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SUMMARY July 6th 2011
7/6/2011
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7.06.2011
Nafusa=HOTNow Reaching upper 40′s C AK 47 left out in sun is 2hot 2handle by 10.00am Battles tend 2B on hold from noon onward via BBC
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BREAKING : #Nafusa : Freedom Fighters are “NOW” on the western borders of #Alasaba’a . #Feb17 #Libya (via zintan fb) #TripoliCalling
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by Skeptical4
BREAKING : #Nafusa : Freedom Fighters are “NOW” on the western borders of #Alasaba’a . #Feb17 #Libya (via zintan fb) #TripoliCalling
Turkey Backing Libyan Opposition
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Marking a shift in its position, Turkey is putting its full weight behind the Libyan opposition, promising $200 million and calling for Libyan government leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi to go. A leader of the Libyan opposition is due to hold talks Wednesday in Ankara.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country has given its unequivocal support to the Libyan opposition Transitional National Council based in Benghazi. During a visit Sunday to Benghazi, the Turkish diplomat declared the Libyan opposition is the legitimate representative of the Libyan people and that Gadhafi should go.
Turkey had close ties with Gadhafi and was one of few counties arguing he could still play a role in resolving the Libyan conflict. Senior Turkish diplomat Selim Yenel said the shift in policy was not taken lightly.
“We have been very cautious in our approach, we tried to keep a dialogue with both sides, although we were criticized for this,” said Yenel. “But in the end we saw that dialogue with Gadhafi became impossible. And we saw that the people in Benghazi were acting more and more responsible. So in the end we came up to finally accept this reality. And realize that the representation by the people in Benghazi.”
Full story:
www.turkishweekly.net/news/118298/turke...
Libya Denies Russian Report On Qaddafi
Libyan officials have denied a Russian media report that Muammar Qaddafi is considering handing over power and seeking refuge abroad.
Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told Reuters the report in Russia’s “Kommersant” newspaper was “simply untrue.”
Ibrahim said, “Qaddafi is an historical symbol, and Libyans will die to defend him.”
The July 5 “Kommersant” report came a day after both South African President Jacob Zuma — who has tried to broker a peace deal in Libya — and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen traveled to Moscow for talks mainly on Libya.
Afterward, Zuma’s office said he had asked NATO to persuade the rebel National Transitional Council to enter into talks with Tripoli.
On July 4, the Libyan government said it held talks in Italy, Norway, and Egypt with senior figures in the opposition about finding a peaceful way out of the conflict.
However, Italy denied any such negotiations took place on its soil.
Meanwhile, Qaddafi forces are reported to have heavily bombed the rebel stronghold of Misurata, with 11 rebel fighters reported killed and more than 40 wounded.
compiled from agency reports
Source:
www.rferl.org/content/libya_denies_russ...
Editorial du “Monde”
L’affligeante prestation de l’Europe en Libye
Imaginons un moment l’"avenir stratégique de l’Europe". D’où viendront les menaces, où seront les sources de déstabilisation potentielle, quels seront les terrains d’intervention les plus probables ? Sans être grand clerc, la réponse semble aller de soi : du Proche-Orient et de l’Afrique. Et l’Europe n’y est aucunement préparée. Son indifférence en la matière confine à la désinvolture et à l’irresponsabilité.
Telle est la leçon qu’il faut tirer de l’opération menée en Libye depuis la mi-mars. Dès lors que les Etats-Unis ne sont pas là pour donner de l’échine et des moyens à une action militaire de ce type, les Européens livrés à eux-mêmes donnent le triste spectacle d’un groupe démuni, divisé et désorganisé.
Read more:
www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2011/07/05...
Libya after Gaddafi
By Victor Kotsev
Given the realities on the ground and the ever-increasing signs of
NATO’s desperation, this show of confidence could mean one of two or three things. It could be a bluff, perhaps designed to put pressure on Gaddafi to “retire” 2. Such a bluff is strengthened by the thus far unsuccessful, but also increasingly public, campaign to assassinate the colonel. Not long ago, American Admiral Samuel J Locklear became probably the first NATO official to admit that the alliance is actively targeting the Libyan leader 3.
Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday that Gaddafi had indeed agreed to step down. However, so far there has been no other confirmation of this, and meanwhile the rebels retracted their offer for him to stay in the country if he surrenders power 4.
Fukll story:
www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MG06A...
FromJoanne Joanne
Bearded Saif #Gaddafi: If U R at all interested to read his full monologue Here it is in English goo.gl/Ae040 #Libya
We, of course, have the slogan “Victory or martyrdom.”
They have the slogan “Victory or Egypt.” (Nasr au Masr)
Bu Shena (“Mr Fez” = Mustafa Abdeljalil) is 75 years old
We decided a long time ago to eliminate him. Elimination unclear. I mean, there was no hope in him.
He’s very poor.
These are the people they have on their side.
Why would the Uhaishi area or the Majori area come out in a demonstrations with the green flag?
Weren’t they all about “revolution” and discontented, and the revolution of the youth?
And then, what youth, Mr Fez is 75 years old, and the other one…
We won’t raise the white flag. We won’t surrender. The ceasefire won’t happen. Until Libya returns to how it was.
Room by room, alley by alley.
Didn’t he go to Obama and ask for 5 billion? They’re in need.
We, of course, have the slogan “Victory or martyrdom.”
They have the slogan “Victory or Egypt.” (an-Nasr au Masr)
Speaker: I found someone with a box in front like a pregnant woman, begging for alms.
Saif: Who?
Speaker: Those people in Tunis. The rats.
Saif: By the way, since we’re speaking about the rats
There’s an Italian man, the first to enter Benghazi on the 20th of February
I mean, the first one to enter
So he spoke to me about them. I asked him to tell me.
So he said, “I was in the Uzu hotel.” He said, when the army entered, he said the first thing
was that there was no paint in the city. Everyone was painting the Angola flag.
It looks like the Angolan flag.
off camera: “They’ve named it the melon, red and green”
Saif: You see, the Egypt guy, what’s his name, their military commander
Off camera: Tantawi
He said: What’s Pakistan’s flag doing here?
A new flag, that looks like Pakistan’s.
So he Italian said, they started painting and there was one person with a sticker of the flag on the glass of the car
which wouldn’t be removed, whatever he did. So in the end he reversed and broke it.
He said “Better break the glass rather than unclear”
He swore to me and he said, my Italian friend
he told me all the members of the council and all the rats
he said, they all fled, and some reached Egypt and some hid in Tobruk
he said they didn’t return until after a week
Even after the American and French and the NATO bombing
They stayed a whole week hidden away scared
Anyway, as for the eastern region, this region was kidnapped by criminals
Like a hijacked airplane
Have you ever heard of a hijacked plane being considered the property of the hijackers?
We are returning to Barga Cyrenaica
You know we are returning to Benghazi
There is no discussion there
This is a red line. Libya’s unity cannot be let go
NATO or the devil, this is not up for discussion, even if all of Libya dies. Anyway
The main reason for the meeting
to be clear, what is happening in Libya now, Libya has changed
Libya has changed and won’t return to how it was, ever, and it is impossible that it will return
Libya in the past
Off camera: Glad tidings, God willing
Of course, but what is in the past can’t return
once bitten twice shy lit. the believer is not stung from the same den twice
Firstly, I was responsible for this period. I brought all these people and gave them power
The whole council, I brought them
They used to go around penniless, with nothing
I brought them in and gave them jobs
Because I used to believe Libya was for all, the country was for all, and that in Libya we are all equals
Even the Italian journalist, I remember, said there was a Libyan who told him
“All the destruction in Libya is Saif al Islam’s fault”
He said, I asked him “Why?” He said: "Because he brought these people and he created this atmosphere of reconciliation
and this is the reason for this."
Off camera: I don’t know who said it
Saif: I mean, we saw Libyans saying takbir, and women ululating for the rockets and planes of the Christians hitting us
We saw a Libyan saying “Thank God for the NATO, and carry on striking NATO.”
We saw a Libyan who goes out from morning to night, and his job is to get co-ordinates of sites where his brothers are
We’ve seen all this, and we saw it in 1911 and after, after the Italian colonialism, the agents and the mercenaries and traitors
and Mussolini came to them and they called him Saif al Islam or Saif al Haq or something Truth
and there was poetry for him and they came up with names for Mussolini
These same people have returned after 100 years
In the future… in the beginning we said “We’re all equal, we’re all alike and Libya is for all.”
But what happened? Those I returned with from abroad, changed from a gentle lamb to a poisonous snake
The first person to bite was him, the same person who used to read the Fatiha for you came up on TV with his hand raised against you
The one who was nothing, wandering outside the country
and I brought him and told him it’s your right, this is your country
He was the first to deal with the enemy, with the Christians, with the Jews
and lastly, they brought us a Zionist Jew
there are Jews that aren’t Zionists
A Zionist, and they told him, you rule Libya
Then, in the future, this is my opinion, and you of course will agree with me, I don’t think we should have this equality
I don’t think it’s a future, as it brought Bernard Lévy and brought the Jews and Christians
and tomorrow he tells me "we’ll sit equal and I have a right in the oil, just like you, and a right in power
and this is my country." No, go elsewhere lit. God open (other opportunities) for you
Then, this is finished. This is finished.
The matter of equality in Libya is finished, forever.
There will be no equality in Libya
In Libya now there are levels (different statuses)
Even with God, the believers have levels
Those who fought and spent money are not like those who…
And so, there are tribes and areas in Libya which, I won’t say defended the Leader and the Revolution
No, they were the first to defend the country and our nation
We in the end defend our country and our families, as Libyans
Yes, Libyans, but there is an A and a B different statuses
This is a truth
Or you who was one who was one of the rats, a big rat, and I, a warrior and we have martyrs, are equal
Or why has God created heaven and hellfire?
Off camera: Doctor…
And so, in the future, Libya, it’s wealth and it’s oil and it’s money, and the rule in it is for the people who are now fighting for the sake of Libya and who paid the price
Off camera: We are steadfast
Those who went…I tell you something, we will work to make sure, and this is recorded from me, in Libya it must be like what happened in Algeria
In Algeria, after the independence war was victorious over the imperialist Italian colonialism
by the way Bernard Lévy is one of the French colonialists who was in Algeria
When the French left, 100s of thousands of Algerian left with them, they are now in France
They have whole towns they live in, these are the traitors and the agents of the French
When they went to the Algerians, they said we are fighting and liberating and you were agents
and now when Algeria is independent, you want to come and share it? No, you were with France, go to your France
The traitors can go live in Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Paris, London, anywhere. No problem. Sydney, Monte Carlo. But Libya, no.
Stay over there, you have no place here.
Now Shalgam, the conspiracy he created, which led to hundreds of Libyans dying in the strikes
Tomorrow Shalgam will come and say I’m a Libyan, I want to live…yesterday he said
I will put myself up for elections in Libya
Anyway
Now Shalgam wants to return and be a Libyan citizen. No way.
After the victory, we will do exactly like Algeria
NATO leaves and the rats leave with them
All the rats got to NATO, Qatar, UAE, Jordan and no more Libya
There is a Sheikh called Gheriani. I told them to put him on the broadcast and let him talk and stuff
What breaks wudu, and the woman who wants to divorce, and the woman who wants to marry and so on, stuff that has nothing to do with politics
I said…he’s actually al Alam (not Gheriani) Sadeq al Alam
His grandfather is Libya’s old mufti
Who was he? The one Mussolini used
The one who told him: rule as the fates decree, for you alone are the vanquisher line of poetry
He made Mussolini like God
This is the grandfather of this Gheriani
Anyway, what I want to tell you is, so Libya in the future is for the people who died for it, who sacrificed for it, who fought for it
Libya is for them, the oil, and the petrol and the rule, this is our country, we died for it
and those who went to NATO and Qatar and over there, go over there
as for Libya, those people have no place in it anymore
Thus, there are areas which are our base, as you said
From the first day they stood up, they picked up arms, they fought, they resisted, they died
these areas…now Libya is segregated, there are areas which are half-and-half, and areas which are with us 100%
from the first day, they took their decision
Now, Libya will build a new army and a new police
and build a new order
We will begin with those closest to us ie the most loyal to the regime like the Igilat area
We have volunteers, to bring out all the people who want to volunteer and to fight
Today you volunteer, but tomorrow you will have your wage and your job
in the Libyan armed forces
Because our army in the future will be made
Source:
www.universalsubtitles.org/sv/videos/P6...
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : the #kikla gwaleesh and the #miska gwaleesh are now free of #Gaddafi forces . #Feb17 #Libya ALLAH AKBAR
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Nafusa :#Gwaleesh : Freedom Fighters are still pushing #Gaddafi forces back . #Feb17 #Libya #TripoliCalling
Niz_FGM Niz
6/7/11 – Tune in to Aljazeera INTERNATIONAL at 5pm (#Tripoli time) Live with Free Generation Movement from #Tripoli….
_TheZee Zainab
Today the Million March starts in #Benghazi infront of Tibesti hotel at 5 pm (local timing) in return to G’s fake protest.
I really hope AJM will air it! What would have happened if they had waitd a few days :p
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
News from Al-Ghawaleesh is that revolutionaries are making progress & Gaddafi troops were forced to retreat from their positions. #Libya
lebeeya Lebeeya
There is nothing more painful than to watch innocent children suffer and cry from pain caused by Gaddafi.
AJE:
Libya – Jul 6, 2011 – 14:53
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 – 14:53 – Libya
Opposition fighters in western Libya have launched a new offensive against Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in the Nafusa mountains.
The forces based around Zintan are widely seen as the rebels’ best hope for an advance on Tripoli.
Jonah Hull reports from Zintan.
Vid:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-jul-...
Oya
#LIBYA: Libyan FF ‘launch offensive’ on gateway to #Tripoli
AJE:
Civilians killed in Misurata shelling
Libyan rebels say scores wounded after pro-Gaddafi troops shell besieged enclave in west of the country
At least 11 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in shelling by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, around the besieged rebel enclave of Misurata, the rebels say.
“Eleven people were killed and 57 wounded, almost all of them civilians,” a rebel source told the AFP news agency by telephone from Misurata, 200km east of Tripoli, on Tuesday.
The attacks marked another bloody milestone for a city that has been shelled almost continuously since March.
Sources said five rebels were killed in fighting at the western entrance to the city earlier in the day.
Meanwhile, Gerard Longuet, France’s defence minister, questioned the rebels’ chances of defeating Gaddafi and pushing towards the capital.
The expression of doubt came as reports emerged that the rebels had launched what they called a promised attack on a key gateway to the capital Tripoli. There was no independent verification on the rebels’ claim.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “AYHAN BAYRAKTAR” dest. #Zarzis #Tunisia w/ 3rd party supplies for #Gaddafi to be delivered overland to #Libya. #feb17
KC_Tripolitania KC
Protesters opposite Libyan Embassy in London chanting ‘Step down Gaddafi & take your dogs with you’ yfrog.com/gy6uiwnj
BEAUTIFUL!!
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Photo: Tripoli, Benghazi heard your call #Libya #TripoliCalling facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1871112...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
This little guy deserves all the help he can get. A #Gaddafi Grad ravaged his body. I wish we could give him a hand. twitpic.com/5m3s0a
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Yes, God be w/ Misrata but it would be nice if @NATO pulled it’s F****** head out of it’s a** and did it’s job!
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
heavy shelling in misurata at the moment against a peaceful demonstration
no news yet but sound of ambulance rushing to the area
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
east of 32.449521,14.592247 is under the misurata FF and the west is under the G forces
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
#Misurata FF 5KM to reach #zliten city center
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Conflicting reports in #Misrata #Libya whether #feb17 rebels pulled back from positions taken Tues’. If so big losses for no apparent gain
BBC colleagues in #Nafusa #libya urge caution over reading too much into claims of #feb17 assault on gateway to #Tripoli No sign on ground.
Here’s the latest #NATO update on it’s air campaign against #Gaddafi forces in #Libya supporting #feb17 rebels t.co/VwFbIdw #Tripoli
#Misrata – #feb17 #Libya rebels say south and west fronts no longer linked. South pulled back but West is still 7km forward holding Na’imah
not major assault on a gateway to Tripoli. No one seems ready to tackle the capital yet.
I’m told that is #feb17 rebels aim if they manage to hold Na’imah but all very fluid on #Misrata fronts, lots of skirmishing
Despite the sound of rockets hitting #misrata #libya thousands of people holding a #feb17 rally in freedom square in support of fighters
Men women and kids took part in #Misrata march. Families carried pictures of husbands sons etc who had died in the fighting against #Gaddafi
Reuters says #Libyan #feb17 rebels took control of village of Al-Qawalish, South East of #Tripoli, after 6 hour battle with #Gaddafi forces
Reports-#Libyan #feb17 rebel leaders will hold 1st talks on July 13 with the North Atlantic Council, NATO Says. Jibril leads NTC delegation
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Libya #Nafusa FFs liberated #Al #Asabah (coordinates 32°3’1"N 12°52’13"E) , next to b liberated is #Jandouba , on the way to #Gharyan
Tripoli: a stronghold by day, a battleground at night
The Libyan capital may seem peaceful in daylight, but when the sun sets rebels and Gaddafi’s forces clash, locals say
Libyan women chant at a pro-Gaddafi rally in Green Square in Libya’s capital, Tripoli. Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP
In daylight there is the pretence of normality: people chatting in cafes, shops open for business, motorists on the move – if they’re lucky enough to still have petrol. But at night, Tripoli takes on a more menacing aspect.
“There are drive-by shootings at night here,” said one man in the Souk al-Juma district, an opposition stronghold. “People are shooting at the police every night.”
Numerous witnesses tell the same story: that when night falls, out come the police checkpoints aimed at locking down restive districts, but so too do rebel militas opposed to Muammar Gaddafi. Under cover of darkness, it is said, they emerge from hiding to ambush his security forces. In some neighbourhoods the gun battles rage every night, but the bodies of those killed and all other traces are swiftly removed.
With security tight and little sign of a major uprising in Tripoli, these audacious guerrilla tactics appear to be the rebels’ best hope of chipping away at the Libyan leader’s defences.
In Souk al-Juma there have been reports of explosions, a raid on a police station and at least one public protest violently crushed. A rebel sympathiser, pointing to a street off the district’s main road, said: “On one night a couple of weeks ago, four people were killed here.”
Libyan government officials denied such attacks have taken place, and the movements of foreign journalists are strictly controlled, making it impossible to verify these claims.
However, anecdotal evidence suggests that there are now regular night-time clashes in the Libyan capital .
The raids have turned parts of Tripoli, a city with no shortage of privately owned firearms, into a no-go area after dark. The man, who said he has stocked up on diesel in readiness for “zero hour”, added: “Normally wedding parties go on until 2am, but now they finish at 8pm. No one goes out after sunset. They all stay at home.”
Some in his working-class suburb felt it was too dangerous to talk to journalists, employing euphemisms such as “I think you know what I mean.” But one young man, sitting in a T-shirt beside a blaring stereo, made an obscene gesture and shouted openly: “Fuck Gaddafi!”
The size and strength of the armed insurgency is unknown. It seems highly unlikely they could raise enough men to topple Gaddafi without external support. Their main strategy appears to be a methodical sapping of the police state’s morale.
A man using the name Niz, who claims to represent a Tripoli rebel network known as the Free Generation Movement, said via Skype: “There are armed operations pretty much every night, normally at checkpoints. There is regular gunfire every night. It’s not an attempt to go all out. It’s an attempt to intimidate the security apparatus and show the presence of an armed group.”
Nato hopes that Tripoli would succumb to the Arab spring were swiftly thwarted, with dissidents killed, arrested or driven underground. Apart from occasional public demonstrations, opposition to Gaddafi in the capital remains covert and fragmented, especially since access to the internet and mobile text was blocked. Informants and secret police ensure that fear, suspicion and paranoia are thick in the air.
Niz, speaking English, said he was unwilling to meet in person for fear of arrest. It was therefore impossible to verify his identity, but his account resonates with other media reports.
He said the Free Generation Movement, which posts regularly onFacebook and YouTube, has few members but is in close contact with several similar groups. He insisted that “activity is increasing, fear is decreasing and security is becoming fragmented” in Tripoli, making the ultimate overthrow of Gaddafi inevitable.
“I believe there can be an uprising in the city,” he said. “We are moving towards that. I don’t believe a single action will bring down the regime, but the coming closer of rebels and the continued Nato campaign shows the noose is tightening. It’s going to be a combination of things. The regime will fall.”
The resilience of Gaddafi’s stronghold over more than four months has already confounded many. Asked to predict when the end will come, Niz replied: “Six million Libyans are asking the same question every day. What I can tell you is that every day there is more and more activity in Tripoli. The pressure on Gaddafi increases as the circle closes. We’re all doing our bit to play our part.”
But the risks remain high. Plain-clothes police reportedly go from house to house looking for real or perceived rebels. Niz, whose group performs acts of civil disobedience, alleged that people had been kidnapped and tortured by electrocution in increasingly overcrowded prisons.
“I feel uncomfortable using the word ‘arrested’; these guys are being kidnapped,” he said. “People I know have been blindfolded in the back of trucks and have heard on the radio prison officials saying, ‘Don’t bring them here, we’re full.’ There are thousands of people unaccounted for. I’ve heard people have been tortured, mainly through electrocution and beatings. You also hear about the pulling of fingernails.”
A pro-Gaddafi rally on Friday brought tens of thousands of people to Green Square in a formidable show of strength, but Niz estimates that three-quarters of Tripoli’s 2 million residents are against the regime.
Moussa Ibrahim, spokesman for the Libyan government, dismissed reports of underground networks in Tripoli. “Dream on,” he said. “David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy are so embarrassed that they have to make up lies.”
Source- David Smith in Tripoli for The Guardian
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Misrata: #Freedomfighters still holding their position in Tuesday Market despite shelling from #Gaddafi forces. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Mabrook Sahban commander of #Sahban Brigade has been seriously wounded & is in #Gharyan hospital. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Misrata: 7 martyrs have fallen today, including 1 from #Benghazi & 1 from #Egypt in the bombing of outskirts today. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
In the battle for #Qwaleesh, 17 wounded and 1 dead in #Yefran hospital. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
In #Sabha patients die for lack of vaccines, dialysis & intravenous fluid. The measles epidemic is spreading to #Chad. #Libya #feb17 @UN
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Star & Crescent from London. Tripoli & All of Libya,“We are with you all the way” #feb17 #libya yfrog.com/h8w2pwsj
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Freedom fighters take Gualish, closing in on garrison town of Garyan, which controls road to Tripoli #Libya bbc.in/qkDew3
BBC:
6 July 2011 Last updated at 11:21 ET
Libyan rebels ‘take desert village of Gualish’
Libyan rebels have reportedly taken control of the village of Gualish, some 100km (60 miles) south-west of the capital, Tripoli.
The small desert settlement is a crucial step towards the larger garrison town of Garyan, which controls the main road towards the capital.
The rebels said they had captured several pro-government soldiers.
In the west of the country, rebel forces have also made some advances around the port city of Misrata.
Reports say the rebels fighting Col Muammar Gaddafi swept into Gualish on Wednesday, after a battle that lasted several hours.
Story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14051363
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Libyan youth are surrounding the Libyan consulate in #Safaix in #Tunisia. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Misrata: Heavy #Gaddafi shelling of town at this time, attempting to disrupt civilian protests. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
Feb17:
Video: Will The REAL Saif Gaddafi please stand up
Posted on July 6, 2011 by admin
Oh there you are.. as you were, let the world see your true colors. Saif promising “no more equality in Libya” in the future. Politician in the making..
feb17.info/media/video-will-the-real-sa...
hominoid
Libya Nalut FFs shelled Gaddafi forces based in Ghazaya with tanks, destroying two four-wheel drive vehicles.
Ummustafa
@Niz_FGM may Allah protect you and blind those who wish you harm. Just a reminder to read ayah 9 of surat Ya-sin when you go out.
bdentonphoto Bryan Denton
libyan NTC spokesman in beirut says no ntc members will be allowed to participate in post gadafi politics for the first 4 years.
Libya compiles security charges against rebel leaders, plans to try them in court
July 6, 2011 10:07:00
Adam Schreck
Associated Press
TRIPOLI, LIBYA—Libyan prosecutors plan to charge rebel leaders with national security crimes, seeking to convict as traitors those leading the armed uprising against Moammar Gadhafi that has plunged the country into civil war, officials said Wednesday.
A judge compiling the charges laid out his case against 21 rebel officials who are based in the eastern city of Benghazi, including the National Transitional Council’s head, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil. Defendants will be tried in absentia.
Rebel leaders in Benghazi could not immediately be reached for comment.
The charges include facilitating foreign intervention in Libya, providing aid and military secrets to the enemy, and seeking to topple Gadhafi’s regime by force.
Judge Khalifa Isa Khalifa told reporters in the Libyan capital of Tripoli that he plans to present the case before a special court presided over by a three-judge panel next week. He said the evidence includes testimony from several witnesses.
The allegations “amount to treason of the homeland of Libya,” government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said.
Khalifa did not specify what punishment the defendants could face, but Ibrahim said those found guilty of treason could face the death penalty under Libyan law.
If convicted, Libya will seek international help, such as issuing Interpol warrants, to “demand that they are brought to justice,” Khalifa said.
There is little likelihood of that happening as long as fighting rages, however. The rebels enjoy significant support from allies in the West and among several oil-rich Gulf Arab states, and Gadhafi himself is wanted under an international arrest warrant.
The International Criminal Court last week issued arrest warrants for Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi for crimes against humanity. International prosecutors at the Netherlands-based court allege government troops fired on civilian protesters during anti-Gadhafi street demonstrations earlier this year.
Opponents of Gadhafi’s regime, inspired by uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt, began protesting against the longtime leader in February.
The unrest quickly turned into a bloody civil war, with anti-government rebels now controlling much of eastern Libya from and pockets in the west. NATO has been bombing government-linked targets since March under a United Nations mandate to protect civilians.
Libyan officials have rejected the ICC’s authority. They say they established the special court set to try the rebel leaders in order to bring to justice anyone who committed crimes as part of the nearly five-month uprising.
Khalifa sidestepped a question of whether the court would examine allegations raised by the ICC against Gadhafi and his inner circle, saying it is the responsibility of the attorney general to assign cases.
“We are ready and prepared to investigate any person in this country if there are people who are willing to come to the (attorney general) with accusations or complaints,” he said.
Source:
mobile.thestar.com/mobile/world/article...
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
After half-day fight, Libyan rebs tday captured Al Qualish, extending hold in Nafusa mountains. More on NYT w pix by @bdentonphoto
libyanproud libyanandproud
At #TripoliCalling rally in #Tunis ! 100+ more arriving ! #Feb17 #Libya
libyanredcamel
#Jul6 One Goal #libya is my country and United #Tripoli is the capital #feb17
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
love this!“ Wow “@Thanku4theAnger: Tripoli Called … London Answered #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/h463ifkj””
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Freedom fighter recycles grandad’s ammo. Recounts challenges faced returning to #Nalut from Sweden v @nalut17feb #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=kSIU6Q…
VID:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIU6QZqHrQ
4Adam Adam
July 6- #FF firing their rifles into the air in celebration poured into the village of Qawaleesh reut.rs/r5D6Xh #Libya #Nafusa #Feb17
WRAPUP 3-Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli on two fronts
17 wounded and 1 dead in #yefran hospital
dovenews Libyan™
NATO: Rasmussen: “I have no confirmed information that #Gaddafi has sounded out the possibility to step down” #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Misrata: 14 civilians were killed today due to random shelling by Gaddafi forces & hospitals are struggling to keep up with injured
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Thousands of ppl were on the streets of Benghazi 2 hours b4 the rally, waving flags, beeping car horns and shouting pro-revolution slogans.
Qaddafi’s Bid to Retake Libya by Force Has ‘Fallen Apart,’ NATO Chief Says
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the attempt by Muammar Qaddafi to retake Libya by force has “fallen apart” as opposition forces capture key cities and the alliance maintains its air and sea campaign.
“For Qaddafi, it is game over,” Rasmussen told reporters today at a briefing in Brussels. “Momentum is against Qaddafi; his economic strength to wage war against his country is declining.”
Rasmussen said on July 4 that the alliance would continue its offensive in Libya until it meets the goals sanctioned by a United Nations resolution that authorized military action to protect civilians.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has set three objectives for Libya: a complete halt to attacks on civilians by government forces; the withdrawal of those troops to barracks; and access to humanitarian aid for the people of Libya, Rasmussen said then.
“His capability to attack civilians has been considerably decreased and we consider that a success of our operation,” Rasmussen said today.
Source:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/qadda...
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Misrata: Civilians are complaining that NATO jets are barely visible today despite the constant shelling by G forces. #libya #feb17
dovenews Libyan™
by Skeptical4
NATO: Rasmussen: “I have no confirmed information that #Gaddafi has sounded out the possibility to step down” #Libya
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
by Skeptical4
Very difficult to watch. Young children scream in agony while treated after a mine explosion in #Misrata. goo.gl/qvSHj #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9t0jBAWHjM
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Rasmussen: #NATO will not stop attacking #Libya during Ramadan. #feb17
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
True huge freedom demonstration in Benghazi now, not fake nor digitally manipulated, international media can cover freely!Get lost G!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NTC leaders to meet 28-member #NATO Council on July 13. #Libya #feb17
Skeptical4 Skeptic
It seems to me that #NTC is sacrificing #Misrata in favor of #Nafusa bc they can get to #Tripoli faster
Truth is #Gaddafi is obsessed with #Misrata & sent large nr of troops to hold #Zliten
First Name:
m my friends brother is in custody of Gadaffi’s men, he was supposed to be released on 4th, was instead taken to hospital..
in hosp. he is still jailed, family spoke to him over phone for seconds, is this common in tripoli?
Video: Misrata child injured by landmine reads Quran to ease pain
To make up for the lack of anesetia, doctors tell this young boy injured by a landmine set by Gaddafi forces to read the opening chapter of the Quran to ease his pain.
feb17.info/media/video-misrata-child-in...
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
by ChangeInLibya
FGM – “Now the people have spoken. And today, the world will hear our voice.”
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Benghazi: Huge crowds from all of Libya’s eastern cities are currently rallying in Benghazi to show their support for Tripoli #
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: The city has been completely liberated this afternoon and is now under FF control
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: We can see heavy smoke and explosions in Asabaa/Miskah which is further east closer to Gheryan
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: This means that clashes are now moving further east from Qualeesh and FF are still moving forward #
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: Gaddafi forces tired to burn their items before leaving Qualeesh but freedom fighters caught some of them
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: Freedom fighters are now intent on liberated Asabaa and other cities on the way to Gheryan – good news soon
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: Mustafa sahban, a prominent Gaddafi army officer is confirmed to have been injured in today’s clashes
Aljazeera Arabic reporter: Today’s demonstration in Benghazi is unprecedented in #libya and the city’s history. Impossible before
Benghazi: AJA reporter: People say they came here to support their brothers in Tripoli & to counter Gaddafi’s fake rally last Friday
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by ChangeInLibya
Rally against the dictator today in #Benghazi; phenomenal turn-out! There’s your answer #Gaddafi, get out! #libya #feb17
The ‘court-house square’ and ‘Koosh square’ in Benghazi are completely full of people, as are all side roads leading to both squares #libya
Helicopters and naval ships belonging to the National Liberation Army (freedom fighters) are patrolling skies & sea near Benghazi
FF attacking Ghadafi forces in Gwalish :
by jadufree in Jadu Media on July 6, 2011
Big force of freedom fighters and National Army in Nafusa Mountain from different liberated cities Like Jadu, Rujban, Ruhaibat and Zintan and from other cities which are not liberated all together moved to Qala’a and Kikla last night, and started fighting this morning Ghaddafi forces in Gwalish. Upto now the Freedom Fighters approaching advance on the ground and they caught one of Ghaddafi forces. Some of military musks found in the area where Ghaddafi forces evacuated today. The situation is for freedom fighters.
Tuesday, July 5th. 12:06
• Nafusa Mountain: Nalut: volunteers of the Libyan Red Crescent, Nalut branch- are working side by side with the freedom fighters in the frontlines, in addition to providing medical services to patients in Nalut and most cities in the mountain
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9JmVW23Xi0&fea...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9JmVW23Xi0&feature=player_embedded
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Nafusa: Asabaa liberated #feb17 #Libya. We love #Jul6
FreeBenghazi
#Nalut &Tripoli freedom fighters conducted joint exercises w heavy weapons to ensure combat readiness.Accuracy was high v @nalut17feb #libya
dovenews Libyan™
#Nafusa #FF are 50km away from the capital #Tripoli. #Nafusa #Tripoli #Libya
misrati_free Feb17
Thoughts and prayers with a member of @ShahedMisurata and his family wish him a full recovery. injured while covering battles in
20arb
Via international Libyans there are ambulances send to #Libya
LVview
I am tearing myself away. But what a thrill to see Benghazi and Misrata. FREE LIBYA!
bentbenghazi
Abdelfath Younis speech today in Benghazi youtu.be/wIX0rmcoZYw #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIX0rmcoZYw&fea...
Hélène
#Libya french admiral Edouard Guillaud calls 4 withdrawing fr AC Charles-de-Gaulle that could b efficiently replaced by d jets. (mil. press)
bentbenghazi76 somaia
TRIPOLI – FREE GENERATION MOVEMENT ON AJE – 6/7/2011 youtu.be/qk2ToFAAIuo via @youtube #Feb1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2ToFAAIuo&fea...
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
Dear Girdaffi: Since you seem so fashion conscious, I think you better start preparing what outfit u would be wearing when FFs catch u.
libyanproud libyanandproud
Flag Raise at #tripolicalling TUNIS Dedicated to @Niz_FGM youtu.be/94tnaagvtL4 #Feb17 #libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tnaagvtL4&fea...
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Misrata heard Tripol’s call #TripoliCalling #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=EeGAfj
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGAfjSeYjE&feature=player_embedded#at=12
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sukna-Jufra: Independence flag was raised in Sukna. #Gaddafi troops arrested some citizens.
somaia
RT @Niz_FGM: 6/7/2011 – Video message from #Tripoli to the people of the liberated areas of #Libya (for subtitles click cc)…..
Vid:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/bentbenghazi7...
The media circle of the 17 Feb libyan Revolution
Gaddafi gave orders to close the mosques in Tripoli on Friday and force people to go to Martyrs’ Square for Friday prayers in a disparate move to make the world believe that the Libyan people love him
Gaddafi’s forces began a suppress campaingn in areas of “Tarhunah” city southwest of “Misrata” City and began to cut off all means of communications of wired , wireless and the Internet, and are now mobilizing large forces of the battalions in “Bofalqah” area to attack the city of Tarhunah
Misrata city revolutionaries are fighting fiercely with Gaddafi’s forces in the western frontline of the city and are making great and clear progress at their expense
The Revolutionaries gained full control of the “Al Goalesh” area and entered “Al Asabaa” town and besieged the army of the tyrant in “public housing” area in the town
more than million people march in the city of Benghazi .. One goal, “Libya’s free.”
More than a million and a half people are marching the streets of Benghazi city till the moment Libya
Kuwaiti aid plane takes off to Libya with ten of tons of dates
free bye Gaddafi
Hey Gaddafi look at us we are the Libyan people We came out today to tell you we want you to leave us alone you… fb.me/xCkj2kfw
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=373627&l=0b144dda40&id=148365508570535
NATO aircrafts bombed a supplies convoy for mercenaries near “Taorgha” city
The French president Sarkozy said the Libyan people will suffer a lot when the discover the truth of Al-Gaddafi
NATO: No confirmed information that Gaddafi discussed the possibility of stepping down
Misrata Freedom Fighters 7/5 managed 2 move forward 20km west towards #Zletin but paid a heavy price, 13 martyred & 92 injured. #Libya
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Listening to steady series of thumps as #gaddafi forces’ rockets hit outskirts of #feb17 held #Misrata #Libya . Hard to tell where as dark.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Most of the casualties today victims of mines that Gaddafi forces had laid around Al Ghawaleesh. #Libya #Nafusa
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
When revolutionaries attacked Al Ghawaleesh, they captured a number of Gaddafi forces; the others fled towards Al Asabi’ah. #Libya
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Nafusa If #Gaddafi soldiers fleeing, i assume Al Asabea empty of them & liberated? What about #Jandouba? Frontline very fluid.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi forces now fleeing #AlAsabea through #Ghariyan headed for #Tripoli 70 km away, Gaddafi trashin #Ghiryan are deserting. #Libya
LibyaDiaspora
HopeRelief wants to send new toys to refugee camps in time for Eid. plz help donate!
They still need our help!! Ramadan and Eid are coming up and the children need a reason to smile.
Eid of HOPE
HOPE International Relief and Development Agency is holding a NEW toy and clothing drive to benefit the Libyan families who have been displaced from their homes.
We are committed to gathering articles of clothing and other necessities that will be distributed to the Libyan families on the Tunisian border in time for the Eid AlFitir Holidays.
The HOPE Toys and Clothing Drive is currently underway and we are hoping to send the container out NO LATER than July 25th.
www.hoperelief.org/eid-of-hope.html
FreeLibyanman
We urge #NATO 2 help our families in besieged cities as we can’t reach them due to cut-off of mobile/internet by #Gaddafi
Reuters: Libyan Freedom Fighters push towards Tripoli on two fronts
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Nafusa Mountains today: 6 martyrs & a number of wounded. Liberation of Al Ghawaleesh. 2 fronts right now: 1-Al Asabia’ah 2- Al Shaqeeqah(?).
20arb
News on #Ajdabia #Libya #FF via AJA trunc.it/hb4x6 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTy4qs1cJYo
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Nafusa frontline collapsing, many #Gaddafi soldiers fleeing & deserting, #Gharyan softened by #NATO strikes. ready 4 uprising frm inside?
Ossama
There are millions of people worldwide supporting us #Libyans daily, most of them chose to remain unknown & anonymous. Big thanks to them.
A big thank you to all the freedom Fighters,to all the people that donated, to everyone that hosted a refugee, thank you from free #Libya :)
septimius_
I still think the game changer will be #Zawya….#OIL
Ahmed
According to #Gaddafi TV the rallies witnessed today in Free Libya were all attend by mercenaries who were paid 50 dollars by #NTC #Libya
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
We stand together with #tripoli against #Gaddafi & #GaddafisKids at #EpicLibyanProtest
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Greetings everyone, just got into #Jadu where there is power and internet, none in #Yifrin hence the silence
Which means rebels are now 35km from the town of #Ghiryan, the largest town in the Nafusa mountains
Ghiryan is extremely strategic and will open the way for an advance towards #Tripoli
It’s a godsend to be back in a place with power and internet, have been very busy these past few days,was in #Yifrin #Kikla #Qalaa #Soffit
FreeLibyan
On Wednesday 6th July 2011, @FreeLibyanman said:
@NATO @CNN @BBC List of people’names who d been killed today in #Misrata .15 killed today by Gaddafi rockets while #NATO is watching @UN @hrw #OBAMA @CNN…HERE IS THE NAMES:
1- عقيد طيار علي عطية حدود العبيدي
2- رمضان فوزي الوش
3- علي يونس أبوسنينة
…4- محمود رمضان الوش
5- حامد مفتاح الفرجاني
6- بشير عبد السلام الحداد
7- طارق محمد أبوشيبة
8- علي بشير اعنيبة
9- محمد المصري
10- صلاح مفتاح بلحاج
11- عبدالسلام عبدالسلام غزلان
12- عبدالعزيز خليفة عقاب
13- علي عطاالله حدوث
14علي المهدي القلال
15- محمد بشير عامرSee More
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
MashaAllah, the sight of the Red Black & Green true #Libyan flag at #EpicLibyanProtest in #Benghazi is magnificent!
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
ThkU fr saving my brothers, sisters, friends, & fellow citizens lives, honor, and rights. hope & pray U & Ur loved ones are safe & protected
Libyan students at our university are very grateful for what Nato is doing, though they have family in Tripoli abt whom they r very worried
IamLibya somaya
From #Canada, to #Libya with love; people young & old, of all backgrounds, signed this to be hung in #Benghazi twitpic.com/5m6hjg
The media circle of the 17 Feb libyan Revolution
Gaddafi regime released the reporter “Salma Alshaab” Press Secretary of the Syndicate of Journalists in Tripoli, after the arrest lasted for four months, “Alshaab” was the first Libyan press personal that came out in the media and talked about the crimes of Gaddafi’s regime in the city of Tripoli when the revolution began
Skeptical4 Skeptic
IPSNEWS: #Germany to Deliver #Tanks to #Saudi #Arabia bit.ly/oHkpFb
#Germany: “We deliver weapons 2 our most evil friends even at price of sacrificing the tenderest blossoms of the #Arab #freedom movement.”
Germany to Deliver Weapons to Saudi Arabia
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN, Jul 6, 2011 (IPS) – The decision by the German government to deliver 200 state-of-the-art armoured tanks to Saudi Arabia, despite the Wahhabi monarchy’s human rights record and its recent violent intervention in Bahrain to repress the popular rebellion against the local ruling family there, illustrates the rhetorical nature of Western support to the so called Arab democratic spring.
Full story:
ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56382
Crowds besieging the consulate of the Gaddafi’s regime in the city of “Sfax” in Tunisia and threaten to break into the embassy
Tripoli revolutionaries sent a letter to the Transitional National Council confirming their continuous support and advocacy of the 17th February revolution, and to the millionth rally in the city of “Benghazi”
septimius_
Doctor turned home 2 #Maternity unit in #Misrata >800 cases(antenatal care) 40 labour youtube.com/watch?v=qniHgp… #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qniHgpZaPKE&fea...
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
“The EU flag now flies above the courthouse – a symbol not just of our solidarity with its ppl, but of our commitment.” goo.gl/MXn6K
Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Speech on North Africa and the Arab world European Parliament Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Mr President, Honourable Members, the last time I spoke in this Parliament, in early May, I said that statements could and should be made – but that the priority is action.
You will remember that I announced my intention to establish an EU office in Benghazi.
The EU flag now flies above the courthouse in the newly-named Freedom Square – a symbol not just of our solidarity with its people, but of our practical commitment.
The office is now up and running, experts are arriving each week – working at how to support the security needs ofd the people, and help build the capacity of civil society.
And last week my team was in New York, coordinating our work on Libya with the UN.
Outside the courthouse in Freedom Square, I met some of the people who have been bringing democracy to life in Libya.
They thanked me; they thanked you; they thanked the European Union.
Full story:
www.iewy.com/29808-catherine-ashton-eu-...
bint_
The cutest thing ever, a little deaf boy from Nafusa Mountains in refugee camp tells Gaddafi to go in sign language. Mashallah
N_Benghazi .
And once again #Gaddafi’s plans backfire. You have a million men? So do we, and now with a renewed sense of unity and purpose. #Beautiful
libyanproud libyanandproud
Freedom Fighters holding and entrenching in #Gwaleesh and #Miskah on the outer part if #Alasaba . #Feb17 #Libya
hominoid555
Libya Nalut Gaddafi troops are shelling on Almarabeh Mountains with artillery and mortars right now.
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
“thank you for helping us”
Thx to men and women frm NATO who (…) assist the Libyans as they valliantly fight for freedom, justice and dignity.
cameramanjimITV Jim Dutton
The sewed my left hand fingers back on because I said I played golf. I’m now telling my physio that I need my right hand ones for tennis :(
REUTERS:
UPDATE 2-NATO says has no confirmation Gaddafi seeking way out
“The germs of #Syria salute the rats of #Libya and pray for their quick victory”
libyanproud
#TripoliCalling TUNIS Rally Pics twitpic.com/5m675j twitpic.com/5m68h3 #feb17 #libya
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
“Merci Beaucoup, please keep up the pressure until Libyan people are free from attack. "
This is the most Just War that the NATO is siding with in decades, there is no need for dictators in this world, thx to all NATO men & women
Huffingfton Post
Intensify Attacks in Libya
France’s admission last week that it has been arming the Libyan opposition was met with intense criticism. The move, logical and appropriate given the inadequacy of air attacks, should be welcomed. Yet, it is still not enough. Nato must now intensify its attacks to finally defeat Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Four months after the international community convened to protect the Libyan population, Nato is still yet to utilise its military capacity to full effect. For example, the deployment of attack helicopters last month was supposed to have dramatically tilted the balance in the opposition’s favour and help them build on their progress at the frontline. Attacks, however, have hardly materialised.
It was precisely this dithering in the early stages of the uprising that allowed Gaddafi to regain lost territory from the protesters, consolidate his position and thus remain defiant to this day.
Full story:
www.huffingtonpost.com/ranj-alaaldin/in...
FromJoanne Joanne
Gaddafis #Libya of the Past is SINKING like a STONE Reports coming in His Rats are fleeing from every corner of the country VIVA FREE LIBYA
Iman
Still can’t get over how epic that protest was :o I want to take that 100m flag and drape it all around my house :(
Longing4Libya Ahmed Misrata
My cousin Tariq Elmedhem 25yo freedom fighter passed away today after an unsuccessful brain operation. God have mercy on his soul. #Misrata
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
I am Libyan and I fled Tripoli with my family on May 5th, You guys use to put a smile on our faces whenever we hear NATO jets fly overhead
via Libya Free Radio : Al-Jawalish was “in the hands of the revolutionaries” after “fierce” clashes with pro-Qadhafi forces. #Nafusa #Libya
MUST WATCH:
K_H_Jordan Keith Jordan
Convoy of freedom fighters who liberated the Madger Area south of Zliten youtube.com/watch?v=hbHcSw… video with music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbHcSwhhgfc&fea...
Alex
On Wednesday 6th July 2011, @Alex said:
#BBC Report suggests @NATO is deliberately holding #FF back – Fearing major civilian bloodshed – #NATO are delaying the #FF attack on capital – in hope that #Tripoli will rise and #Gaddafi will implode
libyans_revolt
Gaddafi’s regime loses all the battlefields," Politically, Rallies and the military battle." Get lost #Gaddafi, you bastard!
United4Libya LIBYAN
as of 19:07 GMT: 19 killed & 65 injured in #Misrata today by #Gaddafi’s forces. #Libya #Feb17
libi4ever
At least 3houses belong to high rank officers originally from Nafousa Mount were completely burned by G forces in tripoli last days #Libya
N_Benghazi .
“When Libya’s youth exploded into a powerful revolt their Feb17th Revolution was seen by traumatized countrymen as nothingshort of amiracle”
benghazi’s bunny♥ Proud to be from Libya, proud to be from Benghazi, & proud to be free. #Libya #feb17
REUTERS:
WRAPUP 4-Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli on two fronts
Despite siege, shelling of rockets & Battles on frontlines, #Misrata was out today for #Tripolicalling.1000’s Rallied on the streets. #Feb17
Libya’s forgotten western front
Tom Dale and Alexander Niakaris report from western Libya, a Berber-controlled rebel territory closest to the capital Tripoli.
Arriving at the Wazin crossing, the only gateway to Libya’s western mountains from Tunisia, it seems a ramshackle affair, more like a service station than the fulcrum in the battle for Libya’s West. Families, spilling out of cars with bundles of snatched belongings, queue to get out. A smaller number of young Libyan men, including many returning from abroad, queue to get in. A few kneel to pray in the direction of Mecca. It’s the same direction the shells come from.
Story:
www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2...
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
All mosques in #Tripoli will be closed this Friday and prayers will be held at “Green” square. via Libyan State (Ganfood) channel
Yes, we heard that, he’s running scared:))))
We have a lot larger flag:))) , in far nicer colours too………
PeterLeng Peter Leng
Back from excursion to Zawiya and Motrad. Met unhappy IDPs at Motrad singing the praises of Col G. Good to get some sea air….
FromJoanne
EUROSTATS: today’s demonstration in Benghazi was the biggest in the history related to the national population number
Libya: covert guerrilla war in Tripoli
A covert guerrilla war, waged by underground rebel cells and fought mainly at night, is increasingly challenging the Gaddafi regime’s hold over Tripoli.
Explaining the need for euphemism, one said: “It is too dangerous. People are afraid to talk because there are secret police and informers everywhere.”
Only those supportive of Col Gaddafi spoke freely, although even they conceded that “30 per cent” opposed the regime. Others put the numbers at “about half and half”.
Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
mc17
I posted 11 photos on Facebook in the album “July 6, 2011” fb.me/WvGXntyD
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.22622...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Confirmed: Apache helicopters yesterday went Epic on G forces in Zuwara hitting checkpoints, weapons & even chasing escaping vehicles#feb17
Gihan:
A reminder: 17Feb Revolution #Libya. Part 1 This compilation features 21 cities/towns/districts across #Libya youtu.be/dApwNQNYvUI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dApwNQNYvUI&feature=youtu.be
A reminder: 17Feb Revolution #Libya. Part 2 This compilation features 21 cities/towns/districts across #Libya youtu.be/z41kQvx4uKw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41kQvx4uKw&feature=youtu.be
4Adam Adam
AbdulJalil thanked the neighboring countries of Tunisia, Egypt and all countries that have been stood behind the revolution #Benghazi #Libya
CHIVERS ART.:
Published: July 6, 2011
Libya Rebels Advance on Two Fronts
After a half-day gun battle, the Qaddafi soldiers yielded the town in the early afternoon, firing rockets and mortars to cover their withdrawal. The ordnance exploded on the hillsides around the town with reverberating booms and plumes of dust and smoke that briefly kept the rebels away.
But the rebels flowed in behind the fleeing troops, capturing more than a dozen of them and collecting the departed soldiers’ abandoned ammunition and equipment. Soon they were refueling their cars and pickup trucks at the gas station they now held.
Qawalish changed hands while rebels elsewhere reported making progress outside of Misurata, east of the capital, Tripoli, , where they said they were advancing toward the city of Zlitan. Those reports could not be independently confirmed.
Read full story:
www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/world/africa...
tripolitano
I loved seeing the hellicopter in #Benghazi today. I hope they had a camera filming the crowd.something simple #Gaddafi cant do anymore :p
sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
Charity bazaar for the libyan refugees in the border of tunisia. Date: Sunday 10th July Time: 1:00 – 5:30 pm… fb.me/LhYJ031I
4Adam Adam
AbdulJalil “Not all members of G revo. committees involved in G crimes, but all cases and complains will be presented to justice” #Benghazi
7/6/11 AbdulJalil(NTC) ”There will be no negotiation with Gaddafi regime. Whoever facilitates his exit will be brought to justice”
libyanfsl Libya NFSL
by SecularLibya
A BIG SALUTE! to @Niz_FGM calling for today’s demonstrations, Libyans responded!! Shabab FGM are #1 !! #Feb17 #Libya
libyanfsl
A BIG SALUTE! to @Niz_FGM calling for today’s demonstrations, Libyans responded!! Shabab FGM are #1 !! #Feb17 #Libya
tripolitano
#Gaddafi thugs attacked farms belonging to ppl originally from #Misrata. #Tripoli
Please give thanks to all the members and their families of OP UNIFIED PROTECTOR (Libya- NATO)
www.change.org/petitions/please-give-th...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nafusa Freedom Fighters are now so close to #Tripoli they get a MobilePhone signal so they R now able 2 call Family in Tripoli
der_bluthund
I know I will say this tomorrow when I write up the protest, but I met some seriously nice people in London and they are a credit to #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Last week hundreds of #Tripoli residents sought Sanctuary behind FF lines in Nafusa on a single day according to western camera crews #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
A Libyan in #Tunis told @4thegenerations Gaddafi’s wife #Safiya and daughter #Aisha left #Tunis today for #Morocco #Libya
NadiaMaddox
the jokes are so ironic. I know a whole family in Tripoli, 5 brothers arrested for wearing beards. #saifsahypocrit
Tarantino
Benghazi now an inspiring reminder for revolutionaries & NATO of why they fight. Protect these people from G.
4Adam Adam
6 martyrs from #Nafusamountains and 1 from #Tripoli, 29 wounded in todays battle for Gawaleesh. #Libya #Feb17 #TheRoadToTripoli
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
I’ve learnt something about reporting about news in Nafusa.. only tweet news from there at end of day once dust settles : ) #feb17 #Libya
TheyCallMeSof
Find me a Libyan who is anti-intervention and NOT Pro-Gaddafi, and I’ll point to the flying pigs in the sky… #feb17 #Libya #Tripoli #NATO
FromJoanne Joanne
Looking through the Stunning and Moving #Misrata Images by #PaulJeffrey goo.gl/oX9tH Saw some B4 The girl and her Dad ;(
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: G Forces using Roundbaout Clinic(Jazeerat al Dawaran) & Music Academy both in Zawyit Al Dahmani as Command & Control centre #feb17
4Adam Adam
Bodies of Gaddafi mercenaries in the town of Gawaleesh. 7/6/2011 Graphic youtu.be/Mwv-FN_dxz4 #Libya #Nafusamountains #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwv-FN_dxz4&fea...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Misrata: Apache helicopters reported to be attacking Gaddafi forces in Tawergha area #feb17 #Libya #Jul17
Proudlibyandoc Hzm Elmisrati
Check this video out — Our Revolution, My Story youtube.com/watch?v=X_mxaC… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_mxaCiCxbA&fea...
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Zintan : Freedom Fighters have liberated the small village of #wamis (100km South East of zintan) near #mizda . #Feb17 #Libya
freedom4libya
“With fighting deadlocked on Libya’s many fronts” Again Reuters Maria Golvonina doesn’t watch the news or accurately report it. #Reuters
So true!
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA: Early this morning around 400 rebels entered #AlGawaleesh, 100km from #Tripoli, city now under rebel control. #Libya
Love these pics!!!
Libya_Now
#TRIPOLI calling PARIS replied facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… MUNICH replied facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… LONDON replied facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya
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Where Can Qaddafi Go If He Decides To Flee Libya?
if Qaddafi were to hand over the reigns now, yet remain in the country, then the country’s new leaders would be in violation of the ICC.
Qaddafi’s lawyers have argued that the country is not bound to honor the warrants, given that Libya is not a signed-up member of the court. The Sudanese said the same when their leader, Omar al-Bashir, was indicted by the court. Like the Sudanese, the Libyans are wrong. The court does have the authority to act in countries that are not members if the UN Security Council asks it to do so. The only times it has made this request to date have been in the cases of Sudan and Libya.
Given that the ICC warrants are legal, they certainly complicate Qaddafi’s choices should he decide to flee the country. Venezuela was originally touted as a possible refuge for him, including by Britain’s foreign minister, William Hague. However, given that Venezuela is a member of the court, Hugo Chavez would now find himself in breach of his obligations were he to offer Qaddafi a spot in the sun.
Full art.:
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/whe...
AJE Video from the capture of Qawalish today t.co/9YqaK5c #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGRmAhJiy4&fea...
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Libyan official angry that I slipped out with no minder. He ripped my article in half and snapped: “Tomorrow you will leave Libya forever!”
Zawiya main square: pockmarked and blackened buildings with imploded walls, vanished mosque, soldiers in tents, clothes on washing line.
Proudlibyandoc
@SmithInAfrica You are more than welcome to return when we free our Country.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli called. Free Libyans across the world answered the call. Libya is one, free & united. There are no borders between hearts #feb17
THANKU4THEANGER
How FFs treat Gaddafi wounded soldiers: The medical team treated the Gaddafi and rebel soldiers with equal respect for life, very inspiring to watch #feb17 #Libya
Sirte: Heavy clashes reported yesterday in City between Freedom Fighters and G forces
Niz_FGM Niz
7/7/11 -FGMovement would like to thank every single person who took an interest in todays rally against the dictator.We truly are astonished
MyFreeLibya Rubicon Moad
FF still clearing out Gawleesh right now..They reached Asabi3a, but are holding back..Need to make the area safe
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reports the village of Wamis near Mizda liberated. A number of of G forces killed and rest fled. Independence flag raised
Libya outreach:
Executive Summary
On July 5, Gaddafi forces attacked Misrata, killing five freedom fighters; France and other nations signaled they are willing to unfreeze some of Gaddafi’s assets and offer him immunity in exchange for a peaceful end to the conflict; Turkey reiterated its commitment to the NTC and the Libyan people; reports out of Washington indicated that the U.S. Senate is set to approve continued U.S. participation in the Libya mission; Patton Boggs law firm hired to lobby for recognition for NTC as legitimate government of Libya; reports also suggested that the U.S. is seeking a deal with the NTC for the extradition of one of the men who carried out the Lockerbie bombing; the Red Cross issued a statement warning of the potential humanitarian cost of the war extending to Tripoli; and, a UN fact-finding team learned that Western Mountain residents are wholly dependent on food aid.
Significant opportunities remain for international policymakers to positively impact the situation in Libya, such as by:
• Recognizing the National Transitional Council as the sole, legitimate representative of the Libyan people until Libyan civilians can hold democratic elections
• Unfreezing of Gaddafi regime assets as a means of facilitating humanitarian relief efforts in Libya to protect civilians from starvation and to facilitate peace and stability in liberated areas
• NTC to keep meticulous records of all expenditures to ensure transparency; said records should be made public as needed to ensure accountability and legitimacy
• Providing pro-democracy fighters with weapons as a means of self-defense and participation in their struggle for freedom
• Lifting of sanctions on air travel to Libya to help accelerate humanitarian relief, post-conflict, national reconciliation and democracy planning and development programs
• Formulating clear and consistent consensus of how to achieve ultimate goal of removing Gaddafi from power, marshaling all resources necessary to execute consensus vision, and ensuring that the country is able to smoothly transition into its pre-democracy phase
• Providing more humanitarian aid to the Libyan people in Western besieged cities, Misrata, Nafusa mountain region, Zintan and refugees at the border
• Set up a Trust Fund for all Libyan assets due to the current losses endured by the Libyan people;
• Protecting natural resources, such as natural water reserves and oil fields, along with natural heritage sites and ancient ruins, which have been threatened by Gaddafi forces
• Deploying fact-finding missions to Tripoli as a means of gaining access to prisons and facilities reported to house many kidnapped persons; including Ain-Zara and Abu Saleem prisons
• Preventing the creation of a power vacuum by promoting and facilitating the post-Gaddafi political transition process; investing in systems and structures that support post-conflict planning dialogue and programs that build leadership and management competencies
• Disabling Gaddafi’s capacity to circumvent UN Sanctions, particularly in the acquisition of oil through third parties, and repatriation and harboring of funds through key officials abroad
• Preventing foreign-national mercenaries from entering Libya and focusing on countries that continue to provide support to Gaddafi
• Widening NATO efforts to the full extent possible under UN Resolution 1973 to protect civilians and oust Gaddafi from power
• Reinstituting American participation and leadership in the NATO mission
LIBYA SITUATION REPORT – July 6, 2011
The following report provides information from sources on the ground in Libya (compiled through telephone conversations, news reports, Twitter, Facebook, and Pro-democracy Libya websites) that will help policymakers respond quickly to developments in the country.
Military Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
• Shelling in Misrata kills five freedom fighters (http://tiny.cc/3p4wd)
• Gaddafi has been considerably weakened because of NATO military operations, internal opposition, defections from his camp and loss of support from many nations (http://tiny.cc/fjotj)
Full report:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya LIVE: Pro-freedom rally at the Libyan Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. Tremendous energy. twitpic.com/5m5156
It was a big crowd though. And my phone battery died shortly after getting there.
The #feb17 rally outside the #Libyan embassy in Tunis today. I took this phone pic at 6:40 pm. t.co/QxL3MTK
Police stepped up crowd control at 7:15 & by 7:45 people had dispersed. But flag waving & horn honking cont’d on the streets.
As the crowd left, I walked up to the razor wire perimeter for a closer look – and found I was popular for group photos ;)
Not because I’m famous or good-looking. I was popular as an American, here in person. The goodwill overflowed. Both ways.
Doctors Without Borders sending Chinese field worker to Libya
HONG KONG : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, is sending its first Chinese field worker to help with the humanitarian crisis in Libya.
Dr Fan Ning, who is the president of Medecins Sans Frontieres Hong Kong, will be flying to Misrata – one of the cities facing the fiercest fighting – on Wednesday night.
He said: “I will be working with other international members for the surgical project and I know that…besides being a surgeon and handling the trauma, I will also be involved in training the local medical staff in how to handle trauma patients.”
Dr Fan is a Hong Kong surgeon and has worked in other conflict-disaster zones such as the Gaza strip, Haiti, and Sichuan Province after the earthquake.
MSF teams are currently supporting two hospitals in Misrata, providing medical and surgical care.
Doctors Without Borders has deployed some 400 field workers to Libya.
- CNA/ms
Source:
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasi...
Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
EVERYONE PLZ Check out walmart.com/giftregistry/g… and purchase something for a #Libya refugee child in need. Bring a smile to a face #EidofHope
LibyaUnited1944 Libya United 1944
BBQ #Libya Day Sat 09/07/11 noon-6 pm @ British Muslim Heritage, College Road, Manchester, M16 8BP. Plz RT & come & show it support #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good night all… Tripoli Calling 6 July will be taught in school curricula as part of the story of #Feb17 Can’t wait for #Jul17 #libya
IamLibya
I laugh when ppl oppose the idea of intervention with regards to Libya, because of fear “imperialism” and “colonialism”. Educate yourself.
Libyans INSIDE Libya asked for #NATO Intervention, they know what’s best for them. Let’s not forget it’s goal is to save INNOCENT civilians!
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
This-Brigadier-General Air Marshal #Ali Alabiedy- didnt defect & run 2 #Fratini #Rome but he lead youths in #Misrata youtube.com/watch?v=URupiS…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=URupiSuG6tc&fea...
On Thursday 7th July 2011, @Libya_Now said:
Le journaliste du Guardian David Smith @SmithInAfrica s’est esquivé sans garde. Fâché, un officiel libyen a déchiré son article et a jeté “demain tu quittes la Libye pour toujours”
0_solo:
Pet peeve #134: when someone types ‘looooool’….are you really trying to say ‘laugh out out out out out out loud’? do you have a stutter??
rooooooofl !!
Fidel Castro’s Secret Libya Rants
Overlooking any possible actions on the part of Gaddafi himself – including allegations of rape and worse, which now constitute the reasons for the ICC arrest warrant that may ultimately be the cause of Gaddafi’s removal from power – Castro prefers to focus on a more economic explanation for any NATO invasion: oil.
Castro then proceeds to explain how Libya’s petroleum wealth has made it worth invading for NATO. That might make a feasible argument, were it not outside the realm of reality.
Libyan oil represents less than 1% of America’s oil supply – hardly great “wealth” for the USA. And, as “Yankee transnationals” in the form of several American companies are already there and have been for a while, America does not have to invade Libya along with its NATO allies to get its hands on Libyan oil. If Castro thinks America is really in the business of invading oil-rich countries just to get for free what they can already freely access, then perhaps he would like to explain why the USA has yet to invade Canada – its largest oil exporter—which would be a lot more worthwhile.
Full story:
feb17.info/news/fidel-castros-secret-li...
Mr. Castro needs to brush up on his maths skills, starting with percentages e.g…..
lookatlibya
If I was alone in a room with Muammer & Saif Gadaffi and had a gun with two bullets… I would shoot Saif TWICE! #Libya #SaifGadaffi #Feb17
News report Dutch TV:
( in Dutch)
Libische rebellen en regering onderhandelen
Jan Eikelboom
nieuwsuur.nl/video/253513-libische-rebe...
PUZZLE TO BE SOLVED TOMORROW:
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
#Attention ~60 trucks crossed #Libyan border believed 2 be heading 2 #Algeria.drivers said,t carrying Cement Sacks.NOW in Gabes #Tunisia
Don’t know yet if this might be important……
Could be anything or nothing ( like another G distraction trick)
Libyan rebels said to advance in west
Rebel fighters in the Nafusa Mountains say they’ve driven out Kadafi’s forces from Qawalish. Kadafi’s regime announces treason charges against rebel leaders.
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
Even as Libyan rebels reported driving government forces from another mountain town in western Libya on Wednesday, Moammar Kadafi’s regime in Tripoli said it would put 21 rebel leaders on trial for treason.
The announcement of capital charges against the rebel leadership was largely symbolic. The insurgents control most of eastern Libya, far from government reach, and are making incremental advances in the Nafusa Mountains west of Tripoli, the capital.
Full story:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Misrata: More than 60 fighters were injured in fighting today, however fighters advanced more than 5km Westwards. #Libya
O_El_:
“In a dictatorship, everything is fine until the last 15 minutes”. Hannah Arendt
wheelertweets James Wheeler
After the rally & raucous driving thru the streets of Tunis for an hour, went back to the hospital to return some injured FFs to their rms.
While at hospital, said good night to Walid (Misrata, surgery yesterday), Salem (Kikla, surgery tomorrow) & Akram (Shakshuk).
freedom4libya Khalifa Leebee
#FF Singer Masood in #Benghazi today youtube.com/watch?v=vUtzUd…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtzUdMoQA4&feature=player_embedded#at=280
a Car was mined belonging2the “thugs” south of Tripoli this evening. no details have emerged on how many thugs may have been hit. no #FF inj
TheyCallMeSof
These politicians/commentators/anchors/talking heads are all effing parrots.ITS NOT A STALEMATE U OBTUSE IGNORANT BUFFOONS!
Op-Ed: Libya – All over in a week? Mon Dieu!
“Settlement creep” seems to be crawling all over the Libyan scene this week. But that doesn’t seem to be fast enough for the French.
The recently touted idea by some rebel leaders, that Gaddafi might stay in Libya as part of a deal was, in fact, first raised as a possibility by France’s President Sarkosy back in May. “All options are open,” he said “We are not saying that Kadafi needs to be exiled. He must leave power, and the quicker he does it, the greater his choice.”
In typical Napoleonic style, President Sarkozy demanded this week that there must be a “successful ending” to the Libyan conflict by Bastille Day, on July 14. Clearly, he is hoping that he can make a victorious announcement of an agreement at the ceremony, which will boost his sagging popularity.
Read more:
www.digitaljournal.com/article/308830#i...:http://bit.ly/nWCRmb
SMILE:
terri:
This is your Al Qaeda in #Libya God bless them and bring them #freedom soon! twitpic.com/5m9ol8 via @twitpic // via @wheelertweets
wheelertweets James Wheeler
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@wheelertweets Moments after this photo, their doctor walked in. Said he was going to do a nerve graft for Bobecka like he’d done for Walid.
SUMMARY JULY 7th 2011
7/7/2011
7/07/2011
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Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
All Pro Gaddafi diplomats who have not joined #feb17 are probably banking on getting political asylum when Gaddafi falls #libya
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
Ali AlObeidi “G’s men take & destroy peoples belongings to create strife. We help anyone and anything we find” youtu.be/s4kmgBEz7ZA #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4kmgBEz7ZA&fea...
Ali AlObeidi “We are seekers of freedom, not blood. We do not buy our freedom w/ money, we earn it w/ OUR blood” t.co/8Gv7f2U #Libya
Ali AlObeidi defected early on-refusing orders & trekkd for weeks on foot to #Misrata where he joined & fought alongside his brothers #Libya
Having the opportunity to return to east #Libya, he remained & fought in #Misrata. Today, air force pilot Ali Attallah AlObeidi is a Martyr.
t.co/ScktcgT April video of Ali AlObeidi’s defection statement w/ footage of #Misrata fighting. May God accept them as Martyrs #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSDP8ob29s&fea...
IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
praying in #benghazi in front of the flags of the world. thank you all for your support. #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5magxl
10 jours en Lybie, 10 jours de folie
Comment se construit un reportage dans un pays en guerre ? Pour répondre à cette question voici la première partie d’un “carnet de mission” consacré au reportage de Jérome Bony, Christophe Kenck et Elodie Metge à Misrata, en Lybie.
Source:
Fr.2 vid.
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BEARD GONE VIRAL ON TWITTER:
Am loving the fact that #SaifsBeard is starting to have a life of its own. #Libya (BTW – you think if some1 tuggs it’ll free itself?)
Saif – Daddys camel called – wants his beard back! #SaifsBeard
I think we’ve discovered where Gaddafi is hiding! #SaifsBeard
I think he suffers from male-pattern baldness.
@NATO – unidentified fluffy object – 32.859461,13.194414 – reconn needed #SaifsBeard
Breaking #SaifsBeard has launched assault on #Gaddafi son’s face #Libya #Tripoli #Rixos
Unidentified russian official leaking info to the press last 10 days has NOW been identified as #SaifsBeard’ovitch #Libya
Confirmed : #SaifsBeard seen negotiating a deal in#Djerba for an ICC amnesty. Says IT was not cited. #Libya #Feb17
Reasons why #Saifsbeard has been let loose: shaving cream & razors have defected. #Libya #Feb17
#SaifsBeard tried to come to the rally in #Benghazi but Saif wouldnt let it.
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/SuSwy
NATO:
06 Jul. 2011
NATO cuts off pro-Qadhafi access to fuel in Brega
On 6 July 2011, NATO aircraft struck military refuelling equipment to deny pro-Qadhafi forces access to fuel in the Brega area. Sustained observation of the area by NATO intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets proved it was being used to provide fuel for military vehicles and equipment engaging in attacks on civilians in the East of Libya.
Great care was taken at all times to minimise the risk to civilian infrastructure located in close proximity to the refuelling equipment. The strikes were therefore targeted on specific military re-fuelling equipment only, determined as sufficient to deny the use of the equipment by pro-Qadhafi forces.
“These precision strikes will limit the ability of pro-Qadhafi forces to threaten Libyan civilians and significantly degrade logistical support for Qadhafi’s campaign in Eastern Libya,” said Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, Commander of Operation Unified Protector.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in Libya.
Spokesperson NATO:
Oana Lungescu says that today allies have added more resources. Would not elaborate.
Rasmussen refused to comment on whether NATO assisting opposition advance in Libya with air strikes
Rasmussen: we’re not preventing peace! Gaddafi did with his tanks in Misrata.
Aisha
Photo: Cleaning on Flickr. Volunteers clean blood off beds at Qalaa field hospital yesterday. tumblr.com/xxw3dcr8og”
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Photo: Wounded on Flickr. Gaddafi soldier, 20 years of age. tumblr.com/xxw3dcr03r” nafusa.tumblr.com/post/7337822535/wound...
Photo: Rebel on Flickr. t.co/nOz4ikd” #Libya
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Field hospital on Flickr. Earlier on this same morning this room was a dirty, cluttered garage
t.co/PHsnvvv”
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Photo: Another wounded fighter in Yifrin on Flickr. t.co/AEXScfb”
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Photo: Wounded rebel at Yifrin hospital on Flickr. t.co/MsGE8Sj” #Libya #feb17
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Libya: covert guerrilla war in Tripoli
A covert guerrilla war, waged by underground rebel cells and fought mainly at night, is increasingly challenging the Gaddafi regime’s hold over Tripoli.
By day, there is indeed a veneer of normality and pro-regime loyalty in the capital, a front government minders are keen to emphasise when guiding western reporters on heavily-chaperoned tours of the city.
By night, however, mysterious bursts of gunfire can be heard on a far more frequent basis than the sound of falling Nato bombs.
Minders attribute such sounds to loyal citizens shooting in the air in celebration, a partially plausible claim after Col Gaddafi doled out weapons to loyal residents and encouraged them to root out dissidents.
Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Niz_FGM: 7/7/11 -Reports gaddafi is banning mosques tom for fri prayer & insisting all pray at "green"square #Tripoli.Will look into this”
Libya Alhurra Updates
calyxxnc
English translation of Sheikh Sadeg Gheryani’s fatwa for people to NOT pray in Green Square on Friday
Tripoli – Sheik Sadeg Gheryani – Fatwa for People to NOT Pray at Green Square
English translation by Wafaa:
Sheikh Sadek el Gheryani fatwa concerning Ghaddafi’s intention to close the mosques of Tripoli on Friday, and asking the people of Tripoli to pray in the martyrs square in the center of Tripoli:
“On the name of God the question is…Ghaddafi regime media in Libya are forcing people to join fake supportive demonstrations for Ghaddafi. The ways are many. The last is Ghaddafi ordered to close all the mosques in Tripoli this Friday, preventing people praying in the mosques, and forcing people to pray in the Martyr’s Square on Friday. And then forcing them to join a supportive demonstration to him. The question is: it is permissible to pray that way? Is it permissible instead to pray in the houses. I will answer this question. Closure of mosques and preventing people to pray in the mosques is one of the biggest sins. And God says, who is preventing people to pray in god places is like destroying these places. And the prayer in the public square that way, with the closure of the mosques, is not legal religion-wise. People should not attend this square for fake demonstrations. People who could go out and pray outside Tripoli is ok and for the others who can’t it is permissible to pray in the houses. It is permissible not to pray in mosques in cases such as if it will result in negative effects (damage) on personal and public. And here in this case to attend the public square will result of negative effect (damage) on the public Salam.
Rasmussen: tanks in streets of Misrata are Gaddafi ’s peaceful solution
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
In the armed reconnaissance patrol, a regime mortar position near Yafran was located and successfully attacked.
The attack destroyed five storage bunkers buried in the hillsides.
The same flight conducted an armed reconnaissance patrol over the Djebel Nafousa, 300 miles to the north west
In the armed reconnaissance patrol, a regime mortar position near Yafran was located and successfully attacked.
Patrols over the Djebel Nafousa continued on Wednesday, and RAF aircraft destroyed an artillery piece near Gharyan. #Libya
Further to the east, an armed pick-up truck was spotted and destroyed near Zlitan. #Libya
Since operations to enforce UNSCR 1973 started, Royal Navy, RAF & Army Air Corps strikes have damaged/destroyed over 570 regime targets.
These range from tanks & artillery pieces to command bunkers & secret police facilities, involved in the repression of the Libyan people.
France24:
Botswana said on Wednesday it supports an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, despite the African Union summit’s refusal to execute it.
“Botswana wishes to reiterate her position in support of the warrant of arrest. This decision was not reached lightly,” said a foreign ministry statement.
“State-sponsored violence and blatant human rights violations by the Gaddafi regime on its own people, which started in February this year, continues unabated to this day,” it said.
“This is despite international efforts calling on the regime to end its violent campaign against the Libyan people.”
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday he had opposed the decision by western powers led by France and Britain to go to war in Libya but had been forced to go along with a decision by parliament.
“I was against this measure as everyone knows,” Berlusconi told a book presentation, adding that he had been forced to go along with a decision by the Italian parliament.
“I had my hands tied by the vote of the parliament of my country,” he said.
Opposition fighters and soldiers loyal to longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi exchanged artillery fire for six hours on Wednesday before rebels succeeded in driving loyalist troops out of the mountain town of al-Qawalish in Libya’s west.
After taking the town, rebels found food and ammunition left behind by Gaddafi’s forces, as well as the dead bodies of some of their opponents. Al-Qawalish had been a base for the regime’s Grad rocket attacks on nearby Yifrin.
The rebels will now need to regroup, but they’re one step closer to Gharyan, the main garrison town in the Nafusa Mountains and the gateway to the highway to Tripoli.
Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from al-Qawalish.
Vid:
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Mahmoud Jibril, who handles foreign affairs for the TNC, held a press conference Wednesday with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. The Libyan opposition representative has asked Turkey to grant access to frozen Libyan assets in A&T Bank to the rebel-led Transitional National Council, or TNC.
Ankara said Wednesday, however, that international law does not allow the frozen Libyan assets to be allocated to the TNC, but that Turkey had signed an additional $200-million loan deal with the Libyan opposition.
Freedom jeans? Let’s hope Levi sends free jeans to Libya! 2 pairs p/person would be a nice gesture and would be a good business decision, cheaper than advertising in media ….just saying…..
JEANS IN LIBYA:
Levi Strauss will attempt to tap into the revolutionary spirit of the “Arab Spring” with a “Go Forth” global marketing campaign aimed at attracting youthful customers back to a jeans brand that was once one of the most coveted in the world.
Fed up with high unemployment, rising food prices and repression, popular uprisings led mainly by young people overthrew governments in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year. Libyan rebels are attempting to overthrow ruler Muammar Gaddafi, while protests and demonstrations have rocked governments in Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and swept across other parts of North Africa and the Middle East.
“We’ve always been about embodying the energy and events of our times and this campaign is about returning to the pioneering spirit of the brand,” Robert Hanson, Global President of the Levi’s brand told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday.
He said change in the Middle East has been enabled by borderless communication and the kind of young people that the Levi’s brand Levi Strauss will attempt to tap into the revolutionary spirit of the “Arab Spring” with a “Go Forth” global marketing campaign aimed at attracting youthful customers back to a jeans brand that was once one of the most coveted in the world.
Fed up with high unemployment, rising food prices and repression, popular uprisings led mainly by young people overthrew governments in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year. Libyan rebels are attempting to overthrow ruler Muammar Gaddafi, while protests and demonstrations have rocked governments in Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and swept across other parts of North Africa and the Middle East.
“We’ve always been about embodying the energy and events of our times and this campaign is about returning to the pioneering spirit of the brand,” Robert Hanson, Global President of the Levi’s brand told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday.
He said change in the Middle East has been enabled by borderless communication and the kind of young people that the Levi’s brand Levi Strauss will attempt to tap into the revolutionary spirit of the “Arab Spring” with a “Go Forth” global marketing campaign aimed at attracting youthful customers back to a jeans brand that was once one of the most coveted in the world.
Fed up with high unemployment, rising food prices and repression, popular uprisings led mainly by young people overthrew governments in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year. Libyan rebels are attempting to overthrow ruler Muammar Gaddafi, while protests and demonstrations have rocked governments in Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and swept across other parts of North Africa and the Middle East.
“We’ve always been about embodying the energy and events of our times and this campaign is about returning to the pioneering spirit of the brand,” Robert Hanson, Global President of the Levi’s brand told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday.
He said change in the Middle East has been enabled by borderless communication and the kind of young people that the Levi’s brand would like to be embraced by.
A Chinese diplomat met with leaders of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) at their base in Benghazi, state media said on Thursday, building deeper relationships with rebels seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi.
The visit by Chen Xiaodong, China’s foreign ministry chief for North African affairs, was the second official meeting between China and Libyan opposition leaders in less than a month and comes as rebels advanced on Gaddafi’s stronghold in Tripoli on Wednesday.
Chen told the deputy head of the NTC Ali Essawi that China considered the faction “an important dialogue partner,” echoing comments made by senior Chinese officials on rebel diplomatic chief Mahmoud Jibril’s visit to Beijing in late June.
Chen is the most senior official yet to hold talks with the NTC in Libya, although a Chinese diplomat based in Egypt visited the Libyan rebels in Benghazi for the first time in early June.
China, never very close to Gaddafi, also hosted Libya’s Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi in early June. But Beijing’s courting of the rebels has marked something of a practical policy adjustment for China, which generally avoids entangling itself in nations’ domestic affairs.
Chen said China was “deeply concerned” about the five-month-old civil war and attached “great importance to the NTC’s role in solving the crisis”, official news agency Xinhua reported.
The combatants should begin substantial talks on ceasing hostilities and make a positive response to the international community’s mediation proposal, he added.
Reports that Gaddafi was seeking a deal under which he would step down have come amid pressure from advancing opposition forces, sanctions, and a NATO bombing campaign.
His government has denied any such negotiations are underway, and NATO’s chief has said he had no confirmation that Gaddafi was looking for a deal to relinquish power.
China was among the emerging powers that abstained in March when the United Nations Security Council authorised NATO-led air strikes to stop Gaddafi’s forces from threatening civilians. China could have used its veto power as a permanent member.
But it also condemned the strikes, and has repeatedly called for a ceasefire and political compromise.
Libya lays up oil tankers
Shipping activity with west Libya at virtual standstill.
LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – Many oil tankers in Libya’s state-owned fleet remain anchored and unable to trade as cash flow issues continue to bite, a company managing some of their vessels said on Wednesday.
Crude oil shipments from Libya, once Africa’s third largest producer, have been at a virtual standstill for months as leader Muammar Gaddafi has faced international pressure and sanctions while he fights to hold power during a bloody uprising.
While Libya’s state-owned shipping firm General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) is not targeted by sanctions, the tanker group is believed to be controlled by Gaddafi’s son Hannibal, who is on a blacklist of individuals subject to travel bans and asset freezes.
Full story:
www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page29...
Gotta love these pics!:
TripoliCalling and Benghazi Answering! twitpic.com/5mg2c9
Free Libyan flag is carried during a rally in #Benghazi, #Libya, Wednesday, July 6, 2011 t.co/PViFJxW
Libya: Kadhafi Ready to Keep Out of Peace Talks, SA Minister Says
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has sent envoys to tell South African President Jacob Zuma he will stay out of talks on a peace deal and his own future, according to Foreign Minister Maite Nkoane Mashebane.
She says the African Union panel on Libya will soon meet combatants from both sides in Libya to hear their reactions to the continental peace plan to end nearly five months of conflict.
Both the Tripoli government and the Benghazi rebels are considering the African Union roadmap submitted to them by Zuma and his counterparts from Mauritania, Mali, Uganda and the Congo republic at the AU summit last week, Nkoane Mashebane says.
She says it is encouraging that Moamer Kadhafi has withdrawn from negotiations.
In talks with Zuma in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi earlier this week even Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen agreed the solution for Libya would be political not military, the minister claims.
She called for recognition of the African Union efforts in Libyan peace negotiations.
Nkoane Mashebane says the AU wants an immediate suspension of hostilities in Libya leading to inclusive negotiations on a permanent ceasefire.
Then there can be negotiations on a constitution – which Libya doesn’t have – and democratic elections.
Source;
allafrica.com/stories/201107070648.html
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Des dizaines de milliers de Libyens opposés à Kadhafi se sont rassemblés dans les rues de Benghazi pour remonter le moral des rebelles et d’adresser un message de fermeté à Tripoli
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Tremendous response to #Tripoli’s call. Thank you all!! Big moral boast to the people of Tripoli. We see one direction now. DOWN #Muammar!
LIBTRIP
The One Billion Dollar question is when #Gaddafi will be gone, killed, expelled, committed suicide or brought to justice for all his crimes
Libye : Nouvelle offensive des rebelles dans l’Ouest du pays
Mercredi, les insurgés libyens ont lancé une offensive contre les forces de Mouammar Kadhafi et pris la commune de Goualich, située à une cinquantaine de kilomètres au sud de Tripoli, faisant au passage quelques prisonniers.
nsurgés et forces pro-Kadhafi s’affrontaient à coups de tirs d’artillerie, de canons et de mortiers depuis le petit matin dans la zone de Goualich, survolée par les avions de l’Otan qui s’est pour autant abstenue de bombarder le secteur. Une victoire des forces rebelles était à enregistrer en fin de journée avec la prise du village.
Depuis dimanche, les rebelles, dans l’attente du feu vert de l’Otan, se préparaient à cette forte offensive pour reprendre les villages du sud de Tripoli perdus au profit du régime de Kadhafi. En ligne de mire, Bir Al-Ghanam, point stratégique à une courte distance de la capitale, et Gharyane, où se trouvent les garnisons de l’armée libyenne, essentiel donc pour gagner Tripoli.
Source: www.francesoir.fr/actualite/internation...
FromJoanne Joanne
WHY = #Libya Regime owned Shipping GeneralNationalMaritime Transport Company #GNMTC NOT on Sanctions List ? goo.gl/sYNiA #OilTankers
AP Wire News | State News
Libya: NATO intensifying bombing to aid rebel push
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A senior Libyan official Thursday accused NATO of intensifying its bombing campaign and backing foreign mercenaries to lay the groundwork for an advance by rebels trying to topple Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.
Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told The Associated Press in an early morning interview that the alliance’s increased bombings represent the “final phase” of the air campaign. But he said the push will fail and that civilians will be the ones to pay the price.
Kaim said NATO targeted police checkpoints in the Nafusa mountains southwest of Tripoli ahead of a rebel advance toward the village of Qawalish, which rebel fighters claimed they seized Wednesday. They were later pushed back by government troops, he said.
A fuel depot in the key eastern oil town of Brega was also destroyed, Kaim said. NATO said it hit equipment used to refuel government military vehicles.
The intensified campaign, he said, is focused on targeting civilian infrastructure and police checkpoints, and providing additional weapons to rebel fighters.
“The aim of these attacks is to help the rebels to advance. But I assure you, it will be another failure for them,” he said.
Kaim also said Libyan forces have evidence that Colombian mercenaries funded by the West and its Arab allies have joined the rebel fighters trying to advance toward the capital Tripoli from the western rebel-held city of Misrata.
Some of the Colombian fighters had been killed in clashes near Misrata on Wednesday, he said. While Kaim was not immediately able to provide evidence to substantiate the allegation, he said it would soon be shown to journalists based in Tripoli.
NATO began airstrikes against Libya in March. The coalition and its Arab allies are operating under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians.
Associated Press writers Ben Hubbard and Maggie Michael in Cairo, Rami al-Shaheibi in Benghazi and Slobodan Lekic in Brussels contributed reporting.
Full art.:
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Sara
Zliten direct:HEAVY shelling near sea area.can b felt 8km away.source unknown
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Une délégation des insurgés va être reçue le 13/07 par l’ensemble des représentants des 28 pays de l’Otan au siège à Bruxelles.
somaia
Refugee camps ’’We can say Qatar is 5 star, Emirates is 2 star, and UN is 1 star," said Hamad Awam, the #Benghazi charity representative
Rebel city chants “Gaddafi, go!” in show of strength
Tens of thousands of Libyans waving European and rebel flags marched through the rebel capital of Benghazi on Wednesday in a noisy bid to boost morale in an increasingly stale war against Muammar Gaddafi.
In a huge show of anti-Gaddafi sentiment in a chaotically run Mediterranean city of 700,000, over 100,000 rebel supporters spilled into the streets chanting “The people want the fall of the regime” and holding crudely drawn anti-Gaddafi caricatures.
The rally’s spontaneous character contrasted sharply with Tripoli’s stage-managed demonstrations organised by the state regularly in support of Gaddafi.
Most shops and cafes were closed in central Benghazi as people rushed through its dusty, meandering streets to join in. A helicopter, its shiny surface plastered with Libya’s monarchy-era tricolour flag, hovered low above the crowd.
Some fired their AK-47 rifles into the air in jubilation. Others whistled wildly, holding giant flags above their heads.
Rebel soldiers watched out for any trouble from the back of their battered pickups equipped with Soviet-made machine guns.
“We want the world to see that Libya is against Gaddafi and that we want freedom,” said Nuri Abbar, a 40-year-old former policeman.
“We want people in Tripoli who are forced to be silent to see this and do the same. Then we will win.”
With fighting deadlocked on Libya’s many fronts, some fear that ordinary people, concerned with growing prices and tough living conditions at a time of war, could lose patience and turn their anger against rebel authorities.
