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News update...meanwhile...Gaddafi and family is bend on seeking bloody revenge.
(Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived)
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Athens (Reuters) - A Libyan envoy was in Europe on Monday seeking to end the oil-producing country's bloody civil war that has become locked in a battlefield stalemate …
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Beyond a willingness to talk, there was no sign of what Libya might offer to end the war that is bogged down on a frontline around the eastern oil town of Brega, while civilians are bombarded by Gaddafi forces.
Misrata,
a Turkish ship that sailed into the besieged city to rescue some 250 wounded under protection of Turkish warplanes had to leave in a hurry after thousands pressed forward on the dock. It is expected to reach Cesme in Turkey on Tuesday night.
Another aid ship operated by charity Medecins Sans Frontieres docked in the Tunisian port of Sfax carrying 71 wounded people from Misrata, many with bullet wounds and broken limbs and one whose face was completely disfigured by burns.
Wounded refugees from the town said a massacre was taking place, with one describing the situation as " hell" .
" Imagine, Gaddafi use tanks killing civilians and is prepared to kill everyone there. I am thinking of my family."
" I could live or die but I am thinking of my family and friends who are stranded in the hell of Misrata," said a tearful Abdullah Lacheeb, who had serious injuries to his pelvis and stomach and a bullet wound in his leg.
" CORPSES IN THE STREET"
Omar Boubaker, a 40-year-old engineer with a bullet wound to the leg, said: " You have to visit Misrata to see the massacre by Gaddafi ... Corpses in the street. The hospital over-flowing."
Misrata, Libya's third city, rose up with other towns against Gaddafi's rule in mid-February, but it is now surrounded by Pro-Gaddafi troops. Govt officials deny attacking civilians in Misrata, saying that they are fighting armed gangs linked to al Qaeda.
Al Jazeera television said on Monday that Gaddafi forces had bombarded Misla oil field in eastern Libya.
Misla, operated by the eastern-based Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco) which is under rebel control, lies in the desert 400 km (250 miles) south of the rebel-held town of Ajdabiyah.
Stalemate on the frontline, high-level defections from Gaddafi's inner circle and the plight of civilians caught in fighting or facing food and fuel shortages have prompted a flurry of diplomatic contacts to find a way out.
One diplomat cautioned, however, that any diplomatic compromise -- for example one in which Gaddafi handed over power to one of his sons -- could lead to the partition of Libya.
" Various scenarios are being discussed," said the diplomat. " Everyone wants a quick solution."
The U.N.-mandated military intervention, in which warplanes have attacked Gaddafi's armour, radars and air defences, began on March 19
Neither the Gaddafi troops nor the mostly disorganised rebel force have been able to gain the upper hand on the frontline, despite the Western air power in effect aiding the insurgents.
Getting organized--discipline and co-ordination improving for pro-democracy fighters to gain some momentum.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/2011331142051984358.html
Al Jazeera's Sue Turton, reporting from the frontlines of the battle to reclaim Brega from pro-Gaddafi forces, said that overnight NATO air strikes allowed the " They sent spotters out on the flanks before moving a unit forward," Turton said. " It worked for a while before the more excitable rushed forward."
She said, Gaddafi's forces reacted swiftly. " Mortars obliterated one car and damaged two others. These rookie soldiers are learning the hard way," Turton reported.
Pro-democracy fighters and forces loyal to Gaddafi have been fighting across a strip of land between Ajdabiya and the town of Bin Jawad for weeks.
Ee-Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa, has defected to UK. While Libyan govt spokeman on Thurs said that " other people will step in and do his job" .
On the same day. Thurs, a second top official said he would not serve in Gaddfai's regime.
Former foreign minister and UN general assembly president. Ali Abdessalam Treki had been named to represent Libya at the UN. Treki, in Cairo, said in a statement posted on several opposition websites that he was not going to accept that job or any other job.
Meanwhile...
This video posted on Facebook shows rebels celebrating after one of Gaddafi's tanks was destroyed in the streets of Misurata. Earlier, Misurata reportedly came under heavy attack from Gaddafi's forces.
Misurata – the last major rebel stronghold in western Libya – has been encircled by pro-Gaddafi forces for weeks and repeated coalition air strikes aimed at protecting civilians there have not stopped them.
Gaddafi's former justice minister. Mustafa Abdul Jalil who is currently heading the transitional council out of eastern Libya, on Friday demanded the siege on western Libyan cities, including Misurata, to be lifted.
Ceasefire offer was put forth by Abdelilah Al-Khatib, (UN envoy to Libya) is visiting the rebels' de-facto stronghold--Benghazi in hopes of reaching a ceasefire and political solution to the crisis embroiling the Libya.
