Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 16 (or 18*), Part 4

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 16 (or 18*), Part 4

Today's threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

#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 16 because the official start date was #Feb17 but events kicked off 2 days earlier.

Previous Day 15 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 1-15 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
New video of Soldiers Executed for Refusing to Shoot Protesters in #Libya

MAP of Protests across the Middle East



Click here for updated and interactive map
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.

[Catherina]

1. current time in Tripoli is 4:42 PM on Friday, 4 March 2011

TimeInLibya Time In Libya
#Libya The current time in Tripoli is 4:30 PM on Friday, 4 March 2011
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[pinboy3niner]

2. K&R

[Catherina]

3. Reuters: Oil facility at Zueitina, south of Benghazi, damaged and on fire - Al Jazeera

fieldproducer Neal Mann
Reuters: Oil facility at Zueitina, south of Benghazi, damaged and on fire - Al Jazeera
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

4. Airforce boombing is targeting revolutionaries at the entrance of Ras Lanuf

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA breaking: Airforce boombing is targeting revolutionaries at the entrance of Ras Lanuf #Libya
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

5. BREAKING: UK seizes ship reportedly packed with £100 million Libyan Dinars

LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
BREAKING: UK seizes ship reportedly packed with £100 million Libyan Dinars - #feb17 #libya - libyafeb17.com/2011/03/breaki…
8 minutes ago


16:33 The Guardian: British Officials have seized a ship reportedly packed with £100 million of Libyan money and escorted her into a British port, the UK Home Office has revealed.

[JanDutchy]

17. Live information about aviation- and shipmovement North Africa stopped.

There is no on line information avaible for this area anymore

[Catherina]

49. Interesting. Can you post that in reply to the original post (#1)? Otherwise

it gets lost and is out of place where people won't see it.

Very interesting!

[sasha031]

6. K&R

[Catherina]

7. #Tripoli: Armed un-uniformed and heavy uniformed police presence observed

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
Report from Zawadahmany #Tripoli: Armed un-uniformed and heavy uniformed police presence observed. #Libya
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

55. LIBYA HURRA -- !!

[Catherina]

8. #Iraq: female journalist says peaceful protesters were beaten very badly by riot police

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
A female journalist calling to Sharqiya says peaceful protesters were beaten very badly by riot police in Tahrir Square in #Baghdad #iraq
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

16. heartbroken as I c & hear pain of Iraqis asking 4 most basic of services denied them 4 years

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
Cannot but be heartbroken as I see & hear pain of everyday Iraqis asking for the most basic of services denied them for years #baghdad #iraq
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

22. #Falluja residents say they were prevented from protesting, so they are planning a sit-in

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
#Falluja residents say they were prevented from protesting, so they are planning a sit-in #iraq #baghdad
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

9. think the presence of foreign journalists... saved some lives in Tripoli >>>

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
I think the presence of foreign journalists and the success of a few of them in evading authorities has saved some lives in Tripoli. #Libya
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Last week, regime's response was anti-aircraft guns mowing down protesters. This week we're actually hearing of tear gas! #Tripoli #Libya
6 minutes ago

[Catherina]

10. Fierce clashes in #Azzawiya reports of many casualties, #G using machine guns and heavy weapons

Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Fierce clashes in #Azzawiya reports of many casualties, #Gaddafi forces using machine guns and heavy weapons #Libya
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

11. picture is still unclear in #Tripoli communication is so difficult

Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
The picture is still unclear in #Tripoli communication is so difficult #Libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

12. radio station in Ajdabiya urging extra rebel forces to press on to Ras Lanuf having secured Brega

Tom_Rayner Tom Rayner
Translator tells us radio station in Ajdabiya being used to urge extra rebel forces to press on to Ras Lanuf having secured Brega #libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[sasha031]

13. Saif Gaddafi talks to Al Jazeera/ Video

:puke: One of Muammar Gaddafi's sons, Saif al Islam, has been the public face of the Libyan regime since the unrest began.

He has accused the international media, including Al Jazeera, of blowing the crisis out of proportion. In an interview with Anita McNaught, he repeated the allegation claiming the West was trying to take over Libya's oil.

