Tunisia sends its message to the world (Photo: Feb17.info)
More of the latest news from Libya:
The Massacres/The Protests/Eyewitness Accounts
Updates from Al Jazeera Live Blog
6:34am Further to reports we got in from Tripoli late last night, of up to ten tanks – as well as carloads of people cheering for Gaddafi – heading toward the city centre, a medical student identified as Sara called us on Skype. She said she had seen men in civilian dress holding swords – and running toward the farm opposite her house in the Janzour suburb of east Tripoli. She and her family barricaded their front door with couches and furniture, which she doesn’t think will be enough if a group tries to break through. They can hear “booming sounds in the near distance”, which Sara thinks are doors being broken down at other houses.
Gadhafi forces attack rebelling Libyans in mosque, at airport in cities near Libyan capital
BENGHAZI, Libya — Army units and militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi struck back against rebellious Libyans who have risen up in cities close to the capital Thursday, attacking a mosque where many were holding an anti-government sit-in and battling with others who had seized control of an airport. A doctor at the mosque said 10 people were killed.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5glgW68SijY8Ukno3hNAselVW9fVg?docId=6045483
NY Times: Gaddafi may be preparing final showdown today
New York TimesWitnesses have told the newspaper’s reporters that “thousands of mercenaries and irregular security” personnel have been deployed on roads to the city. Here are some parts of the article: “[They are] massing on roads to the capital, Tripoli, where one resident described scenes evocative of anarchic Somalia: clusters of heavily armed men in mismatched uniforms clutching machine guns and willing to carry out orders to kill Libyans that other police and military units, and even fighter pilots, have refused. Some residents of Tripoli said they took the gathering army as a sign that the uprising might be entering a decisive stage, with Colonel Gaddafi fortifying his main stronghold in the capital and protesters there gearing up for their first organized demonstration after days of spontaneous rioting and bloody crackdowns. “ “Distrustful of even his own generals, Colonel Gaddafi has for years quietly built up this ruthless and loyal force. It is made up of special brigades headed by his sons, segments of the military loyal to his native tribe and its allies, and legions of African mercenaries he has helped train and equip. Many are believed to have fought elsewhere, in places like Sudan, but he has now called them back.”
http://liveword.ca/libya/2011/02/24/ny-times-gaddafi-may-be-preparing-final-showdown-today/
Qaddafi Massing Forces in Tripoli as Rebellion Spreads
Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi were reported to be striking back in cities near Libya’s capital, as defections of military officers multiplied.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9f84c9e3fa84813e76fcd5483451526e
French doctor in Libya: over 2000 dead
A 60-year old French doctor working in Benghazi estimated the death toll to be over 2000. He says that out ambulances counted 75 bodies the first day, 200 on the second and more than 500 on the third day. “From Tobruk to Darna, they carried out a real massacre… In total, I think there are more than 2,000 deaths,” he said.
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2072
Gaddafi’s helicopters transporting Foreign Mercenaries to Fashloom, Tripoli
Gaddafi’s son Khamees is transporting mercenaries from a military base in the town of Tajura (20 km east of Tripoli). The mercenaries come from many African countries such as Chad, Guinea, Niger, Somalia, Ethiopia, Mauritania, and Sudan to crush the Libyan citizens’ resistance to Gaddafi’s brutal dictatorship. The narrator says (translated from Libyan-Arabic): “These planes are going to Fashloom. The planes are coming now (a reference made to the attention of Al-Jazeera)… They are going to crush our Libyan sons. This is the second squadron that passed by. These (helicopters) are filled with mercenaries. They came from Khamees’ (one of Gaddafi’s sons) battalion in Tajura.”
http://feb17.info/media/gaddafis-helicopters-transporting-foreign-mercenaries-to-fashloom-tripoli/
Qaddafi Gunnmen Roam the Capital
Protesters aren’t the only targets of Pro-Qaddafi gunmen. The BBC is reporting doctors and patients in hospitals all over Tripoli being gunned down by the Qaddafi regime’s special forces. They are also reporting that the same gunmen have been firing indiscriminately at citizens in bread queues. Reports of Libyan citizens receiving SMS messages from the Qaddafi regime, have also been reported. The messages urge civil servants to return to work however one Tripoli resident said: “I hope residents don’t go to work – this can be our way of a peaceful protest – we will all stay at home indefinitely.”
http://feb17.info/confirmed/1642/
Gaddafi battles for western Libya
Libyan ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi battles to control the country’s west as protesters consolidate eastern towns and foreigners continue to flee.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12556005
Clashes reported in Tripoli as pressure mounts on Gaddafi
SANAA, YEMEN – Heavy gunfire was reported Wednesday in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as anti-government demonstrators clashed with loyalists of leader Moammar Gaddafi and international pressure mounted on him to end a bloody crackdown on opponents.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3d3ef1bca9767a3d77726d5239e63eb1
Robert Fisk: Tripoli: a city in the shadow of death
Up to 15,000 men, women and children besieged Tripoli’s international airport last night, shouting and screaming for seats on the few airliners still prepared to fly to Muammar Gaddafi’s rump state, paying Libyan police bribe after bribe to reach the ticket desks in a rain-soaked mob of hungry, desperate families. Many were trampled as Libyan security men savagely beat those who pushed their way to the front.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/tripoli-a-city-in-the-shadow-of-death-2223977.html
BREAKING! Caller Personally Confirmed: 1500 young men buried alive in an Underground room in Benghazi
Jazeera, I want to deliver this information, I confirmed it personally, on my responsibility. I am a Libyan citizen. Today in Benghazi they discovered a room underground, a room that is completely locked-in. Completely locked. Holding 1500 young men from Benghazi. From the 15th of February the first day of demonstrations to today when they got them out, the 22nd, they had been without food or water. They heard the voices from the barracks, noise, people. After they went to check, they got them out, God be praised, alive. 1500 young men, buried alive, buried alive. Muammar must be obliterated. We will not surrender. Our dead are in heaven, he is in hell. God bear witness that I have delivered this message, if there are any Muslims. God willing.
