover, whilst RAF Tornado GR4s flew as overwatch. The Tornadoes were also able to prosecute successfully a target of their own, destroying a military staging post further south at Tiji.”
Maj Gen Pope also gave details of operations over the past few days which saw the destroyer HMS Liverpool fire on a missile emplacement in the town of Zlitan, while RAF and Army Air Corps aircraft took action over the Djebel Nafousa mountains in the west of Libya.
“Nato taskings saw RAF aircraft maintaining frequent patrols throughout Friday over the Djebel Nafousa,” he said.
“One such patrol attacked a building used by artillery teams firing into Yafran, whilst another patrol struck a staging post for the former regime forces which have been concentrated around Gharyan.
“Further east, HMS Liverpool took action during the early evening of Thursday, successfully engaging, with her 4.5-inch gun, a Grad multiple rocket launcher positioned on the coast near Zlitan.
“Liverpool remained in the area and, after darkness had fallen, fired star shells to provide illumination for Nato operations in the area.
“On Saturday, a precision strike was conducted against a location near Bir al Ghanam in the Djebel Nafousa, which was supporting multiple rocket launchers. This was followed up by successful attacks on two ammunition stores and a headquarters in the same area, our aircraft employing Paveway guided bombs to destroy their targets.”
Source:
www.bfbs.com/news/worldwide/army-apache...
Reuters:
Tripoli rocked by pre-dawn blasts
Video:
www.reuters.com/video/2011/08/07/tripol...
cswift2 Cara Swift
Power cuts in #Tripoli last now up to 18hrs a day. Gas for cooking now costs 70 LYD (b4 was 3 LYD), & the cost of food is rising. #Libya
BBC
UK Apaches in action over Libya
British military action in Libya continues with Apache helicopters carrying out a strike
on a major base of the Gaddafi regime on Sunday.
They also destroyed military vehicles at al Watiyah, near the border with Tunisia, the Ministry
of Defence said.
Meanwhile, foreign minister Alistair Burt has insisted that “incremental progress” was being made in Libya.
He said the international community had to be “patient and persistent” in dealing with Col Gaddafi.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14437661
SUMMARY AUGUST 8 2011
8/8/2011
8/06/2011
8.08.2011
When Allah solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities. When He doesn’t solve your problems He has faith in your abilities!
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/mKnnx
NATO
On August 7, NATO aircraft flew 119 sorties, including 59 strike sorties. Some of the key targets included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Military Facility, 2 Tanks, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 1 Anti Aircraft Gun, 1 Military Facility, 1 Surface to Air System, 1 Surface-to-Surface Systems, 1 Surface-to-Air Launcher.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammunition Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 4 Command and Control Nodes, 1 Military Facility, 1 Weapons Storage, 1 Anti-Tank Weapon, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
In the vicinity of Gharyan: 1 Artillery Piece.
In the vicinity of Misratah: 1 Military Facility.
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Sunday: 2 RAF formations conducted a strike on a former regime barracks & ammunition depot near Zlitan, as well as an HQ. #Libya
Sunday: Missions attacked two command and control facilities and a military staging post in Zlitan and Al Khums. #Libya
Sunday: In the east of #Libya, an RAF patrol successfully engaged a tank and a Grad multiple rocket launcher near Brega.
Sunday: HMS Bangor – mine countermeasures patrol off Misratah where Qadhafi made unsuccessful attempts to deny port to humanitarian shipping
Sunday: HMS Liverpool once again fired a barrage of illumination rounds to support NATO operations in the Zlitan area. #Libya
Sunday: Fleet Air Arm Sea Kings from HMS Ocean used their Searchwater radar to augment NATO’s fixed wing surveillance capabilities. #Libya
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Hi, the FFs are on the Outskirts of Surman and Inshallah they will Liberate it today!!
there are FFs in Surman waiting to rise, they are armed but need help from FFs from outside!! The town WILL RISE!! :)
Rebels Plan to establish a 10 000-15 000 strong " #Tripoli task force" to secure the capital and capture prominent #Gaddafi supporters.
#France gives $259 million in frozen funds to Libyan Freedom Fighters. فرنسا تمنح 259 مليون دولار من الاموال المجمدة للثوار
#Libyan revolutionaries in the battle to liberate Bir ALGANAM. الثوار الليبيين في معركة تحرير بير الغنام fb.me/1c8DsMyzh
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSiqy77jcZ8
Abdul Jalil, calls for the Libyans to unite in the face of Gaddafi, and said in a speech from Benghazi to the citizens .. ‘The formations of armed security will disappear from the streets, and will be annexed to the National Liberation Army’.
Abdul Jalil, also assured the citizens on the financial position of the Transitional National Council, and asked the central bank not to make citizens pay interests on their loans, and that the Treasury will bear these interests.
عبد الجليل يدعو الليبيين للتوحد في مواجهة القذافي، وقال في كلمة وجهها من بنغازي
للمواطنين .. إن التشكيلات الأمنية المسلحة ستختفي من الشوارع، وسيتم ضمها لجيش التحرير الوطني.
كما طمأن عبد الجليل المواطنين على الموقف المالي للمجلس الوطني الانتقالي، وطلب من المصرف المركزي عدم أخذ فوائد من المواطنين على القروض، وأن الخزينة العامة ستتحمل هذه الفوائد
#LIBYA: Power cuts in the city of #Zintan frequently day and night. #feb17
Sign post in #Misurata
أقوى اللافتات في مصراته الصمود
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=206692&i...
Telegraph
Rebel blueprint for Libya revealed
Arebel blueprint for a post-Gaddafi Libya would retain much of the current regime’s infrastructure in the hope of averting an Iraq-style descent into chaos, it has emerged.
A 70-page plan prepared by the National Transitional Council (NTC) with help from Western powers and seen by the Times concedes they have little chance of toppling the long-serving ruler but that internal divisions will force him out.
In that event, the rebels plan to establish a 10,000-15,000 strong “Tripoli task force” to secure the capital and capture prominent Gaddafi supporters.
Around 5,000 policemen will be recruited to serve as the interim government’s security forces, according to the plan.
The rebels claim that 800 current Gaddafi government officials have already been recruited to their cause, and could form a key plank of a post-conflict security apparatus, the paper reported.
The document also maps out how telecommunications, power and transport infrastructure will be secured in the immediate hours after the regime’s collapse.
The NTC confirmed the report’s authenticity, but requested that the newspaper withhold key details which could compromise the ongoing operation.
Full art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
News AM
Azerbaijan’s oil company supplies gasoline to Gaddafi’s terminal
Gasoline sent to the Libyan terminal, located in the area of NATO air strikes, belongs to Azerbaijan, Musavat newspaper writes referring to Reuters.
Libyan rebels with the help of NATO troops have discovered huge tankers filled with gasoline in the Mediterranean Sea intended for the troops of Muammar Gaddafi, Azerbaijani newspaper writes.
Libyan insurgents brought the tankers to the airport of Benghazi, foothold of Libyan opposition.
The tankers belong to Libya’s state shipbuilding company GNMTC which is controlled by one of Gaddafi’s sons.
Gasoline is sold by a trading company operating in Switzerland, the name of the company is not disclosed. Libyan oil companies are not functioning due to civil war, so Gaddafi is trying to import gasoline secretly to supply it to his troops.
In particular, Gaddafi’s agents buy gasoline and then supply it to Libya through Turkey using forged documents.
According to Azerbaijani source, several studies showed that gasoline sent to the Libyan terminal has Azerbaijani “origin”.
The source says at present Azerbaijan is exporting oil through Turkey. In addition, SOCAR Trading, created by the state oil company of Azerbaijan, is actively developing in the international markets.
Therefore, most likely the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan supports Gaddafi’s terminal providing the necessary fuel, Musavat concludes.
Source:
news.am/eng/news/70341.html
Reuters: No trace of Gaddafi’s brigades in the town of Bir Ghanam which is controlled by the Freedom Fighters
Navaltoday
UK: HMS Liverpool Gets Praises for Calm Reaction in Libya
The captain of a Portsmouth-based warship has praised his crew for their calm reaction to being fired at with rockets.
HMS Liverpool prepared to fire her Sea Dart missile system during a tense stand-off with pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya.
The Type 42 warship, which has been patrolling offshore to enforce the UN shipping embargo, was fired at with multiple rockets.
The 267-strong crew donned white anti-flash suits as they closed to action stations and prepared to return fire.
But fortunately the missiles fell harmlessly a few miles short of Liverpool meaning she did not have to engage.
The battery where the rockets were fired from was later destroyed by allied Apache attack helicopters flying from HMS Ocean.
Liverpool’s commanding officer, Commander Colin Williams, 41, said:
“The artillery that fired at us isn’t there any more. We achieved our mission.”
“The team behaved exactly as I wanted, they were calm and professional. I’m intensely proud of them.”
For several weeks HMS Liverpool has been going close to the Libyan coast to help rebel forces battling Gaddafi.
The missile attack was not the first time the warship has been fired upon as she has carried out her duties.
Cdr Williams said:
“We have to observe all of the rules governing our remit out here.”
“We are here to stop the regime harming civilians in accordance with the UN Security Resolutions.”
Source:
navaltoday.com/2011/08/08/uk-hms-liverp...
hominoid555 russell r
FF brigades and missile launchers. youtube.com/watch?v=AnHfwD…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnHfwDopvxQ&fea...
The battle to liberate South Surman 6 – 8 – 2011.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_TWdWCIVaU&fea...
No sign of any Gaddafi troops & saw 3 burned out tanks & an abandoned artillery piece BirAlGhanam
Bir al-Ghanam, and were now planning to push towards the coastal town of Zawiyah, which lies 50 km west of Tripoli.
Britain said on Saturday its aircraft had been in the area and attacked two ammunitions stores, a military HQ and rocket launchers.
FFs at a distance of 20 km from the coastal road .. cut the road to Tunis may mean the collapse of the whole system Gaddafi
2011-08-08 At least three FFs fighters have been killed in clashes near the northern town of Zlitan,
Global Post
Inside Libya’s most notorious prison
It was a massacre at Abu Salim in Tripoli that sparked the Libyan uprising.
James Foley
TRIPOLI, Libya — “Welcome to hell,” a Libyan prison guard told several new inmates. “This is Abu Salim.”
The words sent chills through Dr. Ahmed’s already badly beaten body. He had been helping an Al Jazeera reporting team in March, during the early days of the Libya uprising, when forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi surrounded the western city of Zawiya, capturing him and his colleagues.
After days of interrogations and torture, he was dropped under the cover of darkness in a large prison outside Tripoli known as Abu Salim. It was there, 15 years ago, that a
now infamous massacre of political prisoners took place, an event that would ultimately lead to the open revolt that is now gripping the country.
It was 1996. Prisoners at Abu Salim began to riot over poor prison conditions. In response, the Gaddafi regime said it would send negotiators. Instead, it sent in a firing squad and systematically gunned down 1,200 people.
Hussein Al-Madni, 38, was there at the time.
He had been arrested for his involvement in political Islam — a movement Gaddafi long perceived as a threat to his rule — and imprisoned at Abu Salim in 1995, along with his twin brother Hassan, whose only offense was having a similar name.
Full art.:
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/region...
libyanandproud
The Muslim Brotherhood in #Libya are stupid to think that Libyans will Be ok for them to Hijack #Feb17 ! #Libya
FFs on the outskirts of Sorman now .. Zoom .. Enlarge … God is great God is great
Aljazeera Video:
Libyan rebels battle for western town on road to coast t.co/mqePxnH via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8nBWoeJAxc&fea...
Sirtawi
Libyan State tv call for a Million man rally in America on Aug 13th… God have mercy! #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes #FAIL ______"
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zlitan #AndrewSimmons understated observation: “Its a Long Road Ahead” #Libya
#BirGhanam #Nafusa Mountain FF and #Tripoli brigade have their eyes set on #Surman #Libya
#NTC in #Benghazi confirmed Secret Plan Post Gaddafi report ’s authenticity #Libya
Post #Gaddafi Secret Plan: Docs claim FF groups inside #Tripoli & surrounding areas hv 8,660 supporters incl 3,255 INSIDE GaddafiArmy #Libya
#NTC #ArefAliNayed Ambassador to #UAE regrets Post Gaddafi Do is Leaked but " public should know there is Advance Plan" #Libya
#FLASH Plan suggests : #NTC + Western backers would be prepared to NEGOTIATE with #GADDAFI SONS if Muammar Gaddafi was killed #Libya
#TRIPOLI Anybody who missed it last night @Niz_FGM is safe and well in #Tunis Read on: facebook.com/FGMovement #Libya
We (AJE) are in #birghanam and it’s still under #rebels control; #Qadhafi tv claim is false #FFs #libya #Nafusa #Zawya
#AU #Africa leaders decided the 53 Member Nations should NOT carry out I#CC #Gaddafi ARREST Warrant #Libya result #EquatorialGuinea #Summit
MEDIA ALERT Now that you know Musa #Ibrahim LIED to U about Bir #Ghanam Please STOP REPEATING / PRINTING his LIES! #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” 34.58335˚/18.80329˚ now en route to desst #Tripoli #Libya. Turkey re-supplying #Gaddafi. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” now in port #Misrata #Libya. #Feb17
#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “KOUROSH PIONEER” now departing port
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عبد الجليل يدعو الليبيين للتوحد في مواجهة القذافي، وقال في كلمة وجهها من بنغازي للمواطنين .. إن التشكيلات الأمنية المسلحة ستختفي من الشوارع، وسيتم ضمها لجيش التحرير الوطني.
كما طمأن عبد الجليل المواطنين على الموقف المالي للمجلس الوطني الانتقالي، وطلب من المصرف المركزي عدم أخذ فوائد من المواطنين على القروض، وأن الخزينة العامة ستتحمل هذه الفوائد.
Abdul Jalil, calls for the Libyans to unite in the face of Gaddafi, and said in a speech from Benghazi to the citizens .. ‘The formations of armed security will disappear from the streets, and will be annexed to the National Liberation Army’.
Abdul Jalil, also assured the citizens on the financial position of the Transitional National Council, and asked the central bank not to make citizens pay interests on their loans, and that the Treasury will bear these interests
A Free Libyan
NTC to take over the Libyan embassy in #Paris officially on Friday. #Libya #Feb17
Reports that on 31/7, 1 See’an FF in #Tiji raised the rev. flag. G responded with 14.5 machine guns. His leg was amputated. #Libya #Feb17
Reports that after sunset, #Janzour FFs damaged the house of a G official (Tahami Khalid) with grenades. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
Reports #Janzour FFs also burnt the car of Hisham Ali (G official too), close to the Ja’afar Mosque. #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17
#Zliten FFs repel a G offensive earlier in the day. G unable to push them back from their position. #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – #Gmata – FFs destroy 6 G vehicles. #Libya #Feb17
#Gmata update – Conditions bad. Gas mostly unavailable. People use wood for cooking. Also, Electricity off much of the day. #Libya #Feb17
BBC News – British Apache helicopters keeping busy. Earlier tonight hit G vehicles at #alWatiyah, near Tunisian border. #Libya #Feb17
A Free Libyan
Heavy fighting near centre of #Zliten again. FF say the ammo/weapons they received in #Misrata will help greatly. #Libya #Feb17
AlManara notes that FFs are expressing a great deal of confidence that #Zliten will be theirs in a few days #Libya #Feb17
Reuters reported from the centre of #BirGhanam and emphasized there was ZERO G presence. Just an update for the skeptical.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
A few more ambulances for Tataouine & #Libya’s #Nafusa Mtns are in the works. But we could use more. And we really need paramedics.
Good art.:
MEMEBURN
9 ways Twitter is good for democracy
Sarah Britten
1. First, and most obviously, access to Twitter is not easily controlled
2. Twitter brings politicians closer to the people
3. Twitter gives ordinary citizens the power to influence the course of events
4. Twitter facilitates discussion and debate
5. Twitter gives ordinary people a voice
6. Twitter provides a much wider variety of opinions.
7. Twitter also gives space to opinions which would otherwise be barely visible
8. Twitter is unmediated
9. Twitter is good at reinforcing the kind of shared experiences that are central to any nation-building project
The power (and the peril) of social media lies in the fact that it makes things visible. As many have observed over the years, sunshine is an excellent disinfectant.
Read more here:
memeburn.com/2011/08/9-ways-twitter-is-...
Voice of Free Libya – Benghazi :
www.ustream.tv/channel/voice-of-free-li...
Have a look:)
Change In Libya’s Photos – Wall Photos
mcaf.ee/8y7fn
Worth reading:
American Society of International Law
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights – Response to the Situation in Libya
Anna Dolidze
On March 25, 2011, for the first time in its history, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“African Human Rights Court”) ordered provisional measures against Libya in the case African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The provisional measures require that Libya “immediately refrain from any action that would result in loss of life or violation of physical integrity of persons, which could be a breach of the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights or of other international human rights instruments to which it is a party.”1 In addition, the African Human Rights Court ordered Libya to report to the Court within fifteen days on the steps taken in response to the Order. The Libyan government has ignored the Order.
Read full art.:
www.asil.org/insights110725.cfm
Following the Torture trail Through the Arab Spring: First Speculations:
Lisa Hajjar
Torture and anti-torture are everywhere. Are the revolutions sweeping through the
Arab world, and being confronted with violent counter-revolutions, in part a battle over the use of torture? It is, perhaps, too early to know how significant or central torture is to the protest movements that have disposed of the torture-prone regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, and the ongoing battles against authoritarians in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, not to mention the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Libya and beyond. Someday, we may look back on this period as a decisive moment, where either anti-torture broke the dam of authoritarianism by galvanizing mass protests, or torture was the means of reestablishing it.
The best scholarship on torture, like the best scholarship on genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, is grounded in the historical and political context of perpetration and victimization. “Context” in this context is, to a large extent, territorially and/or demographically specific. Torture is a globalized phenomenon in the sense that it continues to be perpetrated in countries all over the globe. But it is not a global phenomenon because the “how’s” and “why’s” in any given context are always specific and distinctive, albeit fertile comparisons can be drawn among torture regimes. Unlike other gross crimes, torture targets individuals in custody.
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septimius
At last I’m back in #Nalut, Lots and lots more families than last time! electricity BIG problem here!
#Nalut only on generators now, but again fuel shortage big deal!
Heart warming to see a ghost town that I saw in May now back to life!
More good news, the money from TNC/ finance arrived to #Nalut, and families are collecting them today
OK…I am off….. will see when I can update you next, maybe Kabaw may be Yefren!
#Nalut: I will try and update this is as well septimius.tumblr.com Be safe everyone!
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tripolicouncil Tripoli-council
Video:
Gaddafi Funny – معمر القذافي – مضحك جدا (FULL)
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NATO Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 7 AUGUST: 2 Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 7 AUGUST: 2
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Hardly any surgeries 4 #Libyan FFs can b done n Tataouine now. Overseas docs stay a night — then leave 4 the mtns to b closer to the action
This is the horrible truth:
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Heartbreaking, child victims of #Gaddaficrimes youtube.com/watch?v=P8krV7… #Libya #feb17
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8krV71zLKc&fea...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Ambulances from the #Nafusa Mtns aren’t allowed to go to Tataouine anymore. Someone rode in on 1 with a gun a couple wks ago. Caused a stir.
Richard
I guess that, some of the @Zliten elders report back to local #Gaddafi commanders on how well the negotiations are stalled and that others are hamstrung by having their families hostage – so long as #Misrata #FF need to wait for #Zliten elders invitation, there is likely to be no advance.
Fadwa
Masha’Allah awesome work — “Medical Magazine in #Benghazi youtube.com/watch?v=ITN5YQ…” | #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITN5YQiXUV4&fea...
Richard
Copper cloud (not good enough to be silver) is for every #FF casualty there are more #Gaddafi casualties which they can ill afford.
Fadwa
UGHHHH I’M SO MAD I COULD KILL SOMEONE RIGHT NOW!!! WHY HASN’T NILESAT SHUT DOWN #GADDAFI CHANNELS YET???!! UGHHH UGHHH UGHHH!!
Global Researcher
Libya’s War for “The Abaya”: Women’s Rights and NATO’s Support of Pro-Islamist Rebels
For European bankers, it’s a war for Libya’s Gold. For oil corporations, it’s a war for Cheap Crude (now threatening to destroy Libya’s oil infrastructure, just like Iraq). But for Libya’s women, it’s a fierce, knock down battle over the Abaya— an Islamic style of dress that critics say deprives women of self-expression and identity.
Hillary Clinton and President Sarkozy might loath to admit it, but the desire to turn back the clock on women rights in Libya constitutes one of the chief goals for NATO Rebels on the Transitional Council.
For NATO Rebels—who are overwhelmingly pro-Islamist, regardless of NATO propaganda (see www.obamaslibya.com) — it’s a matter of restoring social obedience to Islamic doctrine. However the abaya is more than a symbol of virtue and womanly modesty. It would usher in a full conservative doctrine, impacting women’s rights in marriage and divorce, the rights to delay childbirth to pursue education and
employment—all the factors that determine a woman’s status of independence.
That makes this one War Libya’s women cannot afford to lose. For those of us who support Islamic modernity, there are good arguments that Gadhaffi would be grossly irresponsible to hand over power to a vacuum dominated by NATO Rebels. Given the savagery of their abuses against the Libyan people (www.obamaslibya.com) —and the Rebel’s agenda to reinstate Shariah and retract women’s rights, Gadhaffi has an obligation to stand strong and block them for the protection of the people.
Link to art.:
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context...
The War on Libya : An Imperialist Project to Create Three Libyas
The division of Libya into three separate countries is part of the US-NATO imperial design. It is part of a project shared by the U.S., Britain, Italy, and France.
The NATO war launched against Libya in March 2011 was geared towards the breakup of the country into three separate entities.
The NATO led war, however, is back firing. The Libyan people have united to save their country and Tripoli is exploring its strategic options.
Almost all of the text herein was written a few months prior to my trip to Tripoli. It is part of a series of articles on Libya which I have been updating. It is fitting to conclude it in Tripoli, Libya. To be here on the ground in Libya is to be witness to the lies and warped narratives of the mainstream media and the governments. These lies have been used to justify this criminal military endeavor.
The mainstream media has been a major force in this war. They have endorsed and fabricated the news, they have justified an illegal and criminal war against an entire population.
Passing through the neighbourhood of Fashloom in Tripoli it is apparent that no jets attacked it as Al Jazeera and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) falsely claimed. Now the same media networks, newspapers, and wires claim on a daily basis that Tripoli is about to fall and that the Transitional Council is making new advances to various cities. Tripoli is nowhere near falling and is relatively peaceful. Foreign journalists have also all been taken to the areas that are being reported to have fallen to the Transitional Council, such as Sabha and its environs.
Full art.:
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context...
UN News Centre
Libya: UN envoy briefs top Chinese official on efforts to resolve crisis
The United Nations special envoy for Libya today briefed China’s Foreign Minister on his efforts to broker a political solution to the crisis in the North African country and expressed his satisfaction with Beijing’s support for his mission and UN efforts to find a settlement.
Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, who has been on a two-day visit to Beijing, updated Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on his recent discussions with representatives of both parties during his visits last week to Tripoli and Benghazi.
Mr. Khatib also briefed Mr. Jiechi on his talks with the Chairman of the Ad Hoc High Committee of the African Union for Libya and other regional groups, which are aimed at enhancing international cooperation and unifying all efforts towards ending the crisis in a manner consistent with the legitimate aspirations of the people of Libya.
Mr. Khatib said Mr. Jiechi had expressed China’s support for the lead role played by the UN to find a political solution and to strengthen cooperation between the UN and regional organizations towards that goal.
Libya has been engulfed by fighting since a pro-democracy movement opposed to the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi emerged in February following similar protests in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries across North Africa and the Middle East.
Guest Post: Libya’s Lessons for Global Governance
After a mixed-bag of news coming from Libya this week, numerous questions have emerged regarding international interventions both in Libya and elsewhere. My colleague, Mark P. Lagon, adjunct senior fellow in human rights at the Council on Foreign Relations and international relations chair for Georgetown University’s master of science in foreign service program, offers his assessment.
Lawyers often say, “Hard cases make bad law.” Yet the hard case of Libya raises important questions and lessons on meaningful global governance today.
When does a government’s sovereignty dissolve? The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle is based on the premise that a government’s sovereignty is really a privilege as much a right. A government forfeits its sovereignty if it leaves large numbers of its own people to be slaughtered, violated, or dislocated—or, worse, if it’s the active agent of those atrocities. Muammar al-Qaddafi’s explicit threats against his own
people are an archetypical case of this “acutely atrocious autocracy threshold” (an “AAAT,” one might say).
When is a human rights problem so salient the UN Security Council (UNSC) must act? The UNSC failed to approve the use of force against Serbia to stop ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, and moved glacially on Darfur in 2004. UNSC Resolution 1973 of March 17 represents a will to act before mass slaughter occurs—a portentous precedent.
Full art.:
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NYT
Major Libyan Rebel Group Seeks Shake-Up in Ranks
BENGHAZI, Libya — Rebel leaders, still reeling from the assassination of their top military commander last week, braced for a reshuffling in their ranks on Thursday, while law enforcement officials said a full-fledged investigation into the murder of the rebel general had gotten under way.
An influential group of lawyers and judges, the Coalition for the Revolution of the 17th of February, called for the resignations of several top officials, including the defense minister and a prominent judge. The group released a statement on Wednesday night calling for the resignations of the vice chairman of the rebel executive branch, Ali al-Essawi; the judge, Jumaah al-Jazwi al-Obeidy; and the defense minister, Jalal el-Digheily, and a deputy, Fawzi Bukatef, who also leads a coalition of armed rebel brigades separate from the army.
Link:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/world/africa...
NYT
Libya Rebuffs Qaddafi Son on Alliance With Radical Islamists
TRIPOLI, Libya — The government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi distanced itself on Friday from comments that his son Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi made the previous day,
when he vowed in an interview to strike an alliance with a faction of radical Islamists among the rebels challenging his father’s rule.
Musa Ibrahim, a government spokesman who had arranged the interview with the younger Mr. Qaddafi, said Friday that Mr. Qaddafi had spoken only for himself, not for the government. The deputy foreign minister, Khalid Kaim, delivered the same message at an early morning news conference.
Link:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/world/africa...
FromJoanne Joanne
#NileSat Gaddafi Lawyers didNOT succeed in overthrowing APPEAL #Nilesat must enforce Court ruling of July30 and Unplug GaddafiChannels Libya
Today FF LAWYERS SCORED ANOTHER VICTORY in #Cairo court case They R now FREE to enforce the Court Ruling of Jul30 with Egypt police #Libya
Todays Judge could have delayed and blocked ruling of Jul30 but he did NOT and so it is a FF VICTORY #Libya
#Nilesat The actual FILE was not present and Judge refused 2make a ruling & postponed it to OCT3 Which GREATLY upset Gaddafi Lawyers #Libya
#NILESAT #Gaddafi lawyers had brought a very old lawyer who has been a judge at same court, It was a big legal battle #Cairo #Libya
#NILESAT Judge aft sevral hrs adjourned Gaddafi Appeal till oct3 without Blocking July30 Ruling Nilesat has 2 UNPLUG G channels #Libya
#NILESAT This coming Wednesday FF LAWYERS + #Egypt Police will go to #NILESAT to ENFORCE the #July30 Rulling to take off G channels #Libya
#NILESAT CASE file wasnt present bc Prior 2going 2Judge it goes to LegalBranch of the Courts 4Opinion They didnt send it on in Time #Libya
#Nilesat The 30 days deadline still stands if Nilesat doesnt comply An EXPRESS case
will B filed and Nilesat CEO will go behind bars #Libya
#Nilesat 30days deadline starts July30 day #Cairo court ruled that Nilesat has to take all gaddafi channels off air #Libya
Head #Libya state TV Ali #alKilany arrived #Cairo 2day 2discuss broadcasting of satellite TVchannels that support #Libya Regime #Nilesat
Jeune Afrique
Libye : Tripoli dément la mort du fils cadet de Kaddafi
Le régime libyen a démenti vendredi l’annonce faite par les rebelles de la mort de Khamis Kaddafi, un des fils du dirigeant.
mis à jour à 14h00
« Les informations concernant la mort de Khamis dans un raid aérien de l’Otan sont de très sales mensonges destinés à couvrir le meurtre de civils dans une ville pacifique », a indiqué à des journalistes un porte-parole du régime Moussa Ibrahim.
La frappe de l’Otan est intervenue dans la nuit du jeudi au vendredi, quelques heures à peine après la visite organisée et encadrée par le régime à Zliten pour des journalistes de Tripoli.
Les journalistes avaient ainsi pu constater que le centre de la localité était toujours sous contrôle des forces pro-Kaddafi, la ligne de front se situant entre dix et quinze kilomètres plus à l’est, selon des habitants. D’intenses tirs d’artillerie étaient audibles en provenance de cette zone, avait constaté le journaliste de l’AFP.
Plus tôt dans la matinée du vendredi, Khamis Kaddafi, fils cadet du colonnel Mouammar Kaddafi était donné mort part les rebelles. « Khamis Kaddafi fait partie des 32 personnes décédées dans un raid de l’Alliance atlantique », avait fait savoir Mohammed Zawawi, un porte-parole des rebelles, affirmant avoir obtenu ces informations grâce à des opérations d’espionnage menées dans les rangs des pro-Kaddafi. Toujours selon ce porte-parole, les rebelles auraient intercepté des conversations radio des forces kaddafistes indiquant que Khamis avait été tué.
La mort de Khamis Kaddafi avait déjà été annoncée fin mars par des médias pro-rebelles, avant d’être immédiatement démentie par le régime.
NYT
In Libya’s Capital, Straight Talk From Christians
TRIPOLI, Libya — For this week’s sermon at the Libyan capital’s main Protestant church, the Rev. Hamdy Daoud chose to talk about the trial of Hosni Mubarak.
“You have seen the strong man judged in a bed in Egypt,” he told the two dozen immigrant members of his congregation who braved the city’s checkpoints to make it to Anglican Mass on Friday. “And so it works that the weak can overthrow the strong,” he added. “This is what is happening in our Middle East.”
In a city of tapped phone lines and ubiquitous government informers, the weekly Mass at the Church of Christ the King is a rare sanctuary: a place to speak freely with a group of Tripoli residents about the anxious, ever-shifting mood of the city.
Link:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/africa...
BBC
Libya conflict: Rebels ‘still holding’ captured town
The Libyan town of Bir al-Ghanam, close to Tripoli, appears to be still under rebel control after an assault on Saturday, despite government denials.
Rebels were seen celebrating after capturing the town, 80km (50 miles) south of Tripoli, in an offensive aimed at ending months of deadlock.
An AFP correspondent said they were still in control on Monday morning.
Hours earlier, the government said the town had been recaptured and life was “back to normal”.
The offensive launched on Saturday saw hundreds of rebels push out of the Nafousa Mountains in the west, down towards the towns of the coastal plain.
Link:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14440843
Lisa
Breaking : #Nilesat closes #Gadaffi TV as often as Khamis dies ! #Feb17 #Libya”RT looool!!
News 24
ZImbabwe
Nato a terrorist group, says Mugabe
Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday brandished Nato a ‘terrorist’ organisation over attacks in Libya, saying the military alliance wanted to kill veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi.
“So you get mad people in Europe. Mad people who refuse and reject the truth, mad people who defy international law,” Mugabe told a gathering to remember fighters of the country’s liberation struggle.
“Look at what they are doing in Libya, it is Nato against international law.
“That’s why I say Nato is now a terrorist organisation as well. If it defies international law.”
The 87-year-old Mugabe also slammed former colonial ruler Britain for imposing sanctions on him and his close allies in government, and said Zimbabwe will “hit back” at over 400 British companies operating in the country.
Full art.:
www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Nato-a-t...
Triploli scream
I posted 2 photos on Facebook in the album “لقطات من طرابلس” fb.me/1basijp2U
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ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
postponed to 3rd october???? Why do they keep postponing can’t they just throw out the appeal?
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Also: 100% of the lutfisk Swedish fighters contribute nearly 40% of reconnaissance reports to the Nato Libya operation
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Calling all UK Libyans! Independence flag will be raised on Libya London embassy tomorrow Tues 9 Aug at 3pm 15 Knightsbridge SW1X 7LY #feb17
Huffpost Politics 2011: An Extraordinary Year in International Affairs
Repressive and authoritarian regimes that seek to defy the winds of change and try to stamp out the sparks of freedom using brutal methods are on the wrong side of history. President Assad’s oppressive treatment of his own people has left him discredited and isolated, and brought new EU sanctions on the regime and overdue scrutiny by the United Nations Security Council. He must reform or step aside. Colonel Gaddafi’s appalling abuses against his own people shocked the world. He must leave power. As members of the Contact Group we both deal with the Transitional National Council as the legitimate governing authority. We are committed to seeing a better future for all Libyans.
