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SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 6th 2011
9/6/11
9/06/11
9.06.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/60R6w
NATO is not tracking “fleeing former regime leaders” in Libya, an alliance spokesman said on Tuesday, after a Libyan military convoy with Muammar Gaddafi rumoured aboard crossed into Niger.
Colonel Roland Lavoie, the NATO mission’s military spokesman, said:
To be clear, our mission is to protect the civilian population in Libya, not to track and target thousands of fleeing former regime leaders, mercenaries, military commanders and internally displaced people.
06 Sep. 2011
Press briefing on Libya
by the NATO Spokesperson and by the Military Spokesperson of Operation Unified Protector
On Tuesday 6 September, Oana Lungescu, the NATO 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_77692...
Was Swedish TV1 right yesterday?
Aljazeera:
A large convoy of Libyan armored vehicles escorted by the Nigerien military arrived in the northern Niger desert town of Agadez late on Monday, a French military source and a Niger military source told Reuters.
The convoy contained between 200 and 250 Libyan military vehicles and included officers from Libya’s southern army battalions, and likely crossed from Libya into Algeria before entering Niger, the sources said on condition of anonymity.
The French military source said he had been told Muammar Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam might be considering joining the convoy en route to Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African state which has offered Gaddafi and his family asylum and has a border with Niger.
commander of Libya’s southern forces, General Ali Khana, may also be in Niger, not far from the Libyan border.
He said he had been told that Gaddafi and his son Saif would join Khana and catch up with the convoy should they choose to accept Burkina Faso’s offer of exile.
Burkina Faso, a former recipient of large amounts of Libyan aid, offered Gaddafi exile about two weeks ago but has also recognised the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya’s government. – Reuters
FromJoanne Joanne
#Algeria says NO to #RATS ; Gaddafi Military + intelligence officers fled to #Libya ’s border with Algeria goo.gl/kqzKj
#Tony #BLAIR bestest friend of #Gaddafi Clan + #Mubarak Now revealed 2b 1of closests friends of Robert #MURDOCH goo.gl/195cY #Libya
Beautiful poem about re- birth of #Libya “Our New-Born Dawn” composed by @tearsforfreedom
goo.gl/GTPY7
#Libya ’s new rulers postpone move to #Tripoli f24.my/rob4Mg #NTC
Nasr I hv an idea: if Mr. Abdel #Jalil cannot summon the courage to move 2 #Tripoli might the #UK lend us Mr. #Cameron 4 a few days
FromJoanne Joanne
CORRECTED-INTERVIEW-Libyan Islamist says interim council should quit goo.gl/lhulh #Libya
Money Money Money #Tripoli Banks PROMISED money But have not given ANY 4 last 5 days goo.gl/XllxF @@WilliamJHague #Reuters Video
Musa #Ibrahim Gaddafi says in Mondya broadcast #Gaddafi in good Health and spirits somewhere in #Libya Saif also in L goo.gl/IztyM
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
anyone care to explain to me in plain simple English what journalists mean by describing some ppl as an “Islamist”?
Libyans leaving Libya:
Maha
some bringing back family members from #Tunisia i know a group who cross 2 buy medicine 4 #Tripoli
Iman El-Maghribi
Inform media the word Islamists doesn’t exist! Like calling Muslims “Mohammadans” a century ago!
FromJoanne Joanne
Bani Walid born FF says “I hope they don’t resist, bc ppl there r my friends+family I don’t want them to die.” #Libya goo.gl/rYjR1
So WHAT does #BaniWalid LOOK like ? goo.gl/P2WH6 Its build on the banks of Wadi Merdum Continue; goo.gl/K3Ofx #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
I showed u this b4 van Galen took many Photos of #Libya and personally met #Gaddafi in BabAlAzizyah Fascinating story : goo.gl/1jzwl
@tripolitano Tripolitano
@TawasulMC reports discovery of a mass grave near Naser Uni. In #Tripoli. Early estimates 3000 martyrs.
Michael
Black African mercenaries were hired to fight for Gadafi. Many killed Some still there, mixed with labor force. A connumdrum.
While researching mines found in Libya, I learned that China has sold them to nearly every country in Africa. Hidden agenda.
Belgium mines are small anti-personnel type. Chinese mines more current but not real new either,anti-tank type .MANY of both.
Tripoli water returning, water pressure building, about 70% of city has it so far.Power improving. PT Vet avail.
Wartorn #Libya a safe haven for Somali refugees shabablibya.org/news/wartorn-libya-a-sa... via @shabablibya (So. Where’s the racism?) #Feb17
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya: Gaddafi sons leave squad to defend stronghold using human shields is.gd/O2w6XY #Libya
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Regime spokesman Moussa Ibrahim has said Gaddafi is in “good health” and in “good spirits” somewhere in #Libya feb17.info/news/live-liby… #Feb17
Moussa Ibrahim also said Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, was also in #Libya, moving around from one place to another feb17.info/news/live-libya-unrest-septe... #Feb17
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#NTC to move to #Tripoli when Libya fully liberated. goo.gl/E8crH #Gaddafi
MORE SCAREMONGERING
Al Arabiya
Israel general warns of ‘Islamic Winter’ after Arab Spring
An Israeli general warned on Monday that the risk of all-out war has increased in the Middle East where the Arab Spring of revolts could turn into a “radical Islamic winter.”
“What was considered as the spring of the Arab people could turn into a radical Islamic winter, and this raises the likelihood of an all-out war in the region,” General Eyal Eisenberg said.
“Weapons of mass destruction” could be used in such a conflict, he said in a speech at the Institute for National Studies in Tel Aviv, quoted by Israeli army radio and public television.
The television said Eisenberg was probably referring to missiles with chemical warheads which could fall into the hands of Islamists if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime were to fall.
Revolts against authoritarian rule have swept Tunisia and Egypt, whose long-time presidents have been toppled, and spread across the Arab world to Bahrain, Libya, Morocco, Syria and Yemen.
Eisenberg also said the deterioration of Israel-Turkey ties could also contribute to a possible regional conflict.
Source:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
Niz_FGM Niz
Great work by the team on mafqood.org … well done guys.
Gun Campaign video now airing on Libya AlAhrar… www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW2AnFMCMMY #Tripoli
Please send us pictures of those martyred in Tripoli so we can honour them on our board in the square. Tripoli.Latest@gmail.com
evanchill Evan Hill
RT’ing before bed: My latest on NTC’s prisoner dilemma; the ICRC says they have no evidence of actual “mercenaries” ow.ly/6m57v
Do you have a link to an HRW report? The ICRC was referring to a strict definition of mercenary under int’l law
Only 57 Somalis turned over to UNHCR & that was the 1st transfer
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
One of the few planes in #Misrata’s skies over the recent weeks, this one carrying eid presents for the children. pic.twitter.com/q3NzNZj
Hoda’s frontline diet:
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
For us its been tuna cans cheese tuna cheese tuna cheese #roadtosirte
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Tripoli, Hay al Andalus: tap water continues to return, neighborhood by neighborhood. We got it today, others late last night.
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Libya: Gaddafi wife and children holed up in Algerian villa
telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… via @Telegraph #Libya #feb17
On what bases #Algeria broke this UN resolution “travel ban” www.un.org/sc/committees/1970/pdf/List%... #Libya #feb17
:) Barbers without borders goo.gl/ZhU27 #Libya #Feb17 via @saleheldali
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
KhadijaTeri: Keep praying for #Libya khadijateri.blogspot.com/2011/09/keep-p…
MohamedLibya
#WikiLeaks is nothing compared to #GaddafiLeaks.
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
check this a wdding in Tripoli during siege
twitpic.com/6aw3dz
twitpic.com/6aw3vb
twitpic.com/6aw63k
And who could have arrived in Niger late Monday?
4Adam Adam
Large convoy of Libyan escorted by the Nigerien military arrived in the northern Niger late on Monday, acc. 2 French military source. #Libya
Yifrenia Yefrenia
Democracy, fair trials & basic human rights isn’t a “western” invention; it existed in the past in the Arab world. It’s a universal value
septimius_sever septimius severus
#China: Shooting itself in the foot in #Libya? : douglasherbert.blogs.france24.com/article/2011/0…
maha elmasri
Good News via @sabha17feb internet and phones (madar, libyana, landlines) back & working by tomorrow evening in sha Allah #Sabha #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
Opportunists ! they come in all shapes and “colours” ! #Libya … pic.twitter.com/J7iuDx9
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Met Mohamed Bashir Saleh, 1of 3 who escaped 1993 coup attempt. Now in talks on #BaniWalid
goo.gl/Qfcbb recording of live interview on east road to #BaniWalid
Attempt to clear confusion negtns with GF as expected failed. Talks with tribes ongoing.But #BaniWalid fighters want to move faster.
Mubarak Salah al Fudmani NTC rep for #BaniWalid still holding out for more time to get all tribes onside. Video airing now.
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
ex G prisoner states that his facebook page and phone were both monitored until he was arrested in soog al juma.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking if Niger allowed Gadhafi and aids 2 enter country few hours ago then pressure by Libyans & world should b applied 2 hand him back!
Emo
It’s high time a real government is formed in #Tripoli while the hunt for #Gaddafi is still on. Once that is over power vacuum can explode
It’s ironic #UK has sent its ambassador to #Tripoli before #NTC sent its leaders. What the hell are they waiting for? #Libya
Saja. Ahmed, Age 26 “Send my greetings to my mother and tell her that her son will die as a brave man and not a coward.” feb17martyrs.com/ahmed-al-kreks…
libyanfsl Libya NFSL
To contact Greater Tripoli Security Operations Room, call “1515” from any land-line or mobile phone #Feb17 #Libya #Tripoli
Lib17
Rebel reinforcements are arriving outside one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last strongholds in Libya, even as the forces arrayed against the toppled dictator give the town a chance to surrender and avoid a fight.
Thousands of rebels surround Bani Walid, a desert town southeast of the capital. Gadhafi has been on the run since losing his capital last month.
A small rebel convoy arrived Monday at a checkpoint about 40 miles (70 kilometers) from Bani Walid. Ismail al-Gitani says the fighters were part of a larger force he commands and that he was ordered to reinforce the northern approaches to Bani Walid.
He refused to say how many fighters he had brought.
Another rebel commander, Mohammed al-Fassi, says the door is still open for negotiations over the town’s surrender.
libyanproud libyanandproud
I finally got to sleep …. after months and months of insomnia , it feels so refreshing to wake up to freedom
Niz_FGM Niz
LibyaAhrar losing its audience in #Tripoli due to poor coverage. We have received info that station content is being censored by management
Libya NFSL
several employees resigned in protest of the station’s management, including entire Misrata staff
Niz_FGM Niz
correct. Although my understanding is that several are on strike, not resigned. will clarify.
Niz_FGM Niz
LibyaAlAhrar – Change is needed, or the Libyan people will exercise their new found freedom of choice… and will chose to watch elsewhere.
moi a table
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@Niz_FGM are ppl watching France24 arabic at all in #Tripoli?
@Niz_FGM Niz
@moiatable absolutely
Michael
How do 200-250 Libyan Army vehicles convoy in daylight into Niger without anyone
seeing them and reporting it? Unbelievable.@NATO
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
NYT: Convoy to Niger could be Tuareg fighters, not Gaddafi & friends nytimes.com/2011/09/07/wor…
evanchill Evan Hill
Box found in a room in Abu Salim prison. Any idea what was inside? “Cobb” breed suggests chicks? ow.ly/i/gPS9
Niz_FGM Niz
Water returns to #Tripoli
Thanks for the pictures of #Tripoli martyrs for the martyrs board in the square… keep them coming – Tripoli.Latest@gmail.com
Aljazeera
As the uprising grew against Muammar Gaddafi, secret reports from his vaunted intelligence service flowed back to Tripoli.
Some were mundane, how agents erased anti-regime graffiti. Others were more deadly, a spy volunteered to poison rebel leaders’ food and drink.
The reports grew more desperate as the Libyan rebellion veered into civil war: Military leaders in the western mountains were disregarding orders; troops in the city of Misrata ran out of ammunition, turning the situation into “every man for himself”.
These reports and hundreds of other intelligence documents seen by The Associated Press in Tripoli trace how the tide shifted in the six-month uprising that ended Gadhafi’s 42-year reign.
They show how an authoritarian regime using all its means failed to quash an armed rebellion largely fueled by hatred of its tools of control.
Reports emerge of military vehicles arriving in town of Agadez as Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid braces for attack.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
BRK: Muammar Qaddafi not in convoy that arrived in Niger: Niger minister english.alarabiya.net
UN
The UN is ready to provide significant assistance to Libya’s new authorities, ranging from police support to drafting a new constitution, Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general, has said.
Ban said the first priority in Libya was restoring the rule of law following almost seven months of conflict to oust Muammar Gaddafi after 42 years.
“A lot of people have been killed, (left) homeless. Infrastructure and social planning systems have been destroyed,” Ban said in a speech at Auckland University in New Zealand, where he is attending the Pacific Islands Forum.
Bani Walid
A Libyan fighter negotiator says tribal elders in a Muammar Gaddafi stronghold are trying to persuade loyalists there to lay down their arms, Associated Press news agency reported.
Bani Walid is one of Gaddafi’s remaining bastions and has been surrounded by thousands of rebels. They have been trying for several days to strike a deal for a peaceful surrender.
Abdullah Kanshil, the rebel negotiator, said on Tuesday that the elders want assurances the rebels won’t take revenge. He said the elders are also trying to persuade Gaddafi loyalists to lay down their arms.
Libyan opposition fighters have reached an agreement with tribal leaders in Bani Walid to enter the town peacefully.
They have also agreed with some tribes in Sirte, the Gaddafi hometown, to lay down arms.
10 vehicle convoy
A convoy of 10 vehicles that crossed into Niger was carrying money taken from a branch of the Central Bank of Libya, a spokesman for the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Tuesday.
“They took the money from the central bank in Sirte,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, an NTC spokesman told Reuters in Benghazi . Sirte is the birthplace of fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi.
An NTC official earlier said a Libyan convoy of 10 vehicles carrying gold and cash crossed into Niger late on Monday, citing sources among the Tuareg people who live in the Sahara desert on both sides of the frontier.
China
China will recognise Libya’s National Transitional Council as the legitimate government “when conditions are ripe”, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, without spelling out what those conditions would be.
China has not joined Western powers in formally recognising the NTC as the legitimate authority in Libya, but has acknowledged its “important role” after Muammar Gaddafi’s ousting as the rebels swept into Tripoli last month.
The new Libyan leadership has been grappling with how to handle ties with Beijing after uncovering evidence that Gaddafi bought arms this year from traders in China and in Europe.
AJELive AJELive
#Erdogan: #Turkey “totally suspending” #Israel defence and trade ties Read our story: aje.me/onzt2m #Gaza #MaviMarmara
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Some middle-ranking Libyan figures in Niger: Niger minister #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
french mil sources say large convoy of armoured vehicles entered Niger with pro G Tuareg leader & G cousin Mansour Dhao. #Libya #Gaddafi
Al Arabiya
Libyan army convoy crosses into Niger amid chaotic Qaddafi manhunt
A convoy of between 200 and 250 vehicles was given an escort by the army of Niger, a poor and landlocked former French colony to the south of Libya. It might, according to a French military source, be joined by Qaddafi en route for neighboring Burkina Faso, which has offered him asylum, according to Reuters.
Niger Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum, meanwhile, said that Qaddafi was not in the convoy that crossed the border from Libya into Niger.
“It is not true, it is not Qaddafi and I do not think the convoy was of the size attributed to it,” he told AFP by phone from Algiers, denying reports that Qaddafi and some of his sons were among the convoy that arrived in Niger on Monday.
A resident who is the owner of a local newspaper earlier said that a large convoy of Libyan soldiers loyal to Qaddafi crossed the desert border into Niger and rolled into the frontier town of Agadez late Monday.
The convoy consisted of more than a dozen pickup trucks bristling with well-armed Libyan troops, said Abdoulaye Harouna, the owner of the Agadez Info newspaper, who saw them arrive, The Associated Press reported.
At the head of the convoy, he said, was Tuareg rebel leader Rissa ag Boula, a native of Niger who led a failed war of independence on behalf of ethnic Tuareg nomads a decade ago. He then sought refuge in Libya and was believed to be fighting on behalf of Qaddafi.
It was not immediately clear if the convoy included any members of the Qaddafi family or other high-level members of his regime.
“I saw an exceptionally large and rare convoy of several dozen vehicles enter Agadez from Arlit… and go towards Niamey,” an AFP source said.
Full art.:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/06/1...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan fighters reach deal to enter pro-Qaddafi town Bani Walid on Wednesday without fighting: Reuters #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Tripoli #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan exiles save Tunisia’s tourist haven of Djerba goo.gl/rntuj
Mercy at Qaddafi’s notorious Abu Salim prison
Juma Mukhtar Sayeh never chose a career in Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s military intelligence service. It was chosen for him.
“When I finished high school in 1983 I tried to enroll in college and the only one that would take me was the military academy,” he says. After graduation he found that his name was already on a list of people selected by the regime for the military intelligence service.
“I thought of quitting many times during my career but I always felt that I could do more good by staying where I was than by leaving,” he says at his Tripoli home.
Hundreds of people at Libya’s notorious Abu Salimprison are grateful that he stayed. They say they might not be here if he hadn’t. The facility for political prisoners was the site of a 1996 massacre of more than 1,200 inmates and a powerful symbol of state repression that drove Libya’s revolutionaries.
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/mercy-at-qaddafis-...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
#Libya: September 5 as it happened. goo.gl/1PKu9
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
Its beginning to look like some sort of deal has been done allowing Gaddafi to leave Libya & the rebels to take control of remaining areas.
robcrilly Rob Crilly
lots of rumours that Gaddafi has entered Niger. Big convoy last night apparently
jfjbowen Jeremy Bowen
by robcrilly
Big normality news #Libya #Tripoli. Cleaning lady vacuuming my hotel room for first time since Gaddafi’s fall. And first clean towel.
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
listening live to the convening meeting between Tribal elders of Bani Walied and the negociators of the ‘rebels’ thanks AJA
robcrilly Rob Crilly
I don’t understand much of what they are saying, but these televised negotiations for Bani Walid are riveting
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Libya: Gaddafi wife and children holed up in Algerian villa by @ddamned tinyurl.com/3bpku7j
Some quick thoughts on dilemma facing #Libya’s new leaders as they plan move to #Tripoli tinyurl.com/3zoxpev
Interesting to note that Bani Walid lays down arms hours after convoy crossed into Niger.
Souffian Tripoli
How in the H. can a Gaddafi convoy of 200 vehicles not be spotted by the FF nor by the NATO going through open desert #Libya, Algeria, Niger
How can Gaddafi thugs escape Bini Walied if the FF say Bini Walied I surrounded by FF ? #Libya
There might be A “Safari” tour via Libya though Africa for the search of Gaddafi and his Thugs, soon. #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Moussa Ibrahim compulsive liar spokesman for ex Libya tyrant escaped Binwalid heading south 2 Niger border will we hear him again?!
Souffian Tripoli
To be frank I did “learn” a lot the last six months from Mousa Ibrahim regarding how politics via the media works. #Libya
I realy hope this Outburst of “happyfire” in #Tripoli is going to stop soon. #Libya
jfjbowen Jeremy Bowen
Obeidi said Libya hinted to Britain that the #BP deal more likely if the prisoner exchange deal went ahead #Libya #Lockerbie
Obeidi added that #BP deal might still have happened without Megrahi release. #Libya #Lockerbie
Obeidi said Libyan cabinet slowed down approval of #BP deal to make sure Britain was approving exchange of prisoners deal #Libya
conditions improving in Tripoli. More running water. thankfully — it’s extremely hot and humid.
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Qahtani:
Confirmed: ka3bool (i.e. Khalid kaim) in custody of FF youtube.com/watch?v=YYRy50… #libya #feb17 #Tripoli
jfjbowen Jeremy Bowen
atmosphere in #Tripoli very different to #Gaddafi’s last few months. Lighter. #Libya
HaraldDoornbos Harald Doornbos
Ben in #Khadaffi’s pive-vliegtuig geweest / I went inside Khadaffi’s private plane. Here some pics: #Libie, #Libya: s.joomeo.com/4e65dd3703729
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Reuters
A large convoy of Libyan armored vehicles escorted by the Nigerien military arrived in the northern Niger desert town of Agadez late on Monday, a French military source and a Niger military source told Reuters. The convoy contained between 200 and 250 Libyan military vehicles and included officers from Libya’s southern army battalions, and likely crossed from Libya into Algeria before entering Niger, the sources said on condition of anonymity.
AP
A Libyan fighter negotiator says tribal elders in a Muammar Gaddafi stronghold are trying to persuade loyalists there to lay down their arms, Associated Press news agency reported.
Aljazeera
Reports emerge of military vehicles arriving in town of Agadez as Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid braces for attack.
China via Feb17
China will recognise Libya’s National Transitional Council as the legitimate government “when conditions are ripe”, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, without
spelling out what those conditions would be.
AmmarParis Ammar ABD RABBO
2 weeks now in #Tripoli… Exhausted & confused by rebels new rule with sometimes as much complications for press as with Gaddafi.. #Libya
Alex
This delay has given #Gaddafi time – 2 flee border with armed unit – that can conduct future guerrilla ops on oil fields & Sth #Libya cities
#NTC have allowed 200-250 military vehicle #Gaddafi convoy to cross the #Libya #Niger border – Niger has recognised NTC af.reuters.com/article/libyaN…
Tribal leaders of #BaniWalid have XERO chance of persuading Gaddafi hardliners to surrender – critical time wasted benefits #Gaddafi #Libya
#Gaddafi hardliners may have left #BaniWalid – thus opening door to peaceful entry by #FF today. #LIbya #Gaddafi #Tripoli #NTC
I hope tht 100’s of casualties avoided in #BaniWalid & #Sirte now – does not result in 1000’s of casualties fm future #Gaddafi guerrilla war
AyrshireBlog Bunc
Excellent move by #NTC to arrange live TV broadcast of the negotiations between #BaniWalid & FFs. Challenges Gaddafi propaganda #libya
Alex
VIDEO of the #NTC & #BaniWalid surrender negotiations – this is very good 4 #Libya to see in open. youtube.com/watch?v=6_wwm8…
I still have strong reservations about the long term military wisdom of the delay in liberating the South #Libya cities – But this VIDEO of the #NTC & #BaniWalid surrender negotiations – is heartwarming when you see past adversaries openly embrace each other.
The #NTC must compell the #Niger Government to impound the cash and gold #Gaddafi has stolen from #Sirte & other #Libya Banks
Delay enabled escape of 250 military vehicle convoy includg armored cars loaded with gold & cash 2 fund future #Libya insurgency fm #Niger
Maybe 250 vehicle convoy full of gold & cash – is money hungry unpaid #Gaddafi mercenaries – returning home – with their #Libya plunder.
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
BREAKING via AJA: Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown have given up their weapons. yfrog.com/mej8nnj yfrog.com/h2bbtwosj
danielepinto Daniele Pinto
#Libya rebels tell @SkyNews they will head south to “carefully liberate” #Sabha after entering #BaniWalid. #NTC
bnnNEWSLIVE WAR IN LIBYA
Cash in Niger taken from Libyan central bank -NTC goo.gl/fb/EKCdJ #libya
dessiegrant Des Grant
It took 10 army trucks to carry the 8,000,000,000 of stolen gold . Biggest heist in history ! Also $ billions cash
Rupert Gardener
The Libyan Job? #bbc’s Jon Leyne says #Gaddafi isn’t part of this convoy but he is moving his gold out of #Libya “Hang on Lads…”
dovenews Libyan™
Reuters: Gaddafi’s army convoy in #Niger may be Gaddafi deal af.reuters.com/article/libyaN… #Libya #Gold #Cash #Corruption
Perhaps #Gaddafi has already reached his final destination (S Africa) & the Nigerien gov just announced his entrance. #News #delayed #20hrs
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya: #BaniWalid & #Sirte given an extra week to surrender, meanwhile massive #Gaddafi forces walking into #Niger. This smells VERY fishy!
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” now en route from #Benghazi #Libya to dest. #Misrata. #Feb17
#Freedomfighters extend deadline for key town’s surrender independent.co.uk/news/world/afr… #Libya #Feb17
Very Interesting Audio Please RT: #Libya – #China arms memos found on #Tripoli roadside www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-1... #Feb17
#Libya: Anyone finding ANY weapons or ammo with Chinese writing or marks, please photograph items & notify #Libya #NTC of locations. #Feb17
Interesting Read: #Gaddafi wife and children holed up in Algerian villa www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... #Libya #Feb17
Sirtawi
Got a list of urgent medical supplies needed at Ibn Sina hospital, #Sirte. Working hard to arrange an aid convoy . Will post list shortly.
According to witness in #Sirte to Al-Arabiya, Gaddafi loyalists have retreated in large numbers towards the south recently. #FreeSirte
AbuDhabi Doctors Without Borders ready to provide a field hospital in #Sirte given that a safe route is granted
If anyone wants to help conduct aid convoys plz call 00447403378235 or Dr. Khalfallah Zoubi م0017807073595 #FreeSirte
According to AJ report, 1st batch of weapons handed at meeting between #Sirte notables and #FFs at Um Al-Gindeel. #FreeSirte #Feb17
First meeting btwn #Sirte notables and #FFs (Arabic) جزء من المفاوضات مع وجهاء مدينة سرت — 6 سبتمبر www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_wwm82gO3k&fea...
Source from #Sirte: All we seem to eat now is just pasta, past and pasta. Cooking on wood. #FreeSirte
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Suspect the visa department of the Niger embassy in London might be having a busy day (do they have one? or maybe Paris?)
Good grief tinyurl.com/3tqwad2 Krug: they will soon be shipping bottles to Nigeria, where the president’s wife is a fan
Niz_FGM Niz
updates made to the site. please access and share….. ESSENTIAL. mafqood.org #Tripoli #Libya
SkyNews Sky News
Rebels To Enter Pro-Gaddafi Town After Deal bit.ly/riwBef
millerC4 Jonathan Miller
C4News team’s been repeatedly told by locals around Tarhuna that Khamis al-Gaddafi was buried in Bani Walid last week – but no firm evidence
4Adam Adam
AJA reporter near Beni walid ‘the deal reached after all Gaddafi forces (Jahfel battalion) left the town, G/ sons could be with them’ #Libya
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
Rixos Translator lists foreign “journalists” and others who were paid off by Gaddafi to help him win the propaganda war:
Rixos Translator lists foreign “journalists” and others who were paid off by Gaddafi to help him win the propaganda war.
In this Libyan freedom war, Gheddafi did not just paid for non Libyan soldiers who fought in the battle front but also paid for some journalists to win the war of media, the hotel Rixos was the basis of these people who were given accommodation, food and transportation or promised of having future commercial deals in case of regime was succeeded to stay in power (super pocket money as well) …
1-Nahada Zirwati of the Algerian newspaper ALMOSTAKBAL….
2-Ali shondub the correspondent of the Lebanese TV LBC….
3 – Jordan Jesus of the South American network Tele Sur which is financed
by Hugo Chavez (Tele Chavez)…
4-Al Habib Laswad journal of Tunisia Alshorouk…..
5-Mahmud Kampar of Russia Today Arabic …
6-Omar,the cameraman and the handyman of the Iraqi channel Alrai ,that broadcasts from Damascus.
Other attempts to attract Western media or unknown associations like the British citizens the founders of the Fact Finding Committee with its members:
David Roberts (Delegation Leader)
Dr . Anour Izzadine (Forensic Doctor)
Mrs Nidaa Sabbagh ( Political Writer)
Mr Manzur Sadaq ( Humanitarian Worker/Campaigner)
Mr Baboo Zanghar ( Humanitarian Worker/Campaigner )
Mr Ishmahil Blagrove (Independent Journalist and Filmmaker)
Mr Majed Sabbagh (Humamitarian worker/interpreter)
Mr Richard Mejeh (Independent Filmmaker)
Mr Mohamed Elhaddad (Arabic Society UK)
Mr Martin Longhurst ( Humanitarian Worker/campaigner)
Mr Agab Eldoor Khamis ( Veterinary Surgeon ) WHAT FOR?!!!
Mr Mohielddin Zakaria (Humanitarian worker)
Mr Sukant Chandan (Independent Journalist)
The same committee has also included as well an Italian lady resident in Libya with the strong commercial ties with the regime Tiziana Cammonnazzi and the ex BBC reporter Fulvio Grimaldi.
Guy Sitbon of the left French newspaper la Marianne, was courageous and refused to write what they want and told me personally that he does not have a clue to help the regime because pas de chance pour lui.
The service gratuity has also touched another Frenchman Pierre Bonnard…..? Who introduces himself with his Tunisian colleague Ghazi as simple Business men in Libya just to help the Libyan people!!!(No Merci).
SOURCE: fergiani.blogspot.com/2011/08/translati...
4Adam Adam
Excellent assessment of NATO’s Mission In Libya n.pr/nhK0HS #Libya #npr
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
AJ Arabic is broadcasting the meeting/negotiations between #BaniWalid & freedom fighters live on TV. + some 20 other networks present #libya
CBS
Libyan spy files document Qaddafi regime’s fall
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/05/5013...
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
Urgent need for orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, physical therapists, nurses, and volunteers in #Libya. Pls RT.
Hana S.
Shocking! Foreign sniper found today in #Misurata with loads of ammo in his flat! Our neighbor was almost killed O__o #gaddaficrimes
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
Nursing staff and volunteers badly needed in many hospitals in Tunis. Injured FF and civilians are receiving extremely poor care. #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
I can proudly say i have not shot one Bullet in the SKY in #tripoli
Regine Rayani
First aid is more than a skill – it’s an act of humanity World First Aid Day 2010: First aid for all – IFRC ifrc.org/en/news-and-me…
Tweeting Tripoli
FACT: It’s misleading to say BaniWalid is the Warfalla tribe. Gaddafi wanted the world to think that he had the support of Warfalla.
FACT: BaniWalid is just a city of less than 70K population. Rest of 1M Warfalla tribe distributed all over Libya.
FACT: I am from Warfalla tribe, and I never personally known any Gaddafi supporter, at least not from my family or friends, it’s true.
Fact: I grow up knowing my father a strong hater for Gaddafi’s policies internally and extremely, and I am 45 yrs old.
Fadwa
The 70s: Gaddafi’s Lejan Thawriyah sold my family’s private foto albums in streets of Benghazi, 2day: goo.gl/SPkZ1 What goes around!
thicken86:
Another vid of the arrest of the ogre Khaled Kaim (FB video) goo.gl/3JZ0u #Libya #Feb17"
Abdullah
Khaid Kaim is like Moussa Ibrahim, libyans dont know them before #Feb17 and they are just spread #Gaddafi lies #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Checking reports that a deal has been struck to go into Bani Walid this afternoon without fighting (reuters/AJA)
BBCWorld BBC Global News
#Gaddafi must face Libyan justice – UK Special Representative to #Libya Dominic Asquith tells BBC’s @jfjbowen
rcolebourn Richard Colebourn
New UK govt #Libya rep tells #bbcnews that NTC needs to assert authority in #Tripoli and MI6 docs don’t make challenge he faces any greater
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#IOM calls on warring parties to protect migrants stranded at its centre in #Sebha
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya tribal elders of #baniwalid calls on #NTC leader to issue a general amnesty
EH172
Cousins funeral yesterday. Accidently shot while breaking up a fight. Law & order should be NTC 1st priority in liberated areas
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Mid july drove into #libya through #Zawiya &got caught in pro- #Gaddafi rally. The aug
fall of Zawiya was arguably turning point of the war
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Yonhap news agency: South Korea sending water engineers to restore water supply. #LIBYA
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Moussa Ibrahim compulsive liar spokesman for ex Libya tyrant escaped Binwalid heading south 2 Niger border will we hear him again?!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
All #Gaddafi hunting eyes on #Niger; right now 100s of Journos in #Libya will be saying ‘How long is the drive to Niamey?’ LOL
Latest NATO media update shows #Sirte is still the focus of #Libya bombing. 12 targets attacked yesterday.
guardiannews Guardian news
Gaddafi security chief flees to Niger gu.com/p/3xktm/tf
cswift2 Cara Swift
Reuters: #Gaddafi remains in #Libya, in good health and high spirits, spokesman tells Arrai TV
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
@cswift2 LOL! RT Based on Mousa track record, this translates to: #Gaddafi is
already outside #Libya, in poor health, & very depressed.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Video of arrest of Ahmed Uon, another Top Gaddafi Military officer youtube.com/watch?v=gM9mOc… #feb17#libya
Seems remaining Gaddafi forces in Beni Walid, Sirte, Sebha & Jufra will be giving up their arms. #feb17 #Libya
What are the odds of Gaddafi being now in Niger with Mansur Daw?
Emo
Confirmed: Gaddafi clown Khaled Kaim has been captured by FFs in #Tripoli #Libya
Alex B
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Tom Gara
The convoy of 50 Libyan cars that rolled into Niger complicated the country’s Libya policy, but also doubled the number of cars in Niger.
Nasr
What would you say if I told you that the total number of cars rolling into #Niger was close to 250 ?
emma
Abdel Hakim Belhaj: Gaddafi is our number one target, we will capture him in a matter of time. We are very confident we will catch him.
libyanproud libyanandproud
Niger should act responsibly and Name the people on the convoy
ChangeInLibya
What the hell is this? The great African safari? After Algeria and Niger, expect convoys to Chad and Sudan? All denying Gaddafi presence?
SecularLibya
#Salabi leader of Muslim Bros. in #Libya wants to dupe nationalists and reform Muslims to back Islamists. Sneaky irishtimes.com/newspaper/worl… #Feb17
ChangeInLibya
Algeria and Niger: “oh yes, we allowed murderers and billions of £s worth of gold in but we will never allow gaddafi. We have morals!”
bilal h.b.
Shakeer is from Benghazi like me and he’s Albanian. 100% SURE!
millerC4 Jonathan Miller
NTC negotiators 20 miles from Bani Walid are now meeting tribal elders who were presented with the tricolour flag to take back to the town.
Tweeting Tripoli
This’ll be my last tweet regard tribes BS: “Last week I met Warfalla FFs who live in Misrata and came to liberate Tripoli.”
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
NATO is flying overhead now, the first time I hear them over Tripoli in a week.
bencnn benwedeman
Chief NTC negotiatior Abdallah Kenshil says there are “several big fish” from Qadhafi regime in Bani Walid. #Libya #Feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
Via AJA: The negotiator who is holding BW hostage and still controlling Gaddafi thugs there is “Musa Ibrahim”. He is as military as Khamis.
MoKoussa Moussa Koussa
I am not sure where Gaddafi is, but just in case, I flush my toilet twice. Better safe that sorry.
ITwitius Tim Marshall
#Libya Sky sources – Libyan Army vehicles have arrived in Niger capital. Deal was that all weapons to be handed over. No sign of Gaddafi.
Aljazeera
Large Libyan convoy ’arrives in Niger
A large convoy containing between 200 and 250 Libyan armoured vehicles has crossed into Niger, according to the Reuters news agency.
French and Niger military sources told the agency that the convoy, escorted by the
Niger army, arrived in the northern desert town of Agadez on Monday.
The French military source said he had been told Muammar Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam might be considering joining the convoy en route to Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African state which has offered Gaddafi and his family asylum and has a border with Niger.
Mansour El Kikhia, chair of the political science department at the University of Texas, spoke to Al Jazeera about the implications if Gaddafi was in the convoy.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGfIq-PDbYA&fea...
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
When the Gaddafi convoy reached Niger’s capital, it was greeted with dancing girls singing “Welcome to Niamey, bienvenidos a Niamey” #fact
hominoid555 Russell
FFs have now found G36 guns from the German company Heckler and Koch, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Friday.
If larger quantities of German weaponry are discovered, it could indicate an international arms smuggling “secret channel.”
UPI
German weapons found in Libya
In November 2010 more than 100 arms manufacturers attended an international arms show in Tripoli. The British offered armored vehicles for the Libyan police force, tear gas, sniper rifles and communications systems for the T-72 tanks, while the French proffered Rafale military jets and the Milan antitank missiles. Only two German
companies attended, Ruesselsheim seeking aircraft maintenance orders and Munich’s Rohde and Schwarz, demonstrating its technology for radio surveillance.
Rebels have now found G36 guns from the German company Heckler and Koch, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Friday. If larger quantities of German weaponry are discovered, it could indicate an international arms smuggling “secret channel.”
Read more:
www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/09/06...
Charter 97
Belarusian snipers defended Gaddafi in Libya
The National Transitional Council of Libya accuses Belarus of supporting the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
The regime of Gaddafi used Belarusian snipers, Abdel Majid Ibrahim, one of military chiefs of the Libyan National Transitional Council says.
“We had information from our intelligence sources that a group of snipers from different European countries, including Ukraine, Belarus and other states, was invited (to Libya) by the regime of Gaddafi. According to the information we have, the group entered Libya through the Nufeida port in Tunisia before bringing them to Tripoli,” Radio Svaboda quotes Abdel Majid Ibrahim.
Libyan rebels found a catalogue of Beltechexport, a Belarusian arms exporter, in the secret services headquarters. The finding gave a reason to suspect Belarus in arms trading in violation of the UN resolution. According to Sweden-based Sipri research centre, Belarus was in the world’s top 10 arms exporters in 1997-2001. The centre estimates Belarus’s income from arms deals in 2001 at about $1.5bn.
Experts suppose that Belarus exported weapons mainly to the countries famous for human rights violations, namely Yemen, Uganda, Peru, Angola. Besides, Belarus is accused of supplying weapons to the countries subject to UN sanctions – Iran, Iraq and Somali.
Source:
www.charter97.org/en/news/2011/9/6/42305
Belarus denies involvement of its military specialists in conflict in Libya. www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/112... #mercenaries
millerC4 Jonathan Miller
NTC Brigadier Dour Jadek has just told me the NTC believes Sirte and Sabha have fallen. Bani Walid the last Gaddafi stronghold now.
ANevilleMorgan AllysonNevilleMorgan
Whoops! #China to examine whether regulations were violated by Chinese arms manufacturers who met Qaddafi aides bit.ly/n4v2j6 #Libya
Docs discovered indicated that Chinese arms companies offered to sell Qaddafi regime about $200 million worth of weapons.
Strong explosions for several hours, indicates that v large weapons store hidden in Indian Co. HQ by Gaddafiforces #Libya v @sabha17fe
The Egyptian Gazette
Pro-Gaddafi tribe disarmed near Sirte
UMM KHUNFIS, Libya – Forces of Libya’s new regime on Tuesday disarmed a pro-Gaddafi tribe least of the fugitive leader’s hometown of Sirte, seizing 150 light weapons, an AFP correspondent reported.
The raid was launched at dawn by fighters of the “Zintan Martyrs’ Brigade” deployed in the Umm Khunfis frontline district some 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of the coastal city of Sirte.
It raid targeted encampments of the Hossnia tribe dug into the desert some 30 kilometres inland, who were armed with weapons handed out by forces loyal to
Muammar Gaddafi, said a brigade commander, Adel Semfez.
More than 100 Kalashnikov rifles, four 12.7 mm machine guns and three rocket-propelled grenade launchers were seized, he said, adding most of the weapons had been buried in the desert sands.
“We acted firmly but without violence. There weren’t any incidents,” Semfez said.
Full story:
213.158.162.45/~egyptian/index.php?acti...
Guardian
Warning graphic
Gaddafi loyalists’ ‘torture chamber and mass grave’ in Khoms – video
Amateur footage obtained by Reuters purports to show anti-Gaddafi fighters being tortured in what appears to be a shipping container, while residents of the Libyan town of Khoms, 60 miles east of Tripoli, have unearthed the bodies of 17 men in a mass grave
Video gu.com/p/3xyx4/tw #Libya
or:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/sep...
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Heavy battle ongoing, it started this morning at village around 80km from Sirte, rebels coming under sustained artillery bombardment #Libya
Yesterday afternoon we were at the same village and about 10 minutes after we left it was shelled by pro-Gaddafi forces.
The artillery fire was accurate and on to rebel tank positions, pro-Gaddafi forces highly likely to have had eyes on it. #Libya
Patrick_Baz patrickbaz
NTC “military commanders” asking AFP if we know what’s going on the field cause they have no informations #Libya
World4Libya World for Libya
10 oxygen concentrators to be delivered in the next WFL shipment to Libya! #libya
FunGuerillaz FunGuerilla No.1
You know what would be funny? If they accidentially took the fake money the regime handed out to the mercenaries… :-D
TasnimQ Tasnim
Libya’s Girl Executioners and Gun-Brandishing Newscasters majjal.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/gir… #Libya
acarvin Andy Carvin
Niger customs official says there are other convoys from #Libya en route, via the city of Agadez. -AP
Tweeting Tripoli
We were 2 million people in Tripoli and they were only few thousands (+Musa Ibrahim) holding us hostage. Think……
baniwalid1 Libya
FF msg to ppl of BW: Everyone is responsible for their house. Anyone that has a sniper or weapons now is the time to get rid of them 1/2
They will not go house to house searching so it’s up to u to liberate your city 2/2
libya_Horra Libya 7orra
breaking:- Ahmed Ramadan, #Gaddafi’s black box has been caught, attempted to commit suicide, now in coma but stable condition in TMC #Libya
Ahmed Ramadan head of #Gaddafi’s office, but was his life manager, even if one of G’s sons wanted to see G it wud have to go thru Ramadan
Ahmed Ramadan did not leave Gaddafi’s side at all during the past 6 months
this obviously means G has legged it for Ahmed Ramadan to be caught
Ahmed Ramadan, G’s real right hand man, tried 2 shoot himself, but somehow bullet didnt penetrate skull, in stable coma in #Tripoli
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Unit of rebels has just been ambushed during fighting, one dead & at least 6 wounded brought in to field hospital just back from front line
This is the heaviest fighting that we have seen in the past two weeks in east #Libya, shelling is still continuing.
Ambulances still bringing wounded back from the front #Libya
MAG International
LIBYA: Reducing danger and increasing security
Events in Libya have been fast-moving in July and August, resulting in the emergence of significant new needs, which MAG has been working hard to assess and respond to.
As the fighting has moved across the country, MAG has been supporting the delivery of humanitarian aid, reducing the risk represented by unexploded ordnance (UXO) through destroying dangerous items, and providing life-saving Risk Education to refugees based in Tunisia.
Examples of some of the work MAG carried out in July and August include:
More here:
www.maginternational.org/MAG/en/news/li...
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Saw operation to arrest #Gadafi man suspected kidnap people from #Misrata & torture them in #Tripoli:rebels efficent,almost professionals…
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Picture of some cracking Libyan rebel fashion facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya” #feb17 looks like touwareq. He is not. He is FF
AP The Associated Press
BREAKING: Ghadafi’s security chief enters Niger’s capital at the head of a convoy, customs official says -ldh
Nasr
I am surprised at the media that still refer 2 Musa_Ibrahim as the spokesman of #Gaddafi regime. What regime?!! It’s now a fugitive gang.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
#Gaddafi the fugitive, Saif the fugitive, Musa Ibrahim the fugitive. #Libya
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
The need is for justice in #Libya and thats the only way to make the rev completed in sucss.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Victorious Libya footballers return home to fanfare bit.ly/o6pwSl #libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
#AP: Armed loyalists of Moammar Gaddafi crossed in several convoys from Libya into neighbouring Niger #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
I call fo the PEOPLE & soon to be ELECTED government of #Libya. NO JOBS, no BUSINESS, no OIL for those countries harboring/aiding #Gaddafi
#Libya now knows who its enemies are: #Russia, #China, #Algeria, #Niger, #Mali, #BurkinaFaso, #Ghana, #Tanzania, #SouthAfrica. REMEMBER!
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: 2 MILLION LD FOR THE ARREST OR LOCATION OR BODY OF MUAMMAR #GADDAFI offered by #Libya business group. #Feb17
#Libya: Suggestion: Cancel all #Gaddafi passports / work with Interpol, & issue arrest warrants for all Gaddafi family & leadership. #Feb17
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Along the Ajdabiya to #Sirte coastal road there are 100s of unexploded rockets and mortars that need removing before they kill civilians.
BeirutCalling
Jumblatt travels to Libya at the invitation of the TNC. Will they remind him of the time he sent PSP members to fight for Qaddafi in Chad?
Free Libya
I want to write an essay just analysing the latest Reuters article on Operation Mermaid Dawn. Could easily write 5000 words. #Libya #Feb17
Fieldproducer’s Photos – Eastern Libya
Rebel soldier is treated at a field hospital after being wounded in an ambush by pro-Gaddafi troops
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2098977...
AifricsWorld AifricsWorld
AP reporting that Mansour Dhao, #Gaddafi security chief has entered #Niger capital of Niamey with convoy
From Niamey G-regime convoy can drive to Burkina Faso or they can access international airport g.co/maps/jge5 #libya
Ethiopia forums
NANNY INTERVIEW:
Admass, Atlanta based Amharic radio reporter talk to a mother of Shewaye Molla w/ro Kuri and older sister Misrak on the current situation of Shewaye and their effort to contact her before the abuse by Gaddfi’s son Hannibal wife Aline Scaf and after the burning incident.
Shewaye works as Gaddafi’s grand children nanny for the last year until the was found by CNN reporter in Hannibal Gaddafi’s house abandoned with out a medical attention after brutally abused and burned with a boiling water by the wife of Hannibal Aline Skaf.
Listen to interview:
ethiopiaforums.com/shewaye-mollas-mothe...
Khiria
I noticed #Gaddafi took everyone from his tribe with him & left behind his slaves.
kosovo_01
FF to keep encycled SIRTE and BENI VALID& major FF forces to head south&tightly/severely encycle SABHA and kill Gadafi there
live2Tripoli
Mahmood Jibreel also wants peace keepers in #Libya. We’re watching you closely :!!
Tweeting Tripoli
This is the BEFORE img of a SAM-6 defense system in Ain Zara on March 19th. I was expecting the strikes to start. img849.imageshack.us/img849/5179/323670...
This is the AFTER img of SAM-6 defense system. Look how precise the hit was. imageshack.us/photo/my-image…
The residents finished the job with a bulldozer. They feared NATO might hit it again, so they did the job. imageshack.us/photo/my-images/97/149090...
Free Libya
There’s no way one can explain in just a few pages the suffering, trauma, patience, determination that went into liberating Tripoli. #Libya
live2Tripoli
Instead of bringing foreign teachers Mahmood Jibreel, why don’t we train the current staff. Stop making ridiculous comments! #Libya
defpro
RAF Tornados conduct strikes on Gaddafi troops at Sirte
British aircraft yesterday mounted a long-range mission against a military facility in the Libyan city of Sebha and conducted strikes on pro-Gaddafi troops at Sirte.
A formation of Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s took off from RAF Marham in Norfolk on Sunday, 4 September 2011, and, flying south to the Mediterranean, rendezvoused with allied aircraft to lead a long-range strike mission.
The strike was aimed against a group of military communications installations that form a key part of the former regime’s major headquarters complex at Sebha, in the Sahara. The RAF aircraft launched a large salvo of highly accurate Storm Shadow
stand-off missiles against their targets.
Meanwhile, RAF Tornados and Typhoons based in Italy at Gioia del Colle air base helped NATO maintain armed reconnaissance patrols over Sirte. During the evening our aircraft successfully attacked an ammunition depot nearby, as well as a self-propelled artillery piece and an armed pick-up truck, using Paveway and Brimstone guided weapons.
Read more:
www.defpro.com/news/details/27443/?SID=...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Observation: Those most against #UN Peacekeepers in #Libya seem to be the BRIQ countries & the extremist groups w/ their own plans for Libya
Alex
Military convoy to #Niger IS VERY SUS it was led by #Gaddafi Head of Security – Have Regime Fat Cats left flunkies in #Libya as diversion?
Lee
Tough call for NATO to bomb vehicles running away that might/might not have Gaddafi #resolution1973 @2011feb17
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
hominoid555 Russell
Risk spells reward for Vitol in Libya. upi.com/Business_News/… @Marguer_d #vitol
Spanish oil firm Repsol has sent a delegation to Libya to discuss resuming its
operations there as soon as possible, …
Aid Group: African Migrants Trapped in Libyan Town blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09...
The Philippine government has recalled its envoy to Libya today, who was accredited to the former government of former leader Gadhafi.
scottbohlinger Scott Bohlinger
Rubbish collection in #Tripoli back on with full force. #Libya
LibyanPilot
Ly aviation update: 3 times daily libyan airlines benghazi – tripoli A320. Twice weekly air libya benghazi – tunis #Libya
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Spoke to 2 #Gaddafi lady soldiers today; sad 19 y-o sent from Bani Walid & defiant gunslinger, 52, who’d do it all again #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Rebels Want a Peaceful Agreement english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #alarabiya #NTC #Baniwalid #Libya
What to think about this?
cswift2 Cara Swift
I just rang the #Syria Mission at the UN. Their hold music is “Let it Be”.
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
The way the FFs are treating the G supp is considered 5 start treatment compared to the G supp treatment of the FFs and ppl arrested #libya
Feb17
Representatives of Libya’s National Transitional Council agreed with elders from Bani Walid for the peaceful handover of the town to their control.
AP
Water started flowing again in several areas of Tripoli on Monday, putting an end to an outage of more than a week that rebels blamed on sabotage by retreating Moammar Gadhafi loyalists.
camilo
Everything is on the way to progress in #libya including footbal feb17.info/news/victoriou…
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: Opposition fighters on the road to Bani Walid. One told me “we may go in with guns blazing.” #Libya yfrog.com/h7h04jraj
THIS IS A MUST READ:
Special report: The secret plan to take Tripoli
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime was delivered by a caterer, on a memory stick.
Abdel Majid Mlegta ran the companies that supplied meals to Libyan government departments including the interior ministry. The job was “easy,” he told Reuters last week. “I built good relations with officers. I wanted to serve my country.”
But in the first few weeks of the uprising, he secretly began to work for the rebels. He recruited sympathizers at the nerve center of the Gaddafi government, pinpointed its weak links and its command-and-control strength in Tripoli, and passed that information onto the rebel leadership on a series of flash memory cards.
Full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/06/us-l...
Malta_News Malta News
New Libya peace bid as Niger denies Gaddafi has crossed border bit.ly/pbNKsJ #Malta
bencnn benwedeman
Press has only been able to see a tiny percentage of damning documents about who was holding Qadhafi’s hand. Whole truth may never come out
libyansrevolt Moez
Starting to realise the mammoth task of rebuilding #libya facing us. Starting a country from zero…..sub-zero in fact. No easy task
robinenergy Robin Mills
#Repsol to assess #Libya facilities; could restart in a couple of weeks if undamaged in.advfn.com/news_Repsol-De…
If you want to read rubbish mixed with lies, here is some:
Libya: Message From Aisha Qadhafi
Message from Aisha Qadafi, September 3, 2011:
“Even if my father and my brothers are martyred, I will continue my fight against Islamic terrorists in Libya.
Soon, I will appear in the media to announce the fight against terrorists and Al-Qaeda in Libya and other countries in the world.
Let the West and their mercenaries take note; Aisha Qadhafi will never surrender to their conspiracy of evil.
I carry the blood of a heroic father in my veins and I have never known the idea of surrender.
NATO and Western assassins killed my husband and my child. But they must know by now that Aisha Qadhafi is a soldier.
Even at the cost of my own life, I will free my country from the clutches of Islamic terrorists and Al Qaeda.”
In February 2011 the United Nations stripped Aisha of her role as a goodwill ambassador. She was placed under a travel ban on February 26, 2011, under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970. This resolution by UNSC as well as her exclusion from being the goodwill ambassador was politically motivated, as the United States and NATO were jointly supporting the rebels in Libya and they were wholeheartedly looking for the ouster of Muammar al-Qadhafi from the leadership in Libya.
Goodwill Ambassador is a collective term sometimes used as a substitute honorific title or a title of honor for an Ambassador of Goodwill; but, most appropriately for a generic recognition, it is a job position or description that is usually indicated following the name of the individual recognized in the position. Goodwill ambassadors generally deliver goodwill or promote ideals from one entity to another, or to a population. Aisha has served as a mediator on behalf of the government with European Union corporations.
In 2000 after sanctions were imposed on Iraq, Aisha Qadhafi arrived in Baghdad with a delegation of 69 officials. Shortly before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, she met with Saddam Hussein.
In 2011, she strongly protested the policies of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. President Barack Obama, calling for a mediation of the Libyan Civil War through an international organization. She vehemently opposed the anti-Saddam offensives of President George W Bush in Iraq and Aisha had been consistently a supporter of Democrats in United States.
After the recently NATO bomb attack on the compound of Muammar al-Qadhafi, Aisha sued NATO over the bombing of a building in Muammar al-Qadhafi’s compound that killed her brother, Saif al-Arab Muammar al-Qadhafi, and her own infant daughter among the three grandchildren of her father who were killed. She claims the attack was illegal, as it was a civilian building.
Ms. Qadhafi’s lawyers filed the petitions in Brussels and Paris in June 2011. However, on 27 July it was reported that Belgian prosecutors declined to investigate the war crimes complaint filed by al-Qadhafi against NATO whose headquarters are in Belgium, saying that their country’s universal competence law requiring a connection between the complaint and Belgium does not apply in the case.
Aisha Qadhafi’s husband, Ahmed al-Qadhafi al-Qahsi, whom she married in 2006, was also killed by rebels on 26th July 2011.
When Muammar al-Qadhafi’s compound in Libya was occupied by the rebels, Aisha
Qadhafi’s house also became a target of attack and looting. Personal belongings and valuables of Aisha were looted by the rebels. Some of the rebels drank and danced in the living room in the house and few of them went to her personal bedroom and had sex with a few Nigerian women they brought from Benghazi. At least 90 Nigerian girls were captured from several whorehouses in Benghazi by the rebels, who were later forced to have sex with the Libyan rebels.
Source:
www.mathaba.net/news/?x=628548?rss
Danya
taking bets on whether or not #Gaddafi will be found dead or alive …vote now !!
I wish i could be a witness in #Gaddafi ’s trial ….that would be epic …
Libya 7orra
there really would be a sense of emptiness if #Gaddafi isnt caught, not to mention potential of causing trouble.. hope we get him #Libya
88simon88 simon
TOTAL Cost of the French involvement: 320M€ (0.9% of the Defense Budget !!) ledauphine.com/france-monde/2… Helping freedom cost almost NOTHING
Hanan
Via feb17libya: The US govt. says it believes #Gaddafi is still in #Libya & was not traveling in convoys that crossed into #Niger
SMILE:
Gaddafi evolution:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1376076&...
hominoid555 Russell
Online extra: The battle in Zawia, in Alaa Murabit’s own words. thestarphoenix.com/Online+extra+b… Zawia was in limbo
Sirtawi
Locked up medicine warehouse since 1984 in #Zliten
| facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
AJA: “Bani Walid’s negotiators were shot at by Saadi Gaddafi’s thugs when they tried to return to the town.”
A Free Libyan
If G forces really attacked #BaniWalid negotiators…Then it’s pretty clear what needs to be done. Their answer is obvious… #Libya
#Libya Oil Chief Sacks Suspected #Gaddafi Loyalists nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-mar… #Feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
I think they should just burst into BW and catch those who are willing to surrender, and if Musa Ibrahim dies resisting arrest then be it :(
Souffian Tripoli
If you know any places or houses in #tripoli that contain weapons let me know. #FF in #tripoli have found weapons in houses of gaddafi thugs
Freed Egyptians tell of torture in Libyan jails
With drawn and gaunt faces, some 30 Egyptians holed up in a modest Libyan hotel speak of the incarceration and torture they suffered at the hands of Muammar Qaddafi’s loyalists.
Please read full article:
feb17.info/news/freed-egyptians-tell-of...
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Don’t expect #BaniWalid to be liberated just yet. Tribal leaders had positive meeting. Returned to discuss. Deal looks likely.
If you haven’t seen it, watch the video:
Tweeting Tripoli
Apparently, Misrata businessmen have bought few of these gadgets to help their FF fight Gaddafi’s thugs. Nice!!: youtube.com/watch?v=DQ3hEt…
ChangeInLibya
Clearly, some people only understand force. Saadi Gaddafi & Musa Ibrahim al Gaddafi don’t want a peaceful end to Bani Walid dilemma
Foreigners complain of harassment by Libya rebels
A Ghanaian teacher cowers in his house, certain he will be grabbed at a checkpoint because of his dark skin. Armed rebels detain 19 Ukrainian cooks and oil workers for several days on unsupported claims that they are really snipers for Moammar Gadhafi.
They’re among thousands of foreigners caught in a web of suspicion as rebel fighters pursue the remnants of Gadhafi’s forces. Gadhafi hired some foreigners as mercenaries, but many others held ordinary jobs in Libya, and the rebels who ousted the Gadhafi regime from most of Tripoli last month often seem to make little effort to tell them apart.
Read more here:
news.yahoo.com/foreigners-complain-hara...
Hunt for Gaddafi goes international
Fresh from the battle to take Tripoli, fighters from Libya’s opposition have set up camp on the outskirts of Bani Walid. The town is a stronghold of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the hunt is on to find him.
Officials say a large military convoy seen crossing the Niger border may have included Gaddafi seeking refuge in a friendly neighbouring state. Local Tuareg tribesmen on both the Libyan and Nigerien sides of the border have said a 10-truck convoy driving was carrying gold and cash.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbuvL8pWPcU&fea...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sebha FFs in daring op gained ammo/weapons from a G Goon’s farm. G forces destroying/looting airport & other public buildlings #feb17#libya
One thing is for sure; Gaddafi can’t run away from Misrata & Nafusa FFs even if he goes to the moon. They want to have a word #Feb17 #Libya
Khalid Kaim not so cocky anymore : )
Elpais
Una caravana de leales a Gadafi busca refugio en Níger
Una caravana de más de 200 vehículos blindados escoltada por el ejército de Níger llegó ayer a la localidad de Agadez, en el desierto al norte del país africano, cerca de la frontera con Libia.
En los vehículos viajan oficiales leales a Gadafi, y la fuente responsable de la información un militar francés asegura que tanto el dictador como su hijo Saif el Islam tienen planeado unirse al convoy para continuar el viaje hasta Burkina Faso, que ha ofrecido asilo a la familia del coronel.
El jefe de los guardaespaldas de Gadafi, Mansour Dhao, junto a un grupo de 10 libios más, cruzó a Níger el domingo, revelaron oficiales de Níger.
Full story:
www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/c...
It’s Libya babe
Proud Libyan!
We will not surrender,
We will win or we will die!
This is not the END, you will fight us plus you will fight the generation that follows us,
until LIBYA IS FREE ♥
Tomorrow, by God’s will, i can see the children of Libya living in greatness so i can lift my head up high and say: I AM LIBYAN, I AM LIBYAN :’)
ray224.tumblr.com/post/9878896689/its-l...
Ahram
Ex-Saddam tracker: Gaddafi not likely to leave Libya
Aformer senior U.S. army officer who helped lead the hunt for Saddam Hussein believes Muammar Gaddafi will be caught as long as those pursuing him use local intelligence and zero in on his closest bodyguards
Read more:
english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/2/8/...
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Rebels keep temselves busy eating couscous, firing in the air for no reason and posing for photographers #libya #lame
It seems like no one really knows what’s going on here. Rebels v disogranized and not allowing anyone to enter or leave #BaniWalid #libya
Exclusive: Gaddafi used torture squads in bid to preserve rule
Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi deployed special squads which held suspected opponents in shipping containers, tortured them for information about insurgent networks and disposed of their bodies in unmarked graves in a campaign to smash the revolt against his rule.
Evidence gathered by Reuters in the provincial town of Khoms shows an organized system of repression with methods including delivering electric shocks to suspects’ genitals, keeping them for weeks in baking heat with only a few sips of water a day, and whipping them with an electrical cable while their hands were bound with plastic ties.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/06/us-l...
dairyflat
The road from #Libya to #Niger picasaweb.google.com/algeriamike/Ni…
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Negotiations just broke down AGAIN. #libya #baniwalid #killmenow.
Rebel negoitator just told wires that the tribal elders who came to negotiate were turned away by gadhafi loyalists in bani walid &shot at
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: dinner (spaghetti con sugo di pomodoro piccante) at Bani Walid. Standoff for dessert. #Libya yfrog.com/nyva2mj
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Abdullah Kenshi, rebel #Baniwalid negotiator said that ppl inside BW agreed w negotiations and rebel waiting for NTC orders to enter.
EU lifts sanctions against Libyan Airlines
European sanctions against Libyan Airlines have been lifted following the political developments in the North African state.
The European Union placed sanctions on Libya in a regulation dated 2 March, gradually extending the restrictions to various entities.
It included Libyan Airlines in the list on 12 April, citing the fact that it was wholly-owned by the Libyan government.
More:
shabablibya.org/news/eu-lifts-sanctions...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Life slowly returning to normal in #Libya. Vehicle check points are starting to be manned by uniform police again in #Ajdabiya
septimius_sever septimius severus
Love this. RT “@khalidalbaih: Breaking #Gaddafi fb.me/sJOOMKXe”
War damage to hit return of #Libya crude – Financial Times goo.gl/fb/3nXmM
septimius_sever septimius severus
Gaddafi: from king of kings to asylum seeker… really, the times are a changing! #Libya
I could swear this a transcript of #Saif Interview! #Libya jihadists found discussing plans to establish Islamic state bit.ly/risuVG
#Libya: Flush with victory | The Economist economist.com/blogs/newsbook… via @theeconomist
robcrilly Rob Crilly
I’m told SA deal to get Gaddafi into Burkina Faso is not finalised
Information hard to come by. Sounds as if Gaddafi hasn’t gone yet. Convoys are preparing the way
Souffian Tripoli
BREAKING: Bani Walid’s Negotiators Were under Fire by #Gaddafi ’s Forces When They Tried To Return To Dinar Area.
Mark Allan personally signed MI6 Belhaj Rendition then resigned to get a Libya-Related high job @ BP bbc.in/n06Jlj
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
VERY Cool Article: #Tripoli Private Sector Begins Economic Activities in the New #Libya tripolipost.com/articledetail.… #Feb17
#Libya: THIS is what #Russia thinks of U: "The one killing civilians is “NATO” english.pravda.ru/opinion/column… 5 YEAR MORATORIUM ON BUSINESS W/ RUSSIA
VERY Interesting Read: “Bounty hunters and military vie to find #Gaddafi” www.smh.com.au/world/bounty-hunters-and... #Libya #Feb17
4Adam Adam
I hope Mr. Jibril & Jalil see this video. Gaddafi loyalists in Nafusa mntns didn’t negotiate, just killed the ‘rats’. youtube.com/watch?v=uvEHZ0…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvEHZ06JyLQ
AJA:
Gaddafi loyalists blocked Bini Waleed’s delegation from discussing the outcome with residents #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#US urges #Niger to detain #Libya convoy officials au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wo… #Feb17
MORE ENEMIES OF #LIBYA: Non-aligned leaders slam international intervention in Libya www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/non-al... #Feb17
Emmil
no more $, no more friends. RT @MachahirNews: BREAKING: Burkina Faso Refuses To Give Asylum to #Gaddafi . #Libya #BaniWalid
FromJoanne Joanne
Moussa #Ibrahim #Gaddafi Tuesday phone call MSG 2 #Syria TV station al-Rai : We are still strong and capable of turning the tables on #NATO
#HalaMisrati tells RT @jenanmoussa: “I apologize to rebels #gaddafi is the past revolution is the present.”
#NTC #HassanDroua: Witnesses report Gadhafi’s son Muatassim left #Sirte 4 #Niger in convoy of cars loaded with Plundered gold +Cash #Libya
#Now Believed to be in #Bani #Walid; Gaddafi Commander AliAyad #Beshti who took pleasure in torturing detainees goo.gl/84spX #Libya
#TRIPOLI #KhaledKaim said after his Arrest; “I Swear 2God I had good intentions” to which the FF yelled “U R a dog but we’ll treat u well”
Mirror
Tesco boss saves 11 Libya refugees in his £500,000 yacht
A TESCO director saved 11 people from a sinking ship while holidaying with family on his luxury yacht.
Stuart Chambers, 55, was sailing between Greece and Italy when he spotted the small stricken vessel packed with Pakistanis who had fled war-torn Libya.
As the desperate escapees screamed for help, he managed to pull 11 of them aboard with the help of wife Nicolette, 51, son Oliver, 18, and two family friends.
But tragically they could not help 19 others who ended up drowning in the choppy waters.
Nicolette’s mother May Horrocks, 82, said she and husband Frank got a text from their daughter to tell them about the drama.
More:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/...
septimius_sever septimius severus
I sometimes wonder if #BBC’S JOURNALISTS do watch other news networks ?? It’s like a different time/space dimension!
Oh & another thing, its hardly EXCLUSIVE OR BREAKING news when all major " & not so major" networks showed it…more than a week ago! #Libya
AJELive AJELive
#Gaddafi’s internal security chief given asylum in #Niger, confirms Niger’s minister of internal affairs aje.me/qpyH4C #Libya
4Adam Adam
The US has urged Niger to detain senior officials from the Gaddafi govt who it believes crossed into the country in a convoy from #Libya.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
didn’t head down towards Bani Walid today, fearing there might not be any movement on the story. Seems we made correct decision.
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
If I were Niger or even Tuwareq, I’d kill #Gaddafi and his convoy, get all the cash and gold! #libya #feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
Ahmed Ramadan Asabee: Gaddafi’s personal secretary for 42 years. Looks a tiny bit like his master. yfrog.com/h0ts9lkj
He looks like G ’s double! Younger version, but still….
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Ajdabiya, June: A Little girl found a grenade, not knowing what it was walked in to her house and pulled pin. several of family killed.
simmjazeera andrew simmons
From sue turton north of BW: 5 reps that came to negotiate went back and were fired upon. Now retreated and given shelter.
Reuters
Huge stockpiles of tank rounds, rockets, and land mines are lying unguarded on the outskirts of Tripoli, fueling worries that arms abandoned by Gaddafi’s forces could undermine regional security.
belkacemi:
Tripoli: Kadhafi secrétaire privé Ahmed #ramadan a essayé de se suicider et a été transporté à l’hôpital #Libye
feb17
Muammar Gaddafi’s deputy foreign minister has been captured in Tripoli. The NTC has confirmed that they have Khaled Kaim in their custody.”The title does not sound that senior, but he was important because he had the authority to speak on behalf of Gaddafi,” Al Jazeera’s James Bays reported from Tripoli.
Reuters
Libya’s Gaddafi is on the run, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday, adding that he did not know the ousted leader’s location.
EU
The head of an EU mission to Tripoli said on Tuesday he had been encouraged by progress towards restoring normality there but the situation remained fragile with far too many weapons still on the streets.
Telegraph
The son of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, has said that his father is too ill to leave his home in Tripoli. Khaled al-Megrahi said his father had stopped eating and slept most of the time.
Al Arabiya
The US government on Tuesday urged Niger to detain senior officials from the Qaddafi government who it believes crossed into the country in a convoy from Libya. “We have strongly urged the Nigeran officials to detain those members of the regime who may be subject to prosecution, to ensure that they confiscate any weapons that are found and to ensure that any state property of the government of Libya, money, jewels, etc., also be impounded so that it can be returned to the Libyan people,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said.
Ghazi
I keep having image of a dying #Gaddafi lost in the middle of a sea of sand dunes in #Libya’s desert robbed, abandoned by his mercenaries
mercycorps mercycorps
A Libyan-American psychiatrist, once a #Gaddafi regime target, is helping kids in #Libya heal emotionally. bit.ly/n4SS2f
Libya’s 14 billion euros in Belgium. bulancakhaber.com/son-haber/2011/09/06/... (turkish)
septimius_sever septimius severus
#China Vows to Toughen Control After Report of #Libya Arm Sales (which means they wil be more careful with paper trail) bloom.bg/pXzV3z
robcrilly Rob Crilly
have to say, with Gaddafi on the run and the NTC in Tripoli that this is a time for putting justice ahead of peace
Generally I’d put peace ahead of justice, but with Gaddafi on the run and the rebels in control of Tripoli now is the time to hunt him down
Now is not the time for the AU and South Africa to be hatching a rescue plan
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I’ve been asking #Gaddafi regime to let the BBC meet their front line soldiers for months. We were never allowed.
Now we finally get to see them..but only because they are dead; which means we don’t get to hear and tell their story. Sad.
Sirtawi
4 #FFs martyred today at the eastern front line of #Sirte while 2 Gaddafi men were captured and 2 others were killed. (Ussud Ajdabiya)
FromJoanne Joanne
SO The #REAL reason #BaniWalid Gaddafi supporters arent keen on FF entering is tatt 2 Gaddafi SONS R still said 2b there Saadi + Saif #Libya
#Tripoli Medina #Khadima my own source; G Regime Handed out weapons 2every family Its dangerous now Guns R used 2sortout squabbles #Libya
#FLASH #Gaddafi has NOT been offered refuge in #Burkina #Faso President #BlaiseCompaore was trained in1of Gaddafi’s schools 4Dissidents
2Survive #Gaddafi needs Comunications+Trusted Ppl around him #MyMoneyIsOn #Sirte His Birthplace +Seat of his Tribe #Sirte has TUNNELS #Libya
AbdalAziz #BaniWalid FF spokesman says"1 hundred die-hard Gaddafi snipers concentrated in builtup areas r holding the city hostage #Libya
#FLASH #US Governm. Urges #Niger 2detain Gaddafis sen. officials + Confiscate Arms Jewels Gold belonging to Free #Libya #UNtravelBAN
#InteriorMinister #AbdouLabo Denies 200Car #Libya n convoy entered #NIGER but admit refuge granted2 #Mansoor +family was humanitarian reason
#Flash #NOC Chairman #NuriBerruien; May take #Libya 15months 2bring its #oil industry up 2pre-conflict levels exports2 1.6 million bpd
Makes total sense to me that #BaniWalid is not surrendering if #Saif and #Saadi are there + Take it from me #Gaddafi will never flee #Libya
#Tripoli : Gadafi’s Private secretary Ahmed #Ramadan tried to committ suicide and was taken to hospital #Libya
#BaniWalid tribal elders were attacked preventing their return + Threatened with death after failed negotiations with FF #Libya #Aje
#Megrahi News Son Says; I know my father is innocent and very sick 1 day his innocence will come out goo.gl/XQljB #Lockerbie #Libya
#NTC Jalil spoke via Mobile phone with #BaniWalid TRibal elders saying this is their chance to peacefully surrender #Libya
#BaniWalid Looks Like this: goo.gl/P2WH6 Its build on the banks of Wadi Merdum Continue; goo.gl/K3Ofx #Libya
Are #Libya ’s Islamists scary?
#TRIPOLI FF raided a house in search for activists suspected of belonging to a Gaddafi underground group in #AbuSalim area #Libya
#NEW Help Rebuild #Libya volunteerlibya.org
#Tripoli Gadafi’s Private secretary Ahmed #Ramadan tried to committ suicide and rushed 2hospital #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=NKYUnH…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKYUnHlbLPY&fea...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
We won’t grant asylum to #Gaddafi – #BurkinaFaso vanguardngr.com/2011/09/we-won… #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Its not #Mansour #Dhau who went to #Niger, its #Abdullah #Mansour. #Libya
60 – 80 snipers are in different areas in #Bani #Walead. Alj A
If true that #Saif #Gaddafi is still in #Bani #Walead, perhaps talks means extra time for escape strategy & waste of time to #FF. #Libya
Gaddafi’s African caravan experience may prove a lifeline goo.gl/TlPZe
Alex
WHY WE CANT WAIT – BW people R being forced to support #Gaddafi & r entitled to liberation – ALSO we need to FREE #BaniWalidPrisoners #Libya
Serbian men accused of being mercenaries answer questions at the Tripoli Airport, August 22, 2011
By: Salam Tekbali Several men accused of being mercenaries answer questions posed in English and identify themselves as Serbians. They claim to have traveled to Libya to work on a road construction project. The video was recorded on August 22nd in the Tripoli Airport.
Salam Tekbali is a Libyan-American lawyer with a JD from Barry University and B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arizona.Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhAXrCD2Qhc
Souffian Tripoli
New #Libya take control of the power. Don’t let the power take control of you. ليبيا الجديدة : سيطرو على السلطة. لا تدعو السلطة تسيطر عليكم
Alaan tv
Jenan Moussa
Interview with Hala Misrati
Video:
www.alaan.tv/show-video/studio-alaan/Ha...
Souffian Tripoli
We have à new gaddafi @ AlaqeedALgadafi
People in #sabha are against #gaddafi but are fully threatened by gaddafi thugs. One was dragged behind a car though the town till killed.
Some mercenaries came out of the underground tunnels at night in Bab al Azzizia feu days a go. And FF got them. Info from #Tripoli #Libya
Michael
NATO commented it wasn’t their mission to stop fugitives. NTC should have closed the border with tanks and FF troops.
FromJoanne Joanne
Tonight 5 #BaniWalid Reps who negotiated with #NTC are sleeping ouside city @ FF outpost after being fired on by #Saif Gaddafis men #Libya
Hunt 4 Gaddafi dead or alive #Libya Freedom Flag Raised outside #Sirte #MusaIbrahim audio goo.gl/OgvzR
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Abdallah Kenshil: NTC member & Beni Walid negotiator: Saif has distributed Sniper rifles to 50-60 of his supporters now city #Feb17 #Libya
Abdallah Kenshil: NTC member & Beni Walid negotiator: Saif’s supporters fired on the Beni Walid reps we negotiated with #Feb17 #Libya
Abdallah Kenshil: NTC member & Beni Walid negotiator: FFs can enter city anytime but we want to avoid any casualties in city #Feb17
A Brigade of FFs from Sebha & South has been created & is heading to Sebha soon to take part in libearting city #Libya #Feb17
Birani Ishkal on Ahrar TV
Birani Ishkal tells Sirte, Beni Walid & Sebha that any call to continue fighting is a ruse to cover escape of G & supporters #Libya #Feb17
Mass grave discovered behind Yarmuk Military camp in Tripoli.
one of the HQs of the 32 brigade
Very very awesome (arabic) #Feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/gzdivmxlj
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Now #BaniWalid rebel council rep says he is ready to fight becuase pro-Gadhafi forces shot at the tribal leaders.. #libya
Getting whiplash with all the decision changes w/in rebel leadership _ fight or no fight? agreement or no agreement? #libya #contradictions
Armed pro-#Gadhafi, incl his security chief, fled into neighboring #Niger in multiple convoys across 100s of miles of desert Tuesday #libya
#Gadhafi himself is not in the convoys, Niger’s Foreign Minister Bazoum Mohamed said, according to Al-Arabiya television #libya
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Representatives of Libya’s National Transitional Council agreed with elders from Bani Walid for the peaceful handover of the town to their control.
AJA: Gaddafi loyalists blocked Bini Waleed’s delegation from discussing the outcome with residents
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
I will be on CNN international at 9.35pm london time (8.35pm gmt) shortly today tuesday
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Just got back from Martyr’s Square in Tripoli, huge demonstration with lots of families walking around savouring the atmosphere
Quite a lot of celebratory gunfire still in Tripoli, though nowhere near as much as earlier in the week I’m told
Several people have told me that they’re not celebrating yet though, as there is still fighting in other parts of #Libya
Cafe near Martyr’s Square, saw a poster for a missing man. Three women walk in and ask “any news?”, are told there no and quickly walk off.
SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 7th 2011
9/7/11
9/07/11
9.07.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/kOcUY
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Tue pm: Tornados from RAF Marham flew long range precision strike mission at surface-to-air missile & former regime compound depot at Sebha.
Surveillance showed compound at Sebha was still being used by those of Qadhafi’s troops who continue to oppress population of the town.
Tue: Tornados out of Gioia del Colle located another of Qadhafi’s armed trucks east of Sirte armed with a multiple rocket launcher.
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
#Misrata: Explosion heard moments ago, source unknown. #Libya
AliTweel Ali Tweel
Thanks to whoever made it happen! the 3G signal is strong now!
FromJoanne Joanne
#DailyTelegraph discloses extraordinary details how #Algeria #BrownyPoints keeps Gaddafi family under Tight Rein goo.gl/ZCex8 #Libya
#WATCH them LIVE: #Safia #Aisha #Mohammad and #Hannibal #Gaddaf here goo.gl/OJ3Eq staying in #Staoueli close to #Algiers #Libya
#Discover #Libya Beautiful #Ghadames White washed Houses all connected made out of mud lime PalmTreeTrunks youtube.com/watch?v=aBGDz1…
#SalemalMadhoun #Thuraya Satellite tel.Transmissions was detected Ended up in AbuSalim Prison but lived 2tell the story goo.gl/ddGCG
#Tripoli #Tajoura #SalemAlMadhoum was subjected 2horrific electric shocks in interrogations overseen by #Seif al-Islam Gaddafi #Libya
Ibn Omar
libyans have lived 42 years with the assumption that everyone around them could be a #gaddafi agent, that feeling wont go away overnight
Sirtawi
#FF spox to Aljazeera: #FFs have reached Um Al-Khanafis area east of #Sirte, and fighting is less severe than before. #FreeSirte #Feb17
Michael
NTC & Gadafi forces both sloppy with ammo. Worse than Iraq. Until gathered & destroyed there will be many more accidents.
NTC repeatedly failed to guard captured highways, ammo dumps,prisons,gov’t buildings,& mil facilities w tanks. Never do!
Saif swore to run insurgency.Could do so from Niger. NATO followed mandate to
protect civs.NTC should have stopped convoy.
I’ve been amazed & impressed with how beautiful the architecture of Libya is. Architects will be quite busy in the New Libya.
ICC can add indictment for torture of prisoners to a long list of other charges against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi.
Reuters
Muammar Gaddafi still in Libya and safe – spokesman
“He is in Libya. He is safe, he very healthy, in high morale. He thinks very much that he is doing exactly what he should be doing,” Moussa Ibrahim told Reuters by telephone.
“He knows that he is supported by millions, not just in Libya but actually around the Arab world.”
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Reuters
Tuareg fighters take tough road home as Gaddafi falls
Official TVs in #Yemen & #Syria & previously in #Tunisia, #Egpyt & #Libya just fabricate news, according to liberated TV workers.
hominoid555 Russell
A trove of documents from the intelligence service detail how increasingly paranoid and desperate the Gaddafi became in the last six months
Plaid_Gaddafi PA al-Gaddafi
Maybe if I stay in hiding long enough I will get my own TV show, “Where In The World Is Muammer al-Gaddafi?”! #idwatchit
hominoid555 Russell
Significant portion of the frozen assets of the Central Bank of Libya, the state fund consists of investments in European markets and banks.
SocGen Deals With Libya Sovereign Fund Eyed By New Government. blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2011/...
Shanghai Daily
Greece airlifts 24 tonnes of drinking water to Libya
ATHENS, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Greece airlifted 24 tonnes of drinking water to Libya on Tuesday with two C-130 military transport aircraft, Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
“Once again Greece operates in Libya,” deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis stressed as he boarded one of the aircraft.
A delegation headed by Dollis is scheduled to visit Libyan capital Tripoli and the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
In Benghazi, Dollis is due to meet the leader and key members of the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council and representatives of the Greek community in the war-torn North African country.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou made the proposal to assist the Libyan people by transporting drinking water to those who suffer from water shortages during at an international meeting held in Paris last week regarding the Libyan crisis.
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Gaddafi’s fear of flying and love of road trips might come in handy, Reuters says af.reuters.com/article/libyaN…
Revolt in Libya: a message to Chavez axis4truth.net/news/index.php?mod=artic...
grafixel guess what
sounds like quantity discount RT @HDBosnjak: You kill 1 person… You get life in prison, in the Hague- You kill 8,000 and you get 20 years.
the other crazy boy has spoken ‘Chavez Calls for a “Counter Attack” in Lybia’ is.gd/CZvTOj via @ecuadortimes
millerC4 Jonathan Miller
‘Libyan army convoy reaches Niger’ – channel4.com/news/libyan-ar…
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Was shown the dog tag of a pro-gad soldier killed on #Sirte front today. Surprisingly he had a 4 digit number instead of name.
Gads certainly had something they didn’t want Journos to see. Wouldn’t even let Press TV, CTV or RTV visit the front.
Graffiti on the road to #Sirte ‘Thank you Neto’ (sic) I like the idea of a supermarket being thanked for the air campaign. Tesco next!
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Just got a room bombed during #Misrata siege:they’re fixing it now,after 3 months,but still no bathroom…hotels full booked or destroyed
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
#HalaMisrati tells me during meeting she was not touched, not tortured by rebels. To me, she looked pretty relaxed & rather normal. #libya
#HalaMisrati tells me she is victim herself because she “was forced by Gaddafi to spread his propaganda”. Hard to believe, if you ask me…
#HalaMisrati is being kept by rebels at secret location. I visited the place for about 1 hour 2day. It’s not a prison but a house. #Libya
Although #HalaMisrati normally would scream at ppl, insult rebels, call them rats and wave with guns, I tried to keep interview civilized
After the interview at secret location: A still picture of me (left) and #HalaMisrati (right) twitpic.com/6h1bod
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
Good to see #BurkinaFaso making a wise decision. Hopefully #Niger follows suit, G + thugs will not benefit them. #Libya #Feb17
AJE Live Blog – #Niger Minister of Internal Affairs denies 200+ vehicle count, but confirms Abdullah Mansoor given asylum. #Libya
Sky News – Megrahi family say that Abdel Baset is in the very last stages of cancer. #Libya #Feb17
Libya’s Nightmare Factory – By Felix Kuehn | Foreign Policy: bit.ly/r03Cea via @AddThis
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
by ChangeInLibya
Met Libyan employee of Italian oil firm Eni who was wearing the pre-Gadafy national flag adopted by rebels as hijab. Revolution chic
azizLibya Aziz Libya ︻╦╤─
عبد الرزاق محمد الغزي has been missing for 5 months.he’s 16 & from Misrata Qasr ahmed.Last seen in Benghazi.Info needed RT!!
Gada
#Libya,tribalism in Libya a myth,a organization 4 social events,like a club,no political weight,proof?BW shooting at so called tribal elders
radicalahmad Ahmad Sabri
Canadian @globeandmail says it obtained docs in #Libya showing that #China offered stockpiles of arms to #Gaddafi in his final months
libyanorama Libyanorama
Abdul Rahman Gave his Eyes to See the End of Qaddafi dailykos.com/story/2011/09/…
Saja
Three Scenarios as to where #Gaddafi is www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YDXfWiTyk&ann... … My Favourite is Number 3
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YDXfWiTyk&ann...
Malik Tarsin , 26 yrs old, was guarding Mohammad Gaddafi’s house when he was shot 3x by One of Mohammad Gaddafi’s Gaurds in #Tripoli #Libya
Abdel Bary Abdelhamid Kashlaf, 16 years old killed by a #Gaddafi mercenary on August 20 in front of Anasr Mosque in #Gurgi #Tripoli
Edris Ali Raslan AlMaghirbi, 15 years old was shot and killed by Gaddafi forces while protesting on the streets of #Benghazi on #Feb17 2011.
Mohammed Al-Werfalli was one of the heroes martyred in #Benghazi on March 18….. feb17martyrs.com/mohammed-al-werfalli #Libya
#GaddafiCrimes June 21—- New Life begins as #Misrata Crumbles….. edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/… #Libya
A video dedicated to the Martyr Khalifa Tashani, who was shot 3x by Gaddafi forces 18 days after his 18th birthday.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARUki09bvnE
Tools found in #AinZara Prison used for torturing prisoners. #Tripoli #GaddafiCrimes yfrog.com/h37ybhydj
Ayah
I learned from Misrata to be a Lion, Zawia to be knight, Nafousa to be Warrior, Tripoli to be patient, & from Benghazi to be a HERO. #Libya
Hanan
BREAKING: General Shaaban Abd Al-Waniss, Muammar #Gaddafi ’s pal was arrested in #Tripoli without any resistant. #Libya
Saja
Never ignore anyone that cares for you because one day you may realize you’ve lost the moon while counting the stars.--
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
When Khaled Kaim arrested he said he never say RATS to freedom fighters. I know he did. #Libya
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
Ireland-related story from trove of British intelligence docs found in Tripoli. More in tomorrow’s Irish Times
Emo Libya
Long conversation with Khaled Kaim. Don’t miss the fun! #Libya facebook.com/video/video.ph…
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
The building of the #Tripoli Central Revolutionary Committee it was a center of all dirty works around pic.twitter.com/il5nDhd
entrance of the #Tripoli Central Revolutionary Committee is welcomed by the green book and G photo on the ground pic.twitter.com/WwvXDSc
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
by septimius_sever
Our hero Dr Ali Darrat, a martyr,a doctor who died doing his job. I pray 4 his children, may Allah give them patience goo.gl/aFd6E
septimius_sever septimius severus
In #Libya, euphoria mixes with uncertainty bit.ly/rjkhUt
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Just got back from Martyr’s Square in Tripoli, huge demonstration with lots of families walking around savouring the atmosphere
septimius_sever septimius severus
The Voice of #Libya techre.vu/oKtaYy (via @TechReview)
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
16 yr old girl from Zawiya victim of G shelling. Leg amputated in Zintan. Came to Tunis in hopes of prosthetic. No luck so far @NTC_of_Libya
UPDATE: Libyan Greenstream Gas Pipeline Set To Resume Oct. 15 .online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110906-7....html #Libya
tripolitano Tripolitano
by septimius_sever
Mortar hitting Bil Khir mosque while ppl praying Isha on 20th.Thankfully it didn’t fall in prayer hall.#Tripoli yfrog.com/h77xhjcj
RanjAlaaldin Ranj Alaaldin
A senior Islamist commander is calling on all NTC members 2 resign, NTC mandate has ended according 2him, very significant/concerning #Libya
jenniematthew Jennie Matthew
Somali refugees seek haven in #Libya tinyurl.com/3joalhl
AJA – #NTC: ‘towns around Sirte handed in their arms to us, we are still waiting for people in Sirte to follow’ #Libya #Sirte
Omar
they have told me that they caught mercenaries from: Serbia, Belarus,Colombia,ukraine besides Africans
UNRefugeeAgency USA for UNHCR
“I knew Libya was war zone but not more dangerous than #Somalia” Wartorn #Libya a safe haven for Somali #refugees ow.ly/6mBoS
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan NTC forces say ready to take pro-Gaddafi town shabablibya.org/?p=http://shab… #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan convoys in Niger, may be Gaddafi deal is.gd/CsydRv #Libya
Libyan troops advance on Sirte in heavy fighting is.gd/mxee6A
Factbox: Latest developments in the Libyan conflict is.gd/GVvHNa #Libya
Reuters:
NATO said it conducted 118 air sorties on Tuesday, 40 of them strike sorties to identify and hit targets.
It said key targets hit included:
– One surface-to-air missile container, one multiple rocket launcher, four armed vehicles, one ammunition store, six tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles and one self-propelled artillery piece in the Sirte area
– Three radars and three anti-aircraft guns in the vicinity of Hun.
One surface-to-air missile facility near Sabha
Eight anti-aircraft guns in the vicinity of Waddan
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Today, more shops open. More people out and more civil activity. #Tripoli #Libya
AJELive AJELive
#Libya: efforts to reach a peaceful resolution in #Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid have failed, reports @sueturtonaje aje.me/qpyH4C
Niz_FGM Niz
Niz, Mervet & Hamza just back from representing FGMovement @ meeting regarding the new & exciting Libyan Youth Forum… exciting times ahead
Al Arabiya
Libya’s new leaders vow to remake ‘cocktail economy’
Libya’s new leaders face immediate battles to get people back to work, tackle fuel and water shortages and improve security, but they are already eyeing a bigger goal: the
complete transformation of the Libyan economy.
Today the oil sector accounts for as much as 98 percent of Libya’s export revenues, and experts say even that sector suffers from under-investment.
Libya’s National Transitional Council now wants to start building an economy that has a living, breathing private sector and that is not only dependent on natural resources.
“Diversification of the Libyan economy is a fundamental issue we need to deal with,” said Shamia.
While oil and the utility sectors might still see the state play a key role, Shamia hints at a rash of privatizations to come, and, he hopes, an influx of foreign capital.
Read more:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/07/1...
Justice Minister Marou Amadou
Niger Justice Minister Marou Amadou said on Wednesday. ”We want to inform the world that Gaddafi is not in Niger. He is a former head of state, he will not come incognito into Niger. If he has to come, our government will be informed, and if that happens we will inform you of our decision.” Amadou told a news conference.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
‘Fierce battle’ looming for Qaddafi bastion after top officials fled to Niger goo.gl/r1dfh
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: Libya’s NTC promises fair trials for mercenary suspects bit.ly/neA5jZ #libya
AP
The United States says it is not satisfied with China’s explanation of a meeting in July between Chinese weapons makers and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi seeking to buy arms in violation of UN sanctions. US Ambassador Susan Rice told reporters
Wednesday that the Obama administration “will look to China to continue to explain and clarify its understanding of what did and didn’t transpire.”
NYT
Libyan Rebels Press Gains as Some Loyalists Are Said to Flee
Rebel negotiators pressed fighters loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in the town of Bani Walid to surrender on Tuesday amid reports of loyalists fleeing the country and confusion over the whereabouts of the former Libyan leader.
In Washington, the State Department’s spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, confirmed the departure of a convoy to Niger with “some dozen or more senior members of the regime,” including senior military commanders, but not Colonel Qaddafi himself.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/libyan-rebels-press-gai...
Telegraph
The home of Mohammed Matouk, the key suspect in the murder of WPc Yvonne Fletcher
Photo’s:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleri...
Dept. of State:
The State Department will formally create a new position later this week to oversee American aid efforts in Libya. Sources familiar with matter say William Taylor, a well-regarded former American ambassador to the Ukraine, will be filling the role. He previously managed reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eastern Europe.
China Vows to Toughen Control After Report of Libya Arm Sales
China said it will tighten control over exports of arms following a report that companies offered to sell weapons to Muammar Qaddafi’s regime in violation of United Nations sanctions.
Full art.:
feb17.info/news/china-vows-to-toughen-c...
Niz_FGM Niz
FGM to supply food&water for an entire KatibaUnit deploying to Sabha.Using local suppliers to encourage local economy.Thnks all who donated
Aljazeera
Libyan town of Bani Walid is ready to come under the National Transitional Council’s authority despite pockets of resistance, a chief negotiator told AFP news agency on Wednesday.
“The negotiations were successful yesterday and we are waiting for the NTC to give us the green light to go in," Abdullah Kenshil, who held talks with Bani Walid elders on Tuesday, said.
“The elders have joined the revolution,” he said, adding that some of them were now in
Tripoli, and others were back in Bani Walid, where pro-Muammar Gaddafi armed men initially prevented them from returning.
He said the aggression against the elders had angered members of the community.
“Armed men waved their weapons at the elders… and this angered the community,” Kenshil said.
Witnesses reported seeing the tribal elders heading away from Bani Walid, 170Km southeast of Tripoli, towards the nearby town of Tarhuna late on Tuesday.
acarvin Andy Carvin
Confirmed. RT @blakehounshell: BREAKING: Negotiations in the Libyan town of Bani Walid have either succeeded or failed
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
US urges Niger to detain Libyan officials in convoy, says Gaddafi‘on the run’ is.gd/KcAeDy #Libya
4Adam Adam
Recruited at $1k a month and handed an ak47, Agali Ghissa thought his job was to defend Gaddafi from poorly-armed rebel reut.rs/mTTozF
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
Where did @feb17voices come from? bit.ly/oVgxPH
Former rebels say Gadhafi surrounded
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s former rebels have ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi surrounded, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli’s new military council said Wednesday.
Anis Sharif would not say where Gadhafi had been found, but said he was still in Libya and had been tracked using high technology and human intelligence. Gadhafi is trapped in a 40-mile- (60 kilometer-) radius area surrounded by rebels, he said.
“He can’t get out,” said Sharif, who added the former rebels are preparing to either detain him or kill him.”
Full story:
shabablibya.org/news/former-ff-say-gadh...
Libya
Confirmed: Moatism is in BW and was handing out weapons as late as yesterday. Waiting for more info nd will tweet as soon as I get it.
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
#Fashloom street on the 25th of August. youtube.com/watch?v=zU4AHJ… #Tripoli #Libya
Saja. Mustafa AbdelJalil head of #NTC visited the Libyan national soccer team to congratulate them on their first win. yfrog.com/h4rnxecj
#NTC should stop telling us that they know where Gaddafi is located and actually get him & then tell us.
