In contrast to the situation of relative normalcy in eastern Libya, almost totally "liberated" the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, the inhabitants of Tripoli and west of the country live in uncertainty. Thousands of Libyans and foreigners trying to leave the country, some by land borders with Tunisia and Egypt, others by planes and ships sent to evacuate them.
In the capital, surrounded by soldiers, we hear gunfire in some areas, while other people go out and even go to work. Meanwhile, the dictator's militia attempt to erase evidence of the massacre of civilians, and have forcibly taken the bodies of protesters from a hospital overnight. "Last night I slept only three hours, at seven o'clock (one hour behind mainland Spain) and heard shots fired in the street," Skype account through the Libyan Amira Aribe, kindergarten teacher.
Aribe Gergaresh living in a coastal area with hotels in Tripoli, said that the situation in the capital varies by location. In his only venture out into the street at night: "The day is too dangerous, we're all afraid of the militias." This woman, one of the few Libyan dare to appear in the press with his name, reports that, according to several friends who work at the Central Hospital of Tripoli, the militia entered the center last night and took the bodies of protesters killed in the streets, despite opposition from doctors.
The night before, had come to forbid workers to take photos or videos of the dead and wounded. The use of violence against demonstrators has led to international condemnation and numerous defections within the regime itself Gaddafi, who clings to power and says he would rather die "a martyr" to go.
"Within days, Tripoli will be a real battle," predicts Aribe. A fear shared MD, a Libyan engineer living in the area of Hai Al-Andulus, also in the area of the capital. "We do not know what to expect. Tripoli is in the hands of a madman," he says. Queues for bread in your area, has MD, 43, also by Skype, the night was quiet.
"I just heard shots during Gadhafi's speech," he says. By day, he says, people start to have trouble finding necessities such as bread or gasoline, "The last three days we had to wait queue for over an hour to get some bread," he describes. His two children, 4 and 7, are at home because schools have been closed since the riots began a week ago.
"Children are the only ones who are not afraid, quiet play outside what is going on." Amir Siddiqui, a Pakistani engineer employed in the oil sector, has a forum for expatriates in many international companies keep staff in their offices in the capital to "take care" of its workers in the oil fields.
"The situation in Tripoli is not as bad as the news show," he says, "no trouble moving, we're still going to the office and we had no problems so far," had this morning. For him, the problem of hundreds of expatriates who intend to leave the country is to reach the capital by road. That is precisely what he intends to do at the moment Juan Prunes, a Spanish man who works for a Canadian company.
After two days of silence, the Spanish Embassy in Libya has told you this morning to travel to Tripoli to give a pass, and wait for a plane that will evacuate the country. The Legation has assured Prunes, traveling in a bus hired by his company from the desert about 70 kilometers from Tripoli, which is being quiet morning in the capital, although there are roadblocks and checkpoints with armed men at different points of the city.
Oscar, a Spanish who live in Libya, "has not yet heard from the Embassy," says his father. His son managed to reach him with a text message, but papers are still very complicated. Oscar describes a situation "quite calm", although sporadic gunfire heard outside the capital, where he took refuge in a friend's house.
Life in the towns 'liberated' during the late afternoon yesterday, after the televised speech by Qaddafi, who fired the minds of both supporters and opponents of the dictator, there were clashes in the streets of several cities in the east. However, this morning was relatively normal lives in many of the towns liberated from the dictator's regime, in which the army has sided with the demonstrators.
In the village of Albayda, for example, banks and offices are open. Only schools remain closed, describes Gebrel Ahmed, a Libyan diplomat for 37 years. Gebrel, who yesterday went to the border with Egypt where he was receiving foreign journalists and medical equipment, was attending this morning at a general meeting of your community to organize.
Note that the next steps will be coordinated with all the liberated cities, which says, are mostly in the east. The former diplomat said that the dictator's speech last night raised the ire of citizens who took to the streets. "Gaddafi is to manipulate public opinion by saying that behind the protests there are radicals and terrorists," says Gebrel, who denies.
After the speech, the revolutionary committees, pillars of the regime, took to the streets to attack people in cities like Zliten, which caused 30 injuries have told Khaled Shari, Libyan living in Valencia, his brothers. Gaddafi's supporters "used sticks and Kalashnikov rifles with little ammunition left to them," says Shari.
As he has told his brother Mahmoud, the population is confronted them and managed to stop them. Benghazi residents also have had a night "very lively, with many shots," says Elisa Lee, the partner of British David Livingstone, who hopes in this eastern city, the second largest in Libya, a way out of the country.
