Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 18 (or 20*), Part 4

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 18 (or 20*), 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 18 because the official start date was #Feb17 but events kicked off 2 days earlier.

Previous Day 17 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, , Part 8, Part 9

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 1-16 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


Military Installations

Oil Map

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. BREAKING: Heavy presence of Gaddafi fighter jets and helicopters over the area of Brega

LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
BREAKING: Heavy presence of Gaddafi fighter jets and helicopters over the area of Brega - #feb17 #libya
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

2. STATE TV now putting pictures of certain individuals and pretending its them commenting

ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
#LIBYAN STATE TV needs to be canceled....they are now putting pictures of certain individuals and pretending its them commenting on #LIBYA
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Please don't give Fox news any ideas.

[Catherina]

4. think its the same people just different angles shot 2 weeks ago

ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
@
@ChangeInLibya hahah did u see the #proGadaffi people on #tv, i think its the same people just different angles shot 2 weeks ago
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
@
@ChangeInLibya all i want them to do is put there last names, bes enchoufo "3aliat menu" these so called people say they are.
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

3. Gaddafi tanks are shelling Misratah from the western side

LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
BREAKING: Gaddafi tanks are shelling Misratah from the western side - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/2011/03/breaking-revolutionaries-attacked-at-bin-jawad/
8 minutes ago

17:33 Al Jazeera Gaddafi tanks are shelling Misratah from the western side. However, Reuters and several twitter users report that Misrata has repelled government attacks and that Gaddafi’s forces have withdrawn.

[sasha031]

5. City of Misrata after they were able to rid #g forces

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
http://on.fb.me/i0OHHB City of Misrata after they were able to rid the gaddafi forces earlier #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrime

[Catherina]

6. Az Zawiya being shelled by Gaddafi tanks. Electricity, internet and telephone still cut

LibyaFeb17_com LibyaFeb17.com
BREAKING: Az Zawiya being shelled by Gaddafi tanks. Electricity, internet and telephone still cut - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/2011/03/breaking-revolutionaries-attacked-at-bin-jawad/
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

17:35 Al Jazeera Tanks are still engaged in shelling Az Zawiya. Electricity, telephones and internet are still cut from the city

[Catherina]

7. Video: Misrata after they were able to rid the gaddafi forces earlier

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
http://on.fb.me/i0OHHB City of Misrata after they were able to rid the gaddafi forces earlier #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
4 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply


https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=195220763842466

Nice destroyed tank there.

[Catherina]

8. current time in Tripoli is 5:48 PM on Sunday, 6 March

TimeInLibya Time In Libya
#Libya The current time in Tripoli is 5:45 PM on Sunday, 6 March 2011
3 minutes ago

[defendandprotect]

17. LIBYA HURRA -- !!

[Catherina]

9. #G,even in WW1-2 they give break 4 ppl 2 collect bodies &treat injured. wt up w u>

FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
#Gaddafi,even in WW1-2 they give break 4 ppl 2 collect thier bodies &treat injuried.wt up w u, those cities u r shelling r hosting >1m ppl
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[sasha031]

12. have you ever heard of anyone taking the injured out of hospital

among the disappeared.
I never have.... is #G the 1st?

[Catherina]

10. Still frustrated. There's so much going on but almost no updates

Benghazi and Tripoli are off the net now. I'm going to take a nap. Egypt and Yemen are still hopping.

[sasha031]

11. K&R

[pinboy3niner]

13. Twitter account for the Libyan opposition?

On AJE blogs:

5:53pm

A Twitter account purporting to be the voice of the "Libyan Transitional National Council" has just been launched. You can follow it @LibyanTNC

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-march-6-0

[sasha031]

14. K&R

:kick:

[Catherina]

36. (no way yet to verify if it's really them, btw) >

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Libya's Transitional National Council seems to be on Twitter here: @LibyanTNC (no way yet to verify if it's really them, btw)
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
@
@zizzyphus They could be posting from outside Libya, there are many expats in direct touch with them
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply



I'm following them. So far loks ok but ppl are trying to find out if it's really them

[sasha031]

15. #G Heart of Darkness: Fear and Trembling in Tripol

nytjim Jim Roberts
RT @ianinegypt: In Gaddafi's Heart of Darkness: Fear and Trembling in Tripoli http://ti.me/gVwb4e #Libya #Gaddafi

[sasha031]

16. cab driver told us interviewing over a dozen people pro#G rally 90% were police

ianinegypt Ian Lee
by septimius_sever
Our cab driver told us, after interviewing over a dozen people at a pro-Gaddafi rally, that 90% of them were police. #Libya

[uppityperson]

18. k&r

[Catherina]

19. #Saudi foreign minister Saud Al Faisal is in Qatar. Fine-tuning the media plan are we?

ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
Hearing news that #Saudi foreign minister Saud Al Faisal is in Qatar. Fine-tuning the media plan are we?
50 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[pinboy3niner]

20. euters: UPDATE 7-Libyan rebels fight artillery duel with army

UPDATE 7-Libyan rebels fight artillery duel with army
Sun Mar 6, 2011 4:17pm GMT

UPDATE 6-Libyan rebels regroup and advance on Bin Jawad

* Rebel forces return to Bin Jawad after ambush

* "We have our brothers in Sirte," rebel commander says

* Civilian casualties in ambush

(Recasts with rebels advancing, changes dateline)

ROAD TO BIN JAWAD, Libya, March 6 (Reuters) - Rebels in east Libya regrouped on Sunday and advanced on Bin Jawad after forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi ambushed rebel fighters and ejected them from the town earlier in the day.

"We are just outside Bin Jawad. There are thuds of mortars landing near rebel positions, leaving puffs of smoke, and also the sound of heavy machineguns in the distance," Reuters correspondent Mohammed Abbas said by telephone.

"There's a steady stream of rebels heading back west towards Bin Jawad," he said. The town is on the road to Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, which the rebels intend to attack.

Rebels captured Bin Jawad, 160 km (100 miles) from Sirte, on Saturday but withdrew, which let army units occupy houses and mount an ambush that forced rebels back to Ras Lanuf.

http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE72504Y20110306?sp=true


Hat tip to DUer jakeXT. :fistbump:

[Catherina]

21. Reuters: Libyan revolutionaries take full control of town of Misurata.

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Reuters: Libyan revolutionaries take full control of town of Misurata. #Libya
46 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


And Azawiya still firmly in revolutionary control


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Both Misurata & Azawiya have managed to repel #Gaddafi's attacks today. #Libya
47 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

22. 16 countries acknowledge the new interim National #Libyan Council. 10 more European countries >>

Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
16 countries acknowledge the new interim National #Libyan Council. 10 more European countries will announce their acknowledgement Monday.
47 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Who other than France? Does anyone know?

[Catherina]

23. In Misurata, 16 revos/civilians killed, 22 of #G's killed, 20 #G's captured

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
In Misurata, 16 revolutionaries & civilians were killed today. They say they killed 22 of #Gaddafi's men. #Libya
48 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
In Misurata, 20 of #Gaddafi's men are now held captive by revolutionaries. #Libya
49 minutes ago


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Over 60 injured among civilians & revolutionaries in Misurata today. #Libya
48 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

18:07 Al Jazeera eyewitness says revolutionaries killed 22 from Gaddafi’s soldiers. The citizens of Misratah suffered a loss of 16 people, amongst them a 12 year old child. They also suffered 60 injuries, amongst them 6 in critical condition. The city is now out in the thousands celebrating and chanting in support of the revolution.

17:57 A resident in Misrata gives more details to Reuters of the success in driving back government forces saying: “The revolutionaries captured 20 soldiers and seized a tank. The town is now fully in the control of the youths.”

http://www.libyafeb17.com/2011/03/breaking-revolutionaries-attacked-at-bin-jawad/

[Waiting For Everyman]

26. City of Misrata, the people are now out in 1000s celebrating

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
City of Misrata, the people are now out in 1000s celebrating, eye witnesses say around 20 pro gaddafi were killed, & 16 anti gaddafi #Libya
41 minutes ago

[Catherina]

42. Misurata: Latest figure, 93 injured, at least 20 are critical.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Misurata on AJA: Latest figure, 93 injured, at least 20 are critical. #Libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

24. Libya forces fight rebels advancing toward capital

Libya forces fight rebels advancing toward capital

By PAUL SCHEMM and MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Paul Schemm And Maggie Michael, Associated Press – 1 hr 23 mins ago
BIN JAWWAD, Libya – Libyan helicopter gunships fired on a rebel force advancing west toward the capital along the Mediterranean coastline Sunday and forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi fought intense ground battles with the rival fighters.

The opposition force pushed out of the rebel-held eastern half of Libya late last week for the first time and has been cutting a path west toward Tripoli. On the way, they secured control of two important oil ports at Brega and Ras Lanouf and by Sunday, the rebels were advancing farther west when they were hit by the helicopter fire and confrontations with ground forces.

