Qadhafi’s Crimes
Gadhafi threatens to join forces with al-Qaida if West attacks Libya
Libyan leader says he is shocked by betrayal of European leaders, his former allies, who have slapped economic sanctions on Tripoli following a violent crackdown on protests in the country.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/gadhafi-threatens-to-join-forces-with-al-qaida-if-west-attacks-libya-1.349357?localLinksEnabled=false
Libya: Ajdabiya hit by fresh airstrikes
Fresh airstrikes on the outskirts of the Libyan rebel-held town of Ajdabiya have killed one and wounding another, according to witnesses.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8383137/Libya-Ajdabiya-hit-by-fresh-airstrikes.html
Footage: Ajdabia comes under aerial bombardment
March 15, 2011: Gaddafi forces have been air-striking the civilian city of Ajdabia today. You can hear more than anything what continual shelling sounds and feels like. Prayers are heard over the loud speaker that plays throughout the city. Spread this video and call for a No-fly-Zone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLu7IHUKQo&feature=player_embedded
Gaddafi bombards rebel-held east Libyan town
AJDABIYAH, Libya, March 15 (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched a heavy bombardment of a rebel checkpoint on the edge of the eastern town of Ajdabiyah on Tuesday and on a nearby arms dump, witnesses reported. Witnesses in one car that had travelled to Ajdabiyah from Brega, an oil town that rebels have been fighting to retain, said Gaddafi’s tanks and missile trucks were now about 40 km (25 miles) away from Ajdabiyah.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/gaddafi-bombards-rebel-held-east-libyan-town
Gaddafi forces attack two towns in east
AJDABIYAH, Libya, March 15 (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s forces attacked two rebel-held towns on Tuesday as the battle for eastern Libya edged closer to the insurgent stronghold Benghazi, rebel fighters said. The Libyan leaders’ troops unleashed a heavy bombardment on on a rebel checkpoint outside Ajdabiyah, a junction town on the coastal highway, and a nearby rebel arms dump. The insurgents abandoned the position as the barrage threatened the town. Fighting was also underway for the oil town of Brega, 75 km (50 miles) to the south, rebel fighters said.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/battle-for-east-libya-swirls-around-oil-town-of-brega
Forces of Gaddafi sons head to east Libya oil town-TV
AJDABIYAH, Libya, March 15 (Reuters) – Army units commanded by Muammar Gaddafi’s sons headed to the frontline oil town of Brega on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported, suggesting the Libyan leader was moving some of his best troops to the rebel-held east. The television channel said the units were commanded by his sons Saadi and Khamis. It did not give further details.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/forces-of-gaddafi-sons-head-to-east-libya-oil-town-tv
Battle for control rages in Libya
Gaddafi forces inch towards opposition stronghold of Benghazi while wrangle over UN decision on no-fly zone crawls.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/africa/2011/03/201131542757285681.html
Civilians flee, rebels fall back from Libya’s Ajdabiyah
AJDABIYAH, Libya, March 15 (Reuters) – At first, civilians in the Libyan town of Ajdabiyah got out of their cars to watch the airplane flying overhead. An hour or so later, they were fleeing down the road to escape as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces bombarded the town’s rebel defenders. Men, women and children piled into cars and pickups heading along the highway in the opposite direction from the troops who were massing in the desert just a few kilometres away on Ajdabiyah’s western side.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/civilians-flee-rebels-fall-back-from-libyas-ajdabiyah
Battle for Libyan town rages on
Libyan government and rebel forces battle for the oil town of Brega, as a UN envoy goes to Tripoli seeking an end to the violence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12742858
Four dead in attacks on west Libya town –Arabiya
CAIRO, March 14 (Reuters) – Four people died in the rebel-held western Libyan town of Zuwarah after a heavy bombardment, Al-Arabiya TV reported on Monday. The brief report did not give further details and did not make clear the identities of those killed. Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attacked on Monday the small Mediterranean coastal town of Zuwarah, located some 120 km (70 miles) west of the capital Tripoli and near the border with Tunisia, residents said.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/four-dead-in-attacks-on-west-libya-town—arabiya
