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SUMMARY AUGUST 1st 2011

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Ramadanspirit, Simplicity at its finest:

Islam : “No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by Allah’s decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way; but if it is yours by destiny, from it you cannot flee.” — Umar ibn al-Khattab

Libyan
Fasting for 16 hours, here we go! Ramadan mubarak! :)

NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/JzqBU

NATO said key targets hit on Sunday included:
 One armed military vehicle, six multiple rocket launchers in the vicinity of Brega
 One military facility in the vicinity of Tripoli
 One ammunition storage facility in the vicinity of Waddan
 Three military facilities, two command-and-control nodes, two ammunition storage facilities, one tank, one anti-aircraft system, one multiple rocket launcher and one armed military vehicle in the vicinity of Zlitan
 Two command-and-control facilities, one military facility and one ammunition storage facility in the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanam
 Two military vehicles in the vicinity of Misrata

andymyatt Sky News Production
Morning groundhoggers aeroplanes heard over tripoli just, as it’s Ramadan I don’t think they will be dropping food parcels

ah well that parcel they just Dropped went bang. Could be exploding cheese and onion crisps I guess they can give u wind

So just dropped off my washing hope papa G does a good job not jobbie

ah been in tripoli lybia for 5 weeks hope to be coming home on sat been here toooooo long.

they do staple the cleaning ticket on maybe they are micro chipped

papa G says he has plenty of soap for washing the infidels undies as he dont wash during ramadan think that’s what he said

Libyan
Footage of Muttasim #Gaddafi fleeing #Brega, going to #Sirte leaving behind his army. coward. youtube.com/watch?v=gusEDI… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gusEDI1mywo&fea...

Globe and Mail
Libyan rebels crack down on rogue militias
Libyan rebels have started a bloody crackdown on rogue militias within their ranks, as infighting killed at least eight people on Sunday and some commanders predicted more internal clashes in the coming days.
Rebel military officials told The Globe and Mail that they have arrested at least two men in connection with the death of their top field commander, General Abdel Fatah Younis, whose mysterious assassination last week sparked the recent strife within their movement.

Those under investigation include Mustafa Rubaa, a rebel fighter who was entrusted with the responsibility of detaining Gen. Younis and bringing him in front of a panel of judges last week; the second man is Ahmed Bukhattalah, a long-bearded rebel from the coastal city of Darnah, a hotbed of Islamist sentiment.
Neither man has been charged with any crime, and rebel officials emphasized that they are only beginning to unravel a series of plots in Benghazi. Over the last four days, the rebel stronghold has witnessed the high-profile assassination of Mr. Younis, two major jailbreaks, and a seven-hour gun battle between rebel factions on the outskirts of the city.
The chaos has given a strong push to those within the rebel movement who have been trying to consolidate their militias into a more formal structure.
“All those groups will disappear, and they will become one unit,” said Brigadier-General Ahmed Qutrani, a senior rebel commander in Benghazi. “None of the commanders can disagree. Anybody who dares will be crushed.”
At the beginning of the war, rebel groups were either loosely organized youth volunteers, or uniformed ex-military units that had turned against the regime. During months of battle, the youth groups coalesced into bigger units, sometimes called battalions or brigades. They gave themselves colourful names: the Abu Salim Brigade was named after the notorious jail in Tripoli, the Omar Mukhtar Brigade took the name of a national hero who fought colonialism.
On paper, the various militias fell under the umbrella of the Union of Revolutionary Forces, which answered to the rebels’ minister for defence. But the loose supervision of the militias came under harsh scrutiny in the days after Gen. Younis’s assassination; one of the suspects, Mr. Bukhattalah, is described by rebel officials as belonging to the Obeida Ibn al-Jarrah Brigade, alleged to have ties with radical Islamism.
Another militia, the so-called Nida Libya Brigade, apparently spent months recruiting, training and fortifying an old licence-plate factory in an industrial zone as its headquarters. When other rebels stormed the headquarters in the early hours on Sunday, they claimed to find an enclave of pro-regime sentiment: green flags, portraits of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, target lists of rebel leaders to be killed, and large amounts of explosives.
The fight to take over the Nida headquarters killed eight and injured 20, and among those who surrendered were a handful of prisoners who had escaped during a pair of jailbreaks in Benghazi on Thursday evening. Rebels now suspect that the Nida militia took advantage of the disarray after Gen. Younis’s assassination to break out dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of captives from their jails.
It’s not clear why the Nida militia would turn against the revolution; rebel officials said

its members had previously joined the fight against Col. Gadhafi’s forces.
It appears that Col. Gadhafi’s troops also used the rebels’ moment of weakness to strike into their territory on Saturday, with a foray to the Jalu oasis, about 250 kilometres south of the sea, near the strategically important oil fields of Misla and Sarir. Rebels had been planning to restart oil production from those fields by Monday, giving them a vital supply of revenue, but the rebels did not say whether the attack would set back that schedule.
When asked why dangerous militias such as the Nida group could have been allowed to muster their forces in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Mustafa El-Sagezly, the rebels’ deputy minister of the interior, blamed the tribal structure of Libyan society. He said the Nida militia claimed to represent a powerful tribe, although he declined to name the specific tribe involved.
“Since the issue of the tribes is sensitive, we did not want to stop them,” he said.
Even when other rebels surrounded the Nida headquarters in the middle of the night, they hesitated before attacking. They called on elders of Werfalla, the biggest tribe in Libya, who spent three hours negotiating with their fellow tribesmen inside the building. Only when those talks broke down, witnesses say, did the killing start.
In an effort to quell any hard feelings after the raid, a delegation of Werfalla tribal elders held a news conference wearing traditional robes.
“We know some Werfalla were involved,” said Sheikh Nasr Gemali, leader of the tribe for eastern Libya. “But we want stability. Our hands will not be stained with the blood of the martyrs.”
Source- Graeme Smith for The Globe and Mail
shabablibya.org/news/libyan-rebels-crac...

With rebels in charge, life returns to Libyan town
NALUT, Libya (AP) — For months, this front-line community in range of Moammar Gadhafi’s rockets was a town of men – rebel fighters, doctors, drivers and others needed for the war. Women and children were sent to safety in nearby Tunisia.
Now Nalut is slowly coming back to life.
Thousands of refugees, their belongings crammed into the backs of pickup trucks, have returned in the past three days. They were lured by the prospect of safety after rebel fighters, pushing back Gadhafi’s men in their biggest offensive in this area after months of military deadlock, freed Nalut from the threat of shelling.

Returnees are coming home to a town with meager resources: only two of 11 bakeries are open, most stores have nothing to sell and electricity is off more than it is on.
But spirits are high after the recent battlefield successes.
Some now dare to hope that the war will end soon, perhaps even by the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which caps the fasting month of Ramadan that starts Monday.
“Things are going the right way,” said Mustafa Barkeek, 40, who had just brought his wife and two children back from Tunisia a day earlier, after a three-month stay. “We hope that this Ramadan, it (the war) will be over,” he said, waiting with about two dozen other men outside a Nalut bakery Sunday to take his daily allotment of five loaves of French bread.
Such optimism is widespread here, though perhaps premature, considering the long battlefield stalemate and new concerns about possible cracks in rebel ranks after the death of a senior military commander last week.
Rebels and government troops have been locked in their positions since shortly after an uprising against Gadhafi in February escalated into a civil war: anti-government rebels hold eastern Libya, as well as the port city of Misrata and the Nafusa mountain range in the west of the country. From his stronghold of Tripoli, Gadhafi has managed to hang on to the rest.
Source- Associated Press via Long Island Press
Full story:
shabablibya.org/news/with-rebels-in-cha...

مصراته توغل الثوار 9 كم داخل زليطن Misrata- FF 9km into Zliten

Video:
t.co/61f5TLW FF are 9km into Zliten 31-7-11 #Libya #Misrata #Zliten

or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyhm_UsLr4o

Reuters
Libyans start Ramadan fast amid conflict, divisions
by David Lewis

(Reuters) – Libyans on both sides of the front line began fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Monday with no sign of any let-up in the five-month conflict that has divided their country.
Several explosions rocked the capital, Tripoli, overnight as the NATO coalition vowed to push on with a bombing campaign which is meant to protect civilians but is also supporting rebels trying to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Holding firm despite growing international isolation and crippling financial sanctions, Gaddafi sought to play on potential divisions by calling on tribes and soldiers in rebel-controlled areas to rise up and free their cities

Full story:
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/08/01/uk-li...

The Standard
Kenya must dump Gaddafi and recognise Libyan rebels

By Donald B Kipkorir
The dictatorial reign of Muammar Gaddafi and his family is reaching the endgame. The denouement is nigh; its closing chapter is open-ended. But Gaddafi can still decide how he wants to exit, though he has two choices only. He can surrender in ignominy and humiliation or he fights to the death. Time is no longer on his side. The vast wealth of his country, which he had confused with family property, can no longer assist him. Bribing African presidents, prime ministers and tribal potentates is now meaningless. The African leaders in shame cannot call for his ouster, but they cannot stop the crashing end.
Kenya has been prevaricating on how to deal with this endgame. Our Constitution, local law and international obligations demand we expel the Libyan embassy staff in Nairobi, and that we expropriate Oil Libya and Laico Regency for the people of Libya.
Article 2 of our Constitution states that international customary law, and ratified treaties and conventions form part of our law. Kenya is a member of the United Nations and its resolutions are binding on us. How we try to wriggle out of our international

obligations under the guise of ‘African Union’ rhetoric is an additional example of how low we have sunk.
Read more:
www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/Inside...

The Gulf Today:
Qadhafi regime, NTC ‘in contact’
BENGHAZI: The Qadhafi regime said on Sunday it was in contact with members of the fighters’ National Transitional Council (NTC) as the fighters tried to quash rumours about the mysterious death of their army chief.

In Tripoli, deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaaim said Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s government was in touch with members of the NTC, but denied rumours of contacts with General Abdel Fatah Yunis, who was killed on Thursday. “There are contacts with Mahmud Jibril (number two in the NTC), and (Ali) Essawy (in charge of external relations), (religious leader Ali) Sallabi and others,” Kaaim told a news conference.

On talk of recent contacts between the regime and Yunis, Kaaim said: “He was in contact with the government during his visit in Italy two months ago.

“Since then we had no contact with him despite (the fact that) we still have other contact with other members of NTC but not with Abdel Fatah.”

Meanwhile, deadly clash broke out in Libya’s fighters’ capital of Benghazi in the wake of the murder of Younis.

Four fighters were killed in the clash with a pro-Qadhafi group.

Qadhafi, meanwhile, on Saturday night renewed his pledge “never to abandon” the battle, in an audio tape broadcast on state television.

Chicago Tribune
Editorial
For a dead guy, the bomber looks good

Today, Gadhafi needs every popularity advantage he can muster in his civil war against

Libyan rebels. So it was only a sly surprise Tuesday when Libyan state TV showed a turbaned man identified as al-Megrahi, sitting in a wheelchair at a Tripoli rally in support of Gadhafi. For a dead guy, the bomber looked good.

But the message to the Libyan people now — to all of North Africa and the Middle East, really — is the same today as it was two years ago: In al-Megrahi you see living proof of Gadhafi’s enduring strength. Only Gadhafi — not these rebels — empowers Libya against a hostile world. Only Gadhafi can humiliate the haughty West!

Yes, Gadhafi certainly does know how to humiliate the haughty West. Al-Megrahi’s every breath as a free man is a rebuke to his victims’ heartbroken survivors. The aged killer is living proof that appeasement doesn’t tame terrorists and their enablers. Instead it reminds them that many of their enemies are weak.
Full art.:
www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/edi...

Atlantic Council
Is NATO Moving the Goalposts in Libya?

From Nikolas Gvosdev, the Realist Prism: Is it time for NATO to begin wrapping up its Libya operation? The observance of Ramadan will begin in a few days, and even though Islamic tradition permits those involved in combat to be exempted from the requirements of the fast, most analysts expect a dramatic slowdown in major combat operations on the part of both pro-Gadhafi and anti-government forces during August. While NATO spokesmen have indicated that sorties will continue to be flown during the holiday, the pace of combat will lessen. This, in turn, may reinforce conditions on the ground, which Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen characterized earlier this week as a “stalemate.” And that was before the death under mysterious

circumstances of former Interior Minister Abdul Fatah Younis, who was serving as overall military commander of the rebellion, raised the possibility that splits in rebel ranks might complicate the efforts to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi.
Link to full art.:
networkedblogs.com/l69DL

Khaled
I think this thetruthlibya should change it2 @theLIESlibya .I think he’s been overdosing on halwassa tablets

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
@TheTruthLibya. Still no further news that Nuclear powered Charles De Gaulle (R91) protected by 4 escort ships was hit by Gaddafi shells?

Khiria
wondering what the heck are we to do tmrw when we’re fasting and hallucination pills in our bloodstreams are low?!?! #Libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zliten is being cleansed. Locals are said to be helping #Freedomfighters to rid city of #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17

#Turkey CARGO SHIP “BORA METE” 34.45365˚/22.49335˚ from #Mersin Turkey en route to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

@Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” remains anchored in port #Mostagamen #Algeria at this time. #Libya #Feb17

#Tanzania CARGO SHIP “HAJ ZAHER” en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya #Feb17

Via FB:

BREAKING NEWS:AP: The Libyan opposition’s new ambassador to Paris, Mansour al-Nasr, is urging the French government to reopen its embassy and free up frozen money in French banks that could be used by the rebels.

hominoid
This Libyan mess will be the end of Britain as a world power, who is writing this crap #blameitongaddafi

Tunisia: Cost of Libya Conflict will be 1 to 2 billion USD in 2011
AfricanManager

“The fighting in Libya between forces of Muammar Gaddafi and Libyan rebels cost Tunisia the sum of 1 to 2 billion U.S. dollars for the year 2011.” This was stated by Mustapha Kamel Nabli, Governor of the BCT to Bloomberg.

The loss is in the revenues of tourism and trade with Libya. “We are in the midst of all this and we’re concerned,” Nabli told the American journalist in his office. "What can you do? Just try to help and hope that a political solution will be found to stop the conflict, "he added.

The Sidney Morning Herald
Libya rebels round up pro-Gaddafi cell
Dominique Soguel

Libyan rebels rounded up at least 63 people suspected of murdering their military chief and having links to Muammar Gaddafi, after an hours-long battle in their eastern stronghold of Benghazi.
Security forces patrolled the streets overnight in a bid to track down more members of the pro-Gaddafi group, a rebel spokesman said, as shoppers stocked up ahead of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.

“We caught about 38 and later today more than 25,” the spokesman, Mustafa al-Sagazly, told AFP late on Sunday.
“Some of them ran away and we are trying to catch them all over the city,” he said. “We are arresting them.”

Full art.:
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/lib...

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign Secretary’s Ramadan message
Foreign Secretary William Hague sends best wishes to the Muslim communities around the world as Ramadan begins.
The Foreign Secretary said:
“As the sacred month of Ramadan begins I want to send my very best wishes to Muslim communities in Britain and across the world.
“Ramadan is a time of intense devotion and reflection. Its importance is emphasised in prayer and as a time when families and friends gather to remember those less fortunate. Its values remind us of the principles that we hold in common – tolerance, justice, progress and the dignity of all human beings. The key messages of selflessness, charity, and compassion are values that unite Muslims and non Muslims alike.
“At this time of unprecedented change in the Middle East and North Africa, people’s aspirations for greater freedom touch us all. We should take a moment to remember particularly the people of Libya and others across the world who are working for increased rights and freedoms for the benefit of future generations.
“At this special time of year I hope that your prayers are answered, that Ramadan brings you peace, happiness and unity. So I say to you, your relatives and your friends, Ramadan Mubarak.”

Source:
www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?vie...

baysontheroad JAMES BAYS
#LIBYA Opp fighters confirm they withdrew from Al Jawash at nightfall.

#LIBYA Opp fighters say they withdrew because Grad bombardment, ammo truck hit. Death and injuries.

#LIBYA A fighter who was in Al Jawsh until sunset tells me anti-aircraft guns had been seizing up due to sandstorm.

#LIBYA In Cabao – seems quiet, but earlier they say Grads were fired from Tiji

#LIBYA After sandstorm, Monday’s skies much clearer.

#LIBYA just made a quick foray to the valley from Nalut side. It is very quiet.

#LIBYA opp fighters still in frontline position around Tiji. Gaddafi forces still holding the town.

Anaya
Daily tragedy in the Mediterranean. The Lampedusa Guard found 25 bodies in a ship.Probably dead by suffocation after leaving #Libya.

RFI France
Un accrochage meurtrier à Benghazi ébranle le CNT
Un accrochage meurtrier à opposé, dimanche 31 juillet 2011, des insurgés libyens à une bande armée à Benghazi. Selon le Conseil national de transition (CNT), quatre révolutionnaires ont été tués. Le CNT parle d’une infiltration d’agents à la solde de Mouammar Kadhafi, mais cela attise les craintes de dissensions au sein de l’insurrection libyenne, après l’assassinat jeudi du général Abdel Fatah Younès, ancien proche du régime de Tripoli qui avait fait défection.
Full art.:
www.rfi.fr/afrique/20110801-accrochage-...

AFP: Gaddafi forces retake Josh, in foothills of #Nafusa Mountains

Independent
Libya action a success, says William Hague
By Ben Glaze and Sam Lister

The Foreign Secretary today insisted five months of military action against Libya had been a success – despite leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi remaining in power.
William Hague insisted the United Nations-backed air strikes saved “many thousands of lives and stopped the destabilisation of Egypt and Tunisia”.
He said: "What we have done so far has been a success in achieving the objectives of saving civilian life.
“Now we want to see a political settlement and that involves the departure of Col Gaddafi.”
But Mr Hague appeared to leave the door open for Col Gaddafi to remain in Libya if he stands aside as leader – despite the International Criminal Court previously issuing a warrant for his arrest.
“It’s up to the people of Libya what happens in the end. We are not going to stand in their way of an eventual solution,” said the Foreign Secretary.
“But I also said, as did my colleague the French foreign minister, that… the best feature of any solution will be Col Gaddafi leaving Libya as well as leaving power.”

Read more here:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa...

Reuters
WRAPUP 1-Libyans start Ramadan fast amid conflict, divisions
By Missy Ryan and Rania El Gamal
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Libyans on both sides of the front line began fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Monday with no sign of any let-up in the five-month conflict that has divided their country.

CNN
Report: 25 found dead in boat carrying refugees off Italy coast
CNN wire staff
(CNN) — Italian authorities found 25 dead bodies in a boat that was carrying refugees and was discovered off the coast of the southern island of Lampedusa, an Italian official news agency reported Monday.
The bodies of the victims — all males — were found during an inspection of the boat after it was accompanied ashore, the ANSA news agency said. Officials could not immediately say how the men died nor did they know from where the boat departed.
The boat was also carrying 271 other passengers, including 36 women and 21 children, the news agency said.
Full art.:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/08/01...

VERY TRUE:
libyanandproud
Expecting the #NTC to be perfect is like expecting a 5 month old baby to walk, speak, and juggle ! Give it support ! #Feb17 #Libya

Sarah LFFR
Yesterday we visited some injured #FreedomFighters from all over #Libya fighting for every cities. #LibyaIsOneAndUnited.

That’s Mohammed(with my little bro), a Lebanese living in #Benghazi. He participated in the fall of the Katiba. :) twitpic.com/5zbjmt

That’s Nabil – A #FreedomFighters from #Benghazi was fighting for #Brega . t.co/pap5OEs

BREGA!!!

BREAKING NEWS: #Brega has been fully liberated
تم تحرير البريقة بالكامل ودخول جميع قواتنا الوطنية إلي داخل البريقة وأسر العديد من المرتزقة وكذلك من جنود الليبين ايضا كما تم القبض علي شخصيات مهمة من النظام المنشق للقردافي.

المركز الإعلامي Media Center

إنشاء الله The NTC is keeping it quit but inshallah it has been liberated!! :)

hominoid
NATO launches air strikes on Gaddafi forces in the town of Badr and Tiji

Libya Brega has been cleared in full. The entry of FF forces into Brega. Many of the mercenaries and soldiers have been arrested and key figures of Al Qirdafi.

NAFUSA:
Breaking_ليبيا_News
AFP:
Head of the revolutionaries’ operational command in the Nafusa Mountains, Juma Brahim, has said that the death toll from fighting in al-Jawsh and Tiji yesterday is three, with four fighters wounded.

Al Jazeera English
Revolutionaries near Zliten captured 40 Gaddafi troops during the fighting. 15 revolutionaries were killed.

The Telegraph
Daniel Knowles
Daniel Knowles is an Assistant Comment Editor at Telegraph.co.uk. He writes about politics and economics and is @dlknowles on Twitter.

This Libyan mess will be the end of Britain as a world power
Libyan rebels cannot count on British support
If there ever more damning evidence of how seriously Britain’s wars in Afghanistan and Libya are being taken, it is the quiet in Westminster. George Osborne is in Hollywood, Nick Clegg is in Spain and David Cameron is in Tuscany. William Hague is left alone in Whitehall. When he took to the Today programme this morning, itself much cut down thanks to another BBC strike, it felt like a formality – another MP filling the airwaves with white noise to fill the space of recess.
Most of all, we are bound by UN resolutions to “protect” but we have no plan to win. Its hands tied behind its back, our Government seems to be a gambling on a miracle.
For my generation, this is new. We grew up in the era of liberal interventionism. The bombing of Iraq and Serbia, the invasions of Sierra Leone, of Afghanistan, of Iraq – these were the wars that punctuated my childhood.
What are we now? We’re a toothless tiger, pretending we can change the world. In Libya, we talk about stalemates, but the rebels are winning. A ragtag band of armed young men are taking on a brutal dictator and slowly but surely winning. We are frustrated because it’s taking too long and costing too much.
This feels to me like the end of British power. The Army is being cut back to its smallest size in a century, the RAF is losing its jets and the Navy has fewer ships than ever before. We are learning, finally, that we cannot have power on the cheap – that our politicians cannot change the world without asking us to pay for it. In the future, they won’t even try. I find that rather sad.
Full art.:

blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielknowle...

ABC Australia
Australian reportedly killed in Libyan battle
Brigid Andersen

Foreign media has reported that an Australian man was killed and his body mutilated while fighting with rebel forces in Libya last month.
The Australian Embassy in Cairo is investigating a BBC report that the man, armed only with a pen knife, was killed in a surprise attack by pro-Gaddafi forces in the village of Qawallis.
There are also claims the man’s heart was cut out during the battle.
In an article published in The Spectator magazine on July 23, BBC correspondent Paul Wood recounts the attack on a group of ill-equipped rebels.

He says a dozen rebel soldiers were sleeping beside a wall in Qawallis when “a man in a ‘Free Libya’ T-shirt and flip-flops wandered up. He had arrived a week ago from Australia and was on the frontline ‘giving moral support’.”
Wood says the group soon came under heavy gunfire from an advancing column of Moamar Gaddafi’s troops in jeeps.
He says the rebels managed to escape before being surrounded and that evening they returned to recapture the lost ground.
But Wood writes that retaking Qawallis was costly.
“The dead included the Australian in flip-flops,” he said.
“The rebels said his was among three ‘mutilated bodies recovered from the battlefield, with, it was claimed, the hearts cut out’.”
Link to art.:
www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-01/australi...

Breaking_ليبيا_News
Reuters: Several explosions rocked Tripoli overnight by NATO & Libyans on both sides of the front line began fasting Ramadan with no sign of any let-up in the 5 month conflict

رويترز: هزت عدة انفجارت العاصمة طرابلس ليلة امس بسبب قصف قوات الناتو في حين بدا الليبييون علي جانبي خط المواجهه صيام شهر رمضان مع عدم وجود اي اشارة لوقف الحرب التي بدات من 5 اشهر

Worldblog NBC news
Libyan rebels determined to get to Tripoli – soon
By Charlene Gubash, NBC News
NALUT, Libya – The people of Nalut, a quiet town in the mountains of Libya, gathered together to grieve on Friday. “There is no God, but God and martyrs are beloved by God,” boomed several hundred men standing in long rows, some crying softly.
They prayed before the bodies of three young men who died in Thursday’s offensive against pro-Gadhafi soldiers. The thin faces encircled by white shrouds were young.
“One of them was my friend. I studied with him for two years in Malta. This is the biggest loss for me,” said Nadar, a fellow rebel.
What’s next?
The latest rebel advance secured Nalut, but has it moved the rebels any closer to the ultimate goal, Tripoli and the overthrow of Gadhafi?
The answer is a qualified “yes.” Rebels have achieved some critical strategic aims.
Link to blog:
worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/2...

Sarah LFFR
I wonder what @libyatvarabic & #GanfoodTV will broadcast us tonight for the 1st day of #Ramadan ..

That’s Mohammed – “Hey !Tell them I’m Misrati!” – A #FreedomFighters from #Misrata just arrived from the #Zliten front. t.co/kGLvW86

Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today

Tripolitano
#Tripoli power cuts are more frequent, lasting to up to 12 hours at a time.

andymyatt Sky News Production
well I sent my washing down to papa G this morning prob have to buy it back on eBay tomorrow as papa nay need some funds

I think all the smarties were eaten and it’s nice to have some one wash for u even if it is 50 dollars a go lol

hominoid
History being made 2011 the year of the Arab uprising. Forget Arab spring #ArabYear

libyanandproud
#Nafusa : Explanation : #Josh cannot be controlled until GRADS in #Tiji r destroyed.

What #Gaddafi forces do to mosques in #Libya . #Misrata #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/5zd0dk

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
AFP COPY: France gives Libyan Rebels $259mln in frozen #Gaddafi funds. #Libya #Feb17

PhilStar
Phl continues to recognize Libyan government: senior official

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – Despite the raging violence in Libya, including in its capital Tripoli, the Philippine government continues to recognize the Libyan government, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario said today.
“We continue to recognize the Libyan government as manifested by the presence of our embassy in Tripoli, which continues to serve over 2,000 of our overseas Filipino workers who remain in Libya,” Del Rosario said.
However, Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said there is no change in the level of its security warning in Libya. The Philippines, he said, maintains alert level 4 in the country, which calls on all Filipinos there to leave.
Contrary to negative perception on Libya, AbdulHadi Lahweej, Libyan Secretary of Expatriates Immigrants and Refugees Affairs, said the situation in the country is stable except in areas controlled by the rebels.
Libya, at the moment, he said “is very peaceful and quiet” and that “life is quite calm in Tripoli except in places where armed criminal groups are dominating.”
Lahweej said his government has guaranteed protection of Filipino workers, who are mostly employed in Libyan hospitals.
“We are taking care of them. Some of them had to leave at the beginning of the events, but some are staying in Libya and we are now calling those who left to get back to Libya,” Lahweej told a press conference.
Lahweej, who described Filipino workers as “very kind and respectful,” said they need more workers from the Philippines, especially those in the medical field.
The Philippines is Lahweej’s first stop in his Asian tour to hold dialogue with government officials on the current situation in Libya.
Lahweej said his government is not seeking support or backing from the countries he is visiting, noting that his mission is to show a clear and accurate picture of the situation in Libya.
Most Filipino workers, who opted to stay in Libya, were promised an increase in their

salaries if they stay, while others feared they would lose entitlement to gratuity pay equivalent to one full month’s pay if they do not finish their contracts.
Source:
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId...

Bloomberg
Chavez Says Libya’s Qaddafi Sent Him a Letter, Delegation

By Charlie Devereux
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi sent him a letter delivered by a delegation that arrived in Caracas last night.
Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said he would meet the delegation today. Chavez said he may not be able to meet the envoys because he is receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.
Chavez, who has criticized Western intervention in the Libyan conflict and compared Qaddafi to South American liberator Simon Bolivar, in March proposed an international peace commission to negotiate an end to the unrest in Libya. His offer was rejected by the Libyan rebels.
“Qaddafi has sent some emissaries and a letter,” Chavez said during a telephone interview broadcast on state television today. “There’s Qaddafi, resisting the aggressions of NATO — they bombed a media outlet — and the world remains quiet with its arms crossed.”

IMPORTANT:
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya embassy in #Cairo is recruiting young Egyptians to fight with #Gaddafi and to intimidate anti-regime Libyans. #Feb17

#NATO bombed #Gaddafi positions near #Brega 1 hour ago. #Libya #Feb17

Hana Naas Center
A commemoration of Hana Naas, and her contributions to Libyan society through the empowerment of women.
The Hana Naas Center for Women and Children treats, and empowers during these devastating times by providing a holistic solution including physical activity and education with special attention to social and psychological well-being. We employ Libyan refugees to engage them in projects and empower them to contribute to a solution to their community’s well being and democratic future. In addition, refugee’s will begin to develop the civil society and community building skills which will be required of them as they return to their homes and rebuild their nation.
Center Features and Programs
Empower
The Hana Naas Center for Women and Children is meeting the many complex psychological and social needs of the Libyan refugee population while empowering our attendees to build the social skills, understanding and trust in for a free, democratic and thriving Libya.
Team Empower
Three Organizations, One Objective
The Canadian Libyan Council in partnership with Canadian Libyans for Relief and Prosperity (CLC)(CLRP)
Link:
operation-empower.org/hana-naas-center

Faith freedom
#Benghazi: 25 militants suspected of involvement in the assassination of Abdel Fattah Younes were captured today. #Libya

Hominoid
Not just Libya suffering from green algae Biological Hazard in Finland on Monday
According to the water samples collected by the City of Helsinki Environment Centre, poisonous blue-green algae is present on most public beaches in Helsinki. The amounts of blue-green algae have mostly remained small, while in some places the occurences of algae have been abundant. Occasionally, plenty of blue-green algae has been detected in Lauttasaari Kasinoranta, Mustikkamaa, Tuorinniemi, Kallahdenniemi, and Kallahden kainalo beaches. At the same time, very few algae observations have been made at the beaches along the Vantaa River. As a result of the long spell of hot weather we have enjoyed once again this summer, small amounts of blue-green algae can be detected on all seaside beaches. Information of the water quality, algae situation, and water temperature at beaches is on display at beaches and on the Environment Centre’s website (in Finnish). Despite a small amount of algae in the water, swimming is generally safe. The water samples collected from the Vantaa River and the west of Helsinki were hygienically of high quality.

AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
France said it had given Libyan rebels 259 million dollars in frozen funds that used to belong to the regime of strongman leader Qaddafi

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Reports of at least 8 loud explosions (courtey of #NATO) heard in eastern parts of town over last half hour. #Libya #Feb17

Commentary Magazine
Assad is Learning from Lesson of Libya
Max Boot
If there is one fact proven again and again in the Middle East, it is that what happens in one country affects other countries as well. Back in 2003, for example, when U.S. forces had just taken down the Baathist regime in Iraq and pulled Saddam Hussein out of his

spider hole, Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi was eager to deal away his weapons of mass destruction and support for terrorism in order to avoid a similar fate. More recently, the Arab Spring started with one fruit seller setting himself on fire in Tunisia. The firestorm of protest he ignited rapidly spread across the entire region.
Full story here:
www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/08/01/a...

SF GATE
AP
Gadhafi official urges Filipinos to come to Libya

MANILA, Philippines (AP) --
A visiting Libyan official urged Filipino workers Monday to return to Libya, saying its capital was peaceful and violence was confined to rebel-controlled areas.
Philippine Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the Philippines is maintaining its policy not to deploy workers there.

Abdulhadi Lahweej, Libya’s undersecretary for expatriates, immigrants and refugee affairs, met with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario during which he assured him of the safety of Filipinos in Libya.
Read more here:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/08/01/international/i081054D36.DTL

NYT
I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor
Handing Qaddafi a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card
By RICHARD DICKER
Britain’s foreign secretary, William Hague, said recently that it was important for Muammar el Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, to relinquish all power, but that after that: “What happens to Qaddafi is ultimately a question for the Libyans.” This turnabout is enough to set even the nimblest diplomatic head spinning.
After setting the wheels of justice in motion, all Security Council members — and these three countries in particular — should be reaffirming the message that impunity is no longer an option, instead of proffering a get out of jail free card to end a military stalemate. Amnesty for mass atrocities, whether explicit or de facto, has no legal validity internationally.
Full art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/opinion/01ih...

Number 10 UK
Prime Minister David Cameron has sent his best wishes to all Muslim communities in Britain and around the world at the start of the month of Ramadan.

Mr Cameron said Ramadan was a time to remind us of our duties and responsibilities and the importance of charity.
The PM said:

“To all Muslim communities in the United Kingdom and around the world, I send you my warmest wishes at this time of Ramadan.
“This is a time for Muslims all over the world to put aside thoughts of themselves, and think of others. The terrible scenes of famine and suffering in the Horn of Africa cry out to all of us. They remind us of our duties and responsibilities to those beyond our shores.

“The importance of charity at this time is clear and I am proud that many different communities in the United Kingdom continue to come together to support many thousands – indeed millions – in desperate need.

“As the holy month of Ramadan begins I wish you all peace and happiness.”
Source:
www.number10.gov.uk/news/prime-minister...

baysontheroad JAMES BAYS
New York Cable Channel to Carry Al Jazeera English – NYTimes.com j.mp/pmuvwA (via Instapaper)
or:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/business/med...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#SierraLeone CARGO SHIP “DELPHINA” 36.75077˚/23.53989˚ from #Istanbul #Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO

ProudLibyan
Thought recent Murdoch fiasco was a wake-up call to journalists to go back to professional journalism not sensationalism!

Read some nasty and out right lying articles about Libyan revolution from journalists I thought once were credible! How some thrive on lies!

The Guardian updates:
Syria, Libya and Middle East unrest – Monday 1 August
Opposition forces have withdrawn from Al Jawsh in the Western Mountains after being bombarded by pro-Gaddafi forces.
But they have advanced on Tiji in the same region and entered Zlitan, 100 miles (160km) east of Tripoli , with the help of the Royal Air Force. The push towards Brega, a key oil town in the centre of the northern coast, has been slowed by hundreds of thousands of mines laid by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. Several explosions rocked Tripoli today and overnight. Twenty-five dead bodies were found on a boat carrying nearly 300 African migrants from Libya that arrived on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa today. France is handing over $259m (£159m) in frozen Libyan funds to the country’s opposition.

In Libya, explosions have been heard in the capital again today. Rebels say the push towards Brega has been slowed by hundreds of thousands of mines laid by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. France said today it was handing over $259m (£159m) in frozen Libyan funds to the country’s opposition and allowing the rebels’ new ambassador, Mansour Seyf al-Nasr, to use the country’s embassy in Paris. The money must be used for humanitarian purposes.

Liam Fox
Speaking at the weekend, the defence secretary, Liam Fox, conceded that the opposition’s progress had been slow and that on their own they would not be able to oust Muammar Gaddafi. Today’s Daily Telegraph carries quotes from Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Liberal Democrat leader, who argues that the UK needs a “wholesale re-examination” of its actions in Libya. He said:
This assassination now provides an opportunity and a spur for a wholesale re-examination of policy … I think if we are going to get this right we have to be clearer about defining what success would amount to. If you like – what the endgame is.

Nafusa Mountains:
A fresh update from the Nafusa mountains offensive launched last week by the Libyan rebels – the big push that the rebel National Transitional Council hoped would free up a key supply route from the Tunisian border and prise several towns from Muammar Gaddafi’s control.

Ghazia:
Rebels who seized the government-held town of Ghazaia in Libya’s Western Mountains in a new offensive describe themselves as “liberators”, but there were no cheers when they rolled in, Reuters reports (thanks reader BrownMoses).
Its estimated 5,000 residents, supporters of Muammar Gaddafi, had been transported to his stronghold Tripoli by his militiamen, leaving behind a ghost town. “We would have liked to have been welcomed here. These people all liked Gaddafi. They benefited from him,” a rebel named Majdi told the news agency, standing beside rows of houses built by Libyans aided by soft loans from the government.

Al Jawsh
Opposition forces have withdrawn from Al Jawsh in the Western Mountains after being bombarded by pro-Gaddafi forces. But they have advanced on Tiji in the same region, Zlitan, 100 miles (160km) east of Tripoli, and Brega, a key oil town in the centre of the northern coast. Several explosions rocked Tripoli overnight. Twenty-five dead bodies were found on a boat carrying nearly 300 African migrants from Libya that arrived on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa today.

Chris Stephen reports from Libya that rebel fighters from Misrata have finally entered the town of Zlitan, 100 miles (160km) east of Tripoli (see map), today after a weekend of heavy fighting – and they have the Royal Air Force to thank for it.
RAF Typhoons and Tornadoes dropped 16 laser-guided bombs in two days around Zlitan, destroying government tanks, rocket launchers, ammunition dumps and command centres, and clearing a path for the rebels, Chris reports.

Rebel commanders reported that the town, which they have struggled to capture for the past eight weeks, was quiet this morning with no sign of government troops.

In Libya, explosions have been heard in the capital again today. Rebels say the push towards Brega has been slowed by hundreds of thousands of mines laid by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Source:
www.guardian.co.uk/global/middle-east-l...

hominoid
Victories of Al-Hawamed & Al Rawiss معركة الرويس و الحوامد Libye youtube.com/watch?v=xvBG2S… via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvBG2Sm50go&fea...

Liberation of T’Kut 29 7 2011 تحرير مدي
نة تكويت Libye t.co/hixJ6pN via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j48RnvObVcY&fea...

Libyans celebrate British recognition
Anti-Gaddafi Libyans have celebrated Britain’s recognition of the rebel-led National Transitional Council as their country’s legitimate government.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MdlxVuUR34&fea...

HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
just came from frontline. opp.fighters in #zliten suburbs.have seen the town. from now on it gets difficult
fighting on the outskirts of #Zliten despite the 1rst day of ramadan. #Misrata

Sarah LFFR
#Benghazi : Plus de problème d’électricité maintenant normalement. #Libye #Ramadan

Libyan
by Libya_from_FR
Electricity cut off for the entire W. coastal cities of #Libya (incl #Tripoli #Zawya #Zwara) sparking fears of food poisoning amidst heat

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
by Libya_from_FR
Rare video of FFs tank battalion advancing towards Brega youtu.be/Kvzzizbk7ss #feb17 #Libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvzzizbk7ss&fea...

Abdul
Confirmed! There r still civilians in #Tiji #Qaddafi forces r preventing them from leaving, my frnd’s dad refused 2 leave town #libya #Nato

Worth reading and watching his videos:
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Very good blog from Nafusa about Takuit battle from Libyan rapper @ibnthabit is.gd/e3RgBR #feb17 #Libya
OR:
enoughgaddafi.com/?p=802

Khiria
NATO dropped leaflets on #Tripoli today, first day of #Ramadan, urging #Gaddafi soldiers to switch sides #Libya

holmescnn Michael Holmes
Crew-built stove/oven in zintan. No cooking gas. Part of the dire shortages here in western libya yfrog.com/ki1ounpj

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
#EpicLibyanman ’s favourite salad … #Libya #feb17 yfrog.com/kew8csxj

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA: fighting to the West of #Misrata left 30 rebel fighters dead, 130 injured. #Libya

Anaya
63 personnes soupçonnées d’avoir des liens avec #Kaddafi ont été interpellées après l’assassinat du Général Younès. bit.ly/oP8Rc8

Rianovosti
Libye: Poutine insiste sur un règlement politique

La crise libyenne a besoin d’une solution politique et non militaire, a déclaré lundi le premier ministre russe Vladimir Poutine, en visite dans un camp de jeunes près du lac Seliger, dans la région russe de Tver.
“Je voudrais que les pays qui ont accumulé beaucoup d’armes les utilisent comme un instrument de dissuasion au lieu d’en faire usage où bon leur semble. L’emploi de la force ne permet pas de régler les crises, il faut lancer des processus politiques”, a indiqué M.Poutine.
Le premier ministre a dit ne pas comprendre l’intention déclarée par l’OTAN d’aller “jusqu’au bout en Libye”. “Ils ont annoncé qu’ils iraient jusqu’au bout, mais ce n’est pas très clair, le mandat de l’ONU ne permet pas de mener une guerre contre quelqu’un pour le vaincre, ce mandat autorise à protéger les civils contre les frappes aériennes d’une partie en conflit”, a expliqué M.Poutine
Full art.:
fr.rian.ru/world/20110801/190329154.html

Anaya
As expected, Norway withdrew its F-16 fighters from #Libya .They did 583 missions (6493 conducted by NATO) since March31 & dropped 569 bombs

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
HOW many Tweeters are pretending to #Libyan when they are actually #Serbian? #Feb17

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Reports of at least 8 loud explosions (courtesy of #NATO) heard in eastern parts of town over last half hour. #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli: 2 #Gaddafi State TV satellite dishes 32°53’56.11"N 13°12’31.62"E #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: Saleh (#Zintan) & Suleiman (#Ajdabiya) with a couple relatives in Tunis hospital rm sharing 1st meal in Ramadan twitpic.com/5zgtyc

sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
بث حي للصلاة من المسجد الحرام fb.me/tf9LqAwS

Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4

Alex
That the battle 4 #Zliten – is now street to street – will not deter #Misrata #FF – who have proved they r th best street fighters in #Libya

Aziz
fighting on the outskirts of #Zliten despite being 1st day of ramadan. #Misrata

NPR
In eastern Libya, gun battles erupted between rival factions of the opposition Sunday, in the wake of the killing of the movement’s military leader. The battles in Benghazi are bound to set back the opposition drive to oust Moammar Gadhafi.

Reuters
The United Nations refugee agency has said one in 10 migrants fleeing conflict in Libya by sea is likely to drown or die from hunger or exhaustion in appalling conditions during the crossing.

Reuters
Opposition fighters from Misrata have pushed closer to entering the coastal town of Zlitan after 48 hours of fierce fighting in which at least 27 fighters have been killed on the frontline. Government soldiers retaliated early on Sunday, pushing the rebels back slightly. Overall, the rebels are 3 km (two miles) closer to Zlitan than they have been for the past 10 days.
Sensing an opportunity to break the stalemate, rebels pounded Gaddafi loyalists with mortars throughout the day and sent more fighters to the frontline in a bid to overrun their defences. But 14 fighters were killed and more than 20 were wounded on Sunday — the highest death toll in the past few weeks of fighting around rebel-held Misrata.
“The war is now a street war, not a war fought in open spaces. What we need now is to organise our frontline completely,” said local rebel commander Areesh Aafi, standing among bullet casings scattered across a rebel base near the front.
“We took some equipment and vehicles from Gaddafi forces,” he said.

Foreign Office
William Hague:
The Foreign Secretary has insisted five months of military action against Libya has been a success – despite Gaddafi remaining in power. William Hague said the UN-backed air strikes saved “many thousands of lives and stopped the destabilisation of Egypt and Tunisia”.He said: “What we have done so far has been a success in achieving the objectives of saving civilian life. Now we want to see a political settlement and that involves the departure of Col Gaddafi.”

Reuters
Niger said it is seeking a new buyer for its state telecoms company Sonitel after an accord with the Libyan company LAP Green foundered on UN sanctions against the government of Muammar Gaddafi. “We are going to launch an international invitation to tender … We are going to make sure the buyer this time is a real professional,” Communications Minister Salifou Labo Bouche told private television channel Tenere late on Sunday

Aljazeera:
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel Hamid has just been reporting live from just outside the western town of Zlitan, where opposition forces are advancing. She can confirm that the opposition’s fighters are on the outskirts of Zlitan from the vantage point her team was at earlier, they could see the town of Zlitan a few kilometres away. Zlitan is the biggest urban area before Tripoli,

AFP
An AFP correspondent in Tripoli has heard at least eight powerful explosions in the eastern suburbs of the Libyan capital. A plume of black smoke has been seen over the Tajura district.

Aljazeera
Opposition forces captured the base of the Gaddafi loyalists, called the al-Nidaa Brigade, an armed group which had been operating under the opposition’s banner, spokesman Mahmoud Shamam said. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley, reporting from Benghazi, said the battle was launched to subdue elements of Gaddafi’s forces that had been operating as a “fifth column” within the opposition ranks. He said that documents had been found at the base that linked the brigade to Gaddafi.

AVN
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro will meet Monday with an envoy sent by Libya’s Col. Moammar Gadhafi, state media agency AVN reported. Venezuela President Hugo Chavez is not expected to personally receive the envoy, who arrived late Sunday, as he continues receiving cancer treatment.

FT
Libya’s opposition NTC counsel has pledged to distribute a small cash donation to families to help ease the rising costs of food during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The donation only amounts to 200-300 dinars ($300-$450 at market rates) per family. Banks are expected to distribute the promised payments.

AFP
Both officers and fighters agreed there was no question of stopping what they see as their march on Tripoli 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the north because the start of Ramadan. “Yes, Ramadan is beginning but we will continue to fight,” said Colonel Juma Brahim, head of the rebel fighters’ operational command in the Nafusa region, in his command post in Zintan.”The fatwas are clear,” he said of religious decrees:
“Our men are excused from fasting since they are fighting. That said, if those not on the front line or in the rear or are training want to fast, they can. The Prophet, peace be upon him, fought two battles during the holy month. In fact, it’s a good month to fight and maybe die. You are closer to God.”

Ahmed
Misrata, where Gaddafi has deployed his most powerful force, the 32nd Brigade, commanded by his son Khamis, has effectively disintegrated.

AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Opposition forces in Libya continue to fight government troops on several fronts, after a fresh offensive in the country’s west.
Intense fighting has been reported from the villages of Bada, al-Josh, Tiji and on the outskirts of Zlitan.
Dead and injured fighters from Zlitan are being taken to a hospital in Misrata, where nurses work around the clock to try and save as many lives as possible.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from Misrata, western Libya.

Video: Misrata’s nurses race to treat wounded rebels aje.me/qti6rl
or:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...

Erinnerungsforum
Bild des Tages, Impressionenaus Libyen: Misrata: Impressionen 2011 und 2007 – vielen Dank NATO!http://julius-hen… bit.ly/nTsO72
or:
www.erinnerungsforum.net/forum/sehenswe...?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

AJA: rebels in #Zliten were able to advance to center of the city in today’s fighting #Libya.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zliten: #Freedomfighters have advanced to center of city today. #Libya #Feb17

Alex
Zliten residents cannot ignore the fight 4 #Libya ’s future – they may be happy to live under dictator – but most of #Libya wants democracy

#Misrata #FF dispatched 8 of #Gaddafi ’s strongest brigades – & in #Zliten will repeat the street fighting tactics that liberated their city

Portail Femme
Saisie de plus de 25 tonnes de sucre subventionné à destination de la Libye

Les agents de la douane dans le gouvernorat de Médenine, ont saisi, lundi, 25,5 tonnes de sucre d’une valeur de 22 mille 567 dinars à bord d’un camion venant de Sfax et se dirigeant vers la Libye et dont le conducteur est de nationalité libyenne. Cette opération s’inscrit dans le cadre de la lutte contre le détournement des produits alimentaires subventionnés, indiquent les services du ministère des Finances. La marchandise saisie sera transférée aux services de la Direction Générale du Commerce à Médenine.
Des quantités importantes de sucre, aux prix du marché mondial, seront mises, par l’Office national du commerce, à la disposition des exportateurs tunisiens ou des importateurs libyens pour leur écoulement en Libye. Le sucre subventionné (0,970 D le kg) existe en quantités suffisantes, et son stock actuel peut couvrir la consommation locale pendant trois mois, indiquent les services du ministère du commerce.
Tap

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Many areas in Tripoli suffering from lack of electricity and breaking fast on candle light #feb17 #Libya

Khiria
I hate calling #Tripoli! I’m always in fear that I might slip up & say something anti #Gaddafi and cost someone their life. #GaddafiCrimes

As you fast today, please remember the people of #Libya, #Syria, #Somalia, #Yemen, #Bahrain in your prayers.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi is storing weapons at #Tripoli International Fair 32°53’17"N 13°10’4"E #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

Alex
FREE #Libya – on the verge of gaining complete control on 3 fronts – #Brega #Zliten & #Nafusa

Guardian
Chris Stephen
Libya rebels take Zlitan as RAF clears way after two-month struggle
Libyan rebels have entered the town of Zlitan after a weekend of heavy fighting in which Nato escalated its bombing campaign in the runup to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
RAF planes dropped 16 Paveway laser-guided bombs in two days around the town, destroying government tanks, rocket launchers, ammunition dumps and command centres, and clearing a path for the rebels.
The Ministry of Defence said RAF jets also attacked a railway construction site at Bani Walid, south-west of Zlitan, commandeered for use as a military fuel distribution facility.
Opposition fighters said the town, which they have struggled to capture for eight weeks, was quiet on Monday, with no sign of government troops. We are in the town centre and we have the hospital," said rebel fighter Yunus Al-Haq. “It’s good for the spirit.”

