Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 14 (or 16*), Part 2

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 14 (or 16*), Part 2

Today's threads: Part 1

#Feb17 Youth organizers invite Gaddafi's collaborators to stand under his umbrella ella ella ella ella ella http://bit.ly/faa34E

"We have Plan A, Plan B, Plan C. Plan A is to live and die in Libya. Plan B is to live and die in Libya. Plan C is to live and die in Libya."
- Saif Islam Qaddafi during interview

*I called this Day 14 because the official start date was #Feb17 but the kickoff was 2 days early so in reality today is day 14.

Previous Day 13 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

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

Threads for Days 1-13 are in my journal

"I was born in Tunisia, I persevered in Egypt, I sacrificed myself in Libya, I have fought in Yemen&Bahrain. I am Freedom, I will not die."
- Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub

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



Google Earth DL here to see positions of army and patrolling route of mercenaries

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

[pinboy3niner]

1. Eyewitness report on AJE: Brega retaken by opposition

Gaddafi forces escaped to two locations--the university and Brega airport. They are surrounded and opposition is attempting to capture them.

15 opposition fighters and 2 children--a girl and a boy--reported killed.

[CJvR]

3. Sounds good...

...as long as the column was defeated rather than pulled out/moved on willingly.

[denem]

2. A million people have said it: I wish I could help.

The Middle East has made feel better being a hunan being. Young people facing live ammunition vs looking for the best price on some consumer item junk.

[Catherina]

4. +1. Their amazing spirit, courage, humor and kindness towards other has really impressed me n/t

[JanDutchy]

7. URGENT HELP NEEDED (Share this page with: FacebookTwitter)

URGENT HELP NEEDED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE FLEEING VIOLENCE IN LIBYA



Civilians wait to be processed and interviewed after fleeing to Tunisia to escape the fighting and persecution in Libya. © REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

UNHCR has deployed emergency teams to key border points with Egypt and Tunisia as more than 100,000 people have already fled the civil unrest and political violence currently taking place in Libya. On February 26, UNHCR's first flight carrying humanitarian supplies and tents for emergency shelter landed in Tunisia.

Your much needed donation through UNHCR will help provide emergency relief items to the thousands of people from all over the world fleeing the persecution and the human rights abuses in Libya right now.

You can make a difference.

http://www.unhcr.org/emergency/libya/global_landing.html

[defendandprotect]

158. LIBYA HURRA -- !!

[Catherina]

5. AJ: Battalions from #Benghazi 2 head West, straight for Tripoli >>

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Aljazeera: Battalions from #Benghazi said they are heading to the west, straight for Tripoli; they know how to avoid Sirt. #Libya
42 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[CJvR]

8. If they...

...advance witout air cover it could be a short expedition once the Loyalist get a fix on them.

[Catherina]

6. Video apparently showing air strikes on Ajdabia; NO FLY ZONE PLEASE!

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Video apparently showing air strikes on Ajdabia; undated: http://j.mp/gEGJxN #Libya
2 minutes ago



City Ajdabiya be bombed by warplanes NO FLY ZONE PLEASE! 02 28 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jVlBB9BYs

[Catherina]

9. Revolutionaries shoot down Gaddafi Battalion plane that was attacking Ajdabiya

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Revolutionaries shoot down Gaddafi Battalion plane that was attacking Ajdabiya (160km/100m south of Benghazi)
1 minute ago

[pinboy3niner]

11. If it can be confirmed, this is HUGH! nt

[Catherina]

13. Guys, it's kind of slow now tweet wise. I have a feeling tomorrow will be busy

so I'm going to crash for a few hours :hi:

[JanDutchy]

14. Thanks: and have a good rest

Today we have free elections in Holland for _ indirectly the Senate - ; at one time there will be in Libya,Egypt and Tunisie

[pinboy3niner]

15. Good idea

Rest well..

