Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 5

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 5

Today's threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

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

Previous Day 18 threads: Part 1, Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6, Part 7

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 1-18 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

Click here for updated and interactive map

Military Installations

Oil Map


- Google Earth DL here to see positions of army and patrolling route of mercenaries
- MAP of Protests across the Middle East

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

[Catherina]

1. 3 #Libyans confirmed dead after airstrikes in #RasLanuf. eath toll is expected to rise.

Jnoubiyeh Sarah Abdallah
by sahoura
3 #Libyans have been confirmed dead after airstrikes from #Gaddafi warplanes in #RasLanuf. The death toll is expected to rise. #Libya #Feb17
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[Catherina]

2. Global Unrest Causes Rise in #Oil Prices, US Considers Tapping Reserves.

democracynow Democracy Now!
by xicana1626
Global Unrest Causes Rise in #Oil Prices, US Considers Tapping Reserves. http://ow.ly/49oz8 #gasprices #libya #egypt #yemen
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Global Unrest Causes Rise in Oil Prices, U.S. Considers Tapping Reserves
The unrest in North Africa and the Middle East has helped push the price of oil up by 20 percent in the past month. At the pump, gas prices average $3.50 per gallon nationwide, up 78 cents from a year ago. On Sunday, White House Chief of Staff William Daley said the Obama administration is considering tapping into the country’s 727-million-barrel U.S. strategic oil reserves.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/7/headlines#8

[Catherina]

3. U.S., UK, France work on possible Libya no-fly zone

Senihca Seni
Sources: U.S., UK, France work on possible Libya no-fly zone: France, Britain, and the United States are working... http://bit.ly/eC0tiE
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Sources: U.S., UK, France work on possible Libya no-fly zone
March 7th, 2011

France, Britain, and the United States are working on a draft text that includes language on a no-fly zone over Libya, diplomatic sources at the United Nations said Monday.

The possible resolution will deal with triggers rather than timelines, one diplomat said. If gross violations of human rights are committed, the diplomat added, that the elements could be quickly turned into a resolution.

...

Any kind of military intervention in Libya could face sharp criticism from Russia and China who rarely approve of such measures.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/07/sources-u-s-uk-france-work-on-possible-libya-no-fly-zone/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[defendandprotect]

9. LIBYA HURRA -- !!

[Catherina]

4. #Russia is against any foriegn military invasion in #Libya: Russian FM

Mureeed Mureed Al Balushi
#Russia is against any foriegn military invasion in #Libya: Russian FM
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

5. eneva - UN orgs appealing now for $160 million to help people fleeing and suffering

UNRefugeeAgency USA for UNHCR
by Steph78205
RT @melissarfleming: Palais de Nations Geneva - UN orgs appealing now for $160 million to help people fleeing and suffering #Libya
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

6. AE's FM called th #UN Security Council to protect the #Libyan people. But don't said how to do this

ArabicDemocrati Arabic Democrati
The #UAE's Foreign Minister called th #UN Security Council to protect the #Libyan people. But don't said how to do this. #Libya
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

7. Sky news have and are continuing to provide brilliant coverage of events in Zawia

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Sky news have and are continuing to provide brilliant coverage of events in Zawia #Libya #Feb17 #gaddaficrimes
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[sabrina 1]

8. Just saw a report on the RT channel that the U.S. IS

considering military options. However, it did not give details.

[Catherina]

10. #EU Commissioner apologises for #Libya remarks (images we see are stage-managed)

FPM_Paris Fabrice Pozzoli
John Dalli #EU Commissioner apologises for #Libya remarks http://bit.ly/f06bch "I doubt whether some of the images we see are stage-managed"
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Commissioner apologises for Libya remarks
Published: 07 March 2011

MORE ON THIS TOPIC
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News:EU calls special summit on Libya and North Africa
News:Libya crisis to hit poor worldwide, EU warns


John Dalli, EU commissioner for health and consumer protection, was forced to make a public apology after suggesting that Europe should refrain from "interfering" in the unfolding Libyan crisis, breaking ranks with the official line adopted by his own administration.

"I don't think I or anyone else has the right to interfere with Colonel Gaddafi's position," said Dalli, a former foreign minister of Malta, according to reports published in the Maltese press on Friday (4 March).

