Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 5, Part 7 (MASSACRE ALL over Libya now!)

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 5, Part 7 (MASSACRE ALL over Libya now!)

Previous Day 5 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6


Occasionally, since the people I follow cover Bahrain, Yemen and Jordan also, if I see something really important about those countries, I'll post it here but I plan to mostly focus on Libya because they're having the hardest time getting the word out and Qaddafi's brutality is more systematic and I believe the scale exceeds the brutality in the other country.

They're also the country with the most propagandists on Twitter.

To make sure the Army doesn't swing the revolution to the people, Qaddafi has brought in thousands of mercenaries from Pakistan, Bangladesh and other North African coutries, specifically Chad. There's a Facebook video of a captured mercenary from Chad http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=103697256377254&oid=179449562095105 (Youtube link here) Their confessions are that they've been offered between $12,000 - $30,000 each.

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
URGENT: Libyans please protect our oil refineries. Please protect the oil refineries in Ras Lanuf. #gaddaficrimes #libya #feb13
1 hour ago

MAP of Protests across the Middle East

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iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Breaking reports from Ajdabiya now of jet fighters spotted; Ajdabiya is close to Nafoura oil field #Libya #Feb17
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Libya

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

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

[Oceansaway]

1. thanks...n/t

[uppityperson]

2. k&r next thread

[Catherina]

3. BREAKING: UNCONFIRMED Two planes from Italy are being deployed with soldiers to fight FOR Gaddafi!

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
BREAKING: UNCONFIRMED Two planes from Italy are being deployed with soldiers to fight FOR Gaddafi! #feb17 #libya #gaddaficrimes
1 minute ago

[GliderGuider]

7. If this gets confirmed, I've drunk my last Barolo. n/t

[sabrina 1]

45. The Italians were always friendly to Gadhaffi, but this is way

beyond being friends, this would be a war crime!!

And people here are claiming he would go to Venezuela? Told them he had closer friends in Europe and the U.S.

I hope this is not true.

[joshcryer]

65. UGH. INCREDIBLE.

[ButterflyBlood]

99. They are probably mercs

Still pretty despicable that the Italian government would allow them to come in though.

[UndertheOcean]

4. Thanks for your hard work in these tough times :( ...n/t

[Arctic Dave]

5. K&R!

[highplainsdem]

6. K&R!

[Catherina]

8. Venezuela FM says #Gaddafi still in #Libya, calls Hague's comments "irresponsible"

AJELive AJELive
Venezuela FM says #Gaddafi still in #Libya, calls Hague's comments "irresponsible" http://aje.me/g34XgM
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

9. BREAKING!!! CONTACT IN MISRATA IS HEARING PLANES NOW! FOLLOW FOR UPDATES!

AliLePointe Jibreel
by MushuThaLohari
BREAKING!!! CONTACT IN MISRATA IS HEARING PLANES NOW! FOLLOW FOR UPDATES!
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

10. Libyan airspace over Tripoli was closed. According to afp

ajimran Imran Khan
#libya: Libyan airspace over Tripoli was closed. According to afp
15 seconds ago

[Catherina]

11. mercenaries out in force in central #tripoli (fashloom) running behind people into their homes

SherineT Sherine Tadros
Hearing from sources in #libya that mercenaries out in force in central #tripoli (fashloom) running behind people into their homes #gadafi
48 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

12. BREAKING NEWS : Musurata is being bombed by fighter jets and tanks.

FromJoanne Joanne
by MushuThaLohari
BREAKING NEWS : Musurata is being bombed by fighter jets and tanks. AJA #Libya #Feb17
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[highplainsdem]

19. Misurata is Libya's third-largest city and richest city. Half a million people. Business capital

of Libya.

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

[OneGrassRoot]

13. kick for the latest thread. Thanks, Catherina. n/t

[Catherina]

14. Look Look at what is happening!!!!

LibyanThinker The Libyan Thinker
Look Look at what is happening!!!! http://yfrog.com/h4oacietj http://yfrog.com/h7ucplxj #Libya #Gaddafi
3 minutes ago


OMG. OMG. I looked at the first picture and can't stop crying. Very graphic. Just torsos. The second one is a young man lying in the street, his head with a huge hole in it from a high caliber projectile.


