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SUMMARY AUGUST 11 2011
8/11/2011
8.11.2011
Lesson of the day: don’t tweet major news while breaking your fasting! You will get everyone confused ( even yourself)
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/AeNlD
NATO
On August 10th, NATO aircraft flew 134 sorties, including 46 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the Vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammo Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Brega: 2 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Gharyan: 1 Armed Vehicle, 1 Anti Aircraft System.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 3 Armed Vehicles, 1 Surface to Air Missile.
In the vicinity of Sebha: 1 Militairy Facility, 1 Bunker, 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Radar Site.
In the vicinity of Tawurgha: 3 Command and Control Nodes, 2 Military Storage Facilities.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Military Facility, 1 Command and Control Node.
In the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanem: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Mon am: RAF aircraft conducted precision strikes on ammunition and vehicle depot & military communications facility, both nr Zlitan. #Libya
Mon am: An armed reconnaissance patrol over Brega, in the east of the country, identified and destroyed two armed pick-up trucks. #Libya
Night 8/9 Aug: RAF jets bombed Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour. Ship retained offensive capability despite previous NATO air strike damage
Overnight 8/9 August: RAF strike inflicted further serious damage to Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour and left the vessel taking on water.
Night 8/9 Aug: RAF aircraft attacked command & control node & weapons depot in Bir al Ghanam in the Djebel Nafousa, & staging post in Zlitan
Tuesday night: RAF patrol returned to Zlitan and conducted a precision strike on a barracks and military staging post. #Libya
Wed: Armed reconnaissance patrol identified and destroyed an armed truck at Az Aziziyah, near Tripoli. #Libya
Wed night: Tornado GR4s launched from RAF Marham, launched Stormshadow missiles at command bunkers near Sebha, returned to Gioia del Colle.
These ops were supported by aircraft, incl. RAF VC10s, Tristars, Sentries and Sentinels, & the Fleet Air Arm’s Sea King ASAC helicopters.
A Free Libyan
Hearing good news from #Brega. Think it’s best to wait for official confirmation this time! #Libya #Feb17
LibyaNewMedia
2 children & 2 adults yesterday and 2 young men today died in Al Qalaa after returning & entering their mined or boobytrapped homes. #Libya
Gaddafi forces have systematically mined & boobytrapped civilian areas in Brega, Misrata & the Mountains. #Libya #Gaddafi
Many children&adults have been killed or mutilated by the mines, boobytraps & parts of cluster bombs that Gaddafi forces have placed. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “SEREN AYANOGLU” 35.9967˚/29.78247˚ now en route from
#Mersin Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” 35.1555˚/26.31207˚ now en route from #Mersin Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” now skirting NE coast of #Crete en route to #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
CONFIRMED: #UK will send 4 more Tornado warplanes to support #NATO mission in #Libya, in addition to 12 already deployed. #Feb17
#Gaddafi filth left #Gheryan via back road to attack #AlRabta (+32°12’51 N +12°54’10 E) 30 minutes ago. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” from #Mersin #Turkey to #Tripoli #Libya has anchored at 35.16035˚/26.30163˚ ( #Crete). #Feb17 @NATO
Mahmood Shammam:
We will release a couple of calls everyday through Libya Al Ahrar TV
We could monitor these calls through high tech equipments we sent to tripoli through trusted people in the Gaddafi inner circle
We have got more than 2000 phone calls recorded for Gaddafi and his assistants. These recordings have been handed to ICC
“We have a recording to Gaddafi asking to kill one of the high political figure” NTC”
محمود شمام :لدينا حتى الان اكثر من 2000 مكالمة لمسئولي نظام القذافي .. من خلال اجهزة متطورة موجودة لذا ثوارنا في طرابلس زودتنا بها الدول الصديقة .. لدينا تسجيل للقذافي يطلب فيها قتل احد المسئولين وقدمناها للمحكمة الدولية .. ونتوقع ان يضاف اسم البغدادي للمطلوبين للمحكمة الدولية.
لدينا مكالمة يطلب فيها القذافي تصفية أحد اهم رجاله السياسيين
BREAKING NEWS: A battle is under-way at the moment in #brega and #FFs are advancing #libya
معركة جارية الآن في البريقة
BREAKING NEWS: Battle just started around #Shelahuda A small town 3-5 km from #Zawiyah junction. Heavy exposions are heard from far away. #Libya #feb17
Breaking news: A big battle is taking place in tawarga at the moment
Reuters:
Tunisia has intercepted 5 truckloads of fuel set to be smuggled into Libya, in a move to curb an illegal trade which is helping to keep Gaddafi in power
رويترز: صادرت تونس 5 شاحنات تنقل وقوداً قبل تهريبه الى ليبيا في خطوة تستهدف منع تجارة غير مشروعة تساعد القذافي على البقاء في السلطة، وقال متحدث باسم وزارة الداخلية التونسية ان الشاحنات صودرت في بلدة مساكن بولاية سوسة على بعد نحو 160 كيلومترا جنوبي العاصمة
Reuters:
Revolutionaries have said that the oil town of Brega is within their reach.
“This is the most important place for the oil,” rebel field commander Faraj Moftahi told Reuters behind the frontline, which runs through sand dunes topped with scrub to the east of Brega.
From a hill overlooking a turquoise Mediterranean, rebel artillery shells could be seen sending up clouds of dust and smoke on the town’s northern edge. Gaddafi’s forces responded with an occasional shell or rocket.
Associated Press:
The desert heat and Ramadan are taking its toll on the revolutionaries. Commander Fawzi BoKatif acknowledged that his forces were facing “very exhausting conditions”. He said that a lot of the revolutionaries have tried to fast, despite their commanders trying to convince them to break their fast and eat.
Libya’s rebel council said it is hoping to have an envoy in Ottawa soon.
Breaking news: some FFs are patrolling Ber Moammer 25 km from Zawiya . Few injuries & 2 deaths so far, 1 from #Zintan #libya #Surman
UPDATE: rebels pushed further than Shelahuda to a town called alnasser 10 km from Zawiyah junction, it’s too under FFs control
libyanandproud
Picture : View of Tarek Ben Ziyad mosque in #Nalut . #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/644fkw
This is a blog that was pointed out to me, you should read it!
BLOGSPOT
The Lawless and Lesser Libyan Endeavour
Is it mere coincidence that Gaddafi State TV is quoted every time the regime pulls off a PR stunt? If international media, in the name of impartiality, is adamant to justify sharing Gaddafi’s views with their viewers then why shouldn’t this occur on a frequent basis? Gaddafi’s TV has been broadcasting uninterruptedly since the start of unrest in February this year.
The majority of unquestionable fallacies beemed through Gaddafi’s channels don’t get shared with the world. Perhaps these would help people establish the logically deplorable standard of credibility Gaddafi’s media maintains. Nonetheless, Gaddafi’s carefully manipulated public shows of support and defiance or alleged incidents of NATO targeting civilians all seem to make the news. But will anyone note that when Gaddafi TV announced Hillary Clinton was in a coma, after suffering a blood clot in her brain, no one seemed to quote so-called “Libyan State TV” or switch to its deceptive screens. Nor was Gaddafi TV quoted when it displayed an egg painted green and claimed that a chicken had laid it as a sign of Gaddafi’s victory from God. Nor was Gaddafi’s TV quoted when it claimed a burning flame had turned green in farm owned by Gaddafi supporters. Nor was Gaddafi TV’s screen shown to the word when it read out the word “USE” printed on an ammo container, in the context of instructions (for “use” with), when it claimed these had been smuggled into Libya by the government of the “U.A.E.”! Nor was Gaddafi TV referenced when it used footage from Algeria showing an impaled child lying on a hospital bed and claimed that the child was from Zliten and was tortured by “rebels” from Misrata and “all because the boy was wearing green”! So why is it that when the same channel alleges civilian casualties have been caused by NATO, with no independent means of verifying such allegations, does anyone on this planet take Gaddafi’s word for it? Does anyone really believe Gaddafi’s alleged adopted daughter was killed in the 1986 US air raids or that one of his seven sons and 3 grandsons recently died in a NATO strike? Has Gaddafi TV reported the death of a single Libyan civilian as a result of the regime’s constant shelling of Libya’s besieged cities and towns since February?
Why is it that when the same channels claimed that Gaddafi supporters had produced the world’s biggest banner in aid of their beloved leader it was relayed to the world in that very manner? The fact that the production of the banner was deliberated by Gaddafi’s regime seems to have been overshadowed, alluding that average Libyan citizens, Tripoli residents, chipped in with their own pennies, time and effort to produce the banner. The very fact that a costly overblown portrait was afforded during such
difficult times reflects only the extent of psychiatric attention Gaddafi and his henchmen urgently require.
Would such displays of support happen spontaneously were it not for the full-blown military gridlock imposed on besieged parts of Libya? If NATO was targeting Libyan civilians, would anything be left standing in Tripoli; or other parts of the country where military targets have been struck?
The very manner and the level at which Gaddafi’s State TV ridiculously communicates to its Libyan viewers is offensive in every sense of the word. The incitement of hatred, the threats of violence and the worship of Gaddafi all aside, it also plays host to some of the worst attempts to fabricate stories that, if anything, reflects the low intellectual expectation attributed to Libyans by Gaddafi’s regime. Cynthia McKinney, among few other “high-profile” international political supporters of Gaddafi seemed apathetic about their reputations by appearing on these channels and further taking Gaddafi’s version of events back to their unwitting native audiences.
Quite recently on Gaddafi TV, a ration package was shown, by the infamous riffle-wielding presenter, on the basis that “rebel held” (liberated) areas in Libya were living off international food aid. However, the allegation was not merely to indicate any potential food shortages in troubled parts of the country but to accuse the “traitor rebel rats” of forcing people to eat pork. To add insult to injury the actual ration pack had the word “Beef” unmistakably printed on it. Nonetheless, Libyan viewers are assumed stupid enough to take the presenters word for it. The presenter proceeded to open the package and repeatedly claim that Libyans were now “eating pork” because of the treachery and conspiracy of the “crusading NATO rebels”. Of course, eating pork, out of choice, is forbidden in Islam. To such effect Gaddafi has so desperately played on religious sentiments since the No Fly Zone was implemented; widely interpreted though it has been. The “NATO Crusading Rebels” title seamlessly replaced the Al-Qaeda brand initially attributed to Libya’s opposition by Gaddafi. Alleged civilian victims suddenly became “Muslim Imams” targeted by the infidel crusaders.
For several months now, reports have circulated like wildfire over Gaddafi’s TV channels being taken off air by legal as well as military means. Nothing has yet materialised. Lo and behold the channels’ reporting of the UK’s riots; it has taken their propaganda to new levels of insanity. However, comparing Gaddafi’s idyllic jamahiriya with rioting Britain is nothing new to “Libyan State TV”. Segments of football hooliganism with the word “their democracy” contrasted with Libyans cheering for Gaddafi under the words “our democracy” have been a regular filler on Gaddafi TV for the past 30 odd years.
Gaddafi’s sons have also ascertained the role of the clergy. Saif and Saadi have both dabbled with Islamic doctrine to try and quash opposition to their apparently holy
father, mainly by justifying the killing of those that disobey him. Saadi even appeared showing off his collection of Islamic textbooks. These books were stacked in piles all several feet high on a bar slab in clear view of his collection of beer, wine and spirit glasses. The logical travesty of this scene aside, Gaddafi state TV still presented it as evidence of the bearded son of a dictator’s religious credibility. Libyan viewers, ignorant pathetic crowd fillers that Gaddafi assumes them to be, and having lost their ability to think for themselves, will believe the all-knowing Gaddafi household and praise his son’s inherently undisputable Islamic acumen.
Another second generation Gaddafi that hasn’t hesitated to trample all over Libya’s commonsense is Mousa Ibrahim al-Gaddafi. Use of his father’s name instead of his family name, perhaps, makes his vile decrees that little bit less cringe-worthy, although finding anything more sickening than his slimy guise of pathological lies is likely to be impossible. He openly boasts about his 15 year accolade in the UK. Surely, all Libyans have had the opportunity to enjoy state sponsored overseas studies for such duration; only to return home to a government official post. During his explanation for Mousa Kousa’s departure from Libya, he did not hesitate to admit that Libyans often sought medical treatment in Tunisia and that an ill and aging Mousa Kousa travelled there for this purpose. News of the defection aside, Mousa Ibrahim’s hesitation, at Libya’s humiliating dependency on neighbouring nations for essential services the government claims to provide, leaves little for the imagination in terms of the regime’s cover-up culture. Mousa Ibrahim Gaddafi went as far as to denounce God’s ability to decide the fate of Libyans, on live television. Perhaps the fate of Libyans is something Gaddafi alone is worthy of deciding as according to the heretic scriptures of his murderous cult, the green book, which incidentally teaches that “all Libyans are Muammar Gaddafi”.
The world sadly embraced the regime’s second generation, as it indirectly did Gaddafi, and had no issue in grooming them for the roles they prematurely and unlawfully began to inherit. Syria’s current massacre is living proof of despot descendants keeping it in the family. You’d think the sons would lighten up a little but the bastard’s tend to take to their bastard fathers. So was it wrong of the world’s conscience to have pandered to Gaddafi over the past decade or so? After all, Gaddafi’s regime splashed so much cash around it made internet porn seem scarce; billions on hedge funds and hundreds of millions on leisure alone. The Gaddafis’ self bestowed right to burn Libyan money was not for anyone to judge, was it? Their father funded terrorism, he let a few thousand heads role here and there, but he got away with it and that’s what counts. He must have been on to something. His sons were buying real-estate, hosting fashion shows, throwing VIP parties, sponsoring art, sport and education institutions. What was not to like? They weren’t just on our side in the War on Terror, filling their jails with bearded men, or just stopping waves of African migrants washing up on Europe’s shores and not enslaving them in any way. They had plans to make Libya the Norway of North Africa. Plus, their slobbering accents conveniently reinstated our intellectual superiority. That was always going to be a bonus. Of course, we let them
have their fun, PhDs, prizes, titles… the works! Simply too much was at stake for Western and Eastern corporate interests. Why scratch the surface? Libyans opposed to Gaddafi could count their blessings for being granted refugee status in Europe and America. Minimum wage, baby! Bloody immigrants can count their blessings for making it to the Free World. Libyans in Libya were left to deal with it. Exiled, imprisoned or executed loved ones? Victims of torture or persecution themselves? Time was meant to be the greatest healer! Libyans were not exactly at risk of starvation like other African nations, which we all trusted Gaddafi would do something about; the African visionary that he is (wink, wink…).
All we needed to know about Libya was whatever Gaddafi’s multimillion contract PR agents came up with; even if it meant the terms human rights, reform and democracy in the same sentence as Gaddafi, or with any of the names of his budding spawn! Come on, the image really worked for a while, didn’t it? You see, sometimes, when the price is really, really right, we just tend to go with the flow.
Source:http://unboundcore.blogspot.com/
ENES SENUSSI
20th of #Ramadan (D-Day) (Zero-Hour) to free #Tripoli, Prepare for a day that will go down in history. Insha Allah!!
#Saif Alarab Gadafi FF saw him in #Germany, Last #April #Saif Alarab was arrested for a traffic ticket #GadafiLies #Libya
Libya Free Forever.
Important #Mitiqa air base #Tripoli there are Cars with Independence flag and FF tags, it is a TRAP #FF be careful. #GadafiCrimes #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports of a convoy of 60 #Gaddafi cars w/ missile launchers from #Gheryan to #AlRabta via Aburshada Street. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
ViaFB:
BREAKING NeWS :SEBHA
the gaddafi loyalists came out and protested yesterday in favour of the regime from Almanshiya and Abdulkafy and Aljadeed along with their daughters; the sounds of celebration were loud and clear in Sebha from 3 to 4:30 am
BREAKING NEWS :Murzuq
the people of Murzuq came out in demonstrations against the regime last night; the living conditions there are awful and the electricity has been cut off for around 9 days along with the short supply of all other necessities
Libyan state TV said on Thursday that Prime Minister David Cameron was using “Irish and Scottish mercenaries” to tame riots in England.
The New Age
Libyan farmers search battlefields for lost camels
A dozen ruddy-faced men rest their arms on a wall and peer anxiously into a dust-filled enclosure on the outskirts of the besieged western Libyan city of Misrata.
They are farmers, here in search of their camels.
At a giant sorting station near Misrata, 35-year-old Milad Ramadan Emgedip helps keep the 300 camels, 50 cows and 5,000-plus sheep they have found so far — dishing out meal and administering what inoculations he can until the owners turn up.
Every once in a while he gets a new tip about the fate of his herd: A Gaddafi soldier found dead with papers documenting the ownership of some of his prized camels brought from Saudi Arabia, or a few animals found dead.
“I have even heard that some of my camels were used on the front line, put in front of Gaddafi’s troops as they moved forward. I did find some that died from bullet wounds, but who knows.” Asked if he will rebuild the farm, El-Gemal is resolute. “Of course. I am going to do this.”AFP
Full story:
www.thenewage.co.za/25392-1019-53-Libya...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#France navy assault ship #Mistral in #Malta from #Libya ops
Himinoid
FFs have managed to capture a number of mercenaries in the ranks of al-Gaddafi at the front of Zliten, who are African
Daily Star
AFP
Protesters break into Libya embassy in Sweden: police
“At least one person is hanging out through a window,” he said, adding the person appeared to be threatening to jump and that rescue services were setting up an inflatable mattress below the window.
“I don’t know how high up it is,” he said.
Around 15 police patrols had arrived at the scene and blocked off the embassy building and the surrounding area.
Read more:
www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2...
TV Gaddafi:
Britain rebels on the outskirts of Liverpool in the combat with the battalions of Cameron
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya civilians started to leave wadi hay a village on the road to aziziya which is 50 kilometers from tripoli
#Libya rebels negotiating with civilians to flee towns on road to azaziyah before they push forward
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Misrata: 1 martyr & 10 injured reported in a sweep operation of Tawergha #feb17 #Libya
AFP
Libya rebels hit trying to take heat off Misrata
MISRATA, Libya — Libyan loyalists killed one rebel and wounded 10 others as the insurgents moved on the town of Taurga in a bid to snuff out rocket fire on the besieged city of Misrata, medics said on Thursday.
Inside the western port city, many streets were deserted as residents sought respite indoors from the summer heat during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, an AFP correspondent said.
Rebels had taken up defensive positions in the Souk Talat area of the city, which the regime of strongman Moamer Kadhafi claimed in recent days was entirely under its control.
Source:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
sabha17feb
Sebha : NATO bombed Fares brigade and the airport , no electricity or water .
Haaretz:
The Libyan government said Tuesday that a NATO airstrike near the western city of Zlitan had killed 85 villagers, including children, state television reported – a claim swiftly called into question by the military alliance.
Footage showed what the broadcaster said were the burned bodies of at least three children under the age of 9 in a hospital. It also showed women and children being treated for injuries. The country is to hold a three-day mourning for the deaths, the channel reported.
The report said the victims were from the village of Majar, which is near Zlitan, to the east of the capital Tripoli, where NATO forces have been intensifying their strikes on government troops.
NATO:
NATO spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said the Libyan claim of civilian casualties in an airstrike near the western front-line town of Zlitan “was not corroborated by available factual information at the site.”
NATO aircraft hit a staging base and military accommodation 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Zlitan, Lavoie said from the operational command in Naples, Italy. Four buildings and nine vehicles within the compound were struck with precision-guided munitions, he said.
“With our surveillance capabilities, we monitored this military compound very carefully before striking it,” Lavoie said. “A number of military or mercenary casualties were expected due to the nature of the activity we monitored.”
“Our assessment, based on the level of destruction of the buildings, confirms the likelihood of military and mercenary casualties,” he said.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
TNC has 2000 recorded calls of Gaddafi regime. In one call, handed to ICC, Gaddafi orders assassination of a poilitician #feb17 #Libya
Last night call betn Ahmed Rumdan & Baghdadi AlMahmudi plotting assassinatn of Mahmud Jibreel of NTC was aired on Libya Ahrar #feb17 #Libya
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Gaddafi minders forced foreign journos to go on a Gvnt trip back to Zliten Wed-day when many did not want to/could not for deadline reasons
Journos forced to stay on the #Gaddafi Gvnt bus against our will. Minder told me it was “sightseeing tour” and I had to stay for my safety.
Abdul
#rebels are in #WadiAlHay junction, after the #Zawiya junction on the road to #alazizia, residents of #wadi alhay started to leave #libya
Battle just started around #Shelahuda A small town 3-5 km from #Zawiyah junction.
Heavy bangs are heard from far away, no #Nato so far
#rebels pushed further than #Shelahuda to a town called #alnasser 10 km from #Zawiyah junction, it’s too under #rebel control #shelghuda
Some probing #rebels said they were so close that they saw #Zawiya bridge from far away this morning. #Zawia #Zawya #Tripoli #libya
alnasser has just been cleared, it’s after #shalguda, #alrabta hasn’t been cleared, negotiating civilians now
Many civilian cars are entering #Nafousa through #birghanam as we speak. They r from #WadiAlHay
Feb17
REUTERS
Revolutionaries have said that the oil town of Brega is within their reach.
“This is the most important place for the oil,” rebel field commander Faraj Moftahi told Reuters behind the frontline, which runs through sand dunes topped with scrub to the east of Brega.
From a hill overlooking a turquoise Mediterranean, rebel artillery shells could be seen sending up clouds of dust and smoke on the town’s northern edge. Gaddafi’s forces responded with an occasional shell or rocket.
AP:
The desert heat and Ramadan are taking its toll on the revolutionaries. Commander Fawzi BoKatif acknowledged that his forces were facing “very exhausting conditions”. He said that a lot of the revolutionaries have tried to fast, despite their commanders trying to convince them to break their fast and eat.
Al Jazeera English
The police have been called to the Libyan embassy in Stockholm after six demonstrators entered the embassy, threatening to jump out of the window if their demand is not met, Swedish media reports.
They are demanding the embassy stops aiding Gadaffi. Emergency services have put inflatable mattresses on the ground and police is trying to make contact with those inside. A group of demonstrators holding Libyan flags are standing outside.
Palm Maple:
Here is a summary of an opinion by @navyjoc1655 a very experienced military man who asked me to pass his advice around: FF need Medics near the frontline for triage and they need few small flat trucks with mattresses to relay and evacuate the wounded quickly to field hospitals. It is a waste that in this case (the Video) a battle gun truck was called upon to evacuate the wounded.
Also; FF should carry feminine napkins as emergency compression dressings for wounds if no medics were available on front lines (sanitary towel, sanitary pad, menstrual pad, such as: Always / Whisper, Kotex, Stayfree, etc). They need to be used to compress wounds as an easy bandage solution. In Naffusa Mountains (where most of the civil population has fled to Tunisia) getting feminine stuff might not be as easy as @navyjoc1655 think (living in USA). However; planning to get such supply from Tunisia might be easier than getting some specialized first aid kits; especially with the lack of enough trained medics.
Finally, I would like to remind all my friend of a discussion we had 6 weeks ago about the need for Field Hospitals on the Front line in the Naffusa Mountains. We discussed how having one (Donated by Qatar) in Daffaniya reduces the death rate of injuries from 21% to 3%. I think it is time to make another appeal to NTC and Allied countries (maybe UAE & Kuwait this time or even Qatar again) to donate/fund more than one; as there are multiple fronts in the Mountains. I’m just imagining that; if the US donated some of the medical equipment marked ‘scrap soon’ from its Sixth Fleet Ships in the Mediterranean, it will go long way to save FF lives (and it would not brake their commitment not to provide ‘lethal help’.
Probably; we need to start 2 internet appeals; (1) to the NTC to try to solicit and organize these; (2) direct appeal to the Allies (with special emphasis on Arab Gulf states) to donate what is needed.
Battle of Wadi Al-Athel 8 8 2011 معركة محمية وادي الاثل
Libya, Libye, 8 August 2011, battle for the liberation of Wadi Al-Atel (north west of Bir Al Ghanem on the road to Surman). Nefusa fighters (in this video commandos from the city of Zentan) continue their offensive against Gaddafi’s criminal militias and black mercenary thugs, chadians and tuaregs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJq3nmxdKh4&fea...
Free Libyia
A group in Egypt calling itself Tayar #Libya Alwast تيار ليبيا الوسط is a group headed by Gaddafi thug Ahmed Gaddafi El Dam. #Pathetic
KUNA
Ban frustrated at “absolute lack of progress” to find political solution to Libya
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (KUNA) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon late Wednesday spoke by phone with Libya’s Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi to express his frustration at the “absolute lack of progress” in finding a political solution to the Libyan crisis, his press office said in a statement.
“The Secretary-General told the Prime Minister he was very troubled that there had been an absolute lack of progress in the efforts to find a politically negotiated solution to the crisis in Libya, despite the efforts of his Special Envoy (abdul Elah Al-Khatib),” the statement said.
He said all sides “must commit to a political process” and urged the Prime Minister to "respond constructively to the Special Envoy’s ideas on this topic.
" Al-Khatib proposed recently to the Security Council simultaneously establishing a credible ceasefire and creating an institutional mechanism for the management of the transition.
Ban also denied a Libyan media report that he would invite the Security Council to convene a special session on Libya.
He recalled that the Security Council was recently briefed on Libya and that Member States had reiterated “shared concerns about the continuing loss of life and destruction of infrastructure.” Ban also expressed concern about the loss of innocent civilian lives as a result of the fighting and the lack of medical supplies and fuel, which added greater urgency to the need to address the humanitarian needs of the Libyan people.
Libyan Rebels have been trying since February to oust Colonel Gaddafi from power after ruling Libya with an iron fist for over four decades.(end) sj.asa KUNA 111126 Aug 11NNNN
Sarah
I wish that #Gaddafi is virtual so that #Anonymous can hack him. #Libya #17feb #FBisDying
ZINTAN:
#NATO of the mountain ( #Zintan ) guys r flooding toward #alnaser (25 km from #Zawiya ). Game will be over soon. #libya #Nafousa #Zawia #FFs
Via FB:
Libya opposition fighters pushed further north in the west Battles happening in nasr town not far from Zawiyah
مراسلة الجزيرة في الجبل الغربي:
الثوار يتقدمون باتجاه الشمال الغربي وهناك معارك تحدث الان قرب بلدة ناصر بالقرب من الزاوية
الله اكبر
Almanara:
#Brega #Libya // Press Solidarity: A reliable source mentioned that the freedom fighters have managed to gain control of the Pipelines Factory which belongs to the Man Made River Company.
Al-Najm university was surrounded by the Freedom Fighters after 2:00am, then the Freedom fighters gained control of the university.
From another point, our correspondent has mentioned that #Gaddafi forces shelled Brega city with rockets and artillery after the freedom fighters captured about 3 quarters of the city.
Topuniversities.com
GLOBAL: Libyan students call for help
Thousands of Libyan students enrolled in universities and colleges in Australia, Britain, Egypt, South Arica and the US face suspension of their monthly stipend from the
government in Tripoli, possibly by the end of August. Many students fear reprisals for holding protests against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi should they return home, but the British and US governments have promised to do what they can to ensure the students will be able to complete their courses.
Australian universities said they were trying to help more than 600 Libyan students enrolled in their institutions while another 500 students are in English language or other colleges and are also on Libyan government scholarships. The Libyan embassy in Canberra has told students it can no longer access funds in Tripoli, which will leave students unable to pay their tuition fees or living expenses.
In the US Libyan assets, which include the Libyan-North American Scholarship Programme, were frozen by the US government in February after the outbreak of civil war in Libya. An estimated 1,900 Libyan students are studying at US universities and English language schools, whose tuition fees, medical cover and living allowances in most cases have been paid for by the scholarship programme.
The US State Department said in May that money would be provided to enable students to continue their studies in America until 2012.
In March, the Canadian Bureau for International Education received permission to use payments of around US$1.3 million from Libya‘s Ministry of Education already in its possession to continue helping Libyan students. But the total cost of the programme is forecast to exceed $200 million this academic year and more funds will be needed.
In Britain, Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would do all it could to maintain funding for Libyans pursuing academic qualifications. Hague said UK authorities had put off expelling diplomats loyal to Gaddafi until it had been established the students would not see their financial support crumble.
“I want to reassure them that we are working closely with Libya’s national transitional council and the relevant banks and will do all we can to make sure that they and their families will continue to receive the funds to which they are entitled,” he said.
The Foreign Office estimates that 8,000 Libyan students and their dependants are living in Britain but has said that arrangements have been made to ensure money for students would remain ring-fenced.
In Canberra, Chief Executive of Universities Australia Dr Glenn Withers said universities were aware of the ongoing plight facing many sponsored Libyan students, as well as those in English language and other colleges who, “through no fault of their own”, faced the loss of their income.
“Individual universities are doing all they can to provide support for students facing difficulties,” Withers said. “This includes the offer of assistance with enrolment when fee difficulties are experienced and the provision of counselling and advice. Universities Australia itself is working closely with the government to find long-term solutions to the issue”.
Many of the students who came to Australia with their families now fear they will be left homeless and unable to support themselves. A small group held a protest on the steps of the state parliament in Melbourne last month, with student spokesman Ishmael Elefrjani saying the students would like the federal government to release money that is currently frozen.
“We need just to release the frozen money,” Elefrjani said. “Most of us have families and we don’t want to be homeless. We don’t want to keep our kids without food.”
He said that if the funds could not be released, the students would appeal to the government for short-term financial assistance. Students met the Libyan ambassador recently but were told the funds supporting their living expenses would dry up next month.
“The ambassador said the embassy can pay up until August but then they will not have any money to give us,” Elefrjani said. “So now there is a negotiation between the embassy and the Australian government to try and sort out this problem.”
He said most of the students fear persecution and uncertainty if they returned to Libya. “We organised some demonstrations over here and our speech, our photos, everything was reported over there,” Elefrjani said. “If that situation is still there in Libya, we cannot go home.”
As University World News reported in March, thousands of Libyan students were studying in other countries and many could decide to seek asylum should the Gaddafi regime maintain control.
Since 2007, the Libyan Committee for Higher Education has announced a series of scholarships for more than 7,000 students for graduate and postgraduate studies overseas. The destinations selected were Australia, Canada, Egypt, South Africa and the United States.
A briefing document prepared by the UK Trade and Investment organisation last year said the Libyan government had allocated more than 3,000 scholarships for study in Britain every year. The document said this was worth more than £160 million to UK universities and colleges in fees.
The Australian government is expecting refugee applications from Libyan students who say they fear torture if they are forced to return home and the Gaddafi regime is still in power. As well as having their tuition fees paid, the students receive a monthly cash allowance of AUD3,300 (US$3,630) for a couple and AUD2,300 for a single student paid through the embassy.
Withers said the welfare of students was the top priority for all universities: “It is important that we do all we can to ensure the Australian educational experience for international students is rich, rewarding and safe, and that hard working students can complete their degrees”, he said.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING NEWS: Tawarga has been fully liberated! #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: BREGA: AJ: FFs liberated the third residential area البريقة – قناة الجزيرة | الثوار يسيطرون على المنطقة السكنية الثالثة
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya rebels set up checkpoint just 30 kilometers south of the coastal city of zawiyah
#Libya rebels tell us it is a matter of days before they make their final push towards zawiyah
Almanara:
#Libya // Press solidarity: Quoting our correspondent in #Brega city, AlArqoub road/way has been liberated which is south of the city and leads to Sirte fuel company gate as the freedom fighters confirmed that the lights of these gates are clear in front of them.
AJA:
The 3rd Area in #Brega has been liberated.
Tripoli council"مجلس طرابلس"
- استطاع ثوار الجبل الأشاوس هزيمة كتائب القذافي المرابطة في منطقة تاقنيت شرق ككلة، وقد فر من تبقى منهم إلى منطقة الرابطة والآن تدور معارك عنيفة بهدف تحريرها، يشار إلى أن قوة ثوار الجبل ( غريان والاصابعة والقلعة وككلة) نفذوا هذه العملية بشكل خاطف اليوم ما أربك الكتائب وخاصة وأن الهجوم نُفذ من ثلاث جهات وغنموا خلالها سيارتين وأسلحة وذخائر بكميات كبيرة جداَ.
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
Some more news here:
MENA Digest
paper.li/K_H_Jordan
Sarah
#Feb17 : It was just a peaceful demo.. #Libya #GaddafiCrimes twitpic.com/64d4eb
CNN TWEET:
@IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Amnesty International demands NATO probe Aug 8 airstrikes in Majer, which allegedly killed 85 Libyan civilians edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/afr… #Libya
Some replies:
navyjoc1655
@IvanCNN You sure got that story wrong. Try investigating the story instead of repeating Moousa Ibrahim al Gaddafi’s party line.
@Chyssco
@IvanCNN Don’t Drag NATO down this Route, they have a job to do. Let them get on with it!
Via Almanara
الجالية السورية وثوار ليبيا بمدينة البيضاء الليبية
ليبيا البيضاء بنغازي طرابلس مصراتة الزاوية سبها طبرق درنة المرج جبل نفوسة الزنتان البريقة زليتن ترهونة المرج اجدابيا سوريا حماة حمص ابو كمال درعا دمشق حلب اللاذقية
Demonstration of the Syrian community and the rebels of Libya in solidarity with the Syrian people the Libyan city of Al-Bayda on the evening of 10/08/2010
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMoLma7gJgI&fea...
Via FB:
Libyan rebels (though it’s revolutionaries NOT rebels) issue timetable for post-Gaddafi constitution. Libyan revolutionaries had formulated a timetable concerning its constitution-drafting in post-Gaddafi era, National Transitional Council (NTC) spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga announced on Wednesday 10-08- 2011 at a press conference. The constitution announcement contains 37 items, Ghoga said. source: news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/20...
Xinhuanet
Libyan rebels issue timetable for post-Gaddafi constitution
Editor: Yan
BENGHAZI, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Libyan rebels had formulated a timetable concerning its constitution-drafting in post-Gaddafi era, National Transitional Council (NTC) spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga announced on Wednesday at a press conference.
The constitution announcement contains 37 items, Ghoga said.
After nationwide liberation, Libya will establish its government within 30 days, publish its electoral law within 90 days, and launch congress elections within 240 days and by that time Libyan Prime Minister would be elected and laws be made, according to the announcement.
Thirty days after the establishment of national congress, a committee will be formed and a draft constitution be made in the ensuing 60 days, it said.
Then in the following 30 days, Libya will ignite a referendum on the draft constitution, according to the announcement.
EU reinforces sanctions on Libya
BRUSSELS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — The European Union (EU) on Wednesday extended assets freeze to two further Libyan entities to strengthen pressures on the embattled authorities.
The EU said the two entities were"closely linked to the perpetrators of the serious
human rights abuses in Libya."
The decision went further on measures adopted in February, which introduced a travel ban and an assets freeze, while granting the necessary humanitarian exemptions.
In total, six port authorities, 49 entities and 39 persons are now subject to freeze of their funds and financial resources in the EU. In addition, the same 39 persons, which include Muammar Qadhafi and several family members, are banned from entering the EU.
Reshuffle of Libya opposition group a chance to restore confidence: U.S.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — The U.S. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday that the reshuffle of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Libya’s main opposition group, is a chance to restore confidence for the opposition leadership.
“This is an opportunity for renewal, not only in political terms, but in terms of the confidence that the Libyan people are going to have to have in NTC leadership,” Nuland told reporters.
“So it’s in that spirit that we want to see the next step, which is for Prime Minister Jalil to propose, and for the NTC to consider a new government,” she said, urging it to be “open, transparent and broadly representative.”
“I think in terms of the U.S. role in this, or other countries’ role, it is simply to ensure that we are providing any advice that they would like, and that we are making clear that the principles of transparency, openness, unity, broad representation are goals that they share,” Nuland added.
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, leader of the NTC, dismissed the council’s executive board on Monday, saying the 14 board members dismissed should take responsibility for the assassination of the opposition ‘s military commander Abdel-Fattah Younis.
Younis was killed on July 28 and the reason for his death remained unclear. His death was a strong setback for the rebels, for the situation not only exposed internal rifts in the opposition camp, but also embarrassed the Western countries supporting the rebels.
The United States had asked the opposition camp to keep solidarity and internal order. Analysts believed Jalil’s move to sack the old cabinet was an effort to restore the opposition’s credibility.
MSF.ORG
www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/...
It is more than five months since the beginning of the Libyan conflict. Although the frontlines have now moved several kilometres away from Misrata, heavy shelling continues to dominate daily life in the city. As the seaport is the only way left to bring in supplies, the city remains an enclave.
MSF continues to support medical facilities, assist and train health staff and provide mental health care in Misrata. Today, the MSF team is made up of 44 Libyan staff and 30 international staff.
As war trauma surgery is currently the number one priority for Libyan medical staff, it is creating significant gaps in other areas of care, such as obstetrical and paediatric care.
Read full report and watch video:
www.msf.org.uk/articledetail.aspx?fId=L...
TUNESIA:
Tunisia has intercepted five truckloads of fuel set to be smuggled into neighbouring Libya, an official said on Wednesday, in a move to curb an illegal trade which is helping to keep Muammar Gaddafi in power.
International sanctions and the effects of Libya’s civil war have disrupted normal supplies of motor fuel to parts of the country under Gaddafi’s control, but huge volumes of gasoline are instead being smuggled across the Libyan-Tunisian border.
A spokesman for Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said the trucks were seized at the weekend in the town of Msaken, in the Sousse region about 160 km (100 miles) south of the Tunisian capital.
“The police seized five trucks of gasoline (destined) for the pro-Gaddafi side,” said the spokesman. “They were heading for Libya but the police stopped the trucks.”
Amateur footage posted on video-sharing site YouTube by Libyan opposition activists purported to show the trucks which were seized.
FEB17:
Libyan state television on Thursday said Prime Minister David Cameron was using “Irish and Scottish mercenaries” to tame riots in England. “The rebels of Britain approach Liverpool in hit-and-run battles with Cameron’s brigades and mercenaries from Ireland and Scotland. God is Greatest,” said a breaking news caption on Libyan TV’s morning program.
SWEDEN:
Swedish police stormed the Libyan embassy in Stockholm on Thursday after a small group of anti-Gaddafi protesters had occupied the building earlier in the day. It was not immediately clear if any of the protesters or police had been hurt.
A police spokesman had said earlier that a five or six people occupied the embassy at around 11 a.m. (0900 GMT). The protesters hung the flag of the Libyan rebel movement outside the embassy and also painted the door of the building with the rebel flag.
Protestors hang a pre Gadhafi Libyan flag from the Libyan Embassy in Stockholm Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The protesters broke into the Libyan Embassy tearing down images of Moammar Gadhafi and throwing them out of the windows, police and eyewitnesses said.
REUTERS:
Rebel forces in western Libya drove their offensive north toward the town of Zawiyah near the Mediterranean coast on Thursday, trying to get within striking distance of the capital, Tripoli.
They pushed north to a settlement called Bir Shuaib, taking them within 25 km (15 miles) of their target of Zawiyah, a town less than 50 km from Tripoli, the stronghold of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
“We’ve gone past Nasr village and right now we’re about 25 km from Zawiyah,” said Faris, a rebel fighter. Rebels prevented reporters from getting up to the new front line to see for themselves.
Evidence of help from NATO air strikes was seen at the village of Shalghouda, on the route of the rebel advance.
NATO:
NATO insisting its airstrike killed soldiers and mercenaries, not 85 civilians as state-run TV claimed. NATO spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said the Libyan claim of civilian casualties in an airstrike near the western front-line town of Zlitan “was not corroborated by available factual information at the site.”
NATO aircraft hit a staging base and military accommodation 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Zlitan, Lavoie said from the operational command in Naples, Italy. Four buildings and nine vehicles within the compound were struck with precision-guided munitions, he said.
AFP:
Gaddafi loyalists killed one rebel and wounded 10 others as the rebels moved on the town of Taurga in a bid to snuff out rocket fire on the besieged city of Misrata, medics said on Thursday.
REUTERS:
Libya warned on Thursday that any of its citizens found using a Thuraya satellite phone without a permit would be treated as a spy for NATO and may face the death penalty.
“Spies among the traitors and the agents of … NATO use the Thuraya telephones to give crusaders the coordinates of some locations to be bombed, which has caused the deaths of a large number of civilians,” it said.
UK:
Gaddafi’s diplomats in London tried to sell off embassy assets including cars before they were expelled by the British Government, sources have claimed.A senior UK official said a number of other Libyan embassies are understood to be carrying out “fire sales” to raise money for the “cash-strapped” regime in Tripoli.The official also claimed that Gaddafi was “increasingly desperate” to secure fuel for his armed forces and the situation could reach a “tipping point” soon.
TUNESIA:
Tunisia said on Thursday its troops were patrolling fuel stations to curb the flow of smuggled gasoline into neighbouring Libya, a trade which is helping Muammar Gaddafi hold on to power.
FromJoanne Joanne
#ShukryGhanem was seen having High Tea with Musa Kusa in #TheFourSeasons Hotel #Doha on night of Aug9 by @bint_tarhouna #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Amar Altayif #Gaddafi regime minister of tourism and an “April 7” executioner has fled #Libya to #Tunisia. #Feb17
Free Libyia
I love hearing about Gaddafi goons like Amar Altayif leaving Tripoli means less goons will be there to direct things+they knw G is finished
cswift2 Cara Swift
RT #BBC World Service’s Newshour 1300GMT edition is now being broadcast in Benghazi and Misrata on FM 91.5MHz. #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#BBC is launching World Service Radio on FM in the Libyan cities of #Benghazi and #Misrata. #Feb17
REUTERS UPDATE1:
UPDATE 1-Western Libya rebels strike north towards coast
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/liby...
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya News of the FF so close to #Zawia, I don’t know whether to be excited or afraid. Are they moving too fast?
#libya P Cockburn criticizes the NTC…but ignores the teenagers and old men that have G forces on the run.
#libya The teenagers and old men that are pushing G forces back are not the NTC but they are the Revolution
#libya Sure there are people in the NTC who have faults. But the people in the FF Army are not guilty of them, Patrick Cockburn
#libya When G forces see the FF coming they can’t believe it. Even when they’re running for their lives they don’t believe it. Unbelievers
#libya #Zawiyah fighters carry hunting knives in their packs, to get the G forces and skin them and nail their hides to a tree
#libya G forces, remember Custer’s last words: “Where in the hell did all these Indians come from??”
#libya On the other hand I think FF would look cool in cowboy hats – maybe “desert rat” hats like the British Army in North Africa in WW II
#libya Would it be possible maybe for the FF to scalp a few of the G forces? As a souvenir
#libya I favor MERCY for Gaddafi. He should be sentenced to only 1 year of swimming in the Mediterranean with 300 lbs. of chains
#libya We should get the Egyptians to MUMMIFY Gaddafi and then we set him up below the pissoir at the football stadium
FromJoanne Joanne
#Denmark participates in #NATO operations with 4 F-16-fighter 441 missions Has dropped 740 bombs the Ammo cost $ 50Million a month #Libya
libyanandproud
Picture : Protesters took over Libyan Embassy in Stockholm, police later evacuated, twitpic.com/64f76w t.co/ViiSeG #Feb17 #Libya
CNN:
Preparing for Post-Gadhafi Libya
The United States and its NATO allies have been pushing for the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi for more than six months now. The Libyan strongman continues to hold on, but it may just be a matter of time before he is forced from power.
Given that likelihood, CFR’s Center for Preventive Action asked Daniel Serwer, a professor at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies and a scholar at the Middle East Institute, to think through the challenges that a post-Gadhafi Libya would pose for the United States and its allies. Dan’s complete report has been posted online.
We asked him to summarize the challenges the United States will likely face and what it
should be prepared to do. Here is what he had to say:
Read art.:
globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/0...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Why are these two oil tankers being allowed to depart #Malta to supply #Gaddafi in #Libya? What happened to UN 1973? @NATO DO YOUR JOB!
Free Libyia
If Amar Altayif managed to escape Tripoli, then zero hour is Tripoli is fast approaching for sure inshallah! #Libya
LIBYANVOICE
ten days of ramadan passed b4 we know it it will b Eid day&gadafi still hanging on!i noticed he s turning into professional comedian now lol
Armchair Arab
a small glimpse of Gaddafi TV lies – Claiming ‘Beef MRE’ is Pork – youtube.com/watch?v=VUrj8G…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUrj8Gx2ERM&fea...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Brega: #Gaddafi filth retreated to #Bisher. Small group of #Gaddafi filth is surrounded inside #Brega negotiations ongoing #Libya #Feb17
Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
Clashes between #Gadafi militias & #Gadafi mercenaries at the Banana farm area near Surman. #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
New #BBC Radio FM broadcasts in #Libya will predominantly be in Arabic; but include a daily edition of @BBCNewshour in English.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Amar Altayif #Gaddafi regime minister of tourism and an “April 7” executioner has fled #Libya to #Tunisia. #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nafusa FF and Lots of FF from rest of #Libya Are making AMAZING progress to coast Some forward group can even see #Zawiyah Bridge #Libya
#BREGA 2 MARTYRS 16 FF in clashes as they push into the first of 3 residential compounds making up the Port of #Brega #Libya
Telegraph
Col Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter Hana ‘still alive’
Col Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter Hana, who was said to have been killed by a 1986 US air raid on Tripoli is still alive, according to reports.
Damien McElroy,
Leaked Swiss government documents suggested Col Gaddafi’s adopted daughter Hana was not killed in the 1986 American bombing of Tripoli by listing her as an account holder with one of its banks when it froze family accounts in its banks in February.
A caption for a photograph taken in 1999 claims Col Gaddafi’s wife Safia met former South African president Nelson Mandela with daughters Aisha and Hana.
Die Welt, a German newspaper, reported that Hana is a doctor who works for the country’s health ministry. Libyan exiles have said that Hana Gaddafi was a powerful figure in the Libyan medical profession, who had used her status to block promotions for colleagues.
“Several hospitals were under her guidance,” the newspaper said. “No one could make a career within the Ministry of Health, without her consent.” She is said to speak fluent English and had travelled frequently to London on shopping trips.
Read full story here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Libya tv:
Western revolutionaries drive north towards coast
Revolutionary forces in western Libya drove their offensive north toward the town of Zawiyah near the Mediterranean coast today, trying to get within striking distance of the capital, Tripoli.
They pushed north to a settlement called Bir Shuaib, taking them within 25 km (15 miles) of their target of Zawiyah, a town less than 50 km from Tripoli, the stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi.
“We’ve gone past Nasr village and right now we’re about 25 km from Zawiyah,” said Faris, a revolutionary fighter. Revolutionaries prevented reporters from getting up to the new front line to see for themselves.
Evidence of help from NATO air strikes was seen at the village of Shalghouda, on the route of the revolutionary advance.
There were signs of recent fighting and a large building had collapsed, apparently after being hit by a NATO bomb or missile.
A green tent, green army cap and green army uniform lay on the ground among pulverised concrete — the colour of government forces fighting under the flag of Gaddafi’s Libya.
MISRATA PUSH REPORTED
Revolutionaries said they had taken the village of Nasr, where there was a concentration of Gaddafi forces.
On the edge of Bir al-Ghanam, south of the new front line, fighters drove by in pick-up trucks and yelled “Allahu Akbar (God is greatest), victory in Nasr”.
At a nearby checkpoint young revolutionaries played football and said they were happy because they expected victory soon. There was an array of pick-up trucks with sand oiled on for camouflage.
Modified helicopter rocket launchers were mounted on the back of the pickup trucks.
From Misrata, a port city east of the capital controlled by anti-Gaddafi forces, there were unconfirmed reports of a rebel offensive to break through a partial encirclement by Gaddafi forces, striking south in the direction of Tawurgha.
At least two revolutionaries were killed and over a dozen were wounded there, according to one unofficial report from a source liberated Misrata.
The revolutionaries in the west have advanced rapidly since capturing Bir al-Ghanam last week, breaking weeks of stalemate on this front in Libya’s war.
Gaddafi’s forces launched Grad rockets at revolutionary positions in the small desert settlement yesterday and revolutionaries fired back with rockets and machine guns. Gaddafi describes the revolutionaries as rats and says they are criminals inspired by al Qaeda.
Thick white smoke was rising at the edge of Bir al-Ghanam during the fighting. One revolutionary was killed and 10 were wounded, doctors said. There was no word on Gaddafi troops casualties.
Zawiyah is the hometown of many revolutionaries fighting their way north towards the main highway running parallel to the Mediterranean shore into the heart of Tripoli.
Revolutionary reinforcements in jeeps with anti-aircraft guns were brought up to Bir al-Ghanam yesterdayand both sides exchanged insults over the army radio network.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=8907
Oya
Revolutionary fighters and #Gaddafi forces exchanged artillery shelling in Brega. They hope to enter #Brega Thu or Fri. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters have moved forward on the road to #Aziziya S. of #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
Abdussalam Sloga, spokesman for #FF: #Freedomfighters have reached positions 20 Km S. of #Zawiya & 5 Km S. of #Surman. #Libya #Feb17
#Brega: Reports of heavy clashes in the industrial area..GF have dug trenches in & around Oil refineries & installations…#Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Fernaj district heliport: Helicopters could be easily heard at this moment in background via telephone.
Oya
Revolutionary fighters control #eastern #Libya, as well as the #Nafusa mountains and the port city of #Misrata in the #west
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
PLEASE RT: CONFIRMED #Gaddafi “green” heliport being used in #Fernaj area of #Tripoli NOW. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
VIDEO :
Yousef Shakeer and the “Irish and Scottish mercenaries” skit .
t.co/9709A7F
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1kh7T2tHc&fea...
Reuters:
More Libyan rebel assets to be unfrozen-UK
*UK official says announcements at UN likely next week
Lack of fuel means Gaddafi nearing “tipping point”
#DearGaddafi #shuddup about #londonriots already – you’re not one to speak and we KNOW you’re behind the start of this violence too.
Mohammad
Expect #Gaddafi next to call for African union to step in #londonriots and protect civilians by singing and dancing!
News that ali essawi, Salim sheiky, abdullah shamiah and Mohammad ellaqy are excluded from new executive
MISRATA:
BREAKING: unconfirmed news that FF liberated tawrghaa completely where G forces used to launch grad rockets at #Misratah
some refused to surrender, no choice but to kill. They terrorize misratah with grad rockets
BREAKING: confirmed. The Free Libya flag is in the middle of tuwaregha. FF captured lots of ammo captured G thugs
some of G were killed, from FF too. remember lot of Grad rockets fired from this town toward misratah
some Gaddafi forces were killed. Rest were captured.FF always treat prisoners with utmost respect
cleaning Tuwargha 4m G thugs is a major breakthrough toward stable #Misratah stopping Grad rockets fire indiscriminately on civilians #Feb17
from direct sources in #Misrata
LIBYA TV:
www.libya.tv/2011/08
cleaning Tuwargha 4m G thugs is a major breakthrough toward stable #Misratah stopping Grad rockets fire indiscriminately on civilians #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Fernaj district near Fatah University: CONFIRMED #Gaddafi “Green” heliport in HEAVY use.
DAILY NATION:
AFP
Denmark extends Libya mission, says rebels can send envoy
Denmark decided Thursday to extend its participation in NATO operations in Libya for three months and to allow the rebel National Transitional Council to send envoys to Copenhagen.
Denmark’s multi-party Libya contact group announced at a news conference the Scandinavian country’s six F-16 fighter jets would continue participating in NATO bombing missions over Libya for another three-month renewable period after the current one expires later this month.
“There is a broad agreement that the strategy we have chosen is the right one,” Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen told AFP after the news conference.
She insisted that Denmark’s participation in the NATO operations was creating a possibility for Libya to become a free and democratic society.
“But the pressure must remain on (Libyan leader Moamer) Kadhafi, so we will maintain our strategy, but adjust it so that it fits the developments of the past couple of months,” she said, adding there were no plans to pull the Danish fighters out of Libya any time soon.
Read story:
www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Denmark+ex...
youngamazigh
this is Amazing! Libyan guy shoot a Gaddafi-Tank الله أكبر youtube.com/watch?v=UlOuJa…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlOuJa9i58Q&fea...
Ammar Mabrouk Eltayef is the current tourism minister, but he hasn’t done a very good job.
also he has a ‘farm’ with house and swimming pool in janzour and alkhoms!
Ahmed
#Tawergha: Reports that FF have surrounded #Gaddafi forces in the town & that 150 of GF have surrendered to FF. #Libya
Martyr:
FathAllah Jibril ElBreki (25 Yrs) . #Benghazi #FreedomFighters died today. Hit in the head 4 days ago at #Brega front.
BREAKING NEWS: #BREGA: Heavy fighting between #FFs and #Gaddafi forces in the residential area with #Gaddafi snipers present on the roof tops.
عاجل البريقة: اشتباكات عنيفة بين الثوار وكتائب القذافي في المنطقة السكنية مع وجود قناصة على اسطح المباني وخزانات الوقود
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Channel Asia
AFP / wk
Libya’s Gaddafi forces “weak”
MONTREAL: Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi are no longer able to launch a credible military offensive, the commander of NATO-led Libyan operations told AFP in an interview Thursday.
“The Gaddafi regime’s forces continue to be weakened, both in strength and their will to fight,” Canada’s Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard said, speaking from his Italy headquarters, as rebel troops made new advances.
“We’re seeing lots of mercenaries, ruthless mercenaries that come from other countries and are enlisted by Gaddafi’s forces to inflict extreme violence on men, women and children,” Bouchard said.
“The recruiting of these mercenaries continues,” he said.
“On the three fronts, we’re seeing changes as anti-Gaddafi forces march forward to stop the attacks on the population,” he added.
MAYER:
“I can assure you that the target was a legitimate one that contained mercenaries, a
command centre and 4×4 vehicles modified with automatic weapons, rocket launchers or mortars," Bouchard said.
“I can assure you that there wasn’t 85 civilians present, but I cannot assure you that there were none at all.”
“Frankly, I cannot say if there were any civilian deaths or how many,” said the general, who accused Gaddafi’s forces of often leaving already dead corpses at military sites after they have been levelled by NATO airstrikes to make the bombings appear like blunders.
Read full story:
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_wor...
Aljazeera
Fuel shortage slows Libya rebel advance
As opposition fighters edge ever closer to Tripoli, long supply lines and a chronic lack of petrol is slowing them down.
Libyan opposition fighters have moved several kilometres out of their mountain stronghold in the west, edging ever closer to Tripoli.
But a shortage of fuel is threatening their advance, and also making life difficult for civilians.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khoder reports.
Video:
goo.gl/KNsZI
RAF footage bombing frigate in Tripoli
is.gd/8SURMx #Libya Overnight 8/9 August
or:
goo.gl/B1EzS
libyanandproud
Video :
Misrata Freedom Fighters preparing liberation of #Tawirgha this morning youtu.be/Re65MnzL7TQ . #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re65MnzL7TQ&fea...
VIDEO :
Proof that Tawirgha has been deGaddafinated
t.co/nvT6o0p #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo4o5dU0zvs&fea...
Video :
Mizda Freedom Fighters : t.co/LZCFmfs #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0znLTAZwZk&fea...
Telegraph
A senior UK official said a number of Libyan embassies, including London, are understood to be carrying out ‘’fire sales’’ to raise money for the ‘’cash-strapped’’ regime in Tripoli.
@FromJoanne Joanne
#CONFIRMED GeneralBoardofTourism Chairman Ammar Mabrouk Altayef House in HayAlAndalus Tripoli left #Libya Now in #Tunisia with 2sons+ wife
Reactions:
emo
he is a big profile man. I know him personally. He is from Ajeilat.
Freelibya
and he’s not just a harmless Tourism Minister, he’s the one of the heads Gaddafi terrorists in Tripoli!
Amar Altayef’s house in is BenAshoor not Hay AlAndalus:) not sure why it’s relevant!
Zwara
I hope that every 1remember tht he is a member of 7th of April brigade. He would be a good minister of terrorism.
Sorry but he has another house Hay Ala ndalus for his 2nd or 3ed wife, I don’t know which # she is:-)
young
also he has a ‘farm’ with house and swimming pool in janzour and alkhoms!
Omar
he does have two wives and I know for sure he has one house with his wife Najah in hay al andulus.
Brent
He has son in UK at university ( 20 yrs old)
State tv reporting the UK riots:
LEGENDE : “Les révolutionnaires de Grande Bretagne à la périphérie de Liverpool dans des combats avec les régiments de Cameron et ses mercenaires irlandais et écossais. Allah Akbar”
Pic.:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/Libya_Now/~0XuWS
FreeLibyan
#Brega: Confirmed: #FF approx have liberated half of the city. 7 #Gaddafi soldiers were captured. clashes ongoing. victory is soon.
AlManara –
correspondent reporting that FFs are in #Zawiya suburbs. They are 10KM from the main city bridge
AlManara G White Chevrolets were destroyed by #AbuSlim FFs. 1 G soldier died in the attack. #Libya #Feb17
Brega
Libya // Press Solidarity: A reliable source mentioned that the freedom fighters have managed to gain control of the Pipelines Factory which belongs to the Man Made River Company.
Press solidarity: Correspondent in Brega has mentioned that the fighting since yesterday has resulted in three martyrs from the Freedom fighters side and about 20 injured Al-Najm university was surrounded by the Freedom Fighters after 2:00am, then the Freedom fighters gained control of the university.
From another point, our correspondent has mentioned that Gaddafi forces shelled Brega city with rockets and artillery after the freedom fighters captured about 3 quarters of the city.
Press solidarity: Quoting our correspondent in Brega city, AlArqoub road/way has been liberated which is south of the city and leads to Sirte fuel company gate as the freedom fighters confirmed that the lights of these gates are clear in front of them.
Hanan
BREAKING: (confirmed) The Free Libya flag is in the middle of tuwaregha. FF captured lots of ammo & captured G forces.
Via Aljazeera :
4 FF died. Revolutionaries are in full control of allam district of Taurga city.
MISRATAPOST:
Libya Libyan Tripoli Misrata Misurata Zintan Zawia Benghazi youth revolution, the rebels February 17 NATO alliance now free dialogue France Saadi Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam rebels Misurata Ras Abu Salim corner Lanuf head Brega Alzentan door Azizia Benghazi mercenaries bin and hand Tunisia syria algaddafi qaddafi
ليبيا حرة بنغازى البيضاء البريقه مصراته الزاويه طبرق اجدابيا الزنتان ترهونه ورفله نالوت تجى القلعة الرحيبات يفرن غريان درنة المرج الخمس زليتن طرابلس سرت سبها غات الركدالين البريقه هون الجفرة تاجوراء زوارة العجيلات صرمان صبراته مسلاته بن جواد راس نالوف غدامس الكفرة شباب الاحرار ليبيا ليبيا المجاهدة ثورة 17فبراير ثورة عمر المختار
يبيا الشبابية الجماهيرية الليبية الثوار ثورة 17 فبراير الناتو التحالف الآن الحرة الحوار فرنسا الساعدي سيف الإسلام القذافي المتمردين مصراته الزاوية أبوسليم طرابلس رأس البريقة الزنتان باب العزيزية بنغازي مرتزقه بن واليد تونس مصر سوري
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S3EN_gNAjg&fea...
ZUMA:
“We have found ourselves in a situation where the world has decided to intervene in Africa in a manner that was not agreed to” Ugh.
dovenews Libyan™
#FF have freed #Alrabeta north #Gharyan from Gaddafi forces & freed some families. #Nafusa #Libya
SMILE: Degaddafinated
Being called traitor by #Gaddafi goons makes u feel like u r doing something RIGHT. So, keep em comin. Ur days r numbered!!
Free Libya Now
#Brega third zone mosque liberated with independance flag raised. #Brega #Libya
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
Telegraph
British Apache helicopters strike Libya targets
The footage filmed on August 6 shows Apache helicopters firing on a military communications facility and troops at Al Watiyah in western Libya.
Hellfire missiles were used to destroy a number of Colonel Gaddafi’s pick-up trucks armed with surface to air weapons. Groups of people can be seen fleeing the scene.
Colonel Gaddafi’s regime has intensified its efforts in recent weeks to curtail the Nato bombing campaign.
The regime claims that 85 people were killed by a Nato airstrike on farmyard compounds earlier this week.
While up to seven homes were destroyed by large scale explosions, Nato said there was no evidence of the scale of slaughter suggested by officials.
MOD VID.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Niz_FGM Niz
Thanks for the concern. 100% safe dont worry alhamdulilah, but also 200% busy and exhausted.
All Africe
Guy Lamb
Libya: Weapons Transfers – the French and Qatar Connections
Arms controls continue to be flouted in the context of the Libyan armed conflict. Both France and Qatar have openly admitted to supplying arms to the rebels as a complementary strategy to the NATO-led air strikes. Such actions not only undermine the United Nations arms embargo regime, but may also violate contractual obligations between arms-exporting and arms-importing states.
When arms are officially exported from one government to another, the recipient government is usually required to endorse an end-user certificate. This is a written commitment from the arms-purchasing government that it will not transfer the arms to other parties, especially if such a transfer is in violation of a UN arms embargo. However, there is no international end-user monitoring and enforcement process in place. Monitoring is the sole preserve of the exporting state, but such monitoring is typically under-developed, with the US ‘Blue Lantern’ programme being the most advanced.
Interesting read here:
allafrica.com/stories/201108111096.html
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya:Tunisia says it will curb smuggling of fuel into Libya; troops seized five container trucks destined for Gaddafi controlled areas
Bombing of ammunition depots Gaddafi Tripoli area Frenaj 10 811 t.co/wE2feEl via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=axr-1DQswUg&fea...
Brega – medical source: 7 martyrs and 30 wounded so far and arrived at the hospital Ajdabiya
@FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya FACT I didnt know but not surprised: Tourism and Investment Promotion Authority (TIPA) headed by President Gaddafi’s daughter #Aisha
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya gaddafi forces fired grad rockets near rebel checkpoint at junction that leads to Zawiyah and #azaziyah no casualties
#Libya:NATO said Gaddafi forces no longer able to launch credible military offensive; his forces “weakened and losing will to fight”
2011-02-21: Official Document: Swiss Government friezes assets of Hana Gaddafi, Daughter of Muammar Gaddafi, born 11.11.1985
Read it here ( In German):
nigh.posterous.com/swiss-government-fri...
FromJoanne Joanne
Oh The IRONY Amar #Altayef married2 Najah Eglisah from #Misratah is the AUNT of Ramadan #Muttawa who sent FIRST #AID ship to #Misrata #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Aw Thats horrendously high :( @LibyaFFs : 11 martyrs and 42 injured CONFIRMED w/ names #BREGA
A Free Libyan
PICTURE – 1 of the #Brega martyrs (picture of burial place, not graphic) – facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya #Feb17
or:
goo.gl/IrZUp
Post Gazette
Libyan expat, son from Scott die fighting in homeland
Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A father and son from suburban Pittsburgh who returned to Libya to join the rebels fighting the Gadhafi regime died together on Saturday when a mortar struck their vehicle.
Mabruk Eshnuk was three days shy of his 49th birthday, and his middle son, Malik, was 21.
Link:
www.post-gazette.com/pg/11223/1166660-4...
LibyaNewMedia
Amnesty has been very hypocritical in Libya. Focusing on those who are transparent while Gaddafi hides everything.
Lisa
#Feb17 More G officers defecting arriving in Tunisia v sm boat (Tunisia news). Sort of late to jump ship after you’ve raped n murdered!
#gaddaficrimes I’m hv such a problem w G men defecting NOW! They hv terrorized, raped n murdered #Libyans n now they r safe in Tunisia!
LibyaNewMedia
Lot of action in Libya today & many small victories, but hard to make definite statements as situation in many places is still fluid. #Libya
Libya_Awake_United
How come that @amnesty calls on NATO to investigate civilian deaths in #Libya. Isn’t that the job of @Amnesty ? #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that #Freedomfighter flag is waving in the center of #Tawarga. #Libya #Feb17
Xinhuanet:
Libya struggles amid stalemated conflict
BENGHAZI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — Libyan rebels strengthened the efforts to push forward their troops to Tripoli in the west front following NATO’s biggest ever air strike on the Libyan capital on Tuesday.
The rebels seemed to have made some advances in the west front. Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani, a military spokesman based in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, said that “Zliten will never return to be at the hand of (Libyan leader Muammar) Gaddafi,” while
both the rebels and Gaddafi forces claimed control of Bir Ghanam, a town about 80 kilometers south of Tripoli.
In the east front, fighting lingers on at Brega, an oil port about 750 km east of Tripoli.
The Libyan conflict became stalemate since both the rebels and Gaddafi know that they cannot afford to lose strategic places like Brega, Bir Ghanam and Tripoli, while both are not able to break the balance at one stroke, neither does the rebels’ Western supporters can.
While Gaddafi is still ruling over half the country, the rebel camp might face a possible split after its military chief Abdel Fattah Younes was killed and the American and European attention was attracted by their own economic woes and riots at home.
Maybe, just as a joke goes, the only way out of the stalemate was for Gaddafi to suffer a stroke, since there is “little left to bomb now.”
There are also few things for Gaddafi to do but to criticize through the TV the air strikes for causing civilian deaths, in an effort to win public opinions.
The rebels, however, have already gone into action to quell the possible inside division and dissatisfaction of their Western supporters.
Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) disbanded its executive board and assigned leader Mahmoud Jibril to form a new one, said Khaled Zayed, a senior official from the NTC, on Monday.
The step was concerned with the circumstances that led to the killing of Younes days ago while he was presumably escorted to answer a summons by the NTC, Zayed said.
The outcome of the stalemated conflict is not yet to know, but one thing is for sure, that is, the longer this war goes on, the less likely we are to see any sort of political outcome that benefits Libya’s war-afflicted people.
When the stalemated conflict will end, only time can tell.
Libyan revolutionaries engage gaddafi rats near the city zlitan 9 8 11
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USjLvrIm4uw&fea...
Libya Free Forever.
Yosuf Shaker on #Gadafi Tv sent a message to #G thugs to kidnap kids from #Darna streets.
Reuters
Libyan rebels capture eastern part of Brega -spokesman
BENGHAZI Aug 11 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels have captured the residential districts of Brega but soldiers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi still hold western parts of the town where the oil facilities are located, a rebel spokesman said on Thursday.
“It is liberated. It is under our control now,” spokesman Mossa Mahmoud al-Mograbi said of the eastern part of the town.
An area to the south of Brega had also been captured though clashes were still going on against about 100 Gaddafi soldiers in the west of the town, he said.
“We are sure we will defeat them,” he said.
Link:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
AP is stating that #Brega has been completely liberated by #Freedomfighters. Awaiting confirmation. #Libya #Feb17
Hayat
@NATO unless #Gaddafi is miraculously assassinated, expect a real blood bath when the battle reaches #Tripoli -starting from #Zawiyah .
AP: Libyan rebel spokesman says opposition fighters have captured oil town of Brega!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi filth is using a mosque & its minaret as a staging ground for attacks on #Freedomfighters in #Brega. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
Gaddafi is routing ALL fuels to his military. Allowing tankers into port is only aiding G and extending the war
#AlMotred, W. of #Zawia reported full of #Gaddafi filth placed landmines. #Libya #Feb17
#MarshallIslands OIL TANKER “SUEZ VASILIS” which left #Malta earlier for #Tripoli #Libya now returning to #Malta. #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi filth are entrenched in League East city W. of #Gharyan. #Libya #Feb17
#Liberia OIL TANKER “ELLIE LADY” 35.52583˚/14.81407˚ has departed #Malta for apparent dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO
Robert Rowley
Yesterday most phones/electricity out except near BabAlAzizya, might still be case today
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” now in port #CasaBlanca #Morocco. #Libya #Feb17
#Freedomfighters have established a central check point @ 30 km S. to #AlZawyia. #Libya #Feb17
IMPORTANT:
FromJoanne Joanne
@
#Misrata FFs in a skype call CONFIRM that #Gaddafi grads were RESPONSIBLE for DEATH of 38 (not 83) civilians in #Zliten #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Shukri Ghanem has been tainted with corruption allegations.. so after his LATE defection he shouldn’t take any post in the new free Libya!
#Denmark will continue our air-support for #FreeLibya as long as u guys needs. We wont back down. #Feb17
Tripolitano
Brothers in #Tunisia doing fantastic jobs. Ppl with foreign passports escorting injured to Germany for treatment. every little help counts
EU INFO:
Eurasia review
EU Council Reinforces Sanctions On Libya
The European Council today extended an assets freeze to two further entities closely linked to the perpetrators of the serious human rights abuses in Libya, given the gravity of the situation.
The decision amends Council decision 2011/137/CFSP, adopted on 28 February, which introduced a travel ban and an assets freeze, while granting the necessary humanitarian exemptions.
In total, six port authorities, 49 entities and 39 persons involved in the serious human rights abuses in Libya are now subject to a freeze of their funds and financial resources in the European Union.
In addition, the same 39 persons, which include Muammar Qadhafi and several family members, are banned from entering the EU.
Today’s decision was adopted by written procedure. It will be published in the Official Journal of the EU on Thursday, 11 August 2011.
Source:
www.eurasiareview.com/eu-council-reinfo...
EU: new on sanction 10th of August list are:
t.co/I7WhmeI?
1. Al-Sharara Oil Services Company
2. the Organisation ODAC.
EU naming the Gaddafi gang:
t.co/OkHEDcg 39 listed
Aljazeera
A Libyan cargo plane seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates was handed over to rebel forces in their eastern bastion of Benghazi, a rebel official told AFP on Thursday.
The four-engine Ilyushin-76TD aircraft arrived in Benghazi on Wednesday, said Colonel Abdel Nasser Bousnina.
“This aircraft was owned by the Libyan government, more precisely by the International Airlines Group, controlled by a public investment fund” of the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, Bousnina said.
“It was seized by the authorities in Dubai, and handed over to representatives of the NTC” (National Transitional Council), the rebels’ de facto government.
“This equipment is now in the air force of the rebellion. This is the first cargo plane we have, and will be used to transport humanitarian aid from abroad to Libya,” said the officer, welcoming this “success”.
AJA reporter from #Benghazi: supplies destined for #Gaddafi forces in #Brega were struck by NATO #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO asking residents to evacuate for at least 5km around the camp Frenaj ( #Frenaj, #Alhachan & #Zenata). #Libya #Feb17
RAF
AGILE ADAPTABLE CAPABLE
Major General Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Communications Officer, said:
“UK aircraft have again been in action over Libya during recent days, as part of NATO’s mission to protect civilians at risk of attack from Colonel Qadhafi’s former regime.
“In the early hours of Monday morning, Royal Air Force Tornado and Typhoon aircraft conducted precision strikes on an ammunition and vehicle depot, and a military communications facility, both near Zlitan. An armed reconnaissance patrol over Brega, in the east of the country, identified and destroyed two armed pick-up trucks.
Overnight 8/9 August, RAF jets successfully bombed a Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour. The ship had been damaged previously by NATO air strikes, but careful battle damage assessment indicated that the ship retained an offensive capability. The RAF strike inflicted further serious damage and left the vessel taking on water. Our aircraft also attacked a command and control node and a weapons depot in Bir al Ghanam in the Djebel Nafousa, and a staging post in Zlitan. On Tuesday night, an RAF patrol returned to Zlitan and conducted a precision strike on a barracks and military staging post.
Yesterday, an armed reconnaissance patrol identified and destroyed an armed truck at Az Aziziyah, near Tripoli. And last night, Tornado GR4s launched from RAF Marham in Norfolk. Supported by VC10 and Tristar tankers, they flew south across Europe and the Mediterranean to launch a large salvo of Stormshadow precision guided missiles at command bunkers near Sebha, 700 kilometres south of Tripoli, out in the Sahara. They landed at Gioia del Colle after a mission lasting seven hours, and will in due course recover back to Marham.
“These and other NATO operations were supported by a large force of essential support aircraft, including RAF VC10s, Tristars, Sentries and Sentinels, and the Fleet Air Arm’s Sea
King ASAC helicopters."
A Royal Air Force Tornado strikes a Pro Qadhafi force rocket launcher in the vicinity of Brega, Libya.
Video 1:
www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/374E7A...
A Royal Air Force Tornado strikes a pro-Qadhafi force main battle tank in vicinity of Mursa Al Burayqah, Libya.
Video 2:
www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/375979...
Two Royal Air Force Tornados strikes a pro-Qadhafi force frigate in Tripoli harbour, Libya.
Video 3:
www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/376DC7...
Video shows the aircraft using a Paveway IV bomb to carry out the strikes, destroying the targets but leaving the surrounding area intact. Paveway IV is a highly accurate bomb which uses laser and GPS guidance to ensure minimum collateral damage.
Al Jazeera English:
the rebel forces seized control of the Libyan oil region in Brega
NTC:
Mahmud Jibril has stated on libya.tv that Ghanem will not be holding any Position in the #NTC Executive Committee.
A Free Libyan
#Zawiya channel: G official Walead Beary arrested by FFs in Qaryat Nassar. He is 1 of men who ordered suppression of the city. #Libya #Feb17
LIBYA TRIPOLI
RT: The total direct expenditures to the US in #Libya over the past 6 months r less than the costs of 1 week of Iraq or Afan
Russian humanitarian aid plane 36tons the 1 goes to #Tripoli brings #Iranian weapons and ammunitions #FF
Hominoid:
An ambulance group are heading from Zintan hospital to front line
In a scouting operation near Zawiya FFs clashed with G troops and won and seized arms and ammunition
Heinz: Daffis are desperate in #Zawiya. Any movement of their trucks gets hit. They moved rocket-launcher to W. Tripoli as Zawiya will fall.
FreeLibyan
Special video 2 b seen by all #AntiIntervention"Gaddafi forces heading 2 destroy #Misrata n early march 2011 THANX @NATO youtube.com/watch?v=OuBFvp…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuBFvpzdc0Q&fea...
Ahmed
How this city runs purely on people’s voluntary efforts is a miracle, let alone how it defeated 12 battalions. #Misrata
Heinz: Still fighting going on in West #Brega at 3 points around refinery & airport. It’s looking good. #Libya #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I don’t think you’re gonna make it to Tripoli mate… there’s a place called Zawiya and I don’t think Gaddafi has it anymore
I just heard good news ;)
Brega: Freedom fighters fully control the residential area of #Brega which is one of the last areas before Bishr. Vid: t.co/OuYAuXm
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2543...
Libya: A combined total of over 200 Gaddafi soldiers have been arrested today in both Brega and Tawergha (Misrata front)
Zawiya: NATO Apaches and jets are destroying a large convoy of troops near the #Zawiya coastal road according to unconfirmed reports #libya
Freedom fighters next to the main mosque of Brega (Residential area) #libya #feb17 fb.me/186rPBElG
Reuters:
FFs captured part of Brega while their forces in the west pushed toward Zawiyah, trying to get within striking distance of Tripoli
Libya outreach Group
Situation report
Executive Summary
On August 9th NATO denies Gaddafi regime claims that 85 civilians, including 33 children, were "massacred” during NATO airstrikes; a leaked phone call implicates Gaddafi prime minster with placing dead bodies in NATO bombed areas; more pro-democracy forces were killed and wounded in Brega; NATO to meet to discuss Libya mission progress; Libyan diplomat facing expulsion from Canada seeks refugee status; senior US diplomats visit several African countries to discuss how to remove Gaddafi from power; many AU countries still reluctant to call for Gaddafi to step down; France urges NTC to rapidly form new executive body; NTC, said its diplomats will soon open embassy in UK; U.S. welcomed a decision by NTC to reorganize their leadership in the aftermath of the killing of their military chief despite concerns it showed disunity in its ranks; Libyan embassy files on Gaddafi regime transactions in the UK to be handed over to British authorities; U.S. says will take long time for NTC to gain access to billions in frozen assets, even after transfer of Libyan embassy to NTC; the European Union will widen sanctions against Gaddafi by adding a Libyan oil firm, Sharara oil company and the Organization for Administrative Affairs to blacklist; the Canadian government is preparing to allow Libya’s rebels to post an envoy to Ottawa to replace the pro-Gadhafi diplomats being expelled from Canada; over 650,000 people have become refugees fleeing Libya; of which more than half are foreign nationals; the ICRC reports Libya is one of 16 nations that has faced deliberate targeted attacks on healthcare workers and facilities; Gaddafi attempts to bring back foreign oil companies have mostly failed, although a Libyan oil tanker fleet could soon be sold to Russian investors in a reported $300 million deal reportedly in place to sell Libya’s General National Maritime Transportation Company, (GNMTC), to Russian investors; and Libyan oil supplies shut off to Austrian energy group OMV and Italian refiner Saras are taking a toll on profits and clouding the outlookin the region; unrest in Libya will halt OMV production for rest of year; and has resulted in net loss for Saras.
Full report:
us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
LibyaNewMedia
Some more info on the high number of POW’s in Tawurgha today. Revolutionaries attacked Gaddafi forces there from 2 different directions.
Gaddafi forces were taken by surpise & seem to have been trapped in a factory. Revolutionaries offered them to peacefully surrender. #Libya
Telegraph
Libyan diplomats attempted £100 million ‘fire sale’ of London properties
Thomas Harding
Embassy officials who have since been expelled tried to sell off nine exclusive properties and 29 vehicles including limousines, Mercedes and other high end vehicles.
Britain announced last month that it was recognising the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya’s only legitimate government and would expel the remaining Tripoli regime diplomats.
It is understood that staff loyal to the NTC, the Libyan opposition based in Benghazi, were tipped off by British intelligence sources that the “fire sale” had begun at the end of last month. Anti-Gaddafi embassy staff frantically began to hide car keys and lock away title deeds for the homes. The Treasury is also understood to have stepped in and frozen the sale of all Libyan assets in Britain.
The houses and flats that Col Gaddafi’s officials attempted to sell included mansions in Mayfair and Kensington as well as estates in the Home Counties.
Full art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Heinz: 80% of Daffi high ranks are now informing thru channels on Qadafi. Saif & Q can only trust few people. Their orders gets lost. #Libya
BREAKING – Ahrar TV – Heavy fighting between #BaniWalid FFs and G troops
dovenews:
BREAKING! #BaniWalead #FF have captured 6 cars with mounted anti aircraft guns & some light weapons.”
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Baghdadi Mahmudi, Gaddafi’s prime minister needs his own ICC warrant as soon as possible. #libya #feb17 @UN @hrw @NATO
Free Libya
LOOOOOL. Albaghdadi AlMahmoudi just dissed Shakeer! …..Yusef hada…..hahaha. even G goons think Shakeer is pathetic #Libya
Globe and Mail
DIY weapons, armoured vehicles prove effective for Libyan rebels
If any future museum showcases the way rebels beat the regime in Libya, the exhibits will likely include homemade weapons that look like props from a Mad Max movie: a shotgun fashioned from a steel pipe; a troop carrier built from scratch; a pickup truck groaning under the weight of an antique anti-aircraft gun.
Some of the strange creations in the rebel weapons factories seem almost fanciful, like they’re designed more for intimidation than their practical use in a civil war now dragging into its seventh month.
Full story:
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afri...
libyanandproud
#Kikla : #Asabaa FF have liberated FOUR kikla prisoners that were caught by #gaddafi forces 2 weeks ago in #Gwaleesh . @wheelertweets
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Latest leaked call: Gaddafi PM Baghdadi Mahmudi calls Yousef Shakir (from State TV) a compulsive liar. Hamza Tuhami too. #libya
So basically, Baghdadi Mahmudi admits that his own State TV channels employ compulsive liars. This is only call 3 out of ~2000 calls. #libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
UN Sec Gen “calls on all parties to exercise extreme caution in their actions in order to minimise any further loss of civilian life” #Libya
#Libya state TV show continues its inflammatory accusations against journalists in #Tripoli
#Libya state news agency: ban on unauthorized “thuraya” phones- citizens caught in possession, could be prosecuted & cld face death penalty
USA TODAY
Libyan rebels claim victory in key oil terminal
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi’s troops along the country’s Mediterranean coast said they captured a key oil terminal Thursday that has repeatedly changed hands in the 6-month-old civil war.
Rebel spokesman Mohammed al-Rijali said he was with the fighters in Brega when they gained control of the strategic port city, 125 miles southwest of the de-facto rebel capital of Benghazi, after three weeks of intense fighting.
“Brega is liberated,” al-Rijali told the Associated Press after nightfall.
Al-Rijali, who spoke over the telephone from nearby Ajdabiya, didn’t provide any details or a casualty toll. His claim could not be immediately verified. Officials in the Libyan capital Tripoli made no comment on the rebel claim.
Read story:
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-08-11-...
FFs inside Brega today.
t.co/VsHrMoY #libya
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2361...
CNN
Libyan embassy in Washington officially opens under rebel government
Washington (CNN) — The Libyan Embassy in Washington officially re-opened Thursday under the control of the Transitional National Council, a senior State
Department official and the new Libyan ambassador told CNN.
Ali Aujali, the former Libyan ambassador to the United States, was formally accredited Thursday as the head of the Libyan mission.
“This is a message that Gadhafi can no more rule Libya,” Aujali said in a phone interview.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/11...
Sebha : #Gaddafi forces gathering at Eastern entrance of Sebha near "Ga’at Alsha’ab @natochannel @nato @ukmilops
Jeel
#GaddafiTV showing footage of #Brega to show off that ‘’Nato Revolutionaries’’ AKA Opposition fighters havent taken #Brega.
SUMMARY AUGUST 12 2011
8/12/2011
8.12.2011
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/bEBR3
NATO:
On August 11, NATO aircraft flew 123 sorties, including 42 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the Vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammo Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Armed Vehicle, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 1 Towed Artillery Piece.
In the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanem: 2 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 5 Surface to Air Missile Trans/loader Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Sirte: 1 Radar.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Command and Control Node.
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces attacked #Cabao with grad missiles from #Tiji at 2am, no reports of any casualties. #Nafusa
Ghot Al Sha3al, 7ay Islami, Dreby areas get electricity back today after 3 continuous days without it
FreedomFighters in Fashloum+Dahra continue nightly operations against G soldiers using explosives,flags,graffiti,etc. #Tripoli
NATO has distributed leaflets advising civilians to stay away from government buildings in Ben Ashur + Furnag areas. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Many checkpoints around the city. All checking lists of people. Lots of weapons. #Tripoli
Friends just arrived in #Tripoli ready for final battle. Tell me only 3 checkpoint between Ras Ejder and Zawiyah. Usually 20+
Tripoli people talking about anger – Why gaddafi putting bases and weapons storage in middle of residential areas
tosh
international coalition forces divert weapons ship headed to the #Gadafi to the port of #Benghazi to unload its cargo of FF
Emo
Reports say that #FFs and #Nato have seized a ship full of weapons sent by #Assad to #Gaddafi. It should dock in #Benghazi. Awesome #Libya
libyanandproud
Unconfirmed : 15 #Gaddafi vehicles carrying 40 soldiers, and ammo have joined FF ranks near one of the BirGhanam fronts. #Feb17 #Libya
Liberty4Libya:
explosions in #Benghazi that can be heard from “Sea side close to light house & port.” #Libya Anybody have info?
Iman
We just docked a ship in Benghazi from Syria loaded with weapons. It was seized and docked today.
Aiman
#Gaddafi will you remain a coward till the very end and not pull the trigger when they knock on your door?
#Gaddafi, some think you’re MADjestic, some think you’re MADjical, others think you’re iMADginative. Yet Libyans know you’re simply M.A.D.
#Gaddafi, on a positive note. The 1st of September could be a TRUE day of celebration for Libyans this year
4Adam Adam Libya
Nalut
Revolutionaries tanks that annihilated Gaddafi’s mercenaries in the mountain youtube.com/watch?v=E4fhHv…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4fhHvB0NgE&fea...
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
As long as the carpeting isn’t green,I’m good RT@ThisIsHumanity #Libya does not have a Rebel Government,but int’ly recognized Transition gov
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” remains anchored in port #CasaBlanca #Morocco. #Libya #Feb17
Interesting rumors that a #Syria CARGO SHIP carrying weapons for #Gaddafi filth was intercepted… One might say she’s a “LADY”. #Libya #Feb17
Ship was/now is in Tripoli port. Tried a coastal run to Tunisia last week till NATO started towards her, ran back to Tripoli
Abeidi
#Libya,#Benghazi v successful meeting of the National Army of Libya was of around 300 officers with different ranks mostly of who not joined yet
FB:
From a reliable source among the prisoners committee administration in Zintan town, The FF’s of Zintan managed to capture at least 28 soldiers (PGF soldiers and mercenaries) in the battle that happened today between Alkwaildi project and also Bir Al Ghanam.
Via dovenews:
Older article:
Daily Mail
Fuelled ‘by Viagra’, Gaddafi’s troops use rape as a weapon of war with children as young as EIGHT among the victims
Children as young as eight are being raped in front of their families by Gaddafi’s forces in Libya, according to a leading charity.
Aid workers described horrific stories of widespread sexual abuse, including one incident in which a group of girls was abducted and held hostage for four days.
When they were finally released, they were too traumatised to speak.
Other children have described being forced to watch as their fathers were murdered and their mothers raped.
They told Save The Children that they themselves were then brually beaten before being released.
Harrowing stories of sexual assaults against women and children have emerged from those who have fled the besieged cities of Misrata, Ajdabia and Rus-Lanuf.
Many families are now in temporary refugee camps in Benghazi, where they talked to Save The Children staff.
Michael Mahrt, the charity’s child protection adviser, said: ’The reports of sexual violence against children are unconfirmed but they are consistent and were repeated across the four camps we visited.
Report here:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-138036...
FromJoanne Joanne
BENGHAZI #NTC Received its FIRST formerly owned Regime Cargo Plane which was seized by UAE Now in business in FREE #LIBYA #UpYoursGaddafi
#TRIPOLI Power cuts r DUE 2problems with GENERATORS in #Wafa #GAS FIELD which were fixed by #Gadaffi regime #libya
#GAS supplies 2Occupied #LIBYA Electricity plants will gradually come back FF can cut off GAS as pipeline runs under #NALUT
#BREGA The sound stirs a deep emotion in me; Calling 4 #Magreb Prayer in BREGA freed ResidentialArea youtube.com/watch?v=8MDKU7… #Libya #Feb17 cc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDKU7nA9gU&fea...
RIANOVOSTI
Russia ‘backs’ NATO action in Libya
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday gave his backing to a UN Security Council resolution which authorized international military action in Libya.
In a decree posted on the Kremlin’s website on Friday, President Medvedev banned all Libyan flights in Russian air space with the exception of humanitarian flights and
authorized searches of ships for weapons or military personnel.
The decree also bans all financial operations involving the assets of Gaddafi and members of his family and his aides.
Source:
en.rian.ru/world/20110812/165729976.html
FF #AlMograbi : Residential districts in E #BREGA R in OUR control but parts of West Brega where #OIL facilities R in control of GF #Libya
#UK Official says MORE Countries Will Announce Next Week that they will FREE FROZEN ASSETS for the #NTC #Libya
#Tunisia says its troops are Patrolling FUEL Stations to Curb the Flow of smuggled GASOLINE for the REGIME into #Libya #UpYoursGaddafi
#CAPTURED The JOYOUS moment of ripping off another Green RAG in #BREGA Residential Area youtube.com/watch?v=nkzXUT… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkzXUTW7Mho&fea...
#LIBERATED #TAWURGHA NATO had asked FF on Wednesday 2PAINT their vehicles Yellow + Red BF the OFFENSIVE took Place #Libya
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Faith
At least 25 opposition fighters were injured and 8 shot dead in #Brega yesterday. #Libya
Zlitniya
#Zliten :early this am #Gaddafi mercenaries surrounded Al Jnanat (inside city) following killing of #Chad mercenary by FF #Libya #Feb17
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya: FFs confirm 100 G forces killed in Terfas area which lies 10km South of Zawiya #feb17 #Libya
Zlitniya
#Zliten fri am: #NATO struck 7 locations of #Gaddafi troops on Coastal Road near As-Sab’a #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten #Gaddafi militia retreated from besieging AlJnanat following #NATO strikes on several #Gaddafi locations,&learning FF ready2fight
#Zliten several independent reports that #Majer killings of civilians was in fact by #NATO bombs.all members of some families completely
Wiped out.this includes many families from Suq Al Thalath who fled or were evacuated from t area by #Gaddafi militia.1building that was
Struck had 5such families @NATO @UKMilOps @WilliamJHague @NTC_of_Libya plz investigate #Majer killings.45 civilians reported murdered
NATO spokesman:
Gaddafi no longer has offensive forces and most of his remaining troops are mercenaries
المتحدث باسم الناتو : القذافي لم يعد يمتلك قوات هجومية و أغلب قواته الباقية من المرتزقة
THE LATEST IS THAT THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR THE LAST 1/4 OF BREGA AND IN 40 Hours INSHA ALLAH WE WILL TAKE IT!! :)
#BREGA #Gaddafi forces dug tunnels underground hiding Tanks weapons etc when #NATO aircrafts appear they go and hide, avoiding attack
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Interesting rumors that a Syrian ship carrying weapons for Gaddafi troops was intercepted and is being diverted to Benghazi #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Here’s the ship I believe they are talking about marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetail…
www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.a...
Confirmed reports saying Saadi gaddafi’s son has been jailed by his father because he tried to flee #Libya
Aisha
We’re seeing lots ruthless mercenaries tht come frm other countr & r enlistd by #Gaddafi’s f’ 2 inflict extreme violence on men,women&childr
His brush is his weapon:
CNN
Meet Mohammed Zahmoul, with war all around him, he says his painting is his Kalashnikov.
CNN’s Michael Holmes reports.
edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/08/11/holmes.libya.street.artists.cnn?iref=allsearch
ALJAZEERA:
A Libyan cargo plane seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates was handed over to rebel forces in their eastern bastion of Benghazi, a rebel official told AFP on Thursday.
The four-engine Ilyushin-76TD aircraft arrived in Benghazi on Wednesday, said Colonel Abdel Nasser Bousnina.
“This aircraft was owned by the Libyan government, more precisely by the International Airlines Group, controlled by a public investment fund” of the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, Bousnina said.
“It was seized by the authorities in Dubai, and handed over to representatives of the NTC” (National Transitional Council), the rebels’ de facto government.
“This equipment is now in the air force of the rebellion. This is the first cargo plane we have, and will be used to transport humanitarian aid from abroad to Libya,” said the officer, welcoming this “success”.
Source: blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...
THE NEWS:
Cargo plane handed over to Libya rebels
BENGHAZI: A Libyan cargo plane seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates was handed over to rebel forces in their eastern bastion of Benghazi, a rebel official told AFP on Thursday.
The four-engine Ilyushin-76TD aircraft arrived in Benghazi on Wednesday, said Colonel Abdel Nasser Bousnina.
“This aircraft was owned by the Libyan government, more precisely by the International Airlines Group, controlled by a public investment fund” of the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, Bousnina said.
“It was seized by the authorities in Dubai, and handed over to representatives of the NTC” (National Transitional Council), the rebels’ de facto government.
“This equipment is now in the air force of the rebellion. This is the first cargo plane we have, and will be used to transport humanitarian aid from abroad to Libya,” said the officer, welcoming this “success”.
Source:
thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=20553...
Website with News, Links, Pictures, on #Libya #Tripoli #Trables t.co/hnOTEqw
BRITISH EMBASSY:
UKinLibya UK in Libya
Delighted listeners in #Libya can now hear @BBCWorldService in Misrata & Benghazi on 91.5FM.
Breaking: Italian Predator B has performed 1st sortie over #Libya. 12-hr mission from Amendola. Background info:
cencio4.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/predat...
Family Ties In Dictatorships
You don’t have to draw up a family tree for a dictator- often their entire government, as well as other officials and key industries are run by their families. Sometimes this leads to dynastic succession, as in the case of Gnassingbe Eydema and his son Faure, or Omar Bongo Ondimba and his son, Ali. Take a look at some of the First Families of Africa, and see the trend for yourself:
Link:
www.africandictator.org/?p=3727
Libye Libre
Source directe – Urgent : 40 camions transportant des 4X4 sont à #Sfax direction #Tripoli (il y a 4heures)
Libya’s ‘Stalingrad’ struggles to its feet
Andrew Beatty
MISRATA, Libya — Far from the nearest rebel bastion and perched provocatively on Tripoli’s doorstep, residents of the western Libyan city of Misrata have not had an easy war, but slowly the city is getting to its feet.
The port city of 500,000 has been the scene of the fiercest fighting in the near six-month-old conflict and it continues to see a near daily rain of fire from Moamer Kadhafi’s rockets.
Loyalist troops are still stationed as close as 40 kilometres (25 miles) away — to the west at Zliten, to the southwest and to the south at Tuarga. Only NATO jets and a volunteer rebel army keep them at bay.
Inside the city the fighting has very visibly taken its toll.
The city centre more closely resembles post-war Sarajevo or post-earthquake Port-au-Prince than the sister cities of Benghazi or Ajdabiya in Libya’s east.
Read more:
goo.gl/yn9st
Reuters
WRAPUP 2-Gaddafi forces still hold Brega oil terminal, refinery
Libyan rebels on offensive six months into uprising
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) – Rebels are rattling the gates of oil town Brega as they advance in eastern Libya and are pushing an offensive at Tuarga in the west, almost six months after launching an uprising against strongman Moamer Kadhafi.
They are also pushing forward in the western Nafusa mountains against Kadhafi’s forces, which a top NATO commander said were no longer able to launch a credible military offensive.
The rebels, who, inspired by revolts in Egypt and Tunisia, launched popular protests against Kadhafi on February 17, vowed that in just a “a few days” they plan to retake the strategic oil hub of Brega, nestled on the Gulf of Syrte.
Rebels, backed by NATO helicopters, have tried for the past three weeks to seize the vital port 240 kilometres (140 miles) southwest of their eastern stronghold Benghazi.
Read more:
au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/100...
WSJ:
Libyan Rebels, in Show of Unity, Plan for Transition
BENGHAZI, Libya—Rebel officials here, amid signs of disarray in their leadership, have ramped up preparations for governing Libya after the fall of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, drafting a timeline for elections and a plan for establishing a security force.
The Benghazi-based National Transitional Council’s proposed blueprint for a political transition signals an effort to reassure the international community and their countrymen that they are prepared for the tumult and uncertainty that would follow the regime’s collapse.
Source:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111...
dovenews Libyan™
8 fuel lorries where stopped in #Kairouan from reaching Gaddafi in #Tripoli. #Tunisia #Libya #NoFuel4Gaddafi #NoWeapons
ALERT NET:
Libya: humanitarian challenges six months on
What are the main humanitarian problems you are seeing on the ground?
Fighting is still going on in many areas, notably in the Western Mountains and around Misrata and Brega. Tens of thousands of people from these areas are displaced inside Libya or have taken refuge in Tunisia and Egypt. Some are returning to their home areas, when and where conditions allow, while others are fleeing. Many family members are separated from one another. Thousands of people have been detained or are unaccounted for in connection with the conflict.
Medical services are struggling to meet the needs of war-wounded and other patients. The delivery of health care is frequently hindered by the security situation or by the departure of health-care personnel. In addition, when there is a lull in the fighting, or the fighting in a certain area has ended, people face severe danger from the unexploded ordnance that is scattered across many areas.
Full report here:
www.trust.org/alertnet/news/libya-human...
BLOOMBERG:
Libya Rebels Push From Misrata and Attack Qaddafi-held Town
Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) — Libyan rebels in the besieged city of Misrata launched an offensive to try and break through the eastern frontline and take the government-held town of Tawarga.
The attack began in the early morning and three rebel fighters were killed and 44 wounded by 3 p.m. local time, according to officials at Misrata’s Mujamma Aliadat hospital. There were no immediate reports on government casualties.
“We are in the town, we made a big attack this morning,” wounded rebel fighter Loie Mohammed, 19, said from his hospital bed, referring to Tawarga. “Our guys went in a circle to get around the town and attack from behind it.”
Full story here:
www.businessweek.com/news/2011-08-11/li...
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
1st Brit’s #riot for TVs now #Chinese riot over parking,
only #Arab youths know what’s worth rioting for this year
European products slowly running short in #Tripoli. Recently substituted by Algerian and Tunisian products, especially food sector #Libya
Reuters
Revolutionaries said they had captured part of the oil town of Brega on Thursday while their forces in the west pushed toward Zawiyah, trying to get within striking distance of Muammar Gaddafi’s capital. Unconfirmed reports surfaced that all of Brega was under their control, but there has been no clarification on this yet.
The Guardian
A spokesman for the revolutionaries said that Gaddafi’s forces are still in control of the oil terminal and refinery in Brega. The revolutionaries hold a residential area but it remains unsafe to enter the city.
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR
LIBYE. Les insurgés seraient aux portes de la ville de Brega
Les insurgés libyens ont affirmé jeudi 11 août avoir pris pied dans la ville de Brega et avoir repoussé les forces loyales au colonel Mouammar Kadhafi sur cette ligne de front de l’Est de la Libye. Ces déclarations n’ont pu être confirmées de source indépendante.
La “zone résidentielle” de Brega, divisée en trois quartiers distincts, est située à l’est de cette cité pétrolière installée le long des côtes du golfe de Syrte, à 240 km au sud-ouest de Benghazi, la “capitale” des rebelles.
Etendue sur une dizaine de kilomètres, la ville est tenue par les forces pro-Kadhafi qui font face depuis trois semaines à la pression militaire des rebelles, appuyés par les avions et hélicoptères de l’Otan.
Read more:
tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/monde...
Mimi
Il reste juste les installations pétrolières à l’extrême Ouest de Brega à prendre
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
Aug.12th : anniversary of Geneva Convention. I say not enough people have read it !
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Brega: Reports FFs clashing with G forces in vicinity of Bright Star University in their advance towards second area #feb17 #libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
A martyrer came from the #UK to fight in #Nalut— لقطات للشهيد محمد المقدمى فى اوروبا أرض المعركة نالوت العزة youtube.com/watch?v=R-PaDv… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-PaDvj-eBw&fea...
RUSSIA:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday gave his backing to a UN Security Council resolution which authorized international military action in Libya. Medvedev also banned all Libyan flights in Russian air space with the exception of humanitarian flights and authorized searches of ships for weapons or military personnel. The decree also bans all financial operations involving the assets of Gaddafi and members of his family and his aides.
FRANCE:
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will stick with the international campaign against Libya’s longtime leader until the end.
Sarkozy said Friday that France’s military effort — central to the nearly five-month-old NATO-led operation — “will remain constant.”
He said there is no choice but to “go to the end of the mission.”
The U.N.-mandated campaign against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces has been deadlocked for long periods, and public support for the costly mission has waned.
Sarkozy was speaking to forces aboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, which was operating off the Libyan coast for months and was crucial to the NATO campaign. The carrier is returning to port in Toulon on the Mediterranean for maintenance.
LE FIGARO:
G. Teissier: “pas de rupture” en Libye
Interrogé sur France Info, le député Guy Teissier, qui préside de la commission Défense à l’Assemblée nationale, a estimé qu’il n’y a “pas de rupture” dans l’effort de guerre en Libye, malgré le retour du porte-avion Charles de Gaulle. “Après neuf mois en mer sans interruption, le porte-avion est obligé de rentrer”, explique le député des Bouches-du-Rhône.
Source:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/08/12/9...
REUTERS:
Captured intel officer says Gaddafi still strong
About 70 percent of Libyans in Muammar Gaddafi’s main stronghold Tripoli still support him and he is in no danger of falling anytime soon, a captured Libyan intelligence officer said Friday.
“For the most part Tripoli is stable. There is some opposition to Gaddafi but I would say he is safe,” said Brigadier-General Al-Hadi al-Ujaili, who described himself as a member of Libya’s all-pervasive intelligence service.
“Gaddafi still has the support of key tribes. He is still very strong,” said the 54-year-old father of six, who was captured wearing a tan leisure suit by rebels pushing north toward the town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli.
More:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/12/us-l...
Torghae 150 G soldiers captured a wide range of SUVs, armored vehicles and BMB, and launchers, and large quantities of ammunition
FromJoanne Joanne
#LIBYA ’s BREATHTAKING BEAUTIES Gaddafi ’s Regime has been hiding from the world youtube.com/watch?v=MQMhr_… The ancient Greek colony of #Cyrene
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQMhr_dHdug&fea...
NEWS REPUBLIC:
Medvedev signs Libya sanctions 5 months after UN vote
President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree toughening sanctions on Libya five months after the measure was passed by the UN Security Council in March, the Kremlin said Friday.
It was not immediately clear why Medvedev signed the decree implementing the sanctions so long after Resolution 1973 was passed.
Russia was obliged to sign the measure as a member of the UN Security Council, and Medvedev’s decree makes no mention of the foreign military action specified in the measure.
The measures approved by Medvedev include a ban on the use of Russian airspace by Libyan planes or non-humanitarian flights to Libya.
The decree also slaps an asset freeze on Moamer Kadhafi, his close relatives and entourage, and forbids them from travelling to Russia.
Russia had abstained from the vote on the resolution, while not using its right to veto, out of concerns that the establishment of a no-fly zone within Libya would open the way to a full-scale military operation.
The March 17 resolution slammed Libya for failing to comply with an earlier resolution adopted in February and called for a no-fly zone and protection of rebels from Kadhafi’s forces.
Medvedev had in March signed a decree implementing Resolution
Source:
www.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.as...
BREGA:
Brega Rebel spokesman Mohammed al-Zwawi said he was with the fighters when they gained control Thursday of a residential unit in Brega.
Brega is a wide strip of desert made up of two residential units about 6 miles (10 kilometers) apart, followed by the oil refineries near the port on the Mediterranean Sea.
“We have taken the first residential unit and we are fighting in the second one now,” al-Zwawi told The Associated Press on Friday.
FFs advance under bombardment by rocket launchers and artillery guns towards the University of the bright star
with securing a full third of the region of Brega
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Last night Khoms FFs attacked with grenades the house of Head of Gaddafi Internal security in the city General Musa AlMakhyul #feb17 #libya
Sabha: G forces have used live gunfire and tear gas on on mass protests with injuries reported #Feb17#libya
Tripoli: FFs blow up a G forces check point in AlHany area near the Gas depot. 2 G forces killed
FFS have captured this morning 2 G force soldiers and a Brigadier General south of Zawiya at Ber Bin Shuaib
NATO today targeted G forces on coastal raod in Zletin
FromJoanne Joanne
Liberated #Tawurgha FF said the Offensive was Led in Coordination with @NATO to PROTECT #Misrata from missile attacks #Libya
#TUWARGHA After Starting GUN commander Taliq of Freedom Brigade said FF moved in2 Center of #Tuwargha in a pincer from the W and E #Libya
#NATO #BOUCHARD: #Majr Target contained Mercenaries CommandCenter 4×4Vehicles with automatic weapons Rocket Launchers or mortars #Libya
Captured Officer Ujail had Signed Documents authorising ARRESTS he was going to oversee Regime Ops in #Zawiyah which FF advancing on #Libya
Due to Freedom Fighters reaching the outskirts of #ZAWIYA Many displaced Families are now returning to their homes in #Nafusa
Worth noting that there R many many Freedom Fighters FROM #Zawiya now OUTSIDE Zawiyah waiting 2FREE the town of Gaddafis Grip #Libya
CNN’s André Liohn describes the time he spent with an amubulance driver in Misrata.
Photographer André Liohn describes the time he spent with an amubulance driver in Misrata.Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkW7NfBm0ZQ
NATO NATO
Check it out: #NATO’s new #YouTube channel in French! À découvirir: nouvelle chaîne française de l’ #OTAN sur YouTube! youtube.com/OTAN
or:
www.youtube.com/OTAN
Zawiya Said (Info is from Captured Regime Officer) to be harbouring about 1000 Gaddafi conscripts
AJE:
AndrewSimmons in #Tawarga say yesterday’s offensive heavily coordinated with NATO. Goal 2 stop rockets falling on Misrata Libya
AJE AndrewSimmons 2nd goal of Tawarga offensive 2 block supply line from Sirte. Fighting continuing w remaining Gaddafiforces Libya AndrewSimmons Thuwar used 6tanks gained from Gaddafi in liberation of Tawarga which they reconditioned. 1 was destroyed. Libya
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
After an hour from now a ship full of weapons will arrive a the port of #Benghazi, it was intercepted in the sea on the way to #Gaddafi.
بعد ساعة من الان ستصل الى ميناء بنغازي الرصيف رقم 15 السفينة المحملة بالاسلحة لكتائب القذافي والتي تم اعتراضها في البحر. ومزيد من الانتصارات
Via TAMASUL:
BREGA MARTYRS 12/08 RIP
1 Amin Altwahni 2 Fathallah Jibril Fathallah 3 Marei Emihyur 4 Mohamad AlAgouri 5Musa Yunis BenAhmad Cont 6 Khaled Zaqlam 7 Muftah Alwarfalli 8 Ashraf Abdlrazaaq Hamad 9 Mohamad Hamad Oed 10 Mohamad BenHawa 11 still unidentified wheelertweets James Wheeler
4 Kikla FFs died, >20 injured in fighting Wednesday. Small town. Proportionately as if 200 killed & >1000 wounded in Misrata in a single day
The North Africa Daily is out! bit.ly/dRzwj9 ▸ Top stories today
McGphoto Mark McGrath
Saw this on A.net. Maybe it will dispel some of the rumours about the GR4 combat load for Libya ops. airliners.net/photo/UK—-Air…
or:
www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/Panavi...
Earlier explosions in Benghazi explanation:
Sounds heard in Benghazi are said to be fisherman explosives used by drunk people near Saberi neighborhood
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nilesat enforcement “Mission” has been postponed till tomorrow due 2 slow Legal procedures
Eman
Prisoners in #Tripoli kept in shipping containers… #FreeLibya #savetripoli
dovenews Libyan™
Reports tht the number of G forces in #Brega is small, most forces are in #Bisher, snipers are roof buildings,water tanks & oil storages
Anaya
This 1 says also dog cage youtube.com/watch?v=cH6ffG…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6ffGh8raE
Wheelertweets;
Injured Misrata freedom fighter Ali & his brother Abdalla. Last night (Thursday, August 11) in a Tunis hospital room.
twitpic.com/64wjm7
Ahmed
Friend just released confirms people not being kept in prisons anymore but kept in shipping containers with air holes #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
State TV announces that Cameron want to block social media sites in the UK. They continue to lie to us every day.