Libyan jets bomb rebels as no-fly diplomacy crawls
AJDABIYAH, Libya, March 14 (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s jets bombed Libyan rebels on Monday in a counter-offensive that has pushed them back 100 miles (160 km) in a week, far outpacing diplomatic efforts to impose a no-fly zone to help the rebels. There is now a very real possibility that by the time world powers agree on a response to the conflict, Gaddafi’s forces may already have won.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/libya-jets-bomb-rebels-french-press-for-no-fly-zone
Video: Gadaffi Forces attacking Ras Lanuf
http://feb17.info/media/gadaffi-forces-attacking-ras-lanuf-2/
Pro-Qaddafi Forces Press Rebels East and West of Tripoli, Anthony Shadid
Military forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi on Monday attacked two towns and offered amnesty to those who surrendered.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/africa/15libya.html
Gaddafi forces defeat rebels in western Libyan town
TUNIS, March 14 (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi retook the small coastal town of Zuwarah on Monday, ending one of the last rebellions in western Libya, after a day of heavy artillery fire sent residents fleeing for safety. Loyalist troops launched their attack in the morning, closing in from west, east and south and fighting their way into what had been a relatively quiet town since the insurrection against Gaddafi began last month.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/gaddafi-forces-defeat-rebels-in-western-libyan-town
Kadafi forces hem in Misurata
Residents of the coastal city say Kadafi has imposed a sea, air and land blockade, with soldiers stationed on three sides. Doctors say they are running out of medicines for civilian patients. Misurata is a picturesque seaside enclave with a reputation as Libya’s wealthiest and most educated city. It also is one of the most prominent of the rebel-held territories in a country split into regions controlled by dictator Moammar Kadafi and a nascent opposition based in Benghazi.
http://feeds.latimes.com/%7Er/latimes/middleeast/%7E3/NLkbxP6D5RU/la-fg-libya-misurata-20110315,0,1409730.story
Libyan rebels brace for attack on Ajdabiya
An attack on Libya’s Ajdabiya is anticipated as forces loyal to Moammar Kadafi bomb the city’s outskirts. Insurgents launch a counterattack to regain the strategic oil city of Port Brega. Streets were deserted and shops were closed Monday as rebels in Ajdabiya braced for an offensive by the Libyan army, which bombed the city’s outskirts as it deepened its push into insurgent-controlled territory in the east.
http://feeds.latimes.com/%7Er/latimes/middleeast/%7E3/H54ZKehMV7E/la-fg-libya-fighting-20110315,0,1489047.story
Gaddafi forces make gains in Libya
Town of Zuwarah said to be in hands of Libyan leader’s forces as their fight for rebel-held city of Ajdabiya continues.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/africa/2011/03/201131420334113181.html
Gaddafi’s elite forces key to Libya conflict: experts
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s elite forces hold the key to crushing the rebellion in the North African country as he can no longer count on the regular army, analysts said Monday.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/03/14/141550.html
Gadhafi’s global partners in crime
The time has come to put a stop to the crimes against humanity being perpetrated by Moammar Gadhafi on the people of Libya. With Gadhafi holding nothing back in his assault on the citizens he has misruled for more than 40 years, every passing day will only result in more Libyans dead at the hands of their nominal leader.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=17&article_id=125984
Libya’s Gadhafi, increasingly isolated internationally, finds supporters in Latin America
CARACAS, Venezuela — As Moammar Gadhafi finds himself increasingly isolated internationally, he still has at least a few friends far away. Latin America’s most prominent leftists rallied early to his defense and have stayed there even as former friends, neighbors and countrymen have abandoned the embattled Libyan leader and urged his ouster. Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega have been foremost in opposing U.S. and NATO military involvement, and in suggesting that reports of atrocities by Gadhafi’s troops are overblown or unproven.
