Political Tectonics in Tripoli

It appears that Intel chief Omar Abu-Said Durdah, Oil Minister Dr Shukri Ghanim, Abu Al Qassim Al-Zawi, Abdulati Al-Ubaidi and Mousa Kusa have defected.

Reports to be confirmed. Stay tuned!!

Inside Gaddafi's brutal prison

While reporting the war in western Libya, award-winning Guardian correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad was seized by Gaddafi's militia. Here he describes two weeks inside the regime's brutal prison system.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/25/inside-gaddafis-brutal-prison?CMP=twt_gu

Libyan StateTV take on London Demo

"British are protesting for Qadhaffi"

See the screen shot here

The women of the revolution

The National: The women fighting, organising, feeding and healing Libya’s revolution

Marching on in Libya

The story of Eman al-Obaidi

A snippet of what Qadhaffi's henchmen do in his name.

Video from the Telegraph: http://bit.ly/hk18bv

Article from Reuters: http://bit.ly/fqdnKj

Khalas Mixtape available for download

Click here for the Torrent ----> Link

NPR: Remembering Mohammed Nabbous

Link to item on All Things Considered

Tripoli Calling - ibn Thabit

Photos from Libya Solidarity Demo

Libya Solidarity Demonstration
Geneva Switzerland.
20 March 2011
These photos can be used by anyone.

Full set LINK

NPR "FreshAir" show today will tackle Libya

http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/

Responsibility

Excellent article from AlJazeera LINK

"So who bears the responsibility for turning Libya into a war zone and an object of an international military intervention?
Could it be those who confronted a peaceful civil uprising for freedom with lethal force, and when it escalated into a full-fledged revolt, used aerial bombardments, heavy artillery to quell it?"

Spring Movements

Sunday 20March Quick Summary

• Airstrikes on road to Benghazi were very effective with lots of Qadhaffi tanks and APCs destroyed.
• Benghazi phone lines still down, almost 40 hours. Some say they can get through on Libyana but can't confirm that
• Tripoli lines still up, lots of static and probably heavily monitored
• Someone in Benghazi with sat internet skyped that city is tense because they expect remnants of Qadhaffi's Lijan Thawriya forces in city. Apparently lots of roadblocks everywhere.
• Libya solidarity demo was held today in Geneva, will upload photos and videos soon.

Fallen Hero: Muhammad Nabbous of Libya Al Hurra TV

Message from Muhammad's wife

Possible location of downed jet in Benghazi

Click the image for full-screen view

Link to Google Maps http://bit.ly/gpbtAy
Link to the College shown in the photo http://www.saqr.ly/index.php

This looks like Kuliyat Saqr Lil Hasibat (Sakhar Computer College)

Ongoing attack on Benghazi by Qadhaffi

Best coverage this morning from Benghazi is on Libya Alhurra. Apparently no foreign journalists in the area.

This is the meaning of Qadhaffi's ceasefire.
His plan is to embedd as many pro-Qadhaffi forces in Benghazi to make the protection of civilians difficult.

Watch live streaming video from libya17feb at livestream.com

Possibly Soviet Era Sukhoi Su-17 shot down in Benghazi

Video of attack on Benghazi an hour ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WepXc1psCxs

Journalists hotel targeted

1. Per the BBC webiste:
2. 0739: An Al-Jazeera correspondent reports bombing on Benghazi has hit a hotel where journalists are staying.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12776418

BBC Reports on Fighting in Benghazi

Includes a surreal picture of the downed plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12793919

Amanpour interview zeif

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/libya-war-christiane-amanpour-saif-gadhafi-interview-transcript/story?id=13162838

BREAKING: girddafi attacking Benghazi

Video of girddafi plane shot down by free Libyans:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Video-Libya-Explosions-Heard-In-Benghazi-Following-Warnings-From-Obama-Cameron/Article/201103315955468?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15955468_Video%2C_Libya%3A_Explosions_Heard_In_Benghazi_Following_Warnings_From_Obama%2C_Cameron

Libya forces enter Benghazi

Libya forces enter Benghazi: "Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have entered the rebel-held city of Benghazi."

