Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 9, Part 8 (The Mother of of Intifadas today)

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 9, Part 8 (The Mother of of Intifadas today)

Previous Day 9 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7

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.

[Catherina]

1. #Iraq: Continuous shooting of live ammunition & water canons of pro-reform protesters.

AliveIn Stories from MENA
| #Baghdad: Continuous shooting of live ammunition & water canons of pro-reform protesters. | #Feb25 #Iraq #IQ4C | via @RuwaydaMustafah
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

2. Not less than 40 person injured and dead in soug aljoumaa, via a doctor there

AliTweel Ali Tweel
Not less than 40 person injured and dead in soug aljoumaa, via a doctor there
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

3. Doc tells Sky #Gaddafi men beat up #Tripoli hospital docs & ripped up blood bags as they tried >>

Cyrenaican Libyana Americana
Doc tells Sky #Gaddafi men beat up #Tripoli hospital docs & ripped up blood bags as they tried to treat seriously injured protestors #feb17
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[pinboy3niner]

4. AJE: Serbia denies that Serb mercenary pilots bombed Libyan protesters, 25 min. ago

6:25pm Serbia denied media reports on Friday that its pilots or ground crews had been involved in Libyan air force bombing missions against protesters, adding that it was suspending all its arms exports to the country. The Serbian Defence Ministry were responding to reports in Arab and Maltese media that Serb mercenary pilots took part in bombing runs against protesters in the Libyancities of Tripoli and Benghazi.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/02/24/live-blog-libya-feb-25

[Catherina]

5. Video: Protester martyred 2 hours ago in Souq Al Jummah

LibyaFeb17_com Libyan Youth
Protester martyred 2 hours ago in Souq Al Jummah - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2506
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Protester martyred 2 hours ago in Souq Al Jummah
Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin

Translation of chant: There is no god except God! And the martyr is the beloved of God!


Very hard to watch. Had to stop there for a minute. Tears just streaming. MIC needs to be torn down now.

[Catherina]

6. My heart literally hurts right now....praying for those fighting in #Libya!

Shnesh Sarah Hnesh
My heart literally hurts right now....praying for those fighting in #Libya! #Tripoli
12 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Yea, mine too.

[Catherina]

7. Libyan tv showing gaddafi ON AJE NOW! Tune in!

AliTweel Ali Tweel
Libyan tv showing gaddafi
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[pinboy3niner]

12. With a captive audience surrounded by heavily-armed mercs!

:puke:

[defendandprotect]

28. k

[Poboy]

8. K&R

[Catherina]

9. friend in #tripoli is pleading that we get news of today's ongoing massacre to the world

SaloumehZ SaloumehZ
R @libya_7orra My friend in #tripoli is pleading that we get news of today's ongoing massacre to the world come people retweet #feb17 #libya
7 minutes ago

Tweeted back that world is listening, not 2 despair. Sent love & solidarity.

[defendandprotect]

34. America needs AJE/TV -- BBC can't decide on Libyan revolution or British wedding!!

[Catherina]

10. "At least 40 injured and dead in Suq al Jumah"

LibyaFeb17_com Libyan Youth
"At least 40 injured and dead in Suq al Jumah" - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2520
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

“At least 40 injured and dead in Suq al Jumah”
Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin
18: 48: More from Ali Tweel in Tripoli, who tweets: “Not less than 40 person injured and dead in soug aljoumaa, via a doctor there”.

http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2520

[Catherina]

11. Wounded cannot go to hospital in #Tripoli out of fear of being reported , go home to get treatment

EnoughGaddafi Enough Gaddafi
Wounded cannot go to hospital in #Tripoli out of fear of being reported , go home to get treatment #libya #feb17
7 minutes ago

[Catherina]

13. G Live: "If my people and the arab people dont love Gaddafi I don't deserve to live"

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
G Live (green Sq.) "If my people and the arab people dont love Gaddafi I don't deserve to live"
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


No you don't. I still can't think of something painful enuf I'd like to personally do 2 u while calmly staring you in the eyes.

