Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 6, Part 7 (Richard III in a bad & dangerous way)

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 6, Part 7 (Richard III in a bad & dangerous way)

"Let fall thy lance: despair, and die!" - Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard the Third, Act 5, Scene III, Bosworth Field

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, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

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

[highplainsdem]

1. K&R

[steve2470]

2. k&r nt

[Catherina]

3. Breaking: Libyan Minister of Interior asks army to adhere 2 demands & join the protesters

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Breaking Al Jazeera: Libyan Minister of Interior asks the army to adhere to the demands & join the protesters #Libya
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

11. during his psychotic 90 minute ramble, Qaddafi announced Younis "was shot with bullets" & "vanished"

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Gaddafi announced is his 90min ramble that General Abdul Fatah Younis, the Libyan Minister of Interior "was shot with bullets" & "vanished".
17 minutes ago


WELL HE'S REAPPEARED NOW!

[Catherina]

17. protesters don't seem to trust this: "Younis is a coward and a liar and his resignation after 40+ yr

AliLePointe Jibreel
AbdelFatah Younis is a coward and a liar and his resignation after 40+ yrs of atrocities is too little too late, your day will come ya kalb!
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

18. Interior Minister was "was a very close friend of Gaddafi"

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera now speaking to Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the resigned Libyan Minister of Justice.
13 minutes ago



SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Mustafa Abdul Jalil: The resignation of the Interior Minister is much bigger news than mine because he was a very close friend of Gaddafi
12 minutes ago

[Catherina]

19. Al Hurra now speaking to Abdul Fatah Younis the resigned Interior Minister

by @SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi

Al Hurra now speaking to Abdul Fatah Younis the resigned Interior Minister. #wow

Resigned Interior Minister Abdul Fattah Younis: Gaddafi's men came to shoot me but the bullets missed me. #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: I am not a traitor. I was a close friend. I was surprised by what Gaddafi did. I stood by him for many years #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: We undertook (the 1969) revolution for the people of Libya, not to turn around & start shooting at them. #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: Gaddafi is a stubborn man but its finished. Everything is collapsing now. I am sad for all what has happened. #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: I wish Gaddafi had said a prayer for the fallen martyrs rather than his long speech #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: Those who shot at me were Gaddafi's men, the bullet missed me but hit one of my relatives. #Libya

http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi

[Catherina]

25. Al Hurra now speaking to Abdul Fatah Younis the resigned Interior Minister, Pt 2

Abdul Fattah Younis: The pilots fired at the roofs of the arms depots but they have now become available to all to take. #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: I call on the police to continue their work & protect the people who have been living in fear of bombardment #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: Even with Gaddafi's mistakes it is unbelievable that he would finally use rockets & bombs against his own people #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: All the world human rights organisations sent me letters asking "What is happening in your country?" #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: (the bombing of civilians) pained me deeply, it is the main reason I decided to join this revolution. #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: I never imagined that we in #Libya would fire machine guns at our people, aiming high up at their chests

Abdul Fattah Younis: Everything has collapsed. The Jamahiriya has collapsed (Gaddafi's adjective for #Libya, means "many people's republic")

Abdul Fattah Younis: The people are now in charge. We have crossed the point of no return now. #Libya (Ends)

http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi

[Catherina]

26. Huge-ass news btw,,, This means the only main figure left with #Gaddafi +++

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Maj. Gen. Abdulfattah Yunus joining the revolution is news we broke three days ago, and now 100% confirmed. Huge-ass news btw. #Feb17 #Libya



iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Maj. Gen. Abdulfattah Yunus confirmation re joining the revolution is the biggest news today; even bigger than #Gaddafi's speech. #Libya


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Maj. Gen. Abdulfattah Yunus described as one of the "pillars" of #Gaddafi's regime; joined the revolution and called all Libyans to.


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
This means the only main figure left with #Gaddafi, outside of his own family, is Abdullah Senussi. #Feb17 #Libya

[Catherina]

46. Al Arabiya interview w\ Abdul Fatah Younis, resigned Interior Minister

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
General Abdul Fattah Younis now on Al Arabiya TV.
18 minutes ago

Abdul Fattah Younis: The Libyan people have suffered too long. We have so much oil, the people could have lived as in a 5 star hotel

Al Arabiya asks him :what happened?

