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Cleric orders Gaddafi killed
Post Date: 2011-02-21 19:16:12 by A K A Stone
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Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued a fatwa that any Libyan soldier who can shoot dead embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi should do so 'to rid Libya of him.' 'Whoever in the Libyan army is able to shoot a bullet at Mr Gaddafi should do so,' Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born cleric who is usually based in Qatar, told Al-Jazeera television. He also told Libyan soldiers 'not to obey orders to strike at your own people,' and urged Libyan ambassadors around the world to dissociate themselves from Gaddafi's regime. Famous in the Middle East for his at times controversial fatwas, or religious edicts, the octogenarian Qaradawi has celebrity status in the ...
Gaddafi to deliver speech "shortly", official says
Post Date: 2011-02-21 18:07:52 by A K A Stone
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(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will deliver a speech "shortly," a Libyan Foreign Ministry official told Al Arabiya television early Tuesday, confirming reports the leader would speak. "I don't know the content of his speech, but I know he will give a speech," the official said.
Video leaked of Gaddafi associates leaving Libya in a hurry
Post Date: 2011-02-21 17:58:02 by A K A Stone
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Poster Comment:Youtube poster says Khadaffi in mercedes at 1:03
Libyan airspace closed over Tripoli: Austrian army
Post Date: 2011-02-21 17:44:27 by A K A Stone
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TRIPOLI (Agencies) Residents of Tripoli said on Monday there had been "a massacre" in the Tajura and Fashlum districts of the Libyan capital, with indiscriminate shooting and air strikes and women among the dead. "What happened today in Tajura was a massacre," one resident of the district said. "Armed men were firing indiscriminately. There are even women among the dead," adding that mosque loudspeakers were putting out appeals for help. Another witness in Fashlum said that helicopters had landed what he called armed African mercenaries in the neighbourhood, and that the gunmen then opened fire on anyone in the street, causing a large number of deaths. Both ...
REPORT: Gaddafi is in Libya but not in Tripoli
Post Date: 2011-02-21 16:57:56 by A K A Stone
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Unconfirmed sources close to the Libyan government officials claim that Gaddafi is in Libya but not in Tripoli where protests ensued in another day of protests and violence. His where-abouts are unknown. Government militia and security forces clashed with protestors in Tripoli as Gaddafi is struggling to retain power. Gaddafi has deployed warplanes to fire on demonstrators in another attempt to crackdown demonstrations. In another areas of Libya, army is defending protestors from government militia. More mercenaries were brought flown in to Libya today from Uganda, Cameron and other African countries. Libya's deputy envoy to the UN has called on Col Gaddafi to step down, and accused ...
Gaddafi Has Fled to Venezuela
Post Date: 2011-02-21 16:54:40 by jwpegler
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has fled Libya and may be heading for Venezuela, William Hague said today. The Foreign Secretary said he had seen 'information' that suggests Gaddafi is on his way to the South American country - as Libya was up in flames amid increasingly bloody battles between protesters and security forces. Libyan fighter jets and helicopters reportedly fired on protesters in the capital Tripoli, with indiscriminate bombing runs leaving 'many, many dead'. One protester told Al Jazeera:'What we are witnessing today is unimaginable. Warplanes and helicopters are indiscriminately bombing one area after another. There are many, many dead. 'Our people ...
Reports of two more helicopters landed in Malta
Post Date: 2011-02-21 15:39:41 by A K A Stone
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Unconfirmed reports from sources close to the Army say that another two helocopters have landed in Malta carrying people fleeing Libya. No information is available and this news could not be confirmed. The AFM 'C' Company is on stand by and personnel are on high alert.
The Gates of Hell Have Opened in Tripoli
Post Date: 2011-02-21 15:15:15 by go65
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I am watching Aljazeera Arabic, which is calling people in Tripoli on the telephone and asking them what is going on in the capital. The replies are poignant in their raw emotion, bordering on hysteria. The residents are alleging that the Qaddafi regime has scrambled fighter jets to strafe civilian crowds, has deployed heavy artillery against them, and has occupied the streets with armored vehicles and strategically-placed snipers. One man is shouting that “the gates of Hell have opened” in the capital and that “this is Halabja!” (where Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered helicopter gunships to hit a Kurdish city with sarin gas, killing 5000 in 1988). Two defecting ...
Libya - Reports of soldiers burnt alive for defecting
Post Date: 2011-02-21 15:12:24 by A K A Stone
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Unconfirmed reports are being circulated on the net that Libyan soldiers have been burnt alive in their barracks for refusing to fight back and shoot the protesters. A video currently doing the rounds on Twitter and Facebook shows dead bodies who were burnt and covered with green flags. The authenticity of such video couldn't be confirmed by news agencies but insults in Arabic being directed to Gaddafi could be heard in the background. View Clip: www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=164752430243044
Libya's UN ambassadors call for Gadhafi to quit
Post Date: 2011-02-21 15:00:07 by A K A Stone
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CAIRO, Egypt — Libya's ambassadors at the United Nations are calling for leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down as the country's ruler.
