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

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 7, Part 6 (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

Yesterday's threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11

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.

[Catherina]

1. JArabic tells Libya, congratulations to Libya the Free Libya

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
@AJArabic tells Libya, congratulations to Libya the Free Libya #Libya #Feb17
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

2. powerful, in zintan chanting, oh gaddafi you coward from benghazi to zintan, brilliant

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
http://on.fb.me/hwMNIe this is powerful, in zintan chanting, oh gaddafi you coward from benghazi to zintan, brilliant #Libya #Feb17
50 minutes ago

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=113527555389471&oid=179449562095105&comments

Invigorated me all the way over here. Wow. Now that's the difference between a revolution and a Bush would-you-please-not-bomb-Iraq, protest

[steve2470]

3. k&r nt

[Catherina]

4. Awesome!! Egyptian food representin' :)

omarsamra Omar Samra
by Zeinobia
Awesome!! Egyptian food representin' :) #aywa ba2a Koshary El Tahrir - Saveur.com http://bit.ly/gfXQ1v by Anita Lo
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

I'd never heard great things about the food in Cairo. So my expectations weren't high when I arrived at Koshary El Tahrir, a bustling restaurant off Tahrir Square in the city that specializes in the vegetarian dish called koshary. At first glance, koshary doesn't look like much. Served in a plastic or metal bowl, the food is many shades of brown: a mixture of toasted pasta, rice, lentils, chickpeas, and fried onions — perhaps a staff meal creation of some hippie distance runner just enrolled at the Natural Gourmet cooking school. But pour on a little of the garlic-vinegar and tomato-pepper sauces that sit on every table, and you've got some seriously delicious comfort food. Complex, earthy flavors from the legumes mingle with toasty, nutty pasta and the rich, caramelized swetness from the onions, all offset by the zingy sauces. Some postulate that koshary was created by the Coptic Christians during Lent, or that it was born of poverty; either way, it is deeply satisfying, even to an omnivore like me. —Anita Lo, Annisa, New York City



SERVES 4—6

4 oz. ditalini or macaroni, cooked
2 oz. spaghetti, cooked
4 oz. brown lentils, rinsed
Kosher salt, to taste
1 cup cooked basmati rice (optional)
1 cup canned chickpeas, drained
2 cups canola oil
1/4 cup flour
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
1 tbsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups canned crushed tomatoes
2 tbsp. white wine vinegar

Combine ditalini and spaghetti in a bowl; set aside. Put lentils and 4 cups water into a 2-qt. saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until lentils are tender, 20 minutes. Season lentils with salt, drain, and transfer to a bowl along with rice and chickpeas; set aside.

Heat oil in a 12″ skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Put flour into a bowl, add onions, and toss to coat. Working in 2 batches, add onions to hot oil and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and crisp, about 7 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer onions to paper towels to drain; reserve oil.

Spoon 4 tbsp. oil from skillet into a 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, cumin, cayenne, and ginger; cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add tomatoes and vinegar and bring to a simmer; cook for 5 minutes. Season with salt and remove from heat. To serve, divide pasta mixture between 4 bowls; top with lentil mixture and fried onions. Spoon tomato sauce over each bowl. Serve warm or at room temperature.


http://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Saveur-100-2011-Koshary-El-Tahrir

[Catherina]

5. Obama speaking now n/t

[Catherina]

6. We strongly condemn the violence. The sufferings are outrageous. These actions violate >>>>

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Obama: We strongly condemn the violence. The sufferings are outrageous. These actions violate common decency.


Obama: These are human rights. They are not negotiable. It's important for the international community to speak with one voice.

Obama: I have asked my administration to prepare the full range of options that we have to respond to this crisis.

Obama: This includes the actions that we may take, & those we will coordinate with our allies and partners.

