Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 6, Part 2 (World Silence)

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 6, Part 2 (World Silence)

The world’s 100 largest arms dealers, excluding Chinese vendors, sold weapons for $401 billion in 2009, with US vendors remaining in first place

Today's threads: Part 1

Threads for previous days are in my journal

To make sure the Army doesn't swing the revolution to the people, with the silent complicity of world leaders more concerned about the stability of oil prices than people's lives, Qaddafi has brought in more than 35,000 North African mercenaries specifically from Chad, Nigeria, Guinea and Darfur. There's a Facebook video of a captured mercenary from Chad (Youtube here). Captured mercenaries confessed they were paid between $12,000 - $30,000 each. Today pamphlet ads were found in Nigeria offering them $2000/day for their savage work.

Is Qaddafi the only one paying these mercenaries? Or are EU governments, with their long history of hiring mercenaries, chipping in? I demand to know.

LibyanThinker The Libyan Thinker
Remains of Soldiers Burned to Death for Not Shooting Protesters in #Libya http://www.twitvid.com/YXKOT & http://tinyurl.com/4d6a57n

MAP of Protests across the Middle East

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Libya

F22 - - - Bahi Sidra 20 46 -
F23 - - - Defa Ras Lanuf 14, 24, 30 251 -
F24 - - - Gialo, Fahra Sidra 30, 32 550 -
F25 - - - ELephant field Melita 30 726 -
F26 - - - Jebel Marsa El Brega 24, 36 204 -
F27 - - - Majid, Nafora, Amal Marsa El Hariga 34 - -
F28 - - - Majid, Nafora, Amal Ras Lanuf 14, 20, 32, 30, 36 427 -
F29 - - - Rimal, Intisar Zuetina 30, 40 347 -
F30 - - - Sabah Dahra 10 - -
F31 - - - Wafa field Melita 20 46 -
F32 - - - Wafa Sidra 24 427 -
F30 - - - Bu Attifel Intisar 20, 34 360 -
F31 - - - Defa Marsa El Brega 30, 36 299 -
F3210 - - Khoms Melita 34 25 -
F33 - - - Marsa El Brega KhomsIntisar - 670 -
F34 - - - Raguba KM110 20 86 -
F35 - - - Sarir Gialo - - -
F36 - - - West Libya Gas Project Wafa field Melita

Please rec if you read these so I know if the effort here is worth it.

[sabrina 1]

1. Reposting again: Finally the UN makes a move:

@AlanFisher
Alan Fisher
#UN Security Council to hold closed-door meeting on Tuesday to discuss crisis in #Libya.
6 minutes ago

[Ghost Dog]

4. no-fly zone is an immediate necessicity

11:09 am Former British Foreign Minister Lord David Owen tells us that he believes a "military intervention" in the form of a no-fly zone is an immediate necessicity in Libya.

/... http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/02/22/live-blog-libya-feb-22

[Catherina]

6. The UN's not going to do anything but look out for the interests of the G5

I have no faith in them. Not when 3 countries of the G5 (France, Germany, and the UK) are only concerned about their access to oil.

Sarkozi, Berlusconi and Cameron are reprehensible worms. Add to that Sarkozi and Berlusconi's well-documented contempt of their former colonial North African servants.

I feel sick Sabrina. The Libyan people have two choices now, they can tough it out until they push that tyrant and his complicit international accomplices out and reclaim their country to rebuild it their way or be under the tyrannical heel of the UN where Haiti serves as a glowing example of what UN intervention brings.

The only thing I want from the UN is Qaddafi's bank accounts frozen, Qaddafi number 1 on Interpol's list, and no strings humanitarian help

Edit to add
and an immediate no fly zone, the death of the military industrial complexes of the G5 and all in post 17.

[sabrina 1]

72. I am sick too and agree with everything you just said., Catherina.

If the people don't tough it out, they will be killed and tortured anyhow.

I hope they don't suffer the same fate as Haiti, but I know they have no structure for self rule. Otoh, they seem to be smart, informed people and what is to stop them from building a structure themselves with the help of say, Egypt, Tunisia and other Arab nations that surround them?

The last thing they need is more Colonialism, which is what produced Qaddafi in the first place.

I have just come across what to me is a shocking cable from Wikileaks on how the U.S. was discussing giving Qaddafi nuclear power and more weapons. I have not finished researching this yet to see if it was done, but WE the U.S. are complicit in this slaughter and it will not help to deny it anymore. We ARE the bad guys, which is why we stand on the sidelines as the people rise up against our 'business partners' all over the globe.