There is a SERIOUS GRAPHIC warning for both photos. Pregnant women not advised. Weak heart, not advised!

[uppityperson]

16. People are being ripped apart and shredded. RIP all

[GliderGuider]

17. Oh my God. I just had to look. Oh my God. Oh my God.

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[highplainsdem]

20. Oh, dear God.

[Catherina]

29. I have seen some photos. bodies in pieces. These r crimes against humanity, Gaddafi must be held acc

mmaculateEdits Vivian Gomez
by Beltrew@
@monaeltahawy I have seen some photos. The bodies are in pieces. These are crimes against humanity and Gaddafi must be held accountable.
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[maryf]

43. Hugs and tears for you, for the people...

:hug: ;cry: :cry: :cry: :hug:

[Catherina]

15. BREAKING NEWS: Benghazi take cover! Planes believed to be bombing shortly. Please be cautious!

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
BREAKING NEWS: Benghazi take cover! Planes believed to be bombing shortly. Please be cautious! #feb17 #libya #gaddaficrimes
15 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

18. INTERVIEW: Women In Tripoli Reports Kidnapping,

feb17libya Feb17Libya
#feb17 INTERVIEW: Women In Tripoli Reports Kidnapping, "LIBYA IS UNITED" http://f.ast.ly/qJCt5 #@shabablibya
57 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

2 children, 15 yrs and 17 yrs, kidnapped by armed mercenaries. 1 managed to escape, the other still missing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npOw-F4Vagk&feature=player_embedded

http://feb17.info/media/interview-women-in-tripoli-reports-kidnapping-libya-is-united/

[Adsos Letter]

21. Al Jazeera reports speech by Qaddafi expected soon; no further info.

[Catherina]

22. Defecting pilots should go bomb airport east of #Tripoli where mercenary reinforcements r landing

LOAmanifest S. Lousler
@shabablibya Defecting pilots should go bomb airport east of #Tripoli where mercenary reinforcements are being flown in #Libya
41 seconds ago

[Catherina]

23. News of imminent speech by Libyan leader Gaddafi -Al Arabiya reports

bonitasmith Bonita Smith
RT @Reuters: FLASH: News of imminent speech by Libyan leader Gaddafi -Al Arabiya reports @acarvin @OnlyOneLibya @ShababLibya @monaeltahawy
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

24. Msg from Tunis: Tunisian army set up camps close to the border in order to accept refugees.

SaloumehZ SaloumehZ
RT @ShababLibya Message from Tunis: Tunisian army set up camps close to the border in order to accept refugees. #libya #gaddaficrimes #libya
40 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

25. BREAKING: Derna is under attack by mercenaries raiding homes. All men are out defending their city!

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
BREAKING: Derna is under attack by mercenaries raiding homes. All men are out defending their city! Need help urgently! CONFIRMED #libya
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

26. Libyan revolutionaries take control of radio stations in Benghazi, Bayda & Darnah & broadcast pro-re

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Libyan revolutionaries take control of radio stations in Benghazi, Bayda & Darnah & broadcast pro-revolution statements. #Libya
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

27. Bravo CNN! They arrived to #Libya! Hope the marcinaries don't catch them though!

AliChubby Ali Chubby
by Zeinobia
Bravo CNN! They arrived to #Libya! Hope the marcinaries don't catch them though! #Libya #Feb17
9 minutes ago

CNN left hours ago with a egyptian convoy taking medical supplies, food, blankets...

[Catherina]

28. By end night I expect several thousand civilians killed in Benghazi. world hang ur head in shame

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
by SaloumehZ
By the end of this night I expect there will be several thousand civilians killed in Benghazi. The world must hang its head in shame. #Libya
2 hours ago

[Catherina]

30. AAA or explosive projectile (anti-armor). Gadaffi will go to Hague 4 this (if somebody doesn't kill

DuneSurf Joseph
by acarvin@
@bibbleco @acarvin Dido, AAA or explosive projectile (anti-armor). Gadaffi will go to Hague for this (if somebody doesn't kill him first).
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

31. No hospitals or ambulances at border. there are doctors on foot assisting

suzeeinthecity su zee
by Zeinobia
Source to Yousri Foda on ONtv: No hospitals or ambulances at border. there are doctors on foot assisting.
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Brave doctors. Thank you

