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Breaking News - Live Thread #2- Libya and Middle East
Various | 26 February 2011

Posted on 02/26/2011 7:55:06 AM PST by SE Mom

From the BBC:

1545: Libyan TV says in an "urgent" screen caption the state news agency is under "piracy" attack, and gives a new web address: "Website of [state] al-Jamahiriyah News Agency (JANA) subjected to suspicious piracy operation."

1528: And AFP has just reported that there are violent clashes between demonstrators and government forces taking place in central Tunis.

1525: In Tunisia, where it all started, hundreds of journalists and technicians from the state-run TV broadcaster have gone on strike over what they say is continued government censorship of their dispatches, Reuters reports. State TV news bulletins have stopped. One striker, asking not to be named, told Reuters: "We are on strike demanding an end to all the pressure and to stop the censorship, and to allow us to work freely... We will not accept restrictions anymore."

1443: As reported earlier, Tripoli remains calm after a night of sporadic gunfire. A Libyan journalist told the BBC that shops were open and people were going about their business. He said supporters of Col Gaddafi were occupying Green Square, in the centre of of the city.

From Twitter:

Zeinobia Why I am not surprised they found books of sorcery in Qaddafi´s palace at Al Bayda !!! about 1 hour ago via Seesmic Web Retweeted by AliTweel and 27 others

I can't agree more, smthing is cooking RT: @Ennaas: @AliTweel It's creepy... the last 7 day's I didn't taste " calm " and here it is today ! 12 minutes ago via Echofon

nytimesworld Egyptian Military Forces End to New Protest http://nyti.ms/ieRCel 30 minutes ago via SocialFlow

#Libya's ex-interior minister tells Al Jazeera that #Tripoli only major city still in #Gaddafi's hands: http://aje.me/gBiylW 2 minutes ago via Seesmic Desktop


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To: no-to-illegals

:)


121 posted on 02/26/2011 2:15:08 PM PST by ColdOne (AZamericonnie took my tagline & won't give it back!":))
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To: All

THE WHITEBOARD
BERLIN CALL: President Obama spoke with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Saturday to discuss the situation in Libya, the White House announced. The call came as the U.N. Security Council was meeting behind closed doors in New York to debate possible international sanctions on the Qadhafi regime.

The two leaders discussed ways to “coordinate our urgent efforts to respond to developments and ensure appropriate accountability,” according to a White House statement. During the call, Obama expressed to Merkel “deep concerns” about the Libyan government’s “continued violations of human rights and brutalization of its people.”

Obama has consulted with a number of foreign leaders in recent days about the developing unrest in Libya, including Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday.

Read the full readout of Obama’s call with Merkel after the jump

http://www.politico.com/politico44/


122 posted on 02/26/2011 2:18:51 PM PST by ColdOne (AZamericonnie took my tagline & won't give it back!":))
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To: All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2680613/posts

{cross-post}

Obama says Gadhafi must leave Libya ‘now’
Daily Caller ^ | 2/26/11 | staff

Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 1:55:40 PM by pissant

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi must leave the country now.

Obama made the comments to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a private telephone conversation Saturday as they discussed the violence in Libya. The White House says Obama told Merkel that when a leader’s only means of holding power is to use violence against his people, then he has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what’s right for his country by “leaving now.”

The comments mark the first time that Obama has called on Gadhafi to step down.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


123 posted on 02/26/2011 2:20:04 PM PST by ColdOne (AZamericonnie took my tagline & won't give it back!":))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The guy’s a revolutionary-agitator. I wonder how google feels about all these thousands of slaughtered and terrorized people who have no clue what their future will be???


124 posted on 02/26/2011 2:30:50 PM PST by floriduh voter (The culture of participating being replaced by the culture of taking. Animal Farm?)
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To: ColdOne
Save this Obama quote for evaluating Obama during the 2012 Presidential campaign after he unleashes SEIU, the AFL-CIO, Moveon.org, etc. Today's fifty state demonstrations and Wisconsin are only minor practices to what he and his brown shirts will do next year.
125 posted on 02/26/2011 2:36:33 PM PST by Truth29
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To: floriduh voter; All; Spunky; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1035rep; 2ndDivisionVet; 4woodenboats; 5Madman2; ...

