Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 6, Part 4 (World Silence)

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 6, Part 4 (World Silence)

The world’s 100 largest arms dealers, excluding Chinese vendors, sold weapons for $401 billion in 2009, with US vendors remaining in first place

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

Threads for previous days are in my journal

To make sure the Army doesn't swing the revolution to the people, with the silent complicity of world leaders more concerned about the stability of oil prices than people's lives, Qaddafi has brought in more than 35,000 North African mercenaries specifically from Chad, Nigeria, Guinea and Darfur. There's a Facebook video of a captured mercenary from Chad (Youtube here). Captured mercenaries confessed they were paid between $12,000 - $30,000 each. Today pamphlet ads were found in Nigeria offering them $2000/day for their savage work.

Is Qaddafi the only one paying these mercenaries? Or are EU governments, with their long history of hiring mercenaries, chipping in? I demand to know.

LibyanThinker The Libyan Thinker
Remains of Soldiers Burned to Death for Not Shooting Protesters in #Libya http://www.twitvid.com/YXKOT & http://tinyurl.com/4d6a57n

MAP of Protests across the Middle East

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Libya

F22 - - - Bahi Sidra 20 46 -
F23 - - - Defa Ras Lanuf 14, 24, 30 251 -
F24 - - - Gialo, Fahra Sidra 30, 32 550 -
F25 - - - ELephant field Melita 30 726 -
F26 - - - Jebel Marsa El Brega 24, 36 204 -
F27 - - - Majid, Nafora, Amal Marsa El Hariga 34 - -
F28 - - - Majid, Nafora, Amal Ras Lanuf 14, 20, 32, 30, 36 427 -
F29 - - - Rimal, Intisar Zuetina 30, 40 347 -
F30 - - - Sabah Dahra 10 - -
F31 - - - Wafa field Melita 20 46 -
F32 - - - Wafa Sidra 24 427 -
F30 - - - Bu Attifel Intisar 20, 34 360 -
F31 - - - Defa Marsa El Brega 30, 36 299 -
F3210 - - Khoms Melita 34 25 -
F33 - - - Marsa El Brega KhomsIntisar - 670 -
F34 - - - Raguba KM110 20 86 -
F35 - - - Sarir Gialo - - -
F36 - - - West Libya Gas Project Wafa field Melita

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

[Poboy]

1. lurking/reading/recommended.

[pinboy3niner]

2. K&R

[Catherina]

3. Citizens & Gheryan tribe capture over twenty mercenaries in Gharyan:

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Libya free citizens capture over twenty mercenaries in Gharyan: http://j.mp/fSFEWV #Feb17 (from BRQ)
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply



The arrest of 22 mercenaries at the hands of rebel tribe Gheryan "Army Gheryan"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGslrEykyEE

[Catherina]

4. Qaddafi on state TV now. psychotic as ever even for non Arabic speakers

Is no one on the film crew aware of the fatwa to kill this worm?

[Catherina]

18. American media, this is just terrible. CBS Banner

CBS Banner
LIVE: Muammar Qaddafi addresses supporters in Tripoli's Green Square

[pinboy3niner]

36. Shame on CBS. He's at his residence, not Green Square. nt

[Catherina]

20. said he won't leave his strife-torn nation

CNNJustin Justin Lear
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said he won't leave his strife-torn nation. #Libya
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

5. lames foreign media for stoking unrest, says they want "people with beards" in power.

glcarlstrom Gregg Carlstrom
Gaddafi, speaking in front of a bombed-out building, blames foreign media for stoking unrest, says they want "people with beards" in power.
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

6. I speak perfect Arabic, but I dont know where the mother fuck is going with this

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
Well, I speak perfect Arabic, but I dont know where the mother fuck is going with this #Gaddafi #libya
17 seconds ago

[Catherina]

7. Speaking in weird broken style. Poor translator.

Tom_El_Rumi Tom Trewinnard
First time I've listened to Gadafi live. Speaking in weird broken style. Poor translator.
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

8. I am no president to step down, I am the leader of the revolution.

Monabdelaziz Mona Abd-El Aziz
RT @egyptocracy: #Gaddafi: I am no president to step down, I am the leader of the revolution. #Libya #Feb17
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

10. Revolution means fighting even unto death.

lissnup lissnup
AJE: Gaddafi: Revolution means fighting even unto death. #Libya
2 minutes ago

Really? You're leading a revolution still?