News..Latest update on....Libya.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rape-claimant-held-in-leaders-compound-2255734.html
The parents of a woman dragged by security men from a Tripoli hotel after alleging she had been raped by militiamen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi claimed yesterday that she was being held hostage in the Libyan leader's compound.
The mother of Eman al-Obaidi received a call yesterday from an unidentified person purportedly representing the regime, the parents told Al Jazeera.
According to the victim's mother, the caller asked the family to tell Ms al-Obaidi to change the rape claim in return for her freedom and benefits, including a house or money.
teeth53 ( Date: 27-Mar-2011 12:52) Posted:
Video grab--Libyan rebels in westward push.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/201132681812362552.html
Moussa Ibrahim, a Libyan Pro-Gaddafi spokesman said...
" Today the air strikes continued for hours and hours non-stop. We believe many civilians were killed including some families who are escaping the air strikes in their cars," Ibrahim said.
" The road between Ajdabiya and Sirte includes many towns.” He added, repeating a call for an immediate end of the air strikes and an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
Latest news update. 'Pro-Gaddafi--General captured'
Many fighters loyal to Libya's strong man--Col Gaddafi were also taken hostage by rebels. Among them, according to reports in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, is one of Gaddafi's most senior soldiers, General Bilgasim Al-Ganga.
" We're hearing reports that the number three in Col Gaddafi's army, General Bilgasim Al-Ganga, has been captured overnight in fighting in Ajdabiya.
He has a fierce reputation among the opposition who accuse him of committing many atrocities under the Gaddafi regime," our correspondent reported. Al Jazeera's--Sue Turton |
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http://sg.news.yahoo.com/probing-libyan-killings-icc-support-turning-point-20110328-070634-483.html
News update--Probing Libyan killings, ICC support at turning point
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The upheaval in the Arab world and the U.N. Security Council's referral of Libya could mark a pivotal shift in support for the International Criminal Court, reinforcing its " real time" role in delivering justice.
The world's first permanent war crimes court has battled a lack of state support, with global powers such as the United States, Russia and China refusing to sign up, while some African states have been reluctant to carry out arrests.
Elsewhere, Arab and other Muslim states have been suspicious of the court, concerned that it was a tool of western justice. But all this is starting to change.
Amnesty International called the unanimous Security Council referral of Libya's violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests to the ICC an
" historic precedent" .
it was the first time the United States and China voted to send a case to the court.
EXILE POSSIBLE for father and son...?.
Just a week before and now....Latest news.
Gaddafi's son, Saif al- Islam, has said it is " too late" for any UN decision on...talks to Al Jazeera...??
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/27/us-libya-gaddafi-businessman-idUSTRE72Q2B120110327
Tamraz said that peace feelers from the Gaddafi camp were being sent out most aggressively by the Libyan leader's eldest son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, and by Muammar's brother-in-law and one-time internal security chief, Abdullah Senoussi.
Intermediaries involved in possible peace discussions say the Western powers carrying out air strikes against Gaddafi's forces will not consider a halt until after a major conference on Libya taking place in London on Tuesday, said Tamraz.
Early history. Evolving till today. Arabian tribal quarrel and squabble over...?.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quraysh_(tribe)
Quraysh or
Quraish was the dominant
tribe of Mecca upon the appearance of the religion of Islam. The
tribe of
Quraish still exists to the present day in many parts of western and central Arabia......> > clan rivalries reignited, playing central roles in the conflicts over the
caliphate and contributing to the
Shi'a-
Sunni divide
Salute ( Date: 24-Mar-2011 23:36) Posted:
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Libya has demanded that Malta return two Libyan fighter jets
Libya's Air Forces. two pilots, both senior colonels of the Libyan air force. The pair, who flew French-made Mirage jets, said they defected after receiving orders to bomb protesters in the opposition stronghold of Benghazi, Libya's second biggest city and the epicentre of revolts.
Mirage F1DD : Export version--Mirage F1D for
Libya. Six built (2 now ended up in
Malta)
Mirage F1AD : Export version of the Mirage F1A for
Libya. 16 built.
Mirage F1ED : Export version of the Mirage F1E for
Libya. 14 built.
Soko G-2A Galeb,
Mis-match Libya plane shot down by...French Air forces.
(
equalvilent to old hawker hunter SAF fighter jet and slow than our F5E tiger)
Video grab--Libyan rebels in westward push.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/201132681812362552.html
Moussa Ibrahim, a Libyan Pro-Gaddafi spokesman said...
