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CAIRO — Libyan security forces again fired on a funeral procession through the city of Benghazi on Sunday, as residents buried dozens of dead from a crackdown the day before and as a five-day-old uprising against the dictatorship of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi appeared to spread to other cities along the Mediterranean coast.
The number of confirmed deaths around the country rose to at least 173, according to a running tally by the independent group Human Rights Watch. But several people in Benghazi hospitals, reached by telephone, said they believed as many as 200 had been killed and more than 800 wounded there on Saturday alone. Witnesses indicated that many had been killed by machine-gun fire.
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I read today that some groups in Egypt are getting together supplies to take to Libya. Imagine, just being through a Revolution and then they are right there for their next door neighbor, with a helping hand! Bless them!
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ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement BREAKING CONFIRMED: Protestors in Zawia has burned down Gaddafi's house and now heading towards Tripoli. #feb17 #gaddaficrimes #libya
MuchoAroha LaniD by Hady75 BREAKING BREAKING: Heavy heavy GUNFIRE in Tripoli RIGHT NOW! - #feb17 #libya - libyafeb17.com/?p=1223 3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi by sorin Reports that another tribe, the Hasawna, have abandoned #Gaddafi and joined the protesters #Feb17 #Libya 2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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Ayonadre Rania #Libya n ambassador to #Arab League has resigned in protest. Honourable man. 2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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ReggieNel Reggie Nel by paulcomac Oh dear ! RT @Dima_Khatib: Witness tells AlJazeera.net: a plane full of mercenaries leaves Harare Airport in #Zimbabwe headed to #Libya 4 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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Des armes sont distribuées par le régime aux citoyens de la ville natale de Kadhafi SIRT! Bientôt la guerre civile
Weapons are distributed to citizens by the regime of Gaddafi's hometown SIRT! Soon the Civil War Listen
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RickTVnet RickSanchez NewsFeed RT "We can hear gun shots from #Gaddafi's residence in Bab Aziziyaa in Tripoli" #Libya / via @AJELive 2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة by Raheeb كتيبة الصاعقة التي أعلنت لسكان بنغازي انشقاقها عن الجيش الليبي تقول إنها دحرت كتيبة الفضل بن عمر، وهي معسكر تابع للجيش #libya #feb17 13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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What makes this even more horrendous (in terms of deaths and casualties) is Libya's entire population is less that the city of Alex..around 6 million I believe.
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quote:Originally posted by Laura: Do you think Gaddafi will try and run away?
Gaddafi is a firm leader of his country, and he will not tolerant this, he'd rather kill his people than stand down. He is not a leader to be messed with.
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quote:Originally posted by Laura: Do you think Gaddafi will try and run away?
Gaddafi is a firm leader of his country, and he will not tolerant this, he'd rather kill his people than stand down. He is not a leader to be messed with.
It doesn't make any difference what he is. There are news that army divisions have defected, the Minster of Interior also defected and several tribal leader joined the masses and these tribes are armed. I don't care how criminal he is, he is nothing without the support of the Army and the police. He's toast.
iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi by seabird7 Head of Zwiya tribe on Aljazeera live from #Tripoli issues ultimatum to #Gaddafi, in 24 hours we'll stop all oil exports from #Libya #Feb27 3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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Elserari Huda Elserari by voodoo_44 الان الشباب في بنغازي يتجولون بالدبابات في شارع جمال عبدالناصر وفي ايديهم اسلحة خفيفة غنموها من كتيبة الفضيل #libya #25jan #egypt 9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
Youth in Benighazi are driving tanks around the city and carrying light arms.
Think4Freedom Ano Nymous by 1igel BREAKING Police stations in #Tripoli are being burned down now #Benghazi #libya #feb25 @bencnn @BBCWorld @BBCBreaking @BBC RT @LibyanThinker
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Thank you for this thread. I didn't know it existed.
Re: Benighazi youth driving tanks.
I saw a video via #jan25 of Libyan soldiers joining Libyan pro-democracy demonstrators in Benighazi. This seems to be the same situation that has happened in Tunisia and Egypt. The military is split.
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_FatTony_ Fat Tony #Libya بعد ساعات قليلة سترون بثا حيا من شرق ليبيا، طواقم تلفزيونية تفكر في عبور الحدود من مصر ، يوجد تردد وجدل طبيعي بين متحمس للدخول ومتأنيd
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Crazy rumors Qaddaffi fled. Sorry ya Masr but it looks like your 18 days record is going to be broken. Posts: 2275 | Registered: Dec 2009
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*making popcorn* then the story is very dangerous....kids trying to imitate what happened in Egypt and Tunisia...ARGGGG
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Ok This HAS to go down in history as the MOST INSANE SPEECH ever given!!!!