[pinboy3niner]

18. U.N. Security Council mtg on Libya to start at 9 AM in New York

Per a Bloomberg report posted by maddezmom in LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4742741

[Catherina]

2. Gaddafi pops on screen for 15 seconds… (from earlier today)

Gaddafi pops on screen for 15 seconds…

Posted on February 22, 2011 by admin

The much anticipated speech to be given by Gaddafi was over in 15 seconds. He appeared sitting in what looked like an armoured jeep parked in the vicinity of a damaged building, most probably his old house which was bombed in April 1986. He announced that he would’ve liked to spend the evening with the youth in Green Square but that the rain had stopped him from doing that. He also confirmed that he was here, in Tripoli, and that viewers should not believe the stray dogs reporting otherwise (referring to TV stations/news networks).

This is what the BBC wrote in next to their live stream:

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0008: Almost as soon as Col Gaddafi appeared on the screen he disappeared. State TV now showing partiotic images of marching soldiers and playing Arabic music.
0011: Reuters quotes Col Gaddafi: “I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela.”

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0022: Former British Foreign Secretary Lord Owen tells the BBC Col Gaddafi is “unbalanced” and that the situation in Libya now represents a direct threat to world peace.

http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=1585

Thank you Lord Owen. Finally someone with some sense instead of meek statements about being *concerned* over excessive force as if we were just talking about internal riot police throwing tear gas at protesters.

Video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB-NO40T3p0

[sabrina 1]

7. From CNN:

@SaeedCNN
Saeed Ahmed
Opposition: Security forces have cordoned off Tripoli suburb of Fashloom & are shooting at ppl trying to pick up bodies in the street #Libya
7 minutes ago

Bastards, monsters, ghouls.

More reports of the UN meeting tomorrow, demands that they declare a no-fly zone over Libya to stop them from bombing their own people. We'll see.

@Umm_Issa
Natalya
Libyan ambassador in Bangladesh resigns & says his family in Tripoli have been threatened #Libya
20 minutes ago

Maybe he should have waited 'til he got them out.

[sabrina 1]

3. Doctors seeing 'inhuman wounds'

@leila_na
Leila Nachawati
Head of #Libya Doctors: "We are seeing wounds produced by weapons that I don´t think have been used against human beings before" #Feb17
11 hours ago

Monsters!

[pinboy3niner]

5. NYT: Qaddafi’s Grip Falters as His Forces Take On Protesters

Qaddafi’s Grip Falters as His Forces Take On Protesters

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MONA EL-NAGGAR
Published: February 22, 2011

<snip>
Hundreds of Qaddafi supporters took over the central Green Square in the capital after truckloads of militiamen arrived and opened fire on protesters, scattering them. Residents said they now feared even emerging from their houses.

“It was an obscene amount of gunfire,” said one witness. “They were strafing these people. People were running in every direction.”

<snip>

Two residents said planes had been landing for 10 days ferrying mercenaries from African countries to an air base in Tripoli. The mercenaries had done much of the shooting, which began Sunday night, they said. Some forces were using particularly lethal, hollow-point bullets, they said.

“The shooting is not designed to disperse the protesters,” said one resident, who wanted to be identified only as Waleed, fearing for his security. “It is meant to kill them.”

Read more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/world/africa/23libya.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

****The protesters reportedly have issued a list of demands, "calling for a secular interim government led by the army in cooperation with a council of Libyan tribes."****

[defendandprotect]

68. kr --

[Catherina]

8. Photos of Tripoli protests aftermath 21 Feb

Tripoli protesters display shell casing of live ammunition used against them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ1_AIdBei8

Footage of Green Square after Saif Al Gaddafi’s speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovVfcdufrBo
This clip is from the heart of the city of Tripoli, what is known as Martyr’s square, and Green Square previously and Benghazi square currently.

This is the Square where that psychopath said he'd like to be with the youth had a few raindrops not stopped him from leaving his fortified bunker.

[Catherina]

9. mercenaries continue to be flown into #Libya aboard regime-controlled "African Airlines"

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
All reports confirm mercenaries continue to be flown into #Libya aboard regime-controlled "African Airlines". #Feb17
5 minutes ago


Hey international air traffic controllers. What's up? And the rest of you from the ground, shoot those planes down.

[Catherina]

10. Defected officer Qassem Najea: Gaddafi executed several officers in past days who to bomb, fire at p

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Defected officer Qassem Najea: Gaddafi executed several officers in past days who refused bombing protesters or firing @ them #libya #feb17
15 minutes ago

[Catherina]

11. Defected army officers confirms mercenaries were hired & asked specifically 2 go after civilians

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Defected army officers confirms that mercenaries were hired and asked specifically to go after civilians #libya #feb17
30 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

12. regime wants 2 use irrational violence 2 keep people off streets of #tripoli. If masses emerge, will

EnoughGaddafi Enough Gaddafi
The regime wants 2 use irrational violence 2 keep people off streets of #tripoli. If masses emerge, will b successful&gaddafi done #libya
3 hours ago

[pinboy3niner]

13. CNN Poll: Can Gadhafi's son prevent a civil war from breaking out in Libya?

No 92% 128,143

Yes 8% 11,774

Total votes: 139,917

http://www.cnn.com/

(Poll is halfway down on right side of page.)