But none of that sentiment was visible at Wednesday’s rally.
The crowd was orderly and peaceful as people marched through central avenues lined with Italian colonial era buildings.
“Bye-bye Gaddafi,” shouted some of them. The demonstration went on late into the night, with cars adorned with rebel flags speeding around the city, and others shooting in the air — a regular occurrence in a region awash with guns.
“We are demonstrating in response to Gaddafi’s claims that there are no revolutionaries in Benghazi,” said Ibrahim Ali Ahmed, a 20-year-old man from the port town of Ras Lanuf.
“I hope all of this will end soon. We will not lose patience. We can wait forever, for years, until Gaddafi goes.”
Source: Reuters
In Tunisia, Nations Compete to Aid Libyan Refugees
“We can say Qatar is five star, Emirates is two star, and UN is one star”
TATAOINE, Tunisia — Libya’s civil war has created at least two and perhaps three refugee streams in Tunisia, as well as four parallel efforts to help them. Tataoine, the Tunisian border town that is the home of a vast refugee aid mission, and from which Libyans have constructed a complex supply chain that reaches to rebels fighting against Qaddafi, has three refugee camps. Only one, an hour from the Libyan border, is under UN administration. A second, right on the border, is run by the government of the United Arab Emirates. A third, in Tataoine’s soccer stadium, is a project of the kingdom of Qatar.
The four camps have become a sort of market for aid, with refugees choosing between the Emirates, Qatar, and UN camps. “Many people come here because it is very clean,” said Nuada Suliman Aker, a 15-year-old who fled Nalut in April and now looks after elementary-age children at a small school housed in a tent at the Qatari camp. Her father, a doctor, stayed behind to treat wounded soldiers in Nilut’s hospital. Compared to the Emirates camp, which is nice enough, the Qatar-run camp is spectacular. Qataris know desert shelter, and the camp’s tents are lined with a light, red fabric that makes the canvas seem less martial and the Saharan light less blinding. The bathrooms, complete with shower, are reasonably free of odor, and drinking water is segregated between men and women with subtle clarity. A playground, with bright plastic climbing toys and cartoons painted on the wall, adds a note of cheer to a scene that is, by any reasonable measure, miserable.
Full story:
www.theatlantic.com/international/archi...
Bent:
4 days to the end of Gaddafi TV on Nilesat
NATO and Libya – Libya TV: Libyans take the revolution to the airwaves (… t.co/5K0URLP via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXQhinfmHqA&fea...
LibyaTrueStory
At #Dafniya field hospital they say the day has been much quieter compared to last two. Yesterday sadly 5 #FF died under their watch. #Feb17
Russia to send another plane with humanitarian aid to Libya
MOSCOW, July 7 (RIA Novosti)
Another plane from the Russian Emergencies Ministry with humanitarian aid for Libya will take off for Tripoli from Moscow on Thursday, a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
On Wednesday, a Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft delivered 36 metric tons of humanitarian aid to the Libyan city of Benghazi. The aid included rice, sugar, canned milk and fish.
“Another flight of a Russian Emergencies Ministry’s plane to Tripoli carrying a similar cargo is scheduled for July 7,” the statement said.
Libya has been rocked by fighting between pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces since mid-February.
An international military operation in Libya began on March 19, following a UN resolution authorizing countries “to take all necessary measures” to help protect Libyan civilians from attacks by Gaddafi forces, and was extended until late September
Source:
en.rian.ru/world/20110707/165066099.html
Rasmussen: #Saif #Gaddafi place is in The Hague, not in Tripoli
Offensive des rebelles en direction de Tripoli
Ils ont déclenché leur attaque après avoir reçu mercredi matin le feu vert de l’Otan, a expliqué un membre du comité révolutionnaire de Zenten (120 km au sud-ouest de Tripoli).
D’intenses échanges de tirs d’artillerie ont précédé la prise du hameau de Goualich.
La rébellion avait affirmé dimanche qu’elle se préparait à une opération majeure pour reprendre des secteurs au sud de la capitale, tombés aux mains des troupes du régime, et repousser ainsi la ligne de front vers la capitale.
Source:
info.france2.fr/revolutions-arabes/offe...
Gen Mike Bracken now – progress is significant and NATO will see this mission through!
SaifsBeard
Beards like me have a saying:better to be growing on a face that needs you,then on a scalp that can’t sustain you.Sounds better in beardish.
Asma
The #Libyan flag is apparently the second most bought flag in #Gaza. #Palestine, we LOVE you <3
So much for ‘reporting freely’, @adrianblomfield expelled from Libya for writing this tgr.ph/noiebG &given 45 minutes to pack&go!
N_Benghazi .
Which of us thought that in 2011 everything would change so much? #Enough youtube.com/watch?v=uxXjwC… #Libya #Egypt #Tunisia
NBC News Correspondent Richard Engel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxXjwCMH1Tc&fea...
malvernchela Suzanne
by libyanmaddog
All #Libya FFs should make friends with David Clay at UK Foreign Office. His great blog on Abu Selim Anniversary: bit.ly/p5bbfo
Abu Selim Anniversary
Posted 07 July 2011 by David Clay | Comments
In 1996, 1,200 prisoners and guards were killed during disturbances at the Abu Selim prison in Tripoli. The Libyan Government did not even admit that there had been any deaths at all until 2004 and the families still don’t know exactly what happened to their loved ones or even where they are buried. They were eventually offered compensation by the Qadhafi government but many refused to accept anything until an investigation was completed and those responsible were brought to justice.
You can read it here:
blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/clay/entry/abu_...
Guardian & Telegraph journalists being expelled from Libya for articles quoting Tripoli rebels.Phrases marked in green
Libyan rebels battle in plains south of Tripoli
Libyan rebels fighting to oust Maummar Gaddafi pressed ahead on Thursday with day two of a NATO-backed offensive after seizing a desert hamlet some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Tripoli.
At the same time, insurgents said forces from their western coastal enclave of Misrata had pushed to within a short distance of Zlitan, some 60 kilometres (36 miles) further west, with 20 killed on both sides.
Reinforced with French weapons parachuted into the North African country and backed by NATO-led air strikes aimed at destroying Gaddafi’s frontline armour, the rebels attacked regime forces in the plains southwest of the capital.
The area targeted by that offensive is seen as strategic as it also features the garrison city of Gharyan, a government stronghold in the Nafusa mountains.
“We waited before launching this assault and finally got the green light from NATO… and the offensive began,” a rebel leader in Zintan, a hill town, said on Wednesday.
An AFP correspondent embedded with the rebels said there were intense exchanges of artillery, mortar and cannon fire with government troops dug in around Gualish.
In the conflict, several African mercenaries fighting alongside Gaddafi forces were captured.
NATO listed a series of seven targets where Gaddafi’s military equipment had been attacked, including eight armoured vehicles and military refuelling equipment near the eastern oil town of Brega.
An anti-aircraft gun had also been taken out close to Gharyan where earlier this week four tanks were destroyed. Eight armed vehicles were also hit in the latest attacks in the vicinity of Zlitan.
In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, an official statement said “ten of our martyrs were killed and 59 others wounded” on Wednesday in clashes with Gaddafi loyalists in the push on Zlitan.
Ten Gaddafi fighters were also killed, the statement added, saying others had fled. In the process, they abandoned a school used as a weapons depot, and an “enormous amount” of munitions, heavy weapons and military vehicles was captured.
Away from the battle front, tens of thousands of rebel supporters in Benghazi on Wednesday took to the streets in a propaganda riposte to a pro-Gaddafi demonstration which had been beamed to their area of control last Friday.
That rally was a demonstration that the veteran leader still had vast numbers of supporters in Tripoli, while the Benghazi demonstration was aimed at sapping the morale of the pro-Gaddafi crowds and boosting that of the rebels.
On the political front, a senior Chinese diplomat visited Benghazi and met members of the opposition, Chinese state media reported on Thursday, as Beijing showed itself becoming more deeply engaged in the war-torn nation.
Chen Xiaodong, in charge of North African affairs at the foreign ministry, met officials of the opposition’s National Transitional Council (NTC), the official Xinhua news agency said.
Chen called for a quick political solution to the four-month-long conflict and urged the rebels to hold talks with officials loyal to Gaddafi, it said.
Until recently, China had maintained its long-standing policy of non-interference and public neutrality on the conflict, calling repeatedly for a peaceful end to the popular uprising.
But it now appears to be getting more involved. Last month, Beijing recognised Libya’s opposition as an “important dialogue partner” after talks in the Chinese capital between foreign minister Yang Jiechi and senior rebel leader Mahmud Jibril.
In addition to the NATO assistance, the West has thrown its diplomatic and financial support behind the NTC, which has been recognised by about 20 countries including Britain, France and the United States.
But alliance member Italy, pressed by the need to cut defence spending, announced on Thursday that it was removing the aircraft carrier Garibaldi, its three fighter jets and 1,000 personnel from the Libyan operation.
The Garibaldi would be replaced by a smaller vessel and by warplanes from military bases, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said.
And global cultural watchdog Heritage Without Borders warned that Gaddafi may have hidden weapons in the Roman ruins of Leptis Magna, a few kilometres (miles) west of Zlitan, expressing fears that fighting might damage the UN-protected World Heritage Site.
Source: english.ahram.org.eg/News/15828.aspx
NAFUSA TUMBLER:
Yesterday (6 July) was the heaviest day of fighting since my arrival. The main front of the battle was the town of Gawaleesh, where Gaddafi forces have been concentrated since being forced out of Kikla. Rebel forces from all over the Nafusa mountains had begun to congregate in nearby Kikla the day before in preparation for the assault.
Yesterday morning the assault began. Loud explosions, mainly Grad missiles and artillery, could be heard from the early morning until about 2pm. I went to Qalaa, about 6km back from the front, where doctors, including my father, had set up a field hospital from scratch in a small disused veterinary clinic. I took most of the shots above in that clinic, and some in Yifrin hospital earlier.
I’ll let the pictures do the talking. One thing I must note though is that, from what I saw, the Gaddafi soldiers brought in to the clinic were treated no differently to injured rebels. I’m not saying that because my father was one of the doctors or because it fits a certain narrative, but because it was evident for anyone present. One young boy helping out in the hospital tried to make fun of a soldier’s pain but was instantly rebuked. I know that in times of war it is very difficult to control emotion, and so we should give credit where it’s due to humanitarians and humans who act with honour and integrity in very trying circumstances.
You can see photo’s here:
nafusa.tumblr.com
Free Libya Forces Advance in Western Mountains
Posted on 07/07/2011 by Juan
Rebel forces took the city al-Qawalish on Wednesday, extending their control toward the capital and putting them in striking distance of the key city of Gharyan. Meanwhile, a Russian report said that Qaddafi was willing to step down (this strikes me as extremely unlikely, and why is it only coming via Moscow? Qaddafi has a television station of his own).
Read more, watch vid:
www.juancole.com/2011/07/free-libya-for...
adrianblomfield
I have been summarily expelled from #Libya for writing this tgr.ph/noiebG and given 45 minutes to pack up and go
Youssef:
Zintan mourning its dead! A total of 9 dead and 31 injured in the Gwaleesh battle for #libya yfrog.com/kkrldmtj
My brother has been in&out of #Zintan & it makes me so proud.Allah Yihfadhum! #Libya
PeterLeng Peter Leng
Another day of banging head against officialdom/visa wall in Tripoli. Can’t decide: incompetence or wilful obstruction. Probably both.
tweets4peace ♡ Freedom ~ Syria ♡
Photo: #AidTrip #Libya #Tunisia: One of the kids that became my best friend for the 2 weeks. Miss them so… tumblr.com/xto3df9nf7
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Libyan rebels say they lack weapons and Nato support
Rebel leaders in Misrata say progress towards the capital Tripoli is being hampered by a lack of ammunition and inadequate support from Nato.
On Wednesday, officials in the rebel-held city said 17 of their fighters were killed and more than 60 wounded.
Rebel forces and soldiers loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi have been locked in a stalemate to the west of Misrata for more than six weeks.
A rebel spokesman said Nato air cover was patchy, with deadly consequences.
“When the aircraft is flying in the sky… it means Gaddafi’s forces cannot use rocket launchers on the ground, they are afraid [of] aircraft… observing them and… striking them,” Fatti Bashada told the BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse, near Misrata.
Mr Bashada said that despite repeated requests to keep patrolling the skies, Nato aircraft have, in recent days, disappeared half-way through a battle.
“When there’s no flight, it means they are free to use any weapons against us,” he said, adding that rockets fired by Col Gaddafi’s fighters were killing an increasing number of rebels.
Libya is under an international arms embargo and fresh supplies from the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in the east of the country have been slow in coming.
Rebels have said that, until this changes, their progress towards Tripoli will be both slow and painful.
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1406696...
dovenews Libyan™
Its hard to deal with a 69 years old #Juvenile
Libya eyes new investors for ENI projects-govt official
TRIPOLI, July 7 (Reuters) – Libya’s government has begun negotiations with Russian and Chinese energy firms on taking over ENI’s projects in Libya after the Italian firm withdrew its staff, a senior Libyan government official told Reuters on Thursday. Source:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Mostafa The question you will be asked 10 years later: " Where were you when the revolution was going and your country needed you the most? " #jul8
dovenews Libyan™
ppl need to be careful as Gaddafi might have buses front of Tripoli mosques & will force ppl on to the buses & thn to the square.. PLZ RT
2011feb17
Spirits of anti-Gaddafi citizens in Tripoli very high after seeing the Benghazi million march. They say they are very optimistic now.
Neighbors who I know were not exactly pro-Gaddafi but were raising a green flag out of fear, have brought them down now.
One of Gaddafi’s houses in Sabha, the guy is obsessed with the word “Al-Jamahiria”: 27°09’02.14"N, 14°29’28.90"E
I hope Sheik Sadeg Gheryani issues a fatwa for people to pray at home instead
I am saying Fatwa because unfortunately, many people don’t think for themselves anymore.
SaifsBeard Your dad said he hated beards (tend to get Lice infested), so what made you disobey ur dad?
The fear factor is gradually decreasing in #Tripoli. I gossiped about Gaddafi with complete strangers in a line to get bread.
The opening line to guess strangers: “I wonder what is the best thing to get NATO to stop bombing?” Then wait for the response #
If they answer with: “Well, maybe if the brother leader would sacrifice and step down”? Bingo!
If the answer was: “Killing those hallucinating Rats”, then it is time to leave and skip the bread.
Bashar’s men slit the throat of a man who sang in one of the anti-gov rallies. Similar to Gaddafi’s tactics. #Syria #Feb17 #Libya
billneelyitv Bill Neely
Latest edict for journos at #Libya gov’t Hotel-only allowed out for 10 mins to buy maximum 2 bottles of water at shop.No soft drinks. Order!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#StKittsNevis CARGO SHIP “MAP K” now en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-07-09 08:00 (UTC) #feb17
UPDATE:
Mittwoch 06. Juli 23:00
Östliche Region: Benghazi (Anba`): Die Organisation für Welternährung hat angekündigt, dass eine regelmäßige maritime Belieferung von Benghazis Hafen nach Misurata gestartet wird. Die Organisation wird humanitäre Hilfsgüter und Helfer schicken.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 23:00
Östliche Region: Benghazi (Anba`): Es wurde ein TNT-Sprengsatz in einem Auto in der Nähe des Alnasr-Platzes, wo heute mehr als eine Million Menschen demonstrierten, entdeckt. Das Auto der Marke Hundai war mit einem drahtlosen Zünder ausgestattet, der mit einem Netztelefon gesteuert wird. Der Sprengsatz wurde gefunden, nachdem man das Auto durchsucht hatte und wurde anschließend entschärft.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 21:45
Östliche Region: Brega (Aljazeera): Zusammenstöße in Bregas 40er Zone, bei denen die Freiheits-Kämpfer drei Autos, Artillerie und Raketen von einer der Aufklärungstruppen Gaddafis errungen haben.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 21:40
Östliche Region: Brega (Aljazeera): Laut den Revolutionären gab es eine Reihe von Explosionen in den Tanks der Methanol-Anlage in Brega, weil diese von Grad-Raketen der Gaddafi-Truppen beschossen wurde. Das libysche Staatsfernsehen hat daraufhin fälschlicherweise behauptet, die Nato sei für die Explosionen verantwortlich.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 09:27
Östliche Region: Benghazi (Libya Breaking): Es fand heute ein Millionen-Marsch in der Stadt statt bei dem eine 2km lange libysche Freiheitsflagge durch die Straßen wehte.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 09:25
Östliche Region: Benghazi (Libya Breaking): Mustafa AbdelJalil sagte, dass die 17. Februar-Revolution in erster Linie unter der Führung Gottes und dann durch die enormen Anstrengungen der Freiheits-Kämpfer an allen Frontlinien in Libyen stattgefunden hat.
Source:
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pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
we (BBC) are there. unlike most we in all key areas ( #Tripoli, #Benghazi, #Nafusa #Misrata) ie in #misrata no CNN ITN SKY etc
leaders want #NATO to fly even if they don’t drop bombs as it scares off #Gaddafi rocket launchers.
feb17 rebels say they are digging in and will hold Na’imah 7km outside #Misrata #Libya . Once done will push on to ‘Tuesday Market’ area
NYTimes: #Libyan Rebels Gain Inches Toward Link To #Tripoli nyti.ms/peJozZ
Reaction time to a call from the ground to take to the air can be up to 5 hours. I’m told-In #Misrata #Libya the city leaders and bizmen joined #feb17 revolution against #Gaddafi same time as public. So revolution quick.
it’s very clear to all sides where the fighting has to take place. No secret. I’m told things on record.
But I’m told in #Zlitan many biz and local leaders still pro #Gaddafi so not same unity of purpose.
This might only make sense to UK followers. #Zlitan – #Misrata relationship said to be like Liverpool – Manchester. Strong local identities.
simply reporting the frustration as described to me by rebels It’s not my place to pass judgement
#NATO denies #Gaddafi gov’ claim r trying to aid rebel advance. tinyurl.com/63qwhp4 Tho’ that is exactly want #feb17 rebels want them to do!
Last tweet shows #NATO damned if they do/ damned if they don’t in #Libya Resolution they have is cleverly worded but ambiguity also a burden
FreeLibya. Seems just like yesterday I received the phone call breaking the news of my uncles death. I rememberevery second ofit yet it seems sosurreal
SHABAB:
Freedom Fighter gains too slow to hurt Gaddafi badly
Rebel fighters carry ammunition during the battle to seize control of the village of Al-Qawalish July 6, 2011.
(Reuters) – More battlefield gains in rural areas will help raise flagging morale among Libyan rebels impatient for victory but won’t shift the military balance decisively against Muammar Gaddafi soon.
Without more outside help, such advances are unlikely to inflict the sort of pressure that would compel him to negotiate a peace settlement in good faith or set off an uprising by rebel sympathizers in the capital Tripoli, Western analysts say.
On Wednesday rebel fighters seized al-Qawalish, a village south of the Libyan capital, and another group advanced toward Tripoli from the east in the biggest push in weeks toward Gaddafi’s main stronghold.
The capture of al-Qawalish is important not only for rebel momentum and battlefield morale, but because beyond it lies the larger town of Gharyan which controls the main highway to the capital. Gharyan has came under attack in recent days from NATO warplanes.
While real enough, such gains are too gradual to give decisive momentum to opposition forces in a situation where Gaddafi still holds the capital, has better armed land forces than his foes, still has lots of money and confronts an alliance suffering internal strains over the war , experts say.
That being the case, there is little to erode Gaddafi’s apparent belief that he has time to sow discord among his foes.
“There’s been a bit of progress by the rebels and things have slightly deteriorated in Tripoli, but the degree of both achievements … seems not to be massive,” said Benjamin Barry, a land warfare specialist at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
“So in terms of how much long the regime can last, it is anyone’s guess.”
On the diplomatic front, Gaddafi appeared to suffer a setback on Thursday when China’s Foreign Ministry said a Chinese diplomat met with leaders of Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council at their base in Benghazi, building deeper relationships with rebels seeking to oust the Libyan leader.
REBELS HIGHLY DEPENDENT
Jon Marks, chairman of Cross Border Information, a consultancy, said there were increasing signs of an endgame in Libya, but a turning point had not yet been reached.
“You have a rebellion in the Jebel Nafusa (mountains southwest of Tripoli) which may not be the ultimate game changer that some people have tried to talk up, but it’s definitely an element that’s added to the stranglehold on Gaddafi, and the Western strategist planners are aware of that.”
“But the critical question remains, is Gaddafi really going to go in a negotiated end on any terms that would be acceptable for his opponents or indeed the international community, and quite frankly that would defy belief.”
A June 29 note by the Eurasia consultancy said while the military balance had slowly shifted toward the rebels, disorganization and rifts would continue to hurt their effort, and they were highly dependent on the pace of NATO air strikes.
Other experts say the campaign’s progress was been slow because NATO’s effort, spearheaded by France and Britain, has had inadequate support from European member countries.
Former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson was quoted by Foreign Policy magazine as saying that the campaign in Libya was “taking longer to achieve than it should.”
“I think the European allies — especially those that are doing nothing at the moment — need to do more,” says Robertson.
NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND
Barry, of IISS, said the “one thing that could change the game is significantly better coordination of rebel forces on the ground with NATO’s firepower in the air.”
However that would only be achieved by NATO being prepared to deploy limited numbers of boots on the ground as forward air controllers, or have Muslim allies deploy their own.
In Brussels, a NATO official told Reuters there was no discussion or any indication that any of the allies or partners are interested in exploring putting ground troops in Libya.
“That has not stopped us from striking targets with great accuracy repeatedly … there have been days when we have struck dozens of fighting units and stationary targets, so it’s not hampering us from going what we supposed to be doing,” he said.
Gaddafi is widely seen as lacking adequate fuel supplies. But Barry said that while this was generally very important it might not be critical in some areas.
“What his heavy metal (armor) is doing is hiding in urban areas and taking pot shots at the rebels and stopping them advancing. You don’t necessary need a lot of fuel for that … It’s not as if he trying to send armored brigades across the country.”
Some analysts say Gaddafi, indicted by the world court at The Hague, would be willing to quit in return for the right to live in Libya, have immunity from prosecution and have one of his sons given an official position in a post-war government.
But many suspect this apparent offer is insincere and is more likely an attempt to play for time. Rebel officials have ruled out any role for him or his family after the war.
Saad Djebbar, a former legal advisor to the Libyan government, said that when Gaddadfi said he was ready to negotiate, it did not mean he was ready to leave power.
“I don’t trust him until I see him dead and buried. Gaddafi is a manipulator of the first degree and he will do everything to stay in power,” he said.
“It will be a big error of judgment if you bank on any deal which would allow any of his family or direct cronies to keep any position of power. They have to be defeated, and defeated to the point where they can choose only to leave or be killed.”
Source Reuters
VIDEO AFP Après le raid sur les “équipements militaires de ravitaillement” des forces de Kadhafi
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Skeptical4 Skeptic
Charlie Sheen & Colonel Gaddafi Interview (Tiger Blood Korner) youtube.com/watch?v=ASUOr_… via @youtube
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Libyan Family Take Legal Action Against Nato
They told Sky News they have started court proceedings with the help of the Libyan government and plan to sue Nato.
Mohamed Ali Gurari says he lost his daughter Karima, son-in-law Abdullah, and seven-month-old Jumanah and two-year-old Khaled, his grandchildren, in the bombing.
The Libyan government claims they were among nine civilians killed in the attack on June 19.
Standing amongst the rubble, Mr Gurari said: "If I had a chance to talk to David Cameron, I would tell him to stop. Is this what he calls protection?
Meanwhile, the Libyan government has issued indictments against a list of 21 figures in the Transitional National Council.
They include the man seen as its leader, Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
It accuses them of conspiring with foreign countries, and names France, Britain and America as “pressurising” them into launching “aggression” against Libya.
More:
news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Li...
Question:
Was this lawsuit filed by the family or on behalf of the family by g?
Libya tribe members in Egypt, see talks with rebels
Jul 7 (Reuters) – CAIRO, July 7 (Reuters) – A delegation of Libyan tribal representatives arrived in Egypt’s capital on Thursday and said they would hold talks with rebel leaders to seek to end the country’s civil war.
“The delegation will meet with a number of Libyans in Egypt, especially the Benghazi opposition, to reach a solution to the Libyan crisis so stability and economic security returns,” one of the 19-member delegation said on condition of anonymity.
Airport sources said Mohamed Ismail, an adviser to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, also arrived in Cairo. It was not clear if Ismail would take part in the talks
Source: af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
FromJoanne Joanne
11 MEMBER #LIBYA TRIBAL REPS Del. Arrived #Cairo Thurs 4talks with #NTC Leaders 2seek EndOfWar #Egypt FM Official Denies Knowledge #Reuters
The EuropeanParliament urges Member States of the EuropeanUnion EU to make part of Libyan assets frozenavailable to the NTC
tweets4peace
Photo: #AidTrip #Libya #Tunisia: We asked the kids to make things out of the plasticine, so a boy created a… tumblr.com/xto3devh1j
Pictures speak far louder than words…..
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Poland Embassy in #Libya relocated to #Benghazi. #feb17
septimius_
Next will hear they can fly as well !? RT “@cjchivers: #Qawalish: rebels already cleared much of minefield, using wooden rods, BARE HANDS”
William Hague: ‘Time is against Gaddafi’
Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague says the so-called Arab Spring presents both “risks and opportunities” for Britain.
Stephen Sackur spoke to Mr Hague at the British Foreign Office in London, and asked him, as Arabs take to the streets demanding freedom and democracy does the West have a consistent and coherent response?
Vid:
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Aisha:
Finish job in Libya | Editorials | projo.com | The Providence Journal:
Now that the U.S. and some of its NATO allies have committed themselves to ousting Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and that mission is achievable, we must press ahead and help finish the job.
To let Gadhafi stay in power in Tripoli would sorely undermine NATO’s credibility and ability to threaten the use of force when it decides it is necessary for security or extreme humanitarian reasons. And if Gadhafi were able to re-establish control over the country, he would carry out a bloodbath against Libyans who have opposed him, especially in the east of the country, now controlled by the rebels.
The government based in Benghazi has gained growing international support, with, for example, Turkey having just recognized it. (But meanwhile, the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Gadhafi for crimes against humanity may complicate efforts to get Gadhafi to leave Libya rather than stay and fight to the death.)
One might ask why we don’t come to the aid of those brutalized by Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. The answer is that such a task would be far more difficult; Syria (like Iraq) is a much more populous and complicated place than Libya.
That we can’t stop humanitarian outrages everywhere is no reason not to try to stop them when it is practical. Libya, with only a few more than 6 million people, the vast majority of them living in a narrow strip between the sea and the desert, is a nation we can help, while supporting our European allies who rely on its oil and worry about longstanding trouble there — a result of which troubles could be many more refugees fleeing to Europe.
That is not to say that President Obama shouldn’t have gotten much clearer authorization from Congress to act in our aerial attacks on the Gadhafi regime, in concert with some allies, most notably the French and British. Unfortunately, he acted as presidents have since the Korean War — stretching the limits of constitutional powers to the breaking point.
But now that Gadhafi is rapidly weakening, we have little alternative but to help finish the job against someone who has not only murdered thousands of his compatriots but has killed Americans, most notably in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in 1988, in which 189 Americans died.
We have gone too far now to exit without Gadhafi’s departure, whatever one thinks of over-committed America’s having gotten into the campaign against him in the first place.
Source:
www.projo.com/opinion/editorials/conten...
carolv
Keep a safe distance from the computer screen when opening this link. You’ve been warned. j.mp/qNWaY3 #Libya #Feb17
A lost cause
President Jacob Zuma was in Moscow this week, not as a tourist or to take in the delights of the Kremlin, but in a desperate attempt to save Muammar Gaddafi’s skin. It is demeaning and frankly sickening to see the leader of a self-respecting country like SA running helter-skelter to save a madman from a crisis of his own making. As president, Zuma carries, and is the symbol of, our hopes and dreams. He shouldn’t be sullying the country’s good name by moonlighting as Gaddafi’s energetic emissary. And our taxes are paying for these futile missions to boot. Gaddafi should be allowed to stew in his own juice.
Despite the best attempts of his lickspittle toadies , Gaddafi is toast. The end is nigh. The only viable solution for Libya is for him to leave, and sooner rather than later. By postponing Gaddafi’s departure, sycophants like Zuma are simply helping to prolong the suffering of the Libyan people.
Read more and source:
www.fm.co.za/Article.aspx?id=147818
4Adam Adam
Pix FF surround a soldier loyal to Moammar Gaddafi after his capture in Qawalish on.msnbc.com/oQkjG0 #msnbc #Libya #Feb17 #Nafusa
www.msnbc.msn.com/default.aspx?id=43671...
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
The most funny words I heard 2day is (Tribal Leaders). LOL as if we do not know #Libya. another smart way 2 forget #ICC warrant
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Some Q’s to #Benghazi #NTC leaders going on now from local hacks at press conf -big concerns that #Misrata hosp’s cannot cope with injured
Q’s to NTC in #Misrata ‘our injured r lying on hosp’ floors y aren’t u doing more’’Families have no info about injured sons treated overseas
More Q’s from hacks in #Misrata.’Isn’t it a bit late 4 visit we’ve been fighting for 5 months?’
’has there been prisoner swop with #Tripoli?
DavidAllenGreen
by fieldproducer
Had it not been for @Bynickdavies @nytimes @tom_watson Mark Lewis and @johnprescott, the “rogue reporter” theory could still be in place.
Ali
#Libya #feb17 #Gaddafi radio frequency ( 89.3 MHZ) being jammed by #NATO broadcasting messages to GForces youtube.com/watch?v=qI84Hx…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI84HxowGC4&fea...
2011feb17
Do you know what is interesting with Gaddafi’s lot? France, UK, USA, Italy etc were not crusaders before March 19 :)
So true!!!!!
youngamazigh youngamazigh
in many libyans lives, this is the first time many libyans are actually proud to be libyan! pride is just over whelming. viva libya!
4Adam Adam
#Gharyan is 37km ahead. twitpic.com/5mkvdn #Libya #NafusaMountains #Feb17
sixarts camilo
#tripoli last thugs controlled directly by saif al-islam g educated in LSE now terrorize population but soon 2 go to
FF at about 85 km from #tripoli look forward to the end g gang and directly to #ICC
Taiwan News:
Italy said Thursday it was cutting back its participation in NATO’s Libya campaign, bringing an aircraft carrier and its hundreds of sailors home, in the latest indication that the alliance is growing weary after nearly four months of bombing.
He said the aircraft carrier Garibaldi would be replaced by a smaller ship, freeing up nearly 1,000 military personnel. He said Italy’s commitment, however, remained the same since the Garibaldi’s three aircraft would be replaced by jets at Italian bases that would still fly missions.
The cutbacks were part of an overall trimming of Italy’s military missions abroad. It was the strongest signal yet of a growing weariness with the war among some NATO allies.
Several participants have indicated they may start reducing their involvement, and the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted overwhelmingly against giving President Barack Obama the authority to continue the military mission, though it stopped short of cutting off funds.
Observer:
Representatives of several Libyan tribes arrived in Cairo yesterday for talks with fighters to reach an end to the conflict.” The delegation, led by Zlitan’s tribal leader Muftah al Waer, will meet with some of the Libyans in Egypt, especially opposition members from Benghazi, to reach a solution to the crisis and bring stability and economic security back,” a member of the delegation said.
He added that the visit comes as part of tribal mediation between the government and the dissidents, seeking to oust leader Muammar Gaddafi. Airport sources also said an adviser to Gaddafi’s son Saif al Islam, Mohamed Ismail, also arrived in Cairo from Vienna. It was not clear if Ismail would take part in the talks.
Nasdaq:
talian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said Thursday that the Italian cabinet has approved a cut of more than 50% in the costs of military operations in Libya and decided to approve financing worth around EUR700 million for the second half of the year for international peace-keeping operations around the world.
Speaking after the cabinet meeting, La Russa said that in the first half of the year Italy spent EUR810 million for military operations. “Around 140 million was dedicated to the mission in Libya,” he said.
Italy is currently involved in several countries, including Kosovo, Afghanistan and Lebanon, La Russa said. Italy is also involved in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led campaign in Libya.
San Francisco Chronicle
A government spokesman says Libya has expelled a Reuters journalist because of what he says is anti-government bias by the international news agency.
Spokesman Moussa Ibrahim says the British correspondent, Nick Carey, was asked to leave Wednesday. Ibrahim says the reason was that the agency has been “deliberately anti-Libyan government” in its reporting.
Other Reuters journalists remained in the capital, Tripoli, where foreign reporters operate under government restrictions.
Ibrahim says Carey wasn’t expelled for a specific story. He says the government acted after Reuters’ reporting “for over a month and a half.” Carey arrived in Tripoli two and a half weeks ago.
Mike Bracken:
Wing Cmdr. Mike Bracken, an alliance spokesman in Naples, Italy, said NATO is “not involved in the ground battles,” although he acknowledged the alliance is tracking the fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.
freedom4libya
#gadhafi tv #moussa #ibrahim speaks at “let us live in peace” staged rally in #Tripoli. Yes #gadhafi leave and let US live in peace. #Libya.
4Adam Adam
Follow latest vids fr #NafusaMountains battles against Gaddafi regime on #Zintan CH is.gd/LnJ7LM #Nalut CH is.gd/qqyCST #Libya
www.youtube.com/user/zintan2011
and: www.youtube.com/user/nalut2011
jaked2
rebels say they are digging in and will hold Na’imah 7km outside #Misrata #Libya . Once done will push on to ‘Tuesday Market’ area”
NATO Secretary General to visit Naples
The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will pay a visit to Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) and the Headquarters Combined Joint Task Force Operation Unified Protector (CJTFOUP) on Friday 8th July 2011.
During his visit, the Secretary General will meet the Commander of JFC Naples, Admiral Samuel Locklear III and the Commander of Operation Unified Protector, Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard.
He will discuss the progress of the NATO mission in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973.
Still and video images will be available from the NATO website nato.int after the event.
The Secretary General’s schedule is subject to change. For further information, please contact the NATO Press and Media Service in Brussels, tel: +32 2 707 50 41, fax: +32 2 707 50 57
Polish Embassy in Libya relocated to Benghazi
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has announced that as of today, Poland’s ambassador in Libya resides in Benghazi.
“This is because we consider the provisional council based in that town as the only credible partner for talks,” he said, adding that Poland’s presidency of the EU Council was also an important factor in taking the decision, as the European Union has already opened its delegation in Benghazi.
After the evacuation of the Polish Embassy from Tripoli in March, the Polish ambassador Wojciech Bozek returned to Warsaw, but according to unofficial reports, he has visited Benghazi several times since.
Mr Sikorski stressed that Poland rules out any prospects for cooperation with Colonal Muammar Gaddafi, adding that Warsaw would like to see the conflict in Libya to be resolved through diplomatic means.
The announcement came Thursday afternoon as Polish Foreign Minister spoke at a press conference after talks in Warsaw with his Algerian counterpart, Mourad Medelci.
The two men signed an agreement on air transport and on the setting up the so-called steering committee which is to promote the development of Polish-Algerian economic relations.
Mr Sikorski said that during its EU presidency Warsaw will enhance the process of fostering the bloc’s relations with Algeria. (mk/jb)
Source: IAR/PAP
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CHANNEL 4
Libya rebels move to with 45 miles of Tripoli
In the last few days the rebels have made potentially significant inroads both to the south and east of Tripoli.
Most notable is the capture of the village of al-Qawalish, 60 miles south west of Tripoli, following a battle reportedly lasting six hours.
This was partly facilitated by Nato airstrikes which destroyed a number of loyalist armoured vehicles in the area. The opposition states that it waited until Nato green-lighted their ground assault.
Read more:
www.channel4.com/news/libya-rebels-move...=247
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Horrendous queues for fuel in #Tripoli youtube.com/watch?v=AQaoGp… #libya #feb17
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hominoid
Libya bombing north-east of the city of Misurata 6-7-2011 youtube.com/watch?v=6qAlK4… via @youtube
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pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Pics relating to a week of tweets from #feb17 held #Misrata #libya 1st the anti #gaddafi graffiti artist twitpic.com/5mm58a
following are some of his Rabiyeh Abidi paintings. twitpic.com/5mm652
#Tripoli street. This where #Gaddafi forces were fought to a stand still in #misrata #Libya where memorial stands twitpic.com/5mm79r
This is what most of the buildings look like on #Tripoli street #misrata #libya twitpic.com/5mm7wr
These girls were at the front of the #feb17 rally yesterday in #misrata #libya in support of fighters twitpic.com/5mm951
Mohammed:
Just got back from covering a funeral in Jadu , hundreds turned out to see off the shaheed, who was given a military ceremony
Photo: Yifrin hospital on Flickr. Yifrin’s hospital was without electricity on July 5 as there was no fuel… tumblr.com/xxw3djc2jf
Photo: Dog on Flickr. Yifrin, 5 July – A dog rests in Yifrin hospital in the midday heat. tumblr.com/xxw3djaxaz
Photo: Bread on Flickr. 4 July was the first time in three months a bakery in Yifrin had baked fresh bread…. tumblr.com/xxw3djgjkx
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
if it is not 4 the gang of #Algeria govt, we wd have captured #Gaddafi long time ago. #Algeria still smuggling weapons 2 #Gaddafi @UN @NATO
dovenews Libyan™
#FF have completely freed #AlGhawaleash from #Gaddafi forces, they also arrested number of mercenaries from #Ghana & #Mali. #Nafusa #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
PLZ RT – First Ever Rap song by Libyan Female Artists “Gaddafi Get Ready” youtu.be/m61pOKY0Cso Awesome : ) #feb17 #libya
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Deployment to Libya has a sweet side
Master Seaman Joyce Farmer is popular with the crew for stocking junk food aboard HMCS Vancouver
Master Seaman Joyce Farmer is beloved by the crew of HMCS Vancouver for supplying them with candy, beer, cigarettes and other moraleboosting items while on overseas deployment.
Granola bars, Planters Peanuts, Scope mouthwash, Hershey chocolate bars and cans of Kokanee, Budweiser, Barq’s root beer and Sprite fill Farmer’s small office and storage room aboard the ship.
“Having lots of junk food boosts the morale of everyone on the ship,” she said.
More crates of pop are being loaded on the outer deck of the Vancouver at the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, where the ship and crew are preparing for Sunday’s deployment to Libya.
The deployment is part of Operation Mobile, Canada’s contribution to NATO’s arms embargo and no-fly zone enforcement in Libya.
It will take the ship about three weeks to get to the Mediterranean. It will stay for about six months.
About 250 officers and crew will board the Vancouver for its deployment.
It will be Farmer’s fifth tour, and probably the last, she said.
Despite the cigarettes, beer and junk food, “we try to keep them as healthy as we can,” Farmer said.
The food on board is important.
“Good food is good morale,” said Thomas Chester, a chef in the ship’s kitchen, as his colleagues chopped onions and cooked grilled cheese sandwiches. "You put out good food, everybody smiles.
Source and full story:
www.vancouversun.com/life/Deployment+Li...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sabha 1/3: Those who live in AlGurda & attended funeral of Ismail Abusebiha who died in clashes with G forces being arrested
Sabha 2/3: Families of kidnapped protesters forced to attend meeting denouncing post funeral #feb17 protests to gain release of sons #libya
Sabha 3/3:Meeting allows treatmnt of injured in 2 March Hospital run by Omran AlQahsi Gaddafi who so far refused their treatmnt #feb17#libya
Sabha: AlGurda neighbourhood has very heavy Gaddafi forces presence to prevent protests
Sabha: Pro Gaddafis are trying to gather attendees to a rally tomorrow by trying to scare locals of FFs #
The difficult situation of FFs in Sabha is under reported. They really do need military support as soon as possible
When I see Pro Gaddafis in media,1st thought is " What a waste", 2nd is " Are you really that blind? ", 3rd is " Shut the hell up": ) #Feb17
Mohamed
Photo: Freedom House on Flickr. Yifrin, 4 July – The pre-Gadadfi Libyan national anthem is written on the… tumblr.com/xxw3dk6323
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Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Gaddafi has ordered closure of mosques for Friday prayers to gather people in Martyr Sq to create illusion of support #feb17 #libya
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
At press conf of military command of #Misrata #Libya #feb17 rebels say this week 55 dead 93 injured in fighting and from rocket attacks.
Yesterday the #feb17 rebels in #Misrata #linya had acgeneral killed in fighting but are still holding their gains on western front
leader says #NATO planes ‘disappearing’ from battlefield for hours at a time led to heavy casualties this week in #Misrata #Libya
Libya;
Among the plans is to engage the #FFs in the capital #Tripoli from all directions, even from the sea to liberate. #Libya #feb17
Ali
#Libya #feb17 it’s time to mention the Libyan well respected scholar aldukaly Muhamed alalam from Tajora managed to escape out of Tripoli to Tunisia and then to UAE will give statement shortly on tv. To mention until two days ago G had ordered his dogs to shaihk aldukaly from anywhere
Must have but G couldn’t manage
dovenews Libyan™
#Misrata #FF are 7km away from #Zlitan’s town center. #Misrata #Zlitan #Libya
by Reuters
Libyan rebels say they make advance near Misrata
DAFNIYA, Libya: Libyan rebel fighters based in Misrata advanced about 20 km (12 miles) west toward the capital, rebel commanders said on Wednesday, but government forces were shelling their positions.
Rebel commanders in Dafniya, on the western outskirts of Misrata, told Reuters their forces had made the advance overnight along one stretch of the front line, but Reuters journalists were unable to confirm that independently.
The advance — which would be the biggest by the rebels in weeks of largely static fighting west of Misrata — could leave the rebels exposed because they have not had time to dig in and build defensive positions.
From a field hospital in Dafniya, the sound of the impact from mortars, artillery and Russian-made Grad rockets could be heard every few seconds.
A Reuters reporter at the hospital saw two wounded soldiers being brought in from the front. One was injured in the upper thigh and another had leg wounds.
Medical staff bandaged them up for transport to another hospital in the center of Misrata, which is 200 km (130 miles) east of Tripoli. The stretchers on which they were brought in were quickly washed down and sent back to the front line.
One rebel fighter said one of his colleagues had been killed in the artillery bombardment on Wednesday.
Source:
arabnews.com/middleeast/article467637.ece
Libya unconfirmed another push was made towards Brega today.
Be warned!
There’s a planned prayer tomorrow in the “green square” in the heart of #Tripoli however, mosques won’t be closed according to sec men.
#Tripoli : same security source indicates that close by mosques “may have limited access” on Friday. #Libya
Danya
OMG this is sooo cute! In #TRIPOLI the grocery shops that still have food..started stocking the vegetables with the #Libyan Flag color’s !!
Ossama
Source at the frontline in #Brega .. #FFs are asking for you to pray for them today .
Many great things i have been reading going on in #Tripoli over the last couple of days!
It is worth mentioning that the FFs took control of the area of #Miskah yesterday in #Alosabah .
Acording to reliable source in Tripoli scaterd groups of people in suport of the feb17 revolution came out in protest in support of millions
According to reliable source in Tripoli many demonstrators in Tripoli were arested and many clashes took place between FFs and Gadafi forces
BREAKING: Among the plans is to engage the #FFs in the capital #Tripoli from all directions, even from the sea to liberate. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING: Live on Libya Al Ahrar TV live covarge from the Freedom Square, #Benghazi! #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: The town of #Zliten has been LIBERATED and the #FFs have now reached the cement factory. Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar! #Libya
Yesterday in Benghazi port a bomb was found in a container in the bulldozer which carries the weapons for Misurata, the bomb was deactivated
mc17
Gaddafi’s forces put missile launchers at many positions in “Shat” road in Tripoli and they all directed toward the city.
What is g’s plan? This sounds very worrying……….
Ossama
ZLITEN:
REGARDING ZLITEN LIBERATION I HAVE RECIEVED THIS FROM A FACEBOOK PAGE AND AM NOT SURE IT IS CONFIRMED. PLZ DONT HYPE UNTIL CONFORMATION
Fale:
I checked, So ff not yet in zliten center as they are coming from west
Jake;
major fighting all over #Zliten please do something !!!!!
Gaddafi forces shell ghost town after rebel advance
Full story:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
UNCONFIRMED:Misurata Ffs have reached Zliten and have reached all the way to the west forcing Gaddadi forces to the city of Khums
If confirmed, ff can block G troops off soon at the junction :)
Other road would bring g troops too close to Nato ships:)))))
AJA correspondent: hundreds of fighters arrived from Benghazi to the western mountain (Nafousa) by a secret airlift last week and had participated in the battles
KC_Tripolitania
#Gaddafi supporters just don’t know when to quit!
Ahmed:
The Rome conference on Libya had been officially canceled…That’s fantastic news! any conference on Libya should be in #Libya.
( Saif Alqirdafa planned to attend)
Algerian army will spread throughout Algeria ,they declared a state of emergency in the areas near the Libyan border
mc17
Gaddafi’s battalions bombing "Al-Marayg " area in “Nalut” city with artillery and Grad missiles
FromJoanne Joanne
Yesterday #Misrata FF found “enormous amount” of munitions heavy weapons military vehicles In school which G troops used as Weapon Depot
Ahmed
Senator John McCain’s statement regarding the House of Representatives votes on #Libya:
“While I am pleased that the Kucinich Amendment to cut off all funding for the U.S. mission in Libya failed, the vote in the House today barring funding to support the freedom fighters in Libya is deeply disturbing. I understand House Members’ frustration due to the President’s lack of consultation with Congress and his mishandling of this conflict. However, this action sends exactly the wrong message to both Qaddafi and those fighting for freedom and democracy in Libya – especially since Qaddafi is clearly crumbling. I am saddened by the abandonment of America’s traditional support for those struggling for freedom and democracy, which has been a hallmark of our Republican party for decades.”
wow!!!!!!!
WOW!!!!!
WOW, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
1,750,000 people! ….that’s the official count of people that showed up to yesterday’s rally in Benghazi’s!
Niz_FGM – Heavy gunfire around #Tripoli, suspected to be around the Western part
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Keep an eye on NIZ for more info later! #Libya Feb17
Khiria
#Gaddafi worshippers, it’s time to #goseeksomehelp because 1.75 million turned out yesterday for the rally against your god #Gaddafi! #Libya
Reports that rebels are in control of central #Zliten with the help of #Misrata’s rebels #Libya
Jan Eikelboom
In the latest report from Dutch news programme Nieuwsuur, reporter Jan Eikelboom visits the Amazighi who are finally able to speak their language again after 42 years. Freely, they can now sing, write poetry, write and present the news in their own language.
Listen to Dutch :
www.libyafeb17.com/2011/07/video-the-am...
Tranlation in english;
In the latest report from Dutch news programme Nieuwsuur, reporter Jan Eikelboom visits the Amazighi who are finally able to speak their language again after 42 years. Freely, they can now sing, write poetry, write and present the news in their own language.
Translation:
Narration: “Driving over the plateau of the Nafusa Mountains, the new Libyan anthem plays on the radio.
We’re on our way to Jadu, the capital of this region. Although it’s far from safe, the atmosphere is positive. The liberation means that the Amazighi people are finally able to express themselves in Tamazight.”
Reporter: “Tamazight is a language spoken by the Amazighi from Morocco to Libya, with its own vocabulary, grammar and its own alphabet. Now it can be written on the walls again, because in Gaddafi’s Libya Tamazight was forbidden.”
Singing: “As an animal in the forest I live, my father”
Narration: “Amazighi singer Yusuf Hafyana spent 8 years in prison, just because he sang in his mother tongue.
Singing: “With crying eyes you could see me now. You could see how my soul weeps with sorrow”
Hafyana: “The Amazigh were without rights all this time. They were not allowed to speak their language, or use it for cultural activities or publish a newspaper in this language. You could only use this language indoors with your family. But we wanted to write songs and poems in this language, so that they would not be forgotten. You have to keep your culture alive. Gaddafi was completely against this. We’ve had it very difficult”
Narration: “What was forbidden for 42 years, they’re now doing from the top of their lungs.
Children receive classes in Tamazight every day. In the open air, because schools are closed.”
Teacher: “We have nice songs. They all have to learn the Amazigh language. The inhabitants of the Nafusa Mountains are Amazighi. We must learn our language and develop it.”
Reporter: “Isn’t that difficult for them?”
Teacher: “It is a little, at the start. But the children learn fast. I am hopeful. They’re now learning the alphabet, then the words and then sentences. And soon they will write insha’Allah.
Girl: “I can speak Tamazight but it’s a little difficult.
Reporter: “Why difficult?”
Girl: “Because we never learned. We’ve only learned Arabic. Gaddafi didn’t let us learn anything.”
Reporter: “What are you writing?”
Girl: “Libya”
Reporter: “They’ve written here for us: “Libya Freedom”, free Libya. But they just had a discussion about how the letters were written precisely, it’s still a little strange. She said “Don’t look at my handwriting, it’s not very pretty yet”. But now it says here.. Libya Tagraula. That means free. Thank you. How do you say thank you in Tamazight?
Girls: “Saheet”
Narration: “It’s not easy writing and speaking a language that has been forbidden for 42 years. At Radio Nafusa there have been broadcasts in Tamazight again since this week. Sometimes they have to search for the words.
Newsreader: “We continue with the news..”
...
Singer: “My father, come see my soul. Come see my soul, my father.”
Hafyana: “We have been liberated, we are now living in freedom. The whole area there is free. (Jadu, Nalut, Yefren,). We have a different flag and a different system. I hope the revolutionaries enter Tripoli and free all of Libya.”
NATO On July 6th, NATO aircraft flew 140 sorties, including 57 strike sorties. Some of the key targets included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Military Refuelling Equipment, 8 Armed Vehicles, 2 Armoured Fighting Vehicles, 1 Truck.
In the vicinity of Gharyan: 1 Anti-Aircraft Gun.
In the vicinity of Misratah: 3 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Military Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Yafran: 1 Artillery Piece, 1 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 8 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Zintan: 1 Armed Vehicle.
LPC:
BREAKING : apaches de l’OTAN frappent les barrages de #Kadhafi sur la route côtière, barrage de Zwara détruit via lpc #Libye
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : #NATO apaches hitting #Gaddafi checkpoints on coastal road , zwara checkpoint destroyed
dovenews Libyan™
Reports of continuous clashes between #Tripoli’s #FF & #Gaddafi forces in different parts of the capital. #Suq #Aljuma #Tripoli #Libya
LARebel
#libya We should cut our relations with #Italy 50%. Just like they cut their participation 50%.
Official orders from #Gaddafi to starve Misrata & make “the blue sea run red with the inhabitants” t.co/vd9qWSU #Libya #Feb17
yfrog.com/z/kiprnnj
WRAPUP 2-Italy’s Berlusconi exposes NATO rifts over Libya
Source and full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Ban says Gaddafi should listen to Libyan people
“He (Gaddafi) has to listen much more attentively and seriously what would be the best for the future of the Libyan people,” Ban said. (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay and Caroline Copley)
Source:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: The People of Sabha Protest against Gaddafi bit.ly/ouuS8o
feb17.info/media/video-the-people-of-sa...
BREAKING Heinz: #NATO has new weapon. up to 50 pre-programmed GPS (my guess) missiles dropped at once from a jet to hit fixed targets #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Tripoli: People are receiving messages and other alerts asking them to pray in Green square tomorrow. Most will pray home instead. #libya
Bint:
GRAPHIC:3 children injured when cluster bomb planted by Gaddafi soldiers exploded #Gaddaficrimes against children #libya goo.gl/3FgKJ
www.libya.tv/2011/07/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF...
ChangeInLibya
BREAKING: Nafousa: Eyewitnesses also report that Gaddafi forces retreating from Asabaa got shot at by G soldiers near Gheryan #libya #feb17
Libya Outreach report:
On July 6, 2011, reports indicated that opposition forces will enter Tripoli en masse by the end of the month; Opposition forces seized control of Al-Qawalish, a town approximately 100km southwest of Tripoli, and began advancing on Tripoli from Misrata; in Misrata and Benghazi hundreds of thousands of Libyans rallied in support of democracy and against the Gaddafi regime; the African Union again sought to be the lead peace broker between Gaddafi and the NTC; a Sudanese official declared that Sudan supports the Libyan opposition and views the NTC as its leadership; the Red Cross gained access to the Nafusa Mountains; and, reports indicated that the NTC continues to receive oil shipments by sea.
Military Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
• Gaddafi’s capability to continue his war against the Libyan people is falling apart, says NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh-Rasmussen (http://tiny.cc/ypoly)
• At the current rate of advance, opposition forces will be in Tripoli by the end of the month as Gaddafi’s forces have limited combat options as a result of NATO and opposition actions (http://tiny.cc/v1kfr)
Read more:
us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
AJE:
Holidays in Misrata
We hit the beach today. Just for a couple of hours before heading back to the frontline.
I’ve not swum in the sea before with the distant thuds of shelling in the background. It gave us a taste of what life could be like along this beautiful coastline.
Beautiful clear turquoise waters and empty sandy beaches. But the soundtrack was more Apocalypse Now than Summer Holiday.
It’s not just the views that could make this a great holiday destination. The Libyan people are hospitality personified.
Everywhere we go in Misrata someone pops up with food or drink, whether it’s freshly brewed coffee, hot pizza made at one of the triage stations or ice cream delivered to the frontline
We were shooting next to the burnt out wreck of the big supermarket in town a few days ago when a tray of cold water in a beautiful glass jug and freshly baked fairy cakes with a syrupy topping appeared.
Serving us refreshments was one of Libya’s national football players who happened to live next door.
You can still see what a beautiful city Misrata once was in some of the residential neighbourhoods, with their streets of elegant villas in well-manicured gardens.
The Libyans have a penchant for topiary – I’ve seen dozens of trees in Benghazi and Misrata cut into squares or pyramids.
I think the topiarists must be fighting on the frontline in Misrata as the trees are looking a bit unkempt.
I’m told Tripoli Street was once a vibrant boulevard of busy shops, restaurants and boutiques.
If, one day, when this conflict has come to an end, you get the chance to visit this country I recommend you take it.
They’ll welcome you with open arms.
Source:
blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/07/06/h...
Libye Libre
Selon HRW Les forces de Kadhafi ont placé au moins trois champs de mines antipersonnel et antivéhicule à l’ext de Goualich
Libya_United
Brigadier General Ali Attia al-Obeidi, has his name printed in gold in Martyrs list from #Dafanya today
Zintan Media have stated on their page that there is no truth to reports that Al Asabeha has been liberated…Thanks :)
bint_
This is how much credit Gaddafi has on his phone…lol…goo.gl/YO0L2
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
The news that #Asabeah has being liberated is not true. via military source #Zintan. #Libya #feb17
MUST READ:
Prolonged Libya War Puts Defected Diplomats in Limbo
ibya’s war has thrown many diplomats who abandoned Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s government into a curious limbo, as they attempt to hold together stateless embassies while the conflict drags into its fifth month.
Their challenges range from securing new office space and visas to looking after family members who have gone into hiding back in Libya. No longer credentialed as diplomats, they are still working—but in many cases on behalf of the new opposition government based in Benghazi.
Ibrahim Dabbashi, the deputy head of Libya’s mission to the United Nations until he defected Feb. 21, now must use a “courtesy pass” to enter the U.N. for meetings. He and the former head of the mission, Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, who defected several days after Mr. Dabbashi, are trying to persuade more governments to back the rebels. More than 20 countries recognize the opposition government in varying degrees.
“We didn’t think it would take this long,” said Mr. Dabbashi, referring to the war. He said he figures the mission has enough money in reserve to last until the end of the year.
More and source:
feb17.info/news/prolonged-libya-war-put...
IamLibya
#Gaddafi is the cause of destructing children’s childhoods & forcing them to worry about things kids their age shouldn’t even think about.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Gaddafi attempt to hire 150 foreign mercenary snipers was blocked at a #Tunisian airport |
wheelertweets James Wheeler
The only part of sainthood I’m probably getting close to is poverty ;) But as Libya drains me, it also enriches me beyond measure.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Libyans in Western #Libya urge the #NTC to form temporary constitution in order to run daily affairs.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Gaddafi’s agents have sent messages to residents of #Tripoli telling they must attend a rally in “Green Square” tmrw or face consequences.
(see below)
freedom4libya
Screen shot of text message to #Tripoli residence instructing them to go to the Greensquare for Friday prayer 2moro on.fb.me/n0Wdl2
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1442820...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Visited some #Misrata FFs in a rehab hospital today in Tunis. Emaciated bodies. They may find a way to cope, but they will never recover.
SUMMARY JULY 8th 2011
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7/08/2011
7.08.2011
“None but the saints can kill this inner thief (pride/ego) for it ravages the very house in which it lives.” – Hazrat Sultan Bahu R.A
race2jannah
Lady Gaga said she is going to start her own line of clothing. You know Ghadaffi can’t wait to see them for his summer/fall collection.
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/Hkjhb
bencnn benwedeman
7/7 NATO strikes: Brega-1 refuel unit; Gharyan-3 army vehicles; Waddan-1 milit strg unit; Sirt-1 tank; Zlitan-1 artillery; #Tripoli-3 AA gun
Just wondering if the snipers that were blocked by Tunisia to enter Libya were supposed to go to Tripoli this Friday.
We know Tripoli is surrounded by g with rocket launchers pointing towards the city.
All the people of Tripoli are supposed to go to " Green Square" to attend a rally and pray ……
Maybe the g plan was to put the snipers inside and/ or around the mosques to create panic and fear amongst the worshippers.
When Tunisia blocked the snipers entering Libya , we heard that the mosques all of a sudden would be open……….
Seeing how g has worked in the past one wonders what else g has up his sleeve to get a lot of people into Green Square today to make up numbers.
A huge party of sorts?
He is going to want to outdo the Tripoli Calling Rally, with 1.750.000 participants.
CharlieEnglish1 Charlie English
Second Guardian correspondent in three weeks has been expelled from Tripoli #Libya bit.ly/q5DfO3
Our corr told Guardian must publish apology for “using obscene words against Gaddafi” in this piece bit.ly/qQPL87 or go. He went
Libyan rebels set for renewed push to Tripoli
Libyan rebels looked set for another push against leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Friday, just days after the opposition made hefty advances toward Tripoli on two fronts.
A rebel sympathiser in Misrata, on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, told Reuters that rebels had been moving closer to neighbouring Zlitan, one of a chain of government-controlled towns blocking their advance to Tripoli.
As they advanced, pro-Gaddafi forces inside the city fired rounds of explosives to block their progress, the sympathiser said in an e-mail.
More:
www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2011/07/08/l...
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Officials said I could stay in Tripoli if Guardian published an apology denying the existence of my interviewees. An offer I could refuse.
Ahmed
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi Goons chanting “He7hy 3ala umek ya bo Shena Thwarek ma saresh menhum” Translated into “Your mother will be disappointed Bo Shena (the one with the hat referring to Mustafa Abdul Jalil) your FF have failed”…That’s a new one for them, someone finally got creative!!
bint_
The majority of the people chanting have really Sertawi accents. People in Tripoli have a different dialect when singing/ chanting.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: FFs destroy 2 G forces vehicles using gelatinas (rudimentary grenades) at AlSawany roundabout. 2 G forces killed #libya #feb17
We are waiting some people to come back from the green square in #Tripoli to tell us about the approximate number of ppl in the place.
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: “passport control” near Nalut, #tunisia/Libya border, western #Libya #Feb17 yfrog.com/khb2pwxj
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
All mosques in tripoli will be shut today on G orders 2 force friday prayer in green sq and manipulate pics again! How desperate can G get!
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
So G closed down all mosques in #tripoli and ordered Friday prayer in the Green Square?.What a douche. Please love me. #libya
Niz_FGM Niz
7/8/11 – Anticipation that mosques will be closed by #gaddafi today in #Tripoli – 2 options: Pray on streets outside mosques, or at home.
bruxelles2: C’est la Hongrie qui devrait continuer d’assurer la représentation #UE en Libye à Tripoli.
Guardian and Telegraph kicked out of Tripoli, so no US/UK presence there, says Gdn foreign ed @CharlieEnglish1
Rolando Segura
Apenas faltan días para el inicio del noveno mes del calendario musulmán.
La fe de millones creyentes en el mundo islámico los llevará durante todo agosto a practicar el ayuno diario, desde el alba hasta la despedida del sol.
Es el período del Ramadán, que en Libia este año aún se anuncia incierto.
Full blog + vids:
rolandotelesur.blogspot.com
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
by ChangeInLibya
In Naples, Italy to visit the @NATO commanders in charge of the #Libya operation
NATO operation in Libya in compliance with the #UNSC resolutions
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Nafousa: All roads leading to Gheryan from Qualeesh are confirmed by FF to be heavily mined and booby trapped by G forces. #libya
Nafousa: However, Gaddafi forces are also said to be running away and too disorganized to properly slow FF advances in region
Nafousa: Gaddafi forces are heavily shelling Qualeesh and nearby areas using artillery situated in Gheryan – trying to slow&block FF
Nafousa: If there’s one thing that G forces know how to utilize – it’s artillery. GRADs & mortars always used to defend open areas #libya
Sumayya
Sometime’s I read all these Op-Ed’s about Libya…and have to remind myself that it’s an ‘opinion’ and refrain from punching the screen.
HRW:
Libya: Government Lays More Mines in Western Mountains
(Zintan) – Libyan government forces have placed at least three minefields containing antipersonnel and antivehicle landmines outside the village of al-Qawalish in the western Nafusa Mountains, Human Rights Watch said today.
“The government’s blatant disregard for the safety of its civilians is shameful,” said Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch. “Landmines are a weapon that will claim civilian limbs and lives for years to come.”
Two of the minefields were laid near each other on a pair of dirt roads leading to a boy scout building known as al-Malayab, west of al-Qawalish (coordinates N 31˚ 58’ 50.79" E 12˚ 40’ 32.23" and N 31˚ 58’ 50.74" E 12˚ 41’ 26.26"). The third minefield was laid along the main asphalt road to al-Qawalish just west of al-Malayab (coordinates N 31˚ 59’ 2.26" E 12˚ 40’ 29.58").
Government forces had apparently been positioned at the boy scout building outside al-Qawalish until rebels seized the area and the village in the early afternoon of July 6, 2011.
Read more:
www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/07/08/libya-go...
Adel:
From #Yemen & #Egypt to #Syria & #Libya millions of Arabs are in the streets fighting and demanding a better future, history in the making
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Reuters: 5 FFs were killed &17 were injured in fighting with Gadaffi forces near Misrata on Friday, medical workers said
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Family of Abdel Salem young student I saw die at field hosp’ Sat’ going around #Misrata #Libya with spray can renaming streets in his memory
Images of #Gaddafi off the walls & onto the floors in #Misrata #Libya . Here’s a pic from hosp’ treating #feb17 rebels t.co/Sur2Q5R
This may be the world’s most dangerous bridge. Take close look at central pillars in #feb17 held #misrata #libya twitpic.com/5mwpxs
Entrance of memorial on #Tripoli street #Misrata #Libya to people killed by #Gaddafi forces . Alot of ammo still live t.co/ilJ2tDY
Inside of memorial on #Tripoli street #Misrata #Libya where hundreds of photo’s of dead are put on display t.co/Kf2Gwop
Head of military intelligence for #feb17 rebel forces in #misrata #Libya Ibrahim Bait Al Mal said 500 special forces coming from Benghazi
Head of mil’ intel’ for #feb17 rebel forces in #misrata #Libya said 170 of special forces will come this weekend to join southern front
170 now, rest later. But what #Libyan rebels want more is ammo. Lots of frustration privately with #Benghazi leaders over this.
Wonderful a journo who tweets this much, thank you Paul!
20arb
News video on western front in #Libya trunc.it/gs73h
in.reuters.com/video/2011/07/06/libyan-...=216886809&view=216886809&sp=104&refresh=true
sixarts
Nigth time security checkpoint in #tripoli r Ibeen intimidate by the presence of #FF armed group #libya
Peter Clifford:
Libya. NATO attack helicopters have now destoyed 300 miltary targets incl tanks and radar
bit.ly/PCOLibya
NATO has now damaged or destroyed 1800 military targets throughout Libya.A few hours after the Tripoli daylight raids Gaddafi issued a defiant audio message saying, “We only have one choice. This is our country and we shall stay here till the end – dead, alive, victorious. It doesn’t matter…..We shall not leave. We shall not surrender…..We welcome death. Martyrdom is a million times better.” NATO hit Tripoli with 27 low-level daylight air strikes today, hitting targets at the Popular and Revolutionary Guard barracks, both in the vicinity of Gaddafi’s compound.
More:
egyptday1.blogspot.com/2011/07/nato-att...
billneelyitv Bill Neely
10,000 #Gaddafi suprtrs rally in #Tripoli.Many say #NATO bombing is driving ppl behind Gaddafi.Like bombing Serbia then.But Milosevic fell.
Tripoli rally follows mass wedding in #Gaddafi’s compound. 25 couples married,thousands watched at building bombed in 1986. No Gaddafi tho.
No #Gaddafi either at restaurant rally in#Tripoli where he gave intvw in March.Not in compound.Not at Green Square balcony.#Libyan Pimpernel
Some #Libya rebels reporting another push is likely on the Misrata front where rebels gained 4 miles on Wed.
WAIT, WHAT? Weddings?
Here we are! Puzzle solved:
That would be one way to get a lot of people together!
Party time!!!!!!!!
Now g tv can show how many people "luv " him, what a drama queen!
G missed his profession, he should have gone into movie making.
Weddings, prayers and manipulations, the Libyan Mystery! coming to a cinema near you……..
He could have lived in la-la-land forever……….
electra
#LIBYA // many people are right now asking around on twitter if anybody showed up today at #GreenSquare #Tripoli youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8fjl…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8fjleIkmc&fea...
zoominitalia Zoom.in Italia
Nozze di massa a Tripoli per sfidare la Nato bit.ly/pUiUSr
VID weddings:
www.zoomin.tv/site/video.cfm/lang/it-it...
Massin
It is becoming extremely difficult to leave #Tripoli day by day. All roads are blocked by multiple #Gadafi forces checkpoints.
Check it out: 20Arb
Tarablis
Lot of info with:
News
Aid
Links
sites.google.com/site/tarablis
Shabab:
Freedom Fighters set for renewed push to Tripoli Libyan
July 8, 2011
Miles de personas hacen oran hoy en jaima gigante el Plaza Verde #Trípoli. yfrog.com/keiw9htj
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Поглед ка Триполију
Побуњеници се надају да би нападима на два фронта могли стићи надомак Триполија. У граду се ноћу чују рафали из аутоматског наоружања, док Гадафијеве присталице најављују масовне демонстрације. НАТО први пут гађа рафинерије. Последња фаза кампање ваздушних удара. Крај Гадафија, најавио шеф НАТО-а.
With Pics and vid.
www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/2/%D0%...
electra
#LIBYA : this is the response at Green Square today: Friday prayers in #Tripoli 8-7-2011 youtube.com/watch?v=hdpJsw…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdpJswDZivk&fea...
electra
ALERT: #NATO is helping rebel advance towards #Tripoli, there’s no way to deny the obvious, it’s paving a bloody road to destruction & death
Some people just don’t get it:(
Answer:
tantramancan
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QT @electra: ALERT: #NATO is helping rebel advance towards #Tripoli, GREAT, the SOONER the BETTER. GET #Gaddafi OUT NOW ! FREEDOM
Good advice:
Kathphlox Phlox White
For journos who want to leave Tripoli fast, save a truthful article and publish when needed, no delays in getting your passport ;)
ItalianPolitics Politica Italiana
Aggiornamento #Libia n.2. Le forze degli insorti #NTC ormai sono a circa 84km a Sud ed Est di #Tripoli, ma si combatte sul tardi,causa caldo
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
WFP begun ferry service from Benghazi to transport both aid workers & food to besieged city of Misrata. #Libya wfp.org/stories/ferry-…
AJE: 5 FFs die in fighting today according to medical sources.
AJE: Very heavy fighting at the frontline, which have pushed considerably west.
Shabab:
Don’t ‘call us rebels’
t was getting late for a foray to the front. There was perhaps an hour’s light left in the sinking sun. Not much time to negotiate our way up there and back before dark.
But we had run into the same brick wall that was stopping all the media in Misurata from reporting at the frontline.
The military commanders had universally decided that the press did more harm than good after one of our colleagues gave away rebel positions in his report a couple of weeks earlier.
As we hung out at the makeshift hospital just back from the key checkpoint, one of the local tradesmen, who had supported the rebels with supplies since the beginning, lodged a complaint.
“Why do you call them rebels? They are not fighting men. They are civilians forced to pick up weapons.” Mohammed was indignant.
“You need to tell the world that these men are normal people. Gaddafi has forced them to take up arms. It’s a crime.”
He wasn’t an old man but the crags and wrinkles on his kind face spelt out years of hard work and worry. It was only when he began to recite Kenny Rogers songs that some of those years fell away.
We reached the frontline as dusk fell, the silhouettes of the ‘rebels’ crouched behind their sand berms just about visible in the pinkish glow, their cigarettes glowing red in the darkness.
The thuds and clatter of machine guns and artillery crackled along the line.
I hastily interviewed the nearest commander while we could still see to film. He explained how the fighting had gone that day, sketching out a map of their positions in the dirt, sounding every inch an experienced battlefield expert. After our interview I asked what he did for a living before the uprising.
“I was an engineer at the steelworks,” he replied with a broad smile. Every rebel fighter I’ve talked to in Libya has said they plan to go back to their old jobs after the war.
But the longer this conflict takes to reach a conclusion the further that hope for a return to normal life is beginning to feel for this civilian army.
Source Al Jazeera
LibyanLion
AJE: Trained troops from #Benghazi to reinforce the FFs in order to help the push.
AJE: FFs need more weapons/ammo. They are outgunned. Lacking heavy artillery + ammo, which makes a big difference.
Yefrenia
Im so proud of all my blossoming flowers Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, Algeria, Morroco, Saudi Arabia, Palestine…#ArabSpring
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Anchored just outside port #Tripoli #Libya is #Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” delivering supplies from #Istanbul #Turkey. #feb17
Khiria
Congrats to the @guardian for getting kicked out of #Tripoli, #Libya by #Gaddafi’s regime for reporting the truth!!!!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Also in port #Tripoli #Libya at this time: #StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “PRINCESS DINA” & #Panama CARGO SHIP “INDRA II”. #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIPS in port #Tripoli #Libya: “DERIN”, “BURCUM I”, “SEREN AYANOGLU”. #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIPS in port #Tripoli #Libya: “KEREM AYANOGLU”, “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN”, “DENIZ YILDIZI S”. #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Government of #Turkey continues criminal support of #Gaddafi w/ material support: 6 Turkish CARGO SHIPS now in port #Tripoli
Niz:
7/8/2011 – TRIPOLI UPDATE — اخر التطورات بطرابلس
لم تغلق المساجد في صلاة الجمعة اليوم ، أرسل النظام الرسائل القصيرة على مدار الأسبوع و وضع ملصقات على المساجد لحت سكان طرابلس لصلاة الجمعة في الساحة الخضراء (ميدان الشهداء) " وكان هدا علي انه علامة على تحدي “العدوان الصليبي” ودعما ل "معمر القدافي ". رغم ذلك ، كانت المساجد مليئة وسكان طرابل…
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli 1/2: via FGM: Mosques weren’t closed today. Regime encouraged ppl to pray in Martyr Sq via SMS & posters on mosque
Tripoli 2/2: via FGM:Despite this call to support Gaddafi,Tripoli mosques were full : ) Itself is a sign of civil disobedience #Libya #Feb17
benghazifeb
@guardian thanks for trying to do your job in tripoli, and hope to see you in FREE LIBYA SOON
Craig:
The hands of a bride are seen during a wedding ceremony in Tripoli, Libya tgr.ph/nIy8ng
THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Via @NIZ_FGM: My mosque in particular was packed to the rafters and people were joyful and smiling at the turnout. This in itself is a sign of civil disobedience and protest and can be taken as a sign of the extent of anit-gaddafi sentiment in the Capital. #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good map showing the various neighbourhoods of Tripoli in English is.gd/HjTgcz #Feb17 #Libya
Libyans showing support for NATO’s help
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On July 9 there will be a group protesting that supports pro-Gaddafi talks, and wants NATO out so that Gaddafi can continue to ‘take care of his people’. This group of people know nothing of the hardships many of us have faced under Gaddafi’s rule. They don’t care about the Libyan people and only see this as the cause of the month. They did not stand up for the people while thousands of people were murdered and many probably did… not know where Libya was until March.
As Libyans, lovers of human rights, and pro-democracy advocates we must all stand united as the Libyan people rise up and fight for democracy. The people of Libya who want these inalienable rights back are just lawyers, accountants, teachers, students, bakers, etc They are not military personal, and most never held a gun before February. They fight a force that has no morals, billions of dollars, a stock pile of weapons, and the loyalty of a few nations willing to send him mercenaries.
It was clear as the people rose up to fight for their rights, that it was going to be a 1 sided battle. within hours the Gaddafi regime opened up fire on unarmed civilians, shooting them with small arms dropped from planes, 50-cal machine guns, and anti-air craft guns. We know that a no-fly zone enforcement was needed and the Libyan people petitioned the world to help. The world answered unanimously by all voting parties for UNSC 1973. As Libyans we are eternally grateful for the support.
Libyan Americans have been having demonstrations of solidarity daily in front of the White House. Yes, every day since Feb 19. It is not just a showing of support for our family, friends, and neighbors in Libya, But a showing of gratitude for Pres Obama’s decision. Now people are standing up against him to make it a political agenda. We must continue to show our support.
I ask everyone to please come out on July 9th at 11:30am so we can show our support for NATO’s help. We need to make sure our voice to the media is louder than theirs.
Open invite, you can invite more people.
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21127383...
iyad_elbaghdadi
Normally when companies compete, users benefit. But when Twitter blocks Google real-time search shouldn’t it open historical tweets?
Libya_Now
Video presented as “prayers”, they dont know what is a prayer. This is a demo, not a prayer in Green Place #Tripoli. youtube.com/watch?v=hdpJsw…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdpJswDZivk
NATO Secretary General checks on progress in Libya
The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has visited Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) and the Headquarters Combined Joint Task Force Operation Unified Protector (CJTFOUP) today.
During his visit, the Secretary General met the Commander of JFC Naples, Admiral Samuel Locklear III and the Commander of Operation Unified Protector, Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard.
He discussed the progress of the NATO mission in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973.
Libyan rebels have advanced on two fronts against Colonel Gaddafi’s troops, who NATO reported still held two cities west of Tripoli.
The UN has called for a peaceful transition to end the war.
Source:
www.bfbs.com/news/worldwide/nato-secret...
July 6:
Ambitious Libyan rebels to meet NATO and EU chiefs next week
By AFP
Brussels
Libyan rebels will hold meetings with NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen and European Union president Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels next week, NATO and EU said.
Mr. Rasmussen has invited the rebel representatives for a meeting at alliance headquarters for the first time on July 13, a NATO diplomat said. The gathering was agreed on by ambassadors of the 28-nation alliance.
“NATO countries agreed to invite the rebels because there is no NATO representation in Benghazi yet,” the diplomat said on condition of anonymity, referring to the rebel bastion in eastern Libya.
Separately, a European diplomat said a member of the National Transitional Council (NTC) will meet Mr. Van Rompuy next week. The TNC official may also meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso next week.
While the 27-nation EU has opened a mission in Benghazi, NATO does not have an office there.
NATO officials declined to confirm whether Mr. Rasmussen had invited the rebels, but noted he has met NTC officials at meetings abroad of the international contact group on Libya.
“NATO has had contacts with the (NTC) as part of the broad international efforts to find a solution to the Libya crisis,” a NATO official said.
“For instance, the secretary general has met representatives of the (NTC) in the context of the contact group. Such meetings have taken place and will continue to take place,” the official said.
Several NATO nations, including the United States, Britain and France, have recognized the NTC as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people. Turkey became the latest alliance member to recognize them, doing so on Monday.
Source;
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/07/...
Skeptical
NATO FAILED 2 CONVINCE ALGERIA 2 STOP REPLACING GADDAFI WEAPONS YOU HIT & SUPPLYING GADDAFI WITH FUEL, AMMO & MERCS
Calculators do come in handy! :)
GreenFreedom1
For 1minute I read 10.000 Gaddafi suprtrs Friday Rallye in Tripoli ; Libya has 6.461.454 ppl so 0,154% of Libyans support Gaddafi ….Aha !
IamLibya
Gaddafi intended to close all mosques in Tripoli today, yet they are open and FULL all over the city. Libyans will not surrender. #FreeLibya
Sarah
Zliten:FF making gd advances.Have cleared Maghara Dakheel area which is 9km from city centre v@Zlitenfree
dovenews Libyan™
#Sabha: Gaddafi forces are threatening DRs & ordering them not to treat injured #FF. #Sabha #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
dovenews Libyan™
Poland Foreign Minister: Poland will be sending an ambassador to #Bengahzi. #Poland #Libya
Newschecker1 FF’s!
difference between #nato and #gadaffi? nato #protectingcivilians gadaffi murdering civilians
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hominoid555
Libya NATO planes over Tripoli
!7.15 hrs local
dovenews Libyan™
There R no direct clashes btween #FF & Gaddafi forces in #Algawaleash area, wht happen is that G forces attckd the city wth grad missiles
dovenews Libyan™
Anti Gaddafi protest in #Alqordabea in #Sabha & Gaddafi forces are arresting protesters in the city. #Sabha #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces have attacked #Nalut with grad missiles & rocket launchers. #Nalut #Nafusa #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
dovenews Libyan™
#Gaddafi is hiding weapons in a #Malaysian company in #Salah #Aldean area in #Tripoli. #Libya @NATO
dovenews Libyan™
#Hana #Gaddafi is living in #Tripoli medical center, second floor next to the operation room, she threatening DRs
& determine who should get treated first. Hana is Gaddafi’s daughter, allegedly was killed in the #US air strike on Gaddafi’s compound
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Nafousa: Reports that NATO jets are bombing Gaddafi tanks and artillery positions in Gheryan and nearby areas
libyanproud
BREAKING : #NATO bombing more positions between #Gwaleesh and #Ghiryan . Thank You #NATO !
libyanfsl
there was no propaganda, Gaddafi backed off the request, the orders were given & then backed off the decision
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : #NATO heavily bombing #Gaddafi artillery positions in #Miskah . #Feb17 #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : #NATO bombing #Gaddafi grads and tanks in #Alasaba . #Feb17 #Libya
United States mission to NATO
Twitter session:
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder Welcome, everyone! Great Qs over the past few days. I will start answering them now. #NATOSlo @USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder Looks #Libya is a hot topic today. I'll RT the Qs and answer as best i can. Will also check new Qs as they come in. #NATOSlo. Q: @formatted_dad -- What criteria will NATO use to determine when it has accomplished its goals in Libya? #NATOSlo A: @USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder @formatted_dad #NATO agreed to halt strikes once regime stops attacks, w/draws forces, and allows aid. #BerlinConditions #NATOSlo Q: @brooklyn_wgh: How does the #ICC arrest of #Gaddafi affect #NATO's role in #Libya? #NATOSlo A: @USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder @brooklyn_wgh NATO welcomes arrest warrants issued by the #ICC for #Gaddafi. (con't.) #NATOSlo A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder @brooklyn_wgh Warrants represent further justification of NATO's mandate to protect civs. We're determined to see it through. #NATOSlo Q: bmarksedwill: Transition coming; seeing benefits of process we have long worked on in Lashkar Gah Do you share our confidence? #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
marksedwill -- We've made much progress last 12 mths, allowing transition to proceed. Confident of success, not least your good work! A: @marksedwill -- good to have you on Twitter. #NATOSlo Q: @JesperHolland - Why's NATO not using helicopters to protect the west of Misrata? Why do they allow Gaddafi Artillery there? #NATOSlo A: b USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder @JesperHolland - NATO is using helos to protect civ throughout Libya. Misrata safer because of NATO action & courageous rebels #NATOSlo Q: @A22523 Is NATO planning on providing supplies (lethal or non lethal) to the Libyan opposition? Thanks. #NATOSlo A: bA22523 UNSCRs 1970 and 1973 do not preclude providing defense material to the Libyan opposition. (cont.) #NATOSlo
A: @A22523 US committed to helping people of #Libya w/ non-lethal aid. We’ve already provided over $100 mil in humanitarian aid #NATOSlo
A: @A22523 That said, NATO’s mandate is to protect civilians & it will not supply lethal aid. #NATOSlo
Q: @pricefloyd — Question: How do you/we convince a younger generation of the need for #NATO? #gov20 #Libya #NATOSlo @AlecJRoss
A: @pricefloyd I wrote an oped in the @NYT about the need for NATO goo.gl/kFUuZ (con’t) #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@pricefloyd Also young talent entering foreign service & study intl. relations will help expand the vibrancy of #NATO. #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@pricefloyd We must encourage the next generation of diplomats, Ambs, and ministers. #USNATO always looking for good interns! #NATOSlo
Q: @CamboDonut: @USAmbNATO Why aren’t you boarding more vessels supplying Tripoli port with weapons? #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@CamboDonut – #NATO has hailed 1663 ships, boarded 150, denied 9. Confident no weapons coming into #Libya by sea. #NATOSlo
Q: @GlenSalo What is the relevance of #NATO for American foreign policy in the 21st century? Why? #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@GlenSalo: Pres. @BarackObama said it best: NATO is “the most successful alliance in human history.” #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@GlenSalo: A united front against terrorism, cyber attacks, piracy and other emerging threats reinforces global security. #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@GlenSalo: Our world is complex, unpredictable. Challenges/threats are best met w/ strong alliances and partnerships. #NATOSlo
Q: @Lion_Chew_Toy #NATOslo Mr. Ambassador, having done model NATO, consensus is hard. By adding more nations, how fulfill initial purpose?
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@Lion_Chew_Toy Getting consensus can be difficult, but necessary for good policy and strong multilateral action. #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@Lion_Chew_Toy Congrats on your involvement in model NATO! Students around the world shld participate! #NATOSlo
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
Thanks for participating in my first Twitter Q&A. I consider it a great success. Got tons of questions (tho less than #AskObama…) #NATOSlo
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
As Sec. Clinton said: There’s a power “this surge in connectivity can have in shaping society.” #NATOSlo
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
E-diplomacy is a powerful tool in an increasingly borderless world. #NATOSlo
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
It was great to tweet with you all. #NATOSlo
Source:http://nato.usmission.gov/ambassador-speeches/twinterview.html
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
Wish I could have replied to everyone’s questions – plenty of really good ones! Looking forward to more Twitter conversations in the future
dovenews Libyan™
libya.tv is currently showing one of Gaddafi’s crimes “Chad war” sending school boys to fight for nothing!
dovenews Libyan™
I would like to remind everyone that #Misrata does not have a hospital, DRs are using private clinics to help the injured.
ppl in #Misrata R asking to have a proper floating hospital as medics on the ground cant cope with the number of injured & lack of equipment
#Misrata needs a fully equipped floating hospital to help the injured. PLZ RT @icrc_english @UN @NATO @IslamicReliefUK @unicefusa #Libya
#Misrata: 10s of children have some of their limbs amputated due to #Gaddafi forces attacks on civilians homes with grad missiles.
#UN: Ban Ki Moon talked to Gaddafi and told him the fight must end
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
The #Misrata rebels are now 6 km ahead. Proof that the #feb17 #Libyan rebels are making gains and holding them. yfrog.com/khzfsfxj
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reuters: NATO struck four times in the mid-afternoon today 3km East of Qawaleesh is.gd/3OaFhH #feb17 #libya
Reuters:
NATO warplanes bomb Gaddafi forces in Western Mountains
AL-QAWALISH, Libya, July 8 (Reuters) – NATO warplanes bombed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Libya’s Western Mountains on Friday at the front line where Gaddafi’s troops retreated two days ago from a rebel advance.
The bombs landed about three km (two miles) east of the village of Al-Qawalish, said Abdul Wahad, a rebel fighter manning the last checkpoint on the eastern edge of the village.
He said they struck four times in the mid-afternoon.
Rebels forced Gaddafi troops from the village on Wednesday in one of their biggest advances in weeks, pushing down the highway towards the strategic town of Garyan, which controls the main road south out of the capital Tripoli about 100 km (60 miles) away.
(Reporting by Peter Graff, Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
Source:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL6...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good progress reported towards Zletin. Zletin will be free soon inshallah #feb17 #libya
Hundreds of well trained soldiers have arrived in Misrata from Benghazi. Libya is one #feb17 #libya
FreeBenghazi
Gaddafiforces using cars w independence flag,killing &detaining ppl in Zliten to create discord between two cities
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore OIL TANKER “NORD FARER” 34.21533˚/19.0195˚ Dest: #Gibraltar apparently headed Gulf of #Sirte #Libya #feb17 @NATO
Navy
HMS Liverpool comes under fire off Libyan coast
The dangers faced by HMS York have been illustrated today when it was revealed another Royal Navy ship HMS Liverpool has been fired on at least 4 times in the waters off Libya.
It emerged as three British Military commanders just back from Libya spoke to journalists at the Ministry of Defence.
Personnel from Liverpool have boarded a number of ships, as part of her role trying to enforce the arms embargo against the Gaddaffi regime.
We were told this by the former commander of HMS Cumberland who handed over to Liverpool. The other part of the navy operation he highlighted is submarines providing intelligence from under the sea.
Involved in the mission are 900 RAF personnel who have been drafted to the med, on top of any already based in Cyprus.
For the RAF’s fighters they say 99 percent of strikes against fixed targets are hitting their intended mark. 98% for moving targets.
The key role of intelligence was also highlighted as government forces merge into civilian populations and areas he says surveillance aircraft are helping them follow the patterns of life to help avoid civilian casualties.
Of course Apache helicopters are now also in action. They’ve carried out 39 engagements including tanks, radar stations, and Libyan Special Forces boats.
The former UK air component commander said since Libyan Government forces left Misrata all they’d really seen them do is dig in and move back.
Source:
www.bfbs.com/news/navy/hms-liverpool-co...
THANKU4THEANGER
Unconfirmed: G forces clashed w/ retreating G forces from Qawaleesh at AlKleba checkpoint near Gheryan mistaking them for FFs w/ both sides suffering casualties #feb17 #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Funny: Right after tweeting loc. of #Singapore OIL TANKER “NORD FARER” they dropped anchor. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore OIL TANKER “NORD FARER” 34.21533˚/19.0195˚ Dest: #Gibraltar apparently headed Gulf of #Sirte #Libya #feb17 @NATO
NPR:
Questions Linger: Who Is Fighting For Gadhafi?