[uppityperson]

33. I cannot imagine triaging there. Brave doctors, thank you

[Catherina]

32. OUR CHILDREN AND WOMEN ARE DIEING PEOPLE!!!

LibyanThinker The Libyan Thinker
OUR CHILDREN AND WOMEN ARE DIEING PEOPLE!!! #Libya
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

34. andersoncooper: Intving people in libya right now about attacks on civilians. Shocking details of wh

andersoncooper Anderson Cooper
Intving people in libya right now about attacks on civilians. Shocking details of what's happening in #Libya #ac360 10p
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

35. African mercenaries continue 2 pour in2 Tripoli through Mouaitiqa Airport. African govs should be ur

Tharwacolamus Ammar Abdulhamid
Reports African mercenaries continue 2 pour in2 Tripoli through Mouaitiqa Airport. African govs should be urged 2 monitor flights #Feb17
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

36. President of Egypt company that exports gas to Israel resigns

AlMasryAlYoum_E Al-Masry Al-Youm
President of Egypt company that exports gas to Israel resigns http://ow.ly/40GQF #Jan25 #Egypt
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

37. o aid can get through by air ,, two Turkish ships are coming with aid

petsound brett walker
Which means no aid can get through by air :/. AlJaz said two Turkish ships are coming with aid but who knows if they will be allowed to dock
30 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Airspace is closed

[Catherina]

38. Gaddafi's son denies warplanes bombed Tripoli and Benghazi, says targets were ammunition depots in

biladee P D
FLASH: Gaddafi's son denies warplanes bombed Tripoli and Benghazi, says targets were ammunition depots in remote areas -State TV
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

42. Saif Al Islam Gaddafi denies that military aircrafts have bombed Tripoli

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Libyan State TV: Saif Al Islam Gaddafi: The military aircrafts bombed artillery & weapons depots far away from any civilians. #Libya
31 minutes ago
»

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Breaking BBC Arabic: Libyan State TV carries statement from Saif Al Islam Gaddafi denying that military aircrafts have bombed Tripoli #Libya
35 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

39. State TV showing close up of "pro-Qadaffi" crowd cheering for the "king of kings"

YousefMunayyer Yousef Munayyer
by Omar_Gaza
#Libya TV now showing close up of "pro-Qadaffi" crowd cheering for the "king of kings" #tripoli #benghazi #delusional
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

40. #Libyan deputy FM blames #AlJazeera for "inciting strife" against #Gaddafi regime.

JELive AJELive
#Libyan deputy FM blames #AlJazeera for "inciting strife" against #Gaddafi regime. Keep up to date with our liveblog: http://aje.me/g34XgM
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

41. Libya's Deputy FM says we wud welcome CNN, other western crews in to see for themselves that there a

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
#Libya's Deputy FM says we wud welcome CNN, other western crews in to see for themselves that there are no massacres #Feb17 #Benghazi
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera: Khaled Kaeem, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister: After Al Jazeera changes its policies it will be invited to #Libya
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply



afahad Ahmad Fahad احمد فهد
by embee
Al Jazeera Arabic Anchor to Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister: "I can't stomach your answers to my questions"
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

44. Interview of Khaled Kaeem, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister on AJE

Khaled Kaeem, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister: I have more trust in any foreign channel than I do in any Arab channel.
After Al Jazeera changes its policies it will be invited to #Libya


Al Jazeera anchor asked: "Can you tell us how we can can know that we passed your test? Maybe give us from cheating tips?"


Khaled Kaeem, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister: No no no! I don't accept you making fun of me. ... There was no massacre & the telecommunications weren't cut off in #Libya. The foreign media will be invited to Tripoli tomorrow & they will show the world the truth. There were no African mercenaries in #Libya. The Libyans were out on the street shouting against Al Jazeera, calling it a "Liar" We want to know why Al Jazeera is not talking about Qatar & the US base there & relations with Israel. Why don't you speak about the coup d'etat of the Qatari Emir against his father? I will invite now, I will call now the Qatar Ambassador & take him on a tour of Tripoli to see it. I am ready to give my life for any Libyan, you don't care about Libyans. Libyans are dear to me. Perhaps the police went too far in Benghazi the first day but this must be investigated. I am against the bombing of civilians. There was no bombing. There was an attack against the police. These alleged planes in Malta don't carry the Libyan flag, I am not sure they are Libyan.