"The media is treating this almost as a reality show and sometimes I doubt whether some of the images we see are stage-managed," he said when asked about Libya during a breakfast meeting on EU competitiveness organised by the Malta Business Bureau.

...

Commissioner Dalli's apparent break from the Commission line was quickly linked to the business ties he has had with Libya in the past. According to a declaration of interests published on the Commission's website, Dalli owns a house in Tripoli and was director of a glass manufacturing company in Libya.

...


http://www.euractiv.com/en/global-europe/commissioner-apologises-libya-remarks-news-502774

To that a big FU.

[Catherina]

11. Alarabiya alarmingly cut off a caller earlier comparing Gaddafi's Zawiya attacks to Sabra&Shatila. >

ChangeInLibya Halwasa Guy
Alarabiya alarmingly cut off a caller earlier comparing Gaddafi's Zawiya attacks to Sabra&Shatila.. another reason why I don't trust em.
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

12. Saving Libya, Saving American Credibility

SenyaSimron Senya Merchant
Saving Libya, Saving American Credibility http://huff.to/fg6Cj1 via @huffingtonpost
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Saving Libya, Saving American Credibility

Michael BrennerSenior Fellow, the Center for Transatlantic Relations; Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Posted: March 7, 2011 11:12 AM

We face two questions. First, does the United States have a compelling interest in the removal of Gaddafi? Second, if we do, what are the most appropriate means? I believe that the answer as to interests is "yes." The public statements of President Obama, repeated daily by Secretary Clinton, that Gaddafi "must go," have staked America's credibility on the opposition's success -- a credibility made fragile by our letting expedient considerations trump our supposed commitment to democracy in the past. Great powers don't have the privilege of declaring a situation intolerable and then doing nothing to rectify it when they in fact have the power to do so. In addition, as others have pointed out, if our failure to act were to lead to a resurgent Gaddafi exacting a heavy toll in blood, it would send a chilling message to peoples across the region who are putting themselves at risk for the sake of dignity and a measure of freedom. Already, the Bahrain opposition has expressed its bitterness about Washington's siding with the Khalifa monarchy for the sake of its security ties with the Gulf states. Our current position in Bahrain is a close facsimile to that of the British from 1926 until their departure in the 1960s. They feared an Iranian challenge to their dominant political position, moved in to suppress a Shi'ite uprising, and did so due to strategic and economic interests in the Gulf region that it deemed of critical importance. The British installed Lord Belgrave as pro consul who ran the place for 30 years. A similar option does not appear to be open to us.

...

As to the means, I defer to those better versed in these military matters. (Sanctions are but a symbolic gesture that could only harm the innocent.) One thought is worth noting. Any intervention that might entail the use of airpower runs into the extreme risk aversion that guides Pentagon thinking, as F.B. Ali points out. Focused attacks on critical military assets including ground troops might well be both necessary and could be decisive in themselves. But all recent experience tells us that the U.S. Air Force will not take to the air without prior suppression of all air defenses, communications centers and auxiliary facilities. Secretary Gates made that perfectly clear last week in pouring cold water on the more modest idea of an enforced "no fly zone" over Libya. Let's bear in mind that Mr. Obama is also an extremely risk-averse president. His cautious instincts are especially pronounced now that he is preoccupied with his re-election, which overshadows all policy decisions. Military action carrying possible consequences that he could not easily spin are seen as a mortal danger to his reelection hopes. So if he does agree to airstrikes in Libya, they are all the more likely to be of the massive kind that minimize chances of a losing a pilot or two. He should consider, though, the collateral physical and political damage that may ensue before committing himself to that course.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/libya-us-gaddafi_b_832260.html

[Catherina]

13. Russia says no to military intervention. "The Libyans have to solve their problems by themselves."

HalaGorani Hala Gorani
Meantime, Russia says no to military intervention in #Libya. FM Lavrov quoted: "The Libyans have to solve their problems by themselves."
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

14. Whereabouts of Libyan Journalist #AtefAlatrash still unknown he disapeared after speaking 2 @AJA

Liberty4Libya Free Libya Now
by LibyansUnite
Where Abouts of Libyan Journalist #AtefAlatrash is still unknown he disapeared after speaking 2 @AJArabic #Benghazi #Libia @amnestyintl RT
9 minutes ago