Abdul Fattah Younis: There was a crowd of people outside my office, I was with my cousin

Abdul Fattah Younis: A bullet then went next to my right cheek, it hit my cousin who is in a very bad case now. #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: Gaddafi, that dirty man, wanted to say that I was killed by protesters so that my tribe, the Obeidat will stand by him

Al Arabiya asks "You were a Minister of Interior but you only choose to speak now?"

Abdul Fattah Younis: I spoke to him 2 weeks before the revolution. I told Gaddafi, we have too many unemployed youth. I want that dirty person who shot my cousin to face justice #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: I am not a two-faced man. I worked with Gaddafi for 42 years, I was shocked at his speech today

Abdul Fattah Younis: I wish Gaddafi had instead said a prayer for the fallen youth in his last days in office.

Abdul Fattah Younis: Our plan now it to support the youth in Tripoli so that it is liberated like Benghazi was.

Abdul Fattah Younis: I offer my condolences to the fallen martyrs (reads a statement of support for the youth revolution)

Abdul Fattah Younis: I begged Gaddafi not to send planes, I called him. Now of course we don't speak, I have joined the revolution

Abdul Fattah Younis: Citizens collected weapons & brought them to me, we put them in a massive (airplane) hanger for safekeeping

Abdul Fattah Younis: I gave orders to my men in Benghazi not to shoot at protesters, not one of my men shot at protesters, those who shot...

Abdul Fattah Younis: ...those who shot belong to the Security Battalions. I guarantee that none of my men shot at protesters.

Abdul Fattah Younis: Many tribes pledged to me that they have joined the protesters including the Tuareg (mentioned many other names)

Abdul Fattah Younis: Gaddafi's speech was very clear to any one who has a brain. He is nervous, he is stubborn. He may commit suicide

Abdul Fattah Younis: Gaddafi won't leave. He may commit suicide or will be killed. I didn't wish for him to face such an end.

Abdul Fattah Younis: From my knowledge of Gaddafi, he won't leave, he will stay to the end, but he will stay alone. #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: Who will aid him? Everyone has abandoned him. The Eastern & Central Provinces have abandoned him #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: I have not met any of the mercenaries, I heard that some of them exist though. There are 500,000 Africans in #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: I won't be surprised if Gaddafi used mercenaries against the people #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: To Gaddafi I tell him: Please end your life by praying for the martyrs, ask for God's forgiveness & the people's #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: To Libyan people, you are a brave people, stand courageously, Libya will become a strong country. #Libya

Abdul Fattah Younis: What I know is that the Free Officers of #Libya have stopped their support of Gaddafi, his Security Battalion remain

Abdul Fattah Younis: Stand courageously, people of #Libya, & those in Tripoli & Zawya & all over the country.

http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi

[Catherina]

48. Reaction to mention of suicide

Abdul Fattah Younis: Gaddafi's speech was very clear to any one who has a brain. He is nervous, he is stubborn. He may commit suicide



Tripolitanian Libyan
One more wave of protests in #Tripoli should do the trick. #Libya
12 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[CJvR]

55. Very likely outcome.

This is looking more and more like the last days in the Führer bunker.

Insane rant - check
Blaming the people - check
Scorched earth - check
Bullet in the brain - still to come...

I doubt he will come quietly even once his defences are smashed.

[IntravenousDemilo]

4. A camel! A camel! My kingdom for a camel! n/m

[Catherina]

12. Terrible to joke but Mubarak tried that and it didn't work out so well for him

[Catherina]

5. BREAKING: Libyan Minister of Interior announces that he has joined the citizen's revolution.

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
BREAKING Al Jazeera: Libyan Minister of Interior announces that he has joined the citizen's revolution. #Libya
11 minutes ago

[Catherina]

6. Libyan ambassador to Tunisia resigns

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya: Libyan ambassador to Tunisia resigns #Libya
15 minutes ago

[Lars77]

7. Global capitalism is the reason western governments are quiet.

It's a race to get the money, and under the excuse that if they do not sell this mad dog arms, someone else will (in other words, THEY will outcompete OUR corporations). They are going to do business with anyone in charge, damn the concequences. There are no moral concerns to take what so ever, and now governments are just covering their asses, shaking their heads while making a serious face.

It's the job of the people to be the concience of their governments, by petitioning governments, protesting and boycotting. But the fact is that most people just don't want to know. If they do, they think it's uncomfortable, so in order to not be confronted with awful reality, they choose to remain ignorant.