:hi:

[Catherina]

10. Getting more reports that Brega soundly in rebel hands now.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Getting more reports that Brega soundly in rebel hands now. #Libya
29 seconds ago

[JanDutchy]

Contradicted reports on Brega

Reuters: #Libya State TV: Gaddafi's armed forces control airport, seaport of Brega, contradicting rebel accounts that attack was repulsed
SultanAlQassemi
http://twitter.com/SultanAlQassemi

[JanDutchy]

17. Contradicted reports on Brega

Reuters: #Libya State TV: Gaddafi's armed forces control airport, seaport of Brega, contradicting rebel accounts that attack was repulsed
SultanAlQassemi
http://twitter.com/SultanAlQassemi

[pinboy3niner]

18. ROFL! The same Libya State TV that said all was peaceful?

:rofl:

[Catherina]

12. arab league foreign ministers convening in Cairo to discuss what course of action to take >>

AymanM Ayman Mohyeldin
arab league foreign ministers convening in Cairo to discuss what course of action to take against #Libya. LAS might suspend Libya
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

159. k/r

[pinboy3niner]

16. Fierce battles rage in Libya

Fierce battles rage in Libya

Pro- and anti-government forces fight for control of strategic towns including Brega, which houses a key oil facility.

Last Modified: 02 Mar 2011 09:38 GMT

<snip>
Jacky Rowland, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Libya's second largest city, Benghazi, said that forces loyal to Gaddafi reportedly carried out an air raid bombing a weapons store about six kilometres outside Ajdabiya.

Witnesses told AP news agency that they saw two warplanes bomb the eastern outskirts of Ajdabiya at 10am local time.

They also said pro-Gaddafi forces were advancing on the town. "I see two jets bombing now,'' said one witness who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Another witness said rebel forces were rushing to the western side of Ajdabiya to meet the advancing pro-Gaddafi force.

"We are ready to repel their attack,'' said the witness.

More:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/20113242554921501.html

[JanDutchy]

19. Journalists detained and broadcasts jammed in Libya

NEW YORK: Security forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi continue to detain journalists and jam broadcast frequencies, the Committee to Protect Journalists said yesterday, 1 March 2011.


http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/466/57286.html

[pinboy3niner]

20. Gaddafi speaking on Libyan State TV now

From AJE 10 minutes ago:

1:23pm Gaddafi is attending the 34th anniversary of Libya the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (this was in 1977)

AJE live feed of speech starting now here:
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[pinboy3niner]

21. Says he doesn't rule Libya, the people do

He's merely a symbol.

(This looks like it's going to be very long and very boring.)

[joshcryer]

22. Revolution is fomented by "foreign mass media."

[joshcryer]

23. edit: pro-Gaddafi chants "we only want Gaddafi"

[joshcryer]

24. edit: wait could've been pro-Gaddafi chants

[joshcryer]

25. Correction: they're carrying pro-Gaddafi flag, such a psyops.

[pinboy3niner]

26. Millions of people march chanting my name

The whole people replied that they are ready to die for me. (YOU LIE!)

Where's Joe Barton when you need him?

[joshcryer]

29. I love how the random chanters just so happened to have a LIVE MIC right next to them.

[pinboy3niner]

31. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. :)

[joshcryer]

27. "Not following the media. I read books. Media is provoking."

[joshcryer]

28. It wasn't staged Gaddafi? Then why do they have a fucking microphone?

[joshcryer]

30. Man it sucks that there are so many civilians and journalists here. Perfect airstrike time. :P

[joshcryer]

32. Every corner has supporters of their leader chanting (talking about himself in the third person).

[pinboy3niner]

34. And it's all spontaneous!

[joshcryer]

33. "The mass media is only showing anti-Gaddafi protesters, you'd think the whole world hates me."

[joshcryer]

35. "How did this story begin? Very small dormat cells of Al-Queada."

[joshcryer]

36. "al-Qaeda cells want to create empire. CIA is aware of this."

[pinboy3niner]

37. It's all the fault of 'dormant cells of Al Qaida'

[joshcryer]

38. Lots of names of cities I can't spell. "al-Qaeda cell launched attack on town armies."

[joshcryer]

39. "The operatives assualted security forces, 150-200 were killed on both sides."

[joshcryer]

40. "Half of which were operatives / attackers."

