Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 9, Part 7 (The Mother of of Intifadas today)

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 9, Part 7 (The Mother of of Intifadas today)

Previous Day 9 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

Previous Day 8 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x502125">Part 11

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

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




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

[pinboy3niner]

1. K&R

[Poboy]

2. Kickorec.

[Catherina]

3. Breaking News:Kenya recognizes the participation of mercenaries in the events in #Libya

marwame Marwa Elnaggar
RT @libyafreedomnew: Breaking News:Kenya recognizes the participation of mercenaries in the events in #Libya #Gaddafi
21 minutes ago

[Catherina]

4. Libyan mission to the UN quits. Rcv a standing ovation for this act of courage.

LibyaFeb17_com Libyan Youth
Libyan mission to the UN quit - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2490
21 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Libyan mission to the UN resigns
Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin

AP has reported that the entire Libyan mission to the UN in Geneva have resigned their post. The second secretary asked the Human Rights Council to stand for a moment of silence to “honour this revolution”

Council members gave him a standing ovation for this act of courage.

Read it on the Guardian’s live blog here

http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2490

[defendandprotect]

30. k

[highplainsdem]

5. K&R

[Catherina]

6. Protesters went out peacefully, caught off guard by live ammo & tear gas.

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
Audioboo: ENG LPC #Tripoli: Protesters went out peacefully, caught off guard by live ammo & tear gas. #Libya #feb17 http://boo.fm/b287893
23 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Simultaneous xlation into English

ENG LPC #Tripoli: Protesters went out peacefully, caught off guard by live ammo & tear gas. #Libya #feb17
24 minutes ago
play


http://audioboo.fm/boos/287893-eng-lpc-tripoli-protesters-went-out-peacefully-caught-off-guard-by-live-ammo-tear-gas-libya-feb17

[Catherina]

7. #Iraq: 3 Journalists arrested. Protesters in #Tahrir are being arrested too

AliveIn Stories from MENA
#Iraq @Hamzoz: 3 Journalists arrested. Protesters in #Tahrir are being arrested too http://bit.ly/harOFd (Feb 25)
23 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

@Hamzoz: 3 Journalists arrested. Protesters in #Tahrir are being arrested too



on FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Audio:

Transcription:

انا حمزوز من العراق من بغداد
ارجوكم اوصلوا صوتنا مازالت المخبارات و السيارات العسكرية تجوب شوارع بغداد و ابدأ بالاعتقالات حاليا اعتقل ثلاثة اصدقاء يعملون في مجال الصحافة و ايضا بدأ اعتقال المحتجين في ساحة التحرير ارجوكم ساعدونا

Translation:

I am @Hamzoz from Baghdad, Iraq. Please deliver our voices. The Secret service and army cars are still roaming the streets of Baghdad, and are still detaining people. Currently, three journalists who happen to be friends of mine are arrested. They are starting to arrest protesters in Tahrir Sqare. Please help us.

Translated and transcribed by: Omar Abdullah, @Arabzy

http://alive.in/iraq/2011/02/25/hamzoz-3-journalists-arrested-protesters-in-tahrir-are-being-arrested-too/

[Catherina]

8. Red Crescent volunteers aboard Kuwaiti plane loaded w\ 10 tons of medical supplies to Libya

libyafreedomnew Libyanews
Red Crescent volunteers go to Libya aboard a Kuwaiti plane loaded with (10) tons of medical supplies ... # Libya # Gaddafi
22 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

9. Saif Al Islam: “We have Plan A, B & C. Plan A is to live & die in Libya. Plan B is to live & die in

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Saif Al Islam: “We have Plan A, B & C. Plan A is to live & die in Libya. Plan B is to live & die in Libya. Plan C is to live & die in Libya”
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

11. oh GOD Gadafi and his freakin sons FRUSTRATE ME! are you BLIND? or just HIGH?!

juhina_ jay_Libya
oh GOD Gadafi and his freakin sons FRUSTRATE ME! are you BLIND? or just HIGH?! #libya
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[JanDutchy]

17. EU maessure against Khadaffi's assets in effect

16:05 Britain's Daily Telegraph reports that UK Ministers have identified billions of pounds that Col Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan regime have deposited in London, and that these funds will be "seized within days".