More coming

[Catherina]

47. Interview of Khaled Kaeem, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister on AJE, pt 2

Khaled Kaeem, Libyan Deputy FM:

Can you confirm to me The Qatari Prime Minister's meeting with Tzipi Livni? Huh? Can you?

Gaddafi is a son of #Libya & son of the country! I am waiting for his speech.

Why don't you talk about the Qataris who lost their passports a few years ago? The 4,000 people?




I think I can stop coying tweets about him. It's clear by now he's deranged.

[Catherina]

48. Al Jazeera anchor responds "Thank you, you have been a great representative of your regime"

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera anchor to Khaled Kaeem, Libyan Deputy FM "Thank you, you have been a great representative of your regime" #Libya (hangs up)
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[MedleyMisty]

52. I wish we had media like that

[sabrina 1]

49. He's clearly a liar or those photos and videos are lying.

I think it's time for the rest of the world to intervene now. All countries must help.

[Catherina]

51. Yes. This is shameful.

I don't think I can sleep well for a long time after all the things we've witnessed today.

[joshcryer]

66. I saw this coming. This is a massacre of epic proportions. I cry for the people of Libya.

[GliderGuider]

56. Baghdad Bob redux...

It didn't work the first time either.

[joshcryer]

68. They're going to try a coverup. You know what that means? Murdering many many more people.

[steve2470]

46. website for Libyan news, FWIW....

http://revolution2.moonfruit.com/

[Catherina]

50. photos of mercenary passports. Guineau, French speaking

Roger_Pociask Roger Pociask
by Cyrenaican
#Libya photos of mercenary passports-









#AFRICOM friend Guinea : http://tinyurl.com/6hm68ub #SustainedSecurityEngagement #Africa #IsntThatNice
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

53. Guys I'm sorry, today's posting has been very painful, very hard

and I've been at it nonstop for about 34 hrs now. I need to take a break. I'll be back in a few hours.

Thanks for all the support :hi:

[Adsos Letter]

54. Get a meal and some rest.

:hi:

[onestepforward]

55. Get some good rest!

I really appreciate your hard work!
:hug:

[Desertrose]

57. Get some rest...nourish your soul a bit.....

I don't know how you can do this....:hug::hug::hug: but thank you for all your hard work here.

Take care!:hi:

[blaze]

58. No reason to be sorry!!!

I've been glued to your posts while listening to Al Jazeera in the background.

Your rest is MORE than well earned.

[Starry Messenger]

59. Get some rest.

You've been amazing. :hug:

[Kali]

61. I'm exhausted just reading a half dozen of these threads

from last night and today and I had a good night's sleep - can't imagine how you do it! THANK YOU

rest well!

[joshcryer]

69. I was up all night last night (thanks Catherina! mawh!), I should avert my eyes from this...

...but once Catherina starts updating again I might go another night. Woo.

[uppityperson]

63. thank you for doing this, it is difficult enough reading it, cannot imagine sorting through it all

appreciate the hard work, hope you have a good break and get to cuddly something sweet and soft and loving.

[joshcryer]

64. I hope you get a good long rest. Reading the last 4-5 updates now.

[maryf]

70. I really don't know how you do it!! I can only read so many

before I have to stop...imagine how it is going through it...thanks! You are a true hero.

[defendandprotect]

87. Hello, Catherina -- thank you for trying to help the Libyans and keep us informed ...

Rest --

we'll miss you -- til later!

