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SUMMARY AUGUST 16th  2011

8/16/11
8.16.11

NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/kN1KM

NATO
On August 15, NATO aircraft flew 127 sorties, including 49 strike sorties. Some of the key hits included:
In the vicinity of Al Zawiya: 3 Tanks, 1 Armed Vehicle, 1 Military Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Al Khums: 1 Military Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Brega: 4 Multiple Rocket Launchers.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 1 Surface to Air Missile Trans/Loader Vehicle, 2 Surface to Air Missile Systems, 1
Radar, 2 Tanks.
In the vicinity of Misratah: 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammo Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Military Facility, 2 Multiple Rocket Launchers

UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Mon am: RAF Tornado GR4s successfully attacked a psychological warfare facility used by the former regime at Zlitan. #Libya

Mon: RAF patrols focused efforts on prosecuting Qadhafi’s rocket artillery in and around Zlitan. #Libya

Mon: RAF patrols destroyed a support base used by rocket units, as well as two Grad launch vehicles. #Libya

Mon eve: As HMS Liverpool closed with the shore near Zlitan, she was fired upon, inaccurately, by Qadhafi’s troops. #Libya

Mon eve: HMS Liverpool returned fire with her 4.5” gun, & RAF aircraft located &

destroyed the rocket battery responsible for the attack.

NATO
Press briefing on Libya
by the NATO Deputy Spokesperson and by the Military Spokesperson of Operation Unified Protector
On Tuesday 16 August, Carmen Romero, the NATO Deputy spokesperson, briefed the press on events concerning Libya. She was joined by Colonel Roland Lavoie, Operation Unified Protector(OUP) military spokesperson, who briefed by videoconference from Naples on NATO’s operation in Libya in support of UNSCR 1973.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_77210...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi has sent 2 battalions to #Gmata – 1 outside #QasrKhayr & 1 near #Ghaneema. Main roads closed.

#Alous #Gmata: For those wondering, coordinates for this location are: 32°42’39"N 13°57’4"E

WATCHING: #Malta OIL TANKER “BREEZE A” 34.71165˚/28.41189˚ from #Mersin #Turkey to unlisted dest. Headed towards #Libya.

#AlKhums: Confirmed: Snipers on a building at the main roundabout & heavy presence of #Gaddafi filth.

#Sabrata: #Gaddafi started shelling #Dbabshia & #Khirzan areas 2 hours ago. Shelling has just recently stopped ( late last night)

#Sabrata: #NATO struck #Gaddafi Army barracks full of sub-Saharan mercs.

#Gaddafi negotiated w/ #US 2 allow Gaddafi family 2 flee. Plane w/ Gaddafi Wife & Daughter on board landed #Djerba #Tunisia. #Libya #Feb17

#Moldova PASSENGER SHIP “FEHIM BEY” now anchored in port #Benghazi

#Harsha: Pro #Gaddafi filth volunteers headed by Mohammed Imhimmed Al-Saed, his residence located 32.767691 12.676946.

#Gaddafi filth heading from #AlKhums & #Gharabouli to try to stop #Gmatta uprising

#NATO Apache helicopters firing on #Gaddafi filth in #Jedayim forest #Zawia

#Panama CARGO SHIP “EAST CASTLE” now anchored in port #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” 35.19763˚/-6.30839˚ has departed #CasaBlanca #Morocco en route to dest. #Malta. #Libya

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” destination #Malta ETA: 2011-08-21 01:59.

FromJoanne Joanne
#CAIRO Regime #Libya EMBASSY rally #Egypt Army+Police dispersed CROWD Ran aft them till Main Str SAVAGELY BEATING DRAGGING ELECTRIC BATONS

#FLASH REGIME #Libya EMBASSYrally in #CAIRO Last Night Crowd SAVAGELY beaten 1protester taken by ambulance Broken ARM+LEG 2 arrested #Egypt

#DISGUSTING What happened Last night @ #Libya EMBASSY shows that NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN #Cairo #EGYPT

#NILESAT #CASE today #Cairo Judge will take Decision on filed Case 4 FF Lawyers + Police 2go2 Nilesat & 2Enforce Jul30 #Libya cc @2011feb17

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
قصف عشوائي ومكتف علي كل مناطق مدينة الزاوية الان و تاتي هده القدائف من جدائم<جراد,هاون> و اصابة عدد كبير من المدنيين و لايوجد مستشفي ميداني له القدرة علي علاج المصابين,الدعاء
Breaking: Zawiya is being heavily & indiscriminately shelled from direction of Jaddaim with mortar shells & Grads
Many civilians wounded in Zawiya by the shelling, but Gaddafi forces occupy the hospital & fire from it.

Gaddafi launches scud missile attack on Brega

Forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have used scud missiles for the first time since the uprising against his rule began six months ago.

News agencies quoted unnamed US defence officials as saying a Scud missile landed east of the rebel-held oil town of Brega.

The same sources said the missile landed in the desert and that there were no casualties. It is unclear what Gaddafi might have been targeting.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNTv3nmj65A

Full text of the transitional constitution of #Libya in Arabic: t.co/NXEW21T
saoudsalem.maktoobblog.com/1620213

Ahmed Shreef
Reuters today “..tripoli has not risen up..”. Inshallah the families of those who were killed or captured in last few days do not read that

I supprt trip based media but urge them2acknowledge their isolation frm the reality of this city&stop making definitive statements like this

Not a day passes in Tripoli without acts of revolt in multiple neighbourhoods

wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya Monday night: 12 #Zintan freedom fighters and 50 people from Zawiya died from #Gaddafi rocket attacks in Zawiya today.

Emo
This old man is so wonderful. I hope I’ll meet him when I go back to #libya. This was filmed in #Sabratha on Feb. 20.
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6yeMnwKKiA

Here’s another awesome old man from #Zintan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehDOo0hjLm0

A Free Libyan
BREAKING – CONF. – #Gmata – The FF are ready & determined. G forces find it hard to advance due to resistance. #PrayforGmata

Alous is free of G forces at the mo. They withdrew earlier. FFs preparing themselves, an attack will surely come

#Gmata coastal highway is closed on the east and west sides of the region. #Libya #Feb17

No big developments in #Gmata since last update.

Battle for Libya: On Brega’s frontline t.co/83LUD73 via @youtubeor:

Aljazeera
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fired a scud missile for the first time since the uprising against his rule began six months ago, but it landed in the desert and injured no one.

The missile was fired on Sunday morning from a location about 80km east of Sirte, Gaddafi’s home town, and landed east of the coastal oil town of
Brega.

The oil port of Brega has been the main front line in the east of the country for months. Rebels have seized the port’s eastern residential areas since last week, but Gaddafi’s forces still control its oil terminal, refinery and port.

And as Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from the city, there are several reasons why it is an important prize for the opposition.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMA9mA_os6I&fea...

Hominoid
A medical source said that the number of casualties at Brega today 26 dead and more than 40 wounded.
The source told the Cyrene that most of the dead were killed by snipers, and most injuries to the head.

matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Zawiya resident tells BBC that the town is mostly in opposition hands. With Gaddafi forces firing into the town from outside (can’t verify)

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
#US mil official: #Gaddafi forces fired a short-range Scud missile Sunday failed to reach target. #Libya

Ma’an News Agency
Gaza man killed in Libya
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A 26-year-old man from Khan Younis was killed early Monday during clashes between the Libyan military and opposition groups in the Libyan city of Sabha.

Haytham Zayed Hussein Isleih was living as an immigrant in Benghazi, his relatives told Ma’an.

Sabha, in the southwest, is regarded as a stronghold of Libya’s embattled leader, Moammar Gadhafi.

The Palestinian general consul in Alexandria said Tuesday that over 2,000

Palestinians have returned to the Gaza Strip from Libya as a consequence of the unrest there.

The number of Palestinians living in Libya before the uprising was estimated at between 25,000 and 40,000 with most having lived there for decades, according to the Palestinian government in Ramallah.

On June 21 the foreign ministry in Ramallah said a Palestinian family of four had been killed in Libya’s capital Tripoli.

Bilal
When the children of Gaza collect money for the children of Somalia the world should be crying in shame.

Ibn
Don’t forget to pray for #zawiya…..

Mary
Libya Only | shooting Libyan Embassy Egypt Every1 needs sabbr during this time! pls t.co/xgxg488 via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNDPqZdtdA&fea...

HomelandYouth
all international calls seem to be still monitored, local calls depend on phone owners. might be able to get more info soon

Pictures: In Misrata
OBJECTIVE
I write in hope of opening eyes towards the struggle Libya and its people face. The

oppression, the silence, and the fear which few know exist.

I write in hope of opening hearts towards a beautiful country, and a rapturous people. A nation of enchanting culture, remarkable history, and a tantalizingly divine cuisine.

I write, in hope for Libya.

Yours faithfully,

THE Dictator

Photo’s
thenextlibyandictator.blogspot.com/2011...

4Adam Adam
Gaddafi forces launched a counter-attack this morning in Sabratha using heavy artillery.More FF fr Nafusa heading to the city. #Libya

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Reportings of several blasts heard eastern Zawya within last 15 minutes. possibly in the outskirt or road to Z.

(around 13.00 hrs local)

dovenews Libyan™
#Mahamed #Zaydan has escaped to #Tunisia. This guy was responsible for bringing foreign mercenaries to Gaddafi’s regime.

News 24
48 000 flee Libya, Tunisia for Italy

Rome – More than 48 000 immigrants from Libya and Tunisia have arrived in Italy since the beginning of the year, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said on Monday.

Official statistics showed that up to July 31, 24 769 immigrants had come from Tunisia and 23 267 from Libya, many of them originally from sub-Saharan Africa who fled the unrest in their host country.

In the case of Tunisia, there has been contact with the Tunisian government “which has agreed to monitor”, the situation, said Maroni, who added that two repatriation flights were taking place every day.

“Ten days ago I met with the National Transitional Council’s interior minister but this body has been disbanded,” he said of the Libyan situation.
Read more:
www.news24.com/Africa/News/48-000-flee-...

Tweeting Tripoli
Last night Tripoli saw lots of strange activities. Car chases, tire screeches, but no gun shots. Have no idea wuts going on. #feb17 #Libya

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Zakariya Salim Sahad NFSL: I have evidence of #Gaddafi placing bodies of those killed in skirmishes on to NATO bomb sites.

Zakariya Salim Sahad NFSL was quoted as speaking to Al-Sharq al-Awsat website.

Now is perfect time to be at #Rixos. As border is cut off, even if Journos report something the Minders don’t like, they can’t be kicked out

Admittedly you wouldn’t want to spend too much time in the lobby drinking coffee and listening to 80s muzak

I think if Minders arrested a #Rixos journo the other journos would kick up enough fuss that it wasn’t worth the arrest.

#MOD: ‘Monday #RAF Tornados have attacked a psychological warfare fascility in #Zlitan.’ I wonder what Psy Ops #Gaddafi was doing there?

MOD: 15/08/11 PM ‘HMS Liverpool was fired upon, inaccurately, by #Gaddafi rockets. Ship returned fire and responsible gun battery destroyed’

If Liverpool engages 4.5 gun tomorrow the pro-gad conspiracy theorists are going to go nuts.

ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya: opposition says the coastal road between the cities of Surman and #Zawiyah still not cleared from Gaddafi forces

#Libya heavy clashes in Zawiyah

#Libya gaddafi forces firing grad rockets into many areas of #Zawiyah civilians fleeing

#Libya shelling is continuous in #Zawiyah .. The opposition fighting back … Battles in martyrs square

#Libya gaddafi snipers slowing opposition advance in #Zawiyah

#Libya we saw a rocket hit hotel Jawhara in center of #Zawiyah . Opposition trying to take out gaddafi snipers in hotel

#Libya NATO planes flying overhead as battles rage in #zawiyah

annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
I was at batle for Sabratha 8/14 with #Zwara fighters. Shout out to Ahmed Sola + Mansour of #Sabratha Brigade who said hi on way 2 center

100 #Zwara brigade fighters comm by Senussi Mohamed in Sabratha @3pm 8/14 4km from center, #Sabratha brigade went in 4 heavy fight #Feb17

No power in #Sabratha except mosque minaret lite, #Libyana phones from Benghazi don’t work, sat phones don’t work well. But free. #Feb17

Here in #Jadu #Nafusa men from #Zawiyah discuss returning, trip safe now from Bir Ghanem. But 9 reported killed by shelling from Tripoli.

FFs say taking #Gherian may be more important than Sabratha ’cause #Gaddafi supply line from Algeria runs thru Gherian – reported free now.

#Amazigh FFs from #Zwara fight with Amazigh flag and t shirts, proud to be able to show their identity after #Gaddafi persecution. #Sabratha

FF talk of going thru #Teji to #Zwara as alternative to going thru #Sabratha. Too many #Gaddafi fighters in #Jumail.#Feb17

In Jadu Sadeg Allab fr #Zawiya local council says Zawiya still receiving Grad shelling. It’s a large place and parts are ok parts under fire

Mustafa Marwan Arab Medical Union #Jadu: AMU 5 person trauma team in #Zintan Hospital performed 20 major operations on FFs from 10-13 Aug

Deutsche Presse Agentur
26 Libyan rebels killed in fighting in eastern Libya
Cairo/Tripoli – At least 26 Libyan opposition fighters were killed in clashes with government troops in the eastern city of Brega, local media reported Tuesday.
The Benghazi-based Quryna daily reported that most of the rebels were shot by snipers. Over 40 were injured in the clashes.
Rebels have been trying to take control of key cities in their push towards the capital Tripoli, to isolate leader Moamer Gaddafi.
The conflict in Libya began in February after a lethal government crackdown on protesters left many killed.
Gaddafi’s forces fired a Scud missile on Sunday for the first time since the conflict with the rebels began earlier this year, US defence officials said on Monday.
The officials said the missile was launched from a government-held area, east of Sirte, towards Brega. But it landed in the desert and caused no casualties.
Rebels meanwhile reportedly were advancing in the western side of the country, when they took over most of al-Zawiyah, located some 50 kilometres west of Tripoli.

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
Influx of refugees fleeing #Libya continues on #Lampedusa. #Italy navy with more rescues as 200 more land

#Italy copes with 2,000 refugees fleeing #Libya arriving at #Lampedusa in 24 hours

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Execl. video: Youth of Tripoli’s Sooq Al-Juma, Fashloom, Fernaj, Sidi Masri make a statement ! bit.ly/rfPmNy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qavvTE3MBsM

Recently we received more lists of individuals in Tripoli who are helping G’s forces by spying, ratting or shooting. (tajura &hai alandulis)

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
NATO planes flying very low here in #Tripoli. Can hear bombing in East of Tripoli. Can hear some thuds in west (mortars?). #Tripoli #Libya

reports from my military source. Large G military presence is Jedayem Forest. They fear onslaught from apache if they move.

Sky News
Why Gaddafi’s Grip On Power Looks So Shaky
Predicting the end of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has often turned out to be foolish, or premature. But what can be said with some certainly is that his 41-year grip on power is shakier than ever before.

For most of the past four decades he has been an international pariah, but he has survived.
President Ronald Reagan called him a “mad dog” and ordered the US military to bomb Tripoli.
Libya’s involvement in the Lockerbie bombing led to a decade of international

sanctions, and when the UN authorised military action earlier this year to assist those fighting to overthrow him, many western leaders believed he would be forced to flee the country within weeks.
Five months later he is still issuing defiant messages to his people urging them to fight.
But is this a man who knows the noose is gradually tightening, or does he genuinely believe that the setbacks his forces have suffered in recent days are only temporary?

What has changed dramatically is Tripoli’s ability to bring supplies to a city which was already running short of fuel and food.
The main coastal route to Tunisia, 180km to the west, has now been blocked by rebel advances in at least two places.
Zawiyah, one of the major towns on the route, and only 50km from the capital, is still being fought over – but government forces have lost control of it.
Further west, Surman is also in rebel hands, and there is fighting in nearby Sabrata.
With the road to and from Tripoli now blocked, the transportation of fuel and goods has been halted. On Saturday the border crossing at Ras Jdir was choked with traffic.

I watched a convoy of two dozen heavily laden trucks cross into Libya and head for the capital.
I do not know if they made it, because less than an hour later my own journey into Tripoli was halted by gunfire around Zawiyah. Gaddafi troops forced a minibus driven by government officials to turn back because of the fighting, and I was deported back to Tunisia.
There was still evidence that many towns along the route are still loyal to the regime. Green flags and bunting were draped over telegraph wires at every town along the route.
But there were also clear signs of the effect the war is having. In an oil-rich state, many petrol stations were closed; their entrances blocked by ropes or rocks, indicating that they were out of business. Those that were open had long queues of stationary cars outside, hoping to fill up.

The government’s attempts to pass off the renewed battle for Zawiyah as a minor skirmish have failed; they can no longer bring reporters in and out of the capital.
By their own admission, the road is not safe. Advances from the south and the east mean that Tripoli is now surrounded.
But the often disorganised and poorly equipped rebels do not necessarily have the

ability to hold their positions and mount a true siege of the city.
Territory has been won and lost before. But after weeks of an apparent stalemate, the sudden surge has raised their hopes that an end to the civil war may be in sight.
It may be that they do not have to fight their way into Tripoli; regimes facing defeat often collapse from within as officials recognise their position is futile and opt to save themselves rather than their boss.

Why Gaddafi’s Grip On Power Looks So Shaky
Ian Woods, near the Libya-Tunisia border
Predicting the end of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has often turned out to be foolish, or premature. But what can be said with some certainly is that his 41-year grip on power is shakier than ever before.
Colonel Gaddafi still has support, but there are strong signs the balance is shifting
For most of the past four decades he has been an international pariah, but he has survived.
President Ronald Reagan called him a “mad dog” and ordered the US military to bomb Tripoli.
Zawiyah, one of the major towns on the route, and only 50km from the capital, is still being fought over – but government forces have lost control of it.
Read more:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...

Emo
Captured G thugs in #Ajeilat battles
Video:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1373...

Zawiyah:
Heavy snipers presence in Jawhara Hotel in the center of Zawiyah

FromJoanne Joanne
Ppl living in #Sabratha say there is no damage to Roman ruins

Libyan Protest Outside Libyan Embassy in Cairo 15 August 2011

This is a confirmed video that has just come out of Egypt. This video shows Libyan protesters outside the embassy demanding that the tricolor flag be put up in the embassy and that the Gaddafi loyalists inside leave the embassy. The video was originally posted by Maher Alshaari (ماهر الشاعري). This protest in Cairo comes as a similar movement has been witnessed near the Libyan embassy in Tunis, and as the Libyan freedom fighters make huge gains in the west of Libya.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaFuTtfqWLA

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عاجل: قوات الحلف الدولى تقصف كتائب العار المتواجدة فى بدر و التى تقوم بقصف تيجى ردا على تحرر البلدة
Breaking: Badr : #NATO strikes on #Gaddafi forces that are shelling #Tiji
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=974299&i...

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
مراسلة الجزيرة الانجليزية: اشتباكات عنيفة فى مدينة الزاوية الان
Aljazeera: #Libya heavy clashes in Zawiyah

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عااااجل: مراسلة الجزيرة الانجليزية: كتائب القذافى تقصف مدينة الزاوية فى عدة مواقع مدنية و الاهالى يغادرون اماكن القصف, المعارك تدور فى ميدان الشهداء و الثوار يحاولون القضاء على القناصة الذين يعيقون حركة الثوار فى التقدم, طائرات الحلف الدولى تحوم الان فوق الزاوية بشكل مكثف, لقد شهدنا كيف ان صاروخا اصاب فندق الجوهرة فى وسط الزاوية و الثوار يحاولون القضاء على القناصين المترمكزين فوق هذا الفندق
Breaking: Aljazeera: Zawiya: #Libya gaddafi forces firing grad rockets into many areas of #Zawiyah civilians fleeing ,Battles in martyrs square- Freedom Fighters trying to take out Gadaffi’s snipers down.
#Libya gaddafi snipers slowing opposition advance in #Zawiyah
#Libya NATO planes flying overhead as battles rage in #zawiyah
#Libya we saw a rocket hit hotel Jawhara in center of #Zawiyah . Opposition trying to take out gaddafi snipers in hotel

Emo
#Ajeilat is till relatively calm after FFs retreated to avoid civilian deaths. There’s negotiations to enter it peacefully. #libya

Hominoid
Mansur Saif al-Nasr, the rebel National Transitional Council’s envoy to Paris, told RFI radio "our forces totally control Zawiyah
Abdulsalam Othman, spokesman for the military, said on Monday that both Sorman and Zawiyahin are in rebel hands, and a 15km stretch of road
On the eastern front, FFs battled loyalist forces around oil installations on Monday in the town of Brega, and seized apartment blocks.
Not forgetting that the apartment blocks were full of snipers

IOM announced that 3,000 – 4,000 African migrants are on the southern outskirts of the town of Al Kufrah, in a makeshift camp.

Migrants expressed their concern to IOM about security issues and the lack of electricity and health care facilities in the camp.

Al Jazeera sources in the ranks of the rebels they were still engaged in fierce battles in

some neighborhoods of Sabratha, west of Tripoli.

LPC on Libya Ahraar (libya.tv), Gaddafi battalion based in Surman has defected and joined FF. Exact no. of defecting troops unknown.

Az Zawiyah the remnants of al-Gaddafi, are holed up in the western fringe of the city.

Agencies – said the rebels Libyans yesterday, control of the cities of Gheryan and Surman

HMS Liverpool
Nearly 60 rounds of high explosive shells hammered Col Gaddafi’s forces in a day of high drama for HMS Liverpool.

Liverpool was dispatched by a patrol aircraft to fire star shells over a suspected pro-G position when a shore battery began lobbing shells.

None of the enemy shells hit, but three high-explosive rounds left the barrel of the destroyer’s 4.5in main gun at twice the speed of sound.

Later that day, a patrol aircraft spied a vehicle convoy moving along the coast road carrying ammunition and equipment for the front line.

Once again the order, “4.5 – engage!” echoed in Liverpool’s operations room as 54 high-explosive rounds were sent crashing into the convoy.

Emo
BBC… your coverage of #Libya is under-par

I just called #Ajeilat but couldn’t reach #Sabratha …anyone tried??

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
We would like to deny the rumors indicating that public telecommunications are not working in Tripoli since morning. We just tested !

أحدات 1984 في نالوت

جريمة عام 1984 التي وقعت أحداتها في نالوت والتي قام فيها الطاغية القذافي بإعدام أبطال نالوت في المدينة الرياضية في شهر رمضان المبارك وعلي شاشة التلفزيون والذي أرغم فيها بالقوة الأهالي والنساء علي الحضور والهتاف
رحم الله شهدائنا الأبرار وأسكنهم فسيح جناته .

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzzW2mENE_0

ViaFeb17
AFP
Libya rebels predict imminent victory
Libya’s rebels said on Tuesday their war against Moamer Kadhafi’s regime had entered a “decisive phase” and that victory was possible by the end of the month.
That confident claim was echoed by the country’s exiled crown prince, and came after Washington said the “days are numbered” for veteran strongman Moamer Kadhafi’s regime.
As the chorus grew, fighting raged across Libya, with the rebels denying they were in talks with a defiant Kadhafi, who predicted a swift victory against both the rebels and NATO.
Mansur Saif al-Nasr, the rebel National Transitional Council’s envoy to Paris, said “our forces totally control Zawiyah (to the west of the capital), which will open the way to Tripoli. This will allow the population there to revolt,”
“We are entering a decisive phase. Soon we will liberate all of southern Libya. We hope to celebrate the final victory at the same time as the end of Ramadan” on or around August 31, he told RFI radio.

matthewwprice Matthew Price
An hour now of distant expulsions heard from #Rixos hotel #Tripoli. Hard to know from which direction. Could be #Zawiya. Unusual in daytime.

Scott Bohlinger
in #Zintan #Libya. Quite busy and crowded today. very peaceful drive from #Nalut stopping at #Kabaw and #Jadu.
exuberant celebrations in #nalut last night over the fall of #Tiji. Rebels focusing on #Badr today. #Libya
Talked to some rebels and units that assaulted #Tiji were from #Tripoli and other areas.
Reason for #Tripoli not #Nalut troops in #Tiji is because of animosities as a result of the conflict thus far. #Libya.
#Tiji was the main base whence rockets were launched onto #Nalut.

Al Arabiya
Libya’s rebels say Tripoli encircled as Washington says Qaddafi forces fire Scud

Libyan rebels said they had seized a second strategic town near Tripoli within 24 hours, completing the encirclement of the capital in the boldest advances of their six-month-old uprising against Muammar Qaddafi.

A US defense official also said on Monday that Colonel Qaddafi’s forces had fired a Scud missile for the first time since the uprising against his rule began six months ago, but it landed in the desert and injured no one.

The missile was fired on Sunday morning from a location about 50 miles (80 km) east of Sirte, Qaddafi’s home town, and landed east of the coastal oil town of Brega, the official said in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity.
It was unclear what Mr. Qaddafi might have been targeting, the official said, without speculating about the motives behind a missile launch that came in the wake of recent

rebel gains that have increased pressure on the Libyan leader.

In a barely audible telephone call to state television overnight, a defiant and apparently isolated Mr. Qaddafi called on his followers to fight rebels he referred to as “rats.”
Full art.:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/...

libertad
#libye Jamais je n’oublierai le regard sur le visage de ma cousine quand elle a obtenu les nouvelles que son mari avait été tué.

Asmaa
I demand an apology and an explanation @Reuters, for the inaccuracy of this article “While #Tripoli has been plagued in recent weeks by severe power and petrol shortages, the city has not risen up in revolt against the government” Please check YOUR sources, because #TRIPOLI has risen and is rising … Many of people in #TRIPOLI have family members kidnapped ….Between 30,000 to 60,000, so if its not large numbers of people protesting I’m sure you can understand why. PLZ RT

Anaya
#Gaddafi crossroads: negotite or throw himself and his men into a desperate battle. His inner circle & his degree of madness put to the test

libertad
#libye #FF Prévoit victoire imminente. Si Dieu le veut tout cela sera bientôt terminé! ##goo.gl/frDNt gaddaficrimes Feb17 #Libya
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LIBYA: Civil society breaks through
BENGHAZI, 16 August 2011 (IRIN) – Sidelined under Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan civil society organizations are beginning to assume an important role in helping the most vulnerable in “liberated” areas.

“After 42 years of doing the wrong things, people are now doing the right things,” said Khaled Ben-Ali, head of the Libyan Committee for Humanitarian Aid & Relief (LibyanAid).

Speaking from Benghazi Ben-Ali said he had been overwhelmed by ordinary Libyans’ ability to mobilize and organize, starting new organizations from scratch.

International NGOs, too, speak with admiration of the “volunteering spirit” shown in Benghazi and other areas administered by the rebel Transitional Council. “I have seen this in other conflicts, but never with this kind of dimension,” a senior health official who preferred anonymity told IRIN.

“Even if we wanted to put on a children’s fair, we had to associate it with something political, related to one of Gaddafi’s claimed achievements,” said Amina Megheirbi, looking back at the attempts by fledgling Libyan civil society organizations to get their own activities off the ground prior to the events of 2011.

After an academic career in the USA and United Arab Emirates (UAE), Megheirbi now works as an English lecturer at Benghazi’s Garyounis University. But she has long combined academic duties with community work, trying to identify needs and provide assistance to the more vulnerable members of society.

Trying to operate independently under Gaddafi meant dealing with a heavily centralized system, in which Gaddafi’s own famous Green Book was meant to be a sacred text and principal point of reference.

Even the Scouts, active in Libya since the 1950s, had to tread carefully, said scouting veteran Tarek Alzletny, noting that it was Gaddafi’s own organizations that had the state’s support.

Megheirbi and others endured lengthy battles to get registered by the authorities, and

a climate of suspicion where individuals were constantly being vetted and quizzed on their intentions. Why did they want to help impoverished communities in a society “where there were officially no poor people”? A low profile was often essential. There was constant pressure on new groups to work under the umbrella of organizations created by the state or members of the ruling family, notably the Waatasemu Charity Association established by Gaddafi’s daughter, Ayesha.

Finding a voice

Megheirbi never had any doubt that Libyan civil society would find its voice if conditions changed. “It was a lack of freedom, not a lack of confidence,” she explained. “We always had this Libyan spirit of getting close to each other, helping each other. I thought we had lost this, but it is stronger than before. This is the time to do it.”

The stand-off in February between demonstrators marching against Gaddafi and security forces trying to keep the lid on protest in Benghazi ended with heavy human casualties, but a dramatic shift in the balance of power. “There was no chaos,” Megheirbi emphasized. “And it was civil society that helped maintain stability.”

In the months since the first mass protests, dozens of organizations and networks have sprung up, often operating in parallel with new, fiercely anti-Gaddafi media outlets, radio and TV stations, newspapers and simple newsletters.

The phenomenon has not been confined to Benghazi. Reports from Darnah to the east point to a strong mobilization of both secular and religious groups, all strongly committed to a post-Gaddafi Libya. Megheirbi says activists in Benghazi are linking up with colleagues in Misrata to the west, while there are reports of other groups emerging in the Nafusa mountains.

The Attawasul approach

Megheirbi now heads the Attawasul Association. Attawasul, loosely translated as “connect”, or “reach out”, operates as both a media house, putting out newspaper and radio programmes, and a training organization, working within targeted communities and giving young people technical guidance and leadership skills.

Megheirbi said Attawasul was originally conceived as a women’s organization, but the obvious enthusiasm of young male activists in the early stages of the revolution, and their keenness to make a contribution, forced a rethink.

Attawasul now has over 150 volunteers, but only a couple of salaried staff. On a Saturday afternoon, a small group of women are at their desktop computers, poring

over data, swapping ideas, inputting new information. Their brief is to update records on thousands of families in Benghazi that need some kind assistance, passing on the details to partner organizations in the hope that they can get food to the most vulnerable.
While Benghazi has generally been free from fighting since March, Megheirbi says the needs of ordinary civilians still need to be highlighted, despite their own reluctance to call for assistance. Many foreign companies have suspended their activities, shedding a large workforce, now deprived of its regular income. Small businesses have been badly hit. The banking system is way below par. “In general, everyone in Benghazi is suffering,” Megheirbi told IRIN.

Megheirbi accepts that many of the more than 200 new organizations started up since February may not outlive the revolutionary period in Benghazi. She sees Attawasul and others playing a critical long-term role, but only with stronger funding that can pay for offices, professional staff and ensure Attawasul’s ability to deliver on serious projects. At present, Attawasul depends on money generated within Libya, and would-be backers in the diaspora struggling to get cash transfers through.

“Excitement”

As local NGO adviser for the international relief organization Mercy Corps, Stephen Allen has watched a wide range of civil society actors come to the fore. “I think there is a lot of excitement,” Allen told IRIN. “In a time of excitement people may over-extend themselves, they may overstretch. But what we want to do, and our Libyan counterparts want to do, is to channel that enthusiasm and use it in positive ways. It’s more of an asset than a hindrance.”

Allen notes the influence of Libyans returning from exile, particularly in areas like human rights and women’s issues and points to a growing professionalism among the newer organizations.

He concedes that the emergence of civil society in Benghazi and other areas outside Gaddafi’s control is inevitably tied up with the fortunes of the revolution.

“A lot of organizations see what they are doing as a service to the revolution. That doesn’t mean they’re behaving improperly or breaking international norms, but there is certainly a long way to go in terms of realizing real neutrality and real impartiality.”

Allen acknowledges that there is no fixed template for helping create civil society structures. “Each context is different. Libya is not south Sudan, but nor is it Egypt or Tunisia. It has its own unique political climate and cultural nuances.” But there are universal guidelines that can be transferred from one situation to another: civil society organizations need financial transparency, clear, well defined objectives and leaders

who can account for themselves. “Above all, they need to be able to answer the question: why are we doing this?”

Misuratayouth
13 of gaddafi troops escaped out of #libya,

Maya
Researcher Nizar Krekesh says negociations bet rebels&Ghaddafi officials aim at finding way 2 take Ghaddafi& 300 of entourage out of #Libya.

Anaya
Isolated #Gaddafi faces a simple alternative: to defend #Tripoli or to negotiate an exit. We’ll finally see the limits of his mental illness

Libianproud
#Zawiya : @AJArabic report from zawiya today goo.gl/vDSaF
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSLR7jlcVAI&sns=tw

Have you heard this?
FromJoanne Joanne
Libya Embassy #Cairo Regime have HANDED OUT US$250 Checks to Libyan/Egyptians to entice them to fight for #Gaddafi’s forces in #Libya

#Brega FF on Monday seized rows of seaside apartment blocks that once housed oil workers Fighting in Industrial area in West of town #Libya

The Pointless Firing of a SCUD missile #WeaponOfMassDestruction is seen as a sign of how DESPERATE the regime is #Libya

#FLASH #Col Bani #Gaddafi =MOVING his Troops from #Sirte + #Tarhuna back 2

#TRIPOLI GF takeOff Uniforms 2Blend in with Popululation #Libya

FLASH Col. Ahmed BANI : We hope to ENTER #Tripoli Cautiously by the end of THIS month b4 start of #EID #Libya #NTC
#ZAWIYAH FF Cut Off 4 #Gasoline + #diesel PIPELINES 2 #Tripoli FF R about to cut off all supplies & Isolate GF in Tripoli #Libya

mark
42 Scuds fired by Iraq in 1991 killed just 1 person. Scary but ineffective – inshallah. #Libya

defence Web
Italian Predator completes first mission over Libya

The Italian Air Force has flown its first Predator B mission over Libya as part of its contribution to NATO’s Operation Unified Protector.

The General Atomics MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) took off from 32 Wing at Amendola last Wednesday, landing 12 hours later at Foggia Air Base after flying over Libya and the Sicily Channel.

Two of the six Predator Bs destined for the Italian Air Force have become operational in the last month, Flight International reports. Another two will follow suit by the end of the year and the other two will arrive by the middle of next year.

The Predator B is larger than the A model and features a Raytheon MTS-B electro-optical/infrared sensor and General Atomics Lynx II synthetic aperture radar. The aircraft can locate and designate targets for other aircraft and provide surveillance imagery, but they will not carry weapons.

The Italian Air Force already operates MQ-1C Predator A+ aircraft and has used the type over Iraq since January 2005, and over Afghanistan since April 2007, Flight International reports. They type has accumulated more than 7000 flight hours.

The Italian Ministry of Defence announced the Predator flight over Libya on Friday and

said that in the last week, the Italian Air Force had flown 34 missions in support of Unified Protector using Tornado, F-16, AMX, KC-130J and KC-767A aircraft as well as the Predator.

Italy was one of the first NATO countries to pledge military support to oust the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Since operations begun, the Italian Air Force has deployed almost the complete range of operational assets at its disposal.

Tornado IDS aircraft have conducted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions with the Reccelite pod, while from the end of April the Italian strike force has been involved in air-to-ground operations with almost the complete inventory of weapon systems.

Combat missions have been supported by the Alenia Aeronautica G.222VS signals intelligence aircraft and KC-130J and one Boeing KC-767A tankers. Two of Italy’s four KC-767As were placed into operational use in mid-May.

Since the beginning of the United-Nations mandated NATO operation on March 31, a total of 18,656 flights, including 7,079 strike sorties, have been conducted, the alliance said in a statement on Friday. Many of these missions have been flown from bases in Italy.

Italy is slowly pulling back its assets from the Libya campaign as costs mount and Gaddafi remains in power. Last month Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was against NATO intervention in Libya but had to go along with it.

Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said that the cost to Italy of the Libya operation would fall from 142 million euros in the first half of the year to less than 60 million euros in the second half as part of general defence spending cuts.

He said after a cabinet meeting early last month that the aircraft carrier Garibaldi with three aircraft on board had been withdrawn, and was being replaced by land-based aircraft.

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
موفد أخبار الان: الثوار الليبيون يحررون قرية صغيرة تابعة لبلدة تندميرة واشتباكات على مشارف بلدة بدر
موفد أخبار الان: تحرير قرية صغيرة تابعة لبلدة تندميرة واشتباكات على مشارف بلدة بدر
Badr: Freedom Fighters are at the gate of Bad
Badr: Freedom Fighters have liberated one of the villages of Tandamera on their way to Badr

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الجزيرة: ثوار ليبيا قبضو علي العقيد خليفة ضو مدير الامن الداخلي في الزاوية
AJA : Freedom Fighters have captured Khalifa Daw, the head of #Zawiya security

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Heavy security presence across Tripoli #feb17 #Libya

plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 People should stop saying “Over before the end of Ramadan”, it’s unlikely and is one more thing for Reuters to latch onto

Aaron

1. sign that Gaddafi is losing in #Libya is not that #Rebels are advancing, its that Tripoli residents are fleeing to Rebel controlled areas

plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 It is a good idea, if possible, to get out of Tripoli because there will be explosions

#libya #feb17 It’s a lot harder for the regime to lie now that the Revolution is within earshot of Tripoli. Boom, boom

#libya #feb17 The NTC says G soldiers are taking off their uniforms to hide in the population. What, people can’t see their yellow behinds??

A Free Libyan
Confirmed #Gmata updates coming up:
BREAKING – CONF. – #Gmata – G forces attacked Qasr Khayr + Alous early morning, indiscriminately firing with 14.5 MG. #Libya
BREAKING – CONF. – Mass arrest campaign now going on in Alous and Qasr Khayr. Indiscriminate raiding of houses.

BREAKING – CONFIRMED – #Gmata – This tactic is new to the region, but the FF there are putting up a fight. #Libya #Feb17
BREAKING – Madar + Libyana phone lines cut off in #Gmata. #PrayforGmata and #PrayforFF there.
Main areas of the crackdown in #Gmata = Qasr Khayr and Alous. The latter esp. as they always cause problems for G troops.
FFs in #Zawiya managed to capture a few G transport vehicles.

Guardian
UN Libya envoy to meet both sides as rebels close in on Tripoli
Jordanian foreign minister Abdel-Elah al-Khatib holding meetings in Tunisia as rebels fight to cut off Tripoli’s supply routes

The UN special envoy for Libya said on Tuesday that he was meeting representatives of both sides of the conflict, days after rebels made a significant advance that brought them within 30 miles of Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold in Tripoli.
Abdel-Elah al-Khatib, Jordan’s former foreign minister, arrived in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Monday for meetings with representatives of both Gaddafi and the rebels. There were no direct negotiations between the two sides, he said.
A Tunisian security official said al-Khatib might also meet with a representative of the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, who has been on the Tunisian island of Djerba for the past days.

Full art.:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/16/un...

CS Monitor
Libya rebels cut all fuel pipelines to Tripoli: reports
Libya’s leader Muammar Qaddafi appears to be running out of options as rebels close in on Tripoli, but an end to his regime could still be a long way off.

Libya rebels are tightening the noose on Tripoli, the stronghold of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, who could soon be forced to choose between stepping down or making a final stand by defending his capital. But while rebels have considerable momentum, a fight for Tripoli could well be protracted – and rebel gains have been swiftly reversed in the past.
The Associated Press described the rebels’ current position as “the strongest position to attack Qaddafi’s stronghold since the 6-month-old civil war began.” As of Monday, the rebels were fighting for control of refineries and were reportedly in control of Tripoli’s key supply routes and oil pipelines, with the ability to completely isolate the capital.
Desperation was evident: Tripoli residents streamed out of the capital city by car to the western mountains, while in the east Qaddafi’s forces fired a Scud missile for the first time. It fell 50 miles short of the oil town of Brega, its likely target.
Rebels claim to have cut off all four pipelines that transport gasoline and diesel to Tripoli. They also claim to be on the verge of cutting the city off from the two remaining supply routes (critical for the city because of the NATO-imposed no-fly zone), although neither assertion could be confirmed, the AP reports. Monitor reporter Dan Murphy noted yesterday that the supply line from Tripoli to Tunisia is critical to Qaddafi’s survival.
Read more:
www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-secur...

Hzm
NATO birdies delivered one big bombling this morning that shook the whole building in Danfyia.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports #Gaddafi withdrawing forces from #Sirte & #Tarhuna back to #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17

VOA
US: Gadhafi Fires First Scud Missile of Conflict

A U.S. military official says Libyan government forces have fired a scud missile for the first time in their conflict with anti-government rebels.
The official, who asked not to be named, said the missile landed in the desert about 80 kilometers outside Brega. Libyan forces and the rebels have battled over the strategic oil port city for months.
NATO and U.S. air strikes have targeted Libyan scud missile facilities and air defense sites out of concern that Mr. Gadhafi would use the missiles to target areas beyond government control.
There is no independent confirmation of the scud missile firing.
Art.:
blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/08...

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
AFP: Mustafa Abdel #Jalil : ‘There are no negotiations, either direct or indirect with the #Gaddafi regime.’

Abu
#Libya tried to call family and friends in different areas in Tripoli and Zawia and I got number not in use message every time I tried !

Cnn
Rebels in Libya eyeing Tripoli

Rebel forces in Libya working to topple the Moammar Gadhafi regime think they can start moving on Tripoli very soon — kicking off a decisive new chapter in the war.
The key factor is the bloody battle for Zawiya — an strategically important city just west of Tripoli engulfed in urban warfare on Tuesday.
Rebels have made advances in the south and the east.
But if those fighters eventually gain control of Zawiya, that will be a major stride in putting a stranglehold on the Gadhafi-controlled seat of power.
“We will be very careful entering Tripoli, which we hope to do by the end of this month,” said Col. Ahmed Banni, military spokesman for the opposition National Transitional Council.
Banni said there is intelligence that some Gadhafi forces are moving to Tripoli from other fronts — Terhouna in the southeast and Sirte farther east.
He said those forces have taken off their uniforms to blend in with the population, a “dangerous” sign those troops are preparing for a “bloody war.”

He said rebels in Tripoli recently were supplied with arms. But, he said, “We asked them to stay put until the zero hour.”
Rebel fighters hold sway in much but not all of Zawiya.
Read more:
www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/16/lib...

Reuters
Analysis: Fight or flee: decision time for Libya’s Gaddafi
The battle to control Libya has entered its final phase when Muammar Gaddafi must make a choice: to seek a negotiated exit or to defend his capital to the last bullet.
Rebel offensives have, in the past, turned into headlong retreats. But if they hold their

ground, the end of Gaddafi’s 41-year rule will be closer than at any time since the conflict began six months ago.
Gaddafi will throw all the men and weapons he has left into a defense of the capital, civilian casualties in urban fighting will be high, and sections of the population in Tripoli are likely to oppose the rebels.
Even if Gaddafi’s opponents were able to win that fight, the bloodshed would create grievances and vendettas which could make the capital — and maybe even the country — ungovernable.
“Any fight for Tripoli can be expected to be extremely bloody,” said David Hartwell, North Africa and Middle East analyst at IHS Jane’s, a defense and security consultancy,
“My guess is the strategy is to isolate the capital and start applying pressure … They (the rebels) seem to be trying to cut the links to the capital, one assumes with the aim of not having to assault the capital.”
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/16/us-l...

Hafed
#libya — ppl in #Tripoli leave their doors open during nightly clashes… its their way of providing protection for fleeing young men…

Hard w/looking at W #Libya front, to remember that it is only ~ 1/50 the size of what remains in the E.
twitpic.com/671kbv

Alert Net
Libya rebels deny talks with Gaddafi government

BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) is not involved in any negotiations with Muammar Gaddafi’s government or with the U.N. special envoy for Libya, the council’s head said on Tuesday.

“The NTC would like to assure that there are no negotiations either direct or indirect with the Gaddafi regime or with the special envoy of the United Nations,” NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said at a briefing where he spoke through an interpreter.
Source:
www.trust.org/alertnet/news/libya-rebel...

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
August 15
1,700 arrivals of refugees fleeing #Libya on #Lampedusa in 30 hours

August 16
Influx of refugees fleeing #Libya continues on #Lampedusa. #Italy navy with more rescues as 200 more land

#Italy copes with 2,000 refugees fleeing #Libya arriving at #Lampedusa in 24 hours

Another boat with 80 refugees fleeing #Libya intercepted off #Lampedusa. Island declares emergency

Reuters
Gaddafi forces fired a Scud missile for the first time since the start of the conflict according to a US defense official. The missile was launched from a location 80km east of Sirt and was aimed at Brega, but it landed in the desert east of Brega. No one was injured.

AJE
Hundreds of anti-personnel mines that were scattered throughout the area by Gaddafi’s forces have been gathered in Ajdabiya

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Al-Masry Alyoum
Security forces violently disperse protest at Libyan Embassy

Security forces fired shots into the air and violently dispersed a protest late Monday night outside the Libyan Embassy in Zamalek.
Responding to the shots, about 50 demonstrators – mostly comprised of Libyan expats and Egyptians of Libyan descent who oppose the government of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi – ran down a side street toward 26th of July Street, the main thoroughfare in Zamalek.
The normally peaceful neighborhood briefly broke out into chaos around 11 pm as Central Security Forces and military forces beat protesters with truncheons, batons and tasers, while attempting to drag them back to the embassy. About 15 children were among the demonstrators.
“We got them back,” said one male activist, among the protesters who the security and military forces tried to bring back to the embassy. He declined to be named to protect the safety of himself and his family members still residing in Libya.
Before the attack began, three protesters were arrested – two Libyans and one Egyptian – according to many present. All three are allegedly being held at the Qasr al-Nil police station.
One demonstrator, who would only offer his name as A.A. for security reasons, recalled seeing one security officer running down the street chasing after protesters, “waving his gun as if it were a toy,” and firing into the air.
Aida al-Kashef, an Egyptian filmmaker who lives close by to where the protest was taking place, said that she was parking her car near the embassy when she heard the gunshots.
“There were a lot of women and children. And the protesters were beaten really badly; they were beaten by the police and the army together,” she said. “Each person had at least 10 to 15 soldiers around them, hitting him or her.”
Following the violence, a teenage boy laid on the ground injured next to a kiosk on 26th of July Street. Those gathered around him told Al-Masry Al-Youm he had been tasered in the back. An ambulance showed up after about an hour and transported him to a nearby hospital.
Different eyewitness accounts indicated confusion as to why security forces began firing into the air.
Activist Nora Shalaby, who arrived later and spoke with many of the Libyan protesters, was told that security forces attempted to arrest a protester near the barricade and

were repelled, which might have prompted the violent response.
Kashef, who spoke with some military forces, said was told that they began to fire in the air after a few young male protesters attempted to attack the head military officer.
Nina, another protester who was leaning against a car near the injured boy, surrounded by friends, could find no explanation as to why the firing started.
“We were just singing” when the firing started, she said, with tears in her eyes. She declined to provide her surname for fear of retribution.
Advocates of the National Transitional Council, a Libyan political body now recognized by the US, UK, France and other major Western powers, had gathered outside the Libyan Embassy around 1 pm on Monday to demonstrate their support for the Libyan rebel movement and opposition to the Qadhafi government, which is still represented at the embassy.
They could be heard chanting “God is great,” “Egypt and Libya, we stand together,” and prayers to give strength to the rebels fighting back in their home country.
A few protesters alleged that shots had been fired when the protest began and that protesters attempted to push their way into the Libyan Embassy at around 1 pm. One man showed Al-Masry Al-Youm a bullet casing he claimed to have recovered from the shots. This allegation could not be confirmed.
The demonstrators’ specific purpose was not entirely clear. They detailed various goals and grievances with the Libyan Embassy and claimed that the protest was unrelated to the arrival of the Libyan interior minister in Cairo earlier in the day.
One man, who described himself as an exile who could not identify himself for fear of retribution, said the protesters wanted to speak to the Libyan ambassador directly.
“To tell the ambassador to leave the embassy, bring the plaque down, and get the hell out,” he said of their goals. “Everybody inside is from the Qadhafi regime.”
He alleged that the regime has been distributing checks of US$250 to Egyptians of Libyan origin to try and compel them to travel to Libya and fight for Qadhafi’s forces.
“We were only trying to put the rebel flag up,” said a female activist of the protesters’ motivations. She showed Al-Masry Al-Youm a large rebel flag she had wrapped around her shoulders as proof. Like the others, she declined to provide her name for security reasons.
The protesters said that though they did not know each other previously, they have begun to see each other at Libyan political events since the political sphere in Egypt opened up after the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak.
Before the protest was dispersed, the mood was tense yet lively. Young children and adults draped themselves in the flag adopted by the rebel movement, singing revolutionary songs and chanting against the Qadhafi regime. One protester waved

his baby, whose cheek was painted with the rebel flag, in the shielded faces of the police officers.
About 100 military and security forces barricaded the street on the west side of the embassy, preventing protesters from entering there. They eventually pushed the barricade forward to the other side of the street to allow traffic through on the streets in front of the embassy.
Kashef said that Egyptians from the neighborhood were not at all bothered by the protest.
“This was a bit unexpected in this neighborhood,” she admitted. Yet, she went on, “neighborhood residents were trying to calm the army. They were not trying to push the Libyans away, or angry, or screaming at the Libyans.”
A few military soldiers attempted to explain to Kashef that although they had orders to disperse the demonstrators, the military was acting calmly and hoped that the protesters would go home on their own accord.
Before the protest was dispersed, Nina started warning others that the military and security forces were about to attack the protesters. She proved to be right.

FromJoanne Joanne
Soon WHO hopes to ship Drugs 2 #Libya after #Dutch Gov. on Monday Unfroze €100 million of Gaddafi ’s Regime Assets #Libya $143million

#Netherlands released 100 Million of in total Frozen 3 BILLION Euros in #Libyan funds linked to the #Libyan #Foreign #Bank

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
أ ف ب: عبد الجليل ينفي اي محادثات مع نظام القذافي
AFP: Mustafa Abdel #Jalil : ‘There are no negotiations, either direct or indirect with the #Gaddafi regime.’

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عـــاجل : أنباء تتوارد عن سحب كتائب القردافى من سرت و ترهونة و ارسالها الى طرابلس
Reports #Gaddafi withdrawing forces from #Sirte & #Tarhuna back to #Tripoli

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gheryan: Now under complete control of #Freedomfighters. #Libya

A Free Libyan
CONFIRMED – #Gmata – Phones lines are VERY weak, if you get through, you barely get a few minutes to talk

(Tweeting this again) ≥ #Gmata is roughly everything between these co-ords – From 32°41’37"N 14°9’23"E to 32°42’23"N 13°51’3"E #Libya #Feb17

US Defence Secretary – #Gaddafi’s days are numbered. His forces have been significantly weakened.

NATO should realise that if they helped the #Tarhouna & #Gmata uprisings, they could effectively isolate #Zliten.

WSAV
Who to Start Shipping Libya Drugs Within Weeks

GENEVA —
GENEVA (AP) The World Health Organization says it hopes to begin shipping essential drugs to Libya within weeks after the Dutch government on Monday unfroze €100 million ($143 million) belonging to Moammar Gadhafi’s government.
A spokesman for the U.N. health agency body says the money will be used to purchase urgently needed supplies such as vaccines, insulin, chemotherapy medicine and dialysis drugs that have almost run out in the country after months of fighting between rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces.
Tarik Jasarevic said Tuesday that once the funds arrive “we hope to ship some medicines in a couple of weeks but for others it could take longer.”
He says Libya normally spends $500-700 million per year on imported drugs and supplies.
Source:
www2.wsav.com/news/2011/aug/16/who-to-s...

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Just discussed with member of armed sleeper cell in Tripoli spread all over the capital. Unit awaiting in Tripoli for the next trigger

In AlNufleein, central #Tripoli, friend describes hearing car chase with lots of chaos,screeching tyres,security shouting over loud speakers

Very likely another G scare tactic:
sarah
Urgent PLZ help,some reports of Gaddafi will show 2night onTV in a military suit(to be a code to blow up Tripoli&Destroy it)

Until now just rumors, But I’m so afraid and confused,if G will show on TV 2night in a military suit, plz do something

plz try confirm if the Ganfood place is highly surrounding by G men now, coz the same rumor says it is,

I worried sick about this rumor,Ya Rab it is wrong, If he shows up 2night we should worn the ppl and stay alarmed, ya Rab :(

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
ZAWIYA is BEING HEAVILY BOMBARDED by Gaddafi thugs in Jodaym forest to the east of the city. GRADs/ARTILLERY MUST BE dealt with #libya @NATO

Zawiya is 90% under FF control except for some snipers holed up near martyr square(main square) being dealt with

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#BBC: Pro-Gad Government in #Tripoli has admitted that is has lost control of #Gharyan to #Rebels

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: Scud missiles are visible in #Nasr University area. WHERE THE HELL IS @NATO? #Libya #Feb17

A Free Libyan
BREAKING – #Gmata – 10 men confirmed to have been arrested. Number is increasing tho. Fighting earlier took place in Ghaneema. #Libya #Feb17

Fighting ongoing, not as heavy as earlier. A lot of arrests taking place. Phones cut/weak so news is limited

G mil. base surrounded (last bulk of troops there). FF negotiating with troops to surrender peacefully.

G presence is decent, 2 battalions there now. Coastal highway blocked, so no Tripoli or Khoms

If the FF want to, they can make it hell for G troops, there are a lot of natural defensive positions they can use

Does anyone have any contacts in Sabrata and Surman, who is willing to speak live on air to Libya AlAhrar TV? On Shabab Feb?

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#FFs of #Tripoli will Rise in the coming days.. Insha allah!!

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
ganfood now operated from areas in bab alazaziyah and the rixos basement, as well as other remote and mobile locations.

SUMMARY TRIPOLI via Tripoli Latest:
Area of Ghot Al Sha3al, specifically Shara3 10, continue to undertake nightly activities against the security.

Ranging from use of explosives to flag raising and leaflet distribution

NATO jets continue to be flying low today over Tripoli.
NATO bombs a target in the East of the city with 2/3 powerful bombs

Thuds can be heard in the west. Doesnt sound like NATO. Grad/Mortar?

1000’s of leaflets found in Gergarish &Janzour printed & distributed by FF.

Leaflets ask residents to prepare themselves & 2 stock on water & food. Leaflets call on residents 2 ignore state TV lies & not fear the FF.

Checkpoints in Tripoli are heavy at night with detailed searches of cars.

Electricity situation in the city much better now but blackouts continue in some areas.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO strike in #Danfyia this morning.

#Cambodia CARGO SHIP “MIA” now en route from #Alexandria #Egypt to dest. #Tobruk #Libya. #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” 36.09369˚/-4.736943˚ now en route from #Casablanca #Morocco to dest. #Malta. #Libya #Feb17

Tundamayra (between #Tiji & #Badr) has been completely cleared of all #Gaddafi filth by #Freedomfighters

#France HELICOPTER LAUNCHER “MISTRAL” in port #Malta for second time in a week.

#Sabrata: #Gaddafi military base surrounded by #Freedomfighters.

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Constant hearing of bombings & shelling around Jaddayim.most probably of G’s rocket launchers firing towards Zawya since morning continious

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Talks between both sides in #Libya took place at the Medine Hotel in Djerba and finished this morning. The Venezuelans were mediating.

The #Libya Gas Minister and another unknown minister were present at talks, and two members of the opposition. All left Djerba this morning

NAMES PLEASE?? WHO ARE THOSE OPPOSITION MEMBERS YOU’RE REFFERING TO???

What I understand from ur tweets, is that a G minister and another minister ( if you say “unknown minister” how do you know it’s a minister?) have talked to 2 unknown people……..
That is NOT reporting anything!

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH #Nato bombed GF targets helping FF Situation still very fluid Battle still going on for Zawiyah #Libya via Live Skynews report

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Constant blasts heard in #Jaddayim of rockets being launched towards #Zawiya since early this morning. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Its easy for me to hide among 1.7million #tripoli residents…i salute our brothers & sisters tweeting & revolting in smaller towns & cities

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: Riot in #Malta migrant detention centre. 15 policemen, 3 soldiers injured

BREAKING: #Malta migrant riot sparked when group was refused ‘refugee’ status by gov as did not satisfy UN criteria

BREAKING: #Malta migrant centre riot: Fire in camp as police, army move in to quell situation. Injured

BREAKING: Police, army personnel pelted with bricks and steel as police, army move in to quell rioting migrants in detention camp
BREAKING: Police use tear gas to quell rioting migrants in #Malta detention camp

BREAKING: Rioting migrants in #Malta detention centre chanted: ‘Freedom, Freedom’ as they were refused humanitarian status

BBC confirms 2 Gaddafi Ministers Libya met rebel officials for talks in Djerba, brokered by Venezuela. Ended this morning.

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Venezuela mediators spotted in #Djerba. Reportedly met #Gaddafi ministers and #TNC representatives

#Venezuela executive jet in #Djerba airport

Zuaralibya
PLEASE stop calling them “TNC representatives”. They are not. #TNC made it clear, there are no negotiations with Gaddafi.

Woman caller to Libya Ahrar: women n Zwara r with FF. They pray for them and r willing to pick up arms and fight side by side with the men.

I could swear I saw Musa Ibrahim’s nose get longer as he talked. Amazing, “Listen to the voice of truth, Libyan TV” wow!

Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
Spread the word
We ask the authorities to quickly set up a field hospital in the city of Zawia or a floating hospital in the port of the refinery as soon as possible.
The rescuing of the wounded is so complicated because they need to be transported to the nearest hospital and so far the closest ones are the hospital of Alzentan and Yafren which located 150 miles away

Reuters
Sniper’s bullet ends life-long friendship in Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya Aug 16 (Reuters) – Life-long friends Abdul Ghani and Majdi often played soccer and billiards together as youngsters, went to the same law school and then joined the rebel movement fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi.
A sniper’s bullet shattered their dream of opening up a law practice together in a new democratic Libya where they intended to focus on human rights cases.
Minutes after doctors began putting a cloth over Abdul Ghani’s corpse in a hospital on the edge of the strategic town of Zawiyah, Majdi was slowly led into the room.
He recognised his lifeless best friend, who had a bullet lodged in his head, then broke down and wept in the arms of an older rebel.
“We spent nearly every day together since we were eight. He was like a brother,” Majdi told Reuters later, sitting on the fender of a car outside the hospital.
“We wanted to do so much. We wanted to enjoy freedom in a new Libya and work as proper lawyers who could actually help people.”

Abdul Ghani was killed during the biggest military breakthrough for Libya’s rebels in months
Full report:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...

UPDATE:
Brega: Good news, God willing, in the coming hours
Zawia: The arrest of a number of snipers … battalions returned to use the gate 27 in the shelling, snipers located in the hospital, the stadium and Building Security
Sabratha: The FFs are shelling the last stronghold of the Brigades, after the failure of negotiations to surrender
Tigi: fully liberated
Badr: The FFs have launched the attack on the battalions

تطورات الأوضاع :
البريقة:أخبار طيبة باذن الله خلال الساعات القادمة
الزاوية : القبض على عدد من القناصة…الكتائب عادت لتستخدم بوابة ٢٧ في القصف بالراجمات ، القناصة في المستشفى ، المدينة الرياضية و عمارة الضمان
صبراتة : الثوار يقصفون آخر معقل للكتائب بعد فشل مفاوضات استسلامهم
تيجي : حررت بالكامل
بدر : الثوار يقومون بالهجوم على الكتائب

#Sabratha: The #FFs are shelling the last stronghold of the #Brigades, after the failure of negotiations to surrender. #libya #feb17

#Badr: The #FFs have launched the attack on the battalions. #Libya #feb17

UPDATE:
All Zawiya under attacks,by rockets,missles,,,and the hospital occupied by gaddafi gangs,the wounded has no access to any hospital,except in polyclinic in zentan ,which they need may be 2 hr to arrive,please send floatting hospital to zawiya trough refinary sea port,,,people die in different ages,today child just 3 years has been killed,may allah save them

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Negotiators are independent #feb17 Libyans like Abdallah Banun, Abdelmajid Almeyiet. They’re not TNC members

however they have been told by TNC that TNC will not negotiate until regime agrees to Gaddafi and sons leaving

A Free Libyan
#Gmata update coming up. They sure are keeping busy!

BREAKING – CONF. – #Gmata – FF destroy 1 tank, 2 trucks + G cars, 3 G men died, all in Qasr Khayr. They were going to #Zliten. #Libya #Feb17

BREAKING – CONF. – FF are VERY confident. They’re causing a lot of trouble for G on the highway, it’s essentially closed. #Libya

BREAKING – CONF. – As a result of the attack, FF were able to gain more weapons + ammo. #Libya #Feb17

About the bridge that was yesterday reported as having been bombed by NATO:

That was last night. FF blew it up. It’s more of a highway link than a bridge. Was to slow down reinforcements from AlKhums

BBC
Libya crisis: Defiance in Tripoli despite rebel advance

Rebels are closing in on the Libyan capital after a series of advances. Fighting continues to the west and south of Tripoli, with government troops trying to take back lost ground. In the capital itself, though, the BBC’s Matthew Price finds little obvious sign of unease.

Under the inky black sky, the square is bustling. Pro-Gaddafi music blares, distorting through old speakers.
A young boy leans out of the front passenger window of a car, the green flag of Col Gaddafi’s Libya fluttering proudly in his hands as it drives past.
And 23-year-old Omar Alia Rohoma is kissing a photograph of his leader.
“I love you,” he exclaims.