16.15: The US Treasury Department has warned banks to be vigilant of transfers linked to Libya's political leaders, telling them "to be aware of "the potential increased movement of assets that may be related to the situation in Libya."

[Catherina]

20. Denmark too! Switzerland too. Hey US, catch up. Freeze! Seize! Thanks n/t

[defendandprotect]

32. k

[formercia]

28. May God grant your wish. n/t

[Catherina]

10. arrival of rebels from western mountain area to Tripoli to help their brothers and Libya

libyafreedomnew Libyanews
News:the arrival of the rebels from the western mountain area to Tripoli in order to help their brothers and their support # Libya # Gaddafi
19 minutes ago

[Catherina]

12. the security battalions opened fire randomly at cars and homes in the area of Gargaresh, Tripoli

libyafreedomnew Libyanews
Certain: now received some contact from Tripoli, the security battalions opened fire randomly at cars and homes in the area of Gargaresh
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

13. i see guns with people .... shots r everywhere ..., my cam is full i need to empty it

Abukhit Abukhit
i see guns with people .... shots r everywhere ...
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Abukhit Abukhit
my cam is full i need to empty it
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

14. ohgod bomb

Abukhit Abukhit
ohgod
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply



Abukhit Abukhit
boomb
20 minutes ago

[Catherina]

15. Guardian: Arabs are Democracy's new pioneers

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
http://bit.ly/gijNAI Arabs are Democracy's new pioneers #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Arabs are democracy's new pioneers
The leaderless Middle East uprisings can inspire freedom movements as Latin America did before

Share
781

Comments (169)
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 February 2011 23.30 GMT

One challenge facing observers of the uprisings spreading across north Africa and the Middle East is to read them as not so many repetitions of the past but as original experiments that open new political possibilities, relevant well beyond the region, for freedom and democracy. Indeed, our hope is that through this cycle of struggles the Arab world becomes for the next decade what Latin America was for the last – that is, a laboratory of political experimentation between powerful social movements and progressive governments from Argentina to Venezuela, and from Brazil to Bolivia.

These revolts have immediately performed a kind of ideological house-cleaning, sweeping away the racist conceptions of a clash of civilisations that consign Arab politics to the past. The multitudes in Tunis, Cairo and Benghazi shatter the political stereotypes that Arabs are constrained to the choice between secular dictatorships and fanatical theocracies, or that Muslims are somehow incapable of freedom and democracy. Even calling these struggles "revolutions" seems to mislead commentators who assume the progression of events must obey the logic of 1789 or 1917, or some other past European rebellion against kings and czars.

These Arab revolts ignited around the issue of unemployment, and at their centre have been highly educated youth with frustrated ambitions – a population that has much in common with protesting students in London and Rome. Although the primary demand throughout the Arab world focuses on the end to tyranny and authoritarian governments, behind this single cry stands a series of social demands about work and life not only to end dependency and poverty but to give power and autonomy to an intelligent, highly capable population. That Zine al-Avidine Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak or Muammar Gaddafi leave power is only the first step.

The organisation of the revolts resembles what we have seen for more than a decade in other parts of the world, from Seattle to Buenos Aires and Genoa and Cochabamba, Bolivia: a horizontal network that has no single, central leader. Traditional opposition bodies can participate in this network but cannot direct it. Outside observers have tried to designate a leader for the Egyptian revolts since their inception: maybe it's Mohamed ElBaradei, maybe Google's head of marketing, Wael Ghonim. They fear that the Muslim Brotherhood or some other body will take control of events. What they don't understand is that the multitude is able to organise itself without a centre – that the imposition of a leader or being co-opted by a traditional organisation would undermine its power. The prevalence in the revolts of social network tools, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, are symptoms, not causes, of this organisational structure. These are the modes of expression of an intelligent population capable of using the instruments at hand to organise autonomously.

...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/24/arabs-democracy-latin-america

[Catherina]

16. Diplomatic Source: The European countries agreed to implement a series of sanctions against #Libya

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
BBC Arabic: Diplomatic Source: The European countries agreed to implement a series of sanctions against #Libya
21 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Fuck that shit. NO. You had 41+ years to impose sanctions against a madman. Oh hell no.