http://feb17.info/media/breaking-caller-personally-confirmed-1500-young-men-buried-alive-in-an-underground-room-in-benghazi/
Mass Burial Site in Tripoli
Footage of numerous graves of the fallen martyrs in Tripoli, a proceeding funeral, and men preparing more graves in anticipation of additional martyrs… from God we come, and to Him we shall return.
http://feb17.info/media/mass-burial-site-in-tripoli/
Libya escapees tell of violence
RAS JDIR, Tunisia, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Weighed down with suitcases, blankets and plastic bags, people fleeing turmoil in Libya crossed into Tunisia on Wednesday with tales of the violence they were leaving behind. About 2,000 people had streamed over the Ras Jdir crossing point by midday, part of a wider exodus of tens of thousands of foreign nationals trying to escape the North African country whose leader Muammar Gaddafi is attempting to crush a revolt against his 41-year rule.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/libya-escapees-reach-tunisia-tell-of-violence
Benghazi’s deep wounds
As journalists are entering the country, we finally have access to much more information about the events of the past week. The Guardian writes about the overwhelming sense of joy and jubilation in Benghazi, with citizens enjoying freedoms they haven’t had in four decades. However, the wounds are deep. And it’s not just from the carnage of the last few days, but also from neglect and repression of the last 40 years.
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2090
BREAKING: Husband grieves at the loss murdered wife shot in the head (English Transcription)
Translation
Man 1: move out the way, let me see
Man 2: more than 15!
Camera man: come closer, come closer and show them, they’ve got bullet casings over there
Crowd: May Allah accept her from the martyrs
Camera man: what…didn’t you find the …. casings?
Another man: They are present, we have them..
Camera man: look for them, look for them
Man 1: they were here
Camera man: toss them here, throw them on the ground
Camera man: To Allah is martyrdom AbdulRazaq
Man 1: May Allah write her amongst the martyrs uncle Lotfi
(Husband walks out blue bloodstained shirt)
Husband: They obliterated her head, the bastards
Crowd: A martyr, a martyr
Husband: They blew her head off..
Off-shot man: There is no god except God.
Husband: they blew her head those infidels. Infidels, by God infidels. By God they are infidels. By God they are infidels. Burning and piercing (describing the the bullet) they blew her head apart those infidels. Burning and piercing even the Jews didn’t do the likes of this, Jews didn’t do the likes of this, the Zionists didn’t do the likes of this, the zionists didn’t do the likes of this. Watch this Mu’ammar! The world, Watch Mu’ammar, watch what Mu’ammar is doing, watch what Mu’ammar doing to his people! To his people!
Crowd: There is no god except God!
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2029
BREAKING: Soldiers in Derna killed for not firing at Libyans – GRAPHIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qBtHZT36GfY
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2048
Shocking Footage: Yesterday Mercenaries Raid Homes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL8pQHsU2G0&feature=player_embedded
http://feb17.info/media/shocking-footage-yesterday-mercenaries-raid-homes/
Tripoli Central Hospital **GRAPHIC**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-bNKvnvXE
Martyrs at hospital morgue in Benghazi (Feb. 21)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFoyUVs-zgc&feature=player_embedded
http://feb17.info/videos/martyrs-at-hospital-morgue-in-benghazi-feb-21/
Mercenaries in yellow helmets terrorise a street in Benghazi before the city’s liberation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xL8pQHsU2G0
http://pulsemedia.org/2011/02/23/mercenaries-at-work/
BREAKING: Photo compilation of Fashloum, Tripoli – 23 Feb
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2149
Soldiers Killed : – Video – Hands tied behind their back and shot in the head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBtHZT36GfY
Sorrowful Video: Child Massacred by Gaddafi’s Army in Benghazi, Libya: According to informed sources death toll reached more than 1200 hundreds and 5000 others injured
http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=227802
Horrifying video of Gaddafi’s supporters entering homes in Benghazi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL8pQHsU2G0&feature=youtu.be
Raw Video: : Man in Cyrene (Shahat) recalls his story from a bed in the hospital
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_W9j4s0rCk
Raw Video: Green Square Tripoli, Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNPVtAm160c
Raw Video of bloody Libya unrest as protests rage in Tripoli, Benghazi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vovl6h4Qmuw&feature=player_embedded#at=46
Protesters Gaining Ground
Map of the Libyan liberation…so far
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2161
90% of Libya in Rebel Hands, Juan Cole
The LAT reports that the rebellion against Muammar Qaddafi’s 41-year dictatorship in Libya headed toward an end-game on Wednesday, as Misurata, the country’s third-largest city (pop. 600,000), fell to the opposition. Significantly, Misurata is in the west of the country, where support for Qaddafi had been stronger. It is only 100 miles east of the capital, Tripoli.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/02/90-of-libya-in-rebel-hands.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
Gaddafi loses more Libyan cities
Protesters wrest control of more cities as unrest sweeps African nation despite Muammar Gaddafi’s threat of crackdown.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011223125256699145.html
More Libyan cities fall to the opposition
A day after Muammar Gaddafi threatened protesters with death in a televised speech, an army commander tells Al Jazeera that his forces are with the people, not the Libyan leader. The town of Misurata, in western Libya, has reportedly fallen to the opposition, and much of the east seems to be controlled by pro-democracy protesters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OispaOm8r4&feature=player_embedded
Libyan city dubbed ‘Free Benghazi’ as anti-Gaddafi troops take control
• Guardian reporter enters country’s second city
• Local doctors put massacre death toll at 230
• Rebel officers talk of army revolt against mercenaries
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/23/libya-free-benghazi-anti-gaddafi-troops
Benghazi, cradle of revolt, condemns Libyan dictator
BENGHAZI, Libya: The eastern city of Benghazi, the cradle of revolt against Moammar Gadhafi, was alive with celebration Wednesday with thousands out on the streets, setting off fireworks and condemning the Libyan leader.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=125226
Libyan opposition reportedly seizes city of Misurata
Opponents of Moammar Kadafi’s regime reportedly take control of Misurata, which would be the first city to fall in Libya’s western half, where Kadafi traditionally has maintained strong tribal support. Anti-government protesters claimed control of their first major city in Libya’s far west Wednesday, a significant expansion of their popular uprising a day after embattled strongman Moammar Kadafi vowed to defend his regime “to the last drop of blood.”