You would not know – in central Tripoli – that there is a war on.

“He is a father for all Libyans,” says the young driver. “He is good.”
Is he worried about a rebel advance on the capital?
“No. As you see all people are happy. We are secure and safe. No-one is worried about the rebels. It’s all lies.”
It is not unexpected to get such a response in Green Square – pictures of Col Gaddafi hang around the entire place; green flags fly.
Government minders stand close by as people are questioned by journalists.

In a cafe, Salem Amer heats milk before expertly skimming the froth off the top over two espressos.
He shakes his head, and smiles wisely when asked about Tripoli’s fate.
“Morale is high,” he says. “We are fine, thanks to God.”

full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14547986

A Free Libyan
Juma AlMa’arfy has fled to #Tunisia. He is the head of the battalion that is surrounding #Tarhouna. #Libya #Feb17

dovenews Libyan™
US: Panetta “Gaddafis forces R weakend & this latest dfection is anothr example of how weak thy’ve gottn” rfrnce 2 Gaddafis Interior Ministr

NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil "The NTC would like to affirm that there are no negotiations either direct or indirect with the Gaddafi

regime or with the special envoy of the United Nations,"

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
No negotiation at all. Khatib is just wasting our time and non-NTC sanctioned negotiations are NOT ACCEPTABLE

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Confusion in #Tripoli. NTC,UN say no negotiation.BBC say negotiation now in Djerba.Can someone clarify?Be aware of G’s psychological warfare

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Harsha has now been liberated by #Freedomfighters. #Libya

#Tiji: Reported to be fully liberated from #Gaddafi filth

#NATO struck #Gaddafi filth in #Sirte. #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli earlier reported #Gaddafi filth who fired SCUD from #Sirte towards #Brega was himself killed by other Gaddafi filth. #Libya

Aljazeera:
Fighting has continued to rage across Libya, with opposition forces closing in on Gaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli.

Rebels say they now control most of the strategically important city of Az-Zawiyah.

Gaddafi’s army is using rockets to strike at opposition positions inside Az-Zawiyah.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Az-Zawiyah.
MUST SEE VIDEO: Libyan rebels advance in #Zawiyah t.co/r3pyIA3 #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnN723kdjzw&fea...

ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #Gaddafi forces continue to hit #Zawiyah with grad rockets; no let up in the fighting, #Libya

#NATO jets in the skies over #Zawiyah, #Libya, #Gaddafi, #TNC

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli: “Big paper air-plane flew around Benashoor area yday night with the indep. flag..G forces kept shooting at it until it fell down”

Libya outreach Group
Situation report:
Executive Summary

From August 11 to August 14, Gaddafi forces killed three civilians in Zawiyah and took over a Zawiyah hospital, converting it into sa weapons storage facility; Tunisia announced its troops are patrolling fuel stations to curb the flow of smuggled gasoline to Libya; Brega remained contested, with contradictory reports emerging regarding who is in control of the town; families of Sabratha were given weapons by Gaddafi forces but gave them up as pro-democracy fighters entered the town; pro-democracy forces gained full control of the Tunisia-Tripoli road from Sorman to Zawiyah; pro-democracy forces liberated Zawiyah and Garyan from Gaddafi control; pro-democracy forces launched an offensive to take the town of Tawarga; Canadian Lieutenant-General Bouchard spoke of Gaddafi’s growing weakness and reliance on foreign mercenaries; Gaddafi’s interior minister and his family apparently defected to Cairo; Gaddafi delivered an audio-only speech on State TV; a UK official stated that Gaddafi diplomats in London tried to sell their assets before being expelled; Gaddafi’s government threatened death penalty for anyone found using a Thuraya satellite phone; Gaddafi’s foreign minister held talks with his Greek counterpart in Athens; a Gaddafi regime cargo plane was seized by the UAE and handed over to pro-democracy forces in Benghazi; a Gaddafi aide held talks with the Mauritanian President; police stormed the Libyan embassy in Stockholm and arrested 7 pro-uprising protesters who threatened to kill themselves or set the building on fire if their demands were not met; the UK announced its expectation that more countries will release frozen assets to the NTC this coming week; Denmark extended its Libya mission and invited the NTC to send an envoy to Copenhagen; the NTC said it has written to the Canadian government to request that the Council be permitted to have an envoy in Ottawa; the Libyan embassy in Washington officially re-opened under NTC control; and UN head Ban Ki-moon renewed his call for a political solution to conflict, condemned civilian casualties by both parties.

Military Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
 Medics outside Zawiyah said sniper and mortar fire by Gaddafi forces killed three civilians, including a 15-year-old girl; Zawiyah teaching hospital, with 600 beds, taken over by Gaddafi military and turned into weapons storage area (http://tiny.cc/e3rkd)
 Thursday: Tunisia troops patrolling fuel stations to curb the flow of smuggled gasoline into Libya, a trade helping Gaddafi forces (http://tiny.cc/fho4q)
 Reports that pro-democracy forces seized the town of Brega early last week (tiny.cc/bmajb); Friday: Gaddafi troops were still in control of Brega’s oil terminal and refinery (http://tiny.cc/zre6f)

Military Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 Families of Sabratha, a town west of Zawiyah, were given weapons by Gaddafi forces but as soon as pro-democracy fighters entered city residents gave up weapons. The Tunisia-Tripoli road from Sorman to Zawiya in full control of the pro-democracy fighters; are allowing food and humanitarian aid trucks going to Tripoli but searching other vehicles (http://tiny.cc/jmr0b)
 Situation Map showing pro-democracy advance toward Tripoli over weekend: tiny.cc/mkte3
 Saturday: pro-democracy forces took Zawiyah, enabling them to halt food and fuel supplies from Tunisia; town of Garyan also taken; pro-democracy forces also took the heavy and light weapons of the Sabhan Brigade (http://tiny.cc/s7xmb)
 Pro-democracy forces in Misrata launched an offensive to try and break through the eastern frontline and take the Gaddafi-held town of Tawarga (http://tiny.cc/fqcrl)
 Canadian Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard: “The Gaddafi regime’s forces continue to be weakened,” “no longer able to launch a credible offensive”; Bouchard also spoke of Gaddafi’s policy of mercenary recruitment from foreign countries (http://tiny.cc/f7vak)

Political Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
 Gaddafi’s interior minister and nine of his family members flew into Cairo on their private plane in what appeared to be the highest level defection from Gaddafi’s regime in months (http://tiny.cc/97sjs)
 Gaddafi’s latest speech was delivered over a poor quality telephone and broadcast by State TV in audio only; he declared, “Move forward, challenge, pick up your weapons, go to the fight for liberating Libya inch by inch from the traitors and from NATO” (http://tiny.cc/yh6y1)
 UK official: Gaddafi’s diplomats in London ‘tried to sell assets before they were expelled’, Gaddafi “increasingly desperate” (http://tiny.cc/0nfqk)
 President Jacob Zuma: NATO allies could be seeking a regime change in Libya in a manner that is “unacceptable” (http://tiny.cc/pitu5)
 Gaddafi’s government warned 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 (http://tiny.cc/1isn2)
 Gaddafi’s foreign minister held talks in Athens with his Greek counterpart Thursday; foreign ministry refused to disclose details of their discussion (http://bit.ly/pMiSAP)
 A Gaddafi regime cargo plane seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates was handed over to pro-democracy forces in Benghazi (http://tiny.cc/0xpw1)
 A top aide to Gaddafi has held discreet talks with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who heads an African Union panel on the Libyan crisis (http://tiny.cc/z7wxo)
 Splits are emerging within the Gaddafi regime after senior members of the government distanced themselves from Gaddafi family plans to forge a settlement to end the uprising (tiny.cc/6t007)

Political Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 Police stormed the Libyan embassy in Stockholm and arrested seven men holding the flag of the Libyan revolution who had broken in and threatened to kill themselves or set fire to the building if their demands were not met (http://tiny.cc/9b9yn)
 UK: More countries are likely to announce next week that they will free up frozen assets for the use of pro-democracy forces in Libya (http://tiny.cc/6tfxo)
 Denmark extended its Libya mission, said NTC can send envoy to Copenhagen (http://tiny.cc/j7qz5)
 NTC said it is hoping to have an envoy in Ottawa soon, has written request to Canadian government (http://tiny.cc/vbvkc)
 Libyan Embassy in Washington officially re-opened Thursday under NTC control (http://tiny.cc/5tja8)
 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon renewed his call on all sides in Libya to commit to a political processto end conflict (http://tiny.cc/6o9t6)
Humanitarian Needs
Summary of News
 UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Thursday expressed alarm over the rising number of civilian casualties in the Libya conflict, including those inflicted in NATO air strikes (http://tiny.cc/wawgv)

For all the policy implications and recommendations:
us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...

Hisham
#Qaddafi tried to give a masterclass on how to crush an uprising, the #Libyan people are showing the world how he will fail.

Malta Today
Safi riots shed light on inhumane 18-month detention policy

A riot instigated by asylum seekers inside Malta’s closed detention centre in Safi, to which journalists are not allowed access, is believed to have been started after the majority of some 271 detainees had their claims for protection rejected at the appeals stage, with the result of having their detention extended from 12 months to 18 months.

The protests of the day, which saw army and police riot squads enter the closed Safi compound to quell the agitation with tear gas, shine a light on the arbitrary policy of detention that is heavily criticised by the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner.

The Maltese authorities detain migrants for a maximum duration of 12 months, if they have applied for asylum but have not yet received a final decision on their claims. If an asylum application is still pending after 12 months, the person is released.

However, if before this time their asylum claim for protection is rejected by the Commissioner of Refugees and then rejected by the Refugee Appeals Boards, their detention is automatically extended to 18 months.
Full story:
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/safi-riots-s...

AJA: opposition fighters in control of 90% of #Zawyia, #Gaddafi forces still in control of the oil refinery. #Libya

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Zawiyah is now mostly secure as more and more snipers are caught and Northern residential areas are combed through #libya #feb17

Zawiyah is now mostly secure as more and more snipers are caught and Northern residential areas are combed through #libya #feb17

All that remains for the Sorman, Sabratha and Zawiya freedom fighters is to clear pockets of G forces & establish one continuous line #libya

News from English Libya tv
Revolutionaries scorn talks with isolated Gaddafi
Revolutionaries fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi scorned reports of secret talks his regime yesterday as their forces fought to secure gains and the United States said Gaddafi’s days were numbered.

After 41 years of supreme power in his oil-rich desert state 69-year-old Gaddafi was isolated in the capital Tripoli, with reinvigorated revolutionary forces closing in from the West and South.
Libya’s revolutionary National Transitional Council (NTC), recognized by many of the NATO nations whose air power is supporting their assault, denied any kind of negotiation with Gaddafi to resolve the six-month-old conflict.
“The NTC would like to affirm that there are no negotiations either direct or indirect with the Gaddafi regime or with the special envoy of the United Nations,” said NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil.
Gaddafi must step down and leave Libya, he said. “It is unthinkable to hold any negotiations or talks that disregard this basic principle.”
In Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Gaddafi’s forces had been thrown back onto the defensive, and reports that a senior figure in the Gaddafi security

apparatus had defected indicated the regime was cracking.
“Gaddafi’s forces are weakened and this latest defection is another example of how weak they’ve gotten,” Panetta said.
“I think the sense is that Gaddafi’s days are numbered,” Panetta said at event with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Revolutionaries fighting to topple Gaddafi seized two strategic towns near Tripoli over the past two days, cutting the city off from its supply lines and leaving him with a dwindling set of options if he is to stay in power.
However, Gaddafi forces were mounting a fight-back in one of those towns, Zawiyah, west of Tripoli. Snipers concealed in tall buildings were picking off rebel fighters, and salvos of Russian-made Grad rockets landed in the town.
OBSOLETE
The Scud missile, an obsolete Soviet-era weapon, was fired on Sunday morning from near Sirte, Gaddafi’s now isolated home town 500 km (310.7 miles) east of Tripoli.
It exploded to the east between the revolutionary-held towns of Brega and Ajdabiyah, said a U.S. official. The missile came down in the desert, injuring no one, said the official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity.
There was no immediate comment from Tripoli.
Analysts said using the inaccurate Scud look like an act of desperation. “It’s an obvious sign that the regime’s back is to the wall,” said Shashank Joshi, Associate Fellow at Britain’s Royal United Services Institute.
Scuds have a range of about 185 miles (300 km). At revolutionary headquarters in Benghazi, officials said it was probably aimed at revolutionary forces near Ajdabiyah.
“Gaddafi troops are using his last gun. He’s crazy,” said Mohammad Zawawi, media director for revolutionary forces. “We’re scared he’ll use chemicals. That’s why we’re trying to end this war and we hope to end it with the least number of casualties.”
“We can’t prevent the Scuds but we hope NATO can. NATO has the technology to detect them.”
Analysts say the revolutionaries’ strategy is to isolate Tripoli and hope the government collapses, but they say it is also possible Gaddafi will opt to stage a last-ditch fight for the capital.
In a barely audible telephone call to state television in the early hours of Monday, Gaddafi called on his followers to liberate Libya from revolutionaries and their NATO supporters.
“Get ready for the fight … The blood of martyrs is fuel for the battlefield,” he said.
REVOLUTIONARY PUSH
As he spoke revolutionaries were making their most dramatic advances in months of

fighting, shifting the momentum in a conflict that had been largely static and was testing the patience of NATO.
Revolutionary forces southwest of Tripoli surged forward at the weekend to enter Zawiyah about 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli straddling the main highway linking the capital to Tunisia.
A day later, they said they had taken the crossroads town of Garyan, which controls the highway south from Tripoli linking it to Sabha, a Gaddafi stronghold deep in the desert.
“Gaddafi has been isolated. He has been cut off from the outside world,” said Abdulrahman, a revolutionary spokesman from the Western Mountains.
Gaddafi officials deny the revolutionaries control Zawiyah, and say their forces are preparing to drive “armed gangs” from Garyan.
Revolutionaries on the outskirts of Zawiyah said most of Gaddafi’s forces had pulled out of the town, but left behind snipers who made it dangerous for the anti-Gaddafi fighters to move around.
A Reuters reporter saw a revolutionary pick-up truck deliver six government soldiers to a makeshift prison. Each was blindfolded and made to kneel facing a wall and several revolutionaries walked by, shouting at them and slapping them on the head.
“They were firing at us,” said Abdel-Muiz Ramadan, 20, a revolutionary fighter. “We captured one of them and he gave us the location of the others.”
He said the snipers were concentrated in tall buildings around Martyrs’ Square, focus of a failed revolt by Zawiyah residents earlier this year. “Every time we approach the area, one of their snipers fires at us,” said Ramadan.
Medical workers at one of the town’s hospitals said 20 people, a mixture of revolutionary fighters and civilians, were killed on Monday, and the death toll for Tuesday had reached one.
A U.N. peace envoy in neighboring Tunisia, Abdel Elah al-Khatib, said he knew nothing of any negotiations in Djerba.
He said he had held informal talks with representatives of Gaddafi’s government and the revolutionary council but did not say who they were or what they discussed.
Talks could signal the endgame of a war that has drawn in the NATO alliance and emerged as one of the bloodiest confrontations in the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world.
Revolutionaries may still lack the manpower for an all-out assault on Tripoli, but are hoping their encirclement of the capital will bring down Gaddafi’s government or inspire an uprising. In the past, however, they have frequently failed to hold gains, and a fightback by Gaddafi troops could yet force them back.

For more news:
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9087

Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” t.co/SNaDlca

A Free Libyan
VIDEO – ID/Passports belonging to the mercenaries that were in #Tiji – facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1199...

Free Libya Now
Most feared #Zawiya internal security chief is in the custody of FF’s. Khalifah Daouw was captured today along some of his aides. #Libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi: No matter where in the world you go, no matter how much money you have, we are everywhere and we WILL find you.

18 #Gaddafi tanks & 12 rocket launchers reported at 32.041614 N 12.561232 E – 32.030598 N 12.551224 E – 32.035980 N 12.550582 E #Libya @NATO

#Gaddafi filth in #Asabeah, Estiraha al Gaddafi 32 03 05.98 N 12 55 12.24 E Mosque Ben Daou 32 03 59.80N 12 55 05.82 E #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

#Mizdah: #Freedomfighters have liberated the town & control #Gaddafi’s military camp. #Libya #Feb17

UNCONFIRMED:
Reports:
Mohammed Sanousi has been killed in #Zawia. #Libya #Feb17"

OppContact:#Zawiyah under opposition control except Mabna Al Tamean building w/snipers, and western areas incl. oil processing Center #Libya

Prince Mohammed El-Senussi
Personal Message 16/8/2011

I address you today in the middle of the holy month as many, many brave people fight with determination and resolve for Libya’s freedom and the country’s future.
Six months ago a group of innocent and unarmed Libyans protesting for change were fired upon by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s security forces.
Since that fateful day in Benghazi – the 17th of February – the people of Libya have risen and fought a tiring and arduous struggle against Gaddafi’s despotic regime and his mercenary soldiers.
Day after day, week after week, most of the nation has stood together, united against the tyrant as brave freedom fighters have taken up arms.
They have come from all over Libya and have united in their efforts to rid the country of evil.
They are together as one in their endeavours. And their staunch bravery on the front lines will bring unity to our country. And I am confident of success sooner rather than later.
They are patriots. They are heroes. They are the real people of Libya.
And during this holy month we owe it to the memory of the brave Libyans who have fought for freedom and paid the ultimate price with their lives that we never forget the sacrifices they have made.
But this long struggle, one that has been longer than we had hoped, is not yet over.
And yet it has shown the world one thing. That the Libyan people are united and want to be free.

Our freedom will come. History has shown that we can succeed and I believe most strongly that we will, indeed, succeed.
In 1940 the people of Libya came together, just as they are doing today, when my great uncle King Idris established the Senussi army.
Towns and villages across Libya stood up to the colonialist oppressor. Cities were united in opposition. Families rallied round. People toiled, and fought, and gave their lives.
And in 1951 freedom was finally achieved as our country was granted independence.

Today’s struggle is no different.
Yet again we face an enemy motivated by evil, and whose only aim is to suppress and control our people.
It is a murderous regime hell bent on indiscriminate killings, stealing and squandering the wealth of our country and brutally trying to snuff out the spirit of the Libyan people.
So we must continue to strive for freedom and for our right to live freely in our country.
In order for Libya to take its place amongst the great nations of the world we must work together as one people.
United we must fight for a new society in which the freedoms and rights of the people come first.
We must protect the rights of each and every Libyan – to ensure that never again can a tyrant take lives, steal property or misappropriate our country’s wealth.
Libya’s future must be in the hands of the Libyan people.
It is your future. May peace be with you and may freedom be upon you.

wheelertweets James Wheeler
I’m in Tunis tonite & had to visit some #Libyan friends in the hospital. Here we are, about to eat Ramadan breakfast. twitpic.com/674y9r

A #Zawiya, les forces de #Kadhafi ont fait comme d’habitude : investir l’hôpital, maltraiter les soignants et tirer du toit. Source AP

N_Benghazi ن
So many times I want to point out a part of an article that’s potentially wrong/condescending/etc but I can never find the words to do it.

Reuters
Africans stuck in Tunisia after fleeing from Libya

Five months after Sudanese worker Mohammed Hassan fled civil war in Libya he is still stranded in a tent city just across the border in Tunisia.
“In my own country there is a conflict and violence. I cannot go there so where do I go now?” said Mohammed, who comes from Sudan’s troubled Darfur region. He left years ago for Libya to escape violence at home.
The United Nations says almost 900,000 people, including 200,000 foreign workers, have fled Libya into Tunisia to escape fighting after rebels launched an uprising against the 41-year-rule of Muammar Gaddafi in February.

Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/16/liby...

cswift2 Cara Swift
#Libya Opposition TV says: “Mohamed Abdallah al-#Sanussi has been killed in Al-#Zawiyah battles”.

Lisa
NATO jets in the skies over #Zawiya at this time. #Libya #Feb17”RT

Lisa
Here we go again, Mohamed Senussi killed. This time in #Zawiya. #Rumor #Libya #Feb17”RT

Mimi Mato
5th time since 17Feb…

He has 9 lives too?
He’s over half dead then………
Slowly but surely we’re getting there.

Danya
Don’t let the old power hungry people attention seekers try to take control of everything ..they should HELP not CONTROL everything

Shabab
AP
Gadhafi’s troops use hospital as base, doctors say

ZAWIYA, Libya (AP) — The day Libyan rebels advanced into the strategic city of Zawiya, Moammar Gadhafi’s forces clamped down on the local hospital.
They forced doctors to perform hours of consecutive surgeries, put snipers on the roof and an anti-aircraft gun near the entrance, two doctors who managed to escape said Tuesday.
As the Libyan regime’s grip on this coastal city of 200,000 is slipping, stories are seeping out about the reign of fear and intimidation imposed here over the past five months.

Residents interviewed in rebel-controlled parts of Zawiya gave accounts of mass arrests in the preceding months. A woman said her son-in-law and two of his relatives were arrested and killed by Gadhafi agents. A rebel fighter said he was subjected to beatings and electric shocks.
Dr. Hamid al-Shawish, a 30-year-old surgeon, said the regime had clamped down hard on Zawiya since March, arresting anyone suspected of sympathizing with the rebels. At least 20 doctors and nurses were seized from the hospital, and some remain missing, al-Shawish said

The bodies of at least 30 Gadhafi soldiers were brought in that day, along with some 150 wounded, said al-Shawish, who was in charge of the emergency room. Rebels often allege that most of Gadhafi’s troops are African mercenaries, but al-Shawish said there were many Libyans among the wounded soldiers.
Read full report here:
shabablibya.org/news/gadhafis-troops-us...

Mohamed Abdallah Alsinusi killed in #zawiya via #libya Alahrar

AJA reports: heavy security presence in #Tripoli. Individuals not allowed to enter or exit #Libya

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Misrata: Freedom fighters towards the south-western front (Bani Walid direction) killed over 20 Gaddafi soldiers and arrested more

Gheryan: Gaddafi forces are still in Asabaa (between Nafusa & Gheryan) and r launching GRAD attacks on FF. They will be cleared soon. #libya

BREAKING: Calls from Tunisia to Tripoli no longer work (Libyana/Madar/Landline) – Tunisian companies say Gaddafi side is responsible #libya

There are many reports of high ranking pro-G “revolutionary committee” members & officers being caught but some are still unconfirmed #libya

Hayat
#Zawiyah is under grave danger, the sheer number of forces #Gaddafi has prepared and on the move to destroy it is terrifying.

Joanne
#FLASH #AZAWIYAH FF Completely Seiged #zawiyah refinery & small group went in as a probe to assess

Alzawiya FF have gained full control of the oil refinery some snipers r still on the roof and negotiations with them r taking a part

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Just reporting what the #BBC is told in #Tripoli. audioboo.fm/boos/441311-bb…
or;
audioboo.fm/boos/441311-bbc-radio-4-180...

FromJoanne Joanne
ZAWIYAH FF @ checkpoints R listing names of Zawiya Men missing or killed since Febr. it has now 7,000 names and its growing by the hr #Libya

Tunisia_Live Tunisia Live
We can confirm that officials from #Gaddafi regime and #NTC have met yesterday in Djerba. (Source: Minis of Foreign Affairs)

Libya Free Forever.
Gadafi forces from #Alkhoms attacks #Tarhunah civilians #Libya

FF in#Zawarh #Juma Almarafi and #Fathi Alshawashi fled #Libya to #Tunisia Bin Gerdan &returned w Guards from #Tunisia— FF Stop them

Gadafi forces shelling civilians from these loc N 32 04 16.14 N 12 56 12.32 E – 32 03 05.98 N 12 55 12.24 E

#Gadafi forces shelling civilians from these loc 32 03 59.80N12 55 05.82 E

FromJoanne Joanne
#Zawiyah Every room in City Hospital has been taken over by armed GF they have taken FF and civilians hostage /Human shields #Libya

#ZAWIYAH CITY HOSPITAL is still Gaddafi Forces CONTROLLED they 30 DEAD G soldiers on SATURDAY along with abt 150 GF Injured #Libya

#ZAWIYAH family cars stacked high with bedding r heading 4 safety of Nafusa FF encouage them 2 leave so they can clear town from GF #Libya

#ZAWIYAH 1 Sniper is tormenting FF around #Martyr Square He even shot woman in her front room and is said to hv killed 6FF on Monday #Libya

Libya Live
Breaking news: #rebels completely seiged #zawiyah refinery & small group went in as a probe to assess. #AzZawiyah #AzZawiya #Zawya #Zawia

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH HOSPITAL GF posted snipers on roof + Anti-aircraft gun underneath emergency room window firing randomly @ nearby houses #Libya

Sounds good!
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Surman: Hifz AlSalam Brigade in Surman of 604 military camp headed by Gen Brigadier Khalid AlHady Alaswad defected today #Libya #Feb17

There are pro Feb17 officers in G forces who’ve been asked not to defect till Zero hour. Not all defections now are insincere #Feb17 #Libya

Despite the hard fighting in west coast, it seems the bloodiest fighting is taking place in Brega. Allah give them victory #Feb17

Tripoli is ready

dovenews Libyan™
PLZ RT! Thursday front of the Libyan embassy in #Cario @ 12pm to remove the green cloth & replace it with the Libyan indp flag. PLZ RT/COME

Lieutenant #Hussein #Aldokaly was captured in #AzZawyia. #Libya

LibyaYouth Libya Youth
Ahrar TV’s website states Zawiya is completely liberated. #Zawiya #Libya

Libya Free Forever.
Gadafi man #Saleh Ibrahim war criminal is now in #Serbia #Belgrade in #Libya embassy to bring more mercenaries & weapons.

Gadafi forces attack #Zawyia w #Launchers from #Al-Zahouk Farm/Tennis court

Hayat
#Zawiyah some farms surrounding the city where taken from by #Gaddafi brigades from their owners without being given a choice-settled there.

#Zawiyah the grads are falling in many areas including #Terfas #BirGhnam entrance #WoladJarbo3 #WoladBuHmeer #Al3iyadAlmujame3 on houses!

My aunts and their kids in #Zawiyah are moving from house to eachothers houses to avoid grads, no safe place, snipers are the REAL problem.

Needless to say, snipers shoot to kill, it’s always fatal wounds to the chest and head, over 20 areas are filled with them- very risky.

we hear of U.S.A reports of how great the forces that are coming to #Zawiyah -they hit with heavy weapons then move forward, huge nbrs

#Gaddafi has ordered his troops to “Wipe out #Zawiyah completely” & of course he said “Let those of you who want to run, run now! -Or else!”

I can explain why there were reports we #Zawiyah had retaken the oil refinery – it’s simple. #Treason of accord with spared #Gaddafi forces.

#Gaddafi is sending the most offensive attack so far, towards #Zawiyah retreating troops from #Zliten #Misrata and using all heavy weapons!

Thank God #Zawiyah has some of the finest and bravest in all of #Libya ! Pray for them, soon God Willing it’ll be #Tripoli we free ! #Feb17

I love how when I call my family in #Zawiyah they sound so much braver than I am, it’s incredible mashaAllah, they’re heroes, wicked cool!

The #Hospital in #Zawiyah is still not in in the hands of the #FFs -there are hostages there held by #Gaddafi forces and mercenaries -though

#Zawiyah #3words to repond to #Gaddafi threats “Run now if want to I’ll wipe you out entirely” – #FFs &families defiantly “Bring it on!”

My biggest worry tonight is that #Gaddafi cuts the communications off #Zawiyah and #Tripoli again like he has done countless times-worrisome

Russia only “lent” stuff to #Gaddafi , for money of course, it’s heavy and he uses it to kill us KABOOM.

@NATO we are very impressed with your work to help #Zawiyah , truly, you’re cleaning up what negative images you have really-very well.

Tunisia people are not to be underestimated ever again :) they’re working on it-it’ll all be over when #Libya ’s free

we don’t EVEN basic weapons, #Gaddafi keeps all the ‘good stuff’ and arms deposits go boom by #NATO no use!

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Comoros CARGO SHIP “HADIA K” now anchored in port #Tobruk #Libya. #Feb17

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

#Malta OIL TANKER “BREEZE A” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-17 20:00 (UTC). #Feb17

#Moldova CARGO SHIP “YAHIA STAR” 34.99962˚/29.11828˚ now en route from #Mersin #Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO

Sheikh Gharyani has issued Fatwa for people of #Tripoli NOT to go to #Gaddafi rally tomorrow as this will cause harm. #Libya #Feb17

The pieces are all falling into place and our Freedom Fighters are the high grade glue to seal it all together.

Unconf. Mercenaries left Sabha en route to Merzdah

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Heavy clashes taking place tonight in Tarhuna with reports of martyrs and injuries. #Feb17 #Libya

FFs attacked AlDufan gate South of Misrata killing no. G forces & capturing others. Gained 5 armed vehicles & returned safely #Feb17

SMILE:
FreeLibyan
Oil refinery of #Alzzawyia s fully controlled by the brave FFs. #Gaddafi is controlling only the Sewage system where he s living right now.

A Free Libyan
Heavy fighting in #Tarhouna tonight, between locals and G forces. Maybe the battalion leader fleeing will have an effect?

LibyaAlHurra
Civilians caught in the crossfire in #Zawiyah say they support the revolution despite the lack of food, medicine, necessities. #Libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi filth are conducting an arrest campaign in #GaserKhayar, & burning homes in #Alalus, #Qamath, #Ghanema & #Celine.

Residents of #BabAkarah near #BabAlAzyzyia were told on Monday to leave immediately & find other places to stay. #Libya #Feb17

#Freedomfighters have entered #Badr, 20 km E. of Tiji at 32.0481059, 11.5418566]. #Libya #Feb17

A Free Libyan
BREAKING – CONF. – #Gmata – 2 Arrested from Alous, 7 Qasr Khayr, 1 from Sind. #Libya #Feb17

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
It’s past midnight in #Tripoli – 6 month anniversary of #FEB17 uprising… where do you see #Libya headed? share thoughts pls

dovenews Libyan™
Quick tour in the streets of #Zintan youtube.com/watch?v=4e9-OW… 16-08-2011
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e9-OWmFhJY&fea...

Residents of #Bab #Akarah near #Bab AlAzyzyia were told on Monday to leave immediately & find another place to stay in
& Gaddafi forces were seen today placing a metal bases on top of the flats. via @AlmanaraMedia FB.

dovenews Libyan™
Breaking! The Tunisian army have arrested #Juma #AlMarfi & #Ibrahim #Abu #AlShawash while trying to infiltrate into Tunisia via the sea

نحن لسنا معارضه نحن الشعب We are not opposition nor insurgents WE ARE THE LIBYAN PEOPLE! MEDIA USE THE RIGHT TERMS!!!!! #Libya

Alex
“ #Sabratha is directly ahead, but the men’s main objective is moving westward along the coastline to liberate their coastal hometown of #Zwara, a busy port of 47,000 inhabitants, all ethnic #Amazigh or Berber. About 100 kilometers west of #Tripoli, Zwara is the first town of consequence in #Libya as one enters from the #Tunisia n border, another 65 kilometers west.

www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/fight-sabr...

#Gaddafi FINISHED: “I think the sense is that Gaddafi’s days are numbered,” the new US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, said in Washington.

#Nato leaders are also increasingly confident that the war is moving towards an endgame.” #Libya
More here:
goo.gl/KyPFP

#Gaddafi Regime imploding fm within – with mounting defections – each day they r weaker – & lose more territory. #Tripoli free soon. #Libya

Sky News
Libya rebel chief denies Gaddafi talks’
There are no negotiations, either direct or indirect, with the Gaddafi regime,’ Abdel Jalil said, following reports, already denied by NTC officials, that talks had taken place on the Tunisian island of Djerba.
Abdel Jalil on Tuesday sought to speed up the rate of defections, promising a fair trial for members of the regime without blood on their hands, or an amnesty for others.
But the invitation did not extend to Gaddafi and his closest allies, naming Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.
‘Anyone who is accused, or has an (International Criminal Court) arrest warrant in his name will fall under international jurisdiction and we will not be able to accept immunity or amnesty for them.’

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy, former Jordanian foreign minister Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, told the official TAP news agency he had met ‘representatives of the National Transition Council and the Libyan government’.
Khatib stressed however that his meetings ‘were not part of official negotiations’.
He did not specify whether he met the rival sides together or separately.
Read more:
www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?i...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Cambodia CARGO SHIP “MIA” now en route to dest. #Tobruk #Libya. #Feb17

#Zawiya: Continued heavy shelling by #Gaddafi filth located in #Jodaym forest to the east of the city. @NATO DO YOUR JOB! #Libya #Feb17

#Fuel truck left #Sabha to supply #Gaddafi convoy of 50 Toyota cars heading to #Gharyan #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO

dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi forces R in #Ghuit #Alshal looking 4 the ppl who distributd more thn 1000 leaflets containing the names of Gadafi supportrs #Tripoli

Anaya
#Zawiyah lance un appel urgent pour soins médicaux. Forces de #Kadhafi ont pris l’hôpital.

Hayat
Guys, we need you to pray, #Zawiyah needs your prayers, tonight and the next few are going to be decisive for all of #Libya

Bad news from #Zawiyah , judging from what the #FFs returning home can see, there is far FAR more people missing and dead than we thought D:

@NATO thank you for hitting those forces coming to hit the city of #Zawiyah thanks so much! You’re amazing!

I have some bad news, two families were indeed reported killed entirely in #Zawiyah by missiles launched on a house, the other on their car.

Alex
#NTC are often criticized – but their diplomatic skills won new friends & placated existing allies – & has been a major factor in #FF support & success.

Few ‘rebel’ movements have ever won full legal recognition without being in control of 100% of the territory – & to have most major powers granting early recognition was a spectacular diplomatic achievemen on the part of the #NTC. #Libya #TNC

ONE LAST PUSH: While #FF need 2 consolidate recent gains – they must liberate #Tripoli asap – 2 save #TripoliPrisoners #Libya

#Brega – is taking forever – the obstacles in terms of landmines manpower & weapons have been overwhelming – but gains r steadily building.

#Zawiyah #FF r gradually asserting control – over the enormous #Zawiya urban land area – & 2day cleared #Gaddafi fm most of Refinery. #Libya

U LOSE U DIE: #Brega a city #Gaddafi cld not lose – & was defended like his life depended upon it – & it probably does. #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
State TV: “Scud missiles? you havent seen anything yet”. Still think its against international law to shut it down? @NATO… take it out.

A Free Libyan
Haven’t heard of any civilian/FF deaths. 10 were arrested. Last time he arrested people from gmata, they were tortured :-\

He’s trying to silence Gmata so the main Zliten supply line isn’t cut off

Libya Free Forever.
Major General #Juma #Alma’aryfi head of #Tarhuna’s brigade&Butcher was BEATEN by #FF in #Tunisia, NOW protected by #Tunisia police

BREAKING NEWS #FF have full control on #Zawyia Oil refinery

FromJoanne Joanne
Latest from #Libya Sabratha
Family of 50 left fled Some 2 #Tunisia some 2 #Nafusa after GF grad hit kitchen this afternoon

NILESAT ok tweeps I am whispering this:) Its postponed till next thursday I am actually laughing nervously now LOL This is SOOO funny #Libya

N_Benghazi ن
Saying that Libyans shouldn’t have taken help from foreign powers is like saying “Libyans should’ve just died.”

FreeBenghazi
NATO air strikes on Jhufra military camp causing big explosion. (Jhufra is an oasis, deep in Sahara, near Algeria) #Libya

Jeel
#Gheryan contact told me they’ve dug deep pits or holes in the middle of the road cutting access to other side. #MacGyverTactics

libyanandproud
Long live free #Libya Allah Akbar Glory to the martyrs of #Feb17

Michael
#Misrata #Libya fronts holdingas of 8/16. Reports of G activity in #Tarhunah and around Bani #Walid. twitpic.com/677gnp

Jeel
The way access to #Gheryan works is there are 3 rds that wind up the mt. Opp fighters have closed 1 “Bughalan” just secured other “Ghan”

Hafed
#libya #syria - As the world watches #Arab Neros are insisting on either remaining in power or not allowing anyone to remain

sarah
Breaking: Zawiya: NATO is booming Gadafi forces in eastern part of Zawiya -Della

Libya Free Forever.
#Tawrgha E #Misurata #Mass graves were found for 150 kidnapped families, civilians

were slaughtered with no mercy #GadafiCrimes

Libya Free Forever.
ALKHUMS Gaddafi forces in heavy presence on AlFateh (main) street with large no of A-A armed vehicles #Libya

#Gadafi Warships left area 27 heading to attack #Zawyia

A Free Libyan
BREAKING – CONFIRMED – #Gmata – 3 more men arrested and G forces are looking for a fourth man. #PrayforGmata!!! #Libya

BREAKING – CONFIRMED – #Gaddafi has now stationed sniper teams in Qasr Khayr on the highest buildings there. #Libya #Feb17

Enas
#Surman:everything is calm and quite and ppl there are so happy

Sumayyah
My uncle just arrived in Benghazi after 30+ years of being away, Alhamdulillah. So proud of my dad and uncles for waiting this long.

Bloomberg
Misrata Relaxes as Libyan Rebels Advance
Libya’s rebel-held city of Misrata, under siege by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi for the past six months, is experiencing something new: traffic jams.
With rebels advancing toward the Libyan capital, Tripoli, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the west, honking horns and the voices of children playing in Misrata’s

streets have replaced the explosions of incoming rockets and artillery shells.
“We are confident we are safe now,” English student Aisha Alifafer, 20, said in an interview yesterday. “We can go shopping and visit others. In the last six months we could not go outside and see the sun.”
Read more:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-16/misra...

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
by IbnOmar2005
Al-Aan channel enters Sorman with the Libyan freedom fighters. EXCLUSIVE PICS of Liberation of Sorman #libya fb.me/Hg8AOlSX
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6H-I_sBl-I

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Heavy clashes in #Badr, E.of #Nalut. #Gaddafi filth launched surprise attack after receiving reinforcement. #Libya #Feb17

#AlKhums: Confirmed: Heavy presence of #Gaddafi filth on AlFateh street w/ large number of Anti Aircraft vehicles. #Libya #Feb17

dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #Mizdah #FF have capture large amount of weapons & military equipment. #Mizdah #Libya

Anaya
#Nilesat arms dealer for #Gaddafi: brainwashing, manipulation, sow discord among the population, intimidation, hostage-taking, propa. #Libya

Fr. Euro News
Des pertes importantes parmi les rebelles libyens à Zawiyah et Brega
Les chefs de la rébellion libyenne ont le sentiment d’entrer dans une phase décisive. Sur le front ouest, ils confirment contrôler presque totalement la ville de Zawiyah. Sur le front est, les insurgés continuent de progresser dans Brega, qui s‘étend sur une dizaine de kilomètres le long de la côte. Mais le prix à payer est chaque jour plus élevé. De source rebelle, 23 combattants et civils ont été tués depuis lundi à Zawiyah, et 15 à Brega.
Read more and watch video:
goo.gl/FgCAa

dovenews Libyan™
#Bader: Also 16 #FF were injured

A Free Libyan
BREAKING – CONFIRMED – #Gmata – HEAVY fighting in Qasr Khayr between FF + G forces!! #PrayforGmata #PrayforFF #Libya

#Sabratha Page: Number of G soldiers arrested during the fighting there has reached 60. #Libya #Feb17

AlManara – #Tarhouna Media – G battalion found out their leader fled to Tunisia. They’re panicking, v unorganised, demoralised #Libya #Feb17

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: Sources report that NATO warships are heavily bombarding #Gaddafi tanks and artillery on the coastal road east of #Zawiya #libya

Emo
G supporters in #Ajeilat have removed the green dirty cloth. Now they’re sewing Libya flags! Should we accept those hypocrites? #Libya

Military base in #Sabratha is still under siege by FFs. #Libya

Via Zintan FB page: Nato bombed a convoy of mercenaries composed of 50 vehicles near Mizdah and most of them were destoryed.

SUMMARY AUGUST 17th 2011

8/17/11
8.17.11

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right – Victor Hugo

NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/8KoEg

NATO:
2 Military Storage Facilities
1 Anti-aircraft gun
5 Military Vehicles
2 Surface to Air missile trailers
1 Surface to Air missile launchers
1 Command and Control node

Skyman64 Ian Woods
Unusually, NATO update does not give any locations for where they have been in action.

matthewwprice Matthew Price
6 months of #Libya uprising: US: Gaddafi days numbered. Rebels: will win by Sept. NATO: mission far from over. LibGvnt: it’s all lies.

A Free Libyan
BREAKING – 100% CONFIRMED – #Gmata – G forces arrested 8 men from Alous…. #Libya #Feb17 #PrayforGmata

LibyaYouth Libya Youth
News I just received Directly from FF on the ground who returned from Zawiya to Nalut: “A few snipers left” #Zawiya #Libya #Gaddafi

HomelandYouth
NATO planes bombed checkpoint in Janzour in front of “Superior Studies Academy” about 2 to 3 hours ago.

(around 1.30 am local)

Tonight Ghut Al-Shaal witnessed chases and heavy gunfire after spreading 1000 paper containing names of Pro-Gs who are involved in crimes.

We just received information about location of several G warlords who are hiding in Tripoli instead of fighting.

Ibn
EXCELLENT PIC. How the media covered the “stalemate” in #Libya. Every outlet should see this. @CNN @BBC
twitter.com/#!/IbnOmar2005/status/103645344419692544/photo/1

Never Forget
My mom spoke to my uncle in #Tripoli: they havent heard any news of my coz’s fiancee who’s been missing. Allah ma3a.Pray for him!

whoever thinks rebels r racist missed the many rebels who r black. #Libya

Libya Outreach Group
Situation Report
August 16 2011
Executive Summary

On August 15, 2011, Gaddafi forces fired a Scud missile that landed between Brega and Ajdabiyah; pro-democracy fighters said that most of Gaddafi’s forces had withdrawn from Zawiyah, with some sniper teams remaining; the Obama administration expressed its hope that major advances made by pro-democracy forces over the weekend had broken the stalemate; UN special envoy al-Khatib arrived in Tunisia to begin secret talks aimed at brokering ceasefire in Libya; the US said it had accredited NTC envoy Ali Aujali as Libya’s new ambassador in Washington; the Netherlands gave 100 million euros in frozen assets to the WHO for Libya; report emerged that Zawiyah is in desperate need of field hospitals; consulting firm Wood Mackenzie estimated that Libya will not be able to restore oil production to pre-war levels until 3 years after the end of the conflict; Turkey sends 14 thousand tons of Euro diesel to Libya under deal with NTC; a draft of a possible NTC Libyan constitution emerged; and the NTC Education Minister announced that primary and secondary schools in parts of liberated Libya will begin re-opening on September 5th.

Military Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
 Gaddafi forces fired a Scud missile for the first time since the beginning of the conflict; missile was fired Sunday morning from near Sirte, landed between Brega and Ajdabiyah; no injuries (http://tiny.cc/rnppc)
 Pro-democracy fighters said most Gaddafi forces have pulled out of Zawiyah, but left behind snipers making it hard for pro-democracy fighters to move around; 20 people, civilians and pro-democracy fighters, killed on Monday; more deaths reported for Tuesday (http://tiny.cc/fp6tc)

Military Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 Libya’s pro democracy fighters threatened to isolate Tripoli by blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines on Monday after dramatic weekend advance; Obama administration said the U.S. was encouraged by advances and hoped stalemate has been broken (http://tiny.cc/woqzb)

Political Developments: Gaddafi and Loyalists
Summary of News
 UN special envoy Abdel-Elah al-Khatib arrived in Tunisia to meet with the prime minister and foreign minister in attempt to broker ceasefire in Libya; former Jordanian foreign minister’s visit coincided with the presence in Tunisia of representatives of both the NTC and Gaddafi (http://tiny.cc/5q7xr)

Political Developments: NTC and Pro-Democracy Fighters
Summary of News
 The United States said it has accredited NTC envoy Ali Aujali as Libya’s new ambassador to Washington (http://tiny.cc/luqbh)

Humanitarian Needs
Summary of News
 The Dutch government gives 100 million euros (£87 million) in frozen Libyan assets to the World Health Organization to distribute medicine to the Libyan people (http://tiny.cc/yrain)
 On the ground source: Zawiya is asking for field hospitals. Urgent need for medical services

Oil Industry Developments
Summary of News
 Edinburgh-based consultancy Wood Mackenzie: Libya will not be able to restore oil production to pre-crisis levels of 1.6 million b/d from less than 100,000 b/d now until three years after the end of hostilities (http://tiny.cc/fzsxc)
 Turkey has sent 14 thousand tons of Euro diesel to Libya under an agreement with the NTC (http://tiny.cc/kwkaz)

Economic Development
Summary of News
 Report that Gaddafi is smuggling gold coins stamped with his face and Audemars Piguet watches worth up to 100,000 pounds into the UK to use the cash from sales to buy arms (http://tiny.cc/akxie)

Post-Conflict Planning
Summary of News
 A draft of a possible new Libyan constitution has emerged (Arabic only); the source of the constitution remains unclear despite the fact that it is labeled with the NTC’s title (http://tiny.cc/bbfye)

Infrastructure/Logistics
Summary of News
 NTC Education Minister: the crippled Libyan educational system molded by Gaddafi is being retooled to “build the principles of democracy”; on Sept. 5, he and his colleagues in the Education Working Group plan what he calls a “soft re-opening” of primary and secondary schools, rolling out from Benghazi to other areas of liberated Libya (http://tiny.cc/i0v4y)

Policy implications and policy implementations:
us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5f65a9cec4...

Des avoirs bloqués libyens utilisés par l’OMS pour l’achat de médicaments
Par RFI
Les Pays-Bas ont débloqué cette semaine 100 millions d’euros d’avoirs libyens qui étaient gelés sur des banques néerlandaises pour les mettre à la disposition de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé. L’objectif est de permettre à l’OMS d’acheter des médicaments pour la Libye.
Read more:
www.rfi.fr/afrique/20110817-avoirs-bloq...

Tweeting Tripoli
The reports of NATO is dropping leaflets on #Tripoli asking people to up-rise on the 20th is not true.

This is a must read.
The Weekly Standard
Ann Marlowe
The Fight for Sabratha

Western Libya—Only about thirty volunteers of the three hundred strong Martyr Wasam Qaliyah Brigade are gathered around former Libyan army general Senussi Mohamed as he outlines the plan for the liberation of the coastal city of Sabratha, about 90 kilometers north from Qaddafi’s forces. Crouched in a pleasant pine grove in Jafara Valley, just north of Zintan, they listen intently. This morning, they struck their camp in Jadu, in the western mountains, to join the Sabratha Brigade and volunteers from other cities in what’s planned as a big operation for this Lilliputian war, where groups of 100 or 200 barely trained volunteers skirmish in the streets of rundown cities.

Perhaps the fighter with the most unusual skill set is the tall, 43-year-old Dr. Tarik Alatoshi, who received a Ph.D. in geographic information systems from a Chinese university. He spent 11 years in China and speaks the language fluently. Since he fled Zwara and came here in May, Alatoshi has served the Zwara brigade as an unofficial mediator between the excitable young men who want to rush to the fight, and the three professional army officers who command the brigade. He explains that the men don’t care if they die, but that it isn’t good for Libya if they do. They refuse his suggestions to use the body armor and helmets provided by foreign countries. “They think the helmets make them look like old men,” he says. More understandably, they hate the extra weight of the body armor, but, as he says, “If they are running, it is only for a few minutes. Mainly we are fighting from cars.”
Read ful art.:
www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/fight-sabr...

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
البريقة: معارك حامية الوطيس تجرى الان فى المنطقة الصناعية للبريقة, ادعو لاخوتكم بالنصر و الثبات , الله اكبر
Breqa: a hot battle is taking place at the brega ( industrial zone ) at the moment

Tweeting Tripoli
You won’t believe the amount of anti-G slogans on the walls, they are everywhere.

Libya Free Forever.
2 days ago #Sabha people had to drink salty water as there is no #Electricity.

#FF OF #SABHA THANK YOU for posting the news yesterday about #50 toyota cars convoy leaving to #Mezdah and #Gharyan, U saved many people.

#AlJazeera #FF liberated #Sabratah

G prisons in Tripoli
twitpic.com/5hfsq9/full

A man escaped #Tripoli mentioned how bad s the situation in#Gadafi prisons,every cell has>40 prisoners w no enough food&bad sanitation

Badar was liberated, Sabratah too :)

#ZAWYIA THE NUMBER OF MISSING & MARTYRS IS ABOUT 7000

Tarhunah S Alkhoms G thugs shooting on civilians killed many of protesters, the bodies of FF were taken2Tripoli
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1342...

Alaan Tv:
Tiji Nafusa Mountain is in the hands of FF FEB17 Libya
youtube.com/watch?v=Vv-xmZ…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv-xmZ78Bfs&fea...

Tripoli residents leave Tripoli to Zawyia after liberation of Zawyia by FF FEb17 Libya

1500 of the #National army of #Libya arrive in #Sabratah to help #FF

#Tripoli zero hour to liberate the city is close

Sabha FF big number of Mercenaries arrived from Chad and Justice and Equality Movement, Loc of these merc is not known at this time#Libya

Omar
North #Benghazi #Court ….. The Beginning …. #17Feb Revolution …. 17 February 2011. t.co/Hs4Q0DQ

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
تطورات الوضع:
البريقة: قتال حول المنطقة الصناعية
الزاوية : تحرير المصفاة لكن لا يزال سكنية المصفاة و الثوار يحاصرون الفلول داخلها
صبراتة : تم تحريرها
تيجي : حررت بالكامل
بدر : لا يوجد معلومات عن نتائج هجوم الثوار

UPDATE:
Brega: Fighting around the industrial area
Zawia: Liberation of the refinery .. , some troops trapped in the residential area of the refinery.
Sabratha: Liberated
Tigi: liberated
Badr: no news on the results of the attack

BREAKING: CONFIRMED: Badr is liberated
عاجل:تم التأكد من تحرير بلدة بدر ..والحمد لله والله أكبر

Al Jazeera BREAKING: Sabrata is fully under FF control

عاجل الجزيرة : الثوار يسطيرون على صبراتة بشكل كامل بعد السيطرة على المعسكر آخر معقل للكتائب

Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
Civilians from Zawiyah says Gaddafi forces have control of main hospital & Gaddafi forces are forcing civilians to stay there as human shields @ZeinakhodrAljaz

مراسلة الجزيرة:
المدنين من الزاوية يقولون ان قوات القذافي لا تزال تسيطر علي المستشفي الرئيسي هناك وانها تجبر المدنيين علي البقاء لاستخدامهم كدروع بشرية

Is it true that the FFs of Mountains reached the FFs of Janzor and gave them weapons!!??

BREAKING: A huge battle is taking place in the Industrial zone of Brega at the moment!

Zeina Khodr
Libya, #Gaddafi forces continue to fire Grad rockets and mortars in #Zawiyah, #Libya" #feb17

Libya, Civilians from #Zawiyah telling me Gaddafi forces have control of main hospital in #Zawiyah, #Libya"#feb17

And they told me That #Gaddafi forces are forcing #civilians to stay there as human shields, #Libya, #Zawiyah" #feb17

Gaddafi forces continue to control main square of #Zawiyah snipers slowing opposition advance, #Libya" #feb17

Emo
Breaking. Sources in #sabratha confirm that the military base was heavily bombed by #nato using 4 missiles. #Libya

Other site used by G filth might have been bombed in #Sabratha #libya…you can declare now city is fully liberated

A Free Libyan
Freedom Fighters in the town of #Garabouli (next stop west of #Gmata, east of #Tripoli) are active tonight.

#Zawiyah Frontline possible & known positions twitpic.com/676wz9 via @twitpic

matthewwprice Matthew Price
6 months of #Libya uprising: US: Gaddafi days numbered. Rebels: will win by Sept. NATO: mission far from over. LibGvnt: it’s all lies.

Telegraph
Libya: rooftop sniper takes a heavy toll in Zawiyah, a city waiting to fall

Despite a lightning advance which has all but captured this key strategic oil town just 30 miles from Tripoli, the fighters of the volunteer army hoping to unseat Col Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan regime are being held at bay, in part, by one man and a gun.
From the rooftops around the city’s Martyr’s Square, a single sniper has brought one wave of the assault along Libya’s western coast to something of a standstill.
“This sniper is really tormenting us,” says Hareth al-Fasi, a 24-year-old surgeon’s son and student from Sutton Coldfield, who has joined the opposition.
“The freedom fighters have tried everything to hit him but have seen nothing more than a rifle muzzle.”
The death of a woman shot in her front room has only added to the singular mystique of a killer ensconced in high buildings and who is said to have accounted for six of the 12 opposition fighters killed on Monday.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...

Brutality of Gaddafi Forces & Mercenaries with libyan Doctors
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OkBbXkdfV0&fea...

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Expect a very big celebration inshallah to be broadcast live from Martyr Square, Zawiya soon

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
HomeLandYouth reports clashes in GhotASha3al after thousands of leaflets distributed. Who thinks Tripoli not in a state of revolt?

10s just outside SougAlJom3a have just gone on a rampage tearing down multiple green flags. Who still thinks Tripoli is not in revolt?

Mail Online
Gaddafi henchman flees as RAF jets hit his ‘walls of Jericho’

Rebels win control of Zawiyah – just 30 miles west of Tripoli
 Nasser al-Mabroud Abdullah defects to Egypt from Tunisia
 Gaddafi stays defiant and calls for supporters to ‘get ready to fight’
British warplanes have begun a ‘walls of Jericho’ strategy to destroy Colonel Gaddafi’s homes and finally end his regime.
Hopes that the dictator’s days are numbered grew yesterday when Libya’s interior minister abandoned the Gaddafi clan.
In the most high profile defection since foreign minister Musa Kusa fled to Britain earlier this year, Nassr al-Mabrouk Abdullah flew to Egypt on his private plane with nine family members.
With rebel forces yesterday closing to within 30 miles of the dictator’s Tripoli stronghold, defence sources revealed that Tornado bombers and unmanned drones are knocking out the walls of his presidential compounds and homes.
Full art.:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-202630...

Another beautiful Amazigh song: Numidia (Dania Ben Sassi)
This is a song dedicated to the Amazigh Berber fighters in Libya and their efforts to liberate their homes and lands in the west.
Support the Libyan Revolution and Berbers in their fight for freedom.

Lead Vocals: Dania Ben Sassi
Support Vocals: Aksel Ben Sassi, Tarak Ben Sassi, Ritaj Husein, Ilias Husein
Lyrics: Tarak Ben Sassi
Melody: Tarak Ben Sassi, Dania Ben Sassi
Music arangements and studio mixing: Andrei Andreievic
Camera/Video by:Aksel Ben Sassi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yY0uQEHGw&fea...

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Eyewitness recently released from Abu-Salem prison: prisoners black out from time to time because of lack of proper food.

EpicLibyan
EpicLibyanGrandpa is an expert at straightening out three things: old tanks, Gaddafi, and his goons.
Video:
epiclibyan.tumblr.com/post/9024384063/e...

Civilians were stopped by Qaddafi’s troops , tied up and then slaughtered
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fGesFPTjxc&fea...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO last night bombed the #Sabratha military base after the deadline for #Gaddafi filth to surrender expired. #Libya #Feb17

#NATO bombed checkpoint in #Janzour in front of “Superior Studies Academy” earlier

Monatov – GaddafiLeaks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQrlS77WHRs&fea...

#NATO struck #Gaddafi filth in #Zawiyah earlier

pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar

Reuters says #feb17 rebels have launched battle for #Zawiyah oil refinery still held by #Gaddafi forces at moment #Libya

@FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH Residents say in past months Zawiyah Regime supporters supplied lists of suspected FF sympathizers 4 G soldiers to arrest #Libya

Hayat
Yes they did. Bastards. They put each hundreds on the lists! Made it their dayjob to sell their kind neighbourgs kids for money!

libyanandproud
Breaking : Freedom Fighters have #deGaddafinated #Heesha near #Sirte. #Feb17 #Libya

NotLibyaStateTV
Updates from Tripoli: We are currently resurfacing the roads from Tripoli to the border. Therefore they are closed. All is normal. #Libya

Joanne
whats really distrubring is 2 of the #Zawiyah snipers caught were locals ! Much hatred stewing in that city

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الجزيرة الانجليزية: ثوار مصراته يواصلون تقدمهم شرق تاورغاء ويصلون ضواحي منطقة الهيشة غرب سرت بعد طرد قوات القذافي
Alj Eng: Misratah FFS reached the outskirts of Al-Heisha after expelling Gaddafi forces

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
الزاوية: ثوار الزاوية يحاصرون مجموعة من اللجان الثورية داخل المدينة السكنية المصفاة .. حيث استخدومو المدنيين كساتر لهم ( عمارات الشباب العزابة ) … وان شاء الله حيتم تصفيتهم في القريب العاجل
ZAWIYAH REFINERY: Fredoom Fighters are FIGHTING NOW Some snipers are inside the refinery facility Fredoom Fighters are in control of Gates of refinery Gadaffi Forces entrapped

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
المنارةللإعلام الرئيسية طــــرابلس الان : الكهربـــاء مقطوع بالكامل علي طرابلس الان
Al Manara report a complete power cut in Tripoli at this time

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
عـــــــــــــاجل :ثوار 17 فبراير سبــــــــها : الجيش الوطني من مصراتة يسيطر على الهيشة ( بوقرين ) ويتوجه للقداحية( زمزم) والاشتباكات الان داخل القداحية.. الله اكبر
الدعاء يا اخوة.
Reports suggest the Freedom Fughters are clashing with #Gaddafi forces in
alGaddahiya ( القداحية ) . via sabha17feb

I Libya: Tripoli song our capital t.co/uxfipff via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lj8R-HHlxg&fea...

Libya United 1944
LPC 2 home in #Tripoli & I’ve gotta say its not looking good guys…tanks, rocket launchers & snipers littering the CityCentre

Complete power outage in Tripoli:
LPC it started @ 12:15pm in #Tripoli CityCentre according 2 my brother

Le Point
Libye : le CNT pense déjà à l’après-Kadhafi

La rébellion libyenne a défini une nouvelle feuille de route pour l’après-Kadhafi, une “déclaration constitutionnelle” qui prévoit de remettre le pouvoir à une assemblée élue dans un délai de huit mois au maximum et l’adoption d’une nouvelle Constitution. Le document est une version modifiée et détaillée de la feuille de route, présentée en mars par le Conseil national de transition (CNT), organe politique de la rébellion, basé à Benghazi (est). Il décrit en 37 articles, et sur une dizaine de pages, les grandes étapes de la période de transition suivant une éventuelle chute du colonel Muammar Kadhafi.
Le CNT réaffirme être “la plus haute autorité de l’État (…), il est le seul représentant légitime du peuple libyen et tire sa légitimité de la révolution du 17 février”. Dès la “déclaration de libération”, il quittera la capitale rebelle Benghazi pour venir siéger à Tripoli. Sitôt au pouvoir dans la capitale libyenne, le CNT nommera, dans un délai maximum de 30 jours, un bureau exécutif temporaire – ou gouvernement intérimaire – chargé de la conduite des affaires du pays.

Full art.:
www.lepoint.fr/monde/libye-le-cnt-pense...

This is a must read:
RFI Afrique
Des mercenaires tchadiens en partance pour la Libye arrêtés au Tchad
Huit personnes ont été arrêtées par les autorités tchadiennes dans le cadre d’une enquête sur une filière de recrutement de mercenaires. Elles s’apprêtaient à se rendre en Libye pour combattre aux côtés des forces fidèles à Mouammar Kadhafi. Depuis le début du conflit, Ndjamena dément toute participation de mercenaires ou de soldats tchadiens aux combats en Libye.
Les sept mercenaires et leur recruteur ont été arrêtés à Massakory, une localité située au nord-ouest de la capitale Ndjamena. Ils s’apprêtaient à partir en Libye, via le Niger, quand ils ont été interceptés par les forces de sécurité.
Le procureur de la République du tribunal de Ndjamena, a précisé les conditions de leur recrutement : « une hypothétique promesse de 4 millions de F Cfa 6 100 euros payés à chacun une fois la frontière libyenne franchie ».
Les huit personnes interpellées seront présentées à un juge pour répondre de leurs actes.
Full art.:
www.rfi.fr/afrique/20110817-mercenaires...

L’Express
Libye: les rebelles aux portes de Tripoli, préparent l’après-Kadhafi
BENGHAZI (Libye) – Les rebelles libyens qui se targuent d’être aux portes de Tripoli, prêts à faire tomber le régime de Mouammar Kadhafi, ont commencé activement à préparer l’après-Kadhafi, sur un plan politique, publiant mercredi leur “déclaration constitutionnelle”.
La rébellion libyenne a défini sa nouvelle feuille de route pour l’après-Kadhafi, dans un document dont l’AFP a obtenue une copie mercredi. Il s’agit d’une “déclaration constitutionnelle” qui prévoit de remettre le pouvoir à une Assemblée élue dans un délai de moins d’un an et l’adoption d’une nouvelle Constitution.
Ce document est une version modifiée et détaillée de la feuille de route, présentée en mars par le Conseil national de transition (CNT), l’organe politique de la rébellion, basé à Benghazi (est).