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quote:Originally posted by Laura: Ok This HAS to go down in history as the MOST INSANE SPEECH ever given!!!!
I agree. Can you believe Arabs were ruled by the likes of these dunces. The common denominator of Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya = (fed up people + sympathetic military)
Goodnight. Can't wait to wake up
Can't believe it'll soon be 3.
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Who are the players in Libya? Is there a strong military with known leaders? There's gotta be somebody with a bit of brain to end this farce
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5:59 am Shortly after Seif Gaddafi gave his speech on state television, a caller from Libya had this conversation with a Libyan outside of the country, which was recorded and distributed to journalists. The caller describes ongoing combat in the capital after Seif Gaddafi's speech warned of "civil war" if protests continued. The audio format is problematic to upload, so here's a partial transcript:
Caller: It started in Kalifiya [indechipherable], Bershouz [sp?], Fashloum, Bahara [sp?], all those areas went out, where to Kalifiya, from there they moved and they could actually - [gunfire in background] Listen to that.
Interviewer: Yeah I can hear the gunshots.
Caller: Yeah.
Int: Yeah.
Caller: Yeah, now this is bullshit. This is heavy weaponry I'm talking about, heavy artillery.
Int: I'm going to be sending this clip to journalists so don't use your name or don't identify anyone.
Caller: i'm not.. Ok, ok, do whatever you want.
Int: Just tell me about the tension.
Caller: What I hear is a lot of people screaming. I hear some... They're all anti-regime supporters, all of them are protesters, and all I hear is gunshots, heavy artillery, sounds like machine guns, and it just escalated right now. It was somewhat peaceful, you can hear like - [Int: What happened after the speech?] - you can hear sporadic gunfire.
Caller: You can hear sporadic gunfire here and there, but now it's constant - [Int: Yeah] - and it's not stopping at all.
Int: Yeah what triggered it, was this after the speech?
Caller: This is right after the speech, and then like, also, Libyan TV it says ... breaking news: Tens of thousands of pro-Gaddafi supporters are trickling down into the city, Green Square, after Seif Islam's speech, meaning that they're supporting what he said.
Int: Was that true?
Caller: So like they're waging war against the pro-democracy supporters.
Int: But are those numbers inflated?
Caller: Yeah it's just scare tactics, they're intimidate- did you listen to the speech?
Int: Yes I did.
Caller: Yeah they were just intimidating people.
Int: Can you hear the voices?
Caller: [gunfire] This is non-stop, non-stop. And there's also reports that they're going into hospitals. What they said is that they went to Misrata and they killed four doctors there.
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Call #1: We need some intervention! It’s going to be a bloodbath
Man: Yes!
Woman: Hey, go! go!
Man: Okay, go on, we’re recording!
Man 2: It’s gonna be a blood bath, right now there are thousands going down to Gaddafi’s compound, in Tripoli, chanting his name. They have killed people. They’re willing to die for him. They’re willing to go and lay down their life. And right now nobody knows who’s who, the army will split. They (unclear) right now in downtown Tripoli, it doesn’t stop, and it’s anti-aircraft weapons, and heavy gun fire and ak-47s. Guys, we need us some intervention here. There (unclear) thousands, tens of thousands.
Man: Tens of thousands who are supporting him?
Man 2: Tens of thousands of victim Libyans? Of every Libyan who’s facing a gun. Every Libyan who’s going out to the Green Square. Every Libyan who’s going to come cross this man, his son is talking while gunfire is erupting. This is Libya tomorrow This is Libya tomorrow
Man: oh my gosh…
Man: What else? What else can you tell us?
Man 2: Just send it out! Just send it out! We need intervention, send it out now
[Call drops]
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Call #2: It was a decoy, they were shooting at protesters while the speech was being aired
Transcript:
Man: Go on
Woman: Did you hear nothing from the recording?
Man: I.. I only heard the first part properly, but the rest of it was very choppy.
Woman: But could you make out what he was saying?
Man: Not completely, this is what I’m saying, if I could..
Woman: make a transcript, that’s how the connection was
Man: Okay, I’ll do that, I’ll do that
Woman: It is a lot more authentic that way anyway, it is what it is
Man: Okay, fair enough, so he was.. Where, was he shooting at them while he was speaking?