[Catherina]

14. world's attention span must go beyond coverage. End this now or forever be accountable

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
This must stop now. The world's attention span must go beyond coverage. End this now or forever be accountabe. Silence is agreement. @UN
3 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

15. Tobruk threatening to cut off export of oil from Eastern Libya "if Qaddafi does not stop this massac

bencnn benwedeman
People in Tobruk threatening to cut off export of oil from Eastern #Libya "if Qaddafi does not stop this massacre."
3 minutes ago


JUST CUT IT OFF ALREADY, and then you'll see how fast the world steps in.

[Catherina]

16. Photo of African mercenaries in Jeeps:

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Photo of African mercenaries in Jeeps: http://j.mp/hdA6Te #Feb17 #Libya
1 minute ago





iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Another photo of African mercenaries in jeep: http://j.mp/eYWOGf #Feb17 #Libya
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

17. Immediate Intl Steps Needed 2 Stop Atrocities, new @CrisisGroup statement

astroehlein Andrew Stroehlein
by Sarahcarr
Immediate International Steps Needed to Stop Atrocities in #Libya - new @CrisisGroup statement http://bit.ly/fqbUNF
17 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Immediate International Steps Needed to Stop Atrocities in Libya

Brussels | 22 Feb 2011

With credible reports of concerted deadly attacks against civilians committed by Libyan security forces, including the use of military aircraft to indiscriminately attack demonstrators, the international community must respond immediately.

For members of the world community, many of whom long condoned authoritarian regimes in the Arab world and only fully backed the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings once the outcome had become clear, Libya presents a critical test. So far, the Libyan regime has offered its people no prospect beyond submission, civil war or a blood bath; its actions have condemned it in the eyes of its own people and of the world.

Many have already denounced the violent acts, but actions must now follow words. Crisis Group recommends the following urgent steps:

Imposing targeted sanctions against Muammar Qaddafi and family members as well as others involved in the repression, including an immediate assets freeze;

Offering safe haven to Libyan aircraft pilots and other security personnel who refuse to carry out illegal regime orders to attack civilians;

Cancelling all ongoing contracts and cooperation for the supply of military equipment and training to Libyan security forces;

Imposing an international embargo to prevent the sale and delivery of any military equipment or support to Libyan security forces while refraining from any commercial sanctions that could harm civilians;

In light of the intensity of the violence and its likely regional effects, the United Nations Security Council should:

strongly condemn Libya's resort to state violence against civilians and call on the Libyan government and security forces to immediately halt all such attacks and restore access for humanitarian flights to Libyan air space;

call on member states to take the above-mentioned actions;

establish an international commission of inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity in Libya since 1 February 2011, tasking it to investigate the conduct of the Libyan government and all its varied security forces, as well as allegations concerning the involvement of foreign mercenaries. The body should provide recommendations on steps to be taken by national and international authorities to ensure accountability for any crime;

plan the establishment of a no-fly zone under Chapter VII if aircraft attacks against civilians continue.

Individual nations, particularly those with close ties to Libya, and international actors -- such as the African Union, the Arab League, and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference -- should support these and other similar measures.

Moreover, Libya’s neighbours should open their borders to provide humanitarian aid and safe haven to the wounded and to those fleeing violence.

People throughout the region are claiming their rights. In several countries, their actions have led to relatively peaceful transitions or to renewed dialogue toward reform. Libya's leaders have chosen a different path, with devastating consequences for their citizens. How the international community responds could help determine whether others opt to heed their people's demands or choose to cling to power at a high, and terrifying, cost.

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2011/immediate-international-steps-needed-to-stop-atrocities-in-libya.aspx

[Catherina]

19. MEDIA: Eastern border is open for you to enter, no visas nothing. Please cover our story

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
MEDIA: Eastern border is open for you to enter, no visas nothing. Please cover our story. #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
48 seconds ago

[Catherina]

20. Eastern Libya is reported to be quiet. Reports on the rest of the country pending.

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Eastern Libya is reported to be quiet. Reports on the rest of the country pending. #libya #gaddaficrimes #feb17
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

21. Libyan security leading intimidation campaign to end protests

AlMasryAlYoum_E Al-Masry Al-Youm
Opposition leader: Libyan security leading intimidation campaign to end protests http://ow.ly/40XvR #Qadhafi #Protests #Libya
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

...

Fayez added that Libyan Foreign Minister Mousa Kosi, who headed the Libyan intelligence three years ago, is leading those security forces. Other brigades are led by al-Motassem, Qadhafi's son, and Mansour Daw, one of the officers close to him.

Security forces were seen distributing Kalashnikov rifles and bullets to the supporters of Qadhafi, according to Fayez.

