Libyan Revolution Tweets Part 2

[Catherina]

Libyan Revolution Tweets Part 2

Previous Parts: Part 1


Occasionally, since the people I follow cover Bahrain, Yemen and Jordan also, if I see something really important about those countries, I'll post it here but I plan to mostly focus on Libya because they're having the hardest time getting the word out and Qaddafi's brutality is more systematic and I believe the scale exceeds the brutality in the other country.

They're also the country with the most propagandists on Twitter.

To make sure the Army doesn't swing the revolution to the people, Qaddafi has brought in thousands of mercenaries from Pakistan, Bangladesh and other North African coutries, specifically Chad. There's a Facebook video of a captured mercenary from Chad http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=103697256377254&oid=179449562095105 (Youtube link here) Their confessions are that they've been offered between $12,000 - $30,000 each.

evanchill Evan Hill
by acarvin
Human Rights Watch has vastly increased their #Libya death count. They say total number of killed is now 84. #feb17 Expected this.
6 hours ago

Reports are that the figure is over 120 already.

Libya protests: 'Terror and bribery are blunt tools now'
Author Hisham Matar pleads with Muammar Gaddafi to hold his troops back

Hisham Matar
guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 February 2011 20.50 GMT



...

The regime became nervous, promising students a large number of generous scholarships abroad. Then it vowed to increase salaries.

...

On the 16th, a day before the planned protests, Libyan's could no longer wait. They went out in Benghazi. There was a palpable fear that the hot-blooded second city was going it alone, that the few thousand protesters were lambs going to slaughter. Their courage seemed unimaginable.

Late that night one of the Benghazi protestors posted a video on YouTube. He looked tired. His voice was hoarse.

"To my brothers in Tripoli," he said, "we can't do this alone."

...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2011/feb/18/libya-protest-hisham-matar-comment

MAP of Protests across the Middle East

Please rec if you read these so I know if the effort here is worth it and to offset the strange unrecs.

[defendandprotect]

1. k/r

[Catherina]

2. SHAME ON U AMR MOUSSA...I wud NEVER accept u to be my President after staying silent about Libya

MennatAllah87 Mennat-Allah M.
SHAME ON U AMR MOUSSA...I wud NEVER accept u to be my President after staying silent against the massacre happening in #Benghazi #Libya
26 minutes ago


Thank you Egyptian sister.

[Catherina]

3. AP article: Snipers shoot mourners in Benghazi, killing 15

Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
by JeanRognetta
AP : Snipers shoot mourners in Benghazi, killing 15 http://apne.ws/hUJfzg #Libya #feb17 v @ShababLibya
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Libya: Snipers shoot mourners, killing 15

By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Associated Press

...

Doctors in Benghazi said Friday that 35 bodies had been brought to the hospital following attacks by security forces backed by militias, on top of more than a dozen killed the day before. Standing in front of Jalaa Hospital morgue, a witness said that the bodies bore wounds from being shot "directly at the head and the chests."

Residents of the city set up neighborhood patrols on Saturday, after police left the streets.

"We don't see a single policeman in the streets, not even traffic police," a lawyer in Benghazi said. People regarded the disappearance of the police as an ominous sign, fearing that pro-government forces would soon follow up the encampment raid with house-to-house attacks.

...

The Khamis Brigade is led by Gadhafi's youngest son Khamis Gadhafi, and U.S. diplomats in leaked memos have called it "the most well-trained and well-equipped force in the Libyan military." The witnesses' reports that it had been deployed could not be independently confirmed.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_LIBYA_PROTESTS?SITE=MTMIS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-02-19-12-23-49

[Catherina]

4. So the US will invade countries to install freedom (Iraq + Afg) yet they can't even comment on what'

Tripolitanian Libyan
by ahad16
So the US will invade countries to install freedom (Iraq + Afg) yet they can't even comment on what's happening in #Libya, #Bahrain, #Yemen
14 minutes ago

[blindpig]

5. k&r

[Catherina]

6. BREAKING: GADDAFIs Nephew now DEAD in benghazi by grenade attacks in birka barracks, wall now down

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by paulnuk2011
BREAKING: would like to confirm GADDAFIs Nephew now DEAD in benghazi by grenade attacks in the birka barracks, wall has come down #Libya
3 minutes ago



More confirmation needed.