On the street can see that the Libyans are no longer more: "People are tired of so much blood," Livingstone told him. "People are very lively, with higher morals than we are, we are concerned in the distance," says Shari, who lives in Spain for 30 years. His brothers passed that "this is not going back." 
In the capital, surrounded by soldiers, we hear gunfire in some areas, while other people go out and even go to work. Meanwhile, the dictator's militia attempt to erase evidence of the massacre of civilians, and have forcibly taken the bodies of protesters from a hospital overnight. "Last night I slept only three hours, at seven o'clock (one hour behind mainland Spain) and heard shots fired in the street," Skype account through the Libyan Amira Aribe, kindergarten teacher.
Aribe Gergaresh living in a coastal area with hotels in Tripoli, said that the situation in the capital varies by location. In his only venture out into the street at night: "The day is too dangerous, we're all afraid of the militias." This woman, one of the few Libyan dare to appear in the press with his name, reports that, according to several friends who work at the Central Hospital of Tripoli, the militia entered the center last night and took the bodies of protesters killed in the streets, despite opposition from doctors.
The night before, had come to forbid workers to take photos or videos of the dead and wounded. The use of violence against demonstrators has led to international condemnation and numerous defections within the regime itself Gaddafi, who clings to power and says he would rather die "a martyr" to go.
"Within days, Tripoli will be a real battle," predicts Aribe. A fear shared MD, a Libyan engineer living in the area of Hai Al-Andulus, also in the area of the capital. "We do not know what to expect. Tripoli is in the hands of a madman," he says. Queues for bread in your area, has MD, 43, also by Skype, the night was quiet.
"I just heard shots during Gadhafi's speech," he says. By day, he says, people start to have trouble finding necessities such as bread or gasoline, "The last three days we had to wait queue for over an hour to get some bread," he describes. His two children, 4 and 7, are at home because schools have been closed since the riots began a week ago.
"Children are the only ones who are not afraid, quiet play outside what is going on." Amir Siddiqui, a Pakistani engineer employed in the oil sector, has a forum for expatriates in many international companies keep staff in their offices in the capital to "take care" of its workers in the oil fields.
"The situation in Tripoli is not as bad as the news show," he says, "no trouble moving, we're still going to the office and we had no problems so far," had this morning. For him, the problem of hundreds of expatriates who intend to leave the country is to reach the capital by road. That is precisely what he intends to do at the moment Juan Prunes, a Spanish man who works for a Canadian company.
After two days of silence, the Spanish Embassy in Libya has told you this morning to travel to Tripoli to give a pass, and wait for a plane that will evacuate the country. The Legation has assured Prunes, traveling in a bus hired by his company from the desert about 70 kilometers from Tripoli, which is being quiet morning in the capital, although there are roadblocks and checkpoints with armed men at different points of the city.
Oscar, a Spanish who live in Libya, "has not yet heard from the Embassy," says his father. His son managed to reach him with a text message, but papers are still very complicated. Oscar describes a situation "quite calm", although sporadic gunfire heard outside the capital, where he took refuge in a friend's house.
Life in the towns 'liberated' during the late afternoon yesterday, after the televised speech by Qaddafi, who fired the minds of both supporters and opponents of the dictator, there were clashes in the streets of several cities in the east. However, this morning was relatively normal lives in many of the towns liberated from the dictator's regime, in which the army has sided with the demonstrators.
In the village of Albayda, for example, banks and offices are open. Only schools remain closed, describes Gebrel Ahmed, a Libyan diplomat for 37 years. Gebrel, who yesterday went to the border with Egypt where he was receiving foreign journalists and medical equipment, was attending this morning at a general meeting of your community to organize.
Note that the next steps will be coordinated with all the liberated cities, which says, are mostly in the east. The former diplomat said that the dictator's speech last night raised the ire of citizens who took to the streets. "Gaddafi is to manipulate public opinion by saying that behind the protests there are radicals and terrorists," says Gebrel, who denies.
After the speech, the revolutionary committees, pillars of the regime, took to the streets to attack people in cities like Zliten, which caused 30 injuries have told Khaled Shari, Libyan living in Valencia, his brothers. Gaddafi's supporters "used sticks and Kalashnikov rifles with little ammunition left to them," says Shari.
As he has told his brother Mahmoud, the population is confronted them and managed to stop them. Benghazi residents also have had a night "very lively, with many shots," says Elisa Lee, the partner of British David Livingstone, who hopes in this eastern city, the second largest in Libya, a way out of the country.
On the street can see that the Libyans are no longer more: "People are tired of so much blood," Livingstone told him. "People are very lively, with higher morals than we are, we are concerned in the distance," says Shari, who lives in Spain for 30 years. His brothers passed that "this is not going back."
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