[joshcryer]

41. "When the assault was launched, the military was ordered to not fire."

[joshcryer]

42. "They took the radio and named it al jihad and made it their command headquarters."

[joshcryer]

43. "Ordinary citizens fled and are now hiding in the woods, the women fled and are in the forest."

[joshcryer]

44. "The same infection spilled over to Benghazi." Calling the people an "infection."

[joshcryer]

45. "Told them to abandon the camp and they left it to the attackers. They took the arms."

[pinboy3niner]

49. He did it "to avoid bloodshed"

[joshcryer]

46. "Revolution (Gaddafi's) were unable to take to the streets."

[joshcryer]

47. "Executing anyone who is pro-Gaddafi. Everyone panicked, unable to move."

[joshcryer]

48. "Don't believe media reports from the outside. They also forced the officers to defect."

[joshcryer]

50. "They called command and forced them to defect and threatened their families if no defection."

[joshcryer]

51. "I told them not to exchange fire, and that any weapon depots must be destroyed."

[joshcryer]

52. "I was concerned if they terrorists took the weapons depots."

[joshcryer]

53. "We were surprised to hear media reports saying peaceful demonstrations were fired upon."

[joshcryer]

54. HEY ASSHOLE THERE'S VIDEO OF UNARMED CIVILIANS THAT STARTED THIS

[pinboy3niner]

55. (I'll have what he's having in my Nescafe.) :)

[joshcryer]

56. "al-Qaeda operateves were influenced by the devil."

[joshcryer]

57. "Those operatives do not march in protest. Have you ever heard al-Qaeda march in protest?"

[joshcryer]

58. "Media reports that protests are fired at by regime, it is a lie."

[joshcryer]

59. "Operatives took assulated military, took arms, and started firing at them."

[joshcryer]

60. "The people came out expressing their anger at (this psyops)." He's saying al-Qaeda did it.

[joshcryer]

61. "The media does not like foreign correspondance, and there is none inside Libya." Maybe because ban?

YOU BANNED THE MEDIA FOR DECADES.

[joshcryer]

62. "If 1 is killed it can be reported as 1000, and the world is against us. Lies can be fabricated."

[joshcryer]

63. "There were no peaceful demos in Libya, it was al-Qaeda. They did it."

[joshcryer]

64. "Now the terrorists are killing people, raping women, and taking refuge inside mosque."

[joshcryer]

65. "Prison inmates managed to break free and side with terrorists."

[joshcryer]

67. "In Libya there is no single political deiety."

[joshcryer]

68. Al Jazeera showing Benghazi. Showing those peaceful protests that Gaddafi says never happened.

[joshcryer]

69. Reminds me of the split screens in Venezuela, one "leader" saying one thing, while something else...

...was happening.

[joshcryer]

70. AJE: Split screen shows protesters. Gaddafi playing down the scale of the uprising and blaming al-Q.

[joshcryer]

72. "So far we have not launched attacks on them. We seek truce." Good luck Gaddafi.

[joshcryer]

73. "The journalists are urging me, I told them it could be a colonial attempt."

[joshcryer]

74. Hey Gaddafi, you fucking normalized relations 3 years ago. You sold the oil fields!

[joshcryer]

75. GADDAFI IS LYING NOW shown on split screen.

[Azooz]

104. Ooops - sorry, thought I had a scoop on that ;) n/t

[joshcryer]

106. You did! I didn't see split screen until you said that (two screens here).

[pinboy3niner]

76. It looks like he has a captive audience--LITERALLY!

[joshcryer]

77. "We showed the whole world how the people were supporting and chanting for me." AJE: NOPE

[joshcryer]

79. "There are no peaceful demonstrations at all, it is a conspiracy." AJE: WTF are you on?

[joshcryer]

81. Gaddafi is going to be laughed at so hard today. Wow.

[joshcryer]

83. "They're also launching attacks against foreign countries. And foreign states withdrew."

[joshcryer]

84. "They feared that the forigners would also come under attack." You're being ousted, idiot...

...it is a countries RESPONSIBILITY to protect their OWN CITIZENS.

