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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:20 PM
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Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 9, Part 11 (The Mother of of Intifadas today)
Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 9, Part 11 (The Mother of of Intifadas today)

Previous Day 9 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10

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.

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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:21 PM
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1. K&R
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:24 PM
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2. kick & rec
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:26 PM
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3.  the people within Tripoli are unarmed. They have no access to weapons.
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
@
@JessicaVickery No, the people within Tripoli are unarmed. They have no access to weapons.

According to that info, I'm afraid peaceful protests within Tripoli won't do it. Will have to be an armed march from outside Tripoli.

Very disturbing reports that they're being targeted around the city. Seems the only safe place for them is the airport.

I'm really worried this will end as a street to street battle in Tripoli rather than a jubilant peaceful demonstration.

He won't hesitate to mow down tens of thousands of unarmed protesters. The man must be stopped and at any price.

    simugoob Giuseppe
    by iyad_elbaghdadi@
    @iyad_elbaghdadi the time for peaceful marches is in the past, gaddafi sees only "rats" to slaughter. The "rats" must bite with ferocity
    10 minutes ago


They seem to be rounding up people according to their accent. That can distinguish a Libyan from a non-Libyan Arab.

    zeitgeistbd Zain Zeitgeist
    by iyad_elbaghdadi@
    @iyad_elbaghdadi Unfortunately, you cant put a mad dog down with protests. have been incredibly brave to stand up to live fire. #Feb17
    8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

    iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
    @
    @emcclendon Problem is that mercenaries get their commands from within Gaddafi's residence, with is a fortress.
    5 minutes ago


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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:27 PM
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4. Breaking hidden-cam video from Tripoli of mercenaries patrol, uploaded just minutes ago:
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Breaking hidden-cam video from Tripoli of mercenaries patrol, uploaded just minutes ago: http://j.mp/fH7ekC #Feb17 #Libya
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

RAW, Libya, African Mercenaries patrolling the streets in Tripoli.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIfxlTroWxk&feature=uploademail
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:28 PM
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5. Reports gunfire can still be heard in Tripoli's streets. It's around 9:30 PM local.
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Reports gunfire can still be heard in Tripoli's streets. It's around 9:30 PM local. #Libya #Feb17
2 minutes ago
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:30 PM
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6. Libya's entire Arab League mission resigns & joins protesters
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
AP: #Libya's entire Arab League mission resigns & joins protesters over Gaddafi violence http://wapo.st/f7uaIb
9 minutes ago

Libya's entire Arab League mission resigns over Gaddafi violence





CAIRO -- Members of Libya's Arab League mission say they have resigned en masse because of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's use of force against his opponents.

The 11 members said in a statement Friday they decided to quit and join the opposition demanding that Gadhafi abandon power.

The head of the delegation, Abdel-Moneim al-Houni, had already resigned as Libya's ambassador to the 22-member Arab League on Sunday.

The Libyan diplomats at the Cairo-based bloc join a number of other Libyan diplomats around the world who have turned against Gadhafi. There has been mounting international pressure for the Libyan leader to relinquish power after four decades of iron-fisted rule.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022504156.html
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:20 PM
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37. k --
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:31 PM
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7. Washington suspends US embassy activities in Tripoli
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Breaking - Al Arabiya: AP: Washington suspends US embassy activities in Tripoli #Libya
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:32 PM
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8. I am unarmed man setting in my house with my terrified wife, innocent son and hearing gunfire outsid
AliTweel Ali Tweel
I am unarmed man setting in my house with my terrified wife, innocent son and hearing gunfire outside roaming around my neighborhood.
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:32 PM
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9. this is not the life we should be living. we deserve better. we are peaceful people, brilliant and g
AliTweel Ali Tweel
this is not the life we should be living. we deserve better. we are peaceful people, brilliant and generous.
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

WE WILL GET YOU BETTER THAN THIS!
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:35 PM
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10. Opposition forces r again n control of #Misurata after gun fight near airport with regime supporters
EnoughGaddafi Enough Gaddafi
Opposition forces r again n control of #Misurata after gun fight near airport with regime supporters #libya #feb17
10 minutes ago
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:36 PM
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11. #Bin wleed, #Zliten: Move together to attack and take out the regiment attacking #Misrata once 4 all
LibyanDictator The Dictator
Call to #Bin wleed, #Zliten: Move together to attack and take out the regiment attacking #Misrata once and for all. #Libya #Feb17
11 minutes ago
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:37 PM
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12. Alaraybi, who claimed 2 defect 2 days ago, arrested and forced to open weapons stores to opposition
EnoughGaddafi Enough Gaddafi
Zawiya Mahdi Alaraybi, who claimed 2 defect a few days ago, has been arrested and forced to open weapons stores to opposition #feb17 #libya
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