But securing the town for the opposition depends on clearing one final obstacle – agreement from the elders of the town’s Fowater tribe that Misratan fighters can be “invited” to occupy Zlitan.
After that, rebel commanders expect government forces to pull back to Al Khums, 22 miles to the west. Despite the capture of tanks and heavy artillery over the weekend, rebel units are too lightly armed to contemplate a headlong rush to Tripoli.
Link to full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/01/li...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” 38.08768˚/26.0065˚ #Izmir Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya w/ more contraband for #Gaddafi. #Feb17 @NATO

Thanku4theAnger:
Tripoli: Yesterday Chad mercenary fired on and killed 5 people in Meydan Burgeba in central Tripoli #feb17 #Libya”

RRowleyTucson:
#Freedomfighters from the east join the Freedom Fighters in the #Nafousa youtu.be/f1C5gt7lOYg #Libya #Feb17”
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1C5gt7lOYg&fea...

LibyaAlHurra
#NTC pledges to distribute cash donation of 200-300 LD to help ease the rising costs of food during the holy fasting month of Ramadan #Libya

Jeel
It would really suck to have millions of people praying against you in their most holy month for your death. #Gaddafi #AlAsid #Libya #Syria

Alex
If @NATO – provide same intensive air support provided 4 #Brega & #Zliten #FF – 4 #Nafusa #FF liberating #Gharyan – it will soon fall #Libya

Lisa
#Feb17 My heart belongs to #Libya but my heart is breaking for #Syria! #prayforsyria #PrayforLibya #downwithasaad #downwithgaddafi

#Gaddaficrimes #Assadcrimes These guys must seriously despise #twitter n #Facebook!! Thank God for these outlets to expose scumbags!!!

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “MAETIGA” continues operating in #GulfOfOman. Now en route to dest. # Fujairah #UAE. #Libya #Feb17

THANK YOU FRANCE:
Alex
THX FRANCE! “French helicopters & heli carrier attacking #Brega, #Ras Lanuf, not under #NATO com..r direct French deployments”

libyanproud:
#NATO has only left the runway and #Gaddafi private jet in BabAziziya ! #Feb17 #Libya” woot woot!!

FreeLibyan
as long as #Algerian border is open & not watched, our battle against #Gaddafi wont come to end.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Major fighting happening now in the last part of #Brega, #Freedomfighters are pushing #Gaddafi trash out of the city. #Libya

Lisa
#Feb17 #Brega #gaddafiscum, ur time in Brega has officially expired now…get out!! Bye bye #Gaddafi n friends!!! #FreedomFighters

Alex
After #Brega #Bishr & #RanLanuf – FREE #Libya Army has 2 decide whether to liberate #Sirte – OR – divert & join #Misrata #FF 2 take #Tripoli

HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
its more about not alienating pple in #Zliten. the fighters told me that not everyone in there supports them.

Alex
#Nafusa #FF seize new towns – #Zliten falls to #FF 2day – #Brega hours away – Dictator of #Libya nation – reduced to Mayor of #Tripoli

If @NATO – provide same intensive air support provided 4 #Brega & #Zliten #FF – 4 #Nafusa #FF liberating #Gharyan – it will soon fall #Libya

@NATO have greatly increased air support 4 the FREE #Libya forces – trying to permanently free #Libya people from #Gaddafi attacks & tyranny

Next city 4 liberation after #Zliten – is #AlKhums – a much larger city of abt 450.000 people Z=100k – that has a major port & navel base.

I hope #BaniWalid is liberated soon – has a very strong #FF support – #Gaddafi support is only artificially propped up by bullets

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports from @SecularLibya & many others of many French helicopters continuously attacking #Brega, #Bishr & #RasLanuf. #Libya #Feb17

inglesi Piers Scholfield
Interesting to see how fast rebels can take total control of #Zliten. Commanders are well aware they don’t enjoy total support in the city.

Abdelsalam
Tripoli ran out of diesel. Electricity broken. Life is v harsh and hard

LibyaAlHurraTV
#Libyan FFs say there’s no question of stopping their march on #Tripoli because the start of #Ramadan. #Feb17 via AFP

Bensane
Latest reports say Zilten has been liberated. FFs in City Centre and Hospita.

BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
@
I’m still not sure, conflicting reports, some say 6-7 km from center #brega weather 1st #ramadan very pleasant in #benghazi

FreeLibyanman:
Reports of 3000 mercenaries trained/organized by have entred #Ghdams #NTC ought 2 raise the case against #Algeria 2

Khiria
Prayers for those who are with #Gaddafi, may Allah show them the right way. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi is one of those people that will make this world a better place by his death. #Libya #Feb17

On Libya TV some #Gaddafi goon called in and screamed ‘jurthan’ (rats) and hung up. #mademyday #Libya #Feb17 #freedomofspeech

MUST READ:
Aljazeera:
A rude Arab awakening

What will happen to the uprisings in Libya, Yemen, and Syria as the ruling governments continue repressive policies?

Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, answers questions about the current escalation – and what some see as setbacks – surrounding the uprisings in Libya, Syria, and Yemen.

How do you explain the fact that since the upheavals erupted several months ago, the Libyan, Yemeni and Syrian regimes have continued their repression unabatedly – while in Egypt and Tunisia the regime fell quickly?
The transformations in Egypt and Tunisia raised expectations of swift change elsewhere, but when the Arab Spring turned into a hot summer, it led to disappointment and doubt.
In reality, the early Arab Spring was exceptional by all standards when it led to the ousting of a combined 54 years of dictatorship in Tunisia and Egypt within the course of a few weeks.
While the military sided against the dictators in Egypt and Tunisia, the situation in Libya, Yemen and Syria is complicated by the fact that their regimes’ militia, special forces and republican guards have been better organised, better armed and better financed – and hence more potent and in control of their national armies.
These “mini armies” are headed by, and are loyal to, influential family members of the regimes that have long groomed them to fight in defence of the regime, not for state or society.
These soldiers’ indoctrination and privilege blind them from noticing the changing reality. Instead, they continue to kill and destroy their countries to try to save their expired regimes.
As these ruling families monopolised security and business, they’ve emptied their countries of independent state agents capable of taking a neutral or mediating position. This has led to direct and ugly confrontations between people and the escalation of brute force.
Be that as it may, Libya, Yemen and Syria face complete economic shutdown, economic sanctions, and poor supplies. There is a limit to their resources.
Realising that their fight is primarily against time, the regimes are throwing all they’ve got to tame the upheavals, in order to avoid yet worse sanctions and the loss of whatever remaining legitimacy they have as state actors, shielded from international interference under the international system.
Gaddafi’s idiotic and bombastic threats against his people provided the pretext to rush in UN Resolution 1973, which effectively authorised the use of airpower to protect civilians.
All of this means that the regimes’ viciousness, terror, and shows of force are signs of weakness, not strength.
If these are signs of weakness, why are these regimes able to continue their fight unabated?
Once people dare to rise in defiance against dictators, as is the case in Libya, Yemen and Syria, it means that the regimes have lost their deterrence, their hegemony and their capacity to instill fear or command loyalty. While an exact estimate is impossible, one could safely assume that the regimes lose about half of their power when they lose

their dissuasive effect.
Once force is used and fails to tame or silence protesters, but rather brings them out in greater numbers, it diminishes the regimes’ power by another factor, say, by a quarter.
Historically, regimes have either relinquished their power or were forced out, as was the case in Tunisia and Egypt – in Bahrain, force has worked for the time being – or they’ve gone on to the third stage of using overwhelming or excessive force.
This usually escalates to an unpredictable dynamic of its own, leading to terrible and ugly violence such as “war crimes”. Such violence represents the governments’ de facto abdication as the recognised authority and their transformation to being just another rogue element in the state.
From then on, it’s only a question of time before the regime loses all power. And time is generally on the people’s side, especially if the international community takes a moral or legal stand.
But what does that mean concretely for the future of Libya, Yemen and Syria?
The good news is that despite the terrible violence, pluralistic city- and town-based associations and regional coordination committees are being established to help the resistance in all three countries. Such civil cooperatives are the best guarantees for ploughing forward and ensuring a popular-based, post-conflict future.
But as they enter their final phase, regimes could also get so desperate that they try to bring the country down along with them. However, they may also use that “craziness” as a bargaining chip to share power, ensure safety for themselves and their families, and obtain immunity from prosecution.
While the latter option could still work in Yemen, and power-sharing is still on the agenda on Syria, Gaddafi is a maniac whose time has expired. Gaddafi has burnt his bridges, and his son’s efforts will not change matters.
The problem with escalation of force is that it goes beyond wasting time and shedding blood. It leaves a legacy of pain, hatred and revenge that could last decades, hampering a peaceful, stable transition to a better form of governance. An implosion from within the regime is always the better scenario, because it allows for a less violent transition.
The longer it takes, the more difficult the post-conflict healing and rebuilding of a nation. If steady and deep reform towards constitutional democracy is the best way forward, bloody civil war is the worst-case scenario for any country.
That’s why today’s challenge is no longer limited to the removal of the expired and bloody regimes, but also to try to ensure that the transition is not excessively long and costly.
The challenge for the Arabs is to define their conflict through peaceful protest, and to not be dragged into bloody conflicts that tend to change people for the worse.

If I could end with an analytical cliché, I would say change must be defined by the motivation for sacrifice, not the bitterness of the fight; defined by the dream of a peaceful and prosperous future, not by the nightmares of a violent past.
Marwan Bishara is Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst.

HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
Met a 12y old who was struck by a stray bullet in her back 3 months ago. stopped short of her heart. She is now in good health #Misrata

It came through the back door, bounced on the wall and pierced her back. #Misrata. incredible watching her explaining w her innocent smile

Libyan
we didn’t lose any ground, AlJawsh is still in our control after retaking it 2 days ago

2 rockets from #Gaddafi forces landed in #Misrata city today

Zlitniya
600 pges in the #quran, 5 prayers, 30 days in #ramadan.so that’s 4 pages per salat. 4×5=20, 20pages x 30 days =600 pages.let’s get reading :)

hominoid
KENNY SMITH – LORD WHAT’S HAPPENED – NORTHERN SOUL CLASSIC youtube.com/watch?v=SmsNrV… via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsNrVZxiG8&fea...

UKinLibya UK in Libya
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt on Channel 4 News: Our present policy (on #Libya) is clear and ought to continue.

Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt: Policy is to support UN resolution to protect #Libya civilians and National Transitional Council

IvanCNN Ivan Watson

Saif al Islam Gadhafi making taped TV appearance in front of an adoring crowd of Libyans who say fighting forced them to flee their homes

Sarah LFFR
1st day of #Ramadan gone. Was not like the others #Ramadan :) #Benghazi #BarakatAlThawra #Libya #17feb

Sarah LFFR
J’ai parlé trop vite.. Électricité coupé vers 20h30 et revenu maintenant / I spoke too fast .. the lights were out again today. #Benghazi

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Looks like good news in Zletin … #feb17 #Libya

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
ON OCCASION OF THE BEGINNING OF RAMADAN

On behalf of the people of the United States, I wish all Muslims around the world a happy and blessed Ramadan.
Ramadan is a time for self-reflection, sharing and renewal. American Muslims make valuable contributions to our country every day and millions around the world will commemorate this month with acts of service and volunteerism to their communities.
Along with dozens of our Embassies, I will host an Eid Celebration in Washington for Muslims and non-Muslims to join together and reflect on our common values, faith and the gifts of the past year.
During this month of peace and humility, I wish the 1.6 billion Muslims around the world Ramadan Kareem.

Sarah LFFR
That’s Mohammed – “Hey !Tell them I’m Misrati!” – A #FreedomFighters from #Misrata just arrived from the #Zliten front. twitpic.com/5zcig4

Khiria
#Gaddafi, sons & co were building hotels & businesswa in #Chad while many Libyans in #Libya were homeless and couldn’t afford the basics.

#Gaddafi was sponsoring wars in #Africa!!! How embarrassing!! #Libya #GaddafiCrimes

Reuters
Slain Libyan rebel’s family demand progress on probe
By Rania El Gamal
BENGHAZI, Libya Aug 1 (Reuters) – The family of the Libyan rebels’ slain military commander said on Monday little effort was being made to find out who had killed him in what they called an act involving conspiracy, treason and betrayal.
General Abdel Fattah Younes was shot dead on Thursday with two aides at some point after he was summoned back from the front line by the Transitional National Council (TNC), the rebel leadership in their stronghold of Benghazi.
After two days of confusion, rebels said the assailants were militiamen allied to the rebels in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, raising questions about divisions and lawlessness within rebel ranks.
“Unfortunately, the Transitional National Council is acting very negatively with this case until now,” Muatsem Abdel Fattah Younes told Reuters in an interview at his late

father’s ranch.
He said if a committee formed to investigate the killing made little headway, the family would turn for help to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which has issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi over alleged crimes against humanity.
Full report:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...

libyanandproud
Two boats arrived in #Tunisia today carrying a colonel, high ranking officers and 2 injured.

Missy Ryan
Saif al Islam: govt forces will continue fighting regardless of whether NATO stops ops or not. Impt departure from #Gaddafi/PM line #Libya

How well do we know the next story:). We were there, on twitter, facebook and email, exchanging info, any info that could /would help our Libya and to keep everyone updated in real time.
Every day right from the beginning……….
It’s a must read:
Daily Kos
NATO over Tripoli – Air Strikes in the Age of Twitter
I had an revelation Friday about the Internet and especially Twitter as the tweets about that day’s NATO bombing of Tripoli came in. The first ones noted large explosions but didn’t know how they had been delivered.
Explosion in #Tripoli right now, unclear if it’s @NATO or some sort of clash. #Libya #Feb17
and

FLASH: Powerful explosions Rocking #Gaddafi Regime in #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
Minutes later they reported strikes in the direction of Qaddafi’s compound,
BREAKING: air strikes a couple of minutes ago on #Tripoli at Gaddafi’s compound and further south toe the capital
and still others claimed that the target appeared to be Libyan State TV.
#Nato says it has disabled three Libyan state TV satellite transmission dishes in the capital, #Tripoli, through a precision air strike.
As I read these coming in, in real time, I realized that because of this technology, neither NATO nor anyone else could bomb a city without the world knowing within minutes. The Nixon era secret bombings of Cambodia were truly a thing of the past.. .as long as we keep the Internet free
The pro-Qaddafi PressTV was one of the first to break the story outside of Twitter with the headline NATO airstrikes hit Tripoli city center. The way they told it, you would think all of downtown Tripoli had been bombed. According to NATO they took out three satellite antennas for Libya State TV “with the intent of degrading Qadhafi’s use of satellite television as a means to intimidate the Libyan people and incite acts of violence against them.” They also said “Striking specifically these critical satellite dishes will reduce the regime’s ability to oppress civilians while at the same time preserve television broadcast infrastructure that will be needed after the conflict.”
freelibyasoon tweeted his delight:
Glad #Nato is targeting #Gaddafi State Lying TV , its about time! t.co/... #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17

While other tweets indicated that Libyan State TV was still on the air. moiatable note:
@NatoSources – #Libya State TV still broadcasting in #Nafusa (#Nilesat) even after taking out 3 dishes in #Tripoli :/
libyangovtinfo said:
#tripoli #rixos thanks to our good frends at #nilesat for keeping pappa G s broadcasts going the natos bombed old 1980s sat dishes

There was also another series tweets which I mysteriously can’t seem to find now but

remembers seeing in the Twitter bomb damage assessment after the strike. One was a series of tweets from someone calling himself navyguy something or other saying that NATO needed engineering drawings and other specific intelligence about Libya State TV. Another was a tweet claiming to carry the co-ordinates of a fourth satellite uplink

antenna. Curious, is Twitter really being used to request and deliver target information?
Later the Libyan government called it an act of international terrorism and claimed that 3 technicians had been killed and 15 journalist had been injured. According to Director of Libyan English TV Khaled Bazelya:
“Three of our colleagues were murdered and 15 injured while performing their professional duties as Libyan journalists. NATO admitted the crime citing “silencing Gaddafi propaganda machine” as a justification for such murderous act. We are the employees of the official Libyan TV. We are not a military target."

Link to full story and videos:
www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/01/10013...

Danya
when #Gaddafi first came into power ..they went to the houses of people who were in government positions and raided their houses

CNN
U.S. warns Libyan rebels to get their act together
From Elise Labott and Jill Dougherty
Washington (CNN) — Even as it prepares to hand over the Libyan embassy in Washington to the rebel government, the State Department is warning the Transitional National Council to get its act together.
An administration official told CNN the United States has warned the TNC that this is a “do-or-die moment” for the organization to carry out a credible and thorough investigation of the killing of its military commander, Abdel Fatah Younis. Last week’s mysterious assassination has raised concerns that it might have been carried out by feuding groups within the rebels themselves.
“We do welcome the Transitional National Council’s move to set up an impartial committee that will investigate the incident and we look forward to hearing the results,” deputy spokesman Mark Toner told reporters Monday. “It’s important that, given the fluidness of the situation on the ground, that the Transitional National Council work to ensure that it takes the right kinds of actions, such as an investigation into the death, and sends a clear and transparent message that they speak on behalf of the Libyan opposition and the Libyan people and that they are diligently carrying out their mandate.”
Full report:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/01...

FLASH: #Gaddafi stateTV: #NATO Jets bombing Targets in #Tripoli and #Tarhona

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Fierce battles in both #Zliten and #Brega right now – expect clashes to increase or occur exclusively at night for the duration of Ramadan

Khiria
As you break your fast, pray for the 60 000 people in prison in #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17 #GaddafiCrimes

The Algemeiner:
Exclusive: Full Text of Gaddafi Email to PR Firms
Ronn Torossian
The Algemeiner has exclusively obtained the full text of an email sent by a Libyan official to worldwide Public Relations firms. The request serves as the latest in a number of measures taken by Libyan officials in an effort to influence public opinion in favor of Gaddafi and his continued hold on power in Libya.
Subject: Mission for Peace
Dear Sir/madam
My Name is Ali and I work for the “” at the Ministry of Information in Libya.
We are seeking to employ your PR company to present our just and fair case to the world. Libya has been under an unjustified media and PR attack which led to NATO’s military involvement since the 19th of March. We also face an armed rebellion that has been causing violence, terror and destruction in many parts of the country.
We have good moral, political and legal logic supporting our position as the legitimate, sovereign and popular government of Libya. We also have proofs in written, audio and video forms to take our case forward.
The African Union, Libya’s essential geopolitical space, has been supporting our effort to establish peace and security for all Libyans, so have important political figures from around the globe.
If we reach an agreement we will make sure it will be for the good of all Libyans and in accordance with the UN resolutions on Libya. We can formalise any deal with your organisation through a third party to help move things forward fast.
In particular, we need you to help us:
- Improve the image of the Libyan government in your country.
- Open direct communication channels to members of Parliament, party leaders and members of government.
- Create effective communication platforms for the members and leaders of the Libyan government.
- Assist the Libyan government to define their political and strategic mission and to transmit the statements in appropriate wording.
 Organize or assist in daily media briefings and/or formal media conferences.

- Organize off-the-record and on-the-record one-on-one meetings with opinion leaders of your national media.
-Take all measures to enhance the credibility of Libyan government and their representatives.
- Create a counter balance to the PR and media activities of rebels and the allied forces.
- Avoid action which is damaging to the image of the Libyan government.
- Day by day trouble shooting in media and PR sectors.
- Assist the Libyan government in managing contacts on the international political level.
-A wide range of publications, from2 to 4 page briefings all the way through to 250-page books.
- Commissioning a range of academic studies.
- Identifying and influencing existing and up-and-coming politicians,
Opinion makers and academics that have shown a non-interventionist approach.
- comprehensive constantly updated websites.
- A range of international conferences and speeches.
- Round-table meetings.
- Comprehensive media outreach identifying as many newspapers and journalists as possible.
We are off course open to your ideas and proposals.
Thank you
Ali Darwish
Mission for Peace
Ministry of Information
Source:
www.algemeiner.com/2011/07/31/full-text...

Khiria
Those who don’t believe there were foreign mercenaries paid to kill the people of #Libya, watch documentary airing on BBC Arabic right now

Libyan
Gallery of photos taken by the talented photography Paul Jeffery in #Misrata, #Libya – kairosphotos.photoshelter.com/gallery/Misrat… #Feb17
or:
kairosphotos.photoshelter.com/gallery/M...

Libyan
Very sad to see so many Libyan children with lost fingers, arms, legs…

Big thank you to ACT Alliance working in #Misrata as a non-profit organization of de-mining specialists. #Libya #Feb17

Gihan Badi
by libyans_revolt
Mostfa holds his 5 y.o daughter Malake, who lost her leg when Grad rocket fired by Gaddafi forces @photoshelter bit.ly/nPokvn #Feb17

Reuters
Irishman swaps Dublin’s nightlife for Libya’s frontlines
By Michael Georgy

(Reuters) – As Libyan rebels braced for more desert fighting in the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, one of them explained battlefield dangers – in a thick Dublin accent.
“They have ammunition to burn while we are running out of ammunition,” said Irishman Husam Najjair, who, after a decade abroad, is taking part in a new offensive against government forces in the plains below Libya’s Western Mountains.
Once a building contractor who partied hard in Dublin’s lively pubs after work, he now belongs to The Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade, one of the rebel forces struggling to end Muammar Gaddafi’s decades-old autocratic rule.
The son of an Irish mother and Libyan father, he decided to give up the good life after reports alleging that government troops were committing atrocities to quell Libya’s uprising.
“I heard there were rapes and oppression. I could not just sit there like a couch potato just watching it on the news,” said Najjair, holding a rifle he purchased himself.

Najjair came to Libya for a family wedding in January — his first visit in 10 years — and stayed on to fight after the February 17 revolt began. Friends back home were shocked.

“I am also a sniper,” said Najjair, who was born in Dublin. “It’s not rocket science. You just hold your breath and shoot.”
Please read full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/01/us-l...

Anaya
Have you noticed the last few weeks, #Gaddafi’s propaganda consists essentially of attributing his crimes to the FF. Exactly the same!

#Gaddafi’s propaganda against FF : videos of witnesses talking about rape, families talking about massacres. Attributes HIS crimes to the FF

SUMMARY AUGUST 2nd 2011

8/2/2011
8/02/2011
8.02.2011

“Nobody in history has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” – Assata Shakur

dovenews Libyan™
Sound of 8 explosions in #Tripoli & seen of smoke in #Tajoora. FB #Tajoora #Libya

NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/edkkw

UK Military Operations
Senior Aircraftman James Smart was killed in a road traffic incident in Southern Italy on Wednesday on route to Gioia del Colle to deliver vital equipment to UK forces based there. “Smarty” clearly would have had promising career, and my condolences go out to his friends and family now it has been cut short in this tragic way.

Senior Aircraftman James Smart killed in Italy road accident
mod.uk
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Senior Aircraftman James Smart, from No 2 (Mechanical Transport) Squadron, Royal Air Force, was killed in a road traffic accident in southern Italy on Wednesday 20 July 2011.

UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
RAF aircraft also destroyed two of the former regime’s tank transporters which had been identified some distance south of Misratah. #Libya

Another RAF armed reconnaissance patrol successfully engaged a main battle tank near Zlitan. #Libya

RAF jets struck armed pick-up trucks and multiple launch rocket systems which had been firing near Brega. #Libya

Three trucks and a rocket launcher were destroyed. #Libya

On Monday morning, an RAF strike mission returned to Zlitan and successfully attacked another military staging post & ammunition stockpile.

A mission headed for the area north of Yafran, in the Djebel Nafousa and struck three command facilities and staging posts. #Libya

HMS Liverpool, having completed a period of routine maintenance, has returned to operational duties off #Libya, relieving HMS Sutherland.

HMS Sutherland was involved in boarding operations and naval fire support using her 4.5” gun, firing high explosive and illumination rounds.

HMS Sutherland is seen here firing her main 4.5-inch gun:
yfrog.com/kkhu3hhfj

Via Alex
Moez Zeiton
Guardian.co.uk, Mon 4 Apr 2011 12.10 BST
Comment
Libya’s bright new dawn
It pains Libyans that Gaddafi has destroyed our beautiful country. But he has succeeded in one thing: uniting us in opposition

Sitting at a cafe overlooking the second-century Roman arch of Marcus Aurelius, I am basking in the sun. In the nearby bazaar, pedlars shout their wares and customers bargain with the shopkeepers. Young Libyans sip their mint tea and the call to midday prayer beams out from several minarets.
First impressions of Tripoli can be deceiving and things aren’t quite as serene as they seem. People talk of corruption, lack of opportunities, frustration and a chokehold on expression but they are wary of who may be sat on the adjacent table.

“…if there is one thing #Gaddafi and his family have achieved, it is the unification of the #Libya n people and the rest of the world in their desire to rid the earth of them.”
Read more:
m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr...

No point in #AU or #UN – seeking #Libya ceasefire- #Saif declares in advance what we knew anyway #Gaddafi will carry on killing regardless

WEEKS NOT MONTHS – @NATO allies #UK & #France – have ramped up air strikes on #Gaddafi on all 3 fronts – 2 end #maddog civilian attacks asap

These looney lefties – who shriek at #France & #UK – 4 returning #Gaddafi looted billions – to their rightful owner – the FREE #Libya people

#FF now control almost all territory – & it’s no longer possible to ID #Gaddafi – #Brega not listed on @NATO ops #Libya

looney lefties – r not just ignorant – they r also stupid – ‘King of Kings’ #Gaddafi was #Africa s greatest imperialist after #CecilRhodes!

NATO keen to erase civilian killing #Gaddafi war machine fm #Zawiya, #Tarhouna & #Tajoura – to prepare gnd 4 rise & fall of #Tripoli #Libya

FREE #Libya need 2 focus on #madpup #Saif – as much as #maddog Dad while #Gaddafi hides hes real day2day Dictator of Libya – well #Tripoli

What contribution have the looney lefties ever made 2 history – they bequeathed us #Lenin & #Stalin & #Mao – GEE THANKS 4 the mass murderers

NATO r hitting #Gaddafi so hard – r running out of targets – & need new fronts- #Sirte #Sabha #BaniWalid #Ghrayran #AlKhums #Tripoli #Libya

#Aljawsh back under #FF wing once again 2day – just #FF surrounded #Tiji & #Badr to go – to complete sweep of #Nafusa B4 #Gharyran #Libya

looney lefties have nothing to offer #Libya – No surprise they love #Gaddafi – their hero’s r fellow mass murderers #Lenin #Stalin & #Mao

#Saif attacks ‘foreigners’ fighting 4 FREE #Libya – 4gets he organized the G mercenaries fm Africa & gave passports to rape & kill Libya ple

#Saif is #ICC indicted 4 paying foreign mercenaries 2 kill #Libya civs – based on evid of snr Regime defector who confirmed hs direct orders

Libya breaknews via FB:
Nato aircrafts bombed at dawn today the Faculty of Law in Zlitan, which was used by Gaddafi forces as a center of operations and communications

قام طيران التحالف فجر اليوم 2-8-2011 بقصف إدارة كلية القانون في زليتن والتي كانت تستخدمها كتائب القذافي كمركز للعمليات والاتصالات

Report from the western mountain battles; FFs are preparing to liberate Gheryan city starting from Qwalish
ليبيا معارك ضارية في الجبل الغربي – القواليش 1/8/2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K0UQ_8cUkA

Pray for our FFs in Brega …. expect to hear the official statement of the liberation very soon. Insha allah!!
الدعاء لثوارنا في البريقة ….ألا إن نصر الله قد أتى و ما هي إلا مسألة شكليات ليتم الأمر بصفة رسمية ….كبروا الله

Our FF are in control of the eastern and central Zliten in addition to its main hospital according to several foreign news sources from Zliten
الله أكبر ثوارنا مسيطرين على شرق و وسط زليتن بالإضافة إلى المستشفى المركزي حسب عدة مصادر صحفية أجنبية من زليتن
توضيح : على حسب المراسلين الأجانب فإن الثوار دخلوا وسط المدينة من دون قتال اليوم لأن كتائب الطاغية قد تراجعت منهابعد معارك الأمس

Late Mohammed Nabbous starring in documentary on @AJArabic now. The documentary takes us back to the first days of #feb17

Via Feb 17
Gaddafi forces torture an elderly man in Zliten, kicking, slapping, and whipping him while forcing him to say “God, Muammer (Gaddafi), and Libya.” Only God knows how many civilians have been tortured/killed under the treatment of Gaddafi forces. This is only a glimpse of what they do. Add this innocent man to the long list of Mistreatment of POWS by Gaddafi forces.
feb17.info/media/video-gaddafi-forces-t...

Nafissa
This year Ramadan’s food for me is:1 pill for Blood Pressure,1 pill for Sinus Allergy,1 pill for anxiety & 1 pill for Depression…Hamdullah

A source CONFIRMED to me that 60,000 ppl are locked up in prison only in TRIPOLI, feeding them enough food just to stay alive.Ya Allah,mercy

According to Libya First TV, Libyan State TV is supposed to be pulled from the air tomorrow, let’s wait & see.

Fissa’s Free Libyan Voice’s Photos – Wall Photos
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=272559&i...

Libya state media reporting NATO strikes in Zawiya, Tarhouna & Tajoura.LIBYANS heard several distant explosions… fb.me/12MP4aMnC
or;
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=272560&i...

THE LIBYAN HISTORY. LOOK HOW NEAT & ORGANIZED LIBYA WAS AND LOOK HOW IT BECAME IN THE ERA OF THE BUTCHER GADDAFI… fb.me/tlUnjl3p
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1015...

Libyan
Its vital that the new, free #Libya build a strong relationship with democratic countries of the West.

42 years living under #Gaddafi’s anti-West atmosphere has brought #Libya nothing good

N_Benghazi .
agree 100%. at the same time it’s important to take very clear and firm stands on certain issues (ie Israel) to show it’s

possible to be a democratic country that’s not anti-west and not stand for certain policies. Libya can be a mover&shaker.

dovenews Libyan™
#FF have finished combing #Aljawsh & continue to surround #Tiji. #Nafusa #Libya

Virtual Activism
#MoronAlert: Seif Al-Islam Gaddafi says he will continue his war even if NATO stopped. Well… maybe they shouldn’t stop then #libya

The way some people explain things is utterly unbelievable:
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Funny guest on #syria Dunia tv claims Aljazeera is jewish, bought by #Qatar. His eveidence “J” in aljazeera refers to “Jewish”. Mamamia!

Libyana
We must be vigilant in our political demands, otherwise all this blood that has been paid will be for just another corrupt regime.

Seraj
By court order, #gaddafi channel must be shut down today, but so far #Nilesat is still letting them broadcast #NilesatiskillingLibyans

Benghazi newspapers’ tribute to Abdulfatah Younis #libya

www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=293242&i...

A Free Libyan
(via FB) Reports that there is heavy confrontations between FFs and GFs on the #Brega front. #Libya #Feb17

Hominoid
Iran urges Western governments to halt bloodshed in Libya, per haps the should stop killing their own first eh eh eh

Alex
#Badr now in #FF domain – So just #Tiji 2 free – Tiji a small garrison city – with sprawling suburbs – as this MAP shows indexmundi.com/z/?lat=32.0166…
or:
www.indexmundi.com/z/?lat=32.0166667&lo...

NATO NATO
Livestream in 5’ (14:00 Brussels): #NATO press briefing on #Libya. Now available in #Arabic goo.gl/Vb7Wz

baysontheroad JAMES BAYS
So far today – all quiet on Nafusa front #ILIBYA

Libya
I would like to thank on behalf of all Libyans, countries who are supporting us and providing us with the esentials in Libya. THANK YOU!! :)

Ramadan Kareem to you and your family. Insha allah the fighting hasnt decreasd. Insha allah we have taken Zlitten and Brega! :)

Alex
NEW #Alhambra! With its oil -proud history & its v resourceful people – FREE #Libya can be a prosperous democratic model 4 Arabia & Africa

#Gaddafi s last stand in #Brega – FB Reports “there are heavy confrontations between #FF s and GFs on the west Brega front” #Libya

Nu Bari
FF’S advance in Zliten! May Allah protect them as they advance to Tripoli! LONG LIVE FREE #LIBYA

Free Libya Now
Five months of presence of #TNC should be enough to map out formations, establish a united structure & posesses a grip on situation. #Libya

Danya
First thing I will do in #FREELIBYA inshallah is go to my grandparents graves ..to let them know where finally free.

ProudLibyan
We all have to be advocates for democracy, justice, civil society and rule of law. #Libya

freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
The Freedom Group Daily is out! bit.ly/fGJIFt ▸ Top stories

France
France will place $259 million at the disposal of Libya’s National Transition Council (NTC) after un-freezing Libyan assets in the country, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Monday.
The NTC has committed to use the funds for humanitarian purposes, respecting European guidelines, according to a foreign ministry statement released after a meeting between Juppe and the NTC’s special envoy in Paris, Mansour Seyf al-Nasr.

G tv
Libyan state television broadcasted footage of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, speaking on Sunday to a group of families displaced from Benghazi.
Gaddafi’s son told the crowds that fighting the rebels will not stop even if NATO halted its operations, he said also that they will continue the fight until they liberated all Libya.

“No one should think that after the all sacrifices we have made, and the martyrdom of our sons, brothers and friends, we will stop fighting. Forget it. Regardless of whether NATO leaves or not, the fighting will continue until all of Libya is liberated…”

Guardian
Libyan rebels have entered the town of Zlitan after a weekend of heavy fighting in which Nato escalated its bombing campaign in the runup to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
RAF planes dropped 16 Paveway laser-guided bombs in two days around the town, destroying government tanks, rocket launchers, ammunition dumps and command centres, and clearing a path for the rebels.
The Ministry of Defence said RAF jets also attacked a railway construction site at Bani Walid, south-west of Zlitan, commandeered for use as a military fuel distribution facility.
Opposition fighters said the town, which they have struggled to capture for eight weeks, was quiet on Monday, with no sign of government troops. We are in the town centre and we have the hospital,” said rebel fighter Yunus Al-Haq. “It’s good for the spirit.”
But securing the town for the opposition depends on clearing one final obstacle – agreement from the elders of the town’s Fowater tribe that Misratan fighters can be “invited” to occupy Zlitan.

G wants Filipino workers: A visiting Libyan official urged Filipino workers Monday to return to Libya, saying its capital was peaceful and violence was confined to rebel-controlled areas.
Philippine Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the Philippines is maintaining its policy not to deploy workers there.
NATO airstrikes have hit Tripoli and other targets in the five-month operation to enforce a no-fly zone and protect civilians, but there is a semblance of normalcy in the capital as shops remain open and residents go about normal daily routines.
Abdulhadi Lahweej, Libya’s undersecretary for expatriates, immigrants and refugee affairs, met with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario during which he assured him of the safety of Filipinos in Libya.
About 14,000 Filipinos were evacuated from the country in March, shortly after the rebellion began in mid-February. Those who remain are mostly medical workers.

Aljazeera
Hugo Chavez has read excerpts from the letter Gaddafi sent him through his finance minister. “You know the magnitude of the conspiracy against my country,” Chavez read from the letter. “Your criteria has beenclear and explicit, we hope to continue with the strength of that support.”
Chavez attacked the international intervention in Libya stating, “Long live Muammar Gaddafi,” Chavez said in a televised address. “NATO is an embarrassment ... We do not recognise the pantomime of transition that violates and destroys the basis of international law.”

Via Feb17
Muammar Gaddafi sent emissaries to Caracas over the weekend to ask Hugo Chávez to help his regime sell crude oil through Venezuela in international markets, thus evading internationally imposed sanctions, western intelligence sources said. The small delegation — headed by Planning and Finance Minister Abdulhafid Zlitni — arrived Sunday on a private jet and Chávez confirmed its presence in the South American country.

Free Libya Now
Documents found at raided #Gadafi loyal brigade camp named Al Nida, includes a hit list. Abdel Fatah Younes is first on the List. #Libya RT

Tripolitano
Seif had a recorded message broadcast yesterday. It was recorded in Al Waddan hotel. Where so called tribal reps been there since May

Guardian
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi appears defiant on Libyan TV – video

Libyan state television footage of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi speaking to residents displaced from Benghazi.

The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi told his appreciative audience that fighting the rebels will not stop even if Nato halts its operations. His comments pour cold water on a diplomatic end to the conflict
Video:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/aug...

NILESAT:
mohamed
twitpic.com/5zrs5k – #libya names of patriots who filed the nilesat case

#libya nilesat photos twitpic.com/5ztdix

#libya the 2 braves abdallah gamaty and omar buogeila god bless them our ff for nilesat verdict twitpic.com/5ztfxl

#libya nilesat verdict video coming up within 2 hours#nilesat #egypt

Video:
#libya nilesat after the verdict twitpic.com/5ztmop

#libya brave lawyers from marj twitpic.com/5zu02g

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BENGHAZI: Iftar in the Martyrs Square is FREE throught the Holy Month of Ramadan! :) #Libya #feb17 #Benghazi #Ramadan #NTC

hominoid
Russia: Libya conflict at ‘dead end’ Defiantly for Russia no more arms deals for you Putin

The Secretary of the People’s Committee for Public Security in Gaddafi’s government, Major General Sanusi Solomon Alozyre appeal to the employees of the public security sector in the eastern regions, that in response to the call of duty and to achieve the national interest, inviting them to move with their tribes and with some organizations, militias loyal to the Qadhafi regime existing in the city of Benghazi to eradicate the rebels in the city.

Alozyre called – according to news agency reported of the Gaddafi regime – employees of the sector to eliminate the rebels, in an attempt to undermine stability and security in the city, a stronghold of the insurgents, and captured rebels as soon as possible.

Aljazeera via Feb17
Opposition forces in Libya continue to fight government troops on several fronts, after a fresh offensive in the country’s west.
Intense fighting has been reported from the villages of Bada, al-Josh, Tiji and on the outskirts of Zlitan.
Dead and injured fighters from Zlitan are being taken to a hospital in Misrata, where nurses work around the clock to try and save as many lives as possible.
Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from Misrata, western Libya.
feb17.info/media/video-libyan-rebels-tr...

RT RUSSIA:
Moscow warns against repetition of Libyan scenario in Syria

Vershinin also reiterated Russia’s position in the Libyan conflict: the military operation has reached a deadlock, and the search for a political solution should be resumed. The efforts of the Western countries have confirmed the absence of a military solution. Libyans themselves should decide the future of their country – without outside interference, the diplomat noted. He added that there would be no place for Muammar Gaddafi in a democratic Libya.

Moscow is insisting that the Libyan leadership’s financial resources must only be used with the

sanction of the UN Security Council. Vershinin recalled that funds had been frozen under the council’s resolution 1970. Now, consultations on unfreezing these resources are underway. Although Russia is taking part in the talks, it wants reassurance that they will only be spent on humanitarian goals.

Read more:
rt.com/politics/russia-libya-syria-rela...

UPDATES:
Head of the Arab Parliament asks Arab countries to break their silence #Libyaupdates, via @al_omari #Libya Aug1st
Libya, Aug 01, 2011
By Hussein Al-Omari on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 1:22am
(Sources: Aljazeera and news agencies)
1. France said that it handed NTC the amount of $259 million from the frozen Libyan assets in France. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said that NTC will be able to buy with these assets the humanitarian needs in a way that abides by the European laws and regulations. France had promised in Jun to unfreeze $420 million.
2. NTC new convoy to Paris, Mansour Saif Al-Nassr, said that these assests are owned by the Libyan people and will be used to buy food and medicine.
3. Norway ended today its participation in NATO operation in Libya because it became hard for them to continue in this heavy mission.
4. Italy withdrew its aircraft carrier Garibaldi.
5. Britain said that it will participate in the military mission as long as it takes to protect the civilians according to the UN resolution.
6. France said that it will continue its military participation for a long time. The French defense minister said that if Gaddafi has the least feeling that time is on his side he would use this card. He added that we should not be tied up by time schedules or deadlines.
7. The head of the Arab Parliament Ali Salem Al-Daqbassi asked the Arab countries to break the silence in this month of Ramdan and show solidarity with people revolting in Libya, Syria, and Yemen. He warned against using the Arab armies in wars against their own people.

8. Gaddafi’s finance minister Abdul-Hafez Al-Zleitany said that his country lost around
$50 billion due to the wide destruction and the stopping of oil exporting since Feb 17 till now. He said $30 billion due to the destruction and $20 billion due to not exporting oil.
9. Al-Zleitany called the countries not to give the frozen money to NTC because this money was dedicated for development programs. He said that Libya had an annual growth of 7% and that the total assets abroad are $170 billion.
10. Gaddafi government in Tripoli said that it had contacts with NTC and its envoys last three months such as those with Mahmud Jibril, Ali Sallabi, and Ali Al-Issawi. However, it denied that there were any contacts with Abdul-Fattah Yunus prior to his death. Last meeting was with the govenement two months ago in Italy. NTC had announced such meetings and contacts that failed to bring about a peaceful solution that implies the stepping down of Gaddafi.
11. Gaddafi forces recaptured Aljoush from the revolutionary fighters after having fallen for them yesterday; 3 revolutionary fighters were killed and 4 wounded in the battle.
12. NATO planes executed 126 airstrikes against Gaddafi forces in the Western Mountain area.
13. The revolutionary fighters are advancing toward the entrances of the towns of Tiji and Bader in Jabal Nafousa.
14. More than 30 killed and 130 wounded in Misrata due to the attack by Gaddafi forcs using artillery and rockets.
15. The Guardian newspapers says that Zlitan is all liberated after the Royal Air Force in NATO shelled Gaddafi forces heavily last few days destroying so many weaponry and allowing the revolutionary fighters to enter the city. The paper said they captured so many heavy weapons from the city and are waiting an agreement from the elders of the town’s Fowater tribe that Misratan fighters can be “invited” to occupy Zlitan.
16. However, Aljazeea reports state that the revolutionary fighters from Misrata and Zlitan are still fighting for full control of the city. The revolutionary fighters are advancing toward downtown Zlitan with the help of the revolutionary fighters of Misrata.
17. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his country will not recognize Libya’s opposition, calling NTC a “group of terrorists.” Mr. Chavez on Monday praised Gaddafi and criticized other nations that have recognized the opposition council.
18. The United States on Monday welcomed a Libyan opposition investigation into the assassination of General Abdul-Fattah Yunus, chief of the rebel army fighting to oust Gaddafi. Libya’s NTC said on Friday it formed a committee to probe the murder of Yunus, whose bullet-riddled and burned body was found in mysterious circumstances in fields just outside the rebel bastion of Benghazi. “We do welcome NTC’s move to set up an impartial committee that’ll investigate the incident,” State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner told reporters. “And we look forward to hearing the results,” he said.

BREAKING: Reuters: Seven #Libyan #FFs killed and 65 wounded in counterattack on city of #Zliten by Pro- #Gaddafi forces. #Libya #feb17

BREGA: Skirmishes took place today between #FFs and Pro – #Gaddafi forces inside #Brega this morning. #Libya #feb17

Hominoid
Libya rebels say forces enter Kadhafi-held Zliten.

AFP

Libya rebels say forces enter Kadhafi-held Zliten

BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya’s rebels said on Tuesday they launched a post-dawn attack on the western town of Zliten, punching through to the centre and sparking fierce clashes with forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi.
“The rebels advanced today inside Zliten to control the centre. Now there is a vicious fight with Kadhafi’s forces,” said Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani, a military spokesman based in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
The fight for Zliten — which lies just 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of the capital Tripoli — began shortly after sunrise.
In recent weeks Libya’s rebels have been slowly advancing on Zliten from their enclave at Misrata, 70 kilometres to the east.
They have been aided by NATO air strikes, which on Monday hit one Kadhafi command and control node and one military facility in the town.

Zliten has long been held by Kadhafi’s forces, and was suspected of being a base for multiple rocket attacks on Misrata that have killed scores of civilians.
Meanwhile in the east, Bani said rebels fought for hours with Kadhafi forces at the oil hub of Brega on Tuesday, with a small unit of 45 troops entering the town’s eastern residential district.
“There were clashes with Kadhafi’s forces and it went on four hours and then they had to retreat back,” Bani said.

Aljazeera
Hoda:
Zliten: Latest update from Aljazeera
Video:
Zliten: Latest update from Aljazeera t.co/hG8hBYP via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=95rWas7C9bE&fea...

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
by ChangeInLibya
NOW++ #VOFL Rebel Radio: ‘An assassin of Abd-al-Fatatah Yunis #AFY has been Arrested trying to escape to Egypt.’ #Libya #Feb17

SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Seven Libyan rebels killed and 65 wounded in counterattack on city of Zlitan by Pro-Gaddafi forces

dovenews Libyan™
Zaif Gaddafi promised to fight #FF & #NATO, even if NATO stops. Like father like son, just barking mad. #Libya #GaddafiEnd

Norway officially finishes its military operation against Gaddafi in Libya. #Libya #Norway

US wishes that #Chaves 2 use his influence wth Gaddafi 2 help 2 begin the process of transition towards democracy & step down from power

Reuters
Venezuela’s Chavez loses hair from chemotherapy

  • Says tests show no more malignant cells
  • Plans two more rounds of chemotherapy
  • Says Gaddafi sends envoy with letter, no details
    By Frank Jack Daniel
    CARACAS, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez appeared on television on Monday with his head closely shaved and bald patches from hair loss caused by chemotherapy for a cancer that has slowed him ahead of a re-election bid.
    “This is my new look,” the president joked during his second hour-long appearance of the day and then held up a photograph of himself as a toddler with little hair. “I’m returning to my youth,” he said.
Chavez said a Libyan envoy sent by his friend and ally Muammar Gaddafi brought a letter for him on Monday, but he gave no details of its contents. (Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Anthony Boadle)
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFN1...

Le FIGARO
Syrie: pas d’’option militaire" envisagée
“Les situations en Libye et en Syrie ne sont pas similaires” et “aucune option de nature militaire n’est envisagée” dans ce dernier pays, a déclaré lors d’un point-presse la porte-parole adjointe du ministère des Affaires étrangères, Christine Fages, sans dire en quoi ces situations diffèrent. Elle était interrogée pour savoir si le scénario libyen pouvait se répéter en Syrie.

En Libye, la France, la Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis notamment, se basant sur des résolutions de l’ONU autorisant la protection des civils, sont entrés en guerre à la mi-mars contre le régime de Mouammar Kadhafi un mois après le début de protestations massives violemment réprimées à Benghazi et Al-Baïda

Full art.:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/08/02/9...

VOA

Libyan Rebels Attempt Advance in Zlitan

Intense fighting is underway near Libya’s western town of Zlitan as rebel fighters push to wrestle control from government forces.
The French News Agency quotes a rebel military spokesman Tuesday as saying opposition fighters have advanced closer to the town’s center.
In a separate development, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez went against a widening international trend on Monday and said his country would not recognize Libya’s opposition Transitional National Council . He called the TNC a “group of terrorists.”
More than 30 countries, including the United States, France and Britain, have recognized the

opposition council as Libya’s interim government.
Mr. Chavez has repeatedly condemned the international military operation in Libya. NATO has enforced a no-fly zone and carried out airstrikes since March under a United Nations Security Council resolution to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi’s government forces.
Also Monday, France said it has released $259 million in frozen Libyan funds to the TNC for humanitarian needs.