CowardGaddafi:
Check out: The Mystery Behind Gadhafi’s Birth: Some Say He’s Jewish aol.it/fQ6oUC via @AOL”
Khalid Kaim’s voice is extremely annoying! He sounds like Kermit the Frog #Seperatedatbirth yfrog.com/18351vyj
Saja. A family friend who was imprisoned by Gaddafi forces in tripoli told me that GF used whatever they had to torture prisoners including Drills
Weapons of mass distraction for the year 2011 twitpic.com/6h76y4”
The capture and interrogation gaddafi ex foreign minister khaled kaim
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaSbJExRBCg&NR=1
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sebha FFs of AlGurda area protecting the neighbourhood in the city libya.tv/2011/09/%D9%81… #Feb17#libya
hominoid555 Russell
Anis Sharif would not say where Gadhafi had been found, but said he was still in Libya and had been tracked using high technology
Some Libyans in Colorado plan to return and help rebuild. www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_1883975...
Tuareg fighters take tough road home as Gaddafi falls | Reuters reut.rs/mTTozF via @reuters
’Libya’s frozen assets in China $15bn’ : presstv.com/detail/197868.html
The Botswana National Front (BNF) has condemned the government’s decision to recognise the National Transition Council (NTC) in Libya.
Gaddafi ‘Tracked Heading For Libyan Border’ – Yahoo! yhoo.it/pADCOH via @YahooUKEditor
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
#Jordan to reopen embassy in #Tripoli #Libya within the few coming days. trunc.it/i7t4d
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
After #Mirage jets, #Libya navy commanders plotted to defect with their ships to #Malta in February. More soon.
Before #NFZ was imposed, #Libya navy commanders tried to ‘lobby’ #NATO #US for safe passage corridor to defect with warships to #Malta
#Malta government was ‘unaware’ of #Libya navy commander’s intent to defect with ships to island after being ordered to attack #Benghazi
#Libya is now set to be a scene of multiple battles | Soumaya Ghannoushi gu.com/p/3xydp/tw via @guardian
There were 6000 foreign mercenaries in Libya in February 2011. www.rfi.fr/afrique/20110905-mercenaires... (french)"
Mark
#Gaddafi seen in Ghat southeast of Sabha at algerian border
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Most essential piece of kit for #Libya I don’t have but wish i did: FLY SWAT
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
where are you?you cannot come back?now #Misrata is free,and #Libya almost…
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi’s personal secretary & speechwriter is under armed guard in hospital after trying to commit suicide when arrested #Libya – AJA
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
Unbelievable & Must See #Gaddafi family photo album خالد بوحورية : الجو الفايح youtube.com/watch?v=rHTIjQ… #Libya #Saif #Aisha #Saadi
Brian
The most surprising thing I’ve learned by following @acarvin is that the rest of the world liked “V For Vendetta” a lot more than we did.
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Off to the ‘front’ at Bani Walid, where not very tense standoff enters Nth day. I will eat my warfalla head scarf if something happens.
AfricanDictator: Who Will Draw #Gaddafi’s Short Straw? – tinyurl.com/4xscbc8" #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya conflict: Secrecy surrounds Gaddafis in Algeria shabablibya.org/news/libya-con… #Libya
NoonArabia نون عربيه
#Libya(n) activist, bloggers, tweeps we need your solidarity, please SupportYemen (Eng) bit.ly/rlvfkI (Ar) bit.ly/pRJwQa
septimius_sever septimius severus
Come on @AP … What does former rebel even mean? RT @AP Former rebels say #Gaddafi surrounded goo.gl/9jM1j #Libya #Feb17
@Brian_Whit Brian Whitaker
Gaddafi’s speechwriter said to be under arrest. I never knew G had prepared speeches — thought he just rambled on.
septimius_sever septimius severus
@
@Brian_Whit he writes the speeches while Gaddafi rambled on and then shows to him to his add to library & publish..
Twitter should rename itself to “Lost in translation of 140 characters”
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
NTC to demand Niger prevent Gaddafi from crossing border: AFP #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
An glimpse of Libya’s new prisoners coming up on BBC News later from @ipannell – and an intriguing insight into Gaddafi’s regime.
We met one of Gaddafi’s former bodyguards, told us “he struck fear into people’s hearts – even his children were afraid of him.”
We met 3 Ukrainians held prisoner – accused of being snipers. NTC promise they will be judged fairly on the evidence.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Niger: Only 1 major Libyan figure in country is.gd/fmv8OM #Libya
Gaddafi “surrounded” is.gd/wyYutM #Libya v Libyatv
Sirtawi
Fathi Salem Ali BuMariam was detained in #Sirte by G forces in April and was taken to AbuSaleem. now he’s free :) ! youtube.com/watch?v=mS1pdL…
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
VERY Important Read: Muammar #Gaddafi not in convey that entered #Niger timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-e… #Libya #Feb17
#Libya: Asylum talks begin as #Gaddafi loyalists flee across border telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
Abandoned #Tripoli Zoo Animals Update www.globalanimal.org/2011/09/06/abandon... #Libya #Feb17
#Libya combs priceless ruins for war damage news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2… #Feb17
#Singapore OIL TANKER “NORD STRAIT” now arriving at dest. #Tobruq #Libya. #Feb17
Reports about Ukrainians fighting in #Libya is attempt to discredit our state www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid... Sorry but #Ukraine is already discredited
#Belarusian snipers defended #Gaddafi in #Libya charter97.org/en/news/2011/9… #Feb17
SecularLibya MargBar Khamenei
We know for a fact that Qadafi has a nuclear-proof 200m deep bunker in Sebha. NATO even has the plans.
Bunker has been found: 27.2249991, 14.6890238 ;) Fits all descriptions known.
Michael
Wild About Animals: Wild About the International Help for Tripoli Zoo wildanimalspotting.blogspot.com/2011/09/wild-a…
AmmarParis Ammar ABD RABBO
New amazing pictures of Gaddafi as a grandfather playing with his grandchildren found @ ‘Bab Al Aziziya’ compound #Libya #Tripoli -link soon
The #Korean government plans to fully reopen this week its Embassy in the #Libya capital of #Tripoli trunc.it/hlwfm
Souffian Tripoli
Dear Libya. The next steps after our struggle for freedom, will be our struggle for Safety, Security and Unity. #Libya #Tripoli
Home-clinic doctor hopes for better #healthcare in #Libya english.libya.tv/2011/09/06/home-clinic... via www.Trables.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14814478 Libya conflict: Secrecy surrounds Gaddafis in #Algeria via Trables.org #Libya #Tripoli
One #Misrata clinic has been doing its best to treat the horrific injuries caused by months of conflict. #Libya trunc.it/hgxni
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Secret diplomatic moves to find haven for Gaddafi tinyurl.com/4xtmtl2 #libya
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
New blog post: Benghazi’s Talented Street Artists bit.ly/p7tR1M
Very interesting read @guardian today on the growing rift between the NTC and local military leaders in #Libya: bit.ly/qwewhg
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
بنغازي صانعة التاريخ الليبي shabablibya.org/ar/news/%D8%A8… #Libya
Wishes
Libya Free ,taken by iphone4 flic.kr/p/ajZDzS
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
The place is cleaned to be the offices of several humanitarian & charity associations working for ppl in #Tripoli twitpic.com/6h4w51
Looted items after being captured by ffs in khallat alfurjan
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Looted items after being captured by FFs in Khallat Alfurjan near Khamis brigade
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Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Cleaning #Tripoli of war dirtiness
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inglesi Piers Scholfield
Many Africans being held in prison here – group from Mali, Nigeria, Liberia & Chad told us they were innocent & being held without evidence.
Also met Saad Masoud, one of Gaddafi’s senior commanders and head of Matiga airbase until recently. #Tripoli
2011feb17:
This is a beautiful child from ancient city of Ghadames! Doesn’t he look like a baby Jay-Z?
libyanfsl Libya NFSL
Saleh Ibrahim is in Cairo with his family, seems he has given up on his master Gaddafi #Feb17 #Libya
#NATO planes strike Gaddafi forces in Sirte, and exchange of gunfire on the outskirts of the city between FF & G forces #Feb17
libyatvarabic Libya TV
مش وقتها | قناة ليبيا – لكل الاحرار Libya TV – for the free fb.me/12g9le4CE
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Mahmoud Warfalli (TV presenter turned FF) ready & armed at BW front-line. yfrog.com/khvpccnj
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
CBS News
Qaddafi surrounded, Libya fighters say
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libyan fighters have surrounded the ousted dictator Muammar Qaddafi, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli’s new military council said Wednesday.
Anis Sharif would not say where Qaddafi had been found, but said he was still in Libya and had been tracked using high technology and human intelligence. Qaddafi is trapped within a 40-mile-radius area surrounded by rebels, he said.
“He can’t get out,” said Sharif, who added the former rebels are preparing to either detain him or kill him.
Art.:
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/07/5013...
Aljazeera
Gaddafi ‘last tracked in southern Libya’
Muammar Gaddafi has probably left the Libyan desert town of Bani Walid and is heading further south with the help of loyalist tribes towards Chad or Niger, Reuters news agency quoted a senior military official in Libya’s new leadership as saying.
Hisham Buhagiar, who is co-ordinating the National Transitional Council’s efforts to find the former Libyan leader, said reports indicated that he may have been in the region of the southern village of Ghwat, about 950km south of Tripoli and 300km north of the border with Niger, three days ago.
“He’s out of Bani Walid I think. The last tracks, he was in the Ghwat area. People saw the cars going in that direction …. We have it from many sources that he’s trying to go further south, towards Chad or Niger,” Buhagiar said in an interview late on Tuesday.
“It’s the tent. We know that he doesn’t want to stay in a house, so he stays in a tent. People say the cars came, and then they made a tent,” he said, adding that his sources had not seen Gaddafi themselves.
More:
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Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
If the delay in negotiation with #BaniWalid and #Sirte means one thing, it means there is no tribal power in #Libya
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
Bit of a news lull in #Libya at the moment. Enjoying having some downtime for a change.
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Portuguese foreign minister is meeting transitional leadership in Benghazi today. Wonder if he’s looking for a loan…
BBC
Libya uprising: Rebels prepare for Bani Walid showdown
Libyan interim government forces surrounding the Gaddafi-held desert town of Bani Walid are preparing to fight their way into the town after failing to strike a deal with loyalists there.
Bani Walid is one of four towns and cities still controlled by Gaddafi supporters and has been set a deadline to surrender by Saturday. The others are Jufra, Sabha and Col Gaddafi’s birthplace of Sirte.
Meanwhile, the fugitive leader remains elusive, with Niger officials saying that he was not in a convoy that travelled into the country from Libya.
Richard Galpin reports.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1482465...
VOA
Libya Fighters, NATO Focus on Gadhafi Strongholds
Libyan fighters are continuing negotiations with leaders from one of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi’s last remaining strongholds, as NATO forces say they have bombed another pro-Gadhafi holdout.
NATO on Wednesday said its warplanes bombed several tanks and other armored vehicles around Gadhafi’s hometown, Sirte. The first fighting in days was reported near Sirte on Tuesday, but National Transitional Council (NTC) commanders said the clashes did not mark the launch of an all-out bid to capture the city.
Read more:
www.voanews.com/english/news/Libya-Figh...
1LibyaOrg 1Libya
Want to feel some vindication, see the big G supporters in jail,on tape pls in prison uniform.2 wks ago they were on TV threatening to kill!
Aisha
#Gaddafi granted oil concessions to BP on understanding #Lockerbie bomber Megrahi would return home telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… v @Telegraph
Reuters
EXCLUSIVE – Documents detail Western arms firm’s Libya deal
A major Western defence firm was upgrading military equipment for an elite Libyan security brigade just before an uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, documents show, showing how the West tried to foster ties with him during his final years in power.
Full story:
in.reuters.com/article/2011/09/07/idINI...
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Very dusty at the Wishtat checkpoint today. Sand storm must be coming. Very, very slow day today re: northern push to Bani walid. #libya
betsy_hiel betsy hiel
Saw unsecured warehouses packed with weapons and missing SAM24 missiles boxes – landmines, white phosphorus mortars, antitank mines #Tripoli
BCWorld:
AUDIO: Libya photojournalist remembered bbc.in/p4B7wM
A facebook page with pictures of those missing in #Libya and contact numbers if you have any information www.facebook.com/MissingLibyans?sk=wall #Feb17
AmmarParis Ammar ABD RABBO
All green flags taken away & ripped off, many green doors painted with new colors.. Soon even green tea won’t be available #Tripoli #Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
So I see after leaving all the hard work to Britain and France that the Yanks have turned up for the end… Oh wait… tinyurl.com/3avs9fb
Hearing that the NTC will not now move to Tripoli until whole of Libya liberated. Here’s why you can’t blame em: wp.me/p7qur-rw
I’m in war-torn Benghazi, where everybody thinks I’m mental for living in Pakistan
the NTC are good people. They have challenges ahead. Time to start managing expectations
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Tripoli’s mil council says: #Libya fighters have surrounded #Gadhafi, and his capture/death is imminent
BUT NTC defense minister says Libya’s former rebels had no idea where #Gadhafi was….#libya
Figures in #Libya’s new govt gave series of conflicting statements about Gadhafi’s whereabouts since fall of #Tripoli. All reports untrue
basically noone knows where #Gadhafi is… #huntforgadhafi
JCCentCom Jeff Cox
so #Libya NTC has no idea where #Gadhafi is, but they have him surrounded
Please read:
The Bloody History of London’s Infamous Libyan Embassy
Senussi el-Bijou and Muftah Abdelsamad spent the last 34 years protesting outside the Libyan embassy in London. Today, they can come and go as they please, honored guests of the building’s new management: the National Transitional Council. “It is thanks to these men, our elders, that we are here,” says Emad Elgaziwe, one of half a dozen young men milling around the embassy’s front waiting room, their feet propped on marble coffee tables as they watch the latest developments on Sky News.
More:
globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/08/24/th...
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
British intelligence shared info w/ Libyans on Libyan-born Irish citizen they alleged helped recruit fighters for Iraq bit.ly/pWTowF
Tweeting Tripoli
BW: they told me now 90% of BW circled by FF and will enter by force in the next few hours. Hope they have a good catch.
Saja. The Mass grave of the 1200 detainees killed in the AbuSalim prison in 1996 has been found via Almanara.. #Tripoli #Libya
ianbirrell ianbirrell
No, contrary to what you may have read, Burkina Faso does not want Gaddafi …. bit.ly/oZcUyd
AJELive AJELive
Libyan fighters say #Gaddafi ‘surrounded’ aje.me/pJL9GP #Libya
Reports: #UN watchdog says #Libya’s remaining chemical weapon stockpiles are believed to be secure despite the turmoil aje.me/jMZYMN
BenCNN : a ransacked weapons weapons warehouse in #tripoli. Many surface-to-air missiles have gone missing. #Libya yfrog.com/kkbe0wehj
inglesi Piers Scholfield
19-yr-old girl in Jdaida prison: says she was raped by Mansour Daw & his son; she was forced to kill prisoners in Abu Salim in cold blood.
ianbirrell ianbirrell
Sickening stuff: Gen Dynamics deal with Khamis Brigade “part of UK initiative to improve economic, educational and defense links with Libya”
NewsInLibya News in Libya
#Libya’s NTC to visit Niger on sealing borders: The Libyan rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) decided… dlvr.it/kXCsH
Tarek
Fuel is up and running in #Tripoli
Pursuers closing in on #Gaddafi : www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2... via @the_irish_times #Libya
texasinafrica:
Because few take the African Union seriously. What really matters is what individual leaders decide to do.
The Daily Beast
Gaddafi Is Trapped: Rebels
www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/09/07...
Hayat Libya
fro.gy/1djck "http://yfrog.com/ntwndzj #Misrata freedom fighters make #Freedom #Yoghurt of #Naseem quality and spread the love …
fro.gy/1djc6 "http://yfrog.com/hwy5x5j Friend’s pictures fresh from #Tripoli :) Here’s AbuNajmaWoHalal standing proudly with his …
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Why is there not more outrage that the African Union told its countries to ignore the ICC re: Gaddafi?
BBCWorld BBC Global News
Foreign Secretary @WilliamJHague says #Gaddafi should be sent to ICC if he seeks exile in signatory country bbc.in/hIPkRJ #Libya
somaia
Gaddafi and family: home movie from 2005 channel4.com/news/gaddafi-a…
betsy_hiel betsy hiel
HRW says if the SAMs get in the hands of wrong people, all of North Africa could become a no fly zone #tripoli
Todays Zaman
Turkish cook recounts torture, stabbing at Gaddafi’s son’s home
A Turkish man who worked as a cook in the home of Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has said he was subjected to torture, in particular at the hands of Aline Skaf, Hannibal Gaddafi’s wife, who he says stabbed him.
Adnan Tam (54), who is now waiting at the Turkish Embassy in Tripoli to return home
after fleeing his employer’s house, told the Anatolia news agency that he left for Libya from the Samandağı district of Hatay nearly one year ago. He said although he was told he would work in the home of a businessman he realized that he would be working for Gaddafi when he arrived in Tripoli. Tam said the treatment he received changed in February after Turkey explicitly sided with the Libyan rebels who rose up against the Gaddafi regime.
“Many people from Sudan, Mali, Syria, Ethiopia, Egypt and Algeria were working in the home of Hannibal Gaddafi. The situation was also good for me in the beginning. The maltreatment and torture began after Turkey sent a ship for the wounded rebels in Misrata. They hated me. They humiliated me by calling me ‘the traitor Turk.’ Not a day passed without torture, humiliation and insults. I was beaten by Hannibal and his men many times. His wife Aline was neurotic. She stabbed me in my arm and back. She was the one who most frequently tortured me,” he said.
Tam said it was very difficult to escape from the home as Gaddafi’s men were everywhere. “Even if I had managed to escape, they would have immediately found me since Tripoli was still under the control of the Gaddafi regime then,” Tam said.
The Turkish citizen also said he witnessed Skaf pour boiling hot water over the head of Shweyga Mullah, the nanny to Gaddafi’s children, after she refused to beat her daughter. “Other staff was also exposed to maltreatment. We were in the same home as Shweyga Mullah. I saw Aline pour boiling water over her head. They locked her up in the washroom. They killed other foreign staff to prevent them from speaking up,” Tam added.
Mullah (30) was recently found alone in a room at an abandoned seaside resort in western Tripoli that belonged to the Libyan dictator’s son. The Ethiopian immigrant said she came to Libya one year ago to work as a nanny to Gaddafi’s young daughter and son. Her head and body were covered in large weeping scabs, evidence of the cruel punishment allegedly inflicted by Skaf.
Asked how he escaped from the house, Tam said Gaddafi and his wife left on Aug. 21 after rebels entered Tripoli. “Then I escaped from the window of the washroom. I took refuge in a mosque as our embassy was closed then. The imam of the mosque hid me for a week. He was very kind to me. He gave me food and water. Then, I stayed at a Turkish restaurant. I saw on TV that our embassy was going to be re-opened. I took refuge at the embassy when it was re-opened. If I had not escaped, they would also have killed me to prevent me from speaking up,” he said.
Tam said Turkey’s newly appointed Ambassador Ali Kemal Aydın is now personally working to enable his return to Turkey. He says he is trying to prepare the documents necessary for his return as the Gaddafi family seized his passport and he has also requested financial assistance from the Turkish government.
“I have no money since I did not receive my salary for months. The expenses for my return will be met by our embassy. I am sorry that I am returning to my family in this situation. I am mentally beat. I cannot sleep. I want my country to pursue my rights. I
also requested help from our president and prime minister for my treatment,” he says. Tam added that he expects assistance from the Turkish government in his legal case against the Gaddafi family.
Source:
www.todayszaman.com/news-256040-turkish...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
I said this 3 months ago: Now #Netherlands #MP to interview #Malta officials over migrants ignored migrants distress bit.ly/oUSxUh
AJELive AJELive
#NATO has no information on the whereabouts of #Gaddafi, NATO chief has said | Follow #Libya Live Blog for the latest aje.me/jMZYMN
Marguerite
WHague ducks qstn: whether companies other thn #Vitol were asked if wanted help selling oil to #Libya rebels
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Niger ‘cannot close’ #Libya border bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… NIGER NEEDS TO HAND OVER ENTIRE #GADDAFI CONVOY OR BE SANCTIONEDBY @UN & #NTC.
Tweeting Tripoli
My contact: FF have no doubt they can take over BW in no time. They want to make sure no one escapes using the many dirt roads available.
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Libya Alahrar showing Libyan red cresent & international red cross caring for sub saharan migrant workers affected by the conflict #NoRacism
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Gaddafi bastion gunmen stubborn as town suffers
Haunted by gun-toting loyalists and festooned with faded portraits of Muammar Gaddafi, the besieged Libyan town of Bani Walid remains stubbornly in the hands of die-hard gunmen raring to fight for their deposed leader.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters at the gates of Bani Walid, one of the last remaining strongholds of the old regime, have so far failed to convince the town’s pro-Gaddafi masters to lay down their arms and surrender.
Outside the town, Bani Walid residents passing through a sun-scorched checkpoint of anti-Gaddafi forces set up around the nearby desert settlement of Wishtata painted an increasingly desperate picture inside their town.
“People are terrorised, there is no one in the streets,” said Salah Ali, a 39-year-old man, as others squatted beside a tiny mosque reading newspapers with “Gaddafi: Dead or Alive” bannered on front pages.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/gaddafi-bastion-gu...
SkyNewsCamera Nathan Hale
We are around 20k closer to Sirt today. Near the village named “Mother of beatle” #Libya
IMPORTANT NUMBERS:
Emergency Numbers in Tripoli to report incidents , fifth column or Qaddafi’s thugs in Western Libya
0214908010
0214903716
0925171216
PHOTO: Schedule of the daily flights between Benghazi and Tripoli, also the twice a week flights between Benghazi and Misrata
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fieldproducer Neal Mann
We’re now just over 50km from Sirte, resistance from pro-Gaddafi forces still heavy doesn’t bode well for next 50km. #Libya
Niger
Niger’s FM Mohamed Bazoum say that Col Gaddafi had not crossed the border or asked to cross. #Libya
bencnn benwedeman
482 SA-24 missiles shipped from Russia to #Libya in late 2004. These very accurate missiles have range of 11,000 feet. Now many are missing.
Discovered:
BREAKING: A well-equipped underground facility discovered in Al-Fatih university thought to be used for either abortion or rape
Niz_FGM Niz
a member of the Free Generation Movement will be speaking to LibyaAlAhrar about the Mafqood.org project in about 2 hours from now….
Any photos of Tripoli Martyrs send to Tripoli.Latest@gmail.org
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: The #SMS service on the Almadar network in Tripoli is back up and running!!! #Libya #feb17 #Tripoli
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Reports that Mahmoud Jibril has moved through to Tripoli.
Reports that Mahmoud Jibril has arrived in tripoli. Good for him
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya #NTC OIL TANKER “MAETIGA” now en route to dest. #Conakry #Guinea ETA: 2011-09-12 18:00 (UTC). #Feb17
#Libya #NTC OIL TANKER “ALYARMOUK” remains anchored in port #Gibraltar. #Feb17
AmmarParis Ammar ABD RABBO
#Libya TNC Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has arrived in #Tripoli (TNC source at Corinthia hotel)… Now all waiting for Mustafa Abdel Jalil
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Niger’s north, desert bolt-hole for Libya’s losers is.gd/BQcs75 #Libya
Residents of Tripoli enjoy their long-awaited freedom (photo album) www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.20176... #Libya
Khiria
Uncle said that there were rooms underground in #Gaddafi’s hideouts that could not be opened because #Gaddafi’s fingerprint is needed.
Jonny Hallam 4 x shoulder mounted SAM were found and destroyed in Ajdabiya in the last month according to MAG andy
Surveillance showed comp at Sebha was still being used by those of Qadhaf troops who continue to oppress population of the town.
Tweeting Tripoli
A friend who just fled BW told me only Musa Ibrahim could possibly be inside. He said no confirmed reports that Gaddafi or sons are in BW.
Just tested Madar SMS service it is working fine. Tested it in Tripoli and in BaniWalid.
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
For anyone who thought the Freedom Fighters were disorganised – read this: reuters.com/article/2011/0…. #Libya
Defence Web
NATO’s Libya lessons
goo.gl/cHULA
CNN
Missiles looted from Tripoli arms warehouse
A potent stash of Russian-made surface-to-air missiles is missing from a huge Tripoli weapons warehouse amid reports of weapons looting across war-torn Libya.
They are Grinch SA-24 shoulder-launched missiles, also known as Igla-S missiles, the equivalent of U.S.-made Stinger missiles.
A CNN team and Human Rights Watch found dozens of empty crates marked with packing lists and inventory numbers that identified the items as Igla-S surface-to-air missiles.
Read more and watch video:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/07...
BBC
Libya conflict: Niger border ‘cannot be closed’
Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum told the BBC that Col Gaddafi had not crossed the border or asked to cross.
He said Gaddafi loyalists who have arrived in Niger’s capital, Niamey, would be free to stay or move on.
Libya’s transitional authorities have said they are seeking Niger’s help to stop Col Gaddafi from fleeing.
Asked if Niger might close its border, Mr Bazoum said: “We have no means to close the border… It is too big and we have very, very small means for that.”
More here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14825541
Le Parisien
Libye : Kadhafi serait cerné, selon les rebelles
La dernière rumeur en date avait situé Mouammar Kadhafi au Niger, dans un convoi qui se dirigeait vers le Burkina Faso. Les dirigeants nigériens ont démenti la présence de l’ex-leader libyen dans leur pays; les dirigeants burkinabè ont eux démenti qu’ils étaient prêts à l’accueillir, quinze jours après avoir laissé entendre le contraire.
Read more:
www.leparisien.fr/intervention-libye/li...
Jeune Afrique
Le Burkina Faso exclut d’accueillir Mouammar Kaddafi
Le Burkina Faso exclut “totalement” d’accueillir le colonel Mouammar Kaddafi sur son sol, démentant ainsi les rumeurs qui courraient à ce sujet mardi. Le Burkina dit ne pas vouloir “se créer des problèmes” en accordant l’asile à l’ex-dictateur libyen.
Mouammar Kaddafi ne trouvera pas refuge au Burkina Faso, comme les rumeurs l’avaient indiqué mardi. Le pays a annoncé exclure « totalement » l’idée d’accorder l’asile à l’ex-dictateur libyen.
« Nous ne pouvons pas lui accorder l’asile parce que depuis trois ans, nous n’avons pas de très bonnes relations avec lui », a expliqué Alain Édouard Traoré, ministre burkibabè de la Communication et porte-parole du gouvernement. Autre raison invoquée, les « obligations (du Burkina Faso) avec la Communauté internationale à respecter ».
Read more:
www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20...
Bloomberg
Intelligence Chairman Urges White House Action on Libyan Weapons
Lethal weapons “are already moving” out of arsenals once controlled by Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi and the U.S. must “do more” to find and destroy the weapons before terrorists get them, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said.
Representative Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, said in an interview at the Bloomberg Washington bureau yesterday that he has approached the White House with concerns that al-Qaeda will acquire Libyan weapons, especially shoulder-fired anti- aircraft missiles.
Read more:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-07/house...
Liberation
La Libye a fait du Sahel “une poudrière”
La crise libyenne a fait du Sahel “une poudrière” avec l’arrivée massive d’armes, le retour de milliers de travailleurs migrants, de mercenaires dans une région déjà otage du terrorisme et de la contrebande, ont averti mercredi à Alger les participants à une conférence internationale sur cette région.
Ces quelque 8 millions de kilomètres carrés répartis notamment entre l’Algérie, le Mali, le Niger et la Mauritanie, vont être l’objet de deux jours de discussions entre 38 délégations dans la capitale algérienne axées sur une stratégie de pacification par le développement et la sécurité.
Read more here:
www.liberation.fr/depeches/01012358460-...
Euractiv
Paris rebuffs Brussels’ analysis of Libya threats
France has vigorously contradicted the European Union’s counter-terrorism chief Gilles de Kerchove, who said on Monday (5 September) that the Libyan war had raised the terror threat in Europe.
Speaking to the Brussels press on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US, De Kerchove said there was a risk that Al-Qaeda had secured arms and ammunition looted during the Libyan conflict, including surface-to-air missiles that could pose a threat to flights in the region.
Asked to react to De Kerchove’s pronouncement, French Defence Minister Gérard Longuet strongly rejected the view that Al-Qaeda was taking advantage of the Libya crisis to strengthen its military capacity.
France, together with its close partners, is putting in place appropriate measures aimed at avoiding the spread of armaments, Longuet added, speaking to French daily Libération.
Full art.:
goo.gl/1YcYb
Reuters
Rebuilding Libya could be worth at least $200 billion over 10 years, but France’s role in ousting Gaddafi will not be enough to seal deals, the chief of France’s overseas business federation said on Wednesday.
BBC
Jacuzzi and operating room found under Tripoli university
A fully equipped gynaecological operating theatre, bedroom and jacuzzi have been discovered underneath Tripoli’s Fateh University.
The rooms were discovered beneath the Green Theatre which was used to teach about the revolution and the Green Book which contained Col Muammar Gaddafi’s thoughts and solutions to the country’s social, political and economic problems.
The recently appointed head of the university, Dr Faisal, gave his interpretation of what he saw at the underground rooms.
Watch video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14827986
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#SouthAfrica’s out-of-sync #Libya policy may cost it dearly reuters.com/article/2011/0… #Feb17
Souffian Tripoli
Just got news out of #Tripoli that friends found a weapon-depot in a house in Hay Al-Andulus area. After a tip-off from a friend in Europe.
Got informed that biological weapons were found in Hay al-andulus district #Tripoli #Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
More on the touareg RT @ChadCeleste: good analysis on #Libya #Niger from #DailyMaverick dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-0…
Time to dust off the travel sweets and put together a new safari soundtrack
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sabha: #Gaddafi filth reported shelling #AlMansya area NOW. #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
South Africa’s refusal to recognise Libya’s new rebel rulers has again exposed the bureaucracy that often stymies decision-making in Pretoria and could have disastrous consequences for its standing and influence in Africa.
Alex:
To Do List
DID I MISS ANYTHING! #NTC “TO DO” LIST –
SAVE #TripoliPrisoners – LIBERATE #BaniWalid #Sirte & #Sabha – SECURE #Tripoli missiles, weapons & live ammo & landmines – ARREST Regime criminals – TRY #Gaddafi ‘s – FREE Blacks falsely imprisoned – PUNISH & DEPORT Real Mercenaries – RESTORE medical services, water, gas, electricity, fuel, civil service, law & order, traffic control, rubbish collection – REFORM legal and penal system – UNFREEZE international funds – PAY salaries – START Oil fields – STOP celebratory gunfire – FORM new FREE #Libya Army – #DISMANTLE all non state militias – PLACATE & COMPENSATE #FF Militia leaders – DECLARE new Peoples Parks or Museums in #Gaddafi Palaces – REQUISITION property & overseas billions of REGIME CRIMINALS – THANK Qatar, France, UK, USA, EU, & #NATO – HELP free #Syria #Algeria #Yemen #Bahrain & #Iran – BIN #AU – BAG #PRChina – REFEREND Constitution – CONDUCT elections – TRANSFER power to new democratically elected #Libya Government…… #SuperNTC
African migrants
More than 1,700 sub-Saharan African migrants have now taken refuge at a southern Libyan desert town and Gaddafi stronghold amid urgent efforts to try to evacuate them to safety, an international aid agency said on Wednesday.
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
Libyan stop sign @ Tibesty Hotel instagr.am/p/Mbw-S/
Tissues of the revolution – twitpic.com/6hgl25
Niger
On Wednesday, Mohamed Bazoum, Nigerien foreign minister, told French Radio: “There’s no question that some people arrived. But it wasn’t at all of the order of
magnitude that people have said. Two hundred vehicles, that’s inconceivable. Ten cars, maximum.”
Reuters
Libya’s new leaders sent envoys to Niger on Wednesday to try to prevent Muammar Gaddafi and his entourage evading justice by fleeing across desert towards friendly African states. ”The NTC has sent a delegation to Niger to discuss the possible arrival of Gaddafi,” Fathi Baja, the head of political affairs for the NTC, told Reuters in Benghazi, saying the ousted strongman may be close to the Niger or Algerian borders, waiting for an opportunity to slip across.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Fathi Al Ba’aja head of political committee at #NTC says they are sending a delegation to #Niger. #Libya #Feb17
NATO
NATO has no information on the whereabouts of Muammar Gaddafi, NATO chief has said. “I have no information whatsoever about his whereabouts, and let me add to that, he is not a target of NATO operations,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday.
Niz_FGM Niz
Received my first personal sms today since my arrival in Tripoli on the 21st of Feb! Brilliant!
AJELive AJELive
#Gaddafi not in Niger and reports of a convoy entering the country from #Libya is not true, says #Niger government aje.me/mpA6t5
WyreDavies Wyre Davies
If #Nato can spot (and destroy) a #Gaddafi tank hidden in #Tripoli why are all so vague about what and who is leaving #Libya via the desert?
TawasulMC Tawasul News Agency
Libyan flag over Cotopaxi volcano .wmv fb.me/ynb0zGyk
Ali Tweel
what r u doing? nothing, just chillin in Gaddafi’s residence! That’s my friend in the living room resting after work :) twitpic.com/6h57h5
Alive in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya – Alive in Libya‘s Seraj Elalem visits Tripoli’s Martyr’s Square, the site of the last public appearance of Col. Gaddafi, to find out what Libyan citizens are saying in this time of victory.
Video:
alive.in/libya/2011/09/07/tripolis-true...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Watch 6pm news BBC1 for @ipannell’s piece on Tripoli’s new prisoners. On @bbcworld later. #Libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
from 1 of few journos in Algiers @ddamned #Libya : #Gaddafi wife and children holed up in Algerian villa – Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Libya AlAhrar have brought a person not a proper TV presenter at , all the others left because of problems in channel: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
Most of the presenters left because off a problem with a lady who controls the channel, like dictator…..
All the presenters left and they brought her!
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: Sabha: Clashes taking place in Sabha NOW right next to the “peoples hall” fb.me/IRxqQHcQ
BREAKING: Sabha: Gaddafi forces are shelling NOW the district of AlMansya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
#Libya rebels often give us food and drink at the front line, but today we got something new – freshly butchered camel.
hominoid555 Russell
Libya sends envoy to Niger, seeking Gadhafi. thestarphoenix.com/news/Libya+sen…
English Libya TV
IOM- Africans stuck in southern Libya need way out
More than 1,700 sub-Saharan African migrants have now taken refuge at a southern Libyan desert town and Gaddafi stronghold amid urgent efforts to try to evacuate them to safety, an international aid agency said today.
The migrants, including women and children, are stranded in Sabha, held by forces loyal to the fallen dictator, and fear being caught in the crossfire if forces from Libya’s new transitional authority storm the town.
“We are working on the possibility of evacuating them either by air or road, possibly to the Chad border. We would need escort security,” Jean-Philippe Chauzy, spokesman of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), told Reuters.
The numbers have grown since IOM reported 1,200 yesterday.
African migrants have suffered increasing abuse and violence during the conflict, sometimes accused of being mercenaries fighting alongside Gaddafi forces against revolutionaries who toppled him, aid agencies say.
The IOM is trying to coordinate their evacuation with the National Transitional Council (NTC) and local authorities in Sabha, according to Chauzy.
“We think we’ve got the support of the NTC and now we are trying to put it together,” he said.
In the meantime, a convoy with food, water and medical supplies was being organised for Sabha, from Tripoli by road.
The migrants are mainly from Chad, but also Niger, Somalia, Eritrea and Nigeria. They have gathered at an IOM transit centre intended for 500-600 people where they are living in desperate, overcrowded conditions.
“Sabha is a logical stepping stone on the route to Chad and Niger. These were probably migrants trying to reach Chad or Niger and ended up in Sabha with no possibility of heading south especially as the town is now surrounded,” Chauzy said.
hominoid555 Russell
The longer they keep the Gaddafis, the more embarrassing it looks for the Algerian government !
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
i saw wounded people in bani walid. they said gaddafi’s guys fired at them #libya
LA Times
LIBYA: African mercenaries imported by Kadafi to quash protests, Al Arabiya reports
Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Kadafi has flown in hundreds of mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa to quash protests threatening his 41-year-old regime, the Al Arabiya network reported Saturday, quoting witnesses to the arriving foreign recruits.
Read more:
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Gen. Yusef Debry surrenders himself to Misrata FFs and denounces Gaddafi. Only 6 months late, that’s all. is.gd/jdjG7Z #Feb17 #Libya
BBC
Col Gaddafi 2005 home video found in Libya
Home video has emerged that shows Col Gaddafi with members of his family in a tent similar to the one in which he once greeted world leaders, including former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The film was shot in 2005 at the deposed Libyan leader’s sprawling Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli. His current whereabouts remain unknown.
Ben Brown has more details.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14824660
Shaimaakhalil shaimaa khalil
Was at #NTC headquarters today and spoke to Fathi Al Ba’aja head of political committee at #NTC..Says they are sending a delegation to Niger
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Who would’ve thought this picture would ever be taken in Bab Alazizia #Feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/h0w9mnhwj
Saja. Revolutionary Art on the walls around #Tripoli pic.twitter.com/0AcbmXf
More Revolutionary art on the wall near the coastal road in #Tripoli :D pic.twitter.com/XlZE26r
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
News that Khweeldi Hmaydi #gaddafi’s closest friend arrested in #Tunisia Any confirmation? #libya #feb17
JonaRenz Jonas Renz
Sounds reasonable @MohHKamel Emir of #Qatar: We are a rich nation with no need for oil&money. We moved out of love for the Libyan people
Souffian Tripoli
A request from Family In #Tripoli : stop demonstrating in the streets and start building fixing tripoli day by day. #Libya
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
I think we’re going to have to stop calling them “rebels.” The @APStylebook has shifted to “former rebels.” They’re the rebelled-against now
Telegraph
Libya: beleaguered Rixos Hotel to act as home of new government
Officials have been scouring the Libyan capital for a suitable place to house the chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, who is expected to arrive in the capital at the weekend.
Eventually, one member of the council said, they realised that despite its reputation as a Gaddafi haunt, the Rixos was the most sensible solution.
The next-door conference centre could be used as a gathering and meeting place. The hotel itself could house members of the NTC not based in Tripoli.
And one of a number of well-appointed Gaddafi regime villas dotted nearby could house Mr Abdul Jalil himself.
Full article:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Channel 4
Gaddafi not the only victim of Libya’s revolution
The fall of Muammar Gaddafi has shed a harsh light on those who may or may not have done business with his regime over his 42 years in power.
This week saw British Prime Minister David Cameron promising to look into accusations that British secret services helped with the kidnapping of Gaddafi’s opponents.
And on 31 August Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reported on the links between Colonel Gaddafi and the firm General Dynamics UK, which makes and exports sophisticated command and control systems.
Read more:
www.channel4.com/news/gaddafi-not-the-o...
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
employees r doing their best to get the #RasLanuf oil complex up & running asap. National army securing it.
AJELive AJELive
Reports: US official says 20-25 #Gaddafi loyalist who crossed #Libya into #Niger are detained, convoy was “overblown” aje.me/jMZYMN
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi loyalists who crossed into Niger are being detained, a US official said on Wednesday urging other nations in the region to deny refuge to any wanted Libyans. #Libya
None of those crossing into Niger earlier this week appeared to be on a list of persons subject to United Nations sanctions. #Libya
BateEtah Bate Felix
To sum from Niger gov’t presser. 1.) Gaddafi is not in Niger as far as they know. 2) No 200-vehicle convoy. So far only 18 people in 4 cars
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
by oldmommatajuri
#Libya #Gaddafi naval officer secretly worked for the NTC and survived #AbuSalim prison. tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Re-Jaccuzzi bath room discovered n #Tripoli Uni it might be worth mentioning there is no “humanized” toilet can b used in that university
FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya: Like #Norway, but warmer goo.gl/FdWqa
#FLASH Mahmoud #Jibril FINALLY arrives in #Tripoli #MustafaAbdulJalil expected in Tripoli as early as Saturday ur.ly/12mvT #Libya
#Gaddafi said 2b trapped in 60sq km area inside Libya Cant get out of that area National #Libya Army is either going2 capture or kill him
#Niger cant afford 2close border 2 #Libya and Hasnt decided yet to accept Gaddafi or hand #Gaddafi over 2 #ICC goo.gl/RqkdV
4Adam Adam
(AP) The White House is urging Libya’s neighbors to detain Gaddafi and members of his family if they seek refuge in another country. #Libya
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
i couldn’t make an international call from bani walid but local ground lines are working
local people in bani walid say gaddafi’s big guys left the town #libya
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Mark my word, tomorrow or Friday is going to be a big day for #libya #feb17 ان شاء الله يشدو بو شفشوفة
AmnestyOnline:
Tawarghas must be protected from reprisals and arbitrary arrest in #Libya ow.ly/6nVHi #humanrights
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Where is mr. Micky mouse aka Zaif or saif #Gaddafi?
Sirtawi
A guy who’s left #Sirte a day ago, says no sign of G forces btwn Sirte/Misurata. 1kg tomatoes= 15LD!! A tank of Petrol= 600LD !! in #Sirte
tounsiahourra tounsiahourra
#Kadhafi serait cerné par les rebelles bit.ly/oFvO1W #LIbye #Libya
SayNoToGaddafi Mohamed Aleeby
Communications back in Tamanhint and Sebha!
Gaddafi loyalists ‘forced to kill’ by soldiers
The hunt for Colonel Gaddafi goes on in Libya and more harrowing stories are emerging about his regime’s last days in Tripoli.
At least 1,000 former loyalists have been detained since the city fell.
Some have been telling the BBC how they were forced to commit appalling crimes to defend their leader.
Ian Pannell reports.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14827991
bencnn benwedeman
NTC source near Bani Walid: Ongoing clashes between opposition scouts and loyalist forces outside the town.
Sirtawi
#Gaddafi on #Sirte local radio: “We sent 7000 SUVs to Sirte, where are they now? Send 1000 of them to free #Brega!”. #FAIL
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
The rapist and torturer Mansour Dao, really? RT @AbdulHamidAhmad: Niger welcomes Libyans on humanitarian grounds. apne.ws/qBogF6
BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
As #Libya prepares for the post #gaddafi era, how to ensure free&accurate press? here’s our plan: changemakers.com/citizenmedia/e… #SWN #socenchat
WRAPUP 5-Libya sends envoy to Niger, seeking Gaddafi | Reuters reut.rs/oXNFTJ via @reuters
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#BaniWalid: Reports of fighting near hospital at #ElWadi between #Freedomfighters & #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
Khouildi Lahmidi key aide to #Gaddafi arrested at #Tunis Airport www.businessnews.com.tn/Khouildi-Lahmid... #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#Video #Libya National army surrounding #BaniWalid are preparing to fight their way in2 town but not until saturday goo.gl/bFPeq
Confusion in #Libya over #Gaddafi ’s whereabouts He could be here He could be there He could be anywhere goo.gl/0Dj0c
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Confirmed top Gadhafi aids entered Niger r: Mansur Daw, Abdalla Mansur, Shaib Ferjany, Abdurrahim Ferjany & Ali Kanna they belong 2 G tribe!
Sirtawi
#Gaddafi makes new statement today to the ppl of #Sirte via local radio, calling ppl of #BinJawad traitors. #gaddaficrimes #FreeSirte
#Gaddafi msg: “If we take over #Brega our status will be stronger for negotiations. Don’t fear NATO they only bomb those who retreat!” #FAIL
This is how #Gaddafi looks like when you see him (LOL) PIC www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2691889...
#Sirte rep now on Aljazeera Arabic
SecularLibya
Breaking: Reports that Waddan has been liberated (Bloomberg) – bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-0…
CAREFUL-If Tripoli FFs (Belhaj) attack BaniWalid w/o NTC authorization, it will just discredit #NTC & glorify #Belhaj.
Heinz: It appears that Daffis in Sirte are fed up with #NATO attacks. /will they desert?
Heinz: Qadafi’s super-bunker in Sebha is 200m deep, 90m of which is rock. He is in it – but very hard to knock out from air. Needs four B1s.
Souffian Tripoli
in (hay al-andulus) wijk west van centrum Tripoli hebben ze in een huis Bio. Wapens gevonden. heb ik laten vertellen.
Khiria
Frickin’ angry looking at the library #Gaddafi had under the universityi!! During my time, we didn’t have a functional library to study at!
AP
Libyan fighters took over a former Gaddafi military camp 30km northeast of Bani Walid. The facility appeared to have been bombed by NATO forces, according to an AP reporter at the scene. Vehicles had been abandoned and clothes were strewn across the floor of one of the camp’s shelters. In a separate location, truckloads of Libyan fighters assembled outside Bani Walid, preparing to advance on the city, one of a handful still loyal to Gaddafi. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the NTC, has warned that Bani Walid had until Friday to surrender or else the Libyan fighters would move in.
Hala Misrata
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Here’s a 2nd clip from my interview with #HalaMisrati: akhbar.alaan.tv/video/alaan-re… #Libya #tripoli
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya faces high oil worker demand – Upstream Online bitly.com/mTvf7n"
hominoid555 Russell
5 Things To Know About Libya’s Missing Antiaircraft Missiles popularmechanics.com/technology/mil…
Patrick_Baz patrickbaz
French cameraman injured near Bani Walid as fighter didnt know how to load machinegun #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Hope FF carefully search every person who comes out of BW; including women wearing Burqa. Big fish tend to flee wearing women’s cloths.
Saja. #FFs captured mercenaries near #Tripoli from #Mali and #Chad, one of the captured confessed to killing 16 people incl. a whole family #Libya
Sarurah Sarah سارة المشيرقي
Over 200 names are in the mafqood.org database… there are thousands more #missing, please share with family in #Libya.
septimius_sever septimius severus
China’s Foreign Ministry admitted that state-run arms companies this summer to broker arms sales to Gaddafi nyti.ms/pfd0W8
Bloomberg
Chavez Urges Qaddafi to Continue ‘Resisting’
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged Muammar Qaddafi to resist a rebel siege in Libya, saying that his ally has no plans to leave the embattled North African nation.
“Nobody knows where Qaddafi is,” Chavez said today in a phone interview broadcast on state television. “I’m sure that he’s very far from thinking about leaving Libya. He’ll resist with what power he has left.”
Chavez said that by resisting, Qaddafi can lay the groundwork for a lasting peace in Libya.
Read more:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-05/chave...
FromJoanne Joanne
#CONFIRMED Khweldi al-Humeidi 1 of #Gaddafi Gang of 5 revolutionaries that led 1969 coup ARRESTED while boarding plane in #Tunis #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
ARABIC: Latest developments in #Libya goo.gl/b0reH #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
The Price of Freedom. In American terms-#Libya’s fatalities would be equivalent to 2.4 million lives lost in 6 months goo.gl/p5AgZ
#Turkish contractors ponder resuming #Libya jobs. goo.gl/zZbnB Everyone is ready to move forward. #feb17
Free Libya Now
Sporadic gun fire still continues from multiple locations east of Tripoli along the Coastal Road towards Tajoora, Souq Al Jumuah. #Libya
4Adam Adam
#Foxnews – ‘U.S. fears Libyan weapons could fall into wrong hands’ legitimate concern but weren’t already given to wrong hands! #Libya
libertad
#libye VIDÉO – Tripoli: des combattants du CNT capturent des pro-Kadhafi goo.gl/KmwwX #Libya #feb17
Free Libya
by Unknown7771
Our pro G neighbours in #Tripoli have moved out and left! Hahaha where has their devotion for their leader gone?? Cowards!
Yefrenia
When I said there were no independent institutions in Libya, I meant everything was dictated by Gaddafi #EVERYTHING can u imagine evrything?
LibyanPilot OmarAmer AlBarghathi
Ps benghazi people you can also book ur tickets via tunisair now first flights are 1st october inshallah #Libya #benghazi
Niz_FGM Niz
by Hiba_El_G
Thank you Anton – youtube.com/watch?v=eEqNCE…
Hiba El-Gamaty
BRITISH LIBYANS: service 4 slain journalist Anton Hammerl 2mo. Fam appreciates attendance. St Bride’s Church, Fleet St, Ldn, EC4Y 8AU @ 3pm
welshlady1957
LPC with Tripoli Dr. tonight. Yesterday, in Agricultural faculty of Tripoli Uni, 1500 ppl discovered.
Of the 1500, only 90 are still alive but in poor mental and physical condition. Drs fear more could pass away.
No explanation why this not reported. Also in Dentristry faculty, another 2 containers with detainees – all dead
On a good note, prices returning to normal in the city. Tomatoes no longer 7Ld/k. Today, almost normal at 2LD/k.
Also, other prices dropping rapidly. Fuel, queues now 20mins at busy times – separate pumps for FF and Drs.
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
#Libya Situation Report – September 7, 2011 – eepurl.com/fF2iY fb.me/1iznC9PH8
SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 8th 2011
9/8/11
9/08/11
9.08.11
Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket; keep it in your own.
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/7Lg5X
libyanproud libyanandproud
Seeing Gaddafi untouchables and their homes being captured by FF is surreal! 7 months ago they were immortals! Thank you martyrs of #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #InternationalEnergyAgency #MariaVanDerHoeven #Libya #oil exports are unlikely to return to their pre-war level before 2013
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qaddafi defiant in call Syria TV says is from Libya #Alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi #Syria
Wednesday
Heinz 13 hrs ago: Sirte & BaniWalid in #NATO’s sights, jets & helis.“Advisers” for elimination of snipers arrive in BaniWalid & Sebha
Heinz: Both Sirte and bani Walid are being targeted by Tigers and Apaches.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore CARGO SHIP “CHL INNOVATOR” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-09-15 05:00 (UTC). #Feb17
Reports that both #Sirte & #BaniWalid are now being targeted by #NATO Apache helicopters and Tigers. #Libya #Feb17
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
“Art of Absence” performed by @GontheRapper This is FIRE!!!!! goo.gl/CEMWH #gaddaficrimes #feb17 #Libya
LibyanPilot
All international flights should be up and running by 31st oct latest. U can now book on the net to tripoli and benghazi
On opodo.com you can book ur tickets to tripoli now with bmi and ba (1st nov onwards) for around £270 :) #Libya
Tripoli airport should be open for business in 2 weeks inshala. It is currently open for domestic services.
evanchill Evan Hill
On way back to Doha, ran into Libyan guy in Tunis airport, was returning to studies at Sharja University, had joined up & fought at Zawiya
AJA:
El Khwedly El Hmedy and two of his family members have been arrested in Tunis Airport. #Libya #Feb17 #GaddafiGoons
Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
Car accident front of hotel, ambulance was right behind pedestrian hitting car. #Tripoli #Libya
Heavy gun fire can still be heard east of Tripoli. #Libya
Turkish Ambassador shows up in Tripoli with special forces team. #Libya
Libya_Awake_United
Will Jibril be able to fix #BaniWalid problem after he finally arrived to #tripoli ? #Libya #Feb17
septimius_sever septimius severus
Celebrations inside the bus of free #Libya football team youtube.com/watch?v=GCXQ7v… H/T @MSenusi
The enemy of my enemy is my friend? The LIFG, CIA and MI6 www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2875358.html … #Libya
100’s may be even 1000’s , they are Missing …. but not forgotten! #Tripoli #Libya
UK Foreign Office: Libyan dinar banknotes arrive in #Libya: bit.ly/pQvYuV
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Nato won’t block Gaddafi escape by bombing his convoy – Daily Mail goo.gl/fb/i9WcT #Libya
Guardian
Gaddafi’s ‘Amazonian’ bodyguards’ barracks quashes myth of glamour
In Europe they were known as the Amazons. In north Africa, they were admiringly dubbed Haris al-Has – the private guards.
They were the elite cadre of female bodyguards who surrounded Colonel Muammar Gaddafi for more than 20 years, becoming almost synonymous with his idiosyncratic dictatorial rule.
Now, nearly three weeks after Tripoli fell, the dictator’s ravaged compounds are finally shedding light on the enigmatic unit. And like much else in Gaddafi’s Libya, the myth of glamour and steadfast devotion is at odds with a reality of ruthless control and illusion.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/07/ga...
Emo
Who supported #Gaddafi? The ignorant. The foolish. The corrupt. The immoral. The thief. The paid. The unmerciful. And the wanted. #LIBYA
EndTyranny101 Ahmed Sanalla
by libyanorama
Hala Misratay thinks that she has a place in the #Feb17 revolution & that she encouraged a revolution prior to #Feb17…#whatajoke #Libya
Danya
A good way to volunteer in Libya, worth sharing with people who might be interested. volunteerlibya.org
Sanna
Praying for BaniWalid, Sabha and Sirte, that they soon get liberated and catch the rat of rats without more bloodshed.
bye bye ya muammar!
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=712yEvt-yl0&fea...
Fadel Ali Mohammed, #Libya’s freshly appointed Minister for Antiquities combs #Sabratha for war dammage. tinyurl.com/3fshcp7
Could be a movie title:)
Yefrenia
Gaddafi from king of kings to an illegal immigrant loool #Libya
#Moscow says it must not delay appointing Ambassador to #Tripoli & awaits #Tarhouni in the next few weeks. #Libya tinyurl.com/3tjtvcg
simon
ERDOGAN WILL go to LIBYA, Egypt and Tunisia btw the 9th and 12th of September guysen.com/news_Erdogan-s…
Zlitniya
Aprntly mercen hv also come from Russia and Croatia… :s Like t FF said:wt did we do 2these ppl
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
If there is one thing that every region, esp. Nafusa has to ask for now, it is the right of their children to have an excellent education.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Libya has over $200 billion in frozen funds, and will soon make billions in oi money, can the #NTC handle all this money?
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
on the edge of something: Todays News on-the-edge-of-something.blogspot.com/2011/09/todays… #Libya #Tajura #Tripoli #LibyanBlogs
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
#Libye : le CNT exhorte les pays voisins à fermer les portes à #Kadhafi leparisien.fr/intervention-l…
libyanproud libyanandproud
Criticism of #NTC members is healthy. Reminder NTC members came forward when others were scared of Gaddafi. Give credit where credit is due
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Defiant Qaddafi slams reports of Niger crossing as “psychological warfare and lies” goo.gl/KBBjN
English Libya TV
Libyan schools set to reopen despite ruin
Libyan schools will reopen in mid-September despite bombed-out facilities, scarce transport and a curriculum until recently laden with Muammar Gaddafi’s eccentric philosophies, a rebel official said.
Libya’s de facto rulers have been under increasing pressure to impose order and restore basic state services like education across the war-battered North African country after ousting forces loyal to Gaddafi from the capital Tripoli last month. “We’ve finished erasing all Gaddafi’s items from the curriculum – the Green Book, al-Mujtama al-Jamahiri,” rebel education chief Soliman el-Sahli said in an interview, listing some of the ousted leader’s works.
“Many items were compulsory for students and were used to sanctify Gaddafi,” he said, adding that schools were set to resume classes on September 17.
During his four decades in power, Gaddafi nurtured a personality cult that pervaded Libyans’ daily lives, including their textbooks.
At the top of the reading list was his Green Book, which laid out a philosophy inspired in part by socialism, Islam and Arab nationalism. The tome is now more likely to be burnt than studied in Libya’s east.
A few months after the uprising began in February, rebels set up a committee of education experts to expunge Gaddafi’s theories from the curriculum and prepare for a new semester without the veteran leader, Sahli said.
More changes are planned. Under Gaddafi, instructors were often chosen for their loyalty rather than their competence, and the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) would like to change that approach, Sahli said.
Western Languages
“The people who rose under Gaddafi were unqualified. They were mainly from revolutionary committees or they were Gaddafi’s relatives,” he said, adding hiring policy would now focus on “specialisations, experience and qualifications.”
Schools will also be able to teach more Western languages like French and English, which were often restricted or banned in the curriculum under Gaddafi, he said.
As part of a push to expand his influence in sub-Saharan Africa, the mercurial leader had tried to make students learn Hausa and Swahili about two years ago, but the initiative floundered because there weren’t enough teachers, Sahli said.
That effort now seems unlikely to be revived.
Revamping Libyan textbooks is just one of the challenges the new leaders face as they seek to establish themselves as a credible government and win the trust of
Libyans eager to get on with their normal lives.
In Benghazi, machine gun-mounted pickup trucks linger alongside civilian sedans at traffic lights. In western cities like Misrata, which withstood a months-long siege, the damage is extensive and will take time to repair.
“There are schools that have been completely destroyed – in Misrata, Zawiya, Zintan,” Sahli said. “In Benghazi we need some upkeep, but just light upkeep. It won’t effect the continuation of studies.”
The council will need more money to provide transport for schoolchildren and to pay teachers’ salaries, Sahli said.
World leaders had been slowly unfreezing Libyan money abroad and on Thursday announced another $15 billion of Libyan assets would be freed up.
Even before the revolt, underfunding was a problem for Libyan schools, Sahli said.
“All the teachers in Libya have been in a very bad financial situation, bad enough that they have to find work outside of education,” he said. “It’s reached the point that a lot of jokes and comedy come out about the situation of teachers.”
Yefrenia
I believe inside every Libyan there is a free Libyan, it was buried away for decades but it will revive be #patient all it needs is time _
Libye Libre
Dans une interview à RFI Jean Ping explique pourquoi l’Union africaine n’a pas encore reconnu le CNT libyen #Libye www.rfi.fr/afrique/20110907-jean-ping-e...
1° L’autorité doit être représentative de la Libye i.e. un gvt d’union nationale. Des assurances ont été données par le CNT – Ping 1/3
2° Arrêt des exactions contre les pop° noires: dangereux d’assimiler mercenaire à noir, 1/3 de la pop est noire en Libye – Ping 2/3 …
. Des 10 de milliers d’Africains sont installés depuis longtemps en Libye et n’ont rien à voir avec les mercenaires de Kadhafi – Ping 3/3
ArmchairArab Armchair Arab
Also think it would be nice to make sure NTC get’s aid to our brave fighters that died/were injured freeing us.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Tripoli’s new prisoners – @ipannell reporting for BBC & Darren Conway on camera: bbc.in/npVsVF #Libya
moi a table
Interesting analysis / different factions in new #Libya tinyurl.com/3npsun7 might have been interesting to assess efficiency of some.
Libye Libre
Après la CIA et le MI6, les secrets français sont mis en cause par des documents trouvés à #Tripoli europe1.fr.feedsportal.com/c/32376/f/5460… – 1/3
Le Quai d’Orsay nie catégoriquement, mais reconnaît des liens “ponctuels” avec la dictature libyenne dans la lutte contre le terrorisme -2/3
Belhadj, islamiste, aujourd’hui chef mil à Tripoli affirme avoir été interrogé par agents français, allemands et italiens à Tripoli – 3/3
The back-up plan ; ) #Libya #Misrata
twitpic.com/6hkn52
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Libya: Blogger Jad is Missing globalvoicesonline.org/2011/09/07/lib… via @globalvoices #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
NTC official says Saif Al-Islam & Muatassim #Gaddafi seen in #BaniWalid. #Libya #Feb17
SecularLibya
#Libya’ns have shown utmost maturity & grace since victory on 8/20. This despite the hardship & violence of war, & sociopath Qadafi culture
there is a power struggle going on right now. The minority radicals too scared of democracy & want to grab power.
moi a table
#Libya Ambassador in Sofia is inviting Bulgarian PM, Boyko Borisov, to renegotiate #Tripoli’s debt to #Bulgaria tinyurl.com/3we4wqs
Lucie
Libya: Moussa Koussa ‘tried to get job in new government’ is.gd/AIZUzR (Is he for real!?) #Libya”
Judith
Though all those deaths are tragic, deaths of those fighting against Gaddafi are for the noblest of causes, for freedom.
Rubicon
How long is the terrorist fear card going to be played by American govts…i suppose until they find something else…propositions anyone?
To ppl who argue that so many Libyans died in removing Gaddafi than those who died in his rule…Just look at the lives lost in the Chad war….
can’t believe this guy was a NYTimes bureau chief www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/05 he doesn’t explicitly say Libya tho, just making point
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
LPC form #Baniwalid: Moatassim Gaddafi is staying in the Soug area and emptied out several shops and storing weapons in them.
No electricity or phone coverage for 2 weeks in #baniwalid. People stuck in their homes, snipers everywhere, Gaddafi forces harassing ppl.
To fill up a car in #Baniwalid , it is currently 500 Libyan dinars. A packet of cigarettes is 150 dinars. Chicken is 20 LD\Kg.
#Baniwalid-#Sirte line contains many of the same families, so if Baniwalid is freed, sirte will fall soonafter.
If a new frontn is opened up in #Baniwalid, then the area from sabha to baniwalid to the Wadi alahmar area will all be a full warzone.
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Morning everyone from Tripoli, sorry for twitter absence, been running around on visits
Every day life is getting closer to normal here. Yesterday we filled up with only a 20 minute queue, and later they were only 5 minute waits
Went last night to Bab al-Aziziyah, which is now Tripoli’s premier tourist attraction, full of families and kids having fun
Gaddafi’s house used to called “The Steadfast House”, but locals are now calling it “The House of Shame” (Bayt al-3ar)
We also visited a huge, newly built conference centre next to the Rixos hotel, absolutely colossal place, no expense spared
The conference centre has its own clinic and presidential suite, no prizes for guessing who had first dibs
There are even fewer checkpoints in Tripoli than when I arrived three days ago
Has anyone heard anything/know of anything worth investigating in #tripoli?
Libya al-Ahrar had a report about a mass grave found yesterday
Went last night to Bab al-Aziziyah, which is now Tripoli’s premier tourist attraction, full of families and kids having fun
ChangeInLibya
Apparently, we have some really scary drivers in #Libya. Just met two aid workers that got back from Tripoli… that’s all they spoke about
fpleitgenCNN Frederik Pleitgen
More Leptis Magna. What an amazing place. Will hopefully draw in many tourists. #libya twitpic.com/6hr5lu
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
There is change happening. Everyone can feel it. Some people are extremely impatient, it’s not changing over night. #Tripoli #Libya.
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Close friend of #Gaddafi, one of free officers, Faraj El Hodeiri surrenders to rebels. Does #gaddafi realize its all over? #libya #tripoli
Saja. Mohamed Hassan was captured in #Khoms facebook.com/photo.php?pid=…
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Garbage collection is most amazing here in #Tripoli. Lot’s more work to be done but the current work effort is pleasing. More please :)
NexusIndivulsus Focal Point
More change in 6 months than in the past 42 years in Libya. Now everyone is experiencing a massive headrush ;)
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
The woman calling Libya Alahrar now spoke well. “I need to change myself, then ask the government to change” #Libya
Changing yourself means being proactive, then we can demand from the new government.
Caller was also talking about people being qualified in #Libya. Also that we do not need people from outside Libya. “give us a chance”
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
2day I saw some #libya(n) families at beach of #tripoli hanging out. Very hot here. Life more& more getting normal. Traffic Jam.
20 vehicles loaded with heavy weapons & mercenaries left #Sabha for #Sirte, last night #Libya v @sabha17feb
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Libya free tv: the largest family in #sirte – ferjan- has said they will support ff when they enter the city.
Driving back to sirte front line. Watching a convoy of howitzers being taken up the road
#FF #NTC mobile Field hospital consisting of 3 trailers and 3 ambulances has been brought forwards as well. #Sirte
NATO: 7 Key hits around #Sirte on Wednesday
RAF: Successfully destroyed in area around #Sirte 4 Tanks, 3 APC, 1 Artillery piece, 1 self propelled gun. #Libya #Feb17
USAfricaCommand US AFRICOM
Ethnic fighters have left Libya in droves, “trained young men w/ guns now for hire to highest bidder.” telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… #AFRICOM
nytimes The New York Times
Former Qaddafi Loyalists Switch Sides in a New Libya nyti.ms/qUyDJV
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Gaddafi Loyalists shelling #Sirte on #FF front line now. #Libya #Feb17
FF positions on eastern front
CLARIFICATION: #Gaddafi loyalists are shelling the #FF positions on the eastern
front. East of Sirte. Not Sirte city
Now some crazy loon #FF is driving a tank round in circles through crowds of people everyone jumping out of the way. #Libya
#FF responding to loyalist shelling with their own modest fire. #Libya
i’m attempting to tweet via BGAN from a moving car.
One #FF injured with fragmentation from a shell. not serious. #
This is great. being able to use twitter on car journeys is fantastic in Libya. oh no, Marshala our driver is about to turn left.
writing ‘(Former) Rebels’ takes to many characters. I like ‘Thour’ for revolutionaries but too late to start now.
SecularLibya MargBar Khamenei
Kristoff of the New York Times (1.2 million followers) very impressed of what he sees in #Libya. nytimes.com/2011/09/08/opi… @NickKristof #Feb17
#Libya’ns have shown utmost maturity & grace since victory on 8/20. This despite the hardship & violence of war, & sociopath Qadafi culture.
Mike
It seems that Gaddafi made a speech today about genes and grandparents but no-one reported it
Niz_FGM Niz
Follow up meeting of the Libya Youth Forum tomorrow in Tripoli.Mervet of FGM to be 1st chairperson -Empowering & elevating women nationwide
#libya — Former Qaddafi Mercenaries Describe Fighting in Libyan War – The Atlantic: bit.ly/qpb3nw via @AddThis
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Question to pro-Gaddafi anti-NATO. Where is NATO now? Has there been any bombings since Aug 20th? You should be ashamed of your ignorance.
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
BabAjyad Mosque in #Benghazi: Ali #Salabi proclaims all #NTC as opportunities & wants Jalil, Tarhouni, Jibril etc. gone. Last Friday #Libya
Gada
he is sneaky for sure why make unfounded accusations when he definatly has a glass house,he sat with Saif at negotiation table
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Hate it when they say NATO prevented massacre in Benghazi. NATO prevented massacre in Tripoli, Misrata, Zintan, and Nafousa mountain too.
This is a missing person since March. yfrog.com/nuakpqj
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
I hate sneaky people who think they can use religion to get to power more than I hated Gaddafi. Just to let you know.
Religion is a very personal thing. Any one who think that God had given them a special privilege to rule over us are deluded and need Rx.
Truth is: Islamists made Libyan revolution look bad, and delayed western help leading to 1000s being killed. How about that?
Who is this scumbag? He seems to enjoy seeing us slaughtered! yfrog.com/o0nzxhmj
WEELULE WEELULE
we must remember that the so called Muslim Brotherhood is a foreign party and has nothing to do with Libya
INTERESTING TO COMPARE:
evanchill Evan Hill
Guardian retells Daily Mail story about female executioner, but names/facts have changed. Hmm ow.ly/6ovH6 http://ow.ly/6ovHd #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
My late father was a diplomat who worked for King Idris and later during Gaddafi’s coup. He hated Gaddafi from day one.
My dad didn’t like the way Gaddafi treated Libya and Libyans.
Father was Libya’s Ambassador in India, and was brought home for questioning because he refused to distribute Greenbooks.
He said we are an Embassy not a bookstore. Some snitch reported him and replaced him as the head of the embassy then.
Father wad dismissed from Foreign Ministry and suffered a stroke ad a result of the ordeal.
Father stayed in coma for about a year and passed away later.
Did you know that Gaddafi used Islam to convince his followers that it was OK to steal and rape? I heard it on state radio several mths ago.
His Mullahs convinced the gullible & the willing that Free cities like Misrata are infidels, their money is Ghanema, their women are Sabaya.
They brought examples from Bukhari & Muslim Hadeath: The Sahaba came back with women Sabaya (Malikat Yaminakom). I heard that on the radio.
Tweeting Tripoli
Well, I heard Hamza (Nutty TV G-Thug) says on TV that if you catch an infidel you should split him in two. Can you believe that?
Rolv
Best principle for a new #Libya, Voltaire: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
@LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
BabAjyad Mosque in #Benghazi: Ali #Salabi proclaims all #NTC as opportunities & wants Jalil, Tarhouni, Jibril etc. gone. Last Friday #Libya
Khalifa
Salabi is the one who tried to negotiate with #Saif and must keep his mouth shut and just go away.
Demopublican
Without the likes of Jalil, Tarhouni, Jibril etc Ali Salabi wouldn’t be speaking so freely in a free Benghazi
libyanInAbuDhabi
nice! The opposition in #Libya has opposition now. Next, we’ll have political parties if we’re not careful. Oooh
Tweeting Tripoli
Is allowing Gaddafi to order his now few murderous supporters to kill and terrorize Libyans considered freedom of speech? Syrian Rai TV!!!
pdanahar Paul Danahar
18 Surface to air missile sites hit by #NATO around Waddan #Libya in 1 day suggests no effort to hide arms there anymore goo.gl/7Lg5X
Tweeting Tripoli
This lady from UN said she saw women in Tunisian & Egyptian revolutions going out to demand their rights. yfrog.com/gz8g2jzbj
First time this summer kids enjoy their mini-pool. No bombing no gunfire. It’s hot today. yfrog.com/kjj9yphj
Yippee: 5 min line in Ain Zara Gas station. yfrog.com/khuo5auj http://yfrog.com/kleu8yoj
That was my wife’s car by the way. I just filled my car. Both cars less than 30 minutes. Thank you NTC. yfrog.com/kk4b8xuj
AP
Gadhafi loyalists fire rockets from desert bastion
WADI DINAR, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists fired at least 10 rockets from
inside one of his last strongholds Thursday, hours after the ousted Libyan leader urged his fighters to crush opponents he ridiculed as germs and rats.
Former rebels have massed outside the desert town of Bani Walid for days waiting for orders to take the town, but the rocket fire marked an escalation in the standoff, which could reach a climax when a deadline for surrender negotiations runs out this weekend.
Read more:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBY...
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
youtube.com/watch?v=_xC2k2… #Gaddafi Ukrainian Snipers Caught in Abu-Salim Aug. 25, 2011” presenter says they caught them with rifles.
Guy says they are OKranians and were caught armed with sophisticated sniper rifles in AboSlim buildings near Bab Azizya.
I am sad to say that the presenter seemed enjoying G’s rants and at the end he cheered his criminal orders to kill us.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qaddafi sold 20 percent of Libya’s gold reserves in the last days of his presidency #Alarabiya
Sanad
my Gfather, Taha Sheriff BenAmer was secretary of State for #Gaddafi. he gave his resignation 3 times. G refused all three. 1/2
1978 was sent to the desert on work. pilot switchs helicopter on, it explodes. body was never found but his ring was found. 2/2
Joanne
Horrible :( I guess this was a planned assassination and the Helicopter had been "prepared " #Libya #Gaddaficrimes
FromJoanne Joanne
#Bani #Waled Talks still deadlocked Deadline is Saturday 2 sons Saif and saadi believed 2b in BW with abt 200 #Gaddafi men #Libya #Aje
#Bani Walid this morning some of #Saif Gaddafi ’s 200 men fired at least 10 grad rockets from inside BW they all fell in Wadi Dinar #Libya
#Muatasim and #MusaIbrahim + Saif + Saadi Gaddafi R all believed to b in #BaniWalid holding the Villagers ransom who just want peace #Libya
#Flash #Libya National Central Bank denies that #Gaddafi top brass who fled to #Niger stole gold and money from the bank via #Aje
Major Gen. #NickPope said #Nato RAF aircraft spotted concentrations of #Gaddafi forces in and around #Sirte and have bombed them #Libya
Turkish Air schedule for #Benghazi resuming Sep15 bit.ly/rly730
FLASH NTC forces in #Libya take control of Red Valley on the road to #Gaddafi’s hometown #Sirte bbc
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Qaddafi forces fire Grad missiles at a congregation of rebels near Bani Walid, #Alarabiya correspondent reports #Libya
elpasolibre
Battle for #Libya: images of the revolution epic ! nyti.ms/r5TC15 #feb17 #Libia #Libye
LPC form #Baniwalid: Moatassim #Gaddafi is staying n the Soug area & emptied out several shops & storing weapons n them
#Libye: Kadhafi aurait vendu plus de 20% des réserves en or tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeche/top-ne… #feb17 #Libya
Globe and Mail
Moammar Gadhafi sold 29 tons of gold in last days of Libya regime
Gadhafi sold gold
Libya’s central bank sold 29 tons of gold in the spring so Moammar Gadhafi could pay salaries, according to reports today from Tripoli. That’s about $1.4-billion (U.S.), and some 20 per cent of Libya’s gold reserves, according to Reuters and The Associated Press
Qassim Azzuz, the new central bank chief, said the regime sold the bullion to Libyan traders during the uprising that toppled the government.
How about randomly selected committee of Libyan citizens? Check this – www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/09/ic...
Armchair Arab
The scare story of de-baathification is being used to ensure top Gaddafi cronies retain their positions. #NotAcceptable.
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
From Benghazi: In Libya civilians (NTC) give orders to the military, in Egypt it is the opposite.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
UN has been given permission to fly in to #Tripoli from Monday. #Libya
Armchair Arab
anyone know anything about Nouri Berouin, he’s the new head of the NOC libyan oil company. Answers in a 140 character tweet please!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Cash-strapped #Gaddafi sold gold to pay salaries taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_conte… #Libya #Feb17
#NATO says it attacked 25 targets in # Sirte and #Waddan yesterday. #Libya #feb17
#Libya #NTC OIL TANKER “MAETIGA” now en route to dest. #Conakry #Guinea ETA: 2011-09-12 14:00 (UTC). #Feb17
#Libya: Countries who as of Aug20 had still not recognized #NTC should have all contracts put on hold for 6 months pending review.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya forces take key valley near Sirte: NTC #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
African PRO #Gaddafi women say rebels raped them in Libyan camp, meanwhile anyone with a brain know this to be BULLSHIT
Michael Quick
Warring parties often put out rape propaganda like that. It now turns out the rape charges against GF in Brega was similar.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Like the Govs of Mali, Algeria, Niger etc upset returning Tuaregs coming home armed, never fought 4 G but home w/ his weapons
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
NTC forces in Libya have taken the key Red Valley on the road to Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte #Qaddafi #Libya #Tripoli
Post Zambia
Suspension rules Kalaba out of Libya encounter
CHIPOLOPOLO midfielder Rainford Kalaba will miss next month’s Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 Africa Cup Group C qualifier against Libya due to suspension.
And national team coach Dario Bonetti said it will be a mistake to approach Libya with a mentality of recording one point to qualify to the Africa Cup.
Kalaba has accumulated two yellow cards in the qualifiers which automatically rules him out of last qualifier match when Zambia host Libya on October 8.
More:
www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.ph...
Robert Rowley
Jalil is a top flight statesman and a valuable asset to Free Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Safari soundtrack: The road to Site wp.me/p7qur-rN
And the Safari Soundtrack didn’t work… Tam had mysteriously “lost” the iPod cable. Very suspicious, if you ask me
Steady boom of incoming Kartusha rockets at the frontline towards Sirte #libya All static. But ambulances racing back
fieldproducer is up there somewhere, I think. brave chap
I see AFP in Tripoli is saying NTC forces have taken Red Valley. Difficult to tell from here on the eastern side of Sirte
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
ICC prosecutor asks Interpol to help seek Qaddafi’s arrest #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
Jordan to send military field hospital to #Libya english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/… #Feb17
Tareq Alqzeeri has been appointed director of Libyan television channel #Libya Alahrar www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/former-rnw-... #Feb17
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
#Misrata: in attempt to avoid 5thColumn attacks a visitor card is required to enter city, visit is limited to number of days allowed. #Libya
Aljazeera
Gaddafi denies reports he fled to Niger
Muammar Gaddafi has issued an audio message encouraging Libyans to take up arms against the fighters battling his loyalists and accusing the National Transitional Council (NTC), currently running the country, of being a front for Western powers.
The message from the deposed Libyan leader was broadcast early on Thursday on Syria-based Al-Rai TV.
“To all my beloved Libyans, the Libyan land is yours and you need to defend it against all those traitors, the dogs, those that have been in Libya and are trying to take over the land,” Gaddafi said.
“They were spies for the Italians and now they are spies for France. All those germs and rats … capture all those who are working with NATO and the UK to bomb our country and kill Libyans and our children.”
Gaddafi also dismissed reports that he had fled to neighbouring Niger as “psychological warfare and lies”.
He said there was nothing unusual about a convoy of cars going to Niger.
“How many times do convoys transporting smugglers, traders and people cross the border every day for Sudan, Chad, Mali and Algeria,” Gaddafi said. “As if this was the first time a convoy was headed towards Niger.”
The president of Burkina Faso has also deined that Gaddafi is in his country.
“We don’t have any information on the presence of Libyans on our territory since these events started,” he said.
On the ground, Libyan fighters claimed on Wednesday to have got Gaddafi surrounded within a 60km radius.
Anis Sharif, a spokesman for Tripoli’s new military council, however, would not say where exactly Gaddafi had been found.
FromJoanne Joanne
MarajaElMedhem a Nawfaliyah elder confirms there are no surrender talks between Sirte and NTC be4 Saturday deadline
#FLASH #TRIPOLI #NTC Head #Jibril, is due to talk to the #Press about 4pm GMT (6pm local time) in #Tripoli
#Wow ! UK Coordinator Guma Al Gamaty : #NTC has given pro- Gaddafi forces in #Sirte until December 10 to surrender via #Telegraph
#Tripoli CentralBank Governor ; #Gaddafi sold over 20 % of #Libya’s gold reserves worth more than $1 billion in final days of his regime
Telegraph
Moussa Koussa, Col Gaddafi’s former foreign minister, attempted to gain a role in Libya’s new government only to be rebuffed, it has been claimed. National Transitional Council officials said that Koussa, who is in exile in Qatar after fleeing to Britain in March, offered his experience and contacts, only to be told that he would be tried for crimes against humanity if he returned to Tripoli.
William Hague: 7m emails passed through Foreign Office at height of Arab Spring in first two weeks of Feb – 10 times usual
Telegraph says:
Libya’s National Transitional Council is pursuing negotiations for the surrender of
towns held by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi in order to avoid more bloodshed, said the council’s British coordinator, Guma el-Gamaty.
The NTC is in talks with tribal elders for their forces to peacefully enter Col Gaddafi’s s hometown of Sirte and the loyalist- held towns of Bani Walid and Sabha, the site of a major military base south of the capital, Tripoli.
The council has given pro- Qaddafi forces in Sirte until Decemver 10 to surrender.
December with a “V”? Or should it be September?
UmmKhunfis:
Freedomfighter commander Mustafa Bendaraf says Freedomfighters took RedValley 60 km W of Sirte at 2:45pm
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan estimate: At least 30,000 died in the war is.gd/O2nFaa #Libya
AP The Associated Press
AP VIDEO: Moammar Gadhafi’s latest audio recording, and signs of normalcy in Tripoli: apne.ws/q9E7MP -EC #Libya
AP – Barakat (Health Minister) estimates 30K dead, 50K wounded overall, during #Feb17. Also says 4K+ missing (in other G strongholds) #Libya
General Carter Ham, the head of the Africa command, Africom, said there was a risk of proliferation of weaponry after the battles in Libya.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Korea OIL TANKER “POLARIS” now en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-09-10 13:00 (UTC). #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
UK special envoy just finished meeting with #Belhaz assuring him UK will investigate torture allegation #Belhajz demanded an apology of UK
cswift2 Cara Swift
Minister tells #BBC Arabic TV that 30,000 from both sides have been killed during the 6 month conflict, & wounded may reach 70,000. #Libya
WyreDavies Wyre Davies
So, international airlines & embassies think #Tripoli now safe. Why oh why won’t #NTC relocate from #Benghazi? Doesn’t send the right msg.
perfectsliders perfectsliders
#Libya #Feb17: Map of roads in Libya and who seems to control, each, explains how important Sirte and Bani Walid are goo.gl/fb/4jQAu
Saja. Don’t be fooled by this material world.. Just say Ahamdulillah because everyday is just another reason to thank god!
SkyNewsBreak:
Reuters: International Criminal Court asking Interpol to help to arrest Colonel Gaddafi and son Saif al-Islam”
SkyNewsBreak: Reuters: International Criminal Court asking Interpol to help to arrest Colonel Gaddafi and son Saif al-Islam”
Does anyone know if #BA will resume flight to #Tripoli?
Just passed the #Libyan Embassy in #London and can assure that the flag is still up and waving into the skies. Thank God for that. #Libya
Saja. A Mass grave was found in #Khoms with 40 bodies in it! #gaddaficrimes #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya: The funeral of 35 ppl in the town of Al-Qalaa, #Nafusa .The bodies were found in a shipping container. NYtimes pic.twitter.com/cUpkOcs
LibyanDictator: #Sebha:
Reports that FFs have turned Madar network back on
Saja. Sebha #FFs don’t get enough credit for their brave actions “LibyanDictator: #Sebha: Reports that FFs have turned Madar network back on”
FromJoanne Joanne
#ICC is requesting #Interpol to issue Red notice Arrest warrants 4 #Libya ’s Muamar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi
US Ambassador #IvoDaalder says Gaddafi’s capture might not signal end of @NATO airstrikes if loyalists keep fighting on in #Libya
Ban #Walid Residents say that Gaddafi loyalists are racing through the streets yelling insults from the back of their pickup trucks
whoop booked my ticket…leaving qatar tmrw! London and uni, but anything is better the boredom….just gonna miss having a car :’(
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Qaddafi’s Whereabouts Questionable english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #Qaddafi #Nigeria #Africa #Libya #Gaddafi #AlArabiya
ICC prosecutor seeks @Interpol red notice warrant for #Gaddafi | Reuters in.reuters.com/article/2011/0… via @reuters
Sirtawi
Two patients at Ibn Sina hospital, #Sirte died yesterday due to lack of Oxygen. #FreeSirte #Feb17
septimius_sever septimius severus
Dear @IntlCrimCourt , don’t print two WANTED posters for Saif and his dad…this will do 4both h/t @LibyaLiberty #Libya pic.twitter.com/MQ7tWFF
Elzwai محمد الغزال
This pic from #Benghazi when we hear #Tripoli liberated _ cool shot pic.twitter.com/FMnPBRt
FromJoanne Joanne
#Aw ! A Msg of #Ayesha the soldier; "Even if my father & brothers r martyred I will continue my fight against Islamic terrorists in #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Ayesha Gaddafi calls herself a soldier = Vows2carry on fighting even after Gaddafi demise So she can be killed as a soldier as well #Libya
NYT
In a New Libya, Ex-Loyalists Race to Shed Ties to Qaddafi
Khalid Saad worked for years as a loyal cog in Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s propaganda machine, arranging transportation to ferry foreign journalists to staged rallies, ensuring that they never left their hotels without official escorts and raising his own voice to cheer the Libyan leader.
The day that rebels took Tripoli, Mr. Saad immediately switched sides.
Now he works for the rebels’ provisional government, coordinating transportation for its officials and insisting that his previous support for Colonel Qaddafi was just business. “My uncle and my son were soldiers for the revolution,” he said in an interview. “Everyone will be happy now. Everything is changed now. Everyone is free.”
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/africa...=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp
NPR
A Libyan Son Mourns His Father’s ‘Disappearance’
It’s been 20 years since Hisham Matar’s father disappeared. He was a vocal opponent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and was kidnapped while living in exile in Egypt in 1990. Just as Gadhafi’s regime was collapsing this summer, Matar published Anatomy of a Disappearance, a novel about an exile who is kidnapped, as told from the perspective of his teenage son.
More:
www.npr.org/2011/09/08/140223701/a-liby...
Sirtawi
No Insulin for diabetic patients in #Sirte… #FreeSirte
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
It’s going to take some elbow grease but US #diplomats are ready to get back to work in #Tripoli. goo.gl/cpmGv
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
Oil firm workers told me 1st thing they did on returning to work this wk was vote to get rid of pro-G managers. ‘A mini-revolution’ said one
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Seif al-Islam Sighted in Bani Walid english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #alarabiya #Baniwalid #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
LOL! Article in #Today’s Zaman" entitled “The Turkish wind in the Arab Spring” it’s a foul wind and lots of it. #Libya
Alielehmer Ali El-Ehmer
Libyan capital takes Kadhafi out of the classroom #TRIPOLI — Schools in the Libyan capital are gearing up fo… (cont) deck.ly/~6A4kf
Le Monde
Kadhafi a vendu 20 % de l’or libyen avant sa fuite
L’ancien dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi a vendu plus de 20 % des réserves en or du pays, d’une valeur de plus de 1 milliard de dollars, au cours des derniers jours du régime, a annoncé, jeudi 8 septembre, le gouverneur de la banque centrale libyenne, Qassem Azzoz. D’après lui, environ 29 tonnes, soit 1,7 milliard de dinars (98 millions d’euros), ont été “liquidées pour payer les salaires et disposer de liquidités, en particulier à Tripoli”.
Selon des responsables de la banque centrale, l’or est vraisemblablement sorti du pays notamment vers la Tunisie voisine. Alors que le système financier du pays est en train de se remettre sur pied après des mois des sanctions et de perturbations causées par la guerre, la recherche des milliards de dollars que le Guide et son
régime auraient mis à l’abri à l’étranger ne fait que commencer.
Read more:
www.lemonde.fr/libye/article/2011/09/08...
Globe and Mail
Defiant Gadhafi says he is still in Libya
Moammar Gadhafi vowed to remain on Libyan soil battling NATO and the country’s new leaders, dismissing reports that he had secretly fled towards bordering African states as part of a military convoy.
His defiant comments to Syrian-owned TV came as fighters advanced on the tribal bastion of Bani Walid overnight, girding for a showdown with loyalist supporters in a town they suspect could be harbouring the ousted strongman and two of his sons.
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www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afri...
BBC
Libya conflict: Rockets fired from Bani Walid
Forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi have fired rockets from Bani Walid, one of the last strongholds of the fugitive Libyan leader.
Rockets landed near those surrounding the town ahead of a Saturday deadline for loyalists to surrender.
Earlier, Col Gaddafi gave a defiant message dismissing speculation that he had fled to Niger.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14841901
Jeune Afrique
Libye : relancer et diversifier l’économie du pays
Après s’être assuré du contrôle de Tripoli, le Conseil national de transition (CNT) réfléchit à la reconstruction de la Libye. Une urgence pour un pays qui sort de six mois de guerre et quarante-deux ans de dictature. Pour ce défi, le CNT peut compter sur les réserves importantes de pétrole du pays.
Read more here:
www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20...
WAPO
Gaddafi’s chemical weapons spark renewed worries
AL-AJELAT, Libya — Documents showing the shipment of thousands of gas masks and chemical-weapons protection suits to Moammar Gaddafi’s remaining strongholds in the last weeks of his regime raised fresh concerns Wednesday about whether the deposed Libyan leader’s forces could still have access to deadly mustard gas.
More here:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-eas...
Atlanta Journal
Libyan estimate: At least 30,000 died in the war
At least 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 wounded in Libya’s six-month civil war, the interim health minister said, offering a first detailed estimate of the high cost in lives of bringing down Moammar Gadhafi.
There have been rough estimates in the past, but Naji Barakat, the health minister in the new Libyan leadership, said his figures are based, in part, on reporting from hospitals, local officials and former rebel commanders.
Barakat said he’ll only have a complete count in several weeks, but that he expects the final figure for dead and wounded to be higher than his current estimates. Libya has a population of just over 6 million.
At least 4,000 people are still missing, either presumed dead or held prisoner in remaining Gadhafi strongholds, including his hometown of Sirte, Barakat told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Others killed in fighting were hastily buried, and are now being exhumed for identification.
Full art.:
www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/libyan-es...
Tripoli Post
NATO Tells Deposed Libyan Leader, Loyalists to Stop Fighting
NATO secretary general Fogh Rasmussen has advised Libya’s ousted leader Muammar Al Qathafi and his loyalists to stop trying to cling to power by force and to stop the fighting.
Speaking to journalists during a visit to Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, NATO’s top official said that “Al Qathafi and the remains of his regime must realise there’s nothing to be gained by more fighting”.
He went on to say that Libya is turning a new page, and that the military alliance would not stand down while a threat to Libyan civilians remained.
Describing NATO’s mission in Libya as “a great success,” Rasmussen said the alliance had no confirmed information about possible civilian casualties.
He also that the United Nations would take the lead in helping Libya’s peaceful transition to democracy.
Meanwhile, with the UN mandate for the NATO campaign in Libya lapsing in a few days, on September 26, the Americans are hopeful of closure, but are also adamant that if need be, the attacks will continue until Libya is completely free and safe.
Referring to the September 26 deadline, Ivo Daalder, the US ambassador at NATO headquarters in Brussels said: “We’re clearly near the end of the operation," but added: “We will maintain the operation as long as the regime or its elements continue to pose a threat to civilians.”
He added, that the issue was not especially whether Al Qathafi had been captured, killed, or removed from Libya, but whether loyalist forces were still a menace to Libyan civilians.
“It isn’t clear that if he were to be taken out that the whole thing would necessarily collapse; we just don’t know that. We do know that if he doesn’t have the capability to pose a threat to civilians, then it doesn’t really matter, Daalder said.”
In another development, as part of measures to tighten security, the National Transitional Council’s newly formed National Army has been appointed to protect Libya’s oil installations, and is currently searching the oil complexes for weapons, ammunition or mines that may have been left behind. Only then would the workers return.
The highly sensitive location of Ras Lanuf oil complex is patrolled by some 150 soldiers, part of a brigade from the army in charge of securing Libya’s oil installations. In charge of these men as chief of security is Colonel Abdul Aziz who says that some equipment and means of communications are still missing.
Aziz says that for the moment they are securing the entries, the exits and the ports. Of Libya’s largest oil complex that is made up of an oil refinery, several chemical plants and a power plant.
Before the conflict, the complex used to produce an estimatd 220 barrels per day of crude oil.
Neighbouring States Warned Not to Harbour Al Qathafi or His Aides
Although there have been lots of speculations and conflicting reports, the whereabouts of the fugitive former leader, are still quite unknown. Most of the reports claim that he is still hiding in one of his last remaining strongholds, but others have speculated that he may have left the country.
If the latter is the case, Amnesty International has urged countries that neighbour Libya, particularly Niger and Algeria, not to harbour Al Qathafi and his aides.
Algeria has already given sanctuary to Al Qathafi’s wife Safiya, and daughter Ayesha, and two of his sons, Mohammed and Hannibal, while Niger is reported to have given safe haven to his security chief Mansour Dhao.
Amnesty has reminded Libya’s neighbours that Al Qathafi, his son Seif al-Islam and his intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi, are accused of crimes against humanity and are on the International Criminal Court’s wanted list.
Amnesty International’s senior director Claudio Cordone, said that no country should provide a safe haven to the deposed leader or others suspected of committing crimes under international law. “All African states should reaffirm their commitment to ending impunity for the most serious crimes under international law,” he said.
He added that this also includes arresting and surrendering all ICC suspects to The Hague, and if they are found outside Libya, national authorities in that country must immediately arrest them and hand them over to the ICC to face trial for these crimes.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Heavy shelling near Hrawa and Wadi Al Ahmar (Red Valley) between Gaddafi loyalists and The National Liberation army #Libya #Sirte
Sky correspondent: Britain’s Special Representative to Libya promises investigation into allegations of foreign rendition
NOT A FRIEND OF LIBYA:
English Pravda
Libya, propaganda and imperialism
{media} They have failed to mention Colonel Gaddafi’s humanitarian record, his public works, his housing projects, the dignity he brought to Libyans, the dignity he is bringing to Africa, his tremendous development projects across the continent and the fact that in his private life he is an open, pleasant, very nice, kind, animal-loving family man.
Well, between Gaddafi and those who take pleasure in bombing and murdering kids from 30,000 feet, what a difference! Perhaps a few media outlets should begin to tell the truth of the hidden secrets lying behind Camoron, Sarko the Psycho, Obomber Obama, Hague the Plague and Hillary War Zone Clinton, the last two having been exposed as barefaced liars, the first two plain evil and the guy in the middle, well, the guy in the middle, as inconsequential and vapid a waste of time and space as ever existed.
What the western media and political class have done is, so true to form, imposed
their own gooey-eyed values of western imperialism on Libya and on Africa. This is a prelude to what comes next, and here it is in plain English in black and white: If the Libyan Jamahiriya goes down, then the African Union is condemned and AFRICOM will recolonise the continent. Africans will again become slaves, the dignity which the Union brought to these brothers and sisters will be lost, their ruling class will become corrupted cliques which direct Africa’s resources outwards while handfuls of peanuts are through at Africans, like the masters feeding the monkeys.
More:
english.pravda.ru/world/africa/08-09-20...
#Gaddafi’s wife plans to buy a holiday resort in #Croatia (with stolen gold belonging to people of #Libya) focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n…
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli #Awesome I had not seen this 5Half Hr Timelapse 1st #Eid Prayer #MartyrSquare Free #Libya vimeo.com/28595010
Tweeting Tripoli
How can Algeria allow such a hostility from it’s land? Aisha Gaddafi is in asylum, she shouldn’t make political speeches. Pls RT.