http://feb17.info/news/libya%E2%80%99s-gadhafi-increasingly-isolated-internationally-finds-supporters-in-latin-america/
Rebels fear other regimes are throwing support behind Gadhafi’s forces
As artillery and air strikes forced the rebels back along the main coastal highway, their chief military representative spoke for the first time about reports that Syria and Algeria are supplying men and weapons to Colonel Moammar Gadhafi.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/rebels-fear-other-regimes-are-throwing-support-behind-gadhafis-forces/article1940647/
As Diplomacy Falters, Qaddafi Tells Rebels: Surrender or Flee
Early on Tuesday, as outside powers struggled to formulate a response to the crisis, diplomacy seemed in danger of being outstripped by events on the ground.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7e0a6e7e6baa4d74d8c4661f45ad2b56
Gaddafi says shocked by former European friends
ROME, March 15 (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said he felt betrayed by former European allies like Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi who have turned against him and said business links with Europe risked lasting damage. Gaddafi dismissed demands by world powers for a no-fly zone over Libya or the possibility of airstrikes, telling Tuesday’s edition of the Italian daily Il Giornale that: “We will fight and win. A situation of that type will only serve to unite the Libyan people.”
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/gaddafi-says-shocked-by-former-european-friends
Gaddafi intimidating, detaining reporters
Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi is waging a campaign of intimidation against journalists and suspected opponents of his regime, according to Libyans and human rights groups. In recent weeks, several journalists have disappeared, been detained or faced mock executions. Over the weekend, an Al Jazeera cameraman became the first journalist to be killed since the start of the conflict inLibya last month. Unidentified gunmen killed Ali Hassan al-Jaber and wounded his colleague in an ambush near the rebel-controlled eastern city of Benghazi.
http://feb17.info/general/gaddafi-intimidating-detaining-reporters/
Libyan Resistance
Libyan rebels arrest ‘Gaddafi death squad’ that killed journalist
Four men have been arrested for the murder of an Al Jazeera journalist, and rebel officials claim evidence has emerged that Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is sending undercover squads to carry out assassinations. The Independent was told that four men were caught in the city of Ajdabiya with evidence linking them to the death of Ali Hassan Al Jaber, who was killed near Benghazi on Saturday. Under questioning, the suspects allegedly confessed that they had been ordered to silence opposition figures and drive out international presence from territories of the protest movement
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/libyan-rebels-arrest-gaddafi-death-squad-that-killed-journalist-2241876.html
Eastern Libyan rebels quit checkpoint under fire
AJDABIYAH, Libya, March 15 (Reuters) – Rebels fighters in the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiyah retreated from a checkpoint on the western edge as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded them on Tuesday, a Reuters correspondent reported. “There is a lot of to and fro. They may go back later, but it is the first time I have seen them abandon that checkpoint in such numbers since I have been here,” said correspondent Mohammed Abbas. As he fell back, Abbas said the bombardment started creeping closer to the town. “The barrage is now landing closer to the town,” he said.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/eastern-libyan-rebels-quit-checkpoint-under-fire
East Libyans fear Gaddafi will try to block border
TOBRUK, Libya, March 14 (Reuters) – Libyans in Tobruk fear that Muammar Gaddafi’s forces would try to seize their city to block food supply routes to the rest of rebel-held eastern Libya. Tobruk is on the main coast road east to Egypt. With many foreign ships wary of docking in eastern ports due to security fears, food and medical supplies to the rebel-controlled region largely come by land and through Tobruk, residents say.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/east-libyans-fear-gaddafi-will-try-to-block-border
LIBYA: Fearing the worst in Benghazi
BENGHAZI, 15 March 2011 (IRIN) – Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city and seat of the opposition Libyan National Council, is bracing for the fall-out from fighting in Brega, 200 kms away, with residents warning they could suffer gas and electricity shortages.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/libya-fearing-the-worst-in-benghazi
Rebel council seeks to transform Libya
Libya’s rebels are a movement under siege and desperate for international recognition, assistance and a no-fly zone.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/14/AR2011031404469.html?wprss=rss_world/mideast
Clinton holds first U.S. meet with Libya opposition in Paris
Clinton discussed widening crisis in Libya with French president, then held a closed-door meeting with leader of Libya opposition; leaders spoke about how U.S. could assist Libyan people in efforts against Gadhafi regime.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/clinton-holds-first-u-s-meet-with-libya-opposition-in-paris-1.349263?localLinksEnabled=false
Women’s Protest in Misrata
Women in the city of opposition-held city of Misrata came out on March 14, 2011 to protest against the murderous Gaddafi. Misrata was under heavy siege all of last week but held its ground against the well-equipped government forces. These women have seen their fathers, brothers, and husbands murdered at the hands of Gaddafi’s forces. They will not be silent against those atrocities.