According to Gaddafi TV:
Large Pro Gaddafi rallies in Benghazi and green flags rising. And heavy gunfire from Armed Gangs. gaddafilies

Via FB
RNN | Libya :
Libya’s rebels said Tuesday that they launched a post-dawn attack on the western town of Zliten, punching through to the center and sparking fierce clashes with forces loyal to Gaddafi.

blabeen
FF frm #MISRATA #ZLITEN front told LyFreeTV , today GF brought a lot of Chadian mercenaries to fighting whit them, FF captured some of them

Zlitniya
#Zliten front:today FF managed to counteract attacks from #Gaddafi militia on the city’s outskirts.Fighting is fierce #Dua #Dua #Dua #Libya

Alex
#Gaddafi & #Saif will never voluntarily ‘retire’ or exit #Libya – Its impossible 4 these control freaks to consider giving up power – Their flunkies fear them so much – there is close to zero

chance of a coup against the family – This conflict must endure until he’s killed in #Tripoli – most likely by liberating #FF from #Nasfusa & #Misrata

Khiria
#NTC with the help of the @UN should at least ask to see the conditions the prisonersin #Tripoli, #Libya! Let them know we care about them!!

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Zliten: #Gaddafi’s forces are using snipers & artillery – they tried to pull off a counter-attack today in Tuesday market & failed #libya

Zliten: So far, in today’s battles, 6 freedom fighters have been killed and around 30 injured – only a couple are critical

Gone are the days of 60km advances and 80km retreats – when FF hold an area, they hold it for good or only retreat 1-2km. #libya

NATO:
NATO NATO
by HMS_Nonsuch
This afternoon’s press conference on #NATO and #Libya in English, French and Arabic. goo.gl/iEqbs

BFBS:
Busy mission for HMS Bangor as it protects the waters of Libya
British ships are taking part in Operation Unified Protector, the NATO mission to protect the waters around the coast of Libya.
The crew of minehunter HMS Bangor have been busy finding and destroying mines dropped by pro-Gaddaffi forces, protected by ships from other NATO nations.

Pictures: NATO TV
Video:
bfbs.com/news/top-story/busy-mission-hm...

Sarah LFFR
#SaifGaddafi : "Nous n’arrêteront pas la bataille jusqu’à la libération totale de la #Libye " #SaifsJokes

Romandie News:
Libye: combats entre rebelles et loyalistes pour le contrôle de Zliten

BENGHAZI (Libye) – De violents combats étaient en cours mardi entre rebelles et forces pro-Kadhafi pour le contrôle de la localité stratégique de Zliten, à l’est de Tripoli, a affirmé à l’AFP un porte-parole militaire de la rébellion.

Les rebelles ont avancé jusque dans le centre de Zliten pour en prendre le contrôle. De violents combats s’y déroulent actuellement contre les forces de Kadhafi, a déclaré à l’AFP le colonel Ahmad Omar Bani, un porte-parole militaire du Conseil national de transition (CNT).

Les affrontements ont débuté à l’aube, a simplement précisé le colonel Bani, interrogé à Benghazi, capitale des rebelles dans l’est du pays.

Ces informations n’ont pas été confirmées de source indépendante.

Full story:
www.romandie.com/news/n/_Libye_combats_...

Armchair Arab
They also see no military solution. I put little faith in predictions of the CSIS. Their speciality is hindsight.

Noor
Imagine getting in trouble. When I say “my dad will kill me if I…” I literally mean my dad will kill me #IfGaddafiWasMyDad

Jonny Hallam
a few weeks of #Rixos gave a small window on understanding what 42 years would do to you.

LIBYA TRIPOLI
Brave Souk Al Juma’s Youth speaking in #Tunisia after rescued by #Zintan fighters — أبطال سوق الجمعة الأحرار youtube.com/watch?v=hiuXPB… #Libya

or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiuXPBvcKJU&fea...

Many saying NATO destroyed 3 television transmitters near Tripoli. NATO said no such thing. They said they hit 3 TV satellite dishes…

Michelle
believe it or not this is my bedroom in #Misrata. twitpic.com/5zt2kz

KC
Life is but a series of tests, and everything happens for a #reason. The great people of #Libya are being tested my friends"

Cs Monitor
By Howard LaFranchi,
Can US Libya strategy survive the assassination of rebels’ top general?
The assassination of Gen. Younis is a major challenge to the rebels – and to the strategy of the US and others who recognized the rebels as Libya’s government and must stay the course.

Washington
The intrigue and unanswered questions that continue to swirl around the assassination last Thursday of the Libyan rebels’ top general are raising questions about the control the rebels have over their own movement.

Rumors are proliferating as to whether the killing came at the hands of rebels suspicious of General Younis’s loyalties, disgruntled tribesmen, or a cell of loyalists to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi tasked with taking out the former Qaddafi confidant.

One theory postulates that the killers received orders embedded in reports on Libya state television in Tripoli.

About the only undisputed point is that the Younis assassination reveals the tenuous control the TNC maintains over its forces, as well as over events in its capital of Benghazi on Libya’s eastern edge.
Read full art.:
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/20...

AFP-
#FF in Nafusa have no intention of laying down their arms despite fasting during the hot summer days t.co/RG2OqWm #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFPqcZcCcwI&fea...

Reuters :
Gaddafi Forces killed 7 FFs in a counter-attack in Zlitan, hospital sources as Gaddafi’s son camp vowed to push on with a war to crush 5 month uprising

Nusaiba
2 of my mums cousins & my mates MUM!!!! Are amongst these 50,000 detained. Rabi yafaraj wo khalas

Postcards4Libya Postcards For Libya
Inviamo una cartolina ai bambini libici ricoverati in Tunisia per regalargli un sorriso. Questa è la pagina Facebook facebook.com/PostcardsforLi…
or:
www.facebook.com/PostcardsforLibya

Daily Mail
Libyan woman who claimed she had been gang-raped by Colonel Gaddafi’s forces has fled to the U.S.

Daily mail reporter

Obeidi, who has been granted asylum in America, told CNN she was excited and happy to be in the country, thanking the government and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Full art.:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-202019...

Joanne
#TRIPOLI #NATO has been bombing military targets and dropped leaflets over the capital calling on Gaddafi Loyalist to GIVE UP #Libya

Zlitniya
I find it irritating that our billions are frozen abroad.And WHEN those countries do decided 2return some of it,they impose conditions >.<

Hedaya
“Fasting has only increased our determination and resolve to defeat the brigades of the tyrant to liberate Zlitan entirely” frontline rebel

Joanne
#TIJI FF surrounding Tiji where most of Gaddafi’s men are hiding #Libya #NAFUSA goo.gl/rpfQU
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imyd8SfPb6U&fea...

Fissa
I posted 13 photos on Facebook in the album “In the meomory of Mohammed Othman Assed – محمد” fb.me/1dtUuKt0s
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.14498...

Breaking_ليبيا_News
Al Jazeera: the present number of Gaddafi forces in Zliten is approximalty 3000الجزيرة : ويتواجد حوالي عدد 3000 جندي من كتائب القذافي في زليتن

Alex
#UN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE NOTE!: “#Gaddafi is proposing #Venezuela assume ownership of the OILships to continue operating them through Venezuela…If this is done, it would be a violation of all sanctions.”
The intelligence sources told El Nuevo Herald that the emissaries plan to request that

Venezuela take control over more than a dozen tankers, each with a capacity to store more than 160,000 tons of oil, and the possibility to market more than 1.5 million barrels of #Libyan crude oil through the South American country.
The request also considers the possibility of selling hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil products that #Libya has not been able to place in the market after the United Nations unanimously approved sanctions against Gaddafi’s regime due to its bloody repression against dissidents, the sources said.
The sources said that the Libyan government also has given orders to ask the Venezuelan government to supply water and fuel to two Libyan boats stranded in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as purchase nearly 5,000 tons of additives for producing gasoline.”
Read more: www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/01/2340938/...

#NTC MUST IMPROVE SUPPLY TO #NAFUSA #FF! “It’s taking too long to get ammunition. Units from different villages have to borrow ammunition from each other because there is not enough to go around,” said Tarek Zanbou, a former intelligence officer under #Gaddafi who joined the rebel movement.

Ammunition from fellow rebels in the east of #Libya comes only about once a month, so they have to improvise to survive." @NATO

www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/02/liby...

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Do our prisoners in Tripoli & other occupied cities know its Ramadan? May Allah free them all soon and protect them from harm #feb17 #Libya

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Rebel Radio quoting Lawyer Umar Abu-Usaylah saying ‘NileSat will stop Transmission of Libya State TV TODAY’ #Believewhenseeit.

Zliten:
Martyrdom of eight of the FF inside Zliten after Qaddafi mad a counter-attack and fighting is still on to now ..
إستشهاد ثمانية من الثوار وسط زليتن بعد قيام كتائب القذافي بهجوم مضاد هذا و لا زالت المعارك القائمة إلى الآن ..اللهم أنصر الثوار

Zlitniya
#Zliten :FF removes land mines planted by #Gaddafi militia in Suq Al Thulatha #Libya #Feb17 youtube.com/watch?v=hd_LQa…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd_LQal3Sos&fea...

dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi’s Lejan Thawrya (Revolutionary Committee Guards) told some residents in #Tripoli, @NATO will strike ur area & u must leave your
houses now & when they did, Gaddafi’s thugs stole their homes.

Ahmed
Saif #Gadadfi..still tripping on how “he will cleanse #Libya”..“we wont stop until we complete that task..” @Natopress #laughatgaddafi

Sorin
If US or another western country were killing fellow Arabs during Ramadan, every Arab country would be on the streets. Assad is killing in mass during Ramadan and Arab countries are silent. They did almost the same thing with Libya except for a few countries and Gaddafi was not like by almost anyone and still they stayed quiet. Arab countries should be ashamed of letting Syrians getting killed and not doing anything to stop it. They are the only ones that can intervene. Western countries can NOT.

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli: “The latest Ammunition #Gaddafi has received is a new type. The end of the bullet is green and the rest is a bronze colour”

libyanandproud
From #Zintan to Seif #Gaddafi : BRING IT ON ! #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/5zwla1

Sarah LFFR
#Nafusa : Les révolutionnaires ont libéré la ville de Zigzaw 10km à l’Ouest de #Tiji #feb17 #Libye

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli: " @Nato stop bombing empty #military camps and stop #Gaddafi receiving supply from #Algeria"

Tripoli: “Trusted Air Force source told us #Algeria Government sends supply to #Gaddafi Everyday!!”

Tripoli: “Before yesterday 35 youth were detained from #Fashloom area alone”

Off topic:
Very true statement :)
All mothers have intuition. Great mothers have radar.

Miss B
Photo : #Remada refugee camp in #Tunisia, the temporary home of many #Libyan(s) #refugees #Feb17 flic.kr/p/a9q1Nq

sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q367FE0Nzeg fb.me/UaTdgnCX

Sorin
Arab countries should be ashamed for staying silent and not helping the people of Syria. Most of them did almost the same with Libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” now departing port #Mostaghamen #Algeria for dest. #Oran Algeria. #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi building secret cash reserves to start major offensive against #Freedomfighters when UN resolution 1973 ends in Sept. #Libya #Feb17

#NTC FISHING BOAT “AL ENTISAR” back in #Malta from #Misrata #Libya. #Feb17

#Libya #News is out! bit.ly/r1O3zu ▸ Top stories today

Abdul
No diesel & petrol in #Nafusa anymore Trucks used 2 sell them disappeared They r no longer allowed 2 cross border with fuel #libya #Tiji

Miss B
Photo : V is for Victory – From the #Libya(n) refugee children in #Tunisia flic.kr/p/a643x1
www.flickr.com/photos/befroggled/596438...

libyanandproud
#Zliten : Freedom Fighters Repel and Reject latest 2 frontal attempt by #Gaddafi forces to retake Zliten outskirts

Nadia
In Pictures: The start of Ramadan – In Pictures – Al Jazeera English english.aljazeera.net/indepth/inpict… via @ajenglish
or:
english.aljazeera.net/indepth/inpicture...

THE @UN HAS DONE NOTHING 4 THE 60000 Tripoli youth incarcerated in #Gaddafi death camps – Per @Worldloverpeace – “The #NTC with the help of the #UN should constantly demand the release for 60,000 prisoners from #Tripoli, #Libya prisons”

Alex
@NATO also have special obligation – 2 free 60000 imprisoned #Tripoli youth – they are innocent civilians locked in #Gaddafi killing machine

BECAUSE #Saif – the #EICHMANN of Libya – & #Gaddafi Libya’s #Hitler – WONT LET THEM! – THEY HAVE A LOT TO HIDE – “The @UN and @HRW have been visiting prisons in #Benghazi everyday. Why can’t they do the same for #Tripoli prisons?” #Libya

@UN are complicit in starving & torture of 60000 #Tripoli youth – because they conceal #Saif s refusal to let them visit #Tripoli prisons

Is zero chance of #Saif ever permiting a @UN visit to hs #Tripoli death camps – 60000 youth r being starved tortured & murdered 4 protesting

#Rixos reporters – should be a little less tame – & start asking #MusaIbrahim – about 60000 #Tripoli youth in #Gaddafi death camps. #Libya

#ZLITEN #Fowater tribe not banned #FF fm entering city – just not given consent yet -Understandably want 2 avoid city looking like #Misrata

The King of Kings – has summoned hs subjects from #Chad 2 help him in #Zliten – 4 a gun – free passport – lots of loot – & free #Libya women

#Nafusa #FF: "The fighters themselves are also a motley crew. Professors, students, lawyers, engineers, doctors, laborers and taxi drivers have all taken up arms and headed to the front lines.They’ve become battle hardened, but still lack discipline.

The rebels in the #Nafusa mountains have made gains in recent weeks, using their bravado and their rusty guns to lethal effect. But the fighting is still far from over.": #Libya

www.npr.org/2011/08/02/138900885/libyan...

HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
bad start of the day.lots of wounded. GF flanked opp.fighters but by end of day they tell me they holding positions on outskirts of #Zliten

FF are holding ground despite the tanks, rockets and grads

was bad according to FF. did say was not able to get full pic cuz fluid situation

UN News Centre
Libya: UN envoy briefs top Chinese official on efforts to resolve crisis
The United Nations special envoy for Libya today briefed China’s Foreign Minister on his efforts to broker a political solution to the crisis in the North African country and expressed his satisfaction with Beijing’s support for his mission and UN efforts to find a settlement.
Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, who has been on a two-day visit to Beijing, updated Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on his recent discussions with representatives

of both parties during his visits last week to Tripoli and Benghazi.
Mr. Khatib also briefed Mr. Jiechi on his talks with the Chairman of the Ad Hoc High Committee of the African Union for Libya and other regional groups, which are aimed at enhancing international cooperation and unifying all efforts towards ending the crisis in a manner consistent with the legitimate aspirations of the people of Libya.
Mr. Khatib said Mr. Jiechi had expressed China’s support for the lead role played by the UN to find a political solution and to strengthen cooperation between the UN and regional organizations towards that goal.
Libya has been engulfed by fighting since a pro-democracy movement opposed to the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi emerged in February following similar protests in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries across North Africa and the Middle East.

Via Libyan youth movement
Libya FFs push forward as Russia speaks of ‘dead end’

BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan rebels said on Tuesday they had punched through to the centre of the western town of Zliten, sparking fierce clashes with forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi, as Russia said the conflict had reached a dead end.

“The rebels advanced today inside Zliten to control the centre. Now there is a vicious fight with Kadhafi’s forces,” said Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani, a military spokesman based in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
The fight for Zliten — which lies just 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of the capital Tripoli — began shortly after sunrise and was still raging by late afternoon.
A rebel spokesman in Misrata said eight fighters had been killed and 30 had been wounded.
The spokesman, who asked not to be named, added that the rebels had killed “many” Kadhafi fighters and had captured more — including an undefined number of Chadian mercenaries.
In recent weeks Libya’s rebels have been slowly advancing on Zliten from their enclave at Misrata, 70 kilometres to the east.
They have been aided by NATO air strikes, which on Monday hit one Kadhafi’s command and control centre and one military facility in the town.
Zliten has long been held by Kadhafi, and was suspected of being a base for multiple rocket attacks on Misrata that have killed scores of civilians.
In the east, Bani said rebels fought for hours with Kadhafi forces at the oil hub of Brega, with a small unit of 45 troops entering the town’s eastern residential district.

“There were clashes with Kadhafi’s forces and it went on four hours and then they had to retreat back,” Bani said.
On Monday, rebels said they arrested dozens of loyalist militiamen in Benghazi and suffered a blow in western Libya, losing a village at the foot of a key mountain range.
At least 63 people were rounded up in an ongoing bid to tighten security in Benghazi, following an hours-long battle with Kadhafi loyalists in the opposition stronghold.
But in western Libya, Kadhafi forces wrested back control of the village of Josh at the foot of the strategic Nafusa mountains and captured on Monday, AFP journalists at the scene said.
The Nafusa region has seen heavy fighting since the insurgents launched a major offensive this month in a drive on the capital Tripoli.
In Moscow, meanwhile, a senior Russian official said fighting in Libya had reached a “dead end” that could only be resolved through dialogue and new attempts at negotiation.
“The situation has reached a dead end that confirms that there is no military solution,” the head of the foreign ministry’s Middle East and North Africa department, Sergei Vershinin, was quoted by Interax as saying.
“We have to go back to searching for political and diplomatic solutions,” he was quoted as saying.
Russia abstained from a vote on a UN Security Council resolution in March that opened the way for air strikes on Kadhafi regime targets in Libya but has since criticized the scale and intent of the NATO-led Western campaign.
It has been involved in attempts to mediate between the rebels controlling the east of the country and the Kadhafi’s regime in Tripoli.
Kadhafi, meanwhile, has sent an envoy to Caracas carrying a letter for his ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Latin American leader said on Monday, without revealing the contents.
“The envoy brought a letter for me. That is good, the world needs to know about this,” said Chavez, who has consistently denounced NATO strikes in Libya as a Western oil grab.
Chavez called the rebels “terrorists” and called on other countries to cut ties with the rebel National Transitional Council.
“Not only do we refuse to recognize the pantomime that is the Transitional Council… We say that European and other countries have recognised a group of terrorists… and given them legitimacy,” he said.
He went on to say that such recognition “destroys the foundation of international law” because it would pave the way for the elevation of other opposition groups.
“It’s very dangerous, and it could happen to all kinds of presidents. Tomorrow it could be any of us… This cannot be tolerated.”
On July 15 Western and regional powers designated the Benghazi-based NTC as the country’s

legitimate rulers, a move that gives them access to vital funds.
The United States, which in June declared the NTC “the legitimate interlocutor” of the Libyan people, said Venezuela should join the international community in pressing Kadhafi to step down.
“I would hope (Chavez) urged Kadhafi to step down and allow a democratic transition to take place,” US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in Washington.
Source AFP

Now Lebanon
Libyan rebels uncover Qaddafi hit list

Libyan rebels have uncovered a hit list with the names and addresses of about 60 of their leaders, during an operation to smoke out a suspected pro-Qaddafi sleeper cell, officials told AFP on Tuesday.
Files with sensitive information about key members of the rebels’ political and military leadership were found at the headquarters of a Benghazi-based brigade — now believed to have been secretly allied to Moammar Qaddafi’s regime.
“There were around 60 people on the list,” deputy rebel interior minister Mustafa al-Sagazly told AFP, including “members of the National Transitional Council, the military council, the cabinet of the NTC executive.”
“There were names and addresses,” he said, “some of the addresses were correct.”
The list was found during a operation against the Katiba Nida Libya — or Libya’s Call Brigade — which is suspected of being a pro-Qaddafi cell that masqueraded as one of the plethora of loosely-linked volunteer units that make up the rebel army.
“They were a very serious threat,” said NTC spokesperson Shamsiddin Abdulmolah, “they had a camp that was very well armed, with ammunition, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, explosives and enough food supplies for weeks.”
“They planned to spread death and destruction across Benghazi.”
The group, whose exact number is not known, came under suspicion after being linked to an audacious Benghazi jail break that resulted in the escape of as many as 300 inmates, including some high value prisoners of war.
At dawn on Sunday rebel security forces staged a five-hour raid on a Benghazi license plate factory where the group was holed up, leaving four rebels and five Qaddafi loyalists dead.

Finally an article that is truthful
Please read:
NPR.org
NPR Libya Producer Told: ‘This Is Your Punishment’
Jonathan Blakley
While waiting at the Tunisian/Libyan border with my colleague Lourdes Garcia-Navarro and about 12 other Western journalists headed to Tripoli, one reporter from the Ukranian television channel TVI turned to me and said: “For all the mistakes you’ve made in life, this is your punishment.”
He was referring to the bizarre world that journalists based in Tripoli are dealing with on a daily basis.
That was a little more than a week ago.
It has been a long week.

The ride into Tripoli foreshadowed what was ahead. We piled our gear and ourselves into four vans, for a dicey, high-speed, three-hour drive — our government minders at the wheel.
On the way in, we spotted anti-aircraft batteries under highway overpasses, between buildings or behind foliage and, sometimes, just out in the open.
Some towns we zipped through along the coast showed signs of battle — broken windows, damaged buildings and shuttered storefronts. In other towns, there were signs of normalcy; we spotted schoolchildren holding hands walking out of one building.
There were many checkpoints — each with rough-looking military officers, sometimes with green ribbons or small green flags tied around the working end of their automatic rifles.
Many of the cars we passed sported pictures of a smiling Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi emblazoned on their rear windows.
This is my first visit to Tripoli and, at first glance, it looks like most other major cities: a few skyscrapers, some well-designed freeways, major roads and roundabouts. But it was clear before even stepping out of our van that the city was tense and unsettled.
Only a few shops were open. There weren’t many people milling around in the streets. And at every gas station — long, long lines of cars and people with Jerricans waiting for gas.

At the hotel where the media are based, it gets a bit weirder.

The hotel is swarming with government minders and interpreters. Most are fairly friendly, but all of them are sticking to the script — that is, that Libya was fine before the airstrikes started, and now the country is well on its way to becoming another Iraq.
Journalists can’t just go out into the street to talk to folks. The minders take us to places they want us to go and then bring us right back. If we want to go check out another neighborhood — a part of town that is, say, not sticking to the script, we are firmly denied.
But between the press conferences, the government does offer to take the journalists on pre-planned, highly controlled trips. Usually we’re given little warning before a trip takes place. And we’re taken to places that almost always have scores of supporters waiting for us, waving huge green Libyan flags, large banners of Gadhafi and, inevitably, lots of automatic gunfire sprayed up in the air.
A week ago, journalists were taken to what was supposed to be a rally at Gadhafi’s huge compound. But nothing really materialized there and we weren’t let in. The minders then literally went driving around through the streets until we “found” the rally.
It was a pretty boisterous scene, with mainly scores of young people, mostly young women. They were in dozens of cars in the middle of a highway, blocking traffic, screaming pro-Gadhafi slogans. They all waved green flags and pro-Gadhafi posters. And, of course, there was more gunfire into the air.
The minders allowed us to go out to interview and take pictures of the demonstration. Then we followed the caravan to the United Nations headquarters in Tripoli. The crowd had thinned out by then, but there was a small demonstration in front of the U.N.

On the way back to the hotel, it appeared the minders needed to get gas. They pulled their van up to the front of a very long line at a gas station not far from our hotel. I and two other journalists attempted to take pictures. At that point, three of the people in the gas line approached the van, angrily started beating on it and flung open its side doors. Then, the minders calmly but quickly drove us away. That was the first real emotion I’d seen on the streets of Tripoli that day.
On Tuesday, about 40 or so journalists were bused to a town called Mizdah, about two hours south of Tripoli. There, we saw damage at a hospital and a house, which was apparently caused by shrapnel and flying debris from an airstrike at a nearby ammunition depot at a military base. But we weren’t allowed to see the military base.

There was an impromptu rally in front of the house — with plenty more shooting into the air.
We were also shown two small camps where the minders said people from the town had fled because of the airstrikes. At one camp, as if on cue, we were greeted by children chanting pro-Gadhafi slogans. We were also greeted by automatic gunfire into the sky, but this time the person behind the trigger didn’t want reporters around. At the second camp, the people were much friendlier.
At the end of the day when we returned to the hotel, we were greeted by more protesters. This time they were blocking the entrance of the hotel. The youngest among them sat at the front gate.
Many of these protesters were the same young women I’d seen the day before at the U.N. building.
We acknowledged each other with a nod.

Another good art. from NPR:
NPR
A More Complex Picture Of Gadhafi’s African Fighters

By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
In the remote Nafusa mountains of western Libya, rebel forces are holding dozens of captured soldiers from Moammar Gadhafi’s army. Many of these prisoners are sub-Saharan Africans, paid to fight for the beleaguered Libyan leader.
After the rebels took the village of Gualish from Gadhafi’s forces this week, they captured 14 sub-Saharan Africans. A young Ghanaian, who was dressed in civilian clothes speckled with paint, said he was a plasterer who had been caught up in the fighting.

“I don’t have any gun,” he said. “I don’t even know how to hold a gun.”
It’s long been a question here: Is Gadhafi using African mercenaries in his fight against rebel forces?
Millions of foreign workers lived in Libya before the civil war erupted, many of them Africans working in all sorts of menial jobs. After the fighting started, some of these Africans were mistaken for mercenaries and killed by angry mobs of anti-Gadhafi protesters or rebel fighters.

NPR was given rare access to the prisoners from Gadhafi’s army in the rebel-held city of Zintan. After interviews with half a dozen recently captured Libyan and African detainees, the picture that has emerged is more complex.
Speaking Wtih Captured African Fighters
Please read full story:
www.npr.org/2011/07/08/137695040/questi...

NYT
CJ Chivers
AT WAR
Reading the Refuse: Counting Qaddafi’s Heat-Seeking Missiles, and Tracking Them Back to their Sources

One unwelcome consequence of the war in Libya has been the escape from Libyan state custody of untold numbers of portable antiaircraft missiles, which have been carried off from storage bunkers as Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s military has ceded territory and military bases to opposition fighters. The missiles seen in the largest quantities have been the type visible in the photograph above, the SA-7, a Soviet-era weapon of the same class as the more widely known American-made Stinger.
These loose weapons pose both a security threat to civilian air traffic and present a set of questions for those who wish to contain the risk. How many missiles did the Qaddafi government have? Where did they come from? The answers are important for shaping efforts to prevent the missiles from reaching terrorist groups.
Read full story here:
atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/read...

Reuters
Libya rebels up for fight but where are the bullets?
By Michael Georgy

(Reuters) – Libyan rebels surrounding Muammar Gaddafi’s last major stronghold in the Western Mountains region are hungry for the kill. There’s just one problem — not enough ammunition.
After weeks of planning, the rebels launched a new offensive in the region, capturing several towns and villages. But the biggest prize, Tiji, remains elusive for a simple reason fighters like Jumaa Muhammad are all too familiar with.
“We could not go any further. We ran out of ammunition,” said Muhammad, who took on soldiers with heavy weapons with only 28 bullets for his AK-47 assault rifle.
“Who knows when more will arrive?”
Full art. here:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/02/us-l...

Reuters
Morocco lets Libyan firms operate, with some limits
By Souhail Karam;
Transfer of dividends, debt payment barred
RABAT, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Morocco is allowing firms partly owned by Libyan authorities to conclude current transactions that would keep them in business – but without transferring dividends, selling their stakes or paying back debt.
Morocco is part of the Western-led contact group overseeing political governance of the NATO-led military intervention in Libya and the implementation of U.N. resolutions, but has not diplomatically recognised the rebels.
In replies to Reuters questions received on Tuesday by email, foreign exchange regulator Office des Changes said Libyan-owned firms may pay operating expenses incurred locally and internationally and cash-in local dirham currency proceeds from exports.

Full art. here:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/02/moro...

Independent
by Nigel Morris
Hague refuses to put timeline on operations in Libya

William Hague played down hopes of an early end to the Libyan conflict yesterday as he warned that the military campaign was not a computer game that could be switched off.
More than four months after Britain joined bombing raids on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, remarks by the Foreign Secretary echoed efforts by senior ministers to tone down earlier government rhetoric forecasting the Libyan dictator’s imminent defeat. They are now braced for an involvement that could last many months, if not years.
Mr Hague, the most senior minister in Britain while David Cameron and Nick Clegg holiday abroad, said: “It’s not a computer game where you are bored with it and you put it to one side. This is something you follow through in the real world.”

He refused to put a timescale on the operation and denied splits among the countries backing Nato air strikes, saying: “No one should mistake our determination and unity in carrying this through to success.”
Full art.:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/...

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zletin: FFs were flanked by G forces resulting in 7 martyrs & many injured. However, FF successfully held their positions #feb17 #Libya

Khiria
@HmnRghtsProgram @AmnestyIreland there are 60,000 people in #Tripoli prisons in horrible conditions. Please INVESTIGATE! #Libya

@UN @HRW We demand to know the state of prisoners in #Tripoli. We heard prisoners are tortured, starved, raped & killed. #Libya

@hrw Why aren’t you investigating the conditions of #Tripoli prisons?

1996: #Gaddafi killed1269 prisoners in 3hrs. What makes you think he won’t do the same to the 60,000 in #Tripoli prisons right now? @HRW @UN

Thank you James Wheeler for exposing the suffering that is going on, the world needs to know the truth.
World View from off The Strip
Tales of torture and rape in Libyan prison Abu Salim – from @WheelerTweets
This man was tortured in prison in Tripoli for 84 days. Electrocuted in his groin. Gun shafts twisted in his stomach. Burned with cigarettes. Beaten. Ligaments crushed. The list goes on. Too much for Twitter…
Can’t show his face or disclose his name. He still has family at risk in Tripoli. For now, an anonymous story.
He was shot in the foot on Feb 19 in those early protests in Tripoli. The bullet wasn’t removed until yesterday, here at this hospital in Tunis

He left prison with a friend, who then committed suicide. Hung himself in Ben Gardan. Gaddafi forces had raped his wife, and then she jumped to her death out a window. They burned his house, destroyed his car and shop. Said he had nothing to live for.
When he describes his own torture, his eyes are closed and his voice is quiet. But when he speaks of the prison rapes by Gaddafi thugs, he breaks into tears. Eleven female med students were raped in the prison. And the guards raped any guys who were ‘pretty.’
He witnessed the Gaddafi thugs not only rape these eleven young women, but also cut off their breasts and murder them. This occurred in Tripoli’s notorious Abu Salim prison. He said they were divided into groups; tortured in stages…At one point, electrocution. At another, burning. At another, hanging by their toes. At another, rape…
Here’s a tweet from @tripolitano to @wheelertweets: “How many more untold stories? The world has to hear these stories. Our Arab brothers have to hear them 2 know da real #Gaddafi.”
Photo and source:
www.sandraoffthestrip.com/2011/07/12/ta...

NILESAT
libyans celebrating after victory in court today 30 july 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-TSJuac-n4&fea...

Pics. Nilesat case:
twitpic.com/photos/MSenusi

HAVE A LOOK:
Sarah LFFR
D’autres photos. Pratiquement tous les Poteaux sont peints avec les new couleurs :) #Benghazi #17feb twitpic.com/5zx8lf twitpic.com/5zxal2

#Benghazi pleine de “peintures” comme ça. Perso j’adore ! twitpic.com/5zx5xm

A few days ago Shaker was saying “We put the green flag on 7thApril military camp” & go change your glasses #ShakeerLies twitvid.com/6R86T

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Ashababiya and #Libya Ariyadia reported to have been CLOSED on #Nilesat. Can anyone confirm? #Libya #Feb17

Alex
@UKMilOps @NATO @AndersFoghR @NTC_of_Libya – To protect #Libya civilians – U need 2 block #Chad #Niger & #Algeria borders – #Saif is still importing mercenaries & weapons from #Africa – & will continue to do so until his last stand in #Tripoli – many new Chad mercenaries fighting in #Gaddafi counter offensive 2day in #Zliten

#BHL: “At the moment when another dictator, in #Syria, is drowning his people in the “rivers of blood” #Gaddafi had promised his own, it is more imperative than ever to see this operation through to its conclusion.” #Libya

www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/...

“the coalition, has no reason to waver, doubt, or even think of putting one of the most bloodthirsty tyrants in the #Arab world back in the saddle” #Gaddafi #Libya

www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/...

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITEN this evening FReedom Fighters are steadfast and holding their positions on outskirts of #Zliten #Libya #Misrata

The Gazette Montreal
Suncor puts a price on its Libyan exit

Suncor’s Libyan exit illustrates shifting attitudes toward unstable oil regimes.

While the bulk of Suncor’s production continues to come from its rich oilsands resource whose only risk is that of an operational variety, the company still has to deal with a measure of geopolitical uncertainty as a result of its assets in Libya and Syria acquired through its merger with Petro-Canada two years ago.
The so-called “Arab Spring” uprising, which took root in both countries earlier this year, shows no signs of a quick resolution.
As such, the question on the minds of many since the beginning of the year is what might Suncor do? Investors received one answer on Thursday.

After saying it was assessing its exposure in Libya earlier this year, Suncor took a $514-million writedown on its Libyan assets, leaving the net investment on its balance sheet at $400 million.
The net assets of the Libyan investment were valued at about $900 million as of the first quarter of the year.

Full story:
www.montrealgazette.com/business/SUNCOR...

dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi keeps cutting the electricity on #Tripoli nearly 8 hours daily.

NPR
Libyan Rebels Wage ‘Mad Max’ War In The Mountains
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

The sleepy towns in the Western Mountains of Libya come to life right before the country’s rebels engage in a fight with the forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The mostly deserted roads suddenly fill with pickup trucks. The rebel fighters bristle with the makeshift weapons that they rely on. The vehicles, some monster trucks, then peel off into the front lines deep in the desert, covered in dried mud that serves as camouflage.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have often featured large, well-trained armies facing off against insurgents who also have modern weapons. But Libya is a “Mad Max” kind of war.

Read full art. and watch video:
www.npr.org/2011/08/02/138900885/libyan...

WMCL Newsletter
VOICES FROM THE GROUND:
Surgeon in Misrata

For some of us donating is just a sum of money that we send to a cause we feel we should support. We rarely get to hear what it is like for those on the ground who need or have used our help.

In the first of a series of interviews with people on the ground, we meet Rafik*, a young surgeon in a Hospital in Misrata, which has been at the frontline of so much of the conflict.

“A year ago my life was filled with eating, sleeping and work. I was just another young Libyan doing a job filling each day as a trainee surgeon. I dealt with everything from a burst appendix to a hernia – looking back I can see I felt lost.

Over the last six months, my life and work has changed in a number of different ways. Each day I wake at 10am, I treat my patients and I sleep at 4.30am but it isn’t about routine, what I do is vital. My mind has changed about the way I work and when I treat a patient I am doing something that matters. The community has also changed its view of me and now regards me with a greater sense of respect which I never felt before.

My colleagues at the hospital have touched me the most. I see them work against all odds in difficult conditions. The happiest moment was when we thought that Gadaffi had gone to Venezuela and the saddest was when we treated a young five year old girl called Malak who lost her leg.

If I were given a microphone to the outside world I would thank you for your help.”
*not his real name
Source:
wmclibya.org/wp-content/newsletter/05_W...

Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4

Somaya
For those in Toronto/GTA & Ottawa, #Canada: “WORDS OF A POET” – A tribute for #Libya will be featured. Check t.co/cosvJZu for details
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15555439...

FromJoanne Joanne
#BENGHAZI #Mass Arrests targeting supporters of #Gaddafi 15 dead in last few hours in Benghazi, in addition to dozens injured #Libya

Danya
It’s time for greatness not 4 greed It’s a time 4 idealism not ideology. Its a time not just 4 compassionate words, but compassionate action

Michael
nafusa good, #misrata great, #brega stinking up the house. They need to borrow some western commanders.

Via A22523
Winnipeg Free Press
The Canadian Press – ONLINE EDITION
US prosecutors hint Russian suspect sought arms deal in Libya as judge clears path for trial

Stephen Brown
WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge ruled Tuesday that suspected Russian arms merchant Viktor Bout will go on trial in New York this October, dismissing defence motions even as prosecutors hinted that the suspect sought a missile system deal in Libya before his 2008 arrest.
U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin dismissed four remaining defence motions to prevent Bout’s trial and ruled the government’s charges against him for conspiracy to kill U.S. officials and aid a terrorist organization are strong enough to go forward.
In documents separate from the ruling, prosecutors sketched the outlines of their case against Bout. They asked the judge to allow evidence showing he had engaged in a pattern of arms deals for years in Africa even though he never faced criminal charges over them.
Read full story:
www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakin...

Danya
‘’A greedy father has thieves for children’’ #BenAli #Mubarak #Gaddafi #Assad

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Urgent: #Gaddafi diplomat in #London, Taher Shawish wants to sell Libyan properties to Mohamed Haddad (Safia Farkash cousin). #Libya @UN

The journey for freedom {MUST WATCH}
FromJoanne Joanne
L I B Y A No Amount Of Tears will Ever Be Enough To Wash Away the #GaddafiCrimes The journey for freedom fb.me/13h7nJz5I #LIBYA
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90nwb82zJ0k

Alex
“..members of the #NTC include traditionalists and moderns, tribal representatives, members of the urban middle class, ex-Gaddafists, the occasional barely repentant Islamists and their historical opponents, who are longtime human-rights activists.

But to deduce from this a fragility, if not illegitimacy, in the NTC makes no sense.

It is tantamount to forgetting, first of all, that the democratic element here represents the overwhelming majority, one that is gaining ground with every passing day.

And it forgets, once again, the general history of resistances that have always been, almost by definition, coalitions of this kind—an amalgam of improbable unity composed of all the elements of a nation." #Libya #Gaddafi

www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/...

60 NAMES ON HITLIST
Lisa
List of sixty names of members of the NTC, targeted by a pro- #Gaddafi faction in #Benghzi. TF1News

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Yesterday Soug Juma FFs on first day of Ramadan successfully blew up a G force vehicle with no casualties amongst FFs #feb17 #libya

Aljazeera

Rebel fighters in the western Libyan town of Zlitan said they were taken by surprise when Gaddafi forces launched an offensive early on Tuesday morning.

At least seven rebels were killed, and 50 wounded, in the raid, which sparked a counter-offensive.

Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from outside the hospital in Misrata where the opposition fighters were being treated.

Video
Libya rebels take heavy casualties at Zlitan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaV1SAeEvZ8&fea...

Joanne
FF are cleansing #Benghazi from Gaddafi sleeper cells and are hunting so called 2 master minds killing #Younis #Libya

FF BESIEGE TIJI #NAFUSA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypm_4ortGyA

Danya
7araam!!! Gaddafi thugs have arrested youth from #Tripoli & blackmailing their families for ransom in order to free them.

dovenews Libyan™
What happens in #Tripoli is blackmailing residents & torturing them.

Video: Libya in the Days of King Senussi (English Subtitles)

This video shows Libya after its independence from the Italian occupation under the rule of King Senussi. The country was beautiful, organized, and prosperous, until darkness fell upon it following Gaddafi’s coup.
feb17.info/media/video-libya-in-the-day...

Ibn
youtube.com/watch?v=fvSYlE… absolutely disgusting video. #gaddafi soldiers doing drugs and torturing a man, while “facebook posing”. #libya #feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvSYlE7T0zI

Modern Ghana
Andrew Beatty
Libya rebels push forward as ‘hit list’ found
On Monday, rebels said they arrested at least 63 loyalist militiamen in Benghazi in an ongoing bid to tighten security in Benghazi, following an hours-long battle with Kadhafi loyalists in the opposition stronghold.

They also uncovered a hit list with the names and addresses of about 60 of their leaders, officials told AFP.

Files with sensitive information about key members of the rebels’ political and military leadership were found at the headquarters of a Benghazi-based brigade — now believed to have been secretly allied to Kadhafi’s regime.

“There were around 60 people,” deputy interior minister Mustafa al-Sagazly said, including “members of the (National Transitional Council), the military council, the cabinet of the NTC executive.”

“There were names and addresses,” he said. “Some of the addresses were correct.”

The list was found during a operation against the Katiba Nida Libya — or Libya’s Call Brigade — which is suspected of being a pro-Kadhafi cell that masqueraded as one of the plethora of loosely linked volunteer units that make up the rebel army.

“They were a very serious threat,” said NTC spokesman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah. “They had a camp that was very well armed, with ammunition, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, explosives and enough food supplies for weeks.”

“They planned to spread death and destruction across Benghazi.”

The group, whose exact number is not known, came under suspicion after being linked to an audacious Benghazi jail break that resulted in the escape of as many as 300 inmates, including some high-value prisoners of war.

Read full art.:
www.modernghana.com/newsp/343274/1/page...

plemochoe plemochoe
#libya The journos are still flogging the idea that Younis’ death means the Revolution is near collapse.

#libya It doesn’t matter that the TNC is winning in Zlitan, or in the mountains, or near Brega. Saif’s statement was a play to that crowd.

#libya I imagine Saif was glad to be let out of his cage for a day.

#libya What would be surprising is if the richest tricky bastard in the world DIDN’T have sleepers and triggers in Benghazi.

#libya The fact that there have not been any battlefield betrayals shows the purity of the Revolution.G men scream offers of money at the FF

#libya And as regards the battlefield one thing we know about Younis is that he wasn’t the main commander there.

#libya All the “information” in stories about Younis NOW, a week later, is just narrative embroidery by the AP, Reuters, Rixos based j’s.

#libya They have reasons to look for ways to support Gaddafi. When Tripoli falls their names will be in stories and not on the byline.
#libya Here’s one way these enterprising journalists can test their theories about the Revolution in Benghazi being about to splinter:

#libya Get up on a soapbox in downtown Benghazi and start hollering about how Muammar is Great, and we all need his forgiveness.

#libya If you do that you’ll get an immediate empirical read on how close Benghazi is to breaking up the unity of the Revolution

#libya And don’t forget to get somebody else to take pictures because you may be deeply involved with citizen discussions after that

IBN:
Tunisian govt has stopped export of fuel to Nafousa mtns: we NEED that fuel please retweet/confirmed by yours truly at the border today #feb17 #libya

Jeel
I really miss #MohammedNabous

Danya
because of what #Gaddafi did this baby will never have a regular arm again youtube.com/watch?v=jIzOX5… what did she do wrong to #Gaddafi …
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIzOX51CO-E&fea...

HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
Finally — New York Cable Channel to Carry Al Jazeera English – nyti.ms/nDuUlv

Gihan
Nalut Feb17: #WestWountain: The damage to electricity poles caused by the battles in the last few days bit.ly/r5p4G1 #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwRYskvF8sw&fea...

KC
#TripoliPrisoners #TripoliPrisoners #TripoliPrisoners #TripoliPrisoners #TripoliPrisoners #TripoliPrisoners #Libya Get it trending RT!

Abeidi
#Libya,seemingly#NTC organising smooth take over in Tripoli2avoid collapse when zero hour comes by keeping contacts with main pillars n city

DOCTORS NEEDED, QATAR PAYS ALL EXPENSES!
URGENT: appeal for Libyan DOCTORS #Qatar Gov covering all expenses If interested please email: [email protected] goo.gl/eT0Q4 #Libya
or:
www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&note...

libyanandproud
@
20,000 Libyans have returned to liberated #Nafusa mountains from #Tunisia since the beginning of Ramadan.

Hayat
#TripoliPrisoners are without food, water, light, space to breathe, ventilation, or a moment of peace to rest in between torture sessions.

I’m proposing a new hastag #TripoliPrisoners 100 000 are missing at least 80 000 are confined within #Gaddafi facilities – spread the word!

Misrata
the #hamastream reminds me so much of the early videos from the Libyan revolution. So eerie. Allah ya7futhum. #Syria

Libya In Me
Another beautiful freedom painting yfrog.com/hs3rtiuj

France24
Peggy Bruguière.
Rebels try to rid Benghazi of pro-Gaddafi infiltrators

In the wake of General Abdel Fattah Younes’ assassination last week, Libya’s opposition forces are trying to weed out infiltrators in the rebel capital Benghazi, in eastern Libya. On Saturday, just three days after Younes’ death, National Transitional Council (NTC) forces clashed with a group of armed men they alleged were loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, rounding up at least 63 men and killing 11. Our Observers in Benghazi call this operation a “victory,” and deny any divisions within the rebel camp.

Opposition spokespeople say the loyalists were pretending to be rebels. These alleged Gaddafi-backers had set up camp in an abandoned license-plate factory on the outskirts of Benghazi. After a gun fight lasting nearly all night, the “February 17 Brigade,” which is tied to the rebels’ interior ministry, managed to defeat the allegedly pro-Gaddafi faction. At least 63 people were arrested and 15 killed, four from the rebels’ side and 11 alleged loyalists.

The loyalist group, which called itself the “al-Nida brigade,” reportedly included pro-Gaddafi militiamen who were taken prisoner when Benghazi fell to the rebels on February 24. But since then, according to rebel officials, they proclaim to have switched loyalties.

More here:
observers.france24.com/en/node/436580

FAKE NIZ ACCOUNT:

Niz_FGM1 Niz_FGM
i am sorry guys my account was deleted. i am trying to figure out how to take it back.

Joanne
@
I am OVER THE MOON @Niz_FGM1 BUT ….Niz…. somehow you have to prove its you and not a G Goon

#HIGH #ALERT That is a GADDAFI GOON POSING AS NIZ in #TRIPOLI see my previous tweets @Niz_FGM1 Niz_FGM A L E R T

JUST TRUST ME this is a Gaddafi GOON : @Niz_FGM1 posing as NIZ #Libya
the poor english is a dead give away!

How does your account get deleted mine was hacked but wasn’t deleted we have an imposter # libya

this new account is fake. bad english grammar and fact that old account isn’t deleted give it away

TWEEPS I JUST RE READ ALL HIS TWEETS There is NOt a SHRED of DOUBT in my MIND this guy is a Gaddafi GOON

they would do anything to know who Niz is and they have been trying hard on skype too. They think we are morons…

#ALERT Definitely @Niz_FGM1 is NOT the true Niz. By the way, the original account is not deleted…

I can confirm to you that this person is a scam and not the real Niz.

were so used to Niz’s polite manner in approach, this guys moaning: hes tired and hes a machine LOL!

Joanne
#TRIPOLI Dear Niz @Niz_FGM You and all FF and prisoners in #Tripoli are in our thoughts and prayers even more so now then ever #Libya

Globe and Mail
Graeme Smith
Power struggle among Libyan rebels at root of commander’s death: family
Three of the general’s relatives spoke to The Globe and Mail at the general’s sprawling compound, in the same room where they first heard of his death during live coverage of a press conference on Thursday.
No representatives from the rebel council told them beforehand about the killing, and none visited to offer condolences during the official three days of mourning.
“Anyway, we would not have accepted their condolences,” said Mohamed Hamid Younis, the general’s nephew. “We want the whole truth, and retaliation. Those responsible – the schemers, the masterminds – should be punished.”

Days after the funeral, the family members say they remain troubled by incorrect media reports that quoted one of the general’s sons, Ashraf, saying at the gravesite that he “wants the green flag back,” an apparently nostalgic reference to the regime in Tripoli. They now agree that Ashraf did not speak those words, remains loyal to the rebels, and had perhaps been misunderstood amid the shouts and clatter of gunfire at the funeral.
Art.:
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afri...

Brega front lines
Canadian videojournalist Kelly Hayes grabs exclusive battle footage on the front lines of the Eastern front in Libya.
Video:
vimeo.com/27204633

WATCH:
‪Gaddafi s House Is Falling! Freedom For Libya!‬‏ YouTube
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGwCZiDxus&fea...

Hayat
People in the #Nafusa Mountains and in #Misrata are suffering from the worst attacks, no more ammunition @NATO please help them re-supply!
I hear the casualties in #Misrata and #Nafusa Mountains today were dramatic, also heavy clashes in #Zliten & also mass arrests in #Tripoli .

BBC
AFP
Gaddafi forces launch counter-assault near Zlitan
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi have launched a counter-offensive against rebels near the key western town of Zlitan.
At least seven rebels were killed after pro-Gaddafi forces attacked their positions on the outskirts of the city, east of Tripoli.
Meanwhile, Col Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, vowed that fighting would continue until Libya was “liberated”.
Story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1438145...

