Democratic Underground - Libyan Revolution Week 20 part 2

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Links to sites with updates: http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya">AJE Libya Live Blog http://blogs.aljazeera.net/twitter-dashboard">AJE Twitter Dashboard http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/libya">The Guardian http://uk.reuters.com/places/libya">Reuters http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/">Telegraph http://feb17.info/">feb17.info http://www.livestream.com/libya17feb?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks">Libya Alhurra (live video webcast from Benghazi) http://libya-alhurra.tumblr.com/">Libya Alhurra archives and updates http://www.ustream.tv/channel/benghaziradio">Benghazi Free Radio, in Arabic (may have translators present at times) http://www.tributefm.com/">Tribute FM (English broadcast from Benghazi) http://www.libyafeb17.com/">libyafeb17.com

Twitter links: http://twitter.com/#!/aymanm">Ayman Mohyeldin, with AJE http://twitter.com/#!/bencnn">Ben Wedeman, with CNN http://twitter.com/#!/tripolitanian">tripolitanian, a Libyan from Tripoli http://twitter.com/#!/BaghdadBrian">Brian Conley, reporter in Libya http://twitter.com/#!/freelibyanyouth">FreeLibyanYouth, Libyan advocate http://twitter.com/#!/LibyaFeb17_com">LibyaFeb17.com twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/ChangeInLibya">ChangeInLibya, Libyan advocate https://twitter.com/#!/TheyCallMeSof">Sofyan Amry (arrived in Benghazi recently) http://twitter.com/#!/KiloFoot">KiloFoot (general Arab Spring news aggregation)

Useful links: http://audioboo.fm/feb17voices">feb17voices http://www.google.com/search?q=time+in+libya">Current time in Libya http://www.islamicfinder.org/cityPrayerNew.php?country=libya">Prayer times in Libya

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1401485">Week 20 part 1 here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixwx_B38678">Marching On in Libya, for the revolutionaries!

A family who fled Tripoli in a refrigerator truck arrived at the Libyan western mountains on Thursday.

Photograph: Samuel Aranda for The New York Times
The people fleeing Tripoli on Thursday http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/world/africa/01flee.html">said that several neighborhoods filled with the sound of gunfire every night.

Day 129, June 25

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_75752.htm">NATO strikes target key command and control nodes near Brega
Today NATO struck several key command and control nodes in the vicinity of Brega. Brega has been the scene of significant Qadhafi regime military activity.
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/24/137401156/libyan-rebels-loyalists-clash-in-tunisia-border-town">Libyan Rebels, Loyalists Clash In Tunisia Town
But the Tunisian revolution that began last December scared away the foreign tourists. And now the fighting in Libya is spilling over the border and turning the town into a place of intrigue.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-west-20110625,0,3449446,full.story">Libyan's western front joins the battle
Fighting is flaring in the rugged mountain region, where the minority Berber community sees its own chance to throw off Kadafi's yoke and they are increasingly in contact with rebels in the east.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13913954">Libya unrest: Football stars defect to rebels
A group of 17 leading Libyan football figures have announced their defection to the rebels.
... rebel leaders here say they are now pursuing a two-pronged strategy to bring down the government of Gaddafi: starving it of resources while covertly arming a growing guerrilla force within Tripoli itself.

