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
Who knew the Amish had fighter planes?
It doesn’t really matter, the Jihadists will subvert these revolutions. All these countries will swing radical islamist with a lot of blood being spilled in the process.
Was that from The Onion?
;)
8:16pm: Al Jazeera speaks to Libyan ambassador to Bangladesh, who does confirm his resignation.
8:13pm: Contrary to earlier reports, the Libyan ambassador to the UK has not resigned. Al Jazeera spoke to him - he confirmed he is still in charge as he “has work to do”. He has, however, been summoned to the British Foreign Office.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya
Activist in #Tripoli: Airstrikes on protesters; electricity, water cut. “It’s genocide” #AJEnglish rolling coverage: http://aje.me/dWWRbw
1 minute ago via web
“Nasr Anaizi tweets: “Civilians marching from #Mesrata toward #Tripoli are being fired upon from Apache helicopters. Real massacres are taking place in #Libya”
Not really, at least they’re not being massacred by Apache’s, Hind’s maybe, but not Apache’s.
FELDart: RT @o_lucky_me: “@iyad_elbaghdadi: Sahl tribe from southern #Libya (around Sabha) renounce Gaddafi and join the revolution #Feb17 #Libya” /via @Shhh527
JonahNRO4 minutes agoRT @jpodhoretz: BREAKING: Wisconsin Democrat legislators fly to Malta
JonahNRO5 minutes agoIf Qaddafi had invested in High Speed Rail, he’d be in Venezuela already.
Omar_Gaza: RT @AlanFisher: #Libya state tv says large scale military operation now underway again “pockets of terror”.
sarahussein: RT @cnnbrk: #Libya helicopter gunships firing at protesters, opposition group says. CNN unable to confirm. http://on.cnn.com/emQH5v
ROFL!
andy_s_64: RT @sultanalqassemi: Al Jazeera: Eyewitness (hysterical): We have no weapons. Is all this for a chair? Where is the world? We are being massacred. #Libya
deputy ambassador to U.N. says Gadhafi has declared war on Libyan people, is committing genocide. http://on.cnn.com/emQH5v .....4 minutes ago via web
Patients being sent back because Doctors being killed in hospitals.
mercenaries dropped off in Sook al Jum3aa from jeeps and shooting groups of demonstrators.
Phone calls to @yousifalawnah says he received calls confirming tanks are driving over and crushing protesters as we tweet
legendofohgeorg: 20:29 Al Jazeera: Army officers report that Gaddafi said: “I was the one who created Libya, and I will be the one to destroy it”
GOOD NEWS, OFF-TOPIC BREAK per DRUDGE:
GALLUP: Number of Solidly Democratic States Cut in Half From ‘08 to ‘10...
viequesbound: RT @FatimaLibeeya1: @Cyrenaican @ajarabic: Caller: Dr. in #Tripoli says he is being shot at while trying to help injured in the street. #Libya #Feb17
8:30pm: Al Jazeera obtains this recording of a phone call from a woman in Tripoli.
“Whoever is in the streets, they are getting killed.”
She tells us there are five or six fires raging around the city, gunfire was heard during the call to prayer. Her cousin, a doctor, was turned back on his way to the hospital - because doctors are being shot.
“People are grabbing anything they can from their houses.”
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya
LOL! I've been digging out. Where the heck's my global warming, Algore?!
Says he's out of touch with the government, but he represents the Libyan people in absence of his government, which is shooting people in the streets.
Calls for Quadaffi to step down, or be kicked out by the people.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/
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A PRESIDENT’S PRESIDENTS DAY: The White House will be taking the day off along with the rest of the government as President Obama enjoys a quiet Presidents Day on Monday. Press secretary Jay Carney has no plans to brief reporters, either.
UNREAL really! They live in another reality than ours.
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