Libye Libre
ATTENTION le nouveau compte de @NIZ_FGM1 est un faux. Probablement repris par un agent. Le vrai Niz @NIZ_FGM a disparu depuis 8 jours.

Nusaiba
" I think I’m going to book a week off work when Gaddafi leaves…to just…do nothing but be happy."

Ghazi
As for #Libya the use of terms like ‘tribe’, ‘rag-tag’, ‘rebels’ are becoming synonymous to to ‘savages’, ‘retarded’, ‘amateurs’

Jeune Afrique
Libye : DC-10 d’UTA, l’aveu d’un ex-ministre de Kaddafi
Jusqu’à présent, le mobile de l’attentat du DC-10 d’UTA restait mystérieux. Vingt-deux ans plus tard, Abderrahmane Chalgham, un ancien ministre de Kaddafi entré en dissidence, a fait des révélations fracassantes sur la responsabilité du régime de Tripoli.
Venant de l’ancien chef de la diplomatie de Mouammar Kaddafi, ex-représentant permanent de la Jamahiriya auprès des Nations unies à New York, la révélation est de taille. Le 18 juillet, dans une interview accordée à Al-Hayat, un quotidien saoudien qui paraît à Londres, Abderrahmane Chalgham – qui s’est rallié aux insurgés de Benghazi aux premières heures de la révolte – a confirmé la responsabilité directe des services de renseignement libyens dans l’attentat perpétré le 19 septembre 1989 contre un avion de la compagnie française UTA. L’appareil reliait Brazzaville à Paris, via N’Djamena. Son explosion au-dessus du désert du Ténéré, au Niger, avait provoqué la mort des 170 passagers et membres d’équipage.
Read full report:
www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAJA263...

Hayat
Should we upgrade #FFs to #FFFs because it’s now #FastingFreedomFighters or is there a fatwa for people in the battle frontlines for Ramadan

HACKED:
Hiba
PLS RT @Guma_el_gamaty’s account’s been hacked, he’s been unable 2 access it 4 the last 3 days. If any1 receives msgs from it, IT’S NOT HIM!

DELETED:
Thanks to everyone who reported and blocked @Niz_FGM1 (a fake account posing as Niz), his account has now been deleted.

SUMMARY AUGUST 3rd 2011

8/3/2011
8/03/2011
8.02.2011

NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/Ri8XB

FromJoanne Joanne
THE FULL #NILESAT COURT HEARING in #Cairo on July 31 via @MSenusi youtube.com/user/TheSenussi #Libya Next will be on Aug8

LUCKY NEW YORKERS AlJazeera English has become available for the first time to cable television viewers across New York #Libya #NewYork #USA

Muammar #Gaddafi is ROOTED to his chair today wetting himself … Watching “poor” Hosney #Mubarak on Trial #Cairo #Egypt #Tripoli #Libya

CNN’s Michael Holmes journey into Western Libya

CNN’s Reporter journey into Western Libya Jul.2011 Takut
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cPZTfuXsJs&fea...

Zliten 27.7.11
Video: free women of Zliten announce allegiance to #Feb17 and invite FF advancing from east to come on in :) youtube.com/watch?v=Ist1wN…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ist1wN7bt18&fea...

ZlitanFeb17:
NATO aircrafts bombed the area of Souiri in Zliten, dozens of rockets targeted a range of Gaddafi mechanisms and mercenaries.

اللجنة الإعلامية لثوار 17 فبراير زليتن
: قامت طائرات الناتو بقصف عنيف على منطقة الصويري في زليتن، حيث أطلقت حوالي عشرة صواريخ على التوالي مستهدفة مجموعة من الآليات والمرتزقة

Breaking_ليبيا_News
Fighting has broken out in the western Libyan town of Zlitan, after rebel forces say troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched an offensive on their positions in the town’s suburbs.

The State Department has signed off on papers that allow the Libyan Embassy in Washington to reopen under control of the opposition Transitional National Council and give staffers access to roughly $13 million in mission assets that had been frozen.

Military spokesman Ahmad Bany: FFs pushed Gaddafi’s troops out of the residential area in Brega and infiltrated from the sea as well as reached to a distance of 4 km west of Brega (the village of Beshr) and the fighting is still ongoing.

Aljazeera
Independent media flourishes in Benghazi

Libyans in the opposition-held east of the country are getting used to fewer restrictions on the media, and being able to speak openly in public.

These new freedoms have been embraced by both broadcasters and local residents.

Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught reports from Benghazi.
Video:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...

Hiba El-Gamaty
Ya Allah these pro-G hackers are doing my head in! GET A LIFE.

Db
Nato helicopters have decimated Gaddfi forces in #zliten

4Adam Adam
Former FF prisoner of more than 60 thousand detainees in #Tripoli Arabic youtube.com/watch?v=cH6ffG… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6ffGh8raE&fea...

Danya
While Libyans watch & are happy for our fellow Egyptians, this is really what is on our mind t.co/WJff3cM #MubarakTrial
or:
twitpic.com/609225

For 10000000000000 times Gaddafi offered ceasefire. NATO rejected the offer because Gaddafi is a lair & cant be trusted. #Libya #GaddafiEnd

1600 rape cases were committed by Gaddafi forces have been recorded. #Libya #GaddafiEnd #Feb17

SPECTACLE AT MUBARAK’S TRIAL who was brought in on a stretcher:

“Mubarak is looking very alert,” Tadros said.
“He has dyed his hair black as we normally see him. He is in a bed of course, but I think it will come as somewhat of a surprise to everyone – especially given the reports of his deteriorating and ailing health that he does look so well and alert at this trial.

dovenews Libyan™
Great News! #Mubarak appeared in the court’s #CAGE!!!! Well done #Egypt, I hope #Gaddafi’s turn very soon en sha Allah goo.gl/rwQIa
or:
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2...

#Mubarak in a Cage = Libya sees Gaddafi, Syria sees Assad & Yemen sees Salah in the same CAGE! #Libya #Syria #Yemen #EndOfTyrants

83 yr old #Mubarak has been wheeled into court on a stretcher pretending to be sick yet he had time to dye his hair #BLACK. #Egypt

Hussein
The down side of a good thing: we can forget about Arab leaders voluntarily stepping down after the spectacle this morning in Cairo. No way.

This is not justice – this is a show trial – designed to deflect attention from army gang that now rules #Egypt & subverts its Rev #Mubarak

Quilliam
Mixed feelings on #Mubaraktrial: Yes, a trial is necessary. But is a shambolic show trial carried out under a military govt progress? #Egypt

MUBARAK VIDEO TODAY:
LIBYA TRIPOLI
This is the end for any tyrant — حسني مبارك و اولادة حبيب العادلي قفص المحكمة 3 8 11 Egypt youtube.com/watch?v=MsBC8I… v#Gaddafi #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsBC8IqvpSk&fea...

Mohammad Al-Qahtani
All hell broke loose for Hosni Mubarak! An Egyptian attorney said that Mubarak is dead since 2004, claimed that this Mubarak is imposter!!?

Can you believe this?
blakehounshell:
Here’s the video of Mubarak picking his nose during his trial today youtube.com/watch?v=fgB-Pl…”
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgB-Pl9qQjE

ZLITEN July 30 2011
Edge of #Zlitan — سوق الثلاثاء 30-7-2011 t.co/nRggBuY #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn_rV0mHCrs&fea...

sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
قبيلة القائد العسكري للمعارضة الليبية تلوح بالانتقام لاغتياله fb.me/18uyBHSe3
or:
www.elaph.com/Web/news/2011/8/673387.ht...

Khiria
Dear @UN & @HRW, 80,000 confirmed prisoners in #Tripoli, #Libya prisons!!! What are you doing about them? #TripoliPrisoners #GaddafiCrimes

Free Libya Now
#Libya #Benghazi, AbdelFatah Younes Family is putting pressure on the case saying they will seek justice themselves if Leadership doesn’t.

LibyanYouthMovement
Fighting in the Western mountains (photo album) #Libya #Nafusa facebook.com/media/set/?set…
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18431...

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#Gaddafi navy forces fire on Italian ship, misile falls short off target.

LIBYA OUTREACH GROUP
situation report
Executive Summary

On August 1, Saif Gaddafi vowed to fight until pro-democracy forces lose; pro-democracy forces pushed Gaddafi forces back near Misrata, seizing heavy artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and small arms; pro-democracy forces and a loyalist armed gang clashed in Benghazi; Norway withdrew its final four F-16 fighter jets from the NATO Libya mission; pro-democracy forces entered Zlitan; pro-democracy forces vowed to continue fighting during Ramadan; Italian models visited Tripoli to express solidarity with Gaddafi; the Philippines announced its intention to continue to recognize the Gaddafi government; a Gaddafi official urged Filipino workers to return to the capital; Turkey affirmed that it has no plan to sever relations with the Gaddafi regime; two Scottish universities were criticized when it came to light that they had received at least £1.7 million from Gaddafi’s regime; France said it had given the NTC $259 million in frozen assets; France announced it has unlocked $259 million in frozen assets for NTC; thousands of refugees have returned to recently liberated Nalut in past three days; and Gaddafi sent a delegation to Venezuela to coordinate sail of crude oil through Venezuela in international markets.
Military Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
 Saif Gaddafi said fighting will go on until pro-democracy forces lose (http://tiny.cc/8cg6q)
 Russia PM Putin told youth activists that Libyan conflict can never be resolved militarily (bit.ly/nXmaKQ)
 Pro-democracy forces routed Gaddafi forces near Misrata; seized heavy artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and small arms (http://tiny.cc/i0jf2)
 Benghazi: clashes between pro-democracy forces and armed gang loyal to Gaddafi (http://tiny.cc/i0jf2)
 ON GROUND SOURCE (not verifiable by Libya Outreach): confirmed battle took place in Benghazi between pro-democracy troops and Gaddafi soldiers and African mercenaries who pretended to be ‘rebels’ for two months. Several cells were discovered and successfully attacked. This was an operation prompted by Gaddafi TV under the name Nida Alwatan

Military Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 Norway withdrew its final four F-16 fighter jets that have been taking part in the NATO-led mission over Libya (http://tiny.cc/jyhon)
 Pro-democracy forces entered Zlitan; RAF planes dropped 16 bombs in two days around town; pro-democracy forces too lightly armed to take capital; current strategy: push against government lines to concentrate Gaddafi forces so that NATO planes can easily target them (http://tiny.cc/9tubg)
 After days of discussion in Brussels, NATO appears to have decided not to ease attacks during Ramadan (http://tiny.cc/b7czh)
 Pro-democracy forces vowed to fight through Ramadan (http://tiny.cc/aa2op)

Political Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
 Three Italian models visited Tripoli to receive government tour of area and show solidarity with Gaddafi; models accompanied by Alessandro Londero, owner of modeling and hostess website Hostessweb (http://tiny.cc/k7k6t)
 Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Philippines: we continue to recognize Gaddafi government (http://tiny.cc/ckonf)
 A Turkish official said that Turkey does not yet plan to sever bilateral relations with the Gaddafi regime (http://tiny.cc/131mg)
 A visiting Gaddafi official urged Filipino workers Monday to return to Libya, saying its capital was peaceful and violence was confined to NTC-held areas (http://tiny.cc/hzenp)
 Two Scottish universities, Strathclyd and Dundee, have been criticized after it was revealed they have pocketed at least £1.7 million from Colonel Gaddafi’s Libyan regime (http://tiny.cc/rfgjv)

Political Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 France said it had given NTC 259 million dollars (181 million euros) in frozen Gaddafi funds (http://tiny.cc/rl3p2)
 France announced that it has unlocked 259 million U.S. dollars of previously frozen Libyan assets for the NTC (http://tiny.cc/i0gbz)
 An administration official told CNN the United States has warned the NTC that this is a “do-or-die moment” for the organization to carry out a credible and thorough investigation of the killing of its military commander, Abdel Fatah Younis (http://tiny.cc/tji8f)

Political Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 France said it had given NTC 259 million dollars (181 million euros) in frozen Gaddafi funds (http://tiny.cc/rl3p2)
 France announced that it has unlocked 259 million U.S. dollars of previously frozen Libyan assets for the NTC (http://tiny.cc/i0gbz)
 An administration official told CNN the United States has warned the NTC that this is a “do-or-die moment” for the organization to carry out a credible and thorough investigation of the killing of its military commander, Abdel Fatah Younis (http://tiny.cc/tji8f)

Source:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...

Ansa Italy
Libia: missile contro nave italiana, cade in mare
E’ successo alle 10.40, ora italiana. La fregata ‘Bersagliere’ era obiettivo. La Russa conferma

ROMA – Un missile è stato lanciato dalla Libia contro la nave della Marina militare ‘Bersagliere’, che incrocia a largo delle coste libiche. Il missile, però, è caduto in mare, distante dalla nave militare italiana. E’ quanto apprende l’ANSA da fonti parlamentari della maggioranza. L’episodio, secondo quanto si è appreso, è avvenuto alle 10 e 40, ora italiana.
Il missile, secondo quanto si e’ appreso, sarebbe stato sia rilevato dai radar, sia visto cadere in mare a due chilometri a poppa della fregata Bersagliere. Nessun problema per l’equipaggio dell’unita’ della Marina militare, che normalmente incrocia a 13-15 miglia al largo della costa libica e che ora e’ stata fatta allontanare a scopo precauzionale.
Full art.:
www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/specia...

Foreign Policy Journal
End Game for Benghazi Rebels as Libyan Tribes Prepare to Weigh In ?
On July 30, the day before this 97.5 percent Muslim country began the holy month of Ramadan, NATO spokesperson Roland Lavoie lamely attempted to explain to the press at the Rixos Hotel and internationally why NATO was forced to bomb three Tripoli TV towers at the Libyan Broadcasting Authority, killing three journalists/technicians and wounding 15 others. Like most people currently in central Tripoli, this observer was awakened at 1:50 a.m. by the first of a series of nine blasts, three of which I watched from my balcony as they happened, and which seemed to be about 800 yards away as I saw one TV tower being blown apart. On the four-lane divided highway adjacent to my hotel and below my balcony, which runs along the sea front, I could see two cars frantically swerving left and right as they sped along, presumably trying to avoid a NATO rocket, fearing they themselves might be targeted
Strange art. full of inaccuracies and generalisations:
Read for yourself:
www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/08/03...

Guardian
Nightly Britain bombs Tripoli. Bar death, what do we achieve?
Britain should never have got involved in Libya. But Whitehall constraint has been eroded, and none in power admit their folly
Simon Jenkins
Britain’s half-war against Libya is careering onward from reckless gesture to full-scale fiasco. As it reaches six months’ duration, every sensibly pessimistic forecast has turned out true and every jingoistic boast false. Even if the desperate and probably illegal tactic of trying to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi gets lucky, Britain would find itself running a shambles of its own making, with troops having to go in to “keep the peace”. Unlike in Basra or Helmand, there will be no Americans on hand to bail them out. It is frightening how deep the imperial gene runs in generations of British politicians.
The Libyan rebels, portrayed by Whitehall propagandists as plucky little democrats,

are hardly more sympathetic than Gaddafi’s supporters, with those in the east at odds both with each other and with those in the west. While Britain claims to be “protecting” the population, the latest, admittedly unreliable, estimates put the civilian toll from bombing at 1,100 dead and countless injured. Certainly hundreds must have died.
There remains no sign that the terror bombing of civilian areas now is contributing to military victory any more effectively than when Bomber Harris advocated it. The enterprise has been delegated to the navy and air force, each desperate to show its latest kit can be of use. They have duly deployed costly cruise missiles and Typhoon bombers, which have done no more than impose stalemate on a distant civil war at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds.
Art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...

LA TIMES
David Zuccino
Resignation sets in for Libyan rebels.
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
Graffiti and billboards here tell a tale of dashed hopes and an uncertain future in a nation divided between Moammar Kadafi’s tenacious regime in western Libya and the fragile rebel government-in-waiting in the east.

Now billboards warn rebel gunmen to stop firing their weapons into the air because ammunition is precious and, as the image of a distressed baby attests, it terrifies families.
The enthusiastic daily rallies that once clogged streets and sent tracer fire into the night skies are gone. Thousands of eager young men who volunteered for the rebel army are either mired in battle on three fronts, back home to rest, or part of the growing roster of war casualties.
As fighting grinds on in the strategic eastern oil city of Port Brega, and in the Nafusa Mountains and rebel enclave of Misurata in the west, the rebels have not abandoned their penchant for outlandish promises and battlefield bluster.

Rebel military spokesman Col. Ahmed Bani regularly predicts that rebel forces will “liberate and purify” Port Brega from “the tyrant” in “just a few days.” Bani describes government resistance there as “negligible.” He says land mines, not government firepower, are slowing the rebel advance.
Here is the link to the full art.:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...

Yesterday:
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya (1) It’s not even Aug. 3 yet here, but we already have an entry in the new-in-Libya-write-a-bullshit-story sweepstakes,LA Times Aug 3

#libya (2) Author’s name is David Zuccino and let me tell you he’s lost his LA privileges around here and his cucumber privileges too

#libya (3) “Resignation sets in for Libya rebels” It’s another “taking-too-long” story.

#libya (4) Zucchino’s lead metaphor is really hilarious. He saw a billboard with a baby’s face telling FF to stop firing in the air.

#libya (5) A good thing, hardly the sort of thing you’d see in Gaddafi’s Libya. But Zucchino thinks it means the FF have lost their balls.

#libya (6) “The enthusiastic daily rallies are gone…” Yes, the FF are fighting, and because life goes on! But Zucchino is disappointed…

#libya (7) Zucchino says “street militias answer to no one” in Benghazi. Obviously that’s false, since one was just arrested.

#libya (8) Zucchino goes on to retail bits and pieces of others’ stories. For example, donors are slow providing money to the Revolution

#libya (9) That’s true, and it’s the case with every major donor story in the world from famine to landmines. But will that sink the Rev?

#libya (11) It seems everything is out of date in Zucchino’s story except the dateline.

#libya (12) Zucchino goes on to mock the FF “penchant for outlandish promises and battlefield bluster”, in the case of Brega.

#libya (13) If you’ve been following – you know that the front at Brega is not as important as it once was because of gains on other fronts.

#libya (14) The entry of FF into Zlitan, the capture of key towns in the Western mountains – these threaten Gaddafi more directly

#libya (15) The FF have held their positions close to Brega for weeks. Gone are the days of 50 km advances OR retreats

#libya (16) David Zucchino (who probably is delicious with a nice Chianti) muddies this clear picture, babbling about “Port Brega”

libya (17) Since I’ve been tweeting about Libya, since Feb 20 or so, no one has ever said anything about “Port Brega”.

libya (18) Nonetheless David Zucchino of the LA Crimes doesn’t believe that land mines are slowing the entry into “Port Brega”

#libya (19) This is a good example of the kind of journalism that has plagued the Libya story since the beginning. Ignorance & lies.

#libya (20) A no-name journalist (not that big names haven’t stepped in it repeatedly) whizzes through Benghazi. Now he’s an expert

#libya (21) He walks around looking for a fresh angle. He seizes on something stupid (a perfectly understandable billboard) and runs w it

#libya (22) I APPLAUD the TNC for putting up a billboard reminding FF that shooting in the air is a no-no.

#libya (23) That’s precisely the difference between Gaddafi and free Libya: we’re human, and he’s not.

#libya (24) But the idea that such a humane reminder means that the Revolution has lost, is American scandal rag bullshit

#libya (25) Zucchino’s story should never have run in the LA Times. They have the NYT’s font but not its DNA.The Gray Hazy not the Gray Lady

#libya (26) At bottom – free Libya disappointed David Zucchino. No big rallies! Maybe he was hoping for flowers and candy.

#libya (27) I suggest you all reach out and touch Mr. Zucchino. Let him know you care…

#libya (28) …about the baseless slander he so casually published, mocking the Revolution.

#libya (29) I confidently expect Zucchino’s next story to be a puff bio of Saif al-Islam.

#libya I just realized something.

#libya @HodaAbdel-Hamid is in #zliten. Because that is a main front. In other words AJE/A know that Gaddafi’s position has weaknesses

#libya Sorry that’s @HodaAbdelHamid Anyway, if AJ knows the truth – HOW COME THE NEWSPAPERS DON’T??

#libya The FF map of the Nafusa Mountains shows steady progress, north (down) and east toward Gharyan.

#libya If #tiji goes down, on one side there’s nothing but sand between the solid FF position the length of the mountains, and Zawiyah

#libya If #zliten is taken, there’s nothing but Tripoli up ahead. #brega is the least of these, a largely defensive commitment

#libya In other words, just as the stories saying the FF can’t win are multiplying – they are winning on the ground.

#libya The reality script writers and green-flag bloggers who have taken over the LIbya story prefer plots to maps – maps don’t lie well

#libya The maps say that Gaddafi is confined in a narrowing pocket of land around Tripoli

#libya Why don’t the G forces strike through the mountains? The FF aren’t leaving garrisons. If they don’t it’s because they can’t

#libya Lot of stories mocking the FF for not taking #brega. But where is the G-men attack to threaten Ajdabiya? Months ago now.

#libya The plain truth is that the front just east of #brega is stable, they are removing mines, there’s no counter-threat.

#libya How long have the FF held border crossings into Tunisia now? Yes, Gaddafi can still get some supplies through, but not easily

#libya It’s Gaddafi who’s desperate for a political solution, because on the ground he’s losing.

#libya Even if NATO did gear down and stop operations – the FF are practically at the point of winning on their own

#libya There’s still a value for Twitter in this situation. It helps sort out the bad reporting and the aggressively false reporting

What I took from the distinction was that Mr. Zucchino had not been following the story for very long.

SOMETHING VERY STRANGE GOING ON WITH THE PRESS TODAY, SEVERAL OF THE BIG NEWSPAPERS ARE PAINTING A VERY NEGATIVE PICTURE, WHILST FF’S ARE MAKING PROGRESS, SLOWLY BUT SURELY…….

Aljazeera started broadcasting in New York, this means a huge competion for the media in NY.

Gaddafi has been very busy hiring big names PR consultants in the West.

Newspapers are trying to influence the opinion of the general readership by writing that Libya is basically a lost case

Who controls the big newspapers ?

Are the papers playing politics or is something else going on here?

Italian MoD has confirmed a missile exploded 2 km from Italian frigate Bersagliere on patrol around 15 miles off Libyan coast at 11:40 LT

Reuters:
FFs said they had fought off a counter-attack on their positions around Zlitan. The assault by Gaddafi forces led to fierce street battles that killed at least seven FFs.
رويترز: قال الثوار يوم الاربعاء انهم صدو هجوما مضادا على مواقعهم حول زليتن، وكان الهجوم الذي شنته قوات القذافي قد ادي الي حرب شوارع عنيفة أسفرت عن مقتل ما لا يقل عن 7 من الثوار.

Breaknews via FB:
A COUPLE OF EXPLOSIONS HAVE JUST ROCKED THE CAPITAL OF #LIBYA #TRIPOLI. #NATO JETS HEARD ABOVE! #LIBYA
Today`s news 3-8-2011

Three Martyrs on Tuesday night from Nalut city freedom fighters and wounded two others as a result of indiscriminate shelling of Gaddafi troops on their site near Tiji town.

The names of the martyrs:
Said Amr Said Al-Nami.
Saleh Mohammed Askar.
Ayoub Ahmed Haknon.

The names of wounded:
Mohamed Salem Alkhamaisi.
Mohammed Abdullah Gernaz.
We ask Allah to accept our martyrs and heal our wounded, Ameen Yarab.

dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces fired 10s of grad missiles on #Jalu, some of the missiles fell near the mosque.

20 min France
Reuters
Libye: Des «discussions politiques» sont en cours, assure Bernard-Henri Lévy
BHL a par ailleurs assuré que le général Abdel Fattah Younès, commandant militaire des insurgés libyens assassiné jeudi dernier, avait été victime non d’un règlement de comptes internes, mais de tueurs du régime Kadhafi.
«On le saura dans les jours qui viennent, on en aura la confirmation, le général Younès a été assassiné, comme ça se passe hélas très souvent dans les résistances et les mouvements de rébellion, par des cellules dormantes de Kadhafi à Benghazi», a-t-il conclu.
Read full art.:
www.20minutes.fr/ledirect/765606/libye-...

Libya Al-harar:
Gaddafi forces fired dozens of rockets on the city of Jallo, which hit houses, mosques, streets &cars, leaving 5 causalities

Postcards4Libya Postcards For Libya
I posted 6 photos on Facebook in the album “Need ideas? Awesome artwork here via Sim Sima #Postcards4Libya” fb.me/1dyct4Rv3
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.21486...

baysontheroad JAMES BAYS
I have just crossed the border out of #LIBYA

Breaking:

NATO Aircrafts strike heavily Gaddafi forces and Headquarters in Tajoura, Tripoli
عاجل:
طائرات التحالف تقصف وبقوة بعض التكنات والمقرات التابعة لكتائب الطاغية بمنطقه تاجوراء

The Irish Times
Libyan rebels are ready – but lack ammunition
Rebel officials don’t understand why Nato doesn’t step up air strikes, writes MICHAEL GEORGY in Kabaw, Libya
LIBYAN REBELS surrounding Muammar Gadafy’s last major stronghold in the Western Mountains region are hungry for the kill. There’s just one problem – not enough ammunition.
After weeks of planning, the rebels launched a new offensive in the region, capturing several towns and villages. But the biggest prize, Tiji, remains elusive for a simple reason fighters like Jumaa Muhammad are all too familiar with.
“We could not go any further. We ran out of ammunition,” said Muhammad, who took on soldiers with heavy weapons with only 28 bullets for his AK-47 assault rifle.
“Who knows when more will arrive?” The rebels of Libya’s Western Mountains have plenty of spirit and determination. But frustrations are rising over inadequate supplies, inferior weapons and what they call neglect by the West.

Read full art.:
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011...

Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i

Khaled Kafu caught:
Mwattin
Khaled Kafu of Yefren, the #Libya n comedian/actor turned pro-G fighter was caught amongst #Gaddafi s mercenaries in Zliten y/day
& tried to say he was forced! Q: Why werent other actors forced? Photos dont tell of s/1being forced. Lets c if #Gaddafi can help u now

FreeBenghazi
Last night, 3 thuwar from #Nalut were martyred & 2 wounded due2 shelling on thuwar positions on outskirts of #Taiji v @nalut17feb #Libya

Nusaiba
Alj correspondent in #Benghazi…
“Libyans cant wait to see #Gaddfi on trial, many dreams n wishes” Ummm toooooo good to be true.

ღ.¸¸Libeeya¸¸.ღ
Says it all.. Libya state news agency: #Gaddafi received Ramadan greetings from #Assad of #Syria and from PM of #Bahrain

Lisa
#Gaddaficrimes #Assadcrimes Dictators wishing other dictators #ramadankarem! What is religious about murder, rape, torture n oppression?!

KC
According to a #Libyan state news agency, #Gaddafi received #Ramadan greetings from #Bashar of #Syria ! Birds of a feather, flock together.

Theatrum Belli
Libye : Les rebelles adeptes de la baliste post-moderne ? (actualisé)
Génériquement, dans les armées de l’OTAN, les munitions “bleues” sont des munitions d’exercice et/ou inertes. Ce code couleur est valable pour les grenades à main, à fusil, obus, roquettes, missiles et autres projectiles.
Dans le cas d’un projectile “balistique”, ce qui nous intéresse en l’occurrence, la tête d’une roquette d’exercice est “inerte”, c’est à dire qu’elle ne contient pas de charge “militaire”.
De poids et d’équilibre semblables à la munition de “guerre”, une munition bleue permet de s’entraîner au tir avec les mêmes caractéristiques qu’une munition “réelle” mais sans effet autre que “balistique” sur la cible d’exercice, la munition n’explose pas à l’impact, sa tête est “vide”.
Pour les missiles embarqués sur un avion, ils peuvent être totalement factices, forme et aérodynamisme semblables pour permettre au pilote de s’entraîner à voler avec un avion “lesté”, ou d’exercice, auquel cas où à la charge près, le missile est en tous points identique à un missile dit “bon de guerre”.
Full art. And pics:
www.theatrum-belli.com/archive/2011/07/...

N_Benghazi .
So basically it’s a-OK for an oppressor to do as he likes to a people, and should they defend themselves, they’re in the wrong. #Libya

Free Libya Now
Heavy fighting is ongoing in #Brega, snipers & traps are reported in industrial section. #Gadafi troops concentrated at oil facility. #Libya

mohamed
#libya Check this video out — #libya nilesat ruling part1 youtube.com/watch?v=oD2im7… via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD2im7AYCQI&fea...

#libya Check this video out — #libya nilesat ruling part2 youtube.com/watch?v=SG5yWl… via @youtube #nilesat
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG5yWlXb6fc&fea...

#libya Check this video out — #libya nilesat part3 full youtube.com/watch?v=QA3-tp… via @youtube#nilesat
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA3-tpTYpvs&fea...

#nilesat lawyers went to proform ruling nilesat refused now at police station police say require security assesment

#nilesat security assesment could take weeks another delay hurdle to overcome #libya

#nilesat all libyans show support to our brave lawyers their emails will be posted soon

Free Libya Now
Investigation in to the killing of Abdelfatah is ongoing, #NTC should ensure the transparency of all processes related to the case. #Libya

MCNBC
Libyan Embassy in US to reopen under opposition
AP
WASHINGTON— The State Department has signed off on papers that allow the Libyan Embassy in Washington to reopen under control of the opposition Transitional National Council and give staffers access to roughly $13 million in mission assets that had been frozen.
State Department officials said Tuesday that the council’s request to reopen the

embassy had been reviewed and approved following the Obama administration’s decision last month to formally recognize the Benghazi-based group as Libya’s legitimate governing authority. Libya’s former ambassador to the United States, Ali Aujali, who resigned to protest Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi’s violent crackdown on opponents, is expected to serve as charge d’affaires.
Source:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43993994/ns/politics

LIBYA TRIPOLI
The lawyer for the #libyan embassy has found that all properties in #London are protected by british government order and can not be sold

Fatimah
#Zliten : Large numbers of G-forces and mercenaries have just been caught in #Zliten by our FFs…

Reuters
NATO denies Libya hit warship off coast near Misrata
A NATO official denied a report on Libyan state television on Tuesday that Libyan forces hit one of its warships off the coast near the rebel-held city of Misrata.
“It’s a totally fabricated allegation,” the official said.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-l...

WilliamJHague William Hague
Working the phone today: calls with Cathy Ashton, Alain Juppe & the Secretary General of the Arab League on #Syria & Middle East Peace

Armchair Arab
I really wonder where all the pro-gaddafi goons think they’re gonna hide after the revolution is over. Justice will be served.

sharon lynch
by libyanproud
Ashraf #Younis did NOT say he wanted the green flag back. Why did AP report this? tinyurl.com/3eqrlag #libya
or:
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afri...

AbE
#RamadanMasacare #RamadanMasacare #RamadanMasacare #RamadanMasacare #RamadanMasacare #libya #Syira

libyanandproud
BREAKING : #Misrata Freedom Fighters kick ass even when they’re fasting! #Feb17 #Libya #RamadanMassacre

inglesi Piers Scholfield
Extraordinary day in Egypt. Wonder what #Gaddafi and his cronies are thinking. #Jan25 #Feb17

Another strange story:
Herald Sun Australia
AAP
Libya rebels talk with Gaddafi regime
LIBYA’S rebels have for weeks been holding talks with former senior figures from the regime of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, a French writer and supporter of the rebels says.
“There have for weeks been political negotiations between the NTC (the rebel National Transitional Council) and the people in Tripoli who have no blood on their hands,” Bernard-Henri Levy told Europe 1 radio today.
He said the people the rebels were talking to were “former Gaddafi lieutenants, technocrats, people who know how to run a state”.
Levy helped engineer France’s pathbreaking recognition of Libya’s fledgling rebel authority, a major impetus for the coalition then gathering to back its struggle to overthrow Gaddafi.
The rebels, who control the east of the country, have frequently denied having had any direct negotiations with Tripoli.
Source:
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news...

Abdel:
9 1/2 lines of rubbish, 1 1/2 lines of denial, is this reporting?
Where are the real journalists?
I know, they all work for Aljazeera!

live2Tripoli
#Tripoli: Power outages are reaching 8 hours long and are sporadic. I’m thinking the regime is trying to throw the resistance off balance…
…For some reason some phones don’t work. Those that still do, tend to cut off in the middle of a call. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
There are many resistance groups in #Tripoli, the regime is taking on an impossible fight. We will win, we will be victorious. #Libya #feb17
A lot of the front lines in #JabalNaufsa and #Tripoli consist of #Tripoli residents/natives. #Libya #feb17
Security forces r ready to keep #Tripoli safe as the regime becomes completely inactive and impeded from power. It is very clear it is over.
Security forces, trained in #Benghazi and #JabalNafusa will help keep #Tripoli secure after the regime falls. #Libya #feb17

Reuters
Libya’s western rebels losing patience with leaders
*Delays, rows stoke frustrations on rebel side

  • Rebels sit idle, awaiting decisions from divided leaders
    By Michael Georgy
    NEAR TIJI, Libya, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The rebel seethed as a bulldozer arrived to build a sand bank to protect rebels in Libya’s Western Mountain region from nearby government forces.
    “It’s too late. Our leaders are trying to show they care about us but it’s too late,” said the fighter, Munir Marah, standing beside what was left of a Grad missile that killed three of his comrades early on Wednesday.
    “If they had sent the bulldozer earlier they might have still been alive. (Our leaders) are indecisive and divided. It takes them a long time to do simple things,” Marah said.
    Full art.:
    af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...
State Deptartment
U.S. Representative to Transitional National Council Stevens Provides an Update on Libya
U.S. Representative to the Transitional National Council Chris Stevens provided an update on the situation in Libya during a special press briefing on August 2, 2011. Mr. Stevens said:

“…I’ve been in Benghazi for about four months now. We got there April 5th. It was difficult to get in there at the time. There weren’t any flights. So we came in by a Greek cargo ship and unloaded our gear and our cars and set up our office there. So we’ve been on the ground since then.

“My mandate was to go out and meet as many of the leadership as I could in the TNC. They’ve got their council, which is sort of their legislature, and they’ve got a — sort of a cabinet. So I’ve met just about everybody in those two institutions. And then I’ve gone

around and — with our small team — and tried to get to know other people in the society there. Of course, we operate in eastern Libya, not the part that Qadhafi controls. And the immediate concern when we got there was that Qadhafi’s forces had almost infiltrated and taken over Benghazi, but were pushed out by NATO. And since then, the situation has improved quite a bit.

“Real briefly, I’ll say that in the last four months, my strong impression is that the TNC are making progress, and I sort of break it down into three areas. Diplomatically, they’ve made tremendous progress since April gaining international recognition now from about 30 countries, including, significantly, our own. This helps them in the eyes of the world, in the eyes of their own people, in the eyes of the Libyan people who are still under Qadhafi’s rule, and it also helps them in the sense that it increases the pressure on Qadhafi.
More info here:
blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/st...

wheelertweets James Wheeler
“We all come from Adam. We are all brothers. Why can’t we get along?” -a #Libyan FF friend, referring to Al Qaeda and religious strife

cencio4 David Cenciotti
Italian MoD has confirmed a missile exploded 2 km from Italian frigate Bersagliere on patrol around 15 miles off Libyan coast at 11:40 LT

Armchair Arab
Libyan Free Army should move away from the Gaddafi concept of security brigades ‘Kataib’ and form a single armed corps.

TNC also has to dramatically step up security and clamp down on rogue brigades.

Michelle
Made it onto World Food Programme boat. Posh compared to passenger ferry. No screaming babies. Didn’t have to slee twitpic.com/60ecns

Masriya
Even the worst things have their reasons. for example, the fact #feb17 takes long time renewed unity between Arabs & Berbers

TWITTER TRUTH:
Boricua
I’m not addicted to twitter. I only tweet when I have time, lunch time, break time, off time, this time, that time, any time, all the time.

Alex
#Rwanda REVISITED: RT – What is the #AU – doing about the 60000+ youth incarcerated in #Gaddafi death camps in #Tripoli – #Saif is starving, torturing, & murdering #Libya youth who dared to ask for freedom & democracy – & this ‘eliminate the rats’ policy is shaping up to be North Africa’s #Rwanda

Some were protesters – others were not even political – and were simply arrested because they are young and male and come from an opposition suburb or family – or were not carrying pro Gaddafi regalia at a city checkpoint or on a roadway.

Countless systematic arrests have been made – in Tripoli homes and at checkpoints – since February 2011.

100.000+ of Tripoli youth have been arrested – many have simply ‘disappeared’ – many have been executed – hopefully these 60000 can still be saved.

The #UN and @hrw are useless – #Gaddafi refuses them access to the camps – by denying their existence and refusing to let them visit the known concentration camp locations.
They should bring this to the attention of all world leaders and onto the floor of the UN – and demand something be done about it – and that the #UN HR ‘visitors’ have unrestricted access as in the east.

Instead the #UN go and visit #FF POW prisons in #Benghazi and #Nafusa – so they can pretend to be doing something useful – whilst ignoring the real danger.

The UN Commissioner for HUMAN RIGHTS is utterly useless – should be replaced – and will bear a strong lifetime personal and professional responsibility if these 60000 youths are executed – which will be a real risk – as the #maddog makes his last

scorched earth stand in Tripoli.

We need world pressure to get them out now – the grave reality is – that anyone incarcerated by Gaddafi – and perceived not to support him – will be at extreme risk – as his regime implodes – as it inevitably will.

Mark my words – on murdering defenseless prisoners – Gaddafi already has form – remember #AbuSalim – & Saif is keen to show daddy he can be every bit as evil – to the ‘rats’ who oppose/don’t support – this degenerate family’s mafia grip over regime occupied Libya.

#TripoliPrisoners

live2Tripoli
There are more and more abductions in #Tripoli. The people aren’t even taken to proper jails. It’s absurd and god be with them! #Libya

Rukaya
theyre taking women as well.. i have friends whose mums have been taken. Allah isabirhoom inshallah.

Sarah LFFR
those 5months show the world what #Gaddafi is able to do & permit us to built a #NTC. So AlHamdulilah 3ale kolly 7al !

Rukaya
the fact our revolution is elongated just brings everyone closer together, and takes the roots out of the dirt.. al7mdulilah.

blabeen
Musa Ibrahim Al Qaddafi will flee #Tripoli soon to #Germany his wife is German & he has a German passport.

Michelle
fattest baby i’ve ever seen. no lie. after visit 2 #misrata i understand how/why. 2 much sugar. intense peer press twitpic.com/60ejiq

jumping the gun on this one. i’m famished. please don’t hate me. #benghazi #libya twitpic.com/60ehmt

former patient home in #Misrata (on right). learning 2walk again. vision’s not back, but can vaguely see when colo twitpic.com/60ef5w
friend from boat came home from the frontline only to do laundry. he’s not injured & spirits are high. #misrata #l twitpic.com/60em7h

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zliten #Freedomfighters successfully defended their positions (5km from city center) against major counterattack by #Gaddafi mercs. #Libya

#Jalu: #Gaddafi filth fired dozens of rockets on Jalu resulting in 5 civilian casualties #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi filth in #Tiji encircled by #Freedomfighters fired GRAD rockets into #Ruwais destroying homes. #Libya #Feb17

#Egypt CARGO SHIP “TABA” now en route from area of #Cyprus to dest. #Tobruk #Libya. #Feb17

#Zliten: Large number of #Gaddafi filth & mercs taken by #Freedomfighters within last hour. #Libya #Feb17

FYI: The #Gaddafi trash @Niz_FGM1 who opened account yesterday trying to impersonate Niz ( @Niz_FGM) : ACCOUNT SUSPENDED. #Libya #Feb17

JUST NOTICED #Algeria CARGO SHIP in port #Tripoli #Libya. Saw what it was just as they turned off transponder. Didn’t get name : (

#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” now anchored 1.5 NM outside port #Tripoli #Libya. Criminals supplying criminals. #Feb17 @NATO

Criminal governments of #Algeria, #Syria & #Turkey supplying the international war criminal #Gaddafi. #Libya

All ships entering or departing port #Tripoli #Libya from #Algeria, #Syria & #Turkey should be fishbombed! @NTC_of_Libya

@LOrion #NATO is gutless and doing nothing but watching. Freedom fighters should sink ships from these criminal governments in Tripoli

Jenan Moussa
To my #libya friends,pls spread the news. A local transmitter is relaying Al Aan tv on 96.9Mhz FM in #Benghazi.Listen & give me ur feedback.

andymyatt Sky News Production
Press conference time at the #Rixos yfrog.com/khd3myrj

MUST READ:
Libyan Rebels Seize Gasoline Tanker:
www.petroleum-economist.com/Article/287...

Danya
When #Gaddafi took over #Libya ..he put my grandfather in jail, with the crown prince, prime minister, and many other political figures,

& everyday my great grandmother would cook food so she can take it to the jail so her son (my grandfather) could eat food,because the food
would serve them in prison was rotten, and my grandfather would say I will eat what every1 else eats, give every1 the food I don’t want it..
then in the prison the head of it came 2him & said “what’s the problem” how come ur not eating ..he said if u eat the food we will eat it ..
then in the prison the head of it came 2him & said “what’s the problem” how come ur not eating ..he said if u eat the food we will eat it ..
working and getting paid then we will not eat the food and you are getting cheated out of the money being payed. After that they changed
after that #Gaddafi not just arrested people but started killing them and torturing them in jail ..or like abusleeem ..
bury them while some are alive … #gaddafiCrimes

Faith freedom
Our hope is #Tripoli now . As long as he is in control of the capital we still have a lot to do to get those green scums.

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Tripoli’s Foreign Minister calls for internat’l investigation from UN/African Union to examine assassination of Abdul Fattah Younis #Libya

Gadhafi spokesman Musa Ibrahim says front-line city of Zlitan “is under our control” after recent rebel attack. #Libya

Watch Jim Clancy’s “The Brief” on CNN International in 2 minutes to see latest dispatch from #Tripoli #Libya

Libyan rebels say counter-attack at Zlitan repelled | Reuters t.co/zOoztLR (contradicting Moussa Ibrahim) #Feb17”

Reuters
Libyan rebels say counter-attack at Zlitan repelled
By Mussab Al-Khairalla

Libyan rebels said on Wednesday they had fought off an attack on positions around Zlitan, contradicting government claims of victory in a town insurgents hope will pave the way for an advance on the capital.

Tuesday’s assault by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi led to fierce street battles that killed at least eight rebels, exposing the fragility of gains by rebels who are fighting on several fronts but are frequently out-gunned and out-maneuvered.

As diplomacy appears to have ground to a halt, rebel pushes around Zlitan and the oil town of Brega, both to the east of Tripoli, and the Western Mountains, near the border with Tunisia, have been overshadowed by reports of divisions and the slaying of their top military chief in shadowy circumstances.

CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS
“We allowed them to get closer to our positions before we fired heavily at them to repel their advances. Our forces have not moved back and we have kept our ground,” one local commander told Reuters, asking not to be named.
Another commander said he had lost two men in the fighting but also said the pro-Gaddafi forces had been driven back.
Moussa Ibrahim, a spokesman for the Libyan government, said the rebels had been “defeated at the gates of Zlitan” and were pushed back to Dafniya, to the east.
Full art.:

www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/03/us-l...

According to Aljazeera journo Hoda, the ff’s definitely have held their ground in Zliten:):
Read following tweets;
@inglesi Piers Scholfield
Libyan rebels say counter-attack at Zlitan repelled | Reuters reut.rs/qPKjYE (contradicting Moussa Ibrahim) #Feb17

HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
@
@inglesi yes indeed. they are holding

Michelle
Can’t post many of my Misrata pix here. Male friends asked me not 2 post images that females r in, even when covered &/or not recognizable.

Rukaya
when are people going to understand that libyan tribes are simultaneously freedom supporters. Seriously. wake. Up. foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/08/03/end…

libyanandproud
the air rebels are still there !
twitpic.com/60g4kt

I have a feeling NATO treats #Gaddafi like a 5year old !
according to gaddafi , he controls all of nafusa :)
I was called an “Online Rebel Activist” in an interview :)

Oil tanker “Carthagena” part of Hannibal #Gaddafi (GNMTC) fleet of tankers was being transferred to Venezuelan ownership. #Feb17

TRUE:
ramadan & twitter : without caffeine and nicotine I’m like a pc logging in in safe mode !

VOA News
Arab Spring Forges New Bonds Between North African Neighbors

Lisa Bryant
The popular uprisings in Tunisia and Libya are reshaping ancient bonds between these North African neighbors. Tunisians who once flocked to Libya for jobs are now providing food and shelter to war-torn Libyans, and possibly a delivery route for rebel weapons.
The Dehiba-Wazin desert border separating Tunisia and Libya is bustling on a scorching afternoon. Cars and trucks cross over, crammed with fruit, milk and other supplies that are increasingly hard to find in war-torn Libya.
Maslati smiles but doesn’t answer when asked about weapons reportedly flowing across the border. Tunisian border guards don’t appear to be checking the vehicles crossing very carefully.

“For aid, they don’t ask because they understand the situation. But for the guns, I don’t have any idea,” Maslati added.
Read full art. and see video:
www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/nor...

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: #Libya rebels have seized #Gaddafi owned oil tanker ‘Cartagena’ in int seas off #Malta laden with 40,000 tonnes of gasoil

libyanandproud
We had desert rebels, mountain rebels, and now WATER REBELS

dhdfisher Daniel Fisher BBC
Moussa Ibrahim libyan govt spokesperson confirmed that it was a Libyan rocket that narrowly missed the Italian frigate Bersagliere

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Misurata radio will broadcast up to #Zuwarah

The American Conservative

Libya and Syria
daniel Larison
But for all the justified focus on Syria, the single event that would most help bring down the Assads would be the fall of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya. It still isn’t clear today if the lesson of the Arab Spring is that dictators are doomed or that dictators willing to shoot peaceful protesters can win. Once Gadhafi goes, the oxygen Libya is sucking from the Arab struggle for democracy will circulate again. The NATO effort—however poorly implemented—will have finally been a success, and threats of possible military action to protect civilians, especially refugees, will have some credibility. ~Elliott Abrams
Full art.:
www.amconmag.com/larison/2011/08/03/lib...

wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: #Gaddafi Grads are hitting #Kikla again today. Fired from Meska, between Qwaleesh & Asabaa, and from an oasis near Alrabta.

Hmm… US Rep to TNC: “pressure on #TNC to resolve the militia problem..in Benghazi & eastern #Libya..a lot of militias & a few police”

Policymic
Rebel Leader’s Assassination Must Not Diminish Support for A Free Libya

Alexander Innes

Last week, Major General Abdel Fatah Younes, Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan rebel army, and two of his commanders were killed under mysterious circumstances. The Transitional National Council, a body established by Libyans to facilitate the transition to a

democratic Libya, should follow through with their pledge to investigate the events surrounding Younes’ death. Furthermore, the results of this investigation must be examined and understood by the international community.
The most widespread theory of his demise posits that members of the Abu Obeida al-Jarrah Brigade, a tribal quasi-internal security force in Benghazi, assassinated Younes after uncovering that he may have been passing battle plans to officers loyal to Gadhafi. Other theories include the al-Jarrah Brigade executed Younes in revenge for the killing of 1,200 imprisoned Muslim dissidents, mainly from Benghazi, in 1996. However, this group is not the only potential enemy of Younes. Speculation of a “fifth column” of pro-Gadhafi fighters has dogged the opposition for months, and over the weekend 15 pro-Gadhafi fighters, who called themselves the al-Nidaa Brigade, were killed. It is certainly possible that pro-Gadhafi elements would want to exact revenge for Younes’ defection.
Read full story here:
policymic.com/articles/rebel-leader-s-a...