Full art. here:
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/william-hague/...
London Evening Standard
Helping the Arab Spring succeed is Britain’s cause too
William hague
“The foreign policy of England should always be inspired by the love of freedom,” said Gladstone. This ideal must always animate British foreign policy, even if it is not and never will be the only consideration.
We support democracy, human rights and economic freedom worldwide because they are universal. But we also know that they are the best recipe for the stability and prosperity the world needs.
The turmoil afflicting many Middle Eastern and North African countries today confirms the truth of Ronald Reagan’s adage: all political systems are inherently unstable that have no peaceful means to legitimise their rulers. The Arab Spring has shown that stability and peace cannot be attained through repression. The idea of freedom cannot be confined behind bars, however strong the lock.
There will be no long-term stable future for the Middle East and North Africa without political and economic reform, which will not be achieved without support from the outside world.
It would be wrong to think that the changes unleashed by the Arab Spring will be easy or swift: In Libya and in Syria, isolated and entrenched regimes are fighting back against their own people. Tunisia and Egypt face massive economic problems in addition to political upheaval, coupled with sky-high public expectations. Some other countries have yet to accept that reform is in their interests or necessary. The currents that have been unleashed have not yet run their course in the region, and we should not be surprised if they spread to countries beyond it.
Full art.:
www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article...
Reuters
Close air support from NATO helps rebels advance
Aug 8 (Reuters) – * Tanks hit by NATO strikes in decisive blow
Both Russia and China r notoriously xenophobic but what bothers me was their stance on Libya and more recently Syria…very telling
Guardian
Live updates:
Libya;
Even amid an apparent military and political stalemate in Libya, the UK and other Nato nations have been busy helping to draw up plans for a post-Gaddafi future, according to a document seen by the Times (behind a paywall). The 70-page blueprint was drafted by the opposition National Transitional Council in Benghazi with significant UK assistance, the paper said.
Reuters is reporting that Libyan rebels are in control of the town of Bir al-Ghanam, 50 miles (80km) south of Tripoli, following fighting at the weekend. And the news agency also claims a Qatari plane stopped off in rebel-held Misrata to offload ammunition for the anti-Gaddafi fighters. There is supposed to be an arms embargo on both sides in Libya.
Rebels are in control of the town of Bir al-Ghanam, 50 miles (80km) south of Tripoli, following fighting at the weekend and under the cover of Nato war planes (see 11.17am). Now they are planning to push on towards Tripoli, with their next target being Zawiyah, 30 miles (50km) west of Tripoli. “Our aim is to get to Zawiyah. Once we do that Gaddafi is finished,” said rebel fighter Murad Bada, who was sitting under the shade of a tree and humming a song about Zawiyah, according to Reuters. Bir al-Ghanam is now the closest rebel position to the capital.
DEFENCE WEB:
Swedish Gripens deliver 37% of Libyan reconnaissance reports
Sweden’s five remaining Gripens taking part in NATO operations over Libya have recently passed the 1000 flight hour mark whilst flying reconnaissance missions over the North African nation. They generate 37% of the reconnaissance reports for Operation Unified Protector.
The Gripens passed the 1000 flight hour mark in Libya at the end of last month after four months of flying.
The Gripen fist took part in operations against Gaddafi on April 7 in the first combat sortie by the Nordic country’s air force since the early 1960s. The aircraft had carried out a mission lasting about 40 minutes, according to plan, and had returned safely to their base in southern Italy 600 km away.
The last time Sweden flew combat missions was in the Congo in the early 1960s, under United Nations orders.
The country, which has not fought a war for 200 years, sent eight single-seat JAS 39 Gripens to the Sigonella airbase at the start of April to help patrol the no-fly zone. Sigonella in east Sicilia hosts some of the 240 aircraft under NATO’s command, including aircraft from Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Turkey, France, Canada, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.
The Swedish jets have been forbidden by Swedish authorities to carry out any ground attacks other than in self defence, conditions agreed with NATO.
On June 8, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said the Nordic nation would cut the number of Gripen fighter jets it commits to the alliance to five from eight, but this was enough to carry out its mission.
“To maintain the military pressure is very important … so that the political process may lead to a very fast solution, so that we then can move over to democracy and state building in Libya,” Bildt told reporters. “There will be more surveillance operations that what we’ve been able to achieve so far.”
“If there is a special target that NATO is interested in, they prefer the Swedes to perform the mission. This makes me a little bit proud,” Fredrik Bergman, commander of the Swedish air force unit, told Svenska Dagbladet.
With their reconnaissance pods, the Gripens can, from a height of 7 000 metres, detect individual people. As soon as a Gripen returns from a mission, a group of technicians download all the digital photos, which are sent to NATO commanders within a few hours.
FL 02 Commander Fredrik Bergman said the performance of the Gripens in the four-month operation was impressive since they only had around a quarter o the regular maintenance resources available.
“I met personally COM CJTF, COM CFAC and the CAOC Director, and their overall opinion is that Sweden’s contribution in Operation Unified Protector is of extremely high quality. Our reconnaissance image quality, high precision analysis and fast delivery impresses our clients,” Bergman told Stockholm News.
Dorset Echo
Crossways royal naval engineer home from protecting civilians in Libya
AN ENGINEER from Crossways has been helping to protect civilians in Libya.
Petty Officer (Air Engineering Technician) Tim Hunt has just returned home after six-and-a-half months serving with the Royal Navy frigate HMS Iron Duke in the Arabian Gulf and Mediter-ranean.
Tim, a member of 228 Flight from 815 Naval Air Squadron based at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton in Somerset, is responsible for the mechanical aviation engineering of the Lynx helicopter, which helped to extend the presence of the Iron Duke during its time at sea.
The warship set out early in the year to help defend Iraqi oil terminals in Operation Telic and ended its deployment protecting civilians in Libya as part of the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector.
Link:
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Zeina Khodr tweets:
“#Libya rebels clinging on to bir Ghanam town; gaddafi forces try to approach front line but rebels still holding ground.
AFP
Revolutionaries on Monday morning still controlled the town of Bir al Ghanam after heavy assaults by Gaddafi forces on Sunday. The regime had claimed the town was recaptured and that life was back to normal.
Libya TV
Belgium has handed the Libyan embassy over to the NTC.
MUST READ:
Petroleum Economist
Exclusive: QadhaFI TALKS OIL-TANKER SALES WITH Russians:
www.petroleum-economist.com/Article/288...
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wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libyan FF in a dorm-style Tunis flat today. Just got his cast off. Shot in foot by sniper in #Tripoli on February 25… twitpic.com/62zu0p
libyanandproud
#Zawiya : #NATO Helios reportedly attacked and destroyed a military convoy traveling from #Tripoli to #Zawiya . #Feb17 #Libya
Libya Libya
#Libya is not #Gaddafi #Libyans deserve SO much more!
UPI
Libyan rebels up oil protection
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Libyan rebel leaders said they approached Turkish officials to get military equipment needed to protect oil installations.
The rebel-backed Transitional National Council is looking to increase oil production from its facilities in Benghazi.
The rebel-controlled Arabian Gulf Oil Co. could produce around 440,000 barrels of oil per day from the war-torn region. Libya was one of Africa’s top oil producers before the war, averaging about 1.6 million barrels a day.
A rebel official who spoke with the Financial Times on condition of anonymity said there would be a security force in place to protect oil installations.
“Whenever the (natural gas) flares go up, they attack (us),” he said of forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. “But security will be in place soon, so we will see.”
Rebels have received some cash from oil deliveries shipped since April. Rebel leaders said they’ve asked Turkey for up to $6 million to help pay for equipment like night-vision goggles for security operations, the newspaper adds.
Ali Tarhouni, the TNC oil and finance minister, was quoted by the Financial Times as saying that Western military contractors had approached AGOCO in the past but he said there was “no future for them in Libya.”
Via
feb17
CNN Video: Rebels on the move in Libya (report on mercenaries and black magic)
CNN’s Michael Holmes reports on advances by Libyan rebels who have the Tripoli, in their sights and the alleged black magic that Gaddafi mercenaries use on the battlefield.
Video:
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Daily Mail Online
By Daily Mail Reporter
‘One more town and Gaddafi is finished’: Libyan rebels move to within 50 miles of Tripoli
Anti-Gaddafi fighters plan siege on leader’s Tripoli base
Libyan rebels who seized a small settlement south of Tripoli believe they only have to take one more town before they can oust Colonel Gaddafi from power.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters have targeted Zawiyah, 50 miles west of the leader’s stronghold in capital Tripoli, and believe the small town on the Libyan coast is the key to overpowering Gaddafi’s rule.
Rebels have been camped in the small desert settlement of Bir al-Ghanam since
June, unable to advance, but are not looking to push on further.
Rebel fighter Murad Bada said: ‘Our aim is to get to Zawiyah. Once we do that Gaddafi is finished.’
The rebels and their NATO allies hope Gaddafi will eventually be forced to relinquish power if they maintain the pressure on him by starving him of weapons, fuel and cash and attacking his forces.
Another fighter, 32-year-old Salim Shawsh, said in the five-hour battle on Saturday to take Bir al-Ghanam, rebels attacked on foot from behind ridges on the outskirts of the town, with NATO air support.
He said five rebel fighters were killed, including a Libyan-American father and son, part of a large contingent of foreigners with Libyan roots who have come back to fight against Gaddafi.
The pair was hit by rocket fire and they died with the father clutching the son, Shawsh said.
Full story here:
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Ahmed BanY: Forces to protect the oil fields were given orders to secure those fields and resist any attempt to attack them
احمد باني : قوات لحماية حقول النفط صدرت إليها الأوامر بتأمين الحقول و التصدي لأي محاولة للهجوم عليها
FromJoanne Joanne
#BENGHAZI Report from a #GRAVEYARD the size of several football fields Benghazi will soon need a new graveyard #Libya goo.gl/gK0VS
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
UK in Libya
Eyewitness: voices from Libya
Over recent months, the FCO has hosted a series of “Eyewitness” meetings, which sought to improve our understanding of the situation in Libya by focusing on particular regions and vulnerable groups. These included, in turn, Tripoli, Misrata, the Western Mountains, and the effect of the conflict on women and children.
The events allowed ordinary Libyans who had witnessed Qadhafi’s atrocities to speak to FCO Minister Alistair Burt, government officials, NGOs and UK and Arab journalists. The eyewitnesses gave their accounts in confidence, so that others could speak out on their behalf. With information on the situation in Libya often hard to come by, these events offered an invaluable opportunity to engage with those who had first-hand experience of the reality on the ground, and to allow the voices of ordinary Libyans to be heard.
Video:
www.fco.gov.uk/en/global-issues/mena/li...
hominoid
al-Qadhafi .. withdrew this morning from the city of Surman and left behind dozens of Mechanisms .
And they left the road open for FFs to reach the outskirts of Surman
A Free Libyan
Picture – Before & After – What G will look like when he is caught! – facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1473338...
Very good advice:
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Tweeps be v. careful what you tweet. Closer we get to Tripoli, the more misinformation there will be spread by Gaddafi goons #feb17 #libya
hominoid
NATO bombed the headquarters of the military police and the neighboring post office and telecommunications depot in Zliten city
ROFL:
BREAKING NEWS: IOC say the 2012 Olympics will now be held in Libya. “We couldn’t risk sending people to London” a source said. #LondonRiots
Never forget your Kit Kat when you go to the battlefield.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NRH_jHX1p0
UN News Centre
UN official deplores NATO attack on Libyan television station
8 August 2011 –
The head of the United Nations agency entrusted with safeguarding press freedom today deplored a recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attack on Libyan State broadcasting facilities last month which killed three media workers and injured 21 people.
“Media outlets should not be targeted in military actions,” UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement, citing a Security Council resolution from 2006 that condemns acts of violence against journalists and media personnel in conflict situations.
“The NATO strike is also contrary to the principles of the Geneva Conventions that establish the civilian status of journalists in times of war even when they engage in propaganda,” she added. “Silencing the media is never a solution. Fostering independent and pluralistic media is the only way to enable people to form their own opinion.”
NATO issued a statement saying that the strike was conducted in accordance with Security Council resolution 1973 adopted in March, which authorizes the use of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya, where the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi has conducted a military offensive against citizens seeking both greater freedoms and his removal from power.
MUST READ.
Fox News
Libya’s Prime Minister Says NATO ‘Tried Everything and Failed’
By Tadek Markowski
Libya’s normally jovial Prime Minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi looked tired as he sat down in front of local and international journalists to give a press conference in Tripoli Sunday morning.
It could be the effort of a week of daytime fasting for Ramadan or it could be the fact that he’s the most senior representative of a government that’s no longer recognized by many countries as the legitimate power here.
Al-Mahmudi’s strained appearance, though, probably owes more to the fact that anti-Muammar Qaddafi factions are pressing in on his capital on three fronts and using NATO air power to take more of the country each day.
In character, he downplayed the opposition’s battlefield successes.
“We are happy that these Libyan cities and towns are getting so much attention daily by the world’s media – it will be good for our tourism industry,” he says.
And as for the rebel’s insistence that they will reach Tripoli before the end of the holy month, al-Mahmudi says, “We will wait and see.”
“They (NATO) have tried everything and failed. All that’s left for them is to use a nuclear bomb on us. Maybe that’s their only way out of this.”
But outside of his headquarters the prime minister’s problems are mounting by the minute.
Many of the shops in this neighborhood are shuttered and there is a long queue around the corner at the local bakery for bread.
“We will be free,” says a man who doesn’t want to be filmed. “Muammar Qaddafi should leave the country.”
The man says if he was overheard saying this he would be taken away. “And never see the light again.”
Full art. here:
www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/07/libyas...
The Australian
Iraq haunts plans for post-Gaddafi Libya
WESTERN governments have helped prepare a blueprint for a post-Gaddafi Libya that would retain much of the regime’s security infrastructure to avoid an Iraq-style collapse into anarchy.
The 70-page plan, obtained by London’s The Times, charts the first months after the fall of the Gaddafi regime. The document was drawn up by the National Transition Council in Benghazi with Western help.
Officials say the blueprint draws on lessons from the disastrous regime change in Iraq in 2003 and the rebel takeover in eastern Libya in March.
Link here:
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/ira...
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
#Zliten #FFs carried out a successful operation yesterday targeting a car used by agents in Zliten with Gaddafi, and the operation resulted in the destruction of the vehicle and headquarters as a whole.
مصدر مباشر: نفذ ثوار زليتن يوم أمس عملية ناجحة ضد سيارة و مقر يستعمله أعوان القذافي في زليتن، و نتج عن العملية تدمير السيارة والمقر بكاملة
The coordinator of the production plants in the Eastern Province electricity company Benghazi, Mohamed Ben Gharbia, said on Monday that power outages will stop from next Wednesday and that electricity will return to its full capacity to the liberated areas after the arrival of a ship carrying fuel from Britain on Sunday.
قال منسق محطات الإنتاج بالمنطقة الشرقية بشركة الكهرباء بنغازي، محمد بن غربية، اليوم الإثنين، إن انقطاع الكهرباء سوف يتوقف ابتداء من يوم الإربعاء المقبل ويعود التيار للمناطق المحررة بشكل طبيعي بعد وصول باخرة محملة بالنفط يوم الأحد من بريطانيا
BREAKING: Al jazeera : the Transitional National Council dismisses the Executive Office and ordered Mahmoud Jibril to re-form it.
عاجل: نقلا عن قناة الجزيرة المجلس الانتقالي يقيل المكتب التنفيذي و يكلف محمود
جبريل بإعادة تشكيله
One martyr and 15 injured on the the west front line of #Misurata today.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Members of TNC Exec Board: Ali Al-Issawi – Vice-Chairman; Ahmed Hussein Al-Darrat – Internal Affairs and Local Govt; Mahmoud Shammam – Media
Members of TNC Exec Board: Naji Barakat – Health; Mohammed Al-Allagi – Justice and Human Rights; Hania Al-Gumati – Social Welfare
Members of TNC Exec Board: Abdullah Shamia – Economic; Ali Al-Tarhuni – Finance and Oil; Anwar Al-Faytouri – Transport & Communications
Members of TNC Exec Board: Abulgassim Nimr – Environment; Atia Lawgali – Culture and Community; Suliman El-Sahli – Education
Members of TNC Exec Board: Abdulsalam Al-Shikhy – Religious Affairs & Endowments and lastly Ahmed Al-Jehani – Reconstruction & Infra
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey has intercepted an arms shipment between #Iran & #Syria. Probably will be transferred to #Gaddafi via ship soon. #Libya #Feb17
hominoid
Libyan embassy in Japan raise the green flag, and refuse to cooperate, do not care about the blood of the martyrs that was shed at home
Mugabe Likens NATO To Al Qaeda, seems that NATO have grown beards and carry kalashnikovs
One more town and Gaddafi is finished’: Libyan rebels move to within 50 miles of Tripoli
Zawiya is the hinge pin of the revolution once taken Tripoli will crumble.
Moammar Gadhafi is facing political, economic and diplomatic setbacks
#Nato bombed Bir al #Ghanam before FF took the Town FF say #NATO has provided them with LOTS of SUPPORT #Libya via Live #Algezeera #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NileSat: #Cairo judge adjourned #Gaddafi appeal till Oct3 without blocking July30 ruling. #Libya #Feb17
THIS is #Gaddafi’s army: t.co/NJgKCaK #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4-W6ifcUfw&fea...
#Turkey CARGO SHIPS “DERIN” & “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” remain anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya after supplying #Gaddafi regime. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ILKE METE” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. Criminals supplying criminals. #Feb17
Provisions coming into Tripoli are NOT going to the people. MANY reports all aid being kept by Gaddafi filth
The criminal government of Turkey continues massive material support to Gaddafi daily.
Reports #NATO now preparing #Tiji for liberation. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “ANWAAR ALNASER” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. If #Russia gets it they will use it to supply #Gaddafi. #Feb17
#Libya: If #Russia DOES purchase #Gaddafi’s shipping then you may want to capture/sink his OIL TANKER “ANWAAR ALNASER” #Feb17
YA LIBNAN
Turkey intercepted arms shipment between Iran and Syria
Turkey’s foreign minister says the country’s authorities have intercepted an arms shipment from Iran to Syria. Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed Friday a report saying a truck containing weapons had been intercepted.
He says an investigation has been launched. He did not elaborate.
German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Thursday cited “western diplomatic sources” as saying that Turkey had stopped a weapons delivery from Iran on its way to Syria which was believed to be destined for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia.
In March, Turkish authorities seized the cargo of an Iranian plane bound for Syria because the shipment violated U.N. sanctions. Turkish media said the aircraft was carrying light weapons, including automatic rifles, rocket launchers and mortars.
Source:
www.yalibnan.com/2011/08/08/turkey-inte...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zliten: #Gaddafi filth randomly breaking into homes & expelling inhabitants (this includes pro Gaddafi homes). #Libya #Feb17
Ghazi
Passed in front of #Libya’s embassy in #London green rag is down, police presence with barricades, preparing for tomorrow’s reopening
RIA reported that Libyan rebel leaders are working on plans for stability in the event that Gadhafi is removed or steps down from power
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Difficult humanitarian situation.Food prices increased,with a reduction in food and electricity.Bread shops have closed #Libya
#Zliten FF confirm that t house bombed by #NATO was definitely a #Gaddafi militia base for command&communication.Evidence of human shields
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that electricity is off in #Sirte during the day…returns at night. #Libya #Feb17
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الجزيرة : المجلس الوطني الانتقالي الليبي يقيل المكتب التنفيذي ويكلف محمود جبريل بإعادة تشكيله
Al jazeera : the Transitional National Council dismisses the Executive Office and ordered Mahmoud Jibril to re-form it.
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
زلتين : قصفت طائرات التحالف صباح اليوم مقرات الامن الداخلي والشرطة العسكرية المجاورة لمكتب البريد والاتصالات بمدينة زليتن الله اكبر
(Zliten NATO bombed interior security and military police today (both in central
Zliten
COLONEL. AHMED BANNY
عاجل وحصرى: العقيد أحمد بانى الناطق العسكري باسم جيش تحرير ليبيا الوطنى لموقع ( ثورة ليبيا): الثوار على الطريق الى معقل القذافى فى العاصمة طرابلس.
أكد العقيد أحمد بانى الناطق الرسمي باسم جيش تحرير ليبيا الوطني لموقع ( ثورة ليبيا) أن أن معركة تحرير العاصمة الليبية طرابلس وإسقاط نظام حكم العقيد معمر القذافى قد بدأت بالفعل من سيطرة الثوار على مدينة بئر الغنم القريبة من طرابلس, بالتزامن مع إحكام الثوار سيطرتهم على عدة مناطق مختلفة تؤكد تقدمهم المستمر أمام قوات القذافى.
وقال بانى في تصريحات خاصة خاصة لموقع ( ثورة ليبيا) عبر الهاتف من مدينة بنغازي أنه فيما يتعلق بالجبهة الشرقية فان نظام القذافى خلف ورائه هناك ألغاما مبعثرة زرعت حتى توقع اكبر عدد من الإصابات بين الجنود.
وأضاف :" حالما يتمكن ثوارنا من تطوير أو تنظيف أو إزالة هذه الألغام ستكون الطريق مفتوحة إلى البريقة بالكامل وبالتالي سيسقط النظام في تلك المدينة المهمة جدا من الناحية الإستراتيجية أو من الناحية الاقتصادية" .
ولفت الى أنه نظرا لما وصفه بحالة اليأس التي تمر بها كتائب الطاغية المحاصرة بالكامل فى مدينة البريقة ، حاولت الالتفاف من ناحية المحور الجنوبي على قوات الثوار لكن الثوار بيقظتهم كانوا في التوقيت وفي الموعد ، واستبسلوا في الدفاع عن المحور الجنوبي وقاتلوا الكتائب بضراوة وكبدوهم خسائر فادحة .
وتابع بانى لموقع (ثورة ليبيا) " تدخلت قوات الشرعية الدولية عندما رأت أن هناك دبابات دخلت إلى المعركة وقصفت هذه الآليات التي شكلت خطرا على ثوارنا".
وردا على مزاعم الدكتور البغدادى المحمودى رئيس الحكومة الموالية لنظام القذافى عن استعادة بئر الغنم مجددا, قال بانى بالنسبة لبئر الغنم فانتهاء موضوعها بأنها حرة وهى في يد ثوار 17 فبراير ومن يقول فى طرابلس أنه تمت استعادة بئر الغنم ، فهذا غير ممكن لأن ثوارنا عندما يدخلون إلى مدينة من المستحيل الخروج منها لأنهم يدافعون عنها بضراوة واستبسال.
وأضاف " أن ما تقوله حكومة القذافي هو محض افتراء والدليل على ذلك أنه لا يسمح لأي وسيلة إعلام غير وسائله الخاصة بالدخول إلى هذه المدن".
واعتبر أن سقوط بئر الغنم يعني بداية الطريق إلى مدينة طرابلس خاصة على الطريق التى توصل مدينة الزاوية التي تبعد 60 كيلو متر من بئر الغنم , مايعنى الوصول الى الطريق الساحلي لقطع امدادات النظام القادمة من
Translation:
Immediate and exclusive: Colonel Ahmed Banny military spokesman Liberation Army of Libya’s National site (Revolution of Libya): the rebels on the way to the stronghold of Gaddafi in the capital Tripoli. Colonel Ahmed Banny spokesman Liberation Army of Libya’s national site (Revolution of Libya) that the battle to liberate the capital Tripoli and drop the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has already started from the control of the rebels on the city of Be’er sheep near Tripoli, in conjunction with the provisions of the rebels control over several different regions confirm their progress continued to Qaddafi’s troops. Banny said in exclusive statements to a special site (Revolution of Libya) across telephone from the city of Benghazi, with respect to front East, the Qaddafi regime left behind there are mines scattered planted even predicted the largest number of casualties among the soldiers. He added: "Once able Thoarna of development or clean or remove these mines will be the way open to Brega fully and thus topple the regime in that city very important in terms of strategic or economic sense. " He pointed out that given what he characterized as a situation of despair experienced by the Brigades, the tyrant encircled the entire city of Brega, I tried to circumvent the one hand axis the southern rebel forces but the rebels vigilance were on time and in a timely , and heroically in defense of the southern axis and fought battalions fiercely and Qaibdohm heavy losses. He Banny for (Revolution of Libya) "forces intervened international legitimacy when she saw that there are tanks entered
the battle and bombed these mechanisms, which pose a risk to Thoarna." In response to the allegations of Dr. Al-Baghdadi Mahmoudi Head of government loyal to the Qadhafi regime for the restoration of a well sheep again, He said I was for a well sheep The end of the subject as free which is in the hands of rebels February 17 and said in Tripoli that has been restored well, the sheep, it is not possible because Thoarna when entering the city it is impossible to get out because they defend it fiercely, resistance and steadfastness. He added that “what you say Gaddafi’s government is a pure fabrication and the evidence that it does not allow any media outlet is its own means to enter these cities.” He said that the fall of Be’er sheep means the beginning of the road to the city of Tripoli, especially on the way to reach the city of angle, which lies 60 kilometers from the well of the sheep, Mayany access to the coastal road to cut off the supply coming from Tunisia.
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Protesters in Ghut AlShaal last night were fired upon by G forces #feb17 #Libya
Ahmed
some members of #NTC executive office have been suspended..NTC executive office will be reformed under leadership of Mahmod Jibril #Libya
Mwattin
I bet you didnt predict this was all going to happen at 0.00 1/1/2011! #Arabspring #Feb17 #Mobarak #Benali #Gaddafi #Saleh #worldinmeltdown
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Tripoli: Independence flags were raised on Tareq Mosque near Zarqaa AlYamama by FFs #feb17 #Libya
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Last few days also power shortcuts in my office in Dahra (Center). Electr. only a couple of hours a day. Thus no phone, water, etc.#libya
Fissa
A message to Qaddafi, Bashar, Saleh and all the other Arab dictators:
الرصاص قتل الخوف، ولم يقتل الثورة
YOUR BULLETS ARE KILLING THE FEAR IN PEOPLE, BUT THEY SHALL NEVER KILL THE REVOLUTION
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Libyan rebel at the old shipyard – Benghazi
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Expect an ammendment to the EU sanctions list very soon. #Libya
Slashnews
Libya rebels battle Gadaffi offensive
Andrew Beatty
Libyan rebels battled to defend their gains in the face of an offensive by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Monday, holding on to strategic Bir Ghanam but suffering casualties elsewhere.
Abdul Wahab Melitan, a rebel spokesperson in the port city of Misrata near Zliten, said forces loyal to strongman Gaddafi had launched an assault on their positions on Sunday in the Souk Telat area.
Since then, he said, four rebel fighters have been killed and 40 wounded. “The rebels lack ammunition to advance and we do not want to risk losing any ground,” Melitan said.
The rebels on Tuesday punched into the centre of Zliten, sparking fierce clashes but later pulled back to the edge of the city.
Nato in Brussels said alliance warplanes hit eight targets in the Zliten area on Sunday — four command and control nodes, one military facility, a weapons dump, an anti-tank
weapon and a multiple rocket launcher.
In Tripoli, Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi earlier told reporters that government troops had recaptured the town. “Life is back to normal in Bir Ghanam, and today it is under the full control of the regime,” he said.
Mahmudi also condemned the intensification of Nato raids on Tripoli and other cities, claiming that the alliance no longer “differentiates between civilian and military sites”.
Full art.:
mg.co.za/article/2011-08-08-libya-rebel...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Freedomfighters blew up the car of #Gaddafi informer Hisham Ali from #Souq AlJumaa. #Libya #Feb17
ian
people in libya, syria and egypt rise up to fight oppressive dictatorships people in london rise up to smash a bakehouse window #londonriots
AN ARAB CITIZEN
Gaddafi – A life in pictures/القذافي: حياة في صور
After having published the Mubarak – Life In Pictures post, I received numerous requests to turn it into part one of a series. While a post on Ben Ali is coming up shortly, I decided to begin with Gaddafi. No human being (or rather creature) ever dazzled cameras the way Gaddafi did. His rise and transformation from a handsome idealistic young military officer to a decaying Machiavellian dictator is absolutely both disturbing and phenomenal. While these images only a few months ago would have been seen in a more lighthearted manner, right now such intermittent laughters are immediately called-abrupt by the massacres committed by his regime, and absolute lack of even the illusion of humanity on his part. As I post this note, I can only hope that the next picture in this entry will be the image of his and his regime’s demise. Long live the Libyan People.
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BREAKING: The #NTC suspends some of it’s key ministers – via AlArabiya News #Libya #Feb17
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Tripoli: Janzur FFs threw a Gelatina (grenade) on Tuhmai Khalid’s house a top Gaddafi goon #feb17 #libya
NTC fixer killed by a rocket in Libya
Salah Mohamed Askar, a fixer for NBC News in Libya was killed by a rocket near the town of Tigi, Libya on Aug. 4.
Our own small portable generator would only run our BGAN satellite transmitters, a camera and a couple of laptops and lights. Salah disappeared without a word – his habit – and came back an hour later with a big capacity generator that could keep our whole operation juiced, even a couple of fans to turn the stale hot air into something like a breeze.
Two days later, the rebel revolution still stalled, but intact and invigorated for the next move, Salah led us across the border to Djerba, in Tunisia. Our assignment in Libya was done for the time being. He collected his mother, to bring her back home to Libya.
Then, last Thursday we got the news. Salah, driving two rebel soldiers to the front instead of a news team, was gone. One of those Grad rockets, fired from who knows where and targeted only by cursed bad luck, had hit his truck as it sped toward the town of Tigi, halfway between Nalut and Zintan. Salah and the two soldiers never knew what hit them.
Salah Mohamed Askar was 28, and unmarried. His mother was concerned about that, and last winter talked him into coming home to Nalut from Sweden, where he’d worked as a driver for a multi-national company for three years. “She wanted me to come home and find a nice Naluti girl,” he told us. But then, five months ago, the war started.
Full art.:
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Martyred on Friday in the battle for the liberation of Brega
Video:
www.feb17images.com/martyr-al-sheik-hat...
Hayat
@NATO do help the #FFs in #BirGhanam this could be the final battle, the push #Tripoli needs. #Zawia needs your support. Destroy #Gaddafi !
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Continued electricity blackout in #Tripoli from #AinZara to #Tajura started at 2pm local yesterday. #Libya #Feb17
#Tarhuna: #Freedomfighters burn a #Gaddafi filth fuel convoy in Tripoli street. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: 1 #Gaddafi thing killed by #Freedomfighter sniper in #UmDerman street in city center. #Libya #Feb17
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Tripoli: 1 Gaddafi militia soldier killed by FF sniper in Um Derman St in city centre #feb17 #libya
RRowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “EFENDI BABA” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-09 15:00 (UTC). Turkey playing both sides. #Feb17
#AlKhums: #Gaddafi security forces release some protestors who had been arrested since start of #Feb17 revolution. Reason unknown. #Libya
#Libya: Please note: Pro #Gaddafi, Anti #NATO douche bag from #Cyprus @pantelismichael is now @619088michael. Block/report. @eggcollector
Libya Uprising Archive
Zawiya Live Phone Call – March 11th, 2011
Lest we forget…
Live phone call on March 11th from Zawiya – a city of 200,000 was destroyed. Evidence was destroyed, bodies were dug up and removed, people were shot in hospitals, and it goes on and on.
This is why the U.N. passed Resolution 1973, as Gaddafi threatened the same fate for Benghazi and Misrata and the Nafusa Mountains…
Here is the video of the Live Phone Call taken on AlArabiya:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlPvziBWtUo
Here is a translation, although his heart-wrenching sobs are universally understood:
The reporter is asking : “What is happening in Zawiya ? We see demonstrations supporting Gaddafi on Libyan tv – can you tell us what is really going on in Zawiya ?”
Civilian : “What’s happening in Zawiya is tragic. There are no supporting demonstrations. There are people he brought here. He is sticking us with aircrafts. He is doing what Holako did. He is taking dead people from the ground. He has taken people from the hospitals. I have my dead son next to me here in the house. (He is crying, sobbing.) I can’t bury my own son. “
He is asking people from Sabha, from neighboring cities, to help.
He is saying, “Gaddafi doesn’t fear God; he is not human. Doesn’t anyone have humanity any more? Why do Algeria and Syria not support the no-fly zone”
Call is cut off at this point.
Further news reports and tweets of the brave stand taken by the citizens of Zawiya (aka Zawiyah aka Zawia ) in February and early March, before they ran out of ammunition and were overrun by Gaddafi’s forces, is here.