You go guys!
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JanDutchy Donating Member (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:49 PM
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19. Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs wants an international inquiry into Gaddafi
There is a military unit ready in Sicily to the Dutch people to evacuate. The Hercules C-130 of the air force had Thursday already nine Dutch and 33 people with another nationality evacuated.
The Unit came last night back in Sicily, where it has since been waiting for a new flight. The Dutch geëvacueerden be flown tonight to Schiphol.
In addition to the plane is there for the coast of Libya still the frigate Hnlms Tromp, Dutch people can evacuate. Also being viewed or Libya people by land from May.
Budgets
Rosenthal hopes on cracks in the regime of Gaddafi, so that more and more only. "Any penalties should be designed to pinch off the regime," he says.
The minister wants an international inquiry into Gaddafi. It would be the best if there are other rulers and judges in Libya the current regime justice, he believes. If this is not possible, you arrive at an International Court, says Rosenthal.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:03 PM
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29. Straight to ICC. US, UK, France, Germany, all arms dealers will stop justice otherwise.
Edited on Fri Feb-25-11 03:06 PM by Catherina
There's so much military industrial complex dirty laundry to hide.
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JanDutchy Donating Member (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:19 PM
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35. W'll keep Rosenthal to his promise
I don't know if the translation "into" must be "on" Khadaffi.


But I will ask Parliament to keep his promise.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:23 PM
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39. k-
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:40 PM
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13. Horrifying account from Libya 25.02.11
LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
Horrifying account from Libya 25.02.11 youtube.com/watch?v=L20yML… via #Libya #Tripoli #Gaddafi
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

The Truth Form Tripoli Libya 25.02.11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L20yMLu7vd8
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:41 PM
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14. This is not going to be an "Egyptian" victory. #Gaddafi i+ #Tripoli will not fall without a >
MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya This is not going to be an "Egyptian" victory over #Gaddafi i+ #Tripoli will not fall without a fierce and probably protracted battle
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:41 PM
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15. k&r nt
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:43 PM
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16. Video: More unarmed Protesters are shot at with live ammunition >

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
More scenes from today's protests: Fleeing heavy gunfire: http://j.mp/dHIFHS #Libya #Feb17
12 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


More unarmed Protesters are shot at with live ammunition in Alsiahiya 25.02.2011
newstweet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57fE1IaHB-0
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:46 PM
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17. shouldn't should underestimate the level of terror in #Tripoli, among wider pop, where ppl know >>
MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya I don't think we should underestimate the level of terror in #Tripoli, among wider pop, where ppl know #Gaddafi will b most ruthless
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:48 PM
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18. Tripoli needs an armed march from outside URGENT URGENT PLEASE COOPERATE ON THIS

libyafreedomnew Libyanews
Tripoli needs an armed march from outside URGENT URGENT PLEASE COOPERATE ON THIS ...#Libya #Gaddafi
10 minutes ago
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:50 PM
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20. i just can't take this image out of my mind, they were shooting us randomly
AliTweel Ali Tweel
#Tripoli RT: @SL0wZEr: i just can't take this image out of my mind, they were shooting us randomly .. #Libya #Feb17
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

You're nothing but impediments to control for oil.

Gas prices in the US over $3.25 now.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:53 PM
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21. Another inspiring video from Zawya, this is #Libya: Doctors tending to the injured, incl mercenaries
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Another inspiring video from Zawya, these are #Libya's people: Doctors tending to the injured, including mercenaries! http://j.mp/gk50v7
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Jesus you guys are kind and good.