You can watch the full Talk to Al Jazeera interview with Saif Al Islam Gaddafi at 15:30 GMT on Friday.
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011/03/20113455019719972.html

tell the people be happy

[formercia]

52. Zenga, Zenga!! n/t

[Catherina]

14. Map showing places of today's events in Tripoli

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Map showing places of today's events in Tripoli: http://j.mp/gF5iDl @tribulusterr did you create it?
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[sasha031]

18. surprised this crap comes from Guardian

ian_black Ian Black
Gaddafi is in dire need of help from his old comrade Hugo Chávez http://gu.com/p/2ng64/tf

[Catherina]

15. Initial reports revolutionaries are gaining more ground in #RasLanuf west of #Brega

Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
Initial reports revolutionaries are gaining more ground in #RasLanuf west of #Brega #Libya
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

19. What use sanctions investigations condemnations when 1000s of ppl r murdered by tanks & jets >

LibyaNewMedia LibyaNewMedia
What use are sanctions, investigations & condemnations when thousands of people are murdered by tanks & jets for wanting democracy
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

20. heavy #Libyan security forces monitoring Tunisia border. Libyans exit blocked, foreigners allowed

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
Alarabiya reporting: heavy #Libyan security forces are monitoring Tunisia border. Libyans exit blocked, foreigners allowed through. #Libya
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[pinboy3niner]

35. UN agency: Heavily-armed Gaddafi forces intensify crackdown on Tunisian border

Clashes reported in Libya's capital
By the CNN Wire StaffMarch 4, 2011 9:38 a.m. EST

<snip>

The number of people trying to leave the country has declined, however, as heavily-armed government forces intensified their presence on the Tunisian border and on roads leading up to it, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.

"We are concerned that the presence of the forces and the large drop in evacuees could mean that people are being prevented from leaving," said Sybella Wilkes, a spokeswoman for the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Roughly 15,000 people had been crossing the border every day but Thursday, that number plunged to 2,000. In all, 200,000 people have fled the escalating violence in Libya, according to the International Organization of Migration, which has been working with the U.N. refugee agency on mass evacuations.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/04/libya.conflict/

[Catherina]

21. Still having difficulty reporting with nothing coming from Tripoli in the past 24 hours

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Still having difficulty reporting with nothing coming from Tripoli in the past 24 hours... hope they're OK. #Libya
8 minutes ago

[defendandprotect]

56. k/r

[Catherina]

23. Alarabiya breaking: Reporting Ras Lanuf now under the control of the people

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
Alarabiya breaking: Reporting Ras Lanuf now under the control of the people #Libya
9 minutes ago

[Catherina]

24. BREAKING: Security forces raid a house in Zawiyat Ad Dahmani in Tripoli and kidnap four youth

LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
BREAKING: Security forces raid a house in Zawiyat Ad Dahmani in Tripoli and kidnap four youth - #feb17 #libya - libyafeb17.com/2011/03/breaki…
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


16:45 BREAKING: Security forces raid a house in Zawiyat Ad Dahmani in Tripoli and kidnap 4 youth.

[Catherina]

25. Massacre in Tripoli, pledge to the international community to help

AliveIn Stories from MENA
#Libya Massacre in Tripoli, pledge to the international community to help | @speak2tweet http://bit.ly/gS6iFq (Feb 20) #feb17
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Massacre in Tripoli, pledge to the international community to help | @speak2tweet

on FEBRUARY 20, 2011

http://bit.ly/gImblX 20/2/2011 12:45 0:45:00

AUDIO

السلام عليكم أنا في المملكة المتحدة ولكن أهلي في طرابلس وأنا على اتصال مباشر بهم. حاليا مجزرة مئات الجثث في مستشفى طرابلس المركزي أخي طبيب هناك عنده فكرة على شن صائر هناك مجزرة حقيقية. القذافي الناس بالمئات عن طريق مجموعات مرتزقة على سيارات تحمل رشاشات تطلق دخيرة حية. مزال المئات من الجرحى في الشوارع أرجو من الدولة العالم ان ينتصر من اجل ليبياز ليبيا تموت بالمئات انها مجزرة وشكرا

Peace be upon you, I am in the UK my family is in Tripoli and I am in direct contact with them. Right now there is a massacre, 100s of dead bodies in the Tripoli Medical Centre. My brother is a doctor there so he knows what is happening. It is a real massacre. Geddafi is killing people by the 100s using mercenaries on cars carrying machine guns and shooting live ammunition. There is still 100s of injured on the streets. I ask the country, the world to help Libya. Libya is dying by the 100s. it is a real massacre. Thanks

Que la paix soit avec vous. Je suis en Royaume Unie et ma famille est a Tripoli, je suis en contact direct avec eux. Maintenant il y a un massacre, des centaines de corps morts au Centre Medical de Tripoli. Mon frere est medecin, donc il sait ce qui se passe. C’est un vrai massacre. Gadaffi tue les gens par les centaines, a l’aide des mercenaires montes sur des voitures, qui portent des mitrailleuses et qui tirent des rafales. Il y a des centaines de blesses dans les rues. Je demande au pays et au monde d’aider la Libye. La Libye meurt par les centaines. C’est un vrai massacre. Merci a vous.

