The situation in Libya is getting worse. Dozens of people were killed in protests against Muammar al-Gaddafi. The despot was deliberately shooting at demonstrators, uses mercenaries against his countrymen. But keep fighting the insurgents want. ". I saw with my own eyes, like a tank is fed to a car in which sat two men, he has both crushed easily, yet they have no one did anything," described the clergy Abellah al-Warfali his impressions Benghazi, Libya's second largest city.
According to eyewitnesses, the security forces of President Muammar al-Qaddafi in recent days have proceeded very brutal against demonstrators. On Saturday alone in Benghazi, at least 35 people have been killed, observers now speak of a total of 120 deaths since the protests began. But the exact number of victims is unclear - there are hard information from the isolated country to the outside.
On Sunday, hundreds of Libyans will again have gathered to protest against a new courthouse in the city of Benghazi, Gaddafi called for the overthrow. For more than 40 years dictator Gaddafi ruled the North African country, but he was never confronted with such opposition. With all the violence of the dictator tried to secure his power.
Gaddafi is fighting with African mercenaries Despite Gadhafi's attempts to sever access to the Internet, at least temporarily and to block mobile phone networks, information found on the upheavals in the neighboring Arab countries via Twitter and other sites to Libya. While government propaganda in the past may have been an appropriate means to suppress their own people, this works no longer in the Internet era.
While foreign journalists are allowed since the start of the protests no longer report from Libya, but totally can not get the flow of information to dry up. According to CNN Gaddafi sent his son, Khamis and his elite military unit to Benghazi to quell the protests. Witnesses said helicopters that circled over the city and from which security forces fired on demonstrators.
With tear gas were security forces against protesters who camped outside the courthouse in the city of tents. From passing cars to have Gaddafi's troops fired on demonstrators. Many have been associated with head wounds in the hospitals. According to the Arabic TV station al-Jazeera have in recent days security forces repeatedly refused to execute the commands and their compatriots to shoot.
It is rumored that Gaddafi have engaged in various African countries mercenaries particularly brutal act against the people, no tribal connections with the opposition have - and do not fear the uprising of the dictator needs. "We want freedom, we want democracy," "Many people are killed for freedom," said a protester CNN.
His name was not disclosed for security reasons. "Our goal is simple: We want Gaddafi's We want freedom, we want democracy.." According to CNN, it was the man to a technology expert, has installed the cameras in Benghazi, to transfer the protests via live stream on the Internet and to make them as public.
He insisted that the protesters wanted to go in the next few days on the road. The repression by the ruling regime would only further motivate the opposition. "Stop the massacre" the state propaganda, however, keeps trying to paint a completely different picture. The news agency Jana reported that foreigners sabotage and fires deliberately set out to undermine the stability, security and unity of Libya.
A covert, from Israel-controlled network had initiated the protests. Libyan authorities on Saturday were laid dozens of alleged members of such a network. The group Tunisians, Egyptians, Sudanese, Palestinians, Syrians and Turks have heard. You receive "incitement to looting and sabotage, such as arson in hospitals, banks, courts, police guards and military police, and public and private buildings" for her.
" The news agency said, the suspects were attempting to loot weapons from police stations for their personal use. In a letter of 50 Muslim scholars appealed from the west of the country's security forces not to kill people. "We call on every Muslim who supports the regime, to remember that killing innocent people is forbidden by our Creator.
(...) Do not kill your brothers and sisters. Terminates the massacre." "Gaddafi makes us believe that the secret police are everywhere," said a man named Moftah CNN. "We must break through this wall of fear. We have reached a point where we all care."
According to eyewitnesses, the security forces of President Muammar al-Qaddafi in recent days have proceeded very brutal against demonstrators. On Saturday alone in Benghazi, at least 35 people have been killed, observers now speak of a total of 120 deaths since the protests began. But the exact number of victims is unclear - there are hard information from the isolated country to the outside.
On Sunday, hundreds of Libyans will again have gathered to protest against a new courthouse in the city of Benghazi, Gaddafi called for the overthrow. For more than 40 years dictator Gaddafi ruled the North African country, but he was never confronted with such opposition. With all the violence of the dictator tried to secure his power.
Gaddafi is fighting with African mercenaries Despite Gadhafi's attempts to sever access to the Internet, at least temporarily and to block mobile phone networks, information found on the upheavals in the neighboring Arab countries via Twitter and other sites to Libya. While government propaganda in the past may have been an appropriate means to suppress their own people, this works no longer in the Internet era.
While foreign journalists are allowed since the start of the protests no longer report from Libya, but totally can not get the flow of information to dry up. According to CNN Gaddafi sent his son, Khamis and his elite military unit to Benghazi to quell the protests. Witnesses said helicopters that circled over the city and from which security forces fired on demonstrators.
With tear gas were security forces against protesters who camped outside the courthouse in the city of tents. From passing cars to have Gaddafi's troops fired on demonstrators. Many have been associated with head wounds in the hospitals. According to the Arabic TV station al-Jazeera have in recent days security forces repeatedly refused to execute the commands and their compatriots to shoot.
It is rumored that Gaddafi have engaged in various African countries mercenaries particularly brutal act against the people, no tribal connections with the opposition have - and do not fear the uprising of the dictator needs. "We want freedom, we want democracy," "Many people are killed for freedom," said a protester CNN.
His name was not disclosed for security reasons. "Our goal is simple: We want Gaddafi's We want freedom, we want democracy.." According to CNN, it was the man to a technology expert, has installed the cameras in Benghazi, to transfer the protests via live stream on the Internet and to make them as public.
He insisted that the protesters wanted to go in the next few days on the road. The repression by the ruling regime would only further motivate the opposition. "Stop the massacre" the state propaganda, however, keeps trying to paint a completely different picture. The news agency Jana reported that foreigners sabotage and fires deliberately set out to undermine the stability, security and unity of Libya.
A covert, from Israel-controlled network had initiated the protests. Libyan authorities on Saturday were laid dozens of alleged members of such a network. The group Tunisians, Egyptians, Sudanese, Palestinians, Syrians and Turks have heard. You receive "incitement to looting and sabotage, such as arson in hospitals, banks, courts, police guards and military police, and public and private buildings" for her.
" The news agency said, the suspects were attempting to loot weapons from police stations for their personal use. In a letter of 50 Muslim scholars appealed from the west of the country's security forces not to kill people. "We call on every Muslim who supports the regime, to remember that killing innocent people is forbidden by our Creator.
(...) Do not kill your brothers and sisters. Terminates the massacre." "Gaddafi makes us believe that the secret police are everywhere," said a man named Moftah CNN. "We must break through this wall of fear. We have reached a point where we all care."
- Gaddafi's Final Days? (19/02/2011)
- "Anti-Gaddafi Protesters Seize Libyan City" and related posts (19/02/2011)
- Muammar Gaddafi loyalists: We'll snuff out any fresh protests (18/02/2011)
- Libyan Soccer Fans Cheer Gaddafi Son in Tripoli (20/02/2011)
- Libya's Gaddafi faces challenge to four decades of rule - Reuters Africa (19/02/2011)
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