Day 128, June 26

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-25/libya-orders-3-billion-of-food-to-last-6-months-amid-rebellion.html">Libya Orders $3 Billion of Food to Last 6 Months Amid Rebellion
The government of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, fighting a rebellion backed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, ordered food supplies worth 3.6 billion dinars
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8597107/Nato-lacks-firepower-to-ensure-collapse-of-Gaddafi-regime-experts-claim.html">Gaddafi forces adapt Grad rockets for long-range attacks on Misrata
Shelling of the city began again this week, with salvos of rockets falling daily and hitting at least four residential neighbourhoods.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/world/africa/26libya.html">Western Libya Earns a Taste of Freedom as Rebels Loosen Qaddafi’s Grip
“This is the new Libya,” said Anwar Fekini, a Sorbonne-educated French-Libyan lawyer, rebel organizer and local tribal leader who returned for a weekend trip to his ancestral home to strategize with local allies. “It feels good.”
http://shabablibya.org/news/libyan-rebels-plan-broader-coordination">Libyan Rebels Plan Broader Coordination
Libyan rebel representatives said their fighters were coordinating around the country for the “zero hour” when their forces would reach the capital of Tripoli.
http://hosted2.ap.org/COGRA/f29d8dad34bd498da777a4fb9802979d/Article_2011-06-26-ML-Libya/id-d5309937e4744d4a9de6fb07d8cf3395">Libyan rebels make advances in western mountains
Rebels in Libya's western mountains say they have advanced and are battling Moammar Gadhafi's forces in a town located around 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of the capital.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8599338/Libyan-rebels-would-welcome-Colonel-Gaddafi-talks-to-end-bloodshed.html">Libyan rebels would welcome Colonel Gaddafi talks to end 'bloodshed'
As the death toll from the Libyan uprising reached an estimated 20,000 people, the rebels are open to discussions but have made clear that Col Gaddafi can not remain in power.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE75P00920110626">After tasting freedom, many Libyans can't keep quiet
Standing opposite the wreckage of what used to be the Hotel Wenzrik in central Tripoli, the Libyan man spoke his mind to reporters for a good few minutes, even as their government minders began to zero in on him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/wesley-clark-nato-will-not-lose-in-libya/2011/06/26/AGVsMylH_video.html">Wesley Clark: NATO will not lose in Libya
Former NATO supreme commander General Wesley Clark (Ret.) spoke about the battle in Libya
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13921665">Libya: Fierce fighting near to Tripoli
Rebels have been engaged in fierce firefights with government forces around mountain plains about 80km (50 miles) south-west of Tripoli.
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE75M0TJ20110626?sp=true">Tripoli activists plot revolt without Facebook
In the brief, heady period at the start of the uprising in the Libyan capital against Muammar Gaddafi, activists relied on Facebook and text messages to network, organise and express themselves.
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/26/137429505/the-road-into-libya-gets-clogged">The Road Into Libya Clogged With Challenges - audio
In Libya, the area controlled by Libya leader Moammar Gadhafi is showing the strains caused by NATO's embargo and bombing campaign.

Day 130, June 27

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/26/uk-libya-idUKTRE75O1ER20110626">Gaddafi's future not up for debate: Libyan government
Muammar Gaddafi is the historical choice of the Libyan people and cannot be moved aside, his government said on Sunday, stepping back from earlier statements offering an election on his future role.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-26/tripoli-running-out-of-gas-as-qaddafi-pins-hopes-on-nato-schism.html">Tripoli Running Out of Gas as Qaddafi Pins Hopes on NATO Schism
Mohammed leans his bicycle against the wall of a café on Tripoli’s Green Square, opposite the city’s red-stone museum and Roman walls. Six months ago, he would have left his Volkswagen Passat for valet parking.
http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/doc/CIS-Gaddafi-Eng.pdf">Pre-Trial Chamber I issues three warrants of arrest for Muammar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdualla Al-Senussi (PDF)
Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued three warrants of arrest respectively for Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi for crimes against humanity (murder and persecution) allegedly committed across Libya from 15 February 2011 until at least 28 February 2011, through the State apparatus and Security Forces.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/27/gaddafi-arrest-warrant-celebrations-libya">Gaddafi arrest warrant sparks celebrations in Libya
Wild celebrations erupted in Libya's besieged rebel-held city of Misrata as the news that the international criminal court had issued an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi spread through the city.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13932821">Libya rebels believe tide turning against Gaddafi
There was wild and jubilant gunfire and a sustained blaring of car horns on Benghazi's streets within seconds of the declaration in The Hague that the International Criminal Court (ICC) was seeking the arrest of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/27/libya-gaddafi-political-solution?CMP=twt_gu">Libya is not ready for a political solution
Any ceasefire must give no reason for Gaddafi to believe the international resolve for defeating him is diminishing