[Catherina]

15. "I am not a president but I came to support the Libyan people who defeated the Italians, >>

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
G Live (green Sq.) "I am not a president but I came to support the Libyan people who defeated the Italians , grandchildren of Omar Mokhtar"
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

18. Gaddafi you are an insult to mankind. Don't you dare utter the honourable name of Omar Al Mukhtar.>

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi you are an insult to mankind. Don't you dare utter the honourable name of Omar Al Mukhtar. You are shameful. #libya #gaddaficrimes
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

19. Gaddafi you are not one of us. No one will dance or sing till you are dead.

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi you are not one of us. No one will dance or sing till you are dead. #libya #gaddaficrimes #feb17
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

20. Gaddafi told a crowd of s few hundred to sing and dance and live life to the fullest.

marwame Marwa Elnaggar
#Gaddafi told a crowd of s few hundred to sing and dance and live life to the fullest. #Libya
10 minutes ago

[pinboy3niner]

21. Quote: "Life without green banners hoisted is useless"

AJE running clip with translation added (Ghadafi remarks in Green Square). :crazy:

[Catherina]

22. we will dance & sing soon on your dead body

Hendka hend mohammed
we will dance & sing soon on your dead body #libya #feb17
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Put on stiletto heels for me pls

[Catherina]

27. Gaddafi, you will be taken down. You've only fueled the Libyans desire to remove you immediately.

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi, you will be taken down. You've only fueled the Libyans desire to remove you immediately. #libya #gaddaficrimes #feb17
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

29. Green Sq, where #gaddafi just gave speech, heavily guarded, people could not get into the square...g

EnoughGaddafi Enough Gaddafi
Green Sq, where #gaddafi just gave speech, heavily guarded, people could not get into the square...guess we now understand why #libya #feb17
6 minutes ago

[Catherina]

31. No one is fooled, your protesters are few and far between. No one supports you. Down with Gaddafi

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
No one is fooled, your protesters are few and far between. No one supports you. Down with Gaddafi #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

32. Someone shoot him!!

ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Someone shoot him!! #gadaffi
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

35. just watched the bastard give his speech: not many ppl, area was mostly covered in cars 2 take space

elmurabit A. El-Ferjani
just watched #gaddafi the bastard give his speech: not many people, the area was mostly covered in cars to take up space. #libya #feb17
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

36. Sing and dance he says... On his grave inshallah

ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Sing and dance he says... On his grave inshallah #gadaffi @Ghonim @SultanAlQassemi @ShababLibya
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

39. Gaddafi: 'people who do not love me, do not deserve to live'

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Gaddafi: 'people who do not love me, do not deserve to live #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

40. square clearly full of none libyans as gadafi speaks, no more then 2000 supporters, whereas millions

adeb91 A
Martyr square #libya clearly full of none libyans as gadafi speaks, no more then 2000 supporters, whereas millions freedom protestors #libya
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

44. Gaddafi: "When the need arises we will open the weapons depots & arm the people" >>

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Gaddafi: "When the need arises we will open the weapons depots & arm the people" "Libya is the leader of the third world"
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

14. Saif Al Islam lies through his teeth to media:

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Saif Al Islam lies through his teeth to media: http://bit.ly/hpU5IG #libya #gaddaficrimes #feb17
8 minutes ago

cuneyt ozdemir with seif al islam gadhafi part 1

The body language and the tone of his voice are very clear, the end is near and he is fully aware of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mNyIhg_png&feature=player_embedded#at=31

[steve2470]

16. k&r nt

[Catherina]

17. Situation in Libya: Police Jning Protesters. 16 dead in Zawiya. Blood spilled in Tajura Hospital >>

AliveIn Stories from MENA
#Libya Situation in Libya: Police Jning Protesters. 16 dead in Zawiya. Blood spilled in Tajura Hospital http://bit.ly/gQaP2g (Feb 25) #feb17
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Situation in Libya: Police Joining Protesters. 16 dead in Zawiya. Blood spilled in Tajura Hospital



on FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Message through Skype from Libya:

Thousands of protestors on their way from the east to Tripoli
It is said they are 10 km. from Green Square
Military police is joining their sides
People afraid for huge bloodshed after dark

2 friends have died today, 16 people in Zawiya

Advice among the people not to drink tap water as it might be poisoned. Some people acted strange after drinking.