Among the prisoners held by anti-Gadhafi rebels in western Libya are many sub-Saharan Africans. Rebel leaders have long accused Moammar Gadhafi of recruiting black African mercenaries. Interviews at a rebel prison appear to corroborate the allegations. The prisoners — Libyans as well as sub-Saharan Africans — say Gadhafi’s army is running short of food and ammunition, and is plagued by desertions.
Listen here:
www.npr.org/2011/07/08/137695040/questi...
AJE:
NATO has denied the Libyan government’s charge that it intentionally carried out air raids to aid rebel advances, saying it is sticking to UN mandate to protect civilian lives.
Wing Commander Mike Bracken, an alliance spokesman in Naples, Italy, said on Friday that NATO is “not involved in the ground battles”.
However, he acknowledged that NATO is tracking the fighting between Libyan opposition fighters and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the country’s long-time leader.
Khaled Kaim, Libya’s deputy foreign minister, accused NATO on Thursday of intensifying its bombing campaign and backing foreign mercenaries to lay the groundwork for an advance by rebels trying to topple Gaddafi’s government.
In an interview with the Associated Press news agency, Kaim said increased bombings in recent days represent the “final phase” of NATO’s air campaign.
But he said the push will fail and that civilians will be the ones to pay the price.
Kaim said NATO targeted police checkpoints in the Nafusa Mountains southwest of Tripoli before a rebel advance towards the village of Qawalish, which rebel fighters said they seized on Wednesday.
A fuel depot in the key eastern oil town of Brega was also destroyed, Kaim said.
NATO insisted it hit equipment used to refuel government military vehicles.
“The aim of these attacks is to help the rebels to advance. But I assure you, it will be another failure for them,” Kaim said.
Report here:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
4Adam Adam
Jul 8th 2011 – Interview with NATO Secretary General on Operation Unified Protector youtube.com/watch?v=lC4OfX… #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4OfX42BBQ&fea...
AndersFogh Rasmussen
Doing a great job for Libya
Vid:
andersfogh.info/2011/07/08/doing-a-grea...
Après le Venezuela de Chavez, la Syrie d’Assad et l’Iran de Khameneï, Kadhafi collectionne les soutiens des sectes
Libye : Les Raëliens volent au secours de Kadhafi
Le Mouvement Raëlien soutient Kadhafi face à l’agression internationale que subit la Libye
vendredi 8 juillet 2011 – 12h28, par Mediarabe.info – Rome
Alors que les révolutionnaires libyens resserrent l’étau autour de Kadhafi, et progressent sur les axes Misrata-Zliten-Tripoli dans l’est, et Goualich-Ghariane-Bir el Ghanam dans le sud, le Guide reçoit le soutien de Raël, le fondateur et chef spirituel du Mouvement Raëlien International. Fin juin, il a déclaré soutenir le guide de la révolution libyenne face à l’agression internationale dont il est victime. Il a également applaudi l’idée de remplacer le dollar par un dinar-or qui deviendrait monnaie africaine.
Read more and source:
www.mediarabe.info/spip.php?article2009
Khiria
The security at the Egypt – Libya border is better than it was before!
libya_liberty
free fighters headinh again to Zlitan and are now 1 km away from its city centre
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
wednesday shelling caused the death of a woman and a child #misurata #libya
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
I’m at the point where earlier in the week a #Libyan rebel machine gun was firing at #Gaddafi troops. It’s deserted. yfrog.com/kj5mkxjfj
The #Misrata rebels are now 6 km ahead. Proof that the #feb17 #Libyan rebels are making gains and holding them. t.co/i6XSdx0
#Libyan #feb17 rebels in #Misrata say in today’s fighting with #Gaddafi forces they had 6 dead, 39 injured 5 of them seriously.
4Adam Adam
Photos – Gaddafi’ indiscriminate shelling of #Nalut targeted unarmed civilians in their homes on.fb.me/nvpaQ4 #Libya #Nafusa #Feb17
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.25223...
WilliamJHague William Hague
My talks with the President focussed on impact on Kenya of humanitarian crisis in Somalia, but also #Libya & constitutional reform in Kenya
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Driven out of Libya by a very sullen minder, passing smashed up shop fronts, broken windows, bullet holes and the obligatory green flags.
MaryGreenCastle Mary :)
Mary :)
UN moves to ease Libya sanctions
By Andrew Beatty (AFP) – 2 hours ago
BENGHAZI, Libya — Fearing an acute shortage of medical and other essential supplies, Libya’s rival factions are in talks with the United Nations to ease international sanctions on the war-torn nation, AFP has learned.
Well-placed UN officials said representatives from Libya’s rebel council and Moamer Kadhafi’s regime held talks last week with the World Health Organisation aimed at drawing up a list of items for sanctions relief.
The Geneva meeting with the UN agency is part of a wider drive to prevent financial sanctions — slapped on Libya’s government and banks — from creating a major humanitarian emergency.
Aid groups across Libya have reported shortages of basic items such as vaccines and painkillers. They say stockpiles in the Kadhafi-controlled west and the rebel-held east have been rapidly depleted by nearly five months of war.
Although some essential goods could be imported under the current sanctions regime, they cannot be paid for because Libyan assets abroad are frozen and foreign banks are refusing to do business with Libyan entities.
Diplomats said Tripoli’s current quarterly order for vaccines is being held up because Dutch bank ABN-AMRO will not accept a Bank of Libya credit note, for fear of running foul of sanctions or risking a public backlash.
Aside from emergency supplies imported by the UN and non-governmental groups, the last major delivery of medicines to Libya was in January.
If the two sides could reach a deal on which items are needed on both sides of the Libyan front line, diplomats said it would be up to Tripoli to send a formal request to the UN sanctions committee in New York.
The details do not yet appear to have been agreed, but could involve Libyan assets abroad being unfrozen to pay for goods, or cash being transferred to the World Health Organisation to procure goods on Libya’s behalf.
The goods would then be distributed to both sides.
“We need to restore the capacity of the government to procure,” said one UN official who asked not to be named. “We are really looking to try to find a solution to this problem, which is the shortage of drugs.”
The Libyan government is thought to have spent around $2 billion a year on medicines, although some officials remarked that smarter procurement could lower that cost.
But the proposal could face stiff political and legal barriers.
Aside from political differences fuelled by NATO’s interpretation of UN Security Council resolutions, the UN itself is fearful of repeating its experience of Iraq’s much-troubled oil for food programme.
The programme punched a hole in international sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, allowing the proceeds from oil exports to be used to buy medical or other essential supplies.
But it was later found to be riddled with corruption. Saddam’s government allegedly embezzled millions of dollars from the scheme, sparking a scandal that caused major embarrassment to the United Nations.
“I’m not sure we want to repeat that,” one UN official said.
Officials also expected some resistance to sanctions being lifted on supplies of refined oil and food, which, while vital to humanitarian efforts, can also be used to bolster the military.
NATO members hoping to increase pressure on the Kadhafi regime are unlikely to want to create a pressure release valve for the strongman by easing conditions for his troops.
Any move to unfreeze assets is also likely to fuel long-standing calls from the rebels that they be able to use assets abroad to fund the war effort, something many nations have been reluctant to do.
But the anti-sanctions drive comes as non-profit and multilateral agencies are growing more fearful about the rapid degradation of Libyan supplies and critical infrastructure.
“Despite some donations, shortages and irregular supply of vaccines and medicines remains a problem,” said World Health Organisation spokesman Tarik Jasarevic.
A recent situation report by OCHA, the UN agency coordinating the humanitarian response, said food stocks were being depleted faster than they are replenished and there was a severe lack of fuel in west Libya.
The World Food Programme has so far distributed around 6,000 metric tons of food to around 543,000 beneficiaries across the country.
In the east, the rebel National Transitional Council has been hobbled by a severe lack of funding, which is beginning to take a toll on critical infrastructure.
Blackouts have become more common in Benghazi and water supplies are said to be running low. bit.ly/n5DFSr
One major concern is that desalination plants and the Great Man-made River facility, which supplies around 70 percent of Libya’s water, could be crippled by the lack of spare parts and chemicals.
So far UN agencies have supplied some basic components, but officials said the state-of-the-art facility is struggling to keep reservoirs at a level that can provide a sustainable supply.
If the project were to fail, agencies fear a massive humanitarian emergency.
Wessim
Libye: La colère monte en Afrique du Sud contre les bombardements de l’OTAN
Afrique du Nord – Libye
Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud – La colère monte en Afrique du Sud contre la poursuite des bombardements de la Libye par l’OTAN, alors même que l’Union africaine (UA) a approuvé un plan de règlement de la crise. Des centaines de personnes ont manifesté mercredi devant l’ambassade des Etats-Unis à Pretoria pour réclamer la fin des opérations de l’OTAN. Ce rassemblement s’est achevé par le dépôt d’un mémorandum aux officiels américains disant que les bombardements sapent les efforts des Africains pour négocier une solution pacifique. Le président sud-africain, Jacob Zuma, qui s’est rendu à Tripoli deux fois en l’espace de quelques mois, se heurte aux critiques de ses compatriotes pour avoir soutenu une résolution de l’ONU autorisant l’action militaire en Libye. Julius Malema, le leader de la Ligue des jeunes du parti au pouvoir, qui a pris part au rassemblement, a déclaré que l’Afrique du Sud aurait du savoir que ‘les puissances impérialistes’ violeraient la zone d’exclusion aérienne.
M. Zuma a mis en garde l’OTAN contre l’usage de sa puissance militaire pour assassiner le numéro un libyen, soulignant au passage que la résolution de l’ONU qui a autorisé l’action de l’OTAN en Libye était censée protéger le peuple libyen,, non procéder à ‘un changement de régime ou un assassinat politique’.
Full art and source:
www.afriquejet.com/afrique-du-nord/liby...
Le chef de la Ligue Arabe participera à la réunion du groupe de contact sur la Libye à Istanbul
Le vice-secrétaire général de la LA, Ahmed Bin Heli, a déclaré dans un communiqué que lors de la réunion, M. Arabi discutera de la vision de la LA et de ses efforts et suggestions pour résoudre la crise.
Il a ajouté que cette réunion intervient dans le contexte d’intégration des efforts internationaux et régionaux déployés pour atteindre une solution politique, et fixera le mécanisme dans la période de transition pour atteindre la stabilité en Libye.
More and source:
www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2011/7/7/b...
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#EpicLibyanman ’s smile could bring down Gaddafi on its own #feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/kepbggj
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Video: Libyan Freedom Forces Commander: #Gaddafi fall imminent youtu.be/4PWiKxlxhec #Libya #Feb17 #Reuters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PWiKxlxhec&fea...
LE MONDE:
The Libyan Diaspora And The War
Libyans who have left, and others with experience abroad, play a key role for the anti-government forces in coordinating and communicating with the outside world.
By Florent Marcie
ZINTAN – For decades, Libyans have been fleeing oppression and authoritarian rule, leaving behind their home country in hopes of finding a better life abroad. This so-called Libyan diaspora has spread across Europe, North America and Australia.
Other Libyans, especially those working for international oil companies, have frequently spent different periods abroad for either professional or language training. When unrest broke out in Libya in mid-February, most of those with foreign connections supported the rebels’ cause, and some ex-patriots even returned home.
This Libyan version of “globalization” means there are three co-existing societies: Libyans living abroad, most of them English-speaking and open-minded; Libyans living in Libya who’ve been psychologically marked by Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule; and those living in Libya but who have tried to open up to the world using the Internet.
Under current circumstances, the diaspora has turned out to be crucial. Besides the fact they speak English, they have the capacity to do things that can’t be done by those living under an authoritarian regime. They have been especially important to the media, a driving force during the Arab Spring.
The first thing rebels set up in villages they control in western Libya are “Media Centers.” Even in Yafran, where power cuts are common, twin brothers Mazigh and Madghis — who both studied in Australia — proudly visit the new center. “It only opened a few days ago, but it already has WiFi. Hopefully, we’ll soon be able to welcome lots of journalists.”
Other members of the diaspora go even further, and are taking up arms. “I grew up in Manchester,” says Abdul, a strong-looking man, “but my family is from Yafran. I feel better holding a Kalashnikov than a camera. Most of all, we need military aid.”
Source: World Crunch
ChangeInLibya
#WhyGaddafiKeepsCalling It’s too dangerous to leave his bunker, #SaifsBeard bit him twice already.
The media circle of the 17 Feb libyan Revolution
Revolutionaries advancing towards Zletin city again and they are located now at a distance of one kilometer from the center of the city. The Revolutionaries managed to liberate many of the families that had been held by Gaddafi’s troops, in their homes. And Gaddafi’s troops, are fleeing to the west of Zletin
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#EpicLibyanman does not gain courage. He was born with it. #feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/khucbpsj
Misrata Rebels Say They Captured Village After Heavy Fighting
July 8 (Bloomberg) — Rebels in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata said they captured a village on the outskirts of the government-held town of Zlitan after three days of fighting.
Rebel forces entered the village, Souk Tulet, where they were “welcomed by the people,” Radio Misrata reporter Nidal Al Hassan reported today. The claim could not be independently confirmed because foreign journalists have been blocked from visiting frontline areas around Misrata.
Full story:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/07/bloomberg1376-LO0UKG0YHQ0X01-1BANMP79T10I61B88JFF3362J4.DTL
CNN
From deep inside Tripoli, displays of defiance
Opposition figures in Tripoli who are not part of such tours, however, tell a different story. They are doing what they can to remake that image.
One of them calls himself “Niz” and asks that his real name not be revealed because he is afraid of government retribution. He said that the government is working hard to convey through the international media the image of being in control, but that that image is cracking.
“It is entirely in their favor to portray Tripoli as a stronghold, that it is a city entirely behind the regime and Gadhafi,” he told CNN in an interview carried out through Skype to minimize the risk that government agents might track him down. “It can be considered as nothing but sheer lies.”
Full report:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/07...
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#EpicLibyanman ’s rides will end up on Top Gear #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/khn2yhj
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#EpicLibyanman only needs one eye to keep on fighting against Gaddafi . The eye of truth #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/kiiqekj
Ali
#feb17 #Libyans if your car has been to #Tataouine and trying to get back to #Libya through #ras Jadeer becarefullll
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#EpicLibyanman will never let go of the independence flag no matter what he’s doing #feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/kgdwaamj
MaryGreenCastle Mary :)
Behind every #Epic Libyan #Fighter, stand an #Epic #Libyan #Mamma #Libya #Feb17 twitpic.com/5n369t via @twitpic
Misrata Rebels Say They Captured Village After Heavy Fighting
July 8 (Bloomberg) — Rebels in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata said they captured a village on the outskirts of the government-held town of Zlitan after three days of fighting.
Rebel forces entered the village, Souk Tulet, where they were “welcomed by the people,” Radio Misrata reporter Nidal Al Hassan reported today. The claim could not be independently confirmed because foreign journalists have been blocked from visiting frontline areas around Misrata.
Full report and source:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/07/bloomberg1376-LO0UKG0YHQ0X01-1BANMP79T10I61B88JFF3362J4.DTL
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#EpicLibyanman has a sweet tooth but only for this brand #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/kknhqp
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#EpicLibyanman is back and he does not care how he gets to Tripoli as long as he gets there #feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/kgbqwbyj
JOKE OF THE DAY:
Libya_United
Joke of the day: Khaled Kaim new claim to AP : “we’ve evidence that Colombian mercenaries have joined the rebel fighters” #Libya
Ala
If nato was not in libya gaddafi would have mass murdered half our population by now or more. #NATO saved thousands of libyans
More reports that:
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Tripoli: Hana Gaddafi’s daughter staying at 2nd floor of Markazy hospital ordering staff around deciding patient treatment priority #feb17
Misrata: AlHikma hospital has a capacity of 34 patients & now has 100 patients. Conditions very difficult & more aid required #feb17
FFs are consolidating their positions in Naima
.Unconfirmed news they have taken Zedu north of Tuesday marketFFs need to dig in then take Tuesday Market then move on to Zletin
Gaddafi suffers from what iis known in medical terms as Denialtitis
Pressure really building on G Forces in Zletin. Losing it will be a massive military and psychological blow to Gaddafi regime
nyber
Please appeal for protective gear for the FF’s to reduce the casualty rate and the load on medics in Libya #Libya #Gaddafi #17Feb
khald02
Libyans attend Friday prayers near the courthouse in #Benghazi July 8, 2011 (Photo / Reuters) #Libya #Feb17 twitpic.com/5n5y3p
Alex
On Friday 8th July 2011, @Alex said:
AJE: “one reason for the slow progress the @NATO campaign is making against #Gaddafi is that #Algeria n armour of superior quality has been replacing the #Libya n material destroyed in air strikes.”
english.aljazeera.net/indepth/briefings...
Libya_from_FR
REPORTS: #Misrata ’s FF are 1km from the centre of #Zliten. On there way they managed to liberate many families. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#MISRATA A battalion of 500Fighters arrived from other parts of #Libya 2day said a spokesman 4 the Freedom Fighters IbrahimBetalmal #Libya
SaifsBeard
i’m thinking of colouring the grey out of my oh so serious sideburns-what colour would match a hague inmate jumpsuit best?
Pool
#Gaddafi is a DANGEROUS TERRORIST.HE IS A THREAT TO #US #EU #NATO #AFRICA HE MUST BE STOPPED. #LIBYA #FEB17 DONT GIVE UP REMEBER #LOCKERBIE
FromJoanne Joanne
#Misrata FF entered Souk Talath where they were “welcomed by the people,” Radio #Misrata reporter Nidal Al Hassan reported today #Libya
bint_
Mashallah 3 martyrs in Misrata front lines with the surname Zletni (6/7/11). Inshallah their hometown will be liberated soon. #feb17 #Libya
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What is amazing about Misrata FFs is the progress they’ve made with very limited access to heavy artillery #feb17 #Libya
Alex
#Gaddafi Embassies in #UK & #EU shld have been closed months ago – straight after his goons destroyed the EU Embassies in #Tripoli. #Libya
Shabab:
Libya: Gaddafi army attacks supply route as opposition make advance
A sustained assault by pro-Gaddafi forces on a vital opposition supply route close to the Tunisian border is threatening to undermine a rebel advance on Tripoli.
After weeks of stalemate, rebel fighters have in recent days begun a two-pronged offensive, raising fresh hopes that opposition forces can regain the upper hand in their campaign to topple Col Muammar Gaddafi.
One advance from the city of Misurata, to the east of the Libyan capital, has made little progress. But Berber tribesmen in the Nafusa Mountains to the south-west of Tripoli are closing in on Gharyan, a heavily fortified garrison town 60 miles from the capital and strategically situated on Libya’s main North-South road.
The advance is being threatened by a sustained army assault on Wazin, the only border crossing with Tunisia that is controlled by the rebels, and the nearby Berber mountain town of Nalut.
If either were to fall, the Gaddafi regime would stand a strong chance of regaining control of the Nafusa mountains by choking off supplies to the rebels and starving their sympathisers into submission.
For now, government forces seem content to harry the two towns rather than take them. The regular bombardment is causing severe disruption in the distribution of food, fuel and provisions to fighters and civilian populations alike.
“The problem is the indiscriminate shelling,” said Mohamed Jernaz, a rebel official in Nalut. “Now there is a general deficit in our stores. Some truck drivers are refusing to come inside the area.”
Hiding behind rocks and in crevices, rebel fighters yesterday observed pro-regime forces in the towns below. A rebel who gave his name as Nadir, said: “Shells hit us this morning, and sometimes they fall on Tunisian villages too.”
Although more than 120 miles from the front line, this border supply route is the lifeline for a string of mountain villages vital to the rebel efforts. Recognising the route’s significance, Col Gaddafi has sent his elite Khamis Brigades, led by and named after his son, to recapture it.
Although they hold the higher ground, the rebels are more poorly armed than those on the front line because they have not benefited, they say, from Nato arms drops. The bombardment is also slowing the main rebel advance on Tripoli as they divert fighters to secure the border.
Although Nato is reportedly reluctant to see the rebels reach Tripoli out of a fear of mass civilian casualties, commanders remain keen that they continue to march towards the capital in an effort to persuade Col Gaddafi’s remaining acolytes to change sides and cause the regime to implode from within.
Col Gaddafi on Friday night threatened to send hundreds of Libyans to launch attacks in Europe in revenge for the NATO-led military campaign against him.
“Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe. I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. But we will give them a chance to come back to their senses,” the Libyan leader said in a televised speech.
Source The Telegraph
Aid worker:
Gadity
Making the most of my last few days here in #Tunisia with the kids. So upset couldnt go back to the camps one last time. :((
Ahmed
Inc, keep throwing the words ‘Oil’, rich, poor, beggars etc which shows how materialistic they are, they see The kingdom slipping away from them..yet they don’t realise that Libyans are richer than ever before, for the 1st time they feel free and they paid the highest price for this freedom, the blood of their brothers, fathers, mothers & daughters.
Khiria
#US & #EU Want #Kenya to freeze #Gaddafi assets. Why is it refusing to do so? #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
SecularLibya
BREAKING: Heinz: #NATO is observing FFs at 4.4 km (less than 3 miles) of #Zlitan city center. #Libya #Feb17
Heinz: FFs are advancing on the #Zlitan front. Qadafi is creating a line of defense in Khums, expecting to lose Zlitan
FromJoanne Joanne
#Gaddafi #Khamis Brigades R Trying their Damndest 2 RECAPTURE FF Food and Aid Supply ROUTE from Wazin into Nafusa #Libya goo.gl/yysZP
EndTyranny101
#Gaddafi insist that ‘we’ are not afraid to die, we are after martyrdom.So why does he persist on hiding in bunkers & tunnels? #Libya #Feb17
LibyaUnited1944 Libya United 1944
Time 2 unite our terminology…Gadafi says: Green Sq, Western Mountains, Rebels…FREE #Libya ns say: Martyr Sq, Nafousa Mountains, FF!
freedom4libya Khalifa Leebee
What if all the Foreign Journos in #Tripoli write articles that they know would anger #Gadhafi, will all be expelled? #Libya
EndTyranny101
#Gaddafi ranting at #FF..you used to be kings, now you R slaves, you used to be rich , now you are poor, begging in Egypt & Tunisia. #Libya
LibyaLiberty
Let’s offer G clan immunity,but they have 2 walk to freedom thru landmined area. RT@feb17libya Landmines Used By Gadafi Forces in Nafusa Mts
And we get to record it!
FromJoanne Joanne
He is in Gaddafi held #Sabha the deep south of Libya its where he gave his speech from to abt 50.000 ppl #Libya
EndTyranny
#Gaddafi rant..From 28 countries that waged war on us (#Libya) only 2 are left, The #UK & #France..#Italy surrendered & #USA left them..
septimius_sever septimius severus
Aftermath of #NATO combing Gaddafi ammunation site “Elgariat” facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1831...
MUST READ!
James Wheeler puts a human face on Libya war:
Brave Faces in Gaddafi’s war on his own people @WheelerTweets
This is Mohammed. 9 yrs old. He was hit by a Gaddafi Grad while playing outside his house at 5 pm on June 5 in Zintan Libya. His left hand and two toes were ripped off in the blast. His face was pummeled. A piece of shrapnel remains in his eye.
I’ll never forget the way Mohammed looks at his left arm and feels it with his right hand during quiet moments.
This is 14 year old Ahmed Algtani from Ajdabiua in a Tunisian hospital
The photo below of the kid in the saucy Free Libya hat with two damaged hands is 14 year-old Ahmed Algtani from Ajdabiya, Libya in a Tunisian hospital. Kids like Ahmed didn’t volunteer for anything and they don’t deserve this. Pain and depression show clearly on their faces until we can coax them to smile.
Full art and photo’s:
www.sandraoffthestrip.com/2011/07/06/br...
EndTyranny
#Gaddafi rant..They (rebels) in #Benghazi are murdering daily, attacking people raping them, forcing them to join them…#Libya #Feb17
20arb
f #Gaddafi houses in #Sabha, with word “Al-Jamahiria”: 27°09’02.14"N, 14°29’28.90"E #feb17 #Libya trunc.it/gplol _ #Libya
House defeats move to stop funds for Libyan war
From Susan Cornwell, Reuters: A move to stop funding for President Barack Obama’s military intervention in Libya was narrowly defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, underscoring Congress’ unhappiness with the undeclared war.
Both political parties split on the measure, highlighting how tensions over U.S. involvement — in conjunction with NATO — in Libya’s civil war have crossed party lines and created unusual alliances.
Republicans and Democrats argued that President Obama violated the U.S. Constitution and the 1973 War Powers Resolution by failing to secure congressional authorization for U.S. military operations in the north African country.
The House did vote, 225-201, to bar any money in the defense spending bill from being spent on military equipment or training for Libyan rebels. The measure also would have to get Senate approval and be signed by Obama before becoming law. . . .
The House, in a 316-111 vote, also approved a measure barring the Pentagon from using funds from the 2012 defense spending bill on anything that violates the War Powers Resolution, which requires the president to seek congressional approval within 60 days of committing U.S. forces to a conflict. . . .
On a vote of 199-229, the House rejected the proposal to block defense funds in fiscal year 2012, which begins October 1, for U.S. military participation in the NATO-led mission against Gaddafi’s forces. . . .
Source and full art:
networkedblogs.com/kahfc
Ossama
REPORTS: FFs of #Misurata are now only 1km from the centre of #Zliten. On there way they managed to libearte many families. #Libya
EndTyranny
#Gaddafi rant..The Libyan people rule themselves..no one rules them, they practice direct democracy…They (#NATO) don’t understand this.
jaked2
Gaddafi houses in #Sabha, with word “Al-Jamahiria”: 27°09’02.14"N, 14°29’28.90"E #Libya comman and control node @NATO
Ossama BREAKING: #NATO has bombed what is left of the Gaddafi forces at Alosabah NOW! #Libya #feb17
Flights evacuate Chadian migrants from Libya-IOM
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
FromJoanne Joanne
The #Gaddafi Coward FLED 800 KM from #Tripoli to Sabha where he treatened #Europe with "Attacks to kill To make 100s Martyrs "
dovenews Libyan™
5 #FFs were killed & 17 were injured in fighting with Gaddafi forces near #Misrata today via medical workers. #Misrata #Libya
Ossama #Gaddafi accuses the west of being Jealous that #Libya was given the gift of oil from God!
dovenews Libyan™
#NATO warplanes bombed #Gaddafi forces in Western Mountain 2day @ the front line where Gaddafi’s troops retreated 2 days ago from FF advance
Ossama
BREAKING: REPORTS: #Gaddafi made the telephone speech from the city of #Sabha aprox. 800km south of #Tripoli.
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Gaddafi must be tried 4 crimes against humanity in #Libya, sponsoring state terrorism & 4 being a terrorist -#Lockerbie, #Berlin, #Tripoli
dovenews Libyan™
Yesterday: Libyana & Almadar mobile networks sent txt sms to ppl saying mosques are closed & ppl need to go an pray in martyr square.
#Libyana & #Almadar mobile networks are owned by Gaddafi’s son.
La France s’isole en Libye
Le Point.fr – Publié le 08/07/2011 à 19:37 – Modifié le 08/07/2011 à 20:08
Après la Russie et le Royaume-Uni, c’est au tour du Congrès américain de prendre ses distances avec l’initiative française d’armer les rebelles.
Après avoir fustigé l’intervention américaine en Irak, la France jouerait-elle désormais le mauvais rôle en Libye ? Paris se trouve en tout cas chaque jour davantage isolé auprès de ses alliés, en dépit de l’annonce mardi de l’abandon du parachutage français d’armes aux rebelles libyens. Après la Russie et le Royaume-Uni, c’est maintenant au tour des États-Unis de prendre leurs distances avec l’initiative française. En effet, la Chambre américaine des représentants a voté jeudi un amendement interdisant au Pentagone de fournir tout équipement, entraînement ou soutien militaire aux opposants de Muammar Kadhafi, sans pour autant couper les fonds nécessaires à la poursuite de la guerre en Libye. À l’origine du vote, le représentant républicain Tom Cole, qui a insisté sur la “responsabilité du Congrès (…) à mettre fin à cette aventure irréfléchie en Libye”.
Full art and source:
www.lepoint.fr/monde/la-france-s-isole-...
Nato strikes at Libya’s oil in bid to oust Gaddafi
Nato forces have attacked Libya’s oil facilities for the first time in this conflict in an attempt to starve Muammar Gaddafi’s army of fuel, as rebels, following fierce clashes, moved to within 50 miles of the capital Tripoli.
The airstrikes on the complex at Brega, one of the countries’ biggest petrochemical complexes and port for export, was designed, says Nato, to prevent regime troops from mounting attacks.
Control of Brega and the adjoining city of Ras Lanuf has changed hands several times in the course of the bitter civil war. It is now under the control of the regime, denying the opposition administration based in Benghazi a highly lucrative source of income.
Read more:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa...
dovenews Libyan™
#Turkey has frozen approx $1 Billion of the Libyan central bank. #Libya #Turkey
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi again is sending signals to his supporters in #Europe to attack targets. Measurements should be taken to prevent them. #libya
jaked2
protect Wazzin, #Wazzin is being shelled…
Sebastian reports: Merkel/Westerwelle: We need to find a political solution. We’ll help the victims to a tombstone once they’re ultimately dead.
Russia: We aren’t keen on folks who ruin weapon deals worth billions of $$. Also, we don’t care. If in doubt, we’ll veto.
Zuma: Violence is no option, if my buddy Gaddafi could get hurt. By the way, we’ll welcome his envoys, terrorists or not.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
More threats promised by #Gaddafi against #Europe today.
UPDATE 1-Gaddafi threatens “martyr” attacks in Europe
TRIPOLI, July 8 (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi threatened on Friday to send hundreds of Libyans to launch attacks in Europe in revenge for the NATO-led military campaign against him.
“Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe. I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. But we will give them a chance to come to their senses,”
“You will regret it, NATO, when the war moves to Europe,” he said, adding that the Canary Islands, Sicily, other Mediterranean islands as well as Andalusia in southern Spain were Arab lands that should be liberated.
“The Libyan people have no problem, the colonial powers are the ones who have a problem. They want to control our oil. They are jealous because God gave us the gift of oil,” Gaddafi said.
“We do not fear them. We have no choice but to resist, become martyrs and fight on till the end.” (Reporting by Joseph Nasr; Writing by Giles Elgood)
Source and full art:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Message: Make love not war
itn ITN
For the love of the leader: Thousands watch 25 Libyan couples ‘marry for peace’ at Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli… bit.ly/qV8CrA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsnL9hurRg
Weddings and war, a drama by g.
septimius_
Rebels are known for what they are AGAINST, while revolutionaries are known for what they are FOR….. #Libya #Feb17
Mwattin
Source who wishes 2 remain anon: 3 pro- #Gaddafi agents hv entered #UK suspected of coming to carry out retaliation attacks #Libya
Skeptical4 Skeptic
things getting pretty dynamic in #Nafusa, hope #Gaddafi wont take #Gharyan residents hostage 2 Tripoli, or wont execute them in uprising
Skeptical4 Skeptic
looks like #NATO tries to breach #Gaddafi lines near #Gharyan to enable #Nafusa FFs to advance to G without much bloodshed
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
#Libyan leader Col #Gaddafi threatens Europe again if #NATO intervention continues tinyurl.com/6k5wkm8
Captured Gaddafi soldiers, including foreign fighters, tell of low morale
Two Libyan army officers and three sub-Saharan African fighters captured by rebels after a recent battle in the country’s western mountains said Thursday that Libyan troops deployed in the area are running low on ammunition and fuel.
The detainees’ accounts provide rare insight into the role foreign fighters are playing in Libya, as well as the fraying military strength of Gaddafi’s increasingly isolated government.
Full art:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-eas...
feb17libya Feb17Libya
#Gaddafi speech July 8: youtube.com/watch?v=Om5aGx… #Libya // Anyone else believe this also doesn’t sound like #Gaddafi?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om5aGxsOkGA&fea...
You’re right, doesn’t sound like g at all………
libyanproud libyanandproud
#NAFOUSA : #GWALEESH : 2 Grad Launchers have arrived in #alasabaa pointed in the direction of #Kikla .
libyanproud libyanandproud
#NAFOUSA : #GWALEESH : #NATO Strikes at #Jandouba Bridge !! GOOOOO NATO !! #feb17 #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Gaddafi forces are massing at Al khums #Libya
LIBYA_WIN
The old #Gaddafi tricks, brigades in civilian clothing in cars with the new flag, trolling around town to capture anyone who shows support!
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reports of heavy NATO bombing in Brega today till now. Report says it bombing so heavy it could be heard as far as Ajdabiya
FromJoanne Joanne
Gaddafi is Massing his Forces at Al #Khums Afraid that FF will breakthrough #Zliten any moment now #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
God I love Freedom Fighter Fridays #Feb17 #Libya
Niz_FGM Niz
7/8/11 – BREAKING:100% confirmed by FGMovement.Katiba truck destroyed with explosives in Zawiyat Dahmani District within last hour. #Tripoli
IamLibya
tie him up and set the house on fire #Gaddafi
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
OK, so Gaddafi says the #FF are Al-Qaeda, then he threatens to send people to blow themselves up in Europe? LOL
Haitham
just watching the news showing #gaddafi supporters in #tripoli Ok itv, just ignore the millions of rebels protesting in #benghazi then!! :(
That’s ITV for you:(
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nato ’s Helicopter Carriers are in postion and ready for a BUSY Night Fuel Depots are high on their list of targets #Libya
CombatAir Combat Aircraft
At a briefing today, Lt Col Phillip Cook confirmed UK #Apache helicopters operating from HMS Ocean have flown 30 Libya sorties since June 3
bint_
So Algerian, Chinese, Russian oil-firms working in Libya, and here I was thinking it was NATO who wanted to take advantage of our oil. Duh:/
Talking about radio address of g today:
mumbel
he can`t show his face on TV, he missed 4 monthly botox appointments since #Feb17 #Libya ^_ ^
Sonatrach of Algeria to resume research and exploration in Libya
(سوناطراك) الجزائرية تستأنف البحث والاستكشاف في ليبيا
الجزائر-د ب أ- استأنفت شركة المحروقات «سوناطراك» المملوكة للحكومة الجزائرية نشاطها بشكل عادي بعد توقف قصير على خلفية تدهورالوضع في هذا البلد.
ونقلت صحيفة «الخبر» الجزائرية في عددها الصادر امس عن مصادر موثوقة قولها إن شركة « سوناطراك» استأنفت نشاطها في مشاريع البحث واستكشاف النفط في ليبيا بعد توقف قصير بسبب تدهور الوضع هناك
وأضافت المصادر أن فرق البحث الجيوتقني بمنطقة «غدامس» شرعت في عملها بشكل عادي ، فيما يجري التحضير لاستغلال حقلين آخرين ليسا بعيدين عن غدامس.
وأوضحت المصادر أن الفريق الذي يشرف على عمليات التنقيب واستكشاف الغاز والبترول في غدامس وهو فريق جزائري يواصل عمله بشكل عادي منذ أيام في عمليات البحث والتنقيب في إطار مشروع الشراكة المبرم قبل عامين.
تملك الجزائر في مشاريع الشراكة مع الشركة الليبية للبترول ما يزيد عن 50 بالمائة من مشاريع استكشاف واستغلال النفط من قيمة استثمارات فاقت في حقلين في محيط منطقة غدامس نصف مليار
SOURCE:
www.alrai.com/pages.php?news_id=412708
Niz_FGM Niz
7/9/11 – #Tripoli update coming up with videos and explanation of today’s scenes in “Green Square”…. watch this space.
Sarah
3 Zliten FF martyred today.Names-Ibrahim,Adel&Musa v@zlitenfree
4Adam Adam
TIME ‘Gaddafi Recruits Teenagers and Women’ – twitpic.com/5n69mv #Libya #Feb17 #AlSattur
Alex
#Tripoli – here we come! yfrog.com/kjcswmj #Libya
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
Reuters: Today #NATO warplanes bombed #Gaddafi forces 3 km east of the village of Al-Qawalish #Nato#Libya#Feb17
tweets4peace ♡ Freedom ~ Syria ♡ tweets4pe
A caller from Misrata called now and donated 100 dollars for Syria on Alhiwar!!! #Syria #Libya
Gaddafi’s New Forces: The Teenagers and Women Keeping Libya’s Rebels from Taking Tripoli
They told us al-Qaeda fighters infiltrated the country,” the shy 16-year old says, standing in a non-descript building in the coastal city of Misratah where rebels are holding their prisoners. Murad nervously bites his nails as he relates how forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi plucked him out of school and shipped him to fight at the front against a “foreign conspiracy aimed at occupying the country.” With half of his country controlled by rebel forces, Gaddafi is having difficulty finding soldiers to fight his battles. Without an effective standing army, he has increasingly relied on teen soldiers, African mercenaries, and more recently women, to defend his 42-year rule.
Full art and source:
feb17.info/news/gaddafis-new-forces-the...
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Le village de Gualich est intact. Les impacts de roquettes sont concentrés à sa périphérie, là où étaient stationnés les soldats de Kadhafi.
Gualich est vide. Ses 5 000 habitants ont fui. Ils avaient choisi, par hostilité à leurs voisins de Zenten, de soutenir la cause de Kadhafi
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
#Libya Situation Report – 7/8/11 eepurl.com/eFSnI
Elleebi
5km walk for #Libya in Hyde Park, London this Saturday from 12midday facebook.com/event.php?eid=…
The Free Libyan Women invites you to a charity 5km walk in Hyde park, London, to be held on Saturday 9th July at 11 am. If you are interested please send us an email to: [email protected] so we can send you a sponsors/pledges form.
Free Libyan Women is a non-profit company established by Libyan women in the UK following the 17th February Libyan Revolution
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23549832...
A Libyan mom with a good sense of humour;
Khiria
My mom’s reaction to #Gaddafi’s speech: ahahhahahahahhahahahhahahhahah ahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahaha #Libya #Feb17 #GaddafiCrimes
freedom4libya
#NATO bombing #Gadhafi forces in Al Asabeah is a great help for #FF, who are getting ready to liberate #Gheryan.
Khiria
Support free #Libya, attend the picnic in #Paris by the group 17feb/France. Libyan couscous, discussions, good atmosphere on.fb.me/q1qufj
Time
Sunday, July 10 • 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Location
Parc de la Villette
Created By
Pique nique Collectif Libyen 10 juillet à la Villette
More Info
Métro Porte de la Villette, ligne 7. Entre la Géode et le Cabaret Sauvage (un grand drapeau de la lybie y sera disposé).
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=17877625...
septimius_
Gaddafi the fighter wanakaman.com/index.php/2011… #Libya
www.wanakaman.com/index.php/2011/02/27/...
Khiria
#Gaddafi wants to ‘liberate’ Europe when he can’t even "liberate " #Kikla ( small town, no offence to all the #Kiklish people). #Libya #Feb17
N_Benghazi .
‘War and Prayer in #Libya’ – When the going gets tough the Salaat gets going. #AllahuAkbar uk.reuters.com/video/2011/07/…
uk.reuters.com/video/2011/07/08/war-and...
Baghdad Brian
arrived safely at #Zintan media center, only exhaustion to complain about thus far, after 53 hour trip #PDX to Zintan #Libya
Khiria
“AlFateh” district in #Benghazi, #Libya has officially been renamed “#Zawia” district! #Feb17 yfrog.com/keeobvj
Libyan4life
Its so funny for a Libyan to watch scenes from ‘Green Square’ when we see the faces we can tell 100% 3/4th of them arent from #Libya #Extras
vdesc
Les tunisiens sont formidables avec les réfugiés libyens. Généreux. Qq tensions parfois car c un long conflit #tunisia #libya
septimius_
Gadafy duck #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/5n7ih9
Crap, that homeless guy is following me again. #Gaddafi #Libya #Putin t.co/rS8dltp”
Thanks #Gaddafi for making me seem like a regular guy! #Libya #Iran #Ahmadinejad twitpic.com/5n7epv
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cjchivers C.J. Chivers
Food, water still in short supply in W Libya. Few shops open. Those that are have few goods and limited hours. Drinking water hard to find.
EndTyranny
#Nalut: suffering from daily shelling by #Gaddafi forces, these forces can easily be seen by #NATO, yet nothing is done. @NATOpress #Libya
septimius_
Captured Gaddafi soldiers were “brain-washed” & mercenaries were “plasterer” forced into fighting?what next? Gaddafi was just misunderstood?
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
1/3 Bien qu’en théorie des produits essentiels puissent être importés en Libye conformément au régime des sanctions en vigueur, …
2/3 …ils ne peuvent en fait pas être payés car les comptes libyens à l’étranger sont gelés et …
3/3 … les banques étrangères refusent d’avoir des relations d’affaires avec les entités libyennes.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Panama CARGO SHIP “MSC BROOKE” now en route to dest. #AlKhums #Libya ETA: 2011-07-09 12:00 (UTC) #feb17
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Kikla, l’autre village pris par les rebelles mercredi dernier, attendait, lui, d’être libéré
EndTyranny
Breaking: Reports that #NATO strike #Gaddafi troops located at the north gate of #Nalut. #Feb17 #Libya
Tripoli’s guys are preparing some REAL surprises soon :-)
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Small World: While visiting 2 FFs from #Kikla in a Tunis hospital room tonight, I met a young doctor who escaped from #Tripoli 12 days ago.
Turns out we have a mutual friend: Ibrahim, a young doc who’s now a FF n his home town, Jadu. They worked n the same hospital
What are the odds of that?! Gotta be slim. But when it comes to #Libya, impossible things are happening every day.
Mahmoud. From #Tripoli. He arrived in Tunis for care today. His foot was shot & badly broken 3 months ago #libya t.co/vdo10Wv
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO heavily bombed the remains of #Gaddafi forces located in #Asabaeh 1 hour ago. #Libya #feb17
Nalut #Nafusa at ca 2:00 am Nato struck positions around Nalut including Tkoyet ( Tunisian Company ) ca 5 strikes in Total #Libya
FreeBenghazi
NATO bombed Gaddafiforces, near the Takut crossroad, there were three strong explosions v @nalut17feb
4Adam Adam
The Free Generation Movement at “Green” Square – the absence of the true residence of #Tripoli – 8/7/2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnWpeQKDCgA&fea...
SecularLibya
When Zlitan is liberated in next 2 days, it’ll be a massive blow to Qadafi. Garyan will follow soon as mercs & GF rats jump the sinking ship
operationlibyia RIP Hamza
what makes a legend, is what someone did when they are alife, or how they are remebered when they were gone. #LIBYANLEGEND
wheelertweets James Wheeler
3 guys from #Kikla #Libya with me tonight at a Tunis hospital. Rida (far right) says the pain is gone when I’m there. twitpic.com/5n99kr
Maybe he says that to humor me. But it does seem to get his mind off the pain when we visit. His amputation is brutal.
Suleiman Algtani, 11, from Ajdabiya #Libya, in his Tunis hospital room. I was thrilled to catch him smiling more tonite
That’s a Mars bar next to his elbow. A candy bar with staying power. I liked it as a kid & found it today at a local store.
freedom4libya
This idiot used to be the leader of #Libya. youtube.com/watch?v=2hgPyK…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgPyK6s3Bs&fea...
MyFreeLibya
Just arrived in Zentan…gunna be a long nights sleep.
lookatlibya Look@Libya
Another day, another… PATHETIC puppet tyrant still living in a sewer pipe 500 ft. underground. #Gadaffi #Libya #Feb17
bint_
OMG! Hala Adjala’s wedding in BabAlziyiyah today goo.gl/ro6SB (V SEVERE HEALTH WARNING ATTACHED, MIGHT PUT YOU OFF MARRIAGE FOREVER)
SUMMARY JULY 9th 2011
7/9/2011
7/09/2011
7.09.2011
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/bbkP5
Update for 08/July : #Misrata (vicinity) : 1 Artillery Piece, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
Update for 08/July : #Brega (vicinity) : 1 Tank .
Update for 08/July : #Tripoli (vicinity) : 2 Mil. Storage Facilities, 2 SAM Launchers, 1 Radar, 4 C&C Buildings.
Update for 08/July : #Zliten (vicinity) : 1 Tank .
Update for 08/July : #Nafusa (vicinity) : Area of #Yefren: 4 Armed Vehicles. Area #Zintan: 1 C&C Facility
Update for 08/July : #Wadan (vicinity) :1 Military Storage Facility.
FACTBOX-Latest developments in Libyan conflict
July 9 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
Interview with NIZ on CNN
CNN’s David McKenzie speaks to an opposition activist in Libya who’s speaking out against the regime.
edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/201...
88simon
by libyans_revolt
At last french press stop talking abt a “stalemate” in Libya thx to the FF offensive in The Nafusa mountain
Lot of scouting ;
moooonlight
26.997473, 14.444495 Indian company Merc Camp
moooonlight
29.131757,15.951542 Military borders center
libyans_revolt
29.129587,15.941178 Military command and control
libyans_revolt
29.124001, 15.944311Military command and control
libyans_revolt
29.125744,15.927848 Military housing
libyans_revolt
29.108348,15.91302 Military command and control
libyans_revolt
29.107978,15.90897 Military command and control
libyans_revolt
29.056957,15.819283 Military camp
libyans_revolt
25.925474,14.442065 Mercenaries camp
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Ghariyan hospital receiving tens of mercenaries from ghana & other african countries not speaking arabic! Injured in ongoing alasbea battle
Canada stands by Libyan rebels
Command of this operation fell into the hands of Canada’s General Charles Bouchard. Though Ottawa voiced concerns about Gadhafi’s excesses at the beginning of the revolution, its support for and command of NATO operation in Libya marked its official entry into the conflict.
This military involvement has been complimented by Ottawa’s official recognition of the Bengazi-based Transitional National Council (TNC) — the interim government of Libyan rebels fighting to oust Gadhafi
Addressing the TNC and the people of Bengazi, Canadian foreign Minister John Baird said “I’m very pleased to be here and to lend our strong support to you and your fellow countrymen for your struggle in this revolution.”
He did not hesitate in stressing that Canada was on their side from the beginning. “Canada was an early supporter of the call for the United Nations to bring sanctions.”
Canada’s open support for Libyan rebels is symbolic, particularly in terms of the risks and opportunities it poses. It is risky, for example, for Ottawa to openly plunge into an oil-rich and Arab nation when its super power neighbour — the United States — is exercising extreme caution, struggling to apply the all-too-fresh lessons from Iraq.
Secondly, having been a silent or passive player in Africa, it is easy for observers and analysts to misinterpret Ottawa’s motives. This temptation is likely among those who consider western involvement in African affairs as driven purely by the profit motive.
Full art.:
www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.asp...
libyans_revolt
#GADDAFI ON THE RUN yfrog.com/kff4rkaj #Feb17 #Libya
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Two injured #Libyan FFs in the lobby of a Tunis hospital yesterday: Ali from Shakshuk and Massoud from Zintan. twitpic.com/5nk8tq
Injuries r not always obvious. Massoud, for instance, has a #Gaddafi bullet lodged in his brain. He’s functional but not 100%
Paralyzed from #Gaddafi missile shrapnel that hit his back on April 5: #Misrata FF Ali Alkour. Came to Tunisia April 16
“The trouble with the term civil war is that it suggests there are 2 reasonably equal sides divided on civil grounds.” -Hisham Matar
I’m guessing this area won’t be featured in Travel & Leisure anytime soon ;)
This is a long-term care facility in Tunis. #Libyan freedom fighters here are the most forgotten of all.
Lights are turned off to save electricity (expensive in Tunisia). Untended cleaning carts litter the halls. Dark and dreary.
Adel
My father crossed into zintan last night, It was very tough not knowing if he was alive, captured or worse … Alhamdulilah he’s ok #libya
Andrew
Interestingly little sign of NATO softening up Zliten #Libya last night, despite rebels’ push from Misrata.
drminfo
Notice how most proG vids are professionally produced? How “real” is this? Give me an amateur vid any day for something more honest.
#Libya My theory. Zaif hired top media house to do these vids. Each “agent” in West given an info pack in which to lobby in their country
Dictators Inc.
Among the first demands of Libya’s rebels when the revolt erupted in Benghazi in February was for Europe and the U.S. to freeze all assets of Muammar Gaddafi and his family members, who are worth billions, according to estimates by officials who defected. Just a few of those now frozen assets: an office building in London’s West End, 3% of the British publisher Pearson, a stake in Italy’s Juventus football club and a 7,000-hectare spread on Spain’s Costa del Sol.
Yet for all the fury over stolen billions, it will not be easy to take the alleged loot home. In numerous interviews, financial experts in Switzerland, Britain and the U.S. say tracing the dictators’ fortunes — including that of Gaddafi, who is still in power — is just the first daunting challenge. Most countries require those trying to recover stolen assets to identify the people who have hidden money, jewels or other riches and where the assets are. “You cannot just go on a fishing expedition,” says Lawson. “You have to know what you are looking for.”
Read more:
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,91...
France 24
Libya rebels push campaign to cut off Kadhafi
AFP – Libyan rebels said they were preparing on Saturday to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Moamer Kadhafi in the ever-closer capital.
But the embattled leader remained defiant, telling supporters on Friday that “the regime in Libya will not fall.”
After heavy fighting, rebel fighters captured the desert hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday, taking them closer to the strategic garrison town Gharyan and the last major objective standing between them and Tripoli to the north.
For now, they have set their sights on Asablah, 17 kilometres (11 miles) north of Gualish on the road to Gharyan.
“Three times we tried to take Gualish before we succeeded,” said rebel fighter Mohial Omar, 21. “That was the hardest part. Now it’s going to be easier.”
Read more:
www.france24.com/en/20110709-libya-rebe...=editorial&ns_source=FB&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20110709_libya_rebels_push_cam paign_cut_off?ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20110709_libya_rebels_push_cam paign_cut_off
septimius
Gaddafi removed another monument in tripoli back to Leptis as could not stand the idea of a real libyan historic figure!
Because of the paywall, Anthony Loyd report from Benghazi “London Times” is not getting attention! I’ll tweet some of it, share ur thoughts
“Rebels fight to keep Islamic militants under tight control” Anthony Loyd #Benghazi “Times” (1)
“Rebel brigades operating outside control of the NTC will be considered criminal organisation” .Anthony Loyd #Benghazi “Times”
“NTC set up its own intelligence department who are tracking &controlling the role of Islamic militants” A Loyd #Benghazi “Times”
“#NTC intelligence unit has been set up with the knowledge of the CIA & has banned illegal training camps” Loyd #Benghazi “Times” (4) #Libya
The influence of militant Islamists in #Libya’s revolution is one of the West’s greatest concerns after the experience that it suffered in funding militant groups to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. .
“#Libya’s rebels have rejected the ideology of Islamic militancy and are appreciative of Western support” Loyd #Benghazi “Times” (5) #TNC
NATO:
09 Jul. 2011
NATO targets Qadhafi regime missile launchers near Tawurgha
Today, 9 July 2011, NATO aircraft carried out a precision strike on a pro-Qadhafi missile firing position near Tawurgha, south of Misrata. NATO intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance was conducted over a period of time to ascertain the military use of the site. It was confirmed as being used to launch indiscriminate attacks on Libyan civilians in the area, including the port and city of Misrata.
The missile site was hidden in and operated from a set of farm buildings. It was also used to store other military equipment, as well as acting as a staging area for pro-Qadhafi forces to instigate attacks on civilians.
“By using civilian sites for military purposes, the Qadhafi regime has once again shown complete disregard for the welfare of Libyan civilians. The loss of this facility to pro-Qadhafi forces will reduce the pressure on Misrata and provide further protection to the civilian population in this area,” said Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, Commander of Operation Unified Protector.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in Libya.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_76294...
moooonlight
Where is #justice when all women in the outskirts of #Misurata were raped and old men too.
Grad missiles at:
27.637364,14.410586 27.640539,14.408891 27.638315,14.406509Grad missiles
Omar
Ben Wedeman ZINTAN:
Video report: Tanks on parade in #Zintan. Heavy armour captured from Qadhafi’s forces. bit.ly/nxNX92 #Libya #Feb17
edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/wo...
1,000 migrants from Libya arrive at Lampedusa
Since the beginning of the year, more than 11,000 Africans fleeing conflicts in north Africa have landed in southern Italy, in increasing numbers since NATO air raids on Libya began in mid-March and the weather improved
Rome: Four boats with about 1,000 migrants fleeing the conflict in Libya arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight, leading the Italian premier to cancel his visit, the ANSA news agency reported on Saturday.
Among the 1,041 new arrivals were 122 women, many of them pregnant, and 33 children, it said. The boats were escorted to shore by the Italian coast guard and customs officials.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been expected to visit the island on Saturday, called off his trip so as not to hinder relief operations, ANSA said.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 11,000 Africans fleeing conflicts in north Africa have landed in southern Italy, in increasing numbers since NATO air raids on Libya began in mid-March and the weather improved.
Source and full report:
gulfnews.com/news/world/1-000-migrants-...
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Breaking: Misrata: Freedom fighters are in heavy clashes on the western outskirts of Tuesday market. Zliten centre mere kms away #libya
libyanproud
#Nafusa : #Nalut : #Gaddafi forces shelled Nalut this morning as usual ! #Feb17 #Libya
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#NTC mil cmdr: FFs push 2 +Tripoli frm different directions, will shortly liberate it youtube.com/watch?v=EIKWRa… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIKWRaMJGug&fea...
ChangeInLibya
Journalists in Nafousa, Misrata and Benghazi are increasing. Just that ones in Tripoli are disappearing
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi troops continued their random, & indiscriminate shelling of #Nalut this morning in response to @NATO bombing last night.
mojo
CharlieEnglish told me yesterday that all the print journos from US and UK are out – some agencies and news is all
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” now en route dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-11-07 09:05 (UTC) #feb17
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “HAJ-SAYED” en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya ETA: 2011-07-10 12:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Panama CARGO SHIP “MSC BROOKE” now arriving at dest. of #AlKhums #Libya. #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
16 #Gaddafi soldiers surrendered to #Freedomfighters in #Zliten #Libya #feb17
tripolitano Tripolitano
God b with our fighters in #Misratah & #Zliten. Yesterday some fighters got inside zliten then pulled bk.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya: Clashes today between Freedom Fighters and G forces in Jidaem area near AlQuds mosque on the coastal road #Feb17#Libya Allahu Akbar
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
The freedom fighters locked up in Ajdabiya are the best equipped of all Libyan FF. Would be instrumental to #Tripoli’s liberation #libya
Tripolitanian Libyan
500 trained revolutionaries from Eastern #Libya have joined their #Libyan brothers in #Misrata. #Feb17
Skeptical4 Skeptic
Purpose of the 500 special forces that arrived frm #Benghazi 2 #Misrata is to help obtain a decisive breakthrough in #Zliten
Tripolitanian Libyan
Revolutionary military commanders have begun spreading out positions near #Brega, with patrols deep into desert
Amazigh
This #SouthSudan identification card was found with a dead mercenary in Riyaana near #Zitnan. goo.gl/zNLf5 #Libya #Feb17
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tripolitano Tripolitano
Soussa cafes full of libyans drinking coffee& smoking shisha. Waiting 4Libya2 autolibrate. Many r experts in NATO afairs &political analysis
billneelyitv Bill Neely
Around fifty foreign journalists in Rixos.
What are you DOING there?
How come we don’t get any real reports, just regurgitated g propaganda?
Nobody there that can see the truth? Or read between the lines?
There are ways to report without writing the words down literally………….
It’s called JOUNALISM!
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli: #NATO Last night bombed #Tripoli (Believed to Be BabAlaziziya . #Feb17 #Libya Thank You @NATO !
sabha ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
I posted 5 photos on Facebook in the album “09 July 2011” fb.me/11C1nCulA
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ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Misrata: 6 freedom fighters were slightly injured at the Zliten front today however all of them returned to the front lines
Libya rebels push to cut off defiant Kadhafi
AFP
GUALISH, Libya (AFP) – Libyan rebels said they were preparing on Saturday to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Moamer Kadhafi in the ever-closer capital.
But the embattled leader remained defiant, telling supporters on Friday that “the regime in Libya will not fall.”
After heavy fighting, rebel fighters captured the desert hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday, taking them closer to the strategic garrison town Gharyan and the last major objective standing between them and Tripoli to the north.
For now, they have set their sights on Asablah, 17 kilometres (11 miles) north of Gualish on the road to Gharyan.
“Three times we tried to take Gualish before we succeeded,” said rebel fighter Mohial Omar, 21. “That was the hardest part. Now it’s going to be easier.”
One of his comrades, 28-year-old Talal Ahmed, explained.
“We have plenty of rebels inside Asablah. NATO bombed there heavily on Friday and that stresses the (Kadhafi) soldiers and makes them more unsteady.
“We are just waiting for the go-ahead from NATO,” he added.
Following that, the objective is to head straight for Gharyan, which lies on the main highway south out of Tripoli, 80 kilometres (50 miles) away, Ahmed said.
“Once we control that city, Kadhafi will no longer be able to receive weapons from the south, nor will he be able to flee in that direction. By attacking him on two or three fronts, we weaken him.”
A second target in a three-pronged strategy is the coastal city of Zawiyah, one of the last major strongholds to the west of Tripoli.
Outside Bir Al-Ghanam, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) inland, rebels are also awaiting the nod from NATO so that they can take it and move forward.
“For now, we are in a defensive posture, but we are ready to attack whenever,” said a rebel commander there, Fathi al-Aaeib. “We don’t know the word ‘retreat.’”
The authorities in Bir Al-Ghanam have been warned of an impending attack so that civilians can be evacuated.
Full story here:
Source:
www.modernghana.com/news/338933/1/libya...
the Guardian:
Telecomix: tech support for the Arab spring
A group engaged in ‘guerrilla informational warfare’ is helping the embattled in Libya, Egypt and Syria
Electronic mischief-making has come into its own this year. Between WikiLeaks, Anonymous and more recently LulzSec, hacking cults are becoming high-profile irritants.
But Peter Fein, the human face of Telecomix and currently spreading the word about their work, doesn’t seem too bothered by his “hacker” label when I meet him at Sheffield Doc Fest, where he was invited to sit on a panel called the Revolution will be Tweeted.
“We’re kind of like an inverse Anonymous,” Fein said. "We operate in a very similar way to Anonymous not just IRC Internet Relay Chat – online, open forums where users can meet to chat but also the non-hierarchical structure. Except they break things and we build them.
“I guess you could say it’s guerrilla informational warfare. I can just tell you my experience of what happened, and why – I’m not an official spokesman, we just don’t have those. I’m not sure what to call us – are we hacktivists? Hacker is such a loaded term … what we’re doing is clearly different than LulzSec is doing.”
“I can sit at home in Chicago … and we’re not going to get arrested if we oppose Mubarak or Gaddafi – which is important to bear in mind when you’re in communication with these people on the ground.”
Full art:
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tawergha Today #NATO attacked missile site Hidden in FARMBuildings also used as arms depot + base to instigate attacks on civilians #Libya
adamak
From the FM: Libyans entering #Egypt must now apply for an entry visa except those 18 and younger (most of whom r students) #Libya
BBC
Libya: Rebels continue to push west from Misrata
After more than six weeks of stalemate, the rebels have in recent days pushed back the forces of Col Muammar Gaddafi, despite rocket and mortar fire.
Progress is slow and the rebels have taken heavy casualties, but they say morale is high.
The capital remains some 200km (125 miles) away.
Digging in
Accompanied by a fighter by the name of Ali, we drove several kilometres beyond the entrenched positions that had, for the past month and a half, constituted the front line west of Misrata.
He brought us to a ditch, lined with pine trees and set among olive groves some way back from the coast.
Men were busy digging in. As they dug, they came under almost constant fire from Col Gaddafi’s forces, some 500m away.
Rockets and mortars thudded into the earth nearby, bullets whizzed and cracked overhead. The smell of burning cordite mingled with the fragrance of pine needles, heated by the midday sun.
Until just a few days ago, this was Col Gaddafi’s front line. Now the rebels hold it and they are slowly pushing their way forward, ditch by ditch, kilometre by kilometre.
Read more here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094671
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Sound of two more grad rocket explosions on outskirts of #Misrata. One looks close to the port.
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Al #Khums / #Leptis #Magna is supply/reinforcements source 4 #Gaddafi forces in #Zliten, knowing NATO careful not to harm Leptis Magna
I dont think #Gaddafi sent forces frm #Zliten 2 #Khums 2 prevent capture of heavy weapons, but 2 shield them frm #NATO strikes,
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Brega: Reports that freedom fighters are shelling Gaddafi forces in the city and that NATO jets carried out strikes at the same time #libya
Ossama
So far, despite the intensity of fighting in Zliten the number of wounded FF are 17 and no deaths #Libya #feb17
FreeBenghazi
Baby Munir was hit in head w shrapnel when just 5days old; wound became infected, reaching his brain #Misrata #Libya qurynanew.com/?p=2656
This is the “good” type of confusion to have:)
bint_
I’m getting confused trying to keep with FF advances. Allahu akbar, things are moving so quick in Libya right now. Victory soon inshallah
Alex
#BirAlGhanam is a strategic road crossing – last major G barrier south of #Zawiya – & its fall eases #Nafusa #FF access to #Tripoli #Libya
LibyaDiaspora
FYI:Shipments of donations to #EidofHope must be RECEIVED @ our warehouse NO LATER than July25th, plz ship accordingly walmart.com/giftregistry/g…
Libya_from_FR
On rapporte que les révolutionnaires sont dans une zone de #Zliten appelé ‘Izdo’, à 1KM du centre de la ville. #Zliten #libya
AJA :
Nafusa ff’s have captured BirAlGhanam & are currently combing it looking for hiding g troops
www.aljazeera.net/NR/EXERES/D544FC43-25...
KC_Tripolitania KC
Freedom Fighters are in control of the city Ber Al Ghanam after fierce clashes with #Gaddafi forces – via Al Jazeera News #Libya
Libya_from_FR
Les forces de #Gaddafi à #Zliten sont encerclés par toutes les direction. #AllahuAkbar :) via @LIBYA_BREAKING
bint_
O the irony, Rixos is now called the Swiss Inn, didn’t Gaddafi declare a global jihad against Switzerland recently. #GaddafiLogic
Libya_United
@Niz_FGM CNN video was very dangerous Niz, we r proud of u risking ur life to speak our voice, u’ll never b forgotten.Plz Plz Plz stay safe!
We pray for your safety, NIZ!
Ossama
BREAKING: AJA: FFs have taken the city of Ber- Alghanam. #Libya #feb17
Alex
REINFORCEMENTS: 500 #FF from #Benghazi – arrived by boat in #Misrata this wk – & r now engaged in th final push 2 #Zliten city centre #Libya
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Bouchard : “La destruction de cette batterie va réduire la pression exercée sur Misrata et d’assurer une meilleure protection des civils”
Alex
On Saturday 9th July 2011, @Alexb said:
Is #Zliten is about to fall? – 1 RETREAT: #Gaddafi heavy weapons have been withdrawn to #AlKhums presumably to ensure they r not seized by victorious #FF – 2 SURRENDER: several surrenders & less aggressive G fighting today with injuries but no deaths so far – 3 DEFEAT: #FF are making steady territorial gains – with reports suggesting they r between 1 -6 kilometres from #Zliten city centre! #Libya
Zliten MAP : twitpic.com/5nc87y/full
wheelertweets James Wheeler
If Ali doesn’t get to u, another guy in there surely would. Chest wound. One leg amputated, multiple breaks in the other. Gaunt.
Extremely visible wounds & circulatory issues, with just a bed sheet wrapped around his groin. Yet he smiled and made
..light of his condition. Gentle, with a twinkle in his eye. He said I was welcome to take a picture, but I couldn’t.
DINA:
We need freedom supporters @whitehouse NOW!!! #Libya #white house.
AJE:
Four boats with about 1,000 migrants fleeing the conflict in Libya arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight, leading the Italian premier to cancel his visit, the ANSA news agency reported on Saturday.
Among the 1,041 new arrivals were 122 women, many of them pregnant, and 33 children, it said.
The boats were escorted to shore by the Italian coast guard and customs officials.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been expected to visit the island on Saturday, called off his trip “so as not to hinder relief operations”.
The number of those fleeing to Italian soil has increased since NATO air raids on Libya began in mid-March and the weather improved.
According to the Catholic organisation of Sant’Egidio, at least 1,820 migrants from North Africa, most originally from south of the Sahara, have drowned this year in the Mediterranean in their bid to reach Europe.
AJE:
Libyan rebels said they were preparing on Saturday to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Muammar Gaddafi in the ever-closer capital.
After heavy fighting, rebel fighters captured the desert hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday, taking them closer to the strategic garrison town Gharyan and the last major objective standing between them and Tripoli to the north.
For now, they have set their sights on Asablah, 17 km north of Gualish on the road to Gharyan.
AP:
NATO says its warplanes have hit a missile launching position south of the embattled rebel-held port city of Misrata.
The alliance said the strike was carried out Saturday near the town of Tawurgha. It says the missile site was being used to launch indiscriminate attacks on Libyan civilians, including in Misrata.
Rebels struggling to push out from Misrata toward the capital Tripoli have faced stiff resistance from government forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The British military says it scuttled an effort by Gadhafi’s naval forces Friday to conduct a raid near Misrata by firing on the troops’ boats from a warship offshore.
Libyan rebel forces parade through the western town of Zintan, celebrating advances against Gaddafi troops.
The successful advances over the last two weeks have allowed normal life to resume in towns no longer in shelling distance of Gaddafi’s troops.
Egypt has ended unrestricted entry for Libyan nationals and has imposed visa requirements for Libyan travelers.
The new regulation went into effect Saturday, causing confusion at Cairo’s international airport as dozens of Libyans landing from European countries were denied entry and sent back.
Capt. Ayman Nasr, who heads the state-owned Egypt Air, says authorities failed to notify airlines of the new regulation before travelers boarded planes at various airports in Europe.
Tens of thousands of Libyans fled their country’s civil war by crossing into Egypt after Moammar Gadhafi violently cracked down on a popular uprising.
Many returning Libyans seek to go to the eastern, reb
Source:
feb17
MicahZenko Micah Zenko
by grafixel
In Misratah “dozens of black African corpses of fighting age men” executed in April #Libya rebel official confirms. ti.me/opzTxD
Gaddafi’s New Forces: The Teenagers and Women Keeping Libya’s Rebels from Taking Tripoli
“They told us al-Qaeda fighters infiltrated the country,” the shy 16-year old says, standing in a non-descript building in the coastal city of Misratah where rebels are holding their prisoners. Murad nervously bites his nails as he relates how forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi plucked him out of school and shipped him to fight at the front against a “foreign conspiracy aimed at occupying the country.” With half of his country controlled by rebel forces, Gaddafi is having difficulty finding soldiers to fight his battles. Without an effective standing army, he has increasingly relied on teen soldiers, African mercenaries, and more recently women, to defend his 42-year rule.
Journalists who visited the eastern city of Ajdabiyah in late March saw dozens of black African corpses of fighting age men.
Abd al-Basit Abu Mzirig, in charge of Human Rights for the rebel’s Justice division, says he met seven mercenaries who were from Mali, but possessed Libyan identification cards issued after the beginning of the February revolution. Though Gaddafi officials could not be reached for comment, they have previously denied recruiting mercenaries from neighboring countries in the conflict.
Using African mercenaries is nothing new for Gaddafi. In 1972, he created an “Islamic Legion” composed of nomadic tribes such as the Tuaregs and Toubou that populate the fringes of the Sahara desert. Gaddafi dispatched them to bolster his army units fighting neighboring Chad during a war that lasted from 1978 until 1987.
Whole art and source:
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...
Ossama #NATO strikes #Gaddafi forces stationed in Alasabeh to make way for the #FreedomFighters to advance more into the area. #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Good news from #misrata hospitals just now – zero dead today – so far. Though 17 injured. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#SierraLeone CARGO SHIP “TRADER” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya. No ETA given but now off coast of #Crete. #feb17
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Despite heavy fighting I saw today number of injured lower than recent days:17 injured, no dead. Also less grads have hit #Misrata #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports # Freedomfighterss are in an area of #Zliten called ‘Izdo’, 1KM from the centre. #Libya #feb17
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
AlSharqAlAwssat Newspaper – Recently captured G men in #Nafusa admit to G forces being v low on ammo/fuel.
Alex
#Zilten #FF: “We will hold our ground …#Gaddafi ’s soldiers r fighting for money, but we are fighting for our freedom and honour.”
LibyanLion
Reports that FFs are in an area of #Zliten called ‘Izdo’, which is 1KM from the centre. #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO hit one position at #AlAsabaa, One column of smoke rising. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Panama CARGO SHIP “MSC BROOKE” now departing #AlKhums #Libya. #feb17
Oh, la-la. Halwasa?
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Gaddafi ambassador to #Egypt Ali Maria has resigned after a video of him and a prostitute was leaked . #Feb17 #Libya #ProGandPerv
tripolitano Tripolitano
#Tripoli nearly becoming deserted.ppl driving on streets mostly Gaddafi thugs who came from other towns,with their green tea towels and guns
SNIPERS:
jaked2
Rebels surround Zliten on 3 fronts south, main road and coastline. They wont enter the city center due to rooftop snipers
hominoid
Libya Zliten Al Dafinya clashes advanced 4 kilometres to the west.
Libya Zliten Violent clashes between FFs and G troops 14 miles from the centre of the city and.some fronts close to the city centre.
via zliten free; arrests have been made, so yes there must be hostages.
Libya breaking:
The offcial of education in the NTC: The schools will begin in early September of this year in the liberated areas,and it has been decided to amend and revise the curriculum before the start of the schools
National army is now intensely bombing the tyrant’s army locations around Breqa in conjunction with the NATO bombing.
Quoting the BBC’s correspondent in Sooq Althalath area now : The missiles of the battalions that were fired at the outskirts of Misurata have eased very significantly, which means that the FF have pushed the battalions further back in Zliten … Also FF demanding us journalists to crawl so as not to be injured while they are standing…… and their heads held high
Pray for the FFs of #Misurata based now in Central Zliten after the liberation of the east of the city.
Gadhafi forces pound Berber towns
TRIPOLI, Libya, July 9 (UPI) — Libyan forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are trying to cut a rebel supply route to Tunisia.
Government troops have been attacking Wazin, the only crossing on Libya’s western border in rebel hands, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. They have also attacked Nalut, a Berber town near Wazin.
NATO airstrikes have not ended the stalemate in Libya. But rebels have been attempting to advance toward Tripoli from Misurata, which is on the coast east of the capital, and more successfully from the southwestern mountains.
Read more:
www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/07...
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi’s presents to our children: goo.gl/JCNYM #GaddafiCrimes
Check out this blog:
The Lawless and Lesser Libyan Endeavour
Here’s my view on the quantification of Libya’s stance on Gaddafi:
55% of Libyans are against Gaddafi, are not afraid to say it and would rather die than live under his or his sons’ rule (especially after 17th Feb). 30% are indifferent to whoever is in power (this segment tends to go with the flow, the same way as they chanted for Mussolini a long time ago!) 15% support Gaddafi because they have everything to lose, and by everything I mean money and weapons (absolute power). The 30% passive population will jump as high as the 15% ruthless elite will order or threaten them to do so. The 55% opposition still can’t access Libya’s assets (openly referred to by the international community as Gaddafi’s frozen assets… so much for TNC recognition!) and without a major coordinated diplomatic, military and MEDIA effort (which will cost billions!), the 15% corrupt elite will continue to manipulate the hell out of the situation on the ground. Gaddafi’s PR/lobbyists are still at work the world around, albeit very discreetly! Of course, if Libyan citizenship, money and land are being promised to loyal supporters from neighbouring African/Arab countries then, God forbid, Gaddafi’s propaganda will only become more and more convincing.
Source:
unboundcore.blogspot.com/?spref=tw
dovenews Libyan™
#FF are 2km away from Zlitan’s town center
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Gaddafi’s youngest victim. A 1 hour young baby. img163.imageshack.us/img163/8048/1h… Shame on you G supporters. #feb17 #Libya
ggatehouse Gabriel Gatehouse
by K_H_Jordan
Just interviewed a minister in the #Libyan TNC. Says it cld be difficult to get all these fighters to give back their guns when this is over
Libyan rebels are making progress towards the strategically important town of Zlitan on the road to Tripoli, following weeks of stalemate.
BBC
Libya rebels making progress towards Tripoli
The rebels have managed to push through what was the front line of forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi, despite mortar and rocket fire causing heavy casualties.
Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Misrata.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14...
Skeptical4 Skeptic
Without constant supplies&reinforcements frm Al #Khums, it’s just a matter of time until #snipers & #mercenaries in #Zliten will b taken out
Fox news:
The Mideast
Libya: NATO Hits Government Missile Launchers, Boats
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO says its warplanes have hit a missile launching position south of the embattled rebel-held port city of Misrata.
The alliance said the strike was carried out Saturday near the town of Tawurgha. It says the missile site was being used to launch indiscriminate attacks on Libyan civilians, including in Misrata.
Rebels struggling to push out from Misrata toward the capital Tripoli have faced stiff resistance from government forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The British military says it scuttled an effort by Gadhafi’s naval forces Friday to conduct a raid near Misrata by firing on the troops’ boats from a warship offshore.
Rebel forces have been trying to push out Gadhafi since an uprising erupted in February.
www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/09/libya-...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Muftah (25, standing) has a severe head injury under that hat. He’s visiting Walid (24), who had more leg surgery. twitpic.com/5npp1w
This is a hospital room in Tunis. Both of these guys are freedom fighters from #Misrata #Libya. #feb17
TUNIS DEMO Photo’s:
Libya_from_FR
Today’s demo in #Tunis #Libya – twitpic.com/5nox54
twitpic.com/5nox6c
twitpic.com/5nox7x
twitpic.com/5noxaw
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Gaddafi TV Greatest Hits : youtu.be/zcg7vPAhbqA #Feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcg7vPAhbqA&fea...
Omar:
Libia, Bbc: progressi avanzata ribelli
(ANSA) – ROMA, 9 LUG – I ribelli libici stanno continuando a fare progresso nella loro avanzata ad ovest da Misurata verso Zlitan, snodo cruciale per arrivare a Tripoli. Lo riferisce la Bbc sul suo sito web. Dopo oltre sei settimane di stallo, gli insorti sono riusciti nei giorni scorsi a respingere le forze del colonnello Gheddafi malgrado i razzi e i colpi di mortaio.
I progressi sono lenti e i ribelli stanno pagando numerose vittime ma loro stessi sostengono che il morale e’ alto. Tripoli e’ a circa 200 km.
Source:
www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnew...
The Stupidest Man on Earth
Libya: Why He Won’t Go
The prospects of Muammar Gaddafi’s army collapsing are “highly unlikely”, a senior defector, Col. Mohammed Ali Ethish, tells The New York Times:
“I hope that when we do reach the borders of Tripoli, the revolutionaries there free it. ... If we don’t go in with an organized army, there’s going to be a huge mess.”
I doubt the rebels will get even that far. The war in Libya is unlikely to end in a slugfest over the capital. In fact, unless the Gaddafi regime somehow implodes, which probably won’t happen since it hasn’t already, the war is unlikely to end at all in the near future. Sitting comfortably in his family compound of Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi has had 42 years to spread his ideology, consolidate his power and, most importantly, to prepare for his own death struggle.
Source and read more:
stupidest.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/liby...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reports NATO targeting G forces in Tawergha South of Misrata for past 3 hours till now #libya #feb17 #Jul17
bbclysedoucet lyse doucet
by Doylebytes
#UNHCR Guterres “#Africa humanitarian operations dramatically underfunded. Int comm more interested other areas like #Arabspring…”
Mushu
Youth Helping Children of #Libya: A Fundraising and Libya Awareness Dinner on #July17. Sacramento, CA. More info: goo.gl/9IOFr #Feb17
The Children of Libya Aid Foundation (CLAF) is a non-profit organization registered in California. It was established by a group of Libyan Americans in the aftermath of the humanitarian crisis in Libya. As a result of the indiscriminate attacks on civilians, many children have been killed or have suffered horrendous injuries. These children have sustained significant disfigurements including loss of eyesight and amputations, am…ong other life threatening injuries. The medical system in Libya is now completely overwhelmed and unable to handle the severity and extent of these injuries. Our organization coordinates with institutions throughout Egypt, Tunisia, and the United States to provide these unfortunate victims of war with essential medical care that is not available in Libya.
On Sunday, July 17, 2011, CLAF will host “Youth Helping Injured Children of Libya: a Fundraising and Libya Awareness Dinner” at The Grand at 1215 J Street in Sacramento, California. Every penny raised goes to treat an injured child.
For more information on CLAF, please visit childrenoflibya.org
littlelisa
#Feb17 Praying for #FreedomFighters as they go into another night of uncertainty!! I wish I could make GADDAFI go…I would :( Viva #Libya !
LibyanDuda
“a lot of families with small children and non Tripoli natives are now leaving”cousin frm Baida just arrived 2 Tunis frm Tripoli
littlelisa
Video Feature
PTSD and the Hidden Wounds of War
This video was produced by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma from interviews conducted at “When Veterans Come Home,” a conference held in Atlanta in 2010, sponsored by Dart Center, the McCormick Foundation and the Carter Center’s Mental Health Program. For more interviews on this subject, see our Videos on Veterans.
Anyone who reads the news has heard of post-traumatic stress disorder among returning veterans. Those four letters — PTSD — have come to represent everything negative that war does to soldiers’ minds and spirits. But scientists, clinicians and scientists all take issue with this use of the term.
In this video, Sonja Batten, deputy director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, explains exactly what post-traumatic stress disorder means as a psychiatric diagnosis. Matthew Friedman, executive director of the National Center for PTSD, talks about how the term has been stretched. Jonathan Shay, a clinical psychiatrist and author of two must-read books on the experience of veterans, points out that the affects of war are far more wide-reaching than any psychiatric diagnosis. Michael Jernigan, a retired Marine corporal who sustained physical and psychological wounds when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq, explains how PTSD doesn’t do justice to his own experience.
Source:
dartcenter.org/content/ptsd-and-hidden-...
FromJoanne Joanne
French military operations in #Libya have cost 160 million euros $ 228.9 million Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said Saturday July9 #NATO
Video: Tribute to the martyred lion Ali Obeidi (Arabic)
Watch it here:
feb17.info/media/video-tribute-to-the-m...
AJE VID:
Keeping the peace in Libya’s rebel stronghold
Police who served under the Libyan leadership now keep Gaddafi loyalists from threatening security.
Nearly five months since the fighting in Libya first began, police in Benghazi are back on the streets.
These are the same men who served under Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, and they now have to keep Gaddafi loyalists from threatening security.
But trying to maintain public order in a city awash with weapons is not an easy task.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Benghazi.
Source:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good footage from fighting today in West of Misrata. FFs in high spirits is.gd/cEW8Bh #feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qA6pjhFlKs
Skeptical4 Skeptic
problem is #Zliten rooftop #snipers fire single shots, so their ammo won’t run out that fast as that of troops using machine guns
C.J. Chivers
More Pics from Western Libya.
Volunteers for the Free Libyan Forces undergoing hand-to-hand fighting instruction in Zintan, with Bryan Denton (follow him on Twitter at @bdentonphoto) working in the center foreground. The rebels have been gathering recruits and speaking of a renewed offensive, and each day small groups are being trained in hasty fashion in compounds around the region.
Today the front lines in the mountains were mostly quiet, and the rebels in the mountain still seemed to be in weekend pause after their advance last week. That said, because of the particular geography of the mountain areas under rebel control — the rebels hold most of a long set of ridges running generally east-west, and the Qaddafi forces hold lowland to the north and south, and still control the easternmost highland towns — many villages and towns remain within range of artillery and ground-to-ground rockets. Thus, a rebel advance in one area does not necessarily mean more security in another, and shelling can resume on the most exposed towns at any time.
Have a look:
cjchivers.com/post/7428142444/more-pics...
FromJoanne Joanne
BERBER fighters from #UK #Norway #Sweden #USA also JOINED Revol. #Nafusa 2 FREE #Amazigh #Libya
Khiria
A lot of people are getting out of #Tripoli today saying “out of the huge Tripoli prison” #Libya #Feb17 #GaddafiCrimes
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Zliten: Ideally, #NATO helicopters drop #NTC special forces on roof of highest buildings 2 kill snipers, but NATO won’t do that
BaghdadBrian
First meeting with potential trainees/partners today at #zintan media center went very well, training starts tomorrow!
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
2 more day until the end of @LibyanStateTV I wonder what will #Shakeer do with all his free time
dopsic
warfalla:“At the outset of Tunis’ Jasmine Revolution the fascist regime the gaddafi’s established five security units in BaniWalid”.
Omar:
LibyaMedicalR Libya Medical Relief
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Septimius:
The Smallest Victims
The war in Libya has taken a shocking, wrenching toll on the children of Misrata and Benghazi.
MISRATA, Libya — “If we die we are martyrs and we will go to heaven.” Standing in a pleated gray dress and flowery sandals, her curly brown hair swinging in pigtails, 8-year-old Aisha’s words are hauntingly austere for someone so young.
Aisha is a child of the revolution: one of the thousands of Libyan youth who in the last three months have seen more violence, instability, destruction, and death than most adults across the world witness in
The February uprising against Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi quickly escalated into a civil war that has left no corner of the country untouched. Thousands have been killed, wounded, or displaced in the fighting. For months in the west Libyan city of Misrata, the battle raged in and around civilian homes. Heavy artillery, rockets, and cluster bombs fired by Qaddafi’s troops rocked the besieged city. There was no safe haven in which families could shelter.
“We wait, huddled together, praying that our home will not be the next one to be hit,” said her father, Salem Ali, 55.
Read the whole story:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/...=0,0&showcomments=yes#.ThjMf9EM3YM.twitter
septimius_sever septimius severus
MUST SEE Gaddafi personally training his mercenaries!! “see it to believe it” youtube.com/watch?v=wxy1fi… #Libya #
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxy1fiXz--c&fea...
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Tarhuna: Unconfirmed: Reports of clashes between local freedom fighters and Gaddafi forces in Tarhouna & some form of “rebellion” #libya
Kadafi again threatens to attack Europe with suicide bombers
Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi says ‘hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe’ in a defiant speech. He made a similar threat in a message on July 1.
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
For the second time in a week, Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi has threatened to dispatch hundreds of Libyan suicide bombers to attack targets in Europe in retaliation for NATO strikes against his regime.
“Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe,” Kadafi said late Friday in a defiant speech before thousands of Libyans in Tripoli’s Green Square. “I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.”
The latest threats came as pro-government forces launched a counterattack on rebels attempting to push toward Tripoli, the capital, from their enclave in the port city of Misurata, 125 miles to the east. A spokesman in the eastern rebel bastion of Benghazi said that at least seven rebel fighters were killed and 17 wounded in the fighting late Friday.
Full story here:
www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-libya-fighti...
bencnn benwedeman
Fighters in west #Libya aiming to cut highway from south to #Tripoli. When that happens, I was told, “Qadhafi is finished.” We shall see.
littlelisa
One of the groups that was releasing prisoners out of #Tripoli has been discovered by #gaddafi forces, members arrested.”
Gihan
I posted 4 photos on Facebook in the album “Misratah, Aldafnya Battle 06-07-2011” fb.me/Z7qHipF2
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.184314291627503.42983.165630860162513&l=9ac3d0ce3e
I posted 18 photos on Facebook in the album “People demonstrating in Misrata 06.07.2011” fb.me/18fhkRW6w
www.facebook.com/media/set?
set=a.184312421627690.42981.165630860162513&l=0e37ceba63
LibyaAlHurraTV
#Zliten FFs have blown up #AlGwailat Gate, which killed more than 7 #Gaddafi ground troops this morning 10-07-2011 at 1:00 am local time.
LIBYA_WIN
Slow days with slow news from #Libya are most depressive. You practically feel the life being sucked out of your patriotic soul. #GaddafiOut
McKenzieCNN David McKenzie
@SmithInAfrica I think there is an alternate explanation we should consider: gov is going for a guinness record on throwing out journos
Libya_from_FR
Reports of clashes in #Tarhuna which is 80km SE of Tripoli between Gaddafi Loyalist & #FF.
LIBYA_WIN
#DearGaddafi please die so I may go to sleep. #DearSaif I hope your #SaifBeard is set on fire and burns your face. #DearNATO JUST DO IT!
Khiria
General Ali AlObeidi said, “I wish all my colleagues who passed away were still here for this revolution, they would have loved it.”
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good night all … #Epiclibyanman & #Epiclibyanwoman are #feb17 yfrog.com/kjm8wvoj http://yfrog.com/kl1xsvkj
Khiria
My dad, “No one wants #Gaddafi. Not even Gaddafi wants himself!” #thingsmydadsays #Libya #Feb17
befroggled
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@Niz_FGM u’ve done a great job on security so far MSA, but ur a voice of resistance we can’t afford to lose. Allah yehmeek wa yigaweek.
septimius_
Omar Mokhtar des temps modernes / Omar Mokhtar of the modern times : @Niz_FGM – Rabe ya7dhkom ! #Tripoli #Libya
“There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear” and clearly @Niz_FGM has no fear……stay safe Please
Darwin_hipster
@Niz_FGM U r 1of symbols of resistance in @Tripoli your voice has given us hope please be careful no need to show faces G thugs r watching 2
SMILE:
Khaled
So my phone can gimme directions, scan barcodes, show me what i look like fat, play movies in HD, but it wont make phonecalls?
IamLibya
You don’t have to be #Arab to feel for their struggles,all you need is a conscience and an open mind. #ArabSpring
Hanan @Niz_FGM: May Allah protect you guys and give u strength to finish this.
GOOD QUESTION:
Sorin129
If all the people in Tripoli love Gadafi as he says why not turn on the internet back on in Tripoli? Any jurnos asked that question?
Niz_FGM Niz
Thanks everyone for your concerns. Give us a little credit for our security setup (5months & counting). We’ll “cool it down” after he falls
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#Epiclibyanman is well …. inspirational #libya #feb17 yfrog.com/kgd5aflj
4Adam
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@Niz_FGM Please, stay safe! no more videos showing “places and faces”. You guys are the Gaddafi’s enemy #1 in Tripoli. Cool it down.