Gaddafi Thugs & Mercenaries, Libya مرتز
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh1nQ6wDdkU
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:55 PM
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22. Gaddafi is inciting against Tunisians&Egyptians and hunting them down. Reports of large # >>

LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
@
@marwame Gaddafi is inciting against Tunisians&Egyptians and hunting them down. Reports of large # of them in buses>unknown loc., dead.
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


First thing the Libyans did was try to get all Egyptians out. They foresaw this days ago.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:56 PM
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23. Breaking: Libyan Embassy in #WashingtonDC has changed the Flag!!!!
feb17libya Feb17Libya
BREAKING NEWS: Libyan Embassy in #WashingtonDC has changed the Flag!!!! #VIVALIBYA #Feb17 #Libya!!
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:26 PM
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43. LIBYA HURRA --
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:57 PM
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24. Saif Al-Islam, son of Gaddafi, will give press conference tonight, says Libyan State TV
Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Saif Al-Islam, son of Gaddafi, will give press conference tonight, says Libyan State TV #libya #feb17
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FATWA AGAINST HIM TOO NOW!
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:59 PM
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25. Who the hell is this retarded from the white house....aka Mr. Beating around the Bush

ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Who the hell is this retarded from the white house....aka Mr. Beating around the Bush...would it kill you to answer a question directly
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

I wish I could share with you what I just posted on my FB about that jerk.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 02:59 PM
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26. Whitehouse media spokesman translation: bla bla bla bla bla 'nothing useful'

C0d3Fr0sty Anonymous
Whitehouse media spokesman translation: bla bla bla bla bla 'nothing useful'
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JanDutchy Donating Member (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:11 PM
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32. NATO will continue to consult
25 Feb. 2011

Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the situation in Libya
The North Atlantic Council met this afternoon to discuss the serious situation in Libya, which affects the safety and security of thousands of citizens, including from NATO countries.

The North Atlantic Council will continue to monitor the situation closely in coordination with the other international organisations, and will continue to consult in order to be prepared for any eventuality.
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_70893.htm
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:00 PM
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27. 10s of martyrs 2day in #Misrata due to rockets,missiles fired by nearby brigade, #2b confirmed soon
LibyanDictator The Dictator
10s of martyrs today in #Misrata due to rockets and missiles fired by nearby brigade, number will be confirmed soon. #Libya #Feb17
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:01 PM
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28. Brigade near #Misrata is surrounded but are heavily armed, clashes continue. A lot of gunfire.
LibyanDictator The Dictator
CONFIRMED: Brigade near #Misrata is surrounded but are heavily armed, clashes continue. A lot of gunfire. #Libya #Feb17
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:07 PM
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30. K&R
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:10 PM
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31. Very promising news-the beginnings of a rev army 2 take #Tripoli with aid of internal insurrection -
Edited on Fri Feb-25-11 03:11 PM by Catherina
MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya Very promising news-the beginnings of a revolutionary army 2 take #Tripoli with aid of internal insurrection - http://is.gd/zQZp8k
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Libya Rebels Tighten Noose
Insurgent Commander Vows Assault on Capitol; Desperate Foreigners Try to Flee

By CHARLES LEVINSON, MARGARET COKER and ANGUS MCDOWALL

BENGHAZI, Libya— ...

Just 30 miles west of Col. Gadhafi's shrinking base of power, antiregime forces battled for the oil-industry town of Al-Zawiya. On Thursday evening, opposition forces gained control of Misrata, a coastal city 130 miles east of Tripoli.

...

"We have a plan to bring down Tripoli," Col. Tareq Saad Hussein, one of seven former colonels who have taken charge of rebel forces in Benghazi, said in an interview. "We will not stop until we liberate the whole country."

...

Speaking inside a downtown army administrative compound—now the rebel commanders' operations center—Col. Hussein said his team had already begun sending rebels west toward Tripoli in small groups to slip past forces loyal to Col. Gadhafi.

...

Col. Hussein said his forces had recently been contacted by some members of Col. Gadhafi's tribe in and around Sirte who said they no longer supported Col. Gadhafi.

...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703408604576163683038485482.html?mod=WSJEurope_hpp_LEFTTopStories


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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:27 PM
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45. k-
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:17 PM
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33. Saif Gaddafi 2 spk soon,, could use a good laugh to be honest.
ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
Saif Gaddafi going to speak soon... wonder what he's going to say this time... I could use a good laugh to be honest. #libya
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Not me. Hang him now. Fatwa quick.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:18 PM
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34. From #fashloom now: spirits still high "we can smell the wind of freedom in the air".
septimius_sever septimius severus
From #fashloom now: spirits still high "we can smell the wind of freedom in the air". #libya #feb17
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JanDutchy Donating Member (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:30 PM
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47. the African Union and what you can do
Edited on Fri Feb-25-11 03:31 PM by JanDutchy
Libya - known as Great Socialist People`s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - isn't still kicked out off the African Union


Please ask them to ban Ghadaffi's regime membership and ask for an investigation on the role of Zimbabwe c.s.

