Born of the night raid, eight ships sunk. Gaddafi back on TV

NATO has announced that he had sunk eight warships belonging to the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, during a series of air raids on the night of the Alliance ports of Tripoli, Sirte and Homs. "Given the escalation in the use of naval forces, NATO had no choice but to go to any act of force to protect the civilian population of Libya and maritime forces of the Alliance," said Admiral Russell Harding in a statement.

Libya, Tripoli raid Born on: "We do not know where it is and if you live Gaddafi"

Overnight Tripoli has been subjected to particularly intense bombing by NATO planes, which for three consecutive hours have attacked several targets in different parts of the capital of Libya. In the city, from 2 am, there followed at least eight violent explosions and, according to eyewitnesses, "the direction from which came one of them indicates that you have targeted the complex of Muammar Gaddafi," is to say the residence of Colonel-bunker in Bab al-Aziziya.

Sarkozy accepts the invitation to the CNT-BengasiItalia France: possible suspension of the Schengen

Suspend the Schengen Treaty "in case of systemic failures and until the problem is resolved." According to reports from the Elysee this is the proposal that France will lead to the summit with Italy in Rome next Tuesday. The idea is that beyond the Alps, which authorizes a suspension of the free movement of people and goods within the European Union member countries, can help stop the extraordinary flows of immigrants from Tunisia and Libya.

Libya, "the rais use cluster bombs on civilians," but denies Tripoli. New Born raid

The humanitarian organization HumanRights Watch (HRW) has confirmed that government forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have used cluster bombs against the city of Misurata, but the charge was denied by an official spokesman in Tripoli. The news was released yesterday by the New York Times, which published a letter which he has sent to the port city controlled by insurgents and besieged for over a month.

La Russa, "reluctant to bomb Libya" Initiate the evacuation plan of Misurata

Against the Gaddafi regime will be applied further restrictive measures on oil and gas. The ministers decided the European Union, met today in Lussembrugo. A meeting was held after the controversy of the morning. "NATO has decided to take the direction of military operations and we have accepted," said French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, "Today must play its role and destroy heavy weapons used by Gaddafi to bomb the population" .

Libyan crisis, humanitarian emergency in Misurata

Human shields, gunmen in civilian clothes Gaddafi, hospitals that lack everything from milk to anesthetics to the staff. Emerge at this time with greater accuracy the situation in Misurata, the western coastal town, 200 km from Tripoli, the center of the largest and most dramatic military operations during the last hours.

According to hospital sources, there are 40 dead (including 4 children), and 189 wounded in the fighting. The strategy of attack of the measures and initiatives at the Gaddafi on Friday. In this city, the richest and most culturally advanced of Libya, were introduced hundreds of militiamen in civilian clothes.

Measured against Qaddafi unleashed tanks "If I fall, Europe invaded by immigrants"

The regime announced a truce. But Gaddafi does not stop. After the attack yesterday in Zawiya, the dictator unleashed tanks measured against. It then launches a threat: "If I fall, thousands of people will invade Europe from Libya." The day started with entries from Tripoli announced that an agreement reached the night of the Libyan tribes to the cessation of hostilities.

In the capital felt the blows of a firearm, according to the same sources that were shot to celebrate the end of the insurgency. The streets were then filled with cars honking and thousands of people waving green flags symbol of the regime. In the next hours Gaddafi might appear on television to announce the tragua.

Messages from Tripoli, told the revolt on Facebook

E 'February 23, arriving from Libya only a poor image, with the stolen phone. Gaddafi has already made his first appearance on TV, spoke to the country. Rumours that gave fleeing to Venezuela, insists that Saddam will not give up and fight until the end. To understand, in Italy on what is really happening in Tripoli is complicated.

The phone lines are skipped and the only direct feedback that I can get is by a young Italian engineer, John has just got back to Rome. E 'tired and scared, the telephone company you work for foreign employees held for three days in a compound not far from Tripoli. "We were locked in a safe in there - said exhausted John - but the airport was risky.

Dear La Russa, that's what I would do to Tripoli

In this terrible time for Libya burns me they can not do anything to directly intervene in defense of the people being massacred. To quell my anger, I started to think what could I do if I were Russia, which also is my cousin ... And I said, the riots of the Maghreb have drawn great strength from the use of the Internet, and that the cunning of Gaddafi ' felt and cut the connections.

I asked Arab friends and I have confirmed that the communications are from Tripoli difficoltosissime. Then I asked myself, could not make the connection to the inhabitants of Tripoli? Something like wireless, Wi Fi, Wi Max, Vsat. So I phoned a company that specializes in and asked what it would cost to give me internet access to 20,000 people in Tripoli (the computers we have them).

Libya, Qaddafi isolated controls only Tripoli

Tripoli is still under the control of Gaddafi while Zauia, Zentani, Cyrenaica and east of the country are no longer so. This morning, the government has sent a text message to the citizens by encouraging them to return to work but the streets remained deserted. According to what the witnesses said the city spent a relatively quiet night and this morning the streets are almost empty and there is also little police around.