[Catherina]

8. now confirmed GADDAFIs Nephew now DEAD in birka barracks, will be on the news shortly

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by lala8474
BREAKING: now confirmed GADDAFIs Nephew now DEAD in birka barracks, will be on the news shortly #Libya #Feb17
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

15. Article

LibyaFeb17_com Libyan Youth
BREAKING: Gaddafi's Nephew is DEAD in Birka Barracks due to GRENADE thrown! - #feb17 #libya - http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=941
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

BREAKING: Gaddafi’s Nephew is DEAD in Birka Barracks due to GRENADE thrown!
Posted on February 19, 2011 by admin

LibyanYouthMovement, the only known tweeter who have eyewitnesses ON THE GROUND confirm that Gaddafi’s nephew has just been killed due to an exploding grenade in Birka Barracks! The barracks were heavily protected with mortars and snipers which led to the dead of 55 in Benghazi! A confirmed statement from the ground states that wall has collapsed in the Birka Barracks.

Eyewitnesses in Tripoli are confirming that protests are developing quickly but were dispersed by army secret police and Revolutionary Guard. They state that the regime fully realise that Tripoli is the last city and they must hold onto it.

http://www.libyafeb17.com/?p=941

[Catherina]

7. Any #G20 statement on #Libya out there? Worst crack down of all #Arab protests yet under way.

mbtelaviv Marc Berthold
by jbarro
Any #G20 statement on #Libya out there? Worst crack down of all #Arab protests yet under way. News of massacre. #AJA: 200 dead in one city.
6 minutes ago


Too busy counting barrels of oil and calculating price fluctuations.

[Catherina]

9. Dear Tripolians, please don't betray your brothers in #Benghazi, please come out.

aalmasri aalmasri
Dear Tripolians, please don't betray your brothers in #Benghazi, please come out. #libya
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

10. Libyan intelligence chief Abdallah Al-Senussi lost his nephew in Al-Birka; confirmed dead

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Multiple confirmations, Libyan intelligence chief Abdallah Al-Senussi lost his nephew in Al-Birka; confirmed dead #Libya #Feb17
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

45. Enes Senussi spoke against #Gaddafi on Aljazeera English just now

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
by der_bluthund
Respect to Enes Senussi who spoke against #Gaddafi on Aljazeera English just now. #Feb17 #Libya
4 minutes ago


Is this true? I was away for a few minutes.

[Catherina]

11. protests developing but quickly dispersed by army secret police and rev guard, last city

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by acarvin
EYE witness in Tripoli, protests developing but quickly dispersed by army secret police and rev guard, they say it is obviously last city
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

12. Morocco: Moroccans riot ahead of protests: Demonstrators in city of Tangier attack police station

AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
by acarvin
Moroccans riot ahead of protests: Demonstrators in city of Tangier attack police station in dispute over utility firm's management.
21 minutes ago

Moroccans riot ahead of protests
Demonstrators in city of Tangier attack police station in dispute over utility firm's management.
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2011 17:25 GMT


The violence came one day before a planned nationwide protest to push for political reform
Protesters have attacked a police station and premises linked to French firms in the Moroccan city of Tangier in a dispute over the local utility firm's management, organisers and residents have said.

Saturday's violence came a day before a planned nationwide protest to push for political reform but there was no immediate evidence of a direct link.

"No tear gas, nothing was fired. They used long truncheons to disperse the crowds"

Local witness

Riot police intervened to break up the protest in Tangier, which evolved from a sit-in in front of the city hall to a march that gathered hundreds of protesters, the Moroccan branch of the local activist organisation, Attac, said on its website.

The sit-in was organised to push for the cancellation of a utilities contract that the city has awarded to an affiliate of the French firm Veolia.


...

http://english.aljazeera.net//news/africa/2011/02/2011219163145111944.html

[Catherina]

13. Libya #intifada has just begin. Gaddafi is going out faster than Mubarak did

mashahed mashahed
RT @acarvin: RT @ChangeInLibya: Libya #intifada has just begin. Gaddafi is going out faster than Mubarak did INSHA'ALLAH #feb17 #libya
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

14. Most deaths in #Benghazi between 12-30 years old

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
by franki_kuka
#Aljazeera: Most deaths in #Benghazi between 12-30 years old #Feb17 #Libya
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[bobbolink]

63. Having lost a son, I cry for those mothers.

:cry:

[Catherina]