[Catherina]

15. Met hundreds of migrant workers from Mali, want to flee but were turned back at Algerian border

NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
by tommymiles
Met hundreds of migrant workers from Mali outside their embassy, they want to flee #Libya but were turned back at Algerian border.
7 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

16. EU fact finding mission reports back to Brussels today, no visits to conflict zones -- eg. Zawiya.

NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
EU fact finding mission reports back to Brussels today, no visits to conflict zones -- eg. Zawiya.
7 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

17. State TV banner: armd forces now “circled” cities “except those neighborhoods where terrorists >

NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
#Libya TV banner also said armd forces now “circled” these cities “except those neighborhoods where the terrorist gangs have sought refuge.”
19 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

19. Bizarrely, banner on #Libya TV was in English -- accused “terrorist gangs” of taking civilians

NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
#Libya TV lower screen banner: URGENT. Milit sources: strict orders issued to armed forces not to enter cities taken by terrorist gangs MORE
22 hours ago

NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
Bizarrely, banner on #Libya TV was in English -- accused “terrorist gangs” of taking civilians as human shields in various cities (MORE)
19 hours ago


NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
#Libya TV banner also said armd forces now “circled” these cities “except those neighborhoods where the terrorist gangs have sought refuge.”
19 hours ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply



Sorry. Just saw how old this is but it's still important to know how State TV is influencing things

[JanDutchy]

18. Dutch News: UN Security Council this week will speek on No-Fly-Zone

just heard:
Dutch News: UN Security Council this week will speek on No-Fly-Zone Libya

[Catherina]

20. If it's still happening in #Libya, we're still explaining it (Mother Jones)

MotherJones Mother Jones
by reina_azteca
If it's still happening in #Libya, we're still explaining it: http://mojo.ly/eQudn0
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What's Happening in Libya Explained
— By Ashley Bates and Siddhartha Mahanta| Tue Mar. 1, 2011 10:00 AM PST

The following is a basic primer on what's happening in Libya. You can also jump straight to today's updates.

Last week, Libyan dissident Najla Aburrahman begged western media to pay attention to the bloodbath unfolding in her country. "If the Libyan protesters are ignored," she wrote, "the fear is that Qaddafi— a man who appears to care little what the rest of the world thinks of him—will be able to seal the country off from foreign observers, and ruthlessly crush any uprising before it even has a chance to begin."

Since then, Qaddafi’s troops have used machine guns and large-caliber weapons against protesters in Benghazi, the country’s second-biggest city, and more than 200 protesters, including children, have reportedly been killed.

...

UPDATE 68, Monday, March 7, 11:35 a.m. EST/ 6:35 p.m. Tripoli (Siddhartha Mahanta): The battle for Libya rages on, as pro-Qaddafi forces scored some key victories over the weekend.

- Hell from above: Qaddafi's forces continue their air assault on rebels in the coastal town of Ras Lanuf, reports The New York Times. Over the weekend, pro-government troops attacked rebels in the town of Bin Jawwad using tanks, helicopters, and planes, pushing them further east. And opposition fighters told the Times that loyalists used residents of the town as human shields, causing them to hold back their fire. In the east, the poorly trained but well armed anti-Qaddafi forces are trying to take the dictator's eastern stronghold of Surt, and are still fighting to maintain their grip on Zawiyah.

- And in Tripoli, pro-government media continues to spin the war being waged in the east, reports the Times: "Not a day passes in Tripoli without some improbable claim by Colonel Qaddafi or the top officials around him: there are no rebels or protesters in Libya; the people who are demonstrating have been drugged by Al Qaeda; no shots have been fired to suppress dissent. In an interview broadcast on Monday with the France 24 , Col. Qaddafi called his country a partner of the West in combating Al Qaeda, insisting that loyalist forces were confronting 'small groupings' and 'sleeper cells' of terrorists."

...

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/02/whats-happenin

g-libya-explained

[JanDutchy]

21. SkyNewsBreak reports

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Sky News in Egypt (02/03/2011)

Click for Live Updates5:20
SkyNewsBreak: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is against any foreign intervention in Libya.