Here is the link, how you can contact the A.U. and don't forget to send the message to your government:


http://au.int/en/contact
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:19 PM
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36. LIBYA HURRA -
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:20 PM
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38. a bus carrying tens of people coming from Libya had fell off Alsaloom cliff
libyafreedomnew Libyanews
Alahram: a bus carrying tens of people coming from Libya had fell off Alsaloom cliff. #Libya #Gaddafi
9 minutes ago

I can't RT that one. How terrible, how sad. RIP
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:23 PM
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40. Oxfam and other orgs call 4 freeze all assets of Colonel Gaddafi,senior military, his security ldrs
libyafreedomnew Libyanews
Oxfam and other organizations, calls for a freeze of all assets of Colonel Gaddafi,senior military and his security leaders. #Libya #Gaddafi
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FREEZE? YES BUT GOD DAMN. SAME ASSHOLES ISSUED AN INTERPOL #1 WARRANT FOR JULIAN ASSANGE OVER THE TRUMPED UP CHARGE OF A RIPPED CONDOM. Thanks OXFAM. you're doing your job but the rest of you? Mississippi god damn!
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:24 PM
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41. friends reporting very loud explosions in #Tripoli now.
mijadedios mijadedios
RT @iyad_elbaghdadi: Some friends reporting very loud explosions in #Tripoli now. #Libya:
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:25 PM
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42. White House says strongly supports suspending #Libya from U.N.

mijadedios mijadedios
RT @thecucos: RT @reutersflash: White House says strongly supports suspending #Libya from U.N.
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Jesus. Go back to sleep or whatever you were doing. Totally UNACCEPTABLE.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:26 PM
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44. Sanctions- US? that's all you got is a slap on the hand for this Genocidal maniac???
mijadedios mijadedios
Sanctions- US? that's all you got is a slap on the hand for this Genocidal maniac??? #Obama #Fail
4 minutes ago
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:29 PM
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46. n Open Letter To The World from Anonymous
C0d3Fr0sty Anonymous
An Open Letter To The World from Anonymous > http://bit.ly/gwBBqW "You are the revolution" #Anonymous
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We stand at a unique time in our history, the rise of the internet and computer technology have contributed to an unparallelled rate of prosperity for the First World. We have created for ourselves and empire unlike any other, a global network of constant trade and communication, a new age of technological advancement. We have come a long way from our humble roots in the Industrial Revolution and the days of Manifest Destiny. We are now pioneers on new digital frontiers expanding our domain from the quantum world to the far reaches of space.



And yet, the empire faces a crisis, a global recession, growing poverty, rampant violence, corruption in politics, and threats to personal freedom. As it was before in other times of crisis, the old stories have begun to repeat themselves. The half truths, this time repeated nightly on cable news and echoed through a series of tubes onto the internet: the empire is strong, change is unwise, business as usual is the answer. In times of uncertainty there are those who seek to add to the confusion, to prey on our insecurities and fears. Those who would seek to keep us divided for their own gain. The pervasive strategy takes many very convincing forms: Liberals and Conservatives, Christians and Muslims, Black and White, Saved and sinner.



But something unexpected is happening. We have begun telling each other our own stories. Sharing our lives, our hopes, our dreams, our demons. Every second, day in day out, into all hours of the night the gritty details of life on this earth are streaming around the world. As we see the lives of others played out in our living rooms we are beginning to understand the consequences of our actions and the error of the old ways. We are questioning the old assumptions that we are made to consume not to create, that the world was made for our taking, that wars are inevitable, that poverty is unavoidable. As we learn more about our global community a fundamental truth has been rediscovered: We are not so different as we may seem. Every human has strengths, weaknesses, and deep emotions. We crave love, love laughter, fear being alone and dream for a better life.



You must create a better life.



You cannot sit on the couch watching television or playing video games, waiting for a revolution. You are the revolution. Every time you decide not to exercise your rights, every time you refuse to hear another view point, every time you ignore the world around you, every time you spend a dollar at a business that doesn't pay a fair wage you are contributing to the oppression of the human body and the repression of the human mind. You have a choice, a choice to take the easy path, the familiar path, to walk willingly into your own submission. Or a choice get up, to go outside and talk to your neighbor, to come together in new forums to create lasting, meaningful change for the human race.