[Catherina]

11. Funny to hear the Al Jazeera translator struggle to translate the nonsense coming out of Qaddafi's

CenteredPols Centered Politics
RT @shadihamid: Funny to hear the Al Jazeera translator struggle to translate the nonsense coming out of Qaddafi's mouth #Libya
19 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

21. I call the Libyan ppl to implement #Saif's plan for reform

marwame Marwa Elnaggar
#Gaddafi: I call the Libyan ppl to implement #Saif's plan for reform. #Libya
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

22. swearing at the ppl who are "supporting him" "in the green square" images 20 days old in split scree

ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
He's swearing at the people, who are "supporting him", "in the green square"... Also images 20 days old from green sqr bng shown :)
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Has even FOX ever sunk that low?

[Catherina]

25. They got the youth drunk and gave the hallucination pills.

Egyptocracy Egyptocracy
#Gaddafi: They got the youth drunk and gave the hallucination pills. #Libya #Feb17
47 seconds ago

[Catherina]

26. Children have tanks and are going around in Benghazi streets

ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
Children have tanks and are going around in Benghazi streets :) My god, this new generation ROCKS! #feb17 #libya
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

27. raising arms in air: Those who carried the arms, young people given armored vehicles.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi, raising arms in air: Those who carried the arms, young people given armored vehicles.
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

28. This is how we solve things, not with kids carrying bombs and RPGs.

Egyptocracy Egyptocracy
#Gaddafi: This is how we solve things, not with kids carrying bombs and RPGs. #Libya #Feb17
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

29. not b surprised if Fox News trying 2 get in touch w\ Gaddafi right now 2 offer nightly talk show.

avinunu Ali Abunimah
I would not be surprised if Fox News is trying to get in touch with Gaddafi right now and sign him up for nightly talk show.
3 minutes ago

[defendandprotect]

76. kr

very funny - even now as we're all so frightened for Libyans!!

[Catherina]

30. ur children are being drugged and are getting drunk by outsiders - you must stop this

AlanFisher Alan Fisher
Gaddafi - your children are being drugged and are getting drunk by outsiders - you must stop this
51 seconds ago

[Catherina]

31. If I were a president, I would throw my resignation in your faces.

Egyptocracy Egyptocracy
#Gaddafi: If I were a president, I would throw my resignation in your faces. #Libya #Feb17
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

32. He's directly calling for a civil war, telling his supporters to take to the streets, ARMED.

Ssirgany Sarah El Sirgany
He's directly calling for a civil war, telling his supporters to take to the streets, ARMED. #gaddafi #libya
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

33. thinks that all of us in the East are on drugs HAHA. He just called us greasy rats

Cyrenaican Libyana Americana
He thinks that all of us in the East are on drugs HAHA. He just called us greasy rats
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

34. orders families of libya 2 order their kids back home. says he hasn't used force yet

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
He just ordered the families of #libya to go tomorrow to order their kids back home. he said he did not use forces yet!! كس امك #gaddafi
2 minutes ago

Someone SHOOT Him now on live TV. PLEASE

[Catherina]

35. i will fight until the last drop of blood with all the libyan people behind me

anjucomet Anjali Kamat
Qaddafi: i will fight until the last drop of blood with all the libyan people behind me
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

37. state TV showing cutaways of ~pro-Gaddafi protest?, to make it seem like he has an audience

glcarlstrom Gregg Carlstrom
Libyan state TV keeps showing cutaways of what I assume is a pro-Gaddafi protest, to make it seem like he has an audience. (He doesn't.)
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply




You should see the shameful CBS banner

[Catherina]

38. Dogs, greasy rats... It's Animal Farm in Gaddafi's head.

HalaGorani Hala Gorani
Dogs, greasy rats... It's Animal Farm in Gaddafi's head. #Libya
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

39. "we have yet to use force"

TheSherio Sherief Ahmed Hassan
by ChangeInLibya
#Qaddafi "we have yet to use force"
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

40. get out of your homes, chase them. Do you want Benghazi destroyed? These rats can reach the oil fie

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: get out of your homes, chase them. Do you want Benghazi destroyed? These rats can reach the oil fields and blow them.
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

41. who will provide electricty and water if these cockroaches win - they will take oil -

AlanFisher Alan Fisher
Gaddafi - who will provide electricty and water if these cockroaches win - they will take oil -
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