Niz_FGM Niz
they have been chasing shadows for 5 months. What do you think they will find when they locate the place the interview was shot?
bint_
A video from Gaddafi rally in Tripoli 8/7 showing that many non-Libyans also took part. goo.gl/xJ5qz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mgsDqvemZ4&fea...
Jounos portrayed as spies according to g tv.
Niz_FGM Niz
10/7/11-State TV: journalists recently expelled were caught searching through private offices and so were spies.
New star popped up out of the blue:
Mohamed T. Shebani
@NLGLibyaShebani UAE
Mohamed Taher Shebani was the writer for kind Idris up until Sep 1969 coup of Gadaffi. In 1979 Shebani went into Exile due to Gadaffi’s oppresions.
Mohamed shebani says hello to all of his fallowers and to all the people in Libya. God bless you , stay tuned, more to come soon
Mohamed Shebani appeared on Al Arabiya news last night and said; The TNC is a illegitimate council of the people, and they must step down
A new Cabinet is forming to take over the TNC. Goals are; to move forward with the peoples interests at hand Structure a working government
Questions:
Has anybody told the NTC this?
Is someone already trying to cause problems?
Shouldn’t we try to stop the killing of innocent civilians first, before we get into power struggles?
Unbelievable……..
operationlibyia
there’s no limit on how far we go, no boundaries no lengths, we will free you libya, our land, with our own hands, #libyanpeople
#Freedom, we would do anything for you,to show you how much we missed you,from the #libyan people
FF’s solve any problem:)
fcukruna
#Misrata FFs: No trees for shade ? No problem. fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc… #LIBYA #FREELIBYA #FEB17
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Khiria
#Gaddafi’s body can be mummified and used as a scarecrow for crops in some #African country that wants him. #GaddafisBody #Libya #Feb17
LibyanLion
#Zliten FFs are active, causing problems for G forces from within. He’s losing his grip on the city rapidly! #Libya #Feb17
operationlibyia
We got a pain in our heart but we never cry, we fight till we are heard. youtube.com/watch?v=FWUDYn… Shab libya wake up shab freedom!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUDYnO_uHg
mimi_mato #Misrata: Any advances FF make will be kept confidential for the next few days, G forces utilising published information EndTyranny
‘Heroes of #Misarata cafe’, offering free coffee to Freedom Fighters yfrog.com/khqgopgj #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
SecularLibya
Qadafi is right ! It is all in the NESCAFE — see free NESCAFE sign at cafe just for FFs! yfrog.com/khqgopgj /sarcasm #Libya #Feb17
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
Photo: Misratah, west Misrata Battle 09-07-2011 صور الثوار علي الجبهه الغربية لمصراته on.fb.me/ogPnuX #Libya #Feb17
McKenzieCNN David McKenzie
Defiance in the heart of Tripoli bit.ly/oIg1Ti #Libya
LibyanDictator The Dictator
#Misrata’s Free Women Movement to hold their first charity function on July 15th, will be announced on radio. Hope reporters will attend. (:
SUMMARY JULY 10th 2011
7/10/2011
7.10.2011
Libya:
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality”
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/qQeqE
NATO 09JULY: nr #Brega: 1 Armed Vehicle 1 Tank nr #Tripoli: 1 Military Store Facility 5 SAM Launchers nr #RasLanuf: 1 Artillery Piece
NATO 09JULY: nr #Misrata: 1 Armoured Fighting Vehicle 4 Armed Vehicles 1 Missile Site 4 Artillery Pieces 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher
NATO 09JULY:nr #Waddan: 1 Military Store Facility 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher nr #Gharyan – #Yafran: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher 1 Tank
NATO 09JULY: nr #Zintan: 1 Artillery Piece
GRTV
West Funnels Illegal Weapons Into Libya
France has been among the main powers behind the NATO-led air campaign, which is officially aimed at protecting civilians from assaults by Gaddafi’s forces. However, many view a change of regime in Libya as the main reason for the alliance’s involvement there. France’s latest move has invoked extensive criticism from Russia and the African Union, while China has indirectly objected to it.
The sending of arms to the Libyan rebels is illegal, yet it has been going on almost since the beginning of the conflict there, believes Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya from the Centre for Research on Globalization.
“It definitely is violating the United Nations’ sanction as well as international law. There is something called the ATT the Arms Trade Treaty and under the ATT they cannot supply arms to the rebels,” he said. “This is not new news either. They have been saying it from March that they have been sending arms to the rebels. In the London conference, the Prime Minister of Qatar said they were going to send arms. He said that in front of Hillary Clinton and all the representatives of the NATO states were there.”
“Reuters and the Wall Street Journal — they all said that the United States was sending arms through Egypt to the rebels. It is reported, it is documented,” Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya added.
Source:
tv.globalresearch.ca/2011/07/west-funne...
Answer:
SecularLibya
GlobalResearch.ca is a commie website. 1973 clearly states: “.. any means necessary, & not limited to prohibitions of 1970”. ie arms
Secular has a point. It’s extremely leftie.
freedom4libya
The discovery of a secret unit in the #Gadhafi regime specialized in fighting Stardom in #Libya. Another reason to hate #Gadhafi.
Please give thanks to all the members and their families of OP UNIFIED PROTECTOR (Libya- NATO)
OVERVIEW
We are a group of people of varied ideologies, French, Libyan and other nationalities. We have all, individually been struck by the incredible courage it took for the Libyan people to rise up against a cynical and violent dictator. Convinced of the sincerity of the Libyan people’s aspiration for democracy and freedom of expression we have decided to mobilize ourselves. Because of the duration of the conflict, much of the enthusiasm has been diluted and the propaganda of Gaddafi is starting to win France and other allied countries. On this day of national celebration, we wanted to respond.
We know who Gaddafi is, we know that he kills civilians, and we know why Operation Unified Protector is just.
Please sign this petition to give thanks to the Women and Men fighting to protect civilians, their mothers, fathers, wives, husbands and children.
www.change.org/petitions/please-give-th...
Government troops destroy petro-chemical plant in Brega: spokesman for Libyan rebels
BENGHAZI, Libya, July 9 (Xinhua) — A petro-chemical plant in the Libyan oil city of Brega has been destroyed by the government troops, a spokesman for the rebel forces said here on Saturday.
Ahmed Bani, spokesman for the rebel forces said in a press conference in Benghazi, the second largest city of Libya, that the plant and its equipment were actually destroyed by the government troops, not the rebel forces as the government earlier alleged.
The oil refinery town of Brega lies on the frontline between the rebel-held east and the government-held west.
Bani said the blast of the plant “has not only hurt the interest of the Libyan people, but also caused pollution to the environment.”
The rebels have already deployed heavy forces to protect the other sites of oil production and refinery, he said.
And he added the government troops are now totally besieged in Brega.
Meanwhile in Tripoli, Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi denounced on Saturday the air strikes launched on the country by the NATO-led alliance to an envoy of UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon, according to state TV.
He called the air attacks “flagrant violations of the (UN) resolution of 1970 and 1973” and “must be considered as crimes against humanity and an act of genocide.”
The UN envoy’s visit was agreed during Thursday talks between Mahmudi and Ban. The UN chief called Mahmudi to halt the fighting and improve the humanitarian conditions in the African country.
Source:
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/20...
Mary :)
Check this video out — Khaled M ft Lowkey – Can’t Take Our Freedom youtube.com/watch?v=vuOqik… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuOqikbdYIU&fea...
Khiria
#wheneverimbored I listen to one of #Gaddafi’s speeches to get a good laugh, that’s comedy at its best #GaddafiCrimes
carolv27 Carol Viana
And here is a little message for Gaddafi j.mp/oVYi7V #Libya #cutepicoftheday
Architarik
#Zintan’s #FF Victory Parade of July,9. Wait and see the one in #Tripoli coming soon, iA !!! #Libya #feb17 bit.ly/nzUX2f
Mary :)
English: The Capital, Friday 1 July
July 2, 2011
By Ahmed
Tripoli: Friday 1 July, 20.30
Tripoli (Urgent Libya): The Libyan government court issued an arrest warrant for “Mourinho Luis Ocampo”, the ICC Attorney General, on Friday. The warrant was issued as a reaction for the ICC decision of arresting MoamerGaddaffi, SaifAlIslam and Abdullah AlSonussi. The decision was endorsed by AlBaghdadiAlMahmoudi, Gaddafi prime minister, on Friday, the same day that pro-G gathered in the green square challenging NATO and the ICC. is this for real lol
Africa’s Voice of Reason: Kagame and the war in Libya
Whether Gaddafi outlives the NATO airstrikes or not, he is the wrong man for Libya and Africa must ask him to go as they ask NATO to stop the shelling.
Rebel leaders rejected a plan presented by the African Union (AU) for a ceasefire and an end to the conflict in Libya, saying it did not meet their basic demand that Col. Muammar Gaddafi, his sons and entourage leave immediately. “We will not negotiate with the blood of our martyrs,” said the rebel national council chairman, Mustafa Abdul Jalil. «We will die with them or be victorious.»
The African Union negotiators had left meetings in Tripoli with Gaddafi, who said he accepted what they called a “roadmap” for a political settlement involving a ceasefire and the suspension of NATO airstrikes.
But the AU delegates arrived in Benghazi and faced a chilly reception. Protesters implored the rebel leadership not to accept anything less than the departure of Gaddafi and his family. One protester, reportedly, screamed: “How much blood does he need to let go? He killed enough. He killed so many young people.”
Full art.:
www.independent.co.ug/column/comment/43...
Mary :)
English: Middle Region, Saturday 09 July
July 9, 2011
By Hana
Saturday 09 July 21:33
Middle region: Misurata (Jeel): NATO announces it had destroyed a missile battery that Gaddafi forces had placed in a civilian area and used it to bomb Misurata’s sea port. NATO’s strike occurred a few hours after Gaddafi had sent an audio message stating that his regime will not fall. NATO’s decision to strike today came after confirming that the said location was a farm in the south of Misurata also used to hide artillery. Lieutenant Charles Bouchard, Commander of the NATO military mission in Libya, condemned Gaddafi forces’ use of civilian areas for their operations.
Saturday 09 July 18:36
Middle region: Zliten (Mountain Revolutionaries): Ambulances have been unprecedentedly available since the early hours of this day, confirming that there is a high number of casualties among Gaddafi forces.
Saturday 09 July 17:38
Middle region: Misurata (Al-Tadamun): Gaddafi forces fiercly bomb Ghiran area in Misurata and no casualties have been reported yet.
Saturday 09 July 07:41
Middle region: Zliten (Mountain Revolutionaries): 12 martyrs and more than 50 wounded in deadly clashes in Soug Al-Thulatha in Zliten. via bit.ly/n3jv6C
Or:
networkedblogs.com/kcVbk
English: Eastern Region, Saturday 09 July
July 9, 2011
By Hana
Saturday 09 July 17:38
Eastern region: Ajdabiya (Al-Tadamun): Clashes between Gaddafi forces and Freedom Fighters south of 18 zone in Ajdabiya with no news of casualties.
freedom4libya
Yes this is #Misrata now (just few weeks after the defeat of #Gadhafi forces) youtube.com/watch?v=R29_FD…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R29_FDQZNhs&fea...
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Less grads hitting #Misrata #libya last 24 hrs. Probably due to the #NATO strike on missile launchers near Tawurgha . tinyurl.com/68dk3n8
K_H_Jordan
MENA Digest is out! bit.ly/gJhZSE ▸ Top stories today via
paper.li/K_H_Jordan
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: bunker near #zintan with empty boxes for grad rockets taken by opposition fighters. Bunker full of mortar rounds. yfrog.com/kko3bkj
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: what appear to be (but hard to say with certainty) scud missiles destroyed in a NATO airstrike outside #zintan. yfrog.com/kj5xrqoj
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Out of tweet range for day or so
Op-Ed: Libya – The Stolen Revolution
Revolution is when people take control of their destiny into their own hands. Is that still the case in Libya? Is the revolution still in the hands of the people? Or has it been hijacked? Indeed, is it still a revolution at all?
Back in February, at the beginning of the revolution, hundreds of unarmed youths stormed the Birka Barracks in Benghazi. Facing intense machine-gun fire, they kept coming in wave after wave until they finally overpowered Gaddafi’s forces and took control of the base. The dead littered the grounds, but at the time it seemed worth it.
Now that rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil has said that Gaddafi could stay in Libya if “he desires” as part of a negotiated settlement t. it makes one wonder if those boys died in vain.
Jalil’s statement confirms similar remarks last week by NTC spokesman, Mahmoud Shammam, who said that they would not object to Gaddafi being allowed to retire to some “Libyan oasis”
The idea that Gaddafi could be allowed to live out his life in luxury, immune from prosecution, in some palace in the desert or seaside resort in his home town of Sirte has shocked and angered many people. Not surprisingly, they are asking themselves whether this is satisfactory justice for the decades of murder, torture and imprisonment and the deaths of thousands during the revolution?
Read more:
feb17.info/news/op-ed-libya-the-stolen-...
libyanfsl
FF in Zliten attack G forces @ Ghwailat checkpoint shortly after midnight this morning #Feb17 #Libya
Good morning to you all from Tripoli, Libya’s only and one capital. Freedom is coming soon. We can smell it
Op-Ed: Justice will find Khadafy
When the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on June 27 for Moammar Khadafy — as well as his son, Seif al-Islam, and his intelligence chief — on charges of “widespread and systematic attacks on civilians,” it was clear that Khadafy would ignore the court’s action. His response was to threaten to bring war to Europe’s “homes, offices, families, which would become legitimate military targets,” for NATO’s having bombed Libya.
The Libyan Justice Minister rejected the authority of the tribunal, calling it a tool of the Western world.
As the Libyan civil war moves into its fifth month, Khadafy has surprised most Western countries and experts with his staying power. He shows no inclination to leave Libya. While the impasse continues, the rebels — ill-equipped and most of them with little or no military training — are making some gains southwest of Tripoli. Several efforts at mediation and peace talks have thus far failed to find a resolution acceptable to the rebels, who have insisted on Khadafy’s departure as a precondition to negotiations.
However, the head of the rebels’ Transitional National Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, said last week that Khadafy could stay in Libya under “international supervision” while peace talks proceed.
Uncertainty surrounds Libya’s future. Even if Khadafy flees, is assassinated, or is otherwise forcibly removed from power, his 41 years of brutal rule, characterized by clannish fiefdom and tribal rivalries, has left a large part of the population impoverished. He did not permit civil society or institutions to develop. The fear that the rebels’ movement will fracture and lead to chaos, as in Iraq after the fall ofSaddam Hussein, is justified. Western powers in post-Khadafy Libya will have to secure law and order and actively support the Libyan people in building institutions.
Full story;
feb17.info/news/op-ed-justice-will-find...
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Truth about Gaddafi’s RENT-A-CROWD at Tripoli’s green square fake rally:youtube.com/watch?v=1mgsDq… #feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mgsDqvemZ4
Sarah
Zliten (#Ghweelat)1am 2day:FF in city attacked checkpoint on coastal road.Min 7 G forces killed
Video:
Libya Rebels Push to Cut Off Defiant Gadhafi 7/9/2011 4:34:17 PM
Libyan rebels say they are preparing to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Moammar Gadhafi in the ever-closer capital. Video courtesy of AFP.
online.wsj.com/video/libya-rebels-push-...
walid
#Libya family just came to #Tunis. Son Injured from Random firing on streets by #Gadhafi militias on #Tripoli streets recently
#Gahdfi loyalist present in #Tunis #Sousse #Djerba providing support & supply to #Tripoli. few gets blocked by #FF
#UN based on #NATO intel. haven’t declared #Libya #WesternMountain as safe yet for its employees to start working from there.
FEATURE-Doctors return from West to help Libyan rebels at front
BIR AYAD, Libya, July 10 (Reuters) – The Bir Ayad field hospital is in a single room with no electricity in a former roadside cafe near the front line in Libya’s Western mountains.
It’s a far cry from the Canadian medical centre where Abu Abdullah usually works as the head of the department of cardiology.
Forget about his advanced cardiology training.
Here, the 39-year-old Libyan-Canadian doctor is practicing basic emergency trauma care, using skills he was taught back in medical school.
“I was watching the news and I decided I had to come help,” he said. “I’m proud to be Canadian as well as Libyan. I never felt proud to be Libyan before now. We never felt this freedom we feel now.”
Read full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
bencnn benwedeman
Video report: opposition fighters from all over western #Libya gradually closing in on #Tripoli. bit.ly/qL7y3E #Feb17
edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/07/09/wedeman.rebels.toward.tripoli.cnn
LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
French mission in Libya has cost 160m euro ($228.9m) so far. France has a defence budget of 40bn euro – #libya #feb17 – goo.gl/2YaDL
Video: Closing in on Tripoli – #libya #feb17 – www.libyafeb17.com/2011/07/video-closin...
CNN
Rebel fighters inexperienced, yet enthusiastic in southern Libya
Qawalish, Libya (CNN) — Almost all civilians have fled the western Libya area around Qawalish, hoping to avoid the worst of the violence wracking the nation.
Yet there is a buzz around this village, which is in the hands of rebel fighters eager to defeat forces loyal to longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Their optimism and energy are matched, in many ways, by their inexperience.
When spotters on a rooftop spy vehicles they believe belong to the Libyan army, a rebel rocket team wipes off desert grit from their weapon, oils it up and fires — their aim, at best, approximate.
The group’s commander, Fahti, knows the opposition forces are in many ways overmatched.
“They have tanks. You hear that? Rockets,” Fahti said. “They have mortars, all the heavy weapons.”
Dressed in everything from military fatigues to polo shirts to T-shirts, the rebels are not the stereotypical picture of a modern fighting force. But despite their challenges, the rebels here have had success.
Full art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/09...
Sarah
Misrata Western front(Sat):Faraj Kweeder-FF ambushed GF.Many G men killed,many surrendered.G weapons destroyed.Gs shelled 2cover retreat
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#feb17 entering #Libya on border from Tunisia, saw hundreds of cars loaded to bursting with barrels of petrol. hard to get fuel in #Tripoli
Sarahdrah
Zliten:Gaddafi forces r hiding in civillian homes to escape NATO bombing
Zliten Sat:Fierce clashes SuqAlThulatha.‘Gaddafi guy w RPG fell frm window’! youtu.be/V6r6bnjFLig
Khaled
Good morning world. “#gadaffi&Co not included”
NATO airstrike hits missile site
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO warplanes on Saturday struck a missile launching position that Libyan ruler Moammar Khadafy’s forces used to target the civilians in western Libya, the alliance said in a statement.
Government troops used the missile site outside the rebel-held port city of Misrata to fire indiscriminately on civilians in the area, NATO said.
Also Saturday, the International Organization for Migration said it was airlifting about 2,000 stranded migrants out of the southern Libyan town of Sebha.
Source:
www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_18448777
BREAKING:#Gaddafis ambassador to #Egypt resigns. #Libya #feb17 سفير القذافى فى مصر يستقيل من عمله
Because of the oh, la-la report yesterday?
The video leaves absolutely no doubt what was occuring in that office………
The “lady” was wearing a dress with pink flowers……..
thegeedee
#Libya,NTC must root out mentality of knowing a man who knows a man who can get you this or that bcs we have already had 42 yrs of that s**t
Rape as Weapon of War Is UN Focus
It took a video going “viral” of a Libyan woman being dragged from a Tripoli hotel — shouting that she’d been raped for two days by 15 men — to put a face and name to a weapon of war that dates back at least to the founding of ancient Rome.
Defying social norms that can turn rape victims into outcasts, Iman al-Obeidi went public with her story. Her allegations of torture at the hands of soldiers loyal to Muammar Qaddafi spread fast via Facebook and Twitter.
“Iman is publicly hailed as a hero in Benghazi, and there are discussions about changing attitudes,” Arafat Jamal, the United Nations refugee agency’s co-coordinator for Libya, said in an interview from Benghazi.
Read on here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/rape-...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zliten FF Killed 7 injuring many July9/10 aft midnight Footage from a F Fighters perspective @theFRONT July9 : goo.gl/dMiSx #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLW4QgYUJTo&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zliten Mercenaries Hiding from NATO in Civilian Homes on outskirt of #SouqAlThalatha #Libya near #Misrata
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Le Monde corspndt expelled from #Libya ystrday. Only 2 western newspaper reporters now left in #Tripoli, major TV stations
G only wants reporters that can be controled:(
libyanproud
Freedom Fighters have reached #Tarhouna and are joined by Freedom Fighters from the City in clashes with G Forces . #Feb17 #Libya
20arb
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAMIYA FF says his Native Gaddafi held coastal city was Raided Ambushed at night by his comrades #Qawalish BenWedeman goo.gl/Zuo6e
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/09...
Iman
Cousin going back to tripoli, says. The shops there are empty, he has to stock up in tunisia on the simplest of foood items
Tripoli is a ghost town, people only leave their homes for only v.important trips, its not even safe for men anymore Everyone is in danger :’(
Lack of money is a big problem, people aren’t getting their salaries and the banks won’t allow u to withdraw more than 750 per month #Libya
On feb 19th I phoned my cousin in #tarhuna and asked what was happening there, there was a lot of noise and he said it was nearly liberated
#tarhuna I think my cousin was being a bit too naïve, haven’t hear from him since :s inshallah kheer!
My uncles in #tarhuna threw stones and rocks at a pro-g rally, being wimps the pro-gs ran away they couldn’t even take stoned for G #libya
libyans_revolt
#Zliten: Freedom Fighters inside the city fired gunshots on #Gaddafi forces in #Rimaya on Saturday evening.
khald
Demonstrators wave the flags of #Libya and the U.S. in support of #FreeLibyans July 9, 2011. WhiteHouse (AP) twitpic.com/5o0xod
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tarhuna Clashes reported Some say : UNDERGROUND Chemical Plant, some say: Watertank part of #greatmanmaderiverproject #Libya
Tarhuna Chemical Plant at 32°28’21.49”N, 13°25’43.67”E t.co/IAbrByZ #Libya #Tarhuna #GaddafiCrimes
walid
Indirect #Saudi relief efforts for #Libya are mainly from #Rajhi, #AbduLateefJameel, #WAMY via #IslamicRelief
PeterLeng Peter Leng
Now in Tunis after 2 weeks of mindgames in Tripoli. My colleague @Jonny_Hallam has taken on the baton….Good luck
Mishy
What the hell is wrong with me? Tweeting since 8am!!
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Depuis jeudi, environ 2000 Tchadiens bloqués au sud de la #Libye sont en train d’être rapatriés, a annoncé l’OIM lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/201…
Le Figaro
2.000 Tchadiens rapatriés de Libye
Environ 2.000 Tchadiens fuyant les combats en Libye et bloqués dans le sud de ce pays, pour la plupart des femmes et des enfants, sont en train d’être rapatriés, a annoncé à Benghazi (est) l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM). Ces migrants, qui tentaient de traverser le Sahara pour regagner le Tchad, étaient coincés dans les villages de Sabha et de Gatroun, situés dans le sud du désert libyen.
“L’opération a commencé jeudi”, a déclaré Jean-Philippe Chauzy, membre de l’OIM. “Depuis la nuit dernière, nous avons rapatrié près de 500 personnes”, a-t-il ajouté.
Les migrants tentaient, d’après lui, de regagner leur pays d’origine par voie terrestre, mais ont été bloqués par les affrontements entre les deux parties libyennes au conflit. “Ils étaient sans abri et dans un état lamentable”, a précisé M. Chauzy.
Full art.:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/07/09/9...
septimius_
Tweeps wish Good luck to @Jonny_Hallam on the surreal universe of #Rixos #feb17 #Libya #Tripoli..
libyanproud
Everyone shld b proud of the Freedom Fighters for recent strategical and tactical advances . Well Played Freedom Fighters !
ibn
if you know somebody who knows how to use Protools or Reason/Record and they are in or willing to go to Nafoussa mtns, plz let me know
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Mardi prochain, l’Assemblée nationale vote sur la prolongation au-delà de quatre mois de l’intervention française en #Libye.
libyanproud
#NATO Jets over #Nafusa NOW ! at least one Explosion Heard . #Feb17 #Libya (Source #JADU FB)
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Libyan official angry that I slipped out with no minder. He ripped my article in half and snapped: “Tomorrow you will leave Libya forever!”
Officials said I could stay in Tripoli if Guardian published an apology denying the existence of my interviewees. An offer I could refuse.
Libyan official on my article: “I like you. You’re handsome. But I don’t believe these people said these things. I think you imagined it.”
Driven out of Libya by a very sullen minder, passing smashed up shop fronts, broken windows, bullet holes and the obligatory green flags.
Septimius “AU is not being taken seriously,” says Zuma. I wonder why… #Libya #Africa #SouthAfrica Jonny_Hallam
#feb17 entering #Libya on border from Tunisia, saw hundreds of cars loaded to bursting with barrels of petrol. hard to get fuel in #Tripoli
bencnn benwedeman
Interviewed captured Qadhafi army soldier in #Zintan who says had orders to shoot soldiers fleeing from front lines.
Other captured soldiers in #Zintan say many troops deserting. Say morale is low, fuel, ammunition in short supply.
Irishtimes.com
LIBYA: Hisham Matar’s life and books are bound up in the story of Libya under Muammar Gadafy, and if and when the dictator is dislodged, Matar intends to return to Libya and find out what happened to his father, who disappeared 11 years ago, and played a major role in the Libyan opposition, writes Foreign Correspondent MARY FITZGERALD
Read more here:
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2...
REUTERS:
Rebels face heavy attack as Gaddafi strikes back
By Nick Carey and Peter Graff
Rebel fighters in western Libya faced sustained artillery and rocket bombardment by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for the fifth straight day on Saturday.
The attacks came after the Libyan leader staged shows of support in key cities in his area of control and threatened to strike his enemies at home and abroad.
Rebels in Misrata said the death toll in the coastal town had risen to seven from six, with at least 17 wounded, after a heavy attack by Gaddafi artillery the day before.
A Reuters team in the area said rebels were consolidating their frontline 36 km (23 miles) west of Misrata in the direction of the capital Tripoli, but were coming under heavy fire from artillery and truck-mounted Grad missile systems.
Read on:
feb17.info/news/rebels-face-heavy-attac...
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
2months ago walls in #Libya emb, #Jordan covered with #Gaddafi pix,today 1/2 replaced with gory pix of aftermath of “crusader aggression”
Lots of photo’s:
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Large collection of photos from Benghazi’s million man march on 6/7/11 goo.gl/DU9Ze #Libya
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.17291...
Le général Desportes et la Libye : “On a confondu guerre et maintien de l’ordre”
Interrogé dans le Journal du Dimanche, le général de division Vincent Desportes, ancien directeur de l’Ecole de Guerre, sanctionné il y a un an pour avoir critiqué la guerre en Afghanistan, dénonce de la même façon l’intervention en Libye. Il explique que “la réflexion stratégique initiale a été imparfaite”, qu’il n’y a pas d’issue militaire et qu’il faut négocier avec Kadhafi. Le parlement doit se prononcer mardi sur la poursuite de la participation française à l’opération militaire de l’Otan en Libye.
Read on:
www.france-info.com/france-politique-20...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
spoke to #Misrata’s resident psychiatrist (UK-Libyan) Believes #Gaddafi has narcissistic personality disorder so will go on until cornered.
Alex
On Sunday 10th July 2011, @Alexsaid:
MAP of #Zliten – showing the city boundary districts of #SuqAlThulatha & #Naimah – recently taken by #Libya #FF
wikimapia.org/#lat=32.4205441&lon=14.5743942&z=12&l=0&m=b&search=Zlitan Libya
chantal
A brega la milice de kadhafou detruise les installation petrolieres, la politique de la terre brulee de kadhafou #libye
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Breaking:Libya Ahrar TV: Misrata Military spokesman says Special Forces brigade fighting G forces w/ Tarhuna FFs in city TODAY
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Zletin: At 1am today FFs blew up the AlGhewlat checkpoint on the coastal road killing 7 Gaddafi forces
seomani
There is still time to nominate #MohammedNabbous as CNN hero of the year cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.h… #Libya #Feb17 @KhiriaElf
edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/nom
Feb17
LIVE Libyan Unrest: July 10, 2011
The Egyptian government has decided to end unrestricted entry of Libyan passport holders imposing visa requirements for Libyans travelling to Egypt. The new regulations caught many Libyans seeking entry to Egypt at Cairo International Airport by surprise, since many airlines had not been properly informed ahead of time before the Libyan travellers got on board of flights heading to Cairo.
AFP
Libyan rebel troops advancing into the loyalist stronghold of Zliten said on Sunday they lost one fighter and had 32 wounded by landmines laid by Moamer Kadhafi’s retreating troops.
Insurgents pressing out westward from the long-besieged city of Misrata said the ordnance was laid by Kadhafi loyalists falling back from their positions around Zliten.
“One of our fighters became a martyr and 32 others were hurt after an anti-personnel mine was placed by the forces of Moamer Kadhafi in their old positions in the Suq al-Thulatha neighbourhood of Zliten,” the rebels said in a statement to AFP.
Zliten, once considered a bastion of Kadhafi forces, is a key link on the road from rebel-held Misrata to the capital Tripoli.
Reuters:
French military operations in Libya have cost 160 million euros, Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said on Saturday, just days before a key parliamentary debate on extending operations.
France has spearheaded the NATO-led campaign in Libya and symbolically launched the first air strikes against troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in March.
But after more than three months of bombings aimed at tipping the balance of the conflict in favour of rebels trying to end Gaddafi’s 41-year rule, frustration is growing in Paris at the duration of the mission.
“The cost of our intervention in Libya has reached at this stage 160 million euros,” Pecresse, also the government spokeswoman, told the Journal Du Dimanche in a preview of its Sunday edition.
“Compare that figure to the 40 billion euro (French) Defence budget. We can absorb it,” she said.
Parliament votes on Tuesday whether to extend operations, with the opposition Socialists likely to back it while questioning in detail the government’s strategy in Libya.
Prime Minister Francois Fillon said this week the debate’s objective was to send Gaddafi a clear signal of the “total determination” of Paris and its allies.
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Misrata: Yesterday Zureg area was shelled to prepare for dropping off G forces via sea behind FFs.This was foiled by FFs & NATO #Feb17#Libya
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Believe it or not there was a Gaddafi secret unit to combat Stardom! He wanted to be the only famous person in Libya ..lol
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
Reports that FFs special forces were involved in the fight in #Tarhuna last night. #Misrata spokesman confirmed this. #Libya #Feb17
#Nafusa : #Asabaa : Local FF in asabaa told families (by megaphones) to evac the village, some stopped by #Gaddafi Forces. #Feb17 #Libya
bencnn reports that fleeing G soldiers on front lines were shot if they retreated. Not long till the war machine collapses..
IR_Worldwide Islamic Relief
7,500 of baby nappies has been shipped from Tunisia to Misrata and distributed by the Libyan Red Crescent
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GO TARHUNA ..ALLAHU AKBAR
SmithInAfrica David Smith
In Tatouine in Tunisia. No sign of Luke Skywalker, Jabba the Hutt or intrusive CGI, but lots of Libyan rebel flags and hostility to Gaddafi.
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Hana, libyenne, aide Human Rights Watch & Amnesty International à défendre les mercenaires en #Libye, certains sont victimes de #Kadhafi
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Unconfirmed: G forces are launching now a counteroffensive on the recently captured Qawaleesh
News 24:
Libya rebels take casualties
Benghazi –
Libyan rebel troops advancing into the loyalist stronghold of Zliten said on Sunday they lost one fighter and had 32 wounded by landmines laid by Muammar Gaddafi’s retreating troops.
Insurgents pressing out westward from the long-besieged city of Misrata said the ordnance was laid by Gaddafi loyalists falling back from their positions around Zliten.
More:
www.news24.com/Africa/News/Libya-rebels...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
On Libya Ahrar TV you get the funniest phone ins. A woman now is claiming that Saif with a beard is not Saif because he looks too dark ..lol
Also on Libya Ahrar TV phone ins they spend half the call saying Salam Alaikum , how are you, thank you, hows everything going. Tahidreez: )
On Libya Ahrar TV I also love it when they say they have information, you start concentrating, then they give no info whatsoever : )
you need a large dose of patience to be a presenter on that channel : )
libyans_revolt
#Misrata: 1 martyr & 32 wounded by landmines laid by #Gaddafi forces in #Suqalthulath #Zliten tinyurl.com/6c3hw65 #Libya #Feb17 #AFP
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
hominoid
Libya Misrata G troops launched a naval attack yesterday, it was quicly spotted and destroyed by FFs and NATO.
librev2011
#Anonymous Dialup in #Tripoli, use closed foreign co. or gov. tel wires at night 4 short time, long wire, change location
libyanproud
#Nafusa : #Gwaleesh : There is NO offensive on Gwaleesh ! Things Calm at Gwaleesh Checkpoints (Phone Call @ 13:00)
hominoid555
Libya One injured from FFs due to Gaddafi troops shelling Constantly for five hours on Almarabeh Mountains west of Nalut city yesterday 1
by heavy artillery and Rocket launchers. However the rebels destroyed one army position 2
and one army truck full of ammunition.
Libya The battle for Tarhoona has started this morning. Opinion this is done to block supply lines to Gharyan.
layla
After 42 years, not a single Libyan has a doubt on the state of insanity of Gaddafi..he is insane..needs to be put down in the name humanity
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Beautiful tribute by Suhail 4 his dad,the martyr BrigadierGen AlObeidi #Libya غفر الله للشهيد البطل علي عطاالله العبيدي youtube.com/watch?v=eX06h7…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX06h7_ZHDk
United4Libya LIBYAN
Take a pen and write Libya in Arabic ‘’ ليبيا ’’ and you will have a different feeling you have never felt before.
17febtripoli 17 Feb Tripoli
Gaddafi’s regime FORCES teachers at public schools in tripoli to sign a petition supporting Gaddafi to be later presented to the UN.
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Teachers are being forced to Sign and FingerPrint form declaring allegiance to #Gaddafi . #Feb17
septimius_sever septimius severus
CONFIRMED: Egyptian embassy in #Tripoli denies claims that libyan need VISA to enter #Egypt
Yes, has been withdrawn again:)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Gaddafi’s end is near. The Truth in the end always prevails no matter how long it takes. AllahuAkbar
Alhamdulilah my younger brother was able to leave Libya via the Tunisian borders without complications. I can’t wait to see him!
lebeeya
Visions of A Libyan
The beginning of the end. Freedom of speech as we know it!
Remember that story we took when we were in third grade? The one in which a dying father advises his seven sons to remain as one after he passes away? Okay, if you don’t even know it, it goes something like this in brief:
So, as I mentioned above, a dying father gathered his seven sons at his death bed for his final request. He gave each one of them a stick and asked them to break them. Naturally, the sticks broke easily. Next he showed them a bunch of seven sticks tied together and passed it to each one of them, asking them to break the bunch. Even the strongest son wasn’t able to do that. That’s when the father advised them to remain together as one bunch that no one can ever break, and not live as separate, vulnerable individuals..
Please read this:
visionsofalibyan.blogspot.com/2011/07/a...
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There are 2300 FFs from Gheryan amongst Nafusa’s FFs. They know Gheryan inside out & their friends inside are waiting 4 them
An appeal for helmets, vests, protective gears for the FF’s to reduce casualty rate, take load off Doctors&medics. pls spread the message
Hélène Brunel
Zintan FF HQ supports 3 districts ot Tripoli by sending them cell phones & weapons ; they hope a Tripoli uprising supported by their advance
VID:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/brunehel/~iQGmg
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Unconfirmed reports of heavy clashes 40km East of Brega with heavy Grad use by G forces
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A unified FF military council of Aljufra area formed composed of Hun, Sukna Zila and Wadan FFs. AllahuAkbar
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Reports of awesome ambush set up by Misrata FFs on western front. Many G forces casualties & equipment destroyed.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Benghazi: Investigators found documents showing that Gaddafi had intelligence units pre-feb17 that used to prevent any form of fame #libya
Benghazi: This unit was to make sure that the only idol and celebrity in #Libya is Gaddafi himself. Not football stars/singers/musicians
Benghazi: These intelligence units collected information about people and punished anyone that tried to gain fame/influence
Benghazi: It’s also worth noting that it’s illegal, under G’s regime, for commentators to mention players (fball etc) by name. Number only
Azul:
Many yrs ago when Libya bt Turnisia G sacked the coach becasue he was afraid the team was more popular than G.
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Libeeya¸¸.ღ
AJA: Gaddafi may turn himself in to international court rather than face trial in Libya for fear of the death penalty bit.ly/n66Xbp
www.aljazeera.net/NR/EXERES/F820D9BC-33...
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Loud explosion heard in West of Tripoli 15 mins ago
Today has been epic. I need to calm down. It is Sunday afterall : )
Tripoli: Report that majority of G supporters involved in killing protesters have left city after lists of their names distributed
G electronic mercs based in office in Hay Alandalus near Shababia station. Getting paid 2000D/mth. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE
BREAKING: strong explosions shake "mayyah: area to the west of the Libyan capital Tripoli which is believed to be a NATO strike
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Freedom fighters, in their own way :) #libya #feb17 fb.me/18u1j91ZR
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=267889&l...
befroggled Miss B
3000 #Libya(n) refugee children in #Tunisia to sit their Libyan curriculum end of year exams at schools in Tataouine bit.ly/mCfzh3
libyans_revolt omar
#Gaddafi’s new look after 4 months Hiding in Delivery Suite – Maternity Dept yfrog.com/kldm6rij #Libya #Feb17
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
An amazing compilation of what’s happening in Libya: My dear #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=mxkrzH…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxkrzHynmXU&fea...
carol
There are pro-G people out there, even in academia. They are like abused wives afraid to leave their abusers.
And out of fear and denial, these pro-G (abused wives) will swear to God how awesome their regime (marriage) is
United4Libya LIBYAN
USA National Security Adviser Tom Donilon : No decision on arming #Libya.
libyans_revolt omar
#Australia deputy foreign affairs and trade secretary in #Benghazi pledges aid for #Libya, backs #NTC tinyurl.com/6d2m3gj #Feb17
Graphic:
jjia
Trolls in support of Tyranny! Look at this and be proud, this is what you are supporting! “CHEERS”! twitpic.com/5n1021 via @twitpic
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Manchester to Jerjees, #Tunisia – Story of a young Libyan girl travelling to Tunisia to help her fellow Libyans | fb.me/y7Plsg9N #libya
The uprising in Libya has revealed a worldwide movement that is headed by the youth and there aim is to better their country and help in any means possible. Since the 17th of February, thousands of young boys and girls, men and women have contributed in their own way towards this fight against Gaddafi, much of the work has been through social media and bringing awareness to the world of Gaddafi’s atrocities pre and post 17th February, many have fund raised, meeting for hours on end, discussing the best strategies for raising money for the Libyans. Many of the youth have taken time out of there studies and actually gone to Libya as they believe that ‘home’ is calling them.
For 42 years Gaddafi managed to mould and shape Libya to his whims and liking and he did for a long time cause Libyans to have no hope and very little love for their country, but what Gadhafi did not put in his agenda is the emergence of youth who have a plan for Libya’s future and who all have one thing in common which Gadhafi tried to kill in Libyans and that is a love for Libya.
Story with photo’s:
www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=14542...
BBC:
RAF destroys Libyan weapons stash
UK forces destroyed a former grain farm in Libya which was being used to hide rocket launchers, as the Nato campaign against Col Gaddafi continues.
The Ministry of Defence they had been “very active,” particularly focussing on the wider area around Misrata.
Nato said its warplanes conducted 112 air missions on Saturday, with 5,485 in total since the action began in March.
The RAF is involved in enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya under UN Security Council Resolution 1973.
Its aim is to protect civilians using “all necessary measures” short of a ground invasion.
Maj Gen Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s communications officer, said: “British forces were once again very active over Libya on Saturday.”
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14100045
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
IMPORTANT NOTE: AFP’s reports of a Gaddafi counterattack on Qualeesh, Nafousa are INCORRECT. FF firmly in control till Miskah
Tarantino
Wish journos would lower criticism of FF ‘inexperience.’ Civilians, few soldiers, who’ve driven G from 3 fronts. Miraculous.
LibyaInMe Libya In Me
Street lined with the independence flag #Libya #Benghazi twitpic.com/5o5k77
Independence flag Abaya $65 :P #Libya #Benghazi twitpic.com/5o5l4b
Free Libya helicopter flying over us and recording :D #Libya #Benghazi twitpic.com/5o5bg3
Protesters preparing a large Libyan flag before the start of the protest #Libya #Benghazi twitpic.com/5o525d
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Rixos Hotel in #Tripoli has a new name, staff informed me that i must start calling it ‘Swiss Inn’; but my room still has no electricity!
#Rixos sound system now playing an instrumental version of ‘Hotel California’ by the Eagles. are they trying to say something?
i’ve heard about the 80s music at rixos. was it always instrumental muzak? or did it have vocals before?
they keep kicking us out! they have now deported all the UK newspaper journalists that were here.
How much ammunition does the Gaddafi Army have left? Naval and Air blockade must be having an impact after all these months?
#BBC crew driven from #Tripoli to #Garyan and then further south toward Qaryat #Libya. When they called in I heard gunfire in background.
Have been in #Tripoli #SwissInn #Rixos for 24 hours. Haven’t heard a single shot fired or NATO warplane. just lots of flute played muzak
waiting to hear what happened when my team gets back. they couldn’t really tell me on phone. they are safe now
Although team still two hours drive away they estimate. sounds pretty far!
Mary :)
LIBYA. “We hear more and more shots in Tripoli”
Posted on 09-07-11 at 01:14 at 13:19 Edited by Le Nouvel Observateur 8 reactions
In the Libyan capital, daily life on track, although nervousness rises significantly. By our special correspondent Christophe Boltanski.
July 8, 2011, Zintan south of Tripoli, Libyan rebels celebrate their victory over the forces loyal to Gualish southwest of Tripoli. (AFP)
REACT
Do Tripoli feels threatened by the advance of rebels?
- The rebels in the mountains, far from Tripoli. They announced that they had captured the town of Goualich two days ago, which is still at least 60 km from the capital. They have two objectives. The first is to Bir Al-Ghanam, down the mountain, so virtually on the plains. Located 50 km from Tripoli, is within range of artillery shells, the city controls the route to Zaouia. It is here that Tripoli is supplied from Tunisia. This is also where is the large refinery that provides power to fuel the region. The aim is to suffocate Tripoli. In the same vein, the second objective of the rebels is to take the city of Gharyan, a little further south, which controls the road Sabha, another important place of supply, this time from Algeria. If both locks jump, the system will be in a very difficult situation.
Do you feel the nervousness in the capital up?
- There is such a thrill. In recent days, we hear more and more shots. In several suburbs of the city known to be bastions anti-regime, people say that at night there is shooting. We can not be confused with the firing of joy, which is common here. These are many exchanges of fire between rebels and soldiers.
How to make war does daily life in Tripoli?
- The city lacks essence. The black market, a liter of gas is 5 dinars. For a full, you must leave between 100 and 200 dinars. Knowing that the dollar is at 1.70 dinar, it is very expensive. Result, we see fewer cars on the streets than normal. Overall, much of the activity has stopped. For example, judges are leaving the courts, many employees will no longer work. Life is idling. But other than that, there is an air of tranquility. The shops downtown are in their majority, started, although there are few customers. But when night falls, we see dams to increase. Residents concerned about a rise in insecurity: burglary, assault, etc.. This is a new phenomenon in Tripoli, which is obviously due to the fact that security forces have other concerns at this time, the maintenance of public order.
Nobody tries to flee the city?
- The rebels who are in the mountains of the refugees say they are leaving Tripoli. But the city itself, I saw no one to pack away with the draft.
Gaddafi has he even really support?
- Yes, it must still have supporters, even if only in its traditional adherents and major tribes. So while I was crossing a city located in the stronghold of the tribe Warfalas, I was told that roadblocks were manned by people from the clan. Their houses floated the green flag, symbol of the regime. A Beni Walid, too, have felt that a lot of people remained faithful to Gaddafi. Sirte, the hometown of the colonel, also gave me the feeling that the support shown in Gaddafi was sincere. In Tripoli, residents say they are willing to fight for Gaddafi. But there are, too, which, despite the fear, dare to speak to us and tell us, we are passing strangers, they no longer want him.
What freedom of movement allows the regime does to foreign journalists?
- It seeks to bring together all the journalists in Tripoli in hotel Rixos. We’re not supposed to go out without a “minder” spook in English, ed.. Yesterday, two journalists from the Guardian and the Telegraph were expelled because they were gone, without warning, in neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city to talk with opponents.
He means to repel the rebels?
- There are different advancing fronts: to Brega to Misrata, and two or three other fronts in the Djebel the mountainous area, ed.. The question that arises is whether the regime is able to fight on three or four fronts. Does the proliferation of offensive may have the effect of accelerating the fall of the regime, with more defections?
Interview by Sarah Halifa-Legrand, Friday, July 8, 2011
Le Nouvel Observateur:
LIBYE. “On entend de plus en plus de tirs à Tripoli”
Est-ce que Tripoli se sent menacée par l’avancée des rebelles ?
– Les rebelles sont dans les montagnes, encore loin de Tripoli. Ils ont annoncé avoir pris la ville de Goualich il y a deux jours, qui est encore au moins à 60 km de la capitale. Ils visent deux objectifs. Le premier, c’est de prendre Bir Al-Ghanam, en bas de la montagne, donc pratiquement dans la plaine. Située à 50 km de Tripoli, soit à portée d’obus, cette ville commande la route vers Zaouia. C’est par là que Tripoli s’approvisionne depuis la Tunisie. C’est aussi là que se trouve la grande raffinerie qui permet d’alimenter en essence la région. Le but est donc d’asphyxier Tripoli. Dans la même logique, le deuxième objectif des rebelles consiste à prendre la ville de Gharyane, un peu plus au sud, qui commande la route de Sabha, autre lieu important d’approvisionnement, cette fois en provenance d’Algérie. Si ces deux verrous sautent, le régime se trouvera dans une situation très difficile.
Source and full story:
tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/monde...
Libya NATO bombed G forces in the area of ‘Maya’ which is west of Tripoli, not far from Zawiya.
United4Libya LIBYAN
#Libya n girl records events of conflict in her diary youtube.com/watch?v=3Mahj3… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mahj3z7d-E&fea...
bentbenghazi76 somaia
Rebel military spox in #Misrata tells BBC 3 dead 2day & 20 injured.1 killed on #Zlitan front, other 2 died from previous injuries
ALJAZEERA:
Libyan girl from Yefren records events of conflict in her diary
The town of Yifrin in western mountains of Libya has gone back and forth between the rebels and the government forces.
In April and early June, government forces managed to occupy the town for weeks before the rebels could push them out again.
For residents, the sound of rockets has become a constant part of every day life.
All Jazeera’s Jonah Hull met one young woman who kept a diary of the days spent under siege.
Source and vid:
feb17.info/media/libyan-girl-from-yefre...
EndTyranny
Baghdadi Mahmudi has said that the #Gaddafi regime will compensate families of the forces that have been killed a sum of 20,000 LYD !
#Gaddafi considers 20,000 LYD as adequate compensation to families of those killed fighting for him, when does he propose paying them?
MyFreeLibya
Kicking out Gaddafi forces from the city of Zintan…Gaddafi forces never entered the city…It was actually in response to G’s own protest.
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
@libyatv Could it possibly be a hack? Gaddafi channel img546.imageshack.us/img546/2708/ry… is on Arabsat, instead of Libya Al-Ahrar, 11585V. #Feb17 #Libya
Sidney Morning Herald:
Libyan rebels close the gap on last strategic town to Tripoli
GUALISH, Libya: Libyan rebels say they’re preparing to push forward to Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in the capital.
But the embattled leader remains defiant, telling supporters on Friday ‘’the regime in Libya will not fall’’ and threatening to dispatch hundreds of Libyan suicide bombers to attack targets in Europe in retaliation for NATO strikes against his regime.
Australia has vowed to keep up humanitarian aid to Libya, as a senior official from Canberra visited the country for the first time since the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi erupted in mid-February.
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Paul Grigson, Australia’s deputy Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary, met members of the rebel National Transitional Council yesterday, underscoring Australia’s role in providing aid and its recognition of Libya’s rebel council.
After heavy fighting, rebel fighters captured the hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday, taking them closer to the strategic garrison town of Gharyan and the last major objective standing between them and Tripoli to the north.
For now, they have set their sights on Asablah, 17 kilometres north of Gualish on the road to Gharyan.
Read more here:
www.smh.com.au/world/libyan-rebels-clos...
Africa’s Voice of Reason: Kagame and the war in Libya
Whether Gaddafi outlives the NATO airstrikes or not, he is the wrong man for Libya and Africa must ask him to go as they ask NATO to stop the shelling.
Rebel leaders rejected a plan presented by the African Union (AU) for a ceasefire and an end to the conflict in Libya, saying it did not meet their basic demand that Col. Muammar Gaddafi, his sons and entourage leave immediately. “We will not negotiate with the blood of our martyrs,” said the rebel national council chairman, Mustafa Abdul Jalil. «We will die with them or be victorious.»
The African Union negotiators had left meetings in Tripoli with Gaddafi, who said he accepted what they called a “roadmap” for a political settlement involving a ceasefire and the suspension of NATO airstrikes.
But the AU delegates arrived in Benghazi and faced a chilly reception. Protesters implored the rebel leadership not to accept anything less than the departure of Gaddafi and his family. One protester, reportedly, screamed: “How much blood does he need to let go? He killed enough. He killed so many young people.”
But why should we care about the goings-on in Libya? The immediate reaction to the death of hundreds, maybe thousands of innocents is anger, not analysis. Yet anger will not be enough to get us through what is sure to be a long struggle. For that we will need answers.
The ones we have heard so far have been comforting but familiar. The rebels stand for freedom and Gaddaffi hates it. Libya is oil rich and the West envy this and want a piece of the apple. Libya is militarily strong and the West resent this. The West believes might is right and so are bullying Gaddafi into submission and eventual exit. All of which might be true. But there are billions of poor and weak and oppressed people around the world. They don’t take the risks the Libyan people have taken. There is something stronger at work here than deprivation and jealousy. Something that can move men to kill but also to die.
Souce, full story and comments of readers here;
www.independent.co.ug/column/comment/43...
Iyad
Aljazeera reporters receive death threats
مذيعات “الجزيرة” تلقين تهديدات بـ"القتل على الهواء مباشرة"
المصدر:
الدوحة – أ.ف.ب
التاريخ: 10 يوليو 2011
نددت قناة الجزيرة القطرية،اليوم، بحملة تهديد تستهدف اعلامييها بسبب التغطية التي تفردها للثورات العربية، وقد بلغت حد “تهديد أمنهم وسلامة أفراد عائلاتهم”.
وقالت “الجزيرة” في بيان نشر اليوم “تعرض مذيعو ومذيعات قناة الجزيرة إلى حملة تهديد طالت جوانب من حياتهم الشخصية، عبر اختلاق قصص وأخبار مفبركة، وصل بعضها إلى تهديد أمنهم وسلامة أفراد عائلاتهم”.
وذكرت القناة القطرية أن الهدف من هذه الحملة هو “التأثير في التغطية والمعالجة المهنية التي تنتهجها الجزيرة في تناولها للثورات والاحتجاجات، التي تعصف بالعديد من الدول العربية”.
وأكّدت أنها حددت مصدر هذه التهديدات التي لم تكشف عنها، وقالت إنها تستعد للبدء بملاحقات قضائية ضد المحرضين عليها.
وأوضحت مصادر قريبة من الجزيرة أن القسم الأكبر من هذه التهديدات يأتي من سورية.
وتقوم الجزيرة بتغطية نشطة للثورات العربية، التي غالباً ما توصف بأنها معادية للأنظمة التي يحتج عليها الشارع.
وخلال تغطية الثورة المصرية، تم سحب قناة الجزيرة من شبكة قمر نايل سات المصري، قبل سقوط نظام الرئيس السابق حسني مبارك في 11 فبراير الماضي.
وفي ليبيا، أوقفت القوات الموالية للزعيم معمر القذافي عدداً من الفرق التابعة للجزيرة.
وتقول المذيعة التونسية ليلى الشايب، “بدأت بتلقي رسائل الكترونية تتناولني بالشتم والتهديد منذ حوالي ثلاثة أسابيع”.
وتراوح التهديدات بين الإعتداء الجسدي، وبين القتل على الهواء مباشرة، كما عمد بعض الأطراف إلى فبركة صور مشينة لبعض المذيعات، وتهديدهن بنشر أشرطة فيديو بالطريقة نفسها.
وقالت الشايب، التي تقدم النشرة الإخبارية المعروفة بـ"حصاد اليوم" لوكالة فرانس برس إن آخر رسالة إلكترونية تلقتها مساء أمس، تضمنت الآتي “دققي النظر باتجاه الكاميرا الأمامية، و من خلفها ستجدين منجلاً يتهيأ أيضاً للحصاد”. وأضافت الرسالة “ستتلون الجدران ببقايا الدماغ السائل اللزج نصف المحترق”.
وأضافت ليلى الشايب أن المرسل “ذيل رسالته بصورة مركبة ومشينة”.
بدورها، تلقت المذيعة اللبنانية غادة عويس رسائل وتهديدات بالطريقة نفسها.
وأكّد مذيع في الجزيرة فضل عدم كشف اسمه وجنسيته، أنه يتعرض لتهديدات شبه يومية “مما دفعني لالغاء إجازتي التي تعودت أن أقضيها في بلدي”.
وقال مصدر في الجزيرة لفرانس برس إن إدارة القناة “عقدت اجتماعين على الأقل مع المذيعين الذين تعرضوا للتهديدات، و تمت طمأنة الجميع إلى أمنهم وأمن عائلاتهم”.
Translated into English:
Arabic – detected to English translation
Announcers, “Al Jazeera” received threats to “murder on the air”
Source:
Doha – a. P. B Date: July 10, 2011
Denounced Al-Jazeera, today, the threat of a campaign aimed at Aalamiyha coverage due to that accorded to the Arab uprisings, has amounted to a “threat to their security and safety of members of their families.”
The “island” in a statement published today, “experienced presenters and announcers Al-Jazeera threat to the long campaign aspects of their personal lives, by inventing fabricated news stories, some amounting to threat to their security and safety of members of their families.”
The Qatari channel that the aim of this campaign is to “influence the coverage and treatment pursued by the professional approach to the island in the revolutions and protests, which afflicts several Arab countries.”
She added that she identified the source of the threats that are not revealed, she is preparing to launch prosecutions against the instigators.
Sources close to the island that the bulk of these threats come from Syria.
The island covers an active Arab revolutions, which are often described as hostile to the systems which it is contended by the street.
During the coverage of the Egyptian revolution, was withdrawn from the network Al-Jazeera satellite Nilesat of Egypt, before the fall of the former regime of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February.
In Libya, stopped the forces loyal to the leader, Muammar Gaddafi, a number of teams to the island.
The announcer says the Tunisian Leila Shayeb, “began to receive e-mails Taatnaollene insults and threats about three weeks ago.”
Ranged between threats and physical abuse, and murder on the air, as some of the parties to deliberately falsified picture of some outrageous announcers, and publishing videos threatening the same way.
Shayeb said, offering the newsletter known as the “harvest day”, told AFP that the last email received yesterday evening, which included the following “probe of the direction of the camera front, and behind it you will find the scythe is also preparing for the harvest.” The letter added, “the remains of walls Stthelon brain viscous liquid half burned.”
The Leila Shayeb that the sender “in the bottom of his vehicle and shameful.”
In turn, received the Lebanese anchorwoman Ghada Aweys messages and threats the same way.
The announcer on the island preferred not to reveal his name, his nationality, he is being threatened almost daily, “which prompted me to cancel my vacation, which used to be joyful in my country.”
A source on the island, told AFP that the channel management “, held at least two meetings with broadcasters who have been subjected to threats, and to reassure everyone has their own security and their families.”
Source:
www.emaratalyoum.com/politics/news/2011...
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Shikh Dokali officially discredit religious clerks appearing on #GaddafiTV … on @LibyaTV now
PatrioticLibyan
Sheik AlDokali AlAlem, Libya’s prime Quraan reciter now on Libya TV. Questioning the knowledge of all Gaddafi s quasi scholars.
Sheik AlDokali says he used to teach Gaddafi’s wife & daughter the quraan. He pleas to Gaddafi’s family to repent & stop their aggression.
dovenews Libyan™
I am glad he is safe & he can use his voice to help. #Libya #Al_Dokali #Muhammad #Al_Aalim
bint_
Sheikh Dukali urges all those supporting and fighting for Gaddafi to realise there’s nothing Muslim about fighting for this tyrant.
LibyanLion
AlDookali AlAlam: A renowned religious figure. Argues that those who fight for Gaddafi are engaging in sin.
AlDookali AlAlam: This is a sheikh who recently defected from the regime. He is now speaking his mind on Libya AlAhrar TV.
AlDookali AlAlam: Their aid is humanitarian. Solely! They are there to defend the people from Gaddafi’s wrath
AlDookali AlAlam: NATO came to help the people, not to invade. They are not crusaders.
AlDookali AlAlam: To #Libya – We are one family, we’re peaceful & merciful. So I must address all Libya, not just one city.
AlDookali AlAlam: To all #Libya, UNITE against #Gaddafi, become one line against him. #Feb17
PatrioticLibyan
Sheik Dokali’s announcement represents a huge blow to the #Gaddafi regime. He is a figure loved and respected by all Libyans.
Will undoubtedly see Sheik Dokali in Benghazi leading Ramadan prayers (taraweeh) raising ff morale. Presuming #Gaddafi lasts till Ramadan.
KC_Tripolitania
#Libyan Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dokali says ‘the people who say Allah (wa Muammer’ are committing a ‘shirk’ and are viewed as non-beliervers.
bint_
Sheikh Dukali also stated that the NATO intervention was done to protect innocent civilians and is valid under Islamic teaching.
Sheikh Dukali urges all those supporting and fighting for Gaddafi to realise there’s nothing Muslim about fighting for this tyrant.
Random point, Sheikh Dukali made a personal plea to the women in the Gaddafi family and mentioned Hanna, this ALIVE girl is driving me crazy
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi has supported the ex Tunisian president Bin Ali 2 repress the Tunisian revolution & now Algeria is doing the same & supports Gaddafi
CONFIRMED: The African Union road map is an actually an Algerian road map signed by the African Union.
Mary :)
POSLANICI SRS MADE INTERNATIONAL SCANDAL
Radicals with Gaddafi in the head office of NATO!
(12) Sunday, 10th July, 2011. | Author: Gordana Rakovic
Letter to the SRS in the middle of central military alliance with the photographed image of the leaders of Libya and all of it on the Web
BELGRADE – The Radicals came to NATO and there brought Gaddafi!
Boris Aleksic and Nataša Jovanović, SRS deputies who spent two days at NATO headquarters in Brussels, which is the messenger wrote, well the “armed” for this visit. In their luggage, Vojislav Seselj than books and pamphlets against NATO, and found the picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, whom the alliance bombed for four months. – They could not believe what we see when Natasha and I took out a picture – carries impressions Aleksic, and adds: – The first day of the General Staff of NATO allowed us to ask questions. Nataša they surprised a lot of facts and accused them of various crimes, then we are forbidden to ask questions! It was allowed to everyone but us, even though I was next in line – he complained Aleksic. He said that NATO divided Seselj’s books and they are told that most citizens of Serbia does not want the Alliance. – We accused them of collaborating with terrorists Na Kim, with grants and traffickers in human organs, to cooperate with terrorists in Bosnia and against Libya Gaddafi – said Aleksic.
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi said he will ceasefire in #Ramadan because its a religious month, he is laying, he wants to use this month to ask NATO to stop
So he can gather his power & kill more. @NATO #NATO_DONT_STOP
dovenews Libyan™
#Misrata #FF have joined in with #Zlitan #FF
Khiria
MISRATA: Drs cant cope w/ the # of casualties, ppl are asking the international community to provide medical support.
dovenews Libyan™
#Nalut #FF have destroyed 2 places were used by Gaddafi forces as weapon storages. #Alghazaya #Nalut #Nafusa
dovenews Libyan™
An Australian gov officials in #Bengahzi have promised to provide support to NTC. #NTC #Libya #Australia
weddady weddady
The time of taking orders from rulers and rolling down is OVER. Look at #Egypt.. #Jul8 this is a new middle east. #ArabRevolution
I refuse to acquiesce to the logic that wants 300 million ppl to remain in slavery in order to alleviate outsiders’ fears. #ArabRevolution
KC_Tripolitania
Uncle in #Tripoli told me there are certain areas in the capital #Gaddafi forces are too afraid to go near- says they are scared of the Ffs
Shabab:
Libyan Freedom Fighters: Algeria stop backing Gaddafi
July 10, 2011
Posted in July 2011, News, Week Commencing: July 4 | 20:10
Benghazi – Libya’s rebel council issued a blunt warning to neighbouring Algeria on Sunday, insisting that it must “stop supporting Gaddafi,” as tensions between the North African countries bubbled to the surface.
Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice president of Libya’s National Transitional Council, accused Algeria of supporting Muammar Gaddafi militarily in the early days of the near five-month-long war, and that it continued to support him politically.
“Our only response to Algeria is: stop supporting Gaddafi and stop helping him terrorise and kill innocent civilians and our loved ones,” he said.
Algeria has not officially recognised the rebel council, nor has it called for Gaddafi to go.
“Gaddafi had military air support from Algeria” said Ghoga, recalling the early days of the war, adding that 4×4 vehicles had also crossed the border in support of Gaddafi forces.”
“We hoped that the Algerian regime had learned its lesson and stopped these acts,” he said, without giving details about current levels of support.
The two countries share a massive and porous border in the Sahara, and tensions appear to have heightened because Algiers backed an African Union peace plan that would leave Gaddafi in power.
Although Algeria has complied with UN resolutions by freezing any assets held in Algeria by him, his relatives and cronies, it has backed directives from the African Union and Arab League which have both withheld recognition of the rebels.
Ghoga said the council had no problems with the Algerian people, and hoped for more positive relations in future.
“We don’t have a problem with the Algerian people, and our relationship with our Algerian brothers will be good and solid after Gaddafi steps down,” he said.
Source AFP
Seraj
A friend who left Tripoli yesterday tells me: "Souk ELjuma’a, Nouflia and Tajora are under a lot of pressure
“Tripoli sis quiet during the day but at night it’s very active, and dangerous, people missing every day, we’re counting on you the Ffs”
4Adam Adam
Wasted more than 1/2 hr listening (not watching) to #G TV, They’re using the word (Tribe) almost in every 10 seconds. So f retarded! #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nafusa July10 According to a reliable fighter who was near Bir #Ghanem today, says FF are 2 km from the village
Jerusalem Post:
Senior delegation sent by Gaddafi attempted to alter Israeli perception of the embattled leader, passed along “digital media”, Channel 2 says.
A delegation from Libya sent by leader Muammar Gaddafi recently visited Israel and met with opposition leader Tzipi Livni and other officials, Channel 2 reported on Sunday.
According to the report, the delegation of four senior Libyan officials received visas from the Israeli embassy in Paris after gaining approval from Israeli security services. Once in Israel, the delegation immediately asked to meet with Livni.
n the four-day visit, the senior Libyan officials reportedly met with other Israeli officials in addition to the opposition leader.
Read more:
www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Arti...
normag
I know the Feeling!!! My mom still afraid to leave the house in UK, since she left Tripoli!!!
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Tripoli is a ghost town after 6pm, if you come out, you are more likely to be arrested or killed. Life is unbearable at all #GaddafiCrimes
carolv
Free Libya will have a soccer team where the players have NAMES instead of NUMBERS! #GoLibya #FreeLibya
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
In the last funeral we saw in Soug al Juma, my cousin was shut and then taken away. So brave. #GaddafiCrimes
KC_Tripolitania KC
I really wish to know what is happening to ALL the prisoners in #Tripoli – 50,000 in #Tripoli alone! Are they alive, sick or dead :’( #Libya
Here is the story from yesterday:
Scandalous video might fire Libyan ambassador in Cairo
CAIRO: The Libyan community in Egypt will stage a demonstration outside the Libyan Embassy headquarters in Cairo to remove the Libyan ambassador, Ali Maria, after a scandalous video was released of him.
Abdel-Qader bin Masoad, spokesman of Libyan Front for supporting February 17 rebels, said they will call for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to intervene and fire the ambassador as his actions that are shown in the video are unacceptable.
Bin Masoad said the video has been removed from Youtube after the ambassador’s relative reported the company about this scandal. However, Youm7 got a copy of it and saw that it contained scandalous behavior occurring inside his office at the embassy. Youm7 has chosen not to post the video as it has inappropriate scenes.
english.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=34194...
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#gadaffi knows very well that Soug Al Juma is causing him some much trouble so it’s youth are kidnapped.
MaryGreenCastle Mary :)
Fathi El Idrissi one fleeing from the western mountain youtube.com/watch?v=as5LYi… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=as5LYiLZ_zk&fea...
Gaddafi forces attack key Libyan town
The troops loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have launched a counterattack against the revolutionary forces southwest of the capital, Tripoli.
The counterattack took place near the town of Gualish on Sunday. Regime forces fired half a dozen Grad rockets into the troubled region.
The revolutionary forces tried to repel regime forces with anti-tank fire.
The mountainous town was seized by the revolutionary forces just days ago, in their push toward the capital.
The latest fighting follows an advance by the revolutionaries on the western town of Zliten.
“When we take Zliten, enforced with Misratah, it gives us a clear path to Tripoli,” AFP quoted an opposition spokesman as saying.
Read more:
presstvmobile.com/blog/2011/07/10/gadda...
Ben Wedeman in Cairo:
Protest in Egypt fore free Libya;
www.dailymotion.com/video/xh4po7_protes...
libyans_revolt
Misrata: children & old men work daily to clear the rubble-strewn streets.Women cook meals to send to fighters on the frontlines.
#Misrata: Stores give away food to locals who cannot afford to pay.Those with cars run a free taxi service for those who need a lift. #Feb17
Carol;
Spirits are high, Freedom Fighters making progress, more on #Libyaupdates, via @al_omari #Libya July9th
by Hussein Al-Omari on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 9:04pm
(Sources: Aljazeera)
1. The revolutionary fighters recaptured the area of Beer Al-Ghanam 80 Km south of Tripoli that they lost few days ago. They are not investigating it and cleaning it from any Gaddafi forces.
2. Zintan celebrated the latest victories made by the revolutionary fighters. Many of those who fled to Tunisia from Zintan are coming back to their homes. The revolutionary fighters marched in the streets of Zintan shooting in the air.
3. The revolutionary fighters are moving from near Misrata east of Tripoli toward Zleitan. They are very few kilometers from Zleitan.
4. The revolutionary fighters are waiting for the ammunition of Gaddafi forces to run out and for NATO to bomb Gaddafi forces in the way to Tripoli.
5. Turkey froze around $1 billion from the Libyan central bank assets kept in Turkey.
6. William Hague said that the situation in Libya is heading toward a decisive end.
KC_Tripolitania KC
Instead of watching prayers on TV during month of Ramadan, ppl were forced 2 watch dissidents getting hanged or Gaddafi insulting the Sahaba
MyFreeLibya Rubicon Moad
There was a wedding in Zintan, with honking cars and road blocks…traditional Libyan
Hoda
Just dawned on me: i’ve been several hours in Benghazi and haven’t heard a single gunshot. That is one HUGE improvement.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
My brother just fled #Tripoli to #Tunisia and told heartbreaking stories of family, relatives and friends. I hate you #gadaffi – #libya
Apparently three of my cousin are kidnapped, one after being shut in the legs in Soug Al Juma
My aunt couldn’t take it and had a heart attack, two of her boys are taken by #gadaffi and no one know where they are, even if alive or not
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Nalut: FFs shelled G forces in Ghazaya using Tanks. 3 G forces vehicles seen fleeing towards Um Alfar as a result
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tarhuna: 8 G forces killed and 4 vehicles destroyed in ambush by FFs. Allahu Akbar
Sidney Morning Herald;
Horror of life in a city under siege
Four months of fighting have left Misrata with a cashless economy reliant on charity and camaraderie, writes Tracey Shelton.
MISRATA, Libya: Small children and old men work daily to clear the rubble-strewn streets. Women cook meals to send to fighters on the frontlines. Those with cars run a free taxi service for those who need a lift. Stores give away food to locals who cannot afford to pay.
This is the misery of Misrata, where four months of grinding siege have left a nearly cashless economy based on charity, camaraderie and revolution.
It is an atmosphere of hardship and heartbreak. Over half the city lies in ruins. Brothers, fathers and sons from almost every household risk their lives defending the city from the forces of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi which surround it. Day and night attacks from Grad ground-to-ground rockets claim victims indiscriminately. The hospitals are overwhelmed, attending to an average of 70 casualties a day. Fear and mental anguish are also taking a toll.
www.smh.com.au/world/horror-of-life-in-...
On Sunday 10th July 2011, @Alex said:
Special ‘#Tripoli battalion’ trained and based in #Nafusa – is preparing “for the final stage of their uprising – the liberation of the capital #Tripoli.”
“We’ll be there to protect Tripoli’s banks, embassies, oil companies and people”.
Many of the Tripoli battalion are expats recently residing and working overseas in the #USA #UK and Asia.
The battelion will be with other #Nafusa battelions but “it will be the Tripoli battalions job to take the city when it gets there”.
The battalion has people from every district of Tripoli:
“If we stormed in as strangers, the people of Tripoli might resist us…but when families recognize us in our neighborhoods they will lose their fear.”
The battalion has many units already based in Tripoli most of whom are armed with guns readily purchased from cash stretched Regime ‘supporters’ who were issued with free guns by #Gaddafi just after the uprising started.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Large gathering of G forces with 4×4 with AA guns in Fashlum roundabout #feb17#Libya
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Big signs in Nalut thanking Nato and Sarkozy. But rebels here and at the border complain they now ask Nato for help and get nothing.
Desert mountain road to Nalut: a few abandoned cars, a couple of tanks and a ghost town with no green flags. Most of Nalut shut down too.
Crossed into Libya at Dhibet. UN staff say hundreds of refugees into Tunisia each day. Saw supplies of eggs, hay, veg etc going other way.
MyFreeLibya
Photo: Zintan Protest, a set on Flickr.A Freedom Square in #Zintan…#Libya #Feb17 09/07 tumblr.com/xuy3ff12sj
iyad_
Boy, how my life has changed since the ArabSpring started. Sometimes I find it hard to even remember what I was doing before it.
Al Jazeera English
Australia vowed on Sunday to keep up humanitarian aid to Libya, as a senior official from Canberra visited the country for the first time since the revolt against Moamer Kadhafi erupted in mid-February.
“Australia is focusing on the health sector. We are the third largest donor on the humanitarian side after the US and the EU,” Grigson said.
Paul Grigson, Australia’s deputy foreign affairs and trade secretary, met members of the rebel National Transitional Council for talks, underscoring Australia’s role in providing aid and its recognition of Libya’s rebel council.
Reuters
The U.N.’s special envoy for Libya has held talks with Libya’s prime minister and foreign minister, and raised ideas about managing a transition in the country, a statement from U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon’s office said on Sunday.
“He underscored the need for a political solution to the crisis that spares the Libyan people further suffering and meets their legitimate demands and aspirations for a democratic future,” the statement said.
Libya_Now
Les combattants de #Misrata ont rejoint ceux de #Zliten.Ils ont détruit une ligne de défense de #Kadhafi #Libye
Simon;
I am in Sicily right now and I can’t see the aircraft heading to Libya !! too bad
REUTERS:
US sticks to guns on ousting Libya’s Gaddafi
(Reuters) – The United States remains firm in believing that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi must give up power, the State Department said on Sunday, after France’s defense minister advocated a compromise between him and Libyan rebels.
“The Libyan people will be the ones to decide how this transition takes place, but we stand firm in our belief that Gaddafi cannot remain in power,” the department said in a written reply to a query.
(Reporting by Jim Wolf, Editing by Sandra Maler)
bent
peaceful evening in #Misrata broken by occasional thud of grad rockets exploding in distance. #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
US: " #Libya people will b the ones 2decide how this transition takes place but we stand firm in our belief #Gaddafi cannot remain in power
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Ahmed, an injured FF from #Zintan #Libya, is checking into a Tunis hospital right now. He seems to be the 1st to arrive from Qwaleesh battle
hominoid
Libya Misrata Zliten FFs have advanced from Tuesday market, destroying one of G’s defensive lines,and are now controlling it.
Bint_Bengo
The #NTC recieved $200M from #Turkey.. #ThankYouTurkey!
GOOD NEWS:
LibyanLion
G fuel situation takes a turn for the worse today, as #Nafusa FFs cut off the oil pipeline that links to #Zwara.
4Adam Adam
06/14/11 Coastal Rd to Daphnea Field Hospital with nice car music youtube.com/watch?v=TGUn26… #Misrata, #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUn26fEq1o&fea...
EndTyranny
I see South Sudanese celebrate their independence & I guarantee Libyans will hold the biggest party ever once we liberate Libya from Gaddafi
Older video that leaves you speechless, it’s unbelievable what atrocities g is capable of:
One of those guys is a neighbour and the house belongs to another neighbour in Souk al-Juma’a Tripoli t.co/RdoKL8g #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB5_Rp6Y9C4&fea...
SMILE, g sex change:)
alchemist
With this result I would consider it a huge success yfrog.com/kft6vzyj”
LibyanLion
2 warehouses destroyed in #Ghazaya by #Nalut FFs. These housed supplies/ammo etc.
FFs advanced from Sooq AlThalath, destroying one of G’s defensive lines, now controlling it. #
der_bluthund
I have seen better looking ogres… RT @ChangeInLibya: Gaddafi’s “female” bodyguards… Don’t look like females to me bit.ly/nrtx3P
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=268431&l=80a5861fef&id=137199749688243
ChangeInLibya
Nafousa: Jadu: Reports that NATO jets can be heard in the skies above the town now #libya #feb17 On the way to Ghezaya or Gheryan maybe?
2011feb17
A friend sent me this, LOL: img638.imageshack.us/img638/315/evo… #feb17 #Libya
img638.imageshack.us/img638/315/evoluti...
Libya: A campaign built on sand
With Gaddafi as determined as ever to cling to power in Libya, tensions between Nato’s member states are becoming increasingly exposed.
Four months ago, when David Cameron led the international call for military intervention in Libya, the general assumption within government circles was that Col Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan dictator, would realise the game was up the moment Nato warplanes began bombing his forces.
It did not seem to matter to Mr Cameron and his principal allies in the anti-Gaddafi campaign that the main purpose of UN Security Council resolution 1973, which provided the legal justification for military action, was to protect anti-Gaddafi rebels from the possibility of being massacred by forces loyal to their leader.
Together with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US President Barack Obama, Mr Cameron demanded that the military offensive would end only when Gaddafi was removed from power, so confident was he in the operation’s likely outcome. At a stroke an operation conceived on the basis of liberal interventionism had been transformed into one determined to achieve regime change.
Rest here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Just a few questions:
Where is Mr. Con Coughlin right now?
In the field interviewing ff’s and Libya civilians? Touring the hospitals?
Talking to the people on the ground, who are in the know?
Or just in his office at home trying to sell more books?
Just saying……..
Btw, background of Mr. Coughlin:
Con Coughlin, the Telegraph’s executive foreign editor, is a world-renowned expert on the Middle East and Islamic terrorism. He is the author of several “critically acclaimed books” ( which means not a lot in reality).
Mr. Coughlin thinks in the “old way”, like ALL the other so called “experts” .
The situation in Libya is totally different than the situation in Iraq was.
How come that none of the “experts” understand that?
The “young thinking” generation gets it, the “old thinking” generation DOES NOT!
Fares:
#Libya #feb17. Just Spoke to my cousin, who is a Psychologist who’s working in #Misrata & she says that cases of rape in Misrata are around 1000, mainly in #Tumina and #Dafniyah
Beautiful photo:
carolv
There’s no age limit on being a freedom fighter :) fb.me/17COzkyiO
MilitantNews
#Libya Interesting-although Reuters reported big pro-Gaddafi demos in Tripoli and Sheba, there was nothing about Sirte his home town?
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
Returned from Qualish before nightfall. Village deserted, except for a few rebels roaming streets and manning front-line positions.
FromJoanne Joanne
At about 22.30 July 10 2011 Internet has been restored in #Benghazi #Libya
Libya_Now
France said the opponents must talk together, but there is a condition “Gaddafi must leave”.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Gaddafi State TV is meant to be taken off Nilesat today in #Egypt after a court ruling… let’s see if it actually happens or not! #libya
REUTERS:
TRIPOLI — A French minister said on Sunday it was time for Libya’s rebels to negotiate with Muammar Gaddafi’s government, but Washington said it stood firm in its belief that the Libyan leader cannot stay in power.
French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet signaled growing impatience with the progress of the conflict when he said the rebels should negotiate now with Gaddafi’s government and not wait for his defeat.
Source:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41960775/ns/world_...
hominoid
Libya Misrata Fierce battle as G troops try to push FFs back from Zliten, six FFs have fallen. RIP
Libya Nafousa Jadu Reports that NATO jets can be heard in the skies above the town. May be they will stop the shelling of Nalut
g tv:
EndTyranny
I was under the impression that 11th of July was going to be the day…
Yup still alive…presenter is playing hard on Tribal lines right now….this stuff is dangerous..
ChangeInLibya
The court still needs to convene one more time I think before the channels are taken off
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Big news from #Benghazi – reports that the internet seems to be back up for first time since #Feb17# Libya
LibyaSupreme
DSL internet connect up tonight in #Benghazi ! Free #Libya now surfing the web,we dont have to satellite connect anymore! Come over 2 my apt
4Adam Adam
Detroit, US – Libya unrest hits home youtube.com/watch?v=ppqilT… #Libya #feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppqilTkPSTE&fea...
Sumayyah
BBC: UK forces destroyed a former grain farm in #Libya which was being used to hide rocket launchers goo.gl/rrfV4 #Feb17
IamLibya
Ordering my custom made revolutionary cake with the flags of Libya Tunisia Egypt palestine Syria and Yemen at stella’s cake creations:)
SecularLibya
Heinz: #NATO is concentrating warships to West of Tripoli. Zawiya, Mashashita, and Tripoli attacked by Helis, ship guns, and rockets. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Benghazi isn’t the only city with ADSL. All eastern cities including Derna, Baida, Tobruk & others should be online today.
SecularLibya
Heinz night of 7/10-11: #NATO is attacking targets in #Gharyan. #Brega being attacked now.
libyans_revolt
#Zliten: confirmed from Hosp: FF attack on Ghweelat checkpoint Sun am killed 8 #Gaddafi soldiers & seriously injured 3.
Doylebytes Mark Doyle
“2km from Birganem” – rebel just back, 1700 LT. Rockets exchanging, rebel said. #feb17 #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#AntiguaBarbuda CARGO SHIP “ATLANTIC PRODIGY” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-11 20:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Egypt CARGO SHIP “TABA” now en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya ETA: 2011-07-11 16:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “CARTAGENA” now departing #Annaba #Algeria. Destination not yet updated. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
EndTyranny
Gaddafi TV broadcasting from Bab Alzyizia, (#Tripoli) apparently they are having a party..‘singing about the defiance of the brother leader’
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#SierraLeone CARGO SHIP “TRADER” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya. No ETA listed. 218.4 NM out from port. #feb17
Henry
seeking scapegoats is the sure sign of mental instability. I wish the people of Libya well in their fight against tyranny!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Gaddafi channels on Nile sat will be shut down officially next Mon July 11: bit.ly/r0R32x
septimius_
Very calm day in #Zintan today, the city seems safe again, families are coming back
Tasbeeh
“Everyone felt fearless,” my uncle, on the atmosphere in Benghazi after #Gaddafi forces attacked protesters, “We just wanted to stop them.”
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Landline telephone service was restored in #Misrata yesterday, international calls will be available next week #Libya #feb17
Aid worker
Nusaiba
I visited a home that had Libyans from Zintan today. I heard more horrifiying stories too. Stories of kids that stopped speaking/sleeping
from shocks. from hearinf grad missiles falling, breaking their widows. when they fled, kids cried, elders fell ill.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” now en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-07-11 15:00 (UTC) #feb17
KC_Tripolitania KC
Welcome back to a all our dear Libyan friends from Benghazi now that internet is slow up and running- I dare say you’ve got alot to share :)
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
At this late date any of #Gaddafi’s foreign forces who are found should be shot on sight. All of them without exception R criminals. #Libya
KC_Tripolitania KC
Here is a video of #Gaddafi thugs/forces beating prisoners youtube.com/watch?v=44kUe2… -their faces stupidly caught on camera too! #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=44kUe2f19kc&fea...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
USS BIG HORN now headed to Gulf of #Sirte from #Sicily. #Libya #feb17
wheelertweets James Wheeler
@
@wheelertweets There’s an endless parade of ‘fact-finding missions’. But the fact is, this problem is getting worse. Not better. #libya
Nusaiba Please support opsafeintl.com to help children recover from trauma – donate a tweet a day bit.ly/hAnCan #DT @operationSAFE
Reuters;
NATO answers refugee boat’s mayday off Libya
I meant “fighters in #Nafusa” now confirmed to be only about 15-20 km apart. We know they are closer elsewhere. Sorry.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Apparently three of my cousin are kidnapped, one after being shut in the legs in Soug Al Juma
I was just told that my brother’s best friends are all kidnapped and no one knows where they are kept. I hope they are still alive. #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “AL AGAILA” currently in operation in #Singapore. Destination not yet updated. #Libya #feb17
Yefrenia
With 30% unemployment first sign of freedom there will be cases of chaos in FF side; G’s suppression is the source of the matter
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” remains anchored in #Istanbul #Turkey waiting to load w/ supplies for Gaddafi. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
REUTERS: ‘Gaddafi government talking to French’ says Saif Al Islam. is it true? Are the French government growing impatient? #Libya
littlelisa8 Lisa
#Feb17 Oh n 1more thing..all of the #Libyan pictures of sweets forced me to go n buy a cheese filled crumb cake n eat half of it! Thanks!
bint_
Just found out today that one of my cousins in Tripoli is in alot of trouble for hanging up Free Libya flags in a certain district.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Libya’s first english radio station TributeFm.com is definitely back and they are playing Trance at this very moment : ) #Feb17 #Libya
abe
Big week ahead for @LibyanAid work. Our next shipment will be huge and v. valuable. Never been a fan of sleep or standing still anyway.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
‘Voice of Free #Libya’ reports that the #NTC have requested an opening of a new office in Cairo.
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nafusa These towns have NO electricity: #Nalut #Yefren #Qalaa #Kikla and#Gawawalesh #Libya
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libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : #Nafusa : Freedom Fighters are “NOW” on the western borders of #Alasaba’a . #Feb17 #Libya (via zintan fb) #TripoliCalling
libyanproud libyanandproud
by Skeptical4
BREAKING : #Nafusa : Freedom Fighters are “NOW” on the western borders of #Alasaba’a . #Feb17 #Libya (via zintan fb) #TripoliCalling
Turkey Backing Libyan Opposition
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Marking a shift in its position, Turkey is putting its full weight behind the Libyan opposition, promising $200 million and calling for Libyan government leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi to go. A leader of the Libyan opposition is due to hold talks Wednesday in Ankara.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country has given its unequivocal support to the Libyan opposition Transitional National Council based in Benghazi. During a visit Sunday to Benghazi, the Turkish diplomat declared the Libyan opposition is the legitimate representative of the Libyan people and that Gadhafi should go.
Turkey had close ties with Gadhafi and was one of few counties arguing he could still play a role in resolving the Libyan conflict. Senior Turkish diplomat Selim Yenel said the shift in policy was not taken lightly.
“We have been very cautious in our approach, we tried to keep a dialogue with both sides, although we were criticized for this,” said Yenel. “But in the end we saw that dialogue with Gadhafi became impossible. And we saw that the people in Benghazi were acting more and more responsible. So in the end we came up to finally accept this reality. And realize that the representation by the people in Benghazi.”
Full story:
www.turkishweekly.net/news/118298/turke...
Libya Denies Russian Report On Qaddafi
Libyan officials have denied a Russian media report that Muammar Qaddafi is considering handing over power and seeking refuge abroad.
Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told Reuters the report in Russia’s “Kommersant” newspaper was “simply untrue.”
Ibrahim said, “Qaddafi is an historical symbol, and Libyans will die to defend him.”
The July 5 “Kommersant” report came a day after both South African President Jacob Zuma — who has tried to broker a peace deal in Libya — and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen traveled to Moscow for talks mainly on Libya.
Afterward, Zuma’s office said he had asked NATO to persuade the rebel National Transitional Council to enter into talks with Tripoli.
On July 4, the Libyan government said it held talks in Italy, Norway, and Egypt with senior figures in the opposition about finding a peaceful way out of the conflict.
However, Italy denied any such negotiations took place on its soil.
Meanwhile, Qaddafi forces are reported to have heavily bombed the rebel stronghold of Misurata, with 11 rebel fighters reported killed and more than 40 wounded.
compiled from agency reports
Source:
www.rferl.org/content/libya_denies_russ...
Editorial du “Monde”
L’affligeante prestation de l’Europe en Libye
Imaginons un moment l’"avenir stratégique de l’Europe". D’où viendront les menaces, où seront les sources de déstabilisation potentielle, quels seront les terrains d’intervention les plus probables ? Sans être grand clerc, la réponse semble aller de soi : du Proche-Orient et de l’Afrique. Et l’Europe n’y est aucunement préparée. Son indifférence en la matière confine à la désinvolture et à l’irresponsabilité.
Telle est la leçon qu’il faut tirer de l’opération menée en Libye depuis la mi-mars. Dès lors que les Etats-Unis ne sont pas là pour donner de l’échine et des moyens à une action militaire de ce type, les Européens livrés à eux-mêmes donnent le triste spectacle d’un groupe démuni, divisé et désorganisé.
Read more:
www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2011/07/05...
Libya after Gaddafi
By Victor Kotsev
Given the realities on the ground and the ever-increasing signs of
NATO’s desperation, this show of confidence could mean one of two or three things. It could be a bluff, perhaps designed to put pressure on Gaddafi to “retire” 2. Such a bluff is strengthened by the thus far unsuccessful, but also increasingly public, campaign to assassinate the colonel. Not long ago, American Admiral Samuel J Locklear became probably the first NATO official to admit that the alliance is actively targeting the Libyan leader 3.
Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday that Gaddafi had indeed agreed to step down. However, so far there has been no other confirmation of this, and meanwhile the rebels retracted their offer for him to stay in the country if he surrenders power 4.
Fukll story:
www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MG06A...
FromJoanne Joanne
Bearded Saif #Gaddafi: If U R at all interested to read his full monologue Here it is in English goo.gl/Ae040 #Libya
We, of course, have the slogan “Victory or martyrdom.”
They have the slogan “Victory or Egypt.” (Nasr au Masr)
Bu Shena (“Mr Fez” = Mustafa Abdeljalil) is 75 years old
We decided a long time ago to eliminate him. Elimination unclear. I mean, there was no hope in him.
He’s very poor.
These are the people they have on their side.
Why would the Uhaishi area or the Majori area come out in a demonstrations with the green flag?
Weren’t they all about “revolution” and discontented, and the revolution of the youth?
And then, what youth, Mr Fez is 75 years old, and the other one…
We won’t raise the white flag. We won’t surrender. The ceasefire won’t happen. Until Libya returns to how it was.
Room by room, alley by alley.
Didn’t he go to Obama and ask for 5 billion? They’re in need.
We, of course, have the slogan “Victory or martyrdom.”
They have the slogan “Victory or Egypt.” (an-Nasr au Masr)
Speaker: I found someone with a box in front like a pregnant woman, begging for alms.
Saif: Who?
Speaker: Those people in Tunis. The rats.
Saif: By the way, since we’re speaking about the rats
There’s an Italian man, the first to enter Benghazi on the 20th of February
I mean, the first one to enter
So he spoke to me about them. I asked him to tell me.
So he said, “I was in the Uzu hotel.” He said, when the army entered, he said the first thing
was that there was no paint in the city. Everyone was painting the Angola flag.
It looks like the Angolan flag.
off camera: “They’ve named it the melon, red and green”
Saif: You see, the Egypt guy, what’s his name, their military commander
Off camera: Tantawi
He said: What’s Pakistan’s flag doing here?
A new flag, that looks like Pakistan’s.
So he Italian said, they started painting and there was one person with a sticker of the flag on the glass of the car
which wouldn’t be removed, whatever he did. So in the end he reversed and broke it.
He said “Better break the glass rather than unclear”
He swore to me and he said, my Italian friend
he told me all the members of the council and all the rats
he said, they all fled, and some reached Egypt and some hid in Tobruk
he said they didn’t return until after a week
Even after the American and French and the NATO bombing
They stayed a whole week hidden away scared
Anyway, as for the eastern region, this region was kidnapped by criminals
Like a hijacked airplane
Have you ever heard of a hijacked plane being considered the property of the hijackers?
We are returning to Barga Cyrenaica
You know we are returning to Benghazi
There is no discussion there
This is a red line. Libya’s unity cannot be let go
NATO or the devil, this is not up for discussion, even if all of Libya dies. Anyway
The main reason for the meeting
to be clear, what is happening in Libya now, Libya has changed
Libya has changed and won’t return to how it was, ever, and it is impossible that it will return
Libya in the past
Off camera: Glad tidings, God willing
Of course, but what is in the past can’t return
once bitten twice shy lit. the believer is not stung from the same den twice
Firstly, I was responsible for this period. I brought all these people and gave them power
The whole council, I brought them
They used to go around penniless, with nothing
I brought them in and gave them jobs
Because I used to believe Libya was for all, the country was for all, and that in Libya we are all equals
Even the Italian journalist, I remember, said there was a Libyan who told him
“All the destruction in Libya is Saif al Islam’s fault”
He said, I asked him “Why?” He said: "Because he brought these people and he created this atmosphere of reconciliation
and this is the reason for this."
Off camera: I don’t know who said it
Saif: I mean, we saw Libyans saying takbir, and women ululating for the rockets and planes of the Christians hitting us
We saw a Libyan saying “Thank God for the NATO, and carry on striking NATO.”
We saw a Libyan who goes out from morning to night, and his job is to get co-ordinates of sites where his brothers are
We’ve seen all this, and we saw it in 1911 and after, after the Italian colonialism, the agents and the mercenaries and traitors
and Mussolini came to them and they called him Saif al Islam or Saif al Haq or something Truth
and there was poetry for him and they came up with names for Mussolini
These same people have returned after 100 years
In the future… in the beginning we said “We’re all equal, we’re all alike and Libya is for all.”
But what happened? Those I returned with from abroad, changed from a gentle lamb to a poisonous snake
The first person to bite was him, the same person who used to read the Fatiha for you came up on TV with his hand raised against you
The one who was nothing, wandering outside the country
and I brought him and told him it’s your right, this is your country
He was the first to deal with the enemy, with the Christians, with the Jews
and lastly, they brought us a Zionist Jew
there are Jews that aren’t Zionists
A Zionist, and they told him, you rule Libya
Then, in the future, this is my opinion, and you of course will agree with me, I don’t think we should have this equality
I don’t think it’s a future, as it brought Bernard Lévy and brought the Jews and Christians
and tomorrow he tells me "we’ll sit equal and I have a right in the oil, just like you, and a right in power
and this is my country." No, go elsewhere lit. God open (other opportunities) for you
Then, this is finished. This is finished.
The matter of equality in Libya is finished, forever.
There will be no equality in Libya
In Libya now there are levels (different statuses)
Even with God, the believers have levels
Those who fought and spent money are not like those who…
And so, there are tribes and areas in Libya which, I won’t say defended the Leader and the Revolution
No, they were the first to defend the country and our nation
We in the end defend our country and our families, as Libyans
Yes, Libyans, but there is an A and a B different statuses
This is a truth
Or you who was one who was one of the rats, a big rat, and I, a warrior and we have martyrs, are equal
Or why has God created heaven and hellfire?
Off camera: Doctor…
And so, in the future, Libya, it’s wealth and it’s oil and it’s money, and the rule in it is for the people who are now fighting for the sake of Libya and who paid the price
Off camera: We are steadfast
Those who went…I tell you something, we will work to make sure, and this is recorded from me, in Libya it must be like what happened in Algeria
In Algeria, after the independence war was victorious over the imperialist Italian colonialism
by the way Bernard Lévy is one of the French colonialists who was in Algeria
When the French left, 100s of thousands of Algerian left with them, they are now in France
They have whole towns they live in, these are the traitors and the agents of the French
When they went to the Algerians, they said we are fighting and liberating and you were agents
and now when Algeria is independent, you want to come and share it? No, you were with France, go to your France
The traitors can go live in Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Paris, London, anywhere. No problem. Sydney, Monte Carlo. But Libya, no.
Stay over there, you have no place here.
Now Shalgam, the conspiracy he created, which led to hundreds of Libyans dying in the strikes
Tomorrow Shalgam will come and say I’m a Libyan, I want to live…yesterday he said
I will put myself up for elections in Libya
Anyway
Now Shalgam wants to return and be a Libyan citizen. No way.
After the victory, we will do exactly like Algeria
NATO leaves and the rats leave with them
All the rats got to NATO, Qatar, UAE, Jordan and no more Libya
There is a Sheikh called Gheriani. I told them to put him on the broadcast and let him talk and stuff
What breaks wudu, and the woman who wants to divorce, and the woman who wants to marry and so on, stuff that has nothing to do with politics
I said…he’s actually al Alam (not Gheriani) Sadeq al Alam
His grandfather is Libya’s old mufti
Who was he? The one Mussolini used
The one who told him: rule as the fates decree, for you alone are the vanquisher line of poetry
He made Mussolini like God
This is the grandfather of this Gheriani
Anyway, what I want to tell you is, so Libya in the future is for the people who died for it, who sacrificed for it, who fought for it
Libya is for them, the oil, and the petrol and the rule, this is our country, we died for it
and those who went to NATO and Qatar and over there, go over there
as for Libya, those people have no place in it anymore
Thus, there are areas which are our base, as you said
From the first day they stood up, they picked up arms, they fought, they resisted, they died
these areas…now Libya is segregated, there are areas which are half-and-half, and areas which are with us 100%
from the first day, they took their decision
Now, Libya will build a new army and a new police
and build a new order
We will begin with those closest to us ie the most loyal to the regime like the Igilat area
We have volunteers, to bring out all the people who want to volunteer and to fight
Today you volunteer, but tomorrow you will have your wage and your job
in the Libyan armed forces
Because our army in the future will be made
Source:
www.universalsubtitles.org/sv/videos/P6...
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : the #kikla gwaleesh and the #miska gwaleesh are now free of #Gaddafi forces . #Feb17 #Libya ALLAH AKBAR
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Nafusa :#Gwaleesh : Freedom Fighters are still pushing #Gaddafi forces back . #Feb17 #Libya #TripoliCalling
Niz_FGM Niz
6/7/11 – Tune in to Aljazeera INTERNATIONAL at 5pm (#Tripoli time) Live with Free Generation Movement from #Tripoli….
_TheZee Zainab
Today the Million March starts in #Benghazi infront of Tibesti hotel at 5 pm (local timing) in return to G’s fake protest.
I really hope AJM will air it! What would have happened if they had waitd a few days :p
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
News from Al-Ghawaleesh is that revolutionaries are making progress & Gaddafi troops were forced to retreat from their positions. #Libya
lebeeya Lebeeya
There is nothing more painful than to watch innocent children suffer and cry from pain caused by Gaddafi.
AJE:
Libya – Jul 6, 2011 – 14:53
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 – 14:53 – Libya
Opposition fighters in western Libya have launched a new offensive against Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in the Nafusa mountains.
The forces based around Zintan are widely seen as the rebels’ best hope for an advance on Tripoli.
Jonah Hull reports from Zintan.
Vid:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-jul-...
Oya
#LIBYA: Libyan FF ‘launch offensive’ on gateway to #Tripoli
AJE:
Civilians killed in Misurata shelling
Libyan rebels say scores wounded after pro-Gaddafi troops shell besieged enclave in west of the country
At least 11 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in shelling by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, around the besieged rebel enclave of Misurata, the rebels say.
“Eleven people were killed and 57 wounded, almost all of them civilians,” a rebel source told the AFP news agency by telephone from Misurata, 200km east of Tripoli, on Tuesday.
The attacks marked another bloody milestone for a city that has been shelled almost continuously since March.
Sources said five rebels were killed in fighting at the western entrance to the city earlier in the day.
Meanwhile, Gerard Longuet, France’s defence minister, questioned the rebels’ chances of defeating Gaddafi and pushing towards the capital.
The expression of doubt came as reports emerged that the rebels had launched what they called a promised attack on a key gateway to the capital Tripoli. There was no independent verification on the rebels’ claim.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “AYHAN BAYRAKTAR” dest. #Zarzis #Tunisia w/ 3rd party supplies for #Gaddafi to be delivered overland to #Libya. #feb17
KC_Tripolitania KC
Protesters opposite Libyan Embassy in London chanting ‘Step down Gaddafi & take your dogs with you’ yfrog.com/gy6uiwnj
BEAUTIFUL!!
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Photo: Tripoli, Benghazi heard your call #Libya #TripoliCalling facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1871112...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
This little guy deserves all the help he can get. A #Gaddafi Grad ravaged his body. I wish we could give him a hand. twitpic.com/5m3s0a
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Yes, God be w/ Misrata but it would be nice if @NATO pulled it’s F****** head out of it’s a** and did it’s job!
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
heavy shelling in misurata at the moment against a peaceful demonstration
no news yet but sound of ambulance rushing to the area
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
east of 32.449521,14.592247 is under the misurata FF and the west is under the G forces
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
#Misurata FF 5KM to reach #zliten city center
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Conflicting reports in #Misrata #Libya whether #feb17 rebels pulled back from positions taken Tues’. If so big losses for no apparent gain
BBC colleagues in #Nafusa #libya urge caution over reading too much into claims of #feb17 assault on gateway to #Tripoli No sign on ground.
Here’s the latest #NATO update on it’s air campaign against #Gaddafi forces in #Libya supporting #feb17 rebels t.co/VwFbIdw #Tripoli
#Misrata – #feb17 #Libya rebels say south and west fronts no longer linked. South pulled back but West is still 7km forward holding Na’imah
not major assault on a gateway to Tripoli. No one seems ready to tackle the capital yet.
I’m told that is #feb17 rebels aim if they manage to hold Na’imah but all very fluid on #Misrata fronts, lots of skirmishing
Despite the sound of rockets hitting #misrata #libya thousands of people holding a #feb17 rally in freedom square in support of fighters
Men women and kids took part in #Misrata march. Families carried pictures of husbands sons etc who had died in the fighting against #Gaddafi
Reuters says #Libyan #feb17 rebels took control of village of Al-Qawalish, South East of #Tripoli, after 6 hour battle with #Gaddafi forces
Reports-#Libyan #feb17 rebel leaders will hold 1st talks on July 13 with the North Atlantic Council, NATO Says. Jibril leads NTC delegation
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Libya #Nafusa FFs liberated #Al #Asabah (coordinates 32°3’1"N 12°52’13"E) , next to b liberated is #Jandouba , on the way to #Gharyan
Tripoli: a stronghold by day, a battleground at night
The Libyan capital may seem peaceful in daylight, but when the sun sets rebels and Gaddafi’s forces clash, locals say
Libyan women chant at a pro-Gaddafi rally in Green Square in Libya’s capital, Tripoli. Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP
In daylight there is the pretence of normality: people chatting in cafes, shops open for business, motorists on the move – if they’re lucky enough to still have petrol. But at night, Tripoli takes on a more menacing aspect.
“There are drive-by shootings at night here,” said one man in the Souk al-Juma district, an opposition stronghold. “People are shooting at the police every night.”
Numerous witnesses tell the same story: that when night falls, out come the police checkpoints aimed at locking down restive districts, but so too do rebel militas opposed to Muammar Gaddafi. Under cover of darkness, it is said, they emerge from hiding to ambush his security forces. In some neighbourhoods the gun battles rage every night, but the bodies of those killed and all other traces are swiftly removed.
With security tight and little sign of a major uprising in Tripoli, these audacious guerrilla tactics appear to be the rebels’ best hope of chipping away at the Libyan leader’s defences.
In Souk al-Juma there have been reports of explosions, a raid on a police station and at least one public protest violently crushed. A rebel sympathiser, pointing to a street off the district’s main road, said: “On one night a couple of weeks ago, four people were killed here.”
Libyan government officials denied such attacks have taken place, and the movements of foreign journalists are strictly controlled, making it impossible to verify these claims.
However, anecdotal evidence suggests that there are now regular night-time clashes in the Libyan capital .
The raids have turned parts of Tripoli, a city with no shortage of privately owned firearms, into a no-go area after dark. The man, who said he has stocked up on diesel in readiness for “zero hour”, added: “Normally wedding parties go on until 2am, but now they finish at 8pm. No one goes out after sunset. They all stay at home.”
Some in his working-class suburb felt it was too dangerous to talk to journalists, employing euphemisms such as “I think you know what I mean.” But one young man, sitting in a T-shirt beside a blaring stereo, made an obscene gesture and shouted openly: “Fuck Gaddafi!”
The size and strength of the armed insurgency is unknown. It seems highly unlikely they could raise enough men to topple Gaddafi without external support. Their main strategy appears to be a methodical sapping of the police state’s morale.
A man using the name Niz, who claims to represent a Tripoli rebel network known as the Free Generation Movement, said via Skype: “There are armed operations pretty much every night, normally at checkpoints. There is regular gunfire every night. It’s not an attempt to go all out. It’s an attempt to intimidate the security apparatus and show the presence of an armed group.”
Nato hopes that Tripoli would succumb to the Arab spring were swiftly thwarted, with dissidents killed, arrested or driven underground. Apart from occasional public demonstrations, opposition to Gaddafi in the capital remains covert and fragmented, especially since access to the internet and mobile text was blocked. Informants and secret police ensure that fear, suspicion and paranoia are thick in the air.
Niz, speaking English, said he was unwilling to meet in person for fear of arrest. It was therefore impossible to verify his identity, but his account resonates with other media reports.
He said the Free Generation Movement, which posts regularly onFacebook and YouTube, has few members but is in close contact with several similar groups. He insisted that “activity is increasing, fear is decreasing and security is becoming fragmented” in Tripoli, making the ultimate overthrow of Gaddafi inevitable.
“I believe there can be an uprising in the city,” he said. “We are moving towards that. I don’t believe a single action will bring down the regime, but the coming closer of rebels and the continued Nato campaign shows the noose is tightening. It’s going to be a combination of things. The regime will fall.”
The resilience of Gaddafi’s stronghold over more than four months has already confounded many. Asked to predict when the end will come, Niz replied: “Six million Libyans are asking the same question every day. What I can tell you is that every day there is more and more activity in Tripoli. The pressure on Gaddafi increases as the circle closes. We’re all doing our bit to play our part.”
But the risks remain high. Plain-clothes police reportedly go from house to house looking for real or perceived rebels. Niz, whose group performs acts of civil disobedience, alleged that people had been kidnapped and tortured by electrocution in increasingly overcrowded prisons.
“I feel uncomfortable using the word ‘arrested’; these guys are being kidnapped,” he said. “People I know have been blindfolded in the back of trucks and have heard on the radio prison officials saying, ‘Don’t bring them here, we’re full.’ There are thousands of people unaccounted for. I’ve heard people have been tortured, mainly through electrocution and beatings. You also hear about the pulling of fingernails.”
A pro-Gaddafi rally on Friday brought tens of thousands of people to Green Square in a formidable show of strength, but Niz estimates that three-quarters of Tripoli’s 2 million residents are against the regime.
Moussa Ibrahim, spokesman for the Libyan government, dismissed reports of underground networks in Tripoli. “Dream on,” he said. “David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy are so embarrassed that they have to make up lies.”
Source- David Smith in Tripoli for The Guardian
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Misrata: #Freedomfighters still holding their position in Tuesday Market despite shelling from #Gaddafi forces. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Mabrook Sahban commander of #Sahban Brigade has been seriously wounded & is in #Gharyan hospital. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Misrata: 7 martyrs have fallen today, including 1 from #Benghazi & 1 from #Egypt in the bombing of outskirts today. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
In the battle for #Qwaleesh, 17 wounded and 1 dead in #Yefran hospital. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
In #Sabha patients die for lack of vaccines, dialysis & intravenous fluid. The measles epidemic is spreading to #Chad. #Libya #feb17 @UN
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Star & Crescent from London. Tripoli & All of Libya,“We are with you all the way” #feb17 #libya yfrog.com/h8w2pwsj
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Freedom fighters take Gualish, closing in on garrison town of Garyan, which controls road to Tripoli #Libya bbc.in/qkDew3
BBC:
6 July 2011 Last updated at 11:21 ET
Libyan rebels ‘take desert village of Gualish’
Libyan rebels have reportedly taken control of the village of Gualish, some 100km (60 miles) south-west of the capital, Tripoli.
The small desert settlement is a crucial step towards the larger garrison town of Garyan, which controls the main road towards the capital.
The rebels said they had captured several pro-government soldiers.
In the west of the country, rebel forces have also made some advances around the port city of Misrata.
Reports say the rebels fighting Col Muammar Gaddafi swept into Gualish on Wednesday, after a battle that lasted several hours.
Story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14051363
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Libyan youth are surrounding the Libyan consulate in #Safaix in #Tunisia. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Misrata: Heavy #Gaddafi shelling of town at this time, attempting to disrupt civilian protests. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
Feb17:
Video: Will The REAL Saif Gaddafi please stand up
Posted on July 6, 2011 by admin
Oh there you are.. as you were, let the world see your true colors. Saif promising “no more equality in Libya” in the future. Politician in the making..
feb17.info/media/video-will-the-real-sa...
hominoid
Libya Nalut FFs shelled Gaddafi forces based in Ghazaya with tanks, destroying two four-wheel drive vehicles.
Ummustafa
@Niz_FGM may Allah protect you and blind those who wish you harm. Just a reminder to read ayah 9 of surat Ya-sin when you go out.
bdentonphoto Bryan Denton
libyan NTC spokesman in beirut says no ntc members will be allowed to participate in post gadafi politics for the first 4 years.
Libya compiles security charges against rebel leaders, plans to try them in court
July 6, 2011 10:07:00
Adam Schreck
Associated Press
TRIPOLI, LIBYA—Libyan prosecutors plan to charge rebel leaders with national security crimes, seeking to convict as traitors those leading the armed uprising against Moammar Gadhafi that has plunged the country into civil war, officials said Wednesday.
A judge compiling the charges laid out his case against 21 rebel officials who are based in the eastern city of Benghazi, including the National Transitional Council’s head, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil. Defendants will be tried in absentia.
Rebel leaders in Benghazi could not immediately be reached for comment.
The charges include facilitating foreign intervention in Libya, providing aid and military secrets to the enemy, and seeking to topple Gadhafi’s regime by force.
Judge Khalifa Isa Khalifa told reporters in the Libyan capital of Tripoli that he plans to present the case before a special court presided over by a three-judge panel next week. He said the evidence includes testimony from several witnesses.
The allegations “amount to treason of the homeland of Libya,” government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said.
Khalifa did not specify what punishment the defendants could face, but Ibrahim said those found guilty of treason could face the death penalty under Libyan law.
If convicted, Libya will seek international help, such as issuing Interpol warrants, to “demand that they are brought to justice,” Khalifa said.
There is little likelihood of that happening as long as fighting rages, however. The rebels enjoy significant support from allies in the West and among several oil-rich Gulf Arab states, and Gadhafi himself is wanted under an international arrest warrant.
The International Criminal Court last week issued arrest warrants for Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi for crimes against humanity. International prosecutors at the Netherlands-based court allege government troops fired on civilian protesters during anti-Gadhafi street demonstrations earlier this year.
Opponents of Gadhafi’s regime, inspired by uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt, began protesting against the longtime leader in February.
The unrest quickly turned into a bloody civil war, with anti-government rebels now controlling much of eastern Libya from and pockets in the west. NATO has been bombing government-linked targets since March under a United Nations mandate to protect civilians.
Libyan officials have rejected the ICC’s authority. They say they established the special court set to try the rebel leaders in order to bring to justice anyone who committed crimes as part of the nearly five-month uprising.
Khalifa sidestepped a question of whether the court would examine allegations raised by the ICC against Gadhafi and his inner circle, saying it is the responsibility of the attorney general to assign cases.
“We are ready and prepared to investigate any person in this country if there are people who are willing to come to the (attorney general) with accusations or complaints,” he said.
Source:
mobile.thestar.com/mobile/world/article...
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
After half-day fight, Libyan rebs tday captured Al Qualish, extending hold in Nafusa mountains. More on NYT w pix by @bdentonphoto
libyanproud libyanandproud
At #TripoliCalling rally in #Tunis ! 100+ more arriving ! #Feb17 #Libya
libyanredcamel
#Jul6 One Goal #libya is my country and United #Tripoli is the capital #feb17
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
love this!“ Wow “@Thanku4theAnger: Tripoli Called … London Answered #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/h463ifkj””
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Freedom fighter recycles grandad’s ammo. Recounts challenges faced returning to #Nalut from Sweden v @nalut17feb #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=kSIU6Q…
VID:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIU6QZqHrQ
4Adam Adam
July 6- #FF firing their rifles into the air in celebration poured into the village of Qawaleesh reut.rs/r5D6Xh #Libya #Nafusa #Feb17
WRAPUP 3-Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli on two fronts
- Village south of capital seized from government forces
- Rebels in Misrata say they have pushed west
- NATO says has no confirmation Gaddafi seeking way out
- Libyan official: solution coming within weeks (Updates with NATO chief, more details)
By Peter Graff
AL-QAWALISH, Libya, July 6 (Reuters) – Rebel fighters seized a village south of the Libyan capital and another group advanced towards Tripoli from the east on Wednesday in the biggest push in weeks towards Muammar Gaddafi’s main stronghold.
Rebels firing their rifles into the air in celebration poured into the village of Al-Qawalish, just over 100 km (60 miles) southwest of Tripoli, after a six-hour battle with pro-Gaddafi forces who had been holding the town.
Rushing through an abandoned checkpoint where government troops had left tents and half-eaten bread in their rush to get away, the rebels ripped down green pro-Gaddafi flags, said a Reuters reporter in the village.
More here:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/06/liby...
17 wounded and 1 dead in #yefran hospital
dovenews Libyan™
NATO: Rasmussen: “I have no confirmed information that #Gaddafi has sounded out the possibility to step down” #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Misrata: 14 civilians were killed today due to random shelling by Gaddafi forces & hospitals are struggling to keep up with injured
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Thousands of ppl were on the streets of Benghazi 2 hours b4 the rally, waving flags, beeping car horns and shouting pro-revolution slogans.
Qaddafi’s Bid to Retake Libya by Force Has ‘Fallen Apart,’ NATO Chief Says
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the attempt by Muammar Qaddafi to retake Libya by force has “fallen apart” as opposition forces capture key cities and the alliance maintains its air and sea campaign.
“For Qaddafi, it is game over,” Rasmussen told reporters today at a briefing in Brussels. “Momentum is against Qaddafi; his economic strength to wage war against his country is declining.”
Rasmussen said on July 4 that the alliance would continue its offensive in Libya until it meets the goals sanctioned by a United Nations resolution that authorized military action to protect civilians.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has set three objectives for Libya: a complete halt to attacks on civilians by government forces; the withdrawal of those troops to barracks; and access to humanitarian aid for the people of Libya, Rasmussen said then.
“His capability to attack civilians has been considerably decreased and we consider that a success of our operation,” Rasmussen said today.
Source:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/qadda...
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Misrata: Civilians are complaining that NATO jets are barely visible today despite the constant shelling by G forces. #libya #feb17
dovenews Libyan™
by Skeptical4
NATO: Rasmussen: “I have no confirmed information that #Gaddafi has sounded out the possibility to step down” #Libya
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
by Skeptical4
Very difficult to watch. Young children scream in agony while treated after a mine explosion in #Misrata. goo.gl/qvSHj #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9t0jBAWHjM
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Rasmussen: #NATO will not stop attacking #Libya during Ramadan. #feb17
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
True huge freedom demonstration in Benghazi now, not fake nor digitally manipulated, international media can cover freely!Get lost G!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NTC leaders to meet 28-member #NATO Council on July 13. #Libya #feb17
Skeptical4 Skeptic
It seems to me that #NTC is sacrificing #Misrata in favor of #Nafusa bc they can get to #Tripoli faster
Truth is #Gaddafi is obsessed with #Misrata & sent large nr of troops to hold #Zliten
First Name:
m my friends brother is in custody of Gadaffi’s men, he was supposed to be released on 4th, was instead taken to hospital..
in hosp. he is still jailed, family spoke to him over phone for seconds, is this common in tripoli?
Video: Misrata child injured by landmine reads Quran to ease pain
To make up for the lack of anesetia, doctors tell this young boy injured by a landmine set by Gaddafi forces to read the opening chapter of the Quran to ease his pain.
feb17.info/media/video-misrata-child-in...
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
by ChangeInLibya
FGM – “Now the people have spoken. And today, the world will hear our voice.”
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Benghazi: Huge crowds from all of Libya’s eastern cities are currently rallying in Benghazi to show their support for Tripoli #
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: The city has been completely liberated this afternoon and is now under FF control
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: We can see heavy smoke and explosions in Asabaa/Miskah which is further east closer to Gheryan
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: This means that clashes are now moving further east from Qualeesh and FF are still moving forward #
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: Gaddafi forces tired to burn their items before leaving Qualeesh but freedom fighters caught some of them
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: Freedom fighters are now intent on liberated Asabaa and other cities on the way to Gheryan – good news soon
Qualeesh: via @LibyaTV: Mustafa sahban, a prominent Gaddafi army officer is confirmed to have been injured in today’s clashes
Aljazeera Arabic reporter: Today’s demonstration in Benghazi is unprecedented in #libya and the city’s history. Impossible before
Benghazi: AJA reporter: People say they came here to support their brothers in Tripoli & to counter Gaddafi’s fake rally last Friday
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by ChangeInLibya
Rally against the dictator today in #Benghazi; phenomenal turn-out! There’s your answer #Gaddafi, get out! #libya #feb17
The ‘court-house square’ and ‘Koosh square’ in Benghazi are completely full of people, as are all side roads leading to both squares #libya
Helicopters and naval ships belonging to the National Liberation Army (freedom fighters) are patrolling skies & sea near Benghazi
FF attacking Ghadafi forces in Gwalish :
by jadufree in Jadu Media on July 6, 2011
Big force of freedom fighters and National Army in Nafusa Mountain from different liberated cities Like Jadu, Rujban, Ruhaibat and Zintan and from other cities which are not liberated all together moved to Qala’a and Kikla last night, and started fighting this morning Ghaddafi forces in Gwalish. Upto now the Freedom Fighters approaching advance on the ground and they caught one of Ghaddafi forces. Some of military musks found in the area where Ghaddafi forces evacuated today. The situation is for freedom fighters.
Tuesday, July 5th. 12:06
• Nafusa Mountain: Nalut: volunteers of the Libyan Red Crescent, Nalut branch- are working side by side with the freedom fighters in the frontlines, in addition to providing medical services to patients in Nalut and most cities in the mountain
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9JmVW23Xi0&fea...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9JmVW23Xi0&feature=player_embedded
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Nafusa: Asabaa liberated #feb17 #Libya. We love #Jul6
FreeBenghazi
#Nalut &Tripoli freedom fighters conducted joint exercises w heavy weapons to ensure combat readiness.Accuracy was high v @nalut17feb #libya
dovenews Libyan™
#Nafusa #FF are 50km away from the capital #Tripoli. #Nafusa #Tripoli #Libya
misrati_free Feb17
Thoughts and prayers with a member of @ShahedMisurata and his family wish him a full recovery. injured while covering battles in
20arb
Via international Libyans there are ambulances send to #Libya
LVview
I am tearing myself away. But what a thrill to see Benghazi and Misrata. FREE LIBYA!
bentbenghazi
Abdelfath Younis speech today in Benghazi youtu.be/wIX0rmcoZYw #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIX0rmcoZYw&fea...
Hélène
#Libya french admiral Edouard Guillaud calls 4 withdrawing fr AC Charles-de-Gaulle that could b efficiently replaced by d jets. (mil. press)
bentbenghazi76 somaia
TRIPOLI – FREE GENERATION MOVEMENT ON AJE – 6/7/2011 youtu.be/qk2ToFAAIuo via @youtube #Feb1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2ToFAAIuo&fea...
bint_tarhouna Free Libyia
Dear Girdaffi: Since you seem so fashion conscious, I think you better start preparing what outfit u would be wearing when FFs catch u.
libyanproud libyanandproud
Flag Raise at #tripolicalling TUNIS Dedicated to @Niz_FGM youtu.be/94tnaagvtL4 #Feb17 #libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tnaagvtL4&fea...
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Misrata heard Tripol’s call #TripoliCalling #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=EeGAfj
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGAfjSeYjE&feature=player_embedded#at=12
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sukna-Jufra: Independence flag was raised in Sukna. #Gaddafi troops arrested some citizens.
somaia
RT @Niz_FGM: 6/7/2011 – Video message from #Tripoli to the people of the liberated areas of #Libya (for subtitles click cc)…..
Vid:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/bentbenghazi7...
The media circle of the 17 Feb libyan Revolution
Gaddafi gave orders to close the mosques in Tripoli on Friday and force people to go to Martyrs’ Square for Friday prayers in a disparate move to make the world believe that the Libyan people love him
Gaddafi’s forces began a suppress campaingn in areas of “Tarhunah” city southwest of “Misrata” City and began to cut off all means of communications of wired , wireless and the Internet, and are now mobilizing large forces of the battalions in “Bofalqah” area to attack the city of Tarhunah
Misrata city revolutionaries are fighting fiercely with Gaddafi’s forces in the western frontline of the city and are making great and clear progress at their expense
The Revolutionaries gained full control of the “Al Goalesh” area and entered “Al Asabaa” town and besieged the army of the tyrant in “public housing” area in the town
more than million people march in the city of Benghazi .. One goal, “Libya’s free.”
More than a million and a half people are marching the streets of Benghazi city till the moment Libya
Kuwaiti aid plane takes off to Libya with ten of tons of dates
free bye Gaddafi
Hey Gaddafi look at us we are the Libyan people We came out today to tell you we want you to leave us alone you… fb.me/xCkj2kfw
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=373627&l=0b144dda40&id=148365508570535
NATO aircrafts bombed a supplies convoy for mercenaries near “Taorgha” city
The French president Sarkozy said the Libyan people will suffer a lot when the discover the truth of Al-Gaddafi
NATO: No confirmed information that Gaddafi discussed the possibility of stepping down
Misrata Freedom Fighters 7/5 managed 2 move forward 20km west towards #Zletin but paid a heavy price, 13 martyred & 92 injured. #Libya
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Listening to steady series of thumps as #gaddafi forces’ rockets hit outskirts of #feb17 held #Misrata #Libya . Hard to tell where as dark.
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Most of the casualties today victims of mines that Gaddafi forces had laid around Al Ghawaleesh. #Libya #Nafusa
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
When revolutionaries attacked Al Ghawaleesh, they captured a number of Gaddafi forces; the others fled towards Al Asabi’ah. #Libya
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Nafusa If #Gaddafi soldiers fleeing, i assume Al Asabea empty of them & liberated? What about #Jandouba? Frontline very fluid.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi forces now fleeing #AlAsabea through #Ghariyan headed for #Tripoli 70 km away, Gaddafi trashin #Ghiryan are deserting. #Libya
LibyaDiaspora
HopeRelief wants to send new toys to refugee camps in time for Eid. plz help donate!
They still need our help!! Ramadan and Eid are coming up and the children need a reason to smile.
Eid of HOPE
HOPE International Relief and Development Agency is holding a NEW toy and clothing drive to benefit the Libyan families who have been displaced from their homes.
We are committed to gathering articles of clothing and other necessities that will be distributed to the Libyan families on the Tunisian border in time for the Eid AlFitir Holidays.
The HOPE Toys and Clothing Drive is currently underway and we are hoping to send the container out NO LATER than July 25th.
www.hoperelief.org/eid-of-hope.html
FreeLibyanman
We urge #NATO 2 help our families in besieged cities as we can’t reach them due to cut-off of mobile/internet by #Gaddafi
Reuters: Libyan Freedom Fighters push towards Tripoli on two fronts
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Nafusa Mountains today: 6 martyrs & a number of wounded. Liberation of Al Ghawaleesh. 2 fronts right now: 1-Al Asabia’ah 2- Al Shaqeeqah(?).
20arb
News on #Ajdabia #Libya #FF via AJA trunc.it/hb4x6 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTy4qs1cJYo
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Nafusa frontline collapsing, many #Gaddafi soldiers fleeing & deserting, #Gharyan softened by #NATO strikes. ready 4 uprising frm inside?
Ossama
There are millions of people worldwide supporting us #Libyans daily, most of them chose to remain unknown & anonymous. Big thanks to them.
A big thank you to all the freedom Fighters,to all the people that donated, to everyone that hosted a refugee, thank you from free #Libya :)
septimius_
I still think the game changer will be #Zawya….#OIL
Ahmed
According to #Gaddafi TV the rallies witnessed today in Free Libya were all attend by mercenaries who were paid 50 dollars by #NTC #Libya
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
We stand together with #tripoli against #Gaddafi & #GaddafisKids at #EpicLibyanProtest
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Greetings everyone, just got into #Jadu where there is power and internet, none in #Yifrin hence the silence
Which means rebels are now 35km from the town of #Ghiryan, the largest town in the Nafusa mountains
Ghiryan is extremely strategic and will open the way for an advance towards #Tripoli
It’s a godsend to be back in a place with power and internet, have been very busy these past few days,was in #Yifrin #Kikla #Qalaa #Soffit
FreeLibyan
On Wednesday 6th July 2011, @FreeLibyanman said:
@NATO @CNN @BBC List of people’names who d been killed today in #Misrata .15 killed today by Gaddafi rockets while #NATO is watching @UN @hrw #OBAMA @CNN…HERE IS THE NAMES:
1- عقيد طيار علي عطية حدود العبيدي
2- رمضان فوزي الوش
3- علي يونس أبوسنينة
…4- محمود رمضان الوش
5- حامد مفتاح الفرجاني
6- بشير عبد السلام الحداد
7- طارق محمد أبوشيبة
8- علي بشير اعنيبة
9- محمد المصري
10- صلاح مفتاح بلحاج
11- عبدالسلام عبدالسلام غزلان
12- عبدالعزيز خليفة عقاب
13- علي عطاالله حدوث
14علي المهدي القلال
15- محمد بشير عامرSee More
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
MashaAllah, the sight of the Red Black & Green true #Libyan flag at #EpicLibyanProtest in #Benghazi is magnificent!
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
ThkU fr saving my brothers, sisters, friends, & fellow citizens lives, honor, and rights. hope & pray U & Ur loved ones are safe & protected
Libyan students at our university are very grateful for what Nato is doing, though they have family in Tripoli abt whom they r very worried
IamLibya somaya
From #Canada, to #Libya with love; people young & old, of all backgrounds, signed this to be hung in #Benghazi twitpic.com/5m6hjg
The media circle of the 17 Feb libyan Revolution
Gaddafi regime released the reporter “Salma Alshaab” Press Secretary of the Syndicate of Journalists in Tripoli, after the arrest lasted for four months, “Alshaab” was the first Libyan press personal that came out in the media and talked about the crimes of Gaddafi’s regime in the city of Tripoli when the revolution began
Skeptical4 Skeptic
IPSNEWS: #Germany to Deliver #Tanks to #Saudi #Arabia bit.ly/oHkpFb
#Germany: “We deliver weapons 2 our most evil friends even at price of sacrificing the tenderest blossoms of the #Arab #freedom movement.”
Germany to Deliver Weapons to Saudi Arabia
By Julio Godoy
BERLIN, Jul 6, 2011 (IPS) – The decision by the German government to deliver 200 state-of-the-art armoured tanks to Saudi Arabia, despite the Wahhabi monarchy’s human rights record and its recent violent intervention in Bahrain to repress the popular rebellion against the local ruling family there, illustrates the rhetorical nature of Western support to the so called Arab democratic spring.
Full story:
ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56382
Crowds besieging the consulate of the Gaddafi’s regime in the city of “Sfax” in Tunisia and threaten to break into the embassy
Tripoli revolutionaries sent a letter to the Transitional National Council confirming their continuous support and advocacy of the 17th February revolution, and to the millionth rally in the city of “Benghazi”
septimius_
Doctor turned home 2 #Maternity unit in #Misrata >800 cases(antenatal care) 40 labour youtube.com/watch?v=qniHgp… #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qniHgpZaPKE&fea...
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
“The EU flag now flies above the courthouse – a symbol not just of our solidarity with its ppl, but of our commitment.” goo.gl/MXn6K
Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Speech on North Africa and the Arab world European Parliament Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Mr President, Honourable Members, the last time I spoke in this Parliament, in early May, I said that statements could and should be made – but that the priority is action.
You will remember that I announced my intention to establish an EU office in Benghazi.
The EU flag now flies above the courthouse in the newly-named Freedom Square – a symbol not just of our solidarity with its people, but of our practical commitment.
The office is now up and running, experts are arriving each week – working at how to support the security needs ofd the people, and help build the capacity of civil society.
And last week my team was in New York, coordinating our work on Libya with the UN.
Outside the courthouse in Freedom Square, I met some of the people who have been bringing democracy to life in Libya.
They thanked me; they thanked you; they thanked the European Union.
Full story:
www.iewy.com/29808-catherine-ashton-eu-...
bint_
The cutest thing ever, a little deaf boy from Nafusa Mountains in refugee camp tells Gaddafi to go in sign language. Mashallah
N_Benghazi .
And once again #Gaddafi’s plans backfire. You have a million men? So do we, and now with a renewed sense of unity and purpose. #Beautiful
libyanproud libyanandproud
Freedom Fighters holding and entrenching in #Gwaleesh and #Miskah on the outer part if #Alasaba . #Feb17 #Libya
hominoid555
Libya Nalut Gaddafi troops are shelling on Almarabeh Mountains with artillery and mortars right now.
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
“thank you for helping us”
Thx to men and women frm NATO who (…) assist the Libyans as they valliantly fight for freedom, justice and dignity.
cameramanjimITV Jim Dutton
The sewed my left hand fingers back on because I said I played golf. I’m now telling my physio that I need my right hand ones for tennis :(
REUTERS:
UPDATE 2-NATO says has no confirmation Gaddafi seeking way out
- NATO questions reports Gaddafi seeking way out
- Repeats call for Libyan leader to step down
- NATO chief says Gaddafi son should not replace him
(Adds quotes)
By David Brunnstrom
BRUSSELS, July 6 (Reuters) – The head of NATO said on Wednesday he had no confirmed information Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was looking for a way to step down after more than four months fighting a rebellion and sustained Western bombing.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
“The germs of #Syria salute the rats of #Libya and pray for their quick victory”
libyanproud
#TripoliCalling TUNIS Rally Pics twitpic.com/5m675j twitpic.com/5m68h3 #feb17 #libya
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
“Merci Beaucoup, please keep up the pressure until Libyan people are free from attack. "
This is the most Just War that the NATO is siding with in decades, there is no need for dictators in this world, thx to all NATO men & women
Huffingfton Post
Intensify Attacks in Libya
France’s admission last week that it has been arming the Libyan opposition was met with intense criticism. The move, logical and appropriate given the inadequacy of air attacks, should be welcomed. Yet, it is still not enough. Nato must now intensify its attacks to finally defeat Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Four months after the international community convened to protect the Libyan population, Nato is still yet to utilise its military capacity to full effect. For example, the deployment of attack helicopters last month was supposed to have dramatically tilted the balance in the opposition’s favour and help them build on their progress at the frontline. Attacks, however, have hardly materialised.
It was precisely this dithering in the early stages of the uprising that allowed Gaddafi to regain lost territory from the protesters, consolidate his position and thus remain defiant to this day.
Full story:
www.huffingtonpost.com/ranj-alaaldin/in...
FromJoanne Joanne
Gaddafis #Libya of the Past is SINKING like a STONE Reports coming in His Rats are fleeing from every corner of the country VIVA FREE LIBYA
Iman
Still can’t get over how epic that protest was :o I want to take that 100m flag and drape it all around my house :(
Longing4Libya Ahmed Misrata
My cousin Tariq Elmedhem 25yo freedom fighter passed away today after an unsuccessful brain operation. God have mercy on his soul. #Misrata
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
I am Libyan and I fled Tripoli with my family on May 5th, You guys use to put a smile on our faces whenever we hear NATO jets fly overhead
via Libya Free Radio : Al-Jawalish was “in the hands of the revolutionaries” after “fierce” clashes with pro-Qadhafi forces. #Nafusa #Libya
MUST WATCH:
K_H_Jordan Keith Jordan
Convoy of freedom fighters who liberated the Madger Area south of Zliten youtube.com/watch?v=hbHcSw… video with music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbHcSwhhgfc&fea...
Alex
On Wednesday 6th July 2011, @Alex said:
#BBC Report suggests @NATO is deliberately holding #FF back – Fearing major civilian bloodshed – #NATO are delaying the #FF attack on capital – in hope that #Tripoli will rise and #Gaddafi will implode
libyans_revolt
Gaddafi’s regime loses all the battlefields," Politically, Rallies and the military battle." Get lost #Gaddafi, you bastard!
United4Libya LIBYAN
as of 19:07 GMT: 19 killed & 65 injured in #Misrata today by #Gaddafi’s forces. #Libya #Feb17
libi4ever
At least 3houses belong to high rank officers originally from Nafousa Mount were completely burned by G forces in tripoli last days #Libya
N_Benghazi .
“When Libya’s youth exploded into a powerful revolt their Feb17th Revolution was seen by traumatized countrymen as nothingshort of amiracle”
benghazi’s bunny♥ Proud to be from Libya, proud to be from Benghazi, & proud to be free. #Libya #feb17
REUTERS:
WRAPUP 4-Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli on two fronts
- Village south of capital seized from government forces
- Rebels in Misrata push west, 14 fighters killed
- NATO says has no confirmation Gaddafi seeking way out
- Libyan official: solution coming within weeks (Updates with new details from Misrata)
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/06/liby...
Despite siege, shelling of rockets & Battles on frontlines, #Misrata was out today for #Tripolicalling.1000’s Rallied on the streets. #Feb17
Libya’s forgotten western front
Tom Dale and Alexander Niakaris report from western Libya, a Berber-controlled rebel territory closest to the capital Tripoli.
Arriving at the Wazin crossing, the only gateway to Libya’s western mountains from Tunisia, it seems a ramshackle affair, more like a service station than the fulcrum in the battle for Libya’s West. Families, spilling out of cars with bundles of snatched belongings, queue to get out. A smaller number of young Libyan men, including many returning from abroad, queue to get in. A few kneel to pray in the direction of Mecca. It’s the same direction the shells come from.
Story:
www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2...
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
All mosques in #Tripoli will be closed this Friday and prayers will be held at “Green” square. via Libyan State (Ganfood) channel
Yes, we heard that, he’s running scared:))))
We have a lot larger flag:))) , in far nicer colours too………
PeterLeng Peter Leng
Back from excursion to Zawiya and Motrad. Met unhappy IDPs at Motrad singing the praises of Col G. Good to get some sea air….
FromJoanne
EUROSTATS: today’s demonstration in Benghazi was the biggest in the history related to the national population number
Libya: covert guerrilla war in Tripoli
A covert guerrilla war, waged by underground rebel cells and fought mainly at night, is increasingly challenging the Gaddafi regime’s hold over Tripoli.
Explaining the need for euphemism, one said: “It is too dangerous. People are afraid to talk because there are secret police and informers everywhere.”
Only those supportive of Col Gaddafi spoke freely, although even they conceded that “30 per cent” opposed the regime. Others put the numbers at “about half and half”.
Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
mc17
I posted 11 photos on Facebook in the album “July 6, 2011” fb.me/WvGXntyD
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Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Confirmed: Apache helicopters yesterday went Epic on G forces in Zuwara hitting checkpoints, weapons & even chasing escaping vehicles#feb17
Gihan:
A reminder: 17Feb Revolution #Libya. Part 1 This compilation features 21 cities/towns/districts across #Libya youtu.be/dApwNQNYvUI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dApwNQNYvUI&feature=youtu.be
A reminder: 17Feb Revolution #Libya. Part 2 This compilation features 21 cities/towns/districts across #Libya youtu.be/z41kQvx4uKw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41kQvx4uKw&feature=youtu.be
4Adam Adam
AbdulJalil thanked the neighboring countries of Tunisia, Egypt and all countries that have been stood behind the revolution #Benghazi #Libya
CHIVERS ART.:
Published: July 6, 2011
Libya Rebels Advance on Two Fronts
After a half-day gun battle, the Qaddafi soldiers yielded the town in the early afternoon, firing rockets and mortars to cover their withdrawal. The ordnance exploded on the hillsides around the town with reverberating booms and plumes of dust and smoke that briefly kept the rebels away.
But the rebels flowed in behind the fleeing troops, capturing more than a dozen of them and collecting the departed soldiers’ abandoned ammunition and equipment. Soon they were refueling their cars and pickup trucks at the gas station they now held.
Qawalish changed hands while rebels elsewhere reported making progress outside of Misurata, east of the capital, Tripoli, , where they said they were advancing toward the city of Zlitan. Those reports could not be independently confirmed.
Read full story:
www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/world/africa...
tripolitano
I loved seeing the hellicopter in #Benghazi today. I hope they had a camera filming the crowd.something simple #Gaddafi cant do anymore :p
sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
Charity bazaar for the libyan refugees in the border of tunisia. Date: Sunday 10th July Time: 1:00 – 5:30 pm… fb.me/LhYJ031I
4Adam Adam
AbdulJalil “Not all members of G revo. committees involved in G crimes, but all cases and complains will be presented to justice” #Benghazi
7/6/11 AbdulJalil(NTC) ”There will be no negotiation with Gaddafi regime. Whoever facilitates his exit will be brought to justice”
libyanfsl Libya NFSL
by SecularLibya
A BIG SALUTE! to @Niz_FGM calling for today’s demonstrations, Libyans responded!! Shabab FGM are #1 !! #Feb17 #Libya
libyanfsl
A BIG SALUTE! to @Niz_FGM calling for today’s demonstrations, Libyans responded!! Shabab FGM are #1 !! #Feb17 #Libya
tripolitano
#Gaddafi thugs attacked farms belonging to ppl originally from #Misrata. #Tripoli
Please give thanks to all the members and their families of OP UNIFIED PROTECTOR (Libya- NATO)
www.change.org/petitions/please-give-th...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nafusa Freedom Fighters are now so close to #Tripoli they get a MobilePhone signal so they R now able 2 call Family in Tripoli
der_bluthund
I know I will say this tomorrow when I write up the protest, but I met some seriously nice people in London and they are a credit to #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Last week hundreds of #Tripoli residents sought Sanctuary behind FF lines in Nafusa on a single day according to western camera crews #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
A Libyan in #Tunis told @4thegenerations Gaddafi’s wife #Safiya and daughter #Aisha left #Tunis today for #Morocco #Libya
NadiaMaddox
the jokes are so ironic. I know a whole family in Tripoli, 5 brothers arrested for wearing beards. #saifsahypocrit
Tarantino
Benghazi now an inspiring reminder for revolutionaries & NATO of why they fight. Protect these people from G.
4Adam Adam
6 martyrs from #Nafusamountains and 1 from #Tripoli, 29 wounded in todays battle for Gawaleesh. #Libya #Feb17 #TheRoadToTripoli
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
I’ve learnt something about reporting about news in Nafusa.. only tweet news from there at end of day once dust settles : ) #feb17 #Libya
TheyCallMeSof
Find me a Libyan who is anti-intervention and NOT Pro-Gaddafi, and I’ll point to the flying pigs in the sky… #feb17 #Libya #Tripoli #NATO
FromJoanne Joanne
Looking through the Stunning and Moving #Misrata Images by #PaulJeffrey goo.gl/oX9tH Saw some B4 The girl and her Dad ;(
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: G Forces using Roundbaout Clinic(Jazeerat al Dawaran) & Music Academy both in Zawyit Al Dahmani as Command & Control centre #feb17
4Adam Adam
Bodies of Gaddafi mercenaries in the town of Gawaleesh. 7/6/2011 Graphic youtu.be/Mwv-FN_dxz4 #Libya #Nafusamountains #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwv-FN_dxz4&fea...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Misrata: Apache helicopters reported to be attacking Gaddafi forces in Tawergha area #feb17 #Libya #Jul17
Proudlibyandoc Hzm Elmisrati
Check this video out — Our Revolution, My Story youtube.com/watch?v=X_mxaC… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_mxaCiCxbA&fea...
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Nafusa : #Zintan : Freedom Fighters have liberated the small village of #wamis (100km South East of zintan) near #mizda . #Feb17 #Libya
freedom4libya
“With fighting deadlocked on Libya’s many fronts” Again Reuters Maria Golvonina doesn’t watch the news or accurately report it. #Reuters
So true!
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA: Early this morning around 400 rebels entered #AlGawaleesh, 100km from #Tripoli, city now under rebel control. #Libya
Love these pics!!!
Libya_Now
#TRIPOLI calling PARIS replied facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… MUNICH replied facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… LONDON replied facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya
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Where Can Qaddafi Go If He Decides To Flee Libya?
if Qaddafi were to hand over the reigns now, yet remain in the country, then the country’s new leaders would be in violation of the ICC.
Qaddafi’s lawyers have argued that the country is not bound to honor the warrants, given that Libya is not a signed-up member of the court. The Sudanese said the same when their leader, Omar al-Bashir, was indicted by the court. Like the Sudanese, the Libyans are wrong. The court does have the authority to act in countries that are not members if the UN Security Council asks it to do so. The only times it has made this request to date have been in the cases of Sudan and Libya.
Given that the ICC warrants are legal, they certainly complicate Qaddafi’s choices should he decide to flee the country. Venezuela was originally touted as a possible refuge for him, including by Britain’s foreign minister, William Hague. However, given that Venezuela is a member of the court, Hugo Chavez would now find himself in breach of his obligations were he to offer Qaddafi a spot in the sun.
Full art.:
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/whe...
AJE Video from the capture of Qawalish today t.co/9YqaK5c #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGRmAhJiy4&fea...
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Libyan official angry that I slipped out with no minder. He ripped my article in half and snapped: “Tomorrow you will leave Libya forever!”
Zawiya main square: pockmarked and blackened buildings with imploded walls, vanished mosque, soldiers in tents, clothes on washing line.
Proudlibyandoc
@SmithInAfrica You are more than welcome to return when we free our Country.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli called. Free Libyans across the world answered the call. Libya is one, free & united. There are no borders between hearts #feb17
THANKU4THEANGER
How FFs treat Gaddafi wounded soldiers: The medical team treated the Gaddafi and rebel soldiers with equal respect for life, very inspiring to watch #feb17 #Libya
Sirte: Heavy clashes reported yesterday in City between Freedom Fighters and G forces
Niz_FGM Niz
7/7/11 -FGMovement would like to thank every single person who took an interest in todays rally against the dictator.We truly are astonished
MyFreeLibya Rubicon Moad
FF still clearing out Gawleesh right now..They reached Asabi3a, but are holding back..Need to make the area safe
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reports the village of Wamis near Mizda liberated. A number of of G forces killed and rest fled. Independence flag raised
Libya outreach:
Executive Summary
On July 5, Gaddafi forces attacked Misrata, killing five freedom fighters; France and other nations signaled they are willing to unfreeze some of Gaddafi’s assets and offer him immunity in exchange for a peaceful end to the conflict; Turkey reiterated its commitment to the NTC and the Libyan people; reports out of Washington indicated that the U.S. Senate is set to approve continued U.S. participation in the Libya mission; Patton Boggs law firm hired to lobby for recognition for NTC as legitimate government of Libya; reports also suggested that the U.S. is seeking a deal with the NTC for the extradition of one of the men who carried out the Lockerbie bombing; the Red Cross issued a statement warning of the potential humanitarian cost of the war extending to Tripoli; and, a UN fact-finding team learned that Western Mountain residents are wholly dependent on food aid.
Significant opportunities remain for international policymakers to positively impact the situation in Libya, such as by:
• Recognizing the National Transitional Council as the sole, legitimate representative of the Libyan people until Libyan civilians can hold democratic elections
• Unfreezing of Gaddafi regime assets as a means of facilitating humanitarian relief efforts in Libya to protect civilians from starvation and to facilitate peace and stability in liberated areas
• NTC to keep meticulous records of all expenditures to ensure transparency; said records should be made public as needed to ensure accountability and legitimacy
• Providing pro-democracy fighters with weapons as a means of self-defense and participation in their struggle for freedom
• Lifting of sanctions on air travel to Libya to help accelerate humanitarian relief, post-conflict, national reconciliation and democracy planning and development programs
• Formulating clear and consistent consensus of how to achieve ultimate goal of removing Gaddafi from power, marshaling all resources necessary to execute consensus vision, and ensuring that the country is able to smoothly transition into its pre-democracy phase
• Providing more humanitarian aid to the Libyan people in Western besieged cities, Misrata, Nafusa mountain region, Zintan and refugees at the border
• Set up a Trust Fund for all Libyan assets due to the current losses endured by the Libyan people;
• Protecting natural resources, such as natural water reserves and oil fields, along with natural heritage sites and ancient ruins, which have been threatened by Gaddafi forces
• Deploying fact-finding missions to Tripoli as a means of gaining access to prisons and facilities reported to house many kidnapped persons; including Ain-Zara and Abu Saleem prisons
• Preventing the creation of a power vacuum by promoting and facilitating the post-Gaddafi political transition process; investing in systems and structures that support post-conflict planning dialogue and programs that build leadership and management competencies
• Disabling Gaddafi’s capacity to circumvent UN Sanctions, particularly in the acquisition of oil through third parties, and repatriation and harboring of funds through key officials abroad
• Preventing foreign-national mercenaries from entering Libya and focusing on countries that continue to provide support to Gaddafi
• Widening NATO efforts to the full extent possible under UN Resolution 1973 to protect civilians and oust Gaddafi from power
• Reinstituting American participation and leadership in the NATO mission
LIBYA SITUATION REPORT – July 6, 2011
The following report provides information from sources on the ground in Libya (compiled through telephone conversations, news reports, Twitter, Facebook, and Pro-democracy Libya websites) that will help policymakers respond quickly to developments in the country.
Military Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
• Shelling in Misrata kills five freedom fighters (http://tiny.cc/3p4wd)
• Gaddafi has been considerably weakened because of NATO military operations, internal opposition, defections from his camp and loss of support from many nations (http://tiny.cc/fjotj)
Full report:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya LIVE: Pro-freedom rally at the Libyan Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. Tremendous energy. twitpic.com/5m5156
It was a big crowd though. And my phone battery died shortly after getting there.
The #feb17 rally outside the #Libyan embassy in Tunis today. I took this phone pic at 6:40 pm. t.co/QxL3MTK
Police stepped up crowd control at 7:15 & by 7:45 people had dispersed. But flag waving & horn honking cont’d on the streets.
As the crowd left, I walked up to the razor wire perimeter for a closer look – and found I was popular for group photos ;)
Not because I’m famous or good-looking. I was popular as an American, here in person. The goodwill overflowed. Both ways.
Doctors Without Borders sending Chinese field worker to Libya
HONG KONG : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, is sending its first Chinese field worker to help with the humanitarian crisis in Libya.
Dr Fan Ning, who is the president of Medecins Sans Frontieres Hong Kong, will be flying to Misrata – one of the cities facing the fiercest fighting – on Wednesday night.
He said: “I will be working with other international members for the surgical project and I know that…besides being a surgeon and handling the trauma, I will also be involved in training the local medical staff in how to handle trauma patients.”
Dr Fan is a Hong Kong surgeon and has worked in other conflict-disaster zones such as the Gaza strip, Haiti, and Sichuan Province after the earthquake.
MSF teams are currently supporting two hospitals in Misrata, providing medical and surgical care.
Doctors Without Borders has deployed some 400 field workers to Libya.
- CNA/ms
Source:
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasi...
Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
EVERYONE PLZ Check out walmart.com/giftregistry/g… and purchase something for a #Libya refugee child in need. Bring a smile to a face #EidofHope
LibyaUnited1944 Libya United 1944
BBQ #Libya Day Sat 09/07/11 noon-6 pm @ British Muslim Heritage, College Road, Manchester, M16 8BP. Plz RT & come & show it support #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good night all… Tripoli Calling 6 July will be taught in school curricula as part of the story of #Feb17 Can’t wait for #Jul17 #libya
IamLibya
I laugh when ppl oppose the idea of intervention with regards to Libya, because of fear “imperialism” and “colonialism”. Educate yourself.
Libyans INSIDE Libya asked for #NATO Intervention, they know what’s best for them. Let’s not forget it’s goal is to save INNOCENT civilians!
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
This-Brigadier-General Air Marshal #Ali Alabiedy- didnt defect & run 2 #Fratini #Rome but he lead youths in #Misrata youtube.com/watch?v=URupiS…
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On Thursday 7th July 2011, @Libya_Now said:
Le journaliste du Guardian David Smith @SmithInAfrica s’est esquivé sans garde. Fâché, un officiel libyen a déchiré son article et a jeté “demain tu quittes la Libye pour toujours”
0_solo:
Pet peeve #134: when someone types ‘looooool’….are you really trying to say ‘laugh out out out out out out loud’? do you have a stutter??
rooooooofl !!
Fidel Castro’s Secret Libya Rants
Overlooking any possible actions on the part of Gaddafi himself – including allegations of rape and worse, which now constitute the reasons for the ICC arrest warrant that may ultimately be the cause of Gaddafi’s removal from power – Castro prefers to focus on a more economic explanation for any NATO invasion: oil.
Castro then proceeds to explain how Libya’s petroleum wealth has made it worth invading for NATO. That might make a feasible argument, were it not outside the realm of reality.
Libyan oil represents less than 1% of America’s oil supply – hardly great “wealth” for the USA. And, as “Yankee transnationals” in the form of several American companies are already there and have been for a while, America does not have to invade Libya along with its NATO allies to get its hands on Libyan oil. If Castro thinks America is really in the business of invading oil-rich countries just to get for free what they can already freely access, then perhaps he would like to explain why the USA has yet to invade Canada – its largest oil exporter—which would be a lot more worthwhile.
Full story:
feb17.info/news/fidel-castros-secret-li...
Mr. Castro needs to brush up on his maths skills, starting with percentages e.g…..
lookatlibya
If I was alone in a room with Muammer & Saif Gadaffi and had a gun with two bullets… I would shoot Saif TWICE! #Libya #SaifGadaffi #Feb17
News report Dutch TV:
( in Dutch)
Libische rebellen en regering onderhandelen
Jan Eikelboom
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PUZZLE TO BE SOLVED TOMORROW:
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
#Attention ~60 trucks crossed #Libyan border believed 2 be heading 2 #Algeria.drivers said,t carrying Cement Sacks.NOW in Gabes #Tunisia
Don’t know yet if this might be important……
Could be anything or nothing ( like another G distraction trick)
Libyan rebels said to advance in west
Rebel fighters in the Nafusa Mountains say they’ve driven out Kadafi’s forces from Qawalish. Kadafi’s regime announces treason charges against rebel leaders.
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
Even as Libyan rebels reported driving government forces from another mountain town in western Libya on Wednesday, Moammar Kadafi’s regime in Tripoli said it would put 21 rebel leaders on trial for treason.
The announcement of capital charges against the rebel leadership was largely symbolic. The insurgents control most of eastern Libya, far from government reach, and are making incremental advances in the Nafusa Mountains west of Tripoli, the capital.
Full story:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Misrata: More than 60 fighters were injured in fighting today, however fighters advanced more than 5km Westwards. #Libya
O_El_:
“In a dictatorship, everything is fine until the last 15 minutes”. Hannah Arendt
wheelertweets James Wheeler
After the rally & raucous driving thru the streets of Tunis for an hour, went back to the hospital to return some injured FFs to their rms.
While at hospital, said good night to Walid (Misrata, surgery yesterday), Salem (Kikla, surgery tomorrow) & Akram (Shakshuk).
freedom4libya Khalifa Leebee
#FF Singer Masood in #Benghazi today youtube.com/watch?v=vUtzUd…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtzUdMoQA4&feature=player_embedded#at=280
a Car was mined belonging2the “thugs” south of Tripoli this evening. no details have emerged on how many thugs may have been hit. no #FF inj
TheyCallMeSof
These politicians/commentators/anchors/talking heads are all effing parrots.ITS NOT A STALEMATE U OBTUSE IGNORANT BUFFOONS!
Op-Ed: Libya – All over in a week? Mon Dieu!
“Settlement creep” seems to be crawling all over the Libyan scene this week. But that doesn’t seem to be fast enough for the French.
The recently touted idea by some rebel leaders, that Gaddafi might stay in Libya as part of a deal was, in fact, first raised as a possibility by France’s President Sarkosy back in May. “All options are open,” he said “We are not saying that Kadafi needs to be exiled. He must leave power, and the quicker he does it, the greater his choice.”
In typical Napoleonic style, President Sarkozy demanded this week that there must be a “successful ending” to the Libyan conflict by Bastille Day, on July 14. Clearly, he is hoping that he can make a victorious announcement of an agreement at the ceremony, which will boost his sagging popularity.
Read more:
www.digitaljournal.com/article/308830#i...:http://bit.ly/nWCRmb
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terri:
This is your Al Qaeda in #Libya God bless them and bring them #freedom soon! twitpic.com/5m9ol8 via @twitpic // via @wheelertweets
wheelertweets James Wheeler
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@wheelertweets Moments after this photo, their doctor walked in. Said he was going to do a nerve graft for Bobecka like he’d done for Walid.
SUMMARY JULY 7th 2011
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Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
All Pro Gaddafi diplomats who have not joined #feb17 are probably banking on getting political asylum when Gaddafi falls #libya
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
Ali AlObeidi “G’s men take & destroy peoples belongings to create strife. We help anyone and anything we find” youtu.be/s4kmgBEz7ZA #Libya
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Ali AlObeidi “We are seekers of freedom, not blood. We do not buy our freedom w/ money, we earn it w/ OUR blood” t.co/8Gv7f2U #Libya
Ali AlObeidi defected early on-refusing orders & trekkd for weeks on foot to #Misrata where he joined & fought alongside his brothers #Libya
Having the opportunity to return to east #Libya, he remained & fought in #Misrata. Today, air force pilot Ali Attallah AlObeidi is a Martyr.
t.co/ScktcgT April video of Ali AlObeidi’s defection statement w/ footage of #Misrata fighting. May God accept them as Martyrs #Libya
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IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
praying in #benghazi in front of the flags of the world. thank you all for your support. #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/5magxl
10 jours en Lybie, 10 jours de folie
Comment se construit un reportage dans un pays en guerre ? Pour répondre à cette question voici la première partie d’un “carnet de mission” consacré au reportage de Jérome Bony, Christophe Kenck et Elodie Metge à Misrata, en Lybie.
Source:
Fr.2 vid.
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BEARD GONE VIRAL ON TWITTER:
Am loving the fact that #SaifsBeard is starting to have a life of its own. #Libya (BTW – you think if some1 tuggs it’ll free itself?)
Saif – Daddys camel called – wants his beard back! #SaifsBeard
I think we’ve discovered where Gaddafi is hiding! #SaifsBeard
I think he suffers from male-pattern baldness.
@NATO – unidentified fluffy object – 32.859461,13.194414 – reconn needed #SaifsBeard
Breaking #SaifsBeard has launched assault on #Gaddafi son’s face #Libya #Tripoli #Rixos
Unidentified russian official leaking info to the press last 10 days has NOW been identified as #SaifsBeard’ovitch #Libya
Confirmed : #SaifsBeard seen negotiating a deal in#Djerba for an ICC amnesty. Says IT was not cited. #Libya #Feb17
Reasons why #Saifsbeard has been let loose: shaving cream & razors have defected. #Libya #Feb17
#SaifsBeard tried to come to the rally in #Benghazi but Saif wouldnt let it.
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/SuSwy
NATO:
06 Jul. 2011
NATO cuts off pro-Qadhafi access to fuel in Brega
On 6 July 2011, NATO aircraft struck military refuelling equipment to deny pro-Qadhafi forces access to fuel in the Brega area. Sustained observation of the area by NATO intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets proved it was being used to provide fuel for military vehicles and equipment engaging in attacks on civilians in the East of Libya.
Great care was taken at all times to minimise the risk to civilian infrastructure located in close proximity to the refuelling equipment. The strikes were therefore targeted on specific military re-fuelling equipment only, determined as sufficient to deny the use of the equipment by pro-Qadhafi forces.
“These precision strikes will limit the ability of pro-Qadhafi forces to threaten Libyan civilians and significantly degrade logistical support for Qadhafi’s campaign in Eastern Libya,” said Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, Commander of Operation Unified Protector.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in Libya.
Spokesperson NATO:
Oana Lungescu says that today allies have added more resources. Would not elaborate.
Rasmussen refused to comment on whether NATO assisting opposition advance in Libya with air strikes
Rasmussen: we’re not preventing peace! Gaddafi did with his tanks in Misrata.
Aisha
Photo: Cleaning on Flickr. Volunteers clean blood off beds at Qalaa field hospital yesterday. tumblr.com/xxw3dcr8og”
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Photo: Wounded on Flickr. Gaddafi soldier, 20 years of age. tumblr.com/xxw3dcr03r” nafusa.tumblr.com/post/7337822535/wound...
Photo: Rebel on Flickr. t.co/nOz4ikd” #Libya
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Field hospital on Flickr. Earlier on this same morning this room was a dirty, cluttered garage
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Photo: Another wounded fighter in Yifrin on Flickr. t.co/AEXScfb”
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Photo: Wounded rebel at Yifrin hospital on Flickr. t.co/MsGE8Sj” #Libya #feb17
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Libya: covert guerrilla war in Tripoli
A covert guerrilla war, waged by underground rebel cells and fought mainly at night, is increasingly challenging the Gaddafi regime’s hold over Tripoli.
By day, there is indeed a veneer of normality and pro-regime loyalty in the capital, a front government minders are keen to emphasise when guiding western reporters on heavily-chaperoned tours of the city.
By night, however, mysterious bursts of gunfire can be heard on a far more frequent basis than the sound of falling Nato bombs.
Minders attribute such sounds to loyal citizens shooting in the air in celebration, a partially plausible claim after Col Gaddafi doled out weapons to loyal residents and encouraged them to root out dissidents.
Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Niz_FGM: 7/7/11 -Reports gaddafi is banning mosques tom for fri prayer & insisting all pray at "green"square #Tripoli.Will look into this”
Libya Alhurra Updates
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English translation of Sheikh Sadeg Gheryani’s fatwa for people to NOT pray in Green Square on Friday
Tripoli – Sheik Sadeg Gheryani – Fatwa for People to NOT Pray at Green Square
English translation by Wafaa:
Sheikh Sadek el Gheryani fatwa concerning Ghaddafi’s intention to close the mosques of Tripoli on Friday, and asking the people of Tripoli to pray in the martyrs square in the center of Tripoli:
“On the name of God the question is…Ghaddafi regime media in Libya are forcing people to join fake supportive demonstrations for Ghaddafi. The ways are many. The last is Ghaddafi ordered to close all the mosques in Tripoli this Friday, preventing people praying in the mosques, and forcing people to pray in the Martyr’s Square on Friday. And then forcing them to join a supportive demonstration to him. The question is: it is permissible to pray that way? Is it permissible instead to pray in the houses. I will answer this question. Closure of mosques and preventing people to pray in the mosques is one of the biggest sins. And God says, who is preventing people to pray in god places is like destroying these places. And the prayer in the public square that way, with the closure of the mosques, is not legal religion-wise. People should not attend this square for fake demonstrations. People who could go out and pray outside Tripoli is ok and for the others who can’t it is permissible to pray in the houses. It is permissible not to pray in mosques in cases such as if it will result in negative effects (damage) on personal and public. And here in this case to attend the public square will result of negative effect (damage) on the public Salam.
Rasmussen: tanks in streets of Misrata are Gaddafi ’s peaceful solution
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
In the armed reconnaissance patrol, a regime mortar position near Yafran was located and successfully attacked.
The attack destroyed five storage bunkers buried in the hillsides.
The same flight conducted an armed reconnaissance patrol over the Djebel Nafousa, 300 miles to the north west
In the armed reconnaissance patrol, a regime mortar position near Yafran was located and successfully attacked.
Patrols over the Djebel Nafousa continued on Wednesday, and RAF aircraft destroyed an artillery piece near Gharyan. #Libya
Further to the east, an armed pick-up truck was spotted and destroyed near Zlitan. #Libya
Since operations to enforce UNSCR 1973 started, Royal Navy, RAF & Army Air Corps strikes have damaged/destroyed over 570 regime targets.
These range from tanks & artillery pieces to command bunkers & secret police facilities, involved in the repression of the Libyan people.
France24:
Botswana said on Wednesday it supports an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, despite the African Union summit’s refusal to execute it.
“Botswana wishes to reiterate her position in support of the warrant of arrest. This decision was not reached lightly,” said a foreign ministry statement.
“State-sponsored violence and blatant human rights violations by the Gaddafi regime on its own people, which started in February this year, continues unabated to this day,” it said.
“This is despite international efforts calling on the regime to end its violent campaign against the Libyan people.”
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday he had opposed the decision by western powers led by France and Britain to go to war in Libya but had been forced to go along with a decision by parliament.
“I was against this measure as everyone knows,” Berlusconi told a book presentation, adding that he had been forced to go along with a decision by the Italian parliament.
“I had my hands tied by the vote of the parliament of my country,” he said.
Opposition fighters and soldiers loyal to longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi exchanged artillery fire for six hours on Wednesday before rebels succeeded in driving loyalist troops out of the mountain town of al-Qawalish in Libya’s west.
After taking the town, rebels found food and ammunition left behind by Gaddafi’s forces, as well as the dead bodies of some of their opponents. Al-Qawalish had been a base for the regime’s Grad rocket attacks on nearby Yifrin.
The rebels will now need to regroup, but they’re one step closer to Gharyan, the main garrison town in the Nafusa Mountains and the gateway to the highway to Tripoli.
Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from al-Qawalish.
Vid:
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Mahmoud Jibril, who handles foreign affairs for the TNC, held a press conference Wednesday with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. The Libyan opposition representative has asked Turkey to grant access to frozen Libyan assets in A&T Bank to the rebel-led Transitional National Council, or TNC.
Ankara said Wednesday, however, that international law does not allow the frozen Libyan assets to be allocated to the TNC, but that Turkey had signed an additional $200-million loan deal with the Libyan opposition.
Freedom jeans? Let’s hope Levi sends free jeans to Libya! 2 pairs p/person would be a nice gesture and would be a good business decision, cheaper than advertising in media ….just saying…..
JEANS IN LIBYA:
Levi Strauss will attempt to tap into the revolutionary spirit of the “Arab Spring” with a “Go Forth” global marketing campaign aimed at attracting youthful customers back to a jeans brand that was once one of the most coveted in the world.
Fed up with high unemployment, rising food prices and repression, popular uprisings led mainly by young people overthrew governments in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year. Libyan rebels are attempting to overthrow ruler Muammar Gaddafi, while protests and demonstrations have rocked governments in Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and swept across other parts of North Africa and the Middle East.
“We’ve always been about embodying the energy and events of our times and this campaign is about returning to the pioneering spirit of the brand,” Robert Hanson, Global President of the Levi’s brand told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday.
He said change in the Middle East has been enabled by borderless communication and the kind of young people that the Levi’s brand Levi Strauss will attempt to tap into the revolutionary spirit of the “Arab Spring” with a “Go Forth” global marketing campaign aimed at attracting youthful customers back to a jeans brand that was once one of the most coveted in the world.
Fed up with high unemployment, rising food prices and repression, popular uprisings led mainly by young people overthrew governments in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year. Libyan rebels are attempting to overthrow ruler Muammar Gaddafi, while protests and demonstrations have rocked governments in Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and swept across other parts of North Africa and the Middle East.
“We’ve always been about embodying the energy and events of our times and this campaign is about returning to the pioneering spirit of the brand,” Robert Hanson, Global President of the Levi’s brand told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday.
He said change in the Middle East has been enabled by borderless communication and the kind of young people that the Levi’s brand Levi Strauss will attempt to tap into the revolutionary spirit of the “Arab Spring” with a “Go Forth” global marketing campaign aimed at attracting youthful customers back to a jeans brand that was once one of the most coveted in the world.
Fed up with high unemployment, rising food prices and repression, popular uprisings led mainly by young people overthrew governments in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year. Libyan rebels are attempting to overthrow ruler Muammar Gaddafi, while protests and demonstrations have rocked governments in Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and swept across other parts of North Africa and the Middle East.
“We’ve always been about embodying the energy and events of our times and this campaign is about returning to the pioneering spirit of the brand,” Robert Hanson, Global President of the Levi’s brand told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday.
He said change in the Middle East has been enabled by borderless communication and the kind of young people that the Levi’s brand would like to be embraced by.
A Chinese diplomat met with leaders of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) at their base in Benghazi, state media said on Thursday, building deeper relationships with rebels seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi.
The visit by Chen Xiaodong, China’s foreign ministry chief for North African affairs, was the second official meeting between China and Libyan opposition leaders in less than a month and comes as rebels advanced on Gaddafi’s stronghold in Tripoli on Wednesday.
Chen told the deputy head of the NTC Ali Essawi that China considered the faction “an important dialogue partner,” echoing comments made by senior Chinese officials on rebel diplomatic chief Mahmoud Jibril’s visit to Beijing in late June.
Chen is the most senior official yet to hold talks with the NTC in Libya, although a Chinese diplomat based in Egypt visited the Libyan rebels in Benghazi for the first time in early June.
China, never very close to Gaddafi, also hosted Libya’s Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi in early June. But Beijing’s courting of the rebels has marked something of a practical policy adjustment for China, which generally avoids entangling itself in nations’ domestic affairs.
Chen said China was “deeply concerned” about the five-month-old civil war and attached “great importance to the NTC’s role in solving the crisis”, official news agency Xinhua reported.
The combatants should begin substantial talks on ceasing hostilities and make a positive response to the international community’s mediation proposal, he added.
Reports that Gaddafi was seeking a deal under which he would step down have come amid pressure from advancing opposition forces, sanctions, and a NATO bombing campaign.
His government has denied any such negotiations are underway, and NATO’s chief has said he had no confirmation that Gaddafi was looking for a deal to relinquish power.
China was among the emerging powers that abstained in March when the United Nations Security Council authorised NATO-led air strikes to stop Gaddafi’s forces from threatening civilians. China could have used its veto power as a permanent member.
But it also condemned the strikes, and has repeatedly called for a ceasefire and political compromise.
Libya lays up oil tankers
Shipping activity with west Libya at virtual standstill.
LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – Many oil tankers in Libya’s state-owned fleet remain anchored and unable to trade as cash flow issues continue to bite, a company managing some of their vessels said on Wednesday.
Crude oil shipments from Libya, once Africa’s third largest producer, have been at a virtual standstill for months as leader Muammar Gaddafi has faced international pressure and sanctions while he fights to hold power during a bloody uprising.
While Libya’s state-owned shipping firm General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) is not targeted by sanctions, the tanker group is believed to be controlled by Gaddafi’s son Hannibal, who is on a blacklist of individuals subject to travel bans and asset freezes.
Full story:
www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page29...
Gotta love these pics!:
TripoliCalling and Benghazi Answering! twitpic.com/5mg2c9
Free Libyan flag is carried during a rally in #Benghazi, #Libya, Wednesday, July 6, 2011 t.co/PViFJxW
Libya: Kadhafi Ready to Keep Out of Peace Talks, SA Minister Says
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has sent envoys to tell South African President Jacob Zuma he will stay out of talks on a peace deal and his own future, according to Foreign Minister Maite Nkoane Mashebane.
She says the African Union panel on Libya will soon meet combatants from both sides in Libya to hear their reactions to the continental peace plan to end nearly five months of conflict.
Both the Tripoli government and the Benghazi rebels are considering the African Union roadmap submitted to them by Zuma and his counterparts from Mauritania, Mali, Uganda and the Congo republic at the AU summit last week, Nkoane Mashebane says.
She says it is encouraging that Moamer Kadhafi has withdrawn from negotiations.
In talks with Zuma in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi earlier this week even Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen agreed the solution for Libya would be political not military, the minister claims.
She called for recognition of the African Union efforts in Libyan peace negotiations.
Nkoane Mashebane says the AU wants an immediate suspension of hostilities in Libya leading to inclusive negotiations on a permanent ceasefire.
Then there can be negotiations on a constitution – which Libya doesn’t have – and democratic elections.
Source;
allafrica.com/stories/201107070648.html
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Des dizaines de milliers de Libyens opposés à Kadhafi se sont rassemblés dans les rues de Benghazi pour remonter le moral des rebelles et d’adresser un message de fermeté à Tripoli
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Tremendous response to #Tripoli’s call. Thank you all!! Big moral boast to the people of Tripoli. We see one direction now. DOWN #Muammar!
LIBTRIP
The One Billion Dollar question is when #Gaddafi will be gone, killed, expelled, committed suicide or brought to justice for all his crimes
Libye : Nouvelle offensive des rebelles dans l’Ouest du pays
Mercredi, les insurgés libyens ont lancé une offensive contre les forces de Mouammar Kadhafi et pris la commune de Goualich, située à une cinquantaine de kilomètres au sud de Tripoli, faisant au passage quelques prisonniers.
nsurgés et forces pro-Kadhafi s’affrontaient à coups de tirs d’artillerie, de canons et de mortiers depuis le petit matin dans la zone de Goualich, survolée par les avions de l’Otan qui s’est pour autant abstenue de bombarder le secteur. Une victoire des forces rebelles était à enregistrer en fin de journée avec la prise du village.
Depuis dimanche, les rebelles, dans l’attente du feu vert de l’Otan, se préparaient à cette forte offensive pour reprendre les villages du sud de Tripoli perdus au profit du régime de Kadhafi. En ligne de mire, Bir Al-Ghanam, point stratégique à une courte distance de la capitale, et Gharyane, où se trouvent les garnisons de l’armée libyenne, essentiel donc pour gagner Tripoli.
Source: www.francesoir.fr/actualite/internation...
FromJoanne Joanne
WHY = #Libya Regime owned Shipping GeneralNationalMaritime Transport Company #GNMTC NOT on Sanctions List ? goo.gl/sYNiA #OilTankers
AP Wire News | State News
Libya: NATO intensifying bombing to aid rebel push
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A senior Libyan official Thursday accused NATO of intensifying its bombing campaign and backing foreign mercenaries to lay the groundwork for an advance by rebels trying to topple Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.
Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told The Associated Press in an early morning interview that the alliance’s increased bombings represent the “final phase” of the air campaign. But he said the push will fail and that civilians will be the ones to pay the price.
Kaim said NATO targeted police checkpoints in the Nafusa mountains southwest of Tripoli ahead of a rebel advance toward the village of Qawalish, which rebel fighters claimed they seized Wednesday. They were later pushed back by government troops, he said.
A fuel depot in the key eastern oil town of Brega was also destroyed, Kaim said. NATO said it hit equipment used to refuel government military vehicles.
The intensified campaign, he said, is focused on targeting civilian infrastructure and police checkpoints, and providing additional weapons to rebel fighters.
“The aim of these attacks is to help the rebels to advance. But I assure you, it will be another failure for them,” he said.
Kaim also said Libyan forces have evidence that Colombian mercenaries funded by the West and its Arab allies have joined the rebel fighters trying to advance toward the capital Tripoli from the western rebel-held city of Misrata.
Some of the Colombian fighters had been killed in clashes near Misrata on Wednesday, he said. While Kaim was not immediately able to provide evidence to substantiate the allegation, he said it would soon be shown to journalists based in Tripoli.
NATO began airstrikes against Libya in March. The coalition and its Arab allies are operating under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians.
Associated Press writers Ben Hubbard and Maggie Michael in Cairo, Rami al-Shaheibi in Benghazi and Slobodan Lekic in Brussels contributed reporting.
Full art.:
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Sara
Zliten direct:HEAVY shelling near sea area.can b felt 8km away.source unknown
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Une délégation des insurgés va être reçue le 13/07 par l’ensemble des représentants des 28 pays de l’Otan au siège à Bruxelles.
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Refugee camps ’’We can say Qatar is 5 star, Emirates is 2 star, and UN is 1 star," said Hamad Awam, the #Benghazi charity representative
Rebel city chants “Gaddafi, go!” in show of strength
Tens of thousands of Libyans waving European and rebel flags marched through the rebel capital of Benghazi on Wednesday in a noisy bid to boost morale in an increasingly stale war against Muammar Gaddafi.
In a huge show of anti-Gaddafi sentiment in a chaotically run Mediterranean city of 700,000, over 100,000 rebel supporters spilled into the streets chanting “The people want the fall of the regime” and holding crudely drawn anti-Gaddafi caricatures.
The rally’s spontaneous character contrasted sharply with Tripoli’s stage-managed demonstrations organised by the state regularly in support of Gaddafi.
Most shops and cafes were closed in central Benghazi as people rushed through its dusty, meandering streets to join in. A helicopter, its shiny surface plastered with Libya’s monarchy-era tricolour flag, hovered low above the crowd.
Some fired their AK-47 rifles into the air in jubilation. Others whistled wildly, holding giant flags above their heads.
Rebel soldiers watched out for any trouble from the back of their battered pickups equipped with Soviet-made machine guns.
“We want the world to see that Libya is against Gaddafi and that we want freedom,” said Nuri Abbar, a 40-year-old former policeman.
“We want people in Tripoli who are forced to be silent to see this and do the same. Then we will win.”
With fighting deadlocked on Libya’s many fronts, some fear that ordinary people, concerned with growing prices and tough living conditions at a time of war, could lose patience and turn their anger against rebel authorities.
But none of that sentiment was visible at Wednesday’s rally.
The crowd was orderly and peaceful as people marched through central avenues lined with Italian colonial era buildings.
“Bye-bye Gaddafi,” shouted some of them. The demonstration went on late into the night, with cars adorned with rebel flags speeding around the city, and others shooting in the air — a regular occurrence in a region awash with guns.
“We are demonstrating in response to Gaddafi’s claims that there are no revolutionaries in Benghazi,” said Ibrahim Ali Ahmed, a 20-year-old man from the port town of Ras Lanuf.
“I hope all of this will end soon. We will not lose patience. We can wait forever, for years, until Gaddafi goes.”
Source: Reuters
In Tunisia, Nations Compete to Aid Libyan Refugees
“We can say Qatar is five star, Emirates is two star, and UN is one star”
TATAOINE, Tunisia — Libya’s civil war has created at least two and perhaps three refugee streams in Tunisia, as well as four parallel efforts to help them. Tataoine, the Tunisian border town that is the home of a vast refugee aid mission, and from which Libyans have constructed a complex supply chain that reaches to rebels fighting against Qaddafi, has three refugee camps. Only one, an hour from the Libyan border, is under UN administration. A second, right on the border, is run by the government of the United Arab Emirates. A third, in Tataoine’s soccer stadium, is a project of the kingdom of Qatar.
The four camps have become a sort of market for aid, with refugees choosing between the Emirates, Qatar, and UN camps. “Many people come here because it is very clean,” said Nuada Suliman Aker, a 15-year-old who fled Nalut in April and now looks after elementary-age children at a small school housed in a tent at the Qatari camp. Her father, a doctor, stayed behind to treat wounded soldiers in Nilut’s hospital. Compared to the Emirates camp, which is nice enough, the Qatar-run camp is spectacular. Qataris know desert shelter, and the camp’s tents are lined with a light, red fabric that makes the canvas seem less martial and the Saharan light less blinding. The bathrooms, complete with shower, are reasonably free of odor, and drinking water is segregated between men and women with subtle clarity. A playground, with bright plastic climbing toys and cartoons painted on the wall, adds a note of cheer to a scene that is, by any reasonable measure, miserable.
Full story:
www.theatlantic.com/international/archi...
Bent:
4 days to the end of Gaddafi TV on Nilesat
NATO and Libya – Libya TV: Libyans take the revolution to the airwaves (… t.co/5K0URLP via @youtube
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LibyaTrueStory
At #Dafniya field hospital they say the day has been much quieter compared to last two. Yesterday sadly 5 #FF died under their watch. #Feb17
Russia to send another plane with humanitarian aid to Libya
MOSCOW, July 7 (RIA Novosti)
Another plane from the Russian Emergencies Ministry with humanitarian aid for Libya will take off for Tripoli from Moscow on Thursday, a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
On Wednesday, a Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft delivered 36 metric tons of humanitarian aid to the Libyan city of Benghazi. The aid included rice, sugar, canned milk and fish.