Deputy Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi said Monday that if Gadhafi does not relinquish power, ``the Libyan people will get rid of him.''
Dabbashi urged the international community to impose a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent mercenaries, weapons and other supplies from reaching Gadhafi and his security forces.
Dabbashi also said he was not resigning.
The diplomat says the Libyan delegation is also urging the International Criminal Court to investigate possible crimes against humanity committed against the Libyan people during the current ...
UK Hague: some information Gaddafi on way to Venezuela
Post Date: 2011-02-21 12:00:30 by A K A Stone
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(Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday he had seen some information to suggest Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi had fled the country and was on his way to Venezuela. "You asked me earlier about whether Colonel Gaddafi is in Venezuela," he told reporters on the sidelines of a European Union foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels. "I have no information that says he is, but I have seen some information that suggests he is on his way there at the moment." Diplomats said Hague was not referring to rumors circulating in the media about Gaddafi's whereabouts, but to separate sources for the information. World L
Libyan Muslim leaders order followers to rebel
Post Date: 2011-02-21 09:55:19 by Happy Quanzaa
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Feb 21 (Reuters) - A coalition of Libyan Muslim leaders has issued a declaration telling all Muslims it is their duty to rebel against the Libyan leadership. "They have demonstrated total arrogant impunity and continued, and even intensified, their bloody crimes against humanity. They have thereby demonstrated total infidelity to the guidance of God and His beloved Prophet (peace be upon him)," said the group, called the Network of Free Ulema of Libya. "This renders them undeserving of any obedience or support, and makes rebelling against them by all means possible a divinely ordained duty," the group said in a declaration obtained by Reuters on Monday. (Reporting by ...
Gaddafi flees Tripoli, protesters torch Libyan parliament
Post Date: 2011-02-21 09:14:17 by Happy Quanzaa
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On the run: Gaddafi flees Tripoli as protesters set the Libyan parliament building alight * Protesters appear to have taken control of second city Benghazi * Up to 400 feared dead after dozens killed in overnight violence * David Cameron declares regime response is 'appalling and unacceptable' * Gaddafi's son says: 'We will fight to the last minute, until the last bullet' * UN warns that British Government could be guilty of 'complicity' in killings Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight. Protesters appear to have ...
Warship Shadowing Hijacked American Yacht
Post Date: 2011-02-20 21:53:17 by Murron
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Warship Shadowing Hijacked American Yacht By: ABDI GULED, Associated Press A warship is shadowing a yacht with four Americans on board that was hijacked by Somali pirates, a pirate said Sunday, as the vessel was reported to be moving closer to the Somali coast. The yacht Quest was hijacked on Friday off the coast of Oman, but is now in the waters between Yemen and northern Somalia, two pirates and a Somali government official told The Associated Press. One pirate who gave his name only as Hassan said a warship with a helicopter on its deck is near the Quest. The pirate's claim could not be independently verified, and U.S. officials on Sunday did not release any information about ...
12 Taxi Drivers, Fares Killed in Mexican Resort (Acapulco)
Post Date: 2011-02-20 20:58:46 by Murron
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12 Taxi Drivers, Fares Killed in Mexican Resort (Acapulco) ACAPULCO, Mexico – A spate of attacks on taxis in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco has left 12 taxi drivers or passengers dead, police said Sunday, just hours before the Mexican Open tennis tournament is scheduled to start. Acapulco has been the scene of bloody drug cartel turf wars, and taxi drivers have often been targeted for extortion or recruited by the gangs to act as lookouts or transport drugs. The organizers of the largest tennis tournament in Latin America said in a statement Sunday that the Mexican government has assured them that appropriate security measures have been taken for the event that starts Monday. ...
Libya protests: Gaddafi's son warns of civil war
Post Date: 2011-02-20 20:23:57 by A K A Stone
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son, Sayf al-Islam, has warned of civil war in the country. He said that the government would "fight to the last bullet" to stay in office. In a TV address to the nation broadcast as anti-government protests spread to the capital Tripoli, he admitted that the military had over-reacted against protesters. But he accused opposition groups and Islamists of trying to break up Libya. He played down casualties, suggesting that at most 14 people, not 200, died in clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi. And he promised "reform and democracy", saying that Libya's legislative forum would meet on Monday. Heavy gunfire could be heard ...
The Arab Revolution Saudi Update
Post Date: 2011-02-20 19:49:41 by A K A Stone
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Remember, in a former post, when I said that Saudis were captivated and shocked by what happened in Tunis and Egypt but hadn’t collectively made up their mind about it? Well it appears that they have. Everywhere I go and everything I read points to a revolution in our own country in the foreseeable future. However we are still on the ledge and haven’t jumped yet. I know that some analysts are worried particularly of Saudi Arabia being taken over by Al Qaeda or a Sunni version of the Iranian Islamic Revolution. Calm down. Besides my gut feeling (which is rarely wrong), the overwhelming majority of people speaking out and calling out for a revolution are people who want democracy ...