Monday March 7, 2011 5:20 SkyNewsBreak
5:18
SkyNewsBreak: United Nations estimates over one million people in Libya will need aid and more than 213,000 foreign workers have already left the country.

Monday March 7, 2011 5:18 SkyNewsBreak
3:38
SkyNewsBreak: William Hague: Prime Minister will attend emergency meeting of European Council this Friday, March 11, to discuss situation in Libya.

Monday March 7, 2011 3:38 SkyNewsBreak
3:36
SkyNewsBreak: William Hague: British diplomatic team was withdrawn from eastern Libya after a "serious misunderstanding" about their role.

Monday March 7, 2011 3:36 SkyNewsBreak
3:36
SkyNewsBreak: William Hague says UK is working with other countries to isolate Gaddafi regime in Libya.

Monday March 7, 2011 3:36 SkyNewsBreak
3:33
SkyNewsBreak: Foreign Secretary William Hague: Gaddafi must hand over power without delay to government that recognises aspirations of Libyan people.

Monday March 7, 2011 3:33 SkyNewsBreak
3:18
SkyNewsBreak: Sky Correspondent reports air strike near Libyan oil port town of Ras Lanuf

http://news.sky.com/skynews/LivePlus

[Catherina]

22. @Sida_Stockholm says they're giving another $3mil 4 aid, Recipients: UNHCR, UNICEF, Islamic Relief

CFKlebergTT Carl F Kleberg - TT
After UN call, @Sida_Stockholm says they're giving another $3mil for aid in #Libya with borders. Recipients: UNHCR, UNICEF, Islamic Relief.
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

23. Qadfi sends 1000s of Africans 2 Italy by ships as illegal emigrants, thats y refugee numbers decreas

LibyanTNC LibyanTNC
Qadfi will send 1000s of Africans to Italy by ships as illegal emigrants, thats y refugee numbers decreased in Tunisia last days #libya
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

24. Europe: If illegal immigrants start arriving pls understand is scare tactic. Don't act irrationally!

ChangeInLibya Halwasa Guy
Europe: If illegal immigrants start arriving pls understand this is Gaddafi trying to scare you. Don't act irrationally! #libya #feb17
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply



ChangeInLibya Halwasa Guy
Gaddafi is blocking thousands of people leaving #Libya to Tunis and sending them in Europe's direction #feb17
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[sasha031]

40. King of Africa" #Gaddafi uses racism to try to frighten Europe, "you will be swamped by blacks"

MilitantNews Stephen Morgan
#Libya "King of Africa" #Gaddafi uses racism to try to frighten Europe telling them "you will be swamped by blacks" #feb17

[Catherina]

25. world is moving to put more pressure, NFZ being seriously discussed now

Gheblawi Ghazi Gheblawi
The world is moving to put more pressure on #Gaddafi, a No-Fly zone over #Libya is being seriously discussed now
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

26. Reports that a Libyan ship with aid has docked in Misurata...Can anyone confirm?

LibyaInMe Libya In Me
Reports that a Libyan ship with aid has docked in Misurata...Can anyone confirm? #libya #feb17
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

27. Morgan Stanley cancels all Libya oil trade

tysonledger Tyson Ledger
Morgan Stanley cancels all Libya oil trade: source (Reuters) http://goo.gl/fb/yl2W1 #topnews
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Morgan Stanley cancels all Libya oil trade: source (Reuters)
March 7th, 2011 | Author: Yahoo! News: World News

Reuters - Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley has stopped trading oil with Libya, a trade source said on Monday, in an early indication that U.S. sanctions could further hit exports from the north African producer.

http://tysonledger.com/top-news/morgan-stanley-cancels-all-libya-oil-trade-source-reuters-2

[Catherina]

28. praying 4 Libya, lets not forget ppl in Yemen, r being massacred 2 men, women & young children

lebeeya Lebeeya
by feilefey
While we are praying for Libya, lets not forget to pray for the ppl in Yemen, they are being massacred as well, men, women & young children
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[JanDutchy]

29. New Air Strikes As Libya Edges To Civil War

New Air Strikes As Libya Edges To Civil War

5.01pm UK, Monday March 07, 2011

Libyan forces trying to dislodge rebels from the country's strategically important coast have launched new air strikes.