This is our challenge:



A peaceful revolution, a revolution of ideas, a revolution of creation. The twenty-first century enlightenment. A global movement to create a new age of tolerance and understanding, empathy and respect. An age of unfettered technological development. An age of sharing ideas and cooperation. An age of artistic and personal expression. We can choose to use new technology for radical positive change or let it be used against us. We can choose to keep the internet free, keep channels of communication open and dig new tunnels into those places where information is still guarded. Or we can let it all close in around us. As we move in to new digital worlds, we must acknowledge the need for honest information and free expression. We must fight to keep the internet open as a marketplace of ideas where all are seated as equals. We must defend our freedoms from those who would seek to control us. We must fight for those who do not yet have a voice. Keep telling your story. All must be heard.

http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=568


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JanDutchy Donating Member (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:36 PM
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51. One day Anonymous :
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:31 PM
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48. @BarackObama NO MILITARY!!! Send medical aid & support. NO MILITARY,,, dont screw it up!

EndOppression Free the World
@PJCrowley @BarackObama NO MILITARY!!! Send medical aid and support. NO MILITARY the people of #Libya have gone this far dont screw it up
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:34 PM
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49. Benghazi residents seek evidence of disappeared Libyans
martinchulov Martin Chulov
My latest from #Libya: Benghazi residents seek evidence of disappeared Libyans gu.com/p/2nct4/tw via @guardian
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Benghazi residents seek evidence of disappeared Libyans
Hundreds dig up former army headquarters in search of bodies as Gaddafi's control over country continues to slip

Martin Chulov in Benghazi
guardian.co.uk, Friday 25 February 2011 19.45 GMT


Benghazi residents search for other underground prisons in the sacked army headquarters in the city. Photograph: Sean Smith

Moustafa Ahmed had been scraping through the soft soil since Tuesday. He was using a shaped wooden plank to dig and the throng around him was scattering the soil behind a nearby eucalyptus tree. "We know they're there," he said. "The people heard their voices."

...

Word soon got around the military base, which has become the main attraction in town, of the frantic dig out back. Even more cars began arriving, people convinced that living proof of Colonel Gaddafi's cruelty was only inches beneath their feet. Helpers poured in from everywhere, chipping away with concrete blocks and anything that could be used as a makeshift tool.

"The door is here, we know it's here," one man cried. They hit a water pipe. It slowed no one down. Fifteen minutes later they struck a piece of shaped concrete and pandemonium broke out. A swarm of several hundred men descended on the site in less than a minute. "Find a lock, it's not far away, came a shout."

The door was never found and probably never will be. With two giant dungeons nearby, small underground holes would probably have been redundant. But such is the rage here against the regime and so vehement the distrust towards one of the region's cruellest despots that all those who stood in the desolate, muddy earth were convinced they were helping exorcise something vile. The process seemed almost cathartic.

...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/25/benghazi-residents-evidence-disappeared-libyans?CMP=twt_gu
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:36 PM
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50.  State TV: Foreign Ministry: All the world countries have called & told Libya that the Islamic >>
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Libyan State TV: Foreign Ministry: All the world countries have called & told Libya that the Islamic militants are causing trouble in #Libya
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Now this could be true.. about all world countries calling to say that. How they wish it would be true.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:38 PM
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52. Imam who gave this mornings pro-G sermon in Tripoli beaten up, tossed out
levinsonc Charles Levinson
Witness:At Tripoli's ZawiaDahmani mosque, faithful found new imam Fri. When he gave proGadhafi sermon they beat him up, tossed him out#Libya
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:40 PM
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53. State TV interviewing ppl who condem those "misguided ppl on hallucinogens", "Everything is fine"

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Libyan State TV interviewing citizens who are condemning those "misguided people on hallucinogens", "Everything is fine" #Libya #1984
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:41 PM
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54. Very emotional speech by Libyan Amb to UN. Hugging, condolences from other Ambs @ UN

ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
Very emotional speech by Shalqam, Libyan ambassador in the UN. Other ambassadors are hugging him right now & giving him their condolences.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:42 PM
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55. Libyan Revolutionaries in Misurata airport seize plane carrying 50 mercenaries
SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Manar: Libyan Revolutionaries in Misurata airport seize plane carrying 50 mercenaries #Libya
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 03:45 PM
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56. Part 12 here
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