:hug:

[Raksha]

60. K & R

[On the Road]

62. On a Less Serious Note:

mamacorin‎ RT @serafinowicz I just ousted Col. Gadaffi as the mayor of #Libya on @foursquare!
Twitter - 3 minutes ago

[joshcryer]

67. Heh, I am one for dark humor, but I'm kinda sick seeing todays updates.

So I'm not going to hate on you for posting that, but I just not in the mood to think it's funny. :(

[Desertrose]

71. T WOULD TAKE ABOUT 5 MINUTES FOR QADDAFI'S NURSE TO BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL HERO ...

from this live blog www.livestream.com/libya_alhura?t=271617

[joshcryer]

72. Now that is humor I like.

[Iterate]

73. "Kaddafi used Shilkas against civilians"

@weddady: Witness live on Aljaz: "Kaddafi used Shilkas against civilians" he's talking about ZSU-23 Shilka, a AA-radar guided system

I believe earlier today I saw video of a Libyan handling one of the spent shells. It would fire a 23MM round that would produce the kind of butchery we've seen in other video and photos. It's also consistent with the background audio we've heard in various reports.

ZSU-23-4 Shilka on shooting range:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaYCjfvHIsQ&feature=related

It was used in the 1977 Libyan-Egyptian War and in 1986 in northern Chad. I'm still trying to learn if they are used by Libyan Army or Air Force units, or both.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZSU-23-4

This is the weapon being referred to:

[joshcryer]

74. Incredible. How do they get it to point along the ground?

[Iterate]

75. Well, yes it's primarily an AA weapon,

but the cannons can be rapidly rotated and used against ground targets. Check out the youtube clip and you'll get an idea of what unarmed protesters were standing against. It was one of the most effective Warsaw Pact AA weapons, but for that matter have you ever heard of the German 88?

[joshcryer]

77. Ahh, overlooked the video clip, yeah, that looks ... effective.

Using them for ground targets shows willful planning to murder innocent civilians wholesale.

[GliderGuider]

76. The gun mount can be depressed below the horizontal

http://www.falconbbs.com/zsu-23-4.htm

The Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun system mounted on an ASU-85 chassis. The all-welded steel hull is divided into three compartments : driver's in the front, fighting in the middle, and engine at the rear.
The turret houses four AZP-23 23mm cannons with an elevation of +85 degrees and a depression of -4 degrees.

[joshcryer]

79. Thanks, GG. Been following this? Libya is looking really bad, man.

Somewhat alarmed that DU isn't following it as much as DU did Egypt. (I know there's the WI thing, but we can split our attention a bit.)

[GliderGuider]

82. I have been paralyzed by this for two days now.

This tweet log of Catherina's is the most painful stuff I've ever read. I was on-line when the mercs opened up during Saif's speech, and I watched it all come apart. It's turned me completely inside-out. I can't believe what I'm seeing.

I've never believed in capital punishment, but I hope they draw and quarter this bastard and his demon spawn in the public square. Literally.

On edit: With the addition of Twitter it's like the Internet has become a global nervous system. That has its downside here - this is incredibly painful to sit through in real time.

[uppityperson]

78. This is probably what tore those people apart. omg

[joshcryer]

80. Yeah... imagine a crowd of people getting hit by that... holy shit.

[uppityperson]

84. post #14. But beware. Seriously. Working with bodies I know how to dissociate

It is still holy shit indeed.

[joshcryer]

85. I just finished reading "Day 5" of these posts, and I saw it.

I was "here" for the beginning of Day 5 but I am so broken that it has turned out as bad as I was expecting, worse, even. It's gotten so bad that the rhetoric about outside help has changed 180 degrees, from what I'm seeing (there was a small argument yesterday where I said that we could do some "good," by no means attempting to whitewash the shitty stuff we've done in the past).

[Iterate]

81. International Arrest Warrants are said to being prepared for Ghadaffi and his sons by International

@brit_newsman: #Libya International Arrest Warrants are said to being prepared for Ghadaffi and his sons by International Criminal Court.

Don't know if this is accurate or simply wishful thinking, but it's certainly appropriate. Bringing national leaders before the International Criminal Court for firing on civilians from military aircraft is probably not something an American President wants to bring up right now. It's best left to others.

[GliderGuider]

83. Good point. Wikileaks videos and all that.

I wonder if that's partly behind Obama's pusillanimous reticence to condemn this horror?

[Iterate]

86. I can't believe that in some unquantifiable fashion that isn't a part of it.

Maybe not even in what they are thinking or saying at the moment, but worse, that some things become unthinkable.

There are so many words he can't use right now for fear of being ridiculed. The peaceniks who wanted Bush & Co. tried were characterized as being vindictive, but even if that was a small part of it, peaceniks were also talking about the loss of moral authority.