Day 131, June 28

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN1E75Q1C720110627?sp=true">U.N. panel approves travel ban for Gaddafi's wife
A U.N. Security Council sanctions committee has banned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's wife from traveling outside Libya and ordered any of her foreign assets seized, Western diplomats said on Monday.
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/06/28/1113888_bulgaria-and-croatia-recognise-libyas-transitional-national-council">Bulgaria and Croatia recognise Libya's Transitional National Council
Bulgaria and Croatia have officially recognised the Transitional National Council as legitimate representatives of the Libyan people, Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry said in a media statement on June 28 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-weighs-in-on-obama-libya-policy-offering-limited-ok-for-1-year-only-no-ground-troops/2011/06/28/AG5ObjoH_story.html">Senate weighs in on Obama Libya policy, offering limited OK for 1 year only, no ground troops
Senators will have their say on President Barack Obama’s decision to involve U.S. forces in the military operation against Libya.
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/201162892022264206.html">Unlucky camel finds Libya's largest minefield
A civilian team with pool cues and little training unearths more than 500 mines laid by Gaddafi's forces near Misurata.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/124649784.html">Libya plans call for security forces to return quickly to duties after Gadhafi's ouster
Britain's international development secretary says Libya's security forces will be asked to quickly return to work following Moammar Gadhafi's removal from power.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-weapons-20110629,0,2814730.story">Libya rebels seize Kadafi arms depot
After two opposition fighters are killed and government forces flee, rebels plunder the vast arsenal that residents had avoided for fear of the Libyan leader's wrath.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201106280849.html">Libya: The Road Not Taken
Gaddafi's determination to remain in power whatever the cost in human life, to say nothing of the future unity of a country now looking more and more to be the next Somalia, is of course tragically familiar within the African context. Not so long ago, we were all witness to the murderous intention of Laurent Gbagbo of Côte d'Ivoire to defy the people's will and cling on to power, in the course of which he received support from Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, whose own megalomania has destroyed what used to be one of the continent's more stable economies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13941523">Arab Spring: Nature of armies decisive in revolutions
In the wave of dissent sweeping over the Arab world, an old lesson is being re-learnt: that armies are the key to unlocking a revolution's potential.

Day 132, June 29

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/28/senate-republicans-clash-with-obama-on-libya_n_886222.html">Senate Committee Passes Resolution Backing Obama On Libya
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a resolution backing President Barack Obama on Libya
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303627104576413932753215522.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">Planning Begins for Gadhafi's Fall
A U.K.-led report (lays) out an international road map for post-conflict Libya envisions using Col. Moammar Gadhafi's army and police force to keep the peace if he is ousted
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/06/28/11/game-over-gaddafi-months-prosecutor">'Game over' for Gaddafi in months: prosecutor
"I don't think we will have to wait for long...In two or three months it is game over."*
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/world/africa/29libya.html">Libyan Base Falls to a Rebel Ambush in the West
There was no sight of the rifles they desperately needed. But that could not diminish the glow of a hard-fought victory, and the fighters fired in celebration as they drove from the base in trucks packed with olive-colored crates.
1) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/jun/29/egypt-libya-middle-east-unrest-live#block-10#block-17#block-20">Reuters news agency expelled from Tripoli by Gaddafi regime
Correspondent Nick Carey was this morning ordered to pack his bags and check out of the Rixos hotel, where foreign journalists are based, and to catch a bus out of the country.
2) http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/libya-expels-reuters-journalist-accuses-news-agency-of-deliberate-anti-government-bias/2011/06/29/AGTry0qH_story.html">Libya expels Reuters journalist, accuses news agency of deliberate anti-government bias
A government spokesman says Libya has expelled a Reuters journalist because of what he says is anti-government bias by the international news agency.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/29/nato-review-libya-france-arming-rebels">Nato reviews Libya campaign after France admits arming rebels
French defence chiefs admit providing weapons for push on Tripoli in apparent defiance of UN mandate
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/29/libya-gaddafi-forces-occupy-hospital-terrify-patients-and-staff">HRW: Libya: Gaddafi Forces Occupy Hospital, Terrify Patients and Staff
Libyan government forces mistreated medical staff and patients during an unlawful six-week occupation of a hospital in Yafran, a town in Libya's western mountains, Human Rights Watch said today.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110629/opinion/Muammar-Gaddafi-s-reign-of-terror-.372967">Muammar Gaddafi’s ‘reign of terror’
I cannot understand what is keeping the Libyan Ambassador in Malta from denouncing the Gaddafi regime once and for all and switching allegiance to the National Transitional Council in Libya. Several of his colleagues in other EU countries have already done so. What is he waiting for?