As the Gaddafi regime is still in control of the area (as of August 8th) , all that has happened there is not yet know.
libyanandproud
I think The executive branch reshuffle is a good thing , it shows that the demands of the people were met. #Feb17 #Libya
feb17 movement in Benghazi asked for the sacking of 3 or 4 of the ministers its only the executive branch, main ntc members still in place
Triplino
Oh well it could be a good thing it’s shows that mustafa abd aljalil is will to take action even during hard times #Libya I stand by him
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Libya State TV is being observed again on Atlantic Bird 4A Sat for the first time since June 2011. Owned by #Eutelsat in France
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Yosif Shakir is reporting that a Qatar Boeing #C-17 landed in #Misrata with Ammo. Can’t confirm; but Qatar do have one airliners.net/photo/Qatar—-…
Photo:
www.airliners.net/photo/Qatar---Air/Boe...
Lulu
The Youth of the Middle East rise up for basic freedoms.The Youth of London rise up for a HD ready 42" Plasma TV #londonriots
hominoid
Découvrez cette vidéo — RAW,Libya,Rebels from Nalut using rocket launcher and AA gun against reg… youtube.com/watch?v=-oCDRt… via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oCDRthQJcI&fea...
Now Lebanon
Libyan rebel leader sacks executive branch
Libya’s rebel leader disbanded the entire executive branch of his de-facto government Monday, officials said, in a bid to end a major political crisis caused by the assassination of a top rebel general.
Moustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council dismissed several senior officials, including the rebels’ finance, defense and information ministers.
“Mr. Moustafa Abdel Jalil has disbanded the executive office,” spokesperson Shamsiddin Abdulmolah told AFP, adding that the de-facto Prime Minister Mahmud Jibril will now be tasked with creating a reformed executive office.
Another NTC official, Mohamed El-Kish, confirmed the news, adding that some ministers may be reappointed, but “a few will definitely not come back.”
It is the latest phase in the crisis sparked by the assassination of General Abdel Fatah Yunis – amid his return to Benghazi under arrest in late July.
The NTC has come under heavy fire for its role in events leading up to Yunis’s death, as well as its handling of the aftermath.
Although details are sketchy and still under investigation, it is known that an arrest warrant was signed by senior NTC executive member Ali Essawy, raising allegations that the NTC unknowingly helped facilitate his murder.
Since the general’s death, tribal tensions have come to the surface in a country where clans for decades have formed the basis for solving disputes in the absence of functioning judicial institutions.
Source:
nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Younis Arrest Warrant Was Signed by #NTC # Ali #Essawy raising allegations that #NTC unknowingly helped facilitate his murder #Libya
Zlitniya
#Zliten All #Dafniya inhabibtants were vacated by #Gaddafi militia.Homes hv been destroyed,farms burnt&animals have fled #Libya #Feb17
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Apologies followers. Lots of broadcast technology here but Internet let us down today. Latest frontline report :
Aljazeera
Rebel fighting becomes deadly routine outside Zlitan
For more than a week, Libyan opposition fighters have remained stuck on a nearly static front line east of Zlitan, a major town on the road from Misurata to Tripoli. Rebels and troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi trade rocket and gun fire every day, and casualties are mounting.
Residents of Zlitan are reportedly ambivalent about rebel troops overrunning their town, worrying that the presence of opposition forces would bring them under fire from the regime’s army.
In the meantime, the deadly stalemate on the road to Zlitan continues.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from outside Zlitan.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eo9n9uu-fo&fea...
Zliten frontline Monday: no major movements or losses either side to report.
NATO strikes last night near souk telat on frontline edge of Zliten may be the reason for limited GF activity.
Petrol shortage in Misrata causing really big problems now for civilians. Rationing causes queue of nearly 1k long.
Opposition commanders still reporting shortage of ammunition limiting their options for advancing.
Spoke to trauma surgeon and nurse who say they are missing work because they cannot get fuel so they can drive to hospital
Fuel shortage in Misrata caused by GF attack on storage depot Qsar Ahmed last month.
Alj. Arabic just reported revolutionaries are heading towards Zawiya. #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
There were a lot of African mercenaries in #Bir #AlGhanam & we expect a lot more on the way to #Zawiyah. 1/2
We just finished burying some of them," said Tareq Gazal, 19. “They are the best fighters Gaddafi has. They are not afraid of death.” 2/2
CNN
Blackouts leave Tripoli dark
Tripoli suffers from widespread blackouts and fuel shortages as NATO airstrikes continue. CNN’s Ivan Watson reports.
Video:
edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/201...
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #Libya #NTC has FIRED its Executive Board and has asked Mahmoud #Jabril chairman to Re ELECT a New One
#FLASH #Libya #NTC has FIRED its Executive Board in BID 2END to END Major Political Crisis caused by #Younis assassination #Libya
#NTC #MustafaAbdelJalil dismissed several senior officials including #NTC Finance, Defence and Information MINISTERS #Libya
#FLASH PM #MahmudJibril will create a Reformed Executive Office & ReInstall SOME fired Ministers others will DEFINITELY not ComeBack #Libya
defence minister Jallal al-Digheily and his 2nd inCommand came under fire 4continuing Foreign trip when news of #Yunis arrest emerged #Libya
#Younis Arrest Warrant Was Signed by #NTC # Ali #Essawy raising allegations that #NTC unknowingly helped facilitate his murder #Libya
#London #Libya Embassy Ceremony of #NTC taking office + hoisting Independence flag 08/09 @ 3 o’clock Martyrs family members will be present
#ZLITAN #NATO Bombed headquarters of Internal security and Military police next to the post office & telecommunications this morning #Libya
#NTC chairman Mahmoud #Jabril said today in an interview that he expects #Tripoli to rise before #Eid #alFitr (end august) #Libya
Misratapost 08/08/2011
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE8Jsx6mbQQ
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Airstrike! Huge explosion 12:42 AM local time in #Tripoli, from same direction as Sunday’s pre-dawn bomb attacks. #Libya
2nd huge explosion,12:58 AM, lit up night sky and blew sparks hundreds of feet in the air. Another strike just now, like thunderclap #Libya
(via FB) – News of confrontations between the Furjan and Gaddadfa (Gaddafi’s) tribes in #Sirte. #Libya #Feb17
Reports of activity in #Tripoli tonight, with confrontations between FF + G troops. #Libya #Feb17
Aisha
NOW: Massive explosion in Ein Zara district of #Tripoli…Ammo depot hit. Gaddafi placing ammunition storage in middle of residential areas.
A Free Libyan
#Zintan Media – facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… – IDs of a few mercenaries they gathered from #BirGhanam. 2 died in fighting. #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2498687...
Ali is right: same handwriting………same signature…..
same dates….
LibyaAlHurraTV
Landmines found in #Zliten’s Tuesday Market youtube.com/watch?v=hd_LQa… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd_LQal3Sos&fea...
Libya_United
#Tripoli under fire … NATO bombing is harsh … Funaj area … #Libya #Feb17
Abdul
The #mahmia (natural reserve) 40 km from #Surman #libya t.co/pCHttzU
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Al Aan TV @alaantv is now broadcasting news & programs over 96.9FM in Nalut and other free Libyan cities #libya #feb17
Hanan
Breaking News: Gurjee district in #Tripoli is out! Mass protesting!#Libya
septimius_
Some more updates : Phones still not working (Libyaana & Madar) in #Nafusa! …. #Libya
NYT
Libyan Rebels Dismiss Entire Cabinet
A rebel spokesman said that the prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, the only member of the cabinet who kept his job, would have to present a new slate of cabinet members to the rebel legislative body, the Transitional National Council, for approval in the coming days. The cabinet was dissolved, the spokesman said, “for improper administrative procedures” that led to the arrest and subsequent killing of the military leader, Gen. Abdul Fattah Younes, a former top Libyan commander who defected to the rebel side.
The move left the rebels without several of its leaders — including the ministers of defense, finance, interior and justice — as they try to fight a three-front war, run dozens of cities under their control and rein in armed militias that have multiplied since the February uprising.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/world/africa...
I understood it was only the executive branch, not the whole cabinet……….
Hope NYT isn’t trying to stir up trouble again…….
Maybe journo didn’t get it right again:(
chantal
Nalut: L’électricité est rétablie dans la ville occidentale de montagne par les resistants #libye
BINGO!
Zlitniya
If the youths leading the #LondonRiots set up an iterim council, I believe #Gaddafi govmt would be first to recognise it as official repres
Danya
NOW: Massive explosion in Ein Zara district of #Tripoli…Ammo depot hit. Gaddafi placing ammunition storage in middle of residential areas.
Reports that NATO bombing tonight was in Foornaj. #Tripoli #Libya
GaddafiTV saying that #NATO jets bombed Fernaj in #Tripoli. #Libya
TV d’où Kadhafi ordonne ses massacres!
TFI News
Libye: l’Unesco dénonce une frappe de l’Otan contre une télévision
La directrice générale de l’Unesco, Irina Bokova, a déploré lundi le bombardement par l’Otan le 30 juillet à Tripoli d’émetteurs de télévision et la mort de trois employés, estimant que les médias ne devaient pas être pris pour cible, dans un communiqué. “La résolution 1738 du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu condamne les actes de violence visant les journalistes et les employés des médias lors des situations de conflit”, a-t-elle rappelé. “La frappe de l’Otan contrevient également aux principes des Conventions de Genève qui précisent le statut civil des journalistes en temps de guerre, même s’ils sont engagés dans des activités de propagande”, a souligné Mme Bokova. L’Otan avait expliqué avoir mené une série de frappes de précision contre trois émetteurs de la télévision libyenne afin de “réduire le colonel Kadhafi au silence” et l’empêcher d’"intimider et inciter à mener des actes de violences contre sa population".
Kety
Some are fighting (and dying) for freedom; others are burning shops for fun. #ArabSpring #Londonriots
Libya_Awake_United
#Tripoli: Most families are on streets, in AinZara and Furnaj , cell phones Libyana and Madar difficult to reach, landlines are working.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
MANY reports from #Tripoli that aid is NOT going to civilians but being kept by & for #Gaddafi filth almost exclusively.
#Tripoli: Economic rule: “Extreme inflation almost always causes social unrest”. VERY high prices on everything in Tripoli now…
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Huge chemical fires burning & secondary explosions from 2 different parts of #Tripoli for better part of hour. Jets flying overhead again
libyanandproud
REMINDER to #Gaddafi supporters : This is how #Tripoli looks in the winter : bit.ly/nj5EX6 #Feb17 #Libya
Via FB:
#NATO Bombing #Gaddafi forces in #Tiji , #Asabaa, #Jandouba , and #Zawiya . #Feb17 #Libya (Zintan FB)
septimius
#Nafusa: Tunisiana works in certain spots (good thing view is amazing! #Kabaw #Libya twitpic.com/6363iv
Misuratayouth
urgent: Currently NATO is bombing Gaddafi gangs in our capital, Tripoli,,,,,, may allah bring peace upon us and save our home
Hajer
Gaddafi and Shaksheer are probably loving this in London now!
Libya Outreach
Uncountable flags raised & graffiti in Fashloum. Dahra, Fashloum retaliatory mass arrests. G security given run around over #Tripoli #Libya
Anaya
In France, the problem is worsening. We almost never hear Libyan voices.The media are less involved. Bad articles increase.
#Tripoli : FB Groups are identifying the #NATO airstrikes on ammo storages in AynZarra and Fornaj districts of Tripoli
Libya United 1944
#Libya chaotic scenes in #tripoli as every1 in the Firnaj & Einzara is fleeing the area. Ya Rahman rahmatek…ya Allah ya Allah sitrek
jamal
#Tripoli : one of this morning air strikes Targets was the Tabaco factory .
Zlitniya
isnt this where many of our prisoners are reported to be held??
jamal
i heard that once , though it’s more likely to be used for ammo storage now ( NATO wont hit detention centers)
sarah
I truly hope not.It was reported 2have 1000s of prisoners.If theyre not there any more then where r they??not much space left
acarvin Andy Carvin
Any other confirmation? Xinhua: TRIPOLI HIT BY “HEAVIEST AIRSTRIKE IN MONTHS” — XINHUA WITNESS
Libye Libre
Explosions sur #Tripoli ce soir. Les avions de l’OTAN survolent la capitale. #Libye
der_bluthund
BREAKING NEWS: #Libya: #Gaddafi now recognises #Tottenham rioters as legitimate UK government #londonriots
Libya United 1944
#Libya sist just told me that shrapnel was scattered around a 1km radius as she escaped with husband & children from flat with cracked roof
Fatima Saleh
#Gaddafi is spending #Ramadan in a hideout, #Saleh in a rehab, #Mubarak in a prison, #Bashar in fear while #BinAli in an exile #ArabSpring
A Free Libyan
NATO heavy presence over #Tripoli. Lots of explosions. Will tweet any further confirmed news. #Libya #Feb1
BREAKING – G forces on #Zawiya coastal road are being bombed by NATO (AlManara). Reports that even Apaches used. #Libya
AlManara reports that people in #Tripoli are out on the streets.
BREAKING – #Zwara – (Via FB) – Reports that FFs conducted a successful operation which killed 11 G troops. #Libya #Feb17
Report that 15 explosions were heard tonight in a variety of areas in #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
AlManara – 6 protestors arrested in Bin Ashour, #Tripoli. Protests in #Fashloum and #SouqalJuma. #Libya #Feb17
MUST SEE VIDEO – Graphic – t.co/SlZxKQI – G troops executed 16 Egyptians in Misrata (early days) #Libya #Egypt #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAzvyvgLCU&fea...
WSJ
Libyan Rebels Reshuffle Cabinet
BY CHARLES LEVINSON
BENGHAZI, Libya – Libya’s rebels disbanded the group’s de facto cabinet on Monday in an effort to ease the worst internal crisis following the assassination of their top military commander.
General Abdel Fatah Younis was killed July 28 by unknown assailants hours after he was detained, on orders from a rebel minister and a panel of judges, for questioning over his stewardship of the rebel fight.
The killing exposed rifts within the rebel organization as it dealt with its first major leadership crisis since the uprising began in February. Gen. Younis’ powerful Ubeidat Tribe and his loyal special forces fighters ..
Source:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111...
In regards to the #Zawiya coastal road attack by NATO; A G military column was going there from #Tripoli. Apache’s engaged. #Libya
Ahmed
#Tripoli: #NATO Apache helicopters attack Agriculture building, Bab El Azyzia, a site in Fernaj..#Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
NATO jets are bombing Gaddafi ammo stores and military locations in Tripoli. Huge explosions. People on the streets. #libya #feb17
Tripoli: Whole neighbourhoods being disconnected – landlines barely work. Those who get thru say there are demonstrations tonight
amtfoto
Clashes between #FF and #Gaddafi forces in #Tripoli, Hani area… #Libya #feb17
libyanproud
Hay Alandalus : people in the streets , heavy gunfire and screaming LPC . #Tripoli #Libya
KC
#TRIPOLI: Several reports of protests have taking place in Aain Zarah neighbourhood tonight. #Libya
#TRIPOLI: Communication lines have been cut off- I’m going 2 try call my relatives 2 c if I can get through. Something big happening #Libya
In Tripoli last Friday a group of people went to the mosque for Friday prayers.
Gaddafi forces entered mosque, massacred all and sent ambulances and firetrucks 2 collect bodies and wash away blood." #Tripoli
LibyaUnited1994: made call 2 tripoli just now & theres a massive gun battle going on in city centre…I heard the shooting in b/ground!
#Libya made another call 2 #tripoli just now & there’s a massive gun battle going on in city centre…I heard the shooting in b/ground…!
tony birtley
contacts are telling us that executive disolution came from both opposition and international pressure. NTC credibility at Stake.
youngamazigh
CONFIRMED: aain zara are out protesting NOW! after nato strikes they have risen! they have had no electricity for 2 days!
Heinz: #Brega some moves today. #birQanem FFs scouting north farmlands. Daffi reinforcement for #Zawia met 4 helis got hit, crying for help.
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Some guys were watching TV in street. #Gaddafi militia parked up&took them to fight with them #Libya #Feb17
AUG 9 2011
Libyan Embassy to reopen
The Libyan embassy will officially reopen today under the control of the
National Transitional Council (NTC).
Opponents of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime are to hoist the new independence flag
above the premises in London.
Foreign Secretary William Hague announced last month that Britain was recognising the NTC’s authority and expelling the last of the dictator’s representatives.
Mahmud Nacua, the newly appointed charge d’affaires, will lead the reopening
ceremony this afternoon.
Participants will include Libyans who have had family members killed in the
conflict.
Mr Nacua said: "The reopening of the embassy symbolises how far we have come.
“The embassy represents the legitimate government of Libya and in line with this will serve all the Libyan community irrespective of their political allegiances.
“We will also continue to struggle for greater freedom for the Libyan people
and Gaddafi’s departure from Libya.
“I thank the British Government for its decision to recognise the NTC and its
steadfast support for the Libyan people throughout our fight.”
Source:
news.sky.com/home/article/16046079
A calm and peaceful mind is something very essential.—-Dalai Lama
SUMMARY AUGUST 9 2011
8/9/2011
8/09/2011
8.09.2011
Can u get through to tripoli ? Something big is happening apparently , I can’t get through to madar or Libyana
Night August 8-9:
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
حرائق كبيرة تضئ سماء عاصمتنا الاسيرة الان جراء قصف الحلف لمخازن دخيرة واسلحة
فى مناطق متفرقة من طرابلس مما ادى الى انفجارات ثانوية كبيرة هزت العاصمة
Huge chemical fires burning & secondary explosions from 2 different parts of Tripoli for better part of hour. Jets flying overhead again
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عااااااجل: مؤكد اشتباكات الان عنيفة فى سوق الجمعة طرابلس
Breaking: Tripoli: Heavy gun fire now in Sooq Al Jumaa
#Tripoli lines down :(
matthewwprice Matthew Price
Multiple air strikes to east of #Tripoli tonight. Big explosions with some smaller blasts afterwards. Perhaps weapons dumps or fuel depots.
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : FB Groups are identifying the #NATO airstrikes on ammo storages in AynZarra and Fornaj districts of Tripoli. #Feb17 #Libya
also missiles from ammo depot reached fornaj square I can’t get through to anyone
matthewwprice Matthew Price
Another few explosions in #Tripoli Long session this one. Was out tonight in family home. Kids – of course – scared. Adults angry at NATO.
In pro-G family home?
Just asking…….
try to call tripoli plz ,something serious is happening
#Janzour : #NATO have attacked major barracks and checkpoint in the 27 area ! #Feb17 #Libya
I can’t get through to mobiles , don’t have landlines to call
Tripolitania lots of reports , my direct report about gunfire in ben ashour
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
More explosions in #Tripoli … been going on for 2 hrs now… #Libya
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
2nd huge explosion,12:58 AM, lit up night sky and blew sparks hundreds of feet in the air. Another strike just now, like thunderclap
We can all understand next tweet:
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Revolutions all over Arab world, financial crises, Earthquakes, Norway shooting & now
Rioting in London. I need a holiday …
tonybirtley tony birtley
questions still remain over Gen Younes’ death. killers still at large. Not everyone convinced that pro gadaffi fighters responsible
family members of Gen younes and his two aides calling for international inquiry. The feel NTC is not transparent and made serious mistakes
leaks suggest the arrest warrant issued at the behest of 2 exec NTC members. Inquiry trying to discover why Defence minister not consulted
Close sources claim that Gen Younes and his aides may have been tortured before being killed. Bodies were burned &throats cut it is alleged.
contacts are telling us that executive disolution came from both opposition and international pressure. NTC credibility at Stake.
it’s emerged that Gen younes was being investigated because lack of progress on Brega front west of Benghazi. which remained static 3months
ProudLibyan
NTC spokesman told AlJazeera Mahmoud Jibril,asked 2 form new executive body after“shortcomings”by some members in handling of Younis killing
S.R
Family in #Fournaj say clashes between G soldiers and #FFs also explosions heard my aunt’s house’s windows are completely blown out #Tripoli
Ivan Watson (CNN)
NATO performed an air strike on Tripoli in the early morning. A huge explosion was heard from the same direction as Sunday’s pre-dawn bomb attacks. A second and third explosion happened some 15 minutes later with sparks flying hundreds of feet in the air. Ivan Watson reported a huge chemical fire burning and secondary explosions from two different parts of Tripoli
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/m1y3n
On August 8th, NATO aircraft flew 121 sorties, including 54 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 3 Military Vehicles, 2 Multiple Rocket Launchers
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 1 Weapons Storage, 1 Ship, 1 Surface to Air Missile System
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammunition Storage Facility
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Military Facility, 1 Communications System
In the vicinity of Zintan: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher; 2 Military Vehicles
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Been asked to work on #LondonRiots coverage today.You know it is bad at home when Foreign Field Prods are drafted in to help UK team.
Wow. tonight 16,000 riot police will be on the streets says Prime Minister. #londonriots. Parliament Re-Called for a day on Thursday.
Yosif Shakeir on #Libyan State TV has urged the #londonriot ers to ‘defeat the British Regime, which killed their brothers’ #feb17
Majority of #londonriots doesn’t seem like rioting more like ‘violent late night shopping that you don’t pay for’.
Libyan state TV saying #LondonRiots are a protest against Cameron’s policies. I bet half the kids on streets don’t know who Cameron is.
Btw Where you getting that ship sale story? can you forward to me please? Thanks’
Thanks for sharing.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Martyr Abdel fatah Younis had expected that he would be killed by traitors and promised them punishment by FF and… fb.me/13BW86y4q
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO8lZZh-GvQ
Demonstrations in Tripoli yesterday and intelligence of Qaddafi are broadcasting rumors intended to transform anger of the street now in Tripoli to fake joy to make it easier for them to control the people, but only a fool who believe the same lie twice
Clashes yesterdy between the FFs and mercenaries in Tajoura and they blew up a number of points of concentration for the mercenaries
الله أكبر ……اشتباكات بين الثوار و المرتزقة في تاجوراء و تفجير عدد من نقاط تمركز المرتزقة
Sarah
#Zliten update 8/8/11
#NATO hits 7Aug: 4 Command and Control Nodes, 1 Military Facility, 1 Weapons Storage, 1 Anti-Tank Weapon, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher
#NATO bombed interior security and military police today (both in central Zliten)
Zliten FF burnt a tank carrier near Ghweelat School
Zliten FF bombed a #Gaddafi militia car&command;centre yesterday #Libya #Feb17
1FF martyred and 15 injured on #Zliten front
#Zliten front has new mercenaries from #Darfur to help those already present from #Chad and #Mali
#Zliten :Some guys were watching TV in the street. #Gaddafi militia parked up&took;them to fight with them
#Zliten :Difficult humanitarian situation.Food prices have increased,with a reduction in food supplies and electricity. Water is in very short supply, electricity is available only a
few hours a day and there is little gas (some people are cooking on coal). Bread shops have closed
#Zliten:Families from SuqAlThalath have been moved to the top floor of a school in #Ghweelat. Mercenries,weapons&ammo;are stored in the bottom floor.This is to prevent #NATO strikes on Gaddafi’s weapons
#Zliten :To clarify previous report of Zliten’s hospital being in FF hands- the freedom flag was raised on Hosp. However, residents feared joining FF as they were tricked the previous day by Gaddafi militia pretending 2b FF (#Gadafi militia painted cars black and carried freedom flag .Residents who joined them were arrested). The FF that raised the flag were arrested
#Gaddafi militia r randomly breaking into homes&expelling;inhabitants(incl proG homes!)
#Zliten All #Dafniya inhabibtants were vacated by #Gaddafi militia.Homes hv been destroyed,farms burnt&animals;have fled. Following defeat and retreat of #Gaddafi militia in #Dafniya, FF have found several houses burgled&turned;upside down
#Zliten FF confirm that the house bombed by #NATO was definitely a #Gaddafi militia base for command&communication;, and that the death of the mother and children is evidence of Gaddafi using human shields
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
#NATO jets over #Tripoli around noon local. #Libya
Hominoid
The explosions in the Fernej district of southwest Tripoli struck at 2:00 am, sending flames shooting into the night sky,
They were followed by a series of smaller blasts, suggesting an arms depot had been
hit. Two other explosions followed at around 6:00 am
The total number of displaced citizens from Libya during the month and a half as a result of the last two battles are more than 650,000
Sirtawi
#Jufra Freedom page on FB claims to have gotten material of FF activities from #Houn & will share later today. Will keep you posted. #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
by hominoid555
girls on @bbcworldservice just now drinking wine looted last night, say they were targeting the rich. #londonriots
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SUMMARY AUGUST 6th, 2011
8/6/2011
8/06/2011
8.06.2011
NATO:
06 Aug. 2011
Operational Media Update for 5 August 2011
NATO and Libya
6 August. Allied Joint Force Command NAPLES, SHAPE, NATO HQ
(more information: www.jfcnaples.nato.int)
Mission
NATO took control of all military operations for Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 & 1973 on 31 March 2011. The aim of Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under attack or threat of attack.
The mission consists of three elements: an arms embargo, a no-fly-zone and actions to protect civilians from attack or the threat of attack.
Over the past 24 hours, NATO has conducted the following activities associated with Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR:
Air Operations
Since the beginning of the NATO operation (31 March 2011, 06.00GMT) a total of 17,924 sorties, including 6,788 strike sorties*, have been conducted.
Sorties conducted 05 AUGUST: 116
Strike sorties conducted 05 AUGUST: 43
*Strike sorties are intended to identify and engage appropriate targets, but do not necessarily deploy munitions each time.
Key Hits 05 AUGUST:
In the Vicinity of Al Jawsh: 1 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Brega: 2 Military Facility, 2 Tanks, 19 Armed Vehicles, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 2 Military Supply Vehicles, 5 Military Trucks, 6 Military Buildings, 1 Armoured Fighting Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Gharyan: 1 Military Firing Position, 1 Command and Controle Node.
In the vicinity of Tawurgha: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher System Staging Area, 1 Military Checkpoint.
In the vicinity of Tiji : 7 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Misratah: 2 Artillery Pieces.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Military Radar Site, 1 Military Storage Facility.
Arms Embargo Activities
A total of 17 ships under NATO command are actively patrolling the Central Mediterranean.
8 Vessels were hailed on 05 AUGUST to determine destination and cargo. 3 boardings (no denials) were conducted.
A total of 2088 vessels have been hailed, 211 boardings and 9 denials have been conducted since the beginning of arms embargo operations.
International Humanitarian Assistance Movements as recorded by NATO
Total of Humanitarian Movements**: 734 (air, ground, maritime)
Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 05 AUGUST: 0
Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 05 AUGUST: 3
**Some humanitarian movements cover several days.
Command and Control
NATO’s operational commander for Operation Unified Protector is Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard of the Canadian Air Force. His office and staff is located at the Allied Joint Force Command Naples.
Tripolitano
Apparently there is a huge explosion in #Benghazi ! (via @Elzwai ) Allah Youster !
Twitter reactions:
Apparently not huge
I can confirm but don’t know what it was.
not HUGE but huge quand même.
Is this explosion for real?
Could it be that someone tried to create a non existent explosion on twitter to create chaos again?
Explosion still not confirmed:)
I can live with an unconfirmed explosion, that means that it probably didn’t happen:)
Via FB
BREAKING NEWS: Offensive in Ber AlGhanam has begun!! #Libya
BREAKING NEWS: FFs have entered the city of Ber AlGhanam NOW. Allah Akbar!
FFs have entered the town of Ber AlGhanam after heavy fighting since the dawn …….. there are still some clashes, as there are still a few pockets of resistance within the city but most of Qaddafi’s troops were defeated or destroyed.
الله أكبر الثوار دخلوا بئر الغنم بعد معارك عنيفة منذ فجر اليوم ……..لا زالت هناك بعض الاشتباكات الخفيفة حيث إنه لازالت هناك جيوب قليلة للمقاومة داخل المدينة و لكن تم دحر أو تدمير أكثر قوات القذافي في المنطقة الله أكبر
#BirAlGhanam: #Freedomfighters entered town at 5:30 am local time. #Gaddafi filth retreating. #Libya #Feb17
AJC
Rebels launch push in western Libya, aim for coast
BIR AYAD, Libya — Backed by tanks and rocket fire, Libyan rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s forces in the country’s west launched a major push Saturday toward key towns along the Mediterranean coast near the capital Tripoli.
Hundreds of fighters were on the move along the road from the mountain town of Yafran toward the front lines, where heavy fighting seemed to be under way. The ground reverberated with loud booms and rocket fire echoed from the distance.
Their first objective was the town of Bir Ghanam, about 18 miles (30 kilometers) north of Yafran. As fighting raged there, the body of one rebel fighter killed earlier in the morning was brought back to the nearby town of Bir Ayad.
The rebel forces are aiming to “first liberate Bir Ghanam” and then would move on Zawiya, a key city on the Mediterranean coast 30 miles (50 kilometers) away, said two rebel fighters, Jumma Hussein and Youssef Bilin.
Full art.:
www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/rebels-la...
Bir Ghanam:
Aljazeera
Opposition fighters in western Libya say they have launched a major push towards a Zawiyah, a strategically important coastal town near Tripoli.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Bir Ghanam.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuhOP8v2kc4&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
Bi’r #alGhanam now in FF CONTROL. FF managed this in a few hrs Civilians had already left + Gaddafi F morale low They fled quickly #Libya
#FFs in #Zawiyah are ready to rise but need help from outside as well, FFs in Bir Alghanam are on there way!! #Libya #feb17
battle for Bir Alghanam today it resulted in 6 Martyrs at least + the amount of Injured is still unclear! May Allah Acept our Martyrs.#Libya
Ber AlGhanam has been complelty Liberated تم تحرير بئر الغنم بالكامل
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
AFP: Rebel commanders said their fighters captured the town of Bir Ghanam 80 kilometres
(50 miles) south of the Libyan capital, on Saturday
Our man in Nafusa reporting that a bunch of the rebels moving toward Tripoli are from the capital and part of the ‘Tripoli Brigade’
Massive drive forward from Nafusa rebels today, they got within 20kms of Surman (basically on the Med) before encountering any resistance
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya rebels launch offensive in bir ghannam in western mountAins
#Libya hundreds of rebels are taking part in offensive intense exchange of rocket fire along front line
#Libya bir ghannam is the closest front line to tripoli outskirts just 80 kilometers
#Libya hundreds of rebels are preparing to send ground troops into bir ghannam after they push gaddafi forces back
#Libya rebels have taken control of the town of bir ghannem in the western mountains
#Libya at least 12 rebels killed in the fighting withngaddafi forces in bir ghannem
#Libya rebels captured a number of gaddafi fighters during bir ghanem battle some are not libyans
#Libya rebels parade gaddafi army vehicles left behind when army forces withdrew from bir ghanem
AJE – ’
#Zawiya is ready to rise up again, just waiting for FFs in order to aid them.’ They’ll be there soon. #Libya #Feb17
No power:
Electricity is completely cut off on #nafusa NOW.
Confirmed areas with no power: Cabao, Rhibat, Jadu, Zintan and Rujban. Nalut hasn’t had power for over a week. #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
Over the past few weeks weapons were smuggled in2 Al #Khums along coast from west from Zlitan 2 help launch offensive on #Tripoli #Libya #FT
#TFM is TemporaryFinancial Mechanism created by #ContactGroup on #Libya TFM 2distribute 14 Mil Dnrs 2 #Nafusa families cc
Some Freedom Fighters have pushed THROUGH Bir al ghanam and R now where the road splits 1 road to #alZawiyah and 1 rd to #alAziziyah #Libya
Bi’r #alGhanam now in FF CONTROL. FF managed this in a few hrs Civilians had already left + Gaddafi F morale low They fled quickly #Libya
bousuwa
bit.ly/oqVDo5 Pretending that he is crazy and works as a spy in Misurata for Gaddafi
or:
video.ak.fbcdn.net/cfs-ak-snc6/232009/1...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Some epic news about progress towards coast by FFs. Awaiting confirmation #feb17 #Libya
tonybirtley tony birtley
calls for some NTC resignations after murder of Abdel Fattah Younes. NTC ordered investigation but still no details. many questions remain
suggestions that pro gadaffi elements captued after Benghazi shootout last Sat will be held responsible for General Younes’ murder.
people digging in for long haul. optimism of ‘end in sight’ period three months ago all but gone. growing frustrations. threat of divisions
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Ahmed
FF 4rm Nafousa Mountains R hoping to reach the coast N this latest offensive by taking #Surman..putting them on doorsteps of #Alzawia #Libya
FreeLibya. BREAKING: #Zawiya FF advanced from #BirGhanem & Sabratha Towards Zawiya overnight and gained lots of ground! #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Bir Ghanam under control of FFs following heavy artillery exchange & NATO attack on G forces tanks.6 FFs only slightly injured #feb17 #libya
Fox News
Chavez Writes to Embattled Qaddafi Offering Him a ‘Big Hug’
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has written to embattled Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi offering him “a big hug” and denouncing NATO’s “imperial” attacks on Libya.
“The proud, gracious and merciful God bless and keep you. May he bless and protect the heroic and dignified people of Libya,” Chavez read from his letter to Qaddafi during a live broadcast on VTV, the national news channel.
