Posted on 02/21/2011 7:44:33 AM PST by SE Mom
Ongoing live thread for developments in North Africa and the Middle East.
Twitter:
Libyan justice minister resigns in protest at 'excessive use of violence against protesters,' Quryna newspaper says - Reuters 6 minutes ago via breakingnews.com
Group of Libyan Muslim leaders says rebelling against Libyan regime is everyone's divine duty - Reuters 33 minutes ago via breakingnews.com
Anti-government protests break out in Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf, Libya's Quryna newspaper says - Reuters about 1 hour ago via breakingnews.com
Police station in suburb of Libyan capital of Tripoli is on fire, according to a Reuters reporter on the scene about 2 hours ago via breakingnews.com
Europe plans for Libya evacuation: EU foreign ministers discuss plans to transport citizens out of Libya, as vio... http://aje.me/dMmkVb 4 minutes ago via twitterfeed
All Italian air bases have been placed on maximum alert, the Italian news agency Ansa reports...... #Libya 2 minutes ago via Futuretweets V2
Lack of medical supplies & food in Tripoli & electricity has been shut down ...........#Libya 8 minutes ago via web
Breaking Al Jazeera: Eyewitness:
Tripoli is now surrounded & mercenaries are roaming the streets in cars & firing machine guns..... #Libya 10 minutes ago via web
Breaking Al Jazeera:
Eyewitness: More than 250 killed in military airplanes bombing of protesters..... #Libya 11 minutes ago via web
I wonder if this brutality is Libyan on Libyan or mercenaries from Chad etc?
From Hot Air:
Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said. …
The source, who insisted he not be identified further, said the jet pilots — both Libyan air force colonels — had communicated from the air that they wanted political asylum. They had left from a base near Tripoli and had flown low over Libyan airspace to avoid detection, the source said.
Basically most tweets are saying it’s a mess over their as Gadaffi’s brutality continues....some are saying his sons are orchestrating the attacks against the protesters. Sounds like Saddams son resurrected!
The White House mulls...and weighs..and ponders.
So, we left off yesterday Kadaffy was exiled, sons were fighting for control and Tripoli was melting down.
Where are we today?
What a nightmare- may God walk with the innocent.
@Ajarabic: Caller says #Tripoli is completely under siege, African mercenaries in the city, no medicine in hospitals. #Libya #Feb17
half a minute ago via web
At feb17vioces we continue to try to reach in, but can confirm communications largely inoperative around Tripoli. #feb17 #libya
1 minute ago via TweetDeck
@ajarabic caller: “we are isolated from the world” #libya #feb17
3 minutes ago via TweetDeck
@ajarabic caller: 3-4 people wounded in front of me. There is nothing I can do. #Libya #feb17
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck
@ajarabic caller: “We have no means to defend ourselves #feb17 #libya
6 minutes ago via TweetDeck
February 21
7:56pm: Al Jazeera Arabic is speaking to a political activist in Tripoli, who tells us there are airstrikes “all over Tripoli”.
There is death, fear - and women are crying everywhere. The strikes are concentrated against areas that sent large number of protestors to the streets and there are cars full of foreign fighters firing on people.
He says at least 250 people were killed in the past 24 hours alone and is calling for international help. He tells us Tripoli is “under siege by foreign fighters” - that water and electricity have been cut and there is a shortage of food and medical supplies. “It is a genocide,” he says.
7:45pm: The defected pilots reportedly tell Maltese officials they were based in Tripoli and ordered to attack protesters on the ground in Benghazi. After seeing their fellow pilots begin the airstrikes, they diverted course toward Malta. If substantiated, this would appear to confirm the use of airstrikes against civilian protesters in cities around the country.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya
7:39pm: Karl Stagno-Novarra, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Malta, reports the pilots of the jet fighters that landed there are “senior colonels”, who were ordered to bomb protesters. They refused and have defected to Malta, he said.
7:19pm: The EU Council of Foreign Ministers issues the following statement:
The Council condemns the ongoing repression against demonstrators in Libya and deplores the violence and death of civilians. The Council calls for an immediate end to the use of force against protesters and for all parties to show restraint. Freedom of expression and the right to assemble peacefully are human rights and fundamental freedoms of every human being which must be respected and protected.
