Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 9, Part 10 (The Mother of of Intifadas today)

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 9, Part 10 (The Mother of of Intifadas today)

Previous Day 9 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9

Previous Day 8 threads: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x502125">Part 11

The world’s 100 largest arms dealers, excluding Chinese vendors, sold weapons for $401 billion in 2009, with US vendors remaining in first place

Threads for previous days are in my journal

To make sure the Army doesn't swing the revolution to the people, with the silent complicity of world leaders more concerned about the stability of oil prices than people's lives, Qaddafi has brought in more than 35,000 North African mercenaries specifically from Chad, Nigeria, Guinea and Darfur. There's a Facebook video of a captured mercenary from Chad (Youtube here). Captured mercenaries confessed they were paid between $12,000 - $30,000 each. Today pamphlet ads were found in Nigeria offering them $2000/day for their savage work.

Is Qaddafi the only one paying these mercenaries? Or are EU governments, with their long history of hiring mercenaries, chipping in? I demand to know.

LibyanThinker The Libyan Thinker
Remains of Soldiers Burned to Death for Not Shooting Protesters in #Libya http://www.twitvid.com/YXKOT & http://tinyurl.com/4d6a57n

MAP of Protests across the Middle East




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

[Catherina]

1. Extraordinary footage. Gunfire almost nonstop.

acarvin Andy Carvin
Extraordinary footage. Gunfire almost nonstop. http://on.fb.me/i4VPKV #libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=114586935282599

Extraordinary footage? WTF NPR! WTF?

[JanDutchy]

3. cry for Doctors without borders

18.47 hours:
Médecins sans Frontières has the greatest difficulty to Libya. There is now one team present, but on the borders of the country are more teams to wait. MSF reports that the hospitals in Libya urgent need of medicines and operationmaterial.

[bobbolink]

16. I'm guessing the Libyan doctors badly need to be relieved.

Their PTSD must be kicking into overdrive. :cry:

[Catherina]

2. JUST IN: Video of protests in Tripoli after prayers this afternoon (2:00pm local time). Open fire!

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
JUST IN: Video of protests in Tripoli after prayers this afternoon (2:00pm local time). Open fire! http://bit.ly/htUhud #libya #feb17
10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


URGENT video for the marches that swept the rebels Tripoli Mizran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ckf9AizRX8&feature=player_embedded#at=97

[Catherina]

4. Video: URGENT Taraabuls demonstrations in front of the mosque of Sidi Abddaghann

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Video of protesters in Tripoli earlier this afternoon: http://bit.ly/gQ2M5B #gaddaficrimes #libya #feb17
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

URGENT Taraabuls demonstrations in front of the mosque of Sidi Abddaghann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nMta1YwuSg

[Catherina]

5. dont know whats worst. the pain of losing my uncle, or hearing my mother cry 4 the loss of her 2nd b

LibyanThinker The Libyan Thinker
i dont know whats worst. the pain of losing my uncle, or hearing my mother cry 4 the loss of her 2nd brother at #Gaddafi's hands. #Libya
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[JanDutchy]

12. William Hague and Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya's deputy UN ambassador:

18.25 Latest from William Hague:

What has happened in the way the Libyan government has treated its own people is unacceptable to the world.

18.20 The statement from Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya's deputy UN ambassador:

There are already thousands of people who have been killed, we expect more.


18.10 Libya's deputy UN ambassador speaking in New York claims "thousands" of people have died in the unrest.

[sabrina 1]

36. Why is Hague surprised? Did he ever raise an objection to his government's

role in rehabilitating and arming Qaddafi, his PM's close friendship with him? They knew what and who he was, so this sudden concern of the Libyan people is so hypocritical. Shame on all of them for the greed and lack of morals that strengthened all of these brutal dictators.