I have experience with this personally, i've had friends react to what i tell them in a negative way, not because they think i am wrong or that i am lying, but because they are confronted with a reality they find uncomfortable and they get angry with me for telling them. They would much rather just to go work in whatever company they work for and not know, because if they don't know they don't have to care.


Now.. i have to get back to this stupid research paper i am writing (this was procrastination).

[bobbolink]

10. You are exactly right, and many of us have experienced this very scenario.

This is a quote I just got, and was going to dedicate it to Hillary here, but it fits exactly what you have described:

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."

- Flannery O'Connor

[Raksha]

22. Wow, that's a good one!

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."

I can see myself getting a lot of mileage out of that one. So often I've found myself up against that same kind of denial--the "see no evil" syndrome, or whatever you want to call it.

[bobbolink]

27. Yes, that came from Sojo today... they send some really great quotes!

pleaase give a kick to their current campaign on behalf of poor folk:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x483172

Thanks!

Now back to the regularly-scheduled mayhem....

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Al-Quada...??????? How fucking transparent can ya get?

" I know..I will say the magic Al-Kada words and the USA will HAVE to invade and save my ass"

Gaddfi's version of "Wag the Dog".

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

9. Catherina, I have been following your posts for days, and wonder

Is there a way I can load a page so new posts appear without my having to reload the page? Just heartbreaking stuff...

Prayers for all,
ADW

[Catherina]

13. I WISH there were. It really slows me down that they don't too.

Thanks for your compassion. Just seeing how people here feel reassures my faith in humanity.

[Catherina]

14. Abdul Hakim Walidi of the Bani Walid Tribe: We have organised a march of anger heading to Tripoli

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera Arabic: Abdul Hakim Walidi of the Bani Walid Tribe: We have organised a march of anger heading towards Tripoli. #Libya
20 minutes ago

[Catherina]

15. Also of the #Werfella Tribe. (& is estimated at one million people)

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
An addition to the last tweet from @freelibyanyouth: Abdul Hakim Walidi is of the #Werfella Tribe. (& is estimated at one million people)
18 minutes ago

[Catherina]

29. Wurfla Tribes issued a declaration of war

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
BREAKING: Wurfla Tribes from Bani Walid in war declaration say they are marching on #Tripoli! #Feb17 #Libya
53 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
BREAKING: Wurfla, #Libya's largest tribe, issues a war declaration and states its men are marching on #Tripoli to liberate it. #Feb17
53 minutes ago

[Catherina]

30. BREAKING: Wurfla tribe calls upon all of #Libya's tribes to join them and come to the aid of #Tripol

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
BREAKING: Wurfla tribe calls upon all of #Libya's tribes to join them and come to the aid of #Tripoli. #Feb17
50 minutes ago

[Catherina]

31. We tribes of Warfala have organized a convey of Anger and launched towards Tripoli

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
by iyad_elbaghdadi
AJA Caller: Abdlhakim Walidi: "We have organized a convey of Anger and launched towards Tripoli" #feb17 #libya
52 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[steve2470]

16. Libya: Celebrations in opposition-controlled east

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12546806

The BBC's Jon Leyne is one of the first foreign journalists to enter Libya since the anti-government protests erupted last week. He reports from the east of the country, where the military has largely abadoned Col Muammar Gaddafi.

We arrived in Libya through a border post now completely controlled by the opposition.

There were delirious celebrations there over the fact that they had vanquished Col Gaddafi's forces and Col Gaddafi's government.

There are no government officials at the border, the minimum of formalities. They are flying a new flag; there is a picture of Muammar Gaddafi crossed out.

[Catherina]

20. army battalion in Misurata has joined the demonstrators; chants & celebrations heard.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Reports that army battalion in Misurata has joined the demonstrators; chants & celebrations heard. #Feb17 #Libya
47 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

21. an injured man from Shahat (cyrene) wants to tell you about what happened to him there

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
http://bit.ly/fRZPaa an injured man from Shahat (cyrene) wants to tell you about what happened to him there #Libya #Feb17
3 minutes ago


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_W9j4s0rCk
A brave man in a hospital in Cyrene (Shahat) recalls his story from a bed in the hospital

shot at with 14.5mm anti-aircraft weapons

[Iterate]

58. The bulldog in me won't let this one go

The cartridge you had pictured in http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x481899#482232

probably was from a 14.5mm AA gun, thought the necking seems a bit short. Libya has plenty of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun

and here's a picture of the cartridge, from Afganistan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denial01/4228601546/#/

There mounted on armoured vehicles and APCs. It's difficult to tell without having it in hand (or having the case measurements and markings sent to you). Even though I mentioned it, 20mm is probably too big and the necking on the case wouldn't be right. (20mm is a bit bigger than a dime, about the diameter of your pinkie finger).