[formercia]

34. Sanctions will only hurt the people. n/t

[Catherina]

18. current time in Tripoli is 6:18 PM on Friday, 25 Feb

TimeInLibya Time In Libya
#Libya The current time in Tripoli is 6:00 PM on Friday, 25 February 2011
18 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[pinboy3niner]

19. MSNBC: "Gadhafi loses control of Brega"

Reported on-air just now with that caption.

[defendandprotect]

35. k

[pinboy3niner]

36. CNN: Opposition now controls Brega and its oil facility, 15 min. ago

(LIBYA, 11:17 a.m. ET, 6:17 p.m. local) Protestors took control of the eastern Libyan city of Brega and its oil terminal Friday, an official who works at the communications department for the Port of Brega told CNN.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/

[Catherina]

21. Graphic footage of man shot in the chest, apparently in Tripoli's Fashloum area.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Graphic footage of man shot in the chest, apparently in Tripoli's Fashloum area. Anyone know more? http://on.fb.me/eKjwvx #libya
18 minutes ago


https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=182681365106339&oid=197898230226131&comments

[Catherina]

22. Tripoli, Ambulances coming to take injured are actually killing them inside

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Many reports coming out of Tripoli, Ambulances coming to take injured are actually killing them inside #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
20 minutes ago


Depraved madmen. Kill them.

[JanDutchy]

39. Obama waked up

16.20: US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed in a telephone call that Libyan leaders must be held "accountable" for their protest crackdown, officials said

----
Do they want suicide prevention?

[Catherina]

23. Al Jazeera Enrages Dictators, Wins Viewers With Coverage

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Al Jazeera Enrages Dictators, Wins Viewers With Coverage bloom.bg/hQs7ei
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Al Jazeera Enrages Dictators, Wins Viewers With Coverage
By Matthew Campbell - Feb 25, 2011 3:31 AM GMT-0600

“Don’t believe those misleading dog stations,” Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi said this week. He wasn’t referring to CNN or the BBC.

Arab-owned television channels Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya have been denounced by targets of the Middle Eastern revolts, showing they’ve played a pivotal role in the uprisings that have shaken countries from Tunisia and Egypt to Libya and Yemen. Qaddafi called them the “biggest enemy.” In Egypt, Al Jazeera’s Cairo bureau was shut down at the start of rallies that led to the ouster of 82-year-old president Hosni Mubarak.

Beaming images of the protests and interviewing key participants, Al Jazeera in particular has moved from being perceived as a Middle Eastern talk shop to a catalyst for change. Although the Arabic- and English-language broadcaster has sometimes acted like a participant rather than an observer of the uprisings, it is winning praise in Europe and the U.S., which may help it extend its global reach.

“This is a bit of a breakthrough moment” for Al Jazeera, said Charlie Beckett, the director of the Polis media research unit at the London School of Economics.

...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-25/al-jazeera-enrages-dictators-wins-global-viewers-with-coverage-of-unrest.html

[Catherina]

24. On the ground Journalist: Killing people in #Tripoli. #Tajura on fire.

AliveIn Stories from MENA
#Libya Exclusive | On the ground Journalist: Killing people in #Tripoli. #Tajura on fire. #AliveIn http://bit.ly/golv38 (Feb 25) #feb17
21 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Exclusive | On the ground Journalist: Killing people in #Tripoli. #Tajura on fire. #AliveIn

on FEBRUARY 25, 2011

E-mail from Journalist Nicolien Zuijdgeest Reports:

they killing people in the street now in Tripoli
a lot of people are coming from Tajura, east from Tripoli
It’s burning now

http://alive.in/libya/2011/02/25/exclusive-on-the-ground-journalist-killing-people-in-tripoli-tajura-on-fire-alivein/?utm_campaign=libyatweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

[Catherina]

25. mercs are trying to go in soug aljoumaa via 11 june road but the people are fighting them, snipers

AliTweel Ali Tweel
mercs are trying to go in soug aljoumaa via 11 june road but the people are fighting them, lots of guns and snipers might be in the area
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

26. didn't see the rubber bullets in libya at all to resist protesters. it's live ammunition only

AliTweel Ali Tweel
amazing that we didn't see the rubber bullets in libya at all to resist protesters. it's live ammunition only.
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[babydollhead]

27. kick

[Catherina]

29. security started to raid houses...

feb17libya Feb17Libya
<<<cond.: @AJELive caller: the people dont know us or we know them.... kno them..security started to raid houses...
18 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

31. Video: Protesters in Suq al Jummah earlier today

LibyaFeb17_com Libyan Youth
Protesters in Suq al Jummah earlier today - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2499
18 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Believe I already posted this.

