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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:02 AM Original message |
Libyan Revolution Day 26 part 2 (major defections?) |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Current time in Libya is 12:03pm March 15. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. pinboy3niner's comments on the possible defections, trying to find a hard source: |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. AJE should have a story or blog post up soon--probably w/a video of Birtley's report |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Thanks, I got to go back to sleep, I saw your PM and wanted to see this up. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thanks, Josh--it makes a difference for dial-up users |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I just saw the repeat of this segment on AJE |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. G8 ministers and UN discuss Libya no-fly zone (reference to 8k fighters) |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. The earlier report indicated this defection is new... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. No fly zone should have been imposed on DAY 1 -- WTF |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds like it might be the "giant Warfalla tribe"..."that has supported Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi..." |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That looks like it! Wow! Best news ever! How did I not see this! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. REUTERS: Battle for east Libya swirls around oil town of Brega (neither side in control) |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. Opposition leader meets Clinton, asks West to bomb 3 of Gaddafi's airfields |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. G8 to make no reference to Libya no-fly zone, source tells Reuters |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. Libyan rebels lose Zwara, last stronghold west of Tripoli |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. Battle for control rages in Libya |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
18. k&r nt |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. Al Jazeera: Elite units commanded by Gaddafi sons head to Brega |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. Ajdabiya hit by fresh airstrikes ("We are civilians. What can we do against heavy weapons?") |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. IEA says Libyan oil exports halted |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. New Republic: Obama Must Face His Fears In Libya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. BREAKING - Al Jazeera: Gadaffi forces have reached the western gate of Ajdabiya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
24. Gaddafi says shocked by 'betrayal' by former European friends; threatens to ally w/Al Qaeda |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. LOL! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
61. I could've sworn Gaddafi unfriended Osama on FB... |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
25. BBC: Rebel fighters "hiding inside the oil installation in Brega in the daytime" |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. That is a dangerous gamble. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
26. Legalising military intervention in Libya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. libyafeb17.com: Gaddafi's Libya State Media website continues to be repeatedly hacked |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. Libyan rappers broadcast to front lines |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. WaPo: Rebel council seeks to transform Libya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
30. Reuters: Ominous deja vu as Saddam's victims watch Libya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
31. CURRENT TIME IN LIBYA = 4:45 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 15 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. BREAKING: Revolutionary airforce destroy 2 Gaddafi warships and damage a third |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. MORE from AJE: |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The two planes that sunk the #Gaddafi warships left from #Benghazi |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Video report by AJE's Tony Birtley (2:30): |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Reuters: Libyan website reports rebels sink Gaddafi ships |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
71. Oh my god! So great! Will update day 27 soon! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
34. CURRENT TIME IN LIBYA = 5:40 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 15 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
36. iyad_elbaghdadi Azzawiya is now being searched and looted by mercenaries, door to door, house to hou |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. "We have lost Brega completely. We could not face Gaddafi's forces." |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. AJE: Key town 'falls' to Gaddafi forces (Ajdabiya) |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Earlier Al Jazeera report on what happened in the fighting at Ajdabiyah: |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. Source: bloc of 5 will present draft no-fly resolution to Sec. Council today, despite G8 inaction |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. News from Ajdabiya not confirmed, #Gaddafi army remains unable to take it. #Libya |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. So, now there's a rebel air force and there were 8,000 defections. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. It is going down in (Gaddafi's Compunds) Reports of revolutionaries and defectors #Libya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. via @AJArabic : Bab al Azizyah is unstable #Libya #Feb17 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. @Liberty4libya says ambulances rushing towards @Bab al Azzizyah #Libya #Feb17 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. BREAKING: Almanara Media confirms that a huge fire has erupted Baab Al Aziziyah - #feb17 |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. So the opposition media claims that a new opposition air force is bombing near Sirte. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Explosions & gunfire in Tripoli may be pro-G celebrations |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. news coming from Tripoli, please try not to tweet...as situation is critical #Libya #Feb17 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. iyad_elbaghdadi‎ Guys, I don't want to tweet inaccurate news ...I'd rather wait as things clar... |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. Thank you for service Ben safe travels home.. @bencnn:"With heavy heart I left #Libya today." |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. CURRENT TIME IN LIBYA = 9:31 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 15 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. US: mulling ways to free up Gaddafi assets for rebels--Reuters |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Rocket fire rains on crucial Libya town as Qaddafi's forces advance |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. Italy blocks ferry of Moroccans fleeing Libya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. Revolutionaries capture Greek ship loaded with fuel and redirect it to Port of Tobruk |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. CURRENT TIME IN LIBYA = 11 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 15 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
63. AJE: "There is a gun battle going on in Benghazi. Rebels are flushing out pro-Gadaffi supporters" |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
64. Crackdown in Tripoli shows "it's going to be very, very dark...if Benghazi falls" |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
65. GADDAFI SPEAKING LIVE TO SUPPORTERS NOW ~ LINK: |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. "They said thousands have died...only 150 died!1!!" |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
66. Reuters: UN Libya draft resolution calls for no-fly zone |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
68. CURRENT TIME IN LIBYA = 12:30 AM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
69. AJE update on the developing situation in Libya: |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
70. Heavy sustained gun fire in #Sirte amid news of raising the independence flag #Libya |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Numerous reports confirming that the flag of Independence is fluttering over Sirt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
73. Day 27 here: |
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