Read more:
www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/actualite/...

Badr: In the battle that liberated Badr. 5martyrs(4nalut, 1 tripoli) and 15 wounded via Nalut media #Libya

Asamer Organises a Second Relief Convoy for Libya from La Spezia to Benghazi
OHLSDORF, Austria and BENGHAZI, Libya, August 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Asamer is shipping a further 12 pallets containing medicines and baby food to Benghazi with the support of Doka, Hipp and OMV. Asamer employees in Libya were handed the convoy on 15th August 2011 at the Port of Benghazi and transferred them to the “Medical Supply Organization”.
Following the first relief convoy in May 2011, Asamer is now sending a second convoy by ship to the city of Benghazi in East Libya. Asamer has gained the support of local firms Doka, Hipp and OMV. A total of 12 pallets containing medicines (above all desperately needed antibiotics) and baby food were shipped from La Spezia to Benghazi where Asamer staff transferred them to the “Medical Supply Organization” which is an organisation of doctors and medical professionals who have taken up the responsibility of managing the medical care facilities in East Libya. The organization has also gained international support from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
Relief convoy supported by Doka, Hipp and OMV
:Full report here
www.sys-con.com/node/1948431

CBS
Libya forces, rebels fight for oil refinery
ZAWIYA, Libya – Rebels and Muammar Qaddafi’s forces are fighting for control of the only functioning oil refinery in Libya in the western city of Zawiya.
The refinery supplies oil and gas to the capital Tripoli, Qaddafi’s stronghold and home to a third of Libya’s six million people.

Rebel fighter Ramadan Keshada said Wednesday that his forces control parts of the refinery complex in the city’s north on the Mediterranean coast, while some Qaddafi forces and civilian workers remain inside.
He says rebels and regime forces clashed there on Tuesday, then the opposition fighters pulled out at nightfall and made a new push in the daylight.
More here:
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/17/5013...

#Libya rebel Osama Arousi tells @AP oil pipeline to #Tripoli from #Zawiya is now cut #feb17

ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #Gaddafi forces trying to advance towards west of #Zawiyah from coast; opposition sending reinforcements to the area, #Libya

libyatv Libya TV
Libyans will be asking Egypt gov’t to recognize Free #Libya in front of #Gaddafi embassy in #cairo #egypt Thursday at 1 p.m. #protest plz RT

FromJoanne Joanne
FLASH #TRIPOLI Complete POWER OUTAGE now Explains why my contact in Tripoli suddenly disappeared/ not replied #Libya via Al #Manara media

#TUNISA TWEEPS ALERT #SFAX #Bourguiba Hospital NEEDS BLOOD units Libyan Freedom fighters arriving there RT #Zawiyah #Nafusa #Libya #Feb17

#FLASH #CAIRO #ZAMALEK RALLY AUG18 @13.00 HRS #Libya EMBASSY APPEAL FOR PEACEFUL demo NO Storming DONT BREAK LAW or Give FF BAD NAME #EGYPT

Malik
I reiterate: #FF fully control #Zawiyah refinery. It was defended by #Libya army regulars who had no stomach for fight.

Now 2 out of 3 major oil refineries in FF hands.

Qahtani
The amazing #Misrata fighters, after freeing tuwargha, on the way to sirte at hrasha gate #feb17 #libya yfrog.com/h0v9cdjj

@NATO planes are flying over #Tripoli now!

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
1 – #Tripoli: “From about 13:30 to 14:00 Libya Time clashes took place in Ben-ashoor and surrounding areas.” #Libya

2 – #Tripoli: “During these clashes a couple of #Gaddafi forces fell and one Freedom Fighter fell as a martyr.” #Libya
3 – #Tripoli: “These clashes took place at the same time as the power cut and Mobile network connection failure. Ambulances were also seen.”

4 – #Tripoli: “At the same time there was heavy security around Al Hanni area.” #Libya

5 – #Tripoli: “This was because the funeral of Abdallah Senussi nephew (named Senussi Senussi who was killed in #Zawiyah) was taking place.”

6 – #Tripoli: " FF attacked the security forces and escaped – G Forces continued shooting. Aisha #Gaddafi House is near Al Hanni graveyard"

7 – #Tripoli: “Yesterday in Benashoor a house was discovered full of Mercenaries and G forces”

8 – #Tripoli: " A timely bomb was placed to bomb the place, but they discovered the bomb and all managed to escape the house!"

9 – #Tripoli: “AbuSalim Area FF are also active, Yesterday they attacked checkpoints in Abu Salim Area resulting in heavy clashes” #Libya

10 – #Tripoli: “In Nasr neighbourhood within AbuSalim area, every Family received 1000 Dinar to shut them up after power cut problems”

The last 10 tweets are the latest updates from #Tripoli regarding yesterday and today afternoon clashes during the start of the power cut

Plese read following:
plemochoe plemochoe
#libya #feb17 A funny equation: as FF victory becomes certain – the rumors have G “liberating” Misrata. As the end nears G trolls multiply

#feb17 The media on #libya : like a telescope whose lens,when trained on a certain object for too long, begins to transmit a wavering image

#feb17 In effect #libya story was twisted out of shape by the media, helped along by the suborning of unprofessional sub-media (like this)

#libya only now as #Gaddafi’s ultimate defeat seems certain, do the wannabes come out of woodwork and overwhelm his PR machine

#libya Eventually it will be admitted that over period of months, anybody who was willing to write something supportive of G cd get paid

#libya On other hand, rules of hot stories made the reports of the conflict differ from the actual fighting, despite video and everything

#libya What anthropologists know as “Story grammar” intervened. Gaddafi was wily, resourceful, “rebels” feckless and faceless, and so on

#libya The most reported-on front – Brega – became a media joke. The front most ignored – Zintan – led to the current string of gains

#libya Only now we get confirmation that #Gaddafi put his best troops in Brega. Failure to advance there led many reporters to distrust NTC

#libya Many Twitter people pretended to be journalists – some successfully. But overall “journalism” was exposed and debunked by this war

#libya The old model, according to which you needed to attract journalists to get your “real story” out, exploded.

One “real journalist” after another went to #libya and emitted a false impression. The FF never lost faith in the Revolution but the J’s did

Journalists got “burned” on Brega non-story, lost interest or became harsh toward the Revolution. Gaddafi didn’t have to pay for all his PR

#libya Sociologists will marvel at the durability of stereotypes like “rebels” “tribes” etc which are even now used as if nothing has chgd

#libya The proof of all this: not one journalist (except maybe Zeina Khodr but she came late) became the Ernie Pyle of this revolution

#libya Going back to Hemingway and the Spanish Civil War, “correspondents” identified with the popular revolutions they reported on

#libya It was as if the press itself was a liberal institution. The “loyalist” press was limited to party organs

In #libya although the RW hated #Gaddafi, they hated the “rebels” more (because Obama intervened to protect them?)

#libya G spent money so freely in an effort to survive that it is unreasonable to think no journalist or PR flack took any.G handed out cash

#libya Btw, in case any of you don’t know, the newspaper industry has been collapsing for years

#libya Where I live, the (major) newspaper uses e-mail instead of a PHONE. You can’t call its office except for voice mail

#libya The Sunday NYT used to be like a sawn log. Now, I’ve seen bigger cocktail napkins

#libya So “the press” in general is shrinking and laying off workers. That’s why they were furious when the Revolution didn’t win “on time”

#libya Unreasonable to DOUBT the good faith of the Revolution.But the press allowed itself to entertain the opposite in name of"objectivity"

Organizations sent reporters to #libya and the “big story” failed to materialize. Wasted money! They were upset and held grudge until now

#libya On the other hand there are THOUSANDS of “news websites” like mathaba.net that create reality by blowing smoke out their ass

#libya The fact that a major American political party is dedicated to manufactured reality doesn’t help

#libya What is disappearing is the old journalistic model of “objectivity”. Support for the Revolution needed to be on principle

#libya “Objectivity” is an eyewitness report. But in some contexts no story is easier to falsify or twist than the report of the eyewitness

#libya The fact that #Gaddafi cd successfully float on a carpet of lies and half-truths will haunt the institution of the press for decades

#libya Pro-NTC folks more numerous now b/c we’re going to win. Bandwagon, OK. But ask yrself: why are the pro-G trolls multiplying? $$

even after liberation, #libya will have a hard time getting a fair shake from the press. Why? Because it’s not a poor country

Covering #libya , some journos contrasted the treatment they got in non-G areas with the relative luxury (at first) of the Rixos

There were no fruit baskets for correspondents in #benghazi but at the Rixos there were many amenities, again, at first

I think journalists were thrown by the contrasts in #libya – was it another African nation in crisis, or an oil sheikdom?

#libya Despite journo talk of “objectivity” they decide who to like and they start their objectivity from there

#libya It’s not a question of bad faith or lack of professionalism. Sometimes journos just don’t understand what they’re seeing

#libya Most of us have agreed that Gaddafi’s “star quality” seduced a lot of newsies for a long time. He knew that and played it hard.

#libya As in #egypt the press seemed annoyed by the failure of the insurgents to produce a charismatic leader (or any single leader)

#libya If there had been a younger, attractive leader to pit against Gaddafi it would have made a great story. Why couldn’t they put one up?

#libya taught us a lot about the nature of journalism. “Objectivity” today means video.

#libya Think back to Feb/Mar Everything was about pictures of dead and wounded people, pictures of blown up walls, of celebrating crowds

#libya In Feb/Mar it was the kind of “objective” story journos and their bosses like: the pictures and their meaning were one and the same

#libya Then Gaddafi attacked in force and NATO rode in. Suddenly the story was far more complicated than even #egypt on the surface

#libya The Gaddafi PR machine geared up during April. That PR machine is a unique story in itself, which I hope will be revealed more fully

#libya The Gaddafi PR machine went to war to alter reality electronically, since NATO had removed their hardware advantage

#libya BTW Gaddafi never had a manpower advantage because the Revolution was a popular one except for Gaddafi clients and employees

#libya Thus began the Rixos period, which deserves to be written up in sociology texts and journalism theory

#libya At Rixos, journalists were in a virtual reality, calm and rational, except when things like Iman al-Obeidi happened

#libya Iman al-Obeidi was an important test and the Gaddafi PR machine passed, because the Rixos reality did not blow up completely

#libya There she was, a woman accusing the regime and the Rixos minders of perfidy and evil worthy of “The Prisoner” (old TV show)

#libya The regime lies about Obeidi did not lead journos to conclude the regime was lying about EVERYTHING. From then on they were complicit

#libya Even now – even now! – TIME magazine is portraying Gaddafi as barely troubled by the squabbling rebels

#libya Even now! Otherwise well-meaning people ask themselves: has Gaddafi retaken Misrata? Or have the FF really entered #zawiyah?

#libya I don’t have any doubt about the situation on (or under) the ground, and my prediction record is unblemished

#libya The only time I got caught out was over Brega in March, and everybody got caught then, and we know why now

#libya I’ll admit this: what’s crushing the Gaddafi-built virtual reality came from a direction we weren’t looking in – the mountains

#libya But a true understanding of what has happened and what is happening is not a matter of sources, not a matter of journalism

#libya In truth almost stands in OUR history for the end of journalism. In its own history? We don’t know, “objectivity” blinded us

Guardian Blog
Libyan rebels have told Reuters that encircled Gaddafi troops have abandoned two towns further west from Zawiya. By telephone from Zintan, a rebel headquarters in the Western Mountains, Abdulrahman, who seems to use only one name, said:
Gaddafi’s forces this morning withdrew from the towns of Tiji and Badr because they felt surrounded from all sides. The revolutionaries have now entered Tiji and Badr. The Gaddafi brigades retreated to Zuwarah and Jameel, near the Tunisian border. I think they will surrender soon because roads to Tripoli are closed.
The account could not be independently confirmed. Gaddafi’s government has played down the rebel advances of the past week.

NTC
The opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya says it is intending to use courts in countries around the world to block attempts by the Gaddafi regime to prevent the NTC from gaining access to Libyan embassies and assets currently frozen by the United Nations.
It has already appointed lawyers Hogan Lovells in the UK, it said in a statement.
An NTC executive committee spokeswoman said:
Libyan embassies belong to the Libyan people and the NTC has full entitlement and authority to assume those embassies and conduct diplomatic functions in its capacity as sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people."
We are seeking to build a free and democratic society based upon the principles of political democracy and the rule of law. As such we use these principles in practice to help us secure the property that belongs to the Libyan people and will oppose attempts to prevent us from doing so. We have the resources and will to do this, and will take all steps that are required to protect the interests of the Libyan people.

New statement from the NTC says: Contrary to news reports, the NTC did not “sack” the government nor did the cabinet submit its resignation. An effort to reorganise the cabinet is well under way, and a war cabinet will emerge with the core objective and focus of achieving the final victory.

Zawiyah:
• Fighting between pro- anti-Gaddafi forces over an oil refinery has been reported in Zawiya, 30 miles (50km) west of Tripoli, which rebels moved into this week

Not so quiet in Zawiya now it seems. Both Reuters and the Associated Press are reporting fighting between Libyan rebels and Gaddafi forces for the oil refinery, which is believed to under the control of Gaddafi’s troops.

Reuters:
“There are some snipers inside the refinery facility. We control the gates of the refinery. We will be launching an operation to try to take control of it shortly,” said rebel fighter Abdulkarim Kashaba.
Heavy shooting could be heard near the refinery and Gaddafi’s green flags could be seen still flying from a building and an electrical pylon. The rest of the city now flies the red, black and green flag used by the rebels.
Under a bridge, rebels loaded large-calibre ammunition into a car and headed towards the refinery. Other rebels could be seen speeding in that direction.
Elsewhere in Zawiya appeared quiet on Wednesday and under rebel control. The city was largely deserted and shops were boarded up, with clusters of rebel fighters in the streets.

AP:
Rebel fighter Ramadan Keshada said Wednesday that his forces control parts of the refinery complex in the city’s north on the Mediterranean coast, while some Gadhafi forces and civilian workers remain inside.
An Associated Press reporter in Zawiya saw three pickup tricks loaded with fighters speeding toward the refinery.

Zawiyah
Medical workers at a hospital told Reuters three people had been killed and 35 injured on Tuesday, most of them civilians.

Times
There are deep concerns in the west that the collapse of the Gaddafi regime could lead to a power vacuum in Libya because of doubts about the rebel leadership, the Times reports (behind paywall) :

A Western diplomat based in Benghazi described the prospect of Tripoli falling to the rebels as the “worst-case scenario” in the present climate.
Signalling the extent of Nato’s concerns amid speculation that the endgame is in sight, officials from the alliance told The Times that victory against the regime would result in what is now being referred to as “catastrophic success”.
A senior alliance diplomat told The Times: This is the phrase now being generally used in Nato, that we are facing a catastrophic success in Libya. And even if it’s not catastrophic it will be chaotic success because the opposition is not ready to govern and there will be a vacuum if Gaddafi goes.

On the Jadaliyaa website, in an article entitled
Nato’s “Conspiracy” Against the Libyan Revolution,
Gilbert Achcar argues that the west is actually deliberately prolonging the war until it has greater control over the NTC:
(FYI: Gilbert Achar: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Achcar)

The paradoxical character of Western intervention in Libya has been underlined by various observers who saw its rationale as centered around securing control over post-Gaddafi Libya. Many sympathizers of the Libyan insurrection—some of them, myself included, expressing understanding for the fact that Benghazi asked “the devil” for help against a massacre foretold—warned the rebels from day one against portraying this devil as an angel on that occasion, and against fostering illusions about the Western powers’ real motives. Such early suspicions were soon confirmed by the evolution of the situation in Libya, to the point that there is now widespread conviction in Arab anti-Western circles that Nato is deliberately prolonging the war and hence the Gaddafi regime’s existence …
America and Nato’s position is flagrant in conspiring against the people’s revolution in Libya and maintaining Gaddafi’s forces in activity until they manage to control the TNC and maybe also some field leaders. They would only then topple Gaddafi, as they are conspiring against the people, the revolution and Libya’s future.

Chavez
During a telephone call late Monday, Chavez and Ahmadinejad “discussed the situation created by the imperialist aggression against Libya and Syria, and agreed to follow up on this issue and increase their efforts to achieve peace,” the Venezuelan foreign ministry said.

Reuters
WRAPUP 4-Rebels say Gaddafi troops abandon towns in west

• Rebels launch attack on Zawiyah oil refinery
• Rebels say Gaddafi troops flee western towns Tiji and Badr
• U.S. says Gaddafi’s days are now numbered
  (Updates with fighters saying towns abandoned in west)

ZAWIYAH, Libya, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels launched an assault on Wednesday to drive forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of a strategic city on Tripoli’s outskirts, and said that encircled Gaddafi troops had abandoned two towns further west.
Link:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...

LIBYANVOICE
Does any one know where nato is hitting today. Just called tripoli blackout there no more cooking gas or water miserable

FromJoanne Joanne
@
Telephone communicat. 2 #Libya from #Tunisia been cutoff since yestday U can call #Libya from anywhere in world but #Tunisia

AJE: Grad rocket lands near the opposition controlled bridge in the southern entrance of Zawiyah
Gaddafi forces trying to advance towards west of Zawiyah from coast; opposition sending reinforcements to the area @ZeinakhodrAljaz

مراسلة الجزيرة بالزاوية:
-سقوط صاروخ جراد بالقرب من الجسر الذي يسيطر عليه الثوار في المدخل الغربي لمدينة الزاوية
-قوات القذافي تحاول التقدم باتجاه الزاوية عن طريق الساحل والثوار ارسلو بتعزيزاتهم لهذه المنطقة

The fight in #Badr today coincides with the day in which the big Badr battle occured more than 14 hundred yrs ago غزوة بدر الكبري #Badr

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
by emmaomo2011
Rare daytime explosion heard in #Tripoli #NATO #Libya

Skyman64 Ian Woods
NATO now prepared to tell me they hit an anti aircraft gun and three military vehicles around Zawiyah, but won’t reveal other locations yet.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” 36.62965˚/0.088345˚ en route from #Casablanca #Morocco to #Malta ETA: 2011-08-20 23:59. #Libya @NATO

Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” thought to B planning unscheduled stop in #Algeria or #Tunisia prior to reaching listed dest. #Libya @NATO

Guma Ibrahim, #Freedomfighter spokesman for western region, confirms they are in complete control of #Badr #Libya. #Feb17

Electricity has been off in #Tripoli since 1 am. #Libya #Feb17

#Freedomfighter spokesman says they’ve removed more than 4000 mines in #Brega in past few days in a 5 km stretch. #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli: Reports of clashes in #Janzour & explosions in #SouqAlJumaa. #Libya #Feb17

ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
Gaddafi ’s green flags could still be seen flying over some buildings in center of #Zawiyah, #Libya

Opposition battling with #Gaddafi forces over control of oil refinery in #zawiyah, they fear govt may hit it with grads, #Libya, #Gaddafi

UPI
Russian arms dealer loses out in Libya

MOSCOW, Aug. 17 (UPI) — The cancellation of weapons contracts from Libya cost a Russian state-run arms exporter $4 billion, a head of the company said Wednesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week said he supported the U.N. Security Council resolution in March that sanctioned international military action in Libya. Moscow abstained from voting on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which called for “all necessary means” to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, however.
Anatoly Isaikin, head of arms exporter Rosoboronoexport, said his state-run company lost $4 billion because of the military conflict in Libya, Russia’s state-run news agency RIA Novosti reports.
Moscow is supporting the arms embargo on Libya and suspended all of its military contracts with the country, he stressed.
Read more:
www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/08/17...

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
by hominoid555
6 months 2 da day since start of Libyan revolution we r closest to final victory G is closest to final demise Now da final battle of tripoli

Albawaba News
Report: Gaddafi ill and ready to leave Libya

A Libyan military source was quoted as saying on Wednesday that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was likely to step down and delegate his powers to Muhammad Alqamoda, the Minister of Justice in the Libyan regime.
An Arabic newspaper quoted a source in the Libyan army as saying: “Colonel Gaddafi’s conditions are an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of NATO forces.” Then he and his family would departure Libya.
“Two Airbus aircraft from South Africa landed at Tripoli International Airport. One of them included a delegation while the second was empty of passengers,” the source said, adding that the planes may be ready to transfer Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, his family members and some members of his regime to Venezuela.
It seems that these recent developments are the result of a significant progress made in negotiations between the rival parties. These talks are being held in Tunisia. It is reported that the envoy of Venezuela President Hugo Chávez, arrived to the island of Djerba, Tunisia, where he met, according to informed sources, representatives from Gaddafi government.
Some sources claim Gaddafi is ill and in need for urgent medical treatment outside Libya. It is reported that the Libyan leader sent his chief aide, Bashir Saleh to Mali and the island of Djerba in Tunisia to meet with British and French officials, in order to search for a way “how to get Gaddafi and his family out from Libya.”

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Multi-tasking: Libyan Oppo TV reporter “live” on phone from #Zawiyah, said he has a phone in one hand and a gun in the other.

libyanandproud
#Defections :Salah Abdsalam BIO : – CEO of seif’s company GHAD – Head of the Green Book academy – GM of Gaddafi “Charity”

hominoid555
On Libya’s eastern front, FFs admitted they had suffered relatively heavy losses battling around oil installations in the town of Brega.

Reuters: Revolutionaries reported that Gaddafi’s forces in Tiji and Badr – effectively cut off from Tripoli since the capture of Zawiya – abandoned the two towns and fled to the Tunisian border.

BREAKING: One Martyr and more than 20 injured FFs arrived in Ajdabiyah hospital NOW due to fighting in Brega today
عاااااااجل :وصول شهيد واحد وأكثر من عشرين جريح لمستشفى اجدابيا في اشتباكات البريقة اليوم

Reuters
Rebels say Gaddafi troops abandon towns in west

Libyan rebels launched an assault on Wednesday to drive forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of a strategic city on Tripoli’s outskirts, and said that encircled Gaddafi troops had abandoned two towns further west.

The rebels, aided by a NATO bombing campaign, have transformed the battle in the last few days by seizing most of the city of Zawiyah on Tripoli’s western outskirts, as well as a town to the south, cutting Tripoli’s two main supply routes.
A rebel spokesman said remnants of Gaddafi’s forces further west — now cut off from the capital and effectively encircled following the capture of Zawiyah — had abandoned two towns and were retreating toward the Tunisian border.
“Gaddafi’s forces this morning withdrew from the towns of Tiji and Badr because they felt surrounded from all sides,” said the spokesman, named Abdulrahman, by telephone from Zintan, a rebel headquarters in the Western Mountains.
“The revolutionaries have now entered Tiji and Badr. The (Gaddafi) brigades retreated to Zuwarah and Jameel, near the Tunisian border. I think they will surrender soon because roads to Tripoli are closed,” he added.

Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/17/us-l...

ViaShabab
Libya: Tripoli braces for Gaddafi’s final curtain

Nato’s war in Libya has so far been one of false starts and missed deadlines. But with rebels now inside the key city of Zawiya, potentially isolating Gaddafi’s regime in Tripoli, the conflict has entered its decisive phase – and not before time. The campaign of air strikes to stop Col Muammar Gaddafi killing his own citizens began in mid-March with high hopes the regime would not see the start of summer. President Nicolas Sarkozy gave orders for the action to be wrapped up by Bastille Day. But air strikes failed to deliver the knockout blow and there was a glimpse of French panic in a weapons drop to rebels. July 14 came and went and the Mad Dog of the Middle East was still in his bunker.
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-tripoli-brac...

Hajer
Last Friday night the regime’s ability 2 mobilise its supporters became clear just 100 people turned up 4 a promised rally of a 1000000 ppl

Benghazi: Alj report: Stumbling blocks in Libyan rebels’ war to topple Gaddafi t.co/TRGG6XT #Libya #Feb17

Aljazeera
It has been six months since the start of the uprising in Libya.

And opposition forces claim the conflict has reached a decisive phase – with the fighters advancing towards the capital, Tripoli.

But, as Tony Birtley reports from Benghazi, the campaign has met a number of stumbling blocks along the way.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PqnKnyJGmg&fea...

Gabriel
2 Brazilian congressmen on ‘fact finding mission’ sponsored by #Gaddafi, can’t get into #Libya due to security concerns.

The two Brazilian congressmen are stuck in Tunis apparently. Gaddafi can’t guarantee their safety getting to Tripoli.

AFP
The NTC are planning a 2 year path to democracy which includes an assembly election, a constitutional referendum and a general election.

Jazeera English
Gaddafi’s forces have clamped down on the hospital in Zawiyah. According to local doctors they were forced to perform hours of consecutive surgeries, while also placing snipers on the roof and an anti-aircraft gun near the entrance.

ChangeInLibya
“Expect a very big celebration inshallah to be broadcast live from Martyr Square, Zawiya soon”

Reuters
Revolutionaries scorned reports of secret talks with Gaddafi as their forces tried to secure their gains. The National Transitional Council denied any kind of negotiation with Gaddafi to resolve the six-month-old conflict.

Anyone knows the location of the Brazilian company odebrecht (Not sure of the spelling) in Tripoli? Reports of mercenaries there.

nalut17feb
NATO wrongly bombed 5 four-wheel-drive vehicles belonging to thuwar in AlJowsh. 9 martyred, 10 injured #libya

Tripoli Youth
Very Sad!! " NATO wrongly bombed 5 four-wheel-drive vehicles belonging to FF in AlJowsh. 9 martyred, 10 injured v @nalut17feb"

LibyanFreedom
Nato’s strike martyred 10 men from Jadu who were helping with the fight to liberate Badr. Shuhadah 3and Allah inshAllah

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#BBC in Nafusa is told that 7-20 Rebels were killed in a #NATO air strike on #Badr. NATO confirm hit Badr but cannot confirm rebel deaths.

LibyaNewMedia
There was a tweep keeping a record of all the videos of liberated towns…I finally I have a video from Garyan! youtu.be/iUyv7bMMWdA #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUyv7bMMWdA&fea...

4Adam Adam
Updated The situation in west #Tripoli and Nafusa Mountain as of Aug 17th,2011 Map twitpic.com/67k9ov #Libya #Feb17

Hominoid
Brega in the east, rebels clashed with Gadhafi troops for control of the town’s refinery.

A rebel doctor in Brega, Mohammed Idris, said the field hospital in Brega was overwhelmed by the number of casualties and many wounded were sent to Benghazi for treatment.

He said that as of Tuesday night, 18 rebels had been killed and 74 injured.

Rebel fighter Moussa Ahmaid, who was escorting the wounded rebels to the hospital, said the fighting is mainly no the southern side of Brega.

“We are using light hand held weapons and mortars,” he told the AP. “Most of our casualties are from sniper fire or shrapnel from shelling.”

“Heavy fighting is currently taking place in the town of Ajaylat, where the revolutionary forces are trying to liberate the area,

Ajaylat is located a few kilometers south of the cities of Sabratha and Sorman.

A Free Libyan
Help spread the news on #Gmata, G has started shelling various areas there!! Help the FFs there and raise awareness…#Libya #Feb17

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
(1/2) #Libyan Govnt told me ‘No mercenaries fighting for #Gaddafi, only Libyan people.’ Now Chad has arrested 8 nationals attempting to..
(2/2) CONT. travel from #Libya thru to Niger. Each Merc was promised $8000 USD each when they crossed border. (N’Djamena Presidency of Chad)

simmjazeera andrew simmons
Libyan opposition fighters have now advanced more than 100kms beyond Misrata towards Sirte

Aljazeera
Rebels upbeat six months into Libyan war

Men who swapped ordinary lives and jobs for the frontline remain confident they will topple Gaddafi
t has now been six months since the opposition forces in Libya started their uprising against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Abdulla Abdulal was once a law school student with ambition, but now he drives his bullet-ridden car to the frontline as a fighter for the opposition.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from Misrata.
Video:
english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011...

National Journal
Libya’s Rebels Reopen Embassy in Washington

National Journal caught up with Ali Suleiman Aujali, who quit his job as Muammar el-Qaddafi’s ambassador to Washington in February. Months after the U.S. ordered the Libyan Embassy closed, the mission at the Watergate complex officially reopens on Wednesday under Aujali, who was just accredited as the rebels’ ambassador. Edited excerpts of the interview with Aujali follow.
NJ: How does it feel to go back to the Libyan Embassy – not as Qaddafi’s diplomat, but as the ambassador of the rebel council?
Aujali: It is a big difference. I was representing the Libyan people under a dictator’s regime; now I’m representing the Libyan people under a democratic government.
NJ: If the rebels succeed in overthrowing Qaddafi, do you think diplomatic relations will improve with other countries around the world?
Aujali: For the last 40 years, the Libyan diplomats were carrying the most difficult post in the world. Qaddafi never let us establish real relations with countries—his statements, actions, and involvement in many international crises made things complicated. Now, we will have very transparent relations, we will never forget the countries who stand by us. And we will stand by people who stood by us. I am sure my job now will be more pleasant – but it needs more help to support Libya’s democratic institutions, to help us to rebuild our country that has been destroyed by Qaddafi more than anyone else.
Full art.:
www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurit...

A Free Libyan
BREAKING – CONFIRMED – #Gmata – on 17th Ramadan, G forces SHELLED a MOSQUE in Ghaneema. Casualties unknown. #Libya #Feb17

FF in Brega enter the 2nd industrial district
t.co/lro07xh , t.co/4wqQ6xC
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exgw7uSRBuY
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kmAzC9v7DM

Malik
#Libya latest: first deliveries of fuel reach #Zintan from #Zawiyah oil refinery recently captured by #FF.

#Libya latest: #FF in #Sabratha, #Surman, #Zawiyah create joint military leadership, HQ is #Gaddafi henchman Khweldi Al-Humeidi’s villa.

ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #Gaddafi forces hit the power plant in #Zawiyah … No electricity in the area, #Libya

Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
RNN | Libya : Heavy clashes broke out Wednesday between rebels and Moammar Gadhafi loyalists fighting for control of Libya’s only functioning oil refinery in the western city of Zawiya, as the opposition tried to cut off fuel supplies to the regime’s stronghold of Tripoli.

dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #Gaddafi has sent #Mahamed #Alrazouq #Rajab as his personal envoy to the King of #Saudi #Arabia & S Arabia refused to meet him.

simmjazeera andrew simmons
I saw many civilians driving towards Misrata from Al Hayshah loaded with possessions . Women,children men.

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Logistical help coming 2 Zawiya FF from their brothers in Sabrata Sorman & west mountain to clear out last G snipers holding in Za Hospital!

hominoid555 whitewakbar
Leaked Report: “Dmitri Medvedev is a US agent” mathaba.net/news/?x=628077 Also working for Gdaffi and Assad !

Mathaba
Leaked Report:” Dmitri Medevedev is a US agent”
by Hashimi
Kabul, August 17: A KGB officer claims to have enough evidence to prove that Russian president Dmitri Medvedev is a US agent. For safety reasons he did not give his real name and assured to leak videos and documents to support this claim in the near future. Mentioned KGB officer has requested to get his report published in order

to prevent further damages to Russia.
The KGB officer said the Russian president has provided the US with all kinds of Military secrets, Nuclear sites, Missile systems and a list of KGB agents. Medvedev briefed the US authorities on the Military capabilities of Libya, Syria, North Korea and Cuba during his last visit to the US.
Medvedev did not want to give green light to the US on Afghanistan and Libya due to domestic fears (e.g. Mr Putin). The US blackmailed him and signed several Vital deals with Russia through him, none of them in favor of this country (e.g. Rout to Afghanistan and intervention in Libya).
Source:
mathaba.net/news/?x=628077

English Libya tv
Gaddafi troops abandon towns in west, revolutionaries zero in on refinery

Revolutionaries launched an assault today to drive forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi out of a strategic city on Tripoli’s outskirts, and said that encircled Gaddafi troops had abandoned two towns further west
After 41 years of supreme power, the 69-year-old Gaddafi is looking isolated, with reinvigorated revolutionary forces closing in on the capital from the west and south and cutting off its road links to the outside.
The revolutionary army, also known as the National Liberation Army (NLA), aided by a NATO bombing campaign, have transformed the battle in the last few days by seizing most of the city of Zawiyah on Tripoli’s western outskirts, as well as a town to the south, cutting Tripoli’s two main supply routes.
An NLA spokesman said remnants of Gaddafi’s forces further west — now cut off from the capital and effectively encircled following the capture of Zawiyah — had abandoned two towns and were retreating toward the Tunisian border.
“Gaddafi’s forces this morning withdrew from the towns of Tiji and Badr because they felt surrounded from all sides,” said the spokesman, named Abdulrahman, by telephone from Zintan, a revolutionay headquarters in the Western Mountains.

“The revolutionaries have now entered Tiji and Badr. The (Gaddafi) brigades retreated to Zuwarah and Jameel, near the Tunisian border. I think they will surrender soon because roads to Tripoli are closed,” he added.

The account could not be independently confirmed. Gaddafi’s regime has played down the advances of the past week.
ZAWIYAH ASSAULT
In Zawiyah, which controls the main highway linking Tripoli to the Tunisian border, Gaddafi forces have retained control of an oil refinery and have harassed the revolutionaries with shelling and snipers on rooftops of tall buildings.
“There are some snipers inside the refinery facility. We control the gates of the refinery. We will be launching an operation to try to take control of it shortly,” said NLA fighter Abdulkarim Kashaba.
Aided by NATO’s fighter-bombers, assault helicopters and naval blockade, the NLA have transformed the battle in the last few days after many weeks of stalemate.
A revolutionary spokesman from the NLA-held city of Misrata to the east of Tripoli said revolutionaries had found the buried bodies of civilians slaughtered by Gaddafi forces.
“We discovered a mass grave containing 150 bodies in Tawargha. These are the corpses of civilians kidnapped from Misrata by Gaddafi’s loyalists,” he said. Revolutionaries found a video “showing kidnappers cutting the throats of people”, he said.
The spokesman said revolutionary forces were now outside a place called Hisha about 100 km (60 miles) west of Misrata on the road to Tripoli. “They are now on the coastal road,” he said.
Zawiyah’s refinery is one of the few sources of fuel for Gaddafi’s troops and people of Tripoli. A revolutionarycommander said the pipeline linking it with Tripoli was severed yesterday.
Gaddafi’s green flags were still flying from a refinery building and an electrical pylon. The rest of the city now flies the red, black and green flag of the revolution.
Streets were largely deserted apart from clusters of fighters and shops were shuttered. Medical workers said three people were killed and 35 injured yesterday, mostly civilians.
If the pipeline to Tripoli is indeed cut, “that would imply dire consequences for the population in Tripoli in terms of fuel supplies needed for the city to keep operating”, said Fernando Calado of the International Organisation for Migration.
Calado said there had been a sharp increase in the past week in the number of foreign nationals asking to be evacuated. He estimated that more than 300,000 foreigners remain in Tripoli, including many from the Philippines and Sri Lanka as well as Libya’s neighbours Chad, Egypt and Tunisia.
“We have received 2,000 requests at this point. The potential caseload is huge. We’re exploring the possibility of land, sea and air evacuations,” he told Reuters.

TALKS SHUNNED
An increasingly confident revolutionary leadership has dismissed reports that it was holding secret talks with representatives of the Gaddafi in neighbouring Tunisia.
Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) denied negotiating with Gaddafi to resolve the conflict. Sources have said the two sides were meeting in Tunisia this week where a U.N. envoy has also arrived for talks.
“The NTC would like to affirm that there are no negotiations either direct or indirect with the Gaddafi regime or with the special envoy of the United Nations,” said NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil. Gaddafi must step down and leave Libya, he said.
In Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Gaddafi’s forces had been thrown back onto the defensive.
“I think the sense is that Gaddafi’s days are numbered.”
At a news conference for Libyan journalists broadcast by state television, Gaddafi spokesman Moussa Ibrahim dismissed reports that Gaddafi’s forces were on the run but acknowledged fighting in several locations revolutionaries say they have captured.
“Some foreign politicians have said this regime’s days are finished and it has weeks left,” he said. They have been saying this for six months and we are still here.”
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9122

Aljazeera
Libyan opp fighters say GF counter-offensive early Thurs from Al Hayshah repelled in fierce fighting

LibyanFreedom
The martyrs for the liberation of Badr has risen to seven, 4 from Nalut, 2 from Kabaw, and 1 from Tripoli. Firdaus inshAllah

N Mustafa
Countries r releasing #Libyan $ 2 WHO 2 buy medicine.WHO take high managmnt fees 4 their services.Give the money 2 NTC & they’ll buy it 4us!

Khiria
Journalists at the Rixos saying they’re not invited to press conference today because they all ‘lie.’ Locals only! #ihatemoussaibrahim

Imad
Dunno which makes me more sick, the dictator or those who are willing to kill for him #Syria #Bahrain #Libya #Yemen #Lebanon

AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
injured 70,000 not 7,000 – Jalil

FreeBenghazi
Thuwar pushed out Gaddafiforces and now control the entire city of #Sabratha #Libya

Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” t.co/SNaDlca

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Press tv the other day in fact were criticized by mousa Ibrahim. And Chinese bothered about lack of press freedom…

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Reliable sources Gadhafi asking South Africa to help evacuating him & sons in coming days. We fear he will take all Gold reserves with him!!

Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
BBREAKING: Al-Jazeera English correspondent says Libyan opposition fighters are 100 km closer to Sirte

:عاااااااااااااااااااااااجل
مراسل الجزيرة الإنجليزية الثوار قطعوا أكثر من 100 كم في اتجاه سرت

AJA:
When #Sabratha was taken, opposition fighters captured arms and accepted surrender of unspecified number of #Gaddafi’s forces. #Libya

AJA:
rebels were able to enter #Sabratha military base after NATO strikes #Libya

libyanandproud
Picture : Captured Khalifa Daw head of #Zawiya Security ! Karma is a muthafo ! #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/67ljcy

simmjazeera andrew simmons
Fighting Thursday between Libyan opposition and GF in Al Hayshah , small town beyond Tawargha. 3 opp fighters dead.

Forbes
Rebels battle Libyan forces for Zawiya refinery

ZAWIYA, Libya — Heavy clashes broke out Wednesday between rebels and Moammar Gadhafi loyalists fighting for control of Libya’s only functioning oil refinery in the western city of Zawiya, as the opposition tried to cut off fuel supplies to the regime’s

stronghold of Tripoli.
A rebel field commander in Zawiya, Osama Arusi, said the fighting has shut down an oil pipeline to the capital, where a third of Libya’s six million people live. The rebels have surrounded the refinery, which supplies oil and gas to the capital.

“The pipeline from Zawiya to Tripoli has been switched off,” Arusi told The Associated Press. “The man who is responsible for switching the pipeline off said it is not working.”
Read more:
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/17/gene...

FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
#Misrata thuwar rescue a number of families in AbuKareen (aka AlHeisha). 3 thuwar martyred and 4 wounded. #Libya
The Freedom Group Daily is out! t.co/xoIoyBA ▸ Top stories today

dovenews Libyan™
مصدر عسكري ليبي: القذافي قد يفوض سلطاته إلى وزير العدل محمد القمودي aawsat.com/details.asp?se… Military source S African planes may take Gaddafi
or:
www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&ar...

dovenews Libyan™
CONFIRMED! Gaddafi has blocked all calls from #Tunisia to #Libya. #GaddafiSICK

If you are in #Tunisia you cant make calls to #Libya

libyanandproud
after seeing so many dead, injured, amputated FF I just want him to leave !

libertad
#libye fuites forte que #Kadhafi peut aller au Venezuela en échange d’opérations de l’OTAN cesse, après des séries de négociations à Djerba

dovenews Libyan™
Gaddafi is not the leader of Libya anymore he is a CRIMINAL OF WAR WANTED BY #ICC! MEDIA USE THE RIGHT TERMS!!!!!

Bassem
#LIBYA: strong leaks that #Gaddafi may leave to Venezuela in exchange for Nato operations ceasing, after rounds of negotiations in Djerba…

david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
All soldiers are Libyans:Not untrue,as soon as they enter the army, they receive Libyan passport. Also offered to my guards…

Hanan
#Gaddafi state TV threatening to “wipe #Libya off the map” youtu.be/EOp7N9_37ew
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOp7N9_37ew&fea...

Fadwa
My uncle’s video-calling me from in front of the Libyan Embassy in Washington, DC.. 3ALIK JOWWWWW :D :D :D #Libya

LibyaNewMedia
We urge Qatar, the UAE, NATO etc. to put pressure on the Egyptian government to remove Gaddafi’s war channels from Nilesat. #Libya

Hzm
A revolution without leaders and tens of thousands of volunteers
“N-Trance – Nothing Lasts Forever (Electro Banger Instrumental Mix) "
Auto Tuned version of Libya will inspire the world Remix by Richie Savo
Check this video out — Libya will inspire the world (D.J Richie Savo) Remix + Download youtube.com/watch?v=bTXW3e… via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTXW3eKmQV4&fea...

FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Thuwar in Tarhuna, use posters of Gaddafi for target practise. (Tarhuna is 90km, south-east of #Tripoli) #libya youtube.com/watch?v=qncOzP…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qncOzPeXCME

Mohammad
#Misrata: 40KM after sdaddah #brega: FF in arqoub south of Brega #feb17 #libya

Les combattants de l’opposition ont avancé de plus de 100km au-delà de #Misrata vers #Sirte

Libya unrest: Tripoli calm as Zarwiya fight continues
Libyan rebels are fighting forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi for control of a coastal oil refinery in Zawiya, a town just 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli.

Most of the town is now held by rebels, and the refinery would represent a significant victory, effectively cutting oil and gas supplies to the capital.
But in Tripoli loyalists remain undeterred by the rebels and the government insists it will not fall.
Matthew Price reports from Tripoli.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14566178

simmjazeera andrew simmons
Libyan opp say they now have control of most of Al Hayshah. The road there is secured.

LibyanDictator The Dictator
Mass grave found in Tawargha yesterday, there’s rumours that it contains bodies of the families kidnapped from #Misrata. Ya Allah..

@acarvin Andy Carvin
@LibyanDictator has it been photographed or filmed yet?

LibyanDictator The Dictator
@
@acarvin Nothing’s been published yet, but they’re saying they’ve found possibly linked videos on G troops’ phones.

Sabratha has been completely liberated of Gaddafi forces. #Libya

Tweeting Tripoli
Strange sounding NATO planes over Tripoli. Could it be Apaches? Not sure what are they

dovenews Libyan™
#After fierce fight, #FF have entered #Alargoob area south of the industrial area in #Brega.

#FF have found large amount of weapons, hidden in residential homes left behind after #Gaddafi forces were defeated in #Alarquoob. #Brega

Some of #Gaddafi forces are working as #Painters & #Decorators getting rid of the anti Gaddafi graffiti from the walls of #Tripoli

#FF have freed #Bader. Nafusa

#Gaddafi forces hit the power plant in #AzZawiyah … No electricity in the area, #Libya

Gaddafi is only for his own survival because he knows everyone wants to KILL him!

The Moscow Times
Russia ‘Disturbed’ on Libya
BRUSSELS — Russia is “deeply disturbed” about NATO’s aerial campaign in Libya because it has overstepped the intent of the UN resolution that authorized the strikes, a diplomat said Tuesday.
Attacks on nonmilitary targets such as the main television station and Tripoli Airport call into question NATO’s ability to implement the resolution that authorized the use of force to protect civilians, the diplomat said on condition of anonymity in keeping with his job’s rules.
He said Russia is “deeply disturbed by the destruction of infrastructure and especially power supplies on territory controlled by the government.”
NATO denied Tuesday that it was overstepping its mandate.
Souce:
www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/rus...

Tweeting Tripoli
Apparently, the strange sounding planes I heard over #Tripoli few moments ago were the newly deployed un-maned drones. #feb17

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
NATO repeatedly targets east areas of #Tripoli earlier today. 6 missiles counted around same military base. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17

Libya Free Forever.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE to #FF in #Nafusa keep #Sniper rifle w Telescopic sight &Tear Gas to force Snipers come out from their hiding spots.

#Defected officer #Gadafi kept 4000 mercenaries in #Tripoli Airport Rd #Brazilian company #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Friend describes convoy of military vehicles 2day heading east on Treeg Alsaree3(Highway) & described seeing “African Mercenaries”. #Tripoli

Tweeting Tripoli
Few hours ago, lots of automatic gun fire heard all over #Tripoli. Sounds like clashes.

Aljazeera
Gaddafi loyalists resisting rebels advance in Az Zawiyah

In the battle for Libya, fighting has continued in Az Zawiyah between opposition fighters and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

Rebels say Gaddafi’s forces are putting up a stiff resistance, using Grad rockets and mortars to prevent an advance.

Zeina Khodr has more from the frontlines.
Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpCbzcIugEE

Zlitniya
#Zliten :Pictures of destruction in #Dafniya #Zliten (part of Dafniya is in Zliten &part is in #Misrata) #Libya #Feb17 facebook.com/media/set/?set…
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.18140...

Pentagon statement:
Libyan Rebel Gains Are “Significant”

FromJoanne Joanne
#SABRATHA Medina August17 youtube.com/watch?v=TScEh0… #Libya #Aljazeera
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TScEh0pzNYg&fea...

Iyad El-Baghdadi
Updated Sirt Bay #Libya map: Look at left side for important advances south of Misurata: twitpic.com/67mprg

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
My military contact tells me of 100+ Katiba vehicles fleeing to tunisia after leaving Tripoli to various fronts. # Tripoli #Libya

Tripoli just back from a near total blackout. 90% of city lost electricity and there was little to no mobile service. #Tripoli #Libya

AJA reporter from #Sabratha: opposition forces accepted the surrender of 15 #Gaddafi soldiers. #Libya

omar
#Misrata: Freedom fighters now in the area after #Hayshah east of #Tawergha.. #FF Getting close to #sirte. #Libya #feb17

libertad
#libye La presse autrichienne rapporte que le Président Libyen aurait sollicité l’Afrique du sud pour l’accueillir ainsi que sa famille.

NotLibyaStateTV
We have heard rumors that the rebels are advancing towards Sirt from the West. We suspect they have broken compasses. #Libya

LibyaNewMedia
People from Tarhuna that want to get military training for liberating their city can go to Arrujban in the Mountains. #Libya #Tarhuna

libyanandproud
#Libya Consulate in #Dubai will be raising the true #Libya flag on Friday (19 Ramadan) at 20:30 . #Feb17 #Libya

Rywf
Dear 2011,You must be exhausted by now but please do us all a favor & take Bashar & Qaddafi down before you leave. Thank you. #Syria #Libya

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Report that FFs from Gatrun, Um Alaranib & other parts of the South have liberated Gatrun #feb17 #Libya

The Dictator
#Misrata: F fighters on the eastern front pushed further east. They entered Heesha and rescued over 60 kidnapped families. #Libya #feb17

Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout, Flying over Tripoli t.co/jJqolq6 via @ArmchairArab

AP
Libyan rebels battle for last oil refinery
ZAWIYA, Libya (AP) — Dozens of opposition fighters surrounded Libya’s last functioning oil refinery Wednesday and laid siege to about 100 government troops, part of a push which brought them closer to seizing this strategic western city.
A rebel victory in Zawiya could be a turning point in the six-month-old war and leave Moammar Gadhafi nearly cornered in his increasingly isolated stronghold of Tripoli, the capital, just 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the east along the Mediterranean coast.

Desperate Gadhafi troops cut off from the main government forces took cover in a residential compound and closed the gates to prevent workers from fleeing, rebels said.
AP Business Writer Tarek El-Tablawy in Cairo contributed to this report.
Read full art.:
goo.gl/mJuA1

Freedom Fighters have deGaddafinated the Heera main junction of Aziziya – Ghiryan road. (Ghiryan FB)

LIBYAN
#Misrata’s #FF killed #Gaddafi’s snipers by keeping them up all night and cut food&water on them then burned down the building. #Zawyia

Noit
Several reports that Murzug has been liberated.

inglesi Piers Scholfield
superb series of photos in the Atlantic – #Libya since #Feb17 – bit.ly/nytSRb (via @cswift2)

Smiffy’s Wife
So pleased @alexcrawfordsky Alex Crawford is back in #Zawiya it’s because of her I fell in love with Libyan people and Zawiya itself.

Michael
#Gharyan #Libya holding. Fighting S where most of SW #Assaba district is free including #Jandouba twitpic.com/67n553

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking FF now have total control of the strategic Zawiya refinery comp & control fuel supply to tripoli! G is out of fuel and out of time!

Video evidence:
Hominoid
Mass grave containing 150 bodies in Tawargha, FFs found a video “showing kidnappers cutting the throats of people” HORROR

Aided by NATO’s fighter-bombers, assault helicopters and naval blockade, the rebels have transformed the battle in the last few days

Libyan state television showed video of Gaddafi supporters at the Brega terminal on Wednesday chanting the leader’s name BOOOOO !

Fifteen of the FFs were killed on Tuesday and three on Wednesday, said spokesman Mohammad Zawawi

Brega 18 killed and 33 wounded on Tuesday and Wednesday

Reliefweb
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (the)
Explosive Remnants of War: A constant danger to civilians in the Nafusa Mountains

The on-going hostilities in the coastal areas and parts of Libya has led to civilian deaths and injuries, and caused a serious disruption to civilian lives. The UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon on Thursday, 11 August, expressed his deep concern over reports of the ‘unacceptably large number of civilian casualties as a result of the conflict in Libya’.
The threat to civilians from the conflict, unexploded ordnance, newly laid mine fields and bombed or abandoned ammunition sites is increasingly clear in several areas including the Nafusa Mountains in western Libya.
The NGO, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a press statement on 8 July, that the Libyan government forces had placed at least three minefields containing antipersonnel and antivehicle landmines outside the village of al-Qawalish in the western Nafusa Mountains.
Read more:
reliefweb.int/node/441087

AJA – #Sirte representative reported that Murzuq is under FF control, after #Qatrun FF aided in liberating the town. #Libya #Feb17

Free Libyan
3 martyrs from #Misrata as they rescued several families from south of city, in al Heisha. G forces used them as human shields #Libya #Feb17

BREAKING – CONFIRMED – #Gmata – on 17th Ramadan, G forces SHELLED a MOSQUE in Ghaneema. Casualties unknown. #Libya #Feb17

Zlitniya
#Zliten :Reports that all pro Gaddafis heavily armed.Described as ‘little kids have weapons taller than them’. #Libya #Feb17

#Zliten A man has been shot in head whilst in his home,other shot in shoulder.Source of shots unknown.1 in coma #prayforthem

CNN Zawiya:
CNN’s Sara Sidner reports on the rebel movement on Zawiya which is a lifeline to Tripoli, Libya.
edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/08/17/sidner.libya.rebels.zawiya.cnn

ProudLibyan
Libya TV, live call from #Zawiyah NATO targeting launchers, but being very careful as they ar hidden w/in civilian areas.

#Libya TV, live call from Zawiyah: Things are progressing well in Aljailaat and soon it will join ranks of they fully liberated.

#Libya TV, live call from Zawiyah: A complete Gaddafi brigade in Surman defected and handed over weapons to FF.

#Libya TV, live call from Zawiyah: Surman and Sabratha 100% liberated from Gaddafi #Libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters reported to now have total control of the #Zawiya refinery. #Libya #Feb17

#Murzuq liberated by combined local & #Qatrun #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
#Misrata #Freedomfighters advancing 100km toward #Sirte, they now control most of #AlHeisha. #Libya #Feb17
Reliable sources: “#Gaddafi asking South Africa to help evacuating him & sons in coming days”. #Libya #Feb17
#Freedomfighters have control of the #AlHera Gate, 25KM south of #Aziziya. #Libya #Feb17

FromJoanne Joanne
Wow thats bad :( BREGA DR @FieldHospital at least 18 Martyrs and 74 wounded in fighting on Southern side of Brega Tuesday #Libya

Reports of communications just coming back in #Tripoli now
God knows what they are cooking up this time if this blackout was intentional why did they switch it on again ?

AJA: Libyan Embassy in Washington, DC opened today today, administered by NTC #Libya

Iyad
#Libya overview map, annotated to comment on what freedom of movement Gaddafi has left: twitpic.com/67nmsz

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH REFINERY manager fled Tuesd. night aft closing down Pumping Station The FLAME above refinery died & Gaddafi was Cut Off oil #Libya

ZAWIYAH REFINERY Abt 100 GF roam the complex the Pipelines Ports Storage Tanks Housing area determined to hang on2 bitter end #Libya

#ZAWIYAH REFINERY Negotiations been going on for 3 days Some GF surrendered but last100 vowed NEVER 2surrender A precarious situation #Libya

hominoid555
Zawiyah. The rest of the city now flies the red, black and green flag of free Libya

simmjazeera andrew simmons
Correction all tweets in past few hours. For Thurs read Wed!!!!! Too long on the road. Apologies!

A Free Libyan
News that FF have control of the alHera Gate, 25KM south of #Aziziya. FF launched the attack from #Gheryan. #Libya #Feb17 (بوابة الهيره)

There’s conf. heavy fighting at Gmata (FF vs. G), west of AlKhums

Ahrar TV – Fighting ongoing in #AlKhums

NATO Friendly Fire incident today in pictures – facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya #Feb17

Librev
Breaking-Confirmed-by-Call-Just happened now #Khoms #FF clashing with #Gaddafi forces in 20th str. captured 4 vehicles #Libya @NATO

A Free Libyan
@NATO needs to send an apache or two to #Gmata and #AlKhums. Both very active and can easily isolate #Zliten if free. #Libya #Feb17

Jeel
My mom called me today and asked me if #Gaddafi was dead yet. I told her no; she promptly hung up. #Priorities #Libya

Libya outreach
THURS 18/08/11 at 12.00 pm Large Demo in front of the #Libya Embassy in Cairo to raise Rev Flag. Must reach 1000 to let us in

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Been thinking about what it means for tripoli if roads out stay cut off…think food can still come in by sea.

A Free Libyan
Latest rumour ≥ G is sick & needs to leave the country. Must be the diarrhea due to the FF advances…Life-threatening indeed #Libya

Acc. To Anita Mc naught there are NO SA planes in Tripoli.

Khiria
Any news networks reporting or reported stalemate in #Libya need to be labeled as an unreliable source of info. #doyourhomework

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Speaking to G loyalists today. Many are showing frustration &realisation that they are being lied to.Specificly claims Misrata in govn hands

Khiria
Dear @JohnKingCNN, just because you haven’t been following the events in #Libya closely, it doesn’t mean it was a stalemate.

NJLibyan ابن ليبيا
Spoke to family in tripoli, phones and electricty currently working "كل شي “Mia Mia” wink!

Michelle
LA’s way of welcoming tourists. They could stand to learn a thing or 2 (or 1,000,000,000) about hospitality from Libya. twitpic.com/662khb

Ibn
Photo: #EpicLibyanGirls practice their gymnastics on tanks… where do your girls practice? #Libya #Feb17 tumblr.com/xkd45rw07y

NPR
As Libyan Rebels Advance, Civilians Flee The Coast

After weeks with little movement on the battlefield, the dynamic of the Libyan war has changed.
Since the rebels came charging down from the Western Mountains and pushed into the important coastal town of Zawiya, they are no longer the ones who appear vulnerable.
Increasingly, Moammar Gadhafi’s strongholds, including the capital, Tripoli, appear isolated.

Zawiya, which is just 30 miles down the coast from Tripoli, has been the scene of fierce clashes for several days. The rebels have now established a presence in many parts of the town, but Gadhafi’s fighters are still active and have been clinging to an oil refinery — the last one under the control of the Libyan leader.
The current fighting is driving civilians out of Zawiya, and the expectation of future battles has created something of an exodus from Tripoli.
Read more:
www.npr.org/2011/08/17/139718768/as-lib...

Number of victims unclear, heard 70-150:
A Free Libyan
News that a mass grave was found by FF around #Tawargha. Contained approx. 70 bodies, majority are from #Misrata. #Libya

BREAKING – Conf. – #Gmata – FF from Alous and Qasr Khayr conducted a successful operation against G forces. Casualties unknown #Libya #Feb17

BREAKING – CONF. – #Gmata – G forces have started raiding houses in Sileen and on the coastal highway. More arrests…#Libya

BREAKING – CONF. – #Gmata – FF destroy a vehicle belonging to a G thug. Won’t be naming him. Was around Alous. #Libya #Feb17

That’s the update I’ve managed to get from #Gmata. As always, will tweet any more info I get from there. #Libya #Feb17

BREAKING – CONF. – #Gmata – FF control ‘Shara al-Nus’ (Halfway Road) in Alous. I will provide info on this road in next tweet. #Libya #Feb17

simmjazeera andrew simmons
Reuters reporting mass grave of civilians found nr Tawergha. Quotes anonymous opp spksperson.

I heard rumours of mass grave claim 150 bodies nr Tawergha. But cannot confirm or verify yet.

dovenews Libyan™
ALERT! Gaddafi Military reinforcement mainly mercenaries R heading to #AlKulaybah in attempt to retake #Gharyan. maps.google.com/maps?q=Al+Kula… @NATO

Tomorrow, Libya Indp flag will wave very proudly above the Libyan embassy in #UAE En Sha #Allah …Dont miss it, try to attend!! #Libya #UAE

Reuters
U.S. sends two more Predator drones to Libya
WASHINGTON Aug 17 (Reuters) – The United States has deployed two more Predator drones for surveillance operations over Libya, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday, as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces face unprecedented pressure.
The drones arrived earlier this week, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear how many U.S. drones were currently deployed on the NATO mission.
Link:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...

SF Gate
Libyan Rebels Push South From Misrata to Cut Tripoli Highway
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — Libyan rebel forces broke out of the besieged city of Misrata and pushed south toward a strategic highway linking up to Tripoli, a city radio station reported.
A column of armed jeeps drove unopposed through the desert to the village of Bir Durfan and is heading for Beni Walid, 40 miles (64 kilometers) away, to link up to the highway to the capital, Libya Freedom Voice in Misrata reported yesterday.
“They expect to reach Beni Walid in the next days,” said Ramadan Maiteeg, a reporter

at Freedom Voice, the city’s principal rebel radio station.
More:
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RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Moldova CARGO SHIP “YAHIA STAR” 34.11772˚/24.51872˚ en route from #Mersin #Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET @NATO

#Malta SHIP (Unspecified type) “CMA CGM RABAT” now departing Malta for dest. #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” 36.75289˚/2.12649˚ from #CasaBlanca #Morocco to dest. #Malta hugging #Algeria coast. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

#NATO bombing targets in S/SE of #Tripoli. Uncertain of exact target. #Libya #Feb17

#Zawiyah refinery mgr. fled Tuesday night after closing down Pumping Station. The flame above refinery died & #Gaddafi was cut off. #Libya

Have you seen the complete and total bullshit they “write” in the rag called Pravda? Paper version of Gaddafi TV.

#Muhammed Ismail & #Saleh Ibrahim are now in #Varna #Romania to recruit mercenaries for #Gaddafi. #Libya #Feb17 @UN @NATO

Muhammed Ismail, #Gaddafi “intelligence”, left #Egypt with 150 Million cash to #Varna #Romania. #Libya #Feb17 @UN @NATO

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
IOM: Increase in foreign nationals asking to be evacuated from #Tripoli in recent weeks, maybe 2,000 requests now #Libya

IOM estimates 300,000 foreigners remain in #Tripoli, including many from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Chad, Egypt and Tunisia #Libya

IOM exploring possibility of land, air, sea evacuations #Tripoli #Libya

IOM also says strangling off of #Tripoli-Zawiya pipeline would bring “dire consequences” for city … #Libya

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Just went out in #Tripoli; electricity on in center. People said it was out from noon/1 pm until around 6 pm #Libya

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Eyewitnesses saw blasted G vehicles in woodland opposite of Superior Studies Academy in Janzour today. By NATO.

Checkpoints are heavier today with sea port rocks that are 2.5 meters long thrown in Janzour main road as roadblocks.

Back after electricity cuts in Tripoli today,

akhbar
Gaddafi’s forces are shelling the refinery in #Zawiya with cluster bombs

A Free Libyan
#Nalut Media Committee: 2 of the martyrs from the #Badr fight were confirmed to be from #Kabau #Libya #Feb17

Libye Libre
1/4 Des milices pro Kadhafi + ingénieurs travailleraient sur le réseau d’égoûts à #Tripoli cachés sous des tentes

2/4 #Tripoli Des soldats pro-Kadhafi gardent les chantiers où se trouvent les tentes, des caisses sont déchargées de 4×4 Toyota Tundras
3/4 de plus selon témoins, pas de terre extraite ni de tuyaux remplacés : des routes pourraient être en cours de minage
4/4 – Hier, ils ont travaillé sur les routes principales de Tajoura, les semaines précédentes sur les routes du centre-ville

Libya Free Forever.
#NATO hit the buildings where #Snipers were seen in #Zawyia #ThanksNATO #Libya

SUMMARY AUGUST 18th 2011



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

UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope

Earlier this week I gave an interview to @bfbs about operations in Libya:
A noose is appearing around Tripoli, according to Major General Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Communications Officer. He warned against being too optimistic but explained he believes it could be ‘end game’ for Gaddafi. The American government is also predicting Colonel Gaddafi won’t be able to cling on to power in Libya for much longer. NATO says its bombing raids and rebel attacks around Tripoli have restricted the regime’s ability to obtain supplies and organise a coherent military strategy. Rebels say snipers loyal to the Gaddafi regime are shooting people inside Zawiya — while his forces outside use rockets to bombard areas he no longer commands.
End of Libya campaign could be in sight 16.08.11
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQFs-_5ECFU

Tues am: RAF aircraft destroyed a military staging post near Zlitan with a pair of Paveway guided bombs. #Libya

Tues eve: RAF & allied aircraft took part in coordinated & accurate strike by NATO on a large command compound at Hun in central #Libya.