Translated by: Lauren Upadhyay, @mede

http://alive.in/libya/2011/02/20/massacre-in-tripoli-pledge-to-the-international-community-to-help-speak2tweet/?utm_campaign=libyatweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

[sasha031]

31. jocarva João Cunha Anti-Gaddafi rebels lay heavy fire on Ras Lanuf

jocarva João Cunha
Anti-Gaddafi rebels lay heavy fire on Ras Lanuf (Yahoo) http://yhoo.it/gR3K2h #gaddaficrimes #libya #egypt #tunisia

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Aljazeera is reporting air strikes on Ras Lanuf. Recently this has been happening after Gaddafi loses control of a city. #Lib

[Catherina]

26. #Iraq Govt officials: Baathists hijacking protests. Are there Baathists in #Basra and #Nasiriyah? >>

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
#Iraq Govt officials: Baathists hijacking protests. Are there Baathists in #Basra and #Nasiriyah? Really? Maliki Basra is enraged. Wake up.
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

27. kidnappings are being reported esp. around Zawyatdahmani in #Tripoli

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Kidnappings are being reported esp. around Zawyatdahmani in #Tripoli. #Libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

28. AJA: people refuse food supplies from qaddafi in #Ajdabiya #Libya

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA: people refuse food supplies from qaddafi in #Ajdabiya #Libya
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

29. 13-year-old Boy Among Killed in Brega

feb17libya Feb17Libya
#Feb17 #Libya 13-year-old Boy Among Killed in Brega http://f.ast.ly/bXuw7
5 minutes ago

13-year-old Boy Among Killed in Brega
Posted on March 4, 2011 by main

The Guardian Reports: A 13-year-old boy was killed when pro-Gaddafi forces tried to retake Brega on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch is reporting. It says Hassan Umran was herding goats when he was shot in the head. The organisation’s emergencies director, Peter Bouckaert, visited a morgue in Ajdabiya to try to establish a death toll from Wednesday’s fighting. Peter also provided us with excellent updates from Alexandria during the Egyptian protests. He said:

We found 14 bodies at the morgue, many of them fighters, but also including the body of 13-year-old Hassan Umran, a young shepherd. Later, we went to see Hassan’s twin brother, Hussein, and his younger brother Faraj, 11, who were both wounded in the same incident that killed Hassan. They and their relatives explained that the boys had been out herding their goats and sheep on the outskirts of Brega around 8am on 2 March when the pro-Gaddafi militia passed by in more than 30 vehicles heading towards the university. They said that the militia fired rifles and rocket-propelled grenades in the direction of the boys. All three boys were injured by shrapnel from the grenades, but Hassan was killed when he was hit with bullets to his head.

When we arrived at the morgue, the doctors and attendants were busy washing the bodies and preparing them for burial by wrapping them in clean white cloths. Among the 14 dead were three bodies said to be from the pro-Gaddafi militia, but who were not carrying identification. It is believed that when the pro-Gaddafi fighters retreated, they took many of their wounded and dead, so the total casualties from their side are unknown. Aside from young Hassan, the remaining 11 dead included three guards from the Ammonium Factory, and seven fighters who had participated in the gun-battle on the rebel side.

http://feb17.info/media/13-year-old-boy-among-killed-in-brega/

[Catherina]

30. evolutionaries regain control over Gharyan!

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Reports @libyaoutreach: Revolutionaries regain control over Gharyan! #Libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[On the Road]

60. "Evolutionaries"

I like that.

:)

[Catherina]

32. Revolutionaries completely & soundly in control of Ras Lanuf now!

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Breaking (BRQ): Revolutionaries completely & soundly in control of Ras Lanuf now! #Libya
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

34. More and more revolutionaries streaming into front lines of Ras Lanuf

LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
BREAKING: More and more revolutionaries streaming into front lines of Ras Lanuf - #feb17 #libya
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

57. LIBYA HURRA -- !!

[Catherina]

33. updates from #tripoli is almost impossible at this time, huge crackdown on telephone calls.

libya_Horra Libya 7orra
Getting updates from #tripoli is almost impossible at this time, huge crackdown on telephone calls.. #libya #feb17
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

36. all of #Tripoli is out!!! Calls 4every1 2connect friends &family 2 tell them to head out

libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
RT: Mo of #LIbyaAlHurraTV confirms all of #Tripoli is out!!! Calls 4every1 2connect friends &family 2 tell them to head out. #Libya
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

37. Gaddafi’s forces ‘used families as human shields

libyaoutreach Libya Outreach
#Gaddafi’s forces ‘used families as human shields’ #Libya #Feb17 #Tripoli http://tinyurl.com/6ha9twd
3 minutes ago

Gaddafi’s forces ‘used families as human shields’
04/03 13:23 CET

...

A donkey had a cartoon of Colonel Gaddafi strapped to its face. People are not afraid to ridicule their despised leader, or to express their feelings.

...