VANCOUVER SUN:
Tripoli regime divided over deal with extremists
By Damien McElroy, Daily Telegraph
Divisions are emerging within the Libyan regime after senior members of the government distanced themselves from Gadhafi family plans to forge a settlement to end the civil war.
Moammar Gadhafi’s heir apparent, Saif al-Islam, has declared the regime is prepared to embrace Islamic fundamentalists in an alliance to end the fighting.
Saif al-Islam told the New York Times last week that he was talking to an Islamic leader in the
oppositionheld east to seal an alliance against Libyan liberals.
But the comments appeared to have troubled the ranks of the regime’s leadership. Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, the Libyan prime minister, issued a clear warning about the implications of the rise of Islamic extremists in response to the Saif al-Islam interview.
“Saif has his point of view but what matters is what the people of Libya want,” he said. “The Libyan government is coherent, it has one official position.”
Read more:
www.vancouversun.com/news/Tripoli+regim...
Brega "There’s close fighting in the oil terminal area this morning but maybe we can finish it off today, said rebel soldier Mohammad Muftah
In effort to pile economic and military pressure on Gaddafi, more countries are set to announce next week that they will free frozen assets
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” 34.96552˚/25.61272˚ from #Mersin anchored in #Crete & now en route to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. @NATO
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Look what #Gaddafi Grads have done to children in #Misrata— من جرائم الطاغية ضذد الاطفال youtube.com/watch?v=xBDylZ… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBDylZMZGvk&fea...
Zintan : Reports net is back in the city.
DENMARK:
Denmark decided Thursday to extend its participation in NATO operations in Libya for three months and to allow the rebel National Transitional Council to send envoys to Copenhagen.
Denmark’s multi-party Libya contact group announced at a news conference the Scandinavian country’s six F-16 fighter jets would continue participating in NATO bombing missions over Libya for another three-month renewable period after the current one expires later this month.
“There is a broad agreement that the strategy we have chosen is the right one,” Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen told AFP after the news conference.
She insisted that Denmark’s participation in the NATO operations was creating a possibility for Libya to become a free and democratic society.
The former chairman of Libya’sNational Oil Company and de-facto oil minister, Shokri Ghanem, should not have a post in any new regime that could emerge if Col. Moammar Gadhafi is defeated, said a spokesman for the Libyan rebels Friday.
Ana
Just received word i lost another cousin to #Gaddafi :(
Sal
Friend told me a widespread rumour that the thuwaar caught smuggling weapons into Janzour have all been executed.
Weird. Over the past two days, I’ve seen 2 people who look identical to friends currently imprisoned in Janzour.
Libyus
when the prisons overflowed, they used farms, when farms overflowed shipping containers?! Free #Tripoli’s kidnapped, protestors, prisoners.
dovenews Libyan™
FLASH! #FF in the north east fronline advanced to the #Hooish #60 area on the outskirts of #Tripoli. via @libyatv
Mary:
Breaking News … Torghae process yesterday and that was a clever twist of the process by rebels .. resulted in the capture of 150 soldiers … and the sheep of a wide range of SUVs, armored vehicles and BMB, and rocket launchers, and large quantities of ammunition of God ….
Lighthouse: the foot of Mount Gheryan: more victories, thanks to God first and foremost a channel Gheryan on Facebook, Front Mount Gheryan: exclusive – the foot of Mount Gheryan: more victories, thanks to God first and foremost, and cowards Gaddafi supplied Thoarna more light and heavy weapons in a Bthorana brave Martyrs Battalion Gheryan to check on the front of the Association. Avaduna that the rebels have editing and combed the entire area of the Western Association and make sure they are free from the remains of the scum of the system. Avaduna they also killed a large number of mercenaries, mostly black Africans, and stressed that the battalions in the case of severe panic and retreat. He also stressed Thoarna they looted the 2 SUV, one Toyota Land Cruiser new (zeros) and the other Mitsubishi banana in addition to the large amount of ammunition and light weapons and heavy. – mention that for the third day progress rebels Gheryan and Kklh and the castle together victory after another in the front of the Association, located West Gheryan. – and here we can not fail to thank our heroes Kklh for their hospitality to their fellow comrades in arms rebels Gheryan Who Kklh time ago, and resides in hundreds of other towns and villages of the mountain the other. Together, the capital of the mountain by editing the captive Gheryan.
ICRC says sanctions should be eased in #Libya or more people will die from measles, cancer, diabetes.
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
ALJAZEERA:
Fuel shortage slows Libya rebel advance
As opposition fighters edge ever closer to Tripoli, long supply lines and a chronic lack of petrol is slowing them down
Libyan opposition fighters have moved several kilometres out of their mountain stronghold in the west, edging ever closer to Tripoli.
But a shortage of fuel is threatening their advance, and also making life difficult for civilians.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khoder reports.
Video:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...
THE NEW AGE:
Libya rebels beat back Gaddafi rocket positions
Rebels controlled much of the western Libyan town of Tuarga on Friday an AFP correspondent witnessed, just hours after a large-scale assault designed to stop rocket attacks on nearby Misrata.
Deep inside the sprawling desert town rebels searched door-to-door for snipers and other remnants of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, after clearing residential areas in the north and the centre, in an attack that began early Thursday.
In a symbolic show of victory fighters tore down green flags that were hoisted atop of buildings by Gaddafi supporters who just hours earlier had occupied the area.
“Gaddafi is finished!” shouted a jubilant 31-year-old fighter named Mohammed. “There is no way back. We have taken Tuarga!”
But his claim was somewhat premature.
As the the rebels pressed to the extreme south and east of the town they encountered heavy fighting and sizeable pockets of resistance among a maze of buildings and date palms.
Rebel commanders said there were still some snipers inside the town and bombardments were now coming from a village further south.
Read more:
thenewage.co.za/25611-1019-53-Libya_reb...
Gaddafi Hands Shoot Directly at Cameraman
Man filming the violence in Libya is suprised when Gaddafi’s hired gunmen turns the corner and starts spraying bullets at the cameraman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ezu_3It_p0
Hajer
LOOOL according to a British Survey, Libyan women are the 3rd most beautiful women in the world!!!!! pic.twitter.com/saVHyui
ZeinakhodrAljaz:
#Libya gaddafi forces firing grad rockets at rebel positions not far from #azaziyah
MMEGIONLINE:
Botswana recognises Libya’s rebel govt
As efforts to oust Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi enter their sixth month, Botswana this week recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) as a legitimate opposition force in Libya.
As the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Phandu Skelemani, confirmed this to Mmegi yesterday, countries around the world were expelling Libyan diplomats linked to the embattled regime
Mmegi has established that the Libyan Embassy in Gaborone has been closed since the departure of Ambassador Assed Mohamad Almutaa and his staff three months ago.
Skelemani said Botswana’s recognition of NTC would remain until there were elections and the rebels were (hopefully) officially installed in office.
However, if the rebel council and Gaddafi’s regime agreed to form a government of national unity, Botswana would recognise them, the minister said.
Libya was plunged into turmoil when pro-democracy activists mounted street protests to demand an end to Gaddafi’s 42-year rule that resulted from a military coup. Gaddafi vowed to use his military to crush the demonstrators, prompting the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone to be enforce by (NATO).
Botswana was the first country to end diplomatic relations with Libya when the bombing started.
ZeinakhodrAljaz:
#Libya families from tripoli tell me it is getting very difficult to survive in capital, lack of fuel and food
FromJoanne:
#Syrian ship “Marwa” Carrying weapons 4 Regime which was intercepted along coast of #Tobruk has now ARRIVED in #Benghazi
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi filth firing GRAD rockets at #Freedomfighter positions not far from #AzAziyah. #Libya #Feb17
HINDUSTANTIMES:
BBC launches fm in Libya
The BBC World Service began broadcasting a new FM radio service in the Libyan rebel-held cities of Benghazi and Misrata on Thursday, the British broadcaster said. BBC Arabic already operates on Libyan television and on short- and medium-wave radio, “and we are pleased to be extending
our availability to FM radio,” it said in a statement.
It will be in Arabic, with a “Newshour” programme in English once a day.
Liliane Landor, the BBC’s controller of languages, said, “This year has been a very difficult one for Libyans.”
FromJoanne Joanne
Freedom Fighters captured Gaddafi Thugs in #BREGA youtube.com/watch?v=tSgSgz… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSgSgzUd2p4&fea...
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
رفضَ المُستشار مصطفى عبدالجليل العرض الفرنسي بتقديم مساعدة تخص تامينه
الشخصي وتق…ديم حراس له ذوي كفائه عالية لزيادة تامينه من اي غدر او مكروه قد يلحق به .
مًؤكداً المًستشار مًصطفى ، ان الحَامي هُو الله ، وان ّحراسه الشخصيين الحالين من المستحيل ان يغدرو به ، لانهم اصلاً من نفس قبيلته بل من البيت المقرب منه وهم شَباب من خيرة ابناء ليبيا الاحرار .
مطمئناً الجميع ان اغلب اوقاته في مدينة البيضاء ، وانه بينَ اهله وبَين الثوار الاحرَار لذا لا خوف عليه او على حياته ، وان الاعمار بيد الله ، والثورة لن تقف عند اي شخص مهما كاَنت اهميتُه ومَهما كان دوره
FromJoanne Joanne
Watching #Footage from #Libya People say "Situation is deterioration they say the government will fall from within #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz:
#Libya rebels pushing on two main fronts towards capital; they are now 60 kilometers from capital near #azaziyah" #feb17
dovenews:
50 wr wounded on Thurs & Fri & 1 civilian in the all-but-deserted town was killed when a rocket fired by Gaddafi’s forces hit a house
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREGA IS GADDAFI ’s POT OF GOLD The #Zawiya refinery Oil Tanks R EMPTY Now all G Regime has left is Fuel from #Brega Refinery #Libya
Benito (BASHAR) & Hitler (GADDAFI), history does repeat itself!!
BASHAR & GADDAFI: معاً لدحر الشعوب، وسفك الدماء، والإستهزاء بالعقول والإنتماء
FromJoanne Joanne
Blood rises to my head :( Instand headache … Libyan citizen tortured in this container youtube.com/watch?v=eTFNFh… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTFNFhthJO8
Gheryan. Valley District: National Army rebels made significant progress after clashes with the battalions in the area
4Adam Adam Libya
Lethal Lessons – Raw video of a firefight in Misrata, Libya. #nyt youtube.com/watch?v=satMdB… #Libya #Feb17 #Misrata
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=satMdBrKqJE&fea...
Ahmed
Excitement on the streets of Tripoli today at the thought that soon Zawiyah will be liberated for the final time. #
Electricity in #Tripoli seems to be getting better
Prisoners kept in containers in many places. 1 place is Shar3 AlGharby (Western Street) in Gurgi near radar station. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
Dishgimp Pete
Libyan visa secured. Quick overnight in Djerba before rendezvousing at the border tomorrow.” Sky News in #Tripoli #rixos
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya A mistake, to think a captured G intel officer will tell the truth. And a mistake to link Reuters stories as if they were accurate.
#libya It is ridiculous to say that 70% of Tripoli residents support Gaddafi. They support whoever is holding the gun pointed at them.
#libya An intel officer captured by the FF has avoided danger from the FF. Now by lying, he avoids danger from Gaddafi.
#libya You cannot win a moral victory against Gaddafi. You cannot win 99% of the war and go home happy. From 1% the snake will re-emerge
#libya Instead of counterattacks now we get PR attacks, dis-information. They want to make the FF afraid to attack Tripoli. It won’t work.
#libya No matter what people may feel about Gaddafi, when the FF get to Tripoli people will desert him, they won’t ferociously defend him.
#libya The rule is: whatever they say, the truth is the opposite; what they accuse you of, they did. So the truth is not hard to figure out.
#libya A captured G officer says Tripoli is under control; it is not under control. He says Gaddafi is strong there; that means he’s weak.
#libya The FF have said all along Tripoli is the goal. They know it will be the hardest battle and it may take as long as the other battles
#libya But once the battle for Tripoli begins, and Gaddafi goes into his bunker, he will only come out a blackened burned corpse
#libya The captured G officer says Gaddafi has the support of “the tribes” in Tripoli. Sure, Tripoli is the most “tribal” city in Libya.
#libya The truth is, tribal membership is less important in Tripoli than anywhere. Making money is still important.
#libya While G’s mafia still rules Tripoli businessmen try to keep working. But when they see he’s a loser they will cut his tiny balls off
#libya Yesterday the FF smelled the sea; tomorrow the citizens of Tripoli will HEAR the sounds of the battle on the city’s outskirts
#libya What do you think will happen when the people of Tripoli hear tank fire, and it isn’t NATO, and it isn’t Gaddafi either?
#libya This time, please God, when the FF overrun Green Square it will be forever, and the rat Gaddafi will be cooked on a stick
Reviving Amazigh
those who say #Libya conflict is a stalemate forget tht in March #Gaddafi forces where 20km frm #Benghazi,whereas now #FF 60km frm #Tripoli
Read the following:
renesys blog:
Libyan Internet Instability
There hasn’t been much to say about the Internet in Libya this summer, as their patterns of connectivity have been fairly stable. It was interesting, therefore, to observe that much of the country’s Internet routing has started to show evidence of sporadic failures this week, which have gone unreported in the media.
The following plot shows the number of Libyan networks (blocks of Libyan IP addresses) that appear in the global routing table. There are typically 16 of these, all routed by Libyan Telecom and Technology (LTT) via Telecom Italia. This week they have suffered some impairment, in groups of 6 or 10, in episodes that typically last no more than a few hours.
There didn’t seem to be any pattern to these outages, which took place at all times of the day and night. It seems to suggest power outages, rather than permanent facilities damage, or deliberate action by the government (for suppressing communications, say).
Link:
www.renesys.com/blog/2011/08/libyan-int...
AJ: Injured fighter: We have liberated #Brega completely
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Georgia CARGO SHIP “A BEDEVI” 35.07608˚/11.8361˚ Speed/Course: 11.6 kn/144˚ left #Sousse #Tunisia, headed towards #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO
PHOTO’S:
Training the Libyan National Army
By Libyan Youth Movement
Have a look here:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.17940...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports #Freedomfighters, w/ #NATO help, have captured ship from #Syria, dest. #Tripoli #Libya. Unconfirmed “MARWA” in port #Benghazi #Feb17
BBC
Wounded civilian toll rises in Libya conflict
Rebels in Libya say they are continuing to fight for control of the strategic town of Zlitan, west of the city of Misrata.
Doctors in Misrata say more than 8,000 people have been wounded since the uprising began in February and 3,000 of those are thought to be civilians.
Four months ago the BBC reported on a six-year-old girl who had been badly injured when her home came under attack.
Orla Guerin returned to Misrata to find her.
Watch the video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14511684
The media will claim that Libya is a stalemate until the day that FF armies enter Tripoli.
24HEURES
Hannibal Kadhafi veut-il vendre ses tankers?
Que devient Hannibal Kadhafi? Ces dernières semaines, à en croire Petroleum Economist, le journal britannique spécialisé dans le secteur de l’énergie, le fils du colonel Kadhafi aurait multiplié les contacts auprès d’investisseurs étrangers susceptibles de s’intéresser à General National Maritime Transport (GNMTC).
Cette compagnie contrôlée par l’Etat, que gère Hannibal Kadhafi, assurait jusqu’aux sanctions internationales le transport du pétrole libyen. Mais voilà, le régime est à sec. Sa capacité de production pétrolière s’est réduite, tout comme celle de raffiner ses réserves de brut – encore estimées à 3 ou 3,5 millions de barils – suite à la destruction de ses installations. Et ses possibilités d’importer du carburant sont entravées par les sanctions internationales. Le régime voudrait donc vendre la compagnie ou une partie des quinze tankers qui composent sa flotte. Une manière de renflouer les caisses, selon le journal britannique. Et peut-être de s’ouvrir la voie d’un acheminement discret de fuel dont il commence à manquer.
Full story:
www.24heures.ch/hannibal-kadhafi-veut-v...
Al-Jazeera correspondent:
NATO bombing of supplies destined for troops Gaddafi Brega
FUTURE FOR LIBYA
Libya Transitional Council Issues Constitutional Declaration
On 11 August Libya FM Radio has reported that the country’s National Transitional Council (NTC) issued a 37-article constitutional declaration that includes a number of principles. The declaration, said the radio, is composed of two sections; the first section includes general rulings and public rights while the second details the government system during the transitional period.
The radio quoted the NTC’s official spokesman as saying that the transitional period is to last for 20 months; eight of them are to be under the chairmanship of the NTC while the remaining 12 months are to be under the authority of the General National Congress.
Source:
voicefreelibya.blogspot.com/2011/08/lib...
Tawarga Two days of battle left five anti-government fighters dead and 46 wounded
BLOOMBERG:
Libya Rebels Report Capture of Most of Strategic Western Town of Tawarga
Libyan insurgents say they have captured most of the western town of Tawarga after breaking through government lines around the nearby city of Misrata.
Two days of battle left five anti-government fighters dead and 46 wounded by noon local time today, said the Mujamma Aledad Hospital in Misrata. The government didn’t release information on casualties among Muammar Qaddafi’s forces, which are accused by the rebels of launching missiles from Tawarga into rebel-held Misrata, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) to the north.
“We control most of the town,” Adel Ibrahim of rebel- controlled Radio Misrata said today. “Qaddafi soldiers are in the old town. There are civilians; they are using them like hostages. Negotiations are going on.”
The capture of Tawarga would represent the first success for rebel units based in Misrata after two months of trying to overcome government forces that surround the city. Rebels say they hope a victory, together with others reported in the Western Mountains, will demonstrate to the opposition’s international backers that they are able to break a stalemate that has lasted more than two months.
Chris Stephen in Misrata through the Dubai newsroom
Read full article:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-12/libya...
FromJoanne Joanne
Once again the MAP of the not so long road to #TRIPOLI twitpic.com/63w5mn/full #Libya credit to @k_thos #Libya
Hominoid
Brega (Libya Ahrar): It is confirmed that Brega’s third residential area has been liberated
and Freedom Fighters are surrounding Gaddafi forces in a tight circle at the industrial zone that does not exceed 7km.
Friday troops belonging to al-Gaddafi gave themselves to the FFs in the village of Nasser to Al Zentan Ffs.
The FFs are engaged in fierce fighting today with the battalion near the village of Nasser. G troops lacking food ammo and moral !
libyaoutreach:
hrw and Federation now in Tripoli visiting prisons but they will only go to official jails. 1000s of ppl held in makeshift prisons.
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREGA FF control #New #Brega Residential Zone 15 miles from PortArea +OilTerminal which saw close fighting 2day 50 injured in 2Days #Libya
ProudLibyan
And now for some Gaddafi wisdom: I am zee king ov kings of Afreeka! I will roole u or I weel kill u!
MSNBC
Captured Libyan intel officer: Gadhafi still strong
SHALGHOUDA, Libya — About 70 percent of Libyans in Moammar Gadhafi’s main stronghold Tripoli still support him and he is in no danger of falling anytime soon, a captured Libyan intelligence officer said Friday.
“For the most part Tripoli is stable. There is some opposition to Gadhafi but I would say he is safe,” said Brig. Gen. Al-Hadi al-Ujaili, who described himself as a member of Libya’s all-pervasive intelligence service.
“Gadhafi still has the support of key tribes. He is still very strong,” said the 54-year-old father of six, who was captured wearing a tan leisure suit by rebels pushing north toward the town of
Zawiyah, 30 miles west of Tripoli.
Read story and see photo:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44120095/ns/world_...
Photo of the Charles de Gaulle:
French Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier sails to the harbour of the French southern port of Toulon on August 12, 2011. The vessel, France’s only aircraft carrier and Europe’s biggest warship has returned home for maintenance from the NATO-led mission over Libya.
topics.lifewhile.com/photo/08nA7Ig1gQ0v...
Shamam : We have calls of Gaddafi ordering to assassin NTC member and 2000+ phone calls
Mr. Mahmoud Shamam confirmed that they have more than 2000 genuine calls of Gaddafi and his regime members and exlains how they could phone tap such calls from within Tripoli, one of the calls is of Gaddafi himself giving orders to assassin a high ranking NTC member, the call will be broadcasted on libya.tv within days
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2Cu1HiAWs&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
TRIPOLI Ppl from various areas will march to Rixos to denounce & condemn NATO major massacre in Zlitan Libya a NOTE JomanaCNN received
Image of FF INTERCEPTED Syria Cargo ship Lady Seham full of Weapons 4 Regime Now in Benghazi
t.co/PUtplXV
or:
photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto....
Libya United Blog:
Around the world we stand as one. None are free until all are free. These are the photos that represent a global community of Libyans on the path for freedom. Each of these photos portray a Libyan flag in front of a national landmark.
MUST LOOK HERE:
libyaunited.tumblr.com
libyanandproud
The time for the passive and numb Arab youth is FINISHED !
ALJAZEERA
Around hundred and fifty members of the Al-Aamaymeh tribe in Zlitan gathered in Tripoli to protest against a recent NATO airstrike, which they claim killed a number of civilians.
The protesters held pictures of the purported victims and chanted slogans outside the embassy of Hungary, which is member of the military alliance.
Ibrahim Al-Majeri, head of the Libyan Doctors’ order, said that Thursday’s demonstration was designed “to condemn the massacres by the NATO coalition against the civilians”.
Al-Majeri also delivered a protest letter to the Hungarian ambassador in Tripoli.
Libyan officials claimed the strike killed 85 civilians but NATO have denied this, saying that its aircraft hit a staging base and military accommodation 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of Zlitan. – Associated Press
ProudLibyan
Many don’t know, in the era prior to Satellite TV, Libyans used to be tortured by Gaddafi state TV alone!That alone is enough 4 a revolution
#EpicLibyanMan knows theres nothin better than laying down on a hot summer day in the shade of a multiple rocket launcher. #libya #feb17
Pic.:
epiclibyan.tumblr.com/post/8832398794/e...
WEELULE
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@JomanaCNN please don’t regurgitate their propaganda, it is all fully organised by the so called gov, to do you would their mouth piece
Arabian Babbler
Once you decide to live on the shattered remains of other’s lives, you are making a (im)moral decision. No amount of spin can change that.
FreeBenghazi
Gaddafiforces burnt martyr AliZarouk’s home in #Barda bcos it was meeting place for #Nalut thuwar #Libya v @nalut17feb facebook.com/media/set/?set…
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.270536786296065.87141.221212461228498’
Have a look:
Ibn:
To lighten the mood, a funny comic made from pics in #libya
twitter.com/#!/IbnOmar2005/status/102094596942725120/photo/1
wheelertweets James Wheeler
2 nights ago a #Libyan college prof talked 2 me about the revolution, referring to the good guys as they & them. Seemed happy but bewildered
Ibn
archway that was between #benghazi and #tripoli that #gaddafi later destroyed. #libya #feb17 pic.twitter.com/XzRFHyj
Iman
Is my sources are correct good news will be coming out of tarhuna soon inshallah! Ar ed3u bas! #Libya #Feb17
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس”
Nalut feb17
UN visiting Nalut 2 set-up post-war programme for reconstruction, de-mining & 2 support women, kids&civil society
Khiria
The Silence of the @UN @HRW & other human rights organizations on innocent prisoners held by the #Gaddafi regime is an embarrassment. #Libya
Meet Mohammed Busidra, Libya’s Post-Gaddafi Political Kingmaker
By Doug Saunders
Benghazi
For more than 20 years, he was Moammar Gadhafi’s most notorious political prisoner – the Islamist ringleader who escaped the 1996 one-day massacre of 1,200 of his fellow inmates and survived a decade in solitary confinement.
Today, as Col. Gadhafi’s rebel opponents falter in the rebel capital of Benghazi, Mohammed Busidra has quietly turned himself into the post-Gadhafi kingmaker.
While secular and military figures have fallen into factional fighting, Mr. Busidra, 53, has brought together Libya’s disparate moderate Islamist leaders into the country’s only united political force. He has written a constitution that they have agreed upon, and is organizing Libya’s mosques into a political machine. This has made him, in the view of many people here, the figure who will wield the most political power, and likely control the country’s leadership, in the event of the dictator’s demise.
Please read the story here:
dougsaunders.net/2011/08/libya-islamist...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Video from 20 Feb when Khoms FFs as they entered AlHamya Military camp is.gd/zlQ5Hq #Feb17 #libya
or;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDDIXGBKD1w&fea...
Afmuja:
Obviously Gaddafi and Assad would hate to hear this: t.co/mJNUVMG #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddafi #Assad
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2370...
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya #Rixos Hotel California being played. Apt.
Reuters:
Friday prayers in Benghazi.
Close to a thousand worshipers gather in Libya’s rebel stronghold, at a time when at least 11 rebel fighters have been killed in the last 24 hours. Rebels have been fighting to capture the strategic oil terminal and refinery at Brega. They have reportedly taken the residential zone of New Brega. But that is 10 miles away the port. Many have died in Brega. They hope that capturing the port will be a tipping point in their nearly six-month campaign to oust Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi. But as the fight goes on, the funerals continue. Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
Video;
in.reuters.com/video/2011/08/12/prayers...
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA: Rebel fighters now in control of #Tawarga #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya rebels pushing on two main fronts towards capital; they are now 60 km from #Tripoli near #AzAziyah. #Libya #Feb17
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL:
Stop the anguish of families of disappeared in Libya
“I fear the worst since he has been in the hands of al-Gaddafi forces. But I just want to know if he is dead or alive. If we know he was killed, at least we will be able to mourn, and start the healing process.”
Sister of 19-year-old Mostafa Ibrahim El-Baghdadi, who disappeared in Misratah in
mid-March 2011
Across Libya, anguished families wait to learn the fate of their vanished relatives. Hundreds – possibly thousands – have reportedly been subjected to enforced disappearances by Colonel al-Gaddafi’s forces since the unrest began. Some were arrested before the 17 February “Day of Rage”, in a vain attempt to quell opposition. They face torture and other ill-treatment, and even extrajudicial execution.
The al-Gaddafi forces refuse to disclose any information about the fate or whereabouts of those detained. Some may be held in key detention facilities such as the Ain Zara and Abu Salim prisons, the Salaheddin facility in Tripoli, and the Sirte military police barracks; but the authorities deny independent bodies access to these places.
The disappeared – mostly men – come from across Libya: Benghazi and other part of Eastern Libya, Misratah, the Nafusa Mountain; and the capital, Tripoli. They include those suspected of opposing al-Gaddafi; those taken by retreating al-Gaddafi forces; and those who vanished in fighting in the east. Some were taken away after raids by al-Gaddafi forces on opposition-controlled territory; others when leaving opposition strongholds. Since the unrest, the families of political prisoners already held by the Tripoli authorities have had no news about their imprisoned relatives.
While some have been released, many others remain disappeared. Some former detainees reported torture or ill-treatment by al-Gaddafi forces in Sirte and Tripoli. Some have appeared on state television, apparently after being tortured, purportedly “confessing” to joining armed groups, belonging to al-Qa’ida, being drug addicts, or having been deceived by the opposition.
To the extent that the practice of enforced disappearances is part of a widespread or systematic attack by al-Gaddafi forces on civilians, such disappearances constitute crimes against humanity, under Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Enforced disappearance is a human rights violation and a crime under international law. Sign the petition now to demand an end to enforced disappearances in Libya. On 30 August, the International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International will deliver it to representatives of Colonel al-Gaddafi’s government.
ALJAZEERA:
Nineteen years ago, 157 people were killed on board a Libyan passenger jet when it exploded on approach to Tripoli.
For years the Libyan Arab Airlines flight 1103 explosion remained unexplained and Libyans were not allowed to talk about it.
But as Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports, the uprising is starting to change that.
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-freedom-opens-up...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Electricity continues to be cut off in the whole of Sabha. #Feb17 #libya
Kufra drivers enjoy driving over Gaddafi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohlx4VejbrY&fea...
You have to listen to this!
Arabic song by Libyan band FB 17 called Trables i.e. Tripoli
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfoEpVcIYaE
Ahmed
Tarawee7 prayers at Mulay Mohamed Mosque usually packed full. Now empty, as being covered by State TV. Watch and see. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
jamal
The Director of the sea port of Benghazi, ‘Mustafa Alabbar’ has confirmed that the ship is called ‘Marwa’ .
Darth
Revolutionaries support each other regardless of religion/nationality, while gov’t argues with each other over petty shit. WE’RE the future
Abdul
breaking news: journalists in #rixos hotel in #tripoli r not allowed 2 leave hotel at all since 2day, according 2 a foreign journalist there
Omar
in Benghazi we took down the entire regime yet not a single case of looting, now i realise what an achievement that was
Ibn
the reason #gaddafi has control of #tripoli isnt tribal, its due to his high security in the area, and threats to families=>fear
the only ppl who take tribes seriously were the older older generation, the “baby boomer” generation of #libya if you will
dovenews Libyan™
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree on the introduction of sanctions against the Gaddafi regime adopted by the UN last March.
The sanctions prevent the flight of a Libyan aircraft & aircraft bound for Libya in Russian airspace, with the exception of
those carrying humanitarian aid or the emergency landing, and to inspect any cargo ships heading to or coming from Libya
Decree also provides for the imposition of economic sanctions, especially the prohibition of any financial dealings with Gaddafi regime.
Gihan
Ghazaya disaster #Gadhafi forces turn it to a town of ghosts! Residents forced to flee &make it military barracks & camps for vehicles & soldiers
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXgS7semOp8&fea...
A Free Libyan
AJA reported that FFs are in control of Nasser. Roughly 25KM from #Zawiya. #Libya #Feb17
TAWARGA UPDATE VIDEO:
Military leader of al Namer battalion Mohammed Ahmed bu Sha’lah KIA in #Tawarga
Commander provides update from today’s fighting in #Tawarga
Commander of fighters in #Tawarga says they captured Mercenaries from Niger, Nigeria and Egypt
Rebels captured 14.5, 23mm Antiaircraft weapons and rocket launchers today in #Tawarga
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlxF7SWNFw
Telegraph:
Dental records for Hana Gaddafi reopen mystery of Libyan leader’s daughter
The documents were found in the Libyan Embassy in Knightsbridge this week after rebels fighting to end Gaddafi’s reign formally took possession of the “People’s Bureau”. They disclose a London dentist’s work for the Gaddafi regime, reopening the mystery of the daughter the Libyan leader claims was killed in a US bombing raid.
The Daily Telegraph has seen the papers. They show that in 2008 Libyan officials in London arranged for the dentist, Stephen Hopson, to fly to Tripoli to treat a patient called “Hana Ghadafi”.
Hana was the name of the baby daughter that Gaddafi claimed was killed in the US air strike on Tripoli in 1986. The attack is said to have led the dictator to order terrorist reprisals, including the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
dovenews Libyan™
Many well known #Saudi scholars hv visitd the Free Libyan cities & announced their support 4 the 17Feb revolution against the tyrant Gaddafi
SecularLibya
Breaking: one of 2 natural gas pipelines to #Tripoli power stations has been cut 3 weeks ago. FF should cut off 2nd line thru Nalut #Libya
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Misrata: rollback of #Gaddafi forces by Rebels to the East of Misrata leaves no more avenues for rocket attacks on city. #Libya
LPC #Misrata: Fighters have pushed #Gaddafi forces back to #Sedada (31° 41’ 60N, 14° 33’ 0E). #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #Salah #Abrahim has arrived to #Belgrade to receive the Libyan embassy’s money, whch is approx 150 million Euro #Libya via libyatv
Correction its 150 million Euro not USD $$$.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Libya State Tv is reporting that ‘David Cameron is suffering from the curse of Libya’. (referring to the #englandriots )
Libya State TV is wrongly saying that UK Police are using live rounds of ammunition against #Looters.
G TROLLS:
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
6.9% of the people following me are on internet connections in Libya. which means 6.8% of people following me work for #Gaddafi.
Libyan
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@Jonny_Hallam LOL, 9.7% of my followers are on internet connections in #Libya which means I have #Gaddafi trolls following me too
Heba
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@Jonny_Hallam not totally accurate ! don’t forget that Internet connection is back here(Eastern #Libya) since July
BentBenghazi
Praying 4all mothers who have lost a child, whether they died fighting for freedom or fighting hunger #Libya #Syria #Somalia #Bahrain #Yemen
omar
vid: #Gaddafi helicopters carrying mercenaries to kill libyans in #tripoli 23 2 11 youtu.be/HJyYOCz9Dow #Libya #feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJyYOCz9Dow&fea...
MISRATAPOST:
تقرير الجزيره من داخل البريقه 12 اغسطس #ALJArabic reports from #Brega – August 12 t.co/FWZHRwa #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Y8kCIPJJM&fea...
Asmaa
NATO has prevented mass arrests and torture in the liberated areas #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
@NATO has saved countless numbers of children unlike Gaddafi who mamaes them with his mines #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
NATO has saved women from being raped by Gaddafi troops #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
NATO has saved thousands of civilian lives and #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
NATO has saved thousands of civilian lives and #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters at the NE frontline advanced to the #Hooish #60 area on the outskirts of #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
ALJAZEERA:
Fleeing Libyans say Gaddafi regime crumbling
Libya’s rebel fighters have been making advances in the west of the country in their push towards Tripoli.
Dozens of civilians have fled the Libyan capital, saying living conditions in the city have been deteriorating.
They say food and fuel are in short supply and electricity has been erratic.
Many of them they say it is only a matter of time before the government of Muammar Gaddafi falls from within.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from western Libya.
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ybqNbv2Is
Libyan Youth Movement:
NATO arming of Libyan rebels on the rise?
BRUSSELS — Amid renewed diplomatic flurry over finding a negotiated end to the military stalemate in Libya, reports of consistent European arming of the rebels are gaining more currency.
Officials remain tight-lipped over speculative reporting of a recent buildup in heavy arms shipments to the Libyan strongholds, the only confirmation so far confined to a French admission in June of “light” weapons transfers.
But military analysts say more than “light” equipment is entering Libya’s rebel-held territories. With funds channeled out of Libyan assets partly unfrozen under NATO orders, large amounts of cash has flowed into arms purchases to help the rebels’ advance.
A decisive military victory continues to elude the Transitional National Council, however.
Rebel commanders and political leaders are busy networking across the Atlantic and running embassies gifted to them in London and Washington but the rebels are nowhere close to establishing their writ over Libya.
As U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for more energetic efforts to secure a political solution, military analysts in Europe see the U.N. mandate being used liberally to facilitate increasing arms transfers to Libyan rebel forces, ostensibly to defend civilians against forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
NATO forces began enforcing a U.N.-mandated, no-fly zone over Libya in March — mainly to protect civilians from attacks by loyalists. As much time has elapsed without a clear military outcome, international and European interpretations of that mandate have multiplied.
In July, NATO leaders even offered Gadhafi an exit route to circumvent the
International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant in a bid to secure a political solution, reports at the time said.
Gadhafi faces arrest for crimes against humanity committed since he ordered a crackdown on dissent in February but that option is also negotiable if signs emerge of a negotiated end to the conflict. NATO negotiators offered to let Gadhafi stay in Libya, stripped of power but divisions over the proposed deal arose quickly.
Ban’s comments confirmed that negotiations with Gadhafi were continuing, despite frequent denials that no talks with the Tripoli government were afoot.
Ban said he spoke with Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi to say he was “very troubled” about the lack of progress on finding a political solution to the crisis. Ban, in statements issued though his spokesman’s office, said “all sides must commit to a political process.”
NATO officials in statements this week suggested forces loyal to Gadhafi were showing signs of defeat, however.
“Although it will be premature to jump to conclusions, it is becoming more and more apparent that pro-Gadhafi forces are losing their ability to conduct massive offensives,” said Col. Roland Lavoie, a spokesman for the NATO mission in Libya, in a statement.
Analysts wonder if the rebels’ newly acquired arsenals have anything to do with the perceived change in the conflict’s direction.
The shipments were believed to include French-made Milan anti-tank missiles sent from Qatar and directly from France. Additional supplies came from Egypt and included the Maadi Misr assault rifle, the Egyptian produced version of the Kalashnikov AK-47. The Libyan army is armed with variants of the Kalashnikov and they will have been easily assimilated by the rebels, Anthony Tucker-Jones argued on the Web site, publicserviceeurope.com.
Further military aid from Italy was passed on as “self-defense material” and rebel ranks were seen with Swedish designed Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifles. It is unclear how they ended up in Libya, but presumably via a third party.
Tucker-Jones cited “speculation they had come from Britain, which had a license to produce the Carl Gustav in the past.” British Foreign Secretary William Hague insists Britain has only provided non-lethal equipment.
Gadhafi loyalists recently put on display of captured munitions and weapons they claim were provided by EU members, including anti-tank weapons, 68mm rockets and mortar rounds. In addition, the rebels received help from British, French and Italian military advisers sent to Benghazi.
Libya was a major importer of EU weapons, and some British exports that didn’t materialize — including an order for 130,000 Kalashnikovs — were likely fulfilled by other countries, including Romania.
Before the conflict began, Malta sold Gadhafi more than $122 million of small arms it purchased elsewhere.
Analysts said some of the Soviet-designed or Russian-made equipment could also have been supplied by Western suppliers. Tucker-Jones cited the CIA as a potential source for Soviet-designed weapons.
Source- UPI
Daily Kos:
THIS IS A MUST READ AND A MUST WATCH:
SCOOP: My Lai or Qaddafi Lie? More on the 85 Civilians presumed killed by NATO
by Clay Claiborne
Meet 15 year-old Salwa Jawoo. She is said to be one of the victims of a NATO airstrike near Zlitan, Libya that the Qaddafi regime claims killed 85 civilians in an area with no military presence. Matthew Price of the BBC found her lying in a Ziltan hospital bed, bruised and with a bandaged hand. She says that her mother and two sisters were among the 85 children, women and men murdered by NATO, and from the look of her she is lucky to have escaped with her own life. Earlier Matthew Price and other international journalists were taken on a tour of the bombing scene with Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi. He was shown Salwa’s name in some school books at the scene. Of the visit with Salwa in the hospital, Price wrote:
Her face was scarred – she had a broken shoulder.
She said she was sitting outside her home when the first missile struck. It was the second one that injured her.
“There was no military camp. We were just living there. Why did they attack us?” she asked.
“My mother died, and my two sisters,” she added, with a sigh. A tear ran down her cheek as she spoke. Her grief was genuine.
And here is Salwa Jawoo again, at least it certainly looks like her. This still is a screen shot from this video produced by Libyan State TV about the murder of 85 civilians near Ziltan. She speaks in this YouTube video between 3:45 – 4:24, the screenshot is @ 04:07:24, and she appears to have made quite a recovery. The bandage is gone and so are the bruises as far as I can tell. If you watch the video clip of her I put up you’ll see her broken shoulder is much better. But her anger is as genuine as her grief was earlier.
Videos and full story here;
www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/12/10063...
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya DepFM says UN statement blaming all parties for civilian deaths is unacceptable. “Only party to blame is NATO and rebels.”
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya DFM: “elements of the rebels are in talks with us” NATO putting rebels under pressure to “do the job quickly”
libya tv
BREAKING! FF are surrounding Gaddafi forces in Badir. Nafusa
Abdullah
Confirmed: now there is Katiba for #Alkhums FF in #Misrata #Libya
Hanan
Rabee yuserhum. My bro’s in Nalut w/them preparing for the fight.
Mushu
I feel like it’s a matter of days before #Zawiya is finally freed. Insha Allah yaaaaa Rabb! #Libya #Feb17 #prayforlibya
LibyaAlHurraTV
Electric service has been restored since yesterday to MOST of #Tripoli. Areas with “important buildings” didn’t experience outages at all.
Lisa
#Feb17 #FreedomFighters r kicking a..!!! Sorry but….THEY ARE! Go go #FreedomFighters #downwithgaddafi! Won’t b long now!!!!
AL Zintan Channel:
Confirmed:
Breaking New: The FF’s of the Westren Montains are now at the house of 60 Km, that means only 35 km far from Al Azizia and of course 60 km from Tripoli .
#Libya Deputy FM Kaim says Gaddafi gov’t will welcome mission from UN to verify deaths from #NATO strike near Zlitan
The electricity getting better last two days in #Alkhums #Libya
#AJE ZeinaKhodr
Thuwar at outskirts of #Zawiya.“Final chapter of war not yet written,but indications on ground that end’s in insight” #Libya
General says Libyan situation is still unpredictable
OTTAWA — A top Canadian general says there’s no way to tell right now whether NATO will have to extend its Libyan operation past the end of September.
Maj.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, the director of the strategic joint staff, says, however, that a rushed withdrawal by NATO would be calamitous.
Vance has told MPs on the Commons defence committee that diplomatic and political efforts are vital now to produce a solution.
He says no one can predict how things will unfold over the next six weeks.
New Democrat MP Jack Harris says he doesn’t want to see the Canadian mission extending beyond its present Sept. 27 expiry date.
Harris says NATO air strikes have seriously reduced Moammar Gadhafi’s abilities to strike at his own civilian population and it’s time to go back to the United Nations for a negotiated settlement.
Feature Columnist joins Libya TV
This week journalist and blogger Yusra Tekbali joined our news desk at Libya TV. Libya TV is the first independent satellite channel in the history of Libya. Free Libyans, and those still struggling to liberate Libya from the grip of the Gaddafi regime, now have a channel and website through which to air their voices.
You may recall Yusra’s video and oped with CNN published shortly after the February 17 uprising, or may have followed her updates on Twitter where she worked with Libyan refugees in Tunisia. Yusra is joining us from Cairo, where she participated in several Tweet Nadwas/Discussions including BBC’s special on the Arab Revolutions. Yusra’s activism work includes her experience volunteering with Arab-American organizations such as The Arab American Institute, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Although born and raised in the U.S., Yusra worked as a media fixer in Tripoli, and as such, was subjected to harsh interrogations by Libyan government police, who repeatedly brought up her activism work and articles, including her CNN article titled Libya is more than Gaddafi, and her Al Jazeera article about the Lockerbie bombing.
While in Cairo, she participated in workshops and events organized by Friends of Free Libya and is active in Libyan women’s circles. Yusra is currently working with Libyan women activists in planning an upcoming Libyan women’s conference, which will focus on the role of women in new Libya.
Yusra was a finalist in Miss Arab USA where she made us proud as the only Libyan contestant and is a published author in the anthology, “I Speak For Myself: American Women on Being Muslim.” Her essay, “Capitol Hill Diaries” describes her tug-of-war with identity politics while working for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in The United States House of Representatives.
Like all of us at the station, Yusra will wear many hats, but will focus mostly on writing, editing, reporting and blogging for LibyaTV. Her featured blog is called “Yusra’s Take. “
Website Revamp
In the next few days, English.LibyaTV will be revamped to improve its content and design. In addition to “Yusra’s Take,” we will be adding an up-to-date live blog, more comprehensive analysis and diverse opinion pieces. We look forward to hearing more feedback from our readers and encourage to check out our Facebook page and Tweet us your comments.
In the next coming weeks we will be encouraging debate and discussion on current happenings in Libya, and will be looking to add more Libyan voices to our op-ed pages. Be on the lookout for the new changes that we hope will improve our site and better reflect the diversity of our readers.
Libya alahrar news:
More evidence of hired mercenaries in Misrata.
SUMMARY AUGUST 13 2011
8/13/2011
8.13.2011
FREE ZAWIYA EDITION
“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.” – William Arthur Ward
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/EEWPo
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
New Quryna paper says #FF have taken town of #Tarfas 10km from #Zawiyah #Libya.
G tv:
STATE TV continues to incite violence. Violence between Libyans and now against journos. Why is it still open? #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Ahmed
Spoke 2 man windows smashed due 2 NATO bomb. Said govt. offered compensation.He replied “Keep your compensation, i got nothing for 42 years”
Hiba El-Gamaty
Still lots of fighting going on in Gheryan, but expect good news tonight inshallahhhhh be2edn Allah :)
Allahu Akbar so much happening last night, our FFs r getting closer! Hearing great news الله اكبر – #Libya #Feb17
Maps added #Libya #Feb17: BREAKING Aug13 4am FF cut off the coastal road & entered #Zawia #Surman & #Alharsha
egyptday1.blogspot.com/2011/08/breaking...
BREAKING: 13/08/11 4am GMT #NAFUSA FF cut off the coastal road & entered #Zawia from several fronts, as well as #Surman & #Alharsha
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya FF’s liberated Alqawasim area of Gharian city east of centre and closed strategic Abugelan mountain road leads to tripoli!
Libya breaking it is clear that after major gains by FF on all fronts we have reached the tipping over point in Libya and melt down began!!
Gharian largest city in western mountain & nearest to tripoli 75km could be totally liberated by tonight fighting is now close 2 city centre
All the pieces are falling into place ;)
HAVE A LOOK!
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=305761&i...
benghazi’s bunny♥
I have a feeling the battle for #Tripoli will be sooner than we think.
Lisa
#Feb17 Wow!!! #FreedomFighters have made substantial gains while I was sleeping! Soo exciting ;). Gooo#FreedomFighters #
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Gheryan is not liberated yet – Gaddafi forces still remain in parts of it including the centre of the city. FF are near outskirts #libya
#Zintan’s military council seems to be confirming the good news coming out of #Gheryan. Reports that FF have successfully entered the city.
LibyaNewDay
More than one source is reporting #Gheryan is being liberated, although no one is claiming that it is fully liberated.
Ana Sebhowy
The News About the Liberation of #Gharyan are premature its a city before Gharyan called Abu Zayyan Gharyan is still in Gaddafi hands
Zintan military council confirming that FF’s entered #Gheryan and have liberated the area of Qawasim completely. #Libya
Heinz: Qadafi’s biggest mistake was to send his best troops to #Brega. He wanted to negotiate a split of the country. It failed. #Libya
Very true
Nasr Anaizi
I am trying to expose the bias of @Reuters. Just pay attention to their “new articles”. have even denied mass rape.
@Reuters emphasizing the negative: “Gaddafi still enjoys strong support in Tripoli and among Libya’s main tribes” #Libya #Tripoli
Jamal
Good afternoon, all #FF. Good news from Libya, #Ghiryan and surrounding areas liberated. Step by step #freedomfighters will liberate Libya
Aiman
Wonder if we’ll start seeing major concessions by #Gaddafi now that his empire is crumbling. Whatever he does now, it’s too little, too late
Forbes
Associated Press
Libyan rebels claim capture of gateway to Tripoli
WADI EL-HAI, Libya — A Libyan rebel spokesman says rebel forces have siezed from Moammar Gadhafi’s control a major mountain town that is a strategic gateway on the road to the capital, Tripoli.
The spokesman, Gomma Ibrahim, says the town of Gharyan fell on Saturday after brief clashes before Gadhafi’s troops withdrew. He says residents welcomed rebel fighters as they entered.
WADI EL-HAI, Libya — A Libyan rebel spokesman says rebel forces have siezed from Moammar Gadhafi’s control a major mountain town that is a strategic gateway on the road to the capital, Tripoli.
The spokesman, Gomma Ibrahim, says the town of Gharyan fell on Saturday after brief clashes before Gadhafi’s troops withdrew. He says residents welcomed rebel fighters as they entered.
Source:
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/13/gene...
FreeLibyan
It s clear now that #Gaddafi s gathering his troops back 2 #Tripoli.preparing 4long & bloody battle @NATO must not give him time @NATOpress
Jeel
Three other sources I called also confirmed #Gheryan’s liberation saying revolutionaries in town saying to stay in houses fight may continue
Freedom
#Libya TV regarding the #ukriots. This beats everything.. “Mercenaries and gangs of Cameron”
Ana Sebhowy
Skype still has Gaddafi flag for libya
Hiba El-Gamaty
Skype has just changed the flag for Libya from the green rag to the original, independence flag :D
guess what
Skype has just changed the flag for #Libya from the green rag to the original, independence flag.
Joanne
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FANTASTIC SIGHT : ) #Skype has just changed the FLAG for #Libya from the green rag to the original independence flag
Souffian Tripoli
Request To all ICT providers Do start changing the Libyan Flag on Internet to the Red-Black-Green striped Flag. Thank you. #Libya
Telegraph
Gaddafi loyalists claim Nato underestimated regime support as rebels fail to take Bani Walid
captured general in Libyan armed forces told reporters that Col Gaddafi is maintaining key tribal support in a belt around the capital.
In addition, Khaled Kaim, the deputy foreign minister, revealed on Saturday that the rebels failed to take the gateway city of Bani Walid in eastern Libya.
“The rebels are now under severe pressure from France, Britain and Qatar to get the job done,” he said. "They are being told that you do it or you lose our support. Nato is urging Libyans to kill fellow Libyans.
“But when they tried to take Bani Walid, after Nato bombed the checkpoints, the Bani Walid tribe came out and pushed them back.”
Full article:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Sofyan Amry
CONFIRMED: From my extensive family in Gheryan via phone.The largest city in the Nafusa Mtns,closest to #Tripoli has been LIBERATED #feb17
Jeel
Contacts in #Gheryan are in 3 parts: 1in city center and two in outskirts in 2 different directions.Combined area Liberated is substantial
Nasr
I apologize for the false report about Skype. My source confirmed flag was changed yesterday. I should have checked myself. Sorry 4 error
Reports of NATO planes flying over #Surman #Libya now
L’express
Les hôpitaux de Tripoli paralysés par les sanctions de l’Onu
Entre coupures d’électricité et pénurie de matériel, les médecins des hôpitaux de Tripoli s’efforcent tant bien que mal de soigner les civils blessés lors des frappes militaires de l’Otan sur la capitale libyenne.
Plus de cinq mois après le début des affrontements entre rebelles et forces gouvernementales, les stocks de médicaments et de matériel ont fondu. Les médecins sont de plus en plus contraints d’improviser face à des patients grièvement blessés, dit Hassan Moussa, un docteur de l’hôpital central de Tripoli.
“Nous sommes médecins mais on est incapables de sauver des vies. Où est l’oxygène ? Où se trouve le matériel de laboratoire, l’électricité, la réfrigération ?”, dit-il. “Nous demandons à Dieu de mettre fin à ce cauchemar.”
Des civils ont afflué ces derniers jours dans les hôpitaux de la capitale affirmant avoir été blessés par des frappes aériennes menées par l’Otan dans le cadre de la résolution 1973 du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu visant à protéger la population civile des forces du colonel Mouammar Kadhafi.
Art.:
www.lexpress.fr/actualites/2/monde/les-...
SMILE:
Anyone who says having a child is the best moment of their life has obviously never had two KitKats fall out of a vending machine at once.
Contact in #Gheryan was practically screaming of joy when confirming the news. The town 80km from #Tripoli VERY strategic town
Libya Libya
If #Gaddafi had allowed free speech there would have been no need for foreign intervention #Libya #TripoliPrisoners #TheRoadtoTripoli
Sirtawi
G mercenaries who fled battles in #Tawergha sought refuge in #Widdan but locals refused 2 give them aid, so they fled further south. #Feb17
LibyaNewMedia
Actuallly, one of the most reliable sources (Zintan military council) just confirmed that much of the Gheryan area has been liberated!
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya t.co/nfIy9CM
Soon all of the #Rixos journalists will finally get to see the war – they must be overjoyed :)
Sofyan Amry
First time we’re able 2 speak candidly w/ family in #Gheryan on the phone.We used to speak in code but not nooo mooore!! #feb17
Family on the phone SCREAMING,“FF’S ARE HERE,WE ARE FREE,WE ARE FREE!!”.Mosques are telling ppl via loudspeaker “stay in ur homes!”
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN Long been Gaddafi Stronghold & Prison is in PROCES of being liberated GF still cooped up in parts of center of town #Libya #Nafusa
Richard Fleming
I love it when my scepticism about the speed of #FF victories is proven totally wrong :)
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters repelled #Gaddafi attack on #AlQaa front in #SouqAlthulatha area. #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya: Several reports of intense fighting here now between #Freedomfighters & #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya: The usual #Gaddafi rooftop snipers are busy here but #Freedomfighters said to hold over half of city at this time. #Libya
#AlKhums: Reports of suspicious movements of #Gaddafi filth, coastal side reinforced w/ large amount of armed vehicles. #Libya
#Zawiya: Receiving reports that #Gaddafi mercs are dropping their weapons and fleeing in several areas. #Libya #Feb17
#AlKhums: #Gaddafi filth kidnapped 4 people & are preventing anyone to approach the beach side, reasons unknown. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
LIBYAN #FREEDOMFIGHTERS CLAIM CONTROL OF THE CITY OF #ZAWIYA! #Libya #Feb17
Unconfirmed reports that Tuhami Khaled & Amar Latif have fled to #Tunisia. #Libya #Feb17
Emo
CONFIRMED: 100% #Zawia is liberated. I called friends in the center celebrating. CONFIRM this news please. I’m responsible #Libya
Defected Brigade 8 in #Gheryan is now fighting #Sehban Brigade. #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
I get GOOSEBUMPS ! Tweeps Just Realise How Close #TRIPOLI is now .. Gaddafi is going to get more desperate more dangerous #Libya
Excuse my many writing mistakes but I am bouncing in my chair so much happening FF r doing GREAT GaddafiForces constantly RETREATING #Libya
#Al Khums Leptis Magna is very close by,some released prisoners say that most of AlKhums prisoners R transferred 2prisons in #Tripoli #Libya
#GF Held #AlKHUMS Every night FF are busy They attacked a GF truck full offuel heading 4 Zlitan #Libya
#Al KHUMS At Night FF attacked and BURNED down the House of the Home Security Brigadier #MosesMkhion #Libya
about 150 FF set up a checkpoint at the new Frontlines near #Zawiyah #Libya
#NAFUSA 55 Registered Families fled in last days from #Tripoli its getting very dangerous and unbearable to live there #Libya
#Tunisian government official said #Friday there wre CONTACTS last week between U.S. Envoys and Gaddafi’s Representatives in #Tunisia #Libya
Omar
Nasty African Mercenaries mistreat a doctor, shows what animals Gaddafi uses to persecute Libyan civilians, BASTARD Gaddafi Regime, This is going to the ICC for his Trial even when he is dead, the truth must come out to the world.
الدكتور على الضراط اتناء القبض ع1 youtube.com/watch?v=GEUrVH… a medical doctor been captured by #Gaddafi militia men, these animals are Libyans too
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEUrVHWkFXE&fea...
#GHARYAN FF HAD entered the CENTER but retreating Gaddafi Forces RETURNED after a few hrs with reforcement #Libya
#GHARYAN Saturday morning FF moved Alongside Residents and Battled 4hrs with remains of regime forces inside town #Libya
#GHARYAN residents JOINED FF out of ANGER bc 2,500 men were arrested & kidnapped in town since GF took Gharyan many months ago #Libya
FF Commander Fathi el-Ayeb says FF R 15KM from Zawiya FF Scouts report that residents wait 4 FF to reach outskirts &they will JOIN #Libya
they are fighting inside town in many places GF will not give up so easily this was a mayor stronghold 4 them
#TRIPOLI Families sneak out of city in small convoys of 4 or 5 cars under cover of darkness through back desert roads to #Nafusa #Libya
#GHARYAN Freedom Fighters have Residents + Defected GF with them + @NATO Apaches ar overhead but GF R sending more reinforcements #Libya
#GHARYAN People are very excited and joyful but Mosques r calling out 4 people to return inside their homes its still very dangerous #Libya
Gharyan rose on Febr17 but March2 Overnight Regime forces moved in & started arresting ab t2.500 ppl Since then heard horror stories #Libya
Aljezeera :
Zawiya: now FF still have a shortage of ammunition #Libya
Adel
weapons are on their way to #zawia inshallah #Libya
The Gas pipeline runs under #Nalut FF could cut it anytime they like
FreeLibya. by FromJoanne
BREAKING: HEAVY CLASHES BETWEEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND GADDAFI FORCES IN #ZAWIYA RIGHT NOW!
Adel
just spoke to uncles in Zawiya who confirmed this, victory is close inshallah #Libya
Joanne
Freedom Fighters are Firing Full Speed Ahead Meanwhile Muammar #Gaddafi is Feeling the Heat #TRIPOLI #Libya #Nafusa
Nato is also around
#GHARYAN People are MIRACULOUSLY finding the Freedom FLAG and Reports that u can see them fluttering everywhere #Libya
#NILESAT sorry Update NEWS is frustrating.. The case Judge in #Cairo delayed his decision till next Tuesday #Libya
#NILESAT #Cairo Judge Postponed Decision till Teusday if our Lawyers R allowed 2go2 Nilesat to enforce Jul30 Ruling 2UNPLUG channels #Libya
#Nilesat we are all terribly frustrated but u can imagine how the Lawyers who work so HARD on behalf of FF will feel #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Gharyan will be bloody and where r all the ppl GF had arrested ? I am fearful for what FF will find and GF retaliation #Libya
WELL Planned and very much with help of @Nato @libyanproud after Nato paves way from air They give green light and FF move on ground #Libya
ALJAZEERA
Libyan opposition forces have launched a dual offensive in the Western mountains, increasing pressure to isolate Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli.
Opposition fighters advanced toward the towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah on Saturday, attempting to cut off the southern coastal route from Tunisia that Gaddafi uses for supplies.
The ground attacks come after NATO planes had been hitting targets in these areas.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from al-Aziziya, Libya.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU6iQLd1XdQ
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
I just heard from ex tripoli brigade pal that ffs in center of zawiya!
hope to be in libya for 5-7 days depending if they let me go down to zawiya to report -dont want to hang out in mts
Emo
MY FRIENDS ARE SO JUBILANT CELEBERATING WITH NEW LIBYA FLAGS IN THE CENTER OF #ZAWIYA #LIBYA
#FFs in #Zawiya are heading to free prisoners held in #Surman #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Yes we got this confirmed now from several sides and sources #ZAWIYAH is LIBERATED #Libya
Has anyone seen tweets about a Venezuelan plane landing in #Libya today
#LIBYA FF Moving closer to #Tripoli MAP UPDATE AUG 12 twitpic.com/652s1y/full #Libya @4Adam
abdul
#ZAWIYAH ff @Outskirts10km from #Zawya bridge as of 5:00pm #libya Time 7 injured 2 Martyrs #Surman #Zawiya #Gharyan
AJA:
BREAKING NEWS: FF cut the Road between #Tripoli & #Tunisia in #Zawiyah. #Libyan
Ahmed
More good news from the fronts. Tripoli groups initiating first phases ready for the zero hour #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
BREAKING: AJA -
freedom fighters entered alzawiyah. I receiving word that mosques in AlZawiyah are calling ALLAHU AKBAR. #Tripoli is ready
To Libyans all over the world, all over Libya and to the Libyans that can read this in Tripoli…. get ready. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
moi a table
#YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #Libya #Feb17
Hafed
#gheryan #zawyia are up and in play today … if liberated, #tripoli will be totally encircled -- #libya
Hiba El-Gamaty
Waking up to news that Green, red and black flags are flying everywhere in our hometown of #Gheryan is priceless. #Libya
Libya tv
Libya: Unconfirmed reports of clashes between Nafusa mtn FF and Gaddafi forces in Zawiya’s outskirts
Nusaiba☺
Twitter seems to be buzzing with promising news from #libya. Trying not to get too excited. Praying for best inshAllah.
Keith
Are there any journos left in the #Rixos #Tripoli #Libya? Looks like they might not be going out the way they came in.
redmeanie
Gharyan is sort of fully liberated, talking to family friend there can still here gunshots!! No idea about Zawiyah though…
Indian Citizen
mention of Zawia always brings to my mind the mythical bird PHOENIX who rose from ashes
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#libya opposition fighters advancing towards Zawiyah we were at their front line position some 20 km from the coastal city
#libya opposition fighters advancing northeast to Azaziyah and south to Gariyan; they want to cut off Gaddafi’s supply route from the south
#Libya fierce battles throughout Saturday between Gaddafi forces and rebels on fronts near Zawiyah and Azaziya; at least 2 rebels killed
#libya:families continue to arrive in rebel held areas in the west from Tripoli; more routes are now open following rebel advance in area
LibyaNewMedia
A lot of fighting going on in different areas in Garyan. Too early to claim that Garyan has been liberated. #Libya #Garyan
Reuters producer travelling from #Tunisia’n border 2 #Tripoli had to turn back because road was blocked where it passes near #Zawiyah #Libya
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
#Zawiya has risen up twice on its own & been put down brutally twice & still fighting. This time with support from outside they may hold on
Moussa Ibrahim admits there is fighting in #Zawiyah, but downplays it. @SkyNews sources report heavy fighting inside town. #Libya
BreakingNews Breaking News
Main highway between Tripoli and Tunisian border blocked at Zawiyah; Gunfire heard in the city – @Reuters journalists
Phone calls to citizens in Zawiya and Gharyan from various tweeps confirm towns have been largely liberated. Gunfire still heard. #Libya
FreeLibya. I’ve just been walking alloverthe house because I can’t stay still!! Alhamdullilah been waiting for this day since march!
Ibn
freedom fighters evacuate wounded gaddafi soldiers.
youtube.com/watch?v=Isk2Wq…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isk2WqULP04&fea...
Feb17Libya
After news of #Gheryan and #Zawiyah.. Sorry #Gaddafi #Checkmate | #Libya twitpic.com/65ihy8
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Even if Zawiyah was taken holding it may prove to be the real fight for the rebels #Libya
Tripoli Youth
yea battle of badr is on 17th ramadhan… and fattah makkah is on 20 ramadhan.. got a feeling fattah Tripoli will be close
#Tripoli: “Call from #Gharyan told us #Gaddafi is attacking the city with Grad missiles”
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
If Moussa Ibrahim admits fighting in #Zawiya then must be serious. When I was in Tripoli & 1st uprising was on he’d barely admit anything
ALJAZEERA:
Confirmed via calls: Freedom fighters now control Zawiya’s main square and many other parts of the city. #libya #feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Reports that #FF have entered #AzZawyia from the western front line. #Libya
#FF in control of #AlGawasim north #Gharyan maps.google.com/maps?q=libya+Q…
families continue to arrive in rebel held areas in the west from Tripoli; more routes are now open following rebel advance in area
BREAKING! #FF breaking into #AzZawyia from the western front line & Gaddafi forces escape. #Libya
BREAKING! Main highway between Tripoli and Tunisian border blocked at #Zawiyah; Gunfire heard in the city
BREAKING! AzZawyia families are welcoming #FF with joy & the indp flags.
Musa Ibrahim to his mercenaries “If Gaddaf wins we have Libya, if he got killed we have the money”
Tripoli source: Reports that Musa Ibrahim paid & instructed some ppl to bomb the #French embassy in #Egypt, #British embassy in 1/2
#Saudi #Arabia, #Italian & #US Embassies in #Greece 2/2
#FF freed imprisoned and detained in #Janduba close to #Gharyan #Feb 17 #Libya
Libya Free Forever.
1/2 The #Ship stopped by #NATO was carrying 80 containers full with #Heat Missiles #Anti tanks #RPG, This #ship left #Iran to #Syria and NOW
2/2 IN BENGHAZI under #FF control. #GadafiCrimes #Libya
#Apache Helo are now above #Gharyan to protect Civilians #NATO #Feb 17 #Libya
LibyaNewMedia
The story coming out of Gheryan is pretty amazing until now. Sounds like an ingenious Trojan horse strategy. #Libya #Gheryan
Reuters
Shooting heard at Zawiyah on west Libya highway
(Reuters) – Gunfire was heard in the Libyan coastal town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli on Saturday.
A Reuters TV producer and other journalists were traveling from the Tunisian border to Tripoli but had to turn back because the road was blocked where it passes near Zawiyah.
“I heard gunfire, skirmishing,” producer Martin Veal said from the outskirts of the town.
Rebels trying to topple Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hope to capture Zawiyah and cut off Gaddafi’s stronghold in the capital from access to the outside world by severing the coast road.
Report and NATO vid:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/13/us-l...
#FF IN TUNISIA #Venezuela airplane is now in Djirba #Tunisia likely to take important people/criminals. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Defected Brigade 8 in #Gheryan is now fighting #Sehban Brigade. #Libya #Feb17
Libya Free Forever.
Big explosion heard this morning on #Misurata #NATO stopped #SCUD missiles attack by #Gadafi thugs on civilians of #Misuarta. #GadafiCrimes.
#Tripoli: " Live now – Tayab Safi is putting his suitcases into car – Toyota car plate 751277244 …. running away now !! " — stop the car
CALL4HELP #FF in #Gharyan FF in Taghesat needs ammunition, Communications s difficult try to help them and find locations to meet
Reinforcements of Gaddafi troops are reportedly leaving Tripoli for Zawiya.
Many people wounded in central Qawasim as a result of heavy & indiscriminate bombing by G forces at Tgessat.
BREAKING NEWS: Clashes with FFs and Gaddafi forces in the centre of Zawiyah. And mountain FFs are on outskirts of city!
اشتباكات بين الثوار وكتائب الطاغية وسط مدينة الزاوية .. والثوار القادمون من الجبل على مشارف المدينة. اللهم انصر المجاهدين ..
TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY EYES……. #LIBYA NEARLY FREE. READING SO MUCH GREAT NEWS ALLAH AKBAR
SO MUCH GREAT NEWS ON FACEBOOK!! PLZ PRAY THAT IT IS TRUE!! ALLAH AKBAR!
BREAKING: AL ARABIYAH TV: FFs have liberated Zawiyah
عاجل – العربية | مصادر الثوار الليبيين : الثوار حرروا مدينة الزاوية
BREAKING NEWS: Reports of explosions and heavy gunfire in #Benghazi, souq AlHout (Fish market)
BREAKING: AJA
– freedom fighters entered alzawiyah. I receiving word that mosques in AlZawiyah are calling ALLAHU AKBAR. #Tripoli is ready
Gheryan offensive explained by Col Salah Mutuq in call to Libya Ahrar TV t.co/spFjfxj #Feb17 #libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Z9JbaQx68&feature=player_embedded#at=26
Fares
Breaking #Zawiya, NATO Apache helicopters are attacking #Gaddafi forces that are retreating east to #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Last night Tripoli FFs assassinated Saad Hamad Buminiar a Gadafi goon who supervised murder of protesters #Feb17 #Libya
FFs in control of Zawiya from 27th Bridge to the AlHarsha Traffic light with Independence flag flying free in Martyr Square #Feb17 #libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Sorry 4 not being arround last 2 weeks. Technical problems with my connection. #Tripoli is over joyed with the news about Zawyia. #feb17
Zliten free: The rebels have managed to repel the attack today on the front in the Tuesday Market area
whitewakbar
Libyan sources rebels: rebels liberated the city of angular (Zawiya)
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan rebels claim control of the city of Zawiyah after fighting with #Qaddafi regime troops. #LibyanRebels #Alarabiya
Nafusa Page:
Gheryan hospital reporting that it is packed with dead and injured G troops.
Breaking: #Ghiryan : FF positions are being shelled !
live caller from zawiya on al arabiya right now!!!
whitewakbar
G will get a pasting in Brega soon when them heat seeking rockets get there
moi a table
RT PLS – Journos in #Tripoli – don’t wait to become hostages – make your way through #Tunisia to #Wazin – Media centers are ready. #Libya
Martin Veal, Reuters TV producer traveling on coastal highway to Tunisia, unable to pass Zawiyah reporting gunfire audible in town
“I heard gunfire, skirmishing,” the producer, Martin Veal, said #Zawiyah.
News of the flight Touhami Khalid intelligence official from Zawiya towards Tunisia
whitewakbar
Massacre of 150 people discovered in #Tawarga. south of #Misrata. @ICFMMC releasing pictures shortly. #Libya
Fleeing Gaddafi forces are getting pounded by NATO jets outside Zawiya #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
#Amar #Elatyif in #Djerba planing to escape to #Morocco.
Regime statement – " #Zawiya is under our control and the insurgents have been dealt with". Therefore, liberation = 100% true
A Free Libyan
#Nafusa Page: Confirmed news that FFs are heading to #Surman prisons in order to free the FFs there. #Libya #Feb17
#Libya Moussa Ibrahim says a group of >100 fighters entered #Zawiya, were defeated, and Gaddafi forces still ‘dealing with’ local rebels
dovenews Libyan™
Libyan Scholar: #AlShiek #Algharyani has urged #FF not to take revenge from #Gaddafi supporter in #AzZawyia & let the law take its course
Libya Free Forever.
Snipers from Gaddafi forces have spread around central Garyan. Also a tank near insurance building #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN reports so far 3 martyrs Ppl are out Cheering but danger is not over yet FF are combing town encountering pockets of GF #Libya
Aljazeera blog:
The coastal city of Az-Zawiyah, west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, is “absolutely under our control”, the government of Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday after reports of fighting in the area.
“A very small group of rebels tried to move into the south of Az-Zawiyah but they were stopped easily because of our armed forces,” spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters in Tripoli.
He said fewer than 100 rebels entered the city from the south and they tried to join up with 50 rebels within the city, who had been “dealt with”. – Reuters
Bashir Sewehli: FF have managed to retake Al-Zawia 45km to the west….also, Sebrata, Surman are expected to fall tonight…&To the south of Tripoli, the FF are only 55km far from the capital via Patriots of Misrata #Feb17 #libya
A Free Libyan
#Gheryan: FFs captured a G intelligence building and seize a lot of weapons and ammo found inside it. #Libya #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Zawiya – A picture I tweeted on the 23rd of February 2011 #libya #feb17 "An independence flag, half the size of… fb.me/UGML0eBD
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=306074&i...
SMILE:
BREAKING: Reports that @SaifsBeard and @MusaIbrahimHair @aishatache @muamarshafshoofa preparing to defect
Jeel
Suburb of #Gheryan called ’’Cumin’’ sites of Independence flag being raised! #Libya #Feb17
FreeLibya. *Rip Malik & Mabruk Shannuk. Your dream has come true, #Zawiya is free. Allah yar7emkom #Libya #Feb17
Ibn
w/freedom fighters in #zawiya, #gaddafi is more choked than he’s ever been, w/rebel territory almost surrounding him. #libya #feb17
Zawiya is about three times closer to Tripoli than Ajdabiya is to Benghazi. This is the closest the rebels have ever been #Libya
Remember him? #Epiclibyanman t.co/zKArYcs #Zawyia
fieldproducer Neal Mann
When I travelled through it in May the scars from the initial uprising in Zawiyah were still clearly visible – shell holes in many buildings
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya’s Lions are on the hunt … #Feb17 #Libya
Expect mass defections all over occupied cities of Libya #Feb17
Libyan Youth Movement:
Zawiya’s been liberated. The FFs are in Juddaem now, 10km west of Zawiya, building a protective belt around the city.
Euronews
Libyan rebels target city on the road to Tripoli
Libyan rebels are targeting another key prize as they close in on the capital.
Having captured Nasser City, they are now advancing on Zawiyah, just 50 kilometres from Tripoli.
While Brega is a main eastern battleground, Zawiyah is a significant target in the west. If rebels seize it, they could cut off Tripoli from access to the outside world along the coast road.
“In their dreams,” retorted Libya’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim. He insisted
Colonel Gaddafi’s troops are also holding firm at Brega.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsjTDtEPovc
FromJoanne Joanne
#Gharyan Martyrs have risen to 8 Injured count unknown but people are asked to donate blood #Libya
Ibn
youtube.com/watch?v=EuCl1J… reportedly blasted from minarets in #zawiya: “God is Greatest, There is no Deity but God, and to him is All Praise”
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuCl1JDp7FY&fea...
MUST READ:
Danya:
The story of an ex-prisoner from #Tripoli…
one of the many thousands of men and boys were taken from their homes, from the streets, from all around Tripoli ..even if they weren’t protesting…God save #Tripoli God FREE #LIBYA.
Mohammed S. was first kept at the Libya border, at Ras-Jader. He was coming from Derna, which is why he was detained their in the first place. They kept him in a Ras Jader prison, and left him alone for 2 days. Then they questioned him there. Luckily the guy was one of the good. He told him that if he could fake being sick then he may be able to send him to an hospital where there may be a chance that he can leave, if he was lucky. They did, he went there, got checked first by a Pakistanis doc. At start he spoke in English and told him about everything, but then came an other Libyan doc who was a Gaddafi goon. He checked him carefully, and told him that he looked fine and was liar.
From there they took him to a prison in Al-Jamel. Before he left the hospital they injected him a shot that made him unable to resist or move his arms. He was not in control of his body when they took him to the prison. Then they started to beat him. Due to that shot he was not able to try to avoid blows, nor to move his hands. He could not protect himself against the kicks and punches that were thrown at him.
Some of the “methods” they use on them:
- They keep them in a pitch dark room and beat them with sticks while wearing night vision goggles, while laughing. It was like a funny game for them.
- They keep them in a room while some Taekwondo and Judo trainers train them, and practice their fighting skills on them while wearing masks hiding their faces.
- If a prisoner misbehave, they take him outside and keep him into a car, type “express”, for 5 days without being able to go to toilets. So they had to do it in the car. Imagine how many people were there before you, and how the car looks, and their smiles when they throw you in it. At night, they get drunk, and start driving with someone back inside. Its fun for them to do that every night, a showoff to each other. After that they park the car half on the pavement so that it is not easy to sleep in it.
All of this things they do, not because they want info from prisoners, but only because it is fun for them. They do not investigate, or anything, they just do it.
He told me that prisoners are from all ages, starting from as young as 12 -13.
He was with a 13 year old boy, and they beat him like they do with 20 or 30 years old. Some get paralyzed from excessive beating. They leave them in the same spot for weeks, denying anyone to try to help them.
He spoke about the courage of this 13 boy, it seems crazy at a time: "From time to time they come in and ask us “what did you do?” I answered “Nothing sir”. They beat me regardless. They ask the boy “what did you do?” Every time he stood up and said “I put the Independence flag on my street and down to Gaddafi!” so they beat him even harder. I used to tell him to stop to say that, but he always answered “I am not afraid. I want them to know what i did”. He was with him for 4 days and never saw him after he got transfered to Abu-Salim prison.
He told me about the many times that FFS tried to enter the prison, trying to free them. Once the FFs came and attacked. Gaddafi goons left, fled the prison, but the FFs left without knowing the goons were gone. Then they tried to break the doors by themselves. Some of them could, a lot couldn’t. So they shouted for help but none came for them. After few hours the goons came back.
An other time NATO hit their prison, destroyed the building. Again the goons left, running for their lives, a lot of prisoners in that building managed to escape, but none could hear the other calling for help.
One of the thing that he told me, still in his mind, is that you sleep and wake up hearing people screams and cries for help all day long. Some of the prisoners loose
their minds, have mental problems, this along with the effects of the electricity used on them, been beaten too much.
He knew a day before that he was leaving, so he tried to remember as much as possible of his cell mates, homes and names. After he left, he went to their homes, telling families that their sons were alive. None of them had any idea about them, nothing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41kQvx4uKw
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya gvt insisting Zawiyah not captured by rebels. We know there was fighting there. But gvt says small rebel group pushed back by army.
Zawiyah in western #Libya is key for rebels and Gaddafi. It lies on Tripoli’s lifeline, the route to Tunisia. Without it capital cut off.
Alexblx
#Brega #Zawiya & #Gharyan – not yet fully liberated – but #FF r all over these cities – & #Gaddafi will find it impossible to regain control
Abdallah
“Stalemate my a$$” #Zawiayh :-)
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Faded childhood memories running through the sage brush of #Gharyan’s hills,stealing the apples and almonds from neighboring farms. #Home
Omar Mukhtar
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate #Gaddafi on his new post as mayor of tripoli. His new term is very very very short.
Maybe a few days at the most:)
Reasons why #Gaddafi is screwed : Two major supply lines are now in FF control : Ghiryan/Tripoli and BaniWalid/Sirte . #Feb17 #Libya
Libyanproud:
The #BirGhanam, #Tawirgha, and Ghiryan offensives were NOT RAG TAG! They were beautifully planned and heroically implemented! #Feb17 #Libya
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya WHAT DID I TELL YOU MOTHERF******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#libya Excuse me I’m going to fire up AJE for a while. And boke a smole. And laugh like a bitch.
#libya One more little thing: AP: suck it. Reuters: blow me. Telegraph: eat cat crap. Patrick Cockburn: suck a big one. Stalemate. Disarray
#libya Ever since Zeina Khodr started reporting we’ve been kicking ass. KEEP HER
#libya Excuse me if I say something silly, but what’s happened just in the last couple of hours has taken my breath away. History. LIONS
#libya I want all reporters for Reuters and AP to have “Stalemate” and “Disarray” tattooed on the asses
#libya No disrespect to the memory of General Y but suddenly it looks like the FF war machine started working a lot better when he left
#libya Gaddafi’s soldiers are locked in a very slow rhythm of fighting. But the FF pick up help in #zawiyah, things could go faster
#libya God bless the name of every martyr for the Revolution today and every day.
#libya And there’s still a lot of Ramadan left, folks, stay tuned, looks like the reports saying God is great(er) are being confirmed…
#libya Looks like when G forces need to move in a hurry over highways…they get tomahawked by the Apaches. Ululululululu!
FreeBenghazi
#Misrata MilitaryCouncil: Captured officer confirmed death of KhamisGaddafi; was receiving orders from Mutassim after Khamis’ death #Libya
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Defiant father left #Gharyan,his land,his life,to fight Gaddafi from afar.His time on Earth came to an end before he could reclaim it. #Home
Iyad
Losing #Gharyan can’t be easy on Gaddafi. It’s the only mountain pass he had left across the Nafusa mountains. #Libya
Shahrazad
Our Freedom Fighters liberate #Gheryan & #Zawia. May Allah bless them and grant them victory all the way to #Tripoli
Aljazeera:
Breaking: AlElaqy NTC Justice Minister : A brigade of mercenaries is heading to Zawiya from Ajelat
dovenews Libyan™
Clashes on the Medical Bridge (الكوبري الطبي) in #Gharyan
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
11 martyrs in Brega operations in past 24 hours in clashes to liberate Brega’s Oil refinery & port
Clashes still ongoing in Gheryan and Zawiya
Confirmed: Gaddafi forces heading to Zawiya from Ajelat.
Reports that large number of Mercs (around 3000) from Airport road heading to Zawiya and now are near AlReyadia
Please Recon 32°51’34"N 13°8’12"E G forces concentration reportedly heading to Zawiya
Reports G Army forces at Ras Jideer border have fled to Tunisia with only police remaining #Libya #Feb17
the end for all of them is near
FF SEARCHING FOR A FLEEING GADDAFI
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Freedom Fighters are on the lookout for a FLEEYING #Muammar #Gaddafi they R Setting up Checkpoints at all EXITS of #Tripoli #Libya
Heba
#Gheryan #Libya : city’s #FF received weapons after city’s police station joined them
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Back at the Tunisian border. Gun battle around Al Zawiyah forced us to turn back. Much panic among government troops at rebel advance
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF are combing #AzZwyia oil Refinery
#AzZawyia
families going houses by house looking for Gaddafi volunteers, taking their weapons & ask their families to keep them indoors.
#Gaddafi forces are using mortars in his attack on #AzZawyia
ALJAZEERA BLOG
A rebel force of about 200 fighters advancing from the south reached a bridge on Az-Zawiyah’s southwestern outskirts, and some rebels pushed farther into the city’s central main square.
They tore down the green flag of Gaddafi’s regime from a mosque minaret and put up two rebel flags. An Associated Press reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds of residents rush into the streets, greeting the fighters with chants of “God is great.”
Gaddafi’s forces then counterattacked, unleashing rounds of heavy shelling and gunfire could be heard as rebels and government troops battled.
Regime snipers were firing down from rooftops on the rebels, said one resident, Abdel-Basset Abu Riyak, who joined to fight alongside the rebels when they entered the city. He said Gaddafi’s forces were holed up in several pockets in the city and that there were reports of reinforcements coming from Tripoli, though there was no sign of them yet.
Speaking to the AP by telephone, Abu Riyak said residents were now joining up with the rebels’ assault, saying, “95 percent of Az-Zawiyah’s people are with the revolution.”
“There is shooting from all sides,” said another rebel, 23-year-old Ibrahim Akram. “The people joined us. Fierce clashes are still ongoing, but thank God our numbers are great.” – Associated Press
Libya Free Forever.
#Gadafi goons gathered 6000 merc from Benin to transfer them in 300 4×4 cars to #Sabha #GadafiCrimes #Libya
#NTC Alalaqy 2 #Aljazeera Liberation of #ALzawia means complete defeat of #Gadafi regime and people of #Tripoli should get ready2 celebrate.
Shamam (TNC minister) we have confirmed news that some close Gaddafi ppl planning escape, some have even asked 4 political asylum in UK.
LibyaNewMedia
People in Sabha say that Gaddafi is sending 3 buses with reinforcements from Sabha towards Garyan. #Libya #Garyan
#FF IN TUNISIA have control over #Ras Jder #FEB17 #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Catching zawiyah tweets between wedding speeches on idyllic swedish island. If rebels take and hold zawiyah this is big news.
Skyman64 Ian Woods
All 3 of us on media bus are all okay. Government troops confiscated camera which had been filming the scenes of panic.
Whether we try again tomorrow depends on our government minders and whether the road is open. Conflicting reports on who is in control.
Libyans taking decision out of our hands. We are being sent back across the border to Tunisia.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
And #Gaddafi side says they have total control of #Zawiyah. If past record is anything to go by, means rebels have made progress.
Mwattin
Unconfirmed: Reports that about 10.30 pm today the WHOLE of #TRIPOLI will come out want us to spread the word. #Feb17 #Libya
Is that a g trick?
FromJoanne Joanne
#GADDAFI #MUST #GO Unequivocal Call “contact group” 16 EU + Middle Eastern nations + United Nations Arab League + AU #UPYOURSGADDAFI #Libya
Contact Group Qatari PM Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim alThani : will give #Libya material and all the other needs including defence equipment"
Libyan
Libyan friends in #Tunisia say 1000s of Libyans from #Zwara are crossing the border today to liberate #Zwara. #Libya #Feb17
Hominoid
Gheryan Clashes continue in the city
A large group of battalions surrendered their weapons in the city of Sorman
Gheryan Clashes continue in the city
NATO jets and RAF helicopters in the skies of Zawiya
Leebi
#Gaddafi regime crumbling faster than an apple crumble pie in my mouth!
Regime officials starting to hit exit doors time to taste the wilderness! What goes around comes around
عرفتنا توا يا قدافي ولا لا؟؟؟؟؟ Did you know who we are now #Gaddafi ?
#Gaddafi must be in a str8 jacket – cant believe the amazing skills, tactics, bravery and resiliance FFs have shown!
Libyan
Residents of #Zawiya are in tears, this is a historic day! #Tripoli soon inshallah!! #Libya #Feb17
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
I have a feeling that #Libya will be free soon. Was never one who ventures with speculation, but I am sticking my neck out on this one.
AlArabya
Libya’s Deputy FM Speaks of Pressure on Rebels
Libya’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Kaim has blamed NATO member countries of pressuring rebels in battling Moammer Qaddafi’s troops, in a news conference in the capital Tripoli, on August 12.
“You (rebels) have the last chance. You have to fight and be suicidal, you have to do your job quickly, as soon as possible before the 17th of Ramadan (17th August). That is the instruction from these three countries, Qatar, Britain and France. You do it or you are losers. That is the instruction that they are receiving and they told them that we cannot manage any longer that we will provide you with fuel, with food supplies, with money and with munitions. You have to do it because we are under heavy pressure and we are expecting more pressure from the public opinion and from the media in September,” said Mr. Kaim.
According to medics, 11 rebel fighters have lost their lives within 24 hours in a siege to claim the oil terminal at Brega, a strategic town on the Mediterranean Coast.
Mr. Kaim has pointed out that the NATO mission has gone on longer and proven to be bloodier than intended.
“The NATO killed 85 people and destroyed 20 houses. Why Mr. Ban Ki-moon fell short to mention the NATO? This is insufficient and unacceptable from the United Nations,” he said.
It has been nearly six months since the rebels began their uprising against Qaddafi, and believe that capturing Brega will bring them even closer to pursuit of the capital, in addition to beginning the export of oil.
By Noora Faraj
Al Arabiya with Agencies
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5CVxo1ALlY
Jeel
Opp fighters that Liberated #Qwasim have continued to rd going into areas of #Gheryan called “tubee” & are engaging #Gaddafi forces #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Top Gadhafi aids fleeing 2 Tunisia since yesterday tuhami khaled Saleh Irahim Ammar ltaif thr bad news for others FF will close border soon!
AJA:
11 rebels killed in #Brega during fighting today #Libya
libyanandproud
Don’t let anyone take this moment away from you supporters of Free Libya u deserve this moment ! #Feb17 #Libya
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
How conveeeeenient.No pilot to confirm/deny tall tale. #MosqueLady RT@Libya_SOS #Government forces have shot down a #US drone in Zlitan
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
In all fairness,Khamis was #Gaddafi’s cat,so it makes sense he’s died so many times.He’s got,like,4 more to go b/f he’s kaput 4good
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
How conveeeeenient.No pilot to confirm/deny tall tale. #MosqueLady RT@Libya_SOS #Government forces have shot down a #US drone in Zlitan
Rico
In a couple of days, Moussa Ibrahim will deny that he ever was Gaddafi’s spokesperson #joke #Feb17 #Libya
ProudLibyan
Gaddafi will panic, he will send reinforcements to #Zawiyah tonight, will NATO feast tonight?
Libya TV
encouraging words from Minister Allagi and callers from inside #Libya on @LibyaTV now. #Zawiyah
LIBYAN
We need #FF in #Tripoli to make some noises right now so #Gaddafi will keep his fores in #Tripoli rather than send them to #Zawyia
#FF calling for #Surman to rise & support our brothers in #Zawyia right now .
BBC
Rebel fighters in Libya say they have pushed into the town of Tawargha, east of the city of Misrata, after an assault designed to end the almost daily rocket attacks hitting the western city.
The BBC’s Orla Guerin sent this report from Tawargha.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14517267
ProudLibyan
Libya TV: Alalilaag(TNC): Surman, Sabratha, Aliejilaat this time you have to stand with Zawiyah, ur second chance. #Libya
libertad
#libye One two three viva la #Libye one two three a bas #Kadhafi vive la #Libya #hurra vive #TRIPOLI vive les #FreedomFighters
Another caller from #Azzawiya to libya.tv : “Almost 80% of the city has been liberated by FF”
Libya_Awake_United
A resident of #Tripoli was visiting #Sebrata today, then back to Tripoli , he was sent back to #Sebrata #Libya #feb17
More than 80% is liberated in #Zawiyah according to a caller to #Libya alhura now.
Libyan
Now comes the hard part, holding #Zawiya, #Garyan. #Libya #Feb17
Wave the Libyan flag…
In Libya last summer we used to blast this song in the car everywhere we went… It brings back the memories… yay
lyrics. they aren’t perfect sorry about that.
Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
2oul l’ el3alam..2oul w samma3,Di a7la forsa 3shan netgama3
W 2wettna fi lammetna,Bn7eb ba3d awi w benshagga3
Tashgge3na eggabii (+) da naar
Tashgee3 malyan b’ el7ob
7aseen enena a7rar
sawa hanshagga3 men elalb…7abibi
te3raf l3elmak..hatla2ii 7elmaK Oum medd edak..shagga3 b3alamak dah..b3alamak da…b3alamak !
When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag..so wave your flag..now wave your flag !
A7la far7a el sana di
Kollo yhallil (make some noise)…Kollo ynadii
Kollo yefta7…Albo ye7lam
Da mafeesh agmal men el la7za di
In the streets our heads are lifting, as we lose our inhibition
Celebration, its around us, every nations, all around us
Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game
And together at the end of the day
We all say….te3raf l3elmak..hatla2ii 7elmaK centerOum medd edak..shagga3 b3alamak dah..b3alamak da…b3alamak !
When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag..so wave your flag..now wave your flag !And everybody will be singing it
And we are all singing it
Vid:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX6Rfd0iCQc&fea...
nuna_nuna nuna_nuna
Ashahed #Libya: Apaches bombed mercenaries on their way to #Zawiya and the 27 camp
SecularLibya
Don’t worry, if #Zawiya falls, Qadafi is as good as dead.
Hiba El-Gamaty
Definitely not sleeping tonight.
I wonder who will?
What a beautiful problem to have today:)
Hayat
@NATO #Gaddafi has reinforcement approaching, a katiba of mostly mercenaries planning to destroy #Zawiyah with the #FFs inside. Be sharp!
WHERE ARE A LOT OF G MEN STAYING?
Tripoli: “Most of #Gaddafi close Men staying at Madinah Nakheel which is a resort area in Tripoli””
Commander Gumaa Ibrahim “#FF liberated the city of AzZawiya, now they Surrounded Sahban battalion Camp in Gharyan” #Libya #Feb17
it would appear a great explosion happened just now as they approached the square – explosives?
Libyan
@NATO please bring frigate close to #Zawiya port, rumour #Gaddafi might attack from sea. #libya
FACEBOOK GHERYAN:
قناة غريان على الفيسبوك، سرد للوضع في غريان والمواجهات المستمرة حتى هذه اللحظة:
- بدأت الأحداث باستدراج الثوار للكتائب في جبهة القواليش جنوب غرب غريان.
- صعد الثوّار المرابطين في منطقة الرابطة إلى ضاحية القواسم عن طريق “طريق الحمراء”.
- أول منزل تم مداهمته من قبل الثوار هو منزل المجرم خليفة الكراطون وإبنه قائد جحفل العار وقد تم قتله فور الهجوم على بيته دون أي مقاومة تُذكر. تحصل الثوار على المزيد من الأسلحة المخزنة في بيته ومن بينها مجموعة 14.5 ومجموعة بنادق كلاشنكوف.
- فور سماع إطلاق النار خرج الآلاف أهالي القواسم للشوارع بالتكبير والزغاريد. وتجمع المئات ويكبرون بالمساجد.
- أربك ذلك الكتائب فتجمعت مجموعة من الراجمات والقاذفات عند جزيرة المليون الواقعة بين تغسّات والقواسم وبدأت تقصف القواسم كبرى ضواحي غريان وأكثر مناطق الجبل الغربي من حيث الكثافة السكانية. وإصابة العديد من المدنيين في القواسم نتيجة القصف العشوائي.
- بالتزامن مع ذلك تحرّك ثوار تغرنة وحرروا أغلب الضاحية من أزلام النظام ورفعوا علم الإستقلال بتغرنة.
- بالتزامن مع ذلك تحرك ثوار تاغليسة بوسط غريان ولا تزال المواجهات تدور عند تقاطع شارعي الزغانة وعبدالرزاق صقر عند مقهى السنابل بوسط المدينة.
- بالتزامن خرج ثوار منطقة الظهرة ولا زالوا يواجهون الكتائب عند محيط المنطقة.
- بالتزامن خرج ثوار منطقة بني يحي والبراشيش ومواجهات الآن مستمرة في تلك المناطق.
- أسر العشرات من مرتزقة كتيبة سحبان.
- مقتل أكثر من خمسة من جنود كتيبة سجبان عند مقهى السنابل وسط المدينة.
- المرتزقة يخزنون أسلحتهم في عمارات كتيبة سحبان بشارع الزغانة وسط تغسات.
- المرتزقة والقناصة يتواجدون الآن في محيط ميدان المتصرفية وعلى مبنى المتصرفية ومبنى مديرية الأمن ومبنى عمارة التأمين عند مدخل مدينة غريان من طريق أبورشادة.
- سيطر الثوار على مركز الشرطة واسيتولوا على كميات بسيطة من الأسلحة الخفيفة.
- إصابة أحد الضباط المنشقين في بطنه ولا يوجد إسعاف.
- إصابة أحد ثوار تاغليسة (المشاي) وأحد إصابة الظهرة (الضبع) في مناطق تغسات.
- تواجد المئات من الأهالي في شارع مجمع العيادات وتعالي التكبير والزغاريد. الأمهات في الشوارع يساندن الثوار بالتكبير والزغاريد.
- تواصل حرب الشوارع في الظهرة والخنقة وتاغليسة بوسط مدينة غريان.
- مرتزقة كتائب سحبان وسكان عمارات كتيبة سحبان بشارع الزغانة يقومون بإطلاق النار على ثوار شارع عبد الرزاق صقر من على أسطح العمارات الموضحة بالصورة.
- تحرير شارع الملعب وشارع عبد الزاق صقر وانسحاب قوات المرتزقة منه برغم استعمال الثوار لأسلحة خفيفة في مواجهة مدرعات.
- استيلاء الثوار على مبنى مركز الشرطة – مبنى الإستخبارات – مبنى الأمن الداخلي.
- تواجد المرتزقة بجزيرة المليون عند الحد الفاصل بين تغسات والقواسم
- تبادل إطلاق نار كثيف جداً على بضاحية بني يحي والبراشيش وبالتحديد في منطقة وادي حامد (موسي).
- اصوات الكبير تعلو من كافة منابر المساجد في المدينة والمعنويات عالية جداً بين
الاهالي والثوار.
- أنشقاقات في كتيبة الردع وكتيبة الثامنة-صواريخ وانضمامهم للثوار.
- كتيبة سحبان وكتيبة امحمد المقريف تقاتل باستماتة.
- استيلاء الثوار على مقر الكتيبة الثامنة بمنطقة جليليا وكمّون وسط غريان.
- الآن: الكتائب تقصف بالراجمات وصواريخ الجراد مناطق غريان المتاخمة للأصابعة.
- ثوّار غريان بمنطقة كمّون يحاصرون المرتزقة المتجمعين بكلية المحاسبة.
- ثوّار غريان بمنطقة القواسم يحاصرون المرتزقة المتجمعين بثانوية توفيق.
- أبوبكر القعود يقود كتيبة من المرتزقة تقمع مناطق أبوزيان غرب غريان، ولم تصلنا تفاصيل تحركاتهم بعد.
- رتل كبير لمرتزقة القذافي متجه من طرابلس لغريان يسير الآن بمنطقة وادي الهيرة. وثوار غريان برأس أبوغيلان ليس لديهم إلا بنادق خفيفة. الرتل على بعد نصف ساعة من مدينة غريان.
- إستشهاد أحد ثوار غريان في منطقة الظهرة والمواجهات مستمرة. الشهيد هو البطل محمود الضبع السُّبيع بمنطقة الظهرة. وجرح ميلاد المشاي من شارع عبد الرزاق صقر. وجرح الثائر أبوشليشة الغراري من الظهرة تغسات.
- عمارة التأمين مليئة بالقناصة المرتزقة تدعمهم عدد اثنين 14.5 و دبابة وحدثت اشتباكات طيلة النهار بينهم وبين الثوار ولكن كثافة نيران القناصة كانت كثيفة.
- قوات الكتائب المتمركزة بالأصابعة تقصف مناطق وادي الأرباع واليعاقيب.
- الكتائب تقصف بالجراد من مناطق من أبومعاد والعربان و القظامة.
- لا تزال المواجهات مستمرة حتى اللحظة في شوارع تاغليسة والظهرة في تغسّات وسط مدينة غريان وفي المناطق المتاخمة للأصابعة وكتيبة سحبان تتواجد بكثافة في منطقة طُبِّي وتقصف مناطق وسط القواسم وتتواجد في عمارات سحبان وفي عمارة التأمين ومبنى المتصرفية ومحيط جامع تاغليسة.
- مواجهات في وادي الرمان المتاخم لمنطقة الخنقة وتاغليسة ونقص في الذخائر لدى الثوّار.
- تحرير مناطق أبو زيان وبني يحي وتغرينة ولا تزال المواجهات في أكبر ضواحي غريان: القواسم وتغسّات.
- النيتو يقصف بصاروخين بعض مواقع الكتائب في غريان.
- تحرير مناطق أبو زيان وبني يحي وتغرنة ولا تزال المواجهات في أكبر ضواحي غريان: القواسم وتغسّات.
- النيتو يقصف بصاروخين بعض مواقع الكتائب في غريان.
- استشهاد عبد الوهاب السوسلي في منطقة الخنقة بتغسات وسط غريان.
- استشهاد صلاح حمد الرزاقي عند عمارة التأمين بتغسات وسط غريان.
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Channel Gheryan on Facebook, an account of the situation in Gheryan and confrontations continued until this moment: – events began luring rebels of the battalions in the front Rullish southwest Gheryan. – rose rebels stationed in the ASEAN region to the suburb of denominators by “by the red.” – the first house was raided by the rebels is the home of the offender Alkraton Khalifa and his son the commander of Legion of shame has been killed immediately after the attack on his home without any resistance. The rebels to get more weapons stored in his house, including the group 14.5 and a Kalashnikov rifles. – Upon hearing the fire went out of thousands of people to the streets denominators zoom and joy. Hundreds of people gathered in mosques and grow up. – so confused battalions Vtgmat a group of rocket launchers and bombers at the island between one million and Ngsat denominators denominators and started bombing the suburbs of major Gheryan and more areas of the western mountain in terms of population density. And injury of many civilians in the denominators as a result of indiscriminate shelling. – in conjunction with the movement of rebels Ngrna and liberated most of the suburbs of the ousted regime and raised the flag of independence Bngrna. – in conjunction with the movement of rebels Taglesh central Gheryan still fighting taking place at the intersection of Alzgana and Abdul Razzaq Saqr at a coffee shop ears the city center. – along came the rebels the piggyback and are still facing the battalion at the vicinity of the region. – along came the rebels Beni Yahya and Albrachc and confrontations is now continuing in those areas. – the families of scores of mercenaries battalion Shban. – killed more than five soldiers of the battalion Sjban when Cafe ears downtown. – mercenaries store their weapons in Buildings battalion Shban Street Alzgana central Ngsat. – mercenaries and snipers are present now in the vicinity of the field Almtsrfah and building Almtsrfah
Building Directorate of Security and Building Building insurance at the entrance to the city of Gheryan by Aburashadh. – dominated the rebels on the police station and Asatoloa on small amounts of light weapons. – hit one of the officers of dissidents in the stomach and there is no ambulance. – hit a rebel Taglesh (Almchaa) and one injury Dahra (hyena) in the areas Ngsat. – presence of hundreds of people in a street clinic building and come zooming and joy. Mothers in the streets Essandn rebels zoom and joy. – continue war of the streets in the piggyback and Alkhnqh and Taglesh downtown Gheryan. – mercenary battalions Shban and residents Buildings battalion Shban Street Alzgana they opened fire on the rebels, Abdul Razzaq al-Saqr from the roofs of buildings described the picture. – Edit Street playground and Abd Al be doing, Saqr and the withdrawal of mercenary forces him despite the use of the rebels of small arms in the face of armor. – seize the rebels on the building of the police station – Building Intelligence – Building Homeland Security. – presence of mercenaries on the island of one million at the maximum separation between Ngsat and denominators – the exchange of heavy fire very suburb between Yahya and Albrachc, specifically in the area of Wadi Hamid (Moses). – Votes great above all mosques in the city and the morale is very high among the people and the rebels. – splits in the battalion of deterrence and battalion eighth – rockets and joining the rebels. – Battalion Shban battalion M’Hamed Maqrif fighting desperately . – seize the rebels on the headquarters of the battalion eighth district Jalilia and cumin central Gheryan. – Now: Phalange bomb Balrajmat and rockets locust areas Gheryan adjacent to the fingers. – rebels Gheryan area latency surrounding the mercenaries gathered at the Faculty of accounting. – rebels Gheryan area denominators surrounding the mercenaries gathered went to conciliation. – Abu Bakr inaction leads a battalion of mercenaries suppressed areas Iboseann Gheryan West, we have not received details of their movements after. – mercenaries for a large convoy bound from Tripoli, Gaddafi Gheryan is now moving to the area of Wadi Alheirh. And the rebel with a Gheryan Abugalan not have guns but mild. Column at a distance of half an hour from the city of Gheryan. – martyrdom of a rebel Gheryan in the piggyback and confrontations going on. Is the hero martyr Mahmoud hyena Sbaa Dahra area. And the wounding of birth Almchaa Street Saqr Abdul Razzaq. And wounded Rebel Abuhlishh Algrara of piggyback Ngsat. – Building insurance is full of snipers mercenaries backed by the number two 14.5 and tanks and clashes took place throughout the day between them and the rebels, but the density of sniper fire was heavy. – Forces battalions stationed Balosabah bombed areas of the Valley of quarters and Elieguib. – battalions shell locust of areas of the Abumaad and Araban and Alqzama. – still fighting continued until the moment in the streets of Taglesh and piggyback in Ngsat downtown Gheryan and in areas adjacent to the fingers and a battalion Shban found extensively in the medical and bomb areas of central denominators are located in Buildings Shban In building insurance and building Almtsrfah and the area around mosque Taglesh .- clashes in the valley of pomegranate adjacent to the area Alkhnqh and Taglesh and a shortage of ammunition to the rebels. – Edit some areas of Xian and the children of Yahya and Ngrana still fighting in the largest suburb Gheryan: denominators and Ngsat. – Alneto bomb missiles, some sites battalions in Gheryan. – Edit some areas of Xian and the
children of Yahya and Ngrna still fighting in the largest suburb Gheryan: denominators and Ngsat. – Alneto bomb missiles, some sites battalions in Gheryan. – martyrdom of Abdul Wahab Alsosla in Alkhnqh Bngsat central Gheryan. – martyrdom of Salah Hamad Alrezaga when building insurance Bngsat central Gheryan.
Fissa
Musa Ibraheem started to resemble Sahaf of Saddam Housein, when saying “we are in control” of Zawiya
Aljazeera Arabic
Live from Alzawiyah – “Freedom fighters say that they will be in control by Fajr/Dawn, inshallah” #Tripoli #Libya
librev2011
#Khoms: Abdul Bari Karir was one of the 4 persons kidnapped by #Gaddafi forces #Libya
BREAKING:
ALJAZEERA’S REPORTER Abduladim Muhammad is IN ZAWIYA only 200metres from MARTYR SQUARE. Says FF control 75% of city NOW
Seattle pi
Heavy clashes as Libyan rebels enter Zawiya
BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces holding the city.
Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the capital, is a key target for rebels waging a new offensive launched from the mountains in the far west of Libya, an attempt to break the deadlock in combat between the two sides that has held for months in the center and east of the country.
A credible threat from the rebels in the west could strain Gadhafi’s troops, which have been hammered for months by NATO airstrikes. Defending Zawiya is key for the regime but could require bringing in better trained forces who are currently ensuring its hold over its Tripoli stronghold or fighting rebels on fronts further east.
A group of about 200 exuberant rebel fighters, advancing from the south, reached a bridge on Zawiya’s southwestern outskirts, and some rebels pushed farther into the city’s central main square. They tore down the green flag of Gadhafi’s regime from a mosque minaret and put up two rebel flags. An Associated Press reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds of residents rush into the streets, greeting the fighters with chants of “God is great.”
Full storry:
www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Heavy-cl...
Rubicon Moad
A Month? Weeks? Days? Tonight?..feels like i got so used to the incremental progress don’t know how to think…Allah Akbur…#Libya #Feb17
Shabbab Al Watan
The revolutionaries of Tripoli notice African mercenaries being hidden in farms at certain areas in the city not to be mentioned in media.
After long electricity cuts and similar hardships in Tripoli many G supporters become anti-G.
New head of Janzour region after the newregional structure made by G regime calls for mandatory recruitment but is faced with severe refusal
The new head of Janzour (Shaabiya) is named Abdulmajeed Daman.
ProudLibyan
#Libya TV we need continuous coverage now! commentators etc. There is major breaking news in all fronts. Don’t want regular programming!
Rubicon Moad
Other plans..Sormon and Sabratha have more weight now..so many more plans will hopefully come to realisation! #Libya #Feb17
1 hour ago
Ian Woods
Libyan/Tunisian border is calm. No sign of any detections as rumoured. But it has clearly been a good day for rebels.
Alex
@NATO can co-ordinate LIBERATION of #Tripoliprisoners with #Tripoli #FF: "He told me about the many times that FFS tried to enter the prison, trying to free them. Once the FFs came and attacked. Gaddafi goons left, fled the prison, but the FFs left without knowing the goons were gone. Then they tried to break the doors by themselves. Some of them could, a lot couldn’t. So they shouted for help but none came for them. After few hours the goons came back.
An other time NATO hit their prison, destroyed the building. Again the goons left, running for their lives, a lot of prisoners in that building managed to escape, but none could hear the other calling for help.
One of the thing that he told me, still in his mind, is that you sleep and wake up hearing people screams and cries for help all day long. Some of the prisoners loose their minds, have mental problems, this along with the effects of the electricity used on them, been beaten too much.
He knew a day before that he was leaving, so he tried to remember as much as possible of his cell mates, homes and names. After he left, he went to their homes, telling families that their sons were alive. None of them had any idea about them, nothing."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41kQvx4uKw
www.twitlonger.com/show/ccf54c
Major objective of #Tripoli #FF fm now – must be to safeguard security & liberation of 60K #TrIpoliPrisoners – GUARDS R WEAK & FEARFUL
There is 1 way #Gaddafi can escape from #Tripoli – by sea – & @NATO ships can then escort him 2 a place of safety – at #TheHague #Libya #ICC
Representing the conscience of the civilized world – @NATO s been an innovative, ever present, & ferocious friend of FREE #Libya forces 2day
#Surman is essentially liberated- #FF checking last sections of city 4 #Gaddafi stragglers – no real opposition – good news 4 nearby #Zawiya
“Breaking #Gaddafi forces manning the #RasIjdir border crossing with #Tunisia have abandoned it and escaped into Tunisia”
SMILE:
DEFINITION OF EXTREME OPTIMISM – #MoussaIbrahim – emailing his CV 2 #Benghazi looking 4 new job as things not looking so good in #Tripoli
Michael has a solution:
Ibrahim already offered job as newspaper editor of the prison newspaper…which is incidently, also used as toilet opaper.
