Monday, February 21, 2011

Uprising in Libya

In Libya, the escalating violence in the capital Tripoli, the building of the People's Congress have been set on fire. After reports of the station al-Jazeera during the night more than 60 people were killed in the protests. It was a night of violence in Tripoli. In the Libyan capital, came after reports of eye witnesses to the most severe clashes between demonstrators and security forces of the regime.


Snipers fired from rooftops to have on government opponents - the shots were to be heard by 4 clock in the morning. According to data from hospital circles at night and on Monday more than 60 people were killed in the protests in Tripoli. This was reported by the Arabic television al-Jazeera.

Opponents to the building of the People's Congress have set on fire. A reporter for the news agency reported that the fire brigade trying to douse the flames. The building of state television was looted, according to demonstrators. Near the capital, hundreds of people stormed a guided by a firm südkanischen site.

Here are 15 construction workers from Bangladesh and three Südkaner were injured, said the Foreign Ministry südkanische. Two of the workers from Bangladesh had suffered severe injuries. There are computers and a heavy-duty unit has been stolen. Later, the attackers left the 500 about 30 miles west of Tripoli neighborhood site.

In the east of the country it has come so far after unconfirmed reports of looting. For head of state Muammar al-Gaddafi, the situation is more dangerous: the insurgents, who on Wednesday began their demonstrations against the federal leadership, to some cities have already brought more or less under their control.

On the internet pages of the opposition said on Monday, two strains were planning to bring the city in Sebha Zentrallibyen under their control. Previously there were rumors that Gaddafi is said to have retired there. A former close ally Gaddafi turned against the president: It is wrong that the government use force against their opponents, "said Mohammed Bayou, who was until a month ago, Gaddafi's spokesman.

He asked, according to the news agency Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi to dialogue with the opposition. Human rights activists to call for UN action against Libya, Saif al-Islam had on the night in a televised speech warned of a civil war. He said the leadership was willing to reform.

But she wanted to, if necessary, to the last man to fight. Saif said that there was a "conspiracy" against the country. He accused wealthy businessmen, Islamists, and trade organizations, to have recruited Arab and African foreigners in order to incite the revolt. Libya should be broken up into individual units, the national unity was threatened.

Demonstrators had some military bases and tanks under their control. Security forces had taken place in several Libyan cities in recent days, with violence against the protesters. According to the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) be at least 173 people were killed. The federal government has condemned the violent actions of the security forces sharp.

The Chancellor was, according to its spokesman "dismayed" at reports from Libya. Clearly called for the federal government to the Libyan leadership to stop all violence against political opponents and to seek dialogue with the population. Any peaceful protests would accept, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert.

The Foreign Office warned against travel to Libya, particularly in the east of the country. All Germans who are still in the North African country, it is recommended to leave. Estimates that about 500 Germans living in the country, including many German citizens with dual citizenship. As tourists are there, probably only a few Germans on the road.

Oil companies are preparing evacuation of its staff The European Union is thinking about it because of the unrest, fly out EU citizens from the North African country. "We are extremely concerned," the Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez said before a meeting with her EU counterparts in Brussels.

There is therefore a "coordination" in the question of whether EU citizens should be possible to safety. Meanwhile, had a special machine of the Turkish Airlines a break because of the serious unrest organized evacuation flight. The machine did not get in Benghazi to land more and therefore had returned to Istanbul, reported the Turkish news agency Anadolu.

Even international companies are preparing for evacuations: It is "very likely" that, given the unrest in the country in the coming days, staff will be deducted, a spokesman for the British oil giant BP said on Monday in London. The company employs about 140 people declare themselves to be in Libya.

A large part of it, however, are national personnel. Austria's oil and gas group OMV reduced because of the continuing unrest its workforce. Only essential employees for the business would remain in Libya, the foreign employees and their families would be taken out of the country, said the OMV.

Libya is one of the major production countries for OMV. About one tenth of the daily production comes from the North African country. The violence in Libya has driven oil prices sharply on Monday in the air. One barrel (159 liters) of North Sea Brent crude for April delivery cost 103.64 in early trade U.S. dollars. That was more than $ 1.12 on Friday. The price of a barrel of U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in March, also significantly by 1.18 dollars to 87.38 U.S. dollars. Libya is also a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The twelve OPEC countries are responsible for about 40 percent of global oil production.

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