Alex
What I would do – 4 just a bare spit second glimpse – of #PschoSaif s face – when he heard he had just ‘lost’ 40000 tonnes of gasoil! #Libya

Lebeeya
Electricity out for 3 straight days in Al Saraj RT @live2Tripoli: #Tripoli: Power outages are reaching 8 hours long and are sporadic.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
If nothing else it has shown our Freedom Fighters that they CAN take a ship. Now on to those others supplying Gaddafi

Opps, looks like Hannibal has lost another ship. Now there’s also the “EL HUSSAIN” over in #Algeria…

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “ALYARMOUK” bunkered in area W. of #Malta at 35.84671˚/14.84117˚ near where “CARTEGENA” was bunkered. #Libya #Feb17

#Sabrata revolutionaries capturing #Gaddafi soldiers youtu.be/z56lFn-Pjco #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z56lFn-Pjco&fea...

NALUT MEDIA CENTER
#VIDEO: Fighting to liberate the town of #Tiji 31/7/2011 youtu.be/YjJO-hZLjZY #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJO-hZLjZY&fea...

#Zliten: #NATO hit Green Hope Hall today which has been used by #Gaddafi forces to store ammunition. #Libya #Feb17

NIZ:
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Report that @Niz_FGM Has been contacted & is well but struggling with electricity & internet connections.#Libya #Feb17

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Gadhafi’s spokesman confirms Libyan military fired missile at Italian warship in the Med this a.m. Rome says it missed by 2 km #Libya

Civil War during Ramadan. #Tripoli showing signs of strain after 5+ months of fighting. Video report t.co/JXGpwyq #Libya
or:
www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/08...

libyanproud libyanandproud
Jamahirya TV Scroll: “People wish #Gaddafi a Ramadan Kareem” Libya Ahrar Scroll: “AbdJalil wishes Libyans a Ramadan Kareem” #Feb17 #Libya

Call to Maghreb Prayer in #Tripoli ! Pray for #TripoliPrisoners !

Lisa:
FF seized G oil tanker w help of unnamed west govt special ops!! It’s on way to Benghazi :D

Just Ahmed
Somewhere there’s a mother with tears in her eyes from losing a son or daughter #Libya #syria #palestine #RamadanMassacre #sosomany more :(

Michelle
Somewhere between #Misrata & #Benghazi. #Libya twitpic.com/60g8zx

evening prayer on the WFP boat. #misrata #libya twitpic.com/60g8na

septimius
The latest addition to #FF arsenal, the Water-Rebel secret weapon! #Libya twitpic.com/60g8sq

Michael
“OK, we have a broken Scud, an old Toyoto and some wire. Give me an 1hr to launch 1st MFRV ever.” Thse guys cld.

Aisha
Great News !!! @Niz_FGM Has been contacted and is well but struggling with electricity and connections.

AFP Google news
Boat with 330 migrants from Libya reaches Italy
ROME — A boat carrying 330 migrants from Libya arrived late Tuesday on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a day after officials found 25 people choked to death in the engine room of another Libyan refugee boat.
Tuesday’s wooden refugee vessel, accompanied to shore by the Italian coast guard, was just 15 metres (50 feet) long and carried migrants, mostly from Somalia and Nigeria, including 50 women and four children.

On Monday, Italian coast guards had found 25 people choked to death in the engine room of a similar boat fleeing Libya crammed with 271 African refugees that landed on the holiday island.
The 15-metre boat was heavily overcrowded, and survivors said they had been at sea for three days. Prosecutors said the victims, crowded into a space accessible only through a trap door, appeared to have died from asphyxiation.

Full story:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...

Alex
The ‘CARTEGENA’ SEIZURE: In one of the most daring ops of the 6 month #Libya conflict – #FF from #Benghazi boarded & seized in international waters – just off #Malta – a #Gaddafi owned oil tanker ‘Cartagena’ – laden with 40,000 tonnes of gasoil.

The tanker had recently bunkered in Malta and was due to deliver the 40000, desperately needed, tonnes of gasoil to Tripoli

@NATO allies are believed to have provided helicopter and ‘other’ support – in the audacious maritime operation

Once boarded – the armed #FF’ ‘persuaded’ the tanker captain to divert to #Benghazi – where this 40000 tonne cargo will be much appreciated – especially as it is essentially a ‘no strings attached’ gift from the Great Brother Leader.

The #NTC were apparently ‘unaware’ of #Israeli commando like operation.

Per @ksnavarra – Malta journalist

SEE ALSO: www.petroleum-economist.com/Article/287...

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Misurata to have it’s Free #Libya radio station as equipment on the way
#Misurata radio will broadcast up to #Zuwarah

BREAKING: #Libya rebels have seized #Gaddafi owned oil tanker ‘Cartagena’ in int seas off #Malta laden with 40,000 tonnes of gasoil
BREAKING: ‘Cartagena’ is heading to #Benghazi. #NTC ‘unaware’ of rebel operation
BREAKING: Reports that a ‘western government’ has assisted rebels in sezing ‘Cartagena’
BREAKING: ‘Cartagena’ was boarded on the high seas and diverted to #Benghazi . On its way
BREAKING: ‘Cartagena’ had recently bunkered in #Malta
BREAKING: Un-named western government reportedly ‘assisted’ rebels in Cartagena op and provided special ops to board
BREAKING: Western govt said to have provided helo support to rebels in seizing Cartagena on the high seas in Med off #Malta

FreeLibyan
#Gaddafi spokesman #Musa Ibrahim " Our army is still very strong. We haven’t used our real military power"

4Adam Adam
AlJazeera’s @anitamcnaught reports from #Benghazi— Battle for Libya: Independent media flourishes in Benghazi youtube.com/watch?v=kaflB0… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaflB0AgFek&fea...

septimius severus
#Rixos Detainees, impartial means hearing both sides of the story not broadcasting 1side with a *disclaimer!

CNN
Libyan missile misses Italian warship
The frigate Bersagliere was about 19 kilometers (12 miles) off the Libyan city of Zlitan when

the missile fell harmlessly into the sea about 2 km away, the Italian defense ministry and NATO reported.
In Tripoli, government spokesman Musa Ibrahim told reporters that the missile had been launched by troops that remain loyal to longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
“We have amazing capabilities that we have not felt that we need to use,” Ibrahim said. “Our army is still very strong. We
haven’t used our real military power.”
He discounted allied claims that pro-Gadhafi forces had been reduced to 20% of their capabilities, adding, “For God’s sake, if we are down here to 20%, what am I doing here?”
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/03...

Michelle
Thanks @NATO, #USA. t.co/1IwSdR7
#Feb17 #Misrata #Libya via @meshelmay

UN CENTRE
UN distributes Ramadan meals to 55,000 Libyan refugees in Tunisia
The United Nations refugee agency and its partners in Tunisia are distributing food for more than 55,000 Libyans who have fled the fighting in their homeland to help them prepare their evening meals during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.
The logistics of the operation have gone very smoothly thanks to cooperation between all those involved, including the Government, Nasir Abel Fernandes, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) senior emergency coordinator in southern Tunisia, said today.
Some 400 staff from UNHCR and other local and international organizations, including the World Food Programme (WFP), have helped pack, transport and distribute the food at more than 34 distribution points across southern Tunisia.
Well over half a million people, including migrant workers, refugees and asylum-seekers, have fled to Tunisia since fighting erupted in February between a pro-democracy movement and the four-decades-old regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi.
Most of the Libyans have few resources and are happy to receive the food. “This donation will be a great help in cutting down family expenses during Ramadan,” said 72-year-old Ali as he queued for his food package in UNHCR’s Al Khayr distribution centre in the town of

Tataouine. Ali, who fled to Tunisia in April with a large group of relatives, said Ramadan was very important to him and his family. “Ramadan is an occasion for family reunions,” he said, adding sadly: “Although the Tunisians are being very generous, we are finding it difficult to feel at home because our community network has been disrupted.”
Fifteen items, including rice, pasta, couscous, oil, tomato paste, tuna, sugar and dates, are being handed out in five southern Tunisian provinces, where tens of thousands of Libyans are staying in camps or living with host families. The food will be eaten during iftar, the evening meal. During Ramadan, which started on Monday, Muslims are forbidden to eat or drink during daylight hours.
Other organizations taking part in the operation are the Tunisian Red Crescent, the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent, Islamic Relief, Al Tawoon, Secours Islamique France, Secours Populaire Français, Wafa Relief and the Libyan Relief Committee.

Ahmed
Trying to change & better myself. To go from where I am to a good person may take quite a bit of work but willing to take up the challenge!

Nasr
Can we have Hug a Muslim Day? #HugaMuslimDay #freehugs” It will have 2b after Ramadan -;)

Danya
The battle in #TRIPOLI is getting worse everyday and more and more people are being arrested and tortured ..please pray for #libya

I ask everyone of you whether your religious or not..please please pray for @Niz_FGM and his team.. #Gaddafi thugs are out there & ruthless

alchemist
حلف الناتو يرفض عرضاً للقذافي بشأن وقف إطلاق النار – #libya – goo.gl/RSZnJ #NATO rejects a ceasefire offer from U know who!! #Libya

Ahmed
Hamdulilah, almost time to eat!!

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
via Manara 1/3: Miselata: City centre empty of G forces after Electricity academy where they gather burnt down by FFs. #feb17 #libya

via Manara 2/3: Miselata: FF commander Khamis Nour Eldin AlKaseh & Mahmud Abdebaset Daub were martyred in clashes w/ G forces #feb17 #libya

via Manara 3/3: Miselata: G forces awaiting reinforcements on outskirts in Tarhuna direction from Juma AlmA3refy brigade.

via Manara: Miselata FFs asking help of Tarhuna, Gemata & Khoms FFs to cut the road on Juma AlMa3refy brigade heading to city #feb17 #Libya

Allahu Akbar .. Miselata FFs fighting G forces .. May Allah give them victory #feb17 #libya

Anaya:
So many tweets saying @NIZ_FGM is safe. So relieved! I hope it is confirmed.

G GOONS AGAIN:
Free Libya Now
Benghazi rumor Mill: Ali Tarhouny, Mahmoud Shamam, Mohamed Al Alagy, members of #TNC have left the #TNC. #Libya

Read #Benghazi rumor Mill. Not a fact alright

It is a rumor=Dedi k Odu= It is probably spread by #Gadafi regime people in #Benghazi as they benefit the most from it. #Libya

WBEZ91.5
Rebel Leader’s Death Puts Eastern Libya On Edge
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
In eastern Libya, the rebel stronghold of Benghazi is filled with tension following the murder last week of the rebels’ top military commander.
Younis headed the rebels’ special forces, among his other duties. And some of the men under his command in Benghazi — who also don’t want their names used — say they don’t take their orders from the National Transitional Council. They will abide by what the tribe decides, raising the specter of internecine warfare.
Younis’ death has put a spotlight on the confusing array of security organs in eastern Libya.
After the collapse of Gadhafi’s police force and military there, groups called kabtibas, or brigades, have stepped into the breach.
At a base in Banghazi, dozens of men of one such brigade — some in uniform, some not — clean and load their weapons.
Full art.:
www.wbez.org/story/2011-08-03/rebel-lea...

Libya United 1944
Mom in #Tripoli broke fast 2day on 1/2 cleaned salad & cold soup from yesterday as we’ve run out of cooking gas, no elec which means no H2O

libyanandproud
details Mauritania – Ntc talks fb.me/PpDa3G8I
or:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=967233&i...

Free Libya Now
#Egypt showed strength & will of its people represented in bringing #Mubarak to justice @WilliamJHague Libyans will do the same to #Gadafi

dovenews Libyan™
#FF have repelled Gaddafi forces attack on the #Zlitan’s frontline, as a result 7 #FF were killed. #Zlitan #Misrata

omar
#Libya #Feb17 Maps of #FFs -Brega, Nafusa, #Zliten, #Tripoli, #Misrata , A collection of all maps goo.gl/fb/PqfNq

Video: Fierce battles around #Zliten – #BBCArabic reports #Misrata youtu.be/X03-mgk1Qjo #Libya #Feb17 #ramadankarem
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03-mgk1Qjo&fea...

Alex
‘CARTEGENA’ issues: It’s morally OK to impound any #Gaddafi assets – as they are all looted from the #Libya people at some point of time – whether it’s billions in Swiss bank accounts – or oil tankers in the Mediterranean.

Plus we need to win this war – and disrupting the tyrant’s fuel supplies servicing his war machine – is a legitimate, indeed essential, military objective – akin to seizing stored arms in abandoned Regime ammo dumps.

It can also be justified on legal grounds.

The #NTC is now the ‘legitimate’ lawful authority in Libya so far as most enlightened governments are concerned – and their ‘agents’ the #Benghazi #FF are entitled to ‘secure’ any ‘government assets’- on their behalf and tell them about it later! – including 40000 tonnes of gasoil – plus an oil tanker holding it.

Western Governments are paranoiac about North Africa piracy – and with the hysterical media rap about the Somalisation of #Libya since Gen #Younes death – any implication of piracy is potentially damaging for an authority seeking international recognition.

It requires sensitive management – and hence #NTC ’s sensible official denial of direct complicity.

#Gaddafi – talking in his sleep in the sewer tonight – “A tanker – a tanker – my kingdom – for an oil tanker”! #Libya

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli : G forces vehicle blown up by FFs with 6 G forces killed in Omar AlMukhtar road #feb17 #libya Allahu Akbar

Yefrenia
Wishing relatives in #Tripoli Ramadan Mubarak…on the phone they told us how electricity has become a growing problem in some areas #Libya

Khiria
People in #Tripoli are afraid to go pray. Continuous kidnappings & killing of random people throughout the day. #

Rayan ☾✰
@NATO bomb #Gaddafi’s head ASAP please! We can’t take it anymore !!!!!!!!!

Guardian
Letter:
Interventions in the Arab uprisings
It is alarming to continue reading Simon Jenkins’s commentaries on the situation in Libya (Nightly Britain bombs Tripoli. Bar death, what do we achieve?, 3 August). His articles (9 March; 20 April; 18 May) have persisted in ignoring the glaring facts that Gaddafi and his forces have brought death and destruction to Libya and its population in an unprecedented manner since 17 February and have perpetrated gross acts of murder and terrorism – domestic and international – during Gaddafi’s oppressive dictatorship.
The latest article also misleads the reader by referring to the situation in Libya as a civil war. This conflict is an unwanted but natural extension of widespread peaceful civil protest that was met with the fullest force. The Libyan people did not ask for this. The overwhelming majority asked the Libyan dictator and his crony government to leave. What they got was the retaliation of a delusional but extremely clever tyrant who thinks God bequeathed the land and riches of Libya to him and his family.
The fact that Cameron has not previously “gone to war and never known what war requires of government” should not be confused with the reality that he (along with leaders of France, the US, Italy and other countries) had the moral fibre to step in when he did to assist the Libyan population by committing the UK to military action to enforce UN security council resolution 1973. At risk was a massacre of immense scale. Britain had every reason to get involved.
Rather than judging Cameron and his government on the basis of action he disagrees with, Jenkins should perhaps visit Libya and speak to ordinary Libyans in the liberated cities of the east who will be able to tell him their opinion of the UK’s military intervention.
Abdulfatah Zaidi and Abdulkhaliq Elshayyal Libyan-British Relations Council
Source:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/03/in...

libyanproud l
#Tripoli : Some #Gaddafi security have left their arms unguarded over the past 48hrs in certain areas of tripoli. #Feb17 #Libya

LIBYAN
FB pages have posted a call from #Msalata’s #FF to #Tarhuna’s #FF. Let’s hope they will answer their call. #Libya #Feb17

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Prisoners taken in #Zliten confirm to #Freedomfighters that #Chad Army, including Generals, fighting there for #Gaddafi. #Libya #Feb17

Reinforcement from #JumaAlMaaerfy brigade gathering outside #Miselata to retake City after #FFs forced #Gaddafi filth out today #Libya

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: FFs successfully attacked G forces near Sinbad resort with many casualties reported amongst G forces #Feb17 #libya

#Freedomfighters of # Surmana & # Zintan have captured the leaders of #AlUruba & #AlMaghaweer brigades #Libya #Feb17

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Amazing: Protesters cut off road by praying infront of G forces base AlFadil in Benghazi in first days of #feb17 is.gd/fLiFGC #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqmw-ADsb6U&fea...

IMPORTANT:
Reports of more “Justice and Equality” forces arriving in #Libya from #Ojanga #Chad. #Feb17 @NATO
(FYI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_and_Equal...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #NATO back in action over City at this time. At least one explosion heard in past few minutes. #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli: #Freedomfighters attacked #Gaddafi filth at Women Union ( #ItihadAlNisa) in #AlMansura, was used for ammo storage. #Libya Feb17

#Egypt CARGO SHIP “RAS MOHAMED” en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya ETA: 2011-08-04 19:00 (UTC). #Feb17

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
g GRADs on #Misrata at this moment. #Libya #Feb17

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: FF successfully blew up a Tundra security forces car in Tajura using a remote controlled charge #Feb17 #libya

FF’s allowed arms from Qatar through Tunesia!
Read it here:
News of Tunesia:
En accord avec le Qatar, le chef de l’état major de l’armée tunisienne autorise la livraison d’armes aux rebelles libyens
Prise en tenaille entre l’Algerie et la tripolitaine, il était impossible pour la Tunisie de rester neutre trop longtemps dans le conflit libyen
Si officiellement, le gouvernement du premier ministre tunisien Béji Caïd Essibsi se maintient sur cette voie du milieu, en réalité l’armée a déjà choisi son camp. Et c’est celui des anti-kadhafi, apprend-on de source sécuritaire.
Selon notre source, c’est Rachid Ammar chef de l’état major de l’armée tunisien qui est à l’origine de ce basculement. En effet, sans consulter le gouvernement, Ammar a autorisé que des armés puissent être livrées aux rebelles libyens.
Avant de prendre cette décision, Rachid Ammar a rencontré plusieurs fois à Doha le cheikh Tamimi Ben Hamad El-Than, le prince héritier du Qatar.
Source:
www.newsoftunisia.com/actualites/en-acc...

dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi is using mercenaries from #Chad & South #Sudan in the #Zlitan front line. Confirmed #Zlitan

( comfirmed by ff’s after capturing and interviewing g troops)

The Dictator
F fighters in #Misrata saying that Gaddafi’s use of his #Chad soldiers suggests he’s running out of men. #Libya

Alex
CARTAGENA OIL SOLD BY SWISS TRADER DUPED BY #Gaddafi to send oil to #Tripoli, Lebanon!

“Last month, Reuters had reported that the #Cartagena had been trying to take 30,000 tonnes, or 250,000 barrels, home since mid-May.

Sources had told #Reuters that the tanker loaded gasoline in a Turkish port and the Swiss company that sold the ship the fuel had claimed it had been duped into selling the fuel as #Tripoli, Lebanon, had been listed as the destination.

When the tanker left the in early May, it sailed towards #Zawiya h, a #Gaddafi -controlled town and the main oil port adjacent to the #Libya n capital.

#NATO had initially approved the deal but while the Cartagena was en route to Zawiyah, it diverted another west-Libya-bound fuel tanker on the ground that the fuel would be used for military purposes.

The Cartagena had spent a month anchored off Malta while the #Libyan government tried to come up with another means of unloading it and in early July, headed for the port of Annaba in #Algeria.

Algerian authorities had stopped the tanker from berthing."
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/2011...

#Msalata “#FF have taken control of city center & othr areas of town” – Ths is how #Gaddafi will fall – as more districts concurrently rise

#Gaddafi may well seize back #Msalata – but as more #Libya districts erupt at the same time – it will be impossible 4 him 2 contain them all

TIPPING POINT: The more #Libya fronts that are opened up – more pressure #Gaddafi faces – the sooner revolution tipping point will arrive

Jamal
#Tarhuna’s #FF. Let’s hope you will answer your brothers and sisters call from #Msalata’s #FF. Do it for #Libya

Zlitniya
‘Its well known that #Ramadan is a time of #victory for #Muslims’
Video of #Libya FF breaking fast in #Dafniya.Beautiful youtu.be/AAREaq6q24E
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAREaq6q24E&fea...

Ya Rabb- soon we see #Gaddafi #Assad #Saleh in pretty white suits with their little boys in even smaller cages. Guwlu ameen :) #Justice

Severe shortage of chicken in #Tripoli #Libya .Reports that security is required in front of butchers who still have stock2stop fights :(

Reuters:Libyan rebels will fight while fasting
t.co/eVZjA4E via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7-7TB7W0Ts&fea...

Sh Gharyani:Jihad in Libya is Fardh 3ain.ie parents blessing nt req’d &it takes priority over studies of Libyans abroad
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c82a_Ygqfj4&fea...

LIBYAN
Why #media still gives a platform to #Saif ? Since when we give a wanted criminal the power of the media before his arrest?

holmescnn Michael Holmes
Spent time in pre-Iftar Zintan today after visiting the front in Tiji. People so welcoming and friendly. Our thanks to them.

live2Tripoli
The Tunisian GOV is acting strange again, despite a visit from the #TNC. This time we can’t get gas into #JabalNafusa. Whats the deal!!?

If anyone recalls before #feb17, Libyans use to risk their lives, just to bring low priced and High grade gas. #Libya #feb17 #Tunsia

Shout out to #Tunisians, We need gas to sustain many operations in #JabalNafusa. Please pressure you’re GOV to let it though. Thank You.

libyanandproud
#Tripoli : Underwater fishermen and divers are still missing, believed to be arrested by #Gaddafi forces . #Feb17 #Libya | #RamadanMassacre

#Msallata : #Gaddafi forces are gathering to take back the town from Freedom Fighters . #Feb17 #Libya Via Almanara FB |

NYT
Libya Allying With Islamists, Qaddafi Son Says
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
TRIPOLI, Libya — After six months battling a rebellion his family portrayed as an Islamist conspiracy, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s son and one-time heir apparent said Wednesday that he was reversing course to forge a secret alliance with radical Islamist elements among the Libyan rebels to drive out their more liberal-minded confederates.
“The liberals will escape or be killed,” the son, Seif el-Islam el-Qaddafi, vowed in an hourlong interview that stretched past midnight. “We will do it together,” he added, wearing a newly grown beard and fingering Islamic prayer beads as he reclined on a love seat in a spare office tucked in a nearly deserted downtown hotel. “Libya will look like Saudi Arabia, like Iran. So what?”
The leading Islamist Mr. Qaddafi identified as his main counterpart in the talks, Ali Sallabi, acknowledged their conversations but dismissed any suggestion of an alliance. He said the Libyan Islamists supported the rebel leaders’ calls for a pluralistic democracy without the Qaddafis.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/world/africa...=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp

Faisa
What I don’t understand is why media like NYT give ICC wanted criminals the time of day and space in their paper.

Abdel
Does Saif say what NYT wants to hear?
NYT likes to scaremonger people into being afraid of Muslims? Again?

Daria
We just want to live a peaceful life with our families like everyone else.

UPI
Libya’s TNC on solid ground
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Diplomatically speaking, the rebel-backed Transitional National Council in Libya has made tremendous progress, a U.S. special representative said.
Here you can read the art.:
www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/08/03...

freelibyanman
Reminder to pro #Gaddafi trolls : Images of rainy day in a #Tripoli university 2010.
twitpic.com/602r3d

libyanandproud
Saif: “whoever does not like the rule of my father can go drink from any point on Libya’s coastline”. Video: youtu.be/dEtaISN_57M
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEtaISN_57M&fea...

libyanandproud
#BirGhanam : #zawiya freedom fighters singing a message to #Gaddafi in BirGhanam. youtu.be/iFkRPLI3Kd4 #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkRPLI3Kd4&fea...

Allied in the killing of their people, #Bashar and #Gaddafi. #Feb17 #Libya t.co/epjoIug

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “MAR BIANCO” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17

Atlantic Wire
Qaddafi’s Son Once Again Compares Libya to a ‘Piece of Cake’
Uri Friedman
Muammar Qaddafi’s regime has long portrayed the revolt against its rule as an Islamist conspiracy. But in an interview just published by The New York Times, Qaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, appeared to change course, declared that the regime was secretly partnering with radical Islamist factions among the Libyan rebels in order to sideline the more liberal elements of the opposition. “Libya will look like Saudi Arabia, like Iran. So what?” he asked. The Times’ David D. Kirkpatrick explains that the claim, which a Libyan Islamist leader dismissed, may be designed to further divide the rebels following the mysterious death of their military chief, Abdel Fattah Younes. “At times,” Kirkpatrick writes, “Mr. Qaddafi’s comments sounded like a taunt or a dare to the Western powers, a new version of the Qaddafi argument that by assisting the rebels the Western intervention could usher in a radical Islamist takeover.”
Read more:
www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/08/...

Khaled
We just want to live in a democratic Libya.
Why would we want another extreme regime after Gaddafi?

Gloria
Who has the most to gain from Libya NOT becoming a democracy?
Libyans are NOT a violent people.
That’s why they put up with Kadhafi for so long.

MUST READ:
Military.com
Air Superiority for NATO Over Libya
Nicholas Fiorenza
This article first appeared in Defense Technology International.
Airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft from NATO, the U.S., Britain and France are coordinating air-attack missions and refueling operations over Libya and the Mediterranean on a 24/7 basis. Eight aircraft take turns directing the routes of coalition air forces: three Boeing E-3A Sentry NATO aircraft and two Royal Air Force Boeing E-3Ds forward-based in Trapani, Sicily; two U.S. Air Force E-3B/Cs operating from Souda Bay, Crete; and a French air force E-3D flying from Avord Air Base in central France.
A DTI reporter flew on a typical mission in late May on a NATO E-3A. The nighttime flight lasted 7 hr., including the trip to and from its 12-mi. orbit over the Gulf of Sidra. Half of the 18-member multinational crew was from the U.S. The cockpit crew included a Canadian pilot, Dutch copilot, Spanish navigator and Italian flight engineer. A Spaniard commanded the 14 other members of the crew, which included Canadian, Dutch, Norwegian and Polish personnel. During the mission, the E-3A controlled nearly 50 aircraft, directed attacks on several targets and coordinated the air-to-air refueling of 28 planes, which accounted for 290,600 lb. of fuel.
NATO’s Operation Unified Protector (OUP) is the first operation of a joint NATO E-3A and RAF E-3D detachment, although the British AWACS is part of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force and has been exercising with E-3As for years. Lt. Col. Kees Pauw of the Netherlands, detachment and force element commander, says the allied AWACS are supporting all three parts of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973: the no-fly zone, dynamic and deliberate air strikes, and the maritime embargo.
Canadian Air Force Lt. Col. Eric Kenny, commander of the Canadian detachment operating six Boeing CF-18 fighter-bombers (plus one spare) and Lockheed Martin CC-130T and CC-

150T tankers from Trapani, says AWACS provide command and control, taskings and radio relay for allied aircraft, increasing their flexibility. Pauw prefers to use the term “aircraft deconfliction” when discussing the role the AWACS play. By sending dozens of fighters to tankers for air-to-air refueling, followed by 2-3 missions a day, the AWACS act as force multipliers. Air strikes are either preplanned or conducted against targets of opportunity. Armed with a combination of air-to-air missiles and 500- or 2,000-lb. laser-guided bombs, the CF-18s conduct air interdiction and armed reconnaissance missions.
NATO’s Coalition Air Operations Center 5 (CAOC-5) integrates different missions from Poggio Renatico, Italy. NATO E-3As and RAF E-3Ds use their new Internet Protocol-based chat capability, a military form of secure instant messaging, to communicate with CAOC 5 and vice versa through a ground-entry point, alternating with the U.S. MIRC Internet relay chat protocol. Pauw says this eliminates radio transmissions and offers the advantages of faster, quicker and more reliable communication, which is encrypted without the risk of mistakes caused by misunderstanding voice communication. An E-3A has primary and slave chat laptops, with Windows displaying refueling and dynamic targeting missions.
The Radar System Improvement Program (RSIP), completed in January 2000, gives NATO E-3As the capability to detect aircraft and ships and filter out vehicles. Helicopters, which Pauw points out are still being used by pro-Gadhafi forces, can also be detected on the radar’s “low and slow” setting. Pauw says AWACS can control allied helicopters with transfer of authority from NATO, a procedure that has taken place.
The maritime embargo is supported by the E-3A’s maritime radar mode and a recently installed Automatic Identification System capability on a separate laptop in the aircraft. Suspect ships are reported to NATO maritime headquarters in Naples. Near- and mid-term modernization programs make the E-3As the most capable AWACS, according to Pauw, who highlights the computer upgrade and the increased number of radar scopes, in addition to RSIP.
The exception is the engines, the original Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW 100A turbofans, which have higher fuel consumption than the CFM56 engines on the RAF E-3D and French E-3F aircraft. The E-3A that DTI flew on at the end of May steadily climbed to 29,000 ft. near Malta, weighed down by 140,000 lb. of fuel. NATO E-3As sometimes require aerial refueling to complete their missions, whereas the more fuel-efficient French E-3F flies from central France and back without refueling, albeit with less time on station.
Photo: Nicholas Fiorenza
Source:
www.military.com/features/0,15240,23440...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” now anchored 40.8 NM out of port & recent dest. of #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17

Telegraph
Libya: Nato ‘carried out raid on Gaddafi oil tanker’
Damien McElroy,
Nato commandos were suspected of having carried out a daring raid on an anchored oil tanker owned by the Gaddafi family that was on Wednesday night sailing from Malta to the Libyan rebel-held capital of Benghazi.

A Libya flagged vessel steered by the rebels and assisted by contingent of naval special forces boarded the Cartagena just outside Maltese territorial waters on Wednesday morning.
The Cartagena is owned by the Libyan government’s shipping arm, the General National Maritime Transport Company, which is believed to be controlled by Col Muammar Gaddafi’s son Hannibal, who is on a sanctions list. It had picked up its cargo in Turkey three months ago.
Full art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
#Libya state tv anchor: #Tripoli power cuts caused by #NATO &rebel attax on power stations.Says electr company says 2-3 days will b restored

Free Libya Now
Coalition of Feb17 revolution made of lawyers & judges in #Benghazi calls on Jalal Deghili & his Assistant Faouzi Bukatef to resign #Libya

Jala Dghili is caretaker of Defense affairs within #TNC Faouzi Bukatef is Commander of allied revolution brigades & assistant to Defense CT.

Two bodies were found after firefight near the metal bridge leading to #Tripoli road in #Benghazi. Details sketchy #Libya

History will register #Gadafi & sons as the most ignorant & idiotic Dictators who were supported by a bunch of primitive human beings ever.

Preplexing to read the Qur’an yet still see Muslim Arabs so primitive producing such cult personalities. Leaders don’t operate in a vaccum.

dovenews Libyan™
Tyrants sons using religion when they R falling, #Mubarak sons hold the Quran in their hands & #Gaddafi’s sons grow beards & pay 4 scholars

SUMMARY AUGUST 4th 2011

8/4/2011
8/04/2011
8.04.2011

NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/K4jEf

August 4 2011 #NATO Operations:

Key hits.
-In the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanam: 2 Armed Vehicles.
-In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Military Facilities, 1 Multiple Rocket Launch System, 1 Mortar, 1 Anti Aircraft.Artillery, 1 Surface to Air Missile.
-In the vicinity of Tripoli: 2 Military Facilities, 2 Radars, 1 Anti Aircraft System.
-In the vicinity of Zintan: 1 Military Facility, 1 Command and Control Node.
-In the vicinity of Zlitan: 3 Command and Control Node, 1 Ammunition Storage Facility, 2 Military Facility.

UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
On Tuesday morning, RAF aircraft conducted precision strikes on two buildings near Zlitan. #Libya

NATO surveillance analysis had confirmed these buildings were being used as command and control facilities. #Libya

One of Qadhafi’s main battle tanks was also destroyed during the attack. #Libya

A follow-up mission attacked a third headquarters, which was specifically being used to support multiple rocket launchers. #Libya

The RAF patrol was also able to destroy two military staging posts in the area of Yafran in the western highlands of the Djebel Nafousa.

On Wednesday morning, HMS Ocean launched her Apache helicopters against a pair of buildings near Zlitan being used by Qadhafi’s men. #Libya

One of the buildings was a former hotel which had been commandeered by the former regime

for use as a military base.

The @britisharmy helicopters coordinated with RAF Tornado GR4s, combining Hellfire missiles & Paveway guided bombs to destroy their targets.

Fleet Air Arm Sea Kings from Ocean provided radar overwatch for the strike mission, which was also well supported by other allied aircraft.

HMS Liverpool fired a barrage of illumination rounds to facilitate NATO operations against other targets in the Zlitan area. #Libya

Qadhafi’s troops fired a number of rockets very inaccurately back out to sea. #Libya

Tornado GR4s also successfully attacked yesterday another of the former regime’s tactical headquarters near Yafran. #Libya

Last night, RAF Tornados and Typhoons conducted a precision strike on a large military base at Tajura, on the eastern outskirts of Tripoli.

As ever, these and other allied air operations were made possible by the large fleet of NATO combat support assets. #Libya

These include RAF VC10 and Tristar tankers, and Sentry and Sentinel surveillance aircraft. #Libya

DefenceHQ Ministry of Defence
VIDEO: State-of-the-art new shot detection system Boomerang III: youtube.com/watch?v=B_m7Xa…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_m7XasooA4

NATO
Operation Unified Protector: Faces of the mission
NATO’s ongoing mission in Libya has dominated international headlines for the past several months. However, one does not often see the faces behind Operation Unified Protector; the hundreds of men and women without whom NATO’s mission would not be possible. The following photos therefore showcase the efforts of NATO’s hardworking and courageous Allied Forces who, either by air or sea, regularly save countless lives of innocent civilians and protect them from pro-Ghaddafi forces in order to allow the Libyan people to decide their future.

www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.23914...

I’ll post link to NYT art. from yesterday again, I expect a lot of other media to follow up on this art. today.
NYT
Libya Allying With Islamists, Qaddafi Son Says
TRIPOLI, Libya — After six months battling a rebellion that his family portrayed as an Islamist conspiracy, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s son and one-time heir apparent said Wednesday that he was reversing course to forge a behind-the-scenes alliance with radical Islamist elements among the Libyan rebels to drive out their more liberal-minded confederates.
Read full art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/world/africa...

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Miselata: 4 martyrs and 11 G forces killed in clashes in the city

Gaddafi forces selling empty houses in airport road of Tripoli residents who left the city #feb17 #Libya

Reuters:
Oil tanker seized by FFs opposing Gaddafi is about 2 enter Benghazi port having been cleared to proceed by NATO ships #Libya #Feb17

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Misrata: Freedom fighters near Zliten are starting to come across Chinese-made equipment. They seized a rocket launcher today. #libya #feb17

MUST READ:
The Daily Beast
Saif Gaddafi’s Sham Exposed
Before he joined Libya’s slaughter, Gaddafi’s son Saif was celebrated by Westerners as a liberal reformer. Judith Miller on how he used money to fool the West.

Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi presented well. But last week, the world saw a different man, a crude version of the cosmetic, well-polished act of a politician. Mimicking his fox-like crazy dad, Muammar Gaddafi’s son warned that the family would fight until the last “man, the last woman, the last bullet.”

Sarah Leah Whitson, the normally tough director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa division, could also not hide her disappointment in the man who only a year ago had helped her hold an unprecedented press conference in Tripoli to publicize her group’s report on Libya’s human-rights abuses and prospects for reform.
The son who “might have led Libyans to a peaceful transition, has become an advocate for policies leading to their deaths,” she lamented in an essay in the Los Angeles Times.
Please read full art.:
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/03/...

This is the art. The Daily Beast is refering to:
LA TIMES Feb 24 2011
Libya: To oust a tyrant
Libyans never had much faith Moammar Kadafi would learn new tricks. Their stand against oppression is awe-inspiring.
Sarah Leah Whitson
articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/24/opinio...

Breaking News via FB:
The #French #Ministry of Foreign Affairs anounced yesterday, that it will reject the request made by the criminal’s ‘Qaddafi’ lawyers , to Alan Jupe, asking him to provide clarification regarding the payment of Libyan funds of $ 295 million to the #NTC.
أوضحت وزارة الشؤون الخارجية الفرنسية، أمس، أنه سيتم رفض الطلب الذي تقدم به محاميا المجرم القذافي ، لوزير الشؤون الخارجية آلان جوبي، مطالبين إياه …بتقديم توضيحات بخصوص عمليات دفع أموال ليبية ٢٩٥ مليون دولار للمجلس الوطني الانتقالي

Update #Tripoli: The bombing of two gates of #Gaddafi forces in each of Zenata and Aldrebe ….Allah Akbar #Libya #feb17
تحديث طرابلس : تفجير بوابات تفتيش للكتائب في كل من منطقة زناتة و الدريبي الله أكبر

TRIPOLI: Yesterday #FFs clashed with #Gaddafi forces in Souq AlJuma and Tajoura. #Libya #feb17

BREAKING NEWS: #Gaddafi forces are selling empty houses in airport road of #Tripoli residents who left the city. #Libya #feb17

كتائب القردافى تقوم ببيع البيوت فى طرابلس فى طريق المطار التى اصحابها تركو
طرابلس

Regarding the oil tanker which was seized by our #FFs in the sea it is estimated to be worth around $65 million! #Libya #feb17

#France withdraws aircraft carrier from #Libya mission for maintenance; warship to be out for months. #Libya #feb17

#NATO says #Libyan oil tanker cleared to enter #Benghazi. #Libya #feb17

Reuters:
#Reuters: A #Libyan tanker reported to have been seized by #FFs opposing #Gaddafi is about to enter #Benghazi port having been cleared to proceed by #NATO ships enforcing an arms embargo. #Libya #feb17

رويترز : قال مسؤولو حلف شمال الاطلسي ان ناقلة النفط الليبية التي استولى عليها الثوار المعارضين للقذافي على وشك دخول الميناء بنغازي.
الله اكبر

libyanandproud
Personal Analysis : Gaddafi is now weakest he has ever been since feb17. Politically : G calls for vote and seif calls to kill liberals

G tries to create mistrust between ntc Tries to use obeidi and wirfalla tribes 2 insight infighting,fails!Tries to call us Qaeda, USA deny!

Militarily : East: Brega and Bishr will fall , West: Zliten, Khums, Mslatta will domino ! Nafusa : either tiji/birghanam fall or ghiryan

Msalatta seems to have started already! Gaddafi forces in zliten & khums are being bashed hes starting to move back to Gmatta

Salabi : Denies agreeing to anything with the #Gaddafi family as specified by Seif #Gaddafi . #Feb17 #Libya #RamadanMassacre

cities already chose a representative sometimes representatives. Democracy in misratta, nafusa, zintan all maturing slowly

Gaddafi
right now he is trying anything he can, letters to chavez and Noriega , means he has noone anymore.

2 mnths back gaddafi forced ppl to sign their names saying they want gaddafi !

FromJoanne Joanne
#BaniWalid today caller says : Town almost empty of civilians and cars but Snipers shoot anyone trying to leave town now #Libya

Lot of Gunfire last night in Hai Andalus #Tripoli #Libya Power cuts also very common in Asyahiah and Hai Andalus

#MISRATA Current #CYBER CAFE on Benghazi street Googlemap Image: goo.gl/3uWq4 In front of ADAB languages and Science College #Libya

#Misrata Qasr Ahmed area very close 2 the harbour is relatively quiet nowadays apart from occasional random Fired GF Grads #Libya

ksnavarra :
#Tripoli accuses #Nato of conducting raid on #Cartagena ship off #Malta #Libya

Thanks to the Gaddafi Regime foul play…. #Benghazi is about to get a shipload of Gasoline t.co/Fp6YJ4Y

OIL refinery STRIKE #Tunisia is hitting #Nafusa HARD With petrol stations closed + supplies dried up Cost soars

AlArabiya_Eng
Nicaragua Daniel #Ortega says #Gaddafi is ready to hold vote to resolve conflict.

Wednesday morning, HMS #Ocean launched her Apache helicopters against a pair of buildings near Zlitan being used by Gaddafi forces #Libya

#NATO #TRIPOLI Last night RAF Tornados + Typhoons conducted precision strike on large military base at Tajoura east outskirt Tripoli #libya

#ZLITEN FFcontrol SoukAlThath +Naima +Ezdo area There =no control of center from either side Fight still going on says Colonel #Bani #Libya

#ZLITEN Situation is fluid dear as it has been 4long time FF DID control center but had 2pull back now Nobody controls it

HodaAbdelHamid Hoda Abdel-Hamid
#SeifalIslam in an intervu states #Tripoli forging alliance with islamist rebels to drive out liberals & seculars.

#SeifAlIslam “we will look like Saudi or Iran, so what?” #Libya

Have not heard one explosion in #Misrata for the last 36hrs.

i did not hear anything. usually there are these loud explosions.

yesterday the front was v.quiet.didnt go but checked with hospital.rebels say they are still on town outskirts.

hospital in #Misrata very quiet @ 10am. usually an indication that #Zliten frontline is also calm

its very complicated to work here.no phones so you need to go everywhere & its difficult to be everywhere everyday. #Misrata

Free Libya Now
Oil tanker full of fuel worth 65 million $ operating for #Gadafi son #Hanibal was diverted by #Libya n captain to #Tunis, then to #Benghazi

Nasr
The #NTC embassy in #Washington will be manned by the same staff appointed by #Gaddafi #SayNo2Defectors #SayNo2Tribalism Please RT #Libya

RIA NOVOSTI:
Moscow
Libya seeking deal with “ Islamic rebels” -

The Libyan government is forging an alliance with radical Islamist elements among the Libyan rebels to drive out their more liberal-minded confederates, The New York Times quoted Muammar Gaddafi’s son as saying.
“The liberals will escape or be killed,” Seif al-Islam-Gaddafi said. “We will do it together.”
“Libya will look like Saudi Arabia, Iran. So what?” he added.
Source:
en.rian.ru/world/20110804/165554907.html

LIBYA TRIPOLI
Some of my kidnapped cousins in #Tripoli made phone calls to say they’re OK, it was so relieving for their mothers. #libya

The ones who phoned are two, come from Souk Al Juma #Tripoli, we’re happy but if the rest is killed, they’re martyrs for #libya to be free

AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Seized oil tanker appears to be now entering the port of Benghazi

Spain expels the charge d’affaires of the Libyan Embassy in Madrid:

El Pais Politica:
España expulsa al encargado de Negocios de la Embajada de Libia
Ignaticio Cenbrero Madrid
El Gobierno español comunicó, a principios de semana, su expulsión de España a Hisham Tayeb, encargado de Negocios de la Embajada de Libia en Madrid, según indican fuentes conocedoras de la decisión.

A mediados de junio el Gobierno ya expulsó el embajador de Libia, Ajeli Abdussalam Ali Breni, justo después de que la ministra de Exteriores, Trinidad Jiménez, se reuniese en Bengasi con el Consejo Nacional de Transición.
Source and full art. here:
politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/08/03...

Hiba El-Gamaty
Beautiful Du3as against our oppressors and for our #FF, alive and dead: youtube.com/watch?v=d-Ihly…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-IhlyzorlU&amp...

Omar
مواجهات لتحرير بلدة تيجي youtube.com/watch?v=YjJO-h… FF from all over Libya battling side by side to liberate #Tiji Allahu’Akbar
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJO-hZLjZY&fea...

AFP
#Libyan #FFs have uncovered a hit list with the names and addresses of about 60 of their leaders, during an operation to smoke out a suspected pro- #Gaddafi sleeper cell, officials told #AFP on Tuesday. Files with sensitive information about key members of the rebels’ political and military leadership were found at the headquarters of a #Benghazi-based brigade — now believed to have been secretly allied to Moamer Gaddafi’s regime.

Mushu
No matter where you lay your eyes, you’ll see martyrs’ names written on every wall and corner around the city. So many lives lost. #Benghazi

Ahmed
Just realised we’re only a few months away from 2012! Been spending all my time watching the #arabspring I didn’t even notice the days go!

Richard
Media is full of rubbish & #Gaddafi advisers do not trust it any more than we do. Media mainly get info from tweets or other media. If lots of us are more circumspect in how we report potential vulnerabilities, this will make it more difficult for #Gaddafi intel analysts to confirm suspicions. It may even cause media to be more cautious – or maybe not. :)

Right on:
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
The #Gaddafi idiots like to come out and shout a few key words including AlQaeda, CIA, NATO, crusade then crawl back into their holes #libya

Ahmed
When fasting, I don’t mind people eating next to me, it’s their right.But someone’s eating a bacon sandwich with his fan blowing towards me!
Just switched on my fan to blow his direction! Let the fan wars begin!

KC
Guys, what’s the latest news from #Msellata ? Last night #Gaddafi forces stormed the town centre and started shooting indiscriminately.

Free Libya Now
Captian of Ship Cartagena Mohammed Al Hashaybi diverted ship to #Algerian waters to #Malta to #Benghazi loaded with 35k tons of fuel. #Libya
Cartagena name was changed to Jabal Nafousa (Nafousa Mountain) after being diverted to #Benghazi port by a group of Libyan revolutionaries.
Diverting of Cartagena operation was named ‘Martyer Abdel Fatah Younis’ carried out by revolutionaries based in #Tripoli, #Benghazi & #Zwara

(Update:
Yesterday I reported that 2 bodies were found in Benghazi.)

Tweeted 2 bodies found yesterday near metal Bridge on #Tripoli road in #Benghazi It is 1 body of a criminal escapee

The body belongs to a criminal who killed two people before the revolution, was released by #Gadafi thugs during prison break.

Correction: Dead person found was killed by family of one of his victims: Revenge act: Killed person belongs to Pala family from #Benghazi

Richard
Confirmed #Saif al-Islam #Gaddafi is a member of the Tea Party. He has been quoted in the New York Times as saying “The liberals will escape or be killed… We will do it together.”

Former Cartagena now JABAL NAFUSA:
Fuel is already being removed and will be stored in safe places for shipping to power stations and Nafousa/Misrata

Hajer
Watching syrian news channel. Hilarious got some good tips I see from LibyanStateTV

“I was wrong to oppose military intervention in Libya – wrong, wrong, wrong”
By Yvonne Ridley in Benghazi
Yvonne Ridley explains from Benghazi in eastern Libya why she was wrong to oppose Western intervention in Libya, which she now accepts was necessary to avoid the bloodbath Libyan mafia chief Muammar Gaddafi had planned for Libyans for daring to rise up against him.
Just a few weeks ago I stood on a public platform and vigorously slammed proposals for Western military intervention in Libya.

The hasty scramble by the Americans, French and Britons lacked strategy and a clear goal.

To me it appeared to be yet another oil-fuelled, reckless act by gung-ho leaders who would end up being sucked in to a long military campaign as futile as the Bush-Blair adventures into Iraq and Afghanistan that we are still paying for in terms of wasted lives.
My few days in Libya proved to be extremely humbling, illuminating and provided me with a reality check.

I was wrong about opposing military intervention. No if, but or maybe – I was wrong, wrong, wrong.

The people of Libya would have been brutally crushed without mercy if the West had not responded to their cries for help.
Perhaps the greatest shame is that Arab leaders stood by emotionless as the Libyan people begged everyone and anyone for help to bring down Gaddafi.
Please read full art.:
www.redress.cc/global/libya20110804#wro...

Triploli scream
I posted 2 photos on Facebook in the album “امعمر القذافي ولك التعليق” fb.me/13aFGrK93
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.22886...

There you go:
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
I’m assuming you’ve all read the NYT interview with Saif al-Islam Gadhafi today. If not, go find it. And despair.

Aljazeera:
Libyan rebels said on Wednesday they had fought off an attack on positions around Zlitan, contradicting government claims of victory in a town insurgents hope will pave the way for an advance on the capital.
Tuesday’s assault by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi led to fierce street battles that killed at least eight rebels, exposing the fragility of gains by rebels who are fighting on several fronts but are frequently out-gunned and out-manoeuvred.