Hun compound was used by former regime leaders to coordinate attacks on the Libyan people.

Tues eve: 11 Paveway bombs were dropped by our aircraft on military targets within Hun compound including the central headquarters facility.

Wed am: Military command node in Zlitan destroyed. #Libya

Wed am: Reconnaissance patrols conducted precision strikes on former regime facilities at Sabratah. #Libya

Former regime facilities at Sabratah, included commando base used by Qadhafi’s men to launch reprisals against the local people.

Wed am: Former regime facilities at Sabratah suffered severe damage and it is reported that it is now in the hands of the Free Libyan Forces

Wed pm: RAF Patrol identified tug boat commandeered as naval patrol craft being used by pro-Qadhafi troops to redeploy along the coast.

Wed am: RAF patrol engaged commandeered naval patrol craft: direct hit was scored with a laser guided Paveway bomb which sank the vessel

RAF VC10 and Tristar tankers, and Sentry and Sentinel surveillance aircraft, provided extensive support to these and other NATO missions.

Since 19/3/11 RN, RAF & Army Air Corps strikes have damaged or destroyed 870 former regime targets which posed a threat to the Libyan people

Colonel Qadhafi is reportedly claiming that NATO has attacked the historic remains of the ancient city of Lepcis Magna. This is nonsense.

On Mon, RAF did attack psychological warfare centre over a mile from Lepcis Magna. All 4 bombs scored direct hits on their proper target.

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
went for a little drive, a lot of checkpoints around #Tripoli tonight… stopping & searching cars- seemed to be on higher alert. #Libya

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Demonstrations took place in Ghut Al-Shaal tonight in Sharaa 10 followed by exchange of gunfire and clashes for a whole hour.

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
NATO Airstrikes heard in Janzour few minutes ago.
( FYI: 6.30 AM local)

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Reports that all entrances in to #Tripoli have been closed off w/ checkpoints & given orders not to allow anyone in or out. #Libya

Rumors that Khweldi Elhmedi has been captured by #Zawiya #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Well the breakfast buffet has closed, the translators are late for work, and security got nervous about Sky doing a TV live…

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
by ChangeInLibya
Expecting press conference with Libya pm this afternoon. First official to speak to foreign media for days.

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Completely LOST it? #Rayyisse and Dr #Shakir think rebel victories in #Tripoli are being faked on movie set in #Qatar youtube.com/watch?v=0LtLor…

The Use of Photoshopped Material to Fool the People in Tripoli (August 17, 2011)
With English translations, with many thanks to Rayyisse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LtLoros6Uk

Misuratayouth
#Zliten #NATO is bombing #Gaddafi militia in #Zliten to clear the way for freedom fighters

strong battle is taking place in #zliten, the FF are advancing #Libya

Guardian
The Guardian’s Luke Harding at the Zawiyah oil refinery “The oil refinery is in rebel hands”#Libya
Audio
audioboo.fm/boos/442787-the-guardian-s-...

Zlitniya
#Zliten :NOW fierce fighting in #AlBaza (central Zliten) between #Gaddafi militia&FF.Gaddafi forces have besieged Baza.4GF killed #Libya

Abdul
We barely escaped dozen of grad rockets attack last night in #AzZawiyah

Libya_Awake_United
Muatessim convoy advising each other to keep 100M between the cars when they move to avoid NATO bombing .

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO bombed #Gaddafi filth near entrance to #RasAjdir ( #Tunisia / #Libya border)

#Malta HIGH SPEED CRAFT “MARIA DOLORES” has departed port #Benghazi #Libya, returning to Malta. #Feb17

#Freedomfighters arrest #Gaddafi filth inside #Tunisia arranging for Tunisians to truck oil to #Gaddafi. #Libya #Feb17

Video: Mutassim #Gaddafi personally ordering & organizing the mining operation: t.co/QicCFGI #Libya #Feb17

#Misrata #Freedomfighters have liberated #Sdada (31°39’3"N 15°6’51"E). #Libya #Feb17

#Tarhuna: Fighting is going on in Tarhouna & there are reports that #Freedomfighters control the center of the city. #Libya #Feb17

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Expect Gaddafi gov’t to put on giant fiesta for Sept 1 coup anniversary aimed at showcasing mil might & local support. #Tripoli

Already erecting scaffolding to hang ginormous portrait of Gaddafi in Green Sq … will be glaring up at NATO planes as they fly by #Libya

REUTERS
Revolutionaries are in complete control of Gheryan. A Reuters correspondent reports that Gaddafi forces had withdrawn from the town after days of fighting. The rebel red, green and black flag was flying in the central town square and the revolutionaries had positioned a T-34 tank and anti-aircraft gun in the square, the reporter said.

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Expecting press conference with Libya pm this afternoon. First official to speak to foreign media for days.

CNN has lost it’s volume on #rixos tv system. Wierd

Mustafa Abduljalil kisses forehead of 1of #Bangladeshi cleaners working in Ajdabiya Hospital who refused to leave despite fierce fighting in city #humble #appreciative :)
twitpic.com/67vyyt

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Tajoura activity increasing rapidly. Regular clashes during the nights. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17

LastNight – 2 Katiba soldiers dead in clashes in Ghot Al Sha3al area. Confirmed. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17

NATO jets overhead after being quiet all morning…. #Tripoli #Libya #feb17

Katiba forces now roaming around #tripoli in pickup trucks mounted with 14.5mm/anti-aircraft guns. Scenes not seen since feb/march #Libya

A tweet with some of the reactions: matthewwprice Matthew Price
The #Tripoli I am allowed to see in #Libya feels like a city in denial. I can’t see a way out for Gaddafi. NATO/west/rebels all determined.

It feels unfair to #Gaddafi #Libya loyalists, but the pressure is building and they are not in a good position right now.

Reactions:
what’s unfair is they danced on the graves of their countrymen, who fought for freedom, something they will benefit from too.

why unfair? they have supported a man and a regime that was intent on killing and murdering their brothes and sisters

Libyan regime supporters should have bailed on crazy ol’ G loooong ago – supporting mass killings bears a price. @matthewwprice

@matthewwprice You know what’s unfair? the 20,000+ Libyans that had to die just because they asked for a better life.

REUTERS
Libya’s rebels face questions as transition looms

Now the hard part might be about to begin: The rebels’ National Transitional Council (NTC) might soon have to step up and run the country, if Gaddafi is swept aside.

“Of course we’re ready to take over,” the head of the NTC’s political committee, Fatih Baja, told Reuters. “We’ve been preparing for this since the first month of the revolution.”

“What’s uniting the NTC is Gaddafi. When Gaddafi is gone they’re going to clash,” said a Middle Eastern analyst who declined to be identified.

While rebel leaders have hinted at the involvement of a pro-Gaddafi fifth column in their own ranks, the killing of Younes has fanned fears of a weak NTC unable to halt a slide into bloodshed as rival factions, including Islamists backed by shadowy interests in the Gulf, bid for power.
“This could descend into chaos,” another analyst said.

The rebels only stand on the cusp of power because of what they acknowledge has been the invaluable assistance of NATO air power, and outside help will remain vital.
“They could become one of those moderate Arab states we’ve been looking for,” said a Western diplomat. “But time is of the essence. We have to quickly provide life support to stabilise the country.”

Read more:
www.libyafeb17.com/2011/08/libyas-rebel...

AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
In Zawiyah, constant shelling to the east of the town all night and early morning. #Libya

SKY NEWS
Audio: Alex Crawford In Zawiyah As Rebels Try To Push Gaddafi’s Forces Out Of Town

www.libyafeb17.com/2011/08/audio-alex-c...

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Hard to judge next phase in #Tripoli #Libya. City almost isolated Nervousness detectable But G. supporters still vocal No sign of uprising.

pdanaharbbc Paul Danahar
If #feb17 rebels take & hold #Zawiyah there’ll prob’ be lots of landmine injuries in coming days left by retreating #Gaddafi forces

Skyman64 Ian Wood
Alex Crawford in Zawiyah says rebels claim to have taken control of the oil refinery.

fieldproducer Neal Mann
alexcrawfordsky has spoken to rebel commander who says he is confident they can reach Tripoli in 2 weeks

NotLibyaStateTV
We will consider letting the lying foreign press into a press conference soon. Provided our robust media leaves seats open #libya

SKY NEWS
Libya: Rebels Get Closer To Gaddafi’s Tripoli

Libyan rebels are closing in on the country’s capital, unseating Colonel Gaddafi’s supporters in the nearby port of Zawiyah.

The anti-government fighters now say there are only a around half a dozen villages between them and Tripoli, and that they could reach the Gaddafi stronghold within the next two weeks.
Sky’s special correspondent Alex Crawford is in Zawiyah and has spoken to the rebel fighters.
“We have been here for several hours now and there has been continual shelling overnight, primarily in the east of the town – that is the area closest to Tripoli,” she said.
“That is where most of the Gaddafi military is based and where they have been doing most of their shelling.

Read more and watch video’s:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...

Proud to be Anti-Gaddafi PSA

We are no longer afraid to speak up against Gaddafi, we are no longer afraid of letting him and his supporters know that we are not scared but instead PROUD to be anti-Gaddafi.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJVBdCVn7Ps&fea...

REUTERS
WRAPUP 3-Libyan rebels seize western oil refinery

• Rebels clear western refinery of Gaddafi loyalists
• Rebels take Garyan, cut highway north to Tripoli
   U.S. deploys two more Predator drones
  

ZAWIYAH, Libya, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels took control of an oil refinery in the western town of Zawiyah and blocked the main highway north to the capital on Thursday, further isolating Muammar Gaddafi’s Tripoli stronghold.
Rebel advances in recent days have cut Gaddafi’s forces off from their main supply routes following a months-long stalemate, putting the Libyan leader’s 41-year rule under unprecedented pressure.

af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...

AP
Zawiya becomes epicenter of Libya’s civil war
Since the rebels entered Zawiya last week — their most dramatic advance yet after months of stalemate in the civil war — Gadhafi’s troops have been pounding homes, mosques and streets with rockets and mortar fire. Regime snipers positioned in tall buildings, including a bank and a hotel, take aim at anyone who moves.

Rebel fighters, who control the west and south of the city, say they are confident they will soon drive out Gadhafi’s soldiers entrenched in the east of the city.
Yet progress is slow. One fighter, Abdel Azzim Ammar, 22, said his unit advanced only about two city blocks on Wednesday because regime snipers are protected by heavy weaponry.

At the clinic, doctors received six bodies and treated more than 30 wounded people, said Dr. Safwan Arab. The majority were civilians hit by bullets and shrapnel, he said.
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/zawiya-becomes-epi...

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Insha allah, 20th of August 2011 will go down in Libyan history the day Libya became free from Gaddafi

UPDATE -TRIPOLI:
—Many Gaddafi loyalists are showing frustration & realization that they are being lied to.Specificly claims Misrata in government hands.
—CONFIRMED: Last Night – 2 Katiba soldiers dead in clashes in Ghot Al Sha3al area.
—Tajoura activity increasing rapidly. Regular clashes during the nights
—NATO jets overhead after being quiet all morning.
—Katiba forces now roaming around #tripoli in pickup trucks mounted with 14.5mm/anti-aircraft guns. Scenes not seen since feb/march
—3 very loud explosions in Tripoli NOW. NATO.

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
HILARIOUS RT @ TheTruthLibya ‘#NATO has build an imitation of Green Square in #Qatar, to make fake video of #rebels taking over #Tripoli.’

Mariam
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@Jonny_Hallam LOOOOL! just when I think they can’t come with anymore bullshit, they go and prove me wrong.

Return Of Libya – ليبيا تعــــــود
رويترز: الثوار الليبيون يستولون على مصفاة الزاوية النفطية
Aug 18 (Reuters) – ZAWIYAH Aug 18 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels were in control of the coastal oil refinery in Zawiyah on Thursday following fighting with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a Reuters reporter at the refinery said.

AFP
Libya rebel chief fears bloodbath in Tripoli

BENGHAZI, Libya — As Libyan rebels fought to close in on Tripoli on Thursday, their chief said he feared a bloodbath in a battle for the capital that could come by the end of August.
Anticipating victory, the rebels’ political leaders have set out a plan to transform the country from autocracy to a fully blown democracy, in a roadmap which could help define Libya for the coming decades.
National Transitional Council (NTC) head Mustafa Abdel Jalil said in a newspaper interview the “noose is tightening” and that he feared a “veritable bloodbath” in Tripoli because of strongman Moamer Kadhafi’s refusal to step down.
“Kadhafi will not go quietly; he will go amid a catastrophe that will touch him and his family,” Abdel Jalil told the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat from his eastern bastion of Benghazi.

Col. Ahmed Omar Bani:
“Zabrata and Sorman are now entirely under our control,” he said referring to two towns west of Zawiyah, adding there was now fierce fighting on an inland road parallel to the main coastal route around the town of Ajaylat.

Mohammed Wardugu, speaking in Benghazi, said that after an hour of heavy fighting on Wednesday, “we took control of Murzuq and its military garrison.”

Full story:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-rebel-chief-...

sabha17feb ثوار 17 فبراير سبها
I posted 24 photos on Facebook in the album “18 August 2011” fb.me/1a6DhwXrF

www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.15184...

Ahmed
#Tripoli: Demonstration took place late last night in Goad Shaal, #Gaddafi forces fired on demonstrators killing a number of them..#Libya

Mohammad
CONFIRMED: biggest oil refinery in #libya at #AzZawiya was siesta by FF and valves were closed yesterday. #Gaddafi in big trouble #feb17

NYT
Refugees Flee Libya Oil City as Qaddafi Forces Dig In

About 2,000 families from Zawiyah, Tripoli and other cities near the fighting on the Libyan coast passed through one rebel checkpoint on Wednesday, according to rebel officials registering the names. Cars and trucks, piled high with refrigerators and other household items, filled a road to the Nafusah Mountains.
People fleeing Tripoli said there was no electricity there on Wednesday, a further sign of the toll the rebellion has taken in Colonel Qaddafi’s stronghold, where prices of basic goods have soared amid shortages.

The Associated Press, quoting a rebel commander in Zawiyah, said 100 Qaddafi soldiers remained inside the refinery. The commander, Osama Arusi, said an oil pipeline to Tripoli had been cut off, but his assertion could not be immediately confirmed.

Elsewhere in Zawiyah, government snipers were stationed in tall buildings, including a hospital in the city. The rebels also said they had managed to keep control of a highway connecting Tunisia and Tripoli.
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/refugees-flee-liby...

Nalut17feb
Aug16: After liberating #Tiji, thuwar set off with heavy weapons & tanks to liberate #Badr v @nalut17feb #Libya
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACFVzUeksNI

Libya : Map for today – Orange = GF ; Green = FF via RFI
yfrog.com/h3bbmzifj

Libye Libre
#Libye, route vers #Syrte : Des familles de Misrata otages et utilisées comme boucliers humains par des proK en retraite ont été libérées

LIBYA TRIPOLI
FF helping an Ukrainian doctor who was shot by #Gaddafi forces – ثوار طرابلس يحاولون انقاذ طبيب اوكراني youtube.com/watch?v=CaEZNr…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaEZNr554P8&fea...

LPC The latest explosions in #Tripoli were in Salah Adeen area

Seraj Elalem
#Zawiya #Libya still in dire need of a field hospital or whatever help or equipment they can get

hominoid
Rebels have advanced to the bridge of Aboukran, 40 kilometers to the south beyond the bridge Sdad "near Touarga four insurgents dead

After over an hour of heavy fighting, we took control of Murzuq and its military garrison

Libye Libre
A Zliten, ouest de Misrata sur l’axe vers Tripoli, les forces proKadhafi ont mené de nouveaux bombardements visant les positions rebelles,

LE FIGARO
Libye: les rebelles craignent un massacre

Le chef des rebelles libyens a affirmé que l’étau se resserrait autour de Tripoli, tout en affirmant craindre un massacre dans la capitale en raison du refus de Mouammar Kadhafi de partir, dans un entretien publié aujourd’hui par le quotidien Asharq al-Awsat.

“L’étau se resserre autour de Tripoli, depuis les montages de l’Ouest, à Sorman, à Zawiyah et sur le flanc est de Tripoli”, a affirmé Moustapha Abdeljalil, président du Conseil national de transition (CNT), l’organe politique de la rébellion basé à Benghazi (est).

More and source:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/08/18/9...

LE MONDE
La guerre en Libye : chronologie des événements

www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2011/08/...

hominoid
Murzuq dozen military pro-Qaddafi had been killed and five captured officers.

Libyan Embassy Reopened in US

Ali Oujali Libya’s Ambassador to the United States has reopened the Libyan Embassy in the United States on behalf of the Libyan Transitional National Council.

The embassy which is located outside the Watergate building in Washington was closed in March after all diplomats loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi by the

State department.

The ambassador resigned from his post in February after serving for the Qaddafi regime and has represented the TNC since in Washington. On August 15, Mr. Aujali was re-accredited by as Libya’s Ambassador by the United States.

“Thank you for joining me today for the official opening of the Libyan embassy in the United States. For the first time in 42 years this embassy represented the free Libya. I would like to acknowledge the members of Libya-American communities, some of whom are here today to patiently support the cause of “freedom in Libya”. This new embassy under the control of the transitional national council is committed to serving Libya and advancing their call for freedom and democracy in Libya. The Libyan people are in this struggle, the Libyan people are not in this struggle alone. They will be forever grateful to the United States for coming to their aid. in their greatest time of need and for insuring that the dream for free Libya was not executed by Qaddafi’s forces back in March. I would like to specifically thank president Obama and Secretary Clinton for their leadership for recognizing the TNC as a successor government of sovereignation of Libya and for helping us to reopen our embassy here in Washington DC. These actions send a strong message to the Qaddafi regime. That it lacks legitimacy and its days are numbered. Let us be clear; Diplomatic recognition is not an end in itself but rather an important step toward bringing together. Bringing greater cooperation between the TNC and United States. I am hopeful that the United States government will soon move forward with releasing the frozen assets in the US that belong to the Libyan people."

By: Nadia Idriss Mayen
Al ArabiyaVideo:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkwxSQGcBy4

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
News of Zawiyah oil refinary in our control is filtering through to #Tripoli. This is close to the next pre-defined trigger. We’re close..

LibyanFreedom
#Jadu was in an uproar aftr hearin of NATO’S strike, 10 that were martyred were considrd an elite group involvd in many frontline battles

libyanandproud
Video : Freedom Fighters clearing #Heesha and #Sdadda on the road to #Sirte youtu.be/nujvlmtrhII #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nujvlmtrhII&fea...

libertad
#libye une autre prison dans une cave dans Garyan & environ 70 détenus libérés. Prisons tous remplis afin Kadhafi les met ailleurs. #Libya

dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! #FF have completely freed #Murzuq from #Gaddafi forces. #Libya

Anaya
Cinq grosses explosions ont secoué #Tripoli #Libye

BREAKING: ZLITEN: There is now heavy clashes in the area of Al-Baza and Gaddafi forces are suurounding the area
عاجل:زليتن:: تدور الآن اشتباكات عنيفة في منطقة البازة وكتائب الطاغية تطوق المنطقة بالكامل

FOREIGN POLICY
Planning for Libya 2.0

Make no mistake: Qaddafi will be ousted, and probably sooner rather than later. That’s why the hard work of rebuilding Libya must start now.

Finally, it seems that Libya’s rebels have momentum on their side: They have pushed back Muammar al-Qaddafi’s forces on multiple fronts and are poised to encircle the

capital of Tripoli. Libyans, and the entire world, will no doubt cheer the country’s liberation, but it’s not time to celebrate yet. Even if Qaddafi falls sooner rather than later, the immediate post-war period will still pose serious risks to both Libyans and the international community.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. A botched transition to a new regime could imperil the security and welfare in a post-Qaddafi Libya, discredit the NATO intervention, provide hfaven to international terrorists, lead to a new dictatorship, and even break up the country. We know from the experience in Iraq how costly a poorly planned transition can be.
Full story:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/...

everywhere
Abdel Bari Atwan doesnt understand much of what is happening in Libya. He can join the queue of journalists lacking analytic skills. #libya

Via libertad
libye Grande Gaddafi caricature: bit.ly/nJdWGg a consommer modérément
or:
www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/3179

Anaya
Bienvenue ambassadeur de #Libye a Paris M. S. Al-Nasr, 63 ans, dont 42 en exil. Homme au regard grave, espère revivre bientôt en #Libye.

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
OMG!! Gaddafi has a new Channel on Hotbird , Nilesat and Arabsat spreading lies. Oruba TV. We need to get it off air!

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
YES! I think it has been taken of Hotbird NOW! Spreading lies and hatred!! The screen has gone blank! Looks like it has gone!

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
DELETED MY TWEETS RE NEW GADDAFI TV!

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
BREAKING – Our meat has gone off after 12 hours of blackout!!!!!!

ALJAZEERA:
Bulletin of Facebook Libya 18.08.2011
aljazeeramubasher
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BevXPl6-odQ&fea...

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
#Tripoli – Gas cylinder (for cooking) now in excess of 150LD… if you can find one. 20litres of petrol on black market up to 170LD.

Libyan National Army white spark boost Alzentan YouTube t.co/Jma4edj via @youtube
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFAOKwSMM74&fea...

SEATTLE PI
Explosions shake Libyan capital as rebels advance

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Five loud explosions have shaken the Libyan capital’s city center.
The thunderous blasts on Thursday afternoon could be felt at a hotel where foreign

journalists stay in Tripoli.
NATO jets were heard minutes after the blasts exploded. It wasn’t immediately clear what was hit or if there were civilian casualties.

Full story:
www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Explosio...

The Gazette
Libyan rebels seize western oil refinery
www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Liby...

IMPORTANT
Video proof of Gadaffi Crimes:
Victims of war.
Video’s and descriptions of people killed and tortured.
This list was prepared by the Libya Outreach Group
Be warned very graphic!
www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/IbnOmar2005/~...

Danger room
After Libya Shootdown, U.S. Robo-Copter Will Weaponize

America’s only combat casualty in Libya had no way of defending itself, when it was taken out by a heavy anti-aircraft weapon in late June. But that’s about to change. After spending the last few months chasing pirates in the Indian Ocean, watching over troops in Afghanistan, and flying into a pro-regime stronghold in Libya, the U.S. Navy’s Fire Scout robotic helicopter is poised to start test-firing rockets. By the end of next year, the drone should be fully weaponized, and ready to shoot back if it gets attacked.
Full art.:
www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/08/after-...

hominoid
Zawiya Supported by NATO airstrikes, the insurgents have killed 25 pro-Gaddafi soldiers and captured 40 others, the source said.

Ahmed
The role of Berber Libyans in the struggle against Gaddafi must be remembered, Amazigh should be the second official language of #Libya

Gihan
My info that there is fierce fighting btween FFs & Gaddafi forces in Baza area in Zlitan, Pray for our brave fighters

FOREIGN OFFICE UK
David Clay
Leaving Libya
The last couple of days have seen the revolutionaries make a significant push forwards in Tripolitania. My reports back to London are now filled with the names of small towns where big events are unfolding. Gharyan, Zawiya, Surman and Sabratha – a new set of unfamiliar names for newsreaders to mispronounce. But not unfamiliar to people that used to live in Tripoli. Gharyan was a regular stop for any family and friends that visited me in Tripoli. I used to take them to an underground house and we would feast on big shared bowls of bazeen, a hearty Libyan dish that you eat with your hands, before washing it down with a small glass of sweet Libyan tea. Zawiya, Surman and Sabratha were all regular stops on the way to the Roman ruins in Sabratha or the beach a little further down the coast.
As I write this, clashes are still taking place in many of these towns. Zawiya, which has risen up twice against Qadhafi since the beginning of the revolution, is now going through a third round of fighting. But like most Libyans, I am overjoyed that Gharyan has been liberated with so little bloodshed. After the terrible losses that have been suffered in so many other Libyan towns and cities, Gharyan has been able to emerge from Qadhafi’s grip almost unscathed thanks to a well-organised popular uprising. Most of those killed in Gharyan were the victims of the shells that Qadhafi’s forces fired into the city after they had fled, rather than fighting in the streets. Now, a couple of days after the uprising, the city is already beginning to dust itself off and look

forward to the future. A Gharyani friend told me that he thought Gharyan could be a model for other cities, both how it was liberated and how it would be governed in the future.

On a clear day, you can see the faint outlines of Tripoli from the mountains of Gharyan. I can imagine many Gharyanis looking out at the distant capital city this morning, wondering what will happen next, and hoping, like my friend, that it will be liberated with as little violence as possible. Everyone you speak to has a different idea about what will happen in Tripoli. Some believe that Qadhafi and his supporters will quickly crumble while others fear his reaction if he is backed into a corner. My Gharyani friend was worried about refugees from Tripoli streaming south. However, everybody I speak to in Benghazi agrees on one thing – that Qadhafi’s days are now numbered and that Tripoli will soon be free.

This is my last blog. After three months in Benghazi, I am looking forward to seeing my family, friends and girlfriend again. But I also feel a twinge of sadness about leaving just at such a critical time in the fight for Libya’s future’. I hope that the ideals of the revolution will stand up to what lies ahead. The liberation of Tripoli will be a moment for celebration. But it will also be the moment at which the different groups that have been united by the single objective of getting rid of Qadhafi begin to look to their own interests. The revolution will face setbacks, crises and frustrations in the months after liberation. However, I remain an optimist. I believe that Libya will come out of this crisis a more just, freer and more prosperous country than it was before.

I look forward to sharing bazeen with my Libyan friends in a free Libya soon.

David Clay

Naveena
I’m told several members of #Gaddafi ’s inner circle now in Tunisia and Egypt. #Libya #Tripoli

I’m told 2000 opposition fighters involved in battler for #Zawiya #Zawiyah plus local residents who joined them #Libya #Gaddafi #Tripoli

hominoid
Thursday, Misrata fighters say they have advanced by about forty kilometres south to Sirte

Rebels have advanced to the bridge of Aboukran, 40 kilometers to the south beyond

the bridge Sdad "near Touarga four insurgents dead

After over an hour of heavy fighting, we took control of Murzuq and its military garrison "
Murzuq dozen military pro-Qaddafi had been killed and five captured officers.

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Five loud explosions have shaken the Libyan capital’s city center.

The first batch of relief aid, sent by the Red Cross Society of China, departed from the Tianjin airport early Thursday morning for Libya

China sends emergency aid to Libya. The relief materials – weighing about 90 tonnes – includes rice, edible oil and medicine,

Fighting broke out in Khalwat Sidi Ahmad al Baza north west Zlitan

matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Libya PM to foreign media: it’s high time for a ceasefire. Libya crisis should be solved peacefully in the next short period.

#Libya pm: we request the international community, the UN, AU and others to assist in reaching a peaceful solution.

#Libya pm: Gaddafi and family? The leader of course would stay in Libya and will be a figurehead for many in the country.

#Libya pm: #Zawiya oil refinery is fully under our control.

#Libya pm: you will hear in next few days news that will make you happy if you are for peace. (suggests talks with opposition taking place)

#Libya pm summary: overall little new, similar to what said before, message: we want peace.

Mohammad
Abu gurain in FF hands: 130 Km from #Misrata and 150 from Sirt #feb17 #libya

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
powerful blasts rocked #Tripoli – we felt that at PM’s office as cabinet was meeting.officials there said it was strikes on #Tajoura #Libya

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Baghdadi says Gaddafi gov’t ‘in full control’ of #Zawiyah refinery; @Reuters corro inside refinery complex talking to rebels #Libya

Gaddafi PM also says those who “are for peace” will get happy news in next few days but declines to comment on any talks #Libya

Baghdadi: “we are still controlling the govt and its services.” #Libya

Mary:
Channel Gheryan on Facebook:
After the rebels control of a prison in southwestern Jendouba Gheryan, and the smuggling of between 4,000 to 6,000 detainees from the prison three days ago, discovered today in a basement prison Jendouba about 70 other detainees. Forgotten in a place not accessible to the rebels in the past. Have reached the situation of these prisoners bad enough, for not getting to eat and drink for days. via fb google translate Libya Channel

Matket Wire
HMCS Vancouver Relieves HMCS Charlottetown Continuing Canada’s Efforts Against Libyan Regime

OTTAWA, ONTARIO—(Marketwire – Aug. 18, 2011) – At a brief ceremony today in the port of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, HMCS Vancouver officially relieved HMCS Charlottetown as Canada’s naval contribution to enforce United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1973 to protect civilian populations in Libya.
“HMCS Charlottetown and her crew have been instrumental in supporting NATO’s mission to impose on the Libyan regime an arms embargo and no-fly zone. Today, her proud service to this international mission is to be continued by the crew of HMCS Vancouver in the Mediterranean Sea,” said the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence. “Canada remains steadfast in its commitment to protect the Libyan people against threats of violence from the current regime.”
With this exchange, Task Force Charlottetown becomes Task Force Vancouver, while command of the Task Force is transferred to Commander Bradley Peats from Commander Craig Skjerpen. Since the commencement of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR in the Mediterranean Sea on March 22, HMCS Charlottetown has been operating with a multinational formation of surface vessels and submarines under NATO command.
“HMCS Charlottetown has done an exceptional job,” said Lieutenant-General Marc Lessard, Commander Canadian Expeditionary Force Command. “The Captain and crew have demonstrated the professionalism and versatility of Canadian warships by departing on short notice, adapting to an ever evolving mission and contributing directly to the protection of civilians in Libya. The ship has represented Canada well and there is no doubt in my mind that HMCS Vancouver will continue the extraordinary work of HMCS Charlottetown.”

Report:
www.marketwire.com/press-release/hmcs-v...

di-ve
Updated – Maltese aid mission in Libya

A Virtu Ferries catamaran returned to Malta from Benghazi after it was chartered by the Maltese government to carry out a humanitarian mission there.

The Maria Dolores left for Benghazi – where the Transitional National Council opposing the Libyan regime is based – on Tuesday, and arrived at Senglea’s Boiler Wharf this afternoon.

The ferry left Malta with a Maltese crew of 26 early on Tuesday morning for Sfax, where it picked up the 620 Libyans – 200 from Misurata and 420 from Benghazi. They were aged between 27 days and 80 years and 287 of them were injured had had received treatment in Tunisia but required further treatment on board. 95 of the 620 were children

There were also three corpses.

The ship’s first stop after leaving Sfax was Misurata and then it went on to Benghazi, from where it left for the 10-hour return trip to Malta early this morning.

Full report:
di-ve.com/Default.aspx?ID=72&Action=1&N...

FromJoanne Joanne
#Cairo #LIBYA Embassy DEMO JUST ERUPTED half HR ago into MAYHEM Bottles + Stones Thrown Police & ARMY chasing ppl through #Zamalek #Egypt
#FLASH Cairo #Libya Embassy Demonstration @1pm was peaceful til Hr ago Police& Army Violently dispersed Crowd after #Bottle&StoneThrowing

Zlitniya
#Zliten NOW:Homes in #Baza shelled by #Gaddafi RPG.No meds/docs 2treat injured civillians.4GF killed&5in intensive care #Libya #Feb17

Libyans Revolt
Got some reports that Alkhwaildy Al Hamaidy was captured and now held in #Zintan – can anyone confirm this? #libya #feb17

This has been denied today by the military council of Zintan.

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Latest joke: Gaddafi State TV: “Our brave armed forces have liberated Zintan”… once again, in their dreams maybe. #libya #feb17

dovenews Libyan™
#FF are in control of #Sabratha’s military base in after fierce fighting, as a result 20 #FF were kill & many others were injured.

The size of #Sabratha’s military base is 1/3 of #Sabratha city with 3 military bases inside.

S Libya
maps.google.com/maps?q=Murzuq+libya

hominoid
Families freed from the city of Al Heisha youtube.com/watch?v=A4vpb2…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4vpb24VekE&fea...

Libya In the past three days 70 fighters killed and more than 55 were injured

Moaawia Alswayi : Commander of the #Gaddafi forces shelling #Nafusa from Ghazaya and Tiji escaped and is in #Tunisia custody. #Feb17 #Libya

Sirtawi

JUST IN: Residential areas number 1 & 3 in #Sirte have been surrounded in search for individuals. #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes

FromJoanne Joanne
@
#NILESAT @compuclic Judge postponed his decision if FF lawyers +Police may enforce July30 rulling till next thursday #Libya

REUTERS
Rebel pays price in fight for Libyan town

GARYAN, Libya Aug 18 (Reuters) – Driving Muammar Gaddafi’s soldiers from this mountain town south of Tripoli came at a high price for rebel fighter Hamid Mahmoud.
“(My son) was killed by a sniper while I was on the other side of the street,” Mahmoud said of his 32-year-old son Ahmed, who fought alongside him during the battle for Garyan.
“He was trying to rescue a comrade who got shot three times by a sniper. This is the price you have to pay for freedom. You have to pay a price. What can you do?” he said.

Gaddafi’s fighters left behind a tank and an anti-aircraft gun — now displayed by the rebels in the town’s central square, beneath the green, red and black rebel flag and amid chants of “God is great!”
“We struggled first because we had only light weapons,” said Qais Al-Hadi, a local rebel commander. “But now we control the town 100 percent, now Tripoli comes next.”
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...

Reuters
Former French PM Villepin in Libya talks – report

• Villepin seeks Libyan solution
• Sarkozy rival says talks “extremely difficult”
  PARIS, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin has met Libyan rebels and envoys loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Tunisia for talks aimed at ending the conflict, a French newspaper reported on Thursday.

“I was indeed there, but I cannot make any further comment because it would compromise the chances of success and the efficacy of these talks,” Villepin told Le Parisien, adding that the talks had been “extremely difficult”.
Read more here:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...

annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
Terrible day in #Jadu yesterday; 10 FFs slain 2 missing from #NATO airstrike in Badr. Jadu fighters called Benghazi to inform NATO, no reply

Night sky above #Jadu illuminated by weapons fire from hundreds mourning 10 slain #Nato airstrike #Badr #Feb17 #Libya. Martyrs buried.

Dangers of #Feb17 inexperienced fighters: 8/17 Ten #Zwara FFs almost killed by mistake by #Zintan FF while they were clearing #Sabratha

Slain #Jadu group had tried to communicate their intention to move forward to #Benghazi, no reply, they moved ahead anyway and were killed

Armchair Arab
The sad fact is that arab intellectuals are some of the most ignorant when it comes to Libya.

Asmaa
Power blackouts now long after a period of improvement. On Wed saw total city blackout. Feeling on the street is that it was intentional.

Scott (NSGI)
went to #Zawiya #Libya yesterday…no electricity when i got back to #Zintan to tweet about it.

No rebel checkpoints on #BirAyyad – #Surman road, according to passers-by because front so far away. #Libya

Road from #BirGhanam to #Zawiya very carefully controlled. Chkpts every 3-5km. #Libya

Saw clinic in south suburbs of #Zawiya handling a huge caseload. Reportedly all civilians in city. #Libya

Doctors at #Zawiya clinic claimed most civilian casualties sniper or indirect fire-related. #Libya.

Large amounts of traffic coming from coast, #Tripoli, #Aziziya. Checked by rebels. #Libya

Outflowing #Tropolitania traffic dwindles or spreads out south of #BirGhanam . #Libya

#Tripolitania traffic all appear relieved, often happy, said front line was too stretched and porous. #Libya

Today talked to drivers from #Gharyan (on rd 2 Nalut) who said total rebel ctrl and no grads #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
The Gaddafi regime is collapsing after 42 years of dictatorship, oppression and corruption. Yes, delighted.

Internet was the first thing Gaddafi switched off in Feb. Its a regime of Paranoia, fear, ignorance and repression..

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
@
@matthewwprice Message from people in Tripoli – LEAVE!

i can hear audio on cnn here in Tripoli…..

Gaddafi lost considerable support in #Tripoli after Misrata lie. Then the Qatar staged filming lie and now the Zawiyah lie. Desperate times

Reports that the regime is censoring media to the media. Audio has been disabled on CNN in rixos #Tripoli. (unless they accidently hit mute)

Dont forget all the loyalists from towns that have now been liberated have fled here to Tripoli. I say he has 15-20%.

NOTE: I wasnt asking @matthewwprice to leave. I was outlining our message from #Tripoli to the regime.

#Tripoli predicting electricity will be off for most of friday and mobile communication will be limited to virtually non existent. #feb17

Despite frustrations&criticisms, #Tripoli supports&will protect our foreign journalist guests. Doing what they can in impossible conditions

Q:
Despite frustrations&criticisms, #Tripoli supports&will protect our foreign journalist guests. Doing what they can in impossible conditions

A:
generator, car batter, tweet when electricity is up. More than one way to skin a cat or get rid of a dictator

O:
IS THIS TRUE? Tripoli is in lockdown, with concrete barricades on roads
A:
yes have seen some outlets barricaded with these blocks. Not in central Tripoli of course.

READ THIS:
Libya United 1944
Going 2 tweet a transcript of a LPC convo I had with a eyewitness in Tripoli regards 2 lastnights events in Ghowt Elshaal

“I’ve got 2 tell u that lastnight I was almost a gonna, after tarawee7 prayer we left the mosqu all saying takbeer”

“we passed a few mosques on the way who were also out doing the same with the sound of women in the houses doing zagareet”

“We passed El Shtewy mosque & Alguba mosque on our ay 2 the main road & thats when the bullets started coming”

“there was bodies all around me all over the main road with my friend laying dead next 2 me, it was such a close call, Gadafi is a criminal”

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Zintan military council sources confirm that Libyan freedom fighters are in the process of capturing the Watya/Okba Ibn Nafaa base. #libya

Okba Ibn Nafaa air base is a major Gaddafi army base with many SAM sites (now bombed) & underground ammo bunkers

Abdul
Gharyan is completely liberated. We (AJE) r in downtown #Gharian We went to sahban base

libyanandproud
#Sabratah : Freedom Fighters yesterday took over the commando base after #NATO severely damaged it

REUTERS
Anxiety mounts in Tripoli as rebels advance

• Residents trapped in Tripoli by fighting on three sides
• Fuel and power shortages get worse
• Fears mount food stocks will run short
  By Missy Ryan
  TRIPOLI, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Libya’s encircled capital is being painfully squeezed as rebel forces fight their way closer and battles along the coastal highway block the city’s chief link to the outside world.
  Full story:
  af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...

dovenews Libyan™
4 Gaddafi forces were killed & 5 are in the intensive care unit. #Zlitan #Zlintan #FrontLine

#Gaddafi forces are conduction an arrest campaign in #Surt

I’m wondring if Gaddafi can entertain us wth anothr #Formale1 Race in the streets of #Tripoli, like the 1 he did in the bginning of uprising

THIS IS A MUST READ:

EURONEWS
Former Libyan minister tells euronews of corruption
Libya’s former energy minister has told euronews that Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif Al-Islam is the brains behind billions of euros-worth of embezzlement from the country;s oil industry.
Omar Fathi bin Shatwan was speaking in an interview to be screened from 18:40 european time on Friday.

euronews asked:
We know that Libya in an oil exporting country, it’s a rich country. We also know that you were the energy minister. Where is Gaddafi’s money?
Omar Fathi bin Shatwan:
Look, to be frank with you, the truth is that Libya has known corruption these past ten years when Saif Al Islam was in charge of all economic affairs, the Libyan economy was in his hands. Those who worked on the Popular General Committee took their orders directly from him.
euronews:
So Gaddafi senior is innocent of all that?
Omar Fathi bin Shatwan:
I don’t know the details, but through my responsibilities there my experience is that it is Saif Al-Islam who was in charge of transferring money and channelling funds abroad, that’s what I know.
euronews:
How much money was embezzled? Do you have a figure?
Omar Fathi bin Shatwan:
Frankly, people talk about it, they don’t give precise figures, but looking at oil production these last few years we reckon the sum of money embezzled varies between 200 and 250-BILLION dollars.
Video and source:
www.euronews.net/2011/08/18/former-liby...

Hayat
#Zawiyah The #Gaddafi men left here are hardcore, they’re far less chicken than the others, looks like these ones think they die martyred.

#Grads on #Zawiyah earlier this morning, but things seem to have calmed down this afternoon #Feb17 Still some missiles fall from on the city

Tweeting Tripoli
I have a feeling Gaddafi has undergone a total face change. Dr Zaydi, the plastic surgeon from hell is missing too. Hmmmm #feb1

Noit
Don’t think it’s Muammar Gaddafi himself, more Saif

Saif has not been seen for such a long time, no speeches either,

gone long enough for surgery recuperation time

We know he was brought to the family’s private hospital a while back, drunk and od’d

That was the story then

He stayed for one night and was gone again

Never to be seen or heard from again, could he have left Libya back then?

Saif is the one who just might have hidden more money than anybody else…….

What IF Saif is elsewhere and plans to go back and take over again, after NATO has

finished it’s job and the world thinks Libya is free?

You can buy a lot with 250 billion $, you can destabilize the whole region

It would explain the desperate military moves, all the fighting till the bitter end, the G

goons holding on to their lies

That way they all get lots of cash in the end, when the world isn’t watching Libya anymore

Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?

hominoid
The national army attack today from several directions, First axis: Attack on the tyrant near the Libyan border of Tunisia.

Nu Bari
Thank you Qatar! Aid and medical supplies just arrived in Misrata and Gharyan! Possibly some other goodies as well. :) #Libya #FEb17 #Qatar

annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
#Zwara brigade comm Senussi Mohamed says #Jadu NATO killing makes him decide to require his cars,fighters to display#Feb17 flag or hats

hundreds waited sadly in front of #Jadu hospital 8/17 for remains of 10 slain FFs to be prepared for Islamic burial. #Feb17 #NATO strike

NotLibyaStateTV
The NATO launched attacks on Lepcis Magna but the residents of the ruins beat them back and downed 5 NATO aircraft #Libya

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Have you noticed something about Libya? Every single city has a large military base. This is how G controlled us for 42 years. #libya

The desert is also full of underground ammo bunkers and tank facilities… Gaddafi’s army and brigades were only there to protect HIM #libya

I’m from Tripoli and lived there most of my life and to be honest with you not even I knew we had that many bases in Tajoura etc

2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Hamza, said Qatar built replica of Bab-Alazizya to fool people in Tripoli, forgetting that Tripoli will see it Live on the streets not on TV

Niz_FGM Niz
Hi all. Finishing up last little bits of work here in Tunis and will be back on the scene soon inshallah. Keep the faith.

Rob
On way to Benghazi. This time I’m not leaving before Gaddafi #libya

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli: “Under the wall of Mitiga airport its all land-mined” #Libya

Jeel
#Gheryan contact: Electricity has been restored.Truck loads of fresh meat & food supplies have arrived being distributed to citizens #Libya

LibyaLiberty Now Beard Free ☮
#Gharyan: #FF were greeted with 100meter long Iftar banquet,prepared by Gharyan’s #epicLibyanLadies! From bazeen to 3usban to couscousi!

To anyone that can get through to #Zintan military council , plz inform them that Moaawya Alsway3i has given himself up in Tunisia

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Rebels in center of Subrata, say they control the coastal city to the west of Tripoli #Libya

A Free Libyan
#Gmata is completely cut off. Can’t get through to anyone at the mo. Apologies for lack of updates today… #Libya #Feb17

East of #Tripoli has been kicking off. #Gmata, #AlKhums, #Tarhouna and now #Zliten. FF active in all. Pray for them. #Libya #Feb17

Sky Analyst – #Tripoli not ready to fall. Can’t rush it, everything has to fall into place first or there’s the risk of chaos. #Libya #Feb17

عاجل الثوار يمشطون شفشوة معمر … و انباء عن سقوط 100 قملة.. Hahaha, saw this on FB. #Libya #Feb17

It sounds better in Arabic, but it says that FF were combing through G’s hair, resulted in death of 100 lice

#Zliten Media Committee – FF in the city have taken control of the ‘alBaz’ district. #Libya #Feb17

AlBasa is around here in #Zliten – 2°28’44"N 14°33’36"E. That district is under FF control. #Libya #Feb17

BREAKING: Libya Alhurra radio: fights between our freedom fighters and gadaffi forces near the City of Aziziya which is 40 KM south of Tripoli , Allah Akbar!!

عاجل: راديو ليبيا الحرة : اشتباكات بالقرب من مدينة العزيزية على بعد 40 كلم جنوب طرابلس ، ما بين طريق غريان – طرابلس …

Breaking libya News
TRIPOLI UPDATE:
#Tripoli: “Under the wall of Mitiga airport its all land-mined” #Libya

BREAKING: FFs have liberated the area of Baza in Zliten
الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر ولله الحمد
قام ثوار زليتن البواسل بتحرير منطقة البازة وإخراج المصابين من الثوار

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Gaddafi filth are conduction an arrest campaign in #Sirte at this time. #Libya #Feb17

#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” 35.199˚/32.39567˚ en route from #Mersin Turkey to dest. #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO

#Gaddafi filth now roaming around #Tripoli in pickup trucks mounted w/ 14.5mm anti-aircraft guns. #Libya #Feb17

#Malta CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” now departing port #Tripoli #Libya for Malta. #Feb17

#Freedomfighters have liberated the area of #Baza in #Zliten #Libya

FromJoanne Joanne
From #Tunisia SUPPLIES of Ammo incl. grad rockets and FUEL is streaming into #Libya Heading for the Freedom Fighters !

#Tripoli Gaddafi supporters were out on streets again last night but there are signs of some getting nervous abt FF rapid approach #Libya

HASSAN IBRAHIM KILLED:

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Another family tragedy in #Libya: Info minister Moussa Ibrahim’s brother killed in a NATO airstrike according to Gvnt officials in #Rixos

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Libyan officials: brother of Libyan govt spokesman killed in NATO airstrike

Moussa ibrahim received news by telephone during Iftar meal at Rixos hotel

Brother killed is Hassan Ibrahim, “a volunteer” fighting with gadhafi forces

I watched moussa jump from his chair at the table next to mine, then run out of the hotel restaurant. He collapsed in grief in hall

Aziz
What goes around comes around -Moussa Ibrahim’s brother has been killed #Libya

Tarantino:
There are thousands of Libyan families, on both sides, to grieve for before shedding a tear for the family of Musa Ibrahim
Play with matches, you’ll get burned. Other than that, there’s not much to say if a relative of Gaddafi’s inner circle dies.

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
While any death is regrettable, let’s not forget that Musa Ibrahim’s brother was a solder in Gaddafi’s army (definitely high ranking) #libya

Tarantino
Correct. Battlefield death of a combatant. Not assassination, retribution or terrorism. NATO drops leaflets for a reason.

Noit
According to my knowledge he was a sniper.
FYI:
Mussa Ibrahim brother is part of 7ars sha3bi

Libyan Abu
let’s ask for Allah’s mercy and forgiveness for all the dead from both sides. We need to start the road to construction.

Sorin
I’m more interested if Misrata FF are going to help Zliten FF to liberate their city than Musa Ibrahim brother right now

A Free Libyan
Moussa Ibrahim has only #Gaddafi to blame.

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Zliten: Freedom fighters from Misrata are currently skirmishing with Gaddafi forces deep inside the city aftr local FF asked for help #libya

Zliten: Reports that local fighters tried a few daring operations today and that Misrata FF are trying to push forward beyond Zliten #libya

blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
I imagine many journalists staying at the Rixos would like to punch Musa Ibrahim in the face, but are oddly dependent on him.

Rubicon Moad
My dad finally just called me…tell me from the moment he arrived and dropped his bags..he has been operating non stop from duhr until fajr

Today is the first day that they managed to clear out the hospital from all the stable cases…5 days of 24hr work..

FromJoanne Joanne
Libyan Draft Constitution: goo.gl/aJ7ev in english #Libya

lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
#Libya rebels took us round #zawiya refinery today. They say they drove out #ghaddafi soldiers overnight.

Rebel cdr #zawiya refinery said #ghaddafi soldiers came ashore by boat. #NATO bombed those who fled back to sea. NATO confirms.

#Libya rebels in control of #zawiya refinery when we were there this afternoon. Smoke and shelling to the east.

#Libya rebels coord with #NATO in #Zawiya. Cdr said gave info re boat of #Ghaddafi soldiers who were then bombed.

ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, #Gharyan city in the hands of opposition we went to #Sahban military base; abandoned by govt forces, #Libya, #Gaddafi

#Libya, Opposition in #Gharyan tell me they captured four #Gaddafi loyalists last night, search operations continue, #Libya

Civilians in #Gharyan say #Gaddafi had armed supporters in the city… They now fled , #Libya
#Libya, #Gaddafi forces retreated from #Gharyan but they are not far away … Few kilometers to the south and south east , #Libya

#Libya, #Gharyan is strategic city … Lies on main highway from south to #Tripoli, a government supply route , #Libya

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH Video @Skynews who witnessed Battle for Zawiyah news.sky.com/home/world-new… #Libya
or:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...

A Free Libyan
Crawford – #Zawiya – 95% unarmed in early months. Very unprepared. Now retrained, resupplied and now have numbers. #Libya #Feb17

libyanproud libyanandproud
#Zawiya : Group of FF cornering #Gaddafi forces in Zawiya center while other FF advanced to Zahra and other outskirts. #Feb17 #Libya

#Zawiya : Last night 14 #Gaddafi AA mounted vehicles entered zawiya, causing high number of casualties. #Feb17 #Libya

#Zawiya : Last night #NATO destroyed what is hoped to be the last Grad and Mortar positions in #Juddayim. #Feb17 #Libya

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH 3000 FF arrived in town #NATO Helicopters are helping FF in the Batlle for Martyr Square #Libya
#GHARYAN and #ZAWIYAH REUTERS VIDEO Libya rebels advance towards #Tripoli YOOOHOO #Gaddafi Hope U R Paying attention in yourr RatHole

YESSSSS Here it is ! G H A R Y A N #GHARYAN BATTLE of Aug 14 VIDEO t.co/rc7MlwN #Libya

Amnesty International: Advocate for civil and social rights of prisoners in Tripoli.

OVERVIEW
Thousands are detained lawlessly in Tripoli’s prisons.
One Signature = One Voice
Without a stong mobilisation, thousands of innocent Libyan prisoners will remain in anonymity, silenced by oppression, terror and brutality. Please sign the petition. Please give them a voice.

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FromJoanne Joanne
The supplies of Ammo and grads and fuel are all for the Freedom Fighters Dont know who donated it :)

#ZAWIYAH REFINERY FF Commander "The battle lasted for 2 days but the MAIN battle was LAST NIGHT We Took Control Last Night #Reuters

MAP of War situation on Aug17 t.co/uLJubsY Courtsey of my favourite map maker :) @4Adam #Libya

#NATO is BUSY BUSY right now bombing Gaddafi Forces targets in #TRIPOLI #Libya

#ZAWIYAH about 150 Gaddafi forces fled the refinery last night in #Zodiac boats #libya

AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
Firefight in Martyr’s Square Zawiyah #Libya

NATO jets help the rebels in Zawiyah

libyanandproud
#Ghiryan : Freedom Fighters have advanced further down toward tripoli, FF now control Heera Elec. Station . #Feb17 #Libya

#Misrata : Father burying his martyred son. goo.gl/paQ1f #Feb17 #Libya via @OnlyOneLibya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ixaPtQNMh0

libyanandproud
#Ghiryan : Battle for a free Ghiryan (14Aug) youtube.com/watch?v=OL8VWp… #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL8VWpTsDhs&sns=tw

#Ghiryan : Residents have prepared a “Freedom Square” for taraweeh prayers

Picture : Freedom Fighter AA mounted vehicle. #Feb17 #Libya

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Moussa Ibrahim brother killed in #NATO airstrike. #Libya

PICTURES:
Picture : Zliten freedom fighter preparing for the fight !
t.co/vrcaNbW

Pictures : Ghiryan
t.co/imXSGyV
t.co/WOYQvge
t.co/6ltGILx
t.co/jOeZFcj
t.co/BVoVHK6

Alex Crawford – At least 2 NATO bombings within the east part of the town in past couple hours.

Sky – Most of the fighting in #Zawiya is centred around the east of the city. Making progress there #Libya #Feb17

Crawford – #Zawiya – 95% unarmed in early months. Very unprepared. Now retrained, resupplied and now have numbers.

Crawford – Roughly 3,000 fighters from the mountains are helping in the #Zawiya fight. #Libya #Feb17

Crawford – G shelling is nowhere near intensive as in March. Why is not clear, maybe due to retreating. #Libya #Feb17

AlJazeera – “Regime calls for ceasefire and the use of dialogue.” Because you know you’re dead men walking? Game Over G.

A Free Libyan
G shelling areas such as #AlHera Gate with Grads, position is suspected to be around #Aziziya. #Libya #Feb17

Ahrar TV –
#Zliten FF have risen against G, and calls for support from #Misrata as soon as possible. #Libya #Feb17

Fighting taking place in #AlKhums! 3 G cars destroyed. High FF activity…#Libya #Feb17

dovenews Libyan™
Ex Libyan ministr of Information #Ali #AlSha’ari arrived 2 #Cario yesterday. This guy previously wished 2 become a horse for Gaddafi 2 ride!

REUTERS
UPDATE 1-Libyan rebels say secure another western coastal city

SABRATHA, Libya Aug 18 (Reuters) – Libyan rebel forces celebrated the capture of Sabratha on the coast road between the Tunisian border and the capital Tripoli on Thursday, after a four-day battle with pro-Gaddafi government troops.
Securing the city would tighten the insurgents’ control over supply lines to the capital from Tunisia, which they all but severed with the capture of Zawiyah closer to Tripoli earlier this week.
A Reuters team in Sabratha, on the coast about 80 km (50 miles) west of Tripoli, said a group of 200 rebels were in the centre of the town firing rifles and anti-aircraft guns into the air in celebration.
Fighters and locals told Reuters the rebels now control 90 percent of the ancient Roman town of Sabratha, and had just pushed forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi out of its Telel district.
They said the battle for the town had been going on for three or four days.
A local man said the breakthrough came when NATO bombed a military training facility in the centre of Sabratha. After that strike, the rebels stormed the facility and seized weapons.

Link:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...

FFs are on the outskirts of the city of Al Azaziyah
الثوار على مشرف بلدة العزيزية

PLEASE NOTE:
Very important drugs and medical tools list for Azawia – Libya
PART (I) The drugs :
1) IV FLUID
• normal saline .9% (need large amount)
• Ringer lactate (need large amount)
• dextrose/ saline ,
• water for inject, and
• 20% dextrose ampoules

2) antiseptic solution
• alcohol,
• beta-dine and
• hydrogen peroxide
3) local and general anesthetic and narcotic drugs like
• valium
• pethidine
• ketamine (anesthetic)
• thiopentone sodium
4) anti tetanus vaccines .
5) pain killers
• NSAIDS injections as diclofenac injection
• NSAIDS tablets as brufen 600 mg tab and diclofenac retard tablets
• other as ((valium injection and tramadol 100 mg injection ))
6) iv antibiotic as ceftrixone .
7) Paracetamol IV.

Part ( II ) Instruments and medical tools as:
1) needle holder
2) artery forceps
3) forceps
4) medical scissors
5) surgical blades
6) blood pressure measuring device ( need at least 10 devices )
7) suction device
8) mouth piece (mouth tube)
9) Endo- tracheal tubes (different sizes (6-9) most between 7.5 to 8.5
10) IV set (large amount)
11) IV canula different calibers (large numbers)
12) syringes , portable pulsometer ,needle for surgery
13) stitches all types cutting for skin use and round or taper cut for deep tissues

(prolene,vicryl,monocril,……) ,where the vicryl can be used for most tissues andprolene for skin or blood vessels
14) chest tubes and under water seal devices (must)
15) treachostomy tubes
16) urine catheres ,and urine bags
17) ambu bags, NGT tubes
18) bone/limb stabilizer (tomas limb support),neck collar
19) central line.
20) plaster, gauze ,compression bandage Sterile gauze , Sterile swap (need alot alot)

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ZAWIYAH: 7000 Martyrs and missing people الزاوية : 7000 آلاف شهيد ومفقود

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#NATO has launched its first ever #Arabic YouTube channel. youtube.com/natoarabic
or:
www.youtube.com/natoarabic

This is how Gaddafi’s men treat elderly – Misrata
t.co/uFusd1U
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-tgBx7BX5Q

TRIPOLI: NATO has been droping leaflets in the capital saying that the FFs will enter Tripoli on the 20th of Ramadan,, hence the FFs of Tripoli to rise
طرابلس:النيتو يواصل انزال المناشير في كافة انحاء المدينة يؤكد فيها دخوال الثوار يوم 20
رمضان للمدينة

Not 100% confimred until NATO say sooo!

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Zawiyah is in urgent need of medical help.The hospital is still under Gaddafi,they need a beter field hospital and urgent medical supplies.

UPDATE:
Tripoli feels the final countdown has started.

ALJAZEERA
#Libya, #Gharyan city in the hands of opposition we went to #Sahban military
base; abandoned by govt forces, #Libya, #Gaddafi
-#Libya, Opposition in #Gharyan tell me they captured four #Gaddafi loyalists last night, search operations continue, #Libya
-Civilians in #Gharyan say #Gaddafi had armed supporters in the city… They now fled , #Libya
-#Libya, #Gaddafi forces retreated from #Gharyan but they are not far away … Few kilometers to the south and south east , #Libya
—#Libya, #Gharyan is strategic city … Lies on main highway from south to #Tripoli, a government supply route , #Libya

via @ZeinakhodrAljaz

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” has departed #Tripoli #Libya. Listed dest of #Marsaxlokk BUT on course of 63˚ from 33.363˚/13.563˚ @NATO

Basically #Malta CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” says it’s headed to Malta but is on course for #Greece or possibly #Turkey. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

#Tripoli: #NATO struck 5 targets near #BabAlAziziyah this afternoon. #LIbya #Feb17

#Freedomfighters have captured #AbuQurayn, 85 miles north of #Sirte #Libya. #Feb17

#Panama CARGO SHIP “MSC BROOKE” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya from #Sicily ETA: 2011-08-20 19:00 (UTC).

#Freedomfighters have captured #AbuQurayn, 85 miles East of #Sirte #Libya. #Feb17

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Moussa Ibrahim collapsed after receiving the news over iftar at the #Rixos .officials say it was his younger brother Hasan. #Libya

FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Its starting to DAWN on Gaddafi supporters that they have been lied to #Libya

Abssi
My father on the phone in tripoli hinted that something is going to happen on sunday 20th. I hope he is right.

I know we all need more sleep:)
Saturday 20th

Joanne
#SATURDAYspecial

FromJoanne Joanne
Meanwhile in TRIPOLI #MusaIbrahim remarked to #JANA news Thursday That regime is "Pushing ahead until we liberate the whole country #Libya

#ZAWIAH GF controls #GamalAbdelNasser Street where hospital is + #AhrashSaidOmarMokhtar Street + a few GF patrolling eastern #Zawiya #Libya

Protest at Libyan Embassy in Cairo – August 18

For the second time this week, Libyans descended upon their embassy in Cairo to hoist the revolutionary flag. And for the second time this week, the Egyptian army and police responded with force.

The police and army beat protesters and chased them throughout the normally quiet neighborhood of Zamalek.

Please excuse the shakiness of the footage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXhVMo9x7k

Noit
Suspected trouble makers are probably 5th column

Fireworks over the Rixos:
mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Big explosion in tripoli shakes windows of #Rixos hotel

DarioLopezMills Dario Lopez
another loud explosion heard in Tripoli minutes ago

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Downtown #Tripoli just rattled by airstrike; central areas hit numerous times today #NATO #Libya

matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Tripoli hit in another airstrike. Today more hits than recent days. NATO ratcheting up pressure?

DarioLopezMills Dario Lopez
Libya another loud explosion heard in Tripoli minutes ago

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
large explosion rattled windows at the #Rixos #Tripoli #Libya

( FYI:around 22.15 hrs local)

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Am watching CNN in #Rixos …. With sound!!!

Channel 4 news
Libya rebels make gains towards Tripoli
Libyan rebels take control of an oil refinery in the town of Zawiyah just thirty miles west of the capital Tripoli, in a strategic and psychological blow to Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.