http://feb17.info/general/womens-protest-in-misrata/
Libyan formin meets UN special envoy–news agency
TRIPOLI, March 14 (Reuters) – Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa met United Nations special envoy Abdelilah Al-Khatib in Tripoli on Monday and agreed to hold a second meeting on Tuesday, the official Jana news agency reported. Jana said al-Khatib, a former Jordanian foreign minister, had come to Tripoli to discover the “real situation” in Libya. It gave no other details.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/libyan-foreign-minister-meets-un-special-envoy-al-khitab-in-tr
Eastern Libya’s fate in the balance
Uprising enters critical phase as Gaddafi loyalists lay siege to rebel strongholds, stoking rumours and uncertainty. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from Benghazi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrclStXfugY&feature=youtube_gdata
Ibn Thabit: Voice of the Libyan Youth
From England to Benghazi, and all around the world, when one wants to hear what the Libyan youth revolution sounds like, they look no further than Ibn Thabit. Ibn Thabit is a Libyan-native rapper who, according to his web page, has been attacking Gaddafi with his music since 2008. He has never been a member of any organized political group; he is just an ordinary Libyan speaking the thoughts of many Libyan youth. Of course he has had to remain anonymous to protect himself and his family in Libya, and prefers not to give very many personal details.
http://feb17.info/general/ibn-thabit-voice-of-the-libyan-youth/
Developments
Libya Live Blog – March 15
As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe.
http://english.aljazeera.net/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-march-15
Obama, Danish leader: Gaddafi must go
At White House, US president says Libyan leader ‘lost legitimacy,’ while Rasmussen condemns ‘violent repression’ of Libyan people.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4042363,00.html
UN wrangles over Libya no-fly zone
Britain France and Arab League call for UN resolution but Russia says fundamental questions remain unanswered.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/africa/2011/03/201131418266582156.html
Lebanon demands no-fly zone for Libya at UN Security Council
New York – Lebanon, acting on behalf of the Arab League, said Monday it is drafting with some UN Security Council members a resolution to establish a no-fly zone over Libya to deter attacks on civilians. But the demand stirred questions about the implementation and which organizations would be responsible for enforcing it. Lebanese UN Ambassador Nawaf Salam admitted the weakness of the demand while other council members said there was a precedent in the 1990s in the Balkans.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1625989.php/Lebanon-demands-no-fly-zone-for-Libya-at-UN-Security-Council
UK to continue to push for Libya no-fly zone
Britain will continue to push the case for a no-fly zone over Libya today amid intensive diplomatic efforts to secure support for tougher international action against Muammar Gaddafi.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/uk-to-continue-to-push-for-libya-nofly-zone-2242251.html
Video: Libya No-Fly Zone is feasible, says David Cameron
http://www.libyafeb17.com/2011/03/video-libya-no-fly-zone-is-feasible-says-david-cameron/
G8 to make no reference to Libya no-fly zone-source
PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) – A communique to be issued by G8 foreign ministers on Tuesday will make no reference to a no-fly zone over Libya, a delegation source told Reuters.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/g8-libya-flyzone-idUSPISFEE76A20110315
G8 Ministers discuss No-fly-Zone
(AFP) –, PARIS — The Group of Eight powers gathered in Paris on Monday to thrash out a common line on possible intervention to ground the warplanes pounding Libya’s rebels., The G8 ministers were also to discuss Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which have raised fears of a nuclear disaster after damage to a power plant, as well as economic concerns.