http://feeds.latimes.com/%7Er/latimes/middleeast/%7E3/h1QtfFnEHmQ/la-fg-0224-libya-mideast-protests-20110224,0,1328983.story
Libyan city no longer ruled by Kadafi, but protests continue
Days after the police were run out of town or joined the revolution, the police station was burned down and its files strewn on charred ground, residents of this coastal Libyan city still are on the streets protesting Moammar Kadafi’s regime.
http://feeds.latimes.com/%7Er/latimes/middleeast/%7E3/IL2HXUdNXCg/la-fgw-libya-color-20110224,0,5844312.story
Gadhafi’s grip on Libya slipping
BENGHAZI, Libya: The scope of Moammar Gadhafi’s rule in Libya was whittled away Wednesday as major cities and towns closer to the capital fell into the hands of protesters demanding his ouster. In Libya’s east, now all but broken away, the opposition vowed to “liberate” Tripoli, where the Libyan leader is holed up with a force of militiamen roaming the streets. In a further sign of Gadhafi’s faltering hold, two air force pilots, one from the leader’s own tribe, parachuted out of their warplane and let it crash into the deserts of eastern Libya, rather than follow orders to bomb a opposition-held city.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=125253#axzz1EqcZqB8x
Elderly Woman Celebrating the Liberation of Benghazi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXwQkm6HrYw&feature=player_embedded
http://feb17.info/media/elderly-woman-celebrating-the-liberation-of-benghazi/
Handing out bread to the protesters in Benghazi
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2064
Qaddafi holds no sway over these Libyans
In eastern Libya, local youths – some in uniform, some with guns slung over their shoulders – and tribes that have dropped their support for Qaddafi appear to be running the show.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/KRbDWIB-Mq8/Qaddafi-holds-no-sway-over-these-Libyans
Moving Letter from Libya: “My Heroes: A Libyan Story”
Now I understand. As I see waves of protesters breaking the muzzle of fear Gaddafi has put on the people for 42 years, now I understand. As I see young men and women sacrificing their lives to give other people a fighting chance to live a dignified existence, now I understand. As I see solidarity from all over the world calling out to Gaddafi with one voice: “Enough!” now I understand.
http://feb17.info/media/moving-letter-from-a-libya-my-heroes-a-libyan-story/
Scandalously Done
Our witness in Tripoli writes: At 2am I hear gunfire and screaming coming from far. Hours later, I heard that a woman was randomly shot by ‘security forces’ while she was standing by her window in an area called Zawiyat Adahmani, which is near the area of Ben Ashour, where I live.
http://pulsemedia.org/2011/02/23/scandalously-done/
Protesters in Misratah seize arms to fend off attacks from mercenaries
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2156
Fashloum demonstrators take down and destroy Gaddafi portrait
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2109
Breaking Images: Oppostion to Muammar Gaddafi’s regime with a tank in Misrata
http://feb17.info/videos/breaking-images-oppostion-to-m7ammar-girdafis-regime-with-a-tank-in-misrata-feb-23/
https://picasaweb.google.com/msalem875/bWWVLG#slideshow/5577077270105422450
Women of Derna come out to protest against Gaddafi
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2151
Breaking Video: Liberated Zlitan (Feb. 23)
http://feb17.info/videos/breaking-video-liberated-zlitan-feb-23/
Breaking Footage: Abandoned Mercenary Tank
These men are saying that Saif Gaddafi is a liar. That the Libyan people were not the ones hyped up on drugs and alcohol but instead was the mercenaries hired by him and his father to kill at will. And they show empty bottles and shells to prove it.
http://feb17.info/videos/breaking-footage-abandoned-mercenary-tank/
Angry Benghazi residents trash mercenaries’ barracks
BENGHAZI, Libya, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Angry residents of Benghazi have destroyed a compound used by African mercenaries recruited by Muammar Gaddafi to fight a revolt in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. The building where residents said the mercenaries’ battalion was holed up stood in ruins with its shattered walls scrawled with graffiti condemning Gaddafi saying “Libya is Free” and “Down with Gaddafi”.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/angry-benghazi-residents-trash-mercenaries-barracks/
Defections
Report: Libyan aircraft crashes after troops refuse bombing orders
(CNN) — A Libyan military aircraft crashed Wednesday southwest of Benghazi after the crew refused to follow orders to bomb the city, Libya’s Quryna newspaper reported.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/23/libya.plane.crash/
‘Libya air force pilots refuse orders to bomb opposition-held Benghazi’
Muammar Gadhafi keeps grip on Tripoli, but protesters seize control over much of eastern Libya; Italy foreign minister says some 1,000 people killed in Libya violence.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/libya-air-force-pilots-refuse-orders-to-bomb-opposition-held-benghazi-1.345246?localLinksEnabled=false
Gaddafi should be tried for crimes against humanity – Former Libyan PM
London, Asharq Al-Awsat – Former Libyan Prime Minister Mustafa Ahmed Ben Halim has said that the ousting of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi is not enough, and that he should be internationally tried for the crimes that he has committed. In a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, former Prime Minister Ben Halim, who currently resides in the UAE, has called for an “independent international investigation” into the events in Libya to investigate claims of “crimes against humanity.” He called for international lawsuits to be raised against Colonel Gaddafi and his sons, and confirmed that the innocent and defenseless people of Libya are facing “genocide” at the hands of the security forces.