He also said he has received information that thousands of Africans, from Mali and Niger, have been transported from neighboring Algerian deserts to Tripoli to help in the repression of protests.

Every African who arrives in Tripoli receives US$2000 in cash, Fayez claimed.

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/opposition-leader-libyan-security-leading-intimidation-campaign-end-protests

[Catherina]

22. Video: Heavy gunfire and clashes between #Libyappl+ soldiers vs mercenaries in Cyrene

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Heavy gunfire and clashes between #Libya soldiers and mercenaries in Cyrene, where army joined the poeple: http://j.mp/eYeWWE #Feb17
30 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply


Libya : Random Shootout Towards Ambulances and Protestors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JMvoMeDr6lY

[Catherina]

23. Khumus Taken Over by the ppl, (vid of chants saluting #Aljazeera & #Benghazi and denouncing #Gaddafi

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Video of chants in Khumus, city near #Tripoli; saluting #Aljazeera & #Benghazi and denouncing #Gaddafi: http://j.mp/e43wWK #Feb17 #Libya
28 minutes ago

Khumus Taken Over by Anti-Gaddafi Citizens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OY0UrI0jo

[Catherina]

24. Details about Libyan jets that defected to Malta

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Thanks @Mariechaon: Details about Libyan jets that defected to Malta: http://j.mp/fAV7st #Feb17 #Libya
26 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

SISMEC Crisis Note: Defecting Libyan Air Force Fighters Identified
by Southwest Initiative for the Study of Middle East Conflicts on Monday, February 21, 2011 at 6:14pm


Libyan Air Force Mirage F1ED no.508 "unscheduled landing" in Malta

Multiple news sources reported that a pair of Libyan Air Force jets landed at Malta's main airport in Valletta on Monday morning (02/20/2011), local time. SISMEC has identified the aircraft from serial model numbers (502 and 508) as French-manufactured Dassault Mirage F1ED fighter-bombers from a squadron stationed at the enormous Uqba ibn Nafi airbase (the former Wheelus Air Base under US control from 1943 to 1970), east of Tripoli.

...

From photographs it is also clear that each of the two aircraft was equipped with a pair of what appear to be French Matra rocket pods, each in turn fully loaded each with twenty-four 68mm SNEB rockets. Although the exact target is unknown at this time, a weapons load of 96 rockets with high-explosive or armor-piercing warheads would have caused immense carnage amongst any crowd caught in open or even sheltering in buildings such as mosques.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/southwest-initiative-for-the-study-of-middle-east-conflicts/sismec-identifies-defecting-libyan-air-force-fighters/153687968022078

[Catherina]

25. CNN managed to cross in, Washington Post is on the way and Aljazeera too.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
I guess you've heard that CNN managed to cross into #Libya; Washington Post is on the way and Aljazeera too. #Feb17
32 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

26. First CNN report out of eastern #Libya:

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
First CNN report out of eastern #Libya: http://j.mp/e9Hch0 confirms all of our reports. #Feb17
31 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Eastern Libya appears to be under opposition control
From Ben Wedeman, CNN Correspondent
February 22, 2011 -- Updated 1045 GMT (1845 HKT)

(VIDEO HERE - good video but is in Eastern Libya where things are calmer because anti Qaddifi ppl control it. unfortuantely neocon Wolf Blitzer's entire presence takes away from Ben's brave work)

Editor's note: CNN's Ben Wedeman is the first Western television correspondent to enter and report from Libya during the current crisis.

Eastern Libya (CNN) -- Groups of men in civilian clothing, armed with weapons ranging from shotguns to machine guns, guarded streets in eastern Libya on Monday as opposition leaders appeared to be in firm control of much of the region.

...

One man who identified himself as a resistance leader said he has been meeting with Libyan military commanders in the region, and that a large part of the army has joined the anti-government forces. An ammunition dump was burning in the nearby desert, apparently set afire by retreating government forces.

There appeared to be no single, unifying figure in charge of the revolt. People of all ages and tribal affiliations seemed to be taking part. One man told CNN that when government forces began using live ammunition against the protesters, it turned the whole community against them.

...

i have told CNN that warplanes and helicopters were conducting airstrikes around the capital. Libya's government denies that the aircraft were used against protesters, telling the state news agency that the strikes targeted other ammunition depots in remote areas.

...