The uprising against Gadhafi, which began just days after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted by protesters in neighboring Egypt, has been sliding rapidly toward civil war, making it the bloodiest episode in the Middle East's wave of unrest.

The seesawing battles for towns and oil installations along the coastline signaled that Libya's fighting could be prolonged, compared with the ousting of Mubarak after just 18 days. The protesters-turned-rebels — backed by mutinous army units and armed with weaponry seized from storehouses — are going on the offensive to try to topple Gadhafi's 41-year-old regime. At the same time, pro-Gadhafi forces have conducted counteroffensives to try to retake the oil port of Brega and the rebel-held city of Zawiya west of Tripoli — where bloody street battles were reported over the weekend.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_libya


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Freedom Fighters are now "rivals" -- and more of the "Civil War" BS --

Libyans are fighting to take back their country from a dictator who has controlled their

country for more than 40 years in a brutal regime of torture.

[defendandprotect]

58. K/R --

[sabrina 1]

62. yes, I notice the use of 'Civil War' picking up on Qaddafi's

threat rather than listening to the people. Qaddafi's army of foreign mercs hardly qualifies as the other side in a Civil War.

These people are so incredibly brave. I wish it would end soon, but it looks like Qaddafi is not going to stop until someone stops him.

[defendandprotect]

63. K/R .... and ....

Amazing to see how far they have advanced -- very close to Gaddafi now --

They have been so right so far along -- trying to free the prisons -- trying to

get the documents -- shutting down the SS and worrying about what to eventually do

with 100,000 of them employed to do this filthy work.

Also worry that they will take up with other Gaddafi thugs --

The underground systems of places for Gaddifi to hide and survive --

The underground prisons and people buried alive -- complex systems.

And always more mercenaries! And bombing!

[Catherina]

25. Revolutionaries negotiating with Sirt and hope to enter it without a fight in 24 hours

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Ras Lanuf on AJA: Negotiations ongoing with factions in Sirt and we're hoping to enter it in 24 hours without a fight. #Libya
43 minutes ago


Hafeedalmukhtar Hafeed Almukhtar
Revolutionaries negotiating with #sirte. I hope they dont ambush them inside sirte. @bbcarabicalerts @libyansrevolt @libyans_revolt @jsclive
16 minutes ago

[Catherina]

27. Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: We are hoping to enter Sirt peacefully within hours.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: We are hoping to enter Sirt peacefully within hours. #Libya
40 minutes ago

[Catherina]

28. Within 24 hours we have exclusive and very happy news...

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: Within 24 hours we have exclusive and very happy news... #Libya
45 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

29. We proceeded all the way to Wadi-al-Ahmar but fell back according to orders

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: We proceeded all the way to Wadi-al-Ahmar but fell back according to orders. #Libya

[Catherina]

30. This morning in Bin Jawad there were attacks from within the city by mercenaries.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: This morning in Bin Jawad there were attacks from within the city by mercenaries. #Libya
43 minutes ago

[Catherina]

31. Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: We are not heading to Sirt, we are heading to Bab al Azizia!

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: We are not heading to Sirt, we are heading to Bab al Azizia! #Libya
43 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Y'all are just messing with Gaddafi's head now.

[Catherina]

32. Gaddafi spread propaganda in the Sirt area, saying we're coming to pillage, rape and burn..>>>

Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: Gaddafi spread propaganda in the Sirt area, saying we're coming to pillage, rape and burn... #Libya
42 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: We cannot release more information about internal organization or numbers & equipment

Live call from Ras Lanuf on Aljazeera: Our negotiations were with the elders, to tell them we do not wish them any harm. #Libya

[defendandprotect]

57. LIBYA HURRA -- !! "Freedom Fighters" --

[Waiting For Everyman]

33. #Libya state TV is now running a smear campaign against the head of the TNC, Mustafa Abdu…

PrinceofRazors Unrevealed
RT @iyad_elbaghdadi: #Libya state TV is now running a smear campaign against the head of the TNC, Mustafa Abdu… (cont) http://deck.ly/~Ov3dg
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

34. In Azawiya, cautious "calm before the storm", city repels 1 wave of attacks & prepares 4 the next

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
In Azawiya, a cautious "calm before the storm", a city repels one wave of attacks and prepares for the next. #Libya
41 minutes ago

[Waiting For Everyman]

35. 8 members of a British mission earlier reported 'captured' in Benghazi have left the country

Alan Fisher AlanFisher
8 members of a British mission earlier reported 'captured' in Benghazi board HMS Cumberland and have left the country,
2 minutes ago

[JanDutchy]

37. Kerry: Prepare but don't yet implement no-fly zone

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the U.S. and its allies should plan for a no-fly zone over Libya.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/06/AR2011030601561.html

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Once there was a man, who's name was: Mahatma Gandhi. He and his people brought the UK on their knees.