42. Those rats could blow up our oil wells. You will be brought back to the dark ages. Back to the 1950s

Egyptocracy Egyptocracy
#Gaddafi: Those rats could blow up our oil wells. You will be brought back to the dark ages. Back to the 1950s. #Libya #Feb17
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

44. "there is not gov to be reformed, there is no struggle over power. Power is in the hands of people."

ahmed Ahmed Al Omran
by Tharwacolamus
Gaddafi: there is not gov to be reformed, there is no struggle over power. Power is in the hands of people. #Libya #Feb17
14 minutes ago

[Catherina]

45. Oh, god...you built Benghazi?

Cyrenaican Libyana Americana
Oh, god...you built Benghazi?
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

46. "Benghazi, I built it, block by block... And now they're destroying it by using your children."

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: Benghazi, I built it, block by block; we're still building it. And now they're destroying it by using your children.
7 minutes ago

[Catherina]

48. "tomorrow security will be provided by the police and the army"

avinunu Ali Abunimah
Gaddafi: "tomorrow security will be provided by the police and the army"
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


YOU HAVE NO ARMY. YOU MEAN YOUR SAVAGE BUTCHERS

[Catherina]

49. Typical Zyprexa dosing for Psychotic Schizophrenia is 10-20 mg at bedtime he needs about 50

embee Embee
RT @PaxMaqina: Typical Zyprexa dosing for Psychotic Schizophrenia is 10-20 mg at bedtime he needs about 50! #gaddafi
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

51. 3 tanks were burned, civilian planes stopped using benghazi airport.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: 3 tanks were burned, civilian planes stopped using benghazi airport.
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

52. I have not used force yet but if I have to, I will

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Gaddafi: I have not used force yet but if I have to, I will #libya #feb17
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

54. gave all power to the ppl in '77.. No fight over power. I'm in charge of nothing other than defendin

octavianasr Octavia Nasr
by Tharwacolamus
"We gave all power to the peoplel in '77 ... No fight over power. I'm in charge of nothing other than defending #Libya." Moammar #Gaddafi
15 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

55. SHIPS CAN'T LAND INSIDE OF #BENGHAZI AIRPORT.. BECAUSE OF YOU.. SHIPS CAN'T LAND!

ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
#gaddafisays SHIPS CAN'T LAND INSIDE OF #BENGHAZI AIRPORT.. BECAUSE OF YOU.. SHIPS CAN'T LAND!
10 minutes ago

[Catherina]

56. gaddafi lost it, he has lost it.. his end is near

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
gaddafi lost it, he has lost it.. his end is near #Libya #Feb17
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

81. kr

[Catherina]

57. Response:America isn't going 2 invade us, believe me,we've been imploring them 2 intervene for 6 day

Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
#America isn't going to invade us, believe me,we've been imploring them to intervene for 6 days!
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

58. our country will become afghanistan - is that what you want? Go into the streets, take their weapons

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: our country will become afghanistan - is that what you want? Go into the streets, take their weapons, turn them in. Terrorists.
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

59. .they drugged them got them drunk gave them pills then weapons

bintlibya BintLibya
by ChangeInLibya
They're giving weapons to the poor kids of Benghazi weapons to walk around..they drugged them got them drunk gave them pills #Gaddafi #Libya
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

60. Oh my god, he has notes?!

Cyrenaican Libyana Americana
Oh my god, he has notes?! #Gaddafi
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Re

[Catherina]

61. screaming and accusing Egyptians and Tunisians of spread LSD of revolution in his country

Zeinobia Zeinobia
Qaddafi screaming and accusing Egyptians and Tunisians of spread LSD of revolution in his country http://instagr.am/p/BxvgO/
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

62. Do you want America to come, occupy u like Afghanistan, Iraq ... go out in the streets, chase them

bilalr Bilal - Al Jazeera
by AJELive
#Gaddafi: Do you want America to come and occupy you like Afghanistan, Iraq ... go out in the streets, chase them ... http://aje.me/ggNFV2
12 minutes ago


These Americans you butcher?

[Catherina]

63. "Muammar Gaddafi is not a normal person that you can poison.. or lead a revolution against" n/t

[Catherina]

64. "This is the influence of Bin Laden. He will bring occupation to you."

Egyptocracy Egyptocracy
#Gaddafi: This is the influence of Bin Laden. He will bring occupation to you. #Libya #Feb17
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

65. "Purify the cities!"

Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
Purify the cities?! Who hell used that word? Hhmmmmm
14 minutes ago

[Catherina]

67. 'example is Israel, world doesn't oppose when they bomb Gaza and I'm fighting the same gang'

nour_odeh Nour Odeh
by AlanFisher
#Gaddafi just took Israel as example when it bombed and laid siege to Gaza?! Says world will not oppose him because he's ighting same gang
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Lars77]

86. Interesting comparison actually. nt

[Catherina]

68. "put green bands on. Secure the cities."

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: put green bands on. Secure the cities.
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

69. And now he is talking about Iraq and Falluja.

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
And now he is talking about Iraq and Falluja... #libya #feb17
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

70. I am losing track of the logic in the speech.. Gaddafi is jumping topics.. looks at papers.. seems c

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Ok I am losing track of the logic in the speech.. Gaddafi is jumping topics.. looks at papers.. seems confused? #libya #feb17
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

71. do u know Somalia? Do you want this country 2b Somalia? They want Derna 2b Fallujah. Same gangs.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: do you know Somalia? Do you want this country to be Somalia? They want Derna to be Fallujah. Same gangs.
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

72. invokes Tiananmen sq as a positive example of how to get rid of protestors.

BBCKimGhattas Kim Ghattas
by andrewquinn
Qaddafi invokes Tiananmen sq as a positive example of how to get rid of protestors. Did I hear this right??
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

74. nobody has condemned the Israelis. they say they have right to self defense. Tanks entered cities an

Gaddafi: nobody has condemned the Israelis. they say they have right to self defense. Tanks entered cities and killed
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

75. I can believe it, #Gaddafi is asking the spectators not to make noise. And guess what? He's giving h

gr33ndata Tarek Amr
by Tom_El_Rumi
I can believe it, #Gaddafi is asking the spectators not to make noise. And guess what? He's giving his speech in a totally empty area.
14 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

77. "The Americans have destroyed a whole building because there's one terrorist inside."

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
G (Live Tweet): The Americans have destroyed a whole building because there's one terrorist inside.
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

78. One of Gaddafi's people just placed a beverage on his podium. 37 minutes and counting.

HalaGorani Hala Gorani
One of Gaddafi's people just placed a beverage on his podium. 37 minutes and counting. #Libya #Speech
7 minutes ago


add 7 more as of time of this posting

[Catherina]

79. "tomorrow, youth should be in all cities, wearing these green bands on their arms."

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: tomorrow, youth should be in all cities, wearing these green bands on their arms.
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

80. "The revolution" means "Mouammar Al-Gaddafi"

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Gaddafi live: "The revolution" means "Mouammar Al-Gaddafi" #Feb17 #Libya
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

82. armed rebellion is another matter. We won't allow it.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: armed rebellion is another matter. We won't allow it.
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

83. ibyan people don't need to resort to demonstrations. Just go to your committee.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: Peaceful demonstration is different. Libyan people don't need to resort to demonstrations. Just go to your committee.
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

84. Gaddafi just said a man on a motorbike, who got away, caused all the problems in Benghazi!

yassayari AYARI Yassine
Gaddafi just said a man on a motorbike, who got away, caused all the problems in Benghazi! #Libya #Feb17
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

85. Good thing #Gaddafi has notes - Otherwise this speech might get off track or ramble a bit

BlogsofWar Blogs of War
by Tharwacolamus
Good thing #Gaddafi has notes - Otherwise this speech might get off track or ramble a bit.
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

87. This is only very few who terrorised Benghazi - others had peaceful demonstrations about Gaza, about

AJELive AJELive
#Gaddafi: This is only very few who terrorised Benghazi - others had peaceful demonstrations about Gaza, about Iraq... http://aje.me/ggNFV2
3 minutes ago


And we see how far those got Gaza and Iraq

[Catherina]

88. "I myself led peaceful demonstrations to end the old regime. I did not seek destruction."

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: I myself led peaceful demonstrations to end the old regime. I did not seek destruction.
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

89. accused the protesters of being loyal to Al Qaeda and to the US at the same time

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Gaddafi mixed up so much stuff. He accused the protesters of being loyal to Al Qaeda and to the US at the same time #libya #feb17
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply


PITY THE POOR TRANSLATOR!

[Catherina]

90. was just reciting poetry.