Tarek
Jibril is most senior member of NTC to arrive in #Tripoli, Just 3 weeks ago, #Gaddafi PM was at Jibril’s new office. #Libya #AJEnglish
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Spoke to a 10-year old Gaddafi supporter in Abu Salim today, he told me that Benghazi should be razed to the ground.
The kid went on to tell me that he didn’t want foreign invaders on Libyan soil and that the Libyan flag had been designed by the Italians
FM.CO.ZA
ZAIRE:
Our leaders have lost the plot
SA is no longer the global darling and favourite son it was 17 years ago and the sooner government realises it the better
The situation in SA is becoming dire. We are heading for the precipice and no one seems to care. Let us be realistic and admit that government has neither the will nor the capacity to govern effectively.
Our health system is dysfunctional. But instead of fixing the mess the only answer our health minister can come up with is more taxes and more billions to be wasted through fraud, corruption and negligence.
Our police service seems capable only of signing dodgy lease agreements for the benefit of the connected few. While the CBD of Johannesburg burns, President Jacob Zuma is overseas. He seems to have inherited his predecessor’s penchant for foreign travel.
Reckless talk around nationalisation of mines, banks and private property means that in terms of foreign direct investment we have slipped to number 10 in Africa, behind such luminaries as Libya.
Our growth rate is stalling because instead of looking for ways to become more productive, Cosatu believes that high wages and the trashing of streets is the way to go. In 1994 we had leaders who could sit around a table and hammer out an agreement that was acceptable to all.
SA is no longer the global darling and favourite son it was 17 years ago and the sooner government realises it the better.
Jibril hope move to #Tripoli be complete by next week f24.my/9Eh7e7 #libya #tripoli v @France24_en #Libya
WISDOM:
Armchair Arab
We have to have high standards that we aim to adhere to, can’t aim for the sewers and hit the stars.
I heard in feb, 150 Tuareg were executed for refusing #Gaddafi
Our new wiper.
twitpic.com/6hvu1s
#SouthAfrica Stands With #Gaddafi canadafreepress.com/index.php/arti… #Libya #Feb17
Al Jazeera’s @sueturtonaje reports on Gaddafi’s home movie and Beni Walid www.youtube.com/watch?v=64r_qfDXlc4 #Libya
Libyan-Canadians in Ottawa say they are anxious to see what is contained in boxes of documents left in Ottawa www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNyryFJ-_-U #Libya
simondenyer Simon Denyer
A tough job: Libyan rebels struggle to win over pro-Gaddafi town – The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-r… via @washingtonpost
Gaddafi recorded phone – Tyib Safi (G aide) gives misleading information about the situation in east #Libya www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8eQK1emJMA
AJA: Libya’s TNC sent more troops to the outskirts of the city of Bani Walid, as the negotiations for surrender.have failed #Libya
Gaddafi’s Tuareg fighters’ future unclear www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSAqbKxPIIk #Libya
The funeral service of martyrs of al Qalaa massacre. #Nafusa Mountains www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9TmZIplgPk http://twitpic.com/6hnmtd #Libya
4adam
Bodies found on phone of G soldier. then he led them to the site where tortured and killed.
Egyptian Nilesat refused to stop Gaddafi’s TV channels fr airing his propaganda until those channels were taken over by #FF in #Tripoli
Adam tweets presser:
Jibril – most of southern parts of Libya, sirte and beniwaild still under Gaddafi’s control. People should should know that. #Libya
Jibril – ‘the battle for liberation of Libya is not over yet. We need to sercue liberated cities instead of struggle for power.’ #Libya
Jibril – ’ I’ll leave my post once the situation in Libya stabilized, I dont have any political ambitions in the new #Libya’
Jibril – ’ it is not wise to tell the media Gaddafi’s whereabouts ’
Jibril – ‘Mr. Jalil gave a deadline for Gaddafi loyalists to surrender, b/c thought we shared the same intentions to stop bloodshed’
Jibril – Relentless campaign aganst the credibility of NTC. War is not over. Libyans interests in this stage is unity and stability
Jibril – ‘We can’t have a political process when we don’t have a constitution approved by all Libyan people’
Jibril – ‘The war isnt over until Gaddafi is captured or put on trial, at that time his loyalists will not cause any harm to Libyans’ #Libya
Jibril – ‘China involvement in helping G in his war against Libyans, we communicate with all taking in our account #Libya interest first’
Jibril – we need to use some of previous regime ppl to secure #Libya’s money abroad because they are still recognized by international firms
Jibril’s Press conference ended.
English Libya TV
The human cost of the revolution
At least 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 wounded in Libya’s six-month war, the NTC health minister said, offering a first detailed estimate of the high cost in lives of bringing down Muammar Gaddafi.
There have been rough estimates in the past, but Naji Barakat, the health minister in the new Libyan leadership, said his figures are based, in part, on reporting from hospitals, local officials and revolutionary commanders.
Barakat said he’ll only have a complete count in several week
s, but that he expects the final figure for dead and wounded to be higher than his current estimates. Libya has a population of just over 6 million.
At least 4,000 people are still missing, either presumed dead or held prisoner in remaining Gaddafi strongholds, including his hometown of Sirte, Barakat told The
Associated Press yesterday. Others killed in fighting were hastily buried, and are now being exhumed for identification.
Search teams also continue to find secret graves of detainees killed by retreating Gaddafi forces.
Just this week, they dug up more bodies in one area of the Libyan capital Tripoli and two other towns.
Next week, worshippers will be asked to report the dead and missing in their families to the local mosques, said Barakat, in an attempt to get a more detailed figure.
Of the estimated 30,000 dead, about half are believed to have been Gaddafi’s fighters, Barakat said.
He said he was told by Libya’s new military officials that the Khamis Brigade, commanded by Gaddafi’s son Khamis and a core force in Gaddafi’s army, lost about 9,000 troops.
One of the hardest hit areas was the port city of Misrata, Libya’s third largest, where revolutionaries and Gaddafi regime forces fought for two months, ending with the retreat of badly battered Gaddafi troops.
At least 2,000 revolutionary fighters and civilians were killed in Misrata and thousands more were wounded, including 900 who lost limbs, Barakat said, citing new figures from the Misrata local council.
Reporting is incomplete for the western areas of the country that remained under Gaddafi’s control until close to the end of the fighting, including the capital of Tripoli, Barakat said.
For example, little is known about the number of people killed during a brutal crackdown on mass opposition protests in the spring in those areas, he said.
The revolutionaries entered Tripoli on Aug. 21, but only took control after a week of fierce street battles.
Barakat said that at least 1,700 revolutionary soldiers died in the battle for Tripoli, along with about 100 civilians.
The number of war wounded is currently estimated to be at least 50,000, including some 20,000 with serious injuries, but is expected to rise, Barakat said.
English Libya TV
Jibril to resign if there is discord
Libya‘s interim government chief Mahmoud Jibril, on his first visit to Tripoli
since it was taken by his forces, made an apparent threat to resign if infighting were to erupt in the movement that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
“Some have made attempts to start a political game before reaching a common consensus on the rules,” Jibril told a news conference, adding that the priority for the new administration was to finish the battle against Gaddafi forces.
“If we discover that we are not on common ground, then I will retreat.”
Reuters
Libya PM says will “retreat” if discord
www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/liby...
m_madi Mohamed Madi
It’s easy to forget that there are still plenty of people in Tripoli whose sons have been killed fighting for Gaddafi
For now though, Gaddafi supporters in Tripoli are keeping a very low profile.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya ‘battle of liberation is not finished’: NTC number two Mahmoud Jibril #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
@HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
After its all over, some1 will have 2 collect garbage,plastic bottles, cartridges & ammunition left behind as frontline moves.#onroadtosirte
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
@
@HodaAH I was thinking exactly the same thing. After war #FF should be paid by
NTC to pick up all the plastic bottles on the coastal road.
FromJoanne Joanne
If u #STILL dont understand #Libya then Pls read this story: Its so true; In a New #Libya ExLoyalists Race 2Shed Ties goo.gl/U2vZQ
berger maurice
Houda Ben Amer a été arrêtée ce jour à Tripoli. Dernière le Figaro
Belhadj
We know EXACTLY where #Gaddafi is hiding Right now the call for prayer rings out over roofs in #Tripoli making me homesick #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Doha source; Musa #Kousa still assisting @NATO with security operations in #Libya incl guiding military strikes against #Gaddafi forces
LibyaLiberty
I don’t know why some young enterprising Libyan hasn’t made a complete line of #GaddafiInsult products.
#Gaddafi’s face on toilet paper, baby diapers,colostomy bags,toilet bowl cleaner,Q-tip (aka de-bunker sticks)
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
YES!!!! #Libya’s New Leaders Plan to Review $150 Billion in International Contracts bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-0… #Feb17
robcrilly Rob Crilly
found a comfortable place to stay in Ras Lanuf. Although it looks suspiciously like the door has been jemmied
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qaeda influence growing south of the Sahara amid concerns over weapons looted from Libya goo.gl/ZnWlL
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: SOURCES: The official #Libyan TV will go LIVE on #Friday 9/9/2011 #Libya #feb17
Aljazeera
The 9/11 decade
THE IMAGE WAR:
The US and al-Qaeda tried spin, threats, lies and censorship to win the propaganda war, but did anyone succeed?
goo.gl/FILVP
BREAKING: TRIPOLI : The discovery of a car bomb in the center of Tripoli
WldSougAlJumaa
Dear Jibril; If only u knew how much u R respected 2day in #Libya 4 your efforts at #NTC u would never say what u did 2day! #Libya
ReemMaghribi Reem M Maghribi
Turkish Arilines announces 4 days a week flights to/from Benghazi starting 15 Sept – bitly.com/pACHvH #libya
MilitantNews
#Libya Huge ungovernable+rebellious south Sahara across Mali,Niger,Chad,Sudan on Libyan order may b area Gaddafi aims 2 disappear+fight from
SalmaALibya
Islamicism is the biggest threat? Really? Harper is starting to sound a lot like George Bush.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya’s interim leaders to honour bank contracts is.gd/ulQVZz
Libya: MI6 tricked me into trap, claims torture victim is.gd/sUrBbA #Libya
Plse retweet #LibyaAidReliefEffort Libya Aid is another charity. Thanks for sharing!
AkhlasB
Its like G asking to join the revo! RT ‘’@ShababLibya: Libya: Moussa Koussa ’tried to get job in new government’ is.gd/AIZUzR #Libya"
Abdallah
No Shame To his Game. That’s our Koussa!!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
FACTBOX-Who’s in charge of Libya’s oil industry? shabablibya.org/?p=http://shab… #Libya
Qaddafi Loyalists Urged to Fight On in Broadcast is.gd/EWGFrV
Turkey, is expected to take a leading role in multi-billion dollar deals to rebuild and develop #Libya. (Also continuing prev contracts)
NICE ONE:)
I have to admit that since #Feb17, we do stand out like a sore thumb! :) “PROUD TO BE LIBYAN”
twitter.com/#!/septimius_sever/status/111816437856870400/photo/1
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya plans shake-up of oil sector is.gd/jqhTke #Libya
VANITY FAIR
MUST READ:
The Accomplice
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi—son of Muammar, and long regarded as his heir—was subjected to an arrest warrant months ago by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Libyan rebels in Tripoli reported that he was in custody, but Saif soon appeared in public, rallying what’s left of pro-Qaddafi forces. As NATO bombs fell on Libya, the distinguished international lawyer Philippe Sands sat down with those who know Saif Qaddafi best—a London professor, his Libyan mentor, and the prosecutor who may decide his fate. Saif Qaddafi may claim that he was merely an intermediary, or a force for moderation, or perhaps even a victim. But whatever the claims, according to the prosecutor, he was deeply complicit in his father’s crackdown this year.
Read full areticle:
www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/20...
Fissa82
I posted 31 photos on Facebook in the album “Houses of Gaddafi Family” fb.me/1cKpBmcod
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
by MushuThaLohari
Moussa Koussa is "hanging around Doha like a bad smell.” dohanews.co/post/9955550803
BBCWorld BBC Global News
NTC forces in #Libya take control of Red Valley, on the road to Col #Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte, NTC spokesman tells AFP bbc.in/nPFT1g
belkacemi libertad
: La #Libye prévoit remaniement du secteur pétrolier en Libye is.gd/jqhTke #Libya #feb17
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Interesting day spent near the rebel front line, more artillery from both sides. Saw at least 5 wounded rebel soldiers.
Tank commander couldn’t control one of his drivers,he was pulling doughnuts,rebels argued & when I tried to film them one pulled a gun on me
He was made to apologise after the incident,but the fact the commander couldn’t control his driver showed how much of a shambles they can be
Shelling by pro-Gaddafi troops was accurate, one shell landed about 100m away from our position where 5 ambulances & a tank were parked
all good it was by that tank with the umbrellas. All good landed in the sand, the road may have been different.
Picture: Wounded rebel soldier is treated near the front line www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2109097...
Medics near the front line work on another rebel soldier wounded by shrapnel www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2109099... #Libya
I’ve uploaded more images from eastern Libya, you can see them all here facebook.com/media/set/?set…
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.20577...
Have been in #Libya for two and a half weeks now, bit of an information vacuum – what have I missed from the rest of the world?
Thanks for all the updates, doesn’t look like I’ve missed too much…
Amnesty International
Amnesty USA.org
Libya’s neighbours must not shield al-Gaddafi from prosecution
Libya’s neighbours must arrest Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi and others wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the former Libyan leader crosses the border, Amnesty International said today.
Former officials from al-Gaddafi’s government have reportedly fled to neighbouring Niger and authorities in Burkina Faso have denied claims that al-Gaddafi was offered safe haven in the country.
“No country should provide a safe haven to Colonel al-Gaddafi or others suspected of committing crimes under international law,” said Claudio Cordone, Senior Director at Amnesty International.
“If they are found outside Libya, national authorities in that country must immediately arrest them and hand them over to the ICC to face trial for these crimes.”
A military convoy of al-Gaddafi loyalists was reportedly spotted inside neighbouring Niger on 6 September, allegedly fleeing the armed conflict in Libya.
Officials in Niger confirmed that the convoy had reached the capital Niamey and included former officials from al-Gaddafi’s government, including former chief of security Mansour Daw. It is unknown whether Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi or his son Saif al-Islam joined the convoy.
Mu’ammar and Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Sanussi, Libya’s former head of military intelligence, have been on the run since the ICC issued arrest warrants for them in late June.
All three are accused of crimes against humanity – persecution and murder – committed in Libya since 15 February 2011.
The UN Security Council has called upon all states, including Libya’s new leadership, to co-operate fully with ICC investigations.
Colonel al-Gaddafi and others wanted by the ICC must be arrested and surrendered to the Court for investigation, regardless of where they are found. Libya’s new authorities may request that any suspects are tried before national courts or that the ICC conduct its proceedings in Libya.
Amnesty International believes that for this to happen, the new Libyan government must genuinely be able to demonstrate it can effectively and efficiently investigate and prosecute suspects, as well as guarantee the security of witnesses and others.
Regardless of where al-Gaddafi and other suspects face trial, the proceedings must meet international fair trial standards and deliver justice and reparation to the victims.
For the past four decades, the Libyan justice system has been compromised by many flaws that would make a fair trial for al-Gaddafi impossible and would not rule out the use of the death penalty.
Among the urgent priorities for Libya’s new leadership will be comprehensive efforts to rebuild the national justice system in line with international human rights law and in consultation with civil society, Amnesty International has said.
In meetings with Amnesty International this month, officials within the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights vowed to reform the justice sector, including by abolishing special courts and ensuring the independence of the judiciary. However, such efforts will take time, and delay justice and reparation to the many victims of the al-Gaddafi era.
Recent Amnesty International missions have uncovered evidence of crimes under international law committed by al-Gaddafi forces, including enforced disappearances, torture and mass killings of detainees at military camps in Tripoli and elsewhere, and indiscriminate attacks on civilian neighbourhoods in the western cities of Misratah and al-Zawiya and in Ajdabia, in the east of the country.
Any other officials who flee Libya and are suspected of committing crimes under international law must be detained and, if there is sufficient evidence, prosecuted, the organization said.
“All African states should reaffirm their commitment to ending impunity for the most serious crimes under international law,” said Claudio Cordone.
“This includes arresting and surrendering all ICC suspects to The Hague.”
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Tunisia Radio: #Gaddafi sold 29 tonnes of #Libyan #Gold before leaving #Tripoli. That is 20% of the gold reserve.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Libya will qualify for the African Cup Of Nations if they defeat Zambia on 07/10/2011. The match will be played in Zambia,pray for our team
TRIPOLI ZOO ANIMALS: SPEECHLESS: twitpic.com/6hl3ry#.TmkF_aO_tuk.facebook http://fb.me/1f68M7wxS
BREAKING: #Libyana #SMS services have returned to #Tripoli
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sabha: Reports that the police have joined the #Feb17 movement & now control all stations & the Public Security Directorate. #Libya #Feb17
Just thought you should know, @louisfarrakhan is a HUGE supporter of #Gaddafi & received millions in support from him.
Ok, If I MUST thought our Libyan Freedom Fighters have shown themselves to be superhuman.
IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR #TRIPOLI #LIBYA, PLEASE TAKE ANY FOOD OR WATER TO THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO
Reuters:
ANALYSIS-Gaddafi refuge would cost Libyan neighbours dear is.gd/5DH8aD #Libya”RT
Important Read: #Libya: Criminal Ali Treki brokered deal allowing #Gaddafi family to cross to criminal #Algeria www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... #Feb17
MUST READ:
Telegraph
Libya: former UN General Assembly president brokered deal allowing Gaddafi family to cross to Algeria
Aformer president of the United Nations General Assembly brokered a deal allowing Col Muammar Gaddafi’s wife and children take refuge in Algeria, according to reports.
Ali Treki, a Libyan diplomat who chaired the UN body in 2009, formed a close relationship with Abdulaziz Bouteflika, the country’s veteran president.
A statement from the RCD, the Algerian opposition, said Mr Treki, who ran Col Gaddafi’s efforts to buy support from African regimes and tribal leaders for decades, had secured a personal promise of sanctuary for fleeing relatives from the Algerian leader.
President Bouteflika personally made the decision to allow Col Gaddafi’s wife Safia, daughter Aisha, sons Mohammad and Hannibal, plus other relatives cross into Algeria last week.
The opposition said that Mr Treki had lavished gifts on President Bouteflika to secure his goodwill, including the deeds to a Libya embassy residence in Algiers. “He has regularly visited Bouteflika in his home in Sidi Ferruch with suitcases which can be assumed that it did not contain the Libyan Green Book,” said the statement in the name of the RCD leader, Said Saadi.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Cyrenaican ياسين بنغازي
Today the legendary poet Abdeljalil Sayf Al-Nasr passed away. I ask that you all pray for him and that his lifetime of service be accepted..
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
I’ll be taking part in discussion on 9/11 anniversary live from Tripoli tonight on RTE’s Prime Time #rtept
MASS GRAVES ABU SALIM
Libyan human rights activists say they have found credible evidence of the location of two mass graves thought to contain the remains of more than 1,200 political detainees executed in a single June morning in 1996 by henchmen of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The prison itself holds the secret, according to Ahmed El-Gasir, the Geneva-based leader of the group Human Rights Solidarity.
Mr. El-Gasir said he learned the locations during a trip to Tripoli this week by interviewing former prison workers who told him they directly participated in hauling the bodies to the mass graves.
“These were extra-judicial killings, unprovoked, and the years of lies by the regime kept the pain alive,” he said in a telephone interview. “This massacre was the focal point that started the whole uprising in Benghazi and triggered the revolution.”
Read full article and more updates here:
shabablibya.org/?p=http://shabablibya.org/
belkacemi libertad
Alors, qui est en charge de l’industrie pétrolière en #Libye ? on.ft.com/nWPtyC
Yefrenia
Before people ignorantly accuse #Libya’s “Libyan Islamic Fighting Group” of being Al Qaeda extremists please read this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Is…
MUST READ:
FARRAKHAN’S LIBYAN CONNECTION
THE BILLION DOLLAR GIFT FROM GADDAFI
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tripolitano Tripolitano
More pix Martyr sq
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Iman Libya
Libyana sms services have now returned to tripoli! Yay now I can harrass my cousins with text messages as long as facebook posts muhahahahaa
Danya
Omg lol I can’t stand people bashing #TRIPOLI ..grow UP. Were all one country every one helped each other, & stop being kids.
Photo
An RPG is used as the headstone for the grave of a pro-Gaddafi soldier killed in a NATO air strike
goo.gl/Sx4UI
Khiria
#Gaddafi spoke yesterday and I didn’t even hear till today. #thatshowimportantheis #ihategaddafi #screwgaddafi #Libya
tripolitano Tripolitano
Pics from martyr sq. Evening is the time to go. It’s like a carnival yfrog.com/kheb2lkj
Life is improving in #Tripoli on daily basis. Business opening. Water & elec bk. Fuel Qs lasting around 30 mins max instead of 5 days
Apparently #Qaddafi had lots of fuel in zawiya refinery on standby for his forces. Now gone to the rightful owners.
Many tv channels springing up. #Misurata has 2. Oya, alhurra al ahrar, alaasima
People in -# tripoli r happy but r very impatient. They want everything and they want it NOW.They love to criticize everything and everyone
My Neighbor’s kids used to sing. Allah moamer and Libya. Now same ones sing the independence national anthem. Libya Libya Libya
Chek point end of the street used to b manned by Gaddafi supporters with green flag. Same guys r mannin it now with independence flag!!
SMS IS FINALLY BACK on Madar at least. Apparently G eng messed-up the server and now restored.
4Adam Adam
Tunisia Radio’Khwaildi Hamidi released w/o his passport fr custody in Tunisia. He will face trial on 9.13 for illegally crossing the border’
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
New photos: City side #Tripoli flickr.com/photos/live2tr… #Libya
Night photos are difficult especially that the lens that does that doesn’t function well anymore… :( Only works 20%
Hidustan Times
Libyan activists storm Manila embassy
Two enraged young Libyans barged into their embassy in the Philippine capital on Thursday to try to evict diplomats they suspect remain loyal to ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Associated Press journalists saw the men scale the embassy’s steel gate and scuffle with guards. They broke open a wooden door and while yelling at the top of their voice, tried to look for two of four Libyan diplomats inside they accused of remaining loyal to Gaddafi.
“We are Libyans, this is our embassy,” Elyosa Fathi Elgardag, a former student in the Philippines, said before storming the compound in front of several Filipino guards.
Read more:
www.hindustantimes.com/Libyan-activists...
FromJoanne Joanne
#NTC officials confirmed Musa #Koussa hoped to return to #Tripoli offering his experience 2help rebuild #Libya after months of civil war
#Mousa #Kousa now lives comfortably in #Doha 4Seasons hotel courtesy of #Qatar and sanctioned by #Emir Hamad bin Khalifa #alThani
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
TERRORIST: Nation of Islam Leader, Louis Farrakhan, defends #Libya, lambasts #UN, #US, #NATO todaysthv.com/news/article/1…
#Gaddafi’s last #Nafusa stronghold of #JendoubaAsabeah now liberated by #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
koso
Serbia and Russia are greatest enemies of Lybia/Syria
belkacemi libertad
Nafusa fief de #JendoubaAsabeah désormais libérée par #Freedomfighters. ##Libye Feb17
Oya_libya Oya libya
Avec beaucoup de retard, le général Youssef Diri quitte le navire de kadhafi,il s’est rendu lui-même #libye youtube.com/watch?v=vPJt7q… via @youtube
SecularLibya
twts say E front only 50km from Sirte. So that would be 30km PAST (W of) Red Valley. BTW Waddan liberated.
AliveIn Alive.In
#Libya Former Prisoner in Benghazi Speaks Out l.alive.in/u2 (Aug 15) #feb17
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Regarding new data published today about #Libya casualties,in #Misrata 1.200 dead fighters confirmed,4.000 serious injured,100s mutilated…
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
New Pew poll shows declining interest in Libya among Americans, even after the liberation of Tripoli people-press.org/2011/09/08/lib…
4Adam Adam
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@blakehounshell Not surprised! Americans weren’t on board fr day one. Tried ‘leading fr behind’, now mad bc other nations taking the credit.
Americans are disappointed. They helped in NATO’s ‘heavy lifting’ but not getting much credit for that.
Asma
America was only there in the background. Europeans did a wonderful job!
Therefore they have earned the credit:)
AliTweel Ali Tweel
SMS service is back for Libyana
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
#Wintershall of #Germany Sees Return To Its Maximum #Libya Oil Output In 2nd Half 2012 | foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/0… via @foxbusiness
#Libya’s journey on the road to democracy: thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_…
Please comment" #Moscow Awaits #Libyan Transitional Oil Official" soc.li/6nxM6gc #Libya #Russia
Libyan doctor tells of brave mercy mission
A LIBYAN doctor from Rugby has returned to work after spending the last two weeks saving lives amid the dangers of his war-torn homeland.
Dr Khaled Sherlala left the safety of his family home in Cawston to join other doctors returning to Libya to offer medical supplies and treatment to rebel fighters injured in the conflict.
The father-of-four returned home safely last week and was back at work at Coventry’s University Hospital on Monday (September 5).
The 49-year-old radiologist left Libya in 1988 and has lived in Rugby for the last six years.
After seeing what was happening in his homeland earlier this year, he began raising money to pay for equipment and supplies with a view to returning to Libya to help out.
He told the Observer: “We saw how much suffering there was going on there. People were getting killed or injured and I decided I wanted to help.”
As the Battle of Tripoli drew closer, Dr Sherlala and his colleagues decided it was time to go despite the dangers, and share their medical skills to the rebels.
While there Dr Sherlala witnessed the aftermath of some of the recent atrocities. One of his photographs shows an X-ray image of a three-year-old boy with a sniper’s bullet lodged in his brain.
He also came across the bodies of rebel fighters who had been massacred at a prison compound which was then set alight by Gaddafi loyalists.
Full story:
www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/2011/09/08/s...
Recruitment to #Libyan oil industry to boom | ArabianOilandGas.com: bit.ly/n6kePx #Libya
Life is returning to normality in #Tripoli- سكان طرابلس يعودون إلى حياتهم الطبيعية 6-9-2011 www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4RE-GRCsQ8&fea... #Libya
scottbohlinger Scott Bohlinger
SMS is back on my #Libyana mobile! woohoo! #Libya
El-Gamaty Says Libya’s NTC Is Trying to Avoid Bloodshed
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) — Guma el-Gamaty, U.K. representative for the Libyan National Transitional Council, discusses efforts to bring about the peaceful surrender of towns held by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi. The NTC is in talks with tribal elders for their forces to enter Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte and the loyalist-held towns of Bani Walid and Sabha. El-Gamaty talks with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse.” (Source: Bloomberg)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TopHOjHgF9s&fea...
#Libya’s new PM (Jibril) says toughest battles lie ahead, warns against ‘political’ games goo.gl/bGBUH #NTC
Maktoob
Hala Al-Misrati apologizes to Libyan rebels on Al Aan TV
By Arab News
DUBAI: Famous Libyan state TV broadcaster Hala Al-Misrati, who played a great role in turning people against the rebels, has apologized for what she used to say on Libyan TV. She did so in an exclusive interview with Al Aan TV reporter Jenan Moussa in Tripoli.
Al-Misrati added, ”The regime of tyrant Qaddafi exploited me, and I apologize to all Libyans asking for their forgiveness. For all those who say I am responsible, I say I am brave enough to apologize and I was, like all of you, under great oppression. No one was able to escape it.”
She ended the interview by asking her audience, who used to be affected by what she said, to wake up now and strongly believe in a brighter future for Libyans.
The complete version of the interview will be broadcast later during the day on Al Aan TV.
MyFreeLibya Rubicon
loool some one is just having a heartfelt go at me for playing around in Qatar while my Libyan brothers are fighting NATO and Gaddadi….hmmmm
hahaha he just called me a rich spoilt playboy :O how long will i have to ignore him…or shall i just shave his beard off
Clearly this guy attributes any libyan w/ a penny to b a Gaddafi thief…doesn’t realise that there in fact hard working libyans who got lucky
i think he just got jealous of my convertible merc…life’s tough eh :D
There is a lot of hard working libyans who haven’t had a break esp those in Libya
sigh he does have a nicer beard than me..:/
telegraph
Libya: Tony Blair’s Libya policy ‘fuelled power obsession of Gaddafi’s son’
Tony Blair’s policy of close engagement with Libya ended up fuelling the power obsession of Col Gaddafi’s son and heir apparent Saif al-Islam, one of the regime’s chief spokesmen told The Daily Telegraph
Mr Blair’s “carrot and stick” policy to bring the Gaddafi regime in from the cold over weapons of mass destruction crossed a line, particularly over human rights and the rendition of regime opponents, according to the former Libyan deputy foreign minister, Khaled Kaim.
Khaled Kaim says:
two distinct proposals by officials to bring an end to the conflict were stopped by Col. Gaddafi’s “stubbornness” and Saif al-Islam’s determination to succeed his father.
“The succession was his obsession, even after February,” he said. “The trouble was he just didn’t want to believe he had lost his chance.”
That was the reason the key speech he made after the rebellion started, which had been expected to hold out an olive branch to the rebels, turned into an angry rant in which he mirrored his father’s description of them as “rats”.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 9th 2011
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NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/7JQAR
Nato has hit Bani Walid and Sebha for the first time in several days, according to its latest update. Once again Sirte, on the coast, and Waddan, towards the centre of Libya, were the main targets in its most recent raids.
Key Hits 08 September:
In the vicinity of Sirte: 2 Armed Vehicles, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 9 Anti Aircraft Guns, 3 Radars Systems.
In the vicinity of Sebha: 1 Military Vehicle Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Bani Walid: 1 Surface to Surface Missile Storage Facility.
NATO bombing in #Libya remains consistent: now 22000 sorties, 8256 strike sorties; naval blockade: 2539 hailed, 263 boardings via @NATOpress
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Thu pm: NATO launched a long range mission, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound located near Sebha. #Libya
Thu pm: RAF contribution was formation of Tornados from RAF Marham firing a large salvo of Storm Shadow precision guided stand-off missiles.
Thu: RAF aircraft observed multiple rocket launchers in action near Sirte…
Paveway and Brimstone attacks accounted for one of the rocket launchers and an armed pick-up truck.
Allocution du secrétaire général de l’OTAN à l’occasion de la Journée de l’industrie organisée par le Commandement allié Transformation (ACT)
Press Release (2011) 108
Issued on 09 Sep. 2011
Le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, M. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, se rendra à Londres le lundi 12 septembre 2011 afin de participer à la Journée de l’industrie organisée par le Commandement allié Transformation. À cette occasion, le secrétaire général fera une allocution intitulée « OTAN et industrie : assurer ensemble la sécurité ».
Au cours de sa visite, le secrétaire général rencontrera le général Stéphane Abrial, commandant suprême allié Transformation.
Des photos seront disponibles sur le site web de l’OTAN (www.nato.int) après la visite.
Le programme du secrétaire général est sujet à modifications. Pour de plus amples informations, prière de s’adresser au Service Presse et médias de l’OTAN (tél. : + 32 2 707 50 41, fax : + 32 2 707 13 99).
Tweeting Tripoli
Omar Ganga, another murderer who killed thousands caught: youtube.com/watch?v=N-6tYw…
Mohammed Almezel
The ArabSpring is test in which a good number of Arab intellectuals, politicians failed… miserably I’m afraid.
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Here’s full interview with #HalaMisrati: youtube.com/watch?v=UQNcCb… #tripoli #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Business reported to be ‘as usual’ at #Libya #Benghazi port & the situation is said 2 be calm. No security incidents reported since August.
How does Ali Treki have authority to speak for #Libya & give away Libyan embassy property? #Feb17
#Libya Embassy properties given by Ali Treki to government of #Algeria need to be returned or Algerian properties in Libya forfeit #Feb17
Ali Treki giving away #Libya state properties to gov. of #Algeria is a crime, he has no authorization to do so.
The Algerian Connection www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-charles-g-cog... #Libya #Algeria #Feb17
PLEASE READ & RT: #Freedomfighters say #Gaddafi loyalists holding hostages outside #Sirte www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/08/2397153/... #Libya #Feb17
#Tunisia: Details on the Renewed State of Emergency Law tunisia-live.net/2011/09/08/det…
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya’s new PM says toughest battles lie ahead, warns against ‘political’ games goo.gl/bGBUH
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya Elmahdi Alarabi & Omar Ganga top 2 Gadhafi military men from Zawiya who r responsible for massacres there have been arrested!
Lucie
This is the best ever news: “@freedom4libya: General Mahdi Alarabi (butcher of Zawiya) was arrested today.”
Last night
FromJoanne Joanne
#Wow I just found the Millions of Libyans #Gaddafi lost :) They are all on #Tripoli Martyr Square is a mad house ! #Libya
#Tripoli #Martyr Square I hv never seen so many ppl Its almost scary ! #Libya #Watch Live Broadcast #Alassema here goo.gl/q3QO3
MUST READ
Daily Beast
Gaddafi’s Creepy Love Den
The fleeing dictator left behind a lair hidden in Libya’s largest university, with a Jacuzzi, a cozy double bed—and gynecological equipment. Babak Dehghanpisheh on the shocking find.
Behind a set of locked doors there’s a room with a cozy double bed, flowery carpets, and small lamps that casts off a warm orange glow. In an adjoining bathroom there’s a Jacuzzi with water jets. Some faculty members say the dictator brought his mistresses to the room, others ask whether he raped female students there. It gets weirder. A couple of doors down there’s a full gynecological examination room. “There’s a gyne bed—what the hell is it doing in here?” asks Krekshi, an OB/GYN doctor who has worked at the university for 14 years but had no knowledge of the facility. “I think it’s here for illegal abortions.”
Aside from the love den, rebel fighters who secured the campus also found a makeshift prison and an office used by intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi.
“There were intelligence documents found at the university which talk about staff members who need to be eliminated,” says Krekshi.
Read full story with pics here:
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/...
Michael
I wonder if there is a connection between Gadafi’s elite women guards & that special OB-GYN surgery recently found in Tripoli.
FromJoanne Joanne
Ayesha ha the rank of Lieutenant Colonel she repeated few days ago she is a soldier will fight on #Libya
Spectator
“Tripoli is our capital”
East is East and West is West, as Kipling once reminded us, but in Libya at least the twain have certainly met. For the past six months Free Libya has been headquartered in eastern Libya, or ancient Cyrenaica. When Tripoli started sliding out of Gaddafi’s control on 20 August, the dribble from east to west began. It was given added oomph on Wednesday with the arrival in Tripoli of the interim prime minister Mahmoud Jabril. Now we’re going to see if Libyans can upset the gloomiest predictions once again.
Full art.:
www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/7225308...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli Rebels removed Golden Fist Sculpture from BabAlAzizyah its in #Misrata now where it will b displayed as Symbol of #Feb17 Victory
#Apropos @twitter now has 100 million active users around the globe blog.twitter.com it all started 5 yrs ago #Libya
Reuters
EXCLUSIVE: a new government will be formed on Monday #Tripoli #Libya #feb17 (source: NTC member)
MUST WATCH
To RT media: Who are the freedom fighters in Libya
RT media is brainwashing thousands and thousands of people across YouTube. But it didn’t manage to brainwash a Libyan! :D This is just me expressing my view. Enjoy! Don’t forget to visit our page facebook.com/zintanmedia
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DifyOC5sN88&fea...
Stone_SkyNews Mark Stone
very good. “I smell vodka!” brilliant!
Tweeting Tripoli
I’m so upset right now. Was visiting a friend that I haven’t seen in 6 month and he
turned out to be a pro-G. Seems 2b a non-violent type :(
Took me 3 hours trying to understand what good he sees in Gaddafi, but his arguments were all weird.
Fighting crusaders BS. Forgetting that Gaddafi until Feb 17 was a very good friend of the very same crusaders he now hates.
not a single one he could come up with that made sense. So I guess it will be another 6 month for me to see him again.
Stockholm syndrome maybe? Or just he likes him Chavez style, just to differ. Well as long ad he is not violent, no biggy I guess.
Janice
Not NTC fault G had poor medical facilities. NTC inexperienced and doing good job so far.
Mike
Aisha Gaddafi proclaims that she carries the blood of her father in her veins. Need I say more?
Tweeting Tripoli
Well, thats nothing; Gaddafi have announced in his Green Book, that women ovulate and men don’t ovulate!
4Adam:
Jibril – Relentless campaign aganst the credibility of NTC. War is not over. Libyans interests in this stage is unity and stability
Jibril – ’ I’ll leave my post once the situation in Libya stabilized, I dont have any political ambitions in the new #Libya’
FreeLibyansNow:
libya the elders who negotiated surrender in BW with FFs escaped with their families to #tripoli after gaddafi regime ordered their killing
Tweeting Tripoli
Almahdi Alarbi, the guy responsible for killing of 100s if not 1000s of Zawians finally got caught: youtube.com/watch?v=bH37Zy…
Tweeting Tripoli
Here is the new Libyan president. In his speech he says the army should be with the people and not hurting them: youtube.com/watch?v=thkFea…
Last night
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Huge party tonight at Martyr’s Square, Tripoli… My friend had to go home with the celebratory gunfire started though. Stupid trend.
The last thing we need right now is a power vacuum in Libya and NTC/NLA/FF did a great job keeping order for now. We have to respect that.
I just find it sad when people jump to conclusions and blame/insult figures in the NTC for things they have no control over 99% of the time
Mike
There’s something wrong when human rights observers can’t find mercenaries as easily as reporters can bitly.com/qT8twr
Khiria
We need more Libyan women to take initiative & step up for positions in the #NTC and future governments. #Libya
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
#Libya’s revolution has given me a fresh perspective on so many people I respected, turns out a lot of them are just full of it.
88simon88 simon
LATEST NTC RECOGNITION MAP img829.imageshack.us/img829/8664/8s… Welcome to Central Africa,Comores,Seychelles and Kazakhstan ! (84countries)
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Arms smuggling across Egypt-Libya border: bit.ly/qQzIu5 Better in the hands of oppressed Palestinians than free Libyans I say..
Saja. Today 4 bodies were discovered buried in a Military Camp in #KhalatFurjan #Tripoli #Libya graphic yfrog.com/h7bjboqj
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Libyana & Madar SMS service are working now in Tripoli.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
MUST-READ witness piece by @missy_ryan :Trapped in #Tripoli hotel, journalists
were the enemy to.ly/b6xP #Reuters
IMPORTANT:
Libya Libya
Plz RT #Tripoli man calls from underground prison says he can see is palm tree & white ‘eimara’ 1200 trapped no food, water or guards #Libya
I am told he buried his mobile in sand near door near entrance they can see out. Called wife who told TNC mobile now dead
I believe near the entrance as no guards left, InshAllah this is untrue or they r found I won’t sleep tonight #Libya
Son heard it from guards out looking on Airport Rd
pdanahar
admire ingenuity of #Libya checkpoints. Chicanes made of spent artillery shells, sofas, cars & washing machines..
Mushu
May this blessed Friday be the last Friday our #Freedomfighters spend away from their beloved ones. #Libya #Feb17
Libya Libya
Saif told #Libya NATO 36 hrs #Benghazi would be finished. #Prayforlibya that is still strangled by G goons
Africa has dropped G like a hot potato. It was all about the money no one loves a despot
Khiria
#Gaddafi & his kids were taking 100% of #Libya’s money.
scottbohlinger Scott Bohlinger
Yesterday I saw police giving a parking ticket in #Tripoli. Today I realised how cool that is. #Libya
Also saw the prime minister’s office day. Informal chain of command but still firm control. very helpful
Libya Libya
#TripoliPrisoners pray for anyone yet to be found #Libya
I have found the common denominator with all Pro G’s I know they are always the selfish or greedy ones in the family
Niz_FGM Niz
by DianeLibya
My suggestion for BabAzaziyah? A park, with a tree planted for every martyr. you can walk round and read the names of all our heroes….
amoona
Sick of people putting down #NTC #Libya
Khiria
I believe that we should strike Moussa Koussa with a baseball bat every time he asks to be part of the new government. #ishethatdumb #Libya
ProudLibyan
Shame on Ali Treki, his brother Mustafa was a nobel man, his city is the brave city of Misrata, he betrayed them and #Libya.
bencnn benwedeman
Qadhafi’s comments on Al-Rai TV bound to win hearts and minds: calls opposition “mercenaries,” “dogs,” “germs,” “rats” and “spies.”
Danya
Unfortunately there are still thousands of missing people in Libya …if you know someone who is missing please visit this website to fill in the information…we have created a database in order for us to keep track and help find the missing indviduals. #GaddafiCrimes www.mafqood.org
THE NEXT TIME anyone asks me why I DONT want to see any of the OLD #GADDAFI REGIME working in the new government or NTC (in decision making positions) I will share with them this video …whether they worked with #Gaddafi and have blood on their hands or stole money with #Gaddafi ..just remember that there were Libyans who were poor and starving while they traveled the world…and defected when it became ’’popular’’ or realized that Gaddafi will no longer be in power…there are Libyans that fought with no or little training and there are people that WANT this revolution to make our COUNTRY better, to make it free, to ensure justice, transparency, to make sure that there is equal opportunity and Libyans get a chance at life, a country that works for them and with them. GOD FREE and SAVE LIBYA.
PS it was and still is the duty of every able Libyan to have helped the revolution…even if they are guilty of committing crimes…they can be forgiven but never forgotten.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Z1IB3IEug&fea...
‘’Abdulrahman Zawawi, FF from Misurata, lost both of his eyes. In the vid, Abdu is waking up from surgery, holds his brother’s hand and asks God to give his parents strength & patience, says he was blessed with his wounds & he is glad he gave his eyes to Libya. He says he would gladly give more if asked. He asks his brother to work hard, be successful in life & asks him to always to have faith in God’’
Last night
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Strange gun fire tonight. Could it be bored to death people or T5? T5 = (5th column, undercover green goons) #Tripoli #Libya
near city centre: gun fire now is really getting annoying. Hearing both anti-aircraft and AK fire. #Tripoli
I don’t presume the gun fire Im hearing now is anything that can’t be handled. In needs attention sooner than later. #Tripoli #Libya
Hasn’t been like this in days.
it could be because they caught almahdy alarabi
Bitter reality for #Muammar #Libya twitpic.com/6i0ovr
There was strange activity tonight, not just in the Hai…no details yet.
Fairly calm now. #Tripoli #Libya.
Khiria
We can’t expect the #NTC to go door to door looking for women willing to take open positions in the the new government. #Libya #women
AJA: A mass grave was found with 500 bodies in #Tripoli #Libya #gaddaficrimes
they just said they were found in a military compound in #Tripoli no exact location! #gaddaficrimes
( the worst part is I’m sure that there are much more buried bodies to be discovered
it’s only a matter of time before more #gaddaficrimes are revealed but these are believed to be mostly civilians :(
I noticed that too AJA reports a lot more stories in detail than AJE..
librev2011
#AlKhums port is working and will receive ships soon as agents started to schedule new shipments #Libya @Zlitniya
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
I am so tired. No energy anymore. Dreaming of a relaxing holiday in #thailand.
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
L2T’s photo stream from #Benghazi, #JabalNafusa and #Tripoli. flickr.com/photos/live2tr… #Libya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Morning from #Libya, less than 24 hours left for pro-Gaddafi forces to lay down their weapons… or will we see another deadline extension
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
A new group of Qaddafi’s officials including close guard General Ali Kana cross to Niger: Reuters english.alarabiya.net
Stash of weapons hidden in #Tripoli school severely injures young boy & kills another goo.gl/6o59T #Gaddaficrimes #Libya
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGgQugGYxlc&fea...
BANI WALID UPDATE
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Baniwalid: 6 katiba members were detained. Rebel sleeper cells in city have sabotaged rockets, and stolen artillery and armored vehicles.
Bani walid: Muatassim, Saif, and Musa Ibrahim are in Bani walid. There are 3 places where Musa Ibrahim that he broadcasts on fm frequency.
Baniwalid: The people of Bani Walid are keeping an eye on these key members of the regime
Baniwalid: After the meeting in the mosque with the elders, Gaddafi has been reported to have said he wants the mosque destroyed
Baniwalid: Medicine has been sent to the city, formula milk, and the baniwalid FF have rehabilitated the Tarhouna Hospital, which has
been put out of service for 8 years. There are 7 different specialist doctors from baniwalid at the hospital in case of injuries.
Baniwalid: hospital said to be equipped very well.
Baniwalid: Locals in baniwalid are happy, and with the #feb17 revolution, but there are gaddafi loyalists that have accompanied Saif,
Muatassim, and Musa Ibrahim that have put artillery in areas around the city, along with rocket launchers.
Baniwalid: 40 rocket launchers, 100 snipers, the snipers have been said to attack the houses, but a few have been chased off by the locals.
Baniwalid: Locals have announced their alleigance with the NTC 3 days ago when the returning elders were shot at. People were outraged
and many people that were previously progaddafi, have contacted the FF and announced their allegiance as well.
Baniwalid: FF are very well organised in and out of the city, slipping in and out undetected.
The past tweets have been told us by someone that is10km outside of the city.
They seemed very content and confident that the ordeal would be over soon, and would trigger a domino effect, freeing up Sirte and Sebha.
The spirits are high, and they are hopeful that they will be free soon :)
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
Discovered tiny espresso joint near hotel – very retro w/ lots of faded sepia prints of old Tripoli on walls. Libyans like a good espresso
BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News
Interpol issues arrest warrant for #Libya’s Col #Gaddafi and second son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi – Reuters
4Adam Adam
Many reasons I liked this video, news anchor tie, newspaper held by the reporter and it’s all about Gaddafi whereabouts youtube.com/watch?v=JCwnH6…
The Algerian Connection huff.to/ruD8nd #Libya #Algeria
Unbelievable crowd reaction to Tamazight song in the Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXqbI_-D2TU #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXqbI_-D2TU
TunisianAmazigh Amazigh Forever
Yefren, Libya: first class of tamazight (video) fb.me/Zo0UiahM
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPuNQGeZ5MU
Mike
Libya looks like another country now that Gaddafi has gone. No more angry people air punching & chanting.
Jeanette
cld never draw such a crowd or incite such elation w/out cohersion. Great to see #Libyan ppl freely expressing themselves.
Libya: Rebels prepare to battle for Sirte
A deadline set by the Libyan rebels for the loyalist-held town of Sirte to surrender, or face all out assault, expires on Saturday.
The rebels are still some miles either side of Sirte, on both the eastern and the western approaches.
The BBC’s Paul Wood is with rebel forces on the eastern approach.
Video
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14849524
Libya conflict: New PM Jibril appeals for unity
Libya’s acting PM has called for national unity to rebuild the country, saying the liberation from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime was not complete.
In his first speech in Tripoli since Col Gaddafi was ousted from the capital, Mahmoud Jibril said “our biggest challenge is still ahead”.
He refused to discuss the whereabouts of Col Gaddafi, who earlier dismissed reports that he had fled to Niger.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-conflict-new...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya’s new leaders ask Niger to stop Gaddafi crossing border is.gd/vAklVv #Libya
Libya oil: The race to turn the taps back on shabablibya.org/news/libya-oil-the-race... #Libya
Libyan fighters drive on Kadhafi hometown is.gd/YjfoQB #Libya
Special Libyan Unit Hunting Down Gadhafi is.gd/zC4Zt6 #Libya
BBC VIDEO: Niger walks tightrope between the world and Gaddafi www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14843453 #Libya
One of the best songs to come out of the uprising in #Libya. A salute to our brave women goo.gl/bOUVo
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SImWfyYF0Zk
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
We continue to pray for the safe return of all of those still missing in #Libya. #gaddaficrimes #feb17
Candle Light Vigil and Celebration for #Libya in Sacramento, CA. Friday 6:30 16th and J street. goo.gl/O9Qav #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Gaddafi men flee to Niger, hunt for leader goes on is.gd/T0hlUV
Interpol issues Red Notice warrants for Gadhafi shabablibya.org/news/interpol-issues-re... #Libya
Libya Said to Ship First Cargo of Crude From West as Production Resumes http://shabablibya.org/?p=http://shabablibya.org/ #Libya
Interpol issues red alert for hunted Gaddafi shabablibya.org/news/interpol-issues-re... #Libya v AJE
ReutersIndia Reuters India
FLASH: Interpol says issues arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi
Tweeting Tripoli
Beware of people spreading rumors of generalized looting in Libya. No looting to banks, to jewelry shops or private property at all.
Some angry mobs destroyed Gaddafi & his kids palaces. Understandable but wrong. During massive revolutions that kind of destroying expected.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
A great experience to be in a country where the people led a successful revolution, not foreign powers (despite crucial role of NATO)
And armchair critics in the West were proven wrong time and again (stalemate, anyone?) – but next few weeks will be so important.
Have now left #Libya after a fascinating couple of weeks. Tripoli still in state of celebration. Fewer road blocks, feels secure.
Important that NTC moves properly to #Tripoli and fills any power vacuum. Still a sense of no one being in charge.
But fuel lines were noticeably shorter on our way out, electricity and water supply is much improved in Tripoli.
Difficult to see though how Libya can be at peace until Sirte is brought under control and #Gaddafi’s whereabouts are established.
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Amazing weather in #Tripoli (sorry have to cover the weather, how many people are anyway?) ;) Some drizzle and lots of cloud. #Libya
Foreignh Policy
Libya’s Nightmare Factory
The cells are barely large enough for one person to lie down in. There is no water, no toilet. Light falls through a small hole in the ceiling. Most cells don’t even have a mattress, just a strip of cloth on the floor, a cut-open plastic bottle, and the naked concrete walls, inscribed with memories of those once held here. It is dark — claustrophobic — in the narrow corridors of the cell wings. The entrance is scattered with clothes and medicine; the air thick with decay. Only days ago, the bodies were retrieved from here. After a few minutes the lingering stench grips you at the throat, gagging you.
This is Maktab al-Nasser……
Read more:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/09/...=0,0#.TmnLeUh8-2k.twitter
Sky News
Captured Gaddafi Minister ‘Switches Sides’
Armed guards lead me towards the room where Libya’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim has agreed to meet me and they declare: “He’s our big fish”.
The hunt for the Colonel goes on and the anti-Gaddafi forces are rounding up their former political opponents.
So far Khaled Kaim is the biggest name they’ve got.
As I walk into the room he stands up to greet me and shakes my hand.
I have interviewed him many times before and he grins broadly, recognising a familiar face.
Read more and watch video:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
(Reuters) three rebel fighters are killed in clashes with Gaddafi forces near Sirte |9. 8.11|
Reuters | September 8, 2011
At least three rebel fighters are killed in clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces as they advance on the former Libyan leader’s hometown. Rough Cut.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5x70tWcxhc&fea...
Gaddafi denies flight
Libya’s fugitive leader Colonel Gaddafi has sent out an audio message angrily denying that he has fled the country.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCwnH6ZwcSs&fea...
LIBTRIP
Please do not laugh!! (Arabic) -ممنوع الضحك – youtube.com/watch?v=Oh41nN… v#Libya
The #Tripoli Brigade f24.my/ol5j2E via @FRANCE24 #Libya
Documents seen by #FT, French bank Société Générale remunerated an offshore Panamanian co (Leinada),owned by #Libyan Walid al-Giahmi. #Libya
Don’t Tweet while a building you’re in, on fire. LOL! twitpic.com/6i2y10
In #Tripoli nowadays, no more hustle to do any administration documents or procedures, people are happy and united. Long Live Free #Libya
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
last day of the extension of deadline for #Sirte surrender. no solution so far. going to frontline to check on the mood. #roadtosirte
Nato has been hitting hard this past week. they all admit that w/out NATO they couldn’t have done much
Niz_FGM Niz
Met some one yesterday who is putting together a Libyan animated movie. Any Libyan animators or producers out there? Let me know.
Mariam
I love that Libyan children get to dream big now. They actually CAN be the president of Libya now. Simply beautiful #Libya #Feb17
sal
Tunisian govt officials say the country has barred a Libyan general and ally of Qaddafi from leaving the country
The two officials said that al-Khoweildi al-Hamidi was trying to take a plane out
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Petition for greater representation of Libyan women in the NTC and future governmental institutions ipetitions.com/petition/women…
Johnny
Dictator of Uganda bans planned victory parade of solidarity to libya s freedom
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
I hope when the dust settles in Libya, we can get an accurate number on the “true” number of deaths. Stats so far seem dubious.
In any case, the numbers killed in Libya will be huge by any measure.
Khaled Kaim previous Gaddafi Foreign ministry undersecretary gave an unreserved apology to the FF & Libyan ppl. A good step.
pdanahar Paul Danahar
NYT: #Libya #NTC Prepares to Move to #Tripoli nyti.ms/oxQCb9 It’s taking too long & longer they leave it harder job will be. #Gaddafi
SerajElalem Seraj Elalem
Second Friday in Tripoli, with fuel shortage semi-solved I’m expecting a much bigger turnout in Shohada’a Square
ceoDanya
Stop making excuses & start making CHANGES! A “good life” is fine, but your BEST life is waiting!!! #TheSW
Libya Libya
Libyan people are truly extra ordinary & their struggle was my struggle so willingly made the sacrifice #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Sirte On its outskirts Gaddafi troops have massed 300 captured FF in a small village Qasr bu Hadi the FF are Human shields #Libya
Gaddafis last 2Ranting Platforms: #Syrian Al-Rai TV station + #AlMuqawamah broadcasting out of a Van in #Tripoli goo.gl/Khx1f #Libya
#Khweldi #alHumeidi 1of #Gaddafi Gang of 5revolutionaries of 1969Coup His=passport confiscated Has 2Appear in Tunis Court on tuesday #Libya
#Tunis General #Khweldi #alHamidi, was released Thursday and free to leave country goo.gl/5BGh5
#NATO has targeted 25 targets in #Sirte, and Qaddan, including 18 surface to air missiles systems in the last 24 hours #Libya
Violent clashes reported in #Sakra area and in #Sabha ,FF from #Qerdha and #AwladSuliman joined the FF fighting the Gaddafi troops #Libya
#FOUND 17Decomposed BODIES of Political Dissidents who were murdered in 1979, 1 is believed 2b #Iranian Imam #Musa #alSadr #Shi’ite #Libya
#NEW 14Gaddafi Officials incl Tuareg General #AliKana was charge of GF in S #Libya arrived in #Agadez staying in Gaddafi owned Hotel #Libya
Reuters
New group of Muammar Gaddafi officials arrive in Niger
AGADEZ, Sept 9 (Reuters) – A new group of 14 Muammar Gaddafi officials including General Ali Kana, a Tuareg who was one of Gaddafi’s close guards in charge of his southern troops, are in Niger’s northern city of Agadez, Niger security sources told Reuters on Friday.
Two sources said the group included four top officials, amongst them two generals. The identity of the other general has not been confirmed.
A Reuters reporter in Agadez said the four top officials were staying at a hotel in Agadez owned by Gaddafi.
More here:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
UK Former PM Toni #Blair #Middle #East Envoy says; goo.gl/ZbIO abt helping bring former #Libya Gaddafi in from the cold in 2004
#Gaddafi #HUNT is Conducted by Dedicated FF Unit + small CIA team + Intelligence of #France + other western countries #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Why Gaddafi #DIEHARDS still fight 4him : We had safety under Gaddafi we had Jobs Food and they say Gaddafi protected #Libya #MisguidedSouls
Independent Africa
‘We fight for Muammar. We fight for Libya. He protected our country’
“No-one likes being bombed by foreign countries. They bombed us for six months and they are still bombing us. Even after they put their puppets in Tripoli. We fight for Muammar, he protected our country: we fight for Libya”.
In reality, Amr Abdullah Jawad, 22, was in no state to fight Nato or anyone else, lying in a ward at the central hospital in the Libyan capital. His right leg was in plaster after an operation to extract shrapnel, an injury he received while involved in street fighting in the Abu Salim district nine days ago. His defence of Gaddafi faded when the nurse came. “I want the country to be united,” he said, turning to face the wall.
Others, however, continue to fight for the regime. Two weeks after Tripoli fell to the revolutionaries, in what should have been the end to this vicious civil war, stubborn pockets of resistance continue at Sirte, Bani Walid, Sabah
Full art.:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa...
Noah
Despite Hammerl’s murder #Zuma continues his support for #Gaddafi. #priorities #greed
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
VERY Interesting Read: Will the Arab Uprising Spread to Sub Saharan #Africa? allafrica.com/stories/201109… #Libya #Feb17
UPDATE: Extending a Lifeline to Animals at #Libya’s #Tripoli Zoo blog.ifaw.org/2011/09/07/update-extendi... #Feb17 RT via Papakila
Interesting Read: Fall Of #Gaddafi: Policy Challenge For #China And #Russia www.eurasiareview.com/07092011-fall-of-... #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Interesting Read: #Zimbabwe keeps landing on wrong side of history theindependent.co.zw/opinion/32304-… #Libya #Feb17
VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ & RT: The plan of #Algeria to destabilize the new Libyan government moroccoworldnews.com/2011/09/the-plan-o... #Libya #Feb17
VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE RT: #Algeria Polisario scorned at solidarity meeting at the British Parliament moroccoworldnews.com/2011/09/polisario-... #Libya #Feb17
#Morocco: Government Reaffirms Support for New Libyan Authorities allafrica.com/stories/201109… #Libya #Feb17
#France stays #NATO’s hand as #Gaddafi supporters flee publicserviceeurope.com/article/818/fr… #Libya #Feb17
robcrilly Rob Crilly
And again a few more thoughts on humanitarian interventions wp.me/p7qur-s1 #libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Interpol issues arrest warrant for Muammar Qaddafi #Alarabiya
Update: A batch of #Qaddafi officials reach Niger; Interpol orders arrest of Libyan strongman goo.gl/daoFu #Libya
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Interpol issues arrest warrants for Muammar #Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Abdullah Senussi. More on aje.me/ajelive #Libya
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Interpol adds Gaddafi to most wanted list aje.me/qRbl4e
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qaddafi generals in Burkina Faso: Tuareg source #Alarabiya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Zimbabwean Herald: ‘Western extremism gangsters…Sarkozy and Cameron’s deadly terrorism and brazen brutality stinks to high heavens.’
Chinese Newspaper ‘Global Times’ says ‘China sold weapons to #Gaddafi until July 2011’ #Libya #Feb17 #China
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
that was close. grad rocket landed 50m from me. hooray for soft sand if that had hit tarmac i would not be tweeting right now
After followed a barrage of 20 more grads and AAA fire. Gaddafi Loyalists are showing no signs of surrendering. #sirte
we took cover behind a building and were stuck there for 30 minutes. hearing the rockets come down around us. #Sirte
All this was happening at a position 68km from the east gate of #sirte. so the #FF still have a long way to go before they reach the city
Now we are a safe distance away we are checking our vehicles and equipment for any damage. We had to jump out of them when we ran for cover
Only casualty to report are Paul Wood’s trousers that got ripped across the knee when he dived for cover. #Libya
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Last night I was at the huge rally in Martyr’s Square, the place was absolutely full. Families were taking pictures with the Thuwwar
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Takbeerat can be heard from Mosques now. amazing! #Tripoli #Libya
Mood is really opening and fresh. Check points are still on the decrease. More shops are opening. Include Madar services!! #Tripoli #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
“the deceased were recognised by locals,after mobile phone footage taken by a Gaddafi soldier was found” channelstv.com/global/news_de… #Nafusa #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
“Impossible is nothing” Addidas will love it #EpicLibyanMan playing football while #Gaddafi symbols are burning! #Libya pic.twitter.com/Imwxv4h
MP wants #Libya cash for helping oust Gaddafi – Politics.co.uk goo.gl/fb/Dhw4t
Ahmed
sick to my stomach thinking about the 10’s of thousands still missing in #Libya. May Allah return them to their families safely #Feb17
Reconciliation does not mean pardon from wrong doings. If you committed crimes, you should be punished
#Gaddaifs capture just matter of time #Moreno-Ocampo asks #Interpol for hepl zeit.de/politik/auslan… German
Khadija
libyans abroad who want to help the #feb17 rev by doin fundraising plz let me knw asap #tripoli #libya #fundraising
MeesEnergy MEES Oil & Gas
#Libya’s interim govt is drafting a proposal, shrinking the responsibilities of the Nat #Oil Corp. (#NOC) to make it a purely commercial org
FreeLibyanman:
Postcard to #Gaddafi / Will #Barton twitpic.com/6i6r1v" #Libya
88simon88 simon
interesting article:collapse and fall of the G inner circle described by a Pro G Tuareg chief (French) lefigaro.fr/international/…
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya’s over-hyped oil prize bit.ly/oLglt4
libyans_revolt omar
#Libya may ship 1st Cargo of Crude from #Mellitah port this month, about 600,000 barrels will be loaded tinyurl.com/3lbntd7 #feb17
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
A very happy man in #Tripoli (Arabic) : youtube.com/watch?v=LCLDUS… #Libya #Egypt #Tunisia
septimius_sever septimius severus
The way I see it, #Libya top priorities: Tripoli-prisoners, frozen assets, reconciliation & then Gaddafi capture (or death) In that order
Gaddafi loyalists’ ‘torture chamber and mass grave’ in #Khoms – video gu.com/p/3xyx4/tw #Libya
Kate Benyon-Tinker
Rebels claiming only 1 fighter injured but we’ve seen 4 ambulances rushing back from frontline outside Bani Walid in last 2 hours #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
“the deceased were recognised by locals,after mobile phone footage taken by a Gaddafi soldier was found” channelstv.com/global/news_de… #Nafusa #Libya
#Libya: policing the middle of nowhere gu.com/p/3xnbd/tw via @alexjwarren
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Man explained me how stayed in #Gadafi held area of #Misrata for 1’5 month,eating only flour&water,hiding cause were capturing all young men
#Russia- #Libya: Love Match for the History Books blogs.voanews.com/russia-watch/2… via @VOA_News
Dr. John Lee Beijing’s impotence in #Libya – The Korea Herald goo.gl/fb/IYQfh
Gaddafi ve moved 100s of hostages to a village outside Sirt in what appear 2b preparation 4a final violent stand bit.ly/oFKiZY #Libya
stl today
Moves suggest a bloody endgame in Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya • Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have moved hundreds of hostages to a village outside Sirte in what appear to be preparations for a final
violent stand, officials of the National Transitional Council said Thursday.
The transfer of as many as 300 rebels taken captive during recent fighting to the village of Qasr bu Hadi, which is about 10 miles east of Sirte, took place earlier this week, transitional council officials said.
Fathi Baja, the head of political affairs for the council, equated the transfer of the prisoners to “taking human shields.”
Gadhafi loyalists also arrested at least four prominent backers of the National Transitional Council in Sirte on Wednesday and have moved them as well to Qasr bu Hadi, which is under the control of Gadhafi’s Gaddhafiya tribe, according to Hassan al Droe, Sirte’s representative to the council.
A rebel deadline for a negotiated settlement runs out at midnight Friday, and officials are now girding for a bloody endgame.
Read more:
www.stltoday.com/news/national/article_...
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya: volunteers exhumed a body from a grave in the Yarmouk area, #Tripoli containing 4 dead men killed by pro-G pic.twitter.com/qhwQk0Q
Freedom at a price: families face agony at not knowing fate of #Libya’s ‘disappeared’ thetim.es/o8SMcd via @mfletchertimes from #Tripoli
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya FFs capture traitor Gen. AlMahdi AlArabi who claimed to support Feb17 then fled to Tripoli to attack city tinyurl.com/3zj2vnb #feb17
Capture of traitor AlMahdi AlArabi & Omar Ganga who oversaw the attacks on Zawiya by G forces is one the greatest moments of #Feb17 #Libya
Qasem Azuz new Head of Libya Central Bank: Gaddafi sold 30 tonnes of Gold (20%
of total) in last days of regime worth $1BIllion #feb17#libya
Qasem Azuz new Head of Libya Central Bank: The gold was sold to local merchants #feb17#libya
Qasem Azuz new Head of Libya Central Bank: A new currency will be produced. Door is open to new designs by Corps & individuals
Reuters : 14 more Gaddafi regime officials fled to Aghadiz in Niger including General Ali Khana who oversaw G forces in South #feb17
Aljazeera: 12 martyrs and number injured in advance on Sirte. RIP
Alex
SUCKED IN: #Gaddafi has slaughtered 30000 #Libya people – over his futile attempt to save his tottering throne – Now Regime fat cats escape to #Niger with lifetime supplies of gold and weapons – while low life Regime flunkies are left behind in #BaniWalid #Sabha #Jufra & #Sirte – as dead meat cannon fodder – to sacrifice themselves and as many as they can take with them – in the pointless pursuit – of the ideal of another 42 years of corrupt Gaddafi family dictatorship.
REUTERS #Libya:"A new group of 14 #Gaddafi officials including General #AliKana, a Tuareg who was one of Gaddafi’s close guards in charge of his southern troops, are in Niger’s northern city of Agadez, Niger security sources told Reuters on Friday.
Two sources said the group included four top officials, amongst them two generals. The identity of the other general has not been confirmed.
A Reuters reporter in #Agadez said the four top officials were staying at a hotel in Agadez owned by Gaddafi.
“The group arrived in four four-wheel-drive vehicles on Thursday afternoon,” one of the sources said, adding that they were accompanied by Nigerien security forces.
Niger’s government was not available for comment on Friday morning.
The arrival of the group follows that of the head of Gaddafi’s security brigades, #MansourDhao, who crossed into Niger in a convoy on Monday.
#Niger has said it had allowed the Libyans into its territory on humanitarian grounds but has come under pressure from the international community to hand over former Gaddafi officials suspected of human rights abuses."
REUTERS:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Alex
#Niger is playing with fire – If he can – #Gaddafi & his Tuareg army will seize power thr – & set up a hostile state on #Libya south border.
Niz_FGM Niz
Rain today in #Tripoli city
Honida,Mohamed & Rania of the Free Generation Movement looking to setup a drop off centre for donations (clothes,food,etc) in Ghot Al Sha3al
septimius_sever septimius severus
Mass graves discovered everyday, still 100’s if not 1000’s missing … is it really time to celebrate? #Libya
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Just came back from Friday prayers in Martyr’s Square, Tripoli, not full but still thousands of people there despite the light rain.
There is still the problem of celebratory gunfire though. Last night after they played the national anthem, the gunfire was insane.
For about two minutes, everyone was firing their AKs and AA guns into the air, girls were screaming and I ducked for the nearest cover
Most people dispersed after the gunfire. “We used to buy the bullets one by one”, one soldier from Kikla said, “now look how they show off”
AJE Yvonne Ndege reports on Gaddafi forces in Niger www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjbenQfqTHw&fea... #Libya
guess what
good question RT @RenaNetjes: What are the Gaddafi’s aiming at: to keep their own state inside Libya? Bani Walid-Sirt-Jufra-Sabha?
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
Breaking: 15 FF have been killed by #Gaddafi forces @ #Haroua , 60km to the east of #Sirte.
LibyanPilot OmarAmer AlBarghathi
Did you know: Benghazi never put it’s name on any of it’s Feb17 brigades currently in the Liberation Army. The humble city of #benghazi
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Pretty heavy rocket exchanges today. There may be negotiations but there’s definitely no ceasefire #sirte #libya
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
The murderer #Alkawaldi has sustained acute #MI & transfered 2 ICU. W Heart Association shd add “being hunted by #FF” as a risk factor 4 MI
Don
How is it that Ben Wedeman goes like lightning right to the heart of the story? #Libya #SAM yfrog.com/h4kfpashj Shared by @bencnn via @yfrog
Al Arabiya
Group of Libyan officials reaches Niger; Interpol orders Qaddafi arrest
While Niger announced that another 14 Muammar Qaddafi officials have crossed its border, Interpol issued arrest warrants for Libya’s strongman, his son Seif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, it said in a statement on Friday.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
BreakingNews Breaking News
Niger says it would respect commitments to the International Criminal Court if Gadhafi or sons entered country – Reuters
FreeLeebeya فاطمة
Anyone with friends or relatives missing in #Libya, please register the details here mafqood.org #Feb17
#Eid tears for mothers of Libyan ‘martyrs’ montrealgazette.com/life/tears+mot… #Tripoli #Benghazi
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Ppl of #Sabha complain @NTC_of_Libya focusing on Sirte&BaniWalid who r refusing2 surrender, whereas Sabha supports Feb17 #Libya
Gaddafi mercs in #Sabha firing shells&bullets randomly in street. Looted&vandalised public buildings, inc Dev. Bank & Treasury
Qadhadhfa tribe holed up in their homes, returning fire from there. They’re sending mercenaries2 intimidate & threaten ppl #Sabha
#Sabha waiting for Ntl Army to help defeat rest of Gaddafiforces & mercs. Once Sabha’s liberated, NTC will control Southern #Libya
Situation in #Sabha generally calm w periodic clashes. Humanitarian situation is critical w food & medicine shortages v @sabha17feb
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Body of one gad loyalist by side of road. Half his head missing. 5 more bodies up road. #sirte
The building we were using for cover was directly hit by 2 grad 5 mins after we left. 4 #ff injured.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi ‘protected from assassination plot in 2004’ by UK police shabablibya.org/?p=http://shab… #Libya
LibyanHawk Faith freedom
Friday 09/09/2011: A million man march to rally against opportunists. Held @ both #Tripoli #Marytr square & #Benghazi #Tahrir Square #Libya
#Bayda, Brigade of freedom fighters from among the 2000 sent to #Misrata from East #Libya during the siege. youtu.be/1HYSEzFw_vk
bencnn benwedeman
Masks and chemical suits come from former Czechoslovakia and Iran. #Libya
Over last 4 months thousands of gas masks, chemical weapon suites moved from near Ajailat to Sirt and Al-Jifra. Strange. #Libya
International PR firms (same firms that try to polish tarnished image of nasty regimes) are courting the NTC, looking for business. #Libya
Niz_FGM Niz
actually there are trucks driving around tripoli with Thuwar Benghazi written on them. i saw one today, a handful yesterday.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
More Libyan Officials Cross into #Niger blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/… #Libya #Feb17
robcrilly Rob Crilly
No punctures today, thankfully
sueturtonaje Sue Turton
Two dead Gaddafi soldiers, some Gaddafi prisoners and injured rebels brought through checkpoint north of Bani Walid…clashes ongoing
WldSougAlJumaa
#LibyanIrony: #Khweldi suffers MI & gets hospitalized bedside with injured #FFs in #Tunis. #GoodKARMA #Libya #HeavenlyJusticePrevails
AmnistieCA Amnistie Canada fr
L’OTAN met fin à des transferts de détenus à la suite de plaintes pour torture bit.ly/oH3XSQ
MOD
DEFENCE NEWS
British Army’s crucial role in Libya operation
With political events in Libya moving quicker than ever, the British Army is playing a vital – if uncelebrated – role supporting NATO’s intensifying airborne operation over the troubled country. Report by Joe Clapson.
Royal Air Force fast jets have dominated the airspace on Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR in a bid to end Colonel Gaddafi’s reign of tyranny and what the United Nations has deemed ‘crimes against humanity’.
But specialist Army knowledge and strike expertise are also ensuring lives are saved and that forces loyal to Gaddafi are pushed backwards.
Captain Mick Welborn, 9th/12th Royal Lancers, is the Ground Liaison Officer (GLO) at the Gioia del Colle air base in southern Italy. It is his job to serve as the font of all ground-based tactical knowledge for aircrews operating over Libya.
Full art.:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...
Some wisdom:
If people hate you, don’t be worried. Because haters are people who hate the ones they can’t be. #HeyThatsSoTrue
Patrick_Baz patrickbaz
Heavy clashes near Bani Walid, NTC fighters capture pro-Kadhafi prisoners. #Libya
LIBYA – FGM CAKE DISTRIBUTION – 4/9/2011
Haneen, from The Free Generation Movement, and her Tamazight speaking family distribute home made cakes to freedom fighters from tunisia all the way to Tripoli.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekoT1LiDWXE&fea...
belkacemi libertad
: sources rebelles: de violents affrontements avec Al-Kadhafi à proximité de Bani Walid ##Libye de Kadhafi
LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
Tripoli files – the documents gu.com/p/3xnxf/tw via @guardian
Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
I honestly dont get ppl who say #NTC taking too long to move to #Tripoli. It was freed not even 2wks ago. #RomeWasntBuiltInADay
LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
Video: Interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril in first Tripoli press conference – #libya #feb17 – libyafeb17.com/2011/09/video-…
MOD DEFENCE NEWS
RAF aircraft target a former regime compound in Libya
Royal Air Force aircraft yesterday participated in a long-range mission, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound located near Sebha
As Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR continued to provide protection for the Libyan people, the RAF flew a formation of Tornados from RAF Marham in Norfolk, south across Europe, to rendezvous with the other allied aircraft in the strike package, before firing a large salvo of Storm Shadow precision guided stand-off missiles.
Our aircraft recovered to Gioia del Colle air base in southern Italy and will return to Marham in due course.
Major General Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Communications Officer, said:
“This mission has once again demonstrated NATO’s ability and resolve to reach deep into Libya to target those elements of the former regime who persist in their attempts to oppress the Libyan people.
“NATO also maintained its armed reconnaissance patrols over all areas of potential continuing conflict, and, in the course of these, RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft observed multiple rocket launchers in action near Sirte. Paveway and Brimstone attacks accounted for one of the rocket launchers and an armed pick-up truck.”
UK missions over Libya are undertaken as part of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973 and protect Libyan civilians at risk of attack.
UK forces currently deployed on this operation include:
RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft based at Gioia del Colle in Italy
RAF VC10 and TriStar air-to-air refuelling tankers based in Sicily and the UK
RAF Sentry and Sentinel surveillance aircraft based in Sicily and Cyprus
HMS Ocean (helicopter carrier)
HMS Liverpool (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS Bangor (Sandown Class minehunter)
Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Fort Rosalie
British Army Apache attack helicopters
Fleet Air Arm Sea King helicopters (Airborne Surveillance and Area Control role).
RAF air transport aircraft provide extensive logistic support to the deployed bases in Italy, Sicily and the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.
aquaamr Dr. Amr Aboulfath
According to a rebel source in #Bani Walid they r now controlling Wadi Dinar 15 K from center, despite incoming Grad rockets and artillery.
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
It’s amazing to see the Greek ruins in #Shahat #Libya twitpic.com/6iawmt twitpic.com/6iawsx twitpic.com/6iaxb8
Khiria
the Moroccan government is trying to divide #Libya & #Algeria even more. We can’t forget how they supported #Gaddafi too!
#Gaddafi Forces Fire From Bastion South of Capital nyti.ms/p4nKCt v @nytimesworld #Libya
Emo Libya
Any criticism of the #NTC shouldn’t mean we don’t back it or we don’t trust it. It’s part of freedom of expression we are longing 4. #Libya
Feels beautiful when i see people raising voice against #Jibril and co. No more dictatorial oppression. This not Fitna. Its freedom
INTERPOL:
RED NOTICE POSTER
www.interpol.int/public/Data/Wanted/Not...
@hardingbbc andrew harding
just visited two unguarded weapons stores in Tripoli. thousands of surface to air missiles and other weapons still being looted.
Emo
@hardingbbc That’s not looting. Weapons are moved to a safer place.
Angela Lo Rosso
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@hardingbbc So who is doing the looting exactly?
Emo
2 weeks wasted in vain! Now there’ll be more bloodshed because G loyalists given lots of time to regroup. #Sirte #BaniWalid #Libya #Jibril
Tripolitanian Libyan
To the #Arab world, if #Libya can do it, so can you.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan protesters: Violent clashes between Qaddafi forces and armed protesters near Bani Walid #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
Sarah LFFR
ALERTE – #Libye: violents combats tout près de #BaniWalid qurl.ch/he3fxs
#Libye : l’Otan détruit 2 missiles Scud à #BaniWalid europe1.fr/International/… via @europe1
FromJoanne Joanne
#Wishtata checkpoint Near #BaniWalid 10 Gaddafi “spies” Hands tied,detained in 2 pick up trucks 2 of them are dead #Libya
#NTC #Shammam in #Qatar says Moammar #Gaddafi, #Seif alIslam and #Abdullah #alSenoussi are the only people at large who matter \Libya
sueturtonaje Sue Turton
Two dead Gaddafi soldiers, some Gaddafi prisoners and injured rebels brought through checkpoint north of Bani Walid…clashes ongoing
Gadhafi forces fire from bastion south of capital: on.msnbc.com/qk5S7w via @msnbc
#Gaddafi is trapped in a 40-mile radius, spokesman for #Libya military council says – AP bit.ly/p44cEW RT @BreakingNews
baniwalid1 Libya
Humanitarian aid and IRC were turned back from Baniwalid due to fighting..
.city has gone with 3 weeks of no aid
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan revolutionary fighters say they encircled Qaddafi’s stronghold town of Bani Walid #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
Alielehmer Ali El-Ehmer
Libyan oasis of Jufra is NTC’s key target (AFP) – 2 hours ago MISRATA, Libya — Taking the cities of Sirte an… (cont) deck.ly/~OhyMs
alexjwarren
A few of my thoughts on Libya’s oil and business environment. Comments/criticism welcome. frontiermea.com/comment-detail…
Sirtawi
New PICS from free Al-Gurdha, #Sabha :) facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
Yemen Updates
Long Live Arab Youth. Victory for Arab Revolution in #Syria, #Yemen & #Libya. Prosperity for our people in #Tunisia, #Egypt & #Bahrain.
Wishes
I am Libyan and I stand behind the #NTC
Ghana recognizes Libyan National Transitional Council: bit.ly/qYfkxV via @AddThis
#Libya The Dutch government says it is thawing $2bn in frozen assets from the deposed Libyan (cont) tl.gd/d0475k Rt
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Interesting Read: #Sudan: The Implications of the Libyan Revolution On the Darfuris Resident in #Libya allafrica.com/stories/201109… #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya conflict: Clashes ahead of surrender deadline is.gd/G2iJs2 #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Ambulance rushing past us as from the front. #sirte #libya
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
A MUST WATCH: 25 minutes report by france24 about freeing #Tripoli! #libya I enjoyed every minute of it! youtube.com/watch?v=5i4TAX…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4TAXiA0TM&fea...
blabeen
#Jibril head of NTC’s ExecOffice in visit 2 #Zintan facing his 1st localPolitical challenge aftr Misrata&Zintan objectd 2 sm o his decisions
Off topic but nice:
Defence Images
Pic of the Day: Dolphin Catches the Bow Wave of Royal Navy Rigid Inflatable Boat #royalnavy flic.kr/p/akJhV3
guess what
notably "Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs… has conditioned the recognition of the NTC on the formation of a government (cont)
that includes all the Libyan “sensitivities”. According 2 a member of d rebellion, d minister ws referring 2 the Libyan Tuareg populations"
NOW LEBANON: #Libya #oasis of #Jufra is the key, #NTC commander says www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.a... Map: www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Libya/Al-Jufra...
Baltimore Sun
Gadhafi’s arsenal: Still dangerous
Our view: What can the U.S. do to reduce the threat posed by Libya’s unsecured weapons stockpiles?
More:
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/edito...
AFRIQUE EN LIGNE
Libye: L’immigration en Libye, une équation aux multiples inconnus
Tripoli, Libye – L’immigration en Libye d’Africains au Sud du Sahara constitue un dossier des plus complexes sur la scène politique et sociale libyenne au cours des quatre dernières décennies et le restera pour une longue période encore, en raison notamment des liens matrimoniaux entre les tribus libyennes et celles de certains pays voisins, tels les Touaregs du Niger et du Mali et les Toubous du Tchad, souvent originaires des régions frontalières où fourmillent, de longues dates, des réseaux de
contrebandiers, de rebelles, ainsi que de groupes terroristes.
Read more:
www.afriquejet.com/immigration-libye-af...
NYT
Interpol Issues Qaddafi Arrest Warrant as More Libyan Officials Flee
TRIPOLI, Libya — As Interpol issued arrest warrants for the former Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and two others on Friday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy of high-ranking Libyan officials arriving across the desert.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/world/africa...
Ahram online
Battle for Libya not over yet, NTC warns
Libya’s de facto premier Mahmud Jibril warned in his first address in Tripoli that the hardest battles still lay ahead as fighters loyal to the new rulers closed in on Moamer Gaddafi’s hometown Friday.
World police body Interpol called for the fugitive Gaddafi’s arrest for alleged crimes against humanity, following a request by the International Criminal Court.
Full art.:
english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/20...
Euro News
Libye: jour J-1 pour Syrte et Bani Walid
Sauf coup de théâtre, les forces pro-Kadhafi de Syrte et notamment de Bani Walid n’ont plus que quelques heures pour rendre leurs armes aux nouvelles autorités libyennes. L’ultimatum fixé par le CNT, le Conseil national de transition, expire ce samedi. Un ultimatum qui n’a d’ailleurs pas empêché des escarmouches près de Syrte. Près de Bani Walid, les ex-rebelles s’attendent à devoir se battre contre les kadhafistes.
Read more and watch video:
fr.euronews.net/2011/09/09/libye-jour-j...
Reuters
NATO says destroys two Scud missiles in Libya
BRUSSELS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – NATO air strikes in Libya destroyed two Scud missiles, part of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s arsenal, the military alliance said on Friday.
“Over the last 24 hours, NATO intelligence revealed the presence of two Scud missiles in the vicinity of Bani Walid,” NATO spokesman Colonel Roland Lavoie said in a statement.
Source:
af.reuters.com/article/algeriaNews/idAF...
BANI WALID
Al Jazeera’s correspondent Sue Turton said that there is a different atmosphere today on the outskirts of Bani Walid. “Fighters are coming past and shouting ‘we need more ammunition’.” “We’ve seen a constant stream of reinforcements, fighters coming in from other parts of the country,” she said. “We can see a build up., but when the attack is going to happen, we still have no idea.”
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Head of riot police in #Gaddafi regime Hassan el Kaseh surrenders to rebels. #tripoli #Libya
Voice of Russia
Libya’s NTC to join G8 summit
Libya’s National Transitional Council has been invited to the Marseille G8 summit scheduled for September 10.
The summit will focus on global economic issues and its second day, featuring Russia, will deal with the Arab spring phenomenon after the Middle East unrest.
The May Deauville summit resulted in partnership with new Tunisia and Egypt and pledges of financial aid to Arab countries worth 40bn euro by 2013.
Source:
english.ruvr.ru/2011/09/09/55931123.html
SkyNewsCamera Nathan Hale
Moved beyond the Wadi als Hamra for the first time today. Plenty of exchange of fire from both sides. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli #Libya papers offer insights into way #CIA #MI6 operated in 2003 & 2004: a glimpse into the world of espionage goo.gl/eWo7v
BANI WALID
AFP is reporting that heavy clashes were underway on Friday near Bani Walid, a stronghold of loyalists to Muammar Gaddafi, a military commander of the new interim government said. “Fierce fighting between our forces and pro-Gaddafi ones are
underway in sectors very close to Bani Walid,” Abdullah al-Khzami told AFP.
CS Monitor
The members of Libya’s National Transitional Council
Kristen Chick, who’s in eastern Libya, took the trouble to transcribe the Arabic list into English for me. Just tossing it up here since I haven’t seen the full list elsewhere.
Please read:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/20...
Who’s Next
Abdel Razaq Al-Aradi the Tripoli Rep on NTC is the brother-in-law and buisness partner of Bagdadi Mhmoody. What a choice?
Mungo
Only 1 woman ;( aghhhhh
baniwalid1 Libya
Taken Budaboos was arrested today
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
BREAKING: #zuwarah was hit by several Rockets! This is serious threat to the town! No news of causalities yet #libya #feb17
Sabha is struggling to be liberated. Let us keep it in our prayers youtube.com/watch?v=giXNFz… #feb17 #libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Qaddafi Loyalists in Tajura Prison english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #Qaddafi #Gaddafi #TajuraPrison #Tripoli #Libya #AlArabiya
Video: Qaddafi Fighters Return to Niger english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/... #Qaddafi #Gaddafi #Niger #Nigeria #AlArabiya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Head of #Gaddafi’s riot police, Hassan el Kaseh has surrendered to #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: Bazaar at AlManshia School in BenAshour 2 raise money 4 those whose homes were destroyed nr BabAlAziziya. #Libya RT via @KhiriaElf
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Reuters: Battles erupt around Gaddafi-held towns in Libya is.gd/LXDdBv #Libya
belkacemi libertad
#libye Des soldats fidèles au dirigeant libyen en fuite, Kadhafi, ont lancé, vendredi 9 septembre, une contre-attaque dans la vallée Rouge
A New Human Rights Logo, Brought to You By Gaddafi’s PR Firm motherjones.com/rights-stuff/2011/09/hu... via @motherjones #Libya
DavidPoort David Poort
Yet more NTC fighters arrive at the Bani Walid area, as ambulances rush back to Tripoli with wounded troops. #feb17
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. A lazy day for the people of #Tripoli. Hanging out at the seafront. Fishing and relaxing.
#Libya. Crazy noisy scenes of excitement on the road into #Tripoli from #Tajoura. Tens of thousands turn out to remember Feb 25 killings.
#Libya. Requests to ease up on the celebratory gunfire during today’s #Tajoura-Tripoli march were completely ignored.
#Libya. The #Tajoura march has reached central #Tripoli. It’s going to be a noisy evening.
#Libya. Picture from the #Tajoura march. pic.twitter.com/w6x4r1D
4libya Jeanie Abdullah
Interpol issues arrest warrants for #Gaddafi, #Saif & Abdullah Sinussi. #Niger is a member of Interpol & therefore must comply. #Libya
Khiria
Notice that we’ve been requesting that @skype change the Libyan flag for 5 months & they’ve done absolutely nothing. #Libya
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
AFP: Les révolutionnaires sont aux portes de Bani Walid et les 1er quartiers st devant ns, nous n’y entrerons ps avant la fin de l’ultimatum
English Libya TV
Home-clinic doctor hopes for better healthcare
A mass grave was discovered in Abu Salim hospital last week. Hundreds of decomposing bodies were left in abandoned wards without any attempt to identify or dispose of their remains. The numbers are increasing as more casualties seek treatment for life threatening injuries.
These nameless casualties are becoming all too common in Libya. According to reports, the bodies of another 50 men were stacked in three areas – a car park, ward and in the basement of Abu Salim hospital.
“The death toll of the Libyan revolution to oust Gaddafi has topped 20,000”, according to NTC chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
For those that survive the bloodshed, hospital beds and medical treatment can be even harder to come by.
Tucked away in the suburb of Hai Alandalus, west of Tripoli, a doctor has been using his family home as a place to treat war casualties.
Dr Issam Hajjaji, a diabetes specialist and endocrinologist, at the National Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology, created a makeshift surgery after hospitals inside Tripoli couldn’t cope with the increase of war victims in the aftermath of shelling between Gaddafi and revolutionary forces.
Raised in the UK, Dr Issam went to boarding school in Kent in the 1970’s and studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Early on in his career he worked at Arrowe Park, Merseyside – one of the largest casualty hospitals in England.
Dr Issam received training in mass casualty emergency care and he credits this experience with his ability to cope with the war victims in Tripoli. “I learned to treat many casualties at once and provide advanced first aid such as how to control arterial bleeding. Simple things like this can save lives.,” he told Libya TV in an exclusive interview.
After sending his wife and daughter to Canada in March to escape the conflict, Dr Issam turned his modest three bedroom villa into a local hospital to treat the sick and wounded. His daughter’s bedroom, study and their living room were turned into wards, equipped with intravenous pain killers, oxygen tanks and surgical equipment.
These nameless casualties are becoming all too common in Libya. According to reports, the bodies of another 50 men were stacked in three areas – a car park, ward and in the basement of Abu Salim hospital.
“The death toll of the Libyan revolution to oust Gaddafi has topped 20,000”, according to NTC chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
For those that survive the bloodshed, hospital beds and medical treatment can be even harder to come by.
Tucked away in the suburb of Hai Alandalus, west of Tripoli, a doctor has been using his family home as a place to treat war casualties.
Dr Issam Hajjaji, a diabetes specialist and endocrinologist, at the National Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology, created a makeshift surgery after hospitals inside Tripoli couldn’t cope with the increase of war victims in the aftermath of shelling between Gaddafi and revolutionary forces.
Raised in the UK, Dr Issam went to boarding school in Kent in the 1970’s and studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Early on in his career he worked at Arrowe Park, Merseyside – one of the largest casualty hospitals in England.
Dr Issam received training in mass casualty emergency care and he credits this experience with his ability to cope with the war victims in Tripoli. “I learned to treat many casualties at once and provide advanced first aid such as how to control arterial bleeding. Simple things like this can save lives.,” he told Libya TV in an exclusive interview.
After sending his wife and daughter to Canada in March to escape the conflict, Dr Issam turned his modest three bedroom villa into a local hospital to treat the sick and wounded. His daughter’s bedroom, study and their living room were turned into wards, equipped with intravenous pain killers, oxygen tanks and surgical equipment.
“Medical supplies were taken from the hospitals, in moderate amounts to not arouse suspicion. Early in the conflict, when pharmacies were open, I sometimes would buy medicines that I could not get in the hospital, mainly antibiotics.” Dr Issam said.
When news of the uprising broke out on state television, hospitals across Tripoli were in dire need of medical staff. Public announcements from hospitals on Facebook and Twitter were screaming out for assistance. Doctors, nurses, general surgeons and all kinds of health professionals were needed for the ongoing crisis.
Dr Issam answered the call and opened his home to Tripoli’s war victims.
“There wasn’t just an increase of casualties, people were being harassed and refused treatment at government hospitals. People would come in for treatment and be accused of collaborating with the revolutionaries, or ‘rats’ as Gaddafi called them,” he said.
When Gaddafi’s forces still had control over Tripoli, many patients at the local government hospital received threats by security police and were forced out of receiving medical care.
Even the sick at home couldn’t receive medication and Dr Issam recalls a dangerous
time where patients of his who suffered from diabetes were denied insulin; a life-saving medication for their condition.
“We had to use a mandoob (messenger), a young man to run from village to village with an ice box filled of diabetes medication. I never met him or knew who he was, but my patients contacted me to say thank you for the medicine. This man would have to evade police and military checkpoints across the Nafusa Mountains day and night to make sure the ill were treated,” said Dr Issam.
Being harassed, detained, and denied medical treatment, are things that 18 year old Mustafa Omar Habbasi, an engineering student at the University of Tripoli knows all too well.
Mustafa was arrested and imprisoned by Gaddafi forces on 1 June, 2011 for printing and distributing anti Gaddafi leaflets at his university. News broke out of his activity, he was captured, interrogated and didn’t plea for forgiveness. Instead he said “I’m not sorry.” After his confession he was thrown into prison and kept till his attempted escape with other prisoners on 20 August, 2011.
Scaling the walls of the compound, military forces shot him in the abdomen. Mustafa was taken to Abu-Slim Trauma hospital, where guards tortured him, prevented medical treatment and meals.
His father, Omar Habbasi, a respected lawyer & human rights activist, smuggled Mustafa out of hospital with help from Col Juma Sayah. They took him to Dr Issam’s home-clinic.
Mustafa still hasn’t had the bullet removed. It remains lodged in his left kidney. Dr Issam has been treating the wound daily. The doctor says it’s not life threatening, but has scheduled the surgery to take place in his clinic within the week.
Before the liberation of Tripoli, Dr Issam recalls threats from Gaddafi forces and surveillance at his home practice. “Many people were scared to seek treatment, even at independent clinics such as mine. Some preferred to stay home and die.”
“Patients started coming in March. They were demonstrators, mostly, from Souk el Juma,” recalls Dr Issam.
Since opposition forces entered Tripoli, the situation is different. People can seek medical attention freely, but, says Dr Issam, hospitals are now ill-equipped and under-staffed to cope. People are sent home as patients with life threatening injuries maintain priority.
Even though the majority of Libya has been liberated, Dr Issam hopes that the country’s health system doesn’t revert back to the Gaddafi days.
There were a multitude of problems within the Gadaffi era health system. “Ministers &
directors of hospitals were appointed for their loyalty, not competence. Corruption, nepotism were everywhere and bureaucracy was rampant,” he said.
According to Dr Issam, it wasn’t only official government red tape that lead to the many problems of the Gaddafi health system. Private industries experienced drug manufacturing issues and this created problems for everyone. “Drug supplies were unstable and many companies changed operations, practices and even medications. Patients would often get confused and think they have been prescribed a different drug for their illness,” he said.
Looking to the future, when Libya starts to rebuild itself and hospitals are able to cope with patient demand, Dr Issam says: “I will be ceasing operations when this day comes; hopefully soon. But I will be more than happy to help anyone, should they need it.”