http://feb17.info/general/6878/
LIVE: Libyan Unrest: Italian Foreign minister: No Fly Zone would not be enough to stop violence in Libya
We are tracking the latest developments to keep you updated on the situation on the ground. There are interactive maps located in the Protest map page to keep up with the latest movements. You can also click on our links to follow the latest Live Libya Blogs and featured twitters. On the Go? -Follow us on Twitter @Feb17Libya for the same live updates.
http://feb17.info/general/live-libyan-unrest-revolutionaries-fortifying-ajdabiya-against-possible-attack/
US senator says no-fly zone is ‘likely’
Chuck Schumer, a US democratic senator, has said that imposing a no fly zone on Libya “is more likely” because the Arab League supports the move.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsbAjM93cTg&feature=youtube_gdata
The moral imperative of a no-fly zone | John Kerry
The US and world community must show they will not stand by while this thug Gaddafi uses airpower to murder fellow Libyans. Leaders around the world are vigorously debating the advisability of establishing a no-fly zone to stop the violence unfolding in Libya. Some cite Bosnia, where Nato took too long to protect civilian populations in the mid 1990s, as a reason to act. Others remember Rwanda, where President Bill Clinton later expressed regret for not acting to save innocent lives. But the stakes in Libya today are more appropriately underscored by the tragedy in southern Iraq in the waning days of the Persian Gulf war, 20 years ago.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/14/libya-nofly-zone-john-kerry
Turkish prime minister opposes any NATO operation in Libya
ISTANBUL: NATO member Turkey said Monday it opposed growing international calls to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, saying such operation would be unhelpful and fraught with risk. “Military intervention by NATO in Libya or any other country would be totally counter-productive,” Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is the only Muslim member of NATO.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=125979
Erdoğan discusses alternatives with Gaddafi to end crisis
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to discuss ways to end Libya’s crisis and suggested the colonel appoint a new political figure who has popular support to help find a solution. Erdoğan, who opposes foreign military intervention in Libya, told Al-Arabiya television in an interview he expected Gaddafi to take positive steps in this direction. “I called Gaddafi three times and I said he should nominate someone picked by him who enjoys the support of the Libyan people,” Erdoğan was quoted by Reuters. There were reports that he proposed Gaddafi appoint a president but officials at Erdoğan’s office said he did not specify what title the new appointee should have. Gaddafi has been Libya’s leader for four decades but does not carry the title of president.
http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=238211
INTERVIEW-East Libya oil firm says now pumping oil to Tobruk
TOBRUK, Libya, March 14 (Reuters) – Agoco, an oil firm based in rebel areas, said on Tuesday it was now only pumping oil to Tobruk in the far east of Libya after Muammar Gaddafi’s forces retook Ras Lanuf, where it has facilities. Arabian Gulf Oil Co (Agoco) management board member Hassan Bulifa also told Reuters that output from the firm’s fields was holding steady at one-third of its normal production levels.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/interview-east-libya-oil-firm-says-now-pumping-oil-to-tobruk
Libya’s Oil Exports Have ‘Ground To A Halt,’ International Energy Agency Says
CAIRO — Libya’s oil exports have “ground to a halt” because of the fighting between rebels and pro-government forces, and it could be months before the country’s crude resurfaces on world markets, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. The Paris-based group, whose members are mainly oil-consuming industrial nations such as the United States, also said that production from the North African nation appeared to have “slowed to a trickle” as the fighting and mounting unrest prompted an exodus of foreign oil workers and led international companies to halt their operations in the country.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/15/libyas-oil-exports-have-g_n_835890.html
Monitor Group touted for Muammar Khadafy over torture of Bulgarian nurses
Mark Fuller is the Chief Executive Officer of Monitor Group and worked hard to be Libyan dictator Muammar Khadafy’s personal mouthpiece to the world. Monitor even helped Khadafy’s regime spin torture reports coming out of Libya. The Monitor Group is a Cambridge, Massachusetts consulting firm founded in 1983 by a group of Harvard University professors and maintains close ties with the ivy-league school. Monitor does an international business and Libya was a country with oil money to exploit. Monitor Group began courting Muammar Khadafy in 2004 to modernize Libya’s economy but the dictator’s reputation offered more consulting opportunities.