“Muammar, a big hug with an infinite sense of brotherhood,” he said.
Link:
www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/06/chavez...
hominoid
A representative from Al-Qusbat’s rebel military committee told AFP that the town was now surrounded by Gadhafi’s forces
Al-Qusbat is cut off from other positions in the west of Libya, with 70Km separating it from the nearest positions at Zlitan to the east.
Libyan Residents Flee to Western Border to Escape Violence – FoxNews.com t.co/xLVqmYt via @foxnews
Temporary Financing Mechanism for TNC
tfmlibya.org/english
Hominoid
The new assault in the west would push right into the heartland of Gadhafi’s control, a tough proposition. Zawiya, the rebel’s main target on the coast, was the scene of a major uprising by protesters early on in the conflict. The protesters took over the city
and drove out Gadhafi’s supporters, but then were brutally crushed in a long, bloody siege.
FFs on the road to Sabratah, they were surrounding an unknown number of Gadhafi’s forces and trading tank fire.
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Massive drive forward from Nafusa rebels today, they got within 20kms of Surman (basically on the Med) before encountering any resistance
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Many of the new recruits that #Gaddafi recruited w/ promises of money & apartments have started to defect. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 35.69684˚/33.37299˚ en route to dest. #Iskenderun #Turkey. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi revolutionary headquarters ‘Mathaba’ building on AlJumhuria street was burnt by #Freedomfighters yesterday. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: #Jdaida prison was attacked by #Freedomfighters, around 1000 prisoners were freed. #Libya #Feb17
#Greece Ship of unknown type “ILION” now en route from #Misrata #Libya to dest. #Benghazi Libya. #Feb17
#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” now sneaking out of port #Tripoli #Libya closly hugging coast towards #Tunisia. #Feb17 @NATO
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Crazy amount of strikes on Brega :)))
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs are now on the outskirts of #Sabrata after haven taken the city of Ber AlGhanam. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs are 18KM from #Surman. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs are now on the outskirts of #Sabrata after haven taken the city of Ber AlGhanam. #Libya #feb17
Inshallah when they get there the people will support the FFs and help them!! PRAY!! :)
BREAKING NEWS: FFs are 15KM from AlAzaziah. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs are 35KM from Zawiyah. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: FFs are 35KM from Zawiyah. #Libya #feb17
موكد : الثوار علي بعد 35 كليو متر من الزاوية
At least twelve martyrs in battle of Ber AlGhanam today #Libya
عاجل_ليبيا_أخبار – News_ليبيا_Breaking
FF scouts reached until the area of Bani Shaib which is about 35KM from Zawiyah. Allah Akbar!!!
وصول فرق استطلاع الزاوية الى منطقة بني شعيب والتى تبعد حوالى 35 كيلومتر من مدينة الزاوية…. الله أكبر الله أكبر …..
A successful operation which happened 2 nights ago that was conducted by #FFs in Tripoli targeting the Ein zara prison. The result of the operation was the liberation of a few thousands of libyan youths from the political jail. Allah Akbar!!
.
حدثة عملية نوعية اول البارحة تم التأكد منها في سجن عين زارة القسم السياسي و تم الأفراج عن بضعة الآلآف من الشباب الليبي الذي كان محتجزاً عنوة في سجون النظام.. فمزيداً من التقدم و الأنتصار و الحرية.. و كل العام و أنتم بخير يا أحرار طرابلس و كل ليبيا
Reuters
Libya rebels say they are advancing on Brega
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan rebels Saturday said they had launched a push to capture the coastal oil town of Brega, but were advancing slowly because Muammar Gaddafi’s forces had sown landmines on the approaches to the town.
“There’s a big movement on all fronts around Brega, we are attacking from three sides,” said rebel spokesman Mohammad Zawawi.
Fighting on the eastern front of the civil war, which has ebbed backwards and forwards for the past months, has been bogged down for weeks on the fringes of Brega, southwest of the rebel capital Benghazi.
Zawawi said rebel forces were in sight of a residential area of Brega and believed they could take the town.
“It could be very soon, but we don’t want to lose anybody so we’re moving slowly but surely,” he said.
Full story:
af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTR...
FFs on the front line in the west are NOW 30KM from the city of Zawiyah
الثوار في الجبهات وعلي بعد 30 كم من الزاوية
BREAKING: #FFs in west are stationed in Ras Allagat next to AlAzaziah. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: #SABHA: Aljadeed youths have captured two traitors from Gaddafi’s men a couple of hours ago. The men are said to be not Libyans and are originally from Chad. Investigations are now underway.
شباب الجديد قبضو قبل ساعتان على اثنين من الخونه المندسين والعملاء للقردافي وهم يضعو سموم في احد آبار منطقة الجديد بسبها فتم القبض عليهم وهم من اصول غير ليبيه وينتمون الى تشاد والان جاري التحقيق معهم ……سند السبهاوي
Msalata is still free Gaddafi preparing another attack against city!! PRAY
Tripolitano
Chavez take ur “endless affectionate brotherly hug” and shove it where the sun don’t shine!
Libyanproud
here is another village we took Shalghooda 32°22’27.08"N 12°38’29.21"E
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya rebels captured a number of gaddafi fighters during bir ghanem battle some are not libyans
#Libya rebels parade gaddafi army vehicles left behind when army forces withdrew from bir ghanem
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Reports of long black-outs in #Tripoli. Residents say entire neighborhoods going dark for days. Anger building. #Libya
CNN
Rebels in western Libyan town claim victory over Gadhafi forces
From Michael Holmes and Kareem Khadder, CNN
Near Bir Al-Ghanam, Libya (CNN) — Libyan rebel forces gained ground against ruler Moammar Gadhafi’s forces Saturday after a massive offensive in the western town of Bir Al-Ghanam.
Hundreds of opposition members joined in the battle, which lasted several hours. Grad rockets and gunfire were exchanged from both sides, and rebels took on Gadhafi fighters from three fronts.
Doctors at a makeshift clinic said two people had died, and 20 were injured — some seriously.
Rebel fighters said Gadhafi’s forces had retreated from Bir Al-Ghanam and claimed victory over the town.
Bir Al-Ghanam is about 85 kilometers from the capital city of Tripoli. Capturing the town is significant because not much else stands in the way between Bir Al-Ghanam and the Libyan coastline — where Tripoli is situated.
For months, rebel fighters — who have controlled the eastern city of Benghazi and other areas — have been trying to move closer toward Tripoli, in the west. They are seeking the ouster of Gadhafi, who has ruled Libya for 42 years.
Source:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/06...
holmescnn Michael Holmes
Went with rebels to cover battle for B’ir al-Ghanam. Fierce fighting. Rebels hold town for now. Closest to Tripoli than rebels hv yet been.
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Power outages in #Rixos Hotel, mandatory home in #Tripoli for most visiting journalists we need permission to set foot outside. 1st time.
Sirtawi
Deliberate power cut continues in #Sabha. People suffer from lack of food supplies and gas, they even started cooking on wood #gaddaficrimes
Hominoid
Number of injured in rebel attack on the coastal strip Sorman 4 wounded and two martyrs until now.
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITAN FF are in control of the center via algezeera #Libya
#Corrected; #Zlitan Journalist says center #ZLITAN appears to b stiill in control of GF #Libya
AFP – Northern #BirGhanam road is full of burnt G army vehicles.
Free Libyia
BenAshoor was ablaze yesterday, literally!! FFs set many Gaddafi thug cars on fire that were stationed in the side streets. #Tripoli #Libya
Reports that Khweldi’s son injured in Bir Ghanem, along w/ sons of Omar Tantoush and Ganga. #Libya #EidInTripoli….?
Via relatives, gunfights between FFs and Gaddafi thugs all night yesterday in BenAshoor. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. #Tripoli #Libya
hominoid
A large number of ammunition and weapons were taken today at Bir Ghanam
Captured two traitors from Gaddafi’s men a couple of hours ago. The men are said to be not Libyans and are originally from Chad.
Have a look:
Gaddafi… Our Biggest Typo Ever!
visionsofalibyan.blogspot.com/2011/08/g...
Wounded ff’s:
20 wounded 15 of Alzentan and 2 of the Zawiya 1 of Sorman 1 of Sabratha and 1 of the Qasr al-Haj in today’s clashes
Reuters:
“There’s a big movement on all fronts around Brega, we are attacking from three sides” .
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Youth r being held in containers&beaten severely several times a day.No food for days at a time,and given minimal water #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
CUBA #Chavez read out his letter 2 #Gaddafi on Air; I give you a strong hug Muammar with an endless sentiment of brotherly affection #Libya
CUBA #Chavez read out his letter 2 #Gaddafi on Air: Long live #Libya people! Long live to u brother-in-arms! Libya will live and will win,"
#AlQusbat GF Blocked ALL roads 2town Cut electricity + communications since yesterday Ppl Ppl expecting a Bloody battle 2day via #SatTel #Libya
#ZLITAN: FF were tricked by driving a car close to them which they shot at it was a trick of GF were trying 2 Outflank FF #Libya
AJA: #Zliten house where Khamis was ‘killed’ by airstrike was ops center; 30 #Gaddafi fighters also perished in strike, say rebels#Libya
Joanne
An INTENSE fight today in #Zlitan today a few hundred away from Journalist of Algezeera on outskirts of town
Joanne
That is the romantic side of war @el_nofosa Camels sneaking in weapons from #Chad were then bombed by #Nato according to FF reports #Libya
( FYI: see yesterdays report)
Al #QUSBAT MAP t.co/w7EWRrz lies on road between #Tarhuna and Al #Khums its surrounded by GF and fears a bloody day today #Libya
#NAFUSA MAP twitpic.com/61u7u6/full on #Aug6 SET IT AS YR DESKTOP NOW #Libya map created by @4Adam
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Nafusa mtn: #Gaddafi forces in Tiji and Badr are being asked to surrender – however they refuse to and continue to use human shields #libya
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Electricity is cut off for long periods at a time. For almost 24 hours on some occasions #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten :Massive shortage in food and medicines,and a big inflation in prices.Private clinics have been shut #Libya #Feb17
Itreallymakesmemad that #Gaddafi is still referred to as government and those that fight him are called ‘opposition’ #Libya #Feb17
#Itreallymakesmemad that #Gaddafi still has control over so many beseiged cities in our beloved #Libya #Feb17
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Mselata : Electricity and communication lines have been cut off – #Gaddafi forces have also blocked all roads. #Libya
free libyan
G cuts off electricity and communications in #Msallata (or as many others call it al-Qusbat). All roads also cut off. #Libya #Feb17
Abdul Helal
#Zawya martyrs from #birghanam battle They were shelled by rocket. these r father and son who came from USA yfrog.com/kiqlrtpj
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#BirAlGhanem: #Freedomfighters captured ~15 #Gaddafi filth,10 cars, large amount of rocket launchers & large cache of ammo & weapons. #Libya
#Egypt CARGO SHIPS “TABA” & “RAS MOHAMED” both in port #Tobruk #Libya at this time. #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 36.05425˚/34.83652˚ now approaching dest. #Iskenderun #Turkey. #Libya #Feb17
After #BirAlGhanem this morning #Freedomfighters now fighting 2 fronts, outskirts of #Zawia & near KhuwaildiAlhamedy house in #Sorman #Libya
A Free Libyan
Reports FFs have advanced, at least at Aziziya-Zawiya crossroads. Some reports suggest they are even near Sabratha and Surman #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya, #Sabratha, #Surman and #Zuwara. The wait is over! Hoping they get their much demanded freedom as soon as possible #Libya #Feb17
Stay strong #Msallata, we know what G is about to do. Hopefully the lions can finally get rid of him #Libya #Feb17
NTC sends 14Million LYD to #Nafusa towns to be distributed to the families there during the month of Ramadan. #Libya #Feb17
FF says they took #BirGhanam quickly due to low G troop morale, high numbers + determination, and the residents all left. #Libya
Reports that 15 G soldiers captured + approx 20 vehicles with heavy weaponry such as AA guns in the #BirGhanam fight. #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten FF repel a G flanking attempt. 20-30 G men killed. Fight was close quarters. Small arms + mortars involved. #Libya #Feb17
AlManara – FFs keep advancing. News that a FF reconnaissance squad has reached #Zawiya suburbs. #Libya #Feb17
afmuja
The Gaddafi Regime is Illegitimate. Democratically, humanly, ethically, religiously….and any other “ly” you can think of. #Libya #Gaddafi
Sarah LFFR
#AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Tripoli #GaddafisEnd SOON inshAllah
Michael
Love changing pin colors to FF, happens often in #Nafusa #Libya. This as of 8/5, get to now change #Ghanam for 8/6 twitpic.com/61wjia
#Gharyan #Libya as of 8/5 Anyone know if FF actually control road S to #Sabha or must move to #Assaba 1st? twitpic.com/61x4fx
Anyone know if the locals call the massive bunker complex 100 mile S of #Sirt #Libya by a particular name? twitpic.com/61ypgo
Enough Gaddafi
#Libya freedom fighters on front lines press on & dont seem to be deterred by political distractions. #Feb17
KayriaT خيرية
Kabro (say Takbeer) Freedom fighters getting close to #Tripoli! #Libya #Feb17 #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar
Yefrenia
Zionist #propaganda forced Libyan Jews out of their homes in Yefren in the same way they forced Palestinians out of their homes in Palestine
Khiria
agreed! Gaddafi does not have a religion & surely does not represent any.
Ben Major
I also know Jews who want a state called “Israel”, but not if it is unfair & at the expense of their cousins, the Arabic people.
Anita
Like everywhere else.Population versus their government.Yes even in Israel …….
DID YOU KNOW?
Everyone, Happy Birthday! World Wide Web turned 20 today :) #internet #www
For the people that would like to see what it looked like back then:
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Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
فى معارك تحرير بير الغنم اليوم أسر الثوار عدد من كتائب القردافى و ثبت ان البعض منهم مرتزقة اجانب و ليسو ليبيين
Libya rebels captured a number of Gaddafi fighters during BirGhanem battle, some are not Libyans.
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
المجلس الانتقالى سيوزع عشرة ملايين دولار في جبل نفوسة غرب البلاد
Libyan NTC sends rebels in Nafusa Mountains $12.2 million dinars
Birger
Gaddafi now has 8 fronts: #Zliten #Brega #Tiji #Garyan #Msallata #Tarhuna #BirGhanan #Sabha N new fronts erupting every day. #Feb17 #Libya
That is beautiful! The more fronts the better for our FF’s! :)))
Aljazeera:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he wrote Gaddafi a letter offering him “a big hug” and denouncing NATO’s “imperial” attacks on Libya.
“The proud, gracious and merciful God bless and keep you. May he bless and protect the heroic and dignified people of Libya,” Chavez read from his letter to Gaddafi during a live broadcast on VTV, the national news channel. “Muammar, a big hug with an infinite sense of brotherhood.”
“The empire is threatening the people,” said Chavez and ended his letter with “Long live the people of Libya, long life to you, my fighting brother.”
Libya TV
Revolutionaries reportedly are in control of Bir al Ghanam after fierce battles had taken place there since this morning.
AFP
Residents of a small town that took up arms against Gaddafi were said to be under siege on Saturday. A representatives of the revolutionaries’ military committee in the town of Al Qusbat, just 100km from Tripoli, said the town was completely surrounded by Gaddafi’s forces. “All roads going to Al-Qusbat are blocked by Kadhafi’s forces. They cut electricity and communications since yesterday,” Khamis Nuri el-Kasseh said from Benghazi, after contacting the town by satellite phone.
“Kadhafi’s forces are not yet in control of the town, but we expect it will be bloody today,” he said, adding there had already been a series of arrests in suburbs.
Al-Qusbat is cut off from other rebel positions in the west of Libya, with 70km separating it from the nearest positions at Zlitan to the east.
Reuters
A Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
Officials at the airport acknowledged a Qatari plane landed at Misrata airport but declined to reveal details of its contents.
“The plane offloaded six pick-up trucks which were packed with ammunition and minutes later it flew off again,” said one source, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Free Benghazi
Thuwar wounded in today’s battle 4 #BirAlGhanem at ZintanHospital, r from #Zintan #Sabratha #Surman & #Zawiya youtube.com/watch?v=3PBFdG… #libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PBFdGo6TiE
Arcane919 ALzintan Channel
I posted 17 photos on Facebook in the album “Bir Alghanime” fb.me/1afRlWWBf
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.23113...
LIBERATION France:
Libye: les rebelles disent avoir fait sauter le verrou de Bir Ghanam
Les rebelles libyens venus des montagnes de Nefoussa, au sud-ouest de Tripoli, ont annoncé avoir pris Bir Ghanam, verrou stratégique à 80 km au sud de la capitale, alors que des combats se poursuivaient dans différentes villes du pays.
Dans le même temps, le président du Conseil national de transition (CNT), organe politique de la rébellion libyenne, Moustapha Adbeljalil, a appelé samedi à «l’unité» dans la lutte contre le régime du colonel Mouammar Kadhafi.
«Le combat doit être notre priorité, et nous devons être unis pour cela», a-t-il lancé à Benghazi, «capitale» rebelle dans l’est du pays secouée par l’assassinat la semaine dernière du général Abdel Fatah Younès, ancien pilier du régime devenu chef d’état-major de la rébellion.
Dans l’Ouest du pays, les rebelles du Dejbel Nefoussa, positionnés depuis plusieurs semaines à Bir Ayad, à 30 km au sud de Bir Ghanam, ont lancé une offensive samedi vers 08H00 (06H00 GMT) en direction de cette ville de garnison, selon un correspondant de l’AFP.
Ce correspondant n’est pas entré dans Bir Ghanam, mais il a constaté en début d’après-midi que le bruit des combats avait cessé. Et plusieurs commandants rebelles lui ont dit que la ville était prise.
Full article:
www.liberation.fr/monde/01012353003-lib...
Yefrenia
When all the freedom fighters reach Tripoli….
redmeanie
Sabrata is going to be extremely tough, i have been there many times, think of it as Diet Sirte lol, Gadafi support there.
afmuja
GO FREE LIBYA!!!! #Libya #Gaddafi #Feb17..
LA TIMES:
Libya artists relish newfound freedom
David Zucchino
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
The leering visage of Moammar Kadafi, surrounded by rats made of plaster, stares down at visitors to a new art exhibit on the Benghazi waterfront.
The Kadafi caricature stands 12 feet tall. It depicts the Libyan leader as a derelict imprisoned in a 15-foot-high trash bin and deluged with garbage.
Titled “Dustbin of History,” the work is the centerpiece of a new art exhibit sanctioned by the rebel movement fighting to overthrow Kadafi after 41 years of suffocating rule.
“Kadafi is heading to the trash bin soon, God willing,” said the artwork’s creator, a long-haired, woolly-bearded former underground artist named Ali Wakwak.
Part art and part agitprop, the “Crimes of Kadafi” exhibit encapsulates the contempt and dread Libyans in the rebel-controlled east hold for the besieged strongman in Tripoli. Unveiled July 18, the show also reflects the burgeoning spirit of liberation and openness that has engulfed Benghazi since an uprising drove Kadafi’s security forces from eastern Libya in mid-February.
Under Kadafi, art was strictly regulated. Any work that hinted of political commentary was ruthlessly repressed. Kadafi favored kitschy artistic tributes to his people’s socialist republic and his iconic role as “Brother Leader.”
Kadafi “had no use for art; he considered it subversive,” said Mohammed Tarhouni, 53, co-creator of the rubbish bin piece.
Full article:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
Shabab:
Nurses’ trip to Libya opens eyes, minds
The contingent of eight spent six days in the war-ravaged city of Benghazi teaching nursing skills.
Eight nurses from Maine returned safely from Libya last week after delivering supplies and providing six days of instruction to understaffed hospitals in the rebel-controlled, seaside city of Benghazi.
Elizabeth McLellan, center, and Sophie Belanger, left, show Libyan medical students in Benghazi how to properly insert an IV into a patient’s arm. McLellan is the founder of Scarborough-based Partners for World Health.
Photo by Emily Gerardo
Most of Libya’s nurses, who were contracted from the Philippines and Cambodia, fled the country when civil war erupted there in February. So the American nurses taught medical students basic nursing skills like CPR, inserting IVs and infection prevention techniques like wearing gloves when handling wounds.
“Washing hands was a big one,” said Jayne Halle, 64, a retired nurse from Portland. “There wasn’t much of that going on. We taught them to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ when you wash your hands because that’s about how long you’re supposed to wash your hands for. It’s little things that can make a big difference.”
“At one point, we distributed Beanie Babies that my children had collected to the children in the burn ward,” Nutt said. “You could just see the smiles on their faces. It was like, for that brief moment, there wasn’t any war going on.”
They heard stories from patients about loved ones disappearing during the night, never to be heard from again. And they saw hundreds of unfinished buildings. Gadhafi apparently gave large contracts to friends and family members, who started construction projects, got paid and abandoned them, the nurses said. No one held them accountable.
“One man said to us, ‘You came even before your country and your president did,’” Gerardo said. “You could tell just our being there meant a lot to them.”
Jason Singer The Portland Herald
The full story here:
shabablibya.org/news/nurses-trip-to-lib...
Photo’s here:
www.pressherald.com/news/nurses-trip-to...
Hayat Libya
@NATO please, please be on alert today and the next few weeks. This is the most crucial time. #WesternLibya #BirGhanam #Zawia need you now!
#Pray for #BirGhanam #Brega #Misrata #Nafusa #Tripoli #Zawia #Zintan #Zliten – everyone is one the move now, this is a decisive battle.
NATO please be of unfailing support to #FFs from the #Western region, they are on the move now and will need your cooperation. Help them!
Reuters:
Qatari plane supplies ammunition to Libya rebels
A Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/06/liby...
Feb17Libya
The situation map in the Western Mountains as of August 6. via @4Adam bit.ly/nQytoS #libya
dovenews Libyan™
NTC, #Mahmoud #Jibril unexpected visit to #Libreville. #Gabon #Libya
DO NOT CLICK ON LINK WHEN HUNGRY!
Triploli scream
I posted 3 photos on Facebook in the album “صور مائدتك في رمضان” fb.me/1cmTeH9Rk
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.22746...
AFP:
Tunisia refugee camps lack food, medical care: aid group
TUNIS — Thousands of Libyans who fled across the Tunisian border are living in camps with inadequate food supplies and medical care, a local aid organiser said on Saturday.
“These deficiencies are currently causing lots of problems for people in the south and require the intervention of the government and state institutions,” said Belhassan, who is also president of the Arab Institute for Human Rights.
The official, who has newly returned from a mission, said interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi had underlined the government’s commitment to finding “urgent solutions” and hailed the south’s “considerable efforts” in helping Libyan refugees fleeing the conflict.
Source and full art.:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
Adam
Besides chasing Gaddfi’s men (Musa Ibrahim &Khalid Kaaim), do intl journalists talk to people in #Tripoli? youtube.com/watch?v=lobJ84… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lobJ84HHG_0&fea...
septimius_
I appreciate that the #Rixos detainees want to scoop the news of Gaddafi’s end, but their presence is delaying it ! #Libya
Khiria
Anyone know if they sell rubber cell phone skins with the #Libyan flag? #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
WRAPUP 3-Libya rebels say they are advancing on Brega
- Rebels say advancing cautiously on town through minefield
- Capture of oil town would break eastern Libya deadlock
- Qatar sends ammunition to rebels in Misrata
- Four rebels died capturing western town (Adds rebels killed in assault on town)
By Robert Birsel
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels on Saturday said they had launched a push to capture the coastal oil town of Brega, but were advancing slowly because Muammar Gaddafi’s forces had sown minefields across its approaches
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports of a #NATO raid on #Gaddafi ammo storage facility in #Jendouba. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: Confirmed heavy gun fire in Zawia street & #Fashloom. #Libya #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” remains in port #Benghazi #Libya. While Turkey is supplying the #NTC it is ALSO supplying #Gaddafi. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” 36.32557˚/23.64803˚ from #Istanbul to dest. #Tripoli #Libya now en route. #Feb17 @NATO
VIDEO: #Gaddafi soldiers captured by #Freedomfighters in the Battle for #BirAlGhanem & #Surman road t.co/sDb8x5v #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6KOlT4Y__Y&fea...
#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” returned to port #Tripoli #Libya after trying to sneak out of port & evade #NATO ships early this morning.
Reports of explosions in #BenGardane #Tunisia. #Libya #Feb17
#NATO has hit #Gaddafi filth in #Tiji. #Libya #Feb17
#Msallata reported to now be under attack by #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
septimius_
Oh dear, power cuts in #Rixos..no more Jacuzzi & A/C rooms..GOOD..MAY BE NOW THE Censorship-friendly Journalists WILL LEAVE..#Libya #Tripoli
Hominoid:
Libya FFs in the city of Misurata were able to repel an attack by al-Qaddafi on the three axes of the North West and East and South-west.
After combing the area the rebels found 20 bodies of mercenaries non-Libyan
In Zliten, a combing operation in the area of the coastal road in the city. FFs in a clash were able to kill a group of soldiers belonging to Qadhafi, and took a number of light weapons and ammunition and rocket-propelled mechanisms.
Libya G troop movements in the regions of the Alosabah Jendouba, and the western suburbs and south-west of Gheryan.
sandra
QATAR!!! Shokran! Paying for doctors, supplying humanitarian aid, maybe now ammo for FF. Heroes. Put other Arab nations to shame.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: FFs burnt down a G force tent near the the large mosque of Fashlum #feb17 #Libya
Tripoli: FFs blew up a G force vehicle in Omar AlMukhtar road using a Gelatina (grenade) #feb17 #Libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
— الجزيرة من على مشارف البريقه السبت 6 اغسطس youtube.com/watch?v=z6Ar-5… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Ar-5pcpqc&fea...
Read The NEW #Libyan Times on t.co/WY5dgrU #Libya #feb17
or:
paper.li/yarddonky
libyanandproud
Clarification:Reason why you’e hearing lots of distances and towns: #BirGhanam front now split to #Surman and #Zawiya fronts . #Feb17 #Libya
Clarification: #BirGhanam recon teams are now monitoring #Surman and #Zawiya . #Feb17 #Libya
BREAKING NEWS: #Msallata (100KM from Tripoli) which has just recently liberated itself, is currently under siege from Gaddafi forces
عاجل : تعانى مسلاتة الحرة الان حصارا خانقا من قبل كتائب الاجرام , أدعو لهم بالصبر و النصر و الثبات
Tripoli:
Reports of heavy gun fire in Zawia street & Fashloom
طرابلس : أنباء تتوارد عن اشتباكات عنيفة فى شارع الزاوية و فشلوم
#Reuters :
A #Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
رويرتز: طائرة قطرية تتوقف اليوم فى مصراته لتعطى الذخيرة للثوار, الله اكبر, و بارك الله فيكم
يا قطر, انتم اخوة لنا و لن ننسى ابدا ما فعلتموه
BREAKING NEWS: Jabel Nafousa FFs are 25KM from Warshivana. Allah Akbar
ثوار جبل نفوسة على بعد 25 كيلو متر من منطقة ورشفانة ..هذه اشارة بالنصر يارب
hominoid
Libya Zawiyah and Surman FFs very close to entering the two cities
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Confirmed: Sebrata FFs killed 7 G forces including Col Ali Sadeq head of AlMaghaweer brigade & captured 5 G soldiers #Feb17
Confirmed: Sebrata FFs also killed head of Uruba brigade #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
People in Zawiya have no electricity. They have no idea how close Nafusa FF are but some said they can hear explosions near the city #libya
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Saw entire neighborhoods in central #Tripoli, pitch black without electricity. People eating iftar dinners by candlelight. Spooky. #Libya
Libyan man told me his father’s neighborhood hasn’t had electricity for 5 straight days.Another said power outages mean no water too. #Libya
Libya news
Gods willing FFs will enter Zawiyah and Surman tonight and connect with the FFs in the cities
ان شاء الله الثوار يخشوا للزاوية وصرمان الليلة ويلتحموا بثوارنا في الداخل .. قولوا امين
Breaking Libya News – عاجل – ليبيا – أخبار The power at the #Rixos Hotel has been cut نقطاع الكهرباء على فندق ريكسوس
Gaddafi cant afford to pay his bills!!
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli FFs have become better co-ordinated and organised across the city #feb17 #Libya
Mabruk Shannuk & his son Malik were martyred today while fighting in #Libya. Inna lilahi wa ilayhi raji3oon.
A father and son who have traveled from Pittsburgh to fight.
At the Zawiya Brigade’s base in Zintan — basically a house where they can sleep and get a shower away from the front — the father-and-son pair from Pennsylvania has just returned from training.
Malik Eshnuk, 21, is wearing a baseball cap and military fatigues.
“It wasn’t really much of a decision,” says the chemical engineering student. "It’s the summertime, and when we saw that … it’s going to be a long war possibly, and there’s still something we can do to help, we said, ‘We are going to go.’ "
Malik’s father, Mabruk, originally hails from Zawiya. He left when he was 18, eventually settling in the United States and marrying. He became an imam and taught Islam in state penitentiaries in Pennsylvania. He got a real estate business going.
Six of the brothers he left behind, though, still lived in Zawiya. They all took part in the uprising.
About two weeks into the rebellion, Mabruk received a call from Libya with terrible news: One of his brother’s sons had been killed.
“Really, the truth is, it was just like a dream,” he says. “It’s not true for a long time.”
Then another brother and his sons were arrested. The rest of the men in Mabruk’s family fled Zawiya.
‘A Dream Come True’
Malik says the death of his cousin, who was his age, hit him hard. They had become close after Malik spent the summer in Libya a few years ago.
Here you can read an earlier art. about both martyrs with a photo:
NPR:
Expat Pair Among Libyan Rebels Fighting For Zawiya
www.npr.org/2011/07/12/137799678/americ...
plemochoe
#libya If the FF can hold Bir al Ghanam they can whipsaw the G forces. And when G forces move on highways – they can be bombed
#libya If the FF can hold Bir al Ghanam they can whipsaw the G forces. And when G forces move on highways – they can be bombed
#libya The capture of #tiji will just free up additional FF to defend the gains made around Bir al Ghanam.
#libya News stories just recently tried to imply that mountain FF would not be able to advance into desert. Their reply: Bir al Ghanam!
#libya The situation of the Revolution is more favorable now than any time since the fall of Misrata
#libya Before Misrata was liberated it was the same thing in the press: it’s taking too long, FF are in disarray, NATO ineffective etc.
#libya Recently the news stories have played the same tune, giving great importance to the Younis killing and its implications
#libya Fortunately the TNC and the FF were able to answer the reports of their demise with advances on the ground, the best response
#libya If past experience is any guide…Gaddafi will want to negotiate again, maybe offer elections. Or he’ll offer to share power. Loool
#libya If reports are correct – some of Gaddafi’s best troops are occupied near #msallata WEST of al-Khums trying to quell new uprisings
#libya AJE reported that there were FF in Zawiya, lacking equipment, but who would support their brothers when they advance that far
#libya Do the G forces have a major counterattack in them? Can they roll back any of the FF gains? Or can they only attack in the press?
#libya From a pretty low point (when news stories criticizing TNC after Younis were very numerous) to a very high point in just a week
#libya It’s hard to judge, but photos of the Bir al Ghanam advance seem to involve a MUCH larger group of FF than we’ve seen
#libya Among the FF advancing in the west we hear mention of a “Tripoli Brigade” of fighters who escaped the capital and joined the FF
#libya The Qataris don’t miss a trick.When they send the FF ammunition they fly it in already loaded on new pickup trucks.Here’s 2 U Misrata
#libya If there are still fence-sitters in LIbya – they need to declare before the fencepost
gets jammed too far up their asses
#libya Seriously there were cagey types in many towns who doubted Muammar could be dislodged. But room for that position is running out
#libya LIBYA IS NOT A POOR COUNTRY. Muammar made it poor by glomming onto everything, just like Mubarak and his sons
#libya only has 6 million people, not even 10% of Egypt’s population. An honest government in Libya will be able to make progress right away
#libya The basic willingness of Libyans to work with the Revolution has been demonstrated by the good order that has reigned in #benghazi
#libya Libya’s capital is still Tripoli but the ties of brotherhood and cooperation between Tripoli and Benghazi will be tighter than before
#libya The lions of #benghazi the tigers of #misrata the mountain lions of #nafusa There’s never been a better time to join the Revolution
#libya “The stone that was rejected has become the cornerstone” – Amazigh (Berber) people persecuted by G, now winning the fight
#libya NTC cmdrs value every FF’s life.The advance is slow because they wait until they are position to do so without unnecessary casualties
#libya If the morale of the G forces is low as has been claimed, it is because they treat their merc recruits as fodder, use them as bait
And for those who said the Arab Spring was over, #j14 is the largest protest in the history of Israel…happening now.