A doctor said: All the blood reserves were taken by Qadafi-people from the 3 hospitals in Tripoli. In Tajura hospital the blood was spilled on the ground, but people rushed in to donate blood again.

Big solidarity among people to share food, water and bread.

Via (Nicolien Zuijdgeest)

http://alive.in/libya/2011/02/25/situation-in-libya-police-joining-protesters-16-dead-in-zawiya-blood-spilled-in-tajura-hospital/?utm_campaign=libyatweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

[JanDutchy]

26. Tripoli Airspace closed by Lib authority's

Tripoli has now closed its airspace and an Egypt Air aircraft circling outside Libyan airspace has not been allowed it, according to Air Malta’s Crisis Operations Room visited this afternoon by Finance Minister Tonio Fenech.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110225/local/tripoli-closes-airspace

[defendandprotect]

41. LIBYA HURRA --

[JanDutchy]

45. EP calls urgent meeting on Libya: NEXT THURSDAY !!

EP calls urgent meeting on Libya

The European Parliament this afternoon called an urgent meeting of its Civil Liberties Committee to discuss the current turmoil in Libya.

The meeting is to be held next Tuesday in Brussels with the participation of the EU’s Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom.

Sources close to the EP told timesofmalta.com that the latest preparations made by the Commission to offer concrete help to Malta and other southern EU member states in the case of an influx of asylum seekers are to be discussed.

MEPs are also expected to press the Commission for concrete burden sharing initiatives tailor-made for this emergency.

Some member states, particularly Sweden, the UK, Germany, Belgium and Austria are still opposing the burden sharing idea.

---
Tripoli is in fire: and the conservatise are arguing?

[Catherina]

23. In all tripoli there is a gunfire by pro-gaddafi.

AliTweel Ali Tweel
In all tripoli there is a gunfire by pro-gaddafi.
7 minutes ago

[Catherina]

24. Source from inside pro-#Gaddafi military says they are drugging kidnapped protesters, >>

LibyanDictator The Dictator
Source from inside pro-#Gaddafi military says they are drugging kidnapped protesters, perhaps to use for #Gaddafi's theories. #Libya #Feb17
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

25. More footage from clashes in Souq Al Jummah today

LibyaFeb17_com Libyan Youth
More footage from clashes in Souq Al Jummah today - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2523
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

More footage from clashes in Souq Al Jummah today
Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin


Translation: Libya is free free! Libya is free free!

[Catherina]

30. 3 kidnapped from #Misrata, and an unconfirmed number of 4 from #Zleetin

LibyanDictator The Dictator
3 kidnapped from #Misrata, and an unconfirmed number of 4 from #Zleetin. #Libya #Feb17
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

33. #Gaddafi #speech+personal appearance is clear indication he will indeed fight to the end & >>

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya #Gaddafi #speech+personal appearance is clear indication he will indeed fight to the end and a bloody one+believes in what he says
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[eleny]

37. Thank you, I understand the situation better from these maps

[Catherina]

38. Protesters are shot at with live ammunition in Alsiahiya

LibyaFeb17_com Libyan Youth
Protesters are shot at with live ammunition in Alsiahiya - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2525
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Translation:

Film this! Film this!

[highplainsdem]

42. K&R

[Catherina]

43. Gaddafi is in Green Sq.....Don't let him escape.

Shnesh Sarah Hnesh
#Gaddafi is in Green Sq.....Don't let him escape. #Libya #Feb17 #Tripoli
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Not so sure about that. Lighting not right for time of day.

[defendandprotect]

50. kr ...

think BBC or CNN reported it as his being at "Red Castle" overlooking "Green Square"

agree -- lighting is very strange --

[uppityperson]

46. k&r and yes, your effort here is worth it. Need to have this on the tubes for future reference

[Catherina]

47. 200 ppl found dead in underground prison in benghazi,

LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
200 ppl found dead in underground prison in benghazi, LIbya twitpic.com/43mj8k #Libya #Tripoli #Benghazi #Gaddafi
8 minutes ago

[defendandprotect]

51. LIBYA HURRA --

Acts of the "Mad Dog" !!