[Catherina]

8. The US will stand up for those things, but apparently at a distance. Thanks a lot

Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
The US will stand up for those things, but apparently at a distance. Thanks a lot @barackobama.
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

10. would be great to see the Obama “Justice” Department refuse to defend… oh, I dunno… indefinite deten

bangpound ！＆＃
by avinunu
It would be great to see the Obama “Justice” Department refuse to defend… oh, I dunno… indefinite detention without charge or trial.
59 minutes ago

[Catherina]

11. #Obama has asked #clinton and other diplomats to go to geneva+hold conferences to figure out >>

hippodamos Ishan Chakrabarti
by Tripolitanian
#Obama has asked #clinton and other diplomats to go to geneva+hold conferences to figure out what to do. while 100s continue to die. #libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

13. Lets get this str8 when we say we want the US to do something, doesn't mean send forces. There r oth

Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
Lets get this str8 when we say we want the US to do something, it doesn't translate specifically 2 send forces. There r other ways #Libya
7 minutes ago

[joshcryer]

25. Damned if he does.

[Catherina]

14. #Obama's speech was a disappointment.

Tripolitanian Libyan
#Obama's speech was a disappointment. #Libya #feb17
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

24. Christmas with no snow is a disappointment! This is despicable!

JijiMMXI Simon O
by Tripolitanian
RT @Tripolitanian: #Obama's speech was a disappointment. #Libya #feb17 (Christmas with no snow is a disappointment! This is despicable!)
9 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

15. Both speeches were of the same value and both made to cover their asses.

RRowleyTucson Robert Rowley
by ChangeInLibya@
@ChangeInLibya Both speeches were of the same value and both made to cover their asses.
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

18. Obama: Thank you for nothing! By the time,U"decide to do something", our brave Libyan men&women will

ceoDanya Danya B Mohammed
Obama: Thank you for nothing! By the time,U"decide to do something", our brave Libyan men&women will be done freeing themselves&our country!
8 minutes ago

[joshcryer]

22. Damned if he doesn't.

:shrug:

[Catherina]

29. At this point, the only decent thing 4 any western nation is to freeze Q's assets

send money, no strings attached humanitarian aid, and profuse apologies to the Libyan ppl.

Are you watching AJE? Good analysis of speech now.

Great offense taken to the fact the US couldn't even mention Qaddafi's name.

[joshcryer]

36. No fly zone is imo the best thing, and humanitarian aid.

But then there's the question as to who's getting the aid. You can't send aid etc without having people protect it. Or you send it and the bad guys get a hold of it, you're blamed etc.

War is complicated, taking sides is complicated.

[Catherina]

40. What bad guys? This isn't civil war. The entire country is united against Q

if there was anyone on Q's side he wouldn't have needed mercenaries. He doesn't even have his own army save for 5000 who work for his son.

[joshcryer]

52. What bad guys? How about the 5k guys and 30k mercs you mentioned?

If they get the humanitarian aid what then? Keep sending more? OK fair enough.

(The number of mercs is speculated to be in the tens of thousands I don't know if we have a big number.)

[Catherina]

19. Translation "Hey, its not just me. There's cats all over world & none of them are doin shit >>

petsound brett walker
#ObamaTranslation "Hey, its not just me. There's cats all over world & none of them are doin shit about #Libya either! We're all one voice."
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

21. He should speak this way about #Gaza, ights of people cannot be denied through violence or supressi

majda72 majda72
by AlanFisher
He should speak this way about #Gaza RT @AlanFisher: Obama on #Libya - rights of people cannot be denied through violence or supression
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

60. kr -- simple truth --

[Catherina]

26. truly amazing that any1 w\ a straight face can put forward case for diplomacy w\ Q regime. Pitiful.

ToneyBrooks Toney Brooks
by ChangeInLibya
What is truly amazing is that anyone with a straight face can put forward a case for diplomacy in dealing with #Gaddafi regime. Pitiful.
7 minutes ago

[Catherina]

31. Obama offered nothing to Libya, he is just selling nice words in silly way, and insulted us

Abdulla_AlAthba عبدالله العذبة
by acarvin
Obama offered nothing to Libya, he is just selling nice words in silly way, and insulted us #Libya #Gaddafi #Obama #SecClinton #Tripoli
22 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

32. missiles fired by an Israeli helicopter in the Zaytoun neighborhood #Gaza

biladee P D
missiles fired by an Israeli helicopter in the Zaytoun neighborhood #Gaza /@danmike1
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

41. #Obama 's words are just platitudes to democracy, US only fights in the name of democracy when r >>