Mohammed
Gaddafi to be reduced to ruler of BabAziziya.
Afel
Then we can smoke him out:)))))))
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libyans with war injuries outside a Tunis hospital on July 29: Saleh from Zintan with a bullet in his upper jaw twitpic.com/61ylh6
that cant be removed in Tunisia; Suleiman from Ajdabiya paralyzed from cluster bomb shrapnel that cant be removed in Tunisia,
and his brother Ahmed, whose left hand was amputated – but plastic surgery & prosthetics for injured Libyans are a fantasy.
I look at this photo & smile at my friends, but inside my head I scream in frustration at how much is wrong with this picture
Injured #Libyan FF Rida (from Kikla, on left) on a Tunis beach, where we met these 2 guys from Benghazi. July 10 twitpic.com/61yxt6
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Opposition forces repel GF attack on Zliten front line in fierce fighting. Exclusive report airs 21g 23 local
Frontline Zliten – opposition commanders say ammunition supply line not adequate
Opposition fighter from Zliten on frontline say gaddafi forces have detained at least 500 men over 18 from town in past fortnight
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Heavy gun fire & clashes reported in Uruba street in Soug Al Juma #Feb17 #Libya
The Chronicle Herald
HMCS Charlottetown vs. Gadhafi
Canadian frigate proves her worth in Battle of Misrata
By TIM DUNNE
Canada’s navy may be small in comparison with other nations’ maritime forces, but the work of HMCS Charlottetown off the coast of Libya is an indication of the value of our navy to Canada and to international stabilization operations.
Unlike Canada’s CF-188 fighter aircraft operating from two Italian air bases in Sicily, HMCS Charlottetown is not easily accessible to news media, and her operations and contributions are largely unseen by the Canadian public — and regrettably, out of sight means out of mind.
Read full art.:
thechronicleherald.ca/Letters/1256920.html
hominoid
Faqih: Gaddafi canceled Fatwa .. Because he wanted to break the fast and fast on his mood!: Narrated by Libyan «Ahmed Ibrahim poverty
amtfoto
Many tweeps have stopped tweeting I hope they’re fine. #Libya #ff #Tripoli #feb17
hominoid
No power in Tripoli, bleed your heart out Nilesat
Refinery strike in #Sfax #Tunisia that threatend fuel drought at #Nafusa ended.
Art. about the strike:
Middle east Online
Tunisia refinery strike causes Libya rebel fuel drought
Refinery strike in Skhira has created gasoline, diesel shortages that have been immediately felt in Libyan rebel areas
By Michael Moutot
A strike at a refinery in neighbouring Tunisia threatens a fuel drought at Nafusa, a rebel mountain stronghold southwest of Tripoli where black market gasoline prices
have skyrocketed.
The barren region that in February rose up simultaneously with the east of the country against the regime of Moamer Gathafi is almost entirely dependent for all supplies on legal and illegal border traffic with southern Tunisia.
A refinery strike in the southern Tunisian seaport of Skhira has created gasoline and diesel shortages that have been immediately felt in the Libyan rebel areas.
Petrol stations in Nafusa, which already would open when there were supplies, have now all shut down completely.
“This morning the cost of a 20-litre (five-gallon) jerry can was 100 dinars (50 euros),” a street vendor said in Zliten, the rebel nerve centre in the region.
Full art.:
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=...
Free Libya Now
Libyan National Army retakes Beer Al Ghanem village which lays 30 km south of Zawiyah, 85km from #Tripoli, #Libya
Libyan National Army Commander Jummuah Ibraheem says Khwaildi reservation has been taken by FF’s on their way to Subratah & Sourman. #Libya
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
W journalists & int media must confess that security & ~ zero crime rate in liberated areas s unprecedenated & somthing #NTC shd be proud of
having seen & heard of ts high No of #Chadians soldiers killing our ppl #world shd nt blame us if we march on & oust da murderer #IdreesDebi
septimius_
I have to say this again..I looooooove #QATAR …. #Libya thank you
Aljazeera
ABDEL JALIL:
Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil issued a plea for rebel unity on Saturday, as the cohesion of a five-month-long revolution wobbled under the weight of a high profile assassination.
Jalil, who heads the de facto government of eastern Libya, issued a statement calling on revolutionaries to keep up their efforts to topple Muammar Gaddafi and end the regime’s 41-year rule.
“I would like to send a message to all Libyans in the liberated areas: we need to focus all our resources on the battle for freedom,” he said.
“We need to unite now for a bigger cause.”
Full story:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...
Sarah LFFR
#Benghazi : One of the “martyrs walls” at the courthouse. That’s just one wall in one square.. #GaddafiCrimes #17feb twitvid.com/AJNAQ
omar
FF’s resupplied with ammunition & weapons. incl medical stuffs from #Qatar’s cargo plane landed in #Misrata airport. #Libya #Feb17 #Qatar
JD
#Msallata gaddafi forces are regrouping to attack the city! #Msallata #Msallata #Msallata #Msallata #Msallata
FromJoanne Joanne
#LIBYA #MEDIA ALERT: Al #Qusbat is better know to Libyans as Msallata in the Al Murgub District #Libya maps.google.com/maps?q=Al+Qusb… #Msalata
Yes Msallata is besieged Electricity cutoff . 3ppl Killed Aug4 GF arresting ppl in suburbs FF R rising & fighting back
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Today #Gaddafi filth again tried to enter #Misrata from 3 sides using 3 tanks. #Freedomfighters defeated them again. #Libya #Feb17
Reports that #Gaddafi filth are again regrouping to attack #Msallata. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
Reports #Freedomfighters advanced from #BirGhanem & #Sabratha towards #Zawiya overnight. #Libya #Feb17
Massive drive forward by #Nafusa #Freedomfighters today, got within 20kms of #Surman before encountering any resistance. #Libya #Feb17
#Liberia OIL TANKER “FIDIAS” now en route from #Malta to dest. #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17
#Libya: Any who think #Turkey is playing fair please pay attention to my following posts. Turkey is a friend & supporter of #Gaddafi.
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “DERIN” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “DENIZ YILDIZI S” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “FEYZA GENC” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “BANU GENC” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “MANSOUR.M” in port #Tripoli #Libya.
#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Gadafi OIL TANKER “ANWAAR ALNASER” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” 35.88287˚/23.44557˚ now en route to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Can’t wait to see Twitter going wild with “LIBYA IS FREE!”. & if it doesn’t become a TWW Twitter is getting slapped. Soon inshallah. #Libya
LibyaUnited1944 Libya United 1944
#NTC doing an amazing job in what can only b described as Extra-Ordinary circumstances just as we have come 2 expect from the sons of #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Many, many reports from Tripoli say that #Gaddafi filth keep vast majority & all medicines, the people get little to none.
THANKU4THEANGER
Surman is anti G. They went out at beginning of Feb17 but were quelled by Khweldi’s brigade
Mercs come from Chad, Nige,Mali,Algeria,Serbia, Ukraine & Columbia. They came via the borders and by planes before NFZ
Reports Fashlum FFs have blown up the home of AbdelSalam Shusheen a prominent member of Gaddafi’s Lijan Thawriya #feb17
Moment in Tripoli on 20 Feb when Gaddafi picture was dropped from top of building in Martyr Square
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ows3gGtfF7w&fea...
A Free Libyan
Much love to #Qatar as always. Unloaded a plane full of ammo/weapons to #Misrata earlier today. Specific contents unknown. #Libya #Feb17
VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO
A Free Libyan
A compilation of Gaddafi crimes during#Feb17. youtube.com/watch?v=AaOC9V… – RT & Raise awareness! #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaOC9Vb-ATI&fea...
Maysaloon
For anybody who ever wondered what #Gaddafi would have done to #Benghazi if his forces entered, see #Hama #Syria
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. ~ Harold Taylor
Abu
sources from Zawiyah City: situation is very difficult, increasing ProG check points and possiblity of upcoming fight within the next hours.
ppl r not allowed 2 get out from houses. prayers to free the city soon. i believe it ll be the end game if Zawiya is freed. but wont b easy.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
One hopes that Free #Libya tells #Turkey to F off once #Gaddafi is gone. Not even allow them an Embassy.
Some advice:
Michael
@
@JomanaCNN You should all fly away and leave Moussa Ibaliar standing there holding his own mic in public.
libyanandproud
VIDEO : Picture montage of Shtaywi Hrayr one of #Gaddafi close aids and bodyguards. youtu.be/WESYDzq15ms #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESYDzq15ms&fea...
I reported on the “camel convoy” a couple of days ago, glad it’s “neutralized”.
Still feel sorry for the poor animals…….
At that time my sources told me there were about 400 camels in the convoy, all “ weapened to the teeth”.
Alex
@NATO WILL ‘NEUTRALIZE’ ANY ENTITY AIDING #Gaddafi – INCLUDING A CONVOY OF CAMELS: “A #Libyan rebel commander said Saturday that his forces have unconfirmed reports that #NATO struck and destroyed a caravan of camels carrying weapons from neighboring Chad.
Abdullah Aitha, who commands rebels fighting in the southeastern #Kufra region, said the caravan was made up of hundreds of camels and carried heavy caliber machine guns,
mortars and ammunition.
He said the air strike came on Friday evening in a desert 62 miles from the #Chad border while the caravan was headed for the city of Sebha, 400 miles south of the capital #Tripoli.
#Sebha is a key #Gadhafi stronghold deep in the country’s southwestern deserts where much of the Libyan leader’s loyal troops hail from.
“The camels are totally burned and the weapons are all destroyed,” he told The Associated Press.”
#Libya Rebels: NATO bombed camel weapons caravan:
www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-l...
libyanproud
VIDEO: Mutassim #Gadaffi driving a PickUp truck . I love #Feb17 for what youve done to the tyrant and his sons. t.co/BIdwkaa #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gusEDI1mywo&fea...
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
God is working things out for you, even when you don’t feel it. Have faith and be thankful.”
omar
a footage of #Freedom Fighter from #Zawyia injured in today’s #BirGanam battle youtu.be/W5h1K5LI9FM #Libya #Feb17 Salute to #FF
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5h1K5LI9FM&fea...
Alex
ZAWIYA RISES AGAIN: #Zawiya #FF – have attacked #Gaddafi units – and fierce gunfights are currently underway in the city – keeping Regime forces occupied while #Nafusa #FF approach the city from the south.#Libya
dovenews Libyan™
A Moroccan soldier was arrested by the Moroccan gov because he was persuading other soldiers to fight with the 17Feb #Libyan #FF. #Morocco
Earlier 2day: Gaddafi forces tried 2 enter Misrata from 3 sides using 3 tanks, fortunately thy were defeated by #FF & latter capturd 4×4 car
FreeBenghazi
GRAPHIC: Malek Eshnuk, #Zawiya. Martyred w his dad Sheikh Mabruk (whose body was2 damaged2 photo) الله يرحمهم #Libya facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2487091...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports of almost non stop #NATO strikes on #Brega yesterday & today. I guess Brega has a bad cockroach problem. #Libya #Feb17
I thought it was a G rat epidemic ?
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الجزيرة : خمسة شهداء اليوم من ثوارنا الاحرار فى معارك بئر الغنم اللهم تقبلهم شهداء فى جنات خلدك , و 15 جريج اللهم ضمد جراحهم و عافيهم
AJA: 5 rebels killed, 15 injured in today’s fighting in Bir al-Ghanam
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=958246&i...
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
1:59 AM, 2 loud, long explosions shake #Tripoli. Betcha those were airstrikes. #Libya
And 2 more blasts at 2 AM sharp. #Tripoli #Libya
Jets roaring high overhead. #Tripoli #Libya
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
My advice to Journalists @ #Rixos is to leave now & be4 taken as hostages by #Gaddafi
Sarah LFFR
Il y a une vingtaine de min 2grosses explosions ont sécoué #Tripoli #Libye #17feb .
Steve
Why is Twitter not real-life? People on here are far nicer than the morons you meet in reality.
Tripoli Youth
#Zliten: #Gaddafi soldiers that die on the front-lines of #Misurata city are stored in the fridges of the Tuna Factory in Zliten. #Libya
I won’t mention sardines now…….
libyanandproud
#Gumatta : Freedom Fighters have reportedly destroyed multiple vehicles in the past 48 Hours .
Tripolitano
A friend of mine said: I find it strange ppl leaving #Tripoli at a time like this. It’s like leaving London during the Olympics!!
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Orange fires flared & flashed from the south-east after airstrikes. Huge cloud of smoke billowing over city. Many 2ndary explosions #Tripoli
Libyans struggle to cope with blackouts, gas shortages
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — The alleys and archways along Rashid Street in central Tripoli were plunged in darkness Saturday night, as the Libyan capital struggled to cope with widespread shortages of electricity.
After sunset, the only light in one corner cafe came from two candles. Their flickering glow barely lit the faces of men seated at a handful of tables, where they were breaking their Ramadan fast.
Nearby, residents trudged down the center of empty streets enveloped in darkness. Some men played music from parked cars. Others sat silently in doorways, their presence only marked by the glow of a cigarette butt.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/06...
AFP
Libyan Freedom Fighters go underground, just like their ancestors
Underneath the streets of Nalut in the Nafusa mountains of western Libya,
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJjwgVB1N6k&fea...
MUST WATCH:)
Libyan Youth Movement
A unified message and one we will stand for until Libya is free!
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6UscdLaHh8
SUMMARY AUGUST 7 2011
8/7/2011
8/07/2011
8.07.2011
“Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it.” ~ Paulo Coelho
NATO:
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/Jtj75
NATO:
On August 6th, NATO aircraft flew 115 sorties including 45 strike sorties. Some of the key targets included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 2 Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems
In the vicinity east of Tripoli: 1 Surface to Air System, 2 Anti Aircraft Guns, 6 Military Supply Vehicles, 1 Military Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanam: 1 Ammunition Storage Facility, 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher System, 1 Military vehicle.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Military Facility, 1 Tank.
In the vicinity of Tiji: 1 Military Facility, 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher Storage.
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Orange fires flared & flashed from the south-east after airstrikes. Huge cloud of smoke billowing over city. Many 2ndary explosions #Tripoli
Al Jazeera English
Several explosions were heard in Tripoli after midnight on Sunday. Long series of explosions started around 2 am local time, producing giant plumes of smoke.
FB group reporting that #NATO bombed an ammo depot in Fornaj District of #Tripoli t
dovenews Libyan™
Mauritania president M Walid Abdu Al Azeyiz refused to recognize the #NTC. I am sure he wont hesitate to send mercenaries to kill us! #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Gumatta : Freedom Fighters have reportedly destroyed multiple vehicles in the past 48 Hours . #Feb17 #Libya
jamal tripoli
#Tripoli update :the heavy number of explosions is also due to the bombing of a military base in Ein zara , it has missiles stored inside.
hominoid555 russell r
Fierce fighting for Libyan opposition in Zlitan’s ‘static frontline’ youtube.com/watch?v=ru7oTR… via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru7oTRvBxa8&fea...
Damien
So far this is the only documented case of the use of Belgian landmines in Libya. Video: tumblr.com/x7a3y4rudo
or:
the-trigger.tumblr.com/post/8594214540/...
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Dalai Lama
The message of love and compassion will travel far and wide if all who follow a spiritual path work together in harmony and mutual respect.
Zlitniya
#Zliten :The intense,extensive&prolonged #NATO bombing is being cleverly used by #Gaddafi militia to convince ppl this is a foreign crusade
this and #NATO bombing is causing hesitation of inhabitants to come out against #Gaddafi.As well as high Gaddafi military presence
#Zliten :FF’s bombed Atiyya Bin Umran’s house and Abdulsalam AlDukali’s car, with ‘impressive’ results #Libya #Feb17
hominoid555 russell r
libyan revolutionaries Aim for Tripoli 7 8 11 youtube.com/watch?v=_EC8Br…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC8BrsgQJA&fea...
Zliten Dawn this morning a large attack by G troops was repelled, they tryed to retake ground gained by FFs in the last few days.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Last night the FF Mohamed AlSaket was killed by G forces in a protest after Taraweeh prayers in Fashlum. RIP #feb17 #Libya
4Adam Adam
Many of the news about clashes in #Tripoli created by Gaddafi’s RCM (Mathaba). Some of FB pages "unintentionally"helping them. #Libya #Feb17
News of the fall of more than twenty martyr on a bridge altarsana – souque Aljoumoa Tripoli for tonight … and the martyrs are still increasing in number every minute throughout our capital
News on clashes in each of theFashloum , Frenaj and other areas scattered in Tripoli
Rico
RT Excellent Map about the situation in the west: twitpic.com/62ajsw/full #Libya #feb17 #zlitan
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
getting seriously angry at french philosophers who walk around hotel lobbies with sunglasses on and pretend to be experts on #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI : On Sat. power was cut while DR was in surgery and he completed the operation by light of his cell phone #Libya
London –
The UK spends 1,5 million euros per month to house in Italy its pilots operating in Libya. According to official sources, the about 1000 RAF Tornado and Typhoon pilots and associated support personnel are billeted at the Gioia del Colle air base. According to UK Defense ministry, the base has a limited number of available aprtments and the personnel has to be housed in local hotels. In April, London stated it was thinking to alternative accomodations at Gioia del Colle. . .
#Zlian Mix Problems GF is very strong there Civilians held hostage this from a man who got family there Aje Video coming #Libya
Mirror:
Seek and Destroy: On board battleship HMS Liverpool as it blitzes Gaddafi mortars
BRITAIN’S top battleship has launched a devastating barrage against one of Libyan tyrant Colonel Gaddafi’s deadliest artillery positions.
HMS Liverpool blasted a key pro-Gaddafi mortar battery in an effort to stop him slaughtering civilians.
The Daily Mirror witnessed first hand the surgical strike from Liverpool’s 4.5in gun that silenced the Libyan regime rockets.
Royal Navy gunners launched six high explosive shells at the target outside loyalist port Zlitan on the new Libya frontline.
By the end of Thursday’s strike, the 30-year-old destroyer had totted up 118 shells fired against Gaddafi forces in four months.
HUNT
Within 20 minutes of the attack being launched, Gaddafi’s rocket systems finally fell silent – ending a week-long hunt.
Commander Colin Williams said in the ship’s operations room: “That is one less mortar position for civilians to worry about.
Full story:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/...
Reuters:
Qatari plane supplies ammunition to Libya rebels
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – A Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition destined for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
Officials at the airport acknowledged a Qatari plane landed at Misrata airport but
declined to reveal details of its contents.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7...
hominoid
The first Ramadan shipment of 20 tons of dates and vegetable to the city of Jabal Nafousa was delivered from Tunis earlier this week
Vids by Zliten 17 Feb-2011 – a revolution until victory Zliten free
Zliten rebels clash with al-tyrant on the outskirts of city 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTM_iFd373U&fea...
Zliten rebels clash with al-tyrant on the outskirts of the City 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX_352Do88s&fea...
Zliten rebels clash with al-tyrant on the outskirts of the city 3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGrnNxMMUzk&fea...
Zliten rebels clash with al-tyrant on the outskirts of City 4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAL-wqC-JYg&fea...
Sabha :
Interruption of electricity to all regions of Sabha for more than 10 hours a day, in addition to acute shortages of gas and the lack of gasoline, high food prices especially with the beginning of the the month of Ramadan.
Murzuq and Ubari blackouts entirely on these areas. Which led to the interruption of communications Libyana. water shortages
FromJoanne Joanne
#MISRATA Munitions #Qatar delivered 2 FF for #Zlitan Front R 155mm Guided Munitions goo.gl/GPUUX which accurately find target #Libya
or:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMArt_155
Hominoid
Alneto bombing last night on the city of Tripoli t.co/9DQKSSE just love the translation alneto NATO
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOiMbR0T4o&fea...
Libyan Prime Minister says that Gaddafi’s forces regain control of Bir Al Ghanam, right bunch of jokers eh !!
Pope calls for ‘revival’ of Libyan peace efforts, whoops he nodded off for a bit now he’s back
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Misrata: 3 martyrs & 15 injured in western front today. RIP. Shelling also by G forces on Tawergha front #feb17 #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Egyptian court headed by AbdelMajeed Maqnan rejects Gaddafi ’s Attorney General appeal to keep G TV channels open on Nilesat #feb17 #Libya
Belgium hands over Libya embassy to TNC #feb17 #Libya
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار:::::
Mobile networks in Tripoli and Gaddafi controlled cities are down due to electricity cuts. It is not possible to speak to the love ones. #Libya #feb17
شبكات النقال فى طرابلس و المدن المحاصرة أصبحت سيئة للغاية نظرا لانقطاع التيار الكهربائى المستمر, يصعب على المتصلين من خارج ليبيا الاتصال بأحبابهم فى المدن المحاصرة
يا رب صبرنا و صبرهم و فرج علينا فى هذا الشهر الكريم يا رب
BREAKING NEWS: Gaddafis prime minister
says they have re-taken Ber Alghanam. In your dreams!!!
عاجل .. رئيس الوزراء الليبي: قوات القذافي تستعيد السيطرة على “بير الغنم”
كان آخر كذبة السابقة من الناس مع القذافي Previous post was a lie from people with Gaddafi
BREAKING: UNCONFIRMED: Al-drebi area of Tripoli is being encircled by regime thugs and being checked since yesterday in the afternoon and there are still
operations against freedom seekers in the area while homes are searched
عــــــاجل : تم حصار منطقة الدريبي و تمشيطها من قبل جنود النظام منذ البارحة ظهراً و لا تزال هناك عمليات ضد الأحرار في تلك المنطقة من العاصمة الليبية طرابلس
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya grad rockets landing in bir ghannam gaddafi forces launching counter offensive against rebels
#Libya we just left bir ghannem because grad rockets were landing rebels on the new front line dispersed but town still in their control
#Libya rebels in bir ghannem told us that they will be able to keep their positions
LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Tripoli seems to have had a very busy night, #NATO and local brave fighters who seek freedom for #libya
I’ve tried more than 10 mobiles today in #Tripoli but no connection, later I was told it’s due to no electricity, pray for #libya
Called family but mother didn’t say a thing about last night clashes, she’s afraid.
Mobile networks are down in #Tripoli , due to electricity blockage feeding networks towers not necessary to mobile not charged. #libya
Reuters
Reuters: Latest developments in Libyan conflict
(Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
- Libyan rebels on Saturday said they had launched a push to capture the coastal oil town of Brega, but were advancing slowly because Muammar Gaddafi’s forces had sown minefields across its approaches.
- A Qatari plane made a quick stop in the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to offload ammunition for rebel fighters, sources with knowledge of the flight said.
- Power and petrol shortages gripped Libyan capital Tripoli, as the months of conflict with NATO-backed rebels take their toll on a city that is the seat of Gaddafi’s power.
Full report and source:
shabablibya.org/news/reuters-latest-dev...
Aircon in my room louder than NATO bombing last night. Slept through it. A couple of jets above this morning, checking target presumably.
Press conference room at #Libyan PM’s office is far more comfortable than the cramped room #NATO often uses for briefings in Brussels.
PM speaks of #Libya’s resilience, of #NATO’s failing scenario and desperate acts, “maybe NATO’s only way out is to use the nuclear bomb”.
Gvt though seems to have only that one option. That NATO gives up. I can’t see that happening (yet) though.
Guardian
In liberated Libya in the year 2961
The Berber people, known as Amazigh, find rare unity as they form one of the fronts taking on the might of the Gaddafi regime
“Did you know that this is the year 2961?” my driver asked as we drove along a tortuous road through the mountains. At first, I thought he was joking but he went on to explain that the Amazigh calendar started in 950BC.
As we stopped at each checkpoint, I strained to understand what he was saying to the local people, imagining that it was some odd dialect of Arabic – but I had no idea what any of the words meant.
This recent encounter opened my eyes to a long-neglected ethnic culture in my own backyard in Libya. The Amazigh people (also known as Berbers) are Numidian descendents and the indigenous people of north Africa. They can be found from the Canary Islands in the Atlantic (where they were expelled in the 15th-century Spanish conquest) to the Siwa oasis in Egypt.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Bir alGhanem Yesterday mercenaries from Chad and Niger were captured in Bir Alghanem #Libya #Nafusa
Aljazeera:
ZLITAN 3 Fighters were killed in an onslaught from GF several Gaddafi forces were killed There is a problem with the frontline
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zlitan NEEDS TO RISE but its not happening 4 a nbr of reasons Situation is very complicated FF are in defending mode at the moment #Libya
#RAMADAN in #ZLITAN is no picnic Center is so close but civilians R used as human shields and are held Hostage a precarious situation #Libya
#Tripoli a gas container that used to cost abt $2-3 a few months ago can cost at least 20 times that amount if it can be found at all #Libya
#Misurata Airport source called a journo yesterday said that Qatar Aid plane landed with load of 6 Military Trucks full of ammunition #Libya
#TRIPOLI Mass in Church: When @NATO bombs at night I hear my neighbors clap and cheer ‘bravo’ next morning they are with the rebels #Libya
#Tripoli, man from #Zawiyah which FF held 4 weeks b4 Regime Crushed them said 100s of fighters ARE HIDING& WAITING 4Chance 2 reEmerge #Libya
#ZAWIYAH which is in the grip of G Regime FF are ready to RISE Any day now but no one can open his mouth also so many are in jail #Libya
#TRipoli The people in the streets look deceivingly normal but they are teeming with Plain Clothed Security Police and informers #Libya
#TRIPOLI RIXOS Golden Cage Hotel Safest Place in Town now FULL wth Gaddafi Regime Families and their Prisoners: Foreign journalists #Libya
#NTC Jalil;No1 =above the Law Starting from #NTC top .. Soon in&external investigation will reveal offender+details of Younis Killing #Libya
#Zlitan More fighting broke out further on along Front The Ammunition problem has been resolved Thanks to kind donation of #Qatar #Libya
We R all Rooting 4 az #Zawiyah FF are going 2try for #3RD time 2Free it from Gaddafi Criminals Remember this ? t.co/bMYf2b9
or:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/15...
#BIR #alGhanam is FIRMLY in FF hands FF heading 4 #azZawiya R 20km from #Surman Another FF group is on the road to #Sabratha #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Never thought that in this day and age a country would have to be conquered town by town, village by village, like the FF are doing #Libya
#Bir alGhanem Zeina reports now: @ZeinakhodrAljaz GF Attacking town with GRADS but FF CONFIDENT they will keep control of town #Libya
#Bir Al GHanem Dont b upset that GF CounterAttacked This is their routine They RUN then when safe distance they #FireBackBlindly #Libya
For what it’s worth: “experts”, observers and researcher’s opinions.
( FYI: NATO is there to protect civilians, NOT to defeat Gaddafi but I’m not an expert:))
ViewInLine
Libya News on war : Nato allies Struggling to defeat Gadaffi
Strong resistance by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and conflicting impulses to topple the Libyan ruler and hit a political settlement are stumping France’s and its allies’ efforts to end the conflict, experts say.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has denied France is getting sucked into an endless war but admitted “we probably underestimated the resistance that would be put up by Gaddafi’s forces,” in televised comments on Thursday.
“We cannot speak of getting bogged down,” he insisted. “We are five months into our operations… no one talked about a lightning war.”
But observers played down the rebels’ advances and said tribal divisions in Libya make it difficult to coordinate an uprising, especially during the current Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Moisseron of the IRD added that Gaddafi himself has been allied from the start with certain powerful tribes while, for example, “the Berber tribes of Jebel Nefusa are ready to defend their territory but will not go to Tripoli.”
“Libyans are willing to fight for their land but when it comes to waging war on other (tribes’) territory it’s a different matter,” said Patrick Haimzadeh, a former diplomat and author of a book on Gaddafi’s regime.
Full report:
www.viewsinline.com/news/world/libya-ne...
20 TRUCKS CARRYING BENZENE:
omar
#Libyan #FF’s seized 20 trucks carrying benzene in #Tunisia were on its way to #Gaddafi regime youtu.be/OqfKVSVu1uc #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqfKVSVu1uc&fea...
So was it Tunisians that captured the trucks? I assume they were captured in tunisia?
Libyans but of course with Tunisians help .. yes were captured in Tunisia !
#AJE are the only team reporting from #birghanam now Stay tuned for the live shortly and for our video while escaping #libya #Zintan #Zawia
Abdul
shelling of #birghanam got heavier, reinforcement still on the way from #Zintan #Zawya rebels r still holding da town #libya #Nafusa #Nato
Sarah LFFR
#Twitter is magic : #Senussi died 5times, #Brega fully liberated 10s, #Khamis killed twice .. #EverythingOk
Sarah LFFR
Love it ! :) Was wondering which pic of my trip to #Misurata to upload I think this is best. twitpic.com/62g8wy”
Romandie:
Libye: les forces loyales à Kadhafi ont repris Bir al-Ghanam
TRIPOLI – Les forces loyales au dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi ont repris aux rebelles, Bir al-Ghanam, verrou stratégique à 80 km au sud-ouest de Tripoli, a annoncé dimanche le Premier ministre libyen Baghdadi Mahmoudi, lors d’une conférence de presse à Tripoli.
La vie a repris normalement dans le village de Bir al-Ghanam qui est aujourd’hui sous contrôle total du régime, a-t-il déclaré, après avoir reconnu que la localité était passée samedi sous le contrôle de la rébellion, soutenue par les opérations aériennes de l’Otan.
Les rebelles du Djebel Nefoussa, positionnés depuis plusieurs semaines à Bir Ayad, à 30 km au sud de Bir al-Ghanam, avaient lancé une offensive samedi vers 08H00 (06H00 GMT) en direction de cette ville de garnison, selon un correspondant de l’AFP.
Full art.:
www.romandie.com/news/n/_Libye_les_forc...
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Hayat
I swear to you #Gaddafi you WILL pay for what you’ve done to our loved ones, our families, our homes, our country, our people, our religion.
BREAKING NEWS: Clashes now in Tripoli, Aradah, Amr Almuktar street and others
اشتباكات الآن فى عرادة و فى شارع شوقى وشارع بالخير وعمر المختار بطرابلس .. وطريق السكة ملغمة بالكامل بكتائب القذافي ..
معنا الله ومعكم الشيطان .. بإذن الله تعالى
FreeLibya. The western ‘love’ concept, u take it apart, is really just lust.
But love transcends just the physical.
Love is disposition, behavior, attitude, thoughts, likes, dislikes-these things make a beautiful woman, a beautiful wife. This is the beauty that never fades
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Libyan PM Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi claims Bir al-Ghanam is back in Gadhafi’s hands, after @holmescnn entered this town w/rebels Saturday #Libya
Le Point France:
Libye: sans électricité, les Tripolitains entament le ramadan dans la souffrance
Alors que la crise du carburant empoisonne la vie quotidienne des Tripolitains depuis plusieurs mois, une pénurie d’électricité et des coupures d’eau courante sont venues aggraver la souffrance des habitants de la capitale libyenne en ce début de mois de ramadan.
“Depuis le début du ramadan, on rompt le jeûne à la lumière des bougies”, se plaint Ahmed, la quarantaine, qui fait ses courses dans un marché de légumes dans le quartier 2 mars, dans l’ouest de la capitale.
“Nous pouvons nous passer de la climatisation mais pas du réfrigérateur”, ajoute-t-il, précisant que “les coupures d’électricité durent parfois 24 heures”.
Full art.:
www.lepoint.fr/monde/libye-sans-electri...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Gaddafi’s #Libya: A land w/out addresses & mail. Whole towns w/out running water & public sewer systems. Mtn roads w/out signs or guardrails
#Gaddafi’s ruthless violence is on display for a global audience this year. But decades of greedy abuse & neglect r also tragic
In a Tunis hospital room with a new arrival, an injured #Misrata FF. Glancing out the window, I c a freedom flag hung in a 5th floor flat :)
BREAKING NEWS: Heavy fighting NOW between FFs of Zawiyah and Gaddafi forces inside the city
معارك عنيفة تدور الان بين ثوار الزاوية و عصابات القدافي داخل المدينة و ثوار الزاوية القادمدون من الجبل يحررون قرية ناصر و انباء عن وصولهم الي بعد بئر شعيب الله اكبر,تكبير
Abu
if Zawiyah is freed then Tripoli shall b Free.! End Game for G Regime. ! By Allah’s willing.
hominoid
Bir Al Ghanam the field commander said the FFs are in control of the area in fact they are now on the outskirts of Zawiya
Revolutionary in Soug AlJuma, Tripoli hung the independence flag only to be surrounded by G forces. The shocking thing was that they told him to take it down and that they’ll be the ones to raise in the right time
Bir Ghanam said no one tweeted the PMs story on channelnewsasia
Tiji base still surrounded some clashes with heavy weapons, FFs still waiting for a surrender to save bloodshed.
Libyan PM Al-Mahmoudi denies black-outs triggered anti-gov’t protests in Tripoli, also a bit short on fuel as well as truth !!