Transcript from Benghazi - residential house bombed by girddafi

http://justpaste.it/HousesBombed

Live Streaming from Libya

You may watch and hear live streaming from Benghazi here:
http://www.livestream.com/libya17feb

Large explosions heard in Benghazi

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/19/us-libya-benghazi-explosion-idUSTRE72I0UP20110319

Talk to Jazeera - zeif girddafi

This reporter deserves a Pulitzer; she is the only one I've seen who has asked the tough questions.
I wonder if zeif is really that much of a liar or if he is living in a fantasy world of denial.

France sees Libya armed action within hours - Africa - Al Jazeera English

France sees Libya armed action within hours - Africa - Al Jazeera English

New York Times reporters to be released

This just goes to prove that girddafi and his thugs were holding them all along.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/libya-says-it-will-release-times-journalists/

girddafi in violation of cease-fire

US Ambassador the the UN claims that girddafi is already in violation of the cease-fire.  Additional evidence from Libya seems to confirm this.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/18/libya.civil.war/index.html?hpt=T1

Obama makes comments on Libya

First Aid Training in Benghazi

Heavy artillery being used in Misratah Today

Eager to cause suffering before his defeat Qadhaffi attacks Misratah

"A doctor says at least six people were killed Friday when tanks moved into Misrata and opened fire. He says a hospital and a mosque were shelled."

Via Associated Press


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Qadhaffi-loyalist attack on electrical grid feeding Benghazi

Military action against girddafi possible within hours

French diplomatic sources said military action could follow within hours, and could include France, Britain and possibly the United States and one or more Arab states; but a U.S. military official said no immediate U.S. action was expected.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/18/us-libya-idUSTRE7270JP20110318

Demonstrations in Tripoli

Reports of demonstrations in Tripoli with live gun fire being used on demonstrators.  Will update with more information when it becomes available.

More of girddafi's rambling - March 17 speech given by phone

More of his crazy talk including saying foreign troops will arrive in their underwear.  Crazy crazy crazy..the rambling starts at 4:20 if you want to skip all the junk beforehand.

Egypt ships arms over the border

Reports that Egypt began shipping arms to the opposition in Libya soon after the UN Security Council vote.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704360404576206992835270906.html

Here is how the Security Council Voted

We will not forget our friends!

Breaking News!

The UN approves a resolution to use al necessary measures to protect the Libyan people.  This is better than a no-fly zone, this includes targeting girdaffi forces attacking civilians!

Benghazi is celebrating including the use of fireworks!!

Thank you God.  We Libyans will take care of the rest and finish girdaffi off!

UN Vote

Eagerly awaiting the vote!  Heart is pounding!
Watch it live here http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/index.html

Libyan opposition leader meets Swiss president (March 10 2011)

Libyan opposition leader meets Swiss president

Via GenevaLunch

Sunday 20th March Demo in Geneva, CH

There is a demo supporting Middle East uprisings, including Libya, on 20 March in Geneva.

Place: PLACE NEUVE, GENEVA (CH)
Time: 14:30

Click Here for More Info

UN Security Council Vote

The vote will take place at 6PM EST.  Please pray with me for a positive outcome.  I assumed girddafi promised Russia and China oil to veto the bill, but after his desperate speech he just gave (by phone), I am starting to think he is really worried and scared.  God willing!

girdaffi Speech

girdaffi currently giving a speech begging Benghazi to drop weapons and support him.  He sounds desperate!  The scene in Benghazi is that of utter defiance.  Here are some points, I am typing as quickly as I can....

- He just used his threat of street street, house house, room room.  He is threatening to attack Benghazi tonight.
- He denies any attacks on Bab-Aziziya
- He says he would rather die than see the people of Benghazi die (here's hoping)
- He claims that fear is over (more true than he knows)
- He is claiming that reports of airplanes being shot down are lies (you tube videos say otherwise)
- I'm loving this, he is actually begging for Benghazi support
- He promises parties and fireworks in Benghazi soon
- How can I hurt Benghazi, they are my sons he claims

He just hung up the phone and the people of Benghazi are out in HUGE numbers defying him and carrying the flag of liberation.