* If true it would fall within the 6+ month timeline I was looking at. Yeah, we came into this knowing it'd take awhile.

Day 133, June 30

http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE75S1RN20110629?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true">NATO said it conducted 148 air sorties on Tuesday, 58 of them strike sorties
Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gvRObmlQieVzOd-yoXvQg9NMQ0Ug?docId=CNG.cb452d879856dbf1e9cc1fc0ef0c3989.9a1">Donors transfer $100mn to Libya rebels
Libya's cash-strapped rebels have received the first $100 million (£62.2 million) from a fund set up by international donors, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-29/african-union-officials-agree-on-libya-transition-u-k-says.html">African Union Officials Agree on Libya Transition, U.K. Says
Most African officials meeting at a regional summit in Equatorial Guinea agree that Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi must leave power for a democratic transition to take place, a U.K. government minister said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011/06/2011629231512936499.html">Libyan man shares proof of violence in Tripoli
As the pro-democracy fighters advance in Libya, news of what has been going on in Gaddafi-held areas is being revealed.
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110630/ap_on_re_eu/libya_opposition">UK sends body armor, police uniforms to Libya
Britain said Thursday it is providing body armor, police uniforms and communications equipment to help Libya's opposition protect rebel leaders and international officials based in the country's eastern cities.
http://www.economist.com/node/18897605?story_id=18897605">On the surface, life goes on. Beneath it, Libyans nervously watch and wait
HOURS after Colonel Muammar Qaddafi was indicted by the International Criminal Court at The Hague on June 27th, a rebel group calling itself the Free Generation Movement furtively torched a billboard in the heart of Tripoli, Libya’s capital, showing him in dress uniform. The impoverished residents of Souk al-Juma, one of Tripoli’s rubbish-strewn suburbs, quietly cheered the news of the arrest warrant. “I saw it on a television,” whispers a delighted video-games salesman. “He’s finished—game over, Qaddafi.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-30/african-leaders-to-snub-nato-s-libya-campaign-from-qaddafi-s-luxury-resort.html">African Leaders to Snub NATO’s Libya Campaign From Qaddafi’s Luxury Resort
African leaders will probably scorn the international campaign against Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi today from the luxury of an Equatorial Guinea resort built by a leader who has imprisoned critics in the run up to the summit.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-kadafi-20110630,0,4577264.story">How to depose Kadafi
Arrest warrants issued against Moammar Kadafi and two of his relatives by the International Criminal Court may make it harder to get rid of the Libyan strongman.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/30/asia-and-responsibility-protect.html">Asia and the responsibility to protect
The ongoing international operation in Libya has set in motion a global debate about the rationale for that operation: The notion of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP), and the idea that the international community must respond when national governments threaten their own people with egregious violence. This debate has underscored areas of certainty, but also areas of great ambiguity.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/29/opinion/main20075348.shtml">Present at the birth of Libya's civil society
There is a lot unknown in Benghazi today. Nobody knows for sure how long Benghazi can function without paid salaries. Nobody knows how temporary the transitional national council will be. And nobody knows what a post-Qaddafi Libya will look like.