Alex
I swear those @NATO heli’s – come straight from heaven! – #Zawiya #Gharyan #Brega #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
A gigantic throttle – of FREE #Libya #FF’s – From #Zawiya to #Gharyan – is slowly tightening around the neck of #Gaddafi occupied #Tripoli
HOW ZAWIYA FELL:
“A group of about 200 exuberant rebel fighters, advancing from the south, reached a bridge on Zawiya’s southwestern outskirts, and some rebels pushed farther into the city’s central main square.
They tore down the green flag of Gadhafi’s regime from a mosque minaret and put up two rebel flags. An Associated Press reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds
of residents rush into the streets, greeting the fighters with chants of “God is great.”
Gadhafi’s forces then counterattacked, unleashing rounds of heavy shelling and gunfire could be heard as rebels and government troops battled.
Regime snipers were firing down from rooftops on the rebels, said one resident, Abdel-Basset Abu Riyak, who joined to fight alongside the rebels when they entered the city. He said Gadhafi’s forces were holed up in several pockets in the city and that there were reports of reinforcements coming from #Tripoli, though there was no sign of them yet. He said #NATO airstrikes had hit Libyan military positions near the city the night before.
Rebel spokesman Gomaa Ibrahim claimed that the opposition’s fighters controlled most of #Zawiya by nightfall. “What remains are few pockets (of #Gaddafi forces) in the city,” he said. “The road is now open all the way from the western mountains to Zawiya, we can send them supply and reinforcement anytime.”" #Nafusa #Libya
Source;
m.apnews.com/ap/db_16026/contentdetail....=JWPEVgO9
dovenews Libyan™
by Alexblx
BREAKING! #FF in control of #Ras #Ajdir, the #Libyan – #Tunisian border. To be confirmed
dovenews Libyan™
#FF hv assassinated #Sahead #Hamed #Abu #Menyar #Algahsee he was the head of the “#FF Assassination Committee” trgting & killng #FF #Tripoli
BREAKING! Sound of gun fire in #Tarhuna
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Gharyan also liberated? Falling like dominos. #libya
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
media on way to #Tripoli being turned back to tunis. Filmed katiba in chaos as FF approached. Cameras confiscated. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Aljazeera Arabic live from AlZawiyah – 70% of AlZawiyah under feb17 control.
Aljazeera Arabic Live from Alzawiyah – “Freedom fighters continue to pour into Alzawiyah”
Aljazeera Arabic Live from Alzawiyah – “Freedom fighters say that they will be in control by Fajr/Dawn, inshallah” #Tripoli #Libya
People on roof tops in Fashloum and Dahra shouting allahu akbar. Katiba shooting into the air to silence. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Hiba El-Gamaty
Libya Ahrar TV has shown Mohamed AlZawy in Zawiya saying Ras Jideer confirmed under control of FFs #feb17 #Libya
Mwattin
The funniest thing is that #Gaddafi withdrew has ambassador from #Syria as a sign of disapproval of #Bashaars violent crackdown.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Unconfirmed: #Gaddafi has pulled back numbers of his brigades from #Zliten back to #Tripoli after hearing of #Zawiyah. #Libya #Feb17
Today #NATO hit #Gaddafi filth trying to reinforce #Ghiryan & #Zawiya. #Libya #Feb17
Confirmed: #Zawia refinery is in #Freedomfighter possession. #Libya #Feb17
Confirmed: #RasEjdir border gate in control of #Freedomfighters as of 10 minutes ago. #Libya #Feb17
( that would be around 23.15 hrs. Libya time)
iyad_
God, even my cat is excited… #Libya
AP
Heavy clashes as Libyan rebels enter Zawiya
BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) – Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces holding the city.
Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the capital, is a key target for rebels waging a new offensive launched from the mountains in the far west of Libya, an attempt to break the deadlock in combat between the two sides that has held for months in the center and east of the country.
A credible threat from the rebels in the west could strain Gadhafi’s troops, which have been hammered for months by NATO airstrikes. Defending Zawiya is key for the regime but could require bringing in better trained forces who are currently ensuring its hold over its Tripoli stronghold or fighting rebels on fronts further east.
Full art.:
m.apnews.com/ap/db_16026/contentdetail....
Libya TV now:
Caller from Zawiyah, all of Zawiyah liberated including Zawiyah refinery, only some Gaddafi snipers in Omar Mukhtar st.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Libyan freedom fighters in Zawiya: “Gaddafi forces ran away at our sight. We expected to enter city on Monday not today.” #libya #feb17
LibyaNewMedia
Garyan: Children have been given Kalashnikofs by Gaddafi forces in & are shooting from balconies at nearby houses. #Libya #Gaddafi
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO bombed 25 of #Gaddafi’s armed trucks near #Gharyan one half hour ago. #Libya #Feb17
( Libya time: around 23.00 hrs)
Adam Libya
Libya.TV Just aired a recorded phone call between Muatesim Gaddafi and Baghdadi Mahmudi (PM). #Libya #feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
Trending trending trending #TRIPOLICALLING Trending trending trending #LIbya
LibyaNewMedia
One of Gaddafi’s tanks crushed a car with 3 unarmed young men in it in Garyan today according to people from the city centre. #Libya
Suzanne
I’m thrilled at recent FF victories in #Libya. But must guard for Gaddafi forces pattern of strategic retreats followed by massive assaults.
Free Libya Now
@UKinLibya Up to 66000 Libyan man & woman are captive held under brutality of Gadafi regime. We Need Your Voice.
iyad_
Exciting news from Tarhuna! After Gharyan liberated, it’s the only road Gaddafi has open between Tripoli & the rest of the country! #Libya
NATO can take care of armor & heavy divisions but snipers are the real problem in both Azawiya & Gharyan. #Libya
NotLibyaStateTV
We assure you that nothing is happening in Az Zawiyah right now and we will take the media there in 7 to 10 days to prove our point.
BSyria
The African emigration flood that Gaddafi threatened Europe with will happen, but it will be made up of Gaddafi’s soldiers. #Libya
RUMOR IN TWITTERWORLD:
holst jespersen,
here is one rumour: “France moving heavy weapons in through Tunisia”.
No it’s the Libyans freeing Zawiyah. #Libya
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
by Thanku4theAnger
Al Shahed are reporting that NATO is using Apache Helicopters in #Tripoli in an attack on #Gaddafi’s “27 Camp”. #Libya #Feb17
NYT
Tribal Rifts Threaten to Undermine Libya Uprising
TRIPOLI, Libya — Saddled with infighting and undermined by the occasionally
ruthless and undisciplined behavior of its fighters, the six-month-old rebel uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is showing signs of sliding from a struggle to overthrow an autocrat into a murkier contest between factions and tribes.
The increase in discord and factionalism is undermining the effort to overthrow Colonel Qaddafi, and it comes immediately after recognition of the rebel government by the Western powers, including the United States, potentially giving the rebels access to billions of dollars in frozen Libyan assets, and the chance to purchase more modern weaponry.
The infighting could also erode support for the rebels among members of the NATO alliance, which faces a September deadline for renewing its air campaign amid growing unease about the war’s costs and direction. That air support has been a factor in every significant rebel military goal, including fighting on Saturday in which rebel forces were challenging pro-Qaddafi forces in or near three critical towns: Brega, an oil port in the east, Zawiya, on the outskirts of Tripoli, and Gharyan, an important gateway to southern Libya.
The rebels’ Western backers have become alarmed at the growing rift between supporters of a group of rebels who have coalesced into a relatively unified army and the others who effectively remain a civilian band of militia fighters.
In the short term, the retaliation can serve to fortify Colonel Qaddafi’s power by reinforcing the fear that a rebel victory would bring reprisals against the many who participated in the colonel’s political machine and enjoyed his patronage. More broadly, the moral clarity of six months ago, when Colonel Qaddafi’s forces were bearing down on Benghazi and he was threatening to wipe out anyone who dared oppose him there, has been muddied.
Full art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/world/africa...=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp
What problem does the NYT have with a free Libya?
They keep going on about the same things over and over again…..
This is not up to date reporting, this is just straight forward lying.
All they get is less subscribers, if we want to read fiction, we’ll read a book.
Free libya
#TripoliCalling we are coming to help and soon we will be there
#AJArabic Thuwar in good situation, receiving supplies from Nafusa. Only few Gaddafiforces hiding in residential areas of #Zawiya. #Libya
Shakeer on State TV reveals portrait of Ghadaffi painted by Carline Seiser and call her a “Sister”. She’s “NO SISTER”.
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSw7bSje5uQ&fea...
Nadia
Maybe the new NTC General knows what he is doing after all. #Libya
LibyaYouth Libya Youth
Blessings of Ramadan beginning to show in battle with the devil. #Libya #Tripoli
Just received direct information from My Cousin, a FF leader on the ground. Zawiya & Gheryan liberated. #libya #Zawiya #Tripoli
#AJArabic:
Thuwar weapons can be heard close to #Tripoli. #Libya #TripoliCalling
An 80 years old lady is holding her ground in Tripoli and waiting for the liberation of TRIPOLI….
Terje Bråthen
Opprørerne forsøker nå å ta over byen Al Zawiyah, rett ved Tripoli. Et viktig raffineri i denne byen #Libya
Sahnoona
Our FF are 40 kilometers far from #Tripoli. It’s just a matter of days & our flag will be flying over Maydan Al Shuhada in Tripoli. #Feb17
Alex
#Gaddafi last stand – REGIME now recalling troops fm #Zliten & #Tahouna – to replace Tripoli reinforcements obliterated by @NATO 2day #Libya
amira
opposition prevented reinforcements from being sent from tripoli through the coastal road and hopes Zawiya will be liberated 2nite
AC Tripolis
Endkampf ? #Libya #Tripoli
Gadaffi troops reported to have retreated from Zawiya to Gate 27km Army Camp, now reports that this area under attack from #NATO helicopters
And NATO bombed them :)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Hamza Tuhami the Gaddafi TV presenter got beaten up in Nufleyeen in Tripoli #Feb17 #Libya
NATO have targeted 25 Gaddafi forces vehicles in Wadi AlHera that was heading to Gheryan #Libya #Feb17
Heavy clashes in Tarhuna. Many G forces killed with weapons captured & clashes ongoing #feb17 #Libya
LPC:Mohamed AlZawy: Zawiya under FF Control w/ snipers in Omar AlMukhtar road . The 4 entrances to Zawiya are secured by FFs #Libya #feb17
Zawiya: FFs were surprised how quickly Gaddafi forces retreated and were expecting more resistance #feb17 #Libya
Tripoli: Protests in Ras Hasan, Arada and Zawyit Dahmani #feb17
Mustafa Abdel Jaleel: Temporary constitution will be in place for the transitional period followed by referendum on new constitution proper
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #Gaddafi forces are HEAVILY attacking #AzZawyia from the eastern side
jamal
#Surman is Expected to fall within a day at most. FF are still carrying out their operation to free the city . #Libya #Feb17
Sniper rifle shoots two thousand meters the spoils of Brega
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIXk_V7qCe4&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN is Under THREAT Reports of 2 Gaddafi Forces Columns are on their way to Gharyan #Libya
Joanne
#ZAWIYAH GF occupy eastern part of main road towards #Tripoli we are on West side but we are in the Center There R still Mercenaries #Libya
Hayat
d there are SNIPERS ALL OVER! But even they coward seeing the #FFs – also there was a huge explosion? Grads? WHAT!
Joanne
Contact in #Zawiyah said Gaddafi forces are in #AlHarsha Area West of #Zawiyah and need @NATO HELP the FF #Libya @Libya17Feb
Skyman64 Ian Woods
by FromJoanne
I left border area an hour ago when border guards were still manning their posts. Back in Tunisia to decide next move.
Libya TV now:
Caller (FF) confirms liberation of Ras Ajdir (border crossing/Tunisia),also Harsha, brigades surrendering weapons & joining FF
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli shops were buzzing today smiling people telling each other the news #Libya
Reports of Uprising in the cities of #Zuwarah #Tarhunah and #Asabeah #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN FF released Unknown amount of prisoners Towncenter is deserted Roof SNIPERS Most families hide Outside city MountainShacks #Libya
Alex
The more reinforcements #Gaddafi sends to #Zawiya the better – @NATO is obliterating them – & means less fighters when #FF liberate #Tripoli
Chantal
Apaches attaquer les forces G en route vers Zawiyah de Tripoli
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya Heinz said something that made a lot of sense – he said Gaddafi sent his best soldiers to Brega because HE wanted partition
#libya So Gaddafi was smart at a low level and stupid at a larger level. The Revolution was about “Libya” , not about partition
#libya For all his cunning Gaddafi never understood that he didn’t have a bunch of candidate warlords over against him
#libya You could make a blanket out of all the green rags thrown down today. Maybe pigs would sleep on it
#libya Any truth to the rumor that Moussa Ibrahim signed a post-Gaddafi contract to be a pony ride at a gay theme park in California?
Aljazeera:
A hospital in Ajdabiyah, several kilometers away from Brega in northeastern Libya, has repeatedly received wounded soldiers from the battlefield and is short of doctors and medical supplies.
About 20 wounded soldiers from the frontline have been sent to the hospital every day with five, on average, severely wounded. They have had to be sent to hospitals in Benghazi for further medical care after receiving emergency treatment in the Ajdabiyah hospital. Those who were not severely injured were released from hospital and sent back to the frontline once again.
Many doctors have gone to the frontline to rescue the wounded and some have gone to Benghazi, the provisional capital of Libya’s National Transitional Council. In the hospital, there were more people in uniform than those in medical clothes.
An imprisoned Libyan army colonel who surrendered to the rebel forces two months ago told AFP on Saturday that Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is ridden with divisions and in the process of collapse.
Speaking from a prisoner of war camp in the rebel enclave of Misrata, Colonel Wissam Miland said Gaddafi’s military hangs together through coercion and mercenary-enforced martial law, but that infighting is rife.
“I think it will soon collapse,” he said, offering a rare glimpse inside Gaddafi’s three-pronged loyalist force, made of up army regulars, militia fighters and mercenaries.
“Among the militias, the Libyan soldiers were starting to fight with the foreign mercenaries, there are many problems,” he said in an interview.
The prospect that Gaddafi’s use of foreign mercenaries may be backfiring will also offer hope that the once oil-rich regime could be running out of options.
While it has long been known that Gaddafi has used paid fighters from Chad, Niger, Mauritania and other Sahel nations, their role has not always been clear.
“Within my unit there were a lot of mercenaries,” Miland said. "But they are not fighting with the army — they surround the army. They don’t let anyone fall back. If you retreat, they will kill you”.
Libyan opposition forces have launched a two-pronged offensive in the Western mountains, increasing pressure to isolate Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli.
Opposition fighters advanced toward the towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah on Saturday, attempting to cut off the southern coastal route from Tunisia that Gaddafi uses for supplies.
The ground attacks come after NATO planes had been hitting targets in these areas
The coastal city of Az-Zawiyah, west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, is “absolutely under our control”, the government of Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday after reports of fighting in the area.
“A very small group of rebels tried to move into the south of Az-Zawiyah but they were stopped easily because of our armed forces,” spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters in Tripoli.
He said fewer than 100 rebels entered the city from the south and they tried to join up with 50 rebels within the city, who had been “dealt with”. – Reuters
A rebel force of about 200 fighters advancing from the south reached a bridge on Az-Zawiyah’s southwestern outskirts, and some rebels pushed farther into the city’s central main square.
They tore down the green flag of Gaddafi’s regime from a mosque minaret and put up two rebel flags. An Associated Press reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds of residents rush into the streets,
greeting the fighters with chants of “God is great.”
Gaddafi’s forces then counterattacked, unleashing rounds of heavy shelling and gunfire could be heard as rebels and government troops battled.
Regime snipers were firing down from rooftops on the rebels, said one resident, Abdel-Basset Abu Riyak, who joined to fight alongside the rebels when they entered the city. He said Gaddafi’s forces were holed up in several pockets in the city and that there were reports of reinforcements coming from Tripoli, though there was no sign of them yet.
Speaking to the AP by telephone, Abu Riyak said residents were now joining up with the rebels’ assault, saying, “95 percent of Az-Zawiyah’s people are with the revolution.”
“There is shooting from all sides,” said another rebel, 23-year-old Ibrahim Akram. “The people joined us. Fierce clashes are still ongoing, but thank God our numbers are great.” – Associated Press
Unconmfirmed report:
Shakeer tried to flee the tv building Gadafi thugs captured him and returned him pronto:)
Thanku4theanger
Tarhuna FFs hit 2 vehicles out of 6 vehicle G force convoy from Tripoli 25km out of city at Fum Laghma stopping convoy advance
Tripoli: AbdAllah Waly General Brigadier in Gaddafi Internal Security was killed in successful operation by Soug Aljuma FFs #feb17
Tripoli: Protests in Electronics Street in Dahra and AlHay AlJame3y #feb17 #Libya
MuatasimGaddafi discusses assassination Shalgam with PM Baghdadi
who says "BURN Fam Shalgam like Holocaust Jews "
مكالمة البغدادي والمعتصم : أغتيال شلقم وحرق عائلته
Video:
t.co/n7792CL #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z0WsPQofdU
Sky News
Battles As Libya Rebels Try Retake Key Town
Libyan rebels have been involved in a gun battle in the key town of Al Zawiyah just 18 miles (30km) from the capital Tripoli.
The rebels claim they have reached the centre of the town, but the Gaddafi regime says it remains in control.
A plume of smoke could be seen rising to the north of the town, close to the Mediterranean coastline, and there was sporadic gunfire to the south.
I was with two colleagues from other media organisations, travelling along the main coast road towards Tripoli along with two Libyan government minders, when our minibus became caught up in the firefight.
We were making the regular journey from the Tunisian border to Tripoli to be based at the government supervised Rixos Hotel in the city. Earlier in the day several members of the media travelled in the opposite direction without incident.
But at around 5pm, the minibus was waved to a halt by soldiers on the outskirts of Al Zawiyah and was forced to take a detour through the northern suburbs.
Full art. and video here:
uk.news.yahoo.com/battles-libya-rebels-...
Jeel
Contact in #Gheryan says they can hear sound of tanks in “tghsat” aka downtown of city #Libya
ProudLibyan
Libya Free TV especially has to be very careful, they have fallen to the rumor trap that Gaddafi keeps setting. #Libya
Sabha17feb
#Sabha : Reports of Sebha revolting !
Mary
I have never been this happy since February/early March…. may god bless the FF and help them succeed
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Rebels, Gaddafi forces clash near Tunisia-sources
Aug 13 (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are clashing with rebels a few kilometres from the main border crossing into neighbouring Tunisia, Tunisians close to the border told Reuters on Saturday.
A businessman called Ali, who trades with Libya, said there were clashes at Abu Kammash, an industrial town on the Mediterranean coast about 10 km from the Ras Jdir border crossing, which is controlled by Gaddafi’s forces.
“There is fighting at Abu Kammash. The Tunisian police have asked us not to go into Libya. I tried to go in but the clashes forced me to come back,” the businessman told Reuters.
A second businessman from the border area, who did not want to be identified, said: “There are heavy clashes going on between the rebels and Gaddafi’s forces to try to control the Ras Jdir crossing.”
A third source, who was at the Ras Jdir crossing, said the pro-Gaddafi military had brought up heavy weapons, including tanks, to protect the checkpoint, which controls the main supply route for the Libyan capital, a vital lifeline for the government. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Tim Pearce)
chantal
Libyens ds Tunisie please aller à RasIjdayr traversant MAINTENANT! Seule l’attaque ds gardes avc ds fusils! ne ps détruire documents #libye
Via FB:
Fissa
Tomorrow will be the day of freedom and dignity. I am the daughter of Libya and the daughter of a martyr (who was murdered by Qaddafi’s coldblooded regime). I am proud that my father died an honorable death. Tomorrow, by God’s will, I can see the children of Libya living in greatness so I can lift my head up high and say: I am a Libyan, I am a Libyan!
Apparently Qaddafi wants the situation in Libya to end in the worst possible way. He must be certain that he is pathetic and has no more power and that no matter how much violence he may use, he will be toppled. The question is: how long before he ends up with a bullet in his head, or hanging from a lamp post?
By God this Qaddafi is so cowardly right now; none is more cowardly than him. He and his gangsters are trembling. He has nothing to do but to expose his very true personal Libyan Mafia to the world. The more cities he loses control over, the more he threatens and the more blood he adds to his hands.
May peace and blessings be upon Libya and libyans. —-FISSA :)
librev2011
#Zawiya refinery is under control of #FF so #Gaddafi is cut from fuel supply Completelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyy :-D #Libya I love you
ProudLibyan
Just shows the rumor mill now showing Gaddafi game, earlier claims of 2 Gadaffi officials fleeing spread,now they came on TV and denied this
ANOTHER PRISON CELL:
libyanandproud
Temporary holding cell in #RasIjdayr in the big Hangar on Left. There is a room in the back ! Release prisoners ! #RasIjdayr #Feb17
Rubicon Moad
Libya is too big…but i think yeah, there is something up geography wise…tarhouna and Geryan rising due to less G forces…
Alex
DOOMSDAY: #Gaddafi dreams of #Zawiya counter attack – but @NATO nightmare – wakes him up – #NATO will not let new Libya #FF cities fall.
#Gaddafi supply is completely cut – has no access to new fuel or arms or ammo – all counter attacks obliterated by @NATO – DEAD MAN WALKING!
WHAT A DAY! FREE #Libya – is no longer a distant dream- FREE Libya will be this month – & may be as early as next week – #Gaddafi is history
Revolution_Freedom
Reports of #appache helicopters attacking gaddafi reinforcements that are going to #zawiya
New revolt has broken out in #Tarhuna – major gun battles now taking place – between #Gaddafi & local #FF – #NewLibyaFronts #Libya
#Gaddafi seriously deluded – if he imagines that troops in trucks – can somehow defy @NATO air power! #dreamon #cannonfodder
The road from #Nafusa Mountains to #Zawiya – is one big constant moving #FF supply line – new #FF troops now arriving in Zawiya from #Zintan
ANOTHER PRISON LOCATION:
“many G Troops in Sports City Roundabt Gurji #Tripoli may be 4 #Zawiya” – NOTE many #TripoliPrisoners held @ SPORTS CITY
Tripoli will fall – because no one believes it can survive – what seems inevitable becomes actual – #Tripoli #FF role now to secure prisons.
Ahmed
#Tarhuna: Reports of mass revolt in the town and that the center of the town has been liberated..#Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
MORE PRISONERS:
dovenews Libyan™
#FF are surrounding a area full of containers with imprisoned ppl inside. #AzZawyia
dovenews Libyan™
Libyan Indp Flag: Red= martyrs blood against Italian occupation. Black=all tribes as 1. Green= prosperity. Crescent & star religion of Islam
BREAKING! The events in #Tarhuna are escalating & 2 #FF were killed on the hands of #Gaddafi forces.
Edit: Sports City Roundabout in Gurji, Tripoli.//@NATO Re large grouping of G forces at Gurji roundabout in Tripoli.
Libya Alhurra
Personal Account of Algerian Fleeing Tripoli in February
August 13, 2011 – Personal account received by Libya Alhurra:
On Sunday 20th of Feb 2011 I was teaching in Tripoli. I finished my classes at 8 00 pm. I was approached by three men in military uniforms, and I was asked to go with them. They called me by my name and were friendly and assured me that they needed my help and that I was recommended. I got into the car ( a gray Hyundai Sonata 2011 with no licence plates). They told me that they will drive me home and on the way they kept giving me details about my life, my parents’ details, jobs, where I’m from originally, my best friends’ names, cars, my cars details, where I hang around and that when I thought i would never see daylight because I knew how the system works there, I was told that I have lived in Libya and its time to pay back or give back the favour. I was told to go home and get ready to leave the next day to destination they would tell me about the next day, they told me it was time i became a Libyan resident as i have lived 25 years there as well as being born in Tripoli. I had to get a personal photo to put on the Libyan ID they were gonna give me the next day, and they gave me an envelope with 2000 Libyan dinars to give to my parents.
I refused to take the money. I kept saying let me think about it, and the man at the back seat next to me who appeared to be the highest ranked among them told me that this would be considered high treason. They dropped me home. That night I couldnt sleep, eat or talk to anyone, knowing that they are surveilling the phone lines, I even thought about going to the Algerian embassy but then they are pro-Gadaffi and they would deliver me on a silver plate to the Libyan army. The next day, in the morning, they were waiting for me and from their behaviour I realized that someone I knew recommended me because they were acting nicer than they are supposed to. They asked to get into the car and took me to Mitiga airport. On the way they asked me about my language skills and that I just have to translate to some construction workers in Ajdabya what to do. When we got to Mitiga airport, they blind-folded me and I was driven to “Mathaba Thowrya” where his millitias prove their loyalty, and thats where I got traumatized. I’m sure it was in “ain zara” area in Musa Kusa’s office buildings. I was taken to an office and asked for my clothes sizes and shoe size, and in the other offices I could hear screaming. I told the officer that I’m not a soldier and that I can’t carry weapons because I was a coward and that I can’t even see blood or I’ll faint. The officer changed tone and slapped me and I was dragged by two officers to a cell where there were a lot of men CRYING from pain. One of them was Algerian and told me the offer, you should give in your passport, they handle you 500 euros and an AK47 with 6 magazines, you get in a Toyota Tundra with another foreigner and two Libyan soldiers, the driver MUST be Libyan, you get 100 LYD for every “traitor” you gun down and 300 LYD if you capture him alive. If a patrol manages to get more than 15 cadavers they give you 2000 LYD bonus. I was taken back to the office after a few hours and another officer showed me a small safe with hundreds of thousands of
Euros. He told me that I can be a respected citizen with a rank and insurance and other privileges. I kept repeating that I’m not a soldier and I kept mentioning powerful family names to show that I’m well connected. He completely ignored all I said saying.
I was driven home, and on the way I kept trying to convince the officers in the car to take me out of this mess. The one in the back seat got really angry and started hitting me with a taser, telling me that we foreigners are dogs and we know nothing but taking Libyan money. When we got to my area the driver told me to be there at 8 00 am sharp and if I don’t my family will disappear, so i went home. I didn’t inform anyone I packed a backpack and got to a friend’s home in the airport road. I hid in his house for three days, and after a week I left Libya with help from airport officers to go past the thousands of millitias around. The mercenaries were not brought from abroad, they chose foreigners who speak Libyan perfectly and cant be noticed as not. As I mentioned you give in your passport, and get paid 500 euros as an engagement payment, 100 lyd for every head and 300 lyd for getting one alive. I met a man called Mohamed Hnish and he is the son of Gadaffis driver and he asked me to join them 2 days before I left, so the details are confirmed, and with every city that falls they execute those mercenaries to get rid of evidence.
Niz_FGM Niz
big smile on our faces…….
Skyman64 Ian Woods
I understand many reports border is unmanned. It was manned at 8pm. I am not there now to check situation
Free Libya Now
Libya Embassy in #Tunis stormed by Free Libyans with Independance Flag raised on Building. #Tunis #Libya
Rubicon Moad
Geryan is a city of about 80K…Zintan is about 45K…Geryan is mainly AntiG…imagine what they can do now.. double the size of Zintan #Feb17
True Geryan doesn’t have any real military might…but nor did Zintan on the 19th of March when a few hundred defeated the 9th Battalion….
Ibn
the only thing thats on my mind… is who’s gon’ run this town tonight? #tripolicalling
♡ Freedom ✌ Syria ♡
When I stood at the #Libya border, Tunisia, I got goosebumps. My sister at the #Syria border, Turkey, felt the same. So close, yet so far.
Danya
watching Shakeer :) he loooks soo PISSED about Zawyah being free :) 3gbal trablus ya weld 60 alf kelb.
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Ghot Asha3al area (West Tripoli) burning tires right now #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Maged
Celebration everywhere in #tunis , ppl extremely happy with today’s victories #Libya #17feb
Please have a look at the photo’s:
Freedom Fighters Finally IN Brega
By Libyan Youth Movement (Albums)
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18824...
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya: hard to gauge mood among gvt officials. DepFM smiling broadly. Press Liason hoping to get journo bus into Tripoli from west soon.
#Libya: I guess we’ll know more when we are/are not taken to Zawiyah tomorrow. No more pressers here in Tripoli so far.
From our vantage point at press hotel Tripoli seems quiet tonight so far. Haven’t heard bombs. Aircraft over head now. #Libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
#Libya state tv airing what it says is intvs from #Zawiya earlier with people saying its “mia mia” & all is good there. #Libya
Ibn
#zawiya to the west, #misrata to the east, and #gheryan to the south. All the while we still hear #tripolicalling. Byebye ya Muammar! #Libya
Hiba El-Gamaty
Everyone’s excited for #Libya today, but can i urge all to be careful with unconfirmed news. If it’s not confirmed pls say so in ur tweet!
jamal
#Zliten : FF Moved onto koobree #Zliten , “Zlitens Bridge” and are attacking G #mercenaries there #Libya #Feb17
Never Forget
To all those non-libyans that are helping us in our cause: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Visas’s to #LIbya are on me! #Feb17
WESSIM
in the highway many libyan car are in direction to the border right now
nicinme Liberal Conservative
Thanks #NATO, US, UK, France, Canda, Italy, Turkey, UAE, Qatar for a historic day in free #Libya. Thanks for your courage & leadership.
Iman
I am from tarhuna and proud to be anti-gaddafi #TripoliCalling #libya #feb17
Mwattin
I am from #Tripoli and I am proud to be anti-Girdaffi b from birth with every cell in my body #TripoliCalling #Feb17 #Libya
Pro #Gaddafi Non #Libya ns can bark as much as they want, Gaddafi is going down we will go home rebuild it w/out him & shut the door
Former military strategist Safwat Zayat has said that tactics FFs used 2 enter #Zawiya & #Ghiryan hv astonished the world #Libya #Feb17
Abeidi
I am from Benghazi and so proud to be anti Gerdaffi #TripoliCalling #libya #feb17
Mushu
I am from #Benghazi and #Zawiya, and every cell in me is very much #AntiGaddafi. #TripoliCalling #Libya #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Anyway, I was meant to sleep an hour ago.. Good night all. Great day today thank god and hopefully more tomorrow. تصبحو علي خير
And I was meant to sleep 4 hrs ago:)
WE PRAY FOR OUR LIBYA……………….
SUMMARY AUGUST 14 2011
8/14/2011
8.14.2011
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/4viyN
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Just got call from a FF inside Gharyan city confirmed 90% of city is liberated still G snipers & few tanks in the centre of Tgasat 2 clear!
Today could b big day for Libyan revolution cities of Gharyan & Zawiya could b totally liberated & expect Surman, Ajelat & Sabrata 2 follow!
Breaking Libya FF’s entered the last strong hold position of Gadhafi forces in the heart of Gharyan city engaging them in street battles!!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” has departed port #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” remains anchored in port #CasaBlanca #Morocco. #Feb17
#UK MILITARY OPS SHIP “FORT ROSALIE” anchored in #Malta. #Libya #Feb17
#Misrata: Large explosion yesterday reported to have been 1 of #Gaddafi’s larger rockets destroyed by #NATO. #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya: Reports are that #Freedomfighters are in control of 80% of city. Clashes continue in some areas. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi re-enforcements headed from #Tripoli to #Zawiya were hit by #NATO. Allahu Akbar!!! #Libya #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “KEREM AYANOGLU” 36.64018˚/23.59688˚ reported carrying
weapons to #Gaddafi in #Tripoli #Libya from #Istanbul. @NATO
AL ARABIYA NEWS
Libya says NATO ‘planning raids’ on Tunisia border
NATO is planning raids on Ras Jedir, a border post with Tunisia, to open the way to a rebel advance, Libya’s government spokesman said on Sunday.
“We have information that NATO is planning intensive bombardments of the Ras Jedir border post to help the armed bands, some of whom are positioned on the Tunisian side, to enter Libyan territory,” Mussa Ibrahim told AFP.
He described the North Atlantic alliance’s intentions as “very dangerous,” pointing out that Ras Jedir was a crossing point for “thousands of Libyans, including women and children.”
“By bombing it, NATO will be committing a new massacre,” Mr. Ibrahim said, warning against an “illegal act.”
He declared: “We salute the Tunisian government and we encourage it to make more efforts for Tunisia not to transform itself into a departure point for aggression against Libya.
“We salute the Tunisian people who have prevented the unloading of a cargo of arms” destined for Libyan rebels in the south Tunisian port of Zarzis, he went on.
Mr. Ibrahim called on the United Nations to “denounce and condemn the arms traffic to Libya from Tunisia, which violates UN (Security Council) resolutions 1970 and 1973.”
Full art.:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/...
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
NATO bombing something in Ein Zara now…. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF have arrived to the city center of #Gharyan & have passed #Alrabatah hotel & they freed #Jandoba prison. #Nafusa
BREAKING! #Gabon has given #Gaddafi’s ambassador 7 days to leave the country. #Gabon #Libya #Africa
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Grad rockets intermittently land in #Zawiyah fired by #Gaddafi forces
#Libya, Rebels captured four mercenaries they showed their identification cards and they had money, in the city of #Zawiyah, #Gaddafi
#Gaddafi forces retereated 12 kilometers to east and five kilometers to west they have troops on two entrances of city of #Zawiyah
ALJAZEERA: ABDELADEEM MUHAMMAD LIVE FROM ZAWIYA
Aljazeera: The southern end of Zawiya is completely under freedom fighter control. Fights are ongoing in the northern end #libya #feb17
Aljazeera: Gaddafi forces are in the Northeastern part of Zawiya on the way to Tripoli and in the western part near the oil refinery #libya
Aljazeera: There is a very large urban war going on in Zawiya with house-to-house battles between freedom fighters and Gaddafi forces #libya
Aljazeera: SORMAN AND SABRATHA have also been entered by the freedom fighters to ease pressure on Zawiya & distract Gaddafi forces #libya
Aljazeera: We have seen many injured freedom fighters and some martyrs go past us today and getting treated #libya #feb17
Aljazeera: Hundreds of fighters are pouring into Zawiya frm Nafusa including some very heavy equipment from tanks to artillery #libya #feb17
Aiman Amer
Unconfirmed report that scores of freedom fighters have entered the city of #Surman west of #Zawiya today. #Libya #Feb17
AlmanaraMedia Almanara Libya
#BBC Arabic is now available on FM radio for listeners in #Benghazi and #Misurata on 91.5 // #Libya
ALJAZEERA
Libyan opposition launches new offensive
Rebel fighters advance towards towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah, to cut off coastal route that Gaddafi uses for supplies
Opposition forces have launched a two-pronged offensive in western Libya, increasing pressure to isolate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli.
Opposition fighters fought for control of the towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah on Sunday, attempting to cut off the southern coastal route from Tunisia that Gaddafi uses for supplies.
Zeina Khodr, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Az-Zawiyah, reported that the rebels had taken control of a bridge along which the highway from Tripoli to Tunisia runs, but that central areas of the city remained contested, with Gaddafi forces emplying snipers and mortar fire.
The battle also raged near the gates of the city.
Al Jazeera’s Khodr said opposition fighters claim “they have managed to take 70 per cent of the town, despite the threat of snipers still in the area”.
The gains are possible "because the Gaddafi forces’ defences were weak and that fighters received help from inside the city. As they expected, residents took up arms and fought alongside them when they arrived.
Full art. and video:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
ALJAZEERA BLOG:
Opposition fighters say they are within 50 kilometers of the Libyan capital Tripoli after claiming to have captured the strategic city of Az-Zawiyah.
The government, however, denies that it has lost the city and insists Az-Zawiyah is still under their control.
Libyan government spokesman Ibrahim Moussa says "Az-Zawiyah is absolutely
under our Gaddafi forces control."
“What happened is exactly this: A very small group of rebels tried to move south of Az-Zawiyah, they were less than one hundred, they were stopped easily by our armed forces.
“There was a small group that resided inside Az-Zawiyah, they did not enter Az-Zawiyah. They are already inside Az-Zawiyah and they were waiting for the other group to come in to join them, but basically they took action too early so they exposed themselves and they were dealt with and they are still being dealt with in Az-Zawiyah, they are small group,” he told reporters.
Fighting is also raging on Libya’s eastern front, for control of the oil terminal of Brega.
Rebels are trying to push deeper into the city, but are meeting stiff resistance from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Reports say at least 21 opposition fighters and government troops have been killed in two days of fighting
Rebel fighters in Libya say they are within 50 kilometers of the country’s capital, Tripoli.
Fighting continues between opposition forces and soldiers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the city of Az-Zawiyah, which is on the coastal road towards Tripoli.
The opposition say they are trying to stop supply routes to Gaddafi’s forces in the capital.
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are clashing with rebels a few kilometres from the main border crossing into neighbouring Tunisia, Tunisians close to the border told the Reuters news agency on Saturday.
A businessman called Ali, who trades with Libya, said there were clashes at Abu Kammash, an industrial town on the Mediterranean coast about 10km from the Ras Jdir border crossing. A second businessman, who did not want to be identified, also said there was fighting in the area.
Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Az-Zawiyah west of Tripoli on Saturday, in their most significant advance in months.
They battled snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Muammar Gaddafi’s forces holding the city.
Az-Zawiyah, 50 kilometres from the capital, is a key target for rebels waging a new offensive launched from the mountains in the far west of Libya, an attempt to break the deadlock in fighting between the two sides that has held for months in the centre and east of the country.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Libya, says the opposition fighters were “able to fight their way into Az-Zawiyah but they have still not been able to secure it.”
TIME LINE
Key events in the Libya conflict:
- February 15-19: Inspired by revolts in other Arab countries, including neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt, an uprising breaks out, including in Benghazi, Libya’s second city.
- March 19: With the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatening rebel-held Benghazi, French, US and British forces launch UN-mandated air attacks and push them back.
- March 30: Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa defects, to be followed by dozens of political and military figures.
- March 31: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation takes over formal command of the military operation, which turns into a slogging match between rebels entrenched mainly in the east and Gaddafi forces in the west.
- April 20: France and Italy join Britain in sending military advisers to assist the rebels.
- May 1: Gaddafi escapes a NATO air strike, which the regime says kills his youngest son, Seif al-Arab, and three of his grandchildren.
- June 1: NATO says the operation, originally due to wind up at the end of June, will continue until the end of September.
- June 9: An International Contact Group on Libya meets in Abu Dhabi, and finalises a fund aimed at helping the rebels.
- June 20-21: The Libyan authorities say 24 civilians have been killed in NATO air strikes.
- June 27: The International Criminal Court (ICC), set up to judge war crimes, issues an arrest warrant for Gaddafi for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- June 29: France says it has air dropped arms shipments to rebels fighting Gaddafi’s forces.
- July 14: The rebels consolidate their positions in the West, and begin an offensive on the oil town of Brega. NATO dismisses accusations that its attacks have killed more than 1,100 civilians.
- July 15: At a meeting in Istanbul, the Contact Group designates the rebels as Libya’s
legitimate rulers, paving the way for the release of frozen Gaddafi regime assets.
- July 25: NATO says it supported rebels by hitting a military facility, armoured vehicles, tanks and light military vehicles around Brega.
- July 28: Rebel military chief General Abdel Fattah Younes is assassinated as rebel fighters pound forces loyal to Gaddafi in the west of the country.
- August 5: The regime denies the death of Gaddafi’s son Khamis in a NATO raid, as announced by rebels.
- August 6: The western town of Bir al-Ghanam falls to the rebels.
- August 8: Rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil sacks the entire executive
office of his government.
- August 9: Libyan authorities accuse NATO of a “massacre” of 85 villagers in air strikes south of Zliten in western Libya. NATO insists it has no evidence of the civilian deaths.
- August 10: EU widens sanctions against the regime.
- August 11: Rebels at the gates of the strategic oil town of Brega, as NATO says Gaddafi forces are no longer able to launch a credible military offensive. UN chief Ban Ki-moon expresses alarm over the rising number of civilian casualties.
Rebel fighters in Libya’s Az-Zawiyah tell the Reuters news agency some pro-Gaddafi forces, including snipers, are still in the town.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from the south of Az-Zawiyah, said opposition fighters claim “they have managed to take 70 per cent of the town, despite the threat of snipers still in the area.”
The gains are possible "because the Gaddafi forces’ defences were weak and that fighters received help from inside the city. As they expected, residents took up arms and fought alongside them when they arrived.
“The town had previously risen up against Gaddafi, but government forces quelled that uprising.
“Today’s victory would be the opposition’s most significant in months because they were just 50km from Tripoli, a mere half an hour’s drive, if they could hold the territory and stave off a Gaddafi counter offensive,” our correspondent said
Rebel fighters are in control of the centre of the town of az-Zawiyah, about 50km west of the Libyan capital, a Reuters reporter in az-Zawiyah said on Sunday.
The reporter said he could see about 50 rebels near Zawiyah’s main produce market shouting “Allahu Akbar!,” or “God is greatest!” The red, black and green rebel flag was flying from a shop.
Rebel fighters said there were still forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the town, including snipers. The sound of occasional gunfire could be heard, but no heavy fighting.
The position is the closest the rebel frontline has been to Tripoli since the uprising against Gaddafi began.
Holding az-Zawiyah would give the rebels control of the coastal highway, the main link between the capital and the outside world.
Fighting is ongoing in the centre of the Libyan city of Az-Zawiyah and around its oil refinery. Hundreds of opposition fighters entered the city, 50km west of the capital,Tripoli. Gaining control of Az-Zawiyah would cut off Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s only remaining supply routes from Tunisia.
The government, however, says it still has control of the city, and there are reports of heavy fighting there.
Find out more about the main roads and supply routes in Libya as fighting continues in Az-Zawiyah
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Az-Zawiyah, says that the rebels have just managed to take control of a key highway that links Tripoli to Tunisia, though central parts of the city remain contested. The rebels are leading a march through a neighbourhood near the highway, chanting slogans against Gaddafi.
She says the rebels are confident that they will be able to take the town.
chantal rebelle
Une grande bataille est en cours dans la frontière de Ras Ajdir entre les resistant et forces de Kadhafi resistants seront victorieux #libye
Libya Free Forever.
Shelling on #AlZawia W of #Tripoli. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#NILESAT #Cairo Courtcase Has its own FACEBOOK page goo.gl/67Myi Pls “LIKE” Follow updates Images goo.gl/IxM4K #Libya
#Surman 6000 FFs have entered the city W of Zawiyah Some FF entered #Sabratha W Of Surman #Libya
#Gharyan most of city FF cotrolled Trying to remove snipers and fighting with a small group in center of town #Libya
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING NEWS: A big battle is under way in the Ras Ajdir Border between our FFs and Gaddafi forces. Insha allah FFs will be victorious!!!
Reuters: Reporter for Reuters said that in Zawiyah sunday morning that FFs control the centre of Zawiyah which is aprox. 50KM west of the capital Tripoli
رويترز: قال مراسل لرويترز في الزاوية يوم الاحد ان الثوار يسيطرون على وسط بلدة الزاوية على بعد نحو 50 كيلومترا الى الغرب من العاصمة الليبية
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Libya rebels control Zawiyah centre-Reuters reporter
By Michael Georgy
Aug 14 (Reuters) – Rebel fighters are in control of the centre of the town of Zawiyah, about 50 km (30 miles) west of the Libyan capital, a Reuters reporter in Zawiyah said on Sunday.
The reporter said he could see about 50 rebels near Zawiyah’s main produce market
shouting “Allahu Akbar!,” or “God is greatest!” The red, black and green rebel flag was flying from a shop.
Rebel fighters told Reuters there were still forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the town, including snipers. The sound of occasional gunfire could be heard, but no heavy fighting.
Rebels said the capital was their next target. One rebel fighter smiled as he pointed to a roadsign marking the highway from Zawiyah to Tripoli.
“I’m 1,000 percent sure we’re going to take over Zawiyah today and then move on to Tripoli,” said Bin Jaffin Ali, 34, a shopkeeper turned rebel fighter.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/liby...
BREAKING NEWS: Our national armed forces are advancing after attacking Qaddafi’s mercenaries South of Sorman with heavy weapons
المركز الاعلامي الزنتان : الله اكبر الان قوات الجيش الوطني تهاجم المرتزقة المتواجدين جنوب صرمان بالأسلحة الثقيله وتقهقر للمرتزقه باتجاه الشمال مع تقدم لقواتن
Breaking: NATO just bombed Gaddafi’s military storage facilities in the Eastern entrance to Tripoli (Tajoura)
BREAKING: Apache helicopters bombed some sites in Gheryan and Jendouba.
قناة غريان على الفيسبوك: الله أكبر طائرات الأباتشي تقصف بعض المواقع في غريان وجندوبة
BREAKING NEWS:Heavy fighting going on NOW in Zliten between FFs and Gaddafi forces aprox. 6KM from the city centre
عاجل : شتباكات عنيفة تدرو الان في مدينة زليتن بين الثوار وكتائب القذافي على بعد 6كم من مركز المدينة
BREAKING NEWS: Libyan FFs are advancing in #Brega NOW!
Hafed
#libyandream…. one day I dream of a #libya where everyone is free to speak their mind, elect their government and stand before a just law
OUR #Libyandream is so so close
BREAKING NEWS: More than 6000 FFs have entered the city of Surman west of Zawia after defeating Qaddafi’s troops
عاجل: الله أكبر الله أكبر…. أكثر من ٦٠٠٠ من الثوار يدخلون صرمان بعد دحر الكتائب التي فرت من المعركة الله أكبر الله أكبر ……..قناة الزنتان
SURMAN IS FREE!!! TAKBEER!!!!
BREAKING: REPORTS COMING IN THAT GADDAFI IS TRYING TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT,, INSHA ALLAH OUR FFS WILL CATCH HIM
BREAKING NEWS: FFs of Gheryan have entered Sahban Military base and found many weapons. Allah Akbar!!
عاجل: دخول ثوار غريان معسكر سحبان والحصول على أسلحة، الله أكبر ولله الحمد
BREAKING NEWS: Heavy fighting inside Sabrata and the FFs control a large part of the city. Allah Akbar
عاجل: أشتباكات عنيفة داخل مدينة صبراته والثوار يسيطرون على جزء كبير من المدينة
BREAKING NEWS: Reports that thousands of FF/political prisoners are being freed from the Sorman prison RIGHT NOW by freedom fighters
عاجل: الدكتور محمود الورفلى: عن مكالمة تلفونية من داخل السجن.اطلاق سراح السجناء من سجن صرمان
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: أنباء عن معارك و قتال على معبر رأس جدير حاليا, فى حين ان صرح الناتو بقصف دبابتين فى الزاوية البارحة
a strong battle is going on at the moment at the tunisian- libyan border ( ras jdeer )
NATO says it hit 2 tanks around Zawiya yesterday
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
مراسل وكالة رويرتز من وسط مدينة الزاوية افاد هدا الصباح ان الثوار يسيطرون على وسط المدينة و سماع اصوات اطلاق نيران متفرقة
Reuters corro Mike Georgy: rebels control center of Zawiya; shots heard Libya
Return_of_libya ليبيا تعــــــود
الثوار يسيطرون على وسط الزاوية fb.me/JPaZOaT1
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
طرابلس: تحليق مكثف لطائرات الحلف الدولى فوق سماء عاصمتنا الحبيبة الان
Breaking: Heavy presence of NATO over Tripoli right now…
الوضع الميداني للثوار في غرب ليبيا
الان الثوار مسيطرين على كافة مناطق الجبل الغربي من نالوت غربا الي غريان شرقا فيما عدا منطقة الاصابعة التي ربما تتحرر خلال اليومين القادمين و ايضا تحرير اغلب مناطق سفح الجبل و بئر الغنم و كافة المناطق بين الجبل و الزاوية و بالطبع تحرير مدينة الزاوية بالكامل هذا بالضافة الي تحرر مدينة مصراتة بالكامل و المناطق من السدادة شرق مصراتة ب 100 كم الي حدود زليتن غرب مصراتة ب 30كم و الان لم يتبقى لنظام الطاغية الا مناطق الساحل الغربي صبراتة و صرمان حت زوارة شرقا و التي باذن الله ستتحرر في اقرب وقت و ايضا ترهونة التي من المتوقع ان تسقط قريبا في يد الثوار ثم زليتن و الخمس حتى القربولي و التي ستسقط تباعا بمجرد دخول الثوار زليتن أما بنو ليد فمن المتوقع ان يحدث فيا ثورة داخلية و ستسقط سريعا ايض
BREAKING NEWS: Our national armed forces are advancing after attacking Qaddafi’s mercenaries South of Sorman with heavy weapons
المركز الاعلامي الزنتان : الله اكبر الان قوات الجيش الوطني تهاجم المرتزقة المتواجدين جنوب صرمان بالأسلحة الثقيله وتقهقر للمرتزقه باتجاه الشمال مع تقدم لقواتنا
المركز الاعلامي الزنتان : الله اكبر الان قوات الجيش الوطني تهاجم المرتزقة المتواجدين جنوب صرمان بالأسلحة الثقيله وتقهقر للمرتزقه باتجاه الشمال مع تقدم لقواتنا
Media Center Alzentan: Our national armed forces are advancing after attacking Qaddafi’s mercenaries South of Sorman with heavy weapons
فيديوات و صور انتفاضة 17 فبراير
خاص و مؤكد بصفحة فيديوات و صور إنتفاضة ١٧ فبراير و على مسؤليتنا الشخصية : ( من مصدر نتحفظ عن ذكر إسمه) في اجتماع سري في الجزائر إلتقى ممثل عن أحد أبناء القذافي مسؤولا كبيرا في حكومة بوتين الروسية لترتيب لخروج ذلك الابن ، وذلك مقابل التنازل لبعض الشخصيات الروسية الكبيرة عن بعض المليارات والاصول الموجودة في حسابات سرية في شرق آسيا واعطاء الروس معلومات عن القيادات المسؤولة في الكتائب و النظام عن استهداف المدنيين و معلومات مهمة وحساسة أخرى حول النظام الليبي قد تدعم الموقف الروسي امام الناتو في إجراء صفقة بشأن ليبيا
Private and certain for page of videos and photos uprising February 17: (from a source that we have reservations to mention his name) in a secret meeting in Algeria, met with a representative of one of the sons of Gaddafi a senior official in the government of Putin, to arrange for the exit of the Son in exchange for ceding some of the billions of existing assets in secret accounts in East Asia and give the Russians a sensitive and important information about the Libyan regime may support the Russian position in front of NATO in the conduct of a deal on Libya
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: مراسل الجزيرة : الثوار الليبيون يستمرون فى القتال للسيطرة على الزاوية بالكامل و كتائب القردافى تتراجع الى الخلف من الاطراف الشمالية للزاوية
AJA Corespondent : libya: libyan opp fighters continue to fight inside strategic city of Zawiya. Gad forces pushed back to northern edge of city.
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: مراسل الجزيرة : الثوار الليبيون يستمرون فى القتال للسيطرة على الزاوية بالكامل و كتائب القردافى تتراجع الى الخلف من الاطراف الشمالية للزاوية
AJA Corespondent : libya: libyan opp fighters continue to fight inside strategic city of Zawiya. Gad forces pushed back to northern edge of city.
عاجل : شتباكات عنيفة تدرو الان في مدينة زليتن بين الثوار وكتائب القذافي على بعد 6كم من مركز المدينة
BREAKING NEWS:Heavy fighting going on NOW in Zliten between FFs and Gaddafi forces aprox. 6KM from the city centre
BREAKING NEWS: More than 6000 FFs have entered the city of Surman west of Zawia after defeating Qaddafi’s troops.
Aljazeera: The southern end of Zawiya is completely under freedom fighter control. Fights are ongoing in the northern end
Aljazeera: Gaddafi forces are in the Northeastern part of Zawiya on the way to Tripoli and in the western part near the oil refinery
Aljazeera: There is a very large urban war going on in Zawiya with house-to-house battles between freedom fighters and Gaddafi forces #libya
Aljazeera: SORMAN AND SABRATHA have also been entered by the freedom fighters to ease pressure on Zawiya & distract Gaddafi forces
Aljazeera: We have been many injured freedom fighters and some martyrs go past us today and getting treated
Aljazeera: Hundreds of fighters are pouring into Zawiya frm Nafusa including some very heavy equipment from tanks to artillery
Reports: #Surman is taken by #rebels Some troops in #alharsha east surman
BREAKING: Heavy fighting taking place in Zawiya around the Harsha military base.
عاجل: معارك عنيفة تجري في الزاوية خارج قاعدة عسكرية حرشة
Globe and Mail
SNC-Lavalin defends Libyan prison project
Paul Waldie
As SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (SNC-T51.55-1.15-2.18%) scrambles to get hundreds of employees out of Libya, the company is facing questions about one of its many projects in the country – building a prison.
The Montreal-based engineering firm has been in Libya for roughly 25 years and most of its work has centred around a massive water pipeline stretching across the desert and construction of a new airport in Benghazi. While those projects have received substantial publicity, the company has also been quietly building a jail in Tripoli.
The Guryan prison will cost an estimated $275-million (U.S.) to build and was supposed to be finished by 2012, according to an online job posting. It’s not clear when SNC-Lavalin landed the contract but the company placed an ad for an architect last August
News of the project surfaced on a Quebec media website Wednesday, prompting a flood of online comments with many questioning why the company would take on such a contract given the poor human rights record of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Company spokeswoman Leslie Quinton confirmed the project was under way. She added in an e-mail that the prison will be “the country’s first to be built according to international human rights standards. We think this is an important step forward for this country and an opportunity for us as a company to share values that we think are essential to all citizens of the world.”
SNC-Lavalin would be a natural choice to build a new prison. While it operates in roughly 100 countries, SNC-Lavalin has deep roots in Libya and a long relationship with Gadhafi’s son, Saif El-Islam. Some of the company’s first Libyan contracts came in the mid-1990s, shortly after Col. Gadhafi began building the Great Man-Made River, an ambitious effort to bring water from sources in the south, across the Sahara desert, to cities in the north. SNC-Lavalin has won several contracts on the project, the latest coming last October and worth $450-million. It also won a $500-million contract in 2008 to build an airport in Benghazi. Over the years it has also sponsored a local soccer team as well as the Montreal stop on a global tour of Saif’s artwork. As of 2008, SNC-Lavalin had 2,000 employees in Libya, about 10 per cent of its total work force.
Full art.:
www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/...
Joanne
Snipers here and there around city and center fighting going on but #Gharyan is 95% in control of FF #Libya
#Gharyan most of city FF cotrolled Trying to remove snipers and fighting with a small group in center of town #Libya
#Surman FF are combing the Northern neighborhoods of city from small groups of Mercenaries #Libya
#GHARYAN A Freedom Fighters was killed in the last hour by a sniper from a tall building #Libya
Gharyan after 30 GF surendered FF now in full control of #Sahban military base and found a stack of much needed weapons +Ammo #Libya
#QAWASIM which is in control of FF is being shelled by Gaddafi forces #Libya
#Gharyan FF were experiencing severe shortage Med. range weapons but found several tanks weapons + ammunition in #Sahban militarybase #Libya
Video of 2 GF captured soldiers admit they were told by their commander that Khamis Gaddafi was killed. t.co/HMnXI19 #feb17 #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBoR0CqT4-E&fea...
AJE reporter ‘Many fighters entered the #Zawiya battle without arms hoping they capture weapons from retreated Gaddafi forces’ #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Gheryan: AlMabruk Sahban AlMigrahy Head of the infamous Sahban Brigade has been captured … Allah Akbar #feb17 #Libya
Gheryan: Salem AlMigrahy one of the murderers of the martyr Ramzy AlZarug in Tehgsat has been captured too #feb17 #Libya
Tarhuna: Electricity cut off as well as Libyan and Madar Mobile networks #feb17 #Libya
Sebrata FFs have reached outskirts of Ajelat & Soug AlAalaga whilst Surman FFs have reached Bilresh near Khweldi’s home #feb17
The brave Freedom Fighters are releasing their fellow imprisoned Freedom Fighters from #Surman and #Janduba . #Feb17 #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
In the last 4 hours alone SIX THOUSAND fighters from Nafusa converged on Sorman/Sabratha and more are on their way to Zawiya #libya #feb17
More reports that downtown Surman is under FF control and prisoners have been freed #feb17 #Libya
hominoid
Surman the confiscation of a convoy consisting of 10 cars supply type, heading to one of the camps of the tyrant
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Gaddafi forces firing mortars at southern entrance of #zawiyah where the #press was gathered , #Libya
#Libya there are still pockets of gaddafi forces fighting back in #Zawiya
feblib
My god, Gaddafi’s forces killed 5 years old boy today in #Tarhuna #Libya #Gaddaficrimes
Emo
MY FRIEND WAHEEB FROM #SURMAN JUST HUGGED HIS MOTHER AFTER 6 MONTHS. HE JOINED #NAFUSA FFs AND HE NOW LIBERATED #SURMAN. BOTH WERE CRYING
BREAKING: #SABRATHA IS LIBERATED. DOWNTOWN IS FULLY UNDER CONTROL. THERE WAS LITTLE RESISTANCE BUT NOW IT’S SAFE. JUBILANT SCENES. #LIBYA
hominoid
Gheryan snipers withdrew and were pursued by the FFs and captured two others and two fled
Gheryan Snipers left in two buildings Hotel Samarkand and Bashir Saqr next station taxis
We can still hear the sound of shelling and mortars in #Zawiyah
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya no side can claim victory yet in #Zawiyah
Zawiya Violent clashes in the military camp and the road Aharhh refinery
libyanandproud
#Zawyia : 10+ martyrs in today’s battles in zawiya . #Feb17 #Libya
Gheryan The surrender of about 30 of the mercenaries in the Sahban Military base
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Approx 3am Sun, FF attacked one of main checkpoints in #Ezdu .2FF severely injured but stable #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten (Sat):FF entered #Dwawu (in SuqAlThalath,S Zliten nr #Majer) &reached Alhweejat Mosq.2 #Gaddafi militia cars joined FF #Libya #Feb17
Alex
REUTERS: "The swift rebel advance on the town of #Zawiya, about 50 km (30 miles) west of #Tripoli, will deal a psychological blow to #Gaddafi ’s supporters and also cuts the coastal highway to #Tunisia which keeps the capital supplied with food and fuel.
But there was no sign Tripoli was under immediate threat from a rebel attack: heavily-armed pro-Gaddafi forces still lie between #Zawiyah and the capital.
After their initial rapid advances were beaten back by Gaddafi’s heavy armor, the #Libya n rebels have largely been unable to break the stalemate, even with the help of #NATO air strikes.
But rebel forces are now in their strongest position since the uprising against 41 years of Gaddafi’s rule began in February.
They now control the coast both east and west of Tripoli, to the north is the Mediterranean and a NATO naval blockade, while to the south is empty desert.
Rebels from the Western Mountains region south of this Mediterranean coastal town dashed forward into Zawiyah late on Saturday, encountering little sustained resistance from Gaddafi’s forces.
Near Zawiyah’s central produce market early on Sunday, about 50 rebel fighters were milling around and triumphantly shouting “Allahu Akbar!” or “God is greatest.” The red, black and green rebel flag was flying from a shop.
Rebel fighters told Reuters there were still forces loyal to Libyan leader #Muammar #Gaddafi in the town, including snipers. Artillery and machine gun fire could still be heard.
Rebels said the capital was their next target once Zawiyah was fully under their control. One rebel fighter smiled as he pointed to a road sign marking the highway from Zawiyah to Tripoli.
“I’m 1,000 percent sure we’re going to take over Zawiyah today and then move on to Tripoli,” said Bin Jaffin Ali, 34, a shopkeeper turned rebel fighter.
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/us-l...
Caller on #Libya Alahrar: So far 3 martyrs in #Zawiya today. #Feb17
CONFIRMED: News 100% truth #FFs are in Sunday’s market not yet in the center of #Surman. Soon they’ll arrive there. #Libya
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya t.co/nfIy9CM
ImaN
Not going so well on thhe #tarhuna front they were ambushed last night! 7 confirmed deaths and unconfirmed reports of deaths of 30 soldiers
MAP : Libyan western coastal cities where battles are ongoing : t.co/8QfWtyE #Feb17 #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
There are two separate fronts to the West of Tripoli. The Zawiyah front, and now the Gheryan front heading to Aziziyah #Libya #Tripoli
Video From Zawiyah after hearing the news about Surman liberation. t.co/lKQ5ufs
OR:
yfrog.com/61msez
BREAKING: SABRATHA IS LIBERATED. DOWNTOWN IS FULLY UNDER CONTROL. THERE WAS LITTLE RESISTANCE BUT NOW IT’S SAFE. JUBILANT SCENES.
Eye witness report to AlManara news agency. The city of Gheryan and it’s suburbs are now under the full control of the FFs #Libya #Gheryan
FromJoanne Joanne
#SABRATHA HUGE batlle raging now between FF and GF There R far more FF then GF so outcome will be predictable :) Ppl R very Excited #Libya
Alex
“The rebel entry into #Zawiya was an emotional moment for townspeople who had taken part in two uprisings against Gaddafi’s forces since February and then fled or gone underground when the revolts repressed.
A part of the rebel forces which entered #Zawiyah was made up of fighters who had fled the town earlier.
Isa Korogle, a 35-year-old unemployed man, said he had been hiding in farmland near Zawiyah because he feared for his life since taking part in the uprisings earlier this year.
He said #Gaddafi ’s security forces had formed special committees to detain anyone who took part in the revolt.
“It feels like the first day of my life because I’m back in Zawiyah,” he said on Sunday.”
#Libya
feb17.info/news/advancing-libyan-rebels...
FT: "Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of this town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off #Muammer #Gaddafi ’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
The swift rebel advance on the town of #Zawiya h, about 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, will deal a psychological blow to Gaddafi’s supporters and also cuts the coastal highway to #Tunisia which keeps the capital supplied with food and fuel." #Libya
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/233adde8-c66a-11e0-b...
#SURMAN PRISONERS ARE FREED!!! MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE FREE. I GOT CONFIRMATION @ChangeInLibya CONFIRMED 100% #Libya #TripoliPrisoners
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #Gheryan – 4 leaders of the sniper teams fled, 2 of them caught, others got away. Nearly 100% safe city. #Libya #Feb17
libyanandproud
BREAKING : Freedom Fighters are kicking ass in : #Zawiya , #Ghiryan, #Surman, #Ajaylat, #Harsha, #Motred, #Ghiryan , #Zliten, and #Brega .
SMILE:
Alex
Soon – the only fronts left in #Libya – will be #Tripoli & #MoussaIbrahim ’s room at the #Rixos
libyanandproud
#Ghiryan : All sniper nests have been neutralized, last snipers located and are being taken care of . #Feb17 #Libya
Emo
Abdeslaam Alkar, the biggest G thug in #Sabrtha, has been captured by #FFs and now sent to #Zintan #libya
Alex
Seizure of #Gharyan Garrison – important supply news 4 #FF- as is loaded with arms & ammo – wh #Gaddafi kindly left 4 liberation of #Tripoli
SABRATHA has now been fully liberated by #FF – #Gaddafi forces have retreated to #Zawara #Libya
LibyaNewMedia
Revolutionaries among Gaddafi’s forces have played an important role in & around Garyan. Last week they secretly provided ammo to Kikla.
Revolutionaries have captured several tanks in Gaddafi army camp at Garyan. NATO should be aware of this @NATO @UKNATO #NATO
Alex
#Ajaylat – btwn #Zawara & #Sabratha – still #Gaddafi – but expected 2 fall 2 #FF 2day – so all coastal cities fm border 2 #Tripoli soon FREE
#Gaddafi is firing grads – on civilians of #Zawiya – not aimed @ #FF – Just shelling the city #Libya
‘#Gaddafi forces are heavily shelling #Zawiya right now – @NATO only need to fly over the city to stop them’
AC Tripolis
I like the the NATO statement about #Libya: “Situation on the ground very fluid” I d say: very, very fluid – flowing in one direction.
First hand reports of #Gharyan suggest Gwaseem in full hand of opposition forces.
Jonas Renz
Gaddafi war crimes in the libyan city al zawiya 5 3 11
The bridge is only several 100 metres from martyr square maps.google.com/maps?q=Libya&h… where Gaddafi committed terrible massacre youtube.com/watch?v=NGOxZU…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOxZUf2eRU
A Free Libyan
G is resorting to shelling #Zawiya (mortars maybe). Reports of damaged houses from it + 1 child died. You won’t win this time. #Libya #Feb17
Ibn
it seems like #gaddafi’s stack of cards is starting to collapse…. #libya #feb17
What do you mean by “ seems” ?
Safe to state that it “IS IN THE PROCESS OF TOTAL COLLAPSE :)
fieldproducer Neal Mann
When I was in Tripoli we were taken to Gharyan,on the edge of the Nafusa mountains & it’s pretty much open ground between it & the capital
Via Shabab Libya:
Revolutionaries surrounding Tripoli
Revolutionaries hoisted their flag in the centre of this town near the capital today after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
The swift revolutionary advance on the town of Zawiyah, about 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, will deal a psychological blow to Gaddafi’s supporters and also cuts the coastal highway to Tunisia which keeps the capital supplied with food and fuel.
But there was no sign Tripoli was under immediate threat from a revolutionary attack: heavily-armed Gaddafi forces still lie between Zawiyah and the capital.
Revolutionaries from the western Nafusa mountains region south of this Mediterranean coast town dashed forward into Zawiyah late last night, encountering little sustained resistance from Gaddafi forces.
Near Zawiyah’s central produce market early today, about 50 revolutionary fighters were milling around and triumphantly shouting “Allahu Akbar!” or “God is greatest.” The red, black and green rebel flag was flying from a shop.
Revolutionary fighters told Reuters there were still Gaddafi forces in the town, including snipers. Artillery and machine gun fire could still be heard.
Revolutionaries said the capital was their next target once Zawiyah was fully under their control. One revolutionary fighter smiled as he pointed to a road sign marking the highway from Zawiyah to Tripoli.
“I’m 1,000 percent sure we’re going to take over Zawiyah today and then move on to Tripoli,” said Bin Jaffin Ali, 34, a shopkeeper turned fighter.
BORDER CLASHES
Further west along the coastal highway, near the main border crossing into Tunisia, local residents said late last night there were heavy clashes between revolutionaries and Gaddafi troops but that Gaddafi’s forces still controlled the crossing.
In Tripoli, Gaddafi officials yesterday denied Zawiyah was under revolutionary control, saying a small force of anti-Gaddafi fighters had launched a “suicide mission” that was quickly repelled.
Zawiyah is “absolutely under our control”, Gaddafi government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters. “A very small group of rebels tried to move into the south of Zawiyah but were stopped easily because of our armed forces,” he said.
In the Tunisian capital, where many Libyans have fled from the fighting in their home country, Libyans came out on to the streets late last night to celebrate after hearing unconfirmed rumours Gaddafi and his family had fled.
But there was no indication of any change in Tripoli. State television said Gaddafi’s supporters were heading to his Bab al-Aziziyah compound to show their support.
BALANCE OF FORCES
Revolutionaries, backed by NATO warplanes, have been trying since February to end Gaddafi’s 41-year rule in the bloodiest of the “Arab Spring” uprisings convulsing the Middle East.
The conflict has been largely deadlocked, but the revolutionary advance to the Mediterranean coast near Tripoli represents a major shift in the balance of forces.
Control of the highway to Tunisia could determine the outcome of the conflict because without it the capital is effectively besieged.
There was no traffic moving along the highway, and revolutionary fighters there said it was closed.
The revolutionaries are now positioned to the east and west of Tripoli, to the north is the Mediterranean and a NATO naval blockade, while to the south are thousands of kilometres of empty desert.
Gaddafi says the revolutionaries are armed criminals and al Qaeda militants, and he has described the NATO campaign as an act of colonial aggression aimed at stealing Libya’s oil.
Judging by impact craters, wrecked buildings and burnt-out tanks, NATO warplanes had bombed Gaddafi government military targets on the route of the revolutionary advance to Zawiyah over the past week, providing close air support.
Zawiyah is the home town of many revolutionaries battling on the western front and has staged two uprisings against Gaddafi since the revolt broke out against his rule.
Isa Korogle, a 35-year-old unemployed man, said he had bee hiding in farmland near Zawiyah because he feared for his life since taking part in an uprising earlier this year.
“It feels like the first day of my life because I’m back in Zawiyah,” he said today.
EASTERN FRONT
In the east, revolutionary forces clashed with Gaddafi’s soldiers in the oil town of Brega but there were no reports of casualties today, a revoluionary spokesman and a hospital volunteer said.
“There are engagements but we’re going slowly. This is our strategy because we want to avoid casualties,” said Mohammad Zawawi, head of the revolutionaries’ media centre in their stronghold of Benghazi, eastern Libya.
Sixteen revolutionary fighters were killed and about 50 wounded over three days of clashes in Brega up to today. At least six of Gaddafi’s soldiers were also killed.
Brega is strung out along about 15 km (10 miles) of Mediterranean coast. The revolutionaries have captured a residential neighbourhood in the east while Gaddafi’s troops still hold an oil terminal in the town’s industrial sector in the west.
Setbacks for Gaddafi’s forces near Tripoli were unlikely to undermine the morale of his troops in the east because they had no access to the news, Zawawi said.
“They don’t let them use radio or television. They don’t know anything about what’s going on,” he said. “Captured Gaddafi troops don’t know anything.”
Source Free Libya TV
takamit
We #Japanese pray 4 our sisters&brothers in #Libya. Revolutionaries surrounding Tripoli
benghazi’s bunny♥
Breaking: Freedom Fighters have entered #Ajaylat & are now clashing with #Gaddafi forces in the city centre!
Carol:
First Postcards to arrive in Tunis
So far only 4 cards arrived, but we know there are more than 300 on the way and soon there will be more than 1,000. You see their smiles, send a card too!
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Peter Clifford
It is also reported that a NATO strike yesterday on a Opposition captured Government tank south of Zawiyah, inadvertently killed four Opposition fighters.
Read full report here:
www.petercliffordonline.com/libya-2
Hafed
From #libya …. God bless our brothers and sisters in #Bahrain #Syria #Yemen #Egypt #Tunisia — we pray for u and ourselves
Ibn
I dream of a Muslim world that stands for justice, whether its for Sunni, Shiite, Christian, Jew, or any human.
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Interesting that #NATO activity around #Zawiyah no greater than normal so rebels gains r own achievement. goo.gl/4viyN #Libya
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
i wonder if the international media still think the conflict is a stalemate?
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Sabratha/Sorman/Zawiya: Freedom fighters control the main coastal highway leading from Tripoli to Tunisia. Big win for FF
Gheryan: Freedom fighters attacked the Jandoba prison & initial reports indicate that up to 3,000 political prisoners have been freed
Libyan Lion
BREAKING – #Sabratha – Fighting taking place at AlAthar road, the last main road not yet under FF control. #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zawiyah DANGEROUS TIMES GF snipers on high buildings in residential areas make some families virtual hostages in their own homes #Libya
Nu Bari
Tohami khaled escaped 2day, he is gaddafi secret keeper, we will c f he defects
Hayat
Gaddafi forces are making a real massacre out of #Zawiyah the number of martyred are catastrophic today! The clashes continue!
there is a repeat of the massacres in #Zawiyah we can’t even count the dead, #Gaddafi is using very heavy weapons against our #FFs
I worry for my family. If these #FFs get massacred then the best men in #Libya and the most likely to finally free Tripoli will be gone.
REUTERS
– One military vehicle in the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanam
– Four anti-aircraft guns in the vicinity of Misratah
– Two tanks in the vicinity of Zawiyah
– Two military vehicles and one anti-aircraft gun in the vicinity of Tawurgah
Breaking : @ChangeInLibya is still not tweeting at 100%
Breaking: Reuters , AFP , unconfirmed reports that @ChangeInLibya is tweeting at 99.99 % , due to unknown circumstances
Enas
BREAKING :via Phone call:- #Surman is liberated, FF have burned Khuwaildi’s house that located on his farm ,Confirmed #Surman
Via Shabab
Reuters Factbox: Latest developments in the Libyan conflict
Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the center of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
Breaking: @libyanproud still loves coffee , and kickin gaddafi’s ass
A free Libyan
#Gheryan – Apache’s also targeted buildings in which the G forces stored ammo/weapons. specifically belonged to Saahban force. #Libya #Feb17
Alex
Will #MoussaIbrahim – wear a wig – to disguise his identity – when he flees the advancing #FF in #Tripoli 2morow?
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
@NATO Gaddafi Tanks and weaponry reported in Muthalth Althalajat in Seraj area in Tripoli
Many Tripoli prisoner being held in farms of Gaddafi inner circle such as farms of Abdallah Senusi & Mansur Daw in Seraj area #Feb17
Tripoli: FFs of Seyahya have thrown grenade in the Seyahaya Mathaba (HQ of Lijan Thawriya i.e. Gaddafi goons) #Feb17 #Libya
Tripoli: Since June Tripoli’s street sewage system being cleared by African workers. Reason is unclear. Never attended to b4 #Feb17
Ahrar TV :
Musa Ibrahim & Mohamed Ismail given 12m dollars to arrange for ops against embassies of UK, USA, Italy & France
( FYI: was mentioned in yesterday’s summary, but now we heard the $ amount that would be involved)
dovenews Libyan™
It looks like all #Misrata again, families forces 2 stay in their houses & Gaddafi snipers R on roof buildings & residents homes. #AzZawyia
Hayat
Families in #Zawiyah cannot do anything, they’re under fire and hiding in their own homes, feeling the walls shake from the weapons GF used.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
I FEEL SOO HAPPY,, ALL US LIBYANS (AND NON LIBYANS) CONVERGING ALL HERE TOGETHER ON TWITTER,,, THE FREE LIBYAN TWITTER ARMY!! :)
A Free Libyan
BREAKING!! – FFs have entered #alassaba from the north. They control ‘Awlad Mousa’ and ‘Awlad Idris’ areas. #Libya #Feb17
Nu Bari
Zawia was attacked by G men! Captured soldiers said G ordered them to for capturing footage of G men infighting
Ray
Breaking #Surman the #FF have burned Khewldi’s house and the whole of Surman is Liberated
Lisa
#Feb17 @NATO #Zawiya needs u now!!!!!!
Video 8/14 : Taking down the Green flag in Zawiyah
This video is from today, Sunday August 14, 2011, in the city of Zawiyah. Revolutionaries have recently taken this part of Zawiyah at Bir Al Ghun Bridge which is the major highway that leads Tripoli to Tunisia and is only 0.7 miles from Martyrs Square in Zawiya.
feb17.info/news/video-814-taking-down-t...
libyanandproud
BREAKING : #Gaddafi forces are Sheling the UNESCO Sites of #Sabratha “Theater” and “Temples” . #Feb17 #Libya @NATO @UKMilOps @UKinLibya
Safe to say the #Nafusa Mountain is completely free of #Gaddafi forces after Last remanants were in Alasabaa and Ghiryan #Fen17 #Libya
BREAKING: Fighting is intensifying at the military school of #Sabratha. FFs are determined to get control of the school. #Libya
Breaking: Sania Kmalig is liberated in southern of #Ajeilat. Many of G army defected and joined #FFs. #Libya
BREAKING : #Gaddafi forces are Sheling the UNESCO Sites of #Sabratha “Theater” and “Temples”
BREAKING: The Ancient ruins of Sibratah are under attack by Gaddafi forces missiles ,he knows he is finished, he wants to destroy our countries history , wipe out historical monuments .
FUNNY :
Sabratha. Cause elect. is off, few G men were not aware of the situation. They r found chanting G songs till surprised by FFs #Libya
Middle east online:
Nato friendly fire Kills Libya rebels.
Full report:
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=...
somaya
My aunt is breaking my heart as she makes dua’a for her sons who are in #Zawiya and #Subratah and Gaddafi forces still attacking outside
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Aljazeera reporters: Freedom fighters entered Sorman and Sabratha today and 16 freedom fighters were killed in today’s Zawiya clashes #libya
Hayat
Guys, body count in #Zawiyah this moment is by the minute, every few call we heave
there was one, two, three that have fallen.
Radio Tataouine confirms that the road to Tripoli (from Tunisia’s Ras Ajdir border crossing) has been cut t.co/Fzg6IhT #libya
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2728...
alihashem_AJA Ali Hashem
It’s time now for ff in east Libya to launch a wide scale attack on #Gadaffi forces in #Brega, raslanouf, and benjawwad
Pressure on #Gadaffi forces will make one front collapse, and that’s all what ff need now
The last time ff in the east made a sprint they took us with them to Herawa 70 km from Sirte #Libya
Mary
WAKE UP WORLD WE CANT LET #ZAWIYAH DOWN A SECOND TIME! WE HAVE TO PROTECT HER! SHE NEEDS U NOW @NATO !
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sabrata: #Gaddafi shelling center of city from military base. @NATO jets heard overhead now. #Libya #Feb17
somaya kalla
Families going out on the streets to welcome their sons in open arms in #Zawiya #Subratah & #Sorman :)
BREAKING:- Military base in #Subrata is shelling the centre of the city with mortars, planes are being heard, i pray to God its @NATO #Libya
Emo Libya
I just reached #Ajeilat by phone. Situation still tense. Fighting going on in the southern part. I’m expecting good news! #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sabrata: #Gaddafi shelling center of city from military base. @NATO jets heard overhead now. #Libya #Feb17
Hayat
OMG! #Zawiyah it’s probably grad rockets being lauched! Explosions everywhere, #Zawiyah must have been ambushed the way they describe it!
I know something was started in #Sabrata by #FFs since last night. I know for CERTAIN grads or something similar is being used.
My contacts don’t know what the weapons are, there is explosions everywhere, this hasn’t stopped since dawn! They’re helpless!
“We hear the shelling but we don’t know where it comes from or what kind of weapon it is, but the earth shakes, the sound is unbearable!”
My contacts are convinced it’s grad although it’s mostly explosions, they are helpless! People can’t even hide anywhere or move elsewhere!
@NATO is somewhere flying over #Zawiyah “If it weren’t for them we’d be ruined. They’re present, but we’re being massacred, it’s too much!”
Reuters
Libyan rebels fly flag over key town near Tripoli
Libyan rebels raised their flag over a strategic town near Tripoli on Sunday after their most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
Setbacks for Gaddafi’s forces near Tripoli were unlikely to undermine the morale of his troops in the east because they had no access to the news, Zawawi said.
“They don’t let them use radio or television. They don’t know anything about what’s going on,” he said. “Captured Gaddafi troops don’t know anything.”
Full report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/us-l...
LIBYAN REBEL SPOKESMAN SAYS REBELS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF COASTAL TOWN OF SURMAN, 70 KM WEST OF TRIPOLI
Global Post
Libyan rebels surround Tripoli on three sides
Rebel forces in Libya say they have captured most of a key town near Tripoli, cutting off the capital where Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is clinging to power six months into the NATO-backed rebel uprising.
Rebels fought into Zawiyah, just 30 miles from Tripoli, on Saturday. They now say they control most of the city, including the center, though fighting there is reportedly continuing, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
The rebels told CNN that they had cut off the coastal highway, which has been the main resupply route for Tripoli. Yesterday, reporters on their way to Tripoli from Tunisia also report the road being cut off and being turned back by government minders.
The rebels claimed to also have captured towns to the south and east of Tripoli, “tightening the noose around the capital,” which is under a NATO naval blockade to
the north, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
At least ten rebels died and 20 were reportedly wounded Saturday in the battle for the strategic town.
The AFP reported that NATO warplanes accidentally bombed a tank the rebels had captured from Gaddafi’s forces, killing four of the resistance fighters.
If the rebels are able to hold the territory – they have made gains before, only to retreat under counterattack – it would be a major blow to Gaddafi and his forces.
Libyan opposition hit hard in fight for oil-rich Brega
Around 11 anti-Gaddafi fighters were killed and up to 50 others wounded in latest offensive
(Euronews YouTube channel)
Video:
www.arabianbusiness.com/videos/libyan-o...
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN Snipers are cleared from Assurance building 2 caught 2 escaped There is still fighting in some suburbs #libya
Resume de l’actualite a 16h30 GMT (14/08)
ZAOUIAH, Libye – Les rebelles libyens ont occupé dimanche le centre de Zaouïah, à une cinquantaine de kilomètres à l’ouest de Tripoli, sur la route côtière menant à la Tunisie, a rapporté un journaliste de Reuters présent sur place.
Cette offensive marque l’avancée la plus spectaculaire depuis six mois des insurgés dans les zones de l’ouest du pays contrôlées par les partisans de Mouammar Kadhafi. Toutefois, des troupes gouvernementales sont stationnées en nombre sur la route de la capitale, qui ne semble pas directement menacée.
Par ailleurs, les rebelles ont annoncé dimanche avoir attaqué la ville de Gariane, à environ 80 km au sud de Tripoli, où des combats sont en cours.
Dans l’Est, des affrontements ont été signalés dimanche dans la ville pétrolière de Brega, à 200 km au sud de Benghazi.
Link:
www.zonebourse.com/actualite-bourse/Res...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Surman liberated today by #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya: #Gaddafi filth using GRAD rockets from outside of town against #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH GF struck a mosque in the City Center killing 8 people and injuring 25 #Libya
#Zawiyah FF set up many checkpoints and already confiscated 9 automatic weapons No civilans R allowed to carry weapons #Libya
#ZAWIYAH Many FF were injured or Martyred on Ghanam Street the Main Rd into Center from the S of city Hit by snipers #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
az #ZAWIYAH Live report from inside town close to bridge / road leading to #Tunisia youtube.com/watch?v=tF9GdT… #Libya @AJELive or:
Aljazeera video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9GdTDdOUU
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREGA is a wide strip of desert made up of 2 Residential areas abt 10km apart followed by oil refineries (industrial area) near Port #Libya
#BREGA Gaddafi troops blew up a storage tank filled with crude oil as FF R still making slow progress capturing the whole town #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Gaddafi filth tried to send re-enforcements last night, NATO DID step in and hit them hard.
Hayat
#Tripoli in the meanwhile dying slow in agony-only thing that hasn’t hit the capital yet is … well, I was going to say #Gaddafi grads.
#Gaddafi said: “I will leave you nothing, not your land, not its history, not your sons or your daughters, if you will not want me to lead!”
#Zawiyah main hospital is still under #Gaddafi forces hold, #FFs can hardly be moved around to be treated, but the people do what they can.
@NATO please continue to help #Zawiyah , if #Tripoli and #Libya altogether has any chance of finally being liberated it’s in that city! Pls!
#Zawiyah “The youth without an exception are all out on the streets even the ones without weapons, the kids are helping pick the wounded.”
#Zawiyah “The wounded are dying, although they’ve tried to set up quarters to treat them, the hospital is guarded by GFs & only for them.”
#Zawiyah “We don’t know where the reinforcements are coming from but there are #African mercenaries EVERYWHERE, where did they come from?”
“There isn’t a home in #Zawiyah that hasn’t sent all its men out to help in anyway, the children also-help carry things-stay by the wounded”
“There are bullets flying everywhere, they’ve stopped counting the dead and wounded, you can hardly reach them to tell which is which.”
IN #Tripoli noONE has oil run cars for electricity generators to cook or light the house, coal bags cost 65LYD!-Cutting the few trees there.
In #Tripoli there are even more mercenariesa and even more #Gaddafi brigades in every corner&street-were reinforcements meant for #Zawiyah
#Gaddafi has no more qualms about killing people in their own homes, there WERE grads used in the capital framing @NATO #Tripoli is dying.
You guys seen what happened in #Misrata to #Tripoli Street? That’s what’s been done to #Zawiyah as we speak right now. However, no fear.
#Zawiyah “We’re not affraid, we know all of #Libya thinks of us as their hope, we’re here to stay, here to die as martyrs, let him hit us!”
The #Zawiyah quotes are directly from members of my family. My contacts, my heroes, the subjects of my #Ramadan prayers.They do it for you.
tell your family not to send anyone to the zawiya hospital. G is having all patients beaten and sent to tripoli
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zawiya: Main hospital is still under control of #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
Unconfirmed reports that #Gaddafi filth targeting UNESCO World Heritage Site in #Sabratha. Explosions heard in center of city. #Libya @NATO
#Surman: #Freedomfighters released large number of people who were held prisoner by #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #feb17
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “AL AGAILA” remains anchored in #Singapore where it has been for over a month. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi forces & weapon storage location 32.8768841N 13.1831431E #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
#Gaddafi reported moving troops from #Zlitan to E of #Zawiya. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
Ghazi
There also conflicting reports from the city of #Tarhouna of clashes between #Libya freedom fighters and #Gaddafi forces, unclear situation
Alex
#Gaddafi is throwing all his spare mercenaries into #Zawiya – he knows once it falls – there is no way back 4 him. #Libya
plemochoe plemochoe
#feb17 What a joke, Damien McIlroy’s article n the Telegraph – on the day #zawiyah falls he’s talking about Bani Walid telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
Ghazi
Media are falling behind in their update on #Libya’s situation, some are still discussing “rebel rifts and divisions” WAKE UP!
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 The FF have taken casualties in #zawiyah but it is NOT a massacre. Rooftop snipers like in Misrata, takes time to get them out
#libya #feb17 As of now (Sunday evening) there is NO massive counterattack by G forces in #zawiyah OR #gheryan.
#libya #feb17 The FF have made amazing gains but now must clean out snipers, reinforce and hold #zawiyah #gheryan THEN #tripoli
Ahrar TV:
LPC:Yahya AlGheryani:Gheryan completely liberated.No G force presence at all.Many weapons captured including 2 tanks
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Breaking: Khalifa AlMagtaf Journalist:
Asabaa under FFs control. 300 FFs currently sweeping city #feb17 #Libya
LPC #Gheryan Contact: Currently very calm but there is lots of smoke in the area especially in area called ’’Assabaa’’ #Libya
G forces in #Juffra flee to Bashir Hawadi’s house after Ppl came out to celebrate FFs victory in Zawiya & Gharian. #Libya #Feb17
feb17libya Feb17Libya 5
Some 1,600 North African migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa this weekend, most from #Libya. feb17.info/news/live-liby… #Feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
Just back from a trip around #Tripoli before breakfast. Checkpoints are fewer than before. Only in major entrances to Tripoli. #feb17 #Libya
Major checkpoint Saraj roundabout (west), Tajoura (west) and Wadi Rabee3 (south). Personnel don’t look professional militia. #feb17 #Libya
Most likely Gaddafi’s professional militia have been sent to the front-lines near Zawya or Zliten. #feb17 #Libya
Ghazi
#Libya freedom fighters said earlier today that they are consolidating their control on strategic city of #Gherian #Nafusa south of #Tripoli
On eastern front #Libya national army fighting #Gaddafi forces at industrial area of #Brega after gaining control of two residential areas
Ahrar TV:
NTC Member Al-Elaqy : Surman, Sebrata & Ajelat under control of FFs with a few pockets of G forces resistance #feb17
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
by hominoid555
#Libya, Rebels continue to fight #Gaddafi forces for control of the town of #Gharyan south of #Tripoli; they say they made advances, #zawyah
#Libya, Rebels have been trying to control #Gharyan for months; taking control would cut off govt supply lines from south, #Gaddafi
#Libya, #Gharyan is south of #Aziziya a #Gaddafi stronghold southwest of #Tripoli which rebels have said they intend to control
mehrnews
Member of Libya’s Interim National Transitional Council in Tehran
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – A member of Libya’s Interim National Transitional Council, Abdul Monem al-Houni, arrived in Tehran on Sunday to hold meetings with senior Iranian officials.
His visit marks the first time a Libyan opposition member has visited Iran since the pro-democracy uprising broke out in Libya on February 15, 2011.
The Interim National Transitional Council is a political body formed to represent Libya by anti-Gaddafi forces during the 2011 Libyan civil war against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Its formation was announced in the city of Benghazi on February 27, 2011 and its intended purpose is to act as the “political face of the revolution”. On March 5, 2011, the council issued a statement in which it declared itself to be the “only legitimate body representing the people of Libya and the Libyan state”.
Thanku4theAnger
@NATO 100% confirmed : Gaddafi forces & weapon storage location 32.8768841N 13.1831431E
@NATO 100% Confirmed: Gaddafi Ground to Ground Missiles location
@NATO 100% confirmed : Gaddafi Ground to Ground Missiles location 32.8890474N 13.1786156E
@NATO Please recon Sheluf Farm in Sharekat Road for 30 Ground to Ground missiles in vicinity of this point 32.7655888N 13.144412E
Nafusa: Asabaa liberation more details: G forces fled Gheryan yesterday to Asabaa which was under control of 600 G forces. Then Asabaa FFs rose against them. G forces then fled southwards. FFs currently fsweeping the town
Mohamed AlZawy in Zawiya:
FFs have cleared Martyr Sq & Eastern part of city #feb17 #Libya
Whole of Zawiya under FF control. FFs surrounding large number of G forces in Zawiya hospital #feb17
G forces are firing from windows of Zawiya Hospital. There are patients & staff still in hospital #feb17 #Libya
G forces are firing from Jidaem to slow the capture of Zawiya hospital #feb17 #Libya
Mohamed Alzawy is Libya Ahrar TV’s contact in Zawiya who calls in for daily Zawiya updates
Ahrar TV:
Tarhuna:
Ali AlTarhuni:Yesterday the whole town rose. Gunfire did not stop from 9am to dawn with 7 martyrs.
Our problem has been lack of weapons. Please send us weapons. G forces using heavy weapons #feb17 #Libya
Ahrar TV:
Sebrata: 15 G forces killed & 5 martyrs from Sebrata today #feb17 #Libya
THANKU4THEANGER
Nice story:
Imam in Benghazi on Friday prayers sermon told the story of a dream of a Libyan woman. In her dream she saw a crocodile cut in half by a sword by a huge man then flowers came out of the crocodile. The huge man in the dream said he was Ramadan, the crocodile Gaddafi and the roses were the blood of the martyrs.
BREAKING: ZAWIYAH: NATO is bombing the places in Jandouba where Gd=addafi is bombing Zawiyah
Aljazeera reporters: Freedom fighters entered Sorman and Sabratha today and 16 freedom fighters were killed in today’s Zawiya clashes
Breaking: Sania Kmalig is liberated in southern of #Ajeilat. Many of G army defected and joined #FFs. #Libya
BREAKING: The independence flag is flying high in the northern houses of #Alassaba, which were freed earlier :) #Libya #Feb17
Libya Free Forever.
@NATO @NATOpress Gadafi Grad launchers left Tarhunah heading to Gharyan.
Heinz: Qadafi moving troops from #Zlitan front2 E #Zawiya Heavy weapons remain @ #Zlitan
#SURMAN 10 Fredom Fighters were killed in the fighting and 34 wounded Town is in complete control of FF its quiet no more fighting #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Gharyan Last GF stronghold was N part of city called Tgessat The GF have now fled to Asabeah which is SW of Gharyan #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tgessat is in the North side of #Gharyan
LibyaNewMedia Reports say that Gaddafi’s forces have been kicked out of Tgessat (downtown Gharyan), & Gharyan
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#alajeelat southwest of #Sabratah has been taken by #rebels too, according to #Nafusa mil council spokesman jumaa Ibrahim. #libya #AzZawiya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
by hominoid555
Breaking Libya Gharyan city largest in west mount. totally liberated now FF r manning chek points in Tgasat some G forces escaped to Alasaba
hominoid555
Zawiya will not fall again NATO will clear G troops tonight, and the FFs from the other liberated towns will come and help
Emo
Great progress in #Sabratha. #Gaddafi thugs are retreatin to the sea side and FFs r attacking them from behind. FFs screening city.
dovenews Libyan™
15 Gaddafi forces were killed in #Sabratah today. #Libya
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Libya and Failed States
A basic principle in political sociology asserts that a legitimate government’s rule is based on a certain understanding with the people where vital assumptions and values are shared between the ruler and the ruled, and where rights and responsibilities are honoured by both. In a way this social contract resonates with the very idea of marriage.
Academics call this agreement the ‘Social Contract’; though largely unwritten it is a prevailing arrangement that is culturally transmitted in discourse and practices from one generation to another and it is usually what lends the ruler general legitimacy.
With Gaddafi, Libya had no contractual marriage – in contrast to the case of the late Senussi King who had won a place in the heart of the nation. The forced relationship between the people and Gaddafi is more akin to an ongoing rape, simply because he never had the mandate or the legitimacy he tried to force down the people’s throats and he and his gang sought every channel of resource theft.
Failing to earn the people’s trust he continuously strove to insult their intelligence and spared no effort in punishing free thinking, weaving lies and creating intrigue. In fact it was long ago that the people resigned to the fact that their lot was to live with a psychotic who had little contact with reality. If Reagan was ever right, it was when he deemed him ‘the mad dog of the Middle East’.
Instead of public consent, a generation of Libyan fathers passed on their silent dissent and frustration to their sons, and mothers to their daughters the bitterness and dismay. Indeed Gaddafi’s gang of badly dressed, poorly groomed and uneducated kleptomaniacs was never found fit to rule in the eyes of the majority of Libyans, much less in the eyes of the international community where they simply never pulled it off as a convincing team of statesmen. Rather, a very badly conducted orchestra is what comes to mind. The
embarrassingly common question posed to Libyans is: how could you let that man rule you for 42 years? And this is a valid question we found.
Interestingly, there was talk back in April this year about Libya running the risk of becoming a so-called ‘failed state’ – was Libya a proper state and when exactly did it function as a state for it to fear becoming a failed state? The American Secretary of State may have overlooked a few points. Failed states are entities that once upon a time worked, or at least had promise of functioning on most levels with adaptive institutions of power.
At some point and for particular reasons, these states would have lost control, stopped carrying out their official duties, simply became bankrupt or broke down to be run by factions or tribes. Many reasons constitute a failed state and what ‘failure’ itself means is also open to debate.
The Libyan case, however, is a far cry from a state, 42 years of political dysfunction; lack of popular participation in the political process and absence of any form of civil society. Hence from the outset the whole idea of a failed state is not a valid point of discussion. The Libyans could be said to have a traditional form of civil society, a community, an unexpressed sense of nationhood, yes indeed, but no civic life. Is that a state?
In an absence of any political life, allegiance was pledged to religion, family and tribe. Some even identified with home cities and districts – the only few that identified with the mismanaged theatre of Gaddafi’s illegitimate regime were those that shared in their wretched disease and stood to gain in terms of power and ill-gotten gain. Is that a state?
The late King invested and tirelessly built for his country, forged relations that secured the basic interests of the people and shouldered the burden of his role as a father figure of an infant nation that had just started to crawl economically. Gaddafi did little to add to this legacy and within a few years of taking over his absolute power corrupted him absolutely. When he leaves Libya it will not just be an economic disaster zone but will be one marredwith an ill reputation and steeped in countless problems not limited to the fact that institutionally the new dawn will start from scratch. Is that a state?
The little wealth that trickled down to the people was tagged with a heavy price, a culture of corruption, bribery, lies, and nepotism – because no one in their right mind felt harboured loyalty to the mafia gang that was in charge and many felt that stealing is the only way of acquiring their God-given rights. It has become a place that encourages economic vigilantism and brutish jungle mentality in the market and society. Is that a state?
But all of that can change now, because when people pay with their lives and fight for what they believe in, then history starts moving again. For when the people assert their will then they are ready to change their destiny and fashion their own state. Any attempt to establish such a state in a post-Gaddafi Libya should start by a legal document expressing incontractual terms the people’s rights and responsibilities and the states remit of power.
In addition, it should delineate clearly and establish institutional checks in order to create separation of power between the centres of authority. The country would do well to offer incentives to Libyans abroad.
Finally the new generation ought to be the overseers of progress, it appears that they have a better idea of what they want from the future and seeing the way they fought for that right is a sign that their brethrens blood will remain etched in their minds for a long time to come. The same once disenfranchised youth dressed in loosely hanging jeans and populating the street
corners are now racing towards the capital as if they have known nothing else beside the struggle for freedom. They want a state.
Septimus El-Dallal
11/08/2011, London
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 I still think the explanation for Gaddafi is MONEY. He had unimaginable amount of it. Anyone who gets that far only wants MORE
#libya #feb17 Gaddafi buys people, from the professional soldiers who still kill for him to the cheap cannon fodder he buys in Chad
#libya #feb17 We should really identify a category called “money sociopath”, although there are only a few such persons incl. Gaddafi
#libya #feb17 A sociopath like Gaddafi can be intelligent or charming AT TIMES but when the money is threatened he’s an emotionless murderer
#libya #feb17 #Gaddafi is not that different from a drug addict except the drug is money. Threaten his money, and he feels fear
#libya #feb17 “Libya” was never real for Gaddafi. He considered it an extension of his personality. “His beebol”, his property
#libya #feb17 People talk about his sons and his daughters; he would kill them all or sell them if he thought he could keep Libya that way
#libya #feb17 After Gaddafi is gone we must interrogate those who pretended that he was ever a leader with support from the people
#libya #feb17 All Gaddafi’s support was bought and paid for. After his death, NO ONE will shed a single tear or say a single good word
Hominoid
Brega Fierce fighting between the national army and al-Qadhafi on the streets of Brega
Newspaper reporter said the new city of Cyrene Brega, on Sunday, that the fierce fighting taking place now between the national army and the remnants of al-Qadhafi
on the streets of the city.
The correspondent added that the national army was a surprise attack on the region first, second and industrialized on three axes, and fought a battle with them in the streets.
And continue fighting in the coastal city of Brega, which lies 750 km to the east of the capital Tripoli, where the national army managed to control large parts of it since last Thursday.
The fighting is still going on around the port and oil refinery which is still under the control of the forces of the Libyan leader.
It is noteworthy that Gaddafi tried to restore Brega by all means, because the fall and control, It means the loss of an important line of defense, in addition to depriving the rebels of using the oil port and the use of industrial facilities in Brega.
Cyrene news
SecularLibya
Heinz: Daffis fortifying #Khums beach is bcoz they suspect a beach landing by FFs that would cut the rear of the Zlitan front. #Libya #Feb17
Heinz: Mizdah and the junction to #BaniWalid is the next target for #Nafusa FFs.
#Zawiya Location if “southern bridge” (ber Alghun) where AJE reporter Khodr is reporting: wikimapia.org/#lat=32.7465&lon=12.7171&z=19&l=0&m=b
We need revolutionaries from Benghazi/ Misrata to storm the beaches at Zawiya, Surman & Sabrata. #Libya
In 42 years, Qadafi mass murdered 100,000 people including Abu Saleem victims. Lockerbie mass murder -
LibyanPatriots
There’s a tight blockade in Tarhunah by G forces and electricity and all forms of communications were cut … please pray for Tarhunah
Danya
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS CONFIRMED!!!! The people in #TRIPOLIPRISONS are being shot with NEEDLES …what the F*** is in the needles!!!
Thinking tht G may be sacrificing the mercs in order to keep his own forces for Tripoli battle later.
Alex
As from 2day – #Gaddafi will not be bringing any more mercenaries into #Libya – #FF now control all borders – so #Zawiya mercs is last batch
#Gaddafi mercenaries – are not formidable – not great 1 to 1 fighters – but #FF must get their heavy artillery to #Zawiya front asap #Libya
#Gaddafi is not regaining territory – is just killing as many as he can with hvy weapons- @NATO must stop ths indiscriminate bombing #Libya
#Gaddafi has no supply routes – so cannot retrieve this situation – but #Nafusa #FF MUST get their hvy artiliary to #Zawiya front NOW #Libya
#Gaddafi mercenaries firing grads into #Zawiya city – R located on main highway approach fm #Tripoli – & mercenaries still control main hospital on city outskirts. #Libya
Nasr
Come on #NATO be a pal; just a couple of Jets plus a couple of missiles to #Azzawiya
Hayat
@NATO the people of #Zawiyah are showering you with thanks and compliments but they need you to continue, please stay with them! Don’t stop!
an uncle was in the mosque that was shelled and they took him 2 zawiya hospital.
they beat him said he was a sniper and took him 2 tripoli from zawiya. he was in intensive care. the beating nearly killed him
They will show him no mercy, we honestly pray that our wounded in their hold to die martyred before their torturing kills them!
“If it weren’t for @NATO ‘s support as they fly over us, we’d be all be goners! They’ve hit even #GFs cars! Perhaps even their mercenaries!”
I’ve ran out of things to say for now-I cannot continue to contact them, they’ve little more to say and are under fire-it’s so loud #Zawiyah
@NATO #Gaddafi really has moved his troops from the #Zliten front to #Zawiyah – there are more ready to march from #Tripoli to attack them!
#Zawiyah inhabitants are positively TERRIFIED by the number of #African mercenaries that were hidden and ambushed the #FFs in the city!
@NATO the #Eastern gate of #Zawiyah must be cleared of #GFs, reinforcements would come from there, surely.Plus there’s the central hospital!
#Judayim area near #Zawiyah was reported many times before to harbour most of the #GFs outside -We’re glad you’ve hit Bab27 !Perhaps 22 too?
#Zawiyah main hospital is quite literally been held hostage by the #Gaddafi forces, only the mercs and scum get any medical treatment! D:<<!
There are areas of #Zawiyah under #FF control, being comed for snipers and mercs, the rest is under attack from all sides!
Can’t even be bothered to go break my fast! So worried over #Zawiyah even though my family aren’t affraid at all! Gasp-Imma adopted chicken!
The mercenaries are either from #Mali #Chad or #Soudan mostly but they’re really come from everywhere, but most are from adjacent countries!
Just so you know, they don’t speak the language at all, so they’re not from around, obvously. They just blindly KILL AND SHOOT!
I might have neglected to mention that #GFs have also suffered big losses, mostly #Africans 100s in main Hospital
One of my family members is lucky to be home with underground floor, but the others are in apparments on a main street-gunfire near windows!
Some parts of #Zawiyah are free, but even there, pockets of mercs hiding in
abandonned houses& snipers on roofs!
I need to call my family I am soo worried I can’t break my fast properly!
If I don’t go eat something right now guys I’m going to collapse, I’ll call again later tonight. I’ll also point at #Judayim on the map.
#Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah#Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawia
The “grad” attacks are launched apprently by inhabitants guessing from the SEASIDE and even from the HOSPITAL within #Zawiyah @NATO RT!
A member of the #FFs has directly explained they would not be calling anymore, said things are hard but in their favor so far, be discreet!
The last call I got was rather reassuring #Zawiyah seems things have just started quieting down, and that it could have been much worse!
@NATO thank you, thank you, thank you. #Zawiyah
God is Great, pray a lot people, #PrayforLibya All of #Libya From #Tobruk to #Zwara #RasJdeir #PrayforZawiyah #Tripoli #TripoliPrisoners
Danya
The person who left the prison is in #tunsia now ..doctors are trying to figure out what the hell he was injected with but till NOW .. NOTHING .. #Gaddafi INJECTS prisoners in #TRIPOLI with unknown substance #GodSAVETRIPOLI
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Ajeilat has now been liberated from #Gaddafi filth by #Freedomfighters according to Nafusa Military Council. #Libya #Feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “PURKI” anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya after aiding #Gaddafi w/ supplies. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO"
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Musa Ibrahim told #Libya state tv today: ’the rebels have nothing left, in ten days the armed movement will be over. ’
sarah
#Freedomfighters in control of #Zawiya, #Surman, #Agilette & Gharyan. #Libya #Feb17"
Colonel Jomaa Ibrahim, a spokesman for the rebel military council in the western mountains, has told Al Jazeera that “opposition fighters are in control of Az Zawiyah, surman, Agilette and Gharyan. There are clashes in Az-Zawiyah and Gharyan as opposition forces are pushing pro-Gaddafi forces out”. aljazeera
Danya
A lady I’m with said that her sister has 9 children and they have been missing since the beginning of #Feb15 #GaddafiCrimes #tawr’3ha
AJE
FREE Army – have taken control of #Brega oil terminal- & 2 residential areas of Brega – most industrial still held by #Gaddafi
Hayat
This chicken is exhausted-no more tweets tonights people, I most likely won’t be getting anything new this evening. passes out on keyboard
Go follow someone else tonight, I’m just gonna #prayforZawiyah and see if I can make #Zawiyah trend like this #Zawiyah #Zawiyah ! #Zawiyah !
My neck! And my head! And my back! Ow, my sinuses, and my vocal chords. OUCH OUCH COUCH COUCH! MINE!
Yeah I’m stuffing my face But dead-tired. Emotionally completely drained-it hasn’t even been two days since #Zawiya
NotLibyaStateTV
Rebel claims of controlling Ghiryan and Zawiyah are lies. We control the entire nation outside of 5 city blocks in Benghazi
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Dull thuds can be heard from Tripoli. Dont think its NATO. I think grad or other artillery landing. Zawiya? #Tripoli
believe me, they are loud too. My ears still ringing from the bombing of the Interior Security Agency in Jamhurya Street.
StateTV threatening 2 wipe the mountains if G defeated-“if we think thats it,were prepared to wipe the mountains.Tripoli2sabha clear & flat”
Could Gaddafi (his clan or his buddies) be trying to escape?
Kadhafi s’apprête à quitter la Libye
Les médiations se poursuivent en Libye et semblent se diriger vers une issue diplomatique après plusieurs mois de guerre. D’après nos sources, la famille Kadhafi est prête à quitter la Libye à travers le point de passage de Ras Jdir, actuellement sous contrôle des troupes loyales au colonel Kadhafi. Ce dernier, sa famille élargie et ses proches collaborateurs auraient pour destination l’Europe, mais leur départ est remis en cause en raison de l’intention des forces de l’OTAN de bombarder la zone frontalière par laquelle le clan au pouvoir devra passer.
Outre les Kadhafi et leurs proches se trouvent les émissaires vénézuéliens envoyés par le président Hugo Chavez. Un avion attend l’ensemble de la délégation à Djerba, et si le départ des Kadhafi est désormais certain, on ne sait pas quand il sera effectif.
Hugo Chavez essaie de trouver une solution au problème libyen
Des représentants du Président vénézuélien Hugo Chavez sont arrivés, samedi 13 août 2011, à Djerba pour rechercher une possible solution de paix entre Kadhafi et ses troupes d’un côté, et les insurgés de l’autre. Cette visite arrive après la prise de contrôle de la ville de Zaouia, qui se situe à moins de cinquante kilomètre de Tripoli, par les insurgés libyens.
