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CNN's Ben Wedeman First

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:08:00 +0000

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CNN's Ben Wedeman First Western Journalist In Libya
02/22/11 09:34 AM
....Wedeman began reporting from an undisclosed location in Eastern Libya on Monday night. He tweeted about what he saw on the Libyan border:...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/22/cnns-ben-wedeman-first-we_n_826...

deputy ambassador to the

jollyroger — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:34:41 +0000

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deputy ambassador to the United Nations...leave as soon as possible

Well daaamn, there you go...Maybe that guy had an inside line...

Libyan air force pilots

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:13:09 +0000

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Libyan air force pilots defect; Libyan official at U.N. accuses Gadhafi of 'genocide'
By the CNN Wire Staff
February 21, 2011 -- Updated 2101 GMT (0501 HKT)
.....Libya's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Dabbashi, called on the country's ruler of 42 years to "leave as soon as possible."

Gadhafi "has to stop killing the Libyan people," Dabbashi told reporters in New York. "He has to give up and he has to leave the country as soon as possible."

He accused Gadhafi of "genocide" and asked the United Nations to help protect Libyans and impose a no-fly zone to cut off military supplies to the regime.

The country's justice minister, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, resigned, saying he was protesting the "bloody situation" and "use of excessive force" against unarmed protesters, according to Quryna -- a newspaper that last week carried regime propaganda but is now reporting on the protests and casualty figures.....
.....Two Libyan Air Force pilots defected to Malta on Monday after being asked to bomb Libyan citizens, a Maltese government source said. The pilots' fighter jets were armed with rockets and loaded machine guns, the source said.

In a statement, Malta's government said, "Two Libyan Airforce Mirage F1 single seater planes" landed in Malta after requesting to land "due to fuel shortage. ... The military aircraft are being held at the Malta International Airport according to usual practices. The two pilots are being held by the police for further investigations."....

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/21/libya.protests/index.html...

Heard some guy on bbc last

jollyroger — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:02:16 +0000

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Heard some guy on bbc last night (sorry, name long gone...) saying that Q. is out within 36 hours. I thought him oddly specific, and perhaps over optimistic, but we're now 12 hours into the 36, so, let's see...

Warplanes and Militia Fire on

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:06:09 +0000

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Warplanes and Militia Fire on Protesters in Libyan Capital

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MONA EL-NAGGAR 3 minutes ago

Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi struck back at mounting protests against his rule with helicopters and warplanes, according to witnesses and news reports.

Gaddafi won't go gently.

acanuck — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:01:07 +0000

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Gaddafi won't go gently. Power in Libya is even more concentrated than it was in Egypt. Gaddafi has vast amounts of money to fund a crackdown, and a much smaller population that he has to cow into submission. Using mercenaries with no affinity or links to the Libyan people, he is deliberately demonstrating how ruthless he can be. The news blackout makes it hard to predict who'll ultimately win. But, either way, it's going to be very bloody.

Chilling--warning of death

artappraiser — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:25:03 +0000

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Chilling--warning of death via twitter:

@Tripolitanian: Do not report protests in any area until crowds are large enough to avoid massacre from security forces in #Libya. 1 minute ago via web

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