With no army.

We still can use (also) the waepon of non-violence.

[Catherina]

55. I think the revolutionaries are almost done. Just a feeling

so don't quote me.

[Catherina]

38. B4 war our health care system was barely functioning... anesthetics low, over 60 injured

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Misurata on AJA: Even before the war our health care system was barely functioning, so imagine how it is now... #Libya
18 seconds ago


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Misurata on AJA: We are low on anesthetics, there are over 60 injured. #Libya
1 minute ago

[JanDutchy]

43. Benghazi need nurses: and you !

Yesterday a dutch report on TV reported on the conditions in Benghazi.
Because in the local hospital a lot of personel from the Philipines worked in that hospital, who are evacuated. The hospital is in the need - because of this 'nurse-drain' - for volunteers and people who want to work in the hospital.

A plan should be made, so that the young people - also man - will learn the job in hospital care.

So Libya will and can also be at that front independent.

[Catherina]

46. If I had skills 2 help them, I'd be there right now. I hope they get more help

Doctors Without Borders went but I think most of them are stuck at the border.

One doctor who made it to Benghazi said he spent over $5000 in bribes getting through all the state controlled checkpoints.

[JanDutchy]

52. Learning by doing!

Is also a possibility.

Look from minute 22.15 (before that it is in Dutch)

http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=12229522

[Catherina]

54. Actually,

I plan to go help from a lot closer with one of the ones coming up. I'll learn as much as possibly from them quickly. Thanks

[JanDutchy]

56. Catherine: it is all right. :

I'am not a nurse, but I could nurse and learn


given the situation that I could do something, and can, It is in my mind.

[Catherina]

39. Among the #Gaddafi cars today firing on civilians in Misurata was an ambulance with Tripoli plates.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Misurata on AJA: Among the #Gaddafi cars today firing on civilians was an ambulance with Tripoli plates. #Libya
40 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Mubarak did the same thing. DESPICABLE.

[Catherina]

40. LPC from Misurata on AJA: We lured their convoy into the city center and then cut them off >>

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Live call from Misurata on AJA: We lured their convoy into the city center and then cut them off and surrounded them. #Libya
1 minute ago


Two your old boy was shot in the chest. #Libya
1 minute ago

RIP

[Catherina]

41. 3-4 hours of heavy gunfire in Tripoli this morning NOT celebratory, airplanes,

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
Audioboo: ENGLISH LPC #Tripoli: Describes hours of heavy gunfire in the capitol. Not celebratory. #Libya #Feb17 http://boo.fm/b295293
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

ENGLISH LPC #Tripoli: Describes hours of heavy gunfire in the capitol. Not celebratory. #Libya #Feb17
4 minutes ago
play

AUDIO w/ simultaneous English xlation

http://audioboo.fm/boos/295293-english-lpc-tripoli-describes-hours-of-heavy-gunfire-in-the-capitol-not-celebratory-libya-feb17

Says there's something going on and #G is trying to cover something up with all those fireworks. The gunfire was extremely heavy, not celebratory and not sporadic like the last 5 days.

"there is something going on, and they are trying to cover it up."

[Catherina]

45. gunfire in #tripoli was disagreement/attack inside Bab-alaziziyah barracks.

Hafeedalmukhtar Hafeed Almukhtar
@
@Tripolitanian The gunfire in #tripoli was disagreement/attack inside Bab-alaziziyah barracks. @libyansrevolt @jsclive @Aljazeera_TV
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

LET THAT BE TRUE!

[defendandprotect]

59. K/R -- "Freedom Fighters" --

[Catherina]

44. #G calls 4 UN or AU inquiry into alQaeda hallucinogens, threats & own not a cent nothing but a tent

feb17libya Feb17Libya
LIVE- Libyan Uprest: Gaddafi has called for a UN or AU inquiry in hallucinogens distributed by alQaeda.. http://bit.ly/eu5Zhm #Libya #Feb17
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

6:25pm: Al Jazeera Arabic reports that Gaddafi has called for an UN or AU inquiry “to review the Libyan situation” and suggested that France could lead the committee. He also renewed his accusation of the Libyan protesters taking hallucination pills – apparently distributed to them by elements of al Qaeda.