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya #Obama 's words are just platitudes to democracy The US only fights in the name of democracy when r major private financial interests
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

28. Here's video of Obama statement on Libya

biladee P D
Here's video of Obama statement on Libya http://on.msnbc.com/gi4Uo6
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

7. BREAKING: Many rape victims in Tripoli last night.

ArabRevolution تباً لكم ياطواغيت
RT @FreeLibyanman BREAKING: Many rape victims in Tripoli last night. - #feb17 #libya - libyafeb17.com/?p=1951
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

9. Never thought I'd c day when oil prices debated at the cost of human lives- utterly disgusted

bintlibya BintLibya
by ceoDanya
Never thought I would see the day when oil prices were being debated at the cost of human lives- utterly disgusted #Libya #Tripoli #Benghazi
6 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

12. #Obama missed one important fact: every wasted minute means more #Libya'ns killed.

alihabibi1 Ali Habibi
by ChangeInLibya
#Obama missed one important fact: every wasted minute means more #Libya'ns killed...
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

16. Libyan Ambassador to UN just resigned, news about him coming 2 join us in NY street now

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
Libyan Ambassador to the #UN just resigned and there is news about him coming to join us in the street in New York now #libya #feb17 #jan25
7 minutes ago

[SkyDaddy7]

17. Can someone explain this to me...

@Barackobama, ldr of the imperial west, announces he has joined the revolution. Really now Obama. Try again w\ something a bit more credible. Thank you but no.


Seriously, what is that all about?

[Catherina]

35. part of a tweet. They don't trust him. Everyone's jumping on board at last minute

Removed that, that wasn't supposed to be there. Hard copying stuff all over.

[SkyDaddy7]

59. OK that makes sense...

Because I think Obama has handled the middle eastern uprising very well! Could you imagine if the Cheney/Bush folks were still running the country!!!

[Catherina]

20. UN Security Council should impose international travel ban on top executives of all arms firms >

avinunu Ali Abunimah
UN Security Council should impose international travel ban on top executives of all US, British, French, Chinese and Russian arms firms.
7 minutes ago

[Catherina]

23. BREAKING: APACHES FILLING GAZA'S SKY! THEY JUST FIRED THEIR FIRST MISSILE! NO FURTHER INFO YET!

Omar_Gaza Omar Gaza
BREAKING: APACHES FILLING GAZA'S SKY! THEY JUST FIRED THEIR FIRST MISSILE! NO FURTHER INFO YET!
6 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply

[drm604]

27. Never mind.

Just read some news and caught up.

[Catherina]

37. Breaking news: A number of attacks on different parts of #Gaza now.

GazaYBO Gaza Youth Break Out
Breaking news: A number of attacks on different parts of #Gaza now.
9 minutes ago

[Catherina]

42. night raid targeted: 1-South 2- Zaytoun 3- west 4-unknown target yet

Omar_Gaza Omar Gaza
news reported that Israel's night raid on Gaza targeted: 1- Southern Gaza. 2- Zaytoun neighborhood. 3- western Gaza. 4-unknown target yet
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

30. former protocol minister on AJE: It's mass killing. It's a genocide. One day Libya will be free. >>

acarvin Andy Carvin
Libyan's former protocol minister on AJE: It's mass killing. It's a genocide. One day Libya will be free. Our souls, our blood is for Libya.
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

33. Saadi Gaddafi to the Financial Times: "My father would stay as the big father who advises"

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
LA Times: Saadi Gaddafi to the Financial Times: "My father would stay as the big father who advises" http://lat.ms/eJRgek #Libya
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

In order to ensure your father a decent funeral, bury him tonight.

LIBYA: Moammar Kadafi will remain nation's 'big father,' son says
Comments (0) (2) (4)
February 23, 2011 | 2:10 pm

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef014e5f6b7d9a970c-320wi

Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi will play a major role in any new regime formed in the country, his son told the Financial Times on Wednesday.

"My father would stay as the big father who advises," Saadi Kadafi told the Financial Times by telephone from the Libyan capital, Tripoli. He also asserted that up to 85% of the country was "very calm and very safe."

...

"Yes, there are people protesting against my father's rule. It is normal. Everybody needs to be free to express their opinion," he told the newspaper.