16. #Aljazeera now reporting "real massacre" in #Benghazi

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
by N3rm33n
#Aljazeera now reporting "real massacre" in #Benghazi #Feb17 #Libya
10 minutes ago

[Catherina]

17. doctor on Al Jazeera: many wounded shot in the head with "high-velocity" rounds

Jnoubiyeh Sarah Abdallah
by ToastAndBanana
#Libyan doctor on Al Jazeera says that many of the wounded have been shot in the head with "high-velocity" rounds. #Libya #Feb17 #Benghazi
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

18. people from Al Bayda have arrived in Benghazi to provide support

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by LibyaFeb17_com
Confirmed eye witness report: From on site eye witness people from Al Bayda have arrived in Benghazi to provide support. #libya #feb17
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

19. call to all Internal & External Security sytems, UR RESPONSIBILITY = PROTECT THE COUNTRY NOT ONE MAN

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by essamz
Plea from Tripoli: call to all Internal and External Security sytems, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY NOT JUST ONE MAN #libya
14 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

20. confirmed: police give guns to youth in derna & bayda & now heading 2 benghazi 2 finish regime

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by Dvq
libyan unity confirmed: police given guns to youth in derna and bayda and now heading to benghazi to finish the regime completely, #Libya
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

21. Unconfirmed: Egyptian media is planning to enter Libya from the East

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by Libyan4life
BREAKING: UNCONFIRMED: News that Egyptian media is planning to enter Libya from the East. #libya #feb17 #gaddaficrimes
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[defendandprotect]

25. k/r

[Catherina]

26. I hope so too! n/t

[Catherina]

22. Atricle: Protesters occupy Manama square, shooting in Libya

serenac13 Serena Chaudhry
And our topwrap on the region: Protesters occupy #Manama square,shooting in #Libya http://to.ly/9DwR #Reuters #Bahrain #Egypt #Saudi #Mideast
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Protesters occupy Manama square, shooting in Libya

By Cynthia Johnston and Frederik Richter
MANAMA | Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:48pm EST

(Reuters) - Protesters in Bahrain won a symbolic victory on Saturday, Libyan security forces opened fire to disperse mourners and a new party was approved in Egypt as the uprisings sweeping the Arab world challenged its rulers.

...

A security source said clashes were still under way in the region between Benghazi and Al Bayda, 200 km away, adding that many police stations had been damaged or set on fire.

New York-based Human Rights Watch said Friday's killings took to 84 its estimated death toll in three days of protests, mostly around Benghazi, against a ruling elite accused of hoarding Libya's oil wealth and denying political freedoms.

The Benghazi-based newspaper Quryna said 24 people were killed in the city on Friday, shot when security forces fired to stop protesters attacking the police headquarters and a military building where weapons were stored.

...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/19/us-protests-idUSTRE71F41K20110219

[Catherina]

23. demonstrators R in control of building from where was being shot. They plan to kill the shooters

sara055 sara
Dr at Al Jalal hospital: the demonstrators R in control of building from where was being shot. They plan to kill the shooters #Libya #Feb17
8 minutes ago

[Catherina]

24. What is Switzerland waiting on to freeze accounts?

RadioZamZam Radio ZamZam
Qu'attend la Suisse pour geler les comptes bancaires du dictateur Kadhafi? #libya
9 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

27. Al-Jala hospital in #Benghazi: Hospital has no more beds for the injured (1200 bed hospital)

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
by HindMakki
Confirmation from Al-Jala hospital in #Benghazi: Hospital has no more beds for the injured (it's a 1200 bed hospital) #Feb17 #Libya
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

28. Video: What #libya TV didnt show you yet... #feb19

Pinopank Giuseppe Cavaleri
@
RT @Algeriafeb12rev What #libya TV didnt show you yet... #feb19

[Catherina]

29. not sure who is col Muhammad saber, email says he is a big col in benghazi and ready to speak

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by USMC196771
we are not sure who col Muhammad saber, the email received says he is a big col in benghazi and ready to speak #Libya #Feb17
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

30. AJArabic now showing video sent from misrata 'here is ppl of misrata out with you oh benghazi'

ShababLibya LibyanYouthMovement
by mageed
@AJArabic now showing video sent from misrata where man shouts 'here is ppl of misrata out with you oh benghazi' #Libya #Feb17
12 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