We can be sure that the person who picked it up thought it unusual enough to do so - and the 12.5mm are probably gruesomely common.

We had a thread last night about reported the use Shilkas against civilians:#73
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=474479&mesg_id=476884

Use of those would be entirely consistent with the photos you posted in the last thread.

[ancient_nomad]

23. Gadhafi orders oil pipeline destruction

BREAKING NEWS: More on TIME report: Gadhafi orders destruction of several oil pipelines, cutting off flow to sea ports - TIME http://ti.me/gNG0mn

[CJvR]

38. Yep...

...this is looking more and more like the last days in the Führer bunker.

Insane rant - check
Blaming the people - check
Scorched earth - check
Bullet in the brain - still to come...

[ancient_nomad]

24. Saif al Gaddafi to hold press conference

AminBenzriouil Amin BENZRIOUIL
Saif al #Gaddafi will hold a press conference in #Tripoli, Reuters reports

[Lars77]

28. Interesting article on this little devil spawn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/21/saif-al-islam-gaddafi

[ancient_nomad]

32. Thank You - off to read! n/t

[Raksha]

42. Reading the article on Saif Gaddafi, this jumped off the screen at me:

Six months after arriving in the UK, and with US-led forces about to invade Iraq, he is said to have approached MI6 to inform the agency that his father's regime was prepared to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. The contact led to negotiations between Libya, Britain and the US which saw the programme dismantled, and the Gaddafi regime begin to be allowed in from the cold.

I can't be the only one thanking everything that's holy that Saif's psychopathic father doesn't have NUKES at his disposal right now!!!
:scared:

[sabrina 1]

69. And the U.S. , according to the Wikileaks documents

was recently negotiating Nuclear Power for Libya along with 'other weapons' which Qaddafi had requested.

It is DISGUSTING what we are finding out and how our government is complicit in these horrific crimes.

Britain too, where Said just bought a 10 million dollar home and was friends with Prince Andrew.

People think the Brits are civilized, at least there they do, but there was no more brutal Colonialist Empire than the British Empire and from all I'm learning, their upper elites have not changed their ways much, just trying to put a more respectable face on it.

These events should bring about a sea change in the Western Powers IF the people demand it now.

We KNOW what our governments are complicit in. There are no more excuses.

The Iraq and Afghanistans wars are massive war crimes perpetrated against innocent people and AS Brutal, no much more so, than anything Qaddafi is doing right now.

They are silent, these Western Powers, and the UN, because HE IS THEIR BUSINESS PARTNER and they stand to lose billions of dollars, maybe trillions of dollars in business deals they had with him, and Oil deals etc.

Giving Qaddafi nuclear power seems to me to be insane, but he had them by their greedy balls because THEY wanted to do business in Libya.

Shameful! Shameful! I am without words anymore ~

[Iterate]

67. I wonder if his billionaire jet-setting friends will stand with him?

Something tells me his next birthday party just won't be the same.

http://www.visit-montenegro.com/article-mne-22184.htm

[formercia]

76. Saif's next party is going to be a necktie party.

His feet will float off the ground and never come down until he's gone, gone, gone.

[Catherina]

35. Oh no. Last time he did that, the immediate aftermath was horrific. n/t

[lapislzi]

33. A thousand times rec!

Don't ever stop tweeting, Catherina! If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have a clue what was going on.

[Catherina]

37. Thanks :) n/t

[Ghost Dog]

41. True.

:)

[defendandprotect]

45. kr --

[Catherina]

34. BRQ exclusive: Interrogating a captured mercenary from Mali (video)

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
BRQ exclusive: Interrogating a captured mercenary from Mali (video): http://j.mp/hsal5B (will translate soon) #Feb17 #Libya
30 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-GO2QHKVBU (In Arabic)

Mercenary says he was recruited in Sirt; landed on the 16th in Tobruq; captured later in the Green Mountain area: http://j.mp/hsal5B #Libya


Will update with translation here and in whatever thread is up when the translation's out

[ancient_nomad]

36. UN to give Press Statement

Tripolitanian Libyan
by acarvin
The UN is giving a press statement on #Libya soon, like we can't guess what they'll say already

[pinboy3niner]

56. "Strong condemnation"

AJE reported Sec. Council members 'haggling' over the language of a statement that wil be nothing more than "strong condemnation." No U.N. action forthcoming at this point.