TNC appoint Libyan diplomat Mohamed Farhat as ambassador to Belgium
acarvin Andy Carvin
Some of the footage I’ve seen out of Syria today is as bad as I’ve ever seen, like some of the early footage out of Libya. Just devastating.
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Libyan PM Al-Mahmoudi denies black-outs triggered anti-gov’t protests in #Tripoli:“the only rallies…were supporting the leadership”
CNN
Libyans struggle to cope with blackouts, gas shortages
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — The alleys and archways along Rashid Street in central Tripoli were plunged in darkness Saturday night, as the Libyan capital struggled to cope with widespread shortages of electricity.
After sunset, the only light in one corner cafe came from two candles. Their flickering glow barely lit the faces of men seated at a handful of tables, where they were breaking their Ramadan fast.
Nearby, residents trudged down the center of empty streets enveloped in darkness. Some men played music from parked cars. Others sat silently in doorways, their presence only marked by the glow of a cigarette butt.
“It’s a disaster. My father’s neighborhood hasn’t had electricity for five straight days,” said one Libyan man who asked not to be named, for fear of attracting the ire of government authorities. He said he evacuated his entire family to Egypt and was staying behind to keep an eye on his property.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/06...
FFs have reached Souq Alalagat in Sabrata
نقلاً عن قناة الزاوية على الفيس بوك
French CRI
L’assassinat du chef militaire des rebelles, le général Abdel Fatah Younès, était un complot du dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, et une commission spéciale mène actuellement une enquête sur l’affaire, a fait savoir samedi Moustapha Abdeljalil, président de Conseil national de transition (CNT), l’instance politique de la rébellion libyenne, lors d’une conférence de presse.
Les membres de la commission comprennent un médecin et le chef d’un comité judiciaire des rebelles, a annoncé M. Jalil lors d’une conférence de presse, sans donner plus de détail.
En outre, il a indiqué qu’il était trop tôt de parler des plans d’une période de transition ou d’une période post-Kadhafi.
“On sait pas encore si Khamis, un des fils de Kadhafi, a été tué ou non”, a reconnu le responsable du CNT.
Source:
french.cri.cn/621/2011/08/07/301s250340...
Abdul
#rebels are as far as east side of #birghanam. They lost #Zawya junction
LibyaNewMedia
I want to remind once again that court rulings will not affect Gaddafi’s TV channels. It’s a poltiical choice by Egypt. #Libya #Gaddafi
dovenews Libyan™
Ashia Gaddafi asked the #UN to visit the Syrian’s refugee camp. The camel cannot see the crookedness of its own neck الجمل لا يرى عوجة رقبته
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
At least 3 #FFs have been killed in fighting near #Zliten today. #Libya #feb17
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#NATO has launched a number of air strikes at #Gaddafi troops in #Zliten today. #Libya #Feb17
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
FFs of Tripoli r waiting for the right time to rise, Gaddafi forces r saying that they will join the FFs when there is BIG uprising in city.
Libya CNN :
The alleys and archways along Rashid Street in central Tripoli were plunged in darkness Saturday night, as the Libyan capital struggled to cope with widespread shortages of electricity.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libyan freedom fighter Essam, a 31 yr old computer engineering teacher from #Misrata, in his Tunis hospital rm today. twitpic.com/62ht4x
BREAKING NEWS: #FFs this morning at dawn Liberated #Tiji and #Badr completly
عاجل و حصري: قام جيشنا الوطني البطل فجر اليوم بعملية التفافية على بدر و تيجي و تم تحريرهم بالكامل و الان الجيش الوطني يحاصر فلول المرتزقة في قاعدة الوطية الجوية .. الله أكبر و لله الحمد .. الدعاء بالثبات و النصر
Hayat
#Gaddafi will have single handedly been responsible for the destruction of an entire people-Our parents’ generation and ours: #Libya’s Youth
Adam
I can confirm that called family in tripoli last night was a pretty rough nite huge depo storage residential area
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Looks like good news in Nafusa … awaiting confirmation #feb17 #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
Reports that Gaddafi commanders have executed about 150 of their own officers & soldiers after the latter didnt want to continue
working when they requested to take a holiday in Ramadan & were refused
most officers & soldiers were originally from #BaniWalead & #Tarhuna tribes
hominoid
Badr and Tiji and have been liberated and surrounded the remnants of the mercenaries in Wattayah air base via zlitenfree
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Power, petrol shortages in Tripoli irk Libyans
Power and petrol shortages are afflicting the Libyan capital Tripoli, deepening public frustration as months of conflict with NATO-backed rebels take their toll on the seat of leader Muammar Gaddafi’s power.
Mohamed Abu Ajeela Rashid, a former Libyan health minister who is now a senior hospital doctor, said the shortages were causing serious problems. On Saturday, he said, power was cut off while he was performing an operation and he had to complete it by the light of his cell phone.
THE WORST RAMADAN
“No one is buying anything,” shopkeeper Adel said bleakly in his darkened, deserted shoe store in the Ghut al-Shaal neighbourhood of western Tripoli, where power was out on Saturday afternoon. “This is the worst Ramadan of my life.”
Libyan state television broadcast on Sunday an appeal to the public to conserve power. It said people should switch off air conditioners when they leave their offices, and use air conditioning in mosques only during prayer time.
The daytime temperature in Tripoli on Sunday was 41 Celsius (106 Fahrenheit).
Full report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/07/liby...
Zlitniya
#Zliten : #Gaddafi militia attacked Suq Al Thalath from the western side.4FF martyred,17 injured. #Libya #Feb17
afmuja
I love this Libyan freedom song: “Libya ya Libya” facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya #Feb17 No fast on music!
Or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2370...
BREAKING NEWS: 4 martyrs so far among FF in the on going battles inside Zliten
الله أكبر …..٤ شهداء إلى الآن في معارك لا زالت قائمة داخل زليتن …اللهم أنصر ثوارنا
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Sunday- UK #Apache Helos have attacked GF troops in Al #Watiyah. 40m south of the coast, the deepest penetration yet from HMS Ocean.
the #Apache Helos used #Hellfire missiles and 30mm cannon to destroy a #GF HQ and 12 #Gaddafi vehicles. (Source: Maj Gen Nick Pope)
email from UK MOD. Couldn’t see it being reported so I tweeted. might be here tomorrow
HMS #Liverpool has been firing ‘Star Shells’ over #Zlitan to provide illumination for NATO ops in area. #Libya #Feb17
FYI: This is what journo Jonny Hallam was referring to:
BFBS
Army Apaches carry out Libya strike
British Apache helicopters from the Army Air Corps have carried out a strike on a Gaddafi regime headquarters and military vehicles in Libya.
An Ministry of Defence spokesman, Major General Nick Pope, said the raid happened at al Watiyah, near the western border with Tunisia.
Major Pope added: "In the early hours of this morning, Apache helicopters from the Army Air Corps, flying off their carrier HMS Ocean, penetrated deep into Libyan airspace to conduct a strike on a troop concentration at Al Watiyah, 40 miles south of the coast at Zuwarah.
“Hellfire missiles and cannon fire accounted for one headquarters and twelve military vehicles, including at least one armed with a surface-to-air weapon system, with another four vehicles left seriously damaged.
“Fleet Air Arm Sea Kings provided radar cover, whilst RAF Tornado GR4s flew as overwatch. The Tornadoes were also able to prosecute successfully a target of their own, destroying a military staging post further south at Tiji.”
Maj Gen Pope also gave details of operations over the past few days which saw the destroyer HMS Liverpool fire on a missile emplacement in the town of Zlitan, while RAF and Army Air Corps aircraft took action over the Djebel Nafousa mountains in the west of Libya.
“Nato taskings saw RAF aircraft maintaining frequent patrols throughout Friday over the Djebel Nafousa,” he said.
“One such patrol attacked a building used by artillery teams firing into Yafran, whilst another patrol struck a staging post for the former regime forces which have been concentrated around Gharyan.
“Further east, HMS Liverpool took action during the early evening of Thursday, successfully engaging, with her 4.5-inch gun, a Grad multiple rocket launcher positioned on the coast near Zlitan.
“Liverpool remained in the area and, after darkness had fallen, fired star shells to provide illumination for Nato operations in the area.
“On Saturday, a precision strike was conducted against a location near Bir al Ghanam in the Djebel Nafousa, which was supporting multiple rocket launchers. This was followed up by successful attacks on two ammunition stores and a headquarters in the same area, our aircraft employing Paveway guided bombs to destroy their targets.”
Source:
www.bfbs.com/news/worldwide/army-apache...
Reuters:
Tripoli rocked by pre-dawn blasts
Video:
www.reuters.com/video/2011/08/07/tripol...
cswift2 Cara Swift
Power cuts in #Tripoli last now up to 18hrs a day. Gas for cooking now costs 70 LYD (b4 was 3 LYD), & the cost of food is rising. #Libya
BBC
UK Apaches in action over Libya
British military action in Libya continues with Apache helicopters carrying out a strike
on a major base of the Gaddafi regime on Sunday.
They also destroyed military vehicles at al Watiyah, near the border with Tunisia, the Ministry
of Defence said.
Meanwhile, foreign minister Alistair Burt has insisted that “incremental progress” was being made in Libya.
He said the international community had to be “patient and persistent” in dealing with Col Gaddafi.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14437661
SUMMARY AUGUST 8 2011
8/8/2011
8/06/2011
8.08.2011
When Allah solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities. When He doesn’t solve your problems He has faith in your abilities!
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/mKnnx
NATO
On August 7, NATO aircraft flew 119 sorties, including 59 strike sorties. Some of the key targets included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Military Facility, 2 Tanks, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 1 Anti Aircraft Gun, 1 Military Facility, 1 Surface to Air System, 1 Surface-to-Surface Systems, 1 Surface-to-Air Launcher.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammunition Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 4 Command and Control Nodes, 1 Military Facility, 1 Weapons Storage, 1 Anti-Tank Weapon, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
In the vicinity of Gharyan: 1 Artillery Piece.
In the vicinity of Misratah: 1 Military Facility.
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Sunday: 2 RAF formations conducted a strike on a former regime barracks & ammunition depot near Zlitan, as well as an HQ. #Libya
Sunday: Missions attacked two command and control facilities and a military staging post in Zlitan and Al Khums. #Libya
Sunday: In the east of #Libya, an RAF patrol successfully engaged a tank and a Grad multiple rocket launcher near Brega.
Sunday: HMS Bangor – mine countermeasures patrol off Misratah where Qadhafi made unsuccessful attempts to deny port to humanitarian shipping
Sunday: HMS Liverpool once again fired a barrage of illumination rounds to support NATO operations in the Zlitan area. #Libya
Sunday: Fleet Air Arm Sea Kings from HMS Ocean used their Searchwater radar to augment NATO’s fixed wing surveillance capabilities. #Libya
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Hi, the FFs are on the Outskirts of Surman and Inshallah they will Liberate it today!!
there are FFs in Surman waiting to rise, they are armed but need help from FFs from outside!! The town WILL RISE!! :)
Rebels Plan to establish a 10 000-15 000 strong " #Tripoli task force" to secure the capital and capture prominent #Gaddafi supporters.
#France gives $259 million in frozen funds to Libyan Freedom Fighters. فرنسا تمنح 259 مليون دولار من الاموال المجمدة للثوار
#Libyan revolutionaries in the battle to liberate Bir ALGANAM. الثوار الليبيين في معركة تحرير بير الغنام fb.me/1c8DsMyzh
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSiqy77jcZ8
Abdul Jalil, calls for the Libyans to unite in the face of Gaddafi, and said in a speech from Benghazi to the citizens .. ‘The formations of armed security will disappear from the streets, and will be annexed to the National Liberation Army’.
Abdul Jalil, also assured the citizens on the financial position of the Transitional National Council, and asked the central bank not to make citizens pay interests on their loans, and that the Treasury will bear these interests.
عبد الجليل يدعو الليبيين للتوحد في مواجهة القذافي، وقال في كلمة وجهها من بنغازي
للمواطنين .. إن التشكيلات الأمنية المسلحة ستختفي من الشوارع، وسيتم ضمها لجيش التحرير الوطني.
كما طمأن عبد الجليل المواطنين على الموقف المالي للمجلس الوطني الانتقالي، وطلب من المصرف المركزي عدم أخذ فوائد من المواطنين على القروض، وأن الخزينة العامة ستتحمل هذه الفوائد
#LIBYA: Power cuts in the city of #Zintan frequently day and night. #feb17
Sign post in #Misurata
أقوى اللافتات في مصراته الصمود
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=206692&i...
Telegraph
Rebel blueprint for Libya revealed
Arebel blueprint for a post-Gaddafi Libya would retain much of the current regime’s infrastructure in the hope of averting an Iraq-style descent into chaos, it has emerged.
A 70-page plan prepared by the National Transitional Council (NTC) with help from Western powers and seen by the Times concedes they have little chance of toppling the long-serving ruler but that internal divisions will force him out.
In that event, the rebels plan to establish a 10,000-15,000 strong “Tripoli task force” to secure the capital and capture prominent Gaddafi supporters.
Around 5,000 policemen will be recruited to serve as the interim government’s security forces, according to the plan.
The rebels claim that 800 current Gaddafi government officials have already been recruited to their cause, and could form a key plank of a post-conflict security apparatus, the paper reported.
The document also maps out how telecommunications, power and transport infrastructure will be secured in the immediate hours after the regime’s collapse.
The NTC confirmed the report’s authenticity, but requested that the newspaper withhold key details which could compromise the ongoing operation.
Full art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
News AM
Azerbaijan’s oil company supplies gasoline to Gaddafi’s terminal
Gasoline sent to the Libyan terminal, located in the area of NATO air strikes, belongs to Azerbaijan, Musavat newspaper writes referring to Reuters.
Libyan rebels with the help of NATO troops have discovered huge tankers filled with gasoline in the Mediterranean Sea intended for the troops of Muammar Gaddafi, Azerbaijani newspaper writes.
Libyan insurgents brought the tankers to the airport of Benghazi, foothold of Libyan opposition.
The tankers belong to Libya’s state shipbuilding company GNMTC which is controlled by one of Gaddafi’s sons.
Gasoline is sold by a trading company operating in Switzerland, the name of the company is not disclosed. Libyan oil companies are not functioning due to civil war, so Gaddafi is trying to import gasoline secretly to supply it to his troops.
In particular, Gaddafi’s agents buy gasoline and then supply it to Libya through Turkey using forged documents.
According to Azerbaijani source, several studies showed that gasoline sent to the Libyan terminal has Azerbaijani “origin”.
The source says at present Azerbaijan is exporting oil through Turkey. In addition, SOCAR Trading, created by the state oil company of Azerbaijan, is actively developing in the international markets.
Therefore, most likely the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan supports Gaddafi’s terminal providing the necessary fuel, Musavat concludes.
Source:
news.am/eng/news/70341.html
Reuters: No trace of Gaddafi’s brigades in the town of Bir Ghanam which is controlled by the Freedom Fighters
Navaltoday
UK: HMS Liverpool Gets Praises for Calm Reaction in Libya
The captain of a Portsmouth-based warship has praised his crew for their calm reaction to being fired at with rockets.
HMS Liverpool prepared to fire her Sea Dart missile system during a tense stand-off with pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya.
The Type 42 warship, which has been patrolling offshore to enforce the UN shipping embargo, was fired at with multiple rockets.
The 267-strong crew donned white anti-flash suits as they closed to action stations and prepared to return fire.
But fortunately the missiles fell harmlessly a few miles short of Liverpool meaning she did not have to engage.
The battery where the rockets were fired from was later destroyed by allied Apache attack helicopters flying from HMS Ocean.
Liverpool’s commanding officer, Commander Colin Williams, 41, said:
“The artillery that fired at us isn’t there any more. We achieved our mission.”
“The team behaved exactly as I wanted, they were calm and professional. I’m intensely proud of them.”
For several weeks HMS Liverpool has been going close to the Libyan coast to help rebel forces battling Gaddafi.
The missile attack was not the first time the warship has been fired upon as she has carried out her duties.
Cdr Williams said:
“We have to observe all of the rules governing our remit out here.”
“We are here to stop the regime harming civilians in accordance with the UN Security Resolutions.”
Source:
navaltoday.com/2011/08/08/uk-hms-liverp...
hominoid555 russell r
FF brigades and missile launchers. youtube.com/watch?v=AnHfwD…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnHfwDopvxQ&fea...
The battle to liberate South Surman 6 – 8 – 2011.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_TWdWCIVaU&fea...
No sign of any Gaddafi troops & saw 3 burned out tanks & an abandoned artillery piece BirAlGhanam
Bir al-Ghanam, and were now planning to push towards the coastal town of Zawiyah, which lies 50 km west of Tripoli.
Britain said on Saturday its aircraft had been in the area and attacked two ammunitions stores, a military HQ and rocket launchers.
FFs at a distance of 20 km from the coastal road .. cut the road to Tunis may mean the collapse of the whole system Gaddafi
2011-08-08 At least three FFs fighters have been killed in clashes near the northern town of Zlitan,
Global Post
Inside Libya’s most notorious prison
It was a massacre at Abu Salim in Tripoli that sparked the Libyan uprising.
James Foley
TRIPOLI, Libya — “Welcome to hell,” a Libyan prison guard told several new inmates. “This is Abu Salim.”
The words sent chills through Dr. Ahmed’s already badly beaten body. He had been helping an Al Jazeera reporting team in March, during the early days of the Libya uprising, when forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi surrounded the western city of Zawiya, capturing him and his colleagues.
After days of interrogations and torture, he was dropped under the cover of darkness in a large prison outside Tripoli known as Abu Salim. It was there, 15 years ago, that a
now infamous massacre of political prisoners took place, an event that would ultimately lead to the open revolt that is now gripping the country.
It was 1996. Prisoners at Abu Salim began to riot over poor prison conditions. In response, the Gaddafi regime said it would send negotiators. Instead, it sent in a firing squad and systematically gunned down 1,200 people.
Hussein Al-Madni, 38, was there at the time.
He had been arrested for his involvement in political Islam — a movement Gaddafi long perceived as a threat to his rule — and imprisoned at Abu Salim in 1995, along with his twin brother Hassan, whose only offense was having a similar name.
Full art.:
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/region...
libyanandproud
The Muslim Brotherhood in #Libya are stupid to think that Libyans will Be ok for them to Hijack #Feb17 ! #Libya
FFs on the outskirts of Sorman now .. Zoom .. Enlarge … God is great God is great
Aljazeera Video:
Libyan rebels battle for western town on road to coast t.co/mqePxnH via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8nBWoeJAxc&fea...
Sirtawi
Libyan State tv call for a Million man rally in America on Aug 13th… God have mercy! #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes #FAIL ______"
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zlitan #AndrewSimmons understated observation: “Its a Long Road Ahead” #Libya
#BirGhanam #Nafusa Mountain FF and #Tripoli brigade have their eyes set on #Surman #Libya
#NTC in #Benghazi confirmed Secret Plan Post Gaddafi report ’s authenticity #Libya
Post #Gaddafi Secret Plan: Docs claim FF groups inside #Tripoli & surrounding areas hv 8,660 supporters incl 3,255 INSIDE GaddafiArmy #Libya
#NTC #ArefAliNayed Ambassador to #UAE regrets Post Gaddafi Do is Leaked but " public should know there is Advance Plan" #Libya
#FLASH Plan suggests : #NTC + Western backers would be prepared to NEGOTIATE with #GADDAFI SONS if Muammar Gaddafi was killed #Libya
#TRIPOLI Anybody who missed it last night @Niz_FGM is safe and well in #Tunis Read on: facebook.com/FGMovement #Libya
We (AJE) are in #birghanam and it’s still under #rebels control; #Qadhafi tv claim is false #FFs #libya #Nafusa #Zawya
#AU #Africa leaders decided the 53 Member Nations should NOT carry out I#CC #Gaddafi ARREST Warrant #Libya result #EquatorialGuinea #Summit
MEDIA ALERT Now that you know Musa #Ibrahim LIED to U about Bir #Ghanam Please STOP REPEATING / PRINTING his LIES! #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” 34.58335˚/18.80329˚ now en route to desst #Tripoli #Libya. Turkey re-supplying #Gaddafi. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” now in port #Misrata #Libya. #Feb17
#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “KOUROSH PIONEER” now departing port
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عبد الجليل يدعو الليبيين للتوحد في مواجهة القذافي، وقال في كلمة وجهها من بنغازي للمواطنين .. إن التشكيلات الأمنية المسلحة ستختفي من الشوارع، وسيتم ضمها لجيش التحرير الوطني.
كما طمأن عبد الجليل المواطنين على الموقف المالي للمجلس الوطني الانتقالي، وطلب من المصرف المركزي عدم أخذ فوائد من المواطنين على القروض، وأن الخزينة العامة ستتحمل هذه الفوائد.
Abdul Jalil, calls for the Libyans to unite in the face of Gaddafi, and said in a speech from Benghazi to the citizens .. ‘The formations of armed security will disappear from the streets, and will be annexed to the National Liberation Army’.
Abdul Jalil, also assured the citizens on the financial position of the Transitional National Council, and asked the central bank not to make citizens pay interests on their loans, and that the Treasury will bear these interests
A Free Libyan
NTC to take over the Libyan embassy in #Paris officially on Friday. #Libya #Feb17
Reports that on 31/7, 1 See’an FF in #Tiji raised the rev. flag. G responded with 14.5 machine guns. His leg was amputated. #Libya #Feb17
Reports that after sunset, #Janzour FFs damaged the house of a G official (Tahami Khalid) with grenades. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
Reports #Janzour FFs also burnt the car of Hisham Ali (G official too), close to the Ja’afar Mosque. #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17
#Zliten FFs repel a G offensive earlier in the day. G unable to push them back from their position. #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – #Gmata – FFs destroy 6 G vehicles. #Libya #Feb17
#Gmata update – Conditions bad. Gas mostly unavailable. People use wood for cooking. Also, Electricity off much of the day. #Libya #Feb17
BBC News – British Apache helicopters keeping busy. Earlier tonight hit G vehicles at #alWatiyah, near Tunisian border. #Libya #Feb17
A Free Libyan
Heavy fighting near centre of #Zliten again. FF say the ammo/weapons they received in #Misrata will help greatly. #Libya #Feb17
AlManara notes that FFs are expressing a great deal of confidence that #Zliten will be theirs in a few days #Libya #Feb17
Reuters reported from the centre of #BirGhanam and emphasized there was ZERO G presence. Just an update for the skeptical.
wheelertweets James Wheeler
A few more ambulances for Tataouine & #Libya’s #Nafusa Mtns are in the works. But we could use more. And we really need paramedics.
Good art.:
MEMEBURN
9 ways Twitter is good for democracy
Sarah Britten
1. First, and most obviously, access to Twitter is not easily controlled
2. Twitter brings politicians closer to the people
3. Twitter gives ordinary citizens the power to influence the course of events
4. Twitter facilitates discussion and debate
5. Twitter gives ordinary people a voice
6. Twitter provides a much wider variety of opinions.
7. Twitter also gives space to opinions which would otherwise be barely visible
8. Twitter is unmediated
9. Twitter is good at reinforcing the kind of shared experiences that are central to any nation-building project
The power (and the peril) of social media lies in the fact that it makes things visible. As many have observed over the years, sunshine is an excellent disinfectant.
Read more here:
memeburn.com/2011/08/9-ways-twitter-is-...
Voice of Free Libya – Benghazi :
www.ustream.tv/channel/voice-of-free-li...
Have a look:)
Change In Libya’s Photos – Wall Photos
mcaf.ee/8y7fn
Worth reading:
American Society of International Law
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights – Response to the Situation in Libya
Anna Dolidze
On March 25, 2011, for the first time in its history, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“African Human Rights Court”) ordered provisional measures against Libya in the case African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The provisional measures require that Libya “immediately refrain from any action that would result in loss of life or violation of physical integrity of persons, which could be a breach of the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights or of other international human rights instruments to which it is a party.”1 In addition, the African Human Rights Court ordered Libya to report to the Court within fifteen days on the steps taken in response to the Order. The Libyan government has ignored the Order.
Read full art.:
www.asil.org/insights110725.cfm
Following the Torture trail Through the Arab Spring: First Speculations:
Lisa Hajjar
Torture and anti-torture are everywhere. Are the revolutions sweeping through the
Arab world, and being confronted with violent counter-revolutions, in part a battle over the use of torture? It is, perhaps, too early to know how significant or central torture is to the protest movements that have disposed of the torture-prone regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, and the ongoing battles against authoritarians in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, not to mention the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Libya and beyond. Someday, we may look back on this period as a decisive moment, where either anti-torture broke the dam of authoritarianism by galvanizing mass protests, or torture was the means of reestablishing it.
The best scholarship on torture, like the best scholarship on genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, is grounded in the historical and political context of perpetration and victimization. “Context” in this context is, to a large extent, territorially and/or demographically specific. Torture is a globalized phenomenon in the sense that it continues to be perpetrated in countries all over the globe. But it is not a global phenomenon because the “how’s” and “why’s” in any given context are always specific and distinctive, albeit fertile comparisons can be drawn among torture regimes. Unlike other gross crimes, torture targets individuals in custody.
Full art:
mcaf.ee/69lux
septimius
At last I’m back in #Nalut, Lots and lots more families than last time! electricity BIG problem here!
#Nalut only on generators now, but again fuel shortage big deal!
Heart warming to see a ghost town that I saw in May now back to life!
More good news, the money from TNC/ finance arrived to #Nalut, and families are collecting them today
OK…I am off….. will see when I can update you next, maybe Kabaw may be Yefren!
#Nalut: I will try and update this is as well septimius.tumblr.com Be safe everyone!
Photo’s :
septimius.tumblr.com
tripolicouncil Tripoli-council
Video:
Gaddafi Funny – معمر القذافي – مضحك جدا (FULL)
mcaf.ee/yjwdv
NATO Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 7 AUGUST: 2 Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 7 AUGUST: 2
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Hardly any surgeries 4 #Libyan FFs can b done n Tataouine now. Overseas docs stay a night — then leave 4 the mtns to b closer to the action
This is the horrible truth:
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Heartbreaking, child victims of #Gaddaficrimes youtube.com/watch?v=P8krV7… #Libya #feb17
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8krV71zLKc&fea...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Ambulances from the #Nafusa Mtns aren’t allowed to go to Tataouine anymore. Someone rode in on 1 with a gun a couple wks ago. Caused a stir.
Richard
I guess that, some of the @Zliten elders report back to local #Gaddafi commanders on how well the negotiations are stalled and that others are hamstrung by having their families hostage – so long as #Misrata #FF need to wait for #Zliten elders invitation, there is likely to be no advance.
Fadwa
Masha’Allah awesome work — “Medical Magazine in #Benghazi youtube.com/watch?v=ITN5YQ…” | #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITN5YQiXUV4&fea...
Richard
Copper cloud (not good enough to be silver) is for every #FF casualty there are more #Gaddafi casualties which they can ill afford.
Fadwa
UGHHHH I’M SO MAD I COULD KILL SOMEONE RIGHT NOW!!! WHY HASN’T NILESAT SHUT DOWN #GADDAFI CHANNELS YET???!! UGHHH UGHHH UGHHH!!
Global Researcher
Libya’s War for “The Abaya”: Women’s Rights and NATO’s Support of Pro-Islamist Rebels
For European bankers, it’s a war for Libya’s Gold. For oil corporations, it’s a war for Cheap Crude (now threatening to destroy Libya’s oil infrastructure, just like Iraq). But for Libya’s women, it’s a fierce, knock down battle over the Abaya— an Islamic style of dress that critics say deprives women of self-expression and identity.
Hillary Clinton and President Sarkozy might loath to admit it, but the desire to turn back the clock on women rights in Libya constitutes one of the chief goals for NATO Rebels on the Transitional Council.
For NATO Rebels—who are overwhelmingly pro-Islamist, regardless of NATO propaganda (see www.obamaslibya.com) — it’s a matter of restoring social obedience to Islamic doctrine. However the abaya is more than a symbol of virtue and womanly modesty. It would usher in a full conservative doctrine, impacting women’s rights in marriage and divorce, the rights to delay childbirth to pursue education and
employment—all the factors that determine a woman’s status of independence.
That makes this one War Libya’s women cannot afford to lose. For those of us who support Islamic modernity, there are good arguments that Gadhaffi would be grossly irresponsible to hand over power to a vacuum dominated by NATO Rebels. Given the savagery of their abuses against the Libyan people (www.obamaslibya.com) —and the Rebel’s agenda to reinstate Shariah and retract women’s rights, Gadhaffi has an obligation to stand strong and block them for the protection of the people.
Link to art.:
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context...
The War on Libya : An Imperialist Project to Create Three Libyas
The division of Libya into three separate countries is part of the US-NATO imperial design. It is part of a project shared by the U.S., Britain, Italy, and France.
The NATO war launched against Libya in March 2011 was geared towards the breakup of the country into three separate entities.
The NATO led war, however, is back firing. The Libyan people have united to save their country and Tripoli is exploring its strategic options.
Almost all of the text herein was written a few months prior to my trip to Tripoli. It is part of a series of articles on Libya which I have been updating. It is fitting to conclude it in Tripoli, Libya. To be here on the ground in Libya is to be witness to the lies and warped narratives of the mainstream media and the governments. These lies have been used to justify this criminal military endeavor.
The mainstream media has been a major force in this war. They have endorsed and fabricated the news, they have justified an illegal and criminal war against an entire population.
Passing through the neighbourhood of Fashloom in Tripoli it is apparent that no jets attacked it as Al Jazeera and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) falsely claimed. Now the same media networks, newspapers, and wires claim on a daily basis that Tripoli is about to fall and that the Transitional Council is making new advances to various cities. Tripoli is nowhere near falling and is relatively peaceful. Foreign journalists have also all been taken to the areas that are being reported to have fallen to the Transitional Council, such as Sabha and its environs.
Full art.:
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context...
UN News Centre
Libya: UN envoy briefs top Chinese official on efforts to resolve crisis
The United Nations special envoy for Libya today briefed China’s Foreign Minister on his efforts to broker a political solution to the crisis in the North African country and expressed his satisfaction with Beijing’s support for his mission and UN efforts to find a settlement.
Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, who has been on a two-day visit to Beijing, updated Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on his recent discussions with representatives of both parties during his visits last week to Tripoli and Benghazi.
Mr. Khatib also briefed Mr. Jiechi on his talks with the Chairman of the Ad Hoc High Committee of the African Union for Libya and other regional groups, which are aimed at enhancing international cooperation and unifying all efforts towards ending the crisis in a manner consistent with the legitimate aspirations of the people of Libya.
Mr. Khatib said Mr. Jiechi had expressed China’s support for the lead role played by the UN to find a political solution and to strengthen cooperation between the UN and regional organizations towards that goal.
Libya has been engulfed by fighting since a pro-democracy movement opposed to the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi emerged in February following similar protests in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries across North Africa and the Middle East.
Guest Post: Libya’s Lessons for Global Governance
After a mixed-bag of news coming from Libya this week, numerous questions have emerged regarding international interventions both in Libya and elsewhere. My colleague, Mark P. Lagon, adjunct senior fellow in human rights at the Council on Foreign Relations and international relations chair for Georgetown University’s master of science in foreign service program, offers his assessment.
Lawyers often say, “Hard cases make bad law.” Yet the hard case of Libya raises important questions and lessons on meaningful global governance today.
When does a government’s sovereignty dissolve? The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle is based on the premise that a government’s sovereignty is really a privilege as much a right. A government forfeits its sovereignty if it leaves large numbers of its own people to be slaughtered, violated, or dislocated—or, worse, if it’s the active agent of those atrocities. Muammar al-Qaddafi’s explicit threats against his own
people are an archetypical case of this “acutely atrocious autocracy threshold” (an “AAAT,” one might say).
When is a human rights problem so salient the UN Security Council (UNSC) must act? The UNSC failed to approve the use of force against Serbia to stop ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, and moved glacially on Darfur in 2004. UNSC Resolution 1973 of March 17 represents a will to act before mass slaughter occurs—a portentous precedent.
Full art.:
mcaf.ee/kdfl5
NYT
Major Libyan Rebel Group Seeks Shake-Up in Ranks
BENGHAZI, Libya — Rebel leaders, still reeling from the assassination of their top military commander last week, braced for a reshuffling in their ranks on Thursday, while law enforcement officials said a full-fledged investigation into the murder of the rebel general had gotten under way.
An influential group of lawyers and judges, the Coalition for the Revolution of the 17th of February, called for the resignations of several top officials, including the defense minister and a prominent judge. The group released a statement on Wednesday night calling for the resignations of the vice chairman of the rebel executive branch, Ali al-Essawi; the judge, Jumaah al-Jazwi al-Obeidy; and the defense minister, Jalal el-Digheily, and a deputy, Fawzi Bukatef, who also leads a coalition of armed rebel brigades separate from the army.