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=24270
Diplomats at Libyan Embassy in Rabat, Morocco (Feb. 22)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkmqFhvWXRg&feature=player_embedded#at=12
http://feb17.info/videos/libyan-embassy-in-morocco-feb-22/
Libyans in Malaysia defy Gaddafi
The Libyan Embassy in Malaysia has hit out at Muammar Gaddafi’s regime over its action against anti-government protesters. “We strongly condemn the barbaric, criminal massacre and the total elimination of our innocent civilians,” Reuters reported the embassy in Malaysia as saying in a statement after it was briefly occupied by around 200 protesters. The protesters smashed a portrait of Gaddafi and hauled down the country’s flag to replace it with what they said was a pre-Gaddafi flag.
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2153
DOC: LIBYAN EMBASSIES RESIGNED OR DENOUNCED GADDAFI
http://feb17.info/media/doc-libyan-embassies-resigned-or-denounced-gaddafi/
Libya: Defections leave Muammar Gaddafi isolated in Tripoli bolthole
• Crucial tribes and military units desert the president
• Uprising edges closer to his only remaining bastion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/23/muammar-gaddafi-libya-tripoli-uprising
Humanitarian Issues
The UN’s duty to Libyans | Carne Ross
The United Nations’ statement on Libya was completely inadequate. Gaddafi needs a tough resolution ringing in his ears. Several days after the Gaddafi regime began attacking its own people, the UN Security Council, relaxed and refreshed from its long weekend (the UN was on holiday on Monday), met on Tuesday afternoon to issue its weakest form of expression: a press statement. That statement condemned the violence, demanded that civilians be protected, and – almost laughably – called for political dialogue. It was, of course, lowest common denominator stuff.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/feb/23/unitednations-libya
Muslims Without Borders American medical convoy just reached Libya
MWB is currently the only NGO operating inside Libya, more details to come. Donate online to help. For more information and updates on their mission in Libya, check back at the Medical Convoy in Libya Page.
http://feb17.info/media/muslims-without-borders-american-medical-convoy-just-reached-libya/
Grain cargoes being diverted from Libya -sources
* Port closures due to violence lead to re-routing – sources
* Two French barley cargoes of to divert, one to Lebanon
* WFP aid cargoes being re-routed to Port Sudan
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/grain-cargoes-being-diverted-from-libya–sources
Confusion at Tripoli airport
At least 26 nations have begun efforts to get their citizens out of Libya and to safety. A military Hercules aircaraft was en route to Tripoli on Thursday to collect British citizens, and Turkey says it’s mounted the biggest evacuation effort in its history. An Algerian who landed safely in his home country, told Al Jazeera that it took him four days to get to the airport in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Al Jazeera’s James Bays speaks to Imran Garda after returning from Tripoli, where he heard first-hand accounts of people caught up in the violence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD1i94WT9FQ&feature=youtube_gdata
U.S. citizens evacuating from Libya via ferry, Josh Rogin
The State Department is evacuating U.S. citizens from Libya on Wednesday using a chartered ferry, with the assistance of the Libyan government. The U.S. government’s chartered ferry is expected to depart the As-shahab Port in central Tripoli en route for Valletta, Malta, on Wednesday, the State Department said. Those on board are required to have their travel documents in order in advance and are allowed one suitcase and one carry-on item. Pets are only allowed if they met stringent European Union requirements and will probably be quarantined for six weeks upon arrival in Malta.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/23/us_citizens_evacuating_from_libya_via_ferry
Exodus to leave Libya
On Libya’s western border with Tunisia, thousands passed the checkpoints in a matter of hours, weighed down with as many of their belongings as they could carry. One witness said Libyan police deliberately picked on Tunisians and Egyptians after successful revolutions there set a precedent for the anti-Gaddafi uprising. One Tunisian man who made it onto home soil said: “The situation is bad. People died. They killed them. They took their money.” It is estimated up to 80,000 ex-pat Tunisians live and work in Libya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd2lBEDPvWk&feature=player_embedded
http://feb17.info/videos/exodus-to-leave-libya/
300 Palestinians in Libya to be let into PA-Israel
JERUSALEM, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Israel will allow 300 Palestinians in Libya to enter the Palestinian territories in the coming days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday., “Because of the current violence in Libya I received a personal request from (Palestinian) President (Mahmoud) Abbas … that Israel allow a number of Palestinians to leave Libya and to enter the Palestinian territories … so Israel will enable 300 Palestinians to enter the Palestinian areas,” Netanyahu said., Netanyahu said the move was made as a humanitarian gesture because the Palestinians were under threat.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/israels-netanyahu-says-will-allow-300-palestinians-in-libya-to
Israel allows return of 300 Palestinians from Libya to WB from a total of 70,000
The Israeli occupation authority refused to allow the return of Palestinians residing in Libya and only allowed 300 of them back to the West Bank out of a total of 70,000.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%
3 Planes Airlift All Russians From Tripoli
Russian officials announced Wednesday that all Russian citizens had been airlifted from the capital of violence-torn Libya, but reports emerged about people stranded elsewhere in the country.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/all-russians-airlifted-from-tripoli/431527.html
Developments
Gadhafi says al-Qaida’s bin Laden behind Libya uprising, giving youth drugs in their coffee
BENGHAZI, Libya — Leader Moammar Gadhafi says al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is behind the uprising in Libya and al-Qaida followers give young Libyans hallucinogenic pills in their coffee to get them to revolt. Gadhafi has made the comments in a phone call to Libyan state TV Thursday, expressing condolences for deaths in the city of Zawiya but chiding its residents for joining the rebellion. He says those revolting are “loyal to bin Laden … This is al-Qaida that the whole world is fighting.” He says al-Qaida militants are “exploiting” teenagers, giving them “hallucinogenic pills in their coffee with milk, like Nescafe.” Witnesses said 10 people were killed when pro-Gadhafi forces attacked opponents at a mosque in Zawiya, east of Tripoli.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5glgW68SijY8Ukno3hNAselVW9fVg?docId=6045483
Saif Gaddafi appears on State TV
Al JazeeraSaif Gaddafi has appeared a second time on State TV, speaking of a conspiracy by “Arab brothers” and that the media “spread lies”. He particularly asks Egyptians not to be part of the conspiracy. He also said he would invite the media to Tripoli tomorrow, and says that life is normal in the capital. At the same time, Al Jazeera mentions that text messages are reportedly circling in Tripoli, calling for mass anti-Gaddafi protests after Friday prayer.