[joshcryer]

85. "Foreign entitites withdrew, this is proof that there are no peaceful demonstrations."

[joshcryer]

86. "If the demonstrations were peaceful why would this happen? They wouldn't withdraw."

[joshcryer]

87. GADDAFI YOU KILLED YOUR OWN PEACEFULLY PROTESTING CITIZENS LYING SCUM

[joshcryer]

88. "Proof that there are armed gangs launching attacks." No! It is proof that there is uprising!

[joshcryer]

89. Gaddafi attacks peaceful protesters and they DEFEND THEMSELVES. LYING SCUM!

[joshcryer]

90. Gaddafi repeating himself now. AJE showing peaceful Benghazi.

[joshcryer]

91. "Libya will live on and it is them who will fall."

[joshcryer]

92. "We will have to investigate how this happened. To establish who is a victim and aggressor."

[joshcryer]

93. "If any are killed in the police stations, they were assaulted by armed operatives."

[joshcryer]

94. "It is not the issue of who killed the civilians, but who killed the police. They started it."

[joshcryer]

95. Hey Gaddafi, they were killed in self-defense.

[joshcryer]

98. "How can UN hand down resolution on the grounds of media reports?" How the fuck...

[joshcryer]

99. "UN should do fact finding mission. They issued resolution on false reports."

[joshcryer]

101. Wow! Chant "Revolt will continue!" That mic went silent real quick didn't it?

I bet that guy gets disappeared real quick.

[joshcryer]

105. Heheh! Little girl gots a megaphone on AJE. Very cute. :D

[joshcryer]

107. "Opposition is not young age, they will not compromise." HEY YOU KILLED INNOCENT CITIZENS!

[joshcryer]

108. "They are operating from a mosque or snake hole corrupting and brainwashing the youth."

[joshcryer]

109. "al-queada is corrupting and brainwashing the youth, they don't compromise."

[joshcryer]

110. "Bin Laden says he relies on youth who are easily mislead and brainwashed."

[joshcryer]

111. "They are targeting youth, handing them hallucination pills, happy to touch guns."

[joshcryer]

112. "Those infiltrators are from outside. They joined al-Qaeda operatives. Those inmates."

[joshcryer]

113. Feed cut. Airstrike?

[joshcryer]

116. No such luck, it's back (would have been a bad airstrike anyway).

[pinboy3niner]

121. 75 minutes so far. I think he's just getting warmed up.

[joshcryer]

124. He keeps saying the same shit over and over again, it's highly redundant.

[pinboy3niner]

126. AJE reporter said it's more coherent than usual, LOL!

[pinboy3niner]

117. OMG! HE'S NOT DONE SPEAKING YET!

[joshcryer]

118. "You will be slaves to the Americans."

[joshcryer]

119. "The outside forces wish to bring us to our knees."

[joshcryer]

120. "Production is declining because of the armed groups and terrorists."

[joshcryer]

122. "We do not wish to test democracy."

[joshcryer]

123. "Let them establish islamic empire there. Let them experience it. Women raped any day."

[joshcryer]

125. Talking about making a state newspaper.

[joshcryer]

127. "The majority of the Libyan people have demands and those demands are known."

[joshcryer]

128. "I have many other points to go through." Oh god. 3 hour long "speech"?

[pinboy3niner]

130. If we're lucky! :(

[joshcryer]

131. Talking about the asset freeze, saying it hurts the Libyans.

[joshcryer]

132. "My salery is only 346 dinars." How come you can afford million dollar parties?

[pinboy3niner]

136. He must've been VERY frugal to save 30 billion in U.S. accounts alone on that salary!

[joshcryer]

141. The Libyan people own that money, they just give him palaces in every city.

They love him that much!

[joshcryer]

134. Back to the "misled children."

[joshcryer]

135. "Freezing the accounts as if they're my personal accounts, they're the Libyan's accounts."

[joshcryer]

137. Translator is having a hard time now.

[joshcryer]

138. "They cited a palace as my assets but you the people of Libya gave it to me in every city."