Joanne
#February17Coalition say Ministers of Defence+ Intern affairs must b sacked in Wake of last week’s murder of Gen. AbdelYunis #AFP

Richard Fleming
The regime will collapse from #Tripoli – and it is this growing pressure which will do it – hopefully sooner rather than later :)

FromJoanne Joanne
U.S. StateDepartment spokesman MarkToner says FF should stick to their pledges + Commitment to UNITY and representation of all #Libya ns

Richard
I think #Gaddafi has been reading my tweets saying #FF should advance up mountains from #Zliten then West to #Msallata to threaten to cut off #AlKhums and reinforce #Tarhuna. Sorry Msallata but you are very important :{

libyanandproud
even the new name of the tanker is a slap in the face of gaddafi !

AJE:
Libya’s government on Wednesday denied rebel claims they had advanced to the centre of Zliten, saying the key western town was still firmly in government hands.
“Zliten is a free city (and) is under our full control,” government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told reporters in Tripoli. “I’m not talking about the centre of Zliten, but about Zliten as a metropolitan area.”
On Tuesday, the rebels said they had punched into the centre of Zliten, sparking fierce clashes with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
Rebel sources on Wednesday admitted they had pulled back from the centre, but denied that Gaddafi forces were in control of the town.

dovenews Libyan™
#FF were monitoring the fuel tanker Cartagena which left #Turkey 2 #Malta & thn 2 #Algeria back 2 #Malta bfore #FF seized & sent 2 #Bengahzi

Reuters
Gaddafi seeks Islamist alliance, rebels to receive fuel

  • Gaddafi camps says working with Islamists
  • Rebels receive fuel shipment in Benghazi
  • U.N. envoy in China, conflict grinds on
    By Robert Birsel
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s son said his camp was nearing a deal with Islamists within Libya’s rebellion to isolate more liberal members of the insurgency, as a seized cargo of government-owned fuel docked in a rebel port.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s comments, in an interview with the New York Times, underscored attempts to exploit divisions within the rebels as they seek to recover from the killing of their military commander and push towards Tripoli on three fronts.
The docking in Benghazi of the Cartagena, a tanker carrying at least 30,000 tonnes of gasoline which belongs to the Tripoli government but the rebels are reported to have seized, will boost an insurgency which has won broad international military and diplomatic backing but is struggling to oust Gaddafi.
Full art.:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...

Mwattin
Lives are still being lost all over Libya as we speak we are inn for some real shocks once #Gaddafi is toppled.

AJE:
Suspected Libyan rebels have seized a gasoline tanker off Malta, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday, and the vessel was sailing for Benghazi, stronghold of forces opposed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The Cartagena was anchored on Hurd’s Bank just outside Maltese territorial waters when it was approached by a Libyan flagged tugboat and boarded at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, said one of the sources, who asked not to be identified.
The vessel belongs to the Libyan government’s shipping arm, the General National Maritime Transport Company, which is believed to be controlled by Gaddafi’s son Hannibal, who is on a sanctions list.

Richard
But I know they will soon – #Gaddafi is shooting his last arrows – each time his counter offensive sounds more desperate and more easily beaten back (easy for me to say safe and snug here) – Soon – :)

Alex
#Libya ‘s few Islamist s – tell #Saif to take a hike – don’t want #Gaddafi – like #Egypt ’s Muslim brotherhood support democracy not #Iran

FreeLibyan
So acc 2 #SeifGaddafi, r we gonna see #Islamists coming from #Algeria & #Mali ? Journalists in #Rixos must clarify with him

MOD
News Article
Supporting Libya operations from 40,000 feet
A Military Operations news article
Surveillance sorties in RAF Sentinel R1 aircraft from Cyprus are supporting the UN mission in Libya. Report by Ian Carr.
Stepping out of the Global Express, the aircraft of choice for Russian oligarchs and international rock stars, I have more than covered the distance from Heathrow to the east coast of America. I could be in Miami. Yet, after a 12-hour flight, I am in fact back exactly where I started, standing on the runway at RAF Akrotiri.

Ihave just had the privilege of accompanying the five-man crew of a Sentinel on a surveillance mission off the coast of Libya.
The Sentinel R1 is a modified version of the executive business jet manufactured by Bombardier. But instead of the gold taps and marble trimmings favoured by the rich and famous, the interior is stripped back to the bare essentials. The big money has been spent on radar pods and banks of computers
Luxury items on this trip were confined to a warm Mars bar and a blocked toilet – a feature which may have dampened our feet but did nothing to dampen the spirits of the crew on board.
The only other luxury is the hyper-efficient air-conditioning, but that is for the benefit of the computer hardware, not the crew. It may be 38 degrees Celsius out on the pan, but at 40,000 feet (12km), when it’s minus 50 degrees outside, and the air-conditioning is doing its thing, you really need to be wearing that thermal underwear.
The aircraft is designed to comfortably gobble up long distances at heights up to

49,000 feet (15km) on a regular basis; essential qualities for missions like the one I have just been on.
When it comes to getting a God’s-eye view of the world, the closer to God you can fly, the greater the area you can see – and, in Sentinel’s case, with extraordinary clarity:
“We can cover a large area,” explained Flight Lieutenant Phill, the Air Mission Commander (AMC) – such is the security level of these sorties, only the crew’s first names can be used.

“Surveillance using unmanned air vehicles UAVs is more like looking down a drinking straw. One of the things we can do is provide the information needed to deploy another asset like a UAV to take a closer look at something more specific.”
As the AMC, Flight Lieutenant Phill is the tactical lead for the sortie. Based on what NATO and/or the MOD’s Permanent Joint Headquarters want him to look at, he plans the mission, and it is the pilots’ job to get him to those locations quickly and efficiently, and hold a pattern so he and his two image analysts, Sergeants Simon and Chris, can get eyes on the ground for as long as they need:
“We have a Synthetic Aperture Radar to take fixed imagery and a Ground Moving Target Indicator to track ground movement of, well, whatever we need to,” Flight Lieutenant Phill added.
After a couple of hours we enter the no-fly zone. Out of one of the small cabin windows the Libyan coastline can be seen thousands of feet below, through narrow wisps of cloud. Over the headsets we hear American voices asking for aircraft ID. That given, the crew carry on with the task in hand.
A large part of Sentinel’s work is to build up, day after day, an understanding of the pattern of life below, so anything out of the ordinary can be spotted and investigated.

Flight crew from 5 (Army Cooperation) Squadron approach a Sentinel aircraft ready for its next flight at RAF Akrotiri
MOD 2011

And it pays to take nothing for granted:
“People may think that if we see movement at night it must be Gaddafi’s troops or the rebels,” said Sergeant Chris, “but we’re finding that life for the locals largely cracks on as normal, and it can be very busy at night. We need to know what’s normal so we can spot the abnormal.”
Because Sentinel can generate a persistent coverage of such a wide area, it provides NATO with a unique capability – which is crucial when you are dealing with a country

the size of Libya.

Key logistic nodes and pro-regime forces can be identified, combat aircraft can be efficiently deployed, and the risk of misidentifying things on the ground is reduced.
During the sortie the analysts build up what they call a quick and dirty report of what they have seen. On landing, the massive amount of data amassed over the sortie is handed over to a team of analysts who produce a more detailed report.
But how do the crews manage to keep concentrating during these 12-hour stints?

“It helps to keep busy, and we’ve got reports to write while we go, and we have drills to follow every hour, so that helps,” said Flight Lieutenant Phill.
And, Sergeant Chris added:
“You can be working like the proverbial one-armed paper-hanger, but if you are an analyst you tend to be the nosey type, so you don’t want to miss anything.”
For the pilots, the aircraft’s superb automatic pilot system helps take the strain:
“It’s a real godsend. When you’ve been flying for 11 hours, or through mucky weather, it takes the edge off, so you are fresh for the landing which is always the most difficult part of the flight,” said the captain, Flight Lieutenant Neil. "That’s what everyone judges you on.
“It may look like we are doing nothing when we are pootling round in loops, but we are constantly checking things, planning what we would do if there was a problem, so if something does happen, we have already thought that through and know what we are going to do.
“And when we are not doing that we imagine where we could be if we’d flown in a straight line; for example, we are half-way through the mission and let’s see,” he checks the instruments and makes a quick calculation, “yes, we could now be in Milan, or Bucharest.”
But instead, Flight Lieutenant Neil has two more ‘stops’ to make before he can take us home, full-speed to Miami, or… well we can dream.
This article is taken from the August 2011 edition of Defence Focus – the magazine for everyone in Defence.

Source:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...

AFP reports: Seif al-Islam Kadhafi said Wednesday his family had forged an alliance with Islamist rebels to drive out the secular opposition to his father’s 40-year rule.

Seif who along with his father had long branded the entire opposition as radical extremists, told The New York Times: “The liberals will escape or be killed… We will do it together.”

“Libya will look like Saudi Arabia, like Iran. So what?” he added, in what the Times described as an hour-long interview that stretched past midnight in a nearly deserted Tripoli hotel.

AJE:
An international journalists’ group has sharply criticised NATO air strikes against Libyan television, which killed three people and injured 15, saying they violated international law and UN resolutions.

The International Federation of Journalists IFJ said the bombing on Saturday was in contravention of a Security Council resolution passed in December 2006 that explicitly condemned such attacks against journalists and media.

Beth Costa, the Brussels-based IFJ secretary-general, said

The First Post
Saif Gaddafi plans Islamist state in ‘sexy’ Libya

The son of Colonel Gaddafi has claimed that he is in talks with a leading Libyan Islamist and is planning to set up an Islamic state in the war-torn country within the month.
Sporting a beard for the first time in years and playing with Muslim prayer beads, Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi told the New York Times’s David Kirkpatrick: "Libya will look like Saudi

Arabia, like Iran. So what?"
In a rare interview, he said that he had been having numerous conversations with Ali Sallabi, a leading Islamist within the rebel camp. “We don’t trust them, but we have to deal with them,” he said. “We will have peace during Ramadan.”
Read more:
www.thefirstpost.co.uk/82630,people,new...

libyanandproud
Video : Anti #Gaddafi protests in #Sebha – Dated 03/08 youtube.com/watch?v=H3N_Lg… #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3N_LgU5kOo&fea...

AJE:
Libya’s embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi is ready to hold elections to resolve the ongoing conflict in the North African country, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega said late on Wednesday after meeting with a Libyan delegation.

Ortega, a personal friend of Gaddafi, said the leftist Latin American bloc ALBA supported the move to allow Libyans to "exercise their right to vote… and create the conditions needed to end the war”.

The Nicaraguan leader, who called for an end to the allied bombing campaign, said the Libyan delegation had arrived in Managua on Tuesday bringing a letter for him from Gaddafi.

AJE
France has said its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle would return home for maintenance next week from the NATO-led mission over Libya, but insisted there would be no respite for Muammar Gaddafi.

The vessel, France’s only aircraft carrier and Europe’s biggest warship, will leave on August 10 to head for its home port of Toulon for several weeks of work, defence minister Gerard Longuet told Var-Matin newspaper.

The French navy website however said on Thursday it would take “several months” to

complete the work on the ship that has been engaged in the operation since March 22.
However, Longuet insisted that France would maintain its commitment to the Libya mission.

AJE:
A Libyan tanker reported to have been seized by rebels opposing Muammar Gaddafi is about to enter the rebel-held port of Benghazi having been cleared to proceed by NATO ships enforcing an arms embargo, NATO officials said on Thursday.

Sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday that suspected Libyan rebels seized the tanker Cartagena, which belongs to the Libyan government’s shipping arm, off Malta and set course for Benghazi.

NATO officials said NATO forces enforcing an arms embargo on Libya had hailed the ship in the Mediterranean and had cleared it to proceed.

Colonel Roland Lavoie, NATO military spokeswoman, said:
It has been cleared to enter Benghazi and it’s about to enter the port.

plemochoe #libya Now you’ve had two Gaddafi actions – the burning of a group of sleepers, and a new PR offensive from Saif. Nothing on the ground.

#libya The G forces tried to counter-attack in Zliten and they got nothing. They had nothing but land mines in front of Brega.

#libya But the FF admit they’re just playing a game in Brega, trying to get G forces to expose themselves to NATO planes.

#libya G forces near Brega in effect defend Sirte and they can’t help G forces nearer Misrata.

#libya Meanwhile FF forces in front of Brega are resupplied from Benghazi and their retreat is covered, they are in a strong position.

#libya In the mountains, there has been no G counter-attack, except short drive to retake one village at a time. FF waiting for supplies

#libya Eventually the FF around #tiji will build up enough men and ammunition to make another push and take Tiji, already encircled

#libya So on two fronts, a direct threat to Tripoli is developing. Sure, Gharyan and al-Khums are going to be difficult battles.

#libya But if the FF advance further from the mountains and from #zliten, it becomes possible to run fighters into Tripoli

#libya We haven’t heard much lately about night fights in Tripoli, but if they are keeping that down, it’s costing them men to do it

#libya The media world is still ragging on the Younis story, waiting for the TNC to collapse – Saif came out to stoke that energy

#libya Actually I think Saif probably spends a lot of his time heavily sedated. His love beads didn’t make that much of an impression

#libya I think some big Libya tweeps are mad at me for criticizing the media. But how can you miss the good vs. evil aspect of this war?

#libya Journalists in WW II didn’t go around interviewing the Nazis. Is the right side in Libya any less clear?

#TRIPOLI UPDATE: Protests yesterday after Magreb took place in Alderby, Tripoli. #Libya #feb17

JABAL NAFUSA PICS!!!!!
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I posted 6 photos on Facebook in the album “Cartagena oil tanker docks in Benghazi #libya” fb.me/13MFy9K2m
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.15655...

To all the Serbian tweeters:
Hajer
Attention all Serbs, who seem to love “The Brother Leader Gaddafi” you can come and take him, even make him the new leader of Serbia!

Danya
That awkward moment when #Gaddafi calls the libyan people “rats” when he’s the one hiding underground.

CIL:
Tripoli’s blackouts… people trying to cook food and break their Ramadan fast without electricity #libya
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=295668&i...

A picture of a street in Zawiya… after Gaddafi forces were done destroying it… #libya
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=295678&i...

Updates breaking via FB:

UPDATE #TRIPOLI: Moral in Tripoli is sky rocketing despite difficlut life means. the food prices are exploding both for necessary and secondary foods and complete lack of fuel that has caused killings at gas stations and lack of ability to attained medical centers. food prices are as following: Cooking oil 5 dinars, Wheat 2 to 3 dinars, Bananas 6 dinars, national local meat of lamb 20 to 23 dinars, Chicken 8 dinars, an all of this despite decisions to control prices.

الأخبار : أرتفاع معنويات أهل طرابلس بشكل عام بالرغم من أن الحياة أصبحت جد صعبة.. أرتفاع هائل في أسعار المواد الغذائية الأساسية منها و ال"كمالية" و انعدام شبه كامل للوقود و الذي تسبب في العديد من حالات العراك و القتل في محطات الوقود و أيضاً بعض الناس الذين لم يتمكنو من أسعاف أقاربهم في الوقت المطلوب.. أسعار المواد الغذائية : الزيت 5 دينار .. الدقيق للكيلو 2 الى 3 دنانير.. الموز 6 دنانير .. اللحم الوطني

Armed Clashes took Place at Sunrise (Fajr) today in Souq AlJuma between #FFs and #Gaddafi forces

اندلعت اشتباكات مسلحة فجر اليوم بين ثوار طرابلس الأحرار وعصابات النظام المنتهي من الكتائب في عدة أحياء في العاصمة المحاصرة كالدريبي و كشلاف و قرجي و غوط الشعال و سوق الجمعة ،وفي عملية جديدة لتصفية ازلام القذافي قام الثوار بتصفية المدعو فوزي الكموشي في تاجوراء ،حيث يعتبر الكموشي أحد أزلام القذافي المسئول عن المداهمات و الاعتقالات لشباب طرابلس الثائر .

Libya AlAhrar TV: Masalata has been Liberated completly
لبيبا الاحرار : تم تحرير مسلاتة بي الكامل

UPDATE #TRIPOLI: Thugs are spread in numbers for ten days now & arrests in many areas: #Janzur, Gaddah, #Tajoura, Hai andalus, Ein zara, Siyahia and hai dimashq.. and no one know why but it is believed to be related to monitored phone calls

الأخبار : أنتشار البزقليف بشكل مكتف منذ حوالي 10 أيام و توارد حملة أعتقالات في كل المناطق و اهمها جنزور و قدح و تاجوراء و حي الأندلس و عين زارة و السياحية و حي دمشق… لا أحد يعلم تفاصيل هذه الأعتقالات ألا أنه يقال بأنها آتت بعد تنصت على أجهزة الهاتف النقال ..

BREAKING: UPDATE #TRIPOLI: A Gaddafi forces Bus has been burnt down in the area of Al-Falah. Allah Akbar! Tripoli uprising soon

طرابلس : مصدر مباشر : تم حرق باص تابع لكتائب القدافي في منطقة الفلاح , , الله اكبر الله اكبر , , الانتفاضة قريب في طرابلس

One of the slogons echoed by protesters in AlDariby, #Tripoli yesterday:
“No electricity no water .. come on leave come on”

“لا ضي لا إممية .. هياآ أرحل هياآ” من الشعارات التي رددها المتظاهرين أمس في الدريبي طرابلس!

British Prime Minister #David #Cameron said that his country will continue its operations against #Gaddafi, for however long it takes.

رئيس الوزراء البريطاني ديفيد كامرون يقول أن بلاده ستستمر في عملياتها ضد القذافي مهما طال أمدها

Focus Germany
LibyenEinblick in den Wahn der Gaddafi-Familie
Ein Reporter der „New York Times“ hat Gaddafis Sohn Saif el Islam getroffen. Er erfuhr Verwirrendes über eine Allianz des Gaddafi-Clans mit den Islamisten.

Der politisch aktivste Sohn des Diktators, der sich früher als liberaler Reformer gebärdete, habe sich einen Bart wachsen lassen und benutze muslimische Gebetskugeln, berichtete ein Reporter in der Donnerstag-Ausgabe der „New York Times“. In dem Interview in Tripolis erklärte Saif el Islam, dass das Regime ein „Bündnis“ mit den islamistischen Kräften innerhalb der Aufständischen-Allianz geschlossen habe.

Regime und Islamisten hätten sich gegen das pro-westliche, liberale Lager in der Rebellen-Koalition zusammengeschlossen. „Die Liberalen werden fliehen oder sie werden getötet“, führte Saif el Islam in dem einstündigen Interview aus. „Wir machen es gemeinsam. Libyen wird aussehen wie Saudi-Arabien, wie der Iran. Na und?“, zitiert ihn die Zeitung

Angeblich verbündet, und doch verhasst
Der Darstellung zufolge habe sich Saif el Islam – das bedeutet „Schwert des Islam“ – mit dem aufständischen Islamisten-Führer Ali Sallabi verbündet. Dieser dementierte das allerdings gegenüber der „New York Times“. Es habe zwar Kontakte gegeben. Die libyschen Islamisten würden aber die Forderung des Übergangsrates der Regimegegner unterstützen, die auf ein demokratisches Libyen ohne den Gaddafi-Clan abzielen.

Trotz der propagierten taktischen Allianz kann Saif el Islam die angeblichen Bündnispartner allerdings nicht ausstehen. In dem Interview bezeichnete der er die religiösen Oppositionellen erneut als „Terroristen“ und „Bluthunde“. „Wir trauen ihnen nicht, aber wir müssen mit ihnen Händel schließen“, fügte er hinzu. Sie seien „die wahre Kraft vor Ort“.

Unterdrückung mit Kampf gegen Islamisten begründet
In der Vergangenheit gab sich Saif el Islam gerne als pro-westlicher, liberaler Reformer. Die blutige Unterdrückung der Opposition hatte das Regime damit gerechtfertigt, dass sich diese aus Islamisten und El-Kaida-Kader rekrutieren würde. In Wirklichkeit spielen islamistische Kämpfer in den Verbänden der Rebellen keine prominente Rolle.

Der Reporter zeigte sich hinsichtlich der Inhalte des Gesprächs selbst skeptisch. Zugleich habe es aber „einen seltenen Einblick in die trotzige – manche sagen: wahnhafte – Mentalität der Gaddafi-Familie gewährt, zu einem Zeitpunkt, wo sie sich unter der Bedrohung durch eine fünfmonatige Nato-Bombenkampagne und eine sechsmonatige Rebellion fast völlig aus der Öffentlichkeit zurückgezogen hat“.
Source:
www.focus.de/politik/ausland/krise-in-d...

KC_Tripolitania KC
I wish there was a way we can communicate with #TripoliPrisoners – let them know they not been forgotten and raise their morals. #Tripoli

sabha17feb #Feb17 #Libya
VIDEO : 11June2011 Aftermath of burning of #Gaddafi security building by Houn Protesters youtube.com/watch?v=KcNsbD…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNsbDpFJzo&sns=tw

libyanandproud
Saboteurs throw two Molotov cocktails at the #ArabLeague HQ in #Cairo months after #Gaddafi offers any1 200k $ to bomb AL . #Feb17 #Libya

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Italy coastguard in dramatic rescue of 300 refugees fleeing #Libya off #Lampedusa

300 refugees fleeing #Libya in dramatic rescue off #Lampedusa many jumped into the water and almost brought down rescue helicopter

libyanandproud
tell ur thuraya phone source not to use it from home.Go remote area then turn on, switch off when done call !

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” changed its transponder to OIL TANKER “FARWA” and now to OIL TANKER “AISHA” to try to evade. #Libya #Feb17

I just realized something! #Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” isn’t a really a ship, it’s a TRANSFORMER! OMG!

Yup, #FARWA" is trying to evade being watched & so is changing transponder back & forth to show different #Gaddafi ships

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” has now posted it’s dest. as #Iskenderun #Turkey. #Libya #Feb17

libyanandproud
why is it calling itself an oil tanker ? Can they all themselves anything they want ? It is going toward NATO ships now !

Rowley:
Their changing their transponder ID between a number of #Gaddafi ship names to try to evade detection, it’s illegal but so is G

SMILE:
Some fairy tales begin with “Once upon a time…” Others begin with “If elected, I promise…”

nuevaondacuba
General Raul Castro of #Cuba welcomes #Gaddafi special envoy Abdulhafid M. Zlitni. Castro reiterated today support for Gaddafi’s #Libya

libyanandproud
#Gaddafi sending envoys to all the right people. First Chavez then Ortega and now Castro. Who’s next? #Feb17 #Libya

moi a table
So now we have Fidel Castro supporting #Gaddafi – the list of supporters reads as a Who’s Who of Oppression #Libya #Feb17

CamboDonut
If Hitler was still alive he would send an envoy to him too…. #ShitheadClub

moi a table
Just found #Gaddafi’s dreamteam list:“Killers of the 20th Century” tinyurl.com/3qxh34x G will prob head 21st
or:
www.moreorless.au.com/killers

Daily Observer Banjul:
Gambia: Libya’s Transitional Council Writes to President Jammeh

The National Transitional Council of Libya has expressed gratitude to The Gambia for being the first African country to recognise the council and breaking diplomatic ties with Col. Muammar Ghaddafi.
In a letter addressed to the Gambian leader, Mustapha Muhammad Abdul Jalil, president of the Council said the people of Libya will never forget this generosity and that the position of The Gambia will always be put into consideration.

The full text of the letter reads:
It is a great pleasure on behalf of Libyan People and on behalf of National Transitional Council to express our deep gratitude for breaking up Diplomatic ties with Col. Gaddafi and to recognize the National Transitional Council as the only legitimate body representing the Libyan People, that makes your Country on the top list as the first African Country to recognize the Transitional Council the Libyan people will never forget that generosity.
The position of your country will be always put into consideration.,The people of Libya came out on the 17th February 2011 to show their anger on peaceful demonstration requesting for Freedom, and Justice, which is their right to do so in accordance with the International Law.
Unfortunately, Gaddafi regime refused to comply with these requirements, neither to negotiate with Libyan people in order to find out political and economical solution of this crisis. Instead to negotiate, he used military powers, surrounded the cities and started destroying, killing tens of thousands of Libyan civilians. That is why Gaddafi lost his legitimate authority and this move of Gaddafi was against international and humanitarian law.

The removal of Gaddafi from power is utmost as quickly as possible, to protect lives of Libyan civilian people in different parts of Libya.We wish to extend to Your Excellency our appreciation and sincere greeting of your decision, which demonstrate your rejection of suppression and killing of Libyan people.
We will appreciate your support for our rightful cause in international platform and Africa, through your declaration of removing legitimate authority from Gaddafi and request him to step down. We are pleased to invite Your Excellency to visit our country, Libya at your own convenient time to meet and to strengthen relationship and cooperation for the benefit of our two countries with continuous prosperity and progress.
Please accept Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration and esteem.
Source:
allafrica.com/stories/201108041148.html...

Top 12 Africa’s Worst Dictators.
libyanandproud
this list iz better bit.ly/jI9gsg

hominoid
Gaddafi seeks Islamist deal, another mad squawk from a caged bird

Asia Times
Rebels take high ground in western Libya
By Derek Henry Flood
n response to weeks-long Grad multiple rocket launcher system fire aimed at their key supply hub of Nalut, Libya’s western rebels finally launched a large scale, logistically sophisticated offensive against the Muammar Gaddafist-held towns of Ghazaya and Takut in recent days.

In the weeks leading up to the offensive, rebels and civilians alike in Nalut, which is located in Libya’s Jebel Nafusa mountain range, endured constant and highly irregular Grad barrages, resulting in tens of thousands of the town’s residents seeking refuge across the border in Tunisia.

On the morning of July 28, hours before the rebel assault got underway, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces followed through on the promise to conduct air strikes against

Ghazaya and Takut, as rebel leaders refused to send their troops in to battle without NATO’s prior “softening up” of the towns with heavy bombardment.
Full art.:
www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MH05A...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Reports of continued skirmishes around City between #Gaddafi filth & #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: Tripoli: 3 Gaddafi soldiers killed in an Ambush near Znata gate #libya #feb17 #tripoli

Smile:
If you watch an Apple store get robbed, are you an iWitness?

Hominoid
The special envoy of the Libyan leader, Abdulhafid Zlitni, met Wednesday in Havana, the Cuban leader Raul Castro, indicate official statement issued Thursday in Cuba.

Mr. Zlitni, who heads the Ministry of Planning and Finance, informed his interlocutor of “efforts of his government to prevent the Western powers to dive Libya in international isolation.”

The Cuban leader for his part denounced the “armed aggression of NATO against Libya,” including the bombing of civilian infrastructure, “which are the victims of innocent people.” Mr. Castro also called for resolving the conflict through negotiations, in the unconditional respect for the independence and territorial integrity of Libya.

Last April, the guide of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, denounced the “crude attacks neo-fascist nature” conducted by NATO against the Libyan people. The captain also said that if Muammar Gaddafi managed to stand up to the Alliance, he would enter history as “one of the greatest personalities” of the Arab world.

FromJoanne Joanne
#DivertedATTENTION: #Norway Mond withdrew from Mil.Ops #France +US face PresidentialELECTIONS nextYR #UK HandsFULL PhonHackingScandal #Libya

FauxPas
Sorry, but it was necessary due to circumstances (tho, we still with u in spirit). Regards, a random Norwegian person.

FromJoanne Joanne
#BENGHAZI #Cartagena Docked @10 am today WITH FF On board Docked close to Another Tanker the #Anwar #Afriqya FF seized it in March #Libya

#TIJI #Gaddafi’s forces fired about 7 rounds of heavy artillery from #Tiji at FF positions on Thursday but the FF did not return fire #Libya

#TRIPOLI Armed fighting between FF & GForces early today in Souk alJum’aa (friday market) #Gurgi + FF killed a G commander #Tajoura #Libya

#Tripoli #Tajoura FF killed a Gaddafi forces commander who was responsible 4 kidnapping + Imprisoning freedom Fighters + civilians #Libya

#ZLITEN FF need to Obtain an Agreement from #Fowater Tribe elders that #MISRATA F fighters can be “invited” to occupy #Zlitan #Libya

Like it or not when FF were inside #ZLITEN center FF asked permission to proceed of #Fowater elders but wre refused #Libya

The ARMS Industry Must LOVE the #Arab #Spring … They are laughing all the way to the bank #Libya
No Water without Fuel Electr If U R NOT connected2 “Mains” water Udepend on aPump or on aWaterLorry I used both 4myHouse in #Tripoli #Libya
#NALUT Water milk gas are no longer being allowed from Tunisia to enter Nalut and the other free areas in the Western Mountains #Libya

#Nalut Families who recently returned from Tunisia r contemplating to leave again due to lack basic needs FF have little food as well

Ajdabiyah Hospital:
1 Martyr 4 injured in clashes in #BREGA on Wednesday
TODAY : Frontline is quiet on Thursday FF clearing mines #Libya

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: Tripoli: 3 Gaddafi soldiers killed in an Ambush near Znata gate #libya #feb17 #tripoli

CNN’s Michael Holmes reports from western Libya on a group of volunteers to de-mine areas abandoned by Libyan troops.
Video:
edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/201...

Washington Post
Gadhafi opponents from Tripoli join rebels, hope to be among first to free Libyan capital
AP
NALUT, Libya — The rebel fighters of the Tripoli Brigade have one goal — to be among the first to enter the Libyan capital and kick out Moammar Gadhafi and his cronies.
They say their intimate knowledge of the city makes them best suited for the job. Nearly all the 475 men either grew up in Tripoli or have family there. Several weeks ago, they moved from the eastern to the western front in Libya’s five-month-old civil war because it’s closer to the capital.

Dreams of reaching the capital — seemingly detached from reality during months of battlefield deadlock — recently got new wings. Late last week, brigade fighters, along with hundreds of local rebels, for the first time pushed back Gadhafi’s forces in the coastal plain below the mountain.
Full art.:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-eas...

The Star:
CORRECTING WEIGHT AND DATE The Cartagena oil tanker, carrying according to Libyan rebels 37,000 tonnes of gasoline, docks in the port of Benghazi on August 4, 2011 after anti-Moamer Kadhafi forces said they had seized it in the Mediterranean sea between Malta and Tripoli from government control. The vessel was emblazoned with the initials of the state-owned General National
Maritime Transport Company.
Pics. Of Cartagena:
themes.thestar.com/photo/02S59D87FXcmj

WB
we have had no electricity for a while and some of us got arrested. we will let our teams also outside #Tripoli tweet for us.

LIBYA TRIPOLI
Did you know that #Gaddafi came up with “Bunga Bunga” phrase which Berlusconi uses. #libya

Aisha
Old Libyan woman was admitted to “El Aman” hospital in Tunisia & needs blood B- urgently. PlS help as soon as possible if you are in Tunis.

libyanandproud
according to seif we started an islamic emirate in benghazi . Then the halawasa pills. Then ur alqaeda. Then alqaeda on pills !

live2Tripoli
For those of you who don’t know. Nizar Ka3wn’s FB account has been hacked! Be watchful as these acts continue. #Libya #feb17

Hiba El
Tripoli: was very very “busy” last night! It’s Ramadan so the boys have all night to play now! #Libya

People in #Tripoli and other controlled cities struggle to live under #Gaddafi regime. It’s getting worse by the day. #libya

#Pro-G hackers are getting desperate with their petty acts.

Rukaya
Just rang family in #Tripoli, things are getting alot worse, every coming day is a strain. Rabi Sabirhoom Jamee3an Inshallah. #Libya

LIBYA TRIPOLI
Electricity has been OFF since yesterday in some parts #Tripoli, it’s a massive nightmare for sick pple and families especially in Ramadan.

Long queues in #Tripoli for domestic gas cylinders. We Hate You So Much #Gaddafi . #libya

People in #Tripoli and other controlled cities struggle to live under #Gaddafi regime. It’s getting worse by the day. #libya

People in #Tripoli complain about lack of electricity, fuel, gas, food etc. #Gaddafi tell me when you’ll be GONE? So #Libyans can taste Free

You can easily sense the frustration when you speak to family, relatives, friends etc in #Tripoli. We Want You Out #Gaddafi .#libya

HACKING:
live2Tripoli
Nizar’s FB page facebook.com/nizar.kawan His emails have also been hacked. Please be aware in case you receive anything strange. Thank You.

Tripoli Youth
here in Benghazi ive also heard about the Fowater in Zliten not supporting the revolution :(

Breaking news via FB:

Ali Salaabi denies what was echoed by the so called …Saif of reaching an agreement and also denies what was reported by some agencies and stressed that he is still with the revolution of 17 February and will never be in the same row with Gaddafi, and in the same context, many analysts said that the speech by Saif to the American newspaper was a cheap attempt to sow discord among the FF meanwhile other analysts described the man as abnormal and disgusting

علي الصلابي ينفي ما ردده المدعو سيف من إنه توصل معه إلى صيغة إتفاق كما ينفي ما ورد على لسان بعض الوكالات و أكد إنه لا يزال مع ثورة ١٧ فبراير و لن يكون أبدا في صف القذافي ، و في نفس السياق قال الكثير من المحللين بأن لقاء سيف مع صحيفة أميركية كان محاولة رخيصة منه لبث الفرقة في صفوف الثوار و وصف محللين آخرين الرجل بانه غير سوي و مثير للاشمئزاز

BREAKING NEWS: Msalata #FFs are engaging in armed clashes to prevent the entry of the battalion of Jumaa Almahrafy that was called after the liberation of Msalata yesterday.

ثوار مسلاتة و ترهونة في مصادمات مسلحة لمنع دخول كتيبة جمعة المعرفي التي تم استدعاؤها بعد تحرير مدينة مسلاتة بالامس …اللهم أنصر الثوار

BREAKING NEWS: Heavy fighting is taking place NOW between #FFs and Gaddafi forces in Tarhuna in Al-Darshan and Al-Dawwn areas of the city. Reports of Injuries and Martyrs and the battles are still ongoing.
Explosions in the centre of the city

عاجل …. معارك تدور الان بين توار ترهونة وكتائب القدافي في منطقة الطرشان والداوون وهناك انباء عن وقوع جرحي وشهداء والمعارك مستمرة الي حد الان …
تفجيرات في وسط مدينة ترهونة لقنابل جيلاطينية على مقر اكتشف انه مخزن للدخيرة ..ومحاولات لاقتحامه من قبل الثوار
الدعاء ياشباب

UPDATE #BREGA:
Libyan National Free Army scouts push forward towards the village of Bishr 4KM past Brega and have transported troops to Bishr via the sea.

WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN #TARHUNA AND #MSALATA PLEASE PRAY FOR THEIR SAFTEY AND LIBERATION. #Libya #feb17

HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
My last few hrs in #MIsrata. Will be back soon,

HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
i changed to #HodaAH cuz full name was too long ;)

Khiria
AJA aired a video of prayers at Tahrir Sq. in #Benghazi and they were praying for #Syria! #Libya #Feb17 #ArabUnity

Medvedev:
“The whole world is trying to convince Gaddafi, did they succeed? And they won’t, he’s likely to die there, in his hut,” :Medvedev

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Could see/hear regime & rebel artillery duels raging on outskirts of Zlitan. City largely deserted. Black-outs. Many families fled. #Libya

Typical twitter:)
Epic Libyan tweet : “Anyone have the recipe for that sexy #Libya cake? #SaifsSexyLibyaCakeInterview

Epic reply “3kg of idiocy 200g of denial 200g of evil and 1 cup of Psychopathy #SaifsSexyLibyaCakeInterview”

I say 6 ounces of shlal !

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
نشيد ليبيا – العفاسي | nashid Libya – Alafasy fb.me/AobRzM5F
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjaVFlsD72U

libyanandproud
#Tarhuna : Freedom Fighter has “borrowed” an ammo vehicle from #Gaddafi forces , clashes on going ! #Feb17 #Libya

We aren’t lying #Gaddafi is loading the refugees on unsafe boats and getting paid for it too. @refugees @UNHCR Do something !

Anaya
FF did a good job : “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s”

grafixel
Stock markets heading south – was Saif Gaddafis latest interview that much confusing ? ;-)

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “SAMRAA_ALKHALEEJ” bunkered off #Malta at 35.96917˚/14.87129˚ #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “ALYARMOUK” bunkered off #Malta at 35.84888˚/14.84245˚ #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli: Reports of continued skirmishes around City between #Gaddafi filth & #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17

The people are getting little from the ships going into #Tripoli port. Reports #Gaddafi filth keeps it/doles out

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Witnessed funeral of 2 little boys & their mother, killed today relatives say, by NATO bombing of their 2-story house in Zlitan #Libya

Free Libya Now
On the ground reports with high frequency reporting clearing of #Brega & advance towards #Bisher, #Libya. Thx

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Last LibyansWB post that I retweeted is further proof they are #Gaddafi trolls. Be warned, believed they are also @Niz_FGM1 #Libya #Feb17

(refering to following tweet from:LibyansWB Libyans W. Borders
We think that NATO’s morning strike was completely stupid. They better watch out the electricity lines that are already abused by the regime)

LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET: #RascomStar-Qaf #Gharyan #Libya Operation Center Satellite Control System t.co/BjHgPl9 #Feb17 @UN @NATO

#Tripoli: Heavy fighting taking place now between #Freedomfighters & Gaddafi filth in #Tarhuna, #AlDarshan & #AlDawwn. #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli: Explosions being reported in center of city now. #Libya

#Freedomfighter scouts have entered village of #Bishr 4KM past #Brega & have transported troops to Bishr by sea. #Libya #Feb17

#RascomStar-Qaf #Gharyan #Libya Operation Center Satellite Control System confirmed being used by #Gaddafi filth. @NATO @UN

#RascomStar-Qaf #Gharyan #Libya Operation Center Satellite Control System 32°8’35"N / 13°2’45"E being used by #Gaddafi. #Feb17 @UN @NATO

FromJoanne Joanne
Fighting ongoing in #Msallata as FF are trying to stop G battalion entering the town which arrived last night #Libya

The Jamestown Foundation
#NALUT view from the Battlefield Special Commentary from Inside Nafusa #Libya goo.gl/QjTbp
or:
www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnewstt_news=38275&tx_ttnewsbackPid=7&cHash=b870a2216372e948ea0b636c8e1adc 11

FromJoanne Joanne
#MSalata crowd clashed with police and some people went to the local government office and set it and a second building on fire #Libya
#Msalata People are prevented to leave or enter the city after 3DIED last night when clashes started in queue in a bakery #Libya

KC_Tripolitania KC
#Gaddafi sent 30 army vehicles to Al Dreby neighbourhood in #Tripoli to disperse revolutionaries- according to eye witness caller Libya TV

Libya after General Younis’s murder: Q and A with Noman Benotman
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya after General Younis’s murder: Q and A with Noman Benotman (Ex-head of LIFG) eepurl.com/e5hLQ #Benghazi
or:
us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f0e249d1af...

Seattle PI

AP
Libyan rebels say new push toward Tripoli planned

ZINTAN, Libya (AP) — Rebel fighters in western Libya are regrouping for a major offensive and hope to reach Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold, the capital of Tripoli, before the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in late August, a field commander said Thursday.
Read more:
www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Libyan-r...

FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI whole town cut off electricity yesterday FreedomFighters responded by writing and spreading anti-Gaddafi slogans #Libya #LibyaTV

Alex
IvanCNN – confirms @NATO assertion #Zliten Law School civilian building – used as #Gaddafi HQ – ammo cases & army uniforms still in grounds

KC_Tripolitania KC
#Gaddafi sympathisers calling Libya Al Ahrar TV denying electricity cut off in #Tripoli – claim that everything is A-OK in #Libya.

Osama
My heart bleeds for all the good men giving their lives for #Libya while their political “leaders” don’t have a backbone to tell the truth!

Libyan
100 dead as #Gaddafi continues to force African migrants onto tin can boats, his “war on Europe” #Libya #Italy #Gaddaficrimes

Reuters
Three killed in town south of Tripoli – resident
Christian Lowe
Aug 4 (Reuters) – Three Libyans were killed in a town south east of Tripoli that has until now been unscathed by civil war violence, a local resident said on Thursday.
“There was a clash on Wednesday evening between people waiting in a queue outside a bakery. It was just before sunset, when people break the Ramadan fast,” he said by phone from the town of Msalata, about 110 km (70 miles) from Libya’s capital.
Police intervened and it turned into a protest against the authorities. The crowd clashed with police and some people went to the local government office and set it and a second building on fire, he said.
When police called in troops to help them regain control, three people were killed, he said. The town is now a closed area, with no one permitted to go in or out.
More and source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/04/liby...

4Adam Adam
The story of destruction and burning of homes in Ghanymma (S. #Yefren) by Gaddafi forces [AR] youtube.com/watch?v=FZe55s…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZe55ssWQ7E&fea...

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: Refugees that reach #Lampedusa say 100 have died on their way, thrown overboard. 3 bodies on board.

Free Libyia
The longer this drags on,the less sympathy and scope for forgiveness I have for Gaddafi’s supposedly deluded followers. #Libya #Gadaficrimes

Arab Spring Book:
The Moor Next Door
First Reaction: Rock the Casbah

Robin Wright’s Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World (Simon and Schuster, 2011) is one of the first major book out on the Arab uprisings. Following on her predictions of significant political change in her 2008 Dreams and Shadows, Wright covers “the epic convulsion across the Islamic world” in the period since September, 2001 in particular. The post-9/11 narrative is being “twisted” by uprisings in the Middle East — “the greatest wave of empowerment worldwide in the early twenty-first century” and a Muslim world that is “increasingly rejecting extremism”. The short story is that the “Islamic world” is going through an “extreme makeover politically” (this is one of Wright’s favorite ways of describing political change) carried on by three sorts of rebellion among Muslims: Arab revolts, a “counter-jihad” against religious extremism and terrorism and a rebellion against “Islamic ideology, which is most typified by Iran”.
Read more here:
themoornextdoor.wordpress.com/2011/08/0...

Aljazeera
Video
Libyan Islamists deny Gaddafi alliance
Senior Islamist Ali Sallabi has denied a deal with Saif Gaddafi following the latter’s interview with the New York Times yesterday
www.dailyorgan.com/2011/08/libyan-islam...

Free Libyia
I’ve visited #Msallata w/ my gran many times, it’s the most beautiful place ever with the best olive oil in all of #Libya.

Shabab
Retreating Gaddafi forces leave behind deadly mines

Qawalish, Libya (CNN) — The front lines of Libya’s grinding war weave through the western mountains and around Zlitan, the last city east of Tripoli still under the grip of strongman Moammar Gadhafi.
In many places that Gadhafi’s forces have fled, they’ve left behind deadly fields of mines — tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of them, say the rebels.
Not only do they pose a danger for civilians but they also have slowed the advance of the rebels in their march toward Tripoli.
Here in Qawalish, a town 60 miles southwest of Tripoli where fierce fighting has taken place in recent weeks, the war looks like this: Men in no protective gear sift through a public park to fight an enemy that can kill instantly and indiscriminately. Here, the enemy is Gadhafi’s landmines.
Milad al Saidy and his fellow “sappers,” as those who work with mines are known, are armed only with simple metal probes and a couple of metal detectors. A burned-out shell of a car sits as evidence of what the mines can do.
More here:
shabablibya.org/news/retreating-gaddafi...

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Gadhafi gov’t also took us to a law school that had been bombed. School grounds were littered with military uniforms and ammo boxes #Libya

fpleitgenCNN Frederik Pleitgen
From the new CNN.com: Ramadan doesn’t slow civil war in Libya #cnn cnn.com/video/data/2.0…
or:
edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/201...

4Adam Adam
Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from #Derna- Libyan Islamist rebels deny Gaddafi alliance youtube.com/watch?v=kNGE-Y… #Libya #Feb17 or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNGE-YMkc1Y&fea...

VOA
Libyan Government Accuses NATO of Destruction in Zlitan
The Libyan government has accused NATO of bombing civilian targets in Zlitan, a western town that has been the scene of recent clashes between pro-government and rebel forces.

The government made the accusations through its state-controlled television station on Thursday, a day after officials denied rebel claims that opposition fighters had gained control of the town.
Full story and video:
www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/nor...

FromJoanne Joanne
#NAFUSA commander Muktar al-Akhdar: FF are receiving reinforcements incl volunteers from areas still under Gaddafi contron #Libya

#NAFUSA The arrival of volunteer Fighters from Gaddafi controlled areas raises some concerns about the infiltration of spies #Libya

NAFUSA FF regroup reorganize the troops in preparation 4 major offensive to march forward toward the coast &Tripoli & Zawiya eo areas #Libya

#NAFUSA FF ARE: 3,000 Zintan fighters #Nalut 2,000 men Abt 500 men Volunteer unit from #Tripoli and more coming in and being trained #Libya

4Adam Adam
Items found in possession of Gaddafi soldiers stolen from one of the houses in al-Jawsh youtube.com/watch?v=m-g1OB… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-g1OBoIOj0&fea...

FreeLibyan
#SeifGaddafi Libyan women were raped by #Tunisians & #Egyptians, nt by our troops.

Reuters
ANALYSIS-Too many cooks spoil Libya’s rebel front

  • Over 40 groups populate “rebel” ranks
  • Some freelancers use guns for their own profit
  • Younes killing has made everyone suspicious
  • Gaddafi says exploits divisions in rebel ranks
  • For news and background on Libya, click on
    By Rania El Gamal
    Full story:
    af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Msallata population 55.000 Alongside with city of #Tarhuna it gave name for the former Libyan district of Tarhuna wa Msalata #Libya

#Tarhuna fighting in the centre of town FF using fish bombs #Libya what almenaramedia reported today

#MSALATA #MAP of #Msallata wikimapia.org/5834583/Msalla… part of district of Tarhuna wa Msalata #Libya

RADIO ALASSAMA t.co/KI90vSE #Libya
Its FRIDAY tomorrow … Once upon a time I still had hope in my heart Friday would be GoodbyeGaddafiDay ;( #Libya

libyanandproud
Twitter makes u feel like a peacekeeper , u leave for an hour only to come back and find the world has gone to shit !

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tarhuna FFs capture a G forces vehicles full of ammo and weapons in clashes with Maarefy Brigade #Feb17 #Libya

Tripoli: Dreby area surrounded by G forces with heavy weaponry such as 14.5 . Ghut Shaal, Gadah & Kishlaf FFs joined Dreby FFs in their actions

1st night of Ramadan Janzur FFs successfully attacked G forces in AlGhaba (forest) area in front of higher education academy with 2 foreign Mercenaries confirmed killed

Foreign Mercenaries openly & blatantly roaming the streets of Tripoli & firing on protesters as part of the crackdown on City #feb17 #libya

After FFs threw a Gelatina (grenade) in Meydan AlQadisia, “Foreign” mercenaries closed down streets of Ben Ashur and Fashlum

Yday after FFs threw a Gelatina (grenade) in Meydan AlQadisia, “Foreign” mercs closed down streets of Ben Ashur and Fashlum

simmjazeera andrew simmons
Name is Andrew Simmons long serving correspondent… Was last in Misrata April. A lot has changed…

Just checked in to Misrata… Informative Handover with Hoda who has kindly handed on her followers. Says you have been really helpful….

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
NATO:jets bombed command/control center in Zlitan 6:30 AM Thurs same time family killed.NATO looking into report of civilian deaths #Libya

camilo
Abdul Hafid Al Zleitni rep of g in #cuba looking 4 place for g family to go out of #libya

dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces are surrounding #AlDraybi area. #Tripoli #Libya

dovenews Libyan™
#AlSallabi denies talk with Zaif Gaddafi.

libyanproud libyanandproud
#Tarhuna : Clashes today in the following areas of Tarhuna: Torshan , Khadra , and Dawun. #Feb17 #Libya

libyanandproud
Free Libyans show support to your brothers and sisters in #Syria ! All they ask for is to make #RamadanMassacre trend ! #Feb17

Ahmed
Saif will play whatever part he needs to play to win support #Libya #Feb17
Saifs latest antics shows the #Gaddafis to be increasingly more desperate #Libya #Feb17

Rayan ☾✰
Every Friday since #Feb17 was a hope for every #Libyan that #Gaddafi dies or get out of Libya and until this moment they are still hoping so

Roses are red. Violets are blue. Faces like yours belong in the zoo. Don’t be mad, I’ll be there too. Not in the cage. but laughing at you.