" Today the air strikes continued for hours and hours non-stop. We believe many civilians were killed including some families who are escaping the air strikes in their cars," Ibrahim said.
" The road between Ajdabiya and Sirte includes many towns.” He added, repeating a call for an immediate end of the air strikes and an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
Latest news update.
'Pro-Gaddafi--
General captured'
Many fighters loyal to Libya's strong man--Col Gaddafi were also taken hostage by rebels. Among them, according to reports in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, is one of Gaddafi's most senior soldiers, General Bilgasim Al-Ganga.
" We're hearing reports that the number three in Col Gaddafi's army, General Bilgasim Al-Ganga, has been captured overnight in fighting in Ajdabiya.
He has a fierce reputation
among the opposition who accuse him of committing many atrocities under the Gaddafi regime," our correspondent reported. Al Jazeera's--Sue Turton
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-march-27 (News update)
Libyan rebels are advancing westwards after recapturing the strategic eastern town of Ajdabiya. Report suggested rebels had already pressed onto the key oil-port town of Brega, 80 kilometres to the west.
" We are in the centre of Brega," Abdelsalam al-Maadani, a rebel fighter, told the AFP news agency by telephone. But Reuters Al Jazeera's James Bays, said that while it appeared that rebels had taken over the town of Brega, it remained unclear who controlled the nearby oil port.
" Since morning [Reported from-Misurata] Fresh coalition air strikes were also reported on the road between Gaddafi's home town of Sirte and Ajdabiya, 400km to the east.
'Besieged Misurata' A rebel, Al Misrati told Al Jazeera the town was " besieged from all sides" .
Earlier. Pro-Gaddafi forces stationed in rooftops, on high buildings. Anyone out on the street comes under heavy gunfire, " shelling, pounded the city with tank, mortar and artillery fire was halted, fell silent on Sat once when Western coalition planes appeared in the sky, " This bombardment is indiscriminate and arbitrary, sometimes targeting residential plots and one entire family was killed - the father and his children. said Al Misrati.
French armed forces of around 20 French aircraft supported by an AWACS surveillance plane struck targets during the day on Sat, including five Galeb fighter jets and two MI-35 helicopters on the ground outside .
British missile strikes also destroyed three armoured vehicles in Misurata and two more in Ajdabiya, the Royal Air Force (RAF) said in a statement, a rebel said.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-march-26 (Countesy of Al jazeera..)
12:35pm Reuters - Barack Obama, the US president, says that the military mission in Libya is clear, focused and limited, and that it has already saved " countless" civilian lives.
Latest news update....12.30pm Libyan rebels have advanced 40km from the eastern town of Ajdabiya towards Brega after Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from the city. Bays said:
" There is no doubt about it, you can probably hear some of the celebrations behind me, Ajdabiya is in opposition hands."
Good morning. Latest news from...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-libya-misrata-idUSTRE72N7GS20110324
(Reuters) - Rebels in Misrata said they killed 30 government snipers on Thursday and had liberated the port from forces loyal to
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, rebels regained control of the port after Gaddafi loyalists seized it on Wednesday" .
There were clashes today and our fighters managed to find a way to reach the snipers on rooftops and killed 30 of them," rebels had also blown up the staircases of buildings being used by other snipers, stranding them on the rooftops.
Misrata's accessable to food and medical supplies and stranding thousands of African migrant workers who had been hoping to leave by sea. " The warships and the boats are gone now.
The coalition forces have informed (rebel) council that they will secure a safe passage for ships that are coming from Malta carrying aid," adding the aid was from Libyans living abroad.
Rebel spokesman Abdulbasset Abu Mzereiq said by telephone.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-libya-un-idUSTRE72N6X920110324
Ban's remarks to the council come as--
No sign Gaddafi complying with U.N. demands
Ban said his U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Libya, Rashid Khalikov, and his team had " only limited access" " We have serious concerns ... about the protection of civilians, abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, and the access of civilian populations to basic commodities and services in areas currently under siege," he told the 15-nation council.
Ban said Khatib's mission found " many worrying signs" in Libya. when they went to Libya to assess the humanitarian situation there.
so sad
News update....(Reuters) - In the day. Western warplanes hit military targets deep inside
Libya on Thurs but failed to prevent tanks re-entering the western town of Misrata overnight and besieging its main hospital.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-libya-idUSTRE7270JP20110324
Under darkness cloaked the city of darkness. Gaddafi's tanks rolled back into Misrata and shelled the area near the hospital, which was also under fire from govt snipers, residents and rebels said.
" The situation is very serious," a doctor in the western town said by telephone before the line was cut off.