[highplainsdem]

6. K&R

[steve2470]

7. k&r nt

[Catherina]

8. Check this video out -- tripoli roads 25/2/2011 - 5:53pm

AliTweel Ali Tweel
Check this video out -- tripoli roads 25/2/2011 - 5:53pm youtub
14 minutes ago


Tripoli roads 25/2/2011 - 5:53pm +2GMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU6tUPV8Hlc

[Catherina]

9. Tripoli says Soog Al Jum3a under heavy fire. Protesters being attacked and shot at close range!

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Contact in Tripoli says Soog Al Jum3a under heavy fire. Protesters being attacked and shot at close range! #feb17 #gaddaficrimes #libya
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[pinboy3niner]

10. K&R

[Poboy]

11. Recommend

[Catherina]

13. US gov't chartered boat too small to rescue stranded Americans.- US has to have US casualties to ju

mijadedios mijadedios
RT @Drudge_Report: US gov't chartered boat too small to rescue stranded Americans.- US has to have US casualties to justify attacking LIbya
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


How low our credibility has sunk. Great going US politicians of the last decades.

[leftstreet]

14. K&R

Thanks!

[Catherina]

15. Revolutionaries take control of Sabratha city (65km/40miles west of Tripoli)

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya: Eyewitness: Revolutionaries take control of Sabratha city (65km/40miles west of Tripoli) #Libya
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

17. In rebel HQ, graffiti says Obama must decide --libya of khadafi.

richardengelnbc richard engel
#libya.. In rebel HQ, graffiti says Obama must decide --libya of khadafi..
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


NBC, that's old graffiti. Please catch up. That goose was cooked days ago.

[Catherina]

18. #Tripoli pic battlefield, retreats+advance,some areas taken, some in enemy control, defense, attack>

MilitantNews MilitantNews
#Libya #Tripoli pic battlefield, retreats+advance,some areas taken, some in enemy control, defense, attack+counter-attack under heavy fire
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

19. #Iraq: Early this morning wrote we will see real democracy at work in iraq. We have: >>

Firas_Atraqchi Firas Al-Atraqchi
Early this morning I wrote that we will see real democracy at work in #iraq #feb25. We have: live fire has killed at least 7, wounded 50
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

20. Where the HELL is our army? That's all I ask...

ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
Where the HELL is our army? That's all I ask... #libya #feb17
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Army command mostly interested in neutralizing Gaddafi. Not too interested in letting you win. Look at Egypt.

[UndertheOcean]

21. Gaddafi Possibly fleeing Tripoli, alleged video of his envoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLHUOkFh8R0&feature=related

[Iterate]

29. That's from days ago and location was never verified.

[Catherina]

22. #Ghiraan** in #Misrata being hit randomly with different missiles at 2km range. Death toll 2b high

LibyanDictator The Dictator
CORRECTION: #Ghiraan** in #Misrata being hit randomly with different missiles at 2km range. Death toll expected to be high. #Libya #Feb17
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

23. Mortar rockets used against civilians in #Misrata. Reports of one landing inside a home

LibyanDictator The Dictator
Mortar rockets used against civilians in #Misrata. Reports of one landing inside a home. #Libya #Feb17
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[pinboy3niner]

24. Eyewitness tells aljaz "5,000 killed in Libya....

Just in one bombing during the night 590 people were killed."

--Foreign worker after being evacuated to Malta, talking to AJE in interview clip aired just now.

[Catherina]

25. Video gotten out of #Tripoli today

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
Video gotten out of #Tripoli today by @feb17voices: protesters in street. Aired @ajarabic moments ago http://bit.ly/esm6ha #Libya #Feb17
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


http://jan25voices.posterous.com/video-feb17voices-got-out-of-tripoli-today-ai

[pinboy3niner]

28. CNN also airing new video from Tripoli

Reporting peaceful protesters came under heavy fire from Gaddafi's people.