Source:
www.mosaiquefm.net/index/a/ActuDetail/E...
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
A diplomatic car wanting to cross from #tripoli to #RasEjdir was not able to make the journey today. Tripoli now under siege.
FYI:
We know Chavez has a plane waiting for a few days now.
Above report could be a red herring, but more likely a a failed attempt to escape.
I remember last week also that helos were seen above Tripoli, that could have been another attempt to see how long it would take NATO to react. Testing the waters so to speak.
So maybe they tried it now by diplomatic car.
FF’s are ahead of schedule, so that escape route is also likely to fail:)
Unless the diplomatic car was a distraction from a rusty pick up truck?
Any country within Europe will hand him over to the ICC straight away:)
No way that anybody in Europe takes him in, the only possibility would be Chavez, but he is old and sick and apart from that: what will his successor do with Gaddafi IF he manages to get to Venezuela?
Once G ppl should manage to get onto that private plane, by having been smuggled out with false papers, they would be under diplomatic immunity inside the plane……
Oh and btw, the car was refused entry into Tunesia:), so there must have been people in it.
Interesting developments…….
HomelandYouth
Tripoli is hyped up, the revolutionaries of the city are preparing their final steps to free tripoli from inside.
last night around 3am NATO bombed G forces’ camp right infront of Janzour’s “Academy for Superior Studies” after weapons being unloaded there
1 hour ago large explosion heard in Tripoli which seems to be of NATO’s. the location is still unknown.
( FYI:23.30 hrs local) Toyota small pick-ups with automatic weapons on them seen on Tripoli’s coastal road heading towards Zawyah in small packs.
Road to Zawyah is blocked half away from Tripoli about 10KM before the 27 camp. G forces’ grad missles to Za. can now be heard in Tripoli.
Soog Al Juma is reported to have made military actions against G forces in the area tonight !
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
سماع دوي انفجارت في طرابلس وطائرات الناتو بسماء العاصمة
BreakingNews: TRIPOLI: Loud explosions rocked the capital – #NATO jets flying overhead. #Libya
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
قناة ليبيا الاحرار: طائرتان افريقيتان تهبط فى مطار معيتيقة فى طرابلس
Libya Al Hrrar TV is reporting that the two South African planes have now landed in #Metiga airbase.
Ahrar TV:
Ali AlTarhuni: Tarhuna: Yesterday the whole town rose. Gunfire did not stop from 9am to dawn with 7 martyrs. #feb17 #Libya
SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
Gaddafi could fall ‘by end of month’
By Eddie Barnes
COLONEL Muammar Gaddafi’s regime will topple quickly and may even be gone by the end of August, the UK head of Libya’s transitional council has claimed on the eve of a visit to Scotland today.
Dr Guma el-Gamaty said he believed that the impact of Ramadan, which would see the people of the country “spiritually and emotionally highly charged” could be the catalyst for the dictator’s fall from power.
Predicting that a tipping point will soon be reached, where Libyans realise that the regime has lost authority and power, el-Gamaty said the end could come within the next two weeks.
The impact of Britain’s recognition of the country had been a “huge boost” to the rebel cause, he said, demonstrating that Gaddafi was no longer someone with whom to do business.
He also said that the option for Gaddafi to leave the country with immunity for another Arab nation was still open.
“My only guess for the end game is that once Gaddafi realises he has lost control of every city outside Tripoli and that he is surrounded, then I think he will make a run for it,” he said.
“I think then the situation will be very, very rapid.”
“This is a golden opportunity to learn about the prospect of democracy in Libya.”
Full art.:
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/world/Gad...
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Tarhouna houses linked with FFs being raided by G fores.
Khiria
Moussa Ibrahim said don’t believe Aljazeera or Alarabia.
#TRIPOLI: Revolutionaries in the Souq al Jumu3a Neighbourhood are operating now
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Just located place of recent bomb blast in Tripoli. Furnaj/Ein Zara military base/weapons store. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Hayat
Apparently reinforcements were coming to attack #FFs from areas that had been liberated, which was sneaky and evil. #Zawiyah
Aisha El Gaddafi has ordered on #LibyanStateTV to execute all Shraga ! Basically from East of Libya ! TripoliPrisoners come first!
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
Prisoners are being held in 5 main prisons of #Tripoli as well as in factories and other businesses.
My people stopped counting bodies in on #FFs side when they neared 20 today. #Zawiyah it just became too intense.
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – Clashes taking place in #Tarhouna. #Libya #Feb17
Read this;
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Ibrahim more: ‘the army was in great spirit due to victories they achieved, and were confident of resolving the issue.’
moussa ibrahim talking about defeating rebels: ‘I promise that all areas including Misratah will be liberated.’ #Libya
meanwhile in the real world Libyan Rebels flying flag over #Zawiyah.
I really want to be back in Libya now.
Brilliant! Gets better and better; Khalid Ka’I’m is saying tha AJA in Doha is a command and control room for the rebels.
A Free Libyan
NATO heavily bombing G forces in and around #Zliten. Been ongoing but is now intensifying. #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
Libya rebels and government hold talks in Tunisia: source
Libyan rebels and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi’s government held negotiations late Sunday in a hotel in southern Tunisia, a source with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters.
There was no immediate confirmation that any talks were taking place from the government in Tripoli or the rebel movement.
“Representatives of the rebels and Gaddafi representatives are having a meeting now,” said the source.
A Reuters reporter who tried to get into the hotel which, according to the source, was hosting the talks, was turned away by security staff at the gate. They said the hotel was closed to visitors for the evening.
Report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/us-l...
Mahmoud Werfali: Many FF from #Sirte and from Gdadfa tribe.
Taped phone call:
dovenews Libyan™
New phone call: #Albaghdadi “deny, deny any news, west cant do anything, just statements, use AlQaeda to scare the west, I will contact thm 2mrw”
New phone call: #Albaghdadi “deny, deny we have troops heading to #Bengahzi” Other person “but Aljazeera said” AlBaghadai “deny deny”
New phone call: other person “US, France & UK said they’ll attack” #Albagdadi “only statements, I’ve watched Obama but not French statement”
New phone call: #Albaghdadi “I told UN no ceasefire until they (FF) stop attacking us from all sides”
New phone call: #Albaghdadi “I will use #AlQaeda to scare the west, just send me the French news article about #AlQaeda” other person “okay”
There is anothr recording 2 #Albaghdadi conspiring to rape. Will tweet once we hear it. It seems only recordings 2 this fool, not the MadDog
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Rumours are flying around tonight as G makes his final desperate attempts at causing havoc. No planes in #Tripoli after all? Shocker.
Friends in Egypt confirm old flag @ the Libyan embassy in Cairo officially changing 2moro! It’s ok G u can use the green rag 2 wipe ur tears
#Libya AlHarrar is reporting that there are demonstrations against #Gaddafi in #Tripoli;sources have seen squad cars in the city center.
dovenews Libyan™
#AzZawyia caller: 1200 imprisoned ppl were freed by #FF in #Surman
#Libya Ahrar is reporting that there are demonstrations against #Gaddafi in #Tripoli;sources have seen squad cars in the city center.
Reports that #FF have raised the indp flag on the #Libyan embassy in #Tunisia.
BREAKING! Suspicious movement between #Tripoli & #Djerba
#Ras #Ijdar Tunisian-Libyan border is closed, Gaddafi border guards escaped into Tunisia so the Tunisian army took over both sides.Confirmed
BREAKING! #FF are in control of the Libyan embassy in Tunisia & the indp flag is waving proudly above the embassy. #Libya #Tunisia
BREAKING! #Zintan #Freedom #Fighter #Juma #Alhasey was killed in #Surman’s battle.
BREAKING! #FF break into #Sahban brigade capturing large amount of weapons, & arresting highly ranked Libyan officers & mercenaries. #Ghryan
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Yesterday in Ghut Al Shaal the revolutionaries shot at G. forces’ checkpoint near Aysha Gaddafi’s house in the area.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that a car with diplomatic plates trying to cross border from #Tripoli to #RasEjdir was refused entry today. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi filth are firing from #Jidaem to slow capture of #Zawiya hospital. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” now anchored just outside port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “DENIZ YILDIZI S” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “BANU GENC” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ILKE METE” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#MALTA CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#MALTA CARGO SHIP “PURKI” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
Mahmoud Werfali: A call from a FF leader in #Brega confirms that among them was a martyr from #Sirte (will post his name soon) Allahu Akbar!
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
rumbles throughout tripoli. trying to establish cause and location #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
An inaudible Gaddafi giving televised audio speech now…. #Tripoli
G just finished his speech which we heard 30 seconds of. His team messed up the audio. Someone is in trouble!! Chance wasted G.
URGENT:
120 cars Gadafi forces left Tripoli heading to Gharyan
SMILE:
Gaddafi’s latest speech:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XozTQb_eT0&
SUMMARY AUGUST 15 2011
8/15/2011
8.15.2011
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/xbyl5
Mike
Breaking: Big explosion rocks #Tripoli as #Gaddafi runs out of Alka Seltzer
From Jess Radio
Hearing of FFs victory in Zawiya reminds me of a Zawiya man we interviewed in March. It’s haunted me for months.
Click here if you want to read it or listen to it:
www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3153351...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO Apache helicopters have destroyed a 2nd military column which was headed to #Zawia from #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
High number of #Gaddafi checkpoints around #BenAshur. #Libya
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#Alkhums: #NATO bombed Alinvnan Mohammed Hassan hotel, which is under construction used as a store of weapons. #Libya
Alkhouldi Alhemedi has been captuerd by #Freedomfighters in AlAjelat #Libya. #Feb17
Salah Embearish one of #Gaddafi’s top thugs has been arrested and taken to #Zintan by #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
#Sdadda: Heavy clashes here today, reports of high ranking #Gaddafi cousin captured along with African uniformed POWs.
#NATO struck #Gaddafi filth in #Judayim tonight. #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten: #Freedomfighters bombed #Gadafi checkpoint in #Ezdu & 1on Coastal road. #Libya #Feb17
Road to #Tripoli map, updated 8/14/11 #libya t.co/AzdkzNG via @k_thos
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Yesterday in Ghut Al Shaal the revolutionaries shot at G. forces’ checkpoint near Aysha Gaddafi’s house in the area.
We’ve heard she has another house around that area since long ago. The point is the revolutionaries attacked that checkpoint.
We’re in Tripoli right now. representing at least 1part of the revolutionaries if there’s any part. because we’re all united.
By the way we’re 100% Libyan and 100% down with the revolution.
all the peeps are welcome to the liberation party in the Martyrs Square downtown soon as Tripoli’s freed! :)
gunfire heard in Janzour with heavy artillery occasionally heard as well.
Large explosion heard in Janzour right now, probably another NATO airstrike.
Janzour is large we havent come to know which area in paricular yet.
It is actually quiet right now in Tajura despite the reports claiming that there are huge fights in the city.
We’re happy that we’re about to witness the liberation of our capital Tripoli inshaAllah.
libyanandproud
Video : #Gaddafi Forces torturing and taunting young and elderly civilians youtu.be/rVZvAL5CEjs #Feb17 #Libya
From July 10 2011:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVZvAL5CEjs&fea...
Shelling on #Mezdah by #Gadafi forces comes from this location 31.4251659N 12.9485035E
Another reminder:
Chicago Tribune from March 3 2011
Farrakhan Reveals Loan From Libya
Chicago minister Louis Farrakhan says Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy has given Farrakhan`s Nation of Islam a $5 million interest-free loan to help the Black Muslim group launch an economic redevelopment program for blacks.
``I sent a tape to Brother Khadafy and I thanked him for the offer of the weapons,`` Farrakhan said Wednesday night. `` . . . I said we need arms, Brother Khadafy, but not the carnal weapons—we need help to get this economic program up off the ground.
``I`m here to say tonight that Brother Khadafy and the Libyan Arab Republic has given us a $5 million interest-free loan. He said, `Brother Farrakhan, the economic way is the best way.` ``
Farrakhan gave no other details of the loan but said, ``There are many more Muslim nations that are going to help us.``
Full art.:
articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-05-03/...
Louis Farrakhan’s Mosque And Home, Financed By Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi – YouTube t.co/tIhHV5B
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m23LqrnclLE
BREAKING: FFs have reached to the entrance of Tiji
عاجل – الثوار وصلوا إلي مدخل بلدة تيجي عند منعطف أشجار النخيل واستولوا علي شركة البنية التحتية بالكامل …الله أكبر…
BREAKING: Gaddafi forces are shelling Tiji indiscriminatly
عاجل – كتائب القذافي تقوم بقصف عشوائي لبلدة تيجي رغم وجود الأهالي بداخلها والثوار يقومون بحماية الأهالي ونقلهم الي أعلي الجبل في منطقة طمزين
BREAKING NEWS: #Mizdah is NOW Liberated. #FFs flag over the old town of #mezda #FFs controlled military camp with little resistance. #libya #Zawiya #Zawia
UPDATE ZAWIYAH:
Last night & this morning heavy shelling with mortar rounds at the coastal highway bridge in #ZAWIYAH 4 houses at the least are destroyed #libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Interior Min Nasr alMabrouk Abdullah landed 2day just b4 Noon @ #Cairo Int. irport with 9 Fam. members from #Tunisia on Tourist Visit #Libya
FreeLibyaTV:
NTC member #Shamam denies any meetings with #Gaddafi reps in #Tunisia. #Libya #17feb
#MIZDAH FF Raised FREEDOM Flag in the medina and LIBERATED the town they control the Military camp #Libya
AP:
Egyptian airport officials say the Libyan IM Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah has arrived in Cairo with 9 of his family members before noon on Monday at the Cairo international airport.
They say he arrived on a special plane from Tunisia and he was “on a tourist visit
El Baghdadi Mahmoudi`s call : talks about denying and fabricating media reports
Libya.tv broadcasting some calls that freedom fighters could phone tape Gaddafi and his regime, in this call El Baghdadi is talking about denying some reports about Gaddafi troops that already are advancing towards Benghazi,fabricating media reports and taking advantage of such reports politically .
what is noticeable in this call is they do not use terms like “Qaeda” and ’Criminals" and “Rats”. they say Opposition and X caller used the term " الثوار " which means Freedom Fighters. but when they appear on TV, they do not use terms like opposition and FF
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAS3An3u3Bo
BREAKING: TIJI HAS BEEN LIBERATED. ALLAH AKBAR
عاجل – تم تحرير بلدة تيجي…الله أكبر…
SkyNews Ian Woods :
Unsurprisingly Libyan regime cannot take us to Tripoli because they have lost control of the road.
Heinz: #MIZDAH is FREE The FF have now have enough weapons & Ammunition for an Extra 2000 fighters #Libya
BREAKING: Big explosion rocks #Tripoli. #feb17 #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Mohamed Ali Zedan Gaddafi’s transport minister who in past took part in hanging of university students has fled to Tunisia #feb17 #Libya
Sabha: Mohamed Madni’s house in Aljadid area burnt down. He is responsibile for providing names of protesters to G forces #feb17 #Libya
#Zliten #baza :reports of gunfire exchange between #Gaddafi militia and FF.also reports that GF shelling residential areas #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
by Thanku4theAnger
#Wamis & #Mizdah both now in the hands of the #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Clashes near Tiji ongoing #feb17 #libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#TNC, #Libya, Rebel fighters inside #Zawiyah tell me #Gaddafi has about 100 to 150 snipers in city
#Libya, Battles are ongoing for control of city center of #Zawiyah, #Gaddafi, #TNC
#Libya, Mortars have landed at the southern entrance of #Zawiyah the area on Sunday was sprawling with people … Not any longer, #Gaddafi
inglesi Piers Scholfield
AP: Egypt airport officials say the Libyan interior minister has arrived in Cairo with family members. #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Reports Tiji now under control of FFs #feb17#Libya Allahu Akbar
inglesi Piers Scholfield
by Thanku4theAnger
Libyan interior minister Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah – landed Cairo with 9 family – told Egyptian officials that he was “on a tourist visit.”
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya, Surman, Sebrata, Tiji, Gheryan, Ajelat, Asabaa, Mizda, Fassuna free. Sabha & Tarhuna rising. Brega soon. Tripoli next
matthewwprice Matthew Price
Man with family in #Zawiya tells BBC “Zawiyah is under the control of rebel fighters-pockets of resistance by pro-Gaddafi snipers in city”
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, There is a lot of disputed territory in #Zawiyah battles are continuing, #Gaddafi
We entered a few kilometers into #Zawiyah many neighborhoods are deserted, #TNC, #, #Gaddafi, #Libya
Shelling is indiscriminate in the city of #Zawiyah, #Libya, #TNC, #Gaddafi
Fox Nation
‘Factor’ Producer Jesse Watters Confronts Cynthia McKinney
“Factor” producer Jesse Watters questions the former congresswoman about who’s funding her trips abroad where she’s bashing America.
Video:
nation.foxnews.com/cynthia-mckinney/201...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Abdullah arrived on special plane from Tunisia – aroused suspicion when no one from Gaddafi-loyal embassy in Cairo went to meet him – AP
#Bader : unconfirmed reports suggest that Freedom Fighters seem want to get Bader #deGaddafinated today #Feb17 #Libya
anitamcnaught Anita McNaught
My S.African govt sources deny categorically any S.African planes came to #Tripoli, or that it is evacuating #Gadaffi or any of his family.
Zwara, Ragdaleen, Jmayl and more importantly Oqba & A’asa mil. bases are in G control
Guardian:
Nato attacks in Libya: key targets, day by day
Nato has been bombarding pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya since 31 March 2011 in Operation Unified Protector. Our map shows the targets reported. Hit start to see the events unfold over time – both day by day and cumulatively
This will be updated every day while operations last
www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/intera...
Libya Al-Ahrar: #NTC member #Shamam denies meetings with #Gaddafi reps in #Djerba – #Tunisia. #Libya #
Free Libya Daily is out! t.co/fMAhmyM ▸ Top stories today
Good news:)
#Mizdah has huge fields of amunition bunkers and a big Military base, so lack of amunition is over
Nalut Media Centre FB page reporting that the town of Tiji has been liberated without much of a battle. Apparently they fled #Libya
Mr Othman said there was still an “unknown number” of Gaddafi forces inside Gharyan and Sorman.
BBC:
Libya conflict: Rebels fight for key towns near Tripoli
Libyan rebels have advanced into two strategic towns controlling access to the capital, Tripoli, from the west and the south.
Fighting was reported in both Zawiya, just 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, and Gharyan, 80km to the south.
If the towns fall to the rebels, they would have Tripoli surrounded by land, with Nato blocking sea access.
In comments broadcast on Libyan TV, Col Muammar Gaddafi called on supporters “to get ready for the fight”.
A spokesman for his government said both Zawiya and Gharyan remained “under our full control”.
Col Gaddafi’s short speech was his first public address since the rebels launched their offensive around Tripoli.
“Move forward, challenge, pick up your weapons, go to the fight for liberating Libya inch by inch from the traitors and from Nato,” he said, in a statement in poor-quality audio early on Monday, described as live by Libyan TV.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14523802
AmrB
at #Libyan embassy in #Cairo now, people starting to gather, still a small number. Hopefully more soon. Green flag still on.
Send us a pic. when real libya flag is up plz? Thx
Tweeting Tripoli
Second big explosion in Tripoli, very loud, jets still above. I hate u Russia for all the weapons you sold Daffy. #feb17 #Libya
MOD UK
RAF and Navy in further action over Libya
A Military Operations news article
RAF Tornados and Typhoons have been in action once again this weekend over Libya, with support from HMS Liverpool, as part of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR.
On Thursday morning, Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s destroyed a staging post near Zlitan which NATO intelligence had discovered was being used by mercenaries fighting for Colonel Gaddafi.
HMS Liverpool was on patrol off the coast nearby, and overnight Thursday to Friday once again fired star shells to illuminate targets for other NATO missions. In the course of this, she came under inaccurate fire from the shore.
Liverpool followed up her illumination tasking with a prolonged barrage of high explosive rounds from her 4.5-inch (114mm) gun, which destroyed at least two military vehicles and forced a large number of other pro-Gaddafi vehicles and troops to disperse.
Pressure on Gaddafi’s forces in the Zlitan area was maintained throughout Friday, with a successful attack on a command and control facility, and concerted strikes by Tornados and Typhoons on a military vehicle depot that had been established in the east of the town; it was struck by over a dozen precision guided Paveway bombs.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, HMS Liverpool fired more illumination rounds to facilitate NATO air missions over Zlitan, including an RAF patrol which destroyed an armed pick-up truck. In the east, at Brega, an RAF patrol destroyed seven military vehicles during the afternoon.
Footage has also now been released of the mission on Wednesday night, 10 August, which saw RAF Tornado aircraft, launched from RAF Marham in Norfolk, conduct eight-hour round trip missions over Libya.
Armed with Storm Shadow missiles, the six GR4 aircraft flew long-distance sorties from the Norfolk base to target elements of Colonel Gaddafi’s military command and control facilities and air defence infrastructure.
The jets, some from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and some from Marham, were playing a crucial role in protecting Libyan civilians as authorised under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.
The Tornado squadrons have played a leading role in the military operations over Libya since operations began in March, carrying out precision strikes, making use of the GR4’s advanced Litening 3 targeting pods and a variety of high-precision guided munitions.
Group Captain Pete ‘Rocky’ Rochelle, Station Commander at RAF Marham, said:
“This mission has, once again, proved the GR4’s capability at long range. The engineers and crews comprised of personnel from Marham and Lossiemouth.
“I feel great pride in having the opportunity to command such an adaptable and capable Tornado force that proves its agility time and time again.”
Since the start of military operations on 19 March, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Army Air Corps precision strikes have damaged or destroyed over 850 former regime targets which posed a threat to the Libyan people.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi urges the Libyan people to take up arms against NATO ‘traitors’
Libyan state television broadcast what it said was a live speech by Colonel Gaddafi calling on the Libyan people to arm themselves to liberate the country from ‘traitors’.
Video with subtitles:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m93bUXw8au0&fea...
Press TV:
Libya hospitals struggling to treat war victims
A small outdated mountain top hospital is all that stands between life and death in Kabaw for the many Berber families and fighters taking on Muammar Gaddafi’s armed loyalists
Built some thirty years ago, many of it’s medical facilities are stretched to breaking point. With two Doctors and five nurses, the hospital is understaffed and overused – many operations are carried out under supervision of the International Medical Corps.
For the staff running the hospital, the revolution has seen its resources placed under huge strain in both treating Revolutionaries and injured Gaddafi forces which is causing growing criticism.
We have a lack of medicine and medical equipment, and we have a lack of doctors, specializing in bone surgery, we even have a lack of nurses.
For fear of reprisal against friends and family still living in Tripoli, Kabaw’s doctors did not want to be filmed.
One said he didn’t know how many patients they have treated since the start of the conflict. The most common operations carried out are amputations, gunshot wounds and shrapnel injuries.
One day of fighting Gaddafi forces has caused six months of pain and anguish for this patient. Due to a lack of sterile medical equipment, and weaknesses in infection control procedures he’s already picked up the hospital superbug MRSA.
Source:
www.presstv.ir/detail/194051.html
#Zawiya contact says #Gaddafi troops west of #Zawiyah and up to Tunisian border hve joined uprising; parts of border have been abandoned
#Zawiyah contact says residents have armed themselves and are out on the streets of the city #
#Zawiya contact says entire country west of #Zawiyah is under rebel control now
#Ajeilat and #Sabrata require more military support from #Nafousa to get liberated.
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Libyan visa is hard to get but may be worthless now. Monitoring developments.
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya Low level gvnt officials did not laugh at suggestions Int Min has left country. “We have seen the reports” Awaiting official response
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
StateTV announces “Misrata FULLY liberated from armed gangs & is under government control”. Katiba celebrating. Desperate measures. #Tripoli
libyatv Libya TV
Libya Al Ahrar LiveStream is back and running. english.libya.tv/livestream/ Thanks for your patience. Plz RT #Libya #feb17
Aljazeera:
AJE: Battle for Libya Al Jazeera talks to Larry Korb
Larry Korb, a former US assistant secretary of defence and a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress, speaks to Al Jazeera about the state of the conflict in Libya.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2tjsRA1XSU
TFMLibya TFM Libya
Money continues to be distributed direct to Nafusa families from the TFM. Today Qalaa & Kikla
Via Shabab:
Egypt airport officials: Libyan interior minister arrives in Cairo with family members
CAIRO — Egyptian airport officials say the Libyan interior minister has arrived in Cairo with family members.
The officials say the minister, Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah, landed just before noon on Monday at the Cairo international airport, with nine members of his family.
They say he arrived on a special plane from Tunisia and told Egyptian officials that he was “on a tourist visit.”
The airport officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
The secrecy surrounding the arrival and the fact that no official from the Libyan embassy, which is loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, was at the airport to greet Abdullah, raised suspicions of a possible defection.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Source- Associated Press via Washington Post
Via Libyan Youth Movement
Gaddafi defiant, rebels poised to strangle capital
TRIPOLI – Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans on Monday to free the country from “NATO and traitors,” as rebels in the west began to strangle a major lifeline to his capital.
“The fall of Zawiyah would be the biggest milestone for the rebels since the liberation of Misrata. It’s a real morale booster for them and implies a sense of momentum,” said analyst Shashank Joshi of the Royal United Services Institute in London.
ZAWIYAH CIVILIANS KILLED
Medics on the outskirts of the city said sniper and mortar fire by Gaddafi forces killed three civilians. One man was shot in the head and a 15-year-old girl died of shrapnel wounds.
Waleed, brother of a woman with shrapnel wounds, said Gaddafi forces “have made life very hard for us in the past few months. They’ve gone from house to house arresting people and now they’re shooting at us indiscriminately.”
“There is no gasoline, no electricity, food prices are up 300 percent. We just cannot live like this anymore,” he said.
On the Tunisian resort island of Djerba on Sunday, security staff turned Reuters away from a hotel where a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the talks between rebel and government representatives were being held. ID:nLDE77D089]
Source- Missy Ryan for Reuters
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/gaddafi-defiant-re...
I dedicate this image to Muammar #Gaddafi and all of his supporters. 2012 will be a #Libya #DeGaddafinated God Willing
or:
twitter.com/#!/IbnOmar2005/status/102926225219133441/photo/1
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
GADDAFI’S THUG HAMZA AL TOHAMI threatening to wipe cities & people out live on TV – damn you Nilesat #libya fb.me/BXvUM870
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOp7N9_37ew
Ibn
so in the race to #tripoli, it looks like the western mountains will beat out #misrata and eastern #libya. the amazing #amazigh strike again
I just love saying “amazing amazigh”. In the end all #Libya “wins” anyways
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
Families from #Tripoli say #Gaddafi massed his forces in suburbs of capital particularly near #Zawiyah, #Libya
Must read:
Qaddafi’s Long Arm
by Clay Claiborne
One of least report aspects of Mummar Qaddafi’s struggle to continue his 42 year totalitarian rule has been the way he has used Libyan security personnel to extend his dictatorship to Libyans even when they are out of the country. In many cases this has been done through the mis-use of embassy staff to harass and intimidate Libyan students studying aboard and other Libyans who support the freedom fighters. In many countries, the ambassador and staff have come over to side of revolution and the Transitional National Council but in others they are still loyal to Qaddafi. Many of those have been involved in what is regarded in diplomatic terms “inappropriate behavior,” been named “persona non gratis” and thrown out of the country.
Here is a round-up of news from the worlds media about this front in the Libyan freedom fight.
Libyan Embassy in Jordan harasses student supports of freedom fighters.
In Jordan this July, the Libyan embassy cut off grant and health insurance to students in “retaliation” for their support of wounded freedom fighters from Benghazi. When they arrived at Jordan’s Marka Military Airport on board a Royal Air Force transport, a number of students staged a symbolic sit-in and thanked the Jordanian king and government and people for receiving the wounded. “Libya and unity .. not Eastern nor Western,” was their slogan.
In response, Fri Almoudi from the Libyan embassy told the student supervisor to cut off the aid to the students. The students take the position that “Grant funds and health insurance funds are from the Libyan people and not from the funds of Gaddafi and the student supervisor.”
The students said that they would not be intimidated by the threats from regime officials and said “we stand with our people struggling to defend their freedom and dignity.” This cut off of promised aid is especially difficult for the students at this time because the situation in Libya makes it hard for their families to remit funds to them. There are between 300-400 Libyan students in various universities in Jordan and they are demanding that the Jordanian government intervene to stop “the harm inflicted upon them Qaddafi and his gang in Jordan.”
The Libyan embassy in Jordan has divided loyalties because Ambassador Mohamed Barghathi and other dissidents have joined the freedom fighters, with Barghathi becoming the representative of the Transitional National Council in Amman, but the
embassy staff is still loyal to Qaddafi.
Libyan student president in Italy arrested for intimidating other students.
On June 9 the Italian police arrested the president of the Libyan Students’ League in Italy. The pro-Qaddafi president, Ahusain Nuri, 41, has lived in Italy for ten years. He was arrested in Perugia. Investigators said the Nuri was he head of an organization responsible for violence and threats against other Libyan students who supported the TNC. The Libyan Students’ League is thought to have the backing of senior members of the Qaddafi regime.
The investigation and arrest were carried out by the Digos anti-terrorism police. The chief of police in Perugia, Sandro Federico called student harassment a problem of national security.
Five Libyan diplomats expelled from Canada
In May, five Libyan diplomats working at the Libyan Embassy in Ottawa were expelled for activities “considered inappropriate and inconsistent with normal diplomatic functions,” according to a statement by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Lisa Monette, a spokeswoman with Foreign Affairs said she could not comment on state-to-state communications and refused to detail the reasons the diplomats were being expelled.
However in March, the CBC reported some Libyan students in Canada who had spoken out against the Qaddafi regime received threatening phone calls believed to have come from embassy staff.
Earlier in May, pro- and anti-Gadhafi protesters faced off in downtown Ottawa only two blocks from Parliament Hill and the anti-Gadhafi side outnumbered the pro-Gadhafi, anti-NATO side of fewer than 20 people by about three to one.
Men, women and children chanted songs and carried Libyan rebel flags and posters calling Qaddafi a war criminal. The larger group drowned out the chants from the pro-Qaddafi side, which carried the green flags that have symbolized Libya in the era and two large pictures of the leader himself. One RCMP officer was injured in a skirmish when the demonstrations first started.
Police did their best to keep both sides apart, but one RCMP officer was hurt during a skirmish when the demonstration first got under way.
Finally on august 9, Canada ordered all remaining Libyan diplomats to leave the country within five days. Forign Affars Minister John Baird said the Libyan diplomats had become “persona non grata.”
France also sent 14 Libyan diplomats home in May, accusing them of “activities incompatible with the relevant UN resolutions . . . and contrary to the protection of Libyan civilians.” “Many of these people were using their status as diplomats as a cover,” the diplomat said.
Britain also expelled several Libyan diplomats for behavior that had become
“unacceptable.”
While the activities of the Qaddafi regime has been mostly limited to various forms of harassment and intimidated while the Libyan opposition is out of the country, many will be in grave danger if they are forced to return to Libya while Qaddafi is still in power.
Libyan student murdered by Qaddafi marksman after returning from Australian.
A Libyan student studying in Perth, Australia was murdered by soldiers loyal to Mummar Qaddafi’s regime after returning home to Libya. Qmar Swyeb, 27, was an English language student at the University of West Australia and he return to Libya because he was worried about his family. His murder raises grave concerns among the several hundred Libyan students in WA about what may happen to them once there visas run out and they are forced to return home.
An investigation by The Weekend West has uncovered a small contingent of students loyal to Qaddafi that were spies for the regime in Perth and they have been taking names and photographs of rebel sympathizers to add to the Libyan secret police blacklist. In light of these problems. the Greens plan to move in the Senate to have the Libyan student visas extended until the crisis in the war torn country is resolved.
The liberation of Sorman – 14th August 2011
By Change In Libya (Albums)
The freedom fighters that entered and liberated Sorman, west of Zawiya. Every piece of weaponry you see here was captured from Gaddafi forces.
Photo’s:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.16129...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
“The Libyan people will remain and the Fateh revolution (which brought Gaddafi to power in 1969) will remain. Move forward, challenge, pick up your weapons, go to the fight for liberating Libya inch by inch from the traitors and from NATO,” “Get ready for the fight … The blood of martyrs is fuel for the battlefield.”
Qaddafi Audio Speech english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #Libya #Qaddafi
or:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/...
Reuters:
Gaddafi defiant, rebels poised to strangle capital
(Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans on Monday to free the country from NATO and “traitors”, as rebels in the west began to strangle a major lifeline to his capital.
His broadcast appeal was made over a bad telephone line from an undisclosed location. In the following hours, a senior figure in the Gaddafi government showed up in Cairo with members of his family, amid reports that he had defected.
Source and art.:
in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/15/idINI...
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
All morning just to establish who is Libyan interior minister!! Speaks volumes about information flow here.
libyanproud libyanandproud
Khatib is in Djerba talking to #Gaddafi ministers who are stuck in #Tunisia and can’t go to #Tripoli ! That’s what I call the upper hand :)
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Held up at a Tunisian army checkpoint close to the border. There was no military presence here 2 days ago.
The Daily Beast
The Disappeared
Hisham Matar’s new novel takes on a very personal subject: a father’s abduction by a brutal regime and a son’s unsettling sense of loss.
As Hisham Matar was finishing his latest novel, about a young man so grief-stricken by a father’s absence that he stalks his lovers and wears his suits, word reached Matar that his own father might still be alive. Jaballa Matar was a leading Libyan dissident who vanished without trial in 1990 into Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s dungeons. Over 20 years, the family received only two letters from him, smuggled out of his cell. They feared he was among more than 1,000 political detainees shot dead in a prison riot in the mid-’90s. Then came this sliver of hope, that he had been seen alive in a jail in the capital, Tripoli.
For his son, a successful writer living in England, the vague message was “tremendous but unsettling. I felt I’d provoked it, by spending three years on a book taking me into dark places of the soul,” he told NEWSWEEK in his West London apartment. The unverifiable news was “like a voice in my head. Writing this book took me a little too close to the flame.”
A must read article:
www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/08/...
Malik
#FF in #Sabratha want #NATO to bomb army barracks, military clinic near local hospital, where Chadian, Twareg mercenaries are based. #Libya
AFP:
UN envoy flew into Tunisia for talks with rebels and #Gaddafi people.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
14 Aug #NATO destroyed 11 surface to surface missile launchers in #Tripoli.
Via Shabab:
Libya War: Rebels Claim Most Successful Advance In Months
ZINTAN, Libya — Rebels in the western mountains of Libya spent weeks meticulously organizing in the town of Zintan for what has now become the opposition’s most successful advance in months against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces.
Hundreds of regime opponents filtered in from the coastal city of Zawiya and other parts of the Gadhafi-controlled western heartland along the Mediterranean. They formed fighting units in hopes of “liberating” their home towns.
This town of 40,000 on the plateau of the Nafusa Mountains overlooking the coastal plain has become the nerve center of what is now the most promising front in the rebel campaign to oust Gadhafi: an attempt to flank the grinding deadlock in the center of the country with an assault from the far west.
Already, the rebels have managed to push northward, threatening Gadhafi’s main supply line linking the capital of Tripoli with the Tunisian border to the west.
Virtually everyone in Zintan, from policemen to hospital cooks and dentists, has either picked up a gun or works at the home front without pay.
Volunteers distribute food, fuel and supplies trucked in from nearby Tunisia to Zintan’s residents to get them through shortages while the town and its neighbors focus on the battle.
Source:
Huffington Post:
Read full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-war-rebels-c...
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
people in Tripoli can see the free channels of Libya
it is safe…. unless someone is watching you and informs on you.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
When Libyans get bored… facebook.com/video/video.ph… #libya
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1903...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
excellent map of state of play in #Libya: twitpic.com/66cdqg/full
or:
www.twitpic.com/66cdqg/full
Just a quick note: This map t.co/Y0Z4O09 @k_thos was made yesterday i.e. before the recent Mizdah/Tiji liberations. #libya
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Road thru zawiya still closed, which means we are marooned in tripoli…. Without cameraman!!!
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Liberation of prisoners at the Sorman prison 14/Aug/2011
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9XU3LdoNWQ
Supposedly military base at Mizdah taken by FF. #Libya #Mizdah
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Reports that more than 100 tanks have been captured by FFs in Mizdah / plus more captured in Gheryan yesterday #Libya
Hominoid
A witness from the Mizdah (about 80 miles from the city Gheryan) and Ibrahim Mohammed claims that the rebels Mizdah raised the flag over the Independence Heritage Society that is located in the center of the region.
Ibrahim said in a telephone interview with the newspaper on Sunday Cyrene, the follow Gaddafi’s revolutionary committees have fled the region after the armed clashes with the rebels, adding that the region is also experiencing clashes with supporters of Gaddafi in that region.
A spokesman for the military junta in the western mountain Colonel Joumaa Ibrahim confirmed that the rebels controlled the city Gheryan and independence flag flying over the city’s buildings.
The Colonel Ibrahim, that the rebels were able to expel al-Gaddafi, who was stationed in this city, which passes through supply route linking the Libyan desert to capital of the country.
He explained that the city’s population, most of them opponents of Col. Muammar Qaddafi, came out in processions to celebrate what he called a liberation of their city.
And Ibrahim, had said earlier that the rebels were able to clear the area after violent clashes this morning.
Ibrahim said – in a statement to reporter Cyrene – that the rebels were able to attack at dawn on the area from several directions, explaining that there were five injured during the battle
LPC from Azzawiyah now – Town being bombed from direction of Tripoli (Jeddayim)
Libyan rebels said Monday they had wrested control from Moamer Gadhafi’s forces of “most” of the key port of Zawiyah
Nalut Media Tiji town liberated two hours ago from Gaddafi troops after violent clashes.
and Gaddafi troops now stationed at Bader village and shelling on Tiji town by grad rockets and heavy artillery
while our freedom fighters are trying to evacuate families from Tiji towards Tamzeen town up on the mountains.
( FYI 13.00 hrs local)
If reports are correct the Freedom Fighters have gained 100+ tanks from #Ghiryan and #Mizdah army barracks !
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
for those asking how al-Mabrouk got to #Egypt . #Cairo sources told CNN his plane came in from #Djerba #Tunisia
AFP: Former Jordanian PM Abdul Ilah al-Khatib said negotiations on #Libya’s future would take place in hotel in Tunis suburbs.
AFP: UN envoy flew into Tunisia for talks with rebels and #Gaddafi people
AFP: Ban Ki-moon’s envoy arrives in Tunis for talks on Libya
Ahram Online
Secret Libyan discussions in Tunisia
Libyan rebels on Monday joined members of the government of embattled Libyan leader Muamer Gaddafi for secret talks in the Tunisian town of Djerba
“Talks took place during last night at a Djerba hotel under heavy security,” a source close to the Tunisian security services told AFP. “Corteges of cars on Sunday crossed the border at Ras Jedir, near Djerba”, the source added, asking not to be named.
At the same time, a South African jet and two Qatari military helicopters were on the tarmac at the airport of Djerba, a south Tunisian island close to the border with Libya, an airport source told AFP.
Libyan Health Minister Ahmed Hijazi and Social Affairs Minister Ibrahim Cherif stayed in Djerba on Sunday, where they were joined by Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, the national TAP news agency said.
Negotiations were under way with “several other foreign parties”, the agency added, without giving details of the content of the talks.
Art.:
english.ahram.org.eg/News/18938.aspx
Malik:
Die-hard Chadian, Twareg mercenaries holding out in #Sabratha, firing rockets into town, impeding rebel advance towards #Tripoli.
Ahrar TV:
Gaddafi Colonel Rumdan AlWilwal killed in Ajelat & FFs capture 4 mercenaries & fighting ongoing in Ajelat
AJE:
Brega: FFs control two thirds of city. Remaining one-third contains the industrial area and the oil terminal
Q & A on twitter:
FromJoanne Joanne
MILITARY EXPERTS question: #Tripoli seeing shooting stars or meteorite like White Lights Falling from the Sky lately Any suggestions #Libya
Sergio
Could be flares used 4 iluminating groud and uncover targets for airstrikes..Or to hide the helicopters from Anti Aircraft fire
Fin
They R really shooting stars that appear annually, peak of “meteor shower” was 13th of August this year:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids
Dicey
Could be flares or White phosphorus. If it falls as 1 intact piece, flares. (Sample; flare left, WP right)
mark
The Perseids (dust from Swift-Tuttle comet). Peaks every year Aug 9-14. Quite normal. #Libya
Michael
Eurocopter Tigre carries a chaff/flare protection system to counter ground-to-air missiles.Flares are white and very bright.
Bfly:
Flares from ships eg liverpool
illumination flares are big fireworks that use a parachute burn white phosphorous legal used to illuminate battlefield at night
Noit
Probably illumination rounds fired from HMS Liverpool
could also b decoy flares drop by aircraft/helis against surface air missiles
used if sam radar iluminates aircraft
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I concur. Rather appropriately they are also called Star Shells.
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH HUGE AMOUNT OF #AID ARRIVED IN #BENGHAZI Thanks to @LibyanAid 48ft container VALUE $3.3 million Med. equipment
#BREAKING #BENGHAZI AID ARRIVED @LibyanAid 2Ambulances 2MobileSurgicalTheaters 48ftContainer $3.3 Million worth of Medical Equipment #Libya
Tune into #LibyaAlAhrar 2day to hear the Story of how @abeneihum + his Mo DR Mum set up @LibyanAid and Just Send ANOTHER container to #Libya
#ZAWIYAH Mostly FF controlled managed 2 REPEL GF overnight 2 East outskirts Commander #AbdulHamidIsmail 5 Martyrs in Last night fight #Libya
IMPORTANT:
FromJoanne Joanne
TRIPOLI tell yr friends there 2 NAIL DOWN FM #AbdulatyAlObeidi Word is out he is planning 2go on “tourist” trip aswell #Libya
MOD UK:
RAF and Navy in further action over Libya
HMS Liverpool was on patrol off the coast nearby, and overnight Thursday to Friday once again fired star shells to illuminate targets for other NATO missions. In the course of this, she came under inaccurate fire from the shore.
Liverpool followed up her illumination tasking with a prolonged barrage of high explosive rounds from her 4.5-inch (114mm) gun, which destroyed at least two military vehicles and forced a large number of other pro-Gaddafi vehicles and troops to disperse
Link to full art.:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...
SABRATHA
LIVE Aljazeera
Surman 2 #Zawiya the #TRIPOLI ROAD which reaches #Tunisia is in FULL FF Control
Aljazeera:
Libyan rebels have made significant advances over the past several days, launching a two-pronged offensive in the west to try and cut off supply routes between Tunisia and Tripoli.
They say that they are now in control of Gharyan, home to a large government military
base, as well as Surman and Ajaylat, both towns on the coastal highway.
The key fight, however, continues in Az Zawiyah, a town 50km from the capital that is home to Gaddafi’s last remaining oil supplies in western Libya.
Rebels say they entered the city on Saturday night, but that they are continuing to meet fierece resistance.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Az Zawiyah, western Libya.
www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish?b...=1&ob=5#p/u/0/mr5t92hL2Q0
Simi
phone call with family in #Sabratah, G forces indiscriminate shelling town, Dbabshia, Khirzan area got hit, all horrified
FromJoanne Joanne
Ras #Jdir WITNESS; Unprecedented Presence of #Gaddafi Security units with Tanks Heavy Weapons on #Libyan side of border crossing #Tunisia
عاجل : على قناة ليبيا الاحرار: اتصال بمزدة يؤكد على تحرير المنطقة بالكامل على يد ثوار مزدة و فرار كل اتباع النظام, و قد استولى الثوار على معسكر مزدة بكل اسلحته و اعلام الاستقلال ترفف عاليا, و الطريق امن ما بين مزدة و غريان الله اكبر
Breaking News: LIbya AhrarTV: confirmed: Mizda is free and the road between Mizda and Ghiryan is secure
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
كتائب العار تقصف مدينة الزاوية فى مناطق سكنية الان و ذلك لكى يمنعو ثوارنا من التقدم و لمساعدة قناصيهم الاجراميين داخل المدينة
Gaddafi forces are indiscriminately shelling residential areas in Zawiya from up to 15km away to slow down the FF and cover snipers
Breaking:. #Zawyia city exposed to indiscriminate bombing now and There is street fighting in some areas of the city
Aljazeera:
BREAKING NEWS: AJ: 90% of Sabrata is liberated
BREAKING: AJ: Heavy fighting is going on between FFs and Gaddafi forces west of Sabrata
Abduladim Mohammad: FREEDOM FIGHTERS FULLY CONTROL THE Tunisia – Tripoli road – from Sorman to Zawiya
Freedom fighters are allowing food and humanitarian aid trucks going to Tripoli but searching other vehicles
Freedom fighters are surrounding the Sabratha army base and the last remaining Gaddafi soldiers want to surrender
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Looks like Gaddafi is negotiating his exile. Multiple reports of officials arriving in Tunis for meetings #feb17#Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Abduladim Mohammad says that families of Sabratha were given weapons by G forces but as soon as FF entered city residents gave up weapons
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Abduladim Mohammad: Freedom fighters are allowing food and humanitarian aid trucks going to Tripoli but searching other vehicles #libya
Amazing scenes from Sabratha on Aljazeera Arabic right now… Mashallah Abduladim Mohammad is doing an amazing job #libya
Abduladim Mohammad AJA: Freedom fighter leaders say that Gaddafi forces collapsed all over the coastal cities as soon as FF entered #libya
Abduladim Mohammad AJA: FF leaders also suspect that all coastal cities on the way to Tunisia (e.g. Zwara) will be easy to liberate #libya
Abduladim Mohammad AJA: FF leaders were surprised. They planned for a much more difficult scenario where each city would be besieged #libya
BBC
Libyan interior minister ‘flies to Egypt’
Libya’s interior minister has arrived in Egypt on an unannounced holiday with nine members of his family, officials at Cairo airport say.
Nasser al-Mabruk arrived on a special plane from Tunisia and told Egyptian officials that he was “on a tourist visit”, the sources said.
The visit has led to speculation of a possible defection from Col Muammar Gaddafi’s inner circle.
It comes as rebel fighters advance on Col Gaddafi’s stronghold in Tripoli.
Although the capital is not under immediate threat, rebel forces are now in their strongest position since the uprising began in February against 41 years of Gaddafi rule.
Source:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14...
#Gaddafi Govt: Nasser Mabrouk is not the interior minister but an employee at the ministry.
it was #Tripoli – Djerba by car and then flight to Cairo !
That might well have been the diplomatic car David Bachmann talked about yesterday.
We were told car was “refused entry “ into Tunisia, but could have simply unloaded passengers at border and then car was driven back to Tripoli.
Is Chavez’s plane still there?
SMILE:
libyanandproud
Mountain Rebels join Coastal Rebels to call on the Water Rebels to help the City Rebels ! WTF ! Rebel action figures at toys r us this Xmas
libyanandproud
#NTC do not back down, don’t concede any of our main demands, the freedom fighters have given you higher ground ! #Feb17 #Libya
Don’t forget his face:
Nasser Mabrouk : Ordered the shooting of Benghazi protesters in #Feb17 2006.
twitpic.com/66jpe7
Tunisia never stopped any supplies with proper paper work, from food to 4×4. Personal experience
Seemingly contrasting reports right now:
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Border at Ras Jdir virtually deserted. Very little traffic going either way. Can see civilian border staff at Libyan side but no soldiers
They may be further back out of sight. But there is so little traffic there is no need for anyone to be outside
FromJoanne Joanne
Ras #Jdir WITNESS; Unprecedented Presence of #Gaddafi Security units with Tanks Heavy Weapons on #Libyan side of border crossing #Tunisia
dovenews Libyan™
90% of #Sabratha is free except the army base which is what #FF are determine to take control of in the next few hrs. #libya
#FF have arrested 50 Gaddafi forces in #Sabratha
MORE MONEY FOR NTC:
The Dutch government releases part of the Libyan frozen assets via the (WHO), 100 miljoen euro.
EDP24
Video footage released of RAF Marham Tornados in Libya operations
Footage has been released by the Ministry of Defence showing aircrews from RAF Marham preparing to take part in the long-range bombing of Libya last week.
One video shows Tornado GR4 jets being fully armed with Storm Shadow missiles at the Norfolk base before heading to Libya on an eight-hour mission to target Col Gaddafi’s forces as part of the coalition Operation Ellamy.
The weapons use a sophisticated GPS tracking system and terrain matching technology to locate their targets.
A second video shows Tornado bombing a Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour last Tuesday morning. The ship had been damaged previously by NATO air strikes, but damage assessment showed it retained an offensive capability so a further attack took place. The RAF strike inflicted further serious damage and left the vessel taking on water.
Link:
www.edp24.co.uk/news/video_footage_rele...
Hominoid
Opposition fighters in Libya have launched an offensive near the Tunisia border
Reuters:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Skyman64 Ian Woods
If the road really was open, there would be trucks heading through here. I haven’t seen one in an hour
Spoke to a few people who said the road was closed near to Zawiya. But one man insisted everything was clear to Tripoli.
Managed to walk into no man’s land unchallenged. Close enough to see the first Libyan checkpoint but not others beyond
One driver also reported hearing gunfire close to Sabratha
SMILE:
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 Gaddafi has placed an emergency order for 500,000 copies of the Frank Sinatra “My Way” CD
Someone tweeted back:
mark
“Regrets? I killed a few…Not worth a mention. What no-one knew…I needed attention”
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 How funny how weird: two weeks ago the news services were burying the NTC, and today the wannabes are lined up three deep
#libya #feb17 The FF will have their day, followed by politicians; some dreams will fade, the dreams of the children will last the longest
#libya #feb17 The rolling Libya story on Reuters yesterday still contained the graf about "Gaddafi says the rebels are sponsored by al-Qaeda
#libya Actually the “mercs” have been trying to dig Gaddafi’s bunker tunnel all the way underneath the Med but unfortunately they struck oil
#libya #feb17 It’s time to wrap this fucker G up and move over to a certain Bashar who cuts the throats of poets.
#libya #feb17 Hey Muammar! Zenga zenga, dar dar, shibber shibber. Thawra. Thawra.
#libya #feb17 Guess it’s “Greatest Hits” time for Muammar. Couldn’t he make one more speech, and then eat a spear from Epic Libyan Man?
#libya #feb17 Starting to look like Gaddafi broke like an egg – very hard for a while, when it breaks, all yellow and runny
#libya #feb17 Can this be the beginning of the end? Or even the second quarter? If NO battle of Tripoli at all, so much the better
#libya #feb17 I’m actually amazed that Gaddafi’s ministers and so on were able to make plans for the end and get out so late in the game
#libya #feb17 If all the “government officials” leave Tripoli, what’s left? What’s next?
#libya #feb17 Dear Serbian mercs, tie him, gag him, dump him in Green Square and you can have one plane gassed up to go
#libya #feb17 Probably Gaddafi can’t even go to Venezuela now, what with Hugo Chavez taking chemo in Havana. Literally nowhere
#libya Tonight’s game,the Great Lakes Loons vs the Dayton Dragons n welcome our new announcer, “Moose” Ibrahim from the North African League
Libyans Revolt
Thinking back to those commentators that said there would be a ‘Ramadan hiatus’ as #FF too tired – biggest advances in months #libya #feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I think we finally managed to prove that military analysts are useless. Ramadan hiatus for FF? No. Stalemate? No. Just get a new job. #libya
Mohamed
prepare to rip Libyan history from 1969 to 2011 and make it read 1968 <-data corrupted→ 2011
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
There were clashes but Gaddafi forces managed to hold on to Ras Ajdir. Reprts of FF controlling it were premature
Papakila Don
Now that Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah are falling, Brega and Sirte really don’t matter much. & I’m dropping “rebels” for “Freedom Fighters” #Libya
Cairo:
Amr
about 20 or 30 Libyans infront of libyan embassy now trying to break any car that comes out. Being controlled by military and police.
Via Shabab:
UN chief’s envoy in Tunis for Libya talks
TUNIS — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s envoy on Libya flew into Tunis Monday, saying he would be joining talks between rebels and the government of embattled leader Moamer Kadhafi, an AFP photographer saw.
Former Jordanian foreign minister Abdul Ilah al-Khatib said negotiations on Libya’s future would be taking place in a hotel in the Tunis suburbs.
Earlier sources close to Tunisian security services said representatives of the two warring sides had met in Djerba, near the Tunisian-Libyan border.
Libyan Health Minister Ahmed Hijazi and Social Affairs Minister Ibrahim Cherif stayed in Djerba on Sunday, where they were joined by Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, the national TAP news agency said.
Negotiations were under way with “several other foreign parties”, the agency added, without giving details of the content of the talks.
A reliable source said an envoy of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a Kadhafi ally, was also present.
Source:
shabablibya.org/news/un-chiefs-envoy-in...
Reuters
Reuters FACTBOX-Latest developments in the Libyan conflict
Aug 15 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
August 15, 2011
The Dutch government says it is releasing euro100 million ($143 million) in frozen funds from Moammar Gadhafi’s regime and sending the money to the World Health Organization to buy medicine for the Libyan population.
Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal says the Netherlands is responding to an urgent appeal from the WHO and is the first country to take such a step.
Rosenthal said Monday he was able to free up the money only after United Nations approved the plan, which will see medicines distributed to civilians in towns and cities held by both rebels and forces loyal to Gadhafi.
Rosenthal says the move shows how sanctions should work: “Frozen Gadhafi money is being used to save Libyans lives.”
Source AP
Smile:
Ahmed:
this is soo feb 17…. when @ShababLibya frequently writes : BREAKING CONFIRMED
Libyans Revolt
I was skeptical #Gaddaffi would fall before end of ramadan but judging by advances, eid could be a massive celebration indeed #libya #feb17
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Gun shots from Egyptian Army on Libyan protesters in front of Libyan embassy in Cairo. 3 military trucks full of Egyptian officers
now negotiating with the army. Former libyan ambassador Ali Maria backs out of his decision & shameful green flag still up :(
Such a disappointment. #Egyptyoushouldknowbetter
Egypt’s military has always been in Gaddafi’s pocket. They’ll be one of the last to recognise unfortunately
Amr
one guy managed to open the embassy door, army went wild, shots in the air only #Libya #Egypt #Cairo #feb17
Smile:
Cartoon: خطاب القذافي Gaddafi Speech #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddafi
twitpic.com/66jdf6
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Today (15th Aug) India & Korea celebrate their Independence days – looks like August is the month of Freedom ;).
Aljazeera Arabic reporter Abduladim Mohammad LIVE from Sabratha earlier today #libya #feb17 t.co/bxryeeg
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrBdxVZUaxI
Apparently no planes at Djerba anymore:
Hamrouni
Il n’y a aucun avion du #Venezuela #Qatar #AfriqueduSud à l’aéroport de #Djerba
LibyaNewMedia
The Sahban troops & families were brought to Garyan by Gaddafi to ‘police’ the locals after they rose up multiple times
libyanandproud
Dear #Tunis & #Egypt apologies that our murderous #Gaddafi thugs, are escaping from #Libya, Feel free to clean the trash.”
Turkey sends more fuel to Libya as rebels advance
LONDON Aug 15 (Reuters) – Turkey is ramping up shipments of diesel to Libyan rebels, effectively joining Qatar and trader Vitol in fuelling the uprising against leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Trade sources told Reuters Turkey is preparing to deliver a third shipment of fuel to the rebels in the east as part of a multi-million dollar deal.
Ankara is stepping up support at a time that the rebels are in their strongest position since the uprising began in February against 41 years of Gaddafi rule. They have advanced into the town of Zawiyah, 50 km west of Tripoli, cutting off Gaddafi’s stronghold in the capital from its supply lifeline to Tunisia.
“The motivation for this kind of relationship is political, more than trade. It means expectations,” said a source with direct knowledge of the deal.
The terms of payment are unclear, but shipments of Libya’s prized sweet crude once production restarts have been offered in return for supplies of diesel now.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/turkey-sends-more-...
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Driver who has just come from Libya side says there are many govt soldiers beyond the border checkpoint.
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
#Libya // Breaking: Reports to Almanara that #Tripoli Airport is now witnessing an unusual event as tens of Protocol (Marrasim) cars and other cars are present. The reporter expects the cars are for #Gaddafi and his family/relatives and official Gaddafi close men with their families getting ready to flee on 4 air planes which is now ready in the airport.
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
#AJA #Brega: Gaddafi militias started to burn oil collection tanks in the industrial section of oil city. #Libya
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
Free Libyans in Benghazi asking Abdel Hafeeth Ghoga, a spokesman for #NTC to leave Council. Ghoga is one of the untrusted figures by public.
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
Free Libyans in Benghazi asking Abdel Hafeeth Ghoga, a spokesman for #NTC to leave Council. Ghoga is one of the untrusted figures by public.
Smile:
BN – Alien ship 2 transport Gaddafi & FAMILY out of Libya. BEAM THEM UP SCOTTY!
acarvin Andy Carvin
Here we go again. @almanaramedia reporting govt cars assembling to escort out Gaddafi and family. They’ve been wrong before. Other sources?
FromJoanne Joanne
I GOT REPORT that 4 aircraft with the collaboration of UN are to Evacuate #GADDAFI and family I need a LINK !!!!!!!!!!!!! LIBYA
#Libya // Breaking: Reports to Almanara that #Tripoli Airport is now witnessing an unusual event as tens of Protocol (Marrasim) cars and other cars are present. The reporter expects the cars are for #Gaddafi and his family/relatives and official Gaddafi close men with their families getting ready to run away from the city on 4 air planes which is now ready in the airport.
Ibn
As much as I respect the people behind almanara, can’t take it as a reliable source. Unfortunately they been wrong too many times before
Tweeting Tripoli
Just came back from the market, and guess what? #Tripoli is in very high spirits, unlike few weeks ago when people looked depressed. #feb17
Guardian
No stalemate in Libya – the writing is on the wall for Gaddafi
Take a look on Google and you’ll find more than 1,500 news items combining the words “Libya” and “stalemate”. Repeating the search for Syria and “stalemate” reveals a mere 109 items, and for Yemen only 73.
This is rather strange, because the Yemeni and Syrian uprisings – unlike that in Libya – are both obvious examples of a state of stalemate. In Yemen and Syria, the regimes have no prospect of restoring the status quo, but at the same time it’s difficult to see how their opponents can decisively gain the upper hand.
That has never really been the case in Libya, despite many articles predicting that stalemate would occur, and others treating it as an established fact. Once Nato intervened and the National Transitional Council (NTC) began winning international recognition, the writing was on the wall for Gaddafi.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
chantal
Caire ambassade libyenne est prise d’assaut par des resistants #libye
Free Libya Now
goo.gl/8NBKj Last night, all protestors are young people. Chants are aimed at Ghoga as copy cat of Gadafi, not trusted
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiOz-4LQCaA&fea...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
FT paper reporting that chinese construction workers will be back in #Benghazi in a month. Building $6B new home project.
Turkey is preparing to deliver a third shipment of fuel to the rebels in the east as part of a multi-million dollar deal. Reuters #Libya
Things are moving very quickly in Libya, What is left of Gaddafi’s regime is crumbling, and very quickly #Libya (inshala)
NotLibyaStateTV
We assure you that the Interior Minister is just on vacation and that all is well in Tripoli. We’ve even resumed air traffic. #Libya
AP
US encouraged by rebel gains in Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is expressing hope that Libyan rebels have broken the military stalemate with forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi (MOO’-ah-mar gah-DAH’-fee).
Officials in Washington are stopping short of predicting victory but say they are encouraged by recent rebel advances near the capital of Tripoli and an apparent high-profile defection from Gadhafi’s inner circle. White House press secretary Jay Carney
says it’s becoming clearer that Gadhafi’s days are numbered. Neither Carney nor State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the rebels now have the upper hand.
But U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity say there is reason to think the rebels may now have enough momentum to wrest full control of the country. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the fast-moving developments.
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Last night heavy gunfire (not celebratory) between 2-4 AM in Dahra #Tripoli #Libya
Reuters – Libyans fleeing south in their cars reported gunfire in a place called #Harsha, between #Tripoli and #Zawiyah #Libya
Sarah
#Brega : #Gaddafi forces are firing random Grad missiles ! – Tirs de missiles Grad à l’aveugle par les forces de #Gaddafi . #Libya #17feb
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
by hominoid555
BREAKING: Suspicious activity at Tripoli airport, rumors saying Gaddafi and his family are due to board the private jets and flee,,,,,
BREAKING: REPORTS: 4 aircrafts are ready to take off from Tripoli airport
Ansa Italy
Libia: anche inviato Onu a Tunisi
(ANSA) – TUNISI, 15 AGO – L’ex primo ministro giordano Abdoul Ilhan al-Khatib,
inviato speciale del segretario generale dell’Onu Ban Ki-Moon, e’ arrivato oggi a Tunisi per partecipare ai negoziati sulla Libia.
Abdoul Ilhan al-Khatib ha affermato di essere arrivato nel Paese per unirsi “ai colloqui tra i rappresentanti del regime di Muammar Gheddafi e quelli della ribellione”.
Aljazeera News
Abdel Ilah al-Khatib, the UN secretary-general’s envoy for Libya, has flown to Tunis to take part in talks between rebels and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi’s government, AFP reports.
Khatib, a former Jordanian foreign minister, said that the talks would take place in a hotel in the suburbs of Tunis
The official TAP news agency reports that negotiations are ongoing with “several other foreign parties” with regards to the Libyan conflict, and a source has told the AFP news agency that an envoy of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, was also present.
British prime minister David Cameron has welcomed the gains made by the rebels in the west of the country, including in Az-Zawiyah
“We have seen some progress over the weekend. Clearly that is welcome,” Cameron’s spokesman said. "We have been saying for some time that we think the NATO operation is proving successful in eroding Gaddafi’s ability to wage war against his own people.
“We are going to continue to apply that pressure and we will be patient and persistent in doing so until Gaddafi stops brutalising his people.
Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, the UN envoy on the Libyan conflict, has arrived in Tunisia for talks, the Tunisian foreign ministry has confirmed.
“Ban Ki-moon’s envoy for Libya, al-Khatib has arrived in Tunisia,” said a ministry
spokesman. “Tomorrow he
will meet the Tunisian foreign minister and after that we don’t know but certainly he will meet the Libyan parties.”
The Netherlands have given 100 million euros in frozen Libyan assets to the World Health Organisation, AFP reports.
“An amount of 100 million euros $144.5 million in Libyan assets has been unfrozen on a request of the World Health Organisation,” Ward Bezemer has told the AFP news agency, adding it was only a fraction of Libya’s assets seized by the Dutch government in March.
The funds are meant to help the WHO distribute medicine to the Libyan people.
Uri Rosenthal, the Dutch foreign minister, says that the plan to release frozen Libyan funds (belonging to the Libyan Foreign Bank) to the WHO was first passed by the United Nations Sanctions Committee.
“I always say sanctions should cut off the regime without hitting the population,‘’ he said. "That is exactly what is happening here: Frozen Gaddafi money is being used to save Libyans lives.’
Turkey will be increasing the amount of diesel it is shipping to the Libyan rebels, effectively joining Qatar and oil trader Vitol in fuelling the uprising against Gaddafi.
Sources have told the Reuters news agency that Turkey is preparing to deliver a larger shipment of fuel to the rebels in the east of the country as part of a multi-million dollar deal.
“The motivation for this kind of relationship is political, more than trade” said a source with direct knowledge of the
deal. “The purpose is improving relations.”
The payment will be made in cash, under the terms of a credit agreement negotiated between the Turkish government and rebel leaders.
Last month, Turkey sent two cargoes (amounting to about 10,000 tons worth around $10 million) to the cash-strapped Libyan rebel council.
4adam:
Boy whose father & grandfather were kidnapped & killed in #Qalaamassacre ‘they told as they’d be back’ t.co/7fmW5SK #Libya #feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2vLx0qzahU&fea...
Smile:
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #tripoli Latest breaking news:rebels still in stalemate,NTC in danger of dissolving into tribal militia forces,I got hired by Reuters!
Malik
Libyan #FF advance on Aziziya, not far from Tripoli airport. They notice abnormal air traffic activity despite no-fly zone. #Libya
#Libya latest: #FF have successfully stormed army barracks in #Sabratha, are in full control of city, now pushing east towards #Tripoli.
#FF in #Sabratha pushing eastwards towards #Tripoli, plan to link up with #FF in #Surman ahead of full-scale assault on capital. #Libya.
#Tripoli sources say Iranian military advisers co-ordinating #Gaddafi forces, army officers unhappy about taking orders from them. #Libya
AFP
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi’s bombed Zawiya hours after the rebels controlled the bulk of it. "Landed six Grad rockets on the Zawiya sparking heavy exchanges of shelling between the parties. It was not known how many dead or wounded, but the cars were seen carrying dead and wounded to the hospital
Emo
Military base is liberated in #Sabrata after good military support arrived from #Nafousa region. #Libya
FFs have a full control of the crossing road between Bani Waleed and Sabha
Sirtawi
One of Gaddafi’s Military leaders (AbdelSalam Abu Suba’) in #Sabha was captured today trying 2 head 2 Ghiryan with 48 foreign mercenaries.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Ahrar TV: 3 top Lijan Thawriya goons have fled to Cairo. They are Ali Alshebani, Mohamed Alshibly, Ali Alshawesh #Feb17 #Libya
It’s progressing from “ in a state of collapse” to “ complete freefall” now:)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tunisia Libya embassy taken over by Free Libyans after permission given to Tunisian security by Govt to let protesters through #Feb17
hominoid
Gheryan the release of detainees in Jendouba their health is very bad due to torture and malnutrition
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Zawiya : For three days #Gaddafi forces have launched attack after attack on Freedom Fighter positions. #Feb17 #Libya
Could have been all false info about planes:
Djerba:
Source at Djerba Airport : There are no Venezuelan, South African, or Qatari planes in Djerba Airport
PLEASE KILL THESE RUMORS ABOUT PLANES IN DJERBA, IT’S SOURCE MUST BE GADDAFI
Planes at Tripoli Intern. Airport according to Almanara
I’m trying ! It’s getting out of hand ! Help ? It’s stupid Suleiman dogha !!!!!
dogha was the head of almanara media, am sure gaddafi feeds him these rumours and he fell for it. He should know better :(
dogha was Libya Alyom not manara
ALAMANRA FIRST then libya alyom after he made up with zaif gaddafi 100%
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Reports on the arrest of Khwaildi Al Hamydi, #Gadafi right hand during 1969 coup d’état. he was arrested in Al Ajelaat area or city.
UPDATE:
Tigi: Liberated completely and
Brega: fighting now concentrated in the oil installations.
Sabratha: the liberation of more than 90% of the city and the FF to allow only food trucks to pass to Tripoli
تطورات الأوضاع :
تيجي : تم تحريرها بالكامل و احتسبنا شهيد واحد في المعارك
البريقة : قتال متركز الآن في المنشآت النفطية و احتسبنا ستة ستة شهداء
صبراتة : تم تحرير أكثر من ٩٠% من المدينة و الثوار يسمحون لشاحنات الغذاء فقط بالمرور إلى طرابلس
Rumor?
Anyone know if the Khweldi alHamdi arrest (last night #Ajaylat) turn out to be true or was it just a rumour? #Libya #Feb17
I Think for the time being it is a rumor!!
Ahh that’s a shame! Would’ve been good news, hopefully they catch him
Insha allah they have caught him,, no conformation yet!! Will see what i can get!!
Ok great! Thanks for the update
Libyan lion
Received 100% confirmed news which is quite concerning about al-Sallabi. Keep a close eye on him folks. Getting more info. #Libya
Ali or Ismael ?
Ali
FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya Health Min. #AhmedHijazi + SocialAffairs Min. #IbrahimCherif + FM #AbdelatiObeidi are ALL STUCK in #DJERBA #UPYOURSGADDAFI via #TAP
#LIBYA STATETV aired Gaddafi screaming audio Spitting Defiance at the Rats Nato and the Coloniser and how he dreams abt 1millionMarch #Libya
al manara MEDIA REPORTS GADDAFI + Family To BE EVACUATED with Collaboration of UN #Libya #TRIPOLI airport seeing unusual high activity
#BREAKING Almanara MEDIA; #Tripoli Airport is now witnessing an unusual event as tens of Protocol (Marrasim) cars are present #Libya
Almanara is the only source for 4 planes in Tripoli I know about
In my PERSONAL opinion #Tripoli Aircraft and cars at airport have ALL 2 do with the UN envoy and LITTLE with #Gaddafi family leaving #Libya
Sabratha:
#SABRATHA Indiscriminate Shelling of #Dbabshia and #Khirzan Areas by Gaddafi forces Started 2hrs ago has now STOPPED ThankGod all ok #Libya
#SABRATHA #NATO Bombed army barracks with mercenaries then FF stormed the leftovers Now all Sabratha in control of FF #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH Gaddafi REGIME EMBASSY in #CAIRO #Egypt under SIEGE NOW #Libya
#Flash Cairo Egypt: Libyan Regime Embassy under siege protesters NOT allowing Exit or Entry of #Ambassador + Team are inside Embassy #libya
#CAIRO EGYPT Libyan Embassy #Gaddafi s Ambassador + Team have NO FOOD to start Iftar Food delivery has been Confiscated #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Now total victory for #Feb17 is eminent, emphasis must be on justice not vengeance, on rule of law and humility in triumph #feb17 #Libya
Awesome: Ppl of Sebratah were given light weapons by G forces to fight FFs.They handed them to FFs as soon as they arrived LoL
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
@NATO Reports of 50 Gaddafi Military vehicles heading Northwards to Mizdah
Mahmud Shamam: There are no negotiations at all with Gaddafi as confirmed by Mustafa AbdelJalil & Mahmud Jibril personally
Mahmud Shamam: Reports by Reuters and other agencies that negotiations are taking place betn TNC & Gaddafi are false
Mahmud Shamam: These rumours of negotiations are to distract from the situation on the ground & FFs victories
Important: UN rep Abdelilah Al Khatib is not meeting TNC in Tunisia but other #Feb17 Libyans who are not members of TNC
Important: It is believed that UN rep Abdelilah Al Khatib is trying to find a way out for Gaddafi
Important: We must be wary of any statements of UN rep Abdelilah Al Khatib claiming he spoke to TNC
After Istanbul road map was agreed w/ Contact group, TNC & UN, Alkhatib went off & suggested a completely different road map.
It is transparent. There are no negotiations betwn TNC members and Gaddafi. UN being there doesn’t mean TNC involved in talks
FromJoanne Joanne
#Flash #Cairo Regime #Libya Embassy under SIEGE Protesters COLLECTING STONES Police Cars and army will not remain passive #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
A source of mine at Libyan airport denies that any planes landed. He says there are no foreign planes & Libyan ones didn’t move. #libya
Malik
#FF in #Libya surprised at tenacity of Chadian mercenaries fighting for #Gaddafi. One I spoke to almost got killed in ambush yesterday.
Deutsche Welle Arab World
Gadhafi forces hit back after Libyan rebels capture strategic port city
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi shelled the center of Zawiya on Monday, hours after rebels claimed they had seized control of much of the strategic port, which lies 50 kilometers west of the capital, Tripoli.
According to news agency AFP, there was a heavy artillery exchange after several Grad missiles hit the city.
Rebels announced earlier on Monday that they had seized “most” of the key port, the last barrier in their push towards the capital. They were now focusing on clearing out pro-government forces and snipers, so they could set up barricades.
“Basically most of the town is under the control of rebel fighters,” rebel Field Commander Abdul Hamid Ismail told AFP.
Read more:
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15318087,...
Politico
U.S.: Libyan rebels have upper hand
U.S. officials expressed new confidence on Monday that the advancing rebels fighting Muammar Qadhafi’s regime may be on strong enough footing to take control of the whole country, The Associated Press reported Monday afternoon.
Citing officials who were not authorized to discuss fast-moving rebel progress on the ground, the AP said that the Obama administration is hopeful that the anti-Qadhafi forces have finally gained the upper hand in the months-long stalemate.
Neither White House press secretary Jay Carney nor State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland have expressed such an optimistic view publicly.
Aboard Air Force One on Monday morning, Carney told reporters “it’s becoming increasingly clear that Qadhafi’s days are numbered, that he’s — his isolation is — grows more extreme as each day passes, and as we have for a long time, we believe that the people of that country, of Libya, need — deserve the right to choose their own future. “
“We have obviously done a lot to support their efforts to ensure that Qadhafi’s regime no longer had the capacity or has the capacity to attack the Libyan people,” Carney added. “And we, as I said, note the fact that the pressure on him continues to increase.”
More here:
www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/6140...
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
UN envoy wants a plane from Djerba to Tripoli and may be on his way to speak to Gaddafi
Malik
Negotiations between #Gaddafi reps, #NTC in Tunisia are about avoiding bloody urban battles in #Tripoli, akin to surrender talks.
Can’t believe NTC is in any way involved in negotiations.
Jalil and Jibril have denied that. Tend to believe them
Only Almanara source, questionable!
Guardian, “The regime’s opponents have been getting stronger while the regime itself, under multiple pressures, has been steadily weakening”
Mwattin
#Gaddafi said that hanging ppl in Ramadan in the universities in 1984 was not unlawful but a form of ‘worship’ #sickdictator
kenneth
The Qadhafi regime is cracking apart in a million pieces. It won’t last another week.
Via Shabab
Freedom’s Triumphant Call by Ahmed Alkakkali
A new dawn approaches
As bravery quenches fear
The final chapter begins
All of us watching here
One more step to go
One more inch to crawl
As Ghaddafi and his sons
Wail and scream and bawl
They’ll pay for their crimes,
Large, big, and small
As they hear the music
Of freedom’s triumphant call
dovenews Libyan™
#NTC Mahmoud Shamam: Gaddafi is trying to mask #FF’s victory by spreading rumors about talks with #NTC & S African planes @ #Tripoli a’prt.
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
There’s no need for negotiation with Gaddafi now, he’s being backed into a corner & has very few options left. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
My sources confirm NO Damage done to the Roman City in #SABRATHA It seems to be a rumor.
Free Libya Now
There will be no urban battles in Tripoli, the regime is melting away. All loyals will be rats as described by their ultimate rat #Gadafi.
Sky News
Secret Libyan discussion – report
Libyan rebels have joined members of the government of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for secret talks in the Tunisian town of Djerba, sources close to Tunisian security services said.
At the same time, a South African jet and two Qatari military helicopters on Monday were on the tarmac at the airport of Djerba, a south Tunisian island close to the border with Libya, an airport source told AFP.
‘Talks took place during last night at a Djerba hotel under heavy security,’ a source close to the Tunisian security services told AFP.
‘Corteges of cars on Sunday crossed the border at Ras Jedir, near Djerba’, the source added, asking not to be named.
Libyan Health Minister Ahmed Hijazi and Social Affairs Minister Ibrahim Cherif stayed in Djerba on Sunday, where they were joined by Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, the national TAP news agency said.
More:
www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.a...
Mwattin
Latest Joke on #Gaddafi TV sponsored by #Nilesat: G forces have reclaimed #Misrata, #Brega and on outskirts of #Ajdabya.
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” t.co/SNaDlca
Take one moment please:
I just wanted to ask all of us to stop for a moment and to remember our Mohammed Nabbous.
His dream is about to become reality:)
We are so proud and honored to have been able to be his candles and help each other to carry the torch of freedom to the finish line.
We are almost there now Mo, you are our inspiration.
Your daughter will be living in a free Libya, just the way you dreamt it.
We pray for you and your family.
Please click on the link, listen to the video and read the background again.
egyptday1.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-memor...
Personal contact from front lines in #Brega; it has been liberated since sunset y/day few #Gaddafi trash around the oil tanks
Liba Ahrar TV: The Western Mountain has been completely liberated #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#Cairo Gaddafi Regime EMBASSY RALLY today aug15 youtube.com/watch?v=noNDPq… Embassy now under SIEGE with Gaddafi’s Ambassador + team inside #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNDPqZdtdA&fea...
#BTW #Libya #Regime EmbassyStaff said it had no idea the Interior Minister minister Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah would arrive today
FLED to #Cairo Nassr alMabrouk Abdullah former Minister of 4 PublicOrder & Involved in Brutal Crackdowns suspected Islamic extremists #Libya
Nasr alMabrouk Abdullah also led the brutal attack on Nafusa #Libya
#Sabha in the deep south #Libya #aug15 youtube.com/watch?v=LuHhNf…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuHhNfeWiSc&fea...
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #Gmata – Fighting took place last night between FFs + G men. 3 G troops killed, few wounded + vehicles destroyed. #Libya #Feb17
FURTHER INFO – #Gmata – The fighting was centred around the towns of al’Alous and Qasr Khayr. #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Let #Feb17 be a lesson to all Arab dictators, Ideas are bulletproof. You can’t shoot down the desire for freedom #Feb17 #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Clashes ongoing with G forces that attempted to advance in direction of Alkleba which is South of Gheryan #feb17 #libya
about 5-10 kms South of Gheryan
Ahrar TV: Phone call recorded of Mahmud Albaghdadi Gaddafi’s PM encouraging G forces to rape women of Zuwara to be published
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Yday 2 FFs were martyred in clashes with G forces in Riyadiya. They were joined by FFs from Dreby, Gadah & Kishlaf #feb17 #libya
Nafusa: FFs now clashing with G forces in Badr #feb17 #libya
More than a thousand outside Libya embassy in Cairo demanding the independence flag is raised & green shit rag brought down
Hayat Libya
#Gaddafi has retreated his forces from #Misrata completely he is making them go to #Zawiyah he wants to retrieve it! It’s aweful down there!
FromJoanne Joanne
BOTH #UN and #NTC DENIES that talks took place in #Tunisia between NTC members and Regime #Libya
Probably another G spin rumor, thought as much:)
Gadafi forces in #Zawiyah got supply from #Tripoli. They’re driving vehicle by vehicle to avoid #NATO.
Gadafi FORCES TARGETED 2 MOSQUES IN #ZAWIYAH KILLING ABOUT 12.
Some good news from #Ajeilat. Things developing for the better. Many Gadafi thugs captured by FFs and now going to attack military base
I repeat it again:
FromJoanne Joanne
Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, #NTC : “There are no negotiations or talks between the Gaddafi regime and the NTC in Tunisia or anywhere else,” #Libya
So, pls STOP THOSE RUMORS!!!!!!!!
A Free Libyan
NATO reported to be active east of #Zawiya. #Libya #Feb17
And yes:) Nato was waiting for G reinforcements:).
Thank you NATO
#Tarhouna Media – G attacked FFs with AA and 14.5 guns. Also brought in heavy weaponry from #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
#Tarhouna Media – As a result, the FFs were forced to withdraw. They’re low on weapons/ammo. #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Where the hell is Mahdi AlArabi ? Zawiya FFs want ot have a word with him #feb17 #libya
Emo
#Ajeilat is bigger than #Sabrata and #Surman. Both area and population wise. It has 150 000 inhabitants. Lots of G thugs too. #Libya
My brother and nephews are in the front to liberate #Ajeilat. Please pray for them and all FFs on every front. #Libya
libyanandproud
#Feb17 will not be hijacked by anyone or any group ! We paid dearly for this and we have been watching the #ArabSpring and learning ! #Libya
Press waking up :
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Agree with Brian Whitaker – it hasn’t been stalemate for some time in Libya, just lots of lazy journalism saying it’s so.
The only journo who recognized the truth when he saw it:
I remember Mark Stone from Sky saying (a long time ago) just when he was at the point of leaving Libya:
“ We’ve reached the tipping point”.
He was the only one ……..
hominoid555
FFs continue their attacks on Gaddafi, based in the industrial area and the first area in Brega after arriving in the city centre
Must read:
Guardian
Libya shows signs of slipping from Muammar Gaddafi’s grasp
As rebels seem close to controlling supply routes, and a senior minister leaves the country, opposition forces are optimistic.
Muammar Gaddafi’s regime has shown fresh signs of buckling as rebels have come close to cutting off supply routes and the Libyan interior minister arrived in Egypt in what appeared to be the highest-ranking defection for many months.
The Libyan leader broadcast a defiant appeal to his supporters to rid the country of “traitors”, telling them: “The blood of martyrs is fuel for the battle.” But the call was issued over a poor telephone line to state television, and most was inaudible – the result of what officials said was a technical breakdown.
“I think Nato did its job,” said 20-year-old Farouk Mohammed, a veteran of five months’ fighting. “They bombed his Gaddafi’s weapons day after day.”
British defence officials have also claimed that four months of relentless air strikes had
fatally damaged the ability Gaddafi’s forces to mount operations.
They indicated that the rebel seizure of Zawiyah signalled the beginning of the end in Libya. More than 7,000 Nato air strike sorties, some 700 of them British, had finally destroyed Libya’s military machine, with Gaddafi’s troops having to resort to pickup trucks, officials added.
A NTC statement issued on Monday called on people in Gaddafi-controlled area to organise themselves into “local committees to maintain security on the eve of the regime’s downfall, and to raise awareness about the need for safeguarding public property, including universities, schools, hospitals, petrol stations, facilities and buildings, as they are the people’s property, built with our own effort, sweat, money and sacrifice.”
Read full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/15/mu...
Bloomberg
UN Envoy Seeks Cease-Fire to Break Impasse in Libya With Tunisia Meetings
At a secret location in Tunisia, a United Nations special envoy will attempt to secure what five months of NATO air strikes have sought to achieve: a cease-fire in Libya.
Abdel-Elah al-Khatib arrived in Tunisia today to meet with the prime minister and foreign minister. The former Jordanian foreign minister’s visit coincides with the presence in Tunisia of representatives of both the Libya rebels and regime leader Muammar Qaddafi.
More:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-15/un-en...
When do these journos get their facts straight?
There were NO secret talks: UN denies it, NTC denies it.
Doesn’t anybody check anything anymore?
Impasse? NTC reps? Incorrect to put it mildly:(
Others might use diffent words for this kind of reporting……
I prefer to keep it family friendly:)
Global Spin Blog
Libya: Perils of the End Game
The good news from Libya is that the collapse of the Gaddafi regime is reportedly accelerating. But every silver lining has its cloud: The rebellion against Gaddafi has, in recent weeks, also demonstrated a degree of internal disarray that has raised concerns about what might follow if the rebels were to score a decisive victory. Tribal and political tensions within rebel ranks, and the fact that the regime, despite its difficulties, still commands significant tribal and political support and capacity to fight, raises the risk of chaos if the regime’s top leadership were to suddenly flee — as last weekend’s rumors were predicting Gaddafi was about to do.
Link:
globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/08/15/li...
Now that’s another spin on a spin…….
Hayat
#Tripoli #Gaddafi troops are painting their cars with the independance flags to try and betray #Zawiyah or run away, whichever comes first.
Telegraph
Col Gaddafi fires scud missile at rebel territory as Nato braces itself for final violent showdown
The rebels were attempting to identify the trajectory of the missile which was fired from Col Gaddafi’s stronghold of Sirte even as his envoys headed for new talks with the opposition and a United Nations special envoy in Tunisia.
Despite rumours that he is preparing to flee, the opposition fear Col Gaddafi is
preparing a desperate last stand in Tripoli and towns still loyal to him in the face of recent rebel advances on two fronts which has cut off his crucial supply routes.
Link:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Al Jazeera English: Ali Aujali was appointed ambassador to Libya in the U.S
Mohammad Qahtani
Total of 17 G forces cars were destroyed by @NATO near #AzZawiya refinery. Few G forces were captured. Via FB #feb17 #libya
Report that the UN workers are leaving Tripoli today. Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
No 1 from NTC negotiating with Gadhafi in Tunisia or any other country Why should libyans negotiate with a war criminal who is sinking fast!
FromJoanne Joanne
#Brega Col. Bani; Gaddafi’s forces sabotaged 2 large #Oil tanks over the weekend, which were sending up the clouds of smoke Monday #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Breaking: Janzur FFs using RPGs have hit the check point infront of Tuhami Khalid’s house in Janzur. 4 G forces were killed #feb17 #Libya
hominoid
FFs continue their attacks on Gaddafi, based in the industrial area and the first area in Brega after arriving in the city centre
FFs captured a fuel tank on the road between Brega and Mrada, clashes resulted in the destruction of military cars belong to Gadfi forces
Zawiya:
Nato still active in the area.
AJA: reporter in #Sabratah: opposition fighters negotiating with Gaddafi forces surronded in the West of the city to surrender #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #NATO bombarding targets between #zawiyah and #Tripoli, #Gaddafi, #TNC
That’s were the G cars were:)
A Free Libyan
#Zawiya Page – The full liberation of #Zawiya and alHarsha will come very soon. FFs are confident and determined. #Libya #Feb17
More reports that NATO is busy in the vicinity of #Zawiya, hitting targets like G convoys (reinforcements).
A Free Libyan
News from #Sabha that Masoud Abdul Hafeez alGaddafi fled to Cairo. He is a leader of one of the battalions in the city. #Libya #Feb17
The fact that #Gaddafi is using SCUD missiles really shows how desperate he is. #Libya #Feb17
Emo
Whole #Ajeilat is rising. Liberation is imminent inshallah. #Libya
Moussa Ibrahim is making his last speech. Believe me! #Libya
you’ll hear good news about Zwara and Jmail soon. I can’t reveal more
ROFL:
Gaddafi TV: Misrata is liberated from terrorist gangs.
No comment.
Can only mean one thing:
G has withdrawn completely!
G revolutionary committees distributed weapons to ppl in #Sabratha and #Ajeilat only to find themselves being shot by d same weapons #Libya
Another horror story.
Benghazi to Abu Salim Prison 1992-2002
He was arrested in Benghazi 1992, after he left the mosque. He was accused of been a jihadist.
He was flown to Abu Salim prison in Tripoli.
They tortured him by burning his beard.
He was beaten by a cable.
He describes how he was electrocuted using a light bulb and wires running electricity throughout his body.
He refused to admit to being a jihadist when he was tortured.
He tells about prisoners being there from all over Libya.
One day after 10 years he heard his name been called to leave.
The (other prisoners) were all happy and hugged him as he was leaving
He was released in 2002.
He has never been tried.
Diane
I do not comment on what I do not know for sure. What I know for sure is #LibyanThuwarHaveChangedTheMean ingofHeroism #TripoliUprising
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Elaqy TNC justice minsiter 1/2: Abdelilah Alkhatib requested meeting with Abdallah Banun, AbdelMajid AlMayet & Alla Alwefaty #feb17
Elaqy of TNC 2/2:They’ll make clear to UN rep Alkhatib that G & sons must agree to leave for any negotiations with TNC to start #feb17#libya
Tripoli: FFs fired on a checkpoint in Zenata near Beladiyat Zenata. One mercenary was killed with others injured #feb17 #libya
Very fierce fighting in Brega continues with 17 martyrs reported … RIP
Breaking: @NATO is striking G forces heavily in #brega and judayem near #AzZawiya Fumes covering skies!
The beauty of Zero hour in Tripoli is that there is nothing Gaddafi can do about it
And that makes us feel so good:)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Busleem FFs distributing pamphlets with Gaddafi’s picture on outside and when you open it it’s in support for Feb 17 .. lol
We always knew how creative our ff’s are…..rofl
#Nalut Media Committee – #Tiji fight resulted in 1 martyr (from #Tripoli) and 28 wounded. 16 from Nalut, rest from Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل : قناة ليبيا ألأحرار " محمد أسماعيل ضابط المخابرات والمساعد المقرب لسيف يلجاء مع أفراد أسرته للقاهرة ,
BREAKING! Mahamed Ismail Intelligence officer & Saif Gaddafi’s close aide went to #Egypt with his family.
Focus Information Agency:
UN denies Libya envoy in Kadhafi-opposition talks
United Nations. The United Nations denied Monday that its special envoy on Libya was involved with talks in Tunisia between representatives of Moamer Kadhafi and opposition rebels, AFP reports.
Abdul Ilah al-Khatib had indicated after arriving in Tunis that he would be joining talks between Kadhafi officials and opposition rebels.
But “the United Nations has no concrete information on any talks which may be held in Tunisia between the National Transition Council and authorities from Tripoli and the special envoy is not participating in such talks,” said UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq.
Haq said earlier that Khatib, a former Jordanian foreign minister, was in Tunis. Khatib is in Tunisia for “consultations with Tunisian officials,” he added, noting the envoy has so far met with Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi and is due to meet with Foreign Minister Mouldfi Keffi.
Khatib “might meet with some Libyan personalities residing in Tunisia on the sidelines of his other meetings,” Haq said in the earlier statement.
The UN envoy has spent months shuttling between Tripoli and the rebel base of Benghazi in a bid to launch ceasefire talks.
Sources close to Tunisian security services said representatives of the two warring sides had met in Djerba, near the Tunisian-Libyan border.
FromJoanne Joanne
#Brega Col. Bani; Gaddafi’s forces sabotaged 2 large #Oil tanks over the weekend, which were sending up the clouds of smoke Monday #Libya
Who needs newspapers these days?
Difficult times Lots of rumours flying abt .. :(
RT Trust Reuters to get it wrong
#TonyBirtley; Diplomats in #Benghazi expressed concern privately abt #NTC handling of Gen. Younes murder many qstions left unanswered #Libya
Picture of the Day. Zawiya, Libya. A fighter waits at a checkpoint near the crucial city. This marked a dramatic advance for anti-Gaddhafi forces. Photo Credit: Bob Young/Reuters.
www.thepoliticalnotebook.com/post/89638...
Alex Owumi: The story of a player in the middle of the Libyan Civil War t.co/SzigMXX #Libya
or:
blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2011/0...
From Joanne
#US Aegis Destroyer in Med on Sunday detected GF Fired ballistic Scud B variant Missile from #Sirte A weapon of mass destruction #Libya
POSTGaddafi PLAN; 1month Emergency Supply PROGRAM of $US550 million $532m of #Gas & #Petrol to W #Libya begins Immediately After Regime Fall
POST GADDAFI PLAN UN-supported program 2deliver immediate human. aid incl. Bottled Water by land sea& air from key #Muslim countries #Libya
FF say #Tripoli is now ENCIRCLED the supply lines and Gaddafi controlled towns are cut off to Gaddafi forces and Gaddafi #Libya
Oman OCO Chairman: 600 tonnes of food medicines other supplies distributed 2 #Libyans in Refugee camps in #Tunisia + Jebel
#Sabratha: FF are combing the city for hiding mercenaries #Libya
POST GADDAFI PLAN: In 1st MINUTES after REGIME FALL Pre-recorded Program will initiate the Tripoli Task Force Plan + Call for Calm #Libya
#PostGADDAFIPlan 15,000 ppl Tripoli Task Force resourced from UAE will take over #Tripoli Secure key sites Arrest Gaddafi’s Big shots #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya Rebels on high alert on road south of #zawiyah searching cars and looking for #Gaddafi supporters, #TNC
Sarah
My little cousin who was born on #Feb22 in #Benghazi is very scared when someone sneeze. But how happy he’s when he hear RPGs or gunfires x)
If he hears someone sneezing he cry ! But explosions, gunfires ect make him smile or let him indifferent like it was normal x)
Just have a look:)
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=973391&i...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Unconfirmed reports of Gaddafi officials fleeing Libya like Mohamed Ismail, Saleh Ibrahim & Masud Abdelhafiz Gaddafi #feb17
A truly heartfelt thank you to all the non Libyan tweeps who’ve shared this amazing journey called #feb17. Your support is invaluable #libya
Emo
G forces are still shelling #Sabrata from the military base. Tonight will be decisive.
Prices of Traditional Libyan Women’s garment (farashia) are flying because of huge demand by #Gaddafi thugs. #Libya
#BBC coverage of Libya is miserable, especially recently.
Breaking: Dr. Saleh Ibrahim caught by our camera while in #Djerba, then he fled to #Bulgaria.. #Libya t.co/akaQFTy
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdGdmrCbEXw&fea...
Smile:
Return_of_libya ليبيا تعــــــود
حال الشخشير الليلة مع اقتراب الثوار و ساعة الحسم و بدأ هروب كل زواحف القردافى When are leaving #Tripoli, Mr. Y…. fb.me/C3Og576J or:
goo.gl/bQpBU
PFEW!!!!!!
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: الله اكبــر, تم تحرير القاعدة العسكرية فى صبراته بعد وصول تعزيزات عسكرية لثوارنا الاشاوس من جبال نفوسة , الله اكب
Military base is liberated in #Sabrata after good military support arrived from #Nafousa region.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Saleh Ibrahim of Lijan thawriya is accused in London shooting 1984 in which British police woman Yvonne Fletcher was killed #feb17
Video of Saleh Ibrahim at Djerba airport then he apparently fled to Bulgaria t.co/TZOv5bZ #libya #feb17
A Free Libyan
#Zawiya Page: Apache’s were used a lot against G troops in alHarsha. Big losses apparently. FF were attacking too. #Libya
And how many mercs in Libya?
Interview with Chadian dissident – Over 25k Chadian mercs in Libya, taken from the professional Chadian army.
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Moussa Ibrahim on #Libya state tv – coastal road closed by them for people’s security because there are still “armed gangs” they’re fighting
Gihan
Libya Ahrar: Mahamed Ismail Intelligence officer & Saif Gaddafi’s close aide fled to Egypt with his family
Abdul
#nato is bombarding eastern & western exits of #Zawiya including #alharsha & some buildings that have pockets of snipers. #AzZawiya #Zawia
Seven martyrs have been burried today in #Zawiya most were killed last night and today Some with mortar bombs.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
No 1 from NTC negotiating with Gadhafi in Tunisia or any other country Why should libyans negotiate with a war criminal who is sinking fast!
I meant NO ONE
I think we all lack sleep these days:)
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
“Musa Ibrahim Al Gaddafi: We liberated Misrata and intend to keep the momentum by marching on Benghazi/East cities” _ No comment. #libya
ROFL:
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
@
@tonybirtley Do you see any evidence of islamic extremism in the east? Having a beard and shouting Allahu Akbar doesnt count…
Treeg 16 (16th Street) off 11th June Street went into the street singing and dancing with the Independence Flag last night #Tripoli #Libya
First hand info from our friends who watched it. they numbered in their tens. Katiba trucks then arrived and the group dispersed.
LibyanDictator The Dictator
The journey.
I arrived to an empty port in Sfax Thursday evening; the hour wait before being told the boat hadn’t even arrived yet would be just one of many more to come. The next morning at about 3:30am I was at the port again, this time it was busy with people, taxis, cars and ambulances. We sat against the wall watching ambulances drive in and out and injured fighters hobble past.
Read more:
My extremely delayed blogpost, the 7 day journey to #Misrata: tiny.cc/jzia8
or:
thenextlibyandictator.blogspot.com/2011...
Sumayyah
Mom said Saleh Ibrahim used to walk around the halls of Garyounis with a stick forcing people to get in the busses to go to public hangings
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Fuel sellers (Tunisia type of fuel) disappears from the streets of Tripoli after the revolutionaries locked coastal road to Tunisia.
Noticed running out of many types of goods at food stores in Tripoli after revolutionaries have blocked coastal road leading to Tunisia.
NATO planes continuously heard flying above Tripoli and some of it’s suburbs at parts of the day and at night time. more than usual…
We believe musa ibrahim’s claims of “liberating” Misurata were made to distract &shift attention from the victorious FFs fighting in Zawyah.
Eyewitness recently released from abusalem prison: each cell holds 40 people with barely any food given to us, medical care does not exist.
Eyewitness recently released from G prison says he was ONLY released because his family knew someone powerful in G’s regime.
G’s intelligence still works effectively inside Tripoli. Stating this so our revolutionary comrades pay attention and stay safe !
dovenews Libyan™
#Tripoli sources say Iranian military advisrs co-ordinating #Gaddafi forces, army officrs unhappy abut taking ordrs from thm
Noit
We heard about them about 5-6 wks ago. Apparently high ranking personnel 2 they have been there for a quite while.
Libya Youth
Zawiya Zawiya Zawiya, don’t know why I love you so much ya Zawiya. #Zawiya #Libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Moussa Ibrahim on #Libya regime official arriving in #Egypt :we gov will not comment on personal individual’s decisions.
Ibrahim called al-Mabrouk’s travel a “personal choice” says al-Mabrouk was under a lot of social & emotional pressure.
Alex
WHAT STALEMATE? “once #Gaddafi ’s remaining supporters sense that his departure is inevitable, those who have depended on his patronage or supported him through fear of the alternatives will have to reconsider their options – and when that starts happening, the collapse could come quite suddenly.
Though the eventual outcome is not in doubt, frustration at the length of time it is taking has led to talk of a Libyan “quagmire” – as if, after 41 years of Gaddafi’s rule, a few extra months are going to make some crucial difference.”
“No stalemate in #Libya – the writing is on the wall for Gaddafi”
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
“The coordination most vital to the rebels though is with #NATO warplanes. The alliance says it is attacking solely to protect civilians under a U.N. mandate.
“We are not coordinating our strikes with the rebels. We are not clearing the way for the rebel advances. It’s the other way around: #Gaddafi is moving his forces into the open to respond to rebel advances and we are reacting to that,” a NATO official said.
However, along the route that took the rebels from the Western Mountains to #Zawiyah was a trail of buildings and tanks which had been destroyed by NATO air strikes. When rebels attacked pro-Gaddafi forces in #Garyan on Sunday, NATO struck too, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
“They (NATO) are not picking targets at random, or simply to protect the civilian population, they are picking targets in order to help consolidate rebel gains,” analyst Joshi said.
One rebel from the Western Mountains told Reuters a group of intelligence operatives from a NATO member state had set up a coordination centre in the rebel-held town of #Nalut, near the border with #Tunisia, though it was not possible to confirm that." #Libya
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
“ANALYSIS – #Libya rebels show new discipline in push to Tripoli” – After a six-month-old conflict when inexperience and ill-discipline undermined their offensives time and again, rebels have formed themselves into a more organised fighting force.
That organisation will be crucial if they are to consolidate their latest advances which allow them to encircle #Gaddafi ’s stronghold in #Tripoli and, they hope, force his capitulation. The rebels who took #Zawiyah, many of them hardened by months of fighting in the #Nafusa mountain range to the south, were a different proposition.
“During the previous uprising the young people like me, we just attacked on our own free will,” said Nagi, a 31-year-old rebel fighter from #Zawiya.
“But now when our commanders speak we do as we are told and we have tactics, it is not just a free assault without thinking.”
Rebels are now formed into units, mostly based on their native towns or villages, and each unit has a commander. That may be standard battlecraft, but for the sometimes anarchic rebel movement, it is a novelty.
In contrast to previous offensives, the rebels do not waste ammunition. There is little celebratory gunfire.
The rebels also seem to have at least a rudimentary idea about military tactics.
“We are going to go to Tripoli very methodically,” said Murad Badda, a 39-year-old shopkeeper-turned rebel fighter who was driving around the town on Monday in a pickup truck with a group of other fighters."
“We will do what we did during our offensive from the Western mountains. We will attack one area, clear it and then move forward very carefully.”"
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! The Egyptian security police are assaulting the protesters front of the Libyan embassy in Egypt. #Libya #Egypt
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
all international calls seem to be still monitored, local calls depend on phone owners. might be able to get more info soon
Sarah LFFR
#Zawtah : 7 martyr enterré aujourd’hui. La plupart mort d’hier et aujourd’hui tués par obus de mortier.
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
by libyans_revolt
Patriots of Misratah – وطنيو مصراته- All videos in our youtube channel, bit.ly/ntKVHs #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/user/Patriots1Of7Misrat.../u
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الزاوية: : طلب إستغاثة لإنشاء مستشفى ميداني قناة الزاوية للحاجة الماسة اليه مع تزايد عدد الجرجى
Zawiya is asking for field hospitals. Urgent need for medical services.
Libya Free Forever.
@NATO @NATOPRESS #Snipers are seen on #Insurance building and #Hospital in #Zawyia
less than 200 Snipers are seen on #Insurance buildings and #Hospital in #Zawyia
Emo
#Ajeilat is under G control despite movements within. FFs need supply from #Nafousa … #Libya
G thugs are planting a huge number of checking points in the road between #Ajeilat and #Jmail #Libya …
Another breaking rumor:
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عــــــــاجل و حصرى لصفحة ليبيا تعـــــود : مؤكد هبوط صحن فضائى فى مطار طرابلس يعتقد بأنه لأخد القردافى و عائلته الى كوكب زحل لاقامة جماهيرية زحل العظمة
BREAKING: A UFO JUST LANDED IN TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #Gmata – FFs destroy 5 G vehicles. 4 G troops died in the attack. Anti-G protests took place. #PrayforGmata #Libya
For those who don’t know, #Gmata is the next stop west of #AlKhums. It is under G control currently. #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – Phone call from #Gmata – CONFIRMED – FF attack took place. 5 cars destroyed, 4 G troops dead. FF = VERY active.
BREAKING – #Gmata – CONFIRMED – Because of the attack, G troops temporarily withdrew from Al’Alous #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – #Gmata – Heavy gunfire in Qasr Khayr
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Tiji liberated 15/Aug/2011. Sign reads: Tiji welcomes you #libya #feb17 fb.me/IcDUBRHp
or:
goo.gl/vm7Po
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – CONFIRMED – Qasr Khayr FFs attacked govt building. G has closed off the coastal highway totally. #Gmata
BREAKING – CONFIRMED – #Gmata – The bridge between Alous and Ganeema was blown up, to prevent #AlKhums reinforcements.
BREAKING – Hospital Source – The death count for G troops in the Alous attack is now at 5. #Libya #Gmata #Feb17
Sarah
#Brega : 20 martyrs today in the 3rd area. Grad missiles launched from #BenJawad by #Gaddafi forces. #Libya #17feb
Sumayyah
Sorry to burst your bubble U.S. but the success ff have been having isn’t directly related to your “increasing pressure” #GetOffYourHighHorse
Alex
NO OIL IN Tripoli – Oil supplies have been severed from #Tunisia with the #FF seizure of the coastal road to the border – and as a result oil traders in the capital have disappeared as no fuel has arrived since Friday.
But thats not all – yesterday FF engineers in #Zawiyah cut off the 4 main pipelines that transport processed gasoline and diesel to #Tripoli
#Gaddafi may have to use a donkey – if hes still planning to flee from his sewer to evade an army of uninvited but eager guests this week.
No great surprise that theocratic fascist #Iran have tried to save the #Gaddafi Regime – they will hate the democracy loving #FF even more than they do the autocratic Saudis.
#Gaddafi army officers resent Iranian Guards directing military operations in #Tripoli – and are close to refusing to take orders from them. #Libya #IranElection
ECLECTIC #Gaddafi – #Chad, #Sudan, #Senegal, #Nigeria and Eastern Europe have supplied foreign mercenaries to the Regime military forces – in their desperate attempt to halt the unstoppable #FF advances through #Libya #Feb17
DEFECTION: "The #Libya n Security Chief arrived unexpectedly with his family in #Cairo on Monday in an apparent high-level defection as the rebels challenging Col. #Muammar el- #Gaddafi ’s rule seized ground in a strategic oil port just 30 miles from his #Tripoli stronghold.
Mr. Abdullah’s defection would signal a new crack in the #Qaddafi government after weeks of seeming stability since the defection of Colonel Qaddafi’s right-hand man, #MusaKusa, and a handful of others around the time of start of the Libyan uprising and the #NATO bombing campaign supporting it.
While the Qaddafi government has recently dispatched other senior officials on quiet trips abroad for diplomatic negotiations or other errands, those on official business do not usually travel with their families.
His reported flight to Cairo came only hours after Colonel Qaddafi urged his countrymen to “liberate Libya“ from #NATO and traitors.
His speech, delivered over a poor quality telephone line and broadcast by state television in audio only, was his first public address since rebel fighters launched their latest offensive, Reuters reported."
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/world/africa...=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Electricity cuts in Hai Al Andulis area in Tripoli right now.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
PICTURES from INSIDE Zawiya today – warning, some pictures towards the end are GRAPHIC: facebook.com/media/set/?set… #libya #feb17
or:
goo.gl/0PP66
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SUMMARY AUGUST 11 2011
8/11/2011
8.11.2011
Lesson of the day: don’t tweet major news while breaking your fasting! You will get everyone confused ( even yourself)
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/AeNlD
NATO
On August 10th, NATO aircraft flew 134 sorties, including 46 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the Vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammo Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Brega: 2 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Gharyan: 1 Armed Vehicle, 1 Anti Aircraft System.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 3 Armed Vehicles, 1 Surface to Air Missile.
In the vicinity of Sebha: 1 Militairy Facility, 1 Bunker, 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Radar Site.
In the vicinity of Tawurgha: 3 Command and Control Nodes, 2 Military Storage Facilities.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Military Facility, 1 Command and Control Node.
In the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanem: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Mon am: RAF aircraft conducted precision strikes on ammunition and vehicle depot & military communications facility, both nr Zlitan. #Libya
Mon am: An armed reconnaissance patrol over Brega, in the east of the country, identified and destroyed two armed pick-up trucks. #Libya
Night 8/9 Aug: RAF jets bombed Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour. Ship retained offensive capability despite previous NATO air strike damage
Overnight 8/9 August: RAF strike inflicted further serious damage to Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour and left the vessel taking on water.
Night 8/9 Aug: RAF aircraft attacked command & control node & weapons depot in Bir al Ghanam in the Djebel Nafousa, & staging post in Zlitan
Tuesday night: RAF patrol returned to Zlitan and conducted a precision strike on a barracks and military staging post. #Libya
Wed: Armed reconnaissance patrol identified and destroyed an armed truck at Az Aziziyah, near Tripoli. #Libya
Wed night: Tornado GR4s launched from RAF Marham, launched Stormshadow missiles at command bunkers near Sebha, returned to Gioia del Colle.
These ops were supported by aircraft, incl. RAF VC10s, Tristars, Sentries and Sentinels, & the Fleet Air Arm’s Sea King ASAC helicopters.