Souffian Tripoli
Imsilata has now been liberated by the #FF this is good news. #Libya #Tripoli #Trables

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
by littlelisa8
Niz_FGM1 who was impersonating the REAL Niz ( @Niz_FGM) believed to be @LibyansWB. Same references, phraseology, spelling. #Libya #Feb17

OmarAlmoktar Omar Almoktar
Misurata, 80 dead bodies found at Misurata beach, Gaddafi has sent his forces on boats destroyed by @NATO #feb17 #Libya

Lisa
#Feb17 Thank you @NATO for your unwavering support in #Libya! So many #Libyans hv been saved due to your help!! Keep rockin!

libyanandproud
VIDEO : #Gumatta Freedom Fighters declaring support for #Feb17 and #NTC and denouncing #Gaddafi 14/07/2011 youtu.be/4DGooVQBaYs #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGooVQBaYs&fea...

United States Mission to the United Nations
Steps Directed by President Obama to Prevent Mass Atrocities
Ambassador Susan Rice statement:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Today, President Obama directed a thorough review to strengthen our national capacity to prevent mass atrocities. Crucially, the President will establish a new Atrocities Prevention Board with the authority and the policy tools to respond quickly to early warning signs and make recommendations before options narrow and the costs of both action and inaction rise precipitously. The President also expanded grounds to deny visas to serious human rights violators and war criminals and to isolate those who engage in or conspire to commit atrocities.

The United States is deeply committed to ensuring that no individual, now or in the future, sees a path to power in division and death. Moreover, in the enduring fight against mass atrocities, the United States will continue to enlist the contributions of all nations who know that in war, there must be rules; that, in the pursuit of power, there must be limits; that, even in a violent world, there must be rights; and that, when the embers of conflict threaten to ignite, we must be ready.
Source:
usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011...

AmbassadorRice Ambassador Rice
New Atrocities Prevention Board, visa ban on perpetrators give us new tools to prevent tomorrow’s mass atrocities before options narrow.

Lisa
#Gaddaficrimes #Assadcrimes I’m curious, how many ppl must a tyrant murder before the world steps in? Is there a specific #? #sarcasm

MUST READ!
Alex:
RT “I will never forget their faces; they were raping young kids.” ONE OF THE 60000 #TripoliPrisoners Escapes – HERE IS HIS STORY

“A Libyan Freedom Fighter, an ex-prisoner of Gaddafi from Tripoli, gives a report about the situation in Tripoli and estimates that 60,000 people had been arrested and jailed in Tripoli.

Here is the video, with his testimony in Arabic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6ffGh8raE ( Uploaded on July 31st, 2011)

This translation was found on FGM’s facebook page: www.facebook.com/FGMovement?sk=wall&fil... ; the translator is unknown. Corrections are welcome."

TRANSLATION OF VIDEO OF #Tripoli ESCAPEE:
“A prisoner says there are more than 60 thousand prisoners in Tripoli.

He says when they come to arrest you, they come in 10 or more cars, and then they start shooting in the air.

Once you come out they take you and put you in the car upside down, putting your head where your feet go. That way you have no idea of where you are.

Once at prison they told him if he cooperates and helps, they will give him a car, money and a gun; if not the he will be executed like the others.

He said that he was given an injection and was answering “Yes” to everything they asked. He later found out that he was in #AbuSalim prison. They kept on asking him the same things for 11 days. They also showed him lists of names of people they were looking for. He said the he saw his friends and cousins names.

They told him that they will give him a few days to rest and then issue him a gun and a car and a biweekly salary just to inform them of the #FF movements and keep an eye on his neighborhood. He said that he agreed to do this and also chose the second name on the list that was a friend of his.

Both managed to escape with the help of a checkpoint guard whom they knew. They went to #Tunis and #Zintan.

He said: "I have not slept in days after my escape from happiness and the nightmares; I never thought I’ll get out alive. I was injured but was not treated until I came to Zintan and Tunis.

My bones on my foot were shattered and my flesh was rotting.

We were in a room like this full of people with all kinds of torture equipment like hooks to hang people; also electrical equipment used on genitals – thank god it was not used on me.

I was so afraid. I was taken to 3 different places and there had to be more than 60 thousand prisoners – mostly young, but there were prisoners of all ages and all were treated the same, with no mercy for the old.

They had small dog cages; they put prisoners inside them for days at a time.

Sometimes they took us outside blindfolded; then they will start shooting and you just start praying, wondering when it is your turn.

Then they take the bodies and just leave them to rot in the hall way.

The days I spent there will not be erased from my memory. I could never forget the stench of the corpses.

We were given injections. I am still uneasy because I have no idea what it was.

Most of the guards were Libyans, but from the south. I will never forget their faces; they were raping young kids.”

www.libyauprisingarchive.com/tripoli-pr...

Mohammad
ATTENTION: International media, please stop feeding #zaif (saif #Gaddafi ) ego by interviewing him. All he says is lies! #feb17 #libya

Lisa
#Feb17 It’s always darkest before the dawn! Pray for #FreedomFighters #PrayforTripoliPrisoners #PrayforLibya

Alex
The greatest military priority for the #FF & #NTC – is to close all the #Libya borders – so #Gaddafi supply of mercenaries & arms is blocked

Now Libyafalsifythefacts asserts that “There is no evidence that #FF forces are in #Brega” BLOCK @LibyaFactCheck = #GaddafiTrol #Libya

live2Tripoli:
Text messaging in #Tripoli has been disabled. Only #Libyana/#Madar is able to message people. #Libya #feb17”

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Many reports that those trying to call any phone in City get a recording of Quran…no one answering.#Libya #Feb17

RRowleyTucson:
#Tripoli: Explosions being reported in center of city now. #Libya #Feb17”

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli: "2 G.Forces cars were bombed yesterday in Benashoor, and a protest took place under the bridge going towards the elect. Company…

#Gaddafi forces opened fire on the protesters from above the bridge" #Libya #Tripoli

#Tripoli: “Benashoor area has not had electricity for over 24 hours” #Libya #Ramadan

anyone heard of Oya tv? they broadcasting #Gaddafi TV!
#Gaddafi is broadcasting his channels on AlorobaTV and OyaTV..Their usual logos are not appearing but do appear on laptops during News time

ZLITEN:
Omar Almoktar
#Zliten, @NATO strikes Gaddafi Operation Center gathering top ranks Military leaders including #KhamisG. No info on his status yet. #Feb17
#Zliten, news on fierce fighting inside Gaddafi forces (btw Libyans n chadians). #Feb17 #Libya

Alex
The #NTC is the sole legal authority in #Libya – so was entitled to impound #Gaddafi family ‘assets’ – including oil tankers containing 40000 tonnes of gasoil – purchased with funds looted* from the Libya people.

Unlike most leading democracies in the world – U may not recognize #NTC as the sole legitimate Libya legal authority – but you don’t count – you have no sovereign power.

Accordingly @Al_Morrighan – no issue of international law is presented in relation to the ‘Cartagena’ diversion. @septimius_sever

*Hannibal Gaddafi the tanker’s notional ’owner’ has never had a real job or done an honest days work in his life - where did he get the millions to buy a tanker let alone $62million of fuel from - the Libya Treasury!

ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya Qaddafi son saif Islam says his family forged alliance with islamists to drive out secular opposition

#Libya rebels from tiji say gaddafi trying to sow Internal strife that is why rebel advance on tiji has been temporarily put on hold

#Libya rebel offensive to take control of tiji put on hold to allow for civilians to leave, military council in west told me
#Libya rebels from tiji acknowledge Qaddafi has support in their hometown

#Libya it seems reconciliation will be an even bigger challenge for the rebels than winning the war

omar
Misrata #FF’s said it manytimes to #Gaddafi forces " before u try to enter #Misrata, you should think how to exit first".

Rayan
My relatives break their fast in #Tripoli on candle lights, half cooked cold food, no water no, electricity we’re back to the 60s!

Zlitniya
#Zliten:ppl r stressed× r difficult.intense #NATO bombing of city is serving to confuse some people #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi propaganda inability to stick to 1 accusation for FF reminds me of #Quraysh disagreeing wt 2lie about prophet Muhammed pbuh #Libya

#Quraysh tried magician,crazy #Gaddafi tried pro-West traitors, Al Qaeda and now liberals.Your accusations #contradict . #Libya

I think #FreeLibya will have good relations with #Qatar and also with #freeSyria :)

live2Tripoli
The anticipated major battle in #Tripoli is basically a battle of people with everything to loose and people who have everything to gain.

XAN
why would newyork times give seif elEslam a forum to announce his alliance with devilish islamists? new PR firms in NEWYORK WASHINGTON L.A

Zlitniya
#Zliten front:FF captured 37 klashnikovs,2cars and several #Chad mercenaries #Libya #Feb17

LIBYA TRIPOLI
(Graphic) a glimpse of #Gaddafi crimes against his innocent people — القذافي يقتل أطفال ليبيا بالجراد youtube.com/watch?v=sp8vHO… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp8vHORRv9g&fea...

Free Libya Now
Ali Salabi speaking to @AJArabic refutes claims by Saif #Gadafi that an alliance been formed with Islamists part of the opposition #Libya

Ali Salabi says Saif #Gadafi claim is in preparation to assasinate liberal figures & blame Opposition for eliminating Liberal figures

Libya In Me
My grandma’s neighbour left for Brega frontlines this past Monday. This is his car & weapon. yfrog.com/h3bdrbnwj
Here he is with his sons before departing. His son on the left was also on the frontlines. yfrog.com/kfn59rcj

shane
#libya #BREGA Benghazi free radio reporting G using 400 camels to smuggle weapons +ammo to his forces in Brega from the desert.

Ahmed
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi forces looking for a General in #Fashloom who defected & aided FF by giving them locations of GF & light weapons #Libya

Nu Bari
WE STARTED THIS TOGETHER AND WE WILL END IT TOGETHER! LIBYA IS ONE TRIBE, ONE PEOPLE, ONE HEART! WE LIVE AND DIE AS ONE! #Libya

libyanandproud
MAP : Map showing where clashes in #Msallata and #Tarhuna happened last night twitpic.com/60zm83 #Feb17 #Libya

Joanne
#NAFUSA Limited FUEL supplies are now being allowed back into #Libya from #Tunisia

ninemsn
Survivor says 100 died on Libya boat
About 100 refugees fleeing the unrest in Libya died on an overcrowded boat that arrived at the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday, a survivor told the ANSA news agency after being rescued.
“We were 300, but around 100, especially women, did not survive, and the men were forced to throw their bodies into the sea,” the female survivor was quoted as saying.
The Moroccan woman’s claim contradicted information provided earlier by Italian coast guard spokesman Vittorio Alessandro, who said 300 badly dehydrated refugees were rescued from the boat after it was discovered 90 nautical miles (167 km) south of Lampedusa.
But Antonio Morana, the commander of the Lampedusa port, said rescue speedboats sent out to assist the refugees “saw clothes floating in the sea in the area where they were operating and maybe also corpses”.

Full art.:
news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=828...

Joanne
#NEFUSA The FUEL + Other Food goods R being “regulating” by #Tunisia bcs of their Own Shortages trying 2control their prices as well #Libya

HACKED:
BEWARE : Nizar Kawan Journalist #Tripoli #Libya FB page and email is HACKED t.co/h5201d6 #Libya

Telegrraph
Libya: Royal Navy warship HMS Liverpool comes under heavy fire

A missile launcher is said to have sent a number of rockets towards Liverpool that has been stationed off Libya for several weeks.
The Type 42 destroyer returned heavy naval gunfire answering Col Gaddafi’s forces with its 4.5in main gun sending several shells arching into the night during the early hours of Wednesday.
The attack came after Liverpool fired a barrage of illumination rounds in support of an air attack on the regime stronghold of Zlitan.
No casualties were suffered by the ships compliment during the exchange and the MoD were unable to confirm if the battery was destroyed during the duel.

Full story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...

plemochoe
#libya I can’t accept people talking about Gaddafi’s “side” of things. He’s an evil demon. He has no side to be on.

#libya I’m not Muslim but Ramadan is supposed to be for prayer. May God destroy Muammar.

#libya Once Gaddafi is gone…what was truth and what was illusion will immediately become clear.

#libya Once Gaddafi is gone, people who have been doing his bidding will fall to their knees from exhaustion and beg forgiveness.

libya Once Gaddafi is gone the “TNC” will just be the people of Libya trying to recover from 42 years of slavery and murder.

libya Once Gaddafi is gone the Arab world will turn its attention to Syria, where Bashar Assad cannot continue in power, cannot, cannot.

#libya Once Gaddafi is gone the news services will have to re-examine their procedures – since they got caught defending a demon.

#libya Once Gaddafi is gone hardly anyone will admit they ever knew him. Already he has begun to cease to exist.

#libya Some people have come up saying Gaddafi’s not such a bad guy.

#libya First of all, this isn’t Speaker’s Corner, saying Gaddafi is OK in not OK here. Try #jamahiriya, I think the trolls hang there.

#libya But such people only show the effect of the money G has poured into PR, my God. What about the massacres? The political murders?

#libya Even there was no memory at all of the 42 years of torture under Gaddafi – we see in the G men tactics what their leader is – evil

#libya Gaddafi taught his men to shoot ambulances and to shoot FROM ambulances

libya Gaddafi taught his men to lay land mines in civilian areas. Gaddafi trained his rockets and cannon on minarets and homes

#libya Gaddafi’s men shot children with .50 caliber bullets and split their heads like melons. He turned starving Chadian youth into killers

#libya Gaddafi had his soldiers wave red-and-green flags and wave to thowar, and then shoot them when they got close.

#libya Yes Gaddafi spread a lot of money around in sub-Saharan Africa, and now he hires their children as cheap mercenaries

#libya I hate to call the Chadians and southerners "mercenaries"because they receive little if anything and sometimes nothing but a bullet.

#libya I will say one thing though: Gaddafi is just an ordinary demon, not an especially big demon.When he dies Satan will not throw a party

#libya If Gaddafi had any human compassion or imagination, he could have done great good with all his money and power. Why didn’t he?

#libya Gaddafi is really a complete failure at everything he’s tried.

#libya If u say respect him for hanging on so long – then I have to respect my athlete’s foot fungus, it hung on too

#libya The lesson of Gaddafi is that money is worthless without a good intention. The spirit of a human being counts more than billions.

#libya It’s possible that Gaddafi had the biggest fortune of any single human ever. And it has done him very little good.

#libya G is getting his bony ass kicked by people without training, leadership or equipment. And God is letting us all see this happen

#libya When you come right down to it, there is anti-Muslim bias in the press corps. A lot of it.

#libya If the FF kick Gaddafi’s ass, that means that Islam, not terror, but the Islam of the Prophet, is powerful.

#libya But if Gaddafi hangs on – that means that the world is real, and money’s power is supreme. And a lot of Westerners dig that.

#libya After all, Gaddafi is all about new technology and PR. He knows how to flatter the people of the West who have never met a serpent.

#libya But technology doesn’t rule the world. Money doesn’t rule the world. Bombs and bullets don’t rule the world.

#libya Dear God, you let this snake raise his head to draw to himself many of bad will and broken soul. #Gaddafi

#libya Now so many have declared which side they are on – the side of life or of death. And harvest time is approaching. #Gaddafi

#libya The reasons to be “for” the Libyan Revolution are clear – free speech, an end to state violence, democracy.

#libya But the reasons to be “for” Gaddafi all involve some delicate prejudice. If you are irritated at seeing Muslims get freedom, for ex.

#libya The G men talk about “tribes” all the time because they know this stirs up prejudices among Westerners. “Tribes” = primitive

#libya Then there are the attacks on “the rebels” The very word stirs up prejudices against those who rebel!

#libya The G men even accuse FF leaders of being too close to Gaddafi!

#libya The thing about G statements is, in order to believe one you must forget all the rest. Memory never does anything but accuse Gaddafi

#libya Once Gaddafi is gone, o you reporters, you will get the biggest stories you’ve ever had. Big secrets will be uncovered.

#libya Wow I’m never tagging #jamahi—— you-know-what again. Chock full o’trolls. Half of them speaking Russian.

#libya One thing people of the US and the West know is that when you’re big enough there are always complaints

#libya Before the NFZ was declared, even when Gaddafi was attacking Benghazi, some Libyans were arguing AGAINST Western help

#libya After Iraq, suspicion of the US was inevitable…but Obama never made a less “imperialistic” decision, than the one to help the Rev

#libya Farrakhan, unfortunately is all about money. There are a thousand ways Gaddafi could get money to him. My guess: he did.

#libya Just because nobody on our side – the human side – is as pure as an angel, doesn’t mean that we’re “just like” Gaddafi

#libya People who have lived in Benghazi since March OVERWHELMINGLY say: thank God for all those who fought for our freedom.

#libya Because of the Younis killing stories have implied that Benghazi is a place of fear and violence. But it isn’t, just ask the people.

#libya One of the martyrs in Syria died saying “For four days I was a free man” You can’t ask for more than that.

#libya In Egypt they are celebrating their martyrs. In Libya the martyrs of today follow those from yesterday. It is the same thing.

#libya There have been stories written about how the Libyan Revolution is “bogged down” Well, maybe in front of Brega.

#libya But the offensive of the Nafusa Mountains grew quickly from nothing to a dagger aimed at Gaddafi’s heart.

#libya And that offensive owes much to the fighting spirit of the Amazigh who want freedom maybe a little more than the rest.

#libya The FF who are besieging #zliten are the survivors of the dirty battle for Misrata, where the Gaddafis committed war crimes.

#libya The FF of Benghazi and Misrata could say “We have done enough” and no one could deny it

#libya But they keep fighting because they know you cannot negotiate with a snake like Gaddafi. Either you kill it or it kills you.

Borzou
Medvedev on Ghadhafi: “He will most likely die there, in that dug-out of his.” #libya #russia #feb17

omar
Powerful explosions in #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17 ياااااااااارب ان شاء الله فوق راس بوشفشوفه و صغاره

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
1:55 AM local time, powerful explosion shakes #Tripoli. Probably NATO bombing raid

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
At least 2 big explosions in central #Tripoli – #NATO jets can be heard. #Libya

libyanandproud
Breaking: Protesters in #Tripoli are being met with heavy gunfire Now ! #Feb17 #Libya

WalkerSkyNews Amanda Walker
4 loud explosions in tripoli. Jets flying above

andymyatt Sky News Production
Bombs in tripoli again

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
7 more explosions in rapid succession. 2:03 AM. #Tripoli #Libya

John
#FF are now the legitimate national army of #Libya. They are rooting out a madman who is holding #Tripoli hostage.

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
#Libya state TV: a military source- Colonial Crusader aggression (NATO) strikes civ &mil sites in Khalet al-Furjan #Tripoli outskirts

WOW!
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Re Saif #Gaddafi ‘s comments to NY Times- Dep FM told us he thinks it’s Saif’s own position “not the position of the government” #Libya

@WalkerSkyNews Amanda Walker
Gaddafi regime distances itself from Saif al Islam’s comments on Islamist allegiance saying ‘he does not speak for the government’

Deputy foreign minister Khalid Kaim told journalists that Saif al Islam does not represent the government

Maybe Mr Khalid Kaim should tell Saif that too, so he knows that in the future?

Cracks between Libyan “government” and Saif? Or cracks within the Gaddafi Family?

Political doublespeak perhaps?

jamal
#Tripoli is moving : FF attacked a new prison in Ain Zara & freed over 1000 detained revolutionaries . #Feb17 #Libya

Tripoli : revolutionaries attacked a check point near sharah al shatt and killed 4 #Gaddafi mercinaries #libya #feb17

libyanandproud
Breaking : #Gaddafi forces are shelling #Msalatta with tanks and grad missiles . #Feb17 #Libya

#Qatrun : Free Libyans have captured Shoeib al-Furjani Gohsi the head of the #Gaddafi battalion besieging Qatrun. #Feb17 #Libya

Shoeib alFurjani Gohsi person in charge of the battalion shelling #Zintan and #Nafusa .

libyanandproud
May Shoeib alFurjani Gohsi rot in the deepest pits of hell along with his master and his sons ! #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/6122co

Picture : Shoeib alFurjani Gohsi proving to his master’s son Khamis #Gaddafi he can read . #Feb17 #Libya t.co/GGMbuNc

Pictures : Picture of Shoeib alFurjani Gohsi bowing to his master’s son Khamis #Gaddafi . #Feb17 #Libya

Seraj
The first Friday in #Ramadan is upon us, I feel like tomorrow will be a great day with the #Libyans #faith and #courage soaring high

A normal Ramadan in #Benghazi, streets are busy, shops are open, wish all of #Libya had the chance for a quiet Ramadan

Friday has already begun in #Tripoli :) #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #AllahuAkbar #Libya #17Feb

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 34.46708˚/27.92817˚ listed dest. #Iskenderu #Turkey, apparent dest. at present course: #Beirut #Lebanon. #Libya

#Tripoli: #Freedomfighters attacked a new prison in #AinZara & freed over 1000 detained Freedom Fighters. #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli: Security forces surrounding #AlDrebe area, people forbidden to enter/leave as #Gaddafi mercs carry out mass arrests. #Libya #Feb17

Reports that a Genocide is about to occur in #Msallata & Tarhuna if there is no support.

#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-05 13:00 (UTC). #Feb17

Free Libya Now
Jamal Benour, justice coordinator for #Benghazi says 10% of armed groups still holding out on order to be under single leadership of command

A nation may break chains of tyranny, but would it break chains of tribalism, nepotism & racisim if it bows to unjust practices: #NTC #Libya

septimius
#Rixos: Surely its time to leave when talented journalists are reduced to counting number of explosions! #Libya

Sarah LFFR
#PrayForTripoli #PrayForTripoli #PrayForTripoli #EpicRamadanFriday #Libya #17Feb

SUMMARY AUGUST 5th 2011

8/5/2011
8/05/2011
8.05.2011

“First they Ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Gandhi

NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/RKxKj

UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Thurs: RAF aircraft struck 2 locations in Zlitan which NATO surveillance & analysis had shown were being used by Qadhafi’s troops. #Libya

Thurs: A Grad multiple rocket launcher system, concealed under trees, was destroyed. #Libya

Thurs: Missions were flown against targets identified in the Djebel Nafousa. #Libya

Thurs: Djebel Nafousa targets included 2 buildings used by artillery teams firing into Yafran, & an HQ & camp for troops mustered at Gharyan

Thurs Night: HMS Liverpool closed in to fire a number of salvos from her 4.5” gun against a mortar and rocket position near Zlitan. #Libya

Thurs Night: Following up RAF & other NATO air patrols’ reconnaissance information, @britisharmy Apache helicopters launched from HMS Ocean.

Thurs Night: Apaches attacked a pair of vehicle check points used by Qadhafi’s men to prevent the free movement of civilians in the area.

Thurs Night: 5 military vehicles were destroyed in and around vehicle check points. #Libya

Thurs Night: RAF jets conducted a precision strike against the Bin Ghasir missile depot in Tripoli; 10 Paveway guided bombs were dropped.

Colonel Pilot guma Amdakm Confirmed the arrest of two officers belonging to the Qaddafi’s troops

CBS news
Qaddafi’s son possibly killed in Libya strike
A spokesman for Libya’s rebel movement has told the Reuters news agency that Muammar Qaddafi’s son Khamis was killed in a NATO air strike.
Khamis leads the “Khamis Brigade,” described by Al Jazeera as the Libyan army’s best trained and equipped elite special forces unit.
In another report, rebel spokesman Mohammad al-Rajali told the Associated Press that Khamis’ death was still unconfirmed by rebel fighters on the ground, but that he had also heard similar accounts.

NATO confirmed the strike in a statement to CBS News, saying an ammunition storage facility and a military police compound “within a combat area” were targeted Friday morning.
Art.:
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/05/5013...

Lisa
#PrayforLibya #prayforsyria #PrayforTripoliPrisoners #RamadanMassacres #downwithgaddafi #downwithasaad

Libya Outreach Group
Situation Report
August 4 2011
Executive Summary

On August 3, Gaddafi forces fired a missile at an Italian warship; pro-democracy forces uncovered a hit list with names and addresses of approximately 60 pro-democracy leaders; pro-democracy forces said they fought off assault on Zlitan, contradicting Gaddafi’s claims; the US

State Department signed off on re-opening the Libyan Embassy in Washington under NTC control, giving staffers access to $13 million in formerly frozen assets; UNHCR began distributing Ramadan meals to 55,000 Libyan refugees in Tunisia; Medical Teams International sent a disaster-relief team to Libya; pro-democracy forces seized a gasoline tanker belonging to the Gaddafi regime; and the Reserve Bank of Australia added one person to its existing sanction list on Libya.

Military Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
 Gaddafi forces fired a missile at an Italian warship in the Mediterranean Sea; missile fell harmlessly into the sea about 2 km away (http://tiny.cc/dtzqq)

Military Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 Pro-democracy forces have uncovered a hit list with the names and addresses of about 60 of their leaders during an operation to smoke out a suspected pro-Gaddafi sleeper cell
(tiny.cc/7zfi1)
 Pro-democracy forces said they had fought off an assault on Zlitan, contradicting Gaddafi regime claims of victory in the town (http://tiny.cc/ztnyp)
 Pro-democracy officer expressed concern that uprising now perceived by many Libyans as intercity warfare, with its aim to advance local interests and not to topple Gaddafi(http://tiny.cc/9mruz)
 United States floating the idea of asking NATO ambassadors to consider an open-ended mandate when NATO Libya mandate comes to end in September (http://tiny.cc/mf58g)

Political Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
 Saif al-Islam said Wednesday that he was reversing course to forge a behind-the-scenes alliance with radical Islamist elements among pro-democracy forces to drive out “liberals”; leading Islamist who Saif identified as counterpart in talks acknowledged conversation but dismissed suggestion of alliance, re-affirming support for democracy (http://tiny.cc/4oktv)
 UN special envoy to Libya briefed Chinese Foreign Minister Jiechi on talks with Chairman of the Ad Hoc High Committee of the African Union for Libya and other regional groups; Jiechi reiterated China’s support for UN involvement in reaching political solution (http://tiny.cc/kg7kd)

Political Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 The State Department signed off on papers that allow the Libyan Embassy in Washington to reopen under NTC control, giving staffers access to roughly $13 million in assets that had been frozen (http://tiny.cc/7wjil)

Humanitarian Needs
Summary of News
 UNHCR and partner organizations began distributing Ramadan meals to over 55,000 Libyan refugees in Tunisia (http://tiny.cc/ch3p4)
 Fuel shortages and rolling black outs reported in Tripoli (http://tiny.cc/sljba)
 Medical Teams International sent a disaster-relief team to Libya, the second group sent there by the Tigard organization since March; physician assistant and two paramedics will work in hospitals and mobile medical clinics until Aug. 24 (http://tiny.cc/yjwe8)

Oil Industry Developments
Summary of News
 Pro-democracy fighters seized a gasoline tanker belonging to Gaddafi’s regime, set sail for Benghazi (http://tiny.cc/nktk0)
 Gaddafi accused NATO of having carried out a raid on an anchored oil tanker owned by the Gaddafi family that was on Wednesday night sailing from Malta to Benghazi;Petroleum Economist, an industry newsletter, first reported that the Cartagena was seized by anti-Gaddafi forces with the help of special forces from a European state(http://tiny.cc/rsw4q)

Economic Development
Summary of News
 The Reserve Bank of Australia added one person to its existing sanction list on Libya; current sanctions list for Libya now includes 35 persons and 20 entities (http://tiny.cc/mazyd)

ANSA Italy
Libia: Nato, ieri bombe su Zlitan
Ma Allenza non puo’ confermare morte di Khamis Gheddaf
(ANSA) – BRUXELLES, 5 AGO – La Nato conferma i bombardamenti sulla Libia ma non la morte di Khamis Gheddafi annunciata dai ribelli. Ieri sera le bombe hanno colpito un deposito di munizioni e strutture della polizia libica a Zlitan. L’Alleanza ‘’non puo’ confermare’’ la morte del figlio piu’ piccolo del rais. “I singoli individui non sono un obiettivo per le forze dell’Alleanza e la Nato prende sempre molto seriamente le notizie riguardanti eventuali vittime civili”, sottolinea il comando. (ANSA).
Source:
www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnew...

Globe and Mail
Family caught between Syrian, Libyan uprisings seeks place to call home
Graem Smith
Ma’an Atta, a 43-year-old diesel mechanic, returned home with his wife and children last March after a harrowing escape from Libya. They had just started to unpack, however, when tanks rolled into the streets of their hometown of Homs, in western Syria.
Caught between two revolutions, between the grinding war in Libya and the growing paranoia of the Syrian police state, the Atta family made an extraordinary decision: having just fled a war, they turned around and went back to it.

“Things are worse in Syria,” Mr. Atta said. “The people over there don’t have weapons to defend themselves.”
Sitting at a temporary shelter in Benghazi, his words occasionally interrupted by gunfire, Mr. Atta explained why his family returned to eastern Libya last week, to the country where his family has lived for two decades. He prefers to take his chances in a war with discernible front lines, rather than being engulfed by the uncertainty of Syria’s uprising.
“We escaped the atrocities of war, but found more horrible atrocities at home,” he said.

He joined the rebels as they confronted regime forces advancing from the west, arming himself with a grenade launcher plundered from army stockpiles.
“We heard rumours that they were raping and killing,” Mr. Atta said. “I was the only person with RPG training, so they gave me the weapon.”
Full story:
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afri...

Fox News
Libyan Fighters From Tripoli Hope to Free Capital

NALUT, Libya – The rebel fighters of the Tripoli Brigade have one goal — to be among the first to enter the Libyan capital and kick out Muammar Qaddafi and his cronies.
They say their intimate knowledge of the city makes them best suited for the job. Nearly all the 475 men either grew up in Tripoli or have family there. Several weeks ago, they moved from the eastern to the western front in Libya’s five-month-old civil war because it’s closer to the capital.
Dozens of the brigade fighters left behind comfortable lives in exile to volunteer for war: a building contractor from Dublin, a university student from Washington, D.C., a shipping engineer from Munich, an X-ray technician from Athens.
Their new home is a two-story university dormitory in Nalut, a frontline town in Libya’s rebel-controlled western Nafusa mountains, about 280 kilometers (175 miles) from Tripoli.

Full story:
www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/04/libyan...

AJE
LIVE BLOG:
Libya’s rebels claim that a NATO airstrike has killed one of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, AFP reports. More details to follow.

Rebel forces say Khamis Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in a NATO airstrike on an operations centre in the western town of Zlitan, AFP reports.
Mohammed Zawawi, a spokesman for opposition militia groups, said that Khamis was among 33 people killed, citing spies operating within the Gaddafi forces’ ranks.
“Overnight there was a aircraft attack by NATO on the Gaddafi operations room in Zlitan and there are around 32 Gaddafi troops killed. One of them is Khamis,” Mohammed Zawawi, a spokesman for the United Revolutionary Forces, has told AFP.

The would appear to have come just hours after journalists were led on a tour of Zlitan by government minders.
Rebel fighters say they have been engaged in an offensive to take Zlitan since the beginning of August. They have suffered heavy casualties, and several rebel fighters told Al Jazeera that they believed that the Libyan army’s 32nd Brigade, which is commanded by Khamis, was leading the government forces’ offensive.

Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports that it would be “very significant” for the conflict on the western frontlines if Khamis was indeed killed. Khamis is said to be the Gaddafi forces’ operational commander for the Misrata area, and Al Jazeera correspondents have seen documents purportedly signed by him detailing military orders in the Misrata area.

Abdel-Hamid is also quick to point out that Khamis is reported to have died several times during this conflict. Al Jazeera is attempting to get confirmation on the veracity of this latest report.

NATO officials tell the AFP and Reuters news agencies that they are looking into reports that Khamis Gaddafi was killed after a NATO airstrike on Zlitan, but that they cannot confirm anything at this time.
“We cannot confirm anything right now, because we don’t have people on the ground, but we are trying to find out what we can,” a spokesman at operational headquarters in Naples, Italy,

told Reuters.
Khamis, a 28-year-old graduate of the Russian Military Academy, commands the 32nd Brigade, also known as the Khamis Brigade.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons, in Misrata, reports that there is increasing scepticism over the claim that Khamis Gaddafi has been killed in NATO airstrikes on Zlitan. More to follow soon.

Italy has called on NATO to help rescue refugees fleeing Libya by sea, and has demanded a formal inquiry into the alliance’s reported failure to assist a boat in which dozens of people died due to dehydration.
NATO’s mandate in Libya should be adapted “to take into consideration the care and rescue of those who are forced to flee by boat, putting their lives at risk because of combat operations,” the Italian foreign ministry said in a statement.
The ANSA news agency reported that a NATO vessel was present about 50km from the stricken boat, which was carrying more than 300 refugees.
David Taylor, a NATO spokesman for naval operations, denied any failure on the alliance’s part.
“NATO always responds and intervenes in emergency situations in accordance with the requirements of international law.”

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons has been speaking about the rebel claim that Khamis Gaddafi has been killed. He says that at this stage, there is every indication that the claim is not valid.

Reuters reports that a government spokesman has denied the death of Khamis Gaddafi as a “dirty trick”.
“It’s false news. They invented the news about Mr Khamis Gaddafi in Zlitan to cover up their killing,” Moussa Ibrahim, a government spokesman has told Reuters in Tripoli. “This is a dirty trick to cover up their crime in Zlitan and the killing of the al-Marabit family.”
The Libyan government says that a NATO airstrike on Thursday killed three members of the al-Marabit family.

septimius
oh well…that’s a surprise RT @Reuters FLASH: Govt spokesman denies death of Gaddafi son Khamis, says reports are ‘dirty tricks’

AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
An overnight night NATO strike on an operations center in the western town of Zliten killed Qaddafi son Khamis and 32 others: AFP #alarabiya

LIBYA TRIPOLI
(Funny) very effective weaponry freedom fighter operate on — طرائف ثوار ليبيا مع الأسلحة الفاسدة youtube.com/watch?v=GMnvjE… #Libya
or;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMnvjEcl5Sw&fea...

KitKat in frontline in #Libya— ثوار 17 فبراير kitkatبرعاية.من طرائف الثوا في جبهة البريقه
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NRH_jHX1p0&fea...

We will not surrender (we win or we die) t.co/ZP3wzUR #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7F6fCDkPxY&fea...

Telegraph
Gaddafi son killed in Nato strike, Libyan rebels claim

Libya’s rebel forces on Friday said an overnight night Nato strike on an operations centre in the western town of Zlitan has killed Col Muammar Gaddafi’s youngest son Khamis, and more than 30 others
Citing spies operating among the ranks of forces loyal to the Libyan leader, a spokesman for a revolutionary militia group told the Agence France Press news agency that Khamis was confirmed to be among the dead.

Fighters from the rebel enclave of Misrata, 60 kilometres (37 miles) to the east, announced this week they had made progress in Zlitan, a strategic coastal town on the road to Tripoli.

But authorities in Tripoli quickly denied that claim, saying they controlled the entire town.
Fulll story:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...

SKY NEWS

Gaddafi’s Youngest Son ‘Killed By Nato’
Rebel forces have said the Libyan leader’s son Khamis was among more than 30 people who died following an air strike on an operation centre in the western town of Zlitan.
Spokesman for revolutionary militia groups Mohammed Zawawi told news agency AFP that spies operating among Gaddafi’s ranks had confirmed the death.
“Overnight there was an aircraft attack by Nato on the Gaddafi operations room in Zlitan and there are around 32 Gaddafi troops killed – one of them is Khamis,” he said.
It is the second time this year that there have been claims Khamis has died.
Source:
news.sky.com/home/article/16044211

LIBYA TRIPOLI
we’re hoping he’s death for good.

An interview with the head of #Gaddafi “Electronic Army”!- لقاء مع قائدة الجيش الإلكتروني قناة الشبابية t.co/KJdQ4LS #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5drKslxYHKE&fea...

UPI
Gadhafi son Khamis reported dead in raid

TRIPOLI, Libya, Aug. 5 (UPI) — A son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was among 32 people killed Friday during a NATO airstrike in Zlitan, rebel forces said.
A NATO spokesman said military alliance leaders were aware of the report that Khamis Gadhafi was killed in the overnight raid but could not confirm it, The Guardian reported.
There was no immediate comment from Tripoli.
If the report is accurate, Khamis would be Gadhafi’s second son killed during a months-long uprising seeking the leader’s ouster. Saif al-Arab Gadhafi was killed in April in another NATO airstrike.
Full story:
www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/08...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Alarabiya says, “An overnight night #NATO strike on an ops center in #Zliten killed #Gaddafi son Khamis & 32 others” #Libya #Feb17

PLEASE RT: MUST WATCH VIDEO: Mahmoud Jibril interview t.co/lrcKn7t #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo7Bk7YY8Nc&fea...

Mohammed Zawawi, a spokesman for revolutionary militia groups, told #AFP that Khamis #Gaddafi was ‘confirmed’ to be among the dead. #Libya

#Msallata: #Gaddafi filth took control of the center of the city after fierce clashes with #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17

#Zliten: #Gaddafi forces clashing w/ Chad mercs, sound of gunfire heard by #Freedomfighters in W. #Misrata. #Libya #Feb17

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
by hominoid555
Tripoli: FFs yday at sunset attacked check pt in Tajura injuring 4 G forces with 3 critical & now treated in Zawiya St Hospital #feb17#libya

ღ.¸¸Libeeya¸¸.ღ
by hominoid555
My favorite protest to date! Unity is amazing<3 youtube.com/watch?v=4TmSOY… #Syria #Libya Syrians joined Libyans at London embassy #RamadanMassacre
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TmSOYSXXjM

Feb17
Confirmations from more prisoners in #Zliten that Chadian army including generals are fighting there for q. Numbers can not be confimed

News 24

No trace of dead Libya refugees Italy

Lampedusa – Italian coast guard officials said on Friday they had failed to find any trace of dozens of migrants who allegedly died when their refugee boat became stranded in Libyan territorial waters.

The search began after Italian authorities rescued a group of around 300 migrants late on Thursday about 90 nautical miles (166km) from the southern island of Lampedusa.

The body of a man was also found on board the boat.

Some of the migrants, many of whom were suffering from dehydration, said that around 100 of their fellow passengers, including several children, died during the journey and that their bodies had been thrown into the sea.

“Helicopter searches have not found any bodies” coast guard official Antonio Morana told television news channel Sky TG24 several hours after the search had resumed on Friday morning.

Meanwhile Italian officials are reportedly considering launching a formal complaint with Nato after one of its vessels allegedly failed to intervene to help the stranded migrants

FromJoanne Joanne
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS #Danish F-16-planes in recent days attacked targets between #Zlitan and #Tripoli CONFIRMS the Tactical Air Command #Libya

Via Hominoid
Rebels said that Gaddafi’s son is killed
by Ritzau

Rebel spies report that a NATO attack in western Libya, Gaddafi has cost son Khamis life.

Libyan rebels claim that a NATO attack in the western city of Zlitan on Friday have killed Muammar Gaddafi son Khamis and just over 30 others.

The rebels say they have information from spies, who move among Gaddafi’s forces.

A spokesman for the United Revolutionary Forces, Mohamed Zawawi, told news agency AFP that Khamis is amongst those confirmed killed during the attack.

- During the night there was a attack from NATO at an operations room in Zlitan and Gaddafi about 32 soldiers are killed. One of them is Khamis says rebel militia spokesman.

Danish F-16-planes in recent days attacked targets between Zlitan and Tripoli, confirms the Tactical Air Command.

Khamis is believed to amongst Gaddafi’s forces in Zlitan. He has for number of years been the head of Gaddafi’s elite forces.

If the attack is confirmed, it happened just hours after the foreign journalists were taken on a guided tour of Zlitan by the Government to convince them that the city is not under attack.

But journalists could hear the distant heavy artillery shelling. Rebels in the city Misrata 60 km from there has reported advances on Zlitan.

Local residents say that the front-line is moving only 10 to 15 km from the city.

AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
First Friday prayers since start of Ramadan underway

CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg – TT
#Nato tells me two strikes near #Zliten last night. 8:15 they struck ammo storage, 22:45 they struck “military police facilities”. #Libya

Rima
“Experts” said in March the Arab Spring would end in #Syria.They were wrong. Never underestimate the will of the oppressed. #RamadanMassacre

AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Denying Khamis’s death Tripoli describes Zliten as “peaceful city” – not sure what that says about their credibility, but death unconfirmed

Tarik
I’m not surprised people are so eager to report Khamis #Gaddafi ’s death.The SOB deserves to be killed thousands of times! #Libya #feb17 #FF

TheSumayyahG
Translation “Syrian revolution recognizes Libyan NTC” |Libayns support Syrians fight for freedom #RamadanMassacre #Syria twitpic.com/5qr2tf

BSyria
Arabs, be proud: You have Syrians, Yemenis, Egyptians, Tunisians, Bahrainis and Libyans amongst you. #RamadanMassacre

libyanandproud
By 2012 people of the Arab World will have gotten rid of #BenAli, #Mubarak, #Saleh, #Gaddafi, #Bashar and maybe more

FromJoanne Joanne
BREAKING God Is Great and so is #NATO Justice has been done Freedom Fighters confirm #KHAMIS GADDAFI ’s DEATH in #ZLITAN #libya

Good Morning Tweeps Its a GLORIOUS day The Difference a day makes :) (after my dip last night ) Khamis Gaddafi has departed this life #Libya

Lets give them the benefit of the doubt :) I sincererly hope and pray it is true all they need now is arms

I am prepared to believe Khamis is dead FF spies were there #NATO might come up with prove give them some time #Libya

Not sure if we will see collapse of #Zliten Gaddafi forces but it will definitely affect them #Libya

#ZLITAN Residents said the frontline is located at a distance of 10 to 15 kilometres east of the city centre #ZLITEN #Libya

#KHAMIS Gaddafi was responsible for the many months of SIEGE of #Misratah many EVIL deeds done in HIS NAME #libya @NATO A MAYOR MORALE BOOST

#MohammedZawawi Spokesman for Revolutionary militia groups told AFP that Commander #Khamis Gaddafi is CONFIRMED to be among dead #Libya

UPDATE @NATO JETS struck #Tripoli On night Aug5 Abt 10 Strong BLASTS on Khellat Al-Ferjan suburb in Tripoli #Libya

TRIPOLI at around 1:30am Aug5 2330GMT an AFP journalist reported that 10 loud explosions were heard in suburb of Khellat al-Ferjan #Libya

This is SECOND time #Khamis is KILLED t.co/KoN9OOa and @NATO just wanted to make sure he is REALLY dead ! #Libya #UpYoursGaddafi

Communication now is totally cut off with the city of Bani Walid

#MISRATA There have been reports of 4 Explosions heard last night in the CENTER of town #Libya

#BREAKING Algezeeraenglish NOW : says Scepticism over #Khamis Gaddafi Death is GROWING all the time #Libya

Oh :( Too much wishful thing is colouring expectations :( It starts 2 look more and more UNLIKELY that #Khamis was killed in #Zliten

#Meanwhile Markets have been PLUNGING further down last night almost certainly affecting #NATO “et tout les pays” helping #Libya

#Zlitan suffers lack of Food & Goods &Medicines Soaring prices Private clinics r closed That means there is no Medical aid available

FLASH Journo #FarajOkoider reported 11 hrs ago @Nato Hit a “Trailer” near Center of #ZLITAN said to be “Headquarters” of Gaddafforces #libya

Dear GOD Pls may it be true that #Khamis was in the Trailer which was reported by a journo in #Zlitanto be hit by NATO last night #libya

TRIPOLI Dep Minister #KhaledKaim LIES WHY there is NO ELECTRICITY in #TRIPOLI t.co/zwALX4u BLAMING FF of course t.co/zwALX4u

Abe
western region is mismanaged. We’ve sent to Misrata b4. Tunisian border will get aid from ILEA. Fact-find pending.

TV SYD
Denmark
Libysk regering: Gaddafis søn er i live

Libyens regering afviser, at et Nato-angreb i det vestlige Libyen har kostet Gaddafis søn Khamis livet.
Libyens regering afviser forlydender bragt til torvs af libyske oprørere om, at Muammar Gaddafis søn Khamis er blevet dræbt ved et Nato-angreb mod byen Zlitan i den vestlige del af landet.

- Grundlæggende er nyhederne om, at Khamis er blevet dræbt ved at Nato-angreb, en meget beskidt løgn, der skal dække over drab på civile i den fredelige by, siger regeringstalsmanden Mussa Ibrahim.
Danske F-16-fly har de seneste dag angrebet mål mellem netop Zlitan og Tripoli, bekræfter Flyvertaktisk Kommando.
Full art.:
www.tvsyd.dk/artikel/102678:Oproerere-s...

Abe
container of aid planned to be sent over to Tunisian border once I return. Would be another 3wks to a month though.

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: Refugees rescued yesterday off #Lampedusa claim #NATO boats did not stop to rescue. Drifted for 36 hours, 100 dead and thrown over

FromJoanne Joanne
Having a Celebratory break of half an hour I am bouncing with life now News is still very HOPEFUL about #Khamis Death #Libya #GaddafiCrimes

WalkerSkyNews Amanda Walker
Regime spokesperson says Khamis Gaddafi is ‘alive and well’
Moussa Ibrahim says rebel claims of Khamis’ death are an attempt to legitimize Nato attacks on Zlitan.

MOD UK
HMS Ocean’s medical team supports Apache crews flying over Libya

Behind the scenes of each Apache attack helicopter launch from HMS Ocean to conduct missions over Libya there is a highly qualified surgical team at the ready in the event of an emergency.

Embarked on HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy’s largest warship, is a surgical team drawn from across all parts of the UK. Mainly comprising Royal Navy doctors and nurses, there are also personnel from the Army and RAF, making this a unique joint Service organisation afloat.
Although primarily there to provide surgical support in the event of an incident involving the Apache helicopters, the team could also be called upon to provide assistance to any of the NATO ships, submarines or aircraft engaged in enforcing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.

In addition to HMS Ocean, the other Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships taking part in this operation currently comprise the destroyer HMS Liverpool, the mine countermeasures vessel HMS Bangor and the support ships RFA Fort Rosalie and RFA Orangeleaf.
When not deployed to the Mediterranean the servicemen and women of HMS Ocean’s surgical team work within the six hospitals spread around the UK that have military units attached to them, where the bulk of their work is involved in treating civilian NHS patients.
However, whilst fully integrated into these hospitals they also keep themselves up to date with military training and advances in medical practice.

Flexibility is key though, as when the call goes out they need to be prepared to drop everything and deploy abroad, sometimes to environments with which they are not familiar.
For RAF Corporal Suzi Smith, this is the first time she has served at sea. An emergency department nurse from Peterborough, her only previous experience of the sea has been the cross-channel ferry:

“This is far bigger and yet more restricted than I was expecting. I may be in the RAF but I have never worked so close to the runway before,” she said. “The noise of the helicopters on deck is a constant accompaniment to the work in sickbay immediately below.”
For Major Mike Berski, an Army theatre nurse from Frimley Park Hospital, this is a welcome break from the sandstorms of Afghanistan where he, like many others on the team, have spent several tours:
“In Camp Bastion, the dust gets everywhere despite all the precautions that we take. Here on ship there is no dust and the operating theatre and all our equipment are spotlessly clean,” he said.
“One factor though that has not changed from Afghanistan is the heat; Libya is on the edge of the Sahara and despite being at sea the compartments on ship still get hot and humid.”

The team provides expertise in the important areas of trauma resuscitation that need to be started within two hours of an incident taking place and so Royal Navy consultants in emergency medicine, surgery and anaesthesia lead the team.
For Surgeon Commander Shane McCabe, a consultant anaesthetist from Bournemouth Hospital, this will be his last deployment before leaving the Navy. After 19 years in the Service and deployments all around the world he has decided to concentrate his professional efforts closer to his young family at home, and hopes to set up a restaurant with his wife:

“When the call came for this I was about to start a sommelier’s course, but now I am here. One thing I have learnt through my naval career is the need to keep flexible,” he said.
Petty Officer Naval Nurse Claire Williams usually works as the duty senior critical care nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where a lot of her work involves military casualties evacuated from Afghanistan. She said:
“I am very glad to be working on board ship again. This is what I trained for.”