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2186
Malta turns back ‘Gaddafi kin jet’
Plane carrying Ayse Gaddafi attempts to land but is forced to turn back after being denied permission.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011223164125540203.html
Ghaddafi’s private pilot has fled Libya
The pilot of Moammar Ghaddafi’s private jet, a Norwegian citizen, has been able to flee Libya with his family. They are now safe in Vienna after fearing for their lives in Libya. 57-year-old Odd Birger Johansen for the last year has been the pilot of the private jet of Colonel Ghaddafi. Until yesterday, he was in Tripoli, together with his wife and daughter that had chosen this unhappy moment to visit him for a holiday in Libya.
http://feb17.info/confirmed/ghaddafis-private-pilot-has-fled-libya/
Guardian: Libya threatens to treat western journalists as ‘outlaws’
Warning made as reporters enter Libya through eastern border with Egypt as Muammar Gaddafi loses grip on country. Journalists from the BBC, CNN and other western media who have entered Libya will be “considered outlaws”, the country’s deputy foreign minister warned on Wednesday. Khalid Kayem said that the influx of reporters who have streamed across Libya’s border with Egypt in the past 24 hours are there “illegally and will be considered outlaws”, according to the news agency AFP.
http://feb17.info/media/guardian-libya-threatens-to-treat-western-journalists-as-outlaws/
BREAKING: Equipment confiscated and content deleted at checkpoints
Paul Danahar on the Egypt-Libya border: “A Tunisian woman who was living just outside Tripoli but fled to the border said that at checkpoints along the way people’s phones were being checked for images of unrest. If any were found they were deleted and any computers with images were confiscated. This is the second group of people to tell me this.”
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2016
Gaddafi uses scare tactics to lock down capital
The GuardianThe streets are being patrolled by forces loyal to Gaddafi in 4x4s. They fire their automatic weapons to force people to stay indoors. Residents say they can’t open doors or windows for fear of being shot. At night it becomes even more dangerous, with security forces shooting at random. The atmosphere in Tripoli is tense
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2082
Gaddafi ordered Lockerbie bombing: Ex-minister
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, former justice minister Mustapha Abdeljalil told Swedish daily Expressen, the paper reported on its website Wednesday.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/23/138957.html
Gaddafi fell on first day of revolt: Libyan diplomat
A Libyan diplomat resigned from his post in the Libyan embassy in the Moroccan capital Rabat in protest against Muammar Gaddafi’s crackdown on demonstrators and stressed that the regime fell on the first day of the February 17 revolution.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/24/139004.html
WikiLeaks: Gadhafi Turned Down Madoff
Even despotic leaders, it turns out, can make sound investment decisions. Libyan leader Moamar Gadhafi turned down a chance to investment with Bernie Madoff and accused ponzi schemer Allen Stanford, according to a new diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. (The U.K.’s Telegraph has the full cable, dated January 28, 2010.) The head of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund, Mohamed Layas, claimed to control $32 billion in liquid assents, most of which was deposited at U.S. banks. Layas, according to the cable, was miffed at Libyan funds were “mismanaged” by Lehman Brothers, the failed investment bank.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/wikileaks-gadhafi-turned-_n_827176.html
Wikileaks: Gadhafi Family A Web Of Greed, Nepotism
CAIRO — The children of Moammar Gadhafi were increasingly engaged in recent months in covering up scandals fit for a “Libyan soap opera,” including negative publicity from extravagant displays of wealth, such as a million-dollar private concert by pop diva Beyonce, according to a new batch of secret diplomatic cables released Wednesday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/wikileaks-gadhafi-family-_n_827042.html
Cables show Libya pressed oil firms to reimburse terror costs
By Sara Ledwith LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Libya’s ruling family tried to coerce billions of dollars from Libyan and foreign oil companies, and its leader Muammar Gaddafi exhorted the United States to sow division in Saudi Arabia, leaked American diplomatic cables reveal.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/cables-show-libya-pressed-oil-firms-to-reimburse-terror-costs
Najjar orders inquiry into Sadr claims
BEIRUT: Caretaker Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar has asked the Foreign Ministry to look into recent reports indicating that Imam Musa Sadr was assassinated by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s agents.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=125240#axzz1EqcZqB8x
International Reactions
Global community isolates Gaddafi
European Union calls for investigation into possible crimes against humanity ahead of emergency UN meeting.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/02/201122313501843624.html
EU prepares possible sanctions on Libya, U.S. may freeze Libya assets
Obama condemns Libya violence, considers Libya sanctions; EU experts to prepare list of proposed measures, potentially including visa bans, asset freezes, arms embargo and other restrictions.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/eu-prepares-possible-sanctions-on-libya-u-s-may-freeze-libya-assets-1.345268?localLinksEnabled=false
BREAKING: The International Criminal Court Releases Statement on Crimes in Libya
“The decision to do justice in Libya should be taken by the Libyan people. Currently, Libya is not a State Party to the Rome Statute. Therefore, intervention by the ICC on the alleged crimes committed in Libya can occur only if the Libyan authorities accept the jurisdiction of the Court, (through article 12(3) of the Rome Statute). In the absence of such step, the United Nations Security Council can decide to refer the situation to the Court. The Office of the Prosecutor will act only after either decision is taken”.