[Catherina]

26. Where is the army that JOINED US. where's that mad looking guy in cmd of the benghazi heli bde?

ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
Better question: Where is the army that JOINED US then.. where's that mad looking guy in command of the #benghazi helicopter brigade??
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

27. Video: Man taking his last breaths in Tripoli after being shot

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
Man taking his last breaths in Tripoli after being shot: http://on.fb.me/gaTrho #libya #gaddaficrimes #feb17
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=182703548437454

[Catherina]

30. a lot of civil cars w\ them marching then suddenly people w\ guns got out, started to shoot from mid

AliTweel Ali Tweel
there was a lot of civil cars with them marching then suddenly people with guns got out & started to shoot @ them from the middle > @SL0wZEr
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

31. "We were thousands, demonstrators have joined us from #Tajoura, when we got to the middle of >>

jadassary Jad assary
Eyewitness:"We were thousands, demonstrators have joined us from #Tajoura, when we got to the middle of the #Arada they shot at us" he says
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

32. Guys FF please I have exclusive information from Tripoli >>> MUST READ

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Guys FF please I have exclusive information from Tripoli and want as many people to hear it as possible. #Libya
29 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

OK guys I'm not going to mention any details to protect the people involved, I hope you understand.

The person who talks to me lives between Tajoura and Souq al Juma area, won't specify the place in detail for safetey reasons.

They witnessed protesters marching down from Tajoura to Arrada and Souq al Juma.

Before the protesters reach their destination, in Al-Hani district, they were attacked by mercenaries.

The shooting was so heavy that they could not go any further, there are documented deaths and video footage.

The protesters had to run for their lives.

The following streets saw heavy gunfire after Friday prayers: Dhamani, 1st September, Bin Ashour, Sharadoul

Mercenaries shoot and then keep quiet and listen for any noise of protests away. If they hear any they head towards it and shoot.

This casts doubts over what we've been hearing, about #Gaddafi losing control of much of the city to protesters.

What this seems to suggest is that mercenaries are very mobile and move from area to area to put down protests by deadly force.

My contact confirms that the protesters today were totally unarmed, it was a totally peaceful march.

They said an eyewitness who was with the protesters took video footage, but it's too dangerous for him to give it to them.

My contact confirmed that many people are in their homes, scared to go out, even scared to look from the window or balcony.

Once again guys I'm not giving any details that can compromise people's safety, so please excuse the vagueness

Contact also confirms that there have been clean ups by #Gaddafi troops & loyalists.

They said they can't phone out international calls, dunno if they meant they can't or they shouldn't for safety reasons.

Through another contact, also by phone, I learnt very disturbing news, about targeting any unaccompanied foreigners in Tripoli.

They said anyone seen with a camera, if not accompanied by officials, is immediately shot at.

Also reported that some Arab nationals, esp. Egyptians & Tunisians, are being rounded up and taken in buses to unknown locations.

People are allowed to leave Tripoli, but not enter it.

They report the airport is absolute chaos, many people are outside and can't get in, and some people inside have been there for days.

They also reported that travelers leaving Tripoli have had their phones confiscated, esp. if they are camera phones.

Finally I have to tell you how brave these people are. When I called on the phone, I asked if it's safe to talk.

I asked, am I putting your life in danger by talking? They said, we're all in danger anyway, go ahead, just don't mention names.

To sum up, #Gaddafi is still putting down protests. He's not holding territory though, he has mobile mercenaries going around.

OK, now I'm going to take a break and reply to some of your tweets. There are many.

http://twitter.com/#!/iyad_elbaghdadi

[Desertrose]

34. OMG. These people need some help!

Are all of Qadaffi's assets frozen yet?

He HAS to be stopped before he kills ALL his people!

Madman!!

[Catherina]

42. They aren't holding territory or controlling streets. They move, kill, then leave.

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
@
@WyldDarkHeart They aren't holding territory or controlling streets. They move, kill, then leave.
12 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Animals. Subhumans. Kill them when you find them. Such things do NOT deserve to live.

[pinboy3niner]

48. Gaddafi is ambitious--aiming for the lowest circle of hell

Who will rid Libya of this perpetrator of such crimes against humanity?