[Raksha]

53. Unspeakable horror. There are no words to describe it.

I'm saving the picture of that prison as a testament to human depravity.

[Catherina]

48. One should not underestimate the pro- #Gaddafi crowds were around 20,000 + motivated, will be a fite

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya One should not underestimate the pro- #Gaddafi crowds were around 20,000 + motivated, not artificial or acting-so will it be a fight
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

56. k --

Fear Gaddafi will do his worst, still!

May the Fates deny the Dictators of the world any future havens!

[Catherina]

49. may allah help us all. They are shooting any protesters. we are unarmed. what is this place? where >

AliTweel Ali Tweel
may allah help us all. They are shooting any protesters. we are unarmed. what is this place? where am i? People r killing unarmed people!
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

:cry:

[JanDutchy]

54. may allah help: and so do we

France 24
18:06 Gaddafi live: "Those that don't love me don't deserve to live."


17:55 Gaddafi live: "This is the jihad of the heroes. I am among the public and we will continue to fight. We will beat them."


17:54 Gaddafi talks to crowds in Green Square in central Tripoli

[Catherina]

52. underground prisons and tunnels to gaddafi's compound per >>

ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
My mother, who worked at the museum in green square (saraya hamra) says there are underground prisons and tunnels to gaddafi's compound!
15 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Raksha]

How convenient...maybe the opposition can lock Gaddafi up

in one of his own prisons after they storm the compound. They wouldn't have far to transport him.

[Catherina]

55. Aljazeera now saying #Gaddafi probably only controls area around Bab al Azizia now

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Aljazeera now saying #Gaddafi probably only controls area around Bab al Azizia now #Feb17 #Libya
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

59. k --

Can't believe he wouldn't leave himself a way out --

and 20,000 pro-G supporters going with him?

Don't think that's going to work -- !!

[bobbolink]

57. Request on behalf of Libya's people from TIKKUN

I am passing this on for information for those who are wondering what actions to take. I don't know how the Libya protestors think of this, so I am just passing it along.

MODS... this is from and email, and the rabbi wants it to be shared.

From email.... their website is tikkun.org

It’s time for bolder international action against the ruthless dictator of Libya who is killing his own people.

Military jets, helicopter gunships, and mercenaries with machine guns are indiscriminately attacking unarmed demonstrators while heads of state just make statements.

Only a vigorous global response can help prevent the situation from spiraling into greater violence. Please ask the US to play a leadership role in forcing the UN Security Council to act.

There are peaceful and effective international actions that could save lives in Libya. For instance, the members of the UN Security Council control a large part of the international financial system – where Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his henchmen keep their money. That means we could in short order freeze most of the regime's assets – hitting it where it hurts most.

Add to that an embargo on military aid and supplies (including funding for mercenaries), humanitarian assistance for refugees and victims of violence, human rights investigations into officials leading the crackdown, and economic sanctions targeted at the top levels of the Libyan regime, and we've got a good chance of making a difference. But we have to act fast.

There have been some recent dramatic developments in Libya that international action could support, if we act quickly. Factions in the Libyan regime are refusing to follow Gaddafi’s orders. International pressure can further isolate Gaddafi. The worst violence could end if everyone in the Libyan military understands they need to choose sides.

Today there are credible reports that the death toll is rising with estimates that over 2,000 people have already lost their lives. Can you take action today?

While we press for international action, we can also call for a US ban on arms sales to countries like Libya. Countries like Bahrain and Yemen are using military force against protesters, and they are still receiving US military aid.

Thanks to peace activism, the administration announced today that it is reviewing arms sales to countries caught up in Middle East turmoil. The administration should end US military aid and arms sales to countries that use violence against people expressing their civil democratic rights.

Please write President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton and ask them to support international action that could stop the violence and prevent human suffering, while freezing military aid to dictators that are killing their own citizens.

We at Tikkun are joining with Peace Action West and many other peace organizations to do what we can to save lives and to promote democratic transformation in the Middle East. Thank you for acting with us when it counts the most.

[Catherina]

58. Part 9 here

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x506976

[ceile]

60. K&R

Thank you!!!!