[Catherina]

33. #Bahrain: opposition has outdid itself. 1 out of 6 citizens came out on Tues. Today, it's even more

Umm_Issa Natalya
RT @shadihamid Amazing: I'm hearing that #Bahrain opposition has outdid itself. 1 out of 6 citizens came out on Tues. Today, it's even more
19 minutes ago

[defendandprotect]

37. k

[JanDutchy]

53. I totally agree

Egyptians protests 25 jan - L'Internationale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dLKGC4bO-w

[Catherina]

38. Updated: #tripoli #map and #places where actions happened so you understand where are we and what is

AliTweel Ali Tweel
Updated: #tripoli #map and #places where actions happened so you understand where are we and what is going on.. http://twitpic.com/43mj5a
16 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply


Updated OP again

[Catherina]

40. Confirmed: Brega is Free!! The end is near!!

rstripolina rstripolina
Confirmed: Brega is Free!! The end is near!!! #Libya #Feb25
16 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

54. LIBYA HURRA --

[Catherina]

41. Video, more videos being leaked from Tripoli of those dead

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
http://on.fb.me/gjgBtM more videos being leaked from Tripoli of those dead #Libya #Feb17
16 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=114579771949982&oid=197898230226131&comments

[Catherina]

42. Electricity in Sahbha has been cut. #Tripoli tells me Gaddafi men shooting from ambulances

Sityaan Sofyan Amry
Phonecall from #Libya. Electricity in Sahbha has been cut. Also witness in #Tripoli tells me Gaddafi men shooting from ambulances #feb17
16 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

43. some of the security forces are joining the protesters

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Tripoli: Eyewitness says some of the security forces are joining the protesters. #Libya #Feb17
13 minutes ago

[Catherina]

44. Gaddafi’s men picking up the bodies 2 undisclosed locations. mass graves outside Tripoli.

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
LPC #Tripoli: Eyewitness says some of the security forces are joining the protesters. #Libya #Feb17
14 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

BREAKING INSIDER NEWS!
Posted on February 25, 2011 by Chronos

Insider calls from Sabha, Libya to say that electricity has been cut off.

Pro-Gaddafi gunmen are shooting drive-by style from ambulances in Tripoli.

Lastly there are videos emerging Gaddafi’s men picking up the bodies of protesters off the streets of Tripoli and taking them to undisclosed locations. Unconfirmed reports of mass graves outside Tripoli. Stay tuned for more updates.

http://feb17.info/insider/breaking-insider-news/

[Catherina]

45. current time in Tripoli is 6:40 PM on Friday, 25 Feb

TimeInLibya Time In Libya
#Libya The current time in Tripoli is 6:30 PM on Friday, 25 February 2011
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[steve2470]

46. you rock Catherina, thank you as always ! nt

[defendandprotect]

55. - ditto --

[Catherina]

47. Gadafi loves 2 things: power & his sons. I hope he loses both of them before he dies. and SOON

juhina_ jay_Libya
Gadafi loves two things: being in power and his sons. I hope he loses both of them before he dies. and SOON. #libya
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

48. Tripoli is in heavy battle right now. We'll continue to keep u updated. Plz keep us in your prayers

Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
#Tripoli is in heavy battle right now. We'll continue to keep you updated. Plz keep us in your prayers.
11 minutes ago

[Catherina]

49. Our area is still under siege. Ni news about the march, no body answer me on phone

AliTweel Ali Tweel
Our area is still under siege. Ni news about the march, no body answer me on phone
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

50. I just lost communication with Ahmed.. all his Mobile phones switched off.... PLLLLLLLZ Pray for him

jadassary Jad assary
I just lost communication with Ahmed.. all his Mobile phones switched off.... PLLLLLLLZ Pray for him.. #Tripoli #Libya
10 minutes ago

[Catherina]

51. Part 8 here

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x506611

[aquart]

52. k&r. And thank you!