Gadaffi's tent finds home on Donald Trump's estate
Post Date: 2011-02-20 18:16:52 by A K A Stone
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Moammar Gadaffi pitched his tent on an estate belonging to Donald Trump in suburban New York on Tuesday, according to reports. The Libyan leader is scheduled to attend the UN general assembly this week. He had been struggling to find a plot to accommodate the large Bedouin tent he takes with him when travelling abroad. Workers were seen on Tuesday erecting a tent and satellites in the glamorous neighbourhood of Bedford on an estate owned by Trump. Local officials tried to stop them, saying it was illegal to build a temporary residence without a permit. An ABC News helicopter filmed a large tent on the 45 hectare Seven Springs estate, with rugs and patterned wall hangings. Green and yellow ...
Common Thread to Middle East Protests: Young, Connected Populations
Post Date: 2011-02-20 13:38:37 by jwpegler
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There have been a lot of uninformed commentaries on the cause of the various uprisings in the Middle East, especially among the neo-cons who have become hysterical about a plot by the Muslim Brotherhood to take over the Middle East and then the world. The fact is that the situations in the countries experiencing protests in the middle east are all very different. 1.) Tunisia is a relatively wealthy country. The protests there are very similar to what happened in Chile and many Southeast Asian countries in the 80s and 90s -- people who got some amount of economic freedom finally demanded political freedom as well. 2.) Egypt is very poor and corrupt. Young people decided not to take it any ...
Obama's snubbed, is the Queen a racist?
Post Date: 2011-02-20 13:35:35 by Happy Quanzaa
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Obamas Not Invited to William and Kate’s Wedding President and Mrs. Obama, along with many other heads of state, are not invited to the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, according to the British press. The Daily Telegraph is reporting that, as far as leaders of nations go, the British royals have decided only to invite fellow royalty and the leaders of the former British colonies that comprise the Commonwealth. So in addition to the Obamas, other international leaders who could add lots of bling to the affair, like French President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni, are not on the list. Most of the 1,900 people invited to the wedding are drawn from the Royal ...
Top Five Myths about the Middle East Protests
Post Date: 2011-02-20 11:04:36 by go65
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5. Dear right wing blogosphere and also Bill Maher: You can’t generalize about women’s position in Muslim countries based on a reprehensible mob attack on CBS reporter Lara Logan. Generalizing about a whole group of people based on a single incident is called “bigotry.” It is also a logical fallacy (for wingnuts challenged by six syllables in a row, that means, ‘when your brain doesn’t work right’) known as the ‘Hasty Generalization.’ Nobody seems to note that allegedly helpless Egyptian women were the ones who saved Logan, or that Anderson Cooper was also attacked. Some other examples of reporters or celebrities being assaulted by crowds are ...
Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again/Mrs. Clinton b*t*hes about Israel, again
Post Date: 2011-02-20 09:21:02 by Happy Quanzaa
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LINK Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again By Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press – 6 mins ago CAIRO – Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry. A doctor at one city hospital said his morgue had at least 200 dead from six days of unrest. The doctor said his hospital, one of two in Libya's second-largest city, is out of supplies and cannot treat more than 70 wounded in similar attacks on mourners Saturday and other ...
Palestinians Calls For 'Day Of Rage' After UNSC
Post Date: 2011-02-19 19:21:27 by Brian S
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Palestinians on Saturday called for a “day of rage” this Friday to protest against the US administration’s decision to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have condemned Israel for building in the settlements. Expressing outrage over Friday’s veto, the Palestinian Authority threatened to reassess its position on the Middle East peace process. Israel, in contrast, welcomed the veto and called on the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table. Friday’s “decision by the US makes it clear that the only path to... peace will come through direct negotiations and not through the decisions of international bodies. “We are ...
Iran Naval Ships To Cross Suez Canal On Monday
Post Date: 2011-02-19 19:07:56 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - Two Iranian naval ships will sail through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean on Monday, a Suez Canal official said, in what will be the first passage of Iranian naval ships through the canal since 1979. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has described Iran's plan to send the ships through the canal en route to Syria as a "provocation." The official said the vessels would arrive at the southern mouth of the canal in the Red Sea's Gulf of Suez on Sunday. They would enter the canal in the northern convoy on Monday morning and complete the journey to the Mediterranean by evening. An Egyptian army source said on Friday that the military, which has been ...
US Faces Difficult Situation In Bahrain, Home To US Fifth Fleet
Post Date: 2011-02-19 16:39:55 by Brian S
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As it was during the early days of the mass antigovernment uprising in Egypt, the United States finds itself in a tricky position regarding Bahrain. Just two months ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pronounced herself “very impressed by the progress that Bahrain is making on all fronts – economically, politically, socially.” “There seems to be a strong broadly-held commitment to democracy,” she said at a town hall meeting in Manama, Bahrain’s capital and largest city. That was before pro-democracy demonstrators filled the streets and government forces responded with deadly force, killing at least four people and sending dozens to hospitals. ...
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