A Free Libyan
Hearing good news from #Brega. Think it’s best to wait for official confirmation this time! #Libya #Feb17
LibyaNewMedia
2 children & 2 adults yesterday and 2 young men today died in Al Qalaa after returning & entering their mined or boobytrapped homes. #Libya
Gaddafi forces have systematically mined & boobytrapped civilian areas in Brega, Misrata & the Mountains. #Libya #Gaddafi
Many children&adults have been killed or mutilated by the mines, boobytraps & parts of cluster bombs that Gaddafi forces have placed. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “SEREN AYANOGLU” 35.9967˚/29.78247˚ now en route from
#Mersin Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” 35.1555˚/26.31207˚ now en route from #Mersin Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” now skirting NE coast of #Crete en route to #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
CONFIRMED: #UK will send 4 more Tornado warplanes to support #NATO mission in #Libya, in addition to 12 already deployed. #Feb17
#Gaddafi filth left #Gheryan via back road to attack #AlRabta (+32°12’51 N +12°54’10 E) 30 minutes ago. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” from #Mersin #Turkey to #Tripoli #Libya has anchored at 35.16035˚/26.30163˚ ( #Crete). #Feb17 @NATO
Mahmood Shammam:
We will release a couple of calls everyday through Libya Al Ahrar TV
We could monitor these calls through high tech equipments we sent to tripoli through trusted people in the Gaddafi inner circle
We have got more than 2000 phone calls recorded for Gaddafi and his assistants. These recordings have been handed to ICC
“We have a recording to Gaddafi asking to kill one of the high political figure” NTC”
محمود شمام :لدينا حتى الان اكثر من 2000 مكالمة لمسئولي نظام القذافي .. من خلال اجهزة متطورة موجودة لذا ثوارنا في طرابلس زودتنا بها الدول الصديقة .. لدينا تسجيل للقذافي يطلب فيها قتل احد المسئولين وقدمناها للمحكمة الدولية .. ونتوقع ان يضاف اسم البغدادي للمطلوبين للمحكمة الدولية.
لدينا مكالمة يطلب فيها القذافي تصفية أحد اهم رجاله السياسيين
BREAKING NEWS: A battle is under-way at the moment in #brega and #FFs are advancing #libya
معركة جارية الآن في البريقة
BREAKING NEWS: Battle just started around #Shelahuda A small town 3-5 km from #Zawiyah junction. Heavy exposions are heard from far away. #Libya #feb17
Breaking news: A big battle is taking place in tawarga at the moment
Reuters:
Tunisia has intercepted 5 truckloads of fuel set to be smuggled into Libya, in a move to curb an illegal trade which is helping to keep Gaddafi in power
رويترز: صادرت تونس 5 شاحنات تنقل وقوداً قبل تهريبه الى ليبيا في خطوة تستهدف منع تجارة غير مشروعة تساعد القذافي على البقاء في السلطة، وقال متحدث باسم وزارة الداخلية التونسية ان الشاحنات صودرت في بلدة مساكن بولاية سوسة على بعد نحو 160 كيلومترا جنوبي العاصمة
Reuters:
Revolutionaries have said that the oil town of Brega is within their reach.
“This is the most important place for the oil,” rebel field commander Faraj Moftahi told Reuters behind the frontline, which runs through sand dunes topped with scrub to the east of Brega.
From a hill overlooking a turquoise Mediterranean, rebel artillery shells could be seen sending up clouds of dust and smoke on the town’s northern edge. Gaddafi’s forces responded with an occasional shell or rocket.
Associated Press:
The desert heat and Ramadan are taking its toll on the revolutionaries. Commander Fawzi BoKatif acknowledged that his forces were facing “very exhausting conditions”. He said that a lot of the revolutionaries have tried to fast, despite their commanders trying to convince them to break their fast and eat.
Libya’s rebel council said it is hoping to have an envoy in Ottawa soon.
Breaking news: some FFs are patrolling Ber Moammer 25 km from Zawiya . Few injuries & 2 deaths so far, 1 from #Zintan #libya #Surman
UPDATE: rebels pushed further than Shelahuda to a town called alnasser 10 km from Zawiyah junction, it’s too under FFs control
libyanandproud
Picture : View of Tarek Ben Ziyad mosque in #Nalut . #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/644fkw
This is a blog that was pointed out to me, you should read it!
BLOGSPOT
The Lawless and Lesser Libyan Endeavour
Is it mere coincidence that Gaddafi State TV is quoted every time the regime pulls off a PR stunt? If international media, in the name of impartiality, is adamant to justify sharing Gaddafi’s views with their viewers then why shouldn’t this occur on a frequent basis? Gaddafi’s TV has been broadcasting uninterruptedly since the start of unrest in February this year.
The majority of unquestionable fallacies beemed through Gaddafi’s channels don’t get shared with the world. Perhaps these would help people establish the logically deplorable standard of credibility Gaddafi’s media maintains. Nonetheless, Gaddafi’s carefully manipulated public shows of support and defiance or alleged incidents of NATO targeting civilians all seem to make the news. But will anyone note that when Gaddafi TV announced Hillary Clinton was in a coma, after suffering a blood clot in her brain, no one seemed to quote so-called “Libyan State TV” or switch to its deceptive screens. Nor was Gaddafi TV quoted when it displayed an egg painted green and claimed that a chicken had laid it as a sign of Gaddafi’s victory from God. Nor was Gaddafi’s TV quoted when it claimed a burning flame had turned green in farm owned by Gaddafi supporters. Nor was Gaddafi TV’s screen shown to the word when it read out the word “USE” printed on an ammo container, in the context of instructions (for “use” with), when it claimed these had been smuggled into Libya by the government of the “U.A.E.”! Nor was Gaddafi TV referenced when it used footage from Algeria showing an impaled child lying on a hospital bed and claimed that the child was from Zliten and was tortured by “rebels” from Misrata and “all because the boy was wearing green”! So why is it that when the same channel alleges civilian casualties have been caused by NATO, with no independent means of verifying such allegations, does anyone on this planet take Gaddafi’s word for it? Does anyone really believe Gaddafi’s alleged adopted daughter was killed in the 1986 US air raids or that one of his seven sons and 3 grandsons recently died in a NATO strike? Has Gaddafi TV reported the death of a single Libyan civilian as a result of the regime’s constant shelling of Libya’s besieged cities and towns since February?
Why is it that when the same channels claimed that Gaddafi supporters had produced the world’s biggest banner in aid of their beloved leader it was relayed to the world in that very manner? The fact that the production of the banner was deliberated by Gaddafi’s regime seems to have been overshadowed, alluding that average Libyan citizens, Tripoli residents, chipped in with their own pennies, time and effort to produce the banner. The very fact that a costly overblown portrait was afforded during such
difficult times reflects only the extent of psychiatric attention Gaddafi and his henchmen urgently require.
Would such displays of support happen spontaneously were it not for the full-blown military gridlock imposed on besieged parts of Libya? If NATO was targeting Libyan civilians, would anything be left standing in Tripoli; or other parts of the country where military targets have been struck?
The very manner and the level at which Gaddafi’s State TV ridiculously communicates to its Libyan viewers is offensive in every sense of the word. The incitement of hatred, the threats of violence and the worship of Gaddafi all aside, it also plays host to some of the worst attempts to fabricate stories that, if anything, reflects the low intellectual expectation attributed to Libyans by Gaddafi’s regime. Cynthia McKinney, among few other “high-profile” international political supporters of Gaddafi seemed apathetic about their reputations by appearing on these channels and further taking Gaddafi’s version of events back to their unwitting native audiences.
Quite recently on Gaddafi TV, a ration package was shown, by the infamous riffle-wielding presenter, on the basis that “rebel held” (liberated) areas in Libya were living off international food aid. However, the allegation was not merely to indicate any potential food shortages in troubled parts of the country but to accuse the “traitor rebel rats” of forcing people to eat pork. To add insult to injury the actual ration pack had the word “Beef” unmistakably printed on it. Nonetheless, Libyan viewers are assumed stupid enough to take the presenters word for it. The presenter proceeded to open the package and repeatedly claim that Libyans were now “eating pork” because of the treachery and conspiracy of the “crusading NATO rebels”. Of course, eating pork, out of choice, is forbidden in Islam. To such effect Gaddafi has so desperately played on religious sentiments since the No Fly Zone was implemented; widely interpreted though it has been. The “NATO Crusading Rebels” title seamlessly replaced the Al-Qaeda brand initially attributed to Libya’s opposition by Gaddafi. Alleged civilian victims suddenly became “Muslim Imams” targeted by the infidel crusaders.
For several months now, reports have circulated like wildfire over Gaddafi’s TV channels being taken off air by legal as well as military means. Nothing has yet materialised. Lo and behold the channels’ reporting of the UK’s riots; it has taken their propaganda to new levels of insanity. However, comparing Gaddafi’s idyllic jamahiriya with rioting Britain is nothing new to “Libyan State TV”. Segments of football hooliganism with the word “their democracy” contrasted with Libyans cheering for Gaddafi under the words “our democracy” have been a regular filler on Gaddafi TV for the past 30 odd years.
Gaddafi’s sons have also ascertained the role of the clergy. Saif and Saadi have both dabbled with Islamic doctrine to try and quash opposition to their apparently holy
father, mainly by justifying the killing of those that disobey him. Saadi even appeared showing off his collection of Islamic textbooks. These books were stacked in piles all several feet high on a bar slab in clear view of his collection of beer, wine and spirit glasses. The logical travesty of this scene aside, Gaddafi state TV still presented it as evidence of the bearded son of a dictator’s religious credibility. Libyan viewers, ignorant pathetic crowd fillers that Gaddafi assumes them to be, and having lost their ability to think for themselves, will believe the all-knowing Gaddafi household and praise his son’s inherently undisputable Islamic acumen.
Another second generation Gaddafi that hasn’t hesitated to trample all over Libya’s commonsense is Mousa Ibrahim al-Gaddafi. Use of his father’s name instead of his family name, perhaps, makes his vile decrees that little bit less cringe-worthy, although finding anything more sickening than his slimy guise of pathological lies is likely to be impossible. He openly boasts about his 15 year accolade in the UK. Surely, all Libyans have had the opportunity to enjoy state sponsored overseas studies for such duration; only to return home to a government official post. During his explanation for Mousa Kousa’s departure from Libya, he did not hesitate to admit that Libyans often sought medical treatment in Tunisia and that an ill and aging Mousa Kousa travelled there for this purpose. News of the defection aside, Mousa Ibrahim’s hesitation, at Libya’s humiliating dependency on neighbouring nations for essential services the government claims to provide, leaves little for the imagination in terms of the regime’s cover-up culture. Mousa Ibrahim Gaddafi went as far as to denounce God’s ability to decide the fate of Libyans, on live television. Perhaps the fate of Libyans is something Gaddafi alone is worthy of deciding as according to the heretic scriptures of his murderous cult, the green book, which incidentally teaches that “all Libyans are Muammar Gaddafi”.
The world sadly embraced the regime’s second generation, as it indirectly did Gaddafi, and had no issue in grooming them for the roles they prematurely and unlawfully began to inherit. Syria’s current massacre is living proof of despot descendants keeping it in the family. You’d think the sons would lighten up a little but the bastard’s tend to take to their bastard fathers. So was it wrong of the world’s conscience to have pandered to Gaddafi over the past decade or so? After all, Gaddafi’s regime splashed so much cash around it made internet porn seem scarce; billions on hedge funds and hundreds of millions on leisure alone. The Gaddafis’ self bestowed right to burn Libyan money was not for anyone to judge, was it? Their father funded terrorism, he let a few thousand heads role here and there, but he got away with it and that’s what counts. He must have been on to something. His sons were buying real-estate, hosting fashion shows, throwing VIP parties, sponsoring art, sport and education institutions. What was not to like? They weren’t just on our side in the War on Terror, filling their jails with bearded men, or just stopping waves of African migrants washing up on Europe’s shores and not enslaving them in any way. They had plans to make Libya the Norway of North Africa. Plus, their slobbering accents conveniently reinstated our intellectual superiority. That was always going to be a bonus. Of course, we let them
have their fun, PhDs, prizes, titles… the works! Simply too much was at stake for Western and Eastern corporate interests. Why scratch the surface? Libyans opposed to Gaddafi could count their blessings for being granted refugee status in Europe and America. Minimum wage, baby! Bloody immigrants can count their blessings for making it to the Free World. Libyans in Libya were left to deal with it. Exiled, imprisoned or executed loved ones? Victims of torture or persecution themselves? Time was meant to be the greatest healer! Libyans were not exactly at risk of starvation like other African nations, which we all trusted Gaddafi would do something about; the African visionary that he is (wink, wink…).
All we needed to know about Libya was whatever Gaddafi’s multimillion contract PR agents came up with; even if it meant the terms human rights, reform and democracy in the same sentence as Gaddafi, or with any of the names of his budding spawn! Come on, the image really worked for a while, didn’t it? You see, sometimes, when the price is really, really right, we just tend to go with the flow.
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ENES SENUSSI
20th of #Ramadan (D-Day) (Zero-Hour) to free #Tripoli, Prepare for a day that will go down in history. Insha Allah!!
#Saif Alarab Gadafi FF saw him in #Germany, Last #April #Saif Alarab was arrested for a traffic ticket #GadafiLies #Libya
Libya Free Forever.
Important #Mitiqa air base #Tripoli there are Cars with Independence flag and FF tags, it is a TRAP #FF be careful. #GadafiCrimes #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports of a convoy of 60 #Gaddafi cars w/ missile launchers from #Gheryan to #AlRabta via Aburshada Street. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
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BREAKING NeWS :SEBHA
the gaddafi loyalists came out and protested yesterday in favour of the regime from Almanshiya and Abdulkafy and Aljadeed along with their daughters; the sounds of celebration were loud and clear in Sebha from 3 to 4:30 am
BREAKING NEWS :Murzuq
the people of Murzuq came out in demonstrations against the regime last night; the living conditions there are awful and the electricity has been cut off for around 9 days along with the short supply of all other necessities
Libyan state TV said on Thursday that Prime Minister David Cameron was using “Irish and Scottish mercenaries” to tame riots in England.
The New Age
Libyan farmers search battlefields for lost camels
A dozen ruddy-faced men rest their arms on a wall and peer anxiously into a dust-filled enclosure on the outskirts of the besieged western Libyan city of Misrata.
They are farmers, here in search of their camels.
At a giant sorting station near Misrata, 35-year-old Milad Ramadan Emgedip helps keep the 300 camels, 50 cows and 5,000-plus sheep they have found so far — dishing out meal and administering what inoculations he can until the owners turn up.
Every once in a while he gets a new tip about the fate of his herd: A Gaddafi soldier found dead with papers documenting the ownership of some of his prized camels brought from Saudi Arabia, or a few animals found dead.
“I have even heard that some of my camels were used on the front line, put in front of Gaddafi’s troops as they moved forward. I did find some that died from bullet wounds, but who knows.” Asked if he will rebuild the farm, El-Gemal is resolute. “Of course. I am going to do this.”AFP
Full story:
www.thenewage.co.za/25392-1019-53-Libya...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#France navy assault ship #Mistral in #Malta from #Libya ops
Himinoid
FFs have managed to capture a number of mercenaries in the ranks of al-Gaddafi at the front of Zliten, who are African
Daily Star
AFP
Protesters break into Libya embassy in Sweden: police
“At least one person is hanging out through a window,” he said, adding the person appeared to be threatening to jump and that rescue services were setting up an inflatable mattress below the window.
“I don’t know how high up it is,” he said.
Around 15 police patrols had arrived at the scene and blocked off the embassy building and the surrounding area.
Read more:
www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2...
TV Gaddafi:
Britain rebels on the outskirts of Liverpool in the combat with the battalions of Cameron
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya civilians started to leave wadi hay a village on the road to aziziya which is 50 kilometers from tripoli
#Libya rebels negotiating with civilians to flee towns on road to azaziyah before they push forward
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Misrata: 1 martyr & 10 injured reported in a sweep operation of Tawergha #feb17 #Libya
AFP
Libya rebels hit trying to take heat off Misrata
MISRATA, Libya — Libyan loyalists killed one rebel and wounded 10 others as the insurgents moved on the town of Taurga in a bid to snuff out rocket fire on the besieged city of Misrata, medics said on Thursday.
Inside the western port city, many streets were deserted as residents sought respite indoors from the summer heat during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, an AFP correspondent said.
Rebels had taken up defensive positions in the Souk Talat area of the city, which the regime of strongman Moamer Kadhafi claimed in recent days was entirely under its control.
Source:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/A...
sabha17feb
Sebha : NATO bombed Fares brigade and the airport , no electricity or water .
Haaretz:
The Libyan government said Tuesday that a NATO airstrike near the western city of Zlitan had killed 85 villagers, including children, state television reported – a claim swiftly called into question by the military alliance.
Footage showed what the broadcaster said were the burned bodies of at least three children under the age of 9 in a hospital. It also showed women and children being treated for injuries. The country is to hold a three-day mourning for the deaths, the channel reported.
The report said the victims were from the village of Majar, which is near Zlitan, to the east of the capital Tripoli, where NATO forces have been intensifying their strikes on government troops.
NATO:
NATO spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said the Libyan claim of civilian casualties in an airstrike near the western front-line town of Zlitan “was not corroborated by available factual information at the site.”
NATO aircraft hit a staging base and military accommodation 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Zlitan, Lavoie said from the operational command in Naples, Italy. Four buildings and nine vehicles within the compound were struck with precision-guided munitions, he said.
“With our surveillance capabilities, we monitored this military compound very carefully before striking it,” Lavoie said. “A number of military or mercenary casualties were expected due to the nature of the activity we monitored.”
“Our assessment, based on the level of destruction of the buildings, confirms the likelihood of military and mercenary casualties,” he said.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
TNC has 2000 recorded calls of Gaddafi regime. In one call, handed to ICC, Gaddafi orders assassination of a poilitician #feb17 #Libya
Last night call betn Ahmed Rumdan & Baghdadi AlMahmudi plotting assassinatn of Mahmud Jibreel of NTC was aired on Libya Ahrar #feb17 #Libya
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Gaddafi minders forced foreign journos to go on a Gvnt trip back to Zliten Wed-day when many did not want to/could not for deadline reasons
Journos forced to stay on the #Gaddafi Gvnt bus against our will. Minder told me it was “sightseeing tour” and I had to stay for my safety.
Abdul
#rebels are in #WadiAlHay junction, after the #Zawiya junction on the road to #alazizia, residents of #wadi alhay started to leave #libya
Battle just started around #Shelahuda A small town 3-5 km from #Zawiyah junction.
Heavy bangs are heard from far away, no #Nato so far
#rebels pushed further than #Shelahuda to a town called #alnasser 10 km from #Zawiyah junction, it’s too under #rebel control #shelghuda
Some probing #rebels said they were so close that they saw #Zawiya bridge from far away this morning. #Zawia #Zawya #Tripoli #libya
alnasser has just been cleared, it’s after #shalguda, #alrabta hasn’t been cleared, negotiating civilians now
Many civilian cars are entering #Nafousa through #birghanam as we speak. They r from #WadiAlHay
Feb17
REUTERS
Revolutionaries have said that the oil town of Brega is within their reach.
“This is the most important place for the oil,” rebel field commander Faraj Moftahi told Reuters behind the frontline, which runs through sand dunes topped with scrub to the east of Brega.
From a hill overlooking a turquoise Mediterranean, rebel artillery shells could be seen sending up clouds of dust and smoke on the town’s northern edge. Gaddafi’s forces responded with an occasional shell or rocket.
AP:
The desert heat and Ramadan are taking its toll on the revolutionaries. Commander Fawzi BoKatif acknowledged that his forces were facing “very exhausting conditions”. He said that a lot of the revolutionaries have tried to fast, despite their commanders trying to convince them to break their fast and eat.
Al Jazeera English
The police have been called to the Libyan embassy in Stockholm after six demonstrators entered the embassy, threatening to jump out of the window if their demand is not met, Swedish media reports.
They are demanding the embassy stops aiding Gadaffi. Emergency services have put inflatable mattresses on the ground and police is trying to make contact with those inside. A group of demonstrators holding Libyan flags are standing outside.
Palm Maple:
Here is a summary of an opinion by @navyjoc1655 a very experienced military man who asked me to pass his advice around: FF need Medics near the frontline for triage and they need few small flat trucks with mattresses to relay and evacuate the wounded quickly to field hospitals. It is a waste that in this case (the Video) a battle gun truck was called upon to evacuate the wounded.
Also; FF should carry feminine napkins as emergency compression dressings for wounds if no medics were available on front lines (sanitary towel, sanitary pad, menstrual pad, such as: Always / Whisper, Kotex, Stayfree, etc). They need to be used to compress wounds as an easy bandage solution. In Naffusa Mountains (where most of the civil population has fled to Tunisia) getting feminine stuff might not be as easy as @navyjoc1655 think (living in USA). However; planning to get such supply from Tunisia might be easier than getting some specialized first aid kits; especially with the lack of enough trained medics.
Finally, I would like to remind all my friend of a discussion we had 6 weeks ago about the need for Field Hospitals on the Front line in the Naffusa Mountains. We discussed how having one (Donated by Qatar) in Daffaniya reduces the death rate of injuries from 21% to 3%. I think it is time to make another appeal to NTC and Allied countries (maybe UAE & Kuwait this time or even Qatar again) to donate/fund more than one; as there are multiple fronts in the Mountains. I’m just imagining that; if the US donated some of the medical equipment marked ‘scrap soon’ from its Sixth Fleet Ships in the Mediterranean, it will go long way to save FF lives (and it would not brake their commitment not to provide ‘lethal help’.
Probably; we need to start 2 internet appeals; (1) to the NTC to try to solicit and organize these; (2) direct appeal to the Allies (with special emphasis on Arab Gulf states) to donate what is needed.
Battle of Wadi Al-Athel 8 8 2011 معركة محمية وادي الاثل
Libya, Libye, 8 August 2011, battle for the liberation of Wadi Al-Atel (north west of Bir Al Ghanem on the road to Surman). Nefusa fighters (in this video commandos from the city of Zentan) continue their offensive against Gaddafi’s criminal militias and black mercenary thugs, chadians and tuaregs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJq3nmxdKh4&fea...
Free Libyia
A group in Egypt calling itself Tayar #Libya Alwast تيار ليبيا الوسط is a group headed by Gaddafi thug Ahmed Gaddafi El Dam. #Pathetic
KUNA
Ban frustrated at “absolute lack of progress” to find political solution to Libya
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (KUNA) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon late Wednesday spoke by phone with Libya’s Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi to express his frustration at the “absolute lack of progress” in finding a political solution to the Libyan crisis, his press office said in a statement.
“The Secretary-General told the Prime Minister he was very troubled that there had been an absolute lack of progress in the efforts to find a politically negotiated solution to the crisis in Libya, despite the efforts of his Special Envoy (abdul Elah Al-Khatib),” the statement said.
He said all sides “must commit to a political process” and urged the Prime Minister to "respond constructively to the Special Envoy’s ideas on this topic.
" Al-Khatib proposed recently to the Security Council simultaneously establishing a credible ceasefire and creating an institutional mechanism for the management of the transition.
Ban also denied a Libyan media report that he would invite the Security Council to convene a special session on Libya.
He recalled that the Security Council was recently briefed on Libya and that Member States had reiterated “shared concerns about the continuing loss of life and destruction of infrastructure.” Ban also expressed concern about the loss of innocent civilian lives as a result of the fighting and the lack of medical supplies and fuel, which added greater urgency to the need to address the humanitarian needs of the Libyan people.
Libyan Rebels have been trying since February to oust Colonel Gaddafi from power after ruling Libya with an iron fist for over four decades.(end) sj.asa KUNA 111126 Aug 11NNNN
Sarah
I wish that #Gaddafi is virtual so that #Anonymous can hack him. #Libya #17feb #FBisDying
ZINTAN:
#NATO of the mountain ( #Zintan ) guys r flooding toward #alnaser (25 km from #Zawiya ). Game will be over soon. #libya #Nafousa #Zawia #FFs
Via FB:
Libya opposition fighters pushed further north in the west Battles happening in nasr town not far from Zawiyah
مراسلة الجزيرة في الجبل الغربي:
الثوار يتقدمون باتجاه الشمال الغربي وهناك معارك تحدث الان قرب بلدة ناصر بالقرب من الزاوية
الله اكبر
Almanara:
#Brega #Libya // Press Solidarity: A reliable source mentioned that the freedom fighters have managed to gain control of the Pipelines Factory which belongs to the Man Made River Company.
Al-Najm university was surrounded by the Freedom Fighters after 2:00am, then the Freedom fighters gained control of the university.
From another point, our correspondent has mentioned that #Gaddafi forces shelled Brega city with rockets and artillery after the freedom fighters captured about 3 quarters of the city.
Topuniversities.com
GLOBAL: Libyan students call for help
Thousands of Libyan students enrolled in universities and colleges in Australia, Britain, Egypt, South Arica and the US face suspension of their monthly stipend from the
government in Tripoli, possibly by the end of August. Many students fear reprisals for holding protests against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi should they return home, but the British and US governments have promised to do what they can to ensure the students will be able to complete their courses.
Australian universities said they were trying to help more than 600 Libyan students enrolled in their institutions while another 500 students are in English language or other colleges and are also on Libyan government scholarships. The Libyan embassy in Canberra has told students it can no longer access funds in Tripoli, which will leave students unable to pay their tuition fees or living expenses.
In the US Libyan assets, which include the Libyan-North American Scholarship Programme, were frozen by the US government in February after the outbreak of civil war in Libya. An estimated 1,900 Libyan students are studying at US universities and English language schools, whose tuition fees, medical cover and living allowances in most cases have been paid for by the scholarship programme.
The US State Department said in May that money would be provided to enable students to continue their studies in America until 2012.
In March, the Canadian Bureau for International Education received permission to use payments of around US$1.3 million from Libya‘s Ministry of Education already in its possession to continue helping Libyan students. But the total cost of the programme is forecast to exceed $200 million this academic year and more funds will be needed.
In Britain, Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would do all it could to maintain funding for Libyans pursuing academic qualifications. Hague said UK authorities had put off expelling diplomats loyal to Gaddafi until it had been established the students would not see their financial support crumble.
“I want to reassure them that we are working closely with Libya’s national transitional council and the relevant banks and will do all we can to make sure that they and their families will continue to receive the funds to which they are entitled,” he said.
The Foreign Office estimates that 8,000 Libyan students and their dependants are living in Britain but has said that arrangements have been made to ensure money for students would remain ring-fenced.
In Canberra, Chief Executive of Universities Australia Dr Glenn Withers said universities were aware of the ongoing plight facing many sponsored Libyan students, as well as those in English language and other colleges who, “through no fault of their own”, faced the loss of their income.
“Individual universities are doing all they can to provide support for students facing difficulties,” Withers said. “This includes the offer of assistance with enrolment when fee difficulties are experienced and the provision of counselling and advice. Universities Australia itself is working closely with the government to find long-term solutions to the issue”.
Many of the students who came to Australia with their families now fear they will be left homeless and unable to support themselves. A small group held a protest on the steps of the state parliament in Melbourne last month, with student spokesman Ishmael Elefrjani saying the students would like the federal government to release money that is currently frozen.
“We need just to release the frozen money,” Elefrjani said. “Most of us have families and we don’t want to be homeless. We don’t want to keep our kids without food.”
He said that if the funds could not be released, the students would appeal to the government for short-term financial assistance. Students met the Libyan ambassador recently but were told the funds supporting their living expenses would dry up next month.
“The ambassador said the embassy can pay up until August but then they will not have any money to give us,” Elefrjani said. “So now there is a negotiation between the embassy and the Australian government to try and sort out this problem.”
He said most of the students fear persecution and uncertainty if they returned to Libya. “We organised some demonstrations over here and our speech, our photos, everything was reported over there,” Elefrjani said. “If that situation is still there in Libya, we cannot go home.”
As University World News reported in March, thousands of Libyan students were studying in other countries and many could decide to seek asylum should the Gaddafi regime maintain control.
Since 2007, the Libyan Committee for Higher Education has announced a series of scholarships for more than 7,000 students for graduate and postgraduate studies overseas. The destinations selected were Australia, Canada, Egypt, South Africa and the United States.
A briefing document prepared by the UK Trade and Investment organisation last year said the Libyan government had allocated more than 3,000 scholarships for study in Britain every year. The document said this was worth more than £160 million to UK universities and colleges in fees.
The Australian government is expecting refugee applications from Libyan students who say they fear torture if they are forced to return home and the Gaddafi regime is still in power. As well as having their tuition fees paid, the students receive a monthly cash allowance of AUD3,300 (US$3,630) for a couple and AUD2,300 for a single student paid through the embassy.
Withers said the welfare of students was the top priority for all universities: “It is important that we do all we can to ensure the Australian educational experience for international students is rich, rewarding and safe, and that hard working students can complete their degrees”, he said.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING NEWS: Tawarga has been fully liberated! #Libya #feb17
BREAKING NEWS: BREGA: AJ: FFs liberated the third residential area البريقة – قناة الجزيرة | الثوار يسيطرون على المنطقة السكنية الثالثة
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya rebels set up checkpoint just 30 kilometers south of the coastal city of zawiyah
#Libya rebels tell us it is a matter of days before they make their final push towards zawiyah
Almanara:
#Libya // Press solidarity: Quoting our correspondent in #Brega city, AlArqoub road/way has been liberated which is south of the city and leads to Sirte fuel company gate as the freedom fighters confirmed that the lights of these gates are clear in front of them.
AJA:
The 3rd Area in #Brega has been liberated.
Tripoli council"مجلس طرابلس"
- استطاع ثوار الجبل الأشاوس هزيمة كتائب القذافي المرابطة في منطقة تاقنيت شرق ككلة، وقد فر من تبقى منهم إلى منطقة الرابطة والآن تدور معارك عنيفة بهدف تحريرها، يشار إلى أن قوة ثوار الجبل ( غريان والاصابعة والقلعة وككلة) نفذوا هذه العملية بشكل خاطف اليوم ما أربك الكتائب وخاصة وأن الهجوم نُفذ من ثلاث جهات وغنموا خلالها سيارتين وأسلحة وذخائر بكميات كبيرة جداَ.
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
Some more news here:
MENA Digest
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Sarah
#Feb17 : It was just a peaceful demo.. #Libya #GaddafiCrimes twitpic.com/64d4eb
CNN TWEET:
@IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Amnesty International demands NATO probe Aug 8 airstrikes in Majer, which allegedly killed 85 Libyan civilians edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/afr… #Libya
Some replies:
navyjoc1655
@IvanCNN You sure got that story wrong. Try investigating the story instead of repeating Moousa Ibrahim al Gaddafi’s party line.
@Chyssco
@IvanCNN Don’t Drag NATO down this Route, they have a job to do. Let them get on with it!
Via Almanara
الجالية السورية وثوار ليبيا بمدينة البيضاء الليبية
ليبيا البيضاء بنغازي طرابلس مصراتة الزاوية سبها طبرق درنة المرج جبل نفوسة الزنتان البريقة زليتن ترهونة المرج اجدابيا سوريا حماة حمص ابو كمال درعا دمشق حلب اللاذقية
Demonstration of the Syrian community and the rebels of Libya in solidarity with the Syrian people the Libyan city of Al-Bayda on the evening of 10/08/2010
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMoLma7gJgI&fea...
Via FB:
Libyan rebels (though it’s revolutionaries NOT rebels) issue timetable for post-Gaddafi constitution. Libyan revolutionaries had formulated a timetable concerning its constitution-drafting in post-Gaddafi era, National Transitional Council (NTC) spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga announced on Wednesday 10-08- 2011 at a press conference. The constitution announcement contains 37 items, Ghoga said. source: news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/20...
Xinhuanet
Libyan rebels issue timetable for post-Gaddafi constitution
Editor: Yan
BENGHAZI, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Libyan rebels had formulated a timetable concerning its constitution-drafting in post-Gaddafi era, National Transitional Council (NTC) spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga announced on Wednesday at a press conference.
The constitution announcement contains 37 items, Ghoga said.
After nationwide liberation, Libya will establish its government within 30 days, publish its electoral law within 90 days, and launch congress elections within 240 days and by that time Libyan Prime Minister would be elected and laws be made, according to the announcement.
Thirty days after the establishment of national congress, a committee will be formed and a draft constitution be made in the ensuing 60 days, it said.
Then in the following 30 days, Libya will ignite a referendum on the draft constitution, according to the announcement.
EU reinforces sanctions on Libya
BRUSSELS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — The European Union (EU) on Wednesday extended assets freeze to two further Libyan entities to strengthen pressures on the embattled authorities.
The EU said the two entities were"closely linked to the perpetrators of the serious
human rights abuses in Libya."
The decision went further on measures adopted in February, which introduced a travel ban and an assets freeze, while granting the necessary humanitarian exemptions.
In total, six port authorities, 49 entities and 39 persons are now subject to freeze of their funds and financial resources in the EU. In addition, the same 39 persons, which include Muammar Qadhafi and several family members, are banned from entering the EU.
Reshuffle of Libya opposition group a chance to restore confidence: U.S.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — The U.S. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday that the reshuffle of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Libya’s main opposition group, is a chance to restore confidence for the opposition leadership.
“This is an opportunity for renewal, not only in political terms, but in terms of the confidence that the Libyan people are going to have to have in NTC leadership,” Nuland told reporters.
“So it’s in that spirit that we want to see the next step, which is for Prime Minister Jalil to propose, and for the NTC to consider a new government,” she said, urging it to be “open, transparent and broadly representative.”
“I think in terms of the U.S. role in this, or other countries’ role, it is simply to ensure that we are providing any advice that they would like, and that we are making clear that the principles of transparency, openness, unity, broad representation are goals that they share,” Nuland added.
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, leader of the NTC, dismissed the council’s executive board on Monday, saying the 14 board members dismissed should take responsibility for the assassination of the opposition ‘s military commander Abdel-Fattah Younis.
Younis was killed on July 28 and the reason for his death remained unclear. His death was a strong setback for the rebels, for the situation not only exposed internal rifts in the opposition camp, but also embarrassed the Western countries supporting the rebels.
The United States had asked the opposition camp to keep solidarity and internal order. Analysts believed Jalil’s move to sack the old cabinet was an effort to restore the opposition’s credibility.
MSF.ORG
www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/...
It is more than five months since the beginning of the Libyan conflict. Although the frontlines have now moved several kilometres away from Misrata, heavy shelling continues to dominate daily life in the city. As the seaport is the only way left to bring in supplies, the city remains an enclave.
MSF continues to support medical facilities, assist and train health staff and provide mental health care in Misrata. Today, the MSF team is made up of 44 Libyan staff and 30 international staff.
As war trauma surgery is currently the number one priority for Libyan medical staff, it is creating significant gaps in other areas of care, such as obstetrical and paediatric care.
Read full report and watch video:
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TUNESIA:
Tunisia has intercepted five truckloads of fuel set to be smuggled into neighbouring Libya, an official said on Wednesday, in a move to curb an illegal trade which is helping to keep Muammar Gaddafi in power.
International sanctions and the effects of Libya’s civil war have disrupted normal supplies of motor fuel to parts of the country under Gaddafi’s control, but huge volumes of gasoline are instead being smuggled across the Libyan-Tunisian border.
A spokesman for Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said the trucks were seized at the weekend in the town of Msaken, in the Sousse region about 160 km (100 miles) south of the Tunisian capital.
“The police seized five trucks of gasoline (destined) for the pro-Gaddafi side,” said the spokesman. “They were heading for Libya but the police stopped the trucks.”
Amateur footage posted on video-sharing site YouTube by Libyan opposition activists purported to show the trucks which were seized.
FEB17:
Libyan state television on Thursday said Prime Minister David Cameron was using “Irish and Scottish mercenaries” to tame riots in England. “The rebels of Britain approach Liverpool in hit-and-run battles with Cameron’s brigades and mercenaries from Ireland and Scotland. God is Greatest,” said a breaking news caption on Libyan TV’s morning program.
SWEDEN:
Swedish police stormed the Libyan embassy in Stockholm on Thursday after a small group of anti-Gaddafi protesters had occupied the building earlier in the day. It was not immediately clear if any of the protesters or police had been hurt.
A police spokesman had said earlier that a five or six people occupied the embassy at around 11 a.m. (0900 GMT). The protesters hung the flag of the Libyan rebel movement outside the embassy and also painted the door of the building with the rebel flag.
Protestors hang a pre Gadhafi Libyan flag from the Libyan Embassy in Stockholm Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. The protesters broke into the Libyan Embassy tearing down images of Moammar Gadhafi and throwing them out of the windows, police and eyewitnesses said.
REUTERS:
Rebel forces in western Libya drove their offensive north toward the town of Zawiyah near the Mediterranean coast on Thursday, trying to get within striking distance of the capital, Tripoli.
They pushed north to a settlement called Bir Shuaib, taking them within 25 km (15 miles) of their target of Zawiyah, a town less than 50 km from Tripoli, the stronghold of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
“We’ve gone past Nasr village and right now we’re about 25 km from Zawiyah,” said Faris, a rebel fighter. Rebels prevented reporters from getting up to the new front line to see for themselves.
Evidence of help from NATO air strikes was seen at the village of Shalghouda, on the route of the rebel advance.
NATO:
NATO insisting its airstrike killed soldiers and mercenaries, not 85 civilians as state-run TV claimed. NATO spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said the Libyan claim of civilian casualties in an airstrike near the western front-line town of Zlitan “was not corroborated by available factual information at the site.”
NATO aircraft hit a staging base and military accommodation 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Zlitan, Lavoie said from the operational command in Naples, Italy. Four buildings and nine vehicles within the compound were struck with precision-guided munitions, he said.
AFP:
Gaddafi loyalists killed one rebel and wounded 10 others as the rebels moved on the town of Taurga in a bid to snuff out rocket fire on the besieged city of Misrata, medics said on Thursday.
REUTERS:
Libya warned on Thursday that any of its citizens found using a Thuraya satellite phone without a permit would be treated as a spy for NATO and may face the death penalty.
“Spies among the traitors and the agents of … NATO use the Thuraya telephones to give crusaders the coordinates of some locations to be bombed, which has caused the deaths of a large number of civilians,” it said.
UK:
Gaddafi’s diplomats in London tried to sell off embassy assets including cars before they were expelled by the British Government, sources have claimed.A senior UK official said a number of other Libyan embassies are understood to be carrying out “fire sales” to raise money for the “cash-strapped” regime in Tripoli.The official also claimed that Gaddafi was “increasingly desperate” to secure fuel for his armed forces and the situation could reach a “tipping point” soon.
TUNESIA:
Tunisia said on Thursday its troops were patrolling fuel stations to curb the flow of smuggled gasoline into neighbouring Libya, a trade which is helping Muammar Gaddafi hold on to power.
FromJoanne Joanne
#ShukryGhanem was seen having High Tea with Musa Kusa in #TheFourSeasons Hotel #Doha on night of Aug9 by @bint_tarhouna #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Amar Altayif #Gaddafi regime minister of tourism and an “April 7” executioner has fled #Libya to #Tunisia. #Feb17
Free Libyia
I love hearing about Gaddafi goons like Amar Altayif leaving Tripoli means less goons will be there to direct things+they knw G is finished
cswift2 Cara Swift
RT #BBC World Service’s Newshour 1300GMT edition is now being broadcast in Benghazi and Misrata on FM 91.5MHz. #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#BBC is launching World Service Radio on FM in the Libyan cities of #Benghazi and #Misrata. #Feb17
REUTERS UPDATE1:
UPDATE 1-Western Libya rebels strike north towards coast
- Rebels move north towards Zawiyah
- Determined to get within striking range of Tripoli
- Signs of NATO strikes on route of advance
(Adds background throughout, reports of casualties)
By Michael Georgy
SHALGHOUDA, Libya, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Rebel forces in western Libya pushed north toward the town of Zawiyah near the Mediterranean coast on Thursday, trying to get within striking distance of the capital, Tripoli.
Reaching a settlement called Bir Shuaib, took them within 25 km (15 miles) of Zawiyah, a town less than 50 km from Tripoli, stronghold of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
“We’ve gone past Nasr village and right now we’re about 25 km from Zawiyah,” said Faris, a rebel fighter. Rebels prevented reporters from reaching the front to see for themselves.
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/liby...
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya News of the FF so close to #Zawia, I don’t know whether to be excited or afraid. Are they moving too fast?
#libya P Cockburn criticizes the NTC…but ignores the teenagers and old men that have G forces on the run.
#libya The teenagers and old men that are pushing G forces back are not the NTC but they are the Revolution
#libya Sure there are people in the NTC who have faults. But the people in the FF Army are not guilty of them, Patrick Cockburn
#libya When G forces see the FF coming they can’t believe it. Even when they’re running for their lives they don’t believe it. Unbelievers
#libya #Zawiyah fighters carry hunting knives in their packs, to get the G forces and skin them and nail their hides to a tree
#libya G forces, remember Custer’s last words: “Where in the hell did all these Indians come from??”
#libya On the other hand I think FF would look cool in cowboy hats – maybe “desert rat” hats like the British Army in North Africa in WW II
#libya Would it be possible maybe for the FF to scalp a few of the G forces? As a souvenir
#libya I favor MERCY for Gaddafi. He should be sentenced to only 1 year of swimming in the Mediterranean with 300 lbs. of chains
#libya We should get the Egyptians to MUMMIFY Gaddafi and then we set him up below the pissoir at the football stadium
FromJoanne Joanne
#Denmark participates in #NATO operations with 4 F-16-fighter 441 missions Has dropped 740 bombs the Ammo cost $ 50Million a month #Libya
libyanandproud
Picture : Protesters took over Libyan Embassy in Stockholm, police later evacuated, twitpic.com/64f76w t.co/ViiSeG #Feb17 #Libya
CNN:
Preparing for Post-Gadhafi Libya
The United States and its NATO allies have been pushing for the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi for more than six months now. The Libyan strongman continues to hold on, but it may just be a matter of time before he is forced from power.
Given that likelihood, CFR’s Center for Preventive Action asked Daniel Serwer, a professor at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies and a scholar at the Middle East Institute, to think through the challenges that a post-Gadhafi Libya would pose for the United States and its allies. Dan’s complete report has been posted online.
We asked him to summarize the challenges the United States will likely face and what it
should be prepared to do. Here is what he had to say:
Read art.:
globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/0...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Why are these two oil tankers being allowed to depart #Malta to supply #Gaddafi in #Libya? What happened to UN 1973? @NATO DO YOUR JOB!
Free Libyia
If Amar Altayif managed to escape Tripoli, then zero hour is Tripoli is fast approaching for sure inshallah! #Libya
LIBYANVOICE
ten days of ramadan passed b4 we know it it will b Eid day&gadafi still hanging on!i noticed he s turning into professional comedian now lol
Armchair Arab
a small glimpse of Gaddafi TV lies – Claiming ‘Beef MRE’ is Pork – youtube.com/watch?v=VUrj8G…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUrj8Gx2ERM&fea...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Brega: #Gaddafi filth retreated to #Bisher. Small group of #Gaddafi filth is surrounded inside #Brega negotiations ongoing #Libya #Feb17
Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
Clashes between #Gadafi militias & #Gadafi mercenaries at the Banana farm area near Surman. #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
New #BBC Radio FM broadcasts in #Libya will predominantly be in Arabic; but include a daily edition of @BBCNewshour in English.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Amar Altayif #Gaddafi regime minister of tourism and an “April 7” executioner has fled #Libya to #Tunisia. #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nafusa FF and Lots of FF from rest of #Libya Are making AMAZING progress to coast Some forward group can even see #Zawiyah Bridge #Libya
#BREGA 2 MARTYRS 16 FF in clashes as they push into the first of 3 residential compounds making up the Port of #Brega #Libya
Telegraph
Col Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter Hana ‘still alive’
Col Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter Hana, who was said to have been killed by a 1986 US air raid on Tripoli is still alive, according to reports.
Damien McElroy,
Leaked Swiss government documents suggested Col Gaddafi’s adopted daughter Hana was not killed in the 1986 American bombing of Tripoli by listing her as an account holder with one of its banks when it froze family accounts in its banks in February.
A caption for a photograph taken in 1999 claims Col Gaddafi’s wife Safia met former South African president Nelson Mandela with daughters Aisha and Hana.
Die Welt, a German newspaper, reported that Hana is a doctor who works for the country’s health ministry. Libyan exiles have said that Hana Gaddafi was a powerful figure in the Libyan medical profession, who had used her status to block promotions for colleagues.
“Several hospitals were under her guidance,” the newspaper said. “No one could make a career within the Ministry of Health, without her consent.” She is said to speak fluent English and had travelled frequently to London on shopping trips.
Read full story here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Libya tv:
Western revolutionaries drive north towards coast
Revolutionary forces in western Libya drove their offensive north toward the town of Zawiyah near the Mediterranean coast today, trying to get within striking distance of the capital, Tripoli.
They pushed north to a settlement called Bir Shuaib, taking them within 25 km (15 miles) of their target of Zawiyah, a town less than 50 km from Tripoli, the stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi.
“We’ve gone past Nasr village and right now we’re about 25 km from Zawiyah,” said Faris, a revolutionary fighter. Revolutionaries prevented reporters from getting up to the new front line to see for themselves.
Evidence of help from NATO air strikes was seen at the village of Shalghouda, on the route of the revolutionary advance.
There were signs of recent fighting and a large building had collapsed, apparently after being hit by a NATO bomb or missile.
A green tent, green army cap and green army uniform lay on the ground among pulverised concrete — the colour of government forces fighting under the flag of Gaddafi’s Libya.
MISRATA PUSH REPORTED
Revolutionaries said they had taken the village of Nasr, where there was a concentration of Gaddafi forces.
On the edge of Bir al-Ghanam, south of the new front line, fighters drove by in pick-up trucks and yelled “Allahu Akbar (God is greatest), victory in Nasr”.
At a nearby checkpoint young revolutionaries played football and said they were happy because they expected victory soon. There was an array of pick-up trucks with sand oiled on for camouflage.
Modified helicopter rocket launchers were mounted on the back of the pickup trucks.
From Misrata, a port city east of the capital controlled by anti-Gaddafi forces, there were unconfirmed reports of a rebel offensive to break through a partial encirclement by Gaddafi forces, striking south in the direction of Tawurgha.
At least two revolutionaries were killed and over a dozen were wounded there, according to one unofficial report from a source liberated Misrata.
The revolutionaries in the west have advanced rapidly since capturing Bir al-Ghanam last week, breaking weeks of stalemate on this front in Libya’s war.
Gaddafi’s forces launched Grad rockets at revolutionary positions in the small desert settlement yesterday and revolutionaries fired back with rockets and machine guns. Gaddafi describes the revolutionaries as rats and says they are criminals inspired by al Qaeda.
Thick white smoke was rising at the edge of Bir al-Ghanam during the fighting. One revolutionary was killed and 10 were wounded, doctors said. There was no word on Gaddafi troops casualties.
Zawiyah is the hometown of many revolutionaries fighting their way north towards the main highway running parallel to the Mediterranean shore into the heart of Tripoli.
Revolutionary reinforcements in jeeps with anti-aircraft guns were brought up to Bir al-Ghanam yesterdayand both sides exchanged insults over the army radio network.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=8907
Oya
Revolutionary fighters and #Gaddafi forces exchanged artillery shelling in Brega. They hope to enter #Brega Thu or Fri. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters have moved forward on the road to #Aziziya S. of #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
Abdussalam Sloga, spokesman for #FF: #Freedomfighters have reached positions 20 Km S. of #Zawiya & 5 Km S. of #Surman. #Libya #Feb17
#Brega: Reports of heavy clashes in the industrial area..GF have dug trenches in & around Oil refineries & installations…#Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Fernaj district heliport: Helicopters could be easily heard at this moment in background via telephone.
Oya
Revolutionary fighters control #eastern #Libya, as well as the #Nafusa mountains and the port city of #Misrata in the #west
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
PLEASE RT: CONFIRMED #Gaddafi “green” heliport being used in #Fernaj area of #Tripoli NOW. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
VIDEO :
Yousef Shakeer and the “Irish and Scottish mercenaries” skit .
t.co/9709A7F
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1kh7T2tHc&fea...
Reuters:
More Libyan rebel assets to be unfrozen-UK
*UK official says announcements at UN likely next week
Lack of fuel means Gaddafi nearing “tipping point”
- Embassies in “fire sales” of assets to raise cash
By Michael Holden
LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – More countries are likely to announce next week that they will free up frozen assets for the use of rebels in Libya, a British official said on Thursday, adding that economic and military pressure had left Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi “desperate”.
The senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said steps taken by the international community meant Gaddafi and his supporters were nearing a “tipping point” when they would be forced from power.
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL6...
#DearGaddafi #shuddup about #londonriots already – you’re not one to speak and we KNOW you’re behind the start of this violence too.
Mohammad
Expect #Gaddafi next to call for African union to step in #londonriots and protect civilians by singing and dancing!
News that ali essawi, Salim sheiky, abdullah shamiah and Mohammad ellaqy are excluded from new executive
MISRATA:
BREAKING: unconfirmed news that FF liberated tawrghaa completely where G forces used to launch grad rockets at #Misratah
some refused to surrender, no choice but to kill. They terrorize misratah with grad rockets
BREAKING: confirmed. The Free Libya flag is in the middle of tuwaregha. FF captured lots of ammo captured G thugs
some of G were killed, from FF too. remember lot of Grad rockets fired from this town toward misratah
some Gaddafi forces were killed. Rest were captured.FF always treat prisoners with utmost respect
cleaning Tuwargha 4m G thugs is a major breakthrough toward stable #Misratah stopping Grad rockets fire indiscriminately on civilians #Feb17
from direct sources in #Misrata
LIBYA TV:
www.libya.tv/2011/08
cleaning Tuwargha 4m G thugs is a major breakthrough toward stable #Misratah stopping Grad rockets fire indiscriminately on civilians #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Fernaj district near Fatah University: CONFIRMED #Gaddafi “Green” heliport in HEAVY use.
DAILY NATION:
AFP
Denmark extends Libya mission, says rebels can send envoy
Denmark decided Thursday to extend its participation in NATO operations in Libya for three months and to allow the rebel National Transitional Council to send envoys to Copenhagen.
Denmark’s multi-party Libya contact group announced at a news conference the Scandinavian country’s six F-16 fighter jets would continue participating in NATO bombing missions over Libya for another three-month renewable period after the current one expires later this month.
“There is a broad agreement that the strategy we have chosen is the right one,” Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen told AFP after the news conference.
She insisted that Denmark’s participation in the NATO operations was creating a possibility for Libya to become a free and democratic society.
“But the pressure must remain on (Libyan leader Moamer) Kadhafi, so we will maintain our strategy, but adjust it so that it fits the developments of the past couple of months,” she said, adding there were no plans to pull the Danish fighters out of Libya any time soon.
Read story:
www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Denmark+ex...
youngamazigh
this is Amazing! Libyan guy shoot a Gaddafi-Tank الله أكبر youtube.com/watch?v=UlOuJa…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlOuJa9i58Q&fea...
Ammar Mabrouk Eltayef is the current tourism minister, but he hasn’t done a very good job.
also he has a ‘farm’ with house and swimming pool in janzour and alkhoms!
Ahmed
#Tawergha: Reports that FF have surrounded #Gaddafi forces in the town & that 150 of GF have surrendered to FF. #Libya
Martyr:
FathAllah Jibril ElBreki (25 Yrs) . #Benghazi #FreedomFighters died today. Hit in the head 4 days ago at #Brega front.
BREAKING NEWS: #BREGA: Heavy fighting between #FFs and #Gaddafi forces in the residential area with #Gaddafi snipers present on the roof tops.
عاجل البريقة: اشتباكات عنيفة بين الثوار وكتائب القذافي في المنطقة السكنية مع وجود قناصة على اسطح المباني وخزانات الوقود
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AFP / wk
Libya’s Gaddafi forces “weak”
MONTREAL: Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi are no longer able to launch a credible military offensive, the commander of NATO-led Libyan operations told AFP in an interview Thursday.
“The Gaddafi regime’s forces continue to be weakened, both in strength and their will to fight,” Canada’s Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard said, speaking from his Italy headquarters, as rebel troops made new advances.
“We’re seeing lots of mercenaries, ruthless mercenaries that come from other countries and are enlisted by Gaddafi’s forces to inflict extreme violence on men, women and children,” Bouchard said.
“The recruiting of these mercenaries continues,” he said.
“On the three fronts, we’re seeing changes as anti-Gaddafi forces march forward to stop the attacks on the population,” he added.
MAYER:
“I can assure you that the target was a legitimate one that contained mercenaries, a
command centre and 4×4 vehicles modified with automatic weapons, rocket launchers or mortars," Bouchard said.
“I can assure you that there wasn’t 85 civilians present, but I cannot assure you that there were none at all.”
“Frankly, I cannot say if there were any civilian deaths or how many,” said the general, who accused Gaddafi’s forces of often leaving already dead corpses at military sites after they have been levelled by NATO airstrikes to make the bombings appear like blunders.
Read full story:
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_wor...
Aljazeera
Fuel shortage slows Libya rebel advance
As opposition fighters edge ever closer to Tripoli, long supply lines and a chronic lack of petrol is slowing them down.
Libyan opposition fighters have moved several kilometres out of their mountain stronghold in the west, edging ever closer to Tripoli.
But a shortage of fuel is threatening their advance, and also making life difficult for civilians.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khoder reports.
Video:
goo.gl/KNsZI
RAF footage bombing frigate in Tripoli
is.gd/8SURMx #Libya Overnight 8/9 August
or:
goo.gl/B1EzS
libyanandproud
Video :
Misrata Freedom Fighters preparing liberation of #Tawirgha this morning youtu.be/Re65MnzL7TQ . #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re65MnzL7TQ&fea...
VIDEO :
Proof that Tawirgha has been deGaddafinated
t.co/nvT6o0p #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo4o5dU0zvs&fea...
Video :
Mizda Freedom Fighters : t.co/LZCFmfs #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0znLTAZwZk&fea...
Telegraph
A senior UK official said a number of Libyan embassies, including London, are understood to be carrying out ‘’fire sales’’ to raise money for the ‘’cash-strapped’’ regime in Tripoli.
@FromJoanne Joanne
#CONFIRMED GeneralBoardofTourism Chairman Ammar Mabrouk Altayef House in HayAlAndalus Tripoli left #Libya Now in #Tunisia with 2sons+ wife
Reactions:
emo
he is a big profile man. I know him personally. He is from Ajeilat.
Freelibya
and he’s not just a harmless Tourism Minister, he’s the one of the heads Gaddafi terrorists in Tripoli!
Amar Altayef’s house in is BenAshoor not Hay AlAndalus:) not sure why it’s relevant!
Zwara
I hope that every 1remember tht he is a member of 7th of April brigade. He would be a good minister of terrorism.
Sorry but he has another house Hay Ala ndalus for his 2nd or 3ed wife, I don’t know which # she is:-)
young
also he has a ‘farm’ with house and swimming pool in janzour and alkhoms!
Omar
he does have two wives and I know for sure he has one house with his wife Najah in hay al andulus.
Brent
He has son in UK at university ( 20 yrs old)
State tv reporting the UK riots:
LEGENDE : “Les révolutionnaires de Grande Bretagne à la périphérie de Liverpool dans des combats avec les régiments de Cameron et ses mercenaires irlandais et écossais. Allah Akbar”
Pic.:
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/Libya_Now/~0XuWS
FreeLibyan
#Brega: Confirmed: #FF approx have liberated half of the city. 7 #Gaddafi soldiers were captured. clashes ongoing. victory is soon.
AlManara –
correspondent reporting that FFs are in #Zawiya suburbs. They are 10KM from the main city bridge
AlManara G White Chevrolets were destroyed by #AbuSlim FFs. 1 G soldier died in the attack. #Libya #Feb17
Brega
Libya // Press Solidarity: A reliable source mentioned that the freedom fighters have managed to gain control of the Pipelines Factory which belongs to the Man Made River Company.
Press solidarity: Correspondent in Brega has mentioned that the fighting since yesterday has resulted in three martyrs from the Freedom fighters side and about 20 injured Al-Najm university was surrounded by the Freedom Fighters after 2:00am, then the Freedom fighters gained control of the university.
From another point, our correspondent has mentioned that Gaddafi forces shelled Brega city with rockets and artillery after the freedom fighters captured about 3 quarters of the city.
Press solidarity: Quoting our correspondent in Brega city, AlArqoub road/way has been liberated which is south of the city and leads to Sirte fuel company gate as the freedom fighters confirmed that the lights of these gates are clear in front of them.
Hanan
BREAKING: (confirmed) The Free Libya flag is in the middle of tuwaregha. FF captured lots of ammo & captured G forces.
Via Aljazeera :
4 FF died. Revolutionaries are in full control of allam district of Taurga city.
MISRATAPOST:
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ليبيا حرة بنغازى البيضاء البريقه مصراته الزاويه طبرق اجدابيا الزنتان ترهونه ورفله نالوت تجى القلعة الرحيبات يفرن غريان درنة المرج الخمس زليتن طرابلس سرت سبها غات الركدالين البريقه هون الجفرة تاجوراء زوارة العجيلات صرمان صبراته مسلاته بن جواد راس نالوف غدامس الكفرة شباب الاحرار ليبيا ليبيا المجاهدة ثورة 17فبراير ثورة عمر المختار
يبيا الشبابية الجماهيرية الليبية الثوار ثورة 17 فبراير الناتو التحالف الآن الحرة الحوار فرنسا الساعدي سيف الإسلام القذافي المتمردين مصراته الزاوية أبوسليم طرابلس رأس البريقة الزنتان باب العزيزية بنغازي مرتزقه بن واليد تونس مصر سوري
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S3EN_gNAjg&fea...
ZUMA:
“We have found ourselves in a situation where the world has decided to intervene in Africa in a manner that was not agreed to” Ugh.
dovenews Libyan™
#FF have freed #Alrabeta north #Gharyan from Gaddafi forces & freed some families. #Nafusa #Libya
SMILE: Degaddafinated
Being called traitor by #Gaddafi goons makes u feel like u r doing something RIGHT. So, keep em comin. Ur days r numbered!!
Free Libya Now
#Brega third zone mosque liberated with independance flag raised. #Brega #Libya
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
Telegraph
British Apache helicopters strike Libya targets
The footage filmed on August 6 shows Apache helicopters firing on a military communications facility and troops at Al Watiyah in western Libya.
Hellfire missiles were used to destroy a number of Colonel Gaddafi’s pick-up trucks armed with surface to air weapons. Groups of people can be seen fleeing the scene.
Colonel Gaddafi’s regime has intensified its efforts in recent weeks to curtail the Nato bombing campaign.
The regime claims that 85 people were killed by a Nato airstrike on farmyard compounds earlier this week.
While up to seven homes were destroyed by large scale explosions, Nato said there was no evidence of the scale of slaughter suggested by officials.
MOD VID.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Niz_FGM Niz
Thanks for the concern. 100% safe dont worry alhamdulilah, but also 200% busy and exhausted.
All Africe
Guy Lamb
Libya: Weapons Transfers – the French and Qatar Connections
Arms controls continue to be flouted in the context of the Libyan armed conflict. Both France and Qatar have openly admitted to supplying arms to the rebels as a complementary strategy to the NATO-led air strikes. Such actions not only undermine the United Nations arms embargo regime, but may also violate contractual obligations between arms-exporting and arms-importing states.
When arms are officially exported from one government to another, the recipient government is usually required to endorse an end-user certificate. This is a written commitment from the arms-purchasing government that it will not transfer the arms to other parties, especially if such a transfer is in violation of a UN arms embargo. However, there is no international end-user monitoring and enforcement process in place. Monitoring is the sole preserve of the exporting state, but such monitoring is typically under-developed, with the US ‘Blue Lantern’ programme being the most advanced.
Interesting read here:
allafrica.com/stories/201108111096.html
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya:Tunisia says it will curb smuggling of fuel into Libya; troops seized five container trucks destined for Gaddafi controlled areas
Bombing of ammunition depots Gaddafi Tripoli area Frenaj 10 811 t.co/wE2feEl via @youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=axr-1DQswUg&fea...
Brega – medical source: 7 martyrs and 30 wounded so far and arrived at the hospital Ajdabiya
@FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya FACT I didnt know but not surprised: Tourism and Investment Promotion Authority (TIPA) headed by President Gaddafi’s daughter #Aisha
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya gaddafi forces fired grad rockets near rebel checkpoint at junction that leads to Zawiyah and #azaziyah no casualties
#Libya:NATO said Gaddafi forces no longer able to launch credible military offensive; his forces “weakened and losing will to fight”
2011-02-21: Official Document: Swiss Government friezes assets of Hana Gaddafi, Daughter of Muammar Gaddafi, born 11.11.1985
Read it here ( In German):
nigh.posterous.com/swiss-government-fri...
FromJoanne Joanne
Oh The IRONY Amar #Altayef married2 Najah Eglisah from #Misratah is the AUNT of Ramadan #Muttawa who sent FIRST #AID ship to #Misrata #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Aw Thats horrendously high :( @LibyaFFs : 11 martyrs and 42 injured CONFIRMED w/ names #BREGA
A Free Libyan
PICTURE – 1 of the #Brega martyrs (picture of burial place, not graphic) – facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya #Feb17
or:
goo.gl/IrZUp
Post Gazette
Libyan expat, son from Scott die fighting in homeland
Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A father and son from suburban Pittsburgh who returned to Libya to join the rebels fighting the Gadhafi regime died together on Saturday when a mortar struck their vehicle.
Mabruk Eshnuk was three days shy of his 49th birthday, and his middle son, Malik, was 21.
Link:
www.post-gazette.com/pg/11223/1166660-4...
LibyaNewMedia
Amnesty has been very hypocritical in Libya. Focusing on those who are transparent while Gaddafi hides everything.
Lisa
#Feb17 More G officers defecting arriving in Tunisia v sm boat (Tunisia news). Sort of late to jump ship after you’ve raped n murdered!
#gaddaficrimes I’m hv such a problem w G men defecting NOW! They hv terrorized, raped n murdered #Libyans n now they r safe in Tunisia!
LibyaNewMedia
Lot of action in Libya today & many small victories, but hard to make definite statements as situation in many places is still fluid. #Libya
Libya_Awake_United
How come that @amnesty calls on NATO to investigate civilian deaths in #Libya. Isn’t that the job of @Amnesty ? #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that #Freedomfighter flag is waving in the center of #Tawarga. #Libya #Feb17
Xinhuanet:
Libya struggles amid stalemated conflict
BENGHAZI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — Libyan rebels strengthened the efforts to push forward their troops to Tripoli in the west front following NATO’s biggest ever air strike on the Libyan capital on Tuesday.
The rebels seemed to have made some advances in the west front. Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani, a military spokesman based in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, said that “Zliten will never return to be at the hand of (Libyan leader Muammar) Gaddafi,” while
both the rebels and Gaddafi forces claimed control of Bir Ghanam, a town about 80 kilometers south of Tripoli.
In the east front, fighting lingers on at Brega, an oil port about 750 km east of Tripoli.
The Libyan conflict became stalemate since both the rebels and Gaddafi know that they cannot afford to lose strategic places like Brega, Bir Ghanam and Tripoli, while both are not able to break the balance at one stroke, neither does the rebels’ Western supporters can.
While Gaddafi is still ruling over half the country, the rebel camp might face a possible split after its military chief Abdel Fattah Younes was killed and the American and European attention was attracted by their own economic woes and riots at home.
Maybe, just as a joke goes, the only way out of the stalemate was for Gaddafi to suffer a stroke, since there is “little left to bomb now.”
There are also few things for Gaddafi to do but to criticize through the TV the air strikes for causing civilian deaths, in an effort to win public opinions.
The rebels, however, have already gone into action to quell the possible inside division and dissatisfaction of their Western supporters.
Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) disbanded its executive board and assigned leader Mahmoud Jibril to form a new one, said Khaled Zayed, a senior official from the NTC, on Monday.
The step was concerned with the circumstances that led to the killing of Younes days ago while he was presumably escorted to answer a summons by the NTC, Zayed said.
The outcome of the stalemated conflict is not yet to know, but one thing is for sure, that is, the longer this war goes on, the less likely we are to see any sort of political outcome that benefits Libya’s war-afflicted people.
When the stalemated conflict will end, only time can tell.
Libyan revolutionaries engage gaddafi rats near the city zlitan 9 8 11
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USjLvrIm4uw&fea...
Libya Free Forever.
Yosuf Shaker on #Gadafi Tv sent a message to #G thugs to kidnap kids from #Darna streets.
Reuters
Libyan rebels capture eastern part of Brega -spokesman
BENGHAZI Aug 11 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels have captured the residential districts of Brega but soldiers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi still hold western parts of the town where the oil facilities are located, a rebel spokesman said on Thursday.
“It is liberated. It is under our control now,” spokesman Mossa Mahmoud al-Mograbi said of the eastern part of the town.
An area to the south of Brega had also been captured though clashes were still going on against about 100 Gaddafi soldiers in the west of the town, he said.
“We are sure we will defeat them,” he said.
Link:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
AP is stating that #Brega has been completely liberated by #Freedomfighters. Awaiting confirmation. #Libya #Feb17
Hayat
@NATO unless #Gaddafi is miraculously assassinated, expect a real blood bath when the battle reaches #Tripoli -starting from #Zawiyah .
AP: Libyan rebel spokesman says opposition fighters have captured oil town of Brega!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi filth is using a mosque & its minaret as a staging ground for attacks on #Freedomfighters in #Brega. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
Gaddafi is routing ALL fuels to his military. Allowing tankers into port is only aiding G and extending the war
#AlMotred, W. of #Zawia reported full of #Gaddafi filth placed landmines. #Libya #Feb17
#MarshallIslands OIL TANKER “SUEZ VASILIS” which left #Malta earlier for #Tripoli #Libya now returning to #Malta. #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi filth are entrenched in League East city W. of #Gharyan. #Libya #Feb17
#Liberia OIL TANKER “ELLIE LADY” 35.52583˚/14.81407˚ has departed #Malta for apparent dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO
Robert Rowley
Yesterday most phones/electricity out except near BabAlAzizya, might still be case today
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” now in port #CasaBlanca #Morocco. #Libya #Feb17
#Freedomfighters have established a central check point @ 30 km S. to #AlZawyia. #Libya #Feb17
IMPORTANT:
FromJoanne Joanne
@
#Misrata FFs in a skype call CONFIRM that #Gaddafi grads were RESPONSIBLE for DEATH of 38 (not 83) civilians in #Zliten #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Shukri Ghanem has been tainted with corruption allegations.. so after his LATE defection he shouldn’t take any post in the new free Libya!
#Denmark will continue our air-support for #FreeLibya as long as u guys needs. We wont back down. #Feb17
Tripolitano
Brothers in #Tunisia doing fantastic jobs. Ppl with foreign passports escorting injured to Germany for treatment. every little help counts
EU INFO:
Eurasia review
EU Council Reinforces Sanctions On Libya
The European Council today extended an assets freeze to two further entities closely linked to the perpetrators of the serious human rights abuses in Libya, given the gravity of the situation.
The decision amends Council decision 2011/137/CFSP, adopted on 28 February, which introduced a travel ban and an assets freeze, while granting the necessary humanitarian exemptions.
In total, six port authorities, 49 entities and 39 persons involved in the serious human rights abuses in Libya are now subject to a freeze of their funds and financial resources in the European Union.
In addition, the same 39 persons, which include Muammar Qadhafi and several family members, are banned from entering the EU.
Today’s decision was adopted by written procedure. It will be published in the Official Journal of the EU on Thursday, 11 August 2011.
Source:
www.eurasiareview.com/eu-council-reinfo...
EU: new on sanction 10th of August list are:
t.co/I7WhmeI?
1. Al-Sharara Oil Services Company
2. the Organisation ODAC.
EU naming the Gaddafi gang:
t.co/OkHEDcg 39 listed
Aljazeera
A Libyan cargo plane seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates was handed over to rebel forces in their eastern bastion of Benghazi, a rebel official told AFP on Thursday.
The four-engine Ilyushin-76TD aircraft arrived in Benghazi on Wednesday, said Colonel Abdel Nasser Bousnina.
“This aircraft was owned by the Libyan government, more precisely by the International Airlines Group, controlled by a public investment fund” of the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, Bousnina said.
“It was seized by the authorities in Dubai, and handed over to representatives of the NTC” (National Transitional Council), the rebels’ de facto government.
“This equipment is now in the air force of the rebellion. This is the first cargo plane we have, and will be used to transport humanitarian aid from abroad to Libya,” said the officer, welcoming this “success”.
AJA reporter from #Benghazi: supplies destined for #Gaddafi forces in #Brega were struck by NATO #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO asking residents to evacuate for at least 5km around the camp Frenaj ( #Frenaj, #Alhachan & #Zenata). #Libya #Feb17
RAF
AGILE ADAPTABLE CAPABLE
Major General Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Communications Officer, said:
“UK aircraft have again been in action over Libya during recent days, as part of NATO’s mission to protect civilians at risk of attack from Colonel Qadhafi’s former regime.
“In the early hours of Monday morning, Royal Air Force Tornado and Typhoon aircraft conducted precision strikes on an ammunition and vehicle depot, and a military communications facility, both near Zlitan. An armed reconnaissance patrol over Brega, in the east of the country, identified and destroyed two armed pick-up trucks.
Overnight 8/9 August, RAF jets successfully bombed a Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour. The ship had been damaged previously by NATO air strikes, but careful battle damage assessment indicated that the ship retained an offensive capability. The RAF strike inflicted further serious damage and left the vessel taking on water. Our aircraft also attacked a command and control node and a weapons depot in Bir al Ghanam in the Djebel Nafousa, and a staging post in Zlitan. On Tuesday night, an RAF patrol returned to Zlitan and conducted a precision strike on a barracks and military staging post.
Yesterday, an armed reconnaissance patrol identified and destroyed an armed truck at Az Aziziyah, near Tripoli. And last night, Tornado GR4s launched from RAF Marham in Norfolk. Supported by VC10 and Tristar tankers, they flew south across Europe and the Mediterranean to launch a large salvo of Stormshadow precision guided missiles at command bunkers near Sebha, 700 kilometres south of Tripoli, out in the Sahara. They landed at Gioia del Colle after a mission lasting seven hours, and will in due course recover back to Marham.
“These and other NATO operations were supported by a large force of essential support aircraft, including RAF VC10s, Tristars, Sentries and Sentinels, and the Fleet Air Arm’s Sea
King ASAC helicopters."
A Royal Air Force Tornado strikes a Pro Qadhafi force rocket launcher in the vicinity of Brega, Libya.
Video 1:
www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/374E7A...
A Royal Air Force Tornado strikes a pro-Qadhafi force main battle tank in vicinity of Mursa Al Burayqah, Libya.
Video 2:
www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/375979...
Two Royal Air Force Tornados strikes a pro-Qadhafi force frigate in Tripoli harbour, Libya.
Video 3:
www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/376DC7...
Video shows the aircraft using a Paveway IV bomb to carry out the strikes, destroying the targets but leaving the surrounding area intact. Paveway IV is a highly accurate bomb which uses laser and GPS guidance to ensure minimum collateral damage.
Al Jazeera English:
the rebel forces seized control of the Libyan oil region in Brega
NTC:
Mahmud Jibril has stated on libya.tv that Ghanem will not be holding any Position in the #NTC Executive Committee.
A Free Libyan
#Zawiya channel: G official Walead Beary arrested by FFs in Qaryat Nassar. He is 1 of men who ordered suppression of the city. #Libya #Feb17
LIBYA TRIPOLI
RT: The total direct expenditures to the US in #Libya over the past 6 months r less than the costs of 1 week of Iraq or Afan
Russian humanitarian aid plane 36tons the 1 goes to #Tripoli brings #Iranian weapons and ammunitions #FF
Hominoid:
An ambulance group are heading from Zintan hospital to front line
In a scouting operation near Zawiya FFs clashed with G troops and won and seized arms and ammunition
Heinz: Daffis are desperate in #Zawiya. Any movement of their trucks gets hit. They moved rocket-launcher to W. Tripoli as Zawiya will fall.
FreeLibyan
Special video 2 b seen by all #AntiIntervention"Gaddafi forces heading 2 destroy #Misrata n early march 2011 THANX @NATO youtube.com/watch?v=OuBFvp…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuBFvpzdc0Q&fea...
Ahmed
How this city runs purely on people’s voluntary efforts is a miracle, let alone how it defeated 12 battalions. #Misrata
Heinz: Still fighting going on in West #Brega at 3 points around refinery & airport. It’s looking good. #Libya #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I don’t think you’re gonna make it to Tripoli mate… there’s a place called Zawiya and I don’t think Gaddafi has it anymore
I just heard good news ;)
Brega: Freedom fighters fully control the residential area of #Brega which is one of the last areas before Bishr. Vid: t.co/OuYAuXm
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2543...
Libya: A combined total of over 200 Gaddafi soldiers have been arrested today in both Brega and Tawergha (Misrata front)
Zawiya: NATO Apaches and jets are destroying a large convoy of troops near the #Zawiya coastal road according to unconfirmed reports #libya
Freedom fighters next to the main mosque of Brega (Residential area) #libya #feb17 fb.me/186rPBElG
Reuters:
FFs captured part of Brega while their forces in the west pushed toward Zawiyah, trying to get within striking distance of Tripoli
Libya outreach Group
Situation report
Executive Summary
On August 9th NATO denies Gaddafi regime claims that 85 civilians, including 33 children, were "massacred” during NATO airstrikes; a leaked phone call implicates Gaddafi prime minster with placing dead bodies in NATO bombed areas; more pro-democracy forces were killed and wounded in Brega; NATO to meet to discuss Libya mission progress; Libyan diplomat facing expulsion from Canada seeks refugee status; senior US diplomats visit several African countries to discuss how to remove Gaddafi from power; many AU countries still reluctant to call for Gaddafi to step down; France urges NTC to rapidly form new executive body; NTC, said its diplomats will soon open embassy in UK; U.S. welcomed a decision by NTC to reorganize their leadership in the aftermath of the killing of their military chief despite concerns it showed disunity in its ranks; Libyan embassy files on Gaddafi regime transactions in the UK to be handed over to British authorities; U.S. says will take long time for NTC to gain access to billions in frozen assets, even after transfer of Libyan embassy to NTC; the European Union will widen sanctions against Gaddafi by adding a Libyan oil firm, Sharara oil company and the Organization for Administrative Affairs to blacklist; the Canadian government is preparing to allow Libya’s rebels to post an envoy to Ottawa to replace the pro-Gadhafi diplomats being expelled from Canada; over 650,000 people have become refugees fleeing Libya; of which more than half are foreign nationals; the ICRC reports Libya is one of 16 nations that has faced deliberate targeted attacks on healthcare workers and facilities; Gaddafi attempts to bring back foreign oil companies have mostly failed, although a Libyan oil tanker fleet could soon be sold to Russian investors in a reported $300 million deal reportedly in place to sell Libya’s General National Maritime Transportation Company, (GNMTC), to Russian investors; and Libyan oil supplies shut off to Austrian energy group OMV and Italian refiner Saras are taking a toll on profits and clouding the outlookin the region; unrest in Libya will halt OMV production for rest of year; and has resulted in net loss for Saras.
Full report:
us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...
LibyaNewMedia
Some more info on the high number of POW’s in Tawurgha today. Revolutionaries attacked Gaddafi forces there from 2 different directions.
Gaddafi forces were taken by surpise & seem to have been trapped in a factory. Revolutionaries offered them to peacefully surrender. #Libya
Telegraph
Libyan diplomats attempted £100 million ‘fire sale’ of London properties
Thomas Harding
Embassy officials who have since been expelled tried to sell off nine exclusive properties and 29 vehicles including limousines, Mercedes and other high end vehicles.
Britain announced last month that it was recognising the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya’s only legitimate government and would expel the remaining Tripoli regime diplomats.
It is understood that staff loyal to the NTC, the Libyan opposition based in Benghazi, were tipped off by British intelligence sources that the “fire sale” had begun at the end of last month. Anti-Gaddafi embassy staff frantically began to hide car keys and lock away title deeds for the homes. The Treasury is also understood to have stepped in and frozen the sale of all Libyan assets in Britain.
The houses and flats that Col Gaddafi’s officials attempted to sell included mansions in Mayfair and Kensington as well as estates in the Home Counties.
Full art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Heinz: 80% of Daffi high ranks are now informing thru channels on Qadafi. Saif & Q can only trust few people. Their orders gets lost. #Libya
BREAKING – Ahrar TV – Heavy fighting between #BaniWalid FFs and G troops
dovenews:
BREAKING! #BaniWalead #FF have captured 6 cars with mounted anti aircraft guns & some light weapons.”
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Baghdadi Mahmudi, Gaddafi’s prime minister needs his own ICC warrant as soon as possible. #libya #feb17 @UN @hrw @NATO
Free Libya
LOOOOOL. Albaghdadi AlMahmoudi just dissed Shakeer! …..Yusef hada…..hahaha. even G goons think Shakeer is pathetic #Libya
Globe and Mail
DIY weapons, armoured vehicles prove effective for Libyan rebels
If any future museum showcases the way rebels beat the regime in Libya, the exhibits will likely include homemade weapons that look like props from a Mad Max movie: a shotgun fashioned from a steel pipe; a troop carrier built from scratch; a pickup truck groaning under the weight of an antique anti-aircraft gun.
Some of the strange creations in the rebel weapons factories seem almost fanciful, like they’re designed more for intimidation than their practical use in a civil war now dragging into its seventh month.
Full story:
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afri...
libyanandproud
#Kikla : #Asabaa FF have liberated FOUR kikla prisoners that were caught by #gaddafi forces 2 weeks ago in #Gwaleesh . @wheelertweets
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Latest leaked call: Gaddafi PM Baghdadi Mahmudi calls Yousef Shakir (from State TV) a compulsive liar. Hamza Tuhami too. #libya
So basically, Baghdadi Mahmudi admits that his own State TV channels employ compulsive liars. This is only call 3 out of ~2000 calls. #libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
UN Sec Gen “calls on all parties to exercise extreme caution in their actions in order to minimise any further loss of civilian life” #Libya
#Libya state TV show continues its inflammatory accusations against journalists in #Tripoli
#Libya state news agency: ban on unauthorized “thuraya” phones- citizens caught in possession, could be prosecuted & cld face death penalty
USA TODAY
Libyan rebels claim victory in key oil terminal
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi’s troops along the country’s Mediterranean coast said they captured a key oil terminal Thursday that has repeatedly changed hands in the 6-month-old civil war.
Rebel spokesman Mohammed al-Rijali said he was with the fighters in Brega when they gained control of the strategic port city, 125 miles southwest of the de-facto rebel capital of Benghazi, after three weeks of intense fighting.
“Brega is liberated,” al-Rijali told the Associated Press after nightfall.
Al-Rijali, who spoke over the telephone from nearby Ajdabiya, didn’t provide any details or a casualty toll. His claim could not be immediately verified. Officials in the Libyan capital Tripoli made no comment on the rebel claim.
Read story:
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-08-11-...
FFs inside Brega today.
t.co/VsHrMoY #libya
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2361...
CNN
Libyan embassy in Washington officially opens under rebel government
Washington (CNN) — The Libyan Embassy in Washington officially re-opened Thursday under the control of the Transitional National Council, a senior State
Department official and the new Libyan ambassador told CNN.
Ali Aujali, the former Libyan ambassador to the United States, was formally accredited Thursday as the head of the Libyan mission.
“This is a message that Gadhafi can no more rule Libya,” Aujali said in a phone interview.
Full story:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/11...
Sebha : #Gaddafi forces gathering at Eastern entrance of Sebha near "Ga’at Alsha’ab @natochannel @nato @ukmilops
Jeel
#GaddafiTV showing footage of #Brega to show off that ‘’Nato Revolutionaries’’ AKA Opposition fighters havent taken #Brega.
SUMMARY AUGUST 12 2011
8/12/2011
8.12.2011
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/bEBR3
NATO:
On August 11, NATO aircraft flew 123 sorties, including 42 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the Vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammo Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Armed Vehicle, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 1 Towed Artillery Piece.
In the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanem: 2 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 5 Surface to Air Missile Trans/loader Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Sirte: 1 Radar.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Command and Control Node.
dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces attacked #Cabao with grad missiles from #Tiji at 2am, no reports of any casualties. #Nafusa
Ghot Al Sha3al, 7ay Islami, Dreby areas get electricity back today after 3 continuous days without it
FreedomFighters in Fashloum+Dahra continue nightly operations against G soldiers using explosives,flags,graffiti,etc. #Tripoli
NATO has distributed leaflets advising civilians to stay away from government buildings in Ben Ashur + Furnag areas. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Many checkpoints around the city. All checking lists of people. Lots of weapons. #Tripoli
Friends just arrived in #Tripoli ready for final battle. Tell me only 3 checkpoint between Ras Ejder and Zawiyah. Usually 20+
Tripoli people talking about anger – Why gaddafi putting bases and weapons storage in middle of residential areas
tosh
international coalition forces divert weapons ship headed to the #Gadafi to the port of #Benghazi to unload its cargo of FF
Emo
Reports say that #FFs and #Nato have seized a ship full of weapons sent by #Assad to #Gaddafi. It should dock in #Benghazi. Awesome #Libya
libyanandproud
Unconfirmed : 15 #Gaddafi vehicles carrying 40 soldiers, and ammo have joined FF ranks near one of the BirGhanam fronts. #Feb17 #Libya
Liberty4Libya:
explosions in #Benghazi that can be heard from “Sea side close to light house & port.” #Libya Anybody have info?
Iman
We just docked a ship in Benghazi from Syria loaded with weapons. It was seized and docked today.
Aiman
#Gaddafi will you remain a coward till the very end and not pull the trigger when they knock on your door?
#Gaddafi, some think you’re MADjestic, some think you’re MADjical, others think you’re iMADginative. Yet Libyans know you’re simply M.A.D.
#Gaddafi, on a positive note. The 1st of September could be a TRUE day of celebration for Libyans this year
4Adam Adam Libya
Nalut
Revolutionaries tanks that annihilated Gaddafi’s mercenaries in the mountain youtube.com/watch?v=E4fhHv…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4fhHvB0NgE&fea...
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
As long as the carpeting isn’t green,I’m good RT@ThisIsHumanity #Libya does not have a Rebel Government,but int’ly recognized Transition gov
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” remains anchored in port #CasaBlanca #Morocco. #Libya #Feb17
Interesting rumors that a #Syria CARGO SHIP carrying weapons for #Gaddafi filth was intercepted… One might say she’s a “LADY”. #Libya #Feb17
Ship was/now is in Tripoli port. Tried a coastal run to Tunisia last week till NATO started towards her, ran back to Tripoli
Abeidi
#Libya,#Benghazi v successful meeting of the National Army of Libya was of around 300 officers with different ranks mostly of who not joined yet
FB:
From a reliable source among the prisoners committee administration in Zintan town, The FF’s of Zintan managed to capture at least 28 soldiers (PGF soldiers and mercenaries) in the battle that happened today between Alkwaildi project and also Bir Al Ghanam.
Via dovenews:
Older article:
Daily Mail
Fuelled ‘by Viagra’, Gaddafi’s troops use rape as a weapon of war with children as young as EIGHT among the victims
Children as young as eight are being raped in front of their families by Gaddafi’s forces in Libya, according to a leading charity.
Aid workers described horrific stories of widespread sexual abuse, including one incident in which a group of girls was abducted and held hostage for four days.
When they were finally released, they were too traumatised to speak.
Other children have described being forced to watch as their fathers were murdered and their mothers raped.
They told Save The Children that they themselves were then brually beaten before being released.
Harrowing stories of sexual assaults against women and children have emerged from those who have fled the besieged cities of Misrata, Ajdabia and Rus-Lanuf.
Many families are now in temporary refugee camps in Benghazi, where they talked to Save The Children staff.
Michael Mahrt, the charity’s child protection adviser, said: ’The reports of sexual violence against children are unconfirmed but they are consistent and were repeated across the four camps we visited.
Report here:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-138036...
FromJoanne Joanne
BENGHAZI #NTC Received its FIRST formerly owned Regime Cargo Plane which was seized by UAE Now in business in FREE #LIBYA #UpYoursGaddafi
#TRIPOLI Power cuts r DUE 2problems with GENERATORS in #Wafa #GAS FIELD which were fixed by #Gadaffi regime #libya
#GAS supplies 2Occupied #LIBYA Electricity plants will gradually come back FF can cut off GAS as pipeline runs under #NALUT
#BREGA The sound stirs a deep emotion in me; Calling 4 #Magreb Prayer in BREGA freed ResidentialArea youtube.com/watch?v=8MDKU7… #Libya #Feb17 cc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDKU7nA9gU&fea...
RIANOVOSTI
Russia ‘backs’ NATO action in Libya
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday gave his backing to a UN Security Council resolution which authorized international military action in Libya.
In a decree posted on the Kremlin’s website on Friday, President Medvedev banned all Libyan flights in Russian air space with the exception of humanitarian flights and
authorized searches of ships for weapons or military personnel.
The decree also bans all financial operations involving the assets of Gaddafi and members of his family and his aides.
Source:
en.rian.ru/world/20110812/165729976.html
FF #AlMograbi : Residential districts in E #BREGA R in OUR control but parts of West Brega where #OIL facilities R in control of GF #Libya
#UK Official says MORE Countries Will Announce Next Week that they will FREE FROZEN ASSETS for the #NTC #Libya
#Tunisia says its troops are Patrolling FUEL Stations to Curb the Flow of smuggled GASOLINE for the REGIME into #Libya #UpYoursGaddafi
#CAPTURED The JOYOUS moment of ripping off another Green RAG in #BREGA Residential Area youtube.com/watch?v=nkzXUT… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkzXUTW7Mho&fea...
#LIBERATED #TAWURGHA NATO had asked FF on Wednesday 2PAINT their vehicles Yellow + Red BF the OFFENSIVE took Place #Libya
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Faith
At least 25 opposition fighters were injured and 8 shot dead in #Brega yesterday. #Libya
Zlitniya
#Zliten :early this am #Gaddafi mercenaries surrounded Al Jnanat (inside city) following killing of #Chad mercenary by FF #Libya #Feb17
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya: FFs confirm 100 G forces killed in Terfas area which lies 10km South of Zawiya #feb17 #Libya
Zlitniya
#Zliten fri am: #NATO struck 7 locations of #Gaddafi troops on Coastal Road near As-Sab’a #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten #Gaddafi militia retreated from besieging AlJnanat following #NATO strikes on several #Gaddafi locations,&learning FF ready2fight
#Zliten several independent reports that #Majer killings of civilians was in fact by #NATO bombs.all members of some families completely
Wiped out.this includes many families from Suq Al Thalath who fled or were evacuated from t area by #Gaddafi militia.1building that was
Struck had 5such families @NATO @UKMilOps @WilliamJHague @NTC_of_Libya plz investigate #Majer killings.45 civilians reported murdered
NATO spokesman:
Gaddafi no longer has offensive forces and most of his remaining troops are mercenaries
المتحدث باسم الناتو : القذافي لم يعد يمتلك قوات هجومية و أغلب قواته الباقية من المرتزقة
THE LATEST IS THAT THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR THE LAST 1/4 OF BREGA AND IN 40 Hours INSHA ALLAH WE WILL TAKE IT!! :)
#BREGA #Gaddafi forces dug tunnels underground hiding Tanks weapons etc when #NATO aircrafts appear they go and hide, avoiding attack
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Interesting rumors that a Syrian ship carrying weapons for Gaddafi troops was intercepted and is being diverted to Benghazi #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Here’s the ship I believe they are talking about marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetail…
www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.a...
Confirmed reports saying Saadi gaddafi’s son has been jailed by his father because he tried to flee #Libya
Aisha
We’re seeing lots ruthless mercenaries tht come frm other countr & r enlistd by #Gaddafi’s f’ 2 inflict extreme violence on men,women&childr
His brush is his weapon:
CNN
Meet Mohammed Zahmoul, with war all around him, he says his painting is his Kalashnikov.
CNN’s Michael Holmes reports.
edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/08/11/holmes.libya.street.artists.cnn?iref=allsearch
ALJAZEERA:
A Libyan cargo plane seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates was handed over to rebel forces in their eastern bastion of Benghazi, a rebel official told AFP on Thursday.
The four-engine Ilyushin-76TD aircraft arrived in Benghazi on Wednesday, said Colonel Abdel Nasser Bousnina.
“This aircraft was owned by the Libyan government, more precisely by the International Airlines Group, controlled by a public investment fund” of the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, Bousnina said.
“It was seized by the authorities in Dubai, and handed over to representatives of the NTC” (National Transitional Council), the rebels’ de facto government.
“This equipment is now in the air force of the rebellion. This is the first cargo plane we have, and will be used to transport humanitarian aid from abroad to Libya,” said the officer, welcoming this “success”.
Source: blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...
THE NEWS:
Cargo plane handed over to Libya rebels
BENGHAZI: A Libyan cargo plane seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates was handed over to rebel forces in their eastern bastion of Benghazi, a rebel official told AFP on Thursday.
The four-engine Ilyushin-76TD aircraft arrived in Benghazi on Wednesday, said Colonel Abdel Nasser Bousnina.
“This aircraft was owned by the Libyan government, more precisely by the International Airlines Group, controlled by a public investment fund” of the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, Bousnina said.
“It was seized by the authorities in Dubai, and handed over to representatives of the NTC” (National Transitional Council), the rebels’ de facto government.
“This equipment is now in the air force of the rebellion. This is the first cargo plane we have, and will be used to transport humanitarian aid from abroad to Libya,” said the officer, welcoming this “success”.
Source:
thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=20553...
Website with News, Links, Pictures, on #Libya #Tripoli #Trables t.co/hnOTEqw
BRITISH EMBASSY:
UKinLibya UK in Libya
Delighted listeners in #Libya can now hear @BBCWorldService in Misrata & Benghazi on 91.5FM.
Breaking: Italian Predator B has performed 1st sortie over #Libya. 12-hr mission from Amendola. Background info:
cencio4.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/predat...
Family Ties In Dictatorships
You don’t have to draw up a family tree for a dictator- often their entire government, as well as other officials and key industries are run by their families. Sometimes this leads to dynastic succession, as in the case of Gnassingbe Eydema and his son Faure, or Omar Bongo Ondimba and his son, Ali. Take a look at some of the First Families of Africa, and see the trend for yourself:
Link:
www.africandictator.org/?p=3727
Libye Libre
Source directe – Urgent : 40 camions transportant des 4X4 sont à #Sfax direction #Tripoli (il y a 4heures)
Libya’s ‘Stalingrad’ struggles to its feet
Andrew Beatty
MISRATA, Libya — Far from the nearest rebel bastion and perched provocatively on Tripoli’s doorstep, residents of the western Libyan city of Misrata have not had an easy war, but slowly the city is getting to its feet.
The port city of 500,000 has been the scene of the fiercest fighting in the near six-month-old conflict and it continues to see a near daily rain of fire from Moamer Kadhafi’s rockets.
Loyalist troops are still stationed as close as 40 kilometres (25 miles) away — to the west at Zliten, to the southwest and to the south at Tuarga. Only NATO jets and a volunteer rebel army keep them at bay.
Inside the city the fighting has very visibly taken its toll.
The city centre more closely resembles post-war Sarajevo or post-earthquake Port-au-Prince than the sister cities of Benghazi or Ajdabiya in Libya’s east.
Read more:
goo.gl/yn9st
Reuters
WRAPUP 2-Gaddafi forces still hold Brega oil terminal, refinery
- Gov’t forces holding on to oil terminal at Brega
- Tunisia cracks down on petrol smuggling to Gaddafi
- More countries to unfreeze assets for rebels
By Robert Birsel
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are still in control of the oil terminal and refinery of the strategic eastern port of Brega despite rebel advances, a spokesman for rebel forces said on Friday.
More here:
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/08/12/libya...
Libyan rebels on offensive six months into uprising
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) – Rebels are rattling the gates of oil town Brega as they advance in eastern Libya and are pushing an offensive at Tuarga in the west, almost six months after launching an uprising against strongman Moamer Kadhafi.
They are also pushing forward in the western Nafusa mountains against Kadhafi’s forces, which a top NATO commander said were no longer able to launch a credible military offensive.
The rebels, who, inspired by revolts in Egypt and Tunisia, launched popular protests against Kadhafi on February 17, vowed that in just a “a few days” they plan to retake the strategic oil hub of Brega, nestled on the Gulf of Syrte.
Rebels, backed by NATO helicopters, have tried for the past three weeks to seize the vital port 240 kilometres (140 miles) southwest of their eastern stronghold Benghazi.
Read more:
au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/100...
WSJ:
Libyan Rebels, in Show of Unity, Plan for Transition
BENGHAZI, Libya—Rebel officials here, amid signs of disarray in their leadership, have ramped up preparations for governing Libya after the fall of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, drafting a timeline for elections and a plan for establishing a security force.
The Benghazi-based National Transitional Council’s proposed blueprint for a political transition signals an effort to reassure the international community and their countrymen that they are prepared for the tumult and uncertainty that would follow the regime’s collapse.
Source:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111...
dovenews Libyan™
8 fuel lorries where stopped in #Kairouan from reaching Gaddafi in #Tripoli. #Tunisia #Libya #NoFuel4Gaddafi #NoWeapons
ALERT NET:
Libya: humanitarian challenges six months on
What are the main humanitarian problems you are seeing on the ground?
Fighting is still going on in many areas, notably in the Western Mountains and around Misrata and Brega. Tens of thousands of people from these areas are displaced inside Libya or have taken refuge in Tunisia and Egypt. Some are returning to their home areas, when and where conditions allow, while others are fleeing. Many family members are separated from one another. Thousands of people have been detained or are unaccounted for in connection with the conflict.
Medical services are struggling to meet the needs of war-wounded and other patients. The delivery of health care is frequently hindered by the security situation or by the departure of health-care personnel. In addition, when there is a lull in the fighting, or the fighting in a certain area has ended, people face severe danger from the unexploded ordnance that is scattered across many areas.
Full report here:
www.trust.org/alertnet/news/libya-human...
BLOOMBERG:
Libya Rebels Push From Misrata and Attack Qaddafi-held Town
Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) — Libyan rebels in the besieged city of Misrata launched an offensive to try and break through the eastern frontline and take the government-held town of Tawarga.
The attack began in the early morning and three rebel fighters were killed and 44 wounded by 3 p.m. local time, according to officials at Misrata’s Mujamma Aliadat hospital. There were no immediate reports on government casualties.
“We are in the town, we made a big attack this morning,” wounded rebel fighter Loie Mohammed, 19, said from his hospital bed, referring to Tawarga. “Our guys went in a circle to get around the town and attack from behind it.”
Full story here:
www.businessweek.com/news/2011-08-11/li...
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
1st Brit’s #riot for TVs now #Chinese riot over parking,
only #Arab youths know what’s worth rioting for this year
European products slowly running short in #Tripoli. Recently substituted by Algerian and Tunisian products, especially food sector #Libya
Reuters
Revolutionaries said they had captured part of the oil town of Brega on Thursday while their forces in the west pushed toward Zawiyah, trying to get within striking distance of Muammar Gaddafi’s capital. Unconfirmed reports surfaced that all of Brega was under their control, but there has been no clarification on this yet.
The Guardian
A spokesman for the revolutionaries said that Gaddafi’s forces are still in control of the oil terminal and refinery in Brega. The revolutionaries hold a residential area but it remains unsafe to enter the city.
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR
LIBYE. Les insurgés seraient aux portes de la ville de Brega
Les insurgés libyens ont affirmé jeudi 11 août avoir pris pied dans la ville de Brega et avoir repoussé les forces loyales au colonel Mouammar Kadhafi sur cette ligne de front de l’Est de la Libye. Ces déclarations n’ont pu être confirmées de source indépendante.
La “zone résidentielle” de Brega, divisée en trois quartiers distincts, est située à l’est de cette cité pétrolière installée le long des côtes du golfe de Syrte, à 240 km au sud-ouest de Benghazi, la “capitale” des rebelles.
Etendue sur une dizaine de kilomètres, la ville est tenue par les forces pro-Kadhafi qui font face depuis trois semaines à la pression militaire des rebelles, appuyés par les avions et hélicoptères de l’Otan.
Read more:
tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/monde...
Mimi
Il reste juste les installations pétrolières à l’extrême Ouest de Brega à prendre
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
Aug.12th : anniversary of Geneva Convention. I say not enough people have read it !
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Brega: Reports FFs clashing with G forces in vicinity of Bright Star University in their advance towards second area #feb17 #libya
LIBYA TRIPOLI
A martyrer came from the #UK to fight in #Nalut— لقطات للشهيد محمد المقدمى فى اوروبا أرض المعركة نالوت العزة youtube.com/watch?v=R-PaDv… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-PaDvj-eBw&fea...
RUSSIA:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday gave his backing to a UN Security Council resolution which authorized international military action in Libya. Medvedev also banned all Libyan flights in Russian air space with the exception of humanitarian flights and authorized searches of ships for weapons or military personnel. The decree also bans all financial operations involving the assets of Gaddafi and members of his family and his aides.
FRANCE:
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will stick with the international campaign against Libya’s longtime leader until the end.
Sarkozy said Friday that France’s military effort — central to the nearly five-month-old NATO-led operation — “will remain constant.”
He said there is no choice but to “go to the end of the mission.”
The U.N.-mandated campaign against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces has been deadlocked for long periods, and public support for the costly mission has waned.
Sarkozy was speaking to forces aboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, which was operating off the Libyan coast for months and was crucial to the NATO campaign. The carrier is returning to port in Toulon on the Mediterranean for maintenance.
LE FIGARO:
G. Teissier: “pas de rupture” en Libye
Interrogé sur France Info, le député Guy Teissier, qui préside de la commission Défense à l’Assemblée nationale, a estimé qu’il n’y a “pas de rupture” dans l’effort de guerre en Libye, malgré le retour du porte-avion Charles de Gaulle. “Après neuf mois en mer sans interruption, le porte-avion est obligé de rentrer”, explique le député des Bouches-du-Rhône.
Source:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/08/12/9...
REUTERS:
Captured intel officer says Gaddafi still strong
About 70 percent of Libyans in Muammar Gaddafi’s main stronghold Tripoli still support him and he is in no danger of falling anytime soon, a captured Libyan intelligence officer said Friday.
“For the most part Tripoli is stable. There is some opposition to Gaddafi but I would say he is safe,” said Brigadier-General Al-Hadi al-Ujaili, who described himself as a member of Libya’s all-pervasive intelligence service.
“Gaddafi still has the support of key tribes. He is still very strong,” said the 54-year-old father of six, who was captured wearing a tan leisure suit by rebels pushing north toward the town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli.
More:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/12/us-l...
Torghae 150 G soldiers captured a wide range of SUVs, armored vehicles and BMB, and launchers, and large quantities of ammunition
FromJoanne Joanne
#LIBYA ’s BREATHTAKING BEAUTIES Gaddafi ’s Regime has been hiding from the world youtube.com/watch?v=MQMhr_… The ancient Greek colony of #Cyrene
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQMhr_dHdug&fea...
NEWS REPUBLIC:
Medvedev signs Libya sanctions 5 months after UN vote
President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree toughening sanctions on Libya five months after the measure was passed by the UN Security Council in March, the Kremlin said Friday.
It was not immediately clear why Medvedev signed the decree implementing the sanctions so long after Resolution 1973 was passed.
Russia was obliged to sign the measure as a member of the UN Security Council, and Medvedev’s decree makes no mention of the foreign military action specified in the measure.
The measures approved by Medvedev include a ban on the use of Russian airspace by Libyan planes or non-humanitarian flights to Libya.
The decree also slaps an asset freeze on Moamer Kadhafi, his close relatives and entourage, and forbids them from travelling to Russia.
Russia had abstained from the vote on the resolution, while not using its right to veto, out of concerns that the establishment of a no-fly zone within Libya would open the way to a full-scale military operation.
The March 17 resolution slammed Libya for failing to comply with an earlier resolution adopted in February and called for a no-fly zone and protection of rebels from Kadhafi’s forces.
Medvedev had in March signed a decree implementing Resolution
Source:
www.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.as...
BREGA:
Brega Rebel spokesman Mohammed al-Zwawi said he was with the fighters when they gained control Thursday of a residential unit in Brega.
Brega is a wide strip of desert made up of two residential units about 6 miles (10 kilometers) apart, followed by the oil refineries near the port on the Mediterranean Sea.
“We have taken the first residential unit and we are fighting in the second one now,” al-Zwawi told The Associated Press on Friday.
FFs advance under bombardment by rocket launchers and artillery guns towards the University of the bright star
with securing a full third of the region of Brega
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Last night Khoms FFs attacked with grenades the house of Head of Gaddafi Internal security in the city General Musa AlMakhyul #feb17 #libya
Sabha: G forces have used live gunfire and tear gas on on mass protests with injuries reported #Feb17#libya
Tripoli: FFs blow up a G forces check point in AlHany area near the Gas depot. 2 G forces killed
FFS have captured this morning 2 G force soldiers and a Brigadier General south of Zawiya at Ber Bin Shuaib
NATO today targeted G forces on coastal raod in Zletin
FromJoanne Joanne
Liberated #Tawurgha FF said the Offensive was Led in Coordination with @NATO to PROTECT #Misrata from missile attacks #Libya
#TUWARGHA After Starting GUN commander Taliq of Freedom Brigade said FF moved in2 Center of #Tuwargha in a pincer from the W and E #Libya
#NATO #BOUCHARD: #Majr Target contained Mercenaries CommandCenter 4×4Vehicles with automatic weapons Rocket Launchers or mortars #Libya
Captured Officer Ujail had Signed Documents authorising ARRESTS he was going to oversee Regime Ops in #Zawiyah which FF advancing on #Libya
Due to Freedom Fighters reaching the outskirts of #ZAWIYA Many displaced Families are now returning to their homes in #Nafusa
Worth noting that there R many many Freedom Fighters FROM #Zawiya now OUTSIDE Zawiyah waiting 2FREE the town of Gaddafis Grip #Libya
CNN’s André Liohn describes the time he spent with an amubulance driver in Misrata.
Photographer André Liohn describes the time he spent with an amubulance driver in Misrata.Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkW7NfBm0ZQ
NATO NATO
Check it out: #NATO’s new #YouTube channel in French! À découvirir: nouvelle chaîne française de l’ #OTAN sur YouTube! youtube.com/OTAN
or:
www.youtube.com/OTAN
Zawiya Said (Info is from Captured Regime Officer) to be harbouring about 1000 Gaddafi conscripts
AJE:
AndrewSimmons in #Tawarga say yesterday’s offensive heavily coordinated with NATO. Goal 2 stop rockets falling on Misrata Libya
AJE AndrewSimmons 2nd goal of Tawarga offensive 2 block supply line from Sirte. Fighting continuing w remaining Gaddafiforces Libya AndrewSimmons Thuwar used 6tanks gained from Gaddafi in liberation of Tawarga which they reconditioned. 1 was destroyed. Libya
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
After an hour from now a ship full of weapons will arrive a the port of #Benghazi, it was intercepted in the sea on the way to #Gaddafi.
بعد ساعة من الان ستصل الى ميناء بنغازي الرصيف رقم 15 السفينة المحملة بالاسلحة لكتائب القذافي والتي تم اعتراضها في البحر. ومزيد من الانتصارات
Via TAMASUL:
BREGA MARTYRS 12/08 RIP
1 Amin Altwahni 2 Fathallah Jibril Fathallah 3 Marei Emihyur 4 Mohamad AlAgouri 5Musa Yunis BenAhmad Cont 6 Khaled Zaqlam 7 Muftah Alwarfalli 8 Ashraf Abdlrazaaq Hamad 9 Mohamad Hamad Oed 10 Mohamad BenHawa 11 still unidentified wheelertweets James Wheeler
4 Kikla FFs died, >20 injured in fighting Wednesday. Small town. Proportionately as if 200 killed & >1000 wounded in Misrata in a single day
The North Africa Daily is out! bit.ly/dRzwj9 ▸ Top stories today
McGphoto Mark McGrath
Saw this on A.net. Maybe it will dispel some of the rumours about the GR4 combat load for Libya ops. airliners.net/photo/UK—-Air…
or:
www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/Panavi...
Earlier explosions in Benghazi explanation:
Sounds heard in Benghazi are said to be fisherman explosives used by drunk people near Saberi neighborhood
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nilesat enforcement “Mission” has been postponed till tomorrow due 2 slow Legal procedures
Eman
Prisoners in #Tripoli kept in shipping containers… #FreeLibya #savetripoli
dovenews Libyan™
Reports tht the number of G forces in #Brega is small, most forces are in #Bisher, snipers are roof buildings,water tanks & oil storages
Anaya
This 1 says also dog cage youtube.com/watch?v=cH6ffG…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6ffGh8raE
Wheelertweets;
Injured Misrata freedom fighter Ali & his brother Abdalla. Last night (Thursday, August 11) in a Tunis hospital room.
twitpic.com/64wjm7
Ahmed
Friend just released confirms people not being kept in prisons anymore but kept in shipping containers with air holes #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
State TV announces that Cameron want to block social media sites in the UK. They continue to lie to us every day.
VANCOUVER SUN:
Tripoli regime divided over deal with extremists
By Damien McElroy, Daily Telegraph
Divisions are emerging within the Libyan regime after senior members of the government distanced themselves from Gadhafi family plans to forge a settlement to end the civil war.
Moammar Gadhafi’s heir apparent, Saif al-Islam, has declared the regime is prepared to embrace Islamic fundamentalists in an alliance to end the fighting.
Saif al-Islam told the New York Times last week that he was talking to an Islamic leader in the
oppositionheld east to seal an alliance against Libyan liberals.
But the comments appeared to have troubled the ranks of the regime’s leadership. Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, the Libyan prime minister, issued a clear warning about the implications of the rise of Islamic extremists in response to the Saif al-Islam interview.
“Saif has his point of view but what matters is what the people of Libya want,” he said. “The Libyan government is coherent, it has one official position.”