...

He said the regime would recover the eastern part of the country "sooner or later."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/libya-moammar-kadafi-will-remain-nations-big-father-son-says-.html

[Catherina]

34. A small cheer has gone up in our bedouin camp on libyan border as word of #RTS news channel success

Tom_Rayner Tom Rayner
A small cheer has gone up in our bedouin camp on libyan border as word of #RTS news channel success makes it through the twittersphere
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

38. W\ confirmed news about Gaddafi ordering Lockerbie bomb, we demand international community arrest hi

FreeLibyanman FreeLibyan
by ibntarabulus
Now after confirmed news about #Gaddafi orders to #Lockerbie bomb, we demand international community to open the file again and arrest him
15 minutes ago

[Catherina]

39. CONFIRMED: eye witness, 4 tanks currently in Tajoora

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
CONFIRMED: eye witness, 4 tanks currently in Tajoora #gaddaficrimes #Libya #Feb17
9 minutes ago

[Catherina]

43. Major scoop for Independent as Robert Fisk produces first dispatch from Tripoli

paul__lewis Paul Lewis
by AlanFisher
Major scoop for Independent as Robert Fisk produces first dispatch from Tripoli http://bit.ly/fQvwP1
7 minutes ago

http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/22904/the_independent_thursday_24th_february_2011.html

[Catherina]

54. Robert Fisk: Gaddafi raved and cursed, but he faces forces he cannot control

septimius_sever septimius severus
RT @TheIndyNews Robert Fisk: Gaddafi raved and cursed, but he faces forces he cannot control - Rob.. http://ind.pn/fIvaY8
6 minutes ago

Robert Fisk: Gaddafi raved and cursed, but he faces forces he cannot control
Wednesday, 23 February 2011

VIDEO

So he will go down fighting. That's what Muammar Gaddafi told us last night, and most Libyans believe him. This will be no smooth flight to Riyadh or a gentle trip to a Red Sea holiday resort. Raddled, cowled in desert gowns, he raved on.

He had not even begun to use bullets against his enemies – a palpable lie – and "any use of force against the authority of the state shall be punished by death", in itself a palpable truth which Libyans knew all too well without the future tense of Gaddafi's threat. On and on and on he ranted. Like everything Gaddafi, it was very impressive – but went on far too long.

He cursed the people of Benghazi who had already liberated their city – "just wait until the police return to restore order", this dessicated man promised without a smile. His enemies were Islamists, the CIA, the British and the "dogs" of the international press. Yes, we are always dogs, aren't we? I was long ago depicted in a Bahraini newspaper cartoon (Crown Prince, please note) as a rabid dog, worthy of liquidation. But like Gaddafi's speeches, that's par for the course. And then came my favourite bit of the whole Gaddafi exegesis last night: HE HADN'T EVEN BEGUN TO USE VIOLENCE YET!

So let's erase all the YouTubes and Facebooks and the shooting and blood and gouged corpses from Benghazi, and pretend it didn't happen. Let's pretend that the refusal to give visas to foreign correspondents has actually prevented us from hearing the truth. Gaddafi's claim that the protesters in Libya – the millions of demonstrators – "want to turn Libya into an Islamic state" is exactly the same nonsense that Mubarak peddled before the end in Egypt, the very same nonsense that Obama and La Clinton have suggested. Indeed, there were times last night when Gaddafi – in his vengefulness, his contempt for Arabs, for his own people – began to sound very like the speeches of Benjamin Netanyahu. Was there some contact between these two rogues, one wondered, that we didn't know about?

...

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-gaddafi-raved-and-cursed-but-he-faces-forces-he-cannot-control-2222904.html

[dixiegrrrrl]

44. Gaza being bombed, tanks firing on Palestinians. Follow here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%23Gaza+site%3Atwitter.com&tbs=mbl:1&tbo=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=fOO&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&output=search&prmd=ivnsu&sa=X&ei=io9lTcbDDsiCgAfl_PGZBw&ved=0CA8QsQcwAQ

[defendandprotect]

61. World is hugely distressed

at situation in Gaza -- so Israel bombs them again!!