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/21/libya.protest.east/index.html?hpt=T1

[Catherina]

27. Raw footage of mercenaries in Gharyan captured by army soldiers

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Raw footage of mercenaries in Gharyan captured by army soldiers: http://j.mp/g7glGA #Libya #Feb17
33 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8LCSilU0U

[Catherina]

28. Confirmed death toll so far has definitely exceeded 500. Confirmed injuries definitely 1000+

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Confirmed death toll so far has definitely exceeded 500. Confirmed injuries definitely 1000+. #Feb17 #Libya
38 minutes ago


Tripoli

[Catherina]

29. Tripoli calls for million-man protest despite yesterday's massacres

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Direct report from #Tripoli around an hour ago: Calm; calls for million-man protest at Green Square despite yesterday's massacres #Libya
35 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

30. Anyone can enter #Libya now from the #Egypt border, no visas or anything. Inform the media.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Once again: Anyone can enter #Libya now from the #Egypt border, no visas or anything. Inform the media. #Feb17
34 minutes ago

[Catherina]

31. very heavy clashes around Bab al Azizia compound; Gaddafi's residence in #Tripoli.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Got reports earlier this morning of very heavy clashes around Bab al Azizia compound; Gaddafi's residence in #Tripoli. #Feb17 #Libya
32 minutes ago

[Catherina]

32. Al Jazeera Arabic now speaking to AF Pilot Abdallah Mohammed

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
by phytolipide
Al Jazeera Arabic now speaking to Air Force Pilot Abdallah Mohammed at Benghazi Airport describing his refusal to bombard protesters. #Libya
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

33. Abdallah Mohammed statements

Abdallah Mohammed: We refused to bombard Benghazi, I am saying a prayer to the martyrs of our beloved & free #Libya

Abdallah Mohammed: We received orders via Free Officers, I cannot name them, they told us of orders to bomb Benghazi & asked us our opinions

Abdallah Mohammed: We said 'No, these are our sons & sisters there'. There were armed mercenaries there, but the crowds overpowered them

Abdallah Mohammed: We immediately took off in the planes & we did not carry out the bombing, other pilots told us they did the same.

[Catherina]

34. Red Crescent/Cross in #Palestine is willing to send aid to Libya, 2 arrange

RamallahNow Ramallah
by asa_wire
Red Crescent/Cross in #Palestine is willing to send aid to Libya, if you want to help, DM me, #Ramallah #Libya #Feb17 #Jan25
1 hour ago

[Catherina]

35. #Anonymous issues statement in solidarity with #Libya protesters

AJELive AJELive
by TuniPolitique
Hacktivist group #Anonymous issues statement in solidarity with #Libya protesters: http://j.mp/g1dtCj
11 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

A message of Solidarity from Anonymous to #Libya
Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

Dear United Nations:

Anonymous wishes you to act.

We are watching the developments in Libya and are shocked.
Shocked by the images we’ve seen.
Shocked by the things Libya’s Anons have told us.
Shocked by the fact that one man ignores the voices of his citizens and opens fire on them.
Shocked by the fact that even with generals and diplomats deserting, this man is still ignoring the will of his people and unwilling to accept their human rights

People ought not have to fear their leaders; leaders ought to fear their people. In too many places, though, this is currently not the case. A grasping dictator has taken an army to the skies and the streets to shed blood of people whom he should be protecting. Some of them have bravely refused, and thereby done their part; when will the UN do theirs?

We just want the people to be free. Please help us help them. Again, this is not an attack, but rather a bid for your full attention, which ought to be directed towards assisting Libyans in their quest for liberty.

The United Nations has the power to prevent this egregious loss of life, but it must act quickly and decisively to do so, contrary to its usual habits.

We ask not for meetings or referenda. Rather, we demand that you implement the following measures and do so in a manner that will minimize the loss of life among civilians and put an end to the rule of this degenerate tyrant.

1. Provide a blanket no-fly zone to prevent state controlled aircraft from bombing civilians.
2. Provide secured transport of medical supplies to major population centers.
3. Announce the implemention of these measures within 24 hours.

That world which you claim to protect is watching and will respond accordingly.

We are Anonymous
We are Legion.
We do not forget,
We do not forgive.

Expect us.

http://feb17.info/media/anonymous/

[pinboy3niner]

36. UN rights chief warns Libya of 'crimes against humanity'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4742814

[Catherina]

37. Gheddafi why don't you fuckin NUKE us and thats it? take the fucking OIL!

Tuesday 22/2/11 (1)

N*****

Gheddafi why don't you fuckin NUKE us and thats it? take the fucking OIL!

N*****

why don't u just do it ? I'm feeling weak helpless ..I'm crying not because I've seen death passing infront of my eyes for the second time in cpl of days. not because if i didn't move in 3 second i'd receive that bullet in my chest but i'm crying because I've witnessed the biggest genocide in the entire History .. because I've seen women crying babies scared ..because you made my mom hug me and cry before i leave home and when i get back i find her shaking and crying that i might not come home again instead of usual smile .. because you made my sister to go through that and to close her door with a letter outside saying..i was born in 1997 i lived until today please don't kill me. am crying because i can't do no fuckin thing to stop this crazy evil i'm crying because we had to gather in our streets to the late nights not to guard our houses but infact waiting to get killed ..but i promise you..we will never back down!


http://www.unitedshades.org.uk/please-spread-the-message-they-are-being-massacred-and-want-people-to-know.aspx