Why Qaddafi Has Already Lost

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/opinion/17ahmida.html?_r=2

More about the Libyan Opposition

They are a learned group
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/16/libya-opposition-a-learned-group/

Saif Gaddafi's london mansion occupied

http://london.indymedia.org/articles/7766

Words to remember

‎"We will never surrender. We win or we die. We will have the next generation to fight, and after the next, the next. As for me I will live longer than my hangman" ~ Omar Mukhtar ♥

4 NYT Journalists in Libya are Missing

After roughing up the CNN crew, arresting and torturing the BBC crew and killing an Al-Jazeera cameraman, gaddafi and his thugs are at it again.  They obviously do not want the truth to come out.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/16/four-n-y-times-journalists-missing-in-libya/comment-page-1/#comment-505617

The Draft Security Council Resolution

Here is a copy of the draft resolution.  Here's praying that it passes:

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/March_16_LibyaDraftResolution2011_1.pdf?tag=contentMain;contentBody

Gains against gaddafi forces

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/world/africa/17libya.html?_r=1&ref=world

Inside Free Libya - Parts 1 and 2

Part 1:

Part2:

The Tea Freedom Song - Benghazi

Translation:

O tea of freedom!
Ya la la la laa lee
O you that is dear to me!
Ya la la la laa lee
Your strength is 100/100!
Ya la la la laa lee
O tea of freedom!
Ya la la la laa lee

O traitor of our revolution, off to your grave directly! Hey! Off to your grave directly!
Off to your grave directly!

Oh you who dirtied our reputation, you wellington boots face! Hey! You wellington boots face!
You wellington boots face!

You who made no one accept our flag! Hey! No one accept our flag!
No one accept our flag!

You who's killing our family, Ya la la laa lee
In control of our things, ya la la laa lee
You who's killing our family, Ya la la laa lee
In control of our things, ya la la laa lee

You who is spreading our wealth, between Chad and Mali, Hey! Between Chad and Mali!
Between Chad and Mali!

To your grave directly! To your grave directly! To your grave directly

BBC Interview with Hilary Clinton

Yet more mixed messages:

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/03/158444.htm

ABC crew caught in Libyan bombing raid

ABC Crew Shows the Defense of Ajdabiya

Exiled Libyans set up 'newsroom' to verify events in their homeland

WRS | Exiled Libyans set up 'newsroom' to verify events in their homeland

Cockroaches

They say cockroaches can survive anything, even a nuclear blast. With that said, it appears that gaddafi is the cockroach because he seems to survive everything! It's weird that he calls his people cockroaches and rats, perhaps no one has told him yet.

Protestors or Rebels: How the Label Changes Our Perception of Libya

This week, in press accounts of the protests in Libya, "protestors" suddenly became "rebels." Why? And, how does the word “rebel” change the way readers perceive the conflict there? Foreign Policy Managing Editor Blake Hounshell and New York Times Foreign Editor Susan Chira explain when to start labeling a protester a rebel

North Africa's Hip Hop Protest Music

In the midst of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and the protests elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East, a group of Libyan exiles who run a website called Khalas noticed one surprising common thread in the voicing of discontent … rap music. Across the region rap artists were providing the soundtrack to protests in the streets. So Khalas decided to contribute by releasing a mixtape of their own. Khalas co-founder Abdulla Darrat talks about the influence of hip hop in this latest round of protests.

Inside the Libyan Diaspora's Resistance Movement

Protesters in Libya are calling for the end of Muammar al-Qaddafi's regime - a regime that has kept the country under an information black out for years. That's why some in the Libyan diaspora feel a special responsibility to aid the flow of information in and out of the country. One member of that diaspora is OTM producer Sarah Abdurrahman. Sarah has spent the week, not as a disinterested journalist, but rather, as a part of the movement. She describes how she, along with friends and family, have been trying to bring about change in Libya from laptops in Washington DC.

Libyan Heroes are Everywhere

A Libyan scout talks about his thoughts, please click on play when you get to the page to hear him.

Libyan scout shares his ideas

Courageous Libyans

Ben Wedeman from CNN tweeted:

bencnn 

Met courageous Libyan-American neurosurgeon Rida Mazagri from Charleston, West Virginia operating on wounded in Ras Lanouf hospital.

May God Have Mercy on Him

Pilot Mokhtar Mohammed Osman who today gave his life for the Libyan cause by ignoring orders to bomb the Libyan people and instead crashing his fighter jet into gaddafi's residence of Bab-Aziziya.  You are a true Libyan hero.