A warplane fired rockets near a checkpoint on the eastern outskirts of the rebel-held oil terminal town of Ras Lanuf, 400 miles east of the capital Tripoli.

Sky correspondent Dominic Waghorn, at the scene, said: "It's a very volatile atmosphere and Gaddafi's forces are taking on the rebels head-on.

"When we witnessed the air strike by a Libyan Air Force fighter jet, the rebels opened up an extraordinary array of weaponry, including rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, and everything was being fired into the air."


http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Libya-Gaddafi-Forces-Unleash-Air-Strikes-In-Fierce-Counter-Offensives-Against-Rebels-In-Key-Towns/Article/201103115946929?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_0&lid=ARTICLE_15946929_Libya%3A_Gaddafi_Forces_Unleash_Air_Strikes_In_Fierce_Counter-Offensives_Against_Rebels_In_Key_Towns

[Catherina]

30. great piece by skynews on #azzawiya #libya yesterday, shows a 10 y.o. boy shot playing on porch

IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
http://youtu.be/A-EZvossVMQ great piece by skynews on #azzawiya #libya yesterday, shows a 10 y.o. boy shot playing on porch
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Zawia Libya on Mar6th from Sky news...الزاوية ليبيا
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-EZvossVMQ


SKY news reporters have been the best throughout this. Snuck out to the front lines with the revolutionaries and reporting honestly. That's Alex Crawford reporting. She's been amazingly courageous.

[Catherina]

31. need live satellite pictures and data to publicly released by Google etc showing Gaddafi troops and

ChangeInLibya Halwasa Guy
We need live satellite pictures and data to publicly released by Google etc showing Gaddafi troops and immigrant abuse in #libya #feb17
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

32. journos on the road encountered several Gaddafi jeeps, told them angrily to turn around.

evanchill Evan Hill
Approx 10-20 min past Ras Lanuf today, ran into journos on the road who encountered several Gaddafi jeeps, told them angrily to turn around.
1 minute ago


Evan Hill
@evanchill Doha, Qatar
Al Jazeera English online producer, Egypt lover, Chicago Bears enthusiast, Radiohead listener, middle initial C. evan hill aljazeera net.
http://english.aljazeera.net/

[Catherina]

33. So we turned around too, went back to the last rebel checkpoint >

evanchill Evan Hill
So we turned around too, went back to the last rebel checkpoint. Maybe one or two dozen men with guns and some cars.
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

34. A bomb or 2 dropped ~Ras Lanuf today, possibly 100 casualties from failed attempt to take Bin Jawad

evanchill Evan Hill
A bomb or two dropped around Ras Lanuf today. Heard of possibly 100 casualties brought back from failed attempt to take Bin Jawad.
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

35. UK apology for botched mission broadcast on Libyan televisio

BurlesonBuzz BrazosValleyBuzz
Britain to Explain Botched Libya Mission http://f.ast.ly/bDBLt
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Britain to Explain Botched Libya Mission
March 7, 2011 By FOXNews.com Leave a Comment

Britain was forced Monday to explain a botched special forces mission to Libya in which eight people were briefly detained and that prompted a humbling apology from the U.K. ambassador broadcast on Libyan television.

http://brazosvalleybuzz.com/2011/03/07/britain-to-explain-botched-libya-mission/

Played right into Gaddafi's hands. Words fail me here. Were you mad?

[Catherina]

36. We, the people do not give up ... Win or die "Omar Al-Mukhtar"

ChangeInLibya Halwasa Guy
I think more people in libya and the world need to see this: http://youtu.be/L7LQ8xwUMMo (arabic) #libya #feb17
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


In Arabic. Don't understand a word

We, the people do not give up ... Win or die "Omar Al-Mukhtar"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7LQ8xwUMMo

[Catherina]

37. Video: They are all the same:

ChangeInLibya Halwasa Guy
They are all the same: http://youtu.be/6PZI7IsnYzw (arabic) #libya #feb17 (Via #aljazeera)
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PZI7IsnYzw

[Catherina]

38. I love Bahrain....hope everyone is safe there and enshallah these protests stop soon.

ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
I love Bahrain....hope everyone is safe there and enshallah these protests stop soon.
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

39. Warplanes strike rebels at Ras Lanuf, Libya, oil complex - latimes.com

ToneyBrooks Toney Brooks
#Libya: Warplanes strike rebels at Ras Lanuf, Libya, oil complex - latimes.com http://lat.ms/f1RP1G
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Libyan warplanes strike rebels at key oil complex in Ras Lanuf
A mass evacuation eastward is triggered. Rebel fighters describe it as an upcoming attempt to retake the Libyan desert outpost of Bin Jawwad.