http://www.examiner.com/progressive-in-boston/monitor-group-touted-for-muammar-khadafy-over-torture-of-bulgarian-nurses
Solidarity
Students call for recognition of Libyan National Council
BEIRUT: Dozens of Lebanese American University students urged the Foreign Ministry and the Parliament Monday to recognize Libya’s rebel National Council as the sole representative of the Libyan people, while condemning violence used against protesters across the Arab world.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=126009
Analysis/Op-ed
Why Libya’s Qaddafi is unlikely to push much further east
Qaddafi claims to have taken the oil town of Brega on Libya’s eastern front, although rebels – who appear to be developing a more cohesive strategy – say they outmaneuvered his forces and trapped them.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/8Kcwt4qMXWc/Why-Libya-s-Qaddafi-is-unlikely-to-push-much-further-east
Tribal Ties, Long Qaddafi’s Strength, May Be His Undoing
TRIPOLI, Libya — Akram al-Warfalli, a leader of this country’s giant Warfalla tribe, said only a few words in his interview with Al Jazeera: “We tell the brother Qaddafi, well, he is no longer a brother,” Mr. Warfalli said. “We tell him to leave the country.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/africa/15tribes.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&ref=africa
Raghida Dergham: Gaddafi’s Wager on International Confusion and Hesitation
There’s an unwillingness, especially on the part of Americans and Europeans, to enter as party to the Libyan war. Such retreat should not signify an open mandate for the Libyan regime to strike violently against the people.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raghida-dergham/gaddafis-wager-on-interna_1_b_834735.html
ANALYSIS-Sanctions and unrest are familiar turf for Gaddafi
ALGIERS, March 15 (Reuters) – If Muammar Gaddafi, as now seems plausible, defeats an insurgency in the east and regains control of Libya, he is likely to resume a familiar role: that of international pariah, reliant on force to suppress unrest.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/analysis-sanctions-and-unrest-are-familiar-turf-for-gaddafi
ANALYSIS-Will world turn again to deal with Libya’s Gaddafi?
LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) – As his troops advance on opposition forces, Muammar Gaddafi’s survival looks more likely — leaving foreign powers facing awkward decisions over whether to isolate him or work again for a rapprochement. Foreign powers were initially united in condemning Libya’s leader for a bloody crackdown against an uprising that followed the ouster of Egypt and Tunisia’s presidents, but have shown little appetite or consensus for action.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/analysis-will-world-turn-again-to-deal-with-libyas-gaddafi
Could Hizbullah Save the Libyan Revolution?, Tony Sayegh
Here is a bold and crazy idea. Just as Saudi Arabia, at the behest of Washington, sent its US-supplied tanks into Bahrain, to protect their fellow puppet regime of Al-Khalifa, Hizbullah can boldly declare that it has a moral authority to help the Libyan revolutionaries at a critical time of need. There is self-interest, in addition. Some believe that the Lebanese Imam Sadr, who was kidnapped and disappeared by the Libyan dictator, is still alive in Libya. What could be a more noble mission for Hizbullah than to find his whereabouts and to rescue Imam Sadr, if he is alive? Iran would throw a major monkey wrench into the imperial works and support this Hizbullah mission. It would be Iran’s answer to the imperial challenge in Bahrain. I have no doubt that as few as a thousand disciplined and well-trained Hizbullah fighters could turn the tide and send the Libyan tyrant running. Who knows, the reward could be a live Imam Sadr kept in a dungeon in Tripoli. What a coup would that be for Hizbullah (and for Iran) throughout the Arab world. I urge Sayyed Nasrallah to consider this bold idea. These are critical times which are full of potentialities and the courageous and bold decisions would be immensely rewarded.
http://palestinianpundit.blogspot.com/2011/03/could-hizbullah-save-libyan-revolution.html