“Another flight of a Russian Emergencies Ministry’s plane to Tripoli carrying a similar cargo is scheduled for July 7,” the statement said.
Libya has been rocked by fighting between pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces since mid-February.
An international military operation in Libya began on March 19, following a UN resolution authorizing countries “to take all necessary measures” to help protect Libyan civilians from attacks by Gaddafi forces, and was extended until late September
Source:
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Rasmussen: #Saif #Gaddafi place is in The Hague, not in Tripoli
Offensive des rebelles en direction de Tripoli
Ils ont déclenché leur attaque après avoir reçu mercredi matin le feu vert de l’Otan, a expliqué un membre du comité révolutionnaire de Zenten (120 km au sud-ouest de Tripoli).
D’intenses échanges de tirs d’artillerie ont précédé la prise du hameau de Goualich.
La rébellion avait affirmé dimanche qu’elle se préparait à une opération majeure pour reprendre des secteurs au sud de la capitale, tombés aux mains des troupes du régime, et repousser ainsi la ligne de front vers la capitale.
Source:
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Gen Mike Bracken now – progress is significant and NATO will see this mission through!
SaifsBeard
Beards like me have a saying:better to be growing on a face that needs you,then on a scalp that can’t sustain you.Sounds better in beardish.
Asma
The #Libyan flag is apparently the second most bought flag in #Gaza. #Palestine, we LOVE you <3
So much for ‘reporting freely’, @adrianblomfield expelled from Libya for writing this tgr.ph/noiebG &given 45 minutes to pack&go!
N_Benghazi .
Which of us thought that in 2011 everything would change so much? #Enough youtube.com/watch?v=uxXjwC… #Libya #Egypt #Tunisia
NBC News Correspondent Richard Engel
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malvernchela Suzanne
by libyanmaddog
All #Libya FFs should make friends with David Clay at UK Foreign Office. His great blog on Abu Selim Anniversary: bit.ly/p5bbfo
Abu Selim Anniversary
Posted 07 July 2011 by David Clay | Comments
In 1996, 1,200 prisoners and guards were killed during disturbances at the Abu Selim prison in Tripoli. The Libyan Government did not even admit that there had been any deaths at all until 2004 and the families still don’t know exactly what happened to their loved ones or even where they are buried. They were eventually offered compensation by the Qadhafi government but many refused to accept anything until an investigation was completed and those responsible were brought to justice.
You can read it here:
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Guardian & Telegraph journalists being expelled from Libya for articles quoting Tripoli rebels.Phrases marked in green
Libyan rebels battle in plains south of Tripoli
Libyan rebels fighting to oust Maummar Gaddafi pressed ahead on Thursday with day two of a NATO-backed offensive after seizing a desert hamlet some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Tripoli.
At the same time, insurgents said forces from their western coastal enclave of Misrata had pushed to within a short distance of Zlitan, some 60 kilometres (36 miles) further west, with 20 killed on both sides.
Reinforced with French weapons parachuted into the North African country and backed by NATO-led air strikes aimed at destroying Gaddafi’s frontline armour, the rebels attacked regime forces in the plains southwest of the capital.
The area targeted by that offensive is seen as strategic as it also features the garrison city of Gharyan, a government stronghold in the Nafusa mountains.
“We waited before launching this assault and finally got the green light from NATO… and the offensive began,” a rebel leader in Zintan, a hill town, said on Wednesday.
An AFP correspondent embedded with the rebels said there were intense exchanges of artillery, mortar and cannon fire with government troops dug in around Gualish.
In the conflict, several African mercenaries fighting alongside Gaddafi forces were captured.
NATO listed a series of seven targets where Gaddafi’s military equipment had been attacked, including eight armoured vehicles and military refuelling equipment near the eastern oil town of Brega.
An anti-aircraft gun had also been taken out close to Gharyan where earlier this week four tanks were destroyed. Eight armed vehicles were also hit in the latest attacks in the vicinity of Zlitan.
In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, an official statement said “ten of our martyrs were killed and 59 others wounded” on Wednesday in clashes with Gaddafi loyalists in the push on Zlitan.
Ten Gaddafi fighters were also killed, the statement added, saying others had fled. In the process, they abandoned a school used as a weapons depot, and an “enormous amount” of munitions, heavy weapons and military vehicles was captured.
Away from the battle front, tens of thousands of rebel supporters in Benghazi on Wednesday took to the streets in a propaganda riposte to a pro-Gaddafi demonstration which had been beamed to their area of control last Friday.
That rally was a demonstration that the veteran leader still had vast numbers of supporters in Tripoli, while the Benghazi demonstration was aimed at sapping the morale of the pro-Gaddafi crowds and boosting that of the rebels.
On the political front, a senior Chinese diplomat visited Benghazi and met members of the opposition, Chinese state media reported on Thursday, as Beijing showed itself becoming more deeply engaged in the war-torn nation.
Chen Xiaodong, in charge of North African affairs at the foreign ministry, met officials of the opposition’s National Transitional Council (NTC), the official Xinhua news agency said.
Chen called for a quick political solution to the four-month-long conflict and urged the rebels to hold talks with officials loyal to Gaddafi, it said.
Until recently, China had maintained its long-standing policy of non-interference and public neutrality on the conflict, calling repeatedly for a peaceful end to the popular uprising.
But it now appears to be getting more involved. Last month, Beijing recognised Libya’s opposition as an “important dialogue partner” after talks in the Chinese capital between foreign minister Yang Jiechi and senior rebel leader Mahmud Jibril.
In addition to the NATO assistance, the West has thrown its diplomatic and financial support behind the NTC, which has been recognised by about 20 countries including Britain, France and the United States.
But alliance member Italy, pressed by the need to cut defence spending, announced on Thursday that it was removing the aircraft carrier Garibaldi, its three fighter jets and 1,000 personnel from the Libyan operation.
The Garibaldi would be replaced by a smaller vessel and by warplanes from military bases, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said.
And global cultural watchdog Heritage Without Borders warned that Gaddafi may have hidden weapons in the Roman ruins of Leptis Magna, a few kilometres (miles) west of Zlitan, expressing fears that fighting might damage the UN-protected World Heritage Site.
Source: english.ahram.org.eg/News/15828.aspx
NAFUSA TUMBLER:
Yesterday (6 July) was the heaviest day of fighting since my arrival. The main front of the battle was the town of Gawaleesh, where Gaddafi forces have been concentrated since being forced out of Kikla. Rebel forces from all over the Nafusa mountains had begun to congregate in nearby Kikla the day before in preparation for the assault.
Yesterday morning the assault began. Loud explosions, mainly Grad missiles and artillery, could be heard from the early morning until about 2pm. I went to Qalaa, about 6km back from the front, where doctors, including my father, had set up a field hospital from scratch in a small disused veterinary clinic. I took most of the shots above in that clinic, and some in Yifrin hospital earlier.
I’ll let the pictures do the talking. One thing I must note though is that, from what I saw, the Gaddafi soldiers brought in to the clinic were treated no differently to injured rebels. I’m not saying that because my father was one of the doctors or because it fits a certain narrative, but because it was evident for anyone present. One young boy helping out in the hospital tried to make fun of a soldier’s pain but was instantly rebuked. I know that in times of war it is very difficult to control emotion, and so we should give credit where it’s due to humanitarians and humans who act with honour and integrity in very trying circumstances.
You can see photo’s here:
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Free Libya Forces Advance in Western Mountains
Posted on 07/07/2011 by Juan
Rebel forces took the city al-Qawalish on Wednesday, extending their control toward the capital and putting them in striking distance of the key city of Gharyan. Meanwhile, a Russian report said that Qaddafi was willing to step down (this strikes me as extremely unlikely, and why is it only coming via Moscow? Qaddafi has a television station of his own).
Read more, watch vid:
www.juancole.com/2011/07/free-libya-for...
adrianblomfield
I have been summarily expelled from #Libya for writing this tgr.ph/noiebG and given 45 minutes to pack up and go
Youssef:
Zintan mourning its dead! A total of 9 dead and 31 injured in the Gwaleesh battle for #libya yfrog.com/kkrldmtj
My brother has been in&out of #Zintan & it makes me so proud.Allah Yihfadhum! #Libya
PeterLeng Peter Leng
Another day of banging head against officialdom/visa wall in Tripoli. Can’t decide: incompetence or wilful obstruction. Probably both.
tweets4peace ♡ Freedom ~ Syria ♡
Photo: #AidTrip #Libya #Tunisia: One of the kids that became my best friend for the 2 weeks. Miss them so… tumblr.com/xto3df9nf7
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Libyan rebels say they lack weapons and Nato support
Rebel leaders in Misrata say progress towards the capital Tripoli is being hampered by a lack of ammunition and inadequate support from Nato.
On Wednesday, officials in the rebel-held city said 17 of their fighters were killed and more than 60 wounded.
Rebel forces and soldiers loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi have been locked in a stalemate to the west of Misrata for more than six weeks.
A rebel spokesman said Nato air cover was patchy, with deadly consequences.
“When the aircraft is flying in the sky… it means Gaddafi’s forces cannot use rocket launchers on the ground, they are afraid [of] aircraft… observing them and… striking them,” Fatti Bashada told the BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse, near Misrata.
Mr Bashada said that despite repeated requests to keep patrolling the skies, Nato aircraft have, in recent days, disappeared half-way through a battle.
“When there’s no flight, it means they are free to use any weapons against us,” he said, adding that rockets fired by Col Gaddafi’s fighters were killing an increasing number of rebels.
Libya is under an international arms embargo and fresh supplies from the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in the east of the country have been slow in coming.
Rebels have said that, until this changes, their progress towards Tripoli will be both slow and painful.
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1406696...
dovenews Libyan™
Its hard to deal with a 69 years old #Juvenile
Libya eyes new investors for ENI projects-govt official
TRIPOLI, July 7 (Reuters) – Libya’s government has begun negotiations with Russian and Chinese energy firms on taking over ENI’s projects in Libya after the Italian firm withdrew its staff, a senior Libyan government official told Reuters on Thursday. Source:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Mostafa The question you will be asked 10 years later: " Where were you when the revolution was going and your country needed you the most? " #jul8
dovenews Libyan™
ppl need to be careful as Gaddafi might have buses front of Tripoli mosques & will force ppl on to the buses & thn to the square.. PLZ RT
2011feb17
Spirits of anti-Gaddafi citizens in Tripoli very high after seeing the Benghazi million march. They say they are very optimistic now.
Neighbors who I know were not exactly pro-Gaddafi but were raising a green flag out of fear, have brought them down now.
One of Gaddafi’s houses in Sabha, the guy is obsessed with the word “Al-Jamahiria”: 27°09’02.14"N, 14°29’28.90"E
I hope Sheik Sadeg Gheryani issues a fatwa for people to pray at home instead
I am saying Fatwa because unfortunately, many people don’t think for themselves anymore.
SaifsBeard Your dad said he hated beards (tend to get Lice infested), so what made you disobey ur dad?
The fear factor is gradually decreasing in #Tripoli. I gossiped about Gaddafi with complete strangers in a line to get bread.
The opening line to guess strangers: “I wonder what is the best thing to get NATO to stop bombing?” Then wait for the response #
If they answer with: “Well, maybe if the brother leader would sacrifice and step down”? Bingo!
If the answer was: “Killing those hallucinating Rats”, then it is time to leave and skip the bread.
Bashar’s men slit the throat of a man who sang in one of the anti-gov rallies. Similar to Gaddafi’s tactics. #Syria #Feb17 #Libya
billneelyitv Bill Neely
Latest edict for journos at #Libya gov’t Hotel-only allowed out for 10 mins to buy maximum 2 bottles of water at shop.No soft drinks. Order!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#StKittsNevis CARGO SHIP “MAP K” now en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-07-09 08:00 (UTC) #feb17
UPDATE:
Mittwoch 06. Juli 23:00
Östliche Region: Benghazi (Anba`): Die Organisation für Welternährung hat angekündigt, dass eine regelmäßige maritime Belieferung von Benghazis Hafen nach Misurata gestartet wird. Die Organisation wird humanitäre Hilfsgüter und Helfer schicken.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 23:00
Östliche Region: Benghazi (Anba`): Es wurde ein TNT-Sprengsatz in einem Auto in der Nähe des Alnasr-Platzes, wo heute mehr als eine Million Menschen demonstrierten, entdeckt. Das Auto der Marke Hundai war mit einem drahtlosen Zünder ausgestattet, der mit einem Netztelefon gesteuert wird. Der Sprengsatz wurde gefunden, nachdem man das Auto durchsucht hatte und wurde anschließend entschärft.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 21:45
Östliche Region: Brega (Aljazeera): Zusammenstöße in Bregas 40er Zone, bei denen die Freiheits-Kämpfer drei Autos, Artillerie und Raketen von einer der Aufklärungstruppen Gaddafis errungen haben.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 21:40
Östliche Region: Brega (Aljazeera): Laut den Revolutionären gab es eine Reihe von Explosionen in den Tanks der Methanol-Anlage in Brega, weil diese von Grad-Raketen der Gaddafi-Truppen beschossen wurde. Das libysche Staatsfernsehen hat daraufhin fälschlicherweise behauptet, die Nato sei für die Explosionen verantwortlich.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 09:27
Östliche Region: Benghazi (Libya Breaking): Es fand heute ein Millionen-Marsch in der Stadt statt bei dem eine 2km lange libysche Freiheitsflagge durch die Straßen wehte.
Mittwoch 06. Juli 09:25
Östliche Region: Benghazi (Libya Breaking): Mustafa AbdelJalil sagte, dass die 17. Februar-Revolution in erster Linie unter der Führung Gottes und dann durch die enormen Anstrengungen der Freiheits-Kämpfer an allen Frontlinien in Libyen stattgefunden hat.
Source:
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pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
we (BBC) are there. unlike most we in all key areas ( #Tripoli, #Benghazi, #Nafusa #Misrata) ie in #misrata no CNN ITN SKY etc
leaders want #NATO to fly even if they don’t drop bombs as it scares off #Gaddafi rocket launchers.
feb17 rebels say they are digging in and will hold Na’imah 7km outside #Misrata #Libya . Once done will push on to ‘Tuesday Market’ area
NYTimes: #Libyan Rebels Gain Inches Toward Link To #Tripoli nyti.ms/peJozZ
Reaction time to a call from the ground to take to the air can be up to 5 hours. I’m told-In #Misrata #Libya the city leaders and bizmen joined #feb17 revolution against #Gaddafi same time as public. So revolution quick.
it’s very clear to all sides where the fighting has to take place. No secret. I’m told things on record.
But I’m told in #Zlitan many biz and local leaders still pro #Gaddafi so not same unity of purpose.
This might only make sense to UK followers. #Zlitan – #Misrata relationship said to be like Liverpool – Manchester. Strong local identities.
simply reporting the frustration as described to me by rebels It’s not my place to pass judgement
#NATO denies #Gaddafi gov’ claim r trying to aid rebel advance. tinyurl.com/63qwhp4 Tho’ that is exactly want #feb17 rebels want them to do!
Last tweet shows #NATO damned if they do/ damned if they don’t in #Libya Resolution they have is cleverly worded but ambiguity also a burden
FreeLibya. Seems just like yesterday I received the phone call breaking the news of my uncles death. I rememberevery second ofit yet it seems sosurreal
SHABAB:
Freedom Fighter gains too slow to hurt Gaddafi badly
Rebel fighters carry ammunition during the battle to seize control of the village of Al-Qawalish July 6, 2011.
(Reuters) – More battlefield gains in rural areas will help raise flagging morale among Libyan rebels impatient for victory but won’t shift the military balance decisively against Muammar Gaddafi soon.
Without more outside help, such advances are unlikely to inflict the sort of pressure that would compel him to negotiate a peace settlement in good faith or set off an uprising by rebel sympathizers in the capital Tripoli, Western analysts say.
On Wednesday rebel fighters seized al-Qawalish, a village south of the Libyan capital, and another group advanced toward Tripoli from the east in the biggest push in weeks toward Gaddafi’s main stronghold.
The capture of al-Qawalish is important not only for rebel momentum and battlefield morale, but because beyond it lies the larger town of Gharyan which controls the main highway to the capital. Gharyan has came under attack in recent days from NATO warplanes.
While real enough, such gains are too gradual to give decisive momentum to opposition forces in a situation where Gaddafi still holds the capital, has better armed land forces than his foes, still has lots of money and confronts an alliance suffering internal strains over the war , experts say.
That being the case, there is little to erode Gaddafi’s apparent belief that he has time to sow discord among his foes.
“There’s been a bit of progress by the rebels and things have slightly deteriorated in Tripoli, but the degree of both achievements … seems not to be massive,” said Benjamin Barry, a land warfare specialist at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
“So in terms of how much long the regime can last, it is anyone’s guess.”
On the diplomatic front, Gaddafi appeared to suffer a setback on Thursday when China’s Foreign Ministry said a Chinese diplomat met with leaders of Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council at their base in Benghazi, building deeper relationships with rebels seeking to oust the Libyan leader.
REBELS HIGHLY DEPENDENT
Jon Marks, chairman of Cross Border Information, a consultancy, said there were increasing signs of an endgame in Libya, but a turning point had not yet been reached.
“You have a rebellion in the Jebel Nafusa (mountains southwest of Tripoli) which may not be the ultimate game changer that some people have tried to talk up, but it’s definitely an element that’s added to the stranglehold on Gaddafi, and the Western strategist planners are aware of that.”
“But the critical question remains, is Gaddafi really going to go in a negotiated end on any terms that would be acceptable for his opponents or indeed the international community, and quite frankly that would defy belief.”
A June 29 note by the Eurasia consultancy said while the military balance had slowly shifted toward the rebels, disorganization and rifts would continue to hurt their effort, and they were highly dependent on the pace of NATO air strikes.
Other experts say the campaign’s progress was been slow because NATO’s effort, spearheaded by France and Britain, has had inadequate support from European member countries.
Former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson was quoted by Foreign Policy magazine as saying that the campaign in Libya was “taking longer to achieve than it should.”
“I think the European allies — especially those that are doing nothing at the moment — need to do more,” says Robertson.
NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND
Barry, of IISS, said the “one thing that could change the game is significantly better coordination of rebel forces on the ground with NATO’s firepower in the air.”
However that would only be achieved by NATO being prepared to deploy limited numbers of boots on the ground as forward air controllers, or have Muslim allies deploy their own.
In Brussels, a NATO official told Reuters there was no discussion or any indication that any of the allies or partners are interested in exploring putting ground troops in Libya.
“That has not stopped us from striking targets with great accuracy repeatedly … there have been days when we have struck dozens of fighting units and stationary targets, so it’s not hampering us from going what we supposed to be doing,” he said.
Gaddafi is widely seen as lacking adequate fuel supplies. But Barry said that while this was generally very important it might not be critical in some areas.
“What his heavy metal (armor) is doing is hiding in urban areas and taking pot shots at the rebels and stopping them advancing. You don’t necessary need a lot of fuel for that … It’s not as if he trying to send armored brigades across the country.”
Some analysts say Gaddafi, indicted by the world court at The Hague, would be willing to quit in return for the right to live in Libya, have immunity from prosecution and have one of his sons given an official position in a post-war government.
But many suspect this apparent offer is insincere and is more likely an attempt to play for time. Rebel officials have ruled out any role for him or his family after the war.
Saad Djebbar, a former legal advisor to the Libyan government, said that when Gaddadfi said he was ready to negotiate, it did not mean he was ready to leave power.
“I don’t trust him until I see him dead and buried. Gaddafi is a manipulator of the first degree and he will do everything to stay in power,” he said.
“It will be a big error of judgment if you bank on any deal which would allow any of his family or direct cronies to keep any position of power. They have to be defeated, and defeated to the point where they can choose only to leave or be killed.”
Source Reuters
VIDEO AFP Après le raid sur les “équipements militaires de ravitaillement” des forces de Kadhafi
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Skeptical4 Skeptic
Charlie Sheen & Colonel Gaddafi Interview (Tiger Blood Korner) youtube.com/watch?v=ASUOr_… via @youtube
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Libyan Family Take Legal Action Against Nato
They told Sky News they have started court proceedings with the help of the Libyan government and plan to sue Nato.
Mohamed Ali Gurari says he lost his daughter Karima, son-in-law Abdullah, and seven-month-old Jumanah and two-year-old Khaled, his grandchildren, in the bombing.
The Libyan government claims they were among nine civilians killed in the attack on June 19.
Standing amongst the rubble, Mr Gurari said: "If I had a chance to talk to David Cameron, I would tell him to stop. Is this what he calls protection?
Meanwhile, the Libyan government has issued indictments against a list of 21 figures in the Transitional National Council.
They include the man seen as its leader, Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
It accuses them of conspiring with foreign countries, and names France, Britain and America as “pressurising” them into launching “aggression” against Libya.
More:
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Question:
Was this lawsuit filed by the family or on behalf of the family by g?
Libya tribe members in Egypt, see talks with rebels
Jul 7 (Reuters) – CAIRO, July 7 (Reuters) – A delegation of Libyan tribal representatives arrived in Egypt’s capital on Thursday and said they would hold talks with rebel leaders to seek to end the country’s civil war.
“The delegation will meet with a number of Libyans in Egypt, especially the Benghazi opposition, to reach a solution to the Libyan crisis so stability and economic security returns,” one of the 19-member delegation said on condition of anonymity.
Airport sources said Mohamed Ismail, an adviser to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, also arrived in Cairo. It was not clear if Ismail would take part in the talks
Source: af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
FromJoanne Joanne
11 MEMBER #LIBYA TRIBAL REPS Del. Arrived #Cairo Thurs 4talks with #NTC Leaders 2seek EndOfWar #Egypt FM Official Denies Knowledge #Reuters
The EuropeanParliament urges Member States of the EuropeanUnion EU to make part of Libyan assets frozenavailable to the NTC
tweets4peace
Photo: #AidTrip #Libya #Tunisia: We asked the kids to make things out of the plasticine, so a boy created a… tumblr.com/xto3devh1j
Pictures speak far louder than words…..
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Poland Embassy in #Libya relocated to #Benghazi. #feb17
septimius_
Next will hear they can fly as well !? RT “@cjchivers: #Qawalish: rebels already cleared much of minefield, using wooden rods, BARE HANDS”
William Hague: ‘Time is against Gaddafi’
Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague says the so-called Arab Spring presents both “risks and opportunities” for Britain.
Stephen Sackur spoke to Mr Hague at the British Foreign Office in London, and asked him, as Arabs take to the streets demanding freedom and democracy does the West have a consistent and coherent response?
Vid:
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Aisha:
Finish job in Libya | Editorials | projo.com | The Providence Journal:
Now that the U.S. and some of its NATO allies have committed themselves to ousting Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and that mission is achievable, we must press ahead and help finish the job.
To let Gadhafi stay in power in Tripoli would sorely undermine NATO’s credibility and ability to threaten the use of force when it decides it is necessary for security or extreme humanitarian reasons. And if Gadhafi were able to re-establish control over the country, he would carry out a bloodbath against Libyans who have opposed him, especially in the east of the country, now controlled by the rebels.
The government based in Benghazi has gained growing international support, with, for example, Turkey having just recognized it. (But meanwhile, the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Gadhafi for crimes against humanity may complicate efforts to get Gadhafi to leave Libya rather than stay and fight to the death.)
One might ask why we don’t come to the aid of those brutalized by Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. The answer is that such a task would be far more difficult; Syria (like Iraq) is a much more populous and complicated place than Libya.
That we can’t stop humanitarian outrages everywhere is no reason not to try to stop them when it is practical. Libya, with only a few more than 6 million people, the vast majority of them living in a narrow strip between the sea and the desert, is a nation we can help, while supporting our European allies who rely on its oil and worry about longstanding trouble there — a result of which troubles could be many more refugees fleeing to Europe.
That is not to say that President Obama shouldn’t have gotten much clearer authorization from Congress to act in our aerial attacks on the Gadhafi regime, in concert with some allies, most notably the French and British. Unfortunately, he acted as presidents have since the Korean War — stretching the limits of constitutional powers to the breaking point.
But now that Gadhafi is rapidly weakening, we have little alternative but to help finish the job against someone who has not only murdered thousands of his compatriots but has killed Americans, most notably in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in 1988, in which 189 Americans died.
We have gone too far now to exit without Gadhafi’s departure, whatever one thinks of over-committed America’s having gotten into the campaign against him in the first place.
Source:
www.projo.com/opinion/editorials/conten...
carolv
Keep a safe distance from the computer screen when opening this link. You’ve been warned. j.mp/qNWaY3 #Libya #Feb17
A lost cause
President Jacob Zuma was in Moscow this week, not as a tourist or to take in the delights of the Kremlin, but in a desperate attempt to save Muammar Gaddafi’s skin. It is demeaning and frankly sickening to see the leader of a self-respecting country like SA running helter-skelter to save a madman from a crisis of his own making. As president, Zuma carries, and is the symbol of, our hopes and dreams. He shouldn’t be sullying the country’s good name by moonlighting as Gaddafi’s energetic emissary. And our taxes are paying for these futile missions to boot. Gaddafi should be allowed to stew in his own juice.
Despite the best attempts of his lickspittle toadies , Gaddafi is toast. The end is nigh. The only viable solution for Libya is for him to leave, and sooner rather than later. By postponing Gaddafi’s departure, sycophants like Zuma are simply helping to prolong the suffering of the Libyan people.
Read more and source:
www.fm.co.za/Article.aspx?id=147818
4Adam Adam
Pix FF surround a soldier loyal to Moammar Gaddafi after his capture in Qawalish on.msnbc.com/oQkjG0 #msnbc #Libya #Feb17 #Nafusa
www.msnbc.msn.com/default.aspx?id=43671...
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
The most funny words I heard 2day is (Tribal Leaders). LOL as if we do not know #Libya. another smart way 2 forget #ICC warrant
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Some Q’s to #Benghazi #NTC leaders going on now from local hacks at press conf -big concerns that #Misrata hosp’s cannot cope with injured
Q’s to NTC in #Misrata ‘our injured r lying on hosp’ floors y aren’t u doing more’’Families have no info about injured sons treated overseas
More Q’s from hacks in #Misrata.’Isn’t it a bit late 4 visit we’ve been fighting for 5 months?’
’has there been prisoner swop with #Tripoli?
DavidAllenGreen
by fieldproducer
Had it not been for @Bynickdavies @nytimes @tom_watson Mark Lewis and @johnprescott, the “rogue reporter” theory could still be in place.
Ali
#Libya #feb17 #Gaddafi radio frequency ( 89.3 MHZ) being jammed by #NATO broadcasting messages to GForces youtube.com/watch?v=qI84Hx…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI84HxowGC4&fea...
2011feb17
Do you know what is interesting with Gaddafi’s lot? France, UK, USA, Italy etc were not crusaders before March 19 :)
So true!!!!!
youngamazigh youngamazigh
in many libyans lives, this is the first time many libyans are actually proud to be libyan! pride is just over whelming. viva libya!
4Adam Adam
#Gharyan is 37km ahead. twitpic.com/5mkvdn #Libya #NafusaMountains #Feb17
sixarts camilo
#tripoli last thugs controlled directly by saif al-islam g educated in LSE now terrorize population but soon 2 go to
FF at about 85 km from #tripoli look forward to the end g gang and directly to #ICC
Taiwan News:
Italy said Thursday it was cutting back its participation in NATO’s Libya campaign, bringing an aircraft carrier and its hundreds of sailors home, in the latest indication that the alliance is growing weary after nearly four months of bombing.
He said the aircraft carrier Garibaldi would be replaced by a smaller ship, freeing up nearly 1,000 military personnel. He said Italy’s commitment, however, remained the same since the Garibaldi’s three aircraft would be replaced by jets at Italian bases that would still fly missions.
The cutbacks were part of an overall trimming of Italy’s military missions abroad. It was the strongest signal yet of a growing weariness with the war among some NATO allies.
Several participants have indicated they may start reducing their involvement, and the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted overwhelmingly against giving President Barack Obama the authority to continue the military mission, though it stopped short of cutting off funds.
Observer:
Representatives of several Libyan tribes arrived in Cairo yesterday for talks with fighters to reach an end to the conflict.” The delegation, led by Zlitan’s tribal leader Muftah al Waer, will meet with some of the Libyans in Egypt, especially opposition members from Benghazi, to reach a solution to the crisis and bring stability and economic security back,” a member of the delegation said.
He added that the visit comes as part of tribal mediation between the government and the dissidents, seeking to oust leader Muammar Gaddafi. Airport sources also said an adviser to Gaddafi’s son Saif al Islam, Mohamed Ismail, also arrived in Cairo from Vienna. It was not clear if Ismail would take part in the talks.
Nasdaq:
talian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said Thursday that the Italian cabinet has approved a cut of more than 50% in the costs of military operations in Libya and decided to approve financing worth around EUR700 million for the second half of the year for international peace-keeping operations around the world.
Speaking after the cabinet meeting, La Russa said that in the first half of the year Italy spent EUR810 million for military operations. “Around 140 million was dedicated to the mission in Libya,” he said.
Italy is currently involved in several countries, including Kosovo, Afghanistan and Lebanon, La Russa said. Italy is also involved in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led campaign in Libya.
San Francisco Chronicle
A government spokesman says Libya has expelled a Reuters journalist because of what he says is anti-government bias by the international news agency.
Spokesman Moussa Ibrahim says the British correspondent, Nick Carey, was asked to leave Wednesday. Ibrahim says the reason was that the agency has been “deliberately anti-Libyan government” in its reporting.
Other Reuters journalists remained in the capital, Tripoli, where foreign reporters operate under government restrictions.
Ibrahim says Carey wasn’t expelled for a specific story. He says the government acted after Reuters’ reporting “for over a month and a half.” Carey arrived in Tripoli two and a half weeks ago.
Mike Bracken:
Wing Cmdr. Mike Bracken, an alliance spokesman in Naples, Italy, said NATO is “not involved in the ground battles,” although he acknowledged the alliance is tracking the fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.
freedom4libya
#gadhafi tv #moussa #ibrahim speaks at “let us live in peace” staged rally in #Tripoli. Yes #gadhafi leave and let US live in peace. #Libya.
4Adam Adam
Follow latest vids fr #NafusaMountains battles against Gaddafi regime on #Zintan CH is.gd/LnJ7LM #Nalut CH is.gd/qqyCST #Libya
www.youtube.com/user/zintan2011
and: www.youtube.com/user/nalut2011
jaked2
rebels say they are digging in and will hold Na’imah 7km outside #Misrata #Libya . Once done will push on to ‘Tuesday Market’ area”
NATO Secretary General to visit Naples
The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will pay a visit to Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) and the Headquarters Combined Joint Task Force Operation Unified Protector (CJTFOUP) on Friday 8th July 2011.
During his visit, the Secretary General will meet the Commander of JFC Naples, Admiral Samuel Locklear III and the Commander of Operation Unified Protector, Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard.
He will discuss the progress of the NATO mission in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973.
Still and video images will be available from the NATO website nato.int after the event.
The Secretary General’s schedule is subject to change. For further information, please contact the NATO Press and Media Service in Brussels, tel: +32 2 707 50 41, fax: +32 2 707 50 57
Polish Embassy in Libya relocated to Benghazi
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has announced that as of today, Poland’s ambassador in Libya resides in Benghazi.
“This is because we consider the provisional council based in that town as the only credible partner for talks,” he said, adding that Poland’s presidency of the EU Council was also an important factor in taking the decision, as the European Union has already opened its delegation in Benghazi.
After the evacuation of the Polish Embassy from Tripoli in March, the Polish ambassador Wojciech Bozek returned to Warsaw, but according to unofficial reports, he has visited Benghazi several times since.
Mr Sikorski stressed that Poland rules out any prospects for cooperation with Colonal Muammar Gaddafi, adding that Warsaw would like to see the conflict in Libya to be resolved through diplomatic means.
The announcement came Thursday afternoon as Polish Foreign Minister spoke at a press conference after talks in Warsaw with his Algerian counterpart, Mourad Medelci.
The two men signed an agreement on air transport and on the setting up the so-called steering committee which is to promote the development of Polish-Algerian economic relations.
Mr Sikorski said that during its EU presidency Warsaw will enhance the process of fostering the bloc’s relations with Algeria. (mk/jb)
Source: IAR/PAP
thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/51137,Polish-Em...
CHANNEL 4
Libya rebels move to with 45 miles of Tripoli
In the last few days the rebels have made potentially significant inroads both to the south and east of Tripoli.
Most notable is the capture of the village of al-Qawalish, 60 miles south west of Tripoli, following a battle reportedly lasting six hours.
This was partly facilitated by Nato airstrikes which destroyed a number of loyalist armoured vehicles in the area. The opposition states that it waited until Nato green-lighted their ground assault.
Read more:
www.channel4.com/news/libya-rebels-move...=247
libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
Horrendous queues for fuel in #Tripoli youtube.com/watch?v=AQaoGp… #libya #feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQaoGpwDilA&fea...
hominoid
Libya bombing north-east of the city of Misurata 6-7-2011 youtube.com/watch?v=6qAlK4… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qAlK4_BFak&fea...
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Pics relating to a week of tweets from #feb17 held #Misrata #libya 1st the anti #gaddafi graffiti artist twitpic.com/5mm58a
following are some of his Rabiyeh Abidi paintings. twitpic.com/5mm652
#Tripoli street. This where #Gaddafi forces were fought to a stand still in #misrata #Libya where memorial stands twitpic.com/5mm79r
This is what most of the buildings look like on #Tripoli street #misrata #libya twitpic.com/5mm7wr
These girls were at the front of the #feb17 rally yesterday in #misrata #libya in support of fighters twitpic.com/5mm951
Mohammed:
Just got back from covering a funeral in Jadu , hundreds turned out to see off the shaheed, who was given a military ceremony
Photo: Yifrin hospital on Flickr. Yifrin’s hospital was without electricity on July 5 as there was no fuel… tumblr.com/xxw3djc2jf
Photo: Dog on Flickr. Yifrin, 5 July – A dog rests in Yifrin hospital in the midday heat. tumblr.com/xxw3djaxaz
Photo: Bread on Flickr. 4 July was the first time in three months a bakery in Yifrin had baked fresh bread…. tumblr.com/xxw3djgjkx
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
if it is not 4 the gang of #Algeria govt, we wd have captured #Gaddafi long time ago. #Algeria still smuggling weapons 2 #Gaddafi @UN @NATO
dovenews Libyan™
#FF have completely freed #AlGhawaleash from #Gaddafi forces, they also arrested number of mercenaries from #Ghana & #Mali. #Nafusa #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
PLZ RT – First Ever Rap song by Libyan Female Artists “Gaddafi Get Ready” youtu.be/m61pOKY0Cso Awesome : ) #feb17 #libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m61pOKY0Cso&fea...
Deployment to Libya has a sweet side
Master Seaman Joyce Farmer is popular with the crew for stocking junk food aboard HMCS Vancouver
Master Seaman Joyce Farmer is beloved by the crew of HMCS Vancouver for supplying them with candy, beer, cigarettes and other moraleboosting items while on overseas deployment.
Granola bars, Planters Peanuts, Scope mouthwash, Hershey chocolate bars and cans of Kokanee, Budweiser, Barq’s root beer and Sprite fill Farmer’s small office and storage room aboard the ship.
“Having lots of junk food boosts the morale of everyone on the ship,” she said.
More crates of pop are being loaded on the outer deck of the Vancouver at the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, where the ship and crew are preparing for Sunday’s deployment to Libya.
The deployment is part of Operation Mobile, Canada’s contribution to NATO’s arms embargo and no-fly zone enforcement in Libya.
It will take the ship about three weeks to get to the Mediterranean. It will stay for about six months.
About 250 officers and crew will board the Vancouver for its deployment.
It will be Farmer’s fifth tour, and probably the last, she said.
Despite the cigarettes, beer and junk food, “we try to keep them as healthy as we can,” Farmer said.
The food on board is important.
“Good food is good morale,” said Thomas Chester, a chef in the ship’s kitchen, as his colleagues chopped onions and cooked grilled cheese sandwiches. "You put out good food, everybody smiles.
Source and full story:
www.vancouversun.com/life/Deployment+Li...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sabha 1/3: Those who live in AlGurda & attended funeral of Ismail Abusebiha who died in clashes with G forces being arrested
Sabha 2/3: Families of kidnapped protesters forced to attend meeting denouncing post funeral #feb17 protests to gain release of sons #libya
Sabha 3/3:Meeting allows treatmnt of injured in 2 March Hospital run by Omran AlQahsi Gaddafi who so far refused their treatmnt #feb17#libya
Sabha: AlGurda neighbourhood has very heavy Gaddafi forces presence to prevent protests
Sabha: Pro Gaddafis are trying to gather attendees to a rally tomorrow by trying to scare locals of FFs #
The difficult situation of FFs in Sabha is under reported. They really do need military support as soon as possible
When I see Pro Gaddafis in media,1st thought is " What a waste", 2nd is " Are you really that blind? ", 3rd is " Shut the hell up": ) #Feb17
Mohamed
Photo: Freedom House on Flickr. Yifrin, 4 July – The pre-Gadadfi Libyan national anthem is written on the… tumblr.com/xxw3dk6323
nafusa.tumblr.com/post/7350283515/freed...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Gaddafi has ordered closure of mosques for Friday prayers to gather people in Martyr Sq to create illusion of support #feb17 #libya
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
At press conf of military command of #Misrata #Libya #feb17 rebels say this week 55 dead 93 injured in fighting and from rocket attacks.
Yesterday the #feb17 rebels in #Misrata #linya had acgeneral killed in fighting but are still holding their gains on western front
leader says #NATO planes ‘disappearing’ from battlefield for hours at a time led to heavy casualties this week in #Misrata #Libya
Libya;
Among the plans is to engage the #FFs in the capital #Tripoli from all directions, even from the sea to liberate. #Libya #feb17
Ali
#Libya #feb17 it’s time to mention the Libyan well respected scholar aldukaly Muhamed alalam from Tajora managed to escape out of Tripoli to Tunisia and then to UAE will give statement shortly on tv. To mention until two days ago G had ordered his dogs to shaihk aldukaly from anywhere
Must have but G couldn’t manage
dovenews Libyan™
#Misrata #FF are 7km away from #Zlitan’s town center. #Misrata #Zlitan #Libya
by Reuters
Libyan rebels say they make advance near Misrata
DAFNIYA, Libya: Libyan rebel fighters based in Misrata advanced about 20 km (12 miles) west toward the capital, rebel commanders said on Wednesday, but government forces were shelling their positions.
Rebel commanders in Dafniya, on the western outskirts of Misrata, told Reuters their forces had made the advance overnight along one stretch of the front line, but Reuters journalists were unable to confirm that independently.
The advance — which would be the biggest by the rebels in weeks of largely static fighting west of Misrata — could leave the rebels exposed because they have not had time to dig in and build defensive positions.
From a field hospital in Dafniya, the sound of the impact from mortars, artillery and Russian-made Grad rockets could be heard every few seconds.
A Reuters reporter at the hospital saw two wounded soldiers being brought in from the front. One was injured in the upper thigh and another had leg wounds.
Medical staff bandaged them up for transport to another hospital in the center of Misrata, which is 200 km (130 miles) east of Tripoli. The stretchers on which they were brought in were quickly washed down and sent back to the front line.
One rebel fighter said one of his colleagues had been killed in the artillery bombardment on Wednesday.
Source:
arabnews.com/middleeast/article467637.ece
Libya unconfirmed another push was made towards Brega today.
Be warned!
There’s a planned prayer tomorrow in the “green square” in the heart of #Tripoli however, mosques won’t be closed according to sec men.
#Tripoli : same security source indicates that close by mosques “may have limited access” on Friday. #Libya
Danya
OMG this is sooo cute! In #TRIPOLI the grocery shops that still have food..started stocking the vegetables with the #Libyan Flag color’s !!
Ossama
Source at the frontline in #Brega .. #FFs are asking for you to pray for them today .
Many great things i have been reading going on in #Tripoli over the last couple of days!
It is worth mentioning that the FFs took control of the area of #Miskah yesterday in #Alosabah .
Acording to reliable source in Tripoli scaterd groups of people in suport of the feb17 revolution came out in protest in support of millions
According to reliable source in Tripoli many demonstrators in Tripoli were arested and many clashes took place between FFs and Gadafi forces
BREAKING: Among the plans is to engage the #FFs in the capital #Tripoli from all directions, even from the sea to liberate. #Libya #feb17
BREAKING: Live on Libya Al Ahrar TV live covarge from the Freedom Square, #Benghazi! #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: The town of #Zliten has been LIBERATED and the #FFs have now reached the cement factory. Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar! #Libya
Yesterday in Benghazi port a bomb was found in a container in the bulldozer which carries the weapons for Misurata, the bomb was deactivated
mc17
Gaddafi’s forces put missile launchers at many positions in “Shat” road in Tripoli and they all directed toward the city.
What is g’s plan? This sounds very worrying……….
Ossama
ZLITEN:
REGARDING ZLITEN LIBERATION I HAVE RECIEVED THIS FROM A FACEBOOK PAGE AND AM NOT SURE IT IS CONFIRMED. PLZ DONT HYPE UNTIL CONFORMATION
Fale:
I checked, So ff not yet in zliten center as they are coming from west
Jake;
major fighting all over #Zliten please do something !!!!!
Gaddafi forces shell ghost town after rebel advance
- After rebel push frontline town of Al-Qawalish deserted
- Rebels on road to Garyan, and highway into Tripoli
By Peter Graff
AL-QAWALISH, Libya, July 7 (Reuters) – The frontline Libyan village of Al-Qawalish was a ghost town on Thursday, a day after it was seized by rebels, who said life may return to normal in the area after the exit of Muammar Gaddafi’s troops.
At a police station on the western outskirts of the village that had been a major base of Gaddafi’s forces, there was evidence of a hasty exit, with pasta packets and police files strewn on the floor inside, and ammunition crates, onions and military boots littering the parking lot.
Full story:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
UNCONFIRMED:Misurata Ffs have reached Zliten and have reached all the way to the west forcing Gaddadi forces to the city of Khums
If confirmed, ff can block G troops off soon at the junction :)
Other road would bring g troops too close to Nato ships:)))))
AJA correspondent: hundreds of fighters arrived from Benghazi to the western mountain (Nafousa) by a secret airlift last week and had participated in the battles
KC_Tripolitania
#Gaddafi supporters just don’t know when to quit!
Ahmed:
The Rome conference on Libya had been officially canceled…That’s fantastic news! any conference on Libya should be in #Libya.
( Saif Alqirdafa planned to attend)
Algerian army will spread throughout Algeria ,they declared a state of emergency in the areas near the Libyan border
mc17
Gaddafi’s battalions bombing "Al-Marayg " area in “Nalut” city with artillery and Grad missiles
FromJoanne Joanne
Yesterday #Misrata FF found “enormous amount” of munitions heavy weapons military vehicles In school which G troops used as Weapon Depot
Ahmed
Senator John McCain’s statement regarding the House of Representatives votes on #Libya:
“While I am pleased that the Kucinich Amendment to cut off all funding for the U.S. mission in Libya failed, the vote in the House today barring funding to support the freedom fighters in Libya is deeply disturbing. I understand House Members’ frustration due to the President’s lack of consultation with Congress and his mishandling of this conflict. However, this action sends exactly the wrong message to both Qaddafi and those fighting for freedom and democracy in Libya – especially since Qaddafi is clearly crumbling. I am saddened by the abandonment of America’s traditional support for those struggling for freedom and democracy, which has been a hallmark of our Republican party for decades.”
wow!!!!!!!
WOW!!!!!
WOW, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
1,750,000 people! ….that’s the official count of people that showed up to yesterday’s rally in Benghazi’s!
Niz_FGM – Heavy gunfire around #Tripoli, suspected to be around the Western part
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Keep an eye on NIZ for more info later! #Libya Feb17
Khiria
#Gaddafi worshippers, it’s time to #goseeksomehelp because 1.75 million turned out yesterday for the rally against your god #Gaddafi! #Libya
Reports that rebels are in control of central #Zliten with the help of #Misrata’s rebels #Libya
Jan Eikelboom
In the latest report from Dutch news programme Nieuwsuur, reporter Jan Eikelboom visits the Amazighi who are finally able to speak their language again after 42 years. Freely, they can now sing, write poetry, write and present the news in their own language.
Listen to Dutch :
www.libyafeb17.com/2011/07/video-the-am...
Tranlation in english;
In the latest report from Dutch news programme Nieuwsuur, reporter Jan Eikelboom visits the Amazighi who are finally able to speak their language again after 42 years. Freely, they can now sing, write poetry, write and present the news in their own language.
Translation:
Narration: “Driving over the plateau of the Nafusa Mountains, the new Libyan anthem plays on the radio.
We’re on our way to Jadu, the capital of this region. Although it’s far from safe, the atmosphere is positive. The liberation means that the Amazighi people are finally able to express themselves in Tamazight.”
Reporter: “Tamazight is a language spoken by the Amazighi from Morocco to Libya, with its own vocabulary, grammar and its own alphabet. Now it can be written on the walls again, because in Gaddafi’s Libya Tamazight was forbidden.”
Singing: “As an animal in the forest I live, my father”
Narration: “Amazighi singer Yusuf Hafyana spent 8 years in prison, just because he sang in his mother tongue.
Singing: “With crying eyes you could see me now. You could see how my soul weeps with sorrow”
Hafyana: “The Amazigh were without rights all this time. They were not allowed to speak their language, or use it for cultural activities or publish a newspaper in this language. You could only use this language indoors with your family. But we wanted to write songs and poems in this language, so that they would not be forgotten. You have to keep your culture alive. Gaddafi was completely against this. We’ve had it very difficult”
Narration: “What was forbidden for 42 years, they’re now doing from the top of their lungs.
Children receive classes in Tamazight every day. In the open air, because schools are closed.”
Teacher: “We have nice songs. They all have to learn the Amazigh language. The inhabitants of the Nafusa Mountains are Amazighi. We must learn our language and develop it.”
Reporter: “Isn’t that difficult for them?”
Teacher: “It is a little, at the start. But the children learn fast. I am hopeful. They’re now learning the alphabet, then the words and then sentences. And soon they will write insha’Allah.
Girl: “I can speak Tamazight but it’s a little difficult.
Reporter: “Why difficult?”
Girl: “Because we never learned. We’ve only learned Arabic. Gaddafi didn’t let us learn anything.”
Reporter: “What are you writing?”
Girl: “Libya”
Reporter: “They’ve written here for us: “Libya Freedom”, free Libya. But they just had a discussion about how the letters were written precisely, it’s still a little strange. She said “Don’t look at my handwriting, it’s not very pretty yet”. But now it says here.. Libya Tagraula. That means free. Thank you. How do you say thank you in Tamazight?
Girls: “Saheet”
Narration: “It’s not easy writing and speaking a language that has been forbidden for 42 years. At Radio Nafusa there have been broadcasts in Tamazight again since this week. Sometimes they have to search for the words.
Newsreader: “We continue with the news..”
...
Singer: “My father, come see my soul. Come see my soul, my father.”
Hafyana: “We have been liberated, we are now living in freedom. The whole area there is free. (Jadu, Nalut, Yefren,). We have a different flag and a different system. I hope the revolutionaries enter Tripoli and free all of Libya.”
NATO On July 6th, NATO aircraft flew 140 sorties, including 57 strike sorties. Some of the key targets included:
In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Military Refuelling Equipment, 8 Armed Vehicles, 2 Armoured Fighting Vehicles, 1 Truck.
In the vicinity of Gharyan: 1 Anti-Aircraft Gun.
In the vicinity of Misratah: 3 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Military Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Yafran: 1 Artillery Piece, 1 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 8 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Zintan: 1 Armed Vehicle.
LPC:
BREAKING : apaches de l’OTAN frappent les barrages de #Kadhafi sur la route côtière, barrage de Zwara détruit via lpc #Libye
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : #NATO apaches hitting #Gaddafi checkpoints on coastal road , zwara checkpoint destroyed
dovenews Libyan™
Reports of continuous clashes between #Tripoli’s #FF & #Gaddafi forces in different parts of the capital. #Suq #Aljuma #Tripoli #Libya
LARebel
#libya We should cut our relations with #Italy 50%. Just like they cut their participation 50%.
Official orders from #Gaddafi to starve Misrata & make “the blue sea run red with the inhabitants” t.co/vd9qWSU #Libya #Feb17
yfrog.com/z/kiprnnj
WRAPUP 2-Italy’s Berlusconi exposes NATO rifts over Libya
- Italian PM says opposed to military intervention
- Lull in fighting after rebel offensives
- Senior Chinese diplomat visits rebel headquarters
- UN chief tells Gaddafi: listen to Libyan people
Source and full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Ban says Gaddafi should listen to Libyan people
“He (Gaddafi) has to listen much more attentively and seriously what would be the best for the future of the Libyan people,” Ban said. (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay and Caroline Copley)
Source:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: The People of Sabha Protest against Gaddafi bit.ly/ouuS8o
feb17.info/media/video-the-people-of-sa...
BREAKING Heinz: #NATO has new weapon. up to 50 pre-programmed GPS (my guess) missiles dropped at once from a jet to hit fixed targets #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Tripoli: People are receiving messages and other alerts asking them to pray in Green square tomorrow. Most will pray home instead. #libya
Bint:
GRAPHIC:3 children injured when cluster bomb planted by Gaddafi soldiers exploded #Gaddaficrimes against children #libya goo.gl/3FgKJ
www.libya.tv/2011/07/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF...
ChangeInLibya
BREAKING: Nafousa: Eyewitnesses also report that Gaddafi forces retreating from Asabaa got shot at by G soldiers near Gheryan #libya #feb17
Libya Outreach report:
On July 6, 2011, reports indicated that opposition forces will enter Tripoli en masse by the end of the month; Opposition forces seized control of Al-Qawalish, a town approximately 100km southwest of Tripoli, and began advancing on Tripoli from Misrata; in Misrata and Benghazi hundreds of thousands of Libyans rallied in support of democracy and against the Gaddafi regime; the African Union again sought to be the lead peace broker between Gaddafi and the NTC; a Sudanese official declared that Sudan supports the Libyan opposition and views the NTC as its leadership; the Red Cross gained access to the Nafusa Mountains; and, reports indicated that the NTC continues to receive oil shipments by sea.
Military Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
• Gaddafi’s capability to continue his war against the Libyan people is falling apart, says NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh-Rasmussen (http://tiny.cc/ypoly)
• At the current rate of advance, opposition forces will be in Tripoli by the end of the month as Gaddafi’s forces have limited combat options as a result of NATO and opposition actions (http://tiny.cc/v1kfr)
Read more:
us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
AJE:
Holidays in Misrata
We hit the beach today. Just for a couple of hours before heading back to the frontline.
I’ve not swum in the sea before with the distant thuds of shelling in the background. It gave us a taste of what life could be like along this beautiful coastline.
Beautiful clear turquoise waters and empty sandy beaches. But the soundtrack was more Apocalypse Now than Summer Holiday.
It’s not just the views that could make this a great holiday destination. The Libyan people are hospitality personified.
Everywhere we go in Misrata someone pops up with food or drink, whether it’s freshly brewed coffee, hot pizza made at one of the triage stations or ice cream delivered to the frontline
We were shooting next to the burnt out wreck of the big supermarket in town a few days ago when a tray of cold water in a beautiful glass jug and freshly baked fairy cakes with a syrupy topping appeared.
Serving us refreshments was one of Libya’s national football players who happened to live next door.
You can still see what a beautiful city Misrata once was in some of the residential neighbourhoods, with their streets of elegant villas in well-manicured gardens.
The Libyans have a penchant for topiary – I’ve seen dozens of trees in Benghazi and Misrata cut into squares or pyramids.
I think the topiarists must be fighting on the frontline in Misrata as the trees are looking a bit unkempt.
I’m told Tripoli Street was once a vibrant boulevard of busy shops, restaurants and boutiques.
If, one day, when this conflict has come to an end, you get the chance to visit this country I recommend you take it.
They’ll welcome you with open arms.
Source:
blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/07/06/h...
Libye Libre
Selon HRW Les forces de Kadhafi ont placé au moins trois champs de mines antipersonnel et antivéhicule à l’ext de Goualich
Libya_United
Brigadier General Ali Attia al-Obeidi, has his name printed in gold in Martyrs list from #Dafanya today
Zintan Media have stated on their page that there is no truth to reports that Al Asabeha has been liberated…Thanks :)
bint_
This is how much credit Gaddafi has on his phone…lol…goo.gl/YO0L2
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
The news that #Asabeah has being liberated is not true. via military source #Zintan. #Libya #feb17
MUST READ:
Prolonged Libya War Puts Defected Diplomats in Limbo
ibya’s war has thrown many diplomats who abandoned Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s government into a curious limbo, as they attempt to hold together stateless embassies while the conflict drags into its fifth month.
Their challenges range from securing new office space and visas to looking after family members who have gone into hiding back in Libya. No longer credentialed as diplomats, they are still working—but in many cases on behalf of the new opposition government based in Benghazi.
Ibrahim Dabbashi, the deputy head of Libya’s mission to the United Nations until he defected Feb. 21, now must use a “courtesy pass” to enter the U.N. for meetings. He and the former head of the mission, Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, who defected several days after Mr. Dabbashi, are trying to persuade more governments to back the rebels. More than 20 countries recognize the opposition government in varying degrees.
“We didn’t think it would take this long,” said Mr. Dabbashi, referring to the war. He said he figures the mission has enough money in reserve to last until the end of the year.
More and source:
feb17.info/news/prolonged-libya-war-put...
IamLibya
#Gaddafi is the cause of destructing children’s childhoods & forcing them to worry about things kids their age shouldn’t even think about.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Gaddafi attempt to hire 150 foreign mercenary snipers was blocked at a #Tunisian airport |
wheelertweets James Wheeler
The only part of sainthood I’m probably getting close to is poverty ;) But as Libya drains me, it also enriches me beyond measure.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Libyans in Western #Libya urge the #NTC to form temporary constitution in order to run daily affairs.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Gaddafi’s agents have sent messages to residents of #Tripoli telling they must attend a rally in “Green Square” tmrw or face consequences.
(see below)
freedom4libya
Screen shot of text message to #Tripoli residence instructing them to go to the Greensquare for Friday prayer 2moro on.fb.me/n0Wdl2
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1442820...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Visited some #Misrata FFs in a rehab hospital today in Tunis. Emaciated bodies. They may find a way to cope, but they will never recover.
SUMMARY JULY 8th 2011
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7/08/2011
7.08.2011
“None but the saints can kill this inner thief (pride/ego) for it ravages the very house in which it lives.” – Hazrat Sultan Bahu R.A
race2jannah
Lady Gaga said she is going to start her own line of clothing. You know Ghadaffi can’t wait to see them for his summer/fall collection.
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/Hkjhb
bencnn benwedeman
7/7 NATO strikes: Brega-1 refuel unit; Gharyan-3 army vehicles; Waddan-1 milit strg unit; Sirt-1 tank; Zlitan-1 artillery; #Tripoli-3 AA gun
Just wondering if the snipers that were blocked by Tunisia to enter Libya were supposed to go to Tripoli this Friday.
We know Tripoli is surrounded by g with rocket launchers pointing towards the city.
All the people of Tripoli are supposed to go to " Green Square" to attend a rally and pray ……
Maybe the g plan was to put the snipers inside and/ or around the mosques to create panic and fear amongst the worshippers.
When Tunisia blocked the snipers entering Libya , we heard that the mosques all of a sudden would be open……….
Seeing how g has worked in the past one wonders what else g has up his sleeve to get a lot of people into Green Square today to make up numbers.
A huge party of sorts?
He is going to want to outdo the Tripoli Calling Rally, with 1.750.000 participants.
CharlieEnglish1 Charlie English
Second Guardian correspondent in three weeks has been expelled from Tripoli #Libya bit.ly/q5DfO3
Our corr told Guardian must publish apology for “using obscene words against Gaddafi” in this piece bit.ly/qQPL87 or go. He went
Libyan rebels set for renewed push to Tripoli
Libyan rebels looked set for another push against leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Friday, just days after the opposition made hefty advances toward Tripoli on two fronts.
A rebel sympathiser in Misrata, on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, told Reuters that rebels had been moving closer to neighbouring Zlitan, one of a chain of government-controlled towns blocking their advance to Tripoli.
As they advanced, pro-Gaddafi forces inside the city fired rounds of explosives to block their progress, the sympathiser said in an e-mail.
More:
www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2011/07/08/l...
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Officials said I could stay in Tripoli if Guardian published an apology denying the existence of my interviewees. An offer I could refuse.
Ahmed
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi Goons chanting “He7hy 3ala umek ya bo Shena Thwarek ma saresh menhum” Translated into “Your mother will be disappointed Bo Shena (the one with the hat referring to Mustafa Abdul Jalil) your FF have failed”…That’s a new one for them, someone finally got creative!!
bint_
The majority of the people chanting have really Sertawi accents. People in Tripoli have a different dialect when singing/ chanting.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: FFs destroy 2 G forces vehicles using gelatinas (rudimentary grenades) at AlSawany roundabout. 2 G forces killed #libya #feb17
We are waiting some people to come back from the green square in #Tripoli to tell us about the approximate number of ppl in the place.
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: “passport control” near Nalut, #tunisia/Libya border, western #Libya #Feb17 yfrog.com/khb2pwxj
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
All mosques in tripoli will be shut today on G orders 2 force friday prayer in green sq and manipulate pics again! How desperate can G get!
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
So G closed down all mosques in #tripoli and ordered Friday prayer in the Green Square?.What a douche. Please love me. #libya
Niz_FGM Niz
7/8/11 – Anticipation that mosques will be closed by #gaddafi today in #Tripoli – 2 options: Pray on streets outside mosques, or at home.
bruxelles2: C’est la Hongrie qui devrait continuer d’assurer la représentation #UE en Libye à Tripoli.
Guardian and Telegraph kicked out of Tripoli, so no US/UK presence there, says Gdn foreign ed @CharlieEnglish1
Rolando Segura
Apenas faltan días para el inicio del noveno mes del calendario musulmán.
La fe de millones creyentes en el mundo islámico los llevará durante todo agosto a practicar el ayuno diario, desde el alba hasta la despedida del sol.
Es el período del Ramadán, que en Libia este año aún se anuncia incierto.
Full blog + vids:
rolandotelesur.blogspot.com
AndersFoghR AndersFogh Rasmussen
by ChangeInLibya
In Naples, Italy to visit the @NATO commanders in charge of the #Libya operation
NATO operation in Libya in compliance with the #UNSC resolutions
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Nafousa: All roads leading to Gheryan from Qualeesh are confirmed by FF to be heavily mined and booby trapped by G forces. #libya
Nafousa: However, Gaddafi forces are also said to be running away and too disorganized to properly slow FF advances in region
Nafousa: Gaddafi forces are heavily shelling Qualeesh and nearby areas using artillery situated in Gheryan – trying to slow&block FF
Nafousa: If there’s one thing that G forces know how to utilize – it’s artillery. GRADs & mortars always used to defend open areas #libya
Sumayya
Sometime’s I read all these Op-Ed’s about Libya…and have to remind myself that it’s an ‘opinion’ and refrain from punching the screen.
HRW:
Libya: Government Lays More Mines in Western Mountains
(Zintan) – Libyan government forces have placed at least three minefields containing antipersonnel and antivehicle landmines outside the village of al-Qawalish in the western Nafusa Mountains, Human Rights Watch said today.
“The government’s blatant disregard for the safety of its civilians is shameful,” said Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch. “Landmines are a weapon that will claim civilian limbs and lives for years to come.”
Two of the minefields were laid near each other on a pair of dirt roads leading to a boy scout building known as al-Malayab, west of al-Qawalish (coordinates N 31˚ 58’ 50.79" E 12˚ 40’ 32.23" and N 31˚ 58’ 50.74" E 12˚ 41’ 26.26"). The third minefield was laid along the main asphalt road to al-Qawalish just west of al-Malayab (coordinates N 31˚ 59’ 2.26" E 12˚ 40’ 29.58").
Government forces had apparently been positioned at the boy scout building outside al-Qawalish until rebels seized the area and the village in the early afternoon of July 6, 2011.
Read more:
www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/07/08/libya-go...
Adel:
From #Yemen & #Egypt to #Syria & #Libya millions of Arabs are in the streets fighting and demanding a better future, history in the making
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Reuters: 5 FFs were killed &17 were injured in fighting with Gadaffi forces near Misrata on Friday, medical workers said
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Family of Abdel Salem young student I saw die at field hosp’ Sat’ going around #Misrata #Libya with spray can renaming streets in his memory
Images of #Gaddafi off the walls & onto the floors in #Misrata #Libya . Here’s a pic from hosp’ treating #feb17 rebels t.co/Sur2Q5R
This may be the world’s most dangerous bridge. Take close look at central pillars in #feb17 held #misrata #libya twitpic.com/5mwpxs
Entrance of memorial on #Tripoli street #Misrata #Libya to people killed by #Gaddafi forces . Alot of ammo still live t.co/ilJ2tDY
Inside of memorial on #Tripoli street #Misrata #Libya where hundreds of photo’s of dead are put on display t.co/Kf2Gwop
Head of military intelligence for #feb17 rebel forces in #misrata #Libya Ibrahim Bait Al Mal said 500 special forces coming from Benghazi
Head of mil’ intel’ for #feb17 rebel forces in #misrata #Libya said 170 of special forces will come this weekend to join southern front
170 now, rest later. But what #Libyan rebels want more is ammo. Lots of frustration privately with #Benghazi leaders over this.
Wonderful a journo who tweets this much, thank you Paul!
20arb
News video on western front in #Libya trunc.it/gs73h
in.reuters.com/video/2011/07/06/libyan-...=216886809&view=216886809&sp=104&refresh=true
sixarts
Nigth time security checkpoint in #tripoli r Ibeen intimidate by the presence of #FF armed group #libya
Peter Clifford:
Libya. NATO attack helicopters have now destoyed 300 miltary targets incl tanks and radar
bit.ly/PCOLibya
NATO has now damaged or destroyed 1800 military targets throughout Libya.A few hours after the Tripoli daylight raids Gaddafi issued a defiant audio message saying, “We only have one choice. This is our country and we shall stay here till the end – dead, alive, victorious. It doesn’t matter…..We shall not leave. We shall not surrender…..We welcome death. Martyrdom is a million times better.” NATO hit Tripoli with 27 low-level daylight air strikes today, hitting targets at the Popular and Revolutionary Guard barracks, both in the vicinity of Gaddafi’s compound.
More:
egyptday1.blogspot.com/2011/07/nato-att...
billneelyitv Bill Neely
10,000 #Gaddafi suprtrs rally in #Tripoli.Many say #NATO bombing is driving ppl behind Gaddafi.Like bombing Serbia then.But Milosevic fell.
Tripoli rally follows mass wedding in #Gaddafi’s compound. 25 couples married,thousands watched at building bombed in 1986. No Gaddafi tho.
No #Gaddafi either at restaurant rally in#Tripoli where he gave intvw in March.Not in compound.Not at Green Square balcony.#Libyan Pimpernel
Some #Libya rebels reporting another push is likely on the Misrata front where rebels gained 4 miles on Wed.
WAIT, WHAT? Weddings?
Here we are! Puzzle solved:
That would be one way to get a lot of people together!
Party time!!!!!!!!
Now g tv can show how many people "luv " him, what a drama queen!
G missed his profession, he should have gone into movie making.
Weddings, prayers and manipulations, the Libyan Mystery! coming to a cinema near you……..
He could have lived in la-la-land forever……….
electra
#LIBYA // many people are right now asking around on twitter if anybody showed up today at #GreenSquare #Tripoli youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8fjl…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8fjleIkmc&fea...
zoominitalia Zoom.in Italia
Nozze di massa a Tripoli per sfidare la Nato bit.ly/pUiUSr
VID weddings:
www.zoomin.tv/site/video.cfm/lang/it-it...
Massin
It is becoming extremely difficult to leave #Tripoli day by day. All roads are blocked by multiple #Gadafi forces checkpoints.
Check it out: 20Arb
Tarablis
Lot of info with:
News
Aid
Links
sites.google.com/site/tarablis
Shabab:
Freedom Fighters set for renewed push to Tripoli Libyan
July 8, 2011
- Rebels look to renew push after advance on two fronts
- Tripoli could turn Friday prayers into gov’t rally
- Libya funding cut narrowly defeated in US House
By Souhail Karam and David Dolan
RABAT, July 8 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels looked set for another push against leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Friday, just days after the opposition made hefty advances toward Tripoli on two fronts.
A rebel sympathiser in Misrata, on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, told Reuters that rebels had been moving closer to neighbouring Zlitan, one of a chain of government-controlled towns blocking their advance to Tripoli.
As they advanced, pro-Gaddafi forces inside the city fired rounds of explosives to block their progress, the sympathiser said in an e-mail.
“The rebels are waiting for NATO backup or for Gaddafi forces to run out of ammunitions to make a move to take the city centre,” he said.
After weeks of static fighting, the rebels on Wednesday advanced westward from Misrata to within 13 km of Zlitan, where large numbers of pro-Gaddafi forces are based.
In the Western Mountains region southwest of Tripoli, other rebels seized a village, bringing them closer to a taking a town that would give them control of a major highway into the capital.
Turkey has frozen $1 billion of Libyan central bank reserves deposited in its banks as part of U.N. sanctions against Gadaffi’s government, a Turkish newspaper reported on Friday.
The Star newspaper cited officials from Turkey’s foreign and economic ministries in its report, adding the opposition National Transitional Council had urged Turkey to release the reserves during a visit by a Libya rebel leader this week.
FRIDAY PRAYERS
Libyan TV broadcasted calls from tribal leaders on Thursday urging people in Tripoli to gather at the city’s Green Square for prayers on Friday.
A post on a Facebook page used by anti-Gaddafi activists said it was possible the authorities would close mosques in the capital to force people to gather in the square.
Gaddafi opponents narrowly avoided a diplomatic setback on Thursday, when a U.S. resolution to stop funding the military intervention was narrowly defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives .
Both Republicans and Democrats have argued President Barack Obama violated the U.S. Constitution and the 1973 War Powers Resolution by failing to secure congressional authorisation for U.S. military operations in Libya.
There have been other signs of growing discontent within the NATO alliance over the bombing of the north African country.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday he was against NATO intervention, but had to go along with it.
Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said Italy’s cost for the operation would be less than 60 million euros in the second half, from 142 million in the first half.
The country has also withdrawn its aircraft carrier Garibaldi with three aircraft on board. Their tasks would be taken on by land-based aircraft.
Gaddafi has rejected any suggestion that he will give up power and he has described the NATO campaign as an act of colonial aggression aimed at stealing Libya’s oil.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Gaddafi — who has dismissed rebels trying to end his four-decade rule as criminals and vermin — to listen to the will of the people.
Source Reuters
Miles de personas hacen oran hoy en jaima gigante el Plaza Verde #Trípoli. yfrog.com/keiw9htj
yfrog.com/keiw9htj
Поглед ка Триполију
Побуњеници се надају да би нападима на два фронта могли стићи надомак Триполија. У граду се ноћу чују рафали из аутоматског наоружања, док Гадафијеве присталице најављују масовне демонстрације. НАТО први пут гађа рафинерије. Последња фаза кампање ваздушних удара. Крај Гадафија, најавио шеф НАТО-а.
With Pics and vid.
www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/2/%D0%...
electra
#LIBYA : this is the response at Green Square today: Friday prayers in #Tripoli 8-7-2011 youtube.com/watch?v=hdpJsw…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdpJswDZivk&fea...
electra
ALERT: #NATO is helping rebel advance towards #Tripoli, there’s no way to deny the obvious, it’s paving a bloody road to destruction & death
Some people just don’t get it:(
Answer:
tantramancan
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QT @electra: ALERT: #NATO is helping rebel advance towards #Tripoli, GREAT, the SOONER the BETTER. GET #Gaddafi OUT NOW ! FREEDOM
Good advice:
Kathphlox Phlox White
For journos who want to leave Tripoli fast, save a truthful article and publish when needed, no delays in getting your passport ;)
ItalianPolitics Politica Italiana
Aggiornamento #Libia n.2. Le forze degli insorti #NTC ormai sono a circa 84km a Sud ed Est di #Tripoli, ma si combatte sul tardi,causa caldo
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
WFP begun ferry service from Benghazi to transport both aid workers & food to besieged city of Misrata. #Libya wfp.org/stories/ferry-…
AJE: 5 FFs die in fighting today according to medical sources.
AJE: Very heavy fighting at the frontline, which have pushed considerably west.
Shabab:
Don’t ‘call us rebels’
t was getting late for a foray to the front. There was perhaps an hour’s light left in the sinking sun. Not much time to negotiate our way up there and back before dark.
But we had run into the same brick wall that was stopping all the media in Misurata from reporting at the frontline.
The military commanders had universally decided that the press did more harm than good after one of our colleagues gave away rebel positions in his report a couple of weeks earlier.
As we hung out at the makeshift hospital just back from the key checkpoint, one of the local tradesmen, who had supported the rebels with supplies since the beginning, lodged a complaint.
“Why do you call them rebels? They are not fighting men. They are civilians forced to pick up weapons.” Mohammed was indignant.
“You need to tell the world that these men are normal people. Gaddafi has forced them to take up arms. It’s a crime.”
He wasn’t an old man but the crags and wrinkles on his kind face spelt out years of hard work and worry. It was only when he began to recite Kenny Rogers songs that some of those years fell away.
We reached the frontline as dusk fell, the silhouettes of the ‘rebels’ crouched behind their sand berms just about visible in the pinkish glow, their cigarettes glowing red in the darkness.
The thuds and clatter of machine guns and artillery crackled along the line.
I hastily interviewed the nearest commander while we could still see to film. He explained how the fighting had gone that day, sketching out a map of their positions in the dirt, sounding every inch an experienced battlefield expert. After our interview I asked what he did for a living before the uprising.
“I was an engineer at the steelworks,” he replied with a broad smile. Every rebel fighter I’ve talked to in Libya has said they plan to go back to their old jobs after the war.
But the longer this conflict takes to reach a conclusion the further that hope for a return to normal life is beginning to feel for this civilian army.
Source Al Jazeera
LibyanLion
AJE: Trained troops from #Benghazi to reinforce the FFs in order to help the push.
AJE: FFs need more weapons/ammo. They are outgunned. Lacking heavy artillery + ammo, which makes a big difference.
Yefrenia
Im so proud of all my blossoming flowers Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, Algeria, Morroco, Saudi Arabia, Palestine…#ArabSpring
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Anchored just outside port #Tripoli #Libya is #Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” delivering supplies from #Istanbul #Turkey. #feb17
Khiria
Congrats to the @guardian for getting kicked out of #Tripoli, #Libya by #Gaddafi’s regime for reporting the truth!!!!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Also in port #Tripoli #Libya at this time: #StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “PRINCESS DINA” & #Panama CARGO SHIP “INDRA II”. #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIPS in port #Tripoli #Libya: “DERIN”, “BURCUM I”, “SEREN AYANOGLU”. #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIPS in port #Tripoli #Libya: “KEREM AYANOGLU”, “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN”, “DENIZ YILDIZI S”. #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Government of #Turkey continues criminal support of #Gaddafi w/ material support: 6 Turkish CARGO SHIPS now in port #Tripoli
Niz:
7/8/2011 – TRIPOLI UPDATE — اخر التطورات بطرابلس
لم تغلق المساجد في صلاة الجمعة اليوم ، أرسل النظام الرسائل القصيرة على مدار الأسبوع و وضع ملصقات على المساجد لحت سكان طرابلس لصلاة الجمعة في الساحة الخضراء (ميدان الشهداء) " وكان هدا علي انه علامة على تحدي “العدوان الصليبي” ودعما ل "معمر القدافي ". رغم ذلك ، كانت المساجد مليئة وسكان طرابل…
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli 1/2: via FGM: Mosques weren’t closed today. Regime encouraged ppl to pray in Martyr Sq via SMS & posters on mosque
Tripoli 2/2: via FGM:Despite this call to support Gaddafi,Tripoli mosques were full : ) Itself is a sign of civil disobedience #Libya #Feb17
benghazifeb
@guardian thanks for trying to do your job in tripoli, and hope to see you in FREE LIBYA SOON
Craig:
The hands of a bride are seen during a wedding ceremony in Tripoli, Libya tgr.ph/nIy8ng
THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Via @NIZ_FGM: My mosque in particular was packed to the rafters and people were joyful and smiling at the turnout. This in itself is a sign of civil disobedience and protest and can be taken as a sign of the extent of anit-gaddafi sentiment in the Capital. #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good map showing the various neighbourhoods of Tripoli in English is.gd/HjTgcz #Feb17 #Libya
Libyans showing support for NATO’s help
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On July 9 there will be a group protesting that supports pro-Gaddafi talks, and wants NATO out so that Gaddafi can continue to ‘take care of his people’. This group of people know nothing of the hardships many of us have faced under Gaddafi’s rule. They don’t care about the Libyan people and only see this as the cause of the month. They did not stand up for the people while thousands of people were murdered and many probably did… not know where Libya was until March.
As Libyans, lovers of human rights, and pro-democracy advocates we must all stand united as the Libyan people rise up and fight for democracy. The people of Libya who want these inalienable rights back are just lawyers, accountants, teachers, students, bakers, etc They are not military personal, and most never held a gun before February. They fight a force that has no morals, billions of dollars, a stock pile of weapons, and the loyalty of a few nations willing to send him mercenaries.
It was clear as the people rose up to fight for their rights, that it was going to be a 1 sided battle. within hours the Gaddafi regime opened up fire on unarmed civilians, shooting them with small arms dropped from planes, 50-cal machine guns, and anti-air craft guns. We know that a no-fly zone enforcement was needed and the Libyan people petitioned the world to help. The world answered unanimously by all voting parties for UNSC 1973. As Libyans we are eternally grateful for the support.
Libyan Americans have been having demonstrations of solidarity daily in front of the White House. Yes, every day since Feb 19. It is not just a showing of support for our family, friends, and neighbors in Libya, But a showing of gratitude for Pres Obama’s decision. Now people are standing up against him to make it a political agenda. We must continue to show our support.
I ask everyone to please come out on July 9th at 11:30am so we can show our support for NATO’s help. We need to make sure our voice to the media is louder than theirs.
Open invite, you can invite more people.
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iyad_elbaghdadi
Normally when companies compete, users benefit. But when Twitter blocks Google real-time search shouldn’t it open historical tweets?
Libya_Now
Video presented as “prayers”, they dont know what is a prayer. This is a demo, not a prayer in Green Place #Tripoli. youtube.com/watch?v=hdpJsw…
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NATO Secretary General checks on progress in Libya
The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has visited Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) and the Headquarters Combined Joint Task Force Operation Unified Protector (CJTFOUP) today.
During his visit, the Secretary General met the Commander of JFC Naples, Admiral Samuel Locklear III and the Commander of Operation Unified Protector, Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard.
He discussed the progress of the NATO mission in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973.
Libyan rebels have advanced on two fronts against Colonel Gaddafi’s troops, who NATO reported still held two cities west of Tripoli.
The UN has called for a peaceful transition to end the war.
Source:
www.bfbs.com/news/worldwide/nato-secret...
July 6:
Ambitious Libyan rebels to meet NATO and EU chiefs next week
By AFP
Brussels
Libyan rebels will hold meetings with NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen and European Union president Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels next week, NATO and EU said.
Mr. Rasmussen has invited the rebel representatives for a meeting at alliance headquarters for the first time on July 13, a NATO diplomat said. The gathering was agreed on by ambassadors of the 28-nation alliance.
“NATO countries agreed to invite the rebels because there is no NATO representation in Benghazi yet,” the diplomat said on condition of anonymity, referring to the rebel bastion in eastern Libya.
Separately, a European diplomat said a member of the National Transitional Council (NTC) will meet Mr. Van Rompuy next week. The TNC official may also meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso next week.
While the 27-nation EU has opened a mission in Benghazi, NATO does not have an office there.
NATO officials declined to confirm whether Mr. Rasmussen had invited the rebels, but noted he has met NTC officials at meetings abroad of the international contact group on Libya.
“NATO has had contacts with the (NTC) as part of the broad international efforts to find a solution to the Libya crisis,” a NATO official said.
“For instance, the secretary general has met representatives of the (NTC) in the context of the contact group. Such meetings have taken place and will continue to take place,” the official said.
Several NATO nations, including the United States, Britain and France, have recognized the NTC as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people. Turkey became the latest alliance member to recognize them, doing so on Monday.
Source;
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/07/...
Skeptical
NATO FAILED 2 CONVINCE ALGERIA 2 STOP REPLACING GADDAFI WEAPONS YOU HIT & SUPPLYING GADDAFI WITH FUEL, AMMO & MERCS
Calculators do come in handy! :)
GreenFreedom1
For 1minute I read 10.000 Gaddafi suprtrs Friday Rallye in Tripoli ; Libya has 6.461.454 ppl so 0,154% of Libyans support Gaddafi ….Aha !
IamLibya
Gaddafi intended to close all mosques in Tripoli today, yet they are open and FULL all over the city. Libyans will not surrender. #FreeLibya
Sarah
Zliten:FF making gd advances.Have cleared Maghara Dakheel area which is 9km from city centre v@Zlitenfree
dovenews Libyan™
#Sabha: Gaddafi forces are threatening DRs & ordering them not to treat injured #FF. #Sabha #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
dovenews Libyan™
Poland Foreign Minister: Poland will be sending an ambassador to #Bengahzi. #Poland #Libya
Newschecker1 FF’s!
difference between #nato and #gadaffi? nato #protectingcivilians gadaffi murdering civilians
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hominoid555
Libya NATO planes over Tripoli
!7.15 hrs local
dovenews Libyan™
There R no direct clashes btween #FF & Gaddafi forces in #Algawaleash area, wht happen is that G forces attckd the city wth grad missiles
dovenews Libyan™
Anti Gaddafi protest in #Alqordabea in #Sabha & Gaddafi forces are arresting protesters in the city. #Sabha #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces have attacked #Nalut with grad missiles & rocket launchers. #Nalut #Nafusa #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
dovenews Libyan™
#Gaddafi is hiding weapons in a #Malaysian company in #Salah #Aldean area in #Tripoli. #Libya @NATO
dovenews Libyan™
#Hana #Gaddafi is living in #Tripoli medical center, second floor next to the operation room, she threatening DRs
& determine who should get treated first. Hana is Gaddafi’s daughter, allegedly was killed in the #US air strike on Gaddafi’s compound
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Nafousa: Reports that NATO jets are bombing Gaddafi tanks and artillery positions in Gheryan and nearby areas
libyanproud
BREAKING : #NATO bombing more positions between #Gwaleesh and #Ghiryan . Thank You #NATO !
libyanfsl
there was no propaganda, Gaddafi backed off the request, the orders were given & then backed off the decision
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : #NATO heavily bombing #Gaddafi artillery positions in #Miskah . #Feb17 #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
BREAKING : #NATO bombing #Gaddafi grads and tanks in #Alasaba . #Feb17 #Libya
United States mission to NATO
Twitter session:
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder Welcome, everyone! Great Qs over the past few days. I will start answering them now. #NATOSlo @USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder Looks #Libya is a hot topic today. I'll RT the Qs and answer as best i can. Will also check new Qs as they come in. #NATOSlo. Q: @formatted_dad -- What criteria will NATO use to determine when it has accomplished its goals in Libya? #NATOSlo A: @USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder @formatted_dad #NATO agreed to halt strikes once regime stops attacks, w/draws forces, and allows aid. #BerlinConditions #NATOSlo Q: @brooklyn_wgh: How does the #ICC arrest of #Gaddafi affect #NATO's role in #Libya? #NATOSlo A: @USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder @brooklyn_wgh NATO welcomes arrest warrants issued by the #ICC for #Gaddafi. (con't.) #NATOSlo A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder @brooklyn_wgh Warrants represent further justification of NATO's mandate to protect civs. We're determined to see it through. #NATOSlo Q: bmarksedwill: Transition coming; seeing benefits of process we have long worked on in Lashkar Gah Do you share our confidence? #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
marksedwill -- We've made much progress last 12 mths, allowing transition to proceed. Confident of success, not least your good work! A: @marksedwill -- good to have you on Twitter. #NATOSlo Q: @JesperHolland - Why's NATO not using helicopters to protect the west of Misrata? Why do they allow Gaddafi Artillery there? #NATOSlo A: b USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder @JesperHolland - NATO is using helos to protect civ throughout Libya. Misrata safer because of NATO action & courageous rebels #NATOSlo Q: @A22523 Is NATO planning on providing supplies (lethal or non lethal) to the Libyan opposition? Thanks. #NATOSlo A: bA22523 UNSCRs 1970 and 1973 do not preclude providing defense material to the Libyan opposition. (cont.) #NATOSlo
A: @A22523 US committed to helping people of #Libya w/ non-lethal aid. We’ve already provided over $100 mil in humanitarian aid #NATOSlo
A: @A22523 That said, NATO’s mandate is to protect civilians & it will not supply lethal aid. #NATOSlo
Q: @pricefloyd — Question: How do you/we convince a younger generation of the need for #NATO? #gov20 #Libya #NATOSlo @AlecJRoss
A: @pricefloyd I wrote an oped in the @NYT about the need for NATO goo.gl/kFUuZ (con’t) #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@pricefloyd Also young talent entering foreign service & study intl. relations will help expand the vibrancy of #NATO. #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@pricefloyd We must encourage the next generation of diplomats, Ambs, and ministers. #USNATO always looking for good interns! #NATOSlo
Q: @CamboDonut: @USAmbNATO Why aren’t you boarding more vessels supplying Tripoli port with weapons? #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@CamboDonut – #NATO has hailed 1663 ships, boarded 150, denied 9. Confident no weapons coming into #Libya by sea. #NATOSlo
Q: @GlenSalo What is the relevance of #NATO for American foreign policy in the 21st century? Why? #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@GlenSalo: Pres. @BarackObama said it best: NATO is “the most successful alliance in human history.” #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@GlenSalo: A united front against terrorism, cyber attacks, piracy and other emerging threats reinforces global security. #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@GlenSalo: Our world is complex, unpredictable. Challenges/threats are best met w/ strong alliances and partnerships. #NATOSlo
Q: @Lion_Chew_Toy #NATOslo Mr. Ambassador, having done model NATO, consensus is hard. By adding more nations, how fulfill initial purpose?
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@Lion_Chew_Toy Getting consensus can be difficult, but necessary for good policy and strong multilateral action. #NATOSlo
A: USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
@Lion_Chew_Toy Congrats on your involvement in model NATO! Students around the world shld participate! #NATOSlo
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
Thanks for participating in my first Twitter Q&A. I consider it a great success. Got tons of questions (tho less than #AskObama…) #NATOSlo
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
As Sec. Clinton said: There’s a power “this surge in connectivity can have in shaping society.” #NATOSlo
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
E-diplomacy is a powerful tool in an increasingly borderless world. #NATOSlo
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
It was great to tweet with you all. #NATOSlo
Source:http://nato.usmission.gov/ambassador-speeches/twinterview.html
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
Wish I could have replied to everyone’s questions – plenty of really good ones! Looking forward to more Twitter conversations in the future
dovenews Libyan™
libya.tv is currently showing one of Gaddafi’s crimes “Chad war” sending school boys to fight for nothing!
dovenews Libyan™
I would like to remind everyone that #Misrata does not have a hospital, DRs are using private clinics to help the injured.
ppl in #Misrata R asking to have a proper floating hospital as medics on the ground cant cope with the number of injured & lack of equipment
#Misrata needs a fully equipped floating hospital to help the injured. PLZ RT @icrc_english @UN @NATO @IslamicReliefUK @unicefusa #Libya
#Misrata: 10s of children have some of their limbs amputated due to #Gaddafi forces attacks on civilians homes with grad missiles.
#UN: Ban Ki Moon talked to Gaddafi and told him the fight must end
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
The #Misrata rebels are now 6 km ahead. Proof that the #feb17 #Libyan rebels are making gains and holding them. yfrog.com/khzfsfxj
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reuters: NATO struck four times in the mid-afternoon today 3km East of Qawaleesh is.gd/3OaFhH #feb17 #libya
Reuters:
NATO warplanes bomb Gaddafi forces in Western Mountains
AL-QAWALISH, Libya, July 8 (Reuters) – NATO warplanes bombed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Libya’s Western Mountains on Friday at the front line where Gaddafi’s troops retreated two days ago from a rebel advance.
The bombs landed about three km (two miles) east of the village of Al-Qawalish, said Abdul Wahad, a rebel fighter manning the last checkpoint on the eastern edge of the village.
He said they struck four times in the mid-afternoon.
Rebels forced Gaddafi troops from the village on Wednesday in one of their biggest advances in weeks, pushing down the highway towards the strategic town of Garyan, which controls the main road south out of the capital Tripoli about 100 km (60 miles) away.
(Reporting by Peter Graff, Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
Source:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL6...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good progress reported towards Zletin. Zletin will be free soon inshallah #feb17 #libya
Hundreds of well trained soldiers have arrived in Misrata from Benghazi. Libya is one #feb17 #libya
FreeBenghazi
Gaddafiforces using cars w independence flag,killing &detaining ppl in Zliten to create discord between two cities
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore OIL TANKER “NORD FARER” 34.21533˚/19.0195˚ Dest: #Gibraltar apparently headed Gulf of #Sirte #Libya #feb17 @NATO
Navy
HMS Liverpool comes under fire off Libyan coast
The dangers faced by HMS York have been illustrated today when it was revealed another Royal Navy ship HMS Liverpool has been fired on at least 4 times in the waters off Libya.
It emerged as three British Military commanders just back from Libya spoke to journalists at the Ministry of Defence.
Personnel from Liverpool have boarded a number of ships, as part of her role trying to enforce the arms embargo against the Gaddaffi regime.
We were told this by the former commander of HMS Cumberland who handed over to Liverpool. The other part of the navy operation he highlighted is submarines providing intelligence from under the sea.
Involved in the mission are 900 RAF personnel who have been drafted to the med, on top of any already based in Cyprus.
For the RAF’s fighters they say 99 percent of strikes against fixed targets are hitting their intended mark. 98% for moving targets.