Woman: It started.. When did the shooting start? [unclear]
Woman: I know it’s still shooting but when did it start? [..] From the start of Saif’s talk. Ane I did think it was a [arabic word] it was a decoy. Maybe it’s a decoy like ah, if some people in [..] been listening to him, they can gain some ground on them
Man: So, so while they were giving the talk they were shooting at the people in the Saha Al Khadra
Woman: Yeah we were hearing gunfire
Man: You were hearing gunfire, and can I just..
Woman: Didn’t I write to you earlier there was lots of gunfire at 01:10am, he started at 01:00am
Man: Okay
Woman: (I wrote) I hope he doesn’t distract the people so he could kill the others still out there with lower numbers.
Man: And can I just ask, did What’s-his-name confirm that one of his friends actually turned against the protesters?
Woman: No no no that guy never made a secret that he was pro-Gaddafi
Man: Okay, so he’s never made a secret that he was pro-Gaddafi but he made contact and said that they had killed people?
Woman: Basically he was going out with all his family…
Man: Speak in English, speak in English
Woman: Okay there are lots of people who’ve been benefitting a lot from this thuggish system
Man: okay, yes
Woman: and so those people who’ve been benefitting from this system of course they don’t want it to end because they get a lot from absolutely being nothing
Man: Of course
Woman: And so these people actually do support him because if he goes then the people realize they can treat them exactly as they are
Woman: Ahm, this friend he’s actually like an ex drug dealer or he is a drug dealer actually, they, his family, and loads of young people from Abu Sleem whatever, they’re coming out and like their going to even like lay their lives on the line for Gaddafi till the very end. And like the only thing that they have is like Gaddafi and they’re willing to do anything and they’ve already killed people
Man: Oh my gosh
Woman: on the way, they’re all heading towards, you know, his compound base here in Tripoli and they are basically not holding back in killing and like just ruthless showing their support to him laying their lives on the line for him in front of his you know (base)
Man: Oh gosh
Woman: And they’ve already killed people and they have swords and things, so uhm, what’s his name was telling him, you know “Would you kill me?” you know “Would you really do that? Would you kill me, your friend?” and the guy was like “Okay I would not kill you but… you know my loyalty is to him”
Man: Oh my gosh
Woman: You know, kind of things, uhm so yeah so far there’s been loads of artillery and heavy machinery and what looks like machine guns firings and they haven’t stopped at all some of them are quite loud bangs, almost like bomb sounding. So yeah, I don’t know.. that’s what’s happening.
Man: Okay, Okay, is he there?
Woman: no he left
Man: He’s gone back out again?
Woman: yes
Man: Oh my gosh
Woman: I know! Look, at least..at least were, Sidi Khaleefa this area we’re aiming for it to be safe
Man: Yes!
Woman: Because he’s been (?) there’s loads of these people basically just budding in killing! that’s all they’re doing!
Man: Right
(unclear) before the speech
Woman: We’ve got (?) basically now with the shooting that there is, listening to Al Jazeera, there’s already been a few deaths in Saha Al Khadra and Omar Al Mukhtar street We don’t know how many it will be a complete blood bath tonight,
Man: yeah
Woman: and please don’t let anyone…He said basically they’re going to continue until the very last, even you, taking the very last woman and child, he’s made no secret of that.
Man: So the.. until the very last woman and child?
Woman: Who opposes the system
Man: Who opposes them
Woman: So.. they made absolutely no secret of that and that’s why I knew and from what I’m hearing it is going to be a blood bath. Tonight, it’s Tripoli’s turn.
Man: Okay, okay, I think you’ve given us more than enough. I am going to just go through this, edit it, remove the names, and put it up and I am going to send it to everyone.
Woman: Can you put it up on the website?
Man: I’ll put it up on the website, I’ll send it to Al Jazeera, I’ll send it to the BBC, I’ll send it to CNN, I’ll send it to everyone.
Woman: Say that this speech that he gave is a (unclear) completely because it played on what the system has sowed in people over these years, just being themselves. And he basically just gave them an ultimatum. The ultimatum was you either agree, you come back under our reign, by your own will or we take it by force and we will not hold back in killing until the very last one of you.
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Breaking News CNN: Protesters in Libyan capital ransack Libyan state television HQ, media reports quoting witnesses say. ---------------------------------------------
The madman used helicopters, used African mercenaries against his people. And the Pro-Democracy protestors remain relentless.
Powerful tribes, siding with pro-democracy protestors.
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Yeah, but technically, if Exiiled were talking about the UK, and he said "he used Europeans" that would mean European, non-UK residents. Doesn't mean the UK suddenly isn't part of Europe.
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