[Catherina]

38. Please don't leave us alone to die, A massacre took place when mourners tried to head to cemetery

USoBritain USoB
"A massacre took place yesterday when mourners tried to head to cemetry" #Libya http://bit.ly/fFwZgU Please RT
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Tuesday 22/2/11 (3)

A massacre took place yesterday when mourners tried to head to cemetry of al andalusi in tajoura. Snipers shot at them and those who fall down in streets ppl couldn't get them until late night because snipers were ready to shoot anyone dead bodies were left in street for hours Aljazeera has announced this thanks to those who spoke to aljazeera. World PLEASE ACT NOW!! We need actions not words. We are figting but we defo gonna lose it as they have fighters in the skies and everything in the ground. Now it's calm apart from ssome helicopters in and out the city but they might attack us at any point I beg media ppl and every one in the world to speak out it's just gonna Giva us power and increase our moral stamina most libyans know ppl in the world can't really push their governments however we will be happy to hear ppl in the world holding soldarity campaigns and we are not left alone to die

[Catherina]

39. opposition Libyan's daughter kidnapped & house raided after media interview

AlArabiya_Eng Al Arabiya English
by Beltrew
An opposition Libyan says his daughter has been kidnapped & his house raided after his yesterday’s interview with Alarabiya #alarabiya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

40. Khamees Brigade is desparate & dangerous - young brainwashed troops who think Gaddafi is God

Supporting17Feb 17 February
by Beltrew
Khamees Brigade is desparate & dangerous - young brainwashed troops who think Gaddafi is God & are chanting that #tripoli #libya #feb17
1 minute ago


Khamees Brigade under charge of Qaddafi's sons.

[Catherina]

41. Next tweets; names of the 3 army generals for a possible military coup against Gaddafi.

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Next tweets will the be the names of the three army generals to keep an eye out for in #Libya for a possible military coup against Gaddafi.
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

42. Abu Bakr Younis Jaber, Chief of Libyan Army, rumoured to be under house arrest.

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
1- Abu Bakr Younis Jaber, Chief of Libyan Army since the late 1970's, long time Gaddafi ally, now rumoured to be under house arrest. #Libya
1 minute ago

also Member of Libyan Revolutionary Council

Reported yesterday as being under house arrest
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=471876&mesg_id=472021

[Catherina]

43. Lieutenant Abdel Fatah Younis El Obeidi, Minister of Public Security, w\ protesters

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
2- Lieutenant Abdel Fatah Younis El Obeidi, Minister of Public Security, rumoured to have joined the protests. Whereabouts unknown. #Libya
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

44. Al Mahdi Al Arabi, Deputy Chief of Staff, failed coup?, house arrest

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
3- Al Mahdi Al Arabi, Deputy Chief of Staff, rumoured to be under house arrest, also rumoured to have lead a failed coup attempt. #Libya
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

45. Cars rushing from border piled high with suitcases. Aid convoys driving towards border. 14 have pass

LeilaFadel Leila Fadel
by blakehounshell
Cars rushing from border piled high with suitcases. Aid convoys driving towards border. 14 have passed in last 24 hrs to #libya.
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

46. Libyan ambassador to the States is no longer working for the dictatorship

Zeinobia Zeinobia
The Libyan ambassador to the States is no longer working for the dictatorship
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

47. Libyan Ambassador to US calls on Gaddaffi to 'Go and leave our people alone'.

ITwitius Tim Marshall
#Libya Libyan Ambassador to US calls on Gaddaffi to 'Go and leave our people alone'.
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

48. condemnations of Libya by Libyan diplomats have been stronger than those from any other country.

avinunu Ali Abunimah
The condemnations Libya by Libyan diplomats have been stronger than those from any other country. This must be a first! #Feb17
5 minutes ago


You're not the only ones noticing that.

[Catherina]

49. Martyr Osama Al Tabbal killed by General Misbah Al Aroussi

AliveIn Stories from MENA
#Libya Martyr Osama Al Tabbal killed by General Misbah Al Aroussi. | @Speak2tweet http://bit.ly/haFiz9 (Feb 20) #feb17
6 minutes ago

Martyr Osama Al Tabbal killed by General Misbah Al Aroussi. | @Speak2tweet

on FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Audio File: http://bit.ly/h5RUvy.