Read more:
www.vancouversun.com/news/Tripoli+regim...
Brega "There’s close fighting in the oil terminal area this morning but maybe we can finish it off today, said rebel soldier Mohammad Muftah
In effort to pile economic and military pressure on Gaddafi, more countries are set to announce next week that they will free frozen assets
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” 34.96552˚/25.61272˚ from #Mersin anchored in #Crete & now en route to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. @NATO
LIBYA TRIPOLI
Look what #Gaddafi Grads have done to children in #Misrata— من جرائم الطاغية ضذد الاطفال youtube.com/watch?v=xBDylZ… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBDylZMZGvk&fea...
Zintan : Reports net is back in the city.
DENMARK:
Denmark decided Thursday to extend its participation in NATO operations in Libya for three months and to allow the rebel National Transitional Council to send envoys to Copenhagen.
Denmark’s multi-party Libya contact group announced at a news conference the Scandinavian country’s six F-16 fighter jets would continue participating in NATO bombing missions over Libya for another three-month renewable period after the current one expires later this month.
“There is a broad agreement that the strategy we have chosen is the right one,” Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen told AFP after the news conference.
She insisted that Denmark’s participation in the NATO operations was creating a possibility for Libya to become a free and democratic society.
The former chairman of Libya’sNational Oil Company and de-facto oil minister, Shokri Ghanem, should not have a post in any new regime that could emerge if Col. Moammar Gadhafi is defeated, said a spokesman for the Libyan rebels Friday.
Ana
Just received word i lost another cousin to #Gaddafi :(
Sal
Friend told me a widespread rumour that the thuwaar caught smuggling weapons into Janzour have all been executed.
Weird. Over the past two days, I’ve seen 2 people who look identical to friends currently imprisoned in Janzour.
Libyus
when the prisons overflowed, they used farms, when farms overflowed shipping containers?! Free #Tripoli’s kidnapped, protestors, prisoners.
dovenews Libyan™
FLASH! #FF in the north east fronline advanced to the #Hooish #60 area on the outskirts of #Tripoli. via @libyatv
Mary:
Breaking News … Torghae process yesterday and that was a clever twist of the process by rebels .. resulted in the capture of 150 soldiers … and the sheep of a wide range of SUVs, armored vehicles and BMB, and rocket launchers, and large quantities of ammunition of God ….
Lighthouse: the foot of Mount Gheryan: more victories, thanks to God first and foremost a channel Gheryan on Facebook, Front Mount Gheryan: exclusive – the foot of Mount Gheryan: more victories, thanks to God first and foremost, and cowards Gaddafi supplied Thoarna more light and heavy weapons in a Bthorana brave Martyrs Battalion Gheryan to check on the front of the Association. Avaduna that the rebels have editing and combed the entire area of the Western Association and make sure they are free from the remains of the scum of the system. Avaduna they also killed a large number of mercenaries, mostly black Africans, and stressed that the battalions in the case of severe panic and retreat. He also stressed Thoarna they looted the 2 SUV, one Toyota Land Cruiser new (zeros) and the other Mitsubishi banana in addition to the large amount of ammunition and light weapons and heavy. – mention that for the third day progress rebels Gheryan and Kklh and the castle together victory after another in the front of the Association, located West Gheryan. – and here we can not fail to thank our heroes Kklh for their hospitality to their fellow comrades in arms rebels Gheryan Who Kklh time ago, and resides in hundreds of other towns and villages of the mountain the other. Together, the capital of the mountain by editing the captive Gheryan.
ICRC says sanctions should be eased in #Libya or more people will die from measles, cancer, diabetes.
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
ALJAZEERA:
Fuel shortage slows Libya rebel advance
As opposition fighters edge ever closer to Tripoli, long supply lines and a chronic lack of petrol is slowing them down
Libyan opposition fighters have moved several kilometres out of their mountain stronghold in the west, edging ever closer to Tripoli.
But a shortage of fuel is threatening their advance, and also making life difficult for civilians.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khoder reports.
Video:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...
THE NEW AGE:
Libya rebels beat back Gaddafi rocket positions
Rebels controlled much of the western Libyan town of Tuarga on Friday an AFP correspondent witnessed, just hours after a large-scale assault designed to stop rocket attacks on nearby Misrata.
Deep inside the sprawling desert town rebels searched door-to-door for snipers and other remnants of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, after clearing residential areas in the north and the centre, in an attack that began early Thursday.
In a symbolic show of victory fighters tore down green flags that were hoisted atop of buildings by Gaddafi supporters who just hours earlier had occupied the area.
“Gaddafi is finished!” shouted a jubilant 31-year-old fighter named Mohammed. “There is no way back. We have taken Tuarga!”
But his claim was somewhat premature.
As the the rebels pressed to the extreme south and east of the town they encountered heavy fighting and sizeable pockets of resistance among a maze of buildings and date palms.
Rebel commanders said there were still some snipers inside the town and bombardments were now coming from a village further south.
Read more:
thenewage.co.za/25611-1019-53-Libya_reb...
Gaddafi Hands Shoot Directly at Cameraman
Man filming the violence in Libya is suprised when Gaddafi’s hired gunmen turns the corner and starts spraying bullets at the cameraman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ezu_3It_p0
Hajer
LOOOL according to a British Survey, Libyan women are the 3rd most beautiful women in the world!!!!! pic.twitter.com/saVHyui
ZeinakhodrAljaz:
#Libya gaddafi forces firing grad rockets at rebel positions not far from #azaziyah
MMEGIONLINE:
Botswana recognises Libya’s rebel govt
As efforts to oust Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi enter their sixth month, Botswana this week recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) as a legitimate opposition force in Libya.
As the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Phandu Skelemani, confirmed this to Mmegi yesterday, countries around the world were expelling Libyan diplomats linked to the embattled regime
Mmegi has established that the Libyan Embassy in Gaborone has been closed since the departure of Ambassador Assed Mohamad Almutaa and his staff three months ago.
Skelemani said Botswana’s recognition of NTC would remain until there were elections and the rebels were (hopefully) officially installed in office.
However, if the rebel council and Gaddafi’s regime agreed to form a government of national unity, Botswana would recognise them, the minister said.
Libya was plunged into turmoil when pro-democracy activists mounted street protests to demand an end to Gaddafi’s 42-year rule that resulted from a military coup. Gaddafi vowed to use his military to crush the demonstrators, prompting the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone to be enforce by (NATO).
Botswana was the first country to end diplomatic relations with Libya when the bombing started.
ZeinakhodrAljaz:
#Libya families from tripoli tell me it is getting very difficult to survive in capital, lack of fuel and food
FromJoanne:
#Syrian ship “Marwa” Carrying weapons 4 Regime which was intercepted along coast of #Tobruk has now ARRIVED in #Benghazi
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi filth firing GRAD rockets at #Freedomfighter positions not far from #AzAziyah. #Libya #Feb17
HINDUSTANTIMES:
BBC launches fm in Libya
The BBC World Service began broadcasting a new FM radio service in the Libyan rebel-held cities of Benghazi and Misrata on Thursday, the British broadcaster said. BBC Arabic already operates on Libyan television and on short- and medium-wave radio, “and we are pleased to be extending
our availability to FM radio,” it said in a statement.
It will be in Arabic, with a “Newshour” programme in English once a day.
Liliane Landor, the BBC’s controller of languages, said, “This year has been a very difficult one for Libyans.”
FromJoanne Joanne
Freedom Fighters captured Gaddafi Thugs in #BREGA youtube.com/watch?v=tSgSgz… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSgSgzUd2p4&fea...
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
رفضَ المُستشار مصطفى عبدالجليل العرض الفرنسي بتقديم مساعدة تخص تامينه
الشخصي وتق…ديم حراس له ذوي كفائه عالية لزيادة تامينه من اي غدر او مكروه قد يلحق به .
مًؤكداً المًستشار مًصطفى ، ان الحَامي هُو الله ، وان ّحراسه الشخصيين الحالين من المستحيل ان يغدرو به ، لانهم اصلاً من نفس قبيلته بل من البيت المقرب منه وهم شَباب من خيرة ابناء ليبيا الاحرار .
مطمئناً الجميع ان اغلب اوقاته في مدينة البيضاء ، وانه بينَ اهله وبَين الثوار الاحرَار لذا لا خوف عليه او على حياته ، وان الاعمار بيد الله ، والثورة لن تقف عند اي شخص مهما كاَنت اهميتُه ومَهما كان دوره
FromJoanne Joanne
Watching #Footage from #Libya People say "Situation is deterioration they say the government will fall from within #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz:
#Libya rebels pushing on two main fronts towards capital; they are now 60 kilometers from capital near #azaziyah" #feb17
dovenews:
50 wr wounded on Thurs & Fri & 1 civilian in the all-but-deserted town was killed when a rocket fired by Gaddafi’s forces hit a house
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREGA IS GADDAFI ’s POT OF GOLD The #Zawiya refinery Oil Tanks R EMPTY Now all G Regime has left is Fuel from #Brega Refinery #Libya
Benito (BASHAR) & Hitler (GADDAFI), history does repeat itself!!
BASHAR & GADDAFI: معاً لدحر الشعوب، وسفك الدماء، والإستهزاء بالعقول والإنتماء
FromJoanne Joanne
Blood rises to my head :( Instand headache … Libyan citizen tortured in this container youtube.com/watch?v=eTFNFh… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTFNFhthJO8
Gheryan. Valley District: National Army rebels made significant progress after clashes with the battalions in the area
4Adam Adam Libya
Lethal Lessons – Raw video of a firefight in Misrata, Libya. #nyt youtube.com/watch?v=satMdB… #Libya #Feb17 #Misrata
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=satMdBrKqJE&fea...
Ahmed
Excitement on the streets of Tripoli today at the thought that soon Zawiyah will be liberated for the final time. #
Electricity in #Tripoli seems to be getting better
Prisoners kept in containers in many places. 1 place is Shar3 AlGharby (Western Street) in Gurgi near radar station. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
Dishgimp Pete
Libyan visa secured. Quick overnight in Djerba before rendezvousing at the border tomorrow.” Sky News in #Tripoli #rixos
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya A mistake, to think a captured G intel officer will tell the truth. And a mistake to link Reuters stories as if they were accurate.
#libya It is ridiculous to say that 70% of Tripoli residents support Gaddafi. They support whoever is holding the gun pointed at them.
#libya An intel officer captured by the FF has avoided danger from the FF. Now by lying, he avoids danger from Gaddafi.
#libya You cannot win a moral victory against Gaddafi. You cannot win 99% of the war and go home happy. From 1% the snake will re-emerge
#libya Instead of counterattacks now we get PR attacks, dis-information. They want to make the FF afraid to attack Tripoli. It won’t work.
#libya No matter what people may feel about Gaddafi, when the FF get to Tripoli people will desert him, they won’t ferociously defend him.
#libya The rule is: whatever they say, the truth is the opposite; what they accuse you of, they did. So the truth is not hard to figure out.
#libya A captured G officer says Tripoli is under control; it is not under control. He says Gaddafi is strong there; that means he’s weak.
#libya The FF have said all along Tripoli is the goal. They know it will be the hardest battle and it may take as long as the other battles
#libya But once the battle for Tripoli begins, and Gaddafi goes into his bunker, he will only come out a blackened burned corpse
#libya The captured G officer says Gaddafi has the support of “the tribes” in Tripoli. Sure, Tripoli is the most “tribal” city in Libya.
#libya The truth is, tribal membership is less important in Tripoli than anywhere. Making money is still important.
#libya While G’s mafia still rules Tripoli businessmen try to keep working. But when they see he’s a loser they will cut his tiny balls off
#libya Yesterday the FF smelled the sea; tomorrow the citizens of Tripoli will HEAR the sounds of the battle on the city’s outskirts
#libya What do you think will happen when the people of Tripoli hear tank fire, and it isn’t NATO, and it isn’t Gaddafi either?
#libya This time, please God, when the FF overrun Green Square it will be forever, and the rat Gaddafi will be cooked on a stick
Reviving Amazigh
those who say #Libya conflict is a stalemate forget tht in March #Gaddafi forces where 20km frm #Benghazi,whereas now #FF 60km frm #Tripoli
Read the following:
renesys blog:
Libyan Internet Instability
There hasn’t been much to say about the Internet in Libya this summer, as their patterns of connectivity have been fairly stable. It was interesting, therefore, to observe that much of the country’s Internet routing has started to show evidence of sporadic failures this week, which have gone unreported in the media.
The following plot shows the number of Libyan networks (blocks of Libyan IP addresses) that appear in the global routing table. There are typically 16 of these, all routed by Libyan Telecom and Technology (LTT) via Telecom Italia. This week they have suffered some impairment, in groups of 6 or 10, in episodes that typically last no more than a few hours.
There didn’t seem to be any pattern to these outages, which took place at all times of the day and night. It seems to suggest power outages, rather than permanent facilities damage, or deliberate action by the government (for suppressing communications, say).
Link:
www.renesys.com/blog/2011/08/libyan-int...
AJ: Injured fighter: We have liberated #Brega completely
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Georgia CARGO SHIP “A BEDEVI” 35.07608˚/11.8361˚ Speed/Course: 11.6 kn/144˚ left #Sousse #Tunisia, headed towards #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO
PHOTO’S:
Training the Libyan National Army
By Libyan Youth Movement
Have a look here:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.17940...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports #Freedomfighters, w/ #NATO help, have captured ship from #Syria, dest. #Tripoli #Libya. Unconfirmed “MARWA” in port #Benghazi #Feb17
BBC
Wounded civilian toll rises in Libya conflict
Rebels in Libya say they are continuing to fight for control of the strategic town of Zlitan, west of the city of Misrata.
Doctors in Misrata say more than 8,000 people have been wounded since the uprising began in February and 3,000 of those are thought to be civilians.
Four months ago the BBC reported on a six-year-old girl who had been badly injured when her home came under attack.
Orla Guerin returned to Misrata to find her.
Watch the video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14511684
The media will claim that Libya is a stalemate until the day that FF armies enter Tripoli.
24HEURES
Hannibal Kadhafi veut-il vendre ses tankers?
Que devient Hannibal Kadhafi? Ces dernières semaines, à en croire Petroleum Economist, le journal britannique spécialisé dans le secteur de l’énergie, le fils du colonel Kadhafi aurait multiplié les contacts auprès d’investisseurs étrangers susceptibles de s’intéresser à General National Maritime Transport (GNMTC).
Cette compagnie contrôlée par l’Etat, que gère Hannibal Kadhafi, assurait jusqu’aux sanctions internationales le transport du pétrole libyen. Mais voilà, le régime est à sec. Sa capacité de production pétrolière s’est réduite, tout comme celle de raffiner ses réserves de brut – encore estimées à 3 ou 3,5 millions de barils – suite à la destruction de ses installations. Et ses possibilités d’importer du carburant sont entravées par les sanctions internationales. Le régime voudrait donc vendre la compagnie ou une partie des quinze tankers qui composent sa flotte. Une manière de renflouer les caisses, selon le journal britannique. Et peut-être de s’ouvrir la voie d’un acheminement discret de fuel dont il commence à manquer.
Full story:
www.24heures.ch/hannibal-kadhafi-veut-v...
Al-Jazeera correspondent:
NATO bombing of supplies destined for troops Gaddafi Brega
FUTURE FOR LIBYA
Libya Transitional Council Issues Constitutional Declaration
On 11 August Libya FM Radio has reported that the country’s National Transitional Council (NTC) issued a 37-article constitutional declaration that includes a number of principles. The declaration, said the radio, is composed of two sections; the first section includes general rulings and public rights while the second details the government system during the transitional period.
The radio quoted the NTC’s official spokesman as saying that the transitional period is to last for 20 months; eight of them are to be under the chairmanship of the NTC while the remaining 12 months are to be under the authority of the General National Congress.
Source:
voicefreelibya.blogspot.com/2011/08/lib...
Tawarga Two days of battle left five anti-government fighters dead and 46 wounded
BLOOMBERG:
Libya Rebels Report Capture of Most of Strategic Western Town of Tawarga
Libyan insurgents say they have captured most of the western town of Tawarga after breaking through government lines around the nearby city of Misrata.
Two days of battle left five anti-government fighters dead and 46 wounded by noon local time today, said the Mujamma Aledad Hospital in Misrata. The government didn’t release information on casualties among Muammar Qaddafi’s forces, which are accused by the rebels of launching missiles from Tawarga into rebel-held Misrata, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) to the north.
“We control most of the town,” Adel Ibrahim of rebel- controlled Radio Misrata said today. “Qaddafi soldiers are in the old town. There are civilians; they are using them like hostages. Negotiations are going on.”
The capture of Tawarga would represent the first success for rebel units based in Misrata after two months of trying to overcome government forces that surround the city. Rebels say they hope a victory, together with others reported in the Western Mountains, will demonstrate to the opposition’s international backers that they are able to break a stalemate that has lasted more than two months.
Chris Stephen in Misrata through the Dubai newsroom
Read full article:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-12/libya...
FromJoanne Joanne
Once again the MAP of the not so long road to #TRIPOLI twitpic.com/63w5mn/full #Libya credit to @k_thos #Libya
Hominoid
Brega (Libya Ahrar): It is confirmed that Brega’s third residential area has been liberated
and Freedom Fighters are surrounding Gaddafi forces in a tight circle at the industrial zone that does not exceed 7km.
Friday troops belonging to al-Gaddafi gave themselves to the FFs in the village of Nasser to Al Zentan Ffs.
The FFs are engaged in fierce fighting today with the battalion near the village of Nasser. G troops lacking food ammo and moral !
libyaoutreach:
hrw and Federation now in Tripoli visiting prisons but they will only go to official jails. 1000s of ppl held in makeshift prisons.
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREGA FF control #New #Brega Residential Zone 15 miles from PortArea +OilTerminal which saw close fighting 2day 50 injured in 2Days #Libya
ProudLibyan
And now for some Gaddafi wisdom: I am zee king ov kings of Afreeka! I will roole u or I weel kill u!
MSNBC
Captured Libyan intel officer: Gadhafi still strong
SHALGHOUDA, Libya — About 70 percent of Libyans in Moammar Gadhafi’s main stronghold Tripoli still support him and he is in no danger of falling anytime soon, a captured Libyan intelligence officer said Friday.
“For the most part Tripoli is stable. There is some opposition to Gadhafi but I would say he is safe,” said Brig. Gen. Al-Hadi al-Ujaili, who described himself as a member of Libya’s all-pervasive intelligence service.
“Gadhafi still has the support of key tribes. He is still very strong,” said the 54-year-old father of six, who was captured wearing a tan leisure suit by rebels pushing north toward the town of
Zawiyah, 30 miles west of Tripoli.
Read story and see photo:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44120095/ns/world_...
Photo of the Charles de Gaulle:
French Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier sails to the harbour of the French southern port of Toulon on August 12, 2011. The vessel, France’s only aircraft carrier and Europe’s biggest warship has returned home for maintenance from the NATO-led mission over Libya.
topics.lifewhile.com/photo/08nA7Ig1gQ0v...
Shamam : We have calls of Gaddafi ordering to assassin NTC member and 2000+ phone calls
Mr. Mahmoud Shamam confirmed that they have more than 2000 genuine calls of Gaddafi and his regime members and exlains how they could phone tap such calls from within Tripoli, one of the calls is of Gaddafi himself giving orders to assassin a high ranking NTC member, the call will be broadcasted on libya.tv within days
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2Cu1HiAWs&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
TRIPOLI Ppl from various areas will march to Rixos to denounce & condemn NATO major massacre in Zlitan Libya a NOTE JomanaCNN received
Image of FF INTERCEPTED Syria Cargo ship Lady Seham full of Weapons 4 Regime Now in Benghazi
t.co/PUtplXV
or:
photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto....
Libya United Blog:
Around the world we stand as one. None are free until all are free. These are the photos that represent a global community of Libyans on the path for freedom. Each of these photos portray a Libyan flag in front of a national landmark.
MUST LOOK HERE:
libyaunited.tumblr.com
libyanandproud
The time for the passive and numb Arab youth is FINISHED !
ALJAZEERA
Around hundred and fifty members of the Al-Aamaymeh tribe in Zlitan gathered in Tripoli to protest against a recent NATO airstrike, which they claim killed a number of civilians.
The protesters held pictures of the purported victims and chanted slogans outside the embassy of Hungary, which is member of the military alliance.
Ibrahim Al-Majeri, head of the Libyan Doctors’ order, said that Thursday’s demonstration was designed “to condemn the massacres by the NATO coalition against the civilians”.
Al-Majeri also delivered a protest letter to the Hungarian ambassador in Tripoli.
Libyan officials claimed the strike killed 85 civilians but NATO have denied this, saying that its aircraft hit a staging base and military accommodation 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of Zlitan. – Associated Press
ProudLibyan
Many don’t know, in the era prior to Satellite TV, Libyans used to be tortured by Gaddafi state TV alone!That alone is enough 4 a revolution
#EpicLibyanMan knows theres nothin better than laying down on a hot summer day in the shade of a multiple rocket launcher. #libya #feb17
Pic.:
epiclibyan.tumblr.com/post/8832398794/e...
WEELULE
@
@JomanaCNN please don’t regurgitate their propaganda, it is all fully organised by the so called gov, to do you would their mouth piece
Arabian Babbler
Once you decide to live on the shattered remains of other’s lives, you are making a (im)moral decision. No amount of spin can change that.
FreeBenghazi
Gaddafiforces burnt martyr AliZarouk’s home in #Barda bcos it was meeting place for #Nalut thuwar #Libya v @nalut17feb facebook.com/media/set/?set…
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.270536786296065.87141.221212461228498’
Have a look:
Ibn:
To lighten the mood, a funny comic made from pics in #libya
twitter.com/#!/IbnOmar2005/status/102094596942725120/photo/1
wheelertweets James Wheeler
2 nights ago a #Libyan college prof talked 2 me about the revolution, referring to the good guys as they & them. Seemed happy but bewildered
Ibn
archway that was between #benghazi and #tripoli that #gaddafi later destroyed. #libya #feb17 pic.twitter.com/XzRFHyj
Iman
Is my sources are correct good news will be coming out of tarhuna soon inshallah! Ar ed3u bas! #Libya #Feb17
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس”
Nalut feb17
UN visiting Nalut 2 set-up post-war programme for reconstruction, de-mining & 2 support women, kids&civil society
Khiria
The Silence of the @UN @HRW & other human rights organizations on innocent prisoners held by the #Gaddafi regime is an embarrassment. #Libya
Meet Mohammed Busidra, Libya’s Post-Gaddafi Political Kingmaker
By Doug Saunders
Benghazi
For more than 20 years, he was Moammar Gadhafi’s most notorious political prisoner – the Islamist ringleader who escaped the 1996 one-day massacre of 1,200 of his fellow inmates and survived a decade in solitary confinement.
Today, as Col. Gadhafi’s rebel opponents falter in the rebel capital of Benghazi, Mohammed Busidra has quietly turned himself into the post-Gadhafi kingmaker.
While secular and military figures have fallen into factional fighting, Mr. Busidra, 53, has brought together Libya’s disparate moderate Islamist leaders into the country’s only united political force. He has written a constitution that they have agreed upon, and is organizing Libya’s mosques into a political machine. This has made him, in the view of many people here, the figure who will wield the most political power, and likely control the country’s leadership, in the event of the dictator’s demise.
Please read the story here:
dougsaunders.net/2011/08/libya-islamist...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Video from 20 Feb when Khoms FFs as they entered AlHamya Military camp is.gd/zlQ5Hq #Feb17 #libya
or;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDDIXGBKD1w&fea...
Afmuja:
Obviously Gaddafi and Assad would hate to hear this: t.co/mJNUVMG #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddafi #Assad
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2370...
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya #Rixos Hotel California being played. Apt.
Reuters:
Friday prayers in Benghazi.
Close to a thousand worshipers gather in Libya’s rebel stronghold, at a time when at least 11 rebel fighters have been killed in the last 24 hours. Rebels have been fighting to capture the strategic oil terminal and refinery at Brega. They have reportedly taken the residential zone of New Brega. But that is 10 miles away the port. Many have died in Brega. They hope that capturing the port will be a tipping point in their nearly six-month campaign to oust Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi. But as the fight goes on, the funerals continue. Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
Video;
in.reuters.com/video/2011/08/12/prayers...
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA: Rebel fighters now in control of #Tawarga #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya rebels pushing on two main fronts towards capital; they are now 60 km from #Tripoli near #AzAziyah. #Libya #Feb17
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL:
Stop the anguish of families of disappeared in Libya
“I fear the worst since he has been in the hands of al-Gaddafi forces. But I just want to know if he is dead or alive. If we know he was killed, at least we will be able to mourn, and start the healing process.”
Sister of 19-year-old Mostafa Ibrahim El-Baghdadi, who disappeared in Misratah in
mid-March 2011
Across Libya, anguished families wait to learn the fate of their vanished relatives. Hundreds – possibly thousands – have reportedly been subjected to enforced disappearances by Colonel al-Gaddafi’s forces since the unrest began. Some were arrested before the 17 February “Day of Rage”, in a vain attempt to quell opposition. They face torture and other ill-treatment, and even extrajudicial execution.
The al-Gaddafi forces refuse to disclose any information about the fate or whereabouts of those detained. Some may be held in key detention facilities such as the Ain Zara and Abu Salim prisons, the Salaheddin facility in Tripoli, and the Sirte military police barracks; but the authorities deny independent bodies access to these places.
The disappeared – mostly men – come from across Libya: Benghazi and other part of Eastern Libya, Misratah, the Nafusa Mountain; and the capital, Tripoli. They include those suspected of opposing al-Gaddafi; those taken by retreating al-Gaddafi forces; and those who vanished in fighting in the east. Some were taken away after raids by al-Gaddafi forces on opposition-controlled territory; others when leaving opposition strongholds. Since the unrest, the families of political prisoners already held by the Tripoli authorities have had no news about their imprisoned relatives.
While some have been released, many others remain disappeared. Some former detainees reported torture or ill-treatment by al-Gaddafi forces in Sirte and Tripoli. Some have appeared on state television, apparently after being tortured, purportedly “confessing” to joining armed groups, belonging to al-Qa’ida, being drug addicts, or having been deceived by the opposition.
To the extent that the practice of enforced disappearances is part of a widespread or systematic attack by al-Gaddafi forces on civilians, such disappearances constitute crimes against humanity, under Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Enforced disappearance is a human rights violation and a crime under international law. Sign the petition now to demand an end to enforced disappearances in Libya. On 30 August, the International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International will deliver it to representatives of Colonel al-Gaddafi’s government.
ALJAZEERA:
Nineteen years ago, 157 people were killed on board a Libyan passenger jet when it exploded on approach to Tripoli.
For years the Libyan Arab Airlines flight 1103 explosion remained unexplained and Libyans were not allowed to talk about it.
But as Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports, the uprising is starting to change that.
Video:
feb17.info/media/video-freedom-opens-up...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Electricity continues to be cut off in the whole of Sabha. #Feb17 #libya
Kufra drivers enjoy driving over Gaddafi
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohlx4VejbrY&fea...
You have to listen to this!
Arabic song by Libyan band FB 17 called Trables i.e. Tripoli
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfoEpVcIYaE
Ahmed
Tarawee7 prayers at Mulay Mohamed Mosque usually packed full. Now empty, as being covered by State TV. Watch and see. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
jamal
The Director of the sea port of Benghazi, ‘Mustafa Alabbar’ has confirmed that the ship is called ‘Marwa’ .
Darth
Revolutionaries support each other regardless of religion/nationality, while gov’t argues with each other over petty shit. WE’RE the future
Abdul
breaking news: journalists in #rixos hotel in #tripoli r not allowed 2 leave hotel at all since 2day, according 2 a foreign journalist there
Omar
in Benghazi we took down the entire regime yet not a single case of looting, now i realise what an achievement that was
Ibn
the reason #gaddafi has control of #tripoli isnt tribal, its due to his high security in the area, and threats to families=>fear
the only ppl who take tribes seriously were the older older generation, the “baby boomer” generation of #libya if you will
dovenews Libyan™
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree on the introduction of sanctions against the Gaddafi regime adopted by the UN last March.
The sanctions prevent the flight of a Libyan aircraft & aircraft bound for Libya in Russian airspace, with the exception of
those carrying humanitarian aid or the emergency landing, and to inspect any cargo ships heading to or coming from Libya
Decree also provides for the imposition of economic sanctions, especially the prohibition of any financial dealings with Gaddafi regime.
Gihan
Ghazaya disaster #Gadhafi forces turn it to a town of ghosts! Residents forced to flee &make it military barracks & camps for vehicles & soldiers
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXgS7semOp8&fea...
A Free Libyan
AJA reported that FFs are in control of Nasser. Roughly 25KM from #Zawiya. #Libya #Feb17
TAWARGA UPDATE VIDEO:
Military leader of al Namer battalion Mohammed Ahmed bu Sha’lah KIA in #Tawarga
Commander provides update from today’s fighting in #Tawarga
Commander of fighters in #Tawarga says they captured Mercenaries from Niger, Nigeria and Egypt
Rebels captured 14.5, 23mm Antiaircraft weapons and rocket launchers today in #Tawarga
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlxF7SWNFw
Telegraph:
Dental records for Hana Gaddafi reopen mystery of Libyan leader’s daughter
The documents were found in the Libyan Embassy in Knightsbridge this week after rebels fighting to end Gaddafi’s reign formally took possession of the “People’s Bureau”. They disclose a London dentist’s work for the Gaddafi regime, reopening the mystery of the daughter the Libyan leader claims was killed in a US bombing raid.
The Daily Telegraph has seen the papers. They show that in 2008 Libyan officials in London arranged for the dentist, Stephen Hopson, to fly to Tripoli to treat a patient called “Hana Ghadafi”.
Hana was the name of the baby daughter that Gaddafi claimed was killed in the US air strike on Tripoli in 1986. The attack is said to have led the dictator to order terrorist reprisals, including the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
dovenews Libyan™
Many well known #Saudi scholars hv visitd the Free Libyan cities & announced their support 4 the 17Feb revolution against the tyrant Gaddafi
SecularLibya
Breaking: one of 2 natural gas pipelines to #Tripoli power stations has been cut 3 weeks ago. FF should cut off 2nd line thru Nalut #Libya
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Misrata: rollback of #Gaddafi forces by Rebels to the East of Misrata leaves no more avenues for rocket attacks on city. #Libya
LPC #Misrata: Fighters have pushed #Gaddafi forces back to #Sedada (31° 41’ 60N, 14° 33’ 0E). #Libya
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #Salah #Abrahim has arrived to #Belgrade to receive the Libyan embassy’s money, whch is approx 150 million Euro #Libya via libyatv
Correction its 150 million Euro not USD $$$.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Libya State Tv is reporting that ‘David Cameron is suffering from the curse of Libya’. (referring to the #englandriots )
Libya State TV is wrongly saying that UK Police are using live rounds of ammunition against #Looters.
G TROLLS:
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
6.9% of the people following me are on internet connections in Libya. which means 6.8% of people following me work for #Gaddafi.
Libyan
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@Jonny_Hallam LOL, 9.7% of my followers are on internet connections in #Libya which means I have #Gaddafi trolls following me too
Heba
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@Jonny_Hallam not totally accurate ! don’t forget that Internet connection is back here(Eastern #Libya) since July
BentBenghazi
Praying 4all mothers who have lost a child, whether they died fighting for freedom or fighting hunger #Libya #Syria #Somalia #Bahrain #Yemen
omar
vid: #Gaddafi helicopters carrying mercenaries to kill libyans in #tripoli 23 2 11 youtu.be/HJyYOCz9Dow #Libya #feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJyYOCz9Dow&fea...
MISRATAPOST:
تقرير الجزيره من داخل البريقه 12 اغسطس #ALJArabic reports from #Brega – August 12 t.co/FWZHRwa #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Y8kCIPJJM&fea...
Asmaa
NATO has prevented mass arrests and torture in the liberated areas #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
@NATO has saved countless numbers of children unlike Gaddafi who mamaes them with his mines #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
NATO has saved women from being raped by Gaddafi troops #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
NATO has saved thousands of civilian lives and #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
NATO has saved thousands of civilian lives and #Libyansthankyou #Libya @UN
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters at the NE frontline advanced to the #Hooish #60 area on the outskirts of #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
ALJAZEERA:
Fleeing Libyans say Gaddafi regime crumbling
Libya’s rebel fighters have been making advances in the west of the country in their push towards Tripoli.
Dozens of civilians have fled the Libyan capital, saying living conditions in the city have been deteriorating.
They say food and fuel are in short supply and electricity has been erratic.
Many of them they say it is only a matter of time before the government of Muammar Gaddafi falls from within.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from western Libya.
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ybqNbv2Is
Libyan Youth Movement:
NATO arming of Libyan rebels on the rise?
BRUSSELS — Amid renewed diplomatic flurry over finding a negotiated end to the military stalemate in Libya, reports of consistent European arming of the rebels are gaining more currency.
Officials remain tight-lipped over speculative reporting of a recent buildup in heavy arms shipments to the Libyan strongholds, the only confirmation so far confined to a French admission in June of “light” weapons transfers.
But military analysts say more than “light” equipment is entering Libya’s rebel-held territories. With funds channeled out of Libyan assets partly unfrozen under NATO orders, large amounts of cash has flowed into arms purchases to help the rebels’ advance.
A decisive military victory continues to elude the Transitional National Council, however.
Rebel commanders and political leaders are busy networking across the Atlantic and running embassies gifted to them in London and Washington but the rebels are nowhere close to establishing their writ over Libya.
As U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for more energetic efforts to secure a political solution, military analysts in Europe see the U.N. mandate being used liberally to facilitate increasing arms transfers to Libyan rebel forces, ostensibly to defend civilians against forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
NATO forces began enforcing a U.N.-mandated, no-fly zone over Libya in March — mainly to protect civilians from attacks by loyalists. As much time has elapsed without a clear military outcome, international and European interpretations of that mandate have multiplied.
In July, NATO leaders even offered Gadhafi an exit route to circumvent the
International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant in a bid to secure a political solution, reports at the time said.
Gadhafi faces arrest for crimes against humanity committed since he ordered a crackdown on dissent in February but that option is also negotiable if signs emerge of a negotiated end to the conflict. NATO negotiators offered to let Gadhafi stay in Libya, stripped of power but divisions over the proposed deal arose quickly.
Ban’s comments confirmed that negotiations with Gadhafi were continuing, despite frequent denials that no talks with the Tripoli government were afoot.
Ban said he spoke with Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi to say he was “very troubled” about the lack of progress on finding a political solution to the crisis. Ban, in statements issued though his spokesman’s office, said “all sides must commit to a political process.”
NATO officials in statements this week suggested forces loyal to Gadhafi were showing signs of defeat, however.
“Although it will be premature to jump to conclusions, it is becoming more and more apparent that pro-Gadhafi forces are losing their ability to conduct massive offensives,” said Col. Roland Lavoie, a spokesman for the NATO mission in Libya, in a statement.
Analysts wonder if the rebels’ newly acquired arsenals have anything to do with the perceived change in the conflict’s direction.
The shipments were believed to include French-made Milan anti-tank missiles sent from Qatar and directly from France. Additional supplies came from Egypt and included the Maadi Misr assault rifle, the Egyptian produced version of the Kalashnikov AK-47. The Libyan army is armed with variants of the Kalashnikov and they will have been easily assimilated by the rebels, Anthony Tucker-Jones argued on the Web site, publicserviceeurope.com.
Further military aid from Italy was passed on as “self-defense material” and rebel ranks were seen with Swedish designed Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifles. It is unclear how they ended up in Libya, but presumably via a third party.
Tucker-Jones cited “speculation they had come from Britain, which had a license to produce the Carl Gustav in the past.” British Foreign Secretary William Hague insists Britain has only provided non-lethal equipment.
Gadhafi loyalists recently put on display of captured munitions and weapons they claim were provided by EU members, including anti-tank weapons, 68mm rockets and mortar rounds. In addition, the rebels received help from British, French and Italian military advisers sent to Benghazi.
Libya was a major importer of EU weapons, and some British exports that didn’t materialize — including an order for 130,000 Kalashnikovs — were likely fulfilled by other countries, including Romania.
Before the conflict began, Malta sold Gadhafi more than $122 million of small arms it purchased elsewhere.
Analysts said some of the Soviet-designed or Russian-made equipment could also have been supplied by Western suppliers. Tucker-Jones cited the CIA as a potential source for Soviet-designed weapons.
Source- UPI
Daily Kos:
THIS IS A MUST READ AND A MUST WATCH:
SCOOP: My Lai or Qaddafi Lie? More on the 85 Civilians presumed killed by NATO
by Clay Claiborne
Meet 15 year-old Salwa Jawoo. She is said to be one of the victims of a NATO airstrike near Zlitan, Libya that the Qaddafi regime claims killed 85 civilians in an area with no military presence. Matthew Price of the BBC found her lying in a Ziltan hospital bed, bruised and with a bandaged hand. She says that her mother and two sisters were among the 85 children, women and men murdered by NATO, and from the look of her she is lucky to have escaped with her own life. Earlier Matthew Price and other international journalists were taken on a tour of the bombing scene with Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi. He was shown Salwa’s name in some school books at the scene. Of the visit with Salwa in the hospital, Price wrote:
Her face was scarred – she had a broken shoulder.
She said she was sitting outside her home when the first missile struck. It was the second one that injured her.
“There was no military camp. We were just living there. Why did they attack us?” she asked.
“My mother died, and my two sisters,” she added, with a sigh. A tear ran down her cheek as she spoke. Her grief was genuine.
And here is Salwa Jawoo again, at least it certainly looks like her. This still is a screen shot from this video produced by Libyan State TV about the murder of 85 civilians near Ziltan. She speaks in this YouTube video between 3:45 – 4:24, the screenshot is @ 04:07:24, and she appears to have made quite a recovery. The bandage is gone and so are the bruises as far as I can tell. If you watch the video clip of her I put up you’ll see her broken shoulder is much better. But her anger is as genuine as her grief was earlier.
Videos and full story here;
www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/12/10063...
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya DepFM says UN statement blaming all parties for civilian deaths is unacceptable. “Only party to blame is NATO and rebels.”
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya DFM: “elements of the rebels are in talks with us” NATO putting rebels under pressure to “do the job quickly”
libya tv
BREAKING! FF are surrounding Gaddafi forces in Badir. Nafusa
Abdullah
Confirmed: now there is Katiba for #Alkhums FF in #Misrata #Libya
Hanan
Rabee yuserhum. My bro’s in Nalut w/them preparing for the fight.
Mushu
I feel like it’s a matter of days before #Zawiya is finally freed. Insha Allah yaaaaa Rabb! #Libya #Feb17 #prayforlibya
LibyaAlHurraTV
Electric service has been restored since yesterday to MOST of #Tripoli. Areas with “important buildings” didn’t experience outages at all.
Lisa
#Feb17 #FreedomFighters r kicking a..!!! Sorry but….THEY ARE! Go go #FreedomFighters #downwithgaddafi! Won’t b long now!!!!
AL Zintan Channel:
Confirmed:
Breaking New: The FF’s of the Westren Montains are now at the house of 60 Km, that means only 35 km far from Al Azizia and of course 60 km from Tripoli .
#Libya Deputy FM Kaim says Gaddafi gov’t will welcome mission from UN to verify deaths from #NATO strike near Zlitan
The electricity getting better last two days in #Alkhums #Libya
#AJE ZeinaKhodr
Thuwar at outskirts of #Zawiya.“Final chapter of war not yet written,but indications on ground that end’s in insight” #Libya
General says Libyan situation is still unpredictable
OTTAWA — A top Canadian general says there’s no way to tell right now whether NATO will have to extend its Libyan operation past the end of September.
Maj.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, the director of the strategic joint staff, says, however, that a rushed withdrawal by NATO would be calamitous.
Vance has told MPs on the Commons defence committee that diplomatic and political efforts are vital now to produce a solution.
He says no one can predict how things will unfold over the next six weeks.
New Democrat MP Jack Harris says he doesn’t want to see the Canadian mission extending beyond its present Sept. 27 expiry date.
Harris says NATO air strikes have seriously reduced Moammar Gadhafi’s abilities to strike at his own civilian population and it’s time to go back to the United Nations for a negotiated settlement.
Feature Columnist joins Libya TV
This week journalist and blogger Yusra Tekbali joined our news desk at Libya TV. Libya TV is the first independent satellite channel in the history of Libya. Free Libyans, and those still struggling to liberate Libya from the grip of the Gaddafi regime, now have a channel and website through which to air their voices.
You may recall Yusra’s video and oped with CNN published shortly after the February 17 uprising, or may have followed her updates on Twitter where she worked with Libyan refugees in Tunisia. Yusra is joining us from Cairo, where she participated in several Tweet Nadwas/Discussions including BBC’s special on the Arab Revolutions. Yusra’s activism work includes her experience volunteering with Arab-American organizations such as The Arab American Institute, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Although born and raised in the U.S., Yusra worked as a media fixer in Tripoli, and as such, was subjected to harsh interrogations by Libyan government police, who repeatedly brought up her activism work and articles, including her CNN article titled Libya is more than Gaddafi, and her Al Jazeera article about the Lockerbie bombing.
While in Cairo, she participated in workshops and events organized by Friends of Free Libya and is active in Libyan women’s circles. Yusra is currently working with Libyan women activists in planning an upcoming Libyan women’s conference, which will focus on the role of women in new Libya.
Yusra was a finalist in Miss Arab USA where she made us proud as the only Libyan contestant and is a published author in the anthology, “I Speak For Myself: American Women on Being Muslim.” Her essay, “Capitol Hill Diaries” describes her tug-of-war with identity politics while working for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in The United States House of Representatives.
Like all of us at the station, Yusra will wear many hats, but will focus mostly on writing, editing, reporting and blogging for LibyaTV. Her featured blog is called “Yusra’s Take. “
Website Revamp
In the next few days, English.LibyaTV will be revamped to improve its content and design. In addition to “Yusra’s Take,” we will be adding an up-to-date live blog, more comprehensive analysis and diverse opinion pieces. We look forward to hearing more feedback from our readers and encourage to check out our Facebook page and Tweet us your comments.
In the next coming weeks we will be encouraging debate and discussion on current happenings in Libya, and will be looking to add more Libyan voices to our op-ed pages. Be on the lookout for the new changes that we hope will improve our site and better reflect the diversity of our readers.
Libya alahrar news:
More evidence of hired mercenaries in Misrata.
SUMMARY AUGUST 13 2011
8/13/2011
8.13.2011
FREE ZAWIYA EDITION
“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.” – William Arthur Ward
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/EEWPo
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
New Quryna paper says #FF have taken town of #Tarfas 10km from #Zawiyah #Libya.
G tv:
STATE TV continues to incite violence. Violence between Libyans and now against journos. Why is it still open? #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Ahmed
Spoke 2 man windows smashed due 2 NATO bomb. Said govt. offered compensation.He replied “Keep your compensation, i got nothing for 42 years”
Hiba El-Gamaty
Still lots of fighting going on in Gheryan, but expect good news tonight inshallahhhhh be2edn Allah :)
Allahu Akbar so much happening last night, our FFs r getting closer! Hearing great news الله اكبر – #Libya #Feb17
Maps added #Libya #Feb17: BREAKING Aug13 4am FF cut off the coastal road & entered #Zawia #Surman & #Alharsha
egyptday1.blogspot.com/2011/08/breaking...
BREAKING: 13/08/11 4am GMT #NAFUSA FF cut off the coastal road & entered #Zawia from several fronts, as well as #Surman & #Alharsha
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya FF’s liberated Alqawasim area of Gharian city east of centre and closed strategic Abugelan mountain road leads to tripoli!
Libya breaking it is clear that after major gains by FF on all fronts we have reached the tipping over point in Libya and melt down began!!
Gharian largest city in western mountain & nearest to tripoli 75km could be totally liberated by tonight fighting is now close 2 city centre
All the pieces are falling into place ;)
HAVE A LOOK!
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=305761&i...
benghazi’s bunny♥
I have a feeling the battle for #Tripoli will be sooner than we think.
Lisa
#Feb17 Wow!!! #FreedomFighters have made substantial gains while I was sleeping! Soo exciting ;). Gooo#FreedomFighters #
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Gheryan is not liberated yet – Gaddafi forces still remain in parts of it including the centre of the city. FF are near outskirts #libya
#Zintan’s military council seems to be confirming the good news coming out of #Gheryan. Reports that FF have successfully entered the city.
LibyaNewDay
More than one source is reporting #Gheryan is being liberated, although no one is claiming that it is fully liberated.
Ana Sebhowy
The News About the Liberation of #Gharyan are premature its a city before Gharyan called Abu Zayyan Gharyan is still in Gaddafi hands
Zintan military council confirming that FF’s entered #Gheryan and have liberated the area of Qawasim completely. #Libya
Heinz: Qadafi’s biggest mistake was to send his best troops to #Brega. He wanted to negotiate a split of the country. It failed. #Libya
Very true
Nasr Anaizi
I am trying to expose the bias of @Reuters. Just pay attention to their “new articles”. have even denied mass rape.
@Reuters emphasizing the negative: “Gaddafi still enjoys strong support in Tripoli and among Libya’s main tribes” #Libya #Tripoli
Jamal
Good afternoon, all #FF. Good news from Libya, #Ghiryan and surrounding areas liberated. Step by step #freedomfighters will liberate Libya
Aiman
Wonder if we’ll start seeing major concessions by #Gaddafi now that his empire is crumbling. Whatever he does now, it’s too little, too late
Forbes
Associated Press
Libyan rebels claim capture of gateway to Tripoli
WADI EL-HAI, Libya — A Libyan rebel spokesman says rebel forces have siezed from Moammar Gadhafi’s control a major mountain town that is a strategic gateway on the road to the capital, Tripoli.
The spokesman, Gomma Ibrahim, says the town of Gharyan fell on Saturday after brief clashes before Gadhafi’s troops withdrew. He says residents welcomed rebel fighters as they entered.
WADI EL-HAI, Libya — A Libyan rebel spokesman says rebel forces have siezed from Moammar Gadhafi’s control a major mountain town that is a strategic gateway on the road to the capital, Tripoli.
The spokesman, Gomma Ibrahim, says the town of Gharyan fell on Saturday after brief clashes before Gadhafi’s troops withdrew. He says residents welcomed rebel fighters as they entered.
Source:
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/13/gene...
FreeLibyan
It s clear now that #Gaddafi s gathering his troops back 2 #Tripoli.preparing 4long & bloody battle @NATO must not give him time @NATOpress
Jeel
Three other sources I called also confirmed #Gheryan’s liberation saying revolutionaries in town saying to stay in houses fight may continue
Freedom
#Libya TV regarding the #ukriots. This beats everything.. “Mercenaries and gangs of Cameron”
Ana Sebhowy
Skype still has Gaddafi flag for libya
Hiba El-Gamaty
Skype has just changed the flag for Libya from the green rag to the original, independence flag :D
guess what
Skype has just changed the flag for #Libya from the green rag to the original, independence flag.
Joanne
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FANTASTIC SIGHT : ) #Skype has just changed the FLAG for #Libya from the green rag to the original independence flag
Souffian Tripoli
Request To all ICT providers Do start changing the Libyan Flag on Internet to the Red-Black-Green striped Flag. Thank you. #Libya
Telegraph
Gaddafi loyalists claim Nato underestimated regime support as rebels fail to take Bani Walid
captured general in Libyan armed forces told reporters that Col Gaddafi is maintaining key tribal support in a belt around the capital.
In addition, Khaled Kaim, the deputy foreign minister, revealed on Saturday that the rebels failed to take the gateway city of Bani Walid in eastern Libya.
“The rebels are now under severe pressure from France, Britain and Qatar to get the job done,” he said. "They are being told that you do it or you lose our support. Nato is urging Libyans to kill fellow Libyans.
“But when they tried to take Bani Walid, after Nato bombed the checkpoints, the Bani Walid tribe came out and pushed them back.”
Full article:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Sofyan Amry
CONFIRMED: From my extensive family in Gheryan via phone.The largest city in the Nafusa Mtns,closest to #Tripoli has been LIBERATED #feb17
Jeel
Contacts in #Gheryan are in 3 parts: 1in city center and two in outskirts in 2 different directions.Combined area Liberated is substantial
Nasr
I apologize for the false report about Skype. My source confirmed flag was changed yesterday. I should have checked myself. Sorry 4 error
Reports of NATO planes flying over #Surman #Libya now
L’express
Les hôpitaux de Tripoli paralysés par les sanctions de l’Onu
Entre coupures d’électricité et pénurie de matériel, les médecins des hôpitaux de Tripoli s’efforcent tant bien que mal de soigner les civils blessés lors des frappes militaires de l’Otan sur la capitale libyenne.
Plus de cinq mois après le début des affrontements entre rebelles et forces gouvernementales, les stocks de médicaments et de matériel ont fondu. Les médecins sont de plus en plus contraints d’improviser face à des patients grièvement blessés, dit Hassan Moussa, un docteur de l’hôpital central de Tripoli.
“Nous sommes médecins mais on est incapables de sauver des vies. Où est l’oxygène ? Où se trouve le matériel de laboratoire, l’électricité, la réfrigération ?”, dit-il. “Nous demandons à Dieu de mettre fin à ce cauchemar.”
Des civils ont afflué ces derniers jours dans les hôpitaux de la capitale affirmant avoir été blessés par des frappes aériennes menées par l’Otan dans le cadre de la résolution 1973 du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu visant à protéger la population civile des forces du colonel Mouammar Kadhafi.
Art.:
www.lexpress.fr/actualites/2/monde/les-...
SMILE:
Anyone who says having a child is the best moment of their life has obviously never had two KitKats fall out of a vending machine at once.
Contact in #Gheryan was practically screaming of joy when confirming the news. The town 80km from #Tripoli VERY strategic town
Libya Libya
If #Gaddafi had allowed free speech there would have been no need for foreign intervention #Libya #TripoliPrisoners #TheRoadtoTripoli
Sirtawi
G mercenaries who fled battles in #Tawergha sought refuge in #Widdan but locals refused 2 give them aid, so they fled further south. #Feb17
LibyaNewMedia
Actuallly, one of the most reliable sources (Zintan military council) just confirmed that much of the Gheryan area has been liberated!
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya t.co/nfIy9CM
Soon all of the #Rixos journalists will finally get to see the war – they must be overjoyed :)
Sofyan Amry
First time we’re able 2 speak candidly w/ family in #Gheryan on the phone.We used to speak in code but not nooo mooore!! #feb17
Family on the phone SCREAMING,“FF’S ARE HERE,WE ARE FREE,WE ARE FREE!!”.Mosques are telling ppl via loudspeaker “stay in ur homes!”
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN Long been Gaddafi Stronghold & Prison is in PROCES of being liberated GF still cooped up in parts of center of town #Libya #Nafusa
Richard Fleming
I love it when my scepticism about the speed of #FF victories is proven totally wrong :)
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters repelled #Gaddafi attack on #AlQaa front in #SouqAlthulatha area. #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya: Several reports of intense fighting here now between #Freedomfighters & #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya: The usual #Gaddafi rooftop snipers are busy here but #Freedomfighters said to hold over half of city at this time. #Libya
#AlKhums: Reports of suspicious movements of #Gaddafi filth, coastal side reinforced w/ large amount of armed vehicles. #Libya
#Zawiya: Receiving reports that #Gaddafi mercs are dropping their weapons and fleeing in several areas. #Libya #Feb17
#AlKhums: #Gaddafi filth kidnapped 4 people & are preventing anyone to approach the beach side, reasons unknown. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
LIBYAN #FREEDOMFIGHTERS CLAIM CONTROL OF THE CITY OF #ZAWIYA! #Libya #Feb17
Unconfirmed reports that Tuhami Khaled & Amar Latif have fled to #Tunisia. #Libya #Feb17
Emo
CONFIRMED: 100% #Zawia is liberated. I called friends in the center celebrating. CONFIRM this news please. I’m responsible #Libya
Defected Brigade 8 in #Gheryan is now fighting #Sehban Brigade. #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
I get GOOSEBUMPS ! Tweeps Just Realise How Close #TRIPOLI is now .. Gaddafi is going to get more desperate more dangerous #Libya
Excuse my many writing mistakes but I am bouncing in my chair so much happening FF r doing GREAT GaddafiForces constantly RETREATING #Libya
#Al Khums Leptis Magna is very close by,some released prisoners say that most of AlKhums prisoners R transferred 2prisons in #Tripoli #Libya
#GF Held #AlKHUMS Every night FF are busy They attacked a GF truck full offuel heading 4 Zlitan #Libya
#Al KHUMS At Night FF attacked and BURNED down the House of the Home Security Brigadier #MosesMkhion #Libya
about 150 FF set up a checkpoint at the new Frontlines near #Zawiyah #Libya
#NAFUSA 55 Registered Families fled in last days from #Tripoli its getting very dangerous and unbearable to live there #Libya
#Tunisian government official said #Friday there wre CONTACTS last week between U.S. Envoys and Gaddafi’s Representatives in #Tunisia #Libya
Omar
Nasty African Mercenaries mistreat a doctor, shows what animals Gaddafi uses to persecute Libyan civilians, BASTARD Gaddafi Regime, This is going to the ICC for his Trial even when he is dead, the truth must come out to the world.
الدكتور على الضراط اتناء القبض ع1 youtube.com/watch?v=GEUrVH… a medical doctor been captured by #Gaddafi militia men, these animals are Libyans too
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEUrVHWkFXE&fea...
#GHARYAN FF HAD entered the CENTER but retreating Gaddafi Forces RETURNED after a few hrs with reforcement #Libya
#GHARYAN Saturday morning FF moved Alongside Residents and Battled 4hrs with remains of regime forces inside town #Libya
#GHARYAN residents JOINED FF out of ANGER bc 2,500 men were arrested & kidnapped in town since GF took Gharyan many months ago #Libya
FF Commander Fathi el-Ayeb says FF R 15KM from Zawiya FF Scouts report that residents wait 4 FF to reach outskirts &they will JOIN #Libya
they are fighting inside town in many places GF will not give up so easily this was a mayor stronghold 4 them
#TRIPOLI Families sneak out of city in small convoys of 4 or 5 cars under cover of darkness through back desert roads to #Nafusa #Libya
#GHARYAN Freedom Fighters have Residents + Defected GF with them + @NATO Apaches ar overhead but GF R sending more reinforcements #Libya
#GHARYAN People are very excited and joyful but Mosques r calling out 4 people to return inside their homes its still very dangerous #Libya
Gharyan rose on Febr17 but March2 Overnight Regime forces moved in & started arresting ab t2.500 ppl Since then heard horror stories #Libya
Aljezeera :
Zawiya: now FF still have a shortage of ammunition #Libya
Adel
weapons are on their way to #zawia inshallah #Libya
The Gas pipeline runs under #Nalut FF could cut it anytime they like
FreeLibya. by FromJoanne
BREAKING: HEAVY CLASHES BETWEEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND GADDAFI FORCES IN #ZAWIYA RIGHT NOW!
Adel
just spoke to uncles in Zawiya who confirmed this, victory is close inshallah #Libya
Joanne
Freedom Fighters are Firing Full Speed Ahead Meanwhile Muammar #Gaddafi is Feeling the Heat #TRIPOLI #Libya #Nafusa
Nato is also around
#GHARYAN People are MIRACULOUSLY finding the Freedom FLAG and Reports that u can see them fluttering everywhere #Libya
#NILESAT sorry Update NEWS is frustrating.. The case Judge in #Cairo delayed his decision till next Tuesday #Libya
#NILESAT #Cairo Judge Postponed Decision till Teusday if our Lawyers R allowed 2go2 Nilesat to enforce Jul30 Ruling 2UNPLUG channels #Libya
#Nilesat we are all terribly frustrated but u can imagine how the Lawyers who work so HARD on behalf of FF will feel #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Gharyan will be bloody and where r all the ppl GF had arrested ? I am fearful for what FF will find and GF retaliation #Libya
WELL Planned and very much with help of @Nato @libyanproud after Nato paves way from air They give green light and FF move on ground #Libya
ALJAZEERA
Libyan opposition forces have launched a dual offensive in the Western mountains, increasing pressure to isolate Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli.
Opposition fighters advanced toward the towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah on Saturday, attempting to cut off the southern coastal route from Tunisia that Gaddafi uses for supplies.
The ground attacks come after NATO planes had been hitting targets in these areas.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from al-Aziziya, Libya.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU6iQLd1XdQ
annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
I just heard from ex tripoli brigade pal that ffs in center of zawiya!
hope to be in libya for 5-7 days depending if they let me go down to zawiya to report -dont want to hang out in mts
Emo
MY FRIENDS ARE SO JUBILANT CELEBERATING WITH NEW LIBYA FLAGS IN THE CENTER OF #ZAWIYA #LIBYA
#FFs in #Zawiya are heading to free prisoners held in #Surman #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Yes we got this confirmed now from several sides and sources #ZAWIYAH is LIBERATED #Libya
Has anyone seen tweets about a Venezuelan plane landing in #Libya today
#LIBYA FF Moving closer to #Tripoli MAP UPDATE AUG 12 twitpic.com/652s1y/full #Libya @4Adam
abdul
#ZAWIYAH ff @Outskirts10km from #Zawya bridge as of 5:00pm #libya Time 7 injured 2 Martyrs #Surman #Zawiya #Gharyan
AJA:
BREAKING NEWS: FF cut the Road between #Tripoli & #Tunisia in #Zawiyah. #Libyan
Ahmed
More good news from the fronts. Tripoli groups initiating first phases ready for the zero hour #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
BREAKING: AJA -
freedom fighters entered alzawiyah. I receiving word that mosques in AlZawiyah are calling ALLAHU AKBAR. #Tripoli is ready
To Libyans all over the world, all over Libya and to the Libyans that can read this in Tripoli…. get ready. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
moi a table
#YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #YallahGheryan #Libya #Feb17
Hafed
#gheryan #zawyia are up and in play today … if liberated, #tripoli will be totally encircled -- #libya
Hiba El-Gamaty
Waking up to news that Green, red and black flags are flying everywhere in our hometown of #Gheryan is priceless. #Libya
Libya tv
Libya: Unconfirmed reports of clashes between Nafusa mtn FF and Gaddafi forces in Zawiya’s outskirts
Nusaiba☺
Twitter seems to be buzzing with promising news from #libya. Trying not to get too excited. Praying for best inshAllah.
Keith
Are there any journos left in the #Rixos #Tripoli #Libya? Looks like they might not be going out the way they came in.
redmeanie
Gharyan is sort of fully liberated, talking to family friend there can still here gunshots!! No idea about Zawiyah though…
Indian Citizen
mention of Zawia always brings to my mind the mythical bird PHOENIX who rose from ashes
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#libya opposition fighters advancing towards Zawiyah we were at their front line position some 20 km from the coastal city
#libya opposition fighters advancing northeast to Azaziyah and south to Gariyan; they want to cut off Gaddafi’s supply route from the south
#Libya fierce battles throughout Saturday between Gaddafi forces and rebels on fronts near Zawiyah and Azaziya; at least 2 rebels killed
#libya:families continue to arrive in rebel held areas in the west from Tripoli; more routes are now open following rebel advance in area
LibyaNewMedia
A lot of fighting going on in different areas in Garyan. Too early to claim that Garyan has been liberated. #Libya #Garyan
Reuters producer travelling from #Tunisia’n border 2 #Tripoli had to turn back because road was blocked where it passes near #Zawiyah #Libya
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
#Zawiya has risen up twice on its own & been put down brutally twice & still fighting. This time with support from outside they may hold on
Moussa Ibrahim admits there is fighting in #Zawiyah, but downplays it. @SkyNews sources report heavy fighting inside town. #Libya
BreakingNews Breaking News
Main highway between Tripoli and Tunisian border blocked at Zawiyah; Gunfire heard in the city – @Reuters journalists
Phone calls to citizens in Zawiya and Gharyan from various tweeps confirm towns have been largely liberated. Gunfire still heard. #Libya
FreeLibya. I’ve just been walking alloverthe house because I can’t stay still!! Alhamdullilah been waiting for this day since march!
Ibn
freedom fighters evacuate wounded gaddafi soldiers.
youtube.com/watch?v=Isk2Wq…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isk2WqULP04&fea...
Feb17Libya
After news of #Gheryan and #Zawiyah.. Sorry #Gaddafi #Checkmate | #Libya twitpic.com/65ihy8
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Even if Zawiyah was taken holding it may prove to be the real fight for the rebels #Libya
Tripoli Youth
yea battle of badr is on 17th ramadhan… and fattah makkah is on 20 ramadhan.. got a feeling fattah Tripoli will be close
#Tripoli: “Call from #Gharyan told us #Gaddafi is attacking the city with Grad missiles”
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
If Moussa Ibrahim admits fighting in #Zawiya then must be serious. When I was in Tripoli & 1st uprising was on he’d barely admit anything
ALJAZEERA:
Confirmed via calls: Freedom fighters now control Zawiya’s main square and many other parts of the city. #libya #feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Reports that #FF have entered #AzZawyia from the western front line. #Libya
#FF in control of #AlGawasim north #Gharyan maps.google.com/maps?q=libya+Q…
families continue to arrive in rebel held areas in the west from Tripoli; more routes are now open following rebel advance in area
BREAKING! #FF breaking into #AzZawyia from the western front line & Gaddafi forces escape. #Libya
BREAKING! Main highway between Tripoli and Tunisian border blocked at #Zawiyah; Gunfire heard in the city
BREAKING! AzZawyia families are welcoming #FF with joy & the indp flags.
Musa Ibrahim to his mercenaries “If Gaddaf wins we have Libya, if he got killed we have the money”
Tripoli source: Reports that Musa Ibrahim paid & instructed some ppl to bomb the #French embassy in #Egypt, #British embassy in 1/2
#Saudi #Arabia, #Italian & #US Embassies in #Greece 2/2
#FF freed imprisoned and detained in #Janduba close to #Gharyan #Feb 17 #Libya
Libya Free Forever.
1/2 The #Ship stopped by #NATO was carrying 80 containers full with #Heat Missiles #Anti tanks #RPG, This #ship left #Iran to #Syria and NOW
2/2 IN BENGHAZI under #FF control. #GadafiCrimes #Libya
#Apache Helo are now above #Gharyan to protect Civilians #NATO #Feb 17 #Libya
LibyaNewMedia
The story coming out of Gheryan is pretty amazing until now. Sounds like an ingenious Trojan horse strategy. #Libya #Gheryan
Reuters
Shooting heard at Zawiyah on west Libya highway
(Reuters) – Gunfire was heard in the Libyan coastal town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli on Saturday.
A Reuters TV producer and other journalists were traveling from the Tunisian border to Tripoli but had to turn back because the road was blocked where it passes near Zawiyah.
“I heard gunfire, skirmishing,” producer Martin Veal said from the outskirts of the town.
Rebels trying to topple Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hope to capture Zawiyah and cut off Gaddafi’s stronghold in the capital from access to the outside world by severing the coast road.
Report and NATO vid:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/13/us-l...
#FF IN TUNISIA #Venezuela airplane is now in Djirba #Tunisia likely to take important people/criminals. #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Defected Brigade 8 in #Gheryan is now fighting #Sehban Brigade. #Libya #Feb17
Libya Free Forever.
Big explosion heard this morning on #Misurata #NATO stopped #SCUD missiles attack by #Gadafi thugs on civilians of #Misuarta. #GadafiCrimes.
#Tripoli: " Live now – Tayab Safi is putting his suitcases into car – Toyota car plate 751277244 …. running away now !! " — stop the car
CALL4HELP #FF in #Gharyan FF in Taghesat needs ammunition, Communications s difficult try to help them and find locations to meet
Reinforcements of Gaddafi troops are reportedly leaving Tripoli for Zawiya.
Many people wounded in central Qawasim as a result of heavy & indiscriminate bombing by G forces at Tgessat.
BREAKING NEWS: Clashes with FFs and Gaddafi forces in the centre of Zawiyah. And mountain FFs are on outskirts of city!
اشتباكات بين الثوار وكتائب الطاغية وسط مدينة الزاوية .. والثوار القادمون من الجبل على مشارف المدينة. اللهم انصر المجاهدين ..
TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY EYES……. #LIBYA NEARLY FREE. READING SO MUCH GREAT NEWS ALLAH AKBAR
SO MUCH GREAT NEWS ON FACEBOOK!! PLZ PRAY THAT IT IS TRUE!! ALLAH AKBAR!
BREAKING: AL ARABIYAH TV: FFs have liberated Zawiyah
عاجل – العربية | مصادر الثوار الليبيين : الثوار حرروا مدينة الزاوية
BREAKING NEWS: Reports of explosions and heavy gunfire in #Benghazi, souq AlHout (Fish market)
BREAKING: AJA
– freedom fighters entered alzawiyah. I receiving word that mosques in AlZawiyah are calling ALLAHU AKBAR. #Tripoli is ready
Gheryan offensive explained by Col Salah Mutuq in call to Libya Ahrar TV t.co/spFjfxj #Feb17 #libya
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Z9JbaQx68&feature=player_embedded#at=26
Fares
Breaking #Zawiya, NATO Apache helicopters are attacking #Gaddafi forces that are retreating east to #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Last night Tripoli FFs assassinated Saad Hamad Buminiar a Gadafi goon who supervised murder of protesters #Feb17 #Libya
FFs in control of Zawiya from 27th Bridge to the AlHarsha Traffic light with Independence flag flying free in Martyr Square #Feb17 #libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Sorry 4 not being arround last 2 weeks. Technical problems with my connection. #Tripoli is over joyed with the news about Zawyia. #feb17
Zliten free: The rebels have managed to repel the attack today on the front in the Tuesday Market area
whitewakbar
Libyan sources rebels: rebels liberated the city of angular (Zawiya)
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan rebels claim control of the city of Zawiyah after fighting with #Qaddafi regime troops. #LibyanRebels #Alarabiya
Nafusa Page:
Gheryan hospital reporting that it is packed with dead and injured G troops.
Breaking: #Ghiryan : FF positions are being shelled !
live caller from zawiya on al arabiya right now!!!
whitewakbar
G will get a pasting in Brega soon when them heat seeking rockets get there
moi a table
RT PLS – Journos in #Tripoli – don’t wait to become hostages – make your way through #Tunisia to #Wazin – Media centers are ready. #Libya
Martin Veal, Reuters TV producer traveling on coastal highway to Tunisia, unable to pass Zawiyah reporting gunfire audible in town
“I heard gunfire, skirmishing,” the producer, Martin Veal, said #Zawiyah.
News of the flight Touhami Khalid intelligence official from Zawiya towards Tunisia
whitewakbar
Massacre of 150 people discovered in #Tawarga. south of #Misrata. @ICFMMC releasing pictures shortly. #Libya
Fleeing Gaddafi forces are getting pounded by NATO jets outside Zawiya #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
#Amar #Elatyif in #Djerba planing to escape to #Morocco.
Regime statement – " #Zawiya is under our control and the insurgents have been dealt with". Therefore, liberation = 100% true
A Free Libyan
#Nafusa Page: Confirmed news that FFs are heading to #Surman prisons in order to free the FFs there. #Libya #Feb17
#Libya Moussa Ibrahim says a group of >100 fighters entered #Zawiya, were defeated, and Gaddafi forces still ‘dealing with’ local rebels
dovenews Libyan™
Libyan Scholar: #AlShiek #Algharyani has urged #FF not to take revenge from #Gaddafi supporter in #AzZawyia & let the law take its course
Libya Free Forever.
Snipers from Gaddafi forces have spread around central Garyan. Also a tank near insurance building #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN reports so far 3 martyrs Ppl are out Cheering but danger is not over yet FF are combing town encountering pockets of GF #Libya
Aljazeera blog:
The coastal city of Az-Zawiyah, west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, is “absolutely under our control”, the government of Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday after reports of fighting in the area.
“A very small group of rebels tried to move into the south of Az-Zawiyah but they were stopped easily because of our armed forces,” spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters in Tripoli.
He said fewer than 100 rebels entered the city from the south and they tried to join up with 50 rebels within the city, who had been “dealt with”. – Reuters
Bashir Sewehli: FF have managed to retake Al-Zawia 45km to the west….also, Sebrata, Surman are expected to fall tonight…&To the south of Tripoli, the FF are only 55km far from the capital via Patriots of Misrata #Feb17 #libya
A Free Libyan
#Gheryan: FFs captured a G intelligence building and seize a lot of weapons and ammo found inside it. #Libya #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Zawiya – A picture I tweeted on the 23rd of February 2011 #libya #feb17 "An independence flag, half the size of… fb.me/UGML0eBD
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=306074&i...
SMILE:
BREAKING: Reports that @SaifsBeard and @MusaIbrahimHair @aishatache @muamarshafshoofa preparing to defect
Jeel
Suburb of #Gheryan called ’’Cumin’’ sites of Independence flag being raised! #Libya #Feb17
FreeLibya. *Rip Malik & Mabruk Shannuk. Your dream has come true, #Zawiya is free. Allah yar7emkom #Libya #Feb17
Ibn
w/freedom fighters in #zawiya, #gaddafi is more choked than he’s ever been, w/rebel territory almost surrounding him. #libya #feb17
Zawiya is about three times closer to Tripoli than Ajdabiya is to Benghazi. This is the closest the rebels have ever been #Libya
Remember him? #Epiclibyanman t.co/zKArYcs #Zawyia
fieldproducer Neal Mann
When I travelled through it in May the scars from the initial uprising in Zawiyah were still clearly visible – shell holes in many buildings
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya’s Lions are on the hunt … #Feb17 #Libya
Expect mass defections all over occupied cities of Libya #Feb17
Libyan Youth Movement:
Zawiya’s been liberated. The FFs are in Juddaem now, 10km west of Zawiya, building a protective belt around the city.
Euronews
Libyan rebels target city on the road to Tripoli
Libyan rebels are targeting another key prize as they close in on the capital.
Having captured Nasser City, they are now advancing on Zawiyah, just 50 kilometres from Tripoli.
While Brega is a main eastern battleground, Zawiyah is a significant target in the west. If rebels seize it, they could cut off Tripoli from access to the outside world along the coast road.
“In their dreams,” retorted Libya’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim. He insisted
Colonel Gaddafi’s troops are also holding firm at Brega.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsjTDtEPovc
FromJoanne Joanne
#Gharyan Martyrs have risen to 8 Injured count unknown but people are asked to donate blood #Libya
Ibn
youtube.com/watch?v=EuCl1J… reportedly blasted from minarets in #zawiya: “God is Greatest, There is no Deity but God, and to him is All Praise”
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuCl1JDp7FY&fea...
MUST READ:
Danya:
The story of an ex-prisoner from #Tripoli…
one of the many thousands of men and boys were taken from their homes, from the streets, from all around Tripoli ..even if they weren’t protesting…God save #Tripoli God FREE #LIBYA.
Mohammed S. was first kept at the Libya border, at Ras-Jader. He was coming from Derna, which is why he was detained their in the first place. They kept him in a Ras Jader prison, and left him alone for 2 days. Then they questioned him there. Luckily the guy was one of the good. He told him that if he could fake being sick then he may be able to send him to an hospital where there may be a chance that he can leave, if he was lucky. They did, he went there, got checked first by a Pakistanis doc. At start he spoke in English and told him about everything, but then came an other Libyan doc who was a Gaddafi goon. He checked him carefully, and told him that he looked fine and was liar.
From there they took him to a prison in Al-Jamel. Before he left the hospital they injected him a shot that made him unable to resist or move his arms. He was not in control of his body when they took him to the prison. Then they started to beat him. Due to that shot he was not able to try to avoid blows, nor to move his hands. He could not protect himself against the kicks and punches that were thrown at him.
Some of the “methods” they use on them:
- They keep them in a pitch dark room and beat them with sticks while wearing night vision goggles, while laughing. It was like a funny game for them.
- They keep them in a room while some Taekwondo and Judo trainers train them, and practice their fighting skills on them while wearing masks hiding their faces.
- If a prisoner misbehave, they take him outside and keep him into a car, type “express”, for 5 days without being able to go to toilets. So they had to do it in the car. Imagine how many people were there before you, and how the car looks, and their smiles when they throw you in it. At night, they get drunk, and start driving with someone back inside. Its fun for them to do that every night, a showoff to each other. After that they park the car half on the pavement so that it is not easy to sleep in it.
All of this things they do, not because they want info from prisoners, but only because it is fun for them. They do not investigate, or anything, they just do it.
He told me that prisoners are from all ages, starting from as young as 12 -13.
He was with a 13 year old boy, and they beat him like they do with 20 or 30 years old. Some get paralyzed from excessive beating. They leave them in the same spot for weeks, denying anyone to try to help them.
He spoke about the courage of this 13 boy, it seems crazy at a time: "From time to time they come in and ask us “what did you do?” I answered “Nothing sir”. They beat me regardless. They ask the boy “what did you do?” Every time he stood up and said “I put the Independence flag on my street and down to Gaddafi!” so they beat him even harder. I used to tell him to stop to say that, but he always answered “I am not afraid. I want them to know what i did”. He was with him for 4 days and never saw him after he got transfered to Abu-Salim prison.
He told me about the many times that FFS tried to enter the prison, trying to free them. Once the FFs came and attacked. Gaddafi goons left, fled the prison, but the FFs left without knowing the goons were gone. Then they tried to break the doors by themselves. Some of them could, a lot couldn’t. So they shouted for help but none came for them. After few hours the goons came back.
An other time NATO hit their prison, destroyed the building. Again the goons left, running for their lives, a lot of prisoners in that building managed to escape, but none could hear the other calling for help.
One of the thing that he told me, still in his mind, is that you sleep and wake up hearing people screams and cries for help all day long. Some of the prisoners loose
their minds, have mental problems, this along with the effects of the electricity used on them, been beaten too much.
He knew a day before that he was leaving, so he tried to remember as much as possible of his cell mates, homes and names. After he left, he went to their homes, telling families that their sons were alive. None of them had any idea about them, nothing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41kQvx4uKw
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya gvt insisting Zawiyah not captured by rebels. We know there was fighting there. But gvt says small rebel group pushed back by army.
Zawiyah in western #Libya is key for rebels and Gaddafi. It lies on Tripoli’s lifeline, the route to Tunisia. Without it capital cut off.
Alexblx
#Brega #Zawiya & #Gharyan – not yet fully liberated – but #FF r all over these cities – & #Gaddafi will find it impossible to regain control
Abdallah
“Stalemate my a$$” #Zawiayh :-)
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Faded childhood memories running through the sage brush of #Gharyan’s hills,stealing the apples and almonds from neighboring farms. #Home
Omar Mukhtar
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate #Gaddafi on his new post as mayor of tripoli. His new term is very very very short.
Maybe a few days at the most:)
Reasons why #Gaddafi is screwed : Two major supply lines are now in FF control : Ghiryan/Tripoli and BaniWalid/Sirte . #Feb17 #Libya
Libyanproud:
The #BirGhanam, #Tawirgha, and Ghiryan offensives were NOT RAG TAG! They were beautifully planned and heroically implemented! #Feb17 #Libya
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya WHAT DID I TELL YOU MOTHERF******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#libya Excuse me I’m going to fire up AJE for a while. And boke a smole. And laugh like a bitch.
#libya One more little thing: AP: suck it. Reuters: blow me. Telegraph: eat cat crap. Patrick Cockburn: suck a big one. Stalemate. Disarray
#libya Ever since Zeina Khodr started reporting we’ve been kicking ass. KEEP HER
#libya Excuse me if I say something silly, but what’s happened just in the last couple of hours has taken my breath away. History. LIONS
#libya I want all reporters for Reuters and AP to have “Stalemate” and “Disarray” tattooed on the asses
#libya No disrespect to the memory of General Y but suddenly it looks like the FF war machine started working a lot better when he left
#libya Gaddafi’s soldiers are locked in a very slow rhythm of fighting. But the FF pick up help in #zawiyah, things could go faster
#libya God bless the name of every martyr for the Revolution today and every day.
#libya And there’s still a lot of Ramadan left, folks, stay tuned, looks like the reports saying God is great(er) are being confirmed…
#libya Looks like when G forces need to move in a hurry over highways…they get tomahawked by the Apaches. Ululululululu!
FreeBenghazi
#Misrata MilitaryCouncil: Captured officer confirmed death of KhamisGaddafi; was receiving orders from Mutassim after Khamis’ death #Libya
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
Defiant father left #Gharyan,his land,his life,to fight Gaddafi from afar.His time on Earth came to an end before he could reclaim it. #Home
Iyad
Losing #Gharyan can’t be easy on Gaddafi. It’s the only mountain pass he had left across the Nafusa mountains. #Libya
Shahrazad
Our Freedom Fighters liberate #Gheryan & #Zawia. May Allah bless them and grant them victory all the way to #Tripoli
Aljazeera:
Breaking: AlElaqy NTC Justice Minister : A brigade of mercenaries is heading to Zawiya from Ajelat
dovenews Libyan™
Clashes on the Medical Bridge (الكوبري الطبي) in #Gharyan
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
11 martyrs in Brega operations in past 24 hours in clashes to liberate Brega’s Oil refinery & port
Clashes still ongoing in Gheryan and Zawiya
Confirmed: Gaddafi forces heading to Zawiya from Ajelat.
Reports that large number of Mercs (around 3000) from Airport road heading to Zawiya and now are near AlReyadia
Please Recon 32°51’34"N 13°8’12"E G forces concentration reportedly heading to Zawiya
Reports G Army forces at Ras Jideer border have fled to Tunisia with only police remaining #Libya #Feb17
the end for all of them is near
FF SEARCHING FOR A FLEEING GADDAFI
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Freedom Fighters are on the lookout for a FLEEYING #Muammar #Gaddafi they R Setting up Checkpoints at all EXITS of #Tripoli #Libya
Heba
#Gheryan #Libya : city’s #FF received weapons after city’s police station joined them
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Back at the Tunisian border. Gun battle around Al Zawiyah forced us to turn back. Much panic among government troops at rebel advance
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF are combing #AzZwyia oil Refinery
#AzZawyia
families going houses by house looking for Gaddafi volunteers, taking their weapons & ask their families to keep them indoors.
#Gaddafi forces are using mortars in his attack on #AzZawyia
ALJAZEERA BLOG
A rebel force of about 200 fighters advancing from the south reached a bridge on Az-Zawiyah’s southwestern outskirts, and some rebels pushed farther into the city’s central main square.
They tore down the green flag of Gaddafi’s regime from a mosque minaret and put up two rebel flags. An Associated Press reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds of residents rush into the streets, greeting the fighters with chants of “God is great.”
Gaddafi’s forces then counterattacked, unleashing rounds of heavy shelling and gunfire could be heard as rebels and government troops battled.
Regime snipers were firing down from rooftops on the rebels, said one resident, Abdel-Basset Abu Riyak, who joined to fight alongside the rebels when they entered the city. He said Gaddafi’s forces were holed up in several pockets in the city and that there were reports of reinforcements coming from Tripoli, though there was no sign of them yet.
Speaking to the AP by telephone, Abu Riyak said residents were now joining up with the rebels’ assault, saying, “95 percent of Az-Zawiyah’s people are with the revolution.”
“There is shooting from all sides,” said another rebel, 23-year-old Ibrahim Akram. “The people joined us. Fierce clashes are still ongoing, but thank God our numbers are great.” – Associated Press
Libya Free Forever.
#Gadafi goons gathered 6000 merc from Benin to transfer them in 300 4×4 cars to #Sabha #GadafiCrimes #Libya
#NTC Alalaqy 2 #Aljazeera Liberation of #ALzawia means complete defeat of #Gadafi regime and people of #Tripoli should get ready2 celebrate.
Shamam (TNC minister) we have confirmed news that some close Gaddafi ppl planning escape, some have even asked 4 political asylum in UK.
LibyaNewMedia
People in Sabha say that Gaddafi is sending 3 buses with reinforcements from Sabha towards Garyan. #Libya #Garyan
#FF IN TUNISIA have control over #Ras Jder #FEB17 #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Catching zawiyah tweets between wedding speeches on idyllic swedish island. If rebels take and hold zawiyah this is big news.
Skyman64 Ian Woods
All 3 of us on media bus are all okay. Government troops confiscated camera which had been filming the scenes of panic.
Whether we try again tomorrow depends on our government minders and whether the road is open. Conflicting reports on who is in control.
Libyans taking decision out of our hands. We are being sent back across the border to Tunisia.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
And #Gaddafi side says they have total control of #Zawiyah. If past record is anything to go by, means rebels have made progress.
Mwattin
Unconfirmed: Reports that about 10.30 pm today the WHOLE of #TRIPOLI will come out want us to spread the word. #Feb17 #Libya
Is that a g trick?
FromJoanne Joanne
#GADDAFI #MUST #GO Unequivocal Call “contact group” 16 EU + Middle Eastern nations + United Nations Arab League + AU #UPYOURSGADDAFI #Libya
Contact Group Qatari PM Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim alThani : will give #Libya material and all the other needs including defence equipment"
Libyan
Libyan friends in #Tunisia say 1000s of Libyans from #Zwara are crossing the border today to liberate #Zwara. #Libya #Feb17
Hominoid
Gheryan Clashes continue in the city
A large group of battalions surrendered their weapons in the city of Sorman
Gheryan Clashes continue in the city
NATO jets and RAF helicopters in the skies of Zawiya
Leebi
#Gaddafi regime crumbling faster than an apple crumble pie in my mouth!
Regime officials starting to hit exit doors time to taste the wilderness! What goes around comes around
عرفتنا توا يا قدافي ولا لا؟؟؟؟؟ Did you know who we are now #Gaddafi ?
#Gaddafi must be in a str8 jacket – cant believe the amazing skills, tactics, bravery and resiliance FFs have shown!
Libyan
Residents of #Zawiya are in tears, this is a historic day! #Tripoli soon inshallah!! #Libya #Feb17
ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
I have a feeling that #Libya will be free soon. Was never one who ventures with speculation, but I am sticking my neck out on this one.
AlArabya
Libya’s Deputy FM Speaks of Pressure on Rebels
Libya’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Kaim has blamed NATO member countries of pressuring rebels in battling Moammer Qaddafi’s troops, in a news conference in the capital Tripoli, on August 12.
“You (rebels) have the last chance. You have to fight and be suicidal, you have to do your job quickly, as soon as possible before the 17th of Ramadan (17th August). That is the instruction from these three countries, Qatar, Britain and France. You do it or you are losers. That is the instruction that they are receiving and they told them that we cannot manage any longer that we will provide you with fuel, with food supplies, with money and with munitions. You have to do it because we are under heavy pressure and we are expecting more pressure from the public opinion and from the media in September,” said Mr. Kaim.
According to medics, 11 rebel fighters have lost their lives within 24 hours in a siege to claim the oil terminal at Brega, a strategic town on the Mediterranean Coast.
Mr. Kaim has pointed out that the NATO mission has gone on longer and proven to be bloodier than intended.
“The NATO killed 85 people and destroyed 20 houses. Why Mr. Ban Ki-moon fell short to mention the NATO? This is insufficient and unacceptable from the United Nations,” he said.
It has been nearly six months since the rebels began their uprising against Qaddafi, and believe that capturing Brega will bring them even closer to pursuit of the capital, in addition to beginning the export of oil.
By Noora Faraj
Al Arabiya with Agencies
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5CVxo1ALlY
Jeel
Opp fighters that Liberated #Qwasim have continued to rd going into areas of #Gheryan called “tubee” & are engaging #Gaddafi forces #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Top Gadhafi aids fleeing 2 Tunisia since yesterday tuhami khaled Saleh Irahim Ammar ltaif thr bad news for others FF will close border soon!
AJA:
11 rebels killed in #Brega during fighting today #Libya
libyanandproud
Don’t let anyone take this moment away from you supporters of Free Libya u deserve this moment ! #Feb17 #Libya
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
How conveeeeenient.No pilot to confirm/deny tall tale. #MosqueLady RT@Libya_SOS #Government forces have shot down a #US drone in Zlitan
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
In all fairness,Khamis was #Gaddafi’s cat,so it makes sense he’s died so many times.He’s got,like,4 more to go b/f he’s kaput 4good
LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free
How conveeeeenient.No pilot to confirm/deny tall tale. #MosqueLady RT@Libya_SOS #Government forces have shot down a #US drone in Zlitan
Rico
In a couple of days, Moussa Ibrahim will deny that he ever was Gaddafi’s spokesperson #joke #Feb17 #Libya
ProudLibyan
Gaddafi will panic, he will send reinforcements to #Zawiyah tonight, will NATO feast tonight?
Libya TV
encouraging words from Minister Allagi and callers from inside #Libya on @LibyaTV now. #Zawiyah
LIBYAN
We need #FF in #Tripoli to make some noises right now so #Gaddafi will keep his fores in #Tripoli rather than send them to #Zawyia
#FF calling for #Surman to rise & support our brothers in #Zawyia right now .
BBC
Rebel fighters in Libya say they have pushed into the town of Tawargha, east of the city of Misrata, after an assault designed to end the almost daily rocket attacks hitting the western city.
The BBC’s Orla Guerin sent this report from Tawargha.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14517267
ProudLibyan
Libya TV: Alalilaag(TNC): Surman, Sabratha, Aliejilaat this time you have to stand with Zawiyah, ur second chance. #Libya
libertad
#libye One two three viva la #Libye one two three a bas #Kadhafi vive la #Libya #hurra vive #TRIPOLI vive les #FreedomFighters
Another caller from #Azzawiya to libya.tv : “Almost 80% of the city has been liberated by FF”
Libya_Awake_United
A resident of #Tripoli was visiting #Sebrata today, then back to Tripoli , he was sent back to #Sebrata #Libya #feb17
More than 80% is liberated in #Zawiyah according to a caller to #Libya alhura now.
Libyan
Now comes the hard part, holding #Zawiya, #Garyan. #Libya #Feb17
Wave the Libyan flag…
In Libya last summer we used to blast this song in the car everywhere we went… It brings back the memories… yay
lyrics. they aren’t perfect sorry about that.
Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
2oul l’ el3alam..2oul w samma3,Di a7la forsa 3shan netgama3
W 2wettna fi lammetna,Bn7eb ba3d awi w benshagga3
Tashgge3na eggabii (+) da naar
Tashgee3 malyan b’ el7ob
7aseen enena a7rar
sawa hanshagga3 men elalb…7abibi
te3raf l3elmak..hatla2ii 7elmaK Oum medd edak..shagga3 b3alamak dah..b3alamak da…b3alamak !
When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag..so wave your flag..now wave your flag !
A7la far7a el sana di
Kollo yhallil (make some noise)…Kollo ynadii
Kollo yefta7…Albo ye7lam
Da mafeesh agmal men el la7za di
In the streets our heads are lifting, as we lose our inhibition
Celebration, its around us, every nations, all around us
Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game
And together at the end of the day
We all say….te3raf l3elmak..hatla2ii 7elmaK centerOum medd edak..shagga3 b3alamak dah..b3alamak da…b3alamak !
When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag..so wave your flag..now wave your flag !And everybody will be singing it
And we are all singing it
Vid:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX6Rfd0iCQc&fea...
nuna_nuna nuna_nuna
Ashahed #Libya: Apaches bombed mercenaries on their way to #Zawiya and the 27 camp
SecularLibya
Don’t worry, if #Zawiya falls, Qadafi is as good as dead.
Hiba El-Gamaty
Definitely not sleeping tonight.
I wonder who will?
What a beautiful problem to have today:)
Hayat
@NATO #Gaddafi has reinforcement approaching, a katiba of mostly mercenaries planning to destroy #Zawiyah with the #FFs inside. Be sharp!
WHERE ARE A LOT OF G MEN STAYING?
Tripoli: “Most of #Gaddafi close Men staying at Madinah Nakheel which is a resort area in Tripoli””
Commander Gumaa Ibrahim “#FF liberated the city of AzZawiya, now they Surrounded Sahban battalion Camp in Gharyan” #Libya #Feb17
it would appear a great explosion happened just now as they approached the square – explosives?
Libyan
@NATO please bring frigate close to #Zawiya port, rumour #Gaddafi might attack from sea. #libya
FACEBOOK GHERYAN:
قناة غريان على الفيسبوك، سرد للوضع في غريان والمواجهات المستمرة حتى هذه اللحظة:
- بدأت الأحداث باستدراج الثوار للكتائب في جبهة القواليش جنوب غرب غريان.
- صعد الثوّار المرابطين في منطقة الرابطة إلى ضاحية القواسم عن طريق “طريق الحمراء”.
- أول منزل تم مداهمته من قبل الثوار هو منزل المجرم خليفة الكراطون وإبنه قائد جحفل العار وقد تم قتله فور الهجوم على بيته دون أي مقاومة تُذكر. تحصل الثوار على المزيد من الأسلحة المخزنة في بيته ومن بينها مجموعة 14.5 ومجموعة بنادق كلاشنكوف.
- فور سماع إطلاق النار خرج الآلاف أهالي القواسم للشوارع بالتكبير والزغاريد. وتجمع المئات ويكبرون بالمساجد.
- أربك ذلك الكتائب فتجمعت مجموعة من الراجمات والقاذفات عند جزيرة المليون الواقعة بين تغسّات والقواسم وبدأت تقصف القواسم كبرى ضواحي غريان وأكثر مناطق الجبل الغربي من حيث الكثافة السكانية. وإصابة العديد من المدنيين في القواسم نتيجة القصف العشوائي.
- بالتزامن مع ذلك تحرّك ثوار تغرنة وحرروا أغلب الضاحية من أزلام النظام ورفعوا علم الإستقلال بتغرنة.
- بالتزامن مع ذلك تحرك ثوار تاغليسة بوسط غريان ولا تزال المواجهات تدور عند تقاطع شارعي الزغانة وعبدالرزاق صقر عند مقهى السنابل بوسط المدينة.
- بالتزامن خرج ثوار منطقة الظهرة ولا زالوا يواجهون الكتائب عند محيط المنطقة.
- بالتزامن خرج ثوار منطقة بني يحي والبراشيش ومواجهات الآن مستمرة في تلك المناطق.
- أسر العشرات من مرتزقة كتيبة سحبان.
- مقتل أكثر من خمسة من جنود كتيبة سجبان عند مقهى السنابل وسط المدينة.
- المرتزقة يخزنون أسلحتهم في عمارات كتيبة سحبان بشارع الزغانة وسط تغسات.
- المرتزقة والقناصة يتواجدون الآن في محيط ميدان المتصرفية وعلى مبنى المتصرفية ومبنى مديرية الأمن ومبنى عمارة التأمين عند مدخل مدينة غريان من طريق أبورشادة.
- سيطر الثوار على مركز الشرطة واسيتولوا على كميات بسيطة من الأسلحة الخفيفة.
- إصابة أحد الضباط المنشقين في بطنه ولا يوجد إسعاف.
- إصابة أحد ثوار تاغليسة (المشاي) وأحد إصابة الظهرة (الضبع) في مناطق تغسات.
- تواجد المئات من الأهالي في شارع مجمع العيادات وتعالي التكبير والزغاريد. الأمهات في الشوارع يساندن الثوار بالتكبير والزغاريد.
- تواصل حرب الشوارع في الظهرة والخنقة وتاغليسة بوسط مدينة غريان.
- مرتزقة كتائب سحبان وسكان عمارات كتيبة سحبان بشارع الزغانة يقومون بإطلاق النار على ثوار شارع عبد الرزاق صقر من على أسطح العمارات الموضحة بالصورة.
- تحرير شارع الملعب وشارع عبد الزاق صقر وانسحاب قوات المرتزقة منه برغم استعمال الثوار لأسلحة خفيفة في مواجهة مدرعات.
- استيلاء الثوار على مبنى مركز الشرطة – مبنى الإستخبارات – مبنى الأمن الداخلي.
- تواجد المرتزقة بجزيرة المليون عند الحد الفاصل بين تغسات والقواسم
- تبادل إطلاق نار كثيف جداً على بضاحية بني يحي والبراشيش وبالتحديد في منطقة وادي حامد (موسي).
- اصوات الكبير تعلو من كافة منابر المساجد في المدينة والمعنويات عالية جداً بين
الاهالي والثوار.
- أنشقاقات في كتيبة الردع وكتيبة الثامنة-صواريخ وانضمامهم للثوار.
- كتيبة سحبان وكتيبة امحمد المقريف تقاتل باستماتة.
- استيلاء الثوار على مقر الكتيبة الثامنة بمنطقة جليليا وكمّون وسط غريان.
- الآن: الكتائب تقصف بالراجمات وصواريخ الجراد مناطق غريان المتاخمة للأصابعة.
- ثوّار غريان بمنطقة كمّون يحاصرون المرتزقة المتجمعين بكلية المحاسبة.
- ثوّار غريان بمنطقة القواسم يحاصرون المرتزقة المتجمعين بثانوية توفيق.
- أبوبكر القعود يقود كتيبة من المرتزقة تقمع مناطق أبوزيان غرب غريان، ولم تصلنا تفاصيل تحركاتهم بعد.
- رتل كبير لمرتزقة القذافي متجه من طرابلس لغريان يسير الآن بمنطقة وادي الهيرة. وثوار غريان برأس أبوغيلان ليس لديهم إلا بنادق خفيفة. الرتل على بعد نصف ساعة من مدينة غريان.
- إستشهاد أحد ثوار غريان في منطقة الظهرة والمواجهات مستمرة. الشهيد هو البطل محمود الضبع السُّبيع بمنطقة الظهرة. وجرح ميلاد المشاي من شارع عبد الرزاق صقر. وجرح الثائر أبوشليشة الغراري من الظهرة تغسات.
- عمارة التأمين مليئة بالقناصة المرتزقة تدعمهم عدد اثنين 14.5 و دبابة وحدثت اشتباكات طيلة النهار بينهم وبين الثوار ولكن كثافة نيران القناصة كانت كثيفة.
- قوات الكتائب المتمركزة بالأصابعة تقصف مناطق وادي الأرباع واليعاقيب.
- الكتائب تقصف بالجراد من مناطق من أبومعاد والعربان و القظامة.
- لا تزال المواجهات مستمرة حتى اللحظة في شوارع تاغليسة والظهرة في تغسّات وسط مدينة غريان وفي المناطق المتاخمة للأصابعة وكتيبة سحبان تتواجد بكثافة في منطقة طُبِّي وتقصف مناطق وسط القواسم وتتواجد في عمارات سحبان وفي عمارة التأمين ومبنى المتصرفية ومحيط جامع تاغليسة.
- مواجهات في وادي الرمان المتاخم لمنطقة الخنقة وتاغليسة ونقص في الذخائر لدى الثوّار.
- تحرير مناطق أبو زيان وبني يحي وتغرينة ولا تزال المواجهات في أكبر ضواحي غريان: القواسم وتغسّات.
- النيتو يقصف بصاروخين بعض مواقع الكتائب في غريان.
- تحرير مناطق أبو زيان وبني يحي وتغرنة ولا تزال المواجهات في أكبر ضواحي غريان: القواسم وتغسّات.
- النيتو يقصف بصاروخين بعض مواقع الكتائب في غريان.
- استشهاد عبد الوهاب السوسلي في منطقة الخنقة بتغسات وسط غريان.
- استشهاد صلاح حمد الرزاقي عند عمارة التأمين بتغسات وسط غريان.
Automatic translation ( Chrome)
Channel Gheryan on Facebook, an account of the situation in Gheryan and confrontations continued until this moment: – events began luring rebels of the battalions in the front Rullish southwest Gheryan. – rose rebels stationed in the ASEAN region to the suburb of denominators by “by the red.” – the first house was raided by the rebels is the home of the offender Alkraton Khalifa and his son the commander of Legion of shame has been killed immediately after the attack on his home without any resistance. The rebels to get more weapons stored in his house, including the group 14.5 and a Kalashnikov rifles. – Upon hearing the fire went out of thousands of people to the streets denominators zoom and joy. Hundreds of people gathered in mosques and grow up. – so confused battalions Vtgmat a group of rocket launchers and bombers at the island between one million and Ngsat denominators denominators and started bombing the suburbs of major Gheryan and more areas of the western mountain in terms of population density. And injury of many civilians in the denominators as a result of indiscriminate shelling. – in conjunction with the movement of rebels Ngrna and liberated most of the suburbs of the ousted regime and raised the flag of independence Bngrna. – in conjunction with the movement of rebels Taglesh central Gheryan still fighting taking place at the intersection of Alzgana and Abdul Razzaq Saqr at a coffee shop ears the city center. – along came the rebels the piggyback and are still facing the battalion at the vicinity of the region. – along came the rebels Beni Yahya and Albrachc and confrontations is now continuing in those areas. – the families of scores of mercenaries battalion Shban. – killed more than five soldiers of the battalion Sjban when Cafe ears downtown. – mercenaries store their weapons in Buildings battalion Shban Street Alzgana central Ngsat. – mercenaries and snipers are present now in the vicinity of the field Almtsrfah and building Almtsrfah
Building Directorate of Security and Building Building insurance at the entrance to the city of Gheryan by Aburashadh. – dominated the rebels on the police station and Asatoloa on small amounts of light weapons. – hit one of the officers of dissidents in the stomach and there is no ambulance. – hit a rebel Taglesh (Almchaa) and one injury Dahra (hyena) in the areas Ngsat. – presence of hundreds of people in a street clinic building and come zooming and joy. Mothers in the streets Essandn rebels zoom and joy. – continue war of the streets in the piggyback and Alkhnqh and Taglesh downtown Gheryan. – mercenary battalions Shban and residents Buildings battalion Shban Street Alzgana they opened fire on the rebels, Abdul Razzaq al-Saqr from the roofs of buildings described the picture. – Edit Street playground and Abd Al be doing, Saqr and the withdrawal of mercenary forces him despite the use of the rebels of small arms in the face of armor. – seize the rebels on the building of the police station – Building Intelligence – Building Homeland Security. – presence of mercenaries on the island of one million at the maximum separation between Ngsat and denominators – the exchange of heavy fire very suburb between Yahya and Albrachc, specifically in the area of Wadi Hamid (Moses). – Votes great above all mosques in the city and the morale is very high among the people and the rebels. – splits in the battalion of deterrence and battalion eighth – rockets and joining the rebels. – Battalion Shban battalion M’Hamed Maqrif fighting desperately . – seize the rebels on the headquarters of the battalion eighth district Jalilia and cumin central Gheryan. – Now: Phalange bomb Balrajmat and rockets locust areas Gheryan adjacent to the fingers. – rebels Gheryan area latency surrounding the mercenaries gathered at the Faculty of accounting. – rebels Gheryan area denominators surrounding the mercenaries gathered went to conciliation. – Abu Bakr inaction leads a battalion of mercenaries suppressed areas Iboseann Gheryan West, we have not received details of their movements after. – mercenaries for a large convoy bound from Tripoli, Gaddafi Gheryan is now moving to the area of Wadi Alheirh. And the rebel with a Gheryan Abugalan not have guns but mild. Column at a distance of half an hour from the city of Gheryan. – martyrdom of a rebel Gheryan in the piggyback and confrontations going on. Is the hero martyr Mahmoud hyena Sbaa Dahra area. And the wounding of birth Almchaa Street Saqr Abdul Razzaq. And wounded Rebel Abuhlishh Algrara of piggyback Ngsat. – Building insurance is full of snipers mercenaries backed by the number two 14.5 and tanks and clashes took place throughout the day between them and the rebels, but the density of sniper fire was heavy. – Forces battalions stationed Balosabah bombed areas of the Valley of quarters and Elieguib. – battalions shell locust of areas of the Abumaad and Araban and Alqzama. – still fighting continued until the moment in the streets of Taglesh and piggyback in Ngsat downtown Gheryan and in areas adjacent to the fingers and a battalion Shban found extensively in the medical and bomb areas of central denominators are located in Buildings Shban In building insurance and building Almtsrfah and the area around mosque Taglesh .- clashes in the valley of pomegranate adjacent to the area Alkhnqh and Taglesh and a shortage of ammunition to the rebels. – Edit some areas of Xian and the children of Yahya and Ngrana still fighting in the largest suburb Gheryan: denominators and Ngsat. – Alneto bomb missiles, some sites battalions in Gheryan. – Edit some areas of Xian and the
children of Yahya and Ngrna still fighting in the largest suburb Gheryan: denominators and Ngsat. – Alneto bomb missiles, some sites battalions in Gheryan. – martyrdom of Abdul Wahab Alsosla in Alkhnqh Bngsat central Gheryan. – martyrdom of Salah Hamad Alrezaga when building insurance Bngsat central Gheryan.
Fissa
Musa Ibraheem started to resemble Sahaf of Saddam Housein, when saying “we are in control” of Zawiya
Aljazeera Arabic
Live from Alzawiyah – “Freedom fighters say that they will be in control by Fajr/Dawn, inshallah” #Tripoli #Libya
librev2011
#Khoms: Abdul Bari Karir was one of the 4 persons kidnapped by #Gaddafi forces #Libya
BREAKING:
ALJAZEERA’S REPORTER Abduladim Muhammad is IN ZAWIYA only 200metres from MARTYR SQUARE. Says FF control 75% of city NOW
Seattle pi
Heavy clashes as Libyan rebels enter Zawiya
BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces holding the city.
Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the capital, is a key target for rebels waging a new offensive launched from the mountains in the far west of Libya, an attempt to break the deadlock in combat between the two sides that has held for months in the center and east of the country.
A credible threat from the rebels in the west could strain Gadhafi’s troops, which have been hammered for months by NATO airstrikes. Defending Zawiya is key for the regime but could require bringing in better trained forces who are currently ensuring its hold over its Tripoli stronghold or fighting rebels on fronts further east.
A group of about 200 exuberant rebel fighters, advancing from the south, reached a bridge on Zawiya’s southwestern outskirts, and some rebels pushed farther into the city’s central main square. They tore down the green flag of Gadhafi’s regime from a mosque minaret and put up two rebel flags. An Associated Press reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds of residents rush into the streets, greeting the fighters with chants of “God is great.”
Full storry:
www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Heavy-cl...
Rubicon Moad
A Month? Weeks? Days? Tonight?..feels like i got so used to the incremental progress don’t know how to think…Allah Akbur…#Libya #Feb17
Shabbab Al Watan
The revolutionaries of Tripoli notice African mercenaries being hidden in farms at certain areas in the city not to be mentioned in media.
After long electricity cuts and similar hardships in Tripoli many G supporters become anti-G.
New head of Janzour region after the newregional structure made by G regime calls for mandatory recruitment but is faced with severe refusal
The new head of Janzour (Shaabiya) is named Abdulmajeed Daman.
ProudLibyan
#Libya TV we need continuous coverage now! commentators etc. There is major breaking news in all fronts. Don’t want regular programming!
Rubicon Moad
Other plans..Sormon and Sabratha have more weight now..so many more plans will hopefully come to realisation! #Libya #Feb17
1 hour ago
Ian Woods
Libyan/Tunisian border is calm. No sign of any detections as rumoured. But it has clearly been a good day for rebels.
Alex
@NATO can co-ordinate LIBERATION of #Tripoliprisoners with #Tripoli #FF: "He told me about the many times that FFS tried to enter the prison, trying to free them. Once the FFs came and attacked. Gaddafi goons left, fled the prison, but the FFs left without knowing the goons were gone. Then they tried to break the doors by themselves. Some of them could, a lot couldn’t. So they shouted for help but none came for them. After few hours the goons came back.
An other time NATO hit their prison, destroyed the building. Again the goons left, running for their lives, a lot of prisoners in that building managed to escape, but none could hear the other calling for help.
One of the thing that he told me, still in his mind, is that you sleep and wake up hearing people screams and cries for help all day long. Some of the prisoners loose their minds, have mental problems, this along with the effects of the electricity used on them, been beaten too much.
He knew a day before that he was leaving, so he tried to remember as much as possible of his cell mates, homes and names. After he left, he went to their homes, telling families that their sons were alive. None of them had any idea about them, nothing."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41kQvx4uKw
www.twitlonger.com/show/ccf54c
Major objective of #Tripoli #FF fm now – must be to safeguard security & liberation of 60K #TrIpoliPrisoners – GUARDS R WEAK & FEARFUL
There is 1 way #Gaddafi can escape from #Tripoli – by sea – & @NATO ships can then escort him 2 a place of safety – at #TheHague #Libya #ICC
Representing the conscience of the civilized world – @NATO s been an innovative, ever present, & ferocious friend of FREE #Libya forces 2day
#Surman is essentially liberated- #FF checking last sections of city 4 #Gaddafi stragglers – no real opposition – good news 4 nearby #Zawiya
“Breaking #Gaddafi forces manning the #RasIjdir border crossing with #Tunisia have abandoned it and escaped into Tunisia”
SMILE:
DEFINITION OF EXTREME OPTIMISM – #MoussaIbrahim – emailing his CV 2 #Benghazi looking 4 new job as things not looking so good in #Tripoli
Michael has a solution:
Ibrahim already offered job as newspaper editor of the prison newspaper…which is incidently, also used as toilet opaper.
Alex
I swear those @NATO heli’s – come straight from heaven! – #Zawiya #Gharyan #Brega #Libya #GaddafiCrimes
A gigantic throttle – of FREE #Libya #FF’s – From #Zawiya to #Gharyan – is slowly tightening around the neck of #Gaddafi occupied #Tripoli
HOW ZAWIYA FELL:
“A group of about 200 exuberant rebel fighters, advancing from the south, reached a bridge on Zawiya’s southwestern outskirts, and some rebels pushed farther into the city’s central main square.
They tore down the green flag of Gadhafi’s regime from a mosque minaret and put up two rebel flags. An Associated Press reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds
of residents rush into the streets, greeting the fighters with chants of “God is great.”
Gadhafi’s forces then counterattacked, unleashing rounds of heavy shelling and gunfire could be heard as rebels and government troops battled.
Regime snipers were firing down from rooftops on the rebels, said one resident, Abdel-Basset Abu Riyak, who joined to fight alongside the rebels when they entered the city. He said Gadhafi’s forces were holed up in several pockets in the city and that there were reports of reinforcements coming from #Tripoli, though there was no sign of them yet. He said #NATO airstrikes had hit Libyan military positions near the city the night before.