Royal Navy Warrant Officer Class 2 Beccy Hatch is the team’s biomedical scientist, providing blood tests and cross-matched blood for emergency transfusion:
“We have all been thrown together at the last minute but it’s great to see how well the team have gelled. We have been busy training with the ship’s sickbay staff for trauma emergencies and integrating with the rest of the team on board HMS Ocean. Morale is high,” she said.

Surgeon Commander Peter Taylor, officer commanding the surgical team and a vascular surgeon from Peterborough, is pleased with how the deployment is going. He said:
“In the last two years, a lot of the medical lessons learnt from Afghanistan have informed developments in how surgical resuscitation for trauma has been delivered on board ships. The team has been expanded to twelve people and provides more expertise in the areas of emergency medicine and intensive care.
“We now have a mobile digital X-ray machine on board which has proven so helpful during deployments on land in Afghanistan. So, if we did need to patch anyone up here, they can be confident that they will receive the very highest standards of care.”

Since her last port visit to Malta in early July 2011, HMS Ocean has had an intensive period at sea with her Apache attack helicopters from 656 Squadron Army Air Corps supporting the NATO-led operation over Libya.
The Apaches have been ably assisted by other helicopters embarked on HMS Ocean, namely Sea King Mk7s of 857 Naval Air Squadron providing maritime surveillance and Lynx Mk7s of 847 Naval Air Squadron providing force protection and logistic support.

HMS Ocean left the UK in April 2011, forming part of the UK’s Responsive Force Task Group to conduct a series of pre-planned amphibious exercises in the Mediterranean, known as Cougar 11.

With the escalating events in Libya, the UK Government took the opportunity in May 2011 to retask one of the most flexible ships in the Royal Navy’s inventory and ordered HMS Ocean to support the enforcement of the United Nations Security Council Resolution to protect Libyan citizens.

ProudLibyan
I wonder how #Gaddafi felt when he saw Mubarak and his sons in white suits in the court cage? I wonder how he felt? Did he need medication?

Danya
Light travels faster than sound, This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak

Rima
People say MENA is backwards because of Islam. Wrong. It’s stunted because of dictators who crush our aspirations

LA Times
Libyan rebels embrace U.S. and its flag
Benghazi residents show a love of all things American, from pop culture to gadgets to fast food. And American flags are common at rallies in Benghazi, in recognition of U.S. support for the rebel cause.
By David Zucchino
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya—
Omar el Keish wanted to make a strong statement when he headed out with his wife and daughter recently for a revolutionary rally here in the de facto rebel capital.

Keish decided to bring along a flag. It wasn’t the ubiquitous Libyan rebel flag that flutters at every downtown rally. He chose the American flag — the Stars and Stripes — on a long, heavy pole.

The 57-year-old airline pilot waved the big fluttering fabric with both arms, and rallygoers smiled and flashed the V for victory sign at the sight of Old Glory.
“Libyans love America,” Keish explained as he cut through a boisterous crowd that numbered in the tens of thousands. “They love the flag because it stands for freedom and democracy — exactly what they want for Libya.”

More American flags have begun to pop up at opposition rallies and outside shops. Some young men sport ball caps emblazoned with a small U.S. flag and the New York Yankees logo

Not that the United States is the most popular foreign country here. That designation is shared by France and Qatar, which have provided the rebels with weapons as well as money and political support. Some rebel fighters fly the French tricolor on their gun trucks and several downtown buildings sport the maroon-and-white Qatari flag alongside the red-black-and-green rebel flag.

Read full art.:
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/...

Bloomberg
NATO Probes Reports Youngest Son of Qaddafi Was Killed in Libya Air Raid

NATO is looking into reports that a son of Muammar Qaddafi died in the Libyan town of Zlitan, where the alliance struck two targets yesterday. A government spokesman denied he’d been killed, Al Arabiya television said.
Full art.:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-05/nato-...

N_Benghazi
Anyone seconding the vote? :p " When Libya is free, I’m nominating you for Minister of Exclamation Points."

Ahmed
it’s not my fault everything I say is important and deserves exclaiming!! :p

Nusaiba
In the future our grandchildren will read it like this: Countries like #Libya #Syria demanded rights. They were met with a #RamadanMassacre

Nusaiba
If only #Twitter was an actual country or a content. We could tweet to solve the world’s crisis. SILENCE. #RamadanMassacre

CFKlebergTT
Men from #Libya, now in #Tunisia, tell me of problems getting medical treatment for the many injured. Say they feel abandoned.

wheelertweets James Wheeler
A festering issue. And not just bcuz of money. Lack of diplomatic assistance from TNC & UN with visas for medical treatment.

Oya
power failure in many areas of #Tripoli at this moment and high temperature is on #libya

Hajer
#whenIwas13 so many kids in Syria and in Libya won’t be able to say this line! Why cos Bashar and Gaddafi are killing them

CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg – TT
#Russia calls #Libya intervention “dead end”, according to Interfax. This in the middle of #Syria #UN talks. Coincidence?

benghazi’s bunny♥
Before the revolution can start in the street it has to start in the heart, mind, & soul. #Libya #Syria #Yemen

FromJoanne Joanne
#Gaddafi Trolls SCAM STEALING peoples PHOTO Putting it in their Profile like this one did @zentanfree Pretending 2b me #LIBYA

Vermondo
Signs of internal splittings inside #Libya n gov after reject of #Saif #Gaddafi’s coalition w Islamists. Death of #Khamis by treason? #Feb17

Guardian Live Blog:
Syria, Libya, Egypt and Middle East unrest – live updates
A rebel spokesman said on Friday that a Nato air attack in Zlitan has killed Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis (left), one of the main commanders of the Libyan leader’s military forces. Another 31 people were also killed, the spokesman said. A Nato official at operations headquarters in Naples said he was aware of the report but could not confirm it. There was no immediate comment from the Tripoli government.
There have been claims Khamis had been killed before, in March. If confirmed, the death of Khamis would be a severe blow to Gaddafi both in terms of morale and military leadership. Khamis is head of the 32nd brigade, one of the Libyan army’s most professional and loyal units, according to Reuters. Gaddafi’s government announced earlier this year that his son Saif al-Arab Gaddafi (not to be confused with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, in the news on Thursday claiming to have made a pact with Islamists) had been killed. Saif al-Arab had a much lower profile than either of his brothers and no major leadership role.
Rebels have been trying for weeks to take Zlitan, 100 miles (160km) east of Tripoli, which would open the coastal road towards the capital. Chris Stephen writes from Misrata that rebel commanders said last night that the attempt to capture Zlitan had stalled.
A second offensive on the eastern front, this one against the key oil town of Brega, has also become bogged down well short of its objective, Chris writes.

The rebels broke into Zlitan over the weekend, only to find that most of the population did not want to be liberated.
Zlitan’s leaders are apparently frightened that if the town is liberated, government artillery will be directed at them, and rebel leaders say a conventional attack on the city will cause civilian casualties. Misrata’s leaders are now negotiating with Zlitan’s elders, trying to encourage a change-of-mind. “It’s not that much of a problem to capture Zlitan,” said rebel fighter Mohammed Elfituri. “The problem is the families won’t let us pass.”
These failures will leave some wondering whether the rebels, even with concentrated Nato air support, can take ground against their better-equipped foe.

Nato has responded to claims by pro-Gaddafi officials yesterday that two children were killed in an airstrike on Zlitan on Thursday. An official at Nato operational HQ in Naples said:
We did hit a military target at around 6.30 on Thursday morning and it was a command-and-control site. We always take seriously allegations of civilian casualties and are looking into it, but we have no evidence at this stage that this was caused by an air strike.

Al-Jazeera is reporting scepticism about the reported death of Khamis Gaddafi in Libya. Their reporter compared the Libyan government’s loud response to the death of Saif al-Arab Gaddafi in April with its silence on Friday.

The Nato airstrike reported to have killed Khamis Gaddafi was on a government operations centre in Zlitan, Libyan rebel spokesman Mohammad al-Rajali has said. Nato said there had been bombing around Zlitan on Thursday but a spokesman in Brussels could not verify the report.

Reuters has a quote from a Libyan rebel spokesman on the rebels’ claims Khamis Gaddafi has been killed:
We have information that in Zlitan, a leadership building was attacked by Nato and 32 Gaddafi men were killed, among them his son, Khamis.
Arab media reported in March that Khamis had died in a kamikaze crash by a disaffected

Libyan air force pilot. Libyan state television showed footage at the time of a man resembling Khamis, which it said disproved reports of his death.

Nato has said its air strikes on Thursday night in Zlitan, Libya, hit an ammunition depot and military police facility. The rebels say Nato hit a government operations centre and killed Khamis Gaddafi, the Libyan leader’s son.
Two of Muammar Gaddafi’s other sons, Mutassim and al-Saadi, also head military brigades. The Associated Press notes of Khamis:
In February, eight days before the Libyan uprising began, Khamis Gaddafi was given a VIP tour of the Air Force Academy in Colorado during a US tour. After he returned home, he led forces loyal to his father in an assault on the rebel-held city of Zawiya, where civilian protests against his father were crushed.

Breaking: Tripoli has denied Khamis Gaddafi was killed on Thursday night.

The Tripoli government has described rebel reports that Khamis Gaddafi, the dictator’s son, is dead, as a “dirty trick”.

Here is the full quote from Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim about reports of the death of Khamis Gaddafi, one of the Libyan leader’s sons:
It’s false news. They invented the news about Mr Khamis Gaddafi in Zlitan to cover up their killing. This is a dirty trick to cover up their crime in Zlitan and the killing of the al-Marabit family a Libyan family.

libyanandproud
Gaddafi has an electronic army too ! Compare syria to Libya , Bashar to gaddafi , same school of evil

FreeLibyan
WARNING:Ongoing shortage of fuel,food,medicine,no electricity & H2O in #Nafousa may amount to a humanitarian crisis
KC_Tripolitania KC
Syrians supported Libyans when they were being massacred -Libyans stand shoulder to shoulder & heart to heart with Syrians. #RamadanMassacre

hominoid
The latest goon trick is to steal your avatar create acc, then send messages on your behalf

Moamer Kadhafi’s regime accused rebels of sabotaging a key pipeline feeding the country’s sole functioning refinery.

Free Libya Now
Zlitin FF’s insist on their claim that Khamees #Gadafi is killed during #NATO raid on operation command center in #Zlitin. #Libya

Khamees #Gadafi death rumor a disinformation attempt aimed at degrading FF’s credibility before world media. #Liberty4Libya #Analysis #Libya

Marianne2
Libye: le fils Kadhafi brandit la menace de l’alliance avec les islamistes
Diviser pour régner. Le clan Kadhafi use de cet adage avec un certain brio. Dans une interview au New-York Times, Saif El Islam, le fils Kadhafi, chargé de la communication officielle du pays, affirme que sa famille a conclu un pacte avec un chef islamiste pour combattre l’opposition laïque quitte à ce que la Libye ressemble à l’Iran ou l’Arabie Saoudite. De pures manoeuvres, parmi d’autres, selon Alain Chouet, ancien chef de la sécurité du renseignement à la DGSE et fin connaisseur du monde arabe.
Read more:
www.marianne2.fr/Libye-le-fils-Kadhafi-...

KC_Tripolitania KC
YES TO VICTORY! " As Arabs , As Muslims we have to stand together & support each other !! #Syria #Libya #Yemen #Egypt #Tunis ’’

Anonymous Watcher
“Report of Khamis Gaddafi’s death was based on information from spies within the ranks of Gaddafi’s forces.” AJE #ZombieKhamisGaddafi

AJE:
Libyan rebels claim Gaddafi son killed
Rebel spokesman says Libyan army commander Khamis Gaddafi killed in NATO airstrike on Zlitan, a claim government denies.

Mohammed Zawawi, a spokesman for the rebels, said on Friday that Khamis was among 32 people killed in the strike.
“Overnight there was an aircraft attack by NATO on the Gaddafi operations room in Zlitan and there are around 32 Gaddafi troops killed. One of them is Khamis,” said Zawawi, a spokesman for the United Revolutionary Forces
Full report here:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Philippines CARGO SHIP “HOPI PRINCESS” now departing port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Greece CARGO SHIP “Greece now anchored in port #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17

#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” now arriving at dest. port #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17

#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YILMAZ AYANOGLU” 34.94093˚/26.45723˚ Speed/Course: 10.8 kn/249˚ dest. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17

#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” 39.55011˚/25.63539˚ Speed/Course: 8.3 kn/206˚ dest. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17

ProudLibyan
In Tripoli, 1st no internet, then no gas/petrol, then no electricity and very soon God willing there will be no Gaddafi! #Libya

Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i

Free Libyia
The Khamis rumour is probably started by G goons so he can appear in TV in a few days and accuse all Free Libyan media of being liars.

Via FB
BREAKING NEWS: Several sources confirmed the Ein Zara operation, which resulted in the release of a large number of prisoners at the hands of the #FFs in #Tripoli. #Libya #feb17

عاجل: الله أكبر أكدت مصادر عدة عملية عين زارة التي نتج عنها إطلاق سراح عدد كبير من السجناء على يد الثوار في طرابلس الله أكبر

Sources in #Tripoli confirm the near depletion of the stock of diesel that is needed by power plants. #Libya #feb17

مصادر من طرابلس تؤكد قرب نضوب مخزون الديزل و الذي تحتاجه محطات توليد الكهرباء

A Free Libyan
Reports that #Misrata FFs are coming across a lot of Chinese-made weapons. #Libya #Feb17

Via FB:
UPDATE: A military source: The causes of the delay in the entry of our FFs to the industrial area in #Brega are the military orders to try to reduce losses for the FFs as well as oil industrial properties , although our FF are eager to enter.

مصدر عسكري : سبب تأخر دخول الثوار على كتائب القذافي في المنطقة الصناعية في البريقة هي أوامر عسكرية لمحاولة تقليل الخسائر بالنسبة للثوار و كذلك الممتلكات النفطية على الرغم من أن الثوار متحمسين للدخول.
المناطق السكنية خالية من الكتائب تقريبا و لكن الثوار متمركزين في مناطق لا يجوز البوح عنها

TRIPOLI UPDATE: Conflicting reports that there is NOW clashes in many areas of Tripoli between our FFs and Gaddafi forces, and i have no confirmation till this very second.
اخبار متضاربه الان حول اشتبكات فى مناطق عديدة فى طرابلس بين الثوار والكتايب ،،، ولا توجد معلومات مؤكده حتى الان

A Free Libyan
CONFIRMED – #Msallata FFs killed 5 G troops last night. The news on #Tarhouna last night, EG. fighting in Dawaan is also true. #Libya #Feb17

Colonel Joumaa Ibrahim, spokesman for the military council: Two days notice was given to the people of Tiji to drive the battalions out so no civilians get caught in the middle and we will attack the battalion when the deadline is over.

العقيد جمعة إبراهيم الناطق باسم المجلس العسكري : تم إعطاء مهلة يومين لأهالي تيجي ليقوموا باخراج الكتائب حتى لا يسقط أحد من الأهالي ضحايا و سنقوم بمهاجمة الكتائب عند إنتهاء المهلة

Adam
Mass killing of civilians by Gaddafi forces in #Qalaa. G soldier cell phone video. on.fb.me/pnOrtR #Nafusa #Libya #Feb17
or
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2448...

Rowley
#Tripoli: Heavy fighting reported between #Freedomfighters and #Gaddafi filth in #Gaddah. #Libya #Feb17

#Moldova CARGO SHIP “MAR BIANCO” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Malta CARGO SHIP “CMA CGM RABAT” now departing port #Tripoli #Libya after resupplying #Gaddafi forces. #Feb17

#Egypt CARGO SHIP “TABA” en route to & nearing dest. #Tobruk #Libya. #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 34.80397˚/30.50163˚ Speed/Course: 9.1 kn/77˚ dest. #Iskenderun #Turkey. #Libya #Feb17

#Egypt CARGO SHIP “RAS MOHAMED” now in port #Tobruk #Libya. #Feb17

#Greece CARGO SHIP “SPORADES" now anchored in port #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17

Via FB
BREAKING NEWS: Heavy gunfights between #FFs and Gaddafi forces in Gaddah, #Tripoli … may god bless free #Libya.

عـــــــاجل : أشتباكات عنيفه في منطقة قدح بين الأحرار في طرابلس و القوات الحكومية التابعة للنظام من البزقليف و الرتشين و المشترين.. نسأل الله النصر و التقدم

BREAKING NEWS: Fighting this afternoon until now between our National Free Libya Army and #Gaddafi forces in the #Brega frontline, which so far has resulted in 7 injuries in our Army. Allah Akbar

عاجل: معارك بعد ظهر اليوم وحتي الان بين الجيش الوطني وكتائب القذافي في جبهه البريقه واصابت سبعه افراد من الجيش الوطني بجروح تكبير الله اكبر الله اكبرالله اكبر

Pray for our FFs in Msalata #Gaddafi forces are regrouping and an attack on city is iminent. We dont want another Zawia. Help @NATO

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
Free #Libya radio station equipment arrives safely in #Misurata from #Malta

New #Misurata radio will be able to broadcast to as far as #Zlitan

#Tripoli: Reports protests are taking place right now and are being met with heavy gunfire. #Libya #Feb17

Hominoid
Libya Media Committee of the rebels Hoon: al-Gaddafi collect workers from the State of Niger and the Tuareg of shops and farms in the city of Hoon and trained on the weapon for 10 days on a farm in the victory Belaid Bhon the two hundred and give each person 1000 dinars

Libya Rebels kill five members of the battalion in an attack on their gathering place in downtown Bin Walid

Press tv
British Unis condemned over Libya funds

Strathclyde and Dundee have been under attack for getting student fees paid by the Libyan regime and the country’s oil companies.

Around £1.07 million of the cash was from student fees paid by the Libyan embassy, recognized as the Libyan People’s Bureau. About £300,000 of the embassy finances were paid in 2010-2011.

Strathclyde, among Scotland’s most prominent research institutions, has gained £1.2 million from Libyan sources since 2008. The institution’s £85,875 Libya income was from three oil companies: Mellitah Oil and Gas BV, Mabruk Oil Operations, and RAS Lanuf Oil and Gas Processing.

£14,000 of the £1.2 million was taken from the students from Libya, including tuition fees, graduation, and accommodation.

Dundee University also accepted £814,600 from Libyan groups and people between 2008 and 2011, £713,000 of which was taken from the People’s Bureau.

Earlier this year, director of the London School of Economics Sir Howard Davies was forced to resign after being revealed that LSE had links to Gaddafi’s son. Huddersfield University was also condemned for training the Libyan police officers.

Art.:
www.presstv.com/detail/192470.html

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
VIDEO: Rescued refugees fleeing #Libya taken to hospitals in #Lampedusa bit.ly/puSacg
or:
tv.repubblica.it/dossier/emergenza-lamp...

A Free Libyan
CONFIRMED – #Msallata FFs killed 5 G troops last night. The news on #Tarhouna last night, EG. fighting in Dawaan is also true. #Libya #Feb17

libyanandproud
One of the Italian models who is in #Tripoli to show support for papa #Gaddafi . #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/61bzxu

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Malta air traffic controllers say they ‘created’ specific corridors for #Libya ops sorties not to disrupt civilian traffic

Reuters
In western Libya hopes for quick Tripoli advance fade

  • High hopes for swift advance on Tripoli fade
  • Rebels lack proper weapons
  • Grad missiles come raining down
    By Michael Georgy
    BIR AL-GHANAM, Libya, Aug 5 (Reuters) – When Libyan rebels pushed government forces out of a cement plant on the edge of Bir al-Ghanam last month and set up a position about 80 km (50 miles) from Tripoli, victory seemed within reach.
But the men — who hold the rebel position in the Western Mountains closest to the Libyan capital – are finding it hard to advance just a few hundred metres, let alone reach Muammar Gaddafi’s main stronghold.
Art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/05/liby...

Sara
ALL HUMANITARIAN AID GOING INTO TRIPOLI STAYS WITH GADDAFI REGIME. BLOCK THE TRIPOLI PORT NOW!

alwaten
#Libya,so far each liberated area has achieved its liberation on its own&Tripoli isno exception,FFthere are dutifully doing just that

NU NL
Zoon Kaddafi mogelijk omgekomen, Tripoli ontkent

Een zoon van de Libische leider Muammar Kaddafi zou zijn omgekomen bij een luchtaanval van de NAVO op de west-Libische stad Zlitan.

Het Libische regime ontkent de dood van Khamis, meldt persbureau Reuters. “Het is een vuile manier om hun (de NAVO, red.) misdaden in Zlitan te verbloemen”, aldus regeringswoordvoerder Moussa Ibrahim.

Het is niet mogelijk om de berichten van de rebellen te controleren, omdat journalisten maar zeer beperkt mogen werken in het Noord-Afrikaanse land. Ook de uitlatingen van de regering zijn moeilijk op waarde te schatten. Het regime weerspreekt nagenoeg ieder bericht over tegenslagen voor heen in eerste instantie.
Art.:
www.nu.nl/buitenland/2582526/zoon-kadda...

dovenews Libyan™
Missiles fell on the rsidential area of #Misrata in the early hrs of this morning, fire in som buildngs fortunately no rports of casualties

1 martyr & 14 injured since last night & this morning in west #Misrata’s frontline. ~libya

Khamis Gaddafi’s death was a ploy, air strike had killed 32 Gforces, NATO said it conducted 117 air sorties Thursday

Reuters
Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict
David Brunnstrom

Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.

  • The government of Muammar Gaddafi denied a rebel report on Friday that a NATO air strike had killed the Libyan leader’s powerful son Khamis, commander of one of the government’s most loyal and best-equipped units.
  • Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the report of Khamis Gaddafi’s death was a ploy to cover up the killing of a civilian family in Zlitan, a battlefront city where Gaddafi forces are trying to halt the rebel advance on Tripoli.
     A rebel spokesman said the air strike had killed 32 Gaddafi loyalists in Zlitan, where Khamis Gaddafi’s elite 32nd Brigade is believed to have been leading the stand to defend the approaches to Tripoli, 160 km (100 miles) away.

    Full report:
    www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/05/us-l...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zliten: Fierce fighting between #Freedomfighters & #Gaddafi filth in #SouqAlThulatha & at #Alzayit Bridge. #Libya #Feb17

How #Gaddafi filth in #Nafousa treat prisioners: Gaddafi filth cell phone video: t.co/EElnahR #Libya #Feb17 @UN
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExCcjhkUyyI&fea...

Criminal government of #Turkey continues supplying aid to #Gaddafi. Due to their criminal acts, Turkey should NOT be admitted to #EU. #Libya

Via Hominoid
Juppe: our forces to Gaddafi wrong

Said French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, we made a mistake in estimating the size of the resistance forces Gaddafi, saying that international military intervention in Libya did not reach the degree of stagnation.
Juppe said – according to the French – “did not talk for a lightning war in Libya,” stressing that the rebels in their fight against the advancing forces of Gaddafi.
The French Foreign Minister, most of the regions and cities in Libya are effectively controlled by the Transitional National Assembly, and the rebels advancing towards Tripoli, in the West, noting that he will continue this military pressure.
Juppe ruled out, for any splits in the ranks of rebel forces after the assassination of their leader, the military, Major General Abdel-Fattah Younis.

dovenews Libyan™
Japanese envoy meets with NTC in Bengahzi. #Libya #NTC #Japan #Bengahzi

libyanandproud
Except Gaddafi, Bashar, and Assad , we are all part of the human community.

AWACS identify location : “ff” helios drop ff at location with aircover !

wheelertweets James Wheeler
I’ve spoken several times to the brother of Sami Amer, the #Libyan FF with Australian citizenship who was killed in Qwaleesh. The Australian

..government (DFAT) has also made contact with him as a result. Kudos to DFAT. Great follow up, once they became aware.

Very commendable. They got in touch with me right away and have been ultra responsive.

A few days ago, I was in a hot, dilapidated Tunis flat with a few young doctors (residents) from #Tripoli.

One of them had food poisoning.was there with a friend of his, who (literally) ran to the pharmacy to buy some medicine for him shortly after we arrived.

That’s one of the multitude of cash purchases made everyday in Tunisia for sick & injured #Libyans..

The next day, that young medical resident went back to #Tripoli. He was only in Tunis for about a week & couldn’t stand it.

He said the regime is making it easy for people to come back to #Tripoli.

#Gaddafi has the city under such tight control that he would rather have young men there, under his thumb, instead of fighting or causing him troubleelsewhere. Apparently he was right. We confirmed that he made it across the border and is safely back home in #Tripoli. For now.

Maybe denial & a feeling of being powerless for some. Also disorganization & ivory tower higher up.

plemochoe
#libya Over several months, commenters agree on one thing: the FF cannot win a military victory against Gaddafi. But they are winning.

#libya The FF will clear out #zliten and take #tiji. G is multiplying the number of his PR stunts but not his real counterattacks

#libya One indication of this weakness: they have decided to do a Zawiyah-style pogrom in al-Khums before it comes under attack

#libya But there are not many civilians left to torture between the mountains and Tripoli. The FF in the west could even go around Gharyan.

#libya The number of G trolls has been increasing – many from Eastern Europe. I find this a good sign actually. They have nothing else

February 17 rebels Sabha
News agency, solidarity
Quoting a correspondent in the city of Benghazi, the arrests continued on elements of the fifth column, after the investigation and the ongoing work by national security forces in the city of Benghazi, and also confirmed that the National Security personnel have arrested most of the escapees from prisons in the last few days.

Almnarhllaalam Home
News Agency of solidarity
Quoting a rebel ….. Violent clashes between al-Qadhafi and the rebels to the north and south axes of the city of Brega and news of casualties among the rebels.
He also added that the NATO forces bombed al-Gaddafi in the city.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya after again resupplying the #Gaddafi regime. #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “ANWAAR ALNASER” remains anchored in port of #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” now posing as Gaddafi OIL TANKER “AISHA” in attempt to evade detection. FAIL! #Libya #Feb17

MUST READ:
The West
Australia
Analysis: Seeking leverage, Libya foes stoke propaganda war
William Maclean, Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – Mired in a slow-moving ground war, Libya’s warring parties are turning to propaganda to try to splinter each other’s support base and gain leverage in talks on a political settlement.
Muammar Gaddafi is playing on fears among Libyans that Western-based rebels will tip the country deeper into chaos. The opposition’s message is that only an end to Gaddafi’s 41-year-old rule can bring peace, stability and justice.
The war of words is not new: Both sides took to the airwaves and the Internet within hours of the February start of a revolt against Gaddafi’s government.
But now international contacts are under way on a political solution, both sides are looking more urgently at psychological warfare to boost negotiating clout in the absence of a decisive military move in Libya’s deserts, mountains and towns.
An eye-catching example of the information struggle emerged on Wednesday when one of Gaddafi’s sons aired the possibility of an alliance with Islamist “terrorists,” a startling U-turn after the government’s previous insistence that its main enemy in the conflict was al Qaeda.

“It’s childish scare tactics,” U.S.-based Libyan activist Hafed al-Ghwell told Reuters. “The logic is, ’Let’s frighten the hell out of the West by suggesting we’ll ally with Islamists.’”
“He knows very well that if Islamists ever move on Tripoli, their first target will be Gaddafi and his family.”

Ashour Shamis, a UK-based opposition activist and editor, said Islam’s remarks showed the Gaddafi camp was “absolutely desperate. It’s pathetic.”
Full story:
au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/998...

Sirtawi
Great news from #Sirte! High preparations among locals to unify their ranks against the regime. Allahu Akbar! #Libya #Feb17

Recent statement from FF in #Houn (South of Sirte) t.co/xaq0j6X via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dHBmuk1tDA&fea...

AFP
Top US senator: Kadhafi will ‘never’ again rule Libya

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Libya’s Moamer Kadhafi will “never run the country again,” US Senator John Kerry insisted Friday, although he urged patience over the embattled strongman’s departure from power.
“Kadhafi will never run the country again under any circumstances whatsoever,” Kerry told US broadcaster MSNBC
Kerry stressed that Western forces “have prevented slaughter from taking place in a number of communities (in Libya) and we’ve given these folks an opportunity to decide their future, particularly those who are pressing for democracy and for rights.”
Link:
old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110805/pl_af...

FreeLibyan
When we asked 4 #Freedom, these countries said NO, #China #Russia #Brazil #SouthAfrica #Algeria #KSA #Chad These r the enemies of freedom

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO thwarted #Gaddafi forces naval landing on the coast of #Misrata. #Libya #Feb17

Reports that anti- #Gaddafi’s in #Sirte are from all different tribes in the city. #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” posing as Gaddafi OIL TANKER "AISHA” to avoid detection, now posing as OIL TANKER “FARWA”. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

#Tripoli: Reports of dozens of vehicles of #Gaddafi filth surrounding area of #AlDrebe to prevent any basics supplies

#Turkey IS still supplying #Gaddafi. Several Turkish ship have recently left Tripoli port, more on their way from Turkey

Freedomgroup
MISRATA (BRQ): 80 bodies were seen on the shore in Misrata last night. The bodies are those of Gaddafi forces that were hurled from their boats when they were shelled by NATO, last night. The soldiers were attempting to enter the city via the sea by boats.
Photo:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1422822...

Now Lebanon
NATO planes bomb Tripoli, rebels sabotage key pipeline

About 10 loud explosions rocked the city around 1:30 a.m., an AFP journalist said.

Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim meanwhile said late Thursday that rebel forces had sabotaged a pipeline in the Jebel Nefussa region, a mountainous area southeast of Tripoli.
“The rebels turned off a valve and poured cement over it,” he said, adding that this would lead to a shortage of electricity in the capital as oil and gas were used at the Zawiyah refinery to generate power.
Kaaim said food and medicine supplies were spoiling in the capital due to long power cuts. Tripoli residents complained Thursday of extensive blackouts and an acute shortage of gas canisters.

NATO “wants to create a humanitarian crisis in Libya while the aim of its mission is to protect civilians,” Kaaim added
The Qaddafi regime meanwhile tried to split the fractious Libyan opposition by claiming an alliance with Islamists.
Full art.:
www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.a...

FromJoanne Joanne
TRIPOLI Dep Minister #KhaledKaim LIES WHY there = NO ELECTRICITY Says; FF Turned OFF a Valve and cemented it

Brega FF Commander says FF High Morale & firmly in control Holding their positions Advancing slowly due to Mines in the sanddunes #Libya

A U.S. military investigation has concluded that an unarmed Navy drone that disappeared along the coast in central Libya in June while conducting a surveillance mission was probably shot down by forces loyal to #Gaddafi.

THIS IS A MUST READ:
Hominoid
CHAD Part 1 If there is one that needs serious nail-biting anxiety in recent times because of what is happening in Libya, it’s Deby, Sultan in his spare time, and inveterate screwed dictator in power 21 years in Chad, against winds and tides, and even to the dismay of all he has to Nicolas Sarkozy, came plainly in conflict Libyan. Taking up the cause of Muammar Gaddafi. Without even hiding. This does not bode well!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011: The corresponding Ndjamena clock in amazement found an impressive contingent of about three thousand soldiers armed to the teeth, and in battle, camped for four days near the fortress of Ounianga (area in the extreme north of Chad, bordering on Libya).

After verification by looking at things more closely, it proved conclusively that they were indeed elements of the defense forces in the Chadian war footing, certainly not from bivouac at the edge of the Libyan border for a picnic.

More troubling in N’djamena he said emphatically last week in the barracks in the capital, as almost all vehicles, “Toyota 4×4 Pick-up” belonging to the Joint Military Commission – in charge of the search N’djamena weapons – has simply been taken over by the Presidential bodyguard to be sent post-haste to the north of Chad, to reinforce the military contingent set to Ounianga.

What seems at least to explain and corroborate the sudden and inexplicable shortage of diesel, and even regular fuel, to the Chadian capital during the weekend of July 23 to 25 this year. Evidence now established that a significant amount of fuel was simply routed to Sabha in Libya.

CHAD Part 2 Anyway, in the Chadian capital, where some languages, have little slow to loosen it even more frantically whispers that to elude the vigilance of the French troops stationed in Chad – and especially NATO – Deby would not found better than to paint the famous military vehicles leaving from Ounianga to Libya with the colors and symbols of the Movement for Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) of Khalil Ibrahim – whose real elements roam Libyan territory on the borders of Chadian-Libyan border, not far from their base in Maten-Sarra.

It is therefore clear that the dictator does not skimp on Deby no way to rescue his mentor Qaddafi increasingly weakened clinging desperately to do anything to save his throne – poor ’African King of Kings "!
It would certainly not useful to remember that Thursday, July 21, 2011 Last Aviation NATO had struck a large column of rebel Sudanese JEM of Khalil Ibrahim (protected Gaddafi). This column consists of approximately 180 vehicles patrolling the area Waw Al-Kabir – in the south-west of the country – from Maten-Sarra, a region where the base of the JEM hosted by Gaddafi Libyan soil, to one hundred kilometers from the border with Chad.

In any case, the region that – according to informed sources – would have left the supply of vehicles, weapons and ammunition provided by Deby’s army from the base of Ounianga.

And according to reliable reports, during the NATO bombing of July 21, Abdelkerim Challo, Sudanese rebel leader who led the famous column of 180 vehicles – some of Sarra Maten-supported military Deby – a was seriously wounded in the leg and evacuated Friday, July 22 in the direction of a hospital in Tripoli.

CHAD Part 3 It must be said that the involvement makeup – but now no question of Idriss Deby – Libyan conflict in a blinding light illuminates the duplicity and cunning is capable autocrat Chad is not a bad turn around, especially given the intimate relationship that always existed between him and the future ex Guide. We still remember a few months ago, Gaddafi was able to reconcile with his cousin Khalil Ibrahim of Sudan after – on the orders of Omar al-Bashir – the Sultan was brutally

expelled the leader of the JEM Chad where he lived right same for over ten years.

How far will this support now established Deby to Gaddafi? Very clever who can say, but in the meantime, not only the No1 position of Chad is not the taste of a good part of his army, put more disturbing incident occurred in N’djamena over the weekend of 23 July 25 to no end to fuel all sorts of speculation.

According to consistent reports, the day of Saturday, July 23 has been particularly rough in the Chadian capital, where the powder spoke for nearly three hours, put all the security services on the teeth.

A deposit of arms and ammunition from the police – not far from N’djamena Airport – has suddenly caught fire around 13h local time. The raging fire, whose origin has not yet been determined, would have caused very extensive damage, if we stick to the testimony of many eyewitnesses who passed the disaster.

But according to our latest information, the finding was that over 500 million FCFA in cash would have gone up in smoke in the fire. A fire which many observers believe it would be nothing but sabotage by disgruntled military Deby.

At the corner of this thesis, two small issues arise of itself, even if a great cause migraine: Why conserve cash – especially one as comfortable sum – in a depot of arms and ammunition from the army ? Who was it?!

Latest not happy at all: Friday, July 22, 2011, A demonstration of pupils and students has been unceremoniously dispersed by security forces Deby in N’djamena. Not to mention that the people of Faya-Largeau show without interruption since Monday, July 18 against the atrocities and brutalities of the henchmen of Deby. In total, an electric atmosphere somewhat from one end to another of Chad within ten days of the inauguration ceremony that is organizing the Sultan of Chad!

libyanproud
twitpic.com/61do05 – WHAT AN UGLY MAN HANG HIM ON THE GATE TO KEEP CRIMINALS AWAY

tonybirtley tony birtley
no closer to finding out who killed abdel fattah younes and why

isalmists in islamic heartland of Derna say it wasn’t them.

NTC is Benghazi strangely quiet on who killed Younes. conspiracy theory is prevailing

Derna sent young men to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight with Mujahadien. not fanatic they say. they were forced by gadaffi to go

Free libya is changing, tolerance is not the same. No open al Qaida presence. but suspicion is growing

many questions over the killing of Younes. NTC providing few answers. why not?

Alan Juppe, the #French foreign minister, says that #NATO military operations in #Libya are not bogged down and that rebel forces have been making progress against Gaddafi’s forces.

Mohamed
Massacres continue in Syria, Libya and Yemen. A famine in Somalia. The world acts while the Arab nation slumbers. When will our soul return?

Tripolitano
Some parts swani road, south #tripoli have been without electricity for the 3rd day running.

wheelertweets James Wheeler
Hospital staffer & Zintani Mansoor in a Tunis hospital rm, Aug 4. Mansoor is helping care for his injured cousins. twitpic.com/61dp9m

Cooking Ramadan breakfast in a Tunis flat on August 3. 5-10 guys, mostly injured FFs, stay here at any given time. twitpic.com/61dxr4

AJE:
Libya’s opposition forces had planned to advance westwards to the city of Tiji, which has one of the biggest military bases loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi in the region, but it has been temporarily put on hold.

Juma Ibrahim, spokesperson for the rebels, told Al Jazeera in the Nafusa mountains that the group will not enter Tiji just yet to allow time for reconciliation efforts and to avoid inter-tribal conflict.

Opposition members say Gaddafi is responsible for sowing tensions by telling the city that the fighters are planning to attack it.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the Nafusa mountains.
Video:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...

France:
Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, says that NATO military operations in Libya are not bogged down and that rebel forces have been making progress against Gaddafi’s forces.
“We cannot speak of getting bogged down. We are five months into our operations and no one talked about a lightning war,” Juppe told France 2 television.
But, he acknowledged: “We probably underestimated the resistance that would be put up by Gaddafi’s forces.”
“Southern Libya is practically under the NTC’s control,” he said, adding that rebel forces are “making progress in the west toward Tripoli and in the Brega region” home to a strategic northern oil port off the Mediterranean Sea. Juppe said international forces would also “continue to put this military pressure” on Gaddafi.
He rejected talk of divisions within the rebels’ ranks.
“I don’t think we can talk about divisions. The causes of general Yunis’s assassination are still not completely known but the changing of the guard was assured and we have confidence in the NTC leaders.”

AFP:
Libyan state television reports that NATO warplanes have been bombing the capital, Tripoli, early this morning.
An AFP journalist reported that 10 loud explosions were heard this morning at around 1:30am (2330GMT).
Libyan television said that “civilian and military sites” in the Tripoli suburb of Khellat al-Ferjan had been targetted by NATO.

Italy:
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has urged NATO to formally investigate reports that an alliance warship failed to come to the rescue of a boat stranded off Libya on which as many as 100 migrants died.
The Italian coast guard rescued many passengers Thursday night but there were reports that as many as 100 others died from lack of water and food after the boat was stranded for five days with engine problems.

CS Monitor:
According to Libya’s rebels, Muammar Qaddafi’s son Khamis – leader of the Khamis Brigade, one of the country’s most elite fighting units and most feared elements of Qaddafi’s regime – was killed in an overnight NATO raid on the western town of Zlitan. The rebels say that spies among Qaddafi’s forces told them about Khamis’s death and that it was confirmed in radio dispatches from Qaddafi’s troops that they overheard.

Tripolitano says:
GNMTC went bankrupt in the 90s while owning more than 21 vessels cus of corruption

List of vessels owned by GNMTC. t.co/3YuFWei Most were operated by foreign companies under other national flags. Mostly Malta
or: www.gnmtc.com/default.php?pname=Fleet&la=1

Hanibal came bk to Libya after yrs in Cyprus and Lebanon makin money in transporting Libyan oil by having monopoly to his co. Based there

Hanibal thought he can b the savior of GNMTC and came bk attracting money for it from his dad. Having da prestige of being honorary chairman

Hanibal then tried to bring back the vessels that Libya already owned(& was operated by other counties then leased bk2 National Oil Company)

Staff of GNMTC were very demoralized. Overworked and were not rewarded enough for their work.

The operations manager fled to tunis at the start of the revolution. Called Hanibal and told him he couldn’t work anymore. Not sure if he bk

Hanibal himself wanted to flee and there r rumors that he was turned bk from Tunisian border once. He was also against his father’s actions!

AJE:
International charities have called on NATO to improve its response to the humanitarian situation created by the conflict in Libya, in particular drawing attention towards the plight of refugees.
“Humanitarian corridors should be opened as a matter of urgency,” Save the Children, said in a statement. ”It is not possible to continue seeing tragedies at sea without doing anything.” Medecins Sans Frontieres said that different sides in the conflict in Libya and neighbouring countries should ”keep open their borders and offer assistance and protection to people fleeing Libya.”

Washington Post:
A U.S. military investigation has concluded that an unarmed Navy drone that disappeared along the coast in central Libya in June while conducting a surveillance mission was probably shot down by forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi.
Lt. Cmdr. Mark Walton, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 6th Fleet, says the investigation found that drone was not brought down by mechanical failure or operator error, and that because investigators were unable to examine the wreckage or the crash site, they can’t be completely sure what happened.

Mauritania:
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz met with envoys from Libya’s National Transitional Counci this week in Nouakchott to discuss the African Union plan to bring an end to violence between the rebels and troops loyal to Moamer Kadhafi. The delegation, led by Abdelmajid Seif Nasr, delivered a written message from TNC chairman Mustapha Abdel Jalil on Tuesday. Seif Nasr said in a statement on Mauritanian television,
“We are here as members of the TNC coming to meet Abdel Aziz in his capacity as president of the African Union’s ad hoc High-Level Committee on Libya. . .The goal of the visit is to talk and work together on the issue of the Libyan people.”

AP:
An international media safety group has joined calls Friday for the United Nations to investigate NATO’s bombing of Libyan television, which reportedly killed 3 people and injured 15.

CNN:
A Libyan government spokesman said Thursday that forces loyal to embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi did not fire a missile at NATO warships, as he had told reporters a day earlier. Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters that government forces were responsible for the attack, but said Thursday that his comment was “a misunderstanding.”
Ibrahim told CNN that military officials later told him they hadn’t launched a missile at the NATO fleet currently off Libya. ”We did not fire any missiles into the sea against the ship,” Ibrahim told CNN.

FromJoanne Joanne
UK journos on board #HMSLIVERPOOL wednsdy saw GaddafiForces firing 20 missiles they all crashed into the sea to the south of the ship #Libya

MOD UK: #HMSLiverpool on Wednesday came under G rocket fire for 6th time but missiles missed There were several Journalists on board #libya

Zlitniya
Unfortunately many r questioning #NATO tactics :( including residents in #Libya and a #FF just returned from #Misrata :(

Abu
Whoever helps the Arabs in their struggle for freedom will never be forgotten by the Arabs. They are on the right side of history.

libyanandproud
Breaking : #Nafusa : #Kabaw is being shelled with grads from #tiji . #Feb17 #Libya

sabha17feb
#Murzuq : Two consecutive nights of anti #Gaddafi rallies in Murzuq.

4Adam Adam
#BBC’s Orla Guerin reports from #Misrata – FF are running dangerously low of ammunition youtube.com/watch?v=qmmzfQ… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmmzfQyQTUE&fea...

Hominoid
Urgent Appeal: required treatment for kidney failure for your brothers in Mount Nefoussa
Name of the treatment: cellcebt 500 mg
Treatment II: neoval mg 50 and 25 mg
Who has any information on this treatment or can donate it, or our assistance should contact the following numbers
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FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO UK deploys 3 Warships #HMSLiverpool #HMSOcean: bearing the Apaches #HMSBangor which monitors + destroys mines #Libya

TawasulMC
Reports that #AlKufra #FreedomFighters managed to arrest a group of 5th Column today.

wheelertweets James Wheeler
Just spoke to a #Libyan charity. They said their money is for housing refugees, not helping injured FFs – they said the TNC covers that.

Maybe in a parallel universe… People visit these hospitals, see injured FFs inside, and assume everything is fine. Hardly.

septimius_
To sum up..Gaddafi is still “bravely” (hiding)/ fighting from deep inside his bunkers while his thugs are killing fellow #Libyans! #coward

libyanandproud
#Ghiryan : #NATO bombed #Gaddafi bunker in Jandooba along with depot and tanks and vehicles on #Ghiryan road today. #Feb17

hominoid
Libya Brega Massif battle this evening on three fronts could be the decisive

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Gaddafi is not only using foreign mercenaries as soldiers but also in high ranking positions as Colonels in Zletin & South #Feb17 #libya

libyanandproud
#NATO bombed #Gaddafi Compound “The Jandouba Ranch” in #Jandouba earlier today. #Feb17 #Libya
#NATO bombed #Gaddafi C&C Nodes and artillery in #Jandouba earlier today. #Feb17 #Libya

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
A section in Bu Sleem prison was known as section of innocents, who were ruled innocent by courts but Gaddafi did not release #Feb17 #libya

Lubna
The Children of #Libya are dying because of corrupt leaders. #SaveOurChildren

A Free Libyan
Sky News – Regime denies Khamis’ death. Also showed footage of him at Club Aziziya (from State TV today).

bousuwa
Gaddafi Stole Libya’s Natural Resources, Wealth, History, and Culture #GaddafiCrimes

Miss B
I was getting somewhere good, then the Libyan revolution began & took it all way.But I’ll lose everything again & again to see a free Libya.

A Free Libyan
Reports of 2 named martyrs and 23 wounded in the #Brega fighting so far tonight. #Libya #Feb17

librev2011
#Khoms: people are suffering and according to my source he said no one can imagine, less food, no electricity and G forces everywhere #Libya

#Libya the high way from #Khoms to #Tunisia borders have less checkpoints as #Gaddafi has sent more forces to front lines

FreeLibyan
After 5m of daily airstrikes by coalition, @NATO and #Gaddafi still manging 2 fire on HMS #Liverpool. My God, imagine if we left alone.

Report on exiles from Libya fleeing to Egypt
The following is the latest from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) on the situation facing migrant workers and Libyan nationals fleeing Libya as refugees.
Full report:
www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/2266/repo...

dovenews Libyan™
10s of Gaddafi forces security cars are surrounding #Aldraybi area & they are preventing supply from entering the area. #Tripoli

meshelmay Michelle May
proud of her uncle who’s been fighting on the frontline. #Misrata #Libya twitpic.com/5zt98p

Sirtawi
Our thoughts and prayers to those imprisoned during the revolution, those who remain missing, and those who are wounded #gadaficrimes #Feb17

dovenews Libyan™
5 members of Gaddafi Iintelligence were killed in the latest battle with #Emsellata’s #FF. Not so intelligent after all! #Zlitan #Misrata

libyanandproud
#NATO is bombing #Gaddafi forces in #Tiji . #Feb17 #Libya

meshelmay Michelle May
gaddafi doormats are all the rage in #Benghazi. #Libya twitpic.com/610c2l

gotta let people know I’m vegetarian b4 the next Iftar. 2nite i broke the fast w/2 pieces of french bread & half a cupcake. #Benghazi #Libya

One of my fave photos taken in #Misrata #Libya. What a night. twitpic.com/61ayk5

Abrar
From Manchester, for Libya: 5 martyrs and 3 prisoners so far. May Allah give strength and patience to their families. #Libya #Manchester

THIS IS A MUST READ!!
I was hoping this would happen!
Mercury news
Libyan rebels: NATO bombs camel weapons caravan
AP
BENGHAZI, Libya—A Libyan rebel commander said Saturday that his forces have unconfirmed reports that NATO struck and destroyed a caravan of camels carrying weapons from neighboring Chad.
Abdullah Aitha, who commands rebels fighting in the southeastern Kufra region, said the caravan was made up of hundreds of camels and carried heavy caliber machine guns, mortars and ammunition.
He said the air strike came on Friday evening in a desert 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Chad border while the caravan was headed for the city of Sebha, 400 miles (650 kilometers) south of the capital Tripoli. Sebha is a key Gadhafi stronghold deep in the country’s

southwestern deserts where much of the Libyan leader’s loyal troops hail from.
“The camels are totally burned and the weapons are all destroyed,” he told The Associated Press.
NATO could not be immediately reached for comment.
Read full story here:
www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18...