“The system here in Libya is dependent on the director of a hospital or clinic. If he is third rate, he appoints fourth rate heads of departments, who then appoint fifth rate staff. Libya is rich enough to buy medicines and equipment from the best companies and also to give healthcare staff good salaries. Nursing staff are mostly of poor quality, both in competence and ethics, due to their training. However, it’s not their fault.”
Dr Issam believes that medical staff showed a lack of warmth and empathy for their patients under the Gaddafi era, explaining: “They have never been taught to smile at patients.”
“We need to encourage Libyan doctors to come back home.” Even with Gaddafi gone, Dr Issam believes more needs to be done to improve the country’s medical industry. “We need to share expertise and cooperate with foreign centres and universities. The National Transitional Council needs to give postgraduate government grants to our healthcare professionals. We currently have a chronic supply of specialties in Libya. “This isn’t a complete list of demands we need our government to meet, but it’s a start.”
belkacemi libertad
#Libye : EPIC LIBYAN MAN STILL ALIVE! #SuchaBadAss #epiclibyanman pic.twitter.com/HFWLMen
Ajazeera: FF now 1km from Bani Walid & some may have already entered the city
BREAKING #AJE Thwuar have advanced 1km into #BaniWalid #Libya
AJE braking: #FF are in Bani Waleed. As the deadline is Saturday more via AJE #Libya #BW
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
URGENT: Combats ds Bani Walid.
belkacemi libertad
affrontements entre les rebelles et al-Kadhafi dans la ville de Beni Walid ##Libye de Kadhafi
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: FF reinforcements heading to Bani Walid fb.me/JrBKtZo5
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Heaviest fighting in days erupt around Qaddafi-held towns in Libya goo.gl/FErZX
BREAKING: Clashes Between FFs and Gaddafi forces INSIDE Bani Walid
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Clashes between revolutionary fighters and Qaddafi forces inside Bani Walid #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
septimius_sever septimius severus
As in not the TNC ?? RT “@alexjwarren: Someone in Libya selling oil, rather mysteriously? af.reuters.com/article/libyaN…”
#Libya mission continues until threat gone – NATO head | Reuters reut.rs/njOgzQ via @reuters
Adel
Baba just made a big speech in maydan Zawiya -the people are out on the streets and it’s crazy! All I can hear is honking and takbeer #Libya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
The rebels have been moving their heavy weaponry and logistics forward over the past three days preparing for a push to Sirte. #Libya
ReutersIndia: FLASH: Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have entered loyalist stronghold of Bani Walid in Libya, street fighting taking place”
Egyptian military junta deepens ties to NATO-backed Libyan opposition (Arab News) feedzil.la/ooab0Y
Sanna
Hope that Libya will take good care of their FF and all traumatised people. It’s so important.
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Tomorrow is the deadline for pro-Gaddafi forces to lay down their weapons, but judging by incoming fire today not sure that’ll happen.
guardian The Guardian
JUST UP: How #MI6 deal sent family to #Gaddafi’s jail bit.ly/qFVinH #Libya
BBCWorld BBC Global News
NTC forces in #Libya are 1-2 km away from pro-#Gaddafi town of Bani Walid and say they will take it ‘within hours’ bbc.in/mTHehn
IFAWCanada IFAW Canada
IFAW photo that’ll make you smile today: IFAW aid arrives & staff at Tripoli Zoo in #Libya prepare food for the animals pic.twitter.com/GRzrWy8
#AJE #Kenshil: BaniWalid Gaddafiforces fired GRAD, heat-seek missiles, used snipers. Left thuwar no choice but2 respond2 attacks #Libya
Raya
The burned #Nanny now in Malta, so out of #Libya. ID was big issue. First aid in #Tripoli thou #feb17 #help4Syria
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING #Intense Fighting on Outskirts and FF have ENTERED Bani Walid by 1 KM since half an hr ago Some killed and injured #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
Most Libyans including myself have seen things in the past months that no human should see in their life time !
Saja .سجيٰ
1 #FF martyred on the battle of entering #BaniWalid
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING Now FF ENTERED Residential area #BaniWalid r clearing road and area from Snipers Residents So Happy via #Aje FightContinues #Libya
AJE: #FFs have now entered #BaniWalid Allahu Akbar!! #Libya
#AJE #sueturtonaje
#AJE #sueturtonaje Thwuar have entered 1km into BaniWalid, some have been wounded. Some Gaddafiforces have been killed
Fighting going on for more than an hour. Fighting intense on outskirts of city with rockets being used. #Libya
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have entered Bani Walid and street fighting is taking place
Heaviest fighting in days erupt around Qaddafi-held towns in Libya goo.gl/FErZX RT @AlArabiya_Eng
FromJoanne Joanne
#Breaking #Confirmed #Libya Resistant forces are now INSIDE #BaniWalid #Libya
Abdulkhaleq
9/11 made Arabs look revengeful and terrorists and the Arab Spring made them heroes fighting for noble causes of democracy and freedom.
BFBS
RAF carries out long range strike on Libya
RAF aircraft yesterday conducted a long range NATO strike on Southern Libya, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound near Sebha.
The formation of Tornados flew from RAF Marham in Norfolk, to rendezvous with the other allied aircraft before firing a large salvo of Storm Shadow precision guided stand-off missiles.
The aircraft recovered to Gioia del Colle in Italy and will return to Marham in due course.
Video:
bfbs.com/news/worldwide/raf-carries-out...
FromJoanne Joanne
#BaniWalid Fierce clashes nr Sirte + BW G Forces prevent Residents from leaving there is no Food Water or fuel goo.gl/fb/hF1zT #Libya
#Breaking #Libya a Western border town OFFERS abt 2 Million LIGHT CRUDE Condensate grade #OIL from Storage Tanks goo.gl/RWTtR
14 Libyans incl General #AliKana + AirForceChief AliSharif #alRifi, the air force chief, were among 14 Libyans arrived #Niger Agadez Thursd
#BREAKING #Intense Fighting on Outskirts and FF have ENTERED Bani Walid by 1 KM since half an hr ago Some killed and injured #Libya
abdullahmussa Abdullah Mussa
Libyans more confident in state of country.Street currency value was 1USD:1.6LYB for six months. In one day it’s 1USD:1.25LYB #feb14 #Libya
Libyan fighters captured 7 and killed 3 pro Gaddafi fighters in the battle into bani Walid
Libya FF Commander says ’hopes to have full control of #BaniWalid within hours: bit.ly/pIA8G5
belkacemi libertad
#libye Kadhafi, le dictateur, et ses sbires, se sont pris une branlée par l’OTAN dans une guerre dont il est l’unique responsable. #libya
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
I have a hunch that Mousa Ibrahim will be captured soon inshalla in #Baniwaild #feb17 #libya
Souffian Tripoli
Found 2 million Libyan dinars in the house of the director’s office in Tripoli, Abdullah Sanusi #Libya #Tripoli
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
FF reached college of electronics المعهد العالي للإلكترونيات in #Baniwaild #feb17 #libya
Dutch unblock $2 billionn in frozen assets for #Libya’s #NTC www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20110909T... #Feb17
France Inter reports too violent fights in Bani Walid now
Libya In Me
Cousin took this pic on Feb 17. First congregational prayer in front of the courthouse, Benghazi. Lest we forget #Libya pic.twitter.com/Og0ekO0
Gaddafi’s well-known officers fled to Nigeria ; Gad’s position is still unknown (France Inter)
#PrayforBaniWalid #Libya #Feb17
#BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #Libya
Emo Libya
Without #Jibril, the world wouldn’t have backed us the way it did. But that doesn’t mean that Jibril is free to do what he wants #Libya #NTC
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Audio of Grads landing at Front: Paul Wood – Battle for Sirte #BBCR4 #FF #libya #rebels #sirte audioboo.fm/boos/464783-pa… via
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya fighters: We’re battling in pro-Gadhafi town (Bani Walid) (AP) ajc.com/news/nation-wo…
feb17aid: missing people and announcements in front of al-tiby hospital #tripoli #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/6idh2j
Libyan teachers get ready for education overhaul bit.ly/pNR22o
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Fierce fighting between anti-Gaddafi fighters & Gaddafi forces are underway in sectors very close to Bani Walid, feb17.info/news/live-liby… #Libya
Embassy:
One of two Libyan activists who stormed their embassy in the Philippine capital said a diplomat they accused of backing ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi has agreed to resign. One of the intruders left the embassy after the Libyan staff showed them a senior diplomat’s resignation letter. The diplomat wasn’t identified, and the Libyan Embassy staff refused to comment. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs also did not comment Friday.
Hostages Sirte
Gadhafi forces have moved hundreds of hostages to a village outside Sirte in what appear to be preparations for a final violent stand, say NTC officials. The transfer of as many as 300 rebels taken captive during recent fighting to the village of Qasr bu Hadi, which is about 10 miles east of Sirte, took place earlier this week. Fathi Baja, the head of political affairs for the council, equated the transfer of the prisoners to “taking human shields.”
OMV
Austrian energy group OMV has organised an initial delivery of 30,000 tonnes of diesel fuel to Libya and is in direct contact with the National Transitional Council that is running the country after an uprising toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi, a spokesman
said on Friday.
“Now we are in contact with the National Transitional Council,” he said, adding OMV was optimistic the contracts it has in Libya will be upheld under the new government.
“We are really confident that the contracts will remain unchanged and the signals we get from the National Transitional Council go in the same direction.”
Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he has no regrets about helping bring former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in from the cold in 2004 and that Gaddafi’s mistake was his failure to carry out reforms at home.
Reuters
A new group of 14 Muammar Gaddafi officials including General Ali Kana, a Tuareg who was one of Gaddafi’s close guards in charge of his southern troops, are in Niger’s northern city of Agadez.Two sources said the group included four top officials, amongst them two generals.
OIL
Libya Said to Ship First Cargo of Crude From West as Production Resumes. An 80,000 metric-ton cargo of crude is being offered for shipment from the port of Mellitah this month. The oil, equal to about 600,000 barrels, will be loaded from Sept. 15 to 17.
AFP
AFP is reporting that troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched a counter-offiensive on Thursday to retake Red Valley, a day after the new regime forces celebrated its capture. Gaddafi forces are reported to have fired rockets and artillery shells to recapture Red Valley, 60km east of Sirte, and one of the lines of defence for the troops in Sirte. The NTC fighters had announced the capture of Red Valley on Thursday, but sporadic fighting continued on Friday morning, according to the AFP correspondent.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP #PURKI" has departed port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#BaniWalid: #Freedomfighter commanders say they have cleared outlying areas & were within 2 km of the center.
BBCWorld:
NTC forces in #Libya are 1-2 km away from pro-#Gaddafi town of Bani Walid, say will take it ‘w/in hours’ bbc.in/mTHehn
BBC News – Libyan conflict: The final phase? bbc.in/qx6bhM #Libya #BaniWalid #Sirte #Sabha #Jufra #Feb17 #Battle
Des Grant
#NATO are knocking out 6 or 7 armed vehicles each day, suggests #Sirte has plenty hardware. How is FF morale? GF Better arms?
88simon88 simon
Bani Walid population represent 10% of the Population still leaving in the last 6 big Cities held by PRO-G. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villes_de…
LibyaLiberty
#DearBaniWalid, You are already part of #FreeLibya,you just don’t know it yet,but you will,soon.InshAllah.Sincerely, #EveryOtherPartOfLibya.
#AJE #sueturtonaje Only forays into BaniWalid, and not full force of fighters. Because goal is only to clear out snipers from city #Libya
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
23 Gaddafi fighters killed and 9 captured in Bani Walid, acc 2 alarabia
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Beni Walid, Sirte , Sebha, Jufra …Allah give the FFs swift victory and let them capture Gaddafi #feb17 #libya
On Monday planned protest at London Libya Consulate against continued employment of corrupt Pro Gaddafis who never defected #feb17 #libya
Meet Gaddafi’s new favourite television host
Misha’an al-Jabouri, an Iraqi exile who runs al-Rai satellite TV in Syria, has spoken to Gaddafi four times since Tripoli fell.
If you are a recently deposed Arab dictator, on the run but still trying to galvanise armed resistance to your enemies, then Misha’an al-Jabouri is the man to call.
Jabouri, an Iraqi exile who runs al-Rai satellite TV in Syria, had Muammar Gaddafi on the line at 4am on Thursday, rallying his supporters, attacking his opponents as “rats and scumbags”, vowing “never to leave the land of his ancestors”, and denying claims he had already fled Libya for neighbouring Niger.
More:
feb17.info/news/meet-gaddafis-new-favou...
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Interesting to see NTC move on Sabha. Could it be part of a move to find Gaddafi? Leave Sirte to stew?
So the street war in Bani Walid has begun.
Battle for Bani Walid – #NTC negotiator here says there is hand-to-hand combat on the outskirts of the town, not yet full-scale assault
Guardian
Search for Tripoli prison massacre victims seeks to heal old wounds
An excavation of mass graves began on Friday in search of the 1,200 victims of a Libyan prison massacre, in an attempt to close the most infamous chapter of Muammar Gaddafi’s bloody four-decade rule.
Diggers found multiple bodies in a single grave – one of 38 graves at a cemetery in Tripoli. It is believed the remains had been moved there from the notorious Abu Salim jail, scene of the killing of inmates in 1996.
More than 1,000 bodies are still thought to be within the grounds of the prison. Excavations there have been delayed as officials await the arrival of experts and equipment for DNA testing. Digging is expected to begin in a week.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/09/se...
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
Gorgeous evening in Benghazi. This place has so much potential. – twitpic.com/6ie4sv
#FF report 29 #Gaddafi forces dead and 9 captured in street fighting in #BaniWalid
FromJoanne Joanne
#BaniWalid Freedom forces moving in from East and South FF R Fighting Gaddafi troops 2KM from center of town
ibrahim
Sirte, gadaffi’s birth-place and home town, is now being attacked by freedom fighters. May god protect them. #libya
malonebarry Barry Malone
NTC estimating more than 600 pro-Gaddafi fighters now in Bani Walid and some engaging in “hand-to-hand” combat #Libya
katebt3000 Kate Benyon-Tinker
We’re told rebel forces now 1-2km from centre of Bani Walid but do not yet have orders to proceed
#NTC negotiator says deadline is “finished” after #Gaddafi forces engaged rebel fighters earlier & they were forced to retaliate
DavidPoort David Poort
More movement of NTC troops to and from Bani Walid area, as many fighters are coming back from the frontline. #Libya #feb17
sueturtonaje Sue Turton
Libyan fighters fight way into Bani Walid advancing to take out sniper positions. NTC now ordered ceasefire so pulled back to N and E gates
malonebarry Barry Malone
NTC told us earlier 100 – 150 trucks left Tripoli for Sabha today with more convoys following. The final frontline? #Libya
NTC fighters heading to Sabha from Tripoli, Jadu, Zintan, saying they plan to go around Bani Walid where fighting is ongoing #Libya
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
Remember democracy its self is not the end, the end is having a decent society with excellent and humane governance.
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
In #Misrata everything quiet as far,rebels don’t seem excited/preparing the battle,lot of them around…tomorrow will see @ #Sirte frontline
#Misrata Military Council said to me they’ll respect the ultimatum for #Sirte.I’m not sure if it ends today at 24.00 or tomorrow night…
rcolebourn Richard Colebourn
Meanwhile 1000s gathered in Martyrs’ Square #Tripoli to celebrate. Traffic jam on way into city. Journos heading in other direction to BW
SecularLibya
Favorite cultural Leftist quotes: “It’s a tribal war”, “No it’s a civil war”, “Oh it’s a stalemate”, “NATO will invade”, “No blood for oil.”
AP The Associated Press
Libyan fighters and Gadhafi supporters clash in the pro-Gadhafi town of Bani Walid, former rebels say: apne.ws/oMHOP6 -EC
katebt3000 Kate Benyon-Tinker
#BBC team is with rebel fighters to north of Bani Walid, but we’re also getting reports they’re advancing on town from the east too
BANI WALID
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
there are heavy clashes inside bani walid. freedom fighters have crossed el wadi
there are heavy clashes around the main hospital in bani walid
freedom fighters have crossed el miktaa (North west)
heavy fighting in zawiyat el zibidat.
about 20 freedom fighters have been killed
face to face fighting near el zibidat mosque
earlier, nato bombed some areas around bani walid #libya #bani walid
freedom fighters control the area around el taaib mosque #libya #baniwalid
heavy bombings in central el wadi (forest) #libya #baniwalid
heavy clashes in el sikbah (north east) #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters control the bridge over el wadi #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters mention names of tribes rather than places #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters control qararah (east) #libya #baniwalid
it’s very difficult to see in night. there is no electricity #libya #baniwalid many people have been admitted to the main hospital #libya #baniwalid
snipers on the museum #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters shouting allaho akbar near el zawiya mosque #libya #baniwalid
reporters north of the valley #libya #baniwalid
about 23 freedom fighters have been killed. dozens injured #libya #baniwalid
a big gaddafi guy is in the town #libya #baniwalid
bani walid freedom fighters joined the libyan national army #libya
libyans, watch local tv channel #libya #baniwalid
snipers. no gaddafi army #libya baniwalid
local fighters providing information about gaddafi snipers #libya
heavy fighting in wadi dinar #libya #bani walid
2 freedom fighters groups: local fighters and libyan national army #libya #baniwalid
fall down of bani walid 12 -20 hours #libya #baniwalid
libyan national army = el jaish el watani el libi #libya #baniwalid
libyan fighters formed libyan national army #libya
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. #Tripoli is one big fairground tonight. Mad celebrations.
Le Figaro
Libye: “pas un soulèvement populaire”La rebellion libyenne, qui a renversé le colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, “n’a pas été un soulèvement populaire” mais un acte d’"hommes de pouvoir" décidés à le chasser, a déclaré aujourd’hui le président du Conseil Silvio Berlusconi.
“Cela n’a pas été un soulèvement populaire” comme dans d’autres pays nord-africains, “où un vent de liberté commence à souffler”, a déclaré le Cavaliere devant des jeunes de son parti, le Peuple de la liberté, rassemblés à Rome. Au contraire, a-t-il observé, à Tripoli, “des hommes de pouvoir ont décidé de donner vie à une nouvelle ère en mettant Kadhafi dehors”. “Cela n’a pas été un soulèvement populaire parce que Kadhafi était aimé de son peuple comme j’ai pu le constater quand je suis allé en Libye”.
Jusqu’au soulèvement au début de l’année, le président du Conseil italien avait entretenu des rapports étroits avec le régime libyen. La réconciliation avec le régime de Tripoli “m’a apporté la sympathie non seulement de la Libye mais de nombreux dirigeants de pays africains”, et “ainsi nous avons pu consolider notre présence, importante pour les fournitures de gaz et de pétrole”, s’est-il justifié devant ses jeunes partisans.
Source:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/09/09/9...
FromJoanne Joanne
PM #SilvioBerlusconi :This was not a popular uprising because #Gaddafi was loved by his people as I could see when I went to #Libya #Figaro
PM #SilvioBerlusconi : Libyan rebellion 2Overthrow #Gaddafi “was NOT a Popular Uprising” but act of “Powerful Men” determined 2Hunt #Libya
Souffian Tripoli
Djirba hotel plaza does not allow Libyans in their #Hotel. They are rejected at the gate of the hotel. #Tunisia #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Last wk FF stormed villa after tipoff Gaddafi hideout Allegedly he escaped through secret tunnel less than 1hr b4 FF arrived #Libya
#Libya #NTC chief Mahmoud #Jibril in first #Tripoli press conference – video adf.ly/2dx9K #Libya #feb17
#NEW Video Batlle just outside #Sirte #NTC Freedom Fighters have never fought this far west ! goo.gl/95bDT #Libya
#TRIPOLI U.S. sends small team diplomats headed by #Joan #Polaschik this weekend 2prepare 4opening of U.S. Embassy in #Libya
#TRIPOLI Main Reason all #NTC members are not in capital yet is a lack of trusted security forces via #Belhadj #Libya
#NATO grapples with #Libya arsenals threat goo.gl/FftdX #Libya
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Names of the victims are at the end of the article, may they RIP. #Libya: 19 Suffocated in Gaddafi Detention v @hrw fb.me/G9ZoXQbs
Sky News
#BaniWalid Live Now; Resident : Fighting is street by street Heavy artillery coming from houses and GF snipers on roofs
Nusaybah (KC)
Libyans stand shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand and heart by heart with their Syrian brethren till the end. Keep on rising #Syria. ♥
Aelicia Jones
freedom fighters = libyan national army #libya #baniwalid
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Chavez demande aux BRIC+pays de l’ALBA (alliance bolivarienne) de contrer diplomatiquement l’impérialiste de l’OTAN come4news.com/libye-chavez-v…
Zlitniya
Mass grave containing 18 bodies,some from #Zliten ,found in Al ’Urban on Thursday #Libya #Gaddaficrimes youtube.com/watch?v=uidc2b…
Sirtawi
News from inside #Sirte that detainees have fled their prisons and are now in a safe place. #FF inside assure that there’ll be a zero hour.
Zlitniya
A visit to injured FF and children in Markaz Al Tubbi (Hospital) in #Tripoli #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=jDkIf2…
#libya Journalist praises Libyan Rebels’ Hospitality: Roughing it with the Libyan rebels By: Sue Tu… bit.ly/p1SNUz
Zahra
#pray for Gaza #pray for Syria #pray for Libya #pray for Yemen #pray for everybody are suffering in this world…
Fei
#Gaddafi, “a great African thinker”!? And I’m actually Alfred Tennyson, I just never told anyone. #ThatsNotRight
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #BaniWalid Resident just back from Fighting @ Front says they think the #BIG #FISH might be there Muammar Gaddafi + his sons ! #Libya
ProudLibyan
Berlusconi is a pathetic liar a close friend of the tyrant Gaddafi. I hope the Italian ppl kick him out soon.
Large number of #FFs from #Sirte are reportedly in #Tarhuna now and will be heading for western front line of #Sirte soon. #FreeSirte
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Reuters: Battles ignite around Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte is.gd/69hJdT #Libya
Libyans find mass grave, bodies of slain detainees
In a grove of pine trees near this mountain village, residents have dug up the remains of 35 bound and blindfolded men who they say were shot at close range by Moammar Gadhafi’s military.
Dozens of miles away, a search team has exhumed the bodies of 18 detainees who died on a hot summer day while locked in a shipping container by Gadhafi guards.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/libyans-find-mass-grave...
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
#Berlusconi: what’s happening in #Libya not a popular uprising. #Gaddafi is liked in
Libya. Any comments?
8 Gaddafi loyalists have been caught by the FF in Beni Walid thus far – AJA #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
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Absolutely RT @MushuThaLohari Want to see REAL war against terror? Check out #Libya. #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
freedom fighters in wadi dinar: 12 miles from bani walid twon center #libya #baniwalid
WARNING: some folks say filthy things against the ppl who don’t like aelicia’s messages. we don’t know them.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Today’s casualty figures from Dr at Ras Lanuf Hospital: 13 Dead 42 injured. #Sirte #Libya
MushuThaLohari
Seems like no matter how often & loudly we say that #Libya is one and united,there’ll always be some ppl ready to spread fitna & ill will.
Reuters: Freedom fighters launched assaults on the final bastions of Gaddafi loyalists on Friday, with fighting… fb.me/17XoXjFdb
FromJoanne Joanne
#BaniWalid Local Radio + Saif Gaddafi has been urging ppl to fight the freedom fighters #Libya
abdulhelal Abdul Helal
Yesterday we formed the transitional medical syndicate for #Tripoli , meeting was in tripoli university, a new chair was appointed. #Libya
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Students clean up Nasr Uni #Tripoli & raise freedom flag this week: facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya #Proud :’)
Libya TV: #KhweldiAlhemedie had a heart attack in #Tunisia and transported to the military hospital under heavy guard #Libya #feb17
Free Libya
I think we are going to reach a point when we will be too scared to do any sort of digging in #Libya, mass graves everywhere :’(
cswift2:
#BBC’s Paul Wood witnessed incoming rocket fire from pro-G forces nr #Sirte today #Libya bbc.in/qtRWZb
Khadija Ali
martyrsSQ shud be a thurs nyt/friday event coz there r things that need to be done & a million man march everyday dsnt get any of it done
wafa
Remembering the faceless and nameless heroes who sacrificed their lives for #Libya #Feb17.
Sky News
#Saif #Saadi #Muatassim and even Muammar Gaddafi might be in #BaniWalid MusaIbrahimGaddafi was also seen Via @Skynews
Proudlibyandoc oh my, why did you say that, now I won’t sleep till the librate/conquer BW.
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
I received information that is the opposite: believed to already have escaped from #BaniWalid
USRepLibyanTNC US Office, TNC Libya
First Ambassador of Free Libya Presents Credentials to President Obama at The White House: 1.usa.gov/ocH8Rr @whitehouse #Libya
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
Man from #Kikla @ hospital, Gaddafi forces incessantly shot at both of his legs, 7amduallah he still has them…his age: 83
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Libya is one, say it & mean it for the thousands that died for it #NoFitna
Zlitniya Zlitniya
#Zliten :Bakeries face svrl probs.Fuel shortage,electricity cuts,low flour(this bakery no
delivery since Ramadan start) youtu.be/c3b0A4xaJd8
Nusaybah (KC)
I’m Libyan who has been tweeting about Libyan Revolution since Feb17 + I have cousins fighting in the front lines. They’re not ‘NATO Rebels’
Zlitniya
#Zliten :My cousin’s father-in-law from #Ghweelat was found martyred.Identified by photos of bodies buried in #Khums .Allah yarhama #Libya
SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 10th 2011
9/10/11
9.10.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/xxSuf
NATO Key Hits 09 SEPTEMBER:
In the vicinity of Sirte: 1 Surface to Surface Missile Facility, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 1 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Hun: 1 Command and Control Node.
In the vicinity of Al Jufrah: 1 Military Facility.
In the vicinity of Sebha: 1 Tank.
In the vicinty of Bani Walid: 1 Armed Vehicle.
HedayaS Hedaya S
Flashback: Freedom Fighter in Bab Alaziziya back in August saying “We are coming to you next Palestine”
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Obama vient d’accepter les lettres de créance du nouvel ambassadeur de Libye aux USA, le 1er ambassadeur officiel de la libye libre
Libya_Now Anaya
Video: 1/4 of the men in the #Tripoli brigade were killed during the battle. Follow, as if you were with them! youtube.com/watch?v=KwfqSO… & share
Libya In Me
People around the world have been asking how a new generation of Arab rebels learned to do what their parents could not nytimes.com/2011/09/11/boo…
Emo Libya
#LIBYA A year ago, no one even dreamed about this youtube.com/watch?v=BXwH1c…
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Obama accepts credentials of first post-Qaddafi Libyan ambassador #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya commander vows ‘decisive military action’ as talks falter #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
feb17libya Feb17Libya
The Libya papers: a glimpse into the world of 21st-century espionage bit.ly/nuwF6L #libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Starving Tripoli Zoo animals get emergency help goo.gl/Ra3uJ
Yesterday
Niz_FGM Niz
incredible scenes all around Tripoli today as a massive rally took place leading up to Martyrs Square…..amazing
BBCKimGhattas Kim Ghattas
Reading interesting exchange btwn Libyan anti Gaddafi activist+Bahrain FM. Will RT. Fascinating to c ppl engaging w/ politicians on Twitter
Sirtawi
A Palestinian friend commented: Even during the war in Palestine phones were still working. How come they’re down in #Sirte? __" nice one.
PIC: Martyrs Square, Tripoli. Today :) www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1015028...
BANI WALID:
having troubles receiving messages #libya
freedom fighters control the ancient town of ben talis #libya #baniwalid
heavy fighting in olive farm in el wadi #libya #baniwalid
fighting between local fighters and gaddafi’s guys near kolliyat el fann #libya #baniwalid
repeat: local fighting + outside fighting #libya #baniwalid
lost comm with aelicia #libya
phone battery is dying
lost contact with aelicia #libya
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
plz, aelicia is in bani walid. she sends texts and we tweet them. lost contact with her. pray for her
LVview sandra gore nielsen
FFs used beyond human restraint when dealing w/ G forces knowing this kind of massacre has happened many places.
JUSTICEforALLPP Raya
#GALAA Volunteer #MohammedAjal helped digup MassGrave only to find his Father and Brother among dead #Nafusa #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya’s NTC chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil flies to Tripoli #Alarabiya
SerajElalem Seraj Elalem
mornin tweeps, after a few quiet days in #Libya looks like the heat is back on in #BaniWalid, soon #Sirt and now thuwar r heading to #Sabha
#Libyans need to realize that supporting #NTC doesn’t mean looking the other way, supporting the NTC is helping it get better
#NTC is an organization, we support the organization, not the people in it, if the people in it mess up, they have to leave
They’re public officials who work for the Libyan people, they’re not doing us a favor, they’re doing their job, that’s how I see it
If “comments” can divide a country then this country might not be as united as people like to think it is
No one forced them to step up, once they’ve assumed the roles they have obligation to fill
The reality is, general public doesn’t provide constructive criticism, when they say bad they’ll protest against it
Well to sum things up, my beef with the NTC isn’t with Jebril or Jalil, it’s with more local ministries
It’s a call for NTC self improvement, not Jalil self improvement
an important thing that we need to learn as a nation is not to put up with officials who underperform
We need to take pro-active steps to always pushing a better government
Borna and raised and living in Benghazi, been a part of the revolution since the start, in Tripoli since 25th August
I Like Jaliel :D I’m just talking about him as an example
Bashing is good, it keep a government on it’s toes
NTC is a clouded mystery to ppl here, they need to be more transparent and tell us what their goals are
The “security reasons” excuse is getting weaker everyday with gaddafi on the run, it’s time to be clear
I believe that NTC office that are working on general policy, international affairs and funding are doing a decent job, my beef is with more local offices, the ministries of Health, Education, Energy, Transportation, eviourment (cleaning streets etc), communication and Media are doing an insanely bad job (especially media), everything that is working so far is thanks to people who have taken it upon themselves to do so, those offices don’t have to worry about the frontlines or catching gaddafi, they have their jobs to do, and they’re not doing it, and most people are excusing them saying “it’s war time, I’m sure they’re worried about the conflict and finding gaddafi” No. These people need to do their jobs or scoot over for someone
else to do it, maybe someone not as qualified but at least loyal to Libya, one example comes to mind, did you know that Naji Barakat the minister of health visited Zintan 3 times in the past 3 months and in none of which he visited Zintan hospital ? (my video report on this will be coming up soon)
What I’d like to say in conclusion is that a lot of people have died for this revolution, it’s our duty to protect it
Actually the “country ruling” part is what they’re doing right, the NTC shortcomings I see are in more practical things that these people have been doing for ages, for example Naji Barakat the health minister, why isn’t he organizing more the supply of aid shipments to hospitals and the rotation of doctors who want to go help in different cities etc hospital are pretty much running on their own now, Naji Barakat SHOULD have ample knowledge as to how to do this
Reuters
Hundreds of people have marched in Benghazi calling for a shake-up of Libya’s new leadership while nascent political groups have challenged the country’s interim rulers in a memorandum, saying their governance plan does not meet the people’s demands.
The Benghazi residents marched from a charred compound of former leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday, singing “the first martyrs were from Benghazi” and criticising what they called “climbers” and “opportunists” in the new leadership.
“Some of the executive committee are blood-suckers and thieves and we keep seeing them on TV. They should be in court,” said Shukri, a middle-aged auditor, referring to the country’s cabinet, which has been officially dissolved but in practice still exists.
HRW
The sole survivor from the second container found in al-Khoms, Abdelrahman Ahmed Sherif, a 23-year-old upholstery worker, said he was arrested on May 16, on allegations that he was handing out anti-Gaddafi pamphlets, and then taken to the Chinese company grounds, where he spent about 20 days.
They made me lie on the floor and they hit me on the legs, hands and between the legs, also with a Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle,” he said.
We woke up before dawn. The temperature was up. There was a lack of oxygen and no drinking water. Our numbers were high, so we were drinking water quickly. We kept banging on the doors but they didn’t open. They kept insulting us, telling us to shut up.
Anyone who closed his eyes would pass out… I saw people passing out. After they opened the door I found that my head was cut. I don’t know how it happened.
According to Sherif, the Gaddafi soldiers put the bodies in a Toyota pickup truck, but he does not know what happened to them next. – Human Rights Watch
HRW
Local journalists in al-Khoms showed Human Rights Watch a video they said had been taken from the cell phone of a Gaddafi soldier, which shows three men in green military uniforms kicking and whipping six bound and blindfolded men in a metal container. Mohanned Jamal Berfad watched the video and identified himself as one of the men being beaten. He identified one of the other detainees getting beaten in the video as his cousin Yousef Berfad, 23, who was arrested for having sent information to the Al Jazeera news network.
AP
Libyan fighters are signing up for a final assault on one of the last remaining bastions of Moammar Gadhafi.
The volunteers are pouring in by the dozens, coming in pickup trucks from cities as far as Tripoli and Tobruk, as a deadline expired on Saturday for the pro-Gadhafi loyalists holed up inside the town of Bani Walid to surrender.
Libyan fighters on Friday launched a two-pronged assault on Bani Walid after a weeklong standoff over a peaceful surrender dissolved.
Germany
€100,000 worth of German humanitarian aid yesterday departed from Malta, bound for Libya. A Libyan fishing vessel, the Al Entisar was loaded with €100,000 worth of water, medication and baby food, all bought from Malta. The German Embassy in Malta and the Civil Protection Department facilitated the transshipment.
German ambassador Hubert Ziegler told the Malta Independent that Germany was one of the first countries who reacted immediately to calls for humanitarian aid, as soon as the Libyan crisis started last February.
AFP
The head of Libya’s new leadership, National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil, flew to Tripoli today for his first visit since its fighters seized the capital and ousted Moamer Kadhafi, an AFP correspondent said.
Abdel Jalil told AFP his visit to Tripoli from NTC headquarters in Benghazi was “temporary” and that the council he heads would be transferred to Tripoli “after the (full) liberation” of the country.
“Yes, God willing,” he replied when asked if he was flying to Tripoli as he boarded a plane in the country’s second city Benghazi in the east.
Sky News
Anti-Gaddafi Fighters Storm Besieged Town
Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have entered the town of Bani Walid, one of the former Libyan leader’s few remaining strongholds, and street battles are taking place.
The heaviest fighting for days broke out following a week of attempts at negotiating with tribal leaders, who are thought to be largely in support of the deposed dictator.
Rocket, mortar and tank fire have also been exchanged outside Sirte, Col Gaddafi’s home town, according to witnesses.
Gaddafi loyalists had faced demands to surrender both towns this weekend or face attack.
Sky’s Emma Hurd, who is near Bani Walid, said anti-Gaddafi fighters met stiff
resistance shortly after they began a pincer attack from the north and east of the town as soon as darkness fell on Friday.
Read more and watch video:
news.sky.com/home/article/16066371
PRICELESS:
نشيد الاستقلال من وسط ميدان الشهداء – طرابلس Impeccable priceless moment Inside Tripoli- Martyrs Square :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXwH1cm6qP8
abuhatem
Arabs should not be judged collectively for a few idiots just like the west shouldn’t be judged for Westboro Baptist Church.
hamzamu
#LIBYA :#HRW Human Rights Watch DID a CRIME IN #LIBYA WHEN THEY SAID THERE IS NO MERCENARIES AT LIBYA
#LIBYA : WE DEMAND #HRW “Apology” for LIBYAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS for CALLING THEM LAIRS ..
SecularLibya
#NTC Interim-PM Jibril speech & receiving ovation in Arrujban, #Nafusa youtube.com/watch?v=loUGiT… #Libya #Feb17 HT
Zlitniya
اللهم أرجع المفقودين إلى اهلهم و تقبل من أستشهد منهم Oh Allah,plz return the missing 2their families and accept the martyred of them. Ameen
4Adam Adam
by Amazigh_Libya
Nafusa Berbers condemning racist comments by Fathi Turbel who is a member of National Transition Council. facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
New weapons against #Libya’s #Gaddafi: paintbrushes goo.gl/ZIdB6 Photos: goo.gl/vGGiy Video: goo.gl/0DmeV via CNN
Sky’s L. Holland: There’s a developing humanitarian situation, no movement in or out of Bani Walid &Sirte. Cannot continue much longer.
Zlitniya Zlitniya
#Zliten :Captur of Salah Bin Arus,member of #Khamis brigade&leader of #Gaddafi volunteers in North #Zedu .So notorious nickname Zedu Khamis
Free Libya
Whenever I think of the hell Libya lived through for the past 6 months, it makes me think of Palestine’s 63 YEARS of hell.
Mike
Tuaregs are angry with Kana who is a Tuareg. He led an attack by G loyalists on a Tuareg town in Libya many were killed bitly.com/qLKtm4
Spokesman: 3 more Libyan officers in Niger
More high-level defectors from the army of ex-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continued to cross the desert border into Niger, with officials confirming late Friday the arrival of four more officers.
Justice Minister Amadou Morou said at a press conference that the chief of staff of the air force as well as his pilot had arrived in Niger on Thursday night, as well as the commanders of two Libyan military regions. The minister said that, in addition, six civilians from Libya had also arrived. Morou declined to name the officers.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/spokesman-3-more-libyan...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Telegraph: #Libya: Matouk Mohammed Matouk’s home a glimpse into a tyrant’s world goo.gl/lMhWZ #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
FRANCE 24-The #Tripoli Brigade (part 2) Video: goo.gl/KVNFy #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
BBC: Secret Intelligence Documents Discovered in #Libya goo.gl/bdrlO via @hrw
Wall Street Journal: Ouster of #Gaddafi Is an Italian Town’s Loss goo.gl/6prfI #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
AJE: Hoda Abdel-Hamid updates from Libya’s Ras Lanuf. Video: goo.gl/Opgya #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Latest Developments in #Libya September 9, 2011 goo.gl/q2Wq7 #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Reuters: #Libya’s interim leaders under fire over governance goo.gl/Ka311 #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
#Libya fighters to Take Pro-#Gaddafi Town goo.gl/Ou0hL Many volunteers joining to end this once and for all. #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Al Arabiya
As rebels retreat from Bani Walid, NATO denies telling them to quit loyalist town
Libyan rebels retreated from Bani Walid before the start of NATO’s bombing to the Qaddafi loyalist town, Alarabiya correspondent reported on Saturday.
The Libyan fighters who are trying to capture one of Muammar Qaddafi’s last strongholds, are battling for control of the desert town of Bani Walid, located southeast of Tripoli.
Defiant Qaddafi loyalists hit back with rockets, thereby ignoring the deadline – Saturday – for forces loyal to the ousted Libyan leader to surrender.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
Qaddafi’s fall strengthens Morocco over Western Sahara
The fall of Libya’s Colonel Muammar Qaddafi means a change in the geopolitics of north Africa that could put the conflict in the Western Sahara back in the spotlight, regional observers said.
A source of recurrent tension between Morocco and Algeria, the 36-year-old conflict also strained ties between Rabat and Tripoli: Qaddafi backed Polisario Front, the independence movement in the Western Sahara.
This support, which ebbed and flowed depending on Qaddafi’s frame of mind, long prevented his Jamahiriya “people’s republic” and the Moroccan kingdom from maintaining stable relations.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
G8 to extend Arab Spring financing pledge to $38 billion
The ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States invited Libya’s new rulers to Marseille in a follow-up to the economic support for post-revolutionary governments announced at a G8 meeting in May.
The fledgling Libyan administration’s officials on Saturday joined Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia to explain how they plan to relaunch their economies and hear what help they can expect from the world’s major economic powers.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
FreeBenghazi
Lots of criticism of @NTC_of_Libya lack of women members. Well, #Libya’n families & society need to change first so it can be possible.
They do want to play a role, but their roles are defined by their families/husbands/communities.
women doctors to treat women & children. and women teachers for girls.
My issue w criticism of NTC is that its counter-productive. by ppl who don’t understand Lbyan society
you don’t just marry a man, you marry his family & his community.
issue isn’t lack of educated/qualified wmn. it’s being able/allowed 2 fulfil their potential
marriage contract is up to each couple. if she wants to marry him, she’s to stop working
I work, but with restrictions. for eg, I can’t accept a job that requires me to travel. that limits my options
everyone’s fixating on number of women in NTC but ignoring the realities of Lbyn women’s lives
my twts were in response to cont. criticism of NTC. Critics expectations don’t fit Libyan society as it is.
nobody said there weren’t any qualified women.
A lot of Libyan voices, particularly women’s, are reflected in Western media. I get endless requests 4 Libyan contacts but they’ll only interview English speakers. You’re bound to get a distorted view of society & issues if only those with internet access or who speak English get heard. It’s also means that assumptions are made about what that segments’ views.
the members of the council made up from reps from each town & city. Bani Walid, Ghadames, Zintan, Tobruk
Reports that Zero-hour declared for Sirte. Thuwar in Sirte ready, some are from Qaddadfa tribe. The uprising will be “big & soon.”
Group of #Sirte youth, who are in #Tarhuna, are preparing to head Misrata frontline soon, to join thuwar #Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Lovely night’s sleep. Now to see what’s happened with the deadline today
Libyan fighters still bogged down about 60 miles from Sirte. Quiet today. think NTC still banking on its surrender
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: Outside Bani Walid, preparing for the push forward. #Libya yfrog.com/gyojiesj
Photo correction: yesterday I incorrectly described these as sa-24s. They are sa-7s. Thanks to Matt Schroeder 4 pointer yfrog.com/kl22eelj
Photo: on road to Bani Walid a fighter picks up trash. #Libya yfrog.com/khzxywyj
Photo: 20 km outside Bani Walid more journalists than fighters. Being held back for now. Several wounded have come back.
Funny, Recommended Read: #Zimbabwe: Nation Keeps Landing on Wrong Side of History allafrica.com/stories/201109091106.html #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore OIL TANKER “WARWICK” en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-09-11 15:00 (UTC). #Feb17
#Baniwalid: Moatassim #Gaddafi staying in Soug area, emptied out several shops & storing weapons in them. #Libya RT via freelibyanyouth
feb17voices: Call with opposition cmdr. in Bini Waleed: we expect to control city within 24 hours with the assistance of residents.
Interesting Read About #AU: The hypocrisy of African politicians http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=10&aid=210&dir=2011/September/Friday9 #Africa
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
#Libya Just who is behind the #Syria TV station broadcasting #Gaddafi’s rants? tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
Ibn
very cute :) little boy falls asleep on dad’s shoulder during protest in #benghazi #libya yfrog.com/j2sanhaj
photo from protest in #tripoli #libya yfrog.com/h3376gnj
Benghazi Youth
Many of my aunts & female cousins work. I think the % will increase when theres actual jobs rather than hustles.
Revolutionaries currently hold the center bridge in #BaniWalid. Clashes still on-going
with #Gaddafi forces. #Libya
In terms of Western Side of #BaniWalid – SofElJeen, Revolutionaries face no resistance, residents are welcoming them with takbeer.
So far 40 of #Gaddafi forces from several cities in western #Libya have been captured in #BaniWalid.
HRW video from cell phone of Gaddafi soldier shows 3 men in uniforms kicking & whipping 6 bound & blindfolded men feb17.info/news/live-libyan-unrest-sept... #Libya
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Video: Libya rebels claim gains in Bani Walid fight aje.me/rl2Plg
SkyNewsCamera Nathan Hale
I continue to be impressed by the generous nature of the Libyan people. Working by the road, 2 strangers stop to offer us bread. #Libya
DavidPoort David Poort
NTC says fighting continues in Bani Walid. Fighters from the villages around the main town are said to be trying to “free themselves”.#libya
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. NTC chief Mustafa Abdul #Jalil apparently on his way to Tripoli for the first time since the rebel takeover
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
Frontline reporters talk of huge explosions inside #Bani_Walid
katebt3000 Kate Benyon-Tinker
Now been allowed up to a new checkpoint around 8km from Bani Walid – can’t see much but can hear rumble of fighting in the distance #Libya
Libya: Rebels dig in for the long haul as push for Sirte postponed – Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... via @Telegraph
Video: Libya: Rebels launch assault on Bani Walid – Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... via @Telegraph
An American soldier journeys to the ‘good fight’ in Libya #cnn edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/08...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: #Spain navy has finally released El Entisar ship laden with #Germany aid for #Libya.
breaking: #Spain navy boarded the ‘El Entisar’ aid ship 15 minutes after #UK #France navy cleared it with thumbs up
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, landed in the port city of Misrata on Saturday, www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/libyas-ntc-c...
Who Did What in Libya. http://www.fuckfrance.com/topic/3980724/1/France/Who-Did-What-in-Libya.html&replies=15
BANI WALID:
freedom fighters control the old town center. street fighting between local fighters and gaddafi’s guys #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi’s guys = gaddafi’s special forces #libya #baniwalid
message after 2 hours
big explosions in north of town. nato bombing #libya #baniwalid
FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO asked FF retreat area ; #Libya @anitamcnaught drove2 S of Bani Walid Last Night @SkyNews came under fire; goo.gl/goc59 #Libya
#Bani #Walid fighting continues while FF from tiny villages around #BaniWalid are are trying to free themselves as well #libya #NTC
#BaniWalid Last night Nato asked FF to clear area so they could Bomb Gaddafi gorces targets #NATO Update goo.gl/o7q9X #Libya
StreetFighting In #BANIWALID and Battles also started close 2river outside #SIRTE + Hundreds of FF on way to #SEBHA #Libya
#BANIWALID handful of Families were seen leaving BW in Packed cars FF entered from 3 sides and R 2km from the Vegetable Souk #Libya
#BANIWALID NO power food water Many people want 2leave but no fuel 4cars + Gaddafi forces prevent people from leaving & hold hostage #Libya
#BaniWalid People and FF inside have the feeling Muammar #Gaddafi himself as well as his 3 sons Saadi Saif and Muatassim are in BW #Libya
#NTC’s #HUNTER #HishamBuhagiar 4 #Gaddafi believes G is in #Birak close 2 #Sebha #NATO Bombed #Birak heavily Thursday night #Libya
#BENGHAZI Protest against OLD BLOOD in #NTC #NasserAhdash Leader #NationalForum says We wanted 2 hassle #NTC and achieved this #Libya
NW of Sebha has complex of health laboratories health researchcenter + microbiological research center
a chemical/biological plant called Pharma 200 in #Sebha an underground site located on a military base #Libya@NATO
#Underground Facilty called ‘Pharma 200’ in #Sebha near Chad border was constructed with help of German/Swiss/Italian companies #Libya @NATO
#BaniWalid #Kanshil: FF found Rocket Launchers in BW houses and will protect civilians Abt 1000 Gaddafi forces defending
#BANIWALID abt 1000 Gaddafi men took families hostage & launch GradRockets from their private houses Hampering @NATO attacks on them #Libya
#Libya fighters battle for #Gaddafi bastions #Reuters goo.gl/OtasN
AJELive:
Exclusive images from #Libya on the road to #BaniWalid from @DavidPoort aje.me/nnjjjZ aje.me/opjlEW””
#BANIWALID @AnitaMcNaught speaks to military commander Mohamed Bashir about plans to take BW #Libya goo.gl/02Z9u
#BANIWALID Commander MohamedBashir says:I am so happy We believe SaifGaddafi is in BW "we could ctach him " goo.gl/02Z9u
#MYSTERIOUS 2nd time @Nato #Spain Navy Blocked & Boarded #AlEntishar Aid Ship from #Malta @ksnavarra has contact on board #Libya #Germany
#FLASH #Bani Walid "5 airstrikes are heard near town of Bani Walid via #Reuters #Libya
#BaniWalid 100.000 ppl live there About 1000 Gaddafi forces defending it and Town is surrounded by thousands of FF #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
My fast Internet from LTT has stopped working, so I’m back to my 2-way sat connection. Although slow, it worked fine for the last 6 mths.
FromJoanne Joanne
#Wishtata a Hamlet 40KM from #BaniWalid Freedom Fighters eager to join and sign up 4 battle register names blood type etc #Libya
#FLASH #IMF #InternationalMonetaryFund recognises #Libya #NTC as its government and will send a team there as soon as security permits
#FLASH G8 extends #Arab financing pledge to $38 bln, including #Libya
Proudlibyandoc Hussam Muntasser
LPC. just arrived in tripoli. #Spanish Navy warned it will block&Board ship every time.
French #Navy hailed the ship earlier in a friendly way. #Spanish #Navy maybe abusing it for practice drills.
#FoodForThought Surprises in #Libya arms cache related to #Chemical WarFare goo.gl/IaxH3 #Libya CNN #Nervegas #BennWedeman
Gen.#alKhweldi elHamedi had HeartAttack in #Tunisia admitted 2 Military Hospital Now under heavy guard via #TawasulMedia #Libya
as_lib83
Head of riot police in #Gaddafi regime Hassan #elKaseh surrenders to rebels #Libya
#NTC MustafaAbdul #Jalil visited #Misurata today to be updated on the situation there and then flew on to #Tripoli #libya
#BaniWalid FF were 3KM from medina the old town when they were asked to retreat afterthat 7 #NATO strikes were heard #Libya
#BaniWalid FF Commander says that Gaddafi forces were re inforced by troops from #Sebha and #Sirte FF facing stiff resistance #Libya #Aje
Vroom9000
Situation changed and more info available @vroom9000 abt 1000 Gadafi forces now and yes BaniWalid is surrounded by thousands of FF #Libya
bencnn reports: “20 km outside Bani Walid more journalists than fighters.”
reporters are enemy combatants, legitimate targets: “reporter Ann Marlowe: I helped call in my first NATO strike yesterday.”
#libya image of rebels running from Bani Walid blogs.aljazeera.net/sites/default/…
Attack on Sirte repulsed: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
CNN says more reporters outside Bani Walid then rebels. Rebels don’t have the numbers to attack three cities at once and hold Tripoli
NTC claimed Bani Walid was completely surrounded and only 70 fighters in Bani Walid.
Rebels forcing reporters back from Bani Walid camps several times today. Indicates front line has collapsed.
Rebels frustrated as routed in Bani Walid, begin cursing NATO for failure: CNN bit.ly/o1kGcn
Who is hiding? Jalil won’t allow live coverage of his presence in Tripoli due to fear of attack. #libya #ntc
In comparison, Saif al-Islam drove through Tripoli during the war within meters of enemy combatants. Now at front lines BWalid #libya #ntc
feb17libya Feb17Libya
The plane carrying Mustafa Abdul Jalil has now reached #Tripoli after his visit to Misurata – #Libya #Feb17
hanin_libya
World Press Photo creates Tim Hetherington grant ijnet.org/opportunities/… #Libya
Joanne
#Some Things Never #Change: #NTC Chief #Jalil got red carpet (treatment) welcome meant 2show he replaces Gaddafi goo.gl/cptql #Libya
#MISRATA is feeling neglected by #NTC Watch @simmjazeera report; Misrata Demands Share Of Power goo.gl/iqhh9 #Jalil #Libya
Joanne
#Italy Foreign Affairs Minister #Frattini said Saturday Italy must remain #Libya s FIRST Partner in the #oil industry goo.gl/q6csx
#Now Now children :A RIFT emerged over who should get 1st access 2 #Libya’s oil and natural gas riches goo.gl/q6csx
flyingbirdies أكرم
How many times we said no to gunfire in the air, a woman in hospital now, bullet entered from the car roof. #Tripoli yfrog.com/meuciij
BANI WALID UPDATES:
news tv channels confirm our report on nato bombings. no lies. we say what we see and hear #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi’s guys are hiding in people’s homes in el siaan #libya
repeat: gaddafi guys hiding iin people’s homes in el siaan and el hamra #libya #baniwalid
request: could libyans explain and locate the names of places? thanx #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters capture a few gaddafi guys wearing army outfits #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi missile launchers destroyed #libya baniwalid
1 mile from town center #libya #baniwalid
f f coming from different directions cams not allowed
3 routes from north, 3 routes from south #libya #baniwalid
no tv. radio ok #libya #baniwalid
libya el horra radio ok #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters closing in on town center #libya #baniwalid
bani walid = north & south of valley. few snipers in north #libya
bani walid = 2 town centers: old & new #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters in & out bani walid #libya #baniwalid
military plans not 4 public. foreign media in north. 4 fighting fronts. #libya #baniwalid
military briefing on libya el horra radio #libya #baniwalid
md: nahno bi intizarikom. ikhwanikom biddakhil bikhair #libya #baniwalid
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli TV footage showed 100ds of Ppl waiting 2receive Jalil and Jibril was there 2 A thick chain of armed men tried to protect him #Libya
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. Just back from airport in #Tripoli to witness Mustafa Abdul Jalil’s arrival. Chaotic scenes. Mobbed by well-wishers.
frankentele Sean Carberry
Listening to Bani Walid radio in car. Saying people must fight NATO and rebels because they will colonize town and rape people. #libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Ubari under control of FFs is.gd/3dAHCA #feb17 #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
BREAKING: Jalil, head of NTC is in Tripoli fir the first time since the start of the revolution. yfrog.com/mg6dgvj
DavidPoort David Poort
Backed away from Bani Walid for now after mortar shells exploded near our position. NATO currently bombing targets on the horizon. #LIbya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Leaked documents expose #Mauritania officials role in recruiting mercenaries for #Gaddafi aawsat.com/details.asp?se… #Libya #Feb17
#Malta foreign minister to announce unfreezing of #Libya assets. #Feb17
Fighting continues for control of #WadiAhmar outside of #Sirte #Libya. #Feb17
#BaniWalid: #NATO strikes continue at this time. #Libya #Feb17
perfectsliders perfectsliders
#Libya #Feb17 Video – NTC Commander: We believe Saif Gaddafi is In Beni Walidis goo.gl/fb/rIJWx
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Libya’s Transitional National Council (NTC) has confirmed the truce with Gaddafi loyalists is effectively over. #Libya feb17.info/news/live-liby…
Lisa
#gaddaficrimes All Gaddafi loyalists fleeing successfully is going to be detrimental to #FreeLibya!! They will continue their terrorism!!
2 faced Erdogan visiting #Libya after supporting #Gadaffi n playing both sides for months!! Ergh!!!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
IMPORTANT: Article From Yesterday: #Gaddafi Gen. al-Khoweildi al-Hamidi: foxnews.com/world/2011/09/… #Tunisia #Libya #Feb17
Yesterday #Tunisia forbids #Gaddafi Gen. al-Khoweildi al-Hamidi from leaving
country, takes passport, TODAY he supposedly has heart attack
Erdogan will be visiting #Libya…this comes after supplying #Gaddafi’s troops with food back in July. #Feb17 #Turkey RT via @KhiriaElf
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
A dozen pro- #Gaddafi vehicles arrive in #Niger ennaharonline.com/en/internation… #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Hassan Drouy, #Sirte #NTC representative, said to be among those accompanying Abdel Jalil visit to #Tripoli today. #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Video: #Ubari: #Freedomfighters in complete control city SW of youtu.be/3ORGHmDjNbw #Libya #Feb17
#Malta embassy in #Tripoli to resume full service timesofmalta.com/articles/view/… #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi’s fall strengthens #Morocco over Western Sahara zawya.com/story.cfm/sidA… #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Important Read From Yesterday: #Darfur rebel group warns of joint #Sudan- #Chad attack google.com/hostednews/afp… #Libya
In regards my last Tweet: JEM forces took over Southern #Libya oil field for very short time right after revo started. #FF chased them out
In regards my last 2 Tweets: JEM reported to have office in #Sabha, JEM leader was supposedly there till a month or so ago. #Libya
VERY Important Read: #Sabha: All eyes on the desert as the hunt for #Gaddafi continues www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... #Libya #Feb17
robcrilly Rob Crilly
I think that NTC forces will now concentrate on other towns and hope they get Gaddafi. Then maybe Sirte will surrender?
Finally met up with @fieldproducer – after about two years – and @SkyNewsCamera. Thoroughly nice chaps
What’s not in my kit bag on this trip (blog post) wp.me/p7qur-s4
Anyway, back in Benghazi after trip to see front line outside Sirte. Will post some thoughts on military chances of taking city tmrw
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
by robcrilly
Head of Libya’s interim govt arrives in Tripoli. Often struck by how he seems to be the only NTC member with close to universal appeal
#AJE #sueturtonaje
Thuwar may have underestimated number of weapons BaniWalid Gaddafiforces have. Fight may b tougher than expected #Libya
Tony Blair denies knowing about ‘rendition’ of Libyans on his watch
He said he had no knowledge of a number of individual cases highlighted this week of Libyans being handed over to Gaddafi’s secret police while he was Prime Minister.
Mr Blair told BBC Radio 4′s Today programme that he “didn’t know about them”.
His admission came during a bad-tempered interview with presenter John Humphrys during which Mr Blair justified the “war on terror” and the invasion of Iraq. He also said the use of force against Iran’s nuclear programme could not be ruled out.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/tony-blair-denies-knowi...
Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the Security Council to establish a U.N. mission in Libya to deal with the country’s new rulers for an initial period of three months.
Ban said in a letter circulated Friday that the support mission would provide political, electoral, constitutional, human rights and other kinds of advice to the National Transitional Council as it forms a new government following the fall of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.
NTC
The National Transitional Council (NTC) said three of its fighters were killed Saturday, and VOA correspondent Elizabeth Arrott in the city said rockets from Gadhafi forces and snipers continued to ring out in the area. Ambulances were seen both going into and out of the city.
Guardian
Libya’s Transitional National Council (NTC) has confirmed the truce with Gaddafi loyalists is effectively over, paving the way for fresh assaults on the last remaining strongholds loyal to the former regime.
The NTC also denied a report by al Jazeera that Nato had told it to pull back from Bani Walid ahead of air strikes on the town.
In Tripoli, forgiveness reigns for now
Vengeful graffiti aimed at former Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi and his lieutenants can be found around this city, which is emerging from decades of his brutal reign. But calls for revenge in revolutionary Libya are turning out to be rare sentiments.
Libya’s new rulers have instead focused on national reconciliation, forgiveness, and the rule of law at every turn, aware of the risks to the post-Qaddafi Libya of tit-for-tat violence and revenge that bred such instability in Iraq since 2003.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/in-tripoli-forgiveness-...
Reuters: :
#Libya’s interim oil minister Tarhouni says first oil production expected in three-four days
SerajElalem Seraj Elalem
Muammar Gaddafi’s mini-me facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
Now you can view the database: معاينة قاعدة البينات / Missing in #Libya – مفقود في ليبيا www.mafqood.org via @MK_FGM
baniwalid1 Libya
What is the Turkish Airways plane doing Mitiga Airport?
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Guinea Bissau PM says Qaddafi welcome in his country: radio #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddafi english.alarabiya.net
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Libya: Battle for Bani Walid Continues english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #BaniWalid #LibyaRebels #NTC #Qaddafi #AlArabiya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
All eyes on the desert as the hunt for Gaddafi continues tgr.ph/pKQKvk #libya
BBC
Was Jeremy Bowen’s notebook stolen by Gaddafi’s son?
I like notebooks. I like writing things down – bits of detail, colour, what people say, their names, memory joggers, phone numbers. You name it.
I am writing this in a notebook because we are out filming.
And I do not mean a small portable computer. My notebooks have pages, hard black covers, a useful pocket inside the back and an elastic strap to stop them pinging open.
Khamis Gaddafi, the colonel’s most feared son, must have liked them too. Because it seems he has been writing war plans in the back of one of mine.
I lost a notebook – or it was stolen – during a futile attempt to get to Misrata when it was a besieged rebel outpost back in April. I realised it had gone on the way back to Tripoli.
Read full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14840087
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Post-Gaddafi #Libya reflected in names goo.gl/z3agD #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Liba – Like Norway, But Warmer shabablibya.org/news/libya-like-norway-...
Please like #Yefren General Hospital مستشفى يفرن العام FB page for the latest news & updates on the situation there goo.gl/TTemN RT!
Reuters:
Libya’s interim oil minister: Govt will not sign oil contracts with foreign companies before a national election #Libya
Abduljaleel steps off the plane in Tripoli to the pre Gaddafi original Anthem of Libya #Libya #Tripoli
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
NTC chairman Must. Abduljalil arrive in tripoli & full transit. government could b announced by monday. Baniwalid battle will conclude soon!
FreeBenghazi
#Sabha rejects reps appointed2 represent them in NTC. Say reps were chosen by Gaddafi Gen., Massoud Ab.Hafid #Libya facebook.com/note.php?saved…
libyansrevolt Moez
Just went into #motassem #Gadaffi ’s house – three level underground maze complete with a full hospital and operating theatre #libya #feb17
The doors are 30cm reinforced steel and look like they can withstand a lot – its a whole world down there #libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#BaniWalid: Reports of fierce fighting in area of #ElSaidi school. #Libya #Feb17
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
by LibyaSteadfast
Correx: AJA: fighter on the ground: heavy resistance from #Gaddafi forces in Bini Waleed, we are withdrawing to Wadi DINAR #
AJA: Doctor on the ground: 2 Killed in action, 15 injured in Bini Waleed #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
I am from Tripoli … Thank you Benghazi for being the birthplace of #feb17 … We love you! #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Man who pretended to be Musa Sadr on flight to Italy after Sadr’s assassinatn by Gaddafi was goon Salim Said who died a few yrs ago #feb17
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
The rumors I heard were often saying Sadr was still alive & seen in Libyan prisons, but no word so far so probably wrong :)
BANI WALID
snipers on the telecommunication building #libya #baniwalid
Tweeting Tripoli
Kids found use for empty bullet casings collected from Bab Alazyzia. That’s recycling. yfrog.com/kfvyzlj yfrog.com/kla4dpxj
We washed them carefully with soap and water, but will eventually take them away from them.
Tweeting Tripoli
Security is extremely tight because Gaddafi had offered half a million LD to kill Jalil.
Jalil in Tripoli. Eat your heart out, Gaddafi :-) yfrog.com/h2tu9hmj
The whole crowd there were from different FF security groups. General public were not allowed into the airport
A wall of bodyguards, would make Gaddafi jealous. LOL yfrog.com/mnl3nfj
Mushu
#Gaddafi must’ve died million deaths in the last few minutes. Ha ha. #Libya #Feb17
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Well, we definitely gave him a very Libyan welcome :)
rima_misurata Rima
Oh big deal. Welcoming was unorganized. Who cares. It’s called being excited.
Tweeting Tripoli
Books were Gaddafi’s number one. Before the Internet, in Gaddafi’s Libya, certain books could get you in prison or killed. Gaddafi made sure people stopped reading. He thought books could open people’s minds and let them start questioning things. He wanted Libyans to stay in the dark. Books are like candles.
After the Internet, things changed. If Gaddafi had a time machine, he would have traveled back to the day he approved letting the Internet into Libyans’ homes.
My father taught us to read and I remember him bringing new books every now and then for us to read. Hopefully I continue doing the same for my children.
Aljazeera
Libya battles rage after deadline expiry
Al Jazeera correspondents reported on Saturday that fighters aligned with the National
Transitional Council (NTC) were seeking to wrest control of Bani Walid, Sirte and Sabha from Gaddafi loyalists after the latter chose to ignore the deadline for surrender.
With talks aimed at peaceful handover of the Gaddafi strongholds collapsing, NTC Chairman Mustapha Abdel Jalil, the interim leader of the country, said on Saturday afternoon the situation was “in the hands of his battlefield commanders”.
Read art. and watch video:
goo.gl/lE2Ub
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. NTC leader #Jalil arrives in Tripoli. pic.twitter.com/KsYvqPM
ianinegypt:
The fight for Bani Walid & Sirte may be bogged down but we haven’t seen the Misrata boys’ full assault yet. #Libya
Mark
#FF take city of Ubari 180km s/w of Sabha wikimapia.org/#lat=26.6118579&lon=12.8028488&z=12&l=5&m=b
Jalil early Sat. in Misrata " amnesty deadline has expired, we won’t ext… www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJmsAWDKgU&fea... via @youtube
elpasolibre elpasolibre
If #Gaddafi asked 2 come n Guinea-Bissau, we welcome with open arms & will ensure his safety, said Mr. Gomes Junior (prime minister) #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#BANIWALID it appears the #NTC FF had underestimated how many Gaddafitroops are situated in BW this may take longer then anticipated #Libya
#TRIPOLI #Jalil was mobbed by crowd in Mitiga airport Fistfight between 2 guards was knockeddown by MetalDetector and a Potted Plant #Libya
NATO; “All I can Confirm is that #NATO have been operating in #BaniWalid area 2day but we cannot comment on current ops activities #Libya
#BANIWALID : 2 #NTC Commanders Killed +2 FF injured an NTC official said 4 0r 5 civilians had died in overnight fighting #Libya
Watch #TRIPOLI LIVE NOW goo.gl/RvxoT #Libya #Jalil #Happy #NTC #Singing #Chanting
#Jalil in Press Conference today in #MISRATA VIDEO Jalil; " Amnesty deadline has expired, we won’t extend it" youtube.com/watch?v=rrJmsA… #Libya
Security is extremely tight because Gaddafi had offered half a million LD to kill Jalil. #Tripoli #Libya
rcolebourn Richard Colebourn
Been to see Saif Gaddafi’s last hiding place in #Tripoli. Found his bedroom and room for bodyguards + receipts for 144 Kalashnikovs #Libya
A friend and supporter tells us she’s spoken to him but that she now fears for her life after threats. More on #bbcnews tonight on BBC One
Joanne
It looks like #Libya loves Mustafa Abdel #Jalil #FreeLove
General Ahmed Hisnawi FF Head ofsouthern command. "Gaddafi has 3 to 4000 ppl around him we know where he is We will catch him #Sabha #Libya
#NTC commanders believe Gaddafi moves aroundn within 40sq mile patch nr #Sebha Saif alIslam + Mutassim may b with or close 2 him #Libya
#NTC General Hisnawi says; #Sebha is armed 2 the teeth led by Gaddafi’sSecurity close ally General #MassoudAbdelhafid #Libya
#Libya: Rebels dig in for the long haul as push for #Sirte postponed goo.gl/nVknw
#SEBHA Resident; Green flags fly on top of police stations Snipers r in position Gangs of mercenaries roam streets Supplies r low #Libya
#RadioDiffusionPortuguese;If Gaddafi asks 2come to #Guinea #Bissau we will Welcome him with Open Arms and we will ensure his Security #Libya
BANI WALID UPDATE:
explosions. possible nato bombing #libya #baniwalid
heavy fighting erupted around el saidi school #libya #baniwalid
snipers on the telecommunication building #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters approaching the main eastern road. foreign reporters on northern road #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi’s guys took positions near el mardom road #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys moving around sof el jin .road?? #libya #baniwalid
request: locate places. hard to understand bani walid accent #libya #baniwalid
where is the court? gaddafi snipers took positions there #libya #baniwalid
negotiators smuggled sat. phones. thanx #libya #baniwalid
local phones not working #libya #baniwalid
help: what’s the road name near the central bank? #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys took positions on both sides of sof el jin #libya
gaddafi guys: oct. uni, c. bank, mall, tele, court #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi snipers on houses left ashmikh rd. #libya #baniwalid
heavy presence of gaddafi guys in commercial area #libya
help: what’s the name of the commercial area? #libya #baniwalid
help: where is el zaytona hotel? snipers there #libya #baniwalid
ppl communicate verbally #libya #baniwalid
clayclai Clay Claiborne
by hominoid555
Some “leftists” use historic Libyan racism as a weapon against the revolution, I see the revolution as a weapon against racism #Libya #Feb17
Ibn Omar
by hominoid555
I love how #Assad lovers are also #Gaddafi lovers. Well according to Islam, you will be with those u love in the afterlife. #Libya #Syria
ianinegypt Ian Lee
Misrata fighters I’ve talked to are reluctant but ready to attack Sirte and Bani Walid saying they’ve shed enough blood. #Libya
BREGA Whose crude oil production ground to a halt earlier this year will resume production by mid-week.
timlohrentz Tim Lohrentz
As in much of subSaharan Africa, Gaddafi built many wells/infrastructure in Guinea Bissau. Corrupt gov welcomed drug trafficers.
4Adam
Trahouni ‘The amount of damage G created in 6 months is huge’ ‘we have a lot of work ahead of us’ ‘oil production will be resumed in 3 days’
ITN: Nato airstrikes ‘target’ #Gaddafi stronghold #Bani #Waleed goo.gl/3ZamR #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
BRK: Libya names Kamal Bashir Dam head of the supreme court #Libya
Mai
thank u Zawia 4 ur suffering that thaughtus how 2 b brave, thank u Misrata for teaching us how 2 persist 2 reach ur goal
thank u Zintan for not giving up, Thank u Nafusa for ur unity and sacrifices,….
thank u all Libyan for getting rid of that dictator, Now is the time 2 prove 2 the world that we can build the country
Sunday Observer
Tea exports to the Middle East have picked up amidst the turmoil in the region, tea exporters said.
They said the crisis in the region has caused delays in shipments and payments during the past six months which has been a turbulent period for many countries.
Exporters said the tension in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Tunisia, the main buyers of Ceylon Tea had an adverse effect on the market due to the logistics and payments being hampered. A large volume of Ceylon Tea is exported to the Middle East in bulk and value added form annually. Exports of tea to Iraq last year were 13m kgs, Iran 27m kgs, Syria 26m kgs, Jordan 16m kgs and Libya 10m kgs.
More:
www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/09/11/fin01.asp
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
FFs nearing to #Harawa.pb of civilians trapped there. no food &medical supplies going in. accuse GF using them as human shields.#roadtoSirte
IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
Still waiting for #gaddafi’s millions of people he armed to defend him………. O wait….. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Wow, the Tripoli NTC member on AJA right now looks exactly like a pre-deepfried version of Ali Abdallah Saleh
IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
Ppl claim that NATO does all the work and rebels move in. NATO can’t do squat against infantry, only vehicles. Where’s the millions? #Libya
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
A Video of freedom fighters launch assault on #Bani Walid telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… via @Telegraph #Libya
Sarah
#ArabSpring You say ? What is unstoppable and destroyed all dictators ? #ArabStorm I would say. #Sept17 #Algeria you’re next .. Soon isA.
In western Libya, Ben Wedeman discovers a warehouse of chemical agents & mysterious weapons. youtu.be/0AYiqoAIhxs
Triploli scream
I posted 3 photos on Facebook in the album “عيد ميلاد ملاك | تصوير – اسراء” fb.me/1fH2govg6
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
#Libya will produce gas and oil, not simultaneously, from Sharara and Wafa, Libya’s interim oil & finance minister Ali Tarhouni said today
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
On Tuesday or Wednesday #Libya start at Sarir and Mesla (oilfields), #Libya’s interim oil and finance minister Ali Tarhouni said today
IamLibya somaya kalla
Sigh youtube.com/watch?v=31QSb_…
Beautiful article: Libya: The Promise of Allah is Always True www.suhaibwebb.com/society/internationa... via @suhaibwebbsite Hold Tight To The Rope Of Allah #Libya
Dernawiya Hanan
PICS: Children mass march in free Zliten. t.co/NmXbDG90 #Libya
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Was supposed to fly from #Misrata to #Cairo but from TODAY #Tripoli airport is open,so will fly from there…will inaugurate the route!
#Libya says assets are safe – The National thenational.ae/business/energ…
War, as the saying goes, is full of false alarms. -Aristotle
#BBC’s Andrew Harding reports from just outside #Bani Walid. 9.10.11 youtube.com/watch?v=qaYGI7… #Libya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
On my way out of #Libya…
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
#HowToCatchGaddafi: Catch a sewer rat and torture it until it tells us where his brother is. (aww,i wouldn’t torture a real rat,honest.)
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
rebels repeled from initial assault on #baniwalid by girad rockets. May get inside by tomorrow with help NATO. casualties mounting
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
#HowToCatchGaddafi: Tell #Saif the cure to baldness turns out to be applying your father’s DNA from a harvested liver on the affected parts.
libyafidammi libya fidammi
#Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) to assist in boosting free media in #Libya: dc4mf.org/en/content/dcm…
operationlibyia LibyanLegends
truly man’s real enemy is themselves. greed, anger,hate, desire those are our enemies. when we can control them only then there can be peace
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
#HowToCatchGaddafi: Send out a rumor that G bought out Twitter/Facebook and would be deleting it.A mob of millions would find him.
AFreeHuman McClane
haha, see HOW DESPERATE g-trolls r: “Resident of #BaniWalid states on Al-Rai satellite that #Nato is using Mustard Gas in town.” #Libya
Telegraph
UK selling snipers to Gaddafi just weeks before uprising began
Documents found by The Sunday Telegraph show that in December last year, Britain’s ambassador in Tripoli was directly encouraging high-ranking figures within the Libyan army to visit Britain and view military equipment, including rifles and machine guns.
Richard Northern, Britain’s top diplomat in the Libyan capital, was joined by Maj Gen Jonathan Shaw, the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence, for talks with the Libyan official in charge of buying weapons for Col Muammar Gaddafi’s army.
The same kind of guns were to be used weeks later by Gaddafi’s troops and security men to shoot demonstrators and residents in towns that joined the insurrection.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysecto...
inhiblibya samah dakhil
Many Africans were also victims of Gedaffi’s tyranny. Two of the men found in containers were Sudanese. #AllahYerhamhum
Arab Spring killed Al Qaida ideology. gulfnews.com/in-focus/9-11/arab-spring-...
#Gaddafi wife wants to buy a #hotel an abandoned in #Croatia. bit.ly/nro2VE #Libya #feb17"
BANI WALID UPDATES
snipers positioned from el zaytona hotel to court #libya baniwalid
it’d be bloody war. gaddafi guys in heart of bani walid #libya
freedom fighters (north) moving #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters (east) moving #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys hid heavy machine guns in homes #libya #baniwalid
expecting bloody fighting after few hours #libya #baniwalid
aelicia says there r local freedom fighters #libya #baniwalid
it’s hard to get news from freedom fighters in south but they r moving #libya #baniwalid
people prefer names of tribes and clans rather than names of places #libya #baniwalid
no cars moving. no electricity #libya #baniwalid
hear a jet fighter #libya #baniwalid
heard a big explosion. nato bombing? #libya #baniwalid
THIS IS A MUST READ:
ALJAZEERA
Life during wartime: One family’s Tripoli
The Shtawi family remembers the rumours, espionage and military training that led to the fall of Gaddafi’s capital.
Inside Nuri Shtawi’s house in the upscale Ben Ashour neighbourhood of Tripoli, two rebel flags hang prominently in the sitting room. Barely two weeks have passed since fighters allied with the National Transitional Council (NTC) seized the Libyan capital, but members of the Shtawi family celebrate their new freedom easily.
Shtawi counted down, “one, two, three”, before the family shouted “Malashy, shafshoufa”.
It’s the catchphrase of Tripoli’s uprising; shafshoufa is a nickname for Muammar Gaddafi, the ousted Libyan leader, in reference to his untamed curls. Malashy, shafshoufa roughly translates as “It’s nothing, Gaddafi!”
Outside the home, the alleyway that the Shtawis and their neighbours had barricaded to block regime troops was dark, empty and silent. The capital echoed with celebratory gunfire.
Zero hour
On the night of August 20, after six months of bloody revolution, the rebels were tightening their grip on Tripoli. Fighters allied with the NTC had seized Zawiya, 50km to the west, and were pushing closer to Gaddafi’s last stronghold.
In central Tripoli, the Shtawi family watched the news on television. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, chairman of the NTC, appeared on TV late in the evening.
“We have always called Tripoli the capital of a free Libya … and we are depending on you to protect your wealth, your ports and your national institutions,” said Jalil. “We have contacts with people from the inner circle of Gaddafi. All evidence shows that the end is very near, with God’s grace.”
Jalil’s remarks echoed through Tripoli homes like a battle cry.
“That was zero hour,” said Nuri Shtawi, business development manager for the Sahara Petroleum Services Company and one of the Tripoli uprising’s many informal organisers.
Shtawi’s nephew, Anis, a 21-year-old economics major at Tripoli University, took up an AK-47 he had kept hidden. Months earlier, he and his brother, Esam, had been taken to a farm outside Tripoli where a family friend who once served as a military bodyguard for a regime official taught the brothers how to shoot.
“Just pray for me, that I die as a martyr,” Anis told his father, Mohammed, a legal adviser for the Libya African Investment Company and another organiser.
Then he left, heading several kilometres east through the winding, darkened streets of the city centre, to a prearranged point near the al-Mahary Radisson Hotel. He would meet dozens of other armed men, most of them dressed in black.
Outside, the city’s mosques sang “God is great, God is great”. Amina, one of Mohammed’s daughters, described this as the night’s “beautiful moment”. Tripoli’s underground organisers, spread across neighbourhoods and connected in a web of ad-hoc committees, had asked the mosques to do so.
Then the Shtawis waited.
Crackdown begins
The fight for Tripoli began in February, when thousands of residents took to the streets in solidarity with Benghazi, the eastern center of resistance. Protesters there had overthrown the city’s military garrison and won the defection of Jalil, Gaddafi’s former justice minister, and Abdul Fattah Younis, former interior minister. In Tripoli, things would not go so quickly.
Esam, a 21-year-old dental school, went to the central Green Square on February 20. The plaza, traditionally a rallying site for Gaddafi and supportive crowds, was for a brief moment flooded with shocked protesters.
“People went because they thought Gaddafi was gone,” he said. “We heard that he went to Venezuela. We were so happy.”
But as Esam looked on, Gaddafi’s security forces entered the square. They brought anti-aircraft guns and turned them on the unarmed protesters.
“There was a big stage, and there were lots of people on [it]. The brigades came from the side streets and started shooting people. All the people on the stage were killed,” he said.
Schoolyard battlegrounds
The Shtawi family, like many others in Libya’s well-educated upper class, has long borne a grudge against Gaddafi and his policies. They look with nostalgia upon the Libya that existed before the 1969 revolution and display black-and-white photos of family members dressed in suits and dresses, posing on clean, tree-lined boulevards. They emphasise how the country once looked like a Western nation.
Under Gaddafi’s dictates, the Shtawis lost ownership of four shops and two properties.
“I was praying all the time to get rid of him,” said Khadija Shtawi Mawal, Mohammed and Nuri’s 90-year-old mother. “He destroyed everything. He’s like a sword in my heart.”
Mohammed graduated from Benghazi University’s law college in 1976, at a time when anti-Gaddafi protests had been met with deadly police violence. After graduating, he spent 40 days in jail for his suspected opposition sympathies. The next year, some of his fellow students would be hanged in Benghazi’s main square, a ritual that continued into the 1980s.
Despite gestures toward reform by Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s most-prominent son, and a
recent rapprochement with the West, Gaddafi’s decades-old “cultural revolution” could be felt even in 2011. Secondary school students were still required to take classes on jamahiri thought, the philosophy espoused in Gaddafi’s Green Book.
Once the uprising broke out in February, schools became an ideological battleground.
Nada Shtawi, Nuri’s 18-year-old daughter and a student at Ali Seyada Secondary School, told how teachers brought in regime representatives to berate the “rude people” of Benghazi and lead students in pro-Gaddafi chants.
Nada, her friends and most of the student body, she said, were opposed to the regime. They would gather outside after school and yell their own slogans such as “Muammar Gaddafi, get out”, “Libya is free” and “Our blood is not cheap”.
Pro-Gaddafi students approached Nada and her friends every day, demanding the names of the girls who supported the revolution.
“They told us, ’We’re going to kill you. We’ll find your family,’” she said.
Amina, one of Mohammed’s daughters and a 20-year-old English student at university,
recalled how loyalist students at her school told her not to drink the water, because people from Benghazi had poisoned it.
“A lot of my friends, their parents work with Muammar, and very closely,” she said. “One girl’s family left for Morocco during the first week.”
Welcoming the bombs
Beginning in March, when NATO air strikes began targeting regime bunkers, offices and military camps in and around the capital, the family rejoiced. Neighbourhood boys could be heard whistling, a way of cheering the jets, and some families wrote “Thank you, NATO” on their rooftops.
The family believed intervention was necessary and did not fear the disastrous invasion that Saif al-Islam and other regime officials had warned would follow.
“If NATO didn’t come, Benghazi, Misrata, Zawiya, even some places here in Tripoli were going to be destroyed,” Nada said. “We were very worried. Misrata people had suffered through so much, and Brega was hard to get because it was important. But we were so sure that Muammar Gaddafi would not come back and rule us. If the West wanted Gaddafi then they wouldn’t bring NATO to get rid of him, they wouldn’t spend money for nothing.”
The family was not worried about post-Gaddafi Libya becoming an “Iraq situation,” Nuri said.
“America and Europe will not invade any country again; it’s an old fashioned way of war,” he said. “We know they want to invest. It’s OK.”
As the bombs fell, the girls protested at school. Wala, Nuri’s 16-year-old daughter, used coloured pencils to draw a clenched fist holding a streaming rebel flag and hid it
under her bed.
Meanwhile, the men planned.
Inside intelligence
Mohammed propped a scrapbook on his knees that contained dozens of stiff red pages; a piece of white paper had been carefully clipped to each one. The pages bore the eagle stamp of the Gaddafi regime, and those that Mohammed showed bore marks indicating they had come from the Internal Security agency.
Each one was a transcript of a recorded phone conversation, Mohammed said. Most of the conversations took place during the past six months of fighting. They had been leaked to Tripoli’s rebel organisers by friends inside the regime. Mohammed declined to allow the transcripts to be photographed or copied, but he read out the contents of some.
In one conversation, two men named Abdelfattah and Abdelbaset, speak by phone
about “small ships coming by sea”.
“How are the sheep?” Abdelbaset asked.
“They’re fine, thanks be to God,” Abdelfattah responded. “But listen: One of the female sheep has a toothache.”
The sheep referred to weapons, Mohammed said, and the toothache indicated the men believed they had a spy in their ranks.
In another conversation, dated July 17, a man phoned his friend to say he had spotted 70 cars with mounted Grad rockets and 106mm recoilless rifles leaving the southern town of Gatroun on the way to a place called Om al-Aranub.
“We have 600 cars,” the man said, suggesting he is a rebel field commander. “We’re a big force, but the men are not well trained. We need help from NATO.”
The regime convoy came from the direction of al-Wigh, a nearby town with an airbase, he said. “If you need the coordinates, I’ll send them to you in a message.”
Nuri and Mohammed said rebel organisers in Tripoli had hundreds of contacts in various offices within the regime willing to help. The evidence of leaked files, access to weapons and the speed and scope of the uprising in the capital suggest they told the truth.
Many of the insiders wanted to abandon the government but were convinced to stay, Nuri said. Those who remained with Gaddafi proved invaluable, tipping off organisers when they heard of plans to arrest a member of the opposition leadership.
Nuri and Mohammed stayed out of military affairs. Instead, they spread news to Libyans and foreign media, sent money to Misrata and medical camps in Tunisia, and prepared their neighourhoods.
They produced pamphlets, handed out in secret, that gave instructions on how women
might combat rape attempts. One pamphlet advised, “Tell him, ‘Imagine this is your sister, or your mother.’ Look him in the face”.
They argued with friends and neighbours to convince them that NATO’s intervention was good.
“We wanted people to be patient, pray. We told them why we want to get rid of Gaddafi, not get him necessarily, but his philosophy,” Nuri said.
Victory at last
As the mosques chanted “God is great” on August 20, Anis and his companions fired their guns in the air to draw out Gaddafi’s forces. In the streets, alleys and midans of a seaside neighbourhood called Zawiyat al-Dahmani, they waited.
Soon, four cars bearing anti-aircraft guns and around 25 men came down Anis’s
street. His men opened fire with their assault rifles, and the heavy regime weapons blasted back. From cover, some of the young fighters hurled petrol bombs and joulateen, cans packed with TNT that traditionally have been used for fishing.
Some of the regime troops went down, and two fighters with Anis were injured. The retreating loyalist forces left the bodies of their fighters behind and fired a rocket-propelled grenade in an attempt to destroy a remaining anti-aircraft gun the rebels were trying to seize.
The fighting lasted from sunset until the next morning. Eventually, the rebels surrounded the remaining government troops. They took 11 prisoners, including two women.
At 1 pm, they lifted the rebel flag over the Supreme Court building.
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
A car fired at algheran check point west of #Tripoli last night with no casulties. FFs are investgiateing
sms from the #NTC warning ppl from Pro G including abdullah senusi may b driving under cover using taxi crs around the city to atack ppl
this is the sms sent by #NTC who knows
Gave this no to call in case suspected in any thing and offering prize to info lead capture any Pro G officials 0214903716
the mystrios way of dealing with G men made them like ghosts and they might b like cats with 9 souls in media
SkyNews changed the term from rebel to ex-rebel then anti-gaddafi and now #FF. Whats next? #libya
BANI WALID
the area around bani walid looks like the death valley in america #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys took positions in densely populated areas around sof , ashmakh and el dohar #libya #baniwalid
realDonaldTrump Donald J. Trump
US should have told Libya “Rebels” - give us 50% of your oil for our military support.
Emo Libya
@
@realDonaldTrump How greedy are you? How inhuman are you? How selfish are you? No limit
Emo
#BeniWalid should have been stormed by FFs same time with #Tripoli. This wasn’t well planned and thought of. Now the cost will be higher.
Again, we’re backing the #NTC but we have the right to criticize it when its members make mistakes. They’re humans and not perfect. #Libya
Are we going back to use the chess term #Stalemate? #BeniWalid #Sirte #Libya
AbdelJalil:
Deadline 4 peaceful resolution expired, won’t b extended. Situation now in hands of fighters #Libya www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJmsAWDKgU
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
‘previous rebels’ still ok? ;)
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya interim govt chief in Tripoli for first time is.gd/9wrgxQ #Libya
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Almost every thing is set to be working fine in #Tripoli gas water elec shops and in the way of improving security by catching the G crmnlas
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
arrai G tv broadcusting a massage that #Sirte & #BaniWalid are safe & not to blv media & every thing under control just stop trerorin childr
BANI WALID
gaddafi guys hiding in olive farms near the cemetery #libya
snipers positioned from el zaytona hotel to court #libya baniwalid
4Adam Adam Anfosi
Trahouni ‘The amount of damage G created in 6 months is huge’ ‘we have a lot of work ahead of us’ ‘oil production will be resumed in 3 days’
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Gaddafi had a sand box house. He’s the one speaking on the phone far left! What’s dead in his head? yfrog.com/h4bsbsij
Students from Tripoli university (Medical school) during a campaign of voluntary work. yfrog.com/ny7maaj
#Sebha wounded #FF leg held together with a piece of wood.extreme lack of medicines facebook.com/pages/%D8%A7%D… via Almanara FB
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
AbdelSalam Jalud getting involved in anyway in Feb17 is like Gaddafi defecting against himself #feb17 #libya
I really hope many cities and areas of Libya create their own TV channels to highlight & give voice to local issues #feb17 #libya
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
#julatina is effective hand made bomb made by extracting TNT from bombs old mines & bombs,used during #Tripoli sige to atak G forces
IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
i.imgur.com/uZHmE.gif new footage of #gaddafi walking around a mall. #libya #feb17
Aisha
#Saif Gaddafi’s #Tripoli hideout and the fears of his supporters: bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… #Libya RT @rcolebourn
Weapons found in in one of Gaddafi’s loyalists farms
The Aspide is an Italian medium range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile produced by Selenia (now part of the Alenia consortium). It is provided with semi-active radar-homing seeker. It is very similar to the American AIM-7 Sparrow, but, at the moment of its introduction, the Aspide was provided with monopulse guide instead of the conic scan, which made it more resistant to ECM and more precise. This innovation appeared on the Sparrows only with the late AIM-7M version.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QB1ZVN2Nt8&fea...
BANI WALID:
local ppl know where gaddafi guys r #libya #baniwalid
underground rooms under official buildings #libya #baniwalid
no enough food and medicine. shops were closed today #libya #baniwalid
it’s midnight and i’m exhausted #libya #baniwalid
no mustard gas as pro-gaddafi say #libya #baniwalid
i haven’t seen mustard gas used by nato #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighter wear casual clothes and eat simple food. no bulletproof suits and helmets #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys don’t keep prisoners of war #libya #baniwalid
heavy fighting erupted in north. rockets fired #libya #baniwalid
witness: car with wounded people arrived at main hospital #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys took positions around ashmikh road in town center #libya #baniwalid
missiles fell on the bridge over el wadi #libya #baniwalid
clashes south of airport road #libya #baniwalid
i guess freedom fighters r closing in #libya #baniwalid
we hear not see. it’s so dark #libya #baniwalid
there r few fronts and internal clashes #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys took positions in & around october uni #libya #baniwalid
report: syrian tv says gaddafi is leading battles against the ‘rats’. where? #libya #baniwalid
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
I was in #Tripoli before the revolution People rarely threw trash in the bin Now they do Change has happened change is happening. #Libya
4Adam Adam Anfosi
What disgraceful! Dr. Jibril was stopped during his speech in Zintan when he thanked FF of Jebal Nafusa “not Nafusa, it’s al Gharrbi” #Libya
Some ppl in Zintan don’t like the term ‘Nafusa’ becuse it’s a Berber name they prefer Gaddafi created name “al Gharbi (western)”
Just I didn’t like the way they ’ corrected’ Jibril. They can call the mountain whatever they want.
VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fu_RL6jwTM
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: If you need a central security unit please call 1515 from any landline or cell phone. #Libya #Feb17
@Cuba will not Recognize Transitional Council in #Libya (and no one cares) cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.…
#Tripoli: #Cuba embassy should be made into a public restroom. That way everytime someone flushes they send their regards to Castro. #Libya
feb17libya Feb17Libya
by LibyaSteadfast
CNN Video: Suffocating the Libyan opposition Graphic content bit.ly/noIb1V #libya
MORE MASS GRAVES FOUND:
Sirtawi
Hussein Jazouy, Leader of Omar Mukhtar #FF brigade, E front line: The more we approach #Sirte, the more we find mass graves.
Hussein Jazouy: Yesterday we found a mass grave of 159 bodies, and 11 the day before. #FreeSirte #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Hussein Jazouy: Bodies were of #FFs that were arrested in 100s during second battle for BinJawad. #gaddaficrimes
Hussein Jazouy: Many teenagers among Gaddafi forces on the eastern front line of #Sirte
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SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 6th 2011
9/6/11
9/06/11
9.06.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/60R6w
NATO is not tracking “fleeing former regime leaders” in Libya, an alliance spokesman said on Tuesday, after a Libyan military convoy with Muammar Gaddafi rumoured aboard crossed into Niger.
Colonel Roland Lavoie, the NATO mission’s military spokesman, said:
To be clear, our mission is to protect the civilian population in Libya, not to track and target thousands of fleeing former regime leaders, mercenaries, military commanders and internally displaced people.
06 Sep. 2011
Press briefing on Libya
by the NATO Spokesperson and by the Military Spokesperson of Operation Unified Protector
On Tuesday 6 September, Oana Lungescu, the NATO 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_77692...
Was Swedish TV1 right yesterday?
Aljazeera:
A large convoy of Libyan armored vehicles escorted by the Nigerien military arrived in the northern Niger desert town of Agadez late on Monday, a French military source and a Niger military source told Reuters.
The convoy contained between 200 and 250 Libyan military vehicles and included officers from Libya’s southern army battalions, and likely crossed from Libya into Algeria before entering Niger, the sources said on condition of anonymity.
The French military source said he had been told Muammar Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam might be considering joining the convoy en route to Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African state which has offered Gaddafi and his family asylum and has a border with Niger.
commander of Libya’s southern forces, General Ali Khana, may also be in Niger, not far from the Libyan border.
He said he had been told that Gaddafi and his son Saif would join Khana and catch up with the convoy should they choose to accept Burkina Faso’s offer of exile.
Burkina Faso, a former recipient of large amounts of Libyan aid, offered Gaddafi exile about two weeks ago but has also recognised the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya’s government. – Reuters
FromJoanne Joanne
#Algeria says NO to #RATS ; Gaddafi Military + intelligence officers fled to #Libya ’s border with Algeria goo.gl/kqzKj
#Tony #BLAIR bestest friend of #Gaddafi Clan + #Mubarak Now revealed 2b 1of closests friends of Robert #MURDOCH goo.gl/195cY #Libya
Beautiful poem about re- birth of #Libya “Our New-Born Dawn” composed by @tearsforfreedom
goo.gl/GTPY7
#Libya ’s new rulers postpone move to #Tripoli f24.my/rob4Mg #NTC
Nasr I hv an idea: if Mr. Abdel #Jalil cannot summon the courage to move 2 #Tripoli might the #UK lend us Mr. #Cameron 4 a few days
FromJoanne Joanne
CORRECTED-INTERVIEW-Libyan Islamist says interim council should quit goo.gl/lhulh #Libya
Money Money Money #Tripoli Banks PROMISED money But have not given ANY 4 last 5 days goo.gl/XllxF @@WilliamJHague #Reuters Video
Musa #Ibrahim Gaddafi says in Mondya broadcast #Gaddafi in good Health and spirits somewhere in #Libya Saif also in L goo.gl/IztyM
LibyaUnited1944 Walid وليد
anyone care to explain to me in plain simple English what journalists mean by describing some ppl as an “Islamist”?