[Catherina]

39. "hundreds" of Tunisian youths joining armed resistance in #Libya.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
This just in: Reports of "hundreds" of Tunisian youths joining armed resistance in #Libya. #Feb17
24 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

40. Mercenaries appear in Azzawiya, west of #Tripoli; citizens on alert.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Also just in: Mercenaries appear in Azzawiya, west of #Tripoli; citizens on alert. #Feb17 #Libya
24 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

43. Gaddafi's sons and daughter

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
OK guys, I'm going to tweet some info about Gaddafi's sons, and then call it a night. Hold on.
30 minutes ago

Mohammad #Gaddafi: Connected to franchisee of Coca Cola in #Libya. Runs communications, post offices. Head of Olympic committe. #Feb17

Saif Gaddafi: Do I really need to say much? #Feb17

Saadi #Gaddafi: Troublesome, unpredictable, and prone to fights & drunkenness. Ex footballer. Has his own militia. Defeated in Benghazi.

Moutassim #Gaddafi: "National security adviser". May have his own militia. Described as "not very smart". Hates his brother Saif.

Moutassim #Gaddafi tried to overthrow his father. Now his father never travels anywhere without him.

Hannibal #Gaddafi: Ex-con, wife-beater, and professional asshole. Google him. Caused diplomatic crisis between Libya & Switzerland.

Khamis #Gaddafi: Most dangerous of all. Has his own well organized, trained, funded militia. Main pro-regime troops fighting now are his.

Aisha #Gaddafi: Only biological daughter. Lawyer. Her daddy got Lionel Richie to sing in her birthday party. Was on Saddam's defense team.


Caption reads

Saif-ul-Arab #Gaddafi: The other "Saif". Not much known about him, but Munich knows him as a party animal.

[Poboy]

49. Lionel Richie ?!

[Catherina]

53. I know. With all that money too. Must have been when he had that hit song n/t

[ancient_nomad]

44. Libyan army deploys west of Tripoli

BreakingNews Breaking News
Libyan army deploys in 'large numbers' in Sabratah, west of Tripoli, after protesters destroy government buldings - Reuters

[Catherina]

52. (65km 40 miles west of Tripoli)

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Reuters: The Libyan Army has intensively deployed troops at Sabratha town (65km 40 miles west of Tripoli) #Libya
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

47. Saif #Gaddafi to hold a press conference shortly Bet he proposes that Gaddafi stays nominal head

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya Saif #Gaddafi to hold a press conference shortly Bet he proposes that Gaddafi stays nominal head of state+he heads transitional govt
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply



If he does, expect the West to immediately endorse it using words like peaceful transition, stability, blah blah

[Catherina]

50. EU nations eye #Libya sanctions but Italy, Malta object

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
EU nations eye #Libya sanctions but Italy, Malta object http://bit.ly/eGzspo
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

EU eyes Libya sanctions - claims that Italy, Malta are only objectors denied



Malta this evening denied reports in Brussels that it and Italy are the only two countries objecting to the imposition of sanctions against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

AFP news agency reported this evening that European nations are discussing sanctions against the Libyan leader but have run against objections from some EU states, notably Italy and Malta.

Several European Union countries, notably Germany and Finland, called for sanctions against Gaddafi at talks in Brussels between foreign ministers of the 27-nation bloc, AFP quoted diplomats as saying.
But a spokesman for the Maltese foreign ministry denied the report.

"Twenty-five countries are objecting and only two are in favour of sanctions," the spokesman said.

...

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110222/local/eu-nations-eye-libya-sanctions-but-italy-malta-object

I have no problems believing Malta here.