http://feb17.info/media/breaking-the-international-criminal-court-releases-statement-on-crimes-in-libya/
Silence is not an option – The Human Rights Council must use its voice
The undersigned organisations urge the Human Rights Council to act urgently to respond to the violent repression of demonstrations currently underway in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond. The Human Rights Council cannot be a passive bystander of such events, during which the lives of ordinary citizens have been taken or put at risk through violent and unlawful repression.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/23/silence-not-option-human-rights-council-must-use-its-voice
Qatar’s ambassador leaves Libya – state TV
DUBAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Qatar’s ambassador to Libya has left the country a foreign ministry official told a briefing of foreign diplomats on Wednesday in Libya, where a revolt is threatening Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule. The official said he had offered to take Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based television news channel, to areas that had been reported bombed to verify whether such attacks had taken place, and that Al Jazeera had declined. “And the Qatari ambassador left the country,” the official, whose name was not given said on state television. Earlier this week Al Jazeera said Libya’s intelligence agency was behind the powerful jamming signals disrupting its broadcast across much of the region.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/qatars-ambassador-leaves-libya-state-tv
Too Little, Not Yet Too Late
Much of official Washington has greeted the evidence of an ongoing massacre in Libya with a helpless shrug. “We don’t have personal relations at a high level,” lamented David Mack, a former U.S. diplomat in North Africa, in a Washington Post article titled “U.S. struggles with little leverage to restrain Libyan government.”
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/23/too-little-not-yet-too-late
US mulls all options against Libya
Barack Obama orders his national security team to prepare the full range of options for dealing with the crisis.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2011/02/2011223225218542841.html
U.S. considering sanctions and asset freezes on Libyan government
The United States is considering punitive measures against the Libyan government for using violence against peaceful protesters, the State Department said. Sanctions and asset freezes are being discussed by U.S. policymakers, but an international no-fly zone over Libya is less likely.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/23/us_considering_sanctions_and_asset_freezes_on_libyan_government
Anger over UN ‘waffle’ delaying action to combat Gaddafi’s brutal crackdown
Impatience was growing last night over the lack of international consensus on how to stop the bloody crackdown by dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/anger-over-un-waffle-delaying-action-to-combat-gaddafis-brutal-crackdown-2223981.html
Italy: Press Gaddafi to Halt Violence Against Protesters
(Brussels) – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy should use his longstanding relationship with the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, to help protect protesters from unlawful attacks by Libyan security forces and militias, Human Rights Watch said today.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/23/italy-press-gaddafi-halt-violence-against-protesters
France hopes Gaddafi rule in last moments -minister
PARIS, Feb 24 (Reuters) – French Defence Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday he hoped Muammar Gaddafi’s time as leader of Libya was coming to an end. “I hope wholeheartedly Gaddafi is living his last moments as leader,” Juppe said in an interview on France Inter radio where he repeated French calls for sanctions after Gadaffi’s bloody crackdown on the revolt in Libya.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/france-hopes-gaddafi-rule-in-last-moments–minister/
Solidarity
London Demonstration, Feb 22
http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=2056
NEW YORK RALLIES IN BIG NUMBERS FOR LIBYA
http://feb17.info/media/new-york-rallies-in-big-numbers-for-libya/
Anti-Massacre Protest in Tokyo, In front of Libya Embassy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetalone/sets/72157626117990060/
Solidarity from our brothers and sisters in Tunisia Bouazizi Square (Feb. 23)
Chants: “A million greetings from Tunisia to the liberators of the Libyan Revolution!” “The people demand the toppling of Gaddafi!”
http://feb17.info/videos/solidarity-from-our-brothers-and-sisters-in-tunisia/
Solidarity from our brothers and sisters in Egypt
Freedom Square:
Chants: “Get out! Get out! Get out!” once Gaddafi appears on screen
“Good news for you oh Omar Mukhtar! Your beloved ones are all free!”
“Oh Benghazi, much peace to you! Revolution! Revolution against oppressors!”
http://feb17.info/videos/solidarity-from-our-brothers-and-sisters-in-egypt/
Solidarity from Jordan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1T3uCsXKCk&feature=player_embedded
Ashrawi supports Libyan demands for freedom
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO Executive Committee member and member of the PLC Hanan Ashrawi expressed her support Wednesday for the Libyan people in their demands for freedom. “Throughout the Arab world, ordinary people are confronting outdated and intransigent regimes that refuse to relinquish their grip on power, and demanding democracy, accountability and the rule of law in their place.”