Naser said he was shot as Gaddafi’s forces tried to regain control of the oil refinery. All the guards at the entrance were killed, he said.

He also claimed that government troops seized whole families on the road and took them in their cars to use as human shields.

Halid was one of thousands of volunteers who came from Benghazi to protect the refinery when they heard about the attack. He said Gaddafi’s troops shot him while he was tending to other wounded rebels.

...

http://www.euronews.net/2011/03/04/gaddafi-s-forces-used-families-as-human-shields/

[defendandprotect]

58. K/R

[Catherina]

38. Report from #Morocco: #Gaddafi hired Polisarios (Algeria-backed Saharan separatists) as mercenaries

feb17libya Feb17Libya
Report from #Morocco: #Gaddafi hired Polisarios (Algeria-backed Saharan separatists) as mercenaries #Feb17 #Libya #Algeria #Gaddaficrimes
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

39. #Iraq: Maliki you put on trial Saddam's gardener, asked him why he didn't quit. Why don't you quit"

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
Karbala Woman:"Maliki you put on trial Saddam's gardener, asked him why he didn't quit. Why don't you quit" #iraq not sure what that's about
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

47. Song playing on Sharqiya: "You had seven years to fix things, now you have no more excuses."

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
Song playing on Sharqiya: "You had seven years to fix things, now you have no more excuses." #Iraq #baghdad
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
Sharqiya: "The angry voice of hunger demand rights" lyrics from song #iraq #baghdad
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Sharqiya is a TV station

[CJvR]

53. Saddam's gardener?

Have they really nothing better to do?
Unless this fellow was in the habit of planting his fellow Iraqis in the ground what is the point?

[Catherina]

40. Clashes (fist fights, no guns yet) in the heart of Tripoli (martyr square)

septimius_sever septimius severus
@
@libya2p0 Clashes (fist fights, no guns yet) in the heart of Tripoli (martyr square) #feb17 #libya
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

59. K

[Catherina]

41. Reporting revolutionaries control an airport in ras lanuf

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA breaking: Reporting revolutionaries control an airport in ras lanuf. #Libya
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

42. 20 soliders from Ferjan tribe were killed by Qadfi army in Ras Laounf cos they refused to fire

libi4ever Soliman Albrassi
20 soliders from Ferjan tribe were killed by Qadfi army in Ras Laounf cos they refused to fire ordinary Libyans #libya #17feb
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

43. Article: Ship Carrying £100m of Gaddafi Regime Intercepted in UK

feb17libya Feb17Libya
#Feb17 #Libya Ship Carrying £100m of Gaddafi Regime Intercepted in UK http://f.ast.ly/bkv3h
3 minutes ago

Ship Carrying £100m of Gaddafi Regime Intercepted in UK
Posted on March 4, 2011 by main

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 2:58 PM on 4th March 2011

...

The notes were seized and taken to a secure location.

Libyan currency is printed in a warehouse in the north east of England and the seizure comes after an attempt by Gaddafi’s allies to export £900m worth of notes was foiled by the Treasury last week.

...

But the dictator needs more funds as he offers his citizens cash inducements to stay loyal to his regime and allegedly hires mercenaries at £18,000 a man.

His allies last week tried to grab £900million in Libyan currency from a warehouse in the North East where they are printed.

...

http://feb17.info/media/ship-carrying-100m-of-gaddafi-regime-intercepted-in-uk/

[Catherina]

44. #Iraq: Maliki using Baathists line claiming Israelis and Iranians fuelling

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
Maliki using Baathists line about #iraq protests like #Egypt State TV claiming Israelis and Iranians fuelling #jan25
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Israelis working with Iranians to bring freedom to Iraq? PRICELESS! What about Al Qaeda? Hallucinogenics? Nescafe? Come on Malliki, where's your imagination?

[Catherina]

45. AJA caller from #Zawiyah: heavy guns were used in the scene is bloody and dramatic here

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA caller from #Zawiyah: heavy guns were used in the scene is bloody and dramatic here. #Libya
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

46. we can't collect the dead bodies, when we try to do so, we go under sniper fire

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
AJA caller from #Zawiyah: we can't collect the dead bodies, when we try to do so, we go under sniper fire #Libya
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

48. BREAKING: First footage from Az Zawiya today

LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
BREAKING: First footage from Az Zawiya today - #feb17 #libya - libyafeb17.com/2011/03/breaki…
52 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

BREAKING: First footage from Az Zawiya today
Posted on March 4, 2011 by Admin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugGeCCcssIo&feature=player_embedded

[Catherina]

50. Protester control of Airfield at Ras Lanuf is a huge development

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
BREAKING: Reports Protesters also claim in control of Airfield at Ras Lanuf, this is a huge development will provide details soon #Libya
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

51. Part 5 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x556214

[Mnemosyne]

54. K&R n/t