Day 134, July 1

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-rebels-20110701,0,3175715.story">Rebels in Libya's west gain ground
Aided by NATO airstrikes, they move within 50 miles of the capital. But they sense a bloodbath coming, with civilians caught in the crossfire.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/muammar-gaddafi-is-negotiating-with-libya-rebels-his-daughter-says/story-e6frg6so-1226085399209">Muammar Gaddafi is negotiating with Libya rebels, his daughter says
MUAMMAR Gaddafi's daughter says that her father's regime is in "direct and indirect" contact with the Libyan rebels, during an interview with the France 2 news channel.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/01/libyan-rebels-french-weapons-misrata">Libyan rebels hope French weapons will break Misrata stalemate
Lack of artillery, mortars and tanks are frustrating efforts to expand pocket around enclave, rebels say
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/world/africa/01flee.html">Tripoli Refugees Stream Into Libya’s Mountains
The people fleeing Tripoli on Thursday said that several neighborhoods filled with the sound of gunfire every night. At checkpoints throughout the capital, they said, paramilitaries from the dreaded People’s Guard carried long lists of wanted men. The gas lines were five days long.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56320">African Union Divided over Libya
As African heads of state gather to discuss the future of the youth of the continent, Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is a noticeable absentee at the African Union (AU) summit in Equatorial Guinea.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/01/us-libya-idUSTRE7270JP20110701?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71">Rockets push back rebels south of Libyan capital
Libyan rebels who had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold in the capital were forced to retreat on Friday after coming under a barrage of rocket fire from government forces.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/jul/01/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live#block-10">France: Arming Libyans doesn't breach UN resolutions
French foreign minister Alain Juppe has insisted that arming Libyan rebels does not breach UN security council resolution as Russia had claimed.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15203236,00.html">Rebel leader respects German decision to stay out of Libya conflict
Libyan rebel leader Mahmud Jibril has said he respects Germany's decision not to take part in military action in Libya, after a meeting in Berlin.
1) http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/gaddafi-threatens-attacks-on-europe/2011/07/01/AGP7G8tH_story.html">Gaddafi threatens attacks on Europe
Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi on Friday threatened to attack Europe if NATO continued bombing his country.
2) http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gmmQsfkviOIY8RCgae3ZDeQOqdRA?docId=CNG.e740b6d0077ba8c28f6d1dd931c6f679.8b1">Libya can sting Europe like 'swarm of bees': Kadhafi
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi threatened retaliation against Europe on Friday unless NATO ceases its operations, saying loyalist forces can launch stinging attacks like "locusts and bees."
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/07/01/1115625_bulgaria-and-benghazi">Bulgaria and Benghazi
Lest it be forgot, the eight Bulgarian medics who spent long years in Libya under threat of execution for a crime no rational person believes they committed technically still have criminal records.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/opinion/01fri2.html">NYT Editorial: The Libya Campaign
Four months into the NATO air campaign, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is still in power, protected by loyalists and mercenaries. Americans are weary of war, and patience in Europe is also wearing thin. But NATO must not give up.
http://english.libya.tv/2011/06/27/nafusa-photo-diary/">Nafusa photo diary
With the battlefields just a few kilometers away from Zintan, many of the soldiers fighting have families in town waiting for their safe return every night. Outside the hospital, a list is posted with the names of those recently killed or wounded. It’s an emotional place, with family members on edge reading over the names again and again, praying that their loved one made it through another day of fighting.

Thanks to pinboy3niner, an epic, amazing, awesome person for his unrelenting updates this week even when these posts sometimes feel as though they're unappreciated. I'm exhausted, had a long week, and I just have so much love for this guy, so forgive my rambling. Also much thanks to tabatha and Iterate for their special touch, and anyone else I missed, you guys are my heroes!

http://www.reuters.com/places/libya">Click here for updated map

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x594751">A topic on the women of the revolution, dispels myths about the treatment of women in Benghazi.