Time Of Call: 2/20/2011 6:01:00

Audio:

السلام عليكم، انا حمد الترغوني. اود ان اخبر الجزيرة ان تنقل الاحداث المرسلة اليها. نود ان نبلغكم بأنه يوجد شهيد بمدينة الرجبان ويدعى اسامة الطبال قتل بكل دم بارد من قبل اللواء مصباح العروسي الذي يسعى الى بث الفتنة فقد اتى اللواء مصباح العروسي ومعه اخوه ومعه ابناء راشد المعروفين بمنطقة كمزدا وقد قاموا بدخول مدينة الرجبان لبث الفتنة وكانت هنالك مجموعة من الشباب المتجمعون، ليس لشيئ وانما للحديث امام السنتر الذي نحن متواجدون به… قام العروسي بنعتهم بالكلاب والرجعيين وثار شاب شجاع لا يرضي بهذا الكلام الحقير وقال له “من انت يا هذا لتصفنا بالكلاب، انت الكلب يا كلب” فما كان من العروسي إلا ان وجه اليه السلاح من سيارته وقال له اسامة “لا اخافك، لا اخافك ولا اخاف سلاحك” فضربه بطلقة خارقة حارقة دخلت من بطنه وخرجت من ظهره. مات اسامة الطبال وهو ينطق الشهادة. الرجبان كلها…ليبيا كلها تنادي…يجب محاكمة السغاح اللواء مصباح العروسي الذي قتل زهرة…وردة متفتحة في الرجبان. اهل الرجبان وقياداتها كلها اسامة الطبال… الشهيد اسامة الطبال ويجب يخلد هذا الشهيد الذي لم يرضى ان ينعته احدا بالكلاب مثل اللواء مصباح العروسي الكلب ناداهم بالكلاب يا عروسي ويلك يا عروسي. يا الله. السلام عليكم.

Peace be upon you. I am Hamad Al Targhouni. I would like to ask Al Jazeera to report on the incidents that are sent to it. We would like to inform you that there is a martyr in the city of Rujban, and his name is Osama Al Tabbal, he was killed in cold blood by General Misbah Al Aroussi, who wants to spread strife. He came to Rujban with his brother and the sons of Rashed who are well known in the Kamizda area. They entered the city of Rujban to spread strife, where they encountered a group of youths who were gathered (not for any particular purpose, just to chat) outside the centre where we were at the time. Al Aroussi insulted them and called them dogs and regressive. There was one young man who did not accept such insults and he said to him “who are you, you who describe us as dogs? you are a dog!” Then Aroussi aimed his gun at him from inside his car, and the young man said to him “I do not fear you, nor do I fear your weapon”, and Aroussi shot him with one penetrating shot that went into his stomach and out of his back. Osama Al Tabbal died with the shehada on his lips. All of Rujban, all of Libya, are demanding that this murderer be put on trial, General Misbah Al Aroussi, who has killed a flower, and flower in bloom in Rujban. The people of Rujban and its leadership, are all Osama Al Tabbal, the martyr Osama El Tabbal who must be immortalized, this martyr who refused to be insulted by anyone and called a dog, by a dog like Misbah Al Aroussi…woe betide you Aroussi. Oh God. Peace be upon you.

Translated by: @doojaz

http://alive.in/libya/2011/02/20/martyr-osama-al-tabbal-killed-by-general-misbah-al-aroussi-speak2tweet/?utm_campaign=libyatweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

[Catherina]

50. UK PM Cameron to say Britain was wrong bordering on racist to believe Muslims can't manage democracy

KenRoth Kenneth Roth
by NickKristof
#UK PM Cameron to say Britain was wrong bordering on #racist to believe #Muslims can't manage #democracy. http://bit.ly/gmkMAv
45 minutes ago


Not bordering on racist but RACIST, as your policies and politics of hate attest. You're an arms peddling liar who just went to Egypt yesterday with 6 arms UK/US dealers in tow. Your lame words now mean NOTHING.


Cameron says UK prejudiced for believing Muslims cannot manage democracy

Prime minister will tell Kuwait national assembly that Britain was wrong to prop up 'highly controlling regimes' as way of ensuring stability

Nicholas Watt in Kuwait
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 February 2011 10.14 GMT

...

Britain has been guilty of a prejudice bordering on racism for believing that Muslims cannot manage democracy, David Cameron will say as he recasts foreign policy in light of protests across the Arab world.

In a speech at the national assembly in Kuwait, the prime minister will abandon decades of so-called "camel corps" diplomacy by saying Britain was wrong to prop up "highly controlling regimes" as a way of ensuring stability.

Cameron – who is facing anger in the UK for placing defence exports at the heart of his long-planned visit to the Gulf – will use the speech to show that Britain is promoting political reform in the region.

...

"So, the argument went, countries like Britain faced a choice between our interests and our values. And to be honest, we should acknowledge that sometimes we have made such calculations in the past."

...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/feb/22/david-cameron-uk-muslims-democracy

[defendandprotect]

69. kr

racism and much, much more -- !!