31. Unconfirmed:ppl from Albayda have arrived in Benghazi to provide support. SOLIDARITYYY!

nusibab Nusiba Omar
by libyanmaddog
Unconfirmed:ppl from Albayda have arrived in Benghazi to provide support. SOLIDARITYYY! #libya #feb27
22 minutes ago

[Catherina]

Fadhil camp in Al-Birka has been breached; rebels rushing in

feysalfeysal Feysal Temam
RT @iyad_elbaghdadi: BREAKING: Fadhil camp in Al-Birka has been breached; rebels rushing in #Feb17 #Libya
44 minutes ago

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[Catherina]

33. Benghazi protesters: We're not going home, we die or he leaves

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
#Benghazi protesters: We're not going home, we die or he leaves #Libya #Feb17
45 minutes ago

[Catherina]

34. Tripoli showing signs of the LAST city in LIBYA, all army secret police & rev guard dispatched there

Eowyn9 Eowyn
by der_bluthund
v @ ShababLibya Tripoli showing signs of the LAST city in LIBYA, all army secret police&rev guard dispatched around the city #Libya #Feb17
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

35. Al-Fadhil Brigade building in #Benghazi has fallen. This is the last base and the ppl are in control

Econ_Vzla Economista Vzlano
RT @abdu: BREAKING: Al-Fadhil Brigade building in #Benghazi has fallen. This is the last base and the ppl are in control of Benghazi. #Libya
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

36. Libyan journo: "Benghazi taken by protesters - situation out of the hands of the regime"

shaistaAziz Shaista Aziz
by mehriban_efendi
Ashur Shams, Libyan journalist: "#Benghazi has been taken over by the protesters - the situation is out of the hands of the regime" #Libya
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

37. Demonstrators capture police and intelligence HQ in Benghazi after overpowering security forces

txTVRav r@v
by loopyb_75
Confirmed. Demonstrators capture police and intelligence HQ in Benghazi after overpowering security forces /via Al Jazeera #Libya
4 minutes ago

[Desertrose]

38. Thank you so much for these retweets, Catherina.

:hug:

[Catherina]

39. Ur welcome. These are so much more horrifying. I hope it's over, w\ Q out, soon.

:hug:

[Desertrose]

47. It sounds horrific over there. My prayers are with the protestors.

I hope you can stay sane, too.
:hug:

I hope Q gets out fast!!!!!

[Catherina]

40. Rpts "African mercenaries" are from Chad, Niger, Uganda, Mali, and Burkina Faso

feld_art Frank
RT @iyad_elbaghdadi: Reports that "African mercenaries" are from Chad, Niger, Uganda, Mali, and Burkina Faso #Libya #Feb17
17 minutes ago

[Catherina]

41. Women and children are amongst the dead in the horrific #Benghazi massacre

nessun_dorma Nessun_Dorma
by francislambert
RT @skywalkerx Al Jazeera Confirmed: Women and children are amongst the dead in the horrific #Benghazi massacre ordered by #Gaddafi. #Libya
11 minutes ago


piggypotamus enter your real name
by SaleemaGul
the next time you hit me up for a donation UN children's fund. my answer is NO. surely there are others who can do the job better. #libya
15 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

42. i buy cards & stuff to support UN children's fund. why am i not seeing them protecting ME kids now?

piggypotamus enter your real name
i buy cards & other merchandise to support the UN children's fund. why am i not seeing them protecting kids in the mid east now? #libya
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

43. AJEnglish has finally got into Libya through Egypt border!

OmarAlmu5tar Omar A.
by KhaoulaBe
@AJEnglish has finally got into Libya through Egypt border! Watch Al Jazeera NOW. #Libya #feb17
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

44. Reports that African mercenaries trying to break into Al-Jala Hospital in #Benghazi

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
by SayahAlDuha
Reports that African mercenaries trying to break into Al-Jala Hospital in #Benghazi #Feb17 #Libya
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

46. army soldiers arrested &beaten hard in Albrka military camp, Benghazi after refusing 2 shoot protest

libi4ever Soliman Albrassi
confirmed:10s of army soldiers are arrested &beaten hardly in Albrka military camp in Benghazi after refusing shooting protesters #libya
5 minutes ago

[Catherina]

48. @Ghonim how about some concern for #libya, we cried with you for #egypt, do you even care for us?

ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
by ahmedamin03
@Ghonim how about some concern for #libya, we cried with you for #egypt, do you even care for us? - @Sandmonkey @monaeltahawy @waelabbas
48 minutes ago

[defendandprotect]

64. k/r

[pinboy3niner]

49. K&R

Thanks, Catherina!