After nearly a week of intense fighting the rebels have advanced from their western mountain bases near Tunisia and have taken the sea-side complex of Zawiyah which lies along the main western coastal highway linking Tripoli with Tunisia.
Rebel fighters say 150 Gaddafi troops later fled the area on Zodiac boats, following a battle that has reportedly killed at least nine people and injured 45, most of them rebels.
But some analysts said the capture of the 120,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Zawiyah would not have a major impact on Gaddafi’s ability to secure fuel.
“In that sense, it’s more significant that they the rebels have got control of the roads than the refinery,” said John Hamilton, a contributing editor of Africa Energy
Link:
www.channel4.com/news/libya-rebels-make...

Lindsey Hilsum
Exhausting day in Zintan and Zawiya. Logistics are a nightmare – trying to get car, driver etc. not to mention something to eat during Ramadan. But we got to the Zawiya oil refinery and did our story.

libyanandproud
Picture : Beautiful picture in #Cabao . #Feb17 #Libya twitpic.com/6847ca

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Zliten: Unconfirmed reports that the hospital has been liberated by the #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17

#Zliten: #Freedomfighters have liberated #AlBaza area, the center of the city and #UwladHamadi area. #Libya #Feb17

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
G forces’ rockets were and still are from time to time launched towards Zawiya from “Al-Mamora” camp in Maya.

Friends in Zawiya tell us that residents are getting frndly with the revolutionaries, even formerGsupporters after witnessing good treatment

Satire:
NotLibyaStateTV
Moussa Ibrahim’s brother shielded 90 orphans from harm from the NATO crusade and recited the entire Green Book as he was dying #libya
We feel it is only proper for the crusaders to send $100M of goods to the Ibrahim family as compensation for their loss #libya
We assure you that we are successfully repelling the NATO bombs here in normal peaceful Tripoli #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Lets show the kind of class, culture and dignity that the gaddafi regime failed to ever show. Lets not rejoice the grieving of others.

BREAKING: Residents near bab alazaziyah are being evacuated. Being told NATO “are going to destroy the whole area”.

Someone said evacuation is a ploy to get access to rooftops for snipers.This is one opinion and has no basis.Do not spread as true. #Tripoli

Emo
Breaking #Ajeilat: #FFs tried to enter city from #Sabratha but they came under fire from G thugs led by Khalifa Nemri and Khalifa Musbah.

Feb17
OppContact: AM NATO flyer drop over Tobacco Factory in #Tripoli rumored to operate as a barracks & possible detention center

OppContact: A second homemade device was detonated this AM in Sendebad area, #Tripoli #Libya

Tweeting Tripoli
I just seen Mussa Ibrahim’s presser and he looked, Interestingly, happy for a guy who has just lost a brother in a battle. #feb17 #Libya

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
#Libya’s National Transitional council has once again renewed calls for pro-Gaddafi soldiers to defect or lay down weapons #libya #feb17

libyanandproud
I call on #Gaddafi trolls and Libyan Electronic Army to lay down your keyboards and go home !

Zlitniya
#Zliten : #Misrata FF have answered the call of their neighbours for support v @AlmanaraMedia FB page

Gaddafi troops retreated from AlBaza.Not sure if can say its liberated yet though.Apparently #Misrata FF answering call for help

#Zliten :FF from central Zliten joined Al Baza FF today.45 Gaddafi goons killed.FF captured 7cars,12Gaddafi troops,weapons&ammo #Libya

#Zliten :FF control AlBaza&AlJnanat&Uwlad Hamadi & Zliten Hotel. However, medical situation is dire.10serious injuries&30non serious #Libya

#Zliten :FF control the city centre&hospital.Currently fighting has halted.City awaits advance of Misrata&Zliten FF frm East of city #Libya

Gald to hear that FF from all over #Zliten came to AlBaza to help its inhabitants fight #Gaddafi militia #OneLibya #UnitedLibya

#Zliten :#Gaddafi militia shelled Da’ub Mosque w RPG today 2halt takbeer.GF also burnt 2homes in AlBaza.Snipers on Zliten hotel&Hosp #Libya

Hayat
I forgot to mention besides the snipers and hostages and mercs, in the #Zawiyah hospital there are MINES. #feb17 #Libya Allah yesternah-pray

dovenews Libyan™
#FF killed 12 Gaddafi forces, arrested 5 military officers 2 were a Brigadier & Colonel, 1 #FF was killed in #Murzuq battle

annmarlowe Ann Marlowe
Just heard celebratory gunfire here in #Jadu, people say victory in Ajeilat. Wil try to find out more.

still in #Jadu where people terrific, kind + hospitable tho town grieving. Hoping to move 2 coast with #Zwara FF

Arab Medical Union Team looking into setting up in #Zawiyah, may visit 2morrow to see if #Gaddafi forces out of hospital they fired from

Arab Medical Union team may set up in #Zawiyah if #Gaddafi forces have left hospital (!) they were based in.

Yes we can
latest from #zawyia, snipers r no longer shoting to kill they shot to make more injuries knowing we dont have a hospital there #libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
more NATO bombing in #Tripoli
( around midnight local)

Tripolitano
Gharyan youth r working hard to establish media centre with 2way sat. Hopefully will b up & running soon

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Can confirm that it is NATO that is doing the evacuating by warning residents to leave by using leaflets.

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Friday is the FF’s favourite day

MUST READ.

Telegraph
RAF airstrikes sink boat filled with Gaddafi troops after refinery battle
By Damien McElroy, Harsha

Pro-Gaddafi forces had taken to the sea by boat after fighting a desperate rearguard battle for the refinery, the regime’s last source of fuel for its besieged capital.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said they had commandeered a tug in an effort to regroup after a Nato strike destroyed their armed vehicles in the refinery.
“Although a challenging target, small and under way at sea, a direct hit was scored with a laser-guided Paveway bomb which sank the vessel,” Major Gen Nick Pope said.
The RAF delivered the final blow just as two senior officers boarded the ship from an inflatable.
{rebels}said two soldiers were killed and a handful was captured during the five hour assault on Wednesday night.
“The battle did not last long. After five hours we had defeated the main defensive action at the gate and the soldiers tried to take to sea,” a rebel commando. “We are very happy that we did not have to fight in refinery itself and it is really a great victory for Libya that there is no damage here.” Not a single bullet mark scarred the aluminium pipes or pressurised gas cylinders at the heart of 120,000 barrel a day refinery.
Full art.:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...

Alex
#Zliten #FF are making real solid progress in extending their control over the city – most of the districts on the #Misrata side of the city r liberated – each district has it own #FF unit – with #AlBazza #FF 2day leading the liberation of this central precinct of the city.

Co-operation between the various #FF groups from #Misrata & #Zliten districts – is improving – and this is contributing to the tangible FF gains.

#UwladHamadi district was also liberated – & the city is already about 50% #FF controlled – so the loss of 1000 G troops when #Gaddafi needed reinforcements at the

weekend for now fallen #Zawiyah – has been efficiently exploited by the local #FF.

No longer can #Gaddafi militia – just bowl into a district to arrest suspected FF supporters – they tried that early 2day in AlBaza – but locals refused to submit – and thus started the ferocious gun battles that ended with zero Regime arrests – and the liberation of this central core of the city.

Over the next few days – FREE #Libya forces – will keep pushing #Gaddafi out of the districts on the #Tripoli west side of the city – until the entire city is free like nearby #Misurata.

Reports indicate 45 #Gaddafi fighters were killed in the battle for Al Baza – and 12 captured – together with 7 Regime cars and their units considerable cache of weapons & ammo.

Although the medical situation is very difficult – with 10 serious injuries & 30 non threatening – this should improve if recent breaking reports of the liberation of #Zlitan Hospital are confirmed.

dovenews Libyan™
by Zlitniya
3000 #FF were sent from the western mountain to support #FF in #AzZawyia

ibn
app Abdullah Senussi asked for me by name in December, according to a comrade who was caught and interrogated back then. just found this out

Joanne
Trying to keep my face in the #SAD mode RAF airstrikes sink boat filled wth Gaddafi troops after refinery battle

Hayat
#French still make the huge mistake of calling us #Rebels I hate that. But #France was indeed a great support to #Libya so far.

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH was like #Piccadilly #Circus today I have seen a report from there most free roaming journos in #Libya

#ZAWIYAH Hotel where GF snipers were holed up in was on FIRE Wonder if they jumped ? #Libya #CATSonAhotROOF

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Video of FFs in Zawiya Refinery after defeating Gaddafi forces there is.gd/YZUpbo #feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JfPUkpQrjQ

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
To clarify – NATO Leaflets requesting residents near babazaziyah to evacuate.Nearby soldiers claiming NATO will destroy everything. #Tripoli

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
NTC OF #LIBYA: PRO-GADDAFI SOLDIERS that DO NOT have blood on hands will be safe/unharmed by FF. LAY DOWN weapons & GO HOME. #libya #feb17

freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
5 #FF were martyred and #5 injured in battle to liberate #Zliten today. Fighting was centred in AlBaza, central Zliten. #Libya

Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Confirmed: Zawiya hospital, Jawhara hotel & govt complexes cleared of snipers & G forces. City 100% free bt still being shelled from outside

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Smoke rising from east Tripoli…. NATO active today. #Tripoli

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Ghat: Fierce clashes between FFs & 90 Mercs trying to reach Sabha #feb17 #Libya

Justin_D_Martin Justin D. Martin
Pentagon tells NBC News there are signs Qaddafi is preparing to flee #Libya.

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Ali AlShaari former Media minister has fled to Cairo. He once infamously said he wished he could be a horse Gaddafi would ride #feb17 #Libya

FFs have gained a massive haul of weapons after successfully taking control of Sebratha military base #feb17 #Libya

matthewwprice:
Several large explosions in #Tripoli #Libya shaking the windows of the #Rixos hotel. #NATO have been going at it hard here today. #feb17

A Free Libyan
#Zliten FF have made more progress and control more areas. Will look into it more. Fighting has currently calmed down though

Hearing good news east of #Tripoli… #PrayforZliten, #PrayforAlKhums, #PrayforGmata, #PrayforGarabouli #Libya #Feb17

News that NATO dropped leaflets tonight asking people to stay away from vicinity of Club Aziziya.

When I say Club Aziziya, I’m referring to Bab Al Aziziya by the way!

Checked out Moussa Ibrahim’s press conference today…Pure comedy. It baffles me how someone can talk that much crap tho…

Their nervous body language is funny enough, let alone the verbal diarrhoea. They make a good act tho!

#Tarhouna Media Team – Clashes between FF & G troops taking place within the city tonight. #Libya #Feb17

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Misrata FF pushed over 100km E. 2wards sirte, also helping Zliten FF 2 hold city centre & liberate rest of city. G is on melt down!

Rubicon
Tarhouni: Our first priority now to support the newly liberated cities…Zaiwya, Sabratha..Surman etc

Tarhouni: We have managed to use 140million for 6 months, when usually this would only last 2 weeks in Libya previously..#EconomicSkills

freedomgroupTV Freedom Group
Clashes today initiated by AlBaza FF, in central #Zliten. Their brothers in other areas of Zliten answered the call for support

MORE MONEY FOR LIBYA TRACED:
dovenews Libyan™
Ex defector Libyan C Bank Governor Farhat Omar wth other Libyan bankers have managed to trace $185 Billion of Libyan assets around the world

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” from #Mersin has changed course and now apparently headed to #Alexandria #Egypt. #Libya

CORRECTION: #Freedomfighters have captured #AbuQurayn, 85 miles WEST of #Sirte #Libya. #Feb17”

Ajeilat: #Freedomfighters trying to enter from #Sabratha came under fire from #Gaddafi filth led by Khalifa Nemri &Khalifa Musbah.

#Tripoli: Reports several times today & tonight of powerful explosions across city courtesy of our friends at #NATO. #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli: Heavy #NATO strikes over past 3 hours. Bombing continues.

Brega: #Freedomfighters are now in full control of the University of Najem Sateaa

Reports that both #Rabta & Rabta factory are now fully cleansed of all #Gaddafi larvae
(I was thinking poop larvae but thought it kinda gross.)

#Tunisia border: Reports of #Freedomfighter reinforcements, supplies of ammo, grad rockets & fuel streaming into #Libya.

#WorstThingInTheWorld is having to walk downwind of #Gaddafi Shafshoufa.

90 #Chad mercenaries enter town of #Gat (deep south) currently controlled by #Freedomfighters, battles raging there

libyanandproud
#Alwittya : Freedom Fighter tank division from #Nalut is closing in on the alwittya military base

wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: We’re in urgent need of real money in Tunis to pay for hospitals, flats, meds, etc, for rapidly increasing numbers of injured.

libyanproud libyanandproud
#Kikla : Freedom Fighters have “borrowed” some much needed ammunition from #Gaddafi forces in #Rabta.

#Gaddafi forces surrounded in #Asba’a are still firing grads randomly

DID YOU KNOW?
Voices of Justice – Tripoli
From Tripoli based source:
Reports that prisoners in Tripoli jails are detained under false identities called “Indirect Life Sentences”. This is used to foil lawyers and families attempts to find them.

From Tripoli based source: The most crowded prison is Ayn Zara. He said that several people die daily. He confirms that incarcerated population suffers from numerous diseases. The number of prisoners in this facility is uncertain, but most likely to near the 10 000. Prisoners are allowed only 20 minutes of access to water a day for hygiene and to drink. The water is available from 10 waist high taps for the entire population. Food consists of a piece of bread roughly the size of a palm.

Another untold story: Ali Ahmed Aghliw. Father of 7. Missing since early April. Set off to go to work one day and never returned. His car was found a couple of weeks later. Your voice will be heard.

Another untold story: Khaled Aghliw, missing since the second week of the revolution. 27 years old. Your voice will be heard.

Another untold story: Salah Aghliw, missing since the first protest in Misrata on February 19. Your voice will be heard.

Another untold story: Dr.Rida Mazagri a US-Libyan neurosurgeon. He is missing in Libya since the 16th of March detained. He is believed to be detained in Tripoli

Another untold story: Maged Fiturri El Swehelli, 65 years old, missing since the 18th of February. Your voice will be heard.
Venus:If any one is out and have seen my uncle Maged fiturri el swehelli, round 65yrs old, taken on feb 18, was out on libyan tv when they made ppl go out and say they gave the young hiboob, we know nothing about him for 4 month now, any info?

As regime in Tripoli loses its legitimacy, Tripoli prisoners are considered hostages under international law, tinyurl.com/43hmjdf

Sirtawi
#Gaddafi using females as human shields in #Sirte.
Video shows armed personnel wandering the streets.
youtube.com/watch?v=kRH6Vg…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRH6VgPxvlo&fea...

libyanandproud
#Alwittya : Freedom Fighter tank division from #Nalut is closing in on the alwittya military base . #Feb17 #Libya (Nalut Media FB)
#Alwittya : Freedom Fighter tank division from #Nalut is closing in on the alwittya military base .
#Zwara: Heavy clashes between the local Freedom Fighters and #Gaddafi forces in the center and outskirts of Zwara.
#Kikla : Kikla is being shelled with grads from #asaba’a after receiving ammunition from #Gaddafi forces fleeing #Ghiryan .

Sumayyah
I remember when it was a big deal when someone “defected”, now it’s like ha! another moron running away. #Libya

Free Misurata
The 20th of August had been set as the dead line for Gaddafi and his family.

There is a new escalations in the fighting in Libya, the continues advance of the Freedom Fighters and the unlimited support of the US and NATO made it very clear that the dead line is closer and Gaddafi end is nearer than I thought.
Today I received an information from Tripoli, that since yesterday NATO is dropping leaflet every where in the city stating that the 20th of August will be the end of Gaddafi and his family , and that NATO will hit all military facilities and check points inside the city.
It gives a clear instructions to the troops to clear the way for the Freedom Fighters and stay at home, the FF will advance to Tripoli on the 20th for the battle of liberation.
It is clear that NATO is intending clean the root to Tripoli as the information says there will be more Apaches to complete this mission.
I have asked my contact to provide me with a copy of these leaflets, it will be inserted to this post when available.
In the mean while fighting in Tripoli has intensified tonight between the FF and Gaddafi’s troops, in Ghoott Alshaal, Souq Aljooma and Tajora.
A corespondent of one big news corporation informed me today by phone that he is traveling with his team now to Tunisia to enter Libya at Dhiba boarder point with Libya , and then to Western mountain and then to Zawya to cover the new developments, he said it looks like it is over.

Link:
www.freemisurata.com/EngArt/archives/642

libyanandproud
Speculation: #Gaddafi forces evacuating area around BabAziziya to use Mall and Buildings as a sniper vantage point

Gaddafi wants the high buildings , yesterday tool airport road buildings now suq althulath

LibyanDictator The Dictator
2 mass graves found in Tawargha, one contained 50 bodies of Gaddafi soldiers, the other 150 bodies of families kidnapped from #Misrata.

Correction: First mass grave contained bodies of 60 Gaddafi soldiers.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sirte: Confirmed: Military satellite transmitters shielded by pro #Gaddafi filth. LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET #Libya #Feb17

5 explosions heard in #Tripoli, near journos hotel & #BabAlAziziyah, Minutes later #NATO jets seen in sky overhead. #Libya #Feb17

#Zwara: Reports of heavy clashes between local #Freedomfighters and #Gaddafi filth

Confirmed: #Zawiya hospital, Jawhara hotel & government complexes cleared of snipers & #Gaddafi filth.

Surman: #Freedomfighters who captured military base discovered enormous stockpiles of weaponry & ammo

#Panama OIL TANKER “SENTOSA ISLAND” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya. #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP " FARWA” 35.92697˚/34.58511˚departed #Iskenderun #Turkey. Continues changing transponder to evade @NATO. #Libya

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP " FARWA” Speed/Course: 7.7 kn/254˚ Recently ran weapons for #Gaddafi from #Slovenia to #Algeria. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

SUMMARY AUGUST 19th 2011

8/19/11
8.19.11

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

Just after midnight local:
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
another NATO airstrike in Tripoli just now. I think the leaflets were real.

the airport road’s aluminium bridge have collapsed after this morning NATO airstrikes.

Bab Al-Azziziya along with another mil target in Fellah near Airport road. waiting for more info from our resources

Ahmed
confirmed from #Misrata FF….FF ’s & National army are in #Zliten, skirmishes in wadi Kaam..#Zliten to be fully liberated soon. #Libya

confirmed from #Misrata FF….FF ’s & National army are in #Zliten, skirmishes in wadi Kaam..#Zliten to be fully liberated soon.

lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
We have seen at least 100 cars with families leaving @Tripoli for Zintan. #Channel4News

Young woman fleeing to Zintan_She said:“They is no silence in @Tripoli at night.” #Channel4News

Man who left #Tripoli told me they are rebel attacks on #Gaddafi ’s compound every night. #Channel4News

Something is changing in #Libya. Far more families leaving #Tripoli than before Some in taxis. #Channel4News

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
There was a large protest against Gaddafi in Wadan last night

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Tripoli: NATO destroyed 4 major military and C&C facilities yesterday including one that may have been storing SCUD missiles

NBC NEWS
Richard Engel in Zintan
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEtvuxNzVnw&fea...

libyanandproud
Picture: #Ghdames – #Libya bit.ly/qvB76c

Picture: Roman Theater #Sabratha – #Libya t.co/xHef6vw

Picture: Ain al-Faras water tank in #Ghdamis – #Libya t.co/AJjsaKJ

Song: Wael Badri – Id3eeli ya ommi (Pray for me mother) t.co/92xZeWJ #Feb17 #Libya
or:
goo.gl/eK9WA

Song: Shiddi Al3azam ya #Misrata t.co/imbr7TU #Feb17 #Libya
or:
goo.gl/x5BTa

HUFFINGTON POST
Gaddafi Making Plans To Leave Libya, NBC Reports

Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi may be preparing to flee the country within days, according to NBC News.
U.S. officials told NBC that intelligence reports suggest Gaddafi is in the process of making plans to evacuate from Libya with his family. The reports indicate he may be headed to Tunisia, where it is possible he will be granted exile.
At least seven loud blasts were heard in Tripoli early Friday morning as bombs fell in the vicinity of Gaddafi’s main headquarters of Bab al-Aziziya.
On Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the Libyan leader’s days appeared to be numbered. “Gaddafi’s forces are weakened,” he said.

Video:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/gadda...

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Interview with Guma El-Gamaty Asharq Alawsat arabic daily friday 19 Aug. aawsat.com/details.asp?se…
or:
www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&is...

Mark
Germany involved in #Libya war. 11 Soldiers for bomb target selection

The official version:
CNN
Brother of Libya’s information minister reported killed in NATO strike

A brother of Moussa Ibrahim, the spokesman for the government in Tripoli, was killed Thursday night by NATO aircraft, a government official here said

Hasan Ali Ibrahim, the younger sibling, was working as a civilian volunteer for the Gadhafi government, the official said. The 25-year-old university student had departed Tripoli with a group of people to check on friends in Zawiya after hearing reports of fighting there; he and the others were struck by bullets fired from an Apache helicopter while on foot in Zawiya’s central square, the official said.
Moussa Ibrahim received the news, as he was breaking his Ramadan fast with members of his family at a Tripoli hotel housing journalists. The elder Ibrahim was in the dining hall when he received a call, jumped from his chair, knocking it down and ran from the room yelling.
CNN’s Matthew Chance contributed to this report.
Read more:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/18...

Luke Harding
Audioboo: Guardian’s Luke Harding in Sabratha, #Libya, describes “immense damage” but Roman amphitheatre apprs ok

goo.gl/LUlp5

Ahram Online
Humanitarian situation worsening in Libya towns: ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross says that intensified fighting between Gaddafi’s forces and rebels triggered ‘rapid deterioration in the humanitarian situation’

Intensified fighting between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and rebels seeking to topple him has seen a “rapid deterioration in the humanitarian situation” in several Libyan towns, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
“The ICRC is deeply concerned about the increasing number of casualties and about allegations of health-care facilities being misused by weapon bearers,” the organisation said in a statement late on Thursday.
“We are hearing about hospitals being attacked or used for military purposes,” it said.
“On Tuesday, in (eastern oil town) Brega, our delegates saw several ambulances hit by bullets,” said Georges Comninos, head of the ICRC delegation in Tripoli.
“This is seriously compromising the delivery of health care to the wounded and sick.”

The statement listed Brega as well as the western towns of Zawiyah, Garyan, and Sabratha, near the rebel-held city of Misrata, where conditions were worsening for civilians.
“We call on all parties involved to protect civilians and allow health-care workers to do their jobs safely. Many lives could be saved,” said Comninos.

Source:
english.ahram.org.eg/News/19235.aspx

#SkyNews #Libyan FFs received new ammunit & weapons, including handheld rockets still in their wrapping, have been handed out to fighters

Global Security Newswire
Rebels Expect Qadhafi Forces to Fire More Scuds
Multiple opposition insiders said loyalist troops launched two Scud missiles at rebel-held locations in the last seven days. A U.S. warship on Sunday detected the launch of one Scud-type missile from an area not far from dictator Muammar Qadhafi’s hometown of Sirte. That missile landed some three miles away from the oil town of Brega. No one was reported injured in the attack, according to NATO.
Libya’s Scud missiles lack precision targeting systems and can travel up to roughly 185 miles. They can carry nuclear, chemical and conventional payloads and can cause heavy damage. Tripoli surrendered its nuclear weapons technology in 2004 and had been at work destroying its small cache of chemical warfare materials before fighting broke out in February. The earlier destruction of thousands of empty aerial munitions seemingly eliminated the Qadhafi regime’s ability to use its mustard agent in an airstrike (see GSN, July 26).
An ex-Libyan army official said Qadhafi forces hold roughly 200 Scuds. The regime has also pursued an experimental “al-Fatah” missile with a range of 310 to 435 miles, according to a U.S. Congressional Research Service analysis.
NATO eliminated a second Scud missile on Friday above the Mediterranean port city of Misrata, opposition sources said. Officials from the Western military alliance have yet to verify that report.

Full art.:

www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_2...

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Tripoli: NATO destroyed 4 major military and C&C facilities yesterday including one that may have been storing SCUD missiles #libya #feb17

Breaking Libya News – عاجل ليبيا أخبار
The NATO bombing targeted high observation guard towers in Bab Alazizia as what appears an approach to remove an obstacle from the way of FFwhen they progress to control it
فيديوات و صور إنتفاضة : قصف الناتو استهدف أبراج المراقبة المرتفعة في باب الذل فيما يبدو كانه إزالة عقبة أمام الثوار عند تقدمهم للسيطرة عليه

20/08/2011 is fast approaching…….

david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
My guard just called me from #Tripoli. Normally very calm, he was very nervous. Said u can literally smell the tension.

Skyman64 Ian Woods
I’m on the move today. Tweeting will be irregular but will update when I can.

Lots of stalls in Tunisia now selling Libyan rebel/opposition flags. whatever term you choose for the anti Gaddafi troops, you offend..

Been urged to read up on Libyan history..so I have. The flag dates from 1951 when Libya won independence from Italy.

We try to use neutral terms that are factual. Even calling the regime in Tripoli "the government " offends some as it is not recognised ..

..any more by many other governments. But it does control the capital and govt institutions.

Former suggests it no longer exists! RT @TrueBugman: @Skyman64 The British government and @UKMilOps term ‘former regime’

We could debate all day. But this is an active rebellion so those rebelling are surely rebels. If the govt is toppled terms change.

you could just say “G regime” & “anti-G regime” – factual, bias free, clear.

Skyman64 Ian Woods
True, and we do.

Gaddafi sent letters requesting asylum for wife, daughter, daughters in law and grandchildren:
Babnet Tunisia
www.babnet.net/festivaldetail-38273.asp

Secular Libya
MORE #NATO helicopters arrived and are ready for action #NATO struck #Sebha yesterday with jets #Libya

Heinz: Daffi units W of #Zawiya R now isolated. Only by sea can they B reinforced. The frontline is 40km long & advancing to #Tripoli

Heinz: It is expected that Daffi Zlitan front to breakdown tomorrow. FFs may get to surround Daffis W of #Zlitan

Heinz: Daffis tried to take back Mizdah, but they were too weak and failed

Heinz: The FFs are amassing for two big assaults. Will happen once #Zawiya is secured.

Heinz: #Brega doing good progress. #Zuwara to fall pretty soon. Qadafi is well aware that he is at the end of the rope.

Heinz: More #NATO helicopters have arrived and ready for action. #NATO struck Sebha yesterday with jets.

Heinz: Daffis in #Zlitan and #Sebha have ran out of petrol. No ammunition from Waddan can reach Daffis & they should run out.

Heinz: The movement of Daffi supplies and reinforcements has dropped dramatically. No chance for Qadafi to hold Bani Walid.

Heinz: FFs have 200 tanks, 150 BMPs and an ‘airforce’. Qadafi is down to 50 tanks, some BMPs, and 6-8000 troops.

Heinz: Apaches and Tigers are comparable machines. But French Tiger pilots are more daring, work closer to ground w/ more results.

Heinz: #NATO softening Aziziya. Ras Lanuf Daffis being hit by ship artillery. Sirte checkpoints smoked from the air.

Libya United 1944
As of tomorrow 20 August 2011, I will no longer b hiding under usernames…I will b placing my real FULL name on verything. NO MORE FEAR!

LPC with mom #Tripoli 1/2 metre square piece of shrapnel has landed on our roof 2night smashing our sat dish #Libya #Feb17

#NTC Wahid Bourchan abt this weeks “CONVERSATIONS” in #Djerba Many G Goons want ask political asylum in #Europe especially #France #Libya

#Tripoli =still connected 2towns in E #Libya reaching almost2 #Brega but no #oil available 2 #Gaddafi which is slowly being starved of fuel

#Lockerbie Bomber Al-Megrahi still alive thanks to UK developed #Cancer #Drug goo.gl/v3uWi #Libya #Abiraterone

The conssensus is that Nato will put "brakes " on if all goes to Fast and Gaddafi is toppled b4 #NTC is ready

#Nato officer. “We can now say with some confidence balance tipped decisively in our favour Its only going 2end 1way; G #REGIME Fall #Libya

Beautiful Sabratha:
Libya Roman Ruins Sabratha
A tour round the Roman City of Sabratha just outside of Tripoli Libya.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeXvVNlOVFw

Libya, Sabratha, Roman Ruins. (22 images)
cecilimages.photoshelter.com/gallery/G0...

Map:
virtualglobetrotting.com/map/roman-ruin...

NYT
New Fighting Outside Tripoli as Foreigners Seek an Exit

ZAWIYAH, Libya — Rebel soldiers fought running street battles on Friday with troops loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in the heart of this strategically important city, just a half-hour’s drive from the Libyan capital of Tripoli, and there were new signs that worried foreigners in Tripoli were urgently trying to leave.
The fighting centered on the city’s central Martyrs Square, where snipers and other Qaddafi loyalists have taken up positions in a hotel, a bank building and a government administrative office. While a rebel tank roamed around the square shooting at the loyalist positions, shells rained down from Qaddafi forces positioned on the eastern side of the city.
Neither side seemed to gain an advantage in the fighting. While NATO aircraft could be seen overhead, they did not attack any targets.
But rebel forces maintained complete control of the sprawling oil refinery here that

they seized Thursday after three days of fighting. They also consolidated their hold on the vital highway from Tunisia to Tripoli and were staffing checkpoints on other roads leading out of Tripoli toward rebel-held areas.
Art.:
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/world/africa...

sperrydavid David Sperry
Broke camera viewfinder last battle, Barcelona replacing now. Tunis tonight, then straight to #Libya front line. Med coast/towards #Tripoli.

abeneihum Abe Neihum
UPDATE: Our next move at @LibyanAid is to send a 40ft container to the West #Libya + to purchase generic medications to send to hospitals.

UPDATE #2: Our previous appeal for help with funding the aid convoy was fruitful and our mission was completed successfully as a result.

Tweeting Tripoli
I have been told NATO also bombed Khasees (خسيس) Gaddafi No32 brigade in Tajoura yesterday. They bombed it several times B4. #feb17 #Libya

The Malta Independent
Maltese team evacuates Libyan civilians
A Maltese team of 26 officials, including doctors, nurses, aestheticians and civil protection personnel, arrived in Malta yesterday after they escorted 620 refugees to Misurata and Benghazi after they sought refuge in Tunisia.
The team’s families and colleagues welcomed the team at Boiler Wharf in Senglea at around 2pm. They arrived on board the Virtú Ferries’ mv Maria Dolores.
The operation was coordinated by the Prime Minister’s Office in collaboration with the Health Department, Mater Dei Hospital and the Civil Protection Department.
The mission started after the head of the Libyan transitional government in Benghazi, Mahmoud Jibril, asked the Maltese government for humanitarian support to transport

the Libyan civilians who sought refuge in Tunisia.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi appointed a delegation to make the necessary arrangements and coordinate the mission. The Maltese embassy in Tunisia was in direct contact with the Libyan national transitional council and the Tunisian authorities.
The catamaran left Malta early on Tuesday morning. It sailed towards Sfax in Tunisia from where it picked up 620 Libyans aged between 27 days and 80 years. 495 were children. 200 were transported to Misurata while 420 were taken to Benghazi. 287 were injured and although they received medical treatment in Tunisia they were given further treatment by the Maltese crew.
The team also helped transport three corpses for burial, two in Misurata and one in Benghazi.
The mission ended yesterday afternoon after a 10-hour return trip from Benghazi to Malta.
On board the mv Maria Dolores berthed at Senglea, in the absence of Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi who is abroad, acting prime minister Tonio Borg said that Malta is not neutral when it comes to humanitarian aid. He recalled that earlier this year Malta helped evacuate 15,000 people from Libya.

More here:
www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsite...

Skyman64 Ian Woods
Back in Libya. A different one from last Saturday. And hopefully a longer stay than five hours. This border crossing in anti-Gaddafi hands.

Aljazeera
Fierce fighting in Zlitan.
Libyan rebels said they launched an offensive against Zlitan and after a fight lasting just hours had taken over the centre of the disputed town 150 km east of Tripoli.

The offensive was launched around 07:30 am (0530 GMT) and “at 1:00 pm our information indicates that the rebel troops entered the city centre,” the Information Centre For Misrata Military Council said in a statement.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons is in Misrata in the west and has the latest on the situation:

Video:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Great progress by FFs in Zletin with reports of clashes in city centre. Zletin free soon inshallah

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Video: #NATO bombing #TreekAlSour, the road between #Tripoli & #Tajoura in front of Mitiga Airport today. facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1988...

What I pray for is true FREEDOM for ALL Libyans, regardless of sex, tribe, city & etc. Not controlled by Imams but by people

I’m not just dreaming, #Libya stands poised to become the very pinnacle of all #Africa & the Middle East

The People of #Libya are incredibly strong, resourceful and resliient & w/ #Gaddafi gone Libya will burst into blossom

Libya has massive wealth, untapped under Mahboul, archeological, mineral, oil, tourism and commercial

#Malta CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” departed #Tripoil #Libya, listed dest of #Marsaxlokk BUT went out to sea & now headed towards #Benghazi. #Feb17

Zlitniya
BIG smile- good progress in Zliten. May Allah accept our martyrs &gv families patience and give injured swift recovery

#Zliten :FF captured28klashnikovs,12cars,ammo,5fleeing GF&colonel UmranBinSaleem

#Zliten :bloody battle today.20martyrs- 1was battalion leader Usama Shatwan.140injured

#Zliten and #Misrata FF advancing from East of Zliten have reached #Ezdu

#Zliten :Northern areas on seafront have been liberated

AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
Rebels preparing for final attack to take Zawiyah

The rebels in Zawiyah have started what they hope will be their final assault to clear the town

Tweeting Tripoli
NATO jets are very busy roaring over Tripoli ATM. The Gaddafis must be running out of dippers. #feb17 #Libya

lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
I’m in #Gharyan. Outside the mosque where men are shouting ‘Allah akbar’ & anti-Gaddafi slogans. The rebels are in control. #Libya

We visited the barracks in #Gharyan. Rebels said #Gadaffi’s forces fled on Sunday

I’m in #Gharyan which is in rebel hands. 8 wks ago govt minders brought me here from Tripoli on a bus+said it wld never fall

G regime has been known to be wrong before:)

Zlitniya
#Zliten & #Misrata FF in #Dafniya attacked #Gaddafi militia inside Zliten 0730.FF advanced 5km toward Zliten.families held hostage released
FromJoanne Joanne
#Nato Post Gaddafi PLANS: In UK Andrew Mitchell International Development Secretary has responsibility for post Gaddafit planning in #Libya

ali libyan
Zliten ppl are famous in libya for their stubbornness may allah be with them

abeneihum Abe Neihum
UPDATE #3: Thanks to all who have contributed. Our last convoy, which arrived last Wednesday: logistics funded by Libyan businessmen and ..

UPDATE #3 (2): Libyan Irish community, Libyan doctors, IGO Aid and the Italian government. Thank you all in making this mission a success.

Strangely enough, just after I left with the convoy-a group of professionals in Ireland announced in a newspaper that THEY sent the convoy..

and that I was just a driver. The height of their incredible hunger for media attention is beyond comprehension.

Also, totally unrelated to the professionals in Ireland, just a day after I arrived to

Benghazi, I found that someone in the customs had..

… put his name down as appointed by the @LibyaAID to sign off our paperwork – to my obvious surprise (as the co-director of @LibyanAID).

Luckily, our Benghazi team were able to manage the situation effectively. In short, humanitarian work means nothing to opportunists.

FromJoanne Joanne
ZLITAN A Hard Slog but FF DO make progress controlling area by area Now getting help of Misrata FF Arrested ColonelImran AliBinSalim #Libya

The lies never stop:
Sky News
Alex Crawford
Spox for G said: “ We’re making good progress”.

Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LskMsirAB30&fea...

FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya Dads use 2Look at their Idle Skilless Badly Educated sons in Despair feeling worried abou future today they Beam with Pride

alwaten
#Libyan youth now know Gaddafi targeted them with drugs and other ways deliberately to keep them occupied,so his authority is unchallenged

FromJoanne Joanne
#Nato Post Gaddafi PLANS: In UK Andrew Mitchell International Development Secretary has responsibility for post Gaddafit planning in #Libya

“HEINZ” predicts #ZLITAN Front will break this Eve FF r surrounding GF in W Zlit #Libya

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
NTC is working for a constitutional civil democratic Libya based on rule of law and institutions based state!

Aljazeera
Libya rebels claim control of key refinery
Explosions heard in Tripoli as rebels capture key towns and supply routes, further isolating Gaddafi’s stronghold.

Libya’s opposition fighters claim to have taken control of a strategic oil refinery in the western town of Az Zawiyah and also to have blocked the main highway north to the capital, Tripoli.
“The battle for the refinery lasted for two days but the main battle was last night. We took control last night,” Saleh Omran, a rebel fighter from Az Zawiyah told the Reuters

news agency on Thursday from inside the refinery complex.
He said rebel fighters forced the troops of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to flee the seaside refinery, a major source of fuel for the loyalist troops in Tripoli.
Doctors at a hospital a few kilometers south of Az Zawiyah said nine people were killed and at least 45 injured in fighting around the town and at the refinery on Wednesday.
On Thursday, central Tripoli and the eastern suburb of Tajura were targeted by NATO warplanes, according to witnesses.

More and video:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...

This is a must read:
HRW
Libya: 10 Protesters Apparently Executed
Troops Stormed Room Where Demonstrators Hid, Town Residents Say

(New York) – Libyan government forces appear to have executed 10 protesters following an anti-government demonstration in the town of Bani Walid on May 28, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Earlier on that day government forces fired on apparently peaceful protesters, killing at least two and wounding 10, in the government-controlled town about 170 kilometers southeast of the capital, Tripoli. After the protest a rebel sympathizer apparently killed a government paramilitary commander and two bodyguards.

Human Rights Watch interviewed six men with knowledge of the day’s events, including three who saw government forces fire on the demonstrators. Three of the men spoke on cell phones with the protesters who were later killed as they sought shelter in a nearby building after the demonstration. One of these men watched government forces storm the building and heard automatic weapon fire.

“The apparent execution by Libyan forces of 10 men is stomach-turning,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “Libya’s government should recognize that atrocities committed even in remote places like Bani Walid will see the light of day.”

Libya’s Minister of Justice Mohammed al-Gamudi andGeneralProsecutor Mohammad

Zakri told Human Rights Watch during a recent visit to Tripoli that they were unaware of any killings in Bani Walid on May 28, or any investigations there.

Videos apparently showing the May 28 demonstration in Bani Walid and parts of the apparent execution have been available on YouTube for several weeks, but details of the killings only emerged when Human Rights Watch interviewed the witnesses and victims’ relatives in early July, after they fled the government-held town.

Over the next three hours, Hassan said, he watched men going in and out of the building, apparently trying to convince those inside to surrender. Around 7:30 p.m. the men inside apparently gave up their weapons.

“I saw someone come out with the weapons – two or three guns,” Hassan said.

Hassan said that immediately after the man carrying the surrendered guns emerged from the Trade Building, armed Jafal paramilitaries rushed inside. This was followed by the sound of automatic weapon fire from inside the building. Hassan said he did not see any Jafal members emerge wounded or other evidence that the men in the room had opened fire. He told Human Rights Watch:
As soon as this person in civilian clothes took the weapons out of the building, the Jafal went in. The person who came out with the weapons tried to prevent the Jafal from going in, but they pushed him out of the way and went in. About 24 Jafal went in…I heard gunfire. I heard insults and crying.
At least one video appears to show the shooting inside the room. Human Rights Watch could not confirm that the video was shot on May 28 in Bani Walid, but Futmani identified two of the bodies in the video as his nephew, Mustafa Abdullah Salah el-Futmani, a 29-year-old imam and professor of Islamic studies, and 38-year-old Fawzi Shlafty. Bani Walid residents told Human Rights Watch that they believe the video was recorded on the cell phone of one of the Jafal members.

The video shows at least seven motionless men on the floor. A group of men in civilian clothes, one wearing a cap with Muammar Gaddafi’s photo, are standing and shouting in a western Libyan accent. One man is visible pointing a handgun and another holds a rifle. At one point, a man can be heard saying: “He’s alive, he’s alive.” About 14 individual gunshots and a short volley of automatic gunfire follow.

Please read the full report here:
www.hrw.org/news/2011/08/18/libya-10-pr...

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
ZLITEN: Fierce fighting in Zliten this morning. Over 15 freedom fighters dead, many injured. Reports FF now control centre of Zliten

inglesi Piers Scholfield
AFP reporting Libyan rebels have advanced to centre of #Zliten – according to media centre in #Misrata.

libyanInAbuDhabi
I’m off to #Dubai to attend the raising of the independence Flag over the #Libyan embassy tonight. I’ll try to tweet live from the event

libyanandproud
Friends from #Janzour #Tripoli just arrived to #Zintan through #Zawiya ! #Feb17 #Libya

Reuters Reuters Top News
A building in Tripoli destroyed overnight by NATO air strikes was head of Libyan intelligence, a neighbour said.

libyanandproud
Tripoli: South African ambassador and 6 member of staff left on a UN flight yesterday.

dovenews Libyan™
#FF have freed #Misaratain families which were abducted by Gaddafi forces in Zlitan. #Misrata #Zlitan

Gihan
Zlitan update: Misurata & Zlitan FFS liberated Awlad-Hammad, Al-Jananat, Bazah, Abu-Ragia & Al-sedu areas in Zlitan #Libya #Feb17

Aljazeera:
Libya: Freedom Fighters capture military base.
Video:
goo.gl/wBqCw

hominoid
The battle continues in Zliten the number of wounded so far 104, the number of martyrs so far 10

Libya NFSL
Zliten & Misrata FF reach the city centre of Zliten, 27 martyrs in the fight for liberating the city

Libya TV channel quoted official spokesman for the rebels five battalions of Gaddafi in Zliten to withdraw from the area.

Zee News
Libya rebels claim advances around Zliten
Benghazi: Libyan rebels on Friday claimed advances around the western town of Zliten, saying they had gained ground and inflicted losses on the forces of strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi.

“There has been fighting near the centre of Zliten and further progress made by the Thwar (rebels),” yesterday, said a statement from the Information Centre For Misrata Military Council.

According to the rebels, during the fighting they pushed forward and seized positions “in the areas of Bazh, Gananat, the Ahamada and around Zliten hotel.” The rebels

also said, they had advanced “to the south of Zliten” in an area called Sir Leslie, forcing Gaddafi loyalists to pull back.

“Between 40 and 50 Gaddafi forces were killed” in the fighting, while some 12 African mercenaries were captured, the statement said, adding that 40 insurgents were wounded, 10 of them seriously.

Rebels also claimed they seized seven military vehicles, as well as weapons and ammunition.
Source:
zeenews.india.com/news/world/libya-rebe...

Ahram Online
Italy urges Tripoli residents to join rebellion
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini urges the population of Tripoli to revolt against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his regime

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Friday urged the population of Tripoli to rise up against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime as rebel forces continued to advance on the embattled capital.
“We hope the people of Tripoli, who unfortunately are already fleeing, understand the regime has harmed its own people and will therefore join a process of political change to cut off room for manoeuvre for Gaddafi’s regime,” he said.
“The military results on the ground are clear to everyone. The defections from the regime are increasing by the day and the opposition to the regime is advancing towards Tripoli,” Frattini told news channel SkyTG24.
Libya’s former colonial master, Italy enjoyed close economic and diplomatic ties with Gaddafi before the start of protests against the regime.
It has since allowed the use of its air bases for NATO-led military operations and has taken an active part in air strikes and a naval embargo.
Italy was one of the first countries to recognise the rebels in April.
The International Organization for Migration on Friday has warned that thousands of migrant workers are seeking to leave Tripoli, as rebels attempt to sever the city’s supply lines and spark an uprising against Gaddafi there.
Source:
english.ahram.org.eg/News/19261.aspx

hominoid
A building in Tripoli destroyed overnight by NATO air strikes was the home of Abdullah al-Senussi, the brother-in-law of Muammar Gaddafi and head of Libyan intelligence.

Libyan officials brought journalists to the scene of the bombing in a residential area, a compound of buildings was completely destroyed.

News of the escape of most of the soldiers towards the west Gaddafi cowards Zliten under a hail of heavy fire. Awaiting confirmation

Alert Net
Libyan rebels may resume oil output in 3 weeks
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels could resume output at two oil fields with total capacity of around 250,000 barrels per day in about three weeks after security has been assured.
“Our fields are under maintenance and we’re still waiting for security,” Abdeljalil Mayouf, information manager at Libya’s Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), which is operating the Sarir and Mesla fields, told Reuters.
“When the security is OK we will start. Perhaps two or three weeks after the improvement in security. In three weeks maybe,” he said.
Source:
www.trust.org/alertnet/news/libyan-rebe...

jirdan
Moved Kateebat wersfhana to kateebat tripoli. Azzizya is a lost cause. Now just have to wait.

Basically everybody who’s lived in tripoli is signing up to join tripoli brigade. Thousands have signed up.

I’ve had a look at the list for the Tripoli brigade. Biggest army ever assembled in Libya

in perhaps 100 years.

Army is so big they’re trying to sort it out by areas e.g sougaljumaa etc

Interesting to see where the biggest anti-g are in tripoli.

Most sougaljumaa ghout alshaal tajoura. Virtually none from girgarish.
Theres also many people from mountains who want to come so basically gadafi is over

I also don’t want to spill info but there’s front lines in areas most don’t know about very

close to tripoli

For a full update:sabaratha is free. Zawiyah is mostly free. Sorman is free but is a mess. Ghiryan is also free.

For all those that follow British media. I told Kim simgupta(independent) his articles are shit. He look shocked.

There is a complete military collapse. Army regulars met their graves in misratah. Only volunteers left.

FromJoanne Joanne
Amount of weapons found in militarybase captured by FF in #Surman is insurmountable can free Palestine, let alone Tripoli

The Weekly Standard
10 Rebels Killed in Libya by Errant NATO Missile
Jadu, Libya—Yesterday, around 4 p.m., 10 Jadu fighters, who were attempting to cut off the retreat of a column of Qaddafi militiamen, were killed by an errant NATO missile strike near Badr, Libya. Two other fighters are missing. The loss of ten, who included two commanders, is an unimaginable catastrophe in this closeknit town of 10,000 Amazigh or Berber citizens, which until yesterday had lost just 4 men in the revolutionary war.
The cause of the accident was apparently a communications error. The fighters were

near a “red zone” where NATO had asked Free Libyan forces not to enter since it was in the process of being cleared of Qaddafi forces. Around dawn on the 17th, the Jadu brigade sent a message to Benghazi, which coordinates with NATO, requesting permission to move forward. But they never received an answer back. Unfortunately, they impetuously decided to go forward anyway.
The fighters were participating in a very large operation involving nearly 1,000 men from the Jadu brigade and several others near Jowsh. This area is en route to Badr, a strategic node in the effort to open the way to the far west coast of Libya. But it is believed that thousands of Qaddafi fighters are in Jumail and other towns just south of the coast. They have been contesting the revolutionaries’ capture of Sabratha and Surman, and are expected to fight hard to defend Zwara, the westernmost town in coastal Libya and the gateway to the Tunisian border.
Read full Ann Marlowe art.:
www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/10-rebels-...

FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING BREAKING AFP: The rebels claimed to have taken Zliten #Libya #ZLITAN B R E A K I N G

#BREAKING FF LAUNCHED MAYOR OFFENSIVE #ZLITAN 7.30am and ENTERED Center of Town 13.00 this afternoon VIA MilitairyCouncil #Misrata

UHHHHH I did not say #Zlitan is FREE @NiZiLanDa FF have taken Zlitan & are in center Need comb and a clean up operation of town #Libya

#BREAKING #LIbya AlAhrarTV: #Misrata + #ZLITAN Freedom Fighters liberated Awlad Hamadi, Albaza, AbuRuqia, Alsadu, & Abu Jredah #Zliten

BREAKING Abdullah al-Senussi 1 of 3 on ICC list is BroInLaw Gaddafi Head of #Libya intelligence HOME was BOMBED last night by @NATO Reuters

#NTC 2 receive around 20,000 tonnes of #fuel #oil next week after securing a deal with oil trading firm #BBEnergy #Reuters

#IOM Friday EVAC operation,probably by sea, thousands of foreigners trapped in

Tripoli Set to begin in few days #Libya

Musa Ibrahim promised all #Libyans 500 dinars, about $300, as Reward for Being steadfast via #JANA news agency

#ZLITAN LPC journo just now : 29 FF Martyrs 120 injured FF in the Center, Close Combat Expecting Zliten F R E E today #Libya

Zlitniya
#Zliten FF besieged inside r advancing east to break t siege on city&liberate new areas.Heading toward the Zliten&Misrata FF in east #Libya

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Almanara: 30 martyred and 125 injured in the battle for Zliten so far today. The FF continue to advance #Libya #Zliten

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking 70% of Zliten liberated clashes 2 liberate remain Dwaoo & Majr areas. FF will then push 2 Alkhoms city close 2 tripoli from East!!

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Yesterday In Brega 6 martyrs and 22 injured reported

FromJoanne Joanne
I LOVE TODAY ’s FF PROGRESS in #Libya I have been loving every day recently I dont have my “down” moments anymore :)

hominoid
Zliten Passed the bridge, and a breathtaking advance, and are advancing on all axes

and their morale is very high.

Zliten dozens of members of the battalion, including a number of mercenaries captured.
Zliten A number of heavy vehicles destroyed and some 4×4s

hominoid
FF have cut off the G supply lines from the south and Oil supplies from southern Oil fields to Brega

Zawiyah Youth cut off supplies to the snipers positioned in some buildings in the city.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Sr NATO official: “The noose is certainly tightening but we don’t have any concrete indications of a departure beyond media reports.” #libya

REUTERS
Home of Libya intelligence chief hit by NATO -neighbor
Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:32pm GMT

TRIPOLI Aug 19 (Reuters) – A building in Tripoli destroyed overnight by NATO air strikes was the home of Abdullah al-Senussi, the brother-in-law of Muammar Gaddafi and head of Libyan intelligence, a neighbour said.

Libyan officials brought journalists to the scene of the bombing in a residential area, where a compound of buildings was completely destroyed.

The neighbour, oil engineer Omar Masood, who said he had lived across the street for 35 years, said the compound was the home of Abdullah al-Senussi. Senussi, the intelligence chief who is married to Gaddafi’s sister, is one of three Libyan officials wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Hague along with Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam

ZLITAN:
Summary of Zlitan news today
-There is fierce fighting in Zliten right now, about 20 martyrs & many injured.
- Misurata & Zlitan FFS liberated Awlad-Hammad, Al-Jananat, Bazah, Abu-Ragia & Al-sedu areas in Zlitan
- Misurata & Zliten FFs advanced 2 the center of Azdo area in Zlitan & seized 14 KlashenCove & 2 cars & arrest 5 of Gaddafi forces
- Misurata & Zliten FFs captured the Gaddafi’s army leader : Imran Ali Bin-Salim in Zlitan

ليبيا تعــــــود: ملخص أحداث زليتن حاليا:
تجرى الاشتباكات حاليا فى زليتن و حتى الان 20 من شهدائنا و العديد من الجرحى
ثوار زليتن و مصراته تمكنو من تحرير كل من أولاد حمادي، الجنانات، البازة، أبو رقية، السدو
و أبو جريدة
ثوار زليتن و مصراته تقدمو الى وسط أزدو و غنمو 14 كلاشنكوف و سياراتان و أسرو 5 من كتائب العار
كما قبض الثوار على على العقيد عمران على بن سليم وتم أسره

Zlitan update: Misurata & Zliten FFs advanced to the centre of Azdo area in Zlitan & seized 14 Klashen Cove & 2 cars & arrest 5 of Gaddafi forces

اللجنة الإعلامية لثوار 17 فبراير زليتن: ثوار مصراته وزليتن القادمون من الجبهة وصلوا إلى وسط منطقة إزدو بزليتن والثوار من الداخل قبضوا على العقيد عمران على بن سليم وتم أسره.
كما غنم ثوار زليتن داخل المدينة اليوم في منطقة إزدو عدد 14 بندقية كلاشن كوف وسيارتين وتم أسر 5 أشخاص من أفراد الكتائب الفارين من الجبهة

Aljazeera:
misratapost Fri 19/08/2011
فيديو:الجزيره الانجليزيه— اندريو سيمونس مباشرة عبر الهاتف من زليطن — معارك شرسه فى زليطن
Battle for Libya: ‘Fierce fighting in Zlitan’
Från: AlJazeeraEnglish | 19 aug 2011 | 202 visningar
Libyan opposition forces are reportedly mounting an offensive on Zlitan in the west of the country.

Zlitan is just to the east of the capital Tripoli.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vME365dtth4&sns=tw

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Imagine the reward of the martyrs … fighting for the just cause as well fasting in the holy month of Ramadan

Our FFs are now fighting with Angels by their side … Allahu Akbar

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “BANU GENC” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Syria CARGO SHIP “LADY SEHAM” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

Almanara: 30 martyred and 125 injured in the battle for Zliten so far today.The FF continue to advance

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP “PURKI” has departed port #Tripoli #Libya for #Aliaga #Turkey. #Feb17

#MarshallIslands OIL TANKER “YELLOW STARS” now en route to #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-20 10:00 (UTC). #Feb17

#Panama CARGO SHIP “MSC BROOKE” now en route to #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-08-20 19:00 (UTC). #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 35.43097˚/32.37085˚ en route from #Iskenderun #Turkey to #Sfax #Tunisia. #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” carrying weapons shipment from #Syria to be shipped overland from #Sfax #Tunisia to #Gaddafi in #Libya @NATO

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” recently delivered shipment of weapons from #Slovenia to #Algeria 4 shipment overland to #Gaddafi. #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” continues to change transponder info between names of #Gaddafi ships in attempt to evade detection. #Libya @NATO

Libertad
#libye Les insurgés sont arrivés aux portes de Tripoli et #Gadaffi veut maintenant un cessez-le-feu et le dialogue #Libya

Anonymous Watcher
Dear #Egypt, while you’re protesting #Israel en masse, can you do us all a favour and stake out #Nilesat too for broadcasting #Gaddafi shit?

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Journalists is #Tripoli taken to destroyed compound that neighbors said belonged to #Libya intel boss Abdullah al Senussi
No confirmation whether Senussi #Libya was present at time; must have been multiple airstrikes overnight on compound in Gargour area
Neighbors said one Indian guard or cook died; no word on other deaths/injuries #NATO #Libya
BTW meant to say journalists are taken ;)
Actually I meant … nevermind

Noit
Must be mind numbing, staying at the Rixos:)
Have you been to the Senussi compound?

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
It was a GIANT compound and looked like it must have been v luxurious; there was a golf cart parked outside w other vehicles #Libya #Tripoli
There was also a baby gazelle at alleged Senussi compound! Neighbors said other animals had fled or been killed #Libya #Tripoli

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Just back from what was the compound of a senior #Libya intelligence official in #Tripoli hit in airstrike early this morning we were told.
Compound owned acc to neighbours by Abdullah Sennusi. No indication he was killed. Houses on street hit by debris, some damage #Libya

david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
An evacuation ship from Germa Shipping Co will arrive tomorrow 9 AM to #Tripoli, boarding Sunday 9 AM, leaving to malta. Last chance #Libya
No confirmation yet on evacuation ships from #Tripoli by #UN #IOM

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
OppContact: Rebels in #Tripoli disarmed a member of Leejan Thowriya (#Gaddafi Revolutionary Guard) last night.

OppContact: NATO struck an anti-spying center in the Hai Al Andalus Roundabout in #Tripoli last night.

OppContact: NATO struck Mukhabarat (secret police) headquarters on Airport Road in #Tripoli after midnight last night.

OppContact: Clashes behind Salahidin Hospital in Ain Zara area of #Tripoli early this morning.

OppContact: Explosion in Abu Saleem area of #Tripoli early this morning. Source unknown.

Tripoli:
@HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Met one person today who said he saw G forces planting something inside Tripoli and even Janzour’s sewer system. need more people to confirm

I’m meeting with the source who told me this today inshaAllah, will let you guys know

the reports were about the “steel” bridge, waiting for more info today how much of it was destroyed…will keep u posted.

hominoid
Brega Ffs finished combing University shining star, many spoils and ammunition

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons says more than 26 opposition fighters killed in #Zlitan, which is now mostly controlled by the rebels. #Libya
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reporting from Zlitan in western #Libya that the town has been taken by opposition forces.

URGENT:
Emo Libya
Ex. Radio Station System in #Zawiyah was destroyed by G thugs. We need to buy new one to help people evacuate the affected areas #Libya

Urgent: Please contact me immediately if you know somebody who has experience about Radio Stations #Zawiyah #Libya

NUMBER 10.gov.uk
PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT LIBYA FUTURE
Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the newly appointed Libyan charge d’affaires to Downing Street where he underlined his “optimism” for Libya’s democratic future.
Mr Mahmud Nacua attended a meeting at Number 10 alongside seven representatives from the Libyan community in the UK.
They discussed the recent military progress by the Free Libyan Forces in the country, their hopes for the future of Libya, and how the National Transitional Council could

best deliver these.
Last month the Foreign Office invited the National Transitional Council (NTC) to take over the Libyan embassy in London – and representatives moved in last week.
Opening the meeting, Mr Cameron said he had earlier conducted a “very positive” phone conversation with NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil where they discussed the situation on the ground and the notable progress by the Free Libyan Forces over the course of the last week.
The PM said:
“I think this is a moment not to be complacent at all, but optimistic that we are getting closer to the future that many of us talked about round that table downstairs in the Cabinet Office.
“It has taken time but I think we are heading in the right direction and I think it is a good opportunity to share today some of the perspectives on what needs to happen next.”
Mr Cameron also spoke to President Sarkozy earlier today. They discussed developments in Libya, in particular the progress made by the Free Libya Forces this week in the towns of Zawiya and Gharyan.
They agreed that NATO continues to achieve its mandate of protecting civilians and that we are edging closer to the day when the Libyan people will be free to choose their own future. And they discussed the vital role that the National Transitional Council has played.
Source:
www.number10.gov.uk/news/pm-optimistic-...

NickClarkAlJaz Nick Clark
#Libya: Our corr reports opp fighters take Zlitan – imp strategic town.

dovenews Libyan™
Fierce fight between #FF & Gaddafi forces in #Alajaylat. maps.google.com/maps?q=al+ajay… #Libya

Xinhuanet
Gaddafi family members to be evacuated from Tunisia on board Venezuelan plane: media

TUNIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) - A Venezuelan plane has landed on the island of Djerba to evacuate members of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s family, Tunisian radio, Mosaique FM, reported on Friday. The news was announced by the radio’s correspondent on the Tunisia Libyan border.
The correspondent, quoting a rebel source in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, said that Gaddafi’s family members would soon leave Tunisia for the Venezuelan capital Caracas, adding that “it was the beginning of the end of Gaddafi’s rule.” It is not clear how they would be evacuated to Tunisia.
The source also said that it was highly likely that Gaddafi himself is no longer in the Libyan capital Tripoli, following overnight NATO strikes against his residential compound.
Source:
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/20...

Ahmed
Any country that grants #Gaddafi asylum can expect him to start meddling in affairs as soon as he gets there, he just cant help it. #Libya
#Gaddafi wants safe haven close to #Libya so he can continue his war against the #Libyan people… #nochance #gaddaficrimes

#libye Pas de confirmation si Senussi était présent chez lui ou non

Libya NFSL
FF push back Gaddafi forces to Ka’am Valley on the western outskirts of Zliten, 30 Martyrs in today’s battles so far

wheelertweets James Wheeler
Real #Libya: Suleiman from Ajdabiya in Tunis, Aug 18. Paralyzed from part of a cluster bomb that hit his spine. twitpic.com/68gt03

acarvin Andy Carvin
Reuters: 32 opposition soldiers killed fighting around Zliten, according to sources.

BREAKING: The city of Zliten has been fully liberated according to sources and the FFs are in the process of securing the city and setting up checkpoints…. Allah Akbar
عاجل :تم تحرير مدينة زليتن بالكامل والثوار الآن يقومون بوضع وتنظيم نقاط التفتيش…الله أكبر ولله الحمد

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
I will e on skynews just after 5.00pm london time (4.00pm gmt) today friday 19th insh. to talk about latest ground developments in Libya

Ahmed
Reports that majority of #Zliten has been liberated..small pockets of snipers remain, #FF are now in #Kaam, open area before #Khumus #Libya

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Rebel Radio reporting #Zlitan now completely liberated.

BBC
Libya unrest: Evacuation of Tripoli migrants planned

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it is organising an evacuation of thousands of foreign workers from Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
An IOM spokeswoman said thousands of people wanted to leave as fighting approaches the city.

There have been clashes to the west, south and east of the coastal city as rebels push back government forces.

“We have a very limited window of opportunity to carry out this operation because of the fighting,” said IOM spokeswoman Jemini Pandya.
She said an operation to rescue the stranded foreign workers – many of them Egyptians – would begin in the coming days.
“We are looking at all options available, but it will probably have to be by sea,” she told a news conference in Geneva.

Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14593511

petersbeaumont peter beaumont
Colleague Chris Stephen in Zlitan told me many casualties in fierce fighting inc over 30 dead. Pro-G forces countering with tanks #Libya

ReutersIndia Reuters India
Libya rebel spokesman tells Reuters 32 rebel fighters killed in battle for Zlitan, east of Tripoli

A Free Libyan
G forces are now most likely at Wadi Ka’am and #AlKhums. FF securing #Zliten. Mosques chanting Allahu Akbar (God is Great) #Libya #Feb17

Managed to get thru to #Gmata for 1 min. They’re bracing themselves. I know FF are ready and it will be liberated v fast. #Libya #Feb17

Tweeting Tripoli
Just came back from a quick tour around #Tripoli center including Bab Al-Azyzia. Stay tuned for my update.

Very weird. No active armed checkpoints in #Tripoli as seen last week. Only two empty tents in Dahra and Firnaj roundabouts. #feb17

The city looks as if Gaddafi goons have already left! Either that or they are hiding in buildings

The Bab Al-Azyzia evacuation is not true. Most houses around that area look occupied with cars parked outside.

Bab Al-Azyzia: Guards not too many on main gates and only carry light assault rifles, no tanks or any form of heavy weaponry.

Bab Al-Azyzia: The main round about still full of supporters tents but tents don’t look full of people.

The weirdest of all is the emerging of the “Reversed Graffiti” phenomena. The pro-G slogans are the ones scratched out now

LOL Reversed Grafiti: Many walls have the word Mouamar scratched out from the infamous “Allah & Mouamer & Libya only” slogan.

(Update was at 18.00 hrs local time)

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
#FFs in #Zliten are now at most 20KM from Al Khums according to sources

BREAKING NEWS: We are coming for you #Gaddafi, in your bunker or where ever you are!!

A Free Libyan
AlKhums is very anti-G too, FF there are ready too. Both should be quick if all goes well hopefully :)

C392
Also very good thing is once Al-khums falls.. it dominoes west, Msallata, Tarhouna. Lets hope it happens soon!

Asharq
Gaddafi suffering from incurable illness – Libyan and western sources

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Despite the pledge made by Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in his most recent audio statement, that his forces would continue to resist the Syrian rebels and NATO forces until death, Libyan and Arab sources have informed Asharq Al-Awsat that the Libyan leader has sent one of his closest advisers, Bashir Saleh, to Mali and the Tunisian island of Djerba, to meet with British and French officials with the objective of discussing “securing a safe exit for Gaddafi and his family from Libya.” The Gaddafi envoy reportedly secretly met officials from the British Foreign Office and the French Presidency, in an attempt to secure a safe exit for the Gaddafi family.
Officials within the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council NTC, in addition to western diplomatic sources in Cairo and Tripoli, have also informed Asharq Al-Awsat that a medical report suggests that Colonel Gaddafi is suffering from an incurable illness which may be affecting his ability to appear in public. This would explain why Gaddafi has only appeared in public rarely in recent months, and why he has taken to addressing his forces and supporters through audio recordings broadcast via the Libyan state media.
Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with a source close to the Gaddafi family about the claims that Gaddafi is suffering from an incurable medical condition, however the source refused to comment. However, Libyan rebel sources have told Asharq Al-Awsat that these reports are most likely true, but refused to provide any corroborating evidence.

A different NTC source informed Asharq Al-Awsat that Libyan government funds had been transferred to South Africa, which indicates that Gaddafi may try to seek refuge there in the future.
The NTC official, who spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, said that “the message that we are waiting for – along with our allies in the international forces – from Gaddafi, is that he is prepared to leave, and then we can listen, and help him find a safe haven, and give him all the international and legal guarantees that he requires.”

The source added “we have a vested interest in Gaddafi and his family leaving the country immediately; we do not want the battle to liberate the capital Tripoli to become a massacre, therefore if the price is for him to leave power safely then we are prepared to pay this.”

Read art.:
www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=...

acarvin Andy Carvin
NBC reported Gaddafi-fleeing story citing US intel; sr NATO official says they heard about it via media. Such is the life of a rumor.

Pentagon won’t say if there are any signals that Gaddafi may flee Libya, but their spox notes that similar reports haven’t panned out.

FF fighters in Zliten capture Col. Omran BinSaleem, head Gaddafi’s of local internal security forces

I Love Libya
When #Gaddafi falls (days- hours) would Gaddafi’s internet mercenaries, implode, explode, disintegrate, evaporate or just Log-OFF? #Libya

Tweeting Tripoli
In other cities Gaddafi soldiers have Tripoli 2 run 2 when they r defeated. But where will they run 2 when defeated in Tripoli?

Tripoli might turn out to be the “Paper Tiger” story. Might turn out to be the easiest city to fall. #feb17 #Libya

The internal security and the external security buildings have no visible guards. Usually there are 5 or 6 ate each date.

Many “Alfateh Abadan” slogans scratched out. Funny to see the Reversed Grafity. LOL

One can take in account that it is Ramadan and a Friday, but does that apply in war time?

Reversed Grafity: Anti-Gaddafi Tripolitanians are scratching out Gaddafi’s slogans on Tripoli walls during blackouts & write their own. LOL

Many slogan site have changed hands several times, different colors and different pro and anti-slogans painted over eachother. LOL

libya fidammi
So proud, raising of independence flag tonight in #Dubai at the #Libyan embassy…bringing Libyan community together as one, finally

WAPO
Our chance to shape change in North Africa and the Mideast

We are about to miss a historic opportunity to advance American interests.
The Middle East and North Africa are in political and economic transition. Some of these transitions will come after dramatic revolutionary upheavals — in Tunisia, Egypt and, hopefully, Libya, Syria and ultimately Iran. Some will come — if we are fortunate — without the need for revolutionary upheaval; for example, in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and, hopefully, Bahrain. In these states, enlightened monarchs and progressive rulers have the opportunity to lead political and economic reform and open their societies to greater political and economic participation. This already appears to be happening in Morocco.

Full art.:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/our-cha...

It now has been confirmed by Guardian reporter that Zliten has been liberated and FF even moved passed Zliten towards Khoms

Sky’s Alex Crawford has just been reporting live from Martyr Square, #Zawiyah, rebels celebrating saying they now hold it and hold the city

#Zliten : Freedom Fighters have freed Zliten and WaddiKa’am #Feb17 #Libya

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITAN Displaced Families start arriving from the city of Zliten Misurata #Libya goo.gl/f1M8j
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxjWKN8vcWI&fea...

libyanandproud
Confirmed : AbdSallam Jaloud has been captured by Freedom Fighters in #Zawiya

#Tripoli : One of the targets from last night was make shift vehicle storage in the “korean company” in Airport road

A Free Libyan
Sky ≥ FF are in control of Martyr Square – #Zawiya!

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZLITAN AudioBoo Andrew Simmon whio is in Town 1/2 km from center chirb.it/z20ccD #Libya #BigCelebration

Free Libya
Picture of Abdullah Senussi intelligence building that was bombed by Nato earlier: fb.me/11po0wFNF #Nato #libya #tripoli

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Unconfirmed : Abdel Salam Jalud Gaddafi’s no. 2 for over 30 years has surrendered himself & his family to Zawiya’s FF Council #Libya

ZeinakhodrAljaz:
#Libya, #Jawhara hotel #Zawiyah burned, opposition fighters used artillery shells to take out #snipers that were hiding in,

Emo
Breaking: FFs are entering #Ajeilat from the soth. Fierce fighting going on!!
Breaking: Snipers placed by G thugs in Ajeilat top buildings. People are forced out of their home in Al-ghalmia

#Skynews reporter from Martyr square #Zawiyah… Allah Akber

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Mustafa AbdelJalil: Gaddafi has smuggled massive amounts of Money and Gold to South Africa

Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Our account @TripoliPrisoner disappeared. #TripoliPrisoners silenced. Give a voice BADGE picbadges.com/i-speak-for-tr… PETITION change.org/petitions/amne…

Tripoli:
what about the steel bridge airport road? Still intact?

Yes

Libya In Me
Name: Walid Al-Murjini. 34 year old father of 2. Originally from Tripoli, living in London, and martyred in Zawiya Feb17Martyrs.com/?p=547

The Lawyer
Ilford firm Edwards Duthie advises Gaddafi regime on UK asset freezing

By James Swift
Colonel Gaddafi’s regime, the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, has instructed Ilford firm Edwards Duthie to help it regain control of Libya’s embassy and frozen assets in the UK
The news, first reported in The Times, comes after foreign secretary William Hague recognised Libya’s rebel government, the National Transitional Council (NTC), as the sole governmental authority in the country on 27 July.
Fourteen-partner high street firm Edwards Duthie has so far filed two claims in the High Court on behalf of the Gaddafi regime.
Meanwhile, the NTC has instructed Hogan Lovells in the UK to block the Gaddafi regime’s attempts to deny it access to Libya’s frozen embassy and assets. Partner Mohamed Shaban of Holborn firm MS-Legal has been instructed by the NTC’s ambassador to the UK Mahmud Nacua.
The NTC is also looking at doing the same in jurisdictions across the world where Libya has assets.
In a statement, an NTC executive committee spokesperson said: “The UK Government recognises the NTC as the legitimate government of Libya.
“We’re seeking to build a free and democratic society based upon the principles of political democracy and the rule of law. As such we use these principles in practice to help us secure the property that belongs to the Libyan people and will oppose attempts to prevent us from doing so. We have the resources and will to do this, and will take all steps that are required to protect the interests of the Libyan people.”
Earlier this year, the NTC instructed Washington DC lobbying firm Patton Boggs as it sought to gain recognition in the US as Libya’s legitimate government.
Edwards Duthie did not respond to calls for comment.

Source:
www.thelawyer.com/ilford-firm-edwards-d...

youngamazigh
i am predicting i will be praying friday prayers in a mosque in tripoli next week. also predicting freedom! nshallah #libya #feb17

( around 20.00 hrs local)
libyanandproud
@AlexCrawfordSky @fieldproducer @Stone_SkyNews @Skyman64 Please Alex , Tweet Zawiya’s Martyrs’ square is Liberated ,will be historic tweet

AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
Libyan rebels take Martyr Square Zawiyah

thank YOU ALEX !!!

Smiffy’s Wife
@AlexCrawfordSky I’m crying. So happy !!!

Its great news!!!!!! Today 10yrs being married and #Zawiya being free. Am jumping about with happiness :)

LIBYAN
@AlexCrawfordSky Thank you, pls stay safe.

libyanandproud
Theres been no reporter in #Libya – like @AlexCrawfordSky – always right at the front line – a true heroine of #Zawiya"

Libya 7orra
Tears my eyes watching @AlexCrawfordSky come round full circle 2 report from same sq. 5 months on.. #Zawiya is free #Zawiya is free.. #Libya

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
ALEX CRAWFORD SKY NEWS ZAWIYAH: The mosque we sheltered in 6 months ago has now disappeared. There is no mosque. (G destroyed it) #libya

A Free Libyan
Crawford – “When I was last here in March, it wasn’t a FF army or such, it was just a town of civilians…”

Here is CNN tweeter:
sarasidnerCNN Sara Sidner
Opposition fighters on the ground in Zawiya say they have now taken control of 80 percent of the city.

We’re live in 45 minutes on CNN with sights and sounds of the battle raging in Zawiya.

NotLibyaStateTV
Any reports of the rebels seizing the Martyrs Square in Zawiyah are false. They filmed all that on a soundstage in Qatar

Advice from Hayat
Guys, with family in #Tripoli please tell your family to hide in places away from #GFs HQs #NATO jets are striking non-stop today&tomorrow!

Tweeting Tripoli
I have no idea what is going on in Tripoli which is eerily calm today, but I feeeel gooood! (read my last 2 words with James Brown in mind).

Tripoli Youth
1 – #Tripoli 17:50 call: “Today after Friday prayer we started Takbeer (Allah Akbar) in the mosque and through the load speakers…”

2 – #Tripoli 17:50 call: “… 20 G forces vehicles came and started shooting but we are all safe and no one got injured”

#Tripoli : “NATO just hit the Amin Dakhli building in AbuSalim area.. some people got injured because the place is in a residential area”

#Tripoli: “NATO have dropped down leaflets near Bab Azaziyah asking everyone to move away up to 4km from the compound”

#Tripoli: " @NATO we need you to air-strike Mitiga airport because there is a full brigade there "

lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Rebel commander in #Gharyan said General Sabhan fought for only 4 hours before fleeing. Not much destruction in the town. @channel4news

libyanandproud
Breaking : AbdSallam Jalud escaped to #Zintan and is defected. #Feb17 #Libya (source Zintan FB)

To the people that doubted my sources earlier ! Jalud Defected ! Its official

A Free Libyan
Crawford report from Martyrs Square shows some epic FF celebration! It’s an iconic victory. #Libya #Feb17

The Dictator
#Zliten completely liberated, over 400 kidnapped families rescued from the city return home to #Misrata. #Libya

30 martyrs and over 150 injured in battle to liberate #Zliten.

Correction: over 400 families return home, not all were kidnapped, some were unable to return after escaping the war.

Reports that Abdelsalam Jaloud has ‘defected’ and reached #Zintan with family and close friends. #Libya #Feb17

NickClarkAlJaz Nick Clark
#Libya: 32 opp fighters killed in Zlitan, 40/50 G fighters dead, rebels now have control of most of city.

hominoid
The West afraid of its own victory in Libya, YET another sicko headline.
50,000 Prisoners held in Tripoli in deplorable conditions.

Hayat
#Tripoli just might be freed soon. But #Gaddafi has cars with missile launchers positionned all over #Medina there, it’s not going to be easy.

#MoussaIbrahim ‘s brother and #Senoussi ’s nephew reported killed by #FFs in #Zawiyah → I’ve no way of confirming but #Daw did get caught.

CF NEWS
Libyan rebel spokesman: Zlitan seized from regime

ZAWIYA, Libya —
A spokesman says Libyan rebels have seized the western city of Zlitan after clashes with regime forces that left 31 rebels dead and 120 injured.
Munir Ramzi of the opposition Misrata Military Council says Moammar Gadhafi’s forces are fleeing after Friday’s victory and the rebels are in control of the city, 90 miles (140 kilometers) southeast of Tripoli. The claim couldn’t be independently verified.
Ramzi says fighting is now centered west of Zlitan.
Government troops have been fighting rebels in the area for months. The town is a major obstacle in the path from the nearby city of Misrata trying to make their way to the capital, Tripoli.
Rebels also have advanced into the western city of Zawiya this week, gaining the momentum after months of deadlock.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
Read more:
www.cfnews13.com/article/news/ap/august...

SKY NEWS
Libya: Rebels Take Martyr Square in Zawiyah

Alex Crawford, special correspondent in Zawiyah
Rebels in Libya are celebrating after retaking control of Martyr Square in the key coastal town of Zawiyah.

There was jubilation as the iconic spot fell, with celebratory gunfire ringing out and delighted rebels circling the area in their cars.

The rebels now believe they have loyalist forces on the run and have effectively taken control of the whole town.
Discarded uniforms of Gaddafi soldiers lay on the ground and traditional Libyan flags – a symbol of the regime – have been ripped down.

The successful assault comes around five months after the town first managed to break free from the control of Gaddafi loyalist fighters.
Full art.:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...

Free Libya
Hospitals in Zintan+Yefren which are dealing with the frontline cases are in urgent need of BLOOD BAGS FOR BLOOD DONATION & chest drains

Aljazeera
Expert: Rebels would need to move carefully
Libyan opposition fighters have seen a series of success against Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in the country’s west.

Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Service Institute in London spoke to Al Jazeera on the latest rebel offensive.

Joshi said what the rebels have learnt from past mistakes is that they need to move forward methodically. They can’t just rush ahead and take ground and then forced to move back.

“The significance of Az Zawiyah cannot be seen in isolation, we have to see it in combination of what’s going on in Gharyan, south of Tripoli and Zlitan to the east,” he said.

“And all of these locations can be consolidated and their grip solidified, we are going to see Tripoli being put in a state of siege.”

He, however, said the rebels would need to move carefully. "I won’t expect any kind of rush in next several days and hope they would take all the strategic patience

required."
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM3F45P19FU&fea...

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#UK MILITARY OPS SHIP “HMS LIVERPOOL” now departing #Malta headed South to help #Freedomfighters.

Hayat
Guys, we’re collecting a list of the names of doctors that have dissapeared since the beginning of #Libya ’s #Feb17 revolution-please DM any

Palm Maple
In short: on the south axis of Brega battle & for weeks, Gd’fi forces frontline was the Al-Argoob village itself; while FF were positioned south of Al-Nahr Rd. A week ago, FF took Al-Nahr company on Al-Nahr Rd. This report by the embedded AJA reporter shows that FF today took the village itself and forced Gd’fi forces to move North to the junction of Bishr Rd with Argoob Rd. Taking the village makes Bishr Rd within Mortar range of FF. Before, they had to use Grads & long range artillary. The new move will virtually cut all the supplies from reaching Gd’fi forces who are in the Industrial area & in Old Brega

exclusive: Major Abdul Salam escape from Tripoli and expectations to join the revolution against Gaddafi within hours
Link:
goo.gl/YEufF

ProudLibyan
Pictures of Jaloud in Zintan goo.gl/Ffx0S #Libya #Zinan

Skyman64 Ian Woods
In Yefren. Crossed the border at Dehibah. Anti Gadaffi flags and fighters all the way to here. Very quiet here right now.

Tried to tweet just after crossing border but lost mobile connection so sorry for not answering your questions earlier.

My colleague @AlexCrawfordSky still reporting in Zawiha so I will head to another location tomorrow

Reuters
Rebel government struggles to tend to Libya wounded

(Reuters) – A battle for the Libyan capital Tripoli could result in thousands of casualties, a rebel official told Reuters, saying the ill-equipped insurgent government was likely to need more medical assistance from abroad.
“If there’s huge fighting in Tripoli, casualties we would expect to go into the thousands and thousands, we would need even more support,” rebel health minister Naji Barakat said in an interview late on Thursday.
“The worst case scenario would be a lot of fighting in Tripoli.”
Rebel forces seeking to topple Muammar Gaddafi have closed in on his Tripoli stronghold in western Libya in recent days, but have met stiff resistance in some areas.
“It’s very serious because there’s a lot of wounded, a lot of fighting … and we’re expecting the uprising would happen at any moment in Tripoli,” he said.

Libya’s health system was patchy even before the uprising against Gaddafi’s 42-year rule erupted in February. It is now being further stretched by the war, with shortages of anesthetics, surgical gloves, gauze and fluids.
Full story:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/19/us-l...

Ray_224:
Now celebrations permeated Misurata and fireworks light up the sky to celebrate liberation of Zliten #Libya #AllahuAkbar #feb17

petersbeaumont peter beaumont
Breaking news via Chris Stephen on the ground. Rebels have broken through in Zliten now on outskirts of Khoms further along coast #iLibya

Al Khoms on key junction for Turhunah inland and Tripoli via coast road. Looking at my map Al Khoms last major town before capital

Senussi killed:
NZZ Online
Nato bestätigt Tod von libyschem Geheimdienstchef
Bei einem Nato-Angriff auf die libysche Hauptstadt Tripolis ist Geheimdienstchef Sanussi getötet worden. Ein Nato-Sprecher bestätigte dessen Tod. Sanussi ist ein Schwager von Machthaber al-Ghadhafi. In der Stadt Slitan kamen bei Kämpfen Dutzende von Menschen ums Leben.

(dpa/sda/afp) Bei einem Nato-Angriff auf die libysche Hauptstadt Tripolis ist Geheimdienstchef Abdallah as-Sanussi getötet worden. Ein Nato-Sprecher des Bündnisses in Neapel bestätigte dessen Tod. Sanussi ist ein Schwager von Machthaber Muammar al-Ghadhafi.
Ob es bei dem Angriff auf ein Haus weitere Opfer gegeben habe, konnte der Sprecher nicht sagen. Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag hatte kürzlich gegen Sanussi, Ghadhafi und dessen Sohn Saif al-Islam Haftbefehle wegen Verdachts auf schwere Kriegsverbrechen ausgestellt.
Read more:
www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/politik/internat...

Noit
Let’s just wait and see who at Nato would have said that first. I need a name.
Not believing until solid proof.
All those people seem to have 9 lives, this is only the 6th time Senussi would have been killed.

ProudLibyan
Mahmoud Jalil (TNC) live now on Libya Free TV (Arabic), please watch: goo.gl/2nvh6 #Libya

Jaloud’s defection is major news, many others will now panic and will try to jump ship. #Libya

Mahmoud Jibril asks to FF to remember the law, no revenge, the TNC and the new Libya will insure justice through a civil manner. #Libya

Mahmoud Jibril: Asking Libyans to restrain themselves once liberation happens, the law will protect ur rights. Protect reputation of #Libya.

Mahmoud Jibril, we have a system to prevent what happened in Iraq, and also asked ppl to love their country and to nurture its reputation.

Mahmoud Jibril: I promise u that the council will insure ppls legitimate rights & grievances caused by G. will be addressed, thus be patient

Mahmoud Jibril an example of the many Libyans we missed over last 40 y, they were never given a chance by Gaddafi to serve their country.

Mahmoud Jibril: We have to be ready for the worst, as Gaddafi can do any thing and can leave security challenges.

Mahoud Jibril: We have to be inclusive, we need to insure security of the Libyans, and the police will reassure ppl.

Mahmoud Jibril: We need to insure all basic needs of ppl are met. Banks/food/security/hospitals v. important to insure stability.

Mahmoud Jibril: The FF will be respected, the families of the martyred/injured will be given healthcare & compensation, but we need patience

Mahmoud Jibril: Jaloud trying 2 get out of Tripoli for over 6 weeks,we tried to facilitate this for some time.Today’s defection helped by FF

Mahmoud Jibril: Jaloud wanted to play a role in this revolution for sometime. #Libya

Mahmoud Jibril: Jaloud will be heading to a place outside Libya as we speak, he will give an address to support Libyan revolution.

Mahmoud Jibril back on Libya TV now. #Libya

FF’s seize trucks full of fueln it was covered in hay
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUQ7uQ7nViU&fea...

Alex
The battle for #AlKhums has begun – gun battles inside the city between local #FF and #Gaddafi forces intensified yesterday – & ‘NATO has dropped leaflets near the centre of Al Khums requesting people to stay well clear of Government buildings – goo.gl/fb/n00iT – and families are starting to flee the city as the fighting has spread to various districts throughout the city.

Once again the fighting arose as a result of mass arrests of local youth by Regime forces – many of whom are still incarcerated – which provoked attacks on Gaddafi gun mounted cars – three of which were destroyed by #FF – & fighting has since yesterday broken out in over 20 Al Khums streets

Support for the Al Khums #FF should also arrive soon from Zliten & #Misrata #FF – @FelicityBarrTV has reported that Gadaffi forces have completed vacated Zlitan – hastily abandoning much appreciated ammunition, weapons, and equipment – into the grateful hands of the FF.

@EndTyranny101 has reported the current location of Zliten #FF at the district of #Kiam – which is located mid way between Al khums & Zliten cities – SEE MAP scroll up & down to link cities – and this is currently the new front between the two coastal cities.

AL KHUMS MAP: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=32.5824029&lon=14.3402481&z=12&l=0&m=b&search=Zliten Libya

Khiria
I love all the non Libyan tweeps living every moment of joy & grief with us! #yourock

BREAKING: Gaddafi forces have left Wadi AlKaem
عاجل :انسحاب الكتائب من وادي كعام

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Free #Libya / #NTC SHIP “AL ENTISAR” now departing #Malta for dest. #Misrata. #Feb17

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
The FF say Gaddafi loyalists are now on the run, and the FF have effectively taken full control of Zawiyah #Libya #Zawiyah

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Sahban was 1 of most feared units.A dictator retains power by creating environment of fear,based on exageration of capability

Heinz:
Two #NATO warships have arrived at #Tripoli with mainguns reaching the city. Helis are clearing #Tripoli seaside moving N to S #Libya

MSNBC
Reuters
South of Tripoli, town celebrates rebel arrival
GARYAN, Libya — Standing in the main square of the Libyan town of Garyan where his brother was killed by a sniper days before rebels arrived, Muammar al-Sharif vows he will not let Muammar Gaddafi’s forces take the town back.
“If Gaddafi tries to come back we will resist. We’ll take up arms,” Sharif said before shouting “God is great” with other residents gathering after Friday prayers. Some climbed a captured tank left by the rebels in the square.
“A sniper killed my 39-year old brother three days before Gaddafi lost control of the town,” he said, pointing to the top floor of the building of an insurance firm where rebels said a sniper had held out until the end.
“Gaddafi will not come back. Next we’ll go to Tripoli.”
“We will fight and fight. Death to Gaddafi. Libya is free, free,” the crowd chanted after leaving the mosque.
“We are very happy Gaddafi is gone,” said a woman clad in black called Aisha.
Art.:
goo.gl/FL2DF

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
LIBYANS IN ZAWIYAH are driving around in cars w music/horns blaring in a typical wedding/celebration parade MARTYR SQUARE LIBERATION #libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#NATO has dropped leaflets near center of #AlKhums ‘heavy presence bridage’ asking civilians to move away. #Libya #Feb17

#Zawiyah: Now 85% under control of #Freedomfighters, #Gaddafi filth dropping weapons & running. #Libya #Feb17

#Gadaffi filth fled #Zlitan, leaving behind ammunition and equipment.

#Tripoli: #NATO has bombed port in last 5 minutes. #Libya #Feb17

CONFIRMED: Free #Libya embassy in #UAE is open. Freedom Flag flying! #Feb17

#Freedomfighter commander in #Gharyan said “General Sabhan fought for only 4 hours before fleeing”. #Libya #Feb17

dovenews Libyan™
by RRowleyTucson
#AzZwyia caller “Gaddafi forces are running cowardly like #RATS, we didn’t expect them to be that cowards” #EndIsNear #En #Sha #Allah

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
CONFIRMED: #AlKhums: Large number of #Gaddafi mercs in the city, apparently those who retreated from #Zliten

#Malta CARGO SHIP “GASCOGNE” now returning to Malta after once again supplying the criminal regime of #Gaddafi in #Tripoli

#Tripoli: Reports of continued #NATO strikes over past 24 hours.

This song was played by martyred civilian journalist Mohamed Nabbous in Benghazi
during the 2011 revolution, and is a rallying song for all Libyans opposed to the dictator.
I Will Remain, a song for all revolutionaries and martyrs in Free Libya, written and sung by Dr. Adel Idris Almsheeti.

I Will Remain – Dr. Adel Idris Almsheeti – Free Libyan Song

Lyrics- We will remain here:
We will remain here till the pain vanish, we will live here, O my homeland,
the land of resistance, you are inside me. Despite of the enemies’ plo…ts, despite
of the indignation (woes), we will aim to spread the grace, we will look
forward to rise up our ambitions by walking to the
to the highest Peaks, so let us all rise, holding our pens.
Listen here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WpdcFiEZSE&fea...

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
the day before yesterday the revolutionaries in Janzour blew up a G force car which was gaurding Khalid Tuhami’s house killing 4 G forces.

BREAKING:CONFIRMED: #AzZawyia oil refinery is completely Freed & staff are working as usual in the refinery.
عاجل:الزاوية : تم تحرير المصفاة بالكامل و الطاقم الفنى الان يعمل على اعادة تشغيلها فى القريب العاجل

The Dictator
#Zawia: F fighters have taken control of Zawia hospital and the eastern entrance to the city. #Libya

Al Arabiya
Alia Ibrahim: Correspondent Outtakes / The value of an image…the value of a human being
I was discussing with a colleague who just returned from Libya news reports saying that the death toll there since last February has exceeded 25,000.

“It’s just too dirty there… the government has lied so much to us, it has become too difficult to believe anything,” he told me when explaining how doubtful he was last week when covering the aftermath of a NATO bombing that the Libyan government claim have killed 85 civilians.
My friend’s remarks reminded me of a Reuters story about a little baby that foreign journalists in Tripoli have been invited to film after being hospitalized from what government officials said wounds were caused by a NATO bombing.

Once at the hospital, the journalists discovered that the child was wounded in a car accident, and that the alleged neighbor who was talking about her family, was a paid recruit.
Full art.:
english.alarabiya.net/views/2011/08/19/...

Mahmoud Jibril: We have information that 5000 Libyan passports have been taken out of Libya to Egypt so Gaddafi can use to gain mercenaries.

Mahmoud Jibril: Many ppl within Tripoli, some in high places who are working with us secretly and are with Feb17 revolution.

Mahmoud Jibril: Egypt has always been special for Libya, and will always be, I ask Egypt to support Libyan revolution for its interests.

Mahmoud Jibril: The Egyptian ppl and Jan25 youth are with the Libyan ppl and our revolution.

Mahmoud Jibril: I ask Allah to forgive Baghadadi for inciting to kill me and I forgive

him, his brother is a good man who died recently

Mahmoud Jibril: I ask Allah to forgive Baghadadi for inciting to kill me and I forgive him, his brother was a good man who died recently.

Mahmoud Jibril: I ask Baghadadi to return to his consciousness and stop what he is doing. He should put his country first.

Mahmoud Jibril: African mercenaries who are POW’s have to be treated well and accordance with international law.

Mahmoud Jibril: We have a plan to insure all services will continue in Tripoli after liberation. We also try to prevent 5th column activity.

Mahmoud Jibril: Calls on ppl to organize themselves within Tripoli into committees as well just in case our plan takes longer to implement.

Mahmoud Jibril: We have to help the FF, we have to provide proper physical/psychological care for them.

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Breaking: Mahmud Jibril: Head of TNC executive : We arranged Abdel Salam Jalud escape after Jalud contacted us 6 weeks ago #Libya #Feb17

HAS IT REALLY HAPPENED?

A Free Libyan
Ahrar TV – #Tripoli FF managed to free #AbuSlim prisoners. Hope it’s true… #Libya #Feb17

Libya Al-Ahrar TV BREAKING: Abu-Salim prisoners were freed.

Breaking News on LibyaAlharar “Mohammed Al3akali : all prisoners in Abu Salim prisons have been freed” Can anyone confirm ? #Libya #Tripoli

Rayan ☾✰
#FFs break into Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison and liberate the prisoners #AllahuAkbar #Libya #Feb17

OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
Mahmoud Jibril: Gaddafi has detained 57000 ppl in #Tripoli since Feb17! #Libya

Hayat
OMG! ALLAH AKBAR! #ABUSLEEM #TRIPOLIPRISONERS ARE FREE!!! OMG OMG OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMOGM

Nusaybah
#TRIPOLI: Prisoners in the notorious Abu Salim Prison have been freed by the Freedom Fighters ! #Allahu #Akbar #Libya #Feb17 #TripoliCalling

#Tripoli :
FF have freed all prisoners in #AbuSleem prison. Allahuakbar #Libya #Feb17 v @libyatv

LIVE CALLS:
Live call Libya TV: Abuslim prison has been liberated

Live call Libya TV: Corinthia Hotel, Tripoli, Saadi Gaddafi and his brother Hanibal have left it. ( around 15.00 hrs local)

Oya_libya:
BREAKING: BREAKING: Thousands of Youths are being liberated from Abu Salim and Ein zara now #Tripoli #Libya

Breaking: Ahrar TV: Tripoli: LPC: 500 Mercs to Corinithia hotel clashed with gunfire exchanged in parking lot demanding money #FEB17 #LIBYA’ ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: Zawiya hospital was also liberated at the same time as Martyr Square. Was used as HQ for G forces. Dozens captured. #libya #feb17

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
unconfirmed news Gaddafi had a heart attack which is why in his last speech he only lasted 2 mins

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
ALLAHU AKBAR!!!!!!! ALL ABUSALIM PRISONERS ARE OUT NOW

#ALLAHUAKBAR #LIBYA #FEB17

Ahrar TV just mentioned it. Alagy head of Justice of NTC would NOT say it if it was not true. it’s too big a deal to get wrong

Mahmud Jibril: We have received unconfirmed news that Gaddafi has suffered a heart attack.

Via @sabha17feb – “After clashes yesterday + today, #Sabha FF are ready. There will be a big surprise tomorrow in Fezzan”.

Breaking: Ahrar TV: Tripoli: LPC: NATO bombed Abdelhamid AlSayeh office & another location in Nasr st. #FEB17 #LIBYA

Confirmed: Hannibal Gaddafi & his wife & Saadi Gaddafi left Corinthia hotel at 3pm today

Zletin liberated … AbuSleem Prisoners liberated … Friday is the FF’s favourite day

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
NATO airstrike on Tripoli heard just now.

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Trying to confirm the AbuSleem news here on the ground. Will provide details if i can.

Confirmed from the ground – AbuSleem Prisoners have been freed by freedom fighters. More details to follow.

HomelandYouth Just confirmed! some & only SOME prisoners in Abu Sleem prison managed to escape somehow! I hope the rest are next #Libya

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Our sources said that the steel bridge in airport road collapsed due to NATO airstrikes near by. the bridge was in bad condition.

Libya United 1944
LPC #Tripoli I can confirm that a prisoner in Abusleem 4 the past 3 months has arrived in his in-laws house in Girgaresh

The Dictator
BREAKING: All detainees in #AbuSleem prison have been released by f fighters of #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17

Tripoli Map 4 adam:
twitpic.com/51kljo/full

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Libya nationals in #Malta call on government to hand over embassy to rebels

CNN
A timeline of the conflict in Libya

(CNN) — Fighting in Libya started with anti-government demonstrations in February and escalated into a nationwide civil war.
For months, rebel fighters — who have controlled the eastern city of Benghazi and other areas — have been trying to move closer toward Tripoli, in the west. They are seeking the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has ruled Libya for 42 years.
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UN dispatch
As Rebels Close In Around Tripoli, Hints Of A Gaddafi Exit Appear

This week Libyan rebels took the city of Az Zawiya, which contains Libya’s last working oil refinery. The loss of the town cut the territory Gaddafi controls into two and brought the rebels within just 30 miles of Tripoli. The outcome of the battle in Az Zawiya makes an eventual rebel victory a virtual certainty, but what will the fall of Gaddafi look like? Today some hints of an answer have appeared as rumors that Gaddafi is preparing to flee Libya have started flying fast and furious:
English.News.cn on August 19th:
A Venezuelan plane has landed on the island of Djerba to evacuate members of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s family, Tunisian radio, Mosaique FM, reported on Friday. The news was announced by the radio’s correspondent on the Tunisia- Libyan border.
AFP on August 19th:
Libya’s besieged leader Muammar Gaddafi is seeking refuge in Arab countries and has sent a message to the governments of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria to receive his family, a Libyan dissident said in published remarks.
NBC News on August 19th:
Moammar Gadhafi is making preparations for a departure from Libya with his family for possible exile in Tunisia, U.S. officials have told NBC News, citing intelligence reports.
Asharq al-Awsat on August 19th:
Libyan and Arab sources have informed Asharq Al-Awsat that the Libyan leader has sent one of his closest advisers, Bashir Saleh, to Mali and the Tunisian island of Djerba, to meet with British and French officials with the objective of discussing “securing a safe exit for Gaddafi and his family from Libya.”
I would take any of these rumors with a thick dose of salt. However, it does seem clear that something is happening. Welcome to the endgame.
Link:
www.undispatch.com/as-rebels-close-in-a...

Politico
Justice Department asks to toss congressmen’s lawsuit over Libya

The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit ten members of Congress filed in June demanding that U.S. military support for the NATO operation in Libya be shut down because President Barack Obama’s orders violate the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution.
In a brief filed Friday afternoon, Justice Department lawyers say lead plaintiff Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and the other lawmakers are free to push anti-war measures in Congress but they have no right to relief in the courts.
“Plaintiffs are fully able, in their legislative capacities, to seek their desired goal. A decade of binding precedent, however, squarely forecloses their standing to seek this goal through the judicial system when their legislative efforts have failed in Congress,” said the brief filed under the name of Assistant Attorney General Tony West and other DOJ officials.
More:
www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/081...

In honor of our Mo Nabbous
“A Candle Loses Nothing By Lighting Another Candle”
Mohammed Nabbous
The face of free Libyan voices
Epic Libyan Man
Loving Husband
Master of Charades

It is five months today since his passing, yet his legacy continues.
I have always known Mohammed to be a loving husband; a man with a big heart, a brilliant sense of humour, and a serious competitive streak when playing charades. I’ll never forget when he shouted ‘How the hell have you not seen Armageddon!’ Brilliant memories we will forever carry.
February 17th brought out a whole new side of him one I have not seen before. I remember his first appearance on Aljazeera. I was on the phone with his wife, Perditta, while the city of Benghazi was in complete and utter chaos. Deaths were mounting by the minute, hospitals were being overloaded, and people began realising this protest has become a massacre of innocents. I couldn’t believe what Perditta was saying. ‘Rukaya, what you see on the news is nothing’, her voice still ringing in my ears.

I was in complete disbelief.

Moments later, Mohammed is on Aljazeera. And our phones were going off like crazy.

‘Did you see him?’

‘Was that him?’

‘Did he say his full name?!’

He did.

He broke the barrier surrounding Libyans. This was the first time any Libyan had the courage to speak. We were all worried for him, his family; a part of us saluted him and the courage he displayed, and this strength allowed others to follow. We shed tears and reality set in. This was real, it was happening, and it was beautiful. Every passing

hour, new people would ring into Aljazeera, speaking from the bottom of their hearts, venting from 42 years of oppression.

Can you believe it? 42 years of hidden anger, 42 years of injustice and no voice to speak of it. Libyan life was a farce, and Gaddafi’s mocking speeches of liberty only reinforced it all. Libyan life was a theatre production.

But finally, people were speaking out in public without fear. This was when Gaddafi began to lose.

As this was occurring, the residents Tripoli roam the streets like it were any other day. Daily life is portrayed as normal, traffic’s down in Girgaresh, kids at school, markets buzzing with life. The atmosphere in our homes, workplaces was anything but normal. Facebook was blocked, as well as YouTube. Everyone relied on Mohammed’s live stream, watching and waiting for news and updates to come in.

The internet was cut off. Phone lines to Benghazi were cut too. We were trapped in Tripoli, eagerly anticipating his next appearance on Aljazeera, Euronews, France 24, or any other station.

Benghazi was getting worse, and the world was witnessing it. The word was spreading like wildfire, and Mohammed was in the centre of it all. Everyday, more broadcasting new came from Benghazi, videos, phone calls. The courthouse cameras, the Libya Al-Hurra team filming footage every chance they got. Everyone was hungry for more, Mohammed lit the flame, and it was spreading wildly through Benghazi.

Surreal. The world was debating us. Tripoli was watching the world decide its fate, Benghazi’s fate. Emergency UN Security Council meetings day by day, defections, statements, ‘Gaddafi must go’, ‘Gaddafi must leave’, ‘Gaddafi needs to step down’. UNCHR announcing crimes, human rights, violation, massacre, bloodbath, death toll, it was escalating. These words in different sentences, different people speaking the atrocities. The deaths on screen, 1, 2, 10, 500, 1000. When one person dies, it’s a tragedy. When 10 people die, it’s horrifying. When 1000 people died, it became a statistic. We hoped and prayed.

Resolution 1973.

We spoke to family that day. It had been a while since we spoke to Perditta. Things were unclear, and Benghazi was about to face disaster. But there was a glimmer of hope; the resolution would save them, save them all. So we waited.

But Benghazi had already faced a disaster. For a moment, that hope was halted. A moment we’ll never forget.

The phone rings.

Mohammed was shot.

We sat there, in complete disbelief. Silent. The channels started rolling, breaking news. Mohammed Nabbous had passed away. There was no way to contact Benghazi. We sat, in complete and utter disbelief.

“A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting another Candle”
Mohammed Nabbous. His spirit continues to be among us in this fight, the face of Libya AlHurra. His legacy born in every new step the youth of Libya takes. His words echo on, in every freedom fighters call, in every Libyan’s soul, in all the world of Journalism. An icon, an inspiration to all, in many ways…
Allah Yarhamak Mohammed Nabbous.

Maya will grow up to be proud of her father’s legend. We will always admire your strength, bravery, and restless sacrifice. The world will forever remember the flicker that ignited the Libyans strive for Liberty.

Thank you.

France24
A city under siege: exclusive testimony from inside Tripoli
In a rare interview, a resident of Tripoli describes the tense atmosphere inside the city as rebels prepare to move in on the capital.

It is increasingly difficult for journalists to reach anyone in Tripoli, which remains under the control of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. However, a Twitter user who goes by @2011feb17 contacted us to describe how the capital’s residents are preparing for what many hope may be its imminent fall at the hands of the rebels.

While it is hard to be 100 percent certain that @2011feb17 is actually in Tripoli, his tweets, as well as photos he sent us in their original files, suggest he is indeed in the capital.
“The government is trying hard to portray life in Tripoli as calm and normal, but that’s not even remotely true”

The situation in Tripoli is very tense and abnormal and scary indeed. The government is trying hard to portray life in Tripoli as calm and normal, but in fact that’s not even remotely true. Only food stores, pharmacies and clinics remain open. Around 90% of other stores, such as clothes and shoe stores, are closed.

The majority of people are in a state of civil disobedience. Most of my relatives and friends working in the public sector have stopped going to work, so the government has stopped paying their salaries. But they weren’t getting paid because of cash shortages in banks anyway. By stopping their work, they are also protesting how the government has been dealing with peaceful protests since the start of the revolution.

Please read full art.:
observers.france24.com/content/20110819...

SanadAttia
#Abusleem Prisoners freed #Libya Image taken from TV screen t.co/SESy7Yp

Abu saleem – all prisoners freed from ff in #Tripoli #Libya massive news!!!

FromJoanne Joanne
#HUGE #NEWS #TRIPOLI an EXPLOSION early morning in Abu Sallem Area Now reports FF have been RELEASED from Prison #AbuSaleem #Libya

#EXPLOSIVE #NEWS COMING OUT NOW #Gaddafi heartattack ? Abu Saleem prisoners released ? Has #Jalloud defected since febr17? More2Come #Libya

#Shamam on Aljezeera: Abselam Jaloud former close right hand and prime minister of Gaddafi regime has fled #Libya

#ZLITAN IS IN FREEDOM FIGHTERS HAND #LIBYA

#ZAWIYAH Martyr Square is in FREEDOM FIGHTERS HANDS

FROM INSIDE #TRIPOLI Reports of SOME prisoners esacped Not all Might hv smt to do with Explosion in #AbuSaleem area this morning #Libya

#BREAKING AbdelSalamJalloud helped Gaddafi stage 1969 coup he APPEARED in #ZINTAN Nafusa Mountains and is on way to EUROPE #Libya

Abdel Salam #Jalloud photos appeared on FB : t.co/WIRn6aU Here he is in #ZINTAN Nafusa Mountains and is on his way to EUROPE #Libya

AWWW :( MUAMMAR GADDAFI if he hasnt had an Heart Attack yet surely todays events must give him one #Libya #WishFullThinking

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Abusleem – “Explosion then we saw the prisoners scrambling through the gaps in the wall. There was gun fire too”. More details as i get them

I have no evidence to believe he has any weapons of mass destruction in Tripoli. His biggest weapon is his willingness to kill

No indication of how many were able to escape AbuSleem prison this evening.

Free Libya Now
Abdulsalam Jaloud will issue a statement in few hours denouncing his friend #Gadafi. #Libya

Most people are totally disgusted with the low level of reporting:
Alex
MEANWHILE – BACK AT THE #RIXOS – MATHEW CHANCE FAITHFULLY REPORTS 4 REGIME: “Hasan Ali Ibrahim, a younger brother of #MoussaIbrahim, was working as a civilian volunteer for the #Gaddafi government, the official said.

The 25-year-old university student had left Tripoli with a group of people to check on friends in #Zawiyah; he and the others were struck by bullets fired from an Apache helicopter while on foot in #Zawiya ’s central square, the official said.

Moussa Ibrahim received the news as he was breaking his Ramadan fast with members of his family at a #Tripoli hotel housing journalists.

The elder Ibrahim, who was in the dining hall when he received a call, jumped from his chair, knocking it down, and ran from the room yelling.”

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#RIXOS PARROTS: @mchancecnn – just compliantly accepted without a single question – the Regime ‘official’ word – he made no mention of many reports that #HassanAliIbrahim WAS IN FACT A #GADDAFI SOLDIER – actually using a machine gun unlike his brother .

And as IF – an innocent “civilian” – just happened to be ‘checking on friends’ in #Zawiyah – a major military front engulfed in a bloody raging war battle!

GET REAL – THE IBRAHIM AL GADDAFI FAMILY – HAVE NO F***K**G FRIENDS IN #ZAWIYA – FOR ONE THING!

Here’s @mchancecnn gem of journalistic penetration:

“Hassan was working as a civilian volunteer for the #Gaddafi government, the official said.
The 25-year-old university student had left Tripoli with a group of people to check on friends in #Zawiyah; he and the others were struck by bullets fired from an Apache helicopter while on foot in #Zawiya ’s central square, the official said.”

edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/19...

#MoussaIbrahim could have told the truth about his brother’s death – he died in battle

defending the family dictatorship – instead the incorrigible liar – chose to use the death of his own flesh and blood – as a cheap but utterly implausible propaganda hit on @NATO – for ‘firing bullets at civilians from an Apache helicopter’ – and #Tripoli hack @mchancecnn – fell for it hook line and sinker!

If only @mchancecnn had balls – like @AlexCrawfordSky!

#Zuwara NEXT! Keep a lookout for #Zuwara – the last major #Libya city before the the #Tunisia border – which #FF will fully control when #Zuwara is liberated.

The news is promising – today a local #Gaddafi base yes – they are everywhere in Libya – the #AlWittya military base – just south of #Zwara – which @NATO has recently been ‘softening up’ – was seized by #FF – who are now enroute to Zuwara.

#AJE
AndrewSimmons confirms that #Zliten has been liberated. Gaddafiforces withdrew at speed, leaving ammunitions & heavy weapons

Two battalions of FFs headed to Tripoli From Zawiya Alassema Media Centre unconfirmed

LPC field hospital near #Zliten 34 martyrs, 154 injuries. Doctors performed necessary 10 amputations. Very hectic day but morale is high.

Tweeting Tripoli
Advice to tweeps who are mentioning freed relatives and their areas, please be cautious and refrain from doing so

Human Rights Violations in Libya
April Victims of The Gaddafi Regime
Under Gaddafi, the month of April has seen some of the worst abuses of human rights in Libyan history. Starting with arrests of suspected political party members in 1973, and executions of military officers in 1975, the madness of the Gaddafi regime culminated into reserving April for persecution of Libyan students and other dissidents, inside and outside Libya.
Since April 7, 1976, Gaddafi licensed his Revolutionary Committees to persecute university students suspected of opposing his regime. April 7th was commemorated in Libyan universities annually, with arrests and public executions of students. In some cases, the killings followed years of imprisonment without trial.
April was also an active month for Gaddafi’s “physical liquidation” campaign against Libyan dissidents abroad. Many Libyan civilians were assasinated in Europe and the Middle East- see examples below.
A number of April Victims are listed below. The list includes students, teachers and other civilian professionals, who were murdered by the Gaddafi regime inside and outside Libya. A few of Libya’s modern heroes, too many to lose.
Read more:
sijill.tripod.com/victims

libyanandproud
Tripoli callers are talking freely on the Phone !

The news agency Solidarity: Abdul Salam escapees are going to make a statement to news agencies in a few hours via gulf of sirte FB

#Tripoli call: “Fashloom is getting attacked by G forces” #PrayForTripoli

LibyanYouthMovement
According to 2 of our sources, it is confirmed that some prisoners have been released from #Abu #Sleem prison in #Tripoli. Awaiting details

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking: Adussalam Jalloud 2nd man in Libya until 1993 when Gadhafi pushed him out of power has today escaped tripoli with family to Zintan

alwaten
sad for all# Libyan youths who died to get us to this moment in time its the right time to pray for them as a gratitude for their sacrifice

BirgerHost Birger v. Host
BIG THANKS to all those risking there LIFE for FREEDOM in #Libya may u all be blessed.

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Venezuela plane is not confirmed, but Chinese Xinhua news agency is saying it

CNN
U.S. officials: Gadhafi could be planning a ‘last stand’

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi may be making preparations for what is described as a “last stand” in Tripoli as a months-long NATO air campaign continues amid reports of rebel advances, according to two U.S. officials.
“We believe he could be planning for a last stand,” one U.S. official said.
A second U.S. official confirmed a similar concern and said the Gadhafi plan could involve a final military offensive against civilians, launched from his last major strongholds around the Libyan capital.
The officials, who have knowledge of the situation on the ground, did not want to be named because of the sensitive intelligence matters.
Read more and watch video:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/19...

Libyan
Called some friends in #Tripoli, they’re ecstatic. Haven’t heard them this confident since Feb 20th. #Libya #Feb17

Khiria
Got good news on my kidnapped cousin!!!

Video showing Abdessalam Jallud arriving in Zintan
t.co/ImjtPPT
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MctI5MNFHTk&fea...

libyanandproud
Pray for the #tripoliprisoners wherever they are, that they are looked after in the fragile state that they are probably in !

Libya Alhurra- FFs outside and inside Tripoli announce a new operation by the name of “Fajr Al-3aroos” (Dawn of the Bride)

Tawasul News Agency – Saif’s office in #Tripoli has been bombed.

AlManara – Fighting took place in #Tarhouna, in an area called ‘alWeef’. Security checkpoints have decreased a lot

bencnn benwedeman
TNC Cairo rep Abdel Mumeim Al-Huli tells CNN Libyan government has asked Arab governments to grant Qadhafi family safe haven.

#BREAKING #CONFIRMED BY @NATO Abdullah #Senussi BRO in-law of Muammar Gaddafi has died in NATO attack in #Tripoli spokesman NATO #Naples.

hominoid
Libya A group of Toubous rebels, minority in the south, attacked the town of Morzuk Wednesday, in the desert region of Fezzan

Reports of heavy clashes in #Gergaresh and #Tajura right now.

Libya Free Forever.
#NATO strikes the walls of #Ain Zara prison like what they did with #AbuSleem prison #NATOThankyou #Feb17 #Libya

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Can you remember that moment you first heard of the protests in Bengahzi & that first video ? : ) look at us now. Allahu Akbar

I have a feeling the FFs will walk into Tripoli with minimal resistance

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Fierce clashes at Bilhaj traffic lights in Arada with cars passing by Fashlum on way to quell the FFs there

Tripoli FM & Libya FM giving advice to Tripoli FFs and residents now
Protect key public buildings and secure prisons

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Receiving UNCONFIRMED reports that freedom fighters have approached Jadayim. #Tripoli

CONFIRMED FROM REST OF TEAM -Zlitan free,zawiyah free,gheryan free – all triggers set off. Zero Hour in Tripoli is being initiated. #Tripoli

Senussi killed:
El Mundo
La OTAN confirma la muerte del jefe de los servicios secretos libios
El jefe del servicio secreto libio Abdullah Senussi, cuñado del líder libio Muamar Gadafi, murió este viernes en un ataque de la OTAN en Trípoli, según confirmó un portavoz de la Alianza Atlántica en Nápoles.
La fuente no pudo precisar si el ataque contra una vivienda dejó más víctimas. La Corte Penal Internacional de La Haya emitió reciemente órdenes de detención contra Senussi, Gadafi y su hijo Saif al Islam por sospechas de crímenes de guerra.
Source:http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/08/19/internacional/1313782602.html

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Doha Oppo Libyan TV: NTC rep “Mohamed al-Alaqi: rebels liberate all the prisoners of Abu-Sulaym in Tripoli,”

Rachel Beth
Contact in #Misrata says 550 families who fled #Zlitan showed up in the city due to intense fighting.
The families who fled #Zlitan were targeted by #Gaddafi militia shooting grad missiles as drove out of the city.

That when the #Zlitan families drove into #Misrata they all had the liberation flag on top of their cars. He said it was an amazing sight.

Sad to find out about friend in #Libya who are injured via online images, t.co/Mn6h75g One of over 150 injured in #Misrata today.

Operation liberation #Tripoli has commenced, Liberation #Libya…The final chapter…#Gaddafi free Libya. #Victory #Feb17 #freedom

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
NATO bombing Security HQ in Salah Aldeen

Tomorrow #feb17 flag will be fluttering in Martyrs Square in Tripoli inshallah #Libya

HUUUUUGE explosion in #Janzour right now! #feb17 #Libya #TripoliRising

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
#Tripoli call: "We just started gathering in fashloom and then we got attacked with Anti-Aircraft weapons and Aks”

Breaking News: Liberation of Tripoli has begun. Operation named: Dawn of the Mediterranean Bride.

It’s a good thing we NEVER believed the press:

DougSaunders Doug Saunders
Those “Libyan war will slow to a crawl during Ramadan” stories we all wrote a month ago? Please forget we all wrote them.

Looking back, it was more of a “rebels vow to fight even harder during Ramadan” story, but there was some skepticism.

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Heavy NATO airstrikes in Tripoli right now. heard 7 explos so far, somewhere around airport road, we believe there’s a mil. aircraft school.

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
We urge everyone to please show patience with the phase we are beginning. please retweet & spread.We’ll do it properly, not quickly #Tripoli

#Tripoli call: “in BenAshoor Street alone 20 security cars have arrived since about an hour ago”

#Tripoli call: “an estimate of 200 security cars have spread across the capital city tonight”

#Tripoli Call: “G-forces have placed heavy sea stones in some areas esp main roads to slow down the entrance of cars from outside Tripoli”

Tripoli Call: “These stones are placed on the road and force the cars to drive in a snake/maze way to slow down the entrance of cars!”

Tweeting Tripoli
Unconfirmed: Some say NATO bombed the security building of the prison with low explosive smart rockets. Some prisoners helped inmates escape

#AJE #Jalloud has not been heard from since start of Feb17 despite being only man apart from Gaddafi allowed to address Libyan ppl #Libya

BRB, will go & and check if Tripoli liberation has started. Cause frm where I live it’s very quite. Sorry can’t say where ATM.

libyanandproud
Zawiya Crew received weapons from Commando barracks in Sabratha ,Heavy armor from Mizda base, Ghiryan grad batallion

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
large explosion in #Tripoli several other but earlier. #NATO jets overhead. #Libya

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Smoke over Tripoli after strike #NATO #Libya

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Tripoli being hammered tonight

Another art. stating Abdullah Senussi has been killed:
Nato bestätigt Tod von libyschem Geheimdienstchef
Brüssel (dpa) – Der libysche Geheimdienstchef ist bei einem Nato-Angriff auf Tripolis getötet worden. Ein Sprecher des Bündnisses bestätigte den Tod von Abdullah Senussi. Er war ein Schwager von Machthaber Muammar al-Gaddafi. Ob es bei dem Angriff auf ein Haus weitere Opfer gegeben hat, konnte der Sprecher nicht sagen. Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof hatte kürzlich gegen Senussi, Gaddafi und dessen Sohn Saif al-Islam Haftbefehle wegen Verdachts auf schwere Kriegsverbrechen ausgestellt.

Source:
www.focus.de/schlagzeilen/19-08-2011/na...

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Remember the Ghut Al Shaal demonstrations that took place 2 nights ago? G forces had killed 9 of them that same night.

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Someone else tells me the steel bridge was only cracked. will wait and see there for ourselves.

Noit
Yup, that’s what I was told. LPC went this afternoon to check the bridge.

#Tripoli Call: " On my way to #DawnOfTheBride – the operation has officially started" #TripoliRising

A Free Libyan
#DawnOfTheBride #DawnOfTheBride #DawnOfTheBride #DawnOfTheBride #DawnOfTheBride #DawnOfTheBride #DawnOfTheBride #Tripoli #Libya #Feb17

I am from #Benghazi #Libya and I am #Praying4Tripoli

Reports that around 25,000 detainees rescued from #AbuSleem prison tonight. #Libya

Alex
TRIPOLI UPDATE – the #Zawiyah news hits the capital: “Something is changing in #Libya – Far more families leaving #Tripoli than before – Some in taxis” per @lindseyhilsum – “High morale in #Tripoli – Anti- #Gaddafi graffiti is freely written – without anyone come to erase it” per @Libya_United

10,000 #TripoliPrisoners FREE? – The #AbuSalim prisoner breakout – was first reported by @LibyaTV this morning.

Apparently the local #Freedomfighters engaged in heavy clashes the day before – by attacking checkpoints in the area – presumably to weaken the prison hinterland defences.

Today – reportedly an @NATO targeted bombing – supported by #Tripoli #FF who also used explosives – broke open the prison walls – and some reports suggested that all detainees escaped – although gun battles erupted between #FF and prison guards.

The harsh, notoriously overcrowded, prison held at least 10000 inmates in appalling sub human conditions resembling a wartime death camp – and @Triplino stated that “Around 10,000 #TripoliPrisoners in #AbuSalim had escaped”.

Escape reports have been confirmed by telephone calls from Tripoli – reporting the return of relatives – but the full extent of the escape – and in particular the liberation of the entire 10000 prison population – has not yet been confirmed.

The memory of the 1200 inmate Abu Salim prison massacre – on #Gaddafi orders in 1996 – is regarded as being the main inspirational event of the #17February #Libya revolution – in the same way – the suicidal act of defiance of a persecuted unregistered fruit seller – inspired the #Tunisia revolution.

“How the Abu Salim Prison Massacre in 1996 Inspired the Revolution in #Libya”

www.andyworthington.co.uk/2011/03/02/ho...

WHAT A DAY IN A REVOLUTION! ‘NATO confirms death of #Gaddafi Intelligence Chief #AbdullahSenussi’ – #ICC #Zawiyah #ZiIten #AbuSalim #Libya

Breaking news on AlArabiya: the operation for the liberation of #Tripoli has started.

OppContact: Opposition fighters are attacking a broadcasting station along the coastal road now. #Libya #Tripoli

I JUST HAVE TO REPEAT THIS:
Tripoli Call: " On my way to DawnOfTheBride – the operation has officially started" TripoliRising

Isn’t it the most beautiful sentence you ever read?

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Takbeer (allahu akbar) being heard on roof tops across the city… including right here. #Tripoli

One of salah aldeen fixed checkpoints abandoned and unmanned. Security beginning to abandon posts…

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Thousands of Freedom Fighters descending upon Tripoli from all directions #

BREAKING : Heavy Gunfire in Zawyit Dahmni district of #Tripoli .

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Clashes heard in Ghut Al-Ashaal as we tweet.

A Free Libyan
Game Over #Gaddafi and Co. Pray for our FF everywhere and for all the cities. Pray for the success of #DawnOfTheBride. #Libya

We all know this feeling:
libyanproud libyanandproud
Twitter dont act up on me tonight !

BREAKING : Heavy Gunfire in Zawyit Dahmni district of #Tripoli .

Thousands of #Libya FFs are marching on and they are 15 minutes away from outskirts of #Tripoli

Humor on twitter:
Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Sleeper cell special forces member confirms to me he will soon engage his team in 1st phase – #OperationMermaidDawn. #Tripoli

chillisauce.com
@
@Tripoli_Latest ur very lucky not to hav been caught by g forces if ur tweeting things like this from tripoli n givin away ur name

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
@
@omar_khaledo Either im lucky, G security are stupid or Ahmed Shreef isnt my real name. Pick one….

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
on the 20th of Feb 2011, peaceful protesters in #Tripoli invaded & controlled every district, before the murderous crackdown was initiated.

….that happened in the space of just 1 night. This time it will be slower….but this time it will be for keeps. #MermaidDawn #Tripoli

In addition to patience we also urge for restraint in distribution of information.Dont do G’s work for him.Guard your credibility.No rumours

correct English name for zero hour is Operation #MermaidDawn – Spread and rejoice my friends. Coming soon – videos inshallah in next days.

Tweeting Tripoli
Just came back from a quick tour around some parts of Tripoli. Now the checkpoints are back but not as heavy as a month ago. #feb17 #Libya

NATO have dropped a couple of bombs near Drebi area and in Beer Austa Milad. Not sure what they hit

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
Benghazi mosques have started takbeer #TripoliRising

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, plz everyone #PrayforTripoli !!!!

Nusaybah
Massive thank you to all Libyans and non-Libyans for their unwavering and continuous support for the Libyan Uprising – God bless u #Libya

Tweeting Tripoli
NATO still heavily flying overhead.

AlManara – Reports that #Zahra has been liberated…Southwest of #Tripoli. #Libya #Feb17

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
by LibyanLion17
Tripoli FFs have attacked broadcasting station in Alshat Road #Feb17 #libya

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Clashes heard right by Corinthia Hotel, African mercenaries may be involved.

According to Arabiya now, heavy gunshots in #DeirEzzor now.

Yefrenia
my relatives have their suitcases ready in case it gets worse in #Tripoli & I’m hoping my male relatives stay behind to protect their homes.

LIBYA TRIPOLI
Our youth in #Tripoli are making us so proud. #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
I want to calm every1. #Tripoli is mobilising, but the streets are not full of people, nor are there clashes on every corner. #MermaidDawn

the takbeeer in benghaziiiii ahhh <3 goosebumps ALLAHUUUU AKBRRRR ALLLAHUU AKBRR LAA ILLAHH ILA ALLAHHHH

libyanandproud
Heavy military presence of #Gaddafi forces on Airport Road in #Tripoli #Feb17 #Libya

Glad #Feb17 twitter calmed down !