[Catherina]

51. Confirmed: protesters in Gheryan (west Libya) have caught foreign mercenaries.

marwame Marwa Elnaggar
RT @shabablibya: Confirmed: protesters in Gheryan (west Libya) have caught foreign mercenaries. video evidence shortly #Libya #Feb17
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

52. Head of Protocol al-Mismari - After I denounced #Qaddafi, my eldest daughter arrested

EANewsFeed EA WorldView
#Libya: Head of Protocol al-Mismari - After I denounced #Qaddafi, my eldest daughter arrested http://tinyurl.com/69f62ty #Feb17 #Libia
12 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

53. wrong place n/t

[Catherina]

54. Benghazi & other cities fought back bcz they r armed. Tripoli completely unarmed.can't fight alone

marwame Marwa Elnaggar
RT @changeinlibya: #Benghazi & other #Libya cities fought back bcz they r armed. #Tripoli completely unarmed.can't fight on our own #feb17
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

55. f estimate true that #Gaddafi controls only 5,000 regular army troops, that leaves 40,000, who can b

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya If estimate true that #Gaddafi controls only 5,000 regular army troops, that leaves 40,000, who can be organized into Rev Army
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

56. Officer says with regard to Army specifically #Gadaffi can only count on about 5,000 out of 45,000 t

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya Officer says with regard to Army specifically #Gadaffi can only count on about 5,000 out of 45,000 troops and khamis elite brigade
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

57. The task is pulling together+commanding large armed battalions of ppl from different cities+fusing i

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya The task is pulling together+commanding large armed battalions of ppl from different cities+fusing it into one Revolutionary army
2 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

58. TIME magazine headline while jets bomb civilians "The Fates of Gaddafi — and Oil"

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya #Gaddafi TIME magazine headline while jets bomb civilians "Libya's Big Question Marks: The Fates of Gaddafi — and Oil"
2 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

59. "In interviews with oil executives, all say that Saif is the person whom they would most like to see

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya "In interviews with oil executives, all say that Saif is the person whom they would most like to see running Libya." TIME magazine
13 hours ago


Not just oil execs, the whole intl elite business community. Thankfully Saif put a real crimp in their plans to hand power to him when he gave the signal for the massacres to start during his TV appearance. Back to the drawing board now to find another puppet and figure out how to get that puppet into power. Expect more alarming silence and weak hand-wringing until they find one.

[Catherina]

60. UK gave Libya 200 million worth of crowd control weapons. National disgrace.

gilloballybay gillo ballybay
by MilitantNews@
@monaeltahawy UK gave Libya 200 million worth of crowd control weapons. National disgrace. #newsnight
13 hours ago

[Catherina]

61. unwillingness of US+others to intervene is raising doubts in their own peoples minds about their rea

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya The unwillingness of US+others to intervene is raising doubts in their own peoples minds about their real commitment to democracy
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

62. Gaddafi has barricaded himself in Bab al-Azizia compound in Tripoli, a former diplomat told

ayaelb Aya el Batrawy
Gaddafi has barricaded himself in Bab al-Azizia compound in Tripoli, a former diplomat told the Germany Press Agency dpa. #Libya #Feb17
19 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

63. tripoli is being cleaned by the mercenaries

Libyan_American N B
@andersoncooper @CNN @bencnn tripoli is being cleaned by the mercenaries
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Tsiyu]

66. This is disgusting and telling

That some people will take money to gun down children in cold blood...this is depraved beyond an ability to redeem. Like the Dark Ages except it's 2011 and humans ought to have caught a frickin' clue. Yet this is who we are.

And this is Money Trumps It All.

I see Italy's sick connection - all because of Italians' "financial interests" in the area.

Business trumps human life because Business trumps every goddamn thing.

I make a lot of money.

You die.

[sabrina 1]

71. There were rumors that two Italian planes had gone to help

Qaddafi but they were not confirmed. I would think if Berlusconi were to do such a thing, he too should be hauled to the Hague.

Mercenaries should be Internationally outlawed. I agree completely with your assessment.

We have our own here, Blackwater, Caci at al, but the American people have been completely silent on the issue, despite the numerous reports of murder etc.

Our complicit media refuses to call them 'mercenaries' and continues to lie by calling them 'contractors'.

This is privatization. We are headed in the same direction. The Brits hired mercenaries from all over the world also, from the armies of the worst dictators, to send to Iraq, and OUR TAX DOLLARS paid for them. The contract for Britain's mercenaries was a reward for their support for Bush's war on terror.

This country is BADLY in need of reform. We facilitated all the dictators who are currently being revolted against by their abused populations. Hosted them in our WH when they visited like royalty.

America owes the world an apology and then immediate banning of mercenaries and to get out of the countries we are currently occupying.

I am ashamed of this country.

[defendandprotect]

70. kr

Hiding the evidence of genocide --

[Catherina]

64. picture showing snipers on rooftops in Tripoli

LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
by CoryM3
A picture showing snipers on rooftops in Tripoli! #Libya #Tripoli #17feb http://twitpic.com/42ju3h
18 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

65. Part 3 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x479461

[maryf]

67. posted wrong place, you rock anyway!!

thanks.