Bad Grammar

Is it bad grammar to write a name in lower case?  You may have noticed that I spell gaddafi with a small g. My high-school English teacher would not fault me for this one, I'm quite sure!

gaddafi is good.....................for Mali

gaddafi seems to have done more for Mali than he has for Libya.  Why doesn't he just go rule them?  They seem to love him and want to die for him anyway!
gaddafi loves Mali

I just love this video - Arabic

gaddafi thanks Germany, Russia and China

gaddafi today thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil contracts.


This in addition to zeif mentioning Greece, Italy, China, Russia and India as people who have supported them (see interview below).


We Libyans will not forgive these governments for choosing oil over the blood of Libyans.  I will boycott all products from these countries and God help me, I will do all within my power to make sure these countries do not get a drop of oil when Libya becomes free.

Tanker Captured by Freedom Fighters

AJA showing footage of a tanker captured in Tobruk.  The tanker named 'Anwar Afriqyah' was headed to al-zawya from Greece to provide fuel to gaddafi.

I am shocked that Greece is supporting gaddafi.  Refer to ealier post of interview with zaif gaddafi.

Worry in Libya: 'Freedom Only Knocks Once'

A good article:
Freedom Only Knocks Once

Green Book - Good for Bonfires

Anti-government demonstrators burn copies of the Green Book (Qaddafi's 1975 manifesto of government, economics and social theory) next to the Green Book Studies Center in Benghazi.

Defiant Gaddafi denounces rebels - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Defiant Gaddafi denounces rebels - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Ireland supports Libya

Bab Aziziya Attacks

Twitter is wild with statements of a kamikaze style attack on Bab-Aziziya (gaddafi's headquarters in Tripoli).  There are also reports that the free Libyans have attacked gaddafi airports and supply lines using Mig-23s.  I hope and pray that these reports are true, but I have learned that Twitter can sometimes be a rumor mill.  In any case, I am not giving up hope!

Zayf on who is helping gaddafi- video

Zayf admits help from Russia, China, India and Greece. He also threatens the French.

Libya Uprising

I love it!

Please sign the petition to recognize the transitional council

We need 5,000 signatures, if you haven't signed, please consider doing so

Click here for the petition

Libya's Transitional Council

I keep reading in the US that we don't know who the opposition in Libya are.  I always thought, just ask!  They are eager to talk and Europe has been proactive in reaching out to them.  Well, here they are:

I'm confused

I don't know how to react to this.  The UK and Portugal are supporting the Libyan people, but Turkey, the only Muslim member of Nato, has strongly opposed the idea of a no-fly zone, warning it could create "dangerous results".

A heart aching and heart warming video

Open Letter to President Obama

Dear Mr. President

4 years ago, I was filled with hope.  When I learned of you, I saw a man of convictions who would do the right thing regardless of political fallout. With hope in hand, I campaigned for you, donated to your campaign, defended you and debated countless people about the benefit of getting you into the White House.  When you were inaugurated, I was filled with pride.

That was 4 years ago.  As a Libyan American who just returned from Libya, I find myself in the position of wishing McCain was our leader.  With regards to Libya, he has proven himself a leader.

Mr. President, I saw with my own eyes the death, torture and heartache that is happening in Libya.  Each day that passes, Gaddafi kills more and more Libyans while you carry on pondering options.  I am not even talking about military options, which while I am not a military expert, I am confused by the talk of complexity, being that Ronald Reagan successfully bombed Gaddafi into submission in 1986.  I am talking of real moral support that requires no risk to American lives or wealth.  Recognize the Transitional National Council, a group of outstanding Libyan citizens that have a stated goal of a free democratic Libya that respects human rights. This is not only good for Libya, but for America too, after all, Gaddafi has on mumereous occasions killed American citizens (Pan Am, Germany, Austria and numerous other instances).  By continuing to ignore the National Council as the legitimate governing organization of Libya (we Libyans recognize it), you are by default continuing to recognize and legitimize Gaddafi, contrary to your statements that he must go.  When your Secretary of State says we must have the UN leading the effort, which we all know will never happen, your government is only encouraging Gaddafi, who is crazy but not ignorant to world inaction.

Mr. President, 4 years ago I was filled with hope.  Today, I plan to go support the people of Libya and with me I carry a message that real support from the U.S. is hopeless.

A man who loves America and Libya as you would love a father and mother,
Tareq

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