VIDEO

By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times
March 7, 2011, 9:27 a.m.

...

Just after 4 p.m., a jet fighter launched a missile that demolished a white Mitsubishi with an explosion that shook the desert floor and struck a Libyan family trying to flee the oil complex.

Hospital workers at the Ras Lanuf Medical Center said they were told that a father, mother, grandmother and three children were seriously injured. The six were taken to a larger hospital in Port Brega, another rebel-held oil city to the east.

...

The pickup truck was crushed and bright red blood was smeared on the driver's door and on both seats. An infant's red sandals and a child's sneakers were inside, along with supplies of drinking water, juice packs and snacks.

An oil company security gate entry pass was on the front dash. Rebels said documents inside the car identified the father as an oil company employee in Ras Lanuf.

...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-fighting-20110308,0,1554585.story

[Catherina]

41. Charity “protecting human rights+fundamental liberties and supporting the oppressed” >>

MilitantNews Stephen Morgan
#Libya The #Gaddafi Charity “protecting human rights+fundamental liberties and supporting the oppressed” Chairman is Saif Gaddafi #feb17
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In 2009, $400,000 of US taxpayer dollars went straight in Saif's pockets instead of helping families here. The total sum agreed upon in 2009 for Libya was $2.5 million. I don't know how that ended up.

Libya needed our money? #WTF

[Catherina]

42. #G forces withdrew from Bin Jawad but left shooters in houses in town, staging an ambush

evanchill Evan Hill
Rebels spoke of Gaddafi forces withdrawing from Bin Jawad but leaving shooters in houses in town and then staging an ambush.
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

43. Air raids still going on in Ras Nalouf

IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
Air raids still going on in Ras Nalouf #Libya
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

44. AJA: #Zawiya still random shelling on the city from the eastern and western parts.

IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
AJA: #Zawiya still random shelling on the city from the eastern and western parts. #Libya
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

45. proud of my dad and all the doctors volunteering in #Libya. United we are, united we'll be

LibyaInMe Libya In Me
I am proud of my dad and all the doctors volunteering in #Libya. United we are, united we'll be #feb17
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

46. "King of Africa" #G uses racism 2 try 2 frighten Europe telling them "you will be swamped by blacks"

MilitantNews Stephen Morgan
#Libya "King of Africa" #Gaddafi uses racism to try to frighten Europe telling them "you will be swamped by blacks" #feb17
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

47. If people of Jabel elgharbi manage to take down sahban battalion, it wud decrease attacks on #Zawiya

IbnOmar2005 Ibn Omar
If people of Jabel elgharbi manage to take down sahban battalion, it would decrease attacks on #Zawiya #libya
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

48. Devil should look for a new job, cause #Gadaffi is doing a better job then him.

ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Devil should look for a new job, cause #Gadaffi is doing a better job then him.
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

49. Oh plz let the US provide the weapons. no need to step foot in libya. Oh how I love this new >

juhina_ jay_Libya
Oh please, let the US provide the weapons for revolutionary men, no need to step foot in libya. Oh how I love this new feeling of hope
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

I don't think they understand how this works. We don't just drop weapons and not step foot. Where is this thing headed?

[Catherina]

50. The White House says it has not ruled out the use of ground troops in Libya,

feb17libya Feb17Libya
LIVE- Libyan Unrest: The White House says it has not ruled out the use of ground troops in Libya, http://bit.ly/g8z3wW #Feb17 #Libya
7 minutes ago

7:59pm: The White House says it has not ruled out the use of ground troops in Libya, but that the option is not high on its list, Reuters reports.
http://feb17.info/general/live-libyan-uprest-gaddafi-libya-plays-a-vital-role-in-keeping-sub-saharan-africans-from-entering-europe-illegally/

[defendandprotect]

52. LIBYA HURRA -- !!! ....

[Catherina]

51. Part 6 here

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