The key role of intelligence was also highlighted as government forces merge into civilian populations and areas he says surveillance aircraft are helping them follow the patterns of life to help avoid civilian casualties.
Of course Apache helicopters are now also in action. They’ve carried out 39 engagements including tanks, radar stations, and Libyan Special Forces boats.
The former UK air component commander said since Libyan Government forces left Misrata all they’d really seen them do is dig in and move back.
Source:
www.bfbs.com/news/navy/hms-liverpool-co...
THANKU4THEANGER
Unconfirmed: G forces clashed w/ retreating G forces from Qawaleesh at AlKleba checkpoint near Gheryan mistaking them for FFs w/ both sides suffering casualties #feb17 #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Funny: Right after tweeting loc. of #Singapore OIL TANKER “NORD FARER” they dropped anchor. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore OIL TANKER “NORD FARER” 34.21533˚/19.0195˚ Dest: #Gibraltar apparently headed Gulf of #Sirte #Libya #feb17 @NATO
NPR:
Questions Linger: Who Is Fighting For Gadhafi?
Among the prisoners held by anti-Gadhafi rebels in western Libya are many sub-Saharan Africans. Rebel leaders have long accused Moammar Gadhafi of recruiting black African mercenaries. Interviews at a rebel prison appear to corroborate the allegations. The prisoners — Libyans as well as sub-Saharan Africans — say Gadhafi’s army is running short of food and ammunition, and is plagued by desertions.
Listen here:
www.npr.org/2011/07/08/137695040/questi...
AJE:
NATO has denied the Libyan government’s charge that it intentionally carried out air raids to aid rebel advances, saying it is sticking to UN mandate to protect civilian lives.
Wing Commander Mike Bracken, an alliance spokesman in Naples, Italy, said on Friday that NATO is “not involved in the ground battles”.
However, he acknowledged that NATO is tracking the fighting between Libyan opposition fighters and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the country’s long-time leader.
Khaled Kaim, Libya’s deputy foreign minister, accused NATO on Thursday of intensifying its bombing campaign and backing foreign mercenaries to lay the groundwork for an advance by rebels trying to topple Gaddafi’s government.
In an interview with the Associated Press news agency, Kaim said increased bombings in recent days represent the “final phase” of NATO’s air campaign.
But he said the push will fail and that civilians will be the ones to pay the price.
Kaim said NATO targeted police checkpoints in the Nafusa Mountains southwest of Tripoli before a rebel advance towards the village of Qawalish, which rebel fighters said they seized on Wednesday.
A fuel depot in the key eastern oil town of Brega was also destroyed, Kaim said.
NATO insisted it hit equipment used to refuel government military vehicles.
“The aim of these attacks is to help the rebels to advance. But I assure you, it will be another failure for them,” Kaim said.
Report here:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
4Adam Adam
Jul 8th 2011 – Interview with NATO Secretary General on Operation Unified Protector youtube.com/watch?v=lC4OfX… #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4OfX42BBQ&fea...
AndersFogh Rasmussen
Doing a great job for Libya
Vid:
andersfogh.info/2011/07/08/doing-a-grea...
Après le Venezuela de Chavez, la Syrie d’Assad et l’Iran de Khameneï, Kadhafi collectionne les soutiens des sectes
Libye : Les Raëliens volent au secours de Kadhafi
Le Mouvement Raëlien soutient Kadhafi face à l’agression internationale que subit la Libye
vendredi 8 juillet 2011 – 12h28, par Mediarabe.info – Rome
Alors que les révolutionnaires libyens resserrent l’étau autour de Kadhafi, et progressent sur les axes Misrata-Zliten-Tripoli dans l’est, et Goualich-Ghariane-Bir el Ghanam dans le sud, le Guide reçoit le soutien de Raël, le fondateur et chef spirituel du Mouvement Raëlien International. Fin juin, il a déclaré soutenir le guide de la révolution libyenne face à l’agression internationale dont il est victime. Il a également applaudi l’idée de remplacer le dollar par un dinar-or qui deviendrait monnaie africaine.
Read more and source:
www.mediarabe.info/spip.php?article2009
Khiria
The security at the Egypt – Libya border is better than it was before!
libya_liberty
free fighters headinh again to Zlitan and are now 1 km away from its city centre
ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
wednesday shelling caused the death of a woman and a child #misurata #libya
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
I’m at the point where earlier in the week a #Libyan rebel machine gun was firing at #Gaddafi troops. It’s deserted. yfrog.com/kj5mkxjfj
The #Misrata rebels are now 6 km ahead. Proof that the #feb17 #Libyan rebels are making gains and holding them. t.co/i6XSdx0
#Libyan #feb17 rebels in #Misrata say in today’s fighting with #Gaddafi forces they had 6 dead, 39 injured 5 of them seriously.
4Adam Adam
Photos – Gaddafi’ indiscriminate shelling of #Nalut targeted unarmed civilians in their homes on.fb.me/nvpaQ4 #Libya #Nafusa #Feb17
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WilliamJHague William Hague
My talks with the President focussed on impact on Kenya of humanitarian crisis in Somalia, but also #Libya & constitutional reform in Kenya
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Driven out of Libya by a very sullen minder, passing smashed up shop fronts, broken windows, bullet holes and the obligatory green flags.
MaryGreenCastle Mary :)
Mary :)
UN moves to ease Libya sanctions
By Andrew Beatty (AFP) – 2 hours ago
BENGHAZI, Libya — Fearing an acute shortage of medical and other essential supplies, Libya’s rival factions are in talks with the United Nations to ease international sanctions on the war-torn nation, AFP has learned.
Well-placed UN officials said representatives from Libya’s rebel council and Moamer Kadhafi’s regime held talks last week with the World Health Organisation aimed at drawing up a list of items for sanctions relief.
The Geneva meeting with the UN agency is part of a wider drive to prevent financial sanctions — slapped on Libya’s government and banks — from creating a major humanitarian emergency.
Aid groups across Libya have reported shortages of basic items such as vaccines and painkillers. They say stockpiles in the Kadhafi-controlled west and the rebel-held east have been rapidly depleted by nearly five months of war.
Although some essential goods could be imported under the current sanctions regime, they cannot be paid for because Libyan assets abroad are frozen and foreign banks are refusing to do business with Libyan entities.
Diplomats said Tripoli’s current quarterly order for vaccines is being held up because Dutch bank ABN-AMRO will not accept a Bank of Libya credit note, for fear of running foul of sanctions or risking a public backlash.
Aside from emergency supplies imported by the UN and non-governmental groups, the last major delivery of medicines to Libya was in January.
If the two sides could reach a deal on which items are needed on both sides of the Libyan front line, diplomats said it would be up to Tripoli to send a formal request to the UN sanctions committee in New York.
The details do not yet appear to have been agreed, but could involve Libyan assets abroad being unfrozen to pay for goods, or cash being transferred to the World Health Organisation to procure goods on Libya’s behalf.
The goods would then be distributed to both sides.
“We need to restore the capacity of the government to procure,” said one UN official who asked not to be named. “We are really looking to try to find a solution to this problem, which is the shortage of drugs.”
The Libyan government is thought to have spent around $2 billion a year on medicines, although some officials remarked that smarter procurement could lower that cost.
But the proposal could face stiff political and legal barriers.
Aside from political differences fuelled by NATO’s interpretation of UN Security Council resolutions, the UN itself is fearful of repeating its experience of Iraq’s much-troubled oil for food programme.
The programme punched a hole in international sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, allowing the proceeds from oil exports to be used to buy medical or other essential supplies.
But it was later found to be riddled with corruption. Saddam’s government allegedly embezzled millions of dollars from the scheme, sparking a scandal that caused major embarrassment to the United Nations.
“I’m not sure we want to repeat that,” one UN official said.
Officials also expected some resistance to sanctions being lifted on supplies of refined oil and food, which, while vital to humanitarian efforts, can also be used to bolster the military.
NATO members hoping to increase pressure on the Kadhafi regime are unlikely to want to create a pressure release valve for the strongman by easing conditions for his troops.
Any move to unfreeze assets is also likely to fuel long-standing calls from the rebels that they be able to use assets abroad to fund the war effort, something many nations have been reluctant to do.
But the anti-sanctions drive comes as non-profit and multilateral agencies are growing more fearful about the rapid degradation of Libyan supplies and critical infrastructure.
“Despite some donations, shortages and irregular supply of vaccines and medicines remains a problem,” said World Health Organisation spokesman Tarik Jasarevic.
A recent situation report by OCHA, the UN agency coordinating the humanitarian response, said food stocks were being depleted faster than they are replenished and there was a severe lack of fuel in west Libya.
The World Food Programme has so far distributed around 6,000 metric tons of food to around 543,000 beneficiaries across the country.
In the east, the rebel National Transitional Council has been hobbled by a severe lack of funding, which is beginning to take a toll on critical infrastructure.
Blackouts have become more common in Benghazi and water supplies are said to be running low. bit.ly/n5DFSr
One major concern is that desalination plants and the Great Man-made River facility, which supplies around 70 percent of Libya’s water, could be crippled by the lack of spare parts and chemicals.
So far UN agencies have supplied some basic components, but officials said the state-of-the-art facility is struggling to keep reservoirs at a level that can provide a sustainable supply.
If the project were to fail, agencies fear a massive humanitarian emergency.
Wessim
Libye: La colère monte en Afrique du Sud contre les bombardements de l’OTAN
Afrique du Nord – Libye
Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud – La colère monte en Afrique du Sud contre la poursuite des bombardements de la Libye par l’OTAN, alors même que l’Union africaine (UA) a approuvé un plan de règlement de la crise. Des centaines de personnes ont manifesté mercredi devant l’ambassade des Etats-Unis à Pretoria pour réclamer la fin des opérations de l’OTAN. Ce rassemblement s’est achevé par le dépôt d’un mémorandum aux officiels américains disant que les bombardements sapent les efforts des Africains pour négocier une solution pacifique. Le président sud-africain, Jacob Zuma, qui s’est rendu à Tripoli deux fois en l’espace de quelques mois, se heurte aux critiques de ses compatriotes pour avoir soutenu une résolution de l’ONU autorisant l’action militaire en Libye. Julius Malema, le leader de la Ligue des jeunes du parti au pouvoir, qui a pris part au rassemblement, a déclaré que l’Afrique du Sud aurait du savoir que ‘les puissances impérialistes’ violeraient la zone d’exclusion aérienne.
M. Zuma a mis en garde l’OTAN contre l’usage de sa puissance militaire pour assassiner le numéro un libyen, soulignant au passage que la résolution de l’ONU qui a autorisé l’action de l’OTAN en Libye était censée protéger le peuple libyen,, non procéder à ‘un changement de régime ou un assassinat politique’.
Full art and source:
www.afriquejet.com/afrique-du-nord/liby...
Le chef de la Ligue Arabe participera à la réunion du groupe de contact sur la Libye à Istanbul
Le vice-secrétaire général de la LA, Ahmed Bin Heli, a déclaré dans un communiqué que lors de la réunion, M. Arabi discutera de la vision de la LA et de ses efforts et suggestions pour résoudre la crise.
Il a ajouté que cette réunion intervient dans le contexte d’intégration des efforts internationaux et régionaux déployés pour atteindre une solution politique, et fixera le mécanisme dans la période de transition pour atteindre la stabilité en Libye.
More and source:
www.afriquinfos.com/articles/2011/7/7/b...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#EpicLibyanman ’s smile could bring down Gaddafi on its own #feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/kepbggj
libyans_revolt omar
Video: Libyan Freedom Forces Commander: #Gaddafi fall imminent youtu.be/4PWiKxlxhec #Libya #Feb17 #Reuters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PWiKxlxhec&fea...
LE MONDE:
The Libyan Diaspora And The War
Libyans who have left, and others with experience abroad, play a key role for the anti-government forces in coordinating and communicating with the outside world.
By Florent Marcie
ZINTAN – For decades, Libyans have been fleeing oppression and authoritarian rule, leaving behind their home country in hopes of finding a better life abroad. This so-called Libyan diaspora has spread across Europe, North America and Australia.
Other Libyans, especially those working for international oil companies, have frequently spent different periods abroad for either professional or language training. When unrest broke out in Libya in mid-February, most of those with foreign connections supported the rebels’ cause, and some ex-patriots even returned home.
This Libyan version of “globalization” means there are three co-existing societies: Libyans living abroad, most of them English-speaking and open-minded; Libyans living in Libya who’ve been psychologically marked by Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule; and those living in Libya but who have tried to open up to the world using the Internet.
Under current circumstances, the diaspora has turned out to be crucial. Besides the fact they speak English, they have the capacity to do things that can’t be done by those living under an authoritarian regime. They have been especially important to the media, a driving force during the Arab Spring.
The first thing rebels set up in villages they control in western Libya are “Media Centers.” Even in Yafran, where power cuts are common, twin brothers Mazigh and Madghis — who both studied in Australia — proudly visit the new center. “It only opened a few days ago, but it already has WiFi. Hopefully, we’ll soon be able to welcome lots of journalists.”
Other members of the diaspora go even further, and are taking up arms. “I grew up in Manchester,” says Abdul, a strong-looking man, “but my family is from Yafran. I feel better holding a Kalashnikov than a camera. Most of all, we need military aid.”
Source: World Crunch
ChangeInLibya
#WhyGaddafiKeepsCalling It’s too dangerous to leave his bunker, #SaifsBeard bit him twice already.
The media circle of the 17 Feb libyan Revolution
Revolutionaries advancing towards Zletin city again and they are located now at a distance of one kilometer from the center of the city. The Revolutionaries managed to liberate many of the families that had been held by Gaddafi’s troops, in their homes. And Gaddafi’s troops, are fleeing to the west of Zletin
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#EpicLibyanman does not gain courage. He was born with it. #feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/khucbpsj
Misrata Rebels Say They Captured Village After Heavy Fighting
July 8 (Bloomberg) — Rebels in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata said they captured a village on the outskirts of the government-held town of Zlitan after three days of fighting.
Rebel forces entered the village, Souk Tulet, where they were “welcomed by the people,” Radio Misrata reporter Nidal Al Hassan reported today. The claim could not be independently confirmed because foreign journalists have been blocked from visiting frontline areas around Misrata.
Full story:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/07/bloomberg1376-LO0UKG0YHQ0X01-1BANMP79T10I61B88JFF3362J4.DTL
CNN
From deep inside Tripoli, displays of defiance
Opposition figures in Tripoli who are not part of such tours, however, tell a different story. They are doing what they can to remake that image.
One of them calls himself “Niz” and asks that his real name not be revealed because he is afraid of government retribution. He said that the government is working hard to convey through the international media the image of being in control, but that that image is cracking.
“It is entirely in their favor to portray Tripoli as a stronghold, that it is a city entirely behind the regime and Gadhafi,” he told CNN in an interview carried out through Skype to minimize the risk that government agents might track him down. “It can be considered as nothing but sheer lies.”
Full report:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/07...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#EpicLibyanman ’s rides will end up on Top Gear #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/khn2yhj
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#EpicLibyanman only needs one eye to keep on fighting against Gaddafi . The eye of truth #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/kiiqekj
Ali
#feb17 #Libyans if your car has been to #Tataouine and trying to get back to #Libya through #ras Jadeer becarefullll
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#EpicLibyanman will never let go of the independence flag no matter what he’s doing #feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/kgdwaamj
MaryGreenCastle Mary :)
Behind every #Epic Libyan #Fighter, stand an #Epic #Libyan #Mamma #Libya #Feb17 twitpic.com/5n369t via @twitpic
Misrata Rebels Say They Captured Village After Heavy Fighting
July 8 (Bloomberg) — Rebels in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata said they captured a village on the outskirts of the government-held town of Zlitan after three days of fighting.
Rebel forces entered the village, Souk Tulet, where they were “welcomed by the people,” Radio Misrata reporter Nidal Al Hassan reported today. The claim could not be independently confirmed because foreign journalists have been blocked from visiting frontline areas around Misrata.
Full report and source:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/07/bloomberg1376-LO0UKG0YHQ0X01-1BANMP79T10I61B88JFF3362J4.DTL
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#EpicLibyanman has a sweet tooth but only for this brand #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/kknhqp
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#EpicLibyanman is back and he does not care how he gets to Tripoli as long as he gets there #feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/kgbqwbyj
JOKE OF THE DAY:
Libya_United
Joke of the day: Khaled Kaim new claim to AP : “we’ve evidence that Colombian mercenaries have joined the rebel fighters” #Libya
Ala
If nato was not in libya gaddafi would have mass murdered half our population by now or more. #NATO saved thousands of libyans
More reports that:
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Hana Gaddafi’s daughter staying at 2nd floor of Markazy hospital ordering staff around deciding patient treatment priority #feb17
Misrata: AlHikma hospital has a capacity of 34 patients & now has 100 patients. Conditions very difficult & more aid required #feb17
FFs are consolidating their positions in Naima
.Unconfirmed news they have taken Zedu north of Tuesday marketFFs need to dig in then take Tuesday Market then move on to Zletin
Gaddafi suffers from what iis known in medical terms as Denialtitis
Pressure really building on G Forces in Zletin. Losing it will be a massive military and psychological blow to Gaddafi regime
nyber
Please appeal for protective gear for the FF’s to reduce the casualty rate and the load on medics in Libya #Libya #Gaddafi #17Feb
khald02
Libyans attend Friday prayers near the courthouse in #Benghazi July 8, 2011 (Photo / Reuters) #Libya #Feb17 twitpic.com/5n5y3p
Alex
On Friday 8th July 2011, @Alex said:
AJE: “one reason for the slow progress the @NATO campaign is making against #Gaddafi is that #Algeria n armour of superior quality has been replacing the #Libya n material destroyed in air strikes.”
english.aljazeera.net/indepth/briefings...
Libya_from_FR
REPORTS: #Misrata ’s FF are 1km from the centre of #Zliten. On there way they managed to liberate many families. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#MISRATA A battalion of 500Fighters arrived from other parts of #Libya 2day said a spokesman 4 the Freedom Fighters IbrahimBetalmal #Libya
SaifsBeard
i’m thinking of colouring the grey out of my oh so serious sideburns-what colour would match a hague inmate jumpsuit best?
Pool
#Gaddafi is a DANGEROUS TERRORIST.HE IS A THREAT TO #US #EU #NATO #AFRICA HE MUST BE STOPPED. #LIBYA #FEB17 DONT GIVE UP REMEBER #LOCKERBIE
FromJoanne Joanne
#Misrata FF entered Souk Talath where they were “welcomed by the people,” Radio #Misrata reporter Nidal Al Hassan reported today #Libya
bint_
Mashallah 3 martyrs in Misrata front lines with the surname Zletni (6/7/11). Inshallah their hometown will be liberated soon. #feb17 #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
What is amazing about Misrata FFs is the progress they’ve made with very limited access to heavy artillery #feb17 #Libya
Alex
#Gaddafi Embassies in #UK & #EU shld have been closed months ago – straight after his goons destroyed the EU Embassies in #Tripoli. #Libya
Shabab:
Libya: Gaddafi army attacks supply route as opposition make advance
A sustained assault by pro-Gaddafi forces on a vital opposition supply route close to the Tunisian border is threatening to undermine a rebel advance on Tripoli.
After weeks of stalemate, rebel fighters have in recent days begun a two-pronged offensive, raising fresh hopes that opposition forces can regain the upper hand in their campaign to topple Col Muammar Gaddafi.
One advance from the city of Misurata, to the east of the Libyan capital, has made little progress. But Berber tribesmen in the Nafusa Mountains to the south-west of Tripoli are closing in on Gharyan, a heavily fortified garrison town 60 miles from the capital and strategically situated on Libya’s main North-South road.
The advance is being threatened by a sustained army assault on Wazin, the only border crossing with Tunisia that is controlled by the rebels, and the nearby Berber mountain town of Nalut.
If either were to fall, the Gaddafi regime would stand a strong chance of regaining control of the Nafusa mountains by choking off supplies to the rebels and starving their sympathisers into submission.
For now, government forces seem content to harry the two towns rather than take them. The regular bombardment is causing severe disruption in the distribution of food, fuel and provisions to fighters and civilian populations alike.
“The problem is the indiscriminate shelling,” said Mohamed Jernaz, a rebel official in Nalut. “Now there is a general deficit in our stores. Some truck drivers are refusing to come inside the area.”
Hiding behind rocks and in crevices, rebel fighters yesterday observed pro-regime forces in the towns below. A rebel who gave his name as Nadir, said: “Shells hit us this morning, and sometimes they fall on Tunisian villages too.”
Although more than 120 miles from the front line, this border supply route is the lifeline for a string of mountain villages vital to the rebel efforts. Recognising the route’s significance, Col Gaddafi has sent his elite Khamis Brigades, led by and named after his son, to recapture it.
Although they hold the higher ground, the rebels are more poorly armed than those on the front line because they have not benefited, they say, from Nato arms drops. The bombardment is also slowing the main rebel advance on Tripoli as they divert fighters to secure the border.
Although Nato is reportedly reluctant to see the rebels reach Tripoli out of a fear of mass civilian casualties, commanders remain keen that they continue to march towards the capital in an effort to persuade Col Gaddafi’s remaining acolytes to change sides and cause the regime to implode from within.
Col Gaddafi on Friday night threatened to send hundreds of Libyans to launch attacks in Europe in revenge for the NATO-led military campaign against him.
“Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe. I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. But we will give them a chance to come back to their senses,” the Libyan leader said in a televised speech.
Source The Telegraph
Aid worker:
Gadity
Making the most of my last few days here in #Tunisia with the kids. So upset couldnt go back to the camps one last time. :((
Ahmed
Inc, keep throwing the words ‘Oil’, rich, poor, beggars etc which shows how materialistic they are, they see The kingdom slipping away from them..yet they don’t realise that Libyans are richer than ever before, for the 1st time they feel free and they paid the highest price for this freedom, the blood of their brothers, fathers, mothers & daughters.
Khiria
#US & #EU Want #Kenya to freeze #Gaddafi assets. Why is it refusing to do so? #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
SecularLibya
BREAKING: Heinz: #NATO is observing FFs at 4.4 km (less than 3 miles) of #Zlitan city center. #Libya #Feb17
Heinz: FFs are advancing on the #Zlitan front. Qadafi is creating a line of defense in Khums, expecting to lose Zlitan
FromJoanne Joanne
#Gaddafi #Khamis Brigades R Trying their Damndest 2 RECAPTURE FF Food and Aid Supply ROUTE from Wazin into Nafusa #Libya goo.gl/yysZP
EndTyranny101
#Gaddafi insist that ‘we’ are not afraid to die, we are after martyrdom.So why does he persist on hiding in bunkers & tunnels? #Libya #Feb17
LibyaUnited1944 Libya United 1944
Time 2 unite our terminology…Gadafi says: Green Sq, Western Mountains, Rebels…FREE #Libya ns say: Martyr Sq, Nafousa Mountains, FF!
freedom4libya Khalifa Leebee
What if all the Foreign Journos in #Tripoli write articles that they know would anger #Gadhafi, will all be expelled? #Libya
EndTyranny101
#Gaddafi ranting at #FF..you used to be kings, now you R slaves, you used to be rich , now you are poor, begging in Egypt & Tunisia. #Libya
LibyaLiberty
Let’s offer G clan immunity,but they have 2 walk to freedom thru landmined area. RT@feb17libya Landmines Used By Gadafi Forces in Nafusa Mts
And we get to record it!
FromJoanne Joanne
He is in Gaddafi held #Sabha the deep south of Libya its where he gave his speech from to abt 50.000 ppl #Libya
EndTyranny
#Gaddafi rant..From 28 countries that waged war on us (#Libya) only 2 are left, The #UK & #France..#Italy surrendered & #USA left them..
septimius_sever septimius severus
Aftermath of #NATO combing Gaddafi ammunation site “Elgariat” facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1831...
MUST READ!
James Wheeler puts a human face on Libya war:
Brave Faces in Gaddafi’s war on his own people @WheelerTweets
This is Mohammed. 9 yrs old. He was hit by a Gaddafi Grad while playing outside his house at 5 pm on June 5 in Zintan Libya. His left hand and two toes were ripped off in the blast. His face was pummeled. A piece of shrapnel remains in his eye.
I’ll never forget the way Mohammed looks at his left arm and feels it with his right hand during quiet moments.
This is 14 year old Ahmed Algtani from Ajdabiua in a Tunisian hospital
The photo below of the kid in the saucy Free Libya hat with two damaged hands is 14 year-old Ahmed Algtani from Ajdabiya, Libya in a Tunisian hospital. Kids like Ahmed didn’t volunteer for anything and they don’t deserve this. Pain and depression show clearly on their faces until we can coax them to smile.
Full art and photo’s:
www.sandraoffthestrip.com/2011/07/06/br...
EndTyranny
#Gaddafi rant..They (rebels) in #Benghazi are murdering daily, attacking people raping them, forcing them to join them…#Libya #Feb17
20arb
f #Gaddafi houses in #Sabha, with word “Al-Jamahiria”: 27°09’02.14"N, 14°29’28.90"E #feb17 #Libya trunc.it/gplol _ #Libya
House defeats move to stop funds for Libyan war
From Susan Cornwell, Reuters: A move to stop funding for President Barack Obama’s military intervention in Libya was narrowly defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, underscoring Congress’ unhappiness with the undeclared war.
Both political parties split on the measure, highlighting how tensions over U.S. involvement — in conjunction with NATO — in Libya’s civil war have crossed party lines and created unusual alliances.
Republicans and Democrats argued that President Obama violated the U.S. Constitution and the 1973 War Powers Resolution by failing to secure congressional authorization for U.S. military operations in the north African country.
The House did vote, 225-201, to bar any money in the defense spending bill from being spent on military equipment or training for Libyan rebels. The measure also would have to get Senate approval and be signed by Obama before becoming law. . . .
The House, in a 316-111 vote, also approved a measure barring the Pentagon from using funds from the 2012 defense spending bill on anything that violates the War Powers Resolution, which requires the president to seek congressional approval within 60 days of committing U.S. forces to a conflict. . . .
On a vote of 199-229, the House rejected the proposal to block defense funds in fiscal year 2012, which begins October 1, for U.S. military participation in the NATO-led mission against Gaddafi’s forces. . . .
Source and full art:
networkedblogs.com/kahfc
Ossama
REPORTS: FFs of #Misurata are now only 1km from the centre of #Zliten. On there way they managed to libearte many families. #Libya
EndTyranny
#Gaddafi rant..The Libyan people rule themselves..no one rules them, they practice direct democracy…They (#NATO) don’t understand this.
jaked2
Gaddafi houses in #Sabha, with word “Al-Jamahiria”: 27°09’02.14"N, 14°29’28.90"E #Libya comman and control node @NATO
Ossama BREAKING: #NATO has bombed what is left of the Gaddafi forces at Alosabah NOW! #Libya #feb17
Flights evacuate Chadian migrants from Libya-IOM
- 370 Chadians airlifted from Libya in IOM planes
- Mines, explosives, pose threat to Libyan children-UNICEF
GENEVA, July 8 (Reuters) – Hundreds of African migrants have been airlifted from government-controlled southern Libya and flown to the capital of Chad — the first air evacuation by the International Organisation for Migration since the Libyan war broke out.
Some 370 migrants, mainly Chadian, have been evacuated from the Libyan town of Sebha on three flights chartered by the IOM since Wednesday, the agency said on Friday.
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
FromJoanne Joanne
The #Gaddafi Coward FLED 800 KM from #Tripoli to Sabha where he treatened #Europe with "Attacks to kill To make 100s Martyrs "
dovenews Libyan™
5 #FFs were killed & 17 were injured in fighting with Gaddafi forces near #Misrata today via medical workers. #Misrata #Libya
Ossama #Gaddafi accuses the west of being Jealous that #Libya was given the gift of oil from God!
dovenews Libyan™
#NATO warplanes bombed #Gaddafi forces in Western Mountain 2day @ the front line where Gaddafi’s troops retreated 2 days ago from FF advance
Ossama
BREAKING: REPORTS: #Gaddafi made the telephone speech from the city of #Sabha aprox. 800km south of #Tripoli.
KC_Tripolitania KC
#Gaddafi must be tried 4 crimes against humanity in #Libya, sponsoring state terrorism & 4 being a terrorist -#Lockerbie, #Berlin, #Tripoli
dovenews Libyan™
Yesterday: Libyana & Almadar mobile networks sent txt sms to ppl saying mosques are closed & ppl need to go an pray in martyr square.
#Libyana & #Almadar mobile networks are owned by Gaddafi’s son.
La France s’isole en Libye
Le Point.fr – Publié le 08/07/2011 à 19:37 – Modifié le 08/07/2011 à 20:08
Après la Russie et le Royaume-Uni, c’est au tour du Congrès américain de prendre ses distances avec l’initiative française d’armer les rebelles.
Après avoir fustigé l’intervention américaine en Irak, la France jouerait-elle désormais le mauvais rôle en Libye ? Paris se trouve en tout cas chaque jour davantage isolé auprès de ses alliés, en dépit de l’annonce mardi de l’abandon du parachutage français d’armes aux rebelles libyens. Après la Russie et le Royaume-Uni, c’est maintenant au tour des États-Unis de prendre leurs distances avec l’initiative française. En effet, la Chambre américaine des représentants a voté jeudi un amendement interdisant au Pentagone de fournir tout équipement, entraînement ou soutien militaire aux opposants de Muammar Kadhafi, sans pour autant couper les fonds nécessaires à la poursuite de la guerre en Libye. À l’origine du vote, le représentant républicain Tom Cole, qui a insisté sur la “responsabilité du Congrès (…) à mettre fin à cette aventure irréfléchie en Libye”.
Full art and source:
www.lepoint.fr/monde/la-france-s-isole-...
Nato strikes at Libya’s oil in bid to oust Gaddafi
Nato forces have attacked Libya’s oil facilities for the first time in this conflict in an attempt to starve Muammar Gaddafi’s army of fuel, as rebels, following fierce clashes, moved to within 50 miles of the capital Tripoli.
The airstrikes on the complex at Brega, one of the countries’ biggest petrochemical complexes and port for export, was designed, says Nato, to prevent regime troops from mounting attacks.
Control of Brega and the adjoining city of Ras Lanuf has changed hands several times in the course of the bitter civil war. It is now under the control of the regime, denying the opposition administration based in Benghazi a highly lucrative source of income.
Read more:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa...
dovenews Libyan™
#Turkey has frozen approx $1 Billion of the Libyan central bank. #Libya #Turkey
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Gaddafi again is sending signals to his supporters in #Europe to attack targets. Measurements should be taken to prevent them. #libya
jaked2
protect Wazzin, #Wazzin is being shelled…
Sebastian reports: Merkel/Westerwelle: We need to find a political solution. We’ll help the victims to a tombstone once they’re ultimately dead.
Russia: We aren’t keen on folks who ruin weapon deals worth billions of $$. Also, we don’t care. If in doubt, we’ll veto.
Zuma: Violence is no option, if my buddy Gaddafi could get hurt. By the way, we’ll welcome his envoys, terrorists or not.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
More threats promised by #Gaddafi against #Europe today.
UPDATE 1-Gaddafi threatens “martyr” attacks in Europe
TRIPOLI, July 8 (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi threatened on Friday to send hundreds of Libyans to launch attacks in Europe in revenge for the NATO-led military campaign against him.
“Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe. I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. But we will give them a chance to come to their senses,”
“You will regret it, NATO, when the war moves to Europe,” he said, adding that the Canary Islands, Sicily, other Mediterranean islands as well as Andalusia in southern Spain were Arab lands that should be liberated.
“The Libyan people have no problem, the colonial powers are the ones who have a problem. They want to control our oil. They are jealous because God gave us the gift of oil,” Gaddafi said.
“We do not fear them. We have no choice but to resist, become martyrs and fight on till the end.” (Reporting by Joseph Nasr; Writing by Giles Elgood)
Source and full art:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Message: Make love not war
itn ITN
For the love of the leader: Thousands watch 25 Libyan couples ‘marry for peace’ at Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli… bit.ly/qV8CrA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsnL9hurRg
Weddings and war, a drama by g.
septimius_
Rebels are known for what they are AGAINST, while revolutionaries are known for what they are FOR….. #Libya #Feb17
Mwattin
Source who wishes 2 remain anon: 3 pro- #Gaddafi agents hv entered #UK suspected of coming to carry out retaliation attacks #Libya
Skeptical4 Skeptic
things getting pretty dynamic in #Nafusa, hope #Gaddafi wont take #Gharyan residents hostage 2 Tripoli, or wont execute them in uprising
Skeptical4 Skeptic
looks like #NATO tries to breach #Gaddafi lines near #Gharyan to enable #Nafusa FFs to advance to G without much bloodshed
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
#Libyan leader Col #Gaddafi threatens Europe again if #NATO intervention continues tinyurl.com/6k5wkm8
Captured Gaddafi soldiers, including foreign fighters, tell of low morale
Two Libyan army officers and three sub-Saharan African fighters captured by rebels after a recent battle in the country’s western mountains said Thursday that Libyan troops deployed in the area are running low on ammunition and fuel.
The detainees’ accounts provide rare insight into the role foreign fighters are playing in Libya, as well as the fraying military strength of Gaddafi’s increasingly isolated government.
Full art:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-eas...
feb17libya Feb17Libya
#Gaddafi speech July 8: youtube.com/watch?v=Om5aGx… #Libya // Anyone else believe this also doesn’t sound like #Gaddafi?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om5aGxsOkGA&fea...
You’re right, doesn’t sound like g at all………
libyanproud libyanandproud
#NAFOUSA : #GWALEESH : 2 Grad Launchers have arrived in #alasabaa pointed in the direction of #Kikla .
libyanproud libyanandproud
#NAFOUSA : #GWALEESH : #NATO Strikes at #Jandouba Bridge !! GOOOOO NATO !! #feb17 #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Gaddafi forces are massing at Al khums #Libya
LIBYA_WIN
The old #Gaddafi tricks, brigades in civilian clothing in cars with the new flag, trolling around town to capture anyone who shows support!
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reports of heavy NATO bombing in Brega today till now. Report says it bombing so heavy it could be heard as far as Ajdabiya
FromJoanne Joanne
Gaddafi is Massing his Forces at Al #Khums Afraid that FF will breakthrough #Zliten any moment now #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
God I love Freedom Fighter Fridays #Feb17 #Libya
Niz_FGM Niz
7/8/11 – BREAKING:100% confirmed by FGMovement.Katiba truck destroyed with explosives in Zawiyat Dahmani District within last hour. #Tripoli
IamLibya
tie him up and set the house on fire #Gaddafi
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
OK, so Gaddafi says the #FF are Al-Qaeda, then he threatens to send people to blow themselves up in Europe? LOL
Haitham
just watching the news showing #gaddafi supporters in #tripoli Ok itv, just ignore the millions of rebels protesting in #benghazi then!! :(
That’s ITV for you:(
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nato ’s Helicopter Carriers are in postion and ready for a BUSY Night Fuel Depots are high on their list of targets #Libya
CombatAir Combat Aircraft
At a briefing today, Lt Col Phillip Cook confirmed UK #Apache helicopters operating from HMS Ocean have flown 30 Libya sorties since June 3
bint_
So Algerian, Chinese, Russian oil-firms working in Libya, and here I was thinking it was NATO who wanted to take advantage of our oil. Duh:/
Talking about radio address of g today:
mumbel
he can`t show his face on TV, he missed 4 monthly botox appointments since #Feb17 #Libya ^_ ^
Sonatrach of Algeria to resume research and exploration in Libya
(سوناطراك) الجزائرية تستأنف البحث والاستكشاف في ليبيا
الجزائر-د ب أ- استأنفت شركة المحروقات «سوناطراك» المملوكة للحكومة الجزائرية نشاطها بشكل عادي بعد توقف قصير على خلفية تدهورالوضع في هذا البلد.
ونقلت صحيفة «الخبر» الجزائرية في عددها الصادر امس عن مصادر موثوقة قولها إن شركة « سوناطراك» استأنفت نشاطها في مشاريع البحث واستكشاف النفط في ليبيا بعد توقف قصير بسبب تدهور الوضع هناك
وأضافت المصادر أن فرق البحث الجيوتقني بمنطقة «غدامس» شرعت في عملها بشكل عادي ، فيما يجري التحضير لاستغلال حقلين آخرين ليسا بعيدين عن غدامس.
وأوضحت المصادر أن الفريق الذي يشرف على عمليات التنقيب واستكشاف الغاز والبترول في غدامس وهو فريق جزائري يواصل عمله بشكل عادي منذ أيام في عمليات البحث والتنقيب في إطار مشروع الشراكة المبرم قبل عامين.
تملك الجزائر في مشاريع الشراكة مع الشركة الليبية للبترول ما يزيد عن 50 بالمائة من مشاريع استكشاف واستغلال النفط من قيمة استثمارات فاقت في حقلين في محيط منطقة غدامس نصف مليار
SOURCE:
www.alrai.com/pages.php?news_id=412708
Niz_FGM Niz
7/9/11 – #Tripoli update coming up with videos and explanation of today’s scenes in “Green Square”…. watch this space.
Sarah
3 Zliten FF martyred today.Names-Ibrahim,Adel&Musa v@zlitenfree
4Adam Adam
TIME ‘Gaddafi Recruits Teenagers and Women’ – twitpic.com/5n69mv #Libya #Feb17 #AlSattur
Alex
#Tripoli – here we come! yfrog.com/kjcswmj #Libya
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
Reuters: Today #NATO warplanes bombed #Gaddafi forces 3 km east of the village of Al-Qawalish #Nato#Libya#Feb17
tweets4peace ♡ Freedom ~ Syria ♡ tweets4pe
A caller from Misrata called now and donated 100 dollars for Syria on Alhiwar!!! #Syria #Libya
Gaddafi’s New Forces: The Teenagers and Women Keeping Libya’s Rebels from Taking Tripoli
They told us al-Qaeda fighters infiltrated the country,” the shy 16-year old says, standing in a non-descript building in the coastal city of Misratah where rebels are holding their prisoners. Murad nervously bites his nails as he relates how forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi plucked him out of school and shipped him to fight at the front against a “foreign conspiracy aimed at occupying the country.” With half of his country controlled by rebel forces, Gaddafi is having difficulty finding soldiers to fight his battles. Without an effective standing army, he has increasingly relied on teen soldiers, African mercenaries, and more recently women, to defend his 42-year rule.
Full art and source:
feb17.info/news/gaddafis-new-forces-the...
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Le village de Gualich est intact. Les impacts de roquettes sont concentrés à sa périphérie, là où étaient stationnés les soldats de Kadhafi.
Gualich est vide. Ses 5 000 habitants ont fui. Ils avaient choisi, par hostilité à leurs voisins de Zenten, de soutenir la cause de Kadhafi
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
#Libya Situation Report – 7/8/11 eepurl.com/eFSnI
Elleebi
5km walk for #Libya in Hyde Park, London this Saturday from 12midday facebook.com/event.php?eid=…
The Free Libyan Women invites you to a charity 5km walk in Hyde park, London, to be held on Saturday 9th July at 11 am. If you are interested please send us an email to: [email protected] so we can send you a sponsors/pledges form.
Free Libyan Women is a non-profit company established by Libyan women in the UK following the 17th February Libyan Revolution
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23549832...
A Libyan mom with a good sense of humour;
Khiria
My mom’s reaction to #Gaddafi’s speech: ahahhahahahahhahahahhahahhahah ahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahaha #Libya #Feb17 #GaddafiCrimes
freedom4libya
#NATO bombing #Gadhafi forces in Al Asabeah is a great help for #FF, who are getting ready to liberate #Gheryan.
Khiria
Support free #Libya, attend the picnic in #Paris by the group 17feb/France. Libyan couscous, discussions, good atmosphere on.fb.me/q1qufj
Time
Sunday, July 10 • 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Location
Parc de la Villette
Created By
Pique nique Collectif Libyen 10 juillet à la Villette
More Info
Métro Porte de la Villette, ligne 7. Entre la Géode et le Cabaret Sauvage (un grand drapeau de la lybie y sera disposé).
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=17877625...
septimius_
Gaddafi the fighter wanakaman.com/index.php/2011… #Libya
www.wanakaman.com/index.php/2011/02/27/...
Khiria
#Gaddafi wants to ‘liberate’ Europe when he can’t even "liberate " #Kikla ( small town, no offence to all the #Kiklish people). #Libya #Feb17
N_Benghazi .
‘War and Prayer in #Libya’ – When the going gets tough the Salaat gets going. #AllahuAkbar uk.reuters.com/video/2011/07/…
uk.reuters.com/video/2011/07/08/war-and...
Baghdad Brian
arrived safely at #Zintan media center, only exhaustion to complain about thus far, after 53 hour trip #PDX to Zintan #Libya
Khiria
“AlFateh” district in #Benghazi, #Libya has officially been renamed “#Zawia” district! #Feb17 yfrog.com/keeobvj
Libyan4life
Its so funny for a Libyan to watch scenes from ‘Green Square’ when we see the faces we can tell 100% 3/4th of them arent from #Libya #Extras
vdesc
Les tunisiens sont formidables avec les réfugiés libyens. Généreux. Qq tensions parfois car c un long conflit #tunisia #libya
septimius_
Gadafy duck #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/5n7ih9
Crap, that homeless guy is following me again. #Gaddafi #Libya #Putin t.co/rS8dltp”
Thanks #Gaddafi for making me seem like a regular guy! #Libya #Iran #Ahmadinejad twitpic.com/5n7epv
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cjchivers C.J. Chivers
Food, water still in short supply in W Libya. Few shops open. Those that are have few goods and limited hours. Drinking water hard to find.
EndTyranny
#Nalut: suffering from daily shelling by #Gaddafi forces, these forces can easily be seen by #NATO, yet nothing is done. @NATOpress #Libya
septimius_
Captured Gaddafi soldiers were “brain-washed” & mercenaries were “plasterer” forced into fighting?what next? Gaddafi was just misunderstood?
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
1/3 Bien qu’en théorie des produits essentiels puissent être importés en Libye conformément au régime des sanctions en vigueur, …
2/3 …ils ne peuvent en fait pas être payés car les comptes libyens à l’étranger sont gelés et …
3/3 … les banques étrangères refusent d’avoir des relations d’affaires avec les entités libyennes.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Panama CARGO SHIP “MSC BROOKE” now en route to dest. #AlKhums #Libya ETA: 2011-07-09 12:00 (UTC) #feb17
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Kikla, l’autre village pris par les rebelles mercredi dernier, attendait, lui, d’être libéré
EndTyranny
Breaking: Reports that #NATO strike #Gaddafi troops located at the north gate of #Nalut. #Feb17 #Libya
Tripoli’s guys are preparing some REAL surprises soon :-)
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Small World: While visiting 2 FFs from #Kikla in a Tunis hospital room tonight, I met a young doctor who escaped from #Tripoli 12 days ago.
Turns out we have a mutual friend: Ibrahim, a young doc who’s now a FF n his home town, Jadu. They worked n the same hospital
What are the odds of that?! Gotta be slim. But when it comes to #Libya, impossible things are happening every day.
Mahmoud. From #Tripoli. He arrived in Tunis for care today. His foot was shot & badly broken 3 months ago #libya t.co/vdo10Wv
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO heavily bombed the remains of #Gaddafi forces located in #Asabaeh 1 hour ago. #Libya #feb17
Nalut #Nafusa at ca 2:00 am Nato struck positions around Nalut including Tkoyet ( Tunisian Company ) ca 5 strikes in Total #Libya
FreeBenghazi
NATO bombed Gaddafiforces, near the Takut crossroad, there were three strong explosions v @nalut17feb
4Adam Adam
The Free Generation Movement at “Green” Square – the absence of the true residence of #Tripoli – 8/7/2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnWpeQKDCgA&fea...
SecularLibya
When Zlitan is liberated in next 2 days, it’ll be a massive blow to Qadafi. Garyan will follow soon as mercs & GF rats jump the sinking ship
operationlibyia RIP Hamza
what makes a legend, is what someone did when they are alife, or how they are remebered when they were gone. #LIBYANLEGEND
wheelertweets James Wheeler
3 guys from #Kikla #Libya with me tonight at a Tunis hospital. Rida (far right) says the pain is gone when I’m there. twitpic.com/5n99kr
Maybe he says that to humor me. But it does seem to get his mind off the pain when we visit. His amputation is brutal.
Suleiman Algtani, 11, from Ajdabiya #Libya, in his Tunis hospital room. I was thrilled to catch him smiling more tonite
That’s a Mars bar next to his elbow. A candy bar with staying power. I liked it as a kid & found it today at a local store.
freedom4libya
This idiot used to be the leader of #Libya. youtube.com/watch?v=2hgPyK…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgPyK6s3Bs&fea...
MyFreeLibya
Just arrived in Zentan…gunna be a long nights sleep.
lookatlibya Look@Libya
Another day, another… PATHETIC puppet tyrant still living in a sewer pipe 500 ft. underground. #Gadaffi #Libya #Feb17
bint_
OMG! Hala Adjala’s wedding in BabAlziyiyah today goo.gl/ro6SB (V SEVERE HEALTH WARNING ATTACHED, MIGHT PUT YOU OFF MARRIAGE FOREVER)
SUMMARY JULY 9th 2011
7/9/2011
7/09/2011
7.09.2011
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/bbkP5
Update for 08/July : #Misrata (vicinity) : 1 Artillery Piece, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
Update for 08/July : #Brega (vicinity) : 1 Tank .
Update for 08/July : #Tripoli (vicinity) : 2 Mil. Storage Facilities, 2 SAM Launchers, 1 Radar, 4 C&C Buildings.
Update for 08/July : #Zliten (vicinity) : 1 Tank .
Update for 08/July : #Nafusa (vicinity) : Area of #Yefren: 4 Armed Vehicles. Area #Zintan: 1 C&C Facility
Update for 08/July : #Wadan (vicinity) :1 Military Storage Facility.
FACTBOX-Latest developments in Libyan conflict
July 9 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
- Muammar Gaddafi threatened on Friday to send hundreds of Libyans to launch attacks in Europe in revenge for the NATO-led military campaign against him, while rebels came under heavy fire as they renewed their push against his forces.
- Traders said on Friday oil companies in the Mediterranean are seeking at least 70,000 tonnes of jet fuel for delivery to Greece, Tunisia and Turkey, highlighting a rise in regional demand for the product and a standstill of exports from Libya.
- NATO warplanes bombed forces loyal to Gaddafi in the Western Mountains on Friday on the front line to which they retreated two days ago when rebels advanced.
- Hundreds of African migrants have been flown from government-controlled southern Libya to the capital of Chad — the first air evacuation by the International Organisation for Migration since the Libyan war broke out.
- Five Libyan rebels were killed and 17 wounded in fighting with Gaddafi’s forces near Misrata on Friday.
- Turkey has frozen $1 billion worth of Libyan central bank reserves deposited in Turkish banks, Turkey’s Star newspaper reported on Friday, citing Turkish foreign and economy ministry officials.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Interview with NIZ on CNN
CNN’s David McKenzie speaks to an opposition activist in Libya who’s speaking out against the regime.
edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/201...
88simon
by libyans_revolt
At last french press stop talking abt a “stalemate” in Libya thx to the FF offensive in The Nafusa mountain
Lot of scouting ;
moooonlight
26.997473, 14.444495 Indian company Merc Camp
moooonlight
29.131757,15.951542 Military borders center
libyans_revolt
29.129587,15.941178 Military command and control
libyans_revolt
29.124001, 15.944311Military command and control
libyans_revolt
29.125744,15.927848 Military housing
libyans_revolt
29.108348,15.91302 Military command and control
libyans_revolt
29.107978,15.90897 Military command and control
libyans_revolt
29.056957,15.819283 Military camp
libyans_revolt
25.925474,14.442065 Mercenaries camp
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Ghariyan hospital receiving tens of mercenaries from ghana & other african countries not speaking arabic! Injured in ongoing alasbea battle
Canada stands by Libyan rebels
Command of this operation fell into the hands of Canada’s General Charles Bouchard. Though Ottawa voiced concerns about Gadhafi’s excesses at the beginning of the revolution, its support for and command of NATO operation in Libya marked its official entry into the conflict.
This military involvement has been complimented by Ottawa’s official recognition of the Bengazi-based Transitional National Council (TNC) — the interim government of Libyan rebels fighting to oust Gadhafi
Addressing the TNC and the people of Bengazi, Canadian foreign Minister John Baird said “I’m very pleased to be here and to lend our strong support to you and your fellow countrymen for your struggle in this revolution.”
He did not hesitate in stressing that Canada was on their side from the beginning. “Canada was an early supporter of the call for the United Nations to bring sanctions.”
Canada’s open support for Libyan rebels is symbolic, particularly in terms of the risks and opportunities it poses. It is risky, for example, for Ottawa to openly plunge into an oil-rich and Arab nation when its super power neighbour — the United States — is exercising extreme caution, struggling to apply the all-too-fresh lessons from Iraq.
Secondly, having been a silent or passive player in Africa, it is easy for observers and analysts to misinterpret Ottawa’s motives. This temptation is likely among those who consider western involvement in African affairs as driven purely by the profit motive.
Full art.:
www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.asp...
libyans_revolt
#GADDAFI ON THE RUN yfrog.com/kff4rkaj #Feb17 #Libya
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Two injured #Libyan FFs in the lobby of a Tunis hospital yesterday: Ali from Shakshuk and Massoud from Zintan. twitpic.com/5nk8tq
Injuries r not always obvious. Massoud, for instance, has a #Gaddafi bullet lodged in his brain. He’s functional but not 100%
Paralyzed from #Gaddafi missile shrapnel that hit his back on April 5: #Misrata FF Ali Alkour. Came to Tunisia April 16
“The trouble with the term civil war is that it suggests there are 2 reasonably equal sides divided on civil grounds.” -Hisham Matar
I’m guessing this area won’t be featured in Travel & Leisure anytime soon ;)
This is a long-term care facility in Tunis. #Libyan freedom fighters here are the most forgotten of all.
Lights are turned off to save electricity (expensive in Tunisia). Untended cleaning carts litter the halls. Dark and dreary.
Adel
My father crossed into zintan last night, It was very tough not knowing if he was alive, captured or worse … Alhamdulilah he’s ok #libya
Andrew
Interestingly little sign of NATO softening up Zliten #Libya last night, despite rebels’ push from Misrata.
drminfo
Notice how most proG vids are professionally produced? How “real” is this? Give me an amateur vid any day for something more honest.
#Libya My theory. Zaif hired top media house to do these vids. Each “agent” in West given an info pack in which to lobby in their country
Dictators Inc.
Among the first demands of Libya’s rebels when the revolt erupted in Benghazi in February was for Europe and the U.S. to freeze all assets of Muammar Gaddafi and his family members, who are worth billions, according to estimates by officials who defected. Just a few of those now frozen assets: an office building in London’s West End, 3% of the British publisher Pearson, a stake in Italy’s Juventus football club and a 7,000-hectare spread on Spain’s Costa del Sol.
Yet for all the fury over stolen billions, it will not be easy to take the alleged loot home. In numerous interviews, financial experts in Switzerland, Britain and the U.S. say tracing the dictators’ fortunes — including that of Gaddafi, who is still in power — is just the first daunting challenge. Most countries require those trying to recover stolen assets to identify the people who have hidden money, jewels or other riches and where the assets are. “You cannot just go on a fishing expedition,” says Lawson. “You have to know what you are looking for.”
Read more:
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,91...
France 24
Libya rebels push campaign to cut off Kadhafi
AFP – Libyan rebels said they were preparing on Saturday to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Moamer Kadhafi in the ever-closer capital.
But the embattled leader remained defiant, telling supporters on Friday that “the regime in Libya will not fall.”
After heavy fighting, rebel fighters captured the desert hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday, taking them closer to the strategic garrison town Gharyan and the last major objective standing between them and Tripoli to the north.
For now, they have set their sights on Asablah, 17 kilometres (11 miles) north of Gualish on the road to Gharyan.
“Three times we tried to take Gualish before we succeeded,” said rebel fighter Mohial Omar, 21. “That was the hardest part. Now it’s going to be easier.”
Read more:
www.france24.com/en/20110709-libya-rebe...=editorial&ns_source=FB&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20110709_libya_rebels_push_cam paign_cut_off?ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20110709_libya_rebels_push_cam paign_cut_off
septimius
Gaddafi removed another monument in tripoli back to Leptis as could not stand the idea of a real libyan historic figure!
Because of the paywall, Anthony Loyd report from Benghazi “London Times” is not getting attention! I’ll tweet some of it, share ur thoughts
“Rebels fight to keep Islamic militants under tight control” Anthony Loyd #Benghazi “Times” (1)
“Rebel brigades operating outside control of the NTC will be considered criminal organisation” .Anthony Loyd #Benghazi “Times”
“NTC set up its own intelligence department who are tracking &controlling the role of Islamic militants” A Loyd #Benghazi “Times”
“#NTC intelligence unit has been set up with the knowledge of the CIA & has banned illegal training camps” Loyd #Benghazi “Times” (4) #Libya
The influence of militant Islamists in #Libya’s revolution is one of the West’s greatest concerns after the experience that it suffered in funding militant groups to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. .
“#Libya’s rebels have rejected the ideology of Islamic militancy and are appreciative of Western support” Loyd #Benghazi “Times” (5) #TNC
NATO:
09 Jul. 2011
NATO targets Qadhafi regime missile launchers near Tawurgha
Today, 9 July 2011, NATO aircraft carried out a precision strike on a pro-Qadhafi missile firing position near Tawurgha, south of Misrata. NATO intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance was conducted over a period of time to ascertain the military use of the site. It was confirmed as being used to launch indiscriminate attacks on Libyan civilians in the area, including the port and city of Misrata.
The missile site was hidden in and operated from a set of farm buildings. It was also used to store other military equipment, as well as acting as a staging area for pro-Qadhafi forces to instigate attacks on civilians.
“By using civilian sites for military purposes, the Qadhafi regime has once again shown complete disregard for the welfare of Libyan civilians. The loss of this facility to pro-Qadhafi forces will reduce the pressure on Misrata and provide further protection to the civilian population in this area,” said Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, Commander of Operation Unified Protector.
NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is being conducted under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which calls for an immediate end to all attacks against civilians and authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in Libya.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_76294...
moooonlight
Where is #justice when all women in the outskirts of #Misurata were raped and old men too.
Grad missiles at:
27.637364,14.410586 27.640539,14.408891 27.638315,14.406509Grad missiles
Omar
Ben Wedeman ZINTAN:
Video report: Tanks on parade in #Zintan. Heavy armour captured from Qadhafi’s forces. bit.ly/nxNX92 #Libya #Feb17
edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/wo...
1,000 migrants from Libya arrive at Lampedusa
Since the beginning of the year, more than 11,000 Africans fleeing conflicts in north Africa have landed in southern Italy, in increasing numbers since NATO air raids on Libya began in mid-March and the weather improved
Rome: Four boats with about 1,000 migrants fleeing the conflict in Libya arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight, leading the Italian premier to cancel his visit, the ANSA news agency reported on Saturday.
Among the 1,041 new arrivals were 122 women, many of them pregnant, and 33 children, it said. The boats were escorted to shore by the Italian coast guard and customs officials.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been expected to visit the island on Saturday, called off his trip so as not to hinder relief operations, ANSA said.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 11,000 Africans fleeing conflicts in north Africa have landed in southern Italy, in increasing numbers since NATO air raids on Libya began in mid-March and the weather improved.
Source and full report:
gulfnews.com/news/world/1-000-migrants-...
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Breaking: Misrata: Freedom fighters are in heavy clashes on the western outskirts of Tuesday market. Zliten centre mere kms away #libya
libyanproud
#Nafusa : #Nalut : #Gaddafi forces shelled Nalut this morning as usual ! #Feb17 #Libya
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#NTC mil cmdr: FFs push 2 +Tripoli frm different directions, will shortly liberate it youtube.com/watch?v=EIKWRa… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIKWRaMJGug&fea...
ChangeInLibya
Journalists in Nafousa, Misrata and Benghazi are increasing. Just that ones in Tripoli are disappearing
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi troops continued their random, & indiscriminate shelling of #Nalut this morning in response to @NATO bombing last night.
mojo
CharlieEnglish told me yesterday that all the print journos from US and UK are out – some agencies and news is all
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” now en route dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-11-07 09:05 (UTC) #feb17
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “HAJ-SAYED” en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya ETA: 2011-07-10 12:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Panama CARGO SHIP “MSC BROOKE” now arriving at dest. of #AlKhums #Libya. #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
16 #Gaddafi soldiers surrendered to #Freedomfighters in #Zliten #Libya #feb17
tripolitano Tripolitano
God b with our fighters in #Misratah & #Zliten. Yesterday some fighters got inside zliten then pulled bk.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya: Clashes today between Freedom Fighters and G forces in Jidaem area near AlQuds mosque on the coastal road #Feb17#Libya Allahu Akbar
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
The freedom fighters locked up in Ajdabiya are the best equipped of all Libyan FF. Would be instrumental to #Tripoli’s liberation #libya
Tripolitanian Libyan
500 trained revolutionaries from Eastern #Libya have joined their #Libyan brothers in #Misrata. #Feb17
Skeptical4 Skeptic
Purpose of the 500 special forces that arrived frm #Benghazi 2 #Misrata is to help obtain a decisive breakthrough in #Zliten
Tripolitanian Libyan
Revolutionary military commanders have begun spreading out positions near #Brega, with patrols deep into desert
Amazigh
This #SouthSudan identification card was found with a dead mercenary in Riyaana near #Zitnan. goo.gl/zNLf5 #Libya #Feb17
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.21780...
tripolitano Tripolitano
Soussa cafes full of libyans drinking coffee& smoking shisha. Waiting 4Libya2 autolibrate. Many r experts in NATO afairs &political analysis
billneelyitv Bill Neely
Around fifty foreign journalists in Rixos.
What are you DOING there?
How come we don’t get any real reports, just regurgitated g propaganda?
Nobody there that can see the truth? Or read between the lines?
There are ways to report without writing the words down literally………….
It’s called JOUNALISM!
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli: #NATO Last night bombed #Tripoli (Believed to Be BabAlaziziya . #Feb17 #Libya Thank You @NATO !
sabha ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
I posted 5 photos on Facebook in the album “09 July 2011” fb.me/11C1nCulA
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.133947400020448.33683.119477011467487&l=68a6d87f09
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Misrata: 6 freedom fighters were slightly injured at the Zliten front today however all of them returned to the front lines
Libya rebels push to cut off defiant Kadhafi
AFP
GUALISH, Libya (AFP) – Libyan rebels said they were preparing on Saturday to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Moamer Kadhafi in the ever-closer capital.
But the embattled leader remained defiant, telling supporters on Friday that “the regime in Libya will not fall.”
After heavy fighting, rebel fighters captured the desert hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday, taking them closer to the strategic garrison town Gharyan and the last major objective standing between them and Tripoli to the north.
For now, they have set their sights on Asablah, 17 kilometres (11 miles) north of Gualish on the road to Gharyan.
“Three times we tried to take Gualish before we succeeded,” said rebel fighter Mohial Omar, 21. “That was the hardest part. Now it’s going to be easier.”
One of his comrades, 28-year-old Talal Ahmed, explained.
“We have plenty of rebels inside Asablah. NATO bombed there heavily on Friday and that stresses the (Kadhafi) soldiers and makes them more unsteady.
“We are just waiting for the go-ahead from NATO,” he added.
Following that, the objective is to head straight for Gharyan, which lies on the main highway south out of Tripoli, 80 kilometres (50 miles) away, Ahmed said.
“Once we control that city, Kadhafi will no longer be able to receive weapons from the south, nor will he be able to flee in that direction. By attacking him on two or three fronts, we weaken him.”
A second target in a three-pronged strategy is the coastal city of Zawiyah, one of the last major strongholds to the west of Tripoli.
Outside Bir Al-Ghanam, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) inland, rebels are also awaiting the nod from NATO so that they can take it and move forward.
“For now, we are in a defensive posture, but we are ready to attack whenever,” said a rebel commander there, Fathi al-Aaeib. “We don’t know the word ‘retreat.’”
The authorities in Bir Al-Ghanam have been warned of an impending attack so that civilians can be evacuated.
Full story here:
Source:
www.modernghana.com/news/338933/1/libya...
the Guardian:
Telecomix: tech support for the Arab spring
A group engaged in ‘guerrilla informational warfare’ is helping the embattled in Libya, Egypt and Syria
Electronic mischief-making has come into its own this year. Between WikiLeaks, Anonymous and more recently LulzSec, hacking cults are becoming high-profile irritants.
But Peter Fein, the human face of Telecomix and currently spreading the word about their work, doesn’t seem too bothered by his “hacker” label when I meet him at Sheffield Doc Fest, where he was invited to sit on a panel called the Revolution will be Tweeted.
“We’re kind of like an inverse Anonymous,” Fein said. "We operate in a very similar way to Anonymous not just IRC Internet Relay Chat – online, open forums where users can meet to chat but also the non-hierarchical structure. Except they break things and we build them.
“I guess you could say it’s guerrilla informational warfare. I can just tell you my experience of what happened, and why – I’m not an official spokesman, we just don’t have those. I’m not sure what to call us – are we hacktivists? Hacker is such a loaded term … what we’re doing is clearly different than LulzSec is doing.”
“I can sit at home in Chicago … and we’re not going to get arrested if we oppose Mubarak or Gaddafi – which is important to bear in mind when you’re in communication with these people on the ground.”
Full art:
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tawergha Today #NATO attacked missile site Hidden in FARMBuildings also used as arms depot + base to instigate attacks on civilians #Libya
adamak
From the FM: Libyans entering #Egypt must now apply for an entry visa except those 18 and younger (most of whom r students) #Libya
BBC
Libya: Rebels continue to push west from Misrata
After more than six weeks of stalemate, the rebels have in recent days pushed back the forces of Col Muammar Gaddafi, despite rocket and mortar fire.
Progress is slow and the rebels have taken heavy casualties, but they say morale is high.
The capital remains some 200km (125 miles) away.
Digging in
Accompanied by a fighter by the name of Ali, we drove several kilometres beyond the entrenched positions that had, for the past month and a half, constituted the front line west of Misrata.
He brought us to a ditch, lined with pine trees and set among olive groves some way back from the coast.
Men were busy digging in. As they dug, they came under almost constant fire from Col Gaddafi’s forces, some 500m away.
Rockets and mortars thudded into the earth nearby, bullets whizzed and cracked overhead. The smell of burning cordite mingled with the fragrance of pine needles, heated by the midday sun.
Until just a few days ago, this was Col Gaddafi’s front line. Now the rebels hold it and they are slowly pushing their way forward, ditch by ditch, kilometre by kilometre.
Read more here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094671
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Sound of two more grad rocket explosions on outskirts of #Misrata. One looks close to the port.
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Al #Khums / #Leptis #Magna is supply/reinforcements source 4 #Gaddafi forces in #Zliten, knowing NATO careful not to harm Leptis Magna
I dont think #Gaddafi sent forces frm #Zliten 2 #Khums 2 prevent capture of heavy weapons, but 2 shield them frm #NATO strikes,
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Brega: Reports that freedom fighters are shelling Gaddafi forces in the city and that NATO jets carried out strikes at the same time #libya
Ossama
So far, despite the intensity of fighting in Zliten the number of wounded FF are 17 and no deaths #Libya #feb17
FreeBenghazi
Baby Munir was hit in head w shrapnel when just 5days old; wound became infected, reaching his brain #Misrata #Libya qurynanew.com/?p=2656
This is the “good” type of confusion to have:)
bint_
I’m getting confused trying to keep with FF advances. Allahu akbar, things are moving so quick in Libya right now. Victory soon inshallah
Alex
#BirAlGhanam is a strategic road crossing – last major G barrier south of #Zawiya – & its fall eases #Nafusa #FF access to #Tripoli #Libya
LibyaDiaspora
FYI:Shipments of donations to #EidofHope must be RECEIVED @ our warehouse NO LATER than July25th, plz ship accordingly walmart.com/giftregistry/g…
Libya_from_FR
On rapporte que les révolutionnaires sont dans une zone de #Zliten appelé ‘Izdo’, à 1KM du centre de la ville. #Zliten #libya
AJA :
Nafusa ff’s have captured BirAlGhanam & are currently combing it looking for hiding g troops
www.aljazeera.net/NR/EXERES/D544FC43-25...
KC_Tripolitania KC
Freedom Fighters are in control of the city Ber Al Ghanam after fierce clashes with #Gaddafi forces – via Al Jazeera News #Libya
Libya_from_FR
Les forces de #Gaddafi à #Zliten sont encerclés par toutes les direction. #AllahuAkbar :) via @LIBYA_BREAKING
bint_
O the irony, Rixos is now called the Swiss Inn, didn’t Gaddafi declare a global jihad against Switzerland recently. #GaddafiLogic
Libya_United
@Niz_FGM CNN video was very dangerous Niz, we r proud of u risking ur life to speak our voice, u’ll never b forgotten.Plz Plz Plz stay safe!
We pray for your safety, NIZ!
Ossama
BREAKING: AJA: FFs have taken the city of Ber- Alghanam. #Libya #feb17
Alex
REINFORCEMENTS: 500 #FF from #Benghazi – arrived by boat in #Misrata this wk – & r now engaged in th final push 2 #Zliten city centre #Libya
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Bouchard : “La destruction de cette batterie va réduire la pression exercée sur Misrata et d’assurer une meilleure protection des civils”
Alex
On Saturday 9th July 2011, @Alexb said:
Is #Zliten is about to fall? – 1 RETREAT: #Gaddafi heavy weapons have been withdrawn to #AlKhums presumably to ensure they r not seized by victorious #FF – 2 SURRENDER: several surrenders & less aggressive G fighting today with injuries but no deaths so far – 3 DEFEAT: #FF are making steady territorial gains – with reports suggesting they r between 1 -6 kilometres from #Zliten city centre! #Libya
Zliten MAP : twitpic.com/5nc87y/full
wheelertweets James Wheeler
If Ali doesn’t get to u, another guy in there surely would. Chest wound. One leg amputated, multiple breaks in the other. Gaunt.
Extremely visible wounds & circulatory issues, with just a bed sheet wrapped around his groin. Yet he smiled and made
..light of his condition. Gentle, with a twinkle in his eye. He said I was welcome to take a picture, but I couldn’t.
DINA:
We need freedom supporters @whitehouse NOW!!! #Libya #white house.
AJE:
Four boats with about 1,000 migrants fleeing the conflict in Libya arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight, leading the Italian premier to cancel his visit, the ANSA news agency reported on Saturday.
Among the 1,041 new arrivals were 122 women, many of them pregnant, and 33 children, it said.
The boats were escorted to shore by the Italian coast guard and customs officials.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been expected to visit the island on Saturday, called off his trip “so as not to hinder relief operations”.
The number of those fleeing to Italian soil has increased since NATO air raids on Libya began in mid-March and the weather improved.
According to the Catholic organisation of Sant’Egidio, at least 1,820 migrants from North Africa, most originally from south of the Sahara, have drowned this year in the Mediterranean in their bid to reach Europe.
AJE:
Libyan rebels said they were preparing on Saturday to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Muammar Gaddafi in the ever-closer capital.
After heavy fighting, rebel fighters captured the desert hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday, taking them closer to the strategic garrison town Gharyan and the last major objective standing between them and Tripoli to the north.
For now, they have set their sights on Asablah, 17 km north of Gualish on the road to Gharyan.
AP:
NATO says its warplanes have hit a missile launching position south of the embattled rebel-held port city of Misrata.
The alliance said the strike was carried out Saturday near the town of Tawurgha. It says the missile site was being used to launch indiscriminate attacks on Libyan civilians, including in Misrata.
Rebels struggling to push out from Misrata toward the capital Tripoli have faced stiff resistance from government forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The British military says it scuttled an effort by Gadhafi’s naval forces Friday to conduct a raid near Misrata by firing on the troops’ boats from a warship offshore.
Libyan rebel forces parade through the western town of Zintan, celebrating advances against Gaddafi troops.
The successful advances over the last two weeks have allowed normal life to resume in towns no longer in shelling distance of Gaddafi’s troops.
Egypt has ended unrestricted entry for Libyan nationals and has imposed visa requirements for Libyan travelers.
The new regulation went into effect Saturday, causing confusion at Cairo’s international airport as dozens of Libyans landing from European countries were denied entry and sent back.
Capt. Ayman Nasr, who heads the state-owned Egypt Air, says authorities failed to notify airlines of the new regulation before travelers boarded planes at various airports in Europe.
Tens of thousands of Libyans fled their country’s civil war by crossing into Egypt after Moammar Gadhafi violently cracked down on a popular uprising.
Many returning Libyans seek to go to the eastern, reb
Source:
feb17
MicahZenko Micah Zenko
by grafixel
In Misratah “dozens of black African corpses of fighting age men” executed in April #Libya rebel official confirms. ti.me/opzTxD
Gaddafi’s New Forces: The Teenagers and Women Keeping Libya’s Rebels from Taking Tripoli
“They told us al-Qaeda fighters infiltrated the country,” the shy 16-year old says, standing in a non-descript building in the coastal city of Misratah where rebels are holding their prisoners. Murad nervously bites his nails as he relates how forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi plucked him out of school and shipped him to fight at the front against a “foreign conspiracy aimed at occupying the country.” With half of his country controlled by rebel forces, Gaddafi is having difficulty finding soldiers to fight his battles. Without an effective standing army, he has increasingly relied on teen soldiers, African mercenaries, and more recently women, to defend his 42-year rule.
Journalists who visited the eastern city of Ajdabiyah in late March saw dozens of black African corpses of fighting age men.
Abd al-Basit Abu Mzirig, in charge of Human Rights for the rebel’s Justice division, says he met seven mercenaries who were from Mali, but possessed Libyan identification cards issued after the beginning of the February revolution. Though Gaddafi officials could not be reached for comment, they have previously denied recruiting mercenaries from neighboring countries in the conflict.
Using African mercenaries is nothing new for Gaddafi. In 1972, he created an “Islamic Legion” composed of nomadic tribes such as the Tuaregs and Toubou that populate the fringes of the Sahara desert. Gaddafi dispatched them to bolster his army units fighting neighboring Chad during a war that lasted from 1978 until 1987.
Whole art and source:
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...
Ossama #NATO strikes #Gaddafi forces stationed in Alasabeh to make way for the #FreedomFighters to advance more into the area. #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Good news from #misrata hospitals just now – zero dead today – so far. Though 17 injured. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#SierraLeone CARGO SHIP “TRADER” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya. No ETA given but now off coast of #Crete. #feb17
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Despite heavy fighting I saw today number of injured lower than recent days:17 injured, no dead. Also less grads have hit #Misrata #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports # Freedomfighterss are in an area of #Zliten called ‘Izdo’, 1KM from the centre. #Libya #feb17
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
AlSharqAlAwssat Newspaper – Recently captured G men in #Nafusa admit to G forces being v low on ammo/fuel.
Alex
#Zilten #FF: “We will hold our ground …#Gaddafi ’s soldiers r fighting for money, but we are fighting for our freedom and honour.”
LibyanLion
Reports that FFs are in an area of #Zliten called ‘Izdo’, which is 1KM from the centre. #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO hit one position at #AlAsabaa, One column of smoke rising. #Libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Panama CARGO SHIP “MSC BROOKE” now departing #AlKhums #Libya. #feb17
Oh, la-la. Halwasa?
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Gaddafi ambassador to #Egypt Ali Maria has resigned after a video of him and a prostitute was leaked . #Feb17 #Libya #ProGandPerv
tripolitano Tripolitano
#Tripoli nearly becoming deserted.ppl driving on streets mostly Gaddafi thugs who came from other towns,with their green tea towels and guns
SNIPERS:
jaked2
Rebels surround Zliten on 3 fronts south, main road and coastline. They wont enter the city center due to rooftop snipers
hominoid
Libya Zliten Al Dafinya clashes advanced 4 kilometres to the west.
Libya Zliten Violent clashes between FFs and G troops 14 miles from the centre of the city and.some fronts close to the city centre.
via zliten free; arrests have been made, so yes there must be hostages.
Libya breaking:
The offcial of education in the NTC: The schools will begin in early September of this year in the liberated areas,and it has been decided to amend and revise the curriculum before the start of the schools
National army is now intensely bombing the tyrant’s army locations around Breqa in conjunction with the NATO bombing.
Quoting the BBC’s correspondent in Sooq Althalath area now : The missiles of the battalions that were fired at the outskirts of Misurata have eased very significantly, which means that the FF have pushed the battalions further back in Zliten … Also FF demanding us journalists to crawl so as not to be injured while they are standing…… and their heads held high
Pray for the FFs of #Misurata based now in Central Zliten after the liberation of the east of the city.
Gadhafi forces pound Berber towns
TRIPOLI, Libya, July 9 (UPI) — Libyan forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are trying to cut a rebel supply route to Tunisia.
Government troops have been attacking Wazin, the only crossing on Libya’s western border in rebel hands, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. They have also attacked Nalut, a Berber town near Wazin.
NATO airstrikes have not ended the stalemate in Libya. But rebels have been attempting to advance toward Tripoli from Misurata, which is on the coast east of the capital, and more successfully from the southwestern mountains.
Read more:
www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/07...
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi’s presents to our children: goo.gl/JCNYM #GaddafiCrimes
Check out this blog:
The Lawless and Lesser Libyan Endeavour
Here’s my view on the quantification of Libya’s stance on Gaddafi:
55% of Libyans are against Gaddafi, are not afraid to say it and would rather die than live under his or his sons’ rule (especially after 17th Feb). 30% are indifferent to whoever is in power (this segment tends to go with the flow, the same way as they chanted for Mussolini a long time ago!) 15% support Gaddafi because they have everything to lose, and by everything I mean money and weapons (absolute power). The 30% passive population will jump as high as the 15% ruthless elite will order or threaten them to do so. The 55% opposition still can’t access Libya’s assets (openly referred to by the international community as Gaddafi’s frozen assets… so much for TNC recognition!) and without a major coordinated diplomatic, military and MEDIA effort (which will cost billions!), the 15% corrupt elite will continue to manipulate the hell out of the situation on the ground. Gaddafi’s PR/lobbyists are still at work the world around, albeit very discreetly! Of course, if Libyan citizenship, money and land are being promised to loyal supporters from neighbouring African/Arab countries then, God forbid, Gaddafi’s propaganda will only become more and more convincing.
Source:
unboundcore.blogspot.com/?spref=tw
dovenews Libyan™
#FF are 2km away from Zlitan’s town center
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Gaddafi’s youngest victim. A 1 hour young baby. img163.imageshack.us/img163/8048/1h… Shame on you G supporters. #feb17 #Libya
ggatehouse Gabriel Gatehouse
by K_H_Jordan
Just interviewed a minister in the #Libyan TNC. Says it cld be difficult to get all these fighters to give back their guns when this is over
Libyan rebels are making progress towards the strategically important town of Zlitan on the road to Tripoli, following weeks of stalemate.
BBC
Libya rebels making progress towards Tripoli
The rebels have managed to push through what was the front line of forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi, despite mortar and rocket fire causing heavy casualties.
Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Misrata.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14...
Skeptical4 Skeptic
Without constant supplies&reinforcements frm Al #Khums, it’s just a matter of time until #snipers & #mercenaries in #Zliten will b taken out
Fox news:
The Mideast
Libya: NATO Hits Government Missile Launchers, Boats
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO says its warplanes have hit a missile launching position south of the embattled rebel-held port city of Misrata.
The alliance said the strike was carried out Saturday near the town of Tawurgha. It says the missile site was being used to launch indiscriminate attacks on Libyan civilians, including in Misrata.
Rebels struggling to push out from Misrata toward the capital Tripoli have faced stiff resistance from government forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The British military says it scuttled an effort by Gadhafi’s naval forces Friday to conduct a raid near Misrata by firing on the troops’ boats from a warship offshore.
Rebel forces have been trying to push out Gadhafi since an uprising erupted in February.
www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/09/libya-...
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Muftah (25, standing) has a severe head injury under that hat. He’s visiting Walid (24), who had more leg surgery. twitpic.com/5npp1w
This is a hospital room in Tunis. Both of these guys are freedom fighters from #Misrata #Libya. #feb17
TUNIS DEMO Photo’s:
Libya_from_FR
Today’s demo in #Tunis #Libya – twitpic.com/5nox54
twitpic.com/5nox6c
twitpic.com/5nox7x
twitpic.com/5noxaw
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Gaddafi TV Greatest Hits : youtu.be/zcg7vPAhbqA #Feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcg7vPAhbqA&fea...
Omar:
Libia, Bbc: progressi avanzata ribelli
(ANSA) – ROMA, 9 LUG – I ribelli libici stanno continuando a fare progresso nella loro avanzata ad ovest da Misurata verso Zlitan, snodo cruciale per arrivare a Tripoli. Lo riferisce la Bbc sul suo sito web. Dopo oltre sei settimane di stallo, gli insorti sono riusciti nei giorni scorsi a respingere le forze del colonnello Gheddafi malgrado i razzi e i colpi di mortaio.
I progressi sono lenti e i ribelli stanno pagando numerose vittime ma loro stessi sostengono che il morale e’ alto. Tripoli e’ a circa 200 km.
Source:
www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnew...
The Stupidest Man on Earth
Libya: Why He Won’t Go
The prospects of Muammar Gaddafi’s army collapsing are “highly unlikely”, a senior defector, Col. Mohammed Ali Ethish, tells The New York Times:
“I hope that when we do reach the borders of Tripoli, the revolutionaries there free it. ... If we don’t go in with an organized army, there’s going to be a huge mess.”
I doubt the rebels will get even that far. The war in Libya is unlikely to end in a slugfest over the capital. In fact, unless the Gaddafi regime somehow implodes, which probably won’t happen since it hasn’t already, the war is unlikely to end at all in the near future. Sitting comfortably in his family compound of Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi has had 42 years to spread his ideology, consolidate his power and, most importantly, to prepare for his own death struggle.
Source and read more:
stupidest.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/liby...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reports NATO targeting G forces in Tawergha South of Misrata for past 3 hours till now #libya #feb17 #Jul17
bbclysedoucet lyse doucet
by Doylebytes
#UNHCR Guterres “#Africa humanitarian operations dramatically underfunded. Int comm more interested other areas like #Arabspring…”
Mushu
Youth Helping Children of #Libya: A Fundraising and Libya Awareness Dinner on #July17. Sacramento, CA. More info: goo.gl/9IOFr #Feb17
The Children of Libya Aid Foundation (CLAF) is a non-profit organization registered in California. It was established by a group of Libyan Americans in the aftermath of the humanitarian crisis in Libya. As a result of the indiscriminate attacks on civilians, many children have been killed or have suffered horrendous injuries. These children have sustained significant disfigurements including loss of eyesight and amputations, am…ong other life threatening injuries. The medical system in Libya is now completely overwhelmed and unable to handle the severity and extent of these injuries. Our organization coordinates with institutions throughout Egypt, Tunisia, and the United States to provide these unfortunate victims of war with essential medical care that is not available in Libya.
On Sunday, July 17, 2011, CLAF will host “Youth Helping Injured Children of Libya: a Fundraising and Libya Awareness Dinner” at The Grand at 1215 J Street in Sacramento, California. Every penny raised goes to treat an injured child.
For more information on CLAF, please visit childrenoflibya.org
littlelisa
#Feb17 Praying for #FreedomFighters as they go into another night of uncertainty!! I wish I could make GADDAFI go…I would :( Viva #Libya !
LibyanDuda
“a lot of families with small children and non Tripoli natives are now leaving”cousin frm Baida just arrived 2 Tunis frm Tripoli
littlelisa
Video Feature
PTSD and the Hidden Wounds of War
This video was produced by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma from interviews conducted at “When Veterans Come Home,” a conference held in Atlanta in 2010, sponsored by Dart Center, the McCormick Foundation and the Carter Center’s Mental Health Program. For more interviews on this subject, see our Videos on Veterans.
Anyone who reads the news has heard of post-traumatic stress disorder among returning veterans. Those four letters — PTSD — have come to represent everything negative that war does to soldiers’ minds and spirits. But scientists, clinicians and scientists all take issue with this use of the term.
In this video, Sonja Batten, deputy director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, explains exactly what post-traumatic stress disorder means as a psychiatric diagnosis. Matthew Friedman, executive director of the National Center for PTSD, talks about how the term has been stretched. Jonathan Shay, a clinical psychiatrist and author of two must-read books on the experience of veterans, points out that the affects of war are far more wide-reaching than any psychiatric diagnosis. Michael Jernigan, a retired Marine corporal who sustained physical and psychological wounds when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq, explains how PTSD doesn’t do justice to his own experience.
Source:
dartcenter.org/content/ptsd-and-hidden-...
FromJoanne Joanne
French military operations in #Libya have cost 160 million euros $ 228.9 million Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said Saturday July9 #NATO
Video: Tribute to the martyred lion Ali Obeidi (Arabic)
Watch it here:
feb17.info/media/video-tribute-to-the-m...
AJE VID:
Keeping the peace in Libya’s rebel stronghold
Police who served under the Libyan leadership now keep Gaddafi loyalists from threatening security.
Nearly five months since the fighting in Libya first began, police in Benghazi are back on the streets.
These are the same men who served under Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, and they now have to keep Gaddafi loyalists from threatening security.
But trying to maintain public order in a city awash with weapons is not an easy task.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Benghazi.
Source:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good footage from fighting today in West of Misrata. FFs in high spirits is.gd/cEW8Bh #feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qA6pjhFlKs
Skeptical4 Skeptic
problem is #Zliten rooftop #snipers fire single shots, so their ammo won’t run out that fast as that of troops using machine guns
C.J. Chivers
More Pics from Western Libya.
Volunteers for the Free Libyan Forces undergoing hand-to-hand fighting instruction in Zintan, with Bryan Denton (follow him on Twitter at @bdentonphoto) working in the center foreground. The rebels have been gathering recruits and speaking of a renewed offensive, and each day small groups are being trained in hasty fashion in compounds around the region.
Today the front lines in the mountains were mostly quiet, and the rebels in the mountain still seemed to be in weekend pause after their advance last week. That said, because of the particular geography of the mountain areas under rebel control — the rebels hold most of a long set of ridges running generally east-west, and the Qaddafi forces hold lowland to the north and south, and still control the easternmost highland towns — many villages and towns remain within range of artillery and ground-to-ground rockets. Thus, a rebel advance in one area does not necessarily mean more security in another, and shelling can resume on the most exposed towns at any time.
Have a look:
cjchivers.com/post/7428142444/more-pics...
FromJoanne Joanne
BERBER fighters from #UK #Norway #Sweden #USA also JOINED Revol. #Nafusa 2 FREE #Amazigh #Libya
Khiria
A lot of people are getting out of #Tripoli today saying “out of the huge Tripoli prison” #Libya #Feb17 #GaddafiCrimes
Skeptical4 Skeptic
#Zliten: Ideally, #NATO helicopters drop #NTC special forces on roof of highest buildings 2 kill snipers, but NATO won’t do that
BaghdadBrian
First meeting with potential trainees/partners today at #zintan media center went very well, training starts tomorrow!
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
2 more day until the end of @LibyanStateTV I wonder what will #Shakeer do with all his free time
dopsic
warfalla:“At the outset of Tunis’ Jasmine Revolution the fascist regime the gaddafi’s established five security units in BaniWalid”.
Omar:
LibyaMedicalR Libya Medical Relief
Libyan Amputee rehabilitation program Libya medical relief is launching Libya amputee rehabilitation program. (cont) tl.gd/bkru0p
www.twitlonger.com/show/bkru0p
LibyaMedicalR Libya Medical Relief
Please RSVP to our fundraising event in London on July 17th facebook.com/event.php?eid=…
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LibyaMedicalR Libya Medical Relief
Video: A group of volunteer hairdressers gave 90 boys at Ramada camp had a haircut, Thanks to Malak, Nadia… tumblr.com/xyi3cdhey5
libyamedicalrelief.tumblr.com/post/7278...
Septimius:
The Smallest Victims
The war in Libya has taken a shocking, wrenching toll on the children of Misrata and Benghazi.
MISRATA, Libya — “If we die we are martyrs and we will go to heaven.” Standing in a pleated gray dress and flowery sandals, her curly brown hair swinging in pigtails, 8-year-old Aisha’s words are hauntingly austere for someone so young.
Aisha is a child of the revolution: one of the thousands of Libyan youth who in the last three months have seen more violence, instability, destruction, and death than most adults across the world witness in
The February uprising against Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi quickly escalated into a civil war that has left no corner of the country untouched. Thousands have been killed, wounded, or displaced in the fighting. For months in the west Libyan city of Misrata, the battle raged in and around civilian homes. Heavy artillery, rockets, and cluster bombs fired by Qaddafi’s troops rocked the besieged city. There was no safe haven in which families could shelter.
“We wait, huddled together, praying that our home will not be the next one to be hit,” said her father, Salem Ali, 55.
Read the whole story:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/...=0,0&showcomments=yes#.ThjMf9EM3YM.twitter
septimius_sever septimius severus
MUST SEE Gaddafi personally training his mercenaries!! “see it to believe it” youtube.com/watch?v=wxy1fi… #Libya #
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxy1fiXz--c&fea...
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Tarhuna: Unconfirmed: Reports of clashes between local freedom fighters and Gaddafi forces in Tarhouna & some form of “rebellion” #libya
Kadafi again threatens to attack Europe with suicide bombers
Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi says ‘hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe’ in a defiant speech. He made a similar threat in a message on July 1.
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
For the second time in a week, Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi has threatened to dispatch hundreds of Libyan suicide bombers to attack targets in Europe in retaliation for NATO strikes against his regime.
“Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe,” Kadafi said late Friday in a defiant speech before thousands of Libyans in Tripoli’s Green Square. “I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.”
The latest threats came as pro-government forces launched a counterattack on rebels attempting to push toward Tripoli, the capital, from their enclave in the port city of Misurata, 125 miles to the east. A spokesman in the eastern rebel bastion of Benghazi said that at least seven rebel fighters were killed and 17 wounded in the fighting late Friday.
Full story here:
www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-libya-fighti...
bencnn benwedeman
Fighters in west #Libya aiming to cut highway from south to #Tripoli. When that happens, I was told, “Qadhafi is finished.” We shall see.
littlelisa
One of the groups that was releasing prisoners out of #Tripoli has been discovered by #gaddafi forces, members arrested.”