Gaddafi again denied he had shot at his people – and that his commanders have not yet decided to attack. He then warned the West against a wave of immigrants into Europe – and of piracy and armed operations by those he described as “the Islamist hardliners”.

On freezing his bank accounts and those of his close aides, Gaddafi said he was not in possession of anything but his tent. He defied the world to prove that he had owned a single dinar.

http://feb17.info/general/live-libyan-uprest-reports-of-helicopter-shot-down/

Shakespeare couldn't write this stuff.

If Bin Laden is still alive, he's gotta be hysterically laughing.

[sasha031]

47. for over 40yrs these poor people have been ruled by this lunatic

my guess Bin Laden has been dead for many yrs.


their are similarities between #G and Bush ll with the rhetoric.

from 2011 to 2008 the US was constantly on code orange to red alert. Anytime there was a bit of descent of changing of polls. A new tape of Bin Laden would come out threatening Americans.
It would be hilarious if it didn't work for many.

[Catherina]

48. Foreign Office statement on the release of the British special forces team from rebels in #Libya

fieldproducer Neal Mann
Foreign Office statement on the release of the British special forces team from rebels in #Libya: The Foreign (cont) http://tl.gd/951a7l
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Foreign Office statement on the release of the British special forces team from rebels in #Libya:

The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said today:

"I can confirm that a small British diplomatic team has been in Benghazi. The team went to Libya to initiate contacts with the opposition. They experienced difficulties, which have now been satisfactorily resolved. They have now left Libya.

“We intend, in consultation with the opposition, to send a further team to strengthen our dialogue in due course. This diplomatic effort is part of the UK’s wider work on Libya, including our ongoing humanitarian support.

“We continue to press for Qadhafi to step down and we will work with the international community to support the legitimate ambitions of the Libyan people."

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/951a7l

[defendandprotect]

60. k/r -- UK diplomacy should acknowledge what the protesters need and want in this regard...

[Catherina]

49. #Palestine Pink Floyd's Roger Waters voices support for Israel boycott

Remroum Remi Kanazi
Haaretz: Pink Floyd's Roger Waters voices support for Israel boycott http://bit.ly/ic5iNR #BDS #Palestine
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Roger Waters voices support for Israel boycott
Former Pink Floyd frontman urges fellow artists to join ban until Israel to ends the occupation, grants full equality to Israeli Arabs, and allows all Palestinian refugees to return to their homes.

By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel news


Roger Waters, founding member, vocalist and bassist of the iconic rock band 'Pink Floyd' has voiced his support for a cultural boycott of Israel.

The British musician performed in Israel in 2005, ignoring calls from Palestinian rights advocates to cancel. While in Israel, Waters visited Jerusalem and Bethlehem. He was taken to the controversial separation fence in the West Bank, which he called "an appalling edifice to behold."

Waters said he was extremely affected by his tour of the West Bank, scrawling "We don’t need no thought control", lyrics from one of Pink Floyd's most popular songs, on the wall, and cancelling his performance in Tel Aviv. Instead, the British star held the concert in Neve Shalom, a cooperative village founded by Jews and Arabs.

In the letter Waters wrote announcing his support of a cultural boycott of Israel, he said that in his "view, the abhorrent and draconian control that Israel wields over the besieged Palestinians in Gaza, and the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, coupled with its denial of the rights of refugees to return to their homes in Israel, demands that fair minded people around the world support the Palestinians in their civil, nonviolent resistance."

...

http://www.haaretz.com/culture/roger-waters-voices-support-for-israel-boycott-1.347411

[defendandprotect]

61. +1000% --

[Catherina]

50. link to view a series of maps that helps display the battles and evolving situation in #Libya

Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
Check out this link to view a series of maps that helps display the battles and evolving situation in #Libya http://tiny.cc/vvm9n
10 minutes ago


http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=215454646984933465708.00049c59184ae1136341a&ll=31.233966,18.06225&spn=9.301267,14.1911&t=h&source=embed


Great map!

[Catherina]

51. Video: Misrata just a few hours ago. Destruction, captured tanks & celebrating

Catherina_Guate Catherina
@
@libya2p0 Where is that? Misarata today?
7 minutes ago


libya2p0 بنغازي ليبيا
@
@Catherina_Guate yes misrata befroe few hours
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


مصراتة اليوم 6.03.2011 بعد دحر عصابات القذافي

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw9ZzW7fKCU&feature=youtu.be&a

[Catherina]

53. Part 5 here

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x571194