Imagine instead, if Bush & Co. were turned over, how every petty tyrant would react now, as in "Holy shit, don't screw with that bad sob, he just tried an ex-President for war crimes." If he spoke, they'd know he meant it.

[burrowowl]

88. Al Jazeera has great REPORTING!

Walter would be proud. Even discussion of what the UN Secrurity Council can do!
Its on LinkTV on Direct TV 375
for other channels browse LinkTV

[defendandprotect]

103. kr

[EFerrari]

89. To the surpirse of nobody, Richard Perle was a lobbyist for Libya.

One of the more unlikely image-mongers that has worked to burnish Qadhafi's and Libya’s image never registered with the Justice Department. Prominent neoconservative Richard Perle, the former Reagan-era Defense Department official and George W. Bush-era chairman of the Defense Policy Board, traveled to Libya twice in 2006 to meet with Qadhafi, and afterward briefed Vice President Dick Cheney on his visits, according to documents released by a Libyan opposition group in 2009.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0211/Among_Libyas_lobbyists.html?showall

[Iterate]

94. And so did Bob Livingston,

until it got to be too embarrassing in 2009 and cut into his other business. Some British firms stepped in to fill part of the gap.

But look at this, the Livingston group claims to have fired Libya as a client over the Lockerbie affair, but still represent the Libyan Foreign Ministry. And Wayne Allard is with him.

http://www.livingstongroupdc.com/index.php
God that's a lot of ugly old white men.

I've looked but still haven't for whose representing Libya in the US right now.

[EFerrari]

101. You can hear them scrubbing like mad if you really listen. n/t

[Iterate]

90. Gaddafi's Mercenaries Stationed in Tripoli - "street view style"

@Anonymoosh: Gaddafi's Mercenaries Stationed in Tripoli Libya http://youtu.be/M2bDtQV_9YA

A clandestine (and risky) drive through a Tripoli neighborhood probably taken Monday PM show mercs X100s on the street. These guys will be tough to dig out - until someone pays them more to switch sides.

[joshcryer]

91. Nice find, also shows the deceptive nature of these kinds of conflicts.

When the protesters aren't around it just looks like a "peaceful police state." They only have guns, right? This I believe is what Libya is going to do in the ensuing days, they'll say nothing happened, no fighting happened, everything is fine. We'll see how they play it.

[L. Coyote]

92. Crowdsourced Googlemap of violence by Gaddafi loyalists against protesters in Libya.

Mapping Violence Against Pro-Democracy Protests in Libya
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=215454646984933465708.00049c59184ae1136341a

This map has been created by compiling reports from trusted accounts on Twitter. Nonetheless, these reports are in general unconfirmed. This information should be considered in the context of there being absolutely no independent media in Libya at this time. This map is not automatically produced. Each posting is considered before it is mapped. These considerations have evolved over time as conditions on the ground have changed.

[joshcryer]

93. Thanks for this. Kick for the night. Good luck Libya.

[L. Coyote]

95. Ban Ki-moon is said to be “outraged” at reports that Libyan authorities shot at demonstrators

Ban Ki-moon is said to be “outraged” at reports that Libyan authorities shot at demonstrators from war planes and helicopters.

"Such attacks would constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law"

[L. Coyote]

96. Al Jazeera Arabic reports that adverts appear in Guinea and Nigeria offering would-be mercenaries

Al Jazeera Arabic reports that adverts appear in Guinea and Nigeria offering would-be mercenaries up to US $2000 dollars per day

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/02/22/live-blog-libya-feb-22

[defendandprotect]

105. k/r -- $2,000 a day to kill for Gaddafi-!!!

[Turborama]

97. K&R Your OPs are much much more than just "worth it", they are INDISPENSABLE!

Very very informative and important historical records, thank you so much for all your hard work.

:pals:


http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/spotlight/libya/">

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http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/live-blog-libya">

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[jannyk]

98. Kick & Rec!

[Raksha]

100. Kicking again. Thanks for all your hard work, Catherina.

Enjoy your much-needed rest.

[snot]

102. K&R'd

[Catherina]

104. Part 8 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x478952