Rebel spokesman Gomaa Ibrahim claimed that the opposition’s fighters controlled most of #Zawiya by nightfall. “What remains are few pockets (of #Gaddafi forces) in the city,” he said. “The road is now open all the way from the western mountains to Zawiya, we can send them supply and reinforcement anytime.”" #Nafusa #Libya
Source;
m.apnews.com/ap/db_16026/contentdetail....=JWPEVgO9
dovenews Libyan™
by Alexblx
BREAKING! #FF in control of #Ras #Ajdir, the #Libyan – #Tunisian border. To be confirmed
dovenews Libyan™
#FF hv assassinated #Sahead #Hamed #Abu #Menyar #Algahsee he was the head of the “#FF Assassination Committee” trgting & killng #FF #Tripoli
BREAKING! Sound of gun fire in #Tarhuna
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Gharyan also liberated? Falling like dominos. #libya
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
media on way to #Tripoli being turned back to tunis. Filmed katiba in chaos as FF approached. Cameras confiscated. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Aljazeera Arabic live from AlZawiyah – 70% of AlZawiyah under feb17 control.
Aljazeera Arabic Live from Alzawiyah – “Freedom fighters continue to pour into Alzawiyah”
Aljazeera Arabic Live from Alzawiyah – “Freedom fighters say that they will be in control by Fajr/Dawn, inshallah” #Tripoli #Libya
People on roof tops in Fashloum and Dahra shouting allahu akbar. Katiba shooting into the air to silence. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Hiba El-Gamaty
Libya Ahrar TV has shown Mohamed AlZawy in Zawiya saying Ras Jideer confirmed under control of FFs #feb17 #Libya
Mwattin
The funniest thing is that #Gaddafi withdrew has ambassador from #Syria as a sign of disapproval of #Bashaars violent crackdown.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Unconfirmed: #Gaddafi has pulled back numbers of his brigades from #Zliten back to #Tripoli after hearing of #Zawiyah. #Libya #Feb17
Today #NATO hit #Gaddafi filth trying to reinforce #Ghiryan & #Zawiya. #Libya #Feb17
Confirmed: #Zawia refinery is in #Freedomfighter possession. #Libya #Feb17
Confirmed: #RasEjdir border gate in control of #Freedomfighters as of 10 minutes ago. #Libya #Feb17
( that would be around 23.15 hrs. Libya time)
iyad_
God, even my cat is excited… #Libya
AP
Heavy clashes as Libyan rebels enter Zawiya
BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) – Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces holding the city.
Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the capital, is a key target for rebels waging a new offensive launched from the mountains in the far west of Libya, an attempt to break the deadlock in combat between the two sides that has held for months in the center and east of the country.
A credible threat from the rebels in the west could strain Gadhafi’s troops, which have been hammered for months by NATO airstrikes. Defending Zawiya is key for the regime but could require bringing in better trained forces who are currently ensuring its hold over its Tripoli stronghold or fighting rebels on fronts further east.
Full art.:
m.apnews.com/ap/db_16026/contentdetail....
Libya TV now:
Caller from Zawiyah, all of Zawiyah liberated including Zawiyah refinery, only some Gaddafi snipers in Omar Mukhtar st.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Libyan freedom fighters in Zawiya: “Gaddafi forces ran away at our sight. We expected to enter city on Monday not today.” #libya #feb17
LibyaNewMedia
Garyan: Children have been given Kalashnikofs by Gaddafi forces in & are shooting from balconies at nearby houses. #Libya #Gaddafi
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO bombed 25 of #Gaddafi’s armed trucks near #Gharyan one half hour ago. #Libya #Feb17
( Libya time: around 23.00 hrs)
Adam Libya
Libya.TV Just aired a recorded phone call between Muatesim Gaddafi and Baghdadi Mahmudi (PM). #Libya #feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
Trending trending trending #TRIPOLICALLING Trending trending trending #LIbya
LibyaNewMedia
One of Gaddafi’s tanks crushed a car with 3 unarmed young men in it in Garyan today according to people from the city centre. #Libya
Suzanne
I’m thrilled at recent FF victories in #Libya. But must guard for Gaddafi forces pattern of strategic retreats followed by massive assaults.
Free Libya Now
@UKinLibya Up to 66000 Libyan man & woman are captive held under brutality of Gadafi regime. We Need Your Voice.
iyad_
Exciting news from Tarhuna! After Gharyan liberated, it’s the only road Gaddafi has open between Tripoli & the rest of the country! #Libya
NATO can take care of armor & heavy divisions but snipers are the real problem in both Azawiya & Gharyan. #Libya
NotLibyaStateTV
We assure you that nothing is happening in Az Zawiyah right now and we will take the media there in 7 to 10 days to prove our point.
BSyria
The African emigration flood that Gaddafi threatened Europe with will happen, but it will be made up of Gaddafi’s soldiers. #Libya
RUMOR IN TWITTERWORLD:
holst jespersen,
here is one rumour: “France moving heavy weapons in through Tunisia”.
No it’s the Libyans freeing Zawiyah. #Libya
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
by Thanku4theAnger
Al Shahed are reporting that NATO is using Apache Helicopters in #Tripoli in an attack on #Gaddafi’s “27 Camp”. #Libya #Feb17
NYT
Tribal Rifts Threaten to Undermine Libya Uprising
TRIPOLI, Libya — Saddled with infighting and undermined by the occasionally
ruthless and undisciplined behavior of its fighters, the six-month-old rebel uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is showing signs of sliding from a struggle to overthrow an autocrat into a murkier contest between factions and tribes.
The increase in discord and factionalism is undermining the effort to overthrow Colonel Qaddafi, and it comes immediately after recognition of the rebel government by the Western powers, including the United States, potentially giving the rebels access to billions of dollars in frozen Libyan assets, and the chance to purchase more modern weaponry.
The infighting could also erode support for the rebels among members of the NATO alliance, which faces a September deadline for renewing its air campaign amid growing unease about the war’s costs and direction. That air support has been a factor in every significant rebel military goal, including fighting on Saturday in which rebel forces were challenging pro-Qaddafi forces in or near three critical towns: Brega, an oil port in the east, Zawiya, on the outskirts of Tripoli, and Gharyan, an important gateway to southern Libya.
The rebels’ Western backers have become alarmed at the growing rift between supporters of a group of rebels who have coalesced into a relatively unified army and the others who effectively remain a civilian band of militia fighters.
In the short term, the retaliation can serve to fortify Colonel Qaddafi’s power by reinforcing the fear that a rebel victory would bring reprisals against the many who participated in the colonel’s political machine and enjoyed his patronage. More broadly, the moral clarity of six months ago, when Colonel Qaddafi’s forces were bearing down on Benghazi and he was threatening to wipe out anyone who dared oppose him there, has been muddied.
Full art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/world/africa...=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp
What problem does the NYT have with a free Libya?
They keep going on about the same things over and over again…..
This is not up to date reporting, this is just straight forward lying.
All they get is less subscribers, if we want to read fiction, we’ll read a book.
Free libya
#TripoliCalling we are coming to help and soon we will be there
#AJArabic Thuwar in good situation, receiving supplies from Nafusa. Only few Gaddafiforces hiding in residential areas of #Zawiya. #Libya
Shakeer on State TV reveals portrait of Ghadaffi painted by Carline Seiser and call her a “Sister”. She’s “NO SISTER”.
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSw7bSje5uQ&fea...
Nadia
Maybe the new NTC General knows what he is doing after all. #Libya
LibyaYouth Libya Youth
Blessings of Ramadan beginning to show in battle with the devil. #Libya #Tripoli
Just received direct information from My Cousin, a FF leader on the ground. Zawiya & Gheryan liberated. #libya #Zawiya #Tripoli
#AJArabic:
Thuwar weapons can be heard close to #Tripoli. #Libya #TripoliCalling
An 80 years old lady is holding her ground in Tripoli and waiting for the liberation of TRIPOLI….
Terje Bråthen
Opprørerne forsøker nå å ta over byen Al Zawiyah, rett ved Tripoli. Et viktig raffineri i denne byen #Libya
Sahnoona
Our FF are 40 kilometers far from #Tripoli. It’s just a matter of days & our flag will be flying over Maydan Al Shuhada in Tripoli. #Feb17
Alex
#Gaddafi last stand – REGIME now recalling troops fm #Zliten & #Tahouna – to replace Tripoli reinforcements obliterated by @NATO 2day #Libya
amira
opposition prevented reinforcements from being sent from tripoli through the coastal road and hopes Zawiya will be liberated 2nite
AC Tripolis
Endkampf ? #Libya #Tripoli
Gadaffi troops reported to have retreated from Zawiya to Gate 27km Army Camp, now reports that this area under attack from #NATO helicopters
And NATO bombed them :)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Hamza Tuhami the Gaddafi TV presenter got beaten up in Nufleyeen in Tripoli #Feb17 #Libya
NATO have targeted 25 Gaddafi forces vehicles in Wadi AlHera that was heading to Gheryan #Libya #Feb17
Heavy clashes in Tarhuna. Many G forces killed with weapons captured & clashes ongoing #feb17 #Libya
LPC:Mohamed AlZawy: Zawiya under FF Control w/ snipers in Omar AlMukhtar road . The 4 entrances to Zawiya are secured by FFs #Libya #feb17
Zawiya: FFs were surprised how quickly Gaddafi forces retreated and were expecting more resistance #feb17 #Libya
Tripoli: Protests in Ras Hasan, Arada and Zawyit Dahmani #feb17
Mustafa Abdel Jaleel: Temporary constitution will be in place for the transitional period followed by referendum on new constitution proper
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #Gaddafi forces are HEAVILY attacking #AzZawyia from the eastern side
jamal
#Surman is Expected to fall within a day at most. FF are still carrying out their operation to free the city . #Libya #Feb17
Sniper rifle shoots two thousand meters the spoils of Brega
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIXk_V7qCe4&fea...
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN is Under THREAT Reports of 2 Gaddafi Forces Columns are on their way to Gharyan #Libya
Joanne
#ZAWIYAH GF occupy eastern part of main road towards #Tripoli we are on West side but we are in the Center There R still Mercenaries #Libya
Hayat
d there are SNIPERS ALL OVER! But even they coward seeing the #FFs – also there was a huge explosion? Grads? WHAT!
Joanne
Contact in #Zawiyah said Gaddafi forces are in #AlHarsha Area West of #Zawiyah and need @NATO HELP the FF #Libya @Libya17Feb
Skyman64 Ian Woods
by FromJoanne
I left border area an hour ago when border guards were still manning their posts. Back in Tunisia to decide next move.
Libya TV now:
Caller (FF) confirms liberation of Ras Ajdir (border crossing/Tunisia),also Harsha, brigades surrendering weapons & joining FF
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli shops were buzzing today smiling people telling each other the news #Libya
Reports of Uprising in the cities of #Zuwarah #Tarhunah and #Asabeah #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN FF released Unknown amount of prisoners Towncenter is deserted Roof SNIPERS Most families hide Outside city MountainShacks #Libya
Alex
The more reinforcements #Gaddafi sends to #Zawiya the better – @NATO is obliterating them – & means less fighters when #FF liberate #Tripoli
Chantal
Apaches attaquer les forces G en route vers Zawiyah de Tripoli
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya Heinz said something that made a lot of sense – he said Gaddafi sent his best soldiers to Brega because HE wanted partition
#libya So Gaddafi was smart at a low level and stupid at a larger level. The Revolution was about “Libya” , not about partition
#libya For all his cunning Gaddafi never understood that he didn’t have a bunch of candidate warlords over against him
#libya You could make a blanket out of all the green rags thrown down today. Maybe pigs would sleep on it
#libya Any truth to the rumor that Moussa Ibrahim signed a post-Gaddafi contract to be a pony ride at a gay theme park in California?
Aljazeera:
A hospital in Ajdabiyah, several kilometers away from Brega in northeastern Libya, has repeatedly received wounded soldiers from the battlefield and is short of doctors and medical supplies.
About 20 wounded soldiers from the frontline have been sent to the hospital every day with five, on average, severely wounded. They have had to be sent to hospitals in Benghazi for further medical care after receiving emergency treatment in the Ajdabiyah hospital. Those who were not severely injured were released from hospital and sent back to the frontline once again.
Many doctors have gone to the frontline to rescue the wounded and some have gone to Benghazi, the provisional capital of Libya’s National Transitional Council. In the hospital, there were more people in uniform than those in medical clothes.
An imprisoned Libyan army colonel who surrendered to the rebel forces two months ago told AFP on Saturday that Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is ridden with divisions and in the process of collapse.
Speaking from a prisoner of war camp in the rebel enclave of Misrata, Colonel Wissam Miland said Gaddafi’s military hangs together through coercion and mercenary-enforced martial law, but that infighting is rife.
“I think it will soon collapse,” he said, offering a rare glimpse inside Gaddafi’s three-pronged loyalist force, made of up army regulars, militia fighters and mercenaries.
“Among the militias, the Libyan soldiers were starting to fight with the foreign mercenaries, there are many problems,” he said in an interview.
The prospect that Gaddafi’s use of foreign mercenaries may be backfiring will also offer hope that the once oil-rich regime could be running out of options.
While it has long been known that Gaddafi has used paid fighters from Chad, Niger, Mauritania and other Sahel nations, their role has not always been clear.
“Within my unit there were a lot of mercenaries,” Miland said. "But they are not fighting with the army — they surround the army. They don’t let anyone fall back. If you retreat, they will kill you”.
Libyan opposition forces have launched a two-pronged offensive in the Western mountains, increasing pressure to isolate Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli.
Opposition fighters advanced toward the towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah on Saturday, attempting to cut off the southern coastal route from Tunisia that Gaddafi uses for supplies.
The ground attacks come after NATO planes had been hitting targets in these areas
The coastal city of Az-Zawiyah, west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, is “absolutely under our control”, the government of Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday after reports of fighting in the area.
“A very small group of rebels tried to move into the south of Az-Zawiyah but they were stopped easily because of our armed forces,” spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters in Tripoli.
He said fewer than 100 rebels entered the city from the south and they tried to join up with 50 rebels within the city, who had been “dealt with”. – Reuters
A rebel force of about 200 fighters advancing from the south reached a bridge on Az-Zawiyah’s southwestern outskirts, and some rebels pushed farther into the city’s central main square.
They tore down the green flag of Gaddafi’s regime from a mosque minaret and put up two rebel flags. An Associated Press reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds of residents rush into the streets,
greeting the fighters with chants of “God is great.”
Gaddafi’s forces then counterattacked, unleashing rounds of heavy shelling and gunfire could be heard as rebels and government troops battled.
Regime snipers were firing down from rooftops on the rebels, said one resident, Abdel-Basset Abu Riyak, who joined to fight alongside the rebels when they entered the city. He said Gaddafi’s forces were holed up in several pockets in the city and that there were reports of reinforcements coming from Tripoli, though there was no sign of them yet.
Speaking to the AP by telephone, Abu Riyak said residents were now joining up with the rebels’ assault, saying, “95 percent of Az-Zawiyah’s people are with the revolution.”
“There is shooting from all sides,” said another rebel, 23-year-old Ibrahim Akram. “The people joined us. Fierce clashes are still ongoing, but thank God our numbers are great.” – Associated Press
Unconmfirmed report:
Shakeer tried to flee the tv building Gadafi thugs captured him and returned him pronto:)
Thanku4theanger
Tarhuna FFs hit 2 vehicles out of 6 vehicle G force convoy from Tripoli 25km out of city at Fum Laghma stopping convoy advance
Tripoli: AbdAllah Waly General Brigadier in Gaddafi Internal Security was killed in successful operation by Soug Aljuma FFs #feb17
Tripoli: Protests in Electronics Street in Dahra and AlHay AlJame3y #feb17 #Libya
MuatasimGaddafi discusses assassination Shalgam with PM Baghdadi
who says "BURN Fam Shalgam like Holocaust Jews "
مكالمة البغدادي والمعتصم : أغتيال شلقم وحرق عائلته
Video:
t.co/n7792CL #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z0WsPQofdU
Sky News
Battles As Libya Rebels Try Retake Key Town
Libyan rebels have been involved in a gun battle in the key town of Al Zawiyah just 18 miles (30km) from the capital Tripoli.
The rebels claim they have reached the centre of the town, but the Gaddafi regime says it remains in control.
A plume of smoke could be seen rising to the north of the town, close to the Mediterranean coastline, and there was sporadic gunfire to the south.
I was with two colleagues from other media organisations, travelling along the main coast road towards Tripoli along with two Libyan government minders, when our minibus became caught up in the firefight.
We were making the regular journey from the Tunisian border to Tripoli to be based at the government supervised Rixos Hotel in the city. Earlier in the day several members of the media travelled in the opposite direction without incident.
But at around 5pm, the minibus was waved to a halt by soldiers on the outskirts of Al Zawiyah and was forced to take a detour through the northern suburbs.
Full art. and video here:
uk.news.yahoo.com/battles-libya-rebels-...
Jeel
Contact in #Gheryan says they can hear sound of tanks in “tghsat” aka downtown of city #Libya
ProudLibyan
Libya Free TV especially has to be very careful, they have fallen to the rumor trap that Gaddafi keeps setting. #Libya
Sabha17feb
#Sabha : Reports of Sebha revolting !
Mary
I have never been this happy since February/early March…. may god bless the FF and help them succeed
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Rebels, Gaddafi forces clash near Tunisia-sources
Aug 13 (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are clashing with rebels a few kilometres from the main border crossing into neighbouring Tunisia, Tunisians close to the border told Reuters on Saturday.
A businessman called Ali, who trades with Libya, said there were clashes at Abu Kammash, an industrial town on the Mediterranean coast about 10 km from the Ras Jdir border crossing, which is controlled by Gaddafi’s forces.
“There is fighting at Abu Kammash. The Tunisian police have asked us not to go into Libya. I tried to go in but the clashes forced me to come back,” the businessman told Reuters.
A second businessman from the border area, who did not want to be identified, said: “There are heavy clashes going on between the rebels and Gaddafi’s forces to try to control the Ras Jdir crossing.”
A third source, who was at the Ras Jdir crossing, said the pro-Gaddafi military had brought up heavy weapons, including tanks, to protect the checkpoint, which controls the main supply route for the Libyan capital, a vital lifeline for the government. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Tim Pearce)
chantal
Libyens ds Tunisie please aller à RasIjdayr traversant MAINTENANT! Seule l’attaque ds gardes avc ds fusils! ne ps détruire documents #libye
Via FB:
Fissa
Tomorrow will be the day of freedom and dignity. I am the daughter of Libya and the daughter of a martyr (who was murdered by Qaddafi’s coldblooded regime). I am proud that my father died an honorable death. Tomorrow, by God’s will, I can see the children of Libya living in greatness so I can lift my head up high and say: I am a Libyan, I am a Libyan!
Apparently Qaddafi wants the situation in Libya to end in the worst possible way. He must be certain that he is pathetic and has no more power and that no matter how much violence he may use, he will be toppled. The question is: how long before he ends up with a bullet in his head, or hanging from a lamp post?
By God this Qaddafi is so cowardly right now; none is more cowardly than him. He and his gangsters are trembling. He has nothing to do but to expose his very true personal Libyan Mafia to the world. The more cities he loses control over, the more he threatens and the more blood he adds to his hands.
May peace and blessings be upon Libya and libyans. —-FISSA :)
librev2011
#Zawiya refinery is under control of #FF so #Gaddafi is cut from fuel supply Completelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyy :-D #Libya I love you
ProudLibyan
Just shows the rumor mill now showing Gaddafi game, earlier claims of 2 Gadaffi officials fleeing spread,now they came on TV and denied this
ANOTHER PRISON CELL:
libyanandproud
Temporary holding cell in #RasIjdayr in the big Hangar on Left. There is a room in the back ! Release prisoners ! #RasIjdayr #Feb17
Rubicon Moad
Libya is too big…but i think yeah, there is something up geography wise…tarhouna and Geryan rising due to less G forces…
Alex
DOOMSDAY: #Gaddafi dreams of #Zawiya counter attack – but @NATO nightmare – wakes him up – #NATO will not let new Libya #FF cities fall.
#Gaddafi supply is completely cut – has no access to new fuel or arms or ammo – all counter attacks obliterated by @NATO – DEAD MAN WALKING!
WHAT A DAY! FREE #Libya – is no longer a distant dream- FREE Libya will be this month – & may be as early as next week – #Gaddafi is history
Revolution_Freedom
Reports of #appache helicopters attacking gaddafi reinforcements that are going to #zawiya
New revolt has broken out in #Tarhuna – major gun battles now taking place – between #Gaddafi & local #FF – #NewLibyaFronts #Libya
#Gaddafi seriously deluded – if he imagines that troops in trucks – can somehow defy @NATO air power! #dreamon #cannonfodder
The road from #Nafusa Mountains to #Zawiya – is one big constant moving #FF supply line – new #FF troops now arriving in Zawiya from #Zintan
ANOTHER PRISON LOCATION:
“many G Troops in Sports City Roundabt Gurji #Tripoli may be 4 #Zawiya” – NOTE many #TripoliPrisoners held @ SPORTS CITY
Tripoli will fall – because no one believes it can survive – what seems inevitable becomes actual – #Tripoli #FF role now to secure prisons.
Ahmed
#Tarhuna: Reports of mass revolt in the town and that the center of the town has been liberated..#Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
MORE PRISONERS:
dovenews Libyan™
#FF are surrounding a area full of containers with imprisoned ppl inside. #AzZawyia
dovenews Libyan™
Libyan Indp Flag: Red= martyrs blood against Italian occupation. Black=all tribes as 1. Green= prosperity. Crescent & star religion of Islam
BREAKING! The events in #Tarhuna are escalating & 2 #FF were killed on the hands of #Gaddafi forces.
Edit: Sports City Roundabout in Gurji, Tripoli.//@NATO Re large grouping of G forces at Gurji roundabout in Tripoli.
Libya Alhurra
Personal Account of Algerian Fleeing Tripoli in February
August 13, 2011 – Personal account received by Libya Alhurra:
On Sunday 20th of Feb 2011 I was teaching in Tripoli. I finished my classes at 8 00 pm. I was approached by three men in military uniforms, and I was asked to go with them. They called me by my name and were friendly and assured me that they needed my help and that I was recommended. I got into the car ( a gray Hyundai Sonata 2011 with no licence plates). They told me that they will drive me home and on the way they kept giving me details about my life, my parents’ details, jobs, where I’m from originally, my best friends’ names, cars, my cars details, where I hang around and that when I thought i would never see daylight because I knew how the system works there, I was told that I have lived in Libya and its time to pay back or give back the favour. I was told to go home and get ready to leave the next day to destination they would tell me about the next day, they told me it was time i became a Libyan resident as i have lived 25 years there as well as being born in Tripoli. I had to get a personal photo to put on the Libyan ID they were gonna give me the next day, and they gave me an envelope with 2000 Libyan dinars to give to my parents.
I refused to take the money. I kept saying let me think about it, and the man at the back seat next to me who appeared to be the highest ranked among them told me that this would be considered high treason. They dropped me home. That night I couldnt sleep, eat or talk to anyone, knowing that they are surveilling the phone lines, I even thought about going to the Algerian embassy but then they are pro-Gadaffi and they would deliver me on a silver plate to the Libyan army. The next day, in the morning, they were waiting for me and from their behaviour I realized that someone I knew recommended me because they were acting nicer than they are supposed to. They asked to get into the car and took me to Mitiga airport. On the way they asked me about my language skills and that I just have to translate to some construction workers in Ajdabya what to do. When we got to Mitiga airport, they blind-folded me and I was driven to “Mathaba Thowrya” where his millitias prove their loyalty, and thats where I got traumatized. I’m sure it was in “ain zara” area in Musa Kusa’s office buildings. I was taken to an office and asked for my clothes sizes and shoe size, and in the other offices I could hear screaming. I told the officer that I’m not a soldier and that I can’t carry weapons because I was a coward and that I can’t even see blood or I’ll faint. The officer changed tone and slapped me and I was dragged by two officers to a cell where there were a lot of men CRYING from pain. One of them was Algerian and told me the offer, you should give in your passport, they handle you 500 euros and an AK47 with 6 magazines, you get in a Toyota Tundra with another foreigner and two Libyan soldiers, the driver MUST be Libyan, you get 100 LYD for every “traitor” you gun down and 300 LYD if you capture him alive. If a patrol manages to get more than 15 cadavers they give you 2000 LYD bonus. I was taken back to the office after a few hours and another officer showed me a small safe with hundreds of thousands of
Euros. He told me that I can be a respected citizen with a rank and insurance and other privileges. I kept repeating that I’m not a soldier and I kept mentioning powerful family names to show that I’m well connected. He completely ignored all I said saying.
I was driven home, and on the way I kept trying to convince the officers in the car to take me out of this mess. The one in the back seat got really angry and started hitting me with a taser, telling me that we foreigners are dogs and we know nothing but taking Libyan money. When we got to my area the driver told me to be there at 8 00 am sharp and if I don’t my family will disappear, so i went home. I didn’t inform anyone I packed a backpack and got to a friend’s home in the airport road. I hid in his house for three days, and after a week I left Libya with help from airport officers to go past the thousands of millitias around. The mercenaries were not brought from abroad, they chose foreigners who speak Libyan perfectly and cant be noticed as not. As I mentioned you give in your passport, and get paid 500 euros as an engagement payment, 100 lyd for every head and 300 lyd for getting one alive. I met a man called Mohamed Hnish and he is the son of Gadaffis driver and he asked me to join them 2 days before I left, so the details are confirmed, and with every city that falls they execute those mercenaries to get rid of evidence.
Niz_FGM Niz
big smile on our faces…….
Skyman64 Ian Woods
I understand many reports border is unmanned. It was manned at 8pm. I am not there now to check situation
Free Libya Now
Libya Embassy in #Tunis stormed by Free Libyans with Independance Flag raised on Building. #Tunis #Libya
Rubicon Moad
Geryan is a city of about 80K…Zintan is about 45K…Geryan is mainly AntiG…imagine what they can do now.. double the size of Zintan #Feb17
True Geryan doesn’t have any real military might…but nor did Zintan on the 19th of March when a few hundred defeated the 9th Battalion….
Ibn
the only thing thats on my mind… is who’s gon’ run this town tonight? #tripolicalling
♡ Freedom ✌ Syria ♡
When I stood at the #Libya border, Tunisia, I got goosebumps. My sister at the #Syria border, Turkey, felt the same. So close, yet so far.
Danya
watching Shakeer :) he loooks soo PISSED about Zawyah being free :) 3gbal trablus ya weld 60 alf kelb.
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Ghot Asha3al area (West Tripoli) burning tires right now #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Maged
Celebration everywhere in #tunis , ppl extremely happy with today’s victories #Libya #17feb
Please have a look at the photo’s:
Freedom Fighters Finally IN Brega
By Libyan Youth Movement (Albums)
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18824...
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya: hard to gauge mood among gvt officials. DepFM smiling broadly. Press Liason hoping to get journo bus into Tripoli from west soon.
#Libya: I guess we’ll know more when we are/are not taken to Zawiyah tomorrow. No more pressers here in Tripoli so far.
From our vantage point at press hotel Tripoli seems quiet tonight so far. Haven’t heard bombs. Aircraft over head now. #Libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
#Libya state tv airing what it says is intvs from #Zawiya earlier with people saying its “mia mia” & all is good there. #Libya
Ibn
#zawiya to the west, #misrata to the east, and #gheryan to the south. All the while we still hear #tripolicalling. Byebye ya Muammar! #Libya
Hiba El-Gamaty
Everyone’s excited for #Libya today, but can i urge all to be careful with unconfirmed news. If it’s not confirmed pls say so in ur tweet!
jamal
#Zliten : FF Moved onto koobree #Zliten , “Zlitens Bridge” and are attacking G #mercenaries there #Libya #Feb17
Never Forget
To all those non-libyans that are helping us in our cause: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Visas’s to #LIbya are on me! #Feb17
WESSIM
in the highway many libyan car are in direction to the border right now
nicinme Liberal Conservative
Thanks #NATO, US, UK, France, Canda, Italy, Turkey, UAE, Qatar for a historic day in free #Libya. Thanks for your courage & leadership.
Iman
I am from tarhuna and proud to be anti-gaddafi #TripoliCalling #libya #feb17
Mwattin
I am from #Tripoli and I am proud to be anti-Girdaffi b from birth with every cell in my body #TripoliCalling #Feb17 #Libya
Pro #Gaddafi Non #Libya ns can bark as much as they want, Gaddafi is going down we will go home rebuild it w/out him & shut the door
Former military strategist Safwat Zayat has said that tactics FFs used 2 enter #Zawiya & #Ghiryan hv astonished the world #Libya #Feb17
Abeidi
I am from Benghazi and so proud to be anti Gerdaffi #TripoliCalling #libya #feb17
Mushu
I am from #Benghazi and #Zawiya, and every cell in me is very much #AntiGaddafi. #TripoliCalling #Libya #Feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Anyway, I was meant to sleep an hour ago.. Good night all. Great day today thank god and hopefully more tomorrow. تصبحو علي خير
And I was meant to sleep 4 hrs ago:)
WE PRAY FOR OUR LIBYA……………….
SUMMARY AUGUST 14 2011
8/14/2011
8.14.2011
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/4viyN
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Just got call from a FF inside Gharyan city confirmed 90% of city is liberated still G snipers & few tanks in the centre of Tgasat 2 clear!
Today could b big day for Libyan revolution cities of Gharyan & Zawiya could b totally liberated & expect Surman, Ajelat & Sabrata 2 follow!
Breaking Libya FF’s entered the last strong hold position of Gadhafi forces in the heart of Gharyan city engaging them in street battles!!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ASPENDOS M” has departed port #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” remains anchored in port #CasaBlanca #Morocco. #Feb17
#UK MILITARY OPS SHIP “FORT ROSALIE” anchored in #Malta. #Libya #Feb17
#Misrata: Large explosion yesterday reported to have been 1 of #Gaddafi’s larger rockets destroyed by #NATO. #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya: Reports are that #Freedomfighters are in control of 80% of city. Clashes continue in some areas. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi re-enforcements headed from #Tripoli to #Zawiya were hit by #NATO. Allahu Akbar!!! #Libya #Feb17
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “KEREM AYANOGLU” 36.64018˚/23.59688˚ reported carrying
weapons to #Gaddafi in #Tripoli #Libya from #Istanbul. @NATO
AL ARABIYA NEWS
Libya says NATO ‘planning raids’ on Tunisia border
NATO is planning raids on Ras Jedir, a border post with Tunisia, to open the way to a rebel advance, Libya’s government spokesman said on Sunday.
“We have information that NATO is planning intensive bombardments of the Ras Jedir border post to help the armed bands, some of whom are positioned on the Tunisian side, to enter Libyan territory,” Mussa Ibrahim told AFP.
He described the North Atlantic alliance’s intentions as “very dangerous,” pointing out that Ras Jedir was a crossing point for “thousands of Libyans, including women and children.”
“By bombing it, NATO will be committing a new massacre,” Mr. Ibrahim said, warning against an “illegal act.”
He declared: “We salute the Tunisian government and we encourage it to make more efforts for Tunisia not to transform itself into a departure point for aggression against Libya.
“We salute the Tunisian people who have prevented the unloading of a cargo of arms” destined for Libyan rebels in the south Tunisian port of Zarzis, he went on.
Mr. Ibrahim called on the United Nations to “denounce and condemn the arms traffic to Libya from Tunisia, which violates UN (Security Council) resolutions 1970 and 1973.”
Full art.:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/...
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
NATO bombing something in Ein Zara now…. #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF have arrived to the city center of #Gharyan & have passed #Alrabatah hotel & they freed #Jandoba prison. #Nafusa
BREAKING! #Gabon has given #Gaddafi’s ambassador 7 days to leave the country. #Gabon #Libya #Africa
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Grad rockets intermittently land in #Zawiyah fired by #Gaddafi forces
#Libya, Rebels captured four mercenaries they showed their identification cards and they had money, in the city of #Zawiyah, #Gaddafi
#Gaddafi forces retereated 12 kilometers to east and five kilometers to west they have troops on two entrances of city of #Zawiyah
ALJAZEERA: ABDELADEEM MUHAMMAD LIVE FROM ZAWIYA
Aljazeera: The southern end of Zawiya is completely under freedom fighter control. Fights are ongoing in the northern end #libya #feb17
Aljazeera: Gaddafi forces are in the Northeastern part of Zawiya on the way to Tripoli and in the western part near the oil refinery #libya
Aljazeera: There is a very large urban war going on in Zawiya with house-to-house battles between freedom fighters and Gaddafi forces #libya
Aljazeera: SORMAN AND SABRATHA have also been entered by the freedom fighters to ease pressure on Zawiya & distract Gaddafi forces #libya
Aljazeera: We have seen many injured freedom fighters and some martyrs go past us today and getting treated #libya #feb17
Aljazeera: Hundreds of fighters are pouring into Zawiya frm Nafusa including some very heavy equipment from tanks to artillery #libya #feb17
Aiman Amer
Unconfirmed report that scores of freedom fighters have entered the city of #Surman west of #Zawiya today. #Libya #Feb17
AlmanaraMedia Almanara Libya
#BBC Arabic is now available on FM radio for listeners in #Benghazi and #Misurata on 91.5 // #Libya
ALJAZEERA
Libyan opposition launches new offensive
Rebel fighters advance towards towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah, to cut off coastal route that Gaddafi uses for supplies
Opposition forces have launched a two-pronged offensive in western Libya, increasing pressure to isolate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli.
Opposition fighters fought for control of the towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah on Sunday, attempting to cut off the southern coastal route from Tunisia that Gaddafi uses for supplies.
Zeina Khodr, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Az-Zawiyah, reported that the rebels had taken control of a bridge along which the highway from Tripoli to Tunisia runs, but that central areas of the city remained contested, with Gaddafi forces emplying snipers and mortar fire.
The battle also raged near the gates of the city.
Al Jazeera’s Khodr said opposition fighters claim “they have managed to take 70 per cent of the town, despite the threat of snipers still in the area”.
The gains are possible "because the Gaddafi forces’ defences were weak and that fighters received help from inside the city. As they expected, residents took up arms and fought alongside them when they arrived.
Full art. and video:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
ALJAZEERA BLOG:
Opposition fighters say they are within 50 kilometers of the Libyan capital Tripoli after claiming to have captured the strategic city of Az-Zawiyah.
The government, however, denies that it has lost the city and insists Az-Zawiyah is still under their control.
Libyan government spokesman Ibrahim Moussa says "Az-Zawiyah is absolutely
under our Gaddafi forces control."
“What happened is exactly this: A very small group of rebels tried to move south of Az-Zawiyah, they were less than one hundred, they were stopped easily by our armed forces.
“There was a small group that resided inside Az-Zawiyah, they did not enter Az-Zawiyah. They are already inside Az-Zawiyah and they were waiting for the other group to come in to join them, but basically they took action too early so they exposed themselves and they were dealt with and they are still being dealt with in Az-Zawiyah, they are small group,” he told reporters.
Fighting is also raging on Libya’s eastern front, for control of the oil terminal of Brega.
Rebels are trying to push deeper into the city, but are meeting stiff resistance from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Reports say at least 21 opposition fighters and government troops have been killed in two days of fighting
Rebel fighters in Libya say they are within 50 kilometers of the country’s capital, Tripoli.
Fighting continues between opposition forces and soldiers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the city of Az-Zawiyah, which is on the coastal road towards Tripoli.
The opposition say they are trying to stop supply routes to Gaddafi’s forces in the capital.
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are clashing with rebels a few kilometres from the main border crossing into neighbouring Tunisia, Tunisians close to the border told the Reuters news agency on Saturday.
A businessman called Ali, who trades with Libya, said there were clashes at Abu Kammash, an industrial town on the Mediterranean coast about 10km from the Ras Jdir border crossing. A second businessman, who did not want to be identified, also said there was fighting in the area.
Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Az-Zawiyah west of Tripoli on Saturday, in their most significant advance in months.
They battled snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Muammar Gaddafi’s forces holding the city.
Az-Zawiyah, 50 kilometres from the capital, is a key target for rebels waging a new offensive launched from the mountains in the far west of Libya, an attempt to break the deadlock in fighting between the two sides that has held for months in the centre and east of the country.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Libya, says the opposition fighters were “able to fight their way into Az-Zawiyah but they have still not been able to secure it.”
TIME LINE
Key events in the Libya conflict:
- February 15-19: Inspired by revolts in other Arab countries, including neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt, an uprising breaks out, including in Benghazi, Libya’s second city.
- March 19: With the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatening rebel-held Benghazi, French, US and British forces launch UN-mandated air attacks and push them back.
- March 30: Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa defects, to be followed by dozens of political and military figures.
- March 31: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation takes over formal command of the military operation, which turns into a slogging match between rebels entrenched mainly in the east and Gaddafi forces in the west.
- April 20: France and Italy join Britain in sending military advisers to assist the rebels.
- May 1: Gaddafi escapes a NATO air strike, which the regime says kills his youngest son, Seif al-Arab, and three of his grandchildren.
- June 1: NATO says the operation, originally due to wind up at the end of June, will continue until the end of September.
- June 9: An International Contact Group on Libya meets in Abu Dhabi, and finalises a fund aimed at helping the rebels.
- June 20-21: The Libyan authorities say 24 civilians have been killed in NATO air strikes.
- June 27: The International Criminal Court (ICC), set up to judge war crimes, issues an arrest warrant for Gaddafi for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- June 29: France says it has air dropped arms shipments to rebels fighting Gaddafi’s forces.
- July 14: The rebels consolidate their positions in the West, and begin an offensive on the oil town of Brega. NATO dismisses accusations that its attacks have killed more than 1,100 civilians.
- July 15: At a meeting in Istanbul, the Contact Group designates the rebels as Libya’s
legitimate rulers, paving the way for the release of frozen Gaddafi regime assets.
- July 25: NATO says it supported rebels by hitting a military facility, armoured vehicles, tanks and light military vehicles around Brega.
- July 28: Rebel military chief General Abdel Fattah Younes is assassinated as rebel fighters pound forces loyal to Gaddafi in the west of the country.
- August 5: The regime denies the death of Gaddafi’s son Khamis in a NATO raid, as announced by rebels.
- August 6: The western town of Bir al-Ghanam falls to the rebels.
- August 8: Rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil sacks the entire executive
office of his government.
- August 9: Libyan authorities accuse NATO of a “massacre” of 85 villagers in air strikes south of Zliten in western Libya. NATO insists it has no evidence of the civilian deaths.
- August 10: EU widens sanctions against the regime.
- August 11: Rebels at the gates of the strategic oil town of Brega, as NATO says Gaddafi forces are no longer able to launch a credible military offensive. UN chief Ban Ki-moon expresses alarm over the rising number of civilian casualties.
Rebel fighters in Libya’s Az-Zawiyah tell the Reuters news agency some pro-Gaddafi forces, including snipers, are still in the town.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from the south of Az-Zawiyah, said opposition fighters claim “they have managed to take 70 per cent of the town, despite the threat of snipers still in the area.”
The gains are possible "because the Gaddafi forces’ defences were weak and that fighters received help from inside the city. As they expected, residents took up arms and fought alongside them when they arrived.
“The town had previously risen up against Gaddafi, but government forces quelled that uprising.
“Today’s victory would be the opposition’s most significant in months because they were just 50km from Tripoli, a mere half an hour’s drive, if they could hold the territory and stave off a Gaddafi counter offensive,” our correspondent said
Rebel fighters are in control of the centre of the town of az-Zawiyah, about 50km west of the Libyan capital, a Reuters reporter in az-Zawiyah said on Sunday.
The reporter said he could see about 50 rebels near Zawiyah’s main produce market shouting “Allahu Akbar!,” or “God is greatest!” The red, black and green rebel flag was flying from a shop.
Rebel fighters said there were still forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the town, including snipers. The sound of occasional gunfire could be heard, but no heavy fighting.
The position is the closest the rebel frontline has been to Tripoli since the uprising against Gaddafi began.
Holding az-Zawiyah would give the rebels control of the coastal highway, the main link between the capital and the outside world.
Fighting is ongoing in the centre of the Libyan city of Az-Zawiyah and around its oil refinery. Hundreds of opposition fighters entered the city, 50km west of the capital,Tripoli. Gaining control of Az-Zawiyah would cut off Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s only remaining supply routes from Tunisia.
The government, however, says it still has control of the city, and there are reports of heavy fighting there.
Find out more about the main roads and supply routes in Libya as fighting continues in Az-Zawiyah
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Az-Zawiyah, says that the rebels have just managed to take control of a key highway that links Tripoli to Tunisia, though central parts of the city remain contested. The rebels are leading a march through a neighbourhood near the highway, chanting slogans against Gaddafi.
She says the rebels are confident that they will be able to take the town.
chantal rebelle
Une grande bataille est en cours dans la frontière de Ras Ajdir entre les resistant et forces de Kadhafi resistants seront victorieux #libye
Libya Free Forever.
Shelling on #AlZawia W of #Tripoli. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#NILESAT #Cairo Courtcase Has its own FACEBOOK page goo.gl/67Myi Pls “LIKE” Follow updates Images goo.gl/IxM4K #Libya
#Surman 6000 FFs have entered the city W of Zawiyah Some FF entered #Sabratha W Of Surman #Libya
#Gharyan most of city FF cotrolled Trying to remove snipers and fighting with a small group in center of town #Libya
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING NEWS: A big battle is under way in the Ras Ajdir Border between our FFs and Gaddafi forces. Insha allah FFs will be victorious!!!
Reuters: Reporter for Reuters said that in Zawiyah sunday morning that FFs control the centre of Zawiyah which is aprox. 50KM west of the capital Tripoli
رويترز: قال مراسل لرويترز في الزاوية يوم الاحد ان الثوار يسيطرون على وسط بلدة الزاوية على بعد نحو 50 كيلومترا الى الغرب من العاصمة الليبية
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Libya rebels control Zawiyah centre-Reuters reporter
By Michael Georgy
Aug 14 (Reuters) – Rebel fighters are in control of the centre of the town of Zawiyah, about 50 km (30 miles) west of the Libyan capital, a Reuters reporter in Zawiyah said on Sunday.
The reporter said he could see about 50 rebels near Zawiyah’s main produce market
shouting “Allahu Akbar!,” or “God is greatest!” The red, black and green rebel flag was flying from a shop.
Rebel fighters told Reuters there were still forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the town, including snipers. The sound of occasional gunfire could be heard, but no heavy fighting.
Rebels said the capital was their next target. One rebel fighter smiled as he pointed to a roadsign marking the highway from Zawiyah to Tripoli.
“I’m 1,000 percent sure we’re going to take over Zawiyah today and then move on to Tripoli,” said Bin Jaffin Ali, 34, a shopkeeper turned rebel fighter.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/liby...
BREAKING NEWS: Our national armed forces are advancing after attacking Qaddafi’s mercenaries South of Sorman with heavy weapons
المركز الاعلامي الزنتان : الله اكبر الان قوات الجيش الوطني تهاجم المرتزقة المتواجدين جنوب صرمان بالأسلحة الثقيله وتقهقر للمرتزقه باتجاه الشمال مع تقدم لقواتن
Breaking: NATO just bombed Gaddafi’s military storage facilities in the Eastern entrance to Tripoli (Tajoura)
BREAKING: Apache helicopters bombed some sites in Gheryan and Jendouba.
قناة غريان على الفيسبوك: الله أكبر طائرات الأباتشي تقصف بعض المواقع في غريان وجندوبة
BREAKING NEWS:Heavy fighting going on NOW in Zliten between FFs and Gaddafi forces aprox. 6KM from the city centre
عاجل : شتباكات عنيفة تدرو الان في مدينة زليتن بين الثوار وكتائب القذافي على بعد 6كم من مركز المدينة
BREAKING NEWS: Libyan FFs are advancing in #Brega NOW!
Hafed
#libyandream…. one day I dream of a #libya where everyone is free to speak their mind, elect their government and stand before a just law
OUR #Libyandream is so so close
BREAKING NEWS: More than 6000 FFs have entered the city of Surman west of Zawia after defeating Qaddafi’s troops
عاجل: الله أكبر الله أكبر…. أكثر من ٦٠٠٠ من الثوار يدخلون صرمان بعد دحر الكتائب التي فرت من المعركة الله أكبر الله أكبر ……..قناة الزنتان
SURMAN IS FREE!!! TAKBEER!!!!
BREAKING: REPORTS COMING IN THAT GADDAFI IS TRYING TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT,, INSHA ALLAH OUR FFS WILL CATCH HIM
BREAKING NEWS: FFs of Gheryan have entered Sahban Military base and found many weapons. Allah Akbar!!
عاجل: دخول ثوار غريان معسكر سحبان والحصول على أسلحة، الله أكبر ولله الحمد
BREAKING NEWS: Heavy fighting inside Sabrata and the FFs control a large part of the city. Allah Akbar
عاجل: أشتباكات عنيفة داخل مدينة صبراته والثوار يسيطرون على جزء كبير من المدينة
BREAKING NEWS: Reports that thousands of FF/political prisoners are being freed from the Sorman prison RIGHT NOW by freedom fighters
عاجل: الدكتور محمود الورفلى: عن مكالمة تلفونية من داخل السجن.اطلاق سراح السجناء من سجن صرمان
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: أنباء عن معارك و قتال على معبر رأس جدير حاليا, فى حين ان صرح الناتو بقصف دبابتين فى الزاوية البارحة
a strong battle is going on at the moment at the tunisian- libyan border ( ras jdeer )
NATO says it hit 2 tanks around Zawiya yesterday
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
مراسل وكالة رويرتز من وسط مدينة الزاوية افاد هدا الصباح ان الثوار يسيطرون على وسط المدينة و سماع اصوات اطلاق نيران متفرقة
Reuters corro Mike Georgy: rebels control center of Zawiya; shots heard Libya
Return_of_libya ليبيا تعــــــود
الثوار يسيطرون على وسط الزاوية fb.me/JPaZOaT1
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
طرابلس: تحليق مكثف لطائرات الحلف الدولى فوق سماء عاصمتنا الحبيبة الان
Breaking: Heavy presence of NATO over Tripoli right now…
الوضع الميداني للثوار في غرب ليبيا
الان الثوار مسيطرين على كافة مناطق الجبل الغربي من نالوت غربا الي غريان شرقا فيما عدا منطقة الاصابعة التي ربما تتحرر خلال اليومين القادمين و ايضا تحرير اغلب مناطق سفح الجبل و بئر الغنم و كافة المناطق بين الجبل و الزاوية و بالطبع تحرير مدينة الزاوية بالكامل هذا بالضافة الي تحرر مدينة مصراتة بالكامل و المناطق من السدادة شرق مصراتة ب 100 كم الي حدود زليتن غرب مصراتة ب 30كم و الان لم يتبقى لنظام الطاغية الا مناطق الساحل الغربي صبراتة و صرمان حت زوارة شرقا و التي باذن الله ستتحرر في اقرب وقت و ايضا ترهونة التي من المتوقع ان تسقط قريبا في يد الثوار ثم زليتن و الخمس حتى القربولي و التي ستسقط تباعا بمجرد دخول الثوار زليتن أما بنو ليد فمن المتوقع ان يحدث فيا ثورة داخلية و ستسقط سريعا ايض
BREAKING NEWS: Our national armed forces are advancing after attacking Qaddafi’s mercenaries South of Sorman with heavy weapons
المركز الاعلامي الزنتان : الله اكبر الان قوات الجيش الوطني تهاجم المرتزقة المتواجدين جنوب صرمان بالأسلحة الثقيله وتقهقر للمرتزقه باتجاه الشمال مع تقدم لقواتنا
المركز الاعلامي الزنتان : الله اكبر الان قوات الجيش الوطني تهاجم المرتزقة المتواجدين جنوب صرمان بالأسلحة الثقيله وتقهقر للمرتزقه باتجاه الشمال مع تقدم لقواتنا
Media Center Alzentan: Our national armed forces are advancing after attacking Qaddafi’s mercenaries South of Sorman with heavy weapons
فيديوات و صور انتفاضة 17 فبراير
خاص و مؤكد بصفحة فيديوات و صور إنتفاضة ١٧ فبراير و على مسؤليتنا الشخصية : ( من مصدر نتحفظ عن ذكر إسمه) في اجتماع سري في الجزائر إلتقى ممثل عن أحد أبناء القذافي مسؤولا كبيرا في حكومة بوتين الروسية لترتيب لخروج ذلك الابن ، وذلك مقابل التنازل لبعض الشخصيات الروسية الكبيرة عن بعض المليارات والاصول الموجودة في حسابات سرية في شرق آسيا واعطاء الروس معلومات عن القيادات المسؤولة في الكتائب و النظام عن استهداف المدنيين و معلومات مهمة وحساسة أخرى حول النظام الليبي قد تدعم الموقف الروسي امام الناتو في إجراء صفقة بشأن ليبيا
Private and certain for page of videos and photos uprising February 17: (from a source that we have reservations to mention his name) in a secret meeting in Algeria, met with a representative of one of the sons of Gaddafi a senior official in the government of Putin, to arrange for the exit of the Son in exchange for ceding some of the billions of existing assets in secret accounts in East Asia and give the Russians a sensitive and important information about the Libyan regime may support the Russian position in front of NATO in the conduct of a deal on Libya
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: مراسل الجزيرة : الثوار الليبيون يستمرون فى القتال للسيطرة على الزاوية بالكامل و كتائب القردافى تتراجع الى الخلف من الاطراف الشمالية للزاوية
AJA Corespondent : libya: libyan opp fighters continue to fight inside strategic city of Zawiya. Gad forces pushed back to northern edge of city.
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: مراسل الجزيرة : الثوار الليبيون يستمرون فى القتال للسيطرة على الزاوية بالكامل و كتائب القردافى تتراجع الى الخلف من الاطراف الشمالية للزاوية
AJA Corespondent : libya: libyan opp fighters continue to fight inside strategic city of Zawiya. Gad forces pushed back to northern edge of city.
عاجل : شتباكات عنيفة تدرو الان في مدينة زليتن بين الثوار وكتائب القذافي على بعد 6كم من مركز المدينة
BREAKING NEWS:Heavy fighting going on NOW in Zliten between FFs and Gaddafi forces aprox. 6KM from the city centre
BREAKING NEWS: More than 6000 FFs have entered the city of Surman west of Zawia after defeating Qaddafi’s troops.
Aljazeera: The southern end of Zawiya is completely under freedom fighter control. Fights are ongoing in the northern end
Aljazeera: Gaddafi forces are in the Northeastern part of Zawiya on the way to Tripoli and in the western part near the oil refinery
Aljazeera: There is a very large urban war going on in Zawiya with house-to-house battles between freedom fighters and Gaddafi forces #libya
Aljazeera: SORMAN AND SABRATHA have also been entered by the freedom fighters to ease pressure on Zawiya & distract Gaddafi forces
Aljazeera: We have been many injured freedom fighters and some martyrs go past us today and getting treated
Aljazeera: Hundreds of fighters are pouring into Zawiya frm Nafusa including some very heavy equipment from tanks to artillery
Reports: #Surman is taken by #rebels Some troops in #alharsha east surman
BREAKING: Heavy fighting taking place in Zawiya around the Harsha military base.
عاجل: معارك عنيفة تجري في الزاوية خارج قاعدة عسكرية حرشة
Globe and Mail
SNC-Lavalin defends Libyan prison project
Paul Waldie
As SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (SNC-T51.55-1.15-2.18%) scrambles to get hundreds of employees out of Libya, the company is facing questions about one of its many projects in the country – building a prison.
The Montreal-based engineering firm has been in Libya for roughly 25 years and most of its work has centred around a massive water pipeline stretching across the desert and construction of a new airport in Benghazi. While those projects have received substantial publicity, the company has also been quietly building a jail in Tripoli.
The Guryan prison will cost an estimated $275-million (U.S.) to build and was supposed to be finished by 2012, according to an online job posting. It’s not clear when SNC-Lavalin landed the contract but the company placed an ad for an architect last August
News of the project surfaced on a Quebec media website Wednesday, prompting a flood of online comments with many questioning why the company would take on such a contract given the poor human rights record of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Company spokeswoman Leslie Quinton confirmed the project was under way. She added in an e-mail that the prison will be “the country’s first to be built according to international human rights standards. We think this is an important step forward for this country and an opportunity for us as a company to share values that we think are essential to all citizens of the world.”
SNC-Lavalin would be a natural choice to build a new prison. While it operates in roughly 100 countries, SNC-Lavalin has deep roots in Libya and a long relationship with Gadhafi’s son, Saif El-Islam. Some of the company’s first Libyan contracts came in the mid-1990s, shortly after Col. Gadhafi began building the Great Man-Made River, an ambitious effort to bring water from sources in the south, across the Sahara desert, to cities in the north. SNC-Lavalin has won several contracts on the project, the latest coming last October and worth $450-million. It also won a $500-million contract in 2008 to build an airport in Benghazi. Over the years it has also sponsored a local soccer team as well as the Montreal stop on a global tour of Saif’s artwork. As of 2008, SNC-Lavalin had 2,000 employees in Libya, about 10 per cent of its total work force.
Full art.:
www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/...
Joanne
Snipers here and there around city and center fighting going on but #Gharyan is 95% in control of FF #Libya
#Gharyan most of city FF cotrolled Trying to remove snipers and fighting with a small group in center of town #Libya
#Surman FF are combing the Northern neighborhoods of city from small groups of Mercenaries #Libya
#GHARYAN A Freedom Fighters was killed in the last hour by a sniper from a tall building #Libya
Gharyan after 30 GF surendered FF now in full control of #Sahban military base and found a stack of much needed weapons +Ammo #Libya
#QAWASIM which is in control of FF is being shelled by Gaddafi forces #Libya
#Gharyan FF were experiencing severe shortage Med. range weapons but found several tanks weapons + ammunition in #Sahban militarybase #Libya
Video of 2 GF captured soldiers admit they were told by their commander that Khamis Gaddafi was killed. t.co/HMnXI19 #feb17 #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBoR0CqT4-E&fea...
AJE reporter ‘Many fighters entered the #Zawiya battle without arms hoping they capture weapons from retreated Gaddafi forces’ #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Gheryan: AlMabruk Sahban AlMigrahy Head of the infamous Sahban Brigade has been captured … Allah Akbar #feb17 #Libya
Gheryan: Salem AlMigrahy one of the murderers of the martyr Ramzy AlZarug in Tehgsat has been captured too #feb17 #Libya
Tarhuna: Electricity cut off as well as Libyan and Madar Mobile networks #feb17 #Libya
Sebrata FFs have reached outskirts of Ajelat & Soug AlAalaga whilst Surman FFs have reached Bilresh near Khweldi’s home #feb17
The brave Freedom Fighters are releasing their fellow imprisoned Freedom Fighters from #Surman and #Janduba . #Feb17 #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
In the last 4 hours alone SIX THOUSAND fighters from Nafusa converged on Sorman/Sabratha and more are on their way to Zawiya #libya #feb17
More reports that downtown Surman is under FF control and prisoners have been freed #feb17 #Libya
hominoid
Surman the confiscation of a convoy consisting of 10 cars supply type, heading to one of the camps of the tyrant
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Gaddafi forces firing mortars at southern entrance of #zawiyah where the #press was gathered , #Libya
#Libya there are still pockets of gaddafi forces fighting back in #Zawiya
feblib
My god, Gaddafi’s forces killed 5 years old boy today in #Tarhuna #Libya #Gaddaficrimes
Emo
MY FRIEND WAHEEB FROM #SURMAN JUST HUGGED HIS MOTHER AFTER 6 MONTHS. HE JOINED #NAFUSA FFs AND HE NOW LIBERATED #SURMAN. BOTH WERE CRYING
BREAKING: #SABRATHA IS LIBERATED. DOWNTOWN IS FULLY UNDER CONTROL. THERE WAS LITTLE RESISTANCE BUT NOW IT’S SAFE. JUBILANT SCENES. #LIBYA
hominoid
Gheryan snipers withdrew and were pursued by the FFs and captured two others and two fled
Gheryan Snipers left in two buildings Hotel Samarkand and Bashir Saqr next station taxis
We can still hear the sound of shelling and mortars in #Zawiyah
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya no side can claim victory yet in #Zawiyah
Zawiya Violent clashes in the military camp and the road Aharhh refinery
libyanandproud
#Zawyia : 10+ martyrs in today’s battles in zawiya . #Feb17 #Libya
Gheryan The surrender of about 30 of the mercenaries in the Sahban Military base
Zlitniya
#Zliten :Approx 3am Sun, FF attacked one of main checkpoints in #Ezdu .2FF severely injured but stable #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten (Sat):FF entered #Dwawu (in SuqAlThalath,S Zliten nr #Majer) &reached Alhweejat Mosq.2 #Gaddafi militia cars joined FF #Libya #Feb17
Alex
REUTERS: "The swift rebel advance on the town of #Zawiya, about 50 km (30 miles) west of #Tripoli, will deal a psychological blow to #Gaddafi ’s supporters and also cuts the coastal highway to #Tunisia which keeps the capital supplied with food and fuel.
But there was no sign Tripoli was under immediate threat from a rebel attack: heavily-armed pro-Gaddafi forces still lie between #Zawiyah and the capital.
After their initial rapid advances were beaten back by Gaddafi’s heavy armor, the #Libya n rebels have largely been unable to break the stalemate, even with the help of #NATO air strikes.
But rebel forces are now in their strongest position since the uprising against 41 years of Gaddafi’s rule began in February.
They now control the coast both east and west of Tripoli, to the north is the Mediterranean and a NATO naval blockade, while to the south is empty desert.
Rebels from the Western Mountains region south of this Mediterranean coastal town dashed forward into Zawiyah late on Saturday, encountering little sustained resistance from Gaddafi’s forces.
Near Zawiyah’s central produce market early on Sunday, about 50 rebel fighters were milling around and triumphantly shouting “Allahu Akbar!” or “God is greatest.” The red, black and green rebel flag was flying from a shop.
Rebel fighters told Reuters there were still forces loyal to Libyan leader #Muammar #Gaddafi in the town, including snipers. Artillery and machine gun fire could still be heard.
Rebels said the capital was their next target once Zawiyah was fully under their control. One rebel fighter smiled as he pointed to a road sign marking the highway from Zawiyah to Tripoli.
“I’m 1,000 percent sure we’re going to take over Zawiyah today and then move on to Tripoli,” said Bin Jaffin Ali, 34, a shopkeeper turned rebel fighter.
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/us-l...
Caller on #Libya Alahrar: So far 3 martyrs in #Zawiya today. #Feb17
CONFIRMED: News 100% truth #FFs are in Sunday’s market not yet in the center of #Surman. Soon they’ll arrive there. #Libya
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya t.co/nfIy9CM
ImaN
Not going so well on thhe #tarhuna front they were ambushed last night! 7 confirmed deaths and unconfirmed reports of deaths of 30 soldiers
MAP : Libyan western coastal cities where battles are ongoing : t.co/8QfWtyE #Feb17 #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
There are two separate fronts to the West of Tripoli. The Zawiyah front, and now the Gheryan front heading to Aziziyah #Libya #Tripoli
Video From Zawiyah after hearing the news about Surman liberation. t.co/lKQ5ufs
OR:
yfrog.com/61msez
BREAKING: SABRATHA IS LIBERATED. DOWNTOWN IS FULLY UNDER CONTROL. THERE WAS LITTLE RESISTANCE BUT NOW IT’S SAFE. JUBILANT SCENES.
Eye witness report to AlManara news agency. The city of Gheryan and it’s suburbs are now under the full control of the FFs #Libya #Gheryan
FromJoanne Joanne
#SABRATHA HUGE batlle raging now between FF and GF There R far more FF then GF so outcome will be predictable :) Ppl R very Excited #Libya
Alex
“The rebel entry into #Zawiya was an emotional moment for townspeople who had taken part in two uprisings against Gaddafi’s forces since February and then fled or gone underground when the revolts repressed.
A part of the rebel forces which entered #Zawiyah was made up of fighters who had fled the town earlier.
Isa Korogle, a 35-year-old unemployed man, said he had been hiding in farmland near Zawiyah because he feared for his life since taking part in the uprisings earlier this year.
He said #Gaddafi ’s security forces had formed special committees to detain anyone who took part in the revolt.
“It feels like the first day of my life because I’m back in Zawiyah,” he said on Sunday.”
#Libya
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FT: "Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of this town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off #Muammer #Gaddafi ’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
The swift rebel advance on the town of #Zawiya h, about 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, will deal a psychological blow to Gaddafi’s supporters and also cuts the coastal highway to #Tunisia which keeps the capital supplied with food and fuel." #Libya
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/233adde8-c66a-11e0-b...
#SURMAN PRISONERS ARE FREED!!! MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE FREE. I GOT CONFIRMATION @ChangeInLibya CONFIRMED 100% #Libya #TripoliPrisoners
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #Gheryan – 4 leaders of the sniper teams fled, 2 of them caught, others got away. Nearly 100% safe city. #Libya #Feb17
libyanandproud
BREAKING : Freedom Fighters are kicking ass in : #Zawiya , #Ghiryan, #Surman, #Ajaylat, #Harsha, #Motred, #Ghiryan , #Zliten, and #Brega .
SMILE:
Alex
Soon – the only fronts left in #Libya – will be #Tripoli & #MoussaIbrahim ’s room at the #Rixos
libyanandproud
#Ghiryan : All sniper nests have been neutralized, last snipers located and are being taken care of . #Feb17 #Libya
Emo
Abdeslaam Alkar, the biggest G thug in #Sabrtha, has been captured by #FFs and now sent to #Zintan #libya
Alex
Seizure of #Gharyan Garrison – important supply news 4 #FF- as is loaded with arms & ammo – wh #Gaddafi kindly left 4 liberation of #Tripoli
SABRATHA has now been fully liberated by #FF – #Gaddafi forces have retreated to #Zawara #Libya
LibyaNewMedia
Revolutionaries among Gaddafi’s forces have played an important role in & around Garyan. Last week they secretly provided ammo to Kikla.
Revolutionaries have captured several tanks in Gaddafi army camp at Garyan. NATO should be aware of this @NATO @UKNATO #NATO
Alex
#Ajaylat – btwn #Zawara & #Sabratha – still #Gaddafi – but expected 2 fall 2 #FF 2day – so all coastal cities fm border 2 #Tripoli soon FREE
#Gaddafi is firing grads – on civilians of #Zawiya – not aimed @ #FF – Just shelling the city #Libya
‘#Gaddafi forces are heavily shelling #Zawiya right now – @NATO only need to fly over the city to stop them’
AC Tripolis
I like the the NATO statement about #Libya: “Situation on the ground very fluid” I d say: very, very fluid – flowing in one direction.
First hand reports of #Gharyan suggest Gwaseem in full hand of opposition forces.
Jonas Renz
Gaddafi war crimes in the libyan city al zawiya 5 3 11
The bridge is only several 100 metres from martyr square maps.google.com/maps?q=Libya&h… where Gaddafi committed terrible massacre youtube.com/watch?v=NGOxZU…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOxZUf2eRU
A Free Libyan
G is resorting to shelling #Zawiya (mortars maybe). Reports of damaged houses from it + 1 child died. You won’t win this time. #Libya #Feb17
Ibn
it seems like #gaddafi’s stack of cards is starting to collapse…. #libya #feb17
What do you mean by “ seems” ?
Safe to state that it “IS IN THE PROCESS OF TOTAL COLLAPSE :)
fieldproducer Neal Mann
When I was in Tripoli we were taken to Gharyan,on the edge of the Nafusa mountains & it’s pretty much open ground between it & the capital
Via Shabab Libya:
Revolutionaries surrounding Tripoli
Revolutionaries hoisted their flag in the centre of this town near the capital today after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
The swift revolutionary advance on the town of Zawiyah, about 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, will deal a psychological blow to Gaddafi’s supporters and also cuts the coastal highway to Tunisia which keeps the capital supplied with food and fuel.
But there was no sign Tripoli was under immediate threat from a revolutionary attack: heavily-armed Gaddafi forces still lie between Zawiyah and the capital.
Revolutionaries from the western Nafusa mountains region south of this Mediterranean coast town dashed forward into Zawiyah late last night, encountering little sustained resistance from Gaddafi forces.
Near Zawiyah’s central produce market early today, about 50 revolutionary fighters were milling around and triumphantly shouting “Allahu Akbar!” or “God is greatest.” The red, black and green rebel flag was flying from a shop.
Revolutionary fighters told Reuters there were still Gaddafi forces in the town, including snipers. Artillery and machine gun fire could still be heard.
Revolutionaries said the capital was their next target once Zawiyah was fully under their control. One revolutionary fighter smiled as he pointed to a road sign marking the highway from Zawiyah to Tripoli.
“I’m 1,000 percent sure we’re going to take over Zawiyah today and then move on to Tripoli,” said Bin Jaffin Ali, 34, a shopkeeper turned fighter.
BORDER CLASHES
Further west along the coastal highway, near the main border crossing into Tunisia, local residents said late last night there were heavy clashes between revolutionaries and Gaddafi troops but that Gaddafi’s forces still controlled the crossing.
In Tripoli, Gaddafi officials yesterday denied Zawiyah was under revolutionary control, saying a small force of anti-Gaddafi fighters had launched a “suicide mission” that was quickly repelled.
Zawiyah is “absolutely under our control”, Gaddafi government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters. “A very small group of rebels tried to move into the south of Zawiyah but were stopped easily because of our armed forces,” he said.
In the Tunisian capital, where many Libyans have fled from the fighting in their home country, Libyans came out on to the streets late last night to celebrate after hearing unconfirmed rumours Gaddafi and his family had fled.
But there was no indication of any change in Tripoli. State television said Gaddafi’s supporters were heading to his Bab al-Aziziyah compound to show their support.
BALANCE OF FORCES
Revolutionaries, backed by NATO warplanes, have been trying since February to end Gaddafi’s 41-year rule in the bloodiest of the “Arab Spring” uprisings convulsing the Middle East.
The conflict has been largely deadlocked, but the revolutionary advance to the Mediterranean coast near Tripoli represents a major shift in the balance of forces.
Control of the highway to Tunisia could determine the outcome of the conflict because without it the capital is effectively besieged.
There was no traffic moving along the highway, and revolutionary fighters there said it was closed.
The revolutionaries are now positioned to the east and west of Tripoli, to the north is the Mediterranean and a NATO naval blockade, while to the south are thousands of kilometres of empty desert.
Gaddafi says the revolutionaries are armed criminals and al Qaeda militants, and he has described the NATO campaign as an act of colonial aggression aimed at stealing Libya’s oil.
Judging by impact craters, wrecked buildings and burnt-out tanks, NATO warplanes had bombed Gaddafi government military targets on the route of the revolutionary advance to Zawiyah over the past week, providing close air support.
Zawiyah is the home town of many revolutionaries battling on the western front and has staged two uprisings against Gaddafi since the revolt broke out against his rule.
Isa Korogle, a 35-year-old unemployed man, said he had bee hiding in farmland near Zawiyah because he feared for his life since taking part in an uprising earlier this year.
“It feels like the first day of my life because I’m back in Zawiyah,” he said today.
EASTERN FRONT
In the east, revolutionary forces clashed with Gaddafi’s soldiers in the oil town of Brega but there were no reports of casualties today, a revoluionary spokesman and a hospital volunteer said.
“There are engagements but we’re going slowly. This is our strategy because we want to avoid casualties,” said Mohammad Zawawi, head of the revolutionaries’ media centre in their stronghold of Benghazi, eastern Libya.
Sixteen revolutionary fighters were killed and about 50 wounded over three days of clashes in Brega up to today. At least six of Gaddafi’s soldiers were also killed.
Brega is strung out along about 15 km (10 miles) of Mediterranean coast. The revolutionaries have captured a residential neighbourhood in the east while Gaddafi’s troops still hold an oil terminal in the town’s industrial sector in the west.
Setbacks for Gaddafi’s forces near Tripoli were unlikely to undermine the morale of his troops in the east because they had no access to the news, Zawawi said.
“They don’t let them use radio or television. They don’t know anything about what’s going on,” he said. “Captured Gaddafi troops don’t know anything.”
Source Free Libya TV
takamit
We #Japanese pray 4 our sisters&brothers in #Libya. Revolutionaries surrounding Tripoli
benghazi’s bunny♥
Breaking: Freedom Fighters have entered #Ajaylat & are now clashing with #Gaddafi forces in the city centre!
Carol:
First Postcards to arrive in Tunis
So far only 4 cards arrived, but we know there are more than 300 on the way and soon there will be more than 1,000. You see their smiles, send a card too!
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Peter Clifford
It is also reported that a NATO strike yesterday on a Opposition captured Government tank south of Zawiyah, inadvertently killed four Opposition fighters.
Read full report here:
www.petercliffordonline.com/libya-2
Hafed
From #libya …. God bless our brothers and sisters in #Bahrain #Syria #Yemen #Egypt #Tunisia — we pray for u and ourselves
Ibn
I dream of a Muslim world that stands for justice, whether its for Sunni, Shiite, Christian, Jew, or any human.
pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
Interesting that #NATO activity around #Zawiyah no greater than normal so rebels gains r own achievement. goo.gl/4viyN #Libya
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
i wonder if the international media still think the conflict is a stalemate?
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Sabratha/Sorman/Zawiya: Freedom fighters control the main coastal highway leading from Tripoli to Tunisia. Big win for FF
Gheryan: Freedom fighters attacked the Jandoba prison & initial reports indicate that up to 3,000 political prisoners have been freed
Libyan Lion
BREAKING – #Sabratha – Fighting taking place at AlAthar road, the last main road not yet under FF control. #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#Zawiyah DANGEROUS TIMES GF snipers on high buildings in residential areas make some families virtual hostages in their own homes #Libya
Nu Bari
Tohami khaled escaped 2day, he is gaddafi secret keeper, we will c f he defects
Hayat
Gaddafi forces are making a real massacre out of #Zawiyah the number of martyred are catastrophic today! The clashes continue!
there is a repeat of the massacres in #Zawiyah we can’t even count the dead, #Gaddafi is using very heavy weapons against our #FFs
I worry for my family. If these #FFs get massacred then the best men in #Libya and the most likely to finally free Tripoli will be gone.
REUTERS
- Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the center of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
- Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are clashing with rebels a few kilometers from the main border crossing into neighboring Tunisia, Tunisians close to the border told Reuters on Saturday.
- NATO said it conducted 110 air sorties on Saturday, 47 of them strike sorties to identify and hit targets.
- NATO said key targets hit on Friday included:
– Seven military vehicles and one multiple rocket launcher in the vicinity of Brega
– One military vehicle in the vicinity of Tripoli
– One ammunition storage facility in the vicinity of Waddan
– One military vehicle in the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanam
– Four anti-aircraft guns in the vicinity of Misratah
– Two tanks in the vicinity of Zawiyah
– Two military vehicles and one anti-aircraft gun in the vicinity of Tawurgah
- Since NATO took command of air strikes on March 31, its aircraft have conducted 18,884 sorties including 7,174 strike sorties. NATO members participating in air strikes include France, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, Italy and the United States.
- Seventeen ships under NATO command are patrolling the central Mediterranean Sea to enforce a U.N. arms embargo. On Friday, 17 vessels were hailed to determine destination and cargo. None were boarded or diverted.
A total of 2,173 vessels have been hailed, 217 boarded and nine diverted since the start of the arms embargo.
Source Reuters
Breaking : @ChangeInLibya is still not tweeting at 100%
Breaking: Reuters , AFP , unconfirmed reports that @ChangeInLibya is tweeting at 99.99 % , due to unknown circumstances
Enas
BREAKING :via Phone call:- #Surman is liberated, FF have burned Khuwaildi’s house that located on his farm ,Confirmed #Surman
Via Shabab
Reuters Factbox: Latest developments in the Libyan conflict
Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the center of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
- Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are clashing with rebels a few kilometers from the main border crossing into neighboring Tunisia, Tunisians close to the border told Reuters on Saturday.
- NATO said it conducted 110 air sorties on Saturday, 47 of them strike sorties to identify and hit targets.
Source Reuters
Breaking: @libyanproud still loves coffee , and kickin gaddafi’s ass
A free Libyan
#Gheryan – Apache’s also targeted buildings in which the G forces stored ammo/weapons. specifically belonged to Saahban force. #Libya #Feb17
Alex
Will #MoussaIbrahim – wear a wig – to disguise his identity – when he flees the advancing #FF in #Tripoli 2morow?
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
@NATO Gaddafi Tanks and weaponry reported in Muthalth Althalajat in Seraj area in Tripoli
Many Tripoli prisoner being held in farms of Gaddafi inner circle such as farms of Abdallah Senusi & Mansur Daw in Seraj area #Feb17
Tripoli: FFs of Seyahya have thrown grenade in the Seyahaya Mathaba (HQ of Lijan Thawriya i.e. Gaddafi goons) #Feb17 #Libya
Tripoli: Since June Tripoli’s street sewage system being cleared by African workers. Reason is unclear. Never attended to b4 #Feb17
Ahrar TV :
Musa Ibrahim & Mohamed Ismail given 12m dollars to arrange for ops against embassies of UK, USA, Italy & France
( FYI: was mentioned in yesterday’s summary, but now we heard the $ amount that would be involved)
dovenews Libyan™
It looks like all #Misrata again, families forces 2 stay in their houses & Gaddafi snipers R on roof buildings & residents homes. #AzZawyia
Hayat
Families in #Zawiyah cannot do anything, they’re under fire and hiding in their own homes, feeling the walls shake from the weapons GF used.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
I FEEL SOO HAPPY,, ALL US LIBYANS (AND NON LIBYANS) CONVERGING ALL HERE TOGETHER ON TWITTER,,, THE FREE LIBYAN TWITTER ARMY!! :)
A Free Libyan
BREAKING!! – FFs have entered #alassaba from the north. They control ‘Awlad Mousa’ and ‘Awlad Idris’ areas. #Libya #Feb17
Nu Bari
Zawia was attacked by G men! Captured soldiers said G ordered them to for capturing footage of G men infighting
Ray
Breaking #Surman the #FF have burned Khewldi’s house and the whole of Surman is Liberated
Lisa
#Feb17 @NATO #Zawiya needs u now!!!!!!
Video 8/14 : Taking down the Green flag in Zawiyah
This video is from today, Sunday August 14, 2011, in the city of Zawiyah. Revolutionaries have recently taken this part of Zawiyah at Bir Al Ghun Bridge which is the major highway that leads Tripoli to Tunisia and is only 0.7 miles from Martyrs Square in Zawiya.
feb17.info/news/video-814-taking-down-t...
libyanandproud
BREAKING : #Gaddafi forces are Sheling the UNESCO Sites of #Sabratha “Theater” and “Temples” . #Feb17 #Libya @NATO @UKMilOps @UKinLibya
Safe to say the #Nafusa Mountain is completely free of #Gaddafi forces after Last remanants were in Alasabaa and Ghiryan #Fen17 #Libya
BREAKING: Fighting is intensifying at the military school of #Sabratha. FFs are determined to get control of the school. #Libya
Breaking: Sania Kmalig is liberated in southern of #Ajeilat. Many of G army defected and joined #FFs. #Libya
BREAKING : #Gaddafi forces are Sheling the UNESCO Sites of #Sabratha “Theater” and “Temples”
BREAKING: The Ancient ruins of Sibratah are under attack by Gaddafi forces missiles ,he knows he is finished, he wants to destroy our countries history , wipe out historical monuments .
FUNNY :
Sabratha. Cause elect. is off, few G men were not aware of the situation. They r found chanting G songs till surprised by FFs #Libya
Middle east online:
Nato friendly fire Kills Libya rebels.
Full report:
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=...
somaya
My aunt is breaking my heart as she makes dua’a for her sons who are in #Zawiya and #Subratah and Gaddafi forces still attacking outside
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Aljazeera reporters: Freedom fighters entered Sorman and Sabratha today and 16 freedom fighters were killed in today’s Zawiya clashes #libya
Hayat
Guys, body count in #Zawiyah this moment is by the minute, every few call we heave
there was one, two, three that have fallen.
Radio Tataouine confirms that the road to Tripoli (from Tunisia’s Ras Ajdir border crossing) has been cut t.co/Fzg6IhT #libya
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2728...
alihashem_AJA Ali Hashem
It’s time now for ff in east Libya to launch a wide scale attack on #Gadaffi forces in #Brega, raslanouf, and benjawwad
Pressure on #Gadaffi forces will make one front collapse, and that’s all what ff need now
The last time ff in the east made a sprint they took us with them to Herawa 70 km from Sirte #Libya
Mary
WAKE UP WORLD WE CANT LET #ZAWIYAH DOWN A SECOND TIME! WE HAVE TO PROTECT HER! SHE NEEDS U NOW @NATO !
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sabrata: #Gaddafi shelling center of city from military base. @NATO jets heard overhead now. #Libya #Feb17
somaya kalla
Families going out on the streets to welcome their sons in open arms in #Zawiya #Subratah & #Sorman :)
BREAKING:- Military base in #Subrata is shelling the centre of the city with mortars, planes are being heard, i pray to God its @NATO #Libya
Emo Libya
I just reached #Ajeilat by phone. Situation still tense. Fighting going on in the southern part. I’m expecting good news! #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sabrata: #Gaddafi shelling center of city from military base. @NATO jets heard overhead now. #Libya #Feb17
Hayat
OMG! #Zawiyah it’s probably grad rockets being lauched! Explosions everywhere, #Zawiyah must have been ambushed the way they describe it!
I know something was started in #Sabrata by #FFs since last night. I know for CERTAIN grads or something similar is being used.
My contacts don’t know what the weapons are, there is explosions everywhere, this hasn’t stopped since dawn! They’re helpless!
“We hear the shelling but we don’t know where it comes from or what kind of weapon it is, but the earth shakes, the sound is unbearable!”
My contacts are convinced it’s grad although it’s mostly explosions, they are helpless! People can’t even hide anywhere or move elsewhere!
@NATO is somewhere flying over #Zawiyah “If it weren’t for them we’d be ruined. They’re present, but we’re being massacred, it’s too much!”
Reuters
Libyan rebels fly flag over key town near Tripoli
Libyan rebels raised their flag over a strategic town near Tripoli on Sunday after their most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi’s capital from its main link to the outside world.
Setbacks for Gaddafi’s forces near Tripoli were unlikely to undermine the morale of his troops in the east because they had no access to the news, Zawawi said.
“They don’t let them use radio or television. They don’t know anything about what’s going on,” he said. “Captured Gaddafi troops don’t know anything.”
Full report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/us-l...
LIBYAN REBEL SPOKESMAN SAYS REBELS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF COASTAL TOWN OF SURMAN, 70 KM WEST OF TRIPOLI
Global Post
Libyan rebels surround Tripoli on three sides
Rebel forces in Libya say they have captured most of a key town near Tripoli, cutting off the capital where Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is clinging to power six months into the NATO-backed rebel uprising.
Rebels fought into Zawiyah, just 30 miles from Tripoli, on Saturday. They now say they control most of the city, including the center, though fighting there is reportedly continuing, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
The rebels told CNN that they had cut off the coastal highway, which has been the main resupply route for Tripoli. Yesterday, reporters on their way to Tripoli from Tunisia also report the road being cut off and being turned back by government minders.
The rebels claimed to also have captured towns to the south and east of Tripoli, “tightening the noose around the capital,” which is under a NATO naval blockade to
the north, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
At least ten rebels died and 20 were reportedly wounded Saturday in the battle for the strategic town.
The AFP reported that NATO warplanes accidentally bombed a tank the rebels had captured from Gaddafi’s forces, killing four of the resistance fighters.
If the rebels are able to hold the territory – they have made gains before, only to retreat under counterattack – it would be a major blow to Gaddafi and his forces.
Libyan opposition hit hard in fight for oil-rich Brega
Around 11 anti-Gaddafi fighters were killed and up to 50 others wounded in latest offensive
(Euronews YouTube channel)
Video:
www.arabianbusiness.com/videos/libyan-o...
FromJoanne Joanne
#GHARYAN Snipers are cleared from Assurance building 2 caught 2 escaped There is still fighting in some suburbs #libya
Resume de l’actualite a 16h30 GMT (14/08)
ZAOUIAH, Libye – Les rebelles libyens ont occupé dimanche le centre de Zaouïah, à une cinquantaine de kilomètres à l’ouest de Tripoli, sur la route côtière menant à la Tunisie, a rapporté un journaliste de Reuters présent sur place.
Cette offensive marque l’avancée la plus spectaculaire depuis six mois des insurgés dans les zones de l’ouest du pays contrôlées par les partisans de Mouammar Kadhafi. Toutefois, des troupes gouvernementales sont stationnées en nombre sur la route de la capitale, qui ne semble pas directement menacée.
Par ailleurs, les rebelles ont annoncé dimanche avoir attaqué la ville de Gariane, à environ 80 km au sud de Tripoli, où des combats sont en cours.
Dans l’Est, des affrontements ont été signalés dimanche dans la ville pétrolière de Brega, à 200 km au sud de Benghazi.
Link:
www.zonebourse.com/actualite-bourse/Res...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Surman liberated today by #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
#Zawiya: #Gaddafi filth using GRAD rockets from outside of town against #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH GF struck a mosque in the City Center killing 8 people and injuring 25 #Libya
#Zawiyah FF set up many checkpoints and already confiscated 9 automatic weapons No civilans R allowed to carry weapons #Libya
#ZAWIYAH Many FF were injured or Martyred on Ghanam Street the Main Rd into Center from the S of city Hit by snipers #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
az #ZAWIYAH Live report from inside town close to bridge / road leading to #Tunisia youtube.com/watch?v=tF9GdT… #Libya @AJELive or:
Aljazeera video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9GdTDdOUU
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREGA is a wide strip of desert made up of 2 Residential areas abt 10km apart followed by oil refineries (industrial area) near Port #Libya
#BREGA Gaddafi troops blew up a storage tank filled with crude oil as FF R still making slow progress capturing the whole town #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Gaddafi filth tried to send re-enforcements last night, NATO DID step in and hit them hard.
Hayat
#Tripoli in the meanwhile dying slow in agony-only thing that hasn’t hit the capital yet is … well, I was going to say #Gaddafi grads.
#Gaddafi said: “I will leave you nothing, not your land, not its history, not your sons or your daughters, if you will not want me to lead!”
#Zawiyah main hospital is still under #Gaddafi forces hold, #FFs can hardly be moved around to be treated, but the people do what they can.
@NATO please continue to help #Zawiyah , if #Tripoli and #Libya altogether has any chance of finally being liberated it’s in that city! Pls!
#Zawiyah “The youth without an exception are all out on the streets even the ones without weapons, the kids are helping pick the wounded.”
#Zawiyah “The wounded are dying, although they’ve tried to set up quarters to treat them, the hospital is guarded by GFs & only for them.”
#Zawiyah “We don’t know where the reinforcements are coming from but there are #African mercenaries EVERYWHERE, where did they come from?”
“There isn’t a home in #Zawiyah that hasn’t sent all its men out to help in anyway, the children also-help carry things-stay by the wounded”
“There are bullets flying everywhere, they’ve stopped counting the dead and wounded, you can hardly reach them to tell which is which.”
IN #Tripoli noONE has oil run cars for electricity generators to cook or light the house, coal bags cost 65LYD!-Cutting the few trees there.
In #Tripoli there are even more mercenariesa and even more #Gaddafi brigades in every corner&street-were reinforcements meant for #Zawiyah
#Gaddafi has no more qualms about killing people in their own homes, there WERE grads used in the capital framing @NATO #Tripoli is dying.
You guys seen what happened in #Misrata to #Tripoli Street? That’s what’s been done to #Zawiyah as we speak right now. However, no fear.
#Zawiyah “We’re not affraid, we know all of #Libya thinks of us as their hope, we’re here to stay, here to die as martyrs, let him hit us!”
The #Zawiyah quotes are directly from members of my family. My contacts, my heroes, the subjects of my #Ramadan prayers.They do it for you.
tell your family not to send anyone to the zawiya hospital. G is having all patients beaten and sent to tripoli
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zawiya: Main hospital is still under control of #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
Unconfirmed reports that #Gaddafi filth targeting UNESCO World Heritage Site in #Sabratha. Explosions heard in center of city. #Libya @NATO
#Surman: #Freedomfighters released large number of people who were held prisoner by #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #feb17
#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “AL AGAILA” remains anchored in #Singapore where it has been for over a month. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi forces & weapon storage location 32.8768841N 13.1831431E #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
#Gaddafi reported moving troops from #Zlitan to E of #Zawiya. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
Ghazi
There also conflicting reports from the city of #Tarhouna of clashes between #Libya freedom fighters and #Gaddafi forces, unclear situation
Alex
#Gaddafi is throwing all his spare mercenaries into #Zawiya – he knows once it falls – there is no way back 4 him. #Libya
plemochoe plemochoe
#feb17 What a joke, Damien McIlroy’s article n the Telegraph – on the day #zawiyah falls he’s talking about Bani Walid telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
Ghazi
Media are falling behind in their update on #Libya’s situation, some are still discussing “rebel rifts and divisions” WAKE UP!
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 The FF have taken casualties in #zawiyah but it is NOT a massacre. Rooftop snipers like in Misrata, takes time to get them out
#libya #feb17 As of now (Sunday evening) there is NO massive counterattack by G forces in #zawiyah OR #gheryan.
#libya #feb17 The FF have made amazing gains but now must clean out snipers, reinforce and hold #zawiyah #gheryan THEN #tripoli
Ahrar TV:
LPC:Yahya AlGheryani:Gheryan completely liberated.No G force presence at all.Many weapons captured including 2 tanks
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Breaking: Khalifa AlMagtaf Journalist:
Asabaa under FFs control. 300 FFs currently sweeping city #feb17 #Libya
LPC #Gheryan Contact: Currently very calm but there is lots of smoke in the area especially in area called ’’Assabaa’’ #Libya
G forces in #Juffra flee to Bashir Hawadi’s house after Ppl came out to celebrate FFs victory in Zawiya & Gharian. #Libya #Feb17
feb17libya Feb17Libya 5
Some 1,600 North African migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa this weekend, most from #Libya. feb17.info/news/live-liby… #Feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
Just back from a trip around #Tripoli before breakfast. Checkpoints are fewer than before. Only in major entrances to Tripoli. #feb17 #Libya
Major checkpoint Saraj roundabout (west), Tajoura (west) and Wadi Rabee3 (south). Personnel don’t look professional militia. #feb17 #Libya
Most likely Gaddafi’s professional militia have been sent to the front-lines near Zawya or Zliten. #feb17 #Libya
Ghazi
#Libya freedom fighters said earlier today that they are consolidating their control on strategic city of #Gherian #Nafusa south of #Tripoli
On eastern front #Libya national army fighting #Gaddafi forces at industrial area of #Brega after gaining control of two residential areas
Ahrar TV:
NTC Member Al-Elaqy : Surman, Sebrata & Ajelat under control of FFs with a few pockets of G forces resistance #feb17
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
by hominoid555
#Libya, Rebels continue to fight #Gaddafi forces for control of the town of #Gharyan south of #Tripoli; they say they made advances, #zawyah
#Libya, Rebels have been trying to control #Gharyan for months; taking control would cut off govt supply lines from south, #Gaddafi
#Libya, #Gharyan is south of #Aziziya a #Gaddafi stronghold southwest of #Tripoli which rebels have said they intend to control
mehrnews
Member of Libya’s Interim National Transitional Council in Tehran
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – A member of Libya’s Interim National Transitional Council, Abdul Monem al-Houni, arrived in Tehran on Sunday to hold meetings with senior Iranian officials.
His visit marks the first time a Libyan opposition member has visited Iran since the pro-democracy uprising broke out in Libya on February 15, 2011.
The Interim National Transitional Council is a political body formed to represent Libya by anti-Gaddafi forces during the 2011 Libyan civil war against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Its formation was announced in the city of Benghazi on February 27, 2011 and its intended purpose is to act as the “political face of the revolution”. On March 5, 2011, the council issued a statement in which it declared itself to be the “only legitimate body representing the people of Libya and the Libyan state”.
Thanku4theAnger
@NATO 100% confirmed : Gaddafi forces & weapon storage location 32.8768841N 13.1831431E
@NATO 100% Confirmed: Gaddafi Ground to Ground Missiles location
@NATO 100% confirmed : Gaddafi Ground to Ground Missiles location 32.8890474N 13.1786156E
@NATO Please recon Sheluf Farm in Sharekat Road for 30 Ground to Ground missiles in vicinity of this point 32.7655888N 13.144412E
Nafusa: Asabaa liberation more details: G forces fled Gheryan yesterday to Asabaa which was under control of 600 G forces. Then Asabaa FFs rose against them. G forces then fled southwards. FFs currently fsweeping the town
Mohamed AlZawy in Zawiya:
FFs have cleared Martyr Sq & Eastern part of city #feb17 #Libya
Whole of Zawiya under FF control. FFs surrounding large number of G forces in Zawiya hospital #feb17
G forces are firing from windows of Zawiya Hospital. There are patients & staff still in hospital #feb17 #Libya
G forces are firing from Jidaem to slow the capture of Zawiya hospital #feb17 #Libya
Mohamed Alzawy is Libya Ahrar TV’s contact in Zawiya who calls in for daily Zawiya updates
Ahrar TV:
Tarhuna:
Ali AlTarhuni:Yesterday the whole town rose. Gunfire did not stop from 9am to dawn with 7 martyrs.
Our problem has been lack of weapons. Please send us weapons. G forces using heavy weapons #feb17 #Libya
Ahrar TV:
Sebrata: 15 G forces killed & 5 martyrs from Sebrata today #feb17 #Libya
THANKU4THEANGER
Nice story:
Imam in Benghazi on Friday prayers sermon told the story of a dream of a Libyan woman. In her dream she saw a crocodile cut in half by a sword by a huge man then flowers came out of the crocodile. The huge man in the dream said he was Ramadan, the crocodile Gaddafi and the roses were the blood of the martyrs.
BREAKING: ZAWIYAH: NATO is bombing the places in Jandouba where Gd=addafi is bombing Zawiyah
Aljazeera reporters: Freedom fighters entered Sorman and Sabratha today and 16 freedom fighters were killed in today’s Zawiya clashes
Breaking: Sania Kmalig is liberated in southern of #Ajeilat. Many of G army defected and joined #FFs. #Libya
BREAKING: The independence flag is flying high in the northern houses of #Alassaba, which were freed earlier :) #Libya #Feb17
Libya Free Forever.
@NATO @NATOpress Gadafi Grad launchers left Tarhunah heading to Gharyan.
Heinz: Qadafi moving troops from #Zlitan front2 E #Zawiya Heavy weapons remain @ #Zlitan
#SURMAN 10 Fredom Fighters were killed in the fighting and 34 wounded Town is in complete control of FF its quiet no more fighting #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Gharyan Last GF stronghold was N part of city called Tgessat The GF have now fled to Asabeah which is SW of Gharyan #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tgessat is in the North side of #Gharyan
LibyaNewMedia Reports say that Gaddafi’s forces have been kicked out of Tgessat (downtown Gharyan), & Gharyan
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#alajeelat southwest of #Sabratah has been taken by #rebels too, according to #Nafusa mil council spokesman jumaa Ibrahim. #libya #AzZawiya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
by hominoid555
Breaking Libya Gharyan city largest in west mount. totally liberated now FF r manning chek points in Tgasat some G forces escaped to Alasaba
hominoid555
Zawiya will not fall again NATO will clear G troops tonight, and the FFs from the other liberated towns will come and help
Emo
Great progress in #Sabratha. #Gaddafi thugs are retreatin to the sea side and FFs r attacking them from behind. FFs screening city.
dovenews Libyan™
15 Gaddafi forces were killed in #Sabratah today. #Libya
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Via Shaba
Libya and Failed States
A basic principle in political sociology asserts that a legitimate government’s rule is based on a certain understanding with the people where vital assumptions and values are shared between the ruler and the ruled, and where rights and responsibilities are honoured by both. In a way this social contract resonates with the very idea of marriage.
Academics call this agreement the ‘Social Contract’; though largely unwritten it is a prevailing arrangement that is culturally transmitted in discourse and practices from one generation to another and it is usually what lends the ruler general legitimacy.
With Gaddafi, Libya had no contractual marriage – in contrast to the case of the late Senussi King who had won a place in the heart of the nation. The forced relationship between the people and Gaddafi is more akin to an ongoing rape, simply because he never had the mandate or the legitimacy he tried to force down the people’s throats and he and his gang sought every channel of resource theft.
Failing to earn the people’s trust he continuously strove to insult their intelligence and spared no effort in punishing free thinking, weaving lies and creating intrigue. In fact it was long ago that the people resigned to the fact that their lot was to live with a psychotic who had little contact with reality. If Reagan was ever right, it was when he deemed him ‘the mad dog of the Middle East’.
Instead of public consent, a generation of Libyan fathers passed on their silent dissent and frustration to their sons, and mothers to their daughters the bitterness and dismay. Indeed Gaddafi’s gang of badly dressed, poorly groomed and uneducated kleptomaniacs was never found fit to rule in the eyes of the majority of Libyans, much less in the eyes of the international community where they simply never pulled it off as a convincing team of statesmen. Rather, a very badly conducted orchestra is what comes to mind. The
embarrassingly common question posed to Libyans is: how could you let that man rule you for 42 years? And this is a valid question we found.
Interestingly, there was talk back in April this year about Libya running the risk of becoming a so-called ‘failed state’ – was Libya a proper state and when exactly did it function as a state for it to fear becoming a failed state? The American Secretary of State may have overlooked a few points. Failed states are entities that once upon a time worked, or at least had promise of functioning on most levels with adaptive institutions of power.
At some point and for particular reasons, these states would have lost control, stopped carrying out their official duties, simply became bankrupt or broke down to be run by factions or tribes. Many reasons constitute a failed state and what ‘failure’ itself means is also open to debate.
The Libyan case, however, is a far cry from a state, 42 years of political dysfunction; lack of popular participation in the political process and absence of any form of civil society. Hence from the outset the whole idea of a failed state is not a valid point of discussion. The Libyans could be said to have a traditional form of civil society, a community, an unexpressed sense of nationhood, yes indeed, but no civic life. Is that a state?
In an absence of any political life, allegiance was pledged to religion, family and tribe. Some even identified with home cities and districts – the only few that identified with the mismanaged theatre of Gaddafi’s illegitimate regime were those that shared in their wretched disease and stood to gain in terms of power and ill-gotten gain. Is that a state?
The late King invested and tirelessly built for his country, forged relations that secured the basic interests of the people and shouldered the burden of his role as a father figure of an infant nation that had just started to crawl economically. Gaddafi did little to add to this legacy and within a few years of taking over his absolute power corrupted him absolutely. When he leaves Libya it will not just be an economic disaster zone but will be one marredwith an ill reputation and steeped in countless problems not limited to the fact that institutionally the new dawn will start from scratch. Is that a state?
The little wealth that trickled down to the people was tagged with a heavy price, a culture of corruption, bribery, lies, and nepotism – because no one in their right mind felt harboured loyalty to the mafia gang that was in charge and many felt that stealing is the only way of acquiring their God-given rights. It has become a place that encourages economic vigilantism and brutish jungle mentality in the market and society. Is that a state?
But all of that can change now, because when people pay with their lives and fight for what they believe in, then history starts moving again. For when the people assert their will then they are ready to change their destiny and fashion their own state. Any attempt to establish such a state in a post-Gaddafi Libya should start by a legal document expressing incontractual terms the people’s rights and responsibilities and the states remit of power.
In addition, it should delineate clearly and establish institutional checks in order to create separation of power between the centres of authority. The country would do well to offer incentives to Libyans abroad.
Finally the new generation ought to be the overseers of progress, it appears that they have a better idea of what they want from the future and seeing the way they fought for that right is a sign that their brethrens blood will remain etched in their minds for a long time to come. The same once disenfranchised youth dressed in loosely hanging jeans and populating the street
corners are now racing towards the capital as if they have known nothing else beside the struggle for freedom. They want a state.
Septimus El-Dallal
11/08/2011, London
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 I still think the explanation for Gaddafi is MONEY. He had unimaginable amount of it. Anyone who gets that far only wants MORE
#libya #feb17 Gaddafi buys people, from the professional soldiers who still kill for him to the cheap cannon fodder he buys in Chad
#libya #feb17 We should really identify a category called “money sociopath”, although there are only a few such persons incl. Gaddafi
#libya #feb17 A sociopath like Gaddafi can be intelligent or charming AT TIMES but when the money is threatened he’s an emotionless murderer
#libya #feb17 #Gaddafi is not that different from a drug addict except the drug is money. Threaten his money, and he feels fear
#libya #feb17 “Libya” was never real for Gaddafi. He considered it an extension of his personality. “His beebol”, his property
#libya #feb17 People talk about his sons and his daughters; he would kill them all or sell them if he thought he could keep Libya that way
#libya #feb17 After Gaddafi is gone we must interrogate those who pretended that he was ever a leader with support from the people
#libya #feb17 All Gaddafi’s support was bought and paid for. After his death, NO ONE will shed a single tear or say a single good word
Hominoid
Brega Fierce fighting between the national army and al-Qadhafi on the streets of Brega
Newspaper reporter said the new city of Cyrene Brega, on Sunday, that the fierce fighting taking place now between the national army and the remnants of al-Qadhafi
on the streets of the city.
The correspondent added that the national army was a surprise attack on the region first, second and industrialized on three axes, and fought a battle with them in the streets.
And continue fighting in the coastal city of Brega, which lies 750 km to the east of the capital Tripoli, where the national army managed to control large parts of it since last Thursday.
The fighting is still going on around the port and oil refinery which is still under the control of the forces of the Libyan leader.
It is noteworthy that Gaddafi tried to restore Brega by all means, because the fall and control, It means the loss of an important line of defense, in addition to depriving the rebels of using the oil port and the use of industrial facilities in Brega.
Cyrene news
SecularLibya
Heinz: Daffis fortifying #Khums beach is bcoz they suspect a beach landing by FFs that would cut the rear of the Zlitan front. #Libya #Feb17
Heinz: Mizdah and the junction to #BaniWalid is the next target for #Nafusa FFs.
#Zawiya Location if “southern bridge” (ber Alghun) where AJE reporter Khodr is reporting: wikimapia.org/#lat=32.7465&lon=12.7171&z=19&l=0&m=b
We need revolutionaries from Benghazi/ Misrata to storm the beaches at Zawiya, Surman & Sabrata. #Libya
In 42 years, Qadafi mass murdered 100,000 people including Abu Saleem victims. Lockerbie mass murder -
LibyanPatriots
There’s a tight blockade in Tarhunah by G forces and electricity and all forms of communications were cut … please pray for Tarhunah
Danya
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS CONFIRMED!!!! The people in #TRIPOLIPRISONS are being shot with NEEDLES …what the F*** is in the needles!!!
Thinking tht G may be sacrificing the mercs in order to keep his own forces for Tripoli battle later.
Alex
As from 2day – #Gaddafi will not be bringing any more mercenaries into #Libya – #FF now control all borders – so #Zawiya mercs is last batch
#Gaddafi mercenaries – are not formidable – not great 1 to 1 fighters – but #FF must get their heavy artillery to #Zawiya front asap #Libya
#Gaddafi is not regaining territory – is just killing as many as he can with hvy weapons- @NATO must stop ths indiscriminate bombing #Libya
#Gaddafi has no supply routes – so cannot retrieve this situation – but #Nafusa #FF MUST get their hvy artiliary to #Zawiya front NOW #Libya
#Gaddafi mercenaries firing grads into #Zawiya city – R located on main highway approach fm #Tripoli – & mercenaries still control main hospital on city outskirts. #Libya
Nasr
Come on #NATO be a pal; just a couple of Jets plus a couple of missiles to #Azzawiya
Hayat
@NATO the people of #Zawiyah are showering you with thanks and compliments but they need you to continue, please stay with them! Don’t stop!
an uncle was in the mosque that was shelled and they took him 2 zawiya hospital.
they beat him said he was a sniper and took him 2 tripoli from zawiya. he was in intensive care. the beating nearly killed him
They will show him no mercy, we honestly pray that our wounded in their hold to die martyred before their torturing kills them!
“If it weren’t for @NATO ‘s support as they fly over us, we’d be all be goners! They’ve hit even #GFs cars! Perhaps even their mercenaries!”
I’ve ran out of things to say for now-I cannot continue to contact them, they’ve little more to say and are under fire-it’s so loud #Zawiyah
@NATO #Gaddafi really has moved his troops from the #Zliten front to #Zawiyah – there are more ready to march from #Tripoli to attack them!
#Zawiyah inhabitants are positively TERRIFIED by the number of #African mercenaries that were hidden and ambushed the #FFs in the city!
@NATO the #Eastern gate of #Zawiyah must be cleared of #GFs, reinforcements would come from there, surely.Plus there’s the central hospital!
#Judayim area near #Zawiyah was reported many times before to harbour most of the #GFs outside -We’re glad you’ve hit Bab27 !Perhaps 22 too?
#Zawiyah main hospital is quite literally been held hostage by the #Gaddafi forces, only the mercs and scum get any medical treatment! D:<<!
There are areas of #Zawiyah under #FF control, being comed for snipers and mercs, the rest is under attack from all sides!
Can’t even be bothered to go break my fast! So worried over #Zawiyah even though my family aren’t affraid at all! Gasp-Imma adopted chicken!
The mercenaries are either from #Mali #Chad or #Soudan mostly but they’re really come from everywhere, but most are from adjacent countries!
Just so you know, they don’t speak the language at all, so they’re not from around, obvously. They just blindly KILL AND SHOOT!
I might have neglected to mention that #GFs have also suffered big losses, mostly #Africans 100s in main Hospital
One of my family members is lucky to be home with underground floor, but the others are in apparments on a main street-gunfire near windows!
Some parts of #Zawiyah are free, but even there, pockets of mercs hiding in
abandonned houses& snipers on roofs!
I need to call my family I am soo worried I can’t break my fast properly!
If I don’t go eat something right now guys I’m going to collapse, I’ll call again later tonight. I’ll also point at #Judayim on the map.
#Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah#Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawiyah #Zawia
The “grad” attacks are launched apprently by inhabitants guessing from the SEASIDE and even from the HOSPITAL within #Zawiyah @NATO RT!
A member of the #FFs has directly explained they would not be calling anymore, said things are hard but in their favor so far, be discreet!
The last call I got was rather reassuring #Zawiyah seems things have just started quieting down, and that it could have been much worse!
@NATO thank you, thank you, thank you. #Zawiyah
God is Great, pray a lot people, #PrayforLibya All of #Libya From #Tobruk to #Zwara #RasJdeir #PrayforZawiyah #Tripoli #TripoliPrisoners
Danya
The person who left the prison is in #tunsia now ..doctors are trying to figure out what the hell he was injected with but till NOW .. NOTHING .. #Gaddafi INJECTS prisoners in #TRIPOLI with unknown substance #GodSAVETRIPOLI
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Ajeilat has now been liberated from #Gaddafi filth by #Freedomfighters according to Nafusa Military Council. #Libya #Feb17
#Malta CARGO SHIP “PURKI” anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya after aiding #Gaddafi w/ supplies. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO"
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Musa Ibrahim told #Libya state tv today: ’the rebels have nothing left, in ten days the armed movement will be over. ’
sarah
#Freedomfighters in control of #Zawiya, #Surman, #Agilette & Gharyan. #Libya #Feb17"
Colonel Jomaa Ibrahim, a spokesman for the rebel military council in the western mountains, has told Al Jazeera that “opposition fighters are in control of Az Zawiyah, surman, Agilette and Gharyan. There are clashes in Az-Zawiyah and Gharyan as opposition forces are pushing pro-Gaddafi forces out”. aljazeera
Danya
A lady I’m with said that her sister has 9 children and they have been missing since the beginning of #Feb15 #GaddafiCrimes #tawr’3ha
AJE
FREE Army – have taken control of #Brega oil terminal- & 2 residential areas of Brega – most industrial still held by #Gaddafi
Hayat
This chicken is exhausted-no more tweets tonights people, I most likely won’t be getting anything new this evening. passes out on keyboard
Go follow someone else tonight, I’m just gonna #prayforZawiyah and see if I can make #Zawiyah trend like this #Zawiyah #Zawiyah ! #Zawiyah !
My neck! And my head! And my back! Ow, my sinuses, and my vocal chords. OUCH OUCH COUCH COUCH! MINE!
Yeah I’m stuffing my face But dead-tired. Emotionally completely drained-it hasn’t even been two days since #Zawiya
NotLibyaStateTV
Rebel claims of controlling Ghiryan and Zawiyah are lies. We control the entire nation outside of 5 city blocks in Benghazi
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Dull thuds can be heard from Tripoli. Dont think its NATO. I think grad or other artillery landing. Zawiya? #Tripoli
believe me, they are loud too. My ears still ringing from the bombing of the Interior Security Agency in Jamhurya Street.
StateTV threatening 2 wipe the mountains if G defeated-“if we think thats it,were prepared to wipe the mountains.Tripoli2sabha clear & flat”
Could Gaddafi (his clan or his buddies) be trying to escape?
Kadhafi s’apprête à quitter la Libye
Les médiations se poursuivent en Libye et semblent se diriger vers une issue diplomatique après plusieurs mois de guerre. D’après nos sources, la famille Kadhafi est prête à quitter la Libye à travers le point de passage de Ras Jdir, actuellement sous contrôle des troupes loyales au colonel Kadhafi. Ce dernier, sa famille élargie et ses proches collaborateurs auraient pour destination l’Europe, mais leur départ est remis en cause en raison de l’intention des forces de l’OTAN de bombarder la zone frontalière par laquelle le clan au pouvoir devra passer.
