.- The revolutionary committees, a pillar of the Libyan regime, threatened on Friday with an answer "explosive" protests against Muammar Qaddafi that left 41 dead already and were aggravated by the hanging of two policemen and the burning of a radio station in Benghazi (east). According to recount, from different local sources, the death toll since the start of the protests in Libya, on Tuesday, stands at 41.
This balance does not take into account the two policemen who were hanged by protesters in Al Baida (East) when they tried to disperse demonstrators, or the four prisoners who died while trying to flee on Friday from a prison near Tripoli. Oea newspaper's website, close to Seif al-Islam, a son of Kadhafi, said 20 people were buried on Friday in Benghazi, the second largest city and an opposition stronghold.
The previous balance was 14 dead, according to medical sources. In this city, the demonstrators took and burned on Friday night the headquarters of the local radio station after the withdrawal of security forces guarding the building, told AFP several witnesses and an official source. In Derna, east of Benghazi, the newspaper reported that seven people were killed Thursday during protests.
Protest movements, as convened on Thursday after an appeal on the internet to celebrate the "Day of Rage" were violently repressed, especially in Benghazi and Al Baida, both located on the coast east of Tripoli. Access and the airport of Al Baida were being cordoned off on Friday night by security forces, told AFP a source close to power, on condition of anonymity.
According to this source, "the forces have been ordered to leave the center of town to avoid clashes with protesters and prevent further deaths." However, according to reports circulating on the Internet, the protesters have taken control of the city and expelled the security forces. Another informed source told AFP that Al Baida killed 14 people since the beginning of the protests on Wednesday.
Among the dead would have protesters, but also supporters of the regime, which would have been killed in local committees and agents of the security forces, although not able to explain the number. The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) stood at 24 dead by police repression during demonstrations on Thursday and denounced "the savage repression of the security forces." The NGO Amnesty International meanwhile said that 46 people died in the last 72 hours by the violence in Libya.
Faced with these protests, the revolutionary committees threatened in his newspaper website Azahf Al Akhdar (The Green March), with a response "violent and devastating" to those who participate. "The power of the people, the Libyan (power of the masses), the revolution and the leader (Muammar Qadhafi) are red lines.
The attempt to overcome them or approach them to suicide risk and play with fire," he warned. With Gaddafi and the 1969 revolution that brought him to power, "have carried out massive gains in the country," the organization added. "It is the only world leader who has refused to be president, king or emperor and left the people full power." Colonel Qaddafi is not, in theory, a "guide" but lavishes advice.
Their model theoretically allows the Libyan people rule through elected people's committees for conferences that meet annually to make decisions that "move" the People's Congress (Parliament), the highest legislative body in the country. Since Tuesday is being carried out unprecedented demonstrations against the regime, similar to those held in other Muslim countries in the wake of the riots that led to the fall to the presidents of Egypt and Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak, respectively.
On Friday night he began to experience performance problems for Internet access, which plays an important role in organizing these protests, as users complained. In Tripoli, the first hour of the night could not enter the website of the popular social network Facebook and links to other websites are very slow or impossible, reported Internet users in the capital.
The official media continue to hide the protests. From Wednesday, the official and national television only reported concentrations and parades for the scheme. 
This balance does not take into account the two policemen who were hanged by protesters in Al Baida (East) when they tried to disperse demonstrators, or the four prisoners who died while trying to flee on Friday from a prison near Tripoli. Oea newspaper's website, close to Seif al-Islam, a son of Kadhafi, said 20 people were buried on Friday in Benghazi, the second largest city and an opposition stronghold.
The previous balance was 14 dead, according to medical sources. In this city, the demonstrators took and burned on Friday night the headquarters of the local radio station after the withdrawal of security forces guarding the building, told AFP several witnesses and an official source. In Derna, east of Benghazi, the newspaper reported that seven people were killed Thursday during protests.
Protest movements, as convened on Thursday after an appeal on the internet to celebrate the "Day of Rage" were violently repressed, especially in Benghazi and Al Baida, both located on the coast east of Tripoli. Access and the airport of Al Baida were being cordoned off on Friday night by security forces, told AFP a source close to power, on condition of anonymity.
According to this source, "the forces have been ordered to leave the center of town to avoid clashes with protesters and prevent further deaths." However, according to reports circulating on the Internet, the protesters have taken control of the city and expelled the security forces. Another informed source told AFP that Al Baida killed 14 people since the beginning of the protests on Wednesday.
Among the dead would have protesters, but also supporters of the regime, which would have been killed in local committees and agents of the security forces, although not able to explain the number. The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) stood at 24 dead by police repression during demonstrations on Thursday and denounced "the savage repression of the security forces." The NGO Amnesty International meanwhile said that 46 people died in the last 72 hours by the violence in Libya.
Faced with these protests, the revolutionary committees threatened in his newspaper website Azahf Al Akhdar (The Green March), with a response "violent and devastating" to those who participate. "The power of the people, the Libyan (power of the masses), the revolution and the leader (Muammar Qadhafi) are red lines.
The attempt to overcome them or approach them to suicide risk and play with fire," he warned. With Gaddafi and the 1969 revolution that brought him to power, "have carried out massive gains in the country," the organization added. "It is the only world leader who has refused to be president, king or emperor and left the people full power." Colonel Qaddafi is not, in theory, a "guide" but lavishes advice.
Their model theoretically allows the Libyan people rule through elected people's committees for conferences that meet annually to make decisions that "move" the People's Congress (Parliament), the highest legislative body in the country. Since Tuesday is being carried out unprecedented demonstrations against the regime, similar to those held in other Muslim countries in the wake of the riots that led to the fall to the presidents of Egypt and Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak, respectively.
On Friday night he began to experience performance problems for Internet access, which plays an important role in organizing these protests, as users complained. In Tripoli, the first hour of the night could not enter the website of the popular social network Facebook and links to other websites are very slow or impossible, reported Internet users in the capital.
The official media continue to hide the protests. From Wednesday, the official and national television only reported concentrations and parades for the scheme.
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