Libyans leaving Libya:
Maha
some bringing back family members from #Tunisia i know a group who cross 2 buy medicine 4 #Tripoli
Iman El-Maghribi
Inform media the word Islamists doesn’t exist! Like calling Muslims “Mohammadans” a century ago!
FromJoanne Joanne
Bani Walid born FF says “I hope they don’t resist, bc ppl there r my friends+family I don’t want them to die.” #Libya goo.gl/rYjR1
So WHAT does #BaniWalid LOOK like ? goo.gl/P2WH6 Its build on the banks of Wadi Merdum Continue; goo.gl/K3Ofx #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
I showed u this b4 van Galen took many Photos of #Libya and personally met #Gaddafi in BabAlAzizyah Fascinating story : goo.gl/1jzwl
@tripolitano Tripolitano
@TawasulMC reports discovery of a mass grave near Naser Uni. In #Tripoli. Early estimates 3000 martyrs.
Michael
Black African mercenaries were hired to fight for Gadafi. Many killed Some still there, mixed with labor force. A connumdrum.
While researching mines found in Libya, I learned that China has sold them to nearly every country in Africa. Hidden agenda.
Belgium mines are small anti-personnel type. Chinese mines more current but not real new either,anti-tank type .MANY of both.
Tripoli water returning, water pressure building, about 70% of city has it so far.Power improving. PT Vet avail.
Wartorn #Libya a safe haven for Somali refugees shabablibya.org/news/wartorn-libya-a-sa... via @shabablibya (So. Where’s the racism?) #Feb17
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya: Gaddafi sons leave squad to defend stronghold using human shields is.gd/O2w6XY #Libya
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Regime spokesman Moussa Ibrahim has said Gaddafi is in “good health” and in “good spirits” somewhere in #Libya feb17.info/news/live-liby… #Feb17
Moussa Ibrahim also said Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, was also in #Libya, moving around from one place to another feb17.info/news/live-libya-unrest-septe... #Feb17
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#NTC to move to #Tripoli when Libya fully liberated. goo.gl/E8crH #Gaddafi
MORE SCAREMONGERING
Al Arabiya
Israel general warns of ‘Islamic Winter’ after Arab Spring
An Israeli general warned on Monday that the risk of all-out war has increased in the Middle East where the Arab Spring of revolts could turn into a “radical Islamic winter.”
“What was considered as the spring of the Arab people could turn into a radical Islamic winter, and this raises the likelihood of an all-out war in the region,” General Eyal Eisenberg said.
“Weapons of mass destruction” could be used in such a conflict, he said in a speech at the Institute for National Studies in Tel Aviv, quoted by Israeli army radio and public television.
The television said Eisenberg was probably referring to missiles with chemical warheads which could fall into the hands of Islamists if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime were to fall.
Revolts against authoritarian rule have swept Tunisia and Egypt, whose long-time presidents have been toppled, and spread across the Arab world to Bahrain, Libya, Morocco, Syria and Yemen.
Eisenberg also said the deterioration of Israel-Turkey ties could also contribute to a possible regional conflict.
Source:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
Niz_FGM Niz
Great work by the team on mafqood.org … well done guys.
Gun Campaign video now airing on Libya AlAhrar… www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW2AnFMCMMY #Tripoli
Please send us pictures of those martyred in Tripoli so we can honour them on our board in the square. Tripoli.Latest@gmail.com
evanchill Evan Hill
RT’ing before bed: My latest on NTC’s prisoner dilemma; the ICRC says they have no evidence of actual “mercenaries” ow.ly/6m57v
Do you have a link to an HRW report? The ICRC was referring to a strict definition of mercenary under int’l law
Only 57 Somalis turned over to UNHCR & that was the 1st transfer
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
One of the few planes in #Misrata’s skies over the recent weeks, this one carrying eid presents for the children. pic.twitter.com/q3NzNZj
Hoda’s frontline diet:
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
For us its been tuna cans cheese tuna cheese tuna cheese #roadtosirte
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Tripoli, Hay al Andalus: tap water continues to return, neighborhood by neighborhood. We got it today, others late last night.
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Libya: Gaddafi wife and children holed up in Algerian villa
telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… via @Telegraph #Libya #feb17
On what bases #Algeria broke this UN resolution “travel ban” www.un.org/sc/committees/1970/pdf/List%... #Libya #feb17
:) Barbers without borders goo.gl/ZhU27 #Libya #Feb17 via @saleheldali
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
KhadijaTeri: Keep praying for #Libya khadijateri.blogspot.com/2011/09/keep-p…
MohamedLibya
#WikiLeaks is nothing compared to #GaddafiLeaks.
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
check this a wdding in Tripoli during siege
twitpic.com/6aw3dz
twitpic.com/6aw3vb
twitpic.com/6aw63k
And who could have arrived in Niger late Monday?
4Adam Adam
Large convoy of Libyan escorted by the Nigerien military arrived in the northern Niger late on Monday, acc. 2 French military source. #Libya
Yifrenia Yefrenia
Democracy, fair trials & basic human rights isn’t a “western” invention; it existed in the past in the Arab world. It’s a universal value
septimius_sever septimius severus
#China: Shooting itself in the foot in #Libya? : douglasherbert.blogs.france24.com/article/2011/0…
maha elmasri
Good News via @sabha17feb internet and phones (madar, libyana, landlines) back & working by tomorrow evening in sha Allah #Sabha #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
Opportunists ! they come in all shapes and “colours” ! #Libya … pic.twitter.com/J7iuDx9
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Met Mohamed Bashir Saleh, 1of 3 who escaped 1993 coup attempt. Now in talks on #BaniWalid
goo.gl/Qfcbb recording of live interview on east road to #BaniWalid
Attempt to clear confusion negtns with GF as expected failed. Talks with tribes ongoing.But #BaniWalid fighters want to move faster.
Mubarak Salah al Fudmani NTC rep for #BaniWalid still holding out for more time to get all tribes onside. Video airing now.
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
ex G prisoner states that his facebook page and phone were both monitored until he was arrested in soog al juma.
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking if Niger allowed Gadhafi and aids 2 enter country few hours ago then pressure by Libyans & world should b applied 2 hand him back!
Emo
It’s high time a real government is formed in #Tripoli while the hunt for #Gaddafi is still on. Once that is over power vacuum can explode
It’s ironic #UK has sent its ambassador to #Tripoli before #NTC sent its leaders. What the hell are they waiting for? #Libya
Saja. Ahmed, Age 26 “Send my greetings to my mother and tell her that her son will die as a brave man and not a coward.” feb17martyrs.com/ahmed-al-kreks…
libyanfsl Libya NFSL
To contact Greater Tripoli Security Operations Room, call “1515” from any land-line or mobile phone #Feb17 #Libya #Tripoli
Lib17
Rebel reinforcements are arriving outside one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last strongholds in Libya, even as the forces arrayed against the toppled dictator give the town a chance to surrender and avoid a fight.
Thousands of rebels surround Bani Walid, a desert town southeast of the capital. Gadhafi has been on the run since losing his capital last month.
A small rebel convoy arrived Monday at a checkpoint about 40 miles (70 kilometers) from Bani Walid. Ismail al-Gitani says the fighters were part of a larger force he commands and that he was ordered to reinforce the northern approaches to Bani Walid.
He refused to say how many fighters he had brought.
Another rebel commander, Mohammed al-Fassi, says the door is still open for negotiations over the town’s surrender.
libyanproud libyanandproud
I finally got to sleep …. after months and months of insomnia , it feels so refreshing to wake up to freedom
Niz_FGM Niz
LibyaAhrar losing its audience in #Tripoli due to poor coverage. We have received info that station content is being censored by management
Libya NFSL
several employees resigned in protest of the station’s management, including entire Misrata staff
Niz_FGM Niz
correct. Although my understanding is that several are on strike, not resigned. will clarify.
Niz_FGM Niz
LibyaAlAhrar – Change is needed, or the Libyan people will exercise their new found freedom of choice… and will chose to watch elsewhere.
moi a table
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@Niz_FGM are ppl watching France24 arabic at all in #Tripoli?
@Niz_FGM Niz
@moiatable absolutely
Michael
How do 200-250 Libyan Army vehicles convoy in daylight into Niger without anyone
seeing them and reporting it? Unbelievable.@NATO
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
NYT: Convoy to Niger could be Tuareg fighters, not Gaddafi & friends nytimes.com/2011/09/07/wor…
evanchill Evan Hill
Box found in a room in Abu Salim prison. Any idea what was inside? “Cobb” breed suggests chicks? ow.ly/i/gPS9
Niz_FGM Niz
Water returns to #Tripoli
Thanks for the pictures of #Tripoli martyrs for the martyrs board in the square… keep them coming – Tripoli.Latest@gmail.com
Aljazeera
As the uprising grew against Muammar Gaddafi, secret reports from his vaunted intelligence service flowed back to Tripoli.
Some were mundane, how agents erased anti-regime graffiti. Others were more deadly, a spy volunteered to poison rebel leaders’ food and drink.
The reports grew more desperate as the Libyan rebellion veered into civil war: Military leaders in the western mountains were disregarding orders; troops in the city of Misrata ran out of ammunition, turning the situation into “every man for himself”.
These reports and hundreds of other intelligence documents seen by The Associated Press in Tripoli trace how the tide shifted in the six-month uprising that ended Gadhafi’s 42-year reign.
They show how an authoritarian regime using all its means failed to quash an armed rebellion largely fueled by hatred of its tools of control.
Reports emerge of military vehicles arriving in town of Agadez as Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid braces for attack.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
BRK: Muammar Qaddafi not in convoy that arrived in Niger: Niger minister english.alarabiya.net
UN
The UN is ready to provide significant assistance to Libya’s new authorities, ranging from police support to drafting a new constitution, Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general, has said.
Ban said the first priority in Libya was restoring the rule of law following almost seven months of conflict to oust Muammar Gaddafi after 42 years.
“A lot of people have been killed, (left) homeless. Infrastructure and social planning systems have been destroyed,” Ban said in a speech at Auckland University in New Zealand, where he is attending the Pacific Islands Forum.
Bani Walid
A Libyan fighter negotiator says tribal elders in a Muammar Gaddafi stronghold are trying to persuade loyalists there to lay down their arms, Associated Press news agency reported.
Bani Walid is one of Gaddafi’s remaining bastions and has been surrounded by thousands of rebels. They have been trying for several days to strike a deal for a peaceful surrender.
Abdullah Kanshil, the rebel negotiator, said on Tuesday that the elders want assurances the rebels won’t take revenge. He said the elders are also trying to persuade Gaddafi loyalists to lay down their arms.
Libyan opposition fighters have reached an agreement with tribal leaders in Bani Walid to enter the town peacefully.
They have also agreed with some tribes in Sirte, the Gaddafi hometown, to lay down arms.
10 vehicle convoy
A convoy of 10 vehicles that crossed into Niger was carrying money taken from a branch of the Central Bank of Libya, a spokesman for the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Tuesday.
“They took the money from the central bank in Sirte,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, an NTC spokesman told Reuters in Benghazi . Sirte is the birthplace of fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi.
An NTC official earlier said a Libyan convoy of 10 vehicles carrying gold and cash crossed into Niger late on Monday, citing sources among the Tuareg people who live in the Sahara desert on both sides of the frontier.
China
China will recognise Libya’s National Transitional Council as the legitimate government “when conditions are ripe”, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, without spelling out what those conditions would be.
China has not joined Western powers in formally recognising the NTC as the legitimate authority in Libya, but has acknowledged its “important role” after Muammar Gaddafi’s ousting as the rebels swept into Tripoli last month.
The new Libyan leadership has been grappling with how to handle ties with Beijing after uncovering evidence that Gaddafi bought arms this year from traders in China and in Europe.
AJELive AJELive
#Erdogan: #Turkey “totally suspending” #Israel defence and trade ties Read our story: aje.me/onzt2m #Gaza #MaviMarmara
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Some middle-ranking Libyan figures in Niger: Niger minister #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
french mil sources say large convoy of armoured vehicles entered Niger with pro G Tuareg leader & G cousin Mansour Dhao. #Libya #Gaddafi
Al Arabiya
Libyan army convoy crosses into Niger amid chaotic Qaddafi manhunt
A convoy of between 200 and 250 vehicles was given an escort by the army of Niger, a poor and landlocked former French colony to the south of Libya. It might, according to a French military source, be joined by Qaddafi en route for neighboring Burkina Faso, which has offered him asylum, according to Reuters.
Niger Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum, meanwhile, said that Qaddafi was not in the convoy that crossed the border from Libya into Niger.
“It is not true, it is not Qaddafi and I do not think the convoy was of the size attributed to it,” he told AFP by phone from Algiers, denying reports that Qaddafi and some of his sons were among the convoy that arrived in Niger on Monday.
A resident who is the owner of a local newspaper earlier said that a large convoy of Libyan soldiers loyal to Qaddafi crossed the desert border into Niger and rolled into the frontier town of Agadez late Monday.
The convoy consisted of more than a dozen pickup trucks bristling with well-armed Libyan troops, said Abdoulaye Harouna, the owner of the Agadez Info newspaper, who saw them arrive, The Associated Press reported.
At the head of the convoy, he said, was Tuareg rebel leader Rissa ag Boula, a native of Niger who led a failed war of independence on behalf of ethnic Tuareg nomads a decade ago. He then sought refuge in Libya and was believed to be fighting on behalf of Qaddafi.
It was not immediately clear if the convoy included any members of the Qaddafi family or other high-level members of his regime.
“I saw an exceptionally large and rare convoy of several dozen vehicles enter Agadez from Arlit… and go towards Niamey,” an AFP source said.
Full art.:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/06/1...
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan fighters reach deal to enter pro-Qaddafi town Bani Walid on Wednesday without fighting: Reuters #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Tripoli #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan exiles save Tunisia’s tourist haven of Djerba goo.gl/rntuj
Mercy at Qaddafi’s notorious Abu Salim prison
Juma Mukhtar Sayeh never chose a career in Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s military intelligence service. It was chosen for him.
“When I finished high school in 1983 I tried to enroll in college and the only one that would take me was the military academy,” he says. After graduation he found that his name was already on a list of people selected by the regime for the military intelligence service.
“I thought of quitting many times during my career but I always felt that I could do more good by staying where I was than by leaving,” he says at his Tripoli home.
Hundreds of people at Libya’s notorious Abu Salimprison are grateful that he stayed. They say they might not be here if he hadn’t. The facility for political prisoners was the site of a 1996 massacre of more than 1,200 inmates and a powerful symbol of state repression that drove Libya’s revolutionaries.
Full art.:
shabablibya.org/news/mercy-at-qaddafis-...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
#Libya: September 5 as it happened. goo.gl/1PKu9
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
Its beginning to look like some sort of deal has been done allowing Gaddafi to leave Libya & the rebels to take control of remaining areas.
robcrilly Rob Crilly
lots of rumours that Gaddafi has entered Niger. Big convoy last night apparently
jfjbowen Jeremy Bowen
by robcrilly
Big normality news #Libya #Tripoli. Cleaning lady vacuuming my hotel room for first time since Gaddafi’s fall. And first clean towel.
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
listening live to the convening meeting between Tribal elders of Bani Walied and the negociators of the ‘rebels’ thanks AJA
robcrilly Rob Crilly
I don’t understand much of what they are saying, but these televised negotiations for Bani Walid are riveting
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Libya: Gaddafi wife and children holed up in Algerian villa by @ddamned tinyurl.com/3bpku7j
Some quick thoughts on dilemma facing #Libya’s new leaders as they plan move to #Tripoli tinyurl.com/3zoxpev
Interesting to note that Bani Walid lays down arms hours after convoy crossed into Niger.
Souffian Tripoli
How in the H. can a Gaddafi convoy of 200 vehicles not be spotted by the FF nor by the NATO going through open desert #Libya, Algeria, Niger
How can Gaddafi thugs escape Bini Walied if the FF say Bini Walied I surrounded by FF ? #Libya
There might be A “Safari” tour via Libya though Africa for the search of Gaddafi and his Thugs, soon. #Libya
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Moussa Ibrahim compulsive liar spokesman for ex Libya tyrant escaped Binwalid heading south 2 Niger border will we hear him again?!
Souffian Tripoli
To be frank I did “learn” a lot the last six months from Mousa Ibrahim regarding how politics via the media works. #Libya
I realy hope this Outburst of “happyfire” in #Tripoli is going to stop soon. #Libya
jfjbowen Jeremy Bowen
Obeidi said Libya hinted to Britain that the #BP deal more likely if the prisoner exchange deal went ahead #Libya #Lockerbie
Obeidi added that #BP deal might still have happened without Megrahi release. #Libya #Lockerbie
Obeidi said Libyan cabinet slowed down approval of #BP deal to make sure Britain was approving exchange of prisoners deal #Libya
conditions improving in Tripoli. More running water. thankfully — it’s extremely hot and humid.
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
Qahtani:
Confirmed: ka3bool (i.e. Khalid kaim) in custody of FF youtube.com/watch?v=YYRy50… #libya #feb17 #Tripoli
jfjbowen Jeremy Bowen
atmosphere in #Tripoli very different to #Gaddafi’s last few months. Lighter. #Libya
HaraldDoornbos Harald Doornbos
Ben in #Khadaffi’s pive-vliegtuig geweest / I went inside Khadaffi’s private plane. Here some pics: #Libie, #Libya: s.joomeo.com/4e65dd3703729
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Reuters
A large convoy of Libyan armored vehicles escorted by the Nigerien military arrived in the northern Niger desert town of Agadez late on Monday, a French military source and a Niger military source told Reuters. The convoy contained between 200 and 250 Libyan military vehicles and included officers from Libya’s southern army battalions, and likely crossed from Libya into Algeria before entering Niger, the sources said on condition of anonymity.
AP
A Libyan fighter negotiator says tribal elders in a Muammar Gaddafi stronghold are trying to persuade loyalists there to lay down their arms, Associated Press news agency reported.
Aljazeera
Reports emerge of military vehicles arriving in town of Agadez as Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid braces for attack.
China via Feb17
China will recognise Libya’s National Transitional Council as the legitimate government “when conditions are ripe”, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, without
spelling out what those conditions would be.
AmmarParis Ammar ABD RABBO
2 weeks now in #Tripoli… Exhausted & confused by rebels new rule with sometimes as much complications for press as with Gaddafi.. #Libya
Alex
This delay has given #Gaddafi time – 2 flee border with armed unit – that can conduct future guerrilla ops on oil fields & Sth #Libya cities
#NTC have allowed 200-250 military vehicle #Gaddafi convoy to cross the #Libya #Niger border – Niger has recognised NTC af.reuters.com/article/libyaN…
Tribal leaders of #BaniWalid have XERO chance of persuading Gaddafi hardliners to surrender – critical time wasted benefits #Gaddafi #Libya
#Gaddafi hardliners may have left #BaniWalid – thus opening door to peaceful entry by #FF today. #LIbya #Gaddafi #Tripoli #NTC
I hope tht 100’s of casualties avoided in #BaniWalid & #Sirte now – does not result in 1000’s of casualties fm future #Gaddafi guerrilla war
AyrshireBlog Bunc
Excellent move by #NTC to arrange live TV broadcast of the negotiations between #BaniWalid & FFs. Challenges Gaddafi propaganda #libya
Alex
VIDEO of the #NTC & #BaniWalid surrender negotiations – this is very good 4 #Libya to see in open. youtube.com/watch?v=6_wwm8…
I still have strong reservations about the long term military wisdom of the delay in liberating the South #Libya cities – But this VIDEO of the #NTC & #BaniWalid surrender negotiations – is heartwarming when you see past adversaries openly embrace each other.
The #NTC must compell the #Niger Government to impound the cash and gold #Gaddafi has stolen from #Sirte & other #Libya Banks
Delay enabled escape of 250 military vehicle convoy includg armored cars loaded with gold & cash 2 fund future #Libya insurgency fm #Niger
Maybe 250 vehicle convoy full of gold & cash – is money hungry unpaid #Gaddafi mercenaries – returning home – with their #Libya plunder.
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
BREAKING via AJA: Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown have given up their weapons. yfrog.com/mej8nnj yfrog.com/h2bbtwosj
danielepinto Daniele Pinto
#Libya rebels tell @SkyNews they will head south to “carefully liberate” #Sabha after entering #BaniWalid. #NTC
bnnNEWSLIVE WAR IN LIBYA
Cash in Niger taken from Libyan central bank -NTC goo.gl/fb/EKCdJ #libya
dessiegrant Des Grant
It took 10 army trucks to carry the 8,000,000,000 of stolen gold . Biggest heist in history ! Also $ billions cash
Rupert Gardener
The Libyan Job? #bbc’s Jon Leyne says #Gaddafi isn’t part of this convoy but he is moving his gold out of #Libya “Hang on Lads…”
dovenews Libyan™
Reuters: Gaddafi’s army convoy in #Niger may be Gaddafi deal af.reuters.com/article/libyaN… #Libya #Gold #Cash #Corruption
Perhaps #Gaddafi has already reached his final destination (S Africa) & the Nigerien gov just announced his entrance. #News #delayed #20hrs
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya: #BaniWalid & #Sirte given an extra week to surrender, meanwhile massive #Gaddafi forces walking into #Niger. This smells VERY fishy!
#Turkey CARGO SHIP “YUSUF CEPNIOGLU” now en route from #Benghazi #Libya to dest. #Misrata. #Feb17
#Freedomfighters extend deadline for key town’s surrender independent.co.uk/news/world/afr… #Libya #Feb17
Very Interesting Audio Please RT: #Libya – #China arms memos found on #Tripoli roadside www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-1... #Feb17
#Libya: Anyone finding ANY weapons or ammo with Chinese writing or marks, please photograph items & notify #Libya #NTC of locations. #Feb17
Interesting Read: #Gaddafi wife and children holed up in Algerian villa www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... #Libya #Feb17
Sirtawi
Got a list of urgent medical supplies needed at Ibn Sina hospital, #Sirte. Working hard to arrange an aid convoy . Will post list shortly.
According to witness in #Sirte to Al-Arabiya, Gaddafi loyalists have retreated in large numbers towards the south recently. #FreeSirte
AbuDhabi Doctors Without Borders ready to provide a field hospital in #Sirte given that a safe route is granted
If anyone wants to help conduct aid convoys plz call 00447403378235 or Dr. Khalfallah Zoubi م0017807073595 #FreeSirte
According to AJ report, 1st batch of weapons handed at meeting between #Sirte notables and #FFs at Um Al-Gindeel. #FreeSirte #Feb17
First meeting btwn #Sirte notables and #FFs (Arabic) جزء من المفاوضات مع وجهاء مدينة سرت — 6 سبتمبر www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_wwm82gO3k&fea...
Source from #Sirte: All we seem to eat now is just pasta, past and pasta. Cooking on wood. #FreeSirte
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Suspect the visa department of the Niger embassy in London might be having a busy day (do they have one? or maybe Paris?)
Good grief tinyurl.com/3tqwad2 Krug: they will soon be shipping bottles to Nigeria, where the president’s wife is a fan
Niz_FGM Niz
updates made to the site. please access and share….. ESSENTIAL. mafqood.org #Tripoli #Libya
SkyNews Sky News
Rebels To Enter Pro-Gaddafi Town After Deal bit.ly/riwBef
millerC4 Jonathan Miller
C4News team’s been repeatedly told by locals around Tarhuna that Khamis al-Gaddafi was buried in Bani Walid last week – but no firm evidence
4Adam Adam
AJA reporter near Beni walid ‘the deal reached after all Gaddafi forces (Jahfel battalion) left the town, G/ sons could be with them’ #Libya
LibyaAlHurraTV LibyaAlHurra
Rixos Translator lists foreign “journalists” and others who were paid off by Gaddafi to help him win the propaganda war:
Rixos Translator lists foreign “journalists” and others who were paid off by Gaddafi to help him win the propaganda war.
In this Libyan freedom war, Gheddafi did not just paid for non Libyan soldiers who fought in the battle front but also paid for some journalists to win the war of media, the hotel Rixos was the basis of these people who were given accommodation, food and transportation or promised of having future commercial deals in case of regime was succeeded to stay in power (super pocket money as well) …
1-Nahada Zirwati of the Algerian newspaper ALMOSTAKBAL….
2-Ali shondub the correspondent of the Lebanese TV LBC….
3 – Jordan Jesus of the South American network Tele Sur which is financed
by Hugo Chavez (Tele Chavez)…
4-Al Habib Laswad journal of Tunisia Alshorouk…..
5-Mahmud Kampar of Russia Today Arabic …
6-Omar,the cameraman and the handyman of the Iraqi channel Alrai ,that broadcasts from Damascus.
Other attempts to attract Western media or unknown associations like the British citizens the founders of the Fact Finding Committee with its members:
David Roberts (Delegation Leader)
Dr . Anour Izzadine (Forensic Doctor)
Mrs Nidaa Sabbagh ( Political Writer)
Mr Manzur Sadaq ( Humanitarian Worker/Campaigner)
Mr Baboo Zanghar ( Humanitarian Worker/Campaigner )
Mr Ishmahil Blagrove (Independent Journalist and Filmmaker)
Mr Majed Sabbagh (Humamitarian worker/interpreter)
Mr Richard Mejeh (Independent Filmmaker)
Mr Mohamed Elhaddad (Arabic Society UK)
Mr Martin Longhurst ( Humanitarian Worker/campaigner)
Mr Agab Eldoor Khamis ( Veterinary Surgeon ) WHAT FOR?!!!
Mr Mohielddin Zakaria (Humanitarian worker)
Mr Sukant Chandan (Independent Journalist)
The same committee has also included as well an Italian lady resident in Libya with the strong commercial ties with the regime Tiziana Cammonnazzi and the ex BBC reporter Fulvio Grimaldi.
Guy Sitbon of the left French newspaper la Marianne, was courageous and refused to write what they want and told me personally that he does not have a clue to help the regime because pas de chance pour lui.
The service gratuity has also touched another Frenchman Pierre Bonnard…..? Who introduces himself with his Tunisian colleague Ghazi as simple Business men in Libya just to help the Libyan people!!!(No Merci).
SOURCE: fergiani.blogspot.com/2011/08/translati...
4Adam Adam
Excellent assessment of NATO’s Mission In Libya n.pr/nhK0HS #Libya #npr
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
AJ Arabic is broadcasting the meeting/negotiations between #BaniWalid & freedom fighters live on TV. + some 20 other networks present #libya
CBS
Libyan spy files document Qaddafi regime’s fall
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/05/5013...
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
Urgent need for orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, physical therapists, nurses, and volunteers in #Libya. Pls RT.
Hana S.
Shocking! Foreign sniper found today in #Misurata with loads of ammo in his flat! Our neighbor was almost killed O__o #gaddaficrimes
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
Nursing staff and volunteers badly needed in many hospitals in Tunis. Injured FF and civilians are receiving extremely poor care. #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
I can proudly say i have not shot one Bullet in the SKY in #tripoli
Regine Rayani
First aid is more than a skill – it’s an act of humanity World First Aid Day 2010: First aid for all – IFRC ifrc.org/en/news-and-me…
Tweeting Tripoli
FACT: It’s misleading to say BaniWalid is the Warfalla tribe. Gaddafi wanted the world to think that he had the support of Warfalla.
FACT: BaniWalid is just a city of less than 70K population. Rest of 1M Warfalla tribe distributed all over Libya.
FACT: I am from Warfalla tribe, and I never personally known any Gaddafi supporter, at least not from my family or friends, it’s true.
Fact: I grow up knowing my father a strong hater for Gaddafi’s policies internally and extremely, and I am 45 yrs old.
Fadwa
The 70s: Gaddafi’s Lejan Thawriyah sold my family’s private foto albums in streets of Benghazi, 2day: goo.gl/SPkZ1 What goes around!
thicken86:
Another vid of the arrest of the ogre Khaled Kaim (FB video) goo.gl/3JZ0u #Libya #Feb17"
Abdullah
Khaid Kaim is like Moussa Ibrahim, libyans dont know them before #Feb17 and they are just spread #Gaddafi lies #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Checking reports that a deal has been struck to go into Bani Walid this afternoon without fighting (reuters/AJA)
BBCWorld BBC Global News
#Gaddafi must face Libyan justice – UK Special Representative to #Libya Dominic Asquith tells BBC’s @jfjbowen
rcolebourn Richard Colebourn
New UK govt #Libya rep tells #bbcnews that NTC needs to assert authority in #Tripoli and MI6 docs don’t make challenge he faces any greater
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
#IOM calls on warring parties to protect migrants stranded at its centre in #Sebha
ZeinakhodrAljaz Zeina Khodr
#Libya tribal elders of #baniwalid calls on #NTC leader to issue a general amnesty
EH172
Cousins funeral yesterday. Accidently shot while breaking up a fight. Law & order should be NTC 1st priority in liberated areas
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
Mid july drove into #libya through #Zawiya &got caught in pro- #Gaddafi rally. The aug
fall of Zawiya was arguably turning point of the war
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Yonhap news agency: South Korea sending water engineers to restore water supply. #LIBYA
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Moussa Ibrahim compulsive liar spokesman for ex Libya tyrant escaped Binwalid heading south 2 Niger border will we hear him again?!
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
All #Gaddafi hunting eyes on #Niger; right now 100s of Journos in #Libya will be saying ‘How long is the drive to Niamey?’ LOL
Latest NATO media update shows #Sirte is still the focus of #Libya bombing. 12 targets attacked yesterday.
guardiannews Guardian news
Gaddafi security chief flees to Niger gu.com/p/3xktm/tf
cswift2 Cara Swift
Reuters: #Gaddafi remains in #Libya, in good health and high spirits, spokesman tells Arrai TV
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
@cswift2 LOL! RT Based on Mousa track record, this translates to: #Gaddafi is
already outside #Libya, in poor health, & very depressed.
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Video of arrest of Ahmed Uon, another Top Gaddafi Military officer youtube.com/watch?v=gM9mOc… #feb17#libya
Seems remaining Gaddafi forces in Beni Walid, Sirte, Sebha & Jufra will be giving up their arms. #feb17 #Libya
What are the odds of Gaddafi being now in Niger with Mansur Daw?
Emo
Confirmed: Gaddafi clown Khaled Kaim has been captured by FFs in #Tripoli #Libya
Alex B
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Tom Gara
The convoy of 50 Libyan cars that rolled into Niger complicated the country’s Libya policy, but also doubled the number of cars in Niger.
Nasr
What would you say if I told you that the total number of cars rolling into #Niger was close to 250 ?
emma
Abdel Hakim Belhaj: Gaddafi is our number one target, we will capture him in a matter of time. We are very confident we will catch him.
libyanproud libyanandproud
Niger should act responsibly and Name the people on the convoy
ChangeInLibya
What the hell is this? The great African safari? After Algeria and Niger, expect convoys to Chad and Sudan? All denying Gaddafi presence?
SecularLibya
#Salabi leader of Muslim Bros. in #Libya wants to dupe nationalists and reform Muslims to back Islamists. Sneaky irishtimes.com/newspaper/worl… #Feb17
ChangeInLibya
Algeria and Niger: “oh yes, we allowed murderers and billions of £s worth of gold in but we will never allow gaddafi. We have morals!”
bilal h.b.
Shakeer is from Benghazi like me and he’s Albanian. 100% SURE!
millerC4 Jonathan Miller
NTC negotiators 20 miles from Bani Walid are now meeting tribal elders who were presented with the tricolour flag to take back to the town.
Tweeting Tripoli
This’ll be my last tweet regard tribes BS: “Last week I met Warfalla FFs who live in Misrata and came to liberate Tripoli.”
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
NATO is flying overhead now, the first time I hear them over Tripoli in a week.
bencnn benwedeman
Chief NTC negotiatior Abdallah Kenshil says there are “several big fish” from Qadhafi regime in Bani Walid. #Libya #Feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
Via AJA: The negotiator who is holding BW hostage and still controlling Gaddafi thugs there is “Musa Ibrahim”. He is as military as Khamis.
MoKoussa Moussa Koussa
I am not sure where Gaddafi is, but just in case, I flush my toilet twice. Better safe that sorry.
ITwitius Tim Marshall
#Libya Sky sources – Libyan Army vehicles have arrived in Niger capital. Deal was that all weapons to be handed over. No sign of Gaddafi.
Aljazeera
Large Libyan convoy ’arrives in Niger
A large convoy containing between 200 and 250 Libyan armoured vehicles has crossed into Niger, according to the Reuters news agency.
French and Niger military sources told the agency that the convoy, escorted by the
Niger army, arrived in the northern desert town of Agadez on Monday.
The French military source said he had been told Muammar Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam might be considering joining the convoy en route to Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African state which has offered Gaddafi and his family asylum and has a border with Niger.
Mansour El Kikhia, chair of the political science department at the University of Texas, spoke to Al Jazeera about the implications if Gaddafi was in the convoy.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGfIq-PDbYA&fea...
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
When the Gaddafi convoy reached Niger’s capital, it was greeted with dancing girls singing “Welcome to Niamey, bienvenidos a Niamey” #fact
hominoid555 Russell
FFs have now found G36 guns from the German company Heckler and Koch, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Friday.
If larger quantities of German weaponry are discovered, it could indicate an international arms smuggling “secret channel.”
UPI
German weapons found in Libya
In November 2010 more than 100 arms manufacturers attended an international arms show in Tripoli. The British offered armored vehicles for the Libyan police force, tear gas, sniper rifles and communications systems for the T-72 tanks, while the French proffered Rafale military jets and the Milan antitank missiles. Only two German
companies attended, Ruesselsheim seeking aircraft maintenance orders and Munich’s Rohde and Schwarz, demonstrating its technology for radio surveillance.
Rebels have now found G36 guns from the German company Heckler and Koch, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Friday. If larger quantities of German weaponry are discovered, it could indicate an international arms smuggling “secret channel.”
Read more:
www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/09/06...
Charter 97
Belarusian snipers defended Gaddafi in Libya
The National Transitional Council of Libya accuses Belarus of supporting the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
The regime of Gaddafi used Belarusian snipers, Abdel Majid Ibrahim, one of military chiefs of the Libyan National Transitional Council says.
“We had information from our intelligence sources that a group of snipers from different European countries, including Ukraine, Belarus and other states, was invited (to Libya) by the regime of Gaddafi. According to the information we have, the group entered Libya through the Nufeida port in Tunisia before bringing them to Tripoli,” Radio Svaboda quotes Abdel Majid Ibrahim.
Libyan rebels found a catalogue of Beltechexport, a Belarusian arms exporter, in the secret services headquarters. The finding gave a reason to suspect Belarus in arms trading in violation of the UN resolution. According to Sweden-based Sipri research centre, Belarus was in the world’s top 10 arms exporters in 1997-2001. The centre estimates Belarus’s income from arms deals in 2001 at about $1.5bn.
Experts suppose that Belarus exported weapons mainly to the countries famous for human rights violations, namely Yemen, Uganda, Peru, Angola. Besides, Belarus is accused of supplying weapons to the countries subject to UN sanctions – Iran, Iraq and Somali.
Source:
www.charter97.org/en/news/2011/9/6/42305
Belarus denies involvement of its military specialists in conflict in Libya. www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/112... #mercenaries
millerC4 Jonathan Miller
NTC Brigadier Dour Jadek has just told me the NTC believes Sirte and Sabha have fallen. Bani Walid the last Gaddafi stronghold now.
ANevilleMorgan AllysonNevilleMorgan
Whoops! #China to examine whether regulations were violated by Chinese arms manufacturers who met Qaddafi aides bit.ly/n4v2j6 #Libya
Docs discovered indicated that Chinese arms companies offered to sell Qaddafi regime about $200 million worth of weapons.
Strong explosions for several hours, indicates that v large weapons store hidden in Indian Co. HQ by Gaddafiforces #Libya v @sabha17fe
The Egyptian Gazette
Pro-Gaddafi tribe disarmed near Sirte
UMM KHUNFIS, Libya – Forces of Libya’s new regime on Tuesday disarmed a pro-Gaddafi tribe least of the fugitive leader’s hometown of Sirte, seizing 150 light weapons, an AFP correspondent reported.
The raid was launched at dawn by fighters of the “Zintan Martyrs’ Brigade” deployed in the Umm Khunfis frontline district some 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of the coastal city of Sirte.
It raid targeted encampments of the Hossnia tribe dug into the desert some 30 kilometres inland, who were armed with weapons handed out by forces loyal to
Muammar Gaddafi, said a brigade commander, Adel Semfez.
More than 100 Kalashnikov rifles, four 12.7 mm machine guns and three rocket-propelled grenade launchers were seized, he said, adding most of the weapons had been buried in the desert sands.
“We acted firmly but without violence. There weren’t any incidents,” Semfez said.
Full story:
213.158.162.45/~egyptian/index.php?acti...
Guardian
Warning graphic
Gaddafi loyalists’ ‘torture chamber and mass grave’ in Khoms – video
Amateur footage obtained by Reuters purports to show anti-Gaddafi fighters being tortured in what appears to be a shipping container, while residents of the Libyan town of Khoms, 60 miles east of Tripoli, have unearthed the bodies of 17 men in a mass grave
Video gu.com/p/3xyx4/tw #Libya
or:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/sep...
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Heavy battle ongoing, it started this morning at village around 80km from Sirte, rebels coming under sustained artillery bombardment #Libya
Yesterday afternoon we were at the same village and about 10 minutes after we left it was shelled by pro-Gaddafi forces.
The artillery fire was accurate and on to rebel tank positions, pro-Gaddafi forces highly likely to have had eyes on it. #Libya
Patrick_Baz patrickbaz
NTC “military commanders” asking AFP if we know what’s going on the field cause they have no informations #Libya
World4Libya World for Libya
10 oxygen concentrators to be delivered in the next WFL shipment to Libya! #libya
FunGuerillaz FunGuerilla No.1
You know what would be funny? If they accidentially took the fake money the regime handed out to the mercenaries… :-D
TasnimQ Tasnim
Libya’s Girl Executioners and Gun-Brandishing Newscasters majjal.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/gir… #Libya
acarvin Andy Carvin
Niger customs official says there are other convoys from #Libya en route, via the city of Agadez. -AP
Tweeting Tripoli
We were 2 million people in Tripoli and they were only few thousands (+Musa Ibrahim) holding us hostage. Think……
baniwalid1 Libya
FF msg to ppl of BW: Everyone is responsible for their house. Anyone that has a sniper or weapons now is the time to get rid of them 1/2
They will not go house to house searching so it’s up to u to liberate your city 2/2
libya_Horra Libya 7orra
breaking:- Ahmed Ramadan, #Gaddafi’s black box has been caught, attempted to commit suicide, now in coma but stable condition in TMC #Libya
Ahmed Ramadan head of #Gaddafi’s office, but was his life manager, even if one of G’s sons wanted to see G it wud have to go thru Ramadan
Ahmed Ramadan did not leave Gaddafi’s side at all during the past 6 months
this obviously means G has legged it for Ahmed Ramadan to be caught
Ahmed Ramadan, G’s real right hand man, tried 2 shoot himself, but somehow bullet didnt penetrate skull, in stable coma in #Tripoli
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Unit of rebels has just been ambushed during fighting, one dead & at least 6 wounded brought in to field hospital just back from front line
This is the heaviest fighting that we have seen in the past two weeks in east #Libya, shelling is still continuing.
Ambulances still bringing wounded back from the front #Libya
MAG International
LIBYA: Reducing danger and increasing security
Events in Libya have been fast-moving in July and August, resulting in the emergence of significant new needs, which MAG has been working hard to assess and respond to.
As the fighting has moved across the country, MAG has been supporting the delivery of humanitarian aid, reducing the risk represented by unexploded ordnance (UXO) through destroying dangerous items, and providing life-saving Risk Education to refugees based in Tunisia.
Examples of some of the work MAG carried out in July and August include:
More here:
www.maginternational.org/MAG/en/news/li...
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Saw operation to arrest #Gadafi man suspected kidnap people from #Misrata & torture them in #Tripoli:rebels efficent,almost professionals…
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Picture of some cracking Libyan rebel fashion facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Libya” #feb17 looks like touwareq. He is not. He is FF
AP The Associated Press
BREAKING: Ghadafi’s security chief enters Niger’s capital at the head of a convoy, customs official says -ldh
Nasr
I am surprised at the media that still refer 2 Musa_Ibrahim as the spokesman of #Gaddafi regime. What regime?!! It’s now a fugitive gang.
20arb11 Souffian Tripoli
#Gaddafi the fugitive, Saif the fugitive, Musa Ibrahim the fugitive. #Libya
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
The need is for justice in #Libya and thats the only way to make the rev completed in sucss.
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Victorious Libya footballers return home to fanfare bit.ly/o6pwSl #libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
#AP: Armed loyalists of Moammar Gaddafi crossed in several convoys from Libya into neighbouring Niger #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
I call fo the PEOPLE & soon to be ELECTED government of #Libya. NO JOBS, no BUSINESS, no OIL for those countries harboring/aiding #Gaddafi
#Libya now knows who its enemies are: #Russia, #China, #Algeria, #Niger, #Mali, #BurkinaFaso, #Ghana, #Tanzania, #SouthAfrica. REMEMBER!
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: 2 MILLION LD FOR THE ARREST OR LOCATION OR BODY OF MUAMMAR #GADDAFI offered by #Libya business group. #Feb17
#Libya: Suggestion: Cancel all #Gaddafi passports / work with Interpol, & issue arrest warrants for all Gaddafi family & leadership. #Feb17
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Along the Ajdabiya to #Sirte coastal road there are 100s of unexploded rockets and mortars that need removing before they kill civilians.
BeirutCalling
Jumblatt travels to Libya at the invitation of the TNC. Will they remind him of the time he sent PSP members to fight for Qaddafi in Chad?
Free Libya
I want to write an essay just analysing the latest Reuters article on Operation Mermaid Dawn. Could easily write 5000 words. #Libya #Feb17
Fieldproducer’s Photos – Eastern Libya
Rebel soldier is treated at a field hospital after being wounded in an ambush by pro-Gaddafi troops
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2098977...
AifricsWorld AifricsWorld
AP reporting that Mansour Dhao, #Gaddafi security chief has entered #Niger capital of Niamey with convoy
From Niamey G-regime convoy can drive to Burkina Faso or they can access international airport g.co/maps/jge5 #libya
Ethiopia forums
NANNY INTERVIEW:
Admass, Atlanta based Amharic radio reporter talk to a mother of Shewaye Molla w/ro Kuri and older sister Misrak on the current situation of Shewaye and their effort to contact her before the abuse by Gaddfi’s son Hannibal wife Aline Scaf and after the burning incident.
Shewaye works as Gaddafi’s grand children nanny for the last year until the was found by CNN reporter in Hannibal Gaddafi’s house abandoned with out a medical attention after brutally abused and burned with a boiling water by the wife of Hannibal Aline Skaf.
Listen to interview:
ethiopiaforums.com/shewaye-mollas-mothe...
Khiria
I noticed #Gaddafi took everyone from his tribe with him & left behind his slaves.
kosovo_01
FF to keep encycled SIRTE and BENI VALID& major FF forces to head south&tightly/severely encycle SABHA and kill Gadafi there
live2Tripoli
Mahmood Jibreel also wants peace keepers in #Libya. We’re watching you closely :!!
Tweeting Tripoli
This is the BEFORE img of a SAM-6 defense system in Ain Zara on March 19th. I was expecting the strikes to start. img849.imageshack.us/img849/5179/323670...
This is the AFTER img of SAM-6 defense system. Look how precise the hit was. imageshack.us/photo/my-image…
The residents finished the job with a bulldozer. They feared NATO might hit it again, so they did the job. imageshack.us/photo/my-images/97/149090...
Free Libya
There’s no way one can explain in just a few pages the suffering, trauma, patience, determination that went into liberating Tripoli. #Libya
live2Tripoli
Instead of bringing foreign teachers Mahmood Jibreel, why don’t we train the current staff. Stop making ridiculous comments! #Libya
defpro
RAF Tornados conduct strikes on Gaddafi troops at Sirte
British aircraft yesterday mounted a long-range mission against a military facility in the Libyan city of Sebha and conducted strikes on pro-Gaddafi troops at Sirte.
A formation of Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s took off from RAF Marham in Norfolk on Sunday, 4 September 2011, and, flying south to the Mediterranean, rendezvoused with allied aircraft to lead a long-range strike mission.
The strike was aimed against a group of military communications installations that form a key part of the former regime’s major headquarters complex at Sebha, in the Sahara. The RAF aircraft launched a large salvo of highly accurate Storm Shadow
stand-off missiles against their targets.
Meanwhile, RAF Tornados and Typhoons based in Italy at Gioia del Colle air base helped NATO maintain armed reconnaissance patrols over Sirte. During the evening our aircraft successfully attacked an ammunition depot nearby, as well as a self-propelled artillery piece and an armed pick-up truck, using Paveway and Brimstone guided weapons.
Read more:
www.defpro.com/news/details/27443/?SID=...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Observation: Those most against #UN Peacekeepers in #Libya seem to be the BRIQ countries & the extremist groups w/ their own plans for Libya
Alex
Military convoy to #Niger IS VERY SUS it was led by #Gaddafi Head of Security – Have Regime Fat Cats left flunkies in #Libya as diversion?
Lee
Tough call for NATO to bomb vehicles running away that might/might not have Gaddafi #resolution1973 @2011feb17
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
hominoid555 Russell
Risk spells reward for Vitol in Libya. upi.com/Business_News/… @Marguer_d #vitol
Spanish oil firm Repsol has sent a delegation to Libya to discuss resuming its
operations there as soon as possible, …
Aid Group: African Migrants Trapped in Libyan Town blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09...
The Philippine government has recalled its envoy to Libya today, who was accredited to the former government of former leader Gadhafi.
scottbohlinger Scott Bohlinger
Rubbish collection in #Tripoli back on with full force. #Libya
LibyanPilot
Ly aviation update: 3 times daily libyan airlines benghazi – tripoli A320. Twice weekly air libya benghazi – tunis #Libya
martinchulov Martin Chulov
Spoke to 2 #Gaddafi lady soldiers today; sad 19 y-o sent from Bani Walid & defiant gunslinger, 52, who’d do it all again #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Rebels Want a Peaceful Agreement english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #alarabiya #NTC #Baniwalid #Libya
What to think about this?
cswift2 Cara Swift
I just rang the #Syria Mission at the UN. Their hold music is “Let it Be”.
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
The way the FFs are treating the G supp is considered 5 start treatment compared to the G supp treatment of the FFs and ppl arrested #libya
Feb17
Representatives of Libya’s National Transitional Council agreed with elders from Bani Walid for the peaceful handover of the town to their control.
AP
Water started flowing again in several areas of Tripoli on Monday, putting an end to an outage of more than a week that rebels blamed on sabotage by retreating Moammar Gadhafi loyalists.
camilo
Everything is on the way to progress in #libya including footbal feb17.info/news/victoriou…
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: Opposition fighters on the road to Bani Walid. One told me “we may go in with guns blazing.” #Libya yfrog.com/h7h04jraj
THIS IS A MUST READ:
Special report: The secret plan to take Tripoli
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime was delivered by a caterer, on a memory stick.
Abdel Majid Mlegta ran the companies that supplied meals to Libyan government departments including the interior ministry. The job was “easy,” he told Reuters last week. “I built good relations with officers. I wanted to serve my country.”
But in the first few weeks of the uprising, he secretly began to work for the rebels. He recruited sympathizers at the nerve center of the Gaddafi government, pinpointed its weak links and its command-and-control strength in Tripoli, and passed that information onto the rebel leadership on a series of flash memory cards.
Full art.:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/06/us-l...
Malta_News Malta News
New Libya peace bid as Niger denies Gaddafi has crossed border bit.ly/pbNKsJ #Malta
bencnn benwedeman
Press has only been able to see a tiny percentage of damning documents about who was holding Qadhafi’s hand. Whole truth may never come out
libyansrevolt Moez
Starting to realise the mammoth task of rebuilding #libya facing us. Starting a country from zero…..sub-zero in fact. No easy task
robinenergy Robin Mills
#Repsol to assess #Libya facilities; could restart in a couple of weeks if undamaged in.advfn.com/news_Repsol-De…
If you want to read rubbish mixed with lies, here is some:
Libya: Message From Aisha Qadhafi
Message from Aisha Qadafi, September 3, 2011:
“Even if my father and my brothers are martyred, I will continue my fight against Islamic terrorists in Libya.
Soon, I will appear in the media to announce the fight against terrorists and Al-Qaeda in Libya and other countries in the world.
Let the West and their mercenaries take note; Aisha Qadhafi will never surrender to their conspiracy of evil.
I carry the blood of a heroic father in my veins and I have never known the idea of surrender.
NATO and Western assassins killed my husband and my child. But they must know by now that Aisha Qadhafi is a soldier.
Even at the cost of my own life, I will free my country from the clutches of Islamic terrorists and Al Qaeda.”
- * * *
Aisha Qadhafi is elegant, well educated; smart enough to cope with any international community. Born in 1976 she has accomplished so much in the international arena, including lately courageously facing the most adverse days of her loving father. Aisha Qadhafi really deserves admiration from everyone, especially women, that she stood up and fought and is still fighting.
Aisha, being trained in the Libyan army, got promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, which she is holding till date. She has been the goodwill ambassador of the United Nations, philanthropist, humanitarian and a lawyer by profession. She was appointed as the United Nations Development Program National Goodwill Ambassador for Libya on July 24, 2009, primarily to address the issues of HIV/AIDS,
In February 2011 the United Nations stripped Aisha of her role as a goodwill ambassador. She was placed under a travel ban on February 26, 2011, under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970. This resolution by UNSC as well as her exclusion from being the goodwill ambassador was politically motivated, as the United States and NATO were jointly supporting the rebels in Libya and they were wholeheartedly looking for the ouster of Muammar al-Qadhafi from the leadership in Libya.
Goodwill Ambassador is a collective term sometimes used as a substitute honorific title or a title of honor for an Ambassador of Goodwill; but, most appropriately for a generic recognition, it is a job position or description that is usually indicated following the name of the individual recognized in the position. Goodwill ambassadors generally deliver goodwill or promote ideals from one entity to another, or to a population. Aisha has served as a mediator on behalf of the government with European Union corporations.
In 2000 after sanctions were imposed on Iraq, Aisha Qadhafi arrived in Baghdad with a delegation of 69 officials. Shortly before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, she met with Saddam Hussein.
In 2011, she strongly protested the policies of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. President Barack Obama, calling for a mediation of the Libyan Civil War through an international organization. She vehemently opposed the anti-Saddam offensives of President George W Bush in Iraq and Aisha had been consistently a supporter of Democrats in United States.
After the recently NATO bomb attack on the compound of Muammar al-Qadhafi, Aisha sued NATO over the bombing of a building in Muammar al-Qadhafi’s compound that killed her brother, Saif al-Arab Muammar al-Qadhafi, and her own infant daughter among the three grandchildren of her father who were killed. She claims the attack was illegal, as it was a civilian building.
Ms. Qadhafi’s lawyers filed the petitions in Brussels and Paris in June 2011. However, on 27 July it was reported that Belgian prosecutors declined to investigate the war crimes complaint filed by al-Qadhafi against NATO whose headquarters are in Belgium, saying that their country’s universal competence law requiring a connection between the complaint and Belgium does not apply in the case.
Aisha Qadhafi’s husband, Ahmed al-Qadhafi al-Qahsi, whom she married in 2006, was also killed by rebels on 26th July 2011.
When Muammar al-Qadhafi’s compound in Libya was occupied by the rebels, Aisha
Qadhafi’s house also became a target of attack and looting. Personal belongings and valuables of Aisha were looted by the rebels. Some of the rebels drank and danced in the living room in the house and few of them went to her personal bedroom and had sex with a few Nigerian women they brought from Benghazi. At least 90 Nigerian girls were captured from several whorehouses in Benghazi by the rebels, who were later forced to have sex with the Libyan rebels.
Source:
www.mathaba.net/news/?x=628548?rss
Danya
taking bets on whether or not #Gaddafi will be found dead or alive …vote now !!
I wish i could be a witness in #Gaddafi ’s trial ….that would be epic …
Libya 7orra
there really would be a sense of emptiness if #Gaddafi isnt caught, not to mention potential of causing trouble.. hope we get him #Libya
88simon88 simon
TOTAL Cost of the French involvement: 320M€ (0.9% of the Defense Budget !!) ledauphine.com/france-monde/2… Helping freedom cost almost NOTHING
Hanan
Via feb17libya: The US govt. says it believes #Gaddafi is still in #Libya & was not traveling in convoys that crossed into #Niger
SMILE:
Gaddafi evolution:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1376076&...
hominoid555 Russell
Online extra: The battle in Zawia, in Alaa Murabit’s own words. thestarphoenix.com/Online+extra+b… Zawia was in limbo
Sirtawi
Locked up medicine warehouse since 1984 in #Zliten
| facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
AJA: “Bani Walid’s negotiators were shot at by Saadi Gaddafi’s thugs when they tried to return to the town.”
A Free Libyan
If G forces really attacked #BaniWalid negotiators…Then it’s pretty clear what needs to be done. Their answer is obvious… #Libya
#Libya Oil Chief Sacks Suspected #Gaddafi Loyalists nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-mar… #Feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
I think they should just burst into BW and catch those who are willing to surrender, and if Musa Ibrahim dies resisting arrest then be it :(
Souffian Tripoli
If you know any places or houses in #tripoli that contain weapons let me know. #FF in #tripoli have found weapons in houses of gaddafi thugs
Freed Egyptians tell of torture in Libyan jails
With drawn and gaunt faces, some 30 Egyptians holed up in a modest Libyan hotel speak of the incarceration and torture they suffered at the hands of Muammar Qaddafi’s loyalists.
Please read full article:
feb17.info/news/freed-egyptians-tell-of...
simmjazeera andrew simmons
Don’t expect #BaniWalid to be liberated just yet. Tribal leaders had positive meeting. Returned to discuss. Deal looks likely.
If you haven’t seen it, watch the video:
Tweeting Tripoli
Apparently, Misrata businessmen have bought few of these gadgets to help their FF fight Gaddafi’s thugs. Nice!!: youtube.com/watch?v=DQ3hEt…
ChangeInLibya
Clearly, some people only understand force. Saadi Gaddafi & Musa Ibrahim al Gaddafi don’t want a peaceful end to Bani Walid dilemma
Foreigners complain of harassment by Libya rebels
A Ghanaian teacher cowers in his house, certain he will be grabbed at a checkpoint because of his dark skin. Armed rebels detain 19 Ukrainian cooks and oil workers for several days on unsupported claims that they are really snipers for Moammar Gadhafi.
They’re among thousands of foreigners caught in a web of suspicion as rebel fighters pursue the remnants of Gadhafi’s forces. Gadhafi hired some foreigners as mercenaries, but many others held ordinary jobs in Libya, and the rebels who ousted the Gadhafi regime from most of Tripoli last month often seem to make little effort to tell them apart.
Read more here:
news.yahoo.com/foreigners-complain-hara...
Hunt for Gaddafi goes international
Fresh from the battle to take Tripoli, fighters from Libya’s opposition have set up camp on the outskirts of Bani Walid. The town is a stronghold of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the hunt is on to find him.
Officials say a large military convoy seen crossing the Niger border may have included Gaddafi seeking refuge in a friendly neighbouring state. Local Tuareg tribesmen on both the Libyan and Nigerien sides of the border have said a 10-truck convoy driving was carrying gold and cash.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbuvL8pWPcU&fea...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sebha FFs in daring op gained ammo/weapons from a G Goon’s farm. G forces destroying/looting airport & other public buildlings #feb17#libya
One thing is for sure; Gaddafi can’t run away from Misrata & Nafusa FFs even if he goes to the moon. They want to have a word #Feb17 #Libya
Khalid Kaim not so cocky anymore : )
Elpais
Una caravana de leales a Gadafi busca refugio en Níger
Una caravana de más de 200 vehículos blindados escoltada por el ejército de Níger llegó ayer a la localidad de Agadez, en el desierto al norte del país africano, cerca de la frontera con Libia.
En los vehículos viajan oficiales leales a Gadafi, y la fuente responsable de la información un militar francés asegura que tanto el dictador como su hijo Saif el Islam tienen planeado unirse al convoy para continuar el viaje hasta Burkina Faso, que ha ofrecido asilo a la familia del coronel.
El jefe de los guardaespaldas de Gadafi, Mansour Dhao, junto a un grupo de 10 libios más, cruzó a Níger el domingo, revelaron oficiales de Níger.
Full story:
www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/c...
It’s Libya babe
Proud Libyan!
We will not surrender,
We will win or we will die!
This is not the END, you will fight us plus you will fight the generation that follows us,
until LIBYA IS FREE ♥
Tomorrow, by God’s will, i can see the children of Libya living in greatness so i can lift my head up high and say: I AM LIBYAN, I AM LIBYAN :’)
ray224.tumblr.com/post/9878896689/its-l...
Ahram
Ex-Saddam tracker: Gaddafi not likely to leave Libya
Aformer senior U.S. army officer who helped lead the hunt for Saddam Hussein believes Muammar Gaddafi will be caught as long as those pursuing him use local intelligence and zero in on his closest bodyguards
Read more:
english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/2/8/...
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Rebels keep temselves busy eating couscous, firing in the air for no reason and posing for photographers #libya #lame
It seems like no one really knows what’s going on here. Rebels v disogranized and not allowing anyone to enter or leave #BaniWalid #libya
Exclusive: Gaddafi used torture squads in bid to preserve rule
Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi deployed special squads which held suspected opponents in shipping containers, tortured them for information about insurgent networks and disposed of their bodies in unmarked graves in a campaign to smash the revolt against his rule.
Evidence gathered by Reuters in the provincial town of Khoms shows an organized system of repression with methods including delivering electric shocks to suspects’ genitals, keeping them for weeks in baking heat with only a few sips of water a day, and whipping them with an electrical cable while their hands were bound with plastic ties.
Read more:
www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/06/us-l...
dairyflat
The road from #Libya to #Niger picasaweb.google.com/algeriamike/Ni…
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Negotiations just broke down AGAIN. #libya #baniwalid #killmenow.
Rebel negoitator just told wires that the tribal elders who came to negotiate were turned away by gadhafi loyalists in bani walid &shot at
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: dinner (spaghetti con sugo di pomodoro piccante) at Bani Walid. Standoff for dessert. #Libya yfrog.com/nyva2mj
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Abdullah Kenshi, rebel #Baniwalid negotiator said that ppl inside BW agreed w negotiations and rebel waiting for NTC orders to enter.
EU lifts sanctions against Libyan Airlines
European sanctions against Libyan Airlines have been lifted following the political developments in the North African state.
The European Union placed sanctions on Libya in a regulation dated 2 March, gradually extending the restrictions to various entities.
It included Libyan Airlines in the list on 12 April, citing the fact that it was wholly-owned by the Libyan government.
More:
shabablibya.org/news/eu-lifts-sanctions...
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Life slowly returning to normal in #Libya. Vehicle check points are starting to be manned by uniform police again in #Ajdabiya
septimius_sever septimius severus
Love this. RT “@khalidalbaih: Breaking #Gaddafi fb.me/sJOOMKXe”
War damage to hit return of #Libya crude – Financial Times goo.gl/fb/3nXmM
septimius_sever septimius severus
Gaddafi: from king of kings to asylum seeker… really, the times are a changing! #Libya
I could swear this a transcript of #Saif Interview! #Libya jihadists found discussing plans to establish Islamic state bit.ly/risuVG
#Libya: Flush with victory | The Economist economist.com/blogs/newsbook… via @theeconomist
robcrilly Rob Crilly
I’m told SA deal to get Gaddafi into Burkina Faso is not finalised
Information hard to come by. Sounds as if Gaddafi hasn’t gone yet. Convoys are preparing the way
Souffian Tripoli
BREAKING: Bani Walid’s Negotiators Were under Fire by #Gaddafi ’s Forces When They Tried To Return To Dinar Area.
Mark Allan personally signed MI6 Belhaj Rendition then resigned to get a Libya-Related high job @ BP bbc.in/n06Jlj
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
VERY Cool Article: #Tripoli Private Sector Begins Economic Activities in the New #Libya tripolipost.com/articledetail.… #Feb17
#Libya: THIS is what #Russia thinks of U: "The one killing civilians is “NATO” english.pravda.ru/opinion/column… 5 YEAR MORATORIUM ON BUSINESS W/ RUSSIA
VERY Interesting Read: “Bounty hunters and military vie to find #Gaddafi” www.smh.com.au/world/bounty-hunters-and... #Libya #Feb17
4Adam Adam
I hope Mr. Jibril & Jalil see this video. Gaddafi loyalists in Nafusa mntns didn’t negotiate, just killed the ‘rats’. youtube.com/watch?v=uvEHZ0…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvEHZ06JyLQ
AJA:
Gaddafi loyalists blocked Bini Waleed’s delegation from discussing the outcome with residents #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#US urges #Niger to detain #Libya convoy officials au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wo… #Feb17
MORE ENEMIES OF #LIBYA: Non-aligned leaders slam international intervention in Libya www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/non-al... #Feb17
Emmil
no more $, no more friends. RT @MachahirNews: BREAKING: Burkina Faso Refuses To Give Asylum to #Gaddafi . #Libya #BaniWalid
FromJoanne Joanne
Moussa #Ibrahim #Gaddafi Tuesday phone call MSG 2 #Syria TV station al-Rai : We are still strong and capable of turning the tables on #NATO
#HalaMisrati tells RT @jenanmoussa: “I apologize to rebels #gaddafi is the past revolution is the present.”
#NTC #HassanDroua: Witnesses report Gadhafi’s son Muatassim left #Sirte 4 #Niger in convoy of cars loaded with Plundered gold +Cash #Libya
#Now Believed to be in #Bani #Walid; Gaddafi Commander AliAyad #Beshti who took pleasure in torturing detainees goo.gl/84spX #Libya
#TRIPOLI #KhaledKaim said after his Arrest; “I Swear 2God I had good intentions” to which the FF yelled “U R a dog but we’ll treat u well”
Mirror
Tesco boss saves 11 Libya refugees in his £500,000 yacht
A TESCO director saved 11 people from a sinking ship while holidaying with family on his luxury yacht.
Stuart Chambers, 55, was sailing between Greece and Italy when he spotted the small stricken vessel packed with Pakistanis who had fled war-torn Libya.
As the desperate escapees screamed for help, he managed to pull 11 of them aboard with the help of wife Nicolette, 51, son Oliver, 18, and two family friends.
But tragically they could not help 19 others who ended up drowning in the choppy waters.
Nicolette’s mother May Horrocks, 82, said she and husband Frank got a text from their daughter to tell them about the drama.
More:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/...
septimius_sever septimius severus
I sometimes wonder if #BBC’S JOURNALISTS do watch other news networks ?? It’s like a different time/space dimension!
Oh & another thing, its hardly EXCLUSIVE OR BREAKING news when all major " & not so major" networks showed it…more than a week ago! #Libya
AJELive AJELive
#Gaddafi’s internal security chief given asylum in #Niger, confirms Niger’s minister of internal affairs aje.me/qpyH4C #Libya
4Adam Adam
The US has urged Niger to detain senior officials from the Gaddafi govt who it believes crossed into the country in a convoy from #Libya.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
didn’t head down towards Bani Walid today, fearing there might not be any movement on the story. Seems we made correct decision.
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
If I were Niger or even Tuwareq, I’d kill #Gaddafi and his convoy, get all the cash and gold! #libya #feb17
Tweeting Tripoli
Ahmed Ramadan Asabee: Gaddafi’s personal secretary for 42 years. Looks a tiny bit like his master. yfrog.com/h0ts9lkj
He looks like G ’s double! Younger version, but still….
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Ajdabiya, June: A Little girl found a grenade, not knowing what it was walked in to her house and pulled pin. several of family killed.
simmjazeera andrew simmons
From sue turton north of BW: 5 reps that came to negotiate went back and were fired upon. Now retreated and given shelter.
Reuters
Huge stockpiles of tank rounds, rockets, and land mines are lying unguarded on the outskirts of Tripoli, fueling worries that arms abandoned by Gaddafi’s forces could undermine regional security.
belkacemi:
Tripoli: Kadhafi secrétaire privé Ahmed #ramadan a essayé de se suicider et a été transporté à l’hôpital #Libye
feb17
Muammar Gaddafi’s deputy foreign minister has been captured in Tripoli. The NTC has confirmed that they have Khaled Kaim in their custody.”The title does not sound that senior, but he was important because he had the authority to speak on behalf of Gaddafi,” Al Jazeera’s James Bays reported from Tripoli.
Reuters
Libya’s Gaddafi is on the run, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday, adding that he did not know the ousted leader’s location.
EU
The head of an EU mission to Tripoli said on Tuesday he had been encouraged by progress towards restoring normality there but the situation remained fragile with far too many weapons still on the streets.
Telegraph
The son of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, has said that his father is too ill to leave his home in Tripoli. Khaled al-Megrahi said his father had stopped eating and slept most of the time.
Al Arabiya
The US government on Tuesday urged Niger to detain senior officials from the Qaddafi government who it believes crossed into the country in a convoy from Libya. “We have strongly urged the Nigeran officials to detain those members of the regime who may be subject to prosecution, to ensure that they confiscate any weapons that are found and to ensure that any state property of the government of Libya, money, jewels, etc., also be impounded so that it can be returned to the Libyan people,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said.
Ghazi
I keep having image of a dying #Gaddafi lost in the middle of a sea of sand dunes in #Libya’s desert robbed, abandoned by his mercenaries
mercycorps mercycorps
A Libyan-American psychiatrist, once a #Gaddafi regime target, is helping kids in #Libya heal emotionally. bit.ly/n4SS2f
Libya’s 14 billion euros in Belgium. bulancakhaber.com/son-haber/2011/09/06/... (turkish)
septimius_sever septimius severus
#China Vows to Toughen Control After Report of #Libya Arm Sales (which means they wil be more careful with paper trail) bloom.bg/pXzV3z
robcrilly Rob Crilly
have to say, with Gaddafi on the run and the NTC in Tripoli that this is a time for putting justice ahead of peace
Generally I’d put peace ahead of justice, but with Gaddafi on the run and the rebels in control of Tripoli now is the time to hunt him down
Now is not the time for the AU and South Africa to be hatching a rescue plan
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
I’ve been asking #Gaddafi regime to let the BBC meet their front line soldiers for months. We were never allowed.
Now we finally get to see them..but only because they are dead; which means we don’t get to hear and tell their story. Sad.
Sirtawi
4 #FFs martyred today at the eastern front line of #Sirte while 2 Gaddafi men were captured and 2 others were killed. (Ussud Ajdabiya)
FromJoanne Joanne
SO The #REAL reason #BaniWalid Gaddafi supporters arent keen on FF entering is tatt 2 Gaddafi SONS R still said 2b there Saadi + Saif #Libya
#Tripoli Medina #Khadima my own source; G Regime Handed out weapons 2every family Its dangerous now Guns R used 2sortout squabbles #Libya
#FLASH #Gaddafi has NOT been offered refuge in #Burkina #Faso President #BlaiseCompaore was trained in1of Gaddafi’s schools 4Dissidents
2Survive #Gaddafi needs Comunications+Trusted Ppl around him #MyMoneyIsOn #Sirte His Birthplace +Seat of his Tribe #Sirte has TUNNELS #Libya
AbdalAziz #BaniWalid FF spokesman says"1 hundred die-hard Gaddafi snipers concentrated in builtup areas r holding the city hostage #Libya
#FLASH #US Governm. Urges #Niger 2detain Gaddafis sen. officials + Confiscate Arms Jewels Gold belonging to Free #Libya #UNtravelBAN
#InteriorMinister #AbdouLabo Denies 200Car #Libya n convoy entered #NIGER but admit refuge granted2 #Mansoor +family was humanitarian reason
#Flash #NOC Chairman #NuriBerruien; May take #Libya 15months 2bring its #oil industry up 2pre-conflict levels exports2 1.6 million bpd
Makes total sense to me that #BaniWalid is not surrendering if #Saif and #Saadi are there + Take it from me #Gaddafi will never flee #Libya
#Tripoli : Gadafi’s Private secretary Ahmed #Ramadan tried to committ suicide and was taken to hospital #Libya
#BaniWalid tribal elders were attacked preventing their return + Threatened with death after failed negotiations with FF #Libya #Aje
#Megrahi News Son Says; I know my father is innocent and very sick 1 day his innocence will come out goo.gl/XQljB #Lockerbie #Libya
#NTC Jalil spoke via Mobile phone with #BaniWalid TRibal elders saying this is their chance to peacefully surrender #Libya
#BaniWalid Looks Like this: goo.gl/P2WH6 Its build on the banks of Wadi Merdum Continue; goo.gl/K3Ofx #Libya
Are #Libya ’s Islamists scary?
#TRIPOLI FF raided a house in search for activists suspected of belonging to a Gaddafi underground group in #AbuSalim area #Libya
#NEW Help Rebuild #Libya volunteerlibya.org
#Tripoli Gadafi’s Private secretary Ahmed #Ramadan tried to committ suicide and rushed 2hospital #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=NKYUnH…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKYUnHlbLPY&fea...
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
We won’t grant asylum to #Gaddafi – #BurkinaFaso vanguardngr.com/2011/09/we-won… #Libya #Feb17
dovenews Libyan™
Its not #Mansour #Dhau who went to #Niger, its #Abdullah #Mansour. #Libya
60 – 80 snipers are in different areas in #Bani #Walead. Alj A
If true that #Saif #Gaddafi is still in #Bani #Walead, perhaps talks means extra time for escape strategy & waste of time to #FF. #Libya
Gaddafi’s African caravan experience may prove a lifeline goo.gl/TlPZe
Alex
WHY WE CANT WAIT – BW people R being forced to support #Gaddafi & r entitled to liberation – ALSO we need to FREE #BaniWalidPrisoners #Libya
Serbian men accused of being mercenaries answer questions at the Tripoli Airport, August 22, 2011
By: Salam Tekbali Several men accused of being mercenaries answer questions posed in English and identify themselves as Serbians. They claim to have traveled to Libya to work on a road construction project. The video was recorded on August 22nd in the Tripoli Airport.
Salam Tekbali is a Libyan-American lawyer with a JD from Barry University and B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arizona.Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhAXrCD2Qhc
Souffian Tripoli
New #Libya take control of the power. Don’t let the power take control of you. ليبيا الجديدة : سيطرو على السلطة. لا تدعو السلطة تسيطر عليكم
Alaan tv
Jenan Moussa
Interview with Hala Misrati
Video:
www.alaan.tv/show-video/studio-alaan/Ha...
Souffian Tripoli
We have à new gaddafi @ AlaqeedALgadafi
People in #sabha are against #gaddafi but are fully threatened by gaddafi thugs. One was dragged behind a car though the town till killed.
Some mercenaries came out of the underground tunnels at night in Bab al Azzizia feu days a go. And FF got them. Info from #Tripoli #Libya
Michael
NATO commented it wasn’t their mission to stop fugitives. NTC should have closed the border with tanks and FF troops.
FromJoanne Joanne
Tonight 5 #BaniWalid Reps who negotiated with #NTC are sleeping ouside city @ FF outpost after being fired on by #Saif Gaddafis men #Libya
Hunt 4 Gaddafi dead or alive #Libya Freedom Flag Raised outside #Sirte #MusaIbrahim audio goo.gl/OgvzR
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Abdallah Kenshil: NTC member & Beni Walid negotiator: Saif has distributed Sniper rifles to 50-60 of his supporters now city #Feb17 #Libya
Abdallah Kenshil: NTC member & Beni Walid negotiator: Saif’s supporters fired on the Beni Walid reps we negotiated with #Feb17 #Libya
Abdallah Kenshil: NTC member & Beni Walid negotiator: FFs can enter city anytime but we want to avoid any casualties in city #Feb17
A Brigade of FFs from Sebha & South has been created & is heading to Sebha soon to take part in libearting city #Libya #Feb17
Birani Ishkal on Ahrar TV
Birani Ishkal tells Sirte, Beni Walid & Sebha that any call to continue fighting is a ruse to cover escape of G & supporters #Libya #Feb17
Mass grave discovered behind Yarmuk Military camp in Tripoli.
one of the HQs of the 32 brigade
Very very awesome (arabic) #Feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/gzdivmxlj
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Now #BaniWalid rebel council rep says he is ready to fight becuase pro-Gadhafi forces shot at the tribal leaders.. #libya
Getting whiplash with all the decision changes w/in rebel leadership _ fight or no fight? agreement or no agreement? #libya #contradictions
Armed pro-#Gadhafi, incl his security chief, fled into neighboring #Niger in multiple convoys across 100s of miles of desert Tuesday #libya
#Gadhafi himself is not in the convoys, Niger’s Foreign Minister Bazoum Mohamed said, according to Al-Arabiya television #libya
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Representatives of Libya’s National Transitional Council agreed with elders from Bani Walid for the peaceful handover of the town to their control.
AJA: Gaddafi loyalists blocked Bini Waleed’s delegation from discussing the outcome with residents
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
I will be on CNN international at 9.35pm london time (8.35pm gmt) shortly today tuesday
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Just got back from Martyr’s Square in Tripoli, huge demonstration with lots of families walking around savouring the atmosphere
Quite a lot of celebratory gunfire still in Tripoli, though nowhere near as much as earlier in the week I’m told
Several people have told me that they’re not celebrating yet though, as there is still fighting in other parts of #Libya
Cafe near Martyr’s Square, saw a poster for a missing man. Three women walk in and ask “any news?”, are told there no and quickly walk off.
SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 7th 2011
9/7/11
9/07/11
9.07.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/kOcUY
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Tue pm: Tornados from RAF Marham flew long range precision strike mission at surface-to-air missile & former regime compound depot at Sebha.
Surveillance showed compound at Sebha was still being used by those of Qadhafi’s troops who continue to oppress population of the town.
Tue: Tornados out of Gioia del Colle located another of Qadhafi’s armed trucks east of Sirte armed with a multiple rocket launcher.
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
#Misrata: Explosion heard moments ago, source unknown. #Libya
AliTweel Ali Tweel
Thanks to whoever made it happen! the 3G signal is strong now!
FromJoanne Joanne
#DailyTelegraph discloses extraordinary details how #Algeria #BrownyPoints keeps Gaddafi family under Tight Rein goo.gl/ZCex8 #Libya
#WATCH them LIVE: #Safia #Aisha #Mohammad and #Hannibal #Gaddaf here goo.gl/OJ3Eq staying in #Staoueli close to #Algiers #Libya
#Discover #Libya Beautiful #Ghadames White washed Houses all connected made out of mud lime PalmTreeTrunks youtube.com/watch?v=aBGDz1…
#SalemalMadhoun #Thuraya Satellite tel.Transmissions was detected Ended up in AbuSalim Prison but lived 2tell the story goo.gl/ddGCG
#Tripoli #Tajoura #SalemAlMadhoum was subjected 2horrific electric shocks in interrogations overseen by #Seif al-Islam Gaddafi #Libya
Ibn Omar
libyans have lived 42 years with the assumption that everyone around them could be a #gaddafi agent, that feeling wont go away overnight
Sirtawi
#FF spox to Aljazeera: #FFs have reached Um Al-Khanafis area east of #Sirte, and fighting is less severe than before. #FreeSirte #Feb17
Michael
NTC & Gadafi forces both sloppy with ammo. Worse than Iraq. Until gathered & destroyed there will be many more accidents.
NTC repeatedly failed to guard captured highways, ammo dumps,prisons,gov’t buildings,& mil facilities w tanks. Never do!
Saif swore to run insurgency.Could do so from Niger. NATO followed mandate to
protect civs.NTC should have stopped convoy.
I’ve been amazed & impressed with how beautiful the architecture of Libya is. Architects will be quite busy in the New Libya.
ICC can add indictment for torture of prisoners to a long list of other charges against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi.
Reuters
Muammar Gaddafi still in Libya and safe – spokesman
“He is in Libya. He is safe, he very healthy, in high morale. He thinks very much that he is doing exactly what he should be doing,” Moussa Ibrahim told Reuters by telephone.
“He knows that he is supported by millions, not just in Libya but actually around the Arab world.”
Read more:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Reuters
Tuareg fighters take tough road home as Gaddafi falls
- Ex-hired guns speak of fleeing NATO bombs
- Gaddafi loyalists hunted deserters
- Despite ordeals, nostalgia for Gaddafi lingers
Full story:
af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/...
Official TVs in #Yemen & #Syria & previously in #Tunisia, #Egpyt & #Libya just fabricate news, according to liberated TV workers.
hominoid555 Russell
A trove of documents from the intelligence service detail how increasingly paranoid and desperate the Gaddafi became in the last six months
Plaid_Gaddafi PA al-Gaddafi
Maybe if I stay in hiding long enough I will get my own TV show, “Where In The World Is Muammer al-Gaddafi?”! #idwatchit
hominoid555 Russell
Significant portion of the frozen assets of the Central Bank of Libya, the state fund consists of investments in European markets and banks.
SocGen Deals With Libya Sovereign Fund Eyed By New Government. blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2011/...
Shanghai Daily
Greece airlifts 24 tonnes of drinking water to Libya
ATHENS, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Greece airlifted 24 tonnes of drinking water to Libya on Tuesday with two C-130 military transport aircraft, Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
“Once again Greece operates in Libya,” deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis stressed as he boarded one of the aircraft.
A delegation headed by Dollis is scheduled to visit Libyan capital Tripoli and the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
In Benghazi, Dollis is due to meet the leader and key members of the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council and representatives of the Greek community in the war-torn North African country.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou made the proposal to assist the Libyan people by transporting drinking water to those who suffer from water shortages during at an international meeting held in Paris last week regarding the Libyan crisis.
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Gaddafi’s fear of flying and love of road trips might come in handy, Reuters says af.reuters.com/article/libyaN…
Revolt in Libya: a message to Chavez axis4truth.net/news/index.php?mod=artic...
grafixel guess what
sounds like quantity discount RT @HDBosnjak: You kill 1 person… You get life in prison, in the Hague- You kill 8,000 and you get 20 years.
the other crazy boy has spoken ‘Chavez Calls for a “Counter Attack” in Lybia’ is.gd/CZvTOj via @ecuadortimes
millerC4 Jonathan Miller
‘Libyan army convoy reaches Niger’ – channel4.com/news/libyan-ar…
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Was shown the dog tag of a pro-gad soldier killed on #Sirte front today. Surprisingly he had a 4 digit number instead of name.
Gads certainly had something they didn’t want Journos to see. Wouldn’t even let Press TV, CTV or RTV visit the front.
Graffiti on the road to #Sirte ‘Thank you Neto’ (sic) I like the idea of a supermarket being thanked for the air campaign. Tesco next!
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Just got a room bombed during #Misrata siege:they’re fixing it now,after 3 months,but still no bathroom…hotels full booked or destroyed
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
#HalaMisrati tells me during meeting she was not touched, not tortured by rebels. To me, she looked pretty relaxed & rather normal. #libya
#HalaMisrati tells me she is victim herself because she “was forced by Gaddafi to spread his propaganda”. Hard to believe, if you ask me…
#HalaMisrati is being kept by rebels at secret location. I visited the place for about 1 hour 2day. It’s not a prison but a house. #Libya
Although #HalaMisrati normally would scream at ppl, insult rebels, call them rats and wave with guns, I tried to keep interview civilized
After the interview at secret location: A still picture of me (left) and #HalaMisrati (right) twitpic.com/6h1bod
LibyanLion17 A Free Libyan
Good to see #BurkinaFaso making a wise decision. Hopefully #Niger follows suit, G + thugs will not benefit them. #Libya #Feb17
AJE Live Blog – #Niger Minister of Internal Affairs denies 200+ vehicle count, but confirms Abdullah Mansoor given asylum. #Libya
Sky News – Megrahi family say that Abdel Baset is in the very last stages of cancer. #Libya #Feb17
Libya’s Nightmare Factory – By Felix Kuehn | Foreign Policy: bit.ly/r03Cea via @AddThis
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
by ChangeInLibya
Met Libyan employee of Italian oil firm Eni who was wearing the pre-Gadafy national flag adopted by rebels as hijab. Revolution chic
azizLibya Aziz Libya ︻╦╤─
عبد الرزاق محمد الغزي has been missing for 5 months.he’s 16 & from Misrata Qasr ahmed.Last seen in Benghazi.Info needed RT!!
Gada
#Libya,tribalism in Libya a myth,a organization 4 social events,like a club,no political weight,proof?BW shooting at so called tribal elders
radicalahmad Ahmad Sabri
Canadian @globeandmail says it obtained docs in #Libya showing that #China offered stockpiles of arms to #Gaddafi in his final months
libyanorama Libyanorama
Abdul Rahman Gave his Eyes to See the End of Qaddafi dailykos.com/story/2011/09/…
Saja
Three Scenarios as to where #Gaddafi is www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YDXfWiTyk&ann... … My Favourite is Number 3
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YDXfWiTyk&ann...
Malik Tarsin , 26 yrs old, was guarding Mohammad Gaddafi’s house when he was shot 3x by One of Mohammad Gaddafi’s Gaurds in #Tripoli #Libya
Abdel Bary Abdelhamid Kashlaf, 16 years old killed by a #Gaddafi mercenary on August 20 in front of Anasr Mosque in #Gurgi #Tripoli
Edris Ali Raslan AlMaghirbi, 15 years old was shot and killed by Gaddafi forces while protesting on the streets of #Benghazi on #Feb17 2011.
Mohammed Al-Werfalli was one of the heroes martyred in #Benghazi on March 18….. feb17martyrs.com/mohammed-al-werfalli #Libya
#GaddafiCrimes June 21—- New Life begins as #Misrata Crumbles….. edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/… #Libya
A video dedicated to the Martyr Khalifa Tashani, who was shot 3x by Gaddafi forces 18 days after his 18th birthday.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARUki09bvnE
Tools found in #AinZara Prison used for torturing prisoners. #Tripoli #GaddafiCrimes yfrog.com/h37ybhydj
Ayah
I learned from Misrata to be a Lion, Zawia to be knight, Nafousa to be Warrior, Tripoli to be patient, & from Benghazi to be a HERO. #Libya
Hanan
BREAKING: General Shaaban Abd Al-Waniss, Muammar #Gaddafi ’s pal was arrested in #Tripoli without any resistant. #Libya
Saja
Never ignore anyone that cares for you because one day you may realize you’ve lost the moon while counting the stars.--
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
When Khaled Kaim arrested he said he never say RATS to freedom fighters. I know he did. #Libya
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
Ireland-related story from trove of British intelligence docs found in Tripoli. More in tomorrow’s Irish Times
Emo Libya
Long conversation with Khaled Kaim. Don’t miss the fun! #Libya facebook.com/video/video.ph…
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
The building of the #Tripoli Central Revolutionary Committee it was a center of all dirty works around pic.twitter.com/il5nDhd
entrance of the #Tripoli Central Revolutionary Committee is welcomed by the green book and G photo on the ground pic.twitter.com/WwvXDSc
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
by septimius_sever
Our hero Dr Ali Darrat, a martyr,a doctor who died doing his job. I pray 4 his children, may Allah give them patience goo.gl/aFd6E
septimius_sever septimius severus
In #Libya, euphoria mixes with uncertainty bit.ly/rjkhUt
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Just got back from Martyr’s Square in Tripoli, huge demonstration with lots of families walking around savouring the atmosphere
septimius_sever septimius severus
The Voice of #Libya techre.vu/oKtaYy (via @TechReview)
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
16 yr old girl from Zawiya victim of G shelling. Leg amputated in Zintan. Came to Tunis in hopes of prosthetic. No luck so far @NTC_of_Libya
UPDATE: Libyan Greenstream Gas Pipeline Set To Resume Oct. 15 .online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110906-7....html #Libya
tripolitano Tripolitano
by septimius_sever
Mortar hitting Bil Khir mosque while ppl praying Isha on 20th.Thankfully it didn’t fall in prayer hall.#Tripoli yfrog.com/h77xhjcj
RanjAlaaldin Ranj Alaaldin
A senior Islamist commander is calling on all NTC members 2 resign, NTC mandate has ended according 2him, very significant/concerning #Libya
jenniematthew Jennie Matthew
Somali refugees seek haven in #Libya tinyurl.com/3joalhl
AJA – #NTC: ‘towns around Sirte handed in their arms to us, we are still waiting for people in Sirte to follow’ #Libya #Sirte
Omar
they have told me that they caught mercenaries from: Serbia, Belarus,Colombia,ukraine besides Africans
UNRefugeeAgency USA for UNHCR
“I knew Libya was war zone but not more dangerous than #Somalia” Wartorn #Libya a safe haven for Somali #refugees ow.ly/6mBoS
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan NTC forces say ready to take pro-Gaddafi town shabablibya.org/?p=http://shab… #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan convoys in Niger, may be Gaddafi deal is.gd/CsydRv #Libya
Libyan troops advance on Sirte in heavy fighting is.gd/mxee6A
Factbox: Latest developments in the Libyan conflict is.gd/GVvHNa #Libya
Reuters:
NATO said it conducted 118 air sorties on Tuesday, 40 of them strike sorties to identify and hit targets.
It said key targets hit included:
– One surface-to-air missile container, one multiple rocket launcher, four armed vehicles, one ammunition store, six tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles and one self-propelled artillery piece in the Sirte area
– Three radars and three anti-aircraft guns in the vicinity of Hun.
One surface-to-air missile facility near Sabha
Eight anti-aircraft guns in the vicinity of Waddan
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Today, more shops open. More people out and more civil activity. #Tripoli #Libya
AJELive AJELive
#Libya: efforts to reach a peaceful resolution in #Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid have failed, reports @sueturtonaje aje.me/qpyH4C
Niz_FGM Niz
Niz, Mervet & Hamza just back from representing FGMovement @ meeting regarding the new & exciting Libyan Youth Forum… exciting times ahead
Al Arabiya
Libya’s new leaders vow to remake ‘cocktail economy’
Libya’s new leaders face immediate battles to get people back to work, tackle fuel and water shortages and improve security, but they are already eyeing a bigger goal: the
complete transformation of the Libyan economy.
Today the oil sector accounts for as much as 98 percent of Libya’s export revenues, and experts say even that sector suffers from under-investment.
Libya’s National Transitional Council now wants to start building an economy that has a living, breathing private sector and that is not only dependent on natural resources.
“Diversification of the Libyan economy is a fundamental issue we need to deal with,” said Shamia.
While oil and the utility sectors might still see the state play a key role, Shamia hints at a rash of privatizations to come, and, he hopes, an influx of foreign capital.
Read more:
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/07/1...
Justice Minister Marou Amadou
Niger Justice Minister Marou Amadou said on Wednesday. ”We want to inform the world that Gaddafi is not in Niger. He is a former head of state, he will not come incognito into Niger. If he has to come, our government will be informed, and if that happens we will inform you of our decision.” Amadou told a news conference.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
‘Fierce battle’ looming for Qaddafi bastion after top officials fled to Niger goo.gl/r1dfh
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Video: Libya’s NTC promises fair trials for mercenary suspects bit.ly/neA5jZ #libya
AP
The United States says it is not satisfied with China’s explanation of a meeting in July between Chinese weapons makers and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi seeking to buy arms in violation of UN sanctions. US Ambassador Susan Rice told reporters
Wednesday that the Obama administration “will look to China to continue to explain and clarify its understanding of what did and didn’t transpire.”
NYT
Libyan Rebels Press Gains as Some Loyalists Are Said to Flee
Rebel negotiators pressed fighters loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in the town of Bani Walid to surrender on Tuesday amid reports of loyalists fleeing the country and confusion over the whereabouts of the former Libyan leader.
In Washington, the State Department’s spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, confirmed the departure of a convoy to Niger with “some dozen or more senior members of the regime,” including senior military commanders, but not Colonel Qaddafi himself.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/libyan-rebels-press-gai...
Telegraph
The home of Mohammed Matouk, the key suspect in the murder of WPc Yvonne Fletcher
Photo’s:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleri...
Dept. of State:
The State Department will formally create a new position later this week to oversee American aid efforts in Libya. Sources familiar with matter say William Taylor, a well-regarded former American ambassador to the Ukraine, will be filling the role. He previously managed reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eastern Europe.
China Vows to Toughen Control After Report of Libya Arm Sales
China said it will tighten control over exports of arms following a report that companies offered to sell weapons to Muammar Qaddafi’s regime in violation of United Nations sanctions.
Full art.:
feb17.info/news/china-vows-to-toughen-c...
Niz_FGM Niz
FGM to supply food&water for an entire KatibaUnit deploying to Sabha.Using local suppliers to encourage local economy.Thnks all who donated
Aljazeera
Libyan town of Bani Walid is ready to come under the National Transitional Council’s authority despite pockets of resistance, a chief negotiator told AFP news agency on Wednesday.
“The negotiations were successful yesterday and we are waiting for the NTC to give us the green light to go in," Abdullah Kenshil, who held talks with Bani Walid elders on Tuesday, said.
“The elders have joined the revolution,” he said, adding that some of them were now in
Tripoli, and others were back in Bani Walid, where pro-Muammar Gaddafi armed men initially prevented them from returning.
He said the aggression against the elders had angered members of the community.
“Armed men waved their weapons at the elders… and this angered the community,” Kenshil said.
Witnesses reported seeing the tribal elders heading away from Bani Walid, 170Km southeast of Tripoli, towards the nearby town of Tarhuna late on Tuesday.
acarvin Andy Carvin
Confirmed. RT @blakehounshell: BREAKING: Negotiations in the Libyan town of Bani Walid have either succeeded or failed
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
US urges Niger to detain Libyan officials in convoy, says Gaddafi‘on the run’ is.gd/KcAeDy #Libya
4Adam Adam
Recruited at $1k a month and handed an ak47, Agali Ghissa thought his job was to defend Gaddafi from poorly-armed rebel reut.rs/mTTozF
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
Where did @feb17voices come from? bit.ly/oVgxPH
Former rebels say Gadhafi surrounded
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s former rebels have ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi surrounded, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli’s new military council said Wednesday.
Anis Sharif would not say where Gadhafi had been found, but said he was still in Libya and had been tracked using high technology and human intelligence. Gadhafi is trapped in a 40-mile- (60 kilometer-) radius area surrounded by rebels, he said.
“He can’t get out,” said Sharif, who added the former rebels are preparing to either detain him or kill him.”
Full story:
shabablibya.org/news/former-ff-say-gadh...
Libya
Confirmed: Moatism is in BW and was handing out weapons as late as yesterday. Waiting for more info nd will tweet as soon as I get it.
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
#Fashloom street on the 25th of August. youtube.com/watch?v=zU4AHJ… #Tripoli #Libya
Saja. Mustafa AbdelJalil head of #NTC visited the Libyan national soccer team to congratulate them on their first win. yfrog.com/h4rnxecj
#NTC should stop telling us that they know where Gaddafi is located and actually get him & then tell us.
CowardGaddafi:
Check out: The Mystery Behind Gadhafi’s Birth: Some Say He’s Jewish aol.it/fQ6oUC via @AOL”
Khalid Kaim’s voice is extremely annoying! He sounds like Kermit the Frog #Seperatedatbirth yfrog.com/18351vyj
Saja. A family friend who was imprisoned by Gaddafi forces in tripoli told me that GF used whatever they had to torture prisoners including Drills
Weapons of mass distraction for the year 2011 twitpic.com/6h76y4”
The capture and interrogation gaddafi ex foreign minister khaled kaim
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaSbJExRBCg&NR=1
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Sebha FFs of AlGurda area protecting the neighbourhood in the city libya.tv/2011/09/%D9%81… #Feb17#libya
hominoid555 Russell
Anis Sharif would not say where Gadhafi had been found, but said he was still in Libya and had been tracked using high technology
Some Libyans in Colorado plan to return and help rebuild. www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_1883975...
Tuareg fighters take tough road home as Gaddafi falls | Reuters reut.rs/mTTozF via @reuters
’Libya’s frozen assets in China $15bn’ : presstv.com/detail/197868.html
The Botswana National Front (BNF) has condemned the government’s decision to recognise the National Transition Council (NTC) in Libya.
Gaddafi ‘Tracked Heading For Libyan Border’ – Yahoo! yhoo.it/pADCOH via @YahooUKEditor
Free Libya Daily is out! bit.ly/kgc2jf ▸ Top stories today
Free Tripoli Daily is out! bit.ly/jXMewE ▸ Top stories today
#Jordan to reopen embassy in #Tripoli #Libya within the few coming days. trunc.it/i7t4d
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
After #Mirage jets, #Libya navy commanders plotted to defect with their ships to #Malta in February. More soon.
