MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
Note the headline on the web page is incorrect as to the article's contents. The BBC's Libya live blog link that alerted me to the story referenced it as I have titled it.
By David Gritten, BBC News, March 28, 2011
Amid the popular Libyan uprising against Col Muammar Gaddafi, residents of towns and cities in the areas of eastern Libya controlled by rebels have formed an interim administration.
The Interim Transitional National Council aims to provide political and military leadership, organise basic services and represent Libyans abroad.
Its leaders say the council is not a government, but aims to "steer" Libya into what they hope will be a post-Gaddafi era and then "guide the country to free elections and the establishment of a constitution for Libya".
According to its website, the body currently has 31 members representing the various regions and cities of Libya. Some have been named, while those representing Ajdabiya, Kufra, Ghat, Nalut, Misrata, Zintan and Zawiya will remain anonymous. Five seats on the council are held by women and five by young people.....
continued with the profiles.
Also, If you follow the link to the Council's website, you will find their "A vision of a democratic Libya," presented for the London summit, is currently posted here, and other statements are under "Announcements."
Comments
The BBC Live Blog has a lot of live quotes from particpants in the London summit. It's not the most friendly format to use, though, squeezed into a little column that you have to scroll, and they are mixed in with other news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12776418
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 4:16pm
I'm shocked at how outdated that BBC article is, appraiser. I've been reading for at least a day or two now that the council has been shuffled, and that it is now presenting itself as an interim government. Mahmoud Jibril has succeeded Jalil as leader, a Libyan-American prof named Ali Tarhouni has been named finance minister, etc.
The same reporter, Gritten, has a story up today that gives a corrected list:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/29/libya-rebel-government-in-waiting
Of course, it could all change again tomorrow.
by acanuck on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 4:34pm
OK, it did change. Not the cabinet, just the link. The Guardian had linked to Gritten's March 29 BBC update, and now links to a story about the London meeting. It changed in the time it took me to post the comment. I'll try to find a new link.
by acanuck on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 4:41pm
Thanks for trying to straighten this out and giving the extra info from the Guardian.
I posted what their Live Blog for today pointed me to. I actually came across it only because I was looking for a video that The Lede at the NYT said was on the BBC live blog of the rebel representatives answering press questions. That's what I really wanted to find, but couldn't. (Live blogs, aargh!)
Anyhew, it introduced me to their website as well, so that was helpful as to what's the propaganda/messaging, what are the names, etc.. The lede posted a pdf of the statement that took forever to load.
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 4:53pm
Yeah, I couldn't find the March 29 Gritten article, but here's an article that clarifies the Jibril-Jalil shift:
Jalil remains chairman of the council, but Jibril is now the interim prime minister (a post that didn't exist before).
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14952376,00.html
by acanuck on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 4:54pm
Laura Rozen & FT on the rebel oil deal and frozen asset use:
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 4:54pm