Videos to bring the Libyan Revolution into context
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0vChMDuNd0">The Battle of Benghazi. BBC Panorama on Libya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyaPnMnpCAA">Part 1, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMzwQvcx62s">Part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwWwOeZqz6M">Video of the convoy sent to take Benghazi, taken from a dead soliders cell phone (shows how massive the operation was). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAclhhHv43s&feature=player_embedded">Arab Awakening: Libya: Through the Fire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD5tu5bJWKc">Tea of Freedom Song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41kQvx4uKw">Libya: Part 2 - The Uprising http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vNWCGDkdWY">Benghazi - Backbone of the Libyan revolution

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-march-10-0">March 10 7:28pm Saif al Islam Gaddafi says "the time has come for full-scale military action" against Libyan rebels. He goes on to say that Libyan forces loyal to his family "will never surrender, even if western powers intervene".

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x677397">Text of UN resolution 1973. How will a no fly zone work? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWEwehTtK2k">AJE reports.

Belgium: http://www.lesoir.be/actualite/monde/2011-03-21/les-f-16-belges-dans-le-feu-de-l-action-829588.php">Six F-16 Falcon fighter jets of the Belgian Air Component.

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Navy Wielingen class frigate Drazki http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2011-03-23&article=35828">will participate in the naval blockade.

Canada: Canadian Forces Air Command has deployed http://www.cefcom-comfec.forces.gc.ca/pa-ap/ops/mobile/index-eng.asp">a total 440 military personnel as well as the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Charlottetown are participating in operations.

Denmark: The Royal Danish Air Force http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1227910/denmark-to-send-squadron-on-libya-op/">is participating with six F-16AM fighters.

France: French Air Force which realizes 25% of NATO's strikes http://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/autres-operations/harmattan/libye-debut-des-operations-aeriennes-francaises">is participating in the mission with 51 Mirage and Rafale Aircraft.

Greece: The Elli-class frigate Limnos of the Hellenic Navy http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2011/03/20/greek-defence-ministry-no-participation-in-operations-outside-the-nato/">is currently in the waters off Libya as part of the naval blockade.

Italy: Four Tornado ECRs of the Italian Air Force http://www.corriere.it/esteri/11_marzo_20/tripoli-bombardamento-chiesta-riunione-onu_2e95d102-52c0-11e0-a725-dbe20f0ba2b5.shtml">participated in SEAD operations.

Jordan: Six Royal Jordanian Air Force fighter jets http://www.allheadlinenews.com/briefs/articles/90043651?After%20hesitation%2C%20Jordan%20joins%20in%20Libya%20no-fly%20campaign">landed at a coalition airbase in Europe on 4 April to provide "logistical support."

NATO: E-3 airborne early warning and control (AWACS) http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/nordtrondelag/article1606878.ece">aircraft operated by NATO.

Netherlands: The Royal Netherlands Air Force http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/dutch-f-16s-operational-over-libya">provides six F-16AM fighters and a KDC-10 refuelling plane.

Norway: The Royal Norwegian Air Force has http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/libya/artikkel.php?artid=10091294">deployed six F-16AM fighters to Souda Bay Air Base.

Qatar: The Qatar Armed Forces are http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123248695">contributing six Mirage 2000-5EDA fighter jets and two C-17 strategic transport aircraft.

Romania: The Romanian Naval Forces http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-politic-8423876-traian-basescu-sustine-declaratie-presa-ora-21-00-dupa-sedinta-csat.htm">will participate in the naval blockade with the frigate Regele Ferdinand.

Spain: The Spanish Armed Forces are http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Espana/intervendra/cazas/F-18/fragata/F-100/submarino/avion/vigilancia/maritima/elpepuint/20110319elpepuint_14/Tes">participating with four F-18 fighters.