[Catherina]

45. Meanwhile CNN "Libya oil production grinding to a halt"

AC360 AC 360°
"Libya oil production grinding to a halt" - http://bit.ly/efFunV
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

46. People are not on edge of overthrowing regime, they are desperately defending some local areas with

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya In #Tripoli People are not on edge of overthrowing regime, they are desperately defending some local areas with barricades+sticks
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

47. cant tweet mass of information coming in, tajura - attacked by 4 tanks right now

libyansrevolt Libyans Revolt
by rstripolina
cant tweet regularly due to mass of information coming in - currently speaking to someone in tajura - attacked by 4 tanks right now #feb17
19 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

48. Benghazi telling Qaddafi's tribe they're opposed to his rule, not his tribe.

bencnn benwedeman
Ad-hoc government in Benghazi in contact with Qaddafi's tribe, telling them they are opposed to his rule, not his tribe. #Libya
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

49. HEARTBREAKING: #LIBYAN MAN FINDS WIFE MURDERED BY #MERCENARIES ON THEIR DOORSTEP

Supporting17Feb 17 February
by MilitantNews
Regime troops started terror campaign; searching homes for wanted men #tripoli #libya #feb17
3 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

sunnkaa sunnkaa
by Tripolitanian@
@Tripolitanian to whoever you are speaking to re: raiding homes, show them this : http://yfrog.com/0ctd8z
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply



HEARTBREAKING: #LIBYAN MAN FINDS WIFE MURDERED BY #MERCENARIES ON THEIR DOORSTEP. #TRIPO
Video http://yfrog.com/0ctd8z

[Catherina]

50. Khamees Brigade is desparate & dangerous - young brainwashed troops who think Gaddafi is God & are >

Supporting17Feb 17 February
by MilitantNews
Khamees Brigade is desparate & dangerous - young brainwashed troops who think Gaddafi is God & are chanting that #tripoli #libya #feb17
22 Feb Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

51. Libyan tribes surrounding Tripoli & regime's Khamis Battalion holding its ground.

Supporting17Feb 17 February
by MilitantNews
Buddy back: Libyan tribes surrounding Tripoli & regime's Khamis Battalion holding its ground. #libya #tripoli #feb17
22 Feb Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

53. Ad hoc govt in Benghazi set up cttees 2 deal w\ security, public health, food supplies, evacuating f

bencnn benwedeman
Ad hoc government in Benghazi has set up committees to deal with security, public health, food supplies, evacuating foreigners. #Libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

55. "Reports: Libyan pilots refuse to bomb city, eject from plane"

AC360 AC 360°
"Reports: Libyan pilots refuse to bomb city, eject from plane" - http://bit.ly/gcW5g7
8 minutes ago

Reports: Libyan pilots refuse to bomb city, eject from plane
Posted: February 23rd, 2011 06:01 PM ET
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CNN Wire Staff

VIDEO

Tobruk, Libya (CNN) - ...

An opposition figure told CNN that a pilot who had been ordered to bomb oil fields southwest of Benghazi refused to do so and instead ejected from the plane.

Citing military sources, the Libyan newspaper Quryna reported that the two people aboard - the pilot and co-pilot - parachuted out and that the plane then crashed into an uninhabited area west of Ajdabiya, 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Benghazi.

Quryna itself is a sign of the changes sweeping through Libya. When protests began last week, it carried regime propaganda. But it later reported on the protests and casualty figures.
CNN could not confirm reports for many areas in Libya. The Libyan government maintains tight control on communications and has not responded to repeated requests from CNN for access to the country. CNN has interviewed numerous witnesses by phone.

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/23/reports-libyan-pilots-refuse-to-bomb-city-eject-from-plane/

[Catherina]

56. To all those jumping ship: We will not forget the last 40+ yrs of corroboration, you WILL be tried a

AliLePointe Jibreel
To all those jumping ship: We will not forget the last 40+ yrs of corroboration, you WILL be tried and you WILL be punished for your crimes!
9 minutes ago

[Catherina]

57. Part 7 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x493187

[Lars77]

58. Photos: Triumphant rebels

This man now has his own personal AK and AA missile.


Benghazi:


Government building on fire in Al Bayda:


Tobruk


Tobruk