BREAKING – FF have passed Judaym Forest by 3KM according to @AlassemaMedia #Libya #Feb17

NotLibyaStateTV
Rumors that security posts are being abandoned are false. If you approach an unmanned security post, wait until security returns

NATO reports #Senussi dead, later retracts report.

There aren’t any clashes in Gergarish or Andulus district as reported by some people online

Tweeting Tripoli
OK Tweeps, it is 3:10 AM in the morning and its bed time for me. See you tomorrow, hopefully with good news.

Mahmoud:
Reports that 700 of Libya FFs special force trained in France have landed on beaches of Tripoli

Noit
What a wonderful surprise!
They were trained in Benghazi as far as i know:)

librev2011
#AlKhums Confirmed now: big concentration of #Gaddafi forces at just east to the valley and old fuel station (no fuel there) @NATO

Tweeting Tripoli
OK so no sleep for me tonight. Lots of gun fire in the distance. Probably attacks at checkpoints. NATO is very active above. Niiiice o(0_0)o

FromJoanne Joanne
FLASH Thuwar = FF About 2 enter #TRIPOLI #Operation #FagrAlArous = dawn of the bride Bride refers to Tripoli the Mediterranean bride #Libya

#TRIPOLI A FAIRYTALE or is it true ??? Is @Nato Bombing prIson walls to help FF escape ? Its just bombed the prison of Ain Zara ! #Libya

#ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING !!!! #THUWAR are on their way down to the #DawnOfTheBride Hearing #TripoliCalling #Libya #Feb17 #ItRhymes:)

blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
NATO has confirmed the death of Libya’s intel chief Abdullah al-Senussi. He was a evil bastard.

Mathieu von Rohr
in next dispatch at 11.46pm (cet) dpa quotes nato spokesperson saying they didn’t know whether there were any victims
take care. dpa has retracted the report regarding senussi one hour ago.”

FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI AbdullahSenussi Gharghour House was hit by 9Bombs Next Door BiyanJirbaSchool Housed Mercenaries +Weapons Twas hit by1 Bomb #Libya

Nadia
Many prayers for Libya tonight. I think we are loud enough to be heard. If not we will do it again tomorrow. #Dawnofmermaid

Emo
Can I sleep tonight? No

Verdi
the noose tightens on Gaddafi, Tripoli is encircled by rebel forces

Emo
I am a #freedomfighter and I am #Praying4Tripoli #Libya

Jossan
I am from Sweden and #Praying4Tripoli

Kety
I’m from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and I’m #Praying4Tripoli

monsaudu
I am from Estonia and I am #Praying4Tripoli

Rayan ☾✰
EVERYBODY PLEASE DON’T SLEEP !! #LIBYA

#AJE JackyRowland:
Celebrations in #Benghazi after thwuar took oil town of #Brega. Reports that Gaddafiforces just walked out.

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Fierce clashes in Sabha

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Allahu Akbar. London FFs are awesome

SUMMARY AUGUST 20th 2011

8/16/11
8.16.11


Old Libyan National anthem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekLiC0AW4xo

We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. -Aristotle

NATOpress NATO Press
by hominoid555
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/ZLj5P

Anonymous Watcher
For those just joining us, Operation Fajr Al-3roos (fa-jir al-’aroos) started at midnight Libyan Time to liberate Tripoli #TripoliCalling

For non-Arabic speakers, Fajr Al-3roos literally translates as “Dawn of the Bride”, as Tripoli is the “Bride of the Mediterranean Sea”

AlKhums Confirmed now: big concentration of #Gaddafi forces at just east to the valley and old fuel station (no fuel there) @NATO

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Another explosion heard in Tripoli a minute ago.

( FYI:4.30 hrs local) A Free Libyan
Anyone got a working link for State TV?? First time I’ve actually wanted to watch it haha #Libya #Feb17

#PrayforTripoli #PrayforAlKhums #PrayforSirte #PrayforTarhouna #PrayforGmata #PrayforGarabouli #PrayforMsallata #PrayforSabha #Libya #Feb17

AlManara – Local FF fighting GF in #Tarhouna, around the alKhadra and Dawan areas. Stop G supplies going to #AlKhums. #Libya

AlArabiya – Reports of clashes in #Sirte…#Libya #Feb17

libyanproud libyanandproud
30 Prisoners escaped from Abusleem (Nasser Office) jail . #Feb17 #Libya

MSNBC
Libyan rebels: Eastern oil terminal Brega seized

Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi’s troops along the country’s Mediterranean coast said they have captured all of the strategic eastern port city of Brega, which has repeatedly changed hands in the 6-month-old civil war.
Link:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44200722

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
1/2 – There are reports i CANT verify that one of the State Media studis/HQs was under attack in #Tripoli by FreedomFighters…..

2/2 – …..But i CAN confirm that one State TV channel has just blacked out – Shababiya. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

libyanandproud
Airplane Rumor Remix v23 Planes left From #Egypt to #Tripoli to pick up #Gaddafi and family !

NATO bombed the tent(s) several times !

Tripoli Airport is now in the hands of Mark Zuckerberg ;) (it’s just a FB rumor)

what do u call a report thats “hard to believe” but coming from a credible source ?

uh, wishful thinking?

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Another explosion in #Tripoli shortly before 430am. #NATO jets circling around. #Libya

People are happy tonight:
libyanproud libyanandproud
Venezuelan UFO seen landing in Tripoli after being trained by the French !

Cambo
Kangaroos landing on beaches in Tripoli with boxing gloves on! Confirmed!

what color were the boxing gloves ?

camouflage….it’s hard to stay anonymous when you are a kangaroo

true fact : Freedom Fighters got a kangaroo from Khawyldi’s farm

really? lol….oh man, give the Australian ambassador a call, he will will take care of it for you :)

BREAKING: Loud explosions heard to the west of the capital #Tripoli now. following massive jets flying above.

There are some lingering questions today like this one:
Emo
@JomanaCNN Is #Rixos still Gaddafi property?

breaking:- #Alshababiya tv channel has just gone black on #nilesat.. its off air for now

CONFIRMED: Azizia south of Tripoli CAPTURED!

FreeBenghazi
Thuwar confirm 1st zone in #Brega is secure. Can’t sweep tonight for fear of ambush. Will begin combing 2nd zone at dawn v AlManara #Libya

LibyaAlAhrar
#Tripoli: 7 explosions shook #BabAlAziziya & Airport Road, targeting military positions & communication centres

Pictures from today’s fighting in #Zliten #Libya v @MisrataPatriots

Leonardo Mões
The libyan embassy in Brazil has been invaded by people protesting against Gaddafi. (btw good luck to you guys)

Sarah
My GrandMa still screaming:

“Shhh Don’t say something about the gouv. On the phone “ - It’s over Jdeda you can speak freely now ! #Benghazi Though nothing can compare2 Tripoli St fights, battle for #Zliten “hell on earth, shelling&explosions everywhere” v @MisrataPatriots

dovenews Libyan™
The military operation chamber in the western mtn Confirms that #FF TRAINED IN #BENGHAZI! NOT IN #FRANCE!

Ahmed
ALL THE MOSQUES ARE MAKING TAKBEER IN ALMARRAJ FROM THE BIGGINING OF THE NEWS FROM TRIPOLI ALLAH ALLAH !!!

Anti-Gaddafi demonstrators occupied the Libyan embassy in Brazil, Globo TV reported #Gaddafi lost legitimity here in Brazil

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “PRINCESS DINA” now anchored just outside port #Tripoli #Libya at this time. #Feb17

#Turkey CARGO SHIP “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN”, “SEREN AYANOGLU” & “ARON” all anchored just outside port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#TRIPOLI: ZERO HOUR HAS STARTED! Clashes between #Freedomfighters & #Gaddafi filth in #Zahra, #Saraj, & #Tajoora #Libya. #Feb17

#TRIPOLI: UNCONFIRMED:THE #FREEDOMFIGHTERS ARE IN CONTROL OF THE TRIPOLI AIRPORT. #Libya #Feb17

Thousands in Benghazi cheering on Tripoli tonight t.co/zT1Ry4E #Libya #Feb17

Heavy fighting in areas of #tripoli along with dozens of #NATO attacks…this is the beginning of the end #goodbyegaddafi

#Gaddafi Battalion leader captured by #Freedomfighters in Brega; Gen AbdulSalamElTeer, gave FFs the map of landmines from #Brega #Libya

#Moldova FERRY “FEHIM BEY” now returning to #Misrata from #Malta. #Libya #Feb17

LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET: 32.840429, 13.046705 in front of the Academy for Post Graduate Studies in #Junzoor #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET: 32.828264,13.044189 to #Alsaraj Road #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET: 32.829386,13.043942 to #Algeran Road #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET: 32.844558,13.060845 Garden Algeran #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET: 32.830213,13.021189 #Shargiya Gas station #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

LEGITIMATE MILITARY TARGET: 32.830351,13.019105 Building in front of the Bank. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

BREAKING! The Zero hour has started, NATO will be attacking 35 targets

Ya sater, what just happened? Al Arabiya reporting the thuwar are about to enter Trabulis #Libya #Feb17

#BBC: Dr.ElFortia many head injuries amongst thuwar due2 snipers, tanks & GRADs. Lack of personnel to deal with injuries #Libya #Misrata

A flanking operation by sea gets around Tripoli’s defenses without attacking them head on. Beautiful tactical move.

Libyan TNC Health Minister: Urgent Request

This a special request to the Libyan TNC health minister or person responsible for health. Providing health care is extremely important in any case, let alone in our current situation. I will concentrate on the health care that needs to be provided on the front-lines in this comment, as it takes priority.
I know the circumstances the TNC are going through are extremely difficult and they have been doing a great job so far despite these difficulties. But the health minister has to come out and tell us the issues he has to deal with and what he needs so we can assist him.
Libyan doctors inside and abroad have rushed to help their fellow citizens and they need the ministers support. I suggest the following:
Read more:
onlyonelibya.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/l...

Libya17Feb Tripoli Youth
Allah Akbar Allah Akbar Allah Akbar La Illaha Illa Allah… #TripoliRising #Libya

Tweeting Tripoli
Several strong explosions in the distance. Sounds like NATO is busy over #Tripoli. Jest still overhead. #feb17 #Libya

matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Nato strikes on #Tripoli intensify. 19/8: 9 Military Facility, 3 Radars, 1 Radar Guided Anti Aircraft Weapon System, 1 Tank in capital hit

#Nato continue the bombardment of #Tripoli. Another strike just now #Libya

MoD: RAF Tornados & Typhoons destroy operations room for #Libya’s Interior Ministry in Tripoli. "8 Paveway guided bombs scored direct hits.”

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Those IOM plans to get foreign nationals out of #Tripoli #Libya are still being worked on I am told. No formal agreement yet. Patience ppl!

No 2nd source 4 rebel claims 2 hv taken Zlitan/Brega. If true G-forces either pulling back to defend #Tripoli or losing will/capacity #Libya

BBC team in #Zlitan #Libya report fierce fighting. It has not fallen to opposition fighters.

2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
If Tripoli airport report true, then it is eerily similar to Baghdad’s last few days. Sahaf was telling lies, as his airport was falling.

WAPO
Libyan refugees say Tripoli will fall soon

BIR AYAD, Libya — The long columns of cars arrived at the rebel-controlled checkpoint here, 60 miles from the Libyan capital Tripoli, with children flashing victory signs and fathers happily honking the horns of their cars.
The families, hundreds of them, had slipped out of the capital in the early morning of Friday, using back alleys and country roads in order to avoid checkpoints controlled by forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi, the country’s embattled leader.

Those leaving are seen as traitors by Gaddafi loyalists. “The soldiers at the checkpoints called us ‘rats’ and accused us from deserting to the rebels,” said Mabrouk Mohammad, 52. The soldiers had ordered him to turn around, he said, and to return to a capital where he had spent months deliberating whether or not to stay or go.

“Now we have to wait for Gaddafi to die before we will see each other,” Ahmad said. “Thankfully that day is very near.”
Read more:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-ref...

Alex
WE R GOING TO HEAR MANY MORE STORIES LIKE THIS SOON – “Defected Gaddafi soldier says his group was responsible for putting 26 in a container in #AlKhoms on 7-6-2011; most died from suffocation” per @LibyaNewMedia

“Three people said the feeling of fear was ebbing in the streets. Residents of #Tripoli, the capital, who for months had hesitated to talk openly over the phone, said in calls Friday night that they believed Colonel #Gaddafi ’s flight or ouster could be imminent.” #Libya
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/world/africa...

#FF SNIPER HUNTER: “We killed four last night, two the night before,” Gazel told AFP as he waited with his rebel comrades under the protection of a motorway flyover, taking a rest and cleaning weapons before the next sniper report comes in.

He is prepared to reveal some of the ruses that he and the eight-man team he heads use to find snipers around the sprawling city, but “not the new tricks.”

“We hear from informants that there’s a sniper somewhere, so we go to see what’s happening, we stay several hours just to observe and then we do our tricks.”

“At night the job is easier. We attach a light to a dog, and when it crosses the street, we see where the sniper’s laser sight is coming from. That’s how we got the last one. Or we run across the street ourselves to draw their fire.”" #Libya #Tripoli #Gaddafi

feb17.info/news/meet-the-irish-teen-who...

Free Tripoli Daily is out! t.co/G0P4uSE ▸ Top stories today

Heinz: Khums should get liberated today

Maimuna
B/c of you #Gadaffi the ONLY time I got to meet my uncle was in a dark AbuSleem Prison hallway, months before you murdered him&1200 others.

BentBenghazi G
I really wish my fellow African brothers and sisters would step up and let us know that they HATE #Gaddafi and support a free #Libya.

Heinz: French Tiger helis working around #Tripoli will now be making daytime airstrikes.

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Continued heavy NATO airstrikes hit Tripoli overnight. None have been near the Rixos hotel. Officials say 27 killed in attacks

Free Libya Daily is out! t.co/fMAhmyM ▸ Top stories today

Times of Oman
Meet the Irish teen who tracks and kills Kadhafi snipers
AFP
Libya: His mother is from Belfast, his father is Libyan and, as if drawn from the script of a Hollywood movie, he is now using what he learnt hunting game in the desert to liberate Zawiyah, his city that lies almost at the gates of Tripoli.

Rebels said late Friday that they had freed Zawiyah, just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Libyan capital, but rockets continued to fall on the city from a nearby forest and it is

uncertain whether all the snipers have been eliminated.

“We killed four last night, two the night before,” Gazel told AFP as he waited with his rebel comrades under the protection of a motorway flyover, taking a rest and cleaning weapons before the next sniper report comes in.

He is prepared to reveal some of the ruses that he and the eight-man team he heads use to find snipers around the sprawling city, but “not the new tricks.”
Read more:
www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail...

#misrata #FF have issue an appeal to any country that can help in hospitalizing their injured. #libya #Feb17 spread the word

WHO spokesperson addresses health, medical needs for Libya on PBS NewsHour
The WHO “is rushing to secure medical supplies for Libya” after the Dutch government on Monday released nearly $145 million in frozen assets from Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi’s regime in response to a direct WHO appeal, PBS NewsHour reports. The news service features an interview with Tarik Jasarevic, WHO spokesperson for medical emergencies, who spoke “about the health needs in Libya and how the funds will be used.”

Read art.:
www.news-medical.net/news/20110820/WHO-...

AJE
Brega refinery not under control ! the rest yes !

hominoid
Libyan rebels have reportedly taken control of the centre of the oil-rich eastern town of Brega, just 50km east of Tripoli.

But questions remained about their control of the oil facilities there. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reported from Benghazi:

Brega It was in the early hours of Saturday morning that opposition forces were able to take the centre of Brega.They were holed up in residential districts outside the town for a couple days. Very early on Saturday morning they moved in.

We are getting conflicted reports, though, about whether they have been able to get control of the oil and gas facility in Brega.

Initial reports from military commanders both here in Benghazi, and the frontlines, said yes, the rebels had taken that facility.

But we are also hearing conflicted rumours that in fact a couple of vehicles went out, found the oil depot apparently deserted, and became suspicious, fearing possible booby traps and ambushes.

Nearly 60 luxury cars smuggled from war-torn Libya were seized in a joint police and army operation in Niger’s northern city of Agadez,

SMILE:
“Muamar and Saif seen fleeing”
yfrog.com/h8hccpgj

FromJoanne Joanne
#CONFIRMED #TUNISIA REFUSES TO ALLOW GADDAFI TO CROSS THEIR BORDER #Libya

2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
More explosions, very unusual at this time of the day. Definitely an escalation by NATO, possibly as a result of Gaddafi moving tanks #feb17

dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! Gaddafi’s family are asking the Tunisian gov to cross to their land & the Tunisian gov refuses to grant them permission.

Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Clashes reported between Tunisian army and armed men near borders with Libya and Algeria -Tunisian state news agency TAP

hominoid
Still Clashes in Zliten with the remnants of G troops !

Tripoli revolutionaries liberate prisoners of Abu Salim
Reliable source from the city of Tripoli during a telephone conversation with The New Cyrene, Said that the FFs in the city of Tripoli, freed nearly 4,000 prisoners from the Abu Salim prison after NATO planes bombed the prison gate.
The source added that the FFs in the capital, carried out a number of operations against followers of al-Gaddafi, and in preparation for the Liberation of the capital from their grip.
The same source, that a member of the former Revolutionary Command Council, Abdul Salam managed to escape, he and his family arrived from Tripoli to the western mountains and announced the joining of the Revolution of February 17, he is currently with the military at Al Zintan.
It is noteworthy that the rebels after the liberation of the city of the Zawiyah they are preparing for an attack on the al-Gaddafi, based in Tripoli, where the leaked news reports that there are two battalions belonging to the rebels managed to infiltrate into the capital and metting up with local FFs to prepare for a major operation.

Cyrene new – a special Unverified news we will have to wait till the western press tell us what is true and what is not “WELL I DON4T AGREE WITH THAT !!”

haynesdeborah Deborah Haynes
Just been to Zawiyah hospital, can confirm it’s under rebel control but Gaddafi troops fired a volley of mortars while we were there #libya

Doctors told me Gaddafi troops effectively held them hostage since saturday before the soldiers were pushed out by rebels last night #libya

Frontline is now in an area called Jordaiyn (sp), a suburb of zawiyah on the eastern side along the road to Tripoli #libya

Latest from Tripoli

- Main trigger points have been set off to confirm the initiating of zero hour – Operation Mermaid Dawn
- A main, fixed, check point in Salah AlDeen, Tripoli, has been found abandoned and unmanned. Security beginning to abandon posts.
- Sleeper cells preparing to engage first phase soon
- Takbeer (allah akbar) being heard from roof tops around Tripoli
- UNVERIFIED reports that fighters have approached Jidayim
- NATO continues to bomb Tripoli target even as we speak

PLEASE – We urge patience and restraint. Patience in how long this may last and what this may take. Restraint in the distribution of information. Gaddafi will be looking to discredit each and everyone of us. PLEASE guard your credibility. NO RUMOURS, verified reports only.

In the name of Allah….we begin.

UPDATE:Brega: National Army made remarkable progress and is expected to anounce Brega liberation at any moment
Zliten: Liberated
Zawia : the field of the martyrs and the entire eastern Zawia and the hospital have been liberated today
Tripoli: Zero Hour ??????????

آخر التطورات اليوم :
البريقة : الجيش الوطني أحرز تقدما باهرا و يتوقع إعلان تحرير البريقة بشكل كامل أي لحظة
زليتن : تحرير زليتن بالكامل
الزاوية : تحرير ميدان الشهداء بالكامل و المستشفى و شرق الزاوية …
طرابلس : ساعة الحسم ؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟

pdanahar Paul Danahar
Latest #NATO strike list says it all, again pretty much everything focused on #Tripoli area

LIBTRIP:
Tripoli youth were so busy last night, a source confirmed, but no details given due to security reasons.

Just received a confirmation about many activities last night in #Tripoli, #Libya

We call on all jouns in #rixos to come out today and meet locals. Today is the day for #Tripoli and #Libya

#Tripoli youth were so busy last night, a source confirmed, but no details given due to security reasons. #Libya

ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
#brega is free of from Gaddafi forces #libya

#Zliten liberation تحرير زليتن youtube.com/watch?v=d3TDnD… #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3TDnD_jT3g

#zliten is totally free from gaddafi froces, #misurata, #libya

Maimuna
Watching my cousin ’6ajeen’s’ funeral video breaks me down every time. Esp at the part where his 12 year old nephew is balling. #Libya

FreeBenghazi
#BBC Fighter Hussein Azzwaik, #Zawiya city is 100% in thuwar hands. Residents plan celebration this morning in middle of square #Libya

Abdul
#Abdussalam #jalloud said to #terfas checkpoint that the regime is collapsed already & insulted #Qadhafi #Libya #zawiyah #AZAWIYAH #Zawiya

Zlitniya
#Zliten :FF have established security in all liberated areas.FF searching for t city’s criminals&searching their homes #Libya #Feb17

#Zliten :FF r arresting mercenaries&suspected volunteers for #Gaddafi .FF preparing to secure city’s periphery #Libya #Feb17

#Zliten :FF hv ful control over SuqAlThalath,Ezdu,AlJnanat, Baza,Mahallit alSheikh & Almuntirha.checkpoints hv bn established #Libya #Feb17

#Zliten :FF have captured ‘sheikh’ Madani AlShweerif.A big cash for fatwa sheikh who sided w #Gaddafi over his own people #Libya #Feb17

#Zliten :FF from city&those from #Misrata had Iftar together on Zliten bridge yesterday.food provided by locals happy 2b liberated #Libya

#Zliten :in the city’s liberation #Misrata gave 31 martyrs and 45 amputees.May Allah reward #Misrata &its people in this life&t next #thanku

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zleitn: 14 G forces captured in last place with G forces and 2 tanks gained too #Feb17 #Libya

FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING #LibyaTV based in Qatar reported in an “URGENT” screen caption: Reports that rebels in CONTROL of #TRIPOLI airport," #libya

It is I will tell you the source in a mo CONFIRMED #TUNISIA REFUSES TO ALLOW GADDAFI TO CROSS THEIR BORDER #Libya

source is Shahrazad Kablan from LibyaTv

The National
Qaddafi’s soldiers looting foreigners’ cars, homes, equipment
Caline Malek
Libyan soldiers have been looting properties of foreigners in government-held areas around Tripoli, residents in Libya said yesterday.
Rebels battled with government forces in Zawiya this week as the fighting inched closer to Tripoli.
And now, thieves believed to be working for the government are attacking properties fleeing foreigners have left behind, including cars, houses and equipment.
“Some people dressed as military claim to be from the 32nd Reinforced Brigade of the Armed People, also known as the Khamis Brigade,” said 42-year-old Rami Zerouali, who saw the looting earlier this week at a residential compound on the Swani Njila Road, 25km from Tripoli.
The Khamis Brigade is a unit of the Libyan military loyal to Col Muammar Qaddafi. “They also pose as military intelligence and they’ve been stealing anything and everything they can get their hands on,” said Mr Zerouali, an engineer in Tripoli, during a telephone interview from Libya.
Among items taken from the compound, where many mechanics live, were bulldozers, generators, graders, tower lights and wheel loaders.

Mr Ati said the thieves had told him they had “come to take everything”. “They said they wanted everyone out because they were taking over the compound as it now belonged to the Libyan state,” he said.
“I always believed there was law and order in Libya, but after what I experienced, I am really wondering whether it ever existed.”

Read full art.:
www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/qadda...

ShahedMisurata Misuratayouth
#Tripoli airport is under the hands of the FF, and #Gaddafi is calling for a way out to #Tunisia via Libya al ahrar.

Hominoid
Al Khoms Clashes between the FFs and G troops at Al Khoms
A source familiar with the city of Al Khoms said that there had been clashes between the FFs and al-Gaddafi in the city.
The source, who preferred not to be named, Said that FFs on Friday, demolished a bridge west of the city to cut the road to stop retreating G troops entering.
The source added that the mercenaries are deployed in all the streets, accompanied by five masked members of al-Gaddafi, are giving them orders, they also prevented people from leaving the city.

Argentina Star
Libyan rebels closer to Tripoli

• Major advances reported on the road to Tripoli • Eastern town captured by rebels • Intense fighting seen on both sides Libyan rebels have reported major advances toward the capital, Tripoli, the home base of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Rebel spokesmen have told reporters they have captured the town of Zlitan to the east of the capital.

On Thursday it was reported that forces loyal to the regime had crushed an uprising in Zlitan.

There has been intense fighting in the area with rebels battling Gaddafi loyalists. Both sides have sustained major casualties.

Recent rebel advances appear to have left the capital cut off, seriously threatening Gaddafi’s regime.

Rebels took control of several towns to the west of Tripoli earlier this week.
Read full story:

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Sky News
Libya: Rebels Take Martyr Square in Zawiyah
Alex Crawford, special correspondent in Zawiyah
Rebels in Libya are celebrating after retaking control of Martyr Square in the key coastal town of Zawiyah.
Sky News witnessed the fresh assault as opposition forces used new weapons and ammunition supplies to take the square.
There was jubilation as the iconic spot fell, with celebratory gunfire ringing out and delighted rebels circling the area in their cars.
The rebels now believe they have loyalist forces on the run and have effectively taken control of the whole town.
Meanwhile, the strategic eastern oil town of Brega is now reportedly under complete rebel control.
Story and vid.:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...

Libye Libre
1/2) Cette nuit, les rumeurs qui ont commencé il y a quelques jours ont culminé à #Tripoli : prisonniers libérés, 2è mort de Sanoussi…

2/2 Les journalistes de #Tripoli étant confinés à l’hôtel, seules des sources sur le terrain peuvent informer.

Former regime PM Albaghdadi seems to have disappeared since yesterday afternoon. Rukaya
#TripoliCalling while #HomsBleeds – pray for both & pray for #Gaza

Anonymous Watcher
Please treat news of Tripoli Airport being in FF hands as Unconfirmed but very probable until more sources confirm #TripoliCalling

Sergio
If G make it alive out, it will be a nightmare 4 newborn Libya. He will try to comeback at any cost. Hope doesn’t make it..

Hayat
#Zawiyah missiles have been falling on people’s houses all night and day @NATO another of my relatives has suffered from this- a girl!

#BREAKING #Tunisia national TV reporting that #Jalloud has fled #Djerba by plane to #Italy via @ksnavarra

Abdul
#AzZawiya hospital was hit by #Qadhafi grad this morning, & so was souk assai (6km south) #FFs r at the eastern gate of #zawiyah #Libya

Sirtawi
A new day has come.

simmjazeera andrew simmons
I witnessed final stages of battle for Zliten. Heavy losses for opp. 36 dead more than 100 injured.
Hundreds of fighters and civilians in Zliten in victory parades ahead of breaking fast Friday.
Apologies for non tweeting. Comms issues. Was in Zliten confined fri evening town in control of opposition

anonyma
That’s beautiful! #OpDawnOfTheBride as #Tripoli is called “Bride of the Mediterranean Sea”. Truely #TripoliCalling! #freelibya #freetripoli

Anonymous Watcher
I swear that much of the western Main Stream Media are at least 24 hours behind on events in Libya… LOL

BenghaziBlahzi
2day marx 4 months since I hav made it 2 my dear #Libya 4 1st time in my life.Slept 2 hours in the last 48.Life on adreniline rushes isGREAT

Nusaiba☺
Excited vibrant crowd in #Benghazi last night chanting for #Tripoli <3 youtu.be/24O6wDmye94 – #Libya #Unity
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24O6wDmye94&fea...

#TTN tv nationale #Tunisie nne #Libye Abdessalam #Jloud a quitté #Djerba dans un avion vers l’#Italie

ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#Tunisia national TV reporting that #Jalloud has fled #Djerba by plane to #Italy

FromJoanne Joanne
Tunisia army doesnt know who the armed men are they are in 4×4 without number plates carrring very sophisticated weapons #Libya

BenghaziBlahzi
Goodmornin #Libya -2pm-finished training a group of FF’s on landmine sweeping SW #benghazi .feels good 2 b able 2 say where I am safely now

Fadwa
Staying up till 9am was not a very wise thing to do.

Danya
Thousands of innocent Libyan prisoners will remain in anonymously silenced by #Gaddafi’s oppression, terror and brutality. One Signature = One Voice FREE #TRIPOLIPRISONERS www.change.org/petitions/amnesty-intern...

and:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41kQvx4uKw

matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Tunisia joined ICC in June. It would be obliged to arrest and hand over #Gadaffi if he went there. So presume he won’t.

Reuters
Battle rages in cities outside besieged Tripoli

Rebels are fighting battles in coastal cities on either side of the besieged Libyan capital Tripoli in a drive to topple Muammar Gaddafi after six months of war.
Mortar and rocket rounds crashed on Saturday into the center of Zawiyah, a city on the coastal highway 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli that the rebels captured this week in one of the boldest advances of their uprising.
Shells struck the central hospital around dawn, blasting holes in the walls and inside were scenes of destruction. There was fighting around the hospital on Friday.

Story and vid.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/20/us-l...

fieldproducer Neal Mann
Sky News correspondent @alexcrawfordsky is currently live at the Zawiyah hospital

Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
50 families from Misrata were freed in Zletin liberation with 34 martyrs & tens injured in offensive yesterday… RIP

2011feb17
Gaddafi state-TV says Abdalla Sanussi is dead. I still doubt it. They are planning for the big run

Telegraph
Libya: former prime minister defects, dealing Col Gaddafi another blow
Abdessalam Jalloud, a former Libyan prime minister who was sacked by Gaddafi in 1990s fled Tripoli to rebel-held Zintan on Friday.

Mr Jalloud joined the daily exodus of hundreds of Tripolitanians out of the beseiged capital and declared he would support the uprising against the dictator. “This is very big news. He has declared that he will work with the revolution,” said an official with the Western Military Council.
Full art.:
feb17.info/news/libya-former-prime-mini...

NYT
Qaddafi’s Hold in Tripoli in Doubt as Rebels Advance

CAIRO — Six months after the outbreak of the revolt against his 42 years in power, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s hold on his Tripoli stronghold shows signs of slipping.

With unexpected swiftness, the ill-trained and ill-equipped rebels from the western mountains this week overtook much of the strategic coastal town of Zawiyah, with its enormous oil refinery, just 30 miles west of Tripoli, the country’s capital. By Friday, they had also taken Gharyan, an important outpost along the trade route to the south.

Qaddafi troops had concentrated in both towns, and their retreat in the face of the amateurish rebels raised new doubts about the loyalist forces’ will and cohesion.

Yet some American officials cautioned on Friday that the intelligence about what was happening in Tripoli remained murky. “Clearly, the regime is feeling the pressure, and the opposition is gaining ground each day,” said one American official familiar with the intelligence about Libya. But, he said, “How or when that translates into a tipping point or what the endgame might look like is hard to determine.
Continue reading:
feb17.info/news/qaddafi%E2%80%99s-hold-...

WSJ
Joy Greets Rebels in Garrison Town Near Libya Capital
GHARYAN, Libya—For over two decades Col. Mabrouk Sahban commanded Libyan security forces in the Western Mountains from his spacious second-story office with a private washroom on a pine-shaded hilltop in this strategic garrison town. On Friday, that office lay in ashen ruins.
“I never thought I’d see it like this,” said Ibrahim Ramadan Shati, a 46-year-old Gharyan resident who had served as a soldier in Col. Gadhafi’s army at this base in the late 1990s. “This was one of the strongest brigades in all of Libya. Now it’s gone.”
Continue:
feb17.info/news/joy-greets-rebels-in-ga...

Niger / Libya
Nearly 60 luxury cars smuggled from Libya were seized in a joint police and army operation in Niger’s northern city of Agadez. Some 170 barrels of gasoline imported illegally from Libya were also seized in the operation.

Brazil
The Libyan embassy in the capital city of Brazil was stormed by anti Gaddafi protesters who ripped down the all green flag and forcefully replaced it with anti Gaddafi national council flag.

Reuters
Col. Gaddafi’s right-hand man, Abdel Salam Jalloud, has defected to rebel-held territory in Libya’s Western Mountains. A spokesman said, “he is definitely here in Zintan. He is under the control of the military council here.”

Aljazeera
Thousands of foreigners trapped in Tripoli by rebel advances that have cut off the capital will be evacuated in a massive international rescue, probably by sea, an international body said on Friday.

NP
Gaddafi soldiers have been looting properties of foreigners in government-held areas around Tripoli. Thieves believed to be working for Gaddafi are attacking fleeing foreigners’ properties including cars and houses.

San Francisco Monitor
Libyan rebels battling Moammar Khadafy’s troops along the country’s Mediterranean coast said they have captured all of the strategic eastern port city of Brega, which has repeatedly changed hands throughout the war.

Reuters
Sustained blasts from rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and anti-aircraft guns rang out late Friday in the centre of Zawiyah, a city 50 km west of Tripoli that the rebels entered this week, in a clash that killed at least two.

CNN
Rebel fighters capture oil refinery in key town of Zawiya, Libya, move toward Tripoli.

Libya
Libyan officials are refuting rebel claims that Moammar Gadhafi is seeking refuge for his family, saying Friday that neither the leader nor his wife and children plan to leave the country.

RTE
Gaddafi’s information minister, Moussa Ibrahim, said late last night that the government’s military retained the upper hand in both Zawiyah and Zlitan and scorned what he called ‘bands of insurgents’, despite rebel advances.

Guardian
Rebel forces are advancing on Tripoli from three directions. With rebels taking control of the coastal town of Zlitan in the east, those in the west have made progress clearing out pro-Gaddafi troops from Zawiyah. They now have the main coastal road under pressure on both sides of the capital and also under threat from the Nafusa mountains.

Huffington Post
Libyan rebels said they have captured all of the strategic eastern port city of Brega. Rebel military spokesman Colonel Ahmed Bani said fighters gained control of the industrial section areas, after its residential areas last week.

Germany
Berlin’s official position is that no German troops are being deployed in Libya. However, Bundeswehr soldiers are taking part in the conflict by providing target assessment for their NATO allies. The German Defense Ministry said that 11 German soldiers were working in operation headquarters in Italy.

Nato
Apparently targeting the residence of the Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, NATO fighter jets Friday bombed various parts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, including his Bab Al-Aziziyah neighborhood.

Tunisian Radio
According to Tunisian radio, a Libyan rebel source in Benghazi says a Venezuelan plane has landed on the island of Djerba to evacuate members of Gaddafi’s family. The rebel source also claims Gaddafi’s relatives would soon leave Tunisia for the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, adding that “it was the beginning of the end of Gaddafi’s rule”.

Tunisia
About 2,000 Libyan refugees fled into Tunisia in the past 24 hours, an official press agency reported on Saturday. Libya is witnessing an influx of refugees from western coastal areas, where clashes continue.

Abdul Salam Jalloud
Abdul Salam Jalloud has defected to Europe, a reliable source said on Saturday. Jalloud fled Libya, along with 13 members of his family, and arrived at a European capital. He is to address the Libyan people soon.

If you haven’t yet read the horrifying story about the prisoner, please do read it now and sign the petition:

He told me that prisoners are from all ages, starting from as young as 12 -13

give them a voice —sign the petition chn.ge/oiu4Jm

www.twitlonger.com/show/cgtfpe

LibyanFreedomFighter
#CONFIRMED reports that #FF are inside #Tripoli International Airport but #Gaddafi brigades have surrounded them #Feb17

Tweeting Tripoli
Libyan state-TV says Jalood has traveled abroad to treat his Heart condition and his is still under Gaddafi’s care. LOL

FromJoanne Joanne
Gaddafi making preparations 2leave #Libya with fam possible EXILE in #Tunisia, info from U.S.intelligence reports via #NBCNews

hominoid
After the liberation of Torghae FFs arrive at a distance of 140 km west of Sirte

A car exceeded the Libyan Tunisian border illegally into Algeria

simmjazeera andrew simmons
I witnessed final stages of battle for Zliten. Heavy losses for opp. 36 dead more than 100 injured.

Hundreds of fighters and civilians in Zliten in victory parades ahead of breaking fast Friday.

Escape of senior figures at Radio Mosaic - Algeria – Tunisia

Aljazeera
Libya’s opposition fighters have captured the city of Zlitan, in a deepening push towards the capital, Tripoli, and a further threat to the forces of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons, who visited Zlitan confirmed the rebel victory there and said there were extraordinary scenes of jubilation.

“The rebel fighters took heavy losses, they came under fire from artillery and rockets but they moved forward,” he said.

“After fighters from Misrata moved in, opposition fighters within Zlitan rose and took on in small groupings the Gaddafi forces. The Gaddafi troops pulled out leaving ammunition and lot of equipment behind.”

simmjazeera andrew simmons
Visited site of alleged mass grave just outside Tawergha before heading to Zliten. Can confirm one badly decomposed headless body.

Alleged mass grave site near Tawergha. Needs independent investigation. No excavations made yet.

Tawergha alleged mass grave: Headless corpse I found covered in blankets in shallow grave.

Spent 5 hours driving around Zliten Fri evening. Peaceful apart from cacophony of celebratory gunfire.

Opposition fighters from within Zliten with limited weaponry rose against GF early Fri am. Major 10k advance by Misrata fighters.

NATO air support took out GF tanks and artillery around Zliten. Opp forces used red and yellow markings on vehicles to ID themselves.

Opp forces in Zliten putting in defensive mode Sat. Checkpoints and observation posts already in position.

Large movement of Zliten civilians heading to Misrata Fri pm. Queues at city checkpoints.

Many civilians happy to stay in Zliten. Opp fighters say no one other than GF combatants must feel threatened.

I have witnessed no wrong doing to any of the many Zliten civilians I spoke with Fri night.

Harrowing scenes in Misrata hospital FRI as relatives queued for news of opp force casualties.

lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Terrible destruction in Martyr’s square at #Zawiyah – buildings hit by rockets this morning.

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Jalloud will issue plea from Rome or Benghazi for his powerful tribe “Magharha” 2 desert Gadhafi. Abdalla Senussi is not likely to oblige!!

hominoid
Gunfight on Libya-Tunisia border. The gunmen were reportedly driving vehicles with Libyan licence plates.

The violence broke out late on Friday and lasted into early Saturday. some of the attackers had been injured.

Msnbc
‘Gadhafi is finished’: Rebels advance in Libya

ZAWIYA, Libya— Rebels are fighting battles in coastal cities on either side of the besieged Libyan capital Tripoli in a drive to topple Moammar Gadhafi after six months of war.
Mortar and rocket rounds crashed on Saturday into the center of Zawiya, a city on the coastal highway 30 miles west of Tripoli that the rebels captured this week in one of the boldest advances of their uprising.
Shells struck the central hospital around dawn, blasting holes in the walls and inside were scenes of destruction.
An Associated Press reporter on Saturday entered the central square, which was full of rebel trucks and troops.
Residents were burning and stamping on a green Gadhafi flag. “Gadhafi is finished. Civilians are starting to come back to the cities. Libya is finally free,” said one, who gave his name as Abu Khaled.
In a nearby alley, residents had gathered to stare at the bodies of two Gadhafi soldiers lying in the street. Gunfire and explosions could be heard in the distance.

Read more and watch vid.:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44212588/ns/world_...

simmjazeera andrew simmons
Limited fighting to west of Zliten on coastal road. GF driven out of town.

Reuters
Libyan oil minister in Tunisia, doesn’t return, source

TUNIS Aug 20 (Reuters) – Libya’s oil chief, Omran Abukraa, is in Tunisia and did not return to Libya after a trip abroad, a Tunisian official source told Reuters on Saturday.
The source said Abukraa had arrived in Tunisia after a trip to Italy. Abukraa represented Libya at the last OPEC meeting in June after Tripoli’s long-serving oil chief Shokri Ghanem defected from Muammar Gaddafi’s government and said he supported the aims of rebels trying to topple him

Source:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...

WFMZ
Libya rejects rebel claims Gadhafi seeking refuge for his family
NATO also says Gadhafi not getting ready to go

TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) –
Libyan officials are rejecting rebel claims that Moammar Gadhafi is seeking refuge for his family, saying that neither the leader nor his wife and children plan to leave the country.
Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told CNN that Gadhafi and his family are staying in the country, countering rebel reports that the governments of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have been asked to accept the family.

U.S. and NATO officials also say they have no indication Gadhafi is making preparations to leave.

Abdel Monem al-Houni, a representative of the rebel Transitional National Council in Cairo, told CNN he was informed about the request by the Arab governments who received it.

Art.:
www.wfmz.com/Station/Libya-rejects-rebe...

NTC Military rep claims that FF are now looking at what is beyond Brega, e.g. Ras L’anuf.

NTC Military rep now claiming that Gaddafi now only effectively controls 30% of Tripoli.

NickClarkAlJaz Nick Clark
#Libya: Brega looks to have been taken by opp fighters. unclear if they have control of oil refinery.

Souffian Tripoli
#FF use smoke screens by burning tires to make it difficult for the snipers to shoot on them. Hope #FF in #Tripoli will do the same. #Libya

lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
I saw the bodies of four #Gaddafi soldiers – all looked like Africans – lying just outside Martyr’s Square in #Zawiyah

Abdurahman
News of Nato leaflets dropped in #Tripoli urging people to stay indoors because NATO will bombing the city again #Libya

NickClarkAlJaz Nick Clark
#Libya: Poland offers its citizens a chance to flee Tripoli on a ship bound for Malta

Reuters
Tunisian army clashes with armed Libyan infiltrators

TUNIS Aug 20 (Reuters) – Tunisia’s armed forces fought through the night against a group of armed Libyans who had infiltrated into Tunisia, Tunisian security sources said on Saturday.
One security source said the group were driving vehicles with weapons and had been intercepted in the desert on Friday night. The fighting, which was continuing on Saturday, had caused several casualties.
A military source confirmed that the armed men were Libyans. He did not say whether they were supporters of leader Muammar Gaddafi or rebels fighting to topple him.

Art.:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLD...

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
the most destroyed town in Libya is Hadba Sheergeeya District, Tripoli & it hasnt even seen any conflict.Gaddafi ruined Libya

Hayat
Judayeim is crawling with GFs shelling us, using the farms all around that area. But these are sightly more close range. IDK.

Comfirmed they’re coming from #Judayeim yesterday I was todl they were so very

many there #Gaddafi military hitting #Zawiyah

There are no safe places-they’ve been moving all around the city-the hits always strike nearby, #FFs need @NATO ’s help in farms

#The fighting between armed men in 4×4 from #Libya and #Tunisia Army cost some their lives some injured 1 Militairy helicopter crashed

Saw it that its due to a technical fault but Militairy helicopter was there because of the clashes at border Tunisia

FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING Gaddafi #Oil chief, Omran #Abukraa, is in Tunisia after deciding not to return to #Libya from a trip abroad #UpYoursGaddafi

#FLASH Omran Abukraa SAYS NO AM NOT RETURNING 2 #Tripoli He represented #Gaddafi Regime @OPEC June #Oil ministers’ meeting #Libya

#Ben Guerdane #Tunisia / #Libya Border A Millitairy Helicopter Crashed with 2 dead

30 #Libya Military there to OPEN the ROAD for #Gadafi to leave , Source Relative works at Ras jdear gate #Tunisia

Aljazeera
Libya’s oil chief, Omran Abukraa, is in Tunisia after deciding not to return to Libya from a trip abroad, a Tunisian official source has said, the third apparent defection this week of a senior figure associated withMuammar Gaddafi’s rule.
“Libyan Oil Minister Omran Abukraa did not return to Libya after his mission in Italy, preferring to cut his trip short and go to Tunisia,” the Tunisian official source told the Reuters news agency.
The report, if confirmed, suggests more senior figures are deserting Gaddafi’s government since rebels seized the city of Az-Zawiyah, cutting off Tripoli from the outside world.

More:
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-aug-...

FromJoanne Joanne
#ZAWIYAH Freedom Fighters believe ITS THE BEGINNING OF THE END says Alex crawford at poly clinic Terrible scenes but MOOD IS BOYANT #Libya

#ZAWIYAH PEOPLE = FF FEEL HAPPY AND RELIEVED but dont know what to they will meet in Tripoli but Gaddafi Forces definitely WEAKENED #Libya

COLONEL AHMEB #BANI JUST NOW CONFIRMED THAT #DAWNOFTHEMERMAID HAS JUST STARTED #TripoliCalling

Am a #Prisoner of #Gaddafi too Hardly leave my home & AGAIN Cancelled a shopping expedition planned 4this afternoon Time he DIES or GivesUp

DAWN OF THE MERMAID, Started , now call from zawitdhmany #TRIPOLI people in Tripoli saw some of Army go to East #Libya

Genral Bani spoke on #Libya #AlAhrar COLONEL AHMEB BANI CONFIRMED THAT #DAWNOFTHEMERMAID HAS JUST STARTED #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Tripoli civilians are most at threat from security services & secret police carrying out arbitrary arrest and killing.UNSCR1973

Al-Jazeera cameraman was wounded in Misurata by a bullet fired from a sniper when he was filming the FF taking over Zliten but the protective vest protected him from the bullet.
مصور الجزيرة ناصر جبريل في مصراتة أصيب بإطلاق رصاص من قناص عندما كان يصور دخول الثوار إلى زليتن إلا أن سترة الرصاص الواقية حمته من الرصاصة ( و الله الثوار مش خسارة فيهم مثل هذه السترة

Ahmad Bani has confirmed on Libya AlAhrar TV news via telphone call from Benghazi that Operation dawn of the Mermaid has Started

BREAKING: Tunisia national TV: Reporting that Jalloud has left Djerba by plane for Italy.
عاجل: يعلن التلفزيون التونسي بان عبدالسلام جلود غادر من جربة متجها الى ايطالي

Libya AlAhrar TV reporter in Benghazi has said that ZAWIYAH has been FULLY LIBERATED, and he was speaking from outside the eastern gate of ZAWIYAH saying that FFs are now 15KM from Tripoli

BREAKING: Reports still coming through saying that #Tripoli Airport has been Taken by the #FFs .#DAWNOFTHEMERMAID

FromJoanne Joanne
Many 4×4 cars came this morning on Tunisian territory #Tunisia army FOLLOWED then Surrounded them on land and by air #Libya

Words EXPLAINED Thuwar = FF #Operation #FagrAlArous = dawn of the bride Al Bahr = the Sea Bride refers 2 Tripoli Mediterranean bride #Libya

#TRIPOLI LPC with friend in #Janzour A lot of planning going on today Groups Rallying together in neighbourhood 4tonight #Libya

#CONFIRMED TRIPOLI #AIRPORT IN HANDS OF FF via LPC with friend of @libyaunite in Janzour

#TRIPOLI AIRPORT I myself hve Source who was T airport Yesterday #Gaddafi goons there R FedUp & Confused Said they wanted Gaddafi 2Go #Libya

#TRIPOLI AIRPORT My source been 2 Int Airport almost evry day this wk Contrary what u might believe @NATO allows certain planes 2fly #Libya

#NO #NATO Apaches have been escorting any planes from #Tripoli Int Airport and there are no South African planes waiting on tarmac #Libya

#TRIPOLI AIRPORT My source saw Gaddafi plane heavily guarded sitting on VIP stand for 3days but yesterday Suddenly all guards gone #Libya

Confirmed #tripoli airport is in hands of FF and are also approaching from #Jediyium just outside 27 bridge #janzour

Tweeting Tripoli
A rumors in #Tripoli that #FF have got Baghdadi. People are so excited about it and eagerly waiting for more news.

#TRIPOLI AIRPORT #MyOWNsource was @TIP YESTERDAY till abt mid afternoon & @libyaunite Called closeFriend #Janzour confirms FF tookTIP #Libya

TRIPOLI Intl airport=40km south of center. Very old. New terminal(s) for 20 mio pax under constr Brasil.comp

Matiga= old national airport, 5 km east of center adjacent coastal road.Now military &vip airport.

Wow Serious long line of cars driving through #Zawiya in direction of #Tripoli shouting #Allah #Akhbar #Libya @haynesdeborah #TRIPOLIcalling

Last 24 hrs 2000 ppl fled from #Libya and crossed over #Tunisia Border

Gaddafi plane still sitting there it was heavily guarded 4 three days but thursday suddenly not anymore

Grad rocket hit operation room in hospital #Zawiyah this saturday morning #Libya

Fam in sebha have it pretty bad as well, even tho its far from everything, Gaddafi is making sure they suffer like the rest #Libya

Ppl in #DOUZ Tunisia say helicopters were swooping overhead and troops had been summoned from nearby towns #Libya

#ZAWIYAH Mortar + rocket rounds crashed into center on Saturday Shells struck city hospital around dawn blasting holes in the walls

#ZAWIYAH Gaddafi forces are now shelling Zawiyah from #Jaddayim abt 10km to the east of Z #Libya

Free Libya
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@LibyaNewDay anyone who has left or defected now shudnt be considered a defect. they’re running for their lives, not defecting. #cowards

LPC with friend from janzour. A lot of planning going on today groups Rallying together in neighbourhood for tonight #tripolicalling

Also confirmed that #tripoli airport is in the hands of the FF and are also approaching from jediyium just outside 27 bridge #janzour

plans are being put in place to free #prisonersoftripoli and ensure safe exit. #TRIPOLICALLING

Also friend confirmed that attacks on #RasEjdir #Tunisia #Libya border between G soldiers and #FF. The later are close to capturing it.

Got cut off but wil try to reconnect with him again #tripolicalling

Via #libyatv 4000 prisoners escaped yesterday from #abuseliem prison yesterday #tripoli #Libya

#Tunisia joined ICC in June. It would be obliged to arrest and hand over #Gadaffi if he went there.

#Tripoli: Reports #Gaddafi plane heavily guarded on VIP pad for 3 days, as of yesterday all guards suddenly gone.

managed 2 reach source again. He said that they were surrounding the area nearby the international airport. (1/2)

but NOT in direct control. This is #tripoli international airport I am talking about.

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
1/2 – To clarify – There is NO official english name for operations in Tripoli. There IS an official arabic name – Fajr Aroos al Ba7er.

2/2 – Englsih speaking FFs here in Tripoli using #MermaidDawn on account of meaning-3arooset al ba7r.But can be translated any way you wish

can not yet confirm airport news 100% im afriad. #Tripoli

NATO activity in the air is constant. #Tripoli

OperationMostBeautifulCityonth eSea? Lets get it trending. All we care about here is that we succeed. Will debate the name later

Tripoli Freedom Fighter turns to me and says “Dawn of the Bride sounds like a 70s horror movie”. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

officially started and we are engaging the first phase….but that doesnt mean we are storming babazaziyah tonight! #MermaidDawn

Post Tarawee7 (Night prayer) plans being polished off & finalised in meeting rooms all over the capital, inc. this one #Tripoli

not revealing anything but our intentions brother.world should know that the people of their capital are fighting in their name

I think i would have heard something if forces have engaged the airport phase of the #MermaidDawn. We are not there yet. #Tripoli

1/2 – CONFIRMED – Freedom fighters have NOT gained control of ANY airport in Tripoli nor has there been an attempt to do so yet, BUT…

2/2 – CONFIRMED – have heard from member of regime armed unit tasked with airport defence – members have defected. More coming.

Airport Defence Unit – “Many defected purely out of confusion and isolation. Were not being told what was going on.Decided to abandon posts”

NB – im calling them Airport Defence Unit. That is not their official name. They are just soldiers tasked with security at airport perimeter

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Foreign media taken all around #Tripoli airport just now, walked around runway, terminal, talked to officials. No sign of rebels. #Libya

MosaiqueFM: #Tunisia army engaged 4×4 vehicles carrying Libyans and other NA citizens trying to cross to #Algeria. Cont j.mp/pBaBQR

MosaiqueFM: Vehicles were reported to be carrying High profile individuals from #Libya . t.co/zG5O8Kx

BREAKING: 2 Airplanes have taken off from Benina Airport to bring the injured from the Brega front line.
عاجل:إقلاع طائرتين من قاعدة بنينة لجلب جرحى من جبهة البريقة

hominoid
Hospital Central Zliten works and receives cases under the supervision and protection of the rebels since edited on Friday

Hospital Central Zliten works and receives cases under the supervision and protection of the rebels since Friday

Emo
Report Translation: Gaddafi recruited Belorussian experts to install chemical weapons on Scud missiles. US called it a last stand. #Libya

According to this information. The scud missiles are being equipped by chemical weapons in this site in #Tripoli maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab…

I received this information from someone in #Tripoli but God knows if it’s true or not. Who knows?? I didn’t make it up! #Libya

2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
The Graffiti war of Tripoli (picture taken 30 mins ago from 11th June Road): img217.imageshack.us/img217/6123/gr… #feb17 #Libya

Star Africa
Libya rebels claim capture of Brega oil hub
Rebels claimed they had captured the strategic oil hub of Brega in eastern Libya on Saturday, a day…

Rebels claimed they had captured the strategic oil hub of Brega in eastern Libya on Saturday, a day after saying they had seized two other key towns in their push to close in on Tripoli.
In another blow to Moamer Kadhafi, the rebels also said that former prime minister Abdessalam Jalloud, who fell out of favour with the Libyan strongman in the mid-1990s but remains a highly popular figure, had defected and joined their ranks.
“The industrial zone is under our control, all Brega is now under our control,” the top-ranking rebel official said on condition of anonymity, a day after rebels said had seized the coastal western towns of Zawiyah and Zliten.
“Kadhafi forces are withdrawing to the west, toward Bishr,” the official said.
Jalloud “has gone to Benghazi yesterday night (Friday),” rebel spokesman Juma Ibrahim told reporters Saturday. “I don’t know who he met there. He left by car,” he added.
Overnight, rebel military commander Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani told AFP the ex-premier had managed to flee Tripoli and “has joined the rebels.” Another source said his family accompanied him and they stopped first in Zintan.
His defection comes amid amid rumours that the Libyan strongman himself was preparing to flee as rebels appear to be closing in on the capital.

Full art.:
www.starafrica.com/en/news/detail-news/...

hominoid
Tunisian army arrest of the Libyan armed group who tried to escape across the Tunisian border and believes there are personalities

JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
tunisian news agency says nearly 2 thousand Libyan refugees crossed into #Tunisia in past 24 hrs thru the Dheiba crossing.

haynesdeborah Deborah Haynes
Sounds like Nato airstrikes near Zawiyah, heavy thuds at least that sound more powerful than artillery, plus war planes overhear

Wow. Serious long line of cars driving through Zawiya in the direction of Tripoli shouting Allah Akubar

BREAKING: NTC has made an agreement with the Tunisian government to supply electricity to the western mountains
عاجل:المجلس الانتقالي يبرم اتفاق مع الحكومة التونسية لتزويد منطقة الجبل الغربي بالتيار الكهربائي

Hafed
Eyewitness from #tripoli " there was major fire fight in and around Ben Sha3ban building on Omer Al Mukhtar st last night"

hominoid
Sounds like FFs have left Zawiyah front line now at Jadda’im and after that there is the small town of Al Mayah find it on bing maps Zawiyah

dovenews Libyan™
BREAKING! Reports that #FF have captured #Moawyia #AlSawayi

lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
At @zawiyah hospital we saw ammo boxes kept there by #ghaddafi fighters. Mortars coming in just up the road. Rebels snoozing on gurneys.

hominoid
Tripoli G Battalions are trying to fill holes in the wall of the Bab Al Azizia G compound after NATO raids

HRW contact page why don’t you all send them an Email like I have they will not see your badges on twitter

AJE:
Brega oil terminal looks abandoned by G troops. FF wary it may be trap, haven’t taken it. I think NATO should recon site
Battle for Libya – Live Update: Fight for Brega
Libya’s rebels claim they are closer than ever to beginning the battle for Tripoli.
vid of Brega reports from previous tweet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DatHAuf44Pg&fea...

AlexCrawfordSky Alex Crawford
Doctors re-enter Zawiyah’s main hospital after troops pushed out. Lots of celebrations.

Civilians still being killed and injured by indiscriminate shelling in Zawiyah

Being reunited with doctor in Zawiyah who helped Sky News team in March. Very emotional.

Aljazeera

Brega, to the east appears to be the latest town to be taken, after Muammar Gaddafi’s forces retreated from the oil refinery there.
In the west, the rebels are 50 kilometres from the capital Tripoli in the centre of Az Zawiyah.
Zlitan to the east of the capital has fallen to the rebels as well.
Here’s the latest from Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr in Az Zawiyah and Andrew Simmons in Zlitan.
Battle for Libya: Latest from Az Zawiyah and Zlitan
Vid.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=us5mc-cyNos&fea...

FelicityBarrTV Felicity Barr
Nato has confirmed it has been dropping leaflets over #Tripoli in the past week, urging Gaddafi soldiers to lay down their weapons.

Zliten hospital: the hospital suffering from a shortage of nursing staff and oxygen cylinders and a severe shortage of medication HELP !!

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Any country accepting #Gaddafi will be violating ICC warrant, and therefore breaking international law

#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “KOUROSH PIONEER” now anchored just outside port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Turkey CARGO SHIPS “HACI MEHMET KAPTAN” & “ARON” now anchored just outside port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Moldova CARGO SHIP “MAR BIANCO” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Malta CARGO SHIP “SEA DREAM” now anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

#Tripoli: Shelling can be heard across city, residents say #NATO shelling checkpoints.

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” 35.99358˚/14.63654˚ from #Casablance #Morocco to dest. #Malta. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

SHIP TO WATCH: #Italy OIL TANKER “MAGNIFICA” now arriving at dest. #Zarzis #Tunisia. This ship not usually in this area. #Libya @NATO

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” 33.94801˚/29.49345˚ from Iskenderun #Turkey to unknown dest. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” continues changing transponder info in attempt to evade detection, Headed towards #Libya. #Feb17 @NATO

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “FARWA” is same ship that a month ago carried weapons shipment from #Slovenia to #Algeria. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

#Moldova FERRY “FEHIM BEY” now arriving at dest. #Misrata #Libya. #Feb17

#Tripoli: Heavy #NATO presence in skies over city today. #Libya

#Gaddafi OIL TANKER “AL AGAILA” remains anchored in #Singapore where it has been for the last month. #Libya #Feb17

#Gaddafi CARGO SHIP “EL HUSSAIN” dest. #Malta now anchoring next to Gaddafi OIL TANKER “SAMRAA_ALKHALEEJ” in bunkering area. #Libya #Feb17

#Moldova CARGO SHIP “YAHIA STAR” now approaching dest. of #Tripoli #Libya from #Mersin #Turkey. #Feb17 @NATO

#Togo WING IN GROUND SHIP “TASUCU” now departing #Misrata #Libya for dest. #Benghazi. ETA: 2011-08-19 09:30 (UTC). #Feb17

Reports ”Serious long line of cars driving through #Zawiya in the direction of #Tripoli shouting Takbeer” #Libya #Feb17

Video: Armed convoy was trying to smuggle Saif al-Islam to #Tunisia t.co/6pFWxOD #Libya #Feb17
or:
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1540...

#Gaddafi filth are now shelling #Zawiyah from #Jaddayim. #Libya

channel4news producer Sarah Corp saw 30+ vehicle #Freedomfighter convoy heading 2 front S of #Tripoli w/ ammo, food, supplies. #Libya #Feb17

#StVincentGrenadines CARGO SHIP “PRINCESS DINA” remains anchored just outside of port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

FromJoanne Joanne
EYEWITNESS #TRIPOLI people dressed as military 32nd Reinforced Brigade of Armed Ppl known as Khamis Brigade R LOOTING STEALING #Libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Freedomfighters in #Zliten put in defensive mode Sat. Checkpoints and observation posts already in position. #Libya #Feb17

#Turkey CARGO SHIP “DENIZ YILDIZI S” remains anchored in port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17

evanchill Evan Hill
Rebel army spox Ahmed Bani in Benghazi tonight: Gaddafi forces defending Tripoli airport have defected to our side.

Whether Bani meant they already have or would at some point is unclear, b/c no confirmed reports of airport being taken. #Tripoli

Meanwhile, Reuters reporter @Missy_Ryan says journos taken on tour of Tripoli airport tonight, talked to officials, no sign of rebels.

C4NForeign Sarah Corp
Saw three captured Gaddafi armed pick up trucks being dragged down road on wheel rims by whooping rebel fighters from #zawiyah

A Free Libyan
Online. I see the airport rumour is still being spread..People do realise it’s bs, right? Patience, solid news will arise soon #Libya
Heavy G security presence in #Sabha according to @sabha17feb on FB. #Libya #Feb17
Refrain from spreading rumours. They cause confusion & could be potentially harmful. Doesn’t benefit #Libya or FF in any way. #Feb17

FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Swani Njila Rd Compound being RANSACKED by RegimeSecurity Trash Looters associated with #HarbElKasseh son of Col.ElKasseh #Libya

#NTC chief Mustafa Abdel #Jalil said 2day “the end is very near” 4 Muammar #Gaddafi and that it will be “catastrophic #Libya #Tripolicalling

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Will anyone predict a city wide blackout in #Tripoli as soon as AbdelJalil begins to address the nation? #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

BBC
Nato answers Libya questions

n recent days, Nato has intensified its attacks on targets in the Libya capital, Tripoli. Some believe Nato is overstepping the terms of its mandate – which is to protect civilians in Libya – and is intervening directly in the conflict on the side of the opposition forces. The BBC’s Matthew Price questions a Nato spokesman about those claims.
Are there still sites of strategic value in Tripoli?
Read more here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14603245

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
For those of you who arent glued to the riveting JANA newsfeed like I am, it says Jalloud spends mst time outside #Libya for heart treatment

JANA says Jalloud family under Gaddafi’s care and that “there is nothing that is worth mentioning when it comes to Abdel Salam Jalloud.”

ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya, Dozens of rebel fighters from the western mountains heading to #Zawiyah, #Gaddafi, #Libya

#Libya, #NATO jets flying over #Zawiyah all day, #Gaddafi, #Libya

#Libya, Battles between #Gaddafi forces and opposition fighters continue in #Zawiyah; opposition want to push to bridge 27, #Libya

#Libya, #Gaddafi forces still using grad rockets and mortars to target opposition held areas in #Zawiyah, #Libya

#Libya, #Zawiyah hospital in opposition hands since late Friday… Grad rocket hit the building early Saturday, #Gaddafi, #Libya

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Mustafa Adul Jalil NTC head will address Libyan people highlighting G days r numbered and need for calm and reconciliation after G downfall!

dovenews Libyan™
Reports that #FF have captured #Moawyia #AlSawayi, he is one of the high commanders to Gaddafi forces.

libyanandproud
moawya sway3i fled to Tunisia 3-4 days ago and declared refugee status! #deBUNK

British Forces News
Rebels close in on Tripoli as Zawiya centre falls

Rebel fighters in Libya appear to be closing in on Tripoli and say they have also captured the strategic eastern port of Brega after fierce clashes with Gaddafi regime troops.
To the east of the capital the opposition claim to have seized most of the city of Zlitan – while in Zawiya, to the west, a day of street battles ended with the rebels in control of the city centre.
Now the rebels claim to have liberated Brega, including a key part of its industrial section where much of Libya’s oil is sent for refining.
Gaddafi’s territory has been shrinking dramatically in the past three weeks, with opposition fighters moving closer to Tripoli, from the west, south and east.
NATO’s bombing campaign has made it difficult for the regime to send massive reinforcements to Zawiya, enabling the rebels to maintain a hold over much of the city, their biggest prize in months.
Meanwhile the Ministry of Defence has confirmed further RAF air strikes in Tripoli took place last night (Friday).
Two formations of Tornado and Typhoon aircraft targeted the main operations room

for the Ministry of Interior’s security forces. NATO intelligence had identified it in a compound in the Abu Salim district. Eight Paveway guided bombs scored direct hits.
Earlier in the day three formations of RAF aircraft mounted a coordinated strike on a group of warehouses at the site of the Central Organization for Electronic Research in Tripoli.
Major General Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Communications Officer, said: The main buildings of the COER, a long-standing cover organisation for Libyan intelligence activities including the development of weapons of mass destruction prior to 2003, were destroyed by an RAF attack on 24 July. However, NATO surveillance demonstrated that the adjoining warehouses remained in use as an intelligence command and control node. One main battle tank, spotted by our aircraft in the vicinity of Tripoli, was also targeted successfully.”
He said operations on Thursday morning saw RAF patrols attack two staging areas used by Gaddafi’s forces at Zlitan, as well as a mobile radar system positioned nearby at Al Khums. These were followed by precision strikes on a total of three locations in and around Az Zawiyah. Fleet Air Arm Sea Kings from HMS Ocean, equipped with Searchwater radar, supplemented NATO’s fixed wing surveillance capabilities.
Source BSBF

#Libya Tripoli refugee says loyalists putting concrete barricades in streets+look to be preparing for battle- AP

Free Libya Now
#Gadafi close aids attempting escape through Tunisian border to Algeria arrested by Tunisian border guard after armed clash. #Libya

Hayat
#Tripoli is HELL there are tens of thousands of mercenaries roaming the stree the inhabitants are trapped hostages risking the mass arrests.

Free Libya Now
Only a small number of prisoners managed to escape from Abu Saleem prison. #Libya

Flying to freedom
Since the start of 2011, people across the Middle East have risen up calling for their basic human rights of freedom. The road to victory is stained with the blood of thousands of innocent people who died for their countries because their leaders refused to step down.
We will never forget them, every single one of them. Through Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya & Syria, men, women and children have fallen and amongst their last words were calls for freedom.
The road to victory is long, but we will reach it, for we bow to none other then God.
www.flickr.com/photos/befroggled/606263...

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Clashes now in Ben Ashour. Lots of gun fire. #Tripoli

Ben Ashour Resident to me – “I think its starting here. There is shooting everywhere”. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

Contact in Dahra district – “Its upside (chaos) down here, everyone is out”. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

FromJoanne Joanne
#COLONEL AhmedBani in #Benghazi tonight: #Gaddafi forces defending #Tripoli airport have defected to our side Another Victory for FF #Libya

CNN
Libya rejects rebel claims Gadhafi seeking refuge for his family

Libyan officials are rejecting rebel claims that Moammar Gadhafi is seeking refuge for his family, saying that neither the leader nor his wife and children plan to leave the country.
Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told CNN that Gadhafi and his family are staying in the country, countering rebel reports that the governments of Egypt,

Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have been asked to accept the family.
U.S. and NATO officials also say they have no indication Gadhafi is making preparations to leave.
Abdel Monem al-Houni, a representative of the rebel Transitional National Council in Cairo, told CNN he was informed about the request by the Arab governments who received it.
Kaim said the four governments could speak on their own behalf about the rebel claims.
Read more and watch video:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/20...

#BREGA Saturday: Col. AhmedBani, told AP his FF LOST Industrial Section of #Oil port #BREGA to REGIME forces later in the day #Libya :(

#Zawiyah in pictures: The latest… dlvr.it/h51Rr #Libya

Zawiyah NOS News
Thomas Erdbrink vanuit Zawiyah
Correspondent Thomas Erdbrink is in het centrum van Zawiyah, op het centrale plein, waar heel hard gevochten is.
Video:
nos.nl/video/265963-thomas-erdbrink-van...

FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #TRIPOLI #RISES Souq #AlGoma’a nrby #Sebaa and #Dahra district #Araada #BenAshour shooting heard People out in street Chanting #Libya

ZAWIYAH Hotel mostly burned down HOSPITAL total mess inside due to G Rockets but Eastern Outskirt is now liberated GF retreated 10km #Libya

FF found Weapons In Al Hadbah :)

Free Libya
Watching Libya Alhrar TV, you would think we are at the same place we were in June:/we need to stop all the silly shows and focus on TRIPOLI

#Tripoli is now hearing crackling gunfire and the sounds of many muezzin voices chanting the takbir through loudspeakers #Libya

sami
justst spoke to family in treg el shut souq el juma i could hear gun shots and mosque calling allah uakbar

ksnavarra
#Malta national said to be arrested by #Tunisia soldiers at border with #Libya who was escorting ‘personality’ out of country

radiojay James Fletcher
Just drove to edge of #Zawiyah, rebels in full control. Some said #Gaddafi forces now several kms east near Jaddaim. #Libya

At east edge of #Zawiyah rebels in high spirits, burning green flag and picture of #Gaddafi, singing loudly. #Libya

AJA:
opposition fighters withdraw from the industrial area in #Brega to avoid heavy attack by #Gaddafi forces #Libya

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
OppContact says: the opposition advance from the West entered Al #Mayah, E. of #Zawiyah after sustaining rocket attacks.

OppContact says: opposition fighters pressing into Al #Mayah unsure if rockets from E. launched by Regime troops or armed loyalists. #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Takbeer (calls of Allahu Akbar) are on and off near fashloum/dahra/benashour triangle. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
@niz_FGM says that efforts to liberate the capital have begun under the name #MermaidDawn. #Libya #Feb17

evanchill Evan Hill
Multiple sources reporting street protests in various Tripoli neighborhoods, chants of “God is great”. #Libya

Journo:
A Qatar-trained force to prevent looting in wake of fall of Tripoli. Hope there’s also a force to free all the political prisoners.

It was a UAE-trained force according to that leak in the Times of London, right?

Niz sent out an email to the press under the auspices of the Free Generation Movement

Opposition leader Abdul Jalil gives short speech urging Tripoli residents to remain calm and remember their post-Gaddafi role (via @Qahtani)

Libya 7orra
#Jalil:- freedom is on our doorsteps, but be professional about it, any destructionof buildings will only hurt #Libya

Ahmed
The men of Soug al Jumaa are out in full strength. Only my aunts and female cousins have stayed inside. May Allah protect them all. #Tripoli

Libya 7orra
i pray its quick and i hope all those silent defections we’ve been hearing about come to life..or else it’ll be bloody. #Libya

LPC #Tripoli: Caller reports that protests have begun on the streets in Fernaj and Zenata areas of the city. #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Ghot AlSha3al District and Gergarish Districts quiet. #Tripoli

Hamrouni
Abdessalem Jalloud est parti samedi à 03H00 locales depuis l’aéroport de #Djerba vers l’Italie avec 14 personnes. #Tunisia #libye

Milagrito
transmit this message to Libya ,from the world :We salute with respect and admiration your bravery and love for your country !

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Mustafa AbdulJalil’s speech was less than 4 minutes. Short, precise, and to the point. Unlike a certain friend of ours. #libya

amoona
Please pray for #tripoli my little cousins called they are so scared #souq iljum3a is all out

Sarah
May God protect #Tripoli people.. #Libya #17feb

Rima
When Arab pundits/tweeps/bloggers speak ignorantly about Libya, it makes me second guess everything they’ve ever written.

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Today won’t be the end of the Gaddafi regime and its control of Tripoli but today is the beginning of that end.

libyanandproud
Gunfire in znata ! #TripoliCalling #Feb17 #Libya

A Free Libyan
They need to secure the Ajaylat area first to cover their backs, then they can focus on zuwara + the 3 towns around it

ProudLibyan
This will be an active night in #Tripoli, please be careful, there will be a huge amounts of rumors. #Libya

libyatv Libya TV
discussion of protests in Tripoli on air now: feb17 youth out all over districts in #Tripoli. 8-20. #Libya #feb17 Encouragement for ff
Regine Rayani
#tripoli this is your time 2 free libya forever. All prayers goes to you today. please keep them all safe. #0hour

Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking heavy clashs & demos right now in many parts of Tripoli Implosion 2 liberate city & give the final blow to G has begun in earnest!!

Danya
Reports of shooting in ben Ashour ….please keep the libyan people safe there …#Gaddafi has mercenaries everywhere in #TRIPOLI

PLEASE pray for the people in #TRIPOLI…Gaddafi has more than 13 military bases and mercenaries everywhere

Tweeting Tripoli
Soug Aljoma tonite is upside down. Confirmed. I can hear the gunfire. I was told they are shooting in the air.

Called three different sources. Soug Aljoma and Tajoura are all out.

Not sure about other areas mentioned on Libya TV. Libyana and Madar are down or network is busy, so can’t confirm.

Alex
#Tripoli plea – don’t wait 4 #Nafusa #FF 2 arrive – Tripoli is rising tonight – protests breaking out all over city – met with gunfire #Libya

hominoid
Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman met with officials of the Transitional Council Benghazi
and praised the significant progress of the rebels in the fronts and said that Gaddafi lived his last days of his rule of Libya

Zliten The young men at fighting age have now joined the Ffs

SMILE:
hominoid
Yes goats do climb trees twitpic.com/6924fz

LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Sheikh Sadiq on #Libya TV: “It’s obligatory for all those able in #Tripoli to join in, unite, and fight against Gaddafi forces”. #Libya.

hominoid
Combing the city of Brega clashes with some remnants of Gaddafi result in the death of two FFs

Number of dead and wounded Qaddafi’s battalion arrived to Sabha main hospital from city of Murzuq where battles are taking place

وصول عدد من الموتى والجرحي من كتائب القذافي الى مستشفى 2مارس سبها اليوم نتيجة للاشتباكات مع الثوار في مرزق وغدوة

France Soir
Libye : Les rebelles obligés de se retirer de Brega

Alors qu’ils venaient d’annoncer avoir pris le contrôle de Brega ce samedi, les rebelles ont dûde reculer de cette position stratégique dans l’après-midi face aux bombardements des forces pro-Kadhafi. Le leader libyen montre pourtant certaines faiblesses
Sur le front, la rébellion a été largement appuyée par les avions et hélicoptères de l’Otan pour s’emparer du port de Brega comme l’avait annoncé ce samedi matin les rebelles. Mais c’était sans compter sur la riposte des pro-Kadhafi qui dans l’après-midi ont bombardé les rebelles. Théâtre d’affrontements entre les rebelles et les forces loyales à Mouammar Kadhafi depuis plus d’un mois, Brega est un bastion stratégique et a changé de mains plusieurs fois depuis le début de l’offensive. Elle était auparavant la principale voie de sortie par la mer du pétrole pompé dans le centre du pays. Full art.:

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david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
The big counteroffensive for #Zawia is just starting. #Libya

BREAKING! #FF are in control of the weapon storage in #Alhadabah. #Tripoli via @Libyatv

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NotLibyaStateTV
We hear that the speech by AbdulJalil was only 4 minutes long, proving he is not as smart or idea-filled as the Br. Leader of the Revolution

elpasolibre
#brega a strategic & tactical retreat 2 save the lives of our fighters, & avoid more destruction 2 oil facilities" said the col Bani.
#brega "We withdrew to the east, but we are still besieging the industrial area, "says Colonel Bani.

Ray_224:
My Uncle in Soug El-Jom3a says everybody is out and everyone has a weapon #AllahuAkbar #Tripoli #Libya

Elleebi
Takbeer and gunfire all across Tripoli, confirmed by family in Ben Ashoor, Fashloom and Hadba. #Libya

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Several airstrikes shake #Tripoli tonight and anti-aircraft fire seen. #Libya

Just saw more anti-aircraft fire. #Libya #Tripoli

People on edge tonight.

NotLibyaStateTV
Anti-aircraft fire going on in peaceful normal Tripoli. We’re showing those aircraft who is boss, right? #Libya

Skyman64 Ian Woods
Finally got internet access to provide update from Gharyan. Spent all day here. The front line is now 12km to the north of the town.
My video report will be on Sky News shortly. There has been no advance for four days.
Fighters say they are concerned about civilian casualties because Gadaffi forces are in towns to the north but hope they will rise up
They are very confident that the end is in sight and that Gaddafi will flee because he is surrounded.

missy_ryan Missy Ryan
Sounds of heavy gunfire in distance.

elpasolibre
Thuwar #Tajura captured members of Gaddafiforces

Tweeting Tripoli
I confirm I can now hear lots of gun fire and mini explosions. I see red tracer fire shot in the air all over central Tripoli.
Mini explosions possibly Gelateena (Home made bombs made of Dynamite sticks).

sarasidnerCNN Sara Sidner
Just returned from Zawiya, Libya. It appears Rebels have taken the entire town. Rockets still falling into city but Gadhafi forces are out.

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Lot of heavy gunfire and explosions now being heard at #Rixos from Northerly direction. Ie towards centre #Tripoli #Libya

richardengelnbc Richard Engel
massive amounts of gunfire in air.. reports rebels started assault on #tripoli
#libya.. reports qaddafi may have left.. could be just rumors., people celebrating..

#libya reports qaddafi may have left.. could be just rumors., people celebrating..

libyan tv reporting qaddafi has fled with two sons

still lots of gunfire.. but reports from here in libya still

rebels report fighting in at least three #tripoli neighborhoods

reports of fightng in souq al jumaa, feshloum, tajoura and zawit al-dahmani in #tripoli

tweeting Tripoli
Exact Libyan term a friend in Soug Aljoma used “Khasha Ba3dha” not sure how to translate that! #feb17 #Libya

the red tracer fire, are those bullets or slow going flares?

they are slow going red dots in lines of 10 or 15 shots. I have no military experience so I have no idea what are those!!??

libyanandproud
I also confirm znata : Confirmed – Znant residents on the streets…. #MermaidDawn #Tripoli”

libyanandproud
@NATO please take out those fuckin AA trucks allover tripoli !

I Love Libya
CONFIRMED : #Souaq Joma is out. Call.

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Credible source tells BBC of heavy fighting inside central #Tripoli #Libya

Aljazeera banner tonight (10pm Libyan time) #libya #feb17
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LibyaUnited1944
LPC in Fashloom #Tripoli “We’ve retreated as there r hardly any weapons + mercenaries turned up with RBG’s”

LPC #Tripoli CityCentre quiet compared 2 the other areas due 2 snipers on roofs in Martyr Sq & Omer Mukhtar St

Ibn
twitpic.com/51kljo/full map of #tripoli. missing some areas in the west, but good guide to protest location. #libya

A Free Libyan
#3words – #Gaddafi is screwed – #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17

Getting in touch with a contact in #Tripoli. Will release some personally confirmed news in a few mins. #Libya #Feb17

CONFIRMED – LPC – Northern & Eastern parts of #Tripoli are very much alive and out.

CONFIRMED – G forces are using AA guns and heavy weaponry in North + East #Tripoli. Lots of gunfire.

CONFIRMED – LPC – This includes areas such as #BenAshour and #SougalJumma etc. See maps that are around..

CONFIRMED – LPC – “The people that are out on the streets, ARE NOT SCARED and are determined, they aren’t backing down”.

I don’t have contact with the South and West of #Tripoli at the moment, but will tweet if I get anything from there.

ProudLibyan
All #Tripoli is out now. I hope they are careful. Mercenaries are still rife. #Libya

If you speak Arabic follow events in Tripoli and Libya now via Libya TV, click on the live stream: libya.tv #Libya #Tripoli

Tajoura in #Tripoli is active, Takbeer is everywhere

Gaddafi forces will use high calibre weapons to try to quash the protestors, I doubt they will stop the uprising now. Pray for #Tripoli !

Remember this is Aug 20 #Gaddafi, not Feb 20, we have 6 months of revolutionary charge and experience. U are finished! #Libya

This time in #Tripoli Gaddafi, we are ready, we will beat you and your crazy goons. #Libya

The protestors have to be careful, Gaddafi can and will try to trick them. Please be careful. #Tripoli #Libya

Live call now on Aljazeera Arabic. You can hear gunshots in the background. Saying there is sound of 14.5 gunshots.

Aljazeera Arabic covering Tripoli uprising: t.co/Y1MWi7V #Libya #Tripoli

Aljazeera Arabic: The Tripoli liberation battle has begun. There will be 3 stages. FF from outside will coordinate with internal residents

richardengelnbc Richard Engel
reports of fightng in souq al jumaa, feshloum, tajoura, zawit al-dahmani in #tripoli

#tripoli.. earlier today saw several hundred fighters heading into zawiya.. on way to tripoli

odd no reports of seif having fled, only hanibam was moatasim

Skyman64 Ian Woods
People I’m with in Gharyan are very happy…they believe every rumour they hear. Can’t tell from here whether any are true.

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
AntiAircraftFire / Tracer fire in the air as pickup trucks mounted with 14.5mm guns shoot. NATO planes not the target. #MermaidDawn #Tripoli

matthewwprice Matthew Price
I’m no expert but the explosions are not #Nato as far as I can tell. No sound of jets. Gunfire still heard. Lots of it. Distant. #Libya

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Another big distant explosion #Tripoli #Libya

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NotLibyaStateTV
We hear that the rebels claim some mermaid mission has started. We started Operation Constant Victory on March 19 &we’re about to finish it

A Free Libyan
CONFIRMED – Call – Northern + Eastern areas of #Tripoli are VERY active. People will NOT back down! twitpic.com/51kljo #Libya

#PrayforTripoli and for all the districts and people in it. Sounds like it is going to be a hectic night.

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Ghot AlSha3al District and Gergarish Districts quiet. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

We urge patience &restraint.Patience in how long this may last &what this may take.Restraint in the distribution of information #MermaidDawn

AntiAircraftFire / Tracer fire in the air as pickup trucks mounted with 14.5mm guns shoot. NATO planes not the target. #MermaidDawn #Tripoli

State TV not showing Tarawee7 (night) prayers….because there is no one there! #MermaidDawn

Man standing on street near Jama3Asaga3 area was randomly shot at.He & others escaped & were chased by military. They’re safe #MermaidDawn

Mosques calling God is Great, ALLAHU AKBAR, from Ben ashour mosque. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli although its in lockdown mode its not hermetically closedoff 1 Can still escape2Nafusa many do as we speak through backroads #Libya

#TRIPOLI I feel TORN between happness & Gripped wth fear Want 2urge Ppl GoInside DontGetHurt Yet I also say go Out and Frighten GF ! #Libya

Credible report Mahmoud Shammam : Gadafi along his sons Hanibal & Muatasem fled #Libya

Abdelsalam
I just booked my ticket to go back to libya via Tunisia . cant wait any longer. taking an ambulance with me.

#TRIPOLI ReallySilly I know I am blinking hard 2clear eyes from tears Feel so ridiculously emotional I send every1 my Guardian Angels #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
State TV suddenly scramble to Tarawee7 (night) prayers. Please tune in and see the empty mosque. Usually people struggle to find room.

sarasidnerCNN Sara Sidner
Just returned from Zawiya, Libya. It appears Rebels have taken the entire town. Rockets still falling into city but Gadhafi forces are out.

Libyan
We could use those helicopters now! bloody anti-aircraft guns are firing on houses + protesters!!

FF Abdullah zaid from to AJA: FF’s are well organized & gun fire only used when confrontation is needed. Gadafi is using heavy arms.

FF Abdullah zaid from to AJA: People have blocked the high way with burning tires, streets are full of FF’s trying to manage the situtaion.

pdanahar Paul Danahar
Sound of exchange of fire for around 15 minutes. Has now stopped

Danya
BTW there is basically NO electricity in #TRIPOLI basically fighting in the DARK!

libyatv Libya TV
LibyaTV: Revolutionaries control Matiiga military base #Tripoli #Libya, Independence flag raised at Tripoli airport. #feb17

Mahmoud Jebril speech: We want #Tripoli residents to be responsible and assume their positions to protect Tripoli and personal properties.

Jebril speech: We rely on them to participate in rebuilding #Libya. Do not destroy any buildings bc this will further burden Libya’s economy

Jebril: We will show ff’s they are not alone and that their is coordination between inner and outer forces and citizens should not worry.

Jebril: Don’t resort to revenge from those who inflicted harm. A mediating organization will be looking at all crimes over past 42 yrs,

& everyone will have what he is entitled. Those who stay at home & those w hands in their arms, will be safe. —end Jebril speech. #Tripoli

LIBYA TV BLOG:
Tripoli live blog 8/20/2011
22:30 (Reuters)
Multiple explosions rocked Tripoli on Saturday night and repeated anti-aircraft fire was seen streaking across the sky, a Reuters reporter in the city said. Sustained gunfire and thuds were heard in the distance and residents of Tajoura, on Tripoli‘s eastern outskirts, reported clashes were under way.
21:26 (Libya TV):
Demonstrators take to the streets in Tajura, Fashloum, Dahra, Soug el Juma, Hadba, Gurgi, Furnaj and other section of Tripoli.
20:52 (Libya TV):

LibyaTV: Revolutionaries protesting in SougalJuma, Furnaj, Tajura, Ben Ashour and Zawhit Dhahmani.
20:29 (Libya TV):
Libya TV (Libya al-ahrar) reports Freedom fighters have taken control of a weapons depot in Tripoli.
18:57 (Libya TV):
The head Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, is expected to address the Libyan people, live on Libya TV shortly.
16:11 (AFP):
National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said today “the end is very near” for Muammar Gaddafi and that it will be “catastrophic,” as freedom fighters pushing on the capital claimed to have seized a third key town in 24 hours.
“We have contacts with people from the inner circle of Gaddafi,” said the chairman of the NTC. “All evidence (shows) that the end is very near, with God’s grace.”
Abdel Jalil was speaking to reporters as a flurry of rumours suggested that Gaddafi was preparing to flee Libya.
“I expect a catastrophic end for him and his inner circle, and I expect that he will a create a situation within Tripoli. I hope my expectation is wrong,” Abdel Jalil said.
15:25 (CNN):
Libyan officials are rejecting opposition claims that Muammar Gaddafi is seeking refuge for his family, saying that neither the leader nor his wife and children plan to leave the country.
Gaddafi’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told CNN that Gaddafi and his family are staying in the country, countering revolutionary reports that the governments of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have been asked to accept the family.
U.S. and NATO officials also say they have no indication Gaddafi is making preparations to leave.
14:42 (Reuters):
Libya’s oil chief, Omran Abukraa, is in Tunisia and did not return to Libya after a trip abroad, a Tunisian official source told Reuters today.
The source said Abukraa had arrived in Tunisia after a trip to Italy. Abukraa represented Libya at the last OPEC meeting in June after Tripoli’s long-serving oil chief Shokri Ghanem defected from Muammar Gaddafi’s government and said he supported the aims of revolutionaries trying to topple him.
13:57 (BBC):

Two U.S. senators have demanded the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber from Libya, on the second anniversary of his release from prison in Scotland.
Terminally-ill Abdelbasset al Megrahi was freed by Scottish ministers on compassionate grounds.
New Jersey senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg want the opposition transitional Libyan government, the NTC to send Megrahi to the U.S.
Al- Meghrahi is believed to be in Tripoli.
02:08 (CNN):
The Embattled Muammar Gaddafi may be making preparations for what is described as a “last stand” in Tripoli as a months-long NATO air campaign continues amid reports of revolutionary advances, according to two U.S. officials.
“We believe he could be planning for a last stand,” one U.S. official said.
A second U.S. official confirmed a similar concern and said the Gaddafi plan could involve a final military offensive against civilians, launched from his last major strongholds around the Libyan capital.
The officials, who have knowledge of the situation on the ground, did not want to be named because of the sensitive intelligence matters.
8/19/20
22:23 (Libya TV):
Mohammed Al-Alagy, the National Transitional Council’s justice minister announced that the freedom fighters have freed all prisoners from the Abusleem prison in the capital Tripoli tonight.
- Note: All time stamps blog entries will be in local Tripoli time.
Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9250

Fighting spills to Tunisia
Freedom fighters battled for towns on either side of the Libyan capital Tripoli today, and fighting spilled across the border into Tunisia where Libyan infiltrators clashed with Tunisian troops.
The United States said Muammar Gaddafi’s “days are numbered” as revolutionary forces, backed by NATO air strikes, put his four-decade rule in the North African nation under unprecedented pressure amid reports of more defections from his ranks.

Tunisian security sources said their forces had intercepted Libyan men in vehicles with weapons and fought them through the night in the desert. They reported several casualties.
The six-month-old war in Libya came close to the frontier this week after freedom fighters suddenly seized the coastal city of Zawiyah just 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, surrounding the capital and severing its supply routes.
Intense fighting continued in Zawiyah tonight and revolutionaries occupying the center of the city said Gaddafi forces showed no sign of retreating to the capital.
Gaddafi soldiers west of Zawiyah and near the Tunisian border have been effectively encircled and cut off from their supply lines, and Tunisia has beefed up its military presence in the border area.
Residents of the southern Tunisian desert town of Douz told Reuters by telephone that helicopters were swooping overhead and troops had been summoned from nearby towns to subdue the infiltrators, who rode in vehicles without number plates.
The Tunisian security sources did not say whether the armed men were revolutionaries or supporters of Gaddafi, but residents said they believed they were Gaddafi supporters.
Tunisian officials also said a Tunisian army helicopter had crashed because of mechanical problems in the border area, killing the pilot and co-pilot.

Short URL: english.libya.tv/?p=9346

libyatv Libya TV
There seems to be confusion about previous report. It said: A (LibyaTV) source told LibayTV Gaddafi and sons left Tripoli. still unconfirmed

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Rebel spokesman in Western Mountain region told CNN “the revolution from inside Tripoli has officially started”

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Right, fluid situation. Gunfire now in distance. #Tripoli #Libya Sporadic. And now fallen silent again. No clear pattern to this.

pdanahar Paul Danahar
Fighting in #Tripoli is not rebel advance but seems people fighting with the security forces in several areas in the city. #Libya #Gaddafi

AP:
Gaddafi forces fired rockets & mortars at the #Zliten killing a doctor, his wife & their 9-month-old baby when a mortar hit their home.

matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Tripoli quieter now for 15 mins.

sarasidnerCNN Sara Sidner
Mosque in Yefren calling for an uprising in Tripoli. Celebratory gunfire dotting the night sky

pdanahar Paul Danahar
Sound of exchange of fire for around 15 minutes. Has now stopped

LibyanNewsToday Mahmoud
Breaking News: Tripoli is now official in the uprising. Residents joining FFs. Yelling #AllahuAkbar!

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Quieter now. Hard to tell how far away it is. Cities echo. Will update if I have anything more. Remember, I’m hearing but not seeing #Libya
MyFreeLibya Rubicon
Just got off the phone with my friend who is in the Zintan Sa3eka brigade..They are in Shahat area, about to go on a full scale assault

yeah i meant hashan…#TwitterFail

He has a sat fone…tells me most of Zintan are here…also says he heard Jadu, Kabow came down as well…They are just waiting for sign. #TRIPOLI

Tripoli on fire…no backing down…lets see how strong G forces really are…

david_bachmann_ AC Tripolis
#tripoli seems to be out on the steeets. However, in dahra level of activity far from feb17 levels #Libya (source: phone call tip 5 min ago)

libyatv Libya TV
Tripoli’s commander reassures residents, says the fight for Tripoli has begun. A plan is in place to liberate #Tripoli.

The official operation started today from youth inside #Tripoli #Libya. 8-20 #feb17

LibyaTV: #Tajoura is free of Gaddafi’s forces. Tajoura formed a military council. #feb17

Tripolitanian Libyan
There’s truck mounted AA guns firing at random houses in Mukhtar street and other streets in Soug Eljum3a.

Free Libya Now
Tripoli residents recieve SMS messages to rid their streets of traitors #Libya

Zlitniya
#Tripoli more than 123 martyrs up to now #Allah yarhamhum. Oh Allah please be with them and not against them #Libya

#Tripoli :Banner on @libyatv FF control Mi’itiga military base #Libya
#Shalgam : #Tripoli FF You carry out the battle for victory #Libya

Free Libya Now
Gadafi TV is showing Prayer of Ramadan with hardly 20 people, Martyrs Square seems quiet, hardly no movement at all. #GadafiTvUpdate #Libya

AlJazeera Arabic: #Tripoli commander, we have an organised plan to liberate Tripoli, also reassure residents that this will be soon. #Libya

AJA: #Tripoli battalion leader live: asks civilians to take shelter in the coming days, avoid places near military installations. #Libya

Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Aljazeera Arabic: Reuters: Tripoli is full of gun fire, sounds of explosions everywhere. #Tripoli #Libya

Thuwar have surrounded home of Mansour Daou #Tripoli #Libya v @tripoli17feb11

Military Council in #Nafusa confirmed that FF’s are in control of #Tripoli int airport. #Libya #feb17 #TripoliRocks

Zlitniya
Allahu akbar. Ya Allah tonight is the night of #Gaddafi end

AJA reporter from Rajban: The Tripoli battalion nb: Trained in Western Mts. will lead the liberation of #Tripoli #Libya

Phone call from Soug Al Jum3ah confirmed 123 shuhada in soug al jum3ah so far :( Ya Allah

did he say 123 is suq al jumua or 123 in all of tripoli?i thought it was tripoli

my cousins said soug al jum3ah… According to Al Jazeera, many shuhada and injured in AL Hashan area too :(

AJA guest:FF outside #Tripoli need to get to the capital ASAP

simmjazeera andrew simmons
’Road to Zliten report airs on Aljaz London Newshour @ 21g – 23 hrs Libya time.

SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Residents tell Reuters there are anti-Gaddafi protests in the streets of Tripoli

Zlitniya
Egyptian Military Expert on #AJA :I don’t think #Gaddafi will leave unless REALLY forced to. #Tripoli battle will last days,possibly 1week

AJA: a number of casualties “dead and injured” in Al Hashan area in #Tripoli #Libya

AJA: more casualities in Fashloom and Zanatah#Tripoli #Libya

Tripoli call: “4 Martyrs in Ben Ashoor neighbourhood, can’t get them because they are still shooting and also shooting at the houses”

meshelmay Michelle May
Once #Libya’s gaddafi-free I wouldn’t B surprised if some FFs head2 #Syria to help the protesters there. Many mentioned this2 me in hospital

Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I am not going to sleep a wink tonight. packing bag now for #Libya #feb17

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Now NATO has started up pounding tripoli. More gunshots crackling outside

Free Libya Now
FF’s are surrounding the Prime Minister’s building on Treeq Al Sikah in Tripoli. #Libya
As we reported earlier, Islamic Museum has been under the control of FF’s of Tripoli #Libya
Tajoura has been totally liberated from Gadafi Militias. #Libya Tajoura has erected its command & control units, military & civil control.

Free Libya Now
#GadafiTvUpdate screen split in two. 1 showing Ramadam prayers 2nd showing Martyrs square(Green square) small number of people look confused

LIBERATION PHASES:
Tripoli liberation first Phase: Local FF’s taking control of Streets, establishing total control over institutions. Cripling Gadafi Militia.

Tripoli Liberation Second Phase: Uniting of Local Ff’s with incoming FF’s from three fronts. disabling snipers, continue control of streets.

Suliman Dugha on AJA: Saif #Gaddafi just seen leaving #Rixos Hotel in #Tripoli #Libya

Suliman Dugha on AJA: Oil minister (one that replaced Shukri Ghanem) has fled to #Tunisia #Libya

Suliman Dugha on AJA: I believe #Tripoli liberation will take 3 days only #Libya

Suliman Dugha AJA:It WILL be a challenge 2tk care of city as big as #Tripoli .Problem is, #Gaddafi destroyd nt only t country but mentality

matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Tripoli tonight #Libya Heavy gunfire sustained fire. Moussa calling press conference now. Diplomats here too at #Rixos

Free Libya Now
Heavy clashes between Gadafi Militias & FF’s around Mayteega airport/airbase. #Libya

Tripoli Tom Aka Musa Ibraheem is expected to show up at Rixos soon. Stay Tuned #Libya

Mustaf Abduljaleel: We are all doing out part positive, We are putting a heavy weight on our FF’s inside Tripoli. & Also FF’s who are east.

Mustafa Abduljaleel to #AJA: We are looking to minimize our losses be it on Gadafi side or our FF’s, al will be needed for future #Libya.

Mustafa Abduljaleel to #AJA: We hope that Gadafi will not use Scud missiles, and ask Gadafi militias to side with Libyan people. #Libya

Mustafa Abduljaleel to #AJA: Many of the snipers are mercenaries U will be dealt with once all areas in Libya are liberated. #Libya

Mustafa Abduljaleel to #AJA: We have established a caretaker team that is taking care of the situtaion right now. We want to include all cnt

Mustafa Abduljaleel to #AJA: Include all qualified people who are in Tripoli so we can run the country in more efficient way. #Libya

#AJA Reporter in Rujban is broadcasting what he says Gadafi militia operation room Shortwave signal messages. Cites confusion,

The CB message is saying: Leave your positions and throw your arms, the building is destroyed by explosives. Gadafi Militias complaining.

Tripoli Tom AKA Musa Ibraheem Is speaking on #AJA : Do not listen to Sarkozy, he is

telling some to go to Tripoli to go destroy. #Libya

Musa Ibrahem Aka Tripoli Tom: Tripoli is Safe under the prtection of our army. There are small groups of rebels who are attacking, but small

Tripoli airport is under control, Mayteega is under control. Abu Slaeem prisoners who escaped were total 13 people, who were caught.

Tripoli is secure, highway is open and works just fine. No weapons in tripoli Someone is trying to confuse local Libyans. everything is fine

Musa IBraheem: We are strong with our leader who is leading the fight with wisdom & strength They have brought mercenaries in Subrata, zawya

Musa Ibraheem: these foreign powers have brought people who I can count on my fingers and are spreading rumors. #Libya

Musa Ibraheem: Please tell people what is going on in Tripoli Like any where in the world, when gun fire errupts police comes closes street

Musa Ibraheem: Zlitin has been attacked, these people have no weapons, they have lost many of their men, they have mercenaries with them.

Musa Ibraheem: These people do not have any thing more to offer. We will show you the mercenaries once we finish interogating them. #Libya

Musa Ibraheem: I have seen young woman, old woman holding guns protecting Libya, it is a public movement, they protecting Libya against Nato

Musa Ibraheem: NATO is attacking check points cause they know those check points are protecting Libyans (This guy is halucinating) #Libya

Musa Ibraheem Is asking whomever is listening to him in the room saying aren’t you libyan aren’t you protecting your country doing your part

Musa Ibraheem: Liberty4Libya is sick of his statements tired of translating and writing. Thank you all #AJA stoped broadcasting Tripoli Tom.

Tripoli Tom Aka Musa Ibraheem is expected to show up at Rixos soon. Stay Tuned #Libya

Tunisia recongnizes #TNC as the only representitive of Libyan people #AJA

Mohamed AbdulRaham To AJA:
We have operation rooms in Tripoli, Misurata, Zintan. We have the initiative. #Libya

whomever supportes Gadafi can eneter mosques & their lives will be saved.
We have released prisoners from small prsions already. #Libya

Aseel Tajoury to #AJA:
ARADA area is under total control of FF’s. Alla gadafi Militias have retreated out of that area

Arada Bridge was bombed, we have 133 martyrs and wounded, this news is from the field hospitals

Total Arada & Souq Al Jumuah martyrs are 133 (Not martyrs & wounded) Just martyrs. #Libya

MUST READ.
CNN
Rebels claim to take ‘revolution’ inside Tripoli, clashes reported

Libyan rebels have taken their fight inside Tripoli, home to embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi, a rebel spokesman said late Saturday.
“The revolution from inside Tripoli has officially started (Saturday) evening in many parts … of Tripoli, and is expected to spread to all of Tripoli,” said Jumma Ibrahim, a rebel spokesman from the western mountain region around Zintan.
But speaking a short time later, just before midnight in Tripoli, government spokesman Musa Ibrahim insisted that all is safe and well. He said that the Libyan capital remains under government control, adding that the nearby highways remain open.
Heavy clashes broke out Saturday night in at least one Tripoli neighborhood, marked by intense gunfire, explosions and people screaming as they ran through the street, a

resident told CNN.
Gunfire and explosions have become normal occurrences in Tripoli, but CNN personnel on the ground for weeks report that the fighting appeared to be among the most intense yet.
“Most of the neighhoods in Tripoli are rising up,” Jumma Ibrahim said.
Besides stating that rebels now control the main intelligence operations building in Tripoli, the spokesman claimed that some Libyan army personnel had defected and joined the rebels in the vicinity of the capital’s airport
Read more and watch video here:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/20...

Reuters Reuters Top News
FLASH: Gunfire in Libyan capital subsides, occasional shots still audible: Reuters reporter in Tripoli

Anthony
Musa #Ibrahim ’s idea of #PsyOps would put #him on the #Psychiatrist ’s Couch. #Libya

Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
Heavy & sustained Gun Fire In Tripoli

Liberation of Tripoli prisoners from many prisons.

Tripoli Prisoners are released one prison at the time. All prisoners who were captured by Gadafi Militias in the last 5 months are all free.

Libyans revolting east of Tripoli. #AlGaraboulli area 60km west of Tripoli #Libya

Great News from Tripoli. Captives are on their way home as prisons are liberated one at the time.

#Gadafi Militias crumbling in Tripoli. Tripoli Tom is halucinating claiming nothing is ging on while Libya’s Tripoli is being liberated.

FF caller to #AJA: We are in control of Jumhuriya street. 2 unarmed protestors

martyred & two wounded. We are 500 M away from Bab Aziziyah.

FF from tripoli to #AJA: We attacked them & captured their weapons, they ran like rats. They tried to attack our neighborhood. #Libya

AbuBakr Al Traboulsi calling from Tripoli on #AJA: We are in the heart of Tripoli close to Bab Al Aziziyah, 1.5 km from Martyrs Square.

Tripoli LPC: We can not move much, Prisoners are all released. FF’s are controling Much of the city.

Fight and gun fire pretty much died down in Tripoli as prisoners all released in Tripoli.

#Seif # Gadafi is reportedly in Tatween city of Tunis.

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Hearing fighting from where i am. Small arms then sporadic heavy calibre fire. Seeing tracer fire nearby here too. Will assess other areas

Will try to provide pictures and videos in coming days to accompany our updates of #MermaidDawn

Incredibly loud explosions coming from east of Tripoli. #NATO. Tripoli

heavy military presence in Ghot Al Sha3al. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

Some districts calming down now. Clashes in others remain. Remember, patience. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

libyatv Libya TV
#Tunisia recognizes The National Transitional Council as the legitimate governing body of #Libya. #NTC #feb17

Assad
Only a handful of people at prayers tonight in #Tripoli
t.co/wRo6pA5

libyatv Libya TV
LibyaTV: Revolutionaries control Matiiga military base #Tripoli #Libya, Independence flag raised at Tripoli airport. #feb17

Abdelsalam
I just received the news of the martyerdom of one of my friends in #Zawiyah Walid Al Murjini.
Walid has 2 girls and his wife just dileverd a baby boy yesterday. He died in Zawiyah

Joanne
#TRIPOLI Gaddafi forces are said to have fled Al #Dahra district of Tripoli #Libya This is where the audio came from #Libya
#Tripoli Audio Send me RPG ammo I want to bomb this building to the ground".talkin about a building in aldahra :
#GaddafiTroops Walkie Talkie Communications on AJE they R SCARED say need More Weapons ! #Tripoli #Libya #Aug20
Heres the radio transmition #Libya #feb17
yfrog.com/jj4shz

FromJoanne Joanne
#What A Night ! #Benghazi is Ecstatic with the news of #Tripoli rising Looking at them now waving their freedom Flags :) #Libya

#TRIPOLI So many Victories FF took street after street Joy of released prisoners but also so much Heartbreak So many Martyrs Injured #Liba

Reuters Reuters Top News
-SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH LIBYAN REBEL COUNCIL SAYS “ZERO HOUR HAS STARTED, THE REBELS IN TRIPOLI HAVE RISEN UP”

NEW SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS, SUSTAINED AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE HEARD IN TRIPOLI – REUTERS CORRESPONDENT

Rubicon
100% confirmed…all FF from #Zintan not holding checkpoints in the Mt are in operation #fajrel3arous, more than 80%. More FF from mt in op 2

The might of Libya’s FF…don’t seem to need sleep or rest…fuelled simply by what is just…Is this some sweet dream or a fairy tale #Tripoli

How poetically right it would be…to finish #Feb17 on the last ten days of ramadan..Exemplifying what this revolution was about… Allah 3lam

built upon moral values…. the same foundation as Islam….To defeat the wrong & uphold what is right & just no matter the cost

Reuters:
unknown number of rebels killed in clashes in Qadah, Tripoli, fighting at Mitaga Air base, quoting “opposition activist”. #Libya

ITV NEWS Correspondent in #Zawiyah: Rebels are 25 mins away from #Tripoli.

Mairi
Matega is the airport district of Tripoli. Feb17th reports that tanks of Gaddafi forces have entered Zawit Dalnni. Unconfrimed

AlArabiya: opposition fighter in studio says: regime tanks advancing towards Zawit Dahmi area of #Tripoli #Libya

lindseyhilsum Lindsey Hilsum
Our translator in #zintan watching #Moussa Ibrahim on TV: ‘this man is telling – how you say – porkie pies.’ @channel4news #libya #Tripoli

LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi forces are said to have fled Al Dahra district of Tripoli #Libya

pdanahar Paul Danahar
Here’s BBC TV report on the fall of #Zawiyah tinyurl.com/3m9d536 #Libya #Gaddafi

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
Im sure i can hear the dull thud of shelling but i cant be sure. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn
To media – unable to do interviews tonight or tomorrow on account of operational role. Situation will change in 24-48 hours. #MermaidDawn

THANKU4THEANGER
Moussa Ibrahim speaker for G ex-regime seems to be living in a parallel reality.

Emo
Timing of #Tripoli was surprisingly earlier than expected but was perfect. They surprised G thugs before applying snipers on the roofs.
I’m breathless……Gaddafi’s days are over!!!! Go #Tripoli

ProudLibyan
Musa Ibrahim now in Martyr Sq. in Tripoli holding a Gaddafi picture, a handful of pro. G. with him. lol. PhD from London, but still a rat!

#Tripoli call: " if @NATO help us seriously Tripoli can fall in our hands in just few hours"

#Tripoli call: “Gaddafi forces have gone out of #Fashloom area”

#Tripoli Call: “#Tajoura Freedom Fighters have gained control of Rocket launchers that Gaddafi was going to use on Tripoli” #AllahuAkbar

I think Journalists need to be freed from Rixos hotel #TripoliRising

#Tripoli: “Lajna Sha3biyah in Sikka St is surrounded by the Freedom Fighters” #AllahuAkbar #TripoliRising

#Tripoli call: “Mitiga military base airport is half with FF and half with G forces. Clashes taking place and NATO Helping” #AllahuAkbar

#Tripoli: “In Tajoura half of #Gaddafi forces gave in to FF after hearing the Takbeer in Mosques and Salim Taslim from Mosques” #AllahuAkbar

Lets all pray two Rakas to Allah … Libya needs us in every way #Tripoli

#Tripoli FF can now speak freely to all Media Channels

#Tripoli call: “#Kikla and #Zintan FF are at Wadi Al7ar coming towards Tripoli” #AllahuAkbar

#Tripoli Call: “Soug Jumma FF have captured two Anti-Aircraft weapons on cars” #AllahuAkbar

A request from Libyan residents here in Benghazi that all Mosques should start Takbeer… #AllahuAkbar

VIDEO FROM TRIPOLI TONIGHT #libya t.co/xDPeoBP
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCo4g_gZINg

Mosques have started Takbeer in #Benghazi - #Tripoli we are all with you — #Libya #TripoliRising

FF from Zintan and Kikla are at an area near Tripoli … they are all going Tripoli from all around

#Tripoli Call: “Clashes are taking place between #Gaddafi Forces and Freedom Fighters at Midaan Qadsiyah & Zawiyat Dahmani” #TripoliRising

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Clashes downtown heard from Magaryif St. along with TAKBEER !!! ALLAHU AKBAR !!!

HEAVY NATO BOMBING HEARD IN TRIPOLI RIGHT NOW !

Its official: we’ve been trying to locate the uprisings but it seems ALL Tripoli has risen !

Downtown resident says G forces are located in so called “green square” right now. but inshaAllah they will be defeated tonight !

We’re hearing clashes near by !

TAKBEER AND CLASHES IN JANZOUR RIGHT NOW… ALLAHU AKBAR ALLAHU AKBAR ALLAHU AKBAR!!!!

I am hearing firing nearby….

The clashes are getting heavier…

Resident from Tajura say they are hearing heavy clashes and very heavy NATO bombing, said probably bombing G tanks !

Gaddafi speaking on state tv right now. sounds pre-recorded. IT’S OVER SHAFSHUFA ! he’s still talking about oil…amazing how stupid he is.

my parents switched channels within 1st 5 minutes, no one wants to even hear what this mad man has to say anymore.

richardengelnbc Richard Engel
#mousa ibrahim, gov’t spokesman says #tripoli is safe.. and highway from east-to-west under control (which it is not)

yasmarah
I feel like this is that scene in Dark Knight when the Joker gives that weird last announcement…

matthewwprice Matthew Price
#Gadaffi:: #Nato destroys the roads and airconditioners.

Just how naïve can a journo be?
matthewwprice Matthew Price

Past two weeks in #Tripoli I’ve seen many pro-G gunmen/security on the streets. If this is internal uprising there’s plenty to put it down.

AJA: Confirmed casualties in #Fashloum including both #Gaddafi forces and Ffs.

Ahmed
#Tripoli: FF are handing weapons out to Tripoli residents in certain neighborhoods…(Amazing) #Libya #Feb17

Mustafa Abduljalil on AJA:All matters go according to Allah’s plan.All actions have been pre-planned and co-ordinated #Libya

LPC #Tripoli: ‘non-stop’ gunfire audible in Zawit Dahmi #Tripoli

NB: Callers from #Tripoli are showing increasing openness in describing events. Dramatic shift. #Libya

LPC #Tripoli: caller describes a large number of casualties in Tajoura area, says “they cannot even take them to hospitals” #Libya

libyanandproud
This is what #Gaddafi is using against the residents of #Tripoli from close range youtu.be/HaYCjfvHIsQ #Feb17 #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaYCjfvHIsQ&fea...

wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: 1 of those 37 FFs killed yesterday n Zliten was Ali, 16 yr old son of my friend Omar, a #Misrata FF in Tunis who was injured n April

Rukaya
People who live on Girgaresh main road were told to leave homes. Ya Allah ya Allah ya Allah. #AllahuAkbar
Zlitniya
AJA correspondent is listening to #Gaddafi troops talking:there is shortage in ammo,no fuel for cars&one GF shot in head.ALLAHU AKBAR!!

Musa Ibrahim garbage being transmitted via AJA

FromJoanne Joanne
TRIPOLI August20 was chosen to coordinate with ancient Muslim Battle of #Badr when Muslims conquered #Mecca in A.D. 624 #libya

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
Gaddafi calling for revenge, genocide, killing and more destruction. Same stuff, different day. Nothing new in this speech. #STFU #libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: #Gaddafi forces using armored Tundras mounted with 14.5mm antiaircraft guns. #Libya #Feb17 @NATO

wheelertweets James Wheeler
#Libya: The doctors & drivers making those long ambulance runs from Tataouine are some of the most dedicated unsung heroes. Great guys.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Janzour: Confirmed: National antheme blazing out of #AwladBoghrara Mosque, Freedom Flag flying high. #Libya #Feb17

Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
123 martyrs in Tajoura, 133 martyrs in Arada alone tonight.

Aseel Tajouri (member of Tripoli media team) on AJA:CONFIRMED TOTAL liberation of Mi’itiga airbase #Libya

Free Libya Now
#ABu Saleem prison saw the release of 4000 prisoners tonight by revolutianries in Tripoli. FF’s of Tripoli hwo moved on prisons.

Zlitniya
#AlKhums heavy presence of mercenaries in the streets,warning ppl not to leave their homes

Fashloom and Ben Ashoor surrounded by Gaddafi militia :( caller on AJA

#SooqelJum3a- under control of #Freedom #fighters, 7 mercenaries captured #Tripoli

Heavy NATO bombing right now heard in Tripoli.

Free Libya Now
Musa Ibraheem AKA Tripoli Tom is touring Martyrs square trhough sunroof of a jeep on #GadafiTVUpdate cheered by small group of supporters.

#GadafiTvUpdate split screen. 1 showing Martyrs Square. 2nd. Bab Aziziyah. Musa Ibraheem is seen through a rooftop touring Martyrs Square.

Tunisians surround Djerba airport to prevent Seif Gadafi from leaving the country. #Libya

Seif is in Tunis’s Djerba airport, People are surrounding the gates to prevent him from leaving through the airport. #Libya

Could you check on the relaiability of news that Seif is in Tunis and looking to escape through Djerba airport?

Explosions, sustained heavy gun fire heard in Tripoli NOW. #Libya

Tajoura, Souq Al Jumuah, Gurgi are all in FF’s hands. #AJA

All downtown prisons, including Ain Zara were attacked & captives released at zero hour. Can confirm that to you

wow another rumor that Seif El Islam reached Jerba in Tunisia !! Tonight is Seif El Islam rumors !!

Not confirmed. He first appeared in tatween. That one is also not confirmed

Eyewitness acount reporting via #AJA is saying that heavy gun fire is being heard now around the shoreline road while NATO bombing continue.

Not confirmed Reports that Seif Al Islam Gadafi has been killed by one of his guards. Source:Rasd News Agency

PHASE 2 HAS STARTED:
2nd phase of #MermaidDawn has started now. It involves the move from three fronts on Tripoli by FF’s coming from three directions.

Free Libya Now
#Gadafi is speaking on #Gadafi TV. #Libya tune in
#Gadafi is talking dirty, accusing Libyans of being taraitors, dirt people who do not even take abolution before prayers.
#Gadafi: Our country was peaceful now it is like a cage.
#Gadafi: Europeans want to take your oil. #Libya
#Gadafi:Traitors are the ones who arranging for the imperialists to occupy & take Libya’s oil.
#Gadafi: anyone who has a tribe a family any one who have shame, ask your self where you are going. Are you going to give our oil to France.
#Gadafi:Who wil stand with whom made Libyans the way they are, those who attacked us by bombs via air
#Gadafi: I am speaking to those tribes, how would you allow Libya to come to this position
Gadafi: Do not listen to these enemy media channles. They are all lying, the record lies and broadcast lies
#Gadafi: (He is giving the day time and date). I see the Green Square right now before my eyes. It is 1.38 right now Sunday.
Gadafi: These are chistians, they killed your sons. It is 1.41 sunday

etc., etc,……
I’ll stop now, fed up with this rubbish…….

call to GadafiTV is over, two sonds after he hangs up indicates he is calling ffrom a distance on a land line. and not from Tripoli

Either routed around or sat. phone used I would say.

2nd phase of MermaidDawn is in full swing as FF’s enter Tripoli from three fronts. Reports of Tripoli Int. Airport under control of FF’s.

#Gadafi Militia is shelling Tajoura with rockets. #AJMubasher is shwing footage of An Area in Tripoli called Sabaa west of Tripoli. #Libya

#AjMubasher is showing footage with sounds of shelling & gunfire heard in the back ground.

Military Police center close to Metal Bridge on Airport road is stormed by FF’s

HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Libya Alhurra, Al-Assima, Al-Ahrar,Aljazeera,Al Arabiya- please announce that there is SUPPORT on it’s way to the revolutionaries in Tripoli

FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli Complete areas are in control of FF Some of G Guards inside Bab al Aziyah R firing anti aircraft guns #Libya

#Tripoli #NATO has hit GF targets 3 times tonight #Libya

Reuters Reuters Top News
MUAMMAR GADDAFI CONGRATULATES LIBYANS ON ELIMINATION OF “THE RATS” – AUDIO RECORDING PLAYED ON STATE TV

FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Weapons were send to FF in Tripoli by TUGBOAT :) Friday night says Col. Fadlallah Haroun #Libya #UpYoursGaddafi

Head #NTC: #TRIPOLI #OperationMermaid was planned with #NATO our Arab associates and our rebel fighters in Tripoli + commanders in #Benghazi

#Gaddafi was having 1 of his brighter moments tonight It FINALLY Dawns on him that not ALL his beeble Luv him #Libya

#Gaddafi is trying his damnedest to pull #Tripoli under as he Dies .. “Apres moi le deluge” #Libya

its 6 minutes and 2 hours past midnight here and I am going to have an icecream to stay awake 4 another half hr #Libya

#Zlitan OH How I LOVE seeing these happy faces They are so happy We are FREE they say ! #Libya but at such a heavy cost #Libya

#tripoli… Tajura declares its liberation .. LIVE now on @AJArabic

libyaunite Free Libya
LibyaTV is reporting that #FF have gained control of weapons storage unit in Elhadba #tripoli. HUGE NIGHT! ALLAHU AKBAR #tripoli #libya

AJA
Tajoora is getting attacked from #Khameais military base with mortars

mchancecnn Matthew Chance
Moussa: Our Libyan TV is better than the BBC, CNN, Aljazeera and Al-arabiya

LPC: from Nofleen area #RPG fired in area and heavy gunfire trying to secure roads and shut down streets #tripoli #libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#TRIPOLI RESIDENTS SAY NEED BAB AZIZIA TO BE BOMBED NOW.

#JANZOUR, #SOUGALJUMAA, #TAJOURA LIBERATED!

libyaunite Free Libya
This is no rebellion, this is a fight for freedom in full swing. This is the people of Libya ousting the tyrant of 42 years #Libya

Tripoli_Latest Ahmed Shreef
what appear to be hellfire rockets from apaches hitting targets on coastal road between Tajoura & #Tripoli proper. epic noises.

A’arada District now quiet. Hay Alandulus District now quiet also. #Tripoli #MermaidDawn

Alex
No mistake about it – if Regime Liar #MoussaIbrahim – says is no #Tripoli rising – U can be certain a full scale revolt is underway! #Libya

Alex
“Celebrations broke out across #Libya after #LibyanTV reported that #Muammar #Gaddafi and his two sons had left the country.

In the town of #Zintan, the opposition stronghold in Libya’s western mountains, locals fired wildly into the sky with Kalashnikovs and anti-aircraft guns as news of Gaddafi’s apparent departure spread.

Libya’s opposition #AlAharar channel said that, according to sources in #Tripoli, Gaddafi and his sons Mu’tasm and Hannibal had all fled.

There was no information on how they had allegedly managed to escape from Tripoli, now under siege from rebel forces in the west, east and south"

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/20/li...

LPC #Tripoli:Busita District, possible mercenaries concealed in abandoned apparel factory exited and opened fire on protesters.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Lines are down againin #Sirte. #Libya #Feb17

#Sabha: Clashes reported in #Almensheya. #Libya #Feb17

AJA breaking: clashes in Manshia area in #Sabha, South #Libya

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#TRIPOLI CHANNEL, LIVE BROADCASTING FROM #TUNIS TO DELIVER THE TRUTH, PLEASE RT: ustream.tv/recorded/16779… #Libya #Feb17

#Tripoli: #NATO struck 2 buses carrying mercenaries in 11th younio district. #Libya #Feb17

#Freedomfighters are surrounding #AljJadyda prison at this time. #Libya #Feb17

Tripoli: #NATO is hitting #Jumhoreya street now. #Libya #Feb17

wheelertweets James Wheeler
I know quite a few #Libyans these days, and they’re not gunslingers. They’ll take up arms to oust #Gaddafi, but they despise violence.

ChangeInLibya Mhalwes
BREAKING: GADDAFI IN HIS FINAL CHAPTER OF DENIAL. DENIAL DENIAL AND MORE DENIAL

ProudLibyan
Please pray for us, pray for the #Tripoli residents, many will die tonight, many will be killed by Gaddafi, but we will prevail insha Allah!

Wanys Mabrouk on AJA now
www.elahmad.com/tv/aljazeera.htm

JALOUD:
Jaloud: The Feb17 youth and Libyan ppl have lost their fear.
Jaloud: Describing Gaddafi as a tyrant and a murderous criminal.
Jaloud on AJA: Gaddafi is the last person to speak about patroitism or traitors, he is the traitor against his country and ppl.
Jaloud on AJA: Gaddafi is the last to talk to about crusades, he is the power hungry person, who sold our country to stay in power.
Jaloud wearing the independence flag on his jacket. #Libya
Jaloud using terms like Jamaheer and Za7f mqadus, makes me cringe,,lol. Went to same speech school as G. lol.
Jaloud: Asking tribes/towns that haven’t risen against Gaddafi to rise now, or u will live in shame forever! #Libya

Tajoura being shelled by Gaddafi forces from near the heart hospital. Interview with Tripoli spokesperson/AJA

#AJE journo says people aren’t taking wounded to hospitals. Transported to medical workers’ homes instead

The Dictator
#Khoms is the biggest city between #Misrata and #Tripoli, an internal revolt there is crucial. #MermaidDawn

AJA correspondent in Benghazi: We ave received reports of uprisings in both #Khoms and #Sebha tonight.

Khiria
For goodness sake!!! Someone needs to liberate the #Rixos hotel!!!! #MermaidDawn #Libya #Tripoli #Feb17

2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
The SMS Tripoli received today from Gaddafi: img827.imageshack.us/img827/8895/sm… #feb17 #Libya

Guys it is getting very dangerous now. Have to log off. See you soon.

matthewwprice Matthew Price
Much less activity now being heard from #Rixos across #Tripoli though occasional gunfire and explosions. #Libya

Tawasul News Agency: #SougAlJuma Police defected. Area is 100% free. 5 G troops killed, 11 captured, all Libyan. #Libya #Feb17

Jalloud: I ASK ALL GADDAFI SOLDIERS to throw down their weapons. Join the Libyan people. Gaddafi is over. His time is over.

Ramadan
BREAKING #Gaddafi forces are shelling SuqJumaa and Tajura with GRADS !

Producer at AJA just told Jalud that the Booze is finished !

Free Libya
Jalud has become my favorite ex-Gaddafi goon/ criminal/ thief, Kusa and Ghanem are nothing on him. You tell them Jalud #TeamJalud

richardengelnbc Richard Engel
#libya Rebels themselves do not know if reports of qaddafi’s departure are true. “we hope” they say
#libya we can confirm rebels fighting in tripoli, in at least four areas

top rebel commander in west can NOT confirm qaddafi has left..#Libya

bousuwa
Friend of Mine Called his brother in Zawyia Said " There r HUGE of Freedom Fighters are Well Armed "

REASON BEHIND JALLOUD SPEECH:
JALLOUD was brought in to make a speech to talk to the Mgarha tribe, many of whom are loyal to Gaddafi

Jalloud finally says what he was brought to say: “surrender, it’s over”