7:16pm: The US Department of State warns citizens of the potential for “ongoing unrest” in Libya. They say:
Violent clashes between protesters and security forces continue throughout Libya, including in Tripoli. Spontaneous demonstrations, violence, and looting are possible throughout the next several days.
7:12pm: A Libyan contact in Zuwarah tells us, via Skype:
I ask Libyans abroad to move and put pressure on the regime. I want each Libyan abroad to talk to each other and to take action. All mobiles are cut and all communications are shut down and we fear that at the time of Maghreb [sunset] that the situation will be getting worse - as we don’t have weapons. We must be united, have faith, and we pray that tonight will pass safely.
7:09pm: Dutch ISP provider XS4ALL has set up an internet dial-up service for Libya.
Use your modem to dial +31205350535
username: xs4all
password: xs4all
7:05pm: The Libyan ambassador to Indonesia has also resigned, Al Jazeera Arabic reports.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya
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I'm sure this will lead to a western facing democracy which we'd all like to visit. If they wobble, BHO will talk to the Imans, they'll listen
” The White House mulls...and weighs..and ponders. “
That’s assuming that they’ve found someone to explain all the big words to ‘em....
ezekiel: RT @evanchill: Powerful phone call from Tripoli. Ppl gathering whatever weapons they can from their homes, even garden equipment. http://ow.ly/40xjF
monaeltahawy: RT @fustat: R @hackneylad Channel 4 News: Libyan Embassy in London has taken down its flag and replaced it with protesters’ flag #Libya - Heroes!
PDXsays: RT @habashy13: from a friend in Libya - Snipers on top of buildings in Noufliyeen, shooting at everything that moves #feb17 @Zeinobia
Uncucumbered: RT @LaraABCNews: on fear in #Libya: ‘everyone who’s out there knows Qaddafi will mow them down. the consequences are clear - you’re giving up your life.’
rolltidebmz: RT @Galrahn: #Libya is no longer a revolution, it is full blown civil war. STRATFOR reporting Libyan AF bombed Libyan Army HQ early today
More tweets on web:
At least 6 oil companies, including BP and Eni, have suspended all operations inside Libya
Gaddafi keeps massacuring protesters......5 minutes ago via web
The colonels have defected and now stand with Libyans in their struggle against the Gaddafi regime
Pilots of two fighter jets that landed in Malta are senior Libyan colonels who refused to bomb protesters.
Gaddafi has no plans of stopping his massacre of unarmed Libyans as a new plane of mercenaries has landed in Tripoli
ambassadors from all over the world are joining their colleagues Gaddafi
thugs and mercenaries are firing live ammunition on a Million Man March in the capital of Tripoli in Malta in resigning and turning against Gaddafi.
More tweets on web:
At least 6 oil companies, including BP and Eni, have suspended all operations inside Libya
Gaddafi keeps massacuring protesters......5 minutes ago via web
The colonels have defected and now stand with Libyans in their struggle against the Gaddafi regime
Pilots of two fighter jets that landed in Malta are senior Libyan colonels who refused to bomb protesters.
Gaddafi has no plans of stopping his massacre of unarmed Libyans as a new plane of mercenaries has landed in Tripoli
ambassadors from all over the world are joining their colleagues Gaddafi
thugs and mercenaries are firing live ammunition on a Million Man March in the capital of Tripoli in Malta in resigning and turning against Gaddafi.
Yea you missed Wisconsin!
American Media;
Move along now! Nothing of interest here! Go back to your regular life and the REALLY important things like the Unions in Wisconsin...........
Breaking!...UN issues no fly zone over Libya to stop the influx of mercenaries into Libya
“Breaking!...UN issues no fly zone over Libya to stop the influx of mercenaries into Libya”
Enforced by who?
” Breaking!...UN issues no fly zone over Libya to stop the influx of mercenaries into Libya “
The UN has an Air Force to enforce this??
Who knew???
Enforced by whom?
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