Egyptocracy Egyptocracy
#Gaddafi is now reciting poetry. #Libya #Feb17
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

91. will not bring the Zentan youth 2 court. We will prosecute the people who drove them to those acts.

Egyptocracy Egyptocracy
#Gaddafi: We will not bring Zentan youth to court. We will prosecute the people who drove them to those acts. #Libya #Feb17
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply


I'd like to post a few graphic pictures of dead martyrs right here.


Zentan youth are from a specific tribe

[Catherina]

92. 55-minutes and counting. Obviously making up for yesterday's short speech.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Gaddafi live: 55-minutes and counting. Obviously making up for yesterday's short speech. #Feb17 #Libya
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

93. Aljazeera just switched translators. we have not had an easy time with this translation

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
{Like Aljazeera who just switched translators. we have not had an easy time with this translation]
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

94. the protesters are: "rats", "terrorists", "kids", "druggies", "Bin Laden loyalists", "backed by col

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
For Gaddafi , the protesters are: "rats", "terrorists", "kids", "druggies", "Bin Laden loyalists", "backed by colonisation" #libya #feb17
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

95. He is speaking about the tribes at the city of Zentan in the west

Zeinobia Zeinobia
He is speaking about the tribes at the city of Zentan in the west
33 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

96. Jazeera English putting out emergency call for new translators. 1st guy is already catatonic and rep

ashrafkhalil ashraf khalil
Jazeera English putting out emergency call for new translators. 1st guy is already catatonic and replacement is wearing down #libya #feb17
30 seconds ago

[Catherina]

97. Shoes are being thrown at screens in #Benghazi

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Gaddafi live: Shoes are being thrown at screens in #Benghazi #Libya #Feb17
38 seconds ago

[Catherina]

98. AJA got tired of Gaddafi. They moved to a Libyan activist to respond.

ahmed Ahmed Al Omran
by Cethura
Even AJA got tired of Gaddafi. They moved to a Libyan activist to respond. #Libya #Feb17
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

99. Ghaddafi to anounce he will remain in power until he finishes this speech. Which will be forever!

virtualactivism Virtual Activism
by esraa_ali
LOLLLLLLLLLL RT @properFreedom: Ghaddafi to anounce he will remain in power until he finishes this speech. Which will be forever! #libya
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

100. #Gaddafi given a piece of paper - wonder what it says

AlanFisher Alan Fisher
#Gaddafi given a piece of paper - wonder what it says
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

101. he reads it, says "one of the Arab satellite channels" has been misreporting his speech.

glcarlstrom Gregg Carlstrom
Someone hands Gaddafi a sheet of paper; he reads it, says "one of the Arab satellite channels" has been misreporting his speech. #libya
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

102. Speech is not live, the sun should have already set in Libya.

alexlobov Alexander Lobov
by blakehounshell@
@gadyepstein @blakehounshell Doubt it's live. @glcarlstrom pointed out that the sun should have already set in Libya.
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

103. " Libya is in danger. Al Qaeda will have a base if UN uses force."

carvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: Arab brothers, the media say we gave orders to arrest rebels. Libya is in danger. Al Qaeda will have a base if UN uses force.
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

104. Shame on you. Are you a gang? Liberate #Benghazi. Turn in weapons or there will be massacres.

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
#Gaddafi: Shame on you. Are you a gang? Liberate #Benghazi. Turn in weapons or there will be massacres. #Libya #Benghazi
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

105. " I did not use any violence yet, but I can if I have to."

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Gaddafi live: I did not use any violence yet, but I can if I have to. #Feb17 #Libya
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

106. " drugged kids with machine guns."

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: shame on you, you gangsters. Surrender, give up all weapons, or they'll have massacres, drugged kids with machine guns.
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

107. revolutionaries = "drunk, stoned children wandering in the streets"

marwame Marwa Elnaggar
#Gaddafi demands the handing over of all arms. Calls revolutionaries "drunk, stoned children wandering in the streets" #Libya #feb17
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

108. stop taking drugs. They're not good for you, for your heart. Don't destroy the country.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Gaddafi: They should be given a lesson and stop taking drugs. They're not good for you, for your heart. Don't destroy the country.
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

9. Breaking: Statement by Libyan Military Officers asks all members of the Libyan army to head to Tripo

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Breaking Al Jazeera: Statement by Libyan Military Officers asks all members of the Libyan army to head to Tripoli & remove Gaddafi #Libya
17 hours ago


DO IT. NOW! FULL SUPPORT!