This sad death pales in the light of those dying at the hands of Obama’s inept inexperience or idiotic ideology but it seems to fit here. The Princess, whom I knew well when she was a kid and less frequently in later years, had an Egyptian father.

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2011/02/princess-azadeh-shafigh-pahlavi-dies.html


126 posted on 02/26/2011 2:46:13 PM PST by FARS (Be healthy, happy and thrive)
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To: Truth29

Amen to your thoughts. Prepare.


127 posted on 02/26/2011 2:49:54 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: FARS

Thank you for that ping. Sad.


128 posted on 02/26/2011 2:53:59 PM PST by ColdOne (AZamericonnie took my tagline & won't give it back!":))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Movements.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to identifying, connecting, and supporting grassroots digital activists from around the world.

We got our home grown one: "Public Allies" at

http://www.publicallies.org/site/c.liKUL3PNLvF/b.5106423/k.BD7E/Home.htm

Public Allies advances new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits, and civic participation. Since 1992, we have been developing a new generation of diverse leaders and promoting innovative leadership practices that meet the demands of changing times.

President Obama Names Public Allies CEO to Council for Community Solutions.

Public Allies board member is a Huff Post "Greatest Person."

Public Allies Funds Three Alumni Engagement Initiatives.

Delaware Public Allies' Incoming Class Featured

Text of Paul Schmitz's Comments at the Independent Sector Conference.

129 posted on 02/26/2011 3:04:17 PM PST by spokeshave (WTF....the only thing 0bambi's investments will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy.)
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To: FARS

Well, sure, Obama’s the chief community agitator. He can divide the country and the world. We have to vote him out in 2012 or we will be as doomed as those living it now.


130 posted on 02/26/2011 3:04:57 PM PST by floriduh voter (The culture of participating being replaced by the culture of taking. Animal Farm?)
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To: floriduh voter
Also this:

Canada, U.S. agree to use each other’s troops in civil emergencies

By Ottawa Citizen ^ | February 22, 2008

Posted on Wed Feb 23 05:19:41 2011 by DeaconBenjamin

Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement that paves the way for either nation to send troops across each other’s borders during an emergency. Some question why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal.

Neither the Canadian government nor the Canadian Forces announced the new agreement, signed Feb. 14 in Texas.

The U.S. Northern Command publicized the agreement outlining how its top officer, Gen. Gene Renuart, and Canadian Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, head of Canada Command, signed the plan, which allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency.

The new agreement has been greeted with suspicion by the left wing in Canada and the right wing in the U.S.

all we need now is one signed with Mexico

131 posted on 02/26/2011 3:13:01 PM PST by spokeshave (WTF....the only thing 0bambi's investments will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy.)
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To: FARS

Cancer respects no boundaries ....


132 posted on 02/26/2011 3:13:43 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: All

Revolution - The Beatles ... view the first two top comments. Signs of the Times.


133 posted on 02/26/2011 3:22:35 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkwgTBrW78&feature=related .. LOL forgot the link. Senility!


134 posted on 02/26/2011 3:23:41 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: spokeshave

What on earth???!!!


135 posted on 02/26/2011 3:23:54 PM PST by HollyB
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To: SE Mom
As a matter of fact, there ARE some Americans who are against it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2680439/posts

That's absolutely amazing. What a tragedy. Can't wait until the adults come back. Go Sarah!

136 posted on 02/26/2011 3:27:02 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Art in Idaho; All
Sarah Palin / Allen West 2012
or someones like them
137 posted on 02/26/2011 3:47:17 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: SE Mom

BUSH’S FAULT!!

“Henry Schuler, former US diplomat, tells Al Jazeera that the Obama administration ‘inherited a terrible situation created by the Bush administration in letting Gaddafi off the hook in 2004’ “

Source, http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-feb-27


138 posted on 02/26/2011 3:51:19 PM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: Texas Eagle

Morons.


139 posted on 02/26/2011 3:59:16 PM PST by Shady (Our quest is to rebuild the United States of America as it was founded by the Founders!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks E.. Been off the boards for many hours. Got some catching up to do. I noticed SF did not end up getting the dusting some reports made it sound like they got, due to the fast shift of the warmer moist air moving ahead a bit from the cold front that now is upon them and you.
Will look into the link you responded to from HollyB, and your other two pings.
140 posted on 02/26/2011 4:23:43 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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