:yourock:

[EFerrari]

50. Amnesty ME Update Page

http://www.amnestyusa.org/all-countries/middle-east-uprising/page.do?id=1691102

[Catherina]

51. AnonymousVE: Dreadful news coming out of Benghazi. New massacre.

AnonymousVE We Are Anonymous
by SaleemaGul
Dreadful news coming out of Benghazi. New massacre. The Libyans are crying out for help: http://youtu.be/GUyIS5kGl98 #Libya #Feb19 #OpLibya
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

the killing of protesters in benghazi libya with open gun shot 19.02.2011.mp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUyIS5kGl98&feature=youtu.be

[Desertrose]

57. What can we DO??

How can we help??

[Catherina]

59. Get the word out. Express anger, not concern, to the WH, call the UN

expose the hypocrisy, appeal to humanity, to conscience.

Same question on my end :hug:

[Catherina]

52. no water cannons, no tear gas, no rubber bullets, the monster went straight to live gunfire

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
by scotiatide
Remember, #Libya protests saw no water cannons, no tear gas, no rubber bullets, the monster went straight to live gunfire #Feb17
55 minutes ago

[Catherina]

53. anything related to #Feb17 is blocked. Fears that #Gaddafi will soon cut internet totally.

Naddah ۩ ♔Nadira TheOne♔ ۩
by malaikamakena
Sources in #Libya say anything related to #Feb17 is blocked. Fears that #Gaddafi will soon cut internet totally. /@Libyan4Life
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

54. world cracked down on Qaddafi after Lockerbie 207 dead, now nobody cares he kills 1000s

nasry nasry
by miloflamingo
the world cracked down on Qaddafi after Lockerbie disaster 207 killed, now nobody cares when he is kiiling thousands of Libyans #libya
7 minutes ago

[Catherina]

55. Embassy of #libya threats students of cutting off scholarship if they don't attend pro govt rallies

NohaAtef Noha Atef
Embassy of #libya threats students of cutting off scholarship if they don't attend pro govt rallies http://bit.ly/gi258U v @farrukh33
45 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Libyans in US allege coercion
Ambassador denies students' claims embassy threatened to cut scholarships if they missed pro-Gaddafi rallies.
Evan Hill Last Modified: 17 Feb 2011 22:40 GMT


In an apparent effort to control the public narrative in the wake of rare protests that have spread throughout Libya, the country's government is threatening to withdraw scholarship funding from citizens studying in the United States unless they attend pro-government rallies in Washington this weekend, Al Jazeera has learned.

Several Libyans studying in the US said they and their peers have received phone calls this week from a man employed by the Libyan embassy instructing them to join rallies in the capital on Friday and Saturday. The man told the students that their government-funded scholarships would be cut off if they did not attend.

Ali Suleiman Aujali, the Libyan ambassador to the United States, denied the students' allegations. He told Al Jazeera they were "completely incorrect" and an attempt to "blackmail" the government's reputation.

The reports of coercion come as protesters in Libya mounted a "day of rage" on Thursday and continued their calls for the end of Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year reign as Libya’s leader.

...

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011217184949502493.html

[Catherina]

56. West has always hated #Ghaddafi, why the silence now?

samiaGS Samia Saad
by BenGhazi2011
@PJCrowley: West has always hated #Ghaddafi, why the silence now? So far no condemnation from US on ongoing violence in Benghazi #Libya
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

58. Libyan woman holding a placard "We will not surrender until #Libya is free"

jocarva João Cunha
by MayheMennicH
RT @AmoonaE: Pic - Libyan woman holding a placard "We will not surrender until #Libya is free" http://ht.ly/3ZFYE #feb17 #egypt
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

60. Albaydha airport surrounded. Foreign mercenaries holding 18 hostages inside. Youth asking 4 aid

LibyanDictator The Dictator
by mmant27
URGENT: #Albaydha airport surrounded. Foreign mercenaries holding 18 hostages inside the airport. Youth asking #Tobroq for aid #Libya #Feb17
4 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

61. some doctors in #benghazi are in so much distress they're starting to break down mentally....

ChangeInLibya Libyan Dude
by acarvin
Reports that some doctors in #benghazi are in so much distress they're starting to break down mentally.... #libya #feb17
54 minutes ago

[Catherina]

62. Part 3 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x457221