Link:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/world/africa...
NYT
Libya Rebuffs Qaddafi Son on Alliance With Radical Islamists
TRIPOLI, Libya — The government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi distanced itself on Friday from comments that his son Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi made the previous day,
when he vowed in an interview to strike an alliance with a faction of radical Islamists among the rebels challenging his father’s rule.
Musa Ibrahim, a government spokesman who had arranged the interview with the younger Mr. Qaddafi, said Friday that Mr. Qaddafi had spoken only for himself, not for the government. The deputy foreign minister, Khalid Kaim, delivered the same message at an early morning news conference.
Link:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/world/africa...
FromJoanne Joanne
#NileSat Gaddafi Lawyers didNOT succeed in overthrowing APPEAL #Nilesat must enforce Court ruling of July30 and Unplug GaddafiChannels Libya
Today FF LAWYERS SCORED ANOTHER VICTORY in #Cairo court case They R now FREE to enforce the Court Ruling of Jul30 with Egypt police #Libya
Todays Judge could have delayed and blocked ruling of Jul30 but he did NOT and so it is a FF VICTORY #Libya
#Nilesat The actual FILE was not present and Judge refused 2make a ruling & postponed it to OCT3 Which GREATLY upset Gaddafi Lawyers #Libya
#NILESAT #Gaddafi lawyers had brought a very old lawyer who has been a judge at same court, It was a big legal battle #Cairo #Libya
#NILESAT Judge aft sevral hrs adjourned Gaddafi Appeal till oct3 without Blocking July30 Ruling Nilesat has 2 UNPLUG G channels #Libya
#NILESAT This coming Wednesday FF LAWYERS + #Egypt Police will go to #NILESAT to ENFORCE the #July30 Rulling to take off G channels #Libya
#NILESAT CASE file wasnt present bc Prior 2going 2Judge it goes to LegalBranch of the Courts 4Opinion They didnt send it on in Time #Libya
#Nilesat The 30 days deadline still stands if Nilesat doesnt comply An EXPRESS case
will B filed and Nilesat CEO will go behind bars #Libya
#Nilesat 30days deadline starts July30 day #Cairo court ruled that Nilesat has to take all gaddafi channels off air #Libya
Head #Libya state TV Ali #alKilany arrived #Cairo 2day 2discuss broadcasting of satellite TVchannels that support #Libya Regime #Nilesat
Jeune Afrique
Libye : Tripoli dément la mort du fils cadet de Kaddafi
Le régime libyen a démenti vendredi l’annonce faite par les rebelles de la mort de Khamis Kaddafi, un des fils du dirigeant.
mis à jour à 14h00
« Les informations concernant la mort de Khamis dans un raid aérien de l’Otan sont de très sales mensonges destinés à couvrir le meurtre de civils dans une ville pacifique », a indiqué à des journalistes un porte-parole du régime Moussa Ibrahim.
La frappe de l’Otan est intervenue dans la nuit du jeudi au vendredi, quelques heures à peine après la visite organisée et encadrée par le régime à Zliten pour des journalistes de Tripoli.
Les journalistes avaient ainsi pu constater que le centre de la localité était toujours sous contrôle des forces pro-Kaddafi, la ligne de front se situant entre dix et quinze kilomètres plus à l’est, selon des habitants. D’intenses tirs d’artillerie étaient audibles en provenance de cette zone, avait constaté le journaliste de l’AFP.
Plus tôt dans la matinée du vendredi, Khamis Kaddafi, fils cadet du colonnel Mouammar Kaddafi était donné mort part les rebelles. « Khamis Kaddafi fait partie des 32 personnes décédées dans un raid de l’Alliance atlantique », avait fait savoir Mohammed Zawawi, un porte-parole des rebelles, affirmant avoir obtenu ces informations grâce à des opérations d’espionnage menées dans les rangs des pro-Kaddafi. Toujours selon ce porte-parole, les rebelles auraient intercepté des conversations radio des forces kaddafistes indiquant que Khamis avait été tué.
La mort de Khamis Kaddafi avait déjà été annoncée fin mars par des médias pro-rebelles, avant d’être immédiatement démentie par le régime.
NYT
In Libya’s Capital, Straight Talk From Christians
TRIPOLI, Libya — For this week’s sermon at the Libyan capital’s main Protestant church, the Rev. Hamdy Daoud chose to talk about the trial of Hosni Mubarak.
“You have seen the strong man judged in a bed in Egypt,” he told the two dozen immigrant members of his congregation who braved the city’s checkpoints to make it to Anglican Mass on Friday. “And so it works that the weak can overthrow the strong,” he added. “This is what is happening in our Middle East.”
In a city of tapped phone lines and ubiquitous government informers, the weekly Mass at the Church of Christ the King is a rare sanctuary: a place to speak freely with a group of Tripoli residents about the anxious, ever-shifting mood of the city.
Link:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/africa...
BBC
Libya conflict: Rebels ‘still holding’ captured town
The Libyan town of Bir al-Ghanam, close to Tripoli, appears to be still under rebel control after an assault on Saturday, despite government denials.
Rebels were seen celebrating after capturing the town, 80km (50 miles) south of Tripoli, in an offensive aimed at ending months of deadlock.
An AFP correspondent said they were still in control on Monday morning.
Hours earlier, the government said the town had been recaptured and life was “back to normal”.
The offensive launched on Saturday saw hundreds of rebels push out of the Nafousa Mountains in the west, down towards the towns of the coastal plain.
Link:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14440843
Lisa
Breaking : #Nilesat closes #Gadaffi TV as often as Khamis dies ! #Feb17 #Libya”RT looool!!
News 24
ZImbabwe
Nato a terrorist group, says Mugabe
Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday brandished Nato a ‘terrorist’ organisation over attacks in Libya, saying the military alliance wanted to kill veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi.
“So you get mad people in Europe. Mad people who refuse and reject the truth, mad people who defy international law,” Mugabe told a gathering to remember fighters of the country’s liberation struggle.
“Look at what they are doing in Libya, it is Nato against international law.
“That’s why I say Nato is now a terrorist organisation as well. If it defies international law.”
The 87-year-old Mugabe also slammed former colonial ruler Britain for imposing sanctions on him and his close allies in government, and said Zimbabwe will “hit back” at over 400 British companies operating in the country.
Full art.:
www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Nato-a-t...
Triploli scream
I posted 2 photos on Facebook in the album “لقطات من طرابلس” fb.me/1basijp2U
or:
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ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
postponed to 3rd october???? Why do they keep postponing can’t they just throw out the appeal?
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Also: 100% of the lutfisk Swedish fighters contribute nearly 40% of reconnaissance reports to the Nato Libya operation
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Calling all UK Libyans! Independence flag will be raised on Libya London embassy tomorrow Tues 9 Aug at 3pm 15 Knightsbridge SW1X 7LY #feb17
Huffpost Politics 2011: An Extraordinary Year in International Affairs
Repressive and authoritarian regimes that seek to defy the winds of change and try to stamp out the sparks of freedom using brutal methods are on the wrong side of history. President Assad’s oppressive treatment of his own people has left him discredited and isolated, and brought new EU sanctions on the regime and overdue scrutiny by the United Nations Security Council. He must reform or step aside. Colonel Gaddafi’s appalling abuses against his own people shocked the world. He must leave power. As members of the Contact Group we both deal with the Transitional National Council as the legitimate governing authority. We are committed to seeing a better future for all Libyans.
Full art. here:
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/william-hague/...
London Evening Standard
Helping the Arab Spring succeed is Britain’s cause too
William hague
“The foreign policy of England should always be inspired by the love of freedom,” said Gladstone. This ideal must always animate British foreign policy, even if it is not and never will be the only consideration.
We support democracy, human rights and economic freedom worldwide because they are universal. But we also know that they are the best recipe for the stability and prosperity the world needs.
The turmoil afflicting many Middle Eastern and North African countries today confirms the truth of Ronald Reagan’s adage: all political systems are inherently unstable that have no peaceful means to legitimise their rulers. The Arab Spring has shown that stability and peace cannot be attained through repression. The idea of freedom cannot be confined behind bars, however strong the lock.
There will be no long-term stable future for the Middle East and North Africa without political and economic reform, which will not be achieved without support from the outside world.
It would be wrong to think that the changes unleashed by the Arab Spring will be easy or swift: In Libya and in Syria, isolated and entrenched regimes are fighting back against their own people. Tunisia and Egypt face massive economic problems in addition to political upheaval, coupled with sky-high public expectations. Some other countries have yet to accept that reform is in their interests or necessary. The currents that have been unleashed have not yet run their course in the region, and we should not be surprised if they spread to countries beyond it.
Full art.:
www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article...
Reuters
Close air support from NATO helps rebels advance
Aug 8 (Reuters) – * Tanks hit by NATO strikes in decisive blow
- Military base totally destroyed
- Rebels now have eyes on Zawiyah, close to Tripoli
By Michael Georgy
BIR AL-GHANAM, Libya, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels who captured the strategic town of Bir al-Ghanam, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Tripoli, were basking in glory on Monday when one saw a few vehicles approaching from the corner of his eye.
TOUGH AFRICAN MERCENARIES
On the edge of town, a devastated military base looked like it had been covered by an ash cloud from a volcano.
A document authorising a soldier’s leave was scattered in the destruction beside a book on praying by “The Great Leader”" Gaddafi and a poster proclaiming victory for the Libyan people.
“There were a lot of African mercenaries in Bir al-Ghanam and we expect a lot more on the way to Zawiyah. We just finished burying some of them,” said Tareq Gazal, 19. “They are the best fighters Gaddafi has. They are not afraid of death.”
Gaddafi’s government denies using mercenaries. It describes the rebels as armed gangs and al Qaeda sympathisers.
Read more here:
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Both Russia and China r notoriously xenophobic but what bothers me was their stance on Libya and more recently Syria…very telling
Guardian
Live updates:
Libya;
Even amid an apparent military and political stalemate in Libya, the UK and other Nato nations have been busy helping to draw up plans for a post-Gaddafi future, according to a document seen by the Times (behind a paywall). The 70-page blueprint was drafted by the opposition National Transitional Council in Benghazi with significant UK assistance, the paper said.
Reuters is reporting that Libyan rebels are in control of the town of Bir al-Ghanam, 50 miles (80km) south of Tripoli, following fighting at the weekend. And the news agency also claims a Qatari plane stopped off in rebel-held Misrata to offload ammunition for the anti-Gaddafi fighters. There is supposed to be an arms embargo on both sides in Libya.
Rebels are in control of the town of Bir al-Ghanam, 50 miles (80km) south of Tripoli, following fighting at the weekend and under the cover of Nato war planes (see 11.17am). Now they are planning to push on towards Tripoli, with their next target being Zawiyah, 30 miles (50km) west of Tripoli. “Our aim is to get to Zawiyah. Once we do that Gaddafi is finished,” said rebel fighter Murad Bada, who was sitting under the shade of a tree and humming a song about Zawiyah, according to Reuters. Bir al-Ghanam is now the closest rebel position to the capital.
DEFENCE WEB:
Swedish Gripens deliver 37% of Libyan reconnaissance reports
Sweden’s five remaining Gripens taking part in NATO operations over Libya have recently passed the 1000 flight hour mark whilst flying reconnaissance missions over the North African nation. They generate 37% of the reconnaissance reports for Operation Unified Protector.
The Gripens passed the 1000 flight hour mark in Libya at the end of last month after four months of flying.
The Gripen fist took part in operations against Gaddafi on April 7 in the first combat sortie by the Nordic country’s air force since the early 1960s. The aircraft had carried out a mission lasting about 40 minutes, according to plan, and had returned safely to their base in southern Italy 600 km away.
The last time Sweden flew combat missions was in the Congo in the early 1960s, under United Nations orders.
The country, which has not fought a war for 200 years, sent eight single-seat JAS 39 Gripens to the Sigonella airbase at the start of April to help patrol the no-fly zone. Sigonella in east Sicilia hosts some of the 240 aircraft under NATO’s command, including aircraft from Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Turkey, France, Canada, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.
The Swedish jets have been forbidden by Swedish authorities to carry out any ground attacks other than in self defence, conditions agreed with NATO.
On June 8, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said the Nordic nation would cut the number of Gripen fighter jets it commits to the alliance to five from eight, but this was enough to carry out its mission.
“To maintain the military pressure is very important … so that the political process may lead to a very fast solution, so that we then can move over to democracy and state building in Libya,” Bildt told reporters. “There will be more surveillance operations that what we’ve been able to achieve so far.”
“If there is a special target that NATO is interested in, they prefer the Swedes to perform the mission. This makes me a little bit proud,” Fredrik Bergman, commander of the Swedish air force unit, told Svenska Dagbladet.
With their reconnaissance pods, the Gripens can, from a height of 7 000 metres, detect individual people. As soon as a Gripen returns from a mission, a group of technicians download all the digital photos, which are sent to NATO commanders within a few hours.
FL 02 Commander Fredrik Bergman said the performance of the Gripens in the four-month operation was impressive since they only had around a quarter o the regular maintenance resources available.
“I met personally COM CJTF, COM CFAC and the CAOC Director, and their overall opinion is that Sweden’s contribution in Operation Unified Protector is of extremely high quality. Our reconnaissance image quality, high precision analysis and fast delivery impresses our clients,” Bergman told Stockholm News.
Dorset Echo
Crossways royal naval engineer home from protecting civilians in Libya
AN ENGINEER from Crossways has been helping to protect civilians in Libya.
Petty Officer (Air Engineering Technician) Tim Hunt has just returned home after six-and-a-half months serving with the Royal Navy frigate HMS Iron Duke in the Arabian Gulf and Mediter-ranean.
Tim, a member of 228 Flight from 815 Naval Air Squadron based at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton in Somerset, is responsible for the mechanical aviation engineering of the Lynx helicopter, which helped to extend the presence of the Iron Duke during its time at sea.
The warship set out early in the year to help defend Iraqi oil terminals in Operation Telic and ended its deployment protecting civilians in Libya as part of the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector.
Link:
mcaf.ee/ka6y7
Zeina Khodr tweets:
“#Libya rebels clinging on to bir Ghanam town; gaddafi forces try to approach front line but rebels still holding ground.
AFP
Revolutionaries on Monday morning still controlled the town of Bir al Ghanam after heavy assaults by Gaddafi forces on Sunday. The regime had claimed the town was recaptured and that life was back to normal.
Libya TV
Belgium has handed the Libyan embassy over to the NTC.
MUST READ:
Petroleum Economist
Exclusive: QadhaFI TALKS OIL-TANKER SALES WITH Russians:
www.petroleum-economist.com/Article/288...
or:
mcaf.ee/p4u7r
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libyan FF in a dorm-style Tunis flat today. Just got his cast off. Shot in foot by sniper in #Tripoli on February 25… twitpic.com/62zu0p
libyanandproud
#Zawiya : #NATO Helios reportedly attacked and destroyed a military convoy traveling from #Tripoli to #Zawiya . #Feb17 #Libya
Libya Libya
#Libya is not #Gaddafi #Libyans deserve SO much more!
UPI
Libyan rebels up oil protection
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug. 8 (UPI) — Libyan rebel leaders said they approached Turkish officials to get military equipment needed to protect oil installations.
The rebel-backed Transitional National Council is looking to increase oil production from its facilities in Benghazi.
The rebel-controlled Arabian Gulf Oil Co. could produce around 440,000 barrels of oil per day from the war-torn region. Libya was one of Africa’s top oil producers before the war, averaging about 1.6 million barrels a day.
A rebel official who spoke with the Financial Times on condition of anonymity said there would be a security force in place to protect oil installations.
“Whenever the (natural gas) flares go up, they attack (us),” he said of forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. “But security will be in place soon, so we will see.”
Rebels have received some cash from oil deliveries shipped since April. Rebel leaders said they’ve asked Turkey for up to $6 million to help pay for equipment like night-vision goggles for security operations, the newspaper adds.
Ali Tarhouni, the TNC oil and finance minister, was quoted by the Financial Times as saying that Western military contractors had approached AGOCO in the past but he said there was “no future for them in Libya.”
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CNN Video: Rebels on the move in Libya (report on mercenaries and black magic)
CNN’s Michael Holmes reports on advances by Libyan rebels who have the Tripoli, in their sights and the alleged black magic that Gaddafi mercenaries use on the battlefield.
Video:
feb17.info/media/cnn-video-rebels-on-th...
Daily Mail Online
By Daily Mail Reporter
‘One more town and Gaddafi is finished’: Libyan rebels move to within 50 miles of Tripoli
Anti-Gaddafi fighters plan siege on leader’s Tripoli base
Libyan rebels who seized a small settlement south of Tripoli believe they only have to take one more town before they can oust Colonel Gaddafi from power.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters have targeted Zawiyah, 50 miles west of the leader’s stronghold in capital Tripoli, and believe the small town on the Libyan coast is the key to overpowering Gaddafi’s rule.
Rebels have been camped in the small desert settlement of Bir al-Ghanam since
June, unable to advance, but are not looking to push on further.
Rebel fighter Murad Bada said: ‘Our aim is to get to Zawiyah. Once we do that Gaddafi is finished.’
The rebels and their NATO allies hope Gaddafi will eventually be forced to relinquish power if they maintain the pressure on him by starving him of weapons, fuel and cash and attacking his forces.
Another fighter, 32-year-old Salim Shawsh, said in the five-hour battle on Saturday to take Bir al-Ghanam, rebels attacked on foot from behind ridges on the outskirts of the town, with NATO air support.
He said five rebel fighters were killed, including a Libyan-American father and son, part of a large contingent of foreigners with Libyan roots who have come back to fight against Gaddafi.
The pair was hit by rocket fire and they died with the father clutching the son, Shawsh said.
Full story here:
mcaf.ee/ejfrv
Ahmed BanY: Forces to protect the oil fields were given orders to secure those fields and resist any attempt to attack them
احمد باني : قوات لحماية حقول النفط صدرت إليها الأوامر بتأمين الحقول و التصدي لأي محاولة للهجوم عليها
FromJoanne Joanne
#BENGHAZI Report from a #GRAVEYARD the size of several football fields Benghazi will soon need a new graveyard #Libya goo.gl/gK0VS
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
UK in Libya
Eyewitness: voices from Libya
Over recent months, the FCO has hosted a series of “Eyewitness” meetings, which sought to improve our understanding of the situation in Libya by focusing on particular regions and vulnerable groups. These included, in turn, Tripoli, Misrata, the Western Mountains, and the effect of the conflict on women and children.
The events allowed ordinary Libyans who had witnessed Qadhafi’s atrocities to speak to FCO Minister Alistair Burt, government officials, NGOs and UK and Arab journalists. The eyewitnesses gave their accounts in confidence, so that others could speak out on their behalf. With information on the situation in Libya often hard to come by, these events offered an invaluable opportunity to engage with those who had first-hand experience of the reality on the ground, and to allow the voices of ordinary Libyans to be heard.
Video:
www.fco.gov.uk/en/global-issues/mena/li...
hominoid
al-Qadhafi .. withdrew this morning from the city of Surman and left behind dozens of Mechanisms .
And they left the road open for FFs to reach the outskirts of Surman
A Free Libyan
Picture – Before & After – What G will look like when he is caught! – facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1473338...
Very good advice:
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tweeps be v. careful what you tweet. Closer we get to Tripoli, the more misinformation there will be spread by Gaddafi goons #feb17 #libya
hominoid
NATO bombed the headquarters of the military police and the neighboring post office and telecommunications depot in Zliten city
ROFL:
BREAKING NEWS: IOC say the 2012 Olympics will now be held in Libya. “We couldn’t risk sending people to London” a source said. #LondonRiots
Never forget your Kit Kat when you go to the battlefield.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NRH_jHX1p0
UN News Centre
UN official deplores NATO attack on Libyan television station
8 August 2011 –
The head of the United Nations agency entrusted with safeguarding press freedom today deplored a recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attack on Libyan State broadcasting facilities last month which killed three media workers and injured 21 people.
“Media outlets should not be targeted in military actions,” UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement, citing a Security Council resolution from 2006 that condemns acts of violence against journalists and media personnel in conflict situations.
“The NATO strike is also contrary to the principles of the Geneva Conventions that establish the civilian status of journalists in times of war even when they engage in propaganda,” she added. “Silencing the media is never a solution. Fostering independent and pluralistic media is the only way to enable people to form their own opinion.”
NATO issued a statement saying that the strike was conducted in accordance with Security Council resolution 1973 adopted in March, which authorizes the use of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya, where the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi has conducted a military offensive against citizens seeking both greater freedoms and his removal from power.
MUST READ.
Fox News
Libya’s Prime Minister Says NATO ‘Tried Everything and Failed’
By Tadek Markowski
Libya’s normally jovial Prime Minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi looked tired as he sat down in front of local and international journalists to give a press conference in Tripoli Sunday morning.
It could be the effort of a week of daytime fasting for Ramadan or it could be the fact that he’s the most senior representative of a government that’s no longer recognized by many countries as the legitimate power here.
Al-Mahmudi’s strained appearance, though, probably owes more to the fact that anti-Muammar Qaddafi factions are pressing in on his capital on three fronts and using NATO air power to take more of the country each day.
In character, he downplayed the opposition’s battlefield successes.
“We are happy that these Libyan cities and towns are getting so much attention daily by the world’s media – it will be good for our tourism industry,” he says.
And as for the rebel’s insistence that they will reach Tripoli before the end of the holy month, al-Mahmudi says, “We will wait and see.”
“They (NATO) have tried everything and failed. All that’s left for them is to use a nuclear bomb on us. Maybe that’s their only way out of this.”
But outside of his headquarters the prime minister’s problems are mounting by the minute.
Many of the shops in this neighborhood are shuttered and there is a long queue around the corner at the local bakery for bread.
“We will be free,” says a man who doesn’t want to be filmed. “Muammar Qaddafi should leave the country.”
The man says if he was overheard saying this he would be taken away. “And never see the light again.”
Full art. here:
www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/07/libyas...
The Australian
Iraq haunts plans for post-Gaddafi Libya
WESTERN governments have helped prepare a blueprint for a post-Gaddafi Libya that would retain much of the regime’s security infrastructure to avoid an Iraq-style collapse into anarchy.
The 70-page plan, obtained by London’s The Times, charts the first months after the fall of the Gaddafi regime. The document was drawn up by the National Transition Council in Benghazi with Western help.
Officials say the blueprint draws on lessons from the disastrous regime change in Iraq in 2003 and the rebel takeover in eastern Libya in March.
Link here:
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/ira...
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
#Zliten #FFs carried out a successful operation yesterday targeting a car used by agents in Zliten with Gaddafi, and the operation resulted in the destruction of the vehicle and headquarters as a whole.
مصدر مباشر: نفذ ثوار زليتن يوم أمس عملية ناجحة ضد سيارة و مقر يستعمله أعوان القذافي في زليتن، و نتج عن العملية تدمير السيارة والمقر بكاملة
The coordinator of the production plants in the Eastern Province electricity company Benghazi, Mohamed Ben Gharbia, said on Monday that power outages will stop from next Wednesday and that electricity will return to its full capacity to the liberated areas after the arrival of a ship carrying fuel from Britain on Sunday.
قال منسق محطات الإنتاج بالمنطقة الشرقية بشركة الكهرباء بنغازي، محمد بن غربية، اليوم الإثنين، إن انقطاع الكهرباء سوف يتوقف ابتداء من يوم الإربعاء المقبل ويعود التيار للمناطق المحررة بشكل طبيعي بعد وصول باخرة محملة بالنفط يوم الأحد من بريطانيا
BREAKING: Al jazeera : the Transitional National Council dismisses the Executive Office and ordered Mahmoud Jibril to re-form it.
عاجل: نقلا عن قناة الجزيرة المجلس الانتقالي يقيل المكتب التنفيذي و يكلف محمود
جبريل بإعادة تشكيله
One martyr and 15 injured on the the west front line of #Misurata today.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Members of TNC Exec Board: Ali Al-Issawi – Vice-Chairman; Ahmed Hussein Al-Darrat – Internal Affairs and Local Govt; Mahmoud Shammam – Media
Members of TNC Exec Board: Naji Barakat – Health; Mohammed Al-Allagi – Justice and Human Rights; Hania Al-Gumati – Social Welfare
Members of TNC Exec Board: Abdullah Shamia – Economic; Ali Al-Tarhuni – Finance and Oil; Anwar Al-Faytouri – Transport & Communications
Members of TNC Exec Board: Abulgassim Nimr – Environment; Atia Lawgali – Culture and Community; Suliman El-Sahli – Education
Members of TNC Exec Board: Abdulsalam Al-Shikhy – Religious Affairs & Endowments and lastly Ahmed Al-Jehani – Reconstruction & Infra
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey has intercepted an arms shipment between #Iran & #Syria. Probably will be transferred to #Gaddafi via ship soon. #Libya #Feb17
hominoid
Libyan embassy in Japan raise the green flag, and refuse to cooperate, do not care about the blood of the martyrs that was shed at home
Mugabe Likens NATO To Al Qaeda, seems that NATO have grown beards and carry kalashnikovs
One more town and Gaddafi is finished’: Libyan rebels move to within 50 miles of Tripoli
Zawiya is the hinge pin of the revolution once taken Tripoli will crumble.
Moammar Gadhafi is facing political, economic and diplomatic setbacks
#Nato bombed Bir al #Ghanam before FF took the Town FF say #NATO has provided them with LOTS of SUPPORT #Libya via Live #Algezeera #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NileSat: #Cairo judge adjourned #Gaddafi appeal till Oct3 without blocking July30 ruling. #Libya #Feb17
THIS is #Gaddafi’s army: t.co/NJgKCaK #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4-W6ifcUfw&fea...
#Turkey CARGO SHIPS “DERIN” & “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” remain anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya after supplying #Gaddafi regime. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ILKE METE” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. Criminals supplying criminals. #Feb17
Provisions coming into Tripoli are NOT going to the people. MANY reports all aid being kept by Gaddafi filth
The criminal government of Turkey continues massive material support to Gaddafi daily.
Reports #NATO now preparing #Tiji for liberation. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “ANWAAR ALNASER” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. If #Russia gets it they will use it to supply #Gaddafi. #Feb17
#Libya: If #Russia DOES purchase #Gaddafi’s shipping then you may want to capture/sink his OIL TANKER “ANWAAR ALNASER” #Feb17
YA LIBNAN
Turkey intercepted arms shipment between Iran and Syria
Turkey’s foreign minister says the country’s authorities have intercepted an arms shipment from Iran to Syria. Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed Friday a report saying a truck containing weapons had been intercepted.
He says an investigation has been launched. He did not elaborate.
German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Thursday cited “western diplomatic sources” as saying that Turkey had stopped a weapons delivery from Iran on its way to Syria which was believed to be destined for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia.
In March, Turkish authorities seized the cargo of an Iranian plane bound for Syria because the shipment violated U.N. sanctions. Turkish media said the aircraft was carrying light weapons, including automatic rifles, rocket launchers and mortars.
Source:
www.yalibnan.com/2011/08/08/turkey-inte...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zliten: #Gaddafi filth randomly breaking into homes & expelling inhabitants (this includes pro Gaddafi homes). #Libya #Feb17
Ghazi
Passed in front of #Libya’s embassy in #London green rag is down, police presence with barricades, preparing for tomorrow’s reopening
RIA reported that Libyan rebel leaders are working on plans for stability in the event that Gadhafi is removed or steps down from power
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Difficult humanitarian situation.Food prices increased,with a reduction in food and electricity.Bread shops have closed #Libya
#Zliten FF confirm that t house bombed by #NATO was definitely a #Gaddafi militia base for command&communication.Evidence of human shields
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that electricity is off in #Sirte during the day…returns at night. #Libya #Feb17
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الجزيرة : المجلس الوطني الانتقالي الليبي يقيل المكتب التنفيذي ويكلف محمود جبريل بإعادة تشكيله
Al jazeera : the Transitional National Council dismisses the Executive Office and ordered Mahmoud Jibril to re-form it.
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
زلتين : قصفت طائرات التحالف صباح اليوم مقرات الامن الداخلي والشرطة العسكرية المجاورة لمكتب البريد والاتصالات بمدينة زليتن الله اكبر
(Zliten NATO bombed interior security and military police today (both in central
Zliten
COLONEL. AHMED BANNY
عاجل وحصرى: العقيد أحمد بانى الناطق العسكري باسم جيش تحرير ليبيا الوطنى لموقع ( ثورة ليبيا): الثوار على الطريق الى معقل القذافى فى العاصمة طرابلس.
أكد العقيد أحمد بانى الناطق الرسمي باسم جيش تحرير ليبيا الوطني لموقع ( ثورة ليبيا) أن أن معركة تحرير العاصمة الليبية طرابلس وإسقاط نظام حكم العقيد معمر القذافى قد بدأت بالفعل من سيطرة الثوار على مدينة بئر الغنم القريبة من طرابلس, بالتزامن مع إحكام الثوار سيطرتهم على عدة مناطق مختلفة تؤكد تقدمهم المستمر أمام قوات القذافى.
وقال بانى في تصريحات خاصة خاصة لموقع ( ثورة ليبيا) عبر الهاتف من مدينة بنغازي أنه فيما يتعلق بالجبهة الشرقية فان نظام القذافى خلف ورائه هناك ألغاما مبعثرة زرعت حتى توقع اكبر عدد من الإصابات بين الجنود.
وأضاف :" حالما يتمكن ثوارنا من تطوير أو تنظيف أو إزالة هذه الألغام ستكون الطريق مفتوحة إلى البريقة بالكامل وبالتالي سيسقط النظام في تلك المدينة المهمة جدا من الناحية الإستراتيجية أو من الناحية الاقتصادية" .
ولفت الى أنه نظرا لما وصفه بحالة اليأس التي تمر بها كتائب الطاغية المحاصرة بالكامل فى مدينة البريقة ، حاولت الالتفاف من ناحية المحور الجنوبي على قوات الثوار لكن الثوار بيقظتهم كانوا في التوقيت وفي الموعد ، واستبسلوا في الدفاع عن المحور الجنوبي وقاتلوا الكتائب بضراوة وكبدوهم خسائر فادحة .
وتابع بانى لموقع (ثورة ليبيا) " تدخلت قوات الشرعية الدولية عندما رأت أن هناك دبابات دخلت إلى المعركة وقصفت هذه الآليات التي شكلت خطرا على ثوارنا".
وردا على مزاعم الدكتور البغدادى المحمودى رئيس الحكومة الموالية لنظام القذافى عن استعادة بئر الغنم مجددا, قال بانى بالنسبة لبئر الغنم فانتهاء موضوعها بأنها حرة وهى في يد ثوار 17 فبراير ومن يقول فى طرابلس أنه تمت استعادة بئر الغنم ، فهذا غير ممكن لأن ثوارنا عندما يدخلون إلى مدينة من المستحيل الخروج منها لأنهم يدافعون عنها بضراوة واستبسال.
وأضاف " أن ما تقوله حكومة القذافي هو محض افتراء والدليل على ذلك أنه لا يسمح لأي وسيلة إعلام غير وسائله الخاصة بالدخول إلى هذه المدن".
واعتبر أن سقوط بئر الغنم يعني بداية الطريق إلى مدينة طرابلس خاصة على الطريق التى توصل مدينة الزاوية التي تبعد 60 كيلو متر من بئر الغنم , مايعنى الوصول الى الطريق الساحلي لقطع امدادات النظام القادمة من
Translation:
Immediate and exclusive: Colonel Ahmed Banny military spokesman Liberation Army of Libya’s National site (Revolution of Libya): the rebels on the way to the stronghold of Gaddafi in the capital Tripoli. Colonel Ahmed Banny spokesman Liberation Army of Libya’s national site (Revolution of Libya) that the battle to liberate the capital Tripoli and drop the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has already started from the control of the rebels on the city of Be’er sheep near Tripoli, in conjunction with the provisions of the rebels control over several different regions confirm their progress continued to Qaddafi’s troops. Banny said in exclusive statements to a special site (Revolution of Libya) across telephone from the city of Benghazi, with respect to front East, the Qaddafi regime left behind there are mines scattered planted even predicted the largest number of casualties among the soldiers. He added: "Once able Thoarna of development or clean or remove these mines will be the way open to Brega fully and thus topple the regime in that city very important in terms of strategic or economic sense. " He pointed out that given what he characterized as a situation of despair experienced by the Brigades, the tyrant encircled the entire city of Brega, I tried to circumvent the one hand axis the southern rebel forces but the rebels vigilance were on time and in a timely , and heroically in defense of the southern axis and fought battalions fiercely and Qaibdohm heavy losses. He Banny for (Revolution of Libya) "forces intervened international legitimacy when she saw that there are tanks entered
the battle and bombed these mechanisms, which pose a risk to Thoarna." In response to the allegations of Dr. Al-Baghdadi Mahmoudi Head of government loyal to the Qadhafi regime for the restoration of a well sheep again, He said I was for a well sheep The end of the subject as free which is in the hands of rebels February 17 and said in Tripoli that has been restored well, the sheep, it is not possible because Thoarna when entering the city it is impossible to get out because they defend it fiercely, resistance and steadfastness. He added that “what you say Gaddafi’s government is a pure fabrication and the evidence that it does not allow any media outlet is its own means to enter these cities.” He said that the fall of Be’er sheep means the beginning of the road to the city of Tripoli, especially on the way to reach the city of angle, which lies 60 kilometers from the well of the sheep, Mayany access to the coastal road to cut off the supply coming from Tunisia.