Before #NFZ was imposed, #Libya navy commanders tried to ‘lobby’ #NATO #US for safe passage corridor to defect with warships to #Malta
#Malta government was ‘unaware’ of #Libya navy commander’s intent to defect with ships to island after being ordered to attack #Benghazi
#Libya is now set to be a scene of multiple battles | Soumaya Ghannoushi gu.com/p/3xydp/tw via @guardian
There were 6000 foreign mercenaries in Libya in February 2011. www.rfi.fr/afrique/20110905-mercenaires... (french)"
Mark
#Gaddafi seen in Ghat southeast of Sabha at algerian border
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Most essential piece of kit for #Libya I don’t have but wish i did: FLY SWAT
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
where are you?you cannot come back?now #Misrata is free,and #Libya almost…
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi’s personal secretary & speechwriter is under armed guard in hospital after trying to commit suicide when arrested #Libya – AJA
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
Unbelievable & Must See #Gaddafi family photo album خالد بوحورية : الجو الفايح youtube.com/watch?v=rHTIjQ… #Libya #Saif #Aisha #Saadi
Brian
The most surprising thing I’ve learned by following @acarvin is that the rest of the world liked “V For Vendetta” a lot more than we did.
AndrewBeatty andrew beatty
Off to the ‘front’ at Bani Walid, where not very tense standoff enters Nth day. I will eat my warfalla head scarf if something happens.
AfricanDictator: Who Will Draw #Gaddafi’s Short Straw? – tinyurl.com/4xscbc8" #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya conflict: Secrecy surrounds Gaddafis in Algeria shabablibya.org/news/libya-con… #Libya
NoonArabia نون عربيه
#Libya(n) activist, bloggers, tweeps we need your solidarity, please SupportYemen (Eng) bit.ly/rlvfkI (Ar) bit.ly/pRJwQa
septimius_sever septimius severus
Come on @AP … What does former rebel even mean? RT @AP Former rebels say #Gaddafi surrounded goo.gl/9jM1j #Libya #Feb17
@Brian_Whit Brian Whitaker
Gaddafi’s speechwriter said to be under arrest. I never knew G had prepared speeches — thought he just rambled on.
septimius_sever septimius severus
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@Brian_Whit he writes the speeches while Gaddafi rambled on and then shows to him to his add to library & publish..
Twitter should rename itself to “Lost in translation of 140 characters”
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
NTC to demand Niger prevent Gaddafi from crossing border: AFP #Libya
inglesi Piers Scholfield
An glimpse of Libya’s new prisoners coming up on BBC News later from @ipannell – and an intriguing insight into Gaddafi’s regime.
We met one of Gaddafi’s former bodyguards, told us “he struck fear into people’s hearts – even his children were afraid of him.”
We met 3 Ukrainians held prisoner – accused of being snipers. NTC promise they will be judged fairly on the evidence.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Niger: Only 1 major Libyan figure in country is.gd/fmv8OM #Libya
Gaddafi “surrounded” is.gd/wyYutM #Libya v Libyatv
Sirtawi
Fathi Salem Ali BuMariam was detained in #Sirte by G forces in April and was taken to AbuSaleem. now he’s free :) ! youtube.com/watch?v=mS1pdL…
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
VERY Important Read: Muammar #Gaddafi not in convey that entered #Niger timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-e… #Libya #Feb17
#Libya: Asylum talks begin as #Gaddafi loyalists flee across border telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
Abandoned #Tripoli Zoo Animals Update www.globalanimal.org/2011/09/06/abandon... #Libya #Feb17
#Libya combs priceless ruins for war damage news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2… #Feb17
#Singapore OIL TANKER “NORD STRAIT” now arriving at dest. #Tobruq #Libya. #Feb17
Reports about Ukrainians fighting in #Libya is attempt to discredit our state www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid... Sorry but #Ukraine is already discredited
#Belarusian snipers defended #Gaddafi in #Libya charter97.org/en/news/2011/9… #Feb17
SecularLibya MargBar Khamenei
We know for a fact that Qadafi has a nuclear-proof 200m deep bunker in Sebha. NATO even has the plans.
Bunker has been found: 27.2249991, 14.6890238 ;) Fits all descriptions known.
Michael
Wild About Animals: Wild About the International Help for Tripoli Zoo wildanimalspotting.blogspot.com/2011/09/wild-a…
AmmarParis Ammar ABD RABBO
New amazing pictures of Gaddafi as a grandfather playing with his grandchildren found @ ‘Bab Al Aziziya’ compound #Libya #Tripoli -link soon
The #Korean government plans to fully reopen this week its Embassy in the #Libya capital of #Tripoli trunc.it/hlwfm
Souffian Tripoli
Dear Libya. The next steps after our struggle for freedom, will be our struggle for Safety, Security and Unity. #Libya #Tripoli
Home-clinic doctor hopes for better #healthcare in #Libya english.libya.tv/2011/09/06/home-clinic... via www.Trables.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14814478 Libya conflict: Secrecy surrounds Gaddafis in #Algeria via Trables.org #Libya #Tripoli
One #Misrata clinic has been doing its best to treat the horrific injuries caused by months of conflict. #Libya trunc.it/hgxni
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Secret diplomatic moves to find haven for Gaddafi tinyurl.com/4xtmtl2 #libya
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
New blog post: Benghazi’s Talented Street Artists bit.ly/p7tR1M
Very interesting read @guardian today on the growing rift between the NTC and local military leaders in #Libya: bit.ly/qwewhg
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
بنغازي صانعة التاريخ الليبي shabablibya.org/ar/news/%D8%A8… #Libya
Wishes
Libya Free ,taken by iphone4 flic.kr/p/ajZDzS
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
The place is cleaned to be the offices of several humanitarian & charity associations working for ppl in #Tripoli twitpic.com/6h4w51
Looted items after being captured by ffs in khallat alfurjan
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Looted items after being captured by FFs in Khallat Alfurjan near Khamis brigade
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Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Cleaning #Tripoli of war dirtiness
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inglesi Piers Scholfield
Many Africans being held in prison here – group from Mali, Nigeria, Liberia & Chad told us they were innocent & being held without evidence.
Also met Saad Masoud, one of Gaddafi’s senior commanders and head of Matiga airbase until recently. #Tripoli
2011feb17:
This is a beautiful child from ancient city of Ghadames! Doesn’t he look like a baby Jay-Z?
libyanfsl Libya NFSL
Saleh Ibrahim is in Cairo with his family, seems he has given up on his master Gaddafi #Feb17 #Libya
#NATO planes strike Gaddafi forces in Sirte, and exchange of gunfire on the outskirts of the city between FF & G forces #Feb17
libyatvarabic Libya TV
مش وقتها | قناة ليبيا – لكل الاحرار Libya TV – for the free fb.me/12g9le4CE
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Mahmoud Warfalli (TV presenter turned FF) ready & armed at BW front-line. yfrog.com/khvpccnj
Daily News on #Tripoli #Trables #Libya goo.gl/r9L0i
CBS News
Qaddafi surrounded, Libya fighters say
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libyan fighters have surrounded the ousted dictator Muammar Qaddafi, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli’s new military council said Wednesday.
Anis Sharif would not say where Qaddafi had been found, but said he was still in Libya and had been tracked using high technology and human intelligence. Qaddafi is trapped within a 40-mile-radius area surrounded by rebels, he said.
“He can’t get out,” said Sharif, who added the former rebels are preparing to either detain him or kill him.
Art.:
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/07/5013...
Aljazeera
Gaddafi ‘last tracked in southern Libya’
Muammar Gaddafi has probably left the Libyan desert town of Bani Walid and is heading further south with the help of loyalist tribes towards Chad or Niger, Reuters news agency quoted a senior military official in Libya’s new leadership as saying.
Hisham Buhagiar, who is co-ordinating the National Transitional Council’s efforts to find the former Libyan leader, said reports indicated that he may have been in the region of the southern village of Ghwat, about 950km south of Tripoli and 300km north of the border with Niger, three days ago.
“He’s out of Bani Walid I think. The last tracks, he was in the Ghwat area. People saw the cars going in that direction …. We have it from many sources that he’s trying to go further south, towards Chad or Niger,” Buhagiar said in an interview late on Tuesday.
“It’s the tent. We know that he doesn’t want to stay in a house, so he stays in a tent. People say the cars came, and then they made a tent,” he said, adding that his sources had not seen Gaddafi themselves.
More:
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/...
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
If the delay in negotiation with #BaniWalid and #Sirte means one thing, it means there is no tribal power in #Libya
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
Bit of a news lull in #Libya at the moment. Enjoying having some downtime for a change.
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Portuguese foreign minister is meeting transitional leadership in Benghazi today. Wonder if he’s looking for a loan…
BBC
Libya uprising: Rebels prepare for Bani Walid showdown
Libyan interim government forces surrounding the Gaddafi-held desert town of Bani Walid are preparing to fight their way into the town after failing to strike a deal with loyalists there.
Bani Walid is one of four towns and cities still controlled by Gaddafi supporters and has been set a deadline to surrender by Saturday. The others are Jufra, Sabha and Col Gaddafi’s birthplace of Sirte.
Meanwhile, the fugitive leader remains elusive, with Niger officials saying that he was not in a convoy that travelled into the country from Libya.
Richard Galpin reports.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-1482465...
VOA
Libya Fighters, NATO Focus on Gadhafi Strongholds
Libyan fighters are continuing negotiations with leaders from one of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi’s last remaining strongholds, as NATO forces say they have bombed another pro-Gadhafi holdout.
NATO on Wednesday said its warplanes bombed several tanks and other armored vehicles around Gadhafi’s hometown, Sirte. The first fighting in days was reported near Sirte on Tuesday, but National Transitional Council (NTC) commanders said the clashes did not mark the launch of an all-out bid to capture the city.
Read more:
www.voanews.com/english/news/Libya-Figh...
1LibyaOrg 1Libya
Want to feel some vindication, see the big G supporters in jail,on tape pls in prison uniform.2 wks ago they were on TV threatening to kill!
Aisha
#Gaddafi granted oil concessions to BP on understanding #Lockerbie bomber Megrahi would return home telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… v @Telegraph
Reuters
EXCLUSIVE – Documents detail Western arms firm’s Libya deal
A major Western defence firm was upgrading military equipment for an elite Libyan security brigade just before an uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, documents show, showing how the West tried to foster ties with him during his final years in power.
Full story:
in.reuters.com/article/2011/09/07/idINI...
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Very dusty at the Wishtat checkpoint today. Sand storm must be coming. Very, very slow day today re: northern push to Bani walid. #libya
betsy_hiel betsy hiel
Saw unsecured warehouses packed with weapons and missing SAM24 missiles boxes – landmines, white phosphorus mortars, antitank mines #Tripoli
BCWorld:
AUDIO: Libya photojournalist remembered bbc.in/p4B7wM
A facebook page with pictures of those missing in #Libya and contact numbers if you have any information www.facebook.com/MissingLibyans?sk=wall #Feb17
AmmarParis Ammar ABD RABBO
All green flags taken away & ripped off, many green doors painted with new colors.. Soon even green tea won’t be available #Tripoli #Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
So I see after leaving all the hard work to Britain and France that the Yanks have turned up for the end… Oh wait… tinyurl.com/3avs9fb
Hearing that the NTC will not now move to Tripoli until whole of Libya liberated. Here’s why you can’t blame em: wp.me/p7qur-rw
I’m in war-torn Benghazi, where everybody thinks I’m mental for living in Pakistan
the NTC are good people. They have challenges ahead. Time to start managing expectations
hadeelalsh Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Tripoli’s mil council says: #Libya fighters have surrounded #Gadhafi, and his capture/death is imminent
BUT NTC defense minister says Libya’s former rebels had no idea where #Gadhafi was….#libya
Figures in #Libya’s new govt gave series of conflicting statements about Gadhafi’s whereabouts since fall of #Tripoli. All reports untrue
basically noone knows where #Gadhafi is… #huntforgadhafi
JCCentCom Jeff Cox
so #Libya NTC has no idea where #Gadhafi is, but they have him surrounded
Please read:
The Bloody History of London’s Infamous Libyan Embassy
Senussi el-Bijou and Muftah Abdelsamad spent the last 34 years protesting outside the Libyan embassy in London. Today, they can come and go as they please, honored guests of the building’s new management: the National Transitional Council. “It is thanks to these men, our elders, that we are here,” says Emad Elgaziwe, one of half a dozen young men milling around the embassy’s front waiting room, their feet propped on marble coffee tables as they watch the latest developments on Sky News.
More:
globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/08/24/th...
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
British intelligence shared info w/ Libyans on Libyan-born Irish citizen they alleged helped recruit fighters for Iraq bit.ly/pWTowF
Tweeting Tripoli
BW: they told me now 90% of BW circled by FF and will enter by force in the next few hours. Hope they have a good catch.
Saja. The Mass grave of the 1200 detainees killed in the AbuSalim prison in 1996 has been found via Almanara.. #Tripoli #Libya
ianbirrell ianbirrell
No, contrary to what you may have read, Burkina Faso does not want Gaddafi …. bit.ly/oZcUyd
AJELive AJELive
Libyan fighters say #Gaddafi ‘surrounded’ aje.me/pJL9GP #Libya
Reports: #UN watchdog says #Libya’s remaining chemical weapon stockpiles are believed to be secure despite the turmoil aje.me/jMZYMN
BenCNN : a ransacked weapons weapons warehouse in #tripoli. Many surface-to-air missiles have gone missing. #Libya yfrog.com/kkbe0wehj
inglesi Piers Scholfield
19-yr-old girl in Jdaida prison: says she was raped by Mansour Daw & his son; she was forced to kill prisoners in Abu Salim in cold blood.
ianbirrell ianbirrell
Sickening stuff: Gen Dynamics deal with Khamis Brigade “part of UK initiative to improve economic, educational and defense links with Libya”
NewsInLibya News in Libya
#Libya’s NTC to visit Niger on sealing borders: The Libyan rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) decided… dlvr.it/kXCsH
Tarek
Fuel is up and running in #Tripoli
Pursuers closing in on #Gaddafi : www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2... via @the_irish_times #Libya
texasinafrica:
Because few take the African Union seriously. What really matters is what individual leaders decide to do.
The Daily Beast
Gaddafi Is Trapped: Rebels
www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/09/07...
Hayat Libya
fro.gy/1djck "http://yfrog.com/ntwndzj #Misrata freedom fighters make #Freedom #Yoghurt of #Naseem quality and spread the love …
fro.gy/1djc6 "http://yfrog.com/hwy5x5j Friend’s pictures fresh from #Tripoli :) Here’s AbuNajmaWoHalal standing proudly with his …
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Why is there not more outrage that the African Union told its countries to ignore the ICC re: Gaddafi?
BBCWorld BBC Global News
Foreign Secretary @WilliamJHague says #Gaddafi should be sent to ICC if he seeks exile in signatory country bbc.in/hIPkRJ #Libya
somaia
Gaddafi and family: home movie from 2005 channel4.com/news/gaddafi-a…
betsy_hiel betsy hiel
HRW says if the SAMs get in the hands of wrong people, all of North Africa could become a no fly zone #tripoli
Todays Zaman
Turkish cook recounts torture, stabbing at Gaddafi’s son’s home
A Turkish man who worked as a cook in the home of Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has said he was subjected to torture, in particular at the hands of Aline Skaf, Hannibal Gaddafi’s wife, who he says stabbed him.
Adnan Tam (54), who is now waiting at the Turkish Embassy in Tripoli to return home
after fleeing his employer’s house, told the Anatolia news agency that he left for Libya from the Samandağı district of Hatay nearly one year ago. He said although he was told he would work in the home of a businessman he realized that he would be working for Gaddafi when he arrived in Tripoli. Tam said the treatment he received changed in February after Turkey explicitly sided with the Libyan rebels who rose up against the Gaddafi regime.
“Many people from Sudan, Mali, Syria, Ethiopia, Egypt and Algeria were working in the home of Hannibal Gaddafi. The situation was also good for me in the beginning. The maltreatment and torture began after Turkey sent a ship for the wounded rebels in Misrata. They hated me. They humiliated me by calling me ‘the traitor Turk.’ Not a day passed without torture, humiliation and insults. I was beaten by Hannibal and his men many times. His wife Aline was neurotic. She stabbed me in my arm and back. She was the one who most frequently tortured me,” he said.
Tam said it was very difficult to escape from the home as Gaddafi’s men were everywhere. “Even if I had managed to escape, they would have immediately found me since Tripoli was still under the control of the Gaddafi regime then,” Tam said.
The Turkish citizen also said he witnessed Skaf pour boiling hot water over the head of Shweyga Mullah, the nanny to Gaddafi’s children, after she refused to beat her daughter. “Other staff was also exposed to maltreatment. We were in the same home as Shweyga Mullah. I saw Aline pour boiling water over her head. They locked her up in the washroom. They killed other foreign staff to prevent them from speaking up,” Tam added.
Mullah (30) was recently found alone in a room at an abandoned seaside resort in western Tripoli that belonged to the Libyan dictator’s son. The Ethiopian immigrant said she came to Libya one year ago to work as a nanny to Gaddafi’s young daughter and son. Her head and body were covered in large weeping scabs, evidence of the cruel punishment allegedly inflicted by Skaf.
Asked how he escaped from the house, Tam said Gaddafi and his wife left on Aug. 21 after rebels entered Tripoli. “Then I escaped from the window of the washroom. I took refuge in a mosque as our embassy was closed then. The imam of the mosque hid me for a week. He was very kind to me. He gave me food and water. Then, I stayed at a Turkish restaurant. I saw on TV that our embassy was going to be re-opened. I took refuge at the embassy when it was re-opened. If I had not escaped, they would also have killed me to prevent me from speaking up,” he said.
Tam said Turkey’s newly appointed Ambassador Ali Kemal Aydın is now personally working to enable his return to Turkey. He says he is trying to prepare the documents necessary for his return as the Gaddafi family seized his passport and he has also requested financial assistance from the Turkish government.
“I have no money since I did not receive my salary for months. The expenses for my return will be met by our embassy. I am sorry that I am returning to my family in this situation. I am mentally beat. I cannot sleep. I want my country to pursue my rights. I
also requested help from our president and prime minister for my treatment,” he says. Tam added that he expects assistance from the Turkish government in his legal case against the Gaddafi family.
Source:
www.todayszaman.com/news-256040-turkish...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
I said this 3 months ago: Now #Netherlands #MP to interview #Malta officials over migrants ignored migrants distress bit.ly/oUSxUh
AJELive AJELive
#NATO has no information on the whereabouts of #Gaddafi, NATO chief has said | Follow #Libya Live Blog for the latest aje.me/jMZYMN
Marguerite
WHague ducks qstn: whether companies other thn #Vitol were asked if wanted help selling oil to #Libya rebels
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Niger ‘cannot close’ #Libya border bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… NIGER NEEDS TO HAND OVER ENTIRE #GADDAFI CONVOY OR BE SANCTIONEDBY @UN & #NTC.
Tweeting Tripoli
My contact: FF have no doubt they can take over BW in no time. They want to make sure no one escapes using the many dirt roads available.
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Libya Alahrar showing Libyan red cresent & international red cross caring for sub saharan migrant workers affected by the conflict #NoRacism
Daily Arabic #Libya news on “ليبيا” goo.gl/aM65o
Gaddafi bastion gunmen stubborn as town suffers
Haunted by gun-toting loyalists and festooned with faded portraits of Muammar Gaddafi, the besieged Libyan town of Bani Walid remains stubbornly in the hands of die-hard gunmen raring to fight for their deposed leader.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters at the gates of Bani Walid, one of the last remaining strongholds of the old regime, have so far failed to convince the town’s pro-Gaddafi masters to lay down their arms and surrender.
Outside the town, Bani Walid residents passing through a sun-scorched checkpoint of anti-Gaddafi forces set up around the nearby desert settlement of Wishtata painted an increasingly desperate picture inside their town.
“People are terrorised, there is no one in the streets,” said Salah Ali, a 39-year-old man, as others squatted beside a tiny mosque reading newspapers with “Gaddafi: Dead or Alive” bannered on front pages.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/gaddafi-bastion-gu...
SkyNewsCamera Nathan Hale
We are around 20k closer to Sirt today. Near the village named “Mother of beatle” #Libya
IMPORTANT NUMBERS:
Emergency Numbers in Tripoli to report incidents , fifth column or Qaddafi’s thugs in Western Libya
0214908010
0214903716
0925171216
PHOTO: Schedule of the daily flights between Benghazi and Tripoli, also the twice a week flights between Benghazi and Misrata
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fieldproducer Neal Mann
We’re now just over 50km from Sirte, resistance from pro-Gaddafi forces still heavy doesn’t bode well for next 50km. #Libya
Niger
Niger’s FM Mohamed Bazoum say that Col Gaddafi had not crossed the border or asked to cross. #Libya
bencnn benwedeman
482 SA-24 missiles shipped from Russia to #Libya in late 2004. These very accurate missiles have range of 11,000 feet. Now many are missing.
Discovered:
BREAKING: A well-equipped underground facility discovered in Al-Fatih university thought to be used for either abortion or rape
Niz_FGM Niz
a member of the Free Generation Movement will be speaking to LibyaAlAhrar about the Mafqood.org project in about 2 hours from now….
Any photos of Tripoli Martyrs send to Tripoli.Latest@gmail.org
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: The #SMS service on the Almadar network in Tripoli is back up and running!!! #Libya #feb17 #Tripoli
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Reports that Mahmoud Jibril has moved through to Tripoli.
Reports that Mahmoud Jibril has arrived in tripoli. Good for him
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Libya #NTC OIL TANKER “MAETIGA” now en route to dest. #Conakry #Guinea ETA: 2011-09-12 18:00 (UTC). #Feb17
#Libya #NTC OIL TANKER “ALYARMOUK” remains anchored in port #Gibraltar. #Feb17
AmmarParis Ammar ABD RABBO
#Libya TNC Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has arrived in #Tripoli (TNC source at Corinthia hotel)… Now all waiting for Mustafa Abdel Jalil
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Niger’s north, desert bolt-hole for Libya’s losers is.gd/BQcs75 #Libya
Residents of Tripoli enjoy their long-awaited freedom (photo album) www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.20176... #Libya
Khiria
Uncle said that there were rooms underground in #Gaddafi’s hideouts that could not be opened because #Gaddafi’s fingerprint is needed.
Jonny Hallam 4 x shoulder mounted SAM were found and destroyed in Ajdabiya in the last month according to MAG andy
Surveillance showed comp at Sebha was still being used by those of Qadhaf troops who continue to oppress population of the town.
Tweeting Tripoli
A friend who just fled BW told me only Musa Ibrahim could possibly be inside. He said no confirmed reports that Gaddafi or sons are in BW.
Just tested Madar SMS service it is working fine. Tested it in Tripoli and in BaniWalid.
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
For anyone who thought the Freedom Fighters were disorganised – read this: reuters.com/article/2011/0…. #Libya
Defence Web
NATO’s Libya lessons
goo.gl/cHULA
CNN
Missiles looted from Tripoli arms warehouse
A potent stash of Russian-made surface-to-air missiles is missing from a huge Tripoli weapons warehouse amid reports of weapons looting across war-torn Libya.
They are Grinch SA-24 shoulder-launched missiles, also known as Igla-S missiles, the equivalent of U.S.-made Stinger missiles.
A CNN team and Human Rights Watch found dozens of empty crates marked with packing lists and inventory numbers that identified the items as Igla-S surface-to-air missiles.
Read more and watch video:
edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/07...
BBC
Libya conflict: Niger border ‘cannot be closed’
Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum told the BBC that Col Gaddafi had not crossed the border or asked to cross.
He said Gaddafi loyalists who have arrived in Niger’s capital, Niamey, would be free to stay or move on.
Libya’s transitional authorities have said they are seeking Niger’s help to stop Col Gaddafi from fleeing.
Asked if Niger might close its border, Mr Bazoum said: “We have no means to close the border… It is too big and we have very, very small means for that.”
More here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14825541
Le Parisien
Libye : Kadhafi serait cerné, selon les rebelles
La dernière rumeur en date avait situé Mouammar Kadhafi au Niger, dans un convoi qui se dirigeait vers le Burkina Faso. Les dirigeants nigériens ont démenti la présence de l’ex-leader libyen dans leur pays; les dirigeants burkinabè ont eux démenti qu’ils étaient prêts à l’accueillir, quinze jours après avoir laissé entendre le contraire.
Read more:
www.leparisien.fr/intervention-libye/li...
Jeune Afrique
Le Burkina Faso exclut d’accueillir Mouammar Kaddafi
Le Burkina Faso exclut “totalement” d’accueillir le colonel Mouammar Kaddafi sur son sol, démentant ainsi les rumeurs qui courraient à ce sujet mardi. Le Burkina dit ne pas vouloir “se créer des problèmes” en accordant l’asile à l’ex-dictateur libyen.
Mouammar Kaddafi ne trouvera pas refuge au Burkina Faso, comme les rumeurs l’avaient indiqué mardi. Le pays a annoncé exclure « totalement » l’idée d’accorder l’asile à l’ex-dictateur libyen.
« Nous ne pouvons pas lui accorder l’asile parce que depuis trois ans, nous n’avons pas de très bonnes relations avec lui », a expliqué Alain Édouard Traoré, ministre burkibabè de la Communication et porte-parole du gouvernement. Autre raison invoquée, les « obligations (du Burkina Faso) avec la Communauté internationale à respecter ».
Read more:
www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20...
Bloomberg
Intelligence Chairman Urges White House Action on Libyan Weapons
Lethal weapons “are already moving” out of arsenals once controlled by Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi and the U.S. must “do more” to find and destroy the weapons before terrorists get them, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said.
Representative Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, said in an interview at the Bloomberg Washington bureau yesterday that he has approached the White House with concerns that al-Qaeda will acquire Libyan weapons, especially shoulder-fired anti- aircraft missiles.
Read more:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-07/house...
Liberation
La Libye a fait du Sahel “une poudrière”
La crise libyenne a fait du Sahel “une poudrière” avec l’arrivée massive d’armes, le retour de milliers de travailleurs migrants, de mercenaires dans une région déjà otage du terrorisme et de la contrebande, ont averti mercredi à Alger les participants à une conférence internationale sur cette région.
Ces quelque 8 millions de kilomètres carrés répartis notamment entre l’Algérie, le Mali, le Niger et la Mauritanie, vont être l’objet de deux jours de discussions entre 38 délégations dans la capitale algérienne axées sur une stratégie de pacification par le développement et la sécurité.
Read more here:
www.liberation.fr/depeches/01012358460-...
Euractiv
Paris rebuffs Brussels’ analysis of Libya threats
France has vigorously contradicted the European Union’s counter-terrorism chief Gilles de Kerchove, who said on Monday (5 September) that the Libyan war had raised the terror threat in Europe.
Speaking to the Brussels press on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US, De Kerchove said there was a risk that Al-Qaeda had secured arms and ammunition looted during the Libyan conflict, including surface-to-air missiles that could pose a threat to flights in the region.
Asked to react to De Kerchove’s pronouncement, French Defence Minister Gérard Longuet strongly rejected the view that Al-Qaeda was taking advantage of the Libya crisis to strengthen its military capacity.
France, together with its close partners, is putting in place appropriate measures aimed at avoiding the spread of armaments, Longuet added, speaking to French daily Libération.
Full art.:
goo.gl/1YcYb
Reuters
Rebuilding Libya could be worth at least $200 billion over 10 years, but France’s role in ousting Gaddafi will not be enough to seal deals, the chief of France’s overseas business federation said on Wednesday.
BBC
Jacuzzi and operating room found under Tripoli university
A fully equipped gynaecological operating theatre, bedroom and jacuzzi have been discovered underneath Tripoli’s Fateh University.
The rooms were discovered beneath the Green Theatre which was used to teach about the revolution and the Green Book which contained Col Muammar Gaddafi’s thoughts and solutions to the country’s social, political and economic problems.
The recently appointed head of the university, Dr Faisal, gave his interpretation of what he saw at the underground rooms.
Watch video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14827986
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#SouthAfrica’s out-of-sync #Libya policy may cost it dearly reuters.com/article/2011/0… #Feb17
Souffian Tripoli
Just got news out of #Tripoli that friends found a weapon-depot in a house in Hay Al-Andulus area. After a tip-off from a friend in Europe.
Got informed that biological weapons were found in Hay al-andulus district #Tripoli #Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
More on the touareg RT @ChadCeleste: good analysis on #Libya #Niger from #DailyMaverick dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-0…
Time to dust off the travel sweets and put together a new safari soundtrack
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sabha: #Gaddafi filth reported shelling #AlMansya area NOW. #Libya #Feb17
Reuters
South Africa’s refusal to recognise Libya’s new rebel rulers has again exposed the bureaucracy that often stymies decision-making in Pretoria and could have disastrous consequences for its standing and influence in Africa.
Alex:
To Do List
DID I MISS ANYTHING! #NTC “TO DO” LIST –
SAVE #TripoliPrisoners – LIBERATE #BaniWalid #Sirte & #Sabha – SECURE #Tripoli missiles, weapons & live ammo & landmines – ARREST Regime criminals – TRY #Gaddafi ‘s – FREE Blacks falsely imprisoned – PUNISH & DEPORT Real Mercenaries – RESTORE medical services, water, gas, electricity, fuel, civil service, law & order, traffic control, rubbish collection – REFORM legal and penal system – UNFREEZE international funds – PAY salaries – START Oil fields – STOP celebratory gunfire – FORM new FREE #Libya Army – #DISMANTLE all non state militias – PLACATE & COMPENSATE #FF Militia leaders – DECLARE new Peoples Parks or Museums in #Gaddafi Palaces – REQUISITION property & overseas billions of REGIME CRIMINALS – THANK Qatar, France, UK, USA, EU, & #NATO – HELP free #Syria #Algeria #Yemen #Bahrain & #Iran – BIN #AU – BAG #PRChina – REFEREND Constitution – CONDUCT elections – TRANSFER power to new democratically elected #Libya Government…… #SuperNTC
African migrants
More than 1,700 sub-Saharan African migrants have now taken refuge at a southern Libyan desert town and Gaddafi stronghold amid urgent efforts to try to evacuate them to safety, an international aid agency said on Wednesday.
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
Libyan stop sign @ Tibesty Hotel instagr.am/p/Mbw-S/
Tissues of the revolution – twitpic.com/6hgl25
Niger
On Wednesday, Mohamed Bazoum, Nigerien foreign minister, told French Radio: “There’s no question that some people arrived. But it wasn’t at all of the order of
magnitude that people have said. Two hundred vehicles, that’s inconceivable. Ten cars, maximum.”
Reuters
Libya’s new leaders sent envoys to Niger on Wednesday to try to prevent Muammar Gaddafi and his entourage evading justice by fleeing across desert towards friendly African states. ”The NTC has sent a delegation to Niger to discuss the possible arrival of Gaddafi,” Fathi Baja, the head of political affairs for the NTC, told Reuters in Benghazi, saying the ousted strongman may be close to the Niger or Algerian borders, waiting for an opportunity to slip across.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Fathi Al Ba’aja head of political committee at #NTC says they are sending a delegation to #Niger. #Libya #Feb17
NATO
NATO has no information on the whereabouts of Muammar Gaddafi, NATO chief has said. “I have no information whatsoever about his whereabouts, and let me add to that, he is not a target of NATO operations,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday.
Niz_FGM Niz
Received my first personal sms today since my arrival in Tripoli on the 21st of Feb! Brilliant!
AJELive AJELive
#Gaddafi not in Niger and reports of a convoy entering the country from #Libya is not true, says #Niger government aje.me/mpA6t5
WyreDavies Wyre Davies
If #Nato can spot (and destroy) a #Gaddafi tank hidden in #Tripoli why are all so vague about what and who is leaving #Libya via the desert?
TawasulMC Tawasul News Agency
Libyan flag over Cotopaxi volcano .wmv fb.me/ynb0zGyk
Ali Tweel
what r u doing? nothing, just chillin in Gaddafi’s residence! That’s my friend in the living room resting after work :) twitpic.com/6h57h5
Alive in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya – Alive in Libya‘s Seraj Elalem visits Tripoli’s Martyr’s Square, the site of the last public appearance of Col. Gaddafi, to find out what Libyan citizens are saying in this time of victory.
Video:
alive.in/libya/2011/09/07/tripolis-true...
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Watch 6pm news BBC1 for @ipannell’s piece on Tripoli’s new prisoners. On @bbcworld later. #Libya
JomanaCNN jomana karadsheh
from 1 of few journos in Algiers @ddamned #Libya : #Gaddafi wife and children holed up in Algerian villa – Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Libya AlAhrar have brought a person not a proper TV presenter at , all the others left because of problems in channel: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
Most of the presenters left because off a problem with a lady who controls the channel, like dictator…..
All the presenters left and they brought her!
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: Sabha: Clashes taking place in Sabha NOW right next to the “peoples hall” fb.me/IRxqQHcQ
BREAKING: Sabha: Gaddafi forces are shelling NOW the district of AlMansya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
#Libya rebels often give us food and drink at the front line, but today we got something new – freshly butchered camel.
hominoid555 Russell
Libya sends envoy to Niger, seeking Gadhafi. thestarphoenix.com/news/Libya+sen…
English Libya TV
IOM- Africans stuck in southern Libya need way out
More than 1,700 sub-Saharan African migrants have now taken refuge at a southern Libyan desert town and Gaddafi stronghold amid urgent efforts to try to evacuate them to safety, an international aid agency said today.
The migrants, including women and children, are stranded in Sabha, held by forces loyal to the fallen dictator, and fear being caught in the crossfire if forces from Libya’s new transitional authority storm the town.
“We are working on the possibility of evacuating them either by air or road, possibly to the Chad border. We would need escort security,” Jean-Philippe Chauzy, spokesman of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), told Reuters.
The numbers have grown since IOM reported 1,200 yesterday.
African migrants have suffered increasing abuse and violence during the conflict, sometimes accused of being mercenaries fighting alongside Gaddafi forces against revolutionaries who toppled him, aid agencies say.
The IOM is trying to coordinate their evacuation with the National Transitional Council (NTC) and local authorities in Sabha, according to Chauzy.
“We think we’ve got the support of the NTC and now we are trying to put it together,” he said.
In the meantime, a convoy with food, water and medical supplies was being organised for Sabha, from Tripoli by road.
The migrants are mainly from Chad, but also Niger, Somalia, Eritrea and Nigeria. They have gathered at an IOM transit centre intended for 500-600 people where they are living in desperate, overcrowded conditions.
“Sabha is a logical stepping stone on the route to Chad and Niger. These were probably migrants trying to reach Chad or Niger and ended up in Sabha with no possibility of heading south especially as the town is now surrounded,” Chauzy said.
hominoid555 Russell
The longer they keep the Gaddafis, the more embarrassing it looks for the Algerian government !
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
i saw wounded people in bani walid. they said gaddafi’s guys fired at them #libya
LA Times
LIBYA: African mercenaries imported by Kadafi to quash protests, Al Arabiya reports
Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Kadafi has flown in hundreds of mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa to quash protests threatening his 41-year-old regime, the Al Arabiya network reported Saturday, quoting witnesses to the arriving foreign recruits.
Read more:
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/...
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Gen. Yusef Debry surrenders himself to Misrata FFs and denounces Gaddafi. Only 6 months late, that’s all. is.gd/jdjG7Z #Feb17 #Libya
BBC
Col Gaddafi 2005 home video found in Libya
Home video has emerged that shows Col Gaddafi with members of his family in a tent similar to the one in which he once greeted world leaders, including former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The film was shot in 2005 at the deposed Libyan leader’s sprawling Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli. His current whereabouts remain unknown.
Ben Brown has more details.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14824660
Shaimaakhalil shaimaa khalil
Was at #NTC headquarters today and spoke to Fathi Al Ba’aja head of political committee at #NTC..Says they are sending a delegation to Niger
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Who would’ve thought this picture would ever be taken in Bab Alazizia #Feb17 #Libya yfrog.com/h0w9mnhwj
Saja. Revolutionary Art on the walls around #Tripoli pic.twitter.com/0AcbmXf
More Revolutionary art on the wall near the coastal road in #Tripoli :D pic.twitter.com/XlZE26r
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
News that Khweeldi Hmaydi #gaddafi’s closest friend arrested in #Tunisia Any confirmation? #libya #feb17
JonaRenz Jonas Renz
Sounds reasonable @MohHKamel Emir of #Qatar: We are a rich nation with no need for oil&money. We moved out of love for the Libyan people
Souffian Tripoli
A request from Family In #Tripoli : stop demonstrating in the streets and start building fixing tripoli day by day. #Libya
DougSaunders Doug Saunders
I think we’re going to have to stop calling them “rebels.” The @APStylebook has shifted to “former rebels.” They’re the rebelled-against now
Telegraph
Libya: beleaguered Rixos Hotel to act as home of new government
Officials have been scouring the Libyan capital for a suitable place to house the chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, who is expected to arrive in the capital at the weekend.
Eventually, one member of the council said, they realised that despite its reputation as a Gaddafi haunt, the Rixos was the most sensible solution.
The next-door conference centre could be used as a gathering and meeting place. The hotel itself could house members of the NTC not based in Tripoli.
And one of a number of well-appointed Gaddafi regime villas dotted nearby could house Mr Abdul Jalil himself.
Full article:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Channel 4
Gaddafi not the only victim of Libya’s revolution
The fall of Muammar Gaddafi has shed a harsh light on those who may or may not have done business with his regime over his 42 years in power.
This week saw British Prime Minister David Cameron promising to look into accusations that British secret services helped with the kidnapping of Gaddafi’s opponents.
And on 31 August Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reported on the links between Colonel Gaddafi and the firm General Dynamics UK, which makes and exports sophisticated command and control systems.
Read more:
www.channel4.com/news/gaddafi-not-the-o...
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
employees r doing their best to get the #RasLanuf oil complex up & running asap. National army securing it.
AJELive AJELive
Reports: US official says 20-25 #Gaddafi loyalist who crossed #Libya into #Niger are detained, convoy was “overblown” aje.me/jMZYMN
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi loyalists who crossed into Niger are being detained, a US official said on Wednesday urging other nations in the region to deny refuge to any wanted Libyans. #Libya
None of those crossing into Niger earlier this week appeared to be on a list of persons subject to United Nations sanctions. #Libya
BateEtah Bate Felix
To sum from Niger gov’t presser. 1.) Gaddafi is not in Niger as far as they know. 2) No 200-vehicle convoy. So far only 18 people in 4 cars
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
by oldmommatajuri
#Libya #Gaddafi naval officer secretly worked for the NTC and survived #AbuSalim prison. tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
Daily Arabic #Tripoli news on “طرابلس” goo.gl/1FXb4
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Re-Jaccuzzi bath room discovered n #Tripoli Uni it might be worth mentioning there is no “humanized” toilet can b used in that university
FromJoanne Joanne
#Libya: Like #Norway, but warmer goo.gl/FdWqa
#FLASH Mahmoud #Jibril FINALLY arrives in #Tripoli #MustafaAbdulJalil expected in Tripoli as early as Saturday ur.ly/12mvT #Libya
#Gaddafi said 2b trapped in 60sq km area inside Libya Cant get out of that area National #Libya Army is either going2 capture or kill him
#Niger cant afford 2close border 2 #Libya and Hasnt decided yet to accept Gaddafi or hand #Gaddafi over 2 #ICC goo.gl/RqkdV
4Adam Adam
(AP) The White House is urging Libya’s neighbors to detain Gaddafi and members of his family if they seek refuge in another country. #Libya
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
i couldn’t make an international call from bani walid but local ground lines are working
local people in bani walid say gaddafi’s big guys left the town #libya
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Mark my word, tomorrow or Friday is going to be a big day for #libya #feb17 ان شاء الله يشدو بو شفشوفة
AmnestyOnline:
Tawarghas must be protected from reprisals and arbitrary arrest in #Libya ow.ly/6nVHi #humanrights
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
Where is mr. Micky mouse aka Zaif or saif #Gaddafi?
Sirtawi
A guy who’s left #Sirte a day ago, says no sign of G forces btwn Sirte/Misurata. 1kg tomatoes= 15LD!! A tank of Petrol= 600LD !! in #Sirte
tounsiahourra tounsiahourra
#Kadhafi serait cerné par les rebelles bit.ly/oFvO1W #LIbye #Libya
SayNoToGaddafi Mohamed Aleeby
Communications back in Tamanhint and Sebha!
Gaddafi loyalists ‘forced to kill’ by soldiers
The hunt for Colonel Gaddafi goes on in Libya and more harrowing stories are emerging about his regime’s last days in Tripoli.
At least 1,000 former loyalists have been detained since the city fell.
Some have been telling the BBC how they were forced to commit appalling crimes to defend their leader.
Ian Pannell reports.
Video:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14827991
bencnn benwedeman
NTC source near Bani Walid: Ongoing clashes between opposition scouts and loyalist forces outside the town.
Sirtawi
#Gaddafi on #Sirte local radio: “We sent 7000 SUVs to Sirte, where are they now? Send 1000 of them to free #Brega!”. #FAIL
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
The rapist and torturer Mansour Dao, really? RT @AbdulHamidAhmad: Niger welcomes Libyans on humanitarian grounds. apne.ws/qBogF6
BaghdadBrian Brian Conley
As #Libya prepares for the post #gaddafi era, how to ensure free&accurate press? here’s our plan: changemakers.com/citizenmedia/e… #SWN #socenchat
WRAPUP 5-Libya sends envoy to Niger, seeking Gaddafi | Reuters reut.rs/oXNFTJ via @reuters
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#BaniWalid: Reports of fighting near hospital at #ElWadi between #Freedomfighters & #Gaddafi filth. #Libya #Feb17
Khouildi Lahmidi key aide to #Gaddafi arrested at #Tunis Airport www.businessnews.com.tn/Khouildi-Lahmid... #Libya #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#Video #Libya National army surrounding #BaniWalid are preparing to fight their way in2 town but not until saturday goo.gl/bFPeq
Confusion in #Libya over #Gaddafi ’s whereabouts He could be here He could be there He could be anywhere goo.gl/0Dj0c
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Confirmed top Gadhafi aids entered Niger r: Mansur Daw, Abdalla Mansur, Shaib Ferjany, Abdurrahim Ferjany & Ali Kanna they belong 2 G tribe!
Sirtawi
#Gaddafi makes new statement today to the ppl of #Sirte via local radio, calling ppl of #BinJawad traitors. #gaddaficrimes #FreeSirte
#Gaddafi msg: “If we take over #Brega our status will be stronger for negotiations. Don’t fear NATO they only bomb those who retreat!” #FAIL
This is how #Gaddafi looks like when you see him (LOL) PIC www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2691889...
#Sirte rep now on Aljazeera Arabic
SecularLibya
Breaking: Reports that Waddan has been liberated (Bloomberg) – bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-0…
CAREFUL-If Tripoli FFs (Belhaj) attack BaniWalid w/o NTC authorization, it will just discredit #NTC & glorify #Belhaj.
Heinz: It appears that Daffis in Sirte are fed up with #NATO attacks. /will they desert?
Heinz: Qadafi’s super-bunker in Sebha is 200m deep, 90m of which is rock. He is in it – but very hard to knock out from air. Needs four B1s.
Souffian Tripoli
in (hay al-andulus) wijk west van centrum Tripoli hebben ze in een huis Bio. Wapens gevonden. heb ik laten vertellen.
Khiria
Frickin’ angry looking at the library #Gaddafi had under the universityi!! During my time, we didn’t have a functional library to study at!
AP
Libyan fighters took over a former Gaddafi military camp 30km northeast of Bani Walid. The facility appeared to have been bombed by NATO forces, according to an AP reporter at the scene. Vehicles had been abandoned and clothes were strewn across the floor of one of the camp’s shelters. In a separate location, truckloads of Libyan fighters assembled outside Bani Walid, preparing to advance on the city, one of a handful still loyal to Gaddafi. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the NTC, has warned that Bani Walid had until Friday to surrender or else the Libyan fighters would move in.
Hala Misrata
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Here’s a 2nd clip from my interview with #HalaMisrati: akhbar.alaan.tv/video/alaan-re… #Libya #tripoli
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya faces high oil worker demand – Upstream Online bitly.com/mTvf7n"
hominoid555 Russell
5 Things To Know About Libya’s Missing Antiaircraft Missiles popularmechanics.com/technology/mil…
Patrick_Baz patrickbaz
French cameraman injured near Bani Walid as fighter didnt know how to load machinegun #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
Hope FF carefully search every person who comes out of BW; including women wearing Burqa. Big fish tend to flee wearing women’s cloths.
Saja. #FFs captured mercenaries near #Tripoli from #Mali and #Chad, one of the captured confessed to killing 16 people incl. a whole family #Libya
Sarurah Sarah سارة المشيرقي
Over 200 names are in the mafqood.org database… there are thousands more #missing, please share with family in #Libya.
septimius_sever septimius severus
China’s Foreign Ministry admitted that state-run arms companies this summer to broker arms sales to Gaddafi nyti.ms/pfd0W8
Bloomberg
Chavez Urges Qaddafi to Continue ‘Resisting’
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged Muammar Qaddafi to resist a rebel siege in Libya, saying that his ally has no plans to leave the embattled North African nation.
“Nobody knows where Qaddafi is,” Chavez said today in a phone interview broadcast on state television. “I’m sure that he’s very far from thinking about leaving Libya. He’ll resist with what power he has left.”
Chavez said that by resisting, Qaddafi can lay the groundwork for a lasting peace in Libya.
Read more:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-05/chave...
FromJoanne Joanne
#CONFIRMED Khweldi al-Humeidi 1 of #Gaddafi Gang of 5 revolutionaries that led 1969 coup ARRESTED while boarding plane in #Tunis #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
ARABIC: Latest developments in #Libya goo.gl/b0reH #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
The Price of Freedom. In American terms-#Libya’s fatalities would be equivalent to 2.4 million lives lost in 6 months goo.gl/p5AgZ
#Turkish contractors ponder resuming #Libya jobs. goo.gl/zZbnB Everyone is ready to move forward. #feb17
Free Libya Now
Sporadic gun fire still continues from multiple locations east of Tripoli along the Coastal Road towards Tajoora, Souq Al Jumuah. #Libya
4Adam Adam
#Foxnews – ‘U.S. fears Libyan weapons could fall into wrong hands’ legitimate concern but weren’t already given to wrong hands! #Libya
libertad
#libye VIDÉO – Tripoli: des combattants du CNT capturent des pro-Kadhafi goo.gl/KmwwX #Libya #feb17
Free Libya
by Unknown7771
Our pro G neighbours in #Tripoli have moved out and left! Hahaha where has their devotion for their leader gone?? Cowards!
Yefrenia
When I said there were no independent institutions in Libya, I meant everything was dictated by Gaddafi #EVERYTHING can u imagine evrything?
LibyanPilot OmarAmer AlBarghathi
Ps benghazi people you can also book ur tickets via tunisair now first flights are 1st october inshallah #Libya #benghazi
Niz_FGM Niz
by Hiba_El_G
Thank you Anton – youtube.com/watch?v=eEqNCE…
Hiba El-Gamaty
BRITISH LIBYANS: service 4 slain journalist Anton Hammerl 2mo. Fam appreciates attendance. St Bride’s Church, Fleet St, Ldn, EC4Y 8AU @ 3pm
welshlady1957
LPC with Tripoli Dr. tonight. Yesterday, in Agricultural faculty of Tripoli Uni, 1500 ppl discovered.
Of the 1500, only 90 are still alive but in poor mental and physical condition. Drs fear more could pass away.
No explanation why this not reported. Also in Dentristry faculty, another 2 containers with detainees – all dead
On a good note, prices returning to normal in the city. Tomatoes no longer 7Ld/k. Today, almost normal at 2LD/k.
Also, other prices dropping rapidly. Fuel, queues now 20mins at busy times – separate pumps for FF and Drs.
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
#Libya Situation Report – September 7, 2011 – eepurl.com/fF2iY fb.me/1iznC9PH8
SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 8th 2011
9/8/11
9/08/11
9.08.11
Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket; keep it in your own.
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/7Lg5X
libyanproud libyanandproud
Seeing Gaddafi untouchables and their homes being captured by FF is surreal! 7 months ago they were immortals! Thank you martyrs of #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #InternationalEnergyAgency #MariaVanDerHoeven #Libya #oil exports are unlikely to return to their pre-war level before 2013
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qaddafi defiant in call Syria TV says is from Libya #Alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi #Syria
Wednesday
Heinz 13 hrs ago: Sirte & BaniWalid in #NATO’s sights, jets & helis.“Advisers” for elimination of snipers arrive in BaniWalid & Sebha
Heinz: Both Sirte and bani Walid are being targeted by Tigers and Apaches.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore CARGO SHIP “CHL INNOVATOR” now en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-09-15 05:00 (UTC). #Feb17
Reports that both #Sirte & #BaniWalid are now being targeted by #NATO Apache helicopters and Tigers. #Libya #Feb17
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
“Art of Absence” performed by @GontheRapper This is FIRE!!!!! goo.gl/CEMWH #gaddaficrimes #feb17 #Libya
LibyanPilot
All international flights should be up and running by 31st oct latest. U can now book on the net to tripoli and benghazi
On opodo.com you can book ur tickets to tripoli now with bmi and ba (1st nov onwards) for around £270 :) #Libya
Tripoli airport should be open for business in 2 weeks inshala. It is currently open for domestic services.
evanchill Evan Hill
On way back to Doha, ran into Libyan guy in Tunis airport, was returning to studies at Sharja University, had joined up & fought at Zawiya
AJA:
El Khwedly El Hmedy and two of his family members have been arrested in Tunis Airport. #Libya #Feb17 #GaddafiGoons
Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
Car accident front of hotel, ambulance was right behind pedestrian hitting car. #Tripoli #Libya
Heavy gun fire can still be heard east of Tripoli. #Libya
Turkish Ambassador shows up in Tripoli with special forces team. #Libya
Libya_Awake_United
Will Jibril be able to fix #BaniWalid problem after he finally arrived to #tripoli ? #Libya #Feb17
septimius_sever septimius severus
Celebrations inside the bus of free #Libya football team youtube.com/watch?v=GCXQ7v… H/T @MSenusi
The enemy of my enemy is my friend? The LIFG, CIA and MI6 www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2875358.html … #Libya
100’s may be even 1000’s , they are Missing …. but not forgotten! #Tripoli #Libya
UK Foreign Office: Libyan dinar banknotes arrive in #Libya: bit.ly/pQvYuV
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Nato won’t block Gaddafi escape by bombing his convoy – Daily Mail goo.gl/fb/i9WcT #Libya
Guardian
Gaddafi’s ‘Amazonian’ bodyguards’ barracks quashes myth of glamour
In Europe they were known as the Amazons. In north Africa, they were admiringly dubbed Haris al-Has – the private guards.
They were the elite cadre of female bodyguards who surrounded Colonel Muammar Gaddafi for more than 20 years, becoming almost synonymous with his idiosyncratic dictatorial rule.
Now, nearly three weeks after Tripoli fell, the dictator’s ravaged compounds are finally shedding light on the enigmatic unit. And like much else in Gaddafi’s Libya, the myth of glamour and steadfast devotion is at odds with a reality of ruthless control and illusion.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/07/ga...
Emo
Who supported #Gaddafi? The ignorant. The foolish. The corrupt. The immoral. The thief. The paid. The unmerciful. And the wanted. #LIBYA
EndTyranny101 Ahmed Sanalla
by libyanorama
Hala Misratay thinks that she has a place in the #Feb17 revolution & that she encouraged a revolution prior to #Feb17…#whatajoke #Libya
Danya
A good way to volunteer in Libya, worth sharing with people who might be interested. volunteerlibya.org
Sanna
Praying for BaniWalid, Sabha and Sirte, that they soon get liberated and catch the rat of rats without more bloodshed.
bye bye ya muammar!
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=712yEvt-yl0&fea...
Fadel Ali Mohammed, #Libya’s freshly appointed Minister for Antiquities combs #Sabratha for war dammage. tinyurl.com/3fshcp7
Could be a movie title:)
Yefrenia
Gaddafi from king of kings to an illegal immigrant loool #Libya
#Moscow says it must not delay appointing Ambassador to #Tripoli & awaits #Tarhouni in the next few weeks. #Libya tinyurl.com/3tjtvcg
simon
ERDOGAN WILL go to LIBYA, Egypt and Tunisia btw the 9th and 12th of September guysen.com/news_Erdogan-s…
Zlitniya
Aprntly mercen hv also come from Russia and Croatia… :s Like t FF said:wt did we do 2these ppl
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
If there is one thing that every region, esp. Nafusa has to ask for now, it is the right of their children to have an excellent education.
Tripolitanian Libyan
#Libya has over $200 billion in frozen funds, and will soon make billions in oi money, can the #NTC handle all this money?
Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
on the edge of something: Todays News on-the-edge-of-something.blogspot.com/2011/09/todays… #Libya #Tajura #Tripoli #LibyanBlogs
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
#Libye : le CNT exhorte les pays voisins à fermer les portes à #Kadhafi leparisien.fr/intervention-l…
libyanproud libyanandproud
Criticism of #NTC members is healthy. Reminder NTC members came forward when others were scared of Gaddafi. Give credit where credit is due
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Defiant Qaddafi slams reports of Niger crossing as “psychological warfare and lies” goo.gl/KBBjN
English Libya TV
Libyan schools set to reopen despite ruin
Libyan schools will reopen in mid-September despite bombed-out facilities, scarce transport and a curriculum until recently laden with Muammar Gaddafi’s eccentric philosophies, a rebel official said.
Libya’s de facto rulers have been under increasing pressure to impose order and restore basic state services like education across the war-battered North African country after ousting forces loyal to Gaddafi from the capital Tripoli last month. “We’ve finished erasing all Gaddafi’s items from the curriculum – the Green Book, al-Mujtama al-Jamahiri,” rebel education chief Soliman el-Sahli said in an interview, listing some of the ousted leader’s works.
“Many items were compulsory for students and were used to sanctify Gaddafi,” he said, adding that schools were set to resume classes on September 17.
During his four decades in power, Gaddafi nurtured a personality cult that pervaded Libyans’ daily lives, including their textbooks.
At the top of the reading list was his Green Book, which laid out a philosophy inspired in part by socialism, Islam and Arab nationalism. The tome is now more likely to be burnt than studied in Libya’s east.
A few months after the uprising began in February, rebels set up a committee of education experts to expunge Gaddafi’s theories from the curriculum and prepare for a new semester without the veteran leader, Sahli said.
More changes are planned. Under Gaddafi, instructors were often chosen for their loyalty rather than their competence, and the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) would like to change that approach, Sahli said.
Western Languages
“The people who rose under Gaddafi were unqualified. They were mainly from revolutionary committees or they were Gaddafi’s relatives,” he said, adding hiring policy would now focus on “specialisations, experience and qualifications.”
Schools will also be able to teach more Western languages like French and English, which were often restricted or banned in the curriculum under Gaddafi, he said.
As part of a push to expand his influence in sub-Saharan Africa, the mercurial leader had tried to make students learn Hausa and Swahili about two years ago, but the initiative floundered because there weren’t enough teachers, Sahli said.
That effort now seems unlikely to be revived.
Revamping Libyan textbooks is just one of the challenges the new leaders face as they seek to establish themselves as a credible government and win the trust of
Libyans eager to get on with their normal lives.
In Benghazi, machine gun-mounted pickup trucks linger alongside civilian sedans at traffic lights. In western cities like Misrata, which withstood a months-long siege, the damage is extensive and will take time to repair.
“There are schools that have been completely destroyed – in Misrata, Zawiya, Zintan,” Sahli said. “In Benghazi we need some upkeep, but just light upkeep. It won’t effect the continuation of studies.”
The council will need more money to provide transport for schoolchildren and to pay teachers’ salaries, Sahli said.
World leaders had been slowly unfreezing Libyan money abroad and on Thursday announced another $15 billion of Libyan assets would be freed up.
Even before the revolt, underfunding was a problem for Libyan schools, Sahli said.
“All the teachers in Libya have been in a very bad financial situation, bad enough that they have to find work outside of education,” he said. “It’s reached the point that a lot of jokes and comedy come out about the situation of teachers.”
Yefrenia
I believe inside every Libyan there is a free Libyan, it was buried away for decades but it will revive be #patient all it needs is time _
Libye Libre
Dans une interview à RFI Jean Ping explique pourquoi l’Union africaine n’a pas encore reconnu le CNT libyen #Libye www.rfi.fr/afrique/20110907-jean-ping-e...
1° L’autorité doit être représentative de la Libye i.e. un gvt d’union nationale. Des assurances ont été données par le CNT – Ping 1/3
2° Arrêt des exactions contre les pop° noires: dangereux d’assimiler mercenaire à noir, 1/3 de la pop est noire en Libye – Ping 2/3 …
. Des 10 de milliers d’Africains sont installés depuis longtemps en Libye et n’ont rien à voir avec les mercenaires de Kadhafi – Ping 3/3
ArmchairArab Armchair Arab
Also think it would be nice to make sure NTC get’s aid to our brave fighters that died/were injured freeing us.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
Tripoli’s new prisoners – @ipannell reporting for BBC & Darren Conway on camera: bbc.in/npVsVF #Libya
moi a table
Interesting analysis / different factions in new #Libya tinyurl.com/3npsun7 might have been interesting to assess efficiency of some.
Libye Libre
Après la CIA et le MI6, les secrets français sont mis en cause par des documents trouvés à #Tripoli europe1.fr.feedsportal.com/c/32376/f/5460… – 1/3
Le Quai d’Orsay nie catégoriquement, mais reconnaît des liens “ponctuels” avec la dictature libyenne dans la lutte contre le terrorisme -2/3
Belhadj, islamiste, aujourd’hui chef mil à Tripoli affirme avoir été interrogé par agents français, allemands et italiens à Tripoli – 3/3
The back-up plan ; ) #Libya #Misrata
twitpic.com/6hkn52
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Libya: Blogger Jad is Missing globalvoicesonline.org/2011/09/07/lib… via @globalvoices #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
NTC official says Saif Al-Islam & Muatassim #Gaddafi seen in #BaniWalid. #Libya #Feb17
SecularLibya
#Libya’ns have shown utmost maturity & grace since victory on 8/20. This despite the hardship & violence of war, & sociopath Qadafi culture
there is a power struggle going on right now. The minority radicals too scared of democracy & want to grab power.
moi a table
#Libya Ambassador in Sofia is inviting Bulgarian PM, Boyko Borisov, to renegotiate #Tripoli’s debt to #Bulgaria tinyurl.com/3we4wqs
Lucie
Libya: Moussa Koussa ‘tried to get job in new government’ is.gd/AIZUzR (Is he for real!?) #Libya”
Judith
Though all those deaths are tragic, deaths of those fighting against Gaddafi are for the noblest of causes, for freedom.
Rubicon
How long is the terrorist fear card going to be played by American govts…i suppose until they find something else…propositions anyone?
To ppl who argue that so many Libyans died in removing Gaddafi than those who died in his rule…Just look at the lives lost in the Chad war….
can’t believe this guy was a NYTimes bureau chief www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/05 he doesn’t explicitly say Libya tho, just making point
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
LPC form #Baniwalid: Moatassim Gaddafi is staying in the Soug area and emptied out several shops and storing weapons in them.
No electricity or phone coverage for 2 weeks in #baniwalid. People stuck in their homes, snipers everywhere, Gaddafi forces harassing ppl.
To fill up a car in #Baniwalid , it is currently 500 Libyan dinars. A packet of cigarettes is 150 dinars. Chicken is 20 LD\Kg.
#Baniwalid-#Sirte line contains many of the same families, so if Baniwalid is freed, sirte will fall soonafter.
If a new frontn is opened up in #Baniwalid, then the area from sabha to baniwalid to the Wadi alahmar area will all be a full warzone.
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Morning everyone from Tripoli, sorry for twitter absence, been running around on visits
Every day life is getting closer to normal here. Yesterday we filled up with only a 20 minute queue, and later they were only 5 minute waits
Went last night to Bab al-Aziziyah, which is now Tripoli’s premier tourist attraction, full of families and kids having fun
Gaddafi’s house used to called “The Steadfast House”, but locals are now calling it “The House of Shame” (Bayt al-3ar)
We also visited a huge, newly built conference centre next to the Rixos hotel, absolutely colossal place, no expense spared
The conference centre has its own clinic and presidential suite, no prizes for guessing who had first dibs
There are even fewer checkpoints in Tripoli than when I arrived three days ago
Has anyone heard anything/know of anything worth investigating in #tripoli?
Libya al-Ahrar had a report about a mass grave found yesterday
Went last night to Bab al-Aziziyah, which is now Tripoli’s premier tourist attraction, full of families and kids having fun
ChangeInLibya
Apparently, we have some really scary drivers in #Libya. Just met two aid workers that got back from Tripoli… that’s all they spoke about
fpleitgenCNN Frederik Pleitgen
More Leptis Magna. What an amazing place. Will hopefully draw in many tourists. #libya twitpic.com/6hr5lu
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
There is change happening. Everyone can feel it. Some people are extremely impatient, it’s not changing over night. #Tripoli #Libya.
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Close friend of #Gaddafi, one of free officers, Faraj El Hodeiri surrenders to rebels. Does #gaddafi realize its all over? #libya #tripoli
Saja. Mohamed Hassan was captured in #Khoms facebook.com/photo.php?pid=…
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Garbage collection is most amazing here in #Tripoli. Lot’s more work to be done but the current work effort is pleasing. More please :)
NexusIndivulsus Focal Point
More change in 6 months than in the past 42 years in Libya. Now everyone is experiencing a massive headrush ;)
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
The woman calling Libya Alahrar now spoke well. “I need to change myself, then ask the government to change” #Libya
Changing yourself means being proactive, then we can demand from the new government.
Caller was also talking about people being qualified in #Libya. Also that we do not need people from outside Libya. “give us a chance”
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
2day I saw some #libya(n) families at beach of #tripoli hanging out. Very hot here. Life more& more getting normal. Traffic Jam.
20 vehicles loaded with heavy weapons & mercenaries left #Sabha for #Sirte, last night #Libya v @sabha17feb
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Libya free tv: the largest family in #sirte – ferjan- has said they will support ff when they enter the city.
Driving back to sirte front line. Watching a convoy of howitzers being taken up the road
#FF #NTC mobile Field hospital consisting of 3 trailers and 3 ambulances has been brought forwards as well. #Sirte
NATO: 7 Key hits around #Sirte on Wednesday
RAF: Successfully destroyed in area around #Sirte 4 Tanks, 3 APC, 1 Artillery piece, 1 self propelled gun. #Libya #Feb17
USAfricaCommand US AFRICOM
Ethnic fighters have left Libya in droves, “trained young men w/ guns now for hire to highest bidder.” telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… #AFRICOM
nytimes The New York Times
Former Qaddafi Loyalists Switch Sides in a New Libya nyti.ms/qUyDJV
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
#Gaddafi Loyalists shelling #Sirte on #FF front line now. #Libya #Feb17
FF positions on eastern front
CLARIFICATION: #Gaddafi loyalists are shelling the #FF positions on the eastern
front. East of Sirte. Not Sirte city
Now some crazy loon #FF is driving a tank round in circles through crowds of people everyone jumping out of the way. #Libya
#FF responding to loyalist shelling with their own modest fire. #Libya
i’m attempting to tweet via BGAN from a moving car.
One #FF injured with fragmentation from a shell. not serious. #
This is great. being able to use twitter on car journeys is fantastic in Libya. oh no, Marshala our driver is about to turn left.
writing ‘(Former) Rebels’ takes to many characters. I like ‘Thour’ for revolutionaries but too late to start now.
SecularLibya MargBar Khamenei
Kristoff of the New York Times (1.2 million followers) very impressed of what he sees in #Libya. nytimes.com/2011/09/08/opi… @NickKristof #Feb17
#Libya’ns have shown utmost maturity & grace since victory on 8/20. This despite the hardship & violence of war, & sociopath Qadafi culture.
Mike
It seems that Gaddafi made a speech today about genes and grandparents but no-one reported it
Niz_FGM Niz
Follow up meeting of the Libya Youth Forum tomorrow in Tripoli.Mervet of FGM to be 1st chairperson -Empowering & elevating women nationwide
#libya — Former Qaddafi Mercenaries Describe Fighting in Libyan War – The Atlantic: bit.ly/qpb3nw via @AddThis
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Question to pro-Gaddafi anti-NATO. Where is NATO now? Has there been any bombings since Aug 20th? You should be ashamed of your ignorance.
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
BabAjyad Mosque in #Benghazi: Ali #Salabi proclaims all #NTC as opportunities & wants Jalil, Tarhouni, Jibril etc. gone. Last Friday #Libya
Gada
he is sneaky for sure why make unfounded accusations when he definatly has a glass house,he sat with Saif at negotiation table
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Hate it when they say NATO prevented massacre in Benghazi. NATO prevented massacre in Tripoli, Misrata, Zintan, and Nafousa mountain too.
This is a missing person since March. yfrog.com/nuakpqj
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
I hate sneaky people who think they can use religion to get to power more than I hated Gaddafi. Just to let you know.
Religion is a very personal thing. Any one who think that God had given them a special privilege to rule over us are deluded and need Rx.
Truth is: Islamists made Libyan revolution look bad, and delayed western help leading to 1000s being killed. How about that?
Who is this scumbag? He seems to enjoy seeing us slaughtered! yfrog.com/o0nzxhmj
WEELULE WEELULE
we must remember that the so called Muslim Brotherhood is a foreign party and has nothing to do with Libya
INTERESTING TO COMPARE:
evanchill Evan Hill
Guardian retells Daily Mail story about female executioner, but names/facts have changed. Hmm ow.ly/6ovH6 http://ow.ly/6ovHd #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
My late father was a diplomat who worked for King Idris and later during Gaddafi’s coup. He hated Gaddafi from day one.
My dad didn’t like the way Gaddafi treated Libya and Libyans.
Father was Libya’s Ambassador in India, and was brought home for questioning because he refused to distribute Greenbooks.
He said we are an Embassy not a bookstore. Some snitch reported him and replaced him as the head of the embassy then.
Father wad dismissed from Foreign Ministry and suffered a stroke ad a result of the ordeal.
Father stayed in coma for about a year and passed away later.
Did you know that Gaddafi used Islam to convince his followers that it was OK to steal and rape? I heard it on state radio several mths ago.
His Mullahs convinced the gullible & the willing that Free cities like Misrata are infidels, their money is Ghanema, their women are Sabaya.
They brought examples from Bukhari & Muslim Hadeath: The Sahaba came back with women Sabaya (Malikat Yaminakom). I heard that on the radio.
Tweeting Tripoli
Well, I heard Hamza (Nutty TV G-Thug) says on TV that if you catch an infidel you should split him in two. Can you believe that?
Rolv
Best principle for a new #Libya, Voltaire: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
@LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
BabAjyad Mosque in #Benghazi: Ali #Salabi proclaims all #NTC as opportunities & wants Jalil, Tarhouni, Jibril etc. gone. Last Friday #Libya
Khalifa
Salabi is the one who tried to negotiate with #Saif and must keep his mouth shut and just go away.
Demopublican
Without the likes of Jalil, Tarhouni, Jibril etc Ali Salabi wouldn’t be speaking so freely in a free Benghazi
libyanInAbuDhabi
nice! The opposition in #Libya has opposition now. Next, we’ll have political parties if we’re not careful. Oooh
Tweeting Tripoli
Is allowing Gaddafi to order his now few murderous supporters to kill and terrorize Libyans considered freedom of speech? Syrian Rai TV!!!
pdanahar Paul Danahar
18 Surface to air missile sites hit by #NATO around Waddan #Libya in 1 day suggests no effort to hide arms there anymore goo.gl/7Lg5X
Tweeting Tripoli
This lady from UN said she saw women in Tunisian & Egyptian revolutions going out to demand their rights. yfrog.com/gz8g2jzbj
First time this summer kids enjoy their mini-pool. No bombing no gunfire. It’s hot today. yfrog.com/kjj9yphj
Yippee: 5 min line in Ain Zara Gas station. yfrog.com/khuo5auj http://yfrog.com/kleu8yoj
That was my wife’s car by the way. I just filled my car. Both cars less than 30 minutes. Thank you NTC. yfrog.com/kk4b8xuj
AP
Gadhafi loyalists fire rockets from desert bastion
WADI DINAR, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists fired at least 10 rockets from
inside one of his last strongholds Thursday, hours after the ousted Libyan leader urged his fighters to crush opponents he ridiculed as germs and rats.
Former rebels have massed outside the desert town of Bani Walid for days waiting for orders to take the town, but the rocket fire marked an escalation in the standoff, which could reach a climax when a deadline for surrender negotiations runs out this weekend.
Read more:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBY...
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
youtube.com/watch?v=_xC2k2… #Gaddafi Ukrainian Snipers Caught in Abu-Salim Aug. 25, 2011” presenter says they caught them with rifles.
Guy says they are OKranians and were caught armed with sophisticated sniper rifles in AboSlim buildings near Bab Azizya.
I am sad to say that the presenter seemed enjoying G’s rants and at the end he cheered his criminal orders to kill us.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qaddafi sold 20 percent of Libya’s gold reserves in the last days of his presidency #Alarabiya
Sanad
my Gfather, Taha Sheriff BenAmer was secretary of State for #Gaddafi. he gave his resignation 3 times. G refused all three. 1/2
1978 was sent to the desert on work. pilot switchs helicopter on, it explodes. body was never found but his ring was found. 2/2
Joanne
Horrible :( I guess this was a planned assassination and the Helicopter had been "prepared " #Libya #Gaddaficrimes
FromJoanne Joanne
#Bani #Waled Talks still deadlocked Deadline is Saturday 2 sons Saif and saadi believed 2b in BW with abt 200 #Gaddafi men #Libya #Aje
#Bani Walid this morning some of #Saif Gaddafi ’s 200 men fired at least 10 grad rockets from inside BW they all fell in Wadi Dinar #Libya
#Muatasim and #MusaIbrahim + Saif + Saadi Gaddafi R all believed to b in #BaniWalid holding the Villagers ransom who just want peace #Libya
#Flash #Libya National Central Bank denies that #Gaddafi top brass who fled to #Niger stole gold and money from the bank via #Aje
Major Gen. #NickPope said #Nato RAF aircraft spotted concentrations of #Gaddafi forces in and around #Sirte and have bombed them #Libya
Turkish Air schedule for #Benghazi resuming Sep15 bit.ly/rly730
FLASH NTC forces in #Libya take control of Red Valley on the road to #Gaddafi’s hometown #Sirte bbc
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
#Qaddafi forces fire Grad missiles at a congregation of rebels near Bani Walid, #Alarabiya correspondent reports #Libya
elpasolibre
Battle for #Libya: images of the revolution epic ! nyti.ms/r5TC15 #feb17 #Libia #Libye
LPC form #Baniwalid: Moatassim #Gaddafi is staying n the Soug area & emptied out several shops & storing weapons n them
#Libye: Kadhafi aurait vendu plus de 20% des réserves en or tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeche/top-ne… #feb17 #Libya
Globe and Mail
Moammar Gadhafi sold 29 tons of gold in last days of Libya regime
Gadhafi sold gold
Libya’s central bank sold 29 tons of gold in the spring so Moammar Gadhafi could pay salaries, according to reports today from Tripoli. That’s about $1.4-billion (U.S.), and some 20 per cent of Libya’s gold reserves, according to Reuters and The Associated Press
Qassim Azzuz, the new central bank chief, said the regime sold the bullion to Libyan traders during the uprising that toppled the government.
How about randomly selected committee of Libyan citizens? Check this – www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/09/ic...
Armchair Arab
The scare story of de-baathification is being used to ensure top Gaddafi cronies retain their positions. #NotAcceptable.
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
From Benghazi: In Libya civilians (NTC) give orders to the military, in Egypt it is the opposite.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
UN has been given permission to fly in to #Tripoli from Monday. #Libya
Armchair Arab
anyone know anything about Nouri Berouin, he’s the new head of the NOC libyan oil company. Answers in a 140 character tweet please!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Cash-strapped #Gaddafi sold gold to pay salaries taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_conte… #Libya #Feb17
#NATO says it attacked 25 targets in # Sirte and #Waddan yesterday. #Libya #feb17
#Libya #NTC OIL TANKER “MAETIGA” now en route to dest. #Conakry #Guinea ETA: 2011-09-12 14:00 (UTC). #Feb17
#Libya: Countries who as of Aug20 had still not recognized #NTC should have all contracts put on hold for 6 months pending review.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya forces take key valley near Sirte: NTC #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
African PRO #Gaddafi women say rebels raped them in Libyan camp, meanwhile anyone with a brain know this to be BULLSHIT
Michael Quick
Warring parties often put out rape propaganda like that. It now turns out the rape charges against GF in Brega was similar.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Like the Govs of Mali, Algeria, Niger etc upset returning Tuaregs coming home armed, never fought 4 G but home w/ his weapons
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
NTC forces in Libya have taken the key Red Valley on the road to Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte #Qaddafi #Libya #Tripoli
Post Zambia
Suspension rules Kalaba out of Libya encounter
CHIPOLOPOLO midfielder Rainford Kalaba will miss next month’s Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 Africa Cup Group C qualifier against Libya due to suspension.
And national team coach Dario Bonetti said it will be a mistake to approach Libya with a mentality of recording one point to qualify to the Africa Cup.
Kalaba has accumulated two yellow cards in the qualifiers which automatically rules him out of last qualifier match when Zambia host Libya on October 8.
More:
www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.ph...
Robert Rowley
Jalil is a top flight statesman and a valuable asset to Free Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Safari soundtrack: The road to Site wp.me/p7qur-rN
And the Safari Soundtrack didn’t work… Tam had mysteriously “lost” the iPod cable. Very suspicious, if you ask me
Steady boom of incoming Kartusha rockets at the frontline towards Sirte #libya All static. But ambulances racing back
fieldproducer is up there somewhere, I think. brave chap
I see AFP in Tripoli is saying NTC forces have taken Red Valley. Difficult to tell from here on the eastern side of Sirte
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
ICC prosecutor asks Interpol to help seek Qaddafi’s arrest #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
Jordan to send military field hospital to #Libya english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/… #Feb17
Tareq Alqzeeri has been appointed director of Libyan television channel #Libya Alahrar www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/former-rnw-... #Feb17
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
#Misrata: in attempt to avoid 5thColumn attacks a visitor card is required to enter city, visit is limited to number of days allowed. #Libya
Aljazeera
Gaddafi denies reports he fled to Niger
Muammar Gaddafi has issued an audio message encouraging Libyans to take up arms against the fighters battling his loyalists and accusing the National Transitional Council (NTC), currently running the country, of being a front for Western powers.
The message from the deposed Libyan leader was broadcast early on Thursday on Syria-based Al-Rai TV.
“To all my beloved Libyans, the Libyan land is yours and you need to defend it against all those traitors, the dogs, those that have been in Libya and are trying to take over the land,” Gaddafi said.
“They were spies for the Italians and now they are spies for France. All those germs and rats … capture all those who are working with NATO and the UK to bomb our country and kill Libyans and our children.”
Gaddafi also dismissed reports that he had fled to neighbouring Niger as “psychological warfare and lies”.
He said there was nothing unusual about a convoy of cars going to Niger.
“How many times do convoys transporting smugglers, traders and people cross the border every day for Sudan, Chad, Mali and Algeria,” Gaddafi said. “As if this was the first time a convoy was headed towards Niger.”
The president of Burkina Faso has also deined that Gaddafi is in his country.
“We don’t have any information on the presence of Libyans on our territory since these events started,” he said.
On the ground, Libyan fighters claimed on Wednesday to have got Gaddafi surrounded within a 60km radius.
Anis Sharif, a spokesman for Tripoli’s new military council, however, would not say where exactly Gaddafi had been found.
FromJoanne Joanne
MarajaElMedhem a Nawfaliyah elder confirms there are no surrender talks between Sirte and NTC be4 Saturday deadline
#FLASH #TRIPOLI #NTC Head #Jibril, is due to talk to the #Press about 4pm GMT (6pm local time) in #Tripoli
#Wow ! UK Coordinator Guma Al Gamaty : #NTC has given pro- Gaddafi forces in #Sirte until December 10 to surrender via #Telegraph
#Tripoli CentralBank Governor ; #Gaddafi sold over 20 % of #Libya’s gold reserves worth more than $1 billion in final days of his regime
Telegraph
Moussa Koussa, Col Gaddafi’s former foreign minister, attempted to gain a role in Libya’s new government only to be rebuffed, it has been claimed. National Transitional Council officials said that Koussa, who is in exile in Qatar after fleeing to Britain in March, offered his experience and contacts, only to be told that he would be tried for crimes against humanity if he returned to Tripoli.
William Hague: 7m emails passed through Foreign Office at height of Arab Spring in first two weeks of Feb – 10 times usual
Telegraph says:
Libya’s National Transitional Council is pursuing negotiations for the surrender of
towns held by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi in order to avoid more bloodshed, said the council’s British coordinator, Guma el-Gamaty.
The NTC is in talks with tribal elders for their forces to peacefully enter Col Gaddafi’s s hometown of Sirte and the loyalist- held towns of Bani Walid and Sabha, the site of a major military base south of the capital, Tripoli.
The council has given pro- Qaddafi forces in Sirte until Decemver 10 to surrender.
December with a “V”? Or should it be September?
UmmKhunfis:
Freedomfighter commander Mustafa Bendaraf says Freedomfighters took RedValley 60 km W of Sirte at 2:45pm
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libyan estimate: At least 30,000 died in the war is.gd/O2nFaa #Libya
AP The Associated Press
AP VIDEO: Moammar Gadhafi’s latest audio recording, and signs of normalcy in Tripoli: apne.ws/q9E7MP -EC #Libya
AP – Barakat (Health Minister) estimates 30K dead, 50K wounded overall, during #Feb17. Also says 4K+ missing (in other G strongholds) #Libya
General Carter Ham, the head of the Africa command, Africom, said there was a risk of proliferation of weaponry after the battles in Libya.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Korea OIL TANKER “POLARIS” now en route to dest. #Misrata #Libya ETA: 2011-09-10 13:00 (UTC). #Feb17
FromJoanne Joanne
UK special envoy just finished meeting with #Belhaz assuring him UK will investigate torture allegation #Belhajz demanded an apology of UK
cswift2 Cara Swift
Minister tells #BBC Arabic TV that 30,000 from both sides have been killed during the 6 month conflict, & wounded may reach 70,000. #Libya
WyreDavies Wyre Davies
So, international airlines & embassies think #Tripoli now safe. Why oh why won’t #NTC relocate from #Benghazi? Doesn’t send the right msg.
perfectsliders perfectsliders
#Libya #Feb17: Map of roads in Libya and who seems to control, each, explains how important Sirte and Bani Walid are goo.gl/fb/4jQAu
Saja. Don’t be fooled by this material world.. Just say Ahamdulillah because everyday is just another reason to thank god!
SkyNewsBreak:
Reuters: International Criminal Court asking Interpol to help to arrest Colonel Gaddafi and son Saif al-Islam”
SkyNewsBreak: Reuters: International Criminal Court asking Interpol to help to arrest Colonel Gaddafi and son Saif al-Islam”
Does anyone know if #BA will resume flight to #Tripoli?
Just passed the #Libyan Embassy in #London and can assure that the flag is still up and waving into the skies. Thank God for that. #Libya
Saja. A Mass grave was found in #Khoms with 40 bodies in it! #gaddaficrimes #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya: The funeral of 35 ppl in the town of Al-Qalaa, #Nafusa .The bodies were found in a shipping container. NYtimes pic.twitter.com/cUpkOcs
LibyanDictator: #Sebha:
Reports that FFs have turned Madar network back on
Saja. Sebha #FFs don’t get enough credit for their brave actions “LibyanDictator: #Sebha: Reports that FFs have turned Madar network back on”
FromJoanne Joanne
#ICC is requesting #Interpol to issue Red notice Arrest warrants 4 #Libya ’s Muamar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi
US Ambassador #IvoDaalder says Gaddafi’s capture might not signal end of @NATO airstrikes if loyalists keep fighting on in #Libya
Ban #Walid Residents say that Gaddafi loyalists are racing through the streets yelling insults from the back of their pickup trucks
whoop booked my ticket…leaving qatar tmrw! London and uni, but anything is better the boredom….just gonna miss having a car :’(
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Qaddafi’s Whereabouts Questionable english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #Qaddafi #Nigeria #Africa #Libya #Gaddafi #AlArabiya
ICC prosecutor seeks @Interpol red notice warrant for #Gaddafi | Reuters in.reuters.com/article/2011/0… via @reuters
Sirtawi
Two patients at Ibn Sina hospital, #Sirte died yesterday due to lack of Oxygen. #FreeSirte #Feb17
septimius_sever septimius severus
Dear @IntlCrimCourt , don’t print two WANTED posters for Saif and his dad…this will do 4both h/t @LibyaLiberty #Libya pic.twitter.com/MQ7tWFF
Elzwai محمد الغزال
This pic from #Benghazi when we hear #Tripoli liberated _ cool shot pic.twitter.com/FMnPBRt
FromJoanne Joanne
#Aw ! A Msg of #Ayesha the soldier; "Even if my father & brothers r martyred I will continue my fight against Islamic terrorists in #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Ayesha Gaddafi calls herself a soldier = Vows2carry on fighting even after Gaddafi demise So she can be killed as a soldier as well #Libya
NYT
In a New Libya, Ex-Loyalists Race to Shed Ties to Qaddafi
Khalid Saad worked for years as a loyal cog in Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s propaganda machine, arranging transportation to ferry foreign journalists to staged rallies, ensuring that they never left their hotels without official escorts and raising his own voice to cheer the Libyan leader.
The day that rebels took Tripoli, Mr. Saad immediately switched sides.
Now he works for the rebels’ provisional government, coordinating transportation for its officials and insisting that his previous support for Colonel Qaddafi was just business. “My uncle and my son were soldiers for the revolution,” he said in an interview. “Everyone will be happy now. Everything is changed now. Everyone is free.”
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/africa...=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp
NPR
A Libyan Son Mourns His Father’s ‘Disappearance’
It’s been 20 years since Hisham Matar’s father disappeared. He was a vocal opponent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and was kidnapped while living in exile in Egypt in 1990. Just as Gadhafi’s regime was collapsing this summer, Matar published Anatomy of a Disappearance, a novel about an exile who is kidnapped, as told from the perspective of his teenage son.
More:
www.npr.org/2011/09/08/140223701/a-liby...
Sirtawi
No Insulin for diabetic patients in #Sirte… #FreeSirte
USAmbNATO Ivo Daalder
It’s going to take some elbow grease but US #diplomats are ready to get back to work in #Tripoli. goo.gl/cpmGv
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
Oil firm workers told me 1st thing they did on returning to work this wk was vote to get rid of pro-G managers. ‘A mini-revolution’ said one
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Seif al-Islam Sighted in Bani Walid english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #alarabiya #Baniwalid #Libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
LOL! Article in #Today’s Zaman" entitled “The Turkish wind in the Arab Spring” it’s a foul wind and lots of it. #Libya
Alielehmer Ali El-Ehmer
Libyan capital takes Kadhafi out of the classroom #TRIPOLI — Schools in the Libyan capital are gearing up fo… (cont) deck.ly/~6A4kf
Le Monde
Kadhafi a vendu 20 % de l’or libyen avant sa fuite
L’ancien dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi a vendu plus de 20 % des réserves en or du pays, d’une valeur de plus de 1 milliard de dollars, au cours des derniers jours du régime, a annoncé, jeudi 8 septembre, le gouverneur de la banque centrale libyenne, Qassem Azzoz. D’après lui, environ 29 tonnes, soit 1,7 milliard de dinars (98 millions d’euros), ont été “liquidées pour payer les salaires et disposer de liquidités, en particulier à Tripoli”.
Selon des responsables de la banque centrale, l’or est vraisemblablement sorti du pays notamment vers la Tunisie voisine. Alors que le système financier du pays est en train de se remettre sur pied après des mois des sanctions et de perturbations causées par la guerre, la recherche des milliards de dollars que le Guide et son
régime auraient mis à l’abri à l’étranger ne fait que commencer.
Read more:
www.lemonde.fr/libye/article/2011/09/08...
Globe and Mail
Defiant Gadhafi says he is still in Libya
Moammar Gadhafi vowed to remain on Libyan soil battling NATO and the country’s new leaders, dismissing reports that he had secretly fled towards bordering African states as part of a military convoy.
His defiant comments to Syrian-owned TV came as fighters advanced on the tribal bastion of Bani Walid overnight, girding for a showdown with loyalist supporters in a town they suspect could be harbouring the ousted strongman and two of his sons.
Read more:
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afri...
BBC
Libya conflict: Rockets fired from Bani Walid
Forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi have fired rockets from Bani Walid, one of the last strongholds of the fugitive Libyan leader.
Rockets landed near those surrounding the town ahead of a Saturday deadline for loyalists to surrender.
Earlier, Col Gaddafi gave a defiant message dismissing speculation that he had fled to Niger.
Full art.:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14841901
Jeune Afrique
Libye : relancer et diversifier l’économie du pays
Après s’être assuré du contrôle de Tripoli, le Conseil national de transition (CNT) réfléchit à la reconstruction de la Libye. Une urgence pour un pays qui sort de six mois de guerre et quarante-deux ans de dictature. Pour ce défi, le CNT peut compter sur les réserves importantes de pétrole du pays.
Read more here:
www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20...
WAPO
Gaddafi’s chemical weapons spark renewed worries
AL-AJELAT, Libya — Documents showing the shipment of thousands of gas masks and chemical-weapons protection suits to Moammar Gaddafi’s remaining strongholds in the last weeks of his regime raised fresh concerns Wednesday about whether the deposed Libyan leader’s forces could still have access to deadly mustard gas.
More here:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-eas...
Atlanta Journal
Libyan estimate: At least 30,000 died in the war
At least 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 wounded in Libya’s six-month civil war, the interim health minister said, offering a first detailed estimate of the high cost in lives of bringing down Moammar Gadhafi.
There have been rough estimates in the past, but Naji Barakat, the health minister in the new Libyan leadership, said his figures are based, in part, on reporting from hospitals, local officials and former rebel commanders.
Barakat said he’ll only have a complete count in several weeks, but that he expects the final figure for dead and wounded to be higher than his current estimates. Libya has a population of just over 6 million.
At least 4,000 people are still missing, either presumed dead or held prisoner in remaining Gadhafi strongholds, including his hometown of Sirte, Barakat told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Others killed in fighting were hastily buried, and are now being exhumed for identification.
Full art.:
www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/libyan-es...
Tripoli Post
NATO Tells Deposed Libyan Leader, Loyalists to Stop Fighting
NATO secretary general Fogh Rasmussen has advised Libya’s ousted leader Muammar Al Qathafi and his loyalists to stop trying to cling to power by force and to stop the fighting.
Speaking to journalists during a visit to Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, NATO’s top official said that “Al Qathafi and the remains of his regime must realise there’s nothing to be gained by more fighting”.
He went on to say that Libya is turning a new page, and that the military alliance would not stand down while a threat to Libyan civilians remained.
Describing NATO’s mission in Libya as “a great success,” Rasmussen said the alliance had no confirmed information about possible civilian casualties.
He also that the United Nations would take the lead in helping Libya’s peaceful transition to democracy.
Meanwhile, with the UN mandate for the NATO campaign in Libya lapsing in a few days, on September 26, the Americans are hopeful of closure, but are also adamant that if need be, the attacks will continue until Libya is completely free and safe.
Referring to the September 26 deadline, Ivo Daalder, the US ambassador at NATO headquarters in Brussels said: “We’re clearly near the end of the operation," but added: “We will maintain the operation as long as the regime or its elements continue to pose a threat to civilians.”
He added, that the issue was not especially whether Al Qathafi had been captured, killed, or removed from Libya, but whether loyalist forces were still a menace to Libyan civilians.
“It isn’t clear that if he were to be taken out that the whole thing would necessarily collapse; we just don’t know that. We do know that if he doesn’t have the capability to pose a threat to civilians, then it doesn’t really matter, Daalder said.”
In another development, as part of measures to tighten security, the National Transitional Council’s newly formed National Army has been appointed to protect Libya’s oil installations, and is currently searching the oil complexes for weapons, ammunition or mines that may have been left behind. Only then would the workers return.
The highly sensitive location of Ras Lanuf oil complex is patrolled by some 150 soldiers, part of a brigade from the army in charge of securing Libya’s oil installations. In charge of these men as chief of security is Colonel Abdul Aziz who says that some equipment and means of communications are still missing.
Aziz says that for the moment they are securing the entries, the exits and the ports. Of Libya’s largest oil complex that is made up of an oil refinery, several chemical plants and a power plant.
Before the conflict, the complex used to produce an estimatd 220 barrels per day of crude oil.
Neighbouring States Warned Not to Harbour Al Qathafi or His Aides
Although there have been lots of speculations and conflicting reports, the whereabouts of the fugitive former leader, are still quite unknown. Most of the reports claim that he is still hiding in one of his last remaining strongholds, but others have speculated that he may have left the country.
If the latter is the case, Amnesty International has urged countries that neighbour Libya, particularly Niger and Algeria, not to harbour Al Qathafi and his aides.
Algeria has already given sanctuary to Al Qathafi’s wife Safiya, and daughter Ayesha, and two of his sons, Mohammed and Hannibal, while Niger is reported to have given safe haven to his security chief Mansour Dhao.
Amnesty has reminded Libya’s neighbours that Al Qathafi, his son Seif al-Islam and his intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi, are accused of crimes against humanity and are on the International Criminal Court’s wanted list.
Amnesty International’s senior director Claudio Cordone, said that no country should provide a safe haven to the deposed leader or others suspected of committing crimes under international law. “All African states should reaffirm their commitment to ending impunity for the most serious crimes under international law,” he said.
He added that this also includes arresting and surrendering all ICC suspects to The Hague, and if they are found outside Libya, national authorities in that country must immediately arrest them and hand them over to the ICC to face trial for these crimes.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Heavy shelling near Hrawa and Wadi Al Ahmar (Red Valley) between Gaddafi loyalists and The National Liberation army #Libya #Sirte
Sky correspondent: Britain’s Special Representative to Libya promises investigation into allegations of foreign rendition
NOT A FRIEND OF LIBYA:
English Pravda
Libya, propaganda and imperialism
{media} They have failed to mention Colonel Gaddafi’s humanitarian record, his public works, his housing projects, the dignity he brought to Libyans, the dignity he is bringing to Africa, his tremendous development projects across the continent and the fact that in his private life he is an open, pleasant, very nice, kind, animal-loving family man.
Well, between Gaddafi and those who take pleasure in bombing and murdering kids from 30,000 feet, what a difference! Perhaps a few media outlets should begin to tell the truth of the hidden secrets lying behind Camoron, Sarko the Psycho, Obomber Obama, Hague the Plague and Hillary War Zone Clinton, the last two having been exposed as barefaced liars, the first two plain evil and the guy in the middle, well, the guy in the middle, as inconsequential and vapid a waste of time and space as ever existed.
What the western media and political class have done is, so true to form, imposed
their own gooey-eyed values of western imperialism on Libya and on Africa. This is a prelude to what comes next, and here it is in plain English in black and white: If the Libyan Jamahiriya goes down, then the African Union is condemned and AFRICOM will recolonise the continent. Africans will again become slaves, the dignity which the Union brought to these brothers and sisters will be lost, their ruling class will become corrupted cliques which direct Africa’s resources outwards while handfuls of peanuts are through at Africans, like the masters feeding the monkeys.
More:
english.pravda.ru/world/africa/08-09-20...
#Gaddafi’s wife plans to buy a holiday resort in #Croatia (with stolen gold belonging to people of #Libya) focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n…
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli #Awesome I had not seen this 5Half Hr Timelapse 1st #Eid Prayer #MartyrSquare Free #Libya vimeo.com/28595010
Tweeting Tripoli
How can Algeria allow such a hostility from it’s land? Aisha Gaddafi is in asylum, she shouldn’t make political speeches. Pls RT.
Tarek
Jibril is most senior member of NTC to arrive in #Tripoli, Just 3 weeks ago, #Gaddafi PM was at Jibril’s new office. #Libya #AJEnglish
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Spoke to a 10-year old Gaddafi supporter in Abu Salim today, he told me that Benghazi should be razed to the ground.
The kid went on to tell me that he didn’t want foreign invaders on Libyan soil and that the Libyan flag had been designed by the Italians
FM.CO.ZA
ZAIRE:
Our leaders have lost the plot
SA is no longer the global darling and favourite son it was 17 years ago and the sooner government realises it the better
The situation in SA is becoming dire. We are heading for the precipice and no one seems to care. Let us be realistic and admit that government has neither the will nor the capacity to govern effectively.