[joshcryer]

139. Haha, AJE thought he was done, but he's back.

[joshcryer]

140. "Not one Libyan can swear at Gaddafi. The young take my name in oath, in any place in Libya."

[pinboy3niner]

142. "They swear in my name." NO, THEY SWEAR *AT* YOUR NAME!

[joshcryer]

143. "To intl. community. We don't need humanitarian aid. We aren't like Darfur."

[joshcryer]

144. "Any person speaking of foreign aid will be considered a traitor."

[joshcryer]

145. He's trying to cut off aid to Benghazi, to say they're all traitors. Wow.

[joshcryer]

146. "Anyone distributing supplies fears for their life. Even the banks." Why is Benghazi operating...

...fine then?

[joshcryer]

147. "Armed gangs attacking oil companies and foreign oil workers." Puppet for the companies.

[pinboy3niner]

148. Guinness announces new world record: Longest televised pity party ever!

[joshcryer]

150. I bet AJE translator had to quit, so that's why AJE broke away.

He was getting exhausted at the end there.

[Azooz]

66. Funny sign

The guy holding a sign (on alJazeera) during Gaddafi's speech - the sign says:

"Breaking News: Gaddafi Lying Now"

It's almost as nice as seeing shoes fly :)

[pinboy3niner]

71. LOL!

:rofl:

[joshcryer]

78. Another one: the lier speaks!

[joshcryer]

80. Another one: DOWN DOWN GADDAFI

[joshcryer]

82. Another one: GADDAFI NOW YOU HAVE NOTHING

[JanDutchy]

96. Burning Interior Ministry to Tripoli.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=114889901919903&oid=179449562095105&comments&ref=mf

[joshcryer]

97. Another one: Gaddafi, shame on you (plus a bunch of other text I missed).

[joshcryer]

100. Wow, that "breaking news: Gaddafi is Lying Now" sign is impressive! Screenshot:

[pinboy3niner]

102. Good screenshot! Great sign!

[joshcryer]

103. The sign maker made that real quick, props to him.

It was a vinyl sign, very good.

[JanDutchy]

154. Meanwhile: Mubarak in Saudi Arabia for treatment

Released: 2 March 2011 13: 58
Last revised: 2 March 2011 13: 59


CAIRO-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak currently resides in Saudi Arabia. He would on a military base in the Northwest Tabuk is treated for cancer to his cartel intestine and pancreas.


© AFPMubarak would each get five days chemotherapy. That reported the Egyptian State newspaper Al-Akhbar Wednesday.
There were already rumors that Mubarak to Saudi Arabia had left, but these have not yet been officially confirmed. Egypt has Mubarak on Monday imposed a travel ban and all his personal belongings confiscated.



According to Al-Akhbar is his whole family on the military base present

[pinboy3niner]

129. Check this out, Josh...

I stole your screenshot:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x538970

[joshcryer]

133. Woot, I wish I got more screenshots!

[defendandprotect]

160. LOVE the spirit of these people -- Egyptians and Libyans -- !!

[Catherina]

157. I picked the WRONG time to take a nap! n/t

[joshcryer]

114. Another one: Gaddafi regime pest analysist. They split the screen again so no screenshot.

[joshcryer]

115. Here it is, screenshot:

[joshcryer]

149. Another one (Gaddafi WANTED sign):

[pinboy3niner]

151. AJE: 250-300 Gaddafi soldiers holed up in univ. at Brega. nt

[joshcryer]

152. AJE video showed phone interview before that happened I think.

I heard it was Brega but not sure if that was this instance.

[pinboy3niner]

153. Yes, it was Brega

The phone interview was a clip from a couple of hours ago, shortly after the opposition re-took Brega and chased Gaddafi troops to the university.

Ed. to add that the new information is the NUMBER of G's troops holed up there.

[joshcryer]

155. Ahh, I haven't been tuned in to AJE, read their liveblog mostly.

Figured that phone interview was an old one. This is great news. LIBYA HURRA!

[defendandprotect]

161. Are they changing sides?

[Catherina]

156. Part 3 here

http:// www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x539249