Sweden: The Royal Swedish Air Force will http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/9050-sweden-offers-eight-fighter-jets-for-libya-mission">commit eight JAS 39 Gripen jets for the international air campaign.

Turkey: The Turkish Navy http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/24/general-libya-diplomacy_8373237.html">will participate with five ships and one submarine in the NATO-led naval blockade to enforce the arms embargo.

United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates Air Force http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1300255413630&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews">sent six F-16 Falcon and six Mirage 2000 fighter jets to join the mission.

United Kingdom: The Royal Air Force has http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/TyphoonJoinsTornadoInLibyaGroundAttackOperations.htm">deployed 12 Tornado and 10 Typhoon fighters, surveillance aircraft, and air refuelling tankers.

United States: The United States has http://www.webcitation.org/5xJ8qNGGe">deployed a naval force of 11 ships and are using MQ-1 Predator UAVs to strike targets in Libya on 23 April.

As of this week the National Trasitional Council has been formally recognized by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Transitional_Council#Recognition">21 countries.

France (March 10),

Qatar (March 28),

Maldives (April 3),

Italy (April 4),

Kuwait (April 13),

The Gambia (April 22),

Jordan (April 24),

Sengal (April 28),

The United Kingdom (June 4),

Spain (June 8),

Australia (June 9),

UAE (June 12),

Germany (June 13),

Canada (June 14),

Panama (June 14),

Austria (June 18),

Latvia (June 20),

Denmark (June 22),

Bulgaria (June 28),

Croatia (June 28),

Czech Republic (June 29).

"One month ago (Western countries) were sooo nice, so nice like pussycats," Saif says in a contemptuous sing-song tone."Now they want to be really aggressive like tigers. (But) soon they will come back, and cut oil deals, contracts. We know this game." - http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2058389,00.html">Saif Gaddafi

(Yeah, Saif, as if you weren't "cutting oil deals, contracts" with western states. Who are the 'tigers' now? Bombing your own people.)

http://english.libya.tv/2011/04/25/eastern-libyans-believe-in-national-unity-distrust-au-and-turkish-mediation-survey-reveals/">The first free public opinion poll ever conducted in Libya reveals clues to Eastern Libyan sentiments
* 98 percent of the respondents do not support the division of Libya as a part of the political solution for the current conflict with the Gaddafi regime. Around 95 percent also don’t see any role for Gaddafi or his sons in a transitional period, and think it is impossible to implement any political reform in Libya if Gaddafi or one of his sons stays in power

* Around 96 percent of those polled, believe that the 17th of February revolution can consolidate the national unity of Libya and support the model of a democratic Libya based on a constitution which respects human rights

* Al-Qaeda has not played any role in the 17th of February revolution, say 94 percent of the Eastern Libyans, and 91 percent thinks it’s impossible for Al-Qaeda to play any political role in the new Libya

* The National Transitional Council is seen by 92 percent of those surveyed as “expressing the views and wishes of Libyans for change”

This is equivalent to 17% the entire population of Libya, doing the numbers very conservatively.

http://jenkinsear.com/2011/03/19/a-legal-war-the-united-nations-participation-act-and-libya/">A Legal War: The United Nations Participation Act and Libya
The above link is to an overview of why Obama's implementation of the NFZ and R2P is perfectly legal under the law. I will not post it entirely here, however, all objections come down to the misinformed position that Obama, by using forces in Libya, was invoking Article 43 of the United Nations. This is wrong. Obama invoked Article 42, which does not require congressional approval to implement. Proof of this is that Article 43 has http://www.un.org/en/sc/repertoire/actions.shtml#rel5">never been used.

It goes like this: The US law (Title 22, Chap. 7, Subchap. XIV § 287d) grants the President the right to invoke UN Article 42 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode22/usc_sec_22_00000287---d000-.html">without authorization, the War Powers Act (Title 50, Chap. 33 § 1541) grants the President permission to act without authorization under http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/50/1541–1548.html">"specific statutory authorization" which, by definition, is what 287d does. § 1543 of the War Powers Act requires the President to report to Congress, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/obama_explains_libya_mission_to_congress/2011/03/03/ABU9377_blog.html">which he did. One can argue all day and night about the legality of the War Powers Act, doesn't change the fact that under the law as it is written, the President acted within the law.