[Catherina]

33. "We did not expect this, a civil cars around.. In a moment armed men get out of it and start shootin

jadassary Jad assary
Eyewitness:"We did not expect this, a civil cars around.. In a moment armed men get out of it and start shooting us"
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

35. Video: People shot in the face, Sulemani

AliveIn Stories from MENA
#Iraq Video: People shot in the face, Sulemani http://bit.ly/hJ5M78 (Feb 25)
8 minutes ago

Video: People shot in the face, Sulemani



on FEBRUARY 25, 2011

http://alive.in/iraq/2011/02/25/ideo-people-shotin-face-sulemani/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrvBNJVy5Q&feature=player_embedded

[Catherina]

37. #Iraq: Situation in Dewanya: Power is cut. Protesters Randomly Shot and dismantled by forces.

AliveIn Stories from MENA
#Iraq Situation in Dewanya: Power is cut. Protesters Randomly Shot and dismantled by forces. http://bit.ly/fUIGU5 (Feb 25)
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Situation in Dewanya: Power is cut. Protesters Randomly Shot and dismantled by forces.



on FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Audio:



Transcription:

مرحبا انا احمد من العراق محافظة الديوانية
كما تعرفون اليوم انطلقت مضاهرات في عموم العراق للاعتراض على سوء الخدمات والفساد و النهب و السلب للمال العام كما قلت انا في محافظة القادسية الان الساعة السابعة مساءا مجرد اعتداء على المتظاهرين و تفكيكهم بالقوة مستخدمين السيارات و استغلوا انقطاع التيار الكهربائي . الان انا امام مبنى محافظة الديوانية استغلوا قطع التيار الكهربائي عمدوا الى قطع التيار الكهربائي وبدأوا باطلاق رصاص بشكل قريب على مكان التظاهرات وسمعنا دوي طلقات رصاص و تم ….بعض المتضاهرين و اطلاق الراصاص على اخرين و اعتقال اخرين .في محافظة القادسية جنوب مدينة بغداد و تفريقهم بالقوة هذه هي الديمقراطية الي يتحدث بيها المالكي و من معه و لكن الوضع مختلف تماما في العراق لا توجد قنوات و لايوجد من يبث الحقائق .

Translation:

Hello Am Ahmed from Dewnya Iraq
As you may know demonstrations has bean going on all over Iraq to protest the low level of services, corruption, looting of the public money. as I said am in Qadisya city and now it’s 7:00pm. Few attacks on protesters had accord, protesters has bean dismantled by force as well as using cars, and they used the period of the power cut. Now I am standing in front of the Dewanya municipality as I see that the used the power cut or may be the cut the power on purpose and started to shoot rounds close to the protesters. As well as we heard gun shoots and then… some of the protesters and shooting and detaining others in Dewanya city. This is the democracy that Maliky is talking about. But now the situating is quite different, there are no TV channels and no one is sending the truth out.

Translated and Transcribed by: Omar Abdallah.


http://alive.in/iraq/2011/02/25/situation-in-dewanya-power-is-cut-protesters-randomly-shot-and-dismantled-by-forces/

DO NOT COME 2 ME WITH CROCODILE TEARS IN A YEAR US, EU AND UN. J'ACCUSE. J'ACCUSE NOW.

[sabrina 1]

41. Shame on the International Community. They knew this would happen

And they just talked, and admonished their favorite dictator. When are they holding their next meeting again?

Useless organizations!

:cry:

[defendandprotect]

54. +1000% --

"useless" except to protect their own interests and those of their owners!

Taking down Triploi from Gaddafi is going to take some unbelievable amount of

force from the people, imo!

I'm surprised that Gaddafi hasn't run away yet!

Remember the hopes we had for the UN before the US right so polluted its agenda?

[Catherina]

38. Bank of America was to pay #HBGary $600.000/month on the #Wikileaks attack.

AnonymousIRC Anonymous
Rumors at RSA Conference: Bank of America was to pay #HBGary $600.000/month on the #Wikileaks attack. http://is.gd/NiXKs0 (via @chenxiwang)
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

39. People dug through mud in Benghazi's sacked Army base today, looking for people buried alive. 42 yea

martinchulov Martin Chulov
People dug through mud in Benghazi's sacked Army base today, looking for people buried alive. 42 years of sadism takes a toll. #libya
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

40. LIVE FEED FROM TRIPOLI LIVE #BENGHAZI-

feb17libya Feb17Libya
CALLER FROM TRIPOLI LIVE #BENGHAZI-- LIVE FEED...feb17.info/live-benghazi-… via @Feb17Libya #Libya #feb17
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

LIVE Libya Feed

The Brave Men from Benghazi WILL not Give up to the corruption, injustice and suffering for 42 years.!