Our health system is dysfunctional. But instead of fixing the mess the only answer our health minister can come up with is more taxes and more billions to be wasted through fraud, corruption and negligence.
Our police service seems capable only of signing dodgy lease agreements for the benefit of the connected few. While the CBD of Johannesburg burns, President Jacob Zuma is overseas. He seems to have inherited his predecessor’s penchant for foreign travel.
Reckless talk around nationalisation of mines, banks and private property means that in terms of foreign direct investment we have slipped to number 10 in Africa, behind such luminaries as Libya.
Our growth rate is stalling because instead of looking for ways to become more productive, Cosatu believes that high wages and the trashing of streets is the way to go. In 1994 we had leaders who could sit around a table and hammer out an agreement that was acceptable to all.
SA is no longer the global darling and favourite son it was 17 years ago and the sooner government realises it the better.
Jibril hope move to #Tripoli be complete by next week f24.my/9Eh7e7 #libya #tripoli v @France24_en #Libya
WISDOM:
Armchair Arab
We have to have high standards that we aim to adhere to, can’t aim for the sewers and hit the stars.
I heard in feb, 150 Tuareg were executed for refusing #Gaddafi
Our new wiper.
twitpic.com/6hvu1s
#SouthAfrica Stands With #Gaddafi canadafreepress.com/index.php/arti… #Libya #Feb17
Al Jazeera’s @sueturtonaje reports on Gaddafi’s home movie and Beni Walid www.youtube.com/watch?v=64r_qfDXlc4 #Libya
Libyan-Canadians in Ottawa say they are anxious to see what is contained in boxes of documents left in Ottawa www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNyryFJ-_-U #Libya
simondenyer Simon Denyer
A tough job: Libyan rebels struggle to win over pro-Gaddafi town – The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-r… via @washingtonpost
Gaddafi recorded phone – Tyib Safi (G aide) gives misleading information about the situation in east #Libya www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8eQK1emJMA
AJA: Libya’s TNC sent more troops to the outskirts of the city of Bani Walid, as the negotiations for surrender.have failed #Libya
Gaddafi’s Tuareg fighters’ future unclear www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSAqbKxPIIk #Libya
The funeral service of martyrs of al Qalaa massacre. #Nafusa Mountains www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9TmZIplgPk http://twitpic.com/6hnmtd #Libya
4adam
Bodies found on phone of G soldier. then he led them to the site where tortured and killed.
Egyptian Nilesat refused to stop Gaddafi’s TV channels fr airing his propaganda until those channels were taken over by #FF in #Tripoli
Adam tweets presser:
Jibril – most of southern parts of Libya, sirte and beniwaild still under Gaddafi’s control. People should should know that. #Libya
Jibril – ‘the battle for liberation of Libya is not over yet. We need to sercue liberated cities instead of struggle for power.’ #Libya
Jibril – ’ I’ll leave my post once the situation in Libya stabilized, I dont have any political ambitions in the new #Libya’
Jibril – ’ it is not wise to tell the media Gaddafi’s whereabouts ’
Jibril – ‘Mr. Jalil gave a deadline for Gaddafi loyalists to surrender, b/c thought we shared the same intentions to stop bloodshed’
Jibril – Relentless campaign aganst the credibility of NTC. War is not over. Libyans interests in this stage is unity and stability
Jibril – ‘We can’t have a political process when we don’t have a constitution approved by all Libyan people’
Jibril – ‘The war isnt over until Gaddafi is captured or put on trial, at that time his loyalists will not cause any harm to Libyans’ #Libya
Jibril – ‘China involvement in helping G in his war against Libyans, we communicate with all taking in our account #Libya interest first’
Jibril – we need to use some of previous regime ppl to secure #Libya’s money abroad because they are still recognized by international firms
Jibril’s Press conference ended.
English Libya TV
The human cost of the revolution
At least 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 wounded in Libya’s six-month war, the NTC health minister said, offering a first detailed estimate of the high cost in lives of bringing down Muammar Gaddafi.
There have been rough estimates in the past, but Naji Barakat, the health minister in the new Libyan leadership, said his figures are based, in part, on reporting from hospitals, local officials and revolutionary commanders.
Barakat said he’ll only have a complete count in several week
s, but that he expects the final figure for dead and wounded to be higher than his current estimates. Libya has a population of just over 6 million.
At least 4,000 people are still missing, either presumed dead or held prisoner in remaining Gaddafi strongholds, including his hometown of Sirte, Barakat told The
Associated Press yesterday. Others killed in fighting were hastily buried, and are now being exhumed for identification.
Search teams also continue to find secret graves of detainees killed by retreating Gaddafi forces.
Just this week, they dug up more bodies in one area of the Libyan capital Tripoli and two other towns.
Next week, worshippers will be asked to report the dead and missing in their families to the local mosques, said Barakat, in an attempt to get a more detailed figure.
Of the estimated 30,000 dead, about half are believed to have been Gaddafi’s fighters, Barakat said.
He said he was told by Libya’s new military officials that the Khamis Brigade, commanded by Gaddafi’s son Khamis and a core force in Gaddafi’s army, lost about 9,000 troops.
One of the hardest hit areas was the port city of Misrata, Libya’s third largest, where revolutionaries and Gaddafi regime forces fought for two months, ending with the retreat of badly battered Gaddafi troops.
At least 2,000 revolutionary fighters and civilians were killed in Misrata and thousands more were wounded, including 900 who lost limbs, Barakat said, citing new figures from the Misrata local council.
Reporting is incomplete for the western areas of the country that remained under Gaddafi’s control until close to the end of the fighting, including the capital of Tripoli, Barakat said.
For example, little is known about the number of people killed during a brutal crackdown on mass opposition protests in the spring in those areas, he said.
The revolutionaries entered Tripoli on Aug. 21, but only took control after a week of fierce street battles.
Barakat said that at least 1,700 revolutionary soldiers died in the battle for Tripoli, along with about 100 civilians.
The number of war wounded is currently estimated to be at least 50,000, including some 20,000 with serious injuries, but is expected to rise, Barakat said.
English Libya TV
Jibril to resign if there is discord
Libya‘s interim government chief Mahmoud Jibril, on his first visit to Tripoli
since it was taken by his forces, made an apparent threat to resign if infighting were to erupt in the movement that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
“Some have made attempts to start a political game before reaching a common consensus on the rules,” Jibril told a news conference, adding that the priority for the new administration was to finish the battle against Gaddafi forces.
“If we discover that we are not on common ground, then I will retreat.”
Reuters
Libya PM says will “retreat” if discord
www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/liby...
m_madi Mohamed Madi
It’s easy to forget that there are still plenty of people in Tripoli whose sons have been killed fighting for Gaddafi
For now though, Gaddafi supporters in Tripoli are keeping a very low profile.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya ‘battle of liberation is not finished’: NTC number two Mahmoud Jibril #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
@HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
After its all over, some1 will have 2 collect garbage,plastic bottles, cartridges & ammunition left behind as frontline moves.#onroadtosirte
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
@
@HodaAH I was thinking exactly the same thing. After war #FF should be paid by
NTC to pick up all the plastic bottles on the coastal road.
FromJoanne Joanne
If u #STILL dont understand #Libya then Pls read this story: Its so true; In a New #Libya ExLoyalists Race 2Shed Ties goo.gl/U2vZQ
berger maurice
Houda Ben Amer a été arrêtée ce jour à Tripoli. Dernière le Figaro
Belhadj
We know EXACTLY where #Gaddafi is hiding Right now the call for prayer rings out over roofs in #Tripoli making me homesick #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Doha source; Musa #Kousa still assisting @NATO with security operations in #Libya incl guiding military strikes against #Gaddafi forces
LibyaLiberty
I don’t know why some young enterprising Libyan hasn’t made a complete line of #GaddafiInsult products.
#Gaddafi’s face on toilet paper, baby diapers,colostomy bags,toilet bowl cleaner,Q-tip (aka de-bunker sticks)
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
YES!!!! #Libya’s New Leaders Plan to Review $150 Billion in International Contracts bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-0… #Feb17
robcrilly Rob Crilly
found a comfortable place to stay in Ras Lanuf. Although it looks suspiciously like the door has been jemmied
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qaeda influence growing south of the Sahara amid concerns over weapons looted from Libya goo.gl/ZnWlL
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: SOURCES: The official #Libyan TV will go LIVE on #Friday 9/9/2011 #Libya #feb17
Aljazeera
The 9/11 decade
THE IMAGE WAR:
The US and al-Qaeda tried spin, threats, lies and censorship to win the propaganda war, but did anyone succeed?
goo.gl/FILVP
BREAKING: TRIPOLI : The discovery of a car bomb in the center of Tripoli
WldSougAlJumaa
Dear Jibril; If only u knew how much u R respected 2day in #Libya 4 your efforts at #NTC u would never say what u did 2day! #Libya
ReemMaghribi Reem M Maghribi
Turkish Arilines announces 4 days a week flights to/from Benghazi starting 15 Sept – bitly.com/pACHvH #libya
MilitantNews
#Libya Huge ungovernable+rebellious south Sahara across Mali,Niger,Chad,Sudan on Libyan order may b area Gaddafi aims 2 disappear+fight from
SalmaALibya
Islamicism is the biggest threat? Really? Harper is starting to sound a lot like George Bush.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya’s interim leaders to honour bank contracts is.gd/ulQVZz
Libya: MI6 tricked me into trap, claims torture victim is.gd/sUrBbA #Libya
Plse retweet #LibyaAidReliefEffort Libya Aid is another charity. Thanks for sharing!
AkhlasB
Its like G asking to join the revo! RT ‘’@ShababLibya: Libya: Moussa Koussa ’tried to get job in new government’ is.gd/AIZUzR #Libya"
Abdallah
No Shame To his Game. That’s our Koussa!!
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
FACTBOX-Who’s in charge of Libya’s oil industry? shabablibya.org/?p=http://shab… #Libya
Qaddafi Loyalists Urged to Fight On in Broadcast is.gd/EWGFrV
Turkey, is expected to take a leading role in multi-billion dollar deals to rebuild and develop #Libya. (Also continuing prev contracts)
NICE ONE:)
I have to admit that since #Feb17, we do stand out like a sore thumb! :) “PROUD TO BE LIBYAN”
twitter.com/#!/septimius_sever/status/111816437856870400/photo/1
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya plans shake-up of oil sector is.gd/jqhTke #Libya
VANITY FAIR
MUST READ:
The Accomplice
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi—son of Muammar, and long regarded as his heir—was subjected to an arrest warrant months ago by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Libyan rebels in Tripoli reported that he was in custody, but Saif soon appeared in public, rallying what’s left of pro-Qaddafi forces. As NATO bombs fell on Libya, the distinguished international lawyer Philippe Sands sat down with those who know Saif Qaddafi best—a London professor, his Libyan mentor, and the prosecutor who may decide his fate. Saif Qaddafi may claim that he was merely an intermediary, or a force for moderation, or perhaps even a victim. But whatever the claims, according to the prosecutor, he was deeply complicit in his father’s crackdown this year.
Read full areticle:
www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/20...
Fissa82
I posted 31 photos on Facebook in the album “Houses of Gaddafi Family” fb.me/1cKpBmcod
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
by MushuThaLohari
Moussa Koussa is "hanging around Doha like a bad smell.” dohanews.co/post/9955550803
BBCWorld BBC Global News
NTC forces in #Libya take control of Red Valley, on the road to Col #Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte, NTC spokesman tells AFP bbc.in/nPFT1g
belkacemi libertad
: La #Libye prévoit remaniement du secteur pétrolier en Libye is.gd/jqhTke #Libya #feb17
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Interesting day spent near the rebel front line, more artillery from both sides. Saw at least 5 wounded rebel soldiers.
Tank commander couldn’t control one of his drivers,he was pulling doughnuts,rebels argued & when I tried to film them one pulled a gun on me
He was made to apologise after the incident,but the fact the commander couldn’t control his driver showed how much of a shambles they can be
Shelling by pro-Gaddafi troops was accurate, one shell landed about 100m away from our position where 5 ambulances & a tank were parked
all good it was by that tank with the umbrellas. All good landed in the sand, the road may have been different.
Picture: Wounded rebel soldier is treated near the front line www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2109097...
Medics near the front line work on another rebel soldier wounded by shrapnel www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2109099... #Libya
I’ve uploaded more images from eastern Libya, you can see them all here facebook.com/media/set/?set…
or:
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.20577...
Have been in #Libya for two and a half weeks now, bit of an information vacuum – what have I missed from the rest of the world?
Thanks for all the updates, doesn’t look like I’ve missed too much…
Amnesty International
Amnesty USA.org
Libya’s neighbours must not shield al-Gaddafi from prosecution
Libya’s neighbours must arrest Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi and others wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the former Libyan leader crosses the border, Amnesty International said today.
Former officials from al-Gaddafi’s government have reportedly fled to neighbouring Niger and authorities in Burkina Faso have denied claims that al-Gaddafi was offered safe haven in the country.
“No country should provide a safe haven to Colonel al-Gaddafi or others suspected of committing crimes under international law,” said Claudio Cordone, Senior Director at Amnesty International.
“If they are found outside Libya, national authorities in that country must immediately arrest them and hand them over to the ICC to face trial for these crimes.”
A military convoy of al-Gaddafi loyalists was reportedly spotted inside neighbouring Niger on 6 September, allegedly fleeing the armed conflict in Libya.
Officials in Niger confirmed that the convoy had reached the capital Niamey and included former officials from al-Gaddafi’s government, including former chief of security Mansour Daw. It is unknown whether Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi or his son Saif al-Islam joined the convoy.
Mu’ammar and Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Sanussi, Libya’s former head of military intelligence, have been on the run since the ICC issued arrest warrants for them in late June.
All three are accused of crimes against humanity – persecution and murder – committed in Libya since 15 February 2011.
The UN Security Council has called upon all states, including Libya’s new leadership, to co-operate fully with ICC investigations.
Colonel al-Gaddafi and others wanted by the ICC must be arrested and surrendered to the Court for investigation, regardless of where they are found. Libya’s new authorities may request that any suspects are tried before national courts or that the ICC conduct its proceedings in Libya.
Amnesty International believes that for this to happen, the new Libyan government must genuinely be able to demonstrate it can effectively and efficiently investigate and prosecute suspects, as well as guarantee the security of witnesses and others.
Regardless of where al-Gaddafi and other suspects face trial, the proceedings must meet international fair trial standards and deliver justice and reparation to the victims.
For the past four decades, the Libyan justice system has been compromised by many flaws that would make a fair trial for al-Gaddafi impossible and would not rule out the use of the death penalty.
Among the urgent priorities for Libya’s new leadership will be comprehensive efforts to rebuild the national justice system in line with international human rights law and in consultation with civil society, Amnesty International has said.
In meetings with Amnesty International this month, officials within the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights vowed to reform the justice sector, including by abolishing special courts and ensuring the independence of the judiciary. However, such efforts will take time, and delay justice and reparation to the many victims of the al-Gaddafi era.
Recent Amnesty International missions have uncovered evidence of crimes under international law committed by al-Gaddafi forces, including enforced disappearances, torture and mass killings of detainees at military camps in Tripoli and elsewhere, and indiscriminate attacks on civilian neighbourhoods in the western cities of Misratah and al-Zawiya and in Ajdabia, in the east of the country.
Any other officials who flee Libya and are suspected of committing crimes under international law must be detained and, if there is sufficient evidence, prosecuted, the organization said.
“All African states should reaffirm their commitment to ending impunity for the most serious crimes under international law,” said Claudio Cordone.
“This includes arresting and surrendering all ICC suspects to The Hague.”
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Tunisia Radio: #Gaddafi sold 29 tonnes of #Libyan #Gold before leaving #Tripoli. That is 20% of the gold reserve.
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
Libya will qualify for the African Cup Of Nations if they defeat Zambia on 07/10/2011. The match will be played in Zambia,pray for our team
TRIPOLI ZOO ANIMALS: SPEECHLESS: twitpic.com/6hl3ry#.TmkF_aO_tuk.facebook http://fb.me/1f68M7wxS
BREAKING: #Libyana #SMS services have returned to #Tripoli
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Sabha: Reports that the police have joined the #Feb17 movement & now control all stations & the Public Security Directorate. #Libya #Feb17
Just thought you should know, @louisfarrakhan is a HUGE supporter of #Gaddafi & received millions in support from him.
Ok, If I MUST thought our Libyan Freedom Fighters have shown themselves to be superhuman.
IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR #TRIPOLI #LIBYA, PLEASE TAKE ANY FOOD OR WATER TO THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO
Reuters:
ANALYSIS-Gaddafi refuge would cost Libyan neighbours dear is.gd/5DH8aD #Libya”RT
Important Read: #Libya: Criminal Ali Treki brokered deal allowing #Gaddafi family to cross to criminal #Algeria www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... #Feb17
MUST READ:
Telegraph
Libya: former UN General Assembly president brokered deal allowing Gaddafi family to cross to Algeria
Aformer president of the United Nations General Assembly brokered a deal allowing Col Muammar Gaddafi’s wife and children take refuge in Algeria, according to reports.
Ali Treki, a Libyan diplomat who chaired the UN body in 2009, formed a close relationship with Abdulaziz Bouteflika, the country’s veteran president.
A statement from the RCD, the Algerian opposition, said Mr Treki, who ran Col Gaddafi’s efforts to buy support from African regimes and tribal leaders for decades, had secured a personal promise of sanctuary for fleeing relatives from the Algerian leader.
President Bouteflika personally made the decision to allow Col Gaddafi’s wife Safia, daughter Aisha, sons Mohammad and Hannibal, plus other relatives cross into Algeria last week.
The opposition said that Mr Treki had lavished gifts on President Bouteflika to secure his goodwill, including the deeds to a Libya embassy residence in Algiers. “He has regularly visited Bouteflika in his home in Sidi Ferruch with suitcases which can be assumed that it did not contain the Libyan Green Book,” said the statement in the name of the RCD leader, Said Saadi.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
Cyrenaican ياسين بنغازي
Today the legendary poet Abdeljalil Sayf Al-Nasr passed away. I ask that you all pray for him and that his lifetime of service be accepted..
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
I’ll be taking part in discussion on 9/11 anniversary live from Tripoli tonight on RTE’s Prime Time #rtept
MASS GRAVES ABU SALIM
Libyan human rights activists say they have found credible evidence of the location of two mass graves thought to contain the remains of more than 1,200 political detainees executed in a single June morning in 1996 by henchmen of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The prison itself holds the secret, according to Ahmed El-Gasir, the Geneva-based leader of the group Human Rights Solidarity.
Mr. El-Gasir said he learned the locations during a trip to Tripoli this week by interviewing former prison workers who told him they directly participated in hauling the bodies to the mass graves.
“These were extra-judicial killings, unprovoked, and the years of lies by the regime kept the pain alive,” he said in a telephone interview. “This massacre was the focal point that started the whole uprising in Benghazi and triggered the revolution.”
Read full article and more updates here:
shabablibya.org/?p=http://shabablibya.org/
belkacemi libertad
Alors, qui est en charge de l’industrie pétrolière en #Libye ? on.ft.com/nWPtyC
Yefrenia
Before people ignorantly accuse #Libya’s “Libyan Islamic Fighting Group” of being Al Qaeda extremists please read this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Is…
MUST READ:
FARRAKHAN’S LIBYAN CONNECTION
THE BILLION DOLLAR GIFT FROM GADDAFI
news.google.com/newspapers?id=HFJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s0wNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5098,999716&dq=louis+farrakhan+libya&hl=en
tripolitano Tripolitano
More pix Martyr sq
yfrog.com/nx91kpnj
yfrog.com/kgx0hzyj
yfrog.com/h220dejj
Iman Libya
Libyana sms services have now returned to tripoli! Yay now I can harrass my cousins with text messages as long as facebook posts muhahahahaa
Danya
Omg lol I can’t stand people bashing #TRIPOLI ..grow UP. Were all one country every one helped each other, & stop being kids.
Photo
An RPG is used as the headstone for the grave of a pro-Gaddafi soldier killed in a NATO air strike
goo.gl/Sx4UI
Khiria
#Gaddafi spoke yesterday and I didn’t even hear till today. #thatshowimportantheis #ihategaddafi #screwgaddafi #Libya
tripolitano Tripolitano
Pics from martyr sq. Evening is the time to go. It’s like a carnival yfrog.com/kheb2lkj
Life is improving in #Tripoli on daily basis. Business opening. Water & elec bk. Fuel Qs lasting around 30 mins max instead of 5 days
Apparently #Qaddafi had lots of fuel in zawiya refinery on standby for his forces. Now gone to the rightful owners.
Many tv channels springing up. #Misurata has 2. Oya, alhurra al ahrar, alaasima
People in -# tripoli r happy but r very impatient. They want everything and they want it NOW.They love to criticize everything and everyone
My Neighbor’s kids used to sing. Allah moamer and Libya. Now same ones sing the independence national anthem. Libya Libya Libya
Chek point end of the street used to b manned by Gaddafi supporters with green flag. Same guys r mannin it now with independence flag!!
SMS IS FINALLY BACK on Madar at least. Apparently G eng messed-up the server and now restored.
4Adam Adam
Tunisia Radio’Khwaildi Hamidi released w/o his passport fr custody in Tunisia. He will face trial on 9.13 for illegally crossing the border’
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
New photos: City side #Tripoli flickr.com/photos/live2tr… #Libya
Night photos are difficult especially that the lens that does that doesn’t function well anymore… :( Only works 20%
Hidustan Times
Libyan activists storm Manila embassy
Two enraged young Libyans barged into their embassy in the Philippine capital on Thursday to try to evict diplomats they suspect remain loyal to ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Associated Press journalists saw the men scale the embassy’s steel gate and scuffle with guards. They broke open a wooden door and while yelling at the top of their voice, tried to look for two of four Libyan diplomats inside they accused of remaining loyal to Gaddafi.
“We are Libyans, this is our embassy,” Elyosa Fathi Elgardag, a former student in the Philippines, said before storming the compound in front of several Filipino guards.
Read more:
www.hindustantimes.com/Libyan-activists...
FromJoanne Joanne
#NTC officials confirmed Musa #Koussa hoped to return to #Tripoli offering his experience 2help rebuild #Libya after months of civil war
#Mousa #Kousa now lives comfortably in #Doha 4Seasons hotel courtesy of #Qatar and sanctioned by #Emir Hamad bin Khalifa #alThani
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
TERRORIST: Nation of Islam Leader, Louis Farrakhan, defends #Libya, lambasts #UN, #US, #NATO todaysthv.com/news/article/1…
#Gaddafi’s last #Nafusa stronghold of #JendoubaAsabeah now liberated by #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
koso
Serbia and Russia are greatest enemies of Lybia/Syria
belkacemi libertad
Nafusa fief de #JendoubaAsabeah désormais libérée par #Freedomfighters. ##Libye Feb17
Oya_libya Oya libya
Avec beaucoup de retard, le général Youssef Diri quitte le navire de kadhafi,il s’est rendu lui-même #libye youtube.com/watch?v=vPJt7q… via @youtube
SecularLibya
twts say E front only 50km from Sirte. So that would be 30km PAST (W of) Red Valley. BTW Waddan liberated.
AliveIn Alive.In
#Libya Former Prisoner in Benghazi Speaks Out l.alive.in/u2 (Aug 15) #feb17
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Regarding new data published today about #Libya casualties,in #Misrata 1.200 dead fighters confirmed,4.000 serious injured,100s mutilated…
blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
New Pew poll shows declining interest in Libya among Americans, even after the liberation of Tripoli people-press.org/2011/09/08/lib…
4Adam Adam
@
@blakehounshell Not surprised! Americans weren’t on board fr day one. Tried ‘leading fr behind’, now mad bc other nations taking the credit.
Americans are disappointed. They helped in NATO’s ‘heavy lifting’ but not getting much credit for that.
Asma
America was only there in the background. Europeans did a wonderful job!
Therefore they have earned the credit:)
AliTweel Ali Tweel
SMS service is back for Libyana
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
#Wintershall of #Germany Sees Return To Its Maximum #Libya Oil Output In 2nd Half 2012 | foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/0… via @foxbusiness
#Libya’s journey on the road to democracy: thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_…
Please comment" #Moscow Awaits #Libyan Transitional Oil Official" soc.li/6nxM6gc #Libya #Russia
Libyan doctor tells of brave mercy mission
A LIBYAN doctor from Rugby has returned to work after spending the last two weeks saving lives amid the dangers of his war-torn homeland.
Dr Khaled Sherlala left the safety of his family home in Cawston to join other doctors returning to Libya to offer medical supplies and treatment to rebel fighters injured in the conflict.
The father-of-four returned home safely last week and was back at work at Coventry’s University Hospital on Monday (September 5).
The 49-year-old radiologist left Libya in 1988 and has lived in Rugby for the last six years.
After seeing what was happening in his homeland earlier this year, he began raising money to pay for equipment and supplies with a view to returning to Libya to help out.
He told the Observer: “We saw how much suffering there was going on there. People were getting killed or injured and I decided I wanted to help.”
As the Battle of Tripoli drew closer, Dr Sherlala and his colleagues decided it was time to go despite the dangers, and share their medical skills to the rebels.
While there Dr Sherlala witnessed the aftermath of some of the recent atrocities. One of his photographs shows an X-ray image of a three-year-old boy with a sniper’s bullet lodged in his brain.
He also came across the bodies of rebel fighters who had been massacred at a prison compound which was then set alight by Gaddafi loyalists.
Full story:
www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/2011/09/08/s...
Recruitment to #Libyan oil industry to boom | ArabianOilandGas.com: bit.ly/n6kePx #Libya
Life is returning to normality in #Tripoli- سكان طرابلس يعودون إلى حياتهم الطبيعية 6-9-2011 www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4RE-GRCsQ8&fea... #Libya
scottbohlinger Scott Bohlinger
SMS is back on my #Libyana mobile! woohoo! #Libya
El-Gamaty Says Libya’s NTC Is Trying to Avoid Bloodshed
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) — Guma el-Gamaty, U.K. representative for the Libyan National Transitional Council, discusses efforts to bring about the peaceful surrender of towns held by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi. The NTC is in talks with tribal elders for their forces to enter Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte and the loyalist-held towns of Bani Walid and Sabha. El-Gamaty talks with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse.” (Source: Bloomberg)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TopHOjHgF9s&fea...
#Libya’s new PM (Jibril) says toughest battles lie ahead, warns against ‘political’ games goo.gl/bGBUH #NTC
Maktoob
Hala Al-Misrati apologizes to Libyan rebels on Al Aan TV
By Arab News
DUBAI: Famous Libyan state TV broadcaster Hala Al-Misrati, who played a great role in turning people against the rebels, has apologized for what she used to say on Libyan TV. She did so in an exclusive interview with Al Aan TV reporter Jenan Moussa in Tripoli.
Al-Misrati added, ”The regime of tyrant Qaddafi exploited me, and I apologize to all Libyans asking for their forgiveness. For all those who say I am responsible, I say I am brave enough to apologize and I was, like all of you, under great oppression. No one was able to escape it.”
She ended the interview by asking her audience, who used to be affected by what she said, to wake up now and strongly believe in a brighter future for Libyans.
The complete version of the interview will be broadcast later during the day on Al Aan TV.
MyFreeLibya Rubicon
loool some one is just having a heartfelt go at me for playing around in Qatar while my Libyan brothers are fighting NATO and Gaddadi….hmmmm
hahaha he just called me a rich spoilt playboy :O how long will i have to ignore him…or shall i just shave his beard off
Clearly this guy attributes any libyan w/ a penny to b a Gaddafi thief…doesn’t realise that there in fact hard working libyans who got lucky
i think he just got jealous of my convertible merc…life’s tough eh :D
There is a lot of hard working libyans who haven’t had a break esp those in Libya
sigh he does have a nicer beard than me..:/
telegraph
Libya: Tony Blair’s Libya policy ‘fuelled power obsession of Gaddafi’s son’
Tony Blair’s policy of close engagement with Libya ended up fuelling the power obsession of Col Gaddafi’s son and heir apparent Saif al-Islam, one of the regime’s chief spokesmen told The Daily Telegraph
Mr Blair’s “carrot and stick” policy to bring the Gaddafi regime in from the cold over weapons of mass destruction crossed a line, particularly over human rights and the rendition of regime opponents, according to the former Libyan deputy foreign minister, Khaled Kaim.
Khaled Kaim says:
two distinct proposals by officials to bring an end to the conflict were stopped by Col. Gaddafi’s “stubbornness” and Saif al-Islam’s determination to succeed his father.
“The succession was his obsession, even after February,” he said. “The trouble was he just didn’t want to believe he had lost his chance.”
That was the reason the key speech he made after the rebellion started, which had been expected to hold out an olive branch to the rebels, turned into an angry rant in which he mirrored his father’s description of them as “rats”.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 9th 2011
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9/09/11
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NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/7JQAR
Nato has hit Bani Walid and Sebha for the first time in several days, according to its latest update. Once again Sirte, on the coast, and Waddan, towards the centre of Libya, were the main targets in its most recent raids.
Key Hits 08 September:
In the vicinity of Sirte: 2 Armed Vehicles, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 9 Anti Aircraft Guns, 3 Radars Systems.
In the vicinity of Sebha: 1 Military Vehicle Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Bani Walid: 1 Surface to Surface Missile Storage Facility.
NATO bombing in #Libya remains consistent: now 22000 sorties, 8256 strike sorties; naval blockade: 2539 hailed, 263 boardings via @NATOpress
UKMilOps Maj Gen Nick Pope
Thu pm: NATO launched a long range mission, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound located near Sebha. #Libya
Thu pm: RAF contribution was formation of Tornados from RAF Marham firing a large salvo of Storm Shadow precision guided stand-off missiles.
Thu: RAF aircraft observed multiple rocket launchers in action near Sirte…
Paveway and Brimstone attacks accounted for one of the rocket launchers and an armed pick-up truck.
Allocution du secrétaire général de l’OTAN à l’occasion de la Journée de l’industrie organisée par le Commandement allié Transformation (ACT)
Press Release (2011) 108
Issued on 09 Sep. 2011
Le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, M. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, se rendra à Londres le lundi 12 septembre 2011 afin de participer à la Journée de l’industrie organisée par le Commandement allié Transformation. À cette occasion, le secrétaire général fera une allocution intitulée « OTAN et industrie : assurer ensemble la sécurité ».
Au cours de sa visite, le secrétaire général rencontrera le général Stéphane Abrial, commandant suprême allié Transformation.
Des photos seront disponibles sur le site web de l’OTAN (www.nato.int) après la visite.
Le programme du secrétaire général est sujet à modifications. Pour de plus amples informations, prière de s’adresser au Service Presse et médias de l’OTAN (tél. : + 32 2 707 50 41, fax : + 32 2 707 13 99).
Tweeting Tripoli
Omar Ganga, another murderer who killed thousands caught: youtube.com/watch?v=N-6tYw…
Mohammed Almezel
The ArabSpring is test in which a good number of Arab intellectuals, politicians failed… miserably I’m afraid.
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Here’s full interview with #HalaMisrati: youtube.com/watch?v=UQNcCb… #tripoli #libya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Business reported to be ‘as usual’ at #Libya #Benghazi port & the situation is said 2 be calm. No security incidents reported since August.
How does Ali Treki have authority to speak for #Libya & give away Libyan embassy property? #Feb17
#Libya Embassy properties given by Ali Treki to government of #Algeria need to be returned or Algerian properties in Libya forfeit #Feb17
Ali Treki giving away #Libya state properties to gov. of #Algeria is a crime, he has no authorization to do so.
The Algerian Connection www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-charles-g-cog... #Libya #Algeria #Feb17
PLEASE READ & RT: #Freedomfighters say #Gaddafi loyalists holding hostages outside #Sirte www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/08/2397153/... #Libya #Feb17
#Tunisia: Details on the Renewed State of Emergency Law tunisia-live.net/2011/09/08/det…
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya’s new PM says toughest battles lie ahead, warns against ‘political’ games goo.gl/bGBUH
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
Breaking Libya Elmahdi Alarabi & Omar Ganga top 2 Gadhafi military men from Zawiya who r responsible for massacres there have been arrested!
Lucie
This is the best ever news: “@freedom4libya: General Mahdi Alarabi (butcher of Zawiya) was arrested today.”
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FromJoanne Joanne
#Wow I just found the Millions of Libyans #Gaddafi lost :) They are all on #Tripoli Martyr Square is a mad house ! #Libya
#Tripoli #Martyr Square I hv never seen so many ppl Its almost scary ! #Libya #Watch Live Broadcast #Alassema here goo.gl/q3QO3
MUST READ
Daily Beast
Gaddafi’s Creepy Love Den
The fleeing dictator left behind a lair hidden in Libya’s largest university, with a Jacuzzi, a cozy double bed—and gynecological equipment. Babak Dehghanpisheh on the shocking find.
Behind a set of locked doors there’s a room with a cozy double bed, flowery carpets, and small lamps that casts off a warm orange glow. In an adjoining bathroom there’s a Jacuzzi with water jets. Some faculty members say the dictator brought his mistresses to the room, others ask whether he raped female students there. It gets weirder. A couple of doors down there’s a full gynecological examination room. “There’s a gyne bed—what the hell is it doing in here?” asks Krekshi, an OB/GYN doctor who has worked at the university for 14 years but had no knowledge of the facility. “I think it’s here for illegal abortions.”
Aside from the love den, rebel fighters who secured the campus also found a makeshift prison and an office used by intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi.
“There were intelligence documents found at the university which talk about staff members who need to be eliminated,” says Krekshi.
Read full story with pics here:
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/...
Michael
I wonder if there is a connection between Gadafi’s elite women guards & that special OB-GYN surgery recently found in Tripoli.
FromJoanne Joanne
Ayesha ha the rank of Lieutenant Colonel she repeated few days ago she is a soldier will fight on #Libya
Spectator
“Tripoli is our capital”
East is East and West is West, as Kipling once reminded us, but in Libya at least the twain have certainly met. For the past six months Free Libya has been headquartered in eastern Libya, or ancient Cyrenaica. When Tripoli started sliding out of Gaddafi’s control on 20 August, the dribble from east to west began. It was given added oomph on Wednesday with the arrival in Tripoli of the interim prime minister Mahmoud Jabril. Now we’re going to see if Libyans can upset the gloomiest predictions once again.
Full art.:
www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/7225308...
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli Rebels removed Golden Fist Sculpture from BabAlAzizyah its in #Misrata now where it will b displayed as Symbol of #Feb17 Victory
#Apropos @twitter now has 100 million active users around the globe blog.twitter.com it all started 5 yrs ago #Libya
Reuters
EXCLUSIVE: a new government will be formed on Monday #Tripoli #Libya #feb17 (source: NTC member)
MUST WATCH
To RT media: Who are the freedom fighters in Libya
RT media is brainwashing thousands and thousands of people across YouTube. But it didn’t manage to brainwash a Libyan! :D This is just me expressing my view. Enjoy! Don’t forget to visit our page facebook.com/zintanmedia
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DifyOC5sN88&fea...
Stone_SkyNews Mark Stone
very good. “I smell vodka!” brilliant!
Tweeting Tripoli
I’m so upset right now. Was visiting a friend that I haven’t seen in 6 month and he
turned out to be a pro-G. Seems 2b a non-violent type :(
Took me 3 hours trying to understand what good he sees in Gaddafi, but his arguments were all weird.
Fighting crusaders BS. Forgetting that Gaddafi until Feb 17 was a very good friend of the very same crusaders he now hates.
not a single one he could come up with that made sense. So I guess it will be another 6 month for me to see him again.
Stockholm syndrome maybe? Or just he likes him Chavez style, just to differ. Well as long ad he is not violent, no biggy I guess.
Janice
Not NTC fault G had poor medical facilities. NTC inexperienced and doing good job so far.
Mike
Aisha Gaddafi proclaims that she carries the blood of her father in her veins. Need I say more?
Tweeting Tripoli
Well, thats nothing; Gaddafi have announced in his Green Book, that women ovulate and men don’t ovulate!
4Adam:
Jibril – Relentless campaign aganst the credibility of NTC. War is not over. Libyans interests in this stage is unity and stability
Jibril – ’ I’ll leave my post once the situation in Libya stabilized, I dont have any political ambitions in the new #Libya’
FreeLibyansNow:
libya the elders who negotiated surrender in BW with FFs escaped with their families to #tripoli after gaddafi regime ordered their killing
Tweeting Tripoli
Almahdi Alarbi, the guy responsible for killing of 100s if not 1000s of Zawians finally got caught: youtube.com/watch?v=bH37Zy…
Tweeting Tripoli
Here is the new Libyan president. In his speech he says the army should be with the people and not hurting them: youtube.com/watch?v=thkFea…
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ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Huge party tonight at Martyr’s Square, Tripoli… My friend had to go home with the celebratory gunfire started though. Stupid trend.
The last thing we need right now is a power vacuum in Libya and NTC/NLA/FF did a great job keeping order for now. We have to respect that.
I just find it sad when people jump to conclusions and blame/insult figures in the NTC for things they have no control over 99% of the time
Mike
There’s something wrong when human rights observers can’t find mercenaries as easily as reporters can bitly.com/qT8twr
Khiria
We need more Libyan women to take initiative & step up for positions in the #NTC and future governments. #Libya
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
#Libya’s revolution has given me a fresh perspective on so many people I respected, turns out a lot of them are just full of it.
88simon88 simon
LATEST NTC RECOGNITION MAP img829.imageshack.us/img829/8664/8s… Welcome to Central Africa,Comores,Seychelles and Kazakhstan ! (84countries)
LibyanDictator فاطمة الزهراء
Arms smuggling across Egypt-Libya border: bit.ly/qQzIu5 Better in the hands of oppressed Palestinians than free Libyans I say..
Saja. Today 4 bodies were discovered buried in a Military Camp in #KhalatFurjan #Tripoli #Libya graphic yfrog.com/h7bjboqj
HomelandYouth Shabbab Al Watan
Libyana & Madar SMS service are working now in Tripoli.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
MUST-READ witness piece by @missy_ryan :Trapped in #Tripoli hotel, journalists
were the enemy to.ly/b6xP #Reuters
IMPORTANT:
Libya Libya
Plz RT #Tripoli man calls from underground prison says he can see is palm tree & white ‘eimara’ 1200 trapped no food, water or guards #Libya
I am told he buried his mobile in sand near door near entrance they can see out. Called wife who told TNC mobile now dead
I believe near the entrance as no guards left, InshAllah this is untrue or they r found I won’t sleep tonight #Libya
Son heard it from guards out looking on Airport Rd
pdanahar
admire ingenuity of #Libya checkpoints. Chicanes made of spent artillery shells, sofas, cars & washing machines..
Mushu
May this blessed Friday be the last Friday our #Freedomfighters spend away from their beloved ones. #Libya #Feb17
Libya Libya
Saif told #Libya NATO 36 hrs #Benghazi would be finished. #Prayforlibya that is still strangled by G goons
Africa has dropped G like a hot potato. It was all about the money no one loves a despot
Khiria
#Gaddafi & his kids were taking 100% of #Libya’s money.
scottbohlinger Scott Bohlinger
Yesterday I saw police giving a parking ticket in #Tripoli. Today I realised how cool that is. #Libya
Also saw the prime minister’s office day. Informal chain of command but still firm control. very helpful
Libya Libya
#TripoliPrisoners pray for anyone yet to be found #Libya
I have found the common denominator with all Pro G’s I know they are always the selfish or greedy ones in the family
Niz_FGM Niz
by DianeLibya
My suggestion for BabAzaziyah? A park, with a tree planted for every martyr. you can walk round and read the names of all our heroes….
amoona
Sick of people putting down #NTC #Libya
Khiria
I believe that we should strike Moussa Koussa with a baseball bat every time he asks to be part of the new government. #ishethatdumb #Libya
ProudLibyan
Shame on Ali Treki, his brother Mustafa was a nobel man, his city is the brave city of Misrata, he betrayed them and #Libya.
bencnn benwedeman
Qadhafi’s comments on Al-Rai TV bound to win hearts and minds: calls opposition “mercenaries,” “dogs,” “germs,” “rats” and “spies.”
Danya
Unfortunately there are still thousands of missing people in Libya …if you know someone who is missing please visit this website to fill in the information…we have created a database in order for us to keep track and help find the missing indviduals. #GaddafiCrimes www.mafqood.org
THE NEXT TIME anyone asks me why I DONT want to see any of the OLD #GADDAFI REGIME working in the new government or NTC (in decision making positions) I will share with them this video …whether they worked with #Gaddafi and have blood on their hands or stole money with #Gaddafi ..just remember that there were Libyans who were poor and starving while they traveled the world…and defected when it became ’’popular’’ or realized that Gaddafi will no longer be in power…there are Libyans that fought with no or little training and there are people that WANT this revolution to make our COUNTRY better, to make it free, to ensure justice, transparency, to make sure that there is equal opportunity and Libyans get a chance at life, a country that works for them and with them. GOD FREE and SAVE LIBYA.
PS it was and still is the duty of every able Libyan to have helped the revolution…even if they are guilty of committing crimes…they can be forgiven but never forgotten.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Z1IB3IEug&fea...
‘’Abdulrahman Zawawi, FF from Misurata, lost both of his eyes. In the vid, Abdu is waking up from surgery, holds his brother’s hand and asks God to give his parents strength & patience, says he was blessed with his wounds & he is glad he gave his eyes to Libya. He says he would gladly give more if asked. He asks his brother to work hard, be successful in life & asks him to always to have faith in God’’
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live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Strange gun fire tonight. Could it be bored to death people or T5? T5 = (5th column, undercover green goons) #Tripoli #Libya
near city centre: gun fire now is really getting annoying. Hearing both anti-aircraft and AK fire. #Tripoli
I don’t presume the gun fire Im hearing now is anything that can’t be handled. In needs attention sooner than later. #Tripoli #Libya
Hasn’t been like this in days.
it could be because they caught almahdy alarabi
Bitter reality for #Muammar #Libya twitpic.com/6i0ovr
There was strange activity tonight, not just in the Hai…no details yet.
Fairly calm now. #Tripoli #Libya.
Khiria
We can’t expect the #NTC to go door to door looking for women willing to take open positions in the the new government. #Libya #women
AJA: A mass grave was found with 500 bodies in #Tripoli #Libya #gaddaficrimes
they just said they were found in a military compound in #Tripoli no exact location! #gaddaficrimes
( the worst part is I’m sure that there are much more buried bodies to be discovered
it’s only a matter of time before more #gaddaficrimes are revealed but these are believed to be mostly civilians :(
I noticed that too AJA reports a lot more stories in detail than AJE..
librev2011
#AlKhums port is working and will receive ships soon as agents started to schedule new shipments #Libya @Zlitniya
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
I am so tired. No energy anymore. Dreaming of a relaxing holiday in #thailand.
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
L2T’s photo stream from #Benghazi, #JabalNafusa and #Tripoli. flickr.com/photos/live2tr… #Libya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Morning from #Libya, less than 24 hours left for pro-Gaddafi forces to lay down their weapons… or will we see another deadline extension
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
A new group of Qaddafi’s officials including close guard General Ali Kana cross to Niger: Reuters english.alarabiya.net
Stash of weapons hidden in #Tripoli school severely injures young boy & kills another goo.gl/6o59T #Gaddaficrimes #Libya
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGgQugGYxlc&fea...
BANI WALID UPDATE
freelibyanyouth Shabab Libya
Baniwalid: 6 katiba members were detained. Rebel sleeper cells in city have sabotaged rockets, and stolen artillery and armored vehicles.
Bani walid: Muatassim, Saif, and Musa Ibrahim are in Bani walid. There are 3 places where Musa Ibrahim that he broadcasts on fm frequency.
Baniwalid: The people of Bani Walid are keeping an eye on these key members of the regime
Baniwalid: After the meeting in the mosque with the elders, Gaddafi has been reported to have said he wants the mosque destroyed
Baniwalid: Medicine has been sent to the city, formula milk, and the baniwalid FF have rehabilitated the Tarhouna Hospital, which has
been put out of service for 8 years. There are 7 different specialist doctors from baniwalid at the hospital in case of injuries.
Baniwalid: hospital said to be equipped very well.
Baniwalid: Locals in baniwalid are happy, and with the #feb17 revolution, but there are gaddafi loyalists that have accompanied Saif,
Muatassim, and Musa Ibrahim that have put artillery in areas around the city, along with rocket launchers.
Baniwalid: 40 rocket launchers, 100 snipers, the snipers have been said to attack the houses, but a few have been chased off by the locals.
Baniwalid: Locals have announced their alleigance with the NTC 3 days ago when the returning elders were shot at. People were outraged
and many people that were previously progaddafi, have contacted the FF and announced their allegiance as well.
Baniwalid: FF are very well organised in and out of the city, slipping in and out undetected.
The past tweets have been told us by someone that is10km outside of the city.
They seemed very content and confident that the ordeal would be over soon, and would trigger a domino effect, freeing up Sirte and Sebha.
The spirits are high, and they are hopeful that they will be free soon :)
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
Discovered tiny espresso joint near hotel – very retro w/ lots of faded sepia prints of old Tripoli on walls. Libyans like a good espresso
BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News
Interpol issues arrest warrant for #Libya’s Col #Gaddafi and second son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi – Reuters
4Adam Adam
Many reasons I liked this video, news anchor tie, newspaper held by the reporter and it’s all about Gaddafi whereabouts youtube.com/watch?v=JCwnH6…
The Algerian Connection huff.to/ruD8nd #Libya #Algeria
Unbelievable crowd reaction to Tamazight song in the Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXqbI_-D2TU #Libya
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXqbI_-D2TU
TunisianAmazigh Amazigh Forever
Yefren, Libya: first class of tamazight (video) fb.me/Zo0UiahM
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPuNQGeZ5MU
Mike
Libya looks like another country now that Gaddafi has gone. No more angry people air punching & chanting.
Jeanette
cld never draw such a crowd or incite such elation w/out cohersion. Great to see #Libyan ppl freely expressing themselves.
Libya: Rebels prepare to battle for Sirte
A deadline set by the Libyan rebels for the loyalist-held town of Sirte to surrender, or face all out assault, expires on Saturday.
The rebels are still some miles either side of Sirte, on both the eastern and the western approaches.
The BBC’s Paul Wood is with rebel forces on the eastern approach.
Video
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14849524
Libya conflict: New PM Jibril appeals for unity
Libya’s acting PM has called for national unity to rebuild the country, saying the liberation from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime was not complete.
In his first speech in Tripoli since Col Gaddafi was ousted from the capital, Mahmoud Jibril said “our biggest challenge is still ahead”.
He refused to discuss the whereabouts of Col Gaddafi, who earlier dismissed reports that he had fled to Niger.
Read more:
shabablibya.org/news/libya-conflict-new...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya’s new leaders ask Niger to stop Gaddafi crossing border is.gd/vAklVv #Libya
Libya oil: The race to turn the taps back on shabablibya.org/news/libya-oil-the-race... #Libya
Libyan fighters drive on Kadhafi hometown is.gd/YjfoQB #Libya
Special Libyan Unit Hunting Down Gadhafi is.gd/zC4Zt6 #Libya
BBC VIDEO: Niger walks tightrope between the world and Gaddafi www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14843453 #Libya
One of the best songs to come out of the uprising in #Libya. A salute to our brave women goo.gl/bOUVo
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SImWfyYF0Zk
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
We continue to pray for the safe return of all of those still missing in #Libya. #gaddaficrimes #feb17
Candle Light Vigil and Celebration for #Libya in Sacramento, CA. Friday 6:30 16th and J street. goo.gl/O9Qav #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Gaddafi men flee to Niger, hunt for leader goes on is.gd/T0hlUV
Interpol issues Red Notice warrants for Gadhafi shabablibya.org/news/interpol-issues-re... #Libya
Libya Said to Ship First Cargo of Crude From West as Production Resumes http://shabablibya.org/?p=http://shabablibya.org/ #Libya
Interpol issues red alert for hunted Gaddafi shabablibya.org/news/interpol-issues-re... #Libya v AJE
ReutersIndia Reuters India
FLASH: Interpol says issues arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi
Tweeting Tripoli
Beware of people spreading rumors of generalized looting in Libya. No looting to banks, to jewelry shops or private property at all.
Some angry mobs destroyed Gaddafi & his kids palaces. Understandable but wrong. During massive revolutions that kind of destroying expected.
inglesi Piers Scholfield
A great experience to be in a country where the people led a successful revolution, not foreign powers (despite crucial role of NATO)
And armchair critics in the West were proven wrong time and again (stalemate, anyone?) – but next few weeks will be so important.
Have now left #Libya after a fascinating couple of weeks. Tripoli still in state of celebration. Fewer road blocks, feels secure.
Important that NTC moves properly to #Tripoli and fills any power vacuum. Still a sense of no one being in charge.
But fuel lines were noticeably shorter on our way out, electricity and water supply is much improved in Tripoli.
Difficult to see though how Libya can be at peace until Sirte is brought under control and #Gaddafi’s whereabouts are established.
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Amazing weather in #Tripoli (sorry have to cover the weather, how many people are anyway?) ;) Some drizzle and lots of cloud. #Libya
Foreignh Policy
Libya’s Nightmare Factory
The cells are barely large enough for one person to lie down in. There is no water, no toilet. Light falls through a small hole in the ceiling. Most cells don’t even have a mattress, just a strip of cloth on the floor, a cut-open plastic bottle, and the naked concrete walls, inscribed with memories of those once held here. It is dark — claustrophobic — in the narrow corridors of the cell wings. The entrance is scattered with clothes and medicine; the air thick with decay. Only days ago, the bodies were retrieved from here. After a few minutes the lingering stench grips you at the throat, gagging you.
This is Maktab al-Nasser……
Read more:
www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/09/...=0,0#.TmnLeUh8-2k.twitter
Sky News
Captured Gaddafi Minister ‘Switches Sides’
Armed guards lead me towards the room where Libya’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim has agreed to meet me and they declare: “He’s our big fish”.
The hunt for the Colonel goes on and the anti-Gaddafi forces are rounding up their former political opponents.
So far Khaled Kaim is the biggest name they’ve got.
As I walk into the room he stands up to greet me and shakes my hand.
I have interviewed him many times before and he grins broadly, recognising a familiar face.
Read more and watch video:
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16...
(Reuters) three rebel fighters are killed in clashes with Gaddafi forces near Sirte |9. 8.11|
Reuters | September 8, 2011
At least three rebel fighters are killed in clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces as they advance on the former Libyan leader’s hometown. Rough Cut.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5x70tWcxhc&fea...
Gaddafi denies flight
Libya’s fugitive leader Colonel Gaddafi has sent out an audio message angrily denying that he has fled the country.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCwnH6ZwcSs&fea...
LIBTRIP
Please do not laugh!! (Arabic) -ممنوع الضحك – youtube.com/watch?v=Oh41nN… v#Libya
The #Tripoli Brigade f24.my/ol5j2E via @FRANCE24 #Libya
Documents seen by #FT, French bank Société Générale remunerated an offshore Panamanian co (Leinada),owned by #Libyan Walid al-Giahmi. #Libya
Don’t Tweet while a building you’re in, on fire. LOL! twitpic.com/6i2y10
In #Tripoli nowadays, no more hustle to do any administration documents or procedures, people are happy and united. Long Live Free #Libya
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
last day of the extension of deadline for #Sirte surrender. no solution so far. going to frontline to check on the mood. #roadtosirte
Nato has been hitting hard this past week. they all admit that w/out NATO they couldn’t have done much
Niz_FGM Niz
Met some one yesterday who is putting together a Libyan animated movie. Any Libyan animators or producers out there? Let me know.
Mariam
I love that Libyan children get to dream big now. They actually CAN be the president of Libya now. Simply beautiful #Libya #Feb17
sal
Tunisian govt officials say the country has barred a Libyan general and ally of Qaddafi from leaving the country
The two officials said that al-Khoweildi al-Hamidi was trying to take a plane out
Hiba_El_G Hiba El-Gamaty
Petition for greater representation of Libyan women in the NTC and future governmental institutions ipetitions.com/petition/women…
Johnny
Dictator of Uganda bans planned victory parade of solidarity to libya s freedom
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
I hope when the dust settles in Libya, we can get an accurate number on the “true” number of deaths. Stats so far seem dubious.
In any case, the numbers killed in Libya will be huge by any measure.
Khaled Kaim previous Gaddafi Foreign ministry undersecretary gave an unreserved apology to the FF & Libyan ppl. A good step.
pdanahar Paul Danahar
NYT: #Libya #NTC Prepares to Move to #Tripoli nyti.ms/oxQCb9 It’s taking too long & longer they leave it harder job will be. #Gaddafi
SerajElalem Seraj Elalem
Second Friday in Tripoli, with fuel shortage semi-solved I’m expecting a much bigger turnout in Shohada’a Square
ceoDanya
Stop making excuses & start making CHANGES! A “good life” is fine, but your BEST life is waiting!!! #TheSW
Libya Libya
Libyan people are truly extra ordinary & their struggle was my struggle so willingly made the sacrifice #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Sirte On its outskirts Gaddafi troops have massed 300 captured FF in a small village Qasr bu Hadi the FF are Human shields #Libya
Gaddafis last 2Ranting Platforms: #Syrian Al-Rai TV station + #AlMuqawamah broadcasting out of a Van in #Tripoli goo.gl/Khx1f #Libya
#Khweldi #alHumeidi 1of #Gaddafi Gang of 5revolutionaries of 1969Coup His=passport confiscated Has 2Appear in Tunis Court on tuesday #Libya
#Tunis General #Khweldi #alHamidi, was released Thursday and free to leave country goo.gl/5BGh5
#NATO has targeted 25 targets in #Sirte, and Qaddan, including 18 surface to air missiles systems in the last 24 hours #Libya
Violent clashes reported in #Sakra area and in #Sabha ,FF from #Qerdha and #AwladSuliman joined the FF fighting the Gaddafi troops #Libya
#FOUND 17Decomposed BODIES of Political Dissidents who were murdered in 1979, 1 is believed 2b #Iranian Imam #Musa #alSadr #Shi’ite #Libya
#NEW 14Gaddafi Officials incl Tuareg General #AliKana was charge of GF in S #Libya arrived in #Agadez staying in Gaddafi owned Hotel #Libya
Reuters
New group of Muammar Gaddafi officials arrive in Niger
AGADEZ, Sept 9 (Reuters) – A new group of 14 Muammar Gaddafi officials including General Ali Kana, a Tuareg who was one of Gaddafi’s close guards in charge of his southern troops, are in Niger’s northern city of Agadez, Niger security sources told Reuters on Friday.
Two sources said the group included four top officials, amongst them two generals. The identity of the other general has not been confirmed.
A Reuters reporter in Agadez said the four top officials were staying at a hotel in Agadez owned by Gaddafi.
More here:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
UK Former PM Toni #Blair #Middle #East Envoy says; goo.gl/ZbIO abt helping bring former #Libya Gaddafi in from the cold in 2004
#Gaddafi #HUNT is Conducted by Dedicated FF Unit + small CIA team + Intelligence of #France + other western countries #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
Why Gaddafi #DIEHARDS still fight 4him : We had safety under Gaddafi we had Jobs Food and they say Gaddafi protected #Libya #MisguidedSouls
Independent Africa
‘We fight for Muammar. We fight for Libya. He protected our country’
“No-one likes being bombed by foreign countries. They bombed us for six months and they are still bombing us. Even after they put their puppets in Tripoli. We fight for Muammar, he protected our country: we fight for Libya”.
In reality, Amr Abdullah Jawad, 22, was in no state to fight Nato or anyone else, lying in a ward at the central hospital in the Libyan capital. His right leg was in plaster after an operation to extract shrapnel, an injury he received while involved in street fighting in the Abu Salim district nine days ago. His defence of Gaddafi faded when the nurse came. “I want the country to be united,” he said, turning to face the wall.
Others, however, continue to fight for the regime. Two weeks after Tripoli fell to the revolutionaries, in what should have been the end to this vicious civil war, stubborn pockets of resistance continue at Sirte, Bani Walid, Sabah
Full art.:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa...
Noah
Despite Hammerl’s murder #Zuma continues his support for #Gaddafi. #priorities #greed
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
VERY Interesting Read: Will the Arab Uprising Spread to Sub Saharan #Africa? allafrica.com/stories/201109… #Libya #Feb17
UPDATE: Extending a Lifeline to Animals at #Libya’s #Tripoli Zoo blog.ifaw.org/2011/09/07/update-extendi... #Feb17 RT via Papakila
Interesting Read: Fall Of #Gaddafi: Policy Challenge For #China And #Russia www.eurasiareview.com/07092011-fall-of-... #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Interesting Read: #Zimbabwe keeps landing on wrong side of history theindependent.co.zw/opinion/32304-… #Libya #Feb17
VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ & RT: The plan of #Algeria to destabilize the new Libyan government moroccoworldnews.com/2011/09/the-plan-o... #Libya #Feb17
VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE RT: #Algeria Polisario scorned at solidarity meeting at the British Parliament moroccoworldnews.com/2011/09/polisario-... #Libya #Feb17
#Morocco: Government Reaffirms Support for New Libyan Authorities allafrica.com/stories/201109… #Libya #Feb17
#France stays #NATO’s hand as #Gaddafi supporters flee publicserviceeurope.com/article/818/fr… #Libya #Feb17
robcrilly Rob Crilly
And again a few more thoughts on humanitarian interventions wp.me/p7qur-s1 #libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Interpol issues arrest warrant for Muammar Qaddafi #Alarabiya
Update: A batch of #Qaddafi officials reach Niger; Interpol orders arrest of Libyan strongman goo.gl/daoFu #Libya
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Interpol issues arrest warrants for Muammar #Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Abdullah Senussi. More on aje.me/ajelive #Libya
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Interpol adds Gaddafi to most wanted list aje.me/qRbl4e
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Qaddafi generals in Burkina Faso: Tuareg source #Alarabiya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Zimbabwean Herald: ‘Western extremism gangsters…Sarkozy and Cameron’s deadly terrorism and brazen brutality stinks to high heavens.’
Chinese Newspaper ‘Global Times’ says ‘China sold weapons to #Gaddafi until July 2011’ #Libya #Feb17 #China
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
that was close. grad rocket landed 50m from me. hooray for soft sand if that had hit tarmac i would not be tweeting right now
After followed a barrage of 20 more grads and AAA fire. Gaddafi Loyalists are showing no signs of surrendering. #sirte
we took cover behind a building and were stuck there for 30 minutes. hearing the rockets come down around us. #Sirte
All this was happening at a position 68km from the east gate of #sirte. so the #FF still have a long way to go before they reach the city
Now we are a safe distance away we are checking our vehicles and equipment for any damage. We had to jump out of them when we ran for cover
Only casualty to report are Paul Wood’s trousers that got ripped across the knee when he dived for cover. #Libya
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Last night I was at the huge rally in Martyr’s Square, the place was absolutely full. Families were taking pictures with the Thuwwar
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
Takbeerat can be heard from Mosques now. amazing! #Tripoli #Libya
Mood is really opening and fresh. Check points are still on the decrease. More shops are opening. Include Madar services!! #Tripoli #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
“the deceased were recognised by locals,after mobile phone footage taken by a Gaddafi soldier was found” channelstv.com/global/news_de… #Nafusa #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
“Impossible is nothing” Addidas will love it #EpicLibyanMan playing football while #Gaddafi symbols are burning! #Libya pic.twitter.com/Imwxv4h
MP wants #Libya cash for helping oust Gaddafi – Politics.co.uk goo.gl/fb/Dhw4t
Ahmed
sick to my stomach thinking about the 10’s of thousands still missing in #Libya. May Allah return them to their families safely #Feb17
Reconciliation does not mean pardon from wrong doings. If you committed crimes, you should be punished
#Gaddaifs capture just matter of time #Moreno-Ocampo asks #Interpol for hepl zeit.de/politik/auslan… German
Khadija
libyans abroad who want to help the #feb17 rev by doin fundraising plz let me knw asap #tripoli #libya #fundraising
MeesEnergy MEES Oil & Gas
#Libya’s interim govt is drafting a proposal, shrinking the responsibilities of the Nat #Oil Corp. (#NOC) to make it a purely commercial org
FreeLibyanman:
Postcard to #Gaddafi / Will #Barton twitpic.com/6i6r1v" #Libya
88simon88 simon
interesting article:collapse and fall of the G inner circle described by a Pro G Tuareg chief (French) lefigaro.fr/international/…
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya’s over-hyped oil prize bit.ly/oLglt4
libyans_revolt omar
#Libya may ship 1st Cargo of Crude from #Mellitah port this month, about 600,000 barrels will be loaded tinyurl.com/3lbntd7 #feb17
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
A very happy man in #Tripoli (Arabic) : youtube.com/watch?v=LCLDUS… #Libya #Egypt #Tunisia
septimius_sever septimius severus
The way I see it, #Libya top priorities: Tripoli-prisoners, frozen assets, reconciliation & then Gaddafi capture (or death) In that order
Gaddafi loyalists’ ‘torture chamber and mass grave’ in #Khoms – video gu.com/p/3xyx4/tw #Libya
Kate Benyon-Tinker
Rebels claiming only 1 fighter injured but we’ve seen 4 ambulances rushing back from frontline outside Bani Walid in last 2 hours #Libya
septimius_sever septimius severus
“the deceased were recognised by locals,after mobile phone footage taken by a Gaddafi soldier was found” channelstv.com/global/news_de… #Nafusa #Libya
#Libya: policing the middle of nowhere gu.com/p/3xnbd/tw via @alexjwarren
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Man explained me how stayed in #Gadafi held area of #Misrata for 1’5 month,eating only flour&water,hiding cause were capturing all young men
#Russia- #Libya: Love Match for the History Books blogs.voanews.com/russia-watch/2… via @VOA_News
Dr. John Lee Beijing’s impotence in #Libya – The Korea Herald goo.gl/fb/IYQfh
Gaddafi ve moved 100s of hostages to a village outside Sirt in what appear 2b preparation 4a final violent stand bit.ly/oFKiZY #Libya
stl today
Moves suggest a bloody endgame in Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya • Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have moved hundreds of hostages to a village outside Sirte in what appear to be preparations for a final
violent stand, officials of the National Transitional Council said Thursday.
The transfer of as many as 300 rebels taken captive during recent fighting to the village of Qasr bu Hadi, which is about 10 miles east of Sirte, took place earlier this week, transitional council officials said.
Fathi Baja, the head of political affairs for the council, equated the transfer of the prisoners to “taking human shields.”
Gadhafi loyalists also arrested at least four prominent backers of the National Transitional Council in Sirte on Wednesday and have moved them as well to Qasr bu Hadi, which is under the control of Gadhafi’s Gaddhafiya tribe, according to Hassan al Droe, Sirte’s representative to the council.
A rebel deadline for a negotiated settlement runs out at midnight Friday, and officials are now girding for a bloody endgame.
Read more:
www.stltoday.com/news/national/article_...
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya: volunteers exhumed a body from a grave in the Yarmouk area, #Tripoli containing 4 dead men killed by pro-G pic.twitter.com/qhwQk0Q
Freedom at a price: families face agony at not knowing fate of #Libya’s ‘disappeared’ thetim.es/o8SMcd via @mfletchertimes from #Tripoli
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Zawiya FFs capture traitor Gen. AlMahdi AlArabi who claimed to support Feb17 then fled to Tripoli to attack city tinyurl.com/3zj2vnb #feb17
Capture of traitor AlMahdi AlArabi & Omar Ganga who oversaw the attacks on Zawiya by G forces is one the greatest moments of #Feb17 #Libya
Qasem Azuz new Head of Libya Central Bank: Gaddafi sold 30 tonnes of Gold (20%
of total) in last days of regime worth $1BIllion #feb17#libya
Qasem Azuz new Head of Libya Central Bank: The gold was sold to local merchants #feb17#libya
Qasem Azuz new Head of Libya Central Bank: A new currency will be produced. Door is open to new designs by Corps & individuals
Reuters : 14 more Gaddafi regime officials fled to Aghadiz in Niger including General Ali Khana who oversaw G forces in South #feb17
Aljazeera: 12 martyrs and number injured in advance on Sirte. RIP
Alex
SUCKED IN: #Gaddafi has slaughtered 30000 #Libya people – over his futile attempt to save his tottering throne – Now Regime fat cats escape to #Niger with lifetime supplies of gold and weapons – while low life Regime flunkies are left behind in #BaniWalid #Sabha #Jufra & #Sirte – as dead meat cannon fodder – to sacrifice themselves and as many as they can take with them – in the pointless pursuit – of the ideal of another 42 years of corrupt Gaddafi family dictatorship.
REUTERS #Libya:"A new group of 14 #Gaddafi officials including General #AliKana, a Tuareg who was one of Gaddafi’s close guards in charge of his southern troops, are in Niger’s northern city of Agadez, Niger security sources told Reuters on Friday.
Two sources said the group included four top officials, amongst them two generals. The identity of the other general has not been confirmed.
A Reuters reporter in #Agadez said the four top officials were staying at a hotel in Agadez owned by Gaddafi.
“The group arrived in four four-wheel-drive vehicles on Thursday afternoon,” one of the sources said, adding that they were accompanied by Nigerien security forces.
Niger’s government was not available for comment on Friday morning.
The arrival of the group follows that of the head of Gaddafi’s security brigades, #MansourDhao, who crossed into Niger in a convoy on Monday.
#Niger has said it had allowed the Libyans into its territory on humanitarian grounds but has come under pressure from the international community to hand over former Gaddafi officials suspected of human rights abuses."
REUTERS:
af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5...
Alex
#Niger is playing with fire – If he can – #Gaddafi & his Tuareg army will seize power thr – & set up a hostile state on #Libya south border.
Niz_FGM Niz
Rain today in #Tripoli city
Honida,Mohamed & Rania of the Free Generation Movement looking to setup a drop off centre for donations (clothes,food,etc) in Ghot Al Sha3al
septimius_sever septimius severus
Mass graves discovered everyday, still 100’s if not 1000’s missing … is it really time to celebrate? #Libya
m_madi Mohamed Madi
Just came back from Friday prayers in Martyr’s Square, Tripoli, not full but still thousands of people there despite the light rain.
There is still the problem of celebratory gunfire though. Last night after they played the national anthem, the gunfire was insane.
For about two minutes, everyone was firing their AKs and AA guns into the air, girls were screaming and I ducked for the nearest cover
Most people dispersed after the gunfire. “We used to buy the bullets one by one”, one soldier from Kikla said, “now look how they show off”
AJE Yvonne Ndege reports on Gaddafi forces in Niger www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjbenQfqTHw&fea... #Libya
guess what
good question RT @RenaNetjes: What are the Gaddafi’s aiming at: to keep their own state inside Libya? Bani Walid-Sirt-Jufra-Sabha?
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
Breaking: 15 FF have been killed by #Gaddafi forces @ #Haroua , 60km to the east of #Sirte.
LibyanPilot OmarAmer AlBarghathi
Did you know: Benghazi never put it’s name on any of it’s Feb17 brigades currently in the Liberation Army. The humble city of #benghazi
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Pretty heavy rocket exchanges today. There may be negotiations but there’s definitely no ceasefire #sirte #libya
FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
The murderer #Alkawaldi has sustained acute #MI & transfered 2 ICU. W Heart Association shd add “being hunted by #FF” as a risk factor 4 MI
Don
How is it that Ben Wedeman goes like lightning right to the heart of the story? #Libya #SAM yfrog.com/h4kfpashj Shared by @bencnn via @yfrog
Al Arabiya
Group of Libyan officials reaches Niger; Interpol orders Qaddafi arrest
While Niger announced that another 14 Muammar Qaddafi officials have crossed its border, Interpol issued arrest warrants for Libya’s strongman, his son Seif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, it said in a statement on Friday.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
BreakingNews Breaking News
Niger says it would respect commitments to the International Criminal Court if Gadhafi or sons entered country – Reuters
FreeLeebeya فاطمة
Anyone with friends or relatives missing in #Libya, please register the details here mafqood.org #Feb17
#Eid tears for mothers of Libyan ‘martyrs’ montrealgazette.com/life/tears+mot… #Tripoli #Benghazi
FreeBenghazi Libya.elHurra
Ppl of #Sabha complain @NTC_of_Libya focusing on Sirte&BaniWalid who r refusing2 surrender, whereas Sabha supports Feb17 #Libya
Gaddafi mercs in #Sabha firing shells&bullets randomly in street. Looted&vandalised public buildings, inc Dev. Bank & Treasury
Qadhadhfa tribe holed up in their homes, returning fire from there. They’re sending mercenaries2 intimidate & threaten ppl #Sabha
#Sabha waiting for Ntl Army to help defeat rest of Gaddafiforces & mercs. Once Sabha’s liberated, NTC will control Southern #Libya
Situation in #Sabha generally calm w periodic clashes. Humanitarian situation is critical w food & medicine shortages v @sabha17feb
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Body of one gad loyalist by side of road. Half his head missing. 5 more bodies up road. #sirte
The building we were using for cover was directly hit by 2 grad 5 mins after we left. 4 #ff injured.
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi ‘protected from assassination plot in 2004’ by UK police shabablibya.org/?p=http://shab… #Libya
LibyanHawk Faith freedom
Friday 09/09/2011: A million man march to rally against opportunists. Held @ both #Tripoli #Marytr square & #Benghazi #Tahrir Square #Libya
#Bayda, Brigade of freedom fighters from among the 2000 sent to #Misrata from East #Libya during the siege. youtu.be/1HYSEzFw_vk
bencnn benwedeman
Masks and chemical suits come from former Czechoslovakia and Iran. #Libya
Over last 4 months thousands of gas masks, chemical weapon suites moved from near Ajailat to Sirt and Al-Jifra. Strange. #Libya
International PR firms (same firms that try to polish tarnished image of nasty regimes) are courting the NTC, looking for business. #Libya
Niz_FGM Niz
actually there are trucks driving around tripoli with Thuwar Benghazi written on them. i saw one today, a handful yesterday.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
More Libyan Officials Cross into #Niger blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/… #Libya #Feb17
robcrilly Rob Crilly
No punctures today, thankfully
sueturtonaje Sue Turton
Two dead Gaddafi soldiers, some Gaddafi prisoners and injured rebels brought through checkpoint north of Bani Walid…clashes ongoing
WldSougAlJumaa
#LibyanIrony: #Khweldi suffers MI & gets hospitalized bedside with injured #FFs in #Tunis. #GoodKARMA #Libya #HeavenlyJusticePrevails
AmnistieCA Amnistie Canada fr
L’OTAN met fin à des transferts de détenus à la suite de plaintes pour torture bit.ly/oH3XSQ
MOD
DEFENCE NEWS
British Army’s crucial role in Libya operation
With political events in Libya moving quicker than ever, the British Army is playing a vital – if uncelebrated – role supporting NATO’s intensifying airborne operation over the troubled country. Report by Joe Clapson.
Royal Air Force fast jets have dominated the airspace on Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR in a bid to end Colonel Gaddafi’s reign of tyranny and what the United Nations has deemed ‘crimes against humanity’.
But specialist Army knowledge and strike expertise are also ensuring lives are saved and that forces loyal to Gaddafi are pushed backwards.
Captain Mick Welborn, 9th/12th Royal Lancers, is the Ground Liaison Officer (GLO) at the Gioia del Colle air base in southern Italy. It is his job to serve as the font of all ground-based tactical knowledge for aircrews operating over Libya.
Full art.:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/...
Some wisdom:
If people hate you, don’t be worried. Because haters are people who hate the ones they can’t be. #HeyThatsSoTrue
Patrick_Baz patrickbaz
Heavy clashes near Bani Walid, NTC fighters capture pro-Kadhafi prisoners. #Libya
LIBYA – FGM CAKE DISTRIBUTION – 4/9/2011
Haneen, from The Free Generation Movement, and her Tamazight speaking family distribute home made cakes to freedom fighters from tunisia all the way to Tripoli.
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekoT1LiDWXE&fea...
belkacemi libertad
: sources rebelles: de violents affrontements avec Al-Kadhafi à proximité de Bani Walid ##Libye de Kadhafi
LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
Tripoli files – the documents gu.com/p/3xnxf/tw via @guardian
Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
I honestly dont get ppl who say #NTC taking too long to move to #Tripoli. It was freed not even 2wks ago. #RomeWasntBuiltInADay
LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
Video: Interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril in first Tripoli press conference – #libya #feb17 – libyafeb17.com/2011/09/video-…
MOD DEFENCE NEWS
RAF aircraft target a former regime compound in Libya
Royal Air Force aircraft yesterday participated in a long-range mission, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound located near Sebha
As Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR continued to provide protection for the Libyan people, the RAF flew a formation of Tornados from RAF Marham in Norfolk, south across Europe, to rendezvous with the other allied aircraft in the strike package, before firing a large salvo of Storm Shadow precision guided stand-off missiles.
Our aircraft recovered to Gioia del Colle air base in southern Italy and will return to Marham in due course.
Major General Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Communications Officer, said:
“This mission has once again demonstrated NATO’s ability and resolve to reach deep into Libya to target those elements of the former regime who persist in their attempts to oppress the Libyan people.
“NATO also maintained its armed reconnaissance patrols over all areas of potential continuing conflict, and, in the course of these, RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft observed multiple rocket launchers in action near Sirte. Paveway and Brimstone attacks accounted for one of the rocket launchers and an armed pick-up truck.”
UK missions over Libya are undertaken as part of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973 and protect Libyan civilians at risk of attack.
UK forces currently deployed on this operation include:
RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft based at Gioia del Colle in Italy
RAF VC10 and TriStar air-to-air refuelling tankers based in Sicily and the UK
RAF Sentry and Sentinel surveillance aircraft based in Sicily and Cyprus
HMS Ocean (helicopter carrier)
HMS Liverpool (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS Bangor (Sandown Class minehunter)
Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Fort Rosalie
British Army Apache attack helicopters
Fleet Air Arm Sea King helicopters (Airborne Surveillance and Area Control role).
RAF air transport aircraft provide extensive logistic support to the deployed bases in Italy, Sicily and the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.
aquaamr Dr. Amr Aboulfath
According to a rebel source in #Bani Walid they r now controlling Wadi Dinar 15 K from center, despite incoming Grad rockets and artillery.
LibyanDuda Libyan Duda
It’s amazing to see the Greek ruins in #Shahat #Libya twitpic.com/6iawmt twitpic.com/6iawsx twitpic.com/6iaxb8
Khiria
the Moroccan government is trying to divide #Libya & #Algeria even more. We can’t forget how they supported #Gaddafi too!
#Gaddafi Forces Fire From Bastion South of Capital nyti.ms/p4nKCt v @nytimesworld #Libya
Emo Libya
Any criticism of the #NTC shouldn’t mean we don’t back it or we don’t trust it. It’s part of freedom of expression we are longing 4. #Libya
Feels beautiful when i see people raising voice against #Jibril and co. No more dictatorial oppression. This not Fitna. Its freedom
INTERPOL:
RED NOTICE POSTER
www.interpol.int/public/Data/Wanted/Not...
@hardingbbc andrew harding
just visited two unguarded weapons stores in Tripoli. thousands of surface to air missiles and other weapons still being looted.
Emo
@hardingbbc That’s not looting. Weapons are moved to a safer place.
Angela Lo Rosso
@
@hardingbbc So who is doing the looting exactly?
Emo
2 weeks wasted in vain! Now there’ll be more bloodshed because G loyalists given lots of time to regroup. #Sirte #BaniWalid #Libya #Jibril
Tripolitanian Libyan
To the #Arab world, if #Libya can do it, so can you.
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan protesters: Violent clashes between Qaddafi forces and armed protesters near Bani Walid #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
Sarah LFFR
ALERTE – #Libye: violents combats tout près de #BaniWalid qurl.ch/he3fxs
#Libye : l’Otan détruit 2 missiles Scud à #BaniWalid europe1.fr/International/… via @europe1
FromJoanne Joanne
#Wishtata checkpoint Near #BaniWalid 10 Gaddafi “spies” Hands tied,detained in 2 pick up trucks 2 of them are dead #Libya
#NTC #Shammam in #Qatar says Moammar #Gaddafi, #Seif alIslam and #Abdullah #alSenoussi are the only people at large who matter \Libya
sueturtonaje Sue Turton
Two dead Gaddafi soldiers, some Gaddafi prisoners and injured rebels brought through checkpoint north of Bani Walid…clashes ongoing
Gadhafi forces fire from bastion south of capital: on.msnbc.com/qk5S7w via @msnbc
#Gaddafi is trapped in a 40-mile radius, spokesman for #Libya military council says – AP bit.ly/p44cEW RT @BreakingNews
baniwalid1 Libya
Humanitarian aid and IRC were turned back from Baniwalid due to fighting..
.city has gone with 3 weeks of no aid
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libyan revolutionary fighters say they encircled Qaddafi’s stronghold town of Bani Walid #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
Alielehmer Ali El-Ehmer
Libyan oasis of Jufra is NTC’s key target (AFP) – 2 hours ago MISRATA, Libya — Taking the cities of Sirte an… (cont) deck.ly/~OhyMs
alexjwarren
A few of my thoughts on Libya’s oil and business environment. Comments/criticism welcome. frontiermea.com/comment-detail…
Sirtawi
New PICS from free Al-Gurdha, #Sabha :) facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
Yemen Updates
Long Live Arab Youth. Victory for Arab Revolution in #Syria, #Yemen & #Libya. Prosperity for our people in #Tunisia, #Egypt & #Bahrain.
Wishes
I am Libyan and I stand behind the #NTC
Ghana recognizes Libyan National Transitional Council: bit.ly/qYfkxV via @AddThis
#Libya The Dutch government says it is thawing $2bn in frozen assets from the deposed Libyan (cont) tl.gd/d0475k Rt
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Interesting Read: #Sudan: The Implications of the Libyan Revolution On the Darfuris Resident in #Libya allafrica.com/stories/201109… #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya conflict: Clashes ahead of surrender deadline is.gd/G2iJs2 #Libya
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Ambulance rushing past us as from the front. #sirte #libya
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
A MUST WATCH: 25 minutes report by france24 about freeing #Tripoli! #libya I enjoyed every minute of it! youtube.com/watch?v=5i4TAX…
or:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4TAXiA0TM&fea...
blabeen
#Jibril head of NTC’s ExecOffice in visit 2 #Zintan facing his 1st localPolitical challenge aftr Misrata&Zintan objectd 2 sm o his decisions
Off topic but nice:
Defence Images
Pic of the Day: Dolphin Catches the Bow Wave of Royal Navy Rigid Inflatable Boat #royalnavy flic.kr/p/akJhV3
guess what
notably "Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs… has conditioned the recognition of the NTC on the formation of a government (cont)
that includes all the Libyan “sensitivities”. According 2 a member of d rebellion, d minister ws referring 2 the Libyan Tuareg populations"
NOW LEBANON: #Libya #oasis of #Jufra is the key, #NTC commander says www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.a... Map: www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Libya/Al-Jufra...
Baltimore Sun
Gadhafi’s arsenal: Still dangerous
Our view: What can the U.S. do to reduce the threat posed by Libya’s unsecured weapons stockpiles?
More:
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/edito...
AFRIQUE EN LIGNE
Libye: L’immigration en Libye, une équation aux multiples inconnus
Tripoli, Libye – L’immigration en Libye d’Africains au Sud du Sahara constitue un dossier des plus complexes sur la scène politique et sociale libyenne au cours des quatre dernières décennies et le restera pour une longue période encore, en raison notamment des liens matrimoniaux entre les tribus libyennes et celles de certains pays voisins, tels les Touaregs du Niger et du Mali et les Toubous du Tchad, souvent originaires des régions frontalières où fourmillent, de longues dates, des réseaux de
contrebandiers, de rebelles, ainsi que de groupes terroristes.
Read more:
www.afriquejet.com/immigration-libye-af...
NYT
Interpol Issues Qaddafi Arrest Warrant as More Libyan Officials Flee
TRIPOLI, Libya — As Interpol issued arrest warrants for the former Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and two others on Friday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy of high-ranking Libyan officials arriving across the desert.
Read more:
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/world/africa...
Ahram online
Battle for Libya not over yet, NTC warns
Libya’s de facto premier Mahmud Jibril warned in his first address in Tripoli that the hardest battles still lay ahead as fighters loyal to the new rulers closed in on Moamer Gaddafi’s hometown Friday.
World police body Interpol called for the fugitive Gaddafi’s arrest for alleged crimes against humanity, following a request by the International Criminal Court.
Full art.:
english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/20...
Euro News
Libye: jour J-1 pour Syrte et Bani Walid
Sauf coup de théâtre, les forces pro-Kadhafi de Syrte et notamment de Bani Walid n’ont plus que quelques heures pour rendre leurs armes aux nouvelles autorités libyennes. L’ultimatum fixé par le CNT, le Conseil national de transition, expire ce samedi. Un ultimatum qui n’a d’ailleurs pas empêché des escarmouches près de Syrte. Près de Bani Walid, les ex-rebelles s’attendent à devoir se battre contre les kadhafistes.
Read more and watch video:
fr.euronews.net/2011/09/09/libye-jour-j...
Reuters
NATO says destroys two Scud missiles in Libya
BRUSSELS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – NATO air strikes in Libya destroyed two Scud missiles, part of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s arsenal, the military alliance said on Friday.
“Over the last 24 hours, NATO intelligence revealed the presence of two Scud missiles in the vicinity of Bani Walid,” NATO spokesman Colonel Roland Lavoie said in a statement.
Source:
af.reuters.com/article/algeriaNews/idAF...
BANI WALID
Al Jazeera’s correspondent Sue Turton said that there is a different atmosphere today on the outskirts of Bani Walid. “Fighters are coming past and shouting ‘we need more ammunition’.” “We’ve seen a constant stream of reinforcements, fighters coming in from other parts of the country,” she said. “We can see a build up., but when the attack is going to happen, we still have no idea.”
jenanmoussa Jenan Moussa
Head of riot police in #Gaddafi regime Hassan el Kaseh surrenders to rebels. #tripoli #Libya
Voice of Russia
Libya’s NTC to join G8 summit
Libya’s National Transitional Council has been invited to the Marseille G8 summit scheduled for September 10.
The summit will focus on global economic issues and its second day, featuring Russia, will deal with the Arab spring phenomenon after the Middle East unrest.
The May Deauville summit resulted in partnership with new Tunisia and Egypt and pledges of financial aid to Arab countries worth 40bn euro by 2013.
Source:
english.ruvr.ru/2011/09/09/55931123.html
SkyNewsCamera Nathan Hale
Moved beyond the Wadi als Hamra for the first time today. Plenty of exchange of fire from both sides. #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli #Libya papers offer insights into way #CIA #MI6 operated in 2003 & 2004: a glimpse into the world of espionage goo.gl/eWo7v
BANI WALID
AFP is reporting that heavy clashes were underway on Friday near Bani Walid, a stronghold of loyalists to Muammar Gaddafi, a military commander of the new interim government said. “Fierce fighting between our forces and pro-Gaddafi ones are
underway in sectors very close to Bani Walid,” Abdullah al-Khzami told AFP.
CS Monitor
The members of Libya’s National Transitional Council
Kristen Chick, who’s in eastern Libya, took the trouble to transcribe the Arabic list into English for me. Just tossing it up here since I haven’t seen the full list elsewhere.
Please read:
www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/20...
Who’s Next
Abdel Razaq Al-Aradi the Tripoli Rep on NTC is the brother-in-law and buisness partner of Bagdadi Mhmoody. What a choice?
Mungo
Only 1 woman ;( aghhhhh
baniwalid1 Libya
Taken Budaboos was arrested today
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
BREAKING: #zuwarah was hit by several Rockets! This is serious threat to the town! No news of causalities yet #libya #feb17
Sabha is struggling to be liberated. Let us keep it in our prayers youtube.com/watch?v=giXNFz… #feb17 #libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Qaddafi Loyalists in Tajura Prison english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #Qaddafi #Gaddafi #TajuraPrison #Tripoli #Libya #AlArabiya
Video: Qaddafi Fighters Return to Niger english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/... #Qaddafi #Gaddafi #Niger #Nigeria #AlArabiya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Head of #Gaddafi’s riot police, Hassan el Kaseh has surrendered to #Freedomfighters. #Libya #Feb17
#Tripoli: Bazaar at AlManshia School in BenAshour 2 raise money 4 those whose homes were destroyed nr BabAlAziziya. #Libya RT via @KhiriaElf
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Reuters: Battles erupt around Gaddafi-held towns in Libya is.gd/LXDdBv #Libya
belkacemi libertad
#libye Des soldats fidèles au dirigeant libyen en fuite, Kadhafi, ont lancé, vendredi 9 septembre, une contre-attaque dans la vallée Rouge
A New Human Rights Logo, Brought to You By Gaddafi’s PR Firm motherjones.com/rights-stuff/2011/09/hu... via @motherjones #Libya
DavidPoort David Poort
Yet more NTC fighters arrive at the Bani Walid area, as ambulances rush back to Tripoli with wounded troops. #feb17
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. A lazy day for the people of #Tripoli. Hanging out at the seafront. Fishing and relaxing.
#Libya. Crazy noisy scenes of excitement on the road into #Tripoli from #Tajoura. Tens of thousands turn out to remember Feb 25 killings.
#Libya. Requests to ease up on the celebratory gunfire during today’s #Tajoura-Tripoli march were completely ignored.
#Libya. The #Tajoura march has reached central #Tripoli. It’s going to be a noisy evening.
#Libya. Picture from the #Tajoura march. pic.twitter.com/w6x4r1D
4libya Jeanie Abdullah
Interpol issues arrest warrants for #Gaddafi, #Saif & Abdullah Sinussi. #Niger is a member of Interpol & therefore must comply. #Libya
Khiria
Notice that we’ve been requesting that @skype change the Libyan flag for 5 months & they’ve done absolutely nothing. #Libya
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
AFP: Les révolutionnaires sont aux portes de Bani Walid et les 1er quartiers st devant ns, nous n’y entrerons ps avant la fin de l’ultimatum
English Libya TV
Home-clinic doctor hopes for better healthcare
A mass grave was discovered in Abu Salim hospital last week. Hundreds of decomposing bodies were left in abandoned wards without any attempt to identify or dispose of their remains. The numbers are increasing as more casualties seek treatment for life threatening injuries.
These nameless casualties are becoming all too common in Libya. According to reports, the bodies of another 50 men were stacked in three areas – a car park, ward and in the basement of Abu Salim hospital.
“The death toll of the Libyan revolution to oust Gaddafi has topped 20,000”, according to NTC chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
For those that survive the bloodshed, hospital beds and medical treatment can be even harder to come by.
Tucked away in the suburb of Hai Alandalus, west of Tripoli, a doctor has been using his family home as a place to treat war casualties.
Dr Issam Hajjaji, a diabetes specialist and endocrinologist, at the National Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology, created a makeshift surgery after hospitals inside Tripoli couldn’t cope with the increase of war victims in the aftermath of shelling between Gaddafi and revolutionary forces.
Raised in the UK, Dr Issam went to boarding school in Kent in the 1970’s and studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Early on in his career he worked at Arrowe Park, Merseyside – one of the largest casualty hospitals in England.
Dr Issam received training in mass casualty emergency care and he credits this experience with his ability to cope with the war victims in Tripoli. “I learned to treat many casualties at once and provide advanced first aid such as how to control arterial bleeding. Simple things like this can save lives.,” he told Libya TV in an exclusive interview.
After sending his wife and daughter to Canada in March to escape the conflict, Dr Issam turned his modest three bedroom villa into a local hospital to treat the sick and wounded. His daughter’s bedroom, study and their living room were turned into wards, equipped with intravenous pain killers, oxygen tanks and surgical equipment.
These nameless casualties are becoming all too common in Libya. According to reports, the bodies of another 50 men were stacked in three areas – a car park, ward and in the basement of Abu Salim hospital.
“The death toll of the Libyan revolution to oust Gaddafi has topped 20,000”, according to NTC chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil.
For those that survive the bloodshed, hospital beds and medical treatment can be even harder to come by.
Tucked away in the suburb of Hai Alandalus, west of Tripoli, a doctor has been using his family home as a place to treat war casualties.
Dr Issam Hajjaji, a diabetes specialist and endocrinologist, at the National Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology, created a makeshift surgery after hospitals inside Tripoli couldn’t cope with the increase of war victims in the aftermath of shelling between Gaddafi and revolutionary forces.
Raised in the UK, Dr Issam went to boarding school in Kent in the 1970’s and studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Early on in his career he worked at Arrowe Park, Merseyside – one of the largest casualty hospitals in England.
Dr Issam received training in mass casualty emergency care and he credits this experience with his ability to cope with the war victims in Tripoli. “I learned to treat many casualties at once and provide advanced first aid such as how to control arterial bleeding. Simple things like this can save lives.,” he told Libya TV in an exclusive interview.
After sending his wife and daughter to Canada in March to escape the conflict, Dr Issam turned his modest three bedroom villa into a local hospital to treat the sick and wounded. His daughter’s bedroom, study and their living room were turned into wards, equipped with intravenous pain killers, oxygen tanks and surgical equipment.
“Medical supplies were taken from the hospitals, in moderate amounts to not arouse suspicion. Early in the conflict, when pharmacies were open, I sometimes would buy medicines that I could not get in the hospital, mainly antibiotics.” Dr Issam said.
When news of the uprising broke out on state television, hospitals across Tripoli were in dire need of medical staff. Public announcements from hospitals on Facebook and Twitter were screaming out for assistance. Doctors, nurses, general surgeons and all kinds of health professionals were needed for the ongoing crisis.
Dr Issam answered the call and opened his home to Tripoli’s war victims.
“There wasn’t just an increase of casualties, people were being harassed and refused treatment at government hospitals. People would come in for treatment and be accused of collaborating with the revolutionaries, or ‘rats’ as Gaddafi called them,” he said.
When Gaddafi’s forces still had control over Tripoli, many patients at the local government hospital received threats by security police and were forced out of receiving medical care.
Even the sick at home couldn’t receive medication and Dr Issam recalls a dangerous
time where patients of his who suffered from diabetes were denied insulin; a life-saving medication for their condition.
“We had to use a mandoob (messenger), a young man to run from village to village with an ice box filled of diabetes medication. I never met him or knew who he was, but my patients contacted me to say thank you for the medicine. This man would have to evade police and military checkpoints across the Nafusa Mountains day and night to make sure the ill were treated,” said Dr Issam.
Being harassed, detained, and denied medical treatment, are things that 18 year old Mustafa Omar Habbasi, an engineering student at the University of Tripoli knows all too well.
Mustafa was arrested and imprisoned by Gaddafi forces on 1 June, 2011 for printing and distributing anti Gaddafi leaflets at his university. News broke out of his activity, he was captured, interrogated and didn’t plea for forgiveness. Instead he said “I’m not sorry.” After his confession he was thrown into prison and kept till his attempted escape with other prisoners on 20 August, 2011.
Scaling the walls of the compound, military forces shot him in the abdomen. Mustafa was taken to Abu-Slim Trauma hospital, where guards tortured him, prevented medical treatment and meals.
His father, Omar Habbasi, a respected lawyer & human rights activist, smuggled Mustafa out of hospital with help from Col Juma Sayah. They took him to Dr Issam’s home-clinic.
Mustafa still hasn’t had the bullet removed. It remains lodged in his left kidney. Dr Issam has been treating the wound daily. The doctor says it’s not life threatening, but has scheduled the surgery to take place in his clinic within the week.
Before the liberation of Tripoli, Dr Issam recalls threats from Gaddafi forces and surveillance at his home practice. “Many people were scared to seek treatment, even at independent clinics such as mine. Some preferred to stay home and die.”
“Patients started coming in March. They were demonstrators, mostly, from Souk el Juma,” recalls Dr Issam.
Since opposition forces entered Tripoli, the situation is different. People can seek medical attention freely, but, says Dr Issam, hospitals are now ill-equipped and under-staffed to cope. People are sent home as patients with life threatening injuries maintain priority.
Even though the majority of Libya has been liberated, Dr Issam hopes that the country’s health system doesn’t revert back to the Gaddafi days.
There were a multitude of problems within the Gadaffi era health system. “Ministers &
directors of hospitals were appointed for their loyalty, not competence. Corruption, nepotism were everywhere and bureaucracy was rampant,” he said.
According to Dr Issam, it wasn’t only official government red tape that lead to the many problems of the Gaddafi health system. Private industries experienced drug manufacturing issues and this created problems for everyone. “Drug supplies were unstable and many companies changed operations, practices and even medications. Patients would often get confused and think they have been prescribed a different drug for their illness,” he said.