Outre les Kadhafi et leurs proches se trouvent les émissaires vénézuéliens envoyés par le président Hugo Chavez. Un avion attend l’ensemble de la délégation à Djerba, et si le départ des Kadhafi est désormais certain, on ne sait pas quand il sera effectif.
Hugo Chavez essaie de trouver une solution au problème libyen
Des représentants du Président vénézuélien Hugo Chavez sont arrivés, samedi 13 août 2011, à Djerba pour rechercher une possible solution de paix entre Kadhafi et ses troupes d’un côté, et les insurgés de l’autre. Cette visite arrive après la prise de contrôle de la ville de Zaouia, qui se situe à moins de cinquante kilomètre de Tripoli, par les insurgés libyens.
Source:
www.mosaiquefm.net/index/a/ActuDetail/E...
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
A diplomatic car wanting to cross from #tripoli to #RasEjdir was not able to make the journey today. Tripoli now under siege.
FYI:
We know Chavez has a plane waiting for a few days now.
Above report could be a red herring, but more likely a a failed attempt to escape.
I remember last week also that helos were seen above Tripoli, that could have been another attempt to see how long it would take NATO to react. Testing the waters so to speak.
So maybe they tried it now by diplomatic car.
FF’s are ahead of schedule, so that escape route is also likely to fail:)
Unless the diplomatic car was a distraction from a rusty pick up truck?
Any country within Europe will hand him over to the ICC straight away:)
No way that anybody in Europe takes him in, the only possibility would be Chavez, but he is old and sick and apart from that: what will his successor do with Gaddafi IF he manages to get to Venezuela?
Once G ppl should manage to get onto that private plane, by having been smuggled out with false papers, they would be under diplomatic immunity inside the plane……
Oh and btw, the car was refused entry into Tunesia:), so there must have been people in it.
Interesting developments…….
HomelandYouth
Tripoli is hyped up, the revolutionaries of the city are preparing their final steps to free tripoli from inside.
last night around 3am NATO bombed G forces’ camp right infront of Janzour’s “Academy for Superior Studies” after weapons being unloaded there
1 hour ago large explosion heard in Tripoli which seems to be of NATO’s. the location is still unknown.
( FYI:23.30 hrs local) Toyota small pick-ups with automatic weapons on them seen on Tripoli’s coastal road heading towards Zawyah in small packs.
Road to Zawyah is blocked half away from Tripoli about 10KM before the 27 camp. G forces’ grad missles to Za. can now be heard in Tripoli.
Soog Al Juma is reported to have made military actions against G forces in the area tonight !
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
سماع دوي انفجارت في طرابلس وطائرات الناتو بسماء العاصمة
BreakingNews: TRIPOLI: Loud explosions rocked the capital – #NATO jets flying overhead. #Libya
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
قناة ليبيا الاحرار: طائرتان افريقيتان تهبط فى مطار معيتيقة فى طرابلس
Libya Al Hrrar TV is reporting that the two South African planes have now landed in #Metiga airbase.
Ahrar TV:
Ali AlTarhuni: Tarhuna: Yesterday the whole town rose. Gunfire did not stop from 9am to dawn with 7 martyrs. #feb17 #Libya
SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
Gaddafi could fall ‘by end of month’
By Eddie Barnes
COLONEL Muammar Gaddafi’s regime will topple quickly and may even be gone by the end of August, the UK head of Libya’s transitional council has claimed on the eve of a visit to Scotland today.
Dr Guma el-Gamaty said he believed that the impact of Ramadan, which would see the people of the country “spiritually and emotionally highly charged” could be the catalyst for the dictator’s fall from power.
Predicting that a tipping point will soon be reached, where Libyans realise that the regime has lost authority and power, el-Gamaty said the end could come within the next two weeks.
The impact of Britain’s recognition of the country had been a “huge boost” to the rebel cause, he said, demonstrating that Gaddafi was no longer someone with whom to do business.
He also said that the option for Gaddafi to leave the country with immunity for another Arab nation was still open.
“My only guess for the end game is that once Gaddafi realises he has lost control of every city outside Tripoli and that he is surrounded, then I think he will make a run for it,” he said.
“I think then the situation will be very, very rapid.”
“This is a golden opportunity to learn about the prospect of democracy in Libya.”
Full art.:
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/world/Gad...
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Tarhouna houses linked with FFs being raided by G fores.
Khiria
Moussa Ibrahim said don’t believe Aljazeera or Alarabia.
#TRIPOLI: Revolutionaries in the Souq al Jumu3a Neighbourhood are operating now
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Just located place of recent bomb blast in Tripoli. Furnaj/Ein Zara military base/weapons store. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
Hayat
Apparently reinforcements were coming to attack #FFs from areas that had been liberated, which was sneaky and evil. #Zawiyah
Aisha El Gaddafi has ordered on #LibyanStateTV to execute all Shraga ! Basically from East of Libya ! TripoliPrisoners come first!
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
Prisoners are being held in 5 main prisons of #Tripoli as well as in factories and other businesses.
My people stopped counting bodies in on #FFs side when they neared 20 today. #Zawiyah it just became too intense.
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – Clashes taking place in #Tarhouna. #Libya #Feb17
Read this;
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Ibrahim more: ‘the army was in great spirit due to victories they achieved, and were confident of resolving the issue.’
moussa ibrahim talking about defeating rebels: ‘I promise that all areas including Misratah will be liberated.’ #Libya
meanwhile in the real world Libyan Rebels flying flag over #Zawiyah.
I really want to be back in Libya now.
Brilliant! Gets better and better; Khalid Ka’I’m is saying tha AJA in Doha is a command and control room for the rebels.
A Free Libyan
NATO heavily bombing G forces in and around #Zliten. Been ongoing but is now intensifying. #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
Libya rebels and government hold talks in Tunisia: source
Libyan rebels and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi’s government held negotiations late Sunday in a hotel in southern Tunisia, a source with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters.
There was no immediate confirmation that any talks were taking place from the government in Tripoli or the rebel movement.
“Representatives of the rebels and Gaddafi representatives are having a meeting now,” said the source.
A Reuters reporter who tried to get into the hotel which, according to the source, was hosting the talks, was turned away by security staff at the gate. They said the hotel was closed to visitors for the evening.
Report:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/14/us-l...
Mahmoud Werfali: Many FF from #Sirte and from Gdadfa tribe.
Taped phone call:
dovenews Libyan™
New phone call: #Albaghdadi “deny, deny any news, west cant do anything, just statements, use AlQaeda to scare the west, I will contact thm 2mrw”
New phone call: #Albaghdadi “deny, deny we have troops heading to #Bengahzi” Other person “but Aljazeera said” AlBaghadai “deny deny”
New phone call: other person “US, France & UK said they’ll attack” #Albagdadi “only statements, I’ve watched Obama but not French statement”
New phone call: #Albaghdadi “I told UN no ceasefire until they (FF) stop attacking us from all sides”
New phone call: #Albaghdadi “I will use #AlQaeda to scare the west, just send me the French news article about #AlQaeda” other person “okay”
There is anothr recording 2 #Albaghdadi conspiring to rape. Will tweet once we hear it. It seems only recordings 2 this fool, not the MadDog
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Rumours are flying around tonight as G makes his final desperate attempts at causing havoc. No planes in #Tripoli after all? Shocker.
Friends in Egypt confirm old flag @ the Libyan embassy in Cairo officially changing 2moro! It’s ok G u can use the green rag 2 wipe ur tears
#Libya AlHarrar is reporting that there are demonstrations against #Gaddafi in #Tripoli;sources have seen squad cars in the city center.
dovenews Libyan™
#AzZawyia caller: 1200 imprisoned ppl were freed by #FF in #Surman
#Libya Ahrar is reporting that there are demonstrations against #Gaddafi in #Tripoli;sources have seen squad cars in the city center.
Reports that #FF have raised the indp flag on the #Libyan embassy in #Tunisia.
BREAKING! Suspicious movement between #Tripoli & #Djerba
#Ras #Ijdar Tunisian-Libyan border is closed, Gaddafi border guards escaped into Tunisia so the Tunisian army took over both sides.Confirmed
BREAKING! #FF are in control of the Libyan embassy in Tunisia & the indp flag is waving proudly above the embassy. #Libya #Tunisia
BREAKING! #Zintan #Freedom #Fighter #Juma #Alhasey was killed in #Surman’s battle.
BREAKING! #FF break into #Sahban brigade capturing large amount of weapons, & arresting highly ranked Libyan officers & mercenaries. #Ghryan
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Yesterday in Ghut Al Shaal the revolutionaries shot at G. forces’ checkpoint near Aysha Gaddafi’s house in the area.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that a car with diplomatic plates trying to cross border from #Tripoli to #RasEjdir was refused entry today. #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi filth are firing from #Jidaem to slow capture of #Zawiya hospital. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ARON” now anchored just outside port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “DENIZ YILDIZI S” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “BANU GENC” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “ILKE METE” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#MALTA CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#MALTA CARGO SHIP “PURKI” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
Mahmoud Werfali: A call from a FF leader in #Brega confirms that among them was a martyr from #Sirte (will post his name soon) Allahu Akbar!
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
rumbles throughout tripoli. trying to establish cause and location #Tripoli #Libya #feb17
An inaudible Gaddafi giving televised audio speech now…. #Tripoli
G just finished his speech which we heard 30 seconds of. His team messed up the audio. Someone is in trouble!! Chance wasted G.
URGENT:
120 cars Gadafi forces left Tripoli heading to Gharyan
SMILE:
Gaddafi’s latest speech:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XozTQb_eT0&
SUMMARY AUGUST 15 2011
8/15/2011
8.15.2011
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/xbyl5
Mike
Breaking: Big explosion rocks #Tripoli as #Gaddafi runs out of Alka Seltzer
From Jess Radio
Hearing of FFs victory in Zawiya reminds me of a Zawiya man we interviewed in March. It’s haunted me for months.
Click here if you want to read it or listen to it:
www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3153351...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO Apache helicopters have destroyed a 2nd military column which was headed to #Zawia from #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
High number of #Gaddafi checkpoints around #BenAshur. #Libya
#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET. #Feb17 @NATO
#Alkhums: #NATO bombed Alinvnan Mohammed Hassan hotel, which is under construction used as a store of weapons. #Libya
Alkhouldi Alhemedi has been captuerd by #Freedomfighters in AlAjelat #Libya. #Feb17
Salah Embearish one of #Gaddafi’s top thugs has been arrested and taken to #Zintan by #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
#Sdadda: Heavy clashes here today, reports of high ranking #Gaddafi cousin captured along with African uniformed POWs.
#NATO struck #Gaddafi filth in #Judayim tonight. #Libya #Feb17
#Zliten: #Freedomfighters bombed #Gadafi checkpoint in #Ezdu & 1on Coastal road. #Libya #Feb17
Road to #Tripoli map, updated 8/14/11 #libya t.co/AzdkzNG via @k_thos
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Yesterday in Ghut Al Shaal the revolutionaries shot at G. forces’ checkpoint near Aysha Gaddafi’s house in the area.
We’ve heard she has another house around that area since long ago. The point is the revolutionaries attacked that checkpoint.
We’re in Tripoli right now. representing at least 1part of the revolutionaries if there’s any part. because we’re all united.
By the way we’re 100% Libyan and 100% down with the revolution.
all the peeps are welcome to the liberation party in the Martyrs Square downtown soon as Tripoli’s freed! :)
gunfire heard in Janzour with heavy artillery occasionally heard as well.
Large explosion heard in Janzour right now, probably another NATO airstrike.
Janzour is large we havent come to know which area in paricular yet.
It is actually quiet right now in Tajura despite the reports claiming that there are huge fights in the city.
We’re happy that we’re about to witness the liberation of our capital Tripoli inshaAllah.
libyanandproud
Video : #Gaddafi Forces torturing and taunting young and elderly civilians youtu.be/rVZvAL5CEjs #Feb17 #Libya
From July 10 2011:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVZvAL5CEjs&fea...
Shelling on #Mezdah by #Gadafi forces comes from this location 31.4251659N 12.9485035E
Another reminder:
Chicago Tribune from March 3 2011
Farrakhan Reveals Loan From Libya
Chicago minister Louis Farrakhan says Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy has given Farrakhan`s Nation of Islam a $5 million interest-free loan to help the Black Muslim group launch an economic redevelopment program for blacks.
``I sent a tape to Brother Khadafy and I thanked him for the offer of the weapons,`` Farrakhan said Wednesday night. `` . . . I said we need arms, Brother Khadafy, but not the carnal weapons—we need help to get this economic program up off the ground.
``I`m here to say tonight that Brother Khadafy and the Libyan Arab Republic has given us a $5 million interest-free loan. He said, `Brother Farrakhan, the economic way is the best way.` ``
Farrakhan gave no other details of the loan but said, ``There are many more Muslim nations that are going to help us.``
Full art.:
articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-05-03/...
Louis Farrakhan’s Mosque And Home, Financed By Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi – YouTube t.co/tIhHV5B
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m23LqrnclLE
BREAKING: FFs have reached to the entrance of Tiji
عاجل – الثوار وصلوا إلي مدخل بلدة تيجي عند منعطف أشجار النخيل واستولوا علي شركة البنية التحتية بالكامل …الله أكبر…
BREAKING: Gaddafi forces are shelling Tiji indiscriminatly
عاجل – كتائب القذافي تقوم بقصف عشوائي لبلدة تيجي رغم وجود الأهالي بداخلها والثوار يقومون بحماية الأهالي ونقلهم الي أعلي الجبل في منطقة طمزين
BREAKING NEWS: #Mizdah is NOW Liberated. #FFs flag over the old town of #mezda #FFs controlled military camp with little resistance. #libya #Zawiya #Zawia
UPDATE ZAWIYAH:
Last night & this morning heavy shelling with mortar rounds at the coastal highway bridge in #ZAWIYAH 4 houses at the least are destroyed #libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Interior Min Nasr alMabrouk Abdullah landed 2day just b4 Noon @ #Cairo Int. irport with 9 Fam. members from #Tunisia on Tourist Visit #Libya
FreeLibyaTV:
NTC member #Shamam denies any meetings with #Gaddafi reps in #Tunisia. #Libya #17feb
#MIZDAH FF Raised FREEDOM Flag in the medina and LIBERATED the town they control the Military camp #Libya
AP:
Egyptian airport officials say the Libyan IM Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah has arrived in Cairo with 9 of his family members before noon on Monday at the Cairo international airport.
They say he arrived on a special plane from Tunisia and he was “on a tourist visit
El Baghdadi Mahmoudi`s call : talks about denying and fabricating media reports
Libya.tv broadcasting some calls that freedom fighters could phone tape Gaddafi and his regime, in this call El Baghdadi is talking about denying some reports about Gaddafi troops that already are advancing towards Benghazi,fabricating media reports and taking advantage of such reports politically .
what is noticeable in this call is they do not use terms like “Qaeda” and ’Criminals" and “Rats”. they say Opposition and X caller used the term " الثوار " which means Freedom Fighters. but when they appear on TV, they do not use terms like opposition and FF
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAS3An3u3Bo
BREAKING: TIJI HAS BEEN LIBERATED. ALLAH AKBAR
عاجل – تم تحرير بلدة تيجي…الله أكبر…
SkyNews Ian Woods :
Unsurprisingly Libyan regime cannot take us to Tripoli because they have lost control of the road.
Heinz: #MIZDAH is FREE The FF have now have enough weapons & Ammunition for an Extra 2000 fighters #Libya
BREAKING: Big explosion rocks #Tripoli. #feb17 #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Mohamed Ali Zedan Gaddafi’s transport minister who in past took part in hanging of university students has fled to Tunisia #feb17 #Libya
Sabha: Mohamed Madni’s house in Aljadid area burnt down. He is responsibile for providing names of protesters to G forces #feb17 #Libya
#Zliten #baza :reports of gunfire exchange between #Gaddafi militia and FF.also reports that GF shelling residential areas #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
by Thanku4theAnger
#Wamis & #Mizdah both now in the hands of the #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
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Clashes near Tiji ongoing #feb17 #libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#TNC, #Libya, Rebel fighters inside #Zawiyah tell me #Gaddafi has about 100 to 150 snipers in city
#Libya, Battles are ongoing for control of city center of #Zawiyah, #Gaddafi, #TNC
#Libya, Mortars have landed at the southern entrance of #Zawiyah the area on Sunday was sprawling with people … Not any longer, #Gaddafi
inglesi Piers Scholfield
AP: Egypt airport officials say the Libyan interior minister has arrived in Cairo with family members. #Feb17
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Reports Tiji now under control of FFs #feb17#Libya Allahu Akbar
inglesi Piers Scholfield
by Thanku4theAnger
Libyan interior minister Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah – landed Cairo with 9 family – told Egyptian officials that he was “on a tourist visit.”
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Zawiya, Surman, Sebrata, Tiji, Gheryan, Ajelat, Asabaa, Mizda, Fassuna free. Sabha & Tarhuna rising. Brega soon. Tripoli next
matthewwprice Matthew Price
Man with family in #Zawiya tells BBC “Zawiyah is under the control of rebel fighters-pockets of resistance by pro-Gaddafi snipers in city”
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, There is a lot of disputed territory in #Zawiyah battles are continuing, #Gaddafi
We entered a few kilometers into #Zawiyah many neighborhoods are deserted, #TNC, #, #Gaddafi, #Libya
Shelling is indiscriminate in the city of #Zawiyah, #Libya, #TNC, #Gaddafi
Fox Nation
‘Factor’ Producer Jesse Watters Confronts Cynthia McKinney
“Factor” producer Jesse Watters questions the former congresswoman about who’s funding her trips abroad where she’s bashing America.
Video:
nation.foxnews.com/cynthia-mckinney/201...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Abdullah arrived on special plane from Tunisia – aroused suspicion when no one from Gaddafi-loyal embassy in Cairo went to meet him – AP
#Bader : unconfirmed reports suggest that Freedom Fighters seem want to get Bader #deGaddafinated today #Feb17 #Libya
anitamcnaught Anita McNaught
My S.African govt sources deny categorically any S.African planes came to #Tripoli, or that it is evacuating #Gadaffi or any of his family.
Zwara, Ragdaleen, Jmayl and more importantly Oqba & A’asa mil. bases are in G control
Guardian:
Nato attacks in Libya: key targets, day by day
Nato has been bombarding pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya since 31 March 2011 in Operation Unified Protector. Our map shows the targets reported. Hit start to see the events unfold over time – both day by day and cumulatively
This will be updated every day while operations last
www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/intera...
Libya Al-Ahrar: #NTC member #Shamam denies meetings with #Gaddafi reps in #Djerba – #Tunisia. #Libya #
Free Libya Daily is out! t.co/fMAhmyM ▸ Top stories today
Good news:)
#Mizdah has huge fields of amunition bunkers and a big Military base, so lack of amunition is over
Nalut Media Centre FB page reporting that the town of Tiji has been liberated without much of a battle. Apparently they fled #Libya
Mr Othman said there was still an “unknown number” of Gaddafi forces inside Gharyan and Sorman.
BBC:
Libya conflict: Rebels fight for key towns near Tripoli
Libyan rebels have advanced into two strategic towns controlling access to the capital, Tripoli, from the west and the south.
Fighting was reported in both Zawiya, just 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, and Gharyan, 80km to the south.
If the towns fall to the rebels, they would have Tripoli surrounded by land, with Nato blocking sea access.
In comments broadcast on Libyan TV, Col Muammar Gaddafi called on supporters “to get ready for the fight”.
A spokesman for his government said both Zawiya and Gharyan remained “under our full control”.
Col Gaddafi’s short speech was his first public address since the rebels launched their offensive around Tripoli.
“Move forward, challenge, pick up your weapons, go to the fight for liberating Libya inch by inch from the traitors and from Nato,” he said, in a statement in poor-quality audio early on Monday, described as live by Libyan TV.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14523802
AmrB
at #Libyan embassy in #Cairo now, people starting to gather, still a small number. Hopefully more soon. Green flag still on.
Send us a pic. when real libya flag is up plz? Thx
Tweeting Tripoli
Second big explosion in Tripoli, very loud, jets still above. I hate u Russia for all the weapons you sold Daffy. #feb17 #Libya
MOD UK
RAF and Navy in further action over Libya
A Military Operations news article
RAF Tornados and Typhoons have been in action once again this weekend over Libya, with support from HMS Liverpool, as part of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR.
On Thursday morning, Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s destroyed a staging post near Zlitan which NATO intelligence had discovered was being used by mercenaries fighting for Colonel Gaddafi.
HMS Liverpool was on patrol off the coast nearby, and overnight Thursday to Friday once again fired star shells to illuminate targets for other NATO missions. In the course of this, she came under inaccurate fire from the shore.
Liverpool followed up her illumination tasking with a prolonged barrage of high explosive rounds from her 4.5-inch (114mm) gun, which destroyed at least two military vehicles and forced a large number of other pro-Gaddafi vehicles and troops to disperse.
Pressure on Gaddafi’s forces in the Zlitan area was maintained throughout Friday, with a successful attack on a command and control facility, and concerted strikes by Tornados and Typhoons on a military vehicle depot that had been established in the east of the town; it was struck by over a dozen precision guided Paveway bombs.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, HMS Liverpool fired more illumination rounds to facilitate NATO air missions over Zlitan, including an RAF patrol which destroyed an armed pick-up truck. In the east, at Brega, an RAF patrol destroyed seven military vehicles during the afternoon.
Footage has also now been released of the mission on Wednesday night, 10 August, which saw RAF Tornado aircraft, launched from RAF Marham in Norfolk, conduct eight-hour round trip missions over Libya.
Armed with Storm Shadow missiles, the six GR4 aircraft flew long-distance sorties from the Norfolk base to target elements of Colonel Gaddafi’s military command and control facilities and air defence infrastructure.
The jets, some from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and some from Marham, were playing a crucial role in protecting Libyan civilians as authorised under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.
The Tornado squadrons have played a leading role in the military operations over Libya since operations began in March, carrying out precision strikes, making use of the GR4’s advanced Litening 3 targeting pods and a variety of high-precision guided munitions.
Group Captain Pete ‘Rocky’ Rochelle, Station Commander at RAF Marham, said:
“This mission has, once again, proved the GR4’s capability at long range. The engineers and crews comprised of personnel from Marham and Lossiemouth.
“I feel great pride in having the opportunity to command such an adaptable and capable Tornado force that proves its agility time and time again.”
Since the start of military operations on 19 March, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Army Air Corps precision strikes have damaged or destroyed over 850 former regime targets which posed a threat to the Libyan people.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi urges the Libyan people to take up arms against NATO ‘traitors’
Libyan state television broadcast what it said was a live speech by Colonel Gaddafi calling on the Libyan people to arm themselves to liberate the country from ‘traitors’.
Video with subtitles:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m93bUXw8au0&fea...
Press TV:
Libya hospitals struggling to treat war victims
A small outdated mountain top hospital is all that stands between life and death in Kabaw for the many Berber families and fighters taking on Muammar Gaddafi’s armed loyalists
Built some thirty years ago, many of it’s medical facilities are stretched to breaking point. With two Doctors and five nurses, the hospital is understaffed and overused – many operations are carried out under supervision of the International Medical Corps.
For the staff running the hospital, the revolution has seen its resources placed under huge strain in both treating Revolutionaries and injured Gaddafi forces which is causing growing criticism.
We have a lack of medicine and medical equipment, and we have a lack of doctors, specializing in bone surgery, we even have a lack of nurses.
For fear of reprisal against friends and family still living in Tripoli, Kabaw’s doctors did not want to be filmed.
One said he didn’t know how many patients they have treated since the start of the conflict. The most common operations carried out are amputations, gunshot wounds and shrapnel injuries.
One day of fighting Gaddafi forces has caused six months of pain and anguish for this patient. Due to a lack of sterile medical equipment, and weaknesses in infection control procedures he’s already picked up the hospital superbug MRSA.
Source:
www.presstv.ir/detail/194051.html
#Zawiya contact says #Gaddafi troops west of #Zawiyah and up to Tunisian border hve joined uprising; parts of border have been abandoned
#Zawiyah contact says residents have armed themselves and are out on the streets of the city #
#Zawiya contact says entire country west of #Zawiyah is under rebel control now
#Ajeilat and #Sabrata require more military support from #Nafousa to get liberated.
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Libyan visa is hard to get but may be worthless now. Monitoring developments.
matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya Low level gvnt officials did not laugh at suggestions Int Min has left country. “We have seen the reports” Awaiting official response
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
StateTV announces “Misrata FULLY liberated from armed gangs & is under government control”. Katiba celebrating. Desperate measures. #Tripoli
libyatv Libya TV
Libya Al Ahrar LiveStream is back and running. english.libya.tv/livestream/ Thanks for your patience. Plz RT #Libya #feb17
Aljazeera:
AJE: Battle for Libya Al Jazeera talks to Larry Korb
Larry Korb, a former US assistant secretary of defence and a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress, speaks to Al Jazeera about the state of the conflict in Libya.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2tjsRA1XSU
TFMLibya TFM Libya
Money continues to be distributed direct to Nafusa families from the TFM. Today Qalaa & Kikla
Via Shabab:
Egypt airport officials: Libyan interior minister arrives in Cairo with family members
CAIRO — Egyptian airport officials say the Libyan interior minister has arrived in Cairo with family members.
The officials say the minister, Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah, landed just before noon on Monday at the Cairo international airport, with nine members of his family.
They say he arrived on a special plane from Tunisia and told Egyptian officials that he was “on a tourist visit.”
The airport officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
The secrecy surrounding the arrival and the fact that no official from the Libyan embassy, which is loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, was at the airport to greet Abdullah, raised suspicions of a possible defection.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Source- Associated Press via Washington Post
Via Libyan Youth Movement
Gaddafi defiant, rebels poised to strangle capital
TRIPOLI – Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans on Monday to free the country from “NATO and traitors,” as rebels in the west began to strangle a major lifeline to his capital.
“The fall of Zawiyah would be the biggest milestone for the rebels since the liberation of Misrata. It’s a real morale booster for them and implies a sense of momentum,” said analyst Shashank Joshi of the Royal United Services Institute in London.
ZAWIYAH CIVILIANS KILLED
Medics on the outskirts of the city said sniper and mortar fire by Gaddafi forces killed three civilians. One man was shot in the head and a 15-year-old girl died of shrapnel wounds.
Waleed, brother of a woman with shrapnel wounds, said Gaddafi forces “have made life very hard for us in the past few months. They’ve gone from house to house arresting people and now they’re shooting at us indiscriminately.”
“There is no gasoline, no electricity, food prices are up 300 percent. We just cannot live like this anymore,” he said.
On the Tunisian resort island of Djerba on Sunday, security staff turned Reuters away from a hotel where a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the talks between rebel and government representatives were being held. ID:nLDE77D089]
Source- Missy Ryan for Reuters
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/gaddafi-defiant-re...
I dedicate this image to Muammar #Gaddafi and all of his supporters. 2012 will be a #Libya #DeGaddafinated God Willing
or:
twitter.com/#!/IbnOmar2005/status/102926225219133441/photo/1
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
GADDAFI’S THUG HAMZA AL TOHAMI threatening to wipe cities & people out live on TV – damn you Nilesat #libya fb.me/BXvUM870
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOp7N9_37ew
Ibn
so in the race to #tripoli, it looks like the western mountains will beat out #misrata and eastern #libya. the amazing #amazigh strike again
I just love saying “amazing amazigh”. In the end all #Libya “wins” anyways
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
Families from #Tripoli say #Gaddafi massed his forces in suburbs of capital particularly near #Zawiyah, #Libya
Must read:
Qaddafi’s Long Arm
by Clay Claiborne
One of least report aspects of Mummar Qaddafi’s struggle to continue his 42 year totalitarian rule has been the way he has used Libyan security personnel to extend his dictatorship to Libyans even when they are out of the country. In many cases this has been done through the mis-use of embassy staff to harass and intimidate Libyan students studying aboard and other Libyans who support the freedom fighters. In many countries, the ambassador and staff have come over to side of revolution and the Transitional National Council but in others they are still loyal to Qaddafi. Many of those have been involved in what is regarded in diplomatic terms “inappropriate behavior,” been named “persona non gratis” and thrown out of the country.
Here is a round-up of news from the worlds media about this front in the Libyan freedom fight.
Libyan Embassy in Jordan harasses student supports of freedom fighters.
In Jordan this July, the Libyan embassy cut off grant and health insurance to students in “retaliation” for their support of wounded freedom fighters from Benghazi. When they arrived at Jordan’s Marka Military Airport on board a Royal Air Force transport, a number of students staged a symbolic sit-in and thanked the Jordanian king and government and people for receiving the wounded. “Libya and unity .. not Eastern nor Western,” was their slogan.
In response, Fri Almoudi from the Libyan embassy told the student supervisor to cut off the aid to the students. The students take the position that “Grant funds and health insurance funds are from the Libyan people and not from the funds of Gaddafi and the student supervisor.”
The students said that they would not be intimidated by the threats from regime officials and said “we stand with our people struggling to defend their freedom and dignity.” This cut off of promised aid is especially difficult for the students at this time because the situation in Libya makes it hard for their families to remit funds to them. There are between 300-400 Libyan students in various universities in Jordan and they are demanding that the Jordanian government intervene to stop “the harm inflicted upon them Qaddafi and his gang in Jordan.”
The Libyan embassy in Jordan has divided loyalties because Ambassador Mohamed Barghathi and other dissidents have joined the freedom fighters, with Barghathi becoming the representative of the Transitional National Council in Amman, but the
embassy staff is still loyal to Qaddafi.
Libyan student president in Italy arrested for intimidating other students.
On June 9 the Italian police arrested the president of the Libyan Students’ League in Italy. The pro-Qaddafi president, Ahusain Nuri, 41, has lived in Italy for ten years. He was arrested in Perugia. Investigators said the Nuri was he head of an organization responsible for violence and threats against other Libyan students who supported the TNC. The Libyan Students’ League is thought to have the backing of senior members of the Qaddafi regime.
The investigation and arrest were carried out by the Digos anti-terrorism police. The chief of police in Perugia, Sandro Federico called student harassment a problem of national security.
Five Libyan diplomats expelled from Canada
In May, five Libyan diplomats working at the Libyan Embassy in Ottawa were expelled for activities “considered inappropriate and inconsistent with normal diplomatic functions,” according to a statement by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Lisa Monette, a spokeswoman with Foreign Affairs said she could not comment on state-to-state communications and refused to detail the reasons the diplomats were being expelled.
However in March, the CBC reported some Libyan students in Canada who had spoken out against the Qaddafi regime received threatening phone calls believed to have come from embassy staff.
Earlier in May, pro- and anti-Gadhafi protesters faced off in downtown Ottawa only two blocks from Parliament Hill and the anti-Gadhafi side outnumbered the pro-Gadhafi, anti-NATO side of fewer than 20 people by about three to one.
Men, women and children chanted songs and carried Libyan rebel flags and posters calling Qaddafi a war criminal. The larger group drowned out the chants from the pro-Qaddafi side, which carried the green flags that have symbolized Libya in the era and two large pictures of the leader himself. One RCMP officer was injured in a skirmish when the demonstrations first started.
Police did their best to keep both sides apart, but one RCMP officer was hurt during a skirmish when the demonstration first got under way.
Finally on august 9, Canada ordered all remaining Libyan diplomats to leave the country within five days. Forign Affars Minister John Baird said the Libyan diplomats had become “persona non grata.”
France also sent 14 Libyan diplomats home in May, accusing them of “activities incompatible with the relevant UN resolutions . . . and contrary to the protection of Libyan civilians.” “Many of these people were using their status as diplomats as a cover,” the diplomat said.
Britain also expelled several Libyan diplomats for behavior that had become
“unacceptable.”
While the activities of the Qaddafi regime has been mostly limited to various forms of harassment and intimidated while the Libyan opposition is out of the country, many will be in grave danger if they are forced to return to Libya while Qaddafi is still in power.
Libyan student murdered by Qaddafi marksman after returning from Australian.
A Libyan student studying in Perth, Australia was murdered by soldiers loyal to Mummar Qaddafi’s regime after returning home to Libya. Qmar Swyeb, 27, was an English language student at the University of West Australia and he return to Libya because he was worried about his family. His murder raises grave concerns among the several hundred Libyan students in WA about what may happen to them once there visas run out and they are forced to return home.
An investigation by The Weekend West has uncovered a small contingent of students loyal to Qaddafi that were spies for the regime in Perth and they have been taking names and photographs of rebel sympathizers to add to the Libyan secret police blacklist. In light of these problems. the Greens plan to move in the Senate to have the Libyan student visas extended until the crisis in the war torn country is resolved.
The liberation of Sorman – 14th August 2011
By Change In Libya (Albums)
The freedom fighters that entered and liberated Sorman, west of Zawiya. Every piece of weaponry you see here was captured from Gaddafi forces.
Photo’s:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.16129...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
“The Libyan people will remain and the Fateh revolution (which brought Gaddafi to power in 1969) will remain. Move forward, challenge, pick up your weapons, go to the fight for liberating Libya inch by inch from the traitors and from NATO,” “Get ready for the fight … The blood of martyrs is fuel for the battlefield.”
Qaddafi Audio Speech english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #Libya #Qaddafi
or:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/...
Reuters:
Gaddafi defiant, rebels poised to strangle capital
(Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans on Monday to free the country from NATO and “traitors”, as rebels in the west began to strangle a major lifeline to his capital.
His broadcast appeal was made over a bad telephone line from an undisclosed location. In the following hours, a senior figure in the Gaddafi government showed up in Cairo with members of his family, amid reports that he had defected.
Source and art.:
in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/15/idINI...
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
All morning just to establish who is Libyan interior minister!! Speaks volumes about information flow here.
libyanproud libyanandproud
Khatib is in Djerba talking to #Gaddafi ministers who are stuck in #Tunisia and can’t go to #Tripoli ! That’s what I call the upper hand :)
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Held up at a Tunisian army checkpoint close to the border. There was no military presence here 2 days ago.
The Daily Beast
The Disappeared
Hisham Matar’s new novel takes on a very personal subject: a father’s abduction by a brutal regime and a son’s unsettling sense of loss.
As Hisham Matar was finishing his latest novel, about a young man so grief-stricken by a father’s absence that he stalks his lovers and wears his suits, word reached Matar that his own father might still be alive. Jaballa Matar was a leading Libyan dissident who vanished without trial in 1990 into Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s dungeons. Over 20 years, the family received only two letters from him, smuggled out of his cell. They feared he was among more than 1,000 political detainees shot dead in a prison riot in the mid-’90s. Then came this sliver of hope, that he had been seen alive in a jail in the capital, Tripoli.
For his son, a successful writer living in England, the vague message was “tremendous but unsettling. I felt I’d provoked it, by spending three years on a book taking me into dark places of the soul,” he told NEWSWEEK in his West London apartment. The unverifiable news was “like a voice in my head. Writing this book took me a little too close to the flame.”
A must read article:
www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/08/...
Malik
#FF in #Sabratha want #NATO to bomb army barracks, military clinic near local hospital, where Chadian, Twareg mercenaries are based. #Libya
AFP:
UN envoy flew into Tunisia for talks with rebels and #Gaddafi people.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
14 Aug #NATO destroyed 11 surface to surface missile launchers in #Tripoli.
Via Shabab:
Libya War: Rebels Claim Most Successful Advance In Months
ZINTAN, Libya — Rebels in the western mountains of Libya spent weeks meticulously organizing in the town of Zintan for what has now become the opposition’s most successful advance in months against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces.
Hundreds of regime opponents filtered in from the coastal city of Zawiya and other parts of the Gadhafi-controlled western heartland along the Mediterranean. They formed fighting units in hopes of “liberating” their home towns.
This town of 40,000 on the plateau of the Nafusa Mountains overlooking the coastal plain has become the nerve center of what is now the most promising front in the rebel campaign to oust Gadhafi: an attempt to flank the grinding deadlock in the center of the country with an assault from the far west.
Already, the rebels have managed to push northward, threatening Gadhafi’s main supply line linking the capital of Tripoli with the Tunisian border to the west.
Virtually everyone in Zintan, from policemen to hospital cooks and dentists, has either picked up a gun or works at the home front without pay.
Volunteers distribute food, fuel and supplies trucked in from nearby Tunisia to Zintan’s residents to get them through shortages while the town and its neighbors focus on the battle.
Source:
Huffington Post:
Read full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-war-rebels-c...
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
people in Tripoli can see the free channels of Libya
it is safe…. unless someone is watching you and informs on you.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
When Libyans get bored… facebook.com/video/video.ph… #libya
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1903...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
excellent map of state of play in #Libya: twitpic.com/66cdqg/full
or:
www.twitpic.com/66cdqg/full
Just a quick note: This map t.co/Y0Z4O09 @k_thos was made yesterday i.e. before the recent Mizdah/Tiji liberations. #libya
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Road thru zawiya still closed, which means we are marooned in tripoli…. Without cameraman!!!
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Liberation of prisoners at the Sorman prison 14/Aug/2011
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9XU3LdoNWQ
Supposedly military base at Mizdah taken by FF. #Libya #Mizdah
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Reports that more than 100 tanks have been captured by FFs in Mizdah / plus more captured in Gheryan yesterday #Libya
Hominoid
A witness from the Mizdah (about 80 miles from the city Gheryan) and Ibrahim Mohammed claims that the rebels Mizdah raised the flag over the Independence Heritage Society that is located in the center of the region.
Ibrahim said in a telephone interview with the newspaper on Sunday Cyrene, the follow Gaddafi’s revolutionary committees have fled the region after the armed clashes with the rebels, adding that the region is also experiencing clashes with supporters of Gaddafi in that region.
A spokesman for the military junta in the western mountain Colonel Joumaa Ibrahim confirmed that the rebels controlled the city Gheryan and independence flag flying over the city’s buildings.
The Colonel Ibrahim, that the rebels were able to expel al-Gaddafi, who was stationed in this city, which passes through supply route linking the Libyan desert to capital of the country.
He explained that the city’s population, most of them opponents of Col. Muammar Qaddafi, came out in processions to celebrate what he called a liberation of their city.
And Ibrahim, had said earlier that the rebels were able to clear the area after violent clashes this morning.
Ibrahim said – in a statement to reporter Cyrene – that the rebels were able to attack at dawn on the area from several directions, explaining that there were five injured during the battle
LPC from Azzawiyah now – Town being bombed from direction of Tripoli (Jeddayim)
Libyan rebels said Monday they had wrested control from Moamer Gadhafi’s forces of “most” of the key port of Zawiyah
Nalut Media Tiji town liberated two hours ago from Gaddafi troops after violent clashes.
and Gaddafi troops now stationed at Bader village and shelling on Tiji town by grad rockets and heavy artillery
while our freedom fighters are trying to evacuate families from Tiji towards Tamzeen town up on the mountains.
( FYI 13.00 hrs local)
If reports are correct the Freedom Fighters have gained 100+ tanks from #Ghiryan and #Mizdah army barracks !
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
for those asking how al-Mabrouk got to #Egypt . #Cairo sources told CNN his plane came in from #Djerba #Tunisia
AFP: Former Jordanian PM Abdul Ilah al-Khatib said negotiations on #Libya’s future would take place in hotel in Tunis suburbs.
AFP: UN envoy flew into Tunisia for talks with rebels and #Gaddafi people
AFP: Ban Ki-moon’s envoy arrives in Tunis for talks on Libya
Ahram Online
Secret Libyan discussions in Tunisia
Libyan rebels on Monday joined members of the government of embattled Libyan leader Muamer Gaddafi for secret talks in the Tunisian town of Djerba
“Talks took place during last night at a Djerba hotel under heavy security,” a source close to the Tunisian security services told AFP. “Corteges of cars on Sunday crossed the border at Ras Jedir, near Djerba”, the source added, asking not to be named.
At the same time, a South African jet and two Qatari military helicopters were on the tarmac at the airport of Djerba, a south Tunisian island close to the border with Libya, an airport source told AFP.
Libyan Health Minister Ahmed Hijazi and Social Affairs Minister Ibrahim Cherif stayed in Djerba on Sunday, where they were joined by Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, the national TAP news agency said.
Negotiations were under way with “several other foreign parties”, the agency added, without giving details of the content of the talks.
Art.:
english.ahram.org.eg/News/18938.aspx
Malik:
Die-hard Chadian, Twareg mercenaries holding out in #Sabratha, firing rockets into town, impeding rebel advance towards #Tripoli.
Ahrar TV:
Gaddafi Colonel Rumdan AlWilwal killed in Ajelat & FFs capture 4 mercenaries & fighting ongoing in Ajelat
AJE:
Brega: FFs control two thirds of city. Remaining one-third contains the industrial area and the oil terminal
Q & A on twitter:
FromJoanne Joanne
MILITARY EXPERTS question: #Tripoli seeing shooting stars or meteorite like White Lights Falling from the Sky lately Any suggestions #Libya
Sergio
Could be flares used 4 iluminating groud and uncover targets for airstrikes..Or to hide the helicopters from Anti Aircraft fire
Fin
They R really shooting stars that appear annually, peak of “meteor shower” was 13th of August this year:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids
Dicey
Could be flares or White phosphorus. If it falls as 1 intact piece, flares. (Sample; flare left, WP right)
mark
The Perseids (dust from Swift-Tuttle comet). Peaks every year Aug 9-14. Quite normal. #Libya
Michael
Eurocopter Tigre carries a chaff/flare protection system to counter ground-to-air missiles.Flares are white and very bright.
Bfly:
Flares from ships eg liverpool
illumination flares are big fireworks that use a parachute burn white phosphorous legal used to illuminate battlefield at night
Noit
Probably illumination rounds fired from HMS Liverpool
could also b decoy flares drop by aircraft/helis against surface air missiles
used if sam radar iluminates aircraft
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I concur. Rather appropriately they are also called Star Shells.
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH HUGE AMOUNT OF #AID ARRIVED IN #BENGHAZI Thanks to @LibyanAid 48ft container VALUE $3.3 million Med. equipment
#BREAKING #BENGHAZI AID ARRIVED @LibyanAid 2Ambulances 2MobileSurgicalTheaters 48ftContainer $3.3 Million worth of Medical Equipment #Libya
Tune into #LibyaAlAhrar 2day to hear the Story of how @abeneihum + his Mo DR Mum set up @LibyanAid and Just Send ANOTHER container to #Libya
#ZAWIYAH Mostly FF controlled managed 2 REPEL GF overnight 2 East outskirts Commander #AbdulHamidIsmail 5 Martyrs in Last night fight #Libya
IMPORTANT:
FromJoanne Joanne
TRIPOLI tell yr friends there 2 NAIL DOWN FM #AbdulatyAlObeidi Word is out he is planning 2go on “tourist” trip aswell #Libya
MOD UK:
RAF and Navy in further action over Libya
HMS Liverpool was on patrol off the coast nearby, and overnight Thursday to Friday once again fired star shells to illuminate targets for other NATO missions. In the course of this, she came under inaccurate fire from the shore.
Liverpool followed up her illumination tasking with a prolonged barrage of high explosive rounds from her 4.5-inch (114mm) gun, which destroyed at least two military vehicles and forced a large number of other pro-Gaddafi vehicles and troops to disperse
Link to full art.:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...
SABRATHA
LIVE Aljazeera
Surman 2 #Zawiya the #TRIPOLI ROAD which reaches #Tunisia is in FULL FF Control
Aljazeera:
Libyan rebels have made significant advances over the past several days, launching a two-pronged offensive in the west to try and cut off supply routes between Tunisia and Tripoli.
They say that they are now in control of Gharyan, home to a large government military
base, as well as Surman and Ajaylat, both towns on the coastal highway.
The key fight, however, continues in Az Zawiyah, a town 50km from the capital that is home to Gaddafi’s last remaining oil supplies in western Libya.
Rebels say they entered the city on Saturday night, but that they are continuing to meet fierece resistance.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Az Zawiyah, western Libya.
www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish?b...=1&ob=5#p/u/0/mr5t92hL2Q0
Simi
phone call with family in #Sabratah, G forces indiscriminate shelling town, Dbabshia, Khirzan area got hit, all horrified
FromJoanne Joanne
Ras #Jdir WITNESS; Unprecedented Presence of #Gaddafi Security units with Tanks Heavy Weapons on #Libyan side of border crossing #Tunisia
عاجل : على قناة ليبيا الاحرار: اتصال بمزدة يؤكد على تحرير المنطقة بالكامل على يد ثوار مزدة و فرار كل اتباع النظام, و قد استولى الثوار على معسكر مزدة بكل اسلحته و اعلام الاستقلال ترفف عاليا, و الطريق امن ما بين مزدة و غريان الله اكبر
Breaking News: LIbya AhrarTV: confirmed: Mizda is free and the road between Mizda and Ghiryan is secure
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
كتائب العار تقصف مدينة الزاوية فى مناطق سكنية الان و ذلك لكى يمنعو ثوارنا من التقدم و لمساعدة قناصيهم الاجراميين داخل المدينة
Gaddafi forces are indiscriminately shelling residential areas in Zawiya from up to 15km away to slow down the FF and cover snipers
Breaking:. #Zawyia city exposed to indiscriminate bombing now and There is street fighting in some areas of the city
Aljazeera:
BREAKING NEWS: AJ: 90% of Sabrata is liberated
BREAKING: AJ: Heavy fighting is going on between FFs and Gaddafi forces west of Sabrata
Abduladim Mohammad: FREEDOM FIGHTERS FULLY CONTROL THE Tunisia – Tripoli road – from Sorman to Zawiya
Freedom fighters are allowing food and humanitarian aid trucks going to Tripoli but searching other vehicles
Freedom fighters are surrounding the Sabratha army base and the last remaining Gaddafi soldiers want to surrender
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Looks like Gaddafi is negotiating his exile. Multiple reports of officials arriving in Tunis for meetings #feb17#Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Abduladim Mohammad says that families of Sabratha were given weapons by G forces but as soon as FF entered city residents gave up weapons
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Abduladim Mohammad: Freedom fighters are allowing food and humanitarian aid trucks going to Tripoli but searching other vehicles #libya
Amazing scenes from Sabratha on Aljazeera Arabic right now… Mashallah Abduladim Mohammad is doing an amazing job #libya
Abduladim Mohammad AJA: Freedom fighter leaders say that Gaddafi forces collapsed all over the coastal cities as soon as FF entered #libya
Abduladim Mohammad AJA: FF leaders also suspect that all coastal cities on the way to Tunisia (e.g. Zwara) will be easy to liberate #libya
Abduladim Mohammad AJA: FF leaders were surprised. They planned for a much more difficult scenario where each city would be besieged #libya
BBC
Libyan interior minister ‘flies to Egypt’
Libya’s interior minister has arrived in Egypt on an unannounced holiday with nine members of his family, officials at Cairo airport say.
Nasser al-Mabruk arrived on a special plane from Tunisia and told Egyptian officials that he was “on a tourist visit”, the sources said.
The visit has led to speculation of a possible defection from Col Muammar Gaddafi’s inner circle.
It comes as rebel fighters advance on Col Gaddafi’s stronghold in Tripoli.
Although the capital is not under immediate threat, rebel forces are now in their strongest position since the uprising began in February against 41 years of Gaddafi rule.
Source:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14...
#Gaddafi Govt: Nasser Mabrouk is not the interior minister but an employee at the ministry.
it was #Tripoli – Djerba by car and then flight to Cairo !
That might well have been the diplomatic car David Bachmann talked about yesterday.
We were told car was “refused entry “ into Tunisia, but could have simply unloaded passengers at border and then car was driven back to Tripoli.
Is Chavez’s plane still there?
SMILE:
libyanandproud
Mountain Rebels join Coastal Rebels to call on the Water Rebels to help the City Rebels ! WTF ! Rebel action figures at toys r us this Xmas
libyanandproud
#NTC do not back down, don’t concede any of our main demands, the freedom fighters have given you higher ground ! #Feb17 #Libya
Don’t forget his face:
Nasser Mabrouk : Ordered the shooting of Benghazi protesters in #Feb17 2006.
twitpic.com/66jpe7
Tunisia never stopped any supplies with proper paper work, from food to 4×4. Personal experience
Seemingly contrasting reports right now:
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Border at Ras Jdir virtually deserted. Very little traffic going either way. Can see civilian border staff at Libyan side but no soldiers
They may be further back out of sight. But there is so little traffic there is no need for anyone to be outside
FromJoanne Joanne
Ras #Jdir WITNESS; Unprecedented Presence of #Gaddafi Security units with Tanks Heavy Weapons on #Libyan side of border crossing #Tunisia
dovenews Libyan™
90% of #Sabratha is free except the army base which is what #FF are determine to take control of in the next few hrs. #libya
#FF have arrested 50 Gaddafi forces in #Sabratha
MORE MONEY FOR NTC:
The Dutch government releases part of the Libyan frozen assets via the (WHO), 100 miljoen euro.
EDP24
Video footage released of RAF Marham Tornados in Libya operations
Footage has been released by the Ministry of Defence showing aircrews from RAF Marham preparing to take part in the long-range bombing of Libya last week.
One video shows Tornado GR4 jets being fully armed with Storm Shadow missiles at the Norfolk base before heading to Libya on an eight-hour mission to target Col Gaddafi’s forces as part of the coalition Operation Ellamy.
The weapons use a sophisticated GPS tracking system and terrain matching technology to locate their targets.
A second video shows Tornado bombing a Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour last Tuesday morning. The ship had been damaged previously by NATO air strikes, but damage assessment showed it retained an offensive capability so a further attack took place. The RAF strike inflicted further serious damage and left the vessel taking on water.
Link:
www.edp24.co.uk/news/video_footage_rele...
Hominoid
Opposition fighters in Libya have launched an offensive near the Tunisia border
Reuters:
- Gaddafi snipers menace town
- Suspicions run deep
- Rebels want Tripoli next
ZAWIYAH, Libya, Aug 15 (Reuters) – For 12 hours, Libyan rebel Ahmed Oraybee had been moving from one building to the next in the town of Zawiyah, trying to hunt down the pro-government snipers stalking its neighbourhoods.
Suddenly he became a victim himself when a bullet struck him in the leg.
“These snipers are really good. The sniper shot me in the leg as I was climbing a staircase so that a comrade or two would come and help me, and then he would try to kill all of us,” he told Reuters,
speaking from a bed at Bir Muammar Hospital.
“They have a well thought-out plan.”
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
Skyman64 Ian Woods
If the road really was open, there would be trucks heading through here. I haven’t seen one in an hour
Spoke to a few people who said the road was closed near to Zawiya. But one man insisted everything was clear to Tripoli.
Managed to walk into no man’s land unchallenged. Close enough to see the first Libyan checkpoint but not others beyond
One driver also reported hearing gunfire close to Sabratha
SMILE:
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 Gaddafi has placed an emergency order for 500,000 copies of the Frank Sinatra “My Way” CD
Someone tweeted back:
mark
“Regrets? I killed a few…Not worth a mention. What no-one knew…I needed attention”
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 How funny how weird: two weeks ago the news services were burying the NTC, and today the wannabes are lined up three deep
#libya #feb17 The FF will have their day, followed by politicians; some dreams will fade, the dreams of the children will last the longest
#libya #feb17 The rolling Libya story on Reuters yesterday still contained the graf about "Gaddafi says the rebels are sponsored by al-Qaeda
#libya Actually the “mercs” have been trying to dig Gaddafi’s bunker tunnel all the way underneath the Med but unfortunately they struck oil
#libya #feb17 It’s time to wrap this fucker G up and move over to a certain Bashar who cuts the throats of poets.
#libya #feb17 Hey Muammar! Zenga zenga, dar dar, shibber shibber. Thawra. Thawra.
#libya #feb17 Guess it’s “Greatest Hits” time for Muammar. Couldn’t he make one more speech, and then eat a spear from Epic Libyan Man?
#libya #feb17 Starting to look like Gaddafi broke like an egg – very hard for a while, when it breaks, all yellow and runny
#libya #feb17 Can this be the beginning of the end? Or even the second quarter? If NO battle of Tripoli at all, so much the better
#libya #feb17 I’m actually amazed that Gaddafi’s ministers and so on were able to make plans for the end and get out so late in the game
#libya #feb17 If all the “government officials” leave Tripoli, what’s left? What’s next?
#libya #feb17 Dear Serbian mercs, tie him, gag him, dump him in Green Square and you can have one plane gassed up to go
#libya #feb17 Probably Gaddafi can’t even go to Venezuela now, what with Hugo Chavez taking chemo in Havana. Literally nowhere
#libya Tonight’s game,the Great Lakes Loons vs the Dayton Dragons n welcome our new announcer, “Moose” Ibrahim from the North African League
Libyans Revolt
Thinking back to those commentators that said there would be a ‘Ramadan hiatus’ as #FF too tired – biggest advances in months #libya #feb17
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
I think we finally managed to prove that military analysts are useless. Ramadan hiatus for FF? No. Stalemate? No. Just get a new job. #libya
Mohamed
prepare to rip Libyan history from 1969 to 2011 and make it read 1968 <-data corrupted→ 2011
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
There were clashes but Gaddafi forces managed to hold on to Ras Ajdir. Reprts of FF controlling it were premature
Papakila Don
Now that Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah are falling, Brega and Sirte really don’t matter much. & I’m dropping “rebels” for “Freedom Fighters” #Libya
Cairo:
Amr
about 20 or 30 Libyans infront of libyan embassy now trying to break any car that comes out. Being controlled by military and police.
Via Shabab:
UN chief’s envoy in Tunis for Libya talks
TUNIS — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s envoy on Libya flew into Tunis Monday, saying he would be joining talks between rebels and the government of embattled leader Moamer Kadhafi, an AFP photographer saw.
Former Jordanian foreign minister Abdul Ilah al-Khatib said negotiations on Libya’s future would be taking place in a hotel in the Tunis suburbs.
Earlier sources close to Tunisian security services said representatives of the two warring sides had met in Djerba, near the Tunisian-Libyan border.
Libyan Health Minister Ahmed Hijazi and Social Affairs Minister Ibrahim Cherif stayed in Djerba on Sunday, where they were joined by Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, the national TAP news agency said.
Negotiations were under way with “several other foreign parties”, the agency added, without giving details of the content of the talks.
A reliable source said an envoy of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a Kadhafi ally, was also present.
Source:
shabablibya.org/news/un-chiefs-envoy-in...
Reuters
Reuters FACTBOX-Latest developments in the Libyan conflict
Aug 15 (Reuters) – Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
- Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans on Monday to free the country from “NATO and traitors”, as rebels in the west began to strangle a major lifeline to his capital.
- Libyan Interior Minister Nasser al-Mabruk Abdullah flew to Egypt with members of his family on Monday, official sources at Cairo airport said, amid reports that he was abandoning Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Libyan rebels and representatives of Gaddafi’s government held negotiations late on Sunday in a hotel in southern Tunisia, a source with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/reuters-factbox-la...
August 15, 2011
The Dutch government says it is releasing euro100 million ($143 million) in frozen funds from Moammar Gadhafi’s regime and sending the money to the World Health Organization to buy medicine for the Libyan population.
Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal says the Netherlands is responding to an urgent appeal from the WHO and is the first country to take such a step.
Rosenthal said Monday he was able to free up the money only after United Nations approved the plan, which will see medicines distributed to civilians in towns and cities held by both rebels and forces loyal to Gadhafi.
Rosenthal says the move shows how sanctions should work: “Frozen Gadhafi money is being used to save Libyans lives.”
Source AP
Smile:
Ahmed:
this is soo feb 17…. when @ShababLibya frequently writes : BREAKING CONFIRMED
Libyans Revolt
I was skeptical #Gaddaffi would fall before end of ramadan but judging by advances, eid could be a massive celebration indeed #libya #feb17
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Gun shots from Egyptian Army on Libyan protesters in front of Libyan embassy in Cairo. 3 military trucks full of Egyptian officers
now negotiating with the army. Former libyan ambassador Ali Maria backs out of his decision & shameful green flag still up :(
Such a disappointment. #Egyptyoushouldknowbetter
Egypt’s military has always been in Gaddafi’s pocket. They’ll be one of the last to recognise unfortunately
Amr
one guy managed to open the embassy door, army went wild, shots in the air only #Libya #Egypt #Cairo #feb17
Smile:
Cartoon: خطاب القذافي Gaddafi Speech #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddafi
twitpic.com/66jdf6
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Today (15th Aug) India & Korea celebrate their Independence days – looks like August is the month of Freedom ;).
Aljazeera Arabic reporter Abduladim Mohammad LIVE from Sabratha earlier today #libya #feb17 t.co/bxryeeg
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrBdxVZUaxI
Apparently no planes at Djerba anymore:
Hamrouni
Il n’y a aucun avion du #Venezuela #Qatar #AfriqueduSud à l’aéroport de #Djerba
LibyaNewMedia
The Sahban troops & families were brought to Garyan by Gaddafi to ‘police’ the locals after they rose up multiple times
libyanandproud
Dear #Tunis & #Egypt apologies that our murderous #Gaddafi thugs, are escaping from #Libya, Feel free to clean the trash.”
Turkey sends more fuel to Libya as rebels advance
LONDON Aug 15 (Reuters) – Turkey is ramping up shipments of diesel to Libyan rebels, effectively joining Qatar and trader Vitol in fuelling the uprising against leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Trade sources told Reuters Turkey is preparing to deliver a third shipment of fuel to the rebels in the east as part of a multi-million dollar deal.
Ankara is stepping up support at a time that the rebels are in their strongest position since the uprising began in February against 41 years of Gaddafi rule. They have advanced into the town of Zawiyah, 50 km west of Tripoli, cutting off Gaddafi’s stronghold in the capital from its supply lifeline to Tunisia.
“The motivation for this kind of relationship is political, more than trade. It means expectations,” said a source with direct knowledge of the deal.
The terms of payment are unclear, but shipments of Libya’s prized sweet crude once production restarts have been offered in return for supplies of diesel now.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/turkey-sends-more-...
Skyman64 Ian Woods
Driver who has just come from Libya side says there are many govt soldiers beyond the border checkpoint.
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
#Libya // Breaking: Reports to Almanara that #Tripoli Airport is now witnessing an unusual event as tens of Protocol (Marrasim) cars and other cars are present. The reporter expects the cars are for #Gaddafi and his family/relatives and official Gaddafi close men with their families getting ready to flee on 4 air planes which is now ready in the airport.
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
#AJA #Brega: Gaddafi militias started to burn oil collection tanks in the industrial section of oil city. #Libya
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
Free Libyans in Benghazi asking Abdel Hafeeth Ghoga, a spokesman for #NTC to leave Council. Ghoga is one of the untrusted figures by public.
Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
Free Libyans in Benghazi asking Abdel Hafeeth Ghoga, a spokesman for #NTC to leave Council. Ghoga is one of the untrusted figures by public.
Smile:
BN – Alien ship 2 transport Gaddafi & FAMILY out of Libya. BEAM THEM UP SCOTTY!
acarvin Andy Carvin
Here we go again. @almanaramedia reporting govt cars assembling to escort out Gaddafi and family. They’ve been wrong before. Other sources?
FromJoanne Joanne
I GOT REPORT that 4 aircraft with the collaboration of UN are to Evacuate #GADDAFI and family I need a LINK !!!!!!!!!!!!! LIBYA
#Libya // Breaking: Reports to Almanara that #Tripoli Airport is now witnessing an unusual event as tens of Protocol (Marrasim) cars and other cars are present. The reporter expects the cars are for #Gaddafi and his family/relatives and official Gaddafi close men with their families getting ready to run away from the city on 4 air planes which is now ready in the airport.
Ibn
As much as I respect the people behind almanara, can’t take it as a reliable source. Unfortunately they been wrong too many times before
Tweeting Tripoli
Just came back from the market, and guess what? #Tripoli is in very high spirits, unlike few weeks ago when people looked depressed. #feb17
Guardian
No stalemate in Libya – the writing is on the wall for Gaddafi
Take a look on Google and you’ll find more than 1,500 news items combining the words “Libya” and “stalemate”. Repeating the search for Syria and “stalemate” reveals a mere 109 items, and for Yemen only 73.
This is rather strange, because the Yemeni and Syrian uprisings – unlike that in Libya – are both obvious examples of a state of stalemate. In Yemen and Syria, the regimes have no prospect of restoring the status quo, but at the same time it’s difficult to see how their opponents can decisively gain the upper hand.
That has never really been the case in Libya, despite many articles predicting that stalemate would occur, and others treating it as an established fact. Once Nato intervened and the National Transitional Council (NTC) began winning international recognition, the writing was on the wall for Gaddafi.
Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
chantal
Caire ambassade libyenne est prise d’assaut par des resistants #libye
Free Libya Now
goo.gl/8NBKj Last night, all protestors are young people. Chants are aimed at Ghoga as copy cat of Gadafi, not trusted
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiOz-4LQCaA&fea...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
FT paper reporting that chinese construction workers will be back in #Benghazi in a month. Building $6B new home project.
Turkey is preparing to deliver a third shipment of fuel to the rebels in the east as part of a multi-million dollar deal. Reuters #Libya
Things are moving very quickly in Libya, What is left of Gaddafi’s regime is crumbling, and very quickly #Libya (inshala)
NotLibyaStateTV
We assure you that the Interior Minister is just on vacation and that all is well in Tripoli. We’ve even resumed air traffic. #Libya
AP
US encouraged by rebel gains in Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is expressing hope that Libyan rebels have broken the military stalemate with forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi (MOO’-ah-mar gah-DAH’-fee).
Officials in Washington are stopping short of predicting victory but say they are encouraged by recent rebel advances near the capital of Tripoli and an apparent high-profile defection from Gadhafi’s inner circle. White House press secretary Jay Carney
says it’s becoming clearer that Gadhafi’s days are numbered. Neither Carney nor State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the rebels now have the upper hand.
But U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity say there is reason to think the rebels may now have enough momentum to wrest full control of the country. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the fast-moving developments.
david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
Last night heavy gunfire (not celebratory) between 2-4 AM in Dahra #Tripoli #Libya
Reuters – Libyans fleeing south in their cars reported gunfire in a place called #Harsha, between #Tripoli and #Zawiyah #Libya
Sarah
#Brega : #Gaddafi forces are firing random Grad missiles ! – Tirs de missiles Grad à l’aveugle par les forces de #Gaddafi . #Libya #17feb
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
by hominoid555
BREAKING: Suspicious activity at Tripoli airport, rumors saying Gaddafi and his family are due to board the private jets and flee,,,,,
BREAKING: REPORTS: 4 aircrafts are ready to take off from Tripoli airport
Ansa Italy
Libia: anche inviato Onu a Tunisi
(ANSA) – TUNISI, 15 AGO – L’ex primo ministro giordano Abdoul Ilhan al-Khatib,
inviato speciale del segretario generale dell’Onu Ban Ki-Moon, e’ arrivato oggi a Tunisi per partecipare ai negoziati sulla Libia.
Abdoul Ilhan al-Khatib ha affermato di essere arrivato nel Paese per unirsi “ai colloqui tra i rappresentanti del regime di Muammar Gheddafi e quelli della ribellione”.
Aljazeera News
Abdel Ilah al-Khatib, the UN secretary-general’s envoy for Libya, has flown to Tunis to take part in talks between rebels and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi’s government, AFP reports.
Khatib, a former Jordanian foreign minister, said that the talks would take place in a hotel in the suburbs of Tunis
The official TAP news agency reports that negotiations are ongoing with “several other foreign parties” with regards to the Libyan conflict, and a source has told the AFP news agency that an envoy of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, was also present.
British prime minister David Cameron has welcomed the gains made by the rebels in the west of the country, including in Az-Zawiyah
“We have seen some progress over the weekend. Clearly that is welcome,” Cameron’s spokesman said. "We have been saying for some time that we think the NATO operation is proving successful in eroding Gaddafi’s ability to wage war against his own people.
“We are going to continue to apply that pressure and we will be patient and persistent in doing so until Gaddafi stops brutalising his people.
Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, the UN envoy on the Libyan conflict, has arrived in Tunisia for talks, the Tunisian foreign ministry has confirmed.
“Ban Ki-moon’s envoy for Libya, al-Khatib has arrived in Tunisia,” said a ministry
spokesman. “Tomorrow he
will meet the Tunisian foreign minister and after that we don’t know but certainly he will meet the Libyan parties.”
The Netherlands have given 100 million euros in frozen Libyan assets to the World Health Organisation, AFP reports.
“An amount of 100 million euros $144.5 million in Libyan assets has been unfrozen on a request of the World Health Organisation,” Ward Bezemer has told the AFP news agency, adding it was only a fraction of Libya’s assets seized by the Dutch government in March.
The funds are meant to help the WHO distribute medicine to the Libyan people.
Uri Rosenthal, the Dutch foreign minister, says that the plan to release frozen Libyan funds (belonging to the Libyan Foreign Bank) to the WHO was first passed by the United Nations Sanctions Committee.
“I always say sanctions should cut off the regime without hitting the population,‘’ he said. "That is exactly what is happening here: Frozen Gaddafi money is being used to save Libyans lives.’
Turkey will be increasing the amount of diesel it is shipping to the Libyan rebels, effectively joining Qatar and oil trader Vitol in fuelling the uprising against Gaddafi.
Sources have told the Reuters news agency that Turkey is preparing to deliver a larger shipment of fuel to the rebels in the east of the country as part of a multi-million dollar deal.
“The motivation for this kind of relationship is political, more than trade” said a source with direct knowledge of the
deal. “The purpose is improving relations.”
The payment will be made in cash, under the terms of a credit agreement negotiated between the Turkish government and rebel leaders.
Last month, Turkey sent two cargoes (amounting to about 10,000 tons worth around $10 million) to the cash-strapped Libyan rebel council.
4adam:
Boy whose father & grandfather were kidnapped & killed in #Qalaamassacre ‘they told as they’d be back’ t.co/7fmW5SK #Libya #feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2vLx0qzahU&fea...
Smile:
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #tripoli Latest breaking news:rebels still in stalemate,NTC in danger of dissolving into tribal militia forces,I got hired by Reuters!
Malik
Libyan #FF advance on Aziziya, not far from Tripoli airport. They notice abnormal air traffic activity despite no-fly zone. #Libya
#Libya latest: #FF have successfully stormed army barracks in #Sabratha, are in full control of city, now pushing east towards #Tripoli.
#FF in #Sabratha pushing eastwards towards #Tripoli, plan to link up with #FF in #Surman ahead of full-scale assault on capital. #Libya.
#Tripoli sources say Iranian military advisers co-ordinating #Gaddafi forces, army officers unhappy about taking orders from them. #Libya
AFP
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi’s bombed Zawiya hours after the rebels controlled the bulk of it. "Landed six Grad rockets on the Zawiya sparking heavy exchanges of shelling between the parties. It was not known how many dead or wounded, but the cars were seen carrying dead and wounded to the hospital
Emo
Military base is liberated in #Sabrata after good military support arrived from #Nafousa region. #Libya
FFs have a full control of the crossing road between Bani Waleed and Sabha
Sirtawi
One of Gaddafi’s Military leaders (AbdelSalam Abu Suba’) in #Sabha was captured today trying 2 head 2 Ghiryan with 48 foreign mercenaries.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Ahrar TV: 3 top Lijan Thawriya goons have fled to Cairo. They are Ali Alshebani, Mohamed Alshibly, Ali Alshawesh #Feb17 #Libya
It’s progressing from “ in a state of collapse” to “ complete freefall” now:)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tunisia Libya embassy taken over by Free Libyans after permission given to Tunisian security by Govt to let protesters through #Feb17
hominoid
Gheryan the release of detainees in Jendouba their health is very bad due to torture and malnutrition
libyanproud libyanandproud
#Zawiya : For three days #Gaddafi forces have launched attack after attack on Freedom Fighter positions. #Feb17 #Libya
Could have been all false info about planes:
Djerba:
Source at Djerba Airport : There are no Venezuelan, South African, or Qatari planes in Djerba Airport
PLEASE KILL THESE RUMORS ABOUT PLANES IN DJERBA, IT’S SOURCE MUST BE GADDAFI
Planes at Tripoli Intern. Airport according to Almanara
I’m trying ! It’s getting out of hand ! Help ? It’s stupid Suleiman dogha !!!!!
dogha was the head of almanara media, am sure gaddafi feeds him these rumours and he fell for it. He should know better :(
dogha was Libya Alyom not manara
ALAMANRA FIRST then libya alyom after he made up with zaif gaddafi 100%
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Reports on the arrest of Khwaildi Al Hamydi, #Gadafi right hand during 1969 coup d’état. he was arrested in Al Ajelaat area or city.
UPDATE:
Tigi: Liberated completely and
Brega: fighting now concentrated in the oil installations.
Sabratha: the liberation of more than 90% of the city and the FF to allow only food trucks to pass to Tripoli
تطورات الأوضاع :
تيجي : تم تحريرها بالكامل و احتسبنا شهيد واحد في المعارك
البريقة : قتال متركز الآن في المنشآت النفطية و احتسبنا ستة ستة شهداء
صبراتة : تم تحرير أكثر من ٩٠% من المدينة و الثوار يسمحون لشاحنات الغذاء فقط بالمرور إلى طرابلس
Rumor?
Anyone know if the Khweldi alHamdi arrest (last night #Ajaylat) turn out to be true or was it just a rumour? #Libya #Feb17
I Think for the time being it is a rumor!!
Ahh that’s a shame! Would’ve been good news, hopefully they catch him
Insha allah they have caught him,, no conformation yet!! Will see what i can get!!
Ok great! Thanks for the update
Libyan lion
Received 100% confirmed news which is quite concerning about al-Sallabi. Keep a close eye on him folks. Getting more info. #Libya
Ali or Ismael ?
Ali
FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya Health Min. #AhmedHijazi + SocialAffairs Min. #IbrahimCherif + FM #AbdelatiObeidi are ALL STUCK in #DJERBA #UPYOURSGADDAFI via #TAP
#LIBYA STATETV aired Gaddafi screaming audio Spitting Defiance at the Rats Nato and the Coloniser and how he dreams abt 1millionMarch #Libya
al manara MEDIA REPORTS GADDAFI + Family To BE EVACUATED with Collaboration of UN #Libya #TRIPOLI airport seeing unusual high activity
#BREAKING Almanara MEDIA; #Tripoli Airport is now witnessing an unusual event as tens of Protocol (Marrasim) cars are present #Libya
Almanara is the only source for 4 planes in Tripoli I know about
In my PERSONAL opinion #Tripoli Aircraft and cars at airport have ALL 2 do with the UN envoy and LITTLE with #Gaddafi family leaving #Libya
Sabratha:
#SABRATHA Indiscriminate Shelling of #Dbabshia and #Khirzan Areas by Gaddafi forces Started 2hrs ago has now STOPPED ThankGod all ok #Libya
#SABRATHA #NATO Bombed army barracks with mercenaries then FF stormed the leftovers Now all Sabratha in control of FF #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH Gaddafi REGIME EMBASSY in #CAIRO #Egypt under SIEGE NOW #Libya
#Flash Cairo Egypt: Libyan Regime Embassy under siege protesters NOT allowing Exit or Entry of #Ambassador + Team are inside Embassy #libya
#CAIRO EGYPT Libyan Embassy #Gaddafi s Ambassador + Team have NO FOOD to start Iftar Food delivery has been Confiscated #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Now total victory for #Feb17 is eminent, emphasis must be on justice not vengeance, on rule of law and humility in triumph #feb17 #Libya
Awesome: Ppl of Sebratah were given light weapons by G forces to fight FFs.They handed them to FFs as soon as they arrived LoL
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
@NATO Reports of 50 Gaddafi Military vehicles heading Northwards to Mizdah
Mahmud Shamam: There are no negotiations at all with Gaddafi as confirmed by Mustafa AbdelJalil & Mahmud Jibril personally
Mahmud Shamam: Reports by Reuters and other agencies that negotiations are taking place betn TNC & Gaddafi are false
Mahmud Shamam: These rumours of negotiations are to distract from the situation on the ground & FFs victories
Important: UN rep Abdelilah Al Khatib is not meeting TNC in Tunisia but other #Feb17 Libyans who are not members of TNC
Important: It is believed that UN rep Abdelilah Al Khatib is trying to find a way out for Gaddafi
Important: We must be wary of any statements of UN rep Abdelilah Al Khatib claiming he spoke to TNC
After Istanbul road map was agreed w/ Contact group, TNC & UN, Alkhatib went off & suggested a completely different road map.
It is transparent. There are no negotiations betwn TNC members and Gaddafi. UN being there doesn’t mean TNC involved in talks
FromJoanne Joanne
#Flash #Cairo Regime #Libya Embassy under SIEGE Protesters COLLECTING STONES Police Cars and army will not remain passive #Libya
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
A source of mine at Libyan airport denies that any planes landed. He says there are no foreign planes & Libyan ones didn’t move. #libya
Malik
#FF in #Libya surprised at tenacity of Chadian mercenaries fighting for #Gaddafi. One I spoke to almost got killed in ambush yesterday.
Deutsche Welle Arab World
Gadhafi forces hit back after Libyan rebels capture strategic port city
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi shelled the center of Zawiya on Monday, hours after rebels claimed they had seized control of much of the strategic port, which lies 50 kilometers west of the capital, Tripoli.
According to news agency AFP, there was a heavy artillery exchange after several Grad missiles hit the city.
Rebels announced earlier on Monday that they had seized “most” of the key port, the last barrier in their push towards the capital. They were now focusing on clearing out pro-government forces and snipers, so they could set up barricades.
“Basically most of the town is under the control of rebel fighters,” rebel Field Commander Abdul Hamid Ismail told AFP.
Read more:
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15318087,...
Politico
U.S.: Libyan rebels have upper hand
U.S. officials expressed new confidence on Monday that the advancing rebels fighting Muammar Qadhafi’s regime may be on strong enough footing to take control of the whole country, The Associated Press reported Monday afternoon.
Citing officials who were not authorized to discuss fast-moving rebel progress on the ground, the AP said that the Obama administration is hopeful that the anti-Qadhafi forces have finally gained the upper hand in the months-long stalemate.
Neither White House press secretary Jay Carney nor State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland have expressed such an optimistic view publicly.
Aboard Air Force One on Monday morning, Carney told reporters “it’s becoming increasingly clear that Qadhafi’s days are numbered, that he’s — his isolation is — grows more extreme as each day passes, and as we have for a long time, we believe that the people of that country, of Libya, need — deserve the right to choose their own future. “
“We have obviously done a lot to support their efforts to ensure that Qadhafi’s regime no longer had the capacity or has the capacity to attack the Libyan people,” Carney added. “And we, as I said, note the fact that the pressure on him continues to increase.”
More here:
www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/6140...
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
UN envoy wants a plane from Djerba to Tripoli and may be on his way to speak to Gaddafi
Malik
Negotiations between #Gaddafi reps, #NTC in Tunisia are about avoiding bloody urban battles in #Tripoli, akin to surrender talks.
Can’t believe NTC is in any way involved in negotiations.
Jalil and Jibril have denied that. Tend to believe them
Only Almanara source, questionable!
Guardian, “The regime’s opponents have been getting stronger while the regime itself, under multiple pressures, has been steadily weakening”
Mwattin
#Gaddafi said that hanging ppl in Ramadan in the universities in 1984 was not unlawful but a form of ‘worship’ #sickdictator
kenneth
The Qadhafi regime is cracking apart in a million pieces. It won’t last another week.
Via Shabab
Freedom’s Triumphant Call by Ahmed Alkakkali
A new dawn approaches
As bravery quenches fear
The final chapter begins
All of us watching here
One more step to go
One more inch to crawl
As Ghaddafi and his sons
Wail and scream and bawl
They’ll pay for their crimes,
Large, big, and small
As they hear the music
Of freedom’s triumphant call
dovenews Libyan™
#NTC Mahmoud Shamam: Gaddafi is trying to mask #FF’s victory by spreading rumors about talks with #NTC & S African planes @ #Tripoli a’prt.
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
There’s no need for negotiation with Gaddafi now, he’s being backed into a corner & has very few options left. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
My sources confirm NO Damage done to the Roman City in #SABRATHA It seems to be a rumor.
Free Libya Now
There will be no urban battles in Tripoli, the regime is melting away. All loyals will be rats as described by their ultimate rat #Gadafi.
Sky News
Secret Libyan discussion – report
Libyan rebels have joined members of the government of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for secret talks in the Tunisian town of Djerba, sources close to Tunisian security services said.
At the same time, a South African jet and two Qatari military helicopters on Monday were on the tarmac at the airport of Djerba, a south Tunisian island close to the border with Libya, an airport source told AFP.
‘Talks took place during last night at a Djerba hotel under heavy security,’ a source close to the Tunisian security services told AFP.
‘Corteges of cars on Sunday crossed the border at Ras Jedir, near Djerba’, the source added, asking not to be named.
Libyan Health Minister Ahmed Hijazi and Social Affairs Minister Ibrahim Cherif stayed in Djerba on Sunday, where they were joined by Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, the national TAP news agency said.
More:
www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.a...
Mwattin
Latest Joke on #Gaddafi TV sponsored by #Nilesat: G forces have reclaimed #Misrata, #Brega and on outskirts of #Ajdabya.
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” t.co/SNaDlca
Take one moment please:
I just wanted to ask all of us to stop for a moment and to remember our Mohammed Nabbous.
His dream is about to become reality:)
We are so proud and honored to have been able to be his candles and help each other to carry the torch of freedom to the finish line.
We are almost there now Mo, you are our inspiration.
Your daughter will be living in a free Libya, just the way you dreamt it.
We pray for you and your family.
Please click on the link, listen to the video and read the background again.
egyptday1.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-memor...
Personal contact from front lines in #Brega; it has been liberated since sunset y/day few #Gaddafi trash around the oil tanks
Liba Ahrar TV: The Western Mountain has been completely liberated #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#Cairo Gaddafi Regime EMBASSY RALLY today aug15 youtube.com/watch?v=noNDPq… Embassy now under SIEGE with Gaddafi’s Ambassador + team inside #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNDPqZdtdA&fea...
#BTW #Libya #Regime EmbassyStaff said it had no idea the Interior Minister minister Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah would arrive today
FLED to #Cairo Nassr alMabrouk Abdullah former Minister of 4 PublicOrder & Involved in Brutal Crackdowns suspected Islamic extremists #Libya
Nasr alMabrouk Abdullah also led the brutal attack on Nafusa #Libya
#Sabha in the deep south #Libya #aug15 youtube.com/watch?v=LuHhNf…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuHhNfeWiSc&fea...
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #Gmata – Fighting took place last night between FFs + G men. 3 G troops killed, few wounded + vehicles destroyed. #Libya #Feb17
FURTHER INFO – #Gmata – The fighting was centred around the towns of al’Alous and Qasr Khayr. #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Let #Feb17 be a lesson to all Arab dictators, Ideas are bulletproof. You can’t shoot down the desire for freedom #Feb17 #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Clashes ongoing with G forces that attempted to advance in direction of Alkleba which is South of Gheryan #feb17 #libya
about 5-10 kms South of Gheryan
Ahrar TV: Phone call recorded of Mahmud Albaghdadi Gaddafi’s PM encouraging G forces to rape women of Zuwara to be published
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Tripoli: Yday 2 FFs were martyred in clashes with G forces in Riyadiya. They were joined by FFs from Dreby, Gadah & Kishlaf #feb17 #libya
Nafusa: FFs now clashing with G forces in Badr #feb17 #libya
More than a thousand outside Libya embassy in Cairo demanding the independence flag is raised & green shit rag brought down
Hayat Libya
#Gaddafi has retreated his forces from #Misrata completely he is making them go to #Zawiyah he wants to retrieve it! It’s aweful down there!
FromJoanne Joanne
BOTH #UN and #NTC DENIES that talks took place in #Tunisia between NTC members and Regime #Libya
Probably another G spin rumor, thought as much:)
Gadafi forces in #Zawiyah got supply from #Tripoli. They’re driving vehicle by vehicle to avoid #NATO.
Gadafi FORCES TARGETED 2 MOSQUES IN #ZAWIYAH KILLING ABOUT 12.
Some good news from #Ajeilat. Things developing for the better. Many Gadafi thugs captured by FFs and now going to attack military base
I repeat it again:
FromJoanne Joanne
Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, #NTC : “There are no negotiations or talks between the Gaddafi regime and the NTC in Tunisia or anywhere else,” #Libya
So, pls STOP THOSE RUMORS!!!!!!!!
A Free Libyan
NATO reported to be active east of #Zawiya. #Libya #Feb17
And yes:) Nato was waiting for G reinforcements:).
Thank you NATO
#Tarhouna Media – G attacked FFs with AA and 14.5 guns. Also brought in heavy weaponry from #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
#Tarhouna Media – As a result, the FFs were forced to withdraw. They’re low on weapons/ammo. #Libya #Feb17
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Where the hell is Mahdi AlArabi ? Zawiya FFs want ot have a word with him #feb17 #libya
Emo
#Ajeilat is bigger than #Sabrata and #Surman. Both area and population wise. It has 150 000 inhabitants. Lots of G thugs too. #Libya
My brother and nephews are in the front to liberate #Ajeilat. Please pray for them and all FFs on every front. #Libya
libyanandproud
#Feb17 will not be hijacked by anyone or any group ! We paid dearly for this and we have been watching the #ArabSpring and learning ! #Libya
Press waking up :
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Agree with Brian Whitaker – it hasn’t been stalemate for some time in Libya, just lots of lazy journalism saying it’s so.
The only journo who recognized the truth when he saw it:
I remember Mark Stone from Sky saying (a long time ago) just when he was at the point of leaving Libya:
“ We’ve reached the tipping point”.
He was the only one ……..
hominoid555
FFs continue their attacks on Gaddafi, based in the industrial area and the first area in Brega after arriving in the city centre
Must read:
Guardian
Libya shows signs of slipping from Muammar Gaddafi’s grasp
As rebels seem close to controlling supply routes, and a senior minister leaves the country, opposition forces are optimistic.
Muammar Gaddafi’s regime has shown fresh signs of buckling as rebels have come close to cutting off supply routes and the Libyan interior minister arrived in Egypt in what appeared to be the highest-ranking defection for many months.
The Libyan leader broadcast a defiant appeal to his supporters to rid the country of “traitors”, telling them: “The blood of martyrs is fuel for the battle.” But the call was issued over a poor telephone line to state television, and most was inaudible – the result of what officials said was a technical breakdown.
“I think Nato did its job,” said 20-year-old Farouk Mohammed, a veteran of five months’ fighting. “They bombed his Gaddafi’s weapons day after day.”
British defence officials have also claimed that four months of relentless air strikes had
fatally damaged the ability Gaddafi’s forces to mount operations.
They indicated that the rebel seizure of Zawiyah signalled the beginning of the end in Libya. More than 7,000 Nato air strike sorties, some 700 of them British, had finally destroyed Libya’s military machine, with Gaddafi’s troops having to resort to pickup trucks, officials added.
A NTC statement issued on Monday called on people in Gaddafi-controlled area to organise themselves into “local committees to maintain security on the eve of the regime’s downfall, and to raise awareness about the need for safeguarding public property, including universities, schools, hospitals, petrol stations, facilities and buildings, as they are the people’s property, built with our own effort, sweat, money and sacrifice.”
Read full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/15/mu...
Bloomberg
UN Envoy Seeks Cease-Fire to Break Impasse in Libya With Tunisia Meetings
At a secret location in Tunisia, a United Nations special envoy will attempt to secure what five months of NATO air strikes have sought to achieve: a cease-fire in Libya.
Abdel-Elah al-Khatib arrived in Tunisia today to meet with the prime minister and foreign minister. The former Jordanian foreign minister’s visit coincides with the presence in Tunisia of representatives of both the Libya rebels and regime leader Muammar Qaddafi.
More:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-15/un-en...
When do these journos get their facts straight?
There were NO secret talks: UN denies it, NTC denies it.
Doesn’t anybody check anything anymore?
Impasse? NTC reps? Incorrect to put it mildly:(
Others might use diffent words for this kind of reporting……
I prefer to keep it family friendly:)
Global Spin Blog
Libya: Perils of the End Game
The good news from Libya is that the collapse of the Gaddafi regime is reportedly accelerating. But every silver lining has its cloud: The rebellion against Gaddafi has, in recent weeks, also demonstrated a degree of internal disarray that has raised concerns about what might follow if the rebels were to score a decisive victory. Tribal and political tensions within rebel ranks, and the fact that the regime, despite its difficulties, still commands significant tribal and political support and capacity to fight, raises the risk of chaos if the regime’s top leadership were to suddenly flee — as last weekend’s rumors were predicting Gaddafi was about to do.
Link:
globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/08/15/li...
Now that’s another spin on a spin…….
Hayat
#Tripoli #Gaddafi troops are painting their cars with the independance flags to try and betray #Zawiyah or run away, whichever comes first.
Telegraph
Col Gaddafi fires scud missile at rebel territory as Nato braces itself for final violent showdown
The rebels were attempting to identify the trajectory of the missile which was fired from Col Gaddafi’s stronghold of Sirte even as his envoys headed for new talks with the opposition and a United Nations special envoy in Tunisia.
Despite rumours that he is preparing to flee, the opposition fear Col Gaddafi is
preparing a desperate last stand in Tripoli and towns still loyal to him in the face of recent rebel advances on two fronts which has cut off his crucial supply routes.
Link:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Al Jazeera English: Ali Aujali was appointed ambassador to Libya in the U.S
Mohammad Qahtani
Total of 17 G forces cars were destroyed by @NATO near #AzZawiya refinery. Few G forces were captured. Via FB #feb17 #libya
Report that the UN workers are leaving Tripoli today. Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
No 1 from NTC negotiating with Gadhafi in Tunisia or any other country Why should libyans negotiate with a war criminal who is sinking fast!
FromJoanne Joanne
#Brega Col. Bani; Gaddafi’s forces sabotaged 2 large #Oil tanks over the weekend, which were sending up the clouds of smoke Monday #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Breaking: Janzur FFs using RPGs have hit the check point infront of Tuhami Khalid’s house in Janzur. 4 G forces were killed #feb17 #Libya
hominoid
FFs continue their attacks on Gaddafi, based in the industrial area and the first area in Brega after arriving in the city centre
FFs captured a fuel tank on the road between Brega and Mrada, clashes resulted in the destruction of military cars belong to Gadfi forces
Zawiya:
Nato still active in the area.
AJA: reporter in #Sabratah: opposition fighters negotiating with Gaddafi forces surronded in the West of the city to surrender #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #NATO bombarding targets between #zawiyah and #Tripoli, #Gaddafi, #TNC
That’s were the G cars were:)
A Free Libyan
#Zawiya Page – The full liberation of #Zawiya and alHarsha will come very soon. FFs are confident and determined. #Libya #Feb17
More reports that NATO is busy in the vicinity of #Zawiya, hitting targets like G convoys (reinforcements).
A Free Libyan
News from #Sabha that Masoud Abdul Hafeez alGaddafi fled to Cairo. He is a leader of one of the battalions in the city. #Libya #Feb17
The fact that #Gaddafi is using SCUD missiles really shows how desperate he is. #Libya #Feb17
Emo
Whole #Ajeilat is rising. Liberation is imminent inshallah. #Libya
Moussa Ibrahim is making his last speech. Believe me! #Libya
you’ll hear good news about Zwara and Jmail soon. I can’t reveal more
ROFL:
Gaddafi TV: Misrata is liberated from terrorist gangs.
No comment.
Can only mean one thing:
G has withdrawn completely!
G revolutionary committees distributed weapons to ppl in #Sabratha and #Ajeilat only to find themselves being shot by d same weapons #Libya
Another horror story.
Benghazi to Abu Salim Prison 1992-2002
He was arrested in Benghazi 1992, after he left the mosque. He was accused of been a jihadist.
He was flown to Abu Salim prison in Tripoli.
They tortured him by burning his beard.
He was beaten by a cable.
He describes how he was electrocuted using a light bulb and wires running electricity throughout his body.
He refused to admit to being a jihadist when he was tortured.
He tells about prisoners being there from all over Libya.
One day after 10 years he heard his name been called to leave.
The (other prisoners) were all happy and hugged him as he was leaving
He was released in 2002.
He has never been tried.
Diane
I do not comment on what I do not know for sure. What I know for sure is #LibyanThuwarHaveChangedTheMean ingofHeroism #TripoliUprising
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Elaqy TNC justice minsiter 1/2: Abdelilah Alkhatib requested meeting with Abdallah Banun, AbdelMajid AlMayet & Alla Alwefaty #feb17
Elaqy of TNC 2/2:They’ll make clear to UN rep Alkhatib that G & sons must agree to leave for any negotiations with TNC to start #feb17#libya
Tripoli: FFs fired on a checkpoint in Zenata near Beladiyat Zenata. One mercenary was killed with others injured #feb17 #libya
Very fierce fighting in Brega continues with 17 martyrs reported … RIP
Breaking: @NATO is striking G forces heavily in #brega and judayem near #AzZawiya Fumes covering skies!
The beauty of Zero hour in Tripoli is that there is nothing Gaddafi can do about it
And that makes us feel so good:)
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Busleem FFs distributing pamphlets with Gaddafi’s picture on outside and when you open it it’s in support for Feb 17 .. lol
We always knew how creative our ff’s are…..rofl
#Nalut Media Committee – #Tiji fight resulted in 1 martyr (from #Tripoli) and 28 wounded. 16 from Nalut, rest from Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل : قناة ليبيا ألأحرار " محمد أسماعيل ضابط المخابرات والمساعد المقرب لسيف يلجاء مع أفراد أسرته للقاهرة ,
BREAKING! Mahamed Ismail Intelligence officer & Saif Gaddafi’s close aide went to #Egypt with his family.
Focus Information Agency:
UN denies Libya envoy in Kadhafi-opposition talks
United Nations. The United Nations denied Monday that its special envoy on Libya was involved with talks in Tunisia between representatives of Moamer Kadhafi and opposition rebels, AFP reports.
Abdul Ilah al-Khatib had indicated after arriving in Tunis that he would be joining talks between Kadhafi officials and opposition rebels.
But “the United Nations has no concrete information on any talks which may be held in Tunisia between the National Transition Council and authorities from Tripoli and the special envoy is not participating in such talks,” said UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq.
Haq said earlier that Khatib, a former Jordanian foreign minister, was in Tunis. Khatib is in Tunisia for “consultations with Tunisian officials,” he added, noting the envoy has so far met with Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi and is due to meet with Foreign Minister Mouldfi Keffi.
Khatib “might meet with some Libyan personalities residing in Tunisia on the sidelines of his other meetings,” Haq said in the earlier statement.
The UN envoy has spent months shuttling between Tripoli and the rebel base of Benghazi in a bid to launch ceasefire talks.
Sources close to Tunisian security services said representatives of the two warring sides had met in Djerba, near the Tunisian-Libyan border.
FromJoanne Joanne
#Brega Col. Bani; Gaddafi’s forces sabotaged 2 large #Oil tanks over the weekend, which were sending up the clouds of smoke Monday #Libya
Who needs newspapers these days?
Difficult times Lots of rumours flying abt .. :(
RT Trust Reuters to get it wrong
#TonyBirtley; Diplomats in #Benghazi expressed concern privately abt #NTC handling of Gen. Younes murder many qstions left unanswered #Libya
Picture of the Day. Zawiya, Libya. A fighter waits at a checkpoint near the crucial city. This marked a dramatic advance for anti-Gaddhafi forces. Photo Credit: Bob Young/Reuters.
www.thepoliticalnotebook.com/post/89638...
Alex Owumi: The story of a player in the middle of the Libyan Civil War t.co/SzigMXX #Libya
or:
blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2011/0...
From Joanne
#US Aegis Destroyer in Med on Sunday detected GF Fired ballistic Scud B variant Missile from #Sirte A weapon of mass destruction #Libya
POSTGaddafi PLAN; 1month Emergency Supply PROGRAM of $US550 million $532m of #Gas & #Petrol to W #Libya begins Immediately After Regime Fall
POST GADDAFI PLAN UN-supported program 2deliver immediate human. aid incl. Bottled Water by land sea& air from key #Muslim countries #Libya
FF say #Tripoli is now ENCIRCLED the supply lines and Gaddafi controlled towns are cut off to Gaddafi forces and Gaddafi #Libya
Oman OCO Chairman: 600 tonnes of food medicines other supplies distributed 2 #Libyans in Refugee camps in #Tunisia + Jebel
#Sabratha: FF are combing the city for hiding mercenaries #Libya
POST GADDAFI PLAN: In 1st MINUTES after REGIME FALL Pre-recorded Program will initiate the Tripoli Task Force Plan + Call for Calm #Libya
#PostGADDAFIPlan 15,000 ppl Tripoli Task Force resourced from UAE will take over #Tripoli Secure key sites Arrest Gaddafi’s Big shots #Libya
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya Rebels on high alert on road south of #zawiyah searching cars and looking for #Gaddafi supporters, #TNC
Sarah
My little cousin who was born on #Feb22 in #Benghazi is very scared when someone sneeze. But how happy he’s when he hear RPGs or gunfires x)
If he hears someone sneezing he cry ! But explosions, gunfires ect make him smile or let him indifferent like it was normal x)
Just have a look:)
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=973391&i...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Unconfirmed reports of Gaddafi officials fleeing Libya like Mohamed Ismail, Saleh Ibrahim & Masud Abdelhafiz Gaddafi #feb17
A truly heartfelt thank you to all the non Libyan tweeps who’ve shared this amazing journey called #feb17. Your support is invaluable #libya
Emo
G forces are still shelling #Sabrata from the military base. Tonight will be decisive.
Prices of Traditional Libyan Women’s garment (farashia) are flying because of huge demand by #Gaddafi thugs. #Libya
#BBC coverage of Libya is miserable, especially recently.
Breaking: Dr. Saleh Ibrahim caught by our camera while in #Djerba, then he fled to #Bulgaria.. #Libya t.co/akaQFTy
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdGdmrCbEXw&fea...
Smile:
Return_of_libya ليبيا تعــــــود
حال الشخشير الليلة مع اقتراب الثوار و ساعة الحسم و بدأ هروب كل زواحف القردافى When are leaving #Tripoli, Mr. Y…. fb.me/C3Og576J or:
goo.gl/bQpBU
PFEW!!!!!!
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: الله اكبــر, تم تحرير القاعدة العسكرية فى صبراته بعد وصول تعزيزات عسكرية لثوارنا الاشاوس من جبال نفوسة , الله اكب
Military base is liberated in #Sabrata after good military support arrived from #Nafousa region.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Saleh Ibrahim of Lijan thawriya is accused in London shooting 1984 in which British police woman Yvonne Fletcher was killed #feb17
Video of Saleh Ibrahim at Djerba airport then he apparently fled to Bulgaria t.co/TZOv5bZ #libya #feb17
A Free Libyan
#Zawiya Page: Apache’s were used a lot against G troops in alHarsha. Big losses apparently. FF were attacking too. #Libya
And how many mercs in Libya?
Interview with Chadian dissident – Over 25k Chadian mercs in Libya, taken from the professional Chadian army.
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Moussa Ibrahim on #Libya state tv – coastal road closed by them for people’s security because there are still “armed gangs” they’re fighting
Gihan
Libya Ahrar: Mahamed Ismail Intelligence officer & Saif Gaddafi’s close aide fled to Egypt with his family
Abdul
#nato is bombarding eastern & western exits of #Zawiya including #alharsha & some buildings that have pockets of snipers. #AzZawiya #Zawia
Seven martyrs have been burried today in #Zawiya most were killed last night and today Some with mortar bombs.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
No 1 from NTC negotiating with Gadhafi in Tunisia or any other country Why should libyans negotiate with a war criminal who is sinking fast!
I meant NO ONE
I think we all lack sleep these days:)
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
“Musa Ibrahim Al Gaddafi: We liberated Misrata and intend to keep the momentum by marching on Benghazi/East cities” _ No comment. #libya
ROFL:
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
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@tonybirtley Do you see any evidence of islamic extremism in the east? Having a beard and shouting Allahu Akbar doesnt count…
Treeg 16 (16th Street) off 11th June Street went into the street singing and dancing with the Independence Flag last night #Tripoli #Libya
First hand info from our friends who watched it. they numbered in their tens. Katiba trucks then arrived and the group dispersed.
LibyanDictator The Dictator
The journey.
I arrived to an empty port in Sfax Thursday evening; the hour wait before being told the boat hadn’t even arrived yet would be just one of many more to come. The next morning at about 3:30am I was at the port again, this time it was busy with people, taxis, cars and ambulances. We sat against the wall watching ambulances drive in and out and injured fighters hobble past.
Read more:
My extremely delayed blogpost, the 7 day journey to #Misrata: tiny.cc/jzia8
or:
thenextlibyandictator.blogspot.com/2011...
Sumayyah
Mom said Saleh Ibrahim used to walk around the halls of Garyounis with a stick forcing people to get in the busses to go to public hangings
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Fuel sellers (Tunisia type of fuel) disappears from the streets of Tripoli after the revolutionaries locked coastal road to Tunisia.
Noticed running out of many types of goods at food stores in Tripoli after revolutionaries have blocked coastal road leading to Tunisia.
NATO planes continuously heard flying above Tripoli and some of it’s suburbs at parts of the day and at night time. more than usual…
We believe musa ibrahim’s claims of “liberating” Misurata were made to distract &shift attention from the victorious FFs fighting in Zawyah.
Eyewitness recently released from abusalem prison: each cell holds 40 people with barely any food given to us, medical care does not exist.
Eyewitness recently released from G prison says he was ONLY released because his family knew someone powerful in G’s regime.
G’s intelligence still works effectively inside Tripoli. Stating this so our revolutionary comrades pay attention and stay safe !
dovenews Libyan™
#Tripoli sources say Iranian military advisrs co-ordinating #Gaddafi forces, army officrs unhappy abut taking ordrs from thm
Noit
We heard about them about 5-6 wks ago. Apparently high ranking personnel 2 they have been there for a quite while.
Libya Youth
Zawiya Zawiya Zawiya, don’t know why I love you so much ya Zawiya. #Zawiya #Libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Moussa Ibrahim on #Libya regime official arriving in #Egypt :we gov will not comment on personal individual’s decisions.
Ibrahim called al-Mabrouk’s travel a “personal choice” says al-Mabrouk was under a lot of social & emotional pressure.
Alex
WHAT STALEMATE? “once #Gaddafi ’s remaining supporters sense that his departure is inevitable, those who have depended on his patronage or supported him through fear of the alternatives will have to reconsider their options – and when that starts happening, the collapse could come quite suddenly.
Though the eventual outcome is not in doubt, frustration at the length of time it is taking has led to talk of a Libyan “quagmire” – as if, after 41 years of Gaddafi’s rule, a few extra months are going to make some crucial difference.”
“No stalemate in #Libya – the writing is on the wall for Gaddafi”
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/a...
“The coordination most vital to the rebels though is with #NATO warplanes. The alliance says it is attacking solely to protect civilians under a U.N. mandate.
“We are not coordinating our strikes with the rebels. We are not clearing the way for the rebel advances. It’s the other way around: #Gaddafi is moving his forces into the open to respond to rebel advances and we are reacting to that,” a NATO official said.
However, along the route that took the rebels from the Western Mountains to #Zawiyah was a trail of buildings and tanks which had been destroyed by NATO air strikes. When rebels attacked pro-Gaddafi forces in #Garyan on Sunday, NATO struck too, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
“They (NATO) are not picking targets at random, or simply to protect the civilian population, they are picking targets in order to help consolidate rebel gains,” analyst Joshi said.
One rebel from the Western Mountains told Reuters a group of intelligence operatives from a NATO member state had set up a coordination centre in the rebel-held town of #Nalut, near the border with #Tunisia, though it was not possible to confirm that." #Libya
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
“ANALYSIS – #Libya rebels show new discipline in push to Tripoli” – After a six-month-old conflict when inexperience and ill-discipline undermined their offensives time and again, rebels have formed themselves into a more organised fighting force.
That organisation will be crucial if they are to consolidate their latest advances which allow them to encircle #Gaddafi ’s stronghold in #Tripoli and, they hope, force his capitulation. The rebels who took #Zawiyah, many of them hardened by months of fighting in the #Nafusa mountain range to the south, were a different proposition.
“During the previous uprising the young people like me, we just attacked on our own free will,” said Nagi, a 31-year-old rebel fighter from #Zawiya.
“But now when our commanders speak we do as we are told and we have tactics, it is not just a free assault without thinking.”
Rebels are now formed into units, mostly based on their native towns or villages, and each unit has a commander. That may be standard battlecraft, but for the sometimes anarchic rebel movement, it is a novelty.
In contrast to previous offensives, the rebels do not waste ammunition. There is little celebratory gunfire.
The rebels also seem to have at least a rudimentary idea about military tactics.
“We are going to go to Tripoli very methodically,” said Murad Badda, a 39-year-old shopkeeper-turned rebel fighter who was driving around the town on Monday in a pickup truck with a group of other fighters."
“We will do what we did during our offensive from the Western mountains. We will attack one area, clear it and then move forward very carefully.”"
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...
dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! The Egyptian security police are assaulting the protesters front of the Libyan embassy in Egypt. #Libya #Egypt
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
all international calls seem to be still monitored, local calls depend on phone owners. might be able to get more info soon
Sarah LFFR
#Zawtah : 7 martyr enterré aujourd’hui. La plupart mort d’hier et aujourd’hui tués par obus de mortier.
MisrataPatriots PATRIOTS OF MISRATA
by libyans_revolt
Patriots of Misratah – وطنيو مصراته- All videos in our youtube channel, bit.ly/ntKVHs #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/user/Patriots1Of7Misrat.../u
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الزاوية: : طلب إستغاثة لإنشاء مستشفى ميداني قناة الزاوية للحاجة الماسة اليه مع تزايد عدد الجرجى
Zawiya is asking for field hospitals. Urgent need for medical services.
Libya Free Forever.
@NATO @NATOPRESS #Snipers are seen on #Insurance building and #Hospital in #Zawyia
less than 200 Snipers are seen on #Insurance buildings and #Hospital in #Zawyia
Emo
#Ajeilat is under G control despite movements within. FFs need supply from #Nafousa … #Libya
G thugs are planting a huge number of checking points in the road between #Ajeilat and #Jmail #Libya …
Another breaking rumor:
Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عــــــــاجل و حصرى لصفحة ليبيا تعـــــود : مؤكد هبوط صحن فضائى فى مطار طرابلس يعتقد بأنه لأخد القردافى و عائلته الى كوكب زحل لاقامة جماهيرية زحل العظمة
BREAKING: A UFO JUST LANDED IN TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #Gmata – FFs destroy 5 G vehicles. 4 G troops died in the attack. Anti-G protests took place. #PrayforGmata #Libya
For those who don’t know, #Gmata is the next stop west of #AlKhums. It is under G control currently. #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – Phone call from #Gmata – CONFIRMED – FF attack took place. 5 cars destroyed, 4 G troops dead. FF = VERY active.
BREAKING – #Gmata – CONFIRMED – Because of the attack, G troops temporarily withdrew from Al’Alous #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – #Gmata – Heavy gunfire in Qasr Khayr
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Tiji liberated 15/Aug/2011. Sign reads: Tiji welcomes you #libya #feb17 fb.me/IcDUBRHp
or:
goo.gl/vm7Po
A Free Libyan
BREAKING – CONFIRMED – Qasr Khayr FFs attacked govt building. G has closed off the coastal highway totally. #Gmata
BREAKING – CONFIRMED – #Gmata – The bridge between Alous and Ganeema was blown up, to prevent #AlKhums reinforcements.
BREAKING – Hospital Source – The death count for G troops in the Alous attack is now at 5. #Libya #Gmata #Feb17
Sarah
#Brega : 20 martyrs today in the 3rd area. Grad missiles launched from #BenJawad by #Gaddafi forces. #Libya #17feb
Sumayyah
Sorry to burst your bubble U.S. but the success ff have been having isn’t directly related to your “increasing pressure” #GetOffYourHighHorse
Alex
NO OIL IN Tripoli – Oil supplies have been severed from #Tunisia with the #FF seizure of the coastal road to the border – and as a result oil traders in the capital have disappeared as no fuel has arrived since Friday.
But thats not all – yesterday FF engineers in #Zawiyah cut off the 4 main pipelines that transport processed gasoline and diesel to #Tripoli
#Gaddafi may have to use a donkey – if hes still planning to flee from his sewer to evade an army of uninvited but eager guests this week.
No great surprise that theocratic fascist #Iran have tried to save the #Gaddafi Regime – they will hate the democracy loving #FF even more than they do the autocratic Saudis.
#Gaddafi army officers resent Iranian Guards directing military operations in #Tripoli – and are close to refusing to take orders from them. #Libya #IranElection
ECLECTIC #Gaddafi – #Chad, #Sudan, #Senegal, #Nigeria and Eastern Europe have supplied foreign mercenaries to the Regime military forces – in their desperate attempt to halt the unstoppable #FF advances through #Libya #Feb17
DEFECTION: "The #Libya n Security Chief arrived unexpectedly with his family in #Cairo on Monday in an apparent high-level defection as the rebels challenging Col. #Muammar el- #Gaddafi ’s rule seized ground in a strategic oil port just 30 miles from his #Tripoli stronghold.
Mr. Abdullah’s defection would signal a new crack in the #Qaddafi government after weeks of seeming stability since the defection of Colonel Qaddafi’s right-hand man, #MusaKusa, and a handful of others around the time of start of the Libyan uprising and the #NATO bombing campaign supporting it.
While the Qaddafi government has recently dispatched other senior officials on quiet trips abroad for diplomatic negotiations or other errands, those on official business do not usually travel with their families.
His reported flight to Cairo came only hours after Colonel Qaddafi urged his countrymen to “liberate Libya“ from #NATO and traitors.
His speech, delivered over a poor quality telephone line and broadcast by state television in audio only, was his first public address since rebel fighters launched their latest offensive, Reuters reported."
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/world/africa...=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Electricity cuts in Hai Al Andulis area in Tripoli right now.
ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
PICTURES from INSIDE Zawiya today – warning, some pictures towards the end are GRAPHIC: facebook.com/media/set/?set… #libya #feb17
or:
goo.gl/0PP66