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=362660
The Madman’s Friends
A video of Berlusconi kissing Qadhafi’s hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se79NO4ODP0
Anlaysis/Op-ed
Western inaction aids a massacre
People around the world are enraged at what is taking place in Libya, as the regime of Moammar Gadhafi commits massacres against innocent civilians. People throughout the Arab world are enraged at what is taking place in Libya, buoyed by the earlier, dramatic developments in Tunisia and Egypt, and the hope that change might be near. Libyans in Gadhafi’s own regime – its diplomatic corps and its armed forces – are also enraged, and have begun deserting the colonel.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=17&article_id=125249#axzz1EqcZqB8x
Libya: To oust a tyrant
Libyans never had much faith Moammar Kadafi would learn new tricks. Their stand against oppression is awe-inspiring.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-whitson-libya-20110224,0,1203934.story
VIDEO: Can Gaddafi’s regime go on?
Colonel Gaddafi shows no sign of stepping down despite widespread protests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12561442
Gaddafi has lost it …
With his hold over Libya loosening, Muammar Gaddafi seems to have lost his mind and perhaps his nerves.
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/2011223183054698463.html#
Qaddafi’s ties to rebel groups scrutinized as ‘African mercenaries’ patrol Libya
Libya’s leader Muammar Qaddafi is known to have strong patronage networks with tribal leaders throughout Africa. Multiple witnesses say African mercenaries have brutally suppressed Libyan protesters in recent days.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/XdpbPdKQjvA/Qaddafi-s-ties-to-rebel-groups-scrutinized-as-African-mercenaries-patrol-Libya
Robert Fisk with the first dispatch from Tripoli – a city in the shadow of death
Up to 15,000 men, women and children besieged Tripoli’s international airport last night, shouting and screaming for seats on the few airliners still prepared to fly to Muammar Gaddafi’s rump state, paying Libyan police bribe after bribe to reach the ticket desks in a rain-soaked mob of hungry, desperate families. Many were trampled as Libyan security men savagely beat those who pushed their way to the front.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-with-the-first-dispatch-from-tripoli–a-city-in-the-shadow-of-death-2223977.html
Setback to Gaddafi’s African dream
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan president, has always promoted himself as one of Africa’s great leaders touting a vision of progress and wealth for the entire continent. Now, after a week of violence in Libya, the African Union has condemned his actions against the pro-democracy movement. Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege reports from Abuja.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_6wI_BqaX8&feature=youtube_gdata
Gaddafi follows path of ousted dictators
CAIRO (IPS) – The brutal response by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi against pro-democracy protestors in the country indicates his determination not to leave office without a bloody battle, but his moves follow the path that eventually led to ouster of two neighboring dictators.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11825.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifadaPalestine+%28Electronic+Intifada+%3A+Palestine+News%29
Muammar Qaddafi: Five ways Libya’s leader has held onto power
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has long elicited chuckles abroad with his outlandish attire and over-the-top rhetoric, but his brutal crackdown this week is no laughing matter. This backgrounder offers a look at how the eccentric dictator came to power – and how he’s held on to it for more than 40 years.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/EA9rMtltDL4/Muammar-Qaddafi-Five-ways-Libya-s-leader-has-held-onto-power
Libya corruption, cult of personality drive Qaddafi’s grip on power: WikiLeaks cable
Libya leader Muammar Qaddafi has retained power for four decades by playing political rivals, including his sons, off one another, cables from the US ambassador to Libya reveal.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/peR4Ncq5U1Y/Libya-corruption-cult-of-personality-drive-Qaddafi-s-grip-on-power-WikiLeaks-cable
The Enigma Of Gadhafi, A Pariah Once Again
The arc of Moammar Gadhafi’s rule in Libya took a new turn in 2004, when Britain, the United States and several close allies began to renew ties with a country and a ruler who had become a pariah. That rapprochement seemed expedient in the post-9/11 era.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/02/23/134004967/the-enigma-of-gadhafi-a-pariah-once-again
Libya: The urge to help | Editorial
What can outsiders do to hasten the inevitable, avoid further bloodshed, and let Libyans start remaking their country? The quicker Muammar Gaddafi falls, the better. So what, if anything, can outsiders do to hasten the inevitable, avoid further bloodshed, and let Libyans get started on the task of remaking their country? Yesterday the European Union was considering sanctions, Nicolas Sarkozy was calling for an end to all economic relations, and there were demands in the press for the seizure of Gaddafi family assets abroad. David Cameron, while against sanctions, was arguing for a stronger statement from the United Nations than the one made earlier this week. And, at the tougher end of the spectrum of possible pressure, there were voices raised in support of a no-fly zone like that which helped keep Saddam out of the Kurdish areas of Iraq, and even some discussion of intervention on the ground.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/24/libya-urge-to-help-editorial
Jadaliyya Interview with Ali Ahmida
In this interview, Ali Ahmida (bio here) discusses how the recent civilian revolt began as a reformist movement and quickly transformed into a revolutionary one demanding regime change. Ahmida also places the opposition forces in their geo-political context in light of Libya’s legacy of post-colonial state building. Hamida concludes by exploring the three possible scenarios in the next phase of Libya’s revolt. Please excuse the low quality audio at the outset of Ali Ahmida’s comments.