Looking to the future, when Libya starts to rebuild itself and hospitals are able to cope with patient demand, Dr Issam says: “I will be ceasing operations when this day comes; hopefully soon. But I will be more than happy to help anyone, should they need it.”
“The system here in Libya is dependent on the director of a hospital or clinic. If he is third rate, he appoints fourth rate heads of departments, who then appoint fifth rate staff. Libya is rich enough to buy medicines and equipment from the best companies and also to give healthcare staff good salaries. Nursing staff are mostly of poor quality, both in competence and ethics, due to their training. However, it’s not their fault.”
Dr Issam believes that medical staff showed a lack of warmth and empathy for their patients under the Gaddafi era, explaining: “They have never been taught to smile at patients.”
“We need to encourage Libyan doctors to come back home.” Even with Gaddafi gone, Dr Issam believes more needs to be done to improve the country’s medical industry. “We need to share expertise and cooperate with foreign centres and universities. The National Transitional Council needs to give postgraduate government grants to our healthcare professionals. We currently have a chronic supply of specialties in Libya. “This isn’t a complete list of demands we need our government to meet, but it’s a start.”
belkacemi libertad
#Libye : EPIC LIBYAN MAN STILL ALIVE! #SuchaBadAss #epiclibyanman pic.twitter.com/HFWLMen
Ajazeera: FF now 1km from Bani Walid & some may have already entered the city
BREAKING #AJE Thwuar have advanced 1km into #BaniWalid #Libya
AJE braking: #FF are in Bani Waleed. As the deadline is Saturday more via AJE #Libya #BW
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
URGENT: Combats ds Bani Walid.
belkacemi libertad
affrontements entre les rebelles et al-Kadhafi dans la ville de Beni Walid ##Libye de Kadhafi
LIBYA_BREAKNEWS أسامة
BREAKING: FF reinforcements heading to Bani Walid fb.me/JrBKtZo5
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Heaviest fighting in days erupt around Qaddafi-held towns in Libya goo.gl/FErZX
BREAKING: Clashes Between FFs and Gaddafi forces INSIDE Bani Walid
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Clashes between revolutionary fighters and Qaddafi forces inside Bani Walid #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
septimius_sever septimius severus
As in not the TNC ?? RT “@alexjwarren: Someone in Libya selling oil, rather mysteriously? af.reuters.com/article/libyaN…”
#Libya mission continues until threat gone – NATO head | Reuters reut.rs/njOgzQ via @reuters
Adel
Baba just made a big speech in maydan Zawiya -the people are out on the streets and it’s crazy! All I can hear is honking and takbeer #Libya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
The rebels have been moving their heavy weaponry and logistics forward over the past three days preparing for a push to Sirte. #Libya
ReutersIndia: FLASH: Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have entered loyalist stronghold of Bani Walid in Libya, street fighting taking place”
Egyptian military junta deepens ties to NATO-backed Libyan opposition (Arab News) feedzil.la/ooab0Y
Sanna
Hope that Libya will take good care of their FF and all traumatised people. It’s so important.
fieldproducer Neal Mann
Tomorrow is the deadline for pro-Gaddafi forces to lay down their weapons, but judging by incoming fire today not sure that’ll happen.
guardian The Guardian
JUST UP: How #MI6 deal sent family to #Gaddafi’s jail bit.ly/qFVinH #Libya
BBCWorld BBC Global News
NTC forces in #Libya are 1-2 km away from pro-#Gaddafi town of Bani Walid and say they will take it ‘within hours’ bbc.in/mTHehn
IFAWCanada IFAW Canada
IFAW photo that’ll make you smile today: IFAW aid arrives & staff at Tripoli Zoo in #Libya prepare food for the animals pic.twitter.com/GRzrWy8
#AJE #Kenshil: BaniWalid Gaddafiforces fired GRAD, heat-seek missiles, used snipers. Left thuwar no choice but2 respond2 attacks #Libya
Raya
The burned #Nanny now in Malta, so out of #Libya. ID was big issue. First aid in #Tripoli thou #feb17 #help4Syria
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING #Intense Fighting on Outskirts and FF have ENTERED Bani Walid by 1 KM since half an hr ago Some killed and injured #Libya
libyanproud libyanandproud
Most Libyans including myself have seen things in the past months that no human should see in their life time !
Saja .سجيٰ
1 #FF martyred on the battle of entering #BaniWalid
FromJoanne Joanne
#BREAKING Now FF ENTERED Residential area #BaniWalid r clearing road and area from Snipers Residents So Happy via #Aje FightContinues #Libya
AJE: #FFs have now entered #BaniWalid Allahu Akbar!! #Libya
#AJE #sueturtonaje
#AJE #sueturtonaje Thwuar have entered 1km into BaniWalid, some have been wounded. Some Gaddafiforces have been killed
Fighting going on for more than an hour. Fighting intense on outskirts of city with rockets being used. #Libya
SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
Reuters: Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have entered Bani Walid and street fighting is taking place
Heaviest fighting in days erupt around Qaddafi-held towns in Libya goo.gl/FErZX RT @AlArabiya_Eng
FromJoanne Joanne
#Breaking #Confirmed #Libya Resistant forces are now INSIDE #BaniWalid #Libya
Abdulkhaleq
9/11 made Arabs look revengeful and terrorists and the Arab Spring made them heroes fighting for noble causes of democracy and freedom.
BFBS
RAF carries out long range strike on Libya
RAF aircraft yesterday conducted a long range NATO strike on Southern Libya, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound near Sebha.
The formation of Tornados flew from RAF Marham in Norfolk, to rendezvous with the other allied aircraft before firing a large salvo of Storm Shadow precision guided stand-off missiles.
The aircraft recovered to Gioia del Colle in Italy and will return to Marham in due course.
Video:
bfbs.com/news/worldwide/raf-carries-out...
FromJoanne Joanne
#BaniWalid Fierce clashes nr Sirte + BW G Forces prevent Residents from leaving there is no Food Water or fuel goo.gl/fb/hF1zT #Libya
#Breaking #Libya a Western border town OFFERS abt 2 Million LIGHT CRUDE Condensate grade #OIL from Storage Tanks goo.gl/RWTtR
14 Libyans incl General #AliKana + AirForceChief AliSharif #alRifi, the air force chief, were among 14 Libyans arrived #Niger Agadez Thursd
#BREAKING #Intense Fighting on Outskirts and FF have ENTERED Bani Walid by 1 KM since half an hr ago Some killed and injured #Libya
abdullahmussa Abdullah Mussa
Libyans more confident in state of country.Street currency value was 1USD:1.6LYB for six months. In one day it’s 1USD:1.25LYB #feb14 #Libya
Libyan fighters captured 7 and killed 3 pro Gaddafi fighters in the battle into bani Walid
Libya FF Commander says ’hopes to have full control of #BaniWalid within hours: bit.ly/pIA8G5
belkacemi libertad
#libye Kadhafi, le dictateur, et ses sbires, se sont pris une branlée par l’OTAN dans une guerre dont il est l’unique responsable. #libya
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
I have a hunch that Mousa Ibrahim will be captured soon inshalla in #Baniwaild #feb17 #libya
Souffian Tripoli
Found 2 million Libyan dinars in the house of the director’s office in Tripoli, Abdullah Sanusi #Libya #Tripoli
Qahtani Mohammad Qahtani
FF reached college of electronics المعهد العالي للإلكترونيات in #Baniwaild #feb17 #libya
Dutch unblock $2 billionn in frozen assets for #Libya’s #NTC www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20110909T... #Feb17
France Inter reports too violent fights in Bani Walid now
Libya In Me
Cousin took this pic on Feb 17. First congregational prayer in front of the courthouse, Benghazi. Lest we forget #Libya pic.twitter.com/Og0ekO0
Gaddafi’s well-known officers fled to Nigeria ; Gad’s position is still unknown (France Inter)
#PrayforBaniWalid #Libya #Feb17
#BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #AllahuAkbar #BaniWalid #Libya
Emo Libya
Without #Jibril, the world wouldn’t have backed us the way it did. But that doesn’t mean that Jibril is free to do what he wants #Libya #NTC
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Audio of Grads landing at Front: Paul Wood – Battle for Sirte #BBCR4 #FF #libya #rebels #sirte audioboo.fm/boos/464783-pa… via
septimius_sever septimius severus
#Libya fighters: We’re battling in pro-Gadhafi town (Bani Walid) (AP) ajc.com/news/nation-wo…
feb17aid: missing people and announcements in front of al-tiby hospital #tripoli #libya #feb17 twitpic.com/6idh2j
Libyan teachers get ready for education overhaul bit.ly/pNR22o
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Fierce fighting between anti-Gaddafi fighters & Gaddafi forces are underway in sectors very close to Bani Walid, feb17.info/news/live-liby… #Libya
Embassy:
One of two Libyan activists who stormed their embassy in the Philippine capital said a diplomat they accused of backing ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi has agreed to resign. One of the intruders left the embassy after the Libyan staff showed them a senior diplomat’s resignation letter. The diplomat wasn’t identified, and the Libyan Embassy staff refused to comment. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs also did not comment Friday.
Hostages Sirte
Gadhafi forces have moved hundreds of hostages to a village outside Sirte in what appear to be preparations for a final violent stand, say NTC officials. The transfer of as many as 300 rebels taken captive during recent fighting to the village of Qasr bu Hadi, which is about 10 miles east of Sirte, took place earlier this week. Fathi Baja, the head of political affairs for the council, equated the transfer of the prisoners to “taking human shields.”
OMV
Austrian energy group OMV has organised an initial delivery of 30,000 tonnes of diesel fuel to Libya and is in direct contact with the National Transitional Council that is running the country after an uprising toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi, a spokesman
said on Friday.
“Now we are in contact with the National Transitional Council,” he said, adding OMV was optimistic the contracts it has in Libya will be upheld under the new government.
“We are really confident that the contracts will remain unchanged and the signals we get from the National Transitional Council go in the same direction.”
Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he has no regrets about helping bring former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in from the cold in 2004 and that Gaddafi’s mistake was his failure to carry out reforms at home.
Reuters
A new group of 14 Muammar Gaddafi officials including General Ali Kana, a Tuareg who was one of Gaddafi’s close guards in charge of his southern troops, are in Niger’s northern city of Agadez.Two sources said the group included four top officials, amongst them two generals.
OIL
Libya Said to Ship First Cargo of Crude From West as Production Resumes. An 80,000 metric-ton cargo of crude is being offered for shipment from the port of Mellitah this month. The oil, equal to about 600,000 barrels, will be loaded from Sept. 15 to 17.
AFP
AFP is reporting that troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched a counter-offiensive on Thursday to retake Red Valley, a day after the new regime forces celebrated its capture. Gaddafi forces are reported to have fired rockets and artillery shells to recapture Red Valley, 60km east of Sirte, and one of the lines of defence for the troops in Sirte. The NTC fighters had announced the capture of Red Valley on Thursday, but sporadic fighting continued on Friday morning, according to the AFP correspondent.
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Malta CARGO SHIP #PURKI" has departed port #Tripoli #Libya. #Feb17
#BaniWalid: #Freedomfighter commanders say they have cleared outlying areas & were within 2 km of the center.
BBCWorld:
NTC forces in #Libya are 1-2 km away from pro-#Gaddafi town of Bani Walid, say will take it ‘w/in hours’ bbc.in/mTHehn
BBC News – Libyan conflict: The final phase? bbc.in/qx6bhM #Libya #BaniWalid #Sirte #Sabha #Jufra #Feb17 #Battle
Des Grant
#NATO are knocking out 6 or 7 armed vehicles each day, suggests #Sirte has plenty hardware. How is FF morale? GF Better arms?
88simon88 simon
Bani Walid population represent 10% of the Population still leaving in the last 6 big Cities held by PRO-G. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villes_de…
LibyaLiberty
#DearBaniWalid, You are already part of #FreeLibya,you just don’t know it yet,but you will,soon.InshAllah.Sincerely, #EveryOtherPartOfLibya.
#AJE #sueturtonaje Only forays into BaniWalid, and not full force of fighters. Because goal is only to clear out snipers from city #Libya
RenaNetjes Rena Netjes
23 Gaddafi fighters killed and 9 captured in Bani Walid, acc 2 alarabia
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Beni Walid, Sirte , Sebha, Jufra …Allah give the FFs swift victory and let them capture Gaddafi #feb17 #libya
On Monday planned protest at London Libya Consulate against continued employment of corrupt Pro Gaddafis who never defected #feb17 #libya
Meet Gaddafi’s new favourite television host
Misha’an al-Jabouri, an Iraqi exile who runs al-Rai satellite TV in Syria, has spoken to Gaddafi four times since Tripoli fell.
If you are a recently deposed Arab dictator, on the run but still trying to galvanise armed resistance to your enemies, then Misha’an al-Jabouri is the man to call.
Jabouri, an Iraqi exile who runs al-Rai satellite TV in Syria, had Muammar Gaddafi on the line at 4am on Thursday, rallying his supporters, attacking his opponents as “rats and scumbags”, vowing “never to leave the land of his ancestors”, and denying claims he had already fled Libya for neighbouring Niger.
More:
feb17.info/news/meet-gaddafis-new-favou...
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Interesting to see NTC move on Sabha. Could it be part of a move to find Gaddafi? Leave Sirte to stew?
So the street war in Bani Walid has begun.
Battle for Bani Walid – #NTC negotiator here says there is hand-to-hand combat on the outskirts of the town, not yet full-scale assault
Guardian
Search for Tripoli prison massacre victims seeks to heal old wounds
An excavation of mass graves began on Friday in search of the 1,200 victims of a Libyan prison massacre, in an attempt to close the most infamous chapter of Muammar Gaddafi’s bloody four-decade rule.
Diggers found multiple bodies in a single grave – one of 38 graves at a cemetery in Tripoli. It is believed the remains had been moved there from the notorious Abu Salim jail, scene of the killing of inmates in 1996.
More than 1,000 bodies are still thought to be within the grounds of the prison. Excavations there have been delayed as officials await the arrival of experts and equipment for DNA testing. Digging is expected to begin in a week.
Read more:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/09/se...
kelvinbrownnews Kelvin Brown
Gorgeous evening in Benghazi. This place has so much potential. – twitpic.com/6ie4sv
#FF report 29 #Gaddafi forces dead and 9 captured in street fighting in #BaniWalid
FromJoanne Joanne
#BaniWalid Freedom forces moving in from East and South FF R Fighting Gaddafi troops 2KM from center of town
ibrahim
Sirte, gadaffi’s birth-place and home town, is now being attacked by freedom fighters. May god protect them. #libya
malonebarry Barry Malone
NTC estimating more than 600 pro-Gaddafi fighters now in Bani Walid and some engaging in “hand-to-hand” combat #Libya
katebt3000 Kate Benyon-Tinker
We’re told rebel forces now 1-2km from centre of Bani Walid but do not yet have orders to proceed
#NTC negotiator says deadline is “finished” after #Gaddafi forces engaged rebel fighters earlier & they were forced to retaliate
DavidPoort David Poort
More movement of NTC troops to and from Bani Walid area, as many fighters are coming back from the frontline. #Libya #feb17
sueturtonaje Sue Turton
Libyan fighters fight way into Bani Walid advancing to take out sniper positions. NTC now ordered ceasefire so pulled back to N and E gates
malonebarry Barry Malone
NTC told us earlier 100 – 150 trucks left Tripoli for Sabha today with more convoys following. The final frontline? #Libya
NTC fighters heading to Sabha from Tripoli, Jadu, Zintan, saying they plan to go around Bani Walid where fighting is ongoing #Libya
OnlyOneLibya ProudLibyan
Remember democracy its self is not the end, the end is having a decent society with excellent and humane governance.
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
In #Misrata everything quiet as far,rebels don’t seem excited/preparing the battle,lot of them around…tomorrow will see @ #Sirte frontline
#Misrata Military Council said to me they’ll respect the ultimatum for #Sirte.I’m not sure if it ends today at 24.00 or tomorrow night…
rcolebourn Richard Colebourn
Meanwhile 1000s gathered in Martyrs’ Square #Tripoli to celebrate. Traffic jam on way into city. Journos heading in other direction to BW
SecularLibya
Favorite cultural Leftist quotes: “It’s a tribal war”, “No it’s a civil war”, “Oh it’s a stalemate”, “NATO will invade”, “No blood for oil.”
AP The Associated Press
Libyan fighters and Gadhafi supporters clash in the pro-Gadhafi town of Bani Walid, former rebels say: apne.ws/oMHOP6 -EC
katebt3000 Kate Benyon-Tinker
#BBC team is with rebel fighters to north of Bani Walid, but we’re also getting reports they’re advancing on town from the east too
BANI WALID
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
there are heavy clashes inside bani walid. freedom fighters have crossed el wadi
there are heavy clashes around the main hospital in bani walid
freedom fighters have crossed el miktaa (North west)
heavy fighting in zawiyat el zibidat.
about 20 freedom fighters have been killed
face to face fighting near el zibidat mosque
earlier, nato bombed some areas around bani walid #libya #bani walid
freedom fighters control the area around el taaib mosque #libya #baniwalid
heavy bombings in central el wadi (forest) #libya #baniwalid
heavy clashes in el sikbah (north east) #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters control the bridge over el wadi #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters mention names of tribes rather than places #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters control qararah (east) #libya #baniwalid
it’s very difficult to see in night. there is no electricity #libya #baniwalid many people have been admitted to the main hospital #libya #baniwalid
snipers on the museum #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters shouting allaho akbar near el zawiya mosque #libya #baniwalid
reporters north of the valley #libya #baniwalid
about 23 freedom fighters have been killed. dozens injured #libya #baniwalid
a big gaddafi guy is in the town #libya #baniwalid
bani walid freedom fighters joined the libyan national army #libya
libyans, watch local tv channel #libya #baniwalid
snipers. no gaddafi army #libya baniwalid
local fighters providing information about gaddafi snipers #libya
heavy fighting in wadi dinar #libya #bani walid
2 freedom fighters groups: local fighters and libyan national army #libya #baniwalid
fall down of bani walid 12 -20 hours #libya #baniwalid
libyan national army = el jaish el watani el libi #libya #baniwalid
libyan fighters formed libyan national army #libya
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. #Tripoli is one big fairground tonight. Mad celebrations.
Le Figaro
Libye: “pas un soulèvement populaire”La rebellion libyenne, qui a renversé le colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, “n’a pas été un soulèvement populaire” mais un acte d’"hommes de pouvoir" décidés à le chasser, a déclaré aujourd’hui le président du Conseil Silvio Berlusconi.
“Cela n’a pas été un soulèvement populaire” comme dans d’autres pays nord-africains, “où un vent de liberté commence à souffler”, a déclaré le Cavaliere devant des jeunes de son parti, le Peuple de la liberté, rassemblés à Rome. Au contraire, a-t-il observé, à Tripoli, “des hommes de pouvoir ont décidé de donner vie à une nouvelle ère en mettant Kadhafi dehors”. “Cela n’a pas été un soulèvement populaire parce que Kadhafi était aimé de son peuple comme j’ai pu le constater quand je suis allé en Libye”.
Jusqu’au soulèvement au début de l’année, le président du Conseil italien avait entretenu des rapports étroits avec le régime libyen. La réconciliation avec le régime de Tripoli “m’a apporté la sympathie non seulement de la Libye mais de nombreux dirigeants de pays africains”, et “ainsi nous avons pu consolider notre présence, importante pour les fournitures de gaz et de pétrole”, s’est-il justifié devant ses jeunes partisans.
Source:
www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/09/09/9...
FromJoanne Joanne
PM #SilvioBerlusconi :This was not a popular uprising because #Gaddafi was loved by his people as I could see when I went to #Libya #Figaro
PM #SilvioBerlusconi : Libyan rebellion 2Overthrow #Gaddafi “was NOT a Popular Uprising” but act of “Powerful Men” determined 2Hunt #Libya
Souffian Tripoli
Djirba hotel plaza does not allow Libyans in their #Hotel. They are rejected at the gate of the hotel. #Tunisia #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#TRIPOLI Last wk FF stormed villa after tipoff Gaddafi hideout Allegedly he escaped through secret tunnel less than 1hr b4 FF arrived #Libya
#Libya #NTC chief Mahmoud #Jibril in first #Tripoli press conference – video adf.ly/2dx9K #Libya #feb17
#NEW Video Batlle just outside #Sirte #NTC Freedom Fighters have never fought this far west ! goo.gl/95bDT #Libya
#TRIPOLI U.S. sends small team diplomats headed by #Joan #Polaschik this weekend 2prepare 4opening of U.S. Embassy in #Libya
#TRIPOLI Main Reason all #NTC members are not in capital yet is a lack of trusted security forces via #Belhadj #Libya
#NATO grapples with #Libya arsenals threat goo.gl/FftdX #Libya
libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
Names of the victims are at the end of the article, may they RIP. #Libya: 19 Suffocated in Gaddafi Detention v @hrw fb.me/G9ZoXQbs
Sky News
#BaniWalid Live Now; Resident : Fighting is street by street Heavy artillery coming from houses and GF snipers on roofs
Nusaybah (KC)
Libyans stand shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand and heart by heart with their Syrian brethren till the end. Keep on rising #Syria. ♥
Aelicia Jones
freedom fighters = libyan national army #libya #baniwalid
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Chavez demande aux BRIC+pays de l’ALBA (alliance bolivarienne) de contrer diplomatiquement l’impérialiste de l’OTAN come4news.com/libye-chavez-v…
Zlitniya
Mass grave containing 18 bodies,some from #Zliten ,found in Al ’Urban on Thursday #Libya #Gaddaficrimes youtube.com/watch?v=uidc2b…
Sirtawi
News from inside #Sirte that detainees have fled their prisons and are now in a safe place. #FF inside assure that there’ll be a zero hour.
Zlitniya
A visit to injured FF and children in Markaz Al Tubbi (Hospital) in #Tripoli #Libya youtube.com/watch?v=jDkIf2…
#libya Journalist praises Libyan Rebels’ Hospitality: Roughing it with the Libyan rebels By: Sue Tu… bit.ly/p1SNUz
Zahra
#pray for Gaza #pray for Syria #pray for Libya #pray for Yemen #pray for everybody are suffering in this world…
Fei
#Gaddafi, “a great African thinker”!? And I’m actually Alfred Tennyson, I just never told anyone. #ThatsNotRight
FromJoanne Joanne
#FLASH #BaniWalid Resident just back from Fighting @ Front says they think the #BIG #FISH might be there Muammar Gaddafi + his sons ! #Libya
ProudLibyan
Berlusconi is a pathetic liar a close friend of the tyrant Gaddafi. I hope the Italian ppl kick him out soon.
Large number of #FFs from #Sirte are reportedly in #Tarhuna now and will be heading for western front line of #Sirte soon. #FreeSirte
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Reuters: Battles ignite around Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte is.gd/69hJdT #Libya
Libyans find mass grave, bodies of slain detainees
In a grove of pine trees near this mountain village, residents have dug up the remains of 35 bound and blindfolded men who they say were shot at close range by Moammar Gadhafi’s military.
Dozens of miles away, a search team has exhumed the bodies of 18 detainees who died on a hot summer day while locked in a shipping container by Gadhafi guards.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/libyans-find-mass-grave...
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
#Berlusconi: what’s happening in #Libya not a popular uprising. #Gaddafi is liked in
Libya. Any comments?
8 Gaddafi loyalists have been caught by the FF in Beni Walid thus far – AJA #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
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Absolutely RT @MushuThaLohari Want to see REAL war against terror? Check out #Libya. #Feb17 #Gaddaficrimes
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
freedom fighters in wadi dinar: 12 miles from bani walid twon center #libya #baniwalid
WARNING: some folks say filthy things against the ppl who don’t like aelicia’s messages. we don’t know them.
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
Today’s casualty figures from Dr at Ras Lanuf Hospital: 13 Dead 42 injured. #Sirte #Libya
MushuThaLohari
Seems like no matter how often & loudly we say that #Libya is one and united,there’ll always be some ppl ready to spread fitna & ill will.
Reuters: Freedom fighters launched assaults on the final bastions of Gaddafi loyalists on Friday, with fighting… fb.me/17XoXjFdb
FromJoanne Joanne
#BaniWalid Local Radio + Saif Gaddafi has been urging ppl to fight the freedom fighters #Libya
abdulhelal Abdul Helal
Yesterday we formed the transitional medical syndicate for #Tripoli , meeting was in tripoli university, a new chair was appointed. #Libya
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Students clean up Nasr Uni #Tripoli & raise freedom flag this week: facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya #Proud :’)
Libya TV: #KhweldiAlhemedie had a heart attack in #Tunisia and transported to the military hospital under heavy guard #Libya #feb17
Free Libya
I think we are going to reach a point when we will be too scared to do any sort of digging in #Libya, mass graves everywhere :’(
cswift2:
#BBC’s Paul Wood witnessed incoming rocket fire from pro-G forces nr #Sirte today #Libya bbc.in/qtRWZb
Khadija Ali
martyrsSQ shud be a thurs nyt/friday event coz there r things that need to be done & a million man march everyday dsnt get any of it done
wafa
Remembering the faceless and nameless heroes who sacrificed their lives for #Libya #Feb17.
Sky News
#Saif #Saadi #Muatassim and even Muammar Gaddafi might be in #BaniWalid MusaIbrahimGaddafi was also seen Via @Skynews
Proudlibyandoc oh my, why did you say that, now I won’t sleep till the librate/conquer BW.
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
I received information that is the opposite: believed to already have escaped from #BaniWalid
USRepLibyanTNC US Office, TNC Libya
First Ambassador of Free Libya Presents Credentials to President Obama at The White House: 1.usa.gov/ocH8Rr @whitehouse #Libya
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
Man from #Kikla @ hospital, Gaddafi forces incessantly shot at both of his legs, 7amduallah he still has them…his age: 83
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Libya is one, say it & mean it for the thousands that died for it #NoFitna
Zlitniya Zlitniya
#Zliten :Bakeries face svrl probs.Fuel shortage,electricity cuts,low flour(this bakery no
delivery since Ramadan start) youtu.be/c3b0A4xaJd8
Nusaybah (KC)
I’m Libyan who has been tweeting about Libyan Revolution since Feb17 + I have cousins fighting in the front lines. They’re not ‘NATO Rebels’
Zlitniya
#Zliten :My cousin’s father-in-law from #Ghweelat was found martyred.Identified by photos of bodies buried in #Khums .Allah yarhama #Libya
SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 10th 2011
9/10/11
9.10.11
NATOpress NATO Press
Operational Media Updates: Summary of activities for Operation Unified Protector of the past 24 hours #NATO #Libya – goo.gl/xxSuf
NATO Key Hits 09 SEPTEMBER:
In the vicinity of Sirte: 1 Surface to Surface Missile Facility, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 1 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Hun: 1 Command and Control Node.
In the vicinity of Al Jufrah: 1 Military Facility.
In the vicinity of Sebha: 1 Tank.
In the vicinty of Bani Walid: 1 Armed Vehicle.
HedayaS Hedaya S
Flashback: Freedom Fighter in Bab Alaziziya back in August saying “We are coming to you next Palestine”
LibyeLibre Libye Libre
Obama vient d’accepter les lettres de créance du nouvel ambassadeur de Libye aux USA, le 1er ambassadeur officiel de la libye libre
Libya_Now Anaya
Video: 1/4 of the men in the #Tripoli brigade were killed during the battle. Follow, as if you were with them! youtube.com/watch?v=KwfqSO… & share
Libya In Me
People around the world have been asking how a new generation of Arab rebels learned to do what their parents could not nytimes.com/2011/09/11/boo…
Emo Libya
#LIBYA A year ago, no one even dreamed about this youtube.com/watch?v=BXwH1c…
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Obama accepts credentials of first post-Qaddafi Libyan ambassador #alarabiya #Qaddafi #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya commander vows ‘decisive military action’ as talks falter #alarabiya #Libya #Qaddafi
feb17libya Feb17Libya
The Libya papers: a glimpse into the world of 21st-century espionage bit.ly/nuwF6L #libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Starving Tripoli Zoo animals get emergency help goo.gl/Ra3uJ
Yesterday
Niz_FGM Niz
incredible scenes all around Tripoli today as a massive rally took place leading up to Martyrs Square…..amazing
BBCKimGhattas Kim Ghattas
Reading interesting exchange btwn Libyan anti Gaddafi activist+Bahrain FM. Will RT. Fascinating to c ppl engaging w/ politicians on Twitter
Sirtawi
A Palestinian friend commented: Even during the war in Palestine phones were still working. How come they’re down in #Sirte? __" nice one.
PIC: Martyrs Square, Tripoli. Today :) www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1015028...
BANI WALID:
having troubles receiving messages #libya
freedom fighters control the ancient town of ben talis #libya #baniwalid
heavy fighting in olive farm in el wadi #libya #baniwalid
fighting between local fighters and gaddafi’s guys near kolliyat el fann #libya #baniwalid
repeat: local fighting + outside fighting #libya #baniwalid
lost comm with aelicia #libya
phone battery is dying
lost contact with aelicia #libya
AeliciaJones Aelicia Jones
plz, aelicia is in bani walid. she sends texts and we tweet them. lost contact with her. pray for her
LVview sandra gore nielsen
FFs used beyond human restraint when dealing w/ G forces knowing this kind of massacre has happened many places.
JUSTICEforALLPP Raya
#GALAA Volunteer #MohammedAjal helped digup MassGrave only to find his Father and Brother among dead #Nafusa #Libya
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Libya’s NTC chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil flies to Tripoli #Alarabiya
SerajElalem Seraj Elalem
mornin tweeps, after a few quiet days in #Libya looks like the heat is back on in #BaniWalid, soon #Sirt and now thuwar r heading to #Sabha
#Libyans need to realize that supporting #NTC doesn’t mean looking the other way, supporting the NTC is helping it get better
#NTC is an organization, we support the organization, not the people in it, if the people in it mess up, they have to leave
They’re public officials who work for the Libyan people, they’re not doing us a favor, they’re doing their job, that’s how I see it
If “comments” can divide a country then this country might not be as united as people like to think it is
No one forced them to step up, once they’ve assumed the roles they have obligation to fill
The reality is, general public doesn’t provide constructive criticism, when they say bad they’ll protest against it
Well to sum things up, my beef with the NTC isn’t with Jebril or Jalil, it’s with more local ministries
It’s a call for NTC self improvement, not Jalil self improvement
an important thing that we need to learn as a nation is not to put up with officials who underperform
We need to take pro-active steps to always pushing a better government
Borna and raised and living in Benghazi, been a part of the revolution since the start, in Tripoli since 25th August
I Like Jaliel :D I’m just talking about him as an example
Bashing is good, it keep a government on it’s toes
NTC is a clouded mystery to ppl here, they need to be more transparent and tell us what their goals are
The “security reasons” excuse is getting weaker everyday with gaddafi on the run, it’s time to be clear
I believe that NTC office that are working on general policy, international affairs and funding are doing a decent job, my beef is with more local offices, the ministries of Health, Education, Energy, Transportation, eviourment (cleaning streets etc), communication and Media are doing an insanely bad job (especially media), everything that is working so far is thanks to people who have taken it upon themselves to do so, those offices don’t have to worry about the frontlines or catching gaddafi, they have their jobs to do, and they’re not doing it, and most people are excusing them saying “it’s war time, I’m sure they’re worried about the conflict and finding gaddafi” No. These people need to do their jobs or scoot over for someone
else to do it, maybe someone not as qualified but at least loyal to Libya, one example comes to mind, did you know that Naji Barakat the minister of health visited Zintan 3 times in the past 3 months and in none of which he visited Zintan hospital ? (my video report on this will be coming up soon)
What I’d like to say in conclusion is that a lot of people have died for this revolution, it’s our duty to protect it
Actually the “country ruling” part is what they’re doing right, the NTC shortcomings I see are in more practical things that these people have been doing for ages, for example Naji Barakat the health minister, why isn’t he organizing more the supply of aid shipments to hospitals and the rotation of doctors who want to go help in different cities etc hospital are pretty much running on their own now, Naji Barakat SHOULD have ample knowledge as to how to do this
Reuters
Hundreds of people have marched in Benghazi calling for a shake-up of Libya’s new leadership while nascent political groups have challenged the country’s interim rulers in a memorandum, saying their governance plan does not meet the people’s demands.
The Benghazi residents marched from a charred compound of former leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday, singing “the first martyrs were from Benghazi” and criticising what they called “climbers” and “opportunists” in the new leadership.
“Some of the executive committee are blood-suckers and thieves and we keep seeing them on TV. They should be in court,” said Shukri, a middle-aged auditor, referring to the country’s cabinet, which has been officially dissolved but in practice still exists.
HRW
The sole survivor from the second container found in al-Khoms, Abdelrahman Ahmed Sherif, a 23-year-old upholstery worker, said he was arrested on May 16, on allegations that he was handing out anti-Gaddafi pamphlets, and then taken to the Chinese company grounds, where he spent about 20 days.
They made me lie on the floor and they hit me on the legs, hands and between the legs, also with a Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle,” he said.
We woke up before dawn. The temperature was up. There was a lack of oxygen and no drinking water. Our numbers were high, so we were drinking water quickly. We kept banging on the doors but they didn’t open. They kept insulting us, telling us to shut up.
Anyone who closed his eyes would pass out… I saw people passing out. After they opened the door I found that my head was cut. I don’t know how it happened.
According to Sherif, the Gaddafi soldiers put the bodies in a Toyota pickup truck, but he does not know what happened to them next. – Human Rights Watch
HRW
Local journalists in al-Khoms showed Human Rights Watch a video they said had been taken from the cell phone of a Gaddafi soldier, which shows three men in green military uniforms kicking and whipping six bound and blindfolded men in a metal container. Mohanned Jamal Berfad watched the video and identified himself as one of the men being beaten. He identified one of the other detainees getting beaten in the video as his cousin Yousef Berfad, 23, who was arrested for having sent information to the Al Jazeera news network.
AP
Libyan fighters are signing up for a final assault on one of the last remaining bastions of Moammar Gadhafi.
The volunteers are pouring in by the dozens, coming in pickup trucks from cities as far as Tripoli and Tobruk, as a deadline expired on Saturday for the pro-Gadhafi loyalists holed up inside the town of Bani Walid to surrender.
Libyan fighters on Friday launched a two-pronged assault on Bani Walid after a weeklong standoff over a peaceful surrender dissolved.
Germany
€100,000 worth of German humanitarian aid yesterday departed from Malta, bound for Libya. A Libyan fishing vessel, the Al Entisar was loaded with €100,000 worth of water, medication and baby food, all bought from Malta. The German Embassy in Malta and the Civil Protection Department facilitated the transshipment.
German ambassador Hubert Ziegler told the Malta Independent that Germany was one of the first countries who reacted immediately to calls for humanitarian aid, as soon as the Libyan crisis started last February.
AFP
The head of Libya’s new leadership, National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil, flew to Tripoli today for his first visit since its fighters seized the capital and ousted Moamer Kadhafi, an AFP correspondent said.
Abdel Jalil told AFP his visit to Tripoli from NTC headquarters in Benghazi was “temporary” and that the council he heads would be transferred to Tripoli “after the (full) liberation” of the country.
“Yes, God willing,” he replied when asked if he was flying to Tripoli as he boarded a plane in the country’s second city Benghazi in the east.
Sky News
Anti-Gaddafi Fighters Storm Besieged Town
Anti-Gaddafi fighters say they have entered the town of Bani Walid, one of the former Libyan leader’s few remaining strongholds, and street battles are taking place.
The heaviest fighting for days broke out following a week of attempts at negotiating with tribal leaders, who are thought to be largely in support of the deposed dictator.
Rocket, mortar and tank fire have also been exchanged outside Sirte, Col Gaddafi’s home town, according to witnesses.
Gaddafi loyalists had faced demands to surrender both towns this weekend or face attack.
Sky’s Emma Hurd, who is near Bani Walid, said anti-Gaddafi fighters met stiff
resistance shortly after they began a pincer attack from the north and east of the town as soon as darkness fell on Friday.
Read more and watch video:
news.sky.com/home/article/16066371
PRICELESS:
نشيد الاستقلال من وسط ميدان الشهداء – طرابلس Impeccable priceless moment Inside Tripoli- Martyrs Square :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXwH1cm6qP8
abuhatem
Arabs should not be judged collectively for a few idiots just like the west shouldn’t be judged for Westboro Baptist Church.
hamzamu
#LIBYA :#HRW Human Rights Watch DID a CRIME IN #LIBYA WHEN THEY SAID THERE IS NO MERCENARIES AT LIBYA
#LIBYA : WE DEMAND #HRW “Apology” for LIBYAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS for CALLING THEM LAIRS ..
SecularLibya
#NTC Interim-PM Jibril speech & receiving ovation in Arrujban, #Nafusa youtube.com/watch?v=loUGiT… #Libya #Feb17 HT
Zlitniya
اللهم أرجع المفقودين إلى اهلهم و تقبل من أستشهد منهم Oh Allah,plz return the missing 2their families and accept the martyred of them. Ameen
4Adam Adam
by Amazigh_Libya
Nafusa Berbers condemning racist comments by Fathi Turbel who is a member of National Transition Council. facebook.com/video/video.ph… #Libya
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
New weapons against #Libya’s #Gaddafi: paintbrushes goo.gl/ZIdB6 Photos: goo.gl/vGGiy Video: goo.gl/0DmeV via CNN
Sky’s L. Holland: There’s a developing humanitarian situation, no movement in or out of Bani Walid &Sirte. Cannot continue much longer.
Zlitniya Zlitniya
#Zliten :Captur of Salah Bin Arus,member of #Khamis brigade&leader of #Gaddafi volunteers in North #Zedu .So notorious nickname Zedu Khamis
Free Libya
Whenever I think of the hell Libya lived through for the past 6 months, it makes me think of Palestine’s 63 YEARS of hell.
Mike
Tuaregs are angry with Kana who is a Tuareg. He led an attack by G loyalists on a Tuareg town in Libya many were killed bitly.com/qLKtm4
Spokesman: 3 more Libyan officers in Niger
More high-level defectors from the army of ex-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continued to cross the desert border into Niger, with officials confirming late Friday the arrival of four more officers.
Justice Minister Amadou Morou said at a press conference that the chief of staff of the air force as well as his pilot had arrived in Niger on Thursday night, as well as the commanders of two Libyan military regions. The minister said that, in addition, six civilians from Libya had also arrived. Morou declined to name the officers.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/spokesman-3-more-libyan...
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Telegraph: #Libya: Matouk Mohammed Matouk’s home a glimpse into a tyrant’s world goo.gl/lMhWZ #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
FRANCE 24-The #Tripoli Brigade (part 2) Video: goo.gl/KVNFy #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
BBC: Secret Intelligence Documents Discovered in #Libya goo.gl/bdrlO via @hrw
Wall Street Journal: Ouster of #Gaddafi Is an Italian Town’s Loss goo.gl/6prfI #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
AJE: Hoda Abdel-Hamid updates from Libya’s Ras Lanuf. Video: goo.gl/Opgya #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Latest Developments in #Libya September 9, 2011 goo.gl/q2Wq7 #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Reuters: #Libya’s interim leaders under fire over governance goo.gl/Ka311 #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
#Libya fighters to Take Pro-#Gaddafi Town goo.gl/Ou0hL Many volunteers joining to end this once and for all. #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Al Arabiya
As rebels retreat from Bani Walid, NATO denies telling them to quit loyalist town
Libyan rebels retreated from Bani Walid before the start of NATO’s bombing to the Qaddafi loyalist town, Alarabiya correspondent reported on Saturday.
The Libyan fighters who are trying to capture one of Muammar Qaddafi’s last strongholds, are battling for control of the desert town of Bani Walid, located southeast of Tripoli.
Defiant Qaddafi loyalists hit back with rockets, thereby ignoring the deadline – Saturday – for forces loyal to the ousted Libyan leader to surrender.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
Qaddafi’s fall strengthens Morocco over Western Sahara
The fall of Libya’s Colonel Muammar Qaddafi means a change in the geopolitics of north Africa that could put the conflict in the Western Sahara back in the spotlight, regional observers said.
A source of recurrent tension between Morocco and Algeria, the 36-year-old conflict also strained ties between Rabat and Tripoli: Qaddafi backed Polisario Front, the independence movement in the Western Sahara.
This support, which ebbed and flowed depending on Qaddafi’s frame of mind, long prevented his Jamahiriya “people’s republic” and the Moroccan kingdom from maintaining stable relations.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
G8 to extend Arab Spring financing pledge to $38 billion
The ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States invited Libya’s new rulers to Marseille in a follow-up to the economic support for post-revolutionary governments announced at a G8 meeting in May.
The fledgling Libyan administration’s officials on Saturday joined Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia to explain how they plan to relaunch their economies and hear what help they can expect from the world’s major economic powers.
Read more:
english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/09/...
FreeBenghazi
Lots of criticism of @NTC_of_Libya lack of women members. Well, #Libya’n families & society need to change first so it can be possible.
They do want to play a role, but their roles are defined by their families/husbands/communities.
women doctors to treat women & children. and women teachers for girls.
My issue w criticism of NTC is that its counter-productive. by ppl who don’t understand Lbyan society
you don’t just marry a man, you marry his family & his community.
issue isn’t lack of educated/qualified wmn. it’s being able/allowed 2 fulfil their potential
marriage contract is up to each couple. if she wants to marry him, she’s to stop working
I work, but with restrictions. for eg, I can’t accept a job that requires me to travel. that limits my options
everyone’s fixating on number of women in NTC but ignoring the realities of Lbyn women’s lives
my twts were in response to cont. criticism of NTC. Critics expectations don’t fit Libyan society as it is.
nobody said there weren’t any qualified women.
A lot of Libyan voices, particularly women’s, are reflected in Western media. I get endless requests 4 Libyan contacts but they’ll only interview English speakers. You’re bound to get a distorted view of society & issues if only those with internet access or who speak English get heard. It’s also means that assumptions are made about what that segments’ views.
the members of the council made up from reps from each town & city. Bani Walid, Ghadames, Zintan, Tobruk
Reports that Zero-hour declared for Sirte. Thuwar in Sirte ready, some are from Qaddadfa tribe. The uprising will be “big & soon.”
Group of #Sirte youth, who are in #Tarhuna, are preparing to head Misrata frontline soon, to join thuwar #Libya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
Lovely night’s sleep. Now to see what’s happened with the deadline today
Libyan fighters still bogged down about 60 miles from Sirte. Quiet today. think NTC still banking on its surrender
bencnn benwedeman
Photo: Outside Bani Walid, preparing for the push forward. #Libya yfrog.com/gyojiesj
Photo correction: yesterday I incorrectly described these as sa-24s. They are sa-7s. Thanks to Matt Schroeder 4 pointer yfrog.com/kl22eelj
Photo: on road to Bani Walid a fighter picks up trash. #Libya yfrog.com/khzxywyj
Photo: 20 km outside Bani Walid more journalists than fighters. Being held back for now. Several wounded have come back.
Funny, Recommended Read: #Zimbabwe: Nation Keeps Landing on Wrong Side of History allafrica.com/stories/201109091106.html #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Singapore OIL TANKER “WARWICK” en route to dest. #Benghazi #Libya ETA: 2011-09-11 15:00 (UTC). #Feb17
#Baniwalid: Moatassim #Gaddafi staying in Soug area, emptied out several shops & storing weapons in them. #Libya RT via freelibyanyouth
feb17voices: Call with opposition cmdr. in Bini Waleed: we expect to control city within 24 hours with the assistance of residents.
Interesting Read About #AU: The hypocrisy of African politicians http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=10&aid=210&dir=2011/September/Friday9 #Africa
PeterClifford1 Peter Clifford
#Libya Just who is behind the #Syria TV station broadcasting #Gaddafi’s rants? tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
Ibn
very cute :) little boy falls asleep on dad’s shoulder during protest in #benghazi #libya yfrog.com/j2sanhaj
photo from protest in #tripoli #libya yfrog.com/h3376gnj
Benghazi Youth
Many of my aunts & female cousins work. I think the % will increase when theres actual jobs rather than hustles.
Revolutionaries currently hold the center bridge in #BaniWalid. Clashes still on-going
with #Gaddafi forces. #Libya
In terms of Western Side of #BaniWalid – SofElJeen, Revolutionaries face no resistance, residents are welcoming them with takbeer.
So far 40 of #Gaddafi forces from several cities in western #Libya have been captured in #BaniWalid.
HRW video from cell phone of Gaddafi soldier shows 3 men in uniforms kicking & whipping 6 bound & blindfolded men feb17.info/news/live-libyan-unrest-sept... #Libya
AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
Video: Libya rebels claim gains in Bani Walid fight aje.me/rl2Plg
SkyNewsCamera Nathan Hale
I continue to be impressed by the generous nature of the Libyan people. Working by the road, 2 strangers stop to offer us bread. #Libya
DavidPoort David Poort
NTC says fighting continues in Bani Walid. Fighters from the villages around the main town are said to be trying to “free themselves”.#libya
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. NTC chief Mustafa Abdul #Jalil apparently on his way to Tripoli for the first time since the rebel takeover
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
Frontline reporters talk of huge explosions inside #Bani_Walid
katebt3000 Kate Benyon-Tinker
Now been allowed up to a new checkpoint around 8km from Bani Walid – can’t see much but can hear rumble of fighting in the distance #Libya
Libya: Rebels dig in for the long haul as push for Sirte postponed – Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... via @Telegraph
Video: Libya: Rebels launch assault on Bani Walid – Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... via @Telegraph
An American soldier journeys to the ‘good fight’ in Libya #cnn edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/08...
ksnavarra Karl Stagno-Navarra
BREAKING: #Spain navy has finally released El Entisar ship laden with #Germany aid for #Libya.
breaking: #Spain navy boarded the ‘El Entisar’ aid ship 15 minutes after #UK #France navy cleared it with thumbs up
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, landed in the port city of Misrata on Saturday, www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/libyas-ntc-c...
Who Did What in Libya. http://www.fuckfrance.com/topic/3980724/1/France/Who-Did-What-in-Libya.html&replies=15
BANI WALID:
freedom fighters control the old town center. street fighting between local fighters and gaddafi’s guys #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi’s guys = gaddafi’s special forces #libya #baniwalid
message after 2 hours
big explosions in north of town. nato bombing #libya #baniwalid
FromJoanne Joanne
#NATO asked FF retreat area ; #Libya @anitamcnaught drove2 S of Bani Walid Last Night @SkyNews came under fire; goo.gl/goc59 #Libya
#Bani #Walid fighting continues while FF from tiny villages around #BaniWalid are are trying to free themselves as well #libya #NTC
#BaniWalid Last night Nato asked FF to clear area so they could Bomb Gaddafi gorces targets #NATO Update goo.gl/o7q9X #Libya
StreetFighting In #BANIWALID and Battles also started close 2river outside #SIRTE + Hundreds of FF on way to #SEBHA #Libya
#BANIWALID handful of Families were seen leaving BW in Packed cars FF entered from 3 sides and R 2km from the Vegetable Souk #Libya
#BANIWALID NO power food water Many people want 2leave but no fuel 4cars + Gaddafi forces prevent people from leaving & hold hostage #Libya
#BaniWalid People and FF inside have the feeling Muammar #Gaddafi himself as well as his 3 sons Saadi Saif and Muatassim are in BW #Libya
#NTC’s #HUNTER #HishamBuhagiar 4 #Gaddafi believes G is in #Birak close 2 #Sebha #NATO Bombed #Birak heavily Thursday night #Libya
#BENGHAZI Protest against OLD BLOOD in #NTC #NasserAhdash Leader #NationalForum says We wanted 2 hassle #NTC and achieved this #Libya
NW of Sebha has complex of health laboratories health researchcenter + microbiological research center
a chemical/biological plant called Pharma 200 in #Sebha an underground site located on a military base #Libya@NATO
#Underground Facilty called ‘Pharma 200’ in #Sebha near Chad border was constructed with help of German/Swiss/Italian companies #Libya @NATO
#BaniWalid #Kanshil: FF found Rocket Launchers in BW houses and will protect civilians Abt 1000 Gaddafi forces defending
#BANIWALID abt 1000 Gaddafi men took families hostage & launch GradRockets from their private houses Hampering @NATO attacks on them #Libya
#Libya fighters battle for #Gaddafi bastions #Reuters goo.gl/OtasN
AJELive:
Exclusive images from #Libya on the road to #BaniWalid from @DavidPoort aje.me/nnjjjZ aje.me/opjlEW””
#BANIWALID @AnitaMcNaught speaks to military commander Mohamed Bashir about plans to take BW #Libya goo.gl/02Z9u
#BANIWALID Commander MohamedBashir says:I am so happy We believe SaifGaddafi is in BW "we could ctach him " goo.gl/02Z9u
#MYSTERIOUS 2nd time @Nato #Spain Navy Blocked & Boarded #AlEntishar Aid Ship from #Malta @ksnavarra has contact on board #Libya #Germany
#FLASH #Bani Walid "5 airstrikes are heard near town of Bani Walid via #Reuters #Libya
#BaniWalid 100.000 ppl live there About 1000 Gaddafi forces defending it and Town is surrounded by thousands of FF #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
My fast Internet from LTT has stopped working, so I’m back to my 2-way sat connection. Although slow, it worked fine for the last 6 mths.
FromJoanne Joanne
#Wishtata a Hamlet 40KM from #BaniWalid Freedom Fighters eager to join and sign up 4 battle register names blood type etc #Libya
#FLASH #IMF #InternationalMonetaryFund recognises #Libya #NTC as its government and will send a team there as soon as security permits
#FLASH G8 extends #Arab financing pledge to $38 bln, including #Libya
Proudlibyandoc Hussam Muntasser
LPC. just arrived in tripoli. #Spanish Navy warned it will block&Board ship every time.
French #Navy hailed the ship earlier in a friendly way. #Spanish #Navy maybe abusing it for practice drills.
#FoodForThought Surprises in #Libya arms cache related to #Chemical WarFare goo.gl/IaxH3 #Libya CNN #Nervegas #BennWedeman
Gen.#alKhweldi elHamedi had HeartAttack in #Tunisia admitted 2 Military Hospital Now under heavy guard via #TawasulMedia #Libya
as_lib83
Head of riot police in #Gaddafi regime Hassan #elKaseh surrenders to rebels #Libya
#NTC MustafaAbdul #Jalil visited #Misurata today to be updated on the situation there and then flew on to #Tripoli #libya
#BaniWalid FF were 3KM from medina the old town when they were asked to retreat afterthat 7 #NATO strikes were heard #Libya
#BaniWalid FF Commander says that Gaddafi forces were re inforced by troops from #Sebha and #Sirte FF facing stiff resistance #Libya #Aje
Vroom9000
Situation changed and more info available @vroom9000 abt 1000 Gadafi forces now and yes BaniWalid is surrounded by thousands of FF #Libya
bencnn reports: “20 km outside Bani Walid more journalists than fighters.”
reporters are enemy combatants, legitimate targets: “reporter Ann Marlowe: I helped call in my first NATO strike yesterday.”
#libya image of rebels running from Bani Walid blogs.aljazeera.net/sites/default/…
Attack on Sirte repulsed: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri...
CNN says more reporters outside Bani Walid then rebels. Rebels don’t have the numbers to attack three cities at once and hold Tripoli
NTC claimed Bani Walid was completely surrounded and only 70 fighters in Bani Walid.
Rebels forcing reporters back from Bani Walid camps several times today. Indicates front line has collapsed.
Rebels frustrated as routed in Bani Walid, begin cursing NATO for failure: CNN bit.ly/o1kGcn
Who is hiding? Jalil won’t allow live coverage of his presence in Tripoli due to fear of attack. #libya #ntc
In comparison, Saif al-Islam drove through Tripoli during the war within meters of enemy combatants. Now at front lines BWalid #libya #ntc
feb17libya Feb17Libya
The plane carrying Mustafa Abdul Jalil has now reached #Tripoli after his visit to Misurata – #Libya #Feb17
hanin_libya
World Press Photo creates Tim Hetherington grant ijnet.org/opportunities/… #Libya
Joanne
#Some Things Never #Change: #NTC Chief #Jalil got red carpet (treatment) welcome meant 2show he replaces Gaddafi goo.gl/cptql #Libya
#MISRATA is feeling neglected by #NTC Watch @simmjazeera report; Misrata Demands Share Of Power goo.gl/iqhh9 #Jalil #Libya
Joanne
#Italy Foreign Affairs Minister #Frattini said Saturday Italy must remain #Libya s FIRST Partner in the #oil industry goo.gl/q6csx
#Now Now children :A RIFT emerged over who should get 1st access 2 #Libya’s oil and natural gas riches goo.gl/q6csx
flyingbirdies أكرم
How many times we said no to gunfire in the air, a woman in hospital now, bullet entered from the car roof. #Tripoli yfrog.com/meuciij
BANI WALID UPDATES:
news tv channels confirm our report on nato bombings. no lies. we say what we see and hear #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi’s guys are hiding in people’s homes in el siaan #libya
repeat: gaddafi guys hiding iin people’s homes in el siaan and el hamra #libya #baniwalid
request: could libyans explain and locate the names of places? thanx #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters capture a few gaddafi guys wearing army outfits #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi missile launchers destroyed #libya baniwalid
1 mile from town center #libya #baniwalid
f f coming from different directions cams not allowed
3 routes from north, 3 routes from south #libya #baniwalid
no tv. radio ok #libya #baniwalid
libya el horra radio ok #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters closing in on town center #libya #baniwalid
bani walid = north & south of valley. few snipers in north #libya
bani walid = 2 town centers: old & new #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters in & out bani walid #libya #baniwalid
military plans not 4 public. foreign media in north. 4 fighting fronts. #libya #baniwalid
military briefing on libya el horra radio #libya #baniwalid
md: nahno bi intizarikom. ikhwanikom biddakhil bikhair #libya #baniwalid
FromJoanne Joanne
#Tripoli TV footage showed 100ds of Ppl waiting 2receive Jalil and Jibril was there 2 A thick chain of armed men tried to protect him #Libya
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. Just back from airport in #Tripoli to witness Mustafa Abdul Jalil’s arrival. Chaotic scenes. Mobbed by well-wishers.
frankentele Sean Carberry
Listening to Bani Walid radio in car. Saying people must fight NATO and rebels because they will colonize town and rape people. #libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Ubari under control of FFs is.gd/3dAHCA #feb17 #Libya
Tweeting Tripoli
BREAKING: Jalil, head of NTC is in Tripoli fir the first time since the start of the revolution. yfrog.com/mg6dgvj
DavidPoort David Poort
Backed away from Bani Walid for now after mortar shells exploded near our position. NATO currently bombing targets on the horizon. #LIbya
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Leaked documents expose #Mauritania officials role in recruiting mercenaries for #Gaddafi aawsat.com/details.asp?se… #Libya #Feb17
#Malta foreign minister to announce unfreezing of #Libya assets. #Feb17
Fighting continues for control of #WadiAhmar outside of #Sirte #Libya. #Feb17
#BaniWalid: #NATO strikes continue at this time. #Libya #Feb17
perfectsliders perfectsliders
#Libya #Feb17 Video – NTC Commander: We believe Saif Gaddafi is In Beni Walidis goo.gl/fb/rIJWx
feb17libya Feb17Libya
Libya’s Transitional National Council (NTC) has confirmed the truce with Gaddafi loyalists is effectively over. #Libya feb17.info/news/live-liby…
Lisa
#gaddaficrimes All Gaddafi loyalists fleeing successfully is going to be detrimental to #FreeLibya!! They will continue their terrorism!!
2 faced Erdogan visiting #Libya after supporting #Gadaffi n playing both sides for months!! Ergh!!!
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
IMPORTANT: Article From Yesterday: #Gaddafi Gen. al-Khoweildi al-Hamidi: foxnews.com/world/2011/09/… #Tunisia #Libya #Feb17
Yesterday #Tunisia forbids #Gaddafi Gen. al-Khoweildi al-Hamidi from leaving
country, takes passport, TODAY he supposedly has heart attack
Erdogan will be visiting #Libya…this comes after supplying #Gaddafi’s troops with food back in July. #Feb17 #Turkey RT via @KhiriaElf
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
A dozen pro- #Gaddafi vehicles arrive in #Niger ennaharonline.com/en/internation… #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Hassan Drouy, #Sirte #NTC representative, said to be among those accompanying Abdel Jalil visit to #Tripoli today. #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Video: #Ubari: #Freedomfighters in complete control city SW of youtu.be/3ORGHmDjNbw #Libya #Feb17
#Malta embassy in #Tripoli to resume full service timesofmalta.com/articles/view/… #Libya #Feb17
#Gaddafi’s fall strengthens #Morocco over Western Sahara zawya.com/story.cfm/sidA… #Libya #Feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
Important Read From Yesterday: #Darfur rebel group warns of joint #Sudan- #Chad attack google.com/hostednews/afp… #Libya
In regards my last Tweet: JEM forces took over Southern #Libya oil field for very short time right after revo started. #FF chased them out
In regards my last 2 Tweets: JEM reported to have office in #Sabha, JEM leader was supposedly there till a month or so ago. #Libya
VERY Important Read: #Sabha: All eyes on the desert as the hunt for #Gaddafi continues www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/afri... #Libya #Feb17
robcrilly Rob Crilly
I think that NTC forces will now concentrate on other towns and hope they get Gaddafi. Then maybe Sirte will surrender?
Finally met up with @fieldproducer – after about two years – and @SkyNewsCamera. Thoroughly nice chaps
What’s not in my kit bag on this trip (blog post) wp.me/p7qur-s4
Anyway, back in Benghazi after trip to see front line outside Sirte. Will post some thoughts on military chances of taking city tmrw
MaryFitzgerldIT Mary Fitzgerald
by robcrilly
Head of Libya’s interim govt arrives in Tripoli. Often struck by how he seems to be the only NTC member with close to universal appeal
#AJE #sueturtonaje
Thuwar may have underestimated number of weapons BaniWalid Gaddafiforces have. Fight may b tougher than expected #Libya
Tony Blair denies knowing about ‘rendition’ of Libyans on his watch
He said he had no knowledge of a number of individual cases highlighted this week of Libyans being handed over to Gaddafi’s secret police while he was Prime Minister.
Mr Blair told BBC Radio 4′s Today programme that he “didn’t know about them”.
His admission came during a bad-tempered interview with presenter John Humphrys during which Mr Blair justified the “war on terror” and the invasion of Iraq. He also said the use of force against Iran’s nuclear programme could not be ruled out.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/tony-blair-denies-knowi...
Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the Security Council to establish a U.N. mission in Libya to deal with the country’s new rulers for an initial period of three months.
Ban said in a letter circulated Friday that the support mission would provide political, electoral, constitutional, human rights and other kinds of advice to the National Transitional Council as it forms a new government following the fall of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.
NTC
The National Transitional Council (NTC) said three of its fighters were killed Saturday, and VOA correspondent Elizabeth Arrott in the city said rockets from Gadhafi forces and snipers continued to ring out in the area. Ambulances were seen both going into and out of the city.
Guardian
Libya’s Transitional National Council (NTC) has confirmed the truce with Gaddafi loyalists is effectively over, paving the way for fresh assaults on the last remaining strongholds loyal to the former regime.
The NTC also denied a report by al Jazeera that Nato had told it to pull back from Bani Walid ahead of air strikes on the town.
In Tripoli, forgiveness reigns for now
Vengeful graffiti aimed at former Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi and his lieutenants can be found around this city, which is emerging from decades of his brutal reign. But calls for revenge in revolutionary Libya are turning out to be rare sentiments.
Libya’s new rulers have instead focused on national reconciliation, forgiveness, and the rule of law at every turn, aware of the risks to the post-Qaddafi Libya of tit-for-tat violence and revenge that bred such instability in Iraq since 2003.
Read more:
feb17.info/news/in-tripoli-forgiveness-...
Reuters: :
#Libya’s interim oil minister Tarhouni says first oil production expected in three-four days
SerajElalem Seraj Elalem
Muammar Gaddafi’s mini-me facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
Now you can view the database: معاينة قاعدة البينات / Missing in #Libya – مفقود في ليبيا www.mafqood.org via @MK_FGM
baniwalid1 Libya
What is the Turkish Airways plane doing Mitiga Airport?
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Guinea Bissau PM says Qaddafi welcome in his country: radio #Libya #Feb17 #Gaddafi english.alarabiya.net
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
Video: Libya: Battle for Bani Walid Continues english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #BaniWalid #LibyaRebels #NTC #Qaddafi #AlArabiya
robcrilly Rob Crilly
All eyes on the desert as the hunt for Gaddafi continues tgr.ph/pKQKvk #libya
BBC
Was Jeremy Bowen’s notebook stolen by Gaddafi’s son?
I like notebooks. I like writing things down – bits of detail, colour, what people say, their names, memory joggers, phone numbers. You name it.
I am writing this in a notebook because we are out filming.
And I do not mean a small portable computer. My notebooks have pages, hard black covers, a useful pocket inside the back and an elastic strap to stop them pinging open.
Khamis Gaddafi, the colonel’s most feared son, must have liked them too. Because it seems he has been writing war plans in the back of one of mine.
I lost a notebook – or it was stolen – during a futile attempt to get to Misrata when it was a besieged rebel outpost back in April. I realised it had gone on the way back to Tripoli.
Read full story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14840087
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Post-Gaddafi #Libya reflected in names goo.gl/z3agD #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Liba – Like Norway, But Warmer shabablibya.org/news/libya-like-norway-...
Please like #Yefren General Hospital مستشفى يفرن العام FB page for the latest news & updates on the situation there goo.gl/TTemN RT!
Reuters:
Libya’s interim oil minister: Govt will not sign oil contracts with foreign companies before a national election #Libya
Abduljaleel steps off the plane in Tripoli to the pre Gaddafi original Anthem of Libya #Libya #Tripoli
Guma_el_gamaty Guma El-Gamaty
NTC chairman Must. Abduljalil arrive in tripoli & full transit. government could b announced by monday. Baniwalid battle will conclude soon!
FreeBenghazi
#Sabha rejects reps appointed2 represent them in NTC. Say reps were chosen by Gaddafi Gen., Massoud Ab.Hafid #Libya facebook.com/note.php?saved…
libyansrevolt Moez
Just went into #motassem #Gadaffi ’s house – three level underground maze complete with a full hospital and operating theatre #libya #feb17
The doors are 30cm reinforced steel and look like they can withstand a lot – its a whole world down there #libya #feb17
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#BaniWalid: Reports of fierce fighting in area of #ElSaidi school. #Libya #Feb17
feb17voices Feb 17 voices
by LibyaSteadfast
Correx: AJA: fighter on the ground: heavy resistance from #Gaddafi forces in Bini Waleed, we are withdrawing to Wadi DINAR #
AJA: Doctor on the ground: 2 Killed in action, 15 injured in Bini Waleed #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
I am from Tripoli … Thank you Benghazi for being the birthplace of #feb17 … We love you! #Libya
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
Man who pretended to be Musa Sadr on flight to Italy after Sadr’s assassinatn by Gaddafi was goon Salim Said who died a few yrs ago #feb17
LibyaSteadfast Benghazi Youth
The rumors I heard were often saying Sadr was still alive & seen in Libyan prisons, but no word so far so probably wrong :)
BANI WALID
snipers on the telecommunication building #libya #baniwalid
Tweeting Tripoli
Kids found use for empty bullet casings collected from Bab Alazyzia. That’s recycling. yfrog.com/kfvyzlj yfrog.com/kla4dpxj
We washed them carefully with soap and water, but will eventually take them away from them.
Tweeting Tripoli
Security is extremely tight because Gaddafi had offered half a million LD to kill Jalil.
Jalil in Tripoli. Eat your heart out, Gaddafi :-) yfrog.com/h2tu9hmj
The whole crowd there were from different FF security groups. General public were not allowed into the airport
A wall of bodyguards, would make Gaddafi jealous. LOL yfrog.com/mnl3nfj
Mushu
#Gaddafi must’ve died million deaths in the last few minutes. Ha ha. #Libya #Feb17
Freedom_7uriyah ღ.¸¸Esra¸¸.ღ
Well, we definitely gave him a very Libyan welcome :)
rima_misurata Rima
Oh big deal. Welcoming was unorganized. Who cares. It’s called being excited.
Tweeting Tripoli
Books were Gaddafi’s number one. Before the Internet, in Gaddafi’s Libya, certain books could get you in prison or killed. Gaddafi made sure people stopped reading. He thought books could open people’s minds and let them start questioning things. He wanted Libyans to stay in the dark. Books are like candles.
After the Internet, things changed. If Gaddafi had a time machine, he would have traveled back to the day he approved letting the Internet into Libyans’ homes.
My father taught us to read and I remember him bringing new books every now and then for us to read. Hopefully I continue doing the same for my children.
Aljazeera
Libya battles rage after deadline expiry
Al Jazeera correspondents reported on Saturday that fighters aligned with the National
Transitional Council (NTC) were seeking to wrest control of Bani Walid, Sirte and Sabha from Gaddafi loyalists after the latter chose to ignore the deadline for surrender.
With talks aimed at peaceful handover of the Gaddafi strongholds collapsing, NTC Chairman Mustapha Abdel Jalil, the interim leader of the country, said on Saturday afternoon the situation was “in the hands of his battlefield commanders”.
Read art. and watch video:
goo.gl/lE2Ub
PeterBiles Peter Biles
#Libya. NTC leader #Jalil arrives in Tripoli. pic.twitter.com/KsYvqPM
ianinegypt:
The fight for Bani Walid & Sirte may be bogged down but we haven’t seen the Misrata boys’ full assault yet. #Libya
Mark
#FF take city of Ubari 180km s/w of Sabha wikimapia.org/#lat=26.6118579&lon=12.8028488&z=12&l=5&m=b
Jalil early Sat. in Misrata " amnesty deadline has expired, we won’t ext… www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJmsAWDKgU&fea... via @youtube
elpasolibre elpasolibre
If #Gaddafi asked 2 come n Guinea-Bissau, we welcome with open arms & will ensure his safety, said Mr. Gomes Junior (prime minister) #Libya
FromJoanne Joanne
#BANIWALID it appears the #NTC FF had underestimated how many Gaddafitroops are situated in BW this may take longer then anticipated #Libya
#TRIPOLI #Jalil was mobbed by crowd in Mitiga airport Fistfight between 2 guards was knockeddown by MetalDetector and a Potted Plant #Libya
NATO; “All I can Confirm is that #NATO have been operating in #BaniWalid area 2day but we cannot comment on current ops activities #Libya
#BANIWALID : 2 #NTC Commanders Killed +2 FF injured an NTC official said 4 0r 5 civilians had died in overnight fighting #Libya
Watch #TRIPOLI LIVE NOW goo.gl/RvxoT #Libya #Jalil #Happy #NTC #Singing #Chanting
#Jalil in Press Conference today in #MISRATA VIDEO Jalil; " Amnesty deadline has expired, we won’t extend it" youtube.com/watch?v=rrJmsA… #Libya
Security is extremely tight because Gaddafi had offered half a million LD to kill Jalil. #Tripoli #Libya
rcolebourn Richard Colebourn
Been to see Saif Gaddafi’s last hiding place in #Tripoli. Found his bedroom and room for bodyguards + receipts for 144 Kalashnikovs #Libya
A friend and supporter tells us she’s spoken to him but that she now fears for her life after threats. More on #bbcnews tonight on BBC One
Joanne
It looks like #Libya loves Mustafa Abdel #Jalil #FreeLove
General Ahmed Hisnawi FF Head ofsouthern command. "Gaddafi has 3 to 4000 ppl around him we know where he is We will catch him #Sabha #Libya
#NTC commanders believe Gaddafi moves aroundn within 40sq mile patch nr #Sebha Saif alIslam + Mutassim may b with or close 2 him #Libya
#NTC General Hisnawi says; #Sebha is armed 2 the teeth led by Gaddafi’sSecurity close ally General #MassoudAbdelhafid #Libya
#Libya: Rebels dig in for the long haul as push for #Sirte postponed goo.gl/nVknw
#SEBHA Resident; Green flags fly on top of police stations Snipers r in position Gangs of mercenaries roam streets Supplies r low #Libya
#RadioDiffusionPortuguese;If Gaddafi asks 2come to #Guinea #Bissau we will Welcome him with Open Arms and we will ensure his Security #Libya
BANI WALID UPDATE:
explosions. possible nato bombing #libya #baniwalid
heavy fighting erupted around el saidi school #libya #baniwalid
snipers on the telecommunication building #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters approaching the main eastern road. foreign reporters on northern road #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi’s guys took positions near el mardom road #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys moving around sof el jin .road?? #libya #baniwalid
request: locate places. hard to understand bani walid accent #libya #baniwalid
where is the court? gaddafi snipers took positions there #libya #baniwalid
negotiators smuggled sat. phones. thanx #libya #baniwalid
local phones not working #libya #baniwalid
help: what’s the road name near the central bank? #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys took positions on both sides of sof el jin #libya
gaddafi guys: oct. uni, c. bank, mall, tele, court #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi snipers on houses left ashmikh rd. #libya #baniwalid
heavy presence of gaddafi guys in commercial area #libya
help: what’s the name of the commercial area? #libya #baniwalid
help: where is el zaytona hotel? snipers there #libya #baniwalid
ppl communicate verbally #libya #baniwalid
clayclai Clay Claiborne
by hominoid555
Some “leftists” use historic Libyan racism as a weapon against the revolution, I see the revolution as a weapon against racism #Libya #Feb17
Ibn Omar
by hominoid555
I love how #Assad lovers are also #Gaddafi lovers. Well according to Islam, you will be with those u love in the afterlife. #Libya #Syria
ianinegypt Ian Lee
Misrata fighters I’ve talked to are reluctant but ready to attack Sirte and Bani Walid saying they’ve shed enough blood. #Libya
BREGA Whose crude oil production ground to a halt earlier this year will resume production by mid-week.
timlohrentz Tim Lohrentz
As in much of subSaharan Africa, Gaddafi built many wells/infrastructure in Guinea Bissau. Corrupt gov welcomed drug trafficers.
4Adam
Trahouni ‘The amount of damage G created in 6 months is huge’ ‘we have a lot of work ahead of us’ ‘oil production will be resumed in 3 days’
ITN: Nato airstrikes ‘target’ #Gaddafi stronghold #Bani #Waleed goo.gl/3ZamR #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
BRK: Libya names Kamal Bashir Dam head of the supreme court #Libya
Mai
thank u Zawia 4 ur suffering that thaughtus how 2 b brave, thank u Misrata for teaching us how 2 persist 2 reach ur goal
thank u Zintan for not giving up, Thank u Nafusa for ur unity and sacrifices,….
thank u all Libyan for getting rid of that dictator, Now is the time 2 prove 2 the world that we can build the country
Sunday Observer
Tea exports to the Middle East have picked up amidst the turmoil in the region, tea exporters said.
They said the crisis in the region has caused delays in shipments and payments during the past six months which has been a turbulent period for many countries.
Exporters said the tension in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Tunisia, the main buyers of Ceylon Tea had an adverse effect on the market due to the logistics and payments being hampered. A large volume of Ceylon Tea is exported to the Middle East in bulk and value added form annually. Exports of tea to Iraq last year were 13m kgs, Iran 27m kgs, Syria 26m kgs, Jordan 16m kgs and Libya 10m kgs.
More:
www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/09/11/fin01.asp
HodaAH Hoda Abdel-Hamid
FFs nearing to #Harawa.pb of civilians trapped there. no food &medical supplies going in. accuse GF using them as human shields.#roadtoSirte
IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
Still waiting for #gaddafi’s millions of people he armed to defend him………. O wait….. #Libya
ChangeInLibya Ismael Zmirli
Wow, the Tripoli NTC member on AJA right now looks exactly like a pre-deepfried version of Ali Abdallah Saleh
IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
Ppl claim that NATO does all the work and rebels move in. NATO can’t do squat against infantry, only vehicles. Where’s the millions? #Libya
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
A Video of freedom fighters launch assault on #Bani Walid telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews… via @Telegraph #Libya
Sarah
#ArabSpring You say ? What is unstoppable and destroyed all dictators ? #ArabStorm I would say. #Sept17 #Algeria you’re next .. Soon isA.
In western Libya, Ben Wedeman discovers a warehouse of chemical agents & mysterious weapons. youtu.be/0AYiqoAIhxs
Triploli scream
I posted 3 photos on Facebook in the album “عيد ميلاد ملاك | تصوير – اسراء” fb.me/1fH2govg6
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
#Libya will produce gas and oil, not simultaneously, from Sharara and Wafa, Libya’s interim oil & finance minister Ali Tarhouni said today
LIBTRIP Tarek Alwan
On Tuesday or Wednesday #Libya start at Sarir and Mesla (oilfields), #Libya’s interim oil and finance minister Ali Tarhouni said today
IamLibya somaya kalla
Sigh youtube.com/watch?v=31QSb_…
Beautiful article: Libya: The Promise of Allah is Always True www.suhaibwebb.com/society/internationa... via @suhaibwebbsite Hold Tight To The Rope Of Allah #Libya
Dernawiya Hanan
PICS: Children mass march in free Zliten. t.co/NmXbDG90 #Libya
FraCicardi Francesca Cicardi
Was supposed to fly from #Misrata to #Cairo but from TODAY #Tripoli airport is open,so will fly from there…will inaugurate the route!
#Libya says assets are safe – The National thenational.ae/business/energ…
War, as the saying goes, is full of false alarms. -Aristotle
#BBC’s Andrew Harding reports from just outside #Bani Walid. 9.10.11 youtube.com/watch?v=qaYGI7… #Libya
fieldproducer Neal Mann
On my way out of #Libya…
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
#HowToCatchGaddafi: Catch a sewer rat and torture it until it tells us where his brother is. (aww,i wouldn’t torture a real rat,honest.)
jfoleyjourno James W. Foley
rebels repeled from initial assault on #baniwalid by girad rockets. May get inside by tomorrow with help NATO. casualties mounting
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
#HowToCatchGaddafi: Tell #Saif the cure to baldness turns out to be applying your father’s DNA from a harvested liver on the affected parts.
libyafidammi libya fidammi
#Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) to assist in boosting free media in #Libya: dc4mf.org/en/content/dcm…
operationlibyia LibyanLegends
truly man’s real enemy is themselves. greed, anger,hate, desire those are our enemies. when we can control them only then there can be peace
LibyaLiberty Hend Bashir Amry
#HowToCatchGaddafi: Send out a rumor that G bought out Twitter/Facebook and would be deleting it.A mob of millions would find him.
AFreeHuman McClane
haha, see HOW DESPERATE g-trolls r: “Resident of #BaniWalid states on Al-Rai satellite that #Nato is using Mustard Gas in town.” #Libya
Telegraph
UK selling snipers to Gaddafi just weeks before uprising began
Documents found by The Sunday Telegraph show that in December last year, Britain’s ambassador in Tripoli was directly encouraging high-ranking figures within the Libyan army to visit Britain and view military equipment, including rifles and machine guns.
Richard Northern, Britain’s top diplomat in the Libyan capital, was joined by Maj Gen Jonathan Shaw, the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence, for talks with the Libyan official in charge of buying weapons for Col Muammar Gaddafi’s army.
The same kind of guns were to be used weeks later by Gaddafi’s troops and security men to shoot demonstrators and residents in towns that joined the insurrection.
Read more:
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysecto...
inhiblibya samah dakhil
Many Africans were also victims of Gedaffi’s tyranny. Two of the men found in containers were Sudanese. #AllahYerhamhum
Arab Spring killed Al Qaida ideology. gulfnews.com/in-focus/9-11/arab-spring-...
#Gaddafi wife wants to buy a #hotel an abandoned in #Croatia. bit.ly/nro2VE #Libya #feb17"
BANI WALID UPDATES
snipers positioned from el zaytona hotel to court #libya baniwalid
it’d be bloody war. gaddafi guys in heart of bani walid #libya
freedom fighters (north) moving #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighters (east) moving #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys hid heavy machine guns in homes #libya #baniwalid
expecting bloody fighting after few hours #libya #baniwalid
aelicia says there r local freedom fighters #libya #baniwalid
it’s hard to get news from freedom fighters in south but they r moving #libya #baniwalid
people prefer names of tribes and clans rather than names of places #libya #baniwalid
no cars moving. no electricity #libya #baniwalid
hear a jet fighter #libya #baniwalid
heard a big explosion. nato bombing? #libya #baniwalid
THIS IS A MUST READ:
ALJAZEERA
Life during wartime: One family’s Tripoli
The Shtawi family remembers the rumours, espionage and military training that led to the fall of Gaddafi’s capital.
Inside Nuri Shtawi’s house in the upscale Ben Ashour neighbourhood of Tripoli, two rebel flags hang prominently in the sitting room. Barely two weeks have passed since fighters allied with the National Transitional Council (NTC) seized the Libyan capital, but members of the Shtawi family celebrate their new freedom easily.
Shtawi counted down, “one, two, three”, before the family shouted “Malashy, shafshoufa”.
It’s the catchphrase of Tripoli’s uprising; shafshoufa is a nickname for Muammar Gaddafi, the ousted Libyan leader, in reference to his untamed curls. Malashy, shafshoufa roughly translates as “It’s nothing, Gaddafi!”
Outside the home, the alleyway that the Shtawis and their neighbours had barricaded to block regime troops was dark, empty and silent. The capital echoed with celebratory gunfire.
Zero hour
On the night of August 20, after six months of bloody revolution, the rebels were tightening their grip on Tripoli. Fighters allied with the NTC had seized Zawiya, 50km to the west, and were pushing closer to Gaddafi’s last stronghold.
In central Tripoli, the Shtawi family watched the news on television. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, chairman of the NTC, appeared on TV late in the evening.
“We have always called Tripoli the capital of a free Libya … and we are depending on you to protect your wealth, your ports and your national institutions,” said Jalil. “We have contacts with people from the inner circle of Gaddafi. All evidence shows that the end is very near, with God’s grace.”
Jalil’s remarks echoed through Tripoli homes like a battle cry.
“That was zero hour,” said Nuri Shtawi, business development manager for the Sahara Petroleum Services Company and one of the Tripoli uprising’s many informal organisers.
Shtawi’s nephew, Anis, a 21-year-old economics major at Tripoli University, took up an AK-47 he had kept hidden. Months earlier, he and his brother, Esam, had been taken to a farm outside Tripoli where a family friend who once served as a military bodyguard for a regime official taught the brothers how to shoot.
“Just pray for me, that I die as a martyr,” Anis told his father, Mohammed, a legal adviser for the Libya African Investment Company and another organiser.
Then he left, heading several kilometres east through the winding, darkened streets of the city centre, to a prearranged point near the al-Mahary Radisson Hotel. He would meet dozens of other armed men, most of them dressed in black.
Outside, the city’s mosques sang “God is great, God is great”. Amina, one of Mohammed’s daughters, described this as the night’s “beautiful moment”. Tripoli’s underground organisers, spread across neighbourhoods and connected in a web of ad-hoc committees, had asked the mosques to do so.
Then the Shtawis waited.
Crackdown begins
The fight for Tripoli began in February, when thousands of residents took to the streets in solidarity with Benghazi, the eastern center of resistance. Protesters there had overthrown the city’s military garrison and won the defection of Jalil, Gaddafi’s former justice minister, and Abdul Fattah Younis, former interior minister. In Tripoli, things would not go so quickly.
Esam, a 21-year-old dental school, went to the central Green Square on February 20. The plaza, traditionally a rallying site for Gaddafi and supportive crowds, was for a brief moment flooded with shocked protesters.
“People went because they thought Gaddafi was gone,” he said. “We heard that he went to Venezuela. We were so happy.”
But as Esam looked on, Gaddafi’s security forces entered the square. They brought anti-aircraft guns and turned them on the unarmed protesters.
“There was a big stage, and there were lots of people on [it]. The brigades came from the side streets and started shooting people. All the people on the stage were killed,” he said.
Schoolyard battlegrounds
The Shtawi family, like many others in Libya’s well-educated upper class, has long borne a grudge against Gaddafi and his policies. They look with nostalgia upon the Libya that existed before the 1969 revolution and display black-and-white photos of family members dressed in suits and dresses, posing on clean, tree-lined boulevards. They emphasise how the country once looked like a Western nation.
Under Gaddafi’s dictates, the Shtawis lost ownership of four shops and two properties.
“I was praying all the time to get rid of him,” said Khadija Shtawi Mawal, Mohammed and Nuri’s 90-year-old mother. “He destroyed everything. He’s like a sword in my heart.”
Mohammed graduated from Benghazi University’s law college in 1976, at a time when anti-Gaddafi protests had been met with deadly police violence. After graduating, he spent 40 days in jail for his suspected opposition sympathies. The next year, some of his fellow students would be hanged in Benghazi’s main square, a ritual that continued into the 1980s.
Despite gestures toward reform by Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s most-prominent son, and a
recent rapprochement with the West, Gaddafi’s decades-old “cultural revolution” could be felt even in 2011. Secondary school students were still required to take classes on jamahiri thought, the philosophy espoused in Gaddafi’s Green Book.
Once the uprising broke out in February, schools became an ideological battleground.
Nada Shtawi, Nuri’s 18-year-old daughter and a student at Ali Seyada Secondary School, told how teachers brought in regime representatives to berate the “rude people” of Benghazi and lead students in pro-Gaddafi chants.
Nada, her friends and most of the student body, she said, were opposed to the regime. They would gather outside after school and yell their own slogans such as “Muammar Gaddafi, get out”, “Libya is free” and “Our blood is not cheap”.
Pro-Gaddafi students approached Nada and her friends every day, demanding the names of the girls who supported the revolution.
“They told us, ’We’re going to kill you. We’ll find your family,’” she said.
Amina, one of Mohammed’s daughters and a 20-year-old English student at university,
recalled how loyalist students at her school told her not to drink the water, because people from Benghazi had poisoned it.
“A lot of my friends, their parents work with Muammar, and very closely,” she said. “One girl’s family left for Morocco during the first week.”
Welcoming the bombs
Beginning in March, when NATO air strikes began targeting regime bunkers, offices and military camps in and around the capital, the family rejoiced. Neighbourhood boys could be heard whistling, a way of cheering the jets, and some families wrote “Thank you, NATO” on their rooftops.
The family believed intervention was necessary and did not fear the disastrous invasion that Saif al-Islam and other regime officials had warned would follow.
“If NATO didn’t come, Benghazi, Misrata, Zawiya, even some places here in Tripoli were going to be destroyed,” Nada said. “We were very worried. Misrata people had suffered through so much, and Brega was hard to get because it was important. But we were so sure that Muammar Gaddafi would not come back and rule us. If the West wanted Gaddafi then they wouldn’t bring NATO to get rid of him, they wouldn’t spend money for nothing.”
The family was not worried about post-Gaddafi Libya becoming an “Iraq situation,” Nuri said.
“America and Europe will not invade any country again; it’s an old fashioned way of war,” he said. “We know they want to invest. It’s OK.”
As the bombs fell, the girls protested at school. Wala, Nuri’s 16-year-old daughter, used coloured pencils to draw a clenched fist holding a streaming rebel flag and hid it
under her bed.
Meanwhile, the men planned.
Inside intelligence
Mohammed propped a scrapbook on his knees that contained dozens of stiff red pages; a piece of white paper had been carefully clipped to each one. The pages bore the eagle stamp of the Gaddafi regime, and those that Mohammed showed bore marks indicating they had come from the Internal Security agency.
Each one was a transcript of a recorded phone conversation, Mohammed said. Most of the conversations took place during the past six months of fighting. They had been leaked to Tripoli’s rebel organisers by friends inside the regime. Mohammed declined to allow the transcripts to be photographed or copied, but he read out the contents of some.
In one conversation, two men named Abdelfattah and Abdelbaset, speak by phone
about “small ships coming by sea”.
“How are the sheep?” Abdelbaset asked.
“They’re fine, thanks be to God,” Abdelfattah responded. “But listen: One of the female sheep has a toothache.”
The sheep referred to weapons, Mohammed said, and the toothache indicated the men believed they had a spy in their ranks.
In another conversation, dated July 17, a man phoned his friend to say he had spotted 70 cars with mounted Grad rockets and 106mm recoilless rifles leaving the southern town of Gatroun on the way to a place called Om al-Aranub.
“We have 600 cars,” the man said, suggesting he is a rebel field commander. “We’re a big force, but the men are not well trained. We need help from NATO.”
The regime convoy came from the direction of al-Wigh, a nearby town with an airbase, he said. “If you need the coordinates, I’ll send them to you in a message.”
Nuri and Mohammed said rebel organisers in Tripoli had hundreds of contacts in various offices within the regime willing to help. The evidence of leaked files, access to weapons and the speed and scope of the uprising in the capital suggest they told the truth.
Many of the insiders wanted to abandon the government but were convinced to stay, Nuri said. Those who remained with Gaddafi proved invaluable, tipping off organisers when they heard of plans to arrest a member of the opposition leadership.
Nuri and Mohammed stayed out of military affairs. Instead, they spread news to Libyans and foreign media, sent money to Misrata and medical camps in Tunisia, and prepared their neighourhoods.
They produced pamphlets, handed out in secret, that gave instructions on how women
might combat rape attempts. One pamphlet advised, “Tell him, ‘Imagine this is your sister, or your mother.’ Look him in the face”.
They argued with friends and neighbours to convince them that NATO’s intervention was good.
“We wanted people to be patient, pray. We told them why we want to get rid of Gaddafi, not get him necessarily, but his philosophy,” Nuri said.
Victory at last
As the mosques chanted “God is great” on August 20, Anis and his companions fired their guns in the air to draw out Gaddafi’s forces. In the streets, alleys and midans of a seaside neighbourhood called Zawiyat al-Dahmani, they waited.
Soon, four cars bearing anti-aircraft guns and around 25 men came down Anis’s
street. His men opened fire with their assault rifles, and the heavy regime weapons blasted back. From cover, some of the young fighters hurled petrol bombs and joulateen, cans packed with TNT that traditionally have been used for fishing.
Some of the regime troops went down, and two fighters with Anis were injured. The retreating loyalist forces left the bodies of their fighters behind and fired a rocket-propelled grenade in an attempt to destroy a remaining anti-aircraft gun the rebels were trying to seize.
The fighting lasted from sunset until the next morning. Eventually, the rebels surrounded the remaining government troops. They took 11 prisoners, including two women.
At 1 pm, they lifted the rebel flag over the Supreme Court building.
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
A car fired at algheran check point west of #Tripoli last night with no casulties. FFs are investgiateing
sms from the #NTC warning ppl from Pro G including abdullah senusi may b driving under cover using taxi crs around the city to atack ppl
this is the sms sent by #NTC who knows
Gave this no to call in case suspected in any thing and offering prize to info lead capture any Pro G officials 0214903716
the mystrios way of dealing with G men made them like ghosts and they might b like cats with 9 souls in media
SkyNews changed the term from rebel to ex-rebel then anti-gaddafi and now #FF. Whats next? #libya
BANI WALID
the area around bani walid looks like the death valley in america #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys took positions in densely populated areas around sof , ashmakh and el dohar #libya #baniwalid
realDonaldTrump Donald J. Trump
US should have told Libya “Rebels” - give us 50% of your oil for our military support.
Emo Libya
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@realDonaldTrump How greedy are you? How inhuman are you? How selfish are you? No limit
Emo
#BeniWalid should have been stormed by FFs same time with #Tripoli. This wasn’t well planned and thought of. Now the cost will be higher.
Again, we’re backing the #NTC but we have the right to criticize it when its members make mistakes. They’re humans and not perfect. #Libya
Are we going back to use the chess term #Stalemate? #BeniWalid #Sirte #Libya
AbdelJalil:
Deadline 4 peaceful resolution expired, won’t b extended. Situation now in hands of fighters #Libya www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJmsAWDKgU
Jonny_Hallam Jonny Hallam
‘previous rebels’ still ok? ;)
ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Libya interim govt chief in Tripoli for first time is.gd/9wrgxQ #Libya
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
Almost every thing is set to be working fine in #Tripoli gas water elec shops and in the way of improving security by catching the G crmnlas
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
arrai G tv broadcusting a massage that #Sirte & #BaniWalid are safe & not to blv media & every thing under control just stop trerorin childr
BANI WALID
gaddafi guys hiding in olive farms near the cemetery #libya
snipers positioned from el zaytona hotel to court #libya baniwalid
4Adam Adam Anfosi
Trahouni ‘The amount of damage G created in 6 months is huge’ ‘we have a lot of work ahead of us’ ‘oil production will be resumed in 3 days’
2011feb17 Tweeting Tripoli
Gaddafi had a sand box house. He’s the one speaking on the phone far left! What’s dead in his head? yfrog.com/h4bsbsij
Students from Tripoli university (Medical school) during a campaign of voluntary work. yfrog.com/ny7maaj
#Sebha wounded #FF leg held together with a piece of wood.extreme lack of medicines facebook.com/pages/%D8%A7%D… via Almanara FB
Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
AbdelSalam Jalud getting involved in anyway in Feb17 is like Gaddafi defecting against himself #feb17 #libya
I really hope many cities and areas of Libya create their own TV channels to highlight & give voice to local issues #feb17 #libya
Libya_United Libya_Awake_United
#julatina is effective hand made bomb made by extracting TNT from bombs old mines & bombs,used during #Tripoli sige to atak G forces
IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
i.imgur.com/uZHmE.gif new footage of #gaddafi walking around a mall. #libya #feb17
Aisha
#Saif Gaddafi’s #Tripoli hideout and the fears of his supporters: bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr… #Libya RT @rcolebourn
Weapons found in in one of Gaddafi’s loyalists farms
The Aspide is an Italian medium range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile produced by Selenia (now part of the Alenia consortium). It is provided with semi-active radar-homing seeker. It is very similar to the American AIM-7 Sparrow, but, at the moment of its introduction, the Aspide was provided with monopulse guide instead of the conic scan, which made it more resistant to ECM and more precise. This innovation appeared on the Sparrows only with the late AIM-7M version.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QB1ZVN2Nt8&fea...
BANI WALID:
local ppl know where gaddafi guys r #libya #baniwalid
underground rooms under official buildings #libya #baniwalid
no enough food and medicine. shops were closed today #libya #baniwalid
it’s midnight and i’m exhausted #libya #baniwalid
no mustard gas as pro-gaddafi say #libya #baniwalid
i haven’t seen mustard gas used by nato #libya #baniwalid
freedom fighter wear casual clothes and eat simple food. no bulletproof suits and helmets #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys don’t keep prisoners of war #libya #baniwalid
heavy fighting erupted in north. rockets fired #libya #baniwalid
witness: car with wounded people arrived at main hospital #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys took positions around ashmikh road in town center #libya #baniwalid
missiles fell on the bridge over el wadi #libya #baniwalid
clashes south of airport road #libya #baniwalid
i guess freedom fighters r closing in #libya #baniwalid
we hear not see. it’s so dark #libya #baniwalid
there r few fronts and internal clashes #libya #baniwalid
gaddafi guys took positions in & around october uni #libya #baniwalid
report: syrian tv says gaddafi is leading battles against the ‘rats’. where? #libya #baniwalid
live2Tripoli live2Tripoli
I was in #Tripoli before the revolution People rarely threw trash in the bin Now they do Change has happened change is happening. #Libya
4Adam Adam Anfosi
What disgraceful! Dr. Jibril was stopped during his speech in Zintan when he thanked FF of Jebal Nafusa “not Nafusa, it’s al Gharrbi” #Libya
Some ppl in Zintan don’t like the term ‘Nafusa’ becuse it’s a Berber name they prefer Gaddafi created name “al Gharbi (western)”
Just I didn’t like the way they ’ corrected’ Jibril. They can call the mountain whatever they want.
VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fu_RL6jwTM
RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
#Tripoli: If you need a central security unit please call 1515 from any landline or cell phone. #Libya #Feb17
@Cuba will not Recognize Transitional Council in #Libya (and no one cares) cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.…
#Tripoli: #Cuba embassy should be made into a public restroom. That way everytime someone flushes they send their regards to Castro. #Libya
feb17libya Feb17Libya
by LibyaSteadfast
CNN Video: Suffocating the Libyan opposition Graphic content bit.ly/noIb1V #libya
MORE MASS GRAVES FOUND:
Sirtawi
Hussein Jazouy, Leader of Omar Mukhtar #FF brigade, E front line: The more we approach #Sirte, the more we find mass graves.
Hussein Jazouy: Yesterday we found a mass grave of 159 bodies, and 11 the day before. #FreeSirte #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
Hussein Jazouy: Bodies were of #FFs that were arrested in 100s during second battle for BinJawad. #gaddaficrimes
Hussein Jazouy: Many teenagers among Gaddafi forces on the eastern front line of #Sirte