A resident called Abdelbasset said 6,000 workers and family members from
Egypt and other African countries were stuck in the port, under the eye of two Libyan warships which moved in on Wednesday. " They haven't attacked but if they do, the thousands of workers will be the first victims," he said.
News update...
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/201132316258646677.htmlFierce fighting continues
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/20113242425700917.html as Airstrikes fail to deter Gaddafi forces
Undaunted by air strikes launched by coalition warplanes aimed at enforcing a no-fly zone, pro-Gaddafi forces pressed ahead with their assaults on towns of
Misurata,
Ajdabiya and
Zintan in the past 24 hours.
Pro-democracy fighters are finding the going tough. Mostly outgunned and with little command structure, left to run sporadic raids against Gaddafi's troops, before falling back to their original lines.
" On the ground, the situation in [city of] Ajdabiya is that there have been some air strikes there by western powers, but they haven't managed to dislodge Gaddafi's tanks,"
Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting from the eastern city of Benghazi,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/23/us-libya-lawrence-idUSTRE72M51U20110323
Latest news--Mulling over. A Lawrence of Arabia army to drive across the desert and take Tripoli
Latest update from....
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-march-22
2:20pm Al Jazeera correspondent James Bays just gave us a report from the desert around nine kilometres north of Ajdabiya, as far as our team there was able to go (they came under missile attack 300 metres farther down the road earlier today).
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| Meanwhile...Misurata shelled as battle for Libya rages |
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Gaddafi have shelled Misurata, pressing their siege of the embattled western city.
Four children were killed in the shelling on Tuesday, a resident named Mohammed Ahmed told the Reuters news agency. The children were killed while trying to flee their home, a rebel spokesman told Al Jazeera.
Gaddafi's regime has encircled Misurata for days, bringing in tanks and stationing snipers on rooftops, in an attempt to choke off one of the only cities in the west where a strong rebel presence remains. Shelling there killed at least 40 people on Monday, Ahmed said.
Misurata lies around 200km east of Tripoli, the capital, and is home to a major oil refinery.
Libyan govt spokesman Ibrahim said Misurata, Libya's third-largest city, was " liberated three days ago" and that forces were hunting " terrorist elements" .
After 1st wave of French fighter planes taking out on pro-Gaddafi's tanks, artillery and armour. (sitting ducks.) it's seen tobe another bloody fight going on in nearby rebel town,
Forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi retreated to the key town after Western-led air strikes destroyed much of their armour,
leaving dozens of wrecked tanks along the road. Saving Benghazi near 700,000 population by last hour of a bloody bloodshed bath path.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/libya-live-report-20110321-031651-295.html
1110 GMT:
Libyan govt forces have pulled back to--Ajdabiya, 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the south of the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi, my colleague Sara Hussein reports from near there, but they showed they still had plenty of fight as they beat off an insurgent advance Monday.
But they sent rebels -- who followed up the withdrawal and were massed in their hundreds outside Ajdabiya -- fleeing in disarray when they opened up from the town with shell fire from their artillery and remaining tanks, Sara reports.
teeth53 ( Date: 21-Mar-2011 13:24) Posted:
Latest news--Egyptians had voted. It is their first ever voting right to vote for changes.
It was the wisdom of Ex-president Mubaruk's giving way to, and all Egyptians hav accepted it without much blood shit. Libya's did not learn anythings by under estimated Libya's aspiration for its own people's. A model which Libya's choosen to ignore and dismiss of as unworkable model for Col Gaddafi and son heir apparent.
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Package of nine changes endorsed by overwhelming vote, paving the way for parliamentary elections later this year.
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Latest Yemen news
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/middle-east/yemen-live-blog-march-21 (pls click for more info)
Protesters have been demanding an end to president Saleh's rule[Reuters]The list of people's who resigned or defected from
president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s regime is growing rapidly. The latest to join the list is.....Yemen's ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s ambassador to Egypt
Seniors Army Officers........
Diplomats..........
Local Officials...and MPs........
Tribal Leaders--Sheikh Sadeq bin Abdullah Bin Hussein Alahmer, the leader of Hashed tribes
Latest News out from Yemenees...
Seow liao...Army senior officer and not securities council Chief...??
teeth53 thot--next stages that is under going a historical Northen/Middle East revolution
Yemen: 'Chaos by design'
Abdulghani al-Iryani, a Yemeni political researcher and analyst, talks about the challenges facing his country.
Libyan envoy in Europe, Misrata described as " hell" Reuters - 47 minutes ago 
Soko G-2A Galeb, Mis-match Libya plane shot down by...French Air forces. 
(equalvilent to old hawker hunter SAF fighter jet and slow than our F5E tiger)