Gihan
I posted 4 photos on Facebook in the album “Misratah, Aldafnya Battle 06-07-2011” fb.me/Z7qHipF2
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.184314291627503.42983.165630860162513&l=9ac3d0ce3e
I posted 18 photos on Facebook in the album “People demonstrating in Misrata 06.07.2011” fb.me/18fhkRW6w
www.facebook.com/media/set?
set=a.184312421627690.42981.165630860162513&l=0e37ceba63
LibyaAlHurraTV
#Zliten FFs have blown up #AlGwailat Gate, which killed more than 7 #Gaddafi ground troops this morning 10-07-2011 at 1:00 am local time.
LIBYA_WIN
Slow days with slow news from #Libya are most depressive. You practically feel the life being sucked out of your patriotic soul. #GaddafiOut
McKenzieCNN David McKenzie
@SmithInAfrica I think there is an alternate explanation we should consider: gov is going for a guinness record on throwing out journos
Libya_from_FR
Reports of clashes in #Tarhuna which is 80km SE of Tripoli between Gaddafi Loyalist & #FF.
LIBYA_WIN
#DearGaddafi please die so I may go to sleep. #DearSaif I hope your #SaifBeard is set on fire and burns your face. #DearNATO JUST DO IT!
Khiria
General Ali AlObeidi said, “I wish all my colleagues who passed away were still here for this revolution, they would have loved it.”
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Good night all … #Epiclibyanman & #Epiclibyanwoman are #feb17 yfrog.com/kjm8wvoj http://yfrog.com/kl1xsvkj
Khiria
My dad, “No one wants #Gaddafi. Not even Gaddafi wants himself!” #thingsmydadsays #Libya #Feb17
befroggled
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@Niz_FGM u’ve done a great job on security so far MSA, but ur a voice of resistance we can’t afford to lose. Allah yehmeek wa yigaweek.
septimius_
Omar Mokhtar des temps modernes / Omar Mokhtar of the modern times : @Niz_FGM – Rabe ya7dhkom ! #Tripoli #Libya
“There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear” and clearly @Niz_FGM has no fear……stay safe Please
Darwin_hipster
@Niz_FGM U r 1of symbols of resistance in @Tripoli your voice has given us hope please be careful no need to show faces G thugs r watching 2
SMILE:
Khaled
So my phone can gimme directions, scan barcodes, show me what i look like fat, play movies in HD, but it wont make phonecalls?
IamLibya
You don’t have to be #Arab to feel for their struggles,all you need is a conscience and an open mind. #ArabSpring
Hanan @Niz_FGM: May Allah protect you guys and give u strength to finish this.
GOOD QUESTION:
Sorin129
If all the people in Tripoli love Gadafi as he says why not turn on the internet back on in Tripoli? Any jurnos asked that question?
Niz_FGM Niz
Thanks everyone for your concerns. Give us a little credit for our security setup (5months & counting). We’ll “cool it down” after he falls
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#Epiclibyanman is well …. inspirational #libya #feb17 yfrog.com/kgd5aflj
4Adam
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@Niz_FGM Please, stay safe! no more videos showing “places and faces”. You guys are the Gaddafi’s enemy #1 in Tripoli. Cool it down.
Niz_FGM Niz
they have been chasing shadows for 5 months. What do you think they will find when they locate the place the interview was shot?
bint_
A video from Gaddafi rally in Tripoli 8/7 showing that many non-Libyans also took part. goo.gl/xJ5qz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mgsDqvemZ4&fea...
Jounos portrayed as spies according to g tv.
Niz_FGM Niz
10/7/11-State TV: journalists recently expelled were caught searching through private offices and so were spies.
New star popped up out of the blue:
Mohamed T. Shebani
@NLGLibyaShebani UAE
Mohamed Taher Shebani was the writer for kind Idris up until Sep 1969 coup of Gadaffi. In 1979 Shebani went into Exile due to Gadaffi’s oppresions.
Mohamed shebani says hello to all of his fallowers and to all the people in Libya. God bless you , stay tuned, more to come soon
Mohamed Shebani appeared on Al Arabiya news last night and said; The TNC is a illegitimate council of the people, and they must step down
A new Cabinet is forming to take over the TNC. Goals are; to move forward with the peoples interests at hand Structure a working government
Questions:
Has anybody told the NTC this?
Is someone already trying to cause problems?
Shouldn’t we try to stop the killing of innocent civilians first, before we get into power struggles?
Unbelievable……..
operationlibyia
there’s no limit on how far we go, no boundaries no lengths, we will free you libya, our land, with our own hands, #libyanpeople
#Freedom, we would do anything for you,to show you how much we missed you,from the #libyan people
FF’s solve any problem:)
fcukruna
#Misrata FFs: No trees for shade ? No problem. fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc… #LIBYA #FREELIBYA #FEB17
fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak...
Khiria
#Gaddafi’s body can be mummified and used as a scarecrow for crops in some #African country that wants him. #GaddafisBody #Libya #Feb17
LibyanLion
#Zliten FFs are active, causing problems for G forces from within. He’s losing his grip on the city rapidly! #Libya #Feb17
operationlibyia
We got a pain in our heart but we never cry, we fight till we are heard. youtube.com/watch?v=FWUDYn… Shab libya wake up shab freedom!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUDYnO_uHg
mimi_mato #Misrata: Any advances FF make will be kept confidential for the next few days, G forces utilising published information EndTyranny
‘Heroes of #Misarata cafe’, offering free coffee to Freedom Fighters yfrog.com/khqgopgj #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
SecularLibya
Qadafi is right ! It is all in the NESCAFE — see free NESCAFE sign at cafe just for FFs! yfrog.com/khqgopgj /sarcasm #Libya #Feb17
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
Photo: Misratah, west Misrata Battle 09-07-2011 صور الثوار علي الجبهه الغربية لمصراته on.fb.me/ogPnuX #Libya #Feb17
McKenzieCNN David McKenzie
Defiance in the heart of Tripoli bit.ly/oIg1Ti #Libya
LibyanDictator The Dictator
#Misrata’s Free Women Movement to hold their first charity function on July 15th, will be announced on radio. Hope reporters will attend. (:
SUMMARY JULY 10th 2011
7/10/2011
7.10.2011
Libya:
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality”
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/qQeqE
NATO 09JULY: nr #Brega: 1 Armed Vehicle 1 Tank nr #Tripoli: 1 Military Store Facility 5 SAM Launchers nr #RasLanuf: 1 Artillery Piece
NATO 09JULY: nr #Misrata: 1 Armoured Fighting Vehicle 4 Armed Vehicles 1 Missile Site 4 Artillery Pieces 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher
NATO 09JULY:nr #Waddan: 1 Military Store Facility 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher nr #Gharyan – #Yafran: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher 1 Tank
NATO 09JULY: nr #Zintan: 1 Artillery Piece
GRTV
West Funnels Illegal Weapons Into Libya
France has been among the main powers behind the NATO-led air campaign, which is officially aimed at protecting civilians from assaults by Gaddafi’s forces. However, many view a change of regime in Libya as the main reason for the alliance’s involvement there. France’s latest move has invoked extensive criticism from Russia and the African Union, while China has indirectly objected to it.
The sending of arms to the Libyan rebels is illegal, yet it has been going on almost since the beginning of the conflict there, believes Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya from the Centre for Research on Globalization.
“It definitely is violating the United Nations’ sanction as well as international law. There is something called the ATT the Arms Trade Treaty and under the ATT they cannot supply arms to the rebels,” he said. “This is not new news either. They have been saying it from March that they have been sending arms to the rebels. In the London conference, the Prime Minister of Qatar said they were going to send arms. He said that in front of Hillary Clinton and all the representatives of the NATO states were there.”
“Reuters and the Wall Street Journal — they all said that the United States was sending arms through Egypt to the rebels. It is reported, it is documented,” Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya added.
Source:
tv.globalresearch.ca/2011/07/west-funne...
Answer:
SecularLibya
GlobalResearch.ca is a commie website. 1973 clearly states: “.. any means necessary, & not limited to prohibitions of 1970”. ie arms
Secular has a point. It’s extremely leftie.
freedom4libya
The discovery of a secret unit in the #Gadhafi regime specialized in fighting Stardom in #Libya. Another reason to hate #Gadhafi.
Please give thanks to all the members and their families of OP UNIFIED PROTECTOR (Libya- NATO)
OVERVIEW
We are a group of people of varied ideologies, French, Libyan and other nationalities. We have all, individually been struck by the incredible courage it took for the Libyan people to rise up against a cynical and violent dictator. Convinced of the sincerity of the Libyan people’s aspiration for democracy and freedom of expression we have decided to mobilize ourselves. Because of the duration of the conflict, much of the enthusiasm has been diluted and the propaganda of Gaddafi is starting to win France and other allied countries. On this day of national celebration, we wanted to respond.
We know who Gaddafi is, we know that he kills civilians, and we know why Operation Unified Protector is just.
Please sign this petition to give thanks to the Women and Men fighting to protect civilians, their mothers, fathers, wives, husbands and children.
www.change.org/petitions/please-give-th...
Government troops destroy petro-chemical plant in Brega: spokesman for Libyan rebels
BENGHAZI, Libya, July 9 (Xinhua) — A petro-chemical plant in the Libyan oil city of Brega has been destroyed by the government troops, a spokesman for the rebel forces said here on Saturday.
Ahmed Bani, spokesman for the rebel forces said in a press conference in Benghazi, the second largest city of Libya, that the plant and its equipment were actually destroyed by the government troops, not the rebel forces as the government earlier alleged.
The oil refinery town of Brega lies on the frontline between the rebel-held east and the government-held west.
Bani said the blast of the plant “has not only hurt the interest of the Libyan people, but also caused pollution to the environment.”
The rebels have already deployed heavy forces to protect the other sites of oil production and refinery, he said.
And he added the government troops are now totally besieged in Brega.
Meanwhile in Tripoli, Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi denounced on Saturday the air strikes launched on the country by the NATO-led alliance to an envoy of UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon, according to state TV.
He called the air attacks “flagrant violations of the (UN) resolution of 1970 and 1973” and “must be considered as crimes against humanity and an act of genocide.”
The UN envoy’s visit was agreed during Thursday talks between Mahmudi and Ban. The UN chief called Mahmudi to halt the fighting and improve the humanitarian conditions in the African country.
Source:
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/20...
Mary :)
Check this video out — Khaled M ft Lowkey – Can’t Take Our Freedom youtube.com/watch?v=vuOqik… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuOqikbdYIU&fea...
Khiria
#wheneverimbored I listen to one of #Gaddafi’s speeches to get a good laugh, that’s comedy at its best #GaddafiCrimes
carolv27 Carol Viana
And here is a little message for Gaddafi j.mp/oVYi7V #Libya #cutepicoftheday
Architarik
#Zintan’s #FF Victory Parade of July,9. Wait and see the one in #Tripoli coming soon, iA !!! #Libya #feb17 bit.ly/nzUX2f
Mary :)
English: The Capital, Friday 1 July
July 2, 2011
By Ahmed
Tripoli: Friday 1 July, 20.30
Tripoli (Urgent Libya): The Libyan government court issued an arrest warrant for “Mourinho Luis Ocampo”, the ICC Attorney General, on Friday. The warrant was issued as a reaction for the ICC decision of arresting MoamerGaddaffi, SaifAlIslam and Abdullah AlSonussi. The decision was endorsed by AlBaghdadiAlMahmoudi, Gaddafi prime minister, on Friday, the same day that pro-G gathered in the green square challenging NATO and the ICC. is this for real lol
Africa’s Voice of Reason: Kagame and the war in Libya
Whether Gaddafi outlives the NATO airstrikes or not, he is the wrong man for Libya and Africa must ask him to go as they ask NATO to stop the shelling.
Rebel leaders rejected a plan presented by the African Union (AU) for a ceasefire and an end to the conflict in Libya, saying it did not meet their basic demand that Col. Muammar Gaddafi, his sons and entourage leave immediately. “We will not negotiate with the blood of our martyrs,” said the rebel national council chairman, Mustafa Abdul Jalil. «We will die with them or be victorious.»
The African Union negotiators had left meetings in Tripoli with Gaddafi, who said he accepted what they called a “roadmap” for a political settlement involving a ceasefire and the suspension of NATO airstrikes.
But the AU delegates arrived in Benghazi and faced a chilly reception. Protesters implored the rebel leadership not to accept anything less than the departure of Gaddafi and his family. One protester, reportedly, screamed: “How much blood does he need to let go? He killed enough. He killed so many young people.”
Full art.:
www.independent.co.ug/column/comment/43...
Mary :)
English: Middle Region, Saturday 09 July
July 9, 2011
By Hana
Saturday 09 July 21:33
Middle region: Misurata (Jeel): NATO announces it had destroyed a missile battery that Gaddafi forces had placed in a civilian area and used it to bomb Misurata’s sea port. NATO’s strike occurred a few hours after Gaddafi had sent an audio message stating that his regime will not fall. NATO’s decision to strike today came after confirming that the said location was a farm in the south of Misurata also used to hide artillery. Lieutenant Charles Bouchard, Commander of the NATO military mission in Libya, condemned Gaddafi forces’ use of civilian areas for their operations.
Saturday 09 July 18:36
Middle region: Zliten (Mountain Revolutionaries): Ambulances have been unprecedentedly available since the early hours of this day, confirming that there is a high number of casualties among Gaddafi forces.
Saturday 09 July 17:38
Middle region: Misurata (Al-Tadamun): Gaddafi forces fiercly bomb Ghiran area in Misurata and no casualties have been reported yet.
Saturday 09 July 07:41
Middle region: Zliten (Mountain Revolutionaries): 12 martyrs and more than 50 wounded in deadly clashes in Soug Al-Thulatha in Zliten. via bit.ly/n3jv6C
Or:
networkedblogs.com/kcVbk
English: Eastern Region, Saturday 09 July
July 9, 2011
By Hana
Saturday 09 July 17:38
Eastern region: Ajdabiya (Al-Tadamun): Clashes between Gaddafi forces and Freedom Fighters south of 18 zone in Ajdabiya with no news of casualties.
freedom4libya
Yes this is #Misrata now (just few weeks after the defeat of #Gadhafi forces) youtube.com/watch?v=R29_FD…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R29_FDQZNhs&fea...
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Less grads hitting #Misrata #libya last 24 hrs. Probably due to the #NATO strike on missile launchers near Tawurgha . tinyurl.com/68dk3n8
K_H_Jordan
MENA Digest is out! bit.ly/gJhZSE ▸ Top stories today via
paper.li/K_H_Jordan
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: bunker near #zintan with empty boxes for grad rockets taken by opposition fighters. Bunker full of mortar rounds. yfrog.com/kko3bkj
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: what appear to be (but hard to say with certainty) scud missiles destroyed in a NATO airstrike outside #zintan. yfrog.com/kj5xrqoj
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Out of tweet range for day or so
Op-Ed: Libya – The Stolen Revolution
Revolution is when people take control of their destiny into their own hands. Is that still the case in Libya? Is the revolution still in the hands of the people? Or has it been hijacked? Indeed, is it still a revolution at all?
Back in February, at the beginning of the revolution, hundreds of unarmed youths stormed the Birka Barracks in Benghazi. Facing intense machine-gun fire, they kept coming in wave after wave until they finally overpowered Gaddafi’s forces and took control of the base. The dead littered the grounds, but at the time it seemed worth it.
Now that rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil has said that Gaddafi could stay in Libya if “he desires” as part of a negotiated settlement t. it makes one wonder if those boys died in vain.
Jalil’s statement confirms similar remarks last week by NTC spokesman, Mahmoud Shammam, who said that they would not object to Gaddafi being allowed to retire to some “Libyan oasis”
The idea that Gaddafi could be allowed to live out his life in luxury, immune from prosecution, in some palace in the desert or seaside resort in his home town of Sirte has shocked and angered many people. Not surprisingly, they are asking themselves whether this is satisfactory justice for the decades of murder, torture and imprisonment and the deaths of thousands during the revolution?
Read more:
feb17.info/news/op-ed-libya-the-stolen-...
libyanfsl
FF in Zliten attack G forces @ Ghwailat checkpoint shortly after midnight this morning #Feb17 #Libya
Good morning to you all from Tripoli, Libya’s only and one capital. Freedom is coming soon. We can smell it
Op-Ed: Justice will find Khadafy
When the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on June 27 for Moammar Khadafy — as well as his son, Seif al-Islam, and his intelligence chief — on charges of “widespread and systematic attacks on civilians,” it was clear that Khadafy would ignore the court’s action. His response was to threaten to bring war to Europe’s “homes, offices, families, which would become legitimate military targets,” for NATO’s having bombed Libya.
The Libyan Justice Minister rejected the authority of the tribunal, calling it a tool of the Western world.
As the Libyan civil war moves into its fifth month, Khadafy has surprised most Western countries and experts with his staying power. He shows no inclination to leave Libya. While the impasse continues, the rebels — ill-equipped and most of them with little or no military training — are making some gains southwest of Tripoli. Several efforts at mediation and peace talks have thus far failed to find a resolution acceptable to the rebels, who have insisted on Khadafy’s departure as a precondition to negotiations.
However, the head of the rebels’ Transitional National Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, said last week that Khadafy could stay in Libya under “international supervision” while peace talks proceed.
Uncertainty surrounds Libya’s future. Even if Khadafy flees, is assassinated, or is otherwise forcibly removed from power, his 41 years of brutal rule, characterized by clannish fiefdom and tribal rivalries, has left a large part of the population impoverished. He did not permit civil society or institutions to develop. The fear that the rebels’ movement will fracture and lead to chaos, as in Iraq after the fall ofSaddam Hussein, is justified. Western powers in post-Khadafy Libya will have to secure law and order and actively support the Libyan people in building institutions.
Full story;
feb17.info/news/op-ed-justice-will-find...
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Truth about Gaddafi’s RENT-A-CROWD at Tripoli’s green square fake rally:youtube.com/watch?v=1mgsDq… #feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mgsDqvemZ4
Sarah
Zliten (#Ghweelat)1am 2day:FF in city attacked checkpoint on coastal road.Min 7 G forces killed
Video:
Libya Rebels Push to Cut Off Defiant Gadhafi 7/9/2011 4:34:17 PM
Libyan rebels say they are preparing to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Moammar Gadhafi in the ever-closer capital. Video courtesy of AFP.
online.wsj.com/video/libya-rebels-push-...
walid
#Libya family just came to #Tunis. Son Injured from Random firing on streets by #Gadhafi militias on #Tripoli streets recently
#Gahdfi loyalist present in #Tunis #Sousse #Djerba providing support & supply to #Tripoli. few gets blocked by #FF
#UN based on #NATO intel. haven’t declared #Libya #WesternMountain as safe yet for its employees to start working from there.
FEATURE-Doctors return from West to help Libyan rebels at front
BIR AYAD, Libya, July 10 (Reuters) – The Bir Ayad field hospital is in a single room with no electricity in a former roadside cafe near the front line in Libya’s Western mountains.
It’s a far cry from the Canadian medical centre where Abu Abdullah usually works as the head of the department of cardiology.
Forget about his advanced cardiology training.
Here, the 39-year-old Libyan-Canadian doctor is practicing basic emergency trauma care, using skills he was taught back in medical school.
“I was watching the news and I decided I had to come help,” he said. “I’m proud to be Canadian as well as Libyan. I never felt proud to be Libyan before now. We never felt this freedom we feel now.”
Read full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
bencnn benwedeman
Video report: opposition fighters from all over western #Libya gradually closing in on #Tripoli. bit.ly/qL7y3E #Feb17
edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/07/09/wedeman.rebels.toward.tripoli.cnn
LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
French mission in Libya has cost 160m euro ($228.9m) so far. France has a defence budget of 40bn euro – #libya #feb17 – goo.gl/2YaDL
Video: Closing in on Tripoli – #libya #feb17 – www.libyafeb17.com/2011/07/video-closin...
CNN
Rebel fighters inexperienced, yet enthusiastic in southern Libya
Qawalish, Libya (CNN) — Almost all civilians have fled the western Libya area around Qawalish, hoping to avoid the worst of the violence wracking the nation.
Yet there is a buzz around this village, which is in the hands of rebel fighters eager to defeat forces loyal to longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Their optimism and energy are matched, in many ways, by their inexperience.
When spotters on a rooftop spy vehicles they believe belong to the Libyan army, a rebel rocket team wipes off desert grit from their weapon, oils it up and fires — their aim, at best, approximate.
The group’s commander, Fahti, knows the opposition forces are in many ways overmatched.
“They have tanks. You hear that? Rockets,” Fahti said. “They have mortars, all the heavy weapons.”
Dressed in everything from military fatigues to polo shirts to T-shirts, the rebels are not the stereotypical picture of a modern fighting force. But despite their challenges, the rebels here have had success.
Full art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/09...
Sarah
Misrata Western front(Sat):Faraj Kweeder-FF ambushed GF.Many G men killed,many surrendered.G weapons destroyed.Gs shelled 2cover retreat
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#feb17 entering #Libya on border from Tunisia, saw hundreds of cars loaded to bursting with barrels of petrol. hard to get fuel in #Tripoli
Sarahdrah
Zliten:Gaddafi forces r hiding in civillian homes to escape NATO bombing
Zliten Sat:Fierce clashes SuqAlThulatha.‘Gaddafi guy w RPG fell frm window’! youtu.be/V6r6bnjFLig
Khaled
Good morning world. “#gadaffi&Co not included”
NATO airstrike hits missile site
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO warplanes on Saturday struck a missile launching position that Libyan ruler Moammar Khadafy’s forces used to target the civilians in western Libya, the alliance said in a statement.
Government troops used the missile site outside the rebel-held port city of Misrata to fire indiscriminately on civilians in the area, NATO said.
Also Saturday, the International Organization for Migration said it was airlifting about 2,000 stranded migrants out of the southern Libyan town of Sebha.
Source:
www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_18448777
BREAKING:#Gaddafis ambassador to #Egypt resigns. #Libya #feb17 سفير القذافى فى مصر يستقيل من عمله
Because of the oh, la-la report yesterday?
The video leaves absolutely no doubt what was occuring in that office………
The “lady” was wearing a dress with pink flowers……..
thegeedee
#Libya,NTC must root out mentality of knowing a man who knows a man who can get you this or that bcs we have already had 42 yrs of that s**t
Rape as Weapon of War Is UN Focus
It took a video going “viral” of a Libyan woman being dragged from a Tripoli hotel — shouting that she’d been raped for two days by 15 men — to put a face and name to a weapon of war that dates back at least to the founding of ancient Rome.
Defying social norms that can turn rape victims into outcasts, Iman al-Obeidi went public with her story. Her allegations of torture at the hands of soldiers loyal to Muammar Qaddafi spread fast via Facebook and Twitter.
“Iman is publicly hailed as a hero in Benghazi, and there are discussions about changing attitudes,” Arafat Jamal, the United Nations refugee agency’s co-coordinator for Libya, said in an interview from Benghazi.
Read on here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/rape-...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zliten FF Killed 7 injuring many July9/10 aft midnight Footage from a F Fighters perspective @theFRONT July9 : goo.gl/dMiSx #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLW4QgYUJTo&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zliten Mercenaries Hiding from NATO in Civilian Homes on outskirt of #SouqAlThalatha #Libya near #Misrata
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Le Monde corspndt expelled from #Libya ystrday. Only 2 western newspaper reporters now left in #Tripoli, major TV stations
G only wants reporters that can be controled:(
libyanproud
Freedom Fighters have reached #Tarhouna and are joined by Freedom Fighters from the City in clashes with G Forces . #Feb17 #Libya
20arb
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAMIYA FF says his Native Gaddafi held coastal city was Raided Ambushed at night by his comrades #Qawalish BenWedeman goo.gl/Zuo6e
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/09...
Iman
Cousin going back to tripoli, says. The shops there are empty, he has to stock up in tunisia on the simplest of foood items
Tripoli is a ghost town, people only leave their homes for only v.important trips, its not even safe for men anymore Everyone is in danger :’(
Lack of money is a big problem, people aren’t getting their salaries and the banks won’t allow u to withdraw more than 750 per month #Libya
On feb 19th I phoned my cousin in #tarhuna and asked what was happening there, there was a lot of noise and he said it was nearly liberated
#tarhuna I think my cousin was being a bit too naïve, haven’t hear from him since :s inshallah kheer!
My uncles in #tarhuna threw stones and rocks at a pro-g rally, being wimps the pro-gs ran away they couldn’t even take stoned for G #libya
libyans_revolt
#Zliten: Freedom Fighters inside the city fired gunshots on #Gaddafi forces in #Rimaya on Saturday evening.
khald
Demonstrators wave the flags of #Libya and the U.S. in support of #FreeLibyans July 9, 2011. WhiteHouse (AP) twitpic.com/5o0xod
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tarhuna Clashes reported Some say : UNDERGROUND Chemical Plant, some say: Watertank part of #greatmanmaderiverproject #Libya
Tarhuna Chemical Plant at 32°28’21.49”N, 13°25’43.67”E t.co/IAbrByZ #Libya #Tarhuna #GaddafiCrimes
walid
Indirect #Saudi relief efforts for #Libya are mainly from #Rajhi, #AbduLateefJameel, #WAMY via #IslamicRelief
PeterLeng Peter Leng
Now in Tunis after 2 weeks of mindgames in Tripoli. My colleague @Jonny_Hallam has taken on the baton….Good luck
Mishy
What the hell is wrong with me? Tweeting since 8am!!
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Depuis jeudi, environ 2000 Tchadiens bloqués au sud de la #Libye sont en train d’être rapatriés, a annoncé l’OIM lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/201…
Le Figaro
2.000 Tchadiens rapatriés de Libye
Environ 2.000 Tchadiens fuyant les combats en Libye et bloqués dans le sud de ce pays, pour la plupart des femmes et des enfants, sont en train d’être rapatriés, a annoncé à Benghazi (est) l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM). Ces migrants, qui tentaient de traverser le Sahara pour regagner le Tchad, étaient coincés dans les villages de Sabha et de Gatroun, situés dans le sud du désert libyen.
“L’opération a commencé jeudi”, a déclaré Jean-Philippe Chauzy, membre de l’OIM. “Depuis la nuit dernière, nous avons rapatrié près de 500 personnes”, a-t-il ajouté.
Les migrants tentaient, d’après lui, de regagner leur pays d’origine par voie terrestre, mais ont été bloqués par les affrontements entre les deux parties libyennes au conflit. “Ils étaient sans abri et dans un état lamentable”, a précisé M. Chauzy.
Full art.:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/07/09/9...
septimius_
Tweeps wish Good luck to @Jonny_Hallam on the surreal universe of #Rixos #feb17 #Libya #Tripoli..
libyanproud
Everyone shld b proud of the Freedom Fighters for recent strategical and tactical advances . Well Played Freedom Fighters !
ibn
if you know somebody who knows how to use Protools or Reason/Record and they are in or willing to go to Nafoussa mtns, plz let me know
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Mardi prochain, l’Assemblée nationale vote sur la prolongation au-delà de quatre mois de l’intervention française en #Libye.
libyanproud
#NATO Jets over #Nafusa NOW ! at least one Explosion Heard . #Feb17 #Libya (Source #JADU FB)
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Libyan official angry that I slipped out with no minder. He ripped my article in half and snapped: “Tomorrow you will leave Libya forever!”
Officials said I could stay in Tripoli if Guardian published an apology denying the existence of my interviewees. An offer I could refuse.
Libyan official on my article: “I like you. You’re handsome. But I don’t believe these people said these things. I think you imagined it.”
Driven out of Libya by a very sullen minder, passing smashed up shop fronts, broken windows, bullet holes and the obligatory green flags.
Septimius “AU is not being taken seriously,” says Zuma. I wonder why… #Libya #Africa #SouthAfrica Jonny_Hallam
#feb17 entering #Libya on border from Tunisia, saw hundreds of cars loaded to bursting with barrels of petrol. hard to get fuel in #Tripoli
bencnn benwedeman
Interviewed captured Qadhafi army soldier in #Zintan who says had orders to shoot soldiers fleeing from front lines.
Other captured soldiers in #Zintan say many troops deserting. Say morale is low, fuel, ammunition in short supply.
Irishtimes.com
LIBYA: Hisham Matar’s life and books are bound up in the story of Libya under Muammar Gadafy, and if and when the dictator is dislodged, Matar intends to return to Libya and find out what happened to his father, who disappeared 11 years ago, and played a major role in the Libyan opposition, writes Foreign Correspondent MARY FITZGERALD
Read more here:
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2...
REUTERS:
Rebels face heavy attack as Gaddafi strikes back
By Nick Carey and Peter Graff
Rebel fighters in western Libya faced sustained artillery and rocket bombardment by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for the fifth straight day on Saturday.
The attacks came after the Libyan leader staged shows of support in key cities in his area of control and threatened to strike his enemies at home and abroad.
Rebels in Misrata said the death toll in the coastal town had risen to seven from six, with at least 17 wounded, after a heavy attack by Gaddafi artillery the day before.
A Reuters team in the area said rebels were consolidating their frontline 36 km (23 miles) west of Misrata in the direction of the capital Tripoli, but were coming under heavy fire from artillery and truck-mounted Grad missile systems.
Read on:
feb17.info/news/rebels-face-heavy-attac...
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
2months ago walls in #Libya emb, #Jordan covered with #Gaddafi pix,today 1/2 replaced with gory pix of aftermath of “crusader aggression”
Lots of photo’s:
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Large collection of photos from Benghazi’s million man march on 6/7/11 goo.gl/DU9Ze #Libya
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Le général Desportes et la Libye : “On a confondu guerre et maintien de l’ordre”
Interrogé dans le Journal du Dimanche, le général de division Vincent Desportes, ancien directeur de l’Ecole de Guerre, sanctionné il y a un an pour avoir critiqué la guerre en Afghanistan, dénonce de la même façon l’intervention en Libye. Il explique que “la réflexion stratégique initiale a été imparfaite”, qu’il n’y a pas d’issue militaire et qu’il faut négocier avec Kadhafi. Le parlement doit se prononcer mardi sur la poursuite de la participation française à l’opération militaire de l’Otan en Libye.
Read on:
www.france-info.com/france-politique-20...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
spoke to #Misrata’s resident psychiatrist (UK-Libyan) Believes #Gaddafi has narcissistic personality disorder so will go on until cornered.
Alex
On Sunday 10th July 2011, @Alexsaid:
MAP of #Zliten – showing the city boundary districts of #SuqAlThulatha & #Naimah – recently taken by #Libya #FF
wikimapia.org/#lat=32.4205441&lon=14.5743942&z=12&l=0&m=b&search=Zlitan Libya
chantal
A brega la milice de kadhafou detruise les installation petrolieres, la politique de la terre brulee de kadhafou #libye
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Breaking:Libya Ahrar TV: Misrata Military spokesman says Special Forces brigade fighting G forces w/ Tarhuna FFs in city TODAY
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Zletin: At 1am today FFs blew up the AlGhewlat checkpoint on the coastal road killing 7 Gaddafi forces
seomani
There is still time to nominate #MohammedNabbous as CNN hero of the year cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.h… #Libya #Feb17 @KhiriaElf
edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/nom
Feb17
LIVE Libyan Unrest: July 10, 2011
The Egyptian government has decided to end unrestricted entry of Libyan passport holders imposing visa requirements for Libyans travelling to Egypt. The new regulations caught many Libyans seeking entry to Egypt at Cairo International Airport by surprise, since many airlines had not been properly informed ahead of time before the Libyan travellers got on board of flights heading to Cairo.
AFP
Libyan rebel troops advancing into the loyalist stronghold of Zliten said on Sunday they lost one fighter and had 32 wounded by landmines laid by Moamer Kadhafi’s retreating troops.
Insurgents pressing out westward from the long-besieged city of Misrata said the ordnance was laid by Kadhafi loyalists falling back from their positions around Zliten.
“One of our fighters became a martyr and 32 others were hurt after an anti-personnel mine was placed by the forces of Moamer Kadhafi in their old positions in the Suq al-Thulatha neighbourhood of Zliten,” the rebels said in a statement to AFP.
Zliten, once considered a bastion of Kadhafi forces, is a key link on the road from rebel-held Misrata to the capital Tripoli.
Reuters:
French military operations in Libya have cost 160 million euros, Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said on Saturday, just days before a key parliamentary debate on extending operations.
France has spearheaded the NATO-led campaign in Libya and symbolically launched the first air strikes against troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in March.
But after more than three months of bombings aimed at tipping the balance of the conflict in favour of rebels trying to end Gaddafi’s 41-year rule, frustration is growing in Paris at the duration of the mission.
“The cost of our intervention in Libya has reached at this stage 160 million euros,” Pecresse, also the government spokeswoman, told the Journal Du Dimanche in a preview of its Sunday edition.
“Compare that figure to the 40 billion euro (French) Defence budget. We can absorb it,” she said.
Parliament votes on Tuesday whether to extend operations, with the opposition Socialists likely to back it while questioning in detail the government’s strategy in Libya.
Prime Minister Francois Fillon said this week the debate’s objective was to send Gaddafi a clear signal of the “total determination” of Paris and its allies.
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Misrata: Yesterday Zureg area was shelled to prepare for dropping off G forces via sea behind FFs.This was foiled by FFs & NATO #Feb17#Libya
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Believe it or not there was a Gaddafi secret unit to combat Stardom! He wanted to be the only famous person in Libya ..lol
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
Reports that FFs special forces were involved in the fight in #Tarhuna last night. #Misrata spokesman confirmed this. #Libya #Feb17
#Nafusa : #Asabaa : Local FF in asabaa told families (by megaphones) to evac the village, some stopped by #Gaddafi Forces. #Feb17 #Libya
bencnn reports that fleeing G soldiers on front lines were shot if they retreated. Not long till the war machine collapses..
IR_Worldwide Islamic Relief
7,500 of baby nappies has been shipped from Tunisia to Misrata and distributed by the Libyan Red Crescent
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GO TARHUNA ..ALLAHU AKBAR
SmithInAfrica David Smith
In Tatouine in Tunisia. No sign of Luke Skywalker, Jabba the Hutt or intrusive CGI, but lots of Libyan rebel flags and hostility to Gaddafi.
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Hana, libyenne, aide Human Rights Watch & Amnesty International à défendre les mercenaires en #Libye, certains sont victimes de #Kadhafi
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Unconfirmed: G forces are launching now a counteroffensive on the recently captured Qawaleesh
News 24:
Libya rebels take casualties
Benghazi –
Libyan rebel troops advancing into the loyalist stronghold of Zliten said on Sunday they lost one fighter and had 32 wounded by landmines laid by Muammar Gaddafi’s retreating troops.
Insurgents pressing out westward from the long-besieged city of Misrata said the ordnance was laid by Gaddafi loyalists falling back from their positions around Zliten.
More:
www.news24.com/Africa/News/Libya-rebels...
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On Libya Ahrar TV you get the funniest phone ins. A woman now is claiming that Saif with a beard is not Saif because he looks too dark ..lol
Also on Libya Ahrar TV phone ins they spend half the call saying Salam Alaikum , how are you, thank you, hows everything going. Tahidreez: )
On Libya Ahrar TV I also love it when they say they have information, you start concentrating, then they give no info whatsoever : )
you need a large dose of patience to be a presenter on that channel : )
libyans_revolt
#Misrata: 1 martyr & 32 wounded by landmines laid by #Gaddafi forces in #Suqalthulath #Zliten tinyurl.com/6c3hw65 #Libya #Feb17 #AFP
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
hominoid
Libya Misrata G troops launched a naval attack yesterday, it was quicly spotted and destroyed by FFs and NATO.
librev2011
#Anonymous Dialup in #Tripoli, use closed foreign co. or gov. tel wires at night 4 short time, long wire, change location
libyanproud
#Nafusa : #Gwaleesh : There is NO offensive on Gwaleesh ! Things Calm at Gwaleesh Checkpoints (Phone Call @ 13:00)
hominoid555
Libya One injured from FFs due to Gaddafi troops shelling Constantly for five hours on Almarabeh Mountains west of Nalut city yesterday 1
by heavy artillery and Rocket launchers. However the rebels destroyed one army position 2
and one army truck full of ammunition.
Libya The battle for Tarhoona has started this morning. Opinion this is done to block supply lines to Gharyan.
layla
After 42 years, not a single Libyan has a doubt on the state of insanity of Gaddafi..he is insane..needs to be put down in the name humanity
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Beautiful tribute by Suhail 4 his dad,the martyr BrigadierGen AlObeidi #Libya غفر الله للشهيد البطل علي عطاالله العبيدي youtube.com/watch?v=eX06h7…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX06h7_ZHDk
United4Libya LIBYAN
Take a pen and write Libya in Arabic ‘’ ليبيا ’’ and you will have a different feeling you have never felt before.
17febtripoli 17 Feb Tripoli
Gaddafi’s regime FORCES teachers at public schools in tripoli to sign a petition supporting Gaddafi to be later presented to the UN.
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Teachers are being forced to Sign and FingerPrint form declaring allegiance to #Gaddafi . #Feb17
septimius_sever septimius severus
CONFIRMED: Egyptian embassy in #Tripoli denies claims that libyan need VISA to enter #Egypt
Yes, has been withdrawn again:)
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Gaddafi’s end is near. The Truth in the end always prevails no matter how long it takes. AllahuAkbar
Alhamdulilah my younger brother was able to leave Libya via the Tunisian borders without complications. I can’t wait to see him!
lebeeya
Visions of A Libyan
The beginning of the end. Freedom of speech as we know it!
Remember that story we took when we were in third grade? The one in which a dying father advises his seven sons to remain as one after he passes away? Okay, if you don’t even know it, it goes something like this in brief:
So, as I mentioned above, a dying father gathered his seven sons at his death bed for his final request. He gave each one of them a stick and asked them to break them. Naturally, the sticks broke easily. Next he showed them a bunch of seven sticks tied together and passed it to each one of them, asking them to break the bunch. Even the strongest son wasn’t able to do that. That’s when the father advised them to remain together as one bunch that no one can ever break, and not live as separate, vulnerable individuals..
Please read this:
visionsofalibyan.blogspot.com/2011/07/a...
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There are 2300 FFs from Gheryan amongst Nafusa’s FFs. They know Gheryan inside out & their friends inside are waiting 4 them
An appeal for helmets, vests, protective gears for the FF’s to reduce casualty rate, take load off Doctors&medics. pls spread the message
Hélène Brunel
Zintan FF HQ supports 3 districts ot Tripoli by sending them cell phones & weapons ; they hope a Tripoli uprising supported by their advance
VID:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/brunehel/~iQGmg
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Unconfirmed reports of heavy clashes 40km East of Brega with heavy Grad use by G forces
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A unified FF military council of Aljufra area formed composed of Hun, Sukna Zila and Wadan FFs. AllahuAkbar
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Reports of awesome ambush set up by Misrata FFs on western front. Many G forces casualties & equipment destroyed.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Benghazi: Investigators found documents showing that Gaddafi had intelligence units pre-feb17 that used to prevent any form of fame #libya
Benghazi: This unit was to make sure that the only idol and celebrity in #Libya is Gaddafi himself. Not football stars/singers/musicians
Benghazi: These intelligence units collected information about people and punished anyone that tried to gain fame/influence
Benghazi: It’s also worth noting that it’s illegal, under G’s regime, for commentators to mention players (fball etc) by name. Number only
Azul:
Many yrs ago when Libya bt Turnisia G sacked the coach becasue he was afraid the team was more popular than G.
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AJA: Gaddafi may turn himself in to international court rather than face trial in Libya for fear of the death penalty bit.ly/n66Xbp
www.aljazeera.net/NR/EXERES/F820D9BC-33...
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Loud explosion heard in West of Tripoli 15 mins ago
Today has been epic. I need to calm down. It is Sunday afterall : )
Tripoli: Report that majority of G supporters involved in killing protesters have left city after lists of their names distributed
G electronic mercs based in office in Hay Alandalus near Shababia station. Getting paid 2000D/mth. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE
BREAKING: strong explosions shake "mayyah: area to the west of the Libyan capital Tripoli which is believed to be a NATO strike
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Freedom fighters, in their own way :) #libya #feb17 fb.me/18u1j91ZR
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=267889&l...
befroggled Miss B
3000 #Libya(n) refugee children in #Tunisia to sit their Libyan curriculum end of year exams at schools in Tataouine bit.ly/mCfzh3
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#Gaddafi’s new look after 4 months Hiding in Delivery Suite – Maternity Dept yfrog.com/kldm6rij #Libya #Feb17
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An amazing compilation of what’s happening in Libya: My dear #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=mxkrzH…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxkrzHynmXU&fea...
carol
There are pro-G people out there, even in academia. They are like abused wives afraid to leave their abusers.
And out of fear and denial, these pro-G (abused wives) will swear to God how awesome their regime (marriage) is
United4Libya LIBYAN
USA National Security Adviser Tom Donilon : No decision on arming #Libya.
libyans_revolt omar
#Australia deputy foreign affairs and trade secretary in #Benghazi pledges aid for #Libya, backs #NTC tinyurl.com/6d2m3gj #Feb17
Graphic:
jjia
Trolls in support of Tyranny! Look at this and be proud, this is what you are supporting! “CHEERS”! twitpic.com/5n1021 via @twitpic
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Manchester to Jerjees, #Tunisia – Story of a young Libyan girl travelling to Tunisia to help her fellow Libyans | fb.me/y7Plsg9N #libya
The uprising in Libya has revealed a worldwide movement that is headed by the youth and there aim is to better their country and help in any means possible. Since the 17th of February, thousands of young boys and girls, men and women have contributed in their own way towards this fight against Gaddafi, much of the work has been through social media and bringing awareness to the world of Gaddafi’s atrocities pre and post 17th February, many have fund raised, meeting for hours on end, discussing the best strategies for raising money for the Libyans. Many of the youth have taken time out of there studies and actually gone to Libya as they believe that ‘home’ is calling them.
For 42 years Gaddafi managed to mould and shape Libya to his whims and liking and he did for a long time cause Libyans to have no hope and very little love for their country, but what Gadhafi did not put in his agenda is the emergence of youth who have a plan for Libya’s future and who all have one thing in common which Gadhafi tried to kill in Libyans and that is a love for Libya.
Story with photo’s:
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BBC:
RAF destroys Libyan weapons stash
UK forces destroyed a former grain farm in Libya which was being used to hide rocket launchers, as the Nato campaign against Col Gaddafi continues.
The Ministry of Defence they had been “very active,” particularly focussing on the wider area around Misrata.
Nato said its warplanes conducted 112 air missions on Saturday, with 5,485 in total since the action began in March.
The RAF is involved in enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya under UN Security Council Resolution 1973.
Its aim is to protect civilians using “all necessary measures” short of a ground invasion.
Maj Gen Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s communications officer, said: “British forces were once again very active over Libya on Saturday.”
Full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14100045
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IMPORTANT NOTE: AFP’s reports of a Gaddafi counterattack on Qualeesh, Nafousa are INCORRECT. FF firmly in control till Miskah
Tarantino
Wish journos would lower criticism of FF ‘inexperience.’ Civilians, few soldiers, who’ve driven G from 3 fronts. Miraculous.
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Street lined with the independence flag #Libya #Benghazi twitpic.com/5o5k77
Independence flag Abaya $65 :P #Libya #Benghazi twitpic.com/5o5l4b
Free Libya helicopter flying over us and recording :D #Libya #Benghazi twitpic.com/5o5bg3
Protesters preparing a large Libyan flag before the start of the protest #Libya #Benghazi twitpic.com/5o525d
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#Rixos Hotel in #Tripoli has a new name, staff informed me that i must start calling it ‘Swiss Inn’; but my room still has no electricity!
#Rixos sound system now playing an instrumental version of ‘Hotel California’ by the Eagles. are they trying to say something?
i’ve heard about the 80s music at rixos. was it always instrumental muzak? or did it have vocals before?
they keep kicking us out! they have now deported all the UK newspaper journalists that were here.
How much ammunition does the Gaddafi Army have left? Naval and Air blockade must be having an impact after all these months?
#BBC crew driven from #Tripoli to #Garyan and then further south toward Qaryat #Libya. When they called in I heard gunfire in background.
Have been in #Tripoli #SwissInn #Rixos for 24 hours. Haven’t heard a single shot fired or NATO warplane. just lots of flute played muzak
waiting to hear what happened when my team gets back. they couldn’t really tell me on phone. they are safe now
Although team still two hours drive away they estimate. sounds pretty far!
Mary :)
LIBYA. “We hear more and more shots in Tripoli”
Posted on 09-07-11 at 01:14 at 13:19 Edited by Le Nouvel Observateur 8 reactions
In the Libyan capital, daily life on track, although nervousness rises significantly. By our special correspondent Christophe Boltanski.
July 8, 2011, Zintan south of Tripoli, Libyan rebels celebrate their victory over the forces loyal to Gualish southwest of Tripoli. (AFP)
REACT
Do Tripoli feels threatened by the advance of rebels?
- The rebels in the mountains, far from Tripoli. They announced that they had captured the town of Goualich two days ago, which is still at least 60 km from the capital. They have two objectives. The first is to Bir Al-Ghanam, down the mountain, so virtually on the plains. Located 50 km from Tripoli, is within range of artillery shells, the city controls the route to Zaouia. It is here that Tripoli is supplied from Tunisia. This is also where is the large refinery that provides power to fuel the region. The aim is to suffocate Tripoli. In the same vein, the second objective of the rebels is to take the city of Gharyan, a little further south, which controls the road Sabha, another important place of supply, this time from Algeria. If both locks jump, the system will be in a very difficult situation.
Do you feel the nervousness in the capital up?
- There is such a thrill. In recent days, we hear more and more shots. In several suburbs of the city known to be bastions anti-regime, people say that at night there is shooting. We can not be confused with the firing of joy, which is common here. These are many exchanges of fire between rebels and soldiers.
How to make war does daily life in Tripoli?
- The city lacks essence. The black market, a liter of gas is 5 dinars. For a full, you must leave between 100 and 200 dinars. Knowing that the dollar is at 1.70 dinar, it is very expensive. Result, we see fewer cars on the streets than normal. Overall, much of the activity has stopped. For example, judges are leaving the courts, many employees will no longer work. Life is idling. But other than that, there is an air of tranquility. The shops downtown are in their majority, started, although there are few customers. But when night falls, we see dams to increase. Residents concerned about a rise in insecurity: burglary, assault, etc.. This is a new phenomenon in Tripoli, which is obviously due to the fact that security forces have other concerns at this time, the maintenance of public order.
Nobody tries to flee the city?
- The rebels who are in the mountains of the refugees say they are leaving Tripoli. But the city itself, I saw no one to pack away with the draft.
Gaddafi has he even really support?
- Yes, it must still have supporters, even if only in its traditional adherents and major tribes. So while I was crossing a city located in the stronghold of the tribe Warfalas, I was told that roadblocks were manned by people from the clan. Their houses floated the green flag, symbol of the regime. A Beni Walid, too, have felt that a lot of people remained faithful to Gaddafi. Sirte, the hometown of the colonel, also gave me the feeling that the support shown in Gaddafi was sincere. In Tripoli, residents say they are willing to fight for Gaddafi. But there are, too, which, despite the fear, dare to speak to us and tell us, we are passing strangers, they no longer want him.
What freedom of movement allows the regime does to foreign journalists?
- It seeks to bring together all the journalists in Tripoli in hotel Rixos. We’re not supposed to go out without a “minder” spook in English, ed.. Yesterday, two journalists from the Guardian and the Telegraph were expelled because they were gone, without warning, in neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city to talk with opponents.
He means to repel the rebels?
- There are different advancing fronts: to Brega to Misrata, and two or three other fronts in the Djebel the mountainous area, ed.. The question that arises is whether the regime is able to fight on three or four fronts. Does the proliferation of offensive may have the effect of accelerating the fall of the regime, with more defections?
Interview by Sarah Halifa-Legrand, Friday, July 8, 2011
Le Nouvel Observateur:
LIBYE. “On entend de plus en plus de tirs à Tripoli”
Est-ce que Tripoli se sent menacée par l’avancée des rebelles ?
– Les rebelles sont dans les montagnes, encore loin de Tripoli. Ils ont annoncé avoir pris la ville de Goualich il y a deux jours, qui est encore au moins à 60 km de la capitale. Ils visent deux objectifs. Le premier, c’est de prendre Bir Al-Ghanam, en bas de la montagne, donc pratiquement dans la plaine. Située à 50 km de Tripoli, soit à portée d’obus, cette ville commande la route vers Zaouia. C’est par là que Tripoli s’approvisionne depuis la Tunisie. C’est aussi là que se trouve la grande raffinerie qui permet d’alimenter en essence la région. Le but est donc d’asphyxier Tripoli. Dans la même logique, le deuxième objectif des rebelles consiste à prendre la ville de Gharyane, un peu plus au sud, qui commande la route de Sabha, autre lieu important d’approvisionnement, cette fois en provenance d’Algérie. Si ces deux verrous sautent, le régime se trouvera dans une situation très difficile.
Source and full story:
tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/monde...
Libya NATO bombed G forces in the area of ‘Maya’ which is west of Tripoli, not far from Zawiya.
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#Libya n girl records events of conflict in her diary youtube.com/watch?v=3Mahj3… via @youtube
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Rebel military spox in #Misrata tells BBC 3 dead 2day & 20 injured.1 killed on #Zlitan front, other 2 died from previous injuries
ALJAZEERA:
Libyan girl from Yefren records events of conflict in her diary
The town of Yifrin in western mountains of Libya has gone back and forth between the rebels and the government forces.
In April and early June, government forces managed to occupy the town for weeks before the rebels could push them out again.
For residents, the sound of rockets has become a constant part of every day life.
All Jazeera’s Jonah Hull met one young woman who kept a diary of the days spent under siege.
Source and vid:
feb17.info/media/libyan-girl-from-yefre...
EndTyranny
Baghdadi Mahmudi has said that the #Gaddafi regime will compensate families of the forces that have been killed a sum of 20,000 LYD !
#Gaddafi considers 20,000 LYD as adequate compensation to families of those killed fighting for him, when does he propose paying them?
MyFreeLibya
Kicking out Gaddafi forces from the city of Zintan…Gaddafi forces never entered the city…It was actually in response to G’s own protest.
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
@libyatv Could it possibly be a hack? Gaddafi channel img546.imageshack.us/img546/2708/ry… is on Arabsat, instead of Libya Al-Ahrar, 11585V. #Feb17 #Libya
Sidney Morning Herald:
Libyan rebels close the gap on last strategic town to Tripoli
GUALISH, Libya: Libyan rebels say they’re preparing to push forward to Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in the capital.
But the embattled leader remains defiant, telling supporters on Friday ‘’the regime in Libya will not fall’’ and threatening to dispatch hundreds of Libyan suicide bombers to attack targets in Europe in retaliation for NATO strikes against his regime.
Australia has vowed to keep up humanitarian aid to Libya, as a senior official from Canberra visited the country for the first time since the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi erupted in mid-February.
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Paul Grigson, Australia’s deputy Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary, met members of the rebel National Transitional Council yesterday, underscoring Australia’s role in providing aid and its recognition of Libya’s rebel council.
After heavy fighting, rebel fighters captured the hamlet of Gualish on Wednesday, taking them closer to the strategic garrison town of Gharyan and the last major objective standing between them and Tripoli to the north.
For now, they have set their sights on Asablah, 17 kilometres north of Gualish on the road to Gharyan.
Read more here:
www.smh.com.au/world/libyan-rebels-clos...
Africa’s Voice of Reason: Kagame and the war in Libya
Whether Gaddafi outlives the NATO airstrikes or not, he is the wrong man for Libya and Africa must ask him to go as they ask NATO to stop the shelling.
Rebel leaders rejected a plan presented by the African Union (AU) for a ceasefire and an end to the conflict in Libya, saying it did not meet their basic demand that Col. Muammar Gaddafi, his sons and entourage leave immediately. “We will not negotiate with the blood of our martyrs,” said the rebel national council chairman, Mustafa Abdul Jalil. «We will die with them or be victorious.»
The African Union negotiators had left meetings in Tripoli with Gaddafi, who said he accepted what they called a “roadmap” for a political settlement involving a ceasefire and the suspension of NATO airstrikes.
But the AU delegates arrived in Benghazi and faced a chilly reception. Protesters implored the rebel leadership not to accept anything less than the departure of Gaddafi and his family. One protester, reportedly, screamed: “How much blood does he need to let go? He killed enough. He killed so many young people.”
But why should we care about the goings-on in Libya? The immediate reaction to the death of hundreds, maybe thousands of innocents is anger, not analysis. Yet anger will not be enough to get us through what is sure to be a long struggle. For that we will need answers.
The ones we have heard so far have been comforting but familiar. The rebels stand for freedom and Gaddaffi hates it. Libya is oil rich and the West envy this and want a piece of the apple. Libya is militarily strong and the West resent this. The West believes might is right and so are bullying Gaddafi into submission and eventual exit. All of which might be true. But there are billions of poor and weak and oppressed people around the world. They don’t take the risks the Libyan people have taken. There is something stronger at work here than deprivation and jealousy. Something that can move men to kill but also to die.
Souce, full story and comments of readers here;
www.independent.co.ug/column/comment/43...
Iyad
Aljazeera reporters receive death threats
مذيعات “الجزيرة” تلقين تهديدات بـ"القتل على الهواء مباشرة"
المصدر:
الدوحة – أ.ف.ب
التاريخ: 10 يوليو 2011
نددت قناة الجزيرة القطرية،اليوم، بحملة تهديد تستهدف اعلامييها بسبب التغطية التي تفردها للثورات العربية، وقد بلغت حد “تهديد أمنهم وسلامة أفراد عائلاتهم”.
وقالت “الجزيرة” في بيان نشر اليوم “تعرض مذيعو ومذيعات قناة الجزيرة إلى حملة تهديد طالت جوانب من حياتهم الشخصية، عبر اختلاق قصص وأخبار مفبركة، وصل بعضها إلى تهديد أمنهم وسلامة أفراد عائلاتهم”.
وذكرت القناة القطرية أن الهدف من هذه الحملة هو “التأثير في التغطية والمعالجة المهنية التي تنتهجها الجزيرة في تناولها للثورات والاحتجاجات، التي تعصف بالعديد من الدول العربية”.
وأكّدت أنها حددت مصدر هذه التهديدات التي لم تكشف عنها، وقالت إنها تستعد للبدء بملاحقات قضائية ضد المحرضين عليها.
وأوضحت مصادر قريبة من الجزيرة أن القسم الأكبر من هذه التهديدات يأتي من سورية.
وتقوم الجزيرة بتغطية نشطة للثورات العربية، التي غالباً ما توصف بأنها معادية للأنظمة التي يحتج عليها الشارع.
وخلال تغطية الثورة المصرية، تم سحب قناة الجزيرة من شبكة قمر نايل سات المصري، قبل سقوط نظام الرئيس السابق حسني مبارك في 11 فبراير الماضي.
وفي ليبيا، أوقفت القوات الموالية للزعيم معمر القذافي عدداً من الفرق التابعة للجزيرة.
وتقول المذيعة التونسية ليلى الشايب، “بدأت بتلقي رسائل الكترونية تتناولني بالشتم والتهديد منذ حوالي ثلاثة أسابيع”.
وتراوح التهديدات بين الإعتداء الجسدي، وبين القتل على الهواء مباشرة، كما عمد بعض الأطراف إلى فبركة صور مشينة لبعض المذيعات، وتهديدهن بنشر أشرطة فيديو بالطريقة نفسها.
وقالت الشايب، التي تقدم النشرة الإخبارية المعروفة بـ"حصاد اليوم" لوكالة فرانس برس إن آخر رسالة إلكترونية تلقتها مساء أمس، تضمنت الآتي “دققي النظر باتجاه الكاميرا الأمامية، و من خلفها ستجدين منجلاً يتهيأ أيضاً للحصاد”. وأضافت الرسالة “ستتلون الجدران ببقايا الدماغ السائل اللزج نصف المحترق”.
وأضافت ليلى الشايب أن المرسل “ذيل رسالته بصورة مركبة ومشينة”.
بدورها، تلقت المذيعة اللبنانية غادة عويس رسائل وتهديدات بالطريقة نفسها.
وأكّد مذيع في الجزيرة فضل عدم كشف اسمه وجنسيته، أنه يتعرض لتهديدات شبه يومية “مما دفعني لالغاء إجازتي التي تعودت أن أقضيها في بلدي”.
وقال مصدر في الجزيرة لفرانس برس إن إدارة القناة “عقدت اجتماعين على الأقل مع المذيعين الذين تعرضوا للتهديدات، و تمت طمأنة الجميع إلى أمنهم وأمن عائلاتهم”.
Translated into English:
Arabic – detected to English translation
Announcers, “Al Jazeera” received threats to “murder on the air”
Source:
Doha – a. P. B Date: July 10, 2011
Denounced Al-Jazeera, today, the threat of a campaign aimed at Aalamiyha coverage due to that accorded to the Arab uprisings, has amounted to a “threat to their security and safety of members of their families.”
The “island” in a statement published today, “experienced presenters and announcers Al-Jazeera threat to the long campaign aspects of their personal lives, by inventing fabricated news stories, some amounting to threat to their security and safety of members of their families.”
The Qatari channel that the aim of this campaign is to “influence the coverage and treatment pursued by the professional approach to the island in the revolutions and protests, which afflicts several Arab countries.”
She added that she identified the source of the threats that are not revealed, she is preparing to launch prosecutions against the instigators.
Sources close to the island that the bulk of these threats come from Syria.
The island covers an active Arab revolutions, which are often described as hostile to the systems which it is contended by the street.
During the coverage of the Egyptian revolution, was withdrawn from the network Al-Jazeera satellite Nilesat of Egypt, before the fall of the former regime of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February.
In Libya, stopped the forces loyal to the leader, Muammar Gaddafi, a number of teams to the island.
The announcer says the Tunisian Leila Shayeb, “began to receive e-mails Taatnaollene insults and threats about three weeks ago.”
Ranged between threats and physical abuse, and murder on the air, as some of the parties to deliberately falsified picture of some outrageous announcers, and publishing videos threatening the same way.
Shayeb said, offering the newsletter known as the “harvest day”, told AFP that the last email received yesterday evening, which included the following “probe of the direction of the camera front, and behind it you will find the scythe is also preparing for the harvest.” The letter added, “the remains of walls Stthelon brain viscous liquid half burned.”
The Leila Shayeb that the sender “in the bottom of his vehicle and shameful.”
In turn, received the Lebanese anchorwoman Ghada Aweys messages and threats the same way.
The announcer on the island preferred not to reveal his name, his nationality, he is being threatened almost daily, “which prompted me to cancel my vacation, which used to be joyful in my country.”
A source on the island, told AFP that the channel management “, held at least two meetings with broadcasters who have been subjected to threats, and to reassure everyone has their own security and their families.”
Source:
www.emaratalyoum.com/politics/news/2011...
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Shikh Dokali officially discredit religious clerks appearing on #GaddafiTV … on @LibyaTV now
PatrioticLibyan
Sheik AlDokali AlAlem, Libya’s prime Quraan reciter now on Libya TV. Questioning the knowledge of all Gaddafi s quasi scholars.
Sheik AlDokali says he used to teach Gaddafi’s wife & daughter the quraan. He pleas to Gaddafi’s family to repent & stop their aggression.
dovenews Libyan™
I am glad he is safe & he can use his voice to help. #Libya #Al_Dokali #Muhammad #Al_Aalim
bint_
Sheikh Dukali urges all those supporting and fighting for Gaddafi to realise there’s nothing Muslim about fighting for this tyrant.
LibyanLion
AlDookali AlAlam: A renowned religious figure. Argues that those who fight for Gaddafi are engaging in sin.
AlDookali AlAlam: This is a sheikh who recently defected from the regime. He is now speaking his mind on Libya AlAhrar TV.
AlDookali AlAlam: Their aid is humanitarian. Solely! They are there to defend the people from Gaddafi’s wrath
AlDookali AlAlam: NATO came to help the people, not to invade. They are not crusaders.
AlDookali AlAlam: To #Libya – We are one family, we’re peaceful & merciful. So I must address all Libya, not just one city.
AlDookali AlAlam: To all #Libya, UNITE against #Gaddafi, become one line against him. #Feb17
PatrioticLibyan
Sheik Dokali’s announcement represents a huge blow to the #Gaddafi regime. He is a figure loved and respected by all Libyans.
Will undoubtedly see Sheik Dokali in Benghazi leading Ramadan prayers (taraweeh) raising ff morale. Presuming #Gaddafi lasts till Ramadan.
KC_Tripolitania
#Libyan Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dokali says ‘the people who say Allah (wa Muammer’ are committing a ‘shirk’ and are viewed as non-beliervers.
bint_
Sheikh Dukali also stated that the NATO intervention was done to protect innocent civilians and is valid under Islamic teaching.
Sheikh Dukali urges all those supporting and fighting for Gaddafi to realise there’s nothing Muslim about fighting for this tyrant.
Random point, Sheikh Dukali made a personal plea to the women in the Gaddafi family and mentioned Hanna, this ALIVE girl is driving me crazy
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi has supported the ex Tunisian president Bin Ali 2 repress the Tunisian revolution & now Algeria is doing the same & supports Gaddafi
CONFIRMED: The African Union road map is an actually an Algerian road map signed by the African Union.
Mary :)
POSLANICI SRS MADE INTERNATIONAL SCANDAL
Radicals with Gaddafi in the head office of NATO!
(12) Sunday, 10th July, 2011. | Author: Gordana Rakovic
Letter to the SRS in the middle of central military alliance with the photographed image of the leaders of Libya and all of it on the Web
BELGRADE – The Radicals came to NATO and there brought Gaddafi!
Boris Aleksic and Nataša Jovanović, SRS deputies who spent two days at NATO headquarters in Brussels, which is the messenger wrote, well the “armed” for this visit. In their luggage, Vojislav Seselj than books and pamphlets against NATO, and found the picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, whom the alliance bombed for four months. – They could not believe what we see when Natasha and I took out a picture – carries impressions Aleksic, and adds: – The first day of the General Staff of NATO allowed us to ask questions. Nataša they surprised a lot of facts and accused them of various crimes, then we are forbidden to ask questions! It was allowed to everyone but us, even though I was next in line – he complained Aleksic. He said that NATO divided Seselj’s books and they are told that most citizens of Serbia does not want the Alliance. – We accused them of collaborating with terrorists Na Kim, with grants and traffickers in human organs, to cooperate with terrorists in Bosnia and against Libya Gaddafi – said Aleksic.
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi said he will ceasefire in #Ramadan because its a religious month, he is laying, he wants to use this month to ask NATO to stop
So he can gather his power & kill more. @NATO #NATO_DONT_STOP
dovenews Libyan™
#Misrata #FF have joined in with #Zlitan #FF
Khiria
MISRATA: Drs cant cope w/ the # of casualties, ppl are asking the international community to provide medical support.
dovenews Libyan™
#Nalut #FF have destroyed 2 places were used by Gaddafi forces as weapon storages. #Alghazaya #Nalut #Nafusa
dovenews Libyan™
An Australian gov officials in #Bengahzi have promised to provide support to NTC. #NTC #Libya #Australia
weddady weddady
The time of taking orders from rulers and rolling down is OVER. Look at #Egypt.. #Jul8 this is a new middle east. #ArabRevolution
I refuse to acquiesce to the logic that wants 300 million ppl to remain in slavery in order to alleviate outsiders’ fears. #ArabRevolution
KC_Tripolitania
Uncle in #Tripoli told me there are certain areas in the capital #Gaddafi forces are too afraid to go near- says they are scared of the Ffs
Shabab:
Libyan Freedom Fighters: Algeria stop backing Gaddafi
July 10, 2011
Posted in July 2011, News, Week Commencing: July 4 | 20:10
Benghazi – Libya’s rebel council issued a blunt warning to neighbouring Algeria on Sunday, insisting that it must “stop supporting Gaddafi,” as tensions between the North African countries bubbled to the surface.
Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice president of Libya’s National Transitional Council, accused Algeria of supporting Muammar Gaddafi militarily in the early days of the near five-month-long war, and that it continued to support him politically.
“Our only response to Algeria is: stop supporting Gaddafi and stop helping him terrorise and kill innocent civilians and our loved ones,” he said.
Algeria has not officially recognised the rebel council, nor has it called for Gaddafi to go.
“Gaddafi had military air support from Algeria” said Ghoga, recalling the early days of the war, adding that 4×4 vehicles had also crossed the border in support of Gaddafi forces.”
“We hoped that the Algerian regime had learned its lesson and stopped these acts,” he said, without giving details about current levels of support.
The two countries share a massive and porous border in the Sahara, and tensions appear to have heightened because Algiers backed an African Union peace plan that would leave Gaddafi in power.
Although Algeria has complied with UN resolutions by freezing any assets held in Algeria by him, his relatives and cronies, it has backed directives from the African Union and Arab League which have both withheld recognition of the rebels.
Ghoga said the council had no problems with the Algerian people, and hoped for more positive relations in future.
“We don’t have a problem with the Algerian people, and our relationship with our Algerian brothers will be good and solid after Gaddafi steps down,” he said.
Source AFP
Seraj
A friend who left Tripoli yesterday tells me: "Souk ELjuma’a, Nouflia and Tajora are under a lot of pressure
“Tripoli sis quiet during the day but at night it’s very active, and dangerous, people missing every day, we’re counting on you the Ffs”
4Adam Adam
Wasted more than 1/2 hr listening (not watching) to #G TV, They’re using the word (Tribe) almost in every 10 seconds. So f retarded! #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nafusa July10 According to a reliable fighter who was near Bir #Ghanem today, says FF are 2 km from the village
Jerusalem Post:
Senior delegation sent by Gaddafi attempted to alter Israeli perception of the embattled leader, passed along “digital media”, Channel 2 says.
A delegation from Libya sent by leader Muammar Gaddafi recently visited Israel and met with opposition leader Tzipi Livni and other officials, Channel 2 reported on Sunday.
According to the report, the delegation of four senior Libyan officials received visas from the Israeli embassy in Paris after gaining approval from Israeli security services. Once in Israel, the delegation immediately asked to meet with Livni.
n the four-day visit, the senior Libyan officials reportedly met with other Israeli officials in addition to the opposition leader.
Read more:
www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Arti...
normag
I know the Feeling!!! My mom still afraid to leave the house in UK, since she left Tripoli!!!
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#Tripoli is a ghost town after 6pm, if you come out, you are more likely to be arrested or killed. Life is unbearable at all #GaddafiCrimes
carolv
Free Libya will have a soccer team where the players have NAMES instead of NUMBERS! #GoLibya #FreeLibya
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
In the last funeral we saw in Soug al Juma, my cousin was shut and then taken away. So brave. #GaddafiCrimes
KC_Tripolitania KC
I really wish to know what is happening to ALL the prisoners in #Tripoli – 50,000 in #Tripoli alone! Are they alive, sick or dead :’( #Libya
Here is the story from yesterday:
Scandalous video might fire Libyan ambassador in Cairo
CAIRO: The Libyan community in Egypt will stage a demonstration outside the Libyan Embassy headquarters in Cairo to remove the Libyan ambassador, Ali Maria, after a scandalous video was released of him.
Abdel-Qader bin Masoad, spokesman of Libyan Front for supporting February 17 rebels, said they will call for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to intervene and fire the ambassador as his actions that are shown in the video are unacceptable.
Bin Masoad said the video has been removed from Youtube after the ambassador’s relative reported the company about this scandal. However, Youm7 got a copy of it and saw that it contained scandalous behavior occurring inside his office at the embassy. Youm7 has chosen not to post the video as it has inappropriate scenes.
english.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=34194...
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
#gadaffi knows very well that Soug Al Juma is causing him some much trouble so it’s youth are kidnapped.
MaryGreenCastle Mary :)
Fathi El Idrissi one fleeing from the western mountain youtube.com/watch?v=as5LYi… via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=as5LYiLZ_zk&fea...
Gaddafi forces attack key Libyan town
The troops loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have launched a counterattack against the revolutionary forces southwest of the capital, Tripoli.
The counterattack took place near the town of Gualish on Sunday. Regime forces fired half a dozen Grad rockets into the troubled region.
The revolutionary forces tried to repel regime forces with anti-tank fire.
The mountainous town was seized by the revolutionary forces just days ago, in their push toward the capital.
The latest fighting follows an advance by the revolutionaries on the western town of Zliten.
“When we take Zliten, enforced with Misratah, it gives us a clear path to Tripoli,” AFP quoted an opposition spokesman as saying.
Read more:
presstvmobile.com/blog/2011/07/10/gadda...
Ben Wedeman in Cairo:
Protest in Egypt fore free Libya;
www.dailymotion.com/video/xh4po7_protes...
libyans_revolt
Misrata: children & old men work daily to clear the rubble-strewn streets.Women cook meals to send to fighters on the frontlines.
#Misrata: Stores give away food to locals who cannot afford to pay.Those with cars run a free taxi service for those who need a lift. #Feb17
Carol;
Spirits are high, Freedom Fighters making progress, more on #Libyaupdates, via @al_omari #Libya July9th
by Hussein Al-Omari on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 9:04pm
(Sources: Aljazeera)
1. The revolutionary fighters recaptured the area of Beer Al-Ghanam 80 Km south of Tripoli that they lost few days ago. They are not investigating it and cleaning it from any Gaddafi forces.
2. Zintan celebrated the latest victories made by the revolutionary fighters. Many of those who fled to Tunisia from Zintan are coming back to their homes. The revolutionary fighters marched in the streets of Zintan shooting in the air.
3. The revolutionary fighters are moving from near Misrata east of Tripoli toward Zleitan. They are very few kilometers from Zleitan.
4. The revolutionary fighters are waiting for the ammunition of Gaddafi forces to run out and for NATO to bomb Gaddafi forces in the way to Tripoli.
5. Turkey froze around $1 billion from the Libyan central bank assets kept in Turkey.
6. William Hague said that the situation in Libya is heading toward a decisive end.
KC_Tripolitania KC
Instead of watching prayers on TV during month of Ramadan, ppl were forced 2 watch dissidents getting hanged or Gaddafi insulting the Sahaba
MyFreeLibya Rubicon Moad
There was a wedding in Zintan, with honking cars and road blocks…traditional Libyan
Hoda
Just dawned on me: i’ve been several hours in Benghazi and haven’t heard a single gunshot. That is one HUGE improvement.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
My brother just fled #Tripoli to #Tunisia and told heartbreaking stories of family, relatives and friends. I hate you #gadaffi – #libya
Apparently three of my cousin are kidnapped, one after being shut in the legs in Soug Al Juma
My aunt couldn’t take it and had a heart attack, two of her boys are taken by #gadaffi and no one know where they are, even if alive or not
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Nalut: FFs shelled G forces in Ghazaya using Tanks. 3 G forces vehicles seen fleeing towards Um Alfar as a result
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tarhuna: 8 G forces killed and 4 vehicles destroyed in ambush by FFs. Allahu Akbar
Sidney Morning Herald;
Horror of life in a city under siege
Four months of fighting have left Misrata with a cashless economy reliant on charity and camaraderie, writes Tracey Shelton.
MISRATA, Libya: Small children and old men work daily to clear the rubble-strewn streets. Women cook meals to send to fighters on the frontlines. Those with cars run a free taxi service for those who need a lift. Stores give away food to locals who cannot afford to pay.
This is the misery of Misrata, where four months of grinding siege have left a nearly cashless economy based on charity, camaraderie and revolution.
It is an atmosphere of hardship and heartbreak. Over half the city lies in ruins. Brothers, fathers and sons from almost every household risk their lives defending the city from the forces of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi which surround it. Day and night attacks from Grad ground-to-ground rockets claim victims indiscriminately. The hospitals are overwhelmed, attending to an average of 70 casualties a day. Fear and mental anguish are also taking a toll.
www.smh.com.au/world/horror-of-life-in-...
On Sunday 10th July 2011, @Alex said:
Special ‘#Tripoli battalion’ trained and based in #Nafusa – is preparing “for the final stage of their uprising – the liberation of the capital #Tripoli.”
“We’ll be there to protect Tripoli’s banks, embassies, oil companies and people”.
Many of the Tripoli battalion are expats recently residing and working overseas in the #USA #UK and Asia.
The battelion will be with other #Nafusa battelions but “it will be the Tripoli battalions job to take the city when it gets there”.
The battalion has people from every district of Tripoli:
“If we stormed in as strangers, the people of Tripoli might resist us…but when families recognize us in our neighborhoods they will lose their fear.”
The battalion has many units already based in Tripoli most of whom are armed with guns readily purchased from cash stretched Regime ‘supporters’ who were issued with free guns by #Gaddafi just after the uprising started.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Large gathering of G forces with 4×4 with AA guns in Fashlum roundabout #feb17#Libya
SmithInAfrica David Smith
Big signs in Nalut thanking Nato and Sarkozy. But rebels here and at the border complain they now ask Nato for help and get nothing.
Desert mountain road to Nalut: a few abandoned cars, a couple of tanks and a ghost town with no green flags. Most of Nalut shut down too.
Crossed into Libya at Dhibet. UN staff say hundreds of refugees into Tunisia each day. Saw supplies of eggs, hay, veg etc going other way.
MyFreeLibya
Photo: Zintan Protest, a set on Flickr.A Freedom Square in #Zintan…#Libya #Feb17 09/07 tumblr.com/xuy3ff12sj
iyad_
Boy, how my life has changed since the ArabSpring started. Sometimes I find it hard to even remember what I was doing before it.
Al Jazeera English
Australia vowed on Sunday to keep up humanitarian aid to Libya, as a senior official from Canberra visited the country for the first time since the revolt against Moamer Kadhafi erupted in mid-February.
“Australia is focusing on the health sector. We are the third largest donor on the humanitarian side after the US and the EU,” Grigson said.
Paul Grigson, Australia’s deputy foreign affairs and trade secretary, met members of the rebel National Transitional Council for talks, underscoring Australia’s role in providing aid and its recognition of Libya’s rebel council.
Reuters
The U.N.’s special envoy for Libya has held talks with Libya’s prime minister and foreign minister, and raised ideas about managing a transition in the country, a statement from U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon’s office said on Sunday.
“He underscored the need for a political solution to the crisis that spares the Libyan people further suffering and meets their legitimate demands and aspirations for a democratic future,” the statement said.
Libya_Now
Les combattants de #Misrata ont rejoint ceux de #Zliten.Ils ont détruit une ligne de défense de #Kadhafi #Libye
Simon;
I am in Sicily right now and I can’t see the aircraft heading to Libya !! too bad
REUTERS:
US sticks to guns on ousting Libya’s Gaddafi
(Reuters) – The United States remains firm in believing that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi must give up power, the State Department said on Sunday, after France’s defense minister advocated a compromise between him and Libyan rebels.
“The Libyan people will be the ones to decide how this transition takes place, but we stand firm in our belief that Gaddafi cannot remain in power,” the department said in a written reply to a query.
(Reporting by Jim Wolf, Editing by Sandra Maler)
bent
peaceful evening in #Misrata broken by occasional thud of grad rockets exploding in distance. #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
US: " #Libya people will b the ones 2decide how this transition takes place but we stand firm in our belief #Gaddafi cannot remain in power
wheelertweets James Wheeler
Ahmed, an injured FF from #Zintan #Libya, is checking into a Tunis hospital right now. He seems to be the 1st to arrive from Qwaleesh battle
hominoid
Libya Misrata Zliten FFs have advanced from Tuesday market, destroying one of G’s defensive lines,and are now controlling it.
Bint_Bengo
The #NTC recieved $200M from #Turkey.. #ThankYouTurkey!
GOOD NEWS:
LibyanLion
G fuel situation takes a turn for the worse today, as #Nafusa FFs cut off the oil pipeline that links to #Zwara.
4Adam Adam
06/14/11 Coastal Rd to Daphnea Field Hospital with nice car music youtube.com/watch?v=TGUn26… #Misrata, #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUn26fEq1o&fea...
EndTyranny
I see South Sudanese celebrate their independence & I guarantee Libyans will hold the biggest party ever once we liberate Libya from Gaddafi
Older video that leaves you speechless, it’s unbelievable what atrocities g is capable of:
One of those guys is a neighbour and the house belongs to another neighbour in Souk al-Juma’a Tripoli t.co/RdoKL8g #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB5_Rp6Y9C4&fea...
SMILE, g sex change:)
alchemist
With this result I would consider it a huge success yfrog.com/kft6vzyj”
LibyanLion
2 warehouses destroyed in #Ghazaya by #Nalut FFs. These housed supplies/ammo etc.
FFs advanced from Sooq AlThalath, destroying one of G’s defensive lines, now controlling it. #
der_bluthund
I have seen better looking ogres… RT @ChangeInLibya: Gaddafi’s “female” bodyguards… Don’t look like females to me bit.ly/nrtx3P
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=268431&l=80a5861fef&id=137199749688243
ChangeInLibya
Nafousa: Jadu: Reports that NATO jets can be heard in the skies above the town now #libya #feb17 On the way to Ghezaya or Gheryan maybe?
2011feb17
A friend sent me this, LOL: img638.imageshack.us/img638/315/evo… #feb17 #Libya
img638.imageshack.us/img638/315/evoluti...
Libya: A campaign built on sand
With Gaddafi as determined as ever to cling to power in Libya, tensions between Nato’s member states are becoming increasingly exposed.
Four months ago, when David Cameron led the international call for military intervention in Libya, the general assumption within government circles was that Col Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan dictator, would realise the game was up the moment Nato warplanes began bombing his forces.
It did not seem to matter to Mr Cameron and his principal allies in the anti-Gaddafi campaign that the main purpose of UN Security Council resolution 1973, which provided the legal justification for military action, was to protect anti-Gaddafi rebels from the possibility of being massacred by forces loyal to their leader.
Together with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US President Barack Obama, Mr Cameron demanded that the military offensive would end only when Gaddafi was removed from power, so confident was he in the operation’s likely outcome. At a stroke an operation conceived on the basis of liberal interventionism had been transformed into one determined to achieve regime change.
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Just a few questions:
Where is Mr. Con Coughlin right now?
In the field interviewing ff’s and Libya civilians? Touring the hospitals?
Talking to the people on the ground, who are in the know?
Or just in his office at home trying to sell more books?
Just saying……..
Btw, background of Mr. Coughlin:
Con Coughlin, the Telegraph’s executive foreign editor, is a world-renowned expert on the Middle East and Islamic terrorism. He is the author of several “critically acclaimed books” ( which means not a lot in reality).
Mr. Coughlin thinks in the “old way”, like ALL the other so called “experts” .
The situation in Libya is totally different than the situation in Iraq was.
How come that none of the “experts” understand that?
The “young thinking” generation gets it, the “old thinking” generation DOES NOT!
Fares:
#Libya #feb17. Just Spoke to my cousin, who is a Psychologist who’s working in #Misrata & she says that cases of rape in Misrata are around 1000, mainly in #Tumina and #Dafniyah
Beautiful photo:
carolv
There’s no age limit on being a freedom fighter :) fb.me/17COzkyiO
MilitantNews
#Libya Interesting-although Reuters reported big pro-Gaddafi demos in Tripoli and Sheba, there was nothing about Sirte his home town?
cjchivers C.J. Chivers
Returned from Qualish before nightfall. Village deserted, except for a few rebels roaming streets and manning front-line positions.
FromJoanne Joanne
At about 22.30 July 10 2011 Internet has been restored in #Benghazi #Libya
Libya_Now
France said the opponents must talk together, but there is a condition “Gaddafi must leave”.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Gaddafi State TV is meant to be taken off Nilesat today in #Egypt after a court ruling… let’s see if it actually happens or not! #libya
REUTERS:
TRIPOLI — A French minister said on Sunday it was time for Libya’s rebels to negotiate with Muammar Gaddafi’s government, but Washington said it stood firm in its belief that the Libyan leader cannot stay in power.
French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet signaled growing impatience with the progress of the conflict when he said the rebels should negotiate now with Gaddafi’s government and not wait for his defeat.
Source:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41960775/ns/world_...
hominoid
Libya Misrata Fierce battle as G troops try to push FFs back from Zliten, six FFs have fallen. RIP
Libya Nafousa Jadu Reports that NATO jets can be heard in the skies above the town. May be they will stop the shelling of Nalut
g tv:
EndTyranny
I was under the impression that 11th of July was going to be the day…
Yup still alive…presenter is playing hard on Tribal lines right now….this stuff is dangerous..
ChangeInLibya
The court still needs to convene one more time I think before the channels are taken off
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Big news from #Benghazi – reports that the internet seems to be back up for first time since #Feb17# Libya
LibyaSupreme
DSL internet connect up tonight in #Benghazi ! Free #Libya now surfing the web,we dont have to satellite connect anymore! Come over 2 my apt
4Adam Adam
Detroit, US – Libya unrest hits home youtube.com/watch?v=ppqilT… #Libya #feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppqilTkPSTE&fea...
Sumayyah
BBC: UK forces destroyed a former grain farm in #Libya which was being used to hide rocket launchers goo.gl/rrfV4 #Feb17
IamLibya
Ordering my custom made revolutionary cake with the flags of Libya Tunisia Egypt palestine Syria and Yemen at stella’s cake creations:)
SecularLibya
Heinz: #NATO is concentrating warships to West of Tripoli. Zawiya, Mashashita, and Tripoli attacked by Helis, ship guns, and rockets. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Benghazi isn’t the only city with ADSL. All eastern cities including Derna, Baida, Tobruk & others should be online today.
SecularLibya
Heinz night of 7/10-11: #NATO is attacking targets in #Gharyan. #Brega being attacked now.
libyans_revolt
#Zliten: confirmed from Hosp: FF attack on Ghweelat checkpoint Sun am killed 8 #Gaddafi soldiers & seriously injured 3.
Doylebytes Mark Doyle
“2km from Birganem” – rebel just back, 1700 LT. Rockets exchanging, rebel said. #feb17 #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#AntiguaBarbuda CARGO SHIP “ATLANTIC PRODIGY” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-07-11 20:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Egypt CARGO SHIP “TABA” now en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya ETA: 2011-07-11 16:00 (UTC) #feb17
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “CARTAGENA” now departing #Annaba #Algeria. Destination not yet updated. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
EndTyranny
Gaddafi TV broadcasting from Bab Alzyizia, (#Tripoli) apparently they are having a party..‘singing about the defiance of the brother leader’
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#SierraLeone CARGO SHIP “TRADER” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya. No ETA listed. 218.4 NM out from port. #feb17
Henry
seeking scapegoats is the sure sign of mental instability. I wish the people of Libya well in their fight against tyranny!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Gaddafi channels on Nile sat will be shut down officially next Mon July 11: bit.ly/r0R32x
septimius_
Very calm day in #Zintan today, the city seems safe again, families are coming back
Tasbeeh
“Everyone felt fearless,” my uncle, on the atmosphere in Benghazi after #Gaddafi forces attacked protesters, “We just wanted to stop them.”
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Landline telephone service was restored in #Misrata yesterday, international calls will be available next week #Libya #feb17
Aid worker
Nusaiba
I visited a home that had Libyans from Zintan today. I heard more horrifiying stories too. Stories of kids that stopped speaking/sleeping
from shocks. from hearinf grad missiles falling, breaking their widows. when they fled, kids cried, elders fell ill.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” now en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-07-11 15:00 (UTC) #feb17
KC_Tripolitania KC
Welcome back to a all our dear Libyan friends from Benghazi now that internet is slow up and running- I dare say you’ve got alot to share :)
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
At this late date any of #Gaddafi’s foreign forces who are found should be shot on sight. All of them without exception R criminals. #Libya
KC_Tripolitania KC
Here is a video of #Gaddafi thugs/forces beating prisoners youtube.com/watch?v=44kUe2… -their faces stupidly caught on camera too! #Libya #Feb17
www.youtube.com/watch?v=44kUe2f19kc&fea...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
USS BIG HORN now headed to Gulf of #Sirte from #Sicily. #Libya #feb17
wheelertweets James Wheeler
@
@wheelertweets There’s an endless parade of ‘fact-finding missions’. But the fact is, this problem is getting worse. Not better. #libya
Nusaiba Please support opsafeintl.com to help children recover from trauma – donate a tweet a day bit.ly/hAnCan #DT @operationSAFE
Reuters;
NATO answers refugee boat’s mayday off Libya
- Vessel carrying pregnant women, children
- Spanish warship provides food and water
By David Brunnstrom
OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA OFF LIBYA, July 10 (Reuters) – NATO aircraft and a warship went to the aid of an overcrowded vessel in danger of sinking off the coast of Libya on Sunday with dozens of refugees aboard.
NATO military officers said the vessel, thought to be carrying about 60 Libyan refugees, was spotted by a U.S. NATO aircraft about 50 km (30 miles) northwest of Tripoli in international waters between Libya and Tunisia.
Full art:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL6...
I meant “fighters in #Nafusa” now confirmed to be only about 15-20 km apart. We know they are closer elsewhere. Sorry.
LIBTRIP LIBYA TRIPOLI
Apparently three of my cousin are kidnapped, one after being shut in the legs in Soug Al Juma
I was just told that my brother’s best friends are all kidnapped and no one knows where they are kept. I hope they are still alive. #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “AL AGAILA” currently in operation in #Singapore. Destination not yet updated. #Libya #feb17
Yefrenia
With 30% unemployment first sign of freedom there will be cases of chaos in FF side; G’s suppression is the source of the matter
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” remains anchored in #Istanbul #Turkey waiting to load w/ supplies for Gaddafi. #Libya #feb17 @NATO
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
REUTERS: ‘Gaddafi government talking to French’ says Saif Al Islam. is it true? Are the French government growing impatient? #Libya
littlelisa8 Lisa
#Feb17 Oh n 1more thing..all of the #Libyan pictures of sweets forced me to go n buy a cheese filled crumb cake n eat half of it! Thanks!
bint_
Just found out today that one of my cousins in Tripoli is in alot of trouble for hanging up Free Libya flags in a certain district.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Libya’s first english radio station TributeFm.com is definitely back and they are playing Trance at this very moment : ) #Feb17 #Libya
abe
Big week ahead for @LibyanAid work. Our next shipment will be huge and v. valuable. Never been a fan of sleep or standing still anyway.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
‘Voice of Free #Libya’ reports that the #NTC have requested an opening of a new office in Cairo.
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nafusa These towns have NO electricity: #Nalut #Yefren #Qalaa #Kikla and#Gawawalesh #Libya
Revolutions are thought by wise men, fought for and won by brave men and stolen by cowards