[Catherina]

51. Clashes between pro & anti Gaddafi protesters in the Sarman district of Tripoli

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Clashes between pro & anti Gaddafi protesters in the Sarman district of Tripoli #Libya
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[ancient_nomad]

54. Soldiers tell NPR reporter they have control Eastern Libya

acarvin Andy Carvin
The soldiers told our reporter they're "free Libyan troops" & "feel that they now have control of eastern #Libya."
1 minute ago

[ancient_nomad]

57. Fleeing Egyptians report Gaddafi massacring his people

ASLANmedia Reza Aslan
by Kayla_J_Lewis
#LIBYA: Thousands of #Egyptians flee across the border to #Egypt, report that #Gaddafi is massacring his people. http://ow.ly/41pZX #feb17
5 minutes ago

[ancient_nomad]

59. Gadhafi: activists will be executed

elspethjane Ellie Rountree
RT @cnnbrk: Gadhafi: #Libya opposition activists will be executed without mercy. http://on.cnn.com/hjdcrB
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

60. Egypt: Thousands in Tahrir demand Egypt's government to fall

AlMasryAlYoum_E Al-Masry Al-Youm
Thousands in Tahrir demand Egypt's government to fall http://ow.ly/41qtn #Jan25 #Egypt
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Thousands in Tahrir demand Egypt's government to fall
Heba Afify
Tue, 22/02/2011 - 19:32



Around 4000 Egyptians protested in Tahrir Square today pressing for the remaining demands of the revolution.

The protesters said that they will not be satisfied with cabinet reshuffling and demanded to change the entire cabinet, starting with Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, and replace it with a government of experts. They also demanded an end to the state of emergency, the dismantlement of the state’s security apparatus, and the release of all political prisoners.


The state security body within the Ministry of Interior is known for its use of excessive force against political activists.

Protesters called for prosecuting former officials, including ousted President Hosni Mubarak and people responsible for killing protesters during the 25 January revolution.

...

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/thousands-tahrir-demand-egypts-government-fall

Dog and pony show not fooling people there I take it.

[sabrina 1]

70. Good for them, their revolution could be stolen from them

with the help of the U.S., Britain and all the rest of the Western Criminal Governments whose only interests are in their profits.

I was afraid they might get rail-roaded, but it seems they are not about to take their eyes off the ball.

[defendandprotect]

73. +1000% --

IMAGINE if the dictators were replaced by peace seekers!

Could put the weapons manufacturers out of business!!

Our leaders are merely global gun runners!!

[sabrina 1]

75. Wouldn't that be wonderful, and there is a chance now that

it could happen. And yes, our leaders and most of the leaders of the 'civilized world' are global gun runners!

[ancient_nomad]

61. UNSC statement will NOT be call to action!

ANevilleMorgan AllysonNevilleMorgan
by MurphyUNC
Reported that anticipated UNSC statement on #Libya will NOT be a call to action (from @AJELive)
15 minutes ago

[Catherina]

62. Part 8 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x484024

[14thColony]

63. CNN International coming in with some hard-hitting reportage now...

Story 1: how this mild unpleasantness in Libya is affecting the world stock markets, and
Story 2: how the kerfuffle in Libya will impact companies doing business there

Yep, that combined with the press conference by the UN Undersecretary for International Hand-Wringing, in which he categorically denied the UN had proof there was any such place as Libya, tells me (as if I needed to be told) that the Libyan people are on their own.

If they're smart, after they win they'll close off the oil wells and bury them in concrete.

[CJvR]

66. Without oil...

...the only major export of Libya is sand.

[defendandprotect]

74. +1 --

[ancient_nomad]

64. British planes and ships on way to Libya's coast

AdamRamsay AdamRamsay
by MsWigsy
RT @tamsinchan: BBC BREAKING: Hague - 'British planes and ships on the way to Libya's coast' #Libya #Gaddafi #Feb17
4 hours ago

[ancient_nomad]

65. Tajooora scene of a battle

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by TheUsedMisfit
Confirmed: tajooora scene of a battle ground #Libya #Feb17
1 minute ag

[ancient_nomad]

68. Gaddafi is attacking militiary bases who have defected

soccerscandal Sam
by monaeltahawy
@
@monaeltahawy BBC now broadcasting live from eastern Libya, are reporting Gaddafi is attacking militiary bases who have defected #civilwar?
5 minutes ago

[dixiegrrrrl]

71. Gaddafi is now committing genocide against Libyan people.

On Al Jazeera. Said Libyan spokesperson (?)

[dixiegrrrrl]

72. ooops: go here for part 8

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x484024