We have Mohammed keeping it live. Please stay tuned.

Channel updates will be coming as soon as the government exercises its NO freedom of Speech.


http://feb17.info/live-benghazi-video-feed-mohammed/

[Catherina]

43. The current time in Tripoli is 9:08 PM on Friday, 25 Febr

TimeInLibya Time In Libya
#Libya The current time in Tripoli is 9:00 PM on Friday, 25 February 2011
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

44. UAE & Turkey to work together to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance to Libya

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
WAM: UAE & Turkey to work together to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance to Libyan people http://bit.ly/fL0Qga #Libya
7 minutes ago

UAE and Turkey to work together to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance to Libyan people : Sheikh Abdullah
2011-02-25 22:42:00

WAM Abu Dhabi, 25th Feb. 2011 (WAM) -- UAE and Turkey are currently joining hands to deliver urgent relief assistance to the brotherly Libyan people, UAE Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan affirmed today.

In a joint press conference with his visiting Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davuto?lu before capping a two-day working visit to the UAE, Sheikh Abdullah announced that two Emirati aid planes would fly tomorrow to Turkey and then to Libya to meet the urgent needs of the Libyan people.

"The UAE is sending two planes, to be based in Turkey, to send humanitarian aid from Turkey to Libya," Sheikh Abdullah said.

"We will do everything possible to reach out to Libya in humanitarian ways," the Turkish minister said.

...

http://wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1293605215453&pagename=WAM/WAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399983

[Catherina]

45. New video out of #Misrata.

Libyan4life Jeel Ghathub
New video out of #Misrata. CAUTION GRAPHIC: http://tiny.cc/wliav
7 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Libya Massacre in Misurata from local Hospital 24 02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFYDdxyw5eg

My hate knows no depths

[Catherina]

46. Video from feb17.info showing demonstrators in Souq al Jumaa today.

feb17voices Feb 17 voices
GRAPHIC Video from feb17.info showing demonstrators in Souq al Jumaa today. #Libya #Feb17 http://tiny.cc/682re
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Tripoli Demonstrations in Souq Al-Jumah (Feb. 25)
Posted on February 25, 2011 by v1d

There is no God but God

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBpskfVyrlQ&feature=player_embedded

http://feb17.info/videos/tripoli-demonstrations-in-souq-al-jumah-feb-25/

[Catherina]

47. gun fire everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.

AliTweel Ali Tweel
gun fire everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

49. HELP!!!! State TV is asking people to send images of "victory & joy" for Gaddafi

EndOppression Free the World
State TV is asking people to send images of "victory & joy" for Gaddafi on [e-mail] Flood email with anything and everything anti G
8 minutes ago

[Catherina]

50. [e-mail] mailbox is full. USE [e-mail]

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
. @Dr_Milad reports that [e-mail] mailbox is full. Try again later. They need to see the images of "joy & love" for Gaddafi. #Libya
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Apparently an address that works is <[e-mail]> via @Dudenuker. I recommend images from Benghazi & the Friday Market. #Libya
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

51. "we will die martyrs and God is with us n you will die a criminal, America is better than you dirt"

feb17libya Feb17Libya
Live from #benghazi--to Gaddafi: "we will die martyrs and God is with us n you will die a criminal, America is better than you dirt" #libya
10 minutes ago

[Catherina]

52. Philip J. Crowley

PJCrowley Philip J. Crowley
A U.S. charter aircraft departed #Libya at 1:49 p.m. EDT with additional American and international citizens on board, bound for #Istanbul.
11 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

It is best I bite my tongue here.

[Catherina]

53. Part 11 here

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x507885