[uppityperson]

13. k&r

[stillwaiting]

14. OMG! I hope this is true and that it happens, SOON! nt

[IScreamSundays]

17. Betcha a dollar he is not there.

He has to smell a coup.

[robdogbucky]

12. Ghaddafi/Qaddafi/Khaddafi is addressing the nation now

What is funny on the feed of him on AJE is that his aviator glasses reflect what/whom he is speaking to. It looks like one person, the camera man. He also appears to be standing/sitting in a bombed out building.

Very weird.

I will now listen as he accuses foreign enemies of smearing him, his country and that they are counter-revolutionaries to the people of Lybia, etc. He is ranting pretty much like a mad man. These foreign agents, arab tv, America, evil neighbors are not going to defeat me or the Lybian people, we have many martyrs to our revolution. I am a Bedouin and our destiny is to lead Africa and America and the greasy rats and cats will not defeat us, etc.

What a nutter. He seems like a rabid dog. Should be put out of his misery. He alludes to his own martyrdom now, so it is sounding very ominous, with his talking about his ancestors in the cemetary...I am speaking from a bombed out building that was bombed by 170 British and American planes (is he talking about the Reagan bombing of Lybia back when?) and it appears so. Where were you rats with big beards when they bombed my house? You were with America, they bombed all buildings of my family, etc.

Seems he is calling everyone out, and that his brave regime will survive, etc.

What a nutter

[robdogbucky]

15. Ha! Catherina, I was trying to transcribe while you posted your account.

I will leave the rest of this rant to your cabable hands.

[Catherina]

23. No please do! My contact who transcribes the Arabic speeches has no twitter access now

but AJE should have a translation up shortly

[Lars77]

16. He is completely and utterly insane

Always have, probably. When the dust settles and and history books are written, this guy might well go down in history in the same category as Pol Pot.

[Desertrose]

19. Batshit crazy comes to mind.

He is completely insane.

[Lars77]

24. He's standing inside the state tv building (i think)

Watching out over the city through a broken window.

Launch the fucking tomahawk!



I could be wrong, but i think he is!

[pinboy3niner]

43. No, that's his residence

The one that was bombed by the U.S. There was a shot there of the crashed U.S. warplane that he turned into a sculpture at his house.

[Lars77]

50. When was that bombed? Still havent rebuilt it? nt

[robdogbucky]

66. Here ya go....

Another example of my being old enough to personally remember this, and I presume you are not:


"The United States bombing of Libya (code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon) comprised the joint United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air-strikes against Libya on April 15, 1986. The attack was carried out in response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing....

...The air strike killed 45 Libyan soldiers and government officials, and 15 civilians. Forewarned by a telephone call from Malta's Prime Minister, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, that unauthorized aircraft were flying over Maltese airspace heading south towards Tripoli, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family rushed out of their residence in the Bab al Aziziya compound moments before the bombs dropped. Gaddafi escaped injury but his 15-month-old adopted daughter Hanna was killed, and two of his sons were injured.<7> However, according to Giulio Andreotti and Abdel Rahman Shalgham, it was Bettino Craxi who warned Gaddafi..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Libya

[Lars77]

73. I just assumed it was something rescent

that i somehow missed. I figured he would've fixed up his palace by now.

[Catherina]

47. #Ghaddafi is speaking in an isolated room addressing himself (reflection on the glass)

qatarday Qatar Day
by Tharwacolamus
#Ghaddafi is speaking in an isolated room addressing himself (reflection on the glass) #feb17 #Libya (via ydoha)
14 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

53. kr

[Catherina]

109. CONFIRMED!!!!! Helicopters in Tripoli hovering around and now with machine guns and ammo

bintlibya BintLibya
by rstripolina
CONFIRMED!!!!! Helicopters in Tripoli hovering around and now the lejan thawreeya guys have machine guns with ammo! #Libya
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

110. BREAKING: Helicopters circling Tripoli now. Gaddafi's soldiers are armed with machine guns with ammo

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by bintlibya
BREAKING: Helicopters circling Tripoli now. Gaddafi's soldiers are armed with machine guns with ammo.#feb17 #libya #gaddaficrimes
22 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[IScreamSundays]

111. Against the civilians or Gaddafi??

[Catherina]

113. Don't know... yet... n/t

[Catherina]

112. Part 5 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x481010