Reply #25: Tweets from Transitional National Council presser @ 1 hour ago (interesting)

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@SerajElalem Seraj Elalem
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Libya new spokesman for the military council Omar Elhariri, press conference starting now

Correction new spokesman is Air Force pilot col. Ahmed Omar Bani

TNC stresses again that there are no human casualties, and what's seen on TV are revolutionaries killed by Gaddafi in west Libya

TNC: betting on Gaddafi is betting on a lost horse, it will damage you and your poeple in future relations with Libya

39 tanks invaded #misrata Waldensian morning, 22 were destroyed by revolutionaries using RPGs

#Misrata sea port is still under the control of the revolutionaries

#Zintan yesterday was attack but attack was blocked, 120 mercenaries were killed, 15 were captured, and forces were pushed back 35K.M

3 tanks, 2 GRAD vehicles, anti-air missle carrying truck, BMB troop carrier and 4 cruiser carrying AA guns captured in#zintan

a ferocious fight in @Ijdabia with cars carry soldiers, western gate bombed this morning

Gaddafi forces are gathering in #Kufra airport

there was a plane being prepaired to transport and unknown VIP through #Kufra airport, but the plane was hit by coalition forces

mercenaries are still coming from Chad through Kufra

Gaddafi forces went through Murada, Jalo and Awjala and arresting anyone from ex-defense minister's tribe Majbiri tribe

TNC again gives it's thank to the coalition forces and especially France

TNC is trying to negotiate with the mercenaries

TNC expresses it's need for weapons to arm the revolutionaries, saying "friends" are trying to help now

#TNC says they've received promises from Egypt and other countries for military support

#Misrata sea port is still surrounded by Gaddafi sea vessels

The revolution started by the people and now supported by the Army, we're building a new Army now

#TNC says they get their info from confirmed sources in west Libya who have sat phones

#Libya even though supply lines are cutoff Gaddafi forces in #Ijdabia, they have their own supply that keeps them going

#TNC is trying to negotiate Gaddafi forces who are cutoff in #Ijdabia

#TNC a group of Gaddafi mercenaries in #Ijdabia offered to surrender and leave back to Surt, revolutionaries refused (note: I saw from another source that the mercs refused to give up their hardware - that's probably why refused)

there has been no changes in #TNC or Military Council

#TNC says they communicate with mercenaries through a shikh from a mosque

#TNC says there are many member who want to defect from Gaddafi, including a high ranking officer who was forced to attack #Benghazi

We only need support in hardware, but we as Libyan will liberate Libya on our own

#TNC asks the coalition to attack Gaddafi forces surrounding Misrata and Zinta, and mercenaries gathering in #Kufra

There are no French, American or English officers on Libyan grounds

#TNC stresses again that they don't want foreign soldiers on Libyan soil

the press conference over now


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All of these were hashtagged #TNC (for Transitional National Council) in case you want to twitter-search for yourself