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/729/jadaliyya-interview-with-ali-ahmida
Cockroach Rule, Robin Yassin-Kassab
Our informant in Tripoli, last I heard, was at home, terrified, trying her best to remain calm amid the sound of heavy gunfire. Tripoli is very hotly contested. Reports suggest eastern Libya, meanwhile, has become an anarchist’s paradise.
http://pulsemedia.org/2011/02/23/cockroach-rule/
Middle East: One Libyan Battle Is Fought in Social and News Media
Whichever side wins this media battle is likely to be well on the way to ruling the country.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=949b03345b5a03b997cf09c05bac533e
On International Intervention and the Dire Situation in Libya
Yesterday, the United Nations Security Council held a formal meeting in which they condemned the violence in Libya and threatened to hold violators of international law accountable. At the same time, the Arab League held an extraordinary session in which it suspended Libya’s membership. These measures, and others, come eight days into the Libyan people’s courage and persistence in the face of shoot-to-kill policies by police, military, and mercenary forces as well as the use of helicopter gunships, fighter jets, and other artillery to indiscriminately attack unarmed demonstrators. While this violence may have initially been intended as a strategy for maintaining power, it now appears to be the regime’s revenge for its ongoing unraveling. As credible reports of civilian death tolls mount, so too have demands on Western and Arab powers that they lend greater support to protesters, through humanitarian and other assistance.
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/725/on-international-intervention-and-the-dire-situation-in-libya
Libyans have suffered enough. Muammar Gaddafi must go | Nahla Daoud
For 42 years, Gaddafi has repressed and brutalised his people. The west should support Libya’s heroic struggle for freedom. Even to Libyans familiar with Muammar Gaddafi’s oratory style, his speech last night surprised many of those watching. While the logic was classic Gaddafi, the tone was one none of us had heard before. The man was livid. Gaddafi had managed to keep his cool even when the US bombed Tripoli in April 1986 and destroyed his home at the Bab al-Aziziya barracks. But on 22 February, speaking to a nation that had finally called his bluff on the power of the people, he was clearly and visibly distressed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/23/libyans-muammar-gaddafi
Europe rethinks dependence on Libyan oil
Italy and Spain depend on Libya for as much as 22 percent and 13 percent of total crude consumption, respectively, a supply not easily replaced on short notice.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/ym3nKmzuow0/Europe-rethinks-dependence-on-Libyan-oil
Listening to Hillary – the sound of silence?
I just heard a joint press conference by Hillary Clinton and the Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota. During the Q&A Hillary was asked what the USA’s position on the situation in Libya was and I was quite amazed to see how lame, how vapid, how completely banal her response was. I think that this shows that US diplomats are both overwhelmed, clueless and quite frightened by these developments. They seem unable to offer anything but vague pious statements about freedom, democracy, human rights and the obligatory condemnations of violence. I also think that the crisis in Libya really frightens them. Not only does Libya sit on a non-trivial amount of oil, it has a common border with Egypt, whose future is still in the balance: will the puppet-change in Egypt eventually lead to a real regime change? I would say that it is quite possible. Hence the clear mix of bafflement and fear which seems to paralyze the otherwise endlessly preaching mouths of US diplomats. On another (but related) topic: any news from Algeria? How are bad old Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his minions doing?
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2011/02/listening-to-hillary-sound-of-silence.html
If the tide turns: some pros and cons of military intervention in Libya
In the last few days there have been a number of calls for international intervention to try to stem the atrocities that the Qaddafi regime is carrying out against Libyan civilians, including military measures such as the imposition of a no-fly zone. (Sanctions and other steps have also been proposed, but I doubt that they would have much impact on a regime fighting for its life). We might be past the point where the declaration of a no-fly zone would make a major difference — the Libyan air force (that part which has not defected) does not appear to be terribly effective and airlifted mercenary forces in the east seem to be contained. The city of Tripoli and several other towns on the west coast do appear to be at the mercy of loyalist mercenaries and militias, and are suffering terribly, but there is probably little that could be done militarily, short of a massive and prohibitively problematic amphibious invasion, to rescue them. Rebels in Benghazi are reportedly beginning to mobilize to move west, so it’s quite likely that Libyans will be able to complete the overthrow of Qaddafi without outside help. However, dictators have come back from the brink before: Saddam in 1991, for example, although his hold on the country was probably never as tenuous as Qaddafi’s is right now. If there is any chance Qaddafi were to stage a major turnaround, and bring major rebel-held cities like Benghazi or Misrata under siege, then the United States and other powers capable of intervention in Libya should consider what might be done to prevent a terrible humanitarian disaster.
http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/2/24/if-the-tide-turns-some-pros-and-cons-of-military-interventio.html
Qaddafi’s Sinking Ship, Ali Younes
The one thing clear about the Libyan people’s revolt against the dictatorial rule of Mummar Qaddafi is the absence of any resemblance of something called the Libyan government. The murder of scores of protesting Libyan citizens by Qaddafi’s security agencies proved that Qaddafi in 42 years of power had built no state; no institutions, not even a real government. Any resemblance of government had just melted away during the revolt and most likely in disgust at the mass killing of innocent citizens.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16676
Khadafi On the Outs; “Khadafi had clearly reached an accommodation with the United States and the rich men of Europe.”
The worst possible consequence of the Libyan crisis would be for the United States to find some way to intervene, in any way whatsoever.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27552.htm
The Col. isn’t Leaving Until the Press Agrees on How to Spell His Name, JAMES McENTEER
Khadafy, Qaddafi, Gaddafi or just plain Dick? The name of the despotic Libyan leader confounds Western headline writers. Everyone agrees he’s a bad guy. Paul Wolfowitz in the Wall Street Journal lists dozens of good reasons why the U.S, should intervene to unseat this nut case dictator. What he doesn’t say is why he and his neo-con cronies didn’t do the job themselves while they held power and were busy invading other Islamic countries. Instead, Dubya and company – including the Wolfman – removed the U.S. sanctions against Ghada… Kad…. Libya.
http://www.counterpunch.com/mcenteer02232011.html
Cartoons
The Tyrant’s Latest Speech, by Carlos Latuff
http://palestinianpundit.blogspot.com/2011/02/tyrants-latest-speech-by-carlos-latuff.html