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Protesters in Ghut AlShaal last night were fired upon by G forces #feb17 #Libya
Ahmed
some members of #NTC executive office have been suspended..NTC executive office will be reformed under leadership of Mahmod Jibril #Libya
Mwattin
I bet you didnt predict this was all going to happen at 0.00 1/1/2011! #Arabspring #Feb17 #Mobarak #Benali #Gaddafi #Saleh #worldinmeltdown
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Tripoli: Independence flags were raised on Tareq Mosque near Zarqaa AlYamama by FFs #feb17 #Libya
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Last few days also power shortcuts in my office in Dahra (Center). Electr. only a couple of hours a day. Thus no phone, water, etc.#libya
Fissa
A message to Qaddafi, Bashar, Saleh and all the other Arab dictators:
الرصاص قتل الخوف، ولم يقتل الثورة
YOUR BULLETS ARE KILLING THE FEAR IN PEOPLE, BUT THEY SHALL NEVER KILL THE REVOLUTION
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Libyan rebel at the old shipyard – Benghazi
www.flickr.com/photos/mohannad_khatib/6...
Expect an ammendment to the EU sanctions list very soon. #Libya
Slashnews
Libya rebels battle Gadaffi offensive
Andrew Beatty
Libyan rebels battled to defend their gains in the face of an offensive by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Monday, holding on to strategic Bir Ghanam but suffering casualties elsewhere.
Abdul Wahab Melitan, a rebel spokesperson in the port city of Misrata near Zliten, said forces loyal to strongman Gaddafi had launched an assault on their positions on Sunday in the Souk Telat area.
Since then, he said, four rebel fighters have been killed and 40 wounded. “The rebels lack ammunition to advance and we do not want to risk losing any ground,” Melitan said.
The rebels on Tuesday punched into the centre of Zliten, sparking fierce clashes but later pulled back to the edge of the city.
Nato in Brussels said alliance warplanes hit eight targets in the Zliten area on Sunday — four command and control nodes, one military facility, a weapons dump, an anti-tank
weapon and a multiple rocket launcher.
In Tripoli, Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi earlier told reporters that government troops had recaptured the town. “Life is back to normal in Bir Ghanam, and today it is under the full control of the regime,” he said.
Mahmudi also condemned the intensification of Nato raids on Tripoli and other cities, claiming that the alliance no longer “differentiates between civilian and military sites”.
Full art.:
mg.co.za/article/2011-08-08-libya-rebel...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Freedomfighters blew up the car of #Gaddafi informer Hisham Ali from #Souq AlJumaa. #Libya #Feb17
ian
people in libya, syria and egypt rise up to fight oppressive dictatorships people in london rise up to smash a bakehouse window #londonriots
AN ARAB CITIZEN
Gaddafi – A life in pictures/القذافي: حياة في صور
After having published the Mubarak – Life In Pictures post, I received numerous requests to turn it into part one of a series. While a post on Ben Ali is coming up shortly, I decided to begin with Gaddafi. No human being (or rather creature) ever dazzled cameras the way Gaddafi did. His rise and transformation from a handsome idealistic young military officer to a decaying Machiavellian dictator is absolutely both disturbing and phenomenal. While these images only a few months ago would have been seen in a more lighthearted manner, right now such intermittent laughters are immediately called-abrupt by the massacres committed by his regime, and absolute lack of even the illusion of humanity on his part. As I post this note, I can only hope that the next picture in this entry will be the image of his and his regime’s demise. Long live the Libyan People.
anarabcitizen.blogspot.com/2011/08/gadd...
BREAKING: The #NTC suspends some of it’s key ministers – via AlArabiya News #Libya #Feb17
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Tripoli: Janzur FFs threw a Gelatina (grenade) on Tuhmai Khalid’s house a top Gaddafi goon #feb17 #libya
NTC fixer killed by a rocket in Libya
Salah Mohamed Askar, a fixer for NBC News in Libya was killed by a rocket near the town of Tigi, Libya on Aug. 4.
Our own small portable generator would only run our BGAN satellite transmitters, a camera and a couple of laptops and lights. Salah disappeared without a word – his habit – and came back an hour later with a big capacity generator that could keep our whole operation juiced, even a couple of fans to turn the stale hot air into something like a breeze.
Two days later, the rebel revolution still stalled, but intact and invigorated for the next move, Salah led us across the border to Djerba, in Tunisia. Our assignment in Libya was done for the time being. He collected his mother, to bring her back home to Libya.
Then, last Thursday we got the news. Salah, driving two rebel soldiers to the front instead of a news team, was gone. One of those Grad rockets, fired from who knows where and targeted only by cursed bad luck, had hit his truck as it sped toward the town of Tigi, halfway between Nalut and Zintan. Salah and the two soldiers never knew what hit them.
Salah Mohamed Askar was 28, and unmarried. His mother was concerned about that, and last winter talked him into coming home to Nalut from Sweden, where he’d worked as a driver for a multi-national company for three years. “She wanted me to come home and find a nice Naluti girl,” he told us. But then, five months ago, the war started.
Full art.:
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Martyred on Friday in the battle for the liberation of Brega
Video:
www.feb17images.com/martyr-al-sheik-hat...
Hayat
@NATO do help the #FFs in #BirGhanam this could be the final battle, the push #Tripoli needs. #Zawia needs your support. Destroy #Gaddafi !
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Continued electricity blackout in #Tripoli from #AinZara to #Tajura started at 2pm local yesterday. #Libya #Feb17
#Tarhuna: #Freedomfighters burn a #Gaddafi filth fuel convoy in Tripoli street. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: 1 #Gaddafi thing killed by #Freedomfighter sniper in #UmDerman street in city center. #Libya #Feb17
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Tripoli: 1 Gaddafi militia soldier killed by FF sniper in Um Derman St in city centre #feb17 #libya
RRowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “EFENDI BABA” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-09 15:00 (UTC). Turkey playing both sides. #Feb17
#AlKhums: #Gaddafi security forces release some protestors who had been arrested since start of #Feb17 revolution. Reason unknown. #Libya
#Libya: Please note: Pro #Gaddafi, Anti #NATO douche bag from #Cyprus @pantelismichael is now @619088michael. Block/report. @eggcollector
Libya Uprising Archive
Zawiya Live Phone Call – March 11th, 2011
Lest we forget…
Live phone call on March 11th from Zawiya – a city of 200,000 was destroyed. Evidence was destroyed, bodies were dug up and removed, people were shot in hospitals, and it goes on and on.
This is why the U.N. passed Resolution 1973, as Gaddafi threatened the same fate for Benghazi and Misrata and the Nafusa Mountains…
Here is the video of the Live Phone Call taken on AlArabiya:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlPvziBWtUo
Here is a translation, although his heart-wrenching sobs are universally understood:
The reporter is asking : “What is happening in Zawiya ? We see demonstrations supporting Gaddafi on Libyan tv – can you tell us what is really going on in Zawiya ?”
Civilian : “What’s happening in Zawiya is tragic. There are no supporting demonstrations. There are people he brought here. He is sticking us with aircrafts. He is doing what Holako did. He is taking dead people from the ground. He has taken people from the hospitals. I have my dead son next to me here in the house. (He is crying, sobbing.) I can’t bury my own son. “
He is asking people from Sabha, from neighboring cities, to help.
He is saying, “Gaddafi doesn’t fear God; he is not human. Doesn’t anyone have humanity any more? Why do Algeria and Syria not support the no-fly zone”
Call is cut off at this point.
Further news reports and tweets of the brave stand taken by the citizens of Zawiya (aka Zawiyah aka Zawia ) in February and early March, before they ran out of ammunition and were overrun by Gaddafi’s forces, is here.
As the Gaddafi regime is still in control of the area (as of August 8th) , all that has happened there is not yet know.
libyanandproud
I think The executive branch reshuffle is a good thing , it shows that the demands of the people were met. #Feb17 #Libya
feb17 movement in Benghazi asked for the sacking of 3 or 4 of the ministers its only the executive branch, main ntc members still in place
Triplino
Oh well it could be a good thing it’s shows that mustafa abd aljalil is will to take action even during hard times #Libya I stand by him
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Libya State TV is being observed again on Atlantic Bird 4A Sat for the first time since June 2011. Owned by #Eutelsat in France
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Yosif Shakir is reporting that a Qatar Boeing #C-17 landed in #Misrata with Ammo. Can’t confirm; but Qatar do have one airliners.net/photo/Qatar—-…
Photo:
www.airliners.net/photo/Qatar---Air/Boe...
Lulu
The Youth of the Middle East rise up for basic freedoms.The Youth of London rise up for a HD ready 42" Plasma TV #londonriots
hominoid
Découvrez cette vidéo — RAW,Libya,Rebels from Nalut using rocket launcher and AA gun against reg… youtube.com/watch?v=-oCDRt… via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oCDRthQJcI&fea...
Now Lebanon
Libyan rebel leader sacks executive branch
Libya’s rebel leader disbanded the entire executive branch of his de-facto government Monday, officials said, in a bid to end a major political crisis caused by the assassination of a top rebel general.
Moustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council dismissed several senior officials, including the rebels’ finance, defense and information ministers.
“Mr. Moustafa Abdel Jalil has disbanded the executive office,” spokesperson Shamsiddin Abdulmolah told AFP, adding that the de-facto Prime Minister Mahmud Jibril will now be tasked with creating a reformed executive office.
Another NTC official, Mohamed El-Kish, confirmed the news, adding that some ministers may be reappointed, but “a few will definitely not come back.”
It is the latest phase in the crisis sparked by the assassination of General Abdel Fatah Yunis – amid his return to Benghazi under arrest in late July.
The NTC has come under heavy fire for its role in events leading up to Yunis’s death, as well as its handling of the aftermath.
Although details are sketchy and still under investigation, it is known that an arrest warrant was signed by senior NTC executive member Ali Essawy, raising allegations that the NTC unknowingly helped facilitate his murder.
Since the general’s death, tribal tensions have come to the surface in a country where clans for decades have formed the basis for solving disputes in the absence of functioning judicial institutions.
Source:
nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Younis Arrest Warrant Was Signed by #NTC # Ali #Essawy raising allegations that #NTC unknowingly helped facilitate his murder #Libya
Zlitniya
#Zliten All #Dafniya inhabibtants were vacated by #Gaddafi militia.Homes hv been destroyed,farms burnt&animals have fled #Libya #Feb17
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Apologies followers. Lots of broadcast technology here but Internet let us down today. Latest frontline report :
Aljazeera
Rebel fighting becomes deadly routine outside Zlitan
For more than a week, Libyan opposition fighters have remained stuck on a nearly static front line east of Zlitan, a major town on the road from Misurata to Tripoli. Rebels and troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi trade rocket and gun fire every day, and casualties are mounting.
Residents of Zlitan are reportedly ambivalent about rebel troops overrunning their town, worrying that the presence of opposition forces would bring them under fire from the regime’s army.
In the meantime, the deadly stalemate on the road to Zlitan continues.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from outside Zlitan.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eo9n9uu-fo&fea...
Zliten frontline Monday: no major movements or losses either side to report.
NATO strikes last night near souk telat on frontline edge of Zliten may be the reason for limited GF activity.
Petrol shortage in Misrata causing really big problems now for civilians. Rationing causes queue of nearly 1k long.
Opposition commanders still reporting shortage of ammunition limiting their options for advancing.
Spoke to trauma surgeon and nurse who say they are missing work because they cannot get fuel so they can drive to hospital
Fuel shortage in Misrata caused by GF attack on storage depot Qsar Ahmed last month.
Alj. Arabic just reported revolutionaries are heading towards Zawiya. #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
There were a lot of African mercenaries in #Bir #AlGhanam & we expect a lot more on the way to #Zawiyah. 1/2
We just finished burying some of them," said Tareq Gazal, 19. “They are the best fighters Gaddafi has. They are not afraid of death.” 2/2
CNN
Blackouts leave Tripoli dark
Tripoli suffers from widespread blackouts and fuel shortages as NATO airstrikes continue. CNN’s Ivan Watson reports.
Video:
edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/201...
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #Libya #NTC has FIRED its Executive Board and has asked Mahmoud #Jabril chairman to Re ELECT a New One
#FLASH #Libya #NTC has FIRED its Executive Board in BID 2END to END Major Political Crisis caused by #Younis assassination #Libya
#NTC #MustafaAbdelJalil dismissed several senior officials including #NTC Finance, Defence and Information MINISTERS #Libya
#FLASH PM #MahmudJibril will create a Reformed Executive Office & ReInstall SOME fired Ministers others will DEFINITELY not ComeBack #Libya
defence minister Jallal al-Digheily and his 2nd inCommand came under fire 4continuing Foreign trip when news of #Yunis arrest emerged #Libya
#Younis Arrest Warrant Was Signed by #NTC # Ali #Essawy raising allegations that #NTC unknowingly helped facilitate his murder #Libya
#London #Libya Embassy Ceremony of #NTC taking office + hoisting Independence flag 08/09 @ 3 o’clock Martyrs family members will be present
#ZLITAN #NATO Bombed headquarters of Internal security and Military police next to the post office & telecommunications this morning #Libya
#NTC chairman Mahmoud #Jabril said today in an interview that he expects #Tripoli to rise before #Eid #alFitr (end august) #Libya
Misratapost 08/08/2011
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE8Jsx6mbQQ
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Airstrike! Huge explosion 12:42 AM local time in #Tripoli, from same direction as Sunday’s pre-dawn bomb attacks. #Libya
2nd huge explosion,12:58 AM, lit up night sky and blew sparks hundreds of feet in the air. Another strike just now, like thunderclap #Libya
(via FB) – News of confrontations between the Furjan and Gaddadfa (Gaddafi’s) tribes in #Sirte. #Libya #Feb17
Reports of activity in #Tripoli tonight, with confrontations between FF + G troops. #Libya #Feb17
Aisha
NOW: Massive explosion in Ein Zara district of #Tripoli…Ammo depot hit. Gaddafi placing ammunition storage in middle of residential areas.
A Free Libyan
#Zintan Media – facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… – IDs of a few mercenaries they gathered from #BirGhanam. 2 died in fighting. #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2498687...
Ali is right: same handwriting………same signature…..
same dates….
LibyaAlHurraTV
Landmines found in #Zliten’s Tuesday Market youtube.com/watch?v=hd_LQa… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd_LQal3Sos&fea...
Libya_United
#Tripoli under fire … NATO bombing is harsh … Funaj area … #Libya #Feb17
Abdul
The #mahmia (natural reserve) 40 km from #Surman #libya t.co/pCHttzU
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Al Aan TV @alaantv is now broadcasting news & programs over 96.9FM in Nalut and other free Libyan cities #libya #feb17
Hanan
Breaking News: Gurjee district in #Tripoli is out! Mass protesting!#Libya
septimius_
Some more updates : Phones still not working (Libyaana & Madar) in #Nafusa! …. #Libya
NYT
Libyan Rebels Dismiss Entire Cabinet
A rebel spokesman said that the prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, the only member of the cabinet who kept his job, would have to present a new slate of cabinet members to the rebel legislative body, the Transitional National Council, for approval in the coming days. The cabinet was dissolved, the spokesman said, “for improper administrative procedures” that led to the arrest and subsequent killing of the military leader, Gen. Abdul Fattah Younes, a former top Libyan commander who defected to the rebel side.
The move left the rebels without several of its leaders — including the ministers of defense, finance, interior and justice — as they try to fight a three-front war, run dozens of cities under their control and rein in armed militias that have multiplied since the February uprising.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/world/africa...
I understood it was only the executive branch, not the whole cabinet……….
Hope NYT isn’t trying to stir up trouble again…….
Maybe journo didn’t get it right again:(
chantal
Nalut: L’électricité est rétablie dans la ville occidentale de montagne par les resistants #libye
BINGO!
Zlitniya
If the youths leading the #LondonRiots set up an iterim council, I believe #Gaddafi govmt would be first to recognise it as official repres
Danya
NOW: Massive explosion in Ein Zara district of #Tripoli…Ammo depot hit. Gaddafi placing ammunition storage in middle of residential areas.
Reports that NATO bombing tonight was in Foornaj. #Tripoli #Libya
GaddafiTV saying that #NATO jets bombed Fernaj in #Tripoli. #Libya
TV d’où Kadhafi ordonne ses massacres!
TFI News
Libye: l’Unesco dénonce une frappe de l’Otan contre une télévision
La directrice générale de l’Unesco, Irina Bokova, a déploré lundi le bombardement par l’Otan le 30 juillet à Tripoli d’émetteurs de télévision et la mort de trois employés, estimant que les médias ne devaient pas être pris pour cible, dans un communiqué. “La résolution 1738 du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu condamne les actes de violence visant les journalistes et les employés des médias lors des situations de conflit”, a-t-elle rappelé. “La frappe de l’Otan contrevient également aux principes des Conventions de Genève qui précisent le statut civil des journalistes en temps de guerre, même s’ils sont engagés dans des activités de propagande”, a souligné Mme Bokova. L’Otan avait expliqué avoir mené une série de frappes de précision contre trois émetteurs de la télévision libyenne afin de “réduire le colonel Kadhafi au silence” et l’empêcher d’"intimider et inciter à mener des actes de violences contre sa population".
Kety
Some are fighting (and dying) for freedom; others are burning shops for fun. #ArabSpring #Londonriots
Libya_Awake_United
#Tripoli: Most families are on streets, in AinZara and Furnaj , cell phones Libyana and Madar difficult to reach, landlines are working.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
MANY reports from #Tripoli that aid is NOT going to civilians but being kept by & for #Gaddafi filth almost exclusively.
#Tripoli: Economic rule: “Extreme inflation almost always causes social unrest”. VERY high prices on everything in Tripoli now…
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Huge chemical fires burning & secondary explosions from 2 different parts of #Tripoli for better part of hour. Jets flying overhead again
libyanandproud
REMINDER to #Gaddafi supporters : This is how #Tripoli looks in the winter : bit.ly/nj5EX6 #Feb17 #Libya
Via FB:
#NATO Bombing #Gaddafi forces in #Tiji , #Asabaa, #Jandouba , and #Zawiya . #Feb17 #Libya (Zintan FB)
septimius
#Nafusa: Tunisiana works in certain spots (good thing view is amazing! #Kabaw #Libya twitpic.com/6363iv
Misuratayouth
urgent: Currently NATO is bombing Gaddafi gangs in our capital, Tripoli,,,,,, may allah bring peace upon us and save our home
Hajer
Gaddafi and Shaksheer are probably loving this in London now!
Libya Outreach
Uncountable flags raised & graffiti in Fashloum. Dahra, Fashloum retaliatory mass arrests. G security given run around over #Tripoli #Libya
Anaya
In France, the problem is worsening. We almost never hear Libyan voices.The media are less involved. Bad articles increase.
#Tripoli : FB Groups are identifying the #NATO airstrikes on ammo storages in AynZarra and Fornaj districts of Tripoli
Libya United 1944
#Libya chaotic scenes in #tripoli as every1 in the Firnaj & Einzara is fleeing the area. Ya Rahman rahmatek…ya Allah ya Allah sitrek
jamal
#Tripoli : one of this morning air strikes Targets was the Tabaco factory .
Zlitniya
isnt this where many of our prisoners are reported to be held??
jamal
i heard that once , though it’s more likely to be used for ammo storage now ( NATO wont hit detention centers)
sarah
I truly hope not.It was reported 2have 1000s of prisoners.If theyre not there any more then where r they??not much space left
acarvin Andy Carvin
Any other confirmation? Xinhua: TRIPOLI HIT BY “HEAVIEST AIRSTRIKE IN MONTHS” — XINHUA WITNESS
Libye Libre
Explosions sur #Tripoli ce soir. Les avions de l’OTAN survolent la capitale. #Libye
der_bluthund
BREAKING NEWS: #Libya: #Gaddafi now recognises #Tottenham rioters as legitimate UK government #londonriots
Libya United 1944
#Libya sist just told me that shrapnel was scattered around a 1km radius as she escaped with husband & children from flat with cracked roof
Fatima Saleh
#Gaddafi is spending #Ramadan in a hideout, #Saleh in a rehab, #Mubarak in a prison, #Bashar in fear while #BinAli in an exile #ArabSpring
A Free Libyan
NATO heavy presence over #Tripoli. Lots of explosions. Will tweet any further confirmed news. #Libya #Feb1
BREAKING – G forces on #Zawiya coastal road are being bombed by NATO (AlManara). Reports that even Apaches used. #Libya
AlManara reports that people in #Tripoli are out on the streets.
BREAKING – #Zwara – (Via FB) – Reports that FFs conducted a successful operation which killed 11 G troops. #Libya #Feb17
Report that 15 explosions were heard tonight in a variety of areas in #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
AlManara – 6 protestors arrested in Bin Ashour, #Tripoli. Protests in #Fashloum and #SouqalJuma. #Libya #Feb17
MUST SEE VIDEO – Graphic – t.co/SlZxKQI – G troops executed 16 Egyptians in Misrata (early days) #Libya #Egypt #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAzvyvgLCU&fea...
WSJ
Libyan Rebels Reshuffle Cabinet
BY CHARLES LEVINSON
BENGHAZI, Libya – Libya’s rebels disbanded the group’s de facto cabinet on Monday in an effort to ease the worst internal crisis following the assassination of their top military commander.
General Abdel Fatah Younis was killed July 28 by unknown assailants hours after he was detained, on orders from a rebel minister and a panel of judges, for questioning over his stewardship of the rebel fight.
The killing exposed rifts within the rebel organization as it dealt with its first major leadership crisis since the uprising began in February. Gen. Younis’ powerful Ubeidat Tribe and his loyal special forces fighters ..
Source:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111...
In regards to the #Zawiya coastal road attack by NATO; A G military column was going there from #Tripoli. Apache’s engaged. #Libya
Ahmed
#Tripoli: #NATO Apache helicopters attack Agriculture building, Bab El Azyzia, a site in Fernaj..#Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
NATO jets are bombing Gaddafi ammo stores and military locations in Tripoli. Huge explosions. People on the streets. #libya #feb17
Tripoli: Whole neighbourhoods being disconnected – landlines barely work. Those who get thru say there are demonstrations tonight
amtfoto
Clashes between #FF and #Gaddafi forces in #Tripoli, Hani area… #Libya #feb17
libyanproud
Hay Alandalus : people in the streets , heavy gunfire and screaming LPC . #Tripoli #Libya
KC
#TRIPOLI: Several reports of protests have taking place in Aain Zarah neighbourhood tonight. #Libya
#TRIPOLI: Communication lines have been cut off- I’m going 2 try call my relatives 2 c if I can get through. Something big happening #Libya
In Tripoli last Friday a group of people went to the mosque for Friday prayers.
Gaddafi forces entered mosque, massacred all and sent ambulances and firetrucks 2 collect bodies and wash away blood." #Tripoli
LibyaUnited1994: made call 2 tripoli just now & theres a massive gun battle going on in city centre…I heard the shooting in b/ground!
#Libya made another call 2 #tripoli just now & there’s a massive gun battle going on in city centre…I heard the shooting in b/ground…!
tony birtley
contacts are telling us that executive disolution came from both opposition and international pressure. NTC credibility at Stake.
youngamazigh
CONFIRMED: aain zara are out protesting NOW! after nato strikes they have risen! they have had no electricity for 2 days!
Heinz: #Brega some moves today. #birQanem FFs scouting north farmlands. Daffi reinforcement for #Zawia met 4 helis got hit, crying for help.
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Some guys were watching TV in street. #Gaddafi militia parked up&took them to fight with them #Libya #Feb17
AUG 9 2011
Libyan Embassy to reopen
The Libyan embassy will officially reopen today under the control of the
National Transitional Council (NTC).
Opponents of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime are to hoist the new independence flag
above the premises in London.
Foreign Secretary William Hague announced last month that Britain was recognising the NTC’s authority and expelling the last of the dictator’s representatives.
Mahmud Nacua, the newly appointed charge d’affaires, will lead the reopening
ceremony this afternoon.
Participants will include Libyans who have had family members killed in the
conflict.
Mr Nacua said: "The reopening of the embassy symbolises how far we have come.
“The embassy represents the legitimate government of Libya and in line with this will serve all the Libyan community irrespective of their political allegiances.
“We will also continue to struggle for greater freedom for the Libyan people
and Gaddafi’s departure from Libya.
“I thank the British Government for its decision to recognise the NTC and its
steadfast support for the Libyan people throughout our fight.”
Source:
news.sky.com/home/article/16046079
A calm and peaceful mind is something very essential.—-Dalai Lama
SUMMARY AUGUST 9 2011
8/9/2011
8/09/2011
8.09.2011
Can u get through to tripoli ? Something big is happening apparently , I can’t get through to madar or Libyana
Night August 8-9:
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
حرائق كبيرة تضئ سماء عاصمتنا الاسيرة الان جراء قصف الحلف لمخازن دخيرة واسلحة
فى مناطق متفرقة من طرابلس مما ادى الى انفجارات ثانوية كبيرة هزت العاصمة
Huge chemical fires burning & secondary explosions from 2 different parts of Tripoli for better part of hour. Jets flying overhead again
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عااااااجل: مؤكد اشتباكات الان عنيفة فى سوق الجمعة طرابلس
Breaking: Tripoli: Heavy gun fire now in Sooq Al Jumaa
#Tripoli lines down :(
matthewwprice Matthew Price
Multiple air strikes to east of #Tripoli tonight. Big explosions with some smaller blasts afterwards. Perhaps weapons dumps or fuel depots.
libyanandproud
#Tripoli : FB Groups are identifying the #NATO airstrikes on ammo storages in AynZarra and Fornaj districts of Tripoli. #Feb17 #Libya
also missiles from ammo depot reached fornaj square I can’t get through to anyone
matthewwprice Matthew Price
Another few explosions in #Tripoli Long session this one. Was out tonight in family home. Kids – of course – scared. Adults angry at NATO.
In pro-G family home?
Just asking…….
try to call tripoli plz ,something serious is happening
#Janzour : #NATO have attacked major barracks and checkpoint in the 27 area ! #Feb17 #Libya
I can’t get through to mobiles , don’t have landlines to call
Tripolitania lots of reports , my direct report about gunfire in ben ashour
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
More explosions in #Tripoli … been going on for 2 hrs now… #Libya
IvanCNN Ivan Watson
2nd huge explosion,12:58 AM, lit up night sky and blew sparks hundreds of feet in the air. Another strike just now, like thunderclap
We can all understand next tweet:
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Revolutions all over Arab world, financial crises, Earthquakes, Norway shooting & now
Rioting in London. I need a holiday …
tonybirtley tony birtley
questions still remain over Gen Younes’ death. killers still at large. Not everyone convinced that pro gadaffi fighters responsible
family members of Gen younes and his two aides calling for international inquiry. The feel NTC is not transparent and made serious mistakes
leaks suggest the arrest warrant issued at the behest of 2 exec NTC members. Inquiry trying to discover why Defence minister not consulted
Close sources claim that Gen Younes and his aides may have been tortured before being killed. Bodies were burned &throats cut it is alleged.
contacts are telling us that executive disolution came from both opposition and international pressure. NTC credibility at Stake.
it’s emerged that Gen younes was being investigated because lack of progress on Brega front west of Benghazi. which remained static 3months
ProudLibyan
NTC spokesman told AlJazeera Mahmoud Jibril,asked 2 form new executive body after“shortcomings”by some members in handling of Younis killing
S.R
Family in #Fournaj say clashes between G soldiers and #FFs also explosions heard my aunt’s house’s windows are completely blown out #Tripoli
Ivan Watson (CNN)
NATO performed an air strike on Tripoli in the early morning. A huge explosion was heard from the same direction as Sunday’s pre-dawn bomb attacks. A second and third explosion happened some 15 minutes later with sparks flying hundreds of feet in the air. Ivan Watson reported a huge chemical fire burning and secondary explosions from two different parts of Tripoli
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/m1y3n
On August 8th, NATO aircraft flew 121 sorties, including 54 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 3 Military Vehicles, 2 Multiple Rocket Launchers
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 1 Weapons Storage, 1 Ship, 1 Surface to Air Missile System
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammunition Storage Facility
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Military Facility, 1 Communications System
In the vicinity of Zintan: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher; 2 Military Vehicles
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Been asked to work on #LondonRiots coverage today.You know it is bad at home when Foreign Field Prods are drafted in to help UK team.
Wow. tonight 16,000 riot police will be on the streets says Prime Minister. #londonriots. Parliament Re-Called for a day on Thursday.
Yosif Shakeir on #Libyan State TV has urged the #londonriot ers to ‘defeat the British Regime, which killed their brothers’ #feb17
Majority of #londonriots doesn’t seem like rioting more like ‘violent late night shopping that you don’t pay for’.
Libyan state TV saying #LondonRiots are a protest against Cameron’s policies. I bet half the kids on streets don’t know who Cameron is.
Btw Where you getting that ship sale story? can you forward to me please? Thanks’
Thanks for sharing.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Martyr Abdel fatah Younis had expected that he would be killed by traitors and promised them punishment by FF and… fb.me/13BW86y4q
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO8lZZh-GvQ
Demonstrations in Tripoli yesterday and intelligence of Qaddafi are broadcasting rumors intended to transform anger of the street now in Tripoli to fake joy to make it easier for them to control the people, but only a fool who believe the same lie twice
Clashes yesterdy between the FFs and mercenaries in Tajoura and they blew up a number of points of concentration for the mercenaries
الله أكبر ……اشتباكات بين الثوار و المرتزقة في تاجوراء و تفجير عدد من نقاط تمركز المرتزقة
Sarah
#Zliten update 8/8/11
#NATO hits 7Aug: 4 Command and Control Nodes, 1 Military Facility, 1 Weapons Storage, 1 Anti-Tank Weapon, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher
#NATO bombed interior security and military police today (both in central Zliten)
Zliten FF burnt a tank carrier near Ghweelat School
Zliten FF bombed a #Gaddafi militia car&command;centre yesterday #Libya #Feb17
1FF martyred and 15 injured on #Zliten front
#Zliten front has new mercenaries from #Darfur to help those already present from #Chad and #Mali
#Zliten :Some guys were watching TV in the street. #Gaddafi militia parked up&took;them to fight with them
#Zliten :Difficult humanitarian situation.Food prices have increased,with a reduction in food supplies and electricity. Water is in very short supply, electricity is available only a
few hours a day and there is little gas (some people are cooking on coal). Bread shops have closed
#Zliten:Families from SuqAlThalath have been moved to the top floor of a school in #Ghweelat. Mercenries,weapons&ammo;are stored in the bottom floor.This is to prevent #NATO strikes on Gaddafi’s weapons
#Zliten :To clarify previous report of Zliten’s hospital being in FF hands- the freedom flag was raised on Hosp. However, residents feared joining FF as they were tricked the previous day by Gaddafi militia pretending 2b FF (#Gadafi militia painted cars black and carried freedom flag .Residents who joined them were arrested). The FF that raised the flag were arrested
#Gaddafi militia r randomly breaking into homes&expelling;inhabitants(incl proG homes!)
#Zliten All #Dafniya inhabibtants were vacated by #Gaddafi militia.Homes hv been destroyed,farms burnt&animals;have fled. Following defeat and retreat of #Gaddafi militia in #Dafniya, FF have found several houses burgled&turned;upside down
#Zliten FF confirm that the house bombed by #NATO was definitely a #Gaddafi militia base for command&communication;, and that the death of the mother and children is evidence of Gaddafi using human shields
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
#NATO jets over #Tripoli around noon local. #Libya
Hominoid
The explosions in the Fernej district of southwest Tripoli struck at 2:00 am, sending flames shooting into the night sky,
They were followed by a series of smaller blasts, suggesting an arms depot had been
hit. Two other explosions followed at around 6:00 am
The total number of displaced citizens from Libya during the month and a half as a result of the last two battles are more than 650,000
Sirtawi
#Jufra Freedom page on FB claims to have gotten material of FF activities from #Houn & will share later today. Will keep you posted. #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
by hominoid555
girls on @bbcworldservice just now drinking wine looted last night, say they were targeting the rich. #londonriots