Editorials worth reading.
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/2011/03/2011328194855872276.html">Libyan Karzai? Chalabi? Forget it, http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2011/04/04/110404taco_talk_anderson#ixzz1HvS7iW22">Who Are the Rebels?, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/29/vision-democratic-libya-interim-national-council">A vision of a democratic Libya, http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/is-qaddafi-an-anti-racist/">Is Qaddafi an anti-racist?, http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2011/04/20/left-slipping-towards-qaddafi">The left: slipping towards Gaddafi?, http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2011/04/27/once-again-“stop-bombing”">Once again on "stop the bombing", http://www.juancole.com/2011/03/an-open-letter-to-the-left-on-libya.html">An Open Letter to the Left on Libya, http://www.juancole.com/2011/03/top-ten-ways-that-libya-2011-is-not-iraq-2003.html">Top Ten Ways that Libya 2011 is Not Iraq 2003, http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/09/110509fa_fact_anderson">Sons of the Revolution

Mohammed Nabbous, killed by Gaddafi's forces while trying to report on the massacre in Benghazi

"I'm not afraid to die, I'm afraid to lose the battle" -Mohammed Nabbous, a month ago when all this began

I'm struggling to come up with something to say about this man. I was not aware of the Libyan uprising until I saw Mo's first report, begging for help, posted here on DU. I was stricken. Here was a man giving everything he had to explain a situation that clearly terrified him, I would not call him a coward in that moment, but you could see the fear in his eyes, and desperation in his voice. For 30 days Nabbous would spend many hours covering the uprising in Benghazi. For many nights I would go to sleep with the webcast of Benghazi live on my computer screen, looking to it occasionally to be sure it was still 'there.' Mo treated the chat room as if we were his friends, and in some way, we were. I never signed up to LiveStream to thank him for all his work and it seems somewhat shallow to do so now, given that I was a lurker for so long. Ever since I took over posting these threads "Libya Alhurra" has been linked as a source of information. It wasn't until last night, when I posted, and twitter posted on Mo's adventures out into Benghazi to try to determine the truth of the situation, that Mo's webchannel became a hit, over 2000 people were watching him stream live. This was curious to him because he'd done many reports like this in the past but he appeared somewhat bemused that the view count exploded as it did. Last night Mo became a star. This is a man who first started out with a webcast replete with fear and desperation finally overcoming that aspect of himself and losing that fear, to become someone who was a fighter for the resistance just as much as those who held the guns. Reporting on the front lines of Benghazi became his final act, and for that he should never, ever be forgotten. I'm so sorry Mo that I never got to know you better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAclhhHv43s&feature=player_ded">Arab Awakening: Libya: Through the Fire is a documentary about Mo's last days, please watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EXALI60hg">Mo's first report, which many of you may remember, begging for help.

Mo leaves behind a wife who is with child, she had http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/23/a_bright_voice_from_libyas_darkness">this to say about the No Fly Zone and R2P UN resolution:

We started this in a pure way, but he turned it bloody. Thousands of our men, women, and children have died. We just wanted our freedom, that's all we wanted, we didn't want power. Before, we could not do a single thing if it was not the way he wanted it. All we wanted was freedom. All we wanted was to be free. We have paid with our blood, with our families, with our men, and we're not going to give up. We are still going to do that no matter what it takes, but we need help. We want to do this ourselves, but we don't have the weapons, the technology, the things we need. I don't want anyone to say that Libya got liberated by anybody else. If NATO didn't start moving when they did, I assure you, I assure you, half of Benghazi if not more